Cloudy with more rounds of showers and possibly some downpours or a t-storm Schira's family is asked to call the coroner’s office at 610-478-3280 - The Berks County Coroner's Office is asking for the public's help as it searches for a man's next of kin is the 1500 block of Meade Street in Reading Anyone with information on Schira's family is asked to call the coroner’s office at 610-478-3280 Email notifications are only sent once a day Meredith Jacobs, TV Insider Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device A sebecid (foreground in this illustration) stands over its ground sloth prey millions of years ago near the northern shore of an ancient Hispaniola Other creatures from this long-gone Caribbean ecosystem found fossilized at the site include land snails (on the tree at left) side-necked turtles (lower right corner) and gharials (background By Jake Buehler crocodile-like reptiles with bladed teeth made their last stand in the Caribbean as recently as 4.5 million years ago New fossils unearthed in the Dominican Republic suggest the reptile group went extinct millions of years later than previously thought researchers report April 30 in Proceedings B of the Royal Society The findings also help paint an unexpected picture of ancient Caribbean ecosystems The Age of Reptiles came to a dramatic close 66 million years ago with the abrupt extinction of non-avian dinosaurs and other major reptile groups at the end of the Cretaceous Period Mammals came into their own in the aftermath survived the mass extinction and were top predators on the continent for tens of millions of years after dinosaurs went kaput We summarize the week's scientific breakthroughs every Thursday By subscribing, you agree to our Terms & Privacy Policy.  You must be 13 or older to sign up For full digital access, consider a $2.99 per month subscription Unlike their modern alligator and crocodile cousins, sebecids had relatively long limbs positioned directly under their bodies and likely prowled for prey on land. Like carnivorous therapod dinosaurs, their heads were tall and narrow and their teeth were compressed and serrated. After an era of dominance alongside the towering terror birds they vanished from South America around 10 million years ago because they must have been totally awesome to see,” says Christopher Brochu a vertebrate paleontologist at the University of Iowa in Iowa City who was not involved with the research sebecid fossils from after the end of the Cretaceous extinction have been found in South America and more limitedly in Europe serrated teeth also kept popping up at fossil sites in the Caribbean: first in Cuba Multiple crocodile-like groups have teeth like that a vertebrate paleontologist then at the University of Florida in Gainesville and his colleagues visited the Dominican Republic they found fossil vertebrae along with another tooth in an exposed road cut “The vertebrae are the thing that really brings home that they’re sebecids,” says López who is relocating to the Field Museum in Chicago All crocodile relatives with such serrated teeth would also have had ball-and-socket joints between vertebrae that part of the spinal anatomy is flattened It’s the first record of sebecids in the Caribbean and the researchers think the teeth found on other islands could be from sebecids as well Those teeth date back as far as 29 million years by which point — according to the fossil record — other reptiles on nearby continents with similar teeth may have gone extinct The vertebrae and tooth from the Dominican Republic are much younger than all those fossils —between roughly 4 million and 7 million years old The findings suggest that sebecids held on in the Caribbean long after their South American counterparts died out These mysterious predators would also be the last of the notosuchians a broader group of reptiles that first appeared in the Jurassic Period a vertebrate paleontologist at the University of Florida and research team member “and in the fossil record on the islands of the Caribbean after a glorious record extending back the whole Age of Dinosaurs into the Cenozoic.” It’s possible that sebecids were incrementally squeezed into tropical latitudes by a changing their range eventually contracting to just the islands The sebecids could have reached the Caribbean through ancient, now-submerged land bridges or by rafting on vegetation the islands hosted many animals not found there today such as species of gharials — crocodilians found today only in South Asia — large rodents The findings have implications for how researchers understand the evolutionary history of the Caribbean there are many independent instances of various now-extinct birds evolving to be more ground dwelling or even fully flightless Many researchers thought that there must not have been land predators on the region’s islands at the time if the birds could safely give up flight The sebecid from the Dominican Republic may have measured about two meters long and other species were known to be much larger — like Barinasuchus one of the last sebecids from South America which could have been 10 meters long and weighed nearly two metric tons These powerful carnivores were probably extinct on the islands by the time the birds turned to flightlessness “[The findings] show that these [animals] were still important elements of past ecosystems until relatively recently,” says Pedro Godoy a vertebrate paleontologist at the University of São Paulo in Brazil who was not involved with the study “Which is always surprising because we naturally associate them with much older ages before the late Cretaceous mass extinction event.” Questions or comments on this article? 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A South American sebecid from the Miocene of Hispaniola documents the presence of apex predators in early West Indies ecosystems Jake Buehler is a freelance science writer wildlife conservation and Earth's splendid biodiversity He has a master's degree in zoology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa a carnivorous erythrosuchid — a close relative of crocodiles and dinosaurs — hunts tiny gliding reptiles about 240 million years ago during one of the warmest periods in Earth’s history the iconic winged vertebrates of the Age of Dinosaurs a reptile whose ancestry stretches back to before the dinosaurs is more closely related to snakes and lizards than to turtles and crocodiles suggests the first-ever in-depth genetic analysis Fossils of the barrel-bodied rhino Teleoceras (shown) are among the most common ancient herbivores excavated at Ashfall Fossil Beds State Historical Park in northern Nebraska The animals perished roughly 12 million years ago due to impacts from the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano The debate roils on about a swimming Spinosaurus even as the fierce dinosaur gets back in the spotlight thanks to the latest Jurassic World movie A theropod dinosaur and a sauropod dinosaur strolling through soft sediments on what’s now the Isle of Skye in this artist’s reconstruction Small mammals during the Mesozoic Era (some illustrated) may have had uniformly dark coloring allowing them to blend into nocturnal environments meat-eating mammals that hunted through the forests of present-day Africa roughly 30 million years ago large mammals (some illustrated) may have roamed as recently as 3,500 years ago Vegavis iaai dives for fish in the shallow ocean waters off the coast of the Antarctic peninsula As Rhamphorhynchus muensteri (shown in the reconstruction) got older and larger its needle-like teeth became broader and more bladelike potentially hinting at a differing diet late in the pterosaur’s life Science News was founded in 1921 as an independent nonprofit source of accurate information on the latest news of science our mission remains the same: to empower people to evaluate the news and the world around them It is published by the Society for Science a nonprofit 501(c)(3) membership organization dedicated to public engagement in scientific research and education (EIN 53-0196483) enter your e-mail address for full access to the Science News archives and digital editions You are using an outdated browser. 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This post was written by Faye Chien, Director of Community Wellness and Social Services at Kin On Kin On has provided culturally and linguistically relevant care for Asian elders From being the first not-for-profit bilingual Chinese-American skilled nursing facility in the Pacific Northwest to expanding to offer home care community wellness activities catering to Asian seniors Kin On has been a trusted pillar for our Asian elder community and families Kin On provides a community center that focuses primarily on serving the Asian senior community with preventative services such as health and technology classes to help seniors age successfully Kin On has been providing dementia support for Asian elders as well as family caregiver support to help families provide the best care for their loved ones Our partnership with Seattle Human Services has been instrumental in helping Kin On deepen our community impact HSD funding supports the personnel and materials needed to run our programs effectively HSD also provided networking opportunities with partner organizations that foster collaboration ultimately enabling us to reach more family caregivers and individuals who are impacted by dementia conditions Kin On was founded in 1985 by a group of Chinese American community leaders who recognized the need for a nursing home in Seattle that could meet the cultural and language needs of their elders They rallied support to start Kin On—the nation’s first bilingual Chinese-American nursing home catering to the unique cultural and dietary needs of Asian elders “Kin On” means “health” and “sense of security” in the Chinese language grounded in our founding belief that everyone deserves to age with dignity Kin On has transformed from a single skilled nursing facility into a continuum of care to meet the long-term needs of Asian American elders in the community we expanded services that include assisted living and adult family homes Most recently, we relocated our office in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District to better serve our elders where they live By continually evolving our services and listening to the needs of families we are redefining what it means to grow older in our community Our goal is to develop a spectrum of social and health programs to empower older adults to age in place Our work is often led by professionals and volunteers who know and have the lived experience of the community they serve putting them in a unique position to meet community needs effectively A community-led organization like Kin On is uniquely positioned to build trust When organizations reflect the people they serve Through HSD and City of Seattle taxpayer investment and ensure that elders in our community have the opportunity to thrive Our bilingual staff provide culturally and linguistically appropriate support creating an environment that feels like home for many Asian elders We strive to ensure that language isn’t a barrier to someone getting the help they need We offer program information in clients’ preferred languages and direct advocacy to help navigate complex systems including public benefits and healthcare access we reduce disparities and create pathways to vital services that are too often out of reach When a caregiver saw a flyer for Kin On’s health and information workshop at the Chinatown Community Center she decided to attend with her 90-year-old father—and it turned out to be an incredibly rewarding experience for both of them The 10-session workshop provided not only valuable knowledge but also a supportive and welcoming environment Thanks to the caring and attentive staff who offered Cantonese translation both she and her father were able to fully