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Shortages of substitute teachers, bus drivers 'hurting a lot of districts right now'
Molly Broadwater, an Edgewood City Schools parent and candidate for school board, was outraged when she came home from work recently to hear her third-grade son had spent his school day sitting on a gymnasium floor with his Chromebook.
His teacher and other Edgewood Intermediate School teachers were absent or quarantined that day, she says, and there weren't enough substitutes. Her son was told to "do what he wants," Broadwater says, which mostly meant playing games on his computer.
"I'm sending my kid to in-person school to get an education. I don't need a babysitter," the Butler County resident says. "That's not what he's there for. He's there to get an education. And if they're not doing that, then they are failing."
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Because of the lack of substitute teachers, Edgewood Schools spokesperson Frank Russo says the district has hired "student supervisors" at the middle and high schools.
"Given the lack of substitutes, there are times that teachers will cover another teacher's class or 'double-up' a class to ensure our students are appropriately educated. In those cases, our students are given assignments to work on during class," he says. "We are proud of our staff for going above and beyond to continue to keep our schools open and educate our students in person."
In Northern Kentucky, Ken Kippenbrock, Covington Independent Public Schools' director of human resources, says they have not combined classes. But school administrators and other staff – principals, assistant principals, counselors and paraprofessionals – are filling in for absent or quarantined teachers daily.
The district was only hitting about a 30% fill rate the last week of September, meaning two-thirds of absent teachers were being replaced by administrators rather than paid subs.
The same is true for bus drivers, Kippenbrock says, though that shortage has been weighing on school districts for years before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Covington is short at least five transportation staff members, meaning they often have maintenance staff or other certified employees from various departments picking up bus routes.
"We have the transportation director driving, we have driver trainers that are having to take routes, our mechanic is trained as an emergency driver," Kippenbrock says. "So much like we're pulling principals and instructional coaches and counselors to teach, we're pulling these folks to (drive buses) on an emergency basis."
Between nationwide shortages of teachers, bus drivers and nurses – in addition to the hours of contact tracing some school districts are being asked to handle on their own – school administrators and office workers are having to juggle an abundance of tasks they’ve not necessarily been hired to perform. It’s overwhelming, most say. And in some cases, emergency shortages are leading to cut instruction time for students.
Bus driver shortage 'cannot be blamed on the pandemic'
The nationwide bus driver shortage, which became severe enough in Massachusetts that the National Guard was deployed to help, is not a new problem, says Jessica Dykes, director of public information and community engagement at Kenton County School District.
Other states have considered calling on the National Guard to drive school buses, and, according to the Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has not ruled that option out.
“We need to understand directly from the schools exactly what the problem is and what their situation is in their school,” DeWine says. He encourages schools to contact his office if they are having busing problems.
Most of the large districts in Southwest Ohio and Northern Kentucky struggling with school bus driver shortages have not yet had to cancel routes, though some have. Mostly it's just become a logistical nightmare, building for multiple years.
Kenton County Schools, which serves about 14,500 students, offers full-day kindergarten and preschool, Dykes says, in addition to busing students to daily programs at Northern Kentucky University, Ignite Institute in Boone County and Cincinnati State Technical and Community College's Harrison airport campus.
"So we're driving kids everywhere, all day long," Dykes says. "We had a bus driver shortage before the pandemic. It cannot be blamed on the pandemic. This is old news."
Dykes says Kenton County bus drivers remained employed throughout the pandemic, too, transporting meals and homework to district families.
To be proactive, Dykes says the district has combined bus routes and the board of education purchased larger buses to transport more students on fewer routes. They have also raised the starting salary for bus drivers to $17.50 per hour, to be competitive with other area employers such as Amazon, UPS and FedEx. That pay can go up to $23 per hour with experience, she says.
At Springboro Schools, district communications coordinator Scott Marshall says the district had to cancel two bus routes so far this year. Administrators let families know that they would be responsible for transporting their kids to school on those days.
But even for districts that have not yet had to cancel routes, officials say that cancelations are a constant fear and real possibility. Many districts are just a couple of sick drivers away from having to call families, just as Springboro did.
"We have a total of 49 routes and we do have drivers for all of those routes," Middletown City Schools Business Manager Eric Sotzing says. "Our big issue right now is actually having enough substitutes. So if a driver's out for illness, including COVID, then that's a big issue."
Middletown has resorted to combining routes or rescheduling drivers in emergency situations, which makes ride times much longer for students, Sotzing says. In some cases, students have arrived to school late and missed instructional time due to the bus driver shortage.
How to help
School districts across the region are calling on community members to apply for open positions. In many cases, the work can be part-time, and officials say they can work with individuals on developing a schedule that works for them.
"We're constantly advertising," Dykes says. The district has invested in banners, brochures, marquee signs and online messages to recruit new bus drivers.
Canceling routes is not an option. "We need transportation due to the landscape and size of our district. We're very large," she says.
Other districts have increased pay to entice applicants. Middletown Schools now offer $2,000 sign-on and referral bonuses for drivers, officials say. Covington Independent Schools increased substitute teacher pay from $135 to $200 per day.
Anyone looking to apply to be a substitute teacher or a bus driver can look on your local school district's website or call your district's human resources office.
“We need bus drivers. This is a big deal and this is hurting a lot of districts right now," Springboro Schools' Marshall says. “You’re the first face these kids see during the day and you’re the last face they see before they go home. So it can be a pretty impactful (role)."
Community members interested in applying for open roles can check out the following links:


