"there's not the same rush as in the past even though there is still construction going on the temporary employment branch of the business federation Fedil More than 10,000 temporary workers are at work every morning in Luxembourg But half as many are needed to keep the machine running A recruitment fair is being held next week in Moselle it's cross-border commuters who are the main focus of temporary work The miracle solution to the labour shortage in temporary work "A four-lane motorway and no more traffic jams," replied  director of Fedil Employment Services (FES) and CEO of MyJobEst It's easy to understand the irony when you realise that 70% of the more than 10,000 temporary workers in the country every day come from the Greater Region And mainly from Moselle and Meurthe-et-Moselle on the French side of the border FES is organising a recruitment fair for them on Tuesday 4 February Around twenty players in the sector will be represented The figure of 5,000 jobs to be filled is put forward the service sector (which still accounts for 10% of temporary work in the region): "All sectors are recruiting" stated FES administrative manager Roxanne Ugolini It is held twice a year: in January-February and in September These are periods when activity picks up after the Christmas and summer holidays candidates interviewed during the event start their new jobs within eight days "In the temporary work sector," said Damasio "almost 30% of hires lead to permanent contracts.” In 2024 1,500 temporary assignments ended in permanent contracts or long-term fixed-term contracts The General Inspectorate of Social Security (IGSS) reports an average duration of 8.8 days per contract This figure should be treated with caution as the calculation methodology does not take into account the fact that a temporary work contract may be extended several times we end up with "assignments lasting six "temporary work is no longer synonymous with job insecurity" temporary work is experiencing the same pressures as the rest of the employment market this figure is not a true reflection of reality It is based on declarations made by companies These companies do not always report their available jobs The shortage is particularly acute in the construction industry "It's a sector that's struggling more than the others," observed Damasio "It's not as busy as it used to be even though there's still a lot of construction going on "neither we temporary employment agencies would be able to meet demand" if the sector were to resume at full speed tomorrow "a large proportion of the foreign population who were temporarily in Luxembourg have returned home" This means that an even greater focus is being placed on cross-border commuters "Luxembourg is not as attractive as it used to be on a European scale" "but it is still very attractive to neighbouring countries" Hence the importance of organising a trade fair in Yutz "The post-covid era is very important" "people are thinking much more about their quality of life and the time they spend commuting Salary is no longer always the priority" Luxembourg is still an attractive place to work We had another 2.6% increase in the minimum wage on 1 January He goes on to point out that the status of a temporary worker is no different from that of a permanent employee the same supplements and the same benefits.” Damasio pointed out that "0.6% of our payroll" is devoted to upskilling for a total of 35,000 hours "worked" Read the original French-language version of this news report / FDN / Politics / Government / Urban violence : The price of angelism The town of Yutz (17,000 inhabitants) in Moselle was not spared by the rioters: McDonald’s burned down A police station was attacked in Hagondange police premises suffered the same fate in Maizières-lès-Metz seven municipal vehicles were burned and a school hall set on fire in Talange seven buses set on fire in Moyeuvre-Grande and three in Piennes an apartment set on fire by mortar fire and the brand-new footbridge that is the pride of our neighbors in Thionville vandalized: this time the thieves didn’t just ransack France’s major cities A message from the City of Yutz alerted us yesterday evening on “Neighbours Vigilants”: given the context please put your cars in the garage and don’t leave your garbage cans on the public highway The same goes for the Terrasses de Provinces (Cofimeg) district The nearby Suzuki garage and its vehicles were also vandalized The Yussois McDonald’s also caught fire Things you buy through our links may earn Vox Media a commission One of the keys to the roaring success of the third Iron Man movie This is good because the suit is an elegant metallic blank and is largely computer-generated and we’ve seen virtually (and I do mean virtually) everything that it can do while having to pretend to be convinced by little cut-ins of Robert Downey Jr.’s face in alleged flight or battle This is also good because two more hours of rock-‘em-sock-‘em CG robots would set up unfavorable comparisons to last summer’s superhero-franchise-tent-pole-orgasmatron and it boded well that Jon Favreau — whose Iron Man 2 had narrative love handles from all the fat in its budget — ceded the director’s chair to the still-hungry Shane Black Clearly Black understood that Downey had to be the heart (such as it is) of this thing and that no actor can triumph over a cartoon tin man The idea is to kick Downey’s billionaire industrialist Tony Stark out of his comfort zone so that instead of throwing money at every problem In the script credited to Drew Pearce and Black Stark brings upon himself his exile into the low-tech wilderness he created his “own demons” — blowing off a wide-eyed Über-nerd (Guy Pearce) to sleep with a dishy biologist (Rebecca Hall) Having rooted the villain’s genesis in his hero’s character flaws arrogant Stark doing a nyah-nyah-come-get-me-you-know-where-I-live routine to a robed terrorist mastermind called the Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) whose (very exuberant) videos make plain that he’s targeting the president of the United States and whose last explosion puts someone close to Stark into a coma The milieu is no more real than half of Hollywood’s heterosexual relationships The other problem with post-Avengers movies is that you wonder why Stark doesn’t just pick up the phone and say come in Thor … ” Iron Man 3 handles this not by pretending The Avengers didn’t happen but by having Stark overbusy coping with the trauma of what everyone calls “New York.” To add insult to PTSD not Downey’s) fans want to know more about the Avengers than Iron Man too-hard-to-resist Tennessee adolescent named Harley Keener played by Ty Simpkins Having a workshop handily abandoned six years earlier by his AWOL dad Harley trades insults with Stark while exhorting him to recover his inner garage-workshop-tinkerer Their bickering produces one disconcertingly weird line following a vicious firefight between Stark and a female quasi-Terminator: “If you do someone a solid,” Stark tells the boy “don’t be a yutz” — probably the first time the phrase “do a solid” has been paired with the word yutz and certainly the first time “yutz” has been used by a white Anglo-Saxon Protestant superhero The Jews really have infiltrated popular culture Downey is less obnoxious than he was in The Avengers and more vulnerable partly because Black knows how to modulate his leading man’s shtick — Black’s Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) was a jolly vehicle for the sardonic freshly sober Downey and the opening salvo of the actor’s triumphant comeback Black is good at giving his heroes a morbid self-hating edge and even better at coming up with hateable villains he doesn’t stint on the killings — an attack on Air Force One has the body count of Air Force One in about 1/50th the time The timing isn’t great for an escapist romp that features explosions in public places in American cities But this kind of picture always seems to get a pass the box-office take barely dented even by shooters in multiplexes Nothing gets between us and our superhero blockbusters As to the chemical and biological nature of the villain and his literally fire-breathing minions I couldn’t if I wanted to since I never fully understood their powers which expand and contract according to the needs of the script though: Iron Man 3 has a lot of incident and the big action set pieces are at least coherent enough for us to know which way the shock waves are blowing It would be nice if today’s superhero didn’t have the same ball-and-chain girlfriend who wants him to take fewer risks and put more effort into the relationship (“Eye contact Iron Man!” she doesn’t say but might as well) But at least this time “Goopy” Paltrow gets to perform a few superheroics herself along with enduring some heavy-duty torture that’s bound to please her haters — for whom the sight of the top of her face being peeled off in Contagion was like Christmas in July Iron Man 3 has an unusually high number of witty turns from Pearce’s clumping disfigured geek turned insinuating smoothie to Don Cheadle’s amusingly gung-ho Colonel Rhodes ever disheartened when he can’t rocket around alongside Stark who was so stunning as the hillbilly matriarch in Winter’s Bone and the meth fiend who in Breaking Bad dropped an ATM machine on her boyfriend’s head The talented comic actor Adam Pally has an exuberant bit as a Stark groupie in a TV van It’s the sort of inspired silliness a movie like this needs and it also gives Downey a chance to prove what a brilliant straight man he can be — he uses his superstar sense of entitlement to generate a great Finally we come to the Mandarin of Ben Kingsley Every time I see Sir Ben I think he’s due for another of Her Majesty’s honors: Lord High Executioner of Mischief Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: you’ll receive occasional updates and offers from New York Mamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times By Jake Silverstein Photograph by Mamadi Doumbouya I recently sat down to interview him — a somewhat intimidating task You once said that the first question you ask in an interview is almost more for revealing personality than it is about getting a great answer So I want to ask you something that might reveal something about your personality So I was interested to see how you would respond to a situation in which you’re not