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Major Jono Holland, JP, Ph.D., Major Jono Holland, JP, Ph.D., Lead Chaplain of the Central Region –Linton Defense Health Directorate DHD New Zealand Defense Force NZDF Chaplaincy led everyone in prayer before awarding the Certificates of Achievement for the Chaplains seven day “Best Practice” course September 20th, 2022 during Exercise Cartwheel 2022. Exercise Cartwheel is a multilateral military-to-military training exercise with the United States, Republic of Fiji Military, Australian, New Zealand, and British forces that builds expeditionary readiness and interoperability by increasing the capacity to face a crisis and contingencies by developing and stressing units at the highest training levels.
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Participants were given the Certificate of Achievement for the completion of the trilateral Chaplaincy training course on September 20, 2022, held by CPT Kara, Dreflak Utley, 2nd Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Chaplain, Major Jono Holland, JP, Ph.D., Major Jono Holland, JP, Ph.D., Lead Chaplain of the Central Region –Linton Defense Health Directorate DHD New Zealand Defense Force NZDF. Exercise Cartwheel is a multilateral military-to-military training exercise with the United States, Republic of Fiji Military, Australian, New Zealand, and British forces that builds expeditionary readiness and interoperability by increasing the capacity to face a crisis and contingencies by developing and stressing units at the highest training levels.
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Prince William County’s school system says it’s evaluating the new state policies regarding treatment of transgender students but will continue to support “an inclusive environment for all students and staff.”
According to new “model policies” released by the Virginia Department of Education on Sept. 16, students must have permission from parents to change their name and gender at school and use bathrooms that correspond with the “sex they were assigned at birth.”
Additionally, the policy changes seem to suggest that teachers can not be compelled to use a student’s preferred pronouns or name if they “may be contrary to their personal or religious beliefs.”
The biggest immediate impact for school systems across the commonwealth could come from the parental consent policy, which would force transgender, gender non-binary or genderfluid students to inform their parents or guardians in order to be called by their preferred name or pronouns in school.
As for bathroom use, the VDOE document itself acknowledges the superseding federal law established in Grimm v. Gloucester, in which the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held that Gavin Gramm, a transgender student in Gloucester County, had the right to use the boys bathroom in school.
“Like every school division, PWCS is currently evaluating the model policies and will evaluate any revisions to its current policies and procedures that may be needed to remain in compliance with state and federal law,” Diana Gulotta, the school system’s director of communications, said in a statement to InsideNoVa. “PWCS remains committed to its nondiscrimination policy inclusive of sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation. PWCS supports an inclusive environment for all students and staff.”
School Board Chair Babur Lateef – having already joined, with the board, in one lawsuit against Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the VDOE on mask mandates earlier this year – told InsideNoVa the board is exploring the “legal implications” of the new policies.
But others have suggested that lawsuits are likely to come, whether from a student who can claim harm from the new policy or from school systems looking to pre-empt the policies – which don’t take effect until the end of October – through an injunction.
Del. Danica Roem, D-13th District, said that in her estimation, the policies violated the Grimm decision and the Virginia Human Rights Act prohibiting discrimination in education. In Roem’s opinion, another part of the policy mandating that athletics participation be determined by “biological sex” could also be challenged.
“On every level, at the local level, state level, federal level, I believe he does not have the authority,” Roem, elected in 2017 as the state’s first transgender lawmaker, said of Youngkin. “It’s in direct violation of the law.”
Lateef wouldn’t say whether the School Board would be interested in joining another lawsuit, but he told InsideNoVa that the board “had made efforts to keep schools safe for everyone.”
“We will continue to do so,” he said. “We have not needed rules from the VDOE or any governor to tell our School Board how to act with kindness and compassion for all.”
Like all 131 school divisions in the state, Prince William County Schools has been complying with 2021 model policies issued under Gov. Ralph Northam’s VDOE, which required no “substantiating evidence” for a student to use names or pronouns that differed from what they were assigned at birth.
Youngkin’s administration says that the new model policies are meant to protect “parental rights” by not allowing students to change the way they identify in school without any notice.
“The 2022 model policy posted delivers on the governor’s commitment to preserving parental rights and upholding the dignity and respect of all public school students,” Youngkin spokesperson Macaulay Porter said in a statement. “It is not under a school’s or the government’s purview to impose a set of particular ideological beliefs on all students. Key decisions rest, first and foremost, with the parents.”
But Roem said the rules around parental notification represent a one-size-fits-all approach that could put some children in harm’s way.
She said she is all for parental rights, but that some students don’t tell parents about their gender identity for a reason, and that Youngkin might be trying to score political points with Republican base voters ahead of a 2024 presidential run “on the backs of my student constituents and his alike.”
“It’s impossible to ensure the safety of every kid who you’d actually be forcing to be outed at home,” she told InsideNoVa. “The fact is that more than 40% of homeless youths identify as LGBTQ and that’s because many of them get kicked out of their homes when they come out … Trans kids get bullied relentlessly, they get physically beat up, they get emotionally abused.”
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Few issues have polarized our community in recent years as much as Prince William County’s proposed seismic shift in land-use policy, particularly around data center development – a shift that will fundamentally change the county.
In that regard, the number of data centers that have come to the public’s attention in recent weeks has been breathtaking.
I support the efforts of the county to diversify its tax base and appreciate that a diversified tax base will provide more funding to our schools and much-needed tax relief to Prince William residents. In fact, I support building data centers in Prince William.
But whether to build data centers is not the question. The real question is where.
As a member of the Prince William School Board, I have been contacted by many people expressing concern about the explosion of data centers near schools, neighborhoods and open space. The concerns brought to me are not political. The concerns are inherently practical, and many residents believe that the concerns they have voiced to their elected county leaders have gone unheard.
I am concerned that our community is under-informed about where the county has approved data centers, especially the prospect of 110-foot tall data centers a mere 50 feet from our schools. The concern is especially acute with respect to planned data center development near Tyler Elementary, PACE West, Piney Branch Elementary, Chris Yung Elementary, Ellis Elementary and Unity Reed and Gainesville high schools and in those schools’ surrounding neighborhoods.
I question the rush to broaden the county’s Data Center Opportunity Zone Overlay District. County leadership have provided no explanation for the expedited nature of this push, other than that the county desperately wants the additional tax revenue.
If the concern is about filling county coffers, then before expanding data center zones the county should (1) build out the original overlay district and (2) double the data center tax rate, resulting in a rate that would still be 20% less than the Loudoun County rate while preserving existing greenspace surrounding our schools and neighborhoods.
Again, the issue is not whether to build the data centers, but where. In the mad scramble that has been the data center gold rush over the past year, I fear that our county leadership has not considered the potential impact these data centers may have on students and schools, especially those closest to the proposed data centers.
I urge the Board of County Supervisors to take a breath and delay rezoning and site-plan approvals until a full evaluation and assessment of the short-term and long-term impacts of data center development can be made.
Jennifer Wall represents the Gainesville District on the Prince William County School Board.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of Azure Power Global Limited (NYSE: AZRE).
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The lawsuit seeks to recover losses for shareholders who purchased Azure between June 15, 2021 and August 26, 2022.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until October 31, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, Azure Power Global Limited issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) there were procedural irregularities, including deviations from safety and quality standards, at one of Azure's plants; (2) certain project data was manipulated; (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's internal controls and procedures were not effective; (4) Azure had received a credible whistleblower report alleging such misconduct; and (5) 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.
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CerraCap Cares announces its investment in Cuentame, set on a mission to eliminate every barrier to mental health, providing organizations with the right tools to create a highly integrated mentally healthy work environment.
COSTA MESA, Calif., Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CerraCap Cares, a women led impact fund recently invested in Cuentame that is primed to reinforce an increased need to address challenges in the mental health and its stacking cost. Pre-pandemic burn out was already a big problem. Post pandemic the situation has grown increasingly dire costing organizations across sectors an estimated $125 to $190 billion annually. Burnout and stress are everywhere. Such staggering numbers draw attention to stark reality. Cuentame's machine learning platform places a lot of emphasis on the role of workplace stress, and related high cost of healthcare. Through its tech-solution, Cuentame is enabling organizations to act & to prevent turnover due to burnout. It is designed to inspire & increase engagement in the workplace and promote a culture of proactive prevention to address the burnout.
There are several areas where the lack of mental care can have indirect economic costs. Organizational costs related to absenteeism, presenteeism and turnover. The public and private disability costs, lost tax revenue from unemployment and underemployment. Today emphasis on mental wellbeing investment continues to gain attention of the public & private sector. "We believe it is now a matter of global obligation to address the psychological risk factors for preventing and promoting a favorable environment in the workplace. With an increased need to offer mental health support by corporations, Cuentame is positioned to lead and have market penetration and growth in Latin America and beyond. Cuentame value proposition grows further as its integration elevates human resource function to be a data driven organization for talent management," shared Nikki Arora, General Partner, CerraCap Cares. "Cuentame's tangible value aligns to our mission to impact billions of lives through solutions that promise positive influence and create evidence-based change."
Cuentame began its operations in 2019 and has transformed the experience of more than 64 thousand collaborators and their family members in 30 high-impact global organizations. It has influenced the reduction of the turnover of key talent by up to 60% and increased the well-being of workers in the company by increasing participation by 40%.
"Our users range from growing startups to multinational corporations. We understand their priorities, the difference of backgrounds every person has from an employee in a manufacturing plant, to the technology lead at a corporation, so we provide a personalized experience to each collaborator, and we offer a variety of mental health tools: soft skills training, such as emotional intelligence, time management, meditation, mindfulness, and online psychological therapy with certified psychologists in a safe and confidential environment," explains Regina Athié, Founder, CEO of Cuentame.
"CerraCap Cares, with its team's cumulative experience & global ecosystem, combined with their proven sales and scale model with an effective proven risk mitigation techniques have aided portfolio companies in the many markets they invest," said Regina Athie CEO, Cuentame. "We look forward to the addition of CerraCap Cares to our select investor's group; with their partnership, we are sure to foster a more sustainable pathway."
About CerraCap Cares
CerraCap Cares, a women-led impact fund investing in early-stage human-centered technologies that aim to reduce disparities and innovate solutions for the 3Es: the Environment, Education, and the Empowerment of individuals and communities. Our core investment thesis is that technology can be the great equalizer that reduces disparities and empowers communities - all while generating strong financial returns. With a targeted focus on the underserved, particularly socially and economically disadvantaged communities, CerraCap Cares is on a mission to unleash the power of technology for good.
About Cuentame
Cuentame, a B2B mental wellbeing company based in Latin America, focused on reducing turnover and raising employee engagement by addressing employee burnout in the enterprise world. Through its digital solution Cuentame empowers companies to lead into the future workspace of mindfulness and higher participation. Cuéntame has already made strides by providing its solution accessible to more than hundred thousand users for the first time in their life. Cuéntame is on the mission to eliminate every barrier to mental health globally starting in Latin America. For more information, visit its website: https://sicuentame.com/
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A roundup of the week's most newsworthy financial industry press releases from PR Newswire
NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the finance industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.
- Rocket Mortgage's Inflation Buster Program Helps Homebuyers Tame Higher Costs Through a Lower Mortgage Payment
The "Inflation Buster" program gives homebuyers a reprieve by reducing their monthly mortgage payment one percentage point for the first year of their loan. - New Bain & Company Report Finds that Despite Intense Disruption, Investment in Tech Remains Paramount
Bain's third annual global Technology Report shows that despite the current economic climate, technology will remain a critical investment and as a central source of productivity across global businesses. - Personal Debt in America Had Dropped 25% in Three Years
U.S. adults who carry personal debt held an average of $22,354 exclusive of mortgages at the start of the year, when inflation was already on the rise but before the latest spikes. - Invesco Adds New ETFs To Its Fixed Income Suite That Offers Targeted Exposure to Historically Ignored Fixed Income Sectors
"Invesco offers a suite of fixed income ETFs that specifically aims to access the approximately 58% of the US fixed income market not covered by the constraints of the US Aggregate Bond Index," said Jason Bloom, Head of Fixed Income and Alternatives ETF Product Strategy at Invesco. - First Horizon Mortgage Introduces New Diversity Grant Program
The purpose of the Diversity Grant is to provide down payment assistance for borrowers purchasing an owner-occupied primary residence in a majority-minority census tract within the bank's combined assessment areas. - CFOs Prioritize Supply Chain Resilience in an Inflationary Environment, According to New Protiviti Finance Trends Survey
Further, the survey reveals that 72% of respondents' finance operations experienced disruptions or delays because of supply chain challenges, pandemic-related impacts, and/or the effects of inflation in the past year. - SkyBridge Capital Leads Series A Funding Round for Leading Metaverse Company Vulcan Forged
This funding aims to further accelerate the growth of Vulcan Forged's patented metaverse-as-a-service engine, MetaScapes, and enable the company to scale operations in North America and existing key markets. - Live Streaming Social Entertainment Platform Clover Inc. to Merge with SPAC FoxWayne Enterprises Acquisition Corp.
Clover has a growing user base of over 9 million with almost 90% of users between 18-39 years old. Clover is targeting a launch of VR ('Virtual Reality') Dating and VR Live Streaming in Q4 2023. - Home values decline for second month as competition eases
Affordability is driving market momentum: Low-cost markets remain competitive while prices drop the fastest in both the most expensive markets and those that witnessed the strongest appreciation during the pandemic. - Inflation Concerns Accelerate New Tools for Edward Jones Branch Teams
Financial-services firm Edward Jones is equipping its nearly 19,000 financial advisors with interactive tools and security-based lending options to help clients navigate complex financial needs and changing market conditions.
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Outside of Japan, I don’t think there’s anywhere else on earth that has as much love for the venerable AE86 than Ireland.
There’s such an outpouring of love here for the ’80s icon, that AE86 culture in Ireland can be subdivided multiple times. These subcultures can often be so different, that you wouldn’t think that they all share a love for the same chassis.
As an example, your typical fan of Japanese drift-style Hachirokus would have little to zero interest in cars which are ‘UK-spec.’
These same drift-orientated owners might then be classified as either Toyota engines only or open to the ideas of engine swaps from other manufacturers into the AE86 chassis.
Even if they’re Toyota-engine-only sorts of people, they might be wholly committed to the 4A-GE, and dismiss the concept of the likes of a 1UZ-FE or 2JZ. Even then, if they’re 4A-GE purists, they might consider themselves as 16 or 20-valve sorts of people.
It’s a wild automotive subculture which I absolutely adore.
I’m not typically a fan of one-make events or shows, but 86 Fest – which provided the backdrop for this story – is the one I make an exception for. This is purely because there’s so much variety on offer, with countless different approaches to the same car.
It does help that in recent years, other Toyotas of similar vintage have been slowly added to the mix as well.
However, what I wrote in 2016 still stands, and is maybe more relevant now than it is then.
It’s not a situation unique to the AE86, but their values have continued to skyrocket in recent years which have completely put them out of the reach for the exact sort of people they were originally intended for.
I’m showing my age when I say that I remember these being sub-$2,000 cars (which to be fair, was completely undervaluing them even at the time), but you can now easily add a zero to that number for a relatively good example.
Pristine UK-specification GT coupe models can go for closer to $50,000.
It just doesn’t seem right, does it? I’m not taking anything away from the cars or their owners, but when they start reaching such values, then they need to be compared to other cars in the same price bracket and I’m not sure they fare all that well.
An AE86 or an E46 BMW M3? I’ll let you answer that one yourselves…
In the AE86’s defence, these values only reflect the fact that there’s nothing available on the showroom floor that offer what these cars do.
Ever-evolving regulations around safety and emissions pretty much guarantee that we’ll never see the likes of these cars being offered again. What’s out there now, is likely all that will ever be.
With that, it brings me great joy to see so many people still driving the cars like they’re completely disposable.
I’m unsure how long this trend will continue, but long may it last, because all thoughts about values etc. go completely out the window when you see a Hachiroku being driven as intended.
These are cars which I will forever be curious about, as it’s often how they’re used that’s more impressive than what they actually are.
I think they’re a perfect microcosm of overall car culture in that regard.
For the record – and not that anyone asked – but I still fall on the Japanese street style of the AE86 equation. Adrian Walsh’s all-black Levin is very much the sort of thing that excites me.
A built 20-valve with Toda cams and a custom Hemi Race exhaust manifold making the better part of 200hp would almost certainly convert even the most die-hard of 16-valve fans.
Those of you that recognise this car, and know the story behind it, will be relieved to know that a feature has finally been shot and will be coming at some stage over the next few weeks.
Well, either relieved or terrified that I’ll make a complete meal of it. It could go either way with me, to be honest.
It’s not the only Corolla feature in the pipeline either, although again, they might as well be two different cars considering the different approaches and stories behind each of them.
The non-AE86s at 86 Fest were varied, without being so prevalent to take away from the day’s theme.
My recently found lust for X81s has not abated in the slightest since LZ Fest either, again for those of you who didn’t ask.
All in all, 86 Fest 2022 was another good day out with good people in suspiciously sunny conditions. People out enjoying cars, regardless of how they enjoy them, is always going to be a good thing.
I will forever be down with the O.P.C. (Other People’s Corollas).
Paddy McGrath
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Jeopardy! contestant gets a second chance at the grand prize Published September 23, 2022 at 3:57 AM PDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 0:27 Martha Bath went home with just 40 bucks during her first appearance on Jeopardy! in 1972. This week, she won over $30,000. Copyright 2022 NPR
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The flu virtually disappeared for two years as the pandemic raged. But influenza appears poised to stage a come-back this year in the U.S., threatening to cause a long-feared "twindemic."
While the flu and the coronavirus are both notoriously unpredictable, there's a good chance COVID cases will surge again this winter, and troubling signs that the flu could return too.
"This could very well be the year in which we see a twindemic," says Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious disease professor at Vanderbilt University. "That is, we have a surge in COVID and simultaneously an increase in influenza. We could have them both affecting our population at the same time."
The strongest indication that the flu could hit the U.S. this winter is what happened during the Southern Hemisphere's winter. Flu returned to some countries, such as Australia, where the respiratory infection started ramping up months earlier than normal, and caused one of the worst flu seasons in recent years.
What happens in the Southern Hemisphere's winter often foreshadows what's going to happen north of the equator.
"If we have a serious influenza season, and if the omicron variants continue to cause principally mild disease, this coming winter could be a much worse flu season than COVID," Schaffner warns.
And the combination of the two viruses could seriously strain the health system, he says. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that flu causes between 140,00 and 710,000 hospitalizations annually.
"We should be worried," says Dr. Richard Webby, an infectious disease specialist at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. "I don't necessarily think it's run-for-the-hills worried. But we need to be worried."
The main reason the flu basically disappeared the last two years was the behavior changes people made to avoid COVID, such as staying home, avoiding public gatherings, wearing masks, and not traveling. That prevented flu viruses from spreading too. But those measures have mostly been abandoned.
"As the community mitigation measures start to roll off around the world and people return to their normal activities, flu has started to circulate around the world," says Dr. Alicia Fry, who leads influenza epidemiology and prevention for the CDC. "We can expect a flu season this year — for sure."
Young kids at especially high risk
The CDC is reporting that the flu is already starting to spread in parts of the south, such as Texas. And experts caution very young kids may be especially at risk this year.
Though COVID-19 generally has been mild for young people, the flu typically poses the biggest threat to both the elderly and children. The main strain of flu that's currently circulating, H3N2, tends to hit the elderly hard. But health experts are also worried about young children who have not been exposed to flu for two years.
"You have the 1-year-olds, the 2-year-olds, and the 3-year-olds who will all be seeing it for the first time, and none of them have any preexisting immunity to influenza," says Dr. Helen Chu, assistant professor of medicine and allergy and infectious diseases and an adjunct assistant professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington.
In fact, the flu does appear to have hit younger people especially hard in Australia.
"We know that schools are really the places where influenza spreads. They're really considered the drivers of transmission," Chu says. "They'll be the spreaders. They will then take it home to the parents. The parents will then take it to the workplace. They'll take it to the grandparents who are in assisted living, nursing home. And then those populations will then get quite sick with the flu."
"I think we're heading into a bad flu season," Chu says.
'Viral interference' could offset the risks
Some experts doubt COVID and flu will hit the country simultaneously because of a phenomenon known as "viral interference," which occurs when infection with one virus reduces the risk of catching another. That's an additional possible reason why flu disappeared the last two years.
"These two viruses may still both occur during the same season, but my gut feeling is they're going to happen sequentially rather than both at the same time," Webby says. "So I'm less concerned about the twindemic."
Nevertheless, Webby and others are urging people to make sure everyone in the family gets a flu shot as soon as possible, especially if the flu season arrives early in the U.S. too. (Most years officials don't start pushing people to get their flu shots until October.)
So far it looks like this year's flu vaccines are a good match with the circulating strains and so should provide effective protection.
But health officials fear fewer people will get flu shots this year than usual because of anti-vaccine sentiment that increased in reaction to COVID vaccinations. Flu vaccine rates are already lagging.
"We are worried that people will not get vaccinated. And influenza vaccine is the best prevention tool that we have," the CDC's Fry says.
Fry also hopes that some of the habits people developed to fight COVID will continue and help blunt the impact of the flu.
"The wild card here is we don't know how many mitigation practices people will use," Fry says. "For example, people now stay home when they're sick instead of going to work. They keep their kids out of school. Schools are strict about not letting kids come to school if their sick. All of these types of things could reduce transmission."
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As we start Big East play for Marquette men’s soccer (even with one non-conference match left to go), I think it’s important to note exactly how weird this season has been so far. Amongst the highlights:
- Marquette shot themselves in the foot with an own goal 30 minutes into the opener against the #11 team in the country and never recovered
- Scored more goals than in any match for the past two seasons combined against Utah Tech
- Got outshot but beat USF thanks to a second half penalty kick
- Gave up four goals in about 20 minutes of elapsed game time to Wisconsin
- Played a match that featured not one, not two, not three, but four penalty kick goals including the game winner in the 85th minute thanks to a red card against the MU keeper
- Won the second highest scoring Milwaukee Cup in the nearly 50 years of rivalry history mostly because Marquette kept sending corner kicks directly at Alex Mirsberger and the Panthers had no idea what to do about it and also this game had the UWM keeper forgetting he can’t leave the 18 yard box to play the ball with his hands.
Weird! It’s all weird!
So what does this mean for Marquette’s efforts to finish in the top six of the Big East and reach the conference tournament? No idea! You know what was a big help towards Marquette getting there? Four of the five matches that happened this past weekend — remember there’s 11 teams in the league so someone has to get left out all the time, MU was that time last weekend — went to a draw! St. John’s in first with three points, eight teams in a tie for second with one point, Georgetown and idle Marquette in last place with no points. I can’t tell you what games MU will and won’t win this season, but I can tell you that everyone else constantly playing to a standstill is good news for the Golden Eagles..... as long as they pick up a win here and there.
Task #1 in regards to acquiring three points? Handing someone their first loss of the season.....
Big East Match #1: at #19 Xavier Musketeers (6-0-2, 0-0-1 Big East)
Date: Saturday, September 24, 2022
Time: 6pm Central
Location: Corcoran Field, Cincinnati, Ohio
Streaming: FloFC
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Twitter Updates: @MarquetteSoccer
Marquette is 8-4-1 all time against Xavier. The Golden Eagles came up short in last year’s meeting in Milwaukee, but that snapped a four match unbeaten streak against the Musketeers and a 4-1-1 run since 2016. There have only been four shutouts in one direction or another in this series that dates back to 1987.
That goose egg in the loss column for Xavier isn’t the only zero that’s been showing up for them this year. The Musketeers have posted four shutouts in their six victories, and up through a September 12th game at Northern Kentucky, they had allowed just one goal with that one coming in a 1-1 draw against Eastern Illinois.
Speaking of Xavier’s draw against the Panthers, both of XU’s draws this season are kind of weird when you consider the fact that we’re talking about a team that’s currently ranked in the top 25 of the United Soccer Coaches poll. Let’s just be honest about it: Eastern Illinois is 1-4-1 right now and Seton Hall is 3-1-3. These teams are not exactly bowling the world over, but they stymied a very good team. EIU provided an equalizer, somewhat by luck when it deflected in off one of the Xavier defenders in the 71st minute, but XU outshot them 16-5 in the match. The Musketeers staked themselves to a 2-0 lead against the Pirates in the 79th minute, and you’d think that kind of thing would be very safe..... except Seton Hall broke up the shutout in the 84th minute..... and then Xavier coughed up a penalty kick in the 90th minute, just 32 seconds away from a win.
That’s not ideal. Thanks to the magic of FloSports, I pulled up the replay to see the foul that caused the PK, and let me tell you, it is absolutely the stupidest decision I have ever seen with less than 40 seconds remaining in a match that you’re leading 2-1. “Ah, yes, he has crossed the border into the area where if I commit a terrible foul, it will be a penalty kick, time to make an obvious leg sweeping tackle from the side, right in full view of the referee, who is definitely not going to let any shenanigans slide by in a match that has already had eight yellow cards issued.”
Amazingly bad.
Anyway, that’s why Xavier is 0-0-1 to start off league play instead of sitting comfortably with three points atop the table with St. John’s, the only team to have won on opening night.
While Xavier is mauling people in goals 15-5 so far this year, they’re not overpowering people with their offense. They’re averaging just under 12 shots a match, and only outshooting opponents by three shots per outing. Fabrizio Bernal de la Garza and Jerome Jolly are at the top of the chart in goals with three each, but de la Garza has the edge in total points because he’s added an assist to his season as well. With that said, Jolly did miss XU’s first two contests of the season, so he’s had a strong showing in the six matches that he has played.
Cole Jensen has been outstanding in net for Xavier when he’s not being betrayed by his defenders giving up 90th minute penalty kicks. His goals-against average is a microscopic 0.63 even with those late two markers from Seton Hall against his good name, and he’s stopping over 85% of shots on goal this year. The redshirt junior from Iowa had never played a single minute of live college soccer action before this season, so he’s definitely making the most of his opportunities here.
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Thanks to a lack of lights at Wish Field in Chicago, YOUR Marquette Golden Eagles kicked off Big East play on Thursday afternoon against DePaul, and they’re walking away from Lincoln Park with three points! The Golden Eagles scored three unanswered goals and got a monster save very late from keeper Chloe Olson to preserve a 3-2 victory over the Blue Demons. Marquette is now 5-3-1 on the year, but 1-0-0 in league action and thus in a five-way tie for first place.
Things started out not great for the Golden Eagles as they dominated possession and attack in the early going, outshooting DePaul 5-0 in the first 15 minutes and Isabella Cook clacked two different shots off the goal frame to keep the thing scoreless juuuuuust long enough for DePaul to open up the scoring in the 18th minute. It was admittedly a nice piece of soccer as Kristin Boos lofts a perfectly placed pass over a Marquette defender for Katie Godden to body it to the ground and place it into the corner of the net where Olson couldn’t get to it in time.
The match started evening out in terms of opportunities, but the Golden Eagles’ dedication to playing their game paid off when their fifth corner kick of the match turned into an Olympico, well, kind of technically. Mia Haertle gets credit for the goal since she launched the kick, but the assist goes to DePaul keeper Elana Milam for her poor hand angles.
30’ - Mia Haertle with the corner and we are tied 1-1!!! pic.twitter.com/ibluvLnWJf
— MARQUETTE Soccer (@MarquetteWSOC) September 22, 2022
1-1 held up through intermission, but the Golden Eagles were only getting started. About 10 minutes into the second half, Maggie Starker made a strong play along the end line and was dragged down for her trouble. It was inside the 18 yard box, so the penalty kick call was made and Cook recorded her third goal of the year to make it 2-1. That lead did not last as Marquette kept up the pressure. In the 63rd minute, DePaul was unable to get a square touch on a ball nice and close to Milam’s net, and Julia O’Neill ran in from seemingly out of nowhere to pop in what would turn out to be the game-winning goal.
65’ - MU moves ahead 3-1 on the score by Julia O’Neill!!! pic.twitter.com/ileVL7KcCW
— MARQUETTE Soccer (@MarquetteWSOC) September 22, 2022
The game started to proceed to the endgame with the Golden Eagles up by two, and things got later and later and later.... and then some garbage happened with less than 10 minutes to go.
Let’s go to the video.
Let's see if I'm smart enough to figure this out. pic.twitter.com/rHbsQAAXuu
— Anonymous Eagle (@AnonymousEagle) September 23, 2022
That’s not a penalty, and it’s not a foul at all. DePaul’s Lina Dantes gets to the ball first and Chloe Olson makes the stop on the chip attempt. Dantes maaaaybe makes contact with Olson’s arm as she goes by, but that’s not Olson’s fault, and then Olson dives to wrap it up to avoid a second chance. Whatever happened to goalkeeper’s privilege?
Anyway, as you can guess, penalty given, and Kirsten Boos makes it 3-2 in the 81st minute. Suddenly DePaul can smell blood, or at least the “salvaging a draw” equivalent of blood. They’re very invested in pushing hard to find that equalizer, while Marquette just wants to play keep away.
That brings us to the 88th minute where Chloe Olson finally gets to make a game saving play.
posted one, may as well post the other for blog using pic.twitter.com/FNuyEfPzge
— Anonymous Eagle (@AnonymousEagle) September 23, 2022
That is good and fun and the official scorer in charge of this match can go straight to hell because this isn’t even credited as a shot for DePaul. If it’s not a shot, there’s no save for Olson. Garbage.
Anyway, DePaul got one more chance with just over two minutes to go, but Freya Jupp skied her shot over the crossbar, and Marquette is the team highfiving and so forth after the horn.
How about some highlights, courtesy of FloSports and GoMarquette.com?
Up Next: The road trip continues for the Golden Eagles as they try to stay unbeaten in league play. It’ll be Butler up next down in Indianapolis on Sunday, with first kick set for Noon Central time. The Bulldogs are 3-5-1 on the season after falling 1-0 to Xavier on Thursday night in their Big East opener.
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The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning for rain as Kent braces for 21 hours of downpours. The alert will come into action from 3pm this afternoon (September 23) and will last through to noon on Saturday (September 23).
The rain "may lead to possible flooding and difficult travel conditions" and locals have been told what to expect. According to the Met Office, there could be some road closures caused by flooding, and spray could also lead to challenging driving conditions.
There is a "slight chance" of delays or cancellations to public transport services such as trains or buses if flooding occurs. The Met Office also warns of a "small chance" that homes and businesses could be flooded, leading to some damage.
READ MORE: Thousands of Kent patients left 'seriously disadvantaged' in contacting doctors
The warning covers the entire east Kent coastline and stretches back round to the likes of Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells. Areas such as Chatham, Orpington and Sevenoaks are not currently included in the weather warning.
In a statement issued on its website, the Met Office said: "A slow-moving rainband is expected to stay close to southeast England through Friday and well into Saturday. Some heavy rain seems likely, with the possibility of 30 - 40 mm falling in 2 to 3 hours in a few locations, and maybe over 70 mm overall - but still a fair chance that the heaviest of the rain might stay just offshore.
"The heaviest rainfall looks like moving away, or at least easing, beyond midday Saturday."
You can find more information on the Met Office website by clicking here.
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I have spoken to many candidates for office over the years, from all walks of life. I don’t believe I had spoken to one who is called “Coach” before, but that ends today with Cameron “Coach Cam” Campbell, the Democratic nominee for HD132. Campbell is a University of Houston graduate and public speaker/entrepreneur. He has been a basketball coach and athletic director at KIPP Houston High School and now serves as a Play Safe Coach for the Houston Texans. He won a close primary this March and now faces a tougher challenge in a district that went from swing to more Republican after redistricting. Here’s what we talked about:
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Michelle Palmer – SBOE6
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Robin Fulford – CD02
Laura Jones – CD08
As always, everything you could want to know about the Democratic candidates can be found at the Erik Manning spreadsheet.
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A new pollster enters the chat.
Less than two months from Election Day, Republican Governor Greg Abbott has a seven-point, 50-43%, lead over Democratic challenger, former Congressman, Beto O’Rourke. In the race for Lieutenant Governor, incumbent Republican Dan Patrick is up by nine points, 49-40%, over Democratic challenger Mike Collier. In the race for state Attorney General, incumbent Republican Ken Paxton has a five-point advantage, 47-42%, over Democratic challenger Rochelle Garza according to a new Spectrum News/Siena College (SCRI) poll of likely Texas voters released today.
Abbott has a 47-46% favorability rating, while O’Rourke has a negative 39-52% favorability rating. Patrick has a negative 33-36% favorability rating, compared to Collier’s 13-12% favorability rating. Paxton has a negative 29-41% favorability rating while Garza, like Collier is unknown to about threequarters of Texas likely voters, and has a 13-12% favorability rating.
“Governor Abbott, who won a landslide thirteen-point race against Democratic challenger Lupe Valdez four years ago, has a seven-point lead with over six weeks until Election Day. Abbott has the support of 95% of Republicans and O’Rourke has the support of 93% of Democrats, while independents tilt toward Abbott by one point,” said Don Levy, SCRI’s Director. “White voters favor Abbott by over two-to-one, 64-31%, while Black voters prefer O’Rourke 79-10% and a majority of Latinos, 58-36%, plan to vote for O’Rourke.”
The crosstabs are here. The headline on the Chron story for this refers to Abbott’s lead “widening”, which I object to on the grounds that there’s no earlier Spectrum/Siena poll to compare this one to. I don’t like comparing one pollster’s poll to another’s because they all do slightly different things. Nobody asks me these about these things, so here we are.
Now, if we want to do comparisons to other polls, I will note that this one actually has solid numbers for Beto in terms of support from Dems, as well as from Black and Latino voters. Compare to the DMN/UT-Tyler poll from earlier this week that had Beto only winning Dems by a 77-12 margin, and multiple polls saying that Abbott is getting upward of 15% of Black voters. Why is the overall result not so great if these subsamples are so good? My guess would be that this sample’s partisan distribution is a bit weird – 27% Dem, 34% GOP, 32% Indie/Other (the remaining 8% are a mystery). The DMN/UT-Tyler poll had those distributed as 33-40-27, and in general I expect the Dem share to be higher than the Indie share.
Having written that, I decided I had to go back through earlier poll results to do a comparison. With one exception, my expectation matched the data:
UT-TPP: Dem 42, GOP 48, Indie 10
Echelon: Dem 35, GOP 43, Indie 20
UH/Hobby Center: Dem 41, GOP 46, Indie/unsure 13
Quinnipiac: Dem 24, GOP 30, Indie 36, Other 10
I went back as far as June. Not all of the recent results I’ve blogged about included partisan breakdown data that I could find. Color me surprised at some of the ranges here. You can make of all this what you will, it’s what I noticed.
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Suspected kidnappers abduct 3 police officers in Ogun
Three policemen have been reportedly abducted by kidnappers, on Thursday, at Wasinmi, in Ewekoro local government area of the state.
The abductees were said to be on assignment in the state from Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos State.
Tribune Online learnt that the Ogun State police command through the Wasinmi Division was duly booked to carry out their assignment.
Their abductors were said to have waylaid the police officers who were been conveyed in a commercial vehicle at about 2.30 pm.
The policemen were led by one Inspector Oladipo Olayemi, while the driver of the vehicle conveying them escaped the scene.
However, the state police public relations officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident but said that only one police officer was kidnapped.
Oyeyemi, said the men of the command are already on the trail of the hoodlums to ensure the safety returns of the victims.
“We are on the trail of the kidnappers. Do you think we are going to keep quiet? We will get them and rescue the victims unhurt,” the PPRO added.
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Indianapolis' leading HVAC and plumbing company supports The Children's Museum Guild's Haunted House.
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Peterman Brothers, a leading HVAC and plumbing company serving the Greater Indianapolis area, is partnering with The Children's Museum Guild for a night of frightful fun by helping sponsor the nation's oldest continually operated haunted house. The event takes place Oct. 12-30.
