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A recent social media post alleged there have been seven sexual assaults involving ECC students. That post, and subsequent others, have been proven false. The posts have, however, turned into learning opportunity.
A Facebook post on Tuesday turned into a rash of rebuttals by Wednesday. The post, subsequently deleted, claimed that seven girls have been “drugged and raped at off campus house parties” so far this semester. The campus in question was Ellsworth Community College in Iowa Falls.
A comment by the original poster said “several alleged victims reached out. Their information was verified by the hospital - however the police department said [their] were no reports.”
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ECC's Ari Curtis tried to make a tackle of the Iowa Central ball carrier. The Panthers struggled defensively against the eighth-ranked Tritons, falling by a 66-32 final.
Through three games this season, the Ellsworth Community College defense has allowed a total of 184 points and 25 touchdowns.
Against eighth-ranked Iowa Central Community College, the Panthers had an edge late in the second quarter. However, the Tritons stepped on the gas and scored six touchdowns in the second half to pull away from their rivals by a 66-32 margin.
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Coming off a tough five-set loss to North Central Conference rival Hampton-Dumont/CAL, the Iowa Falls-Alden volleyball team ran into a tough field at Saturday's tournament in Janesville.
The Cadets lost all four matches played, but two of the opponents have taken residency in the high school volleyball rankings.
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It was the first State Funeral in London for 57 years at Westminster Abbey, on a scale that we have never seen before. 2,000 foreign dignitaries, world leaders and VIPs were in attendance for the culmination of 10 days of mourning for our longest-reigning monarch, Queen Elizabeth II.
The crowds had gathered along The Mall from 4.30am, anxiously claiming their place along the metal barriers to pay their respects to a sovereign who had served them for 70 years. The state funeral, now a focal point for the mourners in a time of profound grief, was also a time to reflect on the affection and admiration they felt for their Queen.
Melinda from Massachusetts, one among the crowd of mourners, said: ‘This is a pilgrimage for me, I arrived and went straight to Westminster Hall to the lying in state. I am here today for all my friends back home who can’t join me, I’ll be sending them videos.’ Nadia and her husband and two daughters came from Whitstable, her grandfather had been in the Coldstream guards and had taken part in the young Princess Elizabeth’s wedding to Prince Philip. ‘We have come today to see history and be part of it,’ they said. Neil and his brother Jeremy arrived last night from Brighton: ‘She is Queen of the world, isn’t she?’
By 10.45am the clouds began to lift, and the Queen Victoria Memorial, set against the majestic backdrop of Buckingham Palace, was bathed in sunshine. Motorbike escort riders could be seen on Constitution Hill accompanying the cars, firstly carrying the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, followed by the Princess and Princess of Wales as they made their way to Westminster with Prince George and Princess Charlotte.
Further up The Mall, cheers could be heard as the King and Queen Consort made their way from Clarence House. At 11am the funeral service was broadcast to the waiting crowds by loudspeaker. The late Queen was known to have been meticulously involved in the planning of the music and as The Lord’s My Shepherd was announced – the hymn that was played at Princess Elizabeth’s wedding – onlookers were visibly moved. The Lord’s Prayer was a collective moment of reflection, along with a two-minute silence and the National Anthem, followed by the moving lone piper, playing Sleep, Dearie, Sleep.
In the distance you could hear the minute guns being fired by the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery. Four horses from the Canadian ‘Mounties’ troop led the procession of hundreds of soldiers, infantry and cavalry as they made their way down The Mall in flawless procession. Shiny boots, polished buttons, the pomp and circumstance, it all felt so appropriate for this final goodbye.
The Duke of Norfolk, the man behind 20 years of funeral planning, marched past followed by members of The King’s household, including Earl Rosslyn and Major Johnny Thompson. The first sight of the family following behind the cortege, flanked by naval officers, was full of emotion, a family having to grieve in the glare of the public, a family sharing their grief with the nation.
Her Majesty was led clockwise around the Queen Victoria Monument, passing Buckingham Palace for the final time, as members of her household lined up outside the Palace gates to bid a heartbreaking but dignified farewell, to their Queen, our Queen – a monarch loved like no other – as she made her way to Wellington Arch and on to Windsor for her final journey. | https://www.tatler.com/article/queens-state-funeral-crowds-public-mourners-live-from-buckingham-palace | 2022-09-19T16:40:44Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/article/queens-state-funeral-crowds-public-mourners-live-from-buckingham-palace | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BENSALEM, Pa., Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Latch, Inc. f/k/a TS Innovation Acquisitions Corp. ("Latch" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: LTCH, LTCHW).
Class Period: May 13, 2021 – August 25, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: October 31, 2022
Investors suffering losses on their Latch investments are encouraged to contact the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith to discuss their legal rights in this class action at 888-638-4847 or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors: (1) that there were unreported sales arrangements related to hardware devices; (2) that, as a result, the Company had improperly recognized revenue throughout fiscal 2021 and first quarter 2022; (3) that there were material weaknesses in Latch's internal control over financial reporting related to revenue recognition; (4) that, as a result of the foregoing, Latch would restate financial statements for fiscal 2021 and first quarter 2022; and (5) that, as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis.
To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Howard G. Smith, Esquire, of Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, 3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112, Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020, by telephone at (215) 638-4847, toll-free at (888) 638-4847, or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com, or visit our website at www.howardsmithlaw.com.
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- This is the second year in a row where StradVision's SVNet deep-learning based camera perception software has been honored as a top prize winner of the industry
SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- StradVision, an AI-based video perception technology company for Autonomous Vehicles and ADAS, is honored to announce that its SVNet software was once again selected as the 'Best-in-Class Software for Perception Systems' during the 2022 AutoSens Awards in Brussels, Belgium.
The AutoSens Awards have become one of the industry's leading events for the ADAS and autonomous vehicle technology community, recognizing the most innovative companies and products leading the global autonomous driving industry. StradVision's Gold Award selection was made during this year's award ceremony held on September 13. The company's SVNet was recognized for the second year in a row regarding its deep learning-based camera perception software that continues to mature within the automotive space and accelerate the ADAS and autonomous driving sector forward. StradVision's Dean Kim (Vice President of Business Development) and Andreas vom Felde (General Manager & Head of Sales Region Europe) were in event attendance to accept the award.
"This high recognition by AutoSens for the second year is a tremendous honor for our company," said Junhwan Kim, CEO of StradVision. "Our goals have been very ambitious for business growth and innovation, and this year has brought many milestone moments for us. AutoSens' Gold Award for our SVNet perception software will continue our motivation as we pursue more ways to advance autonomous driving and ADAS solutions for the global community."
"We've experienced exponential business growth and recognition from the global community over the past year," said Dean Kim, StradVision's Vice President of Business Development. "Seeing our SVNet software selected once again by AutoSens this year is incredible and we believe further spotlights the potential our perception solutions can bring for OEMs and Tier-1s in the automotive industry worldwide."
StradVision's SVNet is state-of-the-art software that powers the perception technology behind ADAS and autonomous vehicles, enabling external vehicle perception via 14+ platforms across Qualcomm, Texas Instruments, Renesas, NVIDIA and other chipset makers to accurately and safely detect and recognize objects (even in poor lighting or harsh weather conditions), such as other vehicles, lanes, pedestrians, animals, free space, traffic signs, and lights. SVNet was the first network to run deep learning-based object detection software on TDA2x, R-car V3H, V3M, and H3, and now also provides deep neural network across Snapdragon Ride, Orin, Jacinto, R-car series and Ambarella CV series. Other StradVision products include SVNet Tools, which removes the need to have a large team spending hundreds of hours correcting objects with the risk of human error.
About StradVision
Founded in 2014, StradVision is an automotive industry pioneer in AI-based vision processing technology for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). The company is accelerating the advent of fully autonomous vehicles by making ADAS features available at a fraction of the market cost compared with competitors. StradVision's SVNet is being deployed on various vehicle models in partnership with OEMs and powers ADAS & Autonomous Vehicles worldwide and is serviced by over 300 employees in Seoul, San Jose, Detroit, Tokyo, Shanghai, Friedrichshafen, and Dusseldorf. StradVision has been honored with the Gold Award at the 2021 and 2022 AutoSens Awards for Best-in-Class Software for Perception Systems, and the 2020 Autonomous Vehicle Technology ACES Award in Autonomy (Software Category). In addition, StradVision's software is certified to the ISO 9001:2015 for Quality Management System and ISO 26262 for Automotive Functional Safety.
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TUCSON, Ariz. — Remember "Cyberpunk 2077"? The game, released nearly two years ago following more hype than probably any other game I've seen, flopped hard and became the butt of every joke in the gaming world.
That terrible release pretty much ruined most people's interest in the game. Despite updates patching up many issues from launch, the game, once held on a pedestal as high as Mount Olympus, has become a forgotten footnote in recent gaming.
That's why it was such a surprise to see a major anime studio like Trigger making an anime based on the world established in the game. "Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners" is a stand-alone story set in Night City, using the peculiar vernacular of that universe and putting an over-the-top anime twist on an otherwise "grounded" (or, as grounded as a sci-fi video game can be) setting.
In "Edgerunners," we are introduced to David Martinez, a teenager whose mother is a busting hump to ensure her son gets a good education and becomes a member of the corporate ladder. While driving home one day, they get in the middle of a shootout between a gang and a corp.
David's mom dies, and he ends up with a piece of cybernetic hardware not meant to hit the streets, a hookup that can essentially make him slow down time for himself. Now carrying this experimental military hardware, he's the target of multiple corps and gangs.
Thankfully, while surviving the tough streets of Night City, he meets up with a gang of Edgerunners who take him in, teaches him to survive, and grow him into an underworld killer to be feared.
The story is pretty simple and honestly parallels the structure of "Gurren Lagann" (which was directed by "Edgerunners" director), a young man getting access to enormous power, meeting a group of friends he has to rely on to learn the ropes (including a love interest who is deeper into the villain's plot than he knows), and eventually having to take leadership in a time jump that changes the dynamic of the show.
And it ends with a wildly violent bout of cartoon action that makes the already excessive fights of the first few episodes and makes them look like Disney fare.
In a way, this structure establishes David and the crew and gets us invested as more and more bad things happen. But also, where "Gurren Lagann" has 27 episodes to build its characters and grow the plot, "Edgerunners" 's biggest flaw is that it only has ten episodes to fit in everything it needs to.
That includes multiple characters to invest in and a romance that, while cute, doesn't have enough time to flesh itself out.
Regardless, I loved many of these characters. Lucy is the stand-out and her backstory, combined with her growing tenderness toward David, slowly leaving the life she brought him into, is wonderful.
Also, Rebecca, the foul-mouthed loli who machine guns anyone in her way, is another show stealer who electrifies any scene she's in with violent abandon.
Another thing that stands out about "Edgerunners" is the animation and music. Franz Ferdinand makes a comeback with a fantastic opening credits song, and the rest of the soundtrack adds a cool auditory veneer to this neon-blanketed story.
Trigger has a very specific animation style that can look a little stilted and cheap sometimes. Still, I found myself lost in the world between bright colors and hyperactive violence where physics doesn't matter.
Plus, the character design is nova.
This anime is exactly the windfall that "Cyberpunk 2077" needed. Just saying the name of the game brings thoughts of the infamous release and the months of ridicule that killed any chance it had at gamers giving it a second chance. But maybe "Edgerunners" will endear Night City to those who avoided the game enough to give it another chance. It certainly did so for me.
Whether that was the intention of the anime or just Trigger loved the world and wanted to craft a great anime based on it, it's done its duty.
Both an entertaining anime that even anime agnostic Phil Villareal watched all the way through and a perfect marketing tool, "Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners" is well worth your time regardless of how you feel about the game.
"Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners" is streaming on Netflix | https://www.wtxl.com/entertainment/cyberpunk-2077-edgerunners-is-a-breath-of-fresh-air-for-maligned-game | 2022-09-19T16:57:03Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/entertainment/cyberpunk-2077-edgerunners-is-a-breath-of-fresh-air-for-maligned-game | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Flood waters are receding in parts of western Alaska battered by the worst storm in a half-century.
The storm left behind debris flung by powerful Bering Sea waves, the remnants of Typhoon Merbok, which was weakening Sunday as it moved north from the Bering Strait into the Chukchi Sea.
Officials say the storm caused widespread flooding and damage along 1,000 miles of the Alaska coastline.
Several communities reported homes were knocked off their foundations by the force of the incoming water.
In Nome, the water reached its highest water level since 1974 — 11.1 feet. The storm also washed out part of a highway.
The massive storm also influenced weather systems as far away as California, where rare late-summer rains drenched the northern part of the state.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who declared a disaster declaration Saturday, said officials intend to rebuild everything the storm destroyed as soon as possible.
Officials also credited the National Weather Service for giving an early storm warning that prevented injuries and loss of life.
“The National Weather Service was able to give early warning of this storm and fully notified communities in the path,” said Bryan Fisher, Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, in a news release. “Local and tribal governments activated their emergency response plans and did what was necessary to protect their community members. These steps have been instrumental in preventing injury and loss of life and have minimized damage to property.”
Gov. Dunleavy said a child was reported missing Saturday but was later found. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/flood-waters-receding-after-storm-batters-western-alaska | 2022-09-19T16:57:33Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/flood-waters-receding-after-storm-batters-western-alaska | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
President Joe Biden said he still intends to run for reelection in 2024, but he isn’t ready to make a final decision.
Biden, who turns 80 in November, is already the oldest president in U.S. history. He would be 86 at the end of a potential second term. Previously, Ronald Reagan was the oldest president in U.S. history as he was 77 at the end of his second term.
Biden’s response came in an interview aired Sunday on CBS’ “60 Minutes.”
"In terms of election laws, and it's much too early to make that kind of decision. I'm a great respecter of fate,” Biden said. “And so, what I'm doing is I'm doing my job. I'm gonna do that job. And within the timeframe that makes sense after this next election cycle here, going into next year, make a judgment on what to do."
When pressed by anchor Scott Pelley on his intentions, Biden added, "Look, my intention, as I said to begin with, is that I would run again. But it's just an intention. But is it a firm decision that I run again? That remains to be seen."
Biden could potentially face a rematch against Donald Trump, who has suggested he is running in 2024. Before Biden took office, Trump was the second-oldest president in U.S. history. If he decides to run again and win, he would be 82 at the end of a potential second term.
An average of polls place Biden’s approval rating at 42%, according to 538. Jimmy Carter, Reagan, Bill Clinton and Trump had similar approval ratings toward the end of their second years in office. Clinton and Reagan both won reelection while Carter and Trump did not. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/president-biden-says-its-too-early-to-make-final-decision-on-2024-campaign | 2022-09-19T16:57:52Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/president-biden-says-its-too-early-to-make-final-decision-on-2024-campaign | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
There were royalty, entertainers, politicians and world leaders in attendance at Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral on Monday.
There were also health care workers. They were among the 2,000 people invited inside Westminster Abbey for Elizabeth’s funeral.
Earlier this year, Elizabeth honored members of Britain’s National Health Service with the George Cross. They were honored for their efforts in leading the United Kingdom through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Their honors were just the third time a collective group has been honored with the George Cross since it was established in 1940.
Among those honored was May Parsons, who administered Britain’s first COVID-19 shot.
“All of the staff in hospitals and our communities went above and beyond during the pandemic to look after patients despite the risks the virus posed to themselves, across health and care, staff sacrificed so much to look after those in need,” Parsons said.
On Monday, it was health care workers paying tribute to the queen.
“Her Majesty the Queen gave steadfast support to the NHS throughout her reign and in return, she had the admiration and respect of staff right across the health service for her leadership, wisdom and devotion to duty,” said NHS chief executive Amanda Pritchard. “Receiving the George Cross from Her Majesty earlier this year was the proudest moment in the NHS’s long history.”
Elizabeth spent much of her final two years at Windsor Castle during the COVID-19 pandemic. The royal family led Elizabeth’s coffin from Westminster Abbey to Windsor in a procession on Monday following the state funeral. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/world/health-care-workers-invited-to-queen-elizabeth-iis-state-funeral | 2022-09-19T16:58:04Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/world/health-care-workers-invited-to-queen-elizabeth-iis-state-funeral | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
RICHLAND, Wash.-
A car crash around 11:30 Sunday night cut power to a large portion of Richland.
According to Richland Fire Department Battalion Chief Brenda Rodgers, a car hit a power pole attached to a Bonnevile Power Administration (BPA) distribution line and three major power lines fell.
The car caught fire after the crash. The driver and passenger got out of the car before the fire, but were taken to the hospital.
Battalion Chief Rodgers says that power is at least partially out in Richland from Duportail Street north to First Street in the Hanford area.
Parts of Saint Street, Stevens Drive, and Jadwin Avenue are closed while Richland Police investigate the crash and power crews work to restore power.
There is currently no timetable for when power will be completely restored. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/crash-cuts-power-in-richland/article_07847a1c-381b-11ed-97f5-3bacbeb6080f.html | 2022-09-19T17:02:41Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/crash-cuts-power-in-richland/article_07847a1c-381b-11ed-97f5-3bacbeb6080f.html | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
KENNEWICK, Wash.-
Kennewick Police were dispatched to a weapons complaint around 10:30 Sunday night on the 400 block of N. Volland Street.
Reports indicated that one person had pointed a handgun at another.
According to a KPD press release, officers arrived and arrested a 19 year old male suspect.
The suspect is now in custody on suspicion of assault in the 2nd degree, unlawful possession of a firearm, and possession of a stolen firearm.
Anyone with any information on this incident is asked to contact the non-emergency dispatch number at 509-628-0333 and reference case #22-071168. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/kpd-responds-to-weapons-complaint-sunday-night/article_f4bfae54-3817-11ed-ad71-9bfffa38d165.html | 2022-09-19T17:02:47Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/kpd-responds-to-weapons-complaint-sunday-night/article_f4bfae54-3817-11ed-ad71-9bfffa38d165.html | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
RICHLAND, Wash.-
The Richland and Pasco Police Departments will both be partnering with the Pink Patch Project to raise awareness of breast cancer.
The patches are designed by participating agencies and will be worn on uniforms throughout October.
The pink patches help raise awareness about the importance of early breast cancer detection and the ongoing fight to treat and cure the disease. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/pasco-and-richland-pds-join-pink-patch-project/article_441b454e-382c-11ed-9002-63c438dd42d3.html | 2022-09-19T17:02:53Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/pasco-and-richland-pds-join-pink-patch-project/article_441b454e-382c-11ed-9002-63c438dd42d3.html | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The anonymous survey asked participants to rate the most annoying behavior of fellow airline passengers, then compiled a list of the 16 most annoying.
Here are the top five most annoying airline passenger behaviors:
1. Kicking the back of your seat 59%
2. Drunk or disruptive passengers 59%
3. Smells from poor hygiene or too much cologne/perfume 48%
4. Poor parenting 46%
5. Eating pungent or foul-smelling foods 39% | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/top-5-most-annoying-airline-behaviors/article_6e2a9d04-3830-11ed-be6d-e38d81973c93.html | 2022-09-19T17:02:59Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/top-5-most-annoying-airline-behaviors/article_6e2a9d04-3830-11ed-be6d-e38d81973c93.html | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON STATE.-
Wildfires, smoke, and late-summer heat are creating tough and hazardous conditions for farmworkers across Washington.
The dry, hot, and smoky conditions are prompting some farmworkers to call for greater protections against the elements.
Washington News Service (WNS), spoke to one farmworker, Alfredo Juarez, in northwestern Washington, concerning last week's unhealthy air quality.
"There was an alert for people to stay home. The farmworkers kept on working. They didn't have masks to work. So it's very dangerous," Juarez said.
Governor Jay Inslee's Office says they are looking for ways to protect farmworkers, but that declaring a climate emergency is not currently being considered. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/wildfires-smoke-and-heat-mean-tough-conditions-for-wa-farmworkers/article_1045a74c-3835-11ed-aa20-37b7d35006f7.html | 2022-09-19T17:03:05Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/wildfires-smoke-and-heat-mean-tough-conditions-for-wa-farmworkers/article_1045a74c-3835-11ed-aa20-37b7d35006f7.html | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PORTLAND, Ore.-
A Federal Grand Jury indicted Javier Francisco Vigil, 51, of Umatilla County for his role in the robbery of Wildhorse Resort and Casino on August, 17, and for firing at least one round at a Tribal Police Officer.
Vigil appeared in Federal Court on Thursday, September, 15. According to a press release from the Oregon U.S. Attorney's Office, he was arraigned, pleaded not guilty, and was detained pending a 4 day jury trial that is set to begin on November, 1.
The Federal Grand Jury Indictment charges Vigil with:
Attempted murder.
Assault with the attempt to commit murder.
Assault with a deadly weapon.
Interfering with commerce through robbery.
Using and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence.
Illegal possession of a firearm as a felon.
If convicted, Vigil faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in Federal Prison, 3 years supervised release, and a $250,000 fine. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/wildhorse-shooting-suspect-indicted-for-attempted-murder/article_bf48ce72-3821-11ed-927b-03ff3dfa61bd.html | 2022-09-19T17:03:11Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/wildhorse-shooting-suspect-indicted-for-attempted-murder/article_bf48ce72-3821-11ed-927b-03ff3dfa61bd.html | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BUCKHANNON, W.Va., Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Workers at Diversified Gas and Oil's Buckhannon W.Va., facility last week voted by more than a 2-1 margin to join the United Steelworkers union (USW).
USW District 8 Director Larry Ray said the roughly 70 workers are seeking a seat at the table when it comes to wages and working conditions, including workplace health and safety.
"Workers at Diversified are an essential part of helping our nation meet its energy needs," Ray said. "We are happy to welcome them into our union family so they can begin negotiating the fair contract they deserve."
Ray praised workers for persevering in their efforts to organize a union at their facility.
"It's unfortunate that the USW was forced to file objections regarding management's conduct during the first vote earlier this year," Ray said. "But workers remained committed to exercising their right to a free and fair union election – and ultimately they were successful."
The USW represents 850,000 workers employed in metals, mining, pulp and paper, rubber, chemicals, glass, auto supply and the energy-producing industries, along with a growing number of workers in health care, public sector, higher education, tech and service occupations.
Contact: Jess Kamm Broomell, 412-562-2444, jkamm@usw.org
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Queen Elizabeth II funeral: Service began with choral beauty and ended with a lone piper's lament
It began with a moment of exquisite choral beauty and ended with the lament of a lone piper.
As the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II paused on the threshold of Westminster Abbey, the congregation of 2,000 people, including some of the world’s most powerful political leaders, rose to their feet.
The choir of Westminster Abbey sang the Sentences, lines of scripture set to music, as the procession made its way slowly and steadily between the rows of onlookers.
The soaring voices were later joined by the choir of the Chapel Royal, St James's Palace, to spine-tingling effect.
The coffin, draped in the Royal Standard and with the Imperial State Crown and a wreath of flowers laid upon it, had arrived outside the abbey at 10:53am.
Shortly before, the organ music inside had halted.
The sound of bagpipes and the roll and clatter of drums could be heard, faintly at first, as the procession began its journey from Westminster Hall.
Inside, the murmur of conversation was replaced by silence and the occasional whisper.
The doors of Westminster Abbey, which has witnessed every coronation since 1066 and where the air is thick with history, had been open from 8am, with the general congregation arriving before political leaders and other prominent figures followed.
Rarely has so much power gathered in one building. It is impossible to comprehend the headache it must have caused for the police and security services.
US president Joe Biden entered shortly after 10am, holding hands with his wife, Jill. He sat 14 rows back on the south transept, with Realm governor generals and Commonwealth countries taking precedent in front.
Liz Truss, the new Prime Minister, who met the Queen at Balmoral just two days before she died and who later read a lesson at the funeral, followed around 15 minutes later.
Senior politicians and former prime ministers were joined by foreign dignitaries and luminaries from all walks of life. Striking military uniforms, festooned with medals, added splashes of colour to the sea of dark suits and dresses.
Among the royals were Prince George, the nine-year-old future king, and his seven-year-old sister Princess Charlotte, who walked behind the Queen’s coffin as part of the solemn procession through the gothic church.
Flanked by their parents, the Prince and Princess of Wales, the two youngsters walked a little behind King Charles and Camilla, Queen Consort, and ahead of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Others couldn’t quite believe they had been invited to share in this moment.
Walter Cunningham Peyton Smith, from Largs, received a telephone call – with no caller ID – from the Cabinet Office last Saturday afternoon. His invitation arrived on Saturday morning by special delivery.
“I was flabbergasted when the call came,” the 75-year-old said. “I’m not normally a speechless person, as you can imagine.”
Mr Smith, the former chair of the Prince’s Trust Ayrshire, received an MBE earlier this year for services to youth enterprise and education.
He described it as a “great honour” to attend the funeral.
Security around the abbey was predictably tight, with guests navigating three layers of checks, including airport-style scanners. They had been asked to bring two forms of identification and no hand luggage.
Roads around Westminster Abbey were closed off, with a heavy police presence and armed officers lining the route.
It was the first time in 262 years the abbey had staged a monarch’s funeral, and the scale and grandeur of the occasion was unparalleled. It took the breath away.
But there were personal touches, too.
The new King, who looked visibly emotional as the national anthem was sung, had left a handwritten message on the Queen’s coffin. “In loving and devoted memory. Charles R,” it read, a simple, but poignant detail.
