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Erie Indemnity (ERIE) OK's Dividend Hike to Share More Profits
The board of directors of Erie Indemnity Company ERIE approved a 7.2% hike in its dividend. Shareholders of record, as of Jan 5, 2023, will receive the meatier dividend on Jan 20, 2023.
With the approval, the new payout stands at $1.19 per Class A share compared with the earlier payout of $1.1 per share and $178.50 per Class B share compared with the earlier payout of $166.50 per share. Erie Indemnity has been paying dividends since 1933. Based on the stock's Dec 7 closing price of $270.76, the new dividend on Class A shares will yield 1.6%, better than the industry average of 1.1%.
Erie Indemnity has increased dividends each year, reflecting operational excellence and the company's commitment to return value to its shareholders. Its dividend witnessed a 10-year CAGR of nearly 7.2%.
A solid capital position and balance sheet strength continue to support effective capital deployment. Apart from hiking dividends, Erie Indemnity occasionally pays special dividends and buys back shares.
Improvement in premiums of homeowners and commercial multi-peril products, strengthening of business platforms as well as identification and development of new sources of revenues should help this Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) insurer sustain dividend hikes. Shares of Erie Indemnity have rallied 40.6% year to date, outperforming the industry's increase of 0.1%.
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Given a solid capital level in the insurance industry and an improving operating backdrop favoring strong operational performance, insurers like The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. THG, Assurant Inc. AIZ and American Financial Group AFG have resorted to effective capital deployment to enhance shareholders' value.
The Hanover Insurance's board approved an 8% hike in its quarterly dividend. Banking on operational excellence, The Hanover Insurance increased dividends each year. This reflects on its commitment to return value to shareholders. THG's dividend witnessed a 10-year CAGR of 10.4%. Prudent management of the business mix, focus on growth of the most profitable product lines, stable retention, better pricing and a strong market presence should help The Hanover Insurance maintain the streak.
In November 2022, Assurant's board approved a 2.9% hike in its quarterly dividend. The recent hike marked the 18th consecutive dividend increase by Assurant since its initial public offering in 2004. Effective capital deployment highlights AIZ's commitment to prudent capital management, reflecting its sustained operational performance and sound financial prospects.
American Financial Group declared a special cash dividend of $2 per share, the aggregate of which will be nearly $170 million. American Financial Group's 1.7% dividend yield betters the industry average of 0.4%, making the stock attractive for yield-seeking investors. AFG's robust operating profitability in the property and casualty segment and effective capital management support shareholder returns.
Shares of The Hanover Insurance Group and American Financial have gained 7.5% and 0.3% while the same for Assurant lost 17.2% year to date.
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What Does It Mean A Non Binding Agreement
However, there is a legal precedent for the application of certain non-binding agreements. In these cases, the judge interpreted the non-binding provisions of the letter of intent as binding, as the parties should have accepted these provisions in good faith. To avoid this, pay attention to the location of the current legislation of the agreement, as states can use non-binding agreements in different ways. The transaction may be subject to significant conditions and it is advantageous to outline the addressing procedures. There are times when it is important to have such a written agreement, but some of them cannot be agreed if other commitments have not been met or if important steps have been taken in the process. The non-binding offer allows the parties to negotiate to resolve some of the fundamental issues of the negotiations before allocating significant resources to the transaction. For example, the buyer may be interested in acquiring a substantial percentage of the buyer`s shares as part of the consideration. The non-binding offer contains information on payment terms. In this article, we define the concepts in a binding and non-binding way and discuss how legal documents can differ from each other. Sometimes the parties are ready to enter into a binding contract, but have not yet corrected all the details of the agreement. In such cases, which are generally complex and extensive, it is not uncommon to have a document with both binding and non-binding provisions. A typical non-binding offer includes the following: after-the-fact oral agreements. Many declarations of intent will never be extended to a binding "final agreement." On the one hand, subsequent negotiations could lead to an impasse and not lead to the expected transaction.
On the other hand, operational managers could follow the expected transaction with such a final agreement and place firm orders. Whereas, in the first context, there would be no need to formulate a specific law or slack, in the latter case, the inclusion of a clause expressing that, in spite of any subsequent action, references to the terms and conditions or oral agreements between the parties, the provisions of the terminology sheet or statement of intent prevail. See also paragraph 7.6 sub g) on the release of terminology sheets or declarations of intent in the final agreement. (a) be selective (with respect to provisions expressing intentions rather than commitments) and be precise and consistent (with respect to the text used to explain intentions or commitments); b) the above preconditions (CP); and (c) indicate the specific issues to be agreed to reach an agreement.

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Wal-Mart Stores'(NYSE: WMT) e-commerce sales accelerated for the second straight quarter thanks to the help of Jet.com. The company reported growth in e-commerce sales and gross merchandise volume (GMV) of 20.6% and 16.8%, respectively. Those numbers represent a dramatic improvement in Wal-Mart's e-commerce sales growth of 7% in the first quarter this year.
While Wal-Mart benefited from six weeks of Jet.com sales, its growth was offset by the divestment of Yihaodian, its Chinese e-commerce site. Wal-Mart says GMV growth excluding Yihaodian was 28.6%. If you exclude both Yihaodian and Jet.com's contributions, GMV growth was still above 20%, but management wouldn't provide exact figures.
Wal-Mart brought in Jet.com's management to run its e-commerce operations and continues to invest heavily in online sales. The investments are coming at the cost of profit growth, which management says it doesn't expect to see until fiscal 2019. Will Wal-Mart's Amazon.com-like (NASDAQ: AMZN)approach work?
CEO Doug McMillon explained the company's reasoning behind the $3.3 billion Jet.com acquisition.
Additionally, Wal-Mart is seeing benefits from combining fulfillment networks and leveraging its scale to improve Jet.com's costs.
Most importantly, Jet.com CEO Marc Lore is taking over as head of Wal-Mart's U.S. e-commerce division. Lore co-founded Quidsi, the parent company of the family of websites including diapers.com and soap.com. Amazon bought that company in 2011. Suffice it to say, Lore has successfully grown e-commerce operations in the past.
Even though Wal-Mart isn't providing exact details about Jet.com's contribution to its e-commerce growth, the step up in sales and gross merchandise volume is a clear indication that it will play a major role in Wal-Mart's continued e-commerce growth.
Another strong growth driver for Wal-Mart is its online grocery order business. Groceries accounted for over half of Wal-Mart's U.S. sales last year.Wal-Mart benefits greatly from the convenience its Supercenter stores provide as a one-stop shopping destination. But with more commerce moving online, Wal-Mart's grocery business may come under pressure as shoppers opt for more convenient grocery stores.
As such, Wal-Mart's online order and pickup for groceries is an important part of its overall business, not just traditional e-commerce -- ordering online for home delivery. Last quarter, the company expanded the program's reach to 100 U.S. markets. During the third-quarter call, Wal-Mart CFO Brett Briggs said, "Customer count and basket size continue to outperform our expectations."
