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Hamilton Fire Department

Gage Park, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. August 2024. Photo by the green buck.

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Hang Glider Rescued near Lewis Chapel Ramp

Hang gliding accident. Pilot rescued. At 1:36 PM CST Friday, 3/29/2024, the Dunlap Fire Department was dispatched to a hang-gliding accident on Lewis Chapel at the ramp. The glider crashed into the top of a tree and was struck in the tree approximately 100 feet high, just under the bluff line. The pilot was not injured but was unable to descend to the ground. Dunlap Fire assembled a rescue team…

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Lewis Hamilton: "Racial Element" To FIA Boss' "Rapper" Comments

Lewis Hamilton raised concerns over FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem comparing Formula 1 drivers swearing on team radio to "rappers," saying there was a "racial element" to Ben Sulayem's comments.

In an interview with Motorsport.com, Ben Sulayem said the FIA plans to clamp down on use of profanities over team radio, including removing offensive language from F1 broadcasts.

"We have to differentiate between our sport, motorsport, and rap music," Ben Sulayem told Motorsport. "We're not rappers, you know. They say the F-word how many times per minute? We are not on that. That's them and we are [us]."

When asked about the comments, Hamilton said he understood the move to cut down on swearing for the benefit of younger audiences, but took issue with the comparison.

"With what he's saying, I don't like how he's expressed it, saying that rappers is very stereotypical," Hamilton said. "You think about most rappers are Black. That really kind points it towards, when it says we're not like them.

So I think those are the wrong choice of words. There's a racial element there. But, as I said, I agree with the fact that I think [it needs] cleaning up a little bit."

ESPN has approached the FIA for comment.

In March this year, amid controversies surrounding the governing body, Hamilton said Ben Sulayem has never had his support.

The comments followed investigations by the FIA's compliance department into Ben Sulayem in which the FIA president cleared of wrongdoing, and news that F1 Academy boss Susie Wolff was taking legal action against the FIA over a short-lived investigation into an alleged conflict of interest between Wolff and her husband, Toto.

The FIA's plans to cut down swearing over team radio became a major talking point during driver media engagements ahead of this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix. Speaking about the clampdown, Hamilton said younger drivers are less likely to censor their own language but that he now makes an effort not to use profanities.

"When I was 22 I didn't think of it as much and it was more your emotions are just firing and you're saying whatever comes to mind, forgetting how many people are listening and the kids that are listening, all those kinds of things," Hamilton said.

"I agree in that sense that you listen to some of the younger drivers and they just have not got it yet, and at some stage they probably will. I'm sure if there's penalties for it, people will stop it. I don't know whether that's something that's needed. I definitely think there is a little bit too much of it.

It's good to have some emotions. We're not robots. And for me, the way I control it is because there's like over 2,000 people that are working towards me having this position and being where I am.

I've got a lot of followers of all ages. It's not about me, and even though I'm having this experience on-track, what I do and what I say affects all those people who are sacrificing time with their families, who are giving absolutely everything to have this privileged position and opportunity.

I think it's just understanding that, and putting the aggression somewhere else. That's what I try and do."

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let him be a trophy husband!

series masterlist

isabella perez they've put it together.

logan sargeant no. they think it's reputation (daphne's version) not a new album.

isabella perez whatever logan. anyways. how are the grammys?

max jones-verstappen I'M BORED!

zoya torres i suspect he'll end up drunk by the end of the night. mae jones-verstappen to be fair, he was life this at the fia prize giving ceremony. daniel jones-ricciardo he always gets drunk at things like this.

pierre gasly why are you people on your phones? you are at the grammys put them away!

mae jones-verstappen commercial breaks exist you french fuck!

rowan todd forgive him, he's never been to one.

pierre gasly because you've never taken me with you. I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO GO TO THE EMMYS! BUT CHARLES DID?

charles leclerc that's because i know how to behave in public.

carlos sainz why are people on twitter acting like i got fired midseason?

isabella perez they're dramatic like that. you guys thought i was bad, the twitter girlies are worse.

oscar piastri to be fair, you cried over dropping a churro one time.

lando norris i don't like it here anymore.

bailey winters SOMEONE JUST ASKED HIM HOW MANY RACES HE WON!! HE WALKED AWAY EMBARRASSED! LOGAN'S LAUGHING AT HIM!

isabella perez watching lando get made fun of on live tv by trevor noah is hilarious.

lando norris this shit isn't funny isa!

arthur leclerc "here we have 3x world champion max jones-verstappen, 8x grand prix winner daniel jones-ricciardo, and teammate to rookie of the year, lando norris."

oscar piastri can i laugh?

lando norris I'M ENTERING MY REPUTATION ERA!

charles leclerc maybe win a race first

daphne jones-ricciardo can you people behave?

lewis hamilton don't bother daphne, there is no controlling them.

freya vettel lando no wins can't even escape being made fun of at the grammys

lando norris oh fuck off vettel

mick schumacher don't forget no rizz. it's a miracle bailey took him back

bailey winters it took a lot of convincing.

penelope trevino ZOYA! YOU LOOKED BEAUTIFUL ON THAT STAGE!

logan sargeant I AGREE! THAT'S MY GIRLFRIEND! zoya torres aww thank you. nat helped pick out the dress. natalia ruiz THAT'S MY DAUGHTER!

lance stroll hey, does this mean charle is officially a grammy winner?

charles leclerc in my mind i have been since folklore lando norris first driver to win a grammy before a drivers championship charles leclerc at least i've won a race esteban ocon gagged him!

fernando alonso none of you know what the word decorum means.

