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Both the CRTL.3 and MDR.X are compatible with previous generation Latitude and MK3.1 RT products. In addition, the MDR.X offers RED camera control integration via Foolcontrol.
Teradek will begin shipping the CRTL.3 and MDR.X in May. Check them out beforehand at the Teradek booth, C5725, at the NAB Show.
Supermodel Irina Shayk gave a standing ovation to her beau Bradley Cooper after his debut directorial A Star Is Born won Best Original Music trophy at the 2019 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards.
Cooper gave a moving speech in which he dedicated the award to his co-star Lady Gaga, who couldn’t be a part of the gala as she was in Los Angeles for the Grammy Awards night.
“I got to fulfill a dream I never thought would happen. I share this with Lady Gaga tonight, the music was the heartbeat of this film,” Cooper said.
“I also need to thank Irina for putting up with me while I was trying to make music in our basement for a year.” he added.
Shayk and Cooper colour coordinated their ensembles —black trouser suits — for the event.
She completed her look with a pair of embellished heels and opted for silver hoop earrings to match her simple gold necklace.
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Shoppers came to a standstill as a flash mob performed at a supermarket.
Dance Fusion performed the five minute routine at the entrance of Tesco in Hemsworth on Saturday.
Shoppers stopped in the aisles as one of the youngsters unexpectedly started dancing in the store.
Around 50 other students then appeared from the crowd and the isles to join in with the routine.
A video of the performance was posted on Facebook and it has been viewed more than 10,000 times.
Dance Fusion director Louise Mercedes-Rainford said: "We performed a flash mob surprising customers as they were shopping.
"We started of with one dancer and gradually 50 dancers appeared from around the store. We had a amazing reaction as Tesco's came to a halt."
The students also did a sponsored bag pack for shoppers and raised £1,274.75, which will be used to pay for trips and events.
Mrs Mercedes-Rainford said: "We were raising money to take 50 of our dancers to go to the Move It show in London.
"This has given many of our dancers an opportunity that they may never have had."
Dance Fusion, based at Hemsworth Academy, has now been asked to perform at other stores after the video went viral.
Jaguar Land Rover is making a new attempt to start production in China with a 17.5m yuan (£1.7bn) joint-venture with local car maker Chery Automobile.
Approaches have been made to Chinese regulatory authorities for approval to build a plant in Changshu, near Shanghai, initially to build Land Rovers followed by Jaguar brands.
Both sides were tight-lipped on Monday about the development but China watchers say JLR may face problems winning clearance as China is taking a tougher approach to clearing foreign motor vehicle investment.
JLR, owned by India's Tata Motors, has been anxious to break into the world's biggest car market. Earlier attempts to find a partner failed but JLR believes the tie-up with Chery represents a stronger partnership. Chinese luxury car makers have struggled against the foreign competition. The decision to protect them by making it more difficult for foreign manufacturers to assemble vehicles has also hit Chinese vehicle businesses.
Joint ventures have to spend 3pc of annual sales on research and development for at least a two-year period if they want to sell to Chinese government agencies.
When it comes to predicting the future of electric car maker Tesla Motors’ (s TSLA) business as a supplier of powertrain technology for major automakers, it’s like the old Magic 8-Ball said: Reply hazy, try again. According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who spoke in a call with shareholders and analysts Tuesday afternoon, the strategic decisions of about a dozen automotive executives will largely determine how Tesla’s nascent supply business takes shape in the year ahead.
As early as 2011, those fair-minded consumers will for the first time have some real choice in the market for plug-in vehicles, and Tesla’s mettle will be tested going head-to-head with global automakers. By 2015, the company plans to ramp up Model S production to 20,000 units per year — a dramatic shift, enabled by a Department of Energy loan, from the number of Roadsters that Tesla has sold since 2008 (just over 1,300, including 151 units during the three months ending September 30). While the company has yet to launch full-fledged sales and marketing efforts for the $57,400 Model S sedan (due for delivery in mid-2012), the company said on Tuesday that it has collected more than 3,000 reservations for the car, up from 2,000 at the end of last year and the more than 2,800 reservations reported in early August.
More supply deals early on wouldn’t necessarily be better for Tesla’s long-term goals. “If we take on too much business too soon we won’t be able to do a good job for everyone and still keep the Model S on track,” Musk explained.
Parents and officials want the school board and district administrators to take audit recommendations seriously.
Waukee parents say they want answers from their district's school board after a state audit uncovered more than $130,000 in improper spending by district employees.
The report issued Thursday by Iowa Auditor Mary Mosiman's office detailed thousands of dollars spent on out-of-state trips, dining at local restaurants and furnishing district offices.
"It’s frustrating to hear money is being misspent when it could be spent on hiring another special ed teacher," said Royale Andrews, the mother of a Waukee third-grader and a seventh-grader.
