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You may be looking for Fullmetal Alchemist and not even know it!
Virgil holds Dante on first base during the annual "River Styx Softball Championship Game".
“Abandon all hope, ye who read this article.”
Durante degli Alighieri, referred to as Dante (1265–1321), is the greatest Italian of all times after the inventor of Pizza, Signor Anonimo, and the one who first added Pepperoni on it, Signor Silvio Berlusconi. Inspired by his father, the famous explorer Marco Polo, Dante explored the far east looking for new types of Pasta, but ended up in Hell. His travel diary was later found and published as The Divine Comedy. Thankfully, he was found 5 days later, and when he died, he went to Heaven.
1 His life
2 The Divine Comedy
3 Ironic Punishments
His life[edit]
At the middle of his life's way, he was in a dark forest. He was attacked by a panther, a lion, and a shewolf. He faced them easily, using his Dolce Stil Novo (Sweet New Style), a deadly Italian lyrical style that closely resembles Vogon Poetry. But then, he was attacked by a Grue. Luckily, his master Virgil was there to defend him using his 5 foot wide chode, the only known effective weapon against a Grue. Dante was so thankful that he promised Virgil he would follow him into hell, Virgil's last known residence. After a long trip full of adventure, feeling like a new man, he wrote La Vita Nuova (The New Life), his last poetry book. The book was dedicated to his beloved Beatrice. A few years later, Beatrice left him and decided to dedicate the rest of her eternal death to contemplate the Holy Rose. Angry Dante published the Divine Comedy as a vendetta, telling the world all the shameful things she used to do in hell back then. This action was severely punished by the ghibellini political faction, who conquered Florence from the guelfi, kicked Dante out, killed the pope, and declared Zork as the emperor of Italy. After that, Dante collaborated with Ludovico de Medici, for the writing of The Prince, an instruction book that explained to Machiavelli how to conquer Italy. And thanks for asking, but no, the American singer Prince has nothing to do with this.
The Divine Comedy[edit]
For those without comedic tastes, the so-called experts at Wikipedia have an article about Dante Alighieri.
The Divine Comedy used to be divided into three parts, Inferno, Purgatory and Heaven. When the book was first published, it quickly became a huge success: everyone wanted to get news from their dead relatives and friends. However, nobody expected to find any known person in heaven or even in the purgatory, so the first two chapters vanished, just as Aristotle's book on Comedy and Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose". Readers were disappointed to discover that Hell only contained ancient philosophers, mythological creatures and corrupt popes. Nonetheless, they kept reading Hell for the enjoyable descriptions of ironic punishments and cruel tortures.
Readers were also surprised to see that the ninth circle of Hell was a freezing cold home for traitors, and not the burning love nest of Satan and Saddam, as pictured by Southpark's movie (Though, this would explain why in every Shabby Demonic Horror Film, the temperature plunges when the Devil is about to appear) . The only loving couple of the book, are Paolo and Francesca, two lame Italians, unheard of, who do not deserve to appear in an American movie not related to the mafia.
At the beginning of the twenty first century, many Creationists tried to find the lost chapter of Heaven, and so have scientific proof that Heaven isn't ruled by the Flying Spaghetti Monster. In spite of the million dollar reward that awaits the discoverer, the chapter remains lost.
Ironic Punishments[edit]
This are some of the most representative ironic punishments in Dante's Hell:
Uncyclopedians being forced to vandalize their own user pages with gay porn.
Steve Ballmer being forced to develop Linux, work for Google and bury himself.
Ford drivers being forced to crash into themselves, binge on gasoline, and roll over repeatedly
Stan Lee being forced to scrub floors at DC Comics' headquarters.
Tom Cruise being attacked by jumping, sentient couches as well as members of Anonymous.
Bill Clinton being forced to author a dictionary where the only entry is the word "Is" repeated 4000 times.
Andy Warhol being forced to paint a portrait of his hairpiece in 30 different colors, side-by-side.
David Icke being forced to write a book that doesn't mention anything about reptilian humanoids, the Babylonian Brotherhood, the Illuminati, zionists, the Luciferic Consciousness, the Global Elite, mind-control or the Draco constellation.
Don Imus being called a "mullet-headed ho" by a group of liberal, black radio talk show hosts
Al Gore being forced to attempt to stop global warming in Hell.
Bill Gates being forced to declare chap 11 after a competitor stole and published the source code for Windows
Hipster douchebags being forced to order coffee using only one word - "coffee."
David Lynch being forced to record all the above into a surrealist mystery film that actually makes sense.
Steve Jobs being forced to design a computer that actually functions coherently and does not have a horde of snobs around it.
Fred Phelps being forced to swallow the cum of all sodomites till the end of time. However, he kept on enjoying this despite swallowing all the undiluted man cheese of Barney the Dinosaur, so he was promptly booted back on to Earth, to the delight of masochists everywhere.
Conservatives being forced to accept colored people.
Snooki must spend eternity WITHOUT spray tans.
Bill Maher listening to Rush Limbaugh while having his brain eaten by liberals.
Rush Limbaugh denied food for eternity while having to listen to Bill Maher.
Michael Moore having to spend all of eternity living in Hell's Wall Street on the ninth circle and listen to the endless yelling of demons who also beat him until he becomes nothing but shreds and them forms back into himself and then the process continues edlessly. he also can't eat food, and is forced to look at a hot dog that will always be a constant distance away from him, even when he tries to grab it-- it moves away from him.
James Cameron forced to watch Avatar in 2-D, without any of the special effects that were added in post-production, on loop, without leaving an uncomfortable movie theater seat after drinking an extra-large Coca-Cola. This way, the terrible dialogue, uninteresting plot, and criminal acting grate on his soul. The soul regenerates during the ending credits each time, so he can continually take the abuse. Also, he is forced to watch the film with Arnold Schwarzenegger, who keeps telling Cameron how much he loves "Aba-dah."
Similarly, Quentin Tarantino is forced to watch all of his films censored and re-edited so that the scenes are shown in chronological order and the plots actually have a semblance of reality.
Dante himself DID go to hell, however, he dragged his girlfriend Beatrice and his buddy Virgil with him and enjoyed himself in a three-way that lasted 500 years until Satan just gave up and evicted them.
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Brexit wars: while they fight each other we can prepare to fight them
The in-fighting in the government and wider Tory party is worse than ever. Of course, it’s coming up to the annual party conferences. So the Westminster-bubble-politicians like Brexiteers Johnson or the stranger-than-fiction Rees-Mogg are displaying their political wares like strutting cocks.
For sure, they want to position themselves to slip into Theresa May’s leopard-print shoes. But not yet. The “negotiations” - and therefore the endless dead-ends are to be left entirely to her - but didn’t she say this herself?
So now there is the Nick Boles “chuck Chequers” faction and several sub-factions which propose variations on a theme opposing May’s proposals. But they know they’ve no chance of getting to try them out!
Because obviously there can be no solution when you want to have your cake and eat it and that goes for Theresa May as well. Whether it is a matter of the Irish border, frictionless trade with the EU, common rules or models based on Canada’s free trade deal, or whatever. Not one of them knows how to proceed in a rational fashion - but that is because politics has left the real world and does not seem to be re-entering it any time soon.
But the real world is where the rest of us live. Unlike these rich ruling class parasites, we cannot avoid it. And whether in Britain or anywhere else for that matter - the situation for working class people and the unemployed poor is only getting worse. Let alone if one happens to be living in a war zone in Africa or the Middle East or fleeing and taking refuge from violent oppression as millions of people are having to do right now.
In fact, as the media reminds us, it is the 10th anniversary of the world financial crisis, precipitated by the 2008 banking crash - and this crisis is still with us, dragging the capitalists down underneath all the other crises that have superimposed themselves since then! But they drag the working class down with them, of course.
The latest casualty here in Britain is Homebase - which is closing shops and putting 1,500 workers at risk. Thousands of jobs have already gone with the closures of Maplin, ToysR US, Poundworld, Mothercare, Prezzo... Plus there are thousands of further losses with the displacement of banking jobs to the EU and the ongoing job cuts in the City.
On top of all this, the 80-year-old NHS is paralysed. EU staff have left and continued funding cuts (yes the “extra” money is a joke), are slowly killing it. The scandal at Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital after 40 unexplained deaths and where “staff shortage” is just one cause, speaks volumes.
So it is quite incredible to hear failed politicians like David Davis explaining that all is really well and that Brexit is doing no harm to the capitalist economy or that “project Fear Mark 3" is a lot of hoo-hah.
Apparently he hasn’t noticed that the value of the pound has still not recovered to its pre-Brexit-referendum level (despite there being no Brexit yet), or that British economic growth is lagging behind all others of similar size. The rising toll of job losses is no doubt a minor detail which does not bother him!
Blaming the eu for Brexit?
In fact the no-deal hard Brexiteers band from Westminster never miss an opportunity to accuse the EU and its negotiators of being the real cause of all these woes. And it seems that the British scallop fishermen are taking a leaf from their book!
Yes, it’s worth mentioning this “scallop war” where British fishermen tried to dredge scallops from protected beds in France, having seriously depleted scallops around the British coast with their larger boats and deep scraping methods. And by the way, if the EU rules were so limiting on British fishermen why is it that the French are only allowed to take scallops between October and May (to preserve stocks) and British boats aren’t restricted in this way?
Indeed, a lot of lies are told about “the EU”. But that is not even the issue. Today there are real questions confronting the working class - because taking control of our lives is not voting yes or no in a referendum (and not even in another one!) and then leaving it up to the politicians in Westminster (of whatever party!) to misrule us. It is about taking control now, of a wide mobilisation within our own class ranks - across all sections and nationalities - and beginning to organise the fight-back which is needed against these politicians and the exploiters whose interests they represent.
Because we should make no mistake. Whatever happens over the Brexit negotiations, whether it’s a deal or no deal, the bosses have already made their contingency plans and they will not suffer. This is a “class” question. The bill is to be passed on to us, the working class. And we have to be ready to tear it up and demand the fundamental change that we need. That is, workers’ control...
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Deaf awareness march in Kapsabet, Kenya, organised by Deafway ICS volunteers.
Voluntary Service Overseas: International Citizen Service
International volunteering is no longer just for the rich
Philip Goodwin
ICS for change
Last year it was reported in the national media that, early in her career, Education Secretary Justine Greening had been turned down for a job in finance after leaving university because she hadn’t taken a gap year and as such didn’t have enough ‘world experience’. She recalled that she was “too embarrassed to admit that I simply couldn’t afford one”.
In the UK the phenomenon of taking time out, to travel or experience life outside of the classroom or existing workplace, is so heavily associated with privilege that the term ‘gap yah’ was coined to mock it.
But gaining new experience, building new skills, broadening one’s understanding of the world and our individual and collective responsibility to help make it a better place are important skills for young people everywhere, from whatever background they come.
VSO ICS volunteers Senara Anstey and Harry Wilson in Nepal
'Before ICS I'd never left Europe'
Before Senara applied to volunteer through International Citizen Service (ICS), the UK Government funded programme that VSO leads, she was working in a school as an apprentice teaching assistant. When her apprenticeship ended and the school couldn’t find her a job, she considered international volunteering.
Having travelled little in the past, Senara, who’s from Cornwall, wasn’t immediately sure that ICS was for her.
“Coming from a working class background, I had only been abroad three times and had never travelled outside of Europe. Even the thought of going up to London, by myself, on the train terrified me! That’s why I took the chance to go to the pre-assessment workshop.”
Senara attended one of our especially designed workshops that seek to help young people from less privileged backgrounds feel confident and prepared for their ICS selection days, which all our volunteers attend.
A volunteer teaches Kenyan Sign Language to learners in school.
'Even before ICS, I'd changed'
The workshop was part of the International Volunteering Opportunities for All (IVO4all) project, through which VSO is working with government agencies and organisations across Europe, to make international volunteering opportunities more accessible for young people who wouldn’t normally have that opportunity.
At VSO we think long and hard about how we reach out to young people and how we support them before they travel overseas. This means we can reach a more diverse group of young people and remove the barriers they face to participation. As part of IVO4all, we’ve made further changes to how we work in order to broaden our reach.
Right now, Senara is in Nepal, working on a project to improve education and sanitation for children in rural areas - and building her skills, experience and confidence.
“Before I even stepped foot in Nepal I had gotten over certain fears and anxieties, and had experienced things that would never have been possible if it weren’t for ICS.”
We're working to influence policy
In 2017 we’re working closely with our IVO4all partners to influence policy across Europe. The aim is to create a better environment for all young people to take part in international volunteering and in doing so, to make a bigger contribution to their own societies.
We’re also continuing to work with the UK Government, to further reduce the barriers facing young people from less affluent backgrounds taking part in ICS.