engage with the materials The topics covered were deeply relevant and sparked their interest to further explore and study various aspects of aging and wellness together the workshop became a meaningful community connection The caregiver expressed her deep gratitude for the Kin On staff thoughtful experiences for every participant From clear communication to creating a warm the staff went above and beyond—highlighted by the birthday celebration they organized for her father which made them feel truly embraced by the group the family was introduced to additional Kin On services The caregiver left the program not only better informed but also feeling empowered and supported in her role What keeps our staff going is knowing some of the needs of the community are being met through our work We receive heartfelt affirmations from the people we serve We have a deep sense of community derived from knowing that many of the needs are met through team efforts and collaboration with other community partners This collective impact gives our team the motivation to continue providing care for the people who need it most Sign Up The mission of the Seattle Human Services Department is to connect people with resources and solutions during times of need so we can all live Sign up 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every Idahoan to take a moment to ensure their loved ones can be contacted when it matters most.” For more information or assistance with your DMV online account visit dmv.idaho.gov or contact DMV customer service at 208-584-4343 If your idea of a perfect Friday night involves sushi rolls and sake, don’t miss the Kin Yobi Izakaya Night, a newly launched culinary experience at KO Restaurant Known for its exceptional Japanese cuisine one of InterContinental Bali Resort’s signature restaurants now hosts a weekly dining celebration to welcome the weekend in style Helmed by chef Mitsuaki Senoo KO’s talented culinary team has crafted a delectable array of izakaya-style dishes your cravings for authentic Japanese flavours are sure to be satisfied As the premier Japanese restaurant in Jimbaran KO takes pride in using locally-sourced seafood and fresh produce from across the archipelago Begin with Tataki Tuna (Jatiluwih-style rice straw-smoked tuna with ponzu) and sashimi made from the 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the 2023 music video CHAOS that she made for Chicago artist J Bambii The music video was Afro-surrealist in nature entangling the viewer in the bizarre experience of Black girlhood and complicating ideas of self-image Kin Marie follows a line of budding Black filmmakers communicating Black struggle while avoiding exploitation and reaching for imaginative storytelling in which Black people get to see their present and their future Marie noted a sense of protection over the types of people she writes about whether they feature arguments over coleslaw in LIBIAMO! or friends grieving over chitterlings during a gathering to honor a passed friend inFor Genesis Marie depicts Black people tenderly even in their worst moments and avoids the tendency to lean towards the graphic it was a special treat to dig into her filmography Her films don’t just take place in Chicago; they foster a sense of home within it featuring recognizable spots like Maxwell Street brands like Party Noire and their “Here for Black Joy” shirts and Black Chicago events like the Afro Disco Social and incredibly special in Kin Marie’s world I spoke with Kin Marie about growing up on the Low End The interview has been edited for length and clarity.  I more so perceive them as tools for larger forms of communication that I find can be harder to like How has growing up kind of Low End on the South Side influenced your work I’ve pretty much just pinged between Bronzeville Sign up to get the Weekly Digest delivered to your inbox I actually grew up going to Catholic school—private Catholic school up north and that’s where my parents met; they’re still together to this day I went to another Catholic school in Boystown My entire middle school class was really small—our graduating class was like six people I was learning so much—culturally and just inherently—within the place where I lived I was raised in the same house my father and his family grew up in I think it was a safe space to expand and grow into who I am and discover myself I was dealing with a lot of assimilation and Black girl survival—trying to feel safe and aligned with people who were nothing like me You’re seeing a lot of the city (growing up) Chicago is always a constant foundation in my work I took part in this film challenge called the Filmmaker’s Mixtape Challenge where I had to make a film every month of the year One of the few rules I set for myself was that there had to be some element of Chicago in each film I focus on how we authentically communicate with each other—what our dialogue and dialect sound like when we’re authentically in a place A big objective I always have is showing the versatility of Chicago and how much cinematic potential exists here Is there anything else that is sustaining your creative practice I really just pull from my friends and my experiences I feel like a lot of my work is very conversational I like to believe my work serves as an observation—an invitation to see but also to be dropped right in the middle of these experiences these people don’t owe you their souls or their stories They don’t have to tell you all their business—especially because the main characters in my films are often Black women and queer people even as I change and experiment with different things my work is about understanding the nuances of our relationships with each other—how we hold each other through grief When did you start to identify as an artist I feel like my community has kind of been the positioning factor that has helped me really fine-tune what I’m even doing I had no plans on becoming a filmmaker or anything like that I really only watch Real Housewives of Atlanta I think how I even got into film was really through—I went to school for marketing and communications and I chose that major to help my friends market their work I was making commercials and short-form content for people and he asked me to direct one of his first music videos I don’t know why you’re asking me to do that.’ But I did it anyway I think because of all the stuff I was doing in marketing—short-form commercials and content—people were picking up on a lot before I even saw it for myself It was really just people instilling confidence in me to keep going I would say I got more formal with film around 2022 or 2023 when I started working for HANA—Hana Beauty—which is this shea butter company in Chicago I kind of leveraged my shipping and packaging job to tell them I have a little experience in film.’ And I was like ‘If you guys want to start producing more content and then I feel like they put more trust in me and we were able to do more campaigns and higher-scale commercials That’s when I felt more confident calling myself a producer I used that confidence to allow myself to understand the process of film a bit more And then I kind of—I think once I directed the J Bambii music video CHAOS ‘This is something I feel 100 percent proud of.’ How did you decide to start it and to do that with friends?  a post-production company based on the South Side Brendan was a large reason I’m able to do most of what I’m doing today When I needed to edit or started taking on clients he would let me come to his house and edit on his computer in his room for hours He would stay up with me—I’d be editing something until four or five in the morning and he’d stay up playing video games.  I had brought him to co-direct with me for CHAOS I needed the production to show people what I could do I need people—I have a community of people that have always loved and supported me I needed to enter spaces where people could just take me a bit more seriously I think me and Brendan fit really well because I’m a very strong and Brendan is more technical—he comes from a broadcast TV background I think our puzzle pieces match because we have so much care for each other It’s easy for us to be transparent with each other because—yeah If things go really well  would you relocate to LA or New York so I’m not going to sit here and pretend Chicago is perfect A lot of us operate with grassroots ideologies—our work isn’t just about access or chasing larger industry spaces hovering over us I think about so many different amazing brands that have been working integrating their work with how they serve their community I think that’s something that’s just so rare and rich We have so much history here in Chicago that’s untapped There’s really no reason outside of this idea that there’s something in LA that I can’t attain here What goals do you have for your work?  I think my goal is to get my web series going which will be a mixed-media series combining narrative and documentary I’m just trying to get as many eyes on For Genesis as I can—really trying to have it do as well as possible in the film festival circuit I’m going to be doing a lot of things like crowdfunding and event activation because I’m trying to take my cast—my queer queens—around the world I think I really do want to prioritize providing networking opportunities for them and allowing them to see themselves on larger screens in different cities I want them to have the opportunity to really see how people receive the work they put into it So that’s really where I’m trying to focus—on elevating and pushing For Genesis while connecting with different forms of Black media Arieon Whittsey (they/them/theirs) is a storyteller who has recently made their home in Chicago especially contemporary novels that make them cry and music that makes them dance and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_2" ).setAttribute( "value" View More View More Queen City News LONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism officers arrested four Iranian men over an alleged plot to attack an unspecified target and three others over a national security threat The government called them the biggest “counter state threat and counterterrorism” operations for years The Metropolitan Police force said five men aged between 29 and 46 were detained Saturday in various parts of England under the Terrorism Act on suspicion of preparing “a terrorist act.” Four are Iranian citizens and the nationality of the fifth was still being established Police said the attack plot targeted a single location that was not being named “for operational reasons.” It said the premises was being given “advice and support.” All the suspects were being questioned at police stations and have not been charged Police said they are searching several properties in London the Manchester area of northwest England and Swindon in western England Forensic officers in blue overalls were photographed at a house in Rochdale Three of the counterterror arrests took place in the Greater Manchester area Rochdale resident Kyle Warren told Sky News he “heard a massive bang” and saw “20 or 30 police with guns” drag a man from a neighboring house “We’ve seen a man getting pulled out from the back basically got dragged down the side entry and thrown into all the bushes and then handcuffed,” he said head of the force’s Counter Terrorism Command said police are still working to establish a motive “as well as to identify whether there may be any further risk to the public.” were arrested in London on suspicion of a national security offense as part of an unrelated investigation Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said “these were two major operations that reflect some of the biggest counter-state threat and counterterrorism operations that we have seen in recent years.” Britain’s domestic intelligence service has warned of a growing threat from attackers linked to Tehran Cooper said “the ongoing