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Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Bond committee talks elementary, middle school priorities - Odessa American

Middle and elementary schools were the focus of Tuesday night’s bond committee meeting.

Members at each table reported out what their takeaways were from the information they received on number of students, use and condition.

Those attending noted the need for middle schools in different parts of town and the consensus was that new buildings were preferable to renovating.

There was a suggestion to turn Ector Middle School into a career and technical education center.

Attendees said Carver Early Education Center should be replaced, as should Bonham Middle School and portables should be eliminated.

Darrell Pearson, a partner with PBK, an architecture, engineering, planning, technology and facility consulting firm, said the average campus age in Ector County ISD is 51 years old.

Participants talked about whether new campuses were needed, major renovations/modernization or replacement of an existing campus.

Superintendent Scott Muri said last time a bond issue was considered, there were $700 million in needs. That was just to fix existing buildings, not build new ones.

“Those numbers have not been updated to 2021. That does not include any new school construction …,” Muri said.

The opportunity as a community is to figure out how much the community will tolerate for a bond issue.

The school district he came from had a 10-year bond cycle, Muri said. At Cypress-Fairbanks, a fast-growth district, they have a three-year bond cycle.

“We have growth in our community,” he said. “We also have significant needs … The needs of the school district will continue to grow over time and if we are not taking bites out of this elephant over time, we will end up where we are today which is a facility crisis.”

At a previous district they used facility age for replacement

As a community we have an opportunity to think about those options and what is right for children in Ector County, Muri said.

Asked what a good size for an elementary campus is, Muri said 500 is a good size, but it could go to 600 or 700 and be fine.

Some communities build larger schools because that’s what their community wants.

In ECISD today, Muri said, middle schools are at about the 1,000 student mark, or more. Nimitz Middle School has more than 1,400 students.

High schools run the gamut from 400 at the early college high schools to about 4,000 at Odessa and Permian high schools.

Other information

Acreage needed for elementary 10 to 15 acres; 25 to 30 acres for middle school and 60-plus for high schools.

The district’s projected enrollment is 32,730. Numbers fluctuate daily and they should be more accurate after Labor Day.

An elementary school for 850-900 students costs $30-$35 million to build.

A middle school for 1,200 students costs $55-$60 million and a high school for 2,500 students costs $145-$150 million.

Campuses that have the highest number of portable classrooms are the Alternative Center with 24; Crockett with 12; and Permian High School with 13.

Redistricting could solve some of the overcrowding issues at a select few campuses, but only temporarily, district information said.

How will building new schools help improvement required schools/academics. According to district information, access to modern facilities and equipment is one component of providing a world-class education to the children of ECISD that leads to high academic performance.

Other facilities were designed to support the form of instruction that was appropriate for the period. Narrow hallways, small classrooms and straight rows of desks addressed the needs of an educational environment that prepared students for a work force geared toward factories and assembly lines.

The job market of the 21st century has transformed significantly and requires a new set of skills and abilities to be successful.

Other information

Modern facilities can foster critical thinking, problem solving, creativity and collaboration. The tools and resources students and teachers use have also evolved. Technology is a critical component of the modern learning environment and older facilities are typically not equipped with the infrastructure necessary to support high-tech learning environments. When partnered with a great teacher and engaging curriculum, a modern facility designed around the needs of children does not hinder but rather fosters a healthy learning environment resulting in improved academic performance.

Some of the major renovations on campus that aren’t reflected in the data are architectural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire/life safety capacities.

Currently, the district is conducting a review of all its choice, or magnet schools. District information details it wants to expand the number of high quality options available to all children (including elementary students) by expanding or replicating highly sought after choice programs while redesigning less desirable choice schools to increase the number of students seeking enrollment.

The formal assessment of choice school programming is scheduled for completion in January 2022, which will allow time for community input, site visits, and a thorough results based quantitative analysis, the information states.

Currently there is only one middle school choice program, Ector College Prep.

“Our initial analysis of choice programming immediately identified a lack of middle school options as a significant deficiency. It is our hope that we will be able to add additional middle school choices in the not too distant future,” the information said.

But first, they must complete the review process.

“The information that we glean from that work will inform the decisions that we make surrounding middle school choice expansion over the next several years. One option that we have already begun researching is the potential of adding an International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Program to feed the high school IB program at Odessa High. We hope to find other strong options to add in the coming years as well,” the information stated.

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Tigers announce front office restructuring, including 2 new assistant GMs - mlive.com

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DETROIT -- Detroit Tigers general manager Al Avila announced several changes to the club’s front office on Tuesday, promoting two executives, demoting a third and changing the responsibilities of another.

* Sam Menzin and Jay Sartori will now have the title of vice president and assistant GM.

* Current assistant GM David Chadd is transitioning to a role more focused on player development and scouting and will spend more time in Lakeland, Fla., and with the club’s minor-league affiliates.

* Dave Littlefield, who served as VP of player development, will now be a special assignment scout. Kenny Graham, who was the club’s director of player development, will take over Littlefield’s duties on an interim basis. Avila said Graham will be considered for the permanent role along with outside candidates.

Tigers are expected to look outside their organization for next player development director, and have started reaching out to clubs for potential interviews. At this point, Kenny Graham is the only internal candidate, Al Avila said.

Menzin, 31, has been the club’s director of baseball operations and professional scouting for the last four years and is considered a close adviser to Avila.

He’s involved in basically every aspect of the organization,” Avila said.

Sartori, 42, has spent six seasons with the Tigers, starting the club’s analytics and research departments from scratch.

“Now that we have a full team (in the analytics department), as we move forward, we will actually go even further,” Avila said. (Sartori) is already starting that process.”