Though a nascent area of the industry, competition in online grocery shopping is fierce. Amazon now offers its AmazonFresh grocery-delivery service in nine U.S. metro areas as well as London. Additionally, Amazon recently lowered the price of its service to $14.99 per month for Prime members. Previously, customers paid $299 per year for grocery delivery. While Amazon doesn't have the same distribution and storage footprint as Wal-Mart, its prowess in e-commerce gives it an edge in capturing online shoppers' attention as it slowly expands to new markets.
Wal-Mart is rapidly accelerating its investment in e-commerce. Spending on e-commerce initiatives (not including acquisitions) climbed from $300 in 2013 to $1.1 billion this year.Much of that money is earmarked for fulfillment centers in order to compete with Amazon Prime's two-day shipping.
Continued growth in investments is the only way for Wal-Mart to keep up with Amazon. The e-commerce giant continues to take share of online sales despite being far and away the largest online retailer in the country. The addition of Jet.com and Marc Lore should help Wal-Mart, as will expanding its online grocery order system.
The biggest hurdle for Wal-Mart to overcome in e-commerce is getting people to think of it as a destination for online shopping. That could show up in Wal-Mart's marketing expense, as it's now pushing both Walmart.com and Jet.com.
Ultimately, all the spending will make profit growth nonexistent. But management has already set expectations low, and the impact of Jet.com and its other efforts are already showing up in its top line. Online sales accounted for its highest-ever contribution to U.S. same-store sales growth last quarter -- 50 basis points. Watch for that trend to continue as Wal-Mart continues to invest.


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Those who follow our French practice and undertake to act as schoolmaster for several minds diverse in kind and capacity, using the same teaching and the same degree of guidance for them all, not surprisingly can scarcely find in a whole tribe of children more than one or two who bear fruit from their education.
Applicants who would normally apply to the History and Philosophy of Education program Ed.D. degree are encouraged to apply to the Sociology in Education program in the new department of Humanities, Social Sciences and Social Justice Education instead.
The complex challenges facing 21st-century education require researchers who can collect and analyze information from multiple academic disciplines — economics, biology, psychology, the arts, history, and more — and translate those findings into transformative ideas for education policy reform and practice.
Some feel that the appropriate response to the questions postmodernism raises is to be more vigilant and more reflective about the deep and often unjustifiable influences of a dominant culture, in order to strive for a more just and tolerant society.


Biologists preach to their undergrads: "Write down everything you do in your lab notebook or in six months you will not remember why you did it". Quite true. I have tried to embrace this philosophy several times with pitiful results—probably because every time my subconscious convinced me that it wasn't worth the pain of implementing it; my code is in some file in my computer, so why bother?—Luckily, one day I discovered knitr and became a lab notebook fanatic.
Read Jeromy Anglim's great tutorial to get started with knitr and Markdown, or watch Yihui Xie's video tutorial. Now that knitr has taken center stage in my research, instead of hacking away at a problem, I create a knitr report and I intersperse my thought process with the code that I am writing, along with whatever figures and results get generated. It allows me to investigate different aspects of a problem to see which direction is more promising without losing sight of the big picture. I can also go back months later to know why I did something, or what my figures looked like. This is what one of my reports looks like, and this is the code that I used to generate it.
I know a lot of people love RStudio, but I prefer to code in the text editor I know and love, Sublime Text. I have shared the snippets and commands I use to generate knitr reports, for those who are interested. It doesn't matter what tools you use, the point is to stop analyzing data in a having-a-bunch-of-scripts mindset and transition into a everything-is-explained-in-my-lab-notebook mindset.
Sharing your results with your colleagues and advisors, at any stage of the analysis, without having to copy and paste images into a Word document.
Modifying all your figures in a single step (for example, if you want to rename the axes of all your figures).
Documenting command line workflows (for example, what arguments you used to call TopHat, Samtools and HTSeq in your RNA-Seq pipeline).
Coming up with easily modifiable examples to grok difficult statistical or machine learning concepts.
Give meaningful names to your chunks. This ensures that generated images also get meaningful names. Chunk names must be unique to each report.
Save functions in an regular R file and call them inside your knitr report. This allows you to reuse your code and produces cleaner reports.
Use opts_chunk$set to set global chunk options, use local chunk options when needed.
Each report should have all its generated images in its own folder.
The list goes on. If you have comments about how knitr has helped you with your research, please share.
Neil Saunders's great tutorial on using knitr with custom CSS in RStudio.


Killara is an adult day care and respite centre proudly sponsored by the Shire of Northam and funded by the Home and Community Care Program (HACC) and the National Respite for Carers Program (NRCP).
Killara provides flexible centre based day care, respite and social support services for aged and disabled (over the age of 18) people and their carers. Services are provided so these people may remain living in the community.
Our personalised approach means we can design a plan of care that takes into account the client's needs. We encourage clients to maintain their independence and we support carers in their caring role.
Some clients come daily or weekly and some clients may prefer to only attend the special interest groups.
Clients can be referred by themselves, a family member, a friend or community agency provided prior consent has been obtained from the client.
To self refer, telephone Killara on 9622 5765 or call at the Centre.
A few questions to establish Eligibility may be asked either over the phone or face to face.
Once eligibility has been established a face-to-face assessment is conducted at which point a care plan will be discussed and agreed upon according to the client's needs.
Killara is committed to delivering its services with a focus on the Wellness Approach. Wellness is about supporting clients to be as independent as they can be.
Fees are calculated in accordance with the HACC Fees Policy. Clients are income assessed and a higher level of income may incur a slightly higher fee. As a guide, currently fees for clients on a full pension are $8.00 per day.
No client will be refused a service due to his or her inability to pay the fee for the service.
Meal costs are not included in the fee and clients are expected to pay for their meals. As a guide, currently meal costs for centre based day care are $9.
Centre Based Day Care (CBDC) for the aged is provided in Northam seven days a week and at Wundowie one day a week. A variety of activities is offered at the Centre and transport can be provided to and from the Centre if required. CBDC hours are usually 10am to 3pm.
CBDC for younger adults with disabilities is held on Wednesdays. Clients may reside in the Shires of Northam, Toodyay, Cunderdin or Goomalling.
Flexible respite options are available seven days a week, including normal business hours, early mornings, afternoons, evenings, overnights and weekends.
For carers who are employed, studying or looking for work, respite is available to suit the hours needed.
Respite is generally planned but we can meet most requests for unplanned and emergency respite.
Respite is provided at the Centre but in-home respite or respite at another venue may also be available.
Block respite from 2-4 days is available to clients residing in the Shire of Northam with limited blocks to residents of the Shires of Cunderdin, York, Goomalling and Toodyay.