in control I would say my overriding concern is not coming off like a yutz I definitely feel more nervous having to give the answers rather than ask the questions I think Reed sort of shrugged and let him put it down but I don’t know what he thought shaved Parmesan was usually famous actors are charismatic people who are fun to talk to Is there an interview with a musician that unlocked for you something about their music that you just did not understand before I think in a weird way something closer to the opposite is more likely to happen And I knew immediately: He’s going to know And then there was the thing that happens where the three dots went away in his text response and then it was just some cursory response And I’ve never been in touch with that guy again That’s probably good for them every once in a while It feels as if you’re trying to figure out something about the world and how to live in it. That comes up overtly in some interviews, like the one with the so-called world’s happiest man or the hospice nurse But there’s often an undercurrent to your questions that suggests to me that you’re using these interviews to try and answer questions you have about how to be a good person how to deal with the stress of a catastrophic era These themes come up again and again and again That trend you’re identifying is partly related to the answer I just gave where But the underlying question of why that has increasingly become my curiosity — the answer has to do a lot with getting older and experiencing more life And obviously there are larger events happening in the world that raise questions about goodness and what it means to be a person in the world That’s happening in parallel with the questions I’m asking in my own life I’m often trying to interview people who I think can speak to fundamental questions that I have but that I think are also relevant to a lot of other people I’d be asking more questions about amplifier repair or something What do you think it would do to your thinking At other jobs I paid very close attention to the traffic and it always pushed my thinking in more mercenary And the pleasure you get out of a traffic success is in my experience dwarfed by the anxiety you get from traffic failures it all confirms for me that our world is behaving in a completely insane manner about the climate crisis It’s a very stark negative future that we’re looking at directly And there’s not nearly enough action being taken to try and mitigate the worst of it I think it’s better to be alive than to not be alive And all these people I talked to confirm that let me ask you a couple of personal questions I think readers and your colleagues and your subjects think of you as somebody who has a real gift for talking to people But I know that this was not always the case — that the ability that you have to find a way to not only get other people to open up There definitely was a pretty low period in my life when I found even the idea of talking to people I didn’t already know to be depressingly daunting I used to skip out on classes in college rather than have to lead a discussion or give a presentation but I just had pretty low self-esteem at the time I didn’t want to have my presence registered with anyone else I’m aware of the hardships that people face in the world In the scheme of things it was not that bad and that now I have a job where I talk to strangers at length basically in front of the public — I still find it a little hard to wrap my head around It feels as if my life took a pleasantly unpredictable path Do you think having been a person who once struggled to have the kinds of conversations that you now have freely has helped you do that as well as you do I don’t know that I’ve thought about it in those terms specifically I just take the idea of conversation seriously And that includes both for me and the person I’m talking to Let me ask you one more personal question that’s perhaps a little more lighthearted. This is sort of a deep cut, but in your Emma Chamberlain interview you referred to being unable to go to prom because you were suspended who talks about how the idea of endless growth is ecologically unsustainable and irrational I wouldn’t even say he’s necessarily famous for an economist he sent me a really nice note and said how gratifying it was for him at the end of his career to get to talk about his ideas in The New York Times He died three or four months after the interview And I felt happy to have given him that opportunity to talk about the ideas that meant so much to him that an interesting person in the world dies and you think There are some people who I know I’ll just never get to interview Of course that would have been great to have the audio for Earlier we talked about your theory about the first question in an interview Do you have a theory about the last question You’re trying to end on some sort of answer that nods to the larger themes of the interview But maybe I could just hijack this and say that when I look back at the people I’ve been able to talk to And then to be able to share them with people who seem to be interested that’s really been both an adventure and a gift Basse Yutz Flagons (made around 2,500 years ago) Bronze; found in North-astern FranceThis is the sound of a Saturday night out .. Ever since someone discovered how to make alcohol and that's at least seven thousand years ago and they consume a great deal of alcohol in the process It's a stereotype that goes back over two and a half thousand years and it still shapes the way Mediterranean Europe thinks about the north - and even the way the north thinks about itself "There's an undoubted bias against the culture of northern Europe; it's not seen as ideal in the way that the culture of the Mediterranean was for many years." (Jonathan Meades) "There's been a revolution in our understanding of who the Celts really were; the revolution makes us aware just how complicated the situation is." (Barry Cunliffe) There are no written records from the people of northern Europe of two and a half thousand years ago; they're mentioned briefly and disparagingly by the Greeks and so the only way we can really get to know these people - our close neighbours and indeed our ancestors - is through the things they've left behind Here I've got a pair of spectacular wine jugs which are key objects in helping us understand the society of early northern Europe and they're always referred to as the Basse Yutz Flagons They are about the size of a large bottle of wine and they hold about the same amount of liquid But what really strikes you about these two flagons is the extraordinary decoration at the top And that must have been what everybody would have looked at as they were feasting with these amazing objects These elaborately decorated flagons were stumbled on in 1927 by workmen digging in Basse Yutz Nothing quite like them had ever been found in western Europe before and the strangeness of their style and decoration led many experts to assume that they must be fakes But the curators at the British Museum were convinced that they were genuinely ancient; that they represented a new and so then the flagons were acquired for the then colossal sum of �5,000 Betting the bank on this kind of acquisition is a huge gamble on curatorial knowledge and research since has confirmed they were indeed made about two and a half thousand years ago roughly the same time as the Parthenon was being built in Greece And the Basse Yutz Flagons are now celebrated as two of the most important and earliest pieces of Celtic art anywhere there were small communities of farmer-warriors connected across thousands of miles by trade The smartest graves in the region where the flagons were found have wagons and chariots shoes and clothes - and of course all the things you needed for throwing parties Mere death was not going to keep these northern Europeans from the good life so the graves have lots of drinking equipment - bowls and cauldrons Many of these objects must have been traded over the Alps; there are Greek pots and vessels and lots of flagons made in the Etruscan cities of northern Italy Unkind commentators might call the owners of the Basse Yutz Flagons the Iron Age 'nouveaux riche' - northerners looking to use Mediterranean design and taste to show off their own sophistication and aspirations Is this where the myth of the divide between an uncouth Northern Europe and a cultured South begins and I think it's one that over the centuries has done a great deal of damage "I don't think there's a single northern European identity more than there is a single southern European identity there has been a marked bias - throughout western European history The North has looked south; the South has barely looked north This is largely occasioned by the paramountcy of classics - of Greek and Latin as languages the design and the craftsmanship of the flagons make a nonsense of the Greek myth of these northern Europeans as crude barbarians and they tell us a great deal about the scope of their world but the material from which our flagons are made makes it clear that they had plenty of international contacts: for the source materials for making this bronze are copper from the Alps to the south and the tin comes probably from Cornwall in the far west Patterns on the base of the flagons are familiar to us from Brittany and the Balkans while there are shapes inspired by palm fronds found in the art of Ancient Egypt And then the very idea of a flagon itself is foreign - it's a popular shape created by people living in northern Italy A feast with these flagons at the centre would leave the visitors to these new rulers in no doubt at all that the people they were visiting were sophisticated there are at least 120 separate pieces of coral - probably from the Mediterranean but of course originally they would have been bright red giving a striking contrast to the original golden shine of the bronze with the flames reflected in the bronze and deepening the red of the coral the beer or the mead they contained was ceremonially poured for important guests .. The animals on the flagons tell us a great deal about these people fangs bared and holding in its mouth a chain that connects to the stopper have been an essential part of hunting life smaller dogs lie on either side of the lid All three dogs have their attention focussed on