"Why wouldn’t they want to better their teachers instead of spending nearly $20,000 for a superintendent's office?"
Andrews said she was disappointed after reading the report's findings.
"I want (the school board) to answer to this," Andrews said. "They need to be cleaned out, too, if they oversaw what was going on — and this has obviously been going on for several years."
Waukee resident David Leonard, who has a grandchild in the district, said he'd like to see district officials and school board members held accountable for misspent funds.
However, his biggest concern is the district's continued employment of Chief Operating Officer Eric Rose.
Rose was the subject of an internal investigation in 2016 that found he'd fabricated employee time cards, used school property at home and solicited donations for his son’s hockey team from district vendors.
He's also been named in multiple wrongful-termination lawsuits filed by former employees who claimed they faced retaliation from administrators after cooperating with investigators.
Leonard called for Rose to be fired during a school board meeting in November 2017.
"I think Rose did too many egregious things to still be employed in the district," he said Thursday.
State Rep. Rob Taylor, one of two lawmakers who called for the state audit, said he, too, wants to know why Rose remains employed with the district.
He said he also wants to see the school board to hold a vote of no confidence on Superintendent Cindi McDonald.
McDonald took over as superintendent in February 2017 after the resignation of longtime Superintendent David Wilkerson. She served as associate superintendent for six years before that.
Ann Hanigan, president of the Waukee Education Association and a language arts teacher at the high school, said revelations in the audit were not much of a surprise to most Waukee school employees.
“I would like the school board to consider very seriously the recommendations in the audit," she said. "I expect the school board to follow policy written by them for anybody who is employed in the district. We would like to see the school board do the right thing.
Troubles in the Waukee school district first came to light in October 2017, when the Des Moines Register published the first in a series of articles detailing allegations of misconduct, bullying and retaliation at the district's administrative office.
One month earlier, Waukee school district voters re-elected four incumbents — David Cunningham, Wendy Liskey, Jerry Ripperger and Mary Scheve — and newcomer Lori Lyon to the school board.
Three school board seats' terms are set to expire in 2019. They are held by Susan Bunz, Ethan Huisman and Ripperger.
We live in a world full of lies.
LIE! EVERYTHING IS A DAMNED LIE!!
YOU ARE A DAMNED LIAR, PINTEREST.
I'll never believe you again, Pinterest.
But all it really wanted was to play with our emotions.
Just so we could embarrass ourselves.
Why do you like to make us feel bad??
NOTHING IS SIMPLE IN THIS LIFE, PINTEREST!!!
I'VE NEVER FELT MORE INCOMPETENT IN MY LIFE.
You have broken our hearts, Pinterest.
WE LIVE IN A WORLD FULL OF LIES AND DISAPPOINTMENT!
HAVE YOU EVEN ONCE TOLD US THE TRUTH, PINTEREST?
14. When it made us think that we could use bacon to make perfect little egg cups.
As a butler at the White House, Eugene Allen saw eight presidential administrations come and go.
In the end, Eugene Allen, a White House butler who lived a life behind the scenes of history, was the subject of wide acclaim.
Several hundred people packed a funeral service Thursday at Greater First Baptist Church on 13th Street NW to celebrate Allen's life and the national narrative he embodied.
"His life represents an important part of the American story," President Obama said in remarks read from a lectern by Rear Adm. Stephen W. Rochon, chief usher of the White House. The president's letter cited Allen for his service to the country and his "abiding patriotism."
"He was such a charming man," said Delores Moaney, who worked at the White House as a maid during the Eisenhower administration. (The jobs were coveted and considered prestigious positions among blacks during that pre-civil rights era.) "I had worked as a maid with the Eisenhower family in New York," she said, her hand resting on her cane. "When I got to the White House, I met Gene. You'd notice his smile right away."
Allen, who died March 31, was born in 1919 and raised in a log cabin in Virginia during a time of harsh segregation. He served eight presidents, from Harry S. Truman to Ronald Reagan. Such was Allen's reputation inside the White House that first lady Nancy Reagan invited him to attend a state dinner for German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Allen, who believed he was the first butler to be invited to a state dinner, danced underneath chandeliered light with his wife, Helene, that night and sipped champagne that he had, for so long, served to others.
Allen was behind the doors of the White House during the Little Rock school crisis, the 1963 March on Washington, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Kennedy and King assassinations, the Vietnam War, Watergate and many other epochal events.
Years after he retired, Allen and his wife of 65 years were looking forward to voting for Barack Obama, the first African American president. Helene, however, died the day before the election, and Allen went to the polls by himself. He and his wife were profiled in a 2008 Washington Post article. He later would receive a VIP invitation to Obama's swearing-in.
Nancy Mitchell, who became the first female usher at the White House, was at Thursday's funeral service. "I was scared when I first joined the White House" in 1980, she recalled. "Gene -- he told me to call him Gene, but I never could -- calmed me down. He'd come and get me and say, 'Nancy, let's go get some lunch.' And he had already set up a lovely place setting for me and him. He may have been the best man I ever met."