Social Support services are offered seven days a week.
Special outings are arranged each month for low-needs clients who are reasonably mobile.
Regular outings for men are arranged twice a month.
Activities for men in the shed each Friday. Includes setting up model train sets.
A Multicultural Group meets once a month. ATSI groups are arranged depending on demand.
An intergenerational program is conducted each year in conjunction with St Joseph's Primary School.
Centre Based Day Care and Respite services are held in Wundowie on Thursdays.
A support group for carers meets 4 times a year. Respite for care recipients can be provided at Killara while carers attend the meeting.
Small groups meet at a local cafe monthly on a Wednesday.
The Killara Advisory Group comprises carers, clients and volunteers and meets 4 times per year. The group provides advice and assistance to ensure our services are meeting the needs of people requiring assistance to live independently in the community.


As today is the deadline for proposing sessions for the AGU fall meeting in December, we've submitted a proposal for a session to explore open climate modeling and software quality. If we get the go ahead for the session, we'll be soliciting abstracts over the summer. I'm hoping we'll get a lively session going with lots of different perspectives.
I especially want to cover the difficulties of openness as well as the benefits, as we often hear a lot of idealistic talk on how open science would make everything so much better. While I think we should always strive to be more open, it's not a panacea. There's evidence that open source software isn't necessarily better quality, and of course, there're plenty of people using lack of openness as a political weapon, without acknowledging just how many hard technical problems there are to solve along the way, not least because there's a lack of consensus over the meaning of openness among it's advocates.
INSTITUTIONS (ALL): 1. Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States. 2. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, United States. 3. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States. 4. Computer Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Description: This session deals with climate-model software quality and transparent publication of model descriptions, software, and results. The models are based on physical theories but implemented as software systems that must be kept bug-free, readable, and efficient as they evolve with climate science. How do open source and community-based development affect software quality? What are the roles of publication and peer review of the scientific and computational designs in journals or other curated online venues? Should codes and datasets be linked to journal articles? What changes in journal submission standards and infrastructure are needed to support this? We invite submissions including experience reports, case studies, and visions of the future.
Excellent. Might be a reason to go to AGU.
Steve, there are now a number of results (from us and others) on the effect of open-ness, viz. "many eyeballs" on software quality. It's not a straightforward effect: it can go both ways. In particular, I would be VERY cautious about reports from Coverity. They are a commercial outfit, after all, and do have a vested interest. Static analysis tools can have a lot of false positives, and even with true positives, the actual impact on field quality is far from clear. The last time I looked, Coverity in particular does not allow third-party evaluation of their tools.
@Prem Devanbu : Excellent points, thanks! Oh and send papers!


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Paul's Blog for Thursday 11/5/20
The flu season has arrived in Magic Valley. Local health district officials say two people have died with flu and COVID-19 complications. A Blaine County man older than 60 and a Twin Falls woman older than 80 are the first two deaths reported with combined complications.
Idaho education officials say so many people have applied for federal emergency money intended to help children learn during the coronavirus pandemic that they'll stop taking new applications after tomorrow. The Strong Families, Strong Students program will provide up to $1,500 per child with a per-family maximum of $3,500 to about 30,000 kids who need assistance purchasing educational materials, computers or other services. So far, the state has received more than 31,000 applications for nearly 79,000 students seeking the funds.
Fish and Game officials are asking for the public's help as they investigate the killing of two cow elk north of Carey in the area of Road Canyon. The two elk, one fully intact and the other partially processed had been left to rot. Officials believe the incident occurred between last Friday and Sunday. Call the fish and game if you can help in the investigation.
Police in Jerome arrested 34 year old Candace Wright of Twin Falls after the woman led them on a short car chase Tuesday. The woman had previous warrants for her arrest. Police say the chase proceeded down Highway 93 just north of the Perrine Bridge.
Former Twin Falls Judge G. Richard Bevan has been named as the Chief Justice for the Idaho Supreme Court. He will replace Roger Burdick, another Twin Falls native who will step down on December 31st. He will remain on the court as Vice Chief Justice.
The rock creek fire department spent several hours late last night and early this morning battling a corn dryer fire. According to information posted to Facebook the fire was on the west side of Kimberly. They received assistance from the Twin Falls Fire Department.
There will be six football games for the Big Sky Conference this spring. That was announced yesterday morning. Play will begin on February 27th with two conference-wide bye weeks on March 20th and April 17th. That time will be reserved to be able to reschedule games in the event of COVID cancellations.
Idaho state opens with two rivalry games at home as the Bengals host Weber state on February 27th and March 6th. Like ISU, Northern Arizona and Idaho, the other two conference teams that play in a dome, have two of their first three games at home, as do Cal Poly and UC Davis.
The conference will play with 12 teams in the spring after Sacramento State opted out.
Big Sky teams will not be allowed to play non-conference games in the spring. Idaho State was originally scheduled to play New Mexico, Fresno State and Northern Iowa before the fall season was canceled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Today: Sunny, with a high near 72. East wind 5 to 9 mph becoming light in the afternoon.
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 46. East northeast wind 5 to 13 mph.
Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 70. East wind 9 to 13 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 41. East wind 8 to 10 mph becoming west southwest after midnight.
Saturday: A 40 percent chance of rain after noon. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 53. South southeast wind 6 to 9 mph becoming west in the afternoon.
Saturday Night: Rain likely before midnight, then rain and snow likely. Cloudy, with a low around 32. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Little or no snow accumulation expected.
Sunday: A 30 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 39. New snow accumulation of less than a half inch possible.
Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 22.
Monday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 34.
Tuesday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 37.
Tuesday Night: A 30 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 24.
Veterans Day: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 38.
November 5th: On this day
Born on this day in Cincinnati, Ohio, was Roy Rogers, singer and cowboy actor, one of the most heavily marketed and merchandised stars of his era, as well as being the namesake of the Roy Rogers Restaurants franchised chain. He and his wife Dale Evans, his golden palomino, Trigger, and his German Shepherd dog, Bullet, were featured in more than 100 movies & The Roy Rogers Show. The show ran on radio for 9 years before moving to TV from 1951 - 1957. Rogers died of congestive heart failure on July 6, 1998, he was residing in Apple Valley, California.
Born on this day, was Billy Sherrill, record producer and arranger who is most famous for his association with a number of country artists, most notably Tammy Wynette. Sherrill and business partner Glenn Sutton are regarded as the defining influences of the countrypolitan sound, a smooth amalgamation of pop and country music that was hugely popular during the late 1960s and throughout the '70s. Sherrill died on 4 Aug 2015 after a short illness at the age of 78.
Born on this day in Winter Haven, Florida, was Gram Parsons, singer, songwriter. He was a member of The International Submarine Band, The Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers and released the 1973 solo album Grievous Angel. Parsons died on 19th September 1973 from a heroin overdose aged 26.