Among the hymns were The Lord’s My Shepherd, which was sung at the Queen’s wedding to Prince Philip at the abbey in 1947. It would be just a few years after this happy moment that Elizabeth II would first feel the weight of the crown upon her head, following the death of her father, George VI.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Justin Welby, quoted from the Queen’s broadcast during the dark days of the Covid lockdown.
"We will meet again,” she had said, evoking lyrics from Dame Vera Lynn’s wartime song to powerful effect.
All who followed the Queen’s example can say this with her, the archbishop added.
This was a ceremony underpinned by a deep Christian faith, as well as a sense of service and duty.
"People of loving service are rare in any walk of life,” the archbishop earlier told the congregation. “Leaders of loving service are still rarer.
"But in all cases, those who serve will be loved and remembered when those who cling to power and privileges are forgotten.”
O Taste and See, written by Ralph Vaughan Williams for the Queen’s coronation in the abbey in 1953, provided another moment of profound choral beauty.
Later, as the choir performed a new anthem written for the service by Scottish composer Sir James McMillan, their voices seemed to fill the entire space, rising up to the abbey’s ornate roof before gently ebbing away.
After the Last Post, sounded by the State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry from the steps of the Lady Chapel, came the two minutes’ silence. Every cough and shuffle of the feet was magnified to booming volume by the stillness.
Pipe Major Paul Burns, the Queen’s Piper, helped close the funeral with a rendition of the traditional piece Sleep, Dearie, Sleep, before the coffin left Westminster Abbey for Windsor.
It was a last lament for a monarch who treasured Scotland, its wild landscapes and her time at Balmoral – a place where, in the words of her granddaughter Princess Eugenie, she was “most happy”.
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TUCSON, Ariz. — Remember "Cyberpunk 2077"? The game, released nearly two years ago following more hype than probably any other game I've seen, flopped hard and became the butt of every joke in the gaming world.
That terrible release pretty much ruined most people's interest in the game. Despite updates patching up many issues from launch, the game, once held on a pedestal as high as Mount Olympus, has become a forgotten footnote in recent gaming.
That's why it was such a surprise to see a major anime studio like Trigger making an anime based on the world established in the game. "Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners" is a stand-alone story set in Night City, using the peculiar vernacular of that universe and putting an over-the-top anime twist on an otherwise "grounded" (or, as grounded as a sci-fi video game can be) setting.
In "Edgerunners," we are introduced to David Martinez, a teenager whose mother is a busting hump to ensure her son gets a good education and becomes a member of the corporate ladder. While driving home one day, they get in the middle of a shootout between a gang and a corp.
David's mom dies, and he ends up with a piece of cybernetic hardware not meant to hit the streets, a hookup that can essentially make him slow down time for himself. Now carrying this experimental military hardware, he's the target of multiple corps and gangs.
Thankfully, while surviving the tough streets of Night City, he meets up with a gang of Edgerunners who take him in, teaches him to survive, and grow him into an underworld killer to be feared.
The story is pretty simple and honestly parallels the structure of "Gurren Lagann" (which was directed by "Edgerunners" director), a young man getting access to enormous power, meeting a group of friends he has to rely on to learn the ropes (including a love interest who is deeper into the villain's plot than he knows), and eventually having to take leadership in a time jump that changes the dynamic of the show.
And it ends with a wildly violent bout of cartoon action that makes the already excessive fights of the first few episodes and makes them look like Disney fare.
In a way, this structure establishes David and the crew and gets us invested as more and more bad things happen. But also, where "Gurren Lagann" has 27 episodes to build its characters and grow the plot, "Edgerunners" 's biggest flaw is that it only has ten episodes to fit in everything it needs to.
That includes multiple characters to invest in and a romance that, while cute, doesn't have enough time to flesh itself out.
Regardless, I loved many of these characters. Lucy is the stand-out and her backstory, combined with her growing tenderness toward David, slowly leaving the life she brought him into, is wonderful.
Also, Rebecca, the foul-mouthed loli who machine guns anyone in her way, is another show stealer who electrifies any scene she's in with violent abandon.
Another thing that stands out about "Edgerunners" is the animation and music. Franz Ferdinand makes a comeback with a fantastic opening credits song, and the rest of the soundtrack adds a cool auditory veneer to this neon-blanketed story.
Trigger has a very specific animation style that can look a little stilted and cheap sometimes. Still, I found myself lost in the world between bright colors and hyperactive violence where physics doesn't matter.
Plus, the character design is nova.
This anime is exactly the windfall that "Cyberpunk 2077" needed. Just saying the name of the game brings thoughts of the infamous release and the months of ridicule that killed any chance it had at gamers giving it a second chance. But maybe "Edgerunners" will endear Night City to those who avoided the game enough to give it another chance. It certainly did so for me.
Whether that was the intention of the anime or just Trigger loved the world and wanted to craft a great anime based on it, it's done its duty.
Both an entertaining anime that even anime agnostic Phil Villareal watched all the way through and a perfect marketing tool, "Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners" is well worth your time regardless of how you feel about the game.
"Cyberpunk 2077: Edgerunners" is streaming on Netflix | https://www.katc.com/entertainment/cyberpunk-2077-edgerunners-is-a-breath-of-fresh-air-for-maligned-game | 2022-09-19T17:18:55Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/entertainment/cyberpunk-2077-edgerunners-is-a-breath-of-fresh-air-for-maligned-game | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Flood waters are receding in parts of western Alaska battered by the worst storm in a half-century.
The storm left behind debris flung by powerful Bering Sea waves, the remnants of Typhoon Merbok, which was weakening Sunday as it moved north from the Bering Strait into the Chukchi Sea.
Officials say the storm caused widespread flooding and damage along 1,000 miles of the Alaska coastline.
Several communities reported homes were knocked off their foundations by the force of the incoming water.
In Nome, the water reached its highest water level since 1974 — 11.1 feet. The storm also washed out part of a highway.
The massive storm also influenced weather systems as far away as California, where rare late-summer rains drenched the northern part of the state.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy, who declared a disaster declaration Saturday, said officials intend to rebuild everything the storm destroyed as soon as possible.
Officials also credited the National Weather Service for giving an early storm warning that prevented injuries and loss of life.
“The National Weather Service was able to give early warning of this storm and fully notified communities in the path,” said Bryan Fisher, Director of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, in a news release. “Local and tribal governments activated their emergency response plans and did what was necessary to protect their community members. These steps have been instrumental in preventing injury and loss of life and have minimized damage to property.”
Gov. Dunleavy said a child was reported missing Saturday but was later found. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/flood-waters-receding-after-storm-batters-western-alaska | 2022-09-19T17:19:32Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/flood-waters-receding-after-storm-batters-western-alaska | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
RENO, Nev. — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a crash that killed one person at the Reno Air Races.
According to the Reno Air Racing Association, the pilot was killed during the Jet Gold Race.
The jet was reportedly on its third lap when it crashed.
The NTSB said the crash involved an Aero Vodochody L-29 aircraft. No other jets were involved.
The name of the pilot has not been released. The Washoe County Sheriff said the name would be released following notification of next-of-kin.
This is not the first tragedy at the air races. According to CNN, 11 people were killed and dozens more were injured when a plane veered out of control at the National Championship Air Races in 2011. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/pilot-killed-during-air-race-in-nevada | 2022-09-19T17:19:51Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/pilot-killed-during-air-race-in-nevada | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Andrew Sean Greer’s new novel performs an astonishing magic trick: It makes you forget the state of the world—or, more specifically, America.
In Less Is Lost, we return to Arthur Less, “our Minor American Novelist,” and his partner, Freddy Pelu, with whom he’s spent nine months of “unmarital bliss” on top of the nine years they’ve known each other. This is a story, we are told, of a crisis in their lives: how to keep choosing each other when the freshness of love has, if not soured, perhaps staled. In the midst of this crisis, the death of Less’s ex-lover throws the couple into financial distress, forcing Less to accept a series of improbable literary opportunities across the U.S. in order to keep their home.
Writers may take special pleasure in Less Is Lost for the way it holds a mirror to the unique humiliations of their vocation. (At one point Less is asked to “open” for a delayed, famous sci-fi author, whose fans interrupt Less’s attempts to read by chanting the other author’s name.) But with the wit and warmth that made readers fall in love with Less, Greer can find the absurd in everything. A literary prize committee, of which Less is a part, “is never to meet in person; their meetings are incorporeal, like those of angels.” In Dolly, the black pug who accompanies Less for much of his journey, Less recognizes himself—in her passionate effort to shape her towel into a bed each night, she is a fellow artist (“though more successful in her chosen field”).
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What made Less such a deep joy to read was the voice—a playful almost-omniscience that occasionally shifted to reveal a mysterious first-person who looked upon Less with unmistakable fondness. That narrative voice resumes seamlessly in Less Is Lost, with Freddy introducing himself early, then weaving in and out of the story: “Now it is my turn to be uncertain. What other infelicities has Less hidden, forgotten, mislaid? What future is there with such a man?”
Though Freddy himself is physically absent for most of the novel, his voice is what gives the book its life, and his central dilemma is the lens through which the story is told. At times he invites us into Less’s consciousness (begging the question of how much of the story is faithfully reported—by Less to Freddy and by Freddy to us—and how much is imagined, reconstructed…and whether it matters). Other times, the narration pulls back: “How long can a gay man survive in the desert? We are about to find out, for, from our buzzard’s-eye view of California, we see an old conversation van painted a pristine shade of green tottering through the night through the Mojave Desert.” And still other times it shifts to second-person, with direct addresses to either the reader or to Less: “Sleep well, my love. More than a continent lies between us tonight.”
Off-screen, Freddy is nursing his hurt at Less’s description of their relationship—uncertain. When he addresses Less in the narration, there is both a hopeful blurring of boundaries between them and a reminder of our separateness from those we love. Less can no more hear Freddy’s commentary than someone in a horror move can hear the viewer shouting, “Look behind you!” Yet the very act of constructing this story can only be an act of love: “that magical spot where the rivers meet, a tessellated surface not unlike a backgammon board where the clear and muddy waters coexist but refuse to mix.”
Less Is Lost is a love story, but it’s also about how we make art—which is to say, how we make meaning: of ourselves, each other, our lives. At his ex-lover’s funeral, Less encounters a Czech editor who praises the poet’s “Beckett sensibility. That things are broken, in shards, that being human means nothing, that memory is nothing, that love is nothing.” Less tells the editor he’s got it all wrong. And indeed, the novel feels like an indictment against this very sensibility.
Less’s road trip is characterized by moments of deep human connection, subversion of stereotypes, and jaw-dropping natural descriptions. (Joshua trees are “Holy rollers at a revival, lifting their heavy arms. How long has this been going on? For all time? Why did no one tell him?”) In the South, where Freddy warns Less they “kill queers” and “being white might not be enough,” Less dons a handlebar mustache and affixes half a dozen American flags to his conversion van. But Less encounters only kindness, which won’t feel realistic to every reader. Then again, our narrator notes, “Well, my darling, the world is so constructed that men like you will always end up safe in bed. Almost always.”
“Pay attention,” Less’s ex-lover instructed Less when his mother died. “You have to write it down. You have to use it later.” Less is enraged at the idea of using his mother’s death as a writing exercise, but he is reminded, “It’s not for yourself. It’s for someone seven hundred years from now.”
Greer pays attention. And if it’s painful for him, as it is for Less, he also transmutes it into something that may survive the next 700 years: “the restorative tonic of a funny tale.” In times like these, that feels like a gift. | https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a41195580/andrew-sean-greer-less-is-lost-book-review/ | 2022-09-19T17:24:10Z | oprahdaily.com | control | https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/a41195580/andrew-sean-greer-less-is-lost-book-review/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with These 18 Must-Read Books by Latinx Authors
Indulge in stories that run the gamut, from writers like literary powerhouse Hernan Diaz, poet Javier Zamora, and Rudolfo Anaya, a revolutionary figure in Chicano literature.
When I was an undergraduate in 1982 taking a class on early American literature, the professor, a famous scholar of Whitman and Emerson, announced during his first lecture, “By the middle of the next century, American literature will be dominated by masters with last names such as Álvarez, García, and Díaz.” At the time—when major publishing houses printed maybe a handful of books by Latinx writers a year, and even among the best-read American bibliophiles not many had wandered far beyond the magical Macondo of One Hundred Years of Solitude when it came to Latin American literature—it was a bold and outrageous prophecy. Yet, some three decades still from the date of that prophecy’s culmination, writers such as Cristina García, a National Book Award finalist; Julia Alvarez; Hernan Diaz, and Junot Díaz, a Pulitzer nominee and Pulitzer winner, enjoy a central position in the canon of contemporary American literature. They are paving the way for many of the writers on the list below, and still very much active in producing work that will certainly be incorporated fully into the 21st-century North American canon, as that wise professor predicted.
The works in the list below of the most notable Latinx books that came out in 2022, in hardcover or paperback, cover a wide range of issues and continue to expand the landscape of Latinx fiction from the tip of South America to the inchoate canyons of Wall Street before the Great Depression. All of them, however, deal to some extent with the universal questions of home and the existential themes of shifting identities and realities of the wanderer that have been a hallmark of Western literature since The Odyssey. They also force us as Americans to take a harder look at ourselves and reconsider how these voices that were once considered outsiders are now burnishing our treasured concepts of equality and the majestic poetry of liberty hardwired in the American DNA but too often muted. | https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/g41244880/hispanic-heritage-month-books-latinx-authors/ | 2022-09-19T17:24:20Z | oprahdaily.com | control | https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/books/g41244880/hispanic-heritage-month-books-latinx-authors/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Oprah is no stranger to wellness experiences, and baths are an absolute must for her. (She even has her own relaxing bathtub ritual and is a self-described “bathing connoisseur.”) But there’s one type of bath therapy that’s new to Oprah: sound baths. This wellness process is a form of therapeutic healing that uses instruments like singing bowls, tuning forks, and chimes to Zen out the listener.
When planning her celebratory three-day birthday festival for Ava DuVernay, Oprah thought treating her guests to sound baths might be a nice idea. The party was a success, and the star-studded guest list filled up every spot in the sound bath session. To ensure everyone had a chance to enjoy it, Oprah decided to do a class with Gayle, Kirby Bumpus, Gayle’s daughter, and Sade, one of Oprah’s daughter-girls, to test the experience.
Oprah’s sound bath experience was led by an instructor, Michelle, who guided them through the process. When asked by Oprah what the point of a sound bath is, Michelle said: “The whole point of a sound bath is to balance the left and the right hemispheres of the brain.” But the second part of Michelle’s definition especially resonated with Oprah: “As your brain begins to tune, synchronize, and train with the instruments, it’s silencing the chatter,” Michelle said, to which Oprah replied, “I’m gonna love that part.”
Oprah may have been new to the experience, but Kirby is no stranger to sound baths. Kirby’s baby shower included a seaside yoga class and meditative sound bath—which is where Oprah got the idea for DuVernay’s party. “When I turned 35, my husband organized this incredibly thoughtful weekend for us, which included a sound bath,” Kirby told Oprah Daily after her baby shower. “I’d done them before, but this time, the baby was at a phase where he could hear things, which really amplified the whole experience. After that, I knew I wanted to do another—and that I wanted to share it with my friends.”
This time, Kirby got to share the experience with her mother and godmother. Although Kirby is a seasoned sound bather, this session was only Gayle’s second time trying the practice. Gayle says that this particular sound bath felt like an interactive, full experience. Her previous session, at Kirby’s baby shower, had less of a personal touch, but Michelle walked around the guests and waved instruments over them rather than just guiding them by voice. She also ended the sound bath by giving them five minutes to themselves and then singing uplifting songs, like “Here Comes Sun.”
“Sound bath’ is a misnomer,” Gayle explains of the experience. “It implies you’ll be touched by water, but it’s actually the sound that washes over your body.” She adds that for people who struggle with the too-quiet of meditation (herself included), sound baths are a better way to relax the brain. “My mind goes everywhere when I’m meditating,” Gayle says. “But with sound baths, you’re not left to your own devices. [The instructor] guides you through it.” In her guidance, Michelle pointed out body areas where they should focus on the feeling, like head, stomach, knees, and toes.
We can attest that sound baths are a relaxing experience: Oprah Daily’s director of brand strategy, Joseph Zambrano, joined the session and found himself nodding off—er, completely conked out—halfway through. “It was relaxing from beginning to end,” Gayle says. “The only disruption was Joseph’s snoring. It was not low snores!” But hey, at least we know that sound baths definitely work for clearing your head.
Regardless, Gayle felt like the sound bath was a pleasant way to start the day. “We walked out feeling really good,” she says. “I think Oprah would do it again.” And after the session, Oprah was basically emanating Zen. “That was wonderful,” she said. “That was calming, relaxing, just what I needed before the big night.” Her explanation of the feeling sounds oddly pleasing: “I’m kinda zoned out,” she said. “I’m kinda like, seashells in the brain.”
Cassie Hurwitz (she/her) is Oprah Daily’s assistant editor, where she covers everything from culture to entertainment to lifestyle. She can typically be found in the middle of multiple books and TV shows all at once. Previously, Cassie worked at Parents, Rachael Ray In Season, and Reveal. Her love language is pizza (New York slices, Chicago deep dish, and otherwise). | https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/health/a41094160/oprah-gayle-king-sound-bath-therapy-healing/ | 2022-09-19T17:24:30Z | oprahdaily.com | control | https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/health/a41094160/oprah-gayle-king-sound-bath-therapy-healing/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Martha Beck is the bestselling author of The Way of Integrity and host of the podcast Bewildered. This article first appeared as “Charting Your Course” in the June 2012 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine.
Odysseus just wanted to go to Ithaca. No, not the one in upstate New York—the one in ancient Greece. He dreamed of it the whole seven years he spent trapped on the island of the nymph Calypso. Eventually the pitying gods ordered Calypso to free him, at which point he managed to build a boat and set out on what he hoped would be a brief and pleasant journey.
Ha.
At every turn, Odysseus's travels were filled with surprises. He conquered monsters at sea only to find worse ones waiting on land. He encountered seductions that sent him half mad with longing. Finally, in the Land of the Dead, he got clear directions from a seer who, oxymoronically enough, was blind.
Does this ring any bells for you? Maybe you, too, feel stranded in your life, awash in a turbulent sea, or lured by the Siren song of a terrifying love. Or maybe you just hope to experience Winnipeg someday, if only for a long weekend. Fortunately, you have your own internal "blind seer". It can feel its way into the future and draw you a map. I mean literally. Our project today is to help you create a map of your own epic tomorrows—a magically morphing guide that will get more detailed and accurate as you travel.
The Sea of Life
I've created many life maps in my time, and they all assumed one thing: The journey was over land, with things pretty much staying where you put them. These days, however, almost every life requires a sea map. The pace of change in our world has become so rapid that everything—every job, every family, every possibility—is constantly shifting like water. Maps are even more necessary at sea than on land, so it's time you had one. To get started, you'll need a computer and printer (if you like computers), magazines that appeal to you, photos from your private collection, a roll of butcher paper or a clean stretch of wall to use as the backdrop for your map, and some kindergarten tools (paper, scissors, markers, tape). Got all that? Good.
Step 1: Make an Ideal Island
Your first job is to create your own Ithaca, your dreamed-of destination, your ideal future. Since your internal blind seer thinks in pictures, not words, you'll be making a vision board: a collage of images that appeal to you. You can cut pictures from magazines and glue them to a sheet of paper. The process is simple—find appealing images and put them together. Always choose pictures that are viscerally pleasing, images that make you respond with wordless sounds: "Oooh!" "Aaah!" "Mmm!"
The vision of your ideal life doesn't have to look possible, just delicious. When your collage feels delectable enough—aim for about a dozen images—put it on the far right side of your long stretch of butcher paper or wall (obviously, if you're using a computer, you'll have to print your vision board). Label your collage Ideal Island. This is where most vision board exercises end. But we're just getting started.
Step 2: Make an Island of Experience
The most useful maps have an accurate point that says YOU ARE HERE, so your next step is to make a collage of your life as it is now. Think through a typical day. What do you do from dawn to dusk? How does your body look and feel? What are your relationships like? Find images or words that illustrate each. And be honest. Include the chocolate addiction, the clutter, the heartbreak, everything. Then tack this collage to the far left side of your butcher paper or wall. Label it Island of Experience.
You've now created two collages: one depicting what you want to be and do and have, and one depicting what you're currently being and doing and having. Next up: mapping the islands you must visit while journeying from one to the other.
Step 3: Map Your Islands of Enhancement
Odysseus didn't just hit the water; he sailed from island to island, encountering different adventures. The trip was interrupted by storms, love affairs, and problems with his boat. Hey, ship happens. You, too, will island-hop from experience to experience, procuring supplies, asking for directions, falling into pit traps. If you proceed without a plan, the journey will feel out of your control. Luckily, it's possible to start mapping the trip before it begins.
For every image on your Ideal Island that isn't on your Island of Experience, you'll create an Island of Enhancement. For example, if your Ideal Island includes visiting Peru but you've never left Kentucky, label a blank sheet "Travel to Peru". Stick this page between the Island of Experience and Ideal Island. Then fill it with images of your adventure: people chewing coca leaves, exploring Machu Picchu, adopting a wild macaw.
Repeat this process for every item that appears in your ideal life but not in your actual experience. This is not something you'll do in one fell swoop. I have island chains that took me a year to make. During moments of inspiration (or uncertainty), this work can be immensely revelatory (or calming). You're creating an archipelago of experiences to get you to your dream. But before you can get there, you've got one more category of islands to create.
Step 4: Create Your Islands of Enlightenment
There are probably things on your Island of Experience that don't appear on your Ideal Island: anxiety, for instance, or cigarettes, or that extremely judgmental aunt whose hugs feel like strangles. For each item, create an Island of Enlightenment—a place where you'll unload encumbrances.
Just as you did for the things you want, label sheets of paper with each thing you don't want: anxiety, tobacco, Aunt Gladys. Now find images of people defeating such monsters—getting therapy, chomping on nicotine gum, setting boundaries with incoming aunts. This may involve research. Google your topic, paw through magazines, ask knowing friends. As you collect ideas and information, add images of freedom to each Island of Enlightenment. Continue this process until you have an island for everything in your current life you hope to leave behind. Now you can hoist anchor and set sail.
Step 5: Go Island-Hopping for Provisions and Information
To follow your map, seek activities that resemble any part of any island other than your Island of Experience. It's often best to start with the Islands of Enhancement. If your Travel to Peru collage includes the rainforest, Machu Picchu, and macaws, live those pictures, or something like them. Eat guava and mangoes. Train for hikes on a stair machine. Wear parrot feathers in your hair. Then begin living the experiences on your Islands of Enlightenment: Find a therapist, join a tobacco recovery group, get assertiveness or martial arts training to deal with Aunt Gladys.
What you're doing here is normalizing the feel of your Ideal Island. This is key to reaching your goal, because people have a way of almost ineluctably creating situations that feel normal. Traveling the archipelago also opens you to helpful information and relationships. The more you explore, the more accessible you make the experiences on Ideal Island.
Step 6: Incorporate New Information into the Island of Experience and Your Ideal Island
Remember, I said this was a magical morphing map. Each time you visit an island in your archipelago, go back to your Island of Experience and your Ideal Island and update them:
- Add an image of whatever you just did to your Island of Experience.
- If you found something unexpectedly unpleasant—for instance, it turns out you're allergic to macaws—remove the corresponding image(s) from your Ideal Island and replace them with something you've discovered you like more (you might drop Peru and add a trip to Kalamazoo).
- As you discover the details of each experience, put additional images on your Ideal Island. For example, if you hear about a great hotel in Lima, you can add an image of the place to your Ideal collage.
Step 7: Repeat
Continue exploring as long as there are any differences between the Island of Experience and Ideal Island. Each time something delights you, add it to your experiences. Each time something disappoints or harms you, find the way to beat it, and put up images that represent your approach. Subtract from your Ideal Island anything that proves unworthy, and add images that feel more like you.
I can't promise that using your map this way will take you directly to your best life—but I can promise it'll take you there indirectly, and that's as good as it gets. One day you'll unroll your length of butcher paper or check out your map wall, and realize two things:
1. You have a clear, detailed, uncluttered picture of the life you want to live, and
2. You're living it. Your magical map is filled with portraits of your present, preceded by a long chain of amazing memories.
And Finally....Claiming Your Kingdom
I should mention that for Odysseus, Ithaca wasn't just any old island. It was his kingdom, the one place where, in all the world, he most belonged. That's right: Odysseus's epic adventure was all about going home. And so is yours—even if your Ideal Island is a place you've never been. Whenever you go somewhere that speaks to your soul, you are going home to yourself.
Of course, even after Odysseus's homecoming, he had to keep adventuring, to manage a kingdom filled with pretenders and thieves. But his journey had made him comfortable with uncertainty and improvisation. He mapped out yet another plan, routed his competitors, reclaimed his position, and rejoined his beloved wife. Then he ruled wisely and well, not in spite of his troublesome journey but because of it. Odysseus's destination was Ithaca, but his destiny was The Odyssey.