For those who prefer to visit the haunted house with the lights on, the event takes place Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. There are additional lights-on hours on Wednesdays from 3:30-6:30 p.m. For those who dare to be scared, frightening hours are Thursday through Saturday from 4-9 p.m.
"While we've seen our fair share of horrors in the plumbing, HVAC and electrical industries, this haunted house has something that everyone can enjoy," said Chad Peterman, president of Peterman Brothers. "We love seeing our community have a good time, and The Children's Museum Guild's Haunted House is a terrific option during the Halloween season."
Peterman Brothers offers a variety of HVAC, indoor air quality, plumbing and electrical services across Indianapolis and the surrounding areas. They have received several accolades in the past year after being named to the Inc. 5000 list for a third year in a row in 2021 in addition to being named the Bryant Heating and Cooling Dealer of the Year.
Peterman Brothers' services include furnace maintenance and repairs, heat pump installation, smart thermostat services, A/C installation and repairs, IAQ assessments, plumbing maintenance, gas line installation, water heater maintenance, electrical repair and much more.
"While offering premium service is our job, we dedicate ourselves to being part of the community," Peterman said. "We want to support any efforts that bring positivity to the area, and being one of the sponsors for the haunted house is just a small part of what we can do as a business to help bring joy to the community."
Peterman Brothers is available to help with any plumbing or cooling needs. For more information, call (260) 201-3070 or visit https://www.petermanhvac.com/.
Founded in 1986, Peterman Brothers provides residential heating, cooling, and plumbing services in the Greater Indianapolis area. A second-generation family business, the company offers a 100% satisfaction guarantee with any new installation of HVAC equipment. All technicians are certified through the North American Technical Excellence (NATE) program and fully bonded and insured. Peterman Brothers provides 24/7 emergency service to its customers and offers several financing options with approved credit. To find out more, call (260) 201-3070 or visit https://www.petermanhvac.com.
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No less than sixty-five thousand (65,000) rural women across three states of Abia, Kebbi and Taraba have been gifted livelihood grants of not more than N60,000 each through their women affinity groups (WAG) to boost rural economy and fight poverty at the grassroots, under Nigeria for women project.
Records made available to Tribune Online, by the respective authorities showed that Nigeria for Women Project (NFWP) targeted, rural women in her pilot programme, and was able to build the economies of 237,800 women and their families in the selected nine local governments in Abia, Kebbi and Taraba states.
The programme initially targeted 162,000 rural women in these states but swelled from its 54,000 targets, per state, to 72,803 for Abia; 79,941 for Kebbi and Taraba 85,056 states cumulatively shared livelihood grants of three billion, nine hundred and twenty-two million, seven hundred and thirty-three thousand, four hundred and fifty Naira (N3,922,733,450) by their state governments to boost rural entrepreneurship amongst the women.
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The federal government had in the 2022 Appropriation Act, captured the intervention programme in partnership with the World Bank as “ERGP1180321 MULTILATERAL/BILATERAL PROJECT-TIED LOANS – NIGERIA FOR WOMEN PROJECT” earmarked the sum of “N12,304,500,000” for the 2022 fiscal year.
Speaking to journalists in his office in Kebbi, state project coordinator, Alhaji Yakubu Yauri, pointed out that the target of 3,600 women affinity groups in the state, to comprise a maximum of 25 women not less than 18 years of age per group expanded to accommodate 79,941 members of WAG at the selected senatorial district in the state.
He said the activities of the women affinity groups in Kebbi have become a thing of admiration to non-members of the group in their respective LGAs of Argungu, Maiyama and Bali. Many of them are eager to join the next phase of the programme to improve the livelihood of their families, given the successes recorded by their sisters, neighbours and relations in their various communities of the 359 wards in Kebbi state.
Under the programme, the women were trained in financial education which comprised savings and credit; business skills and gender and life skills to prepare them for the challenges in their businesses.
Head of operations, Nigerian for Women Project Taraba state coordinating unit, Kunaku Auta, maintained that the women while implementing the financial prudence they have learnt, generated over N511m in their weekly savings as of July 2022. The fund, is exclusive of the state grant to their respective businesses, by the government.
He said about 30, 000 business plans had been developed in phases one and two of the project, out of which the state support to the programme has paid out N1.2billion to 19,551 rural women who applied for the livelihood grants.
The programme which has encouraged the infusion of these women into the formal financial sector in these states was also implemented in three local government areas of Obingwa, Isiala Ngwa North and Ohafia in Abia state.
Commissioner for women affairs in Taraba state, Hon. Bridget K. Tukur told reporters that the state government, under Governor Darius Ishaku has committed to advance its counterpart fund of N450m as part of its commitment to commence phase two.
She told reporters at her office that, the fund advancement was part of the World Bank condition to be met for any selected state to be qualified for phase two of the programme.
Her words: “The World Bank has given us a condition and we have met all of them. The governor has approved that we should source funds and pay for our counterpart funding. I will be in Abuja to submit our proof of condition met and our letter of interest to scale up.”
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Many Firms That Tried Out 4‑Day Work Weeks Are Planning to Make It Permanent
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The four-day work week is the fabled model that perturbs companies and fascinates a burned-out workforce. There have been qualms about productivity, competitiveness, and the overall efficacy of this entire set-up, but the four-day work week appears to be producing the desired result, according to one of the largest experiments of this kind, so much so that some companies have already decided to shift to this model permanently.
“It wasn’t a walk in the park at the start. But no major change ever is,” said Nicci Russell, managing director of Waterwise, which is currently trying out four-day work weeks. “Some weeks are easier than others and things like annual leave can make it harder to fit everything in, but we’re much more settled with it now overall than we were at the start.”
Waterwise is one of the 73 organizations that agreed to participate in a six-month trial implementing the four-day work week to check how it fared in real-time. Halfway into the trial, 41 of the companies answered a survey that, basically, asked them, “How’s it going?” 86% reported that they were either “likely” or “extremely likely” to permanently adopt the four-day week policy even after the six-month trial is up. 95% also admitted to either their productivity having improved through the shorter week, or the levels staying the same. In other words, if not an increase, there was no loss in productivity either.
The reason Waterwise has decided to continue with the policy is that the team ended up “pretty happy” once they settled into the shorter work week. “We certainly all love the extra day out of the office and do come back refreshed. It’s been great for our wellbeing and we’re definitely more productive already,” Russell added.
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Last month, the U.A.E. also reported the success of the shorter work week in Sharjah government departments. Not only were employees happier, but those who interacted with them in government departments also reported greater satisfaction with the experience, and productivity also shot up. Interestingly, road accidents also came down during the trial period.
A similar trial in Iceland — pre-pandemic, between 2015 and 2019 — had also recorded “overwhelming success.”
“The four-day week is generally considered to be a triple dividend policy — helping employees, companies, and the climate. Our research efforts will be digging into all of this,” explained Juliet Schor, professor of sociology at Boston College and lead researcher on the shorter-week scheme in the U.K. It’s resounding success highlights the need for more companies to, at least, experiment with the policy.
The pandemic catalyzed mass questioning of the prevailing work culture that idolizes hustling above all else — ignoring the pitfalls of the hustle culture and dismissing the chronic exhaustion it induces in the workforce. In a way, the global health crisis forced people to confront their mortality, and examine how they have been used to dividing the finite time they have in the world. “Everything I do seems so futile right now — I’m starting to wonder: what’s even the point of working so hard that we don’t even get to spend time with our family and friends, especially when we don’t know what the future is going to hold?” Prakrati, then 25, had told The Swaddle last year. Since the pandemic began, reports have found that one in every three Indian professionals is dealing with burnout.
Soon enough, the “Great Resignation” materialized as people started prioritizing their families and taking greater care of their mental health. Companies, too realized, that unless they re-jigged their policies to reflect the overhaul in their employees’ priorities, they would probably have to bear the adverse consequences of the rising attrition.
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For employees, a four-day work week is financially better too — it helps them save a day’s worth of commuting bills, among other expenses that come with going to work. “A four-day week with no loss of pay could play a crucial role in supporting workers to make ends meet over the next few years,” noted Will Stronge, director of research at Autonomy, a think-tank focusing on the future of work and economic planning. This becomes even more relevant with global concerns about the rising cost of living continuing to mount alongside food and fuel prices.
“As we emerge from the pandemic, more and more companies are recognizing that the new frontier for the competition is quality of life, and that reduced-hour, output-focused working is the vehicle to give them a competitive edge,” explained Joe O’Connor, chief executive of 4 Day Week Global.
Or, perhaps, having lived through the pandemic themselves, their executives had emerged kinder than before, too.
“There is a churn underway in how we understand work and leisure… [The four-day model] pushes us to question the status quo: How do we think of people’s time? Why are there only two days on the weekend? How was this work pattern decided? And, what if, someone went ahead and shaved one day off from the work calendar?” Saumya Kalia wrote in The Swaddle this June.
The long-existing anxiety around the fabled four-day work week model has been that it doesn’t work. But with companies themselves beginning to admit that it does — so much so, that they’re planning to switch to it full time, allays the concerns. More and more people across the globe shifting to it — and even singing its praises — then, points to a revolution being underway.
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Florida travel: White beaches and an emerald sea make Destin Fort Walton an ideal destination
Balance has never been one of my strong points, and standing on a board, paddling along Florida’s Choctawhatchee Bay initially proved a little too tricky.
The children had both mastered the skills - as had my wife - but for me, it took a little longer, under the watchful eye of our paddle boarding expert Harrison.
Soon, however, the four of us, along with our guide, were exploring the inlets of the tranquil bay just off the state’s Emerald Coast.
Harrison started up his paddle-board business at the height of the Covid pandemic but has never looked back, welcoming scores of Americans and other tourists to the water.
We were staying in the Destin-Fort Walton Beach region - a popular destination for Americans due to its powder-white beaches, green-blue sea and natural beauty.
After an hour or so spotting the birdlife along with the region’s highest priced properties from our water’s edge view it was time to return to shore and sample the region’s seafood cuisine.
Our destination was popular hotspot Lulu’s - where we joined boaters, boarders and families to tuck in to crab, shrimp and tuna, along with nachos, pulled pork and grits - a local favourite.
Lulu’s offers fun, food and music and attracts tourists and locals to its waterside location.
Boasting ‘good cookin’ served with a Southern flair’, it’s easy to see why the hotspot draws the crowds.
The resorts along Florida’s Panhandle coast are known for their miles of white beaches leading to the clear waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Henderson Beach Resort
Our hotel - the Henderson Beach Resort - was just minutes from the beach and combined a traditional luxury feel with the modern amenities which made our stay special.
The resort recalls Destin’s history as The World's Luckiest Fishing Village with black and white images from the past lining its walls.
Our room boasted comfortable beds plus a bath and separate shower and a large covered balcony overlooking the resort’s pool and lazy river and across to the sea.
To one side stretched the mix of beachfront properties with their balconies and pools; to the other the Henderson Beach State Park reaching down to the sea.
As well as its adult and family pools, the hotel also has a fitness suite, spa and a variety of restaurants and bars ranging from fine dining in the Primrose to Sea Level meals and cocktails by the pool. There is also a rooftop bar where you can enjoy views of the sunset across Destin.
The hotel has its own access to the beach where guests can hire sunloungers and parasols and lie back and listen to the relaxing sound of the waves lapping the shore.
Henderson Resort sales and marketing director Andrew Lott says the hotel’s spectacular surroundings are a big attraction for guests.
“The beaches, the sand, the colour of the water - it’s the biggest thing people talk about when they come to this area,” he explained. “And for us it’s about the service - and we have to make sure the service is delivering this luxury experience.
“We see ourselves set apart from others in the market.”
The hotel is now five years old and its new owners, who took over in February, are now reinvesting in the property with holiday apartments being built around a new pool complex.
We also took the opportunity to jump on bikes provided by the hotel to explore the area along the Scenic 98 coastal route.
The quiet coastal route - parallel to the busy main road through the area - runs past villas and apartment blocks looking out to the sea.
Heading inland you reach the Destin Commons outdoor shopping centre which offers a range of stores plus music and entertainment. Our ride took us further along the coast to the Silver Sands outlet centre - ideal for picking up a luxury bargain.
The Crab Trap
Just along from the Henderson Resort is the Crab Trap seafood restaurant, which offers Gulf to table delicacies and is a must for those staying in the area with its beachside location and sea views.
Our waiter Joseph, who had served at the popular restaurant for 17 years, recommended the hot crab and shrimp dip to start which was creamy and delicious, and we followed this with Gulf grouper and Southern-style crab cakes - a perfect taste of the restaurant’s Gulf-to-table menu. The children were a little less adventurous, opting for burgers and fries.
The key lime pie was a must to finish as we sat looking out to sea and watching those still enjoying the day’s final minutes on the beach as the sun went down.
The Crab Trap says it is fully committed to bringing only the freshest seafood directly from the Gulf with deliveries arriving daily straight from the harbour.
The Florida Panhandle stretches 200 miles with the Emerald coast including cities such as Destin, Fort Walton Beach, Panama City and Pensacola.
Destin-Fort Walton Beach
The Destin-Fort Walton Beach region draws tourists from across the States but has much to offer those from further afield including the UK especially as part of a tour of Florida or the USA as a whole.
The area describes itself as a natural playground for water adventurers - offering swimming, snorkelling, ‘snuba’ and boating.
Today, considered as one of America’s premier beach destinations, the area started as a small fishing village built around what is now known as Destin Harbor.
And what started as a group of fishermen casting close to the shore with nets from small boats in the mid 19th century has now evolved into what is the USA’s largest charter fishing fleet - operated by men and women tracing their lineage in the area back more than 150 years.
One of Destin’s popular attractions is the Harbor Boardwalk with its bustling stretch of shops, bars and restaurants along the waterfront. It is a focus for dining, harbour excursions and entertainment.
Here we met artist Kelly Pierre who moved to Destin from South Louisiana where his family owned shrimp boats. He told how despite loving a life on the water and his family seeing his future as a seafarer, his heart was in creating and painting.
Now with a studio on the Boardwalk, Kelly’s painting is inspired by his Louisiana heritage, his childhood and his faith.
One of Kelly’s biggest works is a two-storey painting of a pelican - the state bird of Louisiana - on the side of the Boardwalk’s East Pass Seafood & Oyster House, which he proudly showed to us and where we enjoyed lunch.
East Pass Seafood & Oyster House
East Pass opens out onto the harbour and Destin bridge and you can watch the lively tourist boats arriving and departing as you eat.
Chef Lynn told us that much of the fish is locally sourced and prepared. He recommended the Blackened Nola redfish which was delicious and was served with shrimps, courgette strips and a creamy sauce.
The children’s Butcher’s Burger was served with bacon jam - made by reducing the bacon and adding sugar and apple cider vinegar - pickles and fries.
All this was followed by the obligatory key lime pie and Oreo cookies and cream cheesecake.
Southern Star Dolphin Cruise
After lunch it was time for a tour of the Boardwalk shops before boarding a sunset dolphin cruise on the Southern Star.
The 80-foot double deck, glass bottom boat, took us out into the harbour and towards the open sea in search of dolphins. The crew boast that over 99 per cent of their cruises catch sight of dolphins - and we weren’t disappointed.
As the captain navigated the boat keeping us informed of what he spotted on the water as well as the coastline, we kept our eyes peeled for the initially illusive mammals.
But after heading out towards the Gulf, we soon spotted the magnificent creatures and were seeing them leap out of the water alongside the boat.
“I get paid to do this five times a day, and every time I see a dolphin jump I get as excited as if it was the first time,” said one of the team. And it was clear to see that she meant it.
The hour-and-a-half trip gave plenty of time to enjoy refreshments and get a view of Destin from the water as well as spotting the wildlife, before heading back to dry land for a spectacular firework display over the harbour as the sun went down over Destin.
Factfile…
We flew to Atlanta with Virgin Atlantic and then travelled to Destin by car - about a five-hour drive. Alternatively, you can fly from Atlanta to Destin-Fort Walton Beach.
Full details of the Destin-Fort Walton Beach area can be found at www.destinfwb.com.
Rates at the Henderson Beach Resort start at $289 a night in February rising to $459 a night in June and July. See www.hendersonbeachresort.com.
Holiday Extras offers a range of parking options at Manchester Airport. Three weeks’ parking with Drop & Go is available from £103.49. Visit www.HolidayExtras.com or call 0800 316 5678. Prices were searched on August 30, 2022 for arrival on February 6, 2023.
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Growth Plan: Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announces biggest tax cuts in half a century
Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced the biggest tax cuts in half a century as he vowed to break the “cycle of stagnation” and usher in a new era.
Mr Kwarteng abolished the top rate of income tax for the highest earners and said the basic rate will be cut to 19 per cent in April 2023 – one year earlier than planned.
Income tax rates and bands are devolved to Scotland but the move will pile huge pressure on the Scottish Government amid a widening tax gap with the rest of the UK.
In a so-called mini-budget axing the cap on bankers’ bonuses and adding restrictions to the welfare system, Mr Kwarteng argued that tax cuts are “central to solving the riddle of growth”.
Treasury estimates put the raft of cuts, including Prime Minister Liz Truss’s promises to reverse the national insurance rise and axe the hike to corporation tax, as costing nearly £45 billion a year in 2026.
The major spending package also included a cut to stamp duty in England, the introduction of VAT-free shopping for overseas visitors, a freeze on spirits duty and legislation to force trade unions to put pay offers to a member vote so strikes can only be called once negotiations have fully broken down.
Mr Kwarteng also revealed his estimate that the two-year energy bills bailout will cost around £60 billion over the first six months from October.
Paul Johnson, director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies, said it was the biggest tax cutting event since 1972.
He said: “It’s half a century since we’ve seen tax cuts announced on this scale.”
Mr Kwarteng said his economic vision would “turn the vicious cycle of stagnation into a virtuous cycle of growth”.
But Labour shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves said the strategy amounts to an “admission of 12 years of economic failure” under successive Conservative governments.
She described the Prime Minister and Mr Kwarteng as “two desperate gamblers in a casino chasing a losing run”.
By terming it a “fiscal event” rather than a full budget, Mr Kwarteng avoided the immediate scrutiny and forecasts of the Office for Budget Responsibility.
Ms Reeves said: “Never has a government spent so much and explained so little.”
On bankers’ bonuses Mr Kwarteng argued the cap to limit them to twice salaries “never capped total remuneration”, adding: “So we’re going to get rid of it”.
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South Plainfield's Patrick Smith voted BCC Football Player of the Week
Fans, sit back and watch.
Anytime that Patrick Smith touches the ball, the South Plainfield junior has a chance to create a highlight-film play. He can also get that tough yard or two.
“He’s an electric player,” Tigers coach Bill Hamilton said. “Very explosive. Great hands. I mean, he’s a complete package of a player.
Readers voted Smith the MyCentralJersey.com’s Big Central Conference Readers’ Choice Football Player of the Week for his latest efforts as the Tigers are off to a hot 3-0 start.
Last Friday, he rushed for 155 yards on seven carries in South Plainfield’s 53-30 win over North Plainfield. Smith scored on runs of 1, 18, 55 and 60 yards.
“He’s definitely a threat from anywhere on the field,” Hamilton said. “I mean not only running the ball, but he’s got great hands. He’s a great receiver. … He has a lot of natural tools. He’s got great vision. Great instinct. Great side to side speed with a great up field burst.”
Smith (301 yards on 26 carries, 5 TDs) has formed a potent one-two punch on the ground with senior Michael Green (348 rushing yards on 27 carries, 2 TDs).
Smith, also a cornerback, has added five catches for 95 yards and a score. As a sophomore, Smith rushed for 663 yards on 84 carries with four touchdowns and has only continued to get better.
“He’s just improved so much from last year,” Hamilton said. “He’s a hard worker, practices real hard. Loves to compete. That’s probably his strongest trait. He loves to compete whether it’s one on ones in practice or getting his teammates to compete harder in game-like situations. He wants to compete. He wants to win.”
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Boeing Co. will pay $200 million to settle charges that the company and its former CEO misled investors about the safety of its 737 Max after two of the airliners crashed, killing 346 people.
The Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday that it charged the aircraft maker and former CEO Dennis Muilenburg with making significant misleading public statements about the plane and an automated flight-control system that was implicated in the crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia.
Neither Boeing nor Muilenburg admitted wrongdoing, but they offered to settle and pay penalties, including $1 million to be paid by Muilenburg, who was ousted in December 2019, nine months after the second crash.
The SEC said Boeing and Muilenburg knew that the flight system, known as MCAS, posed a safety issue but promised the public that the plane was safe. The SEC said they also falsely claimed that there had been no gaps in the process of certifying the plane in the first place.
“Boeing and Muilenburg put profits over people by misleading investors about the safety of the 737 Max all in an effort to rehabilitate Boeing’s image" after the crashes, said Gurbir Grewal, director of the SEC’s enforcement division.
Boeing said it has made “broad and deep changes across our company in response to those accidents” to improve safety and quality.
“Today’s settlement is part of the company’s broader effort to responsibly resolve outstanding legal matters related to the 737 Max accidents in a manner that serves the best interests of our shareholders, employees and other stakeholders,” said the Arlington, Virginia-based company.
A new Max operated by Indonesia's Lion Air crashed into the Java Sea in October 2018, and another Max flown by Ethiopian Airlines nosedived into the ground near Addis Ababa in March 2019. In each crash, MCAS pushed the nose down after getting faulty readings from a single sensor, and pilots were unable to regain control.
The crashes led regulators around the world to ground the plane for nearly two years until Boeing made fixes to the flight-control system, which was designed to help prevent aerodynamic stalls when the nose points up too sharply. Neither plane that crashed was in danger of stalling.
The SEC accused Boeing of misleading investors in a press release after the Indonesia crash which said the plane was "as safe as any airplane that has ever flown the skies.” Boeing knew when it made that claim that MCAS would need to be fixed and was already designing changes, the SEC said.
After the crash in Ethiopia, Muilenburg said on a call with investors and Wall Street analysts and during Boeing's annual shareholder meeting that the company had followed the normal process for getting the plane certified by regulators. But by then Boeing — in response to a subpoena from federal prosecutors — had already found documents indicating that it didn't disclose key facts about MCAS to the Federal Aviation Administration, the SEC charged.
Boeing reached a separate $2.5 billion settlement with the Justice Department last year. Most of that money went to airlines whose Max jets were grounded.
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Halloween is still more than a month away, but some major retailers are already prepping for Christmas. Walmart and Target have said they're getting an earlier start on the holiday shopping season this year in stores and online as households nationwide continue to grapple with persistently high inflation that's forcing them to cut back on spending.
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1. Hurricane Fiona
Canadians are bracing for what could be the strongest storm to ever hit their country's coast. Hurricane Fiona, which already battered the Caribbean, is now forecast to brush by Bermuda today before slamming into eastern Canada on Saturday morning. Residents in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are being warned to prepare for Fiona's impact. The Category 4 storm, which has already claimed the lives of at least five people and knocked out power for millions this week, will bring damaging winds, high waves and heavy rainfall that may lead to prolonged power outages, local officials said. Several schools, government offices and other businesses in the region have closed today in preparation for the storm.
2. Ukraine
Occupied parts of Ukraine are voting in "sham" referendums today on joining Russia. The referendums, which are illegal under international law, have been widely condemned by the West as illegitimate. Such a move could provide Moscow with a pretext to escalate its faltering invasion, which has seen Ukraine regain thousands of square miles of territory this month. The European Union has said it won't recognize the results and has indicated it is preparing a new package of sanctions against Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin, on the other hand, backed the referendums in a recent address to the nation. Separately, long lines of traffic were reported at several of Russia's major land borders, as Russian citizens attempt to flee the newly announced "partial mobilization."
3. Migrants
A Democratic lawmaker in Florida is suing Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to stop him from transporting more migrants from the southern border, arguing last week's flights to Martha's Vineyard violated state law. State Sen. Jason Pizzo, a Miami Democrat, says DeSantis illegally misspent taxpayer dollars by flying about 50 migrants from San Antonio to the Massachusetts island. DeSantis has vowed to transport more migrants from the border, and previously told reporters that the flights to Martha's Vineyard were "just the beginning." DeSantis said the action was paid for with $12 million that was allocated in the state budget, and he promised to use "every penny."
4. Pandemic fraud
More than $45 billion in pandemic unemployment benefits may have been fraudulently paid to criminals between March 2020 and April 2022, the US Department of Labor said in a memo on Thursday. This is the latest report to identify widespread schemes to steal money from a variety of federal relief programs after Congress enacted an expansion of the program to help Americans during the Covid-19 pandemic. It's also a big jump from the $16 billion figure estimated in June 2021. Fraud skyrocketed when state unemployment agencies were overwhelmed with record numbers of claims and relaxed some requirements in an effort to get the money out the door quickly to those who had lost their jobs. Within five months, more than 57 million people filed claims for unemployment benefits.
5. Air travel
Boeing has agreed to pay $200 million for misleading the public about the safety of its 737 Max plane following two fatal crashes in 2018 and 2019. The Securities and Exchange Commission alleges that, following an October 2018 crash of a Lion Air 737 Max jet that killed 189 people, Boeing and then-CEO Dennis Muilenburg knew that part of the plane's flight control system posed an ongoing safety concern -- yet told the public that it was safe to fly. After a March 2019 fatal 737 Max crash, the SEC alleges that Boeing and Muilenburg knowingly misled the public about "slips" and "gaps" in the certification process of that flight control system. Elsewhere in the aviation industry, American Airlines recently announced it will ban an unruly passenger for life after the individual punched a flight attendant.
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6.9%
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--CNN en Español, issuing a statement after the government of Nicaragua abruptly took CNNE off the air this week, shortly after 10 p.m. local time on Wednesday. In recent months, CNN en Español has reported on examples of repression by the country's government under fifth-term President Daniel Ortega. While the government has not explained why it removed CNN's Spanish-language service, the move comes as Ortega's regime has sharply cracked down on the press and critics over the past two years.
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A few local residents joined some members of the school board Thursday night at Lockport High School to air their thoughts on hiring a new superintendent for Lockport schools.
At its start, BOCES Superintendent Clark Godshall, who is leading the search for a new superintendent as per the school board’s decision, asked for no negativity, as well as not to advocate for a single candidate. He also thanked the six board of education members who were present — but in “listening mode.” About 10 members of the public were in attendance.
Godshall referred to a set of questions which is also online at the school’s home page, and promoted the next meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday at Aaron Mossell Junior High School. He also said an additional meeting would be scheduled at another location that would allow underserved community members access to the discussion.
“I’ll go anywhere,” he said, also noting he was not compensated in any way for conducting the search and has aided in 76 similar searches outside the Lockport City School District.
After asking what kind of characteristics the perfect candidate for the superintendent role would possess, Ed Sandell, former school board trustee, quickly named six: experience with special education, being a former principal, being a curriculum manager, being an assistant superintendent of finance, being an assistant superintendent of personnel, and experience as a facilities manger.
In short, Godshall said, not a drill sergeant in the Army or a CEO of a company. An educator. Sandell agreed.
Other qualities such as transparency and openness also came up, but the issue that was most discussed was having a resident superintendent who lived in the school district.
Godshall said that the BOE was willing to “incentivize” a candidate that agreed to live in the school district to the tune of a $10,000-moving cost, or even buy them a house in the city, but said it was a moving target.
“That is up to negotiations,” he said.
The salary for the position was also touched upon. Godshall said it is $185,000 a year, noting that it may go up if the candidate is successful. If not, there would be a three-year contract set in place and after it was up, he would ask the candidate to leave.
“The last superintendent had no skin in the game when it came to the students in the district,” Alice Patterson, a community member, said. “If people lived here and had that relationship with where the children live – it’d change the way the district operated.”
Paul Patterson, another community member, took issue with the salary. He asked why more incentives should be put up for someone with such a salary, when much of the district is below the poverty line. However, he also said he’d pay more if the candidate rose to the occasion and turned the district around.
Jill Caruso, sister to Tracy Caruso, a board trustee, noted that there should be more input from the community.
Kyle Lambalzer, a former trustee, said the superintendent should be able to build bridges between the parents and the administration.
James Patterson, who said he’d like to move back to the district, gave a short speech on why educated people of color left the area and didn’t come back.
Patterson touched upon unfairness of hiring processes and put forth some names of candidates he’d like to see come under consideration, but was quickly asked to leave out any names by Godshall.
Many of the issues of Lockport’s school district were aired at the meeting, including a lack of trust, said Caruso, between the employees of the district and the superintendent.
The lack of diversity amongst teachers, said Alice Patterson.
When asked what they’d ask the candidates, Lambalzer said he’d ask for their top priority. This mirrored what Paul Patterson asked, which was, “What would they do first?”
Godshall asked for good points of the district, things that would attract a perfect candidate.
Tammy Dodge noted that there are many resources for academics. Sandell said the DECA and robotics program in the district were great.
“The way they handled Covid,” Lambalzer said, though some in the audience did not appear to agree.
Godshall also mentioned that the facilities were also in great condition.
“This job is a plum,” he told the audience, noting that former superintendent Michelle Bradley had the highest salary of any district in Western New York due to her experience.
“Many candidates will be looking to step up here,” he said.
After adjournment, Godshall said he believed the meeting was successful.
“It was open and transparent and had community input,” he said. “You’ll find the same at the next one.”
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Breyer: "Very, very, very sorry" about Dobbs decision
Former Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer lamented that he is "very, very, very sorry" about the court's reversal of Roe v. Wade in his first televised interview since retiring from the bench in June.
Driving the news: "Was I happy about it? Not for an instant. Did I do everything I could to persuade people? Of course, of course," Breyer told CNN's Chris Wallace of the court's Dobbs decision.
- "But there we are and now we go on. We try to work together," he said.
- Breyer, who recalled his position in the court's minority liberal bloc as a "very frustrating" spot to be in, also condemned the leak of the draft opinion as "very damaging."
- "It was very damaging because that kind of thing just doesn't happen. It just doesn't happen. And there we are," he said.
The big picture: Breyer also warned justice against "writing [opinions] too rigidly."
- "You start writing too rigidly and you will see, the world will come around and bite you in the back," Breyer said.
- "Because you will find something you see just doesn't work at all. And the Supreme Court, somewhat to the difference of others, has that kind of problem in spades."
What to watch: His remarks come days before the Supreme Court is set to begin its next term.
Go deeper... Supreme Court's next term could be just as contentious
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Austin Uzbek restaurant serves divine dumplings
Our never-ending search for perfect dumplings — who among us doesn't love a dumpling? — took us to Bowlmenu, an Uzbek restaurant tucked into a corner of one of northwest Austin's great strip malls.
- The sprawling spot, by the corner of U.S. 183 and Spicewood Springs Road, includes a baseball card shop, an Indian supermarket, a ramen spot, a butcher, a Bollywood dance studio and an eyebrow threading salon.
- We firmly believe that some of Austin's best food can be found in its (relatively) low-rent strip malls — and Bowlmenu confirmed the theory.
The ambiance: Framed posters of Uzbek monuments like the Hotel Tashkent. Muzak versions of "Let It Be" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water" waft in the background.
- The friendly husband-and-wife team Alex and Barno Khol cook the food, take orders and run the cash register.
What we ate: Clear-brothed, deep red, onion-y and excellent borscht; smoky, grilled chicken and lamb shashlik; a comfort-food rice-and-lamb dish called palov.
What we loved best: Besides the borscht, definitely order the divine dumplings, called manti. Pillowy, with a light pumpkin filling inside.
Pro tip: To try something new, grab an Ayron, a lightly salted yogurt drink.
If you go: Bowlmenu, in the mall at 8650 Spicewood Springs Road, is open 11am-9pm Tuesday through Sunday.
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Denver District Attorney Beth McCann wages new fight against fentanyl
Denver's district attorney plans to take "aggressive" action to fight fentanyl dealers as the epidemic of overdose fatalities tied to the synthetic substance worsens statewide.
Why it matters: In Colorado and across the country, the deadly drug is increasingly putting youths at risk, particularly as they return to school — where they may encounter the opioid laced with other substances, Axios Vitals' Tina Reed writes.
State of play: Denver DA Beth McCann, a Democrat, is asking for $300,500 out of the city's budget next year to add four positions — two investigators and two attorneys — to assist with what she calls a record number of fentanyl-involved cases.
- With extra hands — and new teeth from the fentanyl legislation state lawmakers passed earlier this year — McCann is aiming to ramp up "aggressive prosecution" for anyone caught dealing the drug in the city, she tells Axios Denver.
- She'll also increasingly look to grand juries due to their subpoena powers, she says, which can force criminals into court and unlock new evidence, including cell phone data.
Yes, but: McCann supported parts of the highly controversial fentanyl bill that keeps sentencing for anyone caught with 1 gram or less of the substance a Level 1 drug misdemeanor.
- She also backed aspects of the bill that lowers Level 4 drug felonies to misdemeanors if those convicted of possessing between 1 gram and 4 grams of fentanyl go through treatment.
By the numbers: McCann's office saw case filings involving fentanyl soar by nearly 300% between 2019 and 2021, totaling 340 cases filed.
- In that same period, deaths in Denver involving fentanyl skyrocketed to 312% with 239 fatalities in 2021, city data shows.
What they're saying: Local health officials say fentanyl is often found in counterfeit pills disguised as ADHD or pain medicine, as well as in heroin and powders.
- Unlike some parts of the country, Colorado has not verified any incident of fentanyl laced in cannabis products, Denver health department spokesperson Emily Williams tells Axios.
Threat level: Multiple Colorado teenagers have died this year from fentanyl overdoses. Last month, a 13-year-old died from an accidental fentanyl overdose during his first week in eighth grade at Aurora Hills Middle School.
- Earlier this month, federal officials issued a warning about a new "rainbow" fentanyl pill that could be used to lure teens. The drug has been seized in more than a dozen states.
What's next: Denver City Council members kick off budget hearings today to review funding requests from the 781-page document, including McCann's request for more staff.
- All proposed changes are due back to the mayor by Oct. 11, and council members must approve the budget by Nov. 7.
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Hot homes: 3 brand new listings around Denver, starting at $849K
Denver's housing market is cooling as rising interest rates push people to hold on to their homes, the latest data from the Denver Metro Association of Realtors shows.
Why it matters: After years of limited options, ruthless bidding wars and sky-high prices, economic uncertainty is balancing the market in the Mile High City.
- "Homes are still getting multiple offers but there are fewer of them, so buyers have a real opportunity to find a home they love and get under contract," Greg Hriso, real estate agent with Homie Colorado, said in a statement.
For those on the hunt, here are three stunners that just went on sale:
1223 South Lincoln St. — $849,000
Why we love it: This 1900s-era Victorian residence boasts the best of both worlds with its historic charm and modern touches.
- Neighborhood: Platt Park
- Specs: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,794 square feet
- Listed by: Lindsey Meyer at Compass
- Features: Front porch with swing, original hardwood floors, gas fireplace, exposed brick walls, finished basement, flagstone back patio.
522 South Sherman St. — $935,000
Why we love it: Interior design takes this Victorian's beauty to new heights, giving new buyers the benefit of a professional stylist's eye upon move-in.
- Neighborhood: West Wash Park
- Specs: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,811 square feet
- Listed by: Grace Sullivan and Bob Brown at milehimodern
- Features: Ample natural light, designer wallpaper, refinished hardwood floors, pitched ceilings, large backyard with patio, two-car detached garage.
9424 East Orchard Drive — $2,200,000
Why we love it: Between the custom design, floor-to-ceiling windows, incredible kitchen and massive backyard — honestly, what's not to love?
- Neighborhood: Orchard Hills, in Greenwood Village
- Specs: 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, 2,223 square feet
- Listed by: Ben Clark and Sarah LaBram Antonellis at milehimodern
- Features: Floor-to-ceiling fireplace, basement butler's pantry, five-piece bathroom in primary suite, sprawling entertaining deck, two-car garage.
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Des Moines' Court Avenue will lose some lanes under reconstruction
Des Moines' East Court Avenue will be reconstructed from the DSM River to East 14th Street as part of a two-year, nearly $33 million project that starts next spring.