Graham was hired as the club’s player development director two years ago after serving three years as a minor-league hitting coordinator with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Avila said the club has already begun asking permission to interview candidates from other organizations.

“We’re looking to be a more progressive organization,” Avila said. “We’ve been a very traditional organization as far as our way of teaching, and we will not lose our old-school ways by any means. But we want to be a little bit more progressive and start using more technology, more science.”

TIGERS FRONT OFFICE LEADERSHIP

Executive vice president and GM: Al Avila

Vice president/assistant GM: David Chadd, Sam Menzin, Jay Sartori

Vice president, player personnel: Scott Bream

Vice president, player development: Kenny Graham (interim)

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Point of Impact: Defensive Front Out to Set Tone - CSURams.com

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By: Mike Brohard

FORT COLLINS, Colo. – They want more. They want to prove they are more than just an outstanding group of starters.

Quite simply, they want to dominate and set the tone for a defensive uprising.

Colorado State's defensive front returns all of its starters from a season ago, one in which the group led the charge as the Rams led the nation by averaging 10.5 tackles for loss per game and sat fourth in sacks per game (4.0). The defense also ranked 12^th in stopping the run, allowing just 108.5 yards per outing, again, the initial clogging of the holes taking place up front.

They were better, but they heard the subtle jab. Good job, but it was only four games. Fair enough, and it gives them a bit of a chip to play with when the season opens Friday at home against South Dakota State (7 p.m.).

"That's the scary thing about the whole thing," said Manny Jones, who ranks 10^th in program history with 27 tackles for loss. "It's not that we don't know that we're good, it's the fact of trying to block out the outside noise and all the hype, trying to get past that and get to just playing ball.

"I feel like there's a lot more pressure this year. Everybody saw a glimpse of what could happen in a full season. Not only do we have to match that energy, but take it to a higher level with everybody coming back and everybody trying to live up to the hype and live past the hype."

Jones has been a force to move for years, be it when he started as a defensive end or where he is now, a bigger version of himself but still creating havoc in the middle. Toby McBride was healthy most of the season, and when he is, he's a proven run stopper. Same for Devin Phillips, who has started inside in all 24 college games he has played. And Scott Patchan transferred in and provided thunder from the outside, with a team-leading 5.5 sacks (at least one in each game) and 7.5 tackles for loss.

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Listen to them, and they'll tell you there is more. Ellison Hubbard has started 20 games in his career, Mohamed Kamara seven. Mike Ciaffoni moves to Fort Collins to provide punch, and the group will tell you there is youth coming up the ranks to keep legs fresh and momentum on their side.

The culture has taken a turn in the room the past two years, and while it has resulted in present-day results, the goal is to see it extend year by year as players make their natural exits from the program. It's not just how they play in terms of attitude and physicality, it begins with how they prepare.

"Absolutely. I come back to watch film every day at 5 p.m., and I encourage them all to come with me," Patchan said. "It started with Ciaffoni is a film junky, and then we'd grab Mo and say let's go back. That group of a few turned into the entire defensive line coming back for a second session that's optional. We want to do it because being great is an option; you have to put in the work. If you want to be a great player and back up all the things you say, then you have to put in the extra work. If you're doing just the bare minimum, you can expect bare-minimum results."

Head coach Steve Addazio has made it no secret he believes his team has the best defensive front in their conference, and he's positive they stack up well across the country. He also believes they are a deeper group.

But now the talk has to stop.

"I hope to see obviously a defensive front that's going to dominate the point and play relentlessly and have enough depth to keep coming at a football team," he said of his expectations. "We have talent up front. We've got to make plays, we've got to make tackles, we've got to get after the quarterback and we have to shut down the run. If you don't shut down the run on this team, you're going to be in for a long evening."

South Dakota State is used to running the ball, and the Jackrabbits did so all the way to the FCS National Championship game, falling to Sam Houston State in an intriguing matchup last spring. Bolstered by two strong running backs, they find room to move behind an offensive line which has proven to a load to handle as the team averaged 231.7 yards per game on the ground, 403.1 yards per game overall. On film, Hubbard compares the group to what they see all year in the Mountain West.

Right out of the gates, the Rams feel they have a place to start proving a point. And the next week brings in an SEC front with Vanderbilt.

There's not time like the present to make a mark.

"We're going to see good offensive linemen across the schedule. Look down the road and we have Iowa, too," Patchan said. "It's not like you can go into a game and sleep on a certain opponent or underestimate them. I've been burned in the past doing that. You have to literally give everybody the respect they deserve and you're full attention that week. We're underdogs right now. I love that.

"We have to set a standard week one and carry that throughout the season. That's the goal. That's what we look forward to doing."

The four games a year ago were impressive. The results represented a turnaround, and if Colorado State's defense is going to improve as a whole, the linemen say they have to lead the charge.

It begins with them, and they want to finish what they start.

"At the end of the day, it all starts in the trenches, up front in the offensive line and defensive line," Jones said. "Everything starts at the line of scrimmage. If we can control that, the rest of it should follow along."

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Heavy rain from Ida makes for tricky commute across Middle Tennessee - NewsChannel5.com

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Heavy rain from Tropical Depression Ida has prompted a Flash Flood Watch for Middle Tennessee and caused a traffic headache for many drivers early Tuesday morning.

At least two crashes on Interstate 24 snarled traffic for many drivers, including NewsChannel 5’s Amy Watson, who got stuck behind a wreck involving an overturned semi in Robertson County.

Further south, I-24 drivers were stalled near Bell Road after a single-vehicle crash prompted a brief closure.