daniel jones-ricciardo and you do? mr. i'm going to sniff flowers mid-interview

fernando alonso at least i can say that i've never commited crimes like seb. multi-21 anyone?

lance stroll THEY LITERALLY CALL YOU WAR CRIMINAL! sebastian vettel SPYGATE ANYONE? rhys jones HE'S A WAR CRIMINAL LIKE ME!!

rhys jones so, what'd i miss?

ollie bearman the hamilton x hamilton edits on tiktok isabella perez I LOVE THOSE!! logan sargeant HOW DO YOU NON=AMERICANS KNOW ABOUT HAMILTON? isabella perez i love musicals!

fernando alonso hamilton x hamilton? are they putting lewis on a boat with himself

lance stroll he means are they shipping lewis with himself? rhys jones NO! THE MUSICAL BY LIN MANUEL MIRANDA! fernando alonso who? lance stroll now he's just trolling.

rhys jones anyways, new album?

mae jones-verstappen yes, the dead poets society daphne jones-ricciardo THE TORTURED POETS SOCIETY! mae jones-verstappen YOU SHOULD'VE NAMED IT SOMETHING ELSE! rhys jones I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS BUT WHAT THE HECK DAPHNE! THE PEOPLE WILL BE CONFUSED!

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daphnejonesricciardo all's fair in love and poetry...new album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. OUT APRIL 19 🤍

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isabellaperez mother ate with this one y'all!

landonorris i am ready to cry to this one.

baileywinters THE PEOPLE AREN'T READY!

redbullracing just in time for the chinese grand prix!!

danieljonesricciardo hey! i'm responsible for the cover art! i did that!

↳ daphnejonesricciardo yeah you did!

rhysjones geez daph, put some clothes on! as your little brother i don't need to see that!

rhysjones I'M KIDDING PLEASE DON'T CANCEL ME! I LOVE MY SISTER! I'M JUST A BABY!

↳ georgerussell so now you're a baby but when it comes to teasing lando you aren't a baby?

↳ rhysjones I CAN PICK MY BATTLES RUSSELL! THE DAPHNE GIRLS ARE WILD!

maejonesverstappen oh the people aren't ready for this.

charles_leclerc i definitely need a good cry album. this will help

↳ carlossainz55 i'll join you buddy!

maxjonesverstappen1 WOO! GO DAPHNE!

nataliaruiz WE WILL BE STREAMING!

lewishamilton it's going to be amazing daphne!

visacashapprb we will be streaming mrs. jones-ricciardo!

yukitsunoda0511 LET'S GO!! WOO!! GO DAPHNE!!

↳ daphnejonesricciardo thank you yuki! hope you like the new album!

↳ yukitsunoda0511 are you kidding me? i will adore it!

fernandoalo_oficial how many songs are about our whirlwind romance daphne? 🤣

↳ daphnejonesricciardo i plead the fifth! 😅

↳ danieljonesricciardo BACK OFF FROM MY WIFE FERNANDO!

↳ fernadoalo_oficial it's not my fault! blame the internet!

lilymhe YAY! I GET TO ANNOY ALEX WITH MORE SCREAM SINGING!

↳ alex_albon you could never annoy me

↳ lilymhe and we will be having a conversation about keeping this a secret from me mr.albon!

↳ alex_albon I WAS SWORN TO SECRECY!

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¡disclaimer! this is in no way making assumptions about the people involved in this story, this is all fake. it is a fanfiction please don't take any of what is said seriously. this is all for entertainment purposes and as a creative outlet for me. enjoy!

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Hyper niche question for my autism warrior: What was the perception of aide-de-camps during the AmRev like? I assume it would be viewed as a softer position - though of course, the extent would vary depending who your CO was - but many did see action and a few were reassigned so they could fight

Hey y’all… how y’all doing… i know its been yet another period of many moons since ive posted or answered (i hope this information is still relevant btw), but ive had a lot going on with getting a job, finding colleges, my mommy issues, travel, etc. anyway, im back, and im here to tell you about my main men

It actually was not viewed as a softer position at all! The station of aide-de-camp was highly desirable for several reasons, which i will describe approximately right now

1) people had to compliment you a LOT to get in

Most of the results I got from my research on this ask were letters of recommendation for potential aides-de-camp. Letters of recommendation were high honors for any station, especially for that of a military capacity. According to my favorite source on the American Revolution (which you should know by now), George Washington’s Indispensable Men by Arthur S. Lefkowitz, it was practically impossible to get a job as an aide-de-camp if you did not have a widely positive reputation or a letter of recommendation from someone reputable (or both if you wanted to clerk for the Commander-in-Chief).

I found one letter of recommendation from j*hn ad*ms that i think serves as a very good example of the sort of statements that could land you a seat at a Continental officer’s writing desk:

“There is another Gentleman of liberal Education and real Genius, as well as great Activity, who I find is a Major in the Army; his Name is Jonathan Williams Austin. I mention him, sir, not for the Sake of recommending him to any particular Favour, as to give the General an opportunity of observing a youth of great abilities, and of reclaiming him from certain Follies, which have hitherto, in other Departments of Life obscurd him.”

-John Adams to George Washington, June 19-20, 1775, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Founders Online, Washington Papers)

Those are my italics btw. These compliments are carefully chosen to suit the honor culture that was so pervasive throughout the 18th century and first half of the 19th century. A liberal education at the time was very hard to come by, and would be of great importance in a clerical position. Great activity also helps, because you dont want some lazy ass writing to Congress under your name, or god forbid George Washington himself, you might get hung (not really). The mention of youth is also intentional, since young men have always been preyed upon by the military. I think it’s especially noteworthy the final phrase of “reclaiming him from certain Follies”, which indicates that he might have previously had a negative reputation- whether it was warranted or not, im not sure.