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Singer-composer Shankar Mahadevan, T-Collection and Berklee Indian Ensemble have recreated the title observe of Dil Chahta Hai to lift funds for Indian artistes hit by the Novel Coronavirus pandemic. The brand new model options 112 artistes from 21 international locations and is in help of the BIX COVID Fund.
T-Collection will probably be donating all of the proceeds from the track to the trigger. “In a difficult time like this, it’s our duty to beat the obstacles and supply assist to the needy. This initiative by Shankar Mahadevan, Berklee Indian Ensemble and us is a step to assist the artistes whose livelihood has been affected,” Bhushan Kumar, T-Collection honcho, mentioned in a press release right now.
Netizens additionally praised the track and gave main thumbs as much as the re-creation.
A netizen wrote, “What a beautiful new re-working of a timeless previous favorite. Neither has the movie aged, nor the track. Love the prolonged music of this new model – the singing, the video, every part. Fabulous.Smiling face with open mouth and smiling eyes.”
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One other netizen wrote, “Completely good! Pure nostalgia! Nonetheless contemporary .. 2 many years now!”
Mahadevan scored the music of the 2001 hit along with his musical companions Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa and the songs had been written by veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar.
The video additionally options Dil Chahta Hai director Farhan Akhtar, who made his début with the movie, star Aamir Khan, Salim Service provider, Benny Dayal, Neeti Mohan and Shalmali Kholgade.
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The Trophy Active Defense System (ADS) was developed by RAFAEL under an Israel Defense Research & Development Directorate (DRDD) support, aiming to provide armored vehicles with a new level of protection against most current anti-tank threats. RAFAEL cooperated with IAI/Elta and has signed a marketing agreement with General Dynamics, offering the system to US and other armies worldwide. GD planned to introduce the system with every new and existing combat vehicle it produces, including Stryker, M-1A2 and FCS. According to GD officials, the system can be adapted to US requirements and enter production within two years. through hundreds of live firing tests with the Israel Defense Forces and abroad, where the system demonstrated effective neutralization of anti-tank rockets and guided missiles, high safety levels, insignificant residual penetration and minimal collateral damage. By mid 2007, Trophy was selected to equip the Israeli Merkava Mk4 main battle tanks, and it is also a candidate for integration into the Namer, the future Merkava based Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle. The system is also considered to become part of the protection suite of future light armored vehicle (such as the Stryker) when these become operational with the Israeli Army.
During the first months of 2009 the Trophy system went through comprehensive operational testing and was cleared for operational use after a successful operational firing test conducted early August 09. By the end of the year all new Merkava Mk4 tanks will be equipped with the system. Until then, Trophy is being retrofitted to operational tanks.
The Trophy active protection system creates a hemispheric protected zone around the vehicle where incoming threats are intercepted and defeated. It has three elements providing – Threat Detection and Tracking, Launching and Intercept functions. The Threat Detection and Warning subsystem consists of several sensors, including flat-panel radars, placed at strategic locations around the protected vehicle, to provide full hemispherical coverage. Once an incoming threat is detected identified and verified, the Countermeasure Assembly is opened, the countermeasure device is positioned in the direction where it can effectively intercept the threat. Then, it is launched automatically into a ballistic trajectory to intercept the incoming threat at a relatively long distance.
Specific details about the composition and mechanism of this explosive interceptor device are vague. From the briefing provided by US sources, Defense Update understands that Trophy is design to form a “beam” of fragments, which will intercept any incoming HEAT threat, including RPG rockets at a range of 10 – 30 meters from the protected platform. The Trophy development roadmap considers an enhanced countermeasure unit to be available in the future, and protect against kinetic energy (KE) threats. Trophy was designed to effectively operate in a dense urban environment, where armored vehicles operate closely with integrated infantry forces. Therefore, direction, formation and energy of the fragments are designed to ensure effective target kill with low collateral damage, and low risk to nearby troops. While not in use, the system is maintained in the stowed position, protected by an armor shield. The system has an automatic reload mechanism to handle multiple attacks.
The system can simultaneously engage several threats, arriving from different directions, is effective on stationary or moving platforms, and is effective against short and long range threats (such as RPGs and ATGM). Trophy was designed to be effective in open or closed terrain, including urban area and can be operated under all weather conditions.
On March 30, 2006 General Dynamics announced the successful completion of a firing test, conducted at the request of the Office of the Secretary of Defense’s Office of Force Transformation (OFT), to validate the Israeli Army’s tests that demonstrated Trophy’s ability to detect, track and destroy incoming rocket propelled grenades (RPG) at safe distances from the host vehicle. Trophy underwent this U.S. validation testing in support of OFT’s Project Sheriff, or the Full-Spectrum Effects Platform (FSEP). FSEP program officials seek to meet urgent operational requirements for a range of lethal and non-lethal technologies on a rapidly deployable platform. Trophy was selected in 2005 to be FSEP’s active protection solution. During the test, Trophy detected, tracked and defeated an inert incoming RPG while the Stryker combat vehicle was on the move. Similar tests were successfully conducted in Israel in late February.
September 2006: The US Army opted to pursue a different system. Earlier in 2006, Raytheon received a development contract to demonstrate and develop the Quick Kill APS, to be integrated into the future FCS systems. The Army faced mounting criticism about not considering the Trophy system for the protection of its armored vehicles deployed in Iraq. Maj. Gen. Jeffrey A, Sorenson, the Army’s deputy for acquisition and systems management explained the decision (AFPS) saying the Israeli system is not a “produceable item.” The Israelis have been working on the Trophy system for 10 or 11 years, Sorenson said. “If this thing was ready to go, my question would be, why wasn’t it on the particular tanks that went into Lebanon?” he said. No Israeli Merkava tanks carried the Trophy system, he said.
Other problems include the fact that the system right now has no reloading capability. Once it fires, that side of the vehicle is vulnerable. Which brings up another shortcoming: the Trophy can only be mounted to protect one axis. This means officials would have to mount multiple missile systems on every vehicle. The Quick Kill missile has 360-degree capability and a reload capability.
Another worry is collateral damage, he said. “In a tight urban area, the Trophy system may take out the RPG, but we may kill 20 people in the process,” Sorenson said. “That is a concern we have that we haven’t fully evaluated.”
However, an NBC report aired May 7, 2007 claims that in contrast to Sorenson’s observations, in a recent study made by the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) requested by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, following a law passed by the US Congress, Trophy was found to be “in an advanced state of development” (with a TRL of 7-8). while Raytheon’s Quick Kill was judged a 3 for threshold capabilities (RPGs, ATGMs).
April 2007: The development of the Trophy Active Protection System has been completed, including integration of the system into current AFVs as well as the introduction of reloading systems, positioning the Isaeli active protection system as the first available system in the West. Initial systems are expected to go into new production and currently deployed Merkava tanks as well as the new Merkava based armored Infantry Fighting Vehicles (Namer). While the system has been approved for production, which still awaits funding allocation. After the recent conflict in Lebanon (July-August 2006), Active Protection Systems were identified as a critical complement for the protection of main battle tanks such as the Merkava Mk4.
a new version of RAFAEL’s active protection system, unveiled at RAFAEL’s display at DSEi 07 is based on the Trophy system, currently in production for Israel’s Merkava tanks. Trophy Light is designed for integration with light armored vehicles, such as RAFAEL’s Golan. The system will offer high probability of kill against advanced threats, including the most sophisticated shoulder-fired anti-tank rocket propelled grenades (RPG). The system utilizes the same operating principles of the Trophy, at scaled down proportions, facilitating installation on smaller, light armored vehicles, and operation at shorter ranges, therefore adapting to the typical operating environment of light armored vehicles. According to sources at RAFAEL, the development is a low-risk endeavor, as Trophy Lite will require only design and engineering work on the launcher/ loader and munitions. It is expected to weigh about half the weight of the standard Trophy, originally designed for main battle tanks. The system will use the same Elta radar used with the Trophy, and will employ electronic enhancements contributing to significant improvement in combat effectiveness. Trophy Lite is also expected to cost less, positioning it at a competitive advantage in the growing APS market.