I-24 East between Haywood Lane and Bell Road was closed for hours due to a deadly crash. Metro police said a driver lost control of his vehicle and hit a concrete retaining wall, then went back into the eastbound lanes and was hit by a pickup truck.

The driver, identified as 29-year-old David Avent, was killed. Metro police said a preliminary contributing factor for the crash was Avent's speed being too fast for the road conditions.

Traffic mess to start off your Tuesday. I-24W backed up about 10 miles near Davidson-Rutherford line. Drivers on I-24E northwest of city sat for 3 hours on a shutdown interstate for an overturned tractor trailer. @NC5 pic.twitter.com/KqdMuGUSgS
— Hannah McDonald (@HannahMcDonald) August 31, 2021

Williamson County also reported a water rescue shortly before 5:30 a.m. The emergency management agency said the person was rescued while clinging to a tree after trying to drive across a creek. The vehicle was swept away and located 1/2 mile away.

First water rescue at 5:22am in the 5500 block of Leiper’s Creek Rd. Victim rescued from the water by local law enforcement while clinging to a tree after trying to drive across a creek from home to road. Vehicle swept away and located 1/2 mile away. Turn around, don’t drown.
— Williamson County Emergency Management Agency (@WCTNEMA) August 31, 2021

TIPS FOR DRIVING IN RAINY WEATHER

According to AAA, spring and summer showers on wet pavement contribute to nearly 1.2 million traffic crashes each year.

Avoid cruise control: This feature works great in dry conditions, but when used in wet conditions, the chance of losing control of the vehicle can increase.
Slow down and leave room: Slowing down during wet weather driving can be critical to reducing a car’s chance of hydroplaning.

Drivers should reduce their speed to correspond to the amount of water on the roadway. To reduce chances of hydroplaning, drivers should slow down, avoid hard braking or turning sharply and drive in the tracks of the vehicle ahead of you.

Responding to a skid:

Even careful drivers can experience skids. If you feel your car begin to skid, it’s important to not panic and follow these basic steps:

Continue to look and steer in the direction in which the driver wants the car to go.
Avoid slamming on the brakes as this will further upset the vehicle’s balance and make it harder to control.

Also watch out for downed trees and power lines. With the ground heavily saturated, you need to also pay attention to trees around homes, which can easily fall.

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Grocery workers were on the front lines of the pandemic — so why so many still unvaccinated? - NBC News

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Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic last year, almost 500 retail and meatpacking workers have died from Covid-19, according to the United Food and Commercial Workers International labor union. Yet many workers whose colleagues got sick and even died during the depths of the pandemic are rejecting their employers’ pushes to get vaccinated.

From Walmart to the meat giant Tyson Foods, an increasing number of companies have rolled out vaccination mandates for corporate staff members or all employees. But efforts to encourage workers to get vaccinated — and recent vaccination mandates — have caused rifts and pushback among workers, leading some companies to stop short of requiring vaccinations for front-line staffers.

“If McDonald’s requires the vaccine, I would be looking for employment elsewhere,” said Kenya Ahl, a department manager at a corporate-owned McDonald’s restaurant in Paynesville, Minnesota. McDonald’s announced in an internal memo this month that office workers will be required to show proof of vaccination before they return to work Oct. 11. However, the rule does not apply to restaurant staff members. McDonald’s did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

“That is not something I want to participate in and put in my body,” Ahl said.

Resistance to vaccinations and to potential mandates remains nearly two years into a pandemic that has ravaged the retail and grocery industry. Because of their heightened exposure to the public, the risk of death from the virus among food workers increased by 39 percent and by 18 percent among retail workers, compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to a University of California San Francisco study published in January. The virus increased the risk of death among nonessential workers by 11 percent.

Ahl, who has worked at McDonald’s for two years, said the company posted signs in the break room encouraging workers to get vaccinated. A vaccination reminder also pops up every time an employee logs on to the computers, she said. The company has provided webinars and reading materials to educate workers about the vaccines, along with four hours’ paid time off to get vaccinated.

Even though the Food and Drug Administration fully approved the Pfizer-BioNTech two-dose vaccine on Aug. 23, Ahl refuses to get the shots.

“Common sense tells me that this vaccine hasn’t been out long enough to have any study or background on the shot,” she said, adding that a recent Facebook debate she read suggested that the vaccine could contain the live virus. The vaccine does not contain any live virus, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Regardless, “it doesn’t make me comfortable,” Ahl said.

Until recently, employers have depended on cash incentives, bonuses, gift certificates and paid time off to overcome hesitancy about the vaccines, said Devjani Mishra, a lawyer with Littler Mendelson, a global employment and labor law firm representing management.

Kroger employees get $100 bonuses with proof of vaccination, and vaccinated Publix employees get $125 gift cards. Walmart recently doubled its cash incentive from $75 to $150. But bonuses and gift cards have gone only so far — and with full FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine, employers are considering more aggressive measures, Mishra said.

“These are small things that move things along without making it a requirement of employment,” she said. “But some employers who have tried these measures to bring up vaccination numbers have reached a point where they are no longer playing around with incentives and they are ready to make the call” about mandates.

About 63 percent of employers surveyed by the firm in August reported that they plan to continue to encourage vaccinations. But nearly half also said they are “strongly considering” mandates because of the rise in cases fueled by the delta variant.

As long as the vaccines are equally available to all workers, private employers have a right to mandate vaccinations, except in Montana, which banned private companies from requiring vaccination as a condition of employment, Mishra said. Even with the law behind them, employers are balancing concerns about damaging workplace culture with mandates and potential losses of employees who might be driven away by such policies, she said.