a tiny bronze duck that sits right at the end of the spout it would certainly look as though the duck was swimming on the wine if the drinker had already had several cups from this flagon But what would be clear to anyone whose cup was being filled from these flagons No piece of Italian design actually looked like this all said loud and clear that these were made north of the Alps - examples of a new wave of creativity among craftsmen and designers; a rare confidence in taking elements from different foreign and local sources to forge a new visual language who were these drinkers who could make such wonderful things We don't know what they called themselves because they didn't write The only name we have to go on is one given to them by foreigners and that's the first written reference to the peoples we know as Celts And this is part of the reason that we call the new art style seen on these flagons Celtic art - although it is very doubtful that the people who made or used this art called themselves Celts or indeed called the language they spoke a Celtic language Professor Barry Cunliffe is a leading expert on the Iron Age and the Celts: "The relationship between Celtic art and people we call Celts is very and I think one can simplify it by saying that in most of the areas where Celtic art developed and was used That doesn't mean to say that they necessarily thought of themselves as Celts or that we can give them that sort of ethnic identity but they probably spoke the Celtic language and therefore they could communicate with each other We could go a bit further and say that the area in which Celtic art developed - and that is roughly sort of eastern France people had probably been speaking the Celtic language for quite a long time." The people we now call Celts live far to the west of the Rhine Valley where our flagons were made - in Brittany Ireland and Scotland - but throughout these Celtic lands we find artistic traditions that echo the decoration on the Basse Yutz Flagons It's what since the nineteenth century has been called Celtic art the Book of Kells and the Lindisfarne Gospels made in Ireland and Britain more than a thousand years later it's possible to trace the legacy of a language of decoration across much of Western and Central Europe The problem of studying the ancient Celts is that we are looking at a fifth-century Greek stereotype compounded by a much later nineteenth-century British and Irish one The Greeks constructed an image of the 'Keltoi' as a barbaric That ancient typecasting was replaced a couple of hundred years ago with an equally fabricated image of a brooding that was far removed from the greedy practicalities of the Anglo-Saxon industrial world - the romanticised 'Celtic Twilight' of Ossian and Yeats being Celtic has taken on further constructed connotations of national identity - just look at the Celtic clovers and the crosses that for many Scots Welsh and Irish are visible statements of their tribal identity or the fact that visitors are welcomed to modern Edinburgh with greetings in Gaelic a Celtic language never historically spoken there although strongly felt and articulated today by many The challenge when looking at objects like the Basse Yutz Flagons is how to get past those distorting layers of myth-making and let the objects speak as clearly as possible about their own place and their own time But there may nonetheless be some truth in the enduring stereotype that Northern Europeans Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo pauses while speaking during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on confirmation last week on Capitol Hill in Washington CIA Director Mike Pompeo made a secret visit to North Korea earlier this month and met with leader Kim Jong Un — a meeting that "went very smoothly," President Trump said on Wednesday "A good relationship was formed," Trump said adding that the direct contact with North Korea — a rare step for the U.S — was intended to work out details of a possible Trump-Kim summit Mike Pompeo met with Kim Jong Un in North Korea last week Meeting went very smoothly and a good relationship was formed Details of Summit are being worked out now Denuclearization will be a great thing for World In a tweet that also hinted at the ultimate goal of a potential summit "Denuclearization will be a great thing for World Trump confirmed the substance of recent reports by multiple news outlets which had quoted unnamed White House officials But Trump also introduced an element of potential confusion by saying that Pompeo met with Kim "last week." Early reports had stated the secret meeting occurred over Easter weekend — or around April 1 — more than two weeks ago NPR's Tamara Keith says a White House official has confirmed that Pompeo met with Kim on Easter weekend The confirmation of Pompeo's trip comes after Trump said Tuesday that the U.S and North Korea have had direct talks "at very high levels." He made that statement during a joint news conference with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida Trump said he expected to sit down with the North Korean leader in early June and that the White House was considering five possible sites for such a meeting The Washington Post "Pompeo has taken the lead on the administration's negotiations with Pyongyang His meeting with Kim marks the highest-level contact between the two countries since 2000 when then-Secretary of State Madeleine Albright met with Kim Jong Il Then-Director of National Intelligence James R visited the country in 2014 to secure the release of two American captives and met with a lower-level intelligence official." White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said Tuesday that the two leaders have not yet spoken directly it would be the first direct talks between a U.S played a key role in the bitterly fought Korea War that ended in an armistice – not a peace treaty – in 1953 North and South Korea have technically been in a state of war ever since Given his harsh words for Pyongyang and its leader since taking office — including his threat to respond to Pyongyang's missile tests with "fire and fury" — Trump signaled a more conciliatory note in the news conference with Abe "I really believe there's a lot of good will We are respectful of them," the president said "They do have my blessing to discuss the end of the war," he said whose country has been a frequent target of North Korea's ire and a would-be target of its ballistic missiles praised Trump for his "unwavering determination in addressing the challenge of North Korea." Become an NPR sponsor You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser or activate Google Chrome Frame to improve your experience. Published 9:00 am Tuesday, February 15, 2022 On Saturday morning in the area of the US Army Corps of Engineers’ West Point Lake office, the weather was clear, although chilly — just right for a foot race. The Southern Singletrack Trail Series held its first foot race event of the year, West Point Break, on the nearby Turkey Run Trail on the Georgia side of West Point Lake. There was a 5K race and a 10K race. Runners had a choice of running just for West Point Break or for all the races in The Southern Singletrack Trail Series. The event was co-organized by Kelly Wilson, Senior Executive Director of Facilities at Columbus State University and Vikena Yutz, who owns Project 42 Running, manages Big Dog Fleet Feet in Columbus and directs other races. Wilson said there were 20 people in the 10K and 27 in the 5K. She said that with every race in The Southern Singletrack Trail Series, she and Yutz aim to donate to a charity that maintains nature trails or waterways. “The Chattahoochee Riverkeeper is our charity for this race to help with keeping the Chattahoochee clean, which also runs through this lake,” she said. Jacob Westad, who lives in Germany, said he was only participating in the West Point Break 5K race. “I came last week to visit family,” he said. Westad said he looked forward to spending time in nature, seeing the trail and having fun getting some exercise. David Curry, who said he works for Flowers Insurance Agency, also said he was just doing the West Point Break 5K. “It’s the first one I’ve done in a while,” he said. “I’m trying to get back out and get a little more active after a couple of years of inactivity, like everybody. So hopefully this is the thing to kickstart me back into getting back in shape and getting back into fitness.” Curry said he’s lived in both Bleaker, Alabama and Cataula, Georgia. He looked forward to having a good time, meeting new people and enjoying the outdoors. Participant Laura Julian, who is from Columbus, said she was running the 10K and intended to participate in the entire Southern Singletrack Trail Series. She said she looked forward to enjoying a beautiful day and spending time in nature. Awards were given to top male and female finishers. Participants received “swag bags” that each contained a long sleeve t-shirt, a cup with the Southern Singletrack Trail Series logo on it and a copy of “Northern Thunder” by Anderson Harp. Harp was one of the event’s sponsors. The next races in the Southern Singletrack Trail Series will be on April 2 at F.D. Roosevelt State Park, Wilson said. The event will be called Bucky’s Boot Top Prohibition Run. For more information or to register for this event, search for the name of the event on https://ultrasignup.com. On Sunday, March 16, 2025, the Brooklyn Nets (21-39) square off against the Atlanta Hawks (27-33) at 6… Ranked squads are on Monday’s college basketball schedule in two games, including the Kansas Jayhawks squaring off against… The Tampa Bay Lightning versus the Florida Panthers is a game to see on a Monday NHL schedule… Ranked squads will be on Monday’s college basketball schedule for two games, including the Kansas Jayhawks playing the… There is no shortage of excitement on Monday in college basketball play, including the McNeese Cowboys playing the… With profound sadness we announce the passing of Linda (Rooyakkers) Schneider, our loving and devoted wife, mother, Nana, sister, and friend, on September 24, 2024. She left us peacefully, surrounded by her loved ones, finally escaping the burdens of Dementia with Lewy Body and Renal Cell Cancer. Born to Audrey and George “Yutz” Rooyakkers on March 3, 1953, in Kimberly, Wisconsin, she was the oldest of six children. She graduated from Kaukauna High School, where she met the love of her life, Warren. They began their 53 year marriage on October 29, 1971. To be in the presence of Warren and Linda was to know true love. A memorial service for Linda will be held on Friday, October 4, 2024 at 2:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, N369 Military Rd, Sherwood, with Fr. Mike Betley officiating.  