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Hartwell/Hart County: Angling For Opportunity
A prime natural feature powers economic growth
Ruth and John Skelton, innkeepers at the historic Skelton House Bed and Breakfast, have watched the changing face of Hartwell and Hart County over the past decade.
“The first three or four years we got only corporate guests,” recalls Ruth, whose family has long owned the stately circa 1896 two story home just off the town square.
A few years ago, the production lines at local manufacturers were humming. Then the inn saw a steady stream of out of town travelers arriving for business. That was before the wave of layoffs and downsizing as business fled to low wage countries.
Since then the Skeltons have broadened their guest lists and their business just as Hart County has had to do in the face of a changing economy. They’ve contracted with the local school board to house visiting consultants and they play host to an out of town physician who visits periodically to practice. While most of the guests are here on business of one sort or another, there’s the beginnings of a tourist trade as well. For example, a group of women from Macon passes through twice a year on its way to South Carolina and stops for the night here. They’ve become regulars.
The Skeltons’ restaurant quality kitchen also offers catering for special events. These days, you have to create business where you can find it.
Located in Northeast Georgia, Hart is a rural county of rolling hills and woodlands, rich soil and a sparse population. It’s long been predominately rural and agricultural. Dairy farms once dotted the countryside, but nowadays poultry is the chief industry, representing almost half the county’s $200 million in agricultural production.
While textile and other manufacturing plants have provided higher paying jobs for the community, Hart hasn’t escaped the pressures and the pain of a changing global economy. Locals were shaken by the recent loss of more than 700 jobs at three local plants. In a county with a population of just 24,000, those losses hurt. In fact, they pushed the local unemployment rate up to 6.7 percent last August, compared to the Georgia average of 5.4 percent.
Springs Industries laid off 280 workers, while Tenneco Automotive-Monroe let go 127 from its strut and shock plant. Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products provided the biggest shock by letting go of 304 jobs when it closed its manufacturing facility in nearby Royston. Local startup Pharma Tech Industries provided some relief when it acquired the plant from J&J and retained 150 workers.
More bright news came with the relocation of TI Automotive to the recently opened Gateway Industrial Park just off Interstate 85. They just put 130 new employees to work making automobile gas tanks in a new 150,000-square-foot building.
“The downsizing by Tenneco was the one that shocked us the most because this TI Automotive is auto parts also,” says Bob Evans, director of economic development for the Hart County Industrial Development Authority. “TI makes gas tanks for BMW, but they’re making them out of plastic and Monroe is making shock absorbers out of steel. They say the price of Chinese steel is forcing them to go where the labor costs aren’t so much. So they’re moving to Mexico.”
As manufacturing has faded, Hart is turning more and more to its great natural resource as a source of economic growth. The county is dominated by 56,000-acre Lake Hartwell, which separates this northeast section of Georgia from South Carolina. Increasingly, this vast, man-made body of water is seen as an engine for jobs and economic development that simply can’t be outsourced.
County Commissioner Dan Reyen says that during 2003 -the last year for which he has figures -the lake attracted 13 million visitors. That’s a million more than popular Myrtle Beach in South Carolina drew during the same period.
“Tourism is big and important,” Reyen declares. “In a county where we just lost 750 jobs in the last nine months, we need anything we can get that’s going to generate economic activity.”
While they may be service jobs in the tourism industry as opposed to those on an assembly line, when it comes to a paycheck, he asks, “Do you really care where it comes from?”
Lake Hartwell has fully recovered from a drought that dropped water levels 14 feet below normal on its 962-mile shoreline. That period saw a drop in tourism and sales of lakefront lots and dealt a body blow to the local economy, officials say.
One 2001 study, Reyen says, found that every foot the water fell below normal cost the local area $135 million in lost economic activity. “The lake is a huge economic engine up here, but I don’t think Hart County is using it as much as it could,” he adds.
He and other leaders want to transform Lake Hartwell into a destination for those seeking the lifestyle and recreational amenities offered by a large body of water. In particular they want to make it home for the wide variety of fishing tournaments that bring hardcore anglers to bodies of water across America.
Officials crafted a plan to build a multipurpose recreational facility on the lake. It will include a mega ramp for launching large numbers of boats as well as stands for spectators sufficient to attract a major fishing tournament such as the Wal-Mart FLW Series.
“The economic impact comes from those ramps, and we’re hoping to attract the more lucrative fishing tournaments,” says Doug Cleveland, manager of the Hartwell branch of Pinnacle Bank and president of the Hart County Chamber of Commerce. “We already have a number of smaller tournaments that are held on the lake, but the major ones require multiple launch facilities.”
Locating the facility close to the city of Hartwell, officials hope, will assure that the influx of fishermen and their fans generates new business for everyone. In fact, Reyen notes, preliminary studies say it could bring in three to five new hotels and more than double the number of rooms in town.
The lake is also proving more attractive to those who want to stay either full- or part-time. Real estate sales are picking up as more and more people have come to see Lake Hartwell as an unspoiled alternative to the smaller, but busier and more congested Lake Lanier.
“We’ve had tremendous activity not only by people coming up here for primary residences but secondary homes as well,” says Tammy Mobley, owner and broker at Anchor All Realty and Mortgage, Inc. “You see people coming up to buy investment lots, too. They want to go ahead and make a purchase, work a couple of years trying to pay it off and then build later on.”
Mobley herself was attracted to Hartwell after growing weary of the busy water traffic on Lake Lanier where her parents owned a home. A lifelong Atlanta resident, she was at first a bit wary of moving so far away from the city – particularly to a town where she didn’t know anyone. In addition, there were already more than a dozen real estate offices in the area when she opened her own. Since then however, there has been business enough for everyone – particularly after the drought ended.
Many of the new arrivals are – like Mobley – from the Metro Atlanta counties of Gwinnett and DeKalb. An increasing number are also escaping busier areas where they already have second homes. “I grew up on Lanier and the overcrowdeness there and the water quality – or really lack of it – is what pushed me over to this lake,” she says.
Mobley first came looking for a lakefront lot during the drought years, but now she’s glad she took the plunge and bought in. Hartwell is more affordable than other more developed locations and you can get a bigger home for less, she says. Housing prices now range from a weekender for just $250,000 to $1 million on the upper end. The $400,000 home she bought four years ago would sell in today’s market for about $550,000 to $600,000, she estimates.
“Some people have homes elsewhere, maybe in the Carolinas or Florida, and they said maybe a central location would be good,” Mobley explains. “So they’re downsizing from a couple of different homes to one location while still traveling around.”
Approximately 17 percent of the county population is retirees, says Michele Dipert of the Hart County Chamber of Commerce.
“A lot of retirees are coming up here who maybe have gotten tired of other areas and want a little bit more calm and quiet,” she explains. “So we get a lot of people who are from the Atlanta area who decide to move up here.”
Unlike some other counties in North Georgia, Hart doesn’t have a regular season. The population doesn’t swell in the summer with part timers then drop as they return to homes in Florida or elsewhere.
The center of life in Hart County is in Hartwell, which has also been enjoying a resurgence of late. While a number of new businesses, including a Wal-Mart Supercenter, have sprung up on Highway 29 just outside town, new interest has been kindled in the historic downtown.
This area is in the midst of a spruce-up, via a $2.5-million streetscapes project that has brought new lights, greenery and other amenities to the town while hiding power lines and installing new gas mains. After the first of the year, the town will be investing another $1.5 million in local beautification.
The town is experiencing an unusually high turnover rate as old businesses close and new ones take their place, observes Pat Fritz, executive director of the Hartwell Downtown Development Authority.
“I think that’s part of the economic climate,” she says. “It was very static here for a number of years and everything kind of was very stable and you didn’t see a lot of turnover in the downtown, but [that changed] starting in 2000, and five years later we’re still looking at a very unstable economic climate in Northeast Georgia.”
Fritz hopes new development is a signal of better days to come -particularly in light of those 700 layoffs. One of the biggest new projects is the impending relocation of CVS Pharmacy to the square. An entire block will become a new 11,000-square-foot store coupled with a new parking lot.
While the move will stir development, locals admit to some trepidation regarding changes to the historic downtown. Long negotiations with the developer succeeded in saving a famous service station -Willie’s Pure Oil Station, which is on the national historic register, Fritz says. “It will be incorporated into the CVS property and be available to be leased,” she notes.
The pharmacy also agreed to allow the city to try to move a former movie theater that sits at the end of the purchased block. Made from a World War II era surplus Quonset hut, the low-slung building is one of only two such theaters still in existence -the other is in California. This one’s projectors went dark a number of years ago when it was occupied by an Ace Hardware Store.
City leaders also hope to begin redevelopment of the burned out Haley Building that has long been a local eyesore. “We’ve been trying for several years to get it into private hands to reconstruct,” says Mayor Matt Beasley. “We’ve had two bids for mixed use including commercial, perhaps restaurant type business downstairs and office facilities on the second or third floors -maybe with loft apartments.”
As this development begins to take shape, it will join three other buildings that feature retail at street level and office and residential above. Like many larger cities, Hartwell sees the city’s health linked to creation of a vibrant downtown area.
On Depot Street, just off the square, you can hear the twangy strains of music from the Bluegrass Express. Flanked by new restaurants and retail and even a professional office or two, the area is Hartwell’s closest approximation of nightlife.
Tammy Mobley says that one thing holding back more development is the area’s lack of a pouring license. Only the Cateechee Golf Club, which qualifies as a convention center, is permitted to serve liquor. In the meantime, establishments such as Rios Mexican Cafe on Depot have to make margaritas with wine, not tequila.