Why it matters: It's the start of big changes for one of downtown's most prominent streets.
- There will be lane reductions and the speed limit will be permanently lowered by five miles-per-hour in most sections.
Catch up fast: DSM conducted a walkability study in 2016 that resulted in setting goals to make the city more pedestrian friendly.
- The timing of East Court Avenue's changes are prompted by pavement conditions that warrant full reconstruction, city engineer Steve Naber said during a public forum last year.
Plus: The work comes just ahead of expected growth along the avenue.
- The redevelopment of an industrial area into what will be known as the Market District will add thousands of housing units.
Details: The new street configuration will generally narrow traffic to one lane in each direction with buffered bike lanes.
- Concrete bump-outs constructed at intersections will shadow parking spots and shorten pedestrian crossing distances.
Driving the news: The DSM City Council authorized city staffers last week to proceed with obtaining temporary easements for the project.
- Construction will take place in two phases and conclude in the fall of 2024.
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Pilgrimage Festival returns with Chris Stapleton
The Pilgrimage Festival kickstarts the fall season with more than 40 artists performing Saturday and Sunday at The Park at Harlinsdale Farm in Franklin.
- Headliners Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, Jon Batiste and The Avett Brothers lead the roster.
State of play: Weekend passes and single-day tickets are still available.
Flashback: The Pilgrimage Festival has quickly become a local tradition since its launch in 2015.
Between the lines: The festival will maintain its family-friendly vibes this year — Children 10 and under are free when they accompany an adult with a ticket.
- Kids can experience their own festival-within-a-festival at the "Lil' Pilgrims Family Stage."
- There will also be arts-and-crafts vendors and food trucks on site.
Don’t miss: Faithful readers will spot Axios Nashville favorite Brittney Spencer on the schedule for 12:45pm Sunday.
🔈 Listen: Sunday performer Elle King's raucous duet with Miranda Lambert on "Drunk (And I Don't Wanna Go Home)" is sure to pair well with a field full of fans singing along.
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Hot homes: 5 houses for sale in the Twin Cities starting at $390K
This week's Hot Homes collection varies in architectural styles from traditional to modern luxury.
2163 Pinehurst Ave. — $390,000
Why we love it: This charmer offers a generous galley kitchen with new quartz countertops and is located just blocks from Highland Village shops and eateries.
- Location: Highland Park (St. Paul)
- Specs: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,308 square feet
- Listed by: Scott Smith and Levi Ortmann at Keller Williams Premier Realty
- Features: Detached one-car garage, finished basement with gas fireplace and built-in cabinetry, updated appliances, renovated bathrooms and fenced-in backyard
4136 Abbott Ave. N. — $400,000
Why we love it: Breezy and bright, this spacious abode features sleek living spaces and a bonus work room.
- Location: Robbinsdale
- Specs: 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2,006 square feet
- Listed by: Eric Bigham at Coldwell Banker Realty
- Features: Detached and insulated three-car garage, finished basement, updated kitchen with stainless steel appliances, located near Victory Memorial Drive
7350 Cactus Curve — $445,000
Why we love it: Warm neutrals and textures abound in this home's stylish kitchen and open floor plan.
- Location: Chanhassen
- Specs: 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1,586 square feet
- Listed by: Stacey Johnson at Real Broker, LLC
- Features: Attached two-car garage, unfinished basement, two fireplaces, French doors, paver stone patio, updates throughout, located near downtown
4525 Grand Ave. S. — $569,900
Why we love it: Gather and entertain at this inviting home with a grand foyer and a cozy living room that walks directly out to the backyard.
- Location: King Field (Minneapolis)
- Specs: 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 1,876 square feet
- Listed by: Christopher Deming at RE/MAX Results
- Features: Detached one-car garage, unfinished basement, granite counters and stainless steel appliances, dining room with built-ins and fenced-in backyard
151 Cleveland Ave. S. — $575,000
Why we love it: Brimming with original details, this classic two-story boasts a glossy kitchen and attractive woodwork throughout.
- Location: Macalester-Groveland (St. Paul)
- Specs: 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 2,412 square feet
- Listed by: Tom Crouch at RE/MAX Results
- Features: Detached two-car garage, four season porch, hardwood floors, walk-up attic, wood burning fireplace and dining room with built-ins
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Here's what you need to know about early voting in Minnesota
Early voting for the November midterm election begins in Minnesota today.
The big picture: Any eligible Minnesota voter can cast an absentee ballot early, either in person or via mail.
The basics: Check your registration status, request a mail ballot or find an early-vote location. You can view your sample ballot before you go to brush up on top races.
State of play: Early voting has grown in popularity since state lawmakers passed a no-excuse absentee ballot law in 2013. A record 1.9 million Minnesotans cast absentee ballots in 2020.
Yes, but: This year's primary numbers suggest enthusiasm has cooled since the height of the pandemic, when more people were worried about crowds on Election Day.
How it works: When a mail-in ballot is requested, election officials create an absentee voter record linked to that person's name.
- That record is used to track the ballot through the process. It's also a safeguard against someone voting both in person and via mail.
Yes, but: What if you request a mail-in ballot and change your mind (or lose it) and want to vote in person?
- Election officials can use the information in your voter record to "spoil" the mail version so it can't be processed, even if you lost it or left it behind, and let you cast a new one.
- Voters who turn in a mail ballot early and change their mind about their choices can also "claw back" their ballot up until seven days before the election, which is when local officials begin opening the inner privacy envelopes and putting ballots into the tabulation machines.
Of note: The rule requiring a witness signature for mail-in ballots was waived during the pandemic but is back in effect this year.
- And, unlike in 2020, ballots must be received by Election Day (Nov. 8).
What to watch: Early voting access is an issue in the Secretary of State race.
- Incumbent DFL Secretary of State Steve Simon supports the current set up, while GOP challenger Kim Crockett says she'd like to reduce the early voting period and push more people to vote on Election Day.
The bottom line: The start of early voting means the general election is just 46 days away.
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Woman stabbed to death, man critically wounded in Austin
CHICAGO - A woman was killed and a man was critically wounded in two stabbings that took place minutes apart Friday morning in the Austin neighborhood on Chicago's West Side.
The 40-year-old man was inside a second-floor apartment around 3:23 a.m. in the 5200 block of West Crystal Street when someone he knew started stabbing him, police said.
He was transported by paramedics to Mount Sinai Hospital where was treated for multiple stab wounds across the body, police said. He was listed in critical condition.
Five minutes later, a woman was found one block to the west with multiple stab wounds to her neck, police said.
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She was also taken to Mount Sinai Hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Chicago police said the two stabbings "may be" connected.
No one is in custody as Area Five detectives investigate.
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Apple Music to sponsor Super Bowl halftime show replacing Pepsi
This season's Super Bowl halftime show will have a new sponsor.
The National Football League announced on Thursday that Apple Music is the new partner for the Super Bowl Halftime Show.
The multi-year partnership will begin with Super Bowl LVII, which will be played on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona.
"We are proud to welcome Apple Music to the NFL family as our new partner for the iconic Super Bowl Halftime Show," SVP of Partner Strategy for the NFL Nana-Yaw Asamoah said in a statement. "We couldn't think of a more appropriate partner for the world's most-watched musical performance than Apple Music, a service that entertains, inspires, and motivates millions of people around the world through the intersection of music and technology."
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Exclusive details and sneak peeks leading up to the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show will be seen by following @AppleMusic on TikTok, Instagram and Twitter.
"Music and sports hold a special place in our hearts, so we're very excited Apple Music will be part of music and football's biggest stage," said Oliver Schusser, Apple's vice president of Apple Music and Beats. "We're looking forward to even more epic performances next year and beyond with the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime Show."
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Over 120 million viewers watched The Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show live earlier this year, which featured a lineup of trailblazing musicians, including Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar.
Dr. Dre performs in the Pepsi Halftime Show during the NFL Super Bowl LVI football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams at SoFi Stadium on Feb. 13, 2022 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images)
Pepsi had been the halftime show sponsor for the last ten years and announced in May that it would not return as sponsor, according to Variety.
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Past Super Bowl Halftime Show performances include The Weeknd, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Prince, Madonna and more.
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Illinois routs Chattanooga 31-0 for best start since 2015
CHICAGO - Chase Brown became the first Illinois running back to rush for 100-plus yards in five straight games, Tommy DeVito passed for 329 yards and three touchdowns and the Fighting Illini blanked Chattanooga 31-0 on Thursday night.
Illinois improved to 3-1 and is off to its best start since 2015.
Brown capped a five-play, 64-yard scoring drive with a 9-yard touchdown run after the defense forced Chattanooga (3-1) into a three-and-out on its first drive.
He finished with 108 rushing yards on 20 carries and currently leads all FBS rushers with 604 yards through four games.
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The closest the Mocs came to scoring came early in the second quarter when they drove to the Illinois 16-yard line. Jartavius Martin picked off a Preston Hutchinson pass in the end zone to end the Mocs’ threat.
The Illini recorded their first shutout since a 2015 win over Western Illinois.
Chattanooga went just 4 of 14 on third downs and gained 142 total yards. Illinois piled up 502 yards of offense.
Hutchinson was sacked four times and completed just 6 of 18 passes for 49 yards with two interceptions.
Illinois nearly quadrupled Chattanooga’s total first-half yardage, 332 yards to 84 yards, and led 24-0 at intermission.
Thursday night marked the first time in Illinois football history that two receivers tallied more than 100 receiving yards and a running back ran for more than 100 yards in the same game. Pat Bryant caught six passes for 112 yards and a touchdown, while Isaiah Williams hauled in nine passes for 103 yards and a score.
Williams’ 63-yard touchdown off a screen pass made it 31-0 with 4:56 left in the third.
DeVito became the first Illinois quarterback to pass for more than 300 yards in a game since Brandon Peters threw for 369 yards at Michigan State in 2019.
Ailym Ford rattled off runs of 39 and 32 yards for the Mocs’ biggest gains of the night. He finished with 93 yards on 17 carries.
Andrew Southard missed a 43-yard field-goal attempt early in the third quarter after Ford’s 32-yard run took the Mocs into Illini territory.
Caleb Griffin kicked a 34-yard field goal to put Illinois up 10-0 in the first quarter.
THE TAKEAWAY
Illinois: The Illini prepared well for a better-than-usual FCS opponent and dominated accordingly to set themselves up in good position to make a bowl appearance with two-thirds of the schedule left. Illinois is a step or two away from contending in a wide-open Big Ten West thanks to stellar defense and a much improved passing attack with new offensive coordinator Barry Lunney Jr. making the calls.
Chattanooga: The Mocs can chalk this one up to talent differential and short rest after a strong start to their campaign. Rusty Wright’s group could be in the mix for the Southern Conference title in November.
UP NEXT
Chattanooga: The Mocs visit East Tennessee State on Oct. 1.
Illinois: Bret Bielema returns to his old stamping grounds when the Illini play at Wisconsin on Oct. 1.
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Editor’s note: Travel isn’t always easy. Time, money and itineraries can be tricky to juggle. Here at Explore, we are running a series of stories about road trips that can be done in a day or include an overnight stay. Each will take you on small adventures to places you might have overlooked or missed the last time you drove through. This week we take a trip to Prosser.
Prosser is about 50 miles southeast of Yakima, in Benton County.
The Yakima River flows through the city, which is in the Horse Heaven Hills American Viticultural Area and is home to several wineries and vineyards.
Hitting Interstate 82 to Prosser makes for a quick and easy day trip.
Once you get into downtown Prosser, pay a visit to Brewminatti, 713 Sixth St., to fuel your day with coffee, blended drinks, hot and cold teas, fountain drinks and bottled drinks. They also serve food such as bagels, muffins, oatmeal, yogurt and granola, and breakfast sandwiches.
The coffee shop also has lunch and dinner hours, serving salads, sandwiches, wraps and soups as well as beer and wine.
Brewminatti hosts live music some weekends, featuring rock, folk and Americana acts. Shows are all-ages unless otherwise noted, doors open an hour prior to the show and seating is first come, first served. Check their website for an up-to-date lineup. There is no dinner on show nights but there is a limited menu and beer, wine and coffee.
Brewminatti’s hours are 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Mondays, 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, and 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays.
PacaPoo, 9203 Steele Road, is an alpaca farm west of the downtown area. Its hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays. The small farm “firmly believes in treating their animals with respect, gentleness and love,” their website says.
PacaPoo sells a few items online and in their store on the farm, including hand-made outerwear, stuffed animals, dryer balls and yarn made from alpaca fiber.
Visitors can schedule a tour of the PacaPoo farm online at www.facebook.com/PacapooLlc.
Prosser is a popular destination for wines, and Vintners Village offers several wineries in one convenient location. Here are a few tasting rooms in the village; visit www.vintnersvillage.com for the complete list:
• Airfield Estates, 560 Merlot Drive, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays-Thursdays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays.
• Bunnell Family Cellar Wine O’Clock Wine Bar and Bistro, 548 Cabernet Court, noon-8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, noon-6 p.m. Sundays, noon-8 p.m. Mondays.
• Coyote Canyon Winery, 357 Port Ave., 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Fridays-Sundays, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays.
• Martinez and Martinez Winery at The Winemaker Loft, 357 Port Ave., Studio G, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays-Thursdays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays.
• Milbrandt Vineyards, 508 Cabernet Court, noon to 6 p.m. Fridays-Sundays.
After perusing the tasting rooms and finding bottles to take home, stop in at Yellow Rose Nursery, 600 Merlot Drive, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays.
Walk around the nursery and view the themed displays, hanging baskets, shrubbery, turtle pond and children’s garden.
Yellow Rose Nursery has a gift shop, makes custom baskets, offers landscaping and is currently stocked with a fall inventory of trees, shrubs, perennials and annuals.
Then follow the aromas to Neighbor’s BBQ, 1115 Grant Ave., for Texas-style barbecue. They’re open 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays.
Owners Michael and Kristin Hicks moved to Washington from Texas several years ago and started Neighbor’s BBQ in 2020 as a food truck, doing pop-ups and catering before opening their restaurant in Prosser four months ago.
Michael is the pit master and his pit, named “Babe Linkoln,” is made up of chains from hop machines. The menu features beef brisket, smoked meatloaf, pulled pork, baby back ribs and smoked chicken thighs. The meats are served on plates or as sandwiches with sides like coleslaw, baked beans, mac and cheese and more.
The Big Baker is a popular item with the lunch and dinner crowds. It’s a baked potato that’s topped with butter, sour cream and chives, and stuffed with your choice of brisket, pulled pork or meatloaf.
There’s more to Prosser than food and drink, of course. Take a delightful stroll around downtown Prosser to view public art, including murals and the Parade of Ponies, featuring 20 different ponies.
Each pony is made of fiberglass and the permanent art displays bring color and unique artwork to the community. The ponies are at various points in Prosser.
If you’re looking for some local arts and crafts, visit Free Expressions Studio, 1215 Meade Ave. from noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays. The studio opened in January in downtown Prosser and features around 10 artists at a time.
Owner and artist Megan Tyler stocks her studio with items from artists in and around Prosser as well as the Pacific Northwest. Find raw crystals, wrapped crystal rings and pendants, jewelry, handmade items like pendants and tote bags, eco-print textiles, and paintings and sketches.
The rows of leather earrings stand out, in different shapes and patterns to flatter any outfit. The array of bracelets and necklaces is eye-catching and colorful.
Tyler also hosts “Mediate and Create” workshops. The workshop starts with an hour of yoga and meditation to open creativity possibilities, and is followed by an hour to create a one-of-a-kind canvas painting.
If you’re looking for some sweeping views of Prosser, the Yakima Valley and the Horse Heaven Hills, travel east of downtown Prosser to State Route 221 and head approximately three miles to the top of the hill. The Horse Heaven Vista pull-off is on the north side of the road. It’s a great place for perspective and it gets you near 14 Hands Winery on your way back into Prosser.
The tasting room for 14 Hands Winery is at 660 Frontier Road and is open daily from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Indoor and outdoor seating is available.
14 Hands Winery offers red, rosé, white and blended wines in bottles and cans. Their wines are popular and easy to find, but visiting the tasting room is an experience all its own.
If you spend any amount of time in downtown Prosser, the Princess Theatre will be hard to miss.
The theater, at 1228 Meade Ave., is a historic landmark, highlighted by a giant neon sign above the entryway.
The main stage in the Princess Theatre presents productions of community theater. The 2022-23 lineup include Roald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka,” Michael Parker’s “Hotbed Hotel” and David Auburn’s “Proof.”
The Green Room at the Princess Theatre features jazz a la carte with live music, drinks and food carts. It also hosts family-friendly entertainment for children.
Check out www.prosserprincess.com for an up-to-date schedule and to purchase tickets.
The Horse Heaven Saloon, 615 Sixth St., is a family-owned bar, restaurant and brewery in downtown Prosser. The business is family-friendly and features a game room downstairs with pool, shuffleboard, darts and foosball.
The menu offers lunch and dinner pub food such as burgers, fish and chips, falafel or lamb gyros, meatloaf, pork chops and much more. There are a few breakfast items on the menu, too, served all day. Horse Heaven Saloon also creates a variety of signature cocktails.
Saloon hours are 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Wednesdays-Thursdays, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays and 11 a.m.- 9 p.m. Sundays. Happy hour 3-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays.
Make sure to visit the Horse Heaven Hills Brewery, 1118 Meade Ave., which brews craft beers for the saloon. Brewery hours are 3-8 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, noon-8 p.m. Saturdays and 1-5 p.m. Sundays.
Although currently unavailable, visitors will soon be able to stay in one of two parlor themed rooms above the saloon. Described as a Western getaway, the rooms offer views of historic downtown Prosser.
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Thousands of students in Yakima County returned to class this fall for another year of learning and growing. With so many people coming in and out each day, school buildings and campuses require regular maintenance and upkeep.
In the area’s largest district, the Yakima School District, officials focused on maintenance projects that keep schools clean and welcoming, as well as fulfilling promises made to the community regarding the Davis High School Auditorium, a project that is in progress.
Some schools embarked on larger projects to repair damage to a building, like Naches Valley Elementary School after a flood near the beginning of last school year. Others needed to remodel due to growth, like East Valley High School.
The Yakima Herald-Republic spoke with school officials across the Valley to check in on recent or pending construction and renovation projects.
Naches Valley Elementary
Just before the start of fall classes last school year, a water main broke at Naches Valley Elementary School and flooded most of the school. The first day of classes was pushed back as staff scrambled to make the building serviceable for more than 400 students.
At the time, then-principal Eric Valentine said making the building usable was more important than making it pretty. Once students rolled in for the school year, it would become nearly impossible to complete large-scale repairs to the building.
Valentine is now the principal at Naches Valley High School. His successor at Naches Valley Elementary, Brian Amundson, said when he came on board in July, repairs were already underway.
Nearly every classroom needed repairs, as most of the building flooded with an inch or two of water. Classrooms and hallways received new flooring. As part of the renovations, classroom entryways received a redesign. When kids enter the class or use the sink area, they stand on tile floors, which are easier to clean than the carpet that covers the rest of the room, Amundson said.
Workers tackled the classrooms first and only had a few months to get the repairs done before students returned.
“The focus was getting classrooms done first so that we’d be ready for kids,” Amundson said. “And then the hallways were secondary.”
The drywall along the bottom of many hallways was also repaired and painted. The school also brought in a mural artist to repair the trunks of painted trees that decorate the school’s main hallway, Amundson said.
The school building is only about six years old. Amundson said it’s the most beautiful he’s worked in during his 25 years in education and said it reflects well on the whole community.
“I am so proud of the school,” he said. “The work that has gone into the actual building … it says something about this community, that they were willing to spend the money and the investment to do this.”
East Valley High School
To help accommodate increasing enrollment, East Valley School District embarked on a series of construction projects. The district recently wrapped up the final stage of the plan, extensive renovations to East Valley High School.
The COVID-19 pandemic and supply chain issues delayed the project, but the final renovations were completed this summer, Superintendent Russ Hill said at the grand opening ceremony for the high school. Many of the renovations were finished last school year and students have already put the building to use.
Loofburrow Wetch Architects helped design the high school. Architect Gary Wetch called the project a “labor of love” that took more than seven years.
Several parts of the school underwent renovations, Wetch said. The auditorium and commons area were redone to better accommodate disabled visitors.
Much of the south wing of the building underwent changes. On a public tour of the school, Hill said that many of the renovated classrooms were more spacious. The school also recently added new features for students like an indoor archery range for its Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps students and a computer lab for esports gaming students.
The building was designed with growth in mind. The high school had about 1,000 students enrolled last school year, but can accommodate up to 1,200 students, Hill said.
This fall, the district will ask voters to pass a capital levy to expand the East Valley Central Middle School Commons, according to Yakima County Elections Office documents.
Yakima School District
The Yakima School District operates 21 campuses. Over the past year, it has focused on maintenance for many of its schools on the east side of town, said YSD Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources and Maintenance Anthony Murrietta.
Several school buildings got fresh paint, including Ridgeview, Martin Luther King Junior and Adams elementary schools and Lewis and Clark, Washington and McClure middle schools, Murrietta said.
The district has taken a new approach to cleaning up graffiti. Whenever a wall gets tagged, the whole wall is painted so the repairs are less noticeable, Murrietta said.
The district is committed to creating clean and welcoming school environments that students and the community can be proud of, Murrietta said. Even something as simple as keeping the grass cut can make a difference.
“So, (we’re) really proud of the fact that we’ve done all this and we’re hoping that it makes a difference with the kids and how they feel and we’re hoping the community sees it,” he said.
Barge-Lincoln Elementary School underwent a beautification project that added more green space and two new mini soccer pitches, courtesy of the Seattle Sounders’ RAVE Foundation.
The largest construction project in the district is an update to the Davis High School auditorium, a project that resumed in December.
The Davis auditorium renovations are the final piece of a decades-long project to renovate Davis, Eisenhower High School and Stanton Academy, Murrietta said.
The project needed $3.5 million more than the district anticipated, due to high supply and labor costs, Murrietta said. YSD is moving forward with the project but it had to delay other renovations to help balance the budget.
“We just decided that we were going to have to hunker down and do what’s necessary to make that project happen,” Murrietta said.
The district expects the auditorium will be complete in late January 2023.
Other school projects
Several other local school districts engaged in construction or renovations over the summer.
The Selah School District completed construction on its John Campbell Primary School, which serves first- and second-grade students, district public relations specialist Heidi Diener said in an email. Students started using the new building in January, but workers completed paving and landscaping projects in July. The primary school project was the final stage of a bond-funded project from 2018.
Selah also completed renovations to the Robert Lince Early Learning Center, which serves preschool and kindergarten students, Diener said. Renovations included updating classrooms and improving the flooring.
The Granger School District broke ground on a new track at its high school in June. The old track stood for over 50 years. The district expects to finish at the end of September, executive assistant to the superintendent Yessica Ramirez said in an email.
The Union Gap School District completed roofing on its gymnasium this summer, Superintendent Lisa Gredvig said in an email. The district will ask the community to pass a bond this fall so it can update building security, expand the kitchen and construct an auxiliary gym.
The West Valley School District replaced a significant amount of concrete at its junior high school. The auditorium underwent lighting upgrades and the baseball field received additional bleachers. The district is also continuously renovating its Innovation Center, which previously served as the freshman campus, district communications director Amy Forrest said in an email.
The Toppenish School District recently started a project to add multipurpose rooms at its high school and middle school, assistant superintendent Shawn Myers said in an email. The district is also amid construction on a new early learning center.
The Sunnyside School District added portable classrooms at Chief Kamiakin Elementary School, which houses the district’s kindergarten program, district communications director Jessica Morgan said in an email. The district also added new playground equipment to that school.
Last school year, the Mabton School District added three new classrooms to Artz-Fox Elementary School, Superintendent Joseph Castilleja said in an email.
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Two days after saving match point and withstanding a barrage of 27 aces from No.2 seed Caroline Garcia, No.28 Zhang Shuai booked her place in the semifinals with a 7-5, 6-2 win over Petra Martic. Zhang will face Liudmila Samsonova for a spot in her third final of the season.
Playing Tokyo for the first time in over a decade, Zhang is now into her third semifinal of the season. Earlier this year, Zhang captured her third career singles title in Lyon and made the final in Birmingham. Zhang came into the fall season after a successful summer hard court season, which saw the 33-year-old make back-to-back quarterfinals in Cincinnati and Cleveland before making her first US Open Round of 16.
For Zhang Shuai, with age comes wisdom -- and results
Zhang came into the quarterfinals looking for her first ever win over Martic. The Croatian had beaten her twice on hard courts. In their last match at 2019 Miami, Martic lost just three games.
Tokyo semifinals calling ☎️@zhangshuai121 is into the last four for a third time this season, defeating Martic in straight sets! #TorayPPO pic.twitter.com/NYL3619Oic
— wta (@WTA) September 23, 2022
Zhang was able to break open the match after Martic went 1 for 5 on break points in the first set. In contrast, Zhang saw only two break points in the opener but converted both times. From 5-5 in the first set, Zhang reeled off seven straight games before Martic got on the board at 5-1. She closed out the win on her fifth match point after 1 hour and 22 minutes.
The victory is Zhang's 34th of the season, more than double her 2021 tally of 15. She is the first Chinese player to advance to the Tokyo semifinals since Li Na in 2009.
Zhang Shuai, Zheng Qinwen lead history-making Chinese quartet at US Open
"Last year, tough half year," Zhang explained after the match. "I had an injury because in 2020 I [went] back to China [twice], long quarantine after. When I started to play I felt shoulder pain, arm pain, everywhere. So last year, the first half of the year I didn't win any matches. I didn't play well. I took a lot of rest and treatment.
"Last year's 15 wins were in the second half of the year. So it looks the same, every half-year I have 15 wins. That feeling is good."
No.30 Samsonova played a clinical match to defeat former No.1 Garbiñe Muguruza 6-4, 6-2 in the quarterfinals. From 4-4 in the first set, Samsonova took control of the match by winning four straight games to build a 6-4, 2-0 lead. She finished the match with 23 winners to Muguruza's 11, breaking the Spaniard five times.
Samsonova has now won 16 of her last 17 matches and has made the semifinals or better at three of her last four tournaments.
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Nigerian investors sue over $11m Flutterwave cash frozen in Kenya
Friday September 23 2022
More than 2,000 Nigerian investors have petitioned the Kenyan courts to unfreeze Ksh1.44 billion ($11.8 million) locked in Safaricom and four banks, saying they were swindled in transactions involving Africa-focused payments giant Flutterwave.
The Nigerians said in a petition that they were swindled of billions of shillings through a sports betting platform that used Flutterwave to process the payments.
The 2,468 West Africans now want Ksh1.44 billion ($11.8 million) separated from the Ksh6.6 billion ($54.5 million) frozen in July in 62 bank accounts at Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB), Equity Bank, Ecobank and UBA Bank and in 19 Safaricom paybill numbers under Kenya’s anti-money laundering laws.
Read: Kenya freezes $52m linked to Nigerian start-up Flutterwave
The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) obtained orders freezing Ksh5.17 billion in 29 accounts at GTB and the rest in Equity and Ecobank in Kenya shillings, US dollars, euros and Sterling pounds.
The billions are believed to be proceeds of theft, card fraud and money laundering wired in the guise of payments for goods and services.
Morris Ebitimi Joseph, one of the investors, said he and other alleged victims have lodged another case in Nigeria, seeking to recover their money. They have opposed the bid to forfeit the money to the Kenya government, saying part of it belongs to them.
“I believe that the issuance of an order compelling Guaranty Trust Bank, Equity Bank and Ecobank to deposit the sums excluded in the bank account of our advocates, justice shall be served to the 2,468 interested parties who were swindled of their hard-earned money through the scheme,” he said.
The Nigerian says they invested in sports betting through a platform known as 86 football technology.
It was also known as 86FB, 86Z and 86W and the merchants were duly registered by the Corporate Affairs Commission of Nigeria.
The investors, he said, made deposits in the investment scheme with a promise of better returns from the betting business, which never came to pass. They reckon all was well for about six months when the payments stopped.
Mr Ebitimi says he has done research and discovered that it was a dubious operation and wants to join the case and assist the court in resolving the matter.
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No.4 seed Veronika Kudermetova came back from the brink to defeat No.5 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-7(4), 7-6(6) 6-1 to advance to the semifinals of the Toray Pan Pacific Open. In a physical match that lasted 3 hours and 14 minutes, Kudermetova came within two points of the loss but reeled off the final six games to win.
Into the fifth WTA 500 semifinal of her career, Kudermetova will face either Zheng Qinwen or Claire Liu.
Only World No.1 Iga Swiatek and No.2 Ons Jabeur have reached more quarterfinals than Kudermetova in 2022. Tokyo was her ninth of the year and her gritty win over Haddad Maia boosted her into a sixth semifinal of the season.
Kudermetova gets it done 🤝
— wta (@WTA) September 23, 2022
The No.4 seed comes from a set down to advance to the Tokyo semifinals, 6-7(4), 7-6(6), 6-1!#TorayPPO pic.twitter.com/Ut5gfv0IDh
Kudermetova's relentless return pressure was the key in the match, as she generated 15 break points on the Brazilian's serve and broke six times. Kudermetova hit 45 winners, including 11 aces. Haddad Maia countered with 22 winners. Despite the differential, the match was a physical tug-o-war. Both women saw 5-2 leads evaporate before edging the other in their respective tiebreaks.
Turning point: Kudermetova found herself two points away from the loss in the second-set tiebreak at 6-6 before a courageous backhand winner found the line on set point. It was just the second tiebreak Haddad Maia had lost all season.
As the match veered towards the three-hour mark, Kudermetova grew in confidence and conviction. With crisper baseline hitting down the stretch, Kudermetova won the last six games of the match to improve her three-set record to 12-5 this season.
Stat of the match: Kudermetova is now 8-7 against Top 20 opponents this season, a remarkable shift from her 3-15 record in 2021.
Kudermetova in WTA Finals contention: Kudermetova's victory has important implications in the Race to the WTA Finals. Going into their quarterfinal showdown, both Kudermetova and Haddad Maia were looking to bolster their qualifying chances. By reaching the quarterfinals, Kudermetova will rise to No.9 on the Leaderboard and can leave Tokyo at No.8 if she wins the title.
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No.6 seed Emma Raducanu raced into the last four of the Hana Bank Korea Open with a 6-2, 6-2 defeat of No.3 seed Magda Linette in 77 minutes. She will bid for a place in the final against No.1 seed Jelena Ostapenko, who overpowered 17-year-old lucky loser Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva 6-2, 6-1 in 74 minutes.
The result marks the second tour-level semifinal of Raducanu's career, and first since winning the 2021 US Open as a qualifier. The 19-year-old has yet to drop a set this week in Seoul, and will next face either No.1 seed Jelena Ostapenko or 17-year-old lucky loser Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva.
Throughout the match, Raducanu struck her groundstrokes with authority and was imperious on serve, dropping just one point behind her first delivery. This came in particularly handy as she avoided a potential turning point in the second game of the second set.
On the march in Seoul 🚶♀️@EmmaRaducanu is through to her first semifinal since the 2021 US Open without dropping a set!#HanaBankKoreaOpen pic.twitter.com/F74aJ93PR8
— wta (@WTA) September 23, 2022
After a one-sided first set, Linette had won two fabulous all-court exchanges to hold triple break point for a 2-0 lead. But the Briton responded with five straight points, including four solid one-two punches, to wriggle out of trouble, and then pulled off a remarkable chipped return winner to break Linette in the next game.
Linette, who was coming off a run to the Chennai final last week and who had needed 2 hours and 46 minutes to defeat Kristina Mladenovic in the previous round, received treatment on her right thigh after the third game of the second set. With her movement visibly hampered, the Pole lost 14 of the next 17 points on resumption. Though Linette gathered herself for one last service hold, Raducanu was able to close out the match with her third love hold of the day.
Safely through to the semis 👋
— wta (@WTA) September 23, 2022
Top seed @JelenaOstapenk8 will face Raducanu for a place in the Seoul final!#HanaBankKoreaOpen pic.twitter.com/Um8cUCA359
Ostapenko had needed tight three-setters to get past wild card Jeong Boyoung and No.141-ranked Anastasia Gasanova in her first two rounds this week. But the Latvian, who had saved a match point against Gasanova, turned in her cleanest performance so far against Jimenez Kasintseva.
Get to know Victoria Jimenez Kasintseva, Andorra's teenage trailblazer
No.180-ranked Jimenez Kasintseva was making her tour-level quarterfinal debut, and a hefty strike with her left-handed forehand took the Andorran to an early 2-0 lead. But Ostapenko reigned in her power, kept her double fault tally to five, and took control of the match with a run of eight straight games.
Ostapenko advances to her fifth semifinal of the year, and first since reaching the Eastbourne final in June.
Highlights: Ostapenko d. Jimenez Kasintseva | Alexandrova d. Sun | Maria d. Zhu
The bottom-half semifinal in Seoul will pit No.2 seed Ekaterina Alexandrova against No.7 seed Tatjana Maria. Alexandrova saved one set point in the second-set tiebreak to defeat No.340-ranked Swiss qualifier Lulu Sun 7-5, 7-6(6) and move into her fourth semifinal of 2022.
Maria needed only 59 minutes to rout No.4 seed Zhu Lin 6-1, 6-1, outfoxing the defending champion with her variety of spins and superb touch at net. The German mother-of-two advances to her third semifinal of the season, following Bogota and Wimbledon.
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U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Chad Holloway, 351st Air Refueling Wing boom operator, prepares the boom to refuel receiving aircraft over the North Sea during exercise Cobra Warrior 22, Sept. 21, 2022. The U.S. Air Force is engaged, postured, and ready with credible force to assure, deter and defend in an increasingly complex security environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Anthony Hetlage)
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Forging a Creative Life as an Academic
Too many people confess they can’t wait to retire so they can finally write what they really want. They spend years living and working in ways that are conditional and constraining, writes Deborah J. Cohan.
Raised by exceptionally creative parents, I grew up believing that anything worth doing is worth doing as creatively as possible. I also grew up with the understanding that anything could become artful if we make it so. I observed that to be true whether my mother was painting or rearranging a bookcase or my dad was writing advertising copy or slicing vegetables to present on a tray in the most colorful way.
When I set out for graduate school, I expected it to be a place that would welcome creativity. But in my first year of my master’s program, a professor wrote in the margin of my paper, “Don’t try to be so creative.” At the time, I was 22 years old, hungry to be noticed and praised by professors whom I knew would eventually become my colleagues. So her comment stung. It also felt wrong and off base, but I swallowed it and moved on.
I transferred to another program for my doctorate, one that was known to be edgier and more progressive. And there, during my defense of what was the equivalent of qualifying exams, two women professors who claimed to be feminists fired a question at me and then were dismissive when I began with “I feel …” in response. In their eyes, that was an egregious error for which I needed to revise some of what I had submitted. Once again, I intuited that was wrong on many levels, yet I let it go and kept my eyes on the prize: a Ph.D. in sociology.
Now, at 52 and a tenured full professor, those comments seem foolish and more of a reflection of other people’s insecurities than anything about the merits of my work. But such comments are also damaging. In my own particular case, they cut to the heart of what my work was and still is all about: public sociology aimed at rethinking the relationships between emotions, identities, power and social structure. I was never interested, and still am not, in maintaining the status quo.
Aware of the reward structure in academe, I made decisions, consciously and even unconsciously, to jump through the hoops I needed to. But I also worked to retain the courage I had to be creative and to feel—even when I knew I would have some colleagues who resisted and rejected it. In this article, I will explore the ways in which it is possible—and rewarding—to forge a creative life as an academic.