The choir sang "Jesus on the Main Line," and it sang, "Oh Mary Don't You Weep."
Allen's son, Charles, stood at a lectern and shared a memory: "My father came home late on the day that President Kennedy had been shot. But then he got up and put his coat back on. He said, 'I've got to go back to work.' But in the hallway, he fell against the wall and started crying. That was the first time in my life I had ever seen my father cry."
The Rev. Winston C. Ridley Jr., who officiated, said Allen "was there during the declaration of wars, the desegregation of schools. All the while walking among the presidents and carrying food and drinks with a quiet dignity. He was there during the events that would change the course of history."
Moaney, the Eisenhower maid, shook her head in silence back and forth, the way people do when they believe they've just heard something sweet and spiritual.
The minister continued: "Now, it's true that some tried to stigmatize his job, that of a butler. But Eugene Allen raised it to a level of excellence. It was as if Eugene knew the way to be exalted was through humility."
They laid the butler to rest at Rock Creek Cemetery in Petworth. He wore a gray evening suit, a White House pin on his lapel and a pair of snow-white gloves. Helene lay just inches away.
Dog owners have been advised to be vigilant after a new case of a ‘very rare’ disease was confirmed in Sussex this week.
Vets have confirmed a case of the disease Alabama Rot, which affects dogs’ skin and kidneys and unfortunately is fatal in most cases, in Findon, West Sussex.
Dog owners are advised to remain ‘calm but vigilant’ and seek advice if their dog develops unexplained skin lesions.
Julian Hoad, a vet from Worthing, said: “The disease is still very rare and even though the highest number of cases was reported in 2017 this amounted to 40 dogs in the whole of the UK.
The Trade School offers training in electrician, carpentry and plumbing. It wants to quadruple enrollment in its four-year program.
Joe Chimenti, executive director of the Shasta Builders' Exchange, talks about how they hope to work with area high schools to grow enrollment at the Trade School.
The Shasta Builders’ Exchange has an ambitious goal of quadrupling enrollment in its Trade School within five years.
Executive Director Joe Chimenti believes the numbers are in his favor.
Shasta County lost thousands of construction jobs after the housing market crashed in 2006. While the sector is slowly climbing back, contractors will tell you that it can be a challenge finding qualified workers.
What's more, Chimenti points to major projects like the Bethel Church expansion and Dignity Health's wellness campus. There continues to be a movement to rebuild the nation's infrastructure.
Eric Stephens, of Stephens Electrical in Redding, said that millennials have traditionally not been interested in skilled labor jobs.
The Trade School at Shasta Builders’ Exchange became a nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization this past spring. The nonprofit designation means the school can go after grants — it recently received a $5,000 grant — and charitable donations. The school also has a board of directors that Chimenti says allows it to include educators, school administrators, and finance experts.
The school provides journeyman training for electrical, carpentry and plumbing. The program combines 640 hours of classroom training and 8,000 hours in the field. All courses are National Center for Construction Education & Research certified.
The four-year program has about 90 students, some of whom travel from out of the area to attend the twice-a-month classes at the exchange’s headquarters on Airport Road in Redding. Chimenti said it costs about $7,500 for all four years, which he points out is more affordable than a traditional four-year college.
“I am very pro-college. I have a college degree, I have a master's degree, but the reality is college is not for everyone,” Chimenti told the Redding City Council during a recent presentation on the Trade School.
Chimenti believes the more his organization can engage the community, the better chance it has to change the education culture from mainly college-focused to also developing trade skills.
That's why the Builders’ Exchange is talking to Anderson and West Valley high schools about starting a program that would feed into the Trade School, giving high school students a year’s worth of credit. Chimenti calls it College Connection for the trades. Area high school students can earn up to one year of college credit at Shasta College through College Connections.
Among the other groups the Trade School targets are at-risk youths and workers who want to upgrade their skills.
Chuck Williams, an apprentice electrician who lives and works in Willows, said he enrolled in the Trade School to advance his career and to ensure a better future for his 8-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter.
Williams’ employer, McDonald’s Electric, is paying his Trade School tuition.
“It’s an investment for him,” Williams said of his employer.
Chris Harrington, whose family owns Power UP Electric in Redding, said he had to learn on the job so teaching at the Trade School is a way to give back and ensure the industry has skilled individuals in the future.
The Shasta Builders’ Exchange recently renewed its lease at Frozen Gourmet, where its offices and Trade School are located. Chimenti would like to be in a new building in two years — when the lease expires — to accommodate what he hopes is growing enrollment.