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A Mountain Home man has been arrested after he tried to pass fake $100 bills at two businesses in the city. Thirty-six-year-old Andrew Colby Lamkin is also charged with failing to register as a sex offender.
According to the probable cause affidavit in the case, Lamkin allegedly first tried to pass a fake bill at a convenience store Friday to pay for some items. The manager told him the bill was fake and he left the bill at the store when he left.
On Saturday, Lamkin allegedly tried to get a cashier at another retail store to give him change for a counterfeit bill but the manager recognized the bill as being fake and Lamkin left the store with the bogus currency.
Later on Saturday, officers observed Lamkin walking near the Spring Valley Motel where he was apprehended. He had been wanted for failing to register as a sex offender. As officers from the Mountain Home Police Department approached Lamkin, he said "Is this about the money?" During a search of the Mountain Home man, they found one counterfeit $100 bill. Lamkin told police he had found an envelope in the parking lot of a local bank with 10 $100 bills in it and he didn't know they are counterfeit.
Lamkin told officers he had not registered as a sex offender because he didn't know he had to. He told police he had been living at the Spring Valley Motel for two to three weeks. Lamkin is a Level 3 registered sex offender and must register 10 days prior to moving or changing addresses.
Lamkin is charged with two felony counts of criminal attempt to commit forgery and one count of failure to register as a sex offender. He is being held in the Baxter County Detention Center on $5,000 bond.
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The Myth About Numerology and What 11:11 Really Means
You’ve probably seen several sequences of numbers. 333, 222,111 or 211, 411, 511, 911 or 1111 and think, well that’s weird or maybe you are very curious and did research. There are different numbers that are not all double digits or even repetitive ones such as 235 or 813. Because numbers are universal like 01010101 (binary code) in a computer it’s easy to communicate and connect to our brain which by the way is a computer within itself.
If you are seeing these numbers several times a day or even daily you are receiving and sending massages. I use to think that these numbers were vibrations or energy sent from angles or my Higher Self. But now, I realize after 10 years of studying them, it is also YOUR vibration communicating. Depending on your consciousness the numbers reflect back what you need or replies to the experiences you are having within a moment. Since we are having a human experience the Universe desires information on the world experiment. It collects different sequences based on what you are …well experiencing. This is also why there is no such thing as bad or good. It’s more like what you desire versus what you don’t desire. For instance, you see 11:11 or 1111 – without you knowing it you are constantly vibrating in your energy outward, so the reply is in the numbers. 11:11 can be seen as a you are connected to the whole and you are not alone. Breathe in and breathe out and stay present. It is also telling you, your are doing a good job but keep moving forward.
When I see 444, I’m usually scared and feel alone. 444 is a reminder that my guides and angels are close by. Ask and you shell receive. Knock and a door will open. Self-judgment and doubt is not required. Just as if you are talking to a very dear soul.
I get 333 when I’m angry, frustrated, feel very unfocused and detached from my true self. 333 is a reminder to get back in sync. Let go and allow the Universe, God or Higher-Self do it for you. The most important thing at this moment is peace.
I had an apartment number 222 for 2 years. Yes, exactly. Whoever was in that apartment before me had very high energy that I needed very badly after an abusive relationship. I would sit in it for hours in meditation. 222 means you are learning on a higher level of consciousness then you have before. It’s like being promoted from 5th grade to 11th. You can say it is a quantum leap. I love being in this vibration because it also means that you are going in the right direction. There were many times I did not feel like I was on the right track, but this number would pop and I knew even when I was very uncomfortable with the way things were, I was were I was suppose to be.
511 or 555 is reflecting back change. The 511 mean there will be change but for the better. It won’t be abrupt or harsh so be open to it. This is sometimes in relationships with family, lover or friend. It can also be work or a living situation. 555 can be abrupt. You might have to deal with a little bit of a storm especially if it shows up by itself over and over. This can be in the form of a disagreement or miscommunication.
711 or 777 appears to me sometimes when I feel like I’m not doing enough. I’m working 60 hours a week and sometimes more. Like, 222, it is saying that you are doing the right thing and you will have the abundance you seek. However, in the case of 777, abundance can come in many forms like a new car, great friends, family reunited a great relationship.
811 or 888 is blasting out abundant waves. You are not only on the right track you will get everything you are asking for. This is typically in all aspects, unlike 777 where it can be just material or just a good relationship. 888 is joyfully letting you know money, love and success is coming. Keep up with you hard work.
911 or 999 is letting you know it is time for the old ways of conscious to leave and a new wave to take it’s place. This can cause movement in your life. Sometimes I see 911 and 555 in the same day or week. Usually, if you are not ready 511 or 555 can be avoided, but if you are seeing 911 it is coming rather you like it or not. It is never bad. It is an upgrade of your life. You might be holding on to something very tightly thus the 911 is letting you know to please release your kung fu grip.
1010 is letting you know you will receive an awakening or an “Aha moment” that will help you on your journey. Be open minded.
1212 is also an awakening but its more of a deeper spiritual nature. I sometime get 1010 and 1212 together. 1212 is letting you know that not only will you be awakening to a higher consciousness, things around you might change for the greater good as well. You might be requested to help someone after reaching this level of vibration that is struggling manifesting what they need.
You are sending and receiving messages constantly. When you are seeing certain set of numbers it is responding back to what you have sent out through your energy. Energy is connected to feelings, thoughts and behavior. The Universe knows your path as well as knows what you truly desire. It is doing its best to get you where you are asking to be. Pay attention.
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Navy awards mod contract to Textron to build new LCAC 101 ship to shore
The U.S. Navy awarded on August 28 2014 a $21,9 million modification
to a previously awarded contract for the construction of Landing Craft,
Air Cushion (LCAC) 101 of the ship-to-shore connector (SSC) program.
The SSC program is the functional replacement for the existing fleet
of LCAC vehicles, which are nearing the end of their service life. It
is an air cushion vehicle designed for a 30-year service life.
The SSC is an evolutionary replacement for the current Landing Craft,
Air Cushioned (LCAC) vehicle, and benefits from more than 20 years of
lessons learned from LCAC operations and maintenance. (Picture:
The SSC mission is to land surface assault elements
in support of operational maneuver from the sea, at over-the-horizon
distances, while operating from amphibious ships and mobile landing
The SSC program will significantly enhance the Navy and Marine Corps
team’s capability to execute a broad spectrum of missions well
into the 21st century, from humanitarian assistance and disaster response
to multidimensional amphibious assault. Deliveries will begin in fiscal
2017 with initial operational capability projected for fiscal 2020.
The SSC will be a high-speed, fully amphibious landing
craft with a 30-year service life capable of carrying a 74-ton payload
that can travel at speeds of more than 35 knots, day or night. Ship-to-Shore
Connector supports rapid movement of Marine Expeditionary Forces from
the sea base to shore and can tactically deliver personnel and heavy
equipment to trafficable terrain well beyond the beach with the built-in
reliability to operate in the harshest littoral environments.
Ship-to-Shore Connector will also bring improved technology and increased
performance to handle current and future missions, plus better fuel
efficiency and reduced maintenance through existing shore-based infrastructure.
The Navy-led contract design, released to industry in a full and open
competition, allowed for mid-tier builders without air-cushioned vehicle
experience to compete for the detail design and construction contract.
This approach uses the government’s expertise in air-cushioned
vehicles and provides industry with the flexibility to make component
selections and complete design details for optimal producibility and
lowest possible acquisition costs.