A Radical Act
What is creativity? It is usually defined in terms of imagination and innovation and especially related to the production of artwork. Yet creativity is not necessarily about art per se but is a quality of being artful. It’s not about creating a masterpiece but rather how we make and weave meaning and richness into our days. Being creative means possessing curiosity, the ability to observe keenly and a passion for innovation to move about in space and time in new ways. It means trying something different, which requires us to take the leap to trust our intuition so we can play in the unknown.
Why should we strive to be more creative? In academe, as teachers and scholars, we need to teach and write in ways that reveal a depth of interpretation, that demonstrate meaning making, that forge connections, that push the boundaries of existing modes of thought and that play with new questions and ideas. When it comes to teaching, for example, we might create a new course that invigorates us as teachers. Such new preparations breathe new energy into teaching and keep us engaged as lifelong learners, an important thing to model for students. Over the past eight years, I have created three new courses for our sociology curriculum: Sociology of the Body, Sociology of Food and Sociology of Love—and each was transformative for my teaching and my own writing practice.
Unfortunately, however, I find it paradoxical that in higher education, of all places, many faculty members often report feeling stifled or deadened when it comes to creative practices. One would think academe would be one of the more open arenas for nurturing creativity. But as we know, formulaic and status-quo constructions generally prevail for what makes scholarship and pedagogy good enough for us to achieve successful annual reviews and to ascend the ranks through tenure and promotion.
It saddens me tremendously to hear so many people in academe, including several of my important mentors, confess that they can’t wait to retire just to finally write the sort of stuff they want to write. Living and working suspended like that is so conditional and constraining; it functions like a choke hold on our inner creative life. I couldn’t bear to wait that long.
Thus, I’ve come to regard the reclamation of my own creativity as a radical act. It’s a way of being more present in my life and work and responding to the urgent and important inner whispers that insist I be more creative today—not decades from now in retirement.
I have found that the best way to anchor more deeply into that mind-set is to borrow energy and momentum from another arena of invention. When I attend concerts, I think about the habits, routines and practices of the musicians. And I am always curious and energized to hear about others’ seemingly mundane daily rituals that pave the way for creativity. Witnessing others’ creativity can jump-start our own.
For example, over the past two years since my mother died, I have been unpacking boxes of her paintings and printmaking. I’ve been blown away by how vast a body of work she produced and inspired by how she kept at it, constantly taking new risks and trying again. In the mornings, after having a double espresso, I have found myself going into the guest room, now turned art gallery, and caressing the nuanced details of some of the pieces. Sometimes I take photographs of them that I pair with fresh flowers or with the work of a favorite potter—playing with colors, shape, light and form—and then share them on social media.
Invariably, people ask if my mother and the potter created work in tandem because of how much their art complements each other. I explain that, no, in fact, I just noticed the parallels and decided to photograph them together. It is in the act of making such visual connections and juxtapositions that I feel a high of creative and playful synthesis, and I find that it propels me to want to sit down to do my own writing.
Creativity involves imagining new ways of seeing, sensing and being. Another simple way I do that is to look around a room in my home and find an object, meditate for a moment on its functions and then consider what else it might be used for. The simple act of repurposing an object changes my relationship to it and keeps things fresh. When I get stuck, I try to pause and reflect on times I felt most in a creative flow state, and I call up a multisensory picture of that experience to revisit it for the qualities I most need to tap into.
Issues of Time and Space
While we in academe must grapple with often overwhelming institutional demands and constraints, it is still possible to craft a creative dossier. For example, for those of us committed to being creative public intellectuals, the issue becomes one of educating colleagues about what we are doing and why it’s important. At my university, where I work in a multidisciplinary department of social sciences and humanities, and where faculty members from disciplines all across the university make up the tenure and promotion committee, I crafted a personal statement for my file that captured my intentionality around public sociology and the ways it is a legitimate and firmly grounded part of my discipline.
We’ve also all seen how the pandemic has changed how people conceptualize work, space and place, and we can use that to creatively rethink how we offer and manage our time for tasks such as office hours. It might be possible to conduct them outside in fresh air and sunshine, or to do a walk-and-talk session with a student on campus. Or perhaps we can offer phone appointments while walking or biking. The spirit of these ideas is not to amplify multitasking, but rather to consider ways we might be able to give back to ourselves while we are supporting others’ success and growth. The point then becomes not about adding more but about how we negotiate our time and workload in ways that prioritize creative spaciousness.
Similarly, much of the service being done across campuses is unpaid labor for the purpose of institutional maintenance. We might want to create our own service opportunities. For example, years back, a colleague and I created monthly evening events related to gender issues and invited the entire campus community. No such thing had existed before on our campus, and various campus leaders at the time appropriately recognized that endeavor as a meaningful and special contribution of service.
This issue of time and space extends to scholarship and how we negotiate that to be productive. We’re limited by blocking beliefs that if only we could have endlessly unfolding hours and days, we would finally be able to write and publish more—that until it is perfect, we dare not submit our work yet, and that we probably don’t know what we’re doing anyway, given the impostor syndrome so pervasive in academe. But that mentality of “if only,” “when” and “not until” ramps up our self-expectations and fear and holds us back from taking creative risks. It also feeds into a mentality of scarcity that runs counter to a creative life.
We must also make room for our creative endeavors by prioritizing them and not becoming overwhelmed or sidetracked by other demands. I’ve learned that if our initial gut instinct is to say no to something, it is best to say it or to say, “I’ll have to think about it and get back to you,” and then return with the no. Some colleagues will bear down in meetings with intense praise and pressure to get us to agree to something. It’s OK to say, “Thanks for thinking I’d be good at this, but if you need an answer right now, it will have to be no.” In my mind, I picture the famous New Yorker cartoon where a man on the phone looks at his calendar and says, “How about never—is never good for you?”
Our personal lives, too, offer us endless opportunities to be creative. In The Artist’s Way, Julia Cameron suggests daily walks, writing morning pages every day and taking a creative excursion as regularly as possible. Contained in that model is the need for rituals, structure and an openness to being creative. I’d add that being in friendships and intimate relationships that nourish, rather than squelch, our creativity is essential.
In the three-ring circus that is the life of a faculty member—juggling the demands of teaching, scholarship and service—it is advantageous to approach our responsibilities as creatively as possible, as doing so will enhance work-life balance. Often, when we drop down into the most creative oasis within ourselves, we are able to experience unleashed freedom, timelessness, flow and energy in ways that life looks light-filled, colorful and more spacious than ever before. If we begin this new academic year with the fervent belief that we deserve to engage in the vitality of cultivating more creativity, and if we follow that with intention and action, we can start to transform our work and our lives significantly for the better.
Deborah J. Cohan is professor of sociology at the University of South Carolina at Beaufort and the author of Welcome to Wherever We Are: A Memoir of Family, Caregiving, and Redemption (Rutgers, 2020). Her next book will be a professor’s guide to the campus experience for students and parents, to be published by New World Library.
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In which a veteran of cultural studies seminars in the 1990s moves into academic administration and finds himself a married suburban father of two. Foucault, plus lawn care.
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Friday Fragments
A surprising book recommendation, reader responses on fundraising, and the return of The Girl.
When the kids were younger, they were the right age to watch the first run of iCarly. It was on in the house often enough that I caught some scenes from time to time, though I don’t think I ever made it through an episode. At the time, I thought that Sam, played by Jennette McCurdy, was the obvious standout. She had comic timing, even if the scripts were trash. Over the years since, I’ve expected to see her appear in other things, but she mostly didn’t.
I mention that to explain why I noticed when her new book, I’m Glad My Mom Died, came out, and why I listened to it in the car. And I can’t believe I’m writing this, but it’s terrific.
It’s a blunt story of a deeply dysfunctional family, a predatory industry, and the not-always-admirable coping mechanisms she used to handle them. But it’s also funny, vivid, beautifully written, and utterly believable. Listening to it, I kept thinking of a more tragic Lisa Simpson. In recreating conversations, she sprinkles in what she was really thinking while also reporting what she actually said, and the effect is devastating.
The characters that win me over in fiction are the deeply flawed ones who know they’re deeply flawed, who try to be better, but who only succeed in fits and starts when they succeed at all. Bonus points if they’re funny. (They cross genres: Bojack in Bojack Horseman, Devi in Never Have I Ever, Laura Dern’s character in Enlightened, and the narrator in nearly every Replacements song.) This book isn’t fiction, but it’s narrative, and the character arc is the same. She isn’t always likable, but she’s sharp and funny and she wins you over. She’s also a hell of a voice actor. Unexpectedly and highly recommended.
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Thanks to the wise and worldly readers who responded to the query about innovative fundraising by community colleges. The consistent theme of the responses was the need to separate the idea of giving to an institution – a difficult sell on a good day – from giving to students. When the pitch was about helping students, it got a better response.
That certainly sounds right. I’ve seen faculty and staff scoff openly at the idea of donating to their employer – usually saying something like “I give by accepting this salary…” – but many soften when they learn that they can direct the donation to student scholarships.
That said, please consider the call for ideas still open!
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The Girl is coming home for a couple of days this weekend! This has been the longest we’ve been without her since she was born. Empty nesting is best settled into gradually.
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Asia Likely to Follow U.S. on Open Access
Move is significant because China, Japan, South Korea and India are among the top 10 research producers.
Asian research powerhouses will introduce open-access mandates within the next “two to three” years, experts have predicted, in the wake of last month’s landmark order by the Biden administration.
Under the U.S. decision, the published results of federally funded research must be made immediately and freely available to readers, starting in 2025. This follows the introduction of similar rules across Europe and Britain, spearheaded by the Plan S initiative.
Home to four of the top 10 research-producing countries—China, Japan, South Korea and India—Asia now appears poised to become the next battleground.
“For the first time, there is a real prospect of global alignment around the same principles of immediate open access without embargo,” said Johan Rooryck, executive director of the Coalition S group of funders behind Plan S.
“For some time now, I think many of the larger research countries in Asia had been watching each other to see who would make the first move and were waiting for the U.S. to position itself. Now that has happened, I expect alignment within two to three years.”
Larger countries in the region “should be able to move to OA relatively fast, especially if they applied rights retention, allowing researchers to keep the rights to their work and deposit accepted manuscripts into institutional or national archives,” Rooryck said.
The “gold” open-access publishing route, under which journals charge a fee to make the version of record freely available online, “might be trickier” because the fees could prove “prohibitive” for Asian budgets, he continued.
Even without national mandates, some Asian sectors have gradually been embracing open-access publishing. Three key Chinese-sector organizations—the National Science Library, the National Science and Technology Library, and the Natural Science Foundation of China—expressed support for Plan S’s goals in 2018. Meanwhile, Japanese universities have struck a series of deals with publishers that include open-access options.
Miho Funamori, strategy manager at the Research Center for Open Science and Data Platform at Japan’s National Institute of Informatics, expected that the nation—which trails only the U.S. in its number of research repositories—would mandate immediate open access “in the next few years.”
“With more than 800 institutional repositories now … these should be leveraged,” she said.
Funamori said that a failure to follow suit would risk the country’s academics falling behind their U.S. counterparts, who will soon have a leg up, as studies have shown that open content is more highly read and cited.
But she expressed doubt that academics could be convinced to put their work in repositories, with many still unaware of the meaning of open access.
“Japan has not adopted Plan S because funding agencies in Japan do not want to be dictating to researchers what they should do,” she said.
Asian mandates could “catalyze a change in the publishing culture worldwide,” said Cable Green, director of open knowledge at Creative Commons, a nonprofit group that issues licenses helping creators reuse content, and Monica Granados, manager of its Open Climate Change campaign.
But they cautioned that impacts may vary across systems.
“We don’t fully understand how the differences in culture and in tenure and promotion at different educational institutions will play into this. In China, for example, researchers often receive bonuses when they publish in Cell, Nature or Science. These kinds of incentives often slow down shifts to open access,” they said.
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Fla. System Chancellor Search Mired in Politics
Only eight applicants applied to lead the State University System of Florida, a job that went to Ray Rodrigues, a Florida state senator and ally of Republican governor Ron DeSantis.
By all measures, the chancellor position at the State University System of Florida seems like a plum job. It oversees 12 institutions that serve more than 430,000 students, manages a multibillion-dollar budget and comes with a salary of over $400,000.
Yet the latest search for a new chancellor of the second-largest public university system in the U.S. yielded only eight applicants.
A ninth application, which lacked substantial information and listed President Joe Biden as a reference, was marked “incomplete.”
None of the applicants had experience as a college president, a qualification that experts say is often desirable in a system head. Some were international applicants who had spent most or all of their careers working outside the U.S. Though the university system's Board of Governors insists it conducted a thorough search, the depth of the applicant pool is underwhelming to experts who suggest that the state’s fractious political climate may have stifled interest in the job.
Ultimately, the board hired Ray Rodrigues—a former legislator and confederate of Republican governor Ron DeSantis—from the shallow pool. But other candidates who spoke to Inside Higher Ed suggest the fix was in from the start, with Rodrigues elevated to the top of the résumé pile solely on the power of his political credentials. They say he was hired as an ally of the governor by a state board stocked with DeSantis appointees.
The Search Process
The Florida Board of Governors unanimously voted to hire Rodrigues on Sept. 14. Rodrigues will replace the current chancellor, Marshall Criser, who is retiring. The hire concluded a search in which only two candidates were interviewed, while some of the other applicants were never contacted.
The position was open to applications for a period of 30 days, closing on Aug. 12.
“The Board’s Chancellor Search Committee conducted a thorough search to fill the chancellor position,” Renee Fargason, spokesperson for the Board of Governors, wrote in an email. “The application process was open for 30 days. The position was advertised in the online job platforms of the Chronicle of Higher Education, InsideHigherEd and HigherEdJobs. These 3 online platforms are visited by approximately 7 million people each month.”
Fargason did not answer a list of questions Inside Higher Ed sent regarding the search, and she said that Rodrigues was not available for an interview before he formally starts—a date Fargason also said she was unable to provide. Likewise, final salary details have not yet been announced.
Three applicants who spoke to Inside Higher Ed said they were never contacted during the search process, even to confirm receipt of their submitted materials. Other candidates did not respond to requests for comment.
One applicant—who applied because he thought he could make a difference in the role—sharply criticized the hiring process, suggesting that Rodrigues was handpicked from the beginning.
“They determined that the qualifications were basically to be a politician who was an ally of the executive leadership of the state,” said the applicant, who requested anonymity to discuss the search freely. “And as far as I know, this would be the only chancellor in the country without a doctoral degree. So you’re losing any outside perspective, any sense of innovation or any real understanding of academia, of what it takes to teach, what it takes to do research, what it takes to deal with disadvantaged students. And 20 or 30 years of experience, which will be expected in a normal chancellor, is gone; it’s nonexistent and it’s to the detriment of the state of Florida.”
That applicant and others called the handling of the search process “unprofessional” and questioned Rodrigues’s qualifications. On his résumé, Rodrigues lists 11 years of corporate experience and 16 years in various roles at Florida Gulf Coast University, where he is the director of interagency partnerships. His highest academic credential is a master’s degree from FGCU.
In his application, Rodrigues also touted his legislative experience, which spanned 10 years in the Florida House and Senate. Rodrigues pointed to his sponsorship of controversial 2021 legislation that DeSantis championed, including SB 264, which established a viewpoint-diversity survey for students and employees that faced strong opposition from academics and then received few responses when distributed.
Critics of the legislation have likened the survey to a political litmus test for university employees.
Rodrigues also noted his sponsorship this year of SB 7044, which requires public institutions to change accrediting agencies at the end of each accreditation cycle. Critics of the bill see it as political retaliation against the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, the regional accrediting agency for Florida institutions. SACSCOC sent letters to individual colleges in 2021 seeking information on a potential conflict of interest in a recent presidential search at Florida State University, as well as on the University of Florida’s gag order on professors who sought to participate in a lawsuit opposing state voting restrictions.
A U.S. Department of Education official cautioned DeSantis against approving the bill before it was signed into law.
SB 7044 also allows the Board of Governors to design its own tenure-review process for professors—despite existing campus policies—a measure that critics, including the American Association of University Professors, have decried as an attack on academic freedom.
Search-Process Norms
Outside observers note that eight applicants for a university system the size of Florida’s is an unusually low number. They also said that it is common practice to inform applicants their materials have been received.
Jason Lane, dean of the College of Education, Health, and Society at Miami University in Ohio and a senior fellow at the National Association of System Heads, said he hasn’t heard of other states having trouble attracting quality candidates for top leadership searches. He believes Florida's shallow applicant pool reflects not a lack of available talent but rather worries about the state's political climate.
“There are often state contextual issues that will dictate what folks are interested in doing, and I think given the contentiousness of politics in Florida at the moment, the individual’s time is likely going to be spent significantly in the political realm. I think that may have led some folks to self-select out of the opportunity at this moment, whereas they may have otherwise been interested in that role,” Lane said.
Others point to additional factors contributing to the sparse applicant pool.
Jay Lemons, president of the executive search firm Academic Search, said by email that system heads are less visible positions in the higher ed world and that these searches generally draw fewer applicants than presidential posts.
He also noted the job of a system head differs significantly from that of a college president.
“The jobs of system heads are very different than leading a campus. System heads are typically the critical link to state governments,” Lemons said. “They also bear responsibility and oversight of multiple campuses that serve an entire state rather than being focused on a single campus.”
He adds that career pathways to such positions are highly varied, with some system heads rising up through the campus ranks and others coming with backgrounds in areas such as government. Political experience, he said, can help system heads navigate their responsibilities.
“Given the central role of public funding for systems, having a system head with knowledge of government and relationships can be highly beneficial,” Lemons said. “The challenge can come if those persons don’t know, understand or respect higher education and how leadership and change management work in the academy.”
Lane agreed that a political background can benefit a system head.
“I think the benefits are that they understand the political side of the state, they have relationships that are existing, that hopefully they can use to the benefit of the system and the constituent campuses,” Lane said. “I think challenges are—and we see this even at the campus level—a lack of understanding of the higher education sector, how it operates, the on-the-ground issues that are dealt with in terms of the delivery of education and the life and the work of faculty. Folks who come from outside of higher ed don’t understand the machinations of higher education work. In the same way, somebody in higher ed [who] jumped into business probably wouldn’t understand how the machinations work—they have their own culture, so there’s often some difficulty there.”
Reactions to the Hire
When Rodrigues was formally hired as the next chancellor, local media reported that the move had been “widely expected,” noting his deep political connections. Rodrigues had announced in June—the same month that Criser declared his intention to retire—that he would not seek re-election for his State Senate seat. He then applied for the chancellor role on July 13.
News of Rodrigues’s hiring prompted both congratulations and condemnations. Political colleagues noted that Rodrigues is a first-generation college graduate and praised his work ethic. The Board of Governors called Rodrigues “an experienced and dedicated leader.”
But those who have opposed some of the legislation Rodrigues has sponsored are wary that he will advance a DeSantis agenda that they believe is detrimental to public higher education in the state.
Andrew Gothard, president of the United Faculty of Florida, said there is a perception that Rodrigues was hired for the chancellor role based solely on his past political experience.
“Our position at UFF is the only people who should be in [executive] positions are people with a great deal of experience in higher education, preferably as faculty members, but also as administrators, and that we should not be putting political appointees in that role. And so we do have some concerns about Senator Rodriguez being appointed because of his political background. And we feel like that is the No. 1 reason he has been appointed,” Gothard said. “Now, he does have some administrative experience due to his employment with Florida Gulf Coast University. But we don’t believe that that is the main reason for his appointment. We believe the main reason for his appointment has to do with the legislation that he has sponsored in relation to higher education over the past few years. And unfortunately, we are very much at odds with Senator Rodriguez about what makes good policy for higher education.”
Gothard specifically noted opposition to SB 7044 this year and SB 264 in 2021. Though his sponsorship of the legislation concerns faculty members, Gothard said the union wants to give Rodrigues a chance to establish common ground and prove himself as a leader.
“I think everybody deserves a chance to prove themselves, especially in a new leadership role. So we certainly have a number of hopes about how Chancellor Rodrigues will behave, but those hopes do not in any way undermine our commitment to fully and vehemently oppose all policies and procedures that would harm the higher education system,” he said. “We want to give him a chance to do well, but we’re watching and we are ready to go after him and after the Board of Governors if they continue to make decisions that will harm our higher education system.”
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Prestige Hiring Across Academe
Prior research demonstrates insular faculty hiring practices within certain disciplines. A new study finds them across fields. What does that mean for knowledge production?
Some 80 percent faculty members with Ph.D.s in the U.S. trained at just 20 percent of universities. So found the team behind a new study on faculty hiring and retention patterns at Ph.D.-granting institutions. These researchers warn that academe “is characterized by universally extreme inequality in faculty production.”
Researchers also found that the five most common doctoral training universities—the Universities of Michigan; Wisconsin at Madison; and California, Berkeley; plus Harvard and Stanford Universities—account for one in eight U.S.-trained faculty members.
Differences in university or department size did not explain inequalities in faculty production. Findings were relatively consistent across fields.
Where professors got their Ph.D.s also correlated with faculty attrition: over all, researchers observed substantially higher rates of attrition among faculty members trained at those universities that already produce fewer faculty in the first place.
Closed Networks
Previous studies have looked at what’s been called prestige or insular hiring in certain disciplines. One 2015 study on tenured and tenure-track hiring in history, business and computer science Ph.D.-granting programs found that just 25 percent of institutions produced 71 to 86 percent of tenure-line professors. A 2012 study of political science programs found that Ph.D.s from Harvard, Princeton and Stanford Universities, plus Michigan, made up 20 percent of tenure-stream faculty members across more than 100 institutions; the study also found that the top 11 programs were responsible for half the faculty doctorates in the sample.
This new study, published in Nature, adds to the literature by telling a bigger story, analyzing hiring patterns across 107 fields from the humanities to the natural sciences. The data set used, which belongs to an academic research unit within the firm Academic Analytics, included employment records for all tenured or tenure-track faculty members at nearly 400 Ph.D.-granting institutions in the U.S. between 2011 and 2020.
In addition to overrepresentation of faculty Ph.D.s from a sliver of institutions, the new study found what its authors call “ubiquitous hierarchies of prestige.” Via a network analysis, researchers determined that just 5 to 23 percent of faculty members were employed at universities more prestigious than their own doctoral university (as inferred from patterns in faculty hiring), depending on field. Measured by how they restricted “upward mobility” to more prestigious departments, prestige hierarchies were most steep in the humanities (with 12 percent upward mobility) and mathematics and computing (13 percent). They were least steep in medicine and health (21 percent).
Among departments studied that were ranked in the top 10 in any field, 23 percent of top-10 slots were occupied by departments at just five universities: Berkeley, Harvard, Stanford, Madison and Columbia University. More than 250 universities had zero top-10 departments.
“These findings show that, both within individual fields and across entire domains, faculty placement power is highly concentrated among a small set of universities, complementing the already enormous concentration of faculty production among the same set of universities,” the study says. “Together, these patterns create network structures characterized by a closely connected core of high-prestige universities that exchange faculty with each other and export faculty to—but rarely import them from—universities in the network periphery.”
Prestige Hierarchies
“Quantifying Hierarchy and Dynamics in U.S. Faculty Hiring and Retention” was co-authored by K. Hunter Wapman, a graduate student in computer science at the University of Colorado at Boulder. In a series of tweets about the paper this week, Wapman said, “For U.S. profs with U.S. doctorates, we see universal and extreme inequality in faculty production.” Some “20% of profs come from just EIGHT universities,” he added. And as for Berkeley, Harvard, Michigan, Madison and Stanford, “Together, they’ve minted the doctorates of over one in eight sitting US faculty [13.8%]. That’s more than all non-US institutions combined [11%].”
The typical professor was employed at a university that is 18 percent farther down the prestige hierarchy than their doctoral institution, Wapman and his colleagues also found. This and other factors suggest that the typical U.S.-trained professor could expect to supervise 2.4-fold fewer future faculty members than their doctoral adviser did, the study says.
Looking at the specific phenomenon of “self-hiring,” or when Ph.D. students end up as professors where they trained, researchers found this accounts for 9 percent of all U.S. professors in the sample and 11 percent of U.S.-trained professors specifically. This rate remains low compared to those for other countries, but it is consistently greater than would be randomly expected.
Interestingly, researchers found that self-hires were at greater risk of attrition than non-self-hires, especially in criminal justice and criminology and industrial engineering, at 1.9- and 1.8-fold the attrition rate of other faculty members, respectively.
Effects on Knowledge Production
In addition to hiring patterns, other recent studies hint at the way the professoriate replicates itself. One paper in Nature: Human Behavior (which shares two co-authors with the new study on hiring) found that 22 percent of tenure-track faculty members have a parent with a Ph.D.
“Our results suggest that the professoriate is, and has remained, accessible disproportionately to the socioeconomically privileged, which is likely to deeply shape their scholarship and their reproduction,” that paper said.
Other research suggests that economics Ph.D.s, in particular, are increasingly likely to have at least one parent with a graduate degree.
Aaron Clauset, professor of computer science at Boulder and a co-author of both the hiring prestige and parents-with-Ph.D.s papers, said Thursday, “There is certainly a connection between the two results [on prestige hiring and parents with Ph.D.s], and it seems highly likely that both patterns influence academic scholarship in deep ways. The magnitude of the overrepresentation of very narrow ranges of individuals is jarring, and I think a real benefit of both studies is to quantify these patterns in great detail, pointing to specific places where more causal study is needed.”
As a field, however, he said, “we are only just beginning to understand how much and in what ways these disparities in who ends up as tenure-track faculty at Ph.D.-granting universities in the U.S. [shape] what scholarship is produced and what discoveries are made.”
One key reminder: most prestige-hiring studies, including the new one, only consider Ph.D.-granting institutions. Hiring patterns may look very different when considering associate, baccalaureate and master’s degree–granting institutions, as well. Another note: these studies typically exclude faculty members working off the tenure track.
Political scientist Shannon Jenkins, associate dean of arts and sciences at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, who earned her Ph.D. at Loyola University in Chicago, said she found the findings on closed hiring networks “troubling.” At the same time, she said, at her own institution (which grants Ph.D.s in some programs), the faculty is “very diverse in terms of the institutions where they got their terminal degree. We have some faculty from elite Ph.D.-granting institutions, but most of our faculty come from institutions that are very different than that. We have an exceptional faculty that we are very proud of, and they come from a lot of places.”
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A Need to Succeed: What Students Want and Get From Internships
Students evaluate internships and experiential learning opportunities, including virtual roles that the pandemic made more widely available, and how stronger partnerships and other efforts would help.
Violet Schuttler, a graduate of Franklin Pierce University, in rural New Hampshire, has a good story to tell about how the first of her three internships—the only off-campus one—came about.
When respondents to the latest Student Voice survey were asked to identify how they heard about or got their most recent internship, the campus career center, a professor or a job search website emerged as students’ most common answers, at 14 percent each. Indeed, Schuttler’s second and third experiences, involving production work on a NHPBS station show and video editing for a political caucus, were found via a professor mentor.
And her first internship? In the fall of 2019—when Schuttler dreamed of breaking into the fashion industry—the owner of Surrell Accessories was dining out at a nearby pizzeria, where Schuttler worked. As her shift ended and she was leaving the parking lot, an unfortunate—yet ultimately fortunate—thing happened. “I backed up into his car,” she explains. When he handed her a business card, she saw he led a fashion-related company and remarked, “‘That’s so cool.’ He basically offered me the internship right there.”
Later, Schuttler had to convince herself that it truly had happened. “Did I really hit someone’s car and now I’m getting an internship? Where else am I going to get this opportunity in rural New Hampshire?”
Accepting the offer wound up allowing her to swim as a big fish in a small pond, because soon after she started, the person handling e-commerce and Surrell’s digital presence left. “It kind of left everything in my hands,” says Schuttler, who continued working at Surrell part-time during school. After graduating from Franklin Pierce in 2021 with a digital media design degree, Surrell became her first full-time employer as well.
Now Schuttler is back at Franklin Pierce, pursuing her M.B.A. while working as an assistant video producer for the university’s Fitzwater Center for Communication and reporting to Director Kristen Nevious—the very professor who had helped Schuttler find two internships in a more conventional way.
While virtual and hybrid-format internships existed before COVID-19, the pandemic has made formerly unconventional opportunities more of a norm. For example, a student on the East Coast “can be doing a virtual internship with a company on the West Coast, getting an experience you could not have had if it wasn’t for this medium,” says Kelley Bishop, associate provost for career services at George Washington University.
When Bishop and colleagues saw virtual internships emerging, they had concerns. “Is the student settling for less?” they would ask. Virtual internships tend to be project focused, with limited personal interactions in the organization and often missing those “serendipitous conversations in the workplace,” he says, adding that any expectations of getting back to normal post-COVID aren’t happening. “Your full-time job when you leave college may be virtual from the start, and that may be what works for you. It’s a brave new world, and we’re all feeling our way through it.”
For students, that can mean trying out multiple formats to build skills, experience and perspective.
Among the 2,116 college students and spring 2022 grads responding to the latest Student Voice survey on internships and experiential learning, 1,287 have had at least one of these experiences: 59 percent an in-person internship, 54 percent either a virtual or hybrid internship, and 25 percent some sort of experiential learning outside the classroom as part of a course.
Conducted by Inside Higher Ed and College Pulse from Aug. 14 to 17 with support from Kaplan, the survey reveals that some demographic groups, including first-generation college students, are less likely to have had these opportunities, less likely to earn money and/or college credit when they have the experiences, and less likely to praise their institution for internship-related efforts. Some better-news highlights include that:
- Sixty percent of those who had internships were completing them this summer, including 43 percent of recent grads, an indication of current opportunity availability.
- The vast majority of students see value in internships, with 85 percent saying that people pursuing their type of career need at least one such experience.
- The most important desired internship outcome, selected by 22 percent of students, is to develop specific skills needed for a career. The next top response is growing knowledge in an area of passion, with women twice as likely as men to identify it as most important.
- Fifty-nine percent of students would give their college an A or B for efforts to help in finding internships, and 57 percent would assign an A or B to their college for helping to support student success in these experiences. Nearly two-thirds of students with experiential learning opportunities say they were very helpful in preparing them for a future job, which for community college students (n=366) jumps to 86 percent.
The survey also explores actions students want colleges to take related to finding and succeeding in internships. For the former, students place the most value on stronger partnerships with companies to offer internships, with third-party organizations that help in finding internships and with companies to develop pathways to hire former interns. Most valued on the latter is financial assistance for students who can’t afford to take on unpaid internships, guidance on networking and workshops on succeeding in virtual and in-person opportunities.
Where the Internships Are
Students find internships in a variety of ways, as professors teaching classes in which such experiences are embedded know well. At Wheaton College in Massachusetts, for example, which touts its Compass curriculum and the Wheaton Edge program for connecting academic interests to career success, sophomores complete a real-world experience such as an experiential course, which can include completing an internship as part of the course, and all students are guaranteed access to internship funding.
For a fall course Karen McCormack has taught, students understand at registration time in the spring that they must secure an internship by the first week of classes. “Some students sign up for the course and may have already been in contact with an organization, and others reach out to career services staff or faculty, or family members, and start making connections,” says McCormack, a professor of sociology and the associate provost for academic administration and faculty affairs.
Student Voice explores higher education from the perspective of students, providing unique insights on their attitudes and opinions. Kaplan provides funding and insights to support Inside Higher Ed’s coverage of student polling data from College Pulse. Inside Higher Ed maintains editorial independence and full discretion over its coverage.
“The start-up costs are high, in terms of time,” she says of the need for faculty members to teach such courses, which rely on external partners. “But once you have done this a bunch of times, it becomes much easier.” In her administrator role, she sees herself as a connector, helping people in academic departments, alumni or those leading offices on campus, for example, to see possibilities for collaborating. It helps, she adds, when internships and experiential learning fit into the institution’s strategic plan, as it does at Wheaton.
The career center at Denison University, in Ohio, provides opportunities for students to collaborate on problem solving for companies through the Denison Edge facility, located 30 minutes from campus in downtown Columbus. Through in-person, virtual and hybrid programs, the extension office helps liberal arts students at the university, graduates and even neighboring colleges’ students to acquire career-specific skills and experience. “We want students to launch, and we want it to be in the areas they find of value,” says Eric Lloyd, executive director of Denison Edge. “The sooner they launch, the sooner they can make an impact.”
For a recent project, a team of 14 students from Denison and three nearby institutions whose academic interests ranged from art history and photography to global commerce, data analytics and computer science worked with the city on an affordable housing initiative. “The city presented stats, resources and challenges, and students did research over six weeks,” Lloyd explains. Working from the Denison Edge facility but also engaging with community and city leaders, plus various mentors and coaches, the students provided recommendations that the city is now reviewing.
About four in 10 Student Voice survey respondents say they heard about their most recent internship directly from a department or individual at their institution, with other possibilities being a friend, family member or job search or networking website.
Tracey E. Dowling and Li P. Pon, colleagues at Florida State University—which made engagement in an internship or other type of experiential learning a graduation requirement in 2019—believe more students surveyed may actually have gotten their internship in part due to the career center. “They will say they got it through networking, but it was via a career center event or program,” says Dowling, program director for experiential learning.
Pon, who is senior assistant director of that program, has always encouraged students to seek multiple internships. “It’s low commitment, a short period of time,” she says. In her experience, including having previously served as internship coordinator at Tallahassee Community College, mandates are necessary to get many students engaged. “First-generation and some continuing-generation students really only get motivated when it’s something that’s required,” she says, although at most institutions “ultimately internships are an elective.”
First-generation students, particularly those at community colleges, are less likely to have had any internship or to have had an in-person internship, compared to continuing-generation students or first-gen peers at four-year colleges.
In addition, the full sample of community college students is more likely to have interned, at least most recently, at a small company—58 percent compared to 37 percent of those at four-year institutions.
Virtual opportunities may be closing that gap, though. Dowling has found, for example, that large multinational employers with long-standing internship programs now understand “they’re getting a more diverse pool by having virtual options.”
Company size and internship type aside, many colleges are taking on greater roles in connecting students to opportunities. “It’s the responsibility of a higher ed institution to ensure that students get an internship,” says Tanja Hinterstoisser, assistant vice president for career design and employer outreach at Champlain College, in Vermont, which requires a four-year career-readiness education program with milestones that must be completed each year.
While some institutions will basically just help with a résumé, “the search piece and the interview prep are all crucial components to the satisfaction and success of an internship experience,” she says. One way Champlain has expanded the realm of possibilities has been embedding internships in study abroad programs. “Other places offer it but focus more on living abroad rather than working abroad. We combine those,” she says.
Another action involves converting work-study and other student jobs on campus to internships. At Champlain, that can mean a full-semester internship, or a project that becomes a micro-internship, based on the supervisor’s input, Hinterstoisser says.
As part of the four-year FlightPath program at Hartwick College, in New York, sophomores are required to attend a success summit that teaches networking and interviewing skills while assisting in career exploration, and then students travel to major cities, visit businesses and tour alumni workplaces to make connections at a Hawk Career Hop.
“It’s all about skills development,” says Peter Bennett, director of career development. “You’ll be hired based on that and your passion, whether you show up.” During their junior year, all students are matched with an on- or off-campus work experience, which can include an internship, research or a fellowship, or student teaching.
Experiences and Outcomes
Colleges are increasingly taking more responsibility for ensuring students get something tangible from internship experiences. Nearly six in 10 Student Voice respondents got paid for their most recent internship, with science majors most likely to collect a paycheck—63 percent compared to half of social sciences majors and half of arts/humanities majors.
Gender differences exist as well, with 75 percent of men getting paid compared to 63 percent of women. At Wheaton, where women make up two-thirds of enrollment, internship pay is more equitable, perhaps because of deliberate efforts that included analysis of who is choosing to advance from 100- to 200-level courses in STEM majors, and who is encouraged to continue, says McCormack. Maybe the gap from the survey relates to men pursuing fields where internships are more likely to pay.