investigation is immensely important” to determine whether the arrests were connected to the Iranian state She said “this reflects the complexity of the kinds of challenges to our national security that we continue to face.” the head of the MI5 domestic security service said his agents and police have tackled 20 “potentially lethal” plots backed by Iran since 2022 He said at the time there was the risk “of an increase in Iranian state aggression in the U.K.” if conflicts in the Middle East deepened a presenter at a Farsi-language television station critical of the Iranian government was stabbed in the leg outside his home in London Two men were later arrested in Romania and charged over the attack The U.K.’s official terror threat level stands at “substantial,” the middle of a five-point scale A previous version of this story said the alleged target was in London PHL17.com LONDON (AP) — British counterterrorism officers arrested four Iranian men over an alleged plot to attack an unspecified target and three others over a national security threat, police said Sunday. The government called them the biggest “counter state threat and counterterrorism” operations for years. Four are Iranian citizens and the nationality of the fifth was still being established. All the suspects were being questioned at police stations and have not been charged. Police said they are searching several properties in London, the Manchester area of northwest England and Swindon in western England. Forensic officers in blue overalls were photographed at a house in Rochdale, Greater Manchester, where one of the men was detained. Three of the counterterror arrests took place in the Greater Manchester area, one in London and one in Swindon. Rochdale resident Kyle Warren told Sky News he “heard a massive bang” and saw “20 or 30 police with guns” drag a man from a neighboring house. “We’ve seen a man getting pulled out from the back, basically got dragged down the side entry and thrown into all the bushes and then handcuffed,” he said. Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the force’s Counter Terrorism Command, said police are still working to establish a motive “as well as to identify whether there may be any further risk to the public.” Separately, three other Iranian men, aged 39, 44 and 55, were arrested in London on suspicion of a national security offense as part of an unrelated investigation, police said. Britain’s domestic intelligence service has warned of a growing threat from attackers linked to Tehran. Cooper said “the ongoing investigation is immensely important” to determine whether the arrests were connected to the Iranian state. She said “this reflects the complexity of the kinds of challenges to our national security that we continue to face.” In October, the head of the MI5 domestic security service, Ken McCallum, said his agents and police have tackled 20 “potentially lethal” plots backed by Iran since 2022, most aimed at Iranians in the U.K. who oppose the country’s authorities. He said at the time there was the risk “of an increase in, or broadening of, Iranian state aggression in the U.K.” if conflicts in the Middle East deepened. In March 2024, Pouria Zeraati, a presenter at a Farsi-language television station critical of the Iranian government, was stabbed in the leg outside his home in London. Two men were later arrested in Romania and charged over the attack. The U.K.’s official terror threat level stands at “substantial,” the middle of a five-point scale, meaning an attack is likely. A previous version of this story said the alleged target was in London. Police have not specified its location. Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Sin Wai Kin brings fantasy to life through storytelling and moving image Their work realizes alternate worlds to describe lived experiences of desire A Dream of Wholeness in Parts (2021) was nominated for the 2022 Turner Prize as well as screened at the British Film Institute’s 65th London Film Festival Their work has been featured in solo and group exhibitions internationally In mid-February Sin joined McKenzie Wark on the New Social Environment (Episode 1160) to discuss their new exhibition The conversation that follows touches on concepts of narrative and storytelling how Sin uses characters to explore different social constructs and what it means to be making art in a time when artifice is no longer the antonym of authenticity This work is really lovely and interesting to me and one of the works within the show is a two-channel video called The Time of Our Lives (2024) Can you just tell us a little bit about how the show is installed The heart of the show is a two-channel video installation which is a kind of expanded science-fiction sitcom that uses the idea of relative time to think about how reality is also relative and not absolute So it’s a two-channel installation where you have one channel that’s the sitcom and there are actors performing in an open set The second channel is the live audience watching the sitcom and you decide where you position yourself in that relationship There’s another work in the exhibition called Essence (2024) which is an advertisement for a conceptual men’s cologne The campaign features one of the characters in my practice called Wai King He’s on this hero’s journey to find what is intrinsic to his nature The slogan of the campaign is “Your true self awaits.” There are also props from both works in the exhibition So you have the wigs which the characters wear on busts as well as the flowers which appear in the center of the sitcom set They’re actually filled with perfumers’ alcohol rather than a smell I started working with a nose to try to develop a scent but I realized what made the most sense for this object was for it to really be a prop There’s a few ideas that I pull from broadly like theories of general relativity and quantum mechanics to play with the idea of time There are references to creation stories and to different cultural mythologies I’m really thinking about the act of storytelling and how storytelling exists in different ways in popular media—how it not only represents but also creates reality Installation view: Sin Wai Kin: The End Time! Rail: I guess the first thing I want to ask you about is character design and then designing a world that those characters will populate Can you tell me a little bit about the process of character design Sin: In my practice I probably have something like ten characters But every character in my practice is looking at a different binary that I’m trying to undo or have a closer look at or a different area of research or a different kind of concept there’s a character called The Storyteller who keeps on popping up to deliver these news bulletins and generally interrupt the narrative And The Storyteller is—like all my characters—a character that reappears in different works He’s a character I use to think about the act of storytelling what the possibilities and the realities are in terms of the power of storytelling Rail: Do you think of all your works as occupying the same universe Sin: I think they’re in parallel universes By combining these characters in different relationships in different contexts I’m able to look at a problem or whatever I’m thinking about from different perspectives I think that it inevitably ends up that every work is like another window into this universe that’s expanding in my practice Rail: I’m intrigued by the doubling or splitting of characters because that seems like an instant way to sort of start creating a narrative line through it There is a character in my practice called The Construct whose face is partially inspired by the face of the Dan role in Cantonese and Peking opera which is often the lead female role—usually a romantic interest of the lead male role And I’ve created two faces for that character to represent this internalized false dichotomy of good and evil especially as it relates to representations of femininity They appear in A Dream of Wholeness in Parts The art of drag seems to be one of the sources of creating the looks Can you tell me a little bit about creating the visual appearances of these characters Sin: My first character is the feminine character that appears in The Time of Our Lives That character appeared in 2013 and definitely has a very drag influence This is a character that I used to think about my relationship with Western femininity exploding and holding a magnifying glass to femininity as it’s constructed and conditioned within Western and European context It’s looking at how femininity is intrinsically linked to whiteness in these contexts There are other characters that come from the influence of There are characters whose makeup comes from a story that I illustrated There’s lots of different costuming practices that I’m drawing on to create these characters It is important for me to think about the context that the characters are in as much as the characters I find that there is a tendency to focus on the construction of characters And I think this reflects how we are conditioned to focus on individuals There’s also the construction of this whole sitcom world in this work which was informed by watching a lot of sitcoms and looking at the relationships that make up the visual language of the sets the language of the graphic design of the title sequence And using all these tools to create this specific relationship of the characters to their contexts and so to set up all the expected relationships that come with the context of the sitcom So you immediately understand that there are certain tropes you’re going to see played out between these characters when you have a feminine and a masculine character opposite each other in this open set Initiated by Accelerator and co-produced with Kunsthall Trondheim Rail: It’s one of the classic sitcom scenes: the male character enters and says I’m home!” to the female character who is already in the domestic space—and all the ways that’s coded But then we never quite move on to the narrative arc that a sitcom would have what happens if this is not the time and space of the narrative of television Sin: So within the work there are two clocks on the wall of the open set which is a prop that I had made that is replicating the doomsday clock The time is set by a group of scientists to indicate how close we are to the end of the world we’re eighty-nine seconds away from midnight And on the other wall there is a clock that indicates whether we’re in the past but the narrative structure is actually cyclical I’m trying to present this binary impression of cyclical vs linear time as a reflection of the structure of narratives The characters keep on talking about the hero narrative and that’s a way of thinking about different models of narratives that are possible or Ursula Le Guin’s book The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction and the way that she describes the structure of narratives Hero narratives tend to happen along one line and have a beginning and an ending There’s usually one character who conquers something violence is often connected to some sort of realization This is opposed to the carrier bag narrative which is a story that can hold many things together at once and it might have conflicting ideas that are somehow held together But it’s a narrative that will immerse you and will hold you within it and you can make up your own mind about what’s meaningful Rail: I think in the United States at the moment we’re living with people who feel like they are the hero of a hero narrative It’s a little terrifying to even contemplate Don’t you know it yet?” And there’s a sense in which this piece sort of stages that moment I think it’s probably a consensus among anybody who’s paying attention that a certain world And how does one make narrative art if that’s the case Sin: I think it’s important to be making stories now for worlds that we want to be a part of I think