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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Black baccara roses and lots of deep red details make Caitlin and Michael's wedding downright FAB. There is something so sexy about adding red elements to a gorgeous traditional wedding. And how about that cake!!! GAH! I just want to jump into the photo and serve myself up a slice! YUMMY! There is nothing better than a fun and fabulous wedding celebration!
Aren't the white chocolate shoe favors adorable?
The FABULOUS vendors behind this FABULOUS wedding:
Wedding Photography | Style Life Photography
Catering | Hostetler's
Cake Designer | Litty's Cookies and Cakes
Until Next Time, Stay Fabulous!

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This is one of my favourite recipes from my cookbook. It literally takes five minutes of prep time and is so tasty for those of you with a sweet tooth.
Here’s how to make it.
1 acorn squash, cut in half, remove seeds.
3 scoops of protein powder (1 vanilla, 1 peanut butter cookie dough)
2 tsp MCT oil
1 Tbsp natural peanut butter
1 packet – Knox gelatin
1/4 cup boiling water
On a cookie sheet sprayed with non-caloric oil spray (ie Pam), place the squash face down and bake in the oven at 350 C for 40-50 minutes or until the skin is tender to the touch. Remove from oven and flip right side up.
Using a spoon scoop the flesh into a medium-sized bowl. Add the protein powder, one scoop at a time to make sure you mix it well into the squash. If you find there’s still some powder remaining, then add some water (a tablespoon at a time), until all of the protein is mixed in. Add the oil and peanut butter and stir. Boil the water and put the gelatin mix in and stir until completely dissolved.
In a deep pan, 3” x 8”, spray with Pam and line with parchment paper before pouring the mixture in. Let sit in fridge for at least an hour for the mixture to solidify and settle.
A few notes on some of the ingredients:
MCT (Medium Chain Triglycerides) is an oil that is preferentially used by the body as fuel (won’t get stored as fat – unless you eat a ton of it!) so its great as a pre-workout source. It also helps stabilize blood sugar levels for diabetics and athletes on lower carb eating plans.
The acorn squash is rich in vitamin c and beta carotene, important for eye health as well as a strong antioxidant; great for fighting free radicals (caused from stress).
Makes 3 servings
Each serving has: 235 calories; 26 grams protein, 11 grams fat, 7 grams carbohydrates (includes 3 grams of fiber)
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【4K】Walk at Tsz Shan Monastery, Tai Po, Hong Kong | Second World’s highest Guan Yin bronze statue
Tsz Shan Monastery is a large Buddhist temple located in Tung Tsz, Tai Po District, Hong Kong. Within the Tsz Shan Monastery, an outdoor bronze Guan Yin Statue is 76 metres in height. Nestled against the Pat Sin Leng mountain range overlooking Plover Cove Reservoir, the Monastery spans around 500,000 square feet.
The Monastery completed its construction and opened to public visitors in April 2015. The idea for the development of Tsz Shan Monastery germinated with Mr. Li Ka-shing, Chairman of Li Ka Shing Foundation. The Foundation has contributed over HK$3 billion to cover the development costs and operation expenses to realise the essential Buddhist teachings of Clarity, Compassion and Action in service of the public.
Tsz Shan Monastery appropriates the elementary energy of the mountains and waters, and gathers the essence of the sun and the moon. Architectural features exist in harmony with the environment, and blends with the natural landscape. The overall design is simple but elegant, creating a perfect setting for the depiction of the Dharma while embracing both traditional features and modern functions.
Following the opening of Tsz Shan Monastery in 2015, there had been a rising sentiment in Mr. Li Ka-shing that Buddhist art can soothe the mind and nourish the soul with its visual aesthetics. With this conviction in mind, he set out to develop the Tsz Shan Monastery Buddhist Art Museum located underneath the Avalokiteśvara Statue, and after years of planning and preparation, the Museum officially opened to the public in 2019.
Architectural Concept Tsz Shan Monastery’s architectural style is inspired by the more solemn and elegant styles of the Tang, Northern Song, Liao and Jin dynasties, which existed over a period of about 600 years beginning in the 7th century.
The Monastery appropriates elements of nature in its planning as well. Tsz Shan Monastery is located on a hilly site with an expansive sea view to the front. The Monastery has two main precincts – the Main Buddha Hall Precinct and the Guan Yin Statue Precinct. Along the Main Buddha Hall Precinct, the core consists of three main buildings placed along a central axis. Each building and associated courtyard is placed on platforms rising up the hill, well defined with surrounding corridors. Regarding the Guan Yin Statue Precinct, another axis which branches off from the Grand Courtyard, devotees are led into the presence of the colossal image of Guan Yin Statue, passing the Universal Gate.
Throughout its halls and its grounds, Tsz Shan Monastery provides many spaces for contemplation. Nature is present throughout: dark African padauk wood, wavy white-grey granite, marble and bronze are the monastery's most important building materials. They are ones of texture and richness with a connection to origin.
Tsz Shan Monastery welcomes all visitors and registrations are on a "first-come, first-serverd" basis. Public are welcomed to register for a visit through the Monastery's Online Registration System.