TCS IT Wiz 2011: SBOA makes Chennai proud | Quiz Review
CHENNAI: They came, they contested and they conquered – not just the title but also hearts.
Gokul T and R Aditya from SBOA school, Chennai, defeated eleven other equally talented teams from the rest of the country to emerge winners of the TCS IT Wiz quiz contest – 2011 at the Taj Coromandel on Saturday.
It wasn’t a cake walk for the two school kids, who were good enough to be called tech wizards, as they held on to their nerves to win a nail-biting finish. The quiz contest, the finals of which was held on Saturday, had been held over a period of six months. Although Delhi managed to surge ahead with a few quick points, Chennai and Hyderabad weren’t far behind it.
The team that surprised the audience was the one from Sri Chaitanya Junior College, Hyderabad, which had two enthusiastic quizzers who overtook the remaining teams during the tie-breaker round to make their way into the second level.� While St Paul’s English School, Bangalore looked promising at the start of the second level, Lokhandwala Foundation School, Mumbai and Lucknow Public School, Lucknow offered tough competition. Amidst all the high-tech drama, SBOA Chennai maintained a decent score in every round. The final round of the contest – that had teams from Chennai, Bangalore, Lucknow and Mumbai contesting – was a nerve-wracking one.
SBOA, Chennai – the home team stood victorious with 65 points bringing cheer to the audience, while Bangalore occupied the runner’s up position with 40 points.
“It feels great to know that the future of our country is bright and safe,” said guest of honour, N Chandrasekaran,� CEO & MD, Tata Consultancy Services.
The winners were presented with a Macbook pro each, while the runner’s up took home iphone 4.
Every participating team won Blue-ray DVD players and other goodies.


This current study consists of two phases. In the first step, PbS, Sb2S3:Co(0.25%), Sb2S3:Co(0.5%), Sb2S3:Co(0.75%) and Sb2S3:Co (1%) and Sb2S3:Co (2.5%) thin films were successfully synthesized on Zn2SnO4 coated on FTO conductive glasses using chemical bath deposition method at room temperature. The photovoltaic properties of the synthesized thin films were examined by applying both incident photon-to-current efficiency (IPCE) and current density (J)-voltage (V) measurements. It was observed that Co:Sb2S3 thin films with different Co concentrations have higher IPCE (%) and power conversion efficiency (eta%) values higher than pure Sb2S3. Moreover, the Co concentration, which provides the best efficiency, was determined as 1% compared to other concentrations. In the second phase of the study; structural, elemental and optical properties of Sb2S3:Co (1%) thin film were investigated using X-ray diffraction, energy dispersive X-ray and optical absorption measurements, respectively. Consequently, it was clearly observed that the Co dopant affects particle size, energy band gap and power conversion efficiency of Sb2S3 thin films. In addition, our study suggests that Co:Sb2S3 thin films are promising materials that can be used in photovoltaic applications.


text: Lorenzo Romar did not waste any time filling the vacancy on his coaching staff. Over the weekend, Romar hired Brad Soderberg to replace Randy Bennett as his assistant. Soderberg served last season as the interim head coach of the Wisconsin Badgers. He was let go after the Badgers lost in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Romar says that Soderberg will have a hand in several aspects of Billiken basketball including recruiting. Randy Bennett left Romar’s staff to take the head coaching job at St. Mary’s (CAlif.) College.

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- Make your paintings sparkle with the 8 glitzy colours!
- With millions of sparkles this paint is easy to apply and is ideal for special art projects at school or home.
- Water-based with safe colours like all Giotto ready-to-use paints, they come with a dosing cap and ergonomic grip.
- Paints are made from transparent gel, and can be used as a finish or to embellish drawings and objects.
- The paints are washable from hands.
- Any stains on fabrics should be rubbed with dry soap while still fresh and machine-washed immediately at 40 degrees.

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SOLAR / ROLLER SHADES
Solar / Roller shades are simple window coverings, whereas, instead of having slats or veins like blinds, a solid sheet of material covers the window and is brought down with a roller function. Available with a continuous loop pull, cordless lift or motorized.
Woven, screen-like material is the base of solar shades. The loose woven nature of the material allows for the screen to be somewhat transparent. The ultimate goal of solar shades is to block the number of harsh UV Rays coming into your home. This function is designed to allow you to regulate the temperature in your home
Roller Shades are simple and sleek. Their uncomplicated design allows for unlimited possibilities when it comes to fashionable fabrics and materials.


