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Dixie State University recently held an awards banquet to honor campus and community members who dedicated themselves to service-learning. Zielke said that in just a few years, the banquet has grown from only a dozen people to nearly 200.
To sign up for campus and community service opportunities, visit dixieserves.dixie.edu/volunteer-now.
PARIS (Reuters) - France’s national rail company SNCF said on Tuesday it had ordered 2,000 trains for an expanded regional network that are too wide for many station platforms, entailing costly repairs.
A spokesman for the RFF national rail operator confirmed the error, first reported by satirical weekly Canard Enchaine in its Wednesday edition.
“We discovered the problem a bit late, we recognise that and we accept responsibility on that score,” Christophe Piednoel told France Info radio.
Construction work has already begun to reconfigure station platforms to give the new trains room to pass through, but hundreds more remain to be fixed, he added.
The mix-up arose when the RFF transmitted faulty dimensions for its train platforms to the SNCF, which was in charge of ordering trains as part of a broad modernisation effort, the Canard Enchaine reported.
The RFF only gave the dimensions of platforms built less than 30 years ago, but most of France’s 1,200 platforms were built more than 50 years ago. Repair work has already cost 80 million euros ($110 million).
HIGH POINT, N.C. — A High Point man is charged following a high-speed chase Monday night.
Kalim Brione Byers, 26, is charged with attempted murder, carrying a concealed gun, assault by pointing a gun, impaired driving, possession of a weapon on property and felony speed to elude arrest, the News and Record reports.
Police say he is accused of confronting someone and firing several shots before driving away.
An off-duty Greensboro police officer saw the incident and notified the High Point police.
Police spotted the vehicle and pursued it until Byers eventually ran over stop sticks on Eastchester Drive.
There are no reported injuries and he is under a $1 million bond.
Esther B. Chapman Kitzer, nee Hardy; loving mother of John Jurman, Alta Norris, Helen Kibbons, Daniel Chapman; the late Barbara Jurman and Vance Chapman Jr.; dearest grandmother of Billy, Gina, Rhonda and Amy; dear great-grandmother of 10. Visitation Thursday, 3 to 9 p.m. Funeral Service Friday, 10:30 a.m. at Lawn Fune...
Wearing a plastic facemask to protect his fractured cheekbone, Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook recorded his fourth straight triple double to lead OKC to a 123-118 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Wednesday night at Chesapeake Arena in Oklahoma City.
Westbrook had career highs in points and rebounds, with 49 points, 16 rebounds, and 10 assists.
He was one of four Thunder players in double figures, with Dion Waiters scoring 20 off the bench, D.J. Augustin had 17 and Anthony Morrow 11.
The other four Thunder starters besides Westbrook combined for 12 points.
Westbrook became the first NBA player to have four straight triple doubles since Michael Jordan had seven in a row in 1989.
The Thunder fell behind early but went on a 20-2 run to gain the lead on the 76ers, who came into the game with the second worst record in the NBA.
OKC trailed by three at halftime, and saw the Sixers go on a 16-2 run to take a double digit lead in the third quarter.
The Thunder responded in the fourth quarter with a 26-4 run to take the lead, but the Sixers got a three-pointer late from Jason Richardson to tie the game and force overtime.
In OT, Westbrook made three buckets to help the Thunder pull away and win.
Kevin Durant once again did not play as he continues to nurse his sore right foot.
OKC improves to 33-27 on the season, as they won their 12th straight game over Philadelphia.
The Thunder visit Chicago Thursday night for a 7:00 tipoff at the United Center.
Like the rest of the world, Adele is in mourning over the devastating mass shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, on Sunday morning.
The 28-year-old singer opened her show in Antwerp, Belgium, on Sunday night, by dedicating her performance to the victims.
"I want to start tonight by dedicating this entire show to everyone at Pulse nightclub last night," Adele told the audience as they applauded.
The "Hello" singer visibly choked up as she continued.
"The LGBTQ community, they're like my soulmates since I was really young, so I'm very moved by it," she explained, clearly upset.
The GRAMMY winner later attempted to lighten the mood with a little bit of self-deprecation.