IVO4all is just one of the ways we’re working to make ICS accessible for as many young people as possible. We’re committed to ensuring that our young volunteers who travel overseas are a true reflection of the UK population.
This is further reinforced by diversity targets we monitor ourselves against - not just for socio-economic background, but gender, ethnicity, disability and geographically across the regions of the UK.
Deafway ICS volunteer Levi Choutan teaching parents of deaf children Kenyan Sign Language in Nandi county, Kenya
Pairing different perspectives
Last year, for example, we worked with Deafway to send a group of Deaf British volunteers to Kenya, where they worked alongside young Deaf Kenyan counterparts to increase social, education and economic opportunities for Deaf Kenyans.
Through an ICS Access Fund, we provide extra funding to make adjustments for volunteers whose needs might not otherwise be met on placement. We also provide assistance to those experiencing considerable financial hardship that would prevent them for accessing the scheme.
We support young people from all over the UK, from diverse backgrounds, to share their experiences through the media, at meetings with MPs and ministers, and at global youth events.
We do this because we believe different people offer different skills and perspectives, and different solutions to problems. We believe that including people in this way also helps equip young people from across the UK to make a stronger contribution at home.
To make our projects, and the ICS programme as a whole, as impactful as possible, we need this diversity.
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Nobody from a less privileged background should find themselves in the same situation as Ms Greening did. ICS applicants are judged on their suitability to take part and contribute to the projects they work on, not their ability to pay.
So we encourage all young adults aged 18-25, whatever their background, who want to build their capacity and confidence, and to give their time to make the world a better place, to consider applying.
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Cyberwar and Revolution
Digital Subterfuge in Global Capitalism
Nick Dyer-Witheford and Svitlana Matviyenko
Uncovering the class conflicts, geopolitical dynamics, and aggressive capitalism propelling the militarization of the internet
Cyberwar and Revolution argues that digital warfare is not a bug in the logic of global capitalism but rather a feature of its chaotic, disorderly unconscious. Urgently confronting the concept of cyberwar through the lens of both Marxist critical theory and psychoanalysis, Nick Dyer-Witheford and Svitlana Matviyenko provide a wide-ranging examination of the class conflicts and geopolitical dynamics propelling war across digital networks.
Engaging, imaginative, and thorough, Cyberwar and Revolution tracks the emergence of cyberwar as expressions and fantasies that reveal the unconscious violent hostility of contemporary capitalism.
Benjamin Noys, author of Malign Velocities: Accelerationism and Capitalism
Film and Media, Film and Media, 2019 Geography catalog, 2019 American Studies catalog, 2019 Spring, 2019 Social Sciences catalog, 2019 Cultural Studies/Art/Media catalog, 2020 Sociology catalog, 2020 Social Sciences catalog, AAA 2020, AAA media, AAA philosophy and theory
Global surveillance, computational propaganda, online espionage, virtual recruiting, massive data breaches, hacked nuclear centrifuges and power grids—concerns about cyberwar have been mounting, rising to a fever pitch after the alleged Russian hacking of the U.S. presidential election and the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Although cyberwar is widely discussed, few accounts undertake a deep, critical view of its roots and consequences.
Analyzing the new militarization of the internet, Cyberwar and Revolution argues that digital warfare is not a bug in the logic of global capitalism but rather a feature of its chaotic, disorderly unconscious. Urgently confronting the concept of cyberwar through the lens of both Marxist critical theory and psychoanalysis, Nick Dyer-Witheford and Svitlana Matviyenko provide a wide-ranging examination of the class conflicts and geopolitical dynamics propelling war across digital networks.
Investigating the subjectivities that cyberwar mobilizes, exploits, and bewilders, and revealing how it permeates the fabric of everyday life and implicates us all in its design, this book also highlights the critical importance of the emergent resistance to this digital militarism—hacktivism, digital worker dissent, and off-the-grid activism—for effecting different, better futures.
$100.00 cloth ISBN 978-1-5179-0410-4
232 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2, March 2019
Nick Dyer-Witheford is associate professor in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at University of Western Ontario. His books include Cyber-Proletariat: Global Labour in the Digital Vortex and Games of Empire: Global Capitalism and Video Games (Minnesota, 2009).
Svitlana Matviyenko is assistant professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. She is coeditor of The Imaginary App and Lacan and the Posthuman.
Sweeping in scope, precise with details, and penetrating in its theoretical analysis, Cyberwar and Revolution is a superbly crafted account. Nick Dyer-Witheford and Svitlana Matviyenko attend to the specificities of tactics and technologies in light of geopolitical hierarchies and shifting configurations around imperialism and capitalism that animate the direction and impact of cyberwar across the globe. Erudite and yet riveting, Cyberwar and Revolution could not be more timely and urgent.
Gabriella Coleman, author of Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous
As information networks become more pervasive, the criss-crossing lines they draw make it harder to know what is inside and what is outside. Is this a state of perpetual war, ubiquitous revolution, and violence without ends (only means)? In such a theater, who is really a civilian? Cyberwar and Revolution provides a chilling account of what is at stake for the further militarization of data and an emphatic vision for a far less dangerous alternative.
Benjamin H. Bratton, University of California, San Diego
Introduction: You May Not Be Interested in Cyber-War …
1. The Geopolitical and Class Relations of Cyber-War
2. Cyber-War’s Subjects
3. What Is to Be Done?
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The Platform Economy How Japan Transformed the Consumer Internet Offering a deeper understanding of today’s internet media and the management theory behind it
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Disconnect Facebook’s Affective Bonds An urgent examination of the threat posed to social media by user disconnection, and the measures websites will take to prevent it
Off the Network Disrupting the Digital World Critiques how the Internet, social media, and the digital network change users’ understanding of the world
The Eye of War Military Perception from the Telescope to the Drone How perceptual technologies have shaped the history of war from the Renaissance to the present
Internet Daemons Digital Communications Possessed A complete history and theory of internet daemons brings these little-known—but very consequential—programs into the spotlight
99 Theses on the Revaluation of Value A Postcapitalist Manifesto A speculative exploration of value, emphasizing practical experimentation in its future forms
Games of Empire Global Capitalism and Video Games Analyzes video games and their links with capitalism, militarism, and social control
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Neural: Cyberwar and Revolution
Review of Cyberwar and Revolution by Nick Dyer-Witheford and Svitlana Matviyenko
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Golf-Course Owners Use a Hook To Win Slice of the Marketplace
By Michael SelzStaff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal
Golf just doesn't seem to be enough to lure players to courses anymore.
A glut of golf greens has convinced many course owners in the U.S. that they need to widen the sport's appeal. So some entrepreneurs are trying anything and everything to bring in customers, including nighttime tournaments, video games in clubhouses and giant, friendly bananas on the green.
The problem is that the list of courses being built looks longer than a Tiger Woods's drive. The U.S. industry has added or expanded more than 2,000 courses since 1992, 56% more than in the previous five years, according to the National Golf Foundation, a Jupiter, Fla., trade group. The total: 15,700 courses in the U.S. At the same time, the amount of actual golf-playing has changed little.
Few course owners are feeling more pressure than those in Michigan, where 300 new courses opened during the past three years, the most in any state. To attract customers to the Majestic at Lake Walden, co-owner William Fountain last summer put on a 10-foot-tall banana suit and handed out free fruit at the first tee. On the eve of "Banana Weekend" at the Hartland, Mich., course, Mr. Fountain slipped into the suit to gauge staffers' reaction. One worker playfully slugged him before realizing that the big banana signed his paycheck. Over the next three days, Mr. Fountain and 18 employees worked two-hour shifts wearing the suit in the August heat.
The sight startled golfer Tammy Rohrscheib. "We're at a tee up on a hill and suddenly I see this big yellow thing coming through the woods," says Ms. Rohrscheib. She knew about some of Mr. Fountain's past promotional ideas, such as encouraging customers to lie on the ground and putt with pool cues. But after the banana incident, she says, "nothing surprises me anymore."
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Why are so many politicians vets? The reason is hiding in plain sight.
Active Duty! New Yorkers are running from dawn til dusk for your brain
Ask a Green Beret or Navy SEAL about the most powerful weapon in their arsenal, and they’ll probably give you an answer you didn’t expect: the brain. These special operators know that the mind is a lethal tool and that the outcome of many battles is often decided well before the shooting even starts.
In fact, the first of principle of Special Operations is that “humans are more important than hardware.”
But New Yorkers already know this principle. They live it everyday. The Big Apple is a hard city and its citizens have survived brutal winters, hurricanes, British occupation, and multiple terrorist attacks. And yet, the city endures and continues to thrive because New Yorkers know that with resiliency, they can survive whatever comes next. Just try it, King Kong.
New York has always supported the U.S. military by hosting parades, fleet week, and, ultimately, throwing out the British, but now some New Yorkers are doing something a little different. They’re running for 12 hours straight around Manhattan as part of the Relay For Heroes.
The host of this crazy endeavor is the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund (IFHF), a non-profit organization that supports U.S. military personnel experiencing the invisible wounds of war: traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress (PTS). Like the military, citizens of New York know that a strong mind can be a lethal tool, so they’re pitching in to combat ailments that plague it. Headquartered out of the Intrepid Aircraft Carrier in New York Harbor, teams of four to six runners will run five mile legs all day long, from 8am to 8pm.
Winston Fisher is a member of Team Extreme who raise funds for Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund
One of these runners is Winston Fisher, a proud New Yorker and board member of the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund, who is running as a part of Team Extreme, a group of dedicated athletes who use extreme supports to raise funds for the military and veterans. Winston described his efforts to We Are The Mighty,
“Our team has participated in some of the most recognized and, in many instances, the most challenging events in the world, including major world marathons, Ironman, and the toughest ultra-distance events on the planet. Relay for Heroes is Team Extreme’s signature running event.”
As a lifelong athlete, fitness has always been part of Winston’s world, but in 2012, he fully committed himself to endurance sports by starting with a Tough Mudder and then progressing to half- and full Ironman events. Since then, Winston has completed the Kona Ironman (an event that will humble even the fittest Green Beret) and finished the grueling World Marathon Challenge — 7 marathons in 7 days on 7 continent. Winston, who personally raised over 0,000 during the 2017 Relay for Heroes, has another special reason for running;
“The race was, first and foremost, for my children. I wanted them to know they can accomplish anything they put their minds to. Life is not easy, it requires sacrifice, but success is theirs if they work for it. Lead by example. Walk the walk, don’t just talk the talk.”
Intrepid Spirit Centers combine the latest technology in physical and mental health to combat TBI and PTS.
This year, Winston, Team Extreme, and the rest of the runners are definitely doing more than walking the walk. They are putting themselves through a 12-hour gauntlet for a very important mission: To help IFHF raise funds to build a series of specially designed treatment facilities, named Intrepid Spirit Centers, at military bases across the country.
If you’re on active duty, you may have seen these centers in places like Camp Lejeune, N.C. and Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Each facility is state-of-the-art-campus designed to help active members overcome the effects of TBI and PTS with experts in neurology, physical therapy, and even nutrition all on site. These centers are literally on-base gyms for the brain.
Matthew Schumacher, a petty officer stationed aboard the USS Taylor from 1992 through 1996, is running in the Relay for Heroes because he remembers a time when TBI and PTS were left untreated for many of his fellow sailors. Matthew explained to We Are The Mighty why he’s running this year:
“I’ve seen personally the day-to-day effects [these ailments] have on fellow service members, both current and retired. To get others to realize, the small amount of pain I’ll go through in this relay is minimal compared to those suffering daily with TBI and PTS.”
With the new Intrepid Spirit Centers, the military has the tools needed to help the wounded recover from the invisible wounds of war and return to the battlefield, ready to fight. Since its inception in 2016, the Relay for Heroes has dedicated 100% of all funds raised in the race to build Intrepid Spirit Centers and this year is no different. Donations from this year’s’ race will go towards three additional centers that still need to be built, including centers at Fort Carson in Colorado, Fort Bliss in Texas, and Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.
For runners like Winston Fisher, the payoff of 12 hours of pain is simple:
“Traumatic brain injury is a silent killer if untreated. Fallen Heroes Fund is the front line of medical treatment. Our troops do so much for us, the least I can do is help them heal.”
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Former Air Force Officer accused of spying for Iran
Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
The U.S. Justice Department has indicted a former U.S. Air Force intelligence officer for aiding Iran in what Washington says was a cyberespionage operation targeting U.S. intelligence officers.
The indictment said Monica Witt exposed a U.S. agent and helped Iran’s Revolutionary Guards develop cybertargets in the U.S. military after defecting to Iran in 2013.
U.S. officials said Witt, who worked for years in U.S. Air Force counterintelligence, had an “ideological” turn against her country.
