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My books are on sale for pride season. Usually $20 each, you can get all three volumes of Queer & Trans Artists of Color for only $50 (and free shipping) until the end of June. These books include interviews with Janet Mock, Julio Salgado, Vivek Shraya and more! Get the discount here. Full listing of interviewees below the break.

VOLUME ONE (2014) ​CO-EDITED BY TERRA MIKALSON & JESSICA GLENNON-ZUKOFF

Mixed-race queer art activist Nia King left a full-time job in an effort to center her life around making art. Grappling with questions of purpose, survival, and compromise, she started a podcast called We Want the Airwaves in order to pick the brains of fellow queer and trans artists of color about their work, their lives, and “making it” - both in terms of success and in terms of survival.

In this collection of interviews, Nia discusses fat burlesque with MAGNOLIAH BLACK, queer fashion with KIAM MARCELO JUNIO, interning at Playboy with JANET MOCK, dating gay Latino Republicans with JULIO SALGADO, intellectual hazing with KORTNEY RYAN ZIEGLER, gay gentrification with VAN BINFA, getting a book deal with VIRGIE TOVAR, the politics of black drag with MICIA MOSELY, evading deportation with YOSIMAR REYES, weird science with RYKA AOKI, gay public sex in Africa with NICK MWALUKO, thin privilege with FABIAN ROMERO, the tyranny of “self-care” with LOVEMME CORAZÓN, “selling out” with MISS PERSIA and DADDIE$ PLA$TIK, the self-employed art-activist hustle with LEAH LAKSHMI PIEPZNA-SAMARASINHA, and much, much more. Buy book one here.

VOLUME TWO (2016) ​CO-EDITED BY ELENA ROSE

Building on the groundbreaking first volume, Queer and Trans Artists of Color: Stories of Some of Our Lives, Nia King is back with a second archive of interviews from her podcast We Want the Airwaves. She maintains her signature frankness as an interviewer while seeking advice on surviving capitalism from creative folks who often find their labor devalued.

In this collection of interviews, Nia discusses biphobia in gay men’s communities with JUBA KALAMKA, helping border-crossers find water in the desert with MICHA CÁRDENAS, trying to preserve Indigenous languages through painting with GRACE ROSARIO PERKINS, revolutionary monster stories with ELENA ROSE, using textiles to protest police violence with INDIRA ALLEGRA, trying to respectfully reclaim one’s own culture with AMIR RABIYAH, taking on punk racism with MIMI THI NGUYEN, the imminent trans women of color world takeover with LEXI ADSIT, queer life in WWII Japanese American incarceration camps with TINA TAKEMOTO, hip-hop and Black Nationalism with AJUAN MANCE, making music in exile with MARTÍN SORRONDEGUY, issue-based versus identity-based organizing with TRISH SALAH, ten years of curating and touring with the QTPOC arts organization Mangos With Chili with CHERRY GALETTE, raising awareness about gentrification through games with MATTIE BRICE, self-publishing versus working with a small press with VIVEK SHREYA, and the colonial nature of journalism school with KILEY MAY. The conversation continues. Buy book two here.

VOLUME THREE (2019) ​CO-EDITED BY MALIHA AHMED

Is it possible to make art and make rent without compromising your values? Nia King set out to answer this question when she started We Want the Airwaves podcast in 2013. In her Queer & Trans Artists of Color book series, Nia collects podcast interviews — with Black, Latinx, Asian, Middle Eastern and Indigenous LGBTQ writers, musicians and visual artists — which feature both incredible storytelling and practical advice.

In the latest installment of the Queer & Trans Artists of Color series, Nia discusses performing at the White House with VENUS SELENITE, the global nature of colorism with KAMAL AL-SOLAYLEE, writing for Marvel Comics with GABBY RIVERA, using lies to tell unspeakable truths with KAI CHENG THOM, Black mental health with ANTHONY J. WILLIAMS, curating diverse anthologies with JOAMETTE GIL, growing up trans in rural Idaho with MEY RUDE, covering crime as a baby-faced reporter with SAM LEVIN, feminist approaches to journalism with SARAH LUBY BURKE, documenting Black punk history with OSA ATOE, crossing color lines with QWO-LI DRISKILL, fat hairy brown goddesses with PARADISE KHANMALEK, the usefulness of anger with JIA QING WILSON-YANG, transitioning as death and rebirth with ARIELLE TWIST, surviving homelessness and touring the world with STAR AMERASU and much, much more. Buy book three here.