You, too, were born to become yourself by creating the experiences you live. Generations from now, your descendants will unroll the tattered map of your life, partly to celebrate your legendary homecoming, but mostly to remember the odyssey that was your real purpose all along. | https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/health/a41272061/martha-becks-7-steps-to-mapping-out-your-life-journey/ | 2022-09-19T17:24:40Z | oprahdaily.com | control | https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/health/a41272061/martha-becks-7-steps-to-mapping-out-your-life-journey/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
This festive accessory—yes, socks are totally an accessory—is rising in popularity. And for good reason: Fuzzy foot coverings make the perfect (cheap) pampering present for anyone on your list. Not to mention, the right pair can make for a hilarious Secret Santa present. You might even want to get a pair for yourself. After all, what's more festive than a cozy couch selfie with the decorated tree in the background?
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For a present ripe for sipping hot cocoa by the fire, curling up with a book in hand by the tree, or watching holiday favorites on Netflix, take a look at this list of the best fuzzy Christmas socks. There's no doubt you'll want to show them off at this season's family holiday party or—at the very least—on your group text thread.
Some options come in overtly holiday-oriented (and dare way say, cheesy) packs. Think elf feet, reindeer, and sweet snowmen. Other slipper socks are simply seasonally appropriate, complete with snowflakes or cable knit stitching you can feel comfortable donning from that first frost well into the depths of winter.
Regardless of the style you choose, they'll all keep you nice and warm. And isn't that what's most important when there's a winter wonderland outside your window? | https://www.oprahdaily.com/style/g28614181/fuzzy-christmas-socks/ | 2022-09-19T17:24:50Z | oprahdaily.com | control | https://www.oprahdaily.com/style/g28614181/fuzzy-christmas-socks/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It would be a typical set-up — if the main character were a guy.
Obsessed with video games, living on a diet that would make a nutritionist blanch, and only caring for a pet kitty cat — the protagonist has no friends and, by default, no romantic life. School is the character's only escape from the voluntary prison of his bedroom, an eight-hour daily obstacle to raiding dungeons and salivating over anime waifus.
In anime, this typically male character can be considered a number of things: a shut-in, a NEET, a hikikomori. And this character, of course, will be thrust into a situation where he is surrounded by gorgeous females through whatever happenstance and winds up in a bundle of provocative scenarios no guy would normally get into.
It wishes fulfillment to the nth degree — a way for the viewer who may relate or be in a similar situation to insert himself into the show, choose the character he most likes, and live vicariously through his anime equivalent.
"Romantic Killer" by Wataru Momose shakes up this formula by making the typically male lead a female. Anzu Hoshino is a high schooler who loves video games, chocolate, and her adorable cat. Suddenly, all those things she loves are taken away by a magical fairy who claims that because of Japan's declining birthrate (ooh, social commentary!), his kind's magic is depleting because they get their power from children.
So the fairies are taking it upon themselves to choose the romantically disinclined and force them into crazy situations, so they fall in love, essentially creating the ideal shojo manga scenario.
Contrary to how most people in the situation would respond, Anzu doesn't want this at all. Taking her games and especially her cat means war. And even her parents have been shipped off to America on a surprise job transfer, leaving her entirely alone in her home, a tired romance trope that's perfect fodder for private trysts and doe-eyed antics.
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"Romantic Killer" has Anzu shunting every plot device, knowing the fairies are using her in their questionable, pretty selfish plot to reinvigorate their mana through what is almost a forced marriage. Of course, the more she fights her fate, the more she realizes she actually loves the tall, aloof guy who is always bumping into her.
In its first volume, "Romantic Killer" offers many cute laughs and comfy vibes. This isn't a salacious story, it's meant to be a fun romantic comedy for teenage girls with many references to video games and other manga that will make older readers smile. As the lead character, Anzu is fun, cute, and easily relatable — though her muse is uninteresting and lacks much character aside from "hot guy."
Let's talk art now, and I found this manga to look a little flat and boring. Character designs don't stand out, and backgrounds and actions are all pretty bland. Shojo manga tends to overexaggerate the hotness or cuteness of a scene with sparkles, huge eyes, and a kind of brightness that can be cloying for a reader such as myself.
That particular style isn't on display here. Instead, we get full-color pages, a rarity in the manga. That splash of color makes otherwise middling art pop a bit more. Nothing about the presentation is bad, but nothing about it stands out, either.
Volume 1 ends with the introduction of another hot guy for Anzu to potentially fall in love with, a seemingly unnecessary addition given how much she develops with the first guy. Of course, it's just a means to prolong the story and create a love triangle that will result in many more familiar antics.
Another great romantic manga worth checking out: ‘Call of the Night’
Comprising four volumes, "Romantic Killer" is sure to become a favorite current release for fans of romantic comedies. I'm not the right demographic for this manga, but I still found myself engaged and enjoying this first volume to its cliffhanger conclusion.
And if you're on the fence, an anime adaptation is releasing it at the end of October on Netflix that will send fans scurrying to the bookstore to get a taste of the source material.
"Romantic Killer" manga releases Oct. 4
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SOUTH HAVEN, Mich. — South Haven Area Emergency Services (SHAES) has announced the end of the 2022 beach flag program.
We’re told pier closures and warnings from the National Weather Service will still be sent to subscribers through text messages.
Those wishing to subscribe to these alerts may do so by texting “BEACHES” to 888777, according to SHAES.
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The Kansas City Police Department said on Monday that the U..S. Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division is investigating its hiring practices.
A statement by interim Police Chief Joseph Mabin confirming the investigation said the police department would fully cooperate with the investigation.
“It is the policy and practice of the Board of Police Commissioners and the Kansas City Missouri Police Department to provide a work atmosphere free of actual or perceived discrimination and harassment,” the statement said. “I am committed to ensuring every member experiences a safe and fair work environment and every applicant receives fair treatment throughout the hiring process.”
The investigation comes after The Kansas City Star published a series of stories earlier this year looking into allegations of racism and harassment in the department. The Star spoke with Black officers who said they were called racial slurs and disproportionately disciplined by their white supervisors.
The Star also found that at least 18 officers left the KCPD because of racist treatment over 15 years. Only 11.6% of the department’s officers are Black.
Following The Star’s investigation, civil rights groups in Kansas City called for the Department of Justice to investigate the police department’s hiring practices.
Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas is scheduled to talk about the investigation at a press conference this afternoon.
This is a developing story and will be updated. | https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-09-19/department-of-justice-opens-investigation-into-hiring-practices-at-kansas-city-police-department | 2022-09-19T17:29:51Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-09-19/department-of-justice-opens-investigation-into-hiring-practices-at-kansas-city-police-department | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A killer who fatally shot three people in a high school prayer circle in Paducah, Kentucky, a quarter-century ago will make his case for freedom Tuesday.
Michael Carneal's public defender is asking the Kentucky Parole Board to keep in mind that Carneal was only 14 years old at the time, and that he was suffering from undiagnosed paranoid schizophrenia as he was grappling with bullying and the transition from middle to high school.
Carneal, now 39, "has committed himself to his mental health treatment, to participating in available educational and vocational programs, and to being a helpful and positive person within the prison," attorney Alana Meyer wrote this month. "Despite his environment, he has worked hard to better himself and make the best out of his situation."
Carneal was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to three counts of murder, five counts of attempted murder, and a count of first-degree burglary. Kentucky law requires that minors be considered for parole after 25 years.
A victims' hearing was held Monday, and Carneal faced ample pushback to his requested release -- from a local prosecutor, victims' family members and those who survived the December 1, 1997, shooting outside Heath High School. One survivor, whom Carneal shot in the head, told the board he understood why people want to keep him in prison but he would vote to give the convicted murderer another chance.
Carneal will present his case via video conference Tuesday at 9 a.m. (10 a.m ET), after which a two-member panel of the parole board may deny or grant him parole, board chairperson Ladeidra Jones said. If she and board member Larry Brock do not concur on Carneal's fate, the panel can refer his case to the full board, which convenes September 26. The full board will have the authority to grant or deny parole, or defer his case for up to 10 years, Jones said.
Victims recount years of horror
Chuck and Gwen Hadley -- whose 14-year-old daughter, Nicole Hadley, was one of the youngsters slain that day -- addressed the board first, saying they miss Nicole's smile, sense of humor and "wonderful hugs." They want Carneal to spend his life in prison, as he's never shown remorse or taken responsibility for those he hurt and killed, they told the board.
"We have missed Nicole's high school graduation, her college graduation, her wedding, her kids, our grandkids and many birthdays and holidays together," Chuck Hadley told the board.
Christina Hadley Ellegood -- who often visits the stone monument memorializing her younger sister, Jessica James and Kayce Steger when she's having a hard day -- found Nicole on the ground after she was shot. She, too, told the board she opposed parole for Carneal, saying Nicole never got a chance to realize her dreams of graduating as a valedictorian, attending the University of North Carolina, working as a WNBA physical therapist, or running a camp for special needs kids.
"Nicole was given a life sentence. Michael (pleaded) to a life sentence," she said. "I believe that he should have to spend the rest of his life incarcerated. Nicole does not get a second chance. Why should he?"
Survivor Hollan Holm opened his statement recounting the day he was shot: "I was a 14-year-old child. I laid on the floor in the lobby of Heath High School, bled from the side of my head, and believed I was going to die. I said a prayer and readied myself to die."
It took a dozen staples to repair his head wound, he said, but the mental and emotional scars are more profound. Holm still struggles in crowds, and he's anxious if he's seated in a restaurant with his back to the door, he said. He scans the room for danger and exit routes. Fireworks and popping balloons cause panic, and every school shooting forces him to relive the day he was shot, he said.
But when he thinks of Carneal, he said, he thinks of his oldest daughter, 10, and he can't imagine holding her to the same standard to which he'd hold an adult.
"If the metal health experts think he can be successful on the outside, he should get that chance," Holm said, saying he understands the anger people feel. "I feel that anger, too, but when I feel that anger, I think about the 14-year-old boy who acted that day and I think of my own children, and I think the man that boy became should get the chance to try to do and be better."
Missy Jenkins Smith played in the band with Carneal and recalls him being bullied and bullying others before the day she was shot at age 15. From the wheelchair in which Carneal left her, Smith said she could speak for hours about how she struggles without the use of her legs -- getting out bed, bathing, reaching cabinets, entering and exiting cars and the "embarrassment of special accommodations that have to be made wherever I go."
Where she is supposed to be taking care of her 12- and 15-year-old boys, she said, they are instead caring for her. Yet she won't be able to dance with them at their weddings.
Because Carneal has never cared for himself since the age of 14, she struggles with the medical experts' conclusion that he can be a productive member of society. What if the stress of life outside the prison is too much? What if he stops taking his medicine?
"Continuing his life in prison is the only way his victims can feel comfortable and safe without being haunted by what ifs," Smith said.
Attorney: Carneal has a support system
In her letter to the parole board, Meyer said her client "has shown deep, genuine remorse and taken responsibility for the shooting." He has also sought to improve himself, maintaining a treatment program for 20 years, completing his GED and an anger management program, and taking college courses.
Carneal was suffering from the early stages of schizophrenia -- which is tough to diagnose in adolescents -- at the time of the shooting, the lawyer wrote, and "there has never been a denial that he committed the crimes alleged or that he was profoundly mentally ill at the time the crimes were committed."
Leaning on US Supreme Court cases indicating juvenile offenders have "greater prospects for reform," Meyer submitted a re-entry plan showing Carneal would have a great deal of support from his family and medical professionals. Now housed at the Kentucky State Reformatory northeast of Louisville, Carneal will move in with his parents in Cold Spring, across the state from Paducah, if paroled, according to the re-entry plan presented to the parole board.
His parents will help him with finances, employment, housing and transportation to doctor's appointments and meetings with his parole officer, the plan says, adding he will be referred to mental health programs in Cold Spring and nearby Erlanger.
"Michael is aware that any apology rings hollow but is sincerely sorry for all the physical and emotional pain he has caused his victims and the Heath High School community at large," the re-entry plan says. "Though there is nothing he can do now to erase that pain, he plans to contribute positively to society in any way he possibly can."
Prosecutor Daniel Boaz told the board he was county attorney at the time of the shooting, which "shook us to the core, to put it mildly." The heinous nature of Carneal's crime permitted authorities to treat him as an adult under Kentucky law, he said, and the state should continue treating him as an adult who should "pay for the consequences of his action."
Ahead of Monday's hearing, the commonwealth's attorney notified the board he would be opposing parole for Carneal, saying the child victims' families have suffered losses "too vast to be put into words," according to CNN affiliate WDRB. While imprisoning Carneal for life "may seem like a harsh penalty," Boaz wrote, "it is only a pittance in comparison to what these families suffer."
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DENVER (AP) — A 71-year-old Colorado man has been convicted of first-degree murder and other charges in the cold case slayings of two women whose bodies were found near the mountain resort town of Breckenridge in 1982.
Alan Lee Phillips was arrested last year in the mountain hamlet of Dumont, west of Denver, after local, state and federal authorities using DNA evidence identified him as a suspect in the killings of Annette Schnee, 21, and Barbara “Bobbi Jo” Oberholtzer, 29.
A Park County jury in Fairplay deliberated for just over four hours before convicting Phillips of eight counts late Thursday, including first-degree murder after deliberation and first-degree murder involving felony kidnapping and robbery, Rob McCallum, a spokesman for the Colorado Judicial Department, said Friday.
Phillips faces life in prison when he is sentenced at a hearing set for Nov. 7.
Local, state and federal authorities used DNA testing to help identify Phillips as a potential suspect officials said at the time of Phillips’ arrest.
Authorities said the two women, whose bodies were found in separate locations, had no connection. Both were believed to be hitchhiking outside Breckenridge, a ski resort town about 60 miles (96 kilometers) southwest of Denver, when they disappeared on Jan. 6, 1982.
Friends and family discovered Oberholtzer’s body the next day in a snow drift on the summit of 11,542-foot (3,463-meter) Hoosier Pass, near Breckenridge, one day after she disappeared. Schnee’s body was discovered six months later, fully clothed, in a creek in rural Park County. Both women had been shot.
Linda Stanley, the district attorney for Colorado’s 11th Judicial District, had no immediate comment on the verdict. Phillips was represented by the public defender’s office, which does not comment on cases. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/colorado-man-71-convicted-in-1982-slayings-of-2-women/ | 2022-09-19T17:31:57Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/colorado-man-71-convicted-in-1982-slayings-of-2-women/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
AURORA COUNTY, S.D. (KELO) — A 15-year-old died in a two-vehicle crash east of Stickney Friday afternoon.
Preliminary crash information shows that a 2018 Polaris Sportsman 450 H.O. four-wheeler, driven by the 15-year-old male, was eastbound when it turned south onto 389th Avenue. The vehicle slid around the corner and into the path of a 2004 Peterbilt 379 semi-truck and trailer that was northbound on 389th Avenue.
The four-wheeler’s driver was thrown from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene, officials say. He was not wearing a seatbelt.
The 22-year-old semi-driver was wearing a seatbelt, officials say, and was not injured in the crash.
The names of those involved have not been released at this time. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/south-dakota-news/15-year-old-killed-in-four-wheeler-vs-semi-crash/ | 2022-09-19T17:32:10Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/south-dakota-news/15-year-old-killed-in-four-wheeler-vs-semi-crash/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Vote now for Monroe County Region Athlete of the Week
It was a very busy week for high school sports and the Monroe County Region produced some excellent performances. From school records in cross country, to tournament championships in volleyball, and dominance in the pool, the week of Sept. 12-17, 2022 was full of action.
That gives us a lot of great players to choose from for this week's Athlete of the Week poll.
Nominees are Whiteford volleyball player Alaina Andrews, Erie Mason cross country runner Jackson Ansel, Dundee girls swimmer Joslyn Ball, SMCC volleyball player Jessica Costlow, Bedford volleyball player Victoria Gray, Jefferson cross country runner Carter McCalister, Summerfield girls golfer Ellie Noland, Dundee cross country runner Isaak Rubley, and Ida boys soccer player Evan Schmidtz,
Click here to cast your vote. (And check out our Football Player of the Week poll here.)
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Kogi govt to reintroduce history, religious studies in secondary schools
The Executive Chairman, Kogi State Science, Technical Education and Teaching Service Commission (STETSCOM), Mrs Cecilia Cook has hinted that religious studies and history will return to the state school curriculum from the 2022/2023 academic calendar.
She was speaking at the just concluded 2022 Mandatory Continuing Professional Training Programme of All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools ( ANCOPSS), North Central Zone held in Lokoja.
Mrs Cook noted that the Religious Studies Teachers as well as those of History are to be employed in the ongoing recruitment of secondary school teachers.
According to her, the history of Nigeria might go into extinction if the youngest Nigerians currently know less or nothing about the background of the country, hence the reintroduction of history and religion in the Kogi Secondary School system.
She explained that religious studies that teach about moral values and godly conduct are no longer compulsory subjects in schools, warning that vices such as internet fraud and other immorality are a result of a lack of religious teachings.
She said the reintroduction of the subjects is part of the reforms the administration of Governor Yahaya Bello has brought to the State Education Sector.
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Integrated feed and food manufacturing company, Pandagric Novum, has reiterated its vision to contribute to supporting the delivery of Nigeria’s food security objectives and strengthening the agriculture value chain in the country using an integrated approach.
Bruce Spain, Managing Director, Pandagric Novum, said the agriculture company is poised to redefine the future of agriculture in Nigeria through its innovative farming practices that have been developed to guarantee increased yields and food sufficiency.
“As a company, we have developed crop cultivation and management protocols for achieving the highest yields. We have invested heavily in testing and trials over the years and have discovered improved crop nutrition practices to get the best growth and yield results.”
This was the major thrust of a media interaction with the theme ‘Redefining Agriculture in Nigeria for the Future’, as part of pre-event activities in the run-up to the official commissioning of the company in Nasarawa State.
The commissioning is under the auspices of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA), the premier investment institution of the federation, and Signature Agri Investment, an investment portfolio agency based in The Netherlands.
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In 2018, NSIA and Signature Agri Investments executed a Joint Venture agreement to establish an agriculture-focused fund for the development of large-scale integrated projects across Nigeria.
Pandagric Novum is the flagship project under this joint venture and has been developed as a platform for diversification and a path to enhancing Nigeria’s protein consumption per capita.
Uche Orji, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, NSIA in his remarks said, “Agriculture is a key focus sector for the Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority and an important sector for the Nigerian economy, with high potential for employment generation, poverty alleviation and ultimately food security.”
Uche said though the sector has largely been dominated by subsistence farming in the past, “the NSIA strongly believes that with improved modern methods, seedlings and better weather forecasting methods, agricultural yields can continue to grow.”
The NSIA as an investment institution of the Federal Government has a mission to play a leading role in driving sustained economic development for the benefit of all Nigerians.
The agency aims to develop the Nigerian agriculture sector enough to ensure increase production towards the satisfaction of local demand, as well as the development of requisite infrastructure to ensure improved product quality, facilitate import substitution and provide a driver of foreign exchange earnings from the exportation of agriculture produce.
Reiterating how Pandagric Novum is redefining the future of agriculture through increased crop yield, Bruce hinted that the goal of the company is “to achieve over 10 tonnes per hectare in the coming few years. However, if we can double our national average of maize from 1.5 tonnes per hectare to 3 tonnes per hectare using good genetics and farming practices, then we will double our national output.
“Nigeria very quickly will become a net exporter of maize and create food security. In addition, we will reduce the negative environmental impact associated with opening and farming more land. We aim to get these practices into the farming communities and start to see yields and agricultural output rise in Nigeria.”
Pandagric Novum is an integrated feed and food manufacturing company situated in the Panda development area in Karu Local Government area in Nasarawa state and specialises in the manufacture and distribution of poultry feeds called Supreme Feeds.
The company is committed to building a world-class agricultural and manufacturing business, fostering commitment and dedication in all interactions including delivering quality products on a consistent basis and supporting local economic growth.
With an investment value of over N10 billion and its positioning as one of the top poultry feed producers in Nigeria, Pandagric’s stake in transforming Nigeria’s agricultural future is grounded.
This transformation easily benefits Nigeria’s agricultural sector and the labour market as in the wide reach of their value chain integration.
The company also produces micro-packs for farmers who mix their own poultry feed, and they continually invest in feed technologies and own a State-of-the-Art feed mill that has been installed to meet the demand for their products.
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Rocky Mountain National Park rangers recover body from Longs Peak
Rocky Mountain National Park officials on Sunday recovered the body of a man who died Saturday on Longs Peak.
A park news release said the body was recovered above the Ledges section of the 14,259-foot mountain about 5 p.m. Sunday.
The name of the deceased has not been released.
The recovery effort forced the closure of the popular Keyhole Route from the Keyhole 1.5 miles to the summit of the peak. The trail reopened after Sunday's recovery.
The Ledges section is located immediately after the Keyhole and starts the technical part of the trail to the summit. The section is a series of narrow ledges along a cliff edge with significant drop-offs before eventually leading to the base of the Trough section.
According to Coloradoan reporting, this is the sixth known fatality in Rocky Mountain National Park this year.
The most recent death before Saturday's was July 9, when Anna Leikvold, 22, of Fort Collins, was struck by falling rock while on the Twin Sisters Trail, which is partially located in the park.
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Last week, the USDCHF fell toward the 200 day MA but that MA stalled the fall before racing higher on the CPI news on Tuesday.
Today, to start the trading week, the USDCHF price moved higher for the 4th day in 5. In the process, the pair moved up to test the higher 100 day MA at 0.96873. The price did extend above that MA line briefly, and into a swing area between 0.9686 and 0.9707, but found seller at 0.96947. The price rotated back lower.
What now?
The falling 200 hour MA was broken earlier today and that was a catalyst to the move higher. That MA is lower now at 0.9634. The rising 100 hour MA is at 0.96244. The low in the North American session reached 0.9644 so far. The close on Friday was near that level.
Getting back into negative territory on the day and below the 200 and 100 hour MAs would tilt the bias more to the downside again. Conversely, holding - traders can lean with limited risk - would give the buyers above the 200 hour MA, some hope for more USDCHF buying.
In focuse this week fundamentally, is the SNB meets this week (on Thursday) and are expected to raise rates by 75 basis points. Commerzbank economist said:
“The SNB will hike by 75 bps to 0.50%. By doing that the SNB does not take any major risks as the market is pricing in this step so the effect on the franc is likely to be limited. If, however, the SNB seems surprisingly moderate in its statement as far as future rate hikes are concerned that might put downside pressure on CHF. In my view that would not be in the SNB’s interest as it also wants to intervene against a weak franc.”
“It is likely to keep the ‘restrictive door’ wide open for now, which should support the franc in principle.”
“I do not want to exclude a 100 bps step completely as the SNB might try to rely more on frontloading to move the key rate away from zero more quickly – the SNB can always be relied upon for a surprise. A step of this magnitude would no doubt be positive for CHF.”
A more positive CHF would have the price trading back below the 100/200 hour MAs and looking toward the 0.9537 to 0.9553 ahead of the rising 200 day MA at 0.94847.
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Exclusive: After landmark FDA ruling, Tuned debuts its hearing tech
Spurred by a landmark ruling making hearing aids available without prescription, startup Tuned is courting employers with an intriguing premise: Expand employee health benefits to include hearing support.
Why it matters: New York-based Tuned raised $2.5 million in seed funding, which will help the company court up to 15 new employer customers by year-end, CEO Danny Aronson tells Axios exclusively.
- "If you’re giving dental and vision to your employees, give them hearing support," Aronson says.
Details: Idealab NY and Elements Health Ventures led the round.
- The company anticipates raising a Series A round mid-to-late next year, Aronson says.
Driving the news: The FDA in August permitted hearing aids to be sold over the counter (OTC) for the first time — a boon for hearing health tech players, including startups like Tuned and large tech companies like Apple.
- "It's massive," says Aronson, who has mild-to-moderate hearing loss. "OTC plays a hugely powerful role there."
Context: In the months leading up to the FDA ruling, a range of companies started marketing products geared at overall hearing health — including Apple, which last year began studying AirPods' potential as a hearing aids and more recently made them usable as such.
- Since Tuned is device- and software-agnostic, Aronson sees potential for the company to "fundamentally change a forgotten category of health care," he says.
Of note: Just last week, Sony teamed up with WS Audiology Denmark to develop new Sony-brand OTC hearing health products, citing the FDA ruling in an announcement as crucial to the agreement.
How it works: Tuned goes B2B, offering its hearing support to employers as a tech-agnostic benefit, generally on a per-member-per-month basis.
- Users submit an online questionnaire designed to spot red flags that might require in-person care, such as sudden significant hearing loss.
- Those who aren't flagged and directed to a clinic are guided through two types of hearing exercises. They then meet virtually with an audiologist who reviews their results and offers suggestions on supportive technology, whether it’s device- or software-based.
State of play: After conducting pilots with companies such as RetailBound and Mishe, Tuned has inked contracts with startups including Coral Health and Buoy Health, says Aronson.
What's next: Tuned plans to eventually make the service available directly to consumers.
Yes, but: The company faces the challenge of educating consumers and employers around the importance of hearing as a core component of health.
- "The biggest original sin of this category is that it’s created an equation that hearing equals old people," says Aronson. "But that’s actually a tiny fraction of the people who need hearing support." | https://www.axios.com/pro/health-tech-deals/2022/09/19/tuned-debuts-hearing-health-tech-seed-funding | 2022-09-19T17:44:20Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/pro/health-tech-deals/2022/09/19/tuned-debuts-hearing-health-tech-seed-funding | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SAN JOSÉ (AP) — Former world junior surfing champion Kalani David died this weekend on a Costa Rican beach after suffering a seizure while in the sea practicing the sport in which he excelled. Kalani was 24 years old.