Johnny Horton was killed in a car crash near Milano, Texas involving a truck. He had several major successes, most notably during 1959 with the song "The Battle of New Orleans" (written by Jimmy Driftwood) which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording.
Unchained was released, the second album in Johnny Cash's American Recording series, backed by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Unchained contained songs by Tom Petty ("Southern Accents"), Soundgarden ("Rusty Cage") and Beck ("Rowboat"), The album also included a cover of the classic 1962 Hank Snow song, "I've Been Everywhere", written by Geoff Mack.
American IV: The Man Comes Around was released in the US, the fourth album in the American series by Johnny Cash, (and his 87th overall). The album won Album of the Year at the 2003 CMA Awards and the video for "Hurt", (a song written by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails), was nominated in seven categories at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards and won the award for Best Cinematography. In February 2003, mere days before his 71st birthday, Cash won another Grammy Award for Best Country Male Vocal Performance for "Give My Love To Rose," a song Cash had originally recorded in the late 1950s. The music video for "Hurt" also won a Grammy for Best Short Form Video at the 2004 Awards.
"It's Five O'Clock Somewhere" by Alan Jackson with Jimmy Buffett, and written by Jim "Moose" Brown and Don Rollins won the Country Music Association (CMA) Award for Vocal Event of the Year. The song became the #3 country song of the decade on Billboard's Hot Country Songs Chart.
At the 48th annual CMA Awards Vince Gill received the Irving Waugh award for excellence in country music. This was only the fourth time the award had been granted since its inception in 1983. The previous country music artist to receive the award was Johnny Cash.
Idaho Republican Sen. Jim Risch has been reelected to Congress, defeating Democrat challenger Paulette Jordan. U.S. Rep. Russ Fulcher, a Republican, has retained his seat for a second term, defeating Democratic challenger Rudy Soto. U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson won a 12th term representing Idaho residents in the eastern-most half of the state. Simpson defeated Democrat Aaron Swisher.
Idaho Secretary of State Lawrence Denney yesterday told voters to ignore suspicious robo calls telling them to "stay home, stay safe." Denney says the calls are not from any official office though they appear to come from a local area code. Polls remained open until 8 pm. There were no reports of any disruptions
The secretary of state's office says it appears that about 80% and possibly up to 82% of registered voters cast a ballot for the election. Chad Houck, chief deputy in the office, said that would be a record high turnout. It also means that about 800,000 residents voted.
We have lots of election information to give you. Starting in District 24 where Lee Heider remains in the senate. Lance Clow will be the state representative. In District 26 Democrat Michelle Stennett retained her senate seat. Sally Toone, also a democrat returns as a legislator.
In Twin Falls County Brent Reinke will remain as a county commissioner. The 605-thousand Rock Creek Fire district levy was passed.
In Heyburn voters recalled Mayor Mark Rosa and in Lincoln County the Courthouse 3 point 8 million dollar bond failed to pass.
Joann Rutler won a position on the Lincoln County commission.
Cassia County School Students enrolled in a Dual Credit Government class were busy yesterday. They conducted an exit poll. Burley High school government teacher Craig Mills said this was one way students could be involved in the election process.
The state high school football playoffs continue this week. Tomorrow the Kimberly Bulldogs will host Snake River at 7. The last time Kimberly met this team for the season opener in August they won 30 to 26.
On Friday Oakley Travels to Butte County. Carey heads to Garden Valley. Gooding battles South Fremont at Madison High School. Declo will host Melba and Dietrich hosts North Gem. Lighthouse Christian from Twin Falls will travel to Notus in an 8-man game.
On Saturday Raft River will host Kamiah.
Today: Sunny, with a high near 69. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 7 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight: Clear, with a low around 34. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the evening.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 72. Light and variable wind becoming southeast around 5 mph in the morning.
Thursday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 43. Southeast wind 3 to 8 mph.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 68. South southeast wind 6 to 9 mph.
Friday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 37.
Saturday: A 50 percent chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 45.
Saturday Night: Rain showers likely before 8pm, then rain and snow showers likely between 8pm and 11pm, then a chance of snow showers after 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Sunday: A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38.
Sunday Night: A 20 percent chance of snow showers before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21.
Tuesday: A 20 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 38.
Henry Horton was re-elected to a third term as governor of Tennessee, USA. Immediately, Nashville residents began withdrawing money from Caldwell-affiliated banks en masse, because Horton and the Caldwell Bank had both been involved in a scandal involving awarding contracts without bids. The story of the scandal would inspire the song "The Wreck Of The Tennessee Gravy Train" by Uncle Dave Macon.
Born on this day in Lubbock, Texas, was Delbert McClinton, singer-songwriter, guitarist, harmonica player, and pianist. His highest-peaking single was "Tell Me About It", a 1992 duet with Tanya Tucker which reached #4 on the Country chart. Emmylou Harris had a #1 country hit in 1978 with McClinton's "Two More Bottles of Wine."
Born on this day in Hamilton, Ohio was singer, songwriter Van Stephenson. He scored three US Billboard Hot 100 hits in the 1980s as a solo artist, and later became vocalist in the country music band BlackHawk. Stephenson died of cancer on April 8, 2001.
American Country singer, Audrey Williams, (the first wife of Hank Williams) died from heart failure related to her years of alcohol and drug use at the age of 52, outliving Hank, Sr. by 22 years.
Shania Twain released her third studio album Come On Over which became the best-selling country music album, by a female act. To date, the album has sold more than 40 million copies worldwide, shipped over 20 million copies in the United States, and in the UK it has sold over 3.3 million. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and stayed there for 50 non-consecutive weeks, staying in the Top Ten for 151 weeks.
Dolly Parton was honored as a BMI Icon at the 2003 BMI Country Awards. She has earned over 35 BMI Pop and Country Awards throughout her prolific songwriting career.
Loretta Lynn was honored as a BMI Icon at the BMI Country Awards. During her career, Lynn has written over 160 songs and released 60 albums, and has sold over 45 million records worldwide.
Brad Paisley released his sixth studio album Play: The Guitar Album which is largely an album of instrumentals, though Paisley sings five duets with other vocalists, including B.B. King, Buck Owens, and Keith Urban. Play: The Guitar Album became his fourth Country #1 and "Start a Band" (a duet with Keith Urban), released as a single became Paisley's ninth consecutive #1 country hit.
Willard Cox, the patriarch of the family bluegrass band the Cox Family, died age 82. The band's legacy includes collaborations with Alison Krauss and some of the music from O Brother, Where Art Thou?.
Paul's Blog for Tuesday 11/3/20
Idaho voters will decide today whether to change the state Constitution to permanently set the number of legislative districts at 35. The amendment received widespread bipartisan support among state lawmakers when it was pitched in the House of Representatives earlier this year.
