Get out by 3am: Residents in dozens of Sydney suburbs are ordered to evacuate as waters rise - and authorities warn the worst of the rain bomb is yet to come
- Rain bomb struck Sydney and surrounding regions on Wednesday afternoon
- Warragamba Dam began spilling and is expected to flood over the top for days
- Residents in Milperra, Lansvale Chipping Norton and Picton urged to evacuate
- Major flood alert is in place for the Hawkesbury and Nepean rivers this afternoon
- Residents in areas that have been flooded in the past urged to prepare to leave
- Meteorologist says ground is so saturated there's 'nowhere' for the water to go
A colossal rain bomb has hit Sydney bringing threats of major flooding and storms, after residents were told to prepare for a 'tough night' ahead and thousands were urged to evacuate their homes.
The Bureau of Meteorology has warned the wet weather system will bring the risk of heavy rain, damaging winds, abnormally high tides and possible coastal erosion.
Deputy Premier Paul Toole said wet conditions in NSW were going to get worse before they got better with the heavy deluge to last well into Thursday.
'This is our worst fear. We are seeing the situation get worse. And it will get worse before it gets better,' Mr Toole said during a briefing on Wednesday evening.
'If you were affected by floods in March of 2021, then you are asked to leave your home now. This is going to be a tough night for residents in that area. This is going to be a tough night for people here in NSW.'
A major flood warning was issued on Wednesday afternoon for the Hawkesbury and Nepean rivers in the city's west and north-west, where residents are already on high alert for deadly floods.
BoM has issued severe weather warnings from the Mid-North Coast to the South Coast on Wednesday - covering Gosford, Greater Sydney, Wollongong, Newcastle and parts of the Blue Mountains.
'Severe thunderstorms are possible across the Northern Rivers, Mid North Coast and Northern Tablelands on Wednesday through to Friday and possibly into the weekend,' a weather update said.
A Flood Watch remains for Hunter, Central Coast, Greater Sydney, Illawarra, South Coast and Queanbeyan areas as heavy rain continues to hammer the state.
Thursday morning is forecast to be a period of major concern for residents and SES workers as a band of intense rain combines with a low pressure system.
While rain is set to ease on Friday, blue skies in Sydney remain out of the question, with another wet weather system forecast for the weekend.
At about 9pm on Wednesday those in Camden, in Sydney's south-west were told to evacuate immediately.
Those in Milperra, Chipping Norton, Georges Hall, Moorebank, Warwick Farm and Lansvale have been told to leave their homes by 3am.
BoM warned the wet weather system will bring the risk of heavy rain, damaging winds, abnormally high tides and possible coastal erosion to large parts of NSW on Thursday
The entire town of Ballina (above) has been ordered to evacuate, as more than 2.5 metres of floodwater are predicted to fall on northern NSW. on Wednesday
A man carries his canoe through the flooded Ballina Road in Lismore on Wednesday as rain continues to bear down on Sydney
A storm warning was issued for Darling Downs, Granite Belt, Wide Bay and Burnett on Wednesday evening (pictured, flooded scenes in Lismore)
An east coast low is crawling down the coast of NSW (pictured), bringing intense rainfall. The most intense rainfall is in purple, but the rains are likely to miss the parts of the east coast
The latest on the NSW flood/weather emergency
- List of evacuation orders across the state has expanded - anyone who was affected by the floods in March 2021 in western Sydney urged to evacuate
- BoM has issued severe weather warnings stretching from the NSW Mid-North Coast to South Coast - covering Wollongong, Newcastle, parts of the Blue Mountains, Gosford and Greater Sydney
- The SES has directed people in Georges Hall and parts of Chipping Norton, Lansvale, Milperra, Moorebank and Warwick Farm to leave homes by 3am
- Residents in North Richmond have been ordered to evacuate due to fears the Redbank Dam will fail and flood properties below
- A major flood warning was issued on Wednesday afternoon for the Hawkesbury and Nepean rivers in the city's west and north-west
- The first evacuations have begun in the city's south-west with parts of Milperra, Chipping Norton and Lansvale
- The Georges river is expected to reach moderate flood levels at Milperra and Liverpool by Thursday morning
- Streets are already underwater in Richmond while in nearby Penrith and the Hawkesbury, residents are on high alert and ready to leave
- The NSW SES has advised any residents impacted by flooding in the past from the Hawkesbury and Nepean Rivers to prepare now to evacuate
- The Yarramundi Bridge is now closed with the North Richmond Bridge expected to close on Wednesday night or Thursday morning
- South-west of Sydney, residents in the Picton CBD are preparing to evacuate
- Minor flooding is occurring at Penrith and North Richmond
- Major flooding is possible along the Hawkesbury and Lower Nepean River at Penrith, North Richmond and Windsor
- Sydney's Warragamba Dam began spilling early Wednesday morning, which forecasters believe could continue for up to two weeks
The NSW State Emergency Service have released multiple evacuation warnings for the Hawkesbury-Nepean River System including parts of north and west Penrith and the eastern part of the Richmond lowlands.
'Falls of 100-300mm over the next 24 to 48 hours are possible, which may impact communities in metropolitan areas, Illawarra and parts of Mid North Coast, Hunter, South Coast, Central Tablelands and Southern Tablelands,' an BoM update stated.
Multiple Sydney public schools have also been forced to close as of Wednesday afternoon due to the weather, after many in northern parts of the state had to shut.
It comes as the body of a man aged in his 70s was found in a flooded unit on Cromer Street, South Lismore just after 2pm on Wednesday.
He is yet to be formally identified and is the fourth person to die in Lismore from the floods in recent days.
It comes as loved ones paid tribute to another victim identified as grandfather Stuart Bock, 56, whose body was found floating in the Lismore CBD on Wednesday morning.
Mr Bock's family and friends had spent three agonising days searching for him after he selflessly ventured into town to help with sandbagging at a local pub.
His daughter thanked those who had helped search for her father, who'd been missing since Sunday afternoon.
The NSW flooding has headed south into Sydney, with the town of Camden (pictured) hammered with a heavy deluge on Wednesday
Residents in parts of Camden (pictured) have been order to evacuate now or risk being trapped without power, water and other essentials
The evacuation order comes as water levels at the Camden Weir rise to 8.5 metres
SYDNEY PUBLIC SCHOOLS CLOSED
The following schools have been closed as of Wednesday afternoon:
Bringelly Public School
Colo Heights Public School
Colo Vale Public School
Ebenezer Public School
Harrington Park Public School
Hawkesbury High School
Leppington Public School
Nepean Creative and Performing Arts High School
Penrith Valley Learning Centre
Picton High School
Picton Public School
Pitt Town Public School
Vineyard Public School
Wallacia Public School
Warragamba Public School
Windsor High School
Windsor Park Public School
Woronora River Public School
The body of a man aged in his 70s was found in a flooded unit on Cromer Street, South Lismore just after 2pm on Wednesday (pictured, flood rescue teams in Schofield, Sydney)
Two women aged in their 80s were also found dead inside their Lismore homes after they were overrun by floodwaters (pictured, flood rescue teams prepare a boat in Schofields, Sydney)
There are fears the bodies of more trapped residents will be found on Wednesday as the massive clean up effort continues in Lismore and surrounding areas (pictured, rescue crews)
'To everyone who has helped in the search of our dad and has been reaching out, unfortunately we have identified his body. He was swept away in the flood waters in Lismore on Sunday afternoon around 4.30pm,' she wrote on Facebook.