"I didn't want to cry, really, because most of this tonight is pretty miserable -- because my songs are f**king miserable," she joked. "I do have two songs that sound happy, but they're not."
Adele, of course, isn't the only celeb reacting to the tragedy in Orlando. On Sunday, President Barack Obama addressed the nation.
"In the face of hate and violence, we will love one another," he added. "We will not give into fear or turn against each other. Instead, we will stand united as Americans to protect our people and defend our nation and to take action against those who threaten us. God bless the Americans we lost this morning, may he co...
Earlier today we gave you the news that owners of the LG Optimus Black were beginning to receive the Android Gingerbread update in certain regions. Now we have news of a LG CX2 that is believed to be the follow up to the Optimus 3D.
The device is going with the codename CX2 and is believed to be replacing the Optimus 3D, which was the company’s first 3D capable smartphone. As Pocket Now is reporting the new device will offer an improvement over the auto-stereoscopic screen found on its predecessor.
It will also sport a more powerful processor and will turn 2D material into stereoscopic footage. While the old model was powered with a 1.0GHz dual-core processor, the CX2 will have a 1.2GHz chip made by Texas Instruments. The screen size and resolution will remain the same, but it is thought the new device will have ...
There is also believed to be quite a difference in brightness between the 2D and 3D modes on the device. The two cameras on the back of the device are thought to still be five megapixel units, but the handset will be around two mm slimmer than the older version, which will now put it at just under ten mm.
Other features are set to include 8GB of internal storage, DLNA capability, Bluetooth 3.0, 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, and 21Mbps HSPA that is thought to be coming in the recently reported X3. Sources are also claiming the handset will come with NFC technology built in.
As with the X3 the handset it is thought to be making its debut at next month’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, before launching in early spring. Bizarrely it is thought the device will come running Android Gingerbread instead of ICS.
Would you like a 3D smartphone?
In a thoughtful leader, The Feudal Times and Reactionary Herald discusses rumours that it may make a bid for the Telegraph newspaper. It is only natural that the mere possibility of such a move should have plunged rival bidders into incredulity and dismay. Of our financial standing, we shall say nothing, leaving the ar...
There may be speculation, varying from the apprehensive to the panic-stricken, about the future status and function of the Peter Simple column within an organ owned and controlled by a hereditary class of noblemen and served by a hereditary class of printers whose ancestors have plied the same humble though meritorious...
These are deep matters, involving metaphysical, even mystical concepts not easily fathomed by the contemporary press, with its increasingly banausic, not to say plebeian and low-minded tendencies.
Let there be no mistake. There can be no essential conflict of interest between The Feudal Times and Reactionary Herald and the Peter Simple column. The column and the newspaper may occasionally diverge on minor questions, such as the propriety of slavery, or the penalty of death or permanent banishment for radicals, s...
Tony Blair's infamous plan to build masses of wind farms all over the country, part of his fatuous and chimerical programme of "renewable energy", has met with an unexpected and providential check. Last year the Ministry of Defence objected to almost half of the pre-applications for these horrible installations on the ...
It holds that wind farms cannot be built within 45 miles of radar installations because they interfere with signals and low-flying aircraft missions.
So once again, as on Salisbury Plain and at Tyneham in Dorset, where its training grounds preserved fine landscapes and wildlife from destruction, the MoD comes riding unwittingly to the rescue of Old England, when her natural defenders have deserted her. With some judicious rearrangement, here is a fine subject for on...
Here is a beautiful paradox.
Ever since the environment was invented, 50 years ago, as a secular term for what used to be called the Creation, it has not only turned into an industry of itself, employing hundreds of thousands of officials and workers, but has become a principal enemy of what it was supposed to defend, the beauty of the earth and i...
It is an assumption that puts logic and reason before all else, arguing dubiously that because the earth is threatened by "global warming" caused by conventional techniques of power generation, therefore alternative technologies such as the fashionable wind farms must be installed although they destroy landscapes whose...
They will permit nature controlled in such arrangements as national parks and other graded arrangements - "museums of landscape", as they have been called - but allow wind turbines to be built all round them. This is to remind us that in the long run nothing counts but utility and the industrial growth of the Total Lab...