As part of its action on Feb. 13, 2019, the United States also charged four Iranian nationals who it said were involved in the cyberattacks.
It also sanctioned two Iran-based companies: New Horizon Organization and Net Peygard Samavat Company.
Former Air Force Intelligence agent charged with spying for Iran
The U.S. Treasury said Net Peygard targeted current and former U.S. government and military personnel with a malicious cybercampaign, while New Horizon had staged international gatherings to back efforts by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps’ Quds Force to recruit and collect intelligence from foreign participants.
Witt herself was recruited by Iran after attending two international conferences organized by New Horizon, U.S. officials said.
They said Witt served as a counterintelligence officer in the air force from 1997 until 2008, and worked as contractor for two years after that.
This article originally appeared on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Follow @RFERL on Twitter.
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Army reports lack of training as biggest setback to readiness
Katie Foley
Earlier this month, the Army’s top general in charge of supplying units with troops blamed a lack of readiness on limited time for training, adding that lack of funding isn’t the biggest challenge.
Head of Army Forces Command Gen. Robert Abrams said the lack of training stems from lawmakers making policy that commits the service to engagements around the world without an eye toward keeping the force healthy and trained up.
U.S. Soldiers of Rider Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade record information while conducting a brief during exercise Combined Resolve VII at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels Germany, Sept. 11, 2016. The exercise is designed to train the Army’s regionally allocated forces to the U.S. European Command. Combined Resolve VII includes more than 3,500 participants from 16 NATO and European partner nations. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Caleb Foreman)
Abrams explained that soldiers were expected to deploy more and have less time home because of downsizing.
“Our goal has always been … one month gone, two months back,” Abrams said, adding that the Army is currently experiencing a ratio of “deploy-to-dwell” that trends closer to one month gone, one month back.
“Our commitments worldwide across the globe in support of our combatant commanders remains at a very high level while we continue to simultaneously downsize the total force,” Abrams told an audience at the annual Association of the U.S. Army conference in Washington.
“Our number one constraint for training is time available.”
Recent budget cuts have forced the Army to reduce its total active duty soldiers to 450,000 while still meeting its obligations worldwide. As a result, the operational tempo for soldiers is higher and more demanding — ultimately requiring soldiers to train more, for longer periods of time, in addition to more and longer deployments, Army officials say.
“The impact of non-standard missions continues to have a degrading effect across our force in being able to sustain proficiency in combined arms maneuver,” Abrams said.
Because soldiers are experiencing a minimal deploy-to-dwell time, there isn’t enough time for soldiers to maintain the training the Army requires.
“We struggle today to maintain and meet Department of the Army standards in our critical combat fleets,” Abrams explained before highlighting unmet requirements within the Army’s aviation and ground fleets. He was quick to explain that in aviation in particular, the problems do not lie with the aviators. The problem stems, instead, with plans to restructure the way the Army finances those fleets, impacting training requirements, upkeep on aircraft, and overall readiness of aviators.
While Abrams was very careful not to blame funding shortfalls for the readiness issues facing the Army, he did not hesitate to blame the readiness of the National Guard in particular on lack of money.
“We’ve dug ourselves this hole because of funding,” Abrams said.
Despite the tough times, Abrams said the Army has made tremendous strides in the last year in terms of readiness and overall capabilities.
“Last year at this exact forum, one of underlying themes was that as an army in terms of our joint war-fighting capabilities, we were pretty rusty,” he said. “I’m happy to report today that we have made progress in our ability.”
Navy to attack ISIS with upgraded laser-guided Maverick missile
Warrior Scout
An F-16C launching an AGM-65D Maverick missile. | U.S. Air Force photo by SMSgt. Chapman
U.S. Navy F-18 fighter jets will soon be targeting and destroying ISIS targets with upgraded laser-guided Maverick missiles engineered to pinpoint maneuvering or fast-moving targets, service officials explained.
The Maverick air-to-ground missile, in service since the Vietnam era, is now receiving an upgraded laser-seeker along with new software configurations to better enable it to hit targets on the run.
The upgraded weapon is currently configured to fire from an Air Force F-16 and A-10 and Navy Harrier Jets and F/A-18s.
“The Laser Maverick (LMAV) E2 seeker upgrade is capable of precisely targeting and destroying a wide variety of fixed, stationary and high speed moving land or sea targets,” Navy Spokeswoman Lt. Amber Lynn Daniel told Scout Warrior.
The LMAV E2 upgrade program has been implemented as a seeker and sustainment upgrade, she added. The Air Force is currently attacking ISIS with the upgraded Maverick through a prior deal to receive 256 missiles from its maker, Raytheon.
Also, there is an existing laser-guided version of the Maverick already in use; the new variant involves a substantial improvement in the weapon’s guidance and targeting systems.
The AGM-65E2, as it’s called, will be used to attack ISIS as part of the ongoing Operation Inherent Resolve, Navy officials said. Such a technology is of particular relevance against ISIS because the ongoing U.S. Coalition air bombing has made it virtually impossible for ISIS to gather in large formations, use convoys of armored vehicles or mass large numbers of fighters.
As a result, their combat tactics are now largely restricted to movement in small groups such as pick-up trucks or groups of fighters deliberately blended in with civilians. This kind of tactical circumstance, without question, underscores the need for precision weaponry from the air – weapons which can destroy maneuvering and fast-moving targets.
The Navy is now in the process of receiving 566 upgraded Maverick ER weapons from a 2014, $50 million contract with Raytheon.
The Maverick uses Semi-Active Laser, or SAL, guidance to follow a laser “spot” or designation from an aircraft itself, a nearby aircraft or ground asset to paint the target.
“Legacy AGM-65A/B Guidance and Control Sections will be modified with a state-of-the-art Semi-Active Laser E2 seeker. The missiles with upgraded seekers add the capability to self-lase from the delivery platform, address numerous changes in response to parts obsolescence, and add Pulse repetition frequency (PRF) last code hold to ease pilot workload,” Daniel explained.
Raytheon photo
The weapon can also use infrared and electro-optical or EO guidance to attack target. It can use a point detonation fuse designed to explode upon impact or a delayed fuse allowing the missile to penetrate a structure before detonating as a way to maximize its lethal impact. It uses a 300-pound “blast-frag” warhead engineered to explode shrapnel and metal fragments in all directions near or on a designated target.
“It uses a blast but not quite as large as a 500-pound bomb for lower collateral damage,” Gordon McKenzie, Maverick business development manager, Raytheon, told Scout Warrior in an interview.
Also, In the event of a loss of LASER lock, the upgraded missiles are able to de-arm fly towards last seen laser spot; and will re-arm guide to target with laser reacquisition.
“The Maverick is a superb close air support weapon against stationary, moving and rapidly maneuvering targets. Pilots say it is the weapon of choice for fast-moving and rapidly maneuvering targets,” McKenzie said.
In addition to its role against ground targets such as ISIS, the Maverick weapon able to hit maneuvering targets at sea such as small attack boats.
“It has a rocket on it versus being a free-fall weapon. It travels faster and has maneuverability to follow a laser spot on a fast-moving pick-up truck,” McKenzie explained.
Fort Riley IDs soldier after Medevac training death
Topeka Capital Journal
Posted On March 31, 2018 02:56:51
Fort Riley officials on Sept. 14 identified the 1st Infantry Division soldier who was killed during a training exercise Sept. 12 in Fort Hood, Texas.
Staff Sgt. Sean Devoy, a 28-year-old medic, died after falling during hoist training near Robert Gray Army Airfield, officials said.
The cause of the incident, which is being called an “accident,” is under investigation, a news release said.
“We extend our heartfelt condolences to Staff Sgt. Sean Devoy’s family and friends during this difficult time,” said Lt. Col. Khirsten Schwenn, 2nd GSAB, 1st Avn. Regt., commander. “The unexpected death of a family member is profoundly tragic. Staff Sgt. Devoy touched countless lives as a flight paramedic. We are deeply saddened by the loss of an extraordinary noncommissioned officer and teammate.”
A flight medic extracts a patient during live hoist extraction training. Army photo by Spc. Adeline Witherspoon.
Devoy, whose home of record is Ballwin, Mo., arrived at Fort Riley in December 2012 after joining the Army in March 2010. He was posthumously promoted to staff sergeant.
He deployed to Germany in 2010 and Afghanistan in 2011, 2013, and 2016.
He earned several awards and decorations throughout his career.
A team from the US Army Combat Readiness Center at Fort Rucker, Ala., is leading the investigation.
Navy’s two-piece, flame-resistant uniform undergoes second round of tests
U.S. Fleet Forces (USFF) Command will begin a second round of testing in 2019 on a two-piece organizational clothing variant that offers flame resistance and moves the Navy one step closer to delivering sailors a safe, comfortable, no-cost alternative to the Improved Flame Resistant Variant (IFRV) coveralls, with the same travel flexibility as the Type III working uniform.
USFF conducted the initial wear test on two-piece variants from May through September of 2018 and collected feedback from nearly 200 wear-test participants across surface, aviation, and submarine communities about everything from colors and design, to comfort and options like buttons and hook-and-loop fasteners. The command also received feedback from more than 1,700 sailors in an online survey about colors and design.
An information graphic describing the modernized, two-piece, flame-resistant organizational clothing wear-test design components for sailors.
(U.S. photo illustration by Bobbie A. Camp)
Fleet survey responses indicated that sailors liked the functionality of the Type III but would like to see the design in traditional Navy uniform colors. More than 70 percent of E-6 and junior sailors surveyed liked the navy blue blouse and trouser while a khaki version was the preference for chiefs and officers.
Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anthony Flynn, assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), demonstrates the operational de-blousing capability of the flame-resistant, two-piece organizational clothing prototype.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Stacy M. Atkins Ricks)
“Leaders are listening to the fleet when it comes to this design,” said USFF Fleet Master Chief Rick O’Rawe, a wear-test participant. “We have an obligation to keep our sailors safe in inherently dangerous environments, but we also want to be mindful of their time. This is going to be something that’s safe, easy to maintain, and doesn’t require half-masting of coveralls when it’s hot or having to change clothes every time you leave the ship. Never again should we have to pass the words ‘all hands shift into the uniform for entering port or getting underway.'”
Lt. Jamie Seibel, assigned to U.S. Fleet Forces (USFF) Command, demonstrates the operational wearability of the flame-resistant, two-piece organizational clothing prototype (khaki variant) aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Vella Gulf (CG-72).
The updated design, which won’t require sailors to sew on components, will be tested by 100 officers and enlisted sailors to see how well it performs from wash-to-wear without ironing, and how it holds up to laundering. The two-piece variant will allow for de-blousing in extreme climates and challenging work environments. An undershirt will continue to be tested with a flame-resistant, moisture-wicking fabric in black.
A sailor assigned to the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Truxtun (DDG 103) demonstrates the operational wearability of the black Gortex parka and the flame-resistant, two-piece organizational clothing prototype navy blue variant.
I have received so much feedback just from wearing the two-piece around the command every day,” said Yeoman 1st Class Kelly Pyron, a wear-test participant assigned to USFF. “The best part is that we’ll be able to transit from the ship and run errands in the two-piece; having one standard underway and in-port across the board will be much more convenient. I am excited to see the wear test moving into the next phase of evaluation.”
Once approved, the new prototype will serve as an alternative to the IFRV coverall for operational commands. The coverall may continue to be the prescribed clothing item for some sailors in applicable work environments.
Pyron expressed, “If a clothing item, that I will not have to buy, can make my life easier while keeping me safe, I’m all for it.”
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‘Covert action’ is back on the debate stage
Real Clear Defense
Covert action is making its name again. Back on the strategic foreign policy stage, covert action is a way to achieve diplomacy without direct military confrontation. Kinetic operations by way of targeted killing have become a hot (and disputed) topic.
Even though Presidents Ford in 1976, Carter in 1978, and Reagan in 1981 signed Executive Orders to ban political assassinations, the U.S. has engaged in targeted killings through drone strikes to kill enemy combatants on the battlefield. Signature strikes that target behavior patterns and personal networks often result in increased collateral damage, namely to civilians. Some of these actions are overt while others are covert, or at least clandestine in some nature.
An MQ-9 Reaper drone.
(USAF)
So, who does these things? Is it the military, CIA, or even both?
The answer to the purview of this comes down to law. More specifically, to the debate between authority in U.S. Title 10 and 50. The debate is widely and often invoked to address when the military is taking over actions or missions within the domain of the intelligence operations of CIA.
Title 10 describes the legal authority for military operations regarding the DoD’s organizational structure.
Meanwhile, Title 50 captures CIA’s authority to conduct its intelligence operations and covert action.
The legal stipulations of military versus CIA legal authority are a little more complex, but the two catchall designations are what matter in the larger scope. And that is how practitioners interpret it.