Democrat and former state lawmaker Paulette Jordan is challenging longtime Idaho politician U.S. Sen. Jim Risch, a Republican, for his seat. Risch served as a state lawmaker, lieutenant governor and governor before he was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2008.
U.S. Rep. Russ Fulcher, a Republican, is running for a second term against Democratic challenger Rudy Soto, a U.S. Army National Guard veteran, who is a member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes who campaigned on a goal of affordable health care.
U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson is aiming for a 12th term representing Idaho residents in the eastern-most half of the state. Simpson, a Republican, is heavily favored to win in what remains one of the most conservative states in the U.S. He's facing challenger Aaron Swisher.
The number of voting locations across Idaho for today's election is down about 15% from usual due to the coronavirus, but a huge surge in early voting has more than compensated. Nearly 500,000 of the state's one million registered voters had already cast a ballot at last check.
A semi-truck fire caused a small wildfire near Raft River on I-86 yesterday afternoon. The semi was pulling two trailers loaded with straw. No reported injuries.
Last night a pedestrian was killed after being struck by a Union Pacific train near the Pocatello airport. The person was on the tracks near a convenience store. Authorities say it appears the victim was a male.
The Twin Falls city council voted yesterday to vote on a mask mandate next week. The council voted 5 to 2 to have staff draft a mask mandate. Mayor Suzanne Hawkins and Councilwoman Nikki Boyd voted against the motion.
A lighthouse Christian volleyball player has been named the Snake River All-Conference Volleyball player. Kynlee Thornton is the Player of the Year. The teams Coach, Tobie Helman is coach of the year.
Meanwhile a Twin Falls Girls Soccer Team member has been named the Great Basin Player of the year. Elisabeth Plouy joins her coach in receiving honors. Katie Kauffman was named Coach of the year.
A few football bowl games won't be happening this year because of coronavirus concerns but the 24th Famous Idaho Potato Bowl has been scheduled. It's set for 1:30 pm on December 22 at Boise State University's stadium and will be broadcast on ESPN. Meanwhile, The BSU Broncos are hoping to keep their winning ways with a goal of playing in a bowl game in a couple of months.
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Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. Calm wind becoming south 5 to 7 mph in the evening.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 68. South southwest wind 6 to 10 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 9 mph after midnight.
Thursday: Sunny, with a high near 71. South wind around 6 mph becoming west southwest in the afternoon.
Thursday Night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 41.
Friday: A 40 percent chance of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 54.
Friday Night: A chance of rain showers before 2am, then a chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 28. Chance of precipitation is 50%.
Saturday: A 50 percent chance of snow showers. Cloudy, with a high near 36.
Saturday Night: A 40 percent chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21.
Sunday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 14.
November 3rd: On this day
"I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" by The Davis Sisters was at #1 on the Country chart. Written by Cecil Null, it was the first hit for the duo of Skeeter Davis and Betty Jack (Jack was killed in an automobile accident the week the record was released). The song was a blockbuster hit, and the only #1 country song by a female duet until the rise of The Judds some thirty years later.
Billboard renamed its Hot C&W Sides chart "Hot Country Singles," a name it will keep for the next 27 years. The chart length remained 30 positions.
Johnny Wright was at #1 on the Country chart with "Hello Vietnam." The single, with backing vocals from his wife, Kitty Wells, was later used as the opening theme in the 1987 Stanley Kubrick film Full Metal Jacket.
Kris Kristofferson was at #1 on the country album chart with his fourth studio release, Jesus Was a Capricorn. The album cover pictures Kristofferson and his soon-to-be wife Rita Coolidge. The track "Why Me" from the album reached #1 on the Country singles charts. The Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge album Full Moon went to #1 on the Country chart the following week.
Waylon Jennings was at #1 on the US Country charts with, "Theme from The Dukes of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)". The theme to the CBS comedy adventure television series, The Dukes of Hazzard, spent seventeen weeks on the Billboard country singles charts and became his biggest hit.
After being diagnosed with lung Cancer in May of 2008, Merle Haggard had surgery to remove part of the upper lobe of his right lung that had a lemon-size tumor growing on it.
Carrie Underwood released her third album Play On, her second album to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200, and her third to debut atop the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The album featured her #1 single "Cowboy Casanova".
Keith Urban announced that he would undergo throat surgery to remove a polyp in his vocal cords. He canceled or postponed all public appearances until 2012.
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Fire investigators are continuing their investigation today into a house fire that severely damaged a Jerome home Saturday morning. The home, in the 300 block of 4th avenue east suffered heavy water and fire damage according to Fire chief Mike Harrison. When crews arrived they found a bed room the attic and basement on fire. Jerome and Wendell fire crews spent nearly an hour controlling the blaze.
The office of Idaho's Attorney General has joined an investigation into the Dec. 2018 death of an inmate at a county jail. 40 year old Lance Quick, died of dehydration and starvation while incarcerated at the Bannock County Jail. Quick was the son of former Bannock County coroner Kim Quick.
A Roman Catholic priest who possessed more than 2,500 images of what investigators called the most disturbing child pornography they had ever seen has died in prison. 75 year old Father W. Thomas Faucher was about two years into a 25-year prison sentence without parole.
Four brothers dairy in Shoshone and its owner have agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor after it allowed manure to flow into a canal during record floods of 2017. As part of plea agreements the dairy faces a fine of $95,000 and the owner Andrew Fitzgerald to pay a fine of $35-thouand. They must seek coverage under the EPA's CAFO National Pollution Discharge Elimination System for Idaho.
Steven Pankey A former longshot Idaho gubernatorial candidate and Twin Falls County Sheriff hopeful, charged with kidnapping and killing 12-year-old Jonelle Mathews who disappeared after a holiday concert over 30 years ago made his first court appearance. He is being held without bond.
Boise police are continuing their investigation today into the shooting death of a man near the Boise Town Square Mall. Police found the victim just after midnight Friday. A news release said the motive for the shooting was unclear.
The Boise State Bronco Football team moved up four spots to Number 21 in the AP top 25 after Saturday night's 49 to 30 wins over Air Force. This Friday night the Broncos are at home as they host BYU. The Cougars are at Number 9 in the Poll with a 7 to 0 record. Kickoff is set for 7:45 pm.
After the Friday night High School Football Games Kimberly picked up a win to move forward in the state tournament. The Bulldogs took Kellogg 69 to 12. Kimberly will host Snake River, a team Kimberly beat earlier this season.
Jerome finished their season on Friday after losing to Moscow. The score: 45 to 7. The Tigers ended their season with a 7 to 3 record.
The Twin Falls Bruins traveled to Skyline where they ended up losing the game and ending their season. The score was 49 to 0. They finished their year with 3 wins and 6 losses.
Minico ended their season on Friday as well losing to Emmett 35 to 0. The Spartans finish the season 4 wins and 4 losses.