2) the pay was fucking fire

For this we’re going to be utilizing my super amazing math scores that im renown for throughout the math community (yall dont know about my math tumblr), and we’re going to be using Alexander Hamilton as our lab rat, as per usual.

Alexander Hamilton joined Washington’s staff in early 1777 where a regular aide-de-camp (not a military secretary) made $33 dollars a month, which averages to about $1.10 a day. Meanwhile, according to the University of Missouri, the highest paid laborer in Massachusetts in the same year made $0.50 a day, which is about $15 a month, others making as little as about $0.22 a day, so around $7 a month. If you’re looking for ratios, by the end of the war, a pound of raisins was around $0.30. So, the highest paid Massachusetts laborer could save up every paycheck from 1777 to 1782 and buy 324 pounds of raisins, and Alexander fucking Hamilton could waltz up next to him and buy 712.8 pounds of raisins and rub it in his sad, poor face. And he wouldn’t even share because he was a congressman by that time and congressmen HATE THE POOR.

Disclaimer: Hamilton’s numbers dont include the time he quit the office bc I didn’t feel like googling how long he was away for and also i dont care. And yeah he probably would share his raisins with the guy, Hamilton was pretty nice, but i dont think he’d buy 712.8 pounds of raisins in Massachusetts anyway. Or maybe he would, I dont fucking know, stop asking me questions

3) it gave you a lot of street cred

There are many instances of aides-de-camps rising to higher status after their service, but i dont give a fuck about those nerds going into politics and law and stuff.

Most people now only know about Washington’s aides (or if you’re really autistic you know Lafayette’s too), but at the time, being an ADC to any general would get you fairly well known in society. General Sullivan’s aides seem to have been pretty well known and admired, as they are frequently mentioned in John Adams’ correspondence with other congressmen, as well as that of Benjamin Franklin with French diplomats all the way across the Atlantic.

But I imagine you’re also wondering (or at least i am) about what the everyday enlisted man thought of the ADCs, and that answer doesn’t really change. Of course, the men sitting out in the rain and mud without food for the past week are going to be envious of the guys who get to sleep in a house, but their quarters weren’t the most comfortable either. Aides-de-camp were probably the most connected out of the disconnected officers, if that makes sense. They weren’t fraternizing with the enlisted, but they were seen by them more frequently than the generals, and they were the ones advocating for the needs of the enlisted men. Even if they didn’t have any battle experience whatsoever (which really was never the case, i cant think of an aide who WOULDNT have seen battle), they would still be respected by the men as hardworkers and the only people who might actually get them food and clothes.

Thank you for the ask! I really enjoyed researching it and my family had a great time joking about me hunched over my ipad reading through the national archives while we all watched jeopardy, misspelling like every other word because its hard to type on an ipad. Im going to try to be more active, so please feel free to send further questions! I forgot how cathartic research is for me so id be very happy to do more. I have one more ask in my inbox i’ll try to get done sometime in the next few days. Love yall!

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by By Esha Karam, Shea Vance, and Sarah Huddleston Interim University President Katrina Armstrong apologized in her first interview with Spectator on Tuesday to those who were “hurt” by the New York Police Department’s April sweeps of the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” and occupied Hamilton Hall, during which police made over 200 arrests. Spectator asked Armstrong whether she agreed with former University President Minouche Shafik’s decision to authorize the NYPD to enter campus twice, which resulted in the largest mass arrests at Columbia since the University’s protests on campus in 1968. “I know that this is tricky for me to say, but I do understand that I sit in this job, right. And so if you could just let everybody know who was hurt by that, that I’m just incredibly sorry,” Armstrong said. “And I know it wasn’t me, but I’m really sorry. … I saw it, and I’m really sorry.” The University faced intense criticism from students, faculty, politicians, and free speech organizations following the April 18 sweep of the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment,” which Shafik authorized less than two days after protesters pitched tents on South Lawn. NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell said during a press conference following the arrests that “the students that were arrested were peaceful” and “offered no resistance whatsoever.” Less than two weeks later, police used electric saws, stun grenades, and other tactical gear to sweep Hamilton 22 hours after protesters occupied the building on April 30. Officers pushed protesters to the ground, slammed them with metal barricades, and threw one individual down the stairs outside Hamilton, according to videos reviewed by Spectator. One officer accidentally fired a gun inside the building. In a May 3 video posted to Instagram, Shafik acknowledged the “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” and Hamilton occupation, though she did not directly comment on the arrests. The Instagram post quickly garnered thousands of comments, most of them negative. Echoing her previous messages, Armstrong emphasized in the Tuesday interview her commitment to ensuring a balance between freedom of expression and the University’s academic mission. Armstrong announced updates to the University’s procedures for handling protests in a Sept. 5 email to the Columbia community, pointing to the Rules of University Conduct as the policy governing on-campus demonstrations. “As we face anything, we have to be very committed to the principles, and our principles are our students and are enabling an environment where people can have freedom of expression, and we support debate, and we do those things,” Armstrong said. “We have to be committed to our principles in terms of ensuring that our academic activities can continue. And so I think we have to be very clear about that, because that’s the commitment I made to our students and to our professors.” Armstrong, who assumed office on Aug. 14 following Shafik’s sudden resignation, underscored the importance of working with the community to “keep this campus peaceful, safe.” “I want to just say, I see the harm that happened,” Armstrong said. “And I am deeply committed that I work with all of you, I work with all of the community to both address that harm and to understand.”