storytelling—especially fantasy and science fiction—can do many things They can create an escapist context where you can leave your current context and be immersed in a different world What I realized when I started to get back into science fiction as an adult was that there was not just escapism there you can leave your current context and have another perspective It allows you to look back at your everyday situation and realize how it could be different That’s something that I thought about again when I started to see people interacting with the installation You have these two screens that are setting up this binary relationship of a performer and an audience people started to stand outside of the installation It makes me think how you have to be outside of something in order to completely see it I saw it on my screen with the two channels in parallel which I guess is a viewing experience you can’t have in person tell me a little bit about including the image of the audience and then also the flashing sign that we see in reverse that’s facing the audience and gives them prompts for the affects like laughter Sin: That choice to include the audience goes back to an idea in quantum entanglement the idea that reality is not something that we can uncover or discover There’s no objective reality to be discovered Reality is something that happens as we agree as to what it is As somebody who has done a lot of performance I’m aware of the unspoken social contracts that come with certain situations there is an agreement that whatever reality you’re performing is true That relationship became clear to me when I started to perform this first character which was about my relationship with Western femininity And what I noticed was that when I looked completely different and I was able to see how people perceived me in my everyday embodiment and this act of drag as a kind of embodied speculative fiction so that you can kind of have this view from elsewhere How do I experience the world if I look like this I made a lot of realizations that still ground my practice through that process Seeing this relationship of becoming together constantly with our context with everybody who is perceiving you at every moment So there’s that element of the audience watching the performers the audience is made up of twenty-five actors It’s another way that I’m trying to undo the binary position of performance and authenticity On the screen there is a mirror image of the cues that a live audience watching a sitcom would see you’re not necessarily part of the audience—you know you’re seeing the back of those cues You know that you are in this in-between space of the performer and the audience and you have to think about your positionality in that space Rail: What happened to authenticity in twenty-first century culture Something can now be authentic and artificial at the same time it’s ironic that we’re living in a time where politicians are TV personalities Performance and politics are completely intertwined— Rail: Which makes me think of the other work but that it has no essence strikes me as kind of apropos here so the cologne ends up being a prop for the cologne advertisement which is a prop for the advertisement—there’s a circularity there that exists in a lot in my work The advertisement for the prop is also trying to point towards the fact that there is no such thing as truth in who you are the truth is exactly what we agree that it is—there is no original to hearken back to Humans are animals that completely construct the environment that our brains and our bodies are shaped and grow in there is no such thing as natural or unnatural advertising—even in science—create that reality Rail: The fragrance in the commercials is a fragrance for men And I’m kind of curious: is there a kind of futility to the search for the essence of masculinity Futility is a word I would use to describe the feeling of a lot of aspects of this exhibition like big-tough-beast-staring-at-the-horizon kind of stuff that reminds me of old Marlboro ads I watched a lot of cologne advertisements in preparation and tried to reproduce as many tropes as I could Rail: I should correct myself: what it actually reminds me of is Richard Prince’s images that were taken from Marlboro ads Sin: I try to use these visual languages that we’re so used to consuming to kind of lull you into that expected relationship everything about the makeup and costume and set design is just so stylistically consistent and finished I’m kind of astonished by the level of sheer virtuosity around all of those things And I’m curious about your relation with all of those mediums Sin: I think filmmaking is rarely a solitary medium especially for something that has a production level that The Time of Our Lives has It took a lot of collaborators to make this work happen a cinematographer; I had an assistant director for the shoot Then there’s a whole production crew—it’s an incredibly collaborative medium When I am back in my studio after the shoot But then more people come on board for the post-production to do the VFX backgrounds Every aspect helps to create the world that you are immersed in Rail: We’re talking about ends and beginnings if we go right back to the beginning of a work like this I spent about six months gathering my sources before I started to write this work from the inner chapters of the Zhuangzi to A Brief History of Time to Black Quantum Futurism: Theory & Practice to my dream diary and journal entries There’s a lot of personal material in this script too Some of it is more disguised than other parts then I think you can understand that there is a lot of very personal material there Another binary that I often come back to in my work is something that I saw on a note card in Octavia Butler’s archive: “the more personal the more universal.” And so I often start from a personal place and then use a lens of fantasy or science fiction and draw on lots of other references to abstract the personal into something that other people can project their own experience onto Rail: The beauty of it for me is—given the infinite source material from which you could draw just sitting at your laptop—how you create something that has form and style and makes disparate elements hold together in a world of infinite noise Sin: You know that meme of the guy with a whiteboard behind him I print out lots of different notes and cut them up with recurring things highlighted; I put them next to each other and try to find the through line and see how all these things connect Once I have organized the chaos on my large bulletin board and I start to write what eventually will become a much more cohesive piece of writing It was initiated by Accelerator in Stockholm a school well known for its physics department So I worked with an astrophysicist who read over my script to help ensure my science was as accurate as possible an artist can give someone a glimpse of a totality through the somewhat counterintuitive selection of so many disparate materials but then somehow make connections that enable you to orient yourself to reality Because it seems like the main difficulty at the moment is to orient ourselves—collectively—to a potential reality through some kind of aesthetic involvement in the world Sin: I think this goes back to the act of storytelling To play and be imaginative is incredibly important I think it was Walidah Imarishah and Adrienne Maree Brown who said you have to be able to imagine something in order to move towards it but I also think about the fact that Octavia Butler literally predicted in the eighties a president who would come to power in kind of a puppet government run by an oligarchy with the slogan “Help Us Make America Great Again.” And set in 2025 Ballard’s Hello America is sort of astonishing in that regard as well but Ballard places the unhinged president in Las Vegas rather than Florida Sin: We are also living in George Orwell’s 1984 Rail: It’s that meme of the Venn diagram of all the dystopias at once But you’re offering something a little different even though it doesn’t necessarily go well for the characters in the story—no spoilers There’s a light touch on some serious material Sin: I think the characters are wrestling with themselves and each other throughout the work trying to figure out whether they’re awake or dreaming or whose reality they’re in I think that’s what it feels like right now Rail: It’s an astonishing scene where it sort of glitches on what the life event is There’s a way that we get a structural approach to narrative a recurring word when you sort of talk about your work is the word binary And I just want to unpack that a little bit What role does that play in conceptualizing these things Sin: I think that a lot of the binaries are almost synonyms for the same thing—reality and fantasy I think these things are intrinsically linked and which has really informed the way I think about binaries is an allegory from the inner chapters of the Zhuangzi It’s the story of a philosopher who falls asleep and has a dream that he’s a butterfly And the dream is so vivid that when he wakes up he’s no longer sure if he’s a man dreaming he’s a butterfly or a butterfly dreaming he’s a man And I think that this is a beautiful illustration of how multiple things can be true at once Rail: I’m someone who forgets dreams very quickly on waking It’s kind of a version of the same parable Sin: There’s an incredible essay that Barbara Fornssler wrote about the sex-gender matrix that we exist in I think I’m continually trying to wake up from the dream But it’s hard to see the thing when you’re inside of it—like with my work I’m trying to almost uncover the layers and layers of cultural conditioning and socialization So what becomes of art when there isn’t the same relation to the future this is ultimately a dream we will wake up from Rail: I think that’s something this work does so elegantly but in ways that are incredibly depressing to think about—that a certain kind of temporality doesn’t exist anymore But I gotta pause—the sex-gender binary is itself already a binary and the fact that we have been conditioned to believe in this false dichotomy and this polarization—I think the sex-gender matrix is another prison for our minds I guess I’m hoping to reach the kind of conscious dreaming where I can decide the course of the dream so would the other direction be dark-dreaming Sin: I think we’re currently descending further into the nightmare Rail: And she was not the most pessimistic of the science fiction writers of that era either There was another note card in her archive that always sticks with me: make people touch and taste and know Rail: It seems we’re in more of a Philip K [Laughter] The thing about binaries in this work is there always seem to be multiple sets at the same time Taoism has also influenced my thinking about binaries—that there is no such thing Every kind of opinion or position or name is just a temporary lodging place in the flow of things that is constantly changing and transforming any attempt to categorize is an attempt to hold something still that is not—and never can be—still Rail: You give a very distinctive and original palette of materials to that thought that’s really striking to bring those things together Rail: I want to go back to the research part of your process Is there a particular way you seek out materials Sin: There’s usually something that triggers an interest in a particular thing I might have a new set of characters in a work thinking about a particular thing and/or a new character that’s introduced who is thinking about an area of research And there’s not ever an answer to the question And so I often kind of follow that direction I had this article from a scientific journal on quantum entanglement and I was just so enraptured by the ways that it reflected my thinking about objectivity and truth when we thought not only that we were the center of the