“If 50 percent of the workforce or more is not vaccinated, how do you say to that 50 percent, ‘You have to go do something or you don't have a job?’” she said. “It is not guaranteed that you can replace them with someone in the community who is vaccinated.”

As workers debate whether to get vaccinated, labor unions representing grocery, retail and food production workers have mostly stayed mum on the question of mandates.

Anjali Cadambi, a spokesperson for United for Respect, a nonprofit organization that focuses on workers’ rights, said the group has not taken a position. Chelsea O’Connor, a spokesperson for the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, declined to comment; the union’s president, Stuart Appelbaum, told The New York Times this month that employers should negotiate any requirements with workers and expand pandemic benefits, such as paid sick time. United Food and Commercial Workers International President Marc Perrone said in response to Tyson Foods’ recent vaccination mandate that the union will meet with the company to “ensure that the rights of these workers are protected and this policy is fairly implemented.”

Much of the skepticism stems from distrust of the government and the vaccines’ potential impacts on workers’ health, along with doubts about the pandemic itself, Appelbaum told The Wall Street Journal this month, before the FDA approved Pfizer’s vaccine.

Spencer Dillenbeck, who has worked at a Target store in San Diego for five years, said he reluctantly got vaccinated so he could work without a mask during the brief few months the company lifted its mask mandate. But he is still skeptical about widespread vaccinations, saying he believes the virus has become less of a threat with death rates down.

“I could see us doing [a vaccine mandate] if people were dying like crazy,” said Dillenbeck, who said he has turned for virus information to sources like Joe Rogan’s podcast and Tim Pool’s YouTube channel, both of which have come under fire for spreading misinformation.

“It’s a real virus, but I don’t know if we should have a vaccine mandate. I’m going to keep living my life,” Dillenbeck said.

Lawrence O. Gostin, director of the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University Law Center, said that while there is a modern history of childhood vaccination mandates, there have been few mandates related to adults and no similar vaccination requirements instituted by businesses, universities and government agencies.

“This is a sea change, but urgently needed to pull the U.S. out of this pandemic,” he wrote in an email.

Historically, vaccination mandates have been highly effective, Gostin said. Childhood vaccination mandates as a condition of school enrollment boosted rates across the country, and states that eliminated religious and philosophical exemptions had even higher rates of compliance, he said.

After Houston Methodist Hospital became the first company to require vaccination as a condition of employment, the company reported a 99 percent compliance rate. Hawaii’s Department of Human Resources Development reported that about 99 percent of the state’s 14,000 employees are in compliance with the state’s new mandate.

While “a vocal minority” opposes mandates, “vaccinations will become the norm and most resistance will melt away over time,” Gostin said.

A 61-year old worker at a Home Depot in Phoenix, who asked to remain anonymous because she is not authorized to speak to the media, said workers who interact with the public should be required to be vaccinated. Her opinion is driven largely by her experience surviving Covid-19 and losing her husband to the virus in December, shortly before the vaccines became available to high-risk people.

“If he could have just held on for six more weeks,” she said. “I don't want anyone else to even take the risk of that.”

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Two men beaten and robbed in middle of street in River North as bystanders dance — and police take 6 minutes … - Chicago Sun-Times

Surveillance video shows two men getting beaten and robbed over the weekend in the middle of the street in River North as onlookers danced.

Police responded about six minutes after the attack began early Saturday in the 400 block of North State Street, but by then both men were lying on the pavement, their cell phones, wallets, even shoes stolen.

The video, first posted by the crime website CWB Chicago, initially shows three men beating up another man as traffic crawls past. Another man walks by and is sucker-punched and falls to the pavement.

The group keeps attacking the other man until both on down on the pavement. The attackers then rummage through their pockets, walking with with a bag, shoes and other items, the video shows.

Women dance in the street while people appear to record the fight.

Police Supt. David Brown was asked at a Monday news conference about the delayed response to the attack in the busy downtown area.

“There were officers on walking beats nearby. From our preliminary review it took about six minutes to get there,” Brown said. “Not everyone was cooperative. As you’ve seen, it was a very chaotic scene. And we’ll have to follow up and hopefully it will lead to an arrest.”

Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan said the video “speaks for itself.”

“There was some sort of altercation where three males were beating up another male, and a separate male walked by and he was assaulted as well. And then some items were taken,” he said.

Deenihan said on Monday that detectives had created a bulletin with photos and descriptions of the suspects that would be shared with the public. But a police spokesperson said Tuesday morning that the department’s media office has not yet received a bulletin from detectives.

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Shallotte Middle, West Brunswick cleared after potential threats - WECT

SHALLOTTE, N.C. (WECT) - Shallotte Middle School and West Brunswick High School have both been cleared by the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office after no threats were found at the schools.

School buses have resumed routes and will be back on campus shortly. Extra deputies are on the schools’ campuses for the day as a reassurance to students and staff.

On Tuesday morning, the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office investigated the potential threat to Shallotte Middle that was called into the Ocean Isle Beach Police Department.

The sheriff’s office gave the all clear notification after deputies searched the school and found no signs of a threat. A spokesperson for the sheriff’s office said shortly after Shallotte Middle was cleared, a threat to West Brunswick High School was then called in the county’s 911 center.

Deputies then searched and cleared West Brunswick High School of any threat.

All buses were rerouted to a safe location to wait until it was clear to return to the schools. School bus routes for other schools in the area were also delayed due to the impacts to Shallotte bus routes.

Law enforcement was on scene before school started. There was no danger to staff or students.

Communicating a threat to a school is a Class H felony and can carry up to 25 months in prison, a sheriff’s office spokesperson said.