However, the differentiation in the purview between military and CIA operations is not always clear. As changes to the way we fight become more complex and dynamic with each operation, DoD and CIA officers constantly attempt to find themselves in the correct lane for engaging in their respective operations.
Perhaps the easiest example of this was when CIA found the potential for the Predator drone in aerial surveillance. CIA undoubtedly assumed that the aircraft would fall into its own designation. The debate went on between CIA and DoD. Even though the UAV was classified as an aircraft, CIA contended that it was only a platform to collect imagery intelligence. CIA won.
Once CIA tried to weaponize the UAVs by incorporating Hellfire missiles into their framework, DoD fought CIA again. This time, the Air Force made the argument regarding Title 10 versus Title 50. Already established to be an aircraft, a weaponized UAV would fall under Title 10 as the purview of the military. Being weaponized, the Predator was no longer just an imagery intelligence collection asset but more of a kinetic killing machine. Its job was not just to pick up and track high-value targets as much as it was to send warheads to foreheads. This time, the Air Force and DoD won.
So, the designation for military or CIA control of drone warfare is not black or white. It exists in the grey zone.
That is why drones remain a tricky topic for use regarding both surveillance and kinetic operations. It is still a working and developing decision of who calls the shots and who owns the infrastructure.
When it comes to boots-on-the-ground operations regarding both kinetic and non-kinetic operations, the debate becomes even more contested. Because of its charter, CIA is the only agency responsible for and charged with covert action. Action abroad in this context has always been part of CIA’s history: some of it good, other parts bad.
However, sometimes the military conducts operations that to the naked eye would appear to be consistent with covert action. The big difference is that these operations that may well be clandestine are not covert or designed to be plausibly deniable.
If a U.S. military operation goes sideways, the U.S. Government is forced to acknowledge it. And contrary to popular belief, that includes higher tier units, such as Delta Force, DEVGRU, and others.
Kinetic covert action protocols on the ground are only deniable if under the sanctions of CIA. Meaning they would have to have been performed in a paramilitary context by the Special Activities Division (SAD), including Ground Branch, Global Response Staff …
The U.S. military cannot and does not perform covert action.
However, that is not the end of the discussion. Within the bounds of Title 10, the DoD has found a way to get close to covert action without crossing the line.
The closest the U.S. military gets to covert action is called the Operational Preparation of the Environment (OPE). OPE consists of clandestine intelligence collection that may have a more distant relation to military action. Because OPE exists in a pseudo-covert action context, DoD has won legal jurisdiction of it by arguing that a theoretical, distant military operation might one day exist as a result of its being.
It goes beyond traditional military operations but doesn’t legally cross the line into covert action by CIA. It does, however, get close.
Everyone from DoD, CIA, and even ODNI knows that the delineation is not clear. They argue, they fight, and they come up with some sort of consensus. But while there might not be a distinct line in the ground differentiating CIA and DoD authority, there is a grey line or a buffer zone at the very least.
However, this grey line possesses ambiguity that can have very adverse implications for the national security community. Such ambiguity makes it difficult, if not impossible, for intelligence officers to conduct intelligence operations in their field of work if the collection of such intelligence is proscribed.
If the military continues to conduct clandestine intelligence in the form of OPE, leaders at both DoD and CIA will need to prescribe more delineated instructions for how and by who such intelligence will be collected. This goes beyond mere turf wars that happen all of the time within the intelligence community. It gives instructions as to who can operate in this capacity when covert action is not conducted but is on the borderline of being touched.
The DoD argument for OPE that such intelligence may need to be collected via clandestine means for the potential exploitation in a future, theoretical military operation will not suffice. It only provides legitimacy to the military in conducting such operations but does not provide a way for it to complement or work along CIA.
Gina Haspel, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency
Many of the covert operations undertaken by CIA are not very different from military OPE. The functions hold many of the same premises. The only difference is that DoD has made the argument for OPE’s potential value as to why it should be considered a military operation in accordance with Title 10 and not the covert action provisions of Title 50.
Accordingly, the functions of both DoD and CIA should complement one another as opposed to working against each other in the case of further jurisdiction debate. Leaders need to delineate the roles the processes should play in each agency while also proscribing intelligence requirements that can be satisfied according to each service.
There is no reason the DoD should not be able to conduct OPE. It is not covert action and does not fall exclusively into CIA’s charter. But it does border it.
That means there needs to be much more synchronization between DoD and CIA to facilitate intelligence collection on adversarial capabilities and intentions to fulfill intelligence requirements that are desperately needed.
However, the issue does not stop only with senior leadership. It has ramifications for operations officers at CIA and military officers, equally as well. While both cohorts know their jobs and the functions that are to be executed fairly well, operations such as that of OPE provide particular challenges that are still not widely understood. That is particularly the case because it is not firmly established in doctrine or proscribed to the legality of one agency or the other.
An operations officer at CIA who is tasked with clandestine human intelligence collection may be blindsided by OPE operations undertaken by the military that may disrupt or interfere with general Agency operations. Military intelligence collection may confuse Agency personnel as to their requirements as to whose prerogative or official duties the intelligence collection may involve. Further, intelligence collection of this sort in the same area of operations may interfere with CIA sources and asset networks that may inadvertently become shared with that of the military. Sources can quickly become compromised if they are not handled correctly, and too many asset handlers without adequate synchronization will do precisely that.
Likewise, many military officers are unaware of OPE and what it entails. It is not widely discussed, taught, or even presented to military officers in a way to educate them on what is encompassed by the military’s clandestine intelligence collection. Further, it is a discipline that is shared with a select few military personnel and officers who are not acquainted with it may also interfere with its operation. Conventional military hierarchies have become somewhat risk-adverse to date (for good reasons and bad) that their executive judgment (based on collective ambiguity relating to intelligence collection of this sort) may either interfere with or disrupt OPE collection efforts. The absence of clear guidance as to clandestine intelligence functions within the military can cripple the intelligence apparatus and needs to be further described in doctrine to allow for its potential and avoid interference of it inadvertently.
Summarily, the role of covert action between the DoD and CIA is rather clear. The Title 10 versus 50 debate has been exhaustively discussed in the literature and among practitioners. But where the line becomes grey has not. This is a problem for both DoD and CIA. Both agencies need to comprehensively describe the role of clandestine intelligence collection in both agencies. This is particularly true with OPE where the line is not delineated, education efforts are virtually nonexistent, and jurisdiction boundaries are more or less ambiguous. To facilitate the most successful and operationally safeguarded operations of this nature, DoD and CIA need to find a more delineated and prescribed approach to clandestine intelligence collection to fulfill the intelligence requirements that they need to satisfy.
This article originally appeared on Real Clear Defense. Follow @RCDefense on Twitter.
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Pentagon officially releases UFO videos because these times aren’t strange enough
Tessa Robinson
As if 2020 couldn’t get any more bizarre, earlier today the Pentagon officially released unclassified, previously leaked footage of “unidentified aerial phenomena” aka unidentified flying objects aka UFOs aka ALIENS.
In September of last year, the Navy acknowledged the validity of the videos, but are officially releasing them “in order to clear up any misconceptions by the public on whether or not the footage that has been circulating was real, or whether or not there is more to the videos,” the Pentagon said in a statement. “After a thorough review, the department has determined that the authorized release of these unclassified videos does not reveal any sensitive capabilities or systems, and does not impinge on any subsequent investigations of military air space incursions by unidentified aerial phenomena. DOD is releasing the videos in order to clear up any misconceptions by the public on whether or not the footage that has been circulating was real, or whether or not there is more to the videos. The aerial phenomena observed in the videos remain characterized as ‘unidentified.’
There are three videos showing separate incidents.
Gimbal: The First Official UAP Footage from the USG for Public Release
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If social distancing’s got you down, just remember: We’re not alone. Is that threatening to national security? Here’s what UFO expert and former special agent Luis Elizondo, said in an interview with WATM:
Do I think they’re a threat? They could be if they wanted to be.
Let me give you a very succinct analogy: Let’s say at night you go to lock your front door, you don’t expect any problems, but you lock it anyways just to be extra safe. You lock your windows, and you turn on your alarm system, and you go to bed. You do this every morning, and let’s say one morning after you wake up, you’re walking downstairs, and you find muddy footprints in your living room.
Nothing has been taken, no one is hurt, but despite you locking the front doors, the windows, and turning on the alarm system — there are muddy footprints in your living room.
The question is: is that a threat?
Well, I don’t know, but it could be if it wanted to be.
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The scene speaks for itself: you can clearly see the journalist presenting her report from the runway as several Hind gunships fly close to her. As many as 14 Mi-24s can be seen in the footage with the second one literally buzzing the journalist with the stub wing endplate missile pylon missing her head by a few inches…
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The dozens of Americans quarantined at a US Air Force base in California over the coronavirus have described taking boxing, Zumba, and even accounting classes as ways to pass the time, The Washington Post reported.
The 195 US citizens were taken from Wuhan, the Chinese city where the virus broke out, and flown to March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, California, on January 29. They are under a mandatory 14-day quarantine, meaning they would be released on February 12.
They are not allowed to leave the base and have been subjected to frequent medical tests for symptoms of the deadly coronavirus. So they are turning to their own sources of entertainment.
Here’s what they have been up to, according to The Post:
A boxing enthusiast is teaching boxing classes.
Another workout fan is teaching Zumba classes
An accountant is leading a seminar on how to prepare their income taxes — just in time for Tax Day.
A theme-park designer is planning classes for kids on how to doodle on the sidewalk.
Jarred Evans, a professional football player who moved to Wuhan, has been running through every part of the air base to keep fit. (You can also watch his videos of Wuhan under quarantine and his evacuation flight here.)
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Screenshot from video taken by Jarred Evans on the flight out of Wuhan.
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“When people hear quarantine, they think of the zombie apocalypse, movies like ‘World War Z,'” Matthew McCoy, the theme-park designer on the base, told The Post. “But the reality is it’s what you make of it.”
The 195 people at March Air Reserve base are a fraction of the total number of Americans the State Department is flying out of Wuhan to take back home.
Two more planes arrived at Travis Air Force Base and Marine Corps Air Station Miramar carrying 350 passengers on Wednesday, and more are expected.
All of them are subject to a 14-day mandatory quarantine, and the Department of Defense has set aside six military bases in California, Texas, and Nebraska for the lockdown.
Americans flown out of Wuhan have also given harrowing descriptions of some parts of the evacuation and quarantine, like being flown in cargo planes with flight crew wearing full hazmat suits, being told to stay six feet away from one another at all times, and not being able to eat for hours on end, The Post reported.
Another woman and her 15-year-old daughter, who are observant Orthodox Jews, also said they couldn’t eat for 40 hours because there was no kosher food available on board the cargo plane and at the March Air Reserve Base, The Post reported.
Other people quarantined around the world over the coronavirus — from Russia to Australia to Japan to China itself — have also been documenting their lockdown.
Many countries are imposing 14-day quarantines on people coming from mainland China, while the city of Wuhan and at least 15 other Chinese cities have had their transport links shut down.
A group of Russians quarantined in Siberia have been livestreaming their workouts and posting photos of their food and “prisoner clothes.”
Chinese citizens are making memes and sharing their innovative — but not necessarily helpful — ways to shield themselves from the virus, including wearing inflatable costumes to minimize contact with other people.
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Members of the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, inspect the Tabqa dam on March 27, 2017, which has been recently partially recaptured, as part of their battle for the jihadists’ stronghold in nearby Raqa.
Clashes raged around a key northern Syrian town on Tuesday after the Islamic State group launched a counter-attack to fend off a U.S.-backed advance near the jihadists’ stronghold Raqa.
Backed by air power from an international coalition bombing, the Syrian Democratic Forces are laying the groundwork for an assault on the heart of the jihadists’ so-called “caliphate.”
ISIS has a history of targeting Kurds and their allies. (Dept. of Defense photo)
A key part of the campaign is the battle for the ISIS-held town of Tabqa on the Euphrates River, as well as the adjacent dam and military airport.
The SDF seized the Tabqa airbase late Sunday and began pushing north towards the town itself, but ISIS fighters doubled down on their defenses on Tuesday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
“The fighting is a result of ISIS launching a counter-offensive to exhaust the Syrian Democratic Forces around the Tabqa military airport,” said Observatory head Rami Abdel Rahman.
He said the SDF was working to “consolidate its positions” near the airport ahead of a final push for the town.
SDF fighters are also bearing down on the Tabqa dam after capturing its northern entrance on Friday from ISIS fighters.
The fight around the structure has been backed by forces from the US-led coalition, with American-made armoured vehicles bearing the markings of the U.S. Marine Corps seen moving along a nearby road.