Nearly one in five respondents earned neither money nor college credit. That picture is even more bleak for first-generation students at public institutions or community colleges. McCormack says this might be due to pressure students feel to get experience, no matter how. Or with virtual experiences, maybe they think the costs of accepting an unpaid internship are lower.
“It’s really critical that students do get paid,” says Bishop from George Washington. “A decade ago, many industries didn’t pay just because they didn’t have to. A lot more government agencies are now paying, for example. That’s necessary to get the breadth of talent.”
Dowling and Pon find themselves doing “a lot of myth-busting with employers,” Dowling says. “Employers think the student has to earn academic credit or get paid. You can earn credit and get paid. Really!” Florida State partners are shown data on paid and unpaid experiences based on job function and reminded that even offering a stipend will diversify the candidate pool. Another tactic is to suggest discussing, with corporate legal counsel, liabilities involved if an unpaid intern got injured on the job.
Reflecting on their time on the job for the Student Voice survey, students who had virtual experiences (n=385) generally struggled more than those who had in-person or hybrid ones (n=905). Virtual internship veterans are less likely to say they could network with professionals who might assist in a future job search (29 percent compared to 38 percent), more likely to say the experience made them think about pursuing a different type of career (32 percent versus 26 percent) and more likely to find it difficult to tell if they want to pursue that kind of work (25 percent versus 12 percent).
Difficulty in knowing if the work in a virtual internship is a good fit was also assessed in an August 2021 Student Voice survey, when one-third agreed it was.
“There’s no substitute for in person,” says Bennett. “It really does provide a full view into a company, into a culture, into the people, into the energy.” But in year two of the pandemic, he sees “some upping of the game—treating interns as a cohort, providing happy hours for them, trying to make it as close to in person as possible.” Still, he’ll find himself needing to remind students to be professional during virtual interactions. “You may not physically be there, [but] judgments are being made, observations are being made.”
Lloyd from Denison has also seen virtual internship improvements. “Companies realize that part of their future could center around remote work, so they have to create a great experience,” he says. The amount of effort placed on offering quality virtual internships often depends on how the company engages in remote work as an employer, he adds.
A Student Voice respondent from a private university in Georgia wrote that a virtual internship experience became simply self-learning. “It just doesn’t prepare you for real-world experiences like the office environment, commuting, living independently [and having] face-to-face collaborative team meetings.”
Dowling has found that “when students are unhappy, a lot of it has to do with preconceived expectations for how the internship should be supported and how the learning should go.” Conversations will revolve around the kind of environment the individual needs for success.
“The shining stars in the virtual internship opportunity arena,” she notes, are companies that can ask remote employees how to better ensure connections are being made.
As for becoming full-time remote employees after graduation, one in four survey respondents would be extremely interested—a finding that’s nearly identical for those who have had virtual internships.
Looking at the present, between 60 and 70 percent of respondents identified five key outcomes for internships (out of a list of 19): developing specific skills needed for my career, developing general workplace skills (chosen by 83 percent of first-generation community college students), growing knowledge in a subject area I’m passionate about, gaining knowledge about how the industry works, and having a professional experience to include on a résumé.
Only half selected earning money as a desired internship outcome.
“This generation clearly recognizes and is thirsty for developing skills that will be helpful as they move through their career,” says Bennett. “There’s an optimism. They might not be as focused on landing that job right away versus their parents; they’re picking up skills for the long view.”
While completing internships at Franklin Pierce, Schuttler found herself focused on getting used to the work environment and considering her best-fit company type. “If you have an internship experience that kind of makes you realize, ‘This isn’t what I want to do,’ you can figure out what you do want to do, what your values are,” she says.
At Champlain, “we encourage every student to use the internship as an experimentation time,” says Hinterstoisser, adding that interest in work type tends to come before organization type. And because students are being prepared from the first semester of college to think about potential internships, “there is already a maturity piece in the decision-making process.”
Internship Support Assessment and Objectives
The Student Voice survey asked how well colleges help students find and succeed in internships. One in five say their institutions would earn an A on the internship-search front, with nearly four in 10 grading that effort a B. Grades on the success front are similar, with just slightly fewer students giving a B.
At many institutions, opportunities for learning outside the classroom are continually evolving.
An example is the micro-internship. As Bishop explains, George Washington just began experimenting with these, as a way to “whet the appetite” for a particular type of work or help a student with more focused goals experience a related field or practice a particular skill set. The option, available via a Parker Dewey organization platform, offers a way to gain paid professional experience while taking classes, during a break or within a few spare hours.
On the flip side of the internship spectrum might be the formal programs run by Fortune 500 companies, which typically end in a job offer but are hypercompetitive to win, Bishop says. Such opportunities may require coaching on applying but also perspective to ease student worries when the job is virtual, Dowling says. Students with older technology or unstable internet might not even apply. “If you’re doing a Deloitte internship, they’re going to send you a computer and make sure you have Wi-Fi,” she will say. And students might need reassurance that they would be a competitive candidate.
Other students may need to talk through desired large corporation opportunities to determine they’re not in alignment with their interests, explains Pon of Florida State. Bringing in past interns to discuss an amazing experience with a small company (that, for example, allowed a support pet or provided free lunch) has helped students get jazzed about other possibilities. “Suddenly all students are asking about that company,” she says.
Specific supports and programs identified in the Student Voice survey include stronger partnerships with outside organizations and companies, as well as guidance on networking, goal setting and succeeding in in-person and virtual internships.
Students who don’t have a reliable way of commuting by car or public transportation to an internship (n=591) are nearly 20 percentage points more likely to want their college to provide a way to get to an internship site than the full sample. “It’s up to us from a career center standpoint to have conversations and leverage resources to get students there” when location is an issue, says Lloyd from Denison.
First-generation community college students, meanwhile, tend to want more types of supports than the full sample or than first-gen students at four-year institutions.
Expanding internship opportunities and outcomes in various ways boils down to preparing students for next steps. “Our president keeps talking about Champlain helping students be ready: ready for work, ready for life, ready to make a difference,” says Hinterstoisser. Every higher ed institution, she adds, should be “getting students ready to enter the world of work, but also with the life skills to be successful, resilient, financially savvy [and able to] maneuver a turbulent job market. Those are gifts an institution could give to students.”
Coming soon to Student Voice: a community college system chancellor reflects on internship experiences for this student population, plus more on transportation and other supports needed to ensure more students can pursue and learn from internships and other experiential learning opportunities.
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A group of students at Florida A&M University has brought a class action lawsuit against the state of Florida for shortchanging the historically Black university for more than three decades. The complaint, filed Thursday in a Florida district court, accuses the state of engaging in racial discrimination by chronically underfunding HBCUs relative to predominantly white institutions. It also calls on the state to rectify the disparity within five years.
“Our school has always made a little go a long way, but we shouldn’t have to,” plaintiff Britney Denton, a first-year doctoral student in the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Studies at Florida A&M, said in a press release. “We’re proud to be here, and we want Florida to be proud to support us, and other HBCUs, equally.”
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This isn’t the first time Florida has been asked to reform its higher education system to make it more equitable, according to the complaint. The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights previously called on the state to improve access to K-12 and higher education for minority students through a five-year partnership agreement signed in 1998. The plaintiffs in the lawsuit allege that the state failed to meet its obligations under the agreement, despite issuing a report saying it was in compliance.
Dubin said the state has “acted with an astonishing lack of good faith, despite decades of directives from the federal government that all students in the state receive equal educational opportunities.”
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University of North Texas Settles With Instructor for $165K
The University of North Texas settled for $165,000 with a former math instructor who sued it for First Amendment violations. The former instructor, Nathaniel Hiers, wrote on a faculty lounge chalkboard in 2019, “Please don’t leave your garbage lying around” and drew an arrow to a leftover informational brochure about microaggressions. Following this incident, Hiers says that his department chair asked him to apologize, and when Hiers wouldn’t, the chair rescinded classes he’d previously offered Hiers for the upcoming semester. A federal judge green-lit Hiers’s legal case in March.
Hiers’s lawyer, Michael Ross of the Alliance Defending Freedom, said in a statement, “The First Amendment guarantees Dr. Hiers—and every other American—the right to express his viewpoint without government punishment. We’re pleased to see this case settled favorably not only for Dr. Hiers but also to help protect freedom of speech for every student and teacher at public universities across the country.” The university said in a statement that its focus remains on “students who have chosen to invest their resources in pursuing an excellent education as part of our UNT family.”
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Utah Student Arrested for Nuclear Reactor Threat
A University of Utah student was arrested after saying she would detonate a nuclear reactor on campus if the school’s football team, the Utes, did not win its Saturday football game, according to KSL, an NBC affiliate in Salt Lake City. According to police, the 21-year-old student had knowledge of the reactor’s location.
The threat was made on the app Yik Yak, which allows individuals to share posts with others within a five-mile radius. Another bomb threat had been shared to the app in August by a different University of Utah student, who said the post was a joke. Outside Utah, a Western Kentucky University student was arrested after making a bomb threat on Yik Yak last week, WHAS in Louisville reported; she also told police she was joking.
The Utes did win their Saturday game against San Diego State University.
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Patterns of Prestige
Scott McLemee reviews W. David Marx’s Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change.
In the early 1950s, two leading American anthropologists, Alfred Kroeber and Claude Kluckhohn, undertook a survey of their discipline’s literature and produced a monograph identifying 164 definitions of culture. That, the official count, was something of a lowball estimate. In a footnote the authors indicated that if every nuance were tallied, “probably close to three hundred ‘definitions’” might be found in the book. The persistent frustration of their efforts was best summed up when they quoted A. Lawrence Lowell, a former president of Harvard University. Defining culture, “attempt[ing] to encompass its meaning in words,” he’d written, “is like trying to seize the air in the hand, when one finds it is everywhere except within one’s grasp.”
I do not know of any effort to update Kroeber and Kluckhohn’s survey, but the spectrum of meanings has not narrowed since then. Expressions such as “culture war” or “cultural politics” do not appear in Kroeber and Kluckhohn’s pages, though they seem all but inescapable now. “Culture” proves an extremely adhesive concept, with new meanings sticking to it constantly, and to clarify it seems a Herculean task.
While not quite cutting the Gordian knot, W. David Marx saws away at it with much vigor in Status and Culture: How Our Desire for Social Rank Creates Taste, Identity, Art, Fashion, and Constant Change (Penguin Random House). Building on his graduate school interest in the economics of popular culture, Marx—an American writer based in Tokyo—sets out “to synthesize all the significant theories and case studies to explain how culture works as a system and why culture changes over time …”
That how and why amount to what the author calls “the Grand Mystery of Culture.” No spoiler warnings are necessary here. The solution to the Grand Mystery is prominently featured in the title, where the word doing the heaviest lifting is undoubtedly “and.” While implicitly framing status and culture as distinct phenomena, the argument treats them as practically synonymous, at least most of the time.
We might size things up thusly: Homo sapiens is, like most other primates, a gregarious species. But it is also one riddled with anxiety over the hierarchies within its own ranks. A young orangutan’s challenge to an alpha male is a zero-sum game in which the rules are clear, the positions stable. Whoever wins, the outcome will be unambiguous, and the social order will retain much the same shape as before—a pyramid of sorts.
Humans, by contrast, are endlessly inventive of ways to assert superior status and to define fine grades of distinction, while also finding ways to challenge one another’s claims. The production and circulation of signals about prestige (about who has it, who lost it and why) goes on incessantly. And because as social animals we are concerned with belonging to a community, the stakes can be enormous.
“The pressures of status,” Marx writes, “give every individual a set of conflicting demands … In sum, we must distinguish ourselves to demonstrate individual difference for higher status, while concurrently imitating the conventions of our groups to retain normal status. There are no authoritative solutions to these contradictory requirements—only risk-management strategies. We must pick a position on a spectrum between pure individuality (breaking all known conventions at high risk, high reward) and total conformity (adhering closely to all established conventions at low risk, low reward).” And by no means is that position certain to remain stable.
Individual efforts to find the sweet spot between acceptance and distinction are only part of the status dynamic. People at comparable or compatible levels of prestige cohere into their own spheres of shared experience and mutual recognition. Thus any social order of much size or complexity generates myriad smaller groupings, distributed at different levels of authority and influence within the wider society. Each develops its own practices and idioms, and inevitably an internal differentiation takes shape: an unequal distribution of power and esteem among its members. Criteria for exclusion from the group, or criteria for judging some members inauthentic, may emerge. And over time, one status group may spin off others. The work of assessing prestige is never done.
Much of this may sound like basic cultural sociology—and fair enough. Marx makes no outsize claims to originality. He borrows eclectically from the social sciences and, less often, the humanities. A common distinction sorts authors and theories into two categories, splitters and lumpers, defined by whether they emphasize nuances or similarities. With their taxonomy of at least 164 definitions of culture, Kroeber and Kluckhohn offer a clear case of splitters at work. Marx assembles insights from Pierre Bourdieu, Tom Wolfe, Vance Packard, Michèle Lamont and Max Weber, with side visits to the films of John Waters and The Official Preppy Handbook—kneading them all into a lump, albeit a well-edited one.
He has an eye for concrete examples (making more vivid the arguments sketched here so broadly) and a knack for apt quotation. In citing the anthropologist Clifford Geertz’s analysis of culture as “a set of control mechanisms—plans, recipes, rules, instructions—for the governing of behavior,” he provides a key to his project as a whole: the understanding of culture as a process of bringing the passions, whether for glory or revenge, into some kind of order.
What’s missing is any sense that creativity might be driven by other needs.
“The fast, hard, and exciting changes of the twentieth century,” Marx writes, “relied on humans frequently switching to new conventions, which they did in pursuit of status value.” That is one way of looking at it. T. S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” (published 100 years ago this year) was certainly among “the fast, hard, and exciting changes of the twentieth century,” and if someone maintains that its publication yielded not just tremendous prestige for the poet but a line of status-value credit for its admirers—well, that would be pointless to deny. But as an insight into the poem, this contribution is less than zero.
Reducing the complexity of Eliot’s language to its effect of excluding most readers disregards its significance as a response to another of “the fast, hard, and exciting changes of the twentieth century,” namely the First World War. The poet ended up with the Nobel Prize but had other things on his mind. Status and Culture is stimulating and wide-ranging, but the blinkers on its perspective are much too narrow.
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U of California Board May Limit Campus Leaders’ Power
The University of California Board of Regents discussed a plan Thursday to limit the power of campus chancellors, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Under UC policy, the system president delegates to campus chancellors the right to negotiate most contracts. Under that system, the University of California, Los Angeles, decided to leave the Pac-12 athletic conference for the Big Ten.
The regents discussed a plan that would limit the delegated authority. The authority would not apply if there were a “material adverse financial impact”—defined as 10 percent or more of operating revenue in cases involving athletics. The ban would also apply if the proposed contract would raise a “significant question” of university policy.
UCLA will gain billions of dollars under the Big Ten deal. The University of California, Berkeley, will lose money in the future as a member of the Pac-12.
The board referred the question to its governance committee.
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SYDNEY, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FP Markets has been awarded the "Best Global Value Broker 2022" for an unprecedented 4th consecutive year. FP Markets claimed two further awards for "Best Forex Partners Programme" in Asia 2022 and "Best Forex Broker" in Europe 2022.
The Global Forex Awards 2022 celebrated its 5th ceremony on Thursday 22 September 2022, at the glamorous Marina in Limassol, Cyprus. The ceremony brought together a wide range of global businesses that offer cutting-edge technology, comprehensive market research tools, superior educational programs, and world-class customer service.
FP Markets' Head of Europe, Middle East and Africa, Craig Allison said: "We are honoured to be awarded "Best Global Value Broker" for the 4th consecutive year, an unprecedented feat which emphasises our consistent and unwavering commitment to providing our clients with the best trading experience. We are further delighted to receive the awards for "Best Forex Partners Programme" in Asia and "Best Forex Broker" in Europe for 2022 for the first time which clearly demonstrates that, as we expand globally, we are being recognised globally for consistently offering our clients competitive pricing, fast execution, market-leading technology, and a first-rate customer experience. We greatly appreciate the continued international recognition as at FP Markets we pride ourselves on these attributes and these prestigious awards are testament to the hard work from our global team to always provide our clients with the ultimate trading experience."
FP Markets offers over 10,000 trading instruments offering traders access to CFDs across Forex, Indices, Commodities, Stocks, and Cryptocurrencies, making it one of the largest offerings in the industry with eight platforms, including MT4, MT5 & Iress. Over the past 17 years, FP Markets has learned that the combination of consistently tight spreads and fast executions, coupled with cutting-edge platforms, a wide product range, and first-rate customer support are the key ingredients that give serious traders the confidence to trade. Since the year of its establishment in 2005, Australia's Best Forex Broker 2020 continues to expand its product offering, giving traders the ability to trade under some of the best trading conditions in the industry.
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- The company's outstanding 24/7 multilingual service has been recognized by Investment Trends as home to some of the most content clients in the industry, having been awarded 'The Highest Overall Client Satisfaction Award,' five years running from Investment Trends.
- FP Markets has been awarded as the 'Global Forex Value Broker' for four consecutive years (2019, 2020, 2021,2022) at the Global Forex Awards.
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WESTON, Fla., Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Golden Grail Technology Corp (OTC: GOGY) https://goldengrailbeverages.com/ The Company is pleased to announce that the company has filed to reduce its current authorized share count from 5 billion to 500 million.
"It is difficult to imagine a situation in which the Company would need to issue 5 billion shares. We believe this reduction leaves sufficient shares in reserve and serves to minimize dilution among our shareholders" said Steven Hoffman, CEO.
Golden Grail Technology (OTC: GOGY) www.GoldenGrailBeverages.com is a fast-growing company with a strategic mission to innovate, build and streamline the growth of its beverage portfolio through fiscally responsible investing. The company targets brands that have a proven sales history, loyal consumer following, retail presence and strong value proposition who need assistance to get to the next few levels. Golden Grail has been actively acquiring brands within emerging and growing beverage categories. Our robust product offerings include Spider Energy Drink, Trevi Fruit Essence Water, Tickle Water for kids, Sketch Can for Tweens, Cause Water & KOZ Water helping reduce global plastic pollution and Scorpion Energy Hemp/CBD.
After an acquisition, the company utilizes a series of operational technologies to apply its business expertise, fiscal techniques and various manufacturing processes know-how to improve the economics and performance of each brand while advancing marketing and distribution for its beverage brands. The company's focus on sophisticated management and development of beverage brands, coupled with its rapidly growing and recognizable portfolio of healthy, functional beverages sets Golden Grail apart as a leader in acquiring and advancing existing beverage brands.
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A roundup of the week's most newsworthy health industry press releases from PR Newswire
NEW YORK, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With thousands of press releases published each week, it can be difficult to keep up with everything on PR Newswire. To help journalists covering the healthcare industry stay on top of the week's most newsworthy and popular releases, here's a roundup of stories from the week that shouldn't be missed.
The list below includes the headline (with a link to the full text) and an excerpt from each story. Click on the press release headlines to access accompanying multimedia assets that are available for download.
- John Hancock becomes the first life insurance carrier to offer access to GRAIL's multi-cancer early detection test to customers
As the first life insurance carrier to make this breakthrough screening technology available, John Hancock is enabling eligible customers to take proactive steps to better understand and make more informed choices about their health. - OSHA Reveals Top 10 Safety Violations for Fiscal Year 2022 at NSC Safety Congress & Expo
Lorraine Martin, NSC president and CEO, said, "Despite advancements in workplace safety, we continue to see the same types of violations each year. It's more important than ever employers seek education and resources to keep their workers safe." - FDA Concludes Internal Review of Agency Actions Related to the U.S. Infant Formula Supply
"This incident demonstrated the need for an integrated, multidisciplinary approach that included scientific, clinical, nutritional, analytical, and inspectional expertise; legal processes; supply chain and policy considerations; and resources to support this multidisciplinary work." - McKesson Signs Agreement to Acquire Rx Savings Solutions
"Rx Savings Solutions' offerings for employers and patients will strengthen McKesson's ability to help solve the most common medication challenges related to access, affordability and adherence," said Brian Tyler, chief executive officer, McKesson. - Janssen Joins Forces with Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Shannon Sharpe to Address Health Disparities in Prostate Cancer
Talk That Talk™ is an educational campaign and call to action to drive prostate cancer awareness and reinforce the importance of screening for early detection among Black men. - Fundraising for Medical Expenses: What You Need to Know
Sonny Mullen, Director of Outreach for Help Hope Live, will present the Top 10 Tips & Tricks for Successful Fundraising and keeping a Medical Crisis from Being a Financial Crisis on October 13 at CONVENE in Washington, DC, for the Reeve Foundation Summit. - WebMD Announces 2022 Health Heroes: A physician, veteran, a neuroscientist, and three college students confront mental health challenges
Their work arrives at a moment of urgency. Mental health disorders were already on the rise, but the impact of the pandemic, the burnout of health care professionals, and the isolation and loneliness of lockdowns exacerbated the problem. - Staffing Shortages Push Nurses to the Brink, With Nearly Two-Thirds Considering a Departure from the Profession in Next Two Years
According to the Annual State of Nursing Report, the vast majority of nurses who are considering leaving the profession (93%) say having the ability to control their schedule would make them more willing to stay. - Amare Global Announces Acquisition of Kyäni, Inc.
"This has been a year of transformative growth and momentum at Amare, and we could not ask for a better partner than Kyäni to help propel our global vision to share the benefits of mental wellness," says Jared Turner, Chief Executive Officer. - The Trevor Project Honors Janelle Monáe with Annual Suicide Prevention Advocate of the Year Award
The Grammy-nominated global superstar is the second-ever recipient of the award, which recognizes influential public figures who champion the LGBTQ community and advocate for mental health awareness. - Supira Medical Announces Successful First-In-Human Use of its Next Generation Percutaneous Ventricular Assist Device
The prospective, single-arm, single-center study will evaluate the safety and performance of Supira's low-profile, high-flow percutaneous ventricular assist device (pVAD) to support cardiovascular hemodynamics in patients undergoing high-risk percutaneous coronary interventions (HRPCI). - Gates Foundation Announces $1.27 Billion in Health and Development Commitments to Advance Progress Toward the Global Goals
The funding will address overlapping global crises that have reversed the progress already made toward achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (Global Goals).
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National Album Day 2022: Full list of vinyl and CD re-issues including Nas, Mariah Carey and The Clash
Now in its fifth year, National Album Day 2022 has announced the list of releases coming out in October’s event.
National Album Day 2022 has confirmed a full list of releases and re-issues this year, with a number of albums receiving either special vinyl pressings or extended editions being released on October 14.
Among the 28 releases specifically issued for the day are inclusions from the world of pop, rock, blues, hip-hop and a little more of a focus on electronic music.
In a joint statement by Geoff Taylor, Chief Executive at BPI, and Kim Bayley, Chief Executive of the ERA (the organisations behind National Album Day), they explained that “Artists love telling their stories through the artform of the album and fans love to listen.”
“But in a world where there is more streaming of individual songs, we take the appeal of the album format for granted.“
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“National Album Day is about celebrating the continuing vitality and cultural relevance of the long player, in particular with the next generation of fans, and we invite everyone who loves the format to join in and enjoy this year’s National Album Day.“
What is being released for National Album Day 2022?
Jamiroquai - Emergency on Planet Earth
Jamiroquai’s debut album, 1993’s Emergency on Planet Earth, will see a reissue on double transparent vinyl - celebrating the foundations that would become the acid-jazz sound that the band became renowned for.
In a retrospective review by Allmusic, they celebrated the album’s conscious messages throughout the album:
“Frontman Jay Kay introduces himself with an environmentally oriented manifesto inside the sleeve, and his lyrics smack of idealist save the planet revolution”.
“But this revolution would be held on the dancefloor if the band’s impressive rhythm section had anything to say about it.”
Pre-order Jamiroquai’s Emergency on Planet Earth from hmv.
Chase and Status - More Than A Lot
More Than Alot, the debut studio album by Chase and Status, will finally be released on 12” vinyl having gone through numerous formats beforehand.
In a contemporary review by former music website Drowned in Sound, they cited that More Than Alot “does not simply contain a fistful of explosive D’n’B hits for you to bounce around to: it is far more adventurous in its scope and vision” in their 9/10 review.
“A mostly dynamic album, one that truly understands how people listen to music in 2008; (we) recommend this one a lot.”
Pre-order Chase and Status’ More Than Alot through hmv.
Nas - Illmatic
Considered one of the most important albums of all time, with its influence felt to the day in both rap music and hip-hop culture as a whole, Nas’s Illmatic has long been celebrated as an iconic piece of East Coast hip-hop.
While reviewing the 20th anniversary release of the album, Q Magazine stated that “At 10 tracks, Illmatic is satisfying lean and cohesive - remarkably so for a hip-hop album with five producers.”
Illmatic will be reissued on transparent marble red 12” vinyl and available for pre-order through hmv.
The Clash - The Clash
Released to universal acclaim in 1977, The Clash’s debut work sits alongside the Sex Pistols’ debut as two of the most reverred works during the burgeoning punk scene in the seventies.
To this day, it still finds itself in best album ever charts, with Rolling Stone magazine ranking it 77 in their 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.
The Clash’s eponymous work will be released on transparent pink 12” vinyl and is available for pre-order through hmv.
The full list and formats of releases for National Album Day 2022
- Alexander Ullman - Liszt: Piano Concertos 1&2, Sonata in B Minor (CD)
- alt-J - An Awesome Wave (limited fern green colour vinyl)
- Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (limited black & purple splatter vinyl)
- Blossoms - Blossoms (limited edition orange vinyl)
- Bunny Scott - The Love Somebody (expanded edition CD)
- Chase and Status - More Than A Lot (limited pink & black marbled colour vinyl)
- Christone “Kingfish” Ingram – Kingfish (limited edition 140-gram translucent yellow vinyl)
- The Clash - The Clash (transparent pink vinyl)
- The Damned - Damned Damned Damned (limited edition yellow vinyl)
- Finley Quaye - Maverick A Strike (yellow vinyl)
- Jake Bugg - Jake Bugg (10th Anniversary remastered with 16 bonus tracks 3-CD set and 2-LP black & gold vinyl set)
- Jamiroquai - Emergency on Planet Earth (2-LP transparent vinyl)
- Jennifer Lopez - One The 6 (peach coloured vinyl)
- Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey (coloured vinyl)
- Marine Girls - Lazy Ways and Beach Party (new edition CD)
- Nas - Illmatic (limited edition red & blue vinyl)
- The National - The National (white vinyl)
- Nessa Barrett - Young Forever (debut album release on CD)
- The Police - Outlandos d’Amour (limited edition blue vinyl)
- Rainn Byrns - New In Town (vinyl & CD)
- Sharky - People Are Strange (Digital format)
- Smith & Burrows - Funny Looking Angels (limited edition picture disc vinyl)
- The Staves - Dead & Born & Grown (recycled black vinyl)
- Sub Focus - Sub Focus (limited edition red, green & blue colour vinyl)
- Supergrass - I Should Coco (remastered black vinyl)
- The The - Soul Mining (remastered vinyl LP)
- Travis - Good Feeling (25th Anniversary vinyl reissue with ‘fan thank you’ sleeve)
- Wu Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) (limited edition gold vinyl)
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RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star George Ward known as Cherry Valentine dies aged 28
The RuPaul’s Drag Race UK star stole the hearts of the nation in 2021.
The drag performer George Ward, who was better known as the iconic Cherry Valentine, has died at the age of 28.
Ward’s family announced the sad news in a statement that said the star died on Sunday.
Ward became a fan favourite when he appeared on the second series of RuPaul’s Drag Race UK and went on to kick off a career in TV, most recently hosting the BBC documentary Gypsy Queen and Proud.
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So, how did Cherry Valentine die? Here’s everything we know about the tragic news so far.
Who was Cherry Valentine?
Ward was raised in Darlington, County Durham as part of the Traveller community and qualified as a mental health nurse in 2015.
They were announced as one of the 12 contestants competing in the UK spin off of RuPaul’s Drag Race in 2020, and described their alter ego Cherry Valentine as ‘glabour’, ‘dark’ and ‘gothic’.
They spoke about their work as a nurse and said it had: “put me in the right position to be able to understand people a bit more. If you are a drag queen you are working with people. And to understand people I think you go the extra mile.”
Following their appearance on the show Ward performed publicly and appeared in music videos alongside the likes of Charli XCX.
It’s also been reported that following their appearance on the show George Ward teamed up with the BBC to produce a documentary exploring their Traveller heritage, revisiting the community they left at 18.
What has George Ward’s family said?
Their family released a statement announcing the star’s passing: “It is with the most heart-wrenching and deepest sadness to inform you that our George – Cherry Valentine – has tragically passed away.
“This will come as a profound shock to most people and we understand there is no easy way for this to be announced. As his family, we are still processing his death and our lives will never be the same.
“We understand how much he is loved and how many lives he has inspired and touched. All we ask is for your patience and your prayers in this time. We love you, Georgie.”
Where did Cherry Valentine place in RuPaul’s Drag Race UK?
Cherry Valentine came 12th place in the overall competition. The series was won by Lawrence Chaney with the popular Bimini Bon-Boulash and Tayce coming as the runners-up.
Casting for the second series of RuPaul’s Drag Race was closed on 15 November 2019, however, production was suspended in mid 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The cast including Cherry Valentine alongside 11 new queens was announced on 16 December 2020 with the series finally premiering in 2021 on BBC Three.
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The Cheyenne Downtown Development Authority is always working to encourage residents to shop downtown. The organization is returning the favor this Saturday with Cheyenne Community Appreciation Day.
It’s going to look a lot like Cheyenne Day – the Laramie County-focused day in the middle of Frontier Days – but with a family spin and sense of community participation that should help set Sept. 24 apart from other downtown celebrations.
For those of legal drinking age, there’s Oktoberfest, which celebrates German tradition and the beer that comes with it. The big event is being held in the Cheyenne Depot Plaza, but other breweries in the area will feature their own spin on the celebration.
Freedom’s Edge Brewing Co. will host a Bratwurst Festival in partnership with the new downtown meat market, Wyoming Ranch Foods. Black Tooth Brewing Co. will have a bloc party featuring music, food and drink specials. Blue Raven Brewery is having a chili cook-off and corn hole tournament to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and Wine to Water.
As for the free events, like a paint-by-numbers community mural at The Eclectic Elephant, rock climbing wall, bounce house and more will be located in the streets surrounding the Depot Plaza.
Without the foundation of Community Appreciation Day having been built by the popularity of Oktoberfest, events and special projects coordinator Amber Trevizo and the rest of the DDA wouldn’t have constructed a day to provide free entertainment for the community.
“Summertime events are so marketed toward tourists and getting tourists downtown, and I wanted this day to be after tourist season had kind of wound down,” Trevizo said in an interview with the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. “I wanted it to be specifically for the community, and I wanted the community to know that it was specifically for them.”
17th Street, between Capitol and Central Avenues, will be blocked off to make room for carnival features and children’s entertainment, including different interactive displays from local organizations and law enforcement agencies.
Trevizo said that the Air Force will bring a Humvee over from F.E. Warren Air Force Base. Wyoming State Parks is doing its best to one-up them with a monster truck. The Laramie County Sheriff’s Office will present its K-9 units for families to meet, and the Wyoming National Guard will have different gadgets and military tech for people to interact with.
This degree of interaction among community entities is uncommon, but Trevizo said that it wasn’t as difficult to wrangle as she had expected when pitching the event. It’s a unique opportunity for a community to get to know their local agencies.
“They were all really excited to participate, and, actually, the Guard is the one that reached out to me to ask if they can participate,” Trevizo said. “It’s just awesome to have every law enforcement organization and military organization in your community so willing to participate and wanting to have those community interactions.”
Though it is family friendly, with its live music and food trucks on the Depot Plaza, Oktoberfest will be a viable outlet for those looking to get their hands on a mix of traditional German beer and new-age American IPAs.
In years past, Oktoberfest organizer Kyle Doyle worked solely with Sierra Nevada Brewing to provide malt beverages for the now four-year-old festival. In the absence of a fall brew from Sierra Nevada, Doyle made a connection with the up-and-coming Prost Brewing Co., a Denver-based brewery that focuses solely on German styles of beer – like hefeweizen, dunkel, kolsch and their Oktoberfest lager, Marzen.
By featuring these more traditional styles, Cheyenne Oktoberfest will be more true-to-form than ever, at least when it comes to the beer selection. Sierra Nevada brews will still be available, so IPA drinkers will have plenty of beer to choose from.
“Oktoberfest in big cities, you’ve got to buy tickets, and there’s a VIP tent that you can buy tickets for that gives you access to Prost beer, instead of having to drink less exciting beers,” Doyle said. “I don’t want to be like that. I want to feel open and welcoming. It’s not going to be hyper authentic.
“It’s not like we have this huge, deep running reservoir of German culture here.”
Doyle, who pioneered the event in Cheyenne based on the festivals he experienced in his native St. Louis, didn’t know what to expect when starting Oktoberfest, or that it would find the support it did.
Originally held in 2018 on a blocked-off 17th Street, he and the rest of the team built the event from scratch and hoped for the best.
“It was like, ‘Let’s see how our house of cards holds up,’” he said. “People had fun the first year, but the weather wasn’t great, and the people that were there were troopers. I thought, ‘If we got 300 to 400 people that are willing to stick it out with us like this, then if we do this a little bit better each time, I bet we can grow this.’”
The prevalence of the Cheyenne Oktoberfest isn’t to detract from those other breweries hosting events throughout the city. All breweries are worth a try, and certainly worth a resident’s time and effort to explore downtown this Saturday.
Oh, and attendees can bring their own beer stein if they’d like, but it’ll cost two drink tickets for a pour.
Will Carpenter is the Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s Arts and Entertainment/Features Reporter. He can be reached by email at wcarpenter@wyomingnews.com or by phone at 307-633-3135. Follow him on Twitter @will_carp_.
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Friends of the Albany County Public Library Fall Book Sale: 2:30-5:30 p.m., 310 S. 8th St., members only for this first night. Memberships may be bought or renewed at the library circulation desk or by visiting friends.acplwy.org.
WYOpen Stages presents staged reading of “Coop: The Lesbian Chicken Play”: 7:30 p.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts Thrust Theatre. Tickets are $5 and available at tix.com/ticket-sales/uwyo/6984, or call 307-766-6666.
WyoTech’s Movie Night in the Park: 7:30 p.m., Edgar J. Lewis band shell at Washington Park. Join WyoTech and the city of Laramie for a free movie night of Disney’s Pixar Inside Out in the park to close out WyoTech’s Suicide Awareness Week. Bring blankets and warm clothing.
SATURDAY
Friends of the Albany County Public Library Fall Book Sale: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., 310 S. 8th St., all welcome. Memberships may be bought or renewed at the library circulation desk or by visiting friends.acplwy.org.
WYOpen Stages presents staged reading of “Coop: The Lesbian Chicken Play”: 7:30 p.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts Thrust Theatre. Tickets are $5 and available at tix.com/ticket-sales/uwyo/6984, or call 307-766-6666.
SUNDAY
Friends of the Albany County Public Library Fall Book Sale: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., 310 S. 8th St., all welcome. Memberships may be bought or renewed at the library circulation desk or by visiting friends.acplwy.org.
UW Faculty Recital Series presents oboist Jennier Stucki: 3 p.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts recital hall. Free to attend.
Laramie Connections free Meet and Eat dinner and faith gathering: 4:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1517 E. Canby St.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 6:30 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
MONDAY
Friends of the Albany County Public Library Fall Book Sale: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., 310 S. 8th St., 50% off day. All welcome. Memberships may be bought or renewed at the library circulation desk or by visiting friends.acplwy.org.
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
America Sewing Guild Laramie Chapter meets: 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 1215 E. Gibbon St., enter through the east side of the building. Independent designer and ASG conference favorite Pamela Leggett will be presenting “Pamela’s patterns: a Trunk Show.”