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Cold front will provide a range of high temperatures across our area - KRTV Great Falls News

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HERE’S A LOOK AT THE FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS:

TODAY: We will have plentiful sunshine again for most of the day. Temperatures will range from the 70s in Western Montana to the 90s in Eastern Montana as a result of a slow-moving cold front. This front will also create the chance for some scattered showers and storms tomorrow evening. Winds will be a little bit gusty out of the West at 10-15 mph with higher gusts to 25 mph. Winds from the East in Eastern Montana.

TONIGHT: We will be mild as we head into the overnight hours as we will have temperatures in the low to mid 50s in Western Montana and in the 60s in Eastern Montana. We will be under partly to mostly cloudy skies across our viewing area. There will be chances for overnight showers near the Hi-Line across Central and Eastern Montana. Winds will be light and variable around 5 mph.

TOMORROW: The temperatures will range from the low to upper 70s. We will be mainly sunny. Winds will be a factor in the afternoon for Eastern Montana sustained from the Northwest at 10-15 mph with gusts to 30 mph. The winds will be lighter in Western Montana around 5-10 mph.

THURSDAY: We will be a little cooler with temperatures right around the 70-degree mark. We will be under mostly cloudy skies and there will be a chance for a shower or thunderstorm during the late morning and early afternoon. The wind will be out of the North at 10-15 mph.

FRIDAY: Lots of sunshine and pleasant conditions to wrap up the work week. Mostly sunny skies with high temperatures in the low 70s. The winds will be light and out of the West at 5 mph.

SATURDAY & SUNDAY: We will be partly to mostly cloudy across a large part of our viewing area for the weekend. Temperatures will climb a little bit as we will be in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees. There does not seem to be any credible precipitation threats at this time. Winds will be out of the West at 5-10 mph on Saturday and will be a little breezier on Sunday out of the Northwest at 10-15 mph with gusts to 25 mph.

MONDAY: We will have partly to mostly cloudy skies to start off the work week. Temperatures will be mild as we will be in the mid 70s. The winds will be a factor blowing out of the West at 10-15 mph but with gusts to 30 mph.

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Opinion: On the front lines, what the 7 stages of COVID look like - Pacifica Tribune

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A COVID-19 patient in an ICU in December. (Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

I’m a respiratory therapist. With the fourth wave of the pandemic in full swing, fueled by the highly contagious delta variant, the trajectory of the patients I see, from admission to critical care, is all too familiar. When they’re vaccinated, their COVID-19 infections most likely end after Stage 1. If only that were the case for everyone.

Get vaccinated. If you choose not to, here’s what to expect if you are hospitalized for a serious case of COVID-19.

Stage 1. You’ve had debilitating symptoms for a few days, but now it is so hard to breathe that you come to the emergency room. Your oxygen saturation level tells us you need help, a supplemental flow of 1 to 4 liters of oxygen per minute. We admit you and start you on antivirals, steroids, anticoagulants or monoclonal antibodies. You’ll spend several days in the hospital feeling run-down, but if we can wean you off the oxygen, you’ll get discharged. You survive.

Stage 2. It becomes harder and harder for you to breathe. “Like drowning,” many patients describe the feeling. The bronchodilator treatments we give you provide little relief. Your oxygen requirements increase significantly, from 4 liters to 15 liters to 40 liters per minute. Little things, like relieving yourself or sitting up in bed, become too difficult for you to do on your own. Your oxygen saturation rapidly declines when you move about. We transfer you to the intensive care unit.

Stage 3. You’re exhausted from hyperventilating to satisfy your body’s demand for air. We put you on noninvasive, “positive pressure” ventilation — a big, bulky face mask that must be Velcro’d tightly around your face so the machine can efficiently push pressure into your lungs to pop them open so you get enough of the oxygen it delivers.

Stage 4. Your breathing becomes even more labored. We can tell you’re severely fatigued. An arterial blood draw confirms that the oxygen content in your blood is critically low. We prepare to intubate you. If you’re able to and if there’s time, we will suggest that you call your loved ones. This might be the last time they’ll hear your voice.

We connect you to a ventilator. You are sedated and paralyzed, fed through a feeding tube, hooked to a Foley catheter and a rectal tube. We turn your limp body regularly, so you don’t develop pressure ulcers — bed sores. We bathe you and keep you clean. We flip you onto your stomach to allow for better oxygenation. We will try experimental therapeutics.

Stage 5. Some patients survive Stage 4. Unfortunately, your oxygen levels and overall condition have not improved after several days on the ventilator. Your COVID-infested lungs need assistance and time to heal, something that an ECMO machine, which bypasses your lungs and oxygenates your blood, can provide. But alas, our community hospital doesn’t have that capability.

If you’re stable enough, you will get transferred to another hospital for that therapy. Otherwise, we’ll continue treating you as best we can. We’re understaffed and overwhelmed, but we’ll always give you the best care we can.

Stage 6. The pressure required to open your lungs is so high that air can leak into your chest cavity, so we insert tubes to clear it out. Your kidneys fail to filter the byproducts from the drugs we continuously give you. Despite diuretics, your entire body swells from fluid retention, and you require dialysis to help with your renal function.

The long hospital stay and your depressed immune system make you susceptible to infections. A chest X-ray shows fluid accumulating in your lung sacs. A blood clot may show up, too. We can’t prevent these complications at this point; we treat them as they present.

If your blood pressure drops critically, we will administer vasopressors to bring it up, but your heart may stop anyway. After several rounds of CPR, we’ll get your pulse and circulation back. But soon, your family will need to make a difficult decision.

Stage 7: After several meetings with the palliative care team, your family decides to withdraw care. We extubate you, turning off the breathing machinery. We set up a final FaceTime call with your loved ones. As we work in your room, we hear crying and loving goodbyes. We cry, too, and we hold your hand until your last natural breath.