Two women aged in their 80s were also found dead inside their homes after they were overrun by floodwaters.
One of the victims has been identified as much-loved Lismore country singer Marge Graham, 82, who was found in her South Lismore home on Tuesday.
The other woman was identified as Lorraine Hyman, 84, who died in her home in Lismore.
There are fears the bodies of more trapped residents will be found on Wednesday as the massive clean up effort continues.
The first evacuations began in the city's south-west with parts of Milperra, Chipping Norton and Lansvale ordered to leave immediately as the Georges River rises.
The river is expected to reach moderate flood levels at Milperra and Liverpool by Thursday morning with the State Emergency Service (SES) advising rising waters from the Georges River 'may isolate the area'.
'You may be trapped without power, water and other essential services and it may be too dangerous to rescue you,' the alert read.
Residents in Picton south-west of Sydney were also urged to get ready to leave.
The first evacuations began in the city's south-west with parts of Milperra, Chipping Norton and Lansvale ordered to leave immediately as the Georges River rises
Residents in Picton south-west of Sydney were also urged to get ready to leave
The SES has issued a warning for residents in low lying areas of Woronora to prepare to evacuate from at least 15 suburban streets
The SES has issued a warning for residents in low lying areas of Woronora to prepare to evacuate from at least 15 suburban streets.
Homeowners have been asked to prepare to evacuate or risk being trapped without electricity, essential services or water by rising floodwaters.
BoM forecaster Dean Narramore said about 50mm to 150mm would hit some parts of Sydney, where the ground was already saturated: 'The water has nowhere to go except for creeks, rivers, streams, eventually dams and major river systems through eastern parts of New South Wales.'
Emergency Services Minister Steph Cooke said: 'While we're all hoping for the very best, we must be prepared for the worst.'
Mr Toole said 600 gigalitres of water was going over the wall of the Redbank Dam in North Richmond - which officials expect to fail.
The extreme weather system is due to rain down somewhere between Wollongong and Newcastle on NSW's South Coast before dawn on Thursday.
The incessant rain is set to hit already saturated ground across Sydney, the Illawarra, the Central Coast and perhaps the Hunter.
The Illawarra Highway has been closed in both directions at Macquarie Pass, a section of the road with a lot of waterfalls, with 282m falling from 9am to 5pm.
Countless business owners in Lismore have been forced to throw damaged merchandise away after an 'unfathomable' amount of rainfall in the region
Some Sydneysiders braved the commute to work on Wednesday morning despite the deluge
A major flood warning was issued for the Nepean river, in Penrith, west of Sydney, on Wednesday afternoon with residents on high alert (pictured, houses on the river bank)
Piles of destroyed goods were loaded into trucks after Lismore was hit with an unprecedented amount of rain with the worst still to come
NSW: List of current Evacuation Warnings Orders in Sydney's west and south-west
Low Lying Areas of Western Lennox Head
Low lying parts of Ballina CBD
Low lying areas of South Ballina
Low lying areas of Ballina and surrounding areas
Low lying parts of Wharf St, Casino
Low lying parts of Casino near river
Low lying areas of Lawrence and surrounding areas
Low lying properties in Maclean
Low lying areas Broadwater and Cabbage Tree Island
Woodburn, Swan Bay and Surrounds
Clarence River at Brushgrove and Cowper
Low lying properties in Southgate
Low lying properties in Ulmarra
Murwillumbah CBD and low-lying areas of East Murwi
Low lying areas of Coraki
Rocky Creek Dam
Brunswick River at Mullumbimby
Marshalls Creek at Billinudgel
Ocean Shore, New Brighton, Sth Golden Beach
Low lying properties in Iluka
Sth Murwillumbah, Condong, and surrounding areas
Kyogle Lower CBD
Tumbulgum and Surrounding Areas
Evac Warnings (9 locations)
Parts of Lansvale
Parts of Milperra
Parts of Chipping Norton 1
Parts of Chipping Norton 2
Sth Murwillumbah, Condong, and surrounding areas
Uki and surrounding areas
SES Commissioner Carlene York said several hundred thousand people would be affected by the heavy rainfall and said she didn't want any more lives lost.
'You don't have to evacuate straight away. But you must prepare,' she said. 'We're trying to give you as much notice as possible so you can evacuate.'
Ms York said evacuation centres would provide temporary assistance to those affected by floods and asked people to make 'sensible decisions'.
'I also must caution you that this is an intense rainfall and we have seen record levels that we haven't seen in the recorded history,' she said.
'So even though your street may not be mentioned in some of these alerts, just be aware that the waters may rise in other areas and be alert and be prepared.'
'We know in realistic terms we may see more loss of life over the coming days,' deputy premier Paul Toole said. This is a catastrophic event.'
A flooded street in Penrith, where residents are preparing to evacuate due to major flood
Residents in Richmond, Windsor and Penrith are on high alert just 12 months after floods devastated the region (pictured, a flooded street in Penrith is closed to motorists)
Residents in the low lying areas of Penrith and the Hawkesbury are also on high alert and preparing to leave, just 12 months after floods devastated the region.
Major flooding 'similar to March 2021' have been warned for both catchments.
The BoM have issued a Road Weather Alert for those commuting in Sydney on Wednesday and Thursday and have urged drivers to take care on the roads.
'Take EXTREME care if you need to drive. Flooded roads are very difficult to see particularly at night,' the bureau warned.
'The depth and speed of water is also difficult to judge - if it's flooded, forget it. We also have a risk of landslides and trees coming down.'
Streets are already underwater in Richmond while in nearby Penrith, residents were pictured sandbagging their homes in preparation of the imminent danger.
The Yarramundi Bridge is closed with the North Richmond Bridge expected to close on Wednesday night or Thursday morning, Hawkesbury mayor Patrick Connoly said.
An aerial view of flooded streets and properties in Yamba, in northern NSW
Several northern NSW towns have been forced to evacuate as a weather system moves down from southeast Queensland bringing unprecedented rain on Wednesday
Windsor Bridge could close in the coming days.
South-west of Sydney, residents in the Picton CBD are preparing to evacuate.