For the last few years I have visited the Canadian International Autoshow and I’ve been amazed about how fast the technology evolves from one year to the next. My favorite part of the CIAS is checking out the new lineups and the concept cars. It’s great to see how far imagination, design and innovation can go to bring one of a kind automobiles to life. Here are a few of my favorite concept cars….
I know the BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe is not a concept car nor I’m a big fan of the BMW cars but I loved the look and the color of it; a mat pearly white color. So pretty!


If you are a VoIP software owner, you will definitely know that it must serve hundreds of thousands of concurrent requests from users or clients and smoothly return the application data. All the activities should be done along with delivering consistent calling and HD voice. Here Load balancer comes into play. Let’s understand what it is and how it can help.
WHAT IS LOAD BALANCING?Server load balancing is a traffic optimization tool - nothing more, nothing less. What does it mean? Load balancer goes between your servers and client request across all the servers according to the latter’s capability. Load balancer ensures that none of your server is overloaded, which means you will have improved server performance. In case of server fails, the load balancer redirects traffic to other available servers. Even more importantly, load balancer identifies when a new server is added and automatically sends requests to it too. It is designed to increase productivity and performance of a network by allowing users to access sensitive business data and applications without slow response time and connection fails regardless of location.
HOW DOES LOAD BALANCER WORK?Load balancer is an essential tool for every data center. It supports millions of concurrent connections for increasing application availability without affecting performance. Load balancer is a perfect tool to organize your VoIP application traffic. All the benefits lie in the cool functionalities load balancer has:
- It evenly distributes the clients requests or network traffic across the servers
- Sends requests to only those servers that are online and capable of handling appropriate amount of network load
- It allows adding or removing the servers based on demand and starts to distribute traffic among them
THE TYPES OF LOAD BALANCERSTypically Load Balancers are grouped into two categories: Layer 4 and Layer 7 load balancers. You may wonder what we are talking about. As a rule, the range of load balancer depends on how well it processes with different types of data. This data is passing through 7 levels of OSI (Open Systems Interconnects.)
- Application (Layer 7)
- Presentation (Layer 6)
- Session (Layer 5)
- Transport (Layer 4)
- Network (Layer 3)
- Data Link (Layer 2)
- Physical (Layer 1)
Both of these load balancers are distributing data based on a range of industry standard algorithms. Let’s explore four of the most popular ones together.
- Round Robin: This method continously rotates a list of services that are attached to it. When the virtual server receives a request it assigns the connection to the first service in the list then moves that service to the bottom of the list.
- The custom load method: When using this method, the load balancing appliance chooses a service that is not handling any active transactions. If all of the services in the load balancing setup are handling active transactions, the appliance selects the service with the smallest load.
- Least connections: The default method. When a virtual server is configured to use the least connection it selects a service with the fewest active connections.
- Least response time: This method selects a service with the fewest active connections and the lowest average response time.
HOW WILL YOU BENEFIT USING LOAD BALANCER?
- The speed at which your software is running always stays high. It will keep you away from customer’s complaints experiencing slow page loads or inconsistent voice. If your software has a browser version too you will avoid search engine punishment.
- It’s simpler than you expect. Setting up load balancer is a hassle-free process.
- It’s built for scalability. Need to add more servers? Load balancer recognizes any new device and continues to divide work evenly between available servers. It takes into account every new machine while distributing.


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An AmeriCorps program connecting service members and under-resourced communities throughout Washington state
My name is Sara and I have been serving with The Women’s Hearth Transitions. We are typically a drop in center for women who are low income or experiencing homelessness. Now that we are living in this time of covid, things have shifted for me in how I am able to serve. The Women’s Hearth is typically a place where folks can hang out during the day, especially if they are staying in a shelter that is closed during the day. In this time of shelter in place, our local women’s shelter had to move into a larger facility to accommodate for social distancing and a 24/7 model instead of just a night shelter. Our center had to close but our team has partnered with the shelter to help implement day programming and activities.
I have had the privilege to serve at the 24/7 shelter site 3 days a week doing crafts, origami and bingo. These are activities that many of the women enjoy doing at The Hearth so being able to bring the activities to them has been really special. The most popular activity that I help with has been bingo. We have a stash pile of bingo prizes at the Hearth so I have been able to bring prizes and make sure that everyone wins something. Last week I had 13 ladies join me for bingo and we were all smiling, laughing and having a good time together. It seemed like such a nice distraction for these women who are dealing with a lot right now.
When I serve at the shelter, I have also been able to assist the shelter staff with various tasks that help lighten their load just a little. Everyone is going through a really tough time right now and I feel good knowing that I am helping to brighten someone’s day even just a little. The coming weeks are going to be difficult as we try to determine how we can safely open back up and serve vulnerable women. This time has been hard but knowing that we have been able to provide some warmth and light has been a good feeling.

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Package sales down on 2002
Early indications are that the start of the January sales in high-street travel agents are sluggish, down by as much as 20% between Christmas and new year. Figures issued this week for summer 2002 show that the number of package holidays sold dropped for the first time since the Gulf War in 1991, down by 6.1 %.
Jet2 adds Alicante
Jet2, the low-cost airline based at Leeds-Bradford airport, has added Alicante to its routes. Flights to the Costa Blanca will start on April 12 with fares from £29 one-way (including taxes). The new airline launches with flights to Amsterdam on February 12. Other routes include Barcelona, Malaga, Nice, Palma and Milan. Bookings on 0870 7378282, jet2.com.
Aurigny, the Channel Island airline, launches a year-round service from Bristol to Guernsey from the end of March; the route was dropped by BA subsidiary Brymon Airways. Return fares start at £84 including taxes. Bookings on 0871 8710717, aurigny.com.
Ryanair is holding its new year sale on its website this weekend with one-way fares from £10. The sale of flights between January 10 and April 13 must be booked by midnight on Monday on ryanair.com.