I’ve been at this for 17 months now. It doesn’t get easier. My pandemic stories rarely end well.

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Apple @ Work Podcast: Front creates a place for teams to collaborate on customer communication - 9to5Mac

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A cold front and the remnants of hurricane Ida bring much needed rain but also a flooding threat to the area - WHSV

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HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - After several rounds of storms over the last few weeks, we have not only more storms but the remnants of hurricane Ida to bring widespread rain to the area.

We need the rain! Yes we certainly do need the rain. This is the first real widespread rain event in quite some time. Storms can provide a lot of rain but it’s in a short amount of time and can be limited to a small area. Now remnant tropical storms have historically brought some of the worst flooding events to our area. (Isabel in 2003, Fran in 1996, Agnes in 1972, etc)

Not all remnant storms are bad, these can also bring much needed rain to drought stricken areas. This is exactly what Ida will do. However, because of thunderstorms bringing heavy rain from last Saturday, Monday, and again Tuesday before Ida even gets here, this is still going to lead to concern for flooding or flash flooding.

What’s the difference between flooding and flash flooding? Flash flooding just happens much faster and the water can come up faster than anticipated

It’s a good idea to check things around you house. Clear your gutters or drains. Keep an eye on your basement if it tends to flood. Even though overall widespread winds will not be incredibly high, you may want to secure any outdoor furniture. There can still be high winds in any storm.

Before the remnants of hurricane Ida make it here, we will have a cold front approaching from the north on Tuesday. It will not be a washout but we will start with a few storms in the afternoon and then likely a line or a few waves of storms late afternoon into the evening. This can lead to torrential rain in some spots and localized flooding where we have storms. Not everyone will see a storm Tuesday, this will not be completely widespread.

What to know for the middle of the week(whsv)

The actual remnants of hurricane Ida arrive Wednesday morning and will continue through the day. Rain will be heavy at times. There likely will be some thunderstorms on Wednesday and there is a tornado threat. It’s a low end tornado threat but the potential is there. Likely the greatest risk will be east of Shenandoah mountain and across the Shenandoah Valley and east of the Blue Ridge.

A reminder on the power of water:

You may think you’re familiar with your route, but you never know what’s lurking beneath those murky floodwaters. Do not, under ANY circumstances, drive through flooded roadways.

Turn Around, Don’t Drown! pic.twitter.com/TH9cdmWkqJ
— National Weather Service (@NWS) September 22, 2020

Just a reminder with the flooding threat Tuesday with storms and Wednesday with Ida remnants
It's NOT worth risking your life, turn around. pic.twitter.com/h5B74nMbWh
— Aubrey Urbanowicz (@WHSVaubs) August 31, 2021

Rivers will still rise after the rain so likely our rivers won’t crest until Thursday so there will still be water around in some areas.

As the rain from Ida moves out of the area Wednesday overnight, we are left with an amazing forecast the rest of the week. A big drop in humidity will leave us with some very comfortable air for Thursday and into the weekend. Finally a nice drop in humidity.

A drop in humidity after Wednesday night(whsv)

Here’s a link to the weather section of the website where we have more resources on river levels, creek levels, precipitation anomalies, drought conditions, soil moisture, etc.

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Middle Eastern Writers Ask Hollywood to “Take More Chances on Us” in Open Letter - Hollywood Reporter

The Writers Guild of America West’s recently-formed Middle Eastern Writers Committee is asking the industry to increase their outreach, improve their knowledge and “take more chances on us” in an open letter.

The letter, signed by over 50 members of the Committee including writer-director Ramin Bahrani (The White Tiger), writer-director-producer Sam Esmail (Homecoming) and actor and writer Mitra Jouhari (Three Busy Debras), notes that their union’s most recent inclusion report found that just 0.3 percent of employed screenwriters and 0.3 percent of employed TV writers are Middle Eastern, behind all other ethnic groups measured in both categories. “Because of this, we find ourselves at a cultural inflection point, and we’re asking for your allyship to improve this number,” the letter reads. “Identifying the problem is the first step – taking action is what should follow.”

The Middle Eastern Writers Committee was formed less than a year ago, in Aug. 2020, and is co-chaired by Big Hero 6: The Series writer Paiman Kalayeh and Life-Size 2 scribe Cameron Fay. Its goal is “to boost visibility and employment of Middle Eastern writers within the film and television industry, while celebrating and promoting accurate portrayals of Middle Eastern characters in all areas of media,” according to the union. The Committee also seeks to be a resource for productions looking to portray the Middle Eastern community in the U.S. and internationally.

Pointing out the Guild’s database of writers identifying themselves as Middle Eastern, the letter proceeds to ask the industry to “Reach out to us. Get to know our work. And most of all, take more chances on us to both tell our
own stories and contribute to the ones being crafted in writers rooms all over town.” (The Committee, which is looking to get the word out about its work, has previously hosted a panel with the Think Tank for Inclusion & Equity and is currently working on an upcoming “In the Room with Middle Eastern Women” panel set for Sept. 23.)

The letter further notes the recent success of Hulu’s Ramy, TBS’s Chad and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (featuring two MENA stars) but says “Unfortunately, these stories are typically few and far between. We’re often branded as one-dimensional, naïve foreigners with funny accents, stereotypical, shady businesspeople, and too often, our identities seem to be intrinsically tied to the War on Terror and being America’s number one enemy.”

The letter concludes by inviting the industry to “keep this conversation going” and contact the Committee through the Guild’s Inclusion & Equity staff liaison. “We look forward to partnering with you, ensuring that our voices are heard and that we’re represented across the industry,” the letter says.