An AFP correspondent at the dam on Tuesday said it was generally quiet around the dam itself, despite the occasional ISIS-fired mortar that landed in SDF-controlled parts of the riverbank.
Airplanes could be heard humming above as SDF forces patrolled the northern entrance of the structure.
On Tuesday, coalition forces could be seen standing near military vehicles less than one mile from the dam, their mortar rounds casually stacked nearby.
After a brief pause in fighting on Monday to allow technicians to enter the dam complex, SDF fighters resumed their operations around the structure, said spokeswoman Jihan Sheikh Ahmed.
“ISIS amassed its fighters and attacked our forces in the area, which forced us to respond and resume the operations to liberate the dam,” she said.
Earlier this year, the United Nations raised concern about the prospect of damage to the dam in fighting, warning that water levels — which put pressure on the structure — were already high.
ISIS has also issued warnings through its propaganda agency Amaq that the dam “is threatened with collapse at any moment because of American strikes and a large rise in water levels”.
On Tuesday, technicians accompanied by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent could be seen examining the dam to assess whether water levels had risen in recent days.
“The explosions and the clashes are threatening the dam, and we ask for all sides to distance themselves from it,” said Ismail Jassem, an engineer from the SDF-controlled Tishreen Dam in neighbouring Aleppo province.
“The water levels are acceptable now. We came to open up one of the gates to relieve the pressure,” he told AFP.
The SDF launched its offensive for Raqa city in November 2016, seizing around two thirds of the surrounding province, according to the Britain-based Observatory.
At their closest point, the forces are just five miles from Raqa city, to the northeast.
But they are mostly further away, between ten to fifteen miles from Raqa.
The Observatory, which relies on a network of source on the ground in Syria, said ISIS had deployed around 900 fighters from Raqa city to various fronts in the wider province.
“Fighting is raging on every front around the city of Raqa, accompanied by non-stop air strikes,” Abdel Rahman said.
Syria’s conflict began with protests against President Bashar al-Assad in 2011 but has turned into a brutal war pitting government forces, jihadists, rebels, and Kurds against each other.
UN-mediated talks between government and rebel representatives continued Tuesday in Geneva, aimed at bringing an end to the war that has killed 320,000 people.
Watch this Russian fighter nearly collide with Navy plane
The U.S. Navy has released video of a Su-27, a Russian fighter, conducting an extremely dangerous maneuver against the crew of an EP-3 Aries plane taking part in Trident Juncture, the massive NATO war games that have sent the Russian military into a tizzy.
The depicted aerial maneuvers, which included the Russian plane flying within a few feet of the U.S. aircraft with engines roaring, were seemingly conducted solely with the intention of threatening the unarmed plane. The intercept included two passes and lasted for approximately 25 minutes. According to a Navy statement,
On Nov. 5, 2018, a U.S. EP-3 Aries aircraft flying in international airspace over the Black Sea was intercepted by a Russian SU-27. This interaction was determined to be unsafe due to the SU-27 conducting a high speed pass directly in front of the mission aircraft, which put our pilots and crew at risk. The intercepting SU-27 made an additional pass, closing with the EP-3 and applying its afterburner while conducting a banking turn away. The crew of the EP-3 reported turbulence following the first interaction, and vibrations from the second.
The Navy pushed the Russian forces to follow international agreements and cited the 1972 Agreement for the Prevention of Incidents On and Over the High Seas (INCSEA), an agreement originally between the U.S. and the Soviet Union which covers interactions between naval forces.
A U.S. Navy EP-3 reconnaissance plane
Article IV of the agreement specifically calls for commanders of aircraft to “use the greatest of caution and prudence in approaching aircraft and ships of the other Party,” something that this November 5 incident seems to be a flagrant violation of. This follows a November 2 incident in which a Russian bomber flew nearly directly over a U.S. command ship, the USS Mount Whitney.
A Pentagon spokesperson told Business Insider that Russia failed to make radio contact with the plane before conducting its maneuvers, making this interaction especially dangerous.
This sudden increase in incidents is no accident. NATO’s Trident Juncture war games are a response to increasing Russian aggression, including the illegal annexation of Crimea and election meddling across the Europe and the U.S.
The military exercises have triggered a series of responses from Russia, which include the dangerous intercepts, a huge missile exercise announced and held in the middle of NATO’s training, and an increased naval presence in the waters in and around the exercise.
Russia’s concerns about the large exercise ring hollow, though, since Russia held the Vostock 2018 war games in September, which it claimed was its largest exercise since the Cold War. While Russia inflated the size of Vostock, claiming 300,000 troops where there may have been as few as 150,000, it was still much larger than Trident Juncture, which has only 50,000 participants.
But Trident Juncture is still frightening for Russia as 30 nations are taking part. Vostock had only three participants: Russia, China, and a small Mongolian force. And Trident Juncture includes nations that are Russian neighbors and either members of NATO or friends of the alliance, posing a big threat to Russia’s ability to push around its neighbors.
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A decorated Marine Raider who was critically wounded during a deployment to Iraq in support of the fight against Islamic State militants received one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for valor Oct. 30th.
Staff Sgt. Patrick Maloney, a multi-purpose canine handler with 2nd Marine Raider Battalion within Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, was presented with a Bronze Star with combat valor device Oct. 30 in recognition of heroism during an intense ISIS ambush.
According to a medal citation obtained by Military.com, Maloney had been conducting partnered reconnaissance operations on a “prominent ridge” along the Kurdish Defensive Line.
While the citation does not state where Maloney’s team was deployed, U.S. military officials have described the defensive line organized by Kurdish Peshmerga forces prosecuting the ground fight against ISIS as surrounding the city of Kirkuk, in northern Iraq.
A checkpoint near Altun Kurpi, between Irbil and Kirkuk. Photo from NRT Images.
On Aug. 27, 2016, the Raider team was providing security from an observation post overlooking ISIS territory when three of the Marines were ambushed from a position 500 meters to the west, according to the citation.
Incoming small-arms and machine-gun fire was heavy enough to pin the troops down, and ISIS machine-gun rounds pelted the vehicle the Marines were taking cover behind.
At that point, Maloney decided to take action.
“He immediately crossed open ground, retrieved ammunition, and took charge of a Peshmerga heavy machine gun in an exposed and open truck bed,” the citation reads. “Remaining deliberately exposed to withering fire, he laid deadly suppressive fire on the enemy fighting positions.”
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There, with enemy rounds flying around him, the worst happened: His machine gun malfunctioned. Not once, but twice.
Each time, he had to keep his wits about him and fix the problem with the weapon while remaining exposed to enemy gunfire. And when the gun started working again, he kept firing.
“[Maloney’s] fearless actions and fierce suppression gained fire superiority and enabled his teammates to return safely to covered positions,” the citation states. “His bold actions further contributed to the immediate withdrawal of enemy forces.”
Months later on the same deployment, Maloney would be wounded in action. According to a GoFundMe page created by friends, he was “critically wounded” Dec. 30.
Photo from USMC
Marine Corps Times reported at the time that Maloney was recovering from a head wound. The account almost immediately raised most of the $15,000 goal to support Maloney’s family and cover expenses associated with his recovery.
The fundraising page stated he had been on his fifth deployment.
Maloney’s medal citation provides a rare look into the heroism of special operations troops in the fight against ISIS. While there are now hundreds of operators in Iraq and Syria supporting and advising local ground forces, they frequently are kept out of the public spotlight.
While the Defense Department does not keep a public database of Bronze Star awards, it lists only four Silver Stars awarded to date for valor in Operation Inherent Resolve, the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Three have been presented to soldiers, and one to an airman.
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BMW Help: Recalls
What is a Recall?
A recall is a safety critical action undertaken by the manufacturer.
How can I check if my car is subject to a recall?
Vehicle Safety Recalls are actively monitored by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). You can use the DVSA website to see if your car is subject to a recall.
Please note: The DVSA will only record safety recall actions for vehicles first registered in the UK and Ireland and will not provide information on vehicles first registered in any other country. If your vehicle has been imported, please contact us, with details of your vehicle chassis number.
PLEASE NOTE: May 2018 Customers using this service for the purposes of the recent announcement on the recall of the B+ cable and Blower Regulator Connection, please view our recall information.
How are recalls regulated?
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Europe Investment in Defense to Boost Expenditure on Helicopters
By ankur.gupta 28/12/2018 07/02/2020 Infrastructure / Investment / Manufacturing / Politics / Transport
Lately, EU has pushed defence and security to the top of its agenda, with plans being laid to spend billions of Euros on new military investments. EU to move into defence R&D in his yearly state of the union. Start out as a pilot with €25 million followed with bigger fund during EU’s new budget cycle.
Get insight on the quantitative upper-level view of projected spends on Helicopters and vast knowledge on the house of Strategic Defence Intelligence; outlays Europe’s’ projected budget allocations on Helicopters. The production provides strategic outlay on individual segments which include Civil Helicopter, Defence Helicopter and Helicopter MRO. The data involved in this report draws upon Strategic Defence Intelligence’s in-depth analysis, primary research and proprietary databases which are incorporated to provide the robust, segment specific data. Countries which are analysed in this report are Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden and UK.
Moreover, the current market size and budget allocation data is considered to understand and analyse the current landscape and forecasts to discover the future direction of the Helicopters market in Europe. As Eastern Europe and The Baltic States keep on being a key concentration for defence euipment overhauls, the rotational armada remains a key resource in both residential and international military operations and hence a focused meeting is fundamental to guarantee continued advancement of capability, equipment and joint interoperability.
As EU Commission president affirmed for the EU to move into defence R&D. The program is likely to run from 2019, beginning with little with a financial plan of around €25 million. The pilot could in the end develop into a lasting system worth €3.5 billion, run independently from the EU’s customary research program.
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Press Releases U.S. Rep. Moore: Statement on Supreme Court decision to uphold DACA program
U.S. Rep. Moore: Statement on Supreme Court decision to uphold DACA program
Today, the Supreme Court ruled against the Trump administration’s efforts to end the DACA program holding that the decision to rescind this program was “arbitrary and capricious” in violation of federal law. In response, Congresswoman Moore released the following statement:
“Today, the Supreme Court put a pause on Trump administration’s xenophobic, anti-immigrant agenda, but it left the door open for it to continue to end DACA, making it clear by saying, “We do not decide whether DACA or its rescission are sound policies.” Nonetheless, I share in the exuberant joy of the nearly 700,000 Dreamers who awaited the Supreme Court’s decision and again urge the Administration to abandon this ill-advised effort.
I also encourage my Senate colleagues to pass the Dream and Promise Act, which would grant permanent protections to DACA recipients, among others that the House passed in 2019 with my support. Preventing this bill from reaching President Trump’s desk is unfair to our many hardworking Dreamers. The Senate must pass this legislation.
As we celebrate today, I pledge to continue fighting to ensure these bright, young people can continue working, attending school, and contributing to our communities and our economy.”
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Jon M. Chu No Longer Directing ‘Willow’ Pilot For Disney+ Series: “The Timing Is Just Not Going To Work”
Alexandra Del Rosario
Crazy Rich Asians and In The Heights director Jon M. Chu has stepped down from directing the pilot for Disney+’s upcoming series, Willow.
The filmmaker announced his exit on Monday afternoon, noting that he’s “heartbroken” to step away from the project.
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“With the production schedule moving due to continued lockdowns in the UK, and with a new baby coming this summer (surprise!), the timing is just not going to work for me and my family,” Chu wrote in a statement. “As you may know, Willow has been one of my favorite movies since I was a child, so I’m devastated that I won’t be able to work with my heroes old and new like Kathy, Ron, Jon, Wendy, Michelle, and the amazing cast and crew they’ve put together.”
In October 2020, Disney+ announced that Chu would helm the series pilot. The announcement of the new Disney+ series, directed by Ron Howard from a story by George Lucas, came nearly 18 months after news of the series development of the ’80s film.
The fantasy film starred Warwick Davis as a reluctant farmer who plays a critical role in protecting a special baby from a tyrannical queen who vows to destroy her and take over the world. Val Kilmer, Joanne Whalley, Jean Marsh, and Billy Barty also starred.
Chu was set to serve as executive producer with showrunners Jonathan Kasdan (Solo) and Wendy Mericle (Arrow). However, Chu now says he looks forward to “watching this magical new world unfold as a very enthusiastic fan.”
Erin Kellyman, Cailee Spaeny and Ellie Bamber are set to star in the new Disney+ series, which will start production in Wales, where the original film was shot.
Jonathan Kasdan wrote the pilot. Ron Howard, also returns as executive producer on the series with Bob Dolman, writer of the original film, serving as consulting producer. Kathleen Kennedy, Michelle Rejwan, Jonathan Kasdan, Wendy Mericle will also serve as executive producers, with Roopesh Parekh and Hannah Friedman as co-executive producers with Julia Cooperman as producer.