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The Adamawa Government is wooing local and international investors to the state to tap from its abundant mineral, cultural and tourism potential.
Mrs Sosa Ali, Permanent Secretary, Adamawa Ministry of Culture and Tourism, made the call during the closing ceremony of the 13th International Arts and Craft Expo (INAC) on Friday in Abuja.
Ali said the state was blessed with agrarian land and beautiful water body for fishing.
She explained that the state was also well endowed with lots of mineral resources like Coal, Kaolin, Chalcopyrite, Glass Sand, Magnesite, Rock Crystal, Mercury, Feldspar, Gold Dust and more.
According to her, all these potential could be explored by investors to boost the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR).
“Adamawa is the sunshine state with the land of limitless opportunities, we are blessed with agrarian land and that is the reason we are known for massive cultivation of yams, potatoes, onions, groundnuts and more.
“We have large rivers like the Gongola River where we get fishes in abundance; aside these, we have lots of mineral resources that are ready to be tapped.
“Adamawa is a multi-cultural state with over 88 unique dance styles, we call on local and international investors to visit the state to tap from its enormous endowments,” she said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the exhibition was held as a drive-through to ensure that those in attendance complied with the COVID-19 pandemic safety protocols.
Viewers were seen in their parked cars at the venue of the expo watching a cultural display by artistes, arts and crafts on exhibition.
Eleven states of the 36 in the federation and the Federal Capital Territory displayed Nigerian arts and crafts at the exhibition which also featured arts and crafts from India, Venezuela, Syria, Lybia, Lebanon, Ghana, Argentina and Kenya.
The states that exhibited their arts and crafts were: Adamawa, Anambra, Borno, Ekiti, Kwara, Nasarawa, Zamfara, Ogun, Kaduna and Katsina. (NAN)

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Ethnicities, Nationalities, and Cross-Cultural Representations in Africa and the Diaspora
Edited by: Gloria Chuku
Tags: African Studies, African World Series
410 pp $49.00
This book explores the global conditions and networks of hegemonic and hierarchical power relations that shaped the history of class, ethnicity, gender, and race, and also determined the nature of African diasporic linkages within imperial and national boundaries. The book emphasizes the roots and routes of cross-cultural itineraries of Diasporan Africans, including their ethnic, national, cultural, and literary representations as well as their contributions to the world, particularly Africa. It explores the cross-cultural and multicultural societies and communities, nationalism and nationalities, frontiers and boundaries, cultural transmission and identity formation, power relations, communication and translation, colonialism and neocolonialism, pan-Africanism, ethnicity, race and gender, and modernity and progress as they continue to shape the experiences of Africans and Diasporan Africans. The essays in this volume offer new perspectives on and interpretations of the foci, concepts, and debates of existing works on African Diaspora studies. While making culture and cross-cultural representations the dynamic and complex elements in the analyses, the essays critically evaluate questions on ethnicities, nationalities, creolization, cultural traditions, and crosscultural representations of the peoples of African descent.
This book is part of the African World Series, edited by Toyin Falola, Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, University of Texas at Austin.

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Self-service checkouts have failed for many consumers with 67% have had one fail when using it.
The number of self-serve checkout lanes in supermarkets and other stores is growing. It seems everyone is doing it, with more and more stores installing self-checkout lanes.
But now, a lawmaker thinks the trend has gone too far and wants to stop people from being able to walk out of a store without having to speak to a single cashier.
In a recent article, a State Representative says that self-checkout is a way for businesses to get unpaid customers to do the jobs of paid workers.
However,a California Judge nixed a similar argument, saying it would lead to ‘absurd’ results.
Let’s look into the details more.
New bill aims to stop the rise of self-checkout lanes in grocery stores
State Representative Cotter proposes a bill that would stop grocery chains from putting more than eight self-checkout lanes in one store. Cotter told WLNE:
“There’s no benefit for the consumer when Walmart is making a ton of profit off not having cashiers and then passing the work to the consumer without any benefit."
The bill also aims to reward shoppers who use self-checkout by giving them a benefit for bagging their own groceries.
While the bill reportedly has bi-partisan support, it has yet to be brought up in committee meetings.
Other concerns have been raised about increase in self-checkouts
However, there is concern that self-checkout systems also leads to stock "shrinkage."
The proliferation of self-checkout systems at big-box stores like Walmart has increased the temptation to not pay for items, a practice known as "ringing."
Self-checkout systems also lead to many accidental pilfering when customers unknowingly bag an item without ringing it up.
While a California lawyer claims self-checkout at giant retailers will not survive after he sees high number of cases, bosses at significant retailers have warned that stealing-related incidents could affect shoppers long-term.
Last month, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon admitted that pilferage has historically been high. McMillon said via Entrepreneur:
""If that's not corrected over time, prices will be higher, and/or stores will close."
Walmart and Target have resorted to storing items behind plexiglass or locking away goods in cabinets.
California Judge's ruling: "Absurd"
We write extensively about self-checkout issues for NewsBreak. For example, in our article from last year, we discussed how a customer sued a retailer in a recent lawsuit in California: Grocery giant sued for payback on time wasted in self-checkout.
The plaintiff argued that customers are effectively turned into employees when they do the work of the store's cashiers at self-checkout.
The lawsuit sought to force grocery stores to pay people for scanning their own groceries, but a judge dropped the case.
However, the Judge ruled that customers are not employees merely because they use self-checkout, and that the alternative would result in "absurd results".
As of November 22, 2022, there were 4,650 Walmart stores in the US (via Scrapehero) with the most stores in Texas (516), Florida (341) and California (278 stores).
Are the days of self-checkout lines numbered? These recent examples illustrate that the jury is still out.
With the retail industry globalizing and evolving month by month, it would be unwise to rule out the future of self-checkout lines.
It will likely depend on where you're shopping and what you're buying. At least for now, convenience trumps simplicity for most shoppers.
What do you think about this?
Is it time to put a limit on the self-checkout lanes? Should shoppers be recognised as employees?
Share in the comments below or on social media and follow LELA for more food and retail news and analysis.
Disclaimer: This article is only for educational and informational purposes.
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Adam Gibbons aka Lack Of Afro is known for his ability to capture the essence of classic Funk and Soul in his recordings as one of Britian's most promising new musicians. In his sample pack "Analogue Soul" Adam caters to the producer who is looking for a resource of sounds and talent to draw from in a 0.98GB collection of royalty-free recordings.
The Lack Of Afro sound is raw and cinematic, with arrangements that vary from hard-hitting and edgy Funk, to joyful and breezy Soul with an exciting fusion of musical influences in-between. "Analogue Soul Vol. 2" gives you the loops and stems from the LOA sessions, a collection of music which have gained him worldwide critical acclaim amongst rare vinyl addicts and music tastemakers.
Lack Of Afro is:
Adam Gibbons - Drums, Guitar, Bass, Percussion, Saxophones, assorted Keys, Engineering & Production.
Lukas Drinkwater - Guitar & Bass.
Steve Down - Guitar.
Chip Wickham - Flute & Saxophones.
Rory Simmons - Trumpet.
Nick Radford - Guitar.
George Cooper - Piano, Hammond, Wulritzer & Rhodes.


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Join the military and set out on the tactical mission of a lifetime. You'll need to make split-second decisions throughout the game deciding whether you. Mayday: Conflict Earth is a very simple game, with a tired story that's been done countless times before. Even games like Machines, with its non-existent storyline, have astounding unit options that allow for creation of units of mass destruction as you progress.
Game or Patch Questions? Visit MAIN N E T W O R K Mayday: Conflict Earth System Language Protection CD Cover: PC::: Index • FBSA File Archive [2 KB] Play Instructions: • Install the game - Full Installation (including the VIDEOS). • Replace the original INSTALL.INI & SUPERVISOR.INI files with the ones from the File Archive. Rainbow six keygen crack for serato. • Create the following directory: • FRONT-END • Copy the following files from the: FRONT-END directory to the FRONT-END directory: • INIS ( 81007 bytes) • MAPS ( 2716464 bytes) • RAWS (13348043 bytes) • UNITS ( 5970967 bytes) • Copy the following files from the: FRONT-END AVIS directory to the directory: • UCASTA20.AVI (4438566 bytes) • Extract the CRACKNOCD.EXE Patch from the File Archive to the game directory. • Execute the Patch to remove the CD-Check from: MAYDAY.EXE • Play the Game!
Join the military and set out on the tactical mission of a lifetime. You'll need to make split-second decisions throughout the game deciding whether you want to deploy troops, stand pat, or turn and run. A comprehensive statistical interface will tell you if your health is being depleted or you're running out of supplies for your soldiers, and a status meter will represent each of your targets.
The object of the game is to occupy territory, and that will mean fighting each battle to the end and capturing enemy troops whenever necessary. Mayday: Conflict Earth Review By Laurel Delude June 04, 2012 Warning: Mayday was released in Europe in 1998 under the exact same name and in the exact same condition it was released in the U.S.
A few weeks ago. For all intents and purposes this game is almost three years old. Mayday is dated and it shows. In 2051, the Earth's environmental resources have been depleted and catastrophic natural disasters are rampant. Instead of uniting as a human race, the world breaks into three separate factions to claim global supremacy and basically kick-start World War III. The three factions formed are the technologically efficient UCA (United Continents of America), the research handy ASF (Asian Federation), and the lascivious, smugglers of the SBL (Southern Block).