'Once floodwaters begin to rise in Stonequarry Creek, you will see flooding of roads, sewerage lines and power may be lost, and properties may be inundated,' SES warned.
'If you remain in the area you may become trapped and it may be too dangerous for SES to rescue you.'
Authorities have declared the next 24 hours as 'absolutely critical' as NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet described the evolving emergency as an unprecedented situation.
He urged residents issued with evacuation orders to act immediately.
'We have volunteers on the frontline putting their lives at risk to keep people safe,' he said.
'So please everyone as these floods move through from the north to the south, we follow those instructions, those evacuation warnings if they are in place, prepare, please get ready to leave.'
'Don't have your past experience with floods inform your current position when those orders are made.
'Those orders are there to keep you and your family safe. Please follow those instructions and that will ensure we all get through this together.'
Piles of destroyed goods line the streets in flood-affected parts of Lismore's city centre
A woman pushes her bike through the town of Ballina, northern NSW on Wednesday as Sydney braces for more torrential rain
Communities affected by the Hawkesbury-Nepean floods almost exactly one year ago have been warned they could be in for a 'tough night' on Wednesday
Minor flooding is occurring at Penrith and North Richmond while major flooding is possible along the Hawkesbury and Lower Nepean River at Penrith, North Richmond and Windsor (pictured, flooded scenes on Ballina Road in Lismore)
Ms Cooke, the emergency services minister, added: 'Sydney as we know, is on high alert right now and to everyone in that Sydney region, we ask you please, keep an eye on the BOM warnings, keep an eye on the evacuation warnings if they are issued which may escalate into evacuation orders.'
Minor flooding is occurring at Penrith and North Richmond while major flooding is possible along the Hawkesbury and Lower Nepean River at Penrith, North Richmond and Windsor.
'The river heights may affect the bridges later this afternoon,' Hawkesbury SES posted.
'Residents and businesses, in low-lying areas along these river systems and adjoining creeks, should be ready to evacuate, if requested. Ensure you take pets and valuables with you.
'Horses and livestock should be relocated to higher ground.'
Closer to the city, business owners are also relying on sandbags to protect their premises from potential flash flooding in Marrickville.
It comes after Sydney's Warragamba Dam began spilling early Wednesday morning, which could continue for up to two weeks.
Localised storms could result in life-threatening flooding events.
'Recent rainfall over the Nepean and Hawkesbury River catchments and a deepening East Coast Low is bringing heavy rainfall from Wednesday with the potential to cause major flooding along the Nepean and and Hawkesbury Rivers.
The Georges river is expected to reach moderate flood levels at Milperra and Liverpool by Thursday morning (pictured, an SES photo of a flooded street in Liverpool)
An ambulance races through flooded streets in Liverpool on Wednesday
SES volunteers are seen wading through the knee-deep water in Liverpool
'River level rises are occurring along the Nepean River where major flooding is possible from Wednesday afternoon.
Along the Hawkesbury major flooding is possible from overnight Wednesday into Thursday at Penrith, North Richmond and Windsor based on forecast rainfall.'
There are fears the flooding could be as bad as last year's disaster.
'We are expecting this might be as bad as we saw last year,' NSW State Emergency Service Commissioner Carlene York said.
'We know the devastation that caused in the community. And what we don't want to do is lose any more lives. The best way to save lives is to be prepared and listen to warnings.'
The intense rain has already hit Sydney's west (pictured a partially flooded road in Silverwater)
The dangerous surf conditions didn't deter this adventurous surfer at Bondi on Wednesday
Cars are seen driving through a partially flooded road near Warragamba Dam, which spilled on Wednesday morning
Penrith residents load cars with sandbags to protect their homes as they prepare for the worst
Parramatta Wharf has been inundated with water for the second time within days
Large swathes of the NSW coast are bracing for a drenching on Wednesday (pictured Sydneysiders battling the rain on Tuesday)
Key facts: The NSW flood/weather emergency
* Massive 'rain bomb' that caused widespread flooding and devastation in south east Queensland and northern NSW has hit Sydney
*Hundreds of Sydneysiders in the south-west ordered to evacuate.
*Thousand more on high alert with major flood warning issued for Hawkesbury and Nepean Rivers
*Authorities says the next 24 hours is 'absolutely critical'
*Country music singer identified as one of the Lismore flood victims
Dozens of roads have been closed across city's north-west and south-west, including Pitt Town Road near Glebe Road at Pitt Town, Cattai Ridge Road at Glenorie and Joadja Road at Cartwright near Liverpool.
Up to 250mm of rain is expected over the ranges and Sydney's outskirts over the next two days with lighter falls near the coast.
Up to 120mm was expected over a six hour period with flash flooding a possibility between from Sydney down to Bega, on the state's south coast.
BOM has issued flood warnings from the Hunter right down towards the Victorian border,' he said.
Forecaster Helen Kirkup told Daily Mail Australia: 'There is a significant amount of rain at the moment with most of it in Sydney's west.'
'The coastal areas may miss out on the worst of it. But there is still quite a lot of rain which will continue through to tomorrow morning.'
The worst of the rain is expected to fall between lunchtime and 6pm Wednesday night.
'The wettest areas will be away from the coast,' Weatherzone's Brett Dutschke told Daily Mail Australia.
'The rain will ease overnight with the potential of heavy bursts inland.'
Marge Graham (pictured) has been identified as one of the Lismore flood victims
SES volunteers from Sydney's Hills district (pictured) are getting ready for a long night ahead
The Warragamba Dam (pictured on Wednesday morning) is expected to spill for days
'Today's going to be probably the hardest day in Lismore's history to be honest with you,' Lismore mayor Steve Krieg said.
'Today's all about rescue and recovery.'
The flood crisis in northern NSW continues with thousands of Ballina residents forced to evacuate, including hospital patients.
The entire town is on evacuation alert after the Richmond River burst its banks.
Swathes of far northern NSW remain flooded, including the town of Ballina (pictured)
People's possessions littered the pavements in Lismore as the mammoth clean up begins
The massive clean up began on Wednesday in Lismore as the flood waters began to recede
Dangerous weather conditions are expected all the way from south of Newcastle in the Hunter to north of Eden on the South Coast and reach inland as far as the Blue Mountains.
Penrith in Sydney's west has copped a 67.8mm drenching in the 24 hours up until 8.30am Wednesday with more rain on the way.
Other hard hit suburbs included Holsworthy (66.8mm), Lucas Heights (54.7mm), Terrey Hills (44.6mm) and Camden (44.4mm).
The search for trapped Lismore residents in flooded homes will continue on Wednesday
The bodies of two elderly women trapped in their flooded Lismore homes have been found in the last 24 hours, sparking fears the death toll will rise (pictured, rescuers in Lismore)
Those in Sydney's north-west have been warned of potential flooding from the Hawkesbury and Nepean rivers, with many sandbagging their homes in preparation
Many streets and homes in Lismore are still inundated with water two days later after the worst of the deluge
Warragamba Dam was at 99 per cent capacity on Tuesday and began spilling 3am Wednesday.