Both the CRTL.3 and MDR.X are compatible with previous generation Latitude and MK3.1 RT products. In addition, the MDR.X offers RED camera control integration via Foolcontrol.

Teradek will begin shipping the CRTL.3 and MDR.X in May. Check them out beforehand at the Teradek booth, C5725, at the NAB Show.

Supermodel Irina Shayk gave a standing ovation to her beau Bradley Cooper after his debut directorial A Star Is Born won Best Original Music trophy at the 2019 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards.

Cooper gave a moving speech in which he dedicated the award to his co-star Lady Gaga, who couldn’t be a part of the gala as she was in Los Angeles for the Grammy Awards night.

“I got to fulfill a dream I never thought would happen. I share this with Lady Gaga tonight, the music was the heartbeat of this film,” Cooper said.

“I also need to thank Irina for putting up with me while I was trying to make music in our basement for a year.” he added.

Shayk and Cooper colour coordinated their ensembles —black trouser suits — for the event.

She completed her look with a pair of embellished heels and opted for silver hoop earrings to match her simple gold necklace.

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Shoppers came to a standstill as a flash mob performed at a supermarket.

Dance Fusion performed the five minute routine at the entrance of Tesco in Hemsworth on Saturday.

Shoppers stopped in the aisles as one of the youngsters unexpectedly started dancing in the store.

Around 50 other students then appeared from the crowd and the isles to join in with the routine.

A video of the performance was posted on Facebook and it has been viewed more than 10,000 times.

Dance Fusion director Louise Mercedes-Rainford said: "We performed a flash mob surprising customers as they were shopping.

"We started of with one dancer and gradually 50 dancers appeared from around the store. We had a amazing reaction as Tesco's came to a halt."

The students also did a sponsored bag pack for shoppers and raised £1,274.75, which will be used to pay for trips and events.

Mrs Mercedes-Rainford said: "We were raising money to take 50 of our dancers to go to the Move It show in London.

"This has given many of our dancers an opportunity that they may never have had."

Dance Fusion, based at Hemsworth Academy, has now been asked to perform at other stores after the video went viral.