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DENVER — John Oliver will make a tour stop in Colorado this summer.
The Emmy Award-winning comedian and television host will bring his "John Oliver Live" tour to Denver's Bellco Theatre on Sunday, July 23.
Tickets for Oliver's Colorado tour stop will be available starting with local presales beginning Tuesday, May 23. General ticket sales begin Wednesday, May 24, at 10 a.m. at Ticketmaster.com.
Oliver is the host of the HBO show "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver" which has won 23 Primetime Emmys, five Writer’s Guild Awards, two Critics’ Choice Television Awards, four Television Critics Association Awards, and two Peabodys.
Oliver was a correspondent on "The Daily Show" from 2006 to 2013.
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From: The Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples/Americans/J.m. Bumsted
The settlement of the New England planters in Nova Scotia and the Loyalists in the loyal colonies of British North America helped establish an Americanized culture in what would become Canada. This culture was quite different from the French-Canadian culture of Quebec or the British culture of those coming from the British Isles.
In architecture, the Loyalists contributed the colonial-style wooden farmhouse and occasional early Georgian mansion to the Maritime landscape; more profoundly, they helped to popularize American housebuilding techniques employing wood-frame construction, something unknown in timber-starved Europe. With respect to language, the Loyalists were partly responsible for solidifying an American-style variant of English in British North America which half a century of massive British immigration between 1815 and 1865 could not erase. Travellers in the years before the War of 1812 frequently commented on the Americanized pronunciation, vocabulary, and usage so commonly found in the British colonies from Nova Scotia to Upper Canada. Meeting one man in Upper Canada in 1792, Patrick Campbell noted, “He answered in a twang peculiar to the New Englanders, ‘I viow nieu you may depn I’s just-a-coming,’ adding to a query about distance, ‘I viow nieu I guess I do’no – I guess nieu I do’no – I swear nieu I guess it is three miles’; he swore, vowed and guessed alternately, and was never like to come to the point, though he had but that instant come from it.”
The question of culture has been an obviously complex one for the American-born and their descendants in Canada. There can be no doubt that there has been and still is an identifiable culture in the United States and that American immigrants to Canada have brought this culture with them. At the same time, Canada has embraced so much of American popular culture that the American-born often do not feel that there is anything culturally distinctive about themselves. Many of the war resisters who came to Canada in the late 1960s and early 1970s were struck by the absence of a Canadian culture clearly distinct from the American one and, oddly enough, their calls for Canadian cultural independence were disparaged by Canadians for being “Americaninspired.” Canadians watch the same television programs, cheer for most of the same sports teams, and eat at the same fast-food restaurants. Among young Canadians, the regalia of American sports teams – T-shirts, sweatshirts, varsity jackets – is currently as fashionable (or even more so) than it is south of the border.
The vast bulk of the American-born in Canada have always spoken English, although according to the 1931 census 12.6 percent of the American-born (mainly the children of French-Canadians) spoke both English and French, and, according to R.H. Coats and M.C. MacLean, “only 68.72 p.c. [percent] of the Americanborn in 1931 spoke English as mother tongue and 13.72 spoke French, while 17.56 p.c. spoke other than English or French.” Mother tongues other than English were then quite common in rural Manitoba and rural Saskatchewan. In recent years, however, English has increasingly been the mother tongue of the American-born, even of those of French-Canadian ancestry. Moreover, the homogenization of pronunciation across North America has tended to reduce the distinctiveness of the accents of the American-born.
The commercialization through American popular culture of various aspects of American folk culture has meant that the folk culture has tended to lose its meaning both at home and abroad. Characteristic American gastronomy such as “Kentucky Fried Chicken” and “Big Macs,” have become the standard fare of fast-food chains on both sides of the border. American folk songs, including Woody Guthrie’s patriotic “This Land Is Your Land,” have been given Canadian lyrics. Because of the extent of cross-border exchange in settlement of the North American west, the identifiably distinctive costume, dance, and music of the “cowboy” have never really been solely the property of the United States or of Americans. Western garb (boots, jeans, cowboy hats) is commonly worn by western Canadians of all ethnic backgrounds, and one of the homes of “country and western music” has been the Atlantic region of Canada. American folk culture has not disappeared so much as it has been transformed into North American popular culture and disseminated by a media that pays little attention to the border. Finally, given the size of the immigrant group and the length of its history, Americans in Canada have produced surprisingly little self-conscious ethnic scholarship about their history or development.
Although there are some geographical, social, and occupational patterns for the American-born in Canada, their most common characteristic is to blend as much as possible into the host society. This blending is possible because of the relatively narrow cultural gap between the United States and Canada, the ubiquity of things American, and the proximity of the United States border to most people resident in Canada. The Americans are thus an ethnic group without an easily definable identity. They do not establish distinctive organizations or associations, since most of their most familiar associations have Canadian chapters or branches (usually described as “international”). In the 1920s one of the most distinctive American organizations – the Ku Klux Klan – was brought to Canada by American promoters as the “Ku Klux Klan of the British Empire,” converted into an imperial organization for Canadian consumption.
The American-born may have consumer and leisure preferences that are subtly different from those of Canadians – baseball is preferred to hockey, for example – but they can normally be served within the Canadian milieu without standing out as different. The majority of consumer goods available in the United States can also be obtained in Canada, either manufactured by Canadian branch plants or imported, and for the occasional item not usually available, substitutes can be found or the item purchased after a short excursion across the border. There is no shortage of American news in Canada, with American television, American newspapers, and journals easily imported and generally sold. In short, there is no need to organize an “American community” in Canada in order to “feel at home.” The American is quite able to maintain his or her traditional lifestyle or culture in Canada without any demonstrable effort.

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LOS ANGELES, LONDON and SYDNEY – Oct. 16, 2014 – Leading finance controls and automation software company BlackLine has reported its revenues are up more than 50 percent for the first three quarters of 2014 compared to the same period a year ago as global companies continue to accelerate adoption of BlackLine’s cloud platform for finance controls and automation. BlackLine also announced that its user count surpassed the 100,000 mark during the third quarter.
BlackLine’s unique platform provides a host of tightly integrated applications and packaged solutions that automate and accelerate the financial close and other key accounting and finance processes. Leading companies of all sizes are now integrating finance controls and automation solutions as part of their efforts to transform legacy, back-office operations into world-class, modern finance organizations with greater efficiencies and reduced compliance risk.
Applied Materials, Atlantis Casino, Resort & Spa, Cloud Peak Energy, La-Z-Boy, Louisiana Pacific Corp. and Web.com are just a few of the new BlackLine clients that signed on during the last quarter in North America. BlackLine is also seeing solid growth in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) and APAC (Asia-Pacific) regions, recently adding Elsevier and KFC in the United Kingdom and Bureau Veritas in France, as well as GPC Asia Pacific and Kmart Australia in APAC.
The new brand name organizations join an already impressive list of more than 900 BlackLine client companies around the world.
BlackLine was created to automate highly repetitive, manual accounting and finance tasks—tying up all the loose ends to liberate accountants to apply their talents to more strategic pursuits. The company’s introduction of its pioneering account reconciliation software in 2005 signified the development of an entirely new category of business technology, one erasing the drudgery, inefficiency and risk inherent in the previously manual, spreadsheet-based process, while offering unparalleled visibility into the underlying financial data.
Since then, BlackLine has added many new automated functions to its cloud-based technology platform, many created in tandem with the company’s enterprise-level and mid-market customers. Today, this robust platform comprises a variety of packaged solutions and key enabling technologies efficiently addressing multiple Finance and Accounting needs. The enormous amount of time accountants previously invested in manual exercises can now be reinvested in value-added activities, ensuring data transparency, enhanced controls and the integrity of data for reporting and compliance purposes.
BlackLine has made the Software 500 list of the world’s “largest and best performing” software companies for the past four years and the prestigious Inc. 500/5000 for the past seven years in a row, joining the ranks of such companies as Jamba Juice, Microsoft and Patagonia.
In addition to strong revenue growth, BlackLine also quadrupled its headcount in the past few years, adding jobs in the United States, United Kingdom and Australia.


