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Beacon Light opens teen psychiatric rehabilitation program in Warren – timesobserver.com
Jun 27, 2025
Photo submitted to the Times Observer Pictured: Gabriel Magill, Beacon Light Behavioral Health System’s Director of Recovery Services shows a new Horizons’ program flyer.
Beacon Light Behavioral Health System, an affiliate of Journey Health System, has officially launched Horizons, a new psychiatric rehabilitation program specifically designed for teens in Warren and Forest counties. Aimed at youth ages 14 to 18, the initiative provides a safe, engaging, and structured space for adolescents to focus on mental wellness while building essential life skills.
The new program comes at a critical time. According to the 2023 Pennsylvania Youth Survey, 37.3% of 6th to 12th graders across the state reported feeling sad or depressed most days over the past year. According to the survey, 16.1% of students surveyed said they had seriously considered suicide. These statistics underscore the urgent need for accessible, evidence-based mental health programs tailored to young people.
“Horizons is a response to the clear need for focused mental health support for teens,” said Gabriel Magill, director of recovery services at Beacon Light Behavioral Health System. “Life is full of possibilities, especially in the teen years. But those possibilities can feel daunting and overwhelming when struggling with poor mental health. Horizons’ goal is to support teens in building life skills to support them in life-long mental wellness while taking advantage of the many opportunities available as they step into adulthood.”
The program offers group sessions three days per week after school during the school year. During the summer, sessions are held on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from noon to 2 p.m. at the Beacon Light Behavioral Health Outpatient Clinic, 1885 Market St,. Warren.
Led by a team of trained mental health professionals, Horizons offers evidence-based approaches to mental wellness and practical life skills. Teens enrolled in the program receive support for a variety of mental health concerns including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, and substance use disorder. The curriculum is designed to prepare adolescents for adulthood with an emphasis on coping strategies, emotional regulation, and healthy decision-making.
“Horizons isn’t just about therapy–it’s about preparing teens to thrive in their daily lives and in the future,” said Magill. “The tools they learn here are skills they can carry into every phase of life.”
The program reflects Beacon Light’s broader mission to provide personalized, comprehensive mental health services for individuals of all ages. With a longstanding presence in the community, Beacon Light Behavioral Health System continues to be a trusted provider, working to improve the well-being of youth and families throughout the region.
Referrals and inquiries about the Horizons program can be made by calling 814-723-1832. More information about Horizons and other BLBHS services is available at www.beacon-light.org.
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Transfer: Agent provides update on Onuachu’s future – Daily Post Nigeria
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Paul Onuachu’s agent, Resat Can Ozbudak has offered an update on the striker’s future, DAILY POST reports.
Onuachu spent last season on loan at Turkish club, Trabzonspor from Southampton.
The 29-year-old helped the club secure a place in the UEFA Europa League.
The Nigeria international has expressed his desire to join the Turkish Super Lig outfit on a permanent transfer.
Ozbudak has, however, corroborated his client’s decision to leave Southampton.
“We will meet and talk with Paul in a short time,” Resat Can Ozbudak told Sports Digitale.
“He wants Trabzonspor. He loves Turkey. He does not want to go to England.
”We are waiting for Southampton, because they need to reach an agreement with Southampton regarding loan or transfer.”
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Unraveling rumors UnitedHealthcare no longer covers cancer care at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center – Snopes.com
In late June 2025, a rumor circulated that U.S. health insurance company UnitedHealthcare (UHC) had stopped covering treatment at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, the world-renowned cancer care hospital in New York City.
For example, a post on X from someone who claimed to be a patient at Memorial Sloan Kettering and to have UnitedHealthcare insurance expressed dismay at the alleged change in coverage, accusing UnitedHealthcare of “disrupting cancer treatment” for 20,000 people (archived):
The post had gained 1.1 million views and more than 25,000 likes as of this writing. Other posts relaying the claims appeared on X and on Facebook, including a meme using the text of the above X post. Further, several Snopes readers searched the site seeking to confirm that UHC was effectively ending cancer care at Memorial Sloan Kettering.
The rumor spread after months of critical coverage of the insurance company’s profit-driving tactics, which followed the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City in December 2024. Thompson’s death unleashed a flurry of stories about inadequate health care coverage and unexplained claim denials from the insurer. Many began to view Thompson’s alleged killer, Luigi Mangione, as a contemporary folk hero. Snopes has investigated several rumors about Mangione and UnitedHealthcare.