universe but that we would eventually be able to know everything I think some people are still living in that narrative Rail: I guess we never really recovered from where physics went in the early twentieth century From the Copenhagen interpretation on it’s like: oh Unless you have a practice that stabilizes temporarily some piece of the world And then those stabilized pieces never quite align properly anyway I have a character called Change that I created to try to embody to know in an embodied sense that change is the only constant Rail: How soon does a character show up in the creative process Does it start with a character and then you sort of figure out that character’s theme Change was a drawing that I did that I held on to for a long time I was doing a lot of reading and scripting and it came together at some point There’s no set formula for how and when characters appear or manifest in a work Rail: The characters seem to embody questions or concepts rather than personalities the characters’ personalities also change in different works the character I was working with the most was The Storyteller and that character would completely change from one work to another There’s a work called Dreaming the End (2023) where The Storyteller appears as this kind of authoritative figure in this internal world just repeating the word “name” over and over again and the character Change is kind of eating a meal across from them Then later there’s an alternate external world a fantastical garden that the characters reappear in looking and acting completely different you have the character of The Storyteller being born You witness them being born and starting to use language for the first time locating themself in language as they start to use it Rail: Like an origin story for your universe Sin: There’s another work featuring Change and The Storyteller which includes six news presenters broadcasting from parallel universes Each character appears three times in completely different guises with totally different personalities And this is also to think about the fact that we are a reflection of the context that we exist in just as language is a reflection of the context it’s produced in and so reproduces again Individual and context is another binary I’m thinking about in my work And it can definitely be collapsed: we are our context Every tool we have to express ourselves reproduces the narratives we exist in but I also believe that there is agency there in the process of becoming conscious of that McKenzie Wark is the author, among other things, of Reverse Cowgirl (Semiotexte), Raving (Duke) and Love and Money, Sex and Death (Verso). 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Home CID faculty affiliate Awa Ambra Seck and co-author Jacob Moscona investigate this question in their recent paper entitled Age Set vs. Kin: Culture and Financial Ties in East Africa This paper investigates how different social structures—age set versus kin-based—affect economic interactions and policy impacts in East Africa particularly focusing on cash transfer and pension programs in Kenya and Uganda Age sets are cohorts of individuals who are initiated into adulthood together forming lifelong social and economic bonds whereas kin-based societies emphasize extended family ties across generations The study highlights the importance of understanding local social structures in shaping economic interactions and the effectiveness of development policies In age set societies (which the authors estimate encompass over 200 million people) strong bonds within the cohort generate horizontal economic ties making policies that focus on individual transfers more likely to result in spillovers within that age group the lower importance of intergenerational financial ties suggests that age set societies might struggle with life-cycle consumption smoothing potentially leaving vulnerable groups—such as children and the elderly—without adequate support which emphasize family and generational support respond differently to public policies like pensions or cash transfers financial resources are more likely to flow across generations ensuring that benefits extend to younger or more vulnerable family members Uganda’s pension program significantly improved child nutrition in kin-based societies but had no effect in age set societies underscoring how social structure can amplify or constrain the impact of redistributive policies This research has crucial implications for policymakers in developing countries and beyond Many anti-poverty programs and social safety nets are designed with an implicit assumption that financial transfers will benefit the entire household or community this study demonstrates that the success of such programs depends heavily on the underlying social fabric Policymakers must consider whether a society is more age or kinship-oriented when designing interventions direct support for vulnerable age groups—such as children or the elderly—might be necessary to compensate for the lack of family-based redistribution policies can leverage strong intergenerational ties to achieve a broader impact This research also speaks to broader concerns about inequality and resilience individuals at low-earning stages of the life cycle may have fewer resources to rely on potentially exacerbating inequality across age groups Kin-based societies may mitigate such risks but could foster inequality across extended families or clans the study offers insights into how different social structures influence not only economic outcomes but also social cohesion and inequality in vulnerable communities Watch an animated video representation of this research paper by 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spoken but wasn’t In the place where his name shifts meaning depending on who says it To build altars for those who cannot respond To bake bread in the shape of a sun that no longer watches over them hoping it will rise into something that can still be called *ours* Your sorrow is proof that you have not forgotten carrying both the inheritance and the absence forward An official website of the United States government VA|News “This guy right here is definitely my father.” Health Columbia VA employees worked together to help return WWII items to two brothers’ families A tube mailer with a large group photo mailed during WWII from Fort Dix, New Jersey, and a WWII commemorative medal with the Veteran’s name inscribed were dropped off at the front desk of the Dorn VA campus Items are usually placed in the lost and found in case the owner is looking for them knew he had something more than just the routine lost and found items He gave the tube mailer with a three-cent postage stamp and a WWII commemorative medal to Derrick Bridges chief of enrollment eligibility in the Dorn welcome center Vereen asked Bridges to find a living relative to return the items “I was trying to research [to] whom the items belonged and I was running into a few dead ends Bridges the full photo and signatures and we were just in awe,” Bridges said Bridges was able to determine their identities from the address label on the tube mailer and the name inscribed on the back of the medal service members used to include their service number and Social Security Number on outgoing and in-coming mail The return address label was partially torn away and the name was missing “The first thing I noticed was this number which I associated as a service number,” said Bridges “I was able to plug it into one of our VA systems that looks up Veterans with service numbers and was able to find Charles Knight.” The name on the back of the medal was Edward C Bridges determined that Charles had been treated at Dorn and had since passed away so Bridges contacted the Lexington County Veterans Service Office It was determined that the brothers were from Gaston They started searching various genealogy and search engine sites eventually finding an obituary for Edward C Phone numbers were found but most were disconnected or no answer The memorial service and burial for Edward Sr was at Beulah Methodist Church in Sandy Run and after explaining what Johnson was looking for I’ll be glad to give him your phone number.” his father didn’t talk much about his service When they found out he was an experienced carpenter  “My dad had four brothers; three of them were in combat there would be some stories about their service,” Edward Jr a small ceremony was held with family members of Edward Sr A magnifying glass was found and Edward Jr trying to find either Charles or Edward Sr Collette found one that could have been either but this guy right here is definitely my father,” Edward Jr “Returning these cherished 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Maws’ restaurant was famous for its burger and Fallow Kin is excited to serve its own albeit one that exemplifies what the owners hope the future of dining holds: increased sustainability with a reduced carbon footprint The Fallow Kin burger is a 50/50 mix of wagyu beef from Vermont’s Morgan Brook Farm and mycelium the carbon-neutral root-like byproduct of mushrooms “It was important for us to pay homage [to Craigie] but in our own way and from the heart of the concept,” says Ayer who serves as the restaurant’s general manager (and is also a skilled sommelier) Fallow Kin’s potato mille-feuille with Vermont potatoes a now-closed Somerville fine-dining destination with a zero-waste mission the zero-waste model means that customers will see throughlines on the menu where the byproducts of one dish (or drink) are used in others Take the halibut: It’s poached in the whey that results from the house-made yogurt from another dish which gets its crunch from bits of crispy chicken skin—other parts of the chicken may show up as (Fallow Kin will offer three different menus and dining experiences: a tasting menu at the counter; à la carte dining with small-to-medium meant-to-be-shared dishes; and a more casual bar menu where the zero-waste goal will be particularly highlighted.) Fallow Kin’s smoked cabbage with crispy chicken skin and “New England dashi” (infused with a roasted blend of Maine seaweed While there’s lots to Fallow Kin’s ideology “We want to be fundamentally simple,” says Dennehy and we’re just treating those with different techniques and really want to showcase flavor Adds Sanchez: “We’re sourcing great ingredients and really letting them shine.” Fallow Kin’s drinks will follow suit, with much of the “highly seasonal” cocktail list “built around the byproducts of whatever the kitchen is using,” says James Sutter (Blossom Bar, Birds of Paradise) who is consulting on the restaurant’s bar program (Plenty of classic cocktails will be on offer as well An amazake-style Fallow Kin cocktail with cranberry (A nonalcoholic version will also be available.) / Photo by Rachel Leah Blumenthal Wines and spirits will be sustainably and ethically produced too “All the wines that we’ll be working with come from people who are either farming biodynamically or as close to that as possible,” says Ayer “with love and attention to their lands and animals.” “Products that are made well by people who care.” Fallow Kin’s carciofi alla romana-inspired sunchoke dish and served with broccoli puree and pickled broccoli stems Providing great nonalcoholic options is also important to the team—drinks that “get as much respect as we put into our cocktails and aren’t just a bunch of juices together,” he says One early example is an Old Fashioned-inspired drink a combination of buckwheat and black rice washed with butternut squash seed oil and mixed with black sesame “It’s like a really big hug of an Old Fashioned what you’d want out of an alcoholic version of it.” Fallow Kin’s farm-to-table approach will be reflected in the design of the restaurant brighter take on the corner space in which so many locals have dined over the years With a color palette of natural tones and plenty of textures from wood “we