A time of visitation will be held on Friday from 12:00 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. at church.  For online condolences please visit www.verkuilenfh.com. In lieu of flowers, a memorial is being lovingly established in Linda’s name for Lewy Body research. Air & Space Forces Magazine is the official publication of the Air & Space Forces Association, 1201 S. Joyce St., C6 / Second Fl., Arlington, Va., 22202. Copyright 2024 MILFORD, Pa. — A bit of happenstance four decades ago may have led Greg Yetter away from vacuum-cleaner sales to launching an insurance business now operating with his daughter at the helm. He'd been selling Electrolux vacuums for a year and a half when longtime friends at the Yutz Insurance Agency, now Yutz-Merkle, in East Stroudsburg, told him the Erie Insurance Group needed an agent in Pike County. "It was purely a God thing," Yetter said one morning at his family's office on Route 6. "Because of their knowledge of me and my family, they gave me a sterling recommendation." He opened the Yetter Insurance Agency in his Milford home on Oct. 1, 1972, immediately after getting his insurance license. "I started from scratch," Yetter recalled with a smile. "All I had was a phone, a car and a cardboard file box." He also had more than a bit of sales acumen honed on the vacuum cleaner circuit. "Electrolux taught me how to sell," he said. "I learned not to be timid about approaching people. Everything was cold calls, and insurance agents weren't used to cold-calling. I was used to approaching people and knocking on their doors. You won't last long if you don't make sales." He also built the business by cold-calling on the telephone. "I went to the phone book and started with "A." By the time I got to "D," I started getting referrals, and I didn't have to use the phone anymore." That technique doesn't work as well today, with the prevalence of cell phones, answering machines, Caller ID and commercial blocks on home phones. Independent agents are also challenged by insurance carriers offering their wares on the Internet. "It's become more difficult, because many companies have commoditized insurance and just break it down by price," Yetter said. "What's missing is an agent who knows what the risks are out there, and knows the client's needs. Buying insurance is not like buying bread." The Internet also spawned the need to protect Web-based businesses from liabilities ranging from mistakes in advertising to copyright infringement, said Yetter's daughter, Sherie Schoch, the company's president since her father, now a consultant, retired last year. The agency developed a Facebook page to post safety tips. Telephone numbers for filing claims with the agency's carriers were posted during Hurricane Irene. Schoch joined the company full-time in 2004 with a background in accounting and bookkeeping. She studied for her insurance license at SUNY Orange in Middletown, N.Y. The company is licensed in New York as well as Pennsylvania. "I took 96 hours of classes, and at the same time we were building a house and had young kids," she said of herself and her husband, Jeff Schoch. He came to the agency two years earlier, in 2002, with two decades of sales experience. The company's "nonfamily" employees are Patti Hoaglin, a personal insurance agent, and JoEllen Haas, the customer service representative. The transition from father to daughter was a smooth one. Sherie Schoch said she shared her father's philosophies and core values. "My father and I believe in serving God first and people second," she said. "We believe in doing so with honesty, integrity, fairness, and competence. We strive to give our policyholders the attention to detail and personal service that they deserve from a local agent. They can't get that from the Internet!" the set includes the living room of Blanche’s Miami house and mini-figs of all four Golden Girls — Blanche Dorothy and Sophia — as well as Stanley (just pretend Sophia calls him a “yutz” every time you play with him) More necessary than Stanley is the inclusion of a mini plastic cheesecake that’s perfect for eating in the full kitchen set while imagining new stories of St The project currently has 3,204 supporters, but for LEGO to take this from incredible idea to production, over 7,000 more people will need to sign on to show their support. As an added incentive, the designer has promised to add the infamous Lanai to the set if the project reaches 5000 votes LEGO did not respond to a request for comment at the time of publication There are no events scheduled. You can still show your support by planting a tree in memory of Marian "Missy" Robbins. Tribute Archive Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page This article was published more than 6 years ago I recently suffered a low-level anxiety attack while rewatching Cold Stones the Sopranos episode in which Carmela visits Paris after winning vouchers at a church auction Suitcases and steamer trunks stuffed with wardrobe changes More than The Sopranos’s many brutal murders Because unlike the fictional character Carmela Soprano week-long summer jaunt to Iceland with some friends facing down discount-flyer WOW Air’s wonky baggage restrictions I brought only a Mountain Equipment Co-op backpack The feeling of not having to check a bag (and not having to pay for a checked bag) was downright emancipatory Travelling with a single bag isn’t just for perspiring twentysomethings stinking up European backpackers' hostels.agrobacter/ISTOCK and was freed from the usual preboarding clamour my stuff could be stored safely under the seat in front me; no need to elbow down the airplane aisle jockeying for premium overhead compartment space disembarking and getting to your destination without mulling around a luggage carousel like a yutz I felt as if my mind had been cracked open a bit as if there was a way to completely unburden myself of the most annoying part of travelling this minimalist approach to travel has its own fanatical subculture On blogs and YouTube channels and subreddits (see: r/onebag) minimalist travellers review knapsacks for their carrying capacity and ingenuity and instruct readers on how to nail the ideal “army roll”—a T-shirt packing technique designed to save space Manufacturers and designers play directly to this market constantly improving upon the hyper-efficiency of single-bag-travel-style luggage heavy-duty bags by speciality designers like GoRuck and Tortuga my Patagonia MLC (for “maximum legal carry-on”) bag feels downright bush-league Immersing oneself in this space rouses a kind of mania merely having an all-in-one bag that meets carry-on requirements is not enough The Patagonia Headway MLC 45L sells for $214 at MEC.ca Wahlin sold off the bulk of his belongings and packed the rest in a 40-litre backpack working remotely as a digital designer and relocating to a different country every few weeks “I did a ton of research on what to pack,” says Wahlin “and found joy in minimizing everything in my life down to the smallest and lightest form possible.” British textile designer William Morris had a golden rule for living a life unencumbered: Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful Change “in your houses” to “on your backside,” and strike the bit about beauty and you’ve got a workable motto for the minimalist traveller it’s easy to justify cutting it,” Wahlin says This borderline-tyrannical approach to orderliness applies to what’s in the bag On the above-mentioned expedition north of the 66th parallel I also became intimately acquainted with the myriad benefits of merino wool extremely breathable and (most importantly at least for someone who sweats a lot and spills food almost as a matter of course) practically stink-resistant a merino sweater or T-shirt can be worn for days without washing a crowd-funded Canadian company offering high-quality merino shirts maintains that their clothes can be worn pretty much indefinitely Unbound co-founder Dan Demsky claims he once wore the same T-shirt for 46 days straight “That was when I felt I wanted to wash it,” says Demsky Demsky got the idea for Unbound while travelling with his wife on the Greek island of Hydra and a steep ascent up a rocky path to a hotel Demsky had one of those “there’s got to a better way!” moments so common in late-night infomercials “We could have paid a man to haul our bags up the hill on the back of his donkey but decided to tough it out,” Demsky remembers but I was sweating bullets by the end in the summer heat And I decided then and there that no matter what we needed to find a way to travel with only carry-on luggage from there on out Unbound attempts to elevate the experience Travelling with a single bag isn’t just for perspiring twentysomethings stinking up European backpackers' hostels Unlike other “technical” travel-wear festooned with branding and superfluous zippers “A lot of our customers use our shirts in their everyday lives to add simplicity and to alleviate themselves of having to choose different clothing to wear every day,” says Demsky efficiency and a zen-like decluttering of the mind only partially accounts for the appeal of one-bag travel fell into compulsively searching out information about this stuff precisely because it was preoccupying Researching the relative carrying capacities of different bags or the fortitude of one-or-another brand of merino wool underwear as I spent hours watching YouTube videos of a shaggy Oregonian dude reviewing backpacks in granular detail and researching the absolute best daypack that doubled as a packing cube I’ll hazard that anyone who loves travel also loves planning to travel: scouring TripAdvisor reviews of hotels petitioning friends and crowd-sourcing acquaintances for bar and restaurant recommendations Fussing over minimalist travel — or the single-bag “lifestyle” — turns this planning into a year-round affair While waiting to confirm time off work and saving for trips but maximalism: about extending that slightly intoxicating feeling of planning for a trip into everyday life Yet this approach to travelling light has its own leavening It’s about obsessing in the service of future relaxation of madly planning (and packing) in order to better enjoy that addicting sense of freedom that travel affords comforted by the promise that it will recede later Report an editorial error Report a technical issue Editorial code of conduct Authors and topics you follow will be added to your personal news feed in Following Welcome to The Globe and Mail’s comment community. 