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Hearing Mutware's story
MK Speth, MESc 20211
"Have you heard the story of Mutware?" Alfonse's question hung in the brisk and not-yet-hot early morning air that stood stagnate above the waters of Lake Ihema in Rwanda's Akagera National Park. Alfonse, our safari guide for the day, kept the small motorized boat stationary on the lakeshore while I sat next to my research assistant and across from three middle-aged American tourists. The question fell on my ears, but I hesitated to respond; this boat ride was supposed to be a relaxing time away from my research, which focused on the construction and dissemination of tourism narratives in Akagera. The last thing I wanted to do was sit through a story that I had heard countless times over the past seven weeks in the field. Through my irritated silence, my tourist boated companions replied that they had not heard the story. So, to my chagrin, Alfonse launched into the narrative in an obviously well-practiced performative manner.
Over the next five minutes, our guide detailed how Mutware - a bull Elephant who resided in the park and had risen to international fame due to his traumatic experience during Rwanda's 1994 genocide. My fellow Americans on board were enraptured; I a little less so. By now I knew the story almost by heart; I could effortless recount Mutware's traumatic arch from friendly elephant to beloved nuisance. Yet, as a committed and practicing ethnographer, I still took out my notebook and pen and wrote furiously. I not only attempted to record the story, but also to note Alfonse's mannerism, the tourist's reactions, and, most critical, any general observations and perceptions that I had of the story and the scene at large. Alfonse concluded his performance by explaining to us that Mutware had recently perished from old age on the nearby shores. The bones of the elephant remain in the spot, actively protected by the park management until a memorial is built in Mutware's honor. This last bit of information had not come up in my field work, so I underlined it twice in order to remind myself to include it in my later analysis. Pleased that I had 'heard' Mutware's story yet again and was slowly working towards a full picture of this larger-than-life pachyderm, I closed my notebook, returned it to my backpack, and set out to enjoy the sun for the remainder of our boat ride.
Upon returning to the United States six weeks later, my field notebook remained buried in my backpack, yet the story of Mutware was inescapable. I was captivated by Rwandans' use of nonhuman protagonist to deeply speak to and inspect the typically unspeakable trauma that the entire country endured during the 1994 genocide. Thus, I was compelled to write about the significance this powerful narrative as part of my Master's thesis. I sat down one afternoon with my notes, committed to dissecting and analyzing every small detail of the nonhuman trauma narrative that I had slowly and collectively (re)constructed. I spent hours poring over my almost-indecipherable field handwriting, attempting to discover the unearthed revelations of human trauma and recovery that Mutware's story held. Yet, the entire time Alfonse's question unceasingly rang in my head: Have you heard the story of Mutware? Have you heard the story of Mutware? Have you heard the story of Mutware? Finally, I took a step back and examined my notebook pages, in which Mutware's story was almost half covered by my own observations and thoughts. In that moment, I realized I had not heard Mutware's story.
Yes, over the twelve weeks of my ethnographic field work, I had been told Mutware's story time and time again. But each of these times I had listened. I had forced his heartbreaking trauma narrative into my own academic box, confining it to the limits of my own worldview and attempting to extract what I had deemed as meaning from it. I had used the theories, case studies, and all the lessons that I had spent the past year in graduate school studying, dissecting, and attempting to commit to memory to understand both the story of this famous elephant and its (re)telling. Listening, as I understood it, was what made me a productive ethnographic researcher. I believe that this practice allowed me to both identify the extraordinary in the ordinary, to be able to draw out meaning from everyday situations. Then, by applying pre-existing knowledge to these data, I would be able to produce novel findings, the ultimate goal for all those in the field and academia at large.
Yet, in this quest to be a good ethnographer, I ended up losing one of the most humane, ethical practices of not only academia but everyday life: hearing. Over those twelve weeks I was unable to hear Mutware's story. I had never allowed it to just wash over me, with the aim of avoiding judgement or scrutiny instead of pursuing it as listening intends. I did not let the story exist in the form intended by the storytellers. I, instead, coopted this extraordinary narrative of trauma for my own use, my own personal gain. Even worse, I did not to acknowledge in the moment that I was doing so. I was blinded by my position as a researcher, convinced that listening and scrutinizing 'data' was exactly what I was meant to do, thus allowing my perspectives as both an academic and a white, American female to overshadow the rawness of Mutware's story that numerous informants during my time at Akagera attempted to demonstrate to me.