Notice she doesn't mention Jewish students. Look for things to get worse at Columbia.

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My Knight in a Shining Ferrari Racesuit-Lewis Hamilton x West Indian Black! Reader

The author's note-This is my response to the bombshell that occurred last week. Sir Lewis flipped the table, SET IT ON FIRE AND THREW IT IN THE DUMPSTER. Legendary moves yet again.

The bombshell decision heard round the world, the landscape to all who knew it will forever be altered. Lewis Hamilton is parting ways with the team he aided in building and carried on his back for over a decade. You knew that this decision hurt him, especially for the team and fans who love and look up to him.

As you scroll through the internet and its various sites reporting on the news, you can definitely say he broke the internet. You slowly step outside to the porch of the temporary dwelling you're both retiring in as your mind drifts off and the memories begin to play like a home movie. Your time with him has been a short one since you fell in love and became a couple in the golden age of his career and you couldn't help but worry for his mental health. The last few years at Mercedes haven't been kind but, he stuck out knowing his team could've pulled through this time, he just couldn't make it.

You suddenly smell his scent as you can feel his tattooed arms wrapped around your frame. Your orbs slowly opened and you whispered

"How are you feeling lewis" you inquired.

"As well as I can be. I spoke with Toto he understood but I can see that he's a bit heartbroken along with everyone back at Brackley," he responds solemnly.

"I don't blame them. Their golden boy and son is leaving the nest. Moving on to greener pastures and I can't help but be scared for you'', you respond concerned.

"You have nothing to be scared of darling. ill be fine,'' he speaks determinedly.

How do you know that, You're going into a completely different ballgame here. Learning everything from scratch as well as earning your favor with the Tifosi whose loyalty to the team and Charles runs deep. I dont want you to be spinning Top in Mud'', you express finally turning your gaze to your love.

"I want you to get that 8th title you've been fighting for and end this career ON A HIGH and enjoy this sport for a little while longer because we all know it's only a matter of time...........", your voice trails off after that.

"I know that you're scared, but I have a lot of strength and can do this . All I want to do know is try to get through this season the best way we can and have one last hurrah before departing and beginning a whole new chapter. Besides, we can visit the factory ever so often as well as Toto & Susie, who always have space for us to visit them." He says hopeful.

"Alright, I can't say no to my Knight in a Mercedes Racesuit, soon to be Ferrari. Now common, I have your fave vegan cupcakes to cheer you up and a new toy for Roscoe.", in which the mini icon pet comes racing in to join you two on the balcony.

This may be a continental shift,but you prayed that the future is somewhat kind to the little life you've developed with him.

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How do you feel about nation jobs or finances in your universe? Like are modern Matt or Alfred on government payroll even if they don’t do anything? I know you’re mentioned that Alfred is better at managing his money than Matt, is he rich??

Sorry I’m not phrasing this very well 😅

This is somewhat esoteric even for me, but I tied their abilities with money to their economic histories.

Alfred was born looking pretty pathetic next to the Spanish possessions in Mexico and South America or even British holdings in the Caribbean but, in short order, made up a significant percentage of the ships, people, and wealth of the British Empire. He became that on what was primarily the efforts of private enterprise. Alfred grows up understanding he is valuable; he represents value, and his choices create value. He's easy to love because he's a goddamn cash cow for Arthur until the Seven Years War when Britain spent a shit ton and wanted the Yanks to pay their share, and we threw a bitch fit and declared independence.

Matt, however, has the French bitching about what a money hole he is from about 20 minutes after he comes into being. The Basque, by far, made the most money initially with their fishing and whaling in the east, following what was reasonably similar to the Viking routes into Newfoundland. The fur trade that drove French settlement faced collapse about a half dozen times in his childhood, and besides a short binge economy for Ginseng and its brief boom in China, his entire existence was just fur. Dead beavers and the black market. That's it.

While the US was building ships, growing cash crops, running a fur trade economy, engaging in fishing, rope making, pitch collection, barrel making and everything and anything else, in the Caribbean, they had 90+ control over sugar production and trade routes. Canada had 10% of the population and thus 10% of the market power. We didn't do shit except freeze, fire at the British, commit war crimes against the New Englanders, ditch the farms and run off to the west to make families with indigenous women and run furs up the rivers to the point that France tried to make it illegal for people to leave the settlements of Quebec City and Montreal without permission.

So from a relatively early point, Alfred is very smart with his investments, and he's been making his investments since the early 19th century, so there's a significant but often catastrophically destroyed habit of investing. When he was younger and incredibly newly independent, he got fleeced a few times, but he's called smart and secure, especially since the 1929 crash. It's not remarkably large amounts of money because he'll never completely trust the government, and he doesn't want to attract attention or pay massive amounts of taxes, so he's very well diversified. But he's certainly not poor. All his more expensive hobbies come from a particular office in the state department that Alfred sometimes cooperates with and sometimes doesn't, depending on how anti-establishment he and the public feel.

As for Matt, having spent a lot longer as a colonial subject, it's not that he's entirely shit with money but what he knew how to do. The heart of the empire was the financial hub and was outside his control long after even the Confederation in the 1860s. The money situation has been a nightmare since the earliest days of the French Regime using playing cards to pay people. Colonial America had some similar issues. The whole concept of the US dollar originated in the 1690 invasion of Quebec when the Massachusetts Bay Colony printed its own money to fund the expedition, but Alexander Hamilton did some flash economic magic for the US in this department in the 1790s, so it got its shit together long before Canada. Matt knows what he needs to know. He was stationed in various Canadian ports, keeping an eye on his father's investments, not his own.