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For more information on our commenting policies and how our community-based moderation works, please read our Community Guidelines and our Terms and Conditions Lewis was an innovator — as well as hilarious He’d probably prefer to be tagged for one of the films he wrote, directed, produced and starred in, but “The King of Comedy” is as good a sobriquet for Jerry Lewis as any. And while his brilliant performance in Martin Scorsese‘s acrid 1982 movie about fandom and obsession allowed Lewis to show a darker side of his personality part of what made his turn as a Johnny Carson-esque talk-show host so brilliant was that it was coming from a performer we had often known to play characters who were adorably clumsy and sweetly innocent it’s all there in the titles: “The Patsy.” “The Bellboy.” “The Errand Boy.” Lewis achieved movie stardom (first with Dean Martin and later on his own) playing characters who brought chaos with them wherever they went while never meaning to cause any trouble Even when Lewis created the smarmy Buddy Love in his comic masterpiece 1963’s “The Nutty Professor,” Buddy was the yin to Dr was a bespectacled yutz who nonetheless managed to win the heart of Stella Stevens in the final reel Lewis had a show-business trajectory not unlike many of his peers: he started in vaudeville before moving onto radio But while his work has been often caricatured to modern audiences as a guy screeching “LAYDEE!” the French were actually right; Lewis was a genius To watch his early films like “The Bellboy” and “The Errand Boy” — his first and third directorial efforts — is to see the next iteration of comedy greats like Chaplin Lewis was a peer of the similarly silent-film-influenced Jacques Tati and you could create some brilliantly hilarious double bills with the two auteurs’ work Lewis created one innovation after another: there was the elaborate “dollhouse” set that allowed the entire interior of a many-roomed house to be shown all at the same time for his second film as a director “The Ladies Man,” and the now-common “video village” he developed while shooting “The Bellboy” which allowed Lewis to watch his own performance instantaneously rather than having to wait for the dailies As Lewis grew too old to play his wide-eyed naïfs the films admittedly suffered — later comedies like “Three on a Couch” and “Way…Way Out” don’t have quite the same charm as his previous efforts (Although I’ve always had a soft spot for the somewhat stage-bound farce “Boeing Boeing,” co-starring Tony Curtis.) But even those films had some standout moments; his final U.S. theatrical release as a director, “Cracking Up,” was much-maligned, but this bit with Zane Buzby as a waitress always makes me laugh But Lewis always dreamed big, whether he was attempting to revitalize the moviegoing experience (National Cinema’s “Jerry Lewis Theaters,” eventually a financial bust, was an innovator of the multiplex, which featured more, smaller theaters under one roof) or TV (the first “The Jerry Lewis Show” on ABC was an ambitious attempt to switch up the variety genre Lewis also became legendary for his philanthropic efforts, particularly the annual Jerry Lewis Telethon which raised money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association The telethons themselves were star-packed and often smarmy affairs (They also raised millions of dollars every year for a good cause.) Almost no one lives to be 91 without a little controversy and Lewis certainly had his share of beefs over the years whether it was feuds with Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra (leading to Lewis’ expulsion from the Rat Pack) or his comments about refugees or about women in comedy and Lewis leaves behind an extraordinary array of film work on both sides of the camera that makes him one of the immortals Link IconCopy linkFacebook LogoShare on FacebookXShare on XEmailShare via EmailLink copied to clipboardThomas Gray lived six days but his life has lasting impactWhen she found out early in her pregnancy that one of her identical twins would die at birth Sarah Gray began a five-year journey that culminated last week in Philadelphia When she found out early in her pregnancy that one of her identical twins would die at birth She had to carry the sick baby to term in order to protect his healthy twin And she also looked into organ and tissue donation "Instead of thinking of our son as a victim," she said "I started thinking of him as a contributor to research Thomas and Callum Gray were born at Fairfax Hospital in Virginia He died after six days - five years ago on Sunday his eyes and liver were recovered and sent - along with umbilical cord blood from him and his brother - to researchers But that wasn't the end of it for Sarah Gray She often wondered - what became of his eyes The Grays had received a thank-you letter from the Washington regional transplant organization telling them their son's corneas had been sent to the Schepens Eye Research Institute in Boston and his liver and the cord blood to Duke University in North Carolina which is affiliated with Harvard Medical School "I donated my son's eyes to your lab," she said on the phone The receptionist said she had never had such a request "I'm not sure who to transfer you to," she said who told her "infant eyes are worth their weight in gold," because Thomas' corneas were used in a study that could one day help cure corneal blindness Thirteen more studies had cited that study and decided she was going to go with the whole family to North Carolina where Thomas' liver and the cord blood had been sent Zieske also wrote her: "Your visit helped to remind me that all the eyes we receive are an incredibly generous gift from someone who loved and cared about the person who provided the eyes the Grays went to the Duke Center for Human Genetics in Durham where even though the twins were identical scientists found epigenetic differences in their cord blood research that could one day help prevent Thomas' fatal defect The couple then drove down to the road to visit Cytonet a biotech company that had used their baby's liver in a trial to determine the best temperature to freeze liver tissue Already in the nonprofit public relations field Sarah Gray became director of marketing for the American Association of Tissue Banks Even if nobody asks you - doctors are often uncomfortable when a child is dying - bring it up yourself Gray learned that the Old Dominion Eye Bank in North Chesterfield had shipped Thomas' retinas to Philadelphia She couldn't believe she'd never known this She immediately wrote to the researcher at the University of Pennsylvania who used the donation in her efforts to cure retinoblastoma the most common form of eye cancer in children who runs the lab and is a genetics professor at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania "It is almost impossible to obtain normal retina from a child," Ganguly wrote "The sample from Thomas is extremely precious for us." and Callum Gray went to the National Disease Research Interchange in Center City which Sarah Gray calls "the Match.com of science." The interchange connects hospitals that supply organs and tissue with researchers who request it "This seems to have brought you a lot of peace and joy," Bill Leinweber "You've been such a strong advocate for research and such an eloquent spokesperson for the value of research." the Gray family went to Penn to meet Ganguly and tour her lab Sarah Gray saw the marbled composition book in which the receipt of retinas was logged on March 30 They became "RES 360," short for Research 360 Gray ran her index finger over the cursive of Jennifer Yutz hugged an inflatable Godzilla as tall as he is Penn also gave the Grays a copy of the Fed Ex packing slip confirming arrival which Sarah Gray said she would "treasure like a war medal." Ganguly and her team are still saving some of it for future research Ganguly's staff led Sarah Gray into the hallway Inside were hundreds of 1.5 milliliter tubes - smaller than cigarette filters The tubes were frozen at minus-80 degrees centigrade (minus-112 Fahrenheit) "It's the RNA isolated from the retina tissue," Yutz said Ross Gray has long supported his wife's journey "It helped her get over the loss," he said seeing that there's still research going on five years after It is pretty sad when Warren Sapp makes more sense discussing the MVP "race" than Peter King does and after watching Adrian Peterson and Ben Roethlisberger fumble away any and all chance they had to potentially win the award it is still amazing to think that there will likely be someone who votes for a player other than Peyton Manning who recently admitted he voted for Carnell Lake for MVP in 1997 That was my lonely little Carnell Lake vote coming from the year when Lake played at an all-pro level at both corner and safety and led a defense that held quarterbacks to a league-low 53-percent completions rushed for over 2,000 yards and had 14 total TDs the immortal Carnell Lake was supposedly "better" than these guys in 1997 the 2008 MVP race has been over for some time If any moron yutz agrees with the sports world's resident dunce at SI the powers that be need to seriously consider taking the right to vote for the MVP away from them Spare me the crap about "most valuable to their team." This award is for the best player in the NFL The one that has the most impact on the NFL The NFL has an offensive and defensive player of the year award for the "Carnell Lakes" of this league he is confusing "best player on offense-defense" with "League's Best Player because there are still some people out there who are morons here is why these supposed "candidates" are not in the same stratosphere as Peyton Manning when it comes to the MVP award: and then (next year) shoot for