See Chu’s full statement below.
Personal Update on Willow for @disneyplus that I’ve been working on… pic.twitter.com/eS7uurCMfg
— Jon M. Chu (@jonmchu) January 11, 2021
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With Minimum Wage on the Rise, These Are Some of the Retailers With the Highest Starting Pay
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The movement toward a higher minimum wage is on the rise — and some of the country’s biggest retailers are coming out on top.
At the start of the year, annual cost-of-living adjustments and other scheduled gains led wages to jump by pennies to a dollar for workers across 20 states: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, Vermont and Washington.
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Later in the year, another four states — Connecticut, Nevada, Oregon and Virginia — plus Washington, D.C., will see an increase in their baseline pay.
Over the past year, some retailers have hiked pay and benefits in an attempt to attract and retain workers — perhaps as well as incentivize them to return to work amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Others, however, raised wages as part of previously announced plans.
The online giant’s minimum wage for all U.S.-based employees currently stands at $15 per hour — more than double the federal minimum wage of $7.25.
The membership-only warehouse chain’s minimum wage sits at $15 for hourly workers. It made the change last March — the second such increase in less than a year at Costco.
According to investment banking firm UBS, which analyzed the employee-reported salaries of 25 major nationwide retailers in the United States, Dollar General pays its workers the least of the group but still above the national minimum at $9.68 an hour on average.
Dollar General isn’t the only discount chain that pays better than minimum wage: UBS reported that Dollar Tree’s starting pay is $10 per hour on average.
In July, the Minneapolis-based company made good on a target (no pun intended) to raise its starting pay from $13 to $15 by year’s end.
The Bentonville, Ark.-based business improved wages for about 165,000 hourly workers — or roughly 11% of its U.S. workforce — in October as part of the rollout of a new operating model in its Supercenter stores. Its minimum wage remains at $11.
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'Harry Potter' star Rupert Grint reveals how being a dad has changed his perspective
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Rupert Grint has opened up about being a dad, saying it’s a “very different love”.
The Harry Potter star – best known for playing Ron Weasley in the film series – welcomed daughter Wednesday with his partner Georgia Groome last year.
He revealed to ComicBook.com how being a father had changed his perspective, as he discussed his role in the show Servant.
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Grint, who plays the baby’s uncle Julian, became a dad during filming and said: “It definitely has kind of changed my perspective on things but also in a helpful way.
“It was something I never really had much of an idea of, it was that kind of love, it's a very different love and kind of getting into the head space of Dorothy and the grief, what it means to lose a child is kind of unimaginable and kind of hones in on that kind of, you would do anything to get your child back.
“So yes, it's definitely helped in some ways."
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Grint rose to fame in the film series based on JK Rowling’s popular books, starring in eight Harry Potter movies between 2001 and 2011.
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Sherlock Holms and the Secret Weapon 1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1942) is the fourth in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of 14 Sherlock Holmes films which updated the characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to the then present day. The film is credited as an adaptation of Conan Doyle’s 1903 short story “The Adventure of the Dancing Men,” though the only element from the source material is the dancing men code. Rather, it is a spy film taking place on the background of the then ongoing Second World War with an original premise. The film concerns the kidnapping of a Swiss scientist by their nemesis Professor Moriarty, to steal a new bomb sight and sell it to Nazi Germany. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson have to crack a secret code in order to save the country.
Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) pretends to be a Nazi spy to aid scientist Dr. Franz Tobel (William Post Jr.) and his new invention, a bombsight, in escaping a Gestapo trap in Switzerland. Holmes and Franz fly to London, where Holmes places him under the protection of his friend, Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce). The scientist slips away against Holmes’ instructions for a secret reunion with his fiancee, Charlotte Eberli (Kaaren Verne), and gives her an envelope containing a coded message. He tells Charlotte to give it to Holmes if anything should happen to him. Leaving Charlotte’s apartment, an attempt to abduct him by German spies is foiled by a passing London bobby.
Tobel successfully demonstrates the bombsight for Sir Reginald Bailey (Holmes Herbert) and observers from Bomber Command. Tobel, now under the protection of Inspector Lestrade (Dennis Hoey) and Scotland Yard, tells Sir Reginald that, although willing to provide the British with his bombsight, only he will know its secret and has a complex plan for its manufacture to keep the secret safe. He separates his invention into four parts and gives one to each of four Swiss scientists, known only to him, to construct separately and whose names are unknown to each other. Soon after, Holmes receives a call from Lestrade telling him that Tobel has disappeared. Holmes goes to Charlotte’s flat, where he receives Tobel’s envelope. Rather than the coded message, the message inside is from Holmes’ nemesis, master criminal Professor Moriarty (Lionel Atwill).
Disguising himself as Ram Singh, one of Moriarty’s old henchmen, Holmes searches the Soho district for information. He encounters two henchmen Peg Leg (Harold De Becker) and Jack Brady (Harry Cording), but is captured by Moriarty. Holmes is put into the false bottom of a sea chest, but is rescued when Watson and Lestrade observe the henchmen struggling with its unusual weight. Holmes returns to Charlotte’s flat to search for clues to the message’s contents. He finds impressions of the message left on a notepad page by immersing it in “fluorescent salts… and then photograph(ing) it by ultraviolet light.” Holmes breaks the first three lines of a cunningly modified alphabet substitution code, which are the identities and locations of three of the scientists, but unable to break the fourth line, which has been altered as an added precaution, soon learns that Moriarty has murdered all three and stolen their parts. Meanwhile, Moriarty, also unable to break the fourth line, tortures Tobel for the name of the fourth scientist. Holmes deduces the change in the code and breaks the fourth line, identifying the scientist as Professor Frederick Hoffner (Henry Victor).
Moriarty accidentally deciphers the code. He sends agents to abduct Hoffner, who has the brilliance to put the four parts together should Tobel not recover from torture. The German agents bring the scientist, who is actually Holmes in disguise again, to Moriarty’s seemingly undetectable stronghold. Unknown to Moriarty, Holmes had the real Hoffner attach an apparatus to their car that drips luminous paint (which Watson helped prepare) at regular intervals. Holmes uses Moriarty’s vanity and pride to trick him into slowly bleeding Holmes to death “drop by drop”, to stall for time. Holmes is saved at the last minute, however, by Watson and Lestrade, who with Hoffner’s help, successfully followed the drops. Scotland Yard apprehends the spies, but Moriarty escapes. When he attempts to complete his escape through a secret passageway, he falls sixty feet to his death; Holmes has discovered the criminal’s hidden trap door and left it open. With Tobel saved and the bombsight recovered, Watson notes that things “are looking up… this little island is still on the map”.
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If you were forced to leave your home country forever,
which country would you move to and why?
Australia as it is the closest lifestyle to what we have here
new zealand or australia.....maybe canada
Australia first choice
Iceland .. Now that would be something interesting
From the US I'd go to Canada because it's close and is very similar in culture so I won't feel as much culture shock or homesickness. But it also depends on why I was forced to leave the country forever. If it was war or something that could also threaten Canada eventually I'd move as far away as possible so...Australia maybe.
Wherever has the best doctors.
Jazzy said:
(Psssst Jazzy...Ireland, come to Ireland)
Denmark or somewhere in Scandanavia anyway.
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But...you're never home!
Finland or Sweden.
I know people in both countries, and they are beautiful countries.
Kaunisto
As tempted as I am to say Japan, I think Canada would be the practical choice.
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President Banda to go on Facebook
President Rupiah Banda will next Monday relaunch his propaganda website www.presidentbanda.com
President Banda will also in the next few weeks open a Facebook account for propaganda purposes.
His mouthpiece Dickson Jere says president Banda’s new website boasts of a new design and brand new content. He sais the site will include more useful information and personal details about his boss, the president’s wife and the nation of Zambia.
According to Jere, the website provides a crucial channel to help President Banda reach the Zambian people. He said it comes as part of his pledge to drive forward progress and development and so help Zambia to achieve a better place in the world.
The website, www.presidentbanda.com, was first launched in September 2010. Jere says in that short time over 8,000 people from 115 countries across the world have visited the website, leaving messages of support for President Banda and expressing love for Zambia.
He claimed that many of those messages contained requests for more information about President Banda and the work he is doing to build the Zambia of tomorrow.
“The new website will address this, along with the images, videos and news updates that have proved so popular.
“President Banda’s official Facebook page will also launch within the next few weeks,” said Jere.
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Lawsuit: Former South Whitehall cop raped drunk woman, offered bribe
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ALLENTOWN, Pa. - A federal lawsuit alleges a former South Whitehall Township police officer sexually assaulted a drunk woman he was supposed to be helping, then offered her a bribe to cover it up.
The suit filed Thursday names as defendants an officer, who the lawsuit says is no longer with the department, as well as the township and several unidentified officers.
An investigation by the Pennsylvania State Police and the Lehigh County district attorney’s office determined that no charges were warranted, said the DA's office, so 69 News is withholding the officer’s name pending the outcome of the lawsuit.
South Whitehall Township police were called to the Comfort Suites hotel on Hamilton Boulevard on the night of Jan. 7, 2019 because the hotel wanted a drunk guest to leave, the suit alleges.
Several officers responded, and when the woman, who was clearly heavily intoxicated, agreed to leave the hotel, the officer offered her a ride to another hotel, the lawsuit says.
The officer drove the woman in his marked police car across town to another hotel, where she checked in, according to court paperwork.
The officer went up to the woman's room with her and once inside, raped her, the suit alleges. The woman, who was still visibly intoxicated, was going in and out of consciousness and was unable to consent or resist, the lawsuit says.
After the alleged incident, the woman tracked down the officer and called him to confront him. During the call, the officer admitted to the assault, apologized, and offered the woman a $2,500 bribe if she didn't tell anyone about the assault, the lawsuit says.
The woman did not accept the bribe but instead contacted the police department, which is believed to have confronted the officer. The officer was terminated at a public meeting on February 6, 2019, according to a news release from South Whitehall Township.
"...members of the South Whitehall Township Police Department have a history of being disrespectful, sexually harassing, and even assaultive to women...," the suit says, alleging that supervisors have known about the history and behavior but it has gone undisciplined.
The plaintiff is suing on 11 counts, and seeking more than $150,000 in damages.
"Those allegations do not reflect on the integrity, professionalism and dedication of the men and women currently employed by the South Whitehall Police Department, who work hard every day to protect our residents, businesses and visitors," the township said in a statement.
"The Township is greatly appreciative of their service. The allegations made against the former employee at issue were previously reported to and investigated by the Pennsylvania State Police and the Lehigh County District Attorney’s Office, and the District Attorney’s Office determined that no criminal charges were warranted. Any claim that the Township does not exercise appropriate oversight with respect to its Police Department, or that the Department’s policies and procedures are deficient, is without merit."
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Tree Carving Immortalizes Bloomington's Baseball Legend
By Willis Kern • May 4, 2019
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Bloomington actor Rhys Lovell appeared in character at the event, bragging about Old Hoss' ability to go toe-to-toe with anyone.
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Bill Baker of Naperville-based Top Notch Chainsaw Carvings spent four days in late April carving the Radbourn likeness, which is lifesize, and includes his infamous left middle-finger "bird" flip.
Maureen Radbourne McAtee of Normal, laughs with Bloomington actor Rhys Lovell beneath the tree sculpture of McAtee's great-great uncle "Old Hoss" Radbourn
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Joe Gibson, President of the Evergreen Memorial Cemetery Board, addresses the crowd
Radbourn contracted syphilis and died in 1897.
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Fifty people, some history buffs, some baseball fans, many both, attended the dedication at Evergreen Cemetery on Saturday
This replica of Radbourn’s 1887 baseball card served as the inspiration for Baker's creation
Evergreen Memorial Cemetery
Nearly to the day 139 years after making his major league baseball debut on May 5, 1880, a tree carving of Bloomington's Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn was dedicated not quite 60 feet, 6 inches from his final resting place.
Fifty people, some history buffs, some baseball fans, many both, attended the dedication at Evergreen Cemetery on Saturday, which included a peanut vendor dressed in period clothing.
Also present was the man responsible for the work of art. Bill Baker of Naperville-based Top Notch Chainsaw Carvings spent four days in late April carving the Radbourn likeness, which is lifesize, and includes his infamous left middle-finger "bird" flip. He's depicted with finger extended in a team portrait, and on a baseball card. Radbourn is believed to be the first person ever photographed in such manner.
Baker spent a week last year creating a similar carving near the Evergreen gravesite of Dorothy Gage, believed to be the inspiration for the eponymous character in L. Frank Baum's classic "Wizard of Oz." Baker said carving Radbourn was easier than the Dorothy creation.