really want to bring the outside inside,” says Ayer made with local pork and served with miso mayonnaise The literal outside will be in play eventually too: There’s a small lot that the team hopes to turn into an urban farm and vibrant outdoor dining and gathering space maybe a separate outdoor kitchen and bar serving a simple menu (grilled vegetables From the team members’ culinary pedigrees to the multi-pronged sustainability goals Fallow Kin will surely fit comfortably within Greater Boston’s fine-dining scene But there’s a distinct down-to-earth quality to it “We’re creating something new out of something simple poached in whey from the yogurt made for another dish (the potato mille-feuille) treated with local maple sugar and cider vinegar And diners can engage with the sustainability practices as much or little as they want: Snack on crispy head cheese while mulling over how the rest of the pig was used elsewhere on the menu or just enjoy the meal Consider the carbon footprint of the burger—or just eat it the underlying ethos will be working seamlessly in the background Or as Dennehy sums it up: “We want to be something for everybody but doing it our way and really focusing on ethical 853 Main St., Central Square, Cambridge, fallowkin.com A version of this story appeared in the print edition of the February 2025 issue with the headline The Ultimate Guide to Massachusetts’ Tastiest Edibles Our Wildly Comprehensive Guide to Eating and Drinking in Fenway After three years, Kin Southern Table + Bar has closed its doors at 71 Washington St Owner Julia Broome announced the closure on social media on Jan 8 saying she made the bittersweet decision "after much thought "This chapter has been one filled with incredible memories and a deep connection to our community," she wrote Kin was the first restaurant from Broome who grew up in the Elmwood and Broad Street community in Providence comfort food favorites and signature cocktails "Kin has always been more than just a restaurant; it’s been a space where we’ve celebrated our culture and brought people together over the comfort of good food," she wrote After being laid off as a banquet manager at the Plainridge Park Casino in Plainville she secured a small business loan and put her soul food concept into motion Broome said her hospitality days are not over and ways we’ll continue to celebrate and serve our community in the future Kin isn’t just a space; it’s a spirit that lives on in all of us," she wrote The restaurant was on a winter break when the closure was announced — The Tippecanoe County Coroner's Office is looking for the next of kin for Andrey Prokhorov He also might have spent some of his life in Ukraine Anyone with information about Prokhorov's next of kin is asked to contact the coroner's office at 765-420-7607 Losing a loved one begins a difficult time filled with a wealth of emotions as we start our journey through grief It’s a time when we often seek the comfort of those we love family and friends who can reminisce about the ones they miss and the memories that they will hold onto forever it can also be a time for division when questions arise regarding who will make the funeral and final disposition arrangements who is in charge of making these arrangements the designated person must be over the age of 18 and be of sound mind they must have been currently wed at the time of death if the decedent has no surviving spouse but multiple children over the age of 18 Georgia law dictates that decisions will be made by majority rule any other person willing to assume the responsibilities of the funeral and final disposition may take over this role provided that a good faith effort has been made to contact the above list of next-of-kin A funeral home is not required to investigate the existence of any additional next-of-kin or relative of the decedent if a next-of-kin has already come forward The funeral home and its employees will not be liable if they carry out the instructions of the person they believe to be the next-of-kin Someone may not be allowed to assume funeral or final disposition responsibilities If the next-of-kin refuses to act or if there is a conflict that cannot be resolved by majority rule the next-of-kin or funeral director may petition the Probate Court to make a ruling In the event of a dispute over who has the right of disposition a funeral home shall not be liable for refusing to accept or dispose of the remains of the decedent or complete the arrangements for the final disposition of the remains until the funeral home receives a court order or other written statement signed by the parties of the disagreement that states the decided-upon final disposition of the remains Should a funeral home already have a decedent in their care at the time of the disagreement or otherwise preserve the decedent’s remains while awaiting the final decision of the Probate Court Sign up for one year of weekly grief messages designed to provide strength and comfort during this challenging time You will no longer receive messages from our email mailing list Your email address has successfully been added to our mailing list There was an error verifying your email address Hearing Drova: Forsaken Kin described as a “Gothic-inspired pixel art RPG” had me wondering how well those systems would translate to a top-down adventure game but the end result had me quietly impressed Drova captures the atmosphere of Gothic in a number of ways most notably in giving you a relatively compact but surprisingly full world to explore and refusing to hold your hand through any of it I just mean that it’s not procedural and isn’t intended to go on forever You’ll revisit many areas multiple times and your actions will affect the world and the people in it It’s set in a vaguely Celtic-slash-Slavic land where every day is a hardship After witnessing the druids in your village sneaking off with a magical red crystal you’re left entrusted with the crystal and trapped in the dark All you have to do is take the crystal to the city of Nemeton and you’ll be able to go home Drova: Forsaken Kin flies the old school colours in a number of ways Chiefly among them is the lack of signposting and if you want to mark locations or points of interest you’ll need to buy ink from a vendor The overarching narrative is malleable to a point as actions you perform and quests you complete for the various factions (and once you start down a path it locks you in) will subtly alter the way NPCs react to you and what you’ll find in certain areas you’ll need to find special NPCs to teach you new skills and abilities and the wrong faction standing can mess that up One thing Drova doesn’t do is waste real estate there’s probably a reason to get there loose items on the ground; there’s plenty of reason to explore everywhere in Drova A robust crafting system means you’ll want to squirrel everything away including meat and berries you find that can be cooked at camp fires Skills and XP are tied directly to combat for the most part As you level up and use certain weapons more than others you’ll gain a kind of proficiency in them and unlock new skills Most skills like spells have a metre you’ll need to fill by attacking enemies Ranged weapons such as bows make you “pull back” the string to line up two lines before releasing to hit a target CHECK IT OUT: Gord is a grim-dark Slavic settlement sim | Review Melee is more straightforward though not easy and as you can switch freely between two different weapon loadouts and you won’t know if something is much higher than you until it’s picking you out of its teeth as you have a dodge roll for avoiding damage but need to time your blows with your opponent’s Thankfully you won’t be heavily punished for losses as you just respawn at the last safe place Despite having no spoken dialogue outside the intro Drova: Forsaken Kin absolutely bubbles with atmosphere haunting music and general sense of being utterly alone in a hostile world combine to create a memorable RPG experience that feels new while also evoking classic games like the aforementioned Gothic The lack of maps and quest markers might be a deal breaker for some (I admit I missed them at times) but that just encourages you to take your time and soak it in On the surface some of the systems appear quite rudimentary but you kind of get out what you put in in terms of how much you buy into the world Topping out between 30 and 40 hours depending on how much you want to explore and uncover Drova: Forsaken Kin is a deep experience that feels enjoyable whether you’re jumping in for an hour Drova: Forsaken Kin is a deep experience that feels enjoyable whether you're jumping in for an hour “I really like having access to a behaviorist alongside a vet who I can message about any concerns I have.” “I love how quickly I was able to speak with a professional. 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scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_title + " " + scriptOptions._localizedStrings.redirect_overlay_text + " South Carolina – Columbia VA Health Care System employees worked together to return WWII items to two brothers’ families panoramic unit photo mailed during WWII from Fort Dix and a WWII commemorative medal with the Veteran’s name inscribed were dropped off at the front desk of the Dorn VA Medical Center campus a patient representative at the Information Desk at Dorn “While coming into work at the Information Desk in Building 100 the items were just dropped off,” said Vereen the chief of enrollment eligibility in the Welcome Center at the Dorn “I was trying to research my way into finding out whom the items belonged to and I was running into a few dead ends,” said Vereen Bridges the full photo and signatures and we were just in awe.” Bridges was able to determine their identities from the address label on the tube mailer and the name inscribed on the back of the medal service members included their Service Number The return address label was partially torn away which I associated as a service number,” said Bridges “I was able to plug it into one of our VA systems that looks up Veterans with service numbers and I was able to find Charles Knight.” The name on the back of the medal was Edward C The search was on for finding the next of kin so Bridges contacted the Lexington County Veterans Service office Bridges contacted the CVAHCS Public Affairs office for assistance started searching various genealogy and search engine sites Phone numbers were found but most were disconnected or no answer.  