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23 years since the horror of September 11, 2001.

Never, ever forget that black day.

The following extracts from Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11 fill me with grief, horror, and anger, though I have no clear memory of the attacks; I was six.

'Then came September 11, 2001.

Torn open, aflame, weakening from within, the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center spewed paper like blood from an arterial wound. Legal documents and employee reviews. Pay stubs, birthday cards, takeout menus. Timesheets and blueprints, photographs and calendars, crayon drawings and love notes. Some in full, some in tatters, some in flames. A single scrap from the South Tower, tossed like a bottled message from a sinking ship, captured the day's horror. In a scrawled hand, next to a bloody fingerprint, the note read:

84th floor

west office

12 People trapped

After the paper came the people. After the people came the buildings. After the buildings came the wars. The ashes cooled, but not the anguish.'

(Mitchell Zukoff- Fall and Rise: The Story of 9/11; Introduction, p xviii)

There are the terrified telephone messages that are too distressing for words:

' "Um, the cockpit's not answering," Betty said. "Somebody's stabbed in business class, and, um, I think there is Mace-- that we can't breathe. I don't know, I think we're getting hijacked." '

(Zuckoff (2019), p 61)

Those were the words of Betty Ong on American Airlines Flight 11, not realising the full extent of the sickening murder-suicide plan concocted by the al-Qaeda terrorists in the cockpit.

The evil that air traffic controller Peter Zalewski 'couldn't quite hear' (p64):

'Unknown at that point to anyone at Boston Center, the foreign-sounding man, almost spitting his words directly into the microphone, had said: "We have some planes. Just stay quiet, and we'll be okay. We are returning to the airport." '

(Zuckoff (2019), pp 63-64)

As the message wasn't caught in its entirety, Mr. Zalewski was unable to warn other pilots of the danger. A further three American airlines would be hijacked, two of them turned into deadly missiles, and one thwarted by inexplicably brave passengers.

The heart-stopping last words of flight attendant Amy Sweeney on Flight 11:

'Michael tried his best to calm Amy. He told her to look out the window and tell him what she saw. "We are flying low," she said. Amy told Michael she saw water and buildings. "We are flying very, very low. We are flying way too low!"

Amy paused. Powerless on the other end of the phone, Amy's colleague and friend Michael Woodward waited, every second stretching into a lifetime. Less than an hour earlier, he'd stood inside the plane, locked eyes with Mohamed Atta, and waved goodbye to his friends.

Michael heard Amy's last words, before the call dissolved into static: "Oh my God!-- We are way too low!" '

(Zuckoff (2019), p 78)

Zuckoff also relays, sentence by heartbreaking sentence, the lives that were about to be ended on Flight 11:

'Amy Sweeney's children would have to get to school, and through life, without her.

Betty Ong's elderly friends would need new rides to doctor's appointments. Her sister Cathie would never again hear her say "I love you lots."

Robert Norton's stepson would have to get married without him.

Daniel Lee's soon-to-be-born daughter would spend her entire life without him.'

(Zuckoff (2019), p 79)

The first sign of impending doom for United Airlines Flight 175:

'Someone in the United plane's cockpit changed the plane's transponder code twice within a minute. Bottiglia didn't notice because he was furiously searching for American Flight 11, which by then no longer existed.'

(Zuckoff (2019), p 83)

The heartbreaking call of Flight 175 passenger Brian Sweeney to his wife, Jules:

' "Jules, this is Britain. Listen, I'm on an airplane that's been hijacked. If things don't go well, and it's not looking good, I just want you to know I absolutely love you. I want you to do good, go have a good time. Same to my parents and everybody. And I just totally love you, and [anticipating heaven or an afterlife] I'll see you when you get there. 'Bye, babe. Hope I'll call you." '

(Zuckoff (2019), p 88)

Passenger Peter Hanson on Flight 175 comforting his father:

' "Don't worry, Dad. If it happens, it'll be very fast." '

(Zuckoff (2019), p 90)

No words.

'United Airlines Flight 175 flew low and fast, banking toward the southern twin of the burning North Tower of the World Trade Center. Flight controllers, airline officials, government and military experts, and everyone else would need to accept a new script for hijackings, one that featured a multipronged murder-suicide plot designed to maximize civilian casualties and terrorize survivors through the destruction of physical and symbolic pillars of America's power.