Gary's single-season "gem" of 12 fumbles and anyone who votes for Peterson is a clueless yutz and does not understand football Steelers: The fact that this guy is on several voters' radar is an insult to fans everywhere Anyone who votes for Roethlisberger is a clueless yutz and does not understand football Falcons: Ryan is the only serious alternative to Peyton but the plain and simple fact is he is a rookie and is not a better QB or player than Peyton is he has helped get the Faclons get into the playoffs after they languished through a 4-12 season the year before and had to deal with the fallout of the Michael Vick scandal But equally important to Atlanta's revival is RB Michael Turner and I don't see his name on any MVP multiple choice cards The last serious MVP candidate who was a QB to throw only 15 TDs was probably some guy who played in the 1940s The bottom line here is if you vote for Matt Ryan for MVP you are saying he is a better QB and a better player than Peyton Manning right now you are a clueless yutz and do not understand football Steelers: There is a reason they have a Defensive Player of the Year award How many LBers have we seen come out of Pittsburgh that played with the same level of impact as Harrison has this year Were they legit MVP candidates back in their day Harrison isn't even the most important defensive player on his own team DT Casey Hampton and SS Troy Polamalu trump him there But only a clueless yutz and who does not understand football would vote for him as an MVP candidate Chad Pennington, QB, Dolphins: Pennington is the reason the NFL has a "Comeback Player of the Year" award He has guided the once 1-15 Dolphins to the brink of winning the AFC East this year It's funny because the reason everyone thinks Chad is a legit MVP candidate is because he doesn't turn the football over if the lack of turnovers is the criteria these people are using WTF ARE PETERSON AND ROELISBERGER DOING ON THEIR LIST but we don't even know yet if his team will make the playoffs you are saying he is a better QB and player than Peyton Manning see Matt Ryan for a description on how you are clueless Totally absent from the MVP radar are Kurt Warner and Brett Favre This is why MVPs are handed out at the end of the regular season and not after Week 12 it is not like he has been playing well only during this 8 game winning streak UPDATE: Charges dismissed Boston Police report arresting an alleged yutz who thought it was a good idea to try to get on an MBTA bus wearing a bandolier filled with what looked like actual bullets Friday afternoon Police responded to Cambridge Street and Harvard Avenue around 4:20 p.m on reports from a 66 bus whose driver had pulled over after noticing alarmed passengers - several of whom were busy calling 911 - because of the alleged bandito The driver stated that the passengers were in a panic fearing that the suspect was about to pull out a weapon exited the bus and was stopped by police on Penniman Road at which time it was discovered that the ammunition was fake Officers recovered 69 replica bullets in all The suspect was wearing what was described as spiked fighting gloves and spiked leather bracelets Young faces arraignment Monday in Brighton Municipal Court on charges of unlawful possession of ammunition unlawfully carrying a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct Like the job UHub is doing? Consider a contribution By SwirlyGrrl Sun By pesky62235 Sun The definition of "ammunition" in Massachusetts includes any of the component parts That means that if even one part of those fake rounds was "real," most likely the casings How can you be charged with unlawful possession of ammunition when you do not and does the accused have a legal defense fund By Pete Nice Sun By Pete Nice Mon he's looking at 2 years...assuming they don't try to charge him for each piece of brass shotgun or ammunition without complying with the provisions of section 129C of chapter 140 shall be punished by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than 2 years or by a fine of not more than $500 Whoever commits a second or subsequent violation of this paragraph shall be punished by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 2 years or by a fine of not more than $1,000 Any officer authorized to make arrests may arrest without a warrant any person whom the officer has probable cause to believe has violated this paragraph bullets or propellant powder designed for use in any firearm The term “ammunition” shall also mean tear gas cartridges chemical mace or any device or instrument which contains or emits a liquid powder or any other substance designed to incapacitate the commonwealth does not need to prove that the particular ammo is capable of being fired only that the ammo was "designed for use in any firearm" The defendant also claims that the Commonwealth's evidence was deficient as to the charge of possession of ammunition he claims that the Commonwealth was required to submit evidence that the ammunition in question consisted of live rounds 10(a) there must be some evidence indicating that the firearm is functional This requirement stems from the statutory definition of a firearm contained in G which provides in pertinent pail that the ability to discharge a "shot or bullet" is a defining attribute of a firearm provides only that it be "designed for use in any firearm"; in contrast to the firearms provision there is no requirement as to current functionality In view of these important differences in the statutory definitions does not bear the burden of proving that particular ammunition is capable of being fired 1134 (1993) (government required to prove ammunition is functional to support conviction of unlawful possession of ammunition where statute specifically refers to "live ammunition") the government must show only that the putative ammunition is designed for that purpose There are enough people walking around (Especially in Allston/Brighton) that have belts etc with .50 cal rounds that don't get 911 calls every day This guy must have done something else to have all these people call By adamg Sun I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that there's a difference between somebody with a single bullet made into a keychain and a guy who has 96 bullets around his waist I was never too concerned when my barber used to have a hand grenade on his counter but if I'd shown up one day and there were suddenly a couple dozen of them sitting there .. Kind of surprised charges were brought against the guy Usually we would take the stuff and tell him to pick it up at the station sometime and never wear it in public again if it is that much of an alarm to people I'm old enough to remember when belts like this were a bit of a fashion statement in the late 60s/early 70s so this little fashion victim is a bit behind the times But back then people weren't looking for terrorists around every corner They were still to busy looking for communists around every corner nowadays I see enough whack jobs on the T and on the bus on such a regular basis that I might be a bit concerned to see someone with this accouterment By RhoninFire Mon Except - as a bunch of other comments said - it's a common fashion style of walking around in leather stuff and bullet belts since I'm imagining some Allston punk rock Millennial with plenty of others for years donning this and went without incident I'm not crazy at the idea that this guy should be facing 2 years imprisonment with all the costs and stuff with it or maybe all the people who called 911 on this guy were feeling a bit twitchy and out-of-sorts that day it was more common in the 1970s and 1980s to see things like this but I see enough of it now to know that most people just don't call the police when they see people wearing the stuff most people just don't call the police when they see people wearing the stuff so the police are more likely to get called for petty things like that By BikerGeek Sun By Kaz Mon they can use common sense to tell the guy "hey but could you not wear it on public transportation where it might cause a stir They should just shoot him and say he was going for his belt has been drummed into people's heads for years now usually smartphones with specific apps to snitch The dude was a dbag to get on a bus with that to begin with A week doesn't go by without some mass shooting so obviously people are antsy By lbb Mon Every time I hear someone use the word "snitch" I picture a seventh grader who's just done something they know damn well they're not supposed to do and who's got a case of butthurt because they were called out for it we've had ample reason to think beyond any residual middle-school pseudo-ethics about "snitching" and act like grownups By Bob Leponge Mon A week doesn't go by without some mass shooting so obviously people are antsy Are mass shootings more common than they used to be By SwirlyGrrl Mon Unless you could load all of those using the belt they wouldn't be particularly useful if mass mayhem was on the schedule Most mass shootings have involved shooters with several fully loaded guns with large magazines already set up I believe are the dangerous weapon and the ammunition and disorderly charges are because he scared the s***t out of the passengers and was an a-hole to the cops By chaosjake Mon [img]http://www.idolpeter.de/tl_files/CD%60s/CD_Billy_I... By Malcolm Tucker Mon By Andy in Allston Sun Bullet belts have been a part of punk fashion for decades I used to wear one myself back in the day and no one ever blinked an eye They are also fairly common to see on any given day in Allston I'm genuinely surprised that this kid's belt caused a panic and seriously feel bad for the guy By Markk02474 Sun or other costume parties on a Friday/Saturday night where people can't dress up as a banditio or even as an Imperial Storm trouper So the Boston Police are arresting people for their fashion accessories now They should round up everyone who wears crocs and fake uggs as well Prime example of what I've brought up before Anyone at all question why BPD is making a MBTA arrest based on response from their own they either keep it or finally inform the T They really take advantage of the 911 calls going to them to up their stats Why are we paying for all these specific police departments if they police what they want whenever they want BPD has a lot more feet on the