TUESDAY
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Laramie Garden Club meets: 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 1215 E. Gibbon St., enter through the east side of the building. Presentation will be “Putting Your Garden to Bed” and members will share their best plants of the season. For more information, visit laramiegarden-club.org.
WEDNESDAY
Laramie Tai Chi and Tea meets: 1:30 p.m. outdoors at Harbon Park, North 14th and Gibbon streets. For more information, visit visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Open loom hours at University of Wyoming Art Museum: 3-5 p.m., 2111 Willett Drive. Free to participate.
Sept. 29
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 5:30 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Fly fishing rod building for veterans: 7-9 p.m., Laramie Chamber Business Alliance office, 528 S. Adams St. For more information, call 307-745-4429 or 307-399-1801.
Sept. 30
Downtown Laramie Farmers Market: 3-7 p.m., parking lot north of Depot Park on South 1st Street.
Bestselling author Kali Fajardo-Anstine at library: 6-9 p.m., Albany County Public Library, 310 S. 8th St.
UW Music presents Duo Cintemani: 7:30 p.m., Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts recital hall. This free performance features a critically acclaimed flute-guitar group.
Oct. 2
Walk with a Doc: 1:30-2:30 p.m. at the Washington Park west shelter No. 3. Bring walking shoes and a friend. For more information, email questions@ivinsonhospital.org.
Laramie Connections free Meet and Eat dinner and faith gathering: 4:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1517 E. Canby St.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 6:30 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Oct. 3
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Veterans service office hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Veterans Service Center at the UW Student Union, 1000 E. University Ave.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Oct. 4
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Oct. 5
Laramie Tai Chi and Tea meets: 1:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1215 Gibbon St. For more information, visit visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Ivinson’s women’s health team hosts prenatal education: 5:30 p.m. in the Summit conference room. For more information and registration, visit ivinsonhospital.org/childbirth.
Casper Aquifer Protection Draft Plan public comment: 6-8 p.m., in-person at Laramie Municipal Operations Center at 4373 N. 3rd St. and online at Zoom; meeting ID: 85445790677, passcode: 626454.
Oct. 6
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 5:30 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Diabetes Support Group meets: 5:30-6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Email questions@ivinsosnhospital.org for the link.
Fly fishing rod building for veterans: 7-9 p.m., Laramie Chamber Business Alliance office, 528 S. Adams St. For more information, call 307-745-4429 or 307-399-1801.
Oct. 8
12th annual Kids Pumpkin Walk: Noon to 4 p.m., Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site. A fun family event featuring outdoor activities, indoor games, education, candy, treats and plenty of pumpkins. Cost is $4 for adults, 17 and younger admitted free.
Oct. 9
Laramie Connections free Meet and Eat dinner and faith gathering: 4:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1517 E. Canby St.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 6:30 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Oct. 10
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Veterans service office hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Veterans Service Center at the UW Student Union, 1000 E. University Ave.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Oct. 11
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Albany County Republican Party meets: 6 p.m., Albany County Public Library.
Bras with a Cause: 6 p.m., Roxie’s on Grand, 221 E. Grand Ave. For tickets, information or to decorate a bra, visit wyomingbreastcancer.org.
Oct. 12
Laramie Tai Chi and Tea meets: 1:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1215 Gibbon St. For more information, visit visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Ivinson’s women’s health team hosts prenatal education: 5:30 p.m. in the Summit conference room. For more information and registration, visit ivinsonhospital.org/childbirth.
Oct. 13
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 5:30 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Fly fishing rod building for veterans: 7-9 p.m., Laramie Chamber Business Alliance office, 528 S. Adams St. For more information, call 307-745-4429 or 307-399-1801.
Oct. 16
Walk with a Doc: 1:30-2:30 p.m. at the Washington Park west shelter No. 3. Bring walking shoes and a friend. For more information, email questions@ivinsonhospital.org.
Laramie Connections free Meet and Eat dinner and faith gathering: 4:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1517 E. Canby St.
Albany County Historic Preservation Board meets: 6 p.m. the second Monday of the month via Microsoft Teams. To attend and receive an invite, email a request to kcbard@charter.net.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 6:30 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Oct. 17
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Veterans service office hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Veterans Service Center at the UW Student Union, 1000 E. University Ave.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Progressive Voter Alliance sponsors Candidate Night: 7 p.m., at the Unitarian Church, 1402 Gibbon St. All are invited and will get three minutes to share their stories.
Oct. 18
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Oct. 19
Laramie Tai Chi and Tea meets: 1:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1215 Gibbon St. For more information, visit visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Ivinson’s women’s health team hosts prenatal education: 5:30 p.m. in the Summit conference room. For more information and registration, visit ivinsonhospital.org/childbirth.
Oct. 20
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 5:30 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Fly fishing rod building for veterans: 7-9 p.m., Laramie Chamber Business Alliance office, 528 S. Adams St. For more information, call 307-745-4429 or 307-399-1801.
Oct. 21
Albany County CattleWomen meet: 11:30 a.m., location TBD. Visit wyaccw.com in the week before the meeting for location and more information.
Oct. 22
Laramie Foster Closet Fall Fest: Noon to 5 p.m., Albany County Fairgrounds.
Oct. 23
Laramie Connections free Meet and Eat dinner and faith gathering: 4:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1517 E. Canby St.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 6:30 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Oct. 24
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Veterans service office hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Veterans Service Center at the UW Student Union, 1000 E. University Ave.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
America Sewing Guild Laramie Chapter meets: 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church, 1215 E. Gibbon St.
Oct. 25
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Oct. 26
Laramie Tai Chi and Tea meets: 1:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1215 Gibbon St. For more information, visit visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Oct. 27
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 5:30 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Fly fishing rod building for veterans: 7-9 p.m., Laramie Chamber Business Alliance office, 528 S. Adams St. For more information, call 307-745-4429 or 307-399-1801.
Oct. 30
Laramie Connections free Meet and Eat dinner and faith gathering: 4:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1517 E. Canby St.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 6:30 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Oct. 31
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Veterans service office hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Veterans Service Center at the UW Student Union, 1000 E. University Ave.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Nov. 1
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Nov. 2
Laramie Tai Chi and Tea meets: 1:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, 1215 Gibbon St. For more information, visit visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Ivinson’s women’s health team hosts prenatal education: 5:30 p.m. in the Summit conference room. For more information and registration, visit ivinsonhospital.org/childbirth.
Nov. 3
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 5:30 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Diabetes Support Group meets: 5:30-6:30 p.m. via Zoom. Email questions@ivinsosnhospital.org for the link.
Fly fishing rod building for veterans: 7-9 p.m., Laramie Chamber Business Alliance office, 528 S. Adams St. For more information, call 307-745-4429 or 307-399-1801.
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CASPER — A former University of Wyoming employee is suing the school and several top employees for allegedly discriminating against him based on his identity as a white, heterosexual, Christian man and for his opposition to critical race theory.
Plaintiff Jeffrey Lynn Wilkins, who worked for the school as an intern and part-time employee from 2015 to 2021, filed the lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court.
He’s asking for more than $874,000 in compensation.
Balloun Law Professional Corporation attorney O. Shane Balloun, who is representing Wilkins, declined to comment on the case until he had consulted with his client.
UW spokesperson Chad Baldwin said he couldn’t disclose at this point who will represent the defendants or any other details about the case.
“We don’t believe that the claim has merit and we’re going to vigorously defend against it,” Baldwin said.
Wilkins, who currently lives in South Dakota, started working for UW in 2015 as an intern while getting his law degree at the school, according to the complaint. He graduated in 2017, after which the university hired him as a part-time employee with the Research Products Center until 2021.
The complaint says he had “routinely requested” the opportunity to become a full-time benefited employee with the Research Products Center. But, according to the complaint, UW instead “reduced his hours, denied him the opportunity to apply for various promotions, and eventually terminated him” despite his “skill, enjoyment, performance in, and repeated expressions to elevate the station of his employment …”
Wilkins’ supervisor, the complaint says, praised his work and told him she would advocate for his promotion, but that he would need to find a way to “fit into a non-straight-white-male-Christian category …” in order to move up at the university.
She suggested he “lean on his degenerative eye condition as a disability” to help him get promoted.
The supervisor didn’t endorse this “internal discrimination,” according to the complaint, but “unequivocally confirmed its existence.”
According to the lawsuit, the supervisor was later promoted, and the center eliminated her former position rather than having Wilkins take the role, despite him being “more than qualified” for the job.
The complaint also alleges that Wilkins’ colleague and a defendant in the lawsuit, H. Victoria Bryant, was promoted to be the interim director of the Research Products Center without going through a competitive hiring process, and that she “has repeatedly shown animosity toward him” in the form of ignoring emails, excluding him from meetings and cutting his hours.
UW fired Wilkins “with no explanation” the day after Bryant became full director of the center, according to the lawsuit.
The complaint also alleges that Wilkins was terminated in part because of his opposition to critical race theory, an academic framework for examining racism in U.S. society and institutions.
UW’s chief diversity officer required him to take diversity training in 2019 as a condition of employment, according to the complaint. That training, it alleges, was “steeped in critical race theory.”
Wilkins “found the training to be blatantly racist, sexist, and bigoted” and expressed this in feedback, which became part of his permanent employment record, the lawsuit states.
After this, the complaint says that he “was never given meaningful opportunity for advancement or promotion.”
Wilkins filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Wyoming’s Department of Workforce Services in July 2021 for discrimination based on race, sex and religion and retaliation, the complaint says. UW terminated him while that investigation was ongoing.
He then filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for retaliation in November of the same year. The commission issued Wilkins a notice of right to sue for both of those complaints in June 2022.
The lawsuit claims that defendants violated Titles VI, VII and IX of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Wyoming state statute prohibiting discriminatory and unfair employment practices and the university’s regulations barring discrimination and retaliation.
It also alleges that defendants deprived Wilkins of his First and Fourteenth Amendment rights under the U.S. Constitution.
Defendants in the lawsuit are the University of Wyoming, UW President Ed Seidel; UW Interim Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Kim Chestnut; UW Vice President for Research and Economic Development Parag Chitnis and UW Technology Transfer; and Research Products Center Director Bryant.
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The White House announced early Friday morning that the federal government will provide states $1.5 billion in assistance to combat opioid addiction.
The Biden administration said the grants were given to states to allow them to “increase access to treatment for substance use disorder, remove barriers to public-health interventions like naloxone, and expand access to recovery support services such as 24/7 Opioid Treatment Programs.” The White House added that funds could be used for addiction education programs.
The White House emphasized none of the funds “will be used to purchase or distribute drug paraphernalia, including pipes.”
Each state received a minimum of $4 million, with California netting the largest sum at $107 million.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data showed that opioid addiction has been more prevalent and deadly in recent years. The CDC said overdose deaths jumped 30% in 2020 compared to 2019. Full data for 2021 is not yet available.
Illicitly manufactured fentanyl largely drove the increase, the CDC said.
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The Wyoming GOP office in Cheyenne. A growing rift within the Wyoming Republican Party was evident last week when the five Republican candidates for the state’s lone U.S. House seat debated.
The Wyoming Republican Party is seeking applicants, and soon, to fill a three-month-long vacancy in the secretary of state’s office following the resignation of Ed Buchanan last week.
The general election will determine who steps into the role starting in January for a traditional four-year term. An interim secretary of state is needed until then.
State statute calls on Buchanan’s party as well as the governor to fill the vacancy. The same process was utilized in January to replace former Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow and was the cause for controversy and a short-lived legal battle.
Interested candidates have until 5 p.m. Wednesday to submit an application to the Wyoming GOP. The party’s state central committee will then send three nominees to the governor for a final selection.
Buchanan left office early to begin his appointment as a district court judge in Torrington. He had announced in May he would not seek re-election to instead pursue the judicial opportunity.
After securing the Republican nomination for secretary of state in the primary election, Rep. Chuck Gray, R-Casper, will run without an opponent on the ballot. He cannot be considered for the interim, however. The Wyoming Constitution prohibits Gray from being appointed before January because it would overlap with his legislative term.
Otherwise, the office has three qualifications: one must be at least 25 years old, a U.S. citizen and a registered voter in Wyoming. For the interim appointment, the applicant must also be a registered Republican.
The GOP state central committee will meet at 1 p.m. on Saturday in Pavillion to make the selection. The meeting is open to the public.
The committee is made up of three Republican leaders from each Wyoming county — the county chair, state committeeman and state committeewoman — and each county gets three votes. Applicants will need to “attend the meeting to present themselves,” according to a statement sent to media on Friday by Donna Rice, secretary for the Wyoming Republican Party.
Gov. Mark Gordon will have five days to make a final selection from the three party nominees.
WyoFile is an independent nonprofit news organization focused on Wyoming people, places and policy.
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A representative from the University of Wyoming student government shared a list of student concerns with Laramie City Council during a meeting on Tuesday.
Landlord relationships, mental health and campus construction projects encapsulate some of the issues facing students that the city could help with, Associated Students of UW director Caitlin Heddins said.
Parking problems
University of Wyoming is undergoing a new residence hall project that has caused closures across campus parking lots and roadways. The $250 million project warrants the closure of the union parking lot, which will be replaced with a walkable lawn for pedestrians.
UW trustees and the Wyoming legislature have moved forward with the plan despite students vocalizing a desire to keep the parking lot open to maintain transportation options and safety on campus, Heddins said.
“Students are very upset about this,” Heddins said. “A lot of students love to park on campus. It gives them more mobility and freedom in between classes.”
Respondents to a student survey about parking on campus said there aren’t enough parking permits or spaces to go around, and that these permits are too expensive to be practical.
The university is building a parking garage on Ivinson Avenue meant to make up for the loss of parking spaces from the union lot closure, but Heddins said there are some gaps in this plan.
Many students rely on the union parking lot to get them to and from classes, especially when there is winter weather or it’s late at night.
The UW bus service ends at 6:30 p.m., leaving students with evening classes or projects to walk back to the Ivinson Parking Garage late at night in potentially cold, icy weather. The extended nighttime walking distance presents a safety concern for students, Heddins said.
“With the construction on 15th Street as well as Ivinson (Avenue) right now … it's been extremely difficult for students to get around, and no one is looking forward to the union (parking) being taken away, or the new construction on 15th Street,” Heddins said.
Laramie City Council member Erin O’Doherty agreed with Heddins, noting that she also was worried about student safety and ease of access for disabled people.
O’Doherty mentioned these concerns to UW President Ed Seidel and UW Operations and Community Affairs employee Bill Mai during a meeting last week.
Seidel said the university is committed to student safety, but neither he nor Mai shared specifics on how it was incorporated into the new residence hall and parking plan.
The current plan allows for accessible parking and some student parking behind the Wyoming Union, along with options for paratransit and traditional bus transit along the east side of the building, Mai said. Some parking also will be available on 13th Street near Coe Library and Knight Hall.
All told, the project will produce an additional 250 parking spaces across campus, Mai said. He added that plans to create a roundabout at 15th Street would improve traffic flows and that the university is not planning to stop traffic on that street.
Heddins said the student government is working to get bus routes and times expanded, lower parking permit prices and get more emergency call posts on campus to help mitigate transportation concerns.
“It sounds like the legislature passed that they want a green campus, also the Board of Trustees,” O’Doherty said. “They’re micromanaging the campus, so it would be good for students to speak with their legislators.”
Student life
Heddins touched on other concerns students had, including mental health and a desire to get involved in the Laramie community.
“A lot of students are disconnected from Albany County,” Heddins said. “They feel that Laramie and the university are very separate and would like to get more involved at the city level, so that is something we are also working on.”
Students also have reported struggling with landlords failing to maintain their properties or breaking lease agreements.
Anxiety among UW students has been on the rise since previous years, with 68% of respondents in a student survey saying they had dealt with anxiety in the past month.
Some city council members expressed their desire to support and work with students to help solve some of these issues. Mayor Paul Weaver encouraged college students to advocate for themselves to the Board of Trustees and lawmakers.
“Students are more likely to be paid attention to than the Laramie City Council when we’re talking to the leadership at UW, the Board of Trustees, the administration and the legislature,” he said. “You’re an underrepresented community that people presume to speak on behalf of without truly knowing where students stand on these issues.”
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SHERIDAN — Sheridan Memorial Hospital was not designed to accommodate people in mental health crisis. It does not operate an acute psychiatric unit; it does not offer inpatient psychiatric services.
Despite this, SMH accepted approximately 150 patients held under Title 25 in 2021, hospital CEO Mike McCafferty said.
Sheridan Memorial Hospital’s reception of patients held under Title 25 — and its role as the de facto inpatient psychiatric facility in Sheridan County — results in enormous staffing, security and financial burdens for the hospital, McCafferty said.
When a law enforcement agency calls Sheridan Memorial Hospital to tell emergency room staff an involuntarily committed patient is on the way, hospital staff jump into action to make space in the hospital safe for a Title 25 patient.
Staff roll away IV poles and supply carts and remove oxygen tubing and shower curtains, said SMH’s then-director of critical care, Lynn Grady. They take away any items not bolted to the walls or floors the patient might use to harm themself or others.
When the patient arrives, usually with law enforcement, at Sheridan Memorial Hospital’s Emergency Department, the first step is medical stabilization, SMH Emergency Department Medical Director Dr. Luke Goddard said. Often, Goddard said patients arrive after attempting to hurt themselves, so the hospital treats physical injuries first.
Patients are also sedated, Goddard said.
Once the patient is medically stabilized, mental health evaluations begin, Goddard said. Within 24 hours, a social worker or psychiatrist evaluates the patient’s suicide and other mental health risks and reports back to SMH staff, explaining what level of mental health care would be appropriate for the patient.
If a mental health professional deems the patient safe to go home, no further care is required of SMH. In fact, if at any time the patient is no longer exhibiting suicidal ideations, a physician and nursing team will start developing a discharge plan, according to SMH’s then-director of quality, Liz Mahoney.
If not, SMH staff reach another decision point, Goddard said: Will the patient stay at SMH or be transferred elsewhere?
(A hospital representative told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle on Wednesday that both Mahoney and Grady have left the hospital since interviews were conducted with them about involuntary hospitalizations.)
Safe roomsSMH operates two safe rooms, intended for anyone experiencing a mental health crisis and requiring stabilization, Mahoney said. The rooms are tiled and ligature free — or designed to ensure ropes and other materials cannot be tied to furniture or other fixtures — with beds bolted to the ground and an observation window.
These rooms are not without their drawbacks, SMH Hospitalist Dr. Derek Gilbert said. Often, both safe rooms are occupied, and hospital staff and patients have to do the best they can with other rooms. The safe rooms are also centrally located right next to the nurses station to allow for easy access, but if psychiatric patients are loud, they can disrupt other patients’ healing.
Although SMH’s emergency and hospital rooms are not designed to be converted into miniature acute psychiatric units, SMH’s facilities are nonetheless used to care for patients during Title 25 holds because Wyoming lacks adequate inpatient psychiatric beds, McCafferty said.
ShortageExperts estimate states should have about 50 beds per 100,000 residents — meaning Wyoming should have nearly 300 inpatient beds. The state currently operates fewer than than 200 behavioral health beds.
Wyoming also has the highest percentage — by 13% — of residents living in mental health provider shortage areas in the country.
A 2021 report from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration and nonpartisan data analysis organization USAFacts found 96.4% of Wyomingites live in a mental health care provider shortage area, compared with 37% of people nationally.
None of this is good news for the state with the highest suicide rate in the U.S.
This lack of care providers, hospital officials agreed, has dire consequences for individuals, Sheridan Memorial Hospital and beyond.
At SMH, Title 25 patients have also necessitated additional staffing in some cases. McCafferty said the hospital hired a security team as a result of Title 25 holds.
Although Goddard said Sheridan County law enforcement have been very helpful in staying with patients to ensure hospital safety, incidents sometimes happen, resulting in unsafe environments for SMH staff.
Since 2017, SMH has added $1.1 million annually to its budget to enhance services and safety related to Title 25, McCafferty explained.
Throughout a titled patient’s time at SMH, a “one-to-one sitter,” or an SMH staff member tasked with supervising the patient at all times, is assigned to the patient’s bedside, Grady said. Although these sitters need not be licensed professionals — they can be certified nursing assistants — they nonetheless pose a significant cost to the hospital.
One-to-one sitting responsibilities monopolize the employee’s time and energy, Grady said. For instance, a one-to-one sitter would be required to remain with one titled patient while a nurse would normally be expected to care for five to six patients.
This staffing pinch is exacerbated by the ongoing pressures of the COVID-19 pandemic. Health care providers are exhausted from treating repeated onslaughts of COVID patients — at times, having to treat double their average daily patient load — Grady said, but still have to care for behavioral health patients, which are also emotionally taxing.
“It’s a circus, at times,” Gilbert said of the competing challenges of COVID-19 and Title 25. “It’s a rodeo.”
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AFTON (WNE) — The Wyoming Department of Transportation has recently reminded travelers about the Wyoming travel authorization program as the 2022-23 winter season is looming.
Through W-TAP, drivers can apply to receive authorization to travel on sections of closed roadways when it is deemed safe. W-TAP includes the Wyoming authorized travel (WAT) and the rolling closure authorization (RCA) programs.
The WAT application is open to all drivers and requires justification as to why a driver will need to travel on a closed road, noted a WYDOT news release last week.
Motorists are allowed to select up to seven road segments when applying for WAT. If a closure goes into effect, yet it is safe for limited travel, WYDOT will issue an authorization and drivers will receive an authorization code via email or via the website to travel on authorized sections of highway.
The RCA program is primarily for those with Wyoming driver licenses and allows motorists to drive on roads closed due to a rolling closure. Motorists do not need to provide a travel justification as part of the application process but must agree to the terms of the program.
Returning users should use the same w-tap.wyoroad.info website to update their selected routes, contact information or other account information if needed. Even if no changes are needed, users must confirm they still want to participate in the program each year, the state agency noted.
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CHEYENNE — The Research and Planning Section of the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services reported this week that the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose slightly from 3.0% in July to 3.1% in August.
Still, Wyoming’s unemployment rate is much lower than its year-ago level of 4.3%, and lower than the current U.S. rate of 3.7%.
From July to August, most county unemployment rates increased slightly. The largest increases occurred in Crook (up from 2.2% to 3.5%), Carbon (up from 2.7% to 3.1%), Natrona (up from 3.6% to 3.9%) and Niobrara (up from 2.2% to 2.5%) counties.
From August 2021 to August 2022, unemployment rates fell in most counties. The largest decreases were seen in Natrona (down from 5.4% to 3.9%), Campbell (down from 4.8% to 3.3%), Converse (down from 4.1% to 2.8%), Sublette (down from 4.6% to 3.4%) and Sweetwater (down from 5.0% to 3.9%) counties. Since unemployment rates were elevated during 2021, the decreases this year reflect a return to more normal levels.
In August, the highest unemployment rates were found in Natrona and Sweetwater counties (both at 3.9%). Teton County posted the lowest unemployment rate at 1.7%. It was followed by Weston County at 2.2%, and Niobrara and Goshen counties, both at 2.5%.
Total nonfarm employment in Wyoming (not seasonally adjusted and measured by place of work) rose from 284,000 in August 2021 to 292,100 in August 2022, an increase of 8,100 jobs (2.9%). Employment was unusually low in 2021 because of economic disruptions related to the pandemic.
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“War Cry” by Jeremy Salazar, left, and “The Highlander” by Monte Michael Moore hang on display inside the Cheyenne Regional Airport terminal on Thursday, July 7, 2022. Alyte Katilius/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Construction crews work on a runway in May at Cheyenne Regional Airport. Michael Smith/For the Wyoming Tribune Eagle
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“War Cry” by Jeremy Salazar, left, and “The Highlander” by Monte Michael Moore hang on display inside the Cheyenne Regional Airport terminal on Thursday, July 7, 2022. Alyte Katilius/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
CHEYENNE – Cheyenne Regional Airport’s main runway is set to close next spring in the final phase of the airport’s runway reconstruction project.
Tim Bradshaw, the airport’s director of aviation, said in a Thursday interview that the project calls for 160 days of work. He said it would likely begin around April 1, in an effort to avoid snow and “to be sensitive to our spring break travel.” For Laramie County School District 1, spring break is the school week that ends on April 1.
“We’re going to try to coordinate the schedule to where it has the least impact” on travel, Bradshaw said. The actual start date will depend on “a lot of factors.”
The airport’s shorter runway will remain open during this time, the director said. When asked whether this would affect airline service during construction, Bradshaw said that’s still being determined.
“We’re working with United and with SkyWest, who is our regional carrier, to try to see if they can still operate on the shorter runway, or if we need to change aircraft types,” the director said. “We’re working through those details right now so we can continue airline service, so we don’t disrupt that.”
The airport’s functional runway space is also currently reduced, as crews complete work on the intersection of the two runways. The shorter, secondary runway, also called a “crosswind runway,” is totally closed, and the primary runway has been reduced to about 6,000 feet.
According to AirNav.com, the airport’s longer runway is 9,270 feet long, and the shorter runway is 6,690 feet long.
Bradshaw said that phase of the project is expected to conclude in about 30 days, when both runways would completely reopen until the next construction season.
After the conclusion of this multi-year, $62 million infrastructure project, the Cheyenne airport’s runways should not need another total reconstruction until about 2072, Bradshaw said.
Wendy Volk, president of the Cheyenne Regional Air Focus Team, said in a Thursday interview that the completion of the runway project will make for “a brighter future” for the airport.
“I think the good news is, once we get this runway project completed, it will actually improve our opportunities to get more airlines to look at Cheyenne, because despite the challenges of this runway project, we still are getting great traction in terms of people in our area – not only locally, but in the region – flying in and out of Cheyenne because of ease and convenience,” Volk said. She added that the project was “long overdue.”
Commercial flights have been running at the airport since Nov. 1. SkyWest, a regional carrier for United Airlines, currently has two commercial flights to and from the Denver International Airport each day.
This came after periodic pauses in commercial service because of the COVID-19 pandemic and construction delays on previous phases of the runway project.
Since then, Bradshaw, who began the position on Dec. 1, said commercial flights have “done fairly well.” Because the airport is currently operating on a shorter runway, planes that fly in and out of it have “a few less passengers,” he said. But flights are running at about 65% of this reduced capacity, Bradshaw said.
“The airline industry itself is actually struggling with high fuel prices, labor shortages, pilot shortages. But travel demand is really up high,” Bradshaw said.
“Our parking lot is maxed out,” the director said. In fact, on Thursday, that was the case during a visit from a Wyoming Tribune Eagle editor. As Bradshaw noted, “people are still flying.”
Hannah Black is the Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s criminal justice reporter. She can be reached at hblack@wyomingnews.com or 307-633-3128. Follow her on Twitter at @hannahcblack.
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RAWLINS – All through the winter, the public is invited to view more than a half dozen new public art pieces in the Upper North Platte River Valley.
The works represent not only the beauty of the valley, they’re the culmination of months of collaboration between local artists, the Platte Valley Arts Council, volunteers and donors. The Platte Valley Arts Council recently held a public art grand reveal to showcase seven new murals and sculptures in the area.
“Six local artists were chosen based on their amazing talents to participate in this project. The artists have been working on their pieces since January,” said Stacy Crimmins, project coordinator and a member of the Platte Valley Arts Council board of directors.
Based on each artist’s concept, the Arts Council worked with several sites to install the new art pieces. The artwork is owned by PVAC, and site hosts will be special stewards of the art.
“We appreciate their willingness to work together on the project,” Crimmins said.
The seven pieces were created by Lori Kostur, John Perue, Sierra Smith, Jerry Wood, Jamie Waugh and Jerry Palen, who was honored posthumously.
• Waugh’s mural is visible at the Sage Motel in Saratoga.
• Perue’s installation of stained-glass sculptures is at Firewater Public House.
• Wood’s sculpture sits in the lobby of the Platte Valley Community Center.
• Kostur has a sculpture at the Grand Encampment Museum as well as a mural in the North Platte Valley Medical Center.
• Smith’s sculpture will be installed at the Never Forget Park.
Planning
A project this size takes years of planning and began in earnest in August 2021.
Several grant requests were made in hopes to cover projected budget expenses of almost $105,000, according to Crimmins. The in-kind donations were calculated to be more than $17,000. After a first grant award of $50,000 by the Wyoming Cultural Trust Fund, the Arts Council pursued other funding and was eventually awarded $67,500 in grants.
The PVAC board chose to use six local artists who started their projects in February. Over the next several months, the board planned a couple of fundraisers, including the tile mosaic mural.
“At last count, we were well over $16,000 worth of donated hours from the board,” Crimmins said.
Each piece showcases a unique part of life in the valley.
Artists
Kostur’s triptych mural, which will be hung inside the main entrance of the new North Platte Valley Medical Center, features Lake Marie in the Snowy Mountains.
“My goal is to try to translate the love I have for this area to others, through the subjects that I paint and sculpt, by painting and sculpting the subjects I love,” Kostur said.
Kostur often paints plein air using oils. She also created a small bronze called “Singlejack,” displayed in the Grand Encampment Museum as a tribute to the copper mining heritage.
Perue’s installation, “Wyoming Wind Flowers,” is at Firewater Public House and it was inspired by the constant energy of wind. Perue created several stained-glass flowers that will move with the patterns of the breezes and can be interactive on still days.
“In order to survive winters in Wyoming you need to have some hobbies,” Perue said.
Perue became interested in recycling objects into art as a child, and learned sewing, leathercraft, wood working, photography and framing. When remodeling his first house he wanted to add some stained glass and took a class to learn how to do it himself. Perue’s stained-glass work can also be viewed at the Presbyterian Church in Saratoga.
Smith collaborated with the family of Staff Sergeant Tyler Pickett, a Saratoga native who died in 2008 during During Operation Iraqi Freedom. Her piece, “Wyoming Remembers,” includes several personal items, as well as objects meant to honor all who have served in the armed forces. Pickett’s mother, according to the Arts Council, wanted the memorial piece to reflect his “humble personality and point to the sacrifices also made by so many others.”
Waugh, who is known for her jewelry work in sterling silver under the name Bandita Bones, created “Alone, Not Lonely,” depicting a cowboy and featuring a line of cowboy poetry by Chuck Larsen.
Wood’s carving, “Two’s the Limit,” is installed at the Platte Valley Community Center and features two trout, emblematic of the valley.
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Upton-Sundance at Burns
Records: Upton-Sundance (0-2) at Burns (1-2)
Kickoff: 7 p.m. today at Bronc Stadium, Burns
Last week: Upton-Sundance lost to Tongue River, 20-8; Burns won at Newcastle, 42-15.
Last meeting: Upton-Sundance won 21-12 on Oct. 8, 2021, in Sundance
Facts: Even a 45-minute rain delay was not enough to deny coach Travis Romsa and Burns their first win of the 2022 season, and their first under Romsa. The team made significant improvements from the week prior, particularly in the trenches. Burns rushed for 275 yards and did a great job stopping the run, according to Romsa. ... To accomplish this, the team came out in a completely different offensive set than they had the previous two weeks. Instead of running a flex bone-style offense, the Broncs changed to a spread attack. ... This week, the Broncs return home to play Upton-Sundance. Coming off a 20-8 loss, the Patriots will look to stem the momentum Romsa has generated with Burns. Romsa said he believes Upton-Sundance will try to exploit the edges of the Broncs defense, but is confident the team will be able to hold up. ... “I think that if we can stop the run, we will be in great shape,” Romsa said. “Our pass defense has been good these past few weeks. So, if we can make them throw it, that will be good.”
Central at Laramie
Records: No. 4-ranked Cheyenne Central (2-2) at Laramie (0-4)
Kickoff: 6 tonight at Deti Stadium, Laramie
Twitter: @MattAtencio5
Radio: KFBC (97.5 FM, 1240 AM)
Last week: Central won at Thunder Basin, 41-28; Laramie lost at Cheyenne East, 63-7.
Last meeting: Central won 58-13 on Oct. 22, 2021, in Cheyenne.
Facts: The Indians enter tonight’s game coming off a come-from-behind win at then-No. 3 Thunder Basin. “The kids showed a lot of resilience,” Central coach Mike Apodaca said. “We had an hour weather delay, Richard Prescott returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown, and then we fell behind and had to rally. It was good to see the reward of a lot of hard work over the past six or seven weeks. ... The kids rallied behind each other, and it was really great to see.” ... Central senior linebacker Alex Fernandez is tied for seventh in Class 4A in defensive points per game at 15.5. He has 38 tackles (15 solo), a fumble recovery and two pass breakups. “He’s a tough, physical kid who is setting the tone physically for us,” Apodaca said of the 5-foot-10, 185-pound Fernandez. “He’s not necessarily the biggest, but he gets after it. He’s getting really comfortable and is becoming a leader.” ... The Plainsmen rank in the bottom half of 4A in every statistical category, but their passing offense took a hit when junior quarterback Ben Malone suffered an apparent left knee injury during the second half of last week’s loss at East.
East at Rock Springs
Records: No. 1-ranked Cheyenne East (4-0) at Rock Springs (1-3)
Kickoff: 6 tonight at Tiger Stadium, Rock Springs
Last week: East beat Laramie, 63-7; Rock Springs lost to Sheridan, 39-28.
Last meeting: Rock Springs won 55-34 in the Class 4A semifinals on Nov. 5, 2021, in Rock Springs.
Facts: Rock Springs – the 2021 Class 4A runner-up – might be two games below .500, but it is better than its record, East coach Chad Goff said. “They do so many different things that you have to be able to defend them and be prepared,” Goff said. “They’ll do all of that and figure out which of those things are working and go with that. You have to spend a lot of time preparing for them both mentally and physically.” The Tigers rank fourth in 4A in both team offense (357 yards per game) and team defense (314 ypg). ... A different unit stood out in each of East’s first three games, but offense, defense and special teams all excelled during a rout of Laramie. “It wasn’t that any of those other units did terrible in those first three games, it’s just that they didn’t shine as much as the others,” Goff said. “Against Laramie, all three phases shined. We preach coming out fast and keeping it going, and we did that.” ... Goff was especially impressed with the way the Thunderbirds’ second-teamers added points to the scoreboard and kept the Plainsmen off it. “If you look at our first game, we gave back some of our big lead,” Goff said. “In our fourth game, those kids came in an added to the lead. They got good reps and did a whole lot better.”
Pine Bluffs at Moorcroft
Records: Pine Bluffs (3-0) at Moorcroft (0-3)
Kickoff: 6 p.m. today at Wolves Field, Moorcroft
Last week: Pine Bluffs beat Wright, 40-18; Moorcroft lost at Southeast, 42-18.
Last meeting: Pine Bluffs won 66-0 on Oct. 22, 2021, in Pine Bluffs
Facts: Despite allowing a kickoff return for a touchdown on the first play of the game, the Hornets cruised to a 40-18 win over Wright. Ryan Fornstrom one-upped his performance against Guernsey-Sunrise from the week prior, recording 13.5 tackles, six tackles for loss and an interception. Stu Lerwick accounted for four touchdowns (three passing, one rushing) to help lead the offense. Abe Serrano picked up 104 yards on the ground and two touchdowns on 15 carries as well. ... The Wolves are coming off a 42-18 loss to Southeast, and are still looking for their first win of the season. Pine Bluffs coach Will Gray said the biggest focus will be to try to throw off Moorcroft’s passing attack. “We have to get a good pass rush,” Gray said. “They run a good scheme, where they put receivers in open places. We have to get the quarterback off his spot and make him uncomfortable.”
South at Natrona County
Records: Cheyenne South (0-4) at No. 3-ranked Natrona County (3-1)
Kickoff: 6 tonight at Cheney Alumni Field, Casper
Last week: South lost to Campbell County, 51-10; Natrona won at Kelly Walsh, 26-6.
Last meeting: Natrona won 51-27 on Oct. 22, 2021, in Casper.