The evidence flashed on the air traffic controllers' radar screens.

"No!" a New York controller shouted. "He's not going to land. He's going in!"

FROM THE BACK of the plane, with his wife and daughter pressed against him, Peter Hanson spoke his final words to his father: "Oh my God... Oh my God, oh my God."

Lee Hanson heard a woman shriek.'

(Zuckoff (2019), pp 90-91)

America witnessing the second plane crash into the South Tower, and understanding that this was no accident, but a terrorist attack. The country was at war.

'At 9:03:11 a.m., Lee and Eunice Hanson, Louise Sweeney, and millions of others became witnesses to murder. They watched live on television as United Flight 175, traveling between 540 and 587 miles per hour, slammed on an angle into the 77th through 85th floors of the South Tower of the World Trade Center. A bright orange fireball exploded. The building rocked and belched smoke, lass, steel, and debris. The plane and everyone inside it disappeared forever.

In her kitchen, Eunice Hanson screamed.

In her television studio, Diane Sawyer gasped, "Oh my God."...

After replaying thee video to be certain about what they'd seen, Gibson's voice went slack.

"Oh, this is terrifying... Awful."

Sawyer spoke for Eunice and Lee Hanson, Louise Sweeney, and countless others who saw United Flight 175's final seconds. "To watch powerless," she said, "is a horror." '

(Zuckoff (2019), pp 91-92)

The final words between Barbara and Ted Olson on American Airlines Flight 77:

' "What can I tell the pilot?" Barbara asked Ted. "What can I do? How can I stop this?"

Ted wasn't sure how to answer. He decided that he had to tell Barbara about the other two hijackings and crashes at the World Trade Center. Flight 77 seemed bound for the same fate; the question was where the hijackers intended to crash. Barbara absorbed the news quietly and stoically, though Ted wondered if she'd been shocked into silence.

They expressed their feelings for each other. Each reassured the other that it wasn't over yet, the plane was still aloft, and everything would work out. Even as he said the words, Ted Olson didn't believe them. He suspected that neither did Barbara.

The call abruptly ended.'

(Zuckoff (2019), p 131)

The fateful moment that President George W. Bush had to remain calm after the White House Chief of Staff Andy Card said:

' "A second plane hit the second tower. America is under attack." '

(Zuckoff (2019), p 138)

President Bush's immortal words:

' "Ladies and gentlemen, this is a difficult moment for America... Today we've had a national tragedy. Two airplanes have crashed into the World Trade Center in an apparent terrorist attack on our country. I have spoken to the vice president, to the governor of New York, to the director of the FBI, and have ordered that the full resources of the federal government go to help the victims and their families and to conduct a full-scale investigation to hunt down and find those folks who committed this act. Terrorism against our nation will not stand."

Bush asked for a moment of silence, then said: "May God bless the victims and their families and America." Then he left.'

(Zuckoff (2019), pp 139-140)

The victims of American Airlines Flight 77:

'Eddie Dillard wouldn't return home soon to his wife, Rosemary. Marie-Rae wouldn't save the women's gymnastics team at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Renée May would never surprise her parents with news of her pregnancy.'

(Zuckoff (2019), p 146)

This and more are just a few of the profoundly distressing stories of that day. The injustice of lives stolen because of Islamic terrorism and the hideous, despicable ideology of Islamic jihad that incites these murders. The legacy of trauma on the survivors, including the first responders, who have paid a terrible price for their unimaginable bravery when conducting rescue in the doomed Twin Towers.

NEVER, EVER FORGET

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(I'M GONNA GET SO FUCKING MAD AT PEOPLE IN COMMENT SECTIONS) ("ERADICATING THE MOSQUITO POPULATION WOULD BE LESS HARMFUL THAN USING PESTICIDES") (THEN STOP USING PESTICIDES???) (WHAT THE FUCK IS YOUR REASONING) (MOSQUITOES ARE MY BABY BOYS ACTUALLY AND I THINK THEY'RE SOME OF GOD'S BEST CREATIONS)

(PHOTO BY ANTHONY ZUKOFF THIS IS AN ELEPHANT MOSQUITO - TOXORHYNCHITES RUTILUS - AND LOOK AT HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE) (THEY DON'T DRINK BLOOD SO THEY CAN'T BE A VECTOR FOR DISEASE LIKE OTHER MOSQUITOES CAN) (EXCEPT I GUESS THAT DOESN'T HELP MY CASE THAT ALL MOSQUITOES ARE COOL THOUGH) (UHHHH)