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President Donald Trump announced on March 11th that almost all travel from Europe’s Schengen Area to the U.S. will be curtailed for 30 days as part of the administration’s effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus outbreak in the United States.
The Schengen Area comprises 26 European states: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. The Schengen Area currently has the largest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases outside of the People’s Republic of China. As of March 11, 2020, the number of cases in the 26 Schengen Area countries is 17,442, with 711 deaths, and shows high continuous growth in infection rates. In total, as of March 9, 2020, the Schengen Area has exported 201 COVID-19 cases to 53 countries. Moreover, the free flow of people between the Schengen Area countries makes the task of managing the spread of the virus difficult. Mr. Trump later said they would be extended to Britain and Ireland
The White House decision prohibits any foreign nationals—not just Europeans—from entering the United States if they have been in the Schengen Area within 14 days before their attempted entry. The ban does not apply to U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents, nor their spouses and children.
The administration is of the opinion that as the United States Government is unable to effectively evaluate and monitor all of the travelers continuing to arrive from the Schengen Area, there is potential for undetected transmission of the virus by infected individuals seeking to enter the United States from the Schengen Area. This threatens the security of our transportation system and infrastructure and national security. Given the importance of protecting persons within the United States from the threat of this harmful communicable disease, President Trump decided to take action to restrict and suspend the entry into the United States, as immigrants or nonimmigrants, of all aliens who were physically present within the Schengen Area during the 14-day period preceding their entry or attempted entry into the United States.
The employers with European national workers presently in the U.S. should also seek legal counsel. While these individuals are not subject to this new ban, the measures in their own countries combined with the new ban here in the U.S. may create circumstances where someone who needs to go back to their home country in Europe to renew their passport or other key documents will not be able to re-enter upon renewal.
The U.S. departments of State and Homeland Security are expected to provide more about the implementation of the travel ban, which will determine the options available to foreign national employees on assignment in Europe.
The Travel ban as it stands will not apply to
- (i) any lawful permanent resident of the United States;
- (ii) any alien who is the spouse of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident;
- (iii) any alien who is the parent or legal guardian of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, provided that the U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident is unmarried and under the age of 21;
- (iv) any alien who is the sibling of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident provided that both are unmarried and under the age of 21;
- (v) any alien who is the child, foster child, or ward of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident, or who is a prospective adoptee seeking to enter the United States pursuant to the IR-4 or IH-4 visa classifications;
- (vi) any alien traveling at the invitation of the United States Government for a purpose related to containment or mitigation of the virus;
- (vii) any alien traveling as a nonimmigrant pursuant to a C-1, D, or C-1/D nonimmigrant visa as a crewmember or any alien otherwise traveling to the United States as air or sea crew;


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Will Terrell Draws Zombie Boyon September 15, 2011 at 22:20
Artist extraordinaire, Will Terrell, created an unforgettable image of Zombie Boy and Gorr which I had to share with you!
Will is a superb draftsman and colorist, who creates an on-going series about four non-conformist high school kids, SuperZeroes. I highly recommend it! Thanks Will for this wonderful illustration!


The well-designed station that considers the modern commuter and community member can be much more than a place to buy a ticket and wait.
If you’ve ever been alone at a vacant train station at night, you know that can be an unsettling feeling. If, on the other hand, the area around the facility is bright and alive with activity, that’s a completely different experience.
My last post about train stations gave specific design tips for achieving a safe station. This time, I’m focusing more on the overall impression that the station conveys. However, as you will see, that impression impacts the extent to which occupants feel safe.
I encourage architects and owners to think of the train station as a vibrant activity node, rather than merely a place to buy a ticket and wait. When the station is a hub of activity day and night, the feeling of comfort grows tremendously. It’s a place where people want to be.
Something to think about before design even comes into the discussion: what amenities should a train station offer? These days, a small nook that offers coffee and candy bars might not be enough.
A more advanced café with food service or even a full-fledged restaurant within the station will entice commuters to come in early for a light breakfast, or to stay and have dinner before heading back to their cars. Even community members who may have no intention of taking a train might come in and have a meal.
And what about technology? Has the station adapted? Does it offer power jacks? WiFi? If it does, commuters are more likely to want to spend time at the station.
Contemporary amenities attract more people, which translates to safety.
I’m familiar with a breakfast/lunch restaurant that almost always has a long wait. Yes, it serves good food, but I also believe the restaurant’s architecture plays into its popularity. It’s by no means an award-winning design, but its brickwork, copper details, and pitched roofs convey a historic, cozy aesthetic.
I share this example to make a point: that the design of a facility does impact people’s willingness to use it.
Similarly, the design of the train station influences whether people perceive it as a destination. The right materials and style, whether traditional or contemporary, can invite people to spend more time in the station.
Certain architectural touches make people feel good about being in or near a station. For instance, clock towers provide visual focal points for surrounding areas. Canopied areas with masonry walls and plazas with umbrellas and picnic tables or benches create secure, defined meeting areas.
The design of the Tinley Park 80th Avenue Metra Station, for example, stays true to the late 19th century Richardsonian Romanesque style. The stone and brick walls, the copper trim, the slate roofs, and the clock tower create a welcoming feel.
Inside, the train station should create a living room atmosphere, a place where people are comfortable not only waiting for a train, but also having a bagel and reading a book or a tablet.
Again, the Tinley Park 80th Avenue station carries through some of its exterior brickwork to create a warm, rustic interior. The great hall features a large Tiffany-style chandelier, a 25-foot-high ceiling made of Douglas fir wood, and a stone stand-alone fireplace with two exhaust pipes made of copper.
That station, within walking distance of other village facilities, offers strong design, an Internet café with free WiFi, and even a full-service kitchen. It’s an activity node. I’ve even heard of people having wedding receptions there.
The train station can serve as a respite from the anxiety that urban haste causes. It offers benefits to many: a breath of fresh air to the rushed, a place to stop and linger for the stressed, a piece of the past for the nostalgic, a sense of pride for neighbors, and a glimpse of what a town is all about for commuters. When you put all these together, you have a place that feels safe.
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Terrible news to end 2021.According to
, actress Betty White, best known for her role as Rose Nylund in the 1980's sitcom
The Golden Girls
has passed away at 99-years-old.She was to turn 100 on January 17.
The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and
Elka Ostrovsky in the TV Land sitcom
Hot in Cleveland
as recently as 2015. Other credits include roles in
Date with the Angels,
The Betty White Show
The Love Boat
That '70s Show
The Bold and the Beautiful,
and much more
In 2010, she became the oldest person to ever host Saturday Night Live.The actress is a trailblazer in many ways after getting started in radio when she was 8-years-old in 1930. She was dubbed the "the first lady of game shows," for her appearance on game shows, and began her television career in 1939.Over the past year, Betty White would often become a trending topic on Twitter as her fans repeadly discussed her accomplishments, and what she meant to them as an actress, and person throughout her life.Our prayers go out to her family.