So, in the modern day, Alfred reads his bank statements every month, keeps track of his subscriptions and bills, and probably has an accountant. Matt is more aware of Alfred's money habits than his own. Because he's over here just kind of vaguely wondering if his debit card will work because my man cannot make heads or tails of his economy (no, seriously, Canadian economists have no idea how Canada's own shit works. Sometimes it's pretty fascinating, there's often no real consensus like the US academic economist have.) And international investors in Canada are always freaking out because the Canadian economy is always getting its shit rocked by the US economy. It's hilarious to think of people in Matt's life frustratedly trying to figure out where and what his money's doing. If their health is tied to their economies, Matt's in pretty good shape, thanks to close ties to the US, but he's randomly dying reasonably often because the US economy's tiny little ripples will randomly tear him apart. It's pretty funny (laughs so I don't sob in the Canadian job market.)

And that's pretty fitting, considering that most Canadian economic policy is boiled down to 'hope the Americans are feeling cooperative next time NAFTA comes up for debate.'

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by Dion J. Pierre

Columbia University punished very few of the students who were involved in occupying an administrative building and staging a riot which prompted the university, fearing an outbreak of racial violence, to revoke a Jewish professor’s access to campus, according to a new report.

In April, an anti-Zionist group occupied Hamilton Hall, forcing then-university president Minouche Shafik to call on the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for help, a decision she hesitated to make and which led to over 108 arrests. According to documents shared on Monday by the US House Committee on Education and the Workforce, 18 of the 22 students slapped with disciplinary charges for their role in the incident remain in “good standing” despite the university’s earlier pledge to expel them. Another 31 of 35 who were suspended for illegally occupying the campus with a “Gaza Solidarity Encampment” remain in good standing too.

“The failure of Columbia’s invertebrate administration to hold accountable students who violate university rules and break the law is disgraceful and unacceptable,” education committee chair Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) said in a blistering statement. “More than three months after the criminal takeover of Hamilton Hall, the vast majority of the student perpetrators remain in good standing. By allowing its own disciplinary process to be thwarted by radical students and faculty, Columbia has waved the white flag in surrender while offering up a get-out-of-jail-free card to those who participated in these unlawful actions.”

Columbia has sent mixed messages about its intention to discipline pro-Hamas demonstrators who wreaked havoc on campus this past spring semester.

Last month, Shafik pledged that the university would launch an ambitious educational effort to combat antisemitism on campus, but she presided over a decision not to fire four administrators who participated, according to her own words, in a text message exchange which “touched disturbingly on ancient antisemitic tropes.” In June, it agreed, in settling a civil lawsuit out of court, to hire “Safe Passage Liaisons” who will protect Jewish students from racist abuse. At the same time, however, Columbia is currently investigating a professor who criticized the university’s harboring of students who proclaimed support for Hamas and called for a genocide of Jews in Israel.

“Breaking into campus buildings or creating antisemitic hostile environments like the encampment should never be given a single degree of latitude — the university’s willingness to do just that is reprehensible,” Foxx added in Monday’s statement.

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Signal officer charged with domestic assault

The new year had only just begun when a Signal Mountain police officer was arrested in downtown Chattanooga on a domestic assault charge.

Jared Cantrell, 26, was outside The Chattanoogan hotel, near the fire pit in the back, when he allegedly became upset at his girlfriend sometime around 1:30 a.m. on Jan. 1.

Cantrell is the second officer in the Chattanooga area to be held in the Hamilton County Jail on a domestic assault charge in 2015, as David Catchings with the Chattanooga Police Department was arrested late New Year’s Eve.

Witnesses at The Chattanoogan told police they watched as Cantrell offered his jacket to his girlfriend, because she said she was cold, but once she put it on he began to yell at her because his wallet was in the jacket’s pocket.

The yelling escalated, several witnesses said. They said they saw Cantrell try to punch his girlfriend with

his left fist and miss, striking her with his forearm.

Another push by Cantrell knocked the woman to the ground, and he then proceeded to jump on top of her, witnesses told police.

Once Cantrell was on top of his girlfriend the fight was broken up, according to the affidavit.

After the incident, Cantrell’s girlfriend, who had scratches on her right ankle and elbow, told police she did not remember anything that happened — except for when Cantrell was on top of her as she lay on the ground.

Cantrell also told police he did not remember much of what happened that night.

Off icers arre s ted Cantrell at The Chattanoogan and took him to the Hamilton County Jail, where he made bond.

Signal Mountain Police Chief Mike Williams said officials were “very surprised by his arrest,” and added that it is “the first time” Cantrell has been arrested “as [ far] as we know.”

Williams said Cantrell, who has with the department for almost a year, now is on paid administrative leave, which is protocol in a situation like this, and that a department internal investigation is underway.

Cantrell is set to appear in court on Jan. 23, and Williams said the outcome of that hearing will be considered when he makes his recommendation to the Signal Mountain city manager about Cantrell’s future with the department.

[beardedmrbean]

A Granada Hills homeowner shot and killed an attempted home invasion burglar early Saturday morning and authorities believe another suspect who fled the scene was also possibly shot. 

Los Angeles Police Department officers responded around 5 a.m. to a "hot prowler" call in the 11400 block of Swinton Avenue near Rinaldi Avenue and found the suspect dead inside the home. 

During a Saturday morning news conference, LAPD Valley Bureau Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton said preliminary investigations show that a suspect who was armed with a weapon confronted the homeowner and that's when the shooting happened. 