Facts: Natrona quarterback Wyatt Powell is the second-leading rusher in Class 4A at 112.8 yards per game. He also ranks ninth in the state in passing average at 78.2 yards per contest. “He’s a burner that’s running all over teams and is gaining a ton of yards, but he can throw,” first-year South coach Eli Moody said. “You have to make sure you hit (Powell) right and hit him low, or he’s going to keep going. They’re a run-first team, but they can beat you with the pass if you get too focused on stopping the run.” ... A 3-plus-minute outburst in the second quarter saw Campbell County score three touchdowns and pull away from South. “We played a tough first half,” Moody said. “Our kids were really getting after it, but we had a fumble that gave them short yardage and a muffed punt that gave them short yardage. If we avoid that, it’s a different game.” ... Junior safety Damien Pino is tied for second in 4A in defensive points per game at 17.5. Senior safety Matt Rivera is ninth at 15.2.
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LARAMIE – Two longtime conference foes are set to meet in the regular season for the first time in more than a decade in Provo, Utah, on Saturday, at least momentarily renewing a rivalry rich with history on both sides.
The University of Wyoming and Brigham Young University have only met once since the Cougars left the Mountain West to go independent in football in 2011, with BYU edging out the Cowboys 24-21 in the 2016 Poinsettia Bowl. This will mark the first regular-season showdown between the teams since 2010.
Despite a lack of recent history, though, the rivalry hasn’t lost its significance for former players like Galand Thaxton.
The All-American linebacker still remains the Cowboys’ all-time leading tackler more than three decades after he last suited up in the brown and gold. And after losing to the Cougars his first three years in Laramie, he was a part of the 1987 team that took down BYU on its way to winning the WAC championship.
“It’s always going to be a rivalry,” Thaxton said. “I know we haven’t played them (in a while) ... but I think it’s going to always be that way, as long as you have people alive that remember that rivalry. It was every year, either here or there, and they were a good team.
“They were a nationally ranked team, a powerhouse, so if you were going to win the WAC at that time, you were going to have to go through BYU to do it. And we did my senior year.”
Since 1922, Wyoming and BYU have squared off 78 times, with the Cougars holding a 45-30-3 advantage in the series.
The Cowboys have only played Colorado State and Utah more frequently throughout their history, while BYU has played the Pokes more than any team outside the state of Utah. UW has lost the last eight meetings, with its last win coming during a 13-10 victory in 2003 in Laramie.
“These are bordering states, so it’s a natural thing geographically,” longtime voice of the Cougars Greg Wrubell said. “But over time, you have events. You have incidents. You have grudges. You have the kind of things that make up athletic rivalries. There have been a few rough edges, but not the hardest of edges to where it’s just straight acrimony.
“I think there is a lot of appreciation, at least from my standpoint, for the rivalry from a competitive and enjoyment stance. It’s not something you grit your teeth and have to play. To me, it was always an enjoyable competition to look forward to. There was a lot more angst built into BYU and Utah than there would ever be for BYU and Wyoming, for a lot of obvious reasons. But yet there was still that edge that made it something special.”
BYU coach Kalani Sitake is well-versed in the rivalry, having started at fullback for the Cougars from 1998-2000 under legendary coach LaVell Edwards. He sees similar traits in this Wyoming team to the ones he went up against during his playing career.
“I don’t know if the guys really look into the history of it all, but it’s pretty evident when you see it on film that these guys play tough football,” Sitake said. “They’re well-coached. Craig Bohl is a great coach, and he’s going to get these guys playing at a high level. You can see it on film on how strong they are and how physical they are.
“Back to my playing days, that’s kind of the standard you always have to deal with when you play Wyoming. They’re strong, tough kids, and they come in here with great effort, and they play with high energy. That’s the expectation from their fans, and I see it on film. It’s going to be a tough game. I’m looking forward to it, though.”
Mutual respect
Part of what made the rivalry run so deep for Cowboys players that took part in it was the understanding and respect for what BYU had accomplished as a program. The Cougars won a national title in 1984, and secured a total of 23 conference championships during their time competing against UW in the WAC and Mountain West.
Randy Welniak, a senior associate athletic director at Wyoming who played quarterback for the Cowboys in the 1980s, notes that “when that schedule came out, you knew it was going to be a dogfight. For some fans, BYU is more of a rival than Colorado State.”
“They’ve always had a very well-coached, very respectable program, and they’ve earned that respect,” Welniak said. “Any time you have a school or a program that’s had as much success as they’ve had, and how many great quarterbacks have come through their system, you always want an opportunity to play the best.
“They were one of the best teams in the league year after year. When you’re an athlete, and you’re competitive as heck, those are the kind of people you want to beat.”
One of the more memorable performances for the Cowboys in the rivalry came in a losing effort.
As BYU rolled to an undefeated season and consensus national championship in 1984, few outside of Laramie gave a second thought to the chance of Wyoming pulling off an upset. The Pokes entered the game at 3-3, fresh off a 21-0 shutout loss to San Diego State, and Thaxton recalls reading a Utah newspaper headline that read, “Pokes come to Provo like lambs to slaughter.”
The Cowboys played the Cougars closer than any other opponent would that season, but ultimately came up short, 41-38.
“It was always something different, but it’s a rivalry that I respect,” Thaxton said. “I respect the team. When I played, they had a great coach in LaVell Edwards, and I respected him and the players. And they were good.”
‘Unbelievably obnoxious’
While Thaxton had respect for the Cougars’ players and coaches, he doesn’t have fond feelings for their fans.
“The atmosphere there was always jumping, and the crowd was just so unbelievably obnoxious,” he said. “They would say things to you that you wouldn’t hear at other places. Just bad things that make you say, ‘What?’”
Thaxton recalls receiving racist mail from what “was probably a crazy fan” for the final three years of his college career. It came in the form of a cartoon every offseason during spring practice, only adding motivation for the Pokes in their pursuit to beat BYU.
“It would only come to me,” Thaxton said. “It was a piece of paper with different boxes, and what it said was, ‘Black people are cursed, and that we were the sons of Ham,’ and it just went on. What I would do is I would hang it up on our billboard as billboard material. All of my teammates – especially my white teammates – would be so mad. They would be so mad that they had the gall to send that to me, and it would just motivate us for the next game.
“I think that might have been one of the reasons why we played so good against them when they won the national championship. It was so unbelievable, but I got it three years in a row at about the same time. I don’t know where it came from … but it was always billboard material. That’s the kind of stuff they did. It was probably a crazy fan, but they shouldn’t have ever done it. The only thing it did was make us want to kill them more.”
Thaxton got the last laugh against the Cougars during his senior year, in what remains Wyoming’s last win in Provo.
Although there were several games left to play, the matchup was shaping up to be a decisive moment in the 1987 WAC title race. The Cowboys won a back-and-forth battle 29-27, handing BYU its only loss of league play on their way to winning the conference championship.
“It was truly an accomplishment, especially considering we did it at their home place,” Thaxton said. “LaVell Edwards, their head coach, was such a legend. They were highly respected, and they had won the national championship a couple years prior to that.
“When you beat them at home, you had definitely reached the mountaintop at that point. The celebration was on.”
‘What college football is all about’
As vivid as the memory of that 1987 victory is, Thaxton recalls the sight upon returning home as equally memorable. He estimates that somewhere between 5,000-7,000 fans met the Pokes at the airport to join in on the celebration.
“If you accomplished something like we did, when you get home, they’re going to celebrate with you,” Thaxton said. “There were so many people at the airport. I can’t even tell you how many there were, and I’d never seen anything like it ... Seeing the state get behind us like that, it was just something special. It’s something I’ll always remember for the rest of my life.”
The Cowboys had another notable win over BYU the following year to kick off the second of back-to-back conference title runs.
In the first night game ever played at War Memorial Stadium, the UW defense set the tone early, knocking the Cougars’ starting quarterback out of the game, sending 1990 Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer onto the field for his collegiate debut. It wouldn’t make a difference, though, as the Cowboys’ rushing attack opened up the play-action pass, and they rolled to a 24-14 victory.
“It was incredible,” Welniak said of the atmosphere. “The energy and electricity in the stadium that night was just indescribable. It was amazing as a player to come out on that field and have that kind of energy and excitement.”
Welniak will be in Provo for the game on Saturday. He notes that it will be bittersweet, not being “a big fan of their stadium or their fans,” but also adds that it will be fun to be able to experience the renewal of the rivalry.
There isn’t much certainty in terms of where the series will go from here. The Cougars are scheduled to come to Laramie in two years, but with them headed to the Big 12 next season, the future beyond that 2024 meeting is up in the air.
Regardless of what happens down the road, Welniak views rivalries such as this as an important part of college football.
“These are the kind of games that our fans love,” he said. “They really enjoy those old rivalries, and having an opportunity to play them. I know when we got to play BYU in the bowl game, I think (Josh Allen) still has a bitter taste in his mouth still to this day about how that all ended, but it was a hell of a game.
“It was a great game, and we just got after it. Both teams did, and that’s what college football is all about. When you have that opportunity to play a good team and a rival like that, it makes it a lot of fun.”
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A Thanet dad-of-four and has been left ‘angry and devastated’ after his efforts to house a refugee family from Ukraine have been unsuccessful. It has now been over seven months since the devastating conflict took hold of Ukraine, forcing countless families to flee their homes in search of sanctuary.
One such family had hopes of taking residence in Ramsgate with Rabbi Cliff Cohen and his wife. The 74-year-old knew that he wanted to help as soon as he learned of the conflict and was eager to provide accommodation to those seeking refuge.
Cliff was referred by a local friend to a family of three who were staying in a hotel in Wales. Yuzhaninova Natalia and her two children, ages 10 and 12, left Ukraine after the terrifying moment she heard bombs falling near her family home.
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She soon applied to take refuge in the UK, through the Wales sponsorship programme as it was the first that she found. But she struggled to find a home in Wales. When she came into contact with Cliff he offered to house her and her family. But complications arose due to the fact that Yuzhaninova had applied through the Wales scheme.
Currently, Kent is processing the largest number of Ukrainians across the sponsorship arrangements. As such, Kent County Council say they have been unable to facilitate out of area rematches due to these ‘unprecedented pressures’. Despite these obstacles, Cliff has continued his efforts to see Yuzhaninova and her family brought to his home in Ramsgate.
It has now been made clear that such a re-matching simply will not be possible. In an email sent to Cliff, a KCC spokesperson stated: “We have used our discretion to decline rematch requests from out of area because we are struggling to manage the current volume of cases in Kent and associated social pressures caused by not having enough education and health care places.
“Unlike the Welsh and Scottish visa schemes, which are currently on hold, we continue to welcome daily new arrivals into Kent and are already expecting a further 944 people in the coming weeks. It is important that we are able to meet this demand and support effectively those already in the County whilst also considering our ability to carry on supporting existing families once their sponsorship arrangements come to an end.”
‘It just seems so callus’
Speaking of the final decision, Cliff said: “Part of me is just angry, we’re very frustrated. We’re not offering to host anybody else, we’re offering to host the family that we invited so saying we haven’t got enough hosts makes no difference to our situation.
“I honestly don’t see any reason other than stubbornness, it’s very frustrating. It just seems so callus and I’m sure they are doing a lot for the people who applied through the English system who are in Kent but I can’t honestly see that one more is going to make so much difference, that they can’t show any flexibility at all.”
Since receiving the news, Cliff says Yuzhaninova has begun job hunting in Wales and plans to rent property in the area. Cliff explained: “They were fairly stoic about it, I think they expected it.
“She sent me an email saying ‘it made me cry, not out of sadness but just because you’re still trying’ and that was very moving. I just felt that if there was anything left to try, it had to be tried.
“She’s taken the pragmatic route and we’ve had to swallow our anger and our frustration and accept the fact that we’ve tried everything that we could think of. They’ve got the right to say no and they’re saying it and they’ve made it clear that that’s final.”
'It’s just devastating all round'
Cliff expects that he and the family will continue to remain in contact. He said: “I think there’ll be a few tears the next time I meet them and there will be a next time, we’re not going to drop the relationship with them.
“It’s very upsetting because we got on extremely well with this family and we’ve promised them we will stay in touch and we’ll go and visit them when we can and when they get the chance to come here that they’re going to. It’s just devastating all round and it’s put me off doing anything cooperative with KCC.”
'We understand that this must be frustrating'
An initial statement from KCC said: "We currently have a limited number of hosts and are actively seeking to encourage more people in Kent to host Ukrainian families already here in the county if they can as we approach the six-month minimum hosting commitment at which point we are anticipating almost half of guests already in hosting arrangements are likely to be in need of alternative accommodation arrangements or rematching with a new host family.
“This too is likely to be challenging as there are also existing housing market pressures. The South East is already experiencing ongoing challenges with regards to homelessness and accommodation, with District and Borough Councils having very limited substantive and emergency accommodation supply available further impacting on our position in not being able to accept out of area placements.
“We understand that this must be frustrating for some but we must ensure that we are able to best support the Ukrainian families already in Kent and our residents as a priority.”
KCC has been approached for further comment.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Bridge work could cause some traffic headaches on your drive into the capital city. Providence commuters are strongly advised to find alternate routes during the closure of Glenbridge Avenue.
DOT officials announced the road closure near Route 6 – starting September 30 – October 7. The week-long closure needed for a rapid replacement of the Glenbridge Avenue Bridge. During that time, RIDOT will periodically close other roads in the area – including Route 6.
Crews plan to demolish the old bridge, then slide the new bridge – adjacent to the structure into place – in just one week.
Traffic will be detoured around the area using Hartford Avenue, Killingly Street, Greenville Avenue and Manton Avenue.
The 53 year-old Glenbridge Avenue Bridge carries roughly 14,000 vehicles daily. The bridge project scheduled to be completed by the end of 2022.
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If it takes a village to raise a child, how does it decide what books should be on shelves?
The Wellington town board recently voted to, in essence, ban all book bans in the town's public library.
This came after resident Christine Gaiter asked the Board of Trustees in August to remove 19 books from the shelves of the public library and put them where children would not be able to access them without permission from an adult.
Instead of deciding to remove or restrict books, the board later approved, by 5-2, a resolution stipulating that the board cannot "censor, suppress, remove, monitor or place age restrictions on ideas or information in our public library."
So we put a question to our Coloradoan Conversations community: Should Wellington's ban on book bans be a model for other Colorado libraries?
The conversation on that question and comments on the Coloradoan's reporting about the issue explored a few of these underlying concerns:
How does a community decide what is harmful?
Gaiter's request was in response to sexual content in the books, such as "Fifty Shades of Gray," "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" and "The Bluest Eye."
"My issue is that these books go into too much graphic detail of a sexual act," she said. "They are not appropriate for children. The library should be a safe place for families and kids."
But other commenters felt there was potential for a double-standard or a slippery slope.
"Should the Bible be included in the ban?" Bob W. asked, citing:
- Reference Song of Songs, also known as the Song of Solomon in the Bible.
- Note the adult theme in Proverbs 5:19 of the Bible.
- Also note that the word “rape” is mentioned nine times in the Bible."
"Dr. Seuss is being banned all over the country. ... 'To Kill A Mockingbird' was banned in school districts in Washington and California. The Bible hasn’t been seen in public schools in decades. ... Anyone complaining about parents trying to sort out what reading material is age appropriate in a public school library might want to see if they have a double standard," Andy O. said.
Striking a middle ground, Dylan J. noted, "We should ... all be careful to delineate between calls to ban particular books and calls to restrict access to books based on criteria like age. There are good arguments for restricting a child's access to materials that should be available freely to adults. For example, I worked at a bookstore where we would buy used books from the public for resale. We would regularly buy books that were immediately put in a locked case and which minors could not peruse without parental approval. ... However, when someone argues, 'The library is not being inclusive of my Christian ethics' and therefore certain works ought to be age-restricted based on that alone, you can see how untenable and risible the argument is. For instance, what if a Jehovah's Witness argued from the same premise to restrict access to books on blood transfusions? Or an Orthodox Jew wanting to restrict nonkosher cookbooks? Public libraries are for the interest of the public writ large, not special interests."
How to handle parental rights and parental styles?
"At what point do the parents get to invoke their parental rights?" Andy O. asked.
"Whenever their kids want to check out books from the public library," Michael D. responded. "This has nothing to do with anyone being forced or even asked to read a book. There are 19 books that a vocal minority wanted removed from the public library. If parents don't want their kids reading these books, that's 100% up to them."
Amid all the views about book restrictions were calls for respect of different parenting styles.
"The library is not being inclusive of my Christian ethics," Gaiter explained at one of the meetings. "There are Christians in this town that think like me. You don't have to agree with us, but I do ask that you respect us and include our views in your decision-making process."
On the flip side, Deborah F. said, "Trying to dictate which reading materials should be readily available for others is absolutely unacceptable."
"If a parent has an issue with their child’s reading materials, perhaps they should accompany them to the library, or restrict their child’s account," she said.
"Logically, one would think that parents should make decisions based on family values," k._k. said. "I appreciate this library conversation because as a parent, I want to know what's happening in our tax taxpayer-funded libraries. Unfortunately, our state and school have laws and edicts which undermine parents," noting health care and school policies that give children decision-making abilities without parental intervention or consent.
So who bears responsibility for taking actions?
Whether parents or institutions bear more responsibility for regulating content is a question, though most commenters focused on one party rather than both:
"I think the only thing Mrs. Gaiter was asking for is the same regulation you see with movie theaters and such, which I have a tendency to agree. Books that illustrate sexual acts, nudity, etc. should be clearly identified and possibly moved to more of an adult section of the library and not mixed in with general books children have access to," Michael Scott S. said. "If folks don't see an issue with having these kind of books readily available to underage children, then why is Playboy, Penthouse, etc. not available at a library or put out in public view in stores? Because society made a moral decision those kind of materials and illustrations should not be in public view and readily available for underage viewing."
But, "there isn’t "Fifty Shades of Gray" in the toddler section," Briana H. noted.
"At some point, people need to realize that professionals who have studied for years at institutions of higher learning should be allowed to do their jobs," Harry S. said. "Let librarians decide what books belong in a library. Let physicians decide what medical treatments are appropriate. Let biologists decide what is best for the environment. These experts can consider 'public' opinions when making decisions. ... If you don’t want your children to read these books, tell your children, not everybody’s children, that you don’t think the books are appropriate for them."
Or, he said, read the books alongside them:
"Like my mother before me, I spent a great deal of time when my children were young reading a ton of literature I had absolutely no interest in reading. Like my mother, I spent my free time doing this because it was my responsibility as a parent to be aware of what my children were reading. This was time well spent. It allowed me to discuss the books with them. It allowed me to mitigate possible problems I knew could arise with my extremely sensitive children by several books assigned to them in school. It was my job to oversee what my children read. ... It may take a village to raise a child, but each child is different and deciding what each individual child can and can not read should be the responsibility of that child's parents and nobody else."
"An easy solution may be to just keep your kids in the children’s section of the library," Carl C. suggested.
But Craig Z. wondered about the feasibility, especially if you have two children perusing different parts of the library at once, "when age-sensitive materials are intermixed with others, is it actually feasible to hover over the child, perhaps grabbing a book out of his/her hand in order to vet it?"
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Which priorities should be reflected in Fort Collins' 2023 and 2024 budget cycle?
Coloradoan Conversations is the Coloradoan's opinion forum. Each week we'll pose conversation-starting questions online at Coloradoan.com/opinion, moderate online discussion, then recap the best discussion points.
This week's Coloradoan Conversation:
Fort Collins is back to its biennial budget-setting cycle, with City Council spending the next month examining and tweaking the city manager's recommended budgets for 2023 and 2024. With more than $800 million in spending planned both years, the city will fund not only operations but a number of priorities, including future paved trail connections and continued work to expand water storage.
Coloradoan lead government reporter Molly Bohannon spent the past week synthesizing the more than 650-page document into a digestible look at what is and isn't funded in City Manager Kelly DiMartino's recommendation. So we ask this week, please read Molly's subscriber-exclusive story and weigh in: What priorities should be reflected in the city's upcoming annual budgets and what, if any, unfunded projects should council work to include prior to adoption in November?
Click on the "View Comments" box at the top or bottom of this story at Coloradoan.com/opinion to join the conversation. Print-only readers can participate online or by sending their thoughts to opinion@coloradoan.com.
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Sacramento State at CSU football: How to watch on TV and online, betting odds and more
The Colorado State football team hopes long-term history will repeat itself this week and end a more recent trend.
CSU will wear its orange Ag Day uniforms to face Sacramento State on Saturday, Sept. 24. The team is 8-3 all-time on Ag Day but has lost the last three editions.
That gives the Rams two three-game streaks to try to end this weekend. The three-game Ag Day losing skid mirrors the 0-3 start to the season. Worse for CSU is a nine-game losing streak dating back to last season, which is the longest in the nation and has the Rams populating "Bottom 10" lists nationally.
Is this the week CSU finds a way back on track?
The 2 p.m. Mountain time kickoff will be broadcast on Evoca TV and streamed on the Mountain West network. Here's what to know about the game and how to watch and listen online.
When/where: 2 p.m. MT Saturday, Sept. 10, at Canvas Stadium on the Colorado State University campus in Fort Collins. The Coloradoan will have postgame analysis online at Coloradoan.com following the end of the game and in Monday's print edition.
- Denver metro area on Local3 (including Fort Collins)
- Colorado Springs on MeTV (channel 11.2)
- Evoca is a new TV service structured like cable television but delivered over broadcast TV.
- Subscriptions are $25/month, plus receiver. Receivers can be rented for $5 a month or bought for $20. There's no monthly contract for the service itself.
How to watch the Mountain West Network:
- Stream online for free at TheMW.com/watch
- The Mountain West app is available on most smart devices and can be downloaded on the Apple app store, Google Play and more.
The broadcast team on TV will be Brian Roth (play-by-play) and Mark Driscoll (analyst).
How to listen on the radio:
- The CSU broadcast is available on KUAD 99.1 FM, ESPN 1600 AM (Denver), SiriusXM channel 971/381 and the TuneIn app.
- CSU's radio team will be Kevin McGlue (play-by-play), Ricky Brewer (analyst) and Marty Cesario (reporter).
Betting line: No line is available via Tipico Sportsbook. Las Vegas Insider lists Sacramento State as a 3.5-point favorite.
Saturday's weather in Fort Collins: Saturday's high is projected to be 80 degrees with sunny skies, light wind and no chance of rain. A sunset of 6:53 p.m. should come after the game ends.
Before you go:What to know about Canvas Stadium for fans going to Saturday's CSU football game
Attendance/tickets: Canvas Stadium has a seating capacity of 36,500. Single-game and multigame pass tickets can be purchased at CSURams.com/tickets, by calling 970-491-7267, or via the stadium box office, which opens four hours before kickoff.
Coaches: Sacramento State is coached by Troy Taylor, who is in his third season as Sacramento State coach. His career record is 20-7 (all with the Hornets). CSU is coached by Jay Norvell, who is in his first year leading the Rams. He's 33-29 in five seasons as a head coach and 0-3 at CSU.
Roster changes:Four Rams have left midseason. Here's why it happens now.
Team records: Sacramento State is 2-0, CSU is 0-3.
Rankings: Sacramento State is No. 6 in the latest FCS coaches poll.
Last week: Sacramento State won 37-21 at Northern Iowa. CSU lost 38-7 at Washington State.
Series: CSU and Sacramento State have played once, a 23-20 win for the Rams in 2008 in Fort Collins. It was Steve Fairchild's first win as CSU coach, and Norvell will be looking to repeat that feat.
CSU's oldest fan:John Matsushima, 101 years old, hasn't missed a home game in 62 years
Follow sports reporter Kevin Lytle on Twitter and Instagram @Kevin_Lytle.
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – The Greenville Police Department is hosting a “Fill a Cruiser” event Friday for school supplies.
The event will take place at the Bon Secour Wellness Arena between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Police Items most needed include:
- 1″ three-ring binders,
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- deodorant (non-aerosol)
- travel toothbrushes and toothpaste
- body wipes
- body wash
The police cruisers will be parked outside of the GSP International Airport Box Office.
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In 2020, Francesco Zorzi received the job of a lifetime (well, at least for me it is). The assignment was a complete redesign of the visual identity for a startup that started up three months prior, called isendu. The business is a web app able to connect small to medium e-commerce owners to every different courier’s platform in order to control everything from sale to delivery. Zorzi based the logo design on Bauhaus-inspired forms without mimicking the original. (For more, go here.)
He was also creating delightful illustrations for isendu‘s blog. Before he knew it, the flower bloomed larger than he could have imagined, and he was designing identity-based imagery for all their publications. And in the bargain, he was hired as both creative director and illustrator (later becoming design director). Meanwhile, he started working as an architect, designing the office spaces of isendu‘s headquarters in Florence, Italy: A grand 1800s palazzo, currently a cornucopia of colorful customized wallpapers, fanciful lamps and witty partitions created by Zorzi, printed and installed by local artisans.
I asked him to give us a personal tour. So let’s begin …
Would you say that this is the largest job you’ve ever done?
It started two years ago as a commission for producing a regular series of illustrations for isendu, a brand new startup’s blog, and soon after it became something bigger. I’ve since been asked to redesign their logo and visual identity from scratch. Their growth in the first year has been quite impressive, and further impressive is the freedom that I have in everything I do for them.
It has been the occasion for me to work within all the professional fields I’ve been in throughout my career, spanning from architecture to graphic design, and from branding to illustration—the beating heart of the entire project. In some sense I could say that my initial approach to the illustration series included elements I’ve continued to use and expand even after, when I was asked to work on their visual identity.
How did creating some illustrations turn into such a mammoth experience?
When I started designing the illustrations for their blog, the subject of the articles was not defined; therefore, I decided to create a series that was totally unrelated to the text. I decided to focus on illustrating the “spirit” of the startup, the essence of their work. Working with this level of abstraction has been key to creating an interpretation of their “essence,” which I incorporated when redesigning the logo. At the same time, the illustrations immediately became part of their visual language as its own sort of “alphabet.” Then, when the company moved to their current headquarters, a huge three-story palace (“palazzo”) near the center of Firenze, the illustration project naturally expanded to the third dimension through architecture and decorative pieces.
Naturally? Really? Had you done environmental graphics before this? What were the challenges of this work?
I’ve worked on a large scale. In 2018, I designed illustrations for the visual identity of The Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival in NYC. I’ve also created the identity and the graphics for venues such as a sculpture museum in Tuscany, in addition to other temporary projection installations in Firenze; however, this was the first time I’ve worked with environmental graphics in such a massive way. Today, there are 45 walls covered with my illustrations in the isendu headquarters. The biggest one wraps around the entrance and snakes up the staircase on each side for two stories. Finding a voice and balance on such large walls (the average height of each room is more than four yards) has been challenging, specifically deciding how to make them coexist with the “monumental mood” of the palace (palazzo) and its massive frescoes in the “ballroom.”
How did you determine what the theme of these murals would be?
When I started, I selected some illustrations from the collection I had already designed and used in their blog. I converted them into art pieces. At the same time, having the recurrent element of the red circle and the movement inside many pieces is like telling a silent story on the walls. As the project evolved, I enjoyed creating site-specific graphics, like the huge tiger in the forest that wraps around the staircase. That idea stemmed from the 50-foot Christmas tree in the central part of the staircase, so I wanted to design something related to nature, wild nature. I used the same theme to introduce the parallel theme of space on the first floor; the design covers two corridors and features the tiger opening its mouth to the star-filled outer space. The most recent designs are for two new rooms, and based on their physical location under the roof, I was inspired to create a wintry mountain scene with skiers, snowboarders, mountaineers and hikers.
How long did it take you to plan and execute the whole thing?
Everything happened in different steps. I developed the initial idea for the first illustration series in two weeks, then designing the proposal for the logo and the brand identity took two to three months, and then everything else has been designed during these two years. I’ve been working on more focused tasks each time and designing for different fields at the same time (i.e., packaging boxes, furniture for the event room, specific wallpapers for the same room, etc.), operating into the isendu in-house design studio with two graphic designers, Fabio Massimo De Luca and Luca Terzo. The project is ongoing.
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PRINTCast: The PRINT Podcast Studio is a curated collection of cutting-edge podcasts we love about design, creativity, branding, books, and further subjects afield. Here’s the latest episode of Evolve CPG, a podcast about innovative leaders who are evolving the Consumer Packaged Goods industry by building better products and better brands to imagine a better world.
To make a true impact, your mission needs to be baked into the DNA of your brand from the get-go.
Joining us today to share the keys to the success of an impact-driven brand is John Foraker, Co-Founder and CEO of nutrition-focused kids’ food brand, Once Upon a Farm. In this episode, we discover the most valuable lessons John learned from scaling Annie’s Homegrown, how he came to partner with actress and Once Upon a Farm co-founder, Jennifer Garner, and how he weaves impact into the brands he builds.
Tune in for this revealing episode on scaling without compromising culture, and committing to making an impact.
Key Points From This Episode:
- Introducing John Foraker, Co-Founder and CEO of Once Upon a Farm.
- John’s advice for scaling an impact-driven brand.
- The importance of baking impact into the DNA of your brand.
- The three most valuable lessons John learned from scaling Annie’s Homegrown.
- How and why both John and actress Jennifer Garner got involved with Once Upon a Farm.
- The fundamental belief that drives John to use business as a force for positive social change.
- The benefits of the public benefit corporation model.
- Hiring advice and criticism of the historical corporate mindset.
- The importance of authenticity as a leader (and the danger of imitation).
- Reframing the term “organic”.
- How John married his passion for food and farming with business.
- The value of graduate studies and continuous learning in business.
- Once Upon a Farm’s purity promise and their partnership with Save the Children.
- The evolving nature of B Corp.
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MTSU football vs. Miami: Scouting report and score prediction
Middle Tennessee State will try to make it three wins in a row when it travels to Miami to battle the Hurricanes on Saturday (2:30 p.m. Central, ACC Network) at Hard Rock Stadium.
The Blue Raiders (2-1) have back-to-back wins over Colorado State and Tennessee State. Miami (2-1) is coming off a 17-9 loss to Texas A&M.
Miami is ranked No. 25 in the USA TODAY coaches poll, dropping 12 spots after the loss to the Aggies.
Here is a scouting report for the game, including a score prediction by The Daily News Journal's Cecil Joyce:
MTSU no stranger to Power Five games
MTSU has played in 56 games against Power 5 opponents since the Blue Raiders moved up to FBS in 2000.
The Blue Raiders have pulled off some upsets along the way, collecting eight wins during that span.
Most recently MTSU has defeated Syracuse (30-23 in 2017), Missouri (51-45 in 2016) and Georgia Tech (49-28 in 2012). The Blue Raiders lost to Virginia Tech 35-14 last season in their only Power 5 matchup.
MTSU has defeated Maryland twice and Vanderbilt twice. The biggest win was the 2012 triumph over the Yellow Jackets. The biggest loss was 59-0 to Oklahoma in 2006.
Miami is the only Power 5 program on the Blue Raiders' 2022 schedule.
WHAT HAPPENED:How MTSU rolled past Tennessee State during Week 3
Hurricane defense is very good
Miami's defense will be a stiff test for the Blue Raider offense.
The Hurricanes are allowing an average of 282 yards per game, including just 84 on the ground.
Miami has recovered two fumbles, picked off four passes and has eight sacks in its first three games.
The Hurricanes spread around the defensive success. No player has more than one sack and two players are tied for the team lead with 15 tackles.
Sophomore safety James Williams has 15 tackles (0.5 for loss), an interception and three pass breakups, and sophomore linebacker Corey Flagg Jr. has 15 tackles (3.5 for loss).
Miami offense struggled against Aggies
Take away an opening-week 70-13 win over FCS foe Bethune-Cookman and Miami hasn't exactly lit the world on fire offensively.
The sophomore-dominated Hurricanes put up just 30 points in a win over Southern Miss and were held to just three field goals in a 17-9 loss to Texas A&M last week.
Miami got into the red zone four times against the Aggies, settling for just three field goals.
The absence of sophomore wide receiver Xavier Restrepo, who leads the team with 172 receiving yards, including five receptions for 100 yards and a touchdown during Week 1, hasn't helped the offense. The 5-foot-10, 195-pounder missed last week's game and will miss this week's contest with a foot injury.
HOT START:Big first half propels MTSU to win over Colorado State
Miami offensive leaders
- Tyler Van Dyke, So., QB: 54-of-86 for 671 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT
- Henry Parrish, So., RB: 53 carries, 302 yards, 4 TDs
- Michael Redding, Fr., WR: 8 receptions, 105 yards, 1 TD
- Key'Shawn Smith, So., WR: 6 receptions, 91 yards, 1 TD
Score prediction
Miami 35, MTSU 10: The Miami offense hasn't lit it up and the Blue Raider defense has played well. But, the Hurricanes, while very young, have a roster full of top 25 talent. Miami's stout defense will make it difficult for MTSU to move the ball consistently.
Reach Cecil Joyce at cjoyce@dnj.com and on Twitter @Cecil_Joyce.
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LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla., Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Set in the magic of The Walt Disney World Resort, The Global Exchange Conference 2022 (GXC) is a professional, four-day conference of continuing education presentations, experiential workshops, industry expo, and networking events. Never before has a conference converged with these three disciplines under one roof: Mental Health, Addiction Treatment, and Wellness. GXC will offer attendees the opportunity to learn within their own and other aligning disciplines from world-renowned experts in these fields, and to inspire an exchange of thought-provoking perspectives and pathways that will lead to a more vibrant and productive approach of therapeutic methods to help those in need.
From The Global Exchange Conference originator and CEO of High Watch Recovery Center, Jerry Schwab, "In a time where we must all work together for the well-being of individuals and communities, The Global Exchange Conference is perfectly positioned to bring together health care professionals for a restorative conference of caring, connecting, collaboration, and change." Jerry continues, "Our agenda is extensive, and attendees will have the additional opportunity to engage with industry exhibitors from all conference disciplines at the GXC Expo."
Michael Cabot, Certified Recovery Residence Administrator, and the Board President of the Florida Association of Recovery Residences says, "GXC offers continuing education credits with expert speakers who explore multi-disciplinary models and approaches that will focus on implementing change towards body, mind, and spirit recovery. This is a great opportunity to learn and unite health care providers to further traditional and innovative care methods, assisting patients in their journey." Additionally, there are more than 50 educational sessions to choose from at the conference. All sessions will be available to all in-person attendees via GXC's on-line educational partner, TPN, for 30 days post event.
Among the many elite industry speakers and presenters who will teach, train, and exchange knowledge are Deepak Chopra, Dr. Gabor Mate, Margaret Trudeau, Dr. James Flowers, Marianne Williamson, Russell Brand, and Dr. Tian Dayton. Guest Speakers are Whoopi Goldberg, who is an advocate for humanitarian efforts including substance abuse and has provided a video introduction available on the GXC website, and actor Rob Lowe who embraced sobriety and reflects on his past battle with drug and alcohol addiction, along with his dedication and support of other's journey to recovery.
Registration is open and special accommodations are available at select hotels at The Walt Disney World Resort. For a full list of speakers, topics, and activities, please visit https://theglobalexchangeconference.com/.
SUMMARY | For the first time in history, The Inaugural Global Exchange Conference will bring together a powerful gathering of Mental Health, Addiction Treatment, and Wellness Health Care Professionals at the Walt Disney World Resort, November 1-4, 2022.