FLOOD WARNING FOR HAWKESBURY-NEPEAN RIVERS
The Hawkesbury River at North Richmond is likely to exceed the moderate flood level (7.90 m) late Wednesday afternoon. The river level may exceed the major flood level (10.50 m) Wednesday evening and may reach around 14.00 metres during Thursday, with major flooding. Further rises possible.
The Hawkesbury River at Windsor is likely to exceed the minor flood level (5.80 m) late Wednesday afternoon. The Hawkesbury River at Windsor may exceed the moderate flood level (7.00 m) Wednesday evening and may reach the major flood level (12.20 m) during Thursday. Further rises possible.
The Hawkesbury River at Sackville is likely to exceed the minor flood level (4.60 m) Thursday morning. The river level may reach the moderate flood level (7.30 m) during Thursday. Further rises are possible.
The Hawkesbury River at Lower Portland may exceed the moderate flood level (6.10 m) Thursday morning. Further rises above the major flood level (7.60 m) are possible with forecast rainfall.
The Hawkesbury River at Wisemans Ferry may reach the moderate flood level (3.50 m) Thursday morning. Further rises possible.
Minor flooding is occurring along the Colo River at Putty Road. Moderate flooding is possible. The Colo River at Putty Road may reach around 3.50 metres Wednesday evening with minor flooding. Further rises above the moderate flood level (5.7m) are possible.
The predicted spill rate is up to 250 gigalitres a day in the coming weeks, roughly half the amount leaked during the floods that devastated western Sydney 12 months ago.
'The spill rate will ultimately be determined by the intensity of the rainfall and the inflow generated,' WaterNSW said.
'Nonetheless downstream river level increases are likely and will also be influenced by the volume of inflows from tributaries downstream of the dam.'
Western Sydney minister Stuart Ayres told 2GB: 'The water inflows into the dam are not as high as first anticipated so that is a good sign.'
'But it is incredibly dependent on where the rainfall actually takes place.'
The State Emergency Service (SES) has warned residents in inner-city Marrickville of potential flash flooding for a second time within a week.
Several roads have been closed due to overnight rain, including Wakehurst Parkway between Narrabeen and Oxford Falls on the northern beaches and Cambridge Avenue at Glenfield in the city's south-west.
One of two northbound lanes of the Princes Highway at Kiama on the NSW south coast has been shut due to a landslide.
There are dangerous surf conditions along the the coast with surfers, swimmers, boaters and rock fishermen urged to stay away.
BoM has also warned of abnormal tides and widespread coastal erosion along much of the NSW coast.
Thunderstorms with damaging winds and heavy to torrential rain may also lead to flash flooding along the length of the coast from the Hunter down to Bega on the south coast, combined with severe warnings of abnormally high tides and damaging surf.
Sydneysiders have been urged to stay home and not commute to work.
'Our number one priority is safety. Motorists should exercise extreme caution and never drive through floodwaters,' Transport for NSW boss Howard Collins said.
'We ask our customers to postpone their journey if possible or to allow plenty of additional travel time. We want to ensure everyone arrives at their destination safely.'
There have been no issues so far with Sydney Trains during the morning commute.
The Bureau of Meteorology forecasted as much as 120mm of rain, which could lead to flash flooding, may fall across these areas over a six hour period early on Wednesday morning.
A total of 200mm of rainfall is possible in Sydney on Wednesday alone, followed by a further 20 to 45mm on Thursday.
Damaging winds of up to 90km/h are also forecast for the NSW coast from Wednesday while damaging surf conditions and abnormally high tides are also on the horizon for areas south of Forster. .
The Ballina Hospital was forced to evacuate its staff and patients to a nearby high school as flood waters rapidly rose higher.
Fifty-five patients from the hospital were moved to the Xavier Catholic College where a makeshift emergency department is being set up for any others needing urgent care.
LifeFlight Special Mission helicopter crews spent Tuesday wrenching stranded residents in northern NSW to safety. Pictured is the aerial view of Coraki
SES advice for those in the NSW storm warning area
* Move vehicles under cover or away from trees.
* Secure or put away loose items around your house, yard and balcony.
* Keep at least 8 metres away from fallen power lines or objects that may be energised, such as fences.
* Trees that have been damaged by fire are likely to be more unstable and more likely to fall.
* Report fallen power lines to either Ausgrid (131 388), Endeavour Energy (131 003), Essential Energy (132 080) or Evoenergy (131 093) as shown on your power bill.
* Don't drive, ride or walk through flood water.
* Keep clear of creeks and storm drains.
* If you are trapped by flash flooding, seek refuge in the highest available place and ring 000 if you need rescue.
* Be aware that run-off from rainfall in fire affected areas may behave differently and be more rapid. It may also contain debris such as ash, soil, trees and rocks.


European Review: Koda Octavia G-TEC Natural Gas
I have talked about diesel, manual wagons in this space a few times already, so you probably know that I don’t like them. I don’t like their clatter and I don’t like their limited rev range and turbo surge. I don’t like the massive servicing costs of the common-rail ones, which is the price you pay for the reduction in clatter. And I hate the tons of soot they spit out.
There is one thing, though, at which they are hard to beat. It’s providing a combination of practicality and driving fun combined with fantastic fuel mileage. But hard to beat doesn’t mean impossible to beat. So, let me introduce a car that should, in theory, kick the diesel, manual wagon’s arse at its own game. The Škoda Octavia 1.4 TSI G-TEC.
What it is? In essence, it’s the only car anyone in the world needs. Which is what they say about the VW Golf, and they’re right. But this is also a Golf. Just a bit bigger, and a little bit cheaper. With lots more space inside. The rear seat legroom rivals that of the 5-series BMW, the trunk is huge, and everything is built just a little bit worse than a Golf, to fit in the Sloan’s Piech’s plan of the brand ladder.
Under its hood resides a downsized, turbocharged 1.4 TSI engine, offering a 138hp in its standard form. But this is not a standard car. This one has been factory fitted with a CNG fuel system. Under the trunk floor, there is a huge tank storing just 15 kilograms of compressed natural gas, while the original 50-litre (13.2 gallons) tank kept intact. Together, they offer a range of about 600 miles in normal driving (or 1,000 miles under “economy run” conditions), with 200 miles of those 600 in CNG-burning mode.
The CNG brings great advantage in running costs – in the EU, it costs about half as much compared to gasoline, mile-for-mile. And at first, there are no significant differences between the ordinary gasoline-powered car and this one. There are sublte details, like the second fuel gauge instead of a water temp gauge in the tachometer, or the second fuel cap under the fuel door. There is also a slightly higher trunk floor, and the lack of a spare tire. Other than that, it’s just like ordinary car. The switching between fuels is automatic, and you won’t even notice it. The trip computer provides info about distance to empty on both fuels together, and each of them individually. Everything is nice and easy.