"During that burglary, multiple rounds were fired by the homeowner and the homeowner struck one of the burglary suspects," said Hamilton. 

The suspect suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say he was in possession of the victim's property at the time of the shooting. 

The homeowner's grandmother and preschool-aged child were also home during the invasion.   

Hamilton said it is believed that another suspect was shot because there was a blood trail from the home. 

"There was a blood trail and we trailed it to the end," Hamilton said. "We believe there were at least one or two additional suspects involved in this burglary that left this scene, following the shooting by the homeowner."

On Monday, authorities identified the suspect whom was shot by the homeowner as 20-year-old Inglewood man Abednego Adre.

At the time of the news conference, Hamilton said all three family members were at the Devonshire Station as the homeowner who shot the burglar underwent questioning. 

A neighbor spoke about the incident and said he was not surprised the shooting happened because burglaries occur daily in the neighborhood. 

"I'm not surprised. I'm not surprised at all that this has happened. It's been a real problem here. The residents here are fed up," neighbor Pat Walsh said. He said the frequency of the burglaries led to the title, "dinner-time burglaries." 

Hamilton acknowledged the frequency of burglaries in the area, saying he doesn't know why specific areas are being targeted. 

"Our Devonshire detectives have been investigating a number of burglaries in this area that have been centered north and south of Rinaldi and we believe this incident is related to that series of crimes," Hamilton said. He continued saying that these suspects may be responsible for a string of similar burglaries in the area.

Police also recovered a black BMW sedan from the scene, which is said to be the suspect vehicle that may also provide additional evidence to help locate the suspects who fled. 

As to the homeowner who shot the would-be burglar, Hamilton said once police have concluded their investigation and submitted their report, it will be up to the District Attorney's Office to make the ultimate determination if criminal charges will be filed or not against the homeowner. 

"Anyone inside their residence that is faced with a deadly threat and is perceived as a deadly threat has the right to protect themselves," Hamilton said. 

[readingsquotes]

"On Tuesday night, they were reporting live from the scene at Columbia's campus, where the same president who unironically wrote a book titled WHAT WE OWE EACH OTHER: A NEW SOCIAL CONTRACT had called in the NYPD to remove students from an occupied building (Hamilton Hall, renamed Hind's Hall by protesters in memory of a six-year-old Palestinian girl killed earlier this year in Gaza) and dismantle the student encampment.

Needless to say, the NYPD gleefully delivered, hundreds of them showing up in riot gear with all the military toys an $11 billion police budget allows. Just a few blocks up at City College, the NYPD did the same. In total, they arrested hundreds of protesters and injured at least three demonstrators. At Columbia, one cop even “accidentally” fired a gun inside Hamilton Hall, where no media or legal observers were allowed in.

Instead of expressing solidarity with unarmed and largely peaceful student protesters and the thousands of faculty members around the country who have joined them, I have seen hordes of people — many of whom have remained silent as for months we Americans have continued to fund the annihilation of Gaza — rise up to defend the actions of police departments across campuses.

Chilling, when we consider the trends: last year, police killed the highest number of people on record, and those victims were disproportionately young, Black and Latinx. When I see people defend a heightened police presence on college campuses, to me it heavily suggests that they care more about property than they do student safety.   

...

It's just that time works as the great middleman — in a few years, maybe even decades, the same people that today shared their support for the universities risking students' safety to protect property and the illusion of neutrality will unironically share a graphic about the Brave Student Protesters of 2024. We've seen it before.  

Columbia might even add it to the website.

...

Was police brutality, to these folks, condemnable solely because we happened to live under a Republican administration when George Floyd was murdered? If police brutality and state violence exist under a Democratic president, Democratic governor, Democratic mayor, and Democratic senators and representatives, are they suddenly unobjectionable? Does a call for law and order suddenly cease to be a dog whistle when it is uttered by a Democratic president? It sure seems like it to some people. 

[187days]

Day Forty-Seven

Aside from the morning PLC meeting, pretty much nothing went according to plan today.

The first thing that threw me off was that I'd planned to show a 25-minute video about the hajj to my Global Studies students, but I realized as I was setting up that it's actually 35 minutes. In a 40-minute class, that's a crunch, and I had other stuff to go over first. So I decided to show it over two days instead of one, and mentally adjusted tomorrow's lessons to accommodate for that.

Then I started doing my grading, but the fire alarm went off.

I'm not sure if it was a drill, or not- we didn't have any notice that it was going to happen, but sometimes the fire department does it that way- but kids were slow getting down the stairs today for some reason, so... That's not great.

It took a while to settle my first section of Global Studies down after that, so I'm glad I'd already adjusted my lessons. I never could've fit the whole video into the class time I had remaining once I got students ready to learn, discussed upcoming due dates, and recapped yesterday's lesson on The Five Pillars. Rather, I played about 2/3 of it, and that worked out fine.

In APGOV, we discussed Fed. 78 for the first half hour or so, and then got into how the power of judicial review- which Hamilton describes, but doesn't name- was established in Marbury v. Madison. But, as I was explaining the crisis the case presented to the Court, I got several questions about the notion that the executive branch could ignore the Court's rolling. That led to some interesting tangents, including a lengthy one about DACA, the Dream Act, and illegal immigration in general; we jumped from A to Q on that one, not just A to B, but it's still about how the government works, so it's good.

Anyways, we got back to the original topic eventually, and we'll do some more with SCOTUS cases over the next few classes. A modified form of Court Madness is coming back, which is going to be fun!