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Prelim July release was -2.0% Prior was +1.1% (revised to +1.0%)August prelim estimate +0.4% July ex autos -3.1% vs -1.2% expected Ex gasoline and autos -0.9% June ex autos +0.8% (revised to +0.6%) Sales down in 9 of 11 subsectors Though the August number indicates a small bounce, this is a poor report. It comes on the heels of two weak jobs reports as well and suggests that Bank of Canada rate hikes are hitting hard. The most-recent inflation
Inflation
Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is measured by the level of the total money supply of a specific currency, for example the US dollar, which is constantly increasing. However, an increase in the money supply does not necessarily mean that there is inflation. What leads to inflation is a faster increase in the money supply in relation to the wealth produced (measured with GDP). As such, this generates pressure of demand on a supply that does not increase at the same rate. The consumer price index then increases, generating inflation.How Does Inflation Affect Forex?The level of inflation has a direct impact on the exchange rate between two currencies on several levels.This includes purchasing power parity, which attempts to compare different purchasing powers of each country according to the general price level. In doing so, this makes it possible to determine the country with the most expensive cost of living.The currency with the higher inflation rate consequently loses value and depreciates, while the currency with the lower inflation rate appreciates on the forex market.Interest rates are also impacted. Inflation rates that are too high push interest rates up, which has the effect of depreciating the currency on foreign exchange. Conversely, inflation that is too low (or deflation) pushes interest rates down, which has the effect of appreciating the currency on the forex market.
Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is measured by the level of the total money supply of a specific currency, for example the US dollar, which is constantly increasing. However, an increase in the money supply does not necessarily mean that there is inflation. What leads to inflation is a faster increase in the money supply in relation to the wealth produced (measured with GDP). As such, this generates pressure of demand on a supply that does not increase at the same rate. The consumer price index then increases, generating inflation.How Does Inflation Affect Forex?The level of inflation has a direct impact on the exchange rate between two currencies on several levels.This includes purchasing power parity, which attempts to compare different purchasing powers of each country according to the general price level. In doing so, this makes it possible to determine the country with the most expensive cost of living.The currency with the higher inflation rate consequently loses value and depreciates, while the currency with the lower inflation rate appreciates on the forex market.Interest rates are also impacted. Inflation rates that are too high push interest rates up, which has the effect of depreciating the currency on foreign exchange. Conversely, inflation that is too low (or deflation) pushes interest rates down, which has the effect of appreciating the currency on the forex market.
Read this Term data was below estimates as well. The BOC was the first central bank to hike and it should be the first one to pivot to pausing as well.
The market is fully priced for 50 bps in October but December pricing for 25 bps is at 80% with a terminal top sitting at 4.07% (current 3.25%). A solid spread between the Fed (top at 4.70%) is opening up and could widen on BOC dovishness. The next major event for the BOC is an Oct 6 speech from Governor Tiff Macklem -- that will be one to watch.
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The USD is the strongest and the GBP
GBP
The Great British pound (GBP) or pound sterling is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, South Georgia, and other pacific territories.The GBP is currently the fourth most-traded currency worldwide in forex markets after the US dollar, euro, and Japanese yen.As the oldest currency in continual use, the GBP holds great weight on the world market and is also the fourth largest reserve currency.The Bank of England (BoE) is the central banking authority responsible for the curation of the GBP, issuing its own banknotes, as well as regulating the issuance of banknotes by private banks in both Scotland and Northern Ireland. What Factors Affect the GBP?Like any widely traded currency there are several factors that affect the GBP. As is often the case, monetary policy is extremely impactful. Any announcements or policy decisions by the BoE are always closely watched given its potential to move the GBP.Additionally, consumer prices (CPI) in the UK as well as levels of inflation carry a lot of weight and routinely affect the value of the GBP in forex markets.Other metrics of note include measures of gross domestic product (GDP) in the UK or growth, consumer sentiment, or confidence.Most recently, the drama surrounding Brexit as well as the potential fallout of negotiations have added another layer of uncertainty to the GBP.The UK at the time of writing is headed for a historic schism with Europe, though a deal has not yet been agreed upon with both sides unable to come to an agreement.With a smooth resolution nowhere in sight, any developments or an eventual finality to Brexit will be extraordinarily important to both the short- and long-term value of the GBP.
The Great British pound (GBP) or pound sterling is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Gibraltar, South Georgia, and other pacific territories.The GBP is currently the fourth most-traded currency worldwide in forex markets after the US dollar, euro, and Japanese yen.As the oldest currency in continual use, the GBP holds great weight on the world market and is also the fourth largest reserve currency.The Bank of England (BoE) is the central banking authority responsible for the curation of the GBP, issuing its own banknotes, as well as regulating the issuance of banknotes by private banks in both Scotland and Northern Ireland. What Factors Affect the GBP?Like any widely traded currency there are several factors that affect the GBP. As is often the case, monetary policy is extremely impactful. Any announcements or policy decisions by the BoE are always closely watched given its potential to move the GBP.Additionally, consumer prices (CPI) in the UK as well as levels of inflation carry a lot of weight and routinely affect the value of the GBP in forex markets.Other metrics of note include measures of gross domestic product (GDP) in the UK or growth, consumer sentiment, or confidence.Most recently, the drama surrounding Brexit as well as the potential fallout of negotiations have added another layer of uncertainty to the GBP.The UK at the time of writing is headed for a historic schism with Europe, though a deal has not yet been agreed upon with both sides unable to come to an agreement.With a smooth resolution nowhere in sight, any developments or an eventual finality to Brexit will be extraordinarily important to both the short- and long-term value of the GBP.
Read this Term is the weakest as traders send stocks lower and yields higher. The day after the BOE raised rates by 50 basis points, the new UK government is announcing stimulus measures that will cut taxes and provide energy subsidies. The GBP is moving sharply lower (down to a low to near 1.1000 at 1.1019), while UK yields soared with the 10 year yield up 29 basis points to 3.786% as investors wonder how the UK government will square the books without much larger borrowing needs.
US yields are also higher after the Fed hiked by an additional 75 basis points on Wednesday and now see end of year rates at 4.4% (so 4.25% to 4.5%). The current target is 3.0% to 3.25%. There are two more meetings in 2022 which makes 75 and 50 basis points the path seen by Fed officials. The good news is that they don't see much more in 2023. The 2 year yield
Yield
A yield represents the earnings generated by an investment or security over a certain time period. Yields are typically displayed in percentage terms and are in the form of interest or dividends received from it.These figures do not include the price variations, which separates it from the total return. Consequently, a yield applies to various stated rates of return on stocks, fixed income instruments such as bonds, and other types of investment products.Yields can be calculated as a ratio or as an internal rate of return, which may also be used to indicate the owner's total return, or portion of income.Why Do Yields Matter?At any point in time, all financial instruments compete with each other in a public marketplace. Analyzing yields is one among many metrics used by analysts and investors and reflects a singular part of the total return of holding a security. For example, a higher yield allows the owner to recoup his investment sooner, and thus mitigates risk. By extension, a high yield may have resulted from a falling market value for the security as a result of higher risk. Yield levels are also influenced by expectations of inflation. Fears of higher levels of inflation in the future suggest that investors would ask for high yield or a lower price versus the coupon today.The maturity of the instrument is also one of the elements that determines risk. The relationship between yields and the maturity of instruments of similar credit worthiness, is described by the yield curve. Instruments over longer intervals commonly have a higher yield than short dated instruments.The yield of a debt instrument is typically linked to the credit worthiness and default probability of the issuer. The more the default risk, the higher the yield would be in most of the cases since issuers need to offer investors some compensation for the risk.
A yield represents the earnings generated by an investment or security over a certain time period. Yields are typically displayed in percentage terms and are in the form of interest or dividends received from it.These figures do not include the price variations, which separates it from the total return. Consequently, a yield applies to various stated rates of return on stocks, fixed income instruments such as bonds, and other types of investment products.Yields can be calculated as a ratio or as an internal rate of return, which may also be used to indicate the owner's total return, or portion of income.Why Do Yields Matter?At any point in time, all financial instruments compete with each other in a public marketplace. Analyzing yields is one among many metrics used by analysts and investors and reflects a singular part of the total return of holding a security. For example, a higher yield allows the owner to recoup his investment sooner, and thus mitigates risk. By extension, a high yield may have resulted from a falling market value for the security as a result of higher risk. Yield levels are also influenced by expectations of inflation. Fears of higher levels of inflation in the future suggest that investors would ask for high yield or a lower price versus the coupon today.The maturity of the instrument is also one of the elements that determines risk. The relationship between yields and the maturity of instruments of similar credit worthiness, is described by the yield curve. Instruments over longer intervals commonly have a higher yield than short dated instruments.The yield of a debt instrument is typically linked to the credit worthiness and default probability of the issuer. The more the default risk, the higher the yield would be in most of the cases since issuers need to offer investors some compensation for the risk.
Read this Term is at 4.214%. Does it go to target 4.4% area? The 10 year yield moved above 3.8% earlier today. A week ago the yield was at 3.45%.
German 10 year yields are above 2% for the first time since 2011.
US stocks are sharply lower in premarket trading. The Nasdaq is falling away from its 200 week MA after closing below that key MA yesterday. The 200 week moving average comes in today at 11095.94. The index close yesterday at 11066.81 and is trading down -146 points in premarket trading today. Bearish.
The S&P index closed at 3757 yesterday. Its 200 week MA is at 3585. That is 72 points away from that key MA. The premarket price is down about 50 points this morning. The price is getting closer to that key long-term moving average level.
The Dow industrial average is trading below its closing low from June at 29888.79. The low price from June reached 29653.29.
Feds Brainard and Powell are scheduled to speak at 2 PM ET. SNB's Jordan and ECB's Nagel speak at 11:30 AM ET. The flash PMI services and manufacturing data in the US will be released at 9:45 AM ET
Crude oil sharply lower.
A look at the other markets is showing:
spot gold is trading down $23 or -1.35% at $1648.55 spot silver is trading down $0.51 or -2.59% at $19.10 WTI crude oil for November delivery is trading down sharply at $80.82. That's down -$2.60 and trading at the lowest level since January 12, 2022. The end of year level is $75.35 The price bitcoin is trading at $18,914. The low on Wednesday reached $18,157. In the premarket for US stocks:
Dow industrial average is down -330 points after falling -107.10 points yesterday S&P index is down -44 points after falling -31.94 points yesterday NASDAQ index is down -146 points after falling -153.39 points yesterday In the European equity markets, the major indices are down sharply. The German DAX is trading at a new and the lowest level since November 2020:
German DAX, -2.22% France's CAC, -1.96% UK's FTSE 100 -1.9% Spain's Ibex -2.51% Italy's FTSE MIB -3.1% In the US debt market, the yields are higher across the yield curve. The 10 year yield traded to the highest level since April 2010 earlier today.
US yields are continuing to the upside
In the European debt market, the benchmark 10 year yields are also higher with the UK 10 year soaring by 30 basis points.. The German 10 year is above 2% and at the highest level since December 2011. The UK 10 year is also at 2011 levels him
European benchmark yields
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A 79-year-old Ringgold man was convicted this week for charges of Aggravated Sexual Battery, Aggravated Child Molestation (2 counts), Incest (2 counts), and Child Molestation (5 counts).
Thurman Carl Coleman was accused of a decades-long series of molestation.
One of his victims shared their story with a summer camp counselor, and another told their parents about Coleman's abuse.
The Catoosa County Sheriff’s Office was notified of the disclosure of abuse and an investigation began. The victims were interviewed at the Children’s Advocacy Center in Fort Oglethorpe.
During the three-day-long trial, both victims took the witness stand to confront Coleman, describing the sexual abuse by Coleman over the years, according to Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney Chris A. Arnt's office.
One of the victims detailed how Coleman would take them for ice cream and then demand submission to his abuse as 'payment' for the ice cream.
The jury deliberated less than an hour before convicting Coleman Wednesday.
Coleman is currently awaiting a sentencing hearing, scheduled for October 26, 2022.
He faces a minimum sentence of life with at least twenty-five (25) years without parole.
DA Arnt praised the team effort in prosecuting this case.
We are proud to work with dedicated professionals like Holly Kittle at the Children’s Advocacy Center and Detective Brittany Gilleland of the Catoosa County Sheriff’s Department. Ms. Reisman worked diligently to prepare and present a powerful and compelling case to the jury which enabled them to quickly reach a verdict and bring an end to the Defendant’s sexual predation."
"This case is another example of my office’s dedication to pursuing justice for the most vulnerable victims. If you choose to molest children in the Lookout Mountain Circuit by prepared for a very long stay in a Georgia Prison.”
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The Kogi Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Mr Stephen Dawulung has warned officers of the command against lack of seriousness in the operational unit.
He gave the warning at the 3rd quarter 2022 retreat for Heads of Operations workshop tagged “Digitising Enforcement in RS8.3 Kogi Sector” which was held on Thursday and was aimed at ensuring smooth operations of the officers to enhance productivity and effective performance towards achieving better services during the ember months.
The sector commander described the operational unit as very critical and the life wire of the command to deliver on its constitutional mandate.
According to him “We see the operational unit on road as our first line officers and in that case, we have to be mindful of the way they conduct themselves while on duty.
“If there is a failure in the command it would certainly be attributed to lapses in the operational unit. The officers of the operational unit suppose to make the duty easy for all heads.
“The essence of the quarterly retreats is to ensure that the officers gain from refresher workshops to make progress on their performances,” he said.
Dawulung, therefore, urged the benefitting officers to take the training very seriously and ensure that they implement what they learnt in their duty places.
He also charged the operational officers to ensure the free flow of vehicles on all public highways across the state during the ember months.
On his part, the spokesman of the Heads of Operations, DCC Rawifu Adeyemo said that the retreat is an appraisal of their performances with a view to assessing areas of progress made and challenges, in order to pave way for greater improvement on the job.
He enumerated some of their mandates that needed proper enlightenment to include, including checking motorists for enquiries about their vehicle documents, confiscation of vehicles that lacked necessary particulars and arrest of defaulters who should be handed over to the police for prosecution.
The high point of the workshop was a paper presentation on “Appreciation of the E-tablet as an effective device for Operational Enforcement in RS8.3 Kogi Sector.”
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Jimmy Garoppolo hasn’t been back as the starting quarterback for very long, but he’s made sure to express one thought multiple times since his return: Forget the Jimmy Gimmies. Instead, he wants to chuck the ball down the field.
One of those most common criticisms of Jimmy Garoppolo has been that most of his passes go to one particular area of the field - short and over the middle. As a result, last year he was 42nd in terms of air yards per attempt, and in case you forgot, the NFL has 32 teams.
After the 49ers beat the Seahawks on Sunday, Jimmy was asked if he was happy about throwing the ball deeper when he came into the game.
“Ecstatic. Yeah, it just felt good. We were talking earlier. It kind of felt like 2017, where you just go out throwing, and make plays. That’s what I like to do. It’s different than what we usually do around here, but sometimes you need to do that.”
In his media session yesterday, he was once again asked about throwing down the field, and Garoppolo doubled down.
“I’d love that. Yeah, there’s a lot of things that go with that, obviously, but yeah, I love doing that stuff. In ‘17, there was a freedom where me, the receivers, tight ends, we had a good chemistry going. And when you get that with offensive skills and a quarterback, it makes for a tough offense.”
Does he think he’ll have that same freedom the rest of the season?
“I don’t know, that’s a fair question. I think we’ll see that as we go forward, but I don’t know, the more freedom you have as a quarterback, obviously you play better, you’re more confident and good things will happen.”
The use of the word freedom in both answers was surprising because it implies he was somehow being restrained in the other seasons. Jimmy doesn’t usually stray anywhere near comments that can be construed as head coach criticism. These don’t necessarily fall in that category either, but they do seem to be a request, at minimum.
For reference, just 8.4% of Jimmy Garoppolo’s pass attempts traveled 20-plus air yards last year. That ranked 27th out of the 30 quarterbacks who attempted at least 300 passes, according to TruMedia.
It will be interesting to see if there’s a noticeable difference in Kyle Shanahan’s play-calling on Sunday night. One of the big positives with Trey Lance under center was the idea that the passing game would hit more doubles and home runs instead of settling for singles. If the 49ers can get at least some of those extra base hits out of Jimmy Garoppolo, there will be a whole lot of happy Niners fans out there.
Hear more about this and other stories in today’s 49ers in Five podcast. Our five-minute daily update gives you the latest news, best audio clips, and everything else you need to know about the team. Subscribe to the Niners Nation Podcast Network today, so you don’t miss an episode!
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Thompson: In Dre Greenlaw’s quest for perfection, the 49ers linebacker found his fuel (paywall)
“I get anxiety watching film,” he said. “High anxiety. Just because I’m the type, I want to be perfect every time.”
Talanoa Hufanga, the second-year safety whose locker is next to Greenlaw, nods in agreement as he ties his shoes.
But once play is pressed, and the evidence shines in high definition, anxiety recedes, focus takes over, and the perfectionist locks in. He’s watching his technique, his positioning, the meticulousness of his execution. He’s watching for what’s missing, the plays that didn’t happen because he wasn’t exactly perfect, the mistake that didn’t happen because he was. Sometimes this process is as encouraging as it can be torturous.”
“I heard [defensive end Nick] Bosa’s presser the other day and he worded it pretty well because there is a moment where you feel like your life is over and you feel like you can never get back to where I was,” Garoppolo said. “But that passes and you’ve got to hit a point where it does pass and you mentally move on from that. There will be hurdles for him to overcome but I’ve been around Trey for a couple years now. He’s a tough dude, so he’ll be all right.”
Steve Young criticizes ‘goofball questions’ about Shanahan’s usage of Trey Lance
“My point is maybe going forward when Trey gets back on the field, now we realize it might not be the thing that really he’s comfortable doing because we’re all finding this out. We don’t have a lot of tape on him running quarterback runs… So that’s what’s hard,” Young said. “But isn’t that part of the deal we made with Trey is that we believed he was a guy that could do that?”
John Lynch explains why criticisms of 49ers’ Trey Lance usage are ‘flawed’
“We felt like he’s a bigger guy who could endure some hits. You don’t want to make a living out of it, but he could endure some hits. You can get hurt running the football at that position. You can get hurt throwing the ball. ... It’s something we all sign up for. It doesn’t get any easier when it does happen. Most of all, I just feel for the young man.”
Improving Aaron Banks will play pivotal role in 49ers’ success
“Banks according to Pro Football Focus hasn’t allowed a pressure yet this season. His 75.5 overall PFF grade is the highest among San Francisco’s offensive linemen. His 82.2 pass blocking grade is the second-highest on the club.”
Branch: 49ers’ injuries could lead to Deebo Samuel doing even more in backfield (paywall)
“The 49ers are close to running out of viable non-Samuel options. They do have Jeff Wilson, their No. 2 back who had 84 yards on 18 carries against Seattle. Behind Wilson? Undrafted rookie Jordan Mason, who has played only on special teams in the first two games, and Marlon Mack, who was elevated to 53-man roster Wednesday after joining the practice squad last week.”
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The best food, rides and deals at the 2022 Arizona State Fair
The state fair opens Friday at noon and will run through Oct. 30.
- Here's what you need to know, what's new and more.
Logistics
Operating hours are Thursdays-Sundays from noon to about 11pm.
- Admission is $15 or free for children 7 and under. Tickets can be purchased in advance online or through the fair's app. Rides, games and food cost extra.
- Parking is pricey and a bit of a bear, so scope out your options ahead of time.
Food
Expect all the classics like corn dogs, cotton candy and fry bread. But be on the lookout for this new fair fare:
- Mazapán con Lechera donuts
- Cinnamon Toast Crunch and Cap'n Crunch funnel cakes and churros
- LOCO Ramen Cup, which appears to be ramen covered with elote
Performances
The performances at this year's fair lack the star power seen in year's past.
- This is the third year in a row without a major concert at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
- Fair organizers told The Arizona Republic that increased talent and production costs and a tight live entertainment market are to blame, but they pledged to bring them back in full force next year.
- You can still see a whole bunch of tribute bands and artists this year, including New Doubt (No Doubt) and Shade of Billy (Billy Joel).
Rides
Expect a mix of classic thrill and kid-friendly rides.
- There are three ferris wheels, two haunted houses and a whole bunch of twisting, spinning things.
- 🎟 My thoughts: I've always been partial to the Tilt-A-Whirl.
Deals
The price tag on a fair outing can add up quickly. Here are some promotions to take advantage of.
- Students ages 5-14 can get three free rides by reading three books and bringing this form to the fair.
- Each Thursday you can purchase an unlimited ride wristband for $50.
- Each Friday (excluding today) bring 10 nonperishable food items to donate and get free admission between noon and 6pm.
- Each Friday (excluding today), get $3 food items from noon to 6pm.
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An in-person look at the 20 Utah state flag semifinalists
The 20 semifinal flag designs were presented in front of the Utah Capitol Thursday for an in-person look.
What they're saying: "Until now, Utahns have never had a chance to weigh in or offer their ideas for what their state flag should look like," Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson said.
- Gareth Fry, a member of the design review subcommittee, acknowledged change is difficult and many people might not be enthusiastic about the new look.
- "But I hope that over time we will look back and remember that this truly was a statewide conversation and that together, we designed a new way to convey our shared love of Utah," he said.
Meet a designer: Skyline High School senior Benjamin Benson said he was thrilled to see his design.
- The 17-year-old Millcreek resident's proposed flag features the state flower, the sego lily, and an eight-point star to represent the eight tribal nations in Utah.
Background: State lawmakers Sen. Dan McCay (R-Riverton) and Rep. Steve Handy (R-Layton) co-sponsored legislation to create the Utah State Flag Task Force in 2021.
- Over 5,000 designs were submitted this year before the task force narrowed it down to the top 20 earlier this month.
What's next: Henderson encouraged the public to visit flag.utah.gov to provide feedback until Oct. 5.
- The design review committee will then consider the suggestions, make tweaks and send three to four designs to the task force.
- By early winter, the task force will suggest a finalist for the Utah Legislature.
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Nigeria is home to many foods both native and foreign, some are more commonly eaten for breakfast than others. If you grew up in an African home, certain rituals are synonymous with living there. Here are some popular Saturday breakfast meals in a Nigerian home.
1. Bread and Beans
Beans called “ewa agoyin” in the Yoruba language, and bread is a beloved breakfast. Bread and beans or ewa agoyin is native to the Yoruba people, but it is also one of the foods almost every Nigerian knows well.
Your mom or wife could prepare beans, and you could eat it with bread on a Saturday morning. It is one of the popular breakfast meals in Nigerian homes.
2. Akara and pap
Bean cake, called “akara” locally in Nigeria, is made from fried beans paste. Most of the time, it is not prepared at home. You could buy it down the street. Pap is made from condensed corn and sometimes millet and is taken with sugar and milk.
3. Moi Moi and pap
Bean pudding called “Moi moi” locally in Nigeria and pap are synonymous with Saturday breakfast. Moi moi can be made with eggs, fish, and crayfish. These variations takes a longer time to get ready.
4. Bread and tea
Some people prefer plain bread and tea on Saturdays. It is very common breakfast staple. Eggs are added to it sometimes. The tea could be replaced by a beverage, which is usually from popular brands like Milo or Bournvita.
5. Yam and egg sauce
Boiled or fried yam and egg sauce are common in Nigerian homes when yam is in season. It is quite filling. Egg sauce is an easy-to-prepare Nigerian sauce made by sautéing tomatoes and eggs. The combination can be eaten anytime of the day.
6. Masa and soup
Masa is a northern Nigerian delicacy. Masa is small balls of fried corn flour. This is popular among those who live in the North. The soup used to make the masa is always so delicious and never really enough because of how delicious it is.
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Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are transmitted through various methods of sexual intercourse (oral, vaginal, and anal). They can be so uncomfortable and dangerous if left untreated.
Apart from your doctor’s prescribed antibiotics, there are several natural treatments to treat these STDs. However, you can avoid these STDs if you use protection during sex and avoid keeping multiple sex partners. According to Thehealthsite.com, here are some foods that can help in fighting against STDs, if you do eventually contract them.
1. Honey
Honey is a natural product that has been widely used for its therapeutic effects. It has been reported to contain about 200 substances. Honey has been used for centuries for medicinal purposes. It is particularly important for its complex antibacterial properties due to hydrogen peroxide, low pH, methylglyoxal, and peptide bee defensin found in it.
Microbial resistance to honey has never been reported, which makes it a timeless remedy for infections and antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Honey has also been used in some gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, inflammatory, and neoplastic states.
2. Ginger
Ginger has exhibited the ability to inhibit growth and even kill oral pathogens. Ginger is a natural, highly effective antibiotic for the treatment of various infections, and its antibacterial properties are microbicidal. The extract of this plant eliminates vaginal yeast infections and reduces pain, such as some STDs.
3. Garlic
Garlic has several health benefits and has been a popular home remedy for centuries. Because of its antibacterial properties, garlic is used as a common home remedy for bacterial infections that lead to STDs.
This immune-boosting herb also has a chemical compound called allicin which inhibits growth and even kills germs. Also, garlic does have antifungal properties and fights the growth of yeast, which may make it beneficial during antibiotic treatment for chlamydia.
4. Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple cider vinegar treats genital warts at home. It’s similar to prescription medications that use acidic ingredients to kill off viruses. You can soak cotton wool in apple cider vinegar and apply it to warts.
Genital warts are sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) caused by certain low-risk strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV). These are different from the high-risk strains that can lead to cervical dysplasia and cancer.
No matter the home remedies, remember that your doctor should always be the first person to speak to.
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Thiruvananthapuram: It was five days ago that auto-driver Anoop's life changed when the ticket TJ-750605 that he had purchased using Rs 50 from his son's piggy bank won the Kerala government's Rs 25 crore Thiruvonam Bumper lottery.
The Sreevaraham native, who had plans to leave for Malaysia to put an end to the financial difficulties plaguing his family, was thrilled at the victory and for the chance to remain home with his dear ones.
Little did he know that his home would soon be besieged by people seeking help.
The lottery win will see Anoop net Rs 15.75 crore after all the tax deductions.
Now, people, even from as far as Kannur, are descending on Anoop's house in Thiruvananthapuram requesting him to pay them some money.
"I have not received the money. Everyone should understand this," Anoop took to social media to plead to those knocking on his door to stay away.
"We are feeling trapped inside our own house. We can't go out or go anywhere, not even with a mask. People storm us everywhere we go. It has become so dire that we are considering shifting to a different house," he said.
Anoop, who had not been able to go to work for the past many months on account of breathing difficulties, insists that even if he gets the money, he is likely to only put that as a fixed deposit.
"I'm a simple man. I don't know the way the taxes work or how to manage money. I can only go by the advice of professionals. For now, I have decided to put that as a fixed deposit," Anoop said.
"I don't care who is annoyed with my decision," Anoop added.
This cautionary tale was even advised by Jayapalan, the former winner of the lottery shortly after the announcement of this year's winner.
Jayapalan, also an auto-driver, warned that Anoop will be stormed by people asking for help. "Find a way to ensure your family is secure. Many people will come seeking help. It is not easy to help everyone," Jayapalan had said. He had also warned that even relatives would turn enemies.
Jayapalan suggested that Anoop should go for a fixed deposit. "Go for a fixed deposit for at least two years and live a modest life," said the Maradu-native who won Rs 12 crore from the lottery last Onam.
Jayapalan continues to ride his three-wheeler despite being a millionaire.
"I was very happy when I won the victory, but the events of the past few days have left a sour taste," a frustrated Anoop said.
"I wish I had not won the lottery. Maybe a third prize would have sufficed," he added.
In the video posted on Facebook, Anoop also points out that his family had been unable to take his sick son to the hospital fearing that they would be harassed.
"My son is sick. I can't even take him to the hospital," Anoop said. Even while Anoop was recording the video, people could be heard rocking the chain on his house gate.
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Alabama officials called off the Thursday lethal injection of a man convicted in a 1999 workplace shooting because of time concerns and trouble accessing the inmate’s veins.
Alabama Corrections Commissioner John Hamm said the state halted the scheduled execution of Alan Miller after they determined they could not get the lethal injection underway before a midnight deadline. Prison officials made the decision at about 11:30 p.m. The last-minute reprieve came nearly three hours after a divided U.S. Supreme Court had cleared the way for the execution to begin.
“Due to time constraints resulting from the lateness of the court proceedings, the execution was called off once it was determined the condemned inmate’s veins could not be accessed in accordance with our protocol before the expiration of the death warrant,” Hamm said.
Hamm said "accessing the veins was taking a little bit longer than we anticipated." He did not know how long the team tried to establish a connection, but noted there are a number of procedures to be done before the team begins trying to connect the IV line.
Miller was returned to his regular cell at a south Alabama prison.
The aborted execution came after the state's July execution of Joe Nathan James took more than three hours to get underway after the state had difficulties establishing an intravenous line, leading to accusations that the execution was botched.
Miller, 57, was sentenced to death after being convicted of a 1999 workplace rampage in which he killed Terry Jarvis, Lee Holdbrooks and Scott Yancy.
“Despite the circumstances that led to the cancellation of this execution, nothing will change the fact that a jury heard the evidence of this case and made a decision," Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey said in a statement. She added that three families are still grieving.
“We all know full well that Michael Holdbrooks, Terry Lee Jarvis and Christopher Scott Yancey did not choose to die by bullets to the chest. Tonight, my prayers are with the victims’ families and loved ones as they are forced to continue reliving the pain of their loss,” Ivey said.
An anti-death penalty group said the situation with Miller's attempted lethal injection sounded similar to other “botched” executions.
"It is hard to see how they can persist with this broken method of execution that keeps going catastrophically wrong, again and again. In its desperation to execute, Alabama is experimenting on prisoners behind closed doors — surely the definition of cruel and unusual punishment,” Maya Foa, director of Reprieve US Forensic Justice Initiative, a human rights group opposed to the death penalty, said in a statement.
Prosecutors said Miller, a delivery truck driver, killed co-workers Holdbrooks and Yancy at a business in suburban Birmingham and then drove off to shoot former supervisor Jarvis at a business where Miller had previously worked. Each man was shot multiple times and Miller was captured after a highway chase.
Trial testimony indicated Miller believed the men were spreading rumors about him, including that he was gay. A psychiatrist hired by the defense found Miller suffered from severe mental illness and delusions but also said Miller’s condition wasn’t bad enough to use as a basis for an insanity defense under state law.
Justices in a 5-4 decision lifted an injunction — issued by a federal judge and left in place by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals — that had blocked Miller's execution from going forward. Miller’s attorneys said the state lost the paperwork requesting his execution be carried out using nitrogen hypoxia, a method legally available to him but never before used in the U.S.
When Alabama approved nitrogen hypoxia as an execution method in 2018, state law gave inmates a brief window to designate it as their execution method. Miller testified that he turned in paperwork four years ago selecting nitrogen hypoxia as his execution method, putting the documents in a slot in his cell door at the Holman Correctional Facility for a prison worker to collect.
U.S. District Judge R. Austin Huffaker Jr. issued a preliminary injunction on Tuesday blocking the state from killing Miller by any means other than nitrogen hypoxia after finding it was “substantially likely” that Miller “submitted a timely election form even though the State says that it does not have any physical record of a form.”
Nitrogen hypoxia is a proposed execution method in which death would be caused by forcing the inmate to breathe only nitrogen, depriving him or her of the oxygen needed to maintain bodily functions. Nitrogen hypoxia is authorized for executions in three states but none have attempted to put an inmate to death using the method. Alabama officials told the judge they are working to finalize the protocol.
Many states have struggled to buy execution drugs in recent years after U.S. and European pharmaceutical companies began blocking the use of their products in lethal injections. That has led some to seek alternate methods.
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The Department of Corrections and St. Landry Parish Government will host a 2nd Chance job fair on Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at the Yambilee Building in Opelousas.
Organizers are inviting employers, business owners, and organizations that are currently looking to fill various positions.
Here is the link for the Eventbrite Business Registration:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2nd-chance-job-fair-tickets-411294792797
This event is tailored for second chance employers, service providers who have programs and services for the formerly incarcerated and those currently on supervision and all who are in need of employment including those with arrest records and/or formerly incarcerated.
For more information please contact: Kyle Pitre at 337-459-1377, Rachelle Duhon at 337-499-1758 or Kendra Neal at 337-692-3259.
Deadline for registration is Friday, September 30th.
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Leading auditing and analytics company Audicon of Germany joins Caseware to bring the next generation of innovation and technology to customers worldwide
TORONTO, Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Caseware, the global SaaS leader for accounting, analytics and audit, announced today that it has acquired Audicon GmbH (along with Audicon Technologies GmbH and Audicon S.R.L, collectively "Audicon"), a leading provider of software solutions and services related to audit, risk and compliance. With more than 25 years of service and more than 140 employees, Audicon has offices in Düsseldorf and Stuttgart, Germany, and Cluj, Romania.
"Our acquisition of Audicon continues our journey to establish Caseware as the industry's performance leader in accounting software and global partner of choice," says Caseware CEO David Osborne. "We're continuously looking to strengthen our solutions offered to our customers and with the addition of Audicon, Caseware can provide expanded opportunities within the German-speaking market as well as gain an increased presence within Europe and other international markets. The combination of Audicon's deep methodical and technical expertise with Caseware's legacy of trust and track record of innovation is a win-win for all stakeholders."
More than 90 of the top-selling German companies rely on Audicon's solutions. In the field of municipal audits, Audicon has been supporting auditors and treasurers in the audit of duplicate annual financial statements for more than 12 years. Additionally, the users of Audicon software solutions include more than 45,000 customs and tax auditors.
"We're excited to formally join the Caseware family after being a trusted partner for more than two decades," says Audicon Managing Director Jörg Fuhrmann. "Our shared values of innovation, customer excellence, trust and collaboration make this an ideal partnership. Together, we will lead this transformative next chapter of accounting and auditing software."
Audicon Managing Director Michael Schleupen adds: "For more than 30 years, Caseware has shown that having the right platform, tools and support backed by strong partners and innovation is the framework for success. We are looking forward to collaborating more closely as part of Caseware on new cloud-based solutions including analytics and other applications."
"Our customers trust in our competent advice, efficient solutions and innovative software," says Audicon Managing Director Axel Zimmerman. "Caseware is the perfect partner to take our business to the next era of opportunity that allows us to innovate further and develop the best possible products and optimal services our clients need."
Audicon is Caseware's fourth acquisition in Europe of a former distribution partner, with prior acquisitions including Auditware (UK), FSR - Danske Revisorer (Denmark), and Caseware Netherlands B.V. (The Netherlands).
Caseware is the leading global provider of desktop and cloud-enabled solutions for audit, assurance, financial reporting and data analytics for Accounting firms, Corporations, and Government regulators. With efficiency, quality and value in mind, CaseWare equips over 500,000 users, in 130 countries and in 16 languages with innovative solutions.
Audicon is a leading provider of software solutions and services related to audit, risk and compliance. They have been a Caseware distributor for more than 25 years. Audicon maintains locations in Düsseldorf, Stuttgart (Germany) and Cluj (Romania) and has a well-developed, worldwide sales and cooperation partner network.
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SPARTANBURG S.C., Sept. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ is one of the fastest growing BBQ and hot dog franchises across the country. Crave offers a true family fun experience from the moment you walk in the door. Crave hosts a great selection of games to play, trivia nights, bingo nights, and even karaoke! At some locations, Crave has ax throwing so that the fun never ends. Each location boasts a rustic modern interior with ample seating as well as the fan favorite self-serve beer wall. Drive-thrus and patios are available at many locations. With 32-48 beer, wine, and cider options on tap, there is something for everyone at the beer wall. Guests can choose from a wide variety of delicious food. With more than 20 topping options, Crave offers a great selection of menu items such as sliders, sandwiches, hot dogs, and plates. Crave invites customers to load up on sides like mac and cheese, corn fritters, fries, and more as well as great dessert options. Some locations even offer breakfast with bottomless mimosas and bottomless bloody marys, Yum! There are also kid friendly meals as well as the amazing deal that kids eat free on Wednesdays! Crave has multiple options for enjoying their delicious food. Through the Crave app, customers can order ahead, pick up curbside, have their food delivered, and earn loyalty points for free perks!
Crave is pleased to announce and welcome one of its newest franchises! Carlos Goodman has signed a franchise agreement for a location in Spartanburg, South Carolina. This will be the second location of many in South Carolina for Crave.
Crave is expanding nationally and always looking for qualified franchisees for brick-and-mortar locations as well as food trucks. For more information on owning your own Crave, please email samantha@iwantcrave.com or visit us at www.iwantcrave.com.
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