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OUTSIDE ASHTRAY 75° by Double R
Superb for entrances to retail establishments, hotels, or even homes. An outdoor ashtray that looks like a sculpture and functions like an ash catcher. Super thin from the side, it doesn't take up much space. Stainless steel resevoir and made of a synthetic body protected material called Benton Silexa. Pretty darn cool. comes in grey, white, black, brown, red and other colors too.


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Wednesday 14th September, 2016
Yussif Ibrahim, GNA
Agogo (Ash), Sept
14, GNA – Youth activists of four political parties in the Asante-Akim North
constituency have pledged to work together to starve off trouble in the area in
the coming election.
They said they would
do everything to avoid any acts of political provocation and misconduct.
The parties include
the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), New Patriotic Party (NPP),
Convention People’s Party (CPP) and the National Democratic Party (NDP).
This is contained in
a communique they issued at the end of a day’s workshop“on peaceful
election”held for them by the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE)
with support from the European union (EU)in Agogo.
Organized under the
theme “Empower the youth to stand up for Ghana for a peaceful election”, about
40 young political activists were on hand to participate.
entreated everybody to uphold the political parties’ code of conduct and accept
to play it fair.
It also called for
the Electoral Commission (EC) to engage competent people as election officers to
prevent unnecessary disputes during and after the election.
The NCCE must
also scale up voter education to help significantly reduce the number of
rejected ballots in the December polls.
It asked that the
security agencies demonstrated high sense of professionalism – must be
even-handed and firm.
Mr. Johnson Opoku,
Director of Programmes of the NCCE, praised the youth for the bold stance taken
and asked that they “walk the talk”.
He underlined the
need for tolerance and respect of divergent views and said that was the way to
grow the nation’s democracy.


A Russian promo site for Spider-Man: No Way Home features a still of Andrew Garfield’s Spidey from The Amazing Spider-Man.
The speculation train continues for Spider-Man: No Way Home. The upcoming threequel is expected to feature Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield’s respective Spider-Men thanks to the multiverse opening up. While Maguire hasn’t spoken about his hypothetical appearance recently, Garfield has been adamant in maintaining that he’s not in the film, despite mounting evidence suggesting otherwise.
Skittles (at least in Russia) has partnered with Marvel Studios to create tie-in products and cross-promotional advertisements for Spider-Man: No Way Home. When you make your way to the Russian Skittles site, fans are greeted with a billboard that, when pressed, plays a trailer that reads “there is no way home” when translated.
The thumbnail for the trailer from the tweet above is none other than Andrew Garfield’s Spider-Man. To be exact, the still was taken directly from The Amazing Spider-Man 2. While this doesn’t confirm anything, it is a pretty damning coincidence that the promotional team picked the one Spider-Man as the thumbnail who is adamant that he’s not part of the movie.
Here is the synopsis for Spider-Man: No Way Home:
“For the first time in the cinematic history of Spider-Man, our friendly neighborhood hero is unmasked and no longer able to separate his normal life from the high-stakes of being a Super Hero. When he asks for help from Doctor Strange the stakes become even more dangerous, forcing him to discover what it truly means to be Spider-Man.”
Directed by Jon Watts from a script written by Chris McKenna and Erik Sommers, No Way Home stars Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Tony Revolori, Martin Starr, J.B. Smoove, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Benedict Wong, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Alfred Molina.
No Way Home is currently set to be released on December 17, 2021. Stay tuned for all the latest news on the upcoming film, Kevin Feige and the rest of the MCU, and be sure to subscribe to Heroic Hollywood’s YouTube channel for more original video content.