The Wind Energy Association, which is the front for a highly profitable industry, will be screaming with rage like a hundred turbines whirling together at a check to its plans from such an unexpected opponent as the MoD. Between wind turbines and radar stations is a choice of two evils. Two kinds of technology are in c...
'Fed Express' chugged along on Friday with a dominating 6-3, 5-7, 6-0, 6-2 victory over German Nicolas Kiefer in the semi-finals.
Top-seeded Roger Federer advanced to the Australian Open final with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-0, 6-2 victory Friday over No 21 Nicolas Kiefer.
Federer was sharp- and occasionally brilliant- in beating Kiefer for the seventh consecutive time. The Swiss star now will face heavy underdog Marcos Baghdatis on Sunday as he seeks his seventh Grand Slam title.
Serving notice early that Kiefer would get no easy points, Federer broke for the only time he needed in the first set to go up 3-1, at one point sprinting in from the baseline for a drop shot and flicking a backhand around the net post and down the line for a clean winner.
In the same game, Federer reached another drop and sent a lob over Kiefer's head that he tracked down but smacked well long. Kiefer leveled the match by breaking Federer as he served at 5-6 in the second set. Kiefer wasted his first opportunity with a weak forehand into the net, but Federer sliced a backhand just wide ...
Implacable as usual, Federer stepped up his game and zipped through the third set, committing only two unforced errors- after 26 in the first two sets- to retake control.
With Federer serving at 5-0, Kiefer saw his only break point vanish on a shot that was called long but that TV replays showed was on the line. Kiefer held serve to start the final set, only to see Federer run off five straight games. Kiefer saved two match points while serving at 1-5, then a third as Federer served in ...
Federer finished it off with a serve that Kiefer whacked into the net. "I really turned it up when I had to," said Federer. Swiss flag T-shirts were scattered about Rod Laver Arena, and the crowd was clearly behind Federer against the testy Kiefer, who repeatedly questioned calls.
He was fined earlier in the tournament for foul language and was warned twice about obscenities in the quarterfinals.
President Trump’s abrupt cancellation of bilateral talks with Mr. Putin at the G-20 meeting in Argentina — following the seizure of Ukrainian ships by Russia — puts any rapprochement on the back burner, at least for the time being. As leaders convene, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is flashing his wallet, his presenc...
In Argentina also, Human Rights Watch has petitioned successfully for a court prosecutor in the Jamal Khashoggi case putting the Crown Prince in peril of arrest. Fortunately for him the wheels of justice turn slowly in Argentina as elsewhere because its courts will first have to consider the issue of diplomatic immunit...
The G-20 leaders will have their hands full with the U.S. and China trade war, dreaded photo-ops with the Crown Prince, and any new bombshells from the mercurial Donald Trump.
Doubtless more important for humankind is a second meeting: COP24, officially the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, is scheduled for December 2-14 in Katowice, Poland. Its purpose … to develop an international agreement compelling all countries to implement the...
So it was that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was charged with comparing the 2C rise with a 1.5C rise, and the risks to the world of both. The panel’s 1.5C report unveiled to the world on October 8, 2018 was far from sanguine. For limiting warming to 1.5C, it allowed only a 12-year window. Beyond ...
Meanwhile, the annual greenhouse gas bulletin issued by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reported a new high in CO2 levels of 405.5 parts per million reached in 2017, 41 percent higher than in 1990 and 46 percent higher than preindustrial levels. Average global temperatures in 2018 are expected to be the fou...
Moreover, the new UN emissions gap report, an assessment of country performance in meeting voluntary targets, also confirms CO2 levels are rising for the first time in four years. The prior decline believed to have been caused by improved technology turns out simply to have been a consequence of economic slow down. In ...
What can we expect from these meetings?
The G-20 is a hodgepodge of advanced, emerging and developing economies with varying vulnerabilities in financial systems and institutional stability. Insofar as there is an asymmetry, it makes for different priorities. Cross-border finance and transactions on capital account are dominated by the advanced economies, an...
COP24 is another matter for it has to address an existential issue, an issue that could threaten the well-being and lives of our children and grandchildren. Is Donald Trump’s lacuna on global warming unique or shared conveniently by others? Will UN Environment be given some muscle or will it simply continue to report t...