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CCISD police: Arrest made in Driscoll Middle School shooter hoax - KRIS Corpus Christi News

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — CCISD Police Chief Kirby Warnke tells KRIS 6 News that a child has been arrested for calling in a false 911 call, setting off a chain of events that saw CCPD and CCISD police officers converge on the Driscoll Middle School campus shortly before noon.

Both law-enforcement entities responded to the school based on a report of an active shooter at the West Side school early Monday afternoon.

In a brief conversation shortly after noon, Warnke said the police presence may have been in response to an abuse of 911 call, or a possible prank call. It has been determined that was the case.

Warnke said the call was traced to a child on the campus, and after further investigation determined no active shooter was on the campus, the child was arrested.

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Dear Prudence is online weekly to chat live with readers. Here’s an edited transcript of this week’s chat.

Jenée Desmond-Harris: Good morning, friends. How’s everything going? Probably not great if you’ve come here with a question ready‚ but let’s figure things out together.

Q. Am I the K-hole: My husband and I have always had different attitudes toward drugs: I’m very uncomfortable around them, while he’s more adventurous. Over the last year, he’s gotten into ketamine, and every few weeks he invites his friends over to snort ketamine together. They only do low-to-medium doses, but it stresses me out! I especially hate that he does it in front of our young children. His whole personality is different when he’s high on ketamine—not aggressive or violent, but he seems to become an entirely different person, which disturbs me. I think it frightens our kids too. I’ve confronted him about this, but he complains that I’m trying to control him. Even my therapist thinks I need to loosen up about this. Am I really asking so much?

A: This reminds me of the question I answered last week about the woman whose husband was upsetting her by drinking. I basically told her to get over it! But this feels a little different, and I think maybe it’s because you’re talking about an illegal drug? In this situation, I think the best idea is to figure out what the agreement was when you got married, and whoever wants to depart from that should have to make their case to the other person. So if he’s always been adventurous about drugs, and you’ve never indicated that that’s not allowed in your home, you probably don’t have a strong case to make him stop, especially since he’s just behaving differently but isn’t hurting anyone. But if you’ve never done drugs at home and this is a departure from the status quo, he should be the one to convince you that it should be a new part of your life.

I do think you should stand firm on protecting your kids from a dad who’s behaving in a way that scares them. Can you (with the help of your therapist) work with him to make a deal that he can do what he wants but after the kids are in bed, or when they’re at friend’s houses? I think that’s a reasonable compromise.

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Q. Heartbroken mom: I have a 16-year-old LGBTQ+ teen, 12-year-old boy, and a progressive-for-a-YT-guy husband. There’s a lot of conflict between my husband and the oldest child, who thinks all the wrongs of the world are because of their father. Now my husband has been diagnosed with metastatic cancer and probably will die, although he is getting excellent treatment. I would like to facilitate a better relationship with both kids so that if they have to say goodbye before they should have to, it will be on good terms. What can we do to help each other through this awful situation?

A: I’m so sorry to hear this. What a heartbreaking situation. It crossed my mind that you could push the two of them into some kind of counseling together, but I’m actually not so sure that’s a great idea. If their relationship has been strained, I worry that feeling pressure from you to make it into something it’s not will only strain it more. And my biggest concern is that you have limited time with your husband, and I don’t want you to waste it trying to change the way they interact or how they feel about each other. The vast majority of your energy should go to enjoying the last weeks or months you have with him, and giving him your care, time, and attention.

Now, I do think the 16-year-old is old enough to hear about the prognosis, and I’m hopeful that that will make them want to find as much closeness with their dad as their clashing personalities (or whatever the issue is) allow. Perhaps near the end, hospice can help everyone in the family sort through their feelings in a way that makes meaningful conversations easier and breaks down any tension. But at the end of the day, I think you’ll find the most peace if you accept the fact that family relationships are messy and encourage your kid to do the same. Then, when your husband is gone, your teen’s narrative might be “My dad and I always bumped heads; he was from a different generation and I was incorrigible, but I know he loved me.” And that might have to be enough.

Q. Closed for business: Eight years ago, my wife and I decided to open our marriage. I thought it was a joint decision at the time, but in retrospect, it seems likely it was prompted by her established insecurity around my more “adventurous” sexual history. We’ve had a few ups and downs—we’ve even paused on the open element a few times—but it’s mostly worked for us.

The problem is that I am now a middle-aged man with a job that sucks up a lot of my time and I’m not exactly fighting off new partners. My wife, meanwhile, is five years younger than me, artistic, and extroverted; she could go out with a different person every night if she wanted. This disparity has led her to suggest we either put the “closed for business” sign on our marriage or that we make a joint effort to make more connections.

The thing is, I don’t want to do any of that, but I also don’t want to let her down. 2020 was hard on both of us and I know she struggled with the isolation; I don’t want her to restrict her social/sexual engagement because of me. Meanwhile, I’ve struggled with the lack of isolation recently, plus the death of one of my girlfriends of cancer last year, which makes me feel sad and exhausted and sort of fearful about the idea of getting so close to anyone I have no socially sanctioned connection to—and I really don’t want to deal with enforced flirtation at a spouse-created munch.

I guess I just want to know how to have this conversation without undue pressure on either of us. If she thinks we need to focus on us for a while for the sake of our partnership, that’s great. However, on my own behalf, I’m quite happy with where we are. It is enough to have the community and the slightly charged engagement with friends old and new to remind me that I was, occasionally, quite wild.