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The 'man flu' myth: Research suggests it's actually the girls who can't cope
- Women with flu take an average of three days off work, while men take just 2.8 days off work
- Experts think this could be because men had a less severe illness so didn't need as much time off work
- Recent study suggests women are more likely to complain when they have the flu
Women who deride their partners for moaning about man flu might want to sit down and take a couple of aspirin.
It turns out man flu is a myth and men really do suffer when ill.
What’s more, women find it harder to cope with the flu virus.
'Man flu' is a complete myth according to new evidence uncovered by scientists in Australia
Statistics in Australia show women with flu took an average of three days off work, while men made do with 2.8 sick days.
And, among those ill enough to go to A&E, women had four days at home, whereas men had half a day less.
New South Wales public health physician Dr Craig Dalton said it could be that men had a less severe illness and so didn’t need as much time off work.
Alternatively, they were just as ill – but more stoic. The analysis also found women tended to be struck down with flu earlier in the winter than men.
A recent study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine backs up the argument. It found women are more likely to complain when they have flu.
Their male counterparts actually play down their symptoms.
Women with the flu had an average of three days off work, while men took 2.8 days off with cough and fever
Dr Alma Adler, who ran the online survey of 5,000 people, said: ‘In the myth of man flu, people may think that men complain more but these findings suggest otherwise.
‘There is no evidence we know of to show that the flu virus affects women in a different way to men to give them worse symptoms and make them suffer more.’
As part of its on-going Flusurvey,
researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine got
participants to report any symptoms, as well as rating their health
score on a scale of 0 to 100.
the average health score for men and women who said they were feeling
well was 90, among those reporting ‘flu-like illness’ the score was
worse among women.
Men saying they had flu reported a health score of 60, while women gave an average score of just 50.
For those who said they had colds, the score was 75 among both sexes, the study of 5,000 people found.
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June 8, 2009
UI arborist, DNR officials advise public to watch for Emerald Ash Borer
An invasive beetle that feeds on and eventually kills ash trees has Iowa officials scouring northeastern Iowa after an Emerald Ash Borer larva was found in a tree at the Osborne Welcome and Nature Center in Clayton County, according to state officials.
Infestation has not been confirmed but could cause substantial damage on the University of Iowa campus, with notable areas of ash trees including the east side of the Main Library and the north and south sides of the Pentacrest, according to UI campus arborist Andy Dahl who works in UI Facilities Management.
"Unfortunately, there is no preventative at this time," Dahl said. "There are injectable and basal insecticides that are effective but are costly, and have to be applied every year or two."
The most recent confirmed Emerald Ash Borer infestation was in Victory, Wis., a town just across the Mississippi river from the northeast Iowa border, in April.
The beetle is emerald green, half an inch long and about a 1/8 inch wide. It kills all ash (Fraxinus) species by larval burrowing under the bark and eating the actively growing (cambium) layers of the trees.
Mark Vitosh, district forester at the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, said the problem is that officials can't identify an infected tree until it begins to show symptoms of infestation.
"We don't have a system to find this critter until it begins attacking trees," he said, noting setting traps has had limited success.
The UI campus has between 700 and 800 ash trees on maintained areas of the campus, roughly 10 percent of the population, Ash trees also make up about 10 percent of Iowa City's public tree population. The state of Iowa has an estimated 88 million ash trees, about 20 percent.
Vitosh said Iowa residents need to be the eyes and ears of the state by calling the DNR when they suspect a tree may be infested. He also emphasized the importance of buying firewood locally.
Dahl said depending on how severe the initial outbreak is, all control strategies are still on the table.
"We need to continue to diversify tree species in our urban forests and have better inspection at points of entry so we aren't dealing with problems similar to Emerald Ash Borer in the future," Dahl said, who works in UI Facilities Management.
Residents should look for die-back, which is dying branches and leaves and woodpecker activity at the top of the tree. Ash trees are characteristic of their opposite branching and compound leaves, usually with more than seven leaflets. Iowa City and UI campuses management have been trying to defend against infestation by no longer planting ash trees and removing distressed or dying ash trees before the problem arises.
"The ash tree will get significantly thinner in the upper canopy for three to five years prior to actual die-back," Dahl said. "There is also increased sprouting at the base of the tree; these are call suckers or watersprouts. Also, with the increase in woodpecker activity, is the 'blonding' of the bark in the upper canopy of the tree, where the bark wears away from all the woodpecker activity, another good way to identify the Emerald Ash Borer."
Vitosh added that there are steps people can take to help curb the spread of Emerald Ash Borer.
"It is key that people do not bring firewood from other states into Iowa. That is the number one spreader of the pest," Vitosh said.
The beetle, native to China, Japan and Korea, was first discovered in North America in Michigan in the summer of 2002. It has since spread to 10 other states and Canada.
Officials from the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship, Iowa State University Extension Office, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, USDA Animal Plant Health Inspection Service, and the USDA Forest Service have created the Iowa Emerald Ash Borer Team to educate the public about the risks of the beetle and how to prevent its destruction. Their efforts are directed at businesses that sell firewood and people that would transport firewood across state lines.
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In 2013 Dr. Karen Ward and Dolores Whelan, of the Iomlanú Centre, founded and led the first Brigid’s Way Celtic Pilgrimage route from Faughart in County Louth to Kildare Town. Taking place over 9 nine days this was the first time the route had been walked since ancient times.
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I’ve spent the last two years intensely focused on writing a novel about a family coping with mental illness. This is a topic that I know about intimately both from the family situation I grew up in and now as the parent of a “child” with bipolar disorder (he’s 21 now).
One thing that really struck me as I was raising my older son was that schools and his doctors would address his father and I as though they expected us to have no mental health issues ourselves. That would be ideal, of course, that you’d have one member of the family who’s sick, and the rest of the family healthy and able to care for them. That’s not always how things work with mental illness, though, where genetics and environment play intertwined and not fully understood roles in the development of the various disorders.
Here’s an example for you. When my son, I call him Martin in my novel, was young, a number of his teachers felt that it was very important for him to arrive at school on time. Working against that imperative were his depression, some of his medications which made him sleep more or worse, his mania – which could cause him to stay up too late and then go to bed in the early morning. And then there was Mom. All of the upheaval caused by his illness resulted in my being more depressed, which led to me having more trouble getting out of bed. His father and I had been separated for a long time, and he supported us financially, but I needed to take Martin to the doctor and to his various therapists a lot, and it became clear that despite my aspirations, I wasn’t going to have a great big career. People asked me if my sons did extracurricular activities, and I asked whether therapy appointments counted, because we were in doctors’ offices three afternoons a week. So a good mom would have been up early and packing lunches and waking Martin and his younger brother up, but I was, as often as not, pulling the covers over my head. It took a bunch more therapy for me to work beyond that.
There are a lot of social forces that come into play around mental illness, and I would like to use this space to talk about some of those, since my novel is a place where I tell stories. Those stories are no less true for being partly fictionalized, but they are a different quality of truth than statistics are, a heart truth perhaps.
We know so little, doctors know so little about the mental disorders, that there are a world of things to say about them. I’ve experienced depression. I’ve experienced crippling anxiety. I have found relief from medication, from spiritual practice, and from therapy, but I understand that others have not. My son is better today, but he certainly is not cured.