ground than TPD it's not at all unusual for TPD to ask for help the guy didn't stick around when the bus pulled over Put the two together and you've got BPD getting involved Hardly the first time: BPD was also involved when that guy shot up Forest Hills station (one of the victims ran to a friend's house across Washington Street BPD got a 911 call about a woman shot there Similar responses for shootings involving Ashmont and Dudley stations By ZachAndTired Sun Punks wearing bullet belts is not a new thing Are they going to start arresting little kids for having squirt guns next So the kid from Watertown was on his way to a punk show Those rounds mostly likely have no primers in them Massachusetts does have laws against "false devices" ie: Phoney hand gernades etc They become ill-legal when used for a crime I used to wear a bullet belt in the 1990's around Boston The gloves and spikes are like a shod foot / steel toed boot etc A chargeable offense when you act out and get caught No wonder the FBI used to spy on Black Flag and got on at the stop where the 57 and 66 connect I assume that means he took the 57 bus there Interesting that no one there felt the need to call 911 By Atwater Flinch Sun Guy gets on with what looks like a shotgun in a soft carry case Everyone on the bus acts real smooth like it's cool When the guy whipped a Bassoon out o the case and started jamming those passengers must have felt really silly I've seen punk rockers pushing strollers and donning those belts and gloves By roadman Mon The police report states that these 911 callers reported that the man had a gun The facts show that the man did not have a gun some "fake bullets" (which has no legal definition Was anyone charged with lying to the police for saying he had a gun when in fact This kind of recklessness can get people killed It is a lot like "SWATting" someone whom you don't like it is people who know there is nothing dangerous going on but they lie about a situation bad enough to send out the SWAT team people probably saw something they thought was a gun and reported it The whole mistaking other objects for guns is a mistake even police officers make By Michael Kerpan Mon not to mention a waste of municipal resources By adamg Mon Here This is the most stupidest thing an them people on bus are so dumb this is going overboard if they can't tell its JUZ a punks goddamn belt.an THATS how we dress If you like what we're up to and want to help out please consider a (completely non-deductible) contribution Copyright by Adam Gaffin and by content posters.Advertise | About Universal Hub | Contact | Privacy A screen shot from the YouTube video that shows Steve Van Zandt endorsing Laura Gillen for Congress Steve Van Zandt, lead guitarist for the Bruce Springsteen-backing E Street Band and a star of “The Sopranos,” is endorsing Democrat Laura Gillen for Congress in one of the nation’s most closely watched contests, The Point has learned. Watch the video here lost to Republican Anthony D’Esposito in 2022 and the rematch is now rated a tossup Gillen thinks the endorsement will help with voters and fundraising “Everybody in my district loves Springsteen and the Sopranos it crosses all political divides,” she told The Point Van Zandt says he has an “important message about a subject you are already tired of hearing about it feels a little bleak but do not despair Van Zandt goes on to say that Gillen is running against a “MAGA yutz ­— an incumbent Republican whose votes in Congress have been dictated by Donald Trump all those schmucks have got to go.” He does not mention D’Esposito by name Gillen said Van Zandt wrote the script and used an iPhone to record the video while in California By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy includes many political posts and has supported political and environmental causes over the decades but The Point was unable to find any candidate endorsements Gillen’s connection to Van Zandt was happenstance she was invited to a Manhattan event for The Cure Alliance focused on new research for pancreatic cancer Van Zandt was there and she introduced herself “He said if you ever run for Congress again Gillen reached out to the musician’s manager who put the two in touch and she asked him for an endorsement D’Esposito spokesman Matthew Capp provided this statement to The Point: “While Laura Gillen is courting out-of-touch leftists on Hollywood Boulevard to support her unpopular progressive agenda Congressman Anthony D’Esposito is working with local neighbors on Main Street to reduce inflation and secure our streets in the midst of Biden’s border crisis.” which had been represented in the past by Democrats Carolyn McCarthy and Kathleen Rice D’Esposito won it by 4 points in 2022 when Republican Lee Zeldin made a strong run for governor against incumbent Kathy Hochul the YouTube pitch by a high-profile celebrity does stand out in contrast to praise from village mayors and water commissioners that candidates cite on their websites and in glossy mailers But will having Miami Steve as a wingman translate into a Bada Bing moment for Gillen For more cartoons, visit www.newsday.com/nationalcartoons Subscribe to The Point here and browse past editions of The Point here The Newsday app makes it easier to access content without having to log in Unlimited Digital AccessOnly 25¢for 6 months a pedestrian raised the alert around 7pm on Friday Little information is known about the victim The body has been transferred to Nancy for identification purposes No missing persons notices have been issued over the last few days Adam Levine and the rest of Maroon 5 performed at the halftime show of Super Bowl LIII It was a boring Super Bowl (that’s just what I heard and it seemed no one was exactly excited by the prospect of Maroon 5 performing it’ll surely ramp up with halftime show by MAROON 5!! — Sam Richardson (@SamRichardson) February 4, 2019 the general consensus of the performance was: not great Let’s take a look at the best jokes about Levine: https://twitter.com/jakewoolf/status/1092231837659947010 Although auto tune failed Adam Levine terribly, Target Home Collection really came through with his wardrobe. pic.twitter.com/JzMrJYRGSl — Jessie (@CourtJesster83) February 4, 2019 It truly was the ugliest shirt in America:  https://twitter.com/tweetrajouhari/status/1092293090285506560 Adam Levine is covered with tattoos and took his shirt off outside in February Somewhere there is a very unhappy Jewish mother — DavePell@threads (@davepell) February 4, 2019 (Although let’s be clear, that whole Jews-with-tattoos-can’t-be-buried-in-a-Jewish-cemetery thing is a myth!) this Adam Levine yutz can't be buried in a Jewish cemetery — Mr. Newberger (@jeremynewberger) February 4, 2019 [thousands of Jewish adolescent boys now promising their mothers they will never get tattoos like Adam Levine] — Sam Raskin (@samraskinz) February 4, 2019 Adam Levine looks like Memento if all he has to know about himself is that he’s a douche. pic.twitter.com/hXrKAydtpX — The Volatile Mermaid (@OhNoSheTwitnt) February 4, 2019 Adam Levine with his shirt off looks like a doodle bear #HalftimeShow2019 #Maroon5 pic.twitter.com/5lFKgrND1w — Stanzi 🇵🇸 (@stanzipotenza) February 4, 2019 The only take-away from this year’s Super Bowl is the striking resemblance between Adam Levine and Chipotle bags pic.twitter.com/BOQAZYAgaL — Bailey (@Bailey_Hunter24) February 4, 2019 This is the Howard Schultz of halftime shows — Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) February 4, 2019 That stomach tat is for Adam Levine if gets lost and doesn’t know where he lives pic.twitter.com/PWuDhe5sSe — haunted tweet (@zandywithaz) February 4, 2019 How come Adam Levine dressed like a Russian mobster for the halftime show? pic.twitter.com/6Qjd4ixcPb — LaRae Boaldin (@laraeboaldin7) February 4, 2019 But maybe it motivated some to go to the gym… “Adam Levine has some nerve!” he tweeted as he set his alarm for the gym — billy eichner (@billyeichner) February 4, 2019 “Manifest the energy of that dude you hook up with every year for Thanksgiving.”  Adam Levine, who has managed to manifest the energy of that dude you hook up with every year when you go home for Thanksgiving but whose friend request you will not accept, did a sexy lil strip show and revealed his very complicated Prison Break tattoos.https://t.co/k640I9cYia — R. Eric Thomas (@oureric) February 4, 2019 now I have to explain to my children that adam levine has nipples — ziwe (@ziwe) February 4, 2019 https://twitter.com/amandamull/status/1092289448329560069 I’m sorry but Adam Levine should get the same grief as Janet did for showing us his unclothed nipples; more specifically racist and sexist that puritanical hysteria over Janet’s boob really was — Jenn | Reappropriate (@reappropriate) February 4, 2019 Emily Burack (she/her) is Alma's deputy managing editor By submitting I agree to the privacy policy the protests gripping France following the death of a teenager shot by police took a toll on the cities in the Lorraine region Despite the deployment of thousands of police officers and prefectoral orders prohibiting gatherings rioters wreaked havoc in various parts of the French region of Lorraine on Friday night Read also: French police arrest 994 people in 4th night of riotsThis marked the third consecutive night of unrest following the death of Nahel who was fatally shot by a police officer during a routine checkpoint The region's cities witnessed the third consecutive night of unrest with numerous buildings and vehicles set ablaze causing extensive damage across various parts of Lorraine​​ several instances of vandalism were reported across towns in Lorraine The Arsenal in Metz was particularly targeted by projectiles prompting the mobilisation of additional law enforcement Peaceful demonstrations also took place in Metz and Nancy where participants chanted slogans such as "justice nowhere police everywhere" and "Justice for Nahel"​​ while multiple vehicles were incinerated in the surrounding area "After setting fire to the town hall yesterday night and vandalising the BAM [local concert venue] they are now burning down the magnificent Jean-Macé library Mortar fire hindered the fire brigade's response and the national police couldn't assist the municipal police in protecting the firefighters the Jean Macé library has been lost… I condemn these criminals and the policies that