This dilemma – the struggle of balancing listening & hearing, the attempt to understand while allowing stories and those who tell them to speak for themselves – is not unique to my examination of Mutware's story. The dilemma is actually highly prevalent in all forms of research, yet most apparent in qualitative studies. As noted above, scholars in a variety of fields are taught to listen. We are told that it is fundamental to producing and publishing research; we must collect data about everyday phenomena and then analyze them using a particular lens or theory, attempting to listen to what these occurrences reveal to us about other peoples and cultures. Yet, what is often ignored, either intentionally or unintentionally, is that this practice of listening is permeated with bias. By relying on this fundamental aspect, we, as scholars, are not revealing truths about the world, but instead are perpetuating our own understanding of it. Failing to hear in qualitative studies not only prevents the researcher from appreciating data in its unaltered state, while creating a singular epistemology that silences certain, often marginalized voices while projecting and preserving dominant ones.
The creation and perpetuation of a single epistemology is harmful in all research situations, but it is even more dangerous when the topic at hand directly or indirectly involves trauma. As Jill Stauffer details in her book Ethical Loneliness (2015), the telling of trauma often creates an irony; what is said by a survivor is not what is heard by those positioned to hear. Stauffer goes on, explaining that humans need to see the world as benevolent, thus the persons positioned to hear will resist any aspects of a trauma narrative that may counter this worldview (Stauffer 2015:75). In other words, those positioned to hear fail to do so and instead listen. In this way, society (re)abandons the survivor, "imposing a loneliness, a second harm in addition to the original violation" (Stauffer 2015:110).
While Stauffer's notion of hearing is intended for truth and reconciliation practices, I strongly believe that it is equally applicable to scholars and practitioners whose research focuses on trauma. Academics are often some of the first outsiders to enter active conflict or post-conflict regions, leaving the comforts of their own home in hopes of identifying powerful narratives of trauma, resistance, recovery, and reconciliation. While it is likely that these missions have good intentions, the basis of qualitative work described above often requires one to transform stories told in the field, conforming them to the constraints of the Westernized academic or professional realm. Thus, as academics or professionals, we are positioned and committed to listening, yet we repeatedly fail to hear, consequently (re)enforcing the exact harms that we set out to understand and potentially rectify. In the environmental field, this is gradually becoming more of a concern. As climate refugees, violent (un)natural disasters, loss of traditional livelihoods, systematic poaching and so on become increasingly commonplace in our disastrous reality, trauma – for humans, nonhumans, and the land – also becomes progressively more central and fundamental to all environmental work. At such a pivotal point in time we, as environmental scholars and practitioners, must ask ourselves: will we listen to the stories of trauma, creating a singular way of understanding environmental destruction and potentially (re)enforcing harms or will we hear the stories, allowing those who endured such harms to speak for themselves?
As I sat at my desk with notes on Mutware's story spread sporadically across the surface, I reflected on this ultimatum. Would I progress with my chapter on Mutware or would I let the story just exist in the world? While I would very much like to say that I whole-heartedly choose the latter, I cannot. Academia is structured in a way that scholars are obligated to analyze, scrutinize, and dissect; we are in the game of creating new knowledge. This game and the research practices that comprise it will always be filled with ethical dilemmas. Yet, we can at least begin to minimize the harms by building simultaneous spaces in which stories from the field are unassumingly told and heard. In other words, research will continually predominant in the forms of journal articles, theses, and analytical books but we must also take it upon ourselves to let stories speak. Therefore, while my post-humanist analysis of the ways in which Mutware and his story reveals novel insights to human, nonhuman, and terrestrial trauma exists as a thesis chapter, I aim to take this space as a means to let Mutware's story of trauma speak. This (re)telling is my own reconstruction, therefore it is not the form in which Alfonse and all other storytellers intended it to be heard. I have though, drawn directly from data collected over my twelve-weeks in Akagera via participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and passing conversations. While removing my own positionality and bias in the (re)telling is impossible, I have attempted to omit any analysis or scrutinization that defines academia. In doing so, I hope to have created an opportunity in which the reader and myself can simply just hear Mutware's story.