Kalani David Feeney Barrientos, known internationally only by his first names, was born in Hawaii to a Costa Rican mother and suffered from Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a congenital heart disease that caused paralysis and seizures.
However, his illness did not prevent him from succeeding in sports and he practiced both surfing and skateboarding. He won the Junior World Surfing title in Panama in 2012, in the under-16 category, while competing for the first places in the main skate circuits.
The young American died on Saturday morning in Playa Hermosa, Jacó, on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, confirmed the Judicial Investigation Agency.
"He was surfing when he apparently suffered some kind of epileptic seizure and drowned," the entity said in a message to The Associated Press. "The death is still under investigation."
The filmmaker Peter King was one of the first to disclose his death through social networks, while praising his fighting spirit.
“Oh friend, I love you Kalani! Only God knows his times. Life is not easy. Always fighting. Always learning," he said.
Various figures from the world of surfing echoed the news shortly after, such as eleven-time world champion Kelly Slater.
"Kalani was one of the most talented surfers/skaters in the world," he said on his networks.
His illness forced him to pause his sports career on several occasions but then he resumed it.
“He was constantly pushing his limits,” Slater added. "My condolences to the great family and friends that Kalani had on every beach around the world." | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/former-world-surfing-champion-kalani-david-dies-in-costa-rica/article_90119606-3831-11ed-be8c-83b6d918e0ae.html | 2022-09-19T17:44:37Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/former-world-surfing-champion-kalani-david-dies-in-costa-rica/article_90119606-3831-11ed-be8c-83b6d918e0ae.html | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Airmen and their families attend the Air Force Birthday Bash at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Sept. 16, 2022. The event was held in honor of the 75th Air Force Birthday, which included food stands, rides, games, live music and vendors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kylie Barrow)
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Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency Director, Mr. Kelly K. McKeague speaks with the Ambassador to Ukraine, Oksana Markarova at the National POW/MIA Recognition Day ceremony at the Pentagon, hosted by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Washington, D.C., Sept. 16, 2022.
National POW/MIA Recognition Day is commemorated on the third Friday of every September, a date that's not associated with any particular war.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues the search for the missing, fulfilling the nation's promise to leave no service member behind.
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North Clarion Cross Country Fares Well at Bradford Invitational With Boys Placing First
Sunday, September 18, 2022 @ 11:09 PM
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In a bittersweet affair, the San Francisco 49ers convincingly handled the Seattle Seahawks by a final score of 27-7. In the process, the 49ers lost starting quarterback Trey Lance for the season after Lance suffered an ankle injury on a rushing attempt early in the first quarter.
There were a lot of raw emotions following this game and plenty of takeaways to be had, but I am going to start with the obvious one at the forefront of everyone's mind.
Jimmy Garoppolo returns
Garoppolo's return to the team just before the start of the regular season provided an extremely valuable safety blanket, giving the 49ers a premium insurance policy at the quarterback position should a broken glass in case of emergency situation arise during the season.
That situation presented itself much earlier than anyone could have predicted. Losing Lance is devastating, but having a capable backup who is extremely familiar with the offense and the personnel is probably the only silver lining you can take away from a tragic injury like this happening to your franchise's future.
Garoppolo came in and allowed the 49ers to weather the storm while the 70 thousand plus on hand at Levi's stadium absorbed the shock of watching their young starting quarterback get carted off the field.
Garoppolo started 4/4 for 70 yards, including a 38-yard touchdown pass to tight end Ross Dwelley to push the 49ers' lead to 13-0. Garoppolo's final stat line was 13/21 for 154 yards, one touchdown, and no interceptions. It also included a rushing touchdown on a quarterback sneak that put the game out of reach late in the fourth quarter.
It was a clean game for the most part from Garoppolo, and if he can play at the level he did today, then there is no reason to doubt that the 49ers are still on a similar trajectory to double-digit wins a playoff birth.
September 11th, 2011
That was the last time the 49ers had beaten the Seahawks by double-digits. It was a 33-17 win at Candlestick Park and the first game of the Jim Harbaugh era in San Francisco. Eleven years and 22 meetings between those teams since the last time the 49ers were able to deliver a beatdown of the same caliber as they did today.
This "rivalry" has been almost as one-sided as it gets for the past decade, with Seattle winning 17 of the last 21 meetings before today's game. The 49ers hadn't won a game by any margin against Seattle since their epic Week 17 showdown to close out the 2019 season.
Excluding the gut-wrenching loss of Lance, this was a game that the 49ers and their fans have been waiting on for a long time. The proud members of the faithful have been at the mercy of the 12th man for far too long, and this was the kind of win that felt like it signaled the end of an era and the start of a new one.
Perhaps it's the 49ers' turn to dominate the next decade in this divisional matchup, and this could potentially be the game that kick-starts it.
Perfectly balanced as all things should be
The 49ers' offense finished Sunday's win with 373 yards of total offense, and the splits on the ground and through the air were near identical. Shanahan's offense ran the ball 45 times for 189 yards at a clip of 4.2 yards per carry, and passed for 184 yards on an average of 7.7 yards per attempt.
The 49ers controlled the clock in this one, dominating the time of possession 38:20 to 21:40. They had five drives during which they ran a minimum of seven plays, and their ability to consistently sustain drives in spite of an abrupt change at quarterback mid-game was certainly encouraging.
San Francisco racked up 25 first downs and converted on multiple fourth-down attempts in this game as well. The only real blemish was not capitalizing when the field shrunk, as they finished this game only getting in the end zone twice on their five red zone attempts. But, all in all, it was a balanced attack that played the brand of football that has correlated with the 49ers' greatest success since Shanahan has been at the helm.
This defense is championship caliber
The 49ers' defense effectively pitched a shutout in this one, as the only points Seattle scored in this game came on a blocked field goal return for a touchdown late in the third quarter.
The 49ers held the Seahawks to 216 yards of offense in this one, a number that shrinks to just 185 if you take away the game's final drive which was effectively garbage time as both teams were essentially running the clock out.
Seattle was held to just 36 rushing yards on a paltry 2.6 yards per carry, and their passing attack never was able to generate any kind of consistent rhythm either. The pass rush gave Geno Smith fits all afternoon with Nick Bosa recording seven pressures and two sacks while terrorizing Seattle's rookie tackles all afternoon.
Mooney Ward and Tashaun Gipson each recorded an interception, and Talanoa Hufanga continued his week one excellence with yet another impressive performance. Javon Kinlaw, Arik Armstead, and Kevin Givens each had standout plays on the interior, and linebacker Dre Greenlaw was all over the field at the second level.
This team is stacked on the defensive side of the ball, and we haven't even seen them at full strength yet in the absence of Jimmie Ward. As of now, they look every bit the part of a unit that is capable of propelling this team on a deep playoff run in 2022.
They stayed out of their own way
Lastly and most importantly, the 49ers were able to avoid the self-inflicted mistakes that had doomed them in Chicago the week prior. After being penalized 12 times in their Week one loss to the Bears, the 49ers were flagged just one time against the Seahawks.
When they don't beat themselves, the 49ers are one of the toughest challenges in the entire NFL for any team that takes the field against them. After a horrid performance to start the year, they bounced right back and played a clean brand of football that netted them a 20-point win over a divisional foe. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/19/23360285/49ers-seahawks-5-takeaways | 2022-09-19T18:05:29Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/19/23360285/49ers-seahawks-5-takeaways | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The 49ers took care of business against the Seahawks in a game that saw Trey Lance go down for the season. Jimmy Garoppolo returned to action and, backed by the lights-out 49ers defense, rolled to a 27-7 victory. Let’s grade each position.
Quarterbacks: A
Before Lance’s unfortunate injury, the offense drove into the red zone on consecutive drives. Garoppolo stepped back in to lead a scoring drive punctuated by a 38-yard TD to Ross Dwelley. “Just like riding a bike” is how Garoppolo described being the starter again. The offense moved with only three drives concluding with punts. Garoppolo finished the game with an efficient stat line of 13/21, 154 yards, and a passing and rushing TD. It’s his show again.
Running Backs: B
Jeff Wilson returned to form and showed some extra burst. Eighteen rushes for 84 yards and two receptions for 19 yards is very respectable. Tyrion Davis-Price made his NFL debut and had a long run of 20 yards. Davis-Price would finish with 33 on the day. Deebo Samuel pitched in with a 51-yard run of his own, while Kyle Juszczyk scored from a yard out.
Wide Receivers: B
Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk each caught five passes, but it felt like there was more meat on the bone for Aiyuk as he dropped a pretty deep shot from Garoppolo. Danny Gray got his first regular-season action and was targeted twice. Jauan Jennings and Ray-Ray McCloud each caught one pass.
Tight Ends: C
With George Kittle out, Tyler Kroft got the start primarily for blocking purposes. Kroft sustained an injury during the game, unfortunately. Dwelley scored the game’s first touchdown from 38 yards out.
Offensive line: B+
The offensive line allowed only one sack on the day. The grade gets knocked down because of a snap miscue with Jake Brendal at the goal line. The next play would result in a blocked punt which was Seattle’s only score of the day. Trent Williams looked like his dominant self. The line was stout as a whole.
Defensive line: A
Nine total QB hits, five tackles for loss, and two sacks in total tell the story. Nick Bosa continues to dominate with his two sacks and five QB hits. Kevin Givens had a completely under-the-radar game racking up three tackles for loss. Charles Omenihu chipped in two QB hits of his own. This line had its way with Seattle’s offensive line all game.
Linebackers: B
Newly extended Dre Greenlaw seemed energized and bounced back from his week one performance. Eight tackles combined and a tackle for loss. Greenlaw paced the group with Fred Warner taking a backseat with three tackles of his own. Oren Burks had a fine special teams tackle to boot.
Secondary: A
Two interceptions and five passes defended with Mooney Ward and Tashaun Gipson each hauling in a pick. Talanoa Hufanga continues his stellar play to begin the season with six tackles, two passes defended, and a tackle for loss. plays playing fast and free and always seems to be around the ball. Gipson’s interception was off Hufanga’s hands as he nearly had his second in as many games.
Special Teams: B-
Mitch Wishnowsky celebrated his new extension with a punt that hung up long enough for the coverage team to cause a fumble on Tyler Lockett. Robbie Gould made both his FG attempts but the grade gets knocked down for the blocked field goal that resulted in a touchdown.
The 49ers showed they are the superior team to Seattle in every way. One penalty for the entire game is a complete difference from Week 1. Total team win. The 49ers are headed to Denver. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/19/23360942/49ers-position-grades-seahawks | 2022-09-19T18:05:35Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/19/23360942/49ers-position-grades-seahawks | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The 49ers got the monkey off their back by beating the division rival Seattle Seahawks for the first time in two years. San Francisco won surehandedly through several momentum swings. Head coach Kyle Shanahan announced the team would finish the season without Trey Lance. We look at three things we learned and how they affect the Niners in the future.
The weight is back on Jimmy Garoppolo’s Shoulders
Lance’s season-ending ankle injury is devastating, and he misses another year of development. In addition, he will have to regain his mental confidence during the physical rehab.
Now, the weight is back on Jimmy Garoppolo’s shoulders. Garoppolo stepped in and delivered in an extreme time of need. I have clamored for Brandon Aiyuk to get more targets, and Garoppolo looked his way often. Garoppolo laid a pass in Aiyuk’s breadbasket on 3rd and 9 midways through the second quarter, and Aiyuk could not reel it in. A deep sideline throw is uncharismatic of Garoppolo and should be caught by Aiyuk when he has superstar-like potential. I will not dwell on Garoppolo’s near interception on the next throw.
Garoppolo’s pocket presence could have been his best attribute Sunday. The nine-year veteran kept his feet active in the pocket to evade sacks and deliver throws. Then, he took off when the pocket collapsed and looked spry in the pocket.
Rushing attack developing well
The 49ers outgained last week’s 176-yard rushing total, and Jeff Wilson Jr carried most of the load with 84 yards on 18 carries. Niners offensive line coach Chris Foerster will feel better getting in the win column. The offensive line cleaned up the penalties, got to the second level on blocks, and fanned off pass rushers long enough for Garoppolo to deliver passes. Everything feels good when Shanahan’s rushing attack is going.
Running the ball down the opponent’s throat not only takes the air out of the game, but it gets to the bully ball San Francisco has established in the last six seasons.
DeMeco Ryans masterclass
Taking DK Metcalf out of the game plan was a major win for the 49er defense. Metcalf tends to get the best of San Francisco’s defensive backs, but Emmanuel Moseley and Charvarius Ward mirrored him to a T. Ward’s pick on the failed double pass trick play shows how disciplined this defense was after having three crucial moments of extended drives against the Bears last week.
Seven total pressures — four hurries, two sacks, and a quarterback hit — highlighted the dominance of edge-rushing phenom Nick Bosa. Samson Ebukam and Javon Kinlaw continue to grow into developed pass rushers. Both constantly got pressure on Seattle quarterback Geno Smith.
Talanoa Hufanga continues to be a breath of fresh air on the defense, and I will give him flowers every week after doubting him. Clearly, I was wrong again by saying the safeties would face the most pressure this season. Tashaun Gibson Sr. has filled in well for Jimmie Ward.
Conclusion
Something told me the Niners would win big, and it should have been by a larger margin. However, the Niners had to fight through adversity all game. They rallied around Lance in a time of sorrow and know the season should be dedicated to him.
The kick-six was nerve-racking and it felt like the Seahawks were about to seep right back into the game. I thought San Francisco was sloppy in the second half, but the 13-play, 63-yard touchdown drive ate up seven minutes at the end of the fourth. Those are my favorite Shanahan drives. They show the damage the 49ers can do with this loaded roster. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/19/23360972/49ers-seahawks-what-we-learned | 2022-09-19T18:05:41Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/19/23360972/49ers-seahawks-what-we-learned | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Clarion County Adoptable Pet of the Week: Peep
Monday, September 19, 2022 @ 12:09 AM
This week’s Clarion County Adoptable Pet of the Week sponsored by the Top Tier Federal Credit Union: Peep.
Peep is a short-haired domestic female kitten.
She is house-trained, spayed, and her vaccinations are up-to-date.
According to Tri-County Animal Rescue Center, she is friendly, affectionate, and funny.
She would be good in a home with other cats and children.
For more information on her, please email Tri-County Animal Rescue Center at [email protected] or call 814-918-2032.
Clarion County Adoptable Pet of the Week is sponsored by Top Tier Federal Credit Union.
Visit Top Tier Federal Credit Union at http://www.toptierfcu.org/ for more information.
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Clarion County Photo of the Day
Monday, September 19, 2022 @ 12:09 AM
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Clarion County Recipe of the Day: Baked Walleye
Baked walleye is the perfect meal for seafood lovers!
Ingredients
3/4 cup chopped onion
3/4 cup chopped green pepper
1 tablespoon dried parsley flakes
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/2 teaspoon seasoned salt
1 cup reduced-sodium V8 juice
1 pound walleye fillets
Directions
-In a small saucepan, bring the first eight ingredients to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, until vegetables are crisp-tender, stirring occasionally.
-Place fish in a greased 13×9-in. baking dish. Pour vegetable mixture over the fish. Cover and bake at 350° for 15-20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
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Featured Local Job: Multiple Employment Opportunities at the Clarion Hospital
Monday, September 19, 2022 @ 08:09 AM
Here is a list of career opportunities currently being offered at the Clarion Hospital.
Download this PDF for a full description of each position.
- Staff Nurse, RN – Med/Surg – 1 Full Time
- Staff Nurse, RN – ICU – 2- Full Time
- Certified or Registered Respiratory Therapist – Full-Time
- Polysomnographic Tech/EEG Tech – 1 Per Diem, 1 Full Time
- Staff Nurse, RN or LPN– Swing/Rehab. – 2 Full Time
- LPN – Med/Surg – 2 Full Time, 1 Per Diem
- Staff Nurse, RN –ED 2 Full Time
- LPN – Rehab/Swing, Per Diem
- Medical Technologist – 2 Full Time
- Dietary Aide – 2 Full Time
- Clerk/Phlebotomist – Full Time
- Ultrasound Tech – 1 Per Diem
- CT Technologist – 1 Full Time – 1 Per Diem
- EMT– 2- Full Time
- Medical Records Coder – Full Time
- Nursing Supervisor – 1 Full Time, 1 Per Diem
- Maintenance Supervisor- Full time
- Radiology Tech – Full Time
- CNA /Telemetry Tech – ICU – Full Time
- Paramedic – 2- Full Time
- ED Secretary/Aide- Full Time
- Housekeeping Aide – 1 Full Time
- Nursing Aide- Med/Surg – Part Time
- Registration Clerk – Full Time
- Wheelchair Van Driver– Full Time
Excellent benefits package available. Apply at www.clarionhospital.org or e-mail a resume to [email protected]
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James “Jim” Paul Exley
Monday, September 19, 2022 @ 07:09 AM
James “Jim” Paul Exley, 85, of Franklin, passed away on September 18, 2022, in the early morning hours at Sugar Creek Station.
A full obituary will be posted soon.
Please take a moment to share a memory or condolence with the family on Jim’s Book of Memories at www.WarrenFH.com.
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Rev. Clayton Eugene Rhodes
Rev. Clayton Eugene Rhodes, 91, of Rimersburg, PA, passed away Saturday, Sept. 17, 2022, at Armstrong Memorial Hospital.
He was born May 24, 1931 in Rimersburg, the son of Cecil Ray Rhodes and Agnes B. (Weaver) Rhodes.
Clayton was a 1949 graduate of Union Joint High School and honorably served in the US Army.
He trained at Clarion Teacher’s College to be a librarian and earned his Master’s Degree at Western Reserve University.
He worked at Clarion High School organizing a new library and then moved to Florida and worked for 20 years as branch librarian and school liaison librarian.
Clayton retired at the age of 57 and worked as a minister.
He was the oldest member of his graduating class at Wesley Theological Seminary.
After graduation, he pastored three separate churches in Oldtown, MD.
Later, Clayton returned home and pastored two local churches.
Pastor Rhodes was active in a number of organizations, The Gideons, Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast, and the National Federation of Bible Classes where he served as president.
His memory will be cherished by his brothers, James Rhodes, of Grove City, Richard Rhodes, of Butler, and Paul Rhodes, of NuMine; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Clayton was preceded in death by his parents; brothers, Gary Rhodes and Ronald Rhodes; and a sister, Betty Hockenberry.
Family and friends will be received from 6-9 PM on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022 at Bauer-Hillis Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc., 758 Main St., Rimersburg.
Additional visitation will be from 9 AM until the time of funeral services at 10 AM on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022 at the funeral home with Clayton’s nephew, Clint Rhodes, officiating services.
Burial will be in Rimersburg Cemetery, Rimersburg, PA.
Arrangements are being handled by Bauer-Hillis Funeral Home and Cremation Services, Inc.
For those unable to attend services and wish to send an online condolence to Clayton’s family, please visit www.bauerhillisfuneral.com.
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Say What?!: ‘Unpatriotic’ Raccoons Repeatedly Invade Official’s Home
Monday, September 19, 2022 @ 12:09 AM
A county official in New York said his home has repeatedly been invaded by raccoons — and one of the “unpatriotic” animals pooped on a flag.
Sam Fein, an Albany County legislator representing the 6th district, said raccoons have invaded his home in the South End of Albany on three occasions in recent weeks.
Read the full story here.
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North Clarion Cross Country Fares Well at Bradford Invitational With Boys Placing First
BRADFORD, Pa. (EYT/D9) – The North Clarion boys cross country team came home from the Bradford Invitational on Saturday with a team title.
(Pictured above, members of the North Clarion boys cross country team, which won the Bradford Invitational are – from left: Jack Pappas, Gabriel Fair, Owen Shaffer, Kaine McFarland, Aiden Thomas, Jackson Nicewonger, and Dane Sliker.)
The Wolves places first out of nine teams at the event. Five North Clarion runners medaled.
Aiden Thomas was seventh, followed by Kaine McFarland (11th), Gabriel Fair (12th), Jackson Nicewonger (14th), and Dane Sliker (18th).
North Clarion also had a strong showing on the girls’ side with all three runners earning medals.
Katie Bauer was sixth, followed by Nicole Fair (eighth), and Kaylee Castner (18th).
The Wolves didn’t have enough girls to participate as a team.
The junior high boys also competed with two individuals earning medals. Dean Sliker was fourth and Michael Swanson 17th. The Wolves were fourth as a team.
North Clarion sports on Explore and D9Sports.com are brought to you by First United National Bank – The FUN Bank!
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SPONSORED: Take Advantage of Jeep Adventure Days and Ram Power Days at Clarion Chrysler Dodge Jeep and Ram.
Monday, September 19, 2022 @ 12:09 AM
CLARION, Pa. (EYT) – Get double the deals during Jeep Adventure Days and Ram Power Days at Clarion Chrysler Dodge Jeep and Ram.
Get 0% financing for 72 months on a New 2022 Ram Pickup.
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Get a $2,500 Factory Rebate on a New 2022 Jeep Cherokee.
Shop out of the weather in our giant climate-controlled showroom, and we may buy your car even if you don’t buy one of ours.
Visit us on Main Street in Clarion for friendly smiles during normal business hours or at the all-new website: www.clarionauto.com.
Remember: “Nobody Beats Us!”
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Over 50% of Americans have responded by stating that they are keeping financial secrets from their partners.
NEW YORK, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Money and disputes over money can also have a huge impact on relationships. Money issues have been found to be the 3rd leading cause of divorce and a leading cause of conflict in relationships.
There's little doubt that relationships and finances can be a combination that generates conflict. There's much less information available on what causes that stress and who is more likely to be affected.
FinMasters surveyed more than 1100 Americans to find out more about how couples and finances interact.
Full report: Relationships & Finance: How Couples and Finances Interact
Key Findings
- 83% of American couples talk about money: 92.78% of married respondents, 78.13 of engaged respondents, 83.54% of those in domestic partnerships, and even 63.7% of those who were dating reported that they talk about money and finances "often" or "sometimes".
- 20% of respondents find it difficult to talk about money with their partners.
- 20% avoid talking about finances with their partners for fear of starting an argument.
- Conflicting spending habits, different or incompatible priorities, and debt were reported as the most common causes of arguments over money.
- Around 1 in 10 Americans has a secret credit card, hides cash and minor purchases from their partner.
- Most Americans earning under $100,000 a year would not spend $100 without talking to their partner first.
- 9% of people would spend over $5,000 without telling their partner.
About the survey
The survey responses were collected from August 8 to August 9, 2022, via SurveyMonkey, with a total of 1,226 participants from across the USA. Respondents represent a national sample balanced by census data of age, gender, income level, and region. The survey had a margin of error +/- 4% with a 99% confidence level.
About FinMasters.com
FinMasters, a Vertigo Studio brand, is a personal finance website dedicated to financial education and in-depth research of financial products and services. For more information please visit www.finmasters.com.
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MIAMI, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Interval International, a leading worldwide provider of vacation services, and Mundo Imperial Entertainment & Hospitality, an innovator in travel, convention and entertainment destinations and subsidiary of Grupo Autofin Mexico, have announced the long-term affiliation of Club Imperial and three iconic properties in Acapulco to Interval's global resort network.
"Mundo Imperial Entertainment & Hospitality has become an important player in Mexico's tourism sector," said Marcos Agostini, Interval's senior vice president of global business development. "This is an exciting time for their business, and we look forward to increasing their value proposition and supporting their success. Club Imperial is an excellent addition to the Interval network, giving our members the chance to discover Acapulco with all of the memorable experiences available at their resorts."
Club Imperial encompasses three premier travel, convention, and entertainment destinations − Palacio Mundo Imperial, Princess Mundo Imperial, and Pierre Mundo Imperial. The oceanfront properties offer elegant design, modern luxury, and superior service in addition to a multitude of top amenities − including fully equipped fitness centers, world-class spa, two 18-hole golf courses, numerous pools, and tennis courts.
In addition to upgrading its Acapulco properties, Mundo Imperial Entertainment & Hospitality has introduced several world-class amenities. These include Expo Mundo Imperial Entertainment, an exhibit and convention complex; XTESEA - a 5,900 feet-long "above ocean" zip-line; the new Scala Beach Club; Forum Mundo Imperial Theater & Concert Hall, which seats up to 4,500 fans; and Arena GNP Seguros, a multi-use complex that hosts major concerts and sporting events such as the Mexico Tennis Open.
Club Imperial purchasers will become Interval members and enjoy a host of exciting benefits as well as access to thousands of resorts in some of the world's most desirable destinations. Benefits include Interval Options®, the ability to use points toward a hotel stay, cruise, or experiential travel; ShortStay Exchange® for long weekends and midweek resort vacations; savings on Getaway vacation rentals; and special deals on select hotel bookings.
Long considered one of Mexico's top tourist destinations, Acapulco attracts tourists for its sandy beaches, water sports, vivid nightlife, exceptional dining, and a number of other attractions. These include the spectacular La Quebrada Cliff Divers, one of Acapulco's best-known traditions; Tres Palos Lagoon, Revolcadero and Barra Vieja beaches; an endless array of entertainment for all ages and music preferences; and cultural attractions such as La Casa de los Vientos and Diego Rivera's home.