(OKAY WELL LOOK AT HOW ABSOLUTELY STUPID THIS THING LOOKS IN THIS PHOTO) (THIS IS AEDES AEGYPTI ALSO KNOWN AS A YELLOW FEVER MOSQUITO AND IT *DOES* DRINK BLOOD AND IT *DOES* SPREAD DISEASE BUT LOOK AT IT) (THIS GUY DIDN'T MEAN TO GIVE YOU A DISEASE)

(THIS PHOTO THEY ARE GETTING LOST IN THE SAUCE) (THE SHEER BLISS OF NECTAR) (DID YOU KNOW THAT MOSQUITOES ARE POLLINATORS?) (BECAUSE THEY ARE, THEY'RE ALSO A PART OF THE COOL POLLINATOR GANG) (ALSO FEMALES ONLY DRINK BLOOD FROM HUMANS WHEN THEY NEED THE NUTRIENTS FOR THEIR EGGS, AND IF THEY'RE UNWITTINGLY THE VECTOR OF A DISEASE THEN THEY *ACCIDENTALLY* INFECT YOU) (THERE IS NOT A MALICIOUS BONE IN HER BODY) (WELL ACTUALLY MAYBE THERE IS BUT I DON'T BLAME BUGS FOR BEING UPSET, IT'S HARD BEING THAT TINY) (I'D ALSO BE MAD IF I WAS THAT TINY)

(ANYWAYS HERE IS A COMPILATION OF PEOPLE I DON'T LIKE)

(HI I HATE ALL OF YOU, YOU MISSED THE POINT OF THE FUCKING VIDEO)

"It just may fix itself in a way that isn’t beneficial or even bad for humans"

(DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FUCKING INVASIVE SPECIES IS) (OR LIKE ABOUT ANY OF THE SHIT THAT HARMS THE ECOLOGICAL SYSTEM BEYOND IT INCONVENIENCING PEOPLE)

(AND TO THE PEOPLE WHO MADE AN APPEARANCE TO SAY SOME ACTUAL REASONABLE THINGS, THANK FUCKING GOD)

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by Сергей Zukoff

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6@6 - February 17, 2020

Interstate 70 Update.

The State Division of Highways offers the following preview for this week’s construction schedule for Interstate 70: Work will continue in Sections A (Wheeling Island to Fulton) and C (Elm Grove) westbound where crossovers are in effect; the daytime closure of the Market Street ramp to I-70 Eastbound will continue through the week; there will be daytime closures (7 a.m.-5 p.m.) of the McColloch Street extension in order to allow for the demolition of the I-70 deck. Alternating traffic patterns will be in effect. Along U.S. Route 40 (National Road), intermittent single lane daytime (Monday thru Friday, 7 a.m.-5 p.m.) closures in the area of the Elm Grove interchange will continue through the week. Motorists are advised to be alert for changing traffic patterns and expect delays. Any questions or concerns regarding the I-70 Bridges Project can be directed to the hotline at (304)810-3214. Please note that inclement weather or other unforeseen circumstances could change the project schedule. For additional information regarding this project, please visit www.i70forward.com.

Session Update.

W.Va. Del. Lisa Zukoff (D-4th) will be a guest on The Watchdog (98.1 FM WKKX and 97.7 FM WVLY) at 3 p.m. to discuss multiple topics, including foster care, health care, economic development, and her campaign for re-election.

Run to the Pub?

Generation Wheeling will hold a pub run on Friday, March 20 from 5:30 pm to 11:00 pm to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. The event check-in will start at 5:00 pm on the third floor of River City, with the run starting at 5:30 pm. For $30, you'll receive a drink at each stop on your route, as well as a celebratory drink and appetizers at the after-party at River City. The first 200 people who register are guaranteed to receive a commemorative beer stein and headband!  If you are not into running or walking in the routes, you can still sign up for the after-party at River City! There will be plenty of good music, beer, and excitement!

Eminent Domain.

Team RWB is organizing a rally that will be held in Bridgeport by the high school on Feb. 18 at 5 p.m. prior to the school board meeting. This is to show support for the WWII veteran who owns the property the BOE wants to seize via eminent domain for a football stadium. On said property, he has developed several business services serving the local community. All are encouraged to attend to show support for this veteran.