Mutware's Story
Mutware's story begins in the late 1970s in recently independent Rwanda. At this time, Mutware was a young juvenile living in Akagera National Park, which, while created in the 1930s, Akagera at the time was receiving increasing attention. Dianne Fossey had just begun her infamous mountain gorilla research in the northern region of Rwanda, thus bringing all of the country's national parks under an international microscope. Unlike most of elephants who resided in the park, Mutware had an unusual upbringing. Instead of roaming through the wild of Akagera, he, along with two other young elephants named Mwiza and Helico, were instead habituated and raised by a keeper living in the park at the time; the keeper fed and cared for the three juveniles. While Mwiza and Helico eventually returned to their compatriots in the wild, Mutware choose to continue with domestic life, even venturing further into the human world.
Mutware was often seen roaming in villages near of Akagera. While this region of Rwanda was sparsely populated at the time compared to the rest of the country, Mutware's presence was still highly conspicuous and met with a range of reactions. Villagers with limited prior interactions with elephants with fear and aggression towards Mutware. They would taunt him and, at times, even chase the young elephant with nail-filled boards (Root 2016). Others though, met him with a kindhearted curiosity, providing him with a steady supply of bananas and cassava. Regardless of villagers' intent, Mutware met every interaction with a tender kindness, never hurting people or destroying property (even though he would sneak crops every now and then). Mutware's kindness and gentleness allowed him to slowly establish a unique relationship with the villagers, who saw him as a nuisance, yet also loved and cared for him. The two groups were so trustful of one another that Mutware, as an adult bull, would curl his trunk around consenting villagers and tenderly lift them into the air (Ntirenganya 2019). Sadly, this loving and mutual relationship along with the peace of the country at large was utterly shattered on April 7, 1994.
In the early morning of the day, President Habyirimana was killed when his plane was shot down right outside of Kigali. At this moment, the country, which had experienced periods of political violence in the past, descended into unspeakably violent chaos. Over the next hundred days, Hutu militias targeted and slaughtered up to a million Tutsis and moderate Hutus. Like all living creatures in the country at the time, Mutware's life was sent into turmoil. Not only did his adopted village family disappear, but the normally serene confines of Akagera were rife with conflict and confusion. The park was filled with refugees attempting to flee the conflict and armed genocidaires patrolling the lands for inyenzi – the derogatory name for Tutsis, meaning cockroach. Mutware approached these new people with the same care and love he shared with other humans, yet he was met with hatred and violence. Mutware was shot by genocidaire, who brutally removed his tusks and left the beast for dead.
Mutware survived the attack but his world was forever changed. As Rwanda as a whole began to return to some semblance of peace after the liberation by the Rwandan Patriotic Front on July 4, 1993, Mutware was left alone, scarred, and hungry. At first, he attempted to rejoin the other elephants in the park (Root 2016). As a bull though, Mutware was challenged by other males upon arriving; lacking tusks, he sorely lost and was thus rejected from the herd.
Afterwards, Mutware was forced back towards humans. Yet, with the painful memories of abandonment and torture, he was no longer his kind self but instead grew angry with and highly aggressive towards people; "he became crazy" (Personal Interview 2019). Confined to the park limits due to a series of fence projects, Mutware began to charge tourist vehicles. In 2005, the United States Embassy in Kigali even released a warning discouraging people from visiting Akagera because Mutware had overturned three cars in the span of a few short months (BBC 2005). Even when he wasn't driven to such violent extremes, Mutware would still aggressively approach visitors or intentionally block roads for extended periods of time, behaviors that were rare in all the other elephants in the park. Other times, Mutware, who was conspicuous without his tusks, was seen roaming the land alone. It was obvious to everyone that the traumatic events Mutware suffered in 1994 had erased his any positive associations with humankind and had completely the ways he conducted himself in the world.
Despite his anger and violent behavior, Mutware remained a beloved part of the Akagera landscape. People would travel from far and wide to see and take pictures of the elephant. Akagera employees would readily acknowledge his traumatic past, retelling Mutware's story to all those who visited the park. Due to this acknowledgement, people never faulted Mutware for his outbursts. They tried to treat him with kindness, just as the elephant did when the villagers first attacked him. As he entered into old age, the elephant was still skeptical of humans but began to rebuild some relationships. One guide even stressed that Mutware was her 'best friend' and that, due to this closeness, she was able to calm him down when he became irritated (Personal Interview 2019). When Mutware died at the ripe age of 48 in September 2018, Rwandans from all walks of life and many from abroad came together to mourn this pivotal creature, loving paying tribute to his complex and challenging life.