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Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 34. Calm wind becoming southeast around 6 mph in the evening.
Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 68. Light and variable wind becoming east around 6 mph.
Tuesday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 38. Calm wind becoming south southwest 5 to 7 mph in the evening.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high near 68. South southwest wind 6 to 8 mph becoming west northwest in the afternoon.
Friday: A 20 percent chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 58.
Friday Night: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly before 11pm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30.
Saturday: A chance of rain and snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
November 2nd: On this day
Born on this day in Copeville, Texas, was Charlie Walker country musician, Walker worked as a disc jockey in the early 1950s before signing with Decca Records. His first hit, "Only You, Only You" was co-written with Jack Newman and reached #9 on the country chart in 1956. Walker later reached #2 with a Harlan Howard song, "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down". He died on September 12, 2008.
Born on this day in Edmonton, Alberta, was k.d. lang, Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter who won a Grammy Award in 1989 for Best Country Vocal Collaboration for "Crying" (shared with Roy Orbison) and in 1990 for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for "Absolute Torch and Twang."
Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton were at #1 on the US Country charts with, "Islands In The Stream". Written by the Bee Gees it was the first single from Rogers' album Eyes That See in the Dark and the second pop #1 for both Rogers and Parton (Rogers having been there with 1980's "Lady" and Parton with 1981's "9 to 5").
The Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival was held in Starkville, Mississippi. Starkville, where Cash was arrested over 40 years earlier and held overnight at the city jail on May 11, 1965, inspired Cash to write the song "Starkville City Jail". The festival, where he was offered a symbolic posthumous pardon, honored Cash's life and music, and was expected to become an annual event.
Betsy Smittle died aged 60. Smittle was Garth Brooks' half-sister and a longtime member of his band and released a solo album of her own, titled Rough Around the Edges.
American country singer Tommy Overstreet died aged 78. He had five top five hit singles in the Billboard country charts and 11 top 10 singles. His highest charting hit was 1972's "Ann (Don't Go Runnin')," which went to #2.
Pistol Annies released their third studio album Interstate Gospel which went to #1 on the Top Country Albums chart. It was nominated for Best Country Album at the 62nd Grammy Awards, their very first Grammy nomination.
A couple charged with conspiring to hide the bodies of two missing children in a case connected to the parents' doomsday beliefs and the mysterious deaths of their previous spouses will stand trial together. Prosecutors say the Chad and Lori Daybell conspired to hide or destroy the bodies of Lori's children, 7-year-old "JJ" Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan. Investigators found their remains buried on Chad Daybell's rural Idaho property on June 9.
Twin Falls police say two people are missing. Emily and Bryan Plott have not been seen for a week and family members say this is out of character for the two. According to Idaho Missing Persons Clearinghouse, Emily disappeared on October 22 and her husband Bryan was reported missing October 23rd.
Twin Falls Police secured a neighborhood yesterday afternoon after they received a report of a man shooting a gun. Police responded with an armored vehicle blocking Adams Street near Filer Avenue for over an hour before the man was taken into custody. Authorities say he was shooting cans in his back yard with a 22-calibar gun.
Steven Pankey, a former Twin Falls County Sheriff candidate and who also made a run for being Idaho's governor is in custody in Colorado. He was arrested earlier this month in Meridian Idaho in connection to the 1984 murder of Jonelle Matthews. He will make his first appearance this morning in a Colorado courtroom.
Idaho will dedicate another $4.7 million in federal coronavirus aid funds to upgrade state government computer networks and security. The funds will upgrade equipment and services overseen by the state's Office of Information Technology Services.
A small return of sockeye salmon to central Idaho this year despite high hopes and a new fish hatchery intended to help save the species from extinction has fisheries managers trying to figure out what went wrong. Officials want to know why only 27 of 660,000 juvenile fish raised in the hatchery and released in central Idaho in 2018 survived the two-year, 1,800-mile roundtrip to the ocean and back to return as adults. They were hoping for 800.
State high school football games are underway with a couple of them played yesterday. In 1A district 2 action Carey took Rockland 88 to 12. In 1A District 1 Lighthouse Christian took Murtaugh 46 to 30. Lighthouse will now play Notus.
Tonight Twin Falls is at Skyline to play Madison. Minico plays Emmett and Moscow travels to Jerome to take on the Tigers. That game on 1400 am KART. Castleford is in Horseshoe Bend, Timberline in Dietrich and Hansen at Watersprings.
4A State Volleyball Tournament at Kimberly HS
Match 2 – Burley vs Nampa, 10:30 a.m.
Match 3 – Twin Falls vs Bonneville, 1 p.m.
3A State Volleyball Tournament at Twin Falls HS
Match 1- Filer vs Parma, 8 a.m.
Match 3 – Kimberly vs Kellogg, 1 p.m.
2A State Volleyball Tournament at Buhl HS
Match 2 – Valley vs West Side 10:30 a.m.
IADI State Volleyball Tournament at Burley H S
Match 1 – Lighthouse Christian vs Troy, 8 a.m.
Match 3 – Oakley vs Wallace, 1 p.m.
IADII State Volleyball Tournament at Jerome HS
Match 2 – Castleford vs Clark Fork, 10:30 a.m.
Match 3 – Sun Valley Community School vs Horseshoe Bend, 1 p.m.
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Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. West southwest wind 8 to 11 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 56. West southwest wind 5 to 9 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon.
Saturday Night: Clear, with a low around 29. Calm wind becoming east southeast around 5 mph after midnight.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near 64. East northeast wind 6 to 8 mph.
Sunday Night: Clear, with a low around 34.
Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 62.
Born on this day Beaudry, Arkansas, was Patsy Montana country music singer, songwriter and actress. Montana was the first female country performer to have a million-selling single with her signature song "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart", and is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame. She died on 3 May 1996 aged 87.
Hank Snow was at #1 on the Country singles chart with "I'm Movin' On". It stayed at the top of the charts for a record breaking 21 weeks, and was the first of seven #1 Billboard country hits Snow scored throughout his career
Born on this day in St. Louis, Missouri, was Jeannie Kendall, singer from the duo The Kendalls who released 16 albums including the #1 hits "Heaven's Just a Sin Away," "Sweet Desire" and "Thank God for the Radio".
Born on this day in Arabi, Georgia, was T. Graham Brown, country music artist who has recorded over a dozen studio albums, and has charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. Three of these singles - "Hell and High Water" and "Don't Go to Strangers" from 1986, and "Darlene" from 1988, reached #1.
Dolly Parton released "Coat of Many Colors" as a single which peaked at #4 on the Country charts. Parton explained in her 1994 memoir, My Life and Other Unfinished Business she composed the song in 1969, while traveling with Porter Wagoner on a tour bus but because she had no paper, as the song came to her, she wrote it on the back of a dry cleaning receipt from one of Wagoner's suits; when the song became a hit, Wagoner had the receipt framed.