Jaguar Land Rover is making a new attempt to start production in China with a 17.5m yuan (£1.7bn) joint-venture with local car maker Chery Automobile.

Approaches have been made to Chinese regulatory authorities for approval to build a plant in Changshu, near Shanghai, initially to build Land Rovers followed by Jaguar brands.

Both sides were tight-lipped on Monday about the development but China watchers say JLR may face problems winning clearance as China is taking a tougher approach to clearing foreign motor vehicle investment.

JLR, owned by India's Tata Motors, has been anxious to break into the world's biggest car market. Earlier attempts to find a partner failed but JLR believes the tie-up with Chery represents a stronger partnership. Chinese luxury car makers have struggled against the foreign competition. The decision to protect them by making it more difficult for foreign manufacturers to assemble vehicles has also hit Chinese vehicle businesses.

Joint ventures have to spend 3pc of annual sales on research and development for at least a two-year period if they want to sell to Chinese government agencies.

When it comes to predicting the future of electric car maker Tesla Motors’ (s TSLA) business as a supplier of powertrain technology for major automakers, it’s like the old Magic 8-Ball said: Reply hazy, try again. According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who spoke in a call with shareholders and analysts Tuesday afternoon, the strategic decisions of about a dozen automotive executives will largely determine how Tesla’s nascent supply business takes shape in the year ahead.

As early as 2011, those fair-minded consumers will for the first time have some real choice in the market for plug-in vehicles, and Tesla’s mettle will be tested going head-to-head with global automakers. By 2015, the company plans to ramp up Model S production to 20,000 units per year — a dramatic shift, enabled by a Department of Energy loan, from the number of Roadsters that Tesla has sold since 2008 (just over 1,300, including 151 units during the three months ending September 30). While the company has yet to launch full-fledged sales and marketing efforts for the $57,400 Model S sedan (due for delivery in mid-2012), the company said on Tuesday that it has collected more than 3,000 reservations for the car, up from 2,000 at the end of last year and the more than 2,800 reservations reported in early August.

More supply deals early on wouldn’t necessarily be better for Tesla’s long-term goals. “If we take on too much business too soon we won’t be able to do a good job for everyone and still keep the Model S on track,” Musk explained.

Parents and officials want the school board and district administrators to take audit recommendations seriously.

Waukee parents say they want answers from their district's school board after a state audit uncovered more than $130,000 in improper spending by district employees.

The report issued Thursday by Iowa Auditor Mary Mosiman's office detailed thousands of dollars spent on out-of-state trips, dining at local restaurants and furnishing district offices.

"It’s frustrating to hear money is being misspent when it could be spent on hiring another special ed teacher," said Royale Andrews, the mother of a Waukee third-grader and a seventh-grader.

"Why wouldn’t they want to better their teachers instead of spending nearly $20,000 for a superintendent's office?"

Andrews said she was disappointed after reading the report's findings.

"I want (the school board) to answer to this," Andrews said. "They need to be cleaned out, too, if they oversaw what was going on — and this has obviously been going on for several years."

Waukee resident David Leonard, who has a grandchild in the district, said he'd like to see district officials and school board members held accountable for misspent funds.

However, his biggest concern is the district's continued employment of Chief Operating Officer Eric Rose.

Rose was the subject of an internal investigation in 2016 that found he'd fabricated employee time cards, used school property at home and solicited donations for his son’s hockey team from district vendors.

He's also been named in multiple wrongful-termination lawsuits filed by former employees who claimed they faced retaliation from administrators after cooperating with investigators.

Leonard called for Rose to be fired during a school board meeting in November 2017.

"I think Rose did too many egregious things to still be employed in the district," he said Thursday.

State Rep. Rob Taylor, one of two lawmakers who called for the state audit, said he, too, wants to know why Rose remains employed with the district.

He said he also wants to see the school board to hold a vote of no confidence on Superintendent Cindi McDonald.

McDonald took over as superintendent in February 2017 after the resignation of longtime Superintendent David Wilkerson. She served as associate superintendent for six years before that.