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Stauffer, J. 2015. Ethical Loneliness: The Injustice of Not Being Heard. Columbia University Press, New York, USA.
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MK Speth is a candidate for a Master's in Environmental Science at the Yale School of the Environment. As an environmental anthropologist, her research focuses on the intersection of conservation, ecotourism, and identity politics in post-conflict states.↩


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WALSENBURG — Walsenburg police are investigating an early morning break in at an occupied home in the 500 block of West Pinon in which the handicapped resident was threatened and some of his property taken. At about 4:50 am Tuesday, Sept. 22, a masked pair of intruders pounded on the door of the victim's home. The victim who was in bed at the time, looked at his home security video monitor and did not recognize the pair. When the victim did not answer his door, the brazen criminals forced it open and entered the residence. From his bedroom the man yelled he was going to call police and one of the suspects yelled that he had a gun. Police are not releasing the victim's name nor the property that was stolen. The pair were recorded on video which has been turned over to investigators, electronic media outlets, and law enforcement agencies. The black and white video images show at least one recognizable tattoo on the arm of one of the suspects, who may also have a tattoo, or scar on the back of one of his hands. It appears one of the suspects attempted to cover his face with a camo bandanna, while the other wore a silver colored skull mask. While the mask appears dark in the surveillance video, WPD Captain Vince Suarez told the World Journal Tuesday the video evidence shows it is
silver or a light color. The pair fled in an unknown direction. The robbers may be armed and are considered dangerous and police ask if you have any information regarding this crime to call the Walsenburg Police Department at 719-738-1056 or Huerfano County Emergency Dispatch at 719-738-1044. Authorities report no one was injured in the incident.


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This is a great noodle dish that can be made with gluten free noodles and is naturally vegan. Packed with fresh veggies and a creamy cashew sauce - it's perfect to take to work for lunch!
Cashew Noodle Salad with Veggies
- Yield: 4 servings
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cooking Time: 10 min
- Cashew Sauce
- ½ cup low sodium soy sauce
- 1 cup raw cashews + more to toast for topping the final dish
- 1 tb grated ginger
- 4 small/medium garlic cloves
- 2 Tb honey
- ¼ cup unseasoned rice vinegar
- 2 tsp sriracha
- 1 tsp pepper
- Noodles & Fresh Toppings
- 1 9.5oz package of soba noodles (or other noodle of choice)
- 1 cucumber, chopped
- 1 red pepper, chopped
- 2 carrots, shredded
- 1 cup pea pods
- 1 cup cilantro, chopped
- Cashew Sauce
- In a small cuisinart, finely mince garlic.
- Add all of the sauce ingredients except the cashews and blend until combined.
- Then add the raw cashews and blend until smooth or mostly smooth.
- Let the sauce sit while you prepare the noodles and veggies. You will blend it again right before mixing it with the noodles.
- Assembly
- Prepare noodles according to package instruction. Drain and set aside.
- Lightly toast a handful of cashews to top each noodle dish. Toast at 350F for about 5 min.
- Prepare all the fresh toppings.
- Toss noodles in sauce and add toppings.
- Season with salt, pepper and more sriracha if you prefer.
- Serve and Enjoy!
- See the recipe at http://oatandsesame.com/2016/04/cashew-noodle-salad-with-veggies/
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The PointsBet Holdings Ltd (ASX: PBH) share price is down another 9% on Friday to $7.85 at the time of writing.
It was even worse in earlier trading with the PointsBet share price falling to a 12-month low of $7.73.
Shares in the sports betting darling have tumbled 24.4% in the past two trading sessions. This follows the company releasing its first-quarter trading update on Thursday morning.
Was the first quarter update really that bad?
The first-quarter update reads well at face value, with strong growth across all key operating metrics.
Group turnover increased 42% on the prior corresponding period (pcp) to $979.9 million.
The gross win margin (dollar amount received from clients' losing bets less the dollar amount paid to clients' winning bets, excluding promotional costs) improved to 11.9% from 10.2%.
Overall net win lifted 76% to $67.3 million (net win includes promotional costs).
The number of cash active clients continued its upwards momentum, bolstered by a 367% increase in US clients to 185,880.
From a financial perspective, however, PointsBet continued to burn through cash worth $38.1 million in the September quarter.