About Interval International
Interval International operates membership programs for vacationers and provides value-added services to its developer clients worldwide. Based in Miami, Florida, the company has been a pioneer and innovator in serving the vacation ownership market since 1976. Today, Interval's exchange network comprises nearly 3,200 resorts in more than 90 countries and territories. Through offices in 12 countries, Interval offers world-class products and benefits to resort clients and nearly 1.7-million-member families who are enrolled in various membership programs. Interval is an operating business of Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation (NYSE: VAC), a leading global vacation company that offers vacation ownership, exchange, rental and resort and property management, along with related businesses, products, and services. Visit Interval International on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook.
About Mundo Imperial Entertainment & Hospitality
A division of Mexican finance company Autofin, Mundo Imperial Entertainment & Hospitality is a renowned tourism entertainment, and meetings and conventions operator in Mexico. The group oversees more than 2,000 rooms in Acapulco and the Yucatan Peninsula. The company is committed to furthering education, health, and environmental initiatives, and has been recognized as a leader in diversity, inclusion, and social responsibility. For more information, visit MundoImperial.com.
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PITTSBURGH, Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to create a solution for eyeglass wearers whose glasses fog up when wearing a face mask," said an inventor, from New Rome, Ohio, "so I invented the BREATHE EASE- NO FOG. My design would prevent exhaled air from escaping the top of the mask, fogging the glasses and creating a temporary disability of not being able to see due to fogged glasses."
The invention prevents eyeglasses from fogging when wearing a face mask. In doing so, it eliminates the need to lower the face mask or raise eyeglasses, which affects the ability to see for eyeglass wearers. As a result, it increases comfort and safety and it provides added protection and peace of mind. The invention features a simple design that is easy to use so it is ideal for individuals who wear glasses. Additionally, it is producible in design variations.
The original design was submitted to the Columbus sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 21-CLM-564, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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Campaign to help boost economic impact during shoulder season travel by providing inspiration for visiting Oregon's seven regions
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Oregon Tourism Commission, dba Travel Oregon, has initiated its second push of its advertising campaign, Extraordinary is Ordinary. Promoting the state's stunning natural beauty, the campaign is set to drive tourism to its seven geographical regions and help to continue the state's recovery from the pandemic while supporting shoulder season travel. The campaign, produced by the creative team at Portland's Wieden + Kennedy, kicked off with national broadcast commercials and global exposure during the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 this past July. The strategy behind the fall campaign is to reengage with the audiences reached this summer and invite them to visit during shoulder season.
"Oregon is a state where you can feel and experience things you can't anywhere else," said Todd Davidson, Travel Oregon CEO. "It's a place where beauty is commonplace and even the most ordinary things provide magical experiences. The campaign is designed to inspire travel during the fall and winter season — a traditionally lesser traveled time — and future travel being planned for next spring and summer."
Creative for the campaign extends to every corner of the state and reminds visitors and residents alike of all that is extraordinary in Oregon with a whimsical take on three ubiquitous elements: rocks, water and soil. The video campaign combines live-action footage of real places and people with mixed media settings, as well as innovative animation techniques such as puppetry, Claymation and stop-motion. The digitally painted sets — called "matte paintings" in TV/film productions — were created by internationally recognized artist Simone De Salvatore, whose work has been featured in shows like "Game of Thrones" and in Wes Anderson films like "Grand Budapest Hotel."
Homegrown brands are represented in several of the scenes including Trew Gear, Columbia Sportwear and Pendleton. The bowl of ramen is based on the signature dish at Portland's Afuri restaurant, and the beer is an actual beer from Beaverton's Great Notion Brewing, called "Ripe," a hazy IPA. The full list of real-life locations featured in the campaign include:
ROCKS
- Paulina Peak
- Timberline Lodge
- Mt. Hood and Mt. Jefferson, as well two of the three peaks of the Three Sisters
- Sumpter Valley Railroad
- Blue Basin and John Day Fossil Beds
WATER
- Crater Lake
- Clear Lake
- Rogue River
- Willamette Valley
- Portland bridges and Portland Oregon Sign
- Afuri
- Great Notion
- Portland Spirit
- Dragon Boats
SOIL
- Detering Orchard
- Le Mera Gardens
- Analemma Farms
- Columbia River Gorge
- Carman Ranch
- Wallowa Mountains
- Marys Peak
"There's not a day that goes by that we aren't mesmerized and caused to become deeply curious about the land that we farm and the landscape we live in," said Kris Fade, co-owner of Analemma Wines. "How the vines grow in this incredible environment is a story we tell our guests every day, and one that Travel Oregon's "Extraordinary is Ordinary" campaign captures the essence of perfectly."
Take a look at the "Extraordinary is Ordinary" Toolkit and a behind the scenes glimpse of how the campaign was made.
About Travel Oregon
The Oregon Tourism Commission, dba Travel Oregon, is a semi-independent state agency whose mission is to inspire travel that uplifts Oregon communities. Collaborating with stakeholders to align as stewards of Oregon, we work to optimize economic opportunity, advance equity and respect the ecosystems, cultures and places that make Oregon… Oregon. Travel Oregon aims to improve Oregonians' quality of life by strengthening the economic impacts of the state's $10.9 billion tourism industry, which employs more than 100,000 Oregonians.
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The company's fastest growing brand in the development pipeline exceeds year-end goal early
PARSIPPANY, N.J., Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the world's largest hotel franchising company with approximately 9,000 hotels across 95+ countries, announces today that its new, extended-stay brand operating under the working title "Project ECHO" has achieved 100 hotels signed across the United States.
"An all new-construction, extended-stay brand developed with leading hotel developers hits the sweet spot with a design aimed to lower costs-to-build and operate, while still capturing the demand for long-term stays. This brand has become Wyndham's fastest growing in the pipeline already accomplishing our goal of 100 signed by year-end and we expect to continue adding to that total," said Chip Ohlsson, executive vice president and chief development officer, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts. "
Among the most recent signings for developing new construction Project ECHO hotels are South Bend, Ind.-based Holladay Properties and Miami, Fla.-based Gold Coast Premier Properties. Holladay Properties have 25 Project ECHO hotels signed in the key cities across the Midwest as well as Nashville, Tenn.; Savannah, Ga; and Jacksonville, Fla., and Gold Coast Premier Properties has 10 hotels signed in South Florida and New Jersey.
The purpose-built, 124-room Project ECHO prototype requires just under two acres of land and has a highly competitive cost per key. Coming in at approximately 50,000 square-feet—nearly 74 percent of which is rentable—individual rooms average 300 square-feet. The rooms consist of single- and two-queen studio suites with kitchenettes as well as efficiently-designed public spaces—a lobby, fitness center and guest laundry—that help to limit labor needs.
"We have extensive extended-stay development experience with established brands, yet we couldn't pass up the opportunity to be on the ground floor building a brand together with Wyndham," said Veronica Garcia, president and chief operating officer, Gold Coast Premier Properties. "Project ECHO's efficient design paired with access to Wyndham's negotiated discounts with suppliers will help us reduce costs and simplify operations of our hotels, while introducing a new product to the extended-stay segment."
Earlier this month, the first Project ECHO hotel broke ground in Plano, Tex. and additional groundbreaks are scheduled for this fall. Wyndham expects to open its first Project ECHO hotels in 2023. For more information, including development opportunities, visit www.projectecho.wyndhamhotels.com.
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: WH) is the world's largest hotel franchising company by the number of properties, with approximately 9,000 hotels across over 95 countries on six continents. Through its network of approximately 819,000 rooms appealing to the everyday traveler, Wyndham commands a leading presence in the economy and midscale segments of the lodging industry. The Company operates a portfolio of 23 hotel brands, including Super 8®, Days Inn®, Ramada®, Microtel®, La Quinta®, Baymont®, Wingate®, AmericInn®, Hawthorn Suites®, Trademark Collection® and Wyndham®. The Company's award-winning Wyndham Rewards® loyalty program offers over 95 million enrolled members the opportunity to redeem points at thousands of hotels, vacation club resorts and vacation rentals globally. For more information, visit www.wyndhamhotels.com.
Contacts:
Scott Carman
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts
+1 (973) 753-6590
scott.carman@wyndham.com
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Sterigenics trial: $363 million verdict against Willowbrook company in first trial over toxic gas emissions
CHICAGO - A Cook County jury on Monday ruled that Sterigenics and two other companies should pay $363 million in damages for exposing a woman and thousands of other Willowbrook residents to dangerous levels of cancer-causing ethylene oxide gas.
After a five-week trial, the jury began deliberations Friday following closing arguments and reconvened Monday morning.
The medical tool sterilization company Sterigenics was accused of releasing the toxic gas from its Willowbrook plant from 1985 to 2019, causing cancer in a woman who lived nearby.
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The verdict exceeded the $346 million that lawyers for plaintiff Sue Kamuda asked for in closing arguments Thursday against Sterigenics, parent company Sotera Health and its corporate predecessor Griffith Foods.
Kamuda is among more than 700 other people who have sued Sterigenics since the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published research in 2018 that showed people living near the plant got cancer at rates nine times above the national average.
Protest organizer Neringa Zymancius of Darian leads protesters in a chant in front of the Oak Brook headquarters of Sterigenics Friday, Sept. 14, 2018 in Oak Brook, Ill. Sterigenics used ethylene oxide gas in nearby Willowbrook to sterilize items as (Mark Black/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images / Getty Images)
Sterigenics’s Willowbrook plant was temporarily shut down by the state in 2019 after authorities detected ethylene oxide nearby. Facing public pressure, Sterigenics closed the plant permanently.
The outcome of this case will likely affect the rulings in the other cases.
In closing arguments last Thursday, Kamuda’s lawyers argued that Sterigenics released gas at levels thousands of times above the limits government scientists agreed were safe. But the defendants argued that ethylene oxide gas was never released at dangerous levels, and that scientific research still hasn’t proven a link between the gas and cancer in humans.
After the verdict, Kamuda’s lawyer Lance D. Northcutt said: "We are immensely thankful to the jury for sitting through such a lengthy trial and for providing Sue with the justice she deserves. But this verdict is about more than Sue, it’s about holding these companies accountable.
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N.J.-based services provider for complex electric utility construction projects puts vast experience building interconnections to work in rapidly growing solar sector
LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J., Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jingoli Power today announced the launch of a new solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) division as part of its rapidly growing renewable energy services portfolio.
Jingoli Power, LLC is a professional services provider for complex electric utility construction projects and a subsidiary of Joseph Jingoli and Son, Inc, a 100-year-old privately held New Jersey-based construction firm.
Jingoli Power's vast experience building electric utility interconnections allows it to bring projects from concept to completion, offering services including project and program management, and materials and construction management. Its EPC Solar unit is currently supporting the execution of two U.S. EPC projects with Lightsource bp and plans to take on utility-scale solar projects up to 500 MW.
The Jingoli team is a talented mix of engineers, trade supervisors, experienced project managers, military veterans and utility line workers, and the company's core leadership team has worked together for over 15 years and has enlisted the industry's top talent across the country. Jingoli Power puts a premium on safety, with a 0.373 EMR rating, and provides stable financing with up to $2 billion in bonding capacity, making it an ideal EPC partner.
"Our team is optimally positioned to deliver on the growing demand for competitive and reliable utility-scale solar development," said Karl Miller, CEO of Jingoli Power. "Our crews are eager to be part of helping to build the grid of the future."
In communities where it has active solar projects, Jingoli Power will also provide job training and apprenticeships to residents and teens interested in STEM careers through its Competitive Edge program, which is designed to ensure a project's investment dollars remain in the community to build a stronger local economy and workforce.
Through Competitive Edge, Jingoli Power also recruits minority- and women-owned subcontractors, offers incentives for subcontractors to hire a diverse local employee base and prioritizes purchasing from community-based suppliers.
"Not only can we help power our way to a clean energy future, but we can do so in an equitable and inclusive way to open up new job opportunities and career paths to new sources of talent and innovation," Miller said. "It's an incredibly exciting and rewarding time to be in the electric construction industry."
Jingoli Power, LLC provides professional services for complex electric utility construction projects. Our wide range of service offerings, paired with our team's expertise allows our customers and partners to focus on design and to keep crews safe and productive.
Jingoli Power, LLC uses experience-driven processes, tools and controls to execute programs with a custom-built team of highly skilled, experienced industry veterans. From planning, survey, evaluation and cost estimation to contractor management and tender-process management, Jingoli Power, LLC can handle the toughest jobs.
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In 1990, “The Secret of Monkey Island” broke ground with a pirate adventure filled with puzzles and wit. Now, the original game designers are back in “Return to Monkey Island.”
Here & Now‘s James Mastromarino has the story.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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With Western states facing deep cuts to their water supplies on the Colorado River, residents of Metro Phoenix are making the tough decision to tear out their lawns. But would getting rid of every blade of grass do anything to solve the crisis on the Colorado River?
Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd went to find out.
A water treatment plant in Central Phoenix. Despite dire levels on the Colorado River and looming cuts to states that depend on it, the city is not yet mandating residents use less water. (Peter O’Dowd/Here & Now)
The shortage on the Colorado River has prompted Paige Nett of Mesa, Ariz. to remove a large section of her lawn. The city is paying her $500 to do it. (Peter O’Dowd/Here & Now)
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To celebrate Alt.Latino's "El Tiny" takeover of NPR's Tiny Desk series, we asked a few of the artists contributing performances to answer our "El Tiny" questionnaire. These answers have been edited for length and clarity and translated into English.
Artist Name: Carin León
Country of Origin: Mexico
Genre: Regional Mexican
Any musician, living or dead, who would you invite over for a cafecito? José Alfredo Jiménez, because of the way that he wrote. It's so simple but so real. I think he has some of the most natural and heartfelt compositions that I've heard in my life. [They are songs that] connect with any audience, that anyone can understand, but they have so much significance, so much content inside of them.
One album that always reminds you of home — whatever that means to you. Tríptico (Vol. 3) from señor Silvio Rodríguez. It brings me a warm feeling of home. We were a family of few shoes and the truth is that at this moment, thank God, life smiles on us differently and we realize that happiness isn't [having money]. Oftentimes, we were even happier [then], when we didn't have two nickels to rub together.
If I weren't a musician, I'd be a(n) ____. Music took us by the hand in a very natural, very casual way and it never let us go, so I can't imagine doing something that isn't music. I think that it would have to be something related to art as well, or with video game development. It's one of the harder hobbies I have. Or, I don't know, a filmmaker or a photographer or something that would have to do with art, because for me art is the blood of everyday life.
Dream place to tour: I love playing in my country in Mexico, and I also really enjoy playing in the United States. But there is a music that I've really fallen in love with: I really like the popular music of Spain. I really appreciate its folkloric sounds and I love flamenco. Spain also has a very exacting audience. The truth is that we want to, somehow, start winking at the Spanish public, and I think that it would be a very big dream to be able to realize a small tour throughout Spain.
What are you listening to right now? I am one of those people who [gets] up and the first thing I do is take a shower and always with music. I put on a playlist with señor Silvio Rodríguez, Billy Joel, music from José Alfredo Jiménez, from Pedro Infante, from don Sebastián, from Pepe Aguilar. Right now I'm very into an album that's called ANTI-ICON, by an artist that's named GHOSTEMANE, which I highly recommend.
Is there a part of your creative process — a piece of gear, a tool, a technique — that you've adopted recently? How has it impacted your art? I think more than any technique, the sincerity that I've now been allowed to show in my music and in my sound [has permitted me] to experiment with sounds that weren't possible before in my genre, or that people were very closed off to. [They] believed ... that regional music often isn't for everyone and was for a niche popular audience. The fact that we can defend Mexico's folkloric music, but people also allow us to experiment, that they allow us to make our music bigger and enrich it and that the public, critics and media outlets like Tiny Desk, give us the opportunity to share with you our hearts and souls ... I think sincerity has changed everything in my music.
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The Orleans/Niagara BOCES recently named its employees of the year for the 2021-2022 school year. Employees are nominated by their peers and a committee selects an awardee in each of eight categories.
Amanda Bennett, former principal at Niagara Academy, is the administrator of the year. During her seven-year tenure, Bennett said, her favorite part of her job was the people. “I loved the kids and being able to help them and watch them succeed. The graduation ceremony was always an emotional time with saying good-bye to them and reflecting on the graduates," she said, adding, "The people at BOCES really have their hearts in the right place. They are all about the kids.”
Bernadette George, senior clerk in the labor relations department since December 2014, is the clerical person of the year. George said her favorite part of her job is the people that she works with. “That makes any job a lot better. I also like creating databases and helping others.”
Jennifer Moreland, case manager at the Lockport Community Education site since 2017, is the continuing education employee of the year. Of the students, she said, “They are wonderful, hardworking people seeking opportunities. In my current position, I serve students with ingenuity and creativity while collaborating with hardworking colleagues who each bring a new perspective and a plethora of experience. There is never a dull moment in our program.”
Mark Vivian, maintenance worker since 1979, is the custodian/maintenance person of the year. “My favorite part of my job that every day is different. It is never the same and I work with great people,” he said, adding that the award “was unexpected and very nice to receive it. I am retiring shortly and it was a great going away present.”
Cheryl Herman, director of the Orleans-Niagara Teacher Center since 2007, is the staff specialist of the year. Her favorite part of the is the opportunities it brings, she said. “I love to collaborate and share with fellow colleagues. I love being able to bring awareness about new technologies to teachers and also train them in essential topics like social emotional learning, culturally responsive teaching and educational technology.”
Mandy Baker, who's entering her third year as a substitute at Orleans Career and Technical Education Center, is the substitute of the year. Her favorite part of the job is getting to be in a different place every day. “I love getting to meet all the students,” she said.
Jeff LaFountain, a 20-year employee of BOCES currently assigned to the Orleans Learning Center, is the teacher aide of the year. His favorite part of the job is "working and interacting with the students and my coworkers,” he said.
Richard Tynan, who retired at the end of the 2021-2022 school year, is the teacher of the year. Tynan taught English at Orleans Career and Technical Education Center for 18 years; prior to 2004 he subbed and taught adult education. "The way academics were embedded into the various curricula ... students could see that literacy skills are necessary and helpful to completion of real-world tasks," Tynan said. "I also liked working with students as they grappled with more adult workplace situations in which they assumed (sometimes) more adult responsibilities. It was fun to see their enthusiasm and engagement and to see glimmers of the amazing adults many are becoming.” | https://www.lockportjournal.com/community/orleans-niagara-boces-names-its-employees-of-the-year/article_67f877ec-3832-11ed-a83c-2bd74255b647.html | 2022-09-19T18:28:04Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/community/orleans-niagara-boces-names-its-employees-of-the-year/article_67f877ec-3832-11ed-a83c-2bd74255b647.html | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A person's zip code is still a better indicator of life expectancy than genes, education, and lifestyle, with one study showing people in 56 of the U.S.' 500 largest cities lived 20 years longer than those in underserved communities only a few miles away.
To better address such health disparities and barriers for communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, the Center for Care Innovations and Physicians for a Healthy California are assisting the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) with the launch of its multimillion COVID-19 Test to Treat Equity Grant Program.
The Center for Care Innovations (CCI) will provide a subset of grantees with technical assistance and monthly coaching, working closely with Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC), which is administering the grants.
"Physicians for a Healthy California is pleased to partner on this exciting initiative," says PHC President and CEO Lupe Alonzo-Diaz. "This grant program will result in more tools and resources for safety net providers providing access to life-saving COVID-19 treatments, particularly in communities disproportionately impacted by the pandemic."
With a mission to explore creative solutions to complex problems in the health care safety net, the Center for Care Innovations is gratified to partner on a program designed to ensure treatment options are readily available to all populations.
"We are grateful that the California Department of Public Health is focused on addressing inequities in access to COVID-19 treatment," said CCI President Sofi Bergkvist. "We look forward to working closely with healthcare providers to build the capacity for timely COVID-19 treatment and to address barriers that many people face even when treatment is made available."
The Center for Care Innovations is excited about the prospect of preventing severe COVID-19 cases in California's underinvested communities through timely, effective treatment, according to CCI Program Director Juliane Tomlin.
"Our guiding principle is to offer high-value coaching and technical resources without burdening health care organizations, many of which have been contending with COVID-19 surges," Tomlin said. "Our offerings will include peer consultations, webinars with experts in the field that highlight promising practices, monthly one-on-one or small group coaching, and a resource center featuring information for both providers and patients on testing, medications, workflows, and best practices."
The program will incorporate some of the learnings from CCI's earlier programs on telehealth and population health, said Executive Director Michael Rothman, DrPH. "In our Connected Care Accelerator, Addiction Treatment Starts Here, Catalyst, Technology Hub, and other programs, CCI has helped hundreds of communities improve telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic," he said. "In our Adult Immunization Equity Collaborative, which we collaborate on with the National Association of Community Health Centers, we've helped dozens of health centers, primary care associations and health center networks use human-centered design to achieve COVID vaccination equity. With our COVID-19 Test to Treat technical assistance, we hope to make it easy for community practices to learn from each other and expand the reach of their services."
Grants range between $50,000 and $1,000,000, and CDPH encourages all organizations eligible for a grant to apply. These include:
- Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) and FQHC Look-alikes
- Community clinics, rural health clinics, free clinics
- Indian Health Service (IHS)/Tribal Health Clinics
- Clinics operated by county or city health systems or public health systems
- Providers not listed above, but which are recommended by their Health Department
More information and application materials are available at phcdocs.org/t2t.
The COVID-19 Test to Treat Equity Grant Program was created as part of California's SMARTER Plan, with the goal of further increasing access for Californians in underserved communities to vital therapeutic treatment that helps lower risk of severe illness, hospitalization, and death.
The program's first application cycle will open on August 31, 2022, and it will continue through the deadline of September 30, 2022. CDPH has allocated approximately $59 million for the Test to Treat Equity Grant Program through June 2023.
For more information, visit phcdocs.org/t2t or email t2t@phcdocs.org.
Test to Treat sites can be found across the state, providing individuals an opportunity to get tested for COVID-19 and receive medication if eligible. You can find locations across California here. California has also partnered with OptumServe to provide free, confidential COVID-19 testing and free assessment for medications -- especially for those who have difficulty getting connected to a healthcare provider quickly, including those who are uninsured or underinsured, regardless of documentation status. These sites can be found here.
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Nearly half of Americans say that they would eat food past its listed expiration date as the price of food has gone up 13 percent in the last year, according to federal statistics.
“Americans are eating more expired foods and taking packaging recommendations into their own hands,” said Charlene Van Buiten, an assistant professor in Colorado State University's Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition. “38% of people say they would even go as far as removing the bad bits from food so they can still eat it.”
People are most likely to ignore expiration dates on potato chips, cereal and cookies. Nutrition experts say that could be a good thing, since the food is still edible, and it cuts down on food waste.
“I think people becoming more in touch with their food and using their intuition and learning more about food stability and storage is a net positive thing, especially when you think about the amount of food waste that we have as a society,” Van Buiten said.
The key for shoppers is to know the differences between “use by," "best by" and "sell by."
Use by is the only one that is similar to a true expiration date. Best by and sell by are more about quality, and less about whether the food is safe to eat.
“Maybe you don't want to eat stale bread, but you can,” she said. “It won't hurt you. So that's really the line we're walking with these use by, best by, sell by dates: Is it safe, versus is it still the best that it could possibly be.” | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/more-americans-say-theyre-eating-food-past-the-listed-expiration-date | 2022-09-19T18:32:46Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/more-americans-say-theyre-eating-food-past-the-listed-expiration-date | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
An elementary school student in Wisconsin is alive thanks to the quick action of a teacher
ABC affiliate WXOW reported that third-grader Bryson Moe was eating almonds when he realized something wasn't right.
"Bryson had come up to me. He had a look of panic," teacher Samantha Wais told the news outlet. "I just feel like my mama bear teacher mode kicked in. I just turned him around and started doing the Heimlich. It just was like an instinct."
Moe said he was thankful for her help.
"She saved my life," Moe told the news outlet.
Wais told the news outlet that you're never sure when a moment like this could happen, so that's why she said it's important to pay attention and retain any emergency training. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/teacher-credited-for-saving-the-life-of-choking-student | 2022-09-19T18:32:49Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/teacher-credited-for-saving-the-life-of-choking-student | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TALLAHASSEE, FLa. — Brooke Lynn Watts and Dominique Washington poured in more than half of their team's total points, but it wasn't enough in Florida A&M's 3-2 setback to UAB Sunday (Sept. 18).
The volleyball veterans each contributed 20 points and left Al Lawson Center with double-doubles - Watts on 18 kills and 11 digs and Washington with 17 and 16, respectively.
UAB 3, FAMU 2 (20-25, 25-22, 16-25, 25-16, 15-9)
The Rattlers controlled a 2-1 lead coming out of the third set. They captured success in the first and third, and the offense seemed unstoppable. The very first point of the day came on a service ace by Irem Ucar, and by the time Dominique Turner recorded theirs, the team held a 19-12 advantage.