Hank Williams, Jr. had nine albums simultaneously on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
A music memorabilia collector and a former custodian at Sony/ATV Music Publishing were arrested for stealing Hank Williams' notebook. Stephen Shutts said he had purchased the 59-year-old notebook of lyrics at a garage sale and later sold it. Francine Boykin told police she had found the notebook in the trash while working in the Sony/ATV building. Although Shutts' attorney said the notebook was being kept in a safe place, it had not been returned to Sony/ATV.
Curly Putman died aged 85. His biggest success was "Green, Green Grass of Home" (1964, sung by Porter Wagoner), which was covered by Elvis Presley, Johnny Darrell, Gram Parsons, Joan Baez, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, Roberto Leal, Merle Haggard, Bobby Bare, Joe Tex, Nana Mouskouri, and Tom Jones. He also co-wrote "D-I-V-O-R-C-E" with Bobby Braddock.
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Idaho State Police say a Twin Falls resident was killed in a one car rollover along I-84 a mile east of Bliss. 40 year old Jesse Rubio was traveling eastbound when she lost control and rolled. 32 year old Johnny Rubio was a passenger. He was transported by air ambulance for medical treatment in Boise.
The College of Southern Idaho Board of trustees has approved a resolution calling on Magic Valley leaders to mandate masks. The decision to issue the request follows a special board meeting conducted yesterday morning. In a New York Times report, Twin Falls ranks 19th on the list of communities with the worst current outbreaks. State health officials say the latest numbers show 862 new confirmed and probable cases of the COVID-19 in Idaho, bringing the statewide total to 61,785.
The center for biological diversity is saying the Trump administration is violating the Endangered Species Act by expanding hunting and fishing by 3,600 square miles on the national wildlife refuge system. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt announced the expansion in August, saying it increases public hunting to 430 refuges and those open to fishing to 360. The conservative group is expected to file a lawsuit against the federal government.
The Idaho Attorney General's office says it's legal to wear t-shirts or buttons supporting candidate or issues to the polls as long as there is no overt campaigning done by that person. The opinion issued by the A-G yesterday.
Chad Daybell is set to appear in court today with his attorney to oppose a motion that he and his wife Lori's trials should be combined. Mark Wood, Lori's attorney, said the cases should be joined because the charges allege they participated in the same act. The two are in court after remains of two children, JJ Vallow and Tylee Ryan, were found on Daybell's Rexburg property.
The last high school football rankings of the season have been released as the district and state playoffs begin this week. Locally, Jerome received two votes in the Class 4-A. Kimberly is ranked 3rd and Gooding 4th in Class 3A. Declo is 4th in Class 2A. Raft River is ranked 2nd, Oakley 3rd and Lighthouse Christian 5th in Class 1A. In class 1A division 2 Carey is ranked number 1 and Dietrich number 2.
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Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 30. Calm wind becoming south around 6 mph in the evening.
Friday: Sunny, with a high near 69. East southeast wind around 6 mph becoming light and variable.
Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 37. Southwest wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday: Sunny, with a high near 57. Southwest wind 7 to 10 mph.
Hank Snow auditioned with the Canadian division of RCA Victor in Montreal, Quebec which led to the release of his first record with "The Prisoned Cowboy" on one side and "Lonesome Blue Yodel" on the other. Snow signed with the label, staying for more than 45 years. During his career that spanned nearly 50 years, he recorded 140 albums and charted more than 85 singles.
Hank Williams was at #1 on the Country singles chart with "Jambalaya (On The Bayou)." Named for a Creole and Cajun dish, jambalaya, it spawned numerous cover versions and has since achieved popularity in a number of music genres. The song spent 14 weeks at the top of the chart. Over the past few decades, the Cajun French version has been performed by many Cajun bands including Aldus Roger and Jo-El Sonnier.
Tammy Wynette was at #1 on the Country chart with "I Don't Wanna Play House". Written by Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton, the song became Tammy Wynette's first #1 country song as a solo artist. The recording earned Wynette the 1968 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
Dolly Parton released her 19th solo studio album, Here You Come Again. The album included Parton's first significant "crossover" success, the Grammy award-winning title single. The album's cover was the first to show the distinctive "Dolly" signature logo, created by Michael Manoogian, would become Parton's de facto logo, appearing on all of her solo albums for the remainder of her association with RCA.
Alan Jackson released his sixth studio album Everything I Love which went to #1 on the Country charts. The album produced the #1 hits "Little Bitty" and "There Goes."
Rascal Flatts released their second studio album Melt which became their first US #1 Country album. The lead-off single "These Days" was the group's first #1 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts.
Walk the Line, the film about the life of singer Johnny Cash, was voted the greatest music biopic in a poll. The film starred Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon as Cash and his wife June Carter as the country stars and won the actress an Oscar in 2006.


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This island retreat set within Malaysia's protected Johor Marine Park has a deep respect for nature. Batu Batu strongly believes that private sector tourism can act as a catalyst for positive change through the preservation and regeneration of the rich but fragile biodiversity around the Johor islands. As evidence of this conviction, Batu Batu founded and provides core funding for Tengah Island Conservation (TIC), a biodiversity management initiative dedicated to the research, rehabilitation and regeneration of the surrounding natural environment.
Meaning rocks in the local Malay language, Batu Batu is a laid-back retreat set among coconut trees on the uninhabited island of Pulau Tengah. Constructed by local carpenters using traditional techniques in the Malay vernacular style, the 20 one-bedroom and two two-bedroom villas sit within the island's wild greenery in a way reminiscent of a Malay kampung or village. Guests can spend days exploring the island's eight white sand beaches, hiking through the jungle, kayaking around the island, snorkelling on the house reefs or learning about the island's fragile ecosystems from the Tengah Island Conservation scientists.
Batu Batu aims to tread lightly, source sustainably, behave responsibly and support the local economy wherever possible. Proud winners of the WTM Responsible Tourism silver award 2019 under the category Best for Wildlife and Nature Conservation, Batu Batu believes this is a never-ending journey you have to be in for The Long Run.
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Batu Batu believes that private sector tourism can act as a catalyst for positive change through the preservation and regeneration of the rich but fragile biodiversity of the surrounding marine park. Firstly, through creating transformational tourism experiences, it hopes that guests leave informed and inspired with greater mindfulness and respect for the environment. Secondly, the destination sees the benefit of incoming tourism revenues flowing to the local communities with a portion applied to the protection and regeneration of biodiversity.
In 2019, Batu Batu founded the Tengah Island Conservation (TIC) at the Tunku Abdul Jalil Conservation Centre. TIC is a stand-alone, non-profit biodiversity management initiative that currently employs a full-time team of scientists. TIC has expanded its scope of environmental work beyond sea turtles to coral reef conservation, marine debris management, and community outreach and engagement. Last year (2019), the TIC team surveyed and mapped 1-million square metres of coral reef, patrolled seven islands covering 85km2 each morning, and removed over 13 tonnes of marine debris from the reefs.