PointsBet has followed a "spend money to make money" narrative. Its FY21 results highlighted a 159% increase in revenue to $194.7 million, fuelled by a 314% increase in losses to $164.3 million.
Since its initial public offering in June 2019, PointsBet's valuation has ballooned to $2.7 billion, even after this week's sell-off.
During this time, the company has initiated three capital raisings to help fund its US growth plans.
As the company continues to burn through cash to capture market share in the lucrative US sports betting market, investors might finally be asking, "What's the end game?".
Another factor potentially weighing on the PointsBet share price is its failure to grab an Arizona licence.
According to the company's earnings call, PointsBet CEO Sam Swanell said:
We thought we had a license and it was subsequently not – our partner was subsequently not included in the list of licenses that have been handed out.
PointsBet will be in Arizona. Any state that has 20 available licenses, PointsBet will get into that state. The question – the big question is when."
An ugly year for the PointsBet share price
The PointsBet share price rallied almost 50% between January and mid-February, briefly hitting an all-time high of $17.60.
But things have only gone downhill from there.
Whether it's the company's immense cash burn, capital raising overhang or investors losing interest in its US growth story, PointsBet is now down 31% year-to-date.


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Lennart Moberg (Ellem) has ever since 1973 been active in creating and delivering images and illustrations to media (newspapers and magazines, TV, etc.), but also works generally as an artist with paintings, sketches, portraits, scriptwriting comics and computer graphics/animations.
Lennart began his career as a cartoonist and has appeared in such magazines as Lilla Fridolf, Buster, Seriemagasinet and Fantomen (the Ghost who walks). The latter is considered as the big elephant in the comic world and is distributed, not only in Sweden and Scandinavia, but in most countries in Europe and published as far away as Australia. As years has passed, Lennart broaded his operations and worked with both large and small events. Surprisingly the comic style fits almost everywhere commercially in attempt to get a message attached to a product or similar. Gothenburg University, Örebro University, the companies McDonalds, Pripps Blå, SCA and others are some major companies/institutions who has engaged Lennart throughout the years.
In collaboration with others, he illustrated books, magazines, In addition that he himself writes articles and illustrate.
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Christmas cards/postcards has also been produced a lot over the years. Although the Christmas card volume has declined, around 65 million Christmas cards each year has been delivered. Some kind of business cards, invitations cards, thank you cards, is also in the portfolio.
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Advertising, magazines, pictures, books and other printed materials requires a knowledge of digitized delivery. Lennart is largely digitized nowadays. A must when developments on the media side, above all, rushes forward with tremendous speed. Animations, graphics, drawings, films and even paintings can be delivered digitally. Articles for magazines are also produced. On their own or in cooperation with others. Naturally illustrated. Besides the above mentioned, Lennart tries to create some own creations for his amusement. It has not been as much as he would like, but he produced some. There is a varied bag of both acrylic paintings, watercolors ink drawings/paintings and a lot of digital work. The motif vary. Do you want to see more of Lennart's production, click ellem...


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The Reality of Death and the Promise of Resurrection
Jul 2, 2023 • Ben Bergstrom
If you're like most Americans, you probably don't like thinking about death. It makes sense. What value is there in confronting the inevitable? Especially if the inevitable is so dark and unknown? But what if death is not as inevitable as you've been led to believe? What if there is something we can do about it? Rather, what if there is something someone did about it? John 11, over and over again, is going to confront us with the reality of death and the promise of God's miraculous solution.


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Exchanging gifts with employees can be a fraught process. HRM unpacks the science behind finding workplace gifts that will keep everyone happy.
As former Australian Post CEO Christine Holgate discovered recently, workplace gift giving can be a tricky issue.
When the Senate Estimates committee found out she had gifted four executives $3,000 Cartier watches as a 'thank you gift', the press and the public were outraged at what most saw as a misuse of public funds and favouritism for the executive team.
While the watch saga ended up costing Holgate her job, the consequences of workplace gift giving aren't usually that severe. However, that's not to say it is without complications.
To gift or not to gift?
Choosing whether or not to embrace workplace gifts will differ from workplace to workplace – it could depend on an organisation's culture, size or the industry it sits within. A quick poll of AHRI lounge members shows there are plenty of HR professionals who support workplace gifting, but it's worth keeping in mind the individual preferences of the employees.