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The show returns to Givens' story eight years after he's left Kentucky and he is now based in Miami, balancing life as a Marshal and part-time father of a 14-year-old girl. A chance encounter on a Florida highway sends him to Detroit and he crosses paths with Clement Mansell, aka The Oklahoma Wildman, a violent sociopath who's already slipped through the fingers of Detroit's finest once and wants to do so again
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Business end, squeaky bum time, the period all fans should enjoy; call it what you will, we’re well and truly into it right now.
In an incredible display of hindsight, Danny’s Friday night match has handed a major advantage back to the Imps, not just in the hunt for a place in League One but also in the race for the League Two title.
The midweek fixture between Bury and Cheltenham certainly helped, one struggling team at home is a different prospect to another away. When the Shakers missed the chance to go top, albeit temporarily, they missed the opportunity to score a major psychological advantage. Last night, we didn’t miss our chance to do the same.
The gap between us and Bury is now five points, with a further three the difference between us and Mansfield. We know, whatever happens between now and 10pm Tuesday, we’ll still be top at that point in time. Of course, results could swing our way today but it would be hard for them to go against us because we kept our end of the title bargain up. What Bury do at Stevenage, or what MK and Mansfield do is irrelevant to a degree.
Won’t stop us watching on though, hoping for more to cheer about.
There’s been a lot of call for Rhead to start alongside John and that was the case last night. I guess after such a richly deserved win over Forest Green, Danny found it hard to change the first XI. I can understand it, especially when he warned of changes to the side ahead of the match. Is there anyone in football who reveals so little to the press and gets away with it? He misdirects over team selection, dodges injury news and yet somehow still hold an interesting press conference.
His surprise for Darren Way’s side was two big men up top and an element of direct football. Before anyone says it didn’t work, which on the face of it it didn’t, you have to consider the wider picture. In recent weeks at home we’ve tried the neater approach in the final third and got nowhere. Last night, the game plan looked very much to me like ‘batter them for an hour’ with the big lumps then try the original plan against tired legs.
In fairness, Yeovil looked ropey at the back at times, but their right back certainly had the measure of Bruno and I think that makes the long ball approach seem more obvious. They were prepared to stifle us out wide and frustrate us all over the pitch, although they also had Rheady wrapped up too. I heard a comment on the radio coming home saying he won almost all of his headers last night, I assume the caller thought he was the chap in green and white, not red and white.
That’s not a criticism, but it’s proof Yeovil played well without playing well. They kept a shape, they frustrated us and did what they had to do without the ball. It wasn’t always pretty, neither was our approach, that’s a bi-product of having John and Rheady up top. The referee had a sound grip on the game though, but how embarrassing is it when you’re booked for time-wasting three minutes into the second half? I understand game management, but their 150 odd fans have driven what, 600 miles all in? Just to be treated to that.
What I mean by them playing well but not playing well, is when they had the ball they didn’t truly have a clue how to break us down. Occasionally they strung a few nice passes together and there was a spell in the first half where I thought maybe, just maybe we might be in trouble. When your armour is as solid as ours across the back, it’s a fallacy to believe that though. Yeovil can pass sideways as much as they want, just like FGR did, but when it came to penetration they had little.
I did like their number seven, Rhys Browne. I thought he delivered some telling balls, as well as having our wide threat weighed up nicely. Sadly, the rest of his side weren’t quite up to the challenge.
Losing Shacks was a big blow, but as soon as Bolger strode on to take his place you knew it wasn’t going to affect us too much. Danny called Bolger a ‘top League One defender’ after the game and you know what? He’s right. Bozzy is the same and together they didn’t look like being breached.
Harsh truth moment: we should have gone in 2-0 up at the break. It’s hard to be too harsh on Harry after what he did later, but he had too much time to think when he went one on one with the keeper. Most FIFA players would have been desperately crying out for a succinct lob over their keeper as he broke away, but instead he fluffed his lines. It’s easy in the stands to be critical and it showed awareness from Harry to get the ball away from the defenders in the first instance, but it was crying out for a better finish.
Then, maybe, John could have had one or two. One drive into the box looked even more lumbering and languid than usual and his tame shot was saved, before a wicked Neal Eardley ball evaded everyone and took the big man by surprise at the back stick. All it needed was a touch, off his arse, ankle, nose, whatever. The key was getting into those positions, although trying to tell my Dad that is fruitless. As far as he was concerned, we weren’t playing well.
It didn’t look like we were, but under the conditions we were doing okay. Yeovil without the ball looked alright and Lincoln with the ball looked pressured. I don’t buy the fact 9,000 home fans is a disadvantage or that we’re the reason the players look nervous. I think it’s the situation, the desperate need to break resilient teams down when they come to do nothing but defend.
When the half time whistle went it did feel as though there was more to come, but quite where it would come from I couldn’t see. Rheady hadn’t been as effective as the weekend, John had subsequently not been on fire either. Bruno was taped up on one flank, Harry flagging a little on the other. I liked the combination of O’Hara and O’Connor, but it looked functional rather than productive. Mind you, I have to admit Michael O’Connor is quickly turning into one of the contenders for Player of the Season in my opinion, he’s been industrious and energetic whenever we’ve seen him.
Didn’t help after 45 minutes last night though with the scores poised at 0-0.
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For the past two weeks, Pastor Paul McKenzie has continued to send shockwaves across the world over his alleged cult.
From his 800-acre piece of land in Shakahola, Malindi in Kilifi County, more than 40 bodies have been exhumed so far with more believed to be buried there.
Through his Good News International Church, McKenzie is said to have brainwashed a section of his followers to fast to death with promises of meeting their creator.
So crazy was the radicalization that some people who were rescued from the wilderness refused to eat demanding to die to meet Jesus.
McKenzie was arrested on April 15, 2023 after being linked to the death of two children who died mysteriously.
It is said that parents of the two children were advised by the pastor to starve and suffocate the children.
After the murders, just like all deaths linked to the cult, the bodies of the deceased people are buried in shallow graves in the preacher’s vast land.
Following his arrest, the State accused him of manipulating people through skewed religious teachings in pursuit of salvation leading to deaths.
While not much was known about McKenzie, WoK dug deeper to follow the rise and fall of the ‘Man of God’ who was previously a taxi driver.
According to people who know McKenzie at a personal level, he moved to Malindi in the 1990s through his sister who was married there.
On his arrival to the coastal town, he went into the taxi business, a job that he undertook until when he left to pursue religion.
“I have known McKenzie for more than 20 years. I knew him through his sister who was married to a white man. We’ve worked together, and he was not saved by the time we knew each other,” a local told KTN News.
He explained that McKenzie started engaging in religious activities when the taxi business was on a low season.
“In the taxi business, we have the high season and the low season, one time when we were in the low season, McKenzie decided to join the church and that’s how he became a pastor,” he said.
McKenzie even recruited some of his colleagues in the taxi business to his church.
According to Adede Owalla on Facebook, he started his church, Good News International, in 2003 as a small evangelical centre.
Together with his wife, Joyce Mwikamba, the couple moved to a village called Migingo in Malindi where he set up a church.
McKenzie set up his church in a wall compound where his family lives.
In 2016, he bought a TV station, Times TV, after one of his followers allegedly sold his property in Lami at Ksh 20 million and handed over the money to the preacher.
After handing over the money, the man identified as Kennedy Mwacharo allegedly died under mysterious circumstances two months later.
He also used to money to buy properties including several cars and pieces of land in Mombasa and Malindi.
This comes even as a report on the Standard showed that an air hostess who worked with a top airline resigned from her job to join McKenzie’s cult.
She is also said to have divorced her husband, and sold her land worth Ksh 7 million and gave the money to McKenzie as tithe and offerings.
The air hostess flew from Nairobi to Malindi where she took a matatu to Shakahola alongside her sister and niece.
When McKenzie was mot preaching, he would be live on TV teaching people about end times and discouraging medical services and education.
In 2018, the then KFCB boss Dr Ezekiel Mutua ordered the closure of his TV station after McKenzie and his wife were arrested on grounds of encouraging religious radicalisation and unlawfully promoting extreme beliefs.
McKenzie had also, at some point, brushed shoulders with the then Malindi MP Aisha Jumwa who questioned his teachings.
Despite the controversies, he continued running his church until 2019 when he hit the headlines again forcing him to close down his church.
He sold his church, cars and TV station and moved to Shakahola where he bought land in the name of starting a farming venture.
“I have always been on the media for the wrong reasons. The media and individuals always misquote or decide to run with a story out of context. The other time I made a sermon on earthly education being evil and I was taken to court for telling children not to go to school
“This was not the case. It is a prophecy and it depends on how you take it. I can preach but I do not force the teachings on anyone,” McKenzie said in a past interview.
However, as reported on mainstream media, his followers who attended his church in Migingo were referred to Shakahola.
At his new location, MacKenzie and his team of ‘fasting supervisors’ brainwashed his followers into fasting to death to meet Jesus.
While his followers starved in the bushes, McKenzie and his family lived in their home in Migingo where his church was previously located.
The father of seven also has a family home a few meters from Malindi Town.