Batu Batu continues to provide core funding for TIC's existing projects and will also donate all of the resort's dive and nature activity profits to the conservation projects on an ongoing basis. Find out more here (https://www.tengahislandconservation.org).
Batu Batu also founded Turtle Watch Camp in 2015 to formalise sea turtle conservation by establishing the first privately-run sea turtle hatchery in Johor state in conjunction with the Marine Parks Department and the Department of Fisheries. Since then, over 17,000 endangered Green and critically endangered Hawksbill turtle hatchlings have been released.
Batu Batu is a member of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) and through TIC, a member of the Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) and the Society for Conservation Biology's Turtle Working Group, Malaysia.
Batu Batu works with a range of stakeholders from the local community advocating for and working together to create a sustainable plan for the area, particularly in the tourism sector. Batu Batu is a founding member of Sustainable Travel Mersing—a multi-stakeholder group that works with local government, private sector businesses, and the local community to create a five-year plan to become a certified sustainable destination (currently using GSTC destination guidelines).
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Trump's Executive Order Creates a New Border Crisis - The New Yorker
On Wednesday afternoon, President Trump traded one border crisis for another: instead of separating immigrant children from their parents, it appears that the U.S. government will now detain moms and dads indefinitely alongside their sons and daughters. New questions will now be asked. Can Trump really get the courts to dismantle the Flores agreement, a legal settlement from 1997 which enshrined protections for kids held in the government's care? (Flores requires, for starters, that kids be held in the "least-restrictive setting" possible, and currently limits their detention to twenty days.) How will the Administration insure that kids who have been separated get swiftly reunited with their parents? And what legal fate will meet those kids whose mothers and fathers cannot be located, long after the news crews pack up their bags?
The case of an eight-year-old child named Pedro offers an unsettling preview. An indigenous boy from Guatemala, Pedro was among the first immigrant children to be taken from a parent under the Trump Administration, in an early round of separations that began many months ago, largely outside of public view. His legal circumstances are a crystal ball, of sorts, into the challenges that lay ahead for the more than twenty-five hundred immigrant kids who've recently faced family separations. Many of these children may be placed with sponsors and put into removal proceedings well before they locate their parents—if they're able to do so at all.
In July of 2017, Pedro and his father crossed the border through the desert into Arizona, where five immigration officers apprehended them. "He said that they threw his father to the ground and stomped on him," Jennifer Anzardo Valdes, the director of the Children's Legal Program at Americans for Immigrant Justice, told me, describing the child's account. "He vividly recalls the separation. It's haunting him—how he screamed and cried and how his father was ripped away without any explanation whatsoever." No immigration agents at the scene spoke Acateco, which is the child's language. "All he understood was that he wasn't going to see his father again," Valdes told me. Nearly a year later, no trace of the dad has been found.
Authorities managed to identify Pedro's aunt, to whose custody he was released in South Florida. But after the U.S. government filed removal paperwork against him, the boy was expected—at the age of eight—to represent himself in immigration court. (Immigrant children have no legal right to public counsel.) Faced with the boy's imminent deportation, Pedro's aunt sought help from Americans for Immigrant Justice. For months, Pedro's legal team, along with his aunt, searched without success for his father. Had he been deported? Was he in detention? Had some harm befallen him? After all these months, no one knows.
Pedro's story foreshadows a future chapter of the border crisis, with more children and families weaving their way through perilous immigration proceedings and shifting norms for asylum eligibility, with little or no support to make their case for protection. Some kids rendered "unaccompanied" by the government, like Pedro, will have to make their case for legal relief without the help of a parent who knows the full reasons why they fled. Later this summer—more than a year after he was originally separated from his dad—Pedro will appear before an immigration judge. (So, too, will a three-year-old girl whom Valdes's team represents, who was taken from her father at the border last July.) Most likely, none of the court officials will speak Pedro's language; the boy will communicate with a judge through an interpreter. Valdes's team speaks with Pedro using a dial-up Acateco interpreter service. "Even teaching him to use an interpreter through a phone is a new concept—he doesn't necessarily understand who is on the other end of the phone, and whether he can trust the person," Valdes said.
Will Americans sustain their interest in kids like Pedro when they enter the life-or-death stakes of removal proceedings? And what about the children and parents who must now fight their deportations from the confines of detention, where there is often scant access to legal counsel?
The story of the "unaccompanied-minors crisis" of 2014 offers evidence of our poor capacity, as a society, to focus long-term attention on migrant and refugee children. That summer, President Barack Obama declared "an urgent humanitarian situation" at the country's southern border, as growing numbers of unaccompanied minors and parents with children appeared there, fleeing gang violence in Central America. After more than a year spent ignoring the soaring numbers of child asylum seekers, countless news crews camped out at the border, taking photos of small children who had been shuttled into military barracks and mothers with infants crowded into "hieleras"—the so-called "iceboxes" operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The Obama Administration detained many of these families and placed them in a string of detention centers, and attention quieted as most moms and kids got released on bond, left to face the risky prospect of removal.
For months, most Americans then forgot about these families as they went before judges to plead for their right to stay. (Without an attorney, a child's odds of deportation, in 2014, was about eight-five per cent, according to the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse, at Syracuse University; the odds were also bleak for asylum-seeking mothers detained with their kids.) For the children of the current crisis, there are many high-stakes moments ahead, which will demand public scrutiny: there is the likelihood of removal proceedings, for instance, which may result in certain children's deportations, or the challenge of sending kids back to parents who've already been deported, to countries where the conditions that spurred their original flight haven't quelled.
On Tuesday, Valdes told me that she was worried about the fate of other kids like Pedro who cannot find their parents, even after a protracted search. Not all family separations can be undone, she said, even if the President agrees to try; the haste and carelessness with which the children were taken away will make the process all the more daunting. But as she imagined the President's possible policy responses, one, in particular, troubled her: the idea that the Flores agreement would be an easy target. "It's very frustrating to hear them decry Flores protections as a 'loophole,' and we're so worried that these protections are going to be taken away," Valdes said. The Flores agreement, she emphasized, emerged from a lawsuit alleging that the government was "jailing kids and the kids weren't getting their basic rights—toilets, showers, medical care."
Less than twenty-four hours after Valdes voiced this concern, the President formally called for the evisceration of Flores in his executive order. Will Trump's "solution" effectively quiet the country, and the sobbing of children who've kept so many Americans awake at night? Valdes insisted that Wednesday's order was not a victory. "Detaining children indefinitely is not the solution," she said. And there are still countless kids who don't have a clear route back to their parents. Pedro, for one, has regular fits of tears, faces a removal order seeking to deport him, and has a father still to be found.
Read it in The New Yorker here.