Under real life European conditions, this car gets about as cheap to run as it gets. With consumption of less than 4kg of CNG per 100km, it is possible achieve the cost of about $0.04 per kilometer ($0.06 per mile). At our electricity prices, about equals the cost of driving a Tesla in the same manner. As a matter of fact, I’m working on getting those two together to perform a real-life running cost comparison test. I have a strong feeling that Octavia may actually win.
At the same time, the CNG powered car still offers the smooth, quiet operation of gasoline engine, as well as its wide rev range. Couple that with an extremely nice interior, great build quality and top-notch suspension (the G-TEC, unlike other lower-powered Octavias, gets a multi-link axle in the rear), and you should have a clear winner on your hands. Even when I take into consideration that no real-life G-TEC will look like my press tester, which came as a top-trim Elegance model complete with navigation, automatic parking, lane assist, adaptive cruise control, heated leather seats front and rear, power everything including seats and tailgate etc., the car that is likely to get ordered by a typical customer (some mid-trim level with only a few options, costing maybe $25,000 with VAT and not $40k with VAT like the tested example) will look and function pretty well for what it is.
The downside? Lack of power. Turns out there’s more to G-TEC’s modifications than just adding a second system, and it’s not just a different mapping, either. The company doesn’t talk about it much in its PR materials, but the G-TEC engine has a different camshaft and a different turbocharger from the gasoline version, thus slashing both power and torque curves. The result is a car that is, in real-life, slower than the lesser 1.2 TSI version, with power and torque seriously lacking in low rev-range.
Unlike a typical TSI engine, you have to rev it like an old N/A 1.6 four-cylinder. On Czech roads, with lots of corners and heavy traffic, this makes any kind of fast driving significantly uncomfortable – I once had to rush the G-TEC a bit, when I woke up just an hour and a half before I had to appear at lunch, in a town nearly 100 miles away. I made it, but overtaking on country roads was a pain and driving at 100+ mph on the highway required near-constant full throttle. This also meant that the fuel consumption skyrocketed from 4kg/100km to about twice that.
The other downside? The combination of small CNG tank with a sparse CNG station network in Europe. Two hundred miles on a tank is really not much, and with maybe one in 10 or 20 gas stations carrying CNG, you will probably end up running on an empty CNG tank quite often, burning more expensive gasoline instead. But even then, the 1.4 TSI is quite a frugal car, though nothing to write home about. Also, it is quite interesting that even when burning gasoline, the engine doesn’t get any of the lost horses back.
In theory, the CNG cars combine a gasoline engine’s smooth, quiet power, with even better economy than diesel. And the G-TEC delivers at about 85% of this. As long as you’re leisurely, relaxed driver, you can achieve unparalleled fuel econmy, beating even some electric cars. But if you tend to rush, the car lacks in power significantly. The solution would probably be to offer the G-TEC version of the more powerful 1.8 TSI as well – and we can only hope we will get one, soon. With that, the obnoxious diesel, manual wagon can finally be taken out and shot, as it deserves.
@VojtaDobes is motoring journalist from Czech Republic, who previously worked for local editions of Autocar and TopGear magazines. Today, he runs his own website, www.Autickar.cz and serves as editor-in-chief at www.USmotors.cz. After a failed adventure with importing classic American cars to Europe, he is utterly broke, so he drives a ratty Chrysler LHS. His previous cars included a 1988 Caprice in NYC Taxi livery, a hot-rodded Opel Diplomat, two Dodge Coronets, a Simca, a Fiat 600 and Austin Maestro. He has never owned a diesel, manual wagon.
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Post #29: Something Old, Something New: Disney’s Aesthetic of the Past
In keeping with the Disney cinematic tradition, the 1997 animated film Hercules features several songs. At roughly the midway point, Hercules’ love interest Meg laments the fact that she’s fallen in love with her mark in the song “I Won’t Say I’m In Love.” The Muses, the sassy narrators of the film, provide backing vocals for Meg. At one point Meg walks past the Muses, who’ve transformed into anthropomorphic columns holding up a triangular pediment. This alludes to the Erechtheum, a late fifth-century BC temple on the Athenian acropolis right next to the Parthenon, which features the so-called Caryatid porch, with columns carved into the shapes of maidens (see figure 1). Disney’s choice of the Muses as symbols of classical antiquity is perfect considering that in ancient Greece and in Rome, poets often invoked the goddesses at the start of their compositions for inspiration.
Take, for instance, the first line of Homer’s Odyssey: “Tell me, Muse, about the man of many turns…”). Indeed, as the narrator of Homer’s Iliad asserts in Book 2, without the Muses, mortal artists are nothing: “Tell me now, you Muses who have homes on Mount Olympus: / For you are ever-present goddesses who know everything, / While we mortals hear only distant reports and know nothing at all.” Disney’s Muses channel their ancient predecessors at the beginning of Hercules: “We are the Muses, goddesses of the arts and proclaimers of heroes,” one of them explains, to which another adds, “Heroes like Hercules.” A third: “Honey, you mean Hunkules. Woo-oh, I’d like to make some sweet music in his--” This second Muse reminds us that Disney’s Muses are both embodiments of the ancient Greek past as well as the audience’s present. Both frames are on display in “I Won’t Say I’m in Love”: the Muses transform themselves into recognizable elements of ancient Greek/Roman/neoclassical items, but their singing might be roughly classified as R&B or gospel, replete with multi-colored stage lights.
In the same song, the Muses appear as a series of singing busts on pedestals (see figure 2). Disney is making another reference to ancient material culture here: these pieces are modeled after the portrait busts that ancient Rome made of famous individuals as well as the practice of neoclassical busts (see figure 3). There’s a more immediate (and more modern) reference for this, however, as the second bust to the left makes clear. The head has broken off and is held by an arm sticking out from the torso. This detail bears a striking resemblance to another famous broken bust in Disney history. In the Haunted Mansion attraction at Disneyland, Disneyworld’s Magic Kingdom, and Disneyland Tokyo, riders traveling through the mansion’s graveyard are similarly greeted by five busts positioned on columns (and the second one is broken; see figure 4). These busts, with moving images projected onto their faces, sing like the Muses, but rather than being backing vocals for “Don’t Say I’m in Love,” they perform the Haunted Mansion theme “Grim Grinning Ghosts.”