Radbourn is depicted with finger extended in a team portrait, and on a baseball card. Radbourn is believed to be the first person ever photographed in such manner.
Credit Jeff Smudde
"I just had to cut straight down on both sides because it was more of a flat (shape) instead of having her dress, which kind of flared out," he said. Baker carved a baseball bat out of ash. In the carving, the bat rests against Hoss' right side. The artwork is considered a positive way to save dying trees.
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Radbourn's extended middle finger has long provided historians with a major clue as to the New York native's demeanor and character. Terry Hansen, incoming Evergreen Cemetery manager, said the decision to make the artwork historically correct was an easy one.
"We wanted to portray him as he was, and he was a bit of a rowdy guy," said Hansen. "If for some reason, we get too much grief over it, we can always remove it," Hansen said of the left finger. "I think it will be alright though."
Radbourn's baseball legacy is eye-popping, partially because of the different rules and practices in vogue during pre-20th century baseball. In 1884, he pitched and won 59 games (or 60 depending on the source), including 14 in August, hurling for the National League’s Providence Grays. He won all three games of a playoff series that fall, deemed a precursor of the modern World Series. Radbourn completed 73 of 75 starts, compiling an astonishing 678 innings pitched. He was inducted in baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, in 1939. Two years after his induction, a copy of his Cooperstown plaque was installed near Hoss' Evergreen tombstone, located less than the distance of a baseball mound to homeplate from the tree carving.
Paying the Price
But Radbourn was known for throwing games. And his carousing nature caught up with him after he retired in 1891. He opened a pool hall on West Washington Street in Bloomington (current site of the Commerce Bank), and lost his left eye in a hunting accident. On the carving, Baker was able to use a black spot in the dead oak tree to depict the injury. Radbourn contracted syphilis and died in 1897.
Maureen Radbourne McAtee of Normal is Old Hoss' great-great niece (her dad's great grandfather was his brother). She attended Saturday's dedication and was impressed with Baker's product.
"It is so fantastic! Can you get any better than that? (Baker) is truly a talent beyond talents," McAtee said.
About Radbourn's brawling, outspoken nature, McAtee said hints of it remain.
"I think it continues in family members as time has gone on, yep," McAtee concluded.
Acting the Part
Radbourn was a butcher in Bloomington before embarking on his legendary sports career. This fact was highlighted at the dedication by Bloomington actor Rhys Lovell, who has portrayed Hoss in theatrical productions as well as during Evergreen's fundraising Cemetery Walks, held annually in the fall. Lovell appeared in character at the event, bragging about Old Hoss' ability to go toe-to-toe with anyone.
"Somebody asked me once if I got tired pitching every day," Lovell said as Radbourn. "I said, 'Tired out, tossin' a little five-ounce ball two hours a day? Man, I used to be a butcher, from four in the morning until late at night, I knocked down steers with a 25-pound sledge.' So, tired out playing two hours a day for 10 times the money I used to get working 15 hours a day? What are you crazy in the head?"
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The Radbourn carving is the third on display at Evergreen Cemetery. In 2015, a tree was carved into an airplane, near the location where a plane crashed into a tall oak tree in 1948 prior to a Memorial Day ceremony. The pilot survived but a passenger did not.
Perhaps Evergreen's most famous person buried in the cemetery is yet to get his tree-carving. Hansen said the carvings are created as nearby trees die off. Right now, all the trees near the grave of famed U.S. statesman and two-time presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson II remain healthy, said Hansen.
Sunday, May 5, exactly 139 years to the day Charles Radbourn made his major league debut, the Vintage Baseball Association--playing under rules and customs of 1858--staged a three team round robin tournament in Normal involving teams from Belleville and Somonauk, Illinois as well as the Prairie Chickens of McLean County. One of the players in the tournament was nicknamed "Old Hoss."
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Disability parking sting announced for Illinois' Black Friday shoppers
Published: Nov. 20, 2018 at 1:39 PM CST
As Illinoisans prepare for a busy Black Friday weekend, shoppers to think twice about where they park.
Secretary of State Jesse White and Illinois police have teamed up for a statewide parking sting that targets people who park in handicapped parking spots illegally.
The annual operation aims to enforce rules for handicapped parking in several Illinois cities, including Aurora, Bloomington, Carbondale, Chicago, Fairview Heights, Oak Brook, Orland Park, Peoria, Rockford, Schaumburg and Springfield.
"Our mission is not to issue tickets, but to ensure that accessible parking spaces are available to those who need them," White said. "Parking illegally in a space reserved for people with disabilities means a possible driver's license suspension and a hefty fine, money which could otherwise be used on gifts."
Drivers caught misusing a placard could face a six-month driver's license suspension and up to a $600 fine.
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How to Hire a CEOY Scouts2020-05-15T16:38:28+00:00
How to Hire a CEO
You’ve decided when to hire a CEO and what to look for in a CEO. The next step in the search process is deciding how to hire a CEO.
There are many ways to go about finding and interviewing a potential chief executive officer. Here are four tips to use when deciding how to hire a CEO for your company.
Advice & Best Practices on How to Hire a CEO
1. Use an executive search firm
If searching for a chief executive officer seems overwhelming, consider hiring an executive search firm. Since recruiters at an executive search firm already know how to hire a CEO, they can take care of the process while you focus on improving and expanding your business.
The staff at an executive search firm has lots of experience finding, interviewing, and hiring chief executive officers.
They may even know some potential candidates for the position right off the bat. The expertise offered at an executive search firm can be a huge help when you’re looking for a CEO.
Talk to your professional connections and mention your search for a CEO. Someone in your network may know the perfect candidate, and they can establish a connection between the two of you.
The candidate gets a personal endorsement from someone you trust, and you potentially get a new CEO. If in-person networking doesn’t lead to any results, try using social networks such as LinkedIn to find potential candidates.
3. Don’t do it alone
Hiring a chief executive officer is a huge decision, and there is a lot of pressure to choose the perfect candidate. If you are the only person responsible for making this decision, the pressure intensifies.
In order to make hiring a chief executive officer a little less intimidating, seek out help from other leaders in your company.
Other executives, mentors, and trusted colleagues can all be a big help when you’re learning how to hire a CEO. Other people may have different insights on the search process and candidates, and their perspective can help you get a well-rounded view of the situation.
It takes time to compile a thorough list of places to look for a new leader. Plus, it takes time to pinpoint the qualities to look for in a new CEO and designing a method for how to seek out this candidate.
If executed improperly, a change in company leadership can be jarring. Make a plan for your company in order to help your new CEO adjust to the position. Work with your current staff to decide what course of action will be best for your company.
For example: should your new CEO jump into the position right away, or should you find him or her a mentor within the company to help ease the transition?
By making a plan before hiring a CEO, you can make the process comfortable for the employees and the company.
5. Create a CEO search committee
The committee has an important role. Thus, the first step is to ensure that those selected for the committee are truly invested and willing to dedicate their time, talents, and resources.
Make sure you have diversity on the committee—more specifically, diversity of thought.
The diversity of thought on a search committee can lead to a phenomenal outcome, where you have peers who might see things a little bit differently. The power often lies within the team’s differences.
You can build a much more holistic position profile, and a better-informed one, than if you were just taking the advice from one person.
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Coronavirus updates and resources for Yellow Springs (updated March 28)
By YS News Staff
As the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic develops, organizations and institutions in Yellow Springs are responding. The News will keep this page updated with new information, closures and public statements from local entities.
To submit an event cancellation or other public notice, use this form: https://ysnews.com/event-cancelations-or-reschedulings
To submit a NEED or an OFFER to the community, use this form: https://ysnews.com/need-give
For COVID-19 questions, call the Ohio Department of Health call center at 1-833-427-5634, 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Latest coronavirus related news items
• Jump to latest updates, presented chronologically
Local coronavirus web pages
Yellow Springs Schools COVID-19 updates, student resources
Yellow Springs Chamber coronavirus updates
Antioch College coronavirus updates
Yellow Springs Community Foundation COVID-19 Community Support Fund
Antioch College Wellness Center — Wellness at Home
Ohio Department of Health coronavirus page
Ohio coronavirus information for businesses
Greene County Public Health
Below are additional updates and resources, presented chronologically.
For COVID-19 questions, call the Ohio Department of Health dedicated helpline at: 1-833-4-ASK-ODH (1-833-427-5634).
Ohio cases reach 1,406
The number of confirmed cases of COVID–19 in Ohio reached 1,406, according to figures released by the Ohio Department of Health on Saturday. Ohio currently has the 14th most cases in the country, and is the 7th most populous state. In total, the U.S. has 116,851 confirmed cases and 1,944 deaths from the disease.
There remain three cases in Greene County, with no hospitalizations or deaths. The cases include a woman in her 50s whose illness started on March, a man in his 20s whose illness onset was March 20 and a man in his 60s whose symptoms began on March 18.
Updated local business and restaurant information
The Chamber released the following update on March 28, at 2:30 p.m.:
Antioch president releases video message
Antioch College President released a video message on changes to the college during the coronavirus crisis. Watch it here.
Ohio cases now 1,137; peak could be 10,000 new cases per day; hospitals prepare for surge; federal aid described
Ohio now has at least 1,137 confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to the March 27 figures from the Ohio Department of Health. That number is a 31% rise over yesterday’s reported figure.
Greene County, meanwhile, held steady at three reported cases of COVID-19.
Total hospitalizations are now 276, including 107 in the ICU. Total hospitalizations so far represent about 25% of all confirmed cases, a little higher than the 20% anticipated by Ohio Health Director Dr. Amy Acton.
State figures now show that at least 19 people have died from the illness.
Gov. Mike DeWine at today’s press conference warned Ohioans that the virus would “kick in much harder” within the next two weeks, triggering sharp increases in hospital admissions.
And new modeling from the Cleveland Clinic projects that Ohio could see as many as 10,000 new cases per day at the peak of the epidemic here, according to Ohio Health Director Dr. Amy Acton. That peak could come in mid-May, she said.
To treat the seriously ill, Ohio hospitals will need to expand their capacity by two-to-three times, DeWine said today. Hospitals and state officials have been working urgently to do that, he added.
“We are closing up planning, now moving to the action” phase of hospital response, he said.
A statewide plan for rapidly increasing hospital capacity is being developed, with the state divided into eight planning/response regions. DeWine said a final plan would be submitted to the state by each region by noon on Monday, with details to be released to the public at that point.
Ohio National Guard General John Harris is overseeing the operational aspects of the rapid hospital build-out, DeWine said.
Acton said that Ohio’s hospital bed capacity, or the proportion of beds filled, is currently at 56%, down from over 70%, thanks to the state order that went into effect March 18 prohibiting elective surgery. That means there is currently 46% hospital bed availability across the state. Yet that availability will be quickly overwhelmed by COVID-19 cases without tripling existing capacity, Acton said.
“No healthcare system is built to withstand a pandemic” like this one, she said.
Ohio will be expanding its bed capacity by converting wings of existing hospitals, bringing closed hospitals back online, taking over empty dorms and floors of hotels and even potentially setting up a hospital within the Ohio Expo Center, Acton said.
Ohio’s healthcare system is also working to redeploy healthcare workers, conserve and expand its supply of protective equipment and modify lifesaving equipment such as ventilators to allow a single machine to support multiple patients.
Also at today’s press conference, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, spoke by phone to describe the $2 trillion federal coronavirus relief package just passed by the U.S. House (and later today signed into law by President Trump). Portman highlighted the significance of the $150 billion in relief that the bill provides to hospitals and healthcare providers through grants and Medicare/Medicaid payouts.
“It may be enough, it may not,” he acknowledged.
The bill also includes numerous provisions designed to help employees who have lost their jobs and help employers keep people employed. In addition, all Americans who make less than $75,000 annually will get a one-time payout of $1,200 in the mail.
And as expected, Gov. Mike DeWine at today’s conference signed HB 197, an emergency response to COVID-19 that includes provisions waiving state-mandated testing requirements, extending the professional licenses of nurses, allowing local government to hold virtual meetings in temporary suspension of Ohio’s Sunshine laws, extending the Ohio tax filing deadline to July 15 in line with the federal tax deadlines and extending the 2020 primary to April 28 with all voting by absentee ballot.
More details on ‘mail-only’ voting
Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law today new legislation responding to the COVID-19 crisis in Ohio. As part of that legislation, Ohio is extending 2020 primary voting by absentee ballot to April 28. Voting will take place by absentee ballot only. There will be no in-person voting at the polls, except for those without a fixed address or who are disabled.
Click here for Greene County’s absentee voting instructions for the extended 2020 primary election. In summary: local voters who have not yet voted in the 2020 primary may download and print an online absentee ballot application and return it by mail to the Greene County Board of Elections or to the board’s drop box. Alternatively, they may write a letter to the local board of elections requesting an absentee ballot. The board of elections must receive requests for absentee ballots by noon on April 25, 2020.