I was going to leave right after work, but a student asked to make up a test, so I ended up staying, which meant I left at the same time as Mr. C, so I got to chat with him about how his year is going so far. It isn't easy being a first-year, especially coming in as a late hire, but he's figuring it out.

I was able to relax at home for a bit, but then I headed back out for a local political event my APGOV students were invited to (Democratic party's fall social). They couldn't all make it since they have busy lives, but the ones who were there got to meet their local state reps, as well as one of the gubernatorial candidates, and I was very proud to hear how well they articulated their political views when asked.

It was a cool way to end an atypical day. Tomorrow's the last day of the quarter, so here's hoping it's a good one!

[astra-galaxie]

"Think the cook left something in (the oven) too long . . . so would you like some waffles?" - Fiona Gillmor

Biographical information

Full Name: Fiona Gillmor

Gender: Demigirl

Sexuality: Lesbian

Status: Incarcerated

Age: 18 (season 1)

Birth: 1995

Race: Human

Nationality: American

Origin: Old Town, Grimsborough, USA

Residence: Old Town, Grimsborough, USA

Profession(s): Waitress

Family:

Unnamed parents

Unnamed younger siblings

Affiliation(s): Schuyler Diner

Profile

Height: 5’3” Age: 18 (season 1) Weight: 139lbs Eyes: green Blood: O+

Fiona is a short girl with pale, freckled skin and long orange-red hair tied into two pigtails. She wears blue jeans, a green hoodie, and matching green ribbons in her hair.

As per her suspect appearance in Harvest Murder, it is known that Fiona drinks coffee and eats pumpkin pie.

Synopsis

Fiona was the killer of Gray White in Harvest Murder. She was a waitress at the Schuyler Diner, where Gray was the cook. She had been working there since she was sixteen and planned to move away for university after saving up some money. She enjoyed working at the diner; the patrons were friendly and gave great tips. If only her coworkers weren't so horrible…

Everyone Fiona worked with was terrific except for Gray. The cook was arrogant and always made lewd comments toward her when no one was listening. She asked him to stop several times, but he wouldn't, and when she told her boss, they said they would watch Gray but couldn't fire him without any proof.

So, Fiona tried to avoid Gray and never be alone with him. But one night, when she, Gray, and the manager were closing the diner, the manager got a call about their mother being taken to the emergency department and had to leave. This left Fiona and Gray to close the diner, but Gray had other plans in mind for their newfound alone time…

Gray forced Fiona into the kitchen and held her down on the metal island as he tried to get her clothes off. Fiona struggled against the assault and tried to kick Gray off her, but the man was built like a wall and wouldn't budge. Somehow she managed to grab a rolling pin and slammed it against Gray's head.

The blow disoriented Gray, and he crashed to the ground, hitting his head against the counter as he fell, knocking himself out. Fiona thought she had killed him when she saw he wasn't moving and panicked. In her distraught state, she realized she had to dispose of Gray's body. So she stuffed him into the diner's oven and turned the heat to its highest setting, leaving Gray to burn.

But she didn't find out until after her arrest that Gray had been alive when he went into the oven. Fiona couldn't believe he was dead because she hadn't checked for a pulse. Maybe if she had, he would have been the one arrested and sent to prison…

Story Information

First appeared: Harvest Murder

Trivia

I think I was referencing Fiona from Shrek when I was designing her, but don't quote me on that!

Her workplace, The Schuyler Diner, references the Schuyler Sisters from Hamilton. I was obsessed with the musical back then

Disclaimer: Character design was created using Rinmarugames Mega Anime Avatar Creator! I have only made minor edits to the design! Background courtesy of CriminalArtist5

Links to my stories:

The Case of the Criminal (Ao3/Wattpad) Killer Bay (Ao3/Wattpad) Where in the World are the Killers? (Ao3/Wattpad)

[atlanticcanada]

Halifax-area wildfire 50 per cent contained as crews deal with record heat in forecast

A wildfire that began burning in the Upper Tantallon, N.S., area Sunday and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents is now 50 per cent contained.

David Steeves, a forest resources technician with the province’s Department of Natural Resources and Renewables, said Thursday morning the size of the fire has also not grown -- and remains at 837 hectares.

While the update is good news, Steeves stressed it is still a “dangerous and volatile” situation.

"We are far from being out of the woods. Just because we have a level of percentage of containment does not mean the decrease and the importance of safety in this situation has lowered."

Temperatures are expected to reach the high 20s and low 30s for much of the Maritimes Thursday, and Steeves said crews are likely to deal with spot fires are flare-ups during that time.

"If we can get past this period, we have some precipitation on the way that we're looking forward to, so our fingers are crossed that we're going to receive that precipitation and help us a little bit. We need Mother Nature to get on side with us,” he said.

Halifax Fire deputy chief David Meldrum said the rain is only one variable at play in the decision to allow people to return to their homes.

Residents of the Indigo Shores area were allowed back to their homes Wednesday night after an evacuation order was rescinded.

“We will open more,” Meldrum said. “But we will do it in a controlled manner, and in a manner that ensures the safety of our residents.”

Meldrum added fire officials have completed their audit of the damaged and destroyed buildings in the Tantallon area, though he did not have exact numbers Thursday morning.

He also stressed the importance of residents registering with 311 so municipal staff can get in contact with them with information about their homes.

EVACUATION ORDERS

Evacuation orders are still in place for residents in the following communities:

Westwood subdivision, Upper Tantallon

Whitehills subdivision, Hammonds Plains

Highland Park subdivision, Yankeetown

Haliburton Hills

Pockwock Road

Glen Arbour

Lucasville Road to Sackville Drive

Maplewood

Voyageur Way

St George Boulevard, including all side streets

McCabe Lake area

EVACUATION CENTRE

The Canada Games Centre evacuation centre at 26 Thomas Raddall Dr. is open until further notice.