Ann Hanigan, president of the Waukee Education Association and a language arts teacher at the high school, said revelations in the audit were not much of a surprise to most Waukee school employees.

“I would like the school board to consider very seriously the recommendations in the audit," she said. "I expect the school board to follow policy written by them for anybody who is employed in the district. We would like to see the school board do the right thing.

Troubles in the Waukee school district first came to light in October 2017, when the Des Moines Register published the first in a series of articles detailing allegations of misconduct, bullying and retaliation at the district's administrative office.

One month earlier, Waukee school district voters re-elected four incumbents — David Cunningham, Wendy Liskey, Jerry Ripperger and Mary Scheve — and newcomer Lori Lyon to the school board.

Three school board seats' terms are set to expire in 2019. They are held by Susan Bunz, Ethan Huisman and Ripperger.

We live in a world full of lies.

LIE! EVERYTHING IS A DAMNED LIE!!

YOU ARE A DAMNED LIAR, PINTEREST.

I'll never believe you again, Pinterest.

But all it really wanted was to play with our emotions.

Just so we could embarrass ourselves.

Why do you like to make us feel bad??

NOTHING IS SIMPLE IN THIS LIFE, PINTEREST!!!

I'VE NEVER FELT MORE INCOMPETENT IN MY LIFE.

You have broken our hearts, Pinterest.

WE LIVE IN A WORLD FULL OF LIES AND DISAPPOINTMENT!

HAVE YOU EVEN ONCE TOLD US THE TRUTH, PINTEREST?

14. When it made us think that we could use bacon to make perfect little egg cups.

As a butler at the White House, Eugene Allen saw eight presidential administrations come and go.

In the end, Eugene Allen, a White House butler who lived a life behind the scenes of history, was the subject of wide acclaim.

Several hundred people packed a funeral service Thursday at Greater First Baptist Church on 13th Street NW to celebrate Allen's life and the national narrative he embodied.

"His life represents an important part of the American story," President Obama said in remarks read from a lectern by Rear Adm. Stephen W. Rochon, chief usher of the White House. The president's letter cited Allen for his service to the country and his "abiding patriotism."

"He was such a charming man," said Delores Moaney, who worked at the White House as a maid during the Eisenhower administration. (The jobs were coveted and considered prestigious positions among blacks during that pre-civil rights era.) "I had worked as a maid with the Eisenhower family in New York," she said, her hand resting on her cane. "When I got to the White House, I met Gene. You'd notice his smile right away."

Allen, who died March 31, was born in 1919 and raised in a log cabin in Virginia during a time of harsh segregation. He served eight presidents, from Harry S. Truman to Ronald Reagan. Such was Allen's reputation inside the White House that first lady Nancy Reagan invited him to attend a state dinner for German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. Allen, who believed he was the first butler to be invited to a state dinner, danced underneath chandeliered light with his wife, Helene, that night and sipped champagne that he had, for so long, served to others.

Allen was behind the doors of the White House during the Little Rock school crisis, the 1963 March on Washington, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Kennedy and King assassinations, the Vietnam War, Watergate and many other epochal events.

Years after he retired, Allen and his wife of 65 years were looking forward to voting for Barack Obama, the first African American president. Helene, however, died the day before the election, and Allen went to the polls by himself. He and his wife were profiled in a 2008 Washington Post article. He later would receive a VIP invitation to Obama's swearing-in.

Nancy Mitchell, who became the first female usher at the White House, was at Thursday's funeral service. "I was scared when I first joined the White House" in 1980, she recalled. "Gene -- he told me to call him Gene, but I never could -- calmed me down. He'd come and get me and say, 'Nancy, let's go get some lunch.' And he had already set up a lovely place setting for me and him. He may have been the best man I ever met."

The choir sang "Jesus on the Main Line," and it sang, "Oh Mary Don't You Weep."

Allen's son, Charles, stood at a lectern and shared a memory: "My father came home late on the day that President Kennedy had been shot. But then he got up and put his coat back on. He said, 'I've got to go back to work.' But in the hallway, he fell against the wall and started crying. That was the first time in my life I had ever seen my father cry."