Beginning Monday, March 30, voters without access to the Internet or to a printer may contact the local board of elections by phone with their absentee ballot request. To request an absentee ballot by phone in Greene County, call 937-562-6170 between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Voters who request an absentee ballot should receive a printed ballot in the mail with a postage-paid envelope. They should fill it out and mail the voted ballot back to the local board of elections or place it in the board’s drop box. Voted ballots must be postmarked by April 27, 2020, or dropped off to the local board of elections by 7:30 p.m. on April 28, 2020.
Those who are not already registered to vote in Ohio will not be eligible to vote in the extended election, by the current legislation. (This has been criticized by voting rights groups.) To check your voter registration status, click here.
Those who voted early either through in-person early voting or by absentee ballot prior to Election Day should not vote again! Their votes will be counted once voting for the extended election is completed after April 28, 2020.
As specified in the new legislation, all registered voters who have not yet voted in the 2020 primary will receive a postcard in the mail with instructions on absentee ballot voting in the extended election. As those postcards may not be received until mid-April, voting rights groups are urging Ohio voters to request an absentee ballot as soon as possible.
To read more about extended voting for the 2020 primary election, click here.
The News will report in more depth on Ohio’s extended voting, including concerns and criticisms regarding the plan, in its April 2 issue.
Chamber of Commerce temporarily discourages visitors
The Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce posted a message on its Facebook account requesting that visitors “honor the stay at home order” and “visit us when this is over.” Warm spring weather had brought large numbers of visitors to the village in recent days, even after the Glen Helen Nature Preserve closed its trails beginning on Thursday, March 26. The message is below.
Basketball courts closed
YS Police Chief Brian Carlson announced on Wednesday, March 25, that the basketball courts at the Bryan Center would be closed until further notice. Public playgrounds had previously been closed. Carlson said that he tried to keep the courts open, but found that large groups of people were playing games. “I’m sorry to have to do these things, but I think it’s essential,” Carlson said.
‘YS wave’ to take place at 6 p.m. daily
On Tuesday, the Yellow Springs Community Foundation announced the “YS Wave,” a daily invitation to make noise outside at 6 p.m. daily. The foundation’s message reads:
“We are all going to go out on our front porches and do a YS Wave — ring a bell or a noise maker of some kind. We’ll do it for at least one full minute. Reach out to your neighbors and connect with the rest of our Village and Township – We are all here and in this together. Stay connected!”
Reach Out free clinic to reopen, offer tele-medicine
Yellow Springs’ Reach Out free clinic will re-open as a virtual tele-medicine clinic on Tuesday, March 31. Patients should call in to 937-919-3251 between 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. FaceTime, text and phone will be used to communicate.
Ohio cases rise to 867
According to the Ohio Department of Health, or ODH, on Thursday, March 26, the number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 rose to 867 statewide. Total hospitalizations are now at 223 and there have now been 15 fatalities. COVID-19 has spread to 60 of the state’s 88 counties. There remain three confirmed cases in Greene County, with 14 cases in Montgomery. According to current figures, about 11% of known cases are ending up in the ICU, ODH Director Amy Acton reported. More than 17,000 Ohioans have been tested for the disease, she added.
According to ODH’s projections, at the pandemic’s peak in Ohio there will be 6,000 to 8,000 new cases of COVID-19 per day. But the measures to slow the spread of coronavirus in Ohio have been working to “push out” the peak of the illness here and lessen the burden on hospitals, Acton reported.
“We have, through our collective work together in Ohio, we have decreased that impact on our health system by anywhere from 50 to 75%,” she said. “But we have to do it even more.”
School testing waived
As anticipated, the Ohio Legislature on Wednesday, March 25, approved the waiver of state-mandated school testing for the 2019-20 school year.
The action was among a number of school-related amendments to House Bill 197, which enacts a variety of statewide relief measures in response to the social effects of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Gov. Mike DeWine announced Sunday, March 22, that he was asking for the testing waiver in light of the temporary closing of all kindergarten through 12th-grade schools schools in the state. Initially a three-week shutdown scheduled to end Monday, April 6, the closure is expected to to be extended through the remainder of the academic year.
Yellow Springs schools had been scheduled before the closure to start testing next week.
Along with the testing waiver, the Legislature also approved the canceling of the annual state report cards, which are based primarily on testing results and normally released in September. Relatedly, the voucher system, which identifies schools as underperforming based on those report card grades, will stay the same for next year, after several months of efforts to revise the program. Currently, students who attend such designated schools, including Mills Lawn elementary, can receive money from the district to attend an approved private and/or parochial school.
Other school-related measures approved as part of the state relief bill includes an allowance for seniors to graduate if they were on track to complete graduation requirements as of the date schools closed, March 17; and a change in the number of distance-learning days (where curriculum is delivered remotely) allowed for the makeup of school closures, from three to the full extent of the COVID-19 shutdown.
School meal eligibility changes
Yellow Springs Schools sent out the following message to families on March 26:
“If you have had a change in your financial status due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the corresponding Stay at Home Order here in Ohio, and your children are currently not receiving free and reduced meal services, I urge you to complete an application to determine eligibility. If you qualify, your child (children) may receive breakfast and lunch at reduced or no cost.
If you have a SNAP or OWF case number, you can provide that on the application form in lieu of financial information. If you do not have a case number, you will need to provide income information as requested on the application.
The link to the 2019-2020 Free and Reduced Meal Application – https://5il.co/e6lw
And 2019-2020 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Income Guidelines – https://5il.co/e6lx
Should parents need assistance filling out the application they can contact Donna First at 937-672-8559, and mail it to Yellow Springs Schools, 201 S. Walnut Street, Yellow Springs, OH 45387, Attn: Donna First”
Glen Helen to close all trails
The Glen Helen Nature Preserve is closing all nature trails through April 6, effective Thursday, March 26. According to a message they posted on social media:
“Starting Thursday, March 26th through Monday, April 6th, the Glen Helen trails will be closed to the public in order to help protect the health and safety of our visitors and stay in accordance with Governor DeWine’s stay-at-home order. Since we are a private, non-governmental non profit, we do not fall under the public parks exemption. As such, we currently lack the staff and volunteer support necessary to protect the Glen and ensure the safety of our visitors under recent, but essential, social distancing directives.
We take great joy in the fact that the Glen is a sanctuary for so many and this is an outcome we wanted to postpone as long as we could, but, despite the difficulty we had making this decision, it is the right one. At this time, we all need to take social distancing seriously by staying home and limiting contact with others. We appreciate your understanding and continued support.”
Election to be “mail-only” through April 28; no in-person voting
On Wednesday, March 25, the Ohio legislature passed an emergency coronavirus bill that included a provision to extend absentee voting in Ohio’s primary election through April 28.
There will be no in-person voting, according to the legislature’s plan, with the exception of those without a fixed address or who are disabled. Everyone else will have to request a ballot from their local board of elections.
But some voter’s rights groups are challenging the plan, saying it disenfranchises voters. It has also been criticized for its short turn-around time for mail-in ballots. (Read a League of Women’s Voters petition here.)
An earlier plan, put forth by Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, was to shift in-person voting, originally scheduled for March 17, be to June 2, and to extend absentee voting until that time.
The night before the March 17 election, DeWine filed a lawsuit in a Franklin County court arguing for the postponing of elections to protect the health of Ohioans. When the judge denied the effort to shift the election, Ohio Health Department Director Dr. Amy Acton ordered polls closed just hours before they were set to open to “avoid the imminent threat with a high probability of widespread exposure to COVID-19.”
Read a summary of the legislation here.
Clem & Thyme workshops move to Zoom
Clem & Thyme Nutrition and Wellness on East Enon Road is moving two workshops slated for Saturday, April 4, to virtual meetings.
A 10 a.m. workshop on garden planning and a 1 p.m. workshop on the “Whole Foods Approach to Low-Carbohydrate Living” will both be held virtually on Zoom. To register visit:
https://clemandthyme.com/2019/11/27/planning-your-vegetable-garden-2020/
For more information on Clem & Thyme, see this recent YS News article.
Ohio cases jump to 704, 182 hospitalized
According to the latest COVID-19 data posted to http://coronavirus.ohio.gov (the number of actual cases is believed to be much higher):
• 10 confirmed fatalities
• 704 confirmed cases
• 55 Ohio counties
• 182 hospitalizations (including 75 ICU admissions: 75)
• The cases include 24 long-term care residents and 116 healthcare workers
There are three confirmed cases in Greene County, including one at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.
More on the ‘Stay at Home’ order
Ohioans are being ordered to stay at home to help contain the spread of COVID-19 in the state, Gov. Mike DeWine announced on Sunday, March 22. The order goes into effect on Monday, March 23, at 11:59 p.m., through April 6 at 11:59 p.m.
The most sweeping of Ohio’s orders to date, the stay at home order requires people to remain at their place of residence except to perform certain essential activities. Outlined in the order, these activities include obtaining groceries and other necessary household supplies, obtaining medications or visiting health care professionals, engaging in outdoor activities, performing certain types of essential work and helping with the care of family and friends.
Businesses (including for-profit, non-profit, or educational entities):
Non-essential businesses and operations must cease all activities except minimum basic operations.
All essential businesses and operations are encouraged to remain open. Exemptions:
People experiencing homelessness.
Incarcerated individuals. They are to follow the guidance of the facility in which they are confined.
People leaving the home for essential activities (see below).
People who work for or must obtain services from essential businesses and services (see below).
Essential activities:
Seeing to the health and safety of oneself, a family or household member, or person who is unable to or
should not leave their home (including pets).
Obtaining necessary supplies and services for oneself, a family or household member, or person who is
unable to or should not leave their home, or to deliver those services or supplies to others.
Engaging in outdoor activity, provided individuals comply with social distancing. Individuals may go to
public parks and open outdoor recreation areas; however, public access playgrounds are to be closed.
• Engaging in certain types of work providing essential products and services at essential businesses or
operations or to otherwise carry out minimum basic operations.
Taking care of others, such as a family member, friend, or pet in another household, and to transport
family members, friends, or pets. Attending weddings and funerals is permitted.
Essential businesses and services:
• Healthcare and Public Health Operations
• Human Services Operations
• Essential Infrastructure
• Essential Governmental Functions
• Critical infrastructure workers
• Stores that sell groceries and medicine
• Food and beverage production and agriculture
• Organizations that provide charitable and social services
• Religious entities and gatherings, including weddings and funerals
• News media
• First amendment protected speech
• Gas stations and businesses needed for transportation
• Financial and insurance institutions
• Hardware and supply stores
• Critical trades
• Mail, post, shipping, logistics, delivery, and pick-up services.
• Educational institutions.
• Laundry services.
• Restaurants providing carry-out, third party delivery, and curbside pickup.
• Businesses that sell, manufacture, or supply products needed for people to work from home or support material for essential businesses.
• Transportation services.
• Home-based care and services.
• Residential facilities and shelters.
• Professional services. (Includes legal, accounting, insurance, and real estate services.)
• Manufacturing companies, distributors, and supply chain companies producing and supplying
essential products and services.
• Critical labor union functions.
• Hotels and motels, to the extent used for lodging and delivery or carry-out food services.
• Funeral and related services.
Public travel is prohibited, with these exceptions:
• Any travel related to the provision of or access to essential activities, essential governmental functions,
essential businesses and operations, or minimum basic operations.
• Travel to care for elderly, minors, dependents, persons with disabilities, or other vulnerable persons.
• Travel to or from educational institutions for purposes of receiving materials for distance learning, for receiving meals, and any other related services.
• Travel to return to a place of residence from outside the jurisdiction.
• Travel required by law enforcement or court order, including to transport children pursuant to a custody agreement.
• Travel required for non-residents to return to their place of residence outside the state.
• Travel into or out of the state to maintain essential businesses and operations and minimum basic operations.
Official Stay at Home Order – Dr. Amy Acton
Stay At Home Order — Frequently Asked Questions 03.22.20
Latest local food delivery & carryout
According to the Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce on March 23, below are the local restaurants and shops providing food carryout and delivery. The latest closures includes Bentino’s Pizza, HaHa Pizza and the Emporium.
First Greene County COVID-19 case
Greene County saw its first confirmed case of COVID-19 on March 22. The individual who tested positive in Greene County is en employee at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, according to a March 21 press release from the base.
Greene County Public Health released the news the next day, with the following statement: “The individual and identified contacts have self-isolated at home and monitoring is being done by Greene County Public Health. To protect the identities of the case and contacts, no additional information is being released. There was no exposure of history through travel, which indicates this person became ill through community spread.”
Click here for earlier updates.
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