On the one hand this is a sly wink to knowledgeable audience members who recognize this allusion to Disney history. On the other, this brief image serves to incorporate Disney into the ancient Greek setting of Hercules. This mashing together of past and present derives from an aesthetic of the Disney theme parks: “something old, something new.” When a new attraction is built, inevitably on the grounds of an old one (since space is at a premium), the Imagineers (Disney’s term for ride engineers) are encouraged to incorporate an element or elements from the previous attraction. For instance, the Splash Mountain log ride, built in 1991, took the place of America Sings, a performance hall in which guests were regaled by melodic animatronic animals that was built in 1974. Some of America Sing’s animatronics appear almost unchanged in the various scenes of Splash Mountain (see figure 5), and the “skeletons” of others were used as the G2 droids that appear in the queue of ‘Star Tours’ (built in 1986). This aesthetic creates a time loop, melding the past with the present and ensuring that at Disneyland only the present moment exists.
The Muses of Disney’s Hercules represent both the classical/neoclassical tradition and the Disney tradition. Their appearance and character has already been put into a contemporary idiom--their modern style of music, dancing, speech patterns, and so on--but the visual reference to Disney’s The Haunted Mansion attraction situates them, and by extension ‘Hercules’ as a whole, in Disney history. The Haunted Mansion was created specifically for Disney and first opened in 1969 in Disneyland. By having the Muses refer back to this moment, then, the ancient Greek past of Hercules is assimilated into Disney’s past, an instance of “something old” incorporated into “something new.”

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In the book “Maxi’s Secrets” by Lynn Plourde, there is a short boy named Timminy. He is going into 5th grade, so he is probably about 9 or 10 years old. He lives in Maine and has to move to the urban part of Maine. He is upset about the move, but his parents gave him a dog named Maxi in exchange for moving, to help him adjust. The dog is a Great Pyrenees breed. Maxi has a whitish gold color to her fur and is deaf. At first Timminy has a hard time adjusting to this fact, but over time he gets used to it.
Timminy make friends with a blind girl named Abby. He meets her because she is the next door neighbor in his new neighborhood. The mailman says “a deaf dog in this house and a blind girl in the next house” and this leads Timminy to meet Abby who then helps Timminy meet other new kids and begin to fit in. This is particularly difficult to do for Timminy because his dad is the vice principal of his new school!
This book covers about 25 of Maxi’s secrets. Each secret is sort of a life lesson that Maxi teaches him. Of course, the dog cannot talk, but it can interact with you to teach you things! As he learns each secret, Timminy experiences them in real life.
My favorite life lesson #43 — “Life is one big story, with some chapters more exciting and more scary – than others.” It was my favorite because it explains how I see life, and yet it relates it to the flow of a book.
This story is a little bit of most genres: comedy, drama, action, sadness, etc. It was a hard book to read, and it was rather emotional. I would recommend it for other kids, but you may want to be a bit older to help handle the deep feelings that come with reading this book.

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Susan Jean Crawford, a 57-year-old Chestatee High School teacher, died Tuesday night after battling a brief illness. Bill Thompson, principal of Chestatee High, said Crawford had not been at school for about two weeks. She had checked into a hospital for pain caused by an infection, and she "never did come back," Thompson said.
News of Crawford's passing was a shock to her colleagues and students.
"It was an unexpected loss to say the least," said Jim Haight, who taught with Crawford since Chestatee opened six years ago.
"It all happened so quick," he said.
The atmosphere at the school was somber the day after Crawford's death, Haight said. "There were a lot of teachers upset."
"It was ... a numbing type day," he said. "You know that you have to go on, but you also know that if kids ask questions that you want to let them talk and talk about Susan."
Haight said in 30 years of teaching, this was only the second time he had lost a colleague.
"When you lose anybody it's unfortunate," Haight said. "When you lose someone like Susan who has such an impact on kids ... and on adults, it's a special loss."
Haight remembers Crawford as a woman who was always smiling.
"I can't ever remember a time I didn't see her like that," Haight said.
Messages left by students and teachers with Crawford's obituary listing on gainesvilletimes.com expressed adoration and gratitude for her life.
"(Crawford) impacted so many young lives that they cannot be counted," Mark Tomcho of Dawsonville posted. "She will never be forgotten."
Haight said the students' postings on the Web site were testament to the type of person Crawford was.
"There's a lot of people in (education) ... who teach, but I'm not sure there's a lot of people who can really inspire kids to learn," Haight said. "And she was one that did."
"You don't realize what an impact you have on kids," Haight said. "That's what is really very heartening about it. She made such an impact on the kids."Thompson, who described Crawford as a "wonderful teacher," said many students and teachers have come forward with ideas to make a tribute to the life of their teacher and fellow colleague.
Some students had suggested making "In loving memory" T-shirts with Crawford's picture, and many have talked about planting a garden in her honor, Thompson said.
But the school has not yet decided what to do in Crawford's honor.
"I think everyone just wants to get through the funeral first," Haight said.
Crawford and Marta Chapman, another Hall County teacher who died this week, will be honored by Northeast Georgia Medical Center's Love Light Tree program on Monday. David Head, a teacher at West Hall High School who donated this year's tree, requested Friday that Love Light be dedicated to the two teachers.
Chapman, 43, most recently taught at Riverbend Elementary but had been unable to work this year as she battled cancer. She died Thursday (obituary, 2B).
Crawford and Chapman be honored during the ceremony Monday in addition to Chuck Frissell, a beloved hospital volunteer.
Haight said Thompson used the perfect words when he notified Chestatee faculty of Crawford's death in an e-mail Tuesday.
"He said ‘we've lost a master teacher,'" Haight said. "And we really did, but now she'll be teaching in another place."
Crawford's memorial service is noon today in the chapel of Mason & Ward Funeral Home. Crawford, a native of Altoona, Pa., is survived by her husband, Lance Crawford; sister, Jane Lumbatis of Sugar Hill; and brother and sister-in-law, John and Debbie Simpson of Altoona, Pa.


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I like the game, the idea of getting points based on your opponent's dice is good, but I don't like the components and trackers. There are more cards to increase your victory point rather than your income, I don't like this as well.
Why do I like this so much and not Machi Koro? Space, obviously, but there are some nice design choices in Space Base that address some of the things I dislike about Machi Koro. I need to play a few more times to see if I'll eventually get bored but the large and random market is great and the game is just plain fun. It feels like you're constantly winning something even if you don't know what it is.
I wasn't much looking for Machi Koro improved, but here it is. Pretty cute and inoffensive, but on first blush I find it rather difficult to conceive of the game being very well balanced--if you can get a points engine going on card rows 1-6 while others can't, that's the game right there.
I had this game recommended several times before I finally bought it. Even then it took a while to make it off my shelf. I'm glad I did. In this game you host a fleet of star ships that give rewards every time you roll the dice. As you buy new ships you send the old ones out which then can collect rewards when other people roll the dice. Even the dice rolling mechanic has an elegant design. You can use the dice independently to get two smaller rewards or use the combined total for a (sometimes) better reward. I also felt like I was close to winning each game even when I lost.