it was determined that the memorial service and burial for Edward I’ll be glad to give him your phone number.” Two days later was surprised to receive a call from the church secretary where did this come from and who dropped it off,” he said His father didn’t talk much about his service “I knew he had been stationed at Fort Dix he was selected to build new barracks.” was in the Signal Corp stationed in Montana “He later escorted people by train to different places I always thought these were Soldiers,” said Edward I found out these were likely POW’s When they would get together there would be some stories about their service.” He was wounded in Italy and sent to a French hospital to recover After recuperating he was sent to Japan and participated in the occupation of Japan a small ceremony was held with family members of Edward and his wife Collette attended the ceremony “Returning these cherished mementos to the families of our WWII Heroes is more than just an act of goodwill—it is a testament to the team’s enduring commitment to honoring our Armed Forces men and women’s service and sacrifice,” said Oscar G and we are grateful for the opportunity to play a part in preserving their memory.” There were a lot of people there and we appreciate that,” said Edward “But the actual items were not what we expected.” thought he had found his father in the photo after discussions with Charles' daughter and the family decided the Knight in the photo was indeed Charles The VA’s mission statement is “To fulfill President Lincoln’s promise to care for those who have served in our nation’s military and for their families and survivors.” The efforts of employees at the Columbia VA Health Care System to return WWII items to the families exemplifies the desire to fulfill that promise The Lehigh County coroner says 58-year-old Michelle Shafer was found dead in Hanover Twp The Lehigh County Coroner's Office is seeking assistance in locating the next of kin for a Lower Towamensing Township woman The coroner says 58-year-old Michelle Shafer was pronounced dead on Wednesday Officials say she was pronounced dead at a hotel she was staying at in Hanover Township The coroner says she died of natural causes Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the coroner's office at 610-782-3426 or via email at: danielbuglio@lehighcounty.org 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Log in Not a member? Sign up Explore our Food Tours → This ideal aims to unite French citizens regardless of their ancestral roots not a hyphen that encompasses multiple identities (i.e Franco-Algerian.) In Marseille – a city which proudly differs from the rest of France – universalism isn’t universally practiced since many Marseillais embrace their blend of cultural heritage Franco-Congolese chef Hugues Mbenda does this skillfully at his delicious duo of restaurants Both are housed in one location in the city center a two-for-one-special born from a collaboration with Hugues’s partner Libala serves up lip-smacking street food while Kin parades gastronomic plates at nightfall Both mix Mediterranean and Congolese ingredients Think roast eggplant topped with a dibi spice mix and hollandaise sauce spiked with baobab “My journey from Kinshasa to high-end Paris restaurants to forging my own identity in Marseille.” Libala – “marriage” in the Congolese language of Lingala – evokes the union of French and Congolese flavors and that of the young couple Born from their desire to serve comfort food made with high-quality ingredients Libala has had a loyal following since opening house-made ginger pineapple and vanilla bissap (hibiscus) juice is served with plantains and mayo made with avocado – a Congolese crop topped with the smoked paprika-ginger-peanut spice mix that Hugues “uses as prevalently as pepper.” Peanuts play a prime role in his cooking like in the peanut cookie spiked with chili made with an African peanut paste that is more savory than sweet American peanut butter Libala’s curtains close and the lights dim setting the stage for an elegant meal at Kin (short for Kinshasa.) Here Hugues gets to flex his culinary technique in the five-course gastronomic menu Creamy local onions whipped with the dried fish so prevalent in the Democratic Republic of Congo accompanies Mediterranean red snapper flavors a waffle topped with smoked salmon fish eggs or comes fermented in couscous-like attieké We can’t get enough of a transcendent chestnut mousse infused with Congolese coffee Hugues infuses playfulness into the high-end plates Congolese donuts that he insists you eat with your hands and not a knife and fork (with which the French eat just about everything Hugues inherited his love of food from his mother growing up in the kitchen of her small restaurant “Everything I am today I owe to her,” he enthuses After moving from the Congo to Paris at age nine Hugues enrolled in an elite cooking school convinced his son’s smarts were more geared for academic pursuits When he saw Hugues working with a top chef that success wasn’t synonymous with white-collar jobs Mathilde grew up in various towns across France and Ile de Reunion in the Indian Ocean and European influences influenced her appreciation for different cultures Studies at elite universities led to a project manager job in the cultural sector then she launched an eco-responsible purse line to pursue her goals of being an entrepreneur so when she took a cooking class taught by Hugues it’s no surprise the ever-smiling chef caught her eye The young couple embarked to Marseille for two reasons Mathilde gave Hugues an ultimatum: move abroad or to Marseille a city which “feels like living in another country inspired the brothers to reacquaint themselves with their homeland that they had left behind decades before Hugues had the liberty to express his African roots that had been muffled at the classic French restaurants where he had worked and a small village all at once,” he smiles Mathilde and Hugues really experience that small-town affability at their restaurants customers curious about ingredients they’ve never tasted or fellow Africans delighting in familiar flavors It helps that Mathilde and Hugues love sharing and talking – and stay past their shift to do so Eager for their customers to “feel like guests in their home,” they have even forged friendships with some (we’re happy to be part of that group) Four years in, Hugues has been lauded for his talents by the benchmark French restaurant guides Michelin and Gault & Milau. Interviewed by NPR as one of the fresh faces in Taste the World in Marseille that reflect Marseille’s blend of cultures in its food scene Hugues is averse to his work being labelled as solely “African cuisine.” “I am both French and Congolese always striving for balance.” His food is a model for France to recognize loading map - please wait...Map could not be loaded - please enable Javascript!→ more information I have always felt March’s first wildflowers to be my birthright and responsibility due in part to my family’s long attention to plant life Learning plant names over the years and anticipating and celebrating their arrivals connected me to my dad a gardener who died when I was little; to my great grandparents on tobacco farms; and beyond them Plants and the people who care for them make up my home and my ancestry a thirteen-hour drive from my previous home in North Carolina I’ve traveled outside the southeast before but I’ve never been gone for as long as the six-year graduate program that I signed up for here the night in a hotel required for the drive home and my ignorance of the local plants and animals I spent the month before classes started looking up every neighborhood plant on iNaturalist, studying the signs identifying prairie flowers at nearby Governor Nelson State Park, and reading Aldo Leopold’s Sand County Almanac like the Bible before bed each night home means knowing the names of my neighbors caring for them like I hope they’ll care for me Making a home means seeking out ways to make plants kin I haven’t learned the names of all that many plants since I’ve been here, kept busy by my classwork. But one of my classes brought me to the University of Wisconsin–Madison Archives and Special Collections at the end of a trail featuring a special elevator that climbed nine floors up Memorial Library We were invited to explore the archives like naturalists spreading out over a field The album I treasured most was by Anna C a Wisconsin resident who filled her book with beautiful blooms in 1883 A label inside the cover noted that the book had been purchased from Edward Quinn “Blank Book Maker and Bookseller” at 427 E The address is a block from the Milwaukee River and now stands between two major highways carrying cars past at 70 miles an hour dried plants arranged in artistic bouquets and sprigs live on in various states of disrepair each so thin I had to run my fingertips over them to assure myself they weren’t printed onto the page Their colors have faded into silver green leaves and flowers of rust or parchment and each specimen leaves a ghostly stain of itself transferred onto the back of the opposite page Dating back to the Victorian era, the herbarium is representative of a Victorian orientation to the world emphasizing man’s control over nature while simultaneously viewing nature as evidence of a Christian god’s bounty This attitude sparked a craze for classification leading Victorians to invent new taxonomical systems create museums filled with “exotic” trophies stolen from colonies host “freak shows” that challenged the limits of audiences’ understandings and fill their living rooms with “curiosities” from the natural world Noticing is the first step towards kinship Plant collecting was framed as a hobby of leisure-class white women that offered gentle exercise While male scientists went on expeditions and discovered new species, Victorian women were encouraged to collect plants from walks near their homes but one beneficial side effect was that common plants were preserved by women even as they were dismissed by male scientists Anna C. Morrison collected common flowers like buttercups, dandelions, and daffodils. She found flowers in different stages of blooming, and she labeled each in a delicate penciled cursive in both Latin and English. Most people then and now think of dandelions and buttercups as weeds worthy only of the attention it takes to eradicate them to make a smoother lawn bounded though she was by gendered constraints spent her days learning the wonders of the common She looked down and saw treasures between her feet In a world where the drive towards classification was fed by racism that sought to classify the human species and where the urge to collect led to the pillaging of colonies around the world While she surely was complicit in global structural violence and her leisure hobby was a privilege not all could enjoy she did exercise care for the often-overlooked plants at home Almost 150 years after Anna made her album her care for her home helped me build my own home in the same place One of the plants that Anna chose to save was a Trillium grandiflorum While I hadn’t known that trilliums grow in Wisconsin I knew them well from the Southern Appalachians My cousin and I had stumbled onto dozens of trilliums on our hike in Tennessee earlier this year We can’t know what she thought or why she spent her time pasting plants onto pages We don’t know who else has looked at her herbarium though we can notice its pages seem often-turned I can figure out we both have lived within traveling distance of Milwaukee and its booksellers I can know that Anna was curious about her environment that she spent time outside and brought her attention to little things Making a home means seeking out ways to make plants kin that whatever else was going on in her life I know Anna and I both care about dandelions and buttercups and bittercress I know to look for the trilliums when spring comes to my new home asks us to guide our attention to the arts of noticing noticing is the first step towards kinship While we know only in the broadest terms what forms of precarity Anna was responding to—industrialization patriarchy—we know these forces directed her attention towards her plant kin as I’ve navigated the death of my grandfather stricken with Parkinson’s after years of handling pesticides; as we all grapple with global climate change driven by war and genocide; and as I made my way through my first Wisconsin winter I begin to form caring relationships of my own Featured Image: The Fiery Gizzard trail in Tennessee leading through a field of trilliums in late March Ellie Kincaid is a PhD student in English Literary Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. They are interested in queer ecologies and sustainable communities, inspired by a love of being queer, in community, and outside. They have a BA from Davidson College in North Carolina. Contact Tags: Edge Effects is a digital magazine about environmental issues produced by graduate students at the Center for Culture, History, and Environment (CHE), a research center within the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Contact Us Edge Effects c/o CHE 550 North Park Street, Room 280 Madison, Wisconsin 53706edgeeffects@nelson.wisc.edu Powered by  - Designed with Hueman Pro These free events are produced by The Brooklyn