FAMU nearly pulled off back-to-back set wins after managing a 20-18 lead in the second. But the Blazers outscored their counterpart, 7-2, en route to the 25-22 finish. The visitors maintained the upper hand in each of the final two frames, which featured a 5-1 start to the fifth. The Rattlers closed their deficit with a 4-0 run -- the start capturing back-to-back kills from Aja Jones -- but were unable to pull in front in the 15-9 loss.
The Rattlers kick off Southwestern Athletic Conference competition Friday (Sept. 23) at Bethune-Cookman. The match is set for 6 p.m. | https://www.wtxl.com/sports/college-sports/watts-washingtons-incredible-performances-not-enough | 2022-09-19T18:33:24Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/sports/college-sports/watts-washingtons-incredible-performances-not-enough | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Monday met Sonia Gandhi and expressed his intention to contest the upcoming AICC chief polls, while the Congress president conveyed that she would stay "neutral" in the elections, sources said.
Gandhi welcomed the idea of more people contesting the polls and dispelled the notion that there would be an "official candidate", they said.
The feedback by Gandhi on Tharoor's desire to contest is being seen by many as an encouragement to him to contest and he could announce his candidature in the next few days.
With regard to Tharoor's meeting with Gandhi and the speculation over it, the Congress said no one needs a nod to contest the presidential election as it is an open, democratic and transparent process.
"Anybody who wants to contest is free and welcome to do so. This has been the consistent position of Congress President and Shri Rahul Gandhi. This is an open, democratic and transparent process. Nobody needs anybody's nod to contest," AICC general secretary in charge of communications Jairam Ramesh said.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is being considered a candidate for the top post favoured by the present dispensation, according to some sources. Gehlot, however, denies that he is a candidate and has been saying that he will try and convince Rahul Gandhi to contest.
Adding to the buzz over the possibility of his contesting Congress president polls, Tharoor met Gandhi at her 10 Janpath residence here. He, however, refused to divulge any details about the meeting.
Tharoor, who was among the group of 23 leaders who had written to Gandhi in 2020 demanding organisational overhaul, also endorsed a petition on Monday by a group of young party members seeking "constructive reforms".
The petition shared by Tharoor on Twitter sought reforms and a pledge by AICC president candidates to implement the Udaipur Declaration in its entirety if elected. The former Union minister said it had been signed by over 650 people so far.
"I welcome this petition that is being circulated by a group of young @INCIndia members, seeking constructive reforms in the Party. It has gathered over 650 signatures so far. I am happy to endorse it & to go beyond it," Tharoor tweeted with screenshots of the petition.
The petition that Tharoor endorsed said, "We are members of the Congress party with a desire to strengthen the party to reflect the hopes and aspirations of our nation."
The petition stated some of the tenets of the Udaipur Declaration that was made on May 15, 2022, after the party's brainstorming session.
"We appeal to each candidate in the election for the President of the All India Congress Committee to undertake a public pledge to involve party members from block committees up to the CWC and implement the Udaipur Declaration in entirety within the first 100 days of assuming office," the petition said.
In its declaration, the Congress had announced wide-ranging organisational reforms to make the party battle ready for the next round of assembly and Lok Sabha polls, stressing wider representation to those under 50 years of age and enforcing 'one person, one post' and 'one family, one ticket' rules with riders.
Asked about the possibility of him running for the post of Congress president, Tharoor had told PTI earlier this month, "I have only welcomed the fact that an election will be held. I believe that is very good for the party."
"Of course, it is gratifying that this general statement of democratic principle has immediately led to large numbers of people around the country welcoming the prospect of my contesting. But as I have made it clear, I have not declared my candidacy," Tharoor had said.
"I hope many will contest in order to give the membership a wide choice. So far I have neither ruled myself in nor ruled myself out," the former Union minister had asserted.
Meanwhile, the 'Make Rahul Gandhi AICC president again' chorus is growing louder in Congress with over half a dozen state units so far seeking his elevation to the top post, even as uncertainty and suspense persisted over whether he would take on the mantle.
After Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat units of the Congress demanded that Gandhi be made party chief, the party's Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir and Mumbai units passed resolutions calling for his elevation to the post of president on Monday.
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Tippy Hunter / The Outlook A car was driven into the building of Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. Sunday evening. One person was transported to Russell Medical with non-life threating injuries.
A Sunday evening accident left a driver shaken and a building damaged.
A Toyota Corolla found its way into Tallapoosa Publishers Inc. (TPI) building Sunday evening.
“A car was parked in the parking lot,” Alexander City Police Department Capt. Tomathon Tuck said. “There was a medical issue according to the driver. He was carried to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.”
No employees were in the building when the accident occured.
The accident remains under investigation. Employees at TPI were cleaning out one office Monday morning that took most of the damage. Contractors were trying to secure the building while plans were made to make repairs.
TPI is operating under normal hours despite the damage to the building.
Cliff Williams is a staff writer for Tallapoosa Publishers.
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A person is dead after a shooting involving a Yakama Nation Tribal Police officer Saturday evening.
The FBI and Yakima County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting by a police officer just before 5 p.m. Sept. 17 at the 6800 block of Fort Road near Toppenish, according to Yakima County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Casey Schilperoort.
The incident involved a Yakama Nation Tribal Police officer and one person is dead, though cause and manner of death are unknown.
Schilperoort said the FBI is investigating the incident.
Yakama Nation Tribal Police had no comment as of press time.
Yakima County Coroner Jim Curtice said that an autopsy is scheduled for early this week. The deceased individual’s name has not been released. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/one-person-dead-after-shooting-involving-police-officer-near-toppenish/article_7c06d28e-3845-11ed-87eb-db0304088155.html | 2022-09-19T18:43:00Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/one-person-dead-after-shooting-involving-police-officer-near-toppenish/article_7c06d28e-3845-11ed-87eb-db0304088155.html | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Test scores for students in the Yakima Valley showed improvements in math and English language arts during the 2021-22 school year, although many districts trailed behind their pre-pandemic numbers.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Washington did not administer tests in spring 2020, so data does not exist for the 2019-20 school year. The tests for the 2020-21 school were not administered until fall 2021, rather than spring. Tests were shorter than normal, and students were tested on material they learned during the 2020-21 school year.
The Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction released the scores earlier this month.
Most school districts in Yakima County saw an increase in the percentage of students who met grade-level standards in English and math, according to testing data from the 2021-22 and 2020-21 school year.
Local districts that did not see an increase in students meeting grade-level standards in English or math largely remained stagnant or saw a decrease of less than 1%, according to the data.
Data for individual districts is available online through OSPI’s school report cards.
Some districts saw big jumps in students meeting grade-level standards. Union Gap School District increased from 36.8% of students meeting standards in English to 46.6% of students. In math, every school district saw an increase, with Zillah School District seeing a jump of 13.2%.
Still, districts were mostly below their pre-pandemic scores, particularly in math.
In the area’s largest district, Yakima, 31.8% of students met grade-level standards in English and 16.9% met standards in math, according to the 2021-22 data. These scores were improvements of the 2020-21 data, when 28% of students met English standards and 11.4% met math standards.
Pre-pandemic, 41.7% of YSD students met English standards and 33.1% met math standards, according to the 2018-19 data.
“I’m pleased to see it went up from fall,” said YSD assistant superintendent of teaching and learning Jenny Rodriquez.
She said having kids back in the classroom full-time last year helped. The district also pursued strategies to help students with material they may have missed during the pandemic, including hosting after-school programs, offering tutoring for older students and encouraging collaboration among teachers.
She said she is optimistic about this school year and expects to see test scores continue to climb.
Though it has not reached pre-pandemic scores, Rodriquez said Yakima was in a similar situation to many districts in Washington.
Statewide, 50.7% of students met English standards and 37.7% met math standards, according to the 2021-22 data. In the 2020-21 data, 47.7% met English standards and 30.4% met math standards. Pre-pandemic 59.6% of students met English standards and 48.9% met math standards, according to the 2018-19 data.
Superintendent of Public Instruction Chris Reykdal called the data “encouraging” and said it was a sign of learning recovery in an OSPI news release.
“The disruptions of remote learning, quarantine and isolation, and transitioning back in person after periods of learning remotely are evident in the decrease in proficiency from spring 2019 to spring 2022. However, the incredible work of our educators and families to support students is evident in the recovery we are seeing across grade levels and subjects,” Reykdal said in the release. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/education/yakima-valley-students-make-gains-in-test-scores-still-below-pre-pandemic-levels/article_1fcf7b1a-3610-11ed-9a7b-bf5fba740541.html | 2022-09-19T18:43:00Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/education/yakima-valley-students-make-gains-in-test-scores-still-below-pre-pandemic-levels/article_1fcf7b1a-3610-11ed-9a7b-bf5fba740541.html | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Stand-up comedian, actor and producer Jerry Seinfeld is coming to Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage at the beginning of 2023.
Seinfeld will perform at the casino at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 28. Tickets are $125-$250 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 23.
The comedian’s performance is the second of three shows he initially planned to perform as part of his residency at Agua Caliente Resort Casino Spa Rancho Mirage in 2020. He did have a sold out show back in February 2020, but the coronavirus pandemic delayed the rest.
Seinfeld first reached mainstream success with his appearances on the “Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” in the early ’80s. He would later go on to write the Emmy Award-winning sitcom “Seinfeld” that aired on NBC for nine seasons from July 1989 to May 1998. He’s written and starred in several movies, written a few books and made his debut on Netflix in 2017 with the stand-up special “Jerry Before Seinfeld.”
His most recent project is the popular web series, “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee,” and he’s been hosting his “Jerry Seinfeld: The Homestand” residency near his hometown at the Beacon Theatre in New York, NY.
For tickets to the show or more information, go to aguacalientecasinos.com.
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People come to Oak Glen to experience nature, but sometimes the mountain community gets a little more than it can handle.
This year’s apple season was off to what growers called a good start when flash flooding from Tropical Storm Kay brought devastation to portions of the community on Monday, April 12.
Businesses remained open and ready for tourists, but the most direct route into Oak Glen was closed by mudslides.
Oak Glen is known throughout Southern California for its U-pick orchards, and growers said they have a good crop.
“I think it’s going to be better than average,” said Michael Hudson of Snow-Line Orchard, citing a summer without major heatwaves until September.
“Looks good,” said Freeman House of Stone Pantry Orchard. “Bigger than last year, not as big as some.”
Enjoying the grounds
Oak Glen is a community in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains that was settled in the 1870s by farmers who planted potatoes and started apple orchards, according to the 2006 book “Oak Glen and Los Rios Rancho.” After World War II, the community began to promote itself as a center for U-pick apples. Now tourists can also pick peaches, pears, raspberries and strawberries.
Apple season traditionally kicks off on Labor Day weekend and runs into November. Several varieties of apples grow in Oak Glen, ripening at various times during the fall.
Faith Riley of Stone Soup Farm & Heritage Orchard, expects her decades-old grove of Stayman Winesap trees to ripen in October and the crop to last about two weeks.
But U-pick is just one activity that Riley and her husband Tim offer on their property. They have developed an interest in regenerative agriculture that Faith Riley said caused them to evaluate their operation.
“I think for us, when COVID hit we had time to step back and think.”
They have a shop selling food items and small-batch products as well as a kitchen garden, flower lanes and berry patches.
They also book picnic lunches and schedule farm-to-table dinners with organic vegetables, artisan breads and locally sourced cheeses
“It’s just about enjoying the grounds,” said Faith Riley.
Like Stone Soup, many Oak Glen growers offer visitors a wide range of activities, including cider pressing, wine tasting and live entertainment.
More Southern Californians are discovering Oak Glen, she said. Despite the novel coronavirus pandemic, 2020 was a good year as people from Los Angeles County were looking for an outdoor escape from lockdowns. She is also seeing more people coming from Palm Desert to beat the heat.
But there was another disaster in 2020 that affected Oak Glen’s apple season. The El Dorado Fire, caused by explosives set off at a gender reveal photo shoot, swept through more than 22,000 acres in the Oak Glen/Yucaipa Ridge area and within the San Gorgonio Wilderness Area of the National Forest and caused the death of a firefighter.
The El Dorado Fire’s burn scar is blamed for this month’s mudslides, which caused San Bernardino County supervisors to declare a local emergency on Sept. 15.
Forging ahead
Oak Glen is usually 10-20 degrees cooler than lower elevations, Hudson said. But being in the mountains raises the risk of wildfires that can suddenly shut down tourism. Fire and mudslide warning signs are up year-round.
The Sept. 12 storm destroyed or damaged 30 homes and affected 3,000 mountain residents, but only took out one business, according to the Oak Glen Apple Growers Association.
That business is the Oak Glen Steakhouse & Saloon, which was hit by a 7-foot wall of mud that obliterated 70 percent of its kitchen and dining room and kitchen, according to a GoFundMe campaign set up by Brandon Gallegos, co-owner and manager of the family business.
In a phone interview two days after the mudslide, Gallegos said he had trees in his dining room.
“The goal for us right night is getting our building excavated as quickly as possible.”
Gallegos said neighbors rallied to his aid, bringing in construction equipment to clear out the debris.
He plans to reopen. In three days, the GoFundMe campaign raised more than $14,000.
“The west side of the Glen got hit pretty had, but we haven’t over here,” said Devin Riley of Los Rios Rancho in a Facebook video posted on Sept 13. “Just a few drops. Not much of anything.”
Los Rios Rancho is in the process of rebuilding from a separate fire that destroyed its store, bakery and packing house in October 2020.
Oak Glen is eager to reassure visitors that businesses are open and ready for them.
“The rest of the Glen is enjoying beautiful fall temperatures and businesses are open for your fall festivities,” the growers association posted on its website.
Oak Glen is not incorporated. Some businesses give addresses in Oak Glen, and some give addresses in Yucaipa, the city down the hill. Either way, most of the addresses will be on the long and winding Oak Glen Road.
The growers association and businesses are recommending motorists avoid the westside stretch near the steakhouse as well as Potato Canyon Road, which is prone to flooding.
Theu recommend visitors use Wildwood Canyon Road or Beamont Avenue to get to Oak Glen Road from the east.
Oak Glen attractions
Los Rios Rancho
What: A 300-acre property that dates back to the pioneer days
Attractions: U-pick, shopping, outdoor barbecue, entertainment, nature walks, nature walks and an Apple Butter Festival, Nov. 25-27.
Produce: Apples, berries, pumpkins, corn and chestnuts.
Where: 39611 Oak Glen Road, Yucaipa.
Information: losriosrancho.com
Oak Tree Mountain
What: This 14-acre shopping center doesn’t grow apples, but it is the home of Apple Annie’s, a restaurant and bakery that turns out popular 5-pound Mile-High Apple Pies. Recent additions include Common Ground Public House, serving cocktails and bar food, and a giant, red-white-and-blue slide. Oak Tree Mountain is cash-free, so plan on using credit or debit cards.
Attractions: Full-service and quick-service dining, ax-throwing, outdoor games, shopping.
Where: 38480 Oak Glen Road, Oak Glen.
Information: oaktreemountain.com
Riley’s Farm
What: Sprawling property with colonial-style buildings that puts on “living history” field trips and dinner theater.
Attractions: U-pick, shopping, dining, entertainment, historical reenactments.
Produce: Apples, berries, pears, pumpkins.
Where: 12261 Oak Glen Road, Yucaipa
Information: rileysfarm.com
Snow-Line Orchard
What: This apple farm specializes in cider, including hard cider. It is also the home of the popular mini cider doughnuts, made fresh in a shop that sells several varieties of apples and has a bar in the back.
Attractions: U-pick raspberries but not apples, wine tasting.
Where: 39400 Oak Glen Road, Yucaipa
Information: oakglenorchard.com
Stone Pantry Orchard
What: Property available for private events, such as weddings, school tours and church retreats.
Attractions: U-pick, u-press cider.
Produce: Apples, pears, berries, pumpkins.
Where: 11993 Oak Glen Road, Yucaipa
Information: stonepantryorchard.com
Stone Soup Farm & Heirloom Orchard
What: Regenerative farm with “heirloom” and new apple orchards.
Attractions: U-pick apples, picnic packages, special dinners.
Produce: Apples, berries, vegetables.
Where: 12131 Oak Glen Road, Yucaipa
Information: stonesoupfarmca.com
Willowbrook Apple Farm
What: 1910 orchard will open for the season on Oct. 1, according to its website.
Attractions: U-pick, u-press cider, wine and s’mores tastings.
Produce: Apples, berries.
Where: 12099 Oak Glen Road, Yucaipa
Information: willowbrookapplefarm.com
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LOS ANGELES — Repairs to a water pipeline connecting the Colorado River to customers in Los Angeles County have been completed two days ahead of schedule, and residents and businesses are allowed to resume limited watering outdoors, it was announced Monday.
The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California completed repairs on a leak on a 36-mile pipeline, described as a primary conduit for about 4 million people. Those repairs were supposed to take 15 days to complete when the work started Sept. 6.
Metropolitan Water District officials say it is estimated customers in the affected areas reduced water demands by about 30% during the repairs.
“We know it wasn’t easy to heed our no-outdoor-watering call, particularly during the extreme heat wave the region experienced early in the shutdown, but Southern Californians stepped up their water-saving efforts again, as they have in the past, to help us through this critical shutdown, Metropolitan Chairwoman Gloria D. Gray said in a statement.
Beverly Hills, Burbank, Glendale, Long Beach, Pasadena, San Fernando and Torrance, and the Central Basin Municipal Water District, Foothill Municipal Water District, Three Valleys Municipal Water District and West Basin Municipal Water District were affected by the leak.
The MWD made a temporary repair to the leak in the pipeline earlier this year, when it began operating the pipeline at a reduced capacity. The MWD scheduled the shutdown to install a longer-term fix to the pipeline to avoid a possible critical failure to the water supply.
“I want to thank the crews who worked tirelessly to complete the project ahead of schedule,” Metropolitan General Manager Adel Hagekhalil said. “This shutdown also required an extraordinary amount of coordination, and we wouldn’t have been successful without the public’s water-saving help and the cooperation and support of our affected member agencies.”
Hagekhalil added that customers “must still continue saving as much water as possible to help our region through this ongoing historic drought.”
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Queen funeral: Final farewell for late monarch at Windsor Castle had touches of Scottish symbolism
It was the last farewell.
A journey that began with the Queen's passing 11 days beforehand at Balmoral, in the rugged Scottish landscape, came to an end in the genteel Berkshire town on the banks of the river Thames on Monday.
The Queen’s final resting place was the royal vault of St George’s Chapel within the battlements of Windsor Castle, her home and sanctuary for most of her 70-year reign.
The committal service of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth took place after the two-hour processional drive to Windsor, westwards through the flower-strewn streets of London.
The roads were lined for miles with people paying their respects, as they had been on that odyssey from Aberdeenshire to Edinburgh on the Sunday after her death.
The Long Walk, the stretched avenue leading to Windsor Castle, was packed with mourners, matching the dignified grandeur of the Royal Mile the week before.
Touches of Caledonian romanticism seeped through to England as the massed pipes and drums played the Skye Boat Song.
The crowds, who fell silent as the state hearse entered the Long Walk in Windsor then broke out into applause as the end of the funeral procession passed by.
Retired teacher Susan Luppetti, 72, who came from her home in Somerset for the funeral, shared the feelings of many.
She said: “I did not expect it to be so emotional when it went past.
“What surprised me is how everyone went silent. It felt very personal and it did not feel like a state funeral at all.”
In many ways it was a lot more personal.
The Queen’s personal friends, such as Scottish racing driving legend Sir Jackie Stewart, were there.
The Queen’s beloved corgis, Muick and Sandy, and Emma, the Queen’s Fell Pony, greeted the procession, standing on grass in a gap in the floral tributes along the Long Walk.
The coffin was borne into St George’s Chapel past beds of flowers made up of thousands of bouquets brought to the castle by members of the public.
The thousand-year-old keep, built by William the Conqueror, is the same vintage as Westminster Hall where people queued in these incredible, long lines for hours on end for the Queen’s lying in state over four days.
St George’s Chapel is well used to laughter and tears. It has been the venue for royal weddings, Prince Harry and Meghan were married there, and it was a place of comfort for the monarch when parts of her beloved castle were burnt down in the 1992 blaze.
It has seen many funerals and burials. It is the final resting place for ten kings, but on Monday the Queen became the first female sovereign to be buried there.
In the morning Westminster Abbey had to host the first state funeral since 1760 because of the vast number of world leaders in attendance.
But St George’s chapel, with a capacity of 800 and an inner sanctum beyond the quire, provided a more intimate, final farewell.
The majority of those attending were members of her Majesty’s Household past and present, including personal staff who worked on the private estates.
Beyond the rood screen, separating the main congregation from the choir, the grieving royal family took their positions.
The King sat in the self same seat as his mother had taken during her lonely attendance at Prince Philip’s funeral in April last year while Covid stalked her kingdom and they nursed their party hangovers in Downing Street.
After a private service in the smaller King George VI Memorial chapel on Monday evening, the late monarch was to be re-united with her beloved husband and laid next to her parents, King George VI, her mother Queen Mary and her late sister Princess Margaret.
The committal service, conducted by the Right Reverend David Conner, began at 4pm with Psalm 121 – “I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills”.
Much of the music played before and during the service was arranged by William Henry Harris, the late organist at St George’s who taught the Queen to play piano as a child.
Prayers were read by the Reverend Kenneth MacKenzie, the minister of Crathie Kirk in Balmoral and her other domestic clerics, the Rector of Sandringham and the Chaplain of the Royal Chapel, Windsor Great Park.
After prayers and readings there was a solemn moment when the crown jeweller removed first the sceptre and orb and then the imperial crown from the Queen’s coffin.
In silence the Dean of Windsor placed the crown on the chapel altar, completing a circle from the coronation of 1953 when it was taken from the high altar at Westminster Cathedral and put upon her head.
The symbolism continued to the end as the Queen’s Company Camp Colour of the Grenadier Guards was laid on the coffin by her son and heir.
The Lord Chamberlain broke his wand of office and placed it on the coffin and the Queen’s Styles and Titles were read.
Slowly, almost imperceptibly, the coffin was lowered into the Royal Vault.
Before the congregation rose to sing “God Save the King” in the distance, a bagpipe lament sounded.
Pipe Major Paul Burns,the Queen’s Piper, played A Salute to the Royal Fendersmith.
The strains of the pìob mhòr, echoing through the cloisters of Windsor Castle, signalled a close to the Second Elizabethan age and the moment the curtain fell on Britain’s long, post-war history.
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Queen funeral: Nicola Sturgeon ‘honoured’ to represent Scotland at ‘momentous’ funeral
Nicola Sturgeon has said it was an “honour to represent Scotland” as leaders from across the globe joined with the royal family and other mourners at the Queen’s state funeral.
King Charles III was left close to tears during a state funeral service at Westminster Abbey, where the Archbishop of Canterbury described his mother as having touched “a multitude of lives” and having been a “joyful” figure for many.
About 2,000 people attended the service at Westminster Abbey in London.
The Scottish First Minister was amongst those at Monday’s service, along with other Scottish politicians, including Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and his Liberal Democrat counterpart Alex Cole-Hamilton.
Ms Sturgeon described the hour-long ceremony as being “one of the most momentous occasions in recent history” as she spoke of a “final and poignant goodbye to a deeply respected and much loved monarch”
She hailed the Queen, who died on September 8 at Balmoral in the Highlands, as being a “great constant” as she added it was “an honour to represent Scotland at the service”.
“As the Queen is laid to rest, it gives us a chance to reflect on the events of the past ten days, which have provided a sincere, solemn and fitting tribute to our longest-reigning monarch,” she said.
“We knew how important Scotland was to the Queen and, over recent days, we have been reminded just how much Her Majesty meant to the people of Scotland.”
Ms Sturgeon was accompanied by the most senior civil servant in Scotland, the permanent secretary John-Paul Marks.
The leader of the Scottish Conservatives, Douglas Ross, said ahead of the funeral the world "will pause" to pay tribute to the Queen.
On Twitter, he said: "Today, we say a final farewell to Her Majesty The Queen. The world will pause as we pay tribute to her extraordinary life and incredible 70-year reign.
"Thank you, Ma'am. May you rest in glorious and eternal peace."
Mr Sarwar said it was "an honour" to attend the funeral, adding it was “a fitting tribute to a remarkable public servant”.
Alison Johnstone, the presiding officer of the Scottish Parliament, was also in attendance, alongside the Scotland Secretary Alister Jack and the shadow Scotland Secretary, Scottish Labour's Ian Murray.
"I was honoured to represent the Parliament earlier today at Her Majesty's State Funeral,” Ms Johnstone said. “From all at the Scottish Parliament, rest in peace."
City of Edinburgh Council leader Cammy Day was also amongst those at the service in Westminster Abbey, saying it was an “honour” to be “part of the final send-off for Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II”.
He added: “Today’s service at Westminster Abbey was a significant moment in history and appropriate for Her Late Majesty’s long-serving dedication and public duty.”
The tributes from the steps of Westminster Abbey came as shops and schools across Scotland closed to allow people to pay their last respects to the Queen.
Events were held across the country, including on the Royal Yacht Britannia, to mark the funeral of the late monarch, who was on the throne for 70 years.
The yacht, which is now a visitor attraction, flew its flag at half mast on Monday during the day of mourning while former chief chef, Jeff Hughes, 78, described the Queen as “someone special”.
Returning to the ship at its current mooring in Edinburgh, Mr Hughes, from Wrexham in North Wales, said: “It’s hard to explain, but the Queen is someone special.