Everyone.

West Virginia Northern Community College (WVNCC) will be hosting a diversity and inclusion event on their Wheeling Campus on Tuesday, February 25 from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Catharsis Productions will give a presentation, “Say What?!” on creating welcoming and safe places as well as encouraging open and respectful dialogue. The event is free and open to the public. Lunch will also be included. Anyone interested in attending must RSVP by Wednesday, February 19. The event will take place in the B&O Building Auditorium located at 1701 Chapline Street. Anyone interested in attending must RSVP to Sara Wood at 304-214-8917 or swood@wvncc.edu no later than Wednesday, February 19.

A Year for Free?

Chick-fil-a at The Highlands is scheduled to open on Feb. 27, and the first 100 people over the age of 18 will receive free food for an entire year. The event will begin at 6 p.m. on Feb. 26 with a “camp out,” and the new eatery will open at 6:30 a.m. And So, It Begins Nightmare on 'Main Street' Read the full article

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JUNE 5: Queer & Trans Artists of Color: Volume 1 (2015)

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Today in 2015, Nia King published Queer and Trans Artists of Color: Sories of Some Of Our Lives (and coedited with Jessica Glenon-Zukoff and Terra Mikalson), an anthology of conversations between King and sixteen queer and trans artists of color, such as Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, Fabian Romero, and Janet Mock. The Advocate named the anthology one of 2014’s Best Transgender Nonfiction Books. A former Colorlines intern, King also creates film, podcasts, zines, and performs. In an interview with KQED Arts, King says:

You can follow Nia King on Twitter and Goodreads, support her on Patreon, and check out her site and podcast, We Want the Airwaves, where you can also find out more about the artists!

This month only, you can get Queer and Trans Artists of Color: Volume 2 for 25% off!

Or buy from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or BetterWorldBooks.

Sources: x ~lex lee.

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Fighting Low Ratings, NPR Adopts NBA 24-Second Clock

Fighting Low Ratings, NPR Adopts NBA 24-Second Clock

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts.   Bob Zukoff, producer of the weekly radio show “The Creative Mind,” fidgets nervously as Amy Weber, a hammer dulcimer player and poetess who is one of tonight’s guests, strolls into the studios of WGBH, the local National Public Radio outlet.  “Looks like trouble,” he says.

Multi-talented

  The show’s host, Jim Viebeck, welcomes Amy and, after a simple question–“How…

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20140913_5548 Chicken of the woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) fungus by Fitz Clarke Via Flickr: Chicken of the woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) fungus high on Live Oak, 9/13/2014, The Landing's, Skidaway Island, Savannah, Chatham Co., Ga. Thanks to my friends Jon Rapp and Anthony Zukoff for the ID. "Laetiporus sulphureus is a species of bracket fungus (fungus that grows on trees) found in Europe and North America. Its common names are crab of the woods, sulphur polypore, sulphur shelf, and chicken of the woods. Its fruit bodies grow as striking golden-yellow shelf-like structures on tree trunks and branches. Like other bracket fungi, they may last many years and fade to pale grey or brown. The undersurface of the fruit body is made up of tubelike pores rather than gills. Laetiporus sulphureus is a saprophyte and causes brown cubical rot in the heartwood of trees on which it grows. Unlike many bracket fungi, it is edible when young."

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COVID-19 Diary: Local Reaction to Governor’s Orders