It is true that the hospital and health insurance company appeared to have reached an impasse in negotiations in June 2025 after UnitedHealthcare accused Memorial Sloan Kettering of attempting to raise the prices it charges UnitedHealthcare by 30% to 36%. In response, Memorial Sloan Kettering said UnitedHealthcare had been under-reimbursing care. “Since 2020, UHC’s rate increases to MSK have been less than one-third of the actual cost increases MSK has experienced,” a spokesperson for Memorial Sloan Kettering said in an email.
News releases from the two organizations dated June 25 and June 26, 2025, said that if they did not find an agreement, UnitedHealthcare would stop covering treatment for UnitedHealthcare-insured patients at Memorial Sloan Kettering starting July 1, 2025.
Both companies asserted they were negotiating in good faith, though the two published competing claims. For example, UnitedHealthcare said the care Memorial Sloan Kettering provided was more expensive than that of comparable hospitals and health care providers in New York City. Memorial Sloan Kettering replied that its innovative care meant patients needed to visit less frequently — and, therefore, their care was effectively cheaper than at comparable hospitals.
A Memorial Sloan Kettering spokesperson said in an email that the number of patients affected across its system was closer to 19,000. When asked if the hospital was hopeful about reaching an agreement with UnitedHealthcare, Memorial Sloan Kettering shared the following statement from Chief Medical Officer Cardinale Smith:
For people with cancer, there’s nothing more important than being able to see their doctor without interruption. UnitedHealthcare (UHC) is putting the care of 19,000 patients with cancer at risk by refusing to agree to a sustainable agreement with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK). We deliver care that helps patients live longer, at lower overall costs, but MSK remains significantly underpaid by UHC – a pattern we’ve seen from UHC in their negotiations with other health systems across the country. We’re doing everything we can to protect our patients, and we urge UHC to prioritize the lives of cancer patients.
In a statement sent by email, UnitedHealthcare said that they had made a new proposal with a rate increase on June 23, 2025, but that Memorial Sloan Kettering had not budged. It added that if they agreed to Memorial Sloan Kettering’s demands, outpatient services would cost almost 50% more by July 1, 2027.
Also over email, UnitedHealthcare CEO Junior Harewood said the company had offered to increase rates and urged Memorial Sloan Kettering to meet them at a lower rate point:
Our top priority is to reach an agreement with MSK that is affordable for consumers and employers. We have proposed substantial rate increases that would continue to reimburse MSK at levels significantly higher than other National Cancer Institute-designated health systems in the New York City metro area. Unfortunately, MSK is demanding an approximate 30% price hike on average for its hospitals and physicians, including a 36% rate increase at MSKCC. MSK’s proposal would increase health care costs by more than $400 million and directly impact self-insured employers. We will remain at the negotiating table as long as it takes to renew our relationship with MSK. We ask MSK to join us there and provide a proposal people and employers can afford.
A UnitedHealthcare spokesperson said over email that the company was waiting for a counterproposal from Memorial Sloan Kettering at the time of this writing.
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June 27, 2025: This report was updated to include UnitedHealthcare’s response to our request for details.
Anna Rascouët-Paz is based in Brooklyn, fluent in numerous languages and specializes in science and economic topics.
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How the coffee prosumer market is evolving – Perfect Daily Grind
Coffee is one of the most consumed beverages in the world. In fact, in the National Coffee Association’s most recent 2024 National Coffee Data Trends report, 67% of US adults said they drank coffee the previous day – marking a 20-year high for coffee consumption in the country.
The report also found that US specialty coffee consumption was up by 7.5% on the previous year, with espresso-based drinks leading the trend. So as the global specialty coffee market grows, so too does consumer knowledge and interest – especially alongside a huge focus on consumer education following the pandemic.
Essentially, more and more people want to know how to make café-quality drinks at home. But to do so, they also need high-quality equipment and tools. In turn, coffee equipment manufacturers have shifted their attention to the burgeoning “prosumer” market – and have developed more intuitive machines and brewing equipment for consumers to use at home.
So how has the coffee prosumer market changed in recent years, and how could it evolve even further? To find out, I spoke to Josh Hockin, Head of Coffee at Eight Ounce Coffee.
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People the world over have been making coffee at home for centuries. But in comparison to the market today, home brewing equipment has largely been fairly rudimentary – think basic stove top percolators, for example.
So when bean-to-cup machines first launched (fully or semi-automatic systems which grind and brew coffee, including milk-based drinks), the way people prepared coffee at home changed forever. As equipment became more technologically advanced, consumers were able to make a more diverse range of coffee beverages to a higher quality standard than ever before.
The same can be said for the impact that capsules had on the at-home coffee market – particularly Nespresso. Launched by Swiss multinational Nestlé in 1986, the machines were designed to produce espresso-style drinks.