“We will never have a monarch like the Queen, although King Charles will do a good job.
“Nobody will do the job like Her Majesty the Queen did. She was a one-off, you will never get that person again.”
Staff and students meanwhile came together at the King’s former school to mark the state funeral.
Gordonstoun school, in Morayshire, suspended lessons on Monday to allow boarding houses to gather and watch the funeral broadcast.
The houses were silent as the Queen’s coffin made its way to Westminster Abbey, with some staff and students admitting they felt some emotion towards the occasion.
Later in the afternoon, each of the school’s houses took part in a walk to the nearby coastguard watchtower – which the Duke of Edinburgh opened in 1955 – to lay flowers in tribute to the Queen.
The Queen had a close connection to Gordonstoun, with her husband, the late Prince Philip, studying there in his youth.
Their three sons, Charles, Andrew and Edward followed in his footsteps – an education that Charles said instilled in him self-discipline and a sense of responsibility.
The Princess Royal’s two children, Zara and Peter, were also students at the independent school.
Lisa Kerr, the school’s principal, said it was a “remarkable” day for the Gordonstoun community “in so many ways”.
She said: “Most importantly, it is our opportunity with the rest of the country to pay our respects to a much-loved and respected monarch.
“But of course, the Queen wasn’t just the Queen at Gordonstoun – she was also a Gordonstoun mum and a Gordonstoun grandmother, so it does feel like the passing of a member of the family.”
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Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives candidate for Asa/Ilorin West federal constituency in Kwara State, Alhaji Mohammed Ibrahim Ajia, has expressed optimism that Nigeria will reclaim its lost glory if the PDP is voted into power in the forthcoming general elections.
Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on the sideline of a prayer, organized to commemorate his 43rd birthday, Alhaji Ajia urged Nigerians to support the party and its candidates in the forthcoming general elections, saying that they would not be disappointed.
“The best is about to come. PDP can unite this country, bring back the economy, and bring back security. We can provide jobs for our teeming youths. Our women can be empowered. Insecurity can become something of the past if you support PDP.
“Moving toward the 2023 general elections, I urge all Nigerians to think deep and see where we are coming from and where we are today. Life is now meaningless under the APC government. We need to decide on the right thing to do. We all know what Nigeria was when PDP was ruling.
“We all know the rate of the dollars before they took over the power. How much was a bag of rice then? How much was garri and other foodstuffs? Today what is the cost of rice and other foodstuffs, and what is the level of insecurity? Can we travel by road with the rest of our minds? The answer is no.
“We have all seen where we found ourselves. I want to urge everybody that it’s not just by feeling the pain, we must all be ready to send out these bad leaders that brought us into this mess. We must send them out in totality. Don’t allow them to hide under the disguise of sharing money, APC is APC from beginning to end. Everything they can offer is what we are getting now.
“I want to urge Kwarans and Nigerians again, to think about those that go to the bed on daily basis without food, those who are sick and can not get good medical care, think about these and support our party, PDP. We have done it before and we will do it again.
“What was the level of poverty at that time? What was the inflation rate then? These are facts. The only alternative is PDP because we have done it before and we will do it again”
Ajia, who appreciated attendees at the prayer session for the show of love, especially, thanked the Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Sulugambari; Chief Imam of Ilorin, Alhaji Mohammad Bashir Imam Imale and the former senate president, Dr Bukola Saraki.
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If you switch on the TV in Nigeria, you might hear an English, Australian, or South African accent during the commercial breaks between programmes. For now.
ARCON, the country’s Advertising Regulatory Council, has taken the dramatic step of banning foreign models and voiceover artists on all national TV networks via a statement published on Twitter.
In it, Olaleken Fadalapo, the ARCON Director-General, said the change was ‘in line with the Federal Government’s policy of developing local talent and inclusive economic growth’, yet it also prompted a mixed response from online users.
An advertising surprise
Nigerian companies enjoy a relatively liberal advertising industry. It’s possible to see Nigerian online casinos advertising promotions like no deposit casino bonuses to internet users, or an alcoholic drinks company promoting its products on TV after 10pm – something impossible to see in other African nations. So, to see such a blanket ban imposed from the highest political level is quite a surprise.
ARCON’s tweet was very clear: referring to the Act No.23 of the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria, it announced a complete clampdown on foreign models or voiceover artists on any Nigerian advertising space.
The ban will come into effect as of October 1st, meaning firms have until then to adjust any unreleased content. Existing commercials which use foreign input in these areas will be allowed to run until the expiry of their current deal. However, future applications for the use of non-Nigerian specialists will not be permitted.
It’s led to a debate between onlookers, both Nigerian and from abroad, about the morality behind this action.
“Protecting local talent”
One of ARCON’s stated motives was to ‘protect local talent and boost the economy’, two ambitious but ultimately unpredictable targets.
An absence of foreign specialists will give more opportunities to their Nigerian counterparts and may encourage more local people to enter the modelling and voiceover industries.
Whether it will boost the economy, though, is a more difficult question to answer. Are these relatively small sectors really important enough to make a noticeable difference?
ARCON also underlined the need to ‘grow the Nigerian advertising industry’, which they may be able to do if they invest heavily in it. Companies may benefit from cheaper local labor and boost their profits as a result. This could result in more tax paid into the national coffers, however, again, it’s difficult to see how this could result in an accelerated growth.
“A loss of foreign talent”
The announcement provoked some criticism when published on Twitter, with some users pointing out potential flaws in ARCON’s argument.
One person stated how the industry would suffer from a loss of foreign talent, reducing the overall quality of advertising and having a negative impact on the industry.
To counter that, however, it may mean that companies instead train local talent to make up for the initial shortfall in expertise, resulting in more skilled Nigerian professionals.
Others pointed out how foreign countries could retaliate and simply ban Nigerian workers from similar roles in their own advertising industries. This could be a valid point, but for two doubts.
First, that it could be a case of ‘cutting off your nose to spite your face’ in that the foreign country itself suffers from a loss of Nigerian talent, and secondly, that the Nigerian ban may not make that much of a difference for a second country to bring in their own law change.
There is also the important argument that this move represents a form of xenophobia against foreigners, which is an accusation that ARCON now has to deal with.
More changes?
Strong moves such as this ARCON ban are often a signal of things to come. Could the Nigerian government take further steps and ban foreign workers from other bigger national industries?
If so, then they face significant dangers, including retaliation from other countries and an upheaval among foreign workers who contribute to the national tax system.
Supporters of such action, though, will point to protecting local talent as the most important thing. Whether they are proved right, though, will be difficult to know for some time. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/nigerias-ad-industry-bans-use-of-foreign-models-and-artists/ | 2022-09-19T18:57:57Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/nigerias-ad-industry-bans-use-of-foreign-models-and-artists/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit brought before it by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the vice-presidential candidates’ substitution done by the presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Bola Tinubu and that of the Labour Party, Peter Obi.
Justice Okorowo specifically held that the suit filed by Gordy Uche (SAN) on behalf of PDP was incompetent and unjustifiable as it disclosed no reasonable cause of action.
Besides, the judge said that PDP failed woefully to disclose any injury it suffered in the substitution of running mates carried out by APC and the Labour Party.
The running mates whose substitutions are being challenged by PDP are Kabiru Masari and Doyin Okupe for APC and Labour Party respectively.
The Judge held that the court has no jurisdiction to determine how the internal affairs of a political party should be done.
In the suit marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/1016/2022, PDP claimed that the Electoral Act 2022 did not make provision for a “placeholder” or temporary running mate and that time for resignation, withdrawal or substitution of presidential candidates of conduct of fresh primaries to replace them is not applicable to Masari and Okupe.
The judge held in the judgement delivered on Monday that, the PDP’s suit lacked merit and was aimed at irritating opponents in the 2023 presidential election.
Justice Okorowo specifically held that the suit filed by Gordy Uche (SAN) on behalf of PDP was incompetent and unjustifiable as it disclosed no reasonable cause of action.
Besides, the judge said that PDP failed to disclose any injury it suffered in the substitution of running mates carried out by APC and the Labour Party.
In the suit, PDP claimed that the Electoral Act 2022 did not make provision for a “place holder” or temporary running mate and that time for resignation, withdrawal or substitution of presidential candidates of conduct of fresh primaries to replace them is not applicable to Masari and Okupe.
PDP also contended that Tinubu and Obi can only qualify to contest the 2023 presidential election with Masari and Okupe as their respective running mates.
The judge however held that the issue of nomination and substitution are internal affairs of parties and that courts have no jurisdiction to dabble in them.
Defendants in the suit marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/1016/2022 are the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Kabiru Masari, Labour Party, Peter Obi and Doyin Okupe as 1st to 7th defendants respectively.
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The Chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum and Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has been appointed as the Zonal Coordinator of the Tinubu-Shettima Presidential Campaign Council in the South-West.
Akeredolu’s appointment was conveyed in a letter addressed to him and personally signed by the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
Asiwaju Tinubu, in the letter, dated August 8, 2022, noted that Akeredolu, who is also the Chairman of, South-West Governors’ Forum, deserved the appointment, owing to his impressive political achievements and the exemplary leadership he had demonstrated as Governor of his state and as a party member.
The letter reads: “By way of this letter, we are pleased to formally convey your appointment as the Zonal Campaign Coordinator (South West) of the Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council.
“This appointment is fitting and appropriate given your impressive political achievement and the exemplary leadership you have demonstrated as governor of your state and as a party member.
“We are grateful that you have joined our campaign team We know you will do your utmost in this new responsibility as we conduct an effective, message-driven campaign leading us to victory in the 2023 presidential election.”
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Tinubu appoints Akeredolu as South-West campaign coordinator | https://tribuneonlineng.com/tinubu-appoints-akeredolu-as-south-west-campaign-coordinator/ | 2022-09-19T18:58:23Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/tinubu-appoints-akeredolu-as-south-west-campaign-coordinator/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California woman has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for faking her own kidnapping so she could go back to a former boyfriend, which led to a three-week, multi-state search.
Forty-year-old Sherri Papini pleaded guilty last spring under a plea bargain.
U.S. District Judge William Shubb said he opted for a longer sentence than prosecutors recommended in order to deter others.
Papini was reported missing on Nov. 2, 2016, and was found 22 days later.
At the time, Papini told law enforcement officials that two Hispanic women had abducted her at gunpoint.
Passersby found her with injuries, including a blurred “brand” on her right shoulder.
Through their investigation, however, the Justice Department found that she wasn't abducted, according to a news release.
In August 2020, when investigators presented their evidence to her, she kept to her original kidnapping story, the DOJ said.
All of her injuries were self-inflicted.
The married mother of two was actually staying with a former boyfriend in Southern California.
He dropped her off about three weeks after she disappeared.
Papini also received $30,000 in victim assistance from the California Victim’s Compensation Board to pay for her to visit her therapist and for the ambulance ride to the hospital after she was initially found, which she must now back as part of her restitution. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/california-woman-gets-18-months-for-kidnapping-hoax | 2022-09-19T18:59:27Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/california-woman-gets-18-months-for-kidnapping-hoax | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Nearly half of Americans say that they would eat food past its listed expiration date as the price of food has gone up 13 percent in the last year, according to federal statistics.
“Americans are eating more expired foods and taking packaging recommendations into their own hands,” said Charlene Van Buiten, an assistant professor in Colorado State University's Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition. “38% of people say they would even go as far as removing the bad bits from food so they can still eat it.”
People are most likely to ignore expiration dates on potato chips, cereal and cookies. Nutrition experts say that could be a good thing, since the food is still edible, and it cuts down on food waste.
“I think people becoming more in touch with their food and using their intuition and learning more about food stability and storage is a net positive thing, especially when you think about the amount of food waste that we have as a society,” Van Buiten said.
The key for shoppers is to know the differences between “use by," "best by" and "sell by."
Use by is the only one that is similar to a true expiration date. Best by and sell by are more about quality, and less about whether the food is safe to eat.
“Maybe you don't want to eat stale bread, but you can,” she said. “It won't hurt you. So that's really the line we're walking with these use by, best by, sell by dates: Is it safe, versus is it still the best that it could possibly be.” | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/more-americans-say-theyre-eating-food-past-the-listed-expiration-date | 2022-09-19T18:59:52Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/more-americans-say-theyre-eating-food-past-the-listed-expiration-date | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A survivor of the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is getting a new home thanks to Reggaeton rapper Bad Bunny and Major League Baseball player Carlos Correa.
Ten-year-old Mayah Zamora spent 67 days in a hospital after being injured when a gunman opened fire inside Robb Elementary School in May.
Variety and "Today" reported that Zamora has undergone more than 20 surgeries after suffering gunshot wounds to her chest, back, hands and arms.
Variety and CNN reported that one of the top priorities for Zamora's family was finding a new place to live after hearing that the shooter lived blocks away from their home.
After hearing her story, the media outlets reported that Bad Bunny invited her to his concert last week in Arlington.
He also donated funds through his Good Bunny Foundation to the Correa Family Foundation to help Zamora’s family build a new home, the media outlets reported. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/reggaeton-star-bad-bunny-invites-uvalde-shooting-survivor-to-concert | 2022-09-19T19:00:04Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/reggaeton-star-bad-bunny-invites-uvalde-shooting-survivor-to-concert | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California woman has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for faking her own kidnapping so she could go back to a former boyfriend, which led to a three-week, multi-state search.
Forty-year-old Sherri Papini pleaded guilty last spring under a plea bargain.
U.S. District Judge William Shubb said he opted for a longer sentence than prosecutors recommended in order to deter others.
Papini was reported missing on Nov. 2, 2016, and was found 22 days later.
At the time, Papini told law enforcement officials that two Hispanic women had abducted her at gunpoint.
Passersby found her with injuries, including a blurred “brand” on her right shoulder.
Through their investigation, however, the Justice Department found that she wasn't abducted, according to a news release.
In August 2020, when investigators presented their evidence to her, she kept to her original kidnapping story, the DOJ said.
All of her injuries were self-inflicted.
The married mother of two was actually staying with a former boyfriend in Southern California.
He dropped her off about three weeks after she disappeared.
Papini also received $30,000 in victim assistance from the California Victim’s Compensation Board to pay for her to visit her therapist and for the ambulance ride to the hospital after she was initially found, which she must now back as part of her restitution. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/california-woman-gets-18-months-for-kidnapping-hoax | 2022-09-19T19:03:22Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/california-woman-gets-18-months-for-kidnapping-hoax | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Symbolism is always present at royal events, and Queen Elizabeth II's funeral Monday was no exception.
The first state funeral since that of Winston Churchill was watched by millions around the world, with many focusing on trappings of monarchy like the Imperial State Crown atop the coffin, which sparkles with nearly 3,000 diamonds.
Also present: Personal symbolism, like a handwritten note from the new king, and choices in attire from the royal family.
Veils
Black veils have long been a staple of traditional mourning attire at royal funerals. Catherine, Princess of Wales -- more commonly known as Kate -- wore a wide-brimmed hat with a veil attached.
Camilla, wife of King Charles III and now known as the Queen Consort, wore a similar veil.
Veils traditionally serve two main purposes: They are a clear symbol of mourning, while also allowing wearers a little more privacy as they grieve.
Matthew Storey, curator at Historic Royal Palaces, told Express that Queen Victoria set the tone for many traditions in mourning clothes: “When her beloved husband died in 1861 she abandoned the colourful clothes of her married life and, with the rest of the royal court, adopted black clothing as an outward sign of grief."
Victoria's subjects followed suit, Storey said, leading to "a rush on suppliers of mourning fabrics" across the country.
Veils aren't limited to British public figures: First lady Jackie Kennedy wore one during the funeral of former President John F. Kennedy.
Jewelry
Kate wore a four-strand pearl choker to the funeral with a diamond clasp. Pearls are used to symbolize mourning and were often worn by the late queen, but this particular necklace had an even more personal connection.
According to Harper's Bazaar, the necklace Kate wore had once belonged to Elizabeth. She first loaned it to Kate in 2017, and she later wore it to the funeral of Elizabeth's late husband Prince Philip. She isn't the only royal to have worn the necklace; the queen loaned it to Princess Diana in the 80s.
Harper's Bazaar said the pearl drop earrings worn by Kate were also part of the late queen's collection.
Princess Charlotte, Kate and Prince William's daughter, also wore a diamond horseshoe-shaped brooch to the funeral that was reportedly a gift from the queen, according to British media reports.
Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, also wore a pair of earrings that the queen gave her as a gift after her marriage to Prince Harry. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/kate-middleton-jewelry-subtle-tribute-to-the-queen-princess-diana/507-dd55ae31-ca86-411a-baa6-119bc7bf081b | 2022-09-19T19:03:22Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/kate-middleton-jewelry-subtle-tribute-to-the-queen-princess-diana/507-dd55ae31-ca86-411a-baa6-119bc7bf081b | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON — As Britain and the world says a final farewell to Queen Elizabeth II, there's another major royal event on the horizon.
While Charles officially became king the moment his mother died, and has already been formally proclaimed sovereign of the United Kingdom, he won't be crowned until his coronation.
No date has been set for the coronation of King Charles III and it likely won't take place until months from now, if history is any indication.
Queen Elizabeth II's coronation at Westminster Abbey took place more than a year after the sudden death of her father, George VI.
The 70th anniversary of the late monarch's coronation would be June 2, 2023.
While plans for Charles III's coronation have remained mostly under wraps, it's reportedly codenamed Operation Golden Orb.
The royal family's website explains that the coronation of a new king or queen follows "some months after his or her accession," so that it allows a "period of mourning" and also reflects " the enormous amount of preparation required to organize the ceremony."
Under this timeline, it's expected that Charles III's coronation will take place sometime in 2023. It's during this ceremony that the new monarch takes a coronation oath and is anointed and blessed by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Camilla would also likely be officially crowned Queen Consort at the same time as the coronation.
What happens to the queen's crown now?
During Queen Elizabeth II's committal service at St. George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, the Imperial State Crown and the sovereign’s orb and scepter were removed from the top of the queen’s coffin and placed on an altar, separating the queen from her crown for the last time.
The crown was created for the Coronation of King George VI in 1937. It's the crown the monarch wears as they leave Westminster Abbey after their coronation and is also used on our State occasions.
It's expected that the crown will now be returned to the Tower of London, where it is kept under armed guard in the Jewel House.
During a 2018 interview with the BBC, the queen described it as "very unwieldy."
She noted that because of the crown's weight, "you can't look down to read the speech, you have to take the speech up, because if you did your neck would break or it'd fall off."
"So there are some disadvantages to crowns, but otherwise they're quite important things," the queen remarked. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/when-is-the-coronation-of-king-charles/507-5f8b41fd-b05e-48d8-89da-535f1909bb72 | 2022-09-19T19:03:35Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/when-is-the-coronation-of-king-charles/507-5f8b41fd-b05e-48d8-89da-535f1909bb72 | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
On the anniversary of two previous major earthquakes in Mexico, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake rocked parts of the nation’s Pacific Coast on Monday.
It was not immediately clear how much damage was caused by Monday’s earthquake. The earthquake was centered 22 miles southeast of Aquila. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake started around 2:05 p.m. ET.
U.S. officials also warned of a possible tsunami of up to 3 meters in the Manzanillo region. Officials did not believe the U.S. coast faced any tsunami risk from Monday's earthquake.
The USGS received reports of moderate shaking in Mexico City, which is nearly 400 miles away from the earthquake’s epicenter.
Many Mexican states and municipalities had just completed earthquake preparation drills earlier in the afternoon when the quake struck.
On this day in 2017, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck the Puebla region, killing over 300 people. On Sept. 19, 1985, thousands died when a magnitude 8 earth struck central Mexico.
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A survivor of the tragic school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, is getting a new home thanks to Reggaeton rapper Bad Bunny and Major League Baseball player Carlos Correa.
Ten-year-old Mayah Zamora spent 67 days in a hospital after being injured when a gunman opened fire inside Robb Elementary School in May.
Variety and "Today" reported that Zamora has undergone more than 20 surgeries after suffering gunshot wounds to her chest, back, hands and arms.
Variety and CNN reported that one of the top priorities for Zamora's family was finding a new place to live after hearing that the shooter lived blocks away from their home.
After hearing her story, the media outlets reported that Bad Bunny invited her to his concert last week in Arlington.
He also donated funds through his Good Bunny Foundation to the Correa Family Foundation to help Zamora’s family build a new home, the media outlets reported. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/reggaeton-star-bad-bunny-invites-uvalde-shooting-survivor-to-concert | 2022-09-19T19:03:58Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/reggaeton-star-bad-bunny-invites-uvalde-shooting-survivor-to-concert | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The process of trying to advance the original story and simultaneously replicate it becomes a jump that initially appears beyond the reach of "Quantum Leap," an NBC redo of one of the more provocative concepts from the network's golden years. Situated after "The Voice," the series seems destined to get a look from viewers, but despite a serialized mystery, that won't prevent some from jumping out just as quickly.
Building off the original show, the concept features a group of scientists and military personnel working on the project that Dr. Sam Beckett (originally played by Scott Bakula) pursued in the earlier series, before disappearing in the mid-1990s.
Here, physicist Ben Song (Raymond Lee) takes the leap into an accelerator given a special-effects upgrade, throwing him back into the lives of others -- in this first episode, a getaway driver in 1985.
As with the previous series, the show has considerable fun establishing the historical moment, with songs by the likes of David Bowie and Duran Duran setting the mood. (It also happens to be the year before the Fox network made its debut, so for NBC in terms of its place in a less-competitive TV landscape, happier times.)
Here, though, Ben's jump proves a mystery to his colleagues, including his fiancée Addison (Caitlin Bassett), who in this telling serves as the hologram appearing to assist him even as the team back home labors to decipher both why he took the risk without notifying them and how to bring him back.
Recently featured in "Top Gun: Maverick," Lee makes for a solid lead, and oscillating between past and present does add a bit more dimension to the framework, which still boasts the procedural component of Ben helping a different person each week before leaping into a new setting. At home, the team is headed by a career military man (Ernie Hudson), while Addison struggles with Ben's lost memories and what to tell him about their relationship.
Still, "Quantum Leap" distinguished itself in its day by using the then-ambitious format to explore social issues and history. Even then, the show was never really a major hit, although it did survive five seasons before ending somewhat unceremoniously.
While the premise stood out at the time -- representing the kind of unorthodox swing the late NBC executive Brandon Tartikoff liked to take -- its formula of using the past as a window into the present feels decidedly less distinctive now, and balancing that with the serialized component feels a trifle strained at first blush.
Recycling familiar titles has become a tried-and-true method of slicing through the programming clutter, and by that measure "Quantum Leap" starts with a certain advantage. But the clock is already ticking, and in the current TV environment, time might not be on its side.
"Quantum Leap" premieres September 19 at 10 p.m. ET on NBC.
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The Biden administration is largely downplaying President Joe Biden's comments declaring the coronavirus pandemic "over," suggesting his remarks signal a continuation of the White House's evolving stance toward the pandemic over the past few months.
"The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID. We're still doing a lot of work on it. It's -- but the pandemic is over," Biden said during an interview with CBS "60 Minutes" that aired Sunday. The comments caught some in the administration by surprise, according to two officials.
A day later, an administration official told CNN that the President's comments do not mark a change in policy toward the administration's handling of the virus, and there are no plans to lift the Public Health Emergency, which has been in place since January 2020 and is currently extended through October 13.
Last month, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adjusted its COVID-19 guidance to urge the nation away from measures such as quarantines and social distancing and instead focus on reducing severe disease from COVID-19. But the agency says some people -- including those who are older, immunocompromised, have certain disabilities or underlying health conditions -- are at higher risk for serious illness and may need to take more precautions.
Officials, including the President, have previously spoken about a new phase for the virus but have specifically said it is not yet over. Biden outlined a transition in the White House's perspective on the virus in March, saying at the time that COVID is not over, but "no longer controls our lives."
"Because of the strategy we executed over the past year on vaccinations, testing, treatments, and more, we're now in a new moment in this pandemic. It does not mean that COVID-19 is over; it means that COVID-19 no longer controls our lives. That's what it means," he said at the White House on March 30.
And in April, Biden medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci told PBS NewsHour that the US is "certainly, right now, in this country, out of the pandemic phase."
But the next day, he told CNN that his comments had been mischaracterized by some to mean that the pandemic is over, "which is not what I said."
"We're not over the pandemic. Don't let anybody get the misinterpretation that the pandemic is over, but what we are in is a different phase of the pandemic," Fauci said. "A phase that's a transition phase, hopefully headed toward more of a control where you can actually get back to some form of normality without total disruption of society, economically, socially, school-wise, etc."
Nearly five months later, Biden's comments that the pandemic is "over" could pose political problems to the administration's efforts to seek additional funding for COVID-19 response.
The White House sent a supplemental funding request to Congress to include support for Ukraine, the responses to COVID-19 and monkeypox, and natural disaster recovery for the next government funding bill ahead of a September 30 deadline. That included a $22.4 billion request officials say is needed for testing, treatment and vaccines. Congressional negotiators have indicated that COVID-19 funding is unlikely to be included in the funding bill.
The administration is currently taking some steps to move pieces of the pandemic response toward the commercial market, efforts that are likely to be accelerated in the absence of federal funding.
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Biden to host 2021 World Series champion Atlanta Braves
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host the 2021 World Series champion Atlanta Braves at the White House.