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PEMBERVILLE — Hirzel Canning Company and Farms, producers of the Dei Fratelli tomato brand, held its
annual Growers’ Dinner on April 2. This yearly dinner is hosted by Hirzel Canning Company to recognize
the local family farms that they partner with in growing tomatoes and cabbage for their Dei Fratelli and
Silver Fleece brands.
Several awards were given for the 2018 season, including 0% Culls Award, which is given for loads that
are 83% or higher in #1 top grade tomatoes with 0% unusable fruit. Also given at the banquet was the
Master Grower Award, which represents recipients who have distinguished themselves from others by
delivering quality tomato production and exhibiting professionalism and leadership within the industry.
The highly regarded Grower of the Year Award was presented to Mike and Todd Schulte of Schulte Produce
Farms in Pandora. The Grower of the Year Award is given for outstanding performance as the top supplier
of processing tomatoes for the year. This is the third time Schulte Produce Farms has won the award and
they also hold two Master Grower Awards from previous years.
The following outlines all of the Award Winners from the evening:
Grower of the Year – Mike and Todd Schulte of Schulte Produce Farms.
Master Grower – Andrew Basinger and Josh Schumacher of Basinger-Schumacher, and Steve and Tom Busch of
Busch Farms. This is the third Master Grower Award for Basinger-Schumacher, and the second for Busch
Top Grade – Todd and Trent Rothert of Rothert Farms. This is the second time Rothert Farms has received
this award and they currently hold the highest 5-year average grade for Hirzel Canning Company.
0% Culls – Todd and Trent Rothert of Rothert Farms, Steve and Tom Busch of Busch Farms.
All of the growers affiliated with Hirzel Canning Company are family farm operations closely located to
one of Hirzel’s three processing plants, which are located in Northwood, Pemberville and Ottawa.

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US Fire Pump is a collective of over 200 years of experience in design, manufacturing, marketing and purchasing. The company’s founder, Chris Ferrara, has been involved in the firefighting industry for more than 40 years. Chris started his career as a Fireman where he later used his skills learned and his innovative ideas to found Ferrara Fire Apparatus. Under Chris’ leadership over 6000 fire apparatus were built for customers across the Globe.
Protecting the lives of the public and fire industry personnel while limiting property damage is the primary mission of US Fire Pump.
US Fire Pump began with the idea to create a large volume fire pump which was lacking in the industry at the time. Chris Ferrara and a team of engineers began the development of our flagship product, the High Velocity Pump. This pump is the largest compliant, single impeller fire pump in the world. In addition, a complete line of submersible pumps for municipal or industrial applications were developed and made available. US Fire Pump also supplies of full compliment of supplemental fire equipment needed for municipal and industrial fire professionals to effectively do the job.
With US Fire Pump’s world class product offering, Chris was able to use the company’s platform to return to his first passion, firefighting. US Fire Pump has the largest Emergency Response team and equipment fleet globally. Understanding that no two incidents are alike, and that they can happen simultaneously, US Fire Pump has made a conscience investment in emergency response assets. US Fire Pump has been contracted and responded successfully to landfill fires, ship fires, rescue events, vapor suppression events, refinery and terminal fires as well as a wide array of other major emergency events.


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HONG KONG — Demography, which is about long term trends, may seem an unusual prism through which to view a global crisis sparked by financial sector bubbles. But those seeking a sustainable way out of the crisis would do well to take account of it.
This is a crisis not only of too-great expectations of asset price growth, but of too-great expectations of how fast the economy of an aging world can grow, leading to massive overinvestment in everything from houses to cars.
The global annual average growth of 5 percent in the five years ending in 2007 was bought at a high cost to the future, and a slowing growth in the workforce means expectations must be lowered further. Policies need to be shaped to demographic realities.
Think of Japan, the world’s oldest society. Years of fiscal stimulus have had only a modest impact on growth. Infusions of yet more yen borrowed from its citizenry and from companies reluctant to re-invest their profits seem unlikely to have more than short-term impact.
Japan’s workforce is declining and age is taking a toll both on innovation and the desire to spend. Yet what does Japan now do? It seeks to protect its aging workforce from rising unemployment by offering one-way exits to (mostly much younger) foreign workers. The short-term benefit will be small, the long-term damage great.
Europe, headed by Germany, is close behind Japan’s demographic path, albeit slightly ameliorated by the European Union’s freedom of movement. Germany is more aware of the fiscal perils it faces, but has no real solution to its overdependence on exports to support a growing pension and health burden.
Countries such as Britain, Spain and Ireland have fewer immediate demographic constraints, but they are bumping up against their fiscal deficit ceilings. The United States has better demographics but faces years of rebuilding household savings.
Do not imagine, either, that a successful East Asia can somehow compensate for Western and Japanese weakness. East Asian countries may have fiscal headroom to boost demand in the short run, but workforce growth rates in most are tiny.
The percentage of people of working age in countries such as Korea and even Thailand is close to a peak and female participation in the workforce is already very high. Even China, often assumed to have an inexhaustible labor supply, has a rapidly slowing workforce growth, now under 1 percent a year. There are 60 million more Chinese in their 30s than in their 20s, and the percentage of old people will rise dramatically after 2015. Middle-income countries in Latin America and elsewhere are showing similar if less dramatic trends.
Thus the only chance for global growth rates to return to previous norms is to find ways of increasing growth in those countries that have more favorable demographics.
In theory, that might be Africa. But stability issues in many sub-Saharan African countries suggest that the more realistic opportunities exist in South Asia, parts of Southeast Asia and the Middle East/North Africa. Yet in some of the countries with potential — Iran is a good example — the politics is forbidding. In others, the financing tools or social infrastructure are inadequate.
Still, these countries offer the most hope of compensating for demography-driven slowdowns elsewhere. A trillion or two dollars in credit for them will do more for the global economy than similar stimulus for countries with aging populations.
As for aging countries, the crisis has clearly shown the need to raise retirement ages by five years to reflect increases in life spans to relieve the state budgets now weighed down by bank bailouts, and to reduce the burden on corporate and other pension schemes.
In East and West alike, most people are willing and able to work longer and remain productive members of society until 70 or beyond. Few are doing so.
Only a return to replacement-level fertility rates will provide a lasting solution. Meanwhile, the need for later retirement is urgent. This crisis underlines the necessity for developed country governments to adjust spending and social policies to demographic realities at home and abroad.

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US Vice-President Kamala Harris has known as for a ban on assault weapons as mourners laid to relaxation the final of 10 Black folks killed in a racist assault at a Buffalo grocery store.
The funeral on Saturday for 86-year-old Ruth Whitfield – the oldest of the ten folks killed within the assault two weeks in the past – included an impromptu speech by Harris.