Nova Scotia Health’s mobility primary care clinic is hosting another drop-in clinic at the center from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The HRM says major insurance companies will again be available to speak with affected residents from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

COMFORT CENTRES

The following comfort centres are open Thursday:

Black Point and Area Community Centre at 8579 St Margarets Bay Rd. will be open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Beaver Bank Kinsac Community Centre at 1583 Beaver Bank Rd. will be open from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.

SCHOOLS

The Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE) says the following schools are closed Thursday:

Bay View High School

Tantallon Junior Elementary

Tantallon Senior Elementary

Five Bridges Junior High

St. Margaret’s Bay Elementary

Kingswood Elementary

Charles P. Allen High School

Basinview Drive Community School

Bedford South School

Harry R. Hamilton Elementary

Millwood Elementary

Millwood High School

Sackville Heights Elementary

Sackville Heights Junior High

HRCE also says Hammonds Plains Consolidated and Madeline Symonds Middle School will remain closed for the rest of the week.

POWER

As of 9 a.m. Thursday, more than 3,000 Nova Scotia Power customers in the Upper Tantallon and Hammonds Plains areas remain without electricity.

TRANSIT ROUTES

The HRM says the following Halifax Transit routes continue to be affected Thursday:

Route 330 will start and end at Sheldrake Lake -- 3826 St Margarets Bay Rd. There will be no service to the Tantallon Park and Ride located at 3664 Hammonds Plains Rd.

Route 433 will start and end at the West Bedford Park and Ride located at 120 Innovation Dr. There will be no service on Hammonds Plains Road from Gary Martin Drive to Tantallon Park and Ride.

Route 83/183 will end on Crossfield Ridge in Middle Sackville, N.S. The HRM says the bus will then turn right on Sackville Drive and right onto Melham Drive. Routes 83/183 will hold on Melham Drive before departing, heading back to the Sackville Transit Terminal at 7 Walker Ave.

FIRE WEBPAGE

The Nova Scotia government continues to update its new webpage with the latest emergency alerts and resource information about wildfires in the province. 

For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page.

from CTV News - Atlantic https://ift.tt/iAQpqmY

[scary-movies-on-netflix]

13 GHOSTS (1960)

This is about the "Zorba" family.  Dad works as a paleontologist at the Los Angeles County Museum.  He is a poor money of manager, and Wife calls him at work as men repossess their furniture.  That night, a weird guy jump scares them and delivers a letter to show up at a lawyer's office the next day.  That lawyer, Ben, informs Dad and Mom that they have inherited the mansion of uncle "Plato Zorba," but the mansion is haunted!  They also get a pair of strange glasses.

The first day at the house the family is overjoyed at their changed fortunes.  The house even came with a housekeeper, who Son calls the "Witch," and she is Margaret Hamilton, who actually played the Wicked Witch in "The Wizard of Oz" (1939)!  Anywho, Son discovers a secret compartment with a diary and a ouija board.  They play with the board and a painting falls on them.  The planchette floats onto Daughter's lap, implying that she will die!  Everyone goes to bed.  Dad finds himself in the basement.  He puts on the glasses and he sees ghosts!  They dangle in the air and make ominous noises, and then a fiery spirit menaces him.  Dad finally escapes, but not before the number "13" is burned onto his hand.

The next day he takes the diary to be translated by a coworker, who explains that old Plato Zorba had somehow captured 11 ghosts in the course of his travels around the world.  There are also mentions of two more ghosts, of uncertain identity.  Anyway, Dad Zorba goes home and sees that a ghost is haunting his kitchen.  That evening he finds a bedroom with a big four-poster bed.  A ghost shows him a secret button that makes the top come down to smush the sleeper.  I'm not sure why anyone would knowingly sleep in such a bed, but it's implied that's how old Plato died, smushed to death by a bed.  Daughter comes home from a date with the lawyer, Ben, but then a ghost jump scares her from the darkness!

The next day is the climax.  Ben, the lawyer, urges the family to leave the house.  Son discovers a cache of cash, hidden by old Plato before he died, but Ben convinces the boy not to tell his family right away.  The family decide to hold a seance, and during this the ghost of Plato possesses Dad and says something about a death.  Everyone goes to sleep, ready to depart the next morning, but Ben, the lawyer, is in the house!  He takes the sleeping Son and puts him in the smushing-bed, to be smushed so that he can't squeal about the money.  Then the ghost of Plato appears!  Son wakes up and escapes the bed, but the ghost pushes Ben onto the bed instead and Ben is smushed to death.

Finally, the family members celebrate their new wealth.  It turns out that Ben disguised himself as a ghost and scared Daughter the second night.  The family feels that the ghosts have departed for good, but Son talks to the housekeeper, who hints that they will return.  Son asks if she's actually a witch.  She puts him off, but she winks at the camera and grabs a broom, much like a witch!  

This was silly fun, mostly forgettable.  When it came out, one could use a filter to choose whether or not to "see" the ghosts on screen.  The ghosts were people in scary masks, but there was also a dangling skeleton, a ghost lion, and a spinning wheel of fire.  The twelfth ghost was Plato Zorba, and the thirteenth ghost must have been Ben, the lawyer.  The family members played their roles well; Daughter delivered some especially fine screams.  Ben, the lawyer, presented as a good, all-American type, but it turned out he was just a greedy killer.  So, a real American after all.