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Rosenstein agrees to sit for transcribed interview with Judiciary, Oversight leaders
WASHINGTON — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has agreed to sit for a transcribed interview with leaders of the House Judiciary and Oversight committees Oct. 24, the panels’ chairmen announced Thursday evening.
The announcement comes just hours after House Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows, an Oversight subcommittee chairman, called on Rosenstein to resign, citing his unwillingness to cooperate with the panels’ investigation.
“Even more importantly, based on further information we’ve learned over the last week, it’s also clear Mr. Rosenstein has shown a lack of candor in the way he characterized his involvement in a number of events to congressional investigators,” the North Carolina Republican said in a statement. “Repeatedly, he has declined opportunities to come before Congress and tell the truth.”
Several Judiciary and Oversight members thought Rosenstein was going to appear before the panels Oct. 11, but the date was never officially agreed to as Rosenstein allegedly did not want to sit for a transcribed interview before the full committees but offered to do a briefing instead.
Judiciary Chairman Robert W. Goodlatte and Oversight Chairman Trey Gowdy announced later Wednesday that Rosenstein will sit for a transcribed interview that they will conduct with Judiciary ranking members Jerold Nadler and Oversight ranking member Elijah E. Cummings.
The only other person will who be present for the interview besides Rosenstein and the four committee leaders will be a court reporter.
— CQ Roll Call
Florida lifts voting restrictions in eight Panhandle counties hit by hurricane
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Rick Scott issued an executive order Thursday that eases voting restrictions in eight Panhandle counties where election plans have been severely disrupted by Hurricane Michael.
The storm left more than 400,000 people without power and damaged or destroyed elections offices and polling places across the region.
The counties are Bay, Calhoun, Franklin, Gadsden, Gulf, Jackson, Liberty and Washington. Together, they represent about 200,000 voters, or less than 2 percent of the statewide total of more than 13 million voters.
Seven of the eight counties (all except Gadsden) are reliably Republican and all eight have a history of above-average turnouts in midterm elections.
Scott’s order gives the eight counties the ability to extend early voting days and to designate more early voting locations, even though the deadline to do so has passed.
Thursday’s action, while a direct result of the devastation caused by the hurricane, recalled Scott’s decision six years ago to sign legislation that curtailed early voting across the state, an action that was reversed the following year.
Scott’s executive order also allows counties to send mail ballots to an address different from the address of the voter requesting a ballot, and to provide mail ballots to a voter’s immediate family member on Election Day without the need for a signed affidavit declaring an emergency.
— Tampa Bay Times
Judge orders Trump administration to move forward with asylum process for migrants in family separation cases
SAN DIEGO — A San Diego federal judge has ordered the government to get moving on asylum determinations for reunited migrant families, dismissing the government’s objections that the settlement agreement that calls for such determinations hasn’t been finalized yet.
U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw, who has been overseeing the effort to reunify families forcibly separated at the border, gave unofficial preliminary approval to the settlement agreement last month. The settlement calls for immigration authorities to give the migrant families a second chance at applying for asylum.
The lawyers for the families had argued that when the families were separated at the border by the government, most children were not interviewed to determine if they had credible fear of returning to their homeland — an initial step to the asylum process. Their parents, however, were granted credible-fear interviews, but many were so distraught over being forcibly separated that they were not able to clearly advocate for themselves.
Under the settlement, those families still in the U.S. — including many in immigration detention — will be granted interviews. The entire family unit will be allowed to remain in the U.S. until every family member has completed the process, even if one or more members fails.
— San Diego Union-Tribune
Federal authorities launch probe into Pennsylvania Catholic church
HARRISBURG, Pa. — On the heels of the scathing grand jury report on clergy sexual abuse in Pennsylvania, the U.S. attorney’s office in Philadelphia has subpoenaed all eight Roman Catholic dioceses in the state for its records, according to two sources familiar with the inquiry.
The subpoenas cast a wide net, seeking information for crimes ranging from possession of child pornography and priests transporting children across state lines, the sources said.
The Associated Press, which first reported the subpoenas, said federal authorities also sought documents stored in the church’s so-called “secret archives,” and records related to the dioceses’ organizational charts, finances, insurance coverage, clergy assignments, treatment and other documents.
Several dioceses in the state confirmed the existence of a federal inquiry, including the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
“The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has received a subpoena issued by a federal grand jury, which requires the production of certain documents,” said spokesman Ken Gavin. “The Archdiocese will cooperate with the United States Department of Justice in this matter.”
Federal authorities served subpoena on the archdiocese Oct. 9, Gavin said.
— The Philadelphia Inquirer
Jury finds maintenance workers not guilty in first trial after waterslide accident
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A jury in Kansas’ Wyandotte County acquitted two Schlitterbahn maintenance workers who were accused of lying to obstruct an investigation into the 2016 death of a boy on the Verruckt water slide.
The judge read verdicts of not guilty to the charges against David Hughes and John Zalsman. A jury of eight women and two men reached the verdict Thursday afternoon.
Hughes and Zalsman were indicted in May on charges of lying to interfere with a law enforcement investigation.
Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents last year were investigating the death of Caleb Schwab, who died Aug. 7, 2016, on the Verruckt water slide. Verruckt carried riders down an initial 17-story descent before the raft climbed a second hump. It’s about a third of the way up that second hump where a brake mat had existed, ostensibly to slow the pace of the raft as it made the ascent.
Defense attorneys said both men made misstatements to investigators, just like others who had been interviewed, but that Hughes and Zalsman had been singled out.
The attorneys said the Kansas attorney general could not prove that they knowingly lied and sought to interfere with the investigation. In fact, they spoke with investigators willingly and without attorneys present.
During separate interviews with KBI agents, Hughes and Zalsman appeared to suggest that the brake pad had only been in place during testing of the ride, but not when it was operating for the general public.
— The Kansas City Star
Top Afghan officials killed in Kandahar shooting; U.S. commander unhurt
KABUL, Afghanistan — At least two senior Afghan officials, including a powerful police chief, were killed and two Americans were injured Thursday when an Afghan security guard opened fire at the provincial governor’s compound in Kandahar province, officials said.
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan had just left a meeting at the compound and was unhurt, but the shooting claimed the life of a key U.S. ally: Abdul Raziq, the Kandahar police chief and one of the most reliable — and controversial — commanders in the 17-year war against the Taliban.
Afghan officials said the provincial intelligence chief was also killed, and there were unconfirmed reports that the provincial governor had died of injuries sustained in the shooting.
The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, one of the most devastating assassinations of the war, and said its targets were Razaq and Army Gen. Austin “Scott” Miller, the commander of U.S.-led coalition forces in Afghanistan.
Afghan news media reported that the gunman was wearing the uniform of the Afghan security forces and was a member of the provincial leadership’s security team.
A statement from the U.S.-led NATO coalition described the shooting as “an Afghan-on-Afghan incident.” It said Miller had escaped unharmed and three coalition personnel had been wounded and were medically evacuated. They included a U.S. service member, an American civilian and a coalition contractor whose nationality was not immediately released.
— Los Angeles Times


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The Game Awards 2017 is going to be the best show in the gaming industry this year. It is going to be a great way to see the best of the best in the gaming industry. This year, From Software will be teasing their next project. This could be a new game, a new DLC, or a new IP. The only thing we know is that it is coming in 2017.
Games are meant to be fun. Sometimes, the fun is in the journey, where you experience something novel, something that was created just for you. In the other case, the fun is in the reward, and that’s where the real fun comes in. We live in a world where we get rewarded for our skills and effort, and when you have fun playing a game, you’re bound to have a good time. There’s nothing wrong for a gamer to enjoy the journey meant for fun, but there is something wrong when you get bored with the reward.
After the announcement of Project Death Star, the most anticipated game of 2017, gamers went crazy with the news. Some speculated that the game was a new project, while others believe it was just a teaser for something much bigger. What exactly is Project Death Star? According to the game maker From Software, it’s a free-to-play RPG that takes place in a dark post-apocalyptic Earth that’s been ravaged by a mysterious meteorite, a bleak future where humanity has been divided into clans, and the epic battle between the clans for survival.
From Software debuted a teaser for their next project at the 2017 Game Awards. What was briefly seen above, clocking in at less than 30 seconds, hinting at it potentially being a sequel to the PS4 exclusive Bloodborne.
Because there isn’t much information at the present, this may still be a new Souls series or perhaps a new Armored Core, which is still possible. Fans were recently reassured by From Software through Twitter that a new Armored Core game might be on the way.