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My heart was racing at the end of this auction for a wholecloth whitework trapunto quilt, offered in today's Discovery auction at Skinner in Boston. I "discovered" it just before going to the conference at Colonial Williamsburg, and after seeing a number of presentations on whitework counterpanes, I was convinced this quilt was something significant, worth pursuing. Bidding was spirited, and as usual, I bid aggressively and just kept going until it was over. At the end, it was just me and another internet bidder, and I wonder if it's someone I know.
Condition isn't the best. There are stains, yellowing, and places where the stuffing is coming out, mostly on the back. But the condition didn't really matter as much as the motif and the design. I believe it's a weeping willow, and if it is, it probably was made for a very special purpose. Weeping willows have much significance. They were sometimes a symbol of fertility, and other times a symbol of mourning. They were also associated with mysticism. All of the associations that have popped up are very intriguing.
Also enlightening is a note I came across in Robert Shaw's "American Quilts, The Democratic Art, 1780-2007" which said whitework quilts with an overall design are rare. That's something I didn't realize after seeing so many of them in the lectures at Williamsburg. It almost seemed like there were a lot of them, but there really aren't. Can't wait to see it in person. Photographing it will be tricky!


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It is finally here. Episode one of my first podcast. A little about myself and the story of how I changed the culinary world. Being in the right place at the right time.
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A man was today due to appear in court charged with the murder of a Birmingham father who was stabbed to death in an argument between neighbours over a child’s bicycle.
The 22-year-old victim, named locally as Chris Cashmore, suffered fatal injuries during a row in Ely Grove, Quinton. Paramedics battled to save him as he was taken to hospital but he died a short time later.
Police last night charged a 20-year-old man over the death and he is due before Birmingham Magistrates’ Court today.
Two other people, a teenage boy and a woman, were arrested but have been released without charge. Mr Cashmore, believed to be from the Four Dwellings, area, had been visiting a friend.


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Major Gabe Randall is everything Sara Ryan wants but nothing she feels she deserves. A modern-day spinster, Sara hides behind family obligations and the safe, quiet life she's resigned herself to living. But secretly, even though she may have stretched the truth about who she is in her letters to him, she wants Gabe. Will he still want her when he discovers the real woman behind the pen?
Once they meet, Gabe asks her for six weeks in Alaska. Six weeks to spend getting to know each other, and then she'll have to decide whether they are better together or apart.
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DISCLAIMER – This is not organised by the local Randwick-Botany Greens. This alert is posted in support of Lock The Gate Alliance because it is an event in our local area.
We’re so pleased to invite you to a screening of a beautiful new film about the campaign to protect communities, water and the Pilliga forest from coal seam gas (CSG) in NW NSW.
Pilliga Rising will screen at the Bronte SLSC on Tuesday, 12 March at 6.30pm. Tickets are free or ‘pay what you can’. Don’t miss out on seeing this amazing film.
“Pilliga Rising reminds me that the power of community and everyday people coming together to protect each other and their most treasured resources can move mountains and change the world for the better.” – Musician, John Butler
“mesmerising, heartbreaking, exhilarating” Elizabeth Farrelly, Sydney Morning Herald
WHERE: Bronte Surf Life Saving Club
WHEN: Tuesday March 12, 2019 at 6:30pm – 8:30pm
TICKETS: Are free (or by donation). RSVP here to reserve your seat.
This event will feature Coonamble farmer, Adam Macrae, who appears in the film and whose property is on the route of the gas pipeline proposed to take gas from the Pilliga forest.
Drilling through groundwater sources like the Great Artesian Basin means communities like Adam’s are at risk of losing access to their only sources of water as they suffer through drought.
Invite your friends and family and let’s pack out this screening to show that Sydney people care about stopping this environmental disaster in rural NSW.