A: It sounds like you and your wife both really care about each other’s happiness. It’s very sweet! You also both seem to be fine with the way things are going, so you may both be overthinking this. What if you say to her, “I really appreciate your offer to close our marriage or only find new connections as a couple, but I really am fine and I don’t want you to restrict yourself because of me. I don’t feel like socializing or pursuing people as much after the year I’ve had but I’m totally okay if you do. Thank you so much for thinking about me and trying to be accommodating. Can we keep the conversation about how we’re feeling going and I’ll let you know if anything changes on my end”?

Q. Corporate America can suck it: I have a wonderful online friend I met a few years ago, and they mean the world to me. They recently found a job after months of searching, but it’s one of those corporate jobs that marginalize Black women. Not only does this make going to work an absolute nightmare for them, but they’re constantly being misgendered by co-workers because they’re non-binary. (Being out isn’t the safest option for them right now, so they’re courageously taking it in stride.)

Whenever they talk to me about how they’re overlooked at work or how being in that kind of environment affects their self-image, I often find myself struggling to comfort them. They don’t expect to be at this place long-term, but knowing how difficult it was for them to get a job in the first place, I’m afraid they’re going to end up working there longer than they anticipate. I love them with all of my heart and I hate to see them struggle this much, but as a non-Black, cisgender person of color, I can’t give them the support they deserve. What should I do?

A: It’s very wise and considerate of you to put so much energy into trying to figure out what would actually be helpful here, rather than being pushy or bossy or assuming that what you would want in this situation is what your friend would want.You don’t have to—and probably can’t—fix this for them, but you’re helping more than you know by listening and caring. If you feel comfortable, you can ask them directly how you can best support them as they go through this. Until then, I suggest writing down the following sentences:

“This is unfair.”

“I hate this for you.”

“This is not your fault.”

“I’m so sorry you’re going through this.”

“Your coworkers are insensitive asses.”

“Please feel free to vent to me any time.”

“I can’t imagine how much of a toll this is taking on you.”

“Is there anything I can do to make you feel better or help with finding a new job, I’m always here. I can also just listen.”

Pick a line or two from that list (plus a great one from your letter: “I love you with all my heart and I hate to see you struggling like this”) and remix as needed when you find yourself in these conversations.

Q. Please let the dogs out: A close family friend was recently widowed after her husband’s extended illness. She’s a very social person but she had to withdraw from the world even before COVID, as her husband was immunocompromised. She’s in her mid-sixties and has a very successful son who lives across the country. Her son is now living with her part-time and she now travels with him frequently. I’m so happy that she’s getting to travel again but every time she leaves, she asks me to watch her two dogs. If it was once or twice it would be fine, but she has left me her dogs around 10 times since February for visits that range from five to 17 days. How do I tell her that I can’t keep doing this? This constant dog-sitting is stopping me from seeing my own adult children.

A: This is easy. If her son can afford to travel frequently and bring her along, I’m sure he can also afford doggie day care. You just need to let her know. Keep your commitment when it comes to the dog-sitting dates you’ve already agreed to, but let her know that you’re going to have to pull back. Try: “Hi, Family Friend. I’ve been happy to help out this year but I wanted you to know that sadly I’m not going to be able to watch Dog’s Name anymore after the end of next month [or whenever]. I want to do some more traveling myself and spend more time with my kids, and I’ve realized I’ll need to be able to get up and go on short notice, so I can’t have any commitments at home. I’ll miss spending time with him but I hope you understand and I know there are a couple of good doggie day cares in the neighborhood.”

Q. Re: Heartbroken mom: My experience is that the hospice chaplain was a wonderful resource to me moving through difficult emotions. It’s what he was trained to do and had experience helping people with. I’m so sorry you’re all going through this.

A: Yes, I’m really hopeful that people like this will be helpful. After all, they’ve seen it all before.

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Q. How to throw a grown-ups-only party: What’s the classiest way to say “really and truly, do not bring your kids into my house, no matter how cool or mature they are”? We have this problem where we throw nice grown-up parties and our friends bring kids. It’s my house and I don’t want kids in it. As the holiday season looms near, I dread having to waste another Halloween or post-Thanksgiving affair where I spend the whole time fretting over someone else’s kids.

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BOZEMAN – Temperatures continue to rise ahead of the next weather maker. Near to slightly above normal temperatures are possible again Tuesday but a cold front will kick off a cooling trend beginning Wednesday.

Unfortunately, forecast models show a mostly dry solution despite a Pacific cold front mid-week. The upper-level Low driving this front will remain mostly in southern Canada and most of the moisture.

Ahead of the front a stronger SW flow in the mid to upper levels is aiding in the brief warm-up and it’s also paving the way for wildfire smoke to lift into SW Montana. Noticeable haziness Monday afternoon locally and more smoke is expected through Tuesday. Hopefully with a frontal passage by Wednesday air quality will improve.

Temperatures will fall slightly cooler than normal by Wednesday through the end of the week with a gradual warm up by the Labor Day weekend. Overall, the weather should remain mostly dry through early next week but temperatures will fluctuate both above normal to slightly below normal.

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Middle Tennessee is clawing its way out of devastation from recent flooding. It sits right in Ida's crosshairs - CNN

(CNN)Middle Tennessee remains deep in recovery mode after last week's deadly and destructive flooding, and it appears the remnants of Hurricane Ida will offer the area little quarter.

Ida, now a tropical storm, is forecast to move through central Mississippi on Monday afternoon before picking up speed Monday night as it tracks across northeastern Mississippi and into the Tennessee Valley.

"Hurricane Ida's remnants may reach the west and middle portions of Tennessee on Monday evening through Tuesday with heavy rain and flash flooding possible over the same areas as last weekend's flood emergency," the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency warned.

Adds the National Weather Service, "Severe weather cannot be ruled out overnight mainly south of I-40."