Looking to the fall, schools are struggling with what to do. The plans range from having every student back in class in September as it was before March 2020, to part-time attendance, or even having students remain at home. Read More …read more
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For the tragic record, Naya Rivera remains missing and presumed dead.
We really wish we had a more hopeful update.
However, as previously detailed, Rivera rented a pontoon boat on Wednesday morning along with her four-year old son, Josey, on a lake in the Los Padres National Forest in Ventura County
And the former Glee actress never returned.
Local officials discoved Josey asleep by himself on the boat (wearing a life jacket) and he allegedly told the police that his mother went underwater without ever resurfacing.
“This is considered to be a horrible accident,” a Ventura County Sheriff’s Department spokesperson told NBC Los Angeles.
An extensive search for Rivera got underway on Wednesday afternoon, but it was called off once darkness hit.
Yesterday, meanwhile, Ventura County Sheriff’s Department Captain Eric Buschow referred to the search as a “rescue operation,” admitting that authorities are under the assumption that Rivera is dead.
It may take over a week to find her body, though, because Lake Piru is known for poor visibility and its bottom is covered by trees and other debris.
A swimmer can easily get entangled, as evidenced by this disturbing fact:
Rivera would mark the ninth drowning death at Lake Piru since 1994.
In the wake of this terrible news, a bit more information has come to light.
First, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Department released a 911 call that went out on Wednesday that reported a missing person at Lake Piru.
It was made by the passenger on a boat nearby.
“The emergency is we have a missing person. We found a little girl in one of the boats by herself and her mom is nowhere to be found,” the caller says, adding:
“My husband was one [of the first people] there … I’m going to find out more information. He just told me to call it in.”
Deputy Sheriff Chris Dyer has told In Touch Weekly that Rivera’s vessel was “about 15 feet” from shore when it was discovered.
“The shore could be very treacherous. It’s not like you can just get out and walk up that shoreline,” he explained, adding on Thursday afternoon:
“We are going to be here until about dusk, at which time we will shut down our operation for the night because searching at night is very dangerous.
“It’s below visibility for our divers. We will plan through the night and continue on the next day if we have to.
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Friday, July 10, 2020 – 12:08pm
The Week’s daily round-up highlights the five best opinion pieces from across the British and international media, with excerpts from each.
1. David Leonhardt in The New York Times
on the post-coronavirus future
It’s 2022. What Does Life Look Like?
“It’s 2022, and the coronavirus has at long last been defeated. After a miserable year-and-a-half, alternating between lockdowns and new outbreaks, life can finally begin returning to normal. But it will not be the old normal. It will be a new world, with a reshaped economy, much as war and depression reordered life for previous generations. Thousands of stores and companies that were vulnerable before the virus arrived have disappeared. Dozens of colleges are shutting down, in the first wave of closures in the history of American higher education. People have also changed long-held patterns of behavior: Outdoor socializing is in, business trips are out. And American politics — while still divided in many of the same ways it was before the virus — has entered a new era. All of this, obviously, is conjecture. The future is unknowable. But the pandemic increasingly looks like one of the defining events of our time.”
2. Billy Bragg, musician and activist, in The Guardian
on how speech is only free when everyone has a voice
‘Cancel culture’ doesn’t stifle debate, but it does challenge the old order
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What is cancel culture?
“The ability of middle-aged gatekeepers to control the agenda has been usurped by a new generation of activists who can spread information through their own networks, allowing them to challenge narratives promoted by the status quo. The great progressive movements of the 21st century have sprung from these networks: Black Lives Matter; #MeToo; Extinction Rebellion. While they may …read more
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Alberta’s energy sector has desperately needed new pipelines for years, and the provincial government put more than $7 billion on the line to ensure construction finally started on the Keystone XL project. Read More …read more
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