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"If it weren't for the visa-free policy with the EU, there would be less migration" - Irakli Kobakhidze
Kobakhidze on visa-free policy
The main reason for emigration from Georgia is not poverty and unemployment, as experts say, but the introduction of a visa-free policy for Georgians by the European Union, chairman of the Georgian Dream party, Irakli Kobakhidze, says.
“If it were not for the visa-free poliucy with the European Union, we can say with confidence that in 2018-2021 Georgia would have had so many people leave,” Kobakhidze asserted.
In his view demographic trends in Georgia require serious attention, but the topic is dominated by speculative and exaggerated statements that require a proper response.
“When an economically strong country simplifies the visa poliucy for residents of an economically weaker country, naturally this fact contributes to the outflow of the population,” Kobakhidze said.
In a Facebook post, Kobakhidze cites Lithuania and Latvia as examples:
“After joining the European Union and the introduction of a visa-free policy, the population of Lithuania decreased by 600,000 – from 3.4 to 2.8 million, and in Latvia by 400,000 – from 2.3 to 1.9 million. The vast majority of Lithuanians and Latvians who left the country were young people.”
Kobakhidze also mentioned the US visa policy and notes that it is stricter for Georgian citizens than for Russian citizens:
“In 2021, the US approved 71% of visa applications for Russian citizens and only 37% of visa applications for Georgian citizens.”
“This circumstance creates inconvenience for the citizens of Georgia, including forcing some to take risks and move to the United States through Mexico,” Kobakhidze wrote.
Talking about the reasons for migration, Kobakhidze does not mention unemployment, poverty and high inflation in the country.
- Every fifth family in Georgia lacks money for food – new NDI study
- To America through Mexico – where, how, and why Georgian citizens are leaving
- ‘A [Georgian] separation’: female emigrants on work, motherhood and family
Economist Beso Namchavadze, an expert at Transparency International-Georgia, calls Kobakhidze’s statement an “anti-Western message”.
“Kobakhidze is manipulating numbers. He chose such countries – Latvia and Lithuania – whose population has decreased the most since joining the European Union. But he said nothing about their neighbor Estonia, whose population has decreased quite a bit since joining the EU. And the population of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Slovenia, on the contrary, increased after joining the European Union.
Theoretically, Kobakhidze is right that ‘when an economically strong country simplifies the visa regime for residents of an economically weaker country, naturally this fact contributes to the outflow of the population.’ However, either he doesn’t know, or he is again lying to voters when he doesn’t tell them that rapprochement with the European Union and eventual accession opens up great prospects for the country, which may, on the contrary, slow migration down.
The same thing happened in Latvia and Lithuania – until 2004 (Latvia and Lithuania became members of the European Union in 2004), many more people left these countries every year than after joining the EU. The European Union did not speed up migration, but, on the contrary, slowed it dow,” Namchavadze asserts.
According to him, the decline in population and the negative balance of migration have many reasons, and “if you explain it with one reason, you are already manipulating.”
“The main reason for emigration from Georgia is poverty, lack of legitimacy of prospects, violence, etc.,” he believes.
In his view joining Europe will not increase emigration from Georgia, but on the contrary will reduce it, because it will provide opportunities for security, protection of human rights and overcoming economic problems.
“If anything reduces (both numerically, and quantitatively, and morally) the population of Georgia, it is poverty and injustice! People enter the United States even without a visa, through the Mexican border, and there will be even more of them in the future,” Namchavadze intoned.

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High school basketball: Dunnellon posts comeback win over North Marion in girls basketball
DUNNELLON — After losing to North Marion by 38 points in December, the Dunnellon girls basketball team showed how much it has improved with a thrilling 71-67 come-from-behind district victory against NMHS on Wednesday night.
The loss dropped the Colts to 12-6 overall and 1-1 in District 4-4A. The Tigers, who were led by junior guard Kmari Williams' game-high 31 points, improved to 20-2 (1-1).
"It was a heck of a ballgame," second-year Dunnellon coach Chris Thompson said. "I told the girls they had to dig deep because (the Colts have) got heart, we got heart and in the end it's going to come down to has more heart and our girls pulled through. We lost to North Marion early in the season pretty bad, so this is a big statement for our team."
The first quarter was tightly contested as NMHS junior center Dy'ani Hadley scored eight of her team-high 28 points and junior guard Brianna Garcia added six of her 16.
Dunnellon answered as sophomore guard Tatiana Matthews scored seven points, Williams had five and Paige Powell drained a pair of 3-pointers, including one at the buzzer off a perfectly executed inbounds play, to give the Tigers a 21-20 lead heading to the second period.
The back-and-forth action continued as North Marion's D'Nhia Johnson knocked down a 3-pointer as part of a 13-point effort and Garcia added four points to give the Colts a slim lead midway through the quarter.
DHS responded as Williams scored eight points and center Dijonay Foster added six points to put the Tigers up by two with less than a minute to play in the half.
North Marion's Hadley, who had 14 rebounds, pulled down a missed shot and powered her way to the basket for a layup to tie the score at 39 at halftime.
Back and forth in the second half
Dunnellon struggled to put the ball in the basket early in the third period and NMHS took advantage, as Johnson scored four points, Hadley added four and E'niah Tensley drained a trey from the right wing to give the Colts a 52-43 lead with 3:54 left in the quarter.
DHS roared back, thanks to several North Marion turnovers and the talented Williams, who torched the nets for 12 points to pull the Tigers within 55-52 heading to the final eight minutes.
North Marion continued to battle and Garcia's floater in the lane put the Colts up, 63-58, with 3:56 remaining in the game.
Dunnellon refused to quit as Matthews scored three of her 21 points and Williams added six, including a free throw and a banked 3-pointer from the top of the key to give the Tigers a 67-65 lead.
North Marion turned the ball over on its next possession and was forced to foul. Matthews calmly swished both free throws to extend Dunnellon's lead to 71-67 with 17.3 seconds left in the game.
A desperation 3-pointer by North Marion bounced off the rim and Dunnellon grabbed the rebound and ran out the clock to seal the exciting victory.
"We knew it was going to be a ballgame," Thompson said. "We historically have been a Kmari and Tatiana team, but my focus this year was to get the team involved to get some of the pressure off them. Dijonay played well and our bench stepped up tonight and really put up some points. I want people to know that Dunnellon is a full team, we're not just a two-person team."
Dunnellon, which honored Williams before the game for scoring her 1,000th career point this week, is looking to ride the momentum from this victory into the district tournament which begins in two weeks.
"This is a huge win for us and our goal is to win the district title," Thompson said. "Dunnellon is known as a football school, we want it to be known as a girls basketball school, too."
DHS is back on the hardwood with a game at Crystal River tonight. North Marion will visit Heart Home School on Monday at 6:30 p.m.