The Rev. Winston C. Ridley Jr., who officiated, said Allen "was there during the declaration of wars, the desegregation of schools. All the while walking among the presidents and carrying food and drinks with a quiet dignity. He was there during the events that would change the course of history."

Moaney, the Eisenhower maid, shook her head in silence back and forth, the way people do when they believe they've just heard something sweet and spiritual.

The minister continued: "Now, it's true that some tried to stigmatize his job, that of a butler. But Eugene Allen raised it to a level of excellence. It was as if Eugene knew the way to be exalted was through humility."

They laid the butler to rest at Rock Creek Cemetery in Petworth. He wore a gray evening suit, a White House pin on his lapel and a pair of snow-white gloves. Helene lay just inches away.

Dog owners have been advised to be vigilant after a new case of a ‘very rare’ disease was confirmed in Sussex this week.

Vets have confirmed a case of the disease Alabama Rot, which affects dogs’ skin and kidneys and unfortunately is fatal in most cases, in Findon, West Sussex.

Dog owners are advised to remain ‘calm but vigilant’ and seek advice if their dog develops unexplained skin lesions.

Julian Hoad, a vet from Worthing, said: “The disease is still very rare and even though the highest number of cases was reported in 2017 this amounted to 40 dogs in the whole of the UK.

The Trade School offers training in electrician, carpentry and plumbing. It wants to quadruple enrollment in its four-year program.

Joe Chimenti, executive director of the Shasta Builders' Exchange, talks about how they hope to work with area high schools to grow enrollment at the Trade School.

The Shasta Builders’ Exchange has an ambitious goal of quadrupling enrollment in its Trade School within five years.

Executive Director Joe Chimenti believes the numbers are in his favor.

Shasta County lost thousands of construction jobs after the housing market crashed in 2006. While the sector is slowly climbing back, contractors will tell you that it can be a challenge finding qualified workers.

What's more, Chimenti points to major projects like the Bethel Church expansion and Dignity Health's wellness campus. There continues to be a movement to rebuild the nation's infrastructure.

Eric Stephens, of Stephens Electrical in Redding, said that millennials have traditionally not been interested in skilled labor jobs.

The Trade School at Shasta Builders’ Exchange became a nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization this past spring. The nonprofit designation means the school can go after grants — it recently received a $5,000 grant — and charitable donations. The school also has a board of directors that Chimenti says allows it to include educators, school administrators, and finance experts.

The school provides journeyman training for electrical, carpentry and plumbing. The program combines 640 hours of classroom training and 8,000 hours in the field. All courses are National Center for Construction Education & Research certified.

The four-year program has about 90 students, some of whom travel from out of the area to attend the twice-a-month classes at the exchange’s headquarters on Airport Road in Redding. Chimenti said it costs about $7,500 for all four years, which he points out is more affordable than a traditional four-year college.

“I am very pro-college. I have a college degree, I have a master's degree, but the reality is college is not for everyone,” Chimenti told the Redding City Council during a recent presentation on the Trade School.

Chimenti believes the more his organization can engage the community, the better chance it has to change the education culture from mainly college-focused to also developing trade skills.

That's why the Builders’ Exchange is talking to Anderson and West Valley high schools about starting a program that would feed into the Trade School, giving high school students a year’s worth of credit. Chimenti calls it College Connection for the trades. Area high school students can earn up to one year of college credit at Shasta College through College Connections.

Among the other groups the Trade School targets are at-risk youths and workers who want to upgrade their skills.

Chuck Williams, an apprentice electrician who lives and works in Willows, said he enrolled in the Trade School to advance his career and to ensure a better future for his 8-year-old son and 2-year-old daughter.

Williams’ employer, McDonald’s Electric, is paying his Trade School tuition.

“It’s an investment for him,” Williams said of his employer.

Chris Harrington, whose family owns Power UP Electric in Redding, said he had to learn on the job so teaching at the Trade School is a way to give back and ensure the industry has skilled individuals in the future.

The Shasta Builders’ Exchange recently renewed its lease at Frozen Gourmet, where its offices and Trade School are located. Chimenti would like to be in a new building in two years — when the lease expires — to accommodate what he hopes is growing enrollment.