But it was two years later, when Jean-Paul Gaillard joined the company, that Nespresso changed its marketing strategies. Rather than targeting the product to businesses, Gaillard switched up Nespresso’s branding – instead marketing the capsules as “luxury” products.
Once again, the home coffee equipment market had changed forever. Both convenience and quality held equal importance among consumers – with drinking higher-quality coffee becoming more of a lifestyle.
“Prosumer” often means an individual who both produces and consumes. In the coffee industry, however, the term means something slightly different.
Josh Hockin is the Head of Coffee at Eight Ounce Coffee in Alberta, Canada – a specialty coffee equipment distributor which supplies machines and tools to cafés across North America.
“Personally, I define a prosumer as someone who has turned coffee into a hobby, or even a ritual,” he says. “Their approach to making coffee can intersect with their other interests as well. Some are more technically inclined and will dive into the mechanics of their equipment, others are rigorous tasters and like to fine-tune their extractions, and some people focus more on aesthetics.
“I know people who are devout home roasters and others who know everything about paper filter porosity,” he adds. “What they all have in common is that they put a lot of effort into the decisions they make when purchasing their home equipment and coffee – they want to achieve specific results.”
Essentially, a prosumer is someone who invests in making specialty coffee at home. Naturally, however, people’s budgets can vary significantly – ranging from having a US $5,000 single group head espresso machine or a more simple pour over setup. The key element is having a keen interest in and passion for making specialty coffee at home.
Social media has certainly helped facilitate the growth of specialty coffee. And with the rising prominence of influencer figures in the industry over the past few years, coffee prosumers also have their own distinct presence on social media.
“I think more than any big trend in home coffee equipment, social media has had the biggest influence on coffee prosumerism,” Josh says. “Anyone who may be interested in learning more about specialty coffee now has so many easily accessible resources in as many formats as they could ever want.
“Coffee hobbyists used to get together on forums like atl.coffee, Home Barista, and Coffeed to ask questions, share knowledge, and build their community,” he adds. “This space has now expanded into YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram.”
In line with this, the design of home coffee equipment – particularly espresso machines and grinders – has become much more visually appealing.
“The aesthetics of home coffee equipment has turned into Pinterest and Instagram-worthy setups, which more and more consumers can appreciate,” Josh tells me.
Although the pandemic had a largely negative impact on the out-of-home coffee market, there was a boom in at-home consumption during this time.
“We saw a steep rise in home specialty coffee equipment sales,” Josh says. “Folks who shifted to working from home needed to replace their daily coffee break at a local café with something they could make at home.
“Similarly, people were looking for other ways to fill their time with hobbies,” he adds. “I remember sourdough bread baking taking off in the early months of the pandemic, and the same held true for brewing specialty coffee at home.”
To recreate café-quality beverages themselves, many consumers invested in higher-quality equipment – including premium home espresso machines and higher price point grinders. But to get the best results, it was important that consumers knew how to use this equipment.
In response to the sharp rise in at-home consumption, many roasters and coffee shops offered remote online courses or educational platforms to assist with more of the technical skills, including:
Ultimately, this has led to more informed and educated consumers – meaning the prosumer market has evolved even further.
Josh says that many consumers – but especially the prosumer segment – have retained their interest in preparing specialty coffee at home since Covid-19.
“We have not seen a post-pandemic shift away from at-home consumption so far,” he tells me. “I think that as people have learned that a deep dive into specialty coffee doesn’t necessarily mean dropping US $4,000 on a home espresso set-up, more and more people are willing to try it out.
“A growing number of people are also drinking more advanced processing methods and boutique varieties that have become more widely available,” he adds. “They feel more comfortable trying new things because they can learn from online sources or baristas at their local coffee shop.”
Josh also foresees that the prosumer market will continue to have a significant impact on the wider coffee industry.
“Prosumers on coffee forums often post about ‘temperature surfing’ to achieve an optimal temperature range on their home espresso machines, which in turn has influenced manufacturers to improve the technology of their machines. This is just one example of how prosumerism is affecting the coffee industry, and I would argue that we’re all better off for it.
“As our understanding of roasting and brewing deepens, making excellent coffee becomes easier for more people, so more people drink better coffee – it’s a virtuous cycle,” he concludes.
As specialty coffee consumption grows, so too does the “prosumer” market – with home coffee equipment becoming even more technologically advanced and intuitive.
Simultaneously, prosumers will continue to shape the wider specialty coffee sector – and push consumer standards even further.
Enjoyed this? Then read our article on how you can make better espresso at home.
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Matt has worked in coffee for over eight years, ranging from roasting to corporate consulting. He lives in Cape Town, South Africa and is passionate about travelling and wildlife.
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