Rail Leave a donation ✨🌈 Artist Sin Wai Kin joins Rail Editor-at-Large McKenzie Wark for a conversation Visit The End Time! on view at Canal Projects, New York through March 29, 2025 → CA) brings fantasy to life through storytelling in moving image Drawing on experiences of binary categories their work realizes alternate worlds to describe lived experiences of desire The artist is nominated for the 2024 Jarman award for their film works Dreaming the End (2023) and The Breaking Story (2022) They were the recipient of the 24th Baloise Art Prize at Art Basel for their film series Portraits (2023) and for their support of our growing archive Follow @terraamericanartLearn more » At a time when the nation needs to stand together to fight division and communal agenda right-wing trolls are engaged in victim blaming since they refused to budge to their agenda Synopsis: Days after the Pahalgam terrorist attack the kin of the victims are facing online trolls and abuse only for asking to reject communal divisions and hate Following the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam Major AK Raveendran — popularly known as Major Ravi — had warned that the targeting of Hindu tourists was intended to create a communal division in India The army officer-turned-filmmaker had said: “If the attack was carried out in the name of religion then the aim is clearly to incite a riot in India we should rally around the single emotion that binds us-our love for the country-forgetting caste There must be no tension between Hindus and Muslims Those who think rationally will understand this What he had said is transpiring in the country with several right-wing-linked individuals vehemently criticising the relatives of the victims — some using language unfit for public discourse — for urging people not to target all Kashmiris and the Muslim community for an act committed by a few extremists was among the 26 people killed in the terror attack on tourists in Kashmir’s Pahalgam His daughter Arathy had to witness her father being shot at point-blank range by terrorists she did not blame Kashmiris for the attack “When I left yesterday, I told them I found two brothers in Kashmir,” she said with emotion the wife of Uttar Pradesh native Shubham Dwivedi witnessed the terrorists shooting her husband to death immediately after he said he was a Hindu After there were attempts to communalise the incident she asked: “Why are we making this about Hindu or Muslim?” “They were terrorists. They are not people. They have no religion. They are monsters,” she said the image of a shocked Himanshi Narwal sitting near her husband depicting the horror the people had to face She was married for only six days and was in Kashmir for a honeymoon trip with her husband, who was posted in Kochi. Days after the incident, she said The people going against the Muslims and Kashmiris We want peace and only peace,” said the woman She added that the family demanded justice for him and those people who had done wrong to him should be punished especially right-wing supporters have been spreading messages on social media — blaming all Kashmiris and the Muslim community for the attack There have also been several attacks on Kashmiri migrants Fringe right-wing groups and Hindutva outfits have seized the attack as an opportunity to fuel communal tensions spreading hate online and inciting violence on the ground Following the statements made by the victims’ family members Some people even started questioning their morality Several right-wing outfits, said to be associated with the BJP and its allies, jumped in quickly and started the character assassination of Himanshi. One person who hides behind an anonymous X handle said,” She’s an anti CAA Meanwhile, some others questioned Arathy’s love for her father after she said she considers the Kashmiris who helped her as brothers right-wing trolls are engaged in victim blaming simply for expressing their stance Replying to the hate and targeted harassment several people came in support of Himanshi and other victims educationist and widow of the 13th admiral of the Indian Navy hailed Himanshi as “the perfect Fauji wife” “You are the perfect Fauji wife Himanshi, true to the spirit of the service, the Constitution and to our secular values,” Lalita Ramdas, the widow of the late Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas, wrote in a note to Himanshi slammed the right-wingers for spreading hate against her Sanghis are abusing the wife of a martyr Indian soldier They’ve no sympathy with the victims of terrorist attack The Pehalgam terrorist attack is just an opportunity for sanghis to spread hatred against Indians Muslims. https://t.co/iIWwvOBjW2 — Mohit Chauhan (@mohitlaws) May 1, 2025 Published ${response.data.published_date} ⚊ Updated ${response.data.updated_date} Kinship Heals reknits culture to end domestic violence and sexual assault in native communities A disturbing four out of five native women will experience violence in their lives provides wraparound services to help prevent and end domestic violence It does so by supporting and increasing the capacity for tribal communities on the Island and off to heal from and respond to these instances by using methods deeply rooted in Wampanoag culture and traditions that have existed since before colonization speaks about how the violent disruption stemming from colonization has permeated native cultures: “Our assimilation wasn’t voluntary,” she notes a woman lived with her extended family: “When a man got married Randolph continues with another example: “Women ran the food systems The gardens and harvesting were in women’s hands You didn’t have to worry if you were going to be able to feed your children if you put out this man who is hunting “All of the way we do things now is very isolated in nature and it’s very easy for people to become vulnerable When I think about how to heal and move forward we must restore our relationships within our tribal communities We don’t necessarily have to live with one another because there’s been so much violence within our communities those multigenerational relationships aren’t healthy A lot must be undone so that we can fix it Then we need to rebuild those protective factors we once had.” we understand that everything is connected and we cannot address safety without addressing food systems and ceremony.” Ceremony relates to spirituality “It’s your connection to the Creator — to things bigger than you [Conducting ceremonies] is how we maintain balance in ourselves These practices were forbidden for so long; restoring ceremony is part of healing.” Kinship Heals’ approach to providing its multiple services is integrated Even our work model is structured differently Although we have different titles and certain responsibilities we pitch in and share whatever needs to be done.” Each member does many things for Kinship Heals programs with just a few of their responsibilities mentioned below an enrolled member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Chandler is currently building out the organization’s many programs and helping with the administrative pieces Kathleen Gately is a member of the Herring Pond Wampanoag Tribe Gately answers the hotline and accompanies people to court She also works with them to create a safety plan This brand-new program works with boys around education and prevention He supports those who have been exposed to domestic violence and sexual assault through cultural activities weaving in conversations and discussions about healthiness is a multigenerational islander whose family has been in a relationship with tribal members She is responsible for behind-the-scenes work such as developing brochures a member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head and holds weekly circles for tribal youth at Martha’s Vineyard Regional HIgh School where they engage in equine therapy at Misty Meadows Jada works individually with youth who are struggling or need extra support due to exposure to domestic violence or sexual assault Jennifer explains that since all the staff have completed their 40-hour training on sexual and domestic violence With the last effects of the disruption of so many traditional ways there is still a lot of healing that needs to be done: “This means the interface between a person Randolph and her team have strong programs and collaborate with Island agencies to cultivate this imperative restoration To learn more about Kinship Heals’ many services, visit kinshipheals.org/services The MV Times comment policy requires first and last name for all comments The musical opens at the Imperial Theatre on April 10 Get the best deals and latest updates on theater and shows by signing up for TheaterMania's newsletter today HUDSON — A local restaurant reopened on Wednesday a day after it shuttered in response to receiving "increased harassment and threats" when several news organizations reported on an incident over the weekend in which several patrons who were historical reenactors came to dine while still wearing World War II costumes — two of them as Nazi soldiers Meanwhile, the president of the Hudson organization that put on the reenactment called the reenactors' decision to wear their costumes off-site "repugnant." Management at Kith and Kin could not be reached for comment on Wednesday they did make several posts this week on their Facebook page in regards to the incident 'Loss of power': World War I-era plane crashes near Hudson's American Heritage Museum. "After last night's (Monday) news airings, our restaurant has been the target of increased harassment and threats," according to a Kith and Kin Facebook post on Tuesday Eight reenactors arrived for dinner still wearing WWII costumesWhen reached by phone on Wednesday a restaurant employee said no owners or managers were available and referred all inquiries to the restaurant's email Police Chief Richard DiPersio said the department has not received any reports of threats involving Kith and Kin The incident in question occurred Saturday evening. According to a several reports, several reenactors who were taking part in a historical reenactment put on by Hudson's American Heritage Museum earlier in the day arrived at the restaurant while still wearing their uniforms 'Great American Tip Off': Celebrity entrepreneur's campaign drops $1,000 tip on Hudson eatery The table of eight included two men dressed as SS soldiers officials at Kith and Kin apologized on Facebook for not stepping in "Even though we knew they were living historians at a time when acts of anti-Semitic violence continue to rise we should have realized other diners might not be aware of the local WWII re-enactment," Kith and Kin officials posted "We would never intentionally do anything to offend or hurt anyone in the community If we truly thought these individuals held anti-Semitic beliefs we would never have allowed them to step foot in the restaurant we strive every day to do our best and are continuing to learn and grow Kith and Kin later turned off comments on the post while several took the reenactors to task for not thinking ahead and changing out of the Nazi uniforms Kith and Kin was opened in 2019 by Amanda and Joe Boudreau puts a focus on farm-fresh ingredients that have been locally sourced 'Perfect artifact': Holocaust-era train car is on display at Hudson museum Rob Collings, president of the Collings Foundation condemned the incident in an emailed statement using as a centerpiece a restored Nazi rail car similar to those used to transport Jews to the death camps." Collings added that in wake of the incident the organization is "undertaking a thorough review of how our strict presentation protocols are understood and followed by the living historians who participate in our programs and the consequences when they are ignored." Norman Miller can be reached at 508-626-3823 or nmiller@wickedlocal.com follow him on X @Norman_MillerMW or on Facebook.com/NormanMillerCrime.