Harris advised the mourners this can be a second in time for “all good folks” to face as much as the injustice that occurred on the Tops Pleasant Market on Might 14, in addition to on the Robb Elementary Faculty in Uvalde, Texas, and in different mass shootings.
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“This can be a second that requires all good folks, all God-loving folks to face up and say we won’t stand for this. Sufficient is sufficient,” stated Harris, who was not scheduled to talk and got here to the microphone on the urging of the Reverend Al Sharpton.
“We are going to come collectively primarily based on what everyone knows now we have in frequent, and we won’t let these people who find themselves motivated by hate separate us or make us really feel worry.”
Following the funeral, Harris visited a memorial outdoors the grocery store.
President Joe Biden and first girl Jill Biden had positioned flowers on the similar memorial on Might 17 and had visited with the victims’ households.
Biden is predicted to go to Texas for a go to this weekend with the households of victims of Tuesday’s college taking pictures.
Harris later advised reporters the administration will not be “sitting round ready to determine what the answer seems like” to the nation’s gun violence drawback.
“We all know what works on that,” she stated, reiterating assist for background checks and a ban on assault weapons.
“Let’s have an assault weapons ban,” she stated. “An assault weapon is a weapon of conflict with no place, no place in civil society. Background checks: Why ought to anybody be capable of purchase a weapon that may kill different human beings with out at the very least figuring out: Hey, that particular person dedicated a violent crime earlier than, are they a risk towards themselves or others?”
Harris stated the nation needed to come collectively as nicely.
“We now have to agree that if we’re to be robust as a nation, we should stand robust, figuring out our range as our unity,” she stated.
It has been a tragic week of goodbyes for household and pals of the Buffalo taking pictures victims, a gaggle that features a restaurant employee who went to the market to purchase his three-year-old’s birthday cake; a father and die-hard Buffalo Payments fan who labored as a faculty bus aide; and a 32-year-old sister who moved to the town to assist a brother battling leukaemia.
Authorities stated 18-year-old Payton Gendron, who’s white, focused the shop three hours from his dwelling in Conklin as a result of it’s in a predominantly Black neighbourhood.
In all, 13 folks had been shot within the assault which federal authorities are investigating as a hate crime. Three folks survived.
Gendron is charged with first-degree homicide and is being held with out bail. His lawyer has entered a plea of not responsible on his behalf.

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Findings on compounds blocking SARS-COV-2 viral replication may offer a starting point for further development of treatments to address the ongoing, devastating novel coronavirus pandemic.
COVID-19’s impact on the respiratory system is well-documented, but what does it do to the brain? University of Arizona researchers hope to answer that question by studying people who had the disease.
Dr. Paul Gordon embarks on a multi-state bicycle “listening tour” to hear what people in rural areas think about the U.S. health care system amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Both the University of Arizona’s Dr. Noshene Ranjbar and Tufts University’s Dr. Andrea Gordon are recognized for their work in promoting Integrative Medicine in Residency Programs.
NIH-funded $2.8 million study seeks to develop, test culturally relevant, community-led intervention that supports American Indian youth in achieving healthy lifestyle choices to reduce health risks.
COVID-19’s effects have extended beyond health and economic crises to a mental health one, resulting in more suicides. UArizona Psychiatry professors offer explanations and resources to help.
The University of Arizona – State of Arizona antibody testing initiative will include 31 sites across the state as it expands to all 15 counties.
Coping with social isolation in the wake of COVID-19 can be especially difficult for teens, so UArizona public health experts created a video filled with tips to help teens through this unprecedented time.
Four University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson students, three of whom graduate this week, distribute posters in collaborative community effort.
The ‘Body of Wonder’ podcast from the University of Arizona Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine is recorded in Tucson and acquaints listeners with new ways to think about health and medicine.

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Wall Street protests: liberal cable's tea party moment?
Organized labor joined the protesters in New York on Wednesday, boosting the number of marchers into the tens of thousands. No one person or group is in charge, but decisions are made by consensus through a general assembly — making the movement hard for media cover.
The protests had a lot of trouble getting coverage during the first two weeks, averaging only about a story a day on each of the cable news channels for their first 10 days.Continue Reading
Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism found that coverage of the protest accounted for just 12 percent of the 14 percent of the newshole that went to economic coverage for the week of Sept. 25-Oct. 2.
In those early days, “Countdown With Keith Olbermann” was just about the only national news outlet giving the protests the time of day.
“When any significant number of people gather like that in a completely organic fashion, and literally take to the street to voice their message, that’s news,” said David Sarosi, the executive producer of “Countdown.” “The way I consider it and Keith considers it, that’s new, and it’s worth paying attention to, simply as that.”
Sarosi said the show has stopped short of advocating that people attend the protests, though Olbermann has not been shy about critiquing the rest of the media’s scant attention — calling other news anchors “precocious ninth graders” for criticizing the protest for not having a clear set of demands.
Behind Olbermann’s media critiques is a bit of rivalry with his former employer MSNBC, which a revamped Current TV is now competing directly against for progressive viewers at 8 p.m. Olbermann has lured several former MSNBC hosts to his new home, including Cenk Uygur and David Shuster and has been forthright about wanting to beat them.
Sarosi said he noted that although Schultz began his broadcast amid the protesters Wednesday night, he had to lead his show with Jobs’s death, a decision that was made across MSNBC’s prime-time lineup.
“We are fortunate enough here at Current that we are not under the guise of a corporate environment,” he said. “We don’t have anybody telling us what to do or how to report something, like some of the other networks may. He’s the chief news officer here. We have complete editorial control over the show.”
Although MSNBC was a bit slower to give the protests as much attention as Olbermann did on Current, it did have some early segments, including one on Sept. 20 by Dylan Ratigan, whose show often focuses on the money in politics issue that many of the protesters cite in interviews.
Coverage of the protests in the mainstream media has gotten progressively more serious. The New York Times’s initial review of the protest was a bit sneering, accusing them of trying to “pantomime progressivism.”But by Thursday, sarcasm about the protests seemed to have gone a bit out of fashion. David Zurawik, the media critic for The Baltimore Sun, savaged CNN’s Erin Burnett for her dismissive take on the protests during her debut week.
Fox News has not ignored the protests, doing about 30 segments on them since they started, according to a Nexis search, but as the rest of the media’s coverage has heated up, much of the coverage has taken a mocking tone, with Fox News legal analyst Peter Johnson Jr. calling the protesters “deluded in a lot of ways” on “Fox & Friends” this week.
Two years ago, the liberal media watchdog Media Matters was highly critical of how Fox News promoted tea party events on its airwaves. But so far, Media Matters Executive Vice President Ari Rabin-Havt said that MSNBC and Current TV haven’t crossed the line into calls for action.
“They’ve covered it, and you can have a conversation about how much coverage is warranted, but they haven’t been a driving force for organizing these protests.”
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