These conferences are futile and lead to unnecessary carbon emissions by the participants.
None of the previous gatherings and agreements have led to a noticeable inflection point in the curve of any significant parameter over time.
UNITED NATIONS, April 24 -- Amid reports of rapes in Sri Lanka targeted at Tamils, Inner City Press on April 24 asked the UN's Zainab Bangura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, what if anything the UN is doing about it. UN video here from Minute 15:15, Inner City Press vide...
Bangura replied that she is "concerned, worried" and has spoken with Sri Lanka's Permanent Representative, Palitha Kohona, about it, urging him that Sri Lanka designate a "focal person" on the issue.
Inner City Press asked about a report authored by Yasmin Sooka, who previously served on one of the UN's panels looking at war crimes in Sri Lanka. Bangura said Yasmin will be in New York "next week" and they will meet.
Last week, Inner City Press asked yet another former UN panelist on Sri Lanka, Marzuki Darusman, if he thought the UN's response to his report had been successful. Darusman cited the example of Cambodia, for the proposition that justice can take a long time. But how long?
Grammy showrunner Ken Ehrlich says Ariana Grande’s absence is not because her “creativity was stifled” as the singer says.
“I saw those tweets and what she said. I guess it was a surprise,” Erhlich tells Rolling Stone at rehearsals for the show this weekend. “I will say this, and they don’t want me to say it but I’m going to say it: The thing that probably bothered me more than whatever else she said about me is when she said I’m not colla...
The 61st Grammys airs Sunday night on CBS from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Dua Lipa, Cardi B and Post Malone are among those scheduled to perform, with Alicia Keys hosting the three-and-a-half hour live show.
Chicago’s food truck fiasco, fire and police widows become victims to budget feud, and a CPS teacher’s story.
He allegedly framed 51 people for murder in what could be “among the most egregious policing betrayals in modern history.” And without the years-long efforts of a group of women, it wouldn’t have attracted notice. Buzzfeed tells their story.
Its numbers have fallen in half since 2012, down to 70—a far cry from other cities with less onerous rules. The Reader investigates.
3. Do You Know the Mushroom Man?
He’s a “rock star among fungi fanatics,” and lives in one of the best places to be a mycologist. Chicago magazine profiles Patrick Leacock.
He was a physics major at the University of Chicago, planning on going to med school. He became a teacher on the South Side. The first year was “horrible.” Now it’s where he belongs. Kareem Sayegh tells his story to New York Magazine.
The state doesn’t offer much, leaving schools to be funded with property taxes, which increases inequality. And the state isn’t even meeting its expectations. The BGA explains.
After School Matters teaches teens to ref CPS games—for something to do, and for a job. For the Win visits the program in Greater Grand Crossing.
7. Did Northwestern Basketball Run Off Johnnie Vassar?
He bounced around from high school to high school. He thought he’d found stability and a good education at the school. Now he’s filed suit against them. Vice Sports untangles his journey.
She was killed by her grandmother after being starved and tortured—even though she never should have been placed with her grandmother in the first place. It wasn’t the only failure by a system that was tracking her. The Tribune lays out how close she came to getting out.
Seven women lost their husbands in the line of duty. They’re owed $2.7 million, but they’re in line with the vendors and others who are part of the state’s $12.7 billion backlog. Reuters sits down with one of the widows.
All its roads lead back here, and to a particular time when the city was booming. Chicago magazine tells the history.
Dubai: A delegation led by Major General Salem Shaheen Al Nuaimi, Director of Command Affairs at Abu Dhabi Police, met Masood M. Sharif Mahmood, CEO of Yahsat and Yahsat Government Solution’s senior leadership.
During their visit to Yahsat’s headquarters, the Abu Dhabi Police delegation viewed the satellite operator’s facilities and learned more about the reliability and efficiency of the company’s diverse and integrated services.
The delegations also discussed potential collaboration for more intelligent, safe and secure satellite-based communications solutions.
U.S. News & World Report names the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis among the nation’s best for master’s-degree nursing programs in the 2019 U.S. News & World Report Best Graduate Schools.

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