Biden is getting in the Sept. 26 visit with just about a week before the 2022 regular season wraps up and playoffs begin. The Braves beat the Houston Astros in six games last year. The Braves are in second place in the National League East standings with 91 wins. Post-season begins Oct. 7.
The president, regardless of party, often honors major league and some college sports champions with a White House ceremony, typically nonpartisan affairs in which the commander in chief pays tribute to the champs’ prowess, poses for photos and comes away with a team jersey.
Those visits were highly charged in the previous administration. Many athletes took issue with President Donald Trump’s policies and rhetoric on policing, immigration and more. Trump, for his part, didn’t take kindly to the criticism from athletes or their on-field expressions of political opinion.
Under Biden, the tradition appears to be back. He’s hosted the NBA champion Milwaukee Bucks and Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the White House. | https://www.41nbc.com/biden-to-host-2021-world-series-champion-atlanta-braves/ | 2022-09-19T19:05:07Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/biden-to-host-2021-world-series-champion-atlanta-braves/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Fiona slams Dominican Republic after pounding Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Fiona roared over the Dominican Republic on Monday, a day after knocking out power to all of Puerto Rico and causing damage the governor described as “catastrophic.” Many people were also left without water service.
The blow from Fiona was made more devastating because Puerto Rico has yet to recover from Hurricane Maria, which killed nearly 3,000 people and destroyed the power grid in 2017. Five years later, more than 3,000 homes on the island still have blue tarps for a roof.
The wind and water from Fiona stripped the pavement from roads, tore off roofs and sent torrents pouring into homes. The storm also took out a bridge and flooded an airport runway.
Authorities reported no deaths directly from Fiona, but Puerto Rico officials said it was too early to know the full scope of damage. The storm was still expected to unleash torrential rain across the U.S. territory.
Officials reported one death associated with the blackout — a 70-year-old man was burned to death when he tried to fill his generator with gasoline while it was running.
Gov. Pedro Pierluisi declined to say how long it would take to fully restore electricity, but said for most customers, “it’s a question of days”
The island’s National Weather Service office said flash flooding was occurring in south-central parts of Puerto Rico and tweeted, “MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY!”
Up to 22 inches (56 centimeters) of rain fell in some areas of Puerto Rico and forecasters said another 4 to 8 inches could fall as the storm moves away, with even more possible in some places.
Rain totals of up to 15 inches (38 centimeters) were projected for the eastern Dominican Republic, where authorities closed ports and beaches and told most people to stay home from work.
“It’s important people understand that this is not over,” said Ernesto Morales, a weather service meteorologist in San Juan.
He said flooding reached “historic levels,” with authorities evacuating or rescuing hundreds of people across Puerto Rico.
“The damages that we are seeing are catastrophic,” Pierluisi said.
Water service was cut to more than 837,000 customers — two thirds of the total on the island — because of turbid water at filtration plants or lack of power, officials said.
Before dawn Monday, authorities in a boat navigated the flooded streets of the north coast town of Catano and used a megaphone to alert people that the pumps had collapsed, urging them to evacuate as soon as possible.
Authorities said at least 1,300 people spent the night in shelters across the island.
Brown water rushed through streets, into homes and covered a runway in southern Puerto Rico.
The system also ripped asphalt from roads and washed away a bridge in the central mountain town of Utuado that police said was installed by the National Guard after Maria hit as a Category 4 storm.
Fiona also tore the roofs off homes, including that of Nelson Cirino in the northern coastal town of Loiza.
“I was sleeping and saw when the corrugated metal flew off,” he said as he watched rain drench his belongings and wind whip his colorful curtains into the air.
On Monday morning, Fiona was centered about 10 miles (15 kilometers) southeast of Samana in the Dominican Republic, with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. It was moving to the northwest at 8 mph (13 kph).
Tropical storm-force winds extended for 140 miles (220 kilometers) from the center.
The storm was expected to move into the Atlantic in the afternoon and pass close to the Turks and Caicos islands on Tuesday. It could draw near Bermuda as a major hurricane late Thursday or on Friday, forecasters said.
Authorities announced Monday that power had been returned to 100,000 customers on the island of 3.2 million people, but power distribution company Luma said it could take days to fully restore service.
U.S. President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency as the eye of the storm approached the island’s southwest corner.
Puerto Rico’s health centers were running on generators, and some of those failed. Health Secretary Carlos Mellado said crews rushed to repair generators at the Comprehensive Cancer Center, where several patients had to be evacuated.
Fiona previously battered the eastern Caribbean, killing one man in the French territory of Guadeloupe when floodwaters washed his home away, officials said.
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GOP’s election-year standing with independents at risk
COLUMBUS, Wis. (AP) — Sarah Motiff has voted for Sen. Ron Johnson every time his name appeared on the ballot, starting in 2010 when the Wisconsin Republican was first elected as part of the tea party wave. Fond of his tough views on spending, she began the year planning to support his reelection again.
She became skeptical this summer as the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection reported his office discussed giving then-Vice President Mike Pence certificates with fake presidential electors for Donald Trump from Wisconsin and Michigan, part of a broader push to overturn Joe Biden’s victory. Johnson has downplayed the effort and the certificates were never given to Pence, but Motiff, a political independent, wasn’t convinced.
“I’m not going to lie when I say I’ve had some concerns about some of the reports that have come out,” the 52-year-old nonpartisan city councilwoman from Columbus, Wisconsin, said. “It just put a bad taste in my mouth.”
Nudged further by the June U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidating a woman’s constitutional right to an abortion, Motiff is opposing Johnson and supports his Democratic challenger, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, in one of the most fiercely-contested Senate races this year.
“Which was really a hard decision for me because I do think he’s done good things in the past,” Motiff said of Johnson. “But this is pretty damaging.”
Motiff’s evolution represents the challenge for Republicans emerging from a tumultuous summer, defined by the court decision, high-profile hearings on former President Donald Trump’s actions during the insurrection and intensifying legal scrutiny of his handling of classified information and efforts to overturn the election. Now, a midterm campaign that the GOP hoped would be a referendum on President Joe Biden and the economy is at risk of becoming a comparison of the two parties, putting Republicans in an unexpectedly defensive position.
In politically-divided Wisconsin where recent elections have been decided by a few thousand votes, the outcome could hinge on self-described independent voters like Motiff.
“Having former President Trump so prominently in the news in so many ways makes it easier for Democrats to frame the midterm as a choice between two competing futures as opposed to a referendum on the Democrat governance,” said Republican pollster Whit Ayres. “That’s hurting Republicans. It’s distracting from the referendum message and allowing more of a focus on a choice of two different parties.”
That tension is playing out in Columbia County, Wisconsin, a constellation of tidy small towns surrounded by rolling dairy farm country, all within commuting distance of Madison.
Statewide, top-of-the-ticket candidates have won by barely a percentage point in the past three elections. Trump won Columbia County by a little more than 500 votes out of 33,000 cast in 2020.
In interviews with more than a dozen independent voters here over two days last week, many were rethinking their support of the GOP this fall.
Steve Gray, a self-described Republican-leaning independent “but never a Trump fan,” opposed the June court decision, because he backs abortion rights. But the 61-year-old school maintenance manager also resented what he saw as an unwelcome political power play by out-of-power Republicans.
“Trump stacked the Supreme Court. We all knew he wanted to overturn Roe,” said Gray, of small-town Rio, where Trump won by two votes in 2020. “That decision was a partisan hand grenade Trump threw into this election.”
The court decision “upended the physics of midterm elections,” said Jesse Stinebring, a pollster advising several Democratic campaigns.
It gave voters the rare opportunity to judge a policy advance backed by the minority party, distracting them from a pure up-or-down vote on majority Democrats, he said.
“The backlash from a political perspective isn’t directed at the traditional party in power, but is actually reframed in terms of this Republican control of the Supreme Court,” Stinebring said.
The decision made Dilaine Noel’s vote automatic.
The 29-year-old data analytics director for a Madison-area business said she had never affiliated with either party.
Despite her grievances about Democrats’ warring moderate and liberal wings, her support for abortion rights gave her no choice than to vote for the party’s candidates this fall.
“By default, I have to move in that direction,” said Noel, from small-town Poynette in the Wisconsin River valley. “I’m being forced to.”
Mary Percifield is a lifelong independent voter who says the abortion decision motivated her to vote Democratic because she worries the court might overturn other rights.
“A right has been taken away from us,” the 68-year-old customer service representative from Pardeeville, said. “I question if a woman’s right to vote will be taken away. A woman’s right for birth control.”
Independent voters who lean neither Democrat nor Republican nationally preferred Biden over Trump, 52% to 37% in 2020, and preferred Democrats over Republicans in U.S. House races by a similar margin in the 2018 midterms, according to AP VoteCast. Independents who lean neither Democrat nor Republican made up 5% of the 2020 electorate and 12% in 2018.
Independents had moved toward Republicans by early this year, seeking answers on the economy, said Republican pollster David Winston, a senior adviser to House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy. But they have drifted back toward Democrats as efforts by GOP leaders to focus on the economy have clashed with Republican attacks on the Justice Department and Trump’s continuing complaints about the 2020 election.
“Everything is suddenly back in the context of Trump,” Winston said in light of Trump’s prominent endorsement of Senate candidates and protests of the federal investigation into classified documents recovered from his Florida home. “It’s not that Democrats are gaining. It’s that Republicans over the summer were off talking about a variety of things. And independents are thinking, ‘If you’re not talking specifically about the problems that I’m concerned about, why am I listening?’”
Republicans remain optimistic about their chances in November, particularly about netting the handful of seats they need to regain the U.S. House majority. Inflation remains high and, despite a recent uptick, approval of Biden is still low for a party hoping to maintain its hold on power.
The economy remains the most effective message and one that breaks through others, GOP campaign officials say.
“Prices and things are so front-of-mind to people,” said Calvin Moore, the communications director for Congressional Leadership Fund, a superPAC supporting Republican U.S. House candidates. “It’s not just something that’s on the news. It’s something they are experiencing every day in their daily life. It’s something they face themselves every day when they go to the grocery store.”
A shift by independents is particularly meaningful in Wisconsin, as Republicans work to overtake Democrats’ one-seat majority in the Senate.
Johnson, among the most vulnerable Republicans running for reelection this fall, is locked in a tight race with Barnes, Wisconsin’s lieutenant governor. Of the most competitive Senate seats this year, his is the only one held by a Republican.
Though Johnson dismissed testimony about fake electors as staff work which never never reached him, it reminded Christian Wood, an independent voter from Lodi, of Johnson’s opposition to certifying the election before Jan. 6. Johnson reversed course after the riot.
“It’s absolutely scary,” said Wood, who has often voted Republican. “To me that’s the most existential threat to our democracy. And to think he was even considering it makes him a non-starter.”
There’s time for an economic message to win out, but it will require news about Trump fading, GOP pollster Ayres said.
Meanwhile, Trump has a full schedule of fall campaign travel for candidates he has endorsed.
“Any distraction from that focus undermines the best Republican message,” he said. | https://www.41nbc.com/gops-election-year-standing-with-independents-at-risk/ | 2022-09-19T19:05:19Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/gops-election-year-standing-with-independents-at-risk/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
How to get a student loan refund if you paid during pandemic
NEW YORK (AP) — When President Joe Biden announced a plan to forgive student loan debt, many borrowers who kept making payments during the pandemic wondered if they’d made the right choice.
Borrowers who paid down their debt during a pandemic freeze that started in March 2020 can in fact get a refund — and then apply for forgiveness – but the process for doing that hasn’t always been clear.
If you think you’re eligible, here’s what you need to know:
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WHO IS ELIGIBLE FOR A REFUND?
Borrowers who hold eligible federal student loans and have made voluntary payments since March 13, 2020, can get a refund, according to the Department of Education.
For some people, that refund will be automatic. You can get a refund without applying if your payments brought your loan balance below the maximum debt relief amount: $10,000 for all borrowers, and $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients. Borrowers can check their balance in their studentaid.gov account.
For example, if a borrower paid $100 a month for 10 months of the pandemic and their balance is now $8,000, that $1,000 will automatically be refunded. Then they can apply to get the rest of their debt forgiven.
But if a borrower paid throughout the pandemic and still owes $14,000, they won’t get an automatic refund. They can, however, apply to have $10,000 of that debt erased.
Another group of people that has to apply for a refund is those who completely paid off their loan balance during the pandemic. If that’s you, you’re eligible for loan forgiveness, but you’ll have to request a refund prior to applying for debt relief. Borrowers should confirm their eligibility for the loan forgiveness program prior to requesting a refund.
For example, if a borrower had $5,000 in debt at the start of the pandemic and paid it all back during the freeze, but is eligible for up to $10,000 in forgiveness, they would apply for a $5,000 refund, then apply to have their debt forgiven.
“Borrowers who paid off their loans during the pause will need to request a refund first, then request cancellation,” said a spokesperson from the Department
of Education.
The refund is not available for private student loans.
Eligible federal student loans:
—Direct Loans (defaulted and non defaulted)
—Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) Program loans held by ED (defaulted and non defaulted)
—Federal Perkins Loans held by ED (defaulted and non defaulted)
—Defaulted FFEL Program loans not held by ED
—Defaulted HEAL loans
If you are not sure which loan you have, visit your dashboard at studentaid.gov and find the “my loan servicers” section. If you can’t access your dashboard, you can call the Federal Student Aid office at 1-800-433-3243 to ask for loan servicer information.
HOW CAN I APPLY FOR A REFUND?
Borrowers who want a specific amount refunded can apply by calling their loan service provider. Right now, refunds are only being done via phone and not through any website or email.
When the Biden Administration announced the forgiveness, loan servicers found themselves inundated with calls. But many borrowers now say they’re not waiting long when calling.
“I was on hold for about five minutes,” said Megan McParland, of New Jersey, who graduated in 2018 and made several payments during the payment freeze.
McParland requested a refund the first week of September. At first, she felt the servicer tried to dissuade her from making the request. But after confirming that she wanted to proceed, she was told that she would see her refund in about a month.
Sierra Tibbs, a 47-year-old resident of Casselberry, Florida, had a similar experience. The entire phone call with her loan servicer took around 20 minutes.
Tibbs applied for a refund after seeing a video online informing her that she could get back money she paid during the pandemic.
If you are unsure who services your loan, or if the servicer changed during the pandemic, visit your student aid account dashboard and scroll to “my loan servicers” or call 1-800-433-3243.
Before calling your loan provider to request your refund, you need to know your account number and the amount you want refunded.
—Loan servicers’ phone numbers:
FedLoan Servicing: 1-800-699-2908
Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc.: 1-800-236-4300
Edfinancial: 1-855-337-6884
MOHELA: 1-888-866-4352
Aidvantage: 1-800-722-1300
Nelnet: 1-888-486-4722
OSLA Servicing: 1-866-264-9762
ECSI: 1-866-313-3797
Default Resolution Group: 1-800-621-3115 (1-877-825-9923 for the deaf or hard of hearing)
HOW WILL THE REFUND WORK — AND WHEN WILL MY LOANS BE FORGIVEN?
When you request a refund, the amount that you have paid during the payment freeze will be added back to your student loan balance, said Katherine Welbeck, Civil Rights Counsel for the Student Borrower Protection Center.
That amount is still eligible for cancellation and can be eliminated after you apply for forgiveness.
You’re eligible for debt relief if you had an annual federal income below $125,000 individually or $250,000 if you’re married or head of household in 2020 or 2021. The application is expected to open in early October and you can apply until Dec. 31, 2023.
It is unclear when borrowers will see debt relief. So far, the plan only mentions borrowers will be notified by their loan servicer when their debt is forgiven. There is also a possibility that forgiveness could be delayed if the Biden administration faces legal challenges.
Laura Baum, a 30-year-old resident of Chicago, paid $5,000 during the payment freeze toward her $15,000 remaining debt. She is eligible to have $20,000 canceled since she was a Pell grant recipient when she was an undergraduate. At the beginning of September, Baum called her loan servicer and asked for a refund.
But because of the uncertainty, she is planning to save that money until the Department of Education confirms her debt has been canceled.
“I’m going to hold on to that refund until I absolutely see $0 in my student loans,” Baum said.
WHEN IS THE DEADLINE TO APPLY?
The deadline to apply for a refund is December 31, 2023. However, Welbeck recommends that you apply for a refund before you apply for debt forgiveness.
“If you apply first, you can process the refund to get your money back, and then that balance in your account is canceled,” Welbeck said.
The application process for loan forgiveness is expected to take four to six weeks.
The Department of Education is offering a subscription page where you can sign up to be notified when the application is open.
HOW MUCH CAN I GET REFUNDED?
You can get a refund for the entire amount you paid during the payment freeze, according to the Department of Education. However, you can choose a lower amount.
You might pick this option if, during the pandemic, you paid enough to get your debt below the maximum amount of forgiveness. You could get a partial refund, then apply to have your remaining debt wiped out.
Say you had $15,000 worth of debt remaining at the beginning of the payment freeze and have since paid $8,000, but qualify for $10,000 in debt relief. You might decide to ask for a refund of just $3,000. Then, your debt balance will be exactly $10,000, and you can apply for maximum loan forgiveness.
WHEN WILL I GET MY REFUND?
Borrowers should expect to receive their refund six to 12 weeks after requesting it, according to the Department of Education. But you might want to double-check with your loan servicer.
McParland’s loan servicer told her that she should see her refunded amount in 30 to 45 business days, but Baum was told that it would take 60 to 70 business days to see her money back in her bank account.
IS THE REFUND TAXABLE INCOME?
It is not yet clear if the refunded money will be considered taxable income. Welbeck recommends borrowers check with financial advisers from their own state.
Some states, such as Indiana, have already said they will tax debt relief for people who have their student loans canceled. Policies vary from state to state.
DOES THE REFUND AFFECT MY CREDIT SCORE?
Since the Department of Education has not yet announced how the cancellation or refunds will be reported to the credit bureaus, it is still uncertain if these amounts will affect borrowers’ credit scores, said Welbeck.
SHOULD I START PAYING AGAIN WHEN THE PAYMENT FREEZE ENDS?
The pandemic payment freeze is set to end Dec. 31. If you have not seen debt relief by then, you are still expected to start making payments. Welbeck recommends that borrowers enroll in income-driven repayment plans before the end of the payment freeze.
Income-driven repayment plans allow you to set an affordable payment amount based on income and family size.
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Macon man dies in crash early Monday
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — A male passenger is dead after a fatal crash on Pio Nono Avenue a little in the early hours of Monday.
According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, the wreck took place just before 12:30 a.m., on Monday, September 19th, at the intersection between Pio Nono and Rocky Creek Road.
It’s reported that an SUV and a Nissan collided at the intersection, when the Nissan– which was crossing the intersection– crashed into the SUV. The male passenger in the Nissan, 33-year-old Anthony Hill of Macon, was pronounced dead on the scene.
The driver of the Nissan had no injuries, and the driver of the SUV was brought to the hospital with non life-threatening injuries. | https://www.41nbc.com/macon-man-dies-in-crash-early-monday/ | 2022-09-19T19:05:31Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/macon-man-dies-in-crash-early-monday/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Queen Elizabeth II mourned by Britain and world at funeral
LONDON (AP) — Britain and the world said a final goodbye to Queen Elizabeth II at a state funeral Monday that drew presidents and kings, princes and prime ministers — and crowds who massed along the streets of London to honor a monarch whose 70-year reign defined an age.
In a country known for pomp and pageantry, the first state funeral since Winston Churchill’s was filled with spectacle: Ahead of the service, a bell tolled 96 times — once a minute for each year of Elizabeth’s life. Then, 142 Royal Navy sailors used ropes to draw the gun carriage carrying her flag-draped coffin to Westminster Abbey before pallbearers bore it inside the church, where around 2,000 people ranging from world leaders to health care workers gathered to mourn her.
The trappings of state and monarchy abounded: The coffin was draped with the Royal Standard and atop it sat the Imperial State Crown, sparkling with almost 3,000 diamonds, and the sovereign’s orb and scepter.
But the personal was also present: The coffin was followed into the church by generations of Elizabeth’s descendants, including King Charles III, heir to the throne Prince William and 9-year-old George, who is second in line. On a wreath atop the coffin, a handwritten note read, “In loving and devoted memory,” and was signed Charles R — for Rex, or king.
“Here, where Queen Elizabeth was married and crowned, we gather from across the nation, from the Commonwealth, and from the nations of the world, to mourn our loss, to remember her long life of selfless service, and in sure confidence to commit her to the mercy of God our maker and redeemer,” the dean of the medieval abbey, David Hoyle, told the mourners, as the funeral opened.
The service drew to a close with two minutes of silence observed across the United Kingdom, after which the attendees sang the national anthem, now titled “God Save the King.”
The day began early when the doors of Parliament’s 900-year-old Westminster Hall were closed to mourners after hundreds of thousands had filed in front of her coffin.
Monday was declared a public holiday in honor of Elizabeth, who died Sept. 8 — and hundreds of thousands of people descended on central London to partake in the historic moment. They jammed the sidewalks to watch the coffin wend its way through the streets of the capital after the service. As the procession passed Buckingham Palace, the queen’s official residence in the city, staff stood outside, some bowing and curtseying.
Mark Elliott, a 53-year-old who traveled to London from the Lake District in northern England with his wife and two children to watch the procession, got up at 1:30 a.m. to stake out a good viewing location near the palace.
“I know we don’t know the queen, but she’s been our head of state for 70 years, you feel as though you know her, you feel as though she’s part of the family. It is kind of moving,” he said.
More people lined the route the hearse took from the capital out to Windsor, where a committal service will be held in St. George’s Chapel on the grounds of a castle where the queen spent much of her time. They threw flowers at the convoy as it passed, and some rested on top of the hearse.
The queen will be laid to rest with her late husband, Prince Philip, at a private family service.
Millions more tuned into the funeral live on television, and crowds flocked to parks and public spaces across the U.K. to watch it on screens. Even the Google doodle turned a respectful black for the day.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said in his sermon that “few leaders receive the outpouring of love we have seen” for Elizabeth.
U.S. President Joe Biden, French President Emmanuel Macron, all of the living former British prime ministers as well as European royalty attended the the funeral.
In Japan, whose Emperor Naruhito attended the funeral, several people sipped beer and watched the service at The Aldgate British pub in Tokyo’s fashionable Shibuya district.
“The queen had an especially long history in a country that boasts a long history, and so she deserves deep respect,” said dentist Tomotaka Hosokawa.
On the evening before the funeral, Charles issued a message of thanks to people in the U.K. and around the world, saying he and his wife Camilla, the queen consort, have been “moved beyond measure” by the large numbers of people who have turned out to pay their respects to the queen.
Jilly Fitzgerald, who was in Windsor, said there was a sense of community among the mourners as they prepared to wait hours to see procession carrying the queen’s coffin.
“It’s good to be with all the people who are all feeling the same. It’s like a big family because everyone feels that … the queen was part of their family,” she said. | https://www.41nbc.com/queen-elizabeth-ii-mourned-by-britain-and-world-at-funeral/ | 2022-09-19T19:05:37Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/queen-elizabeth-ii-mourned-by-britain-and-world-at-funeral/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Rapper Mystikal pleads not guilty to rape, drug charges
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Grammy-nominated rapper Mystikal pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges accusing him of raping and choking a woman at his home in Louisiana and of possessing several drugs.
The 51-year-old performer whose given name is Michael Tyler is innocent of all charges, attorney Joel Pearce said after the arraignment in Ascension Parish court in Gonzales, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) from Baton Rouge.
The charges include first-degree rape, which carries an automatic life sentence.
Pearce said he has not been able to get copies of the two indictments, but they were read aloud in court.
Charges also include simple criminal damage to property, false imprisonment, domestic abuse battery by strangulation, simple robbery, possession of heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine and Xanax, and possession of drug paraphernalia, he said.
“My client doesn’t even do drugs, so he has absolutely no idea what they were talking about,” Pearce said in a telephone interview during his 250-mile (402-kilometer) drive from Gonzales to Shreveport.
He said bond may be discussed at a hearing Oct. 17. Prosecutors said they plan to bring up Tyler’s 2003 guilty plea to sexual battery and extortion as evidence of prior crimes, said Pearce.
Tyler and two bodyguards had videotaped themselves in sex acts with Tyler’s hairstylist. The prosecutor in that case, Sue Bernie, said in 2003 that the woman told investigators that Tyler accused her of stealing $80,000 worth of his checks and told her he would not go to police if she did something “degrading.” The woman denied stealing any money, Bernie said.
A letter in court records before Tyler’s sentencing stated that he had paid the woman $350,000.
He served six years in prison on that conviction, which came the same year that he was nominated for two Grammy awards. He also received a Grammy nomination in 2001.
Pearce said he doesn’t know what the woman who is now accusing Tyler allegedly was robbed of, but the criminal damage charge accuses him of breaking the band of her Apple watch.
Pearce represented Tyler on rape and kidnapping charges that prosecutors in northwest Louisiana dropped in December 2020. Those charges, brought in 2017, had kept Tyler jailed nearly 18 months before he was released on $3 million bond.
“People keep saying it’s his third time to be charged” with rape, Pearce said, but Tyler pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in Baton Rouge. “And in Caddo Parish, after a grand jury indicted him, they un-indicted him.”
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