(Publisher’s Note: The COVID Diary will be a daily addition to the coronavirus coverage offered by LEDE News in order to ensure all of the latest information is made available to our readers. The included information has been collected from local, state, and federal officials who have communicated with media outlets, including The Watchdog (98.1 FM WKKX and 97.7 FM WVLY). This resource will publish each evening.) Stay. At. Home. That was one of the orders issued by W.Va. Gov. Jim Justice earlier today, and it is in effect at this time. The governor, during a press conference this afternoon that was delayed twice before he started his address around 1:20 p.m., informed the public the state’s number of confirmed COVID-19 cases increased to 16 over the weekend, including one that was discovered in a rest home. Justice said he immediately dispatched four members of the state’s National Guard to test all residents and employees at the facility. Justice also order non-essential businesses to close and mandated that state parks cancel all reservations for rental cabins and to cease accepting the new customers. The governor also proclaimed this Wednesday as, “Day of State Prayer.” “I know there are a lot of people who are being critical of Gov. Justice right now, but I have to ask people to give him more patience,” Del. Lisa Zukoff (D-4th) said this afternoon on The Watchdog (98.1 FM WKKX and 97.7 FM WVLY). “The governor tired today, and I’m sure that’s because he’s been working very hard to keep us safe. “No governor during our lifetimes has every done what he’s doing right now, so I think we need to cut him some breaks sometimes,” she said. “He’s a made a lot of decisions, so I am hopeful that the closings and today's ‘stay at home’ order works to keep the spread down to as minimal as possible. In the end, that’s what we’re all hoping, and I am sure that’s his goal.” Prior to today, Gov. Justice had closed schools, bars, restaurants, fitness clubs and gyms, and state parks. This past Saturday evening, the governor urged state residents to take heed to the warnings in an effort to limit the spread in West Virginia. “What I was trying to tell you Saturday night,” Gov. Justice said this afternoon, “was to do better.”

Instead of duties like this one, Del. Erikka Storch has spent the most of here time at work or at home.

A Cruise of OK

The governor added that he has instructed his staff to begin an inventory of hospital beds in the state, and to contact the state’s medical schools to see if students and staff could be available to assist, and to check on the availability of dorm rooms now that the remainder of the spring semester has been canceled. Justice repeated several times, though, for the state's residents to remain in their homes. “You see people at the stores, but other than that I think we are just staying at home for the most part,” said Del. Erikka Storch (R-3rd). “But I am glad that he said it because I’m sure folks needed to hear it from him instead of from someone else, so hopefully now they are safe, too. “And, if you see some cars out, just realize that there are people who are just driving around to see something other than the inside of their homes,” the lawmaker said. “My own mother asked me if I thought it was a safe thing to do, and it is and that’s why I’ll go over and make sure her tank is full and things like that.”

This is all too common site here in the Upper Ohio Valley.

Notes:

Ohio County Schools Superintendent Dr. Miller announced this afternoon that meal distribution at 10 locations was suspended immediately for safety reasons. The district will now develop a program with local agencies, and possibly with the National Guard to resume to distribution as soon as possible. The city of Wheeling has closed all parks and playgrounds, and has suspended sweeping and ticketing for parking violations.John Lynch from WTRF TV-7 reported this morning that Wheeling Hospital CEO Doug Harrison stated that 40 NR95 masks have been stolen from the facility’s Corporate Health Department. Harrison said officers with the Wheeling Police Department are now investigating.The Marshall County Commission voted to declare of State of Emergency, a move that will allow the county to take protective measures as needed.WVU Medicine has implemented a “no visitation” policy at its medical facilities, including locations in Wheeling, Glen Dale, and Barnesville.West Liberty University has suspended its search for its next president, and Dr. Stephen Greiner has agreed to remain in his position until September instead of retiring in May.On Sunday, Ohio Gov. Mike Dewine issued a “stay at home” order for all non-essential workers in the Buckeye State. Despite that order, many residents are permitted to report to work, including those employed in the media, energy, transportation, healthcare, food and agriculture, gas stations, restaurants for off-site consumption, funeral services, and several more. Ohio is one of eight states where “stay at home” orders have been issued.Pres. Trump said during a briefing this evening that the deadline for registration for the Real ID, a federal requirement that was implemented in West Virginia more than five years. The deadline was set for Oct. 1.According to the federal Center for Disease Control, this evening there are 43,449 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the United States with 545 deaths. In West Virginia, there are 16 cases and no deaths; in Ohio, 442 cases and six deaths, and 644 positives in Pennsylvania with four fatalities. The United States now ranks third in the world. Read the full article

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Fighting Low Ratings, NPR Adopts NBA 24-Second Clock

Fighting Low Ratings, NPR Adopts NBA 24-Second Clock

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts.   Bob Zukoff, producer of the weekly radio show “The Creative Mind”, fidgets nervously as Amy Weber, a hammer dulcimer player and poetess who is one of tonight’s guests, strolls into the studios of WGBH, the local National Public Radio outlet.  “Looks like trouble,” he says. Multi-talented The show’s host, Jim Viebeck, welcomes Amy and, after a simple question–“How would…

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#дача #душевно #настроение #жизнь #вечер #вгостях #me #muraš #Жуков #жукоFF #zukoFF (at Жуков)