condone and incite their actions much to the despair of residents in sensitive neighbourhoods who become their first victims"​ and other incidents of arson were reported in Talange and Marly​ notably in the vicinity of a car dealership and a McDonald's The Pacci automobiles dealership suffered significant damage with approximately ten vehicles set alight The Maison de Quartier in Uckange also reported a fire An internet user on the Info Traffic Lorraine et Frontières (ITLF) page expressed their fear I had been warned about the issues near Cofimeg [a quarter in Thionville]… But last night was a night of horror the stench… Young people shouting… It's genuinely terrifying for our little ones We worry about the future they'll grow up in"​ the town hall of Mont-Saint-Martin was vandalised and set on fire Several car fires were reported in the Bleuets area​ Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy was marred by reports of mortars being fired and rubbish bins and vehicles being set alight The Mayor of Laneuveville-devant-Nancy expressed his exasperation on Facebook deploring "the numerous incidents and damages that occurred in our commune last night"​ the morning after the riots saw social media platforms flooded with images and videos of the extensive damage caused by the unrest​ Olympics fans, mark your calendars! On Thursday 27 June 2024 there will be an important moment in Luxembourg's Olympic history, as it will be the first time in more than 75 years that the Olympic torch will pass through Luxembourg The torch will travel from Marseille to the Luxembourgish border and then hop over the Moselle to the border region linking Luxembourg a former tennis player and three-time Olympian there will be a ceremony with speeches by important guests such as the Mayor of Schengen members of the Luxembourg Olympic and Sports Committee The route the flame will take into the Grand-Duchy: the torch will arrive at the border triangle The passage is scheduled from 1:10 PM to 1:30 PM and will cover a 1.2-kilometer route from Apach in France through Perl in Germany to Schengen in Luxembourg Luxembourgish tennis player Anne Kremer will take over the Olympic flame to carry it to the Place des Étoiles in front of the European Museum the flame will be received by Grand Duke Henri before ending Thursday's journey in Metz in the evening The Olympic torch began its journey in Marseille back in May and has since travelled around France and across oceans to Tahiti and the West Indies From mid-September until the end of October renovation work on the A31 will take place in eight different stages Over the course of the next six weeks the signs above the carriageway in Guénange Entrange and Kanfen will be renovated by the French roads agency Every time a part of the A31 motorway will be closed overnight The competent agency will organise deviations The first step in this renovation process will start this Monday 18 September and last until Wednesday 20 September The signs in Guénange will be replaced from 9.30 pm until 5 a.m The second stage of these renovation works will also take place during September this time from Monday 25 september until Wednesday 27 September Six more stages will then take place throughout the month of October where again the motorway will be closed overnight Germany's  Knauf will not be continuing with its controversial project in Luxembourg instead opting to build a new steel wool factory just over the border in France Economy Minister Etienne Schneider tweeted on Wednesday Original plans were for the new plantto be built at the "Pafewee"industrial zone between Differdange and Sanem but the project came to a standstill over environmental impact concerns The new site is set to be between Yutz and Illange communes close to the French city of Thionville regretful news for industry. We hope that this will not endanger other potential invests. While caring for existing companies, we should strive to stay attractive for prospectshttps://t.co/Aqa6PWPa1L via @RTLlu The communes of Differdange and Sanem had mixed feelings about the project blocking authorization despite the projected economic benefits to the region and the country The factory was expected to produce around 110,000 tons of mineral wool A major criticisms was its high energy consumption the steel wool factory was expected to consume as much power as a town of 25,000 people The steel wool company's high energy consumption along with with high emissions of nitric and sulphur oxides and a lot of trucks bringing in resources such as coal and basalt drew a lot of criticism to the proposed project pic.twitter.com/BjylK29gN9 Fedil's Nicolas Buck said that the emissions from the steel wool factory would now be carried over to Luxembourg by western winds but that important new jobs and taxes would stay in France Minister for the economy Schneider also stated that this newest development reminded him of Ikea Sterpenich which was built a number of years ago just a few kilometres beyond the Luxembourg border in Belgium Knauf 3 - Luxembourg 0 🥅➡️ pas de création d’emplois directs et indirects➡️ image désastreuse de la politique industrielle de notre pays➡️ émissions à 20 kms de notre frontière qui arriveront avec le vent d’ouestGutt geschafft!!! pic.twitter.com/8peBSnjaJj For more on the controversy sourrounding the cancelled project RTL Today: Towns against Knauf steel wool factory, ministry responds the new adults only cruise line from business mogul Richard Branson has released three new videos showing more features of their first cruise ship This first video gives a better look at the outside of the cruise ship. The outdoor decks are lined with cabanas and plenty of chairs, perfect for taking in the view as you cruise the Caribbean. This video gives us a look at one of the pools onboard that has two hot tubs at the Gym & Tonic bar. A video giving us an inside look at the Redemption Spa onboard the cruise ship. This area looks like a great place to unwind and relax. Virgin Voyages also announced that their three cruise ships will be free of single use plastics that include straws, water bottles, stirrers, and condiment packs. They posted the following message on their website this past week when they made the announced about plastics: “We have committed to vastly decreasing plastic usage and increasing reusable and recyclable materials on all of our ships. If operated like a traditional ship, we estimate that each vessel would generate 300 tons of disposable plastic per year. Our goal is to reduce that amount of plastic by at least 50%, and divert remaining plastics to recycling. That means eliminating single-use plastics across a whole range of products sailors will use like plastic straws, water bottles, stirrers, condiment packs and other unnecessary food packaging. We also plan to provide all sailors with reusable drink bottles, and will offer complimentary still and sparkling water throughout the ship. Bye, bye plastic water bottles.” Scarlet Lady is scheduled to debut in 2020 and will sail cruises to the Caribbean out of the Cruise Capital of the World, PortMiami. Exact itineraries and cruise lengths will be announced at a later time. Cruise Fever will have the latest when these details are announced. Looking forward to seeing actual footage of their ship. renders are great but show they need to show us real footage Adult only cruise sound fantasti AND a total NON-SMOKING cruise would really have me booking a cruise today… I detest smoking… agree! hate having to walk though the smell of smoke- UCK! We are booking it for next year Margaret. Pam promised me a cruise on it so we are going. Already had meeting at our office with their business development manager. We cant wait to board! It’s wanted and we look forward to hearing more. Two brothers started Cruise Fever in 2011 when they decided they couldn't stop cruising so they might as well write about it. Do you have Cruise Fever too? Follow along on this incredible voyage! © 2011-2025, Cruise Fever ®. All rights reserved MENU.page-36358991{--metaColor:#676d31;--navColor:#676d31}Life It’s definitely no secret that I am obsessed with The Golden Girls. I’ve loved them since I was old enough to comprehend what I was watching, and my memaw, my mom, and I would all watch every episode together. With Halloween fast approaching, Golden Girls costumes have been on my mind what could be more fun to wear while I take my son trick-or-treating Bonus points for stashing some cheesecake in our pumpkin as we walk Maybe I could even get my husband to go as Stan Stan." And if I dressed up as Dorothy "Barf Bag." But if I dressed up as Sophia go to Target since the '80s are apparently back or you head over to your favorite vintage thrift store to get some fabulous '80s outfits as long as you have on shoulder pads and a wig that's gray (or a short brown wig Blanche's "natural hue" as she liked to point out) you'll be "Golden." And if you can find small child versions of these outfits A group of toddlers as The Golden Girls is perfection Even though everybody always gave her a hard time for her looks (in fact, it actually started to hurt Bea Arthur's feelings in real life according to Golden Girls Forever: An Unauthorized Look Behind the Lanai) a form-fitting dress with too much cleavage and a necklace complimenting your "ample bosom," or leggings I think everyone will know who you are if you put on this brown wig Rose definitely had some weird sweaters on the show — but what do you expect I think the most iconic weird sweater of hers was the one with the airplane on the front you can find sweaters and t-shirts with that pattern Find some acid-wash jeans and some white Keds to go with it she did always look great in a light blue dress It doesn't have to be this particular wicker purse The cardigan and floral '80s dress is a bonus If you can find a brooch to button at the neck The sweater and receding hairline wig are self-explanatory but the traffic cone may need some explaining Remember in the episode "The Monkey Show" where Stanley is going to therapy to get over Dorothy and his therapist makes him carry around a monkey The idea was he'd transfer his love and affection for Dorothy to the "monkey." We all know Stanley is a yutz Mustache is optional since he had it on and off throughout the series Make sure if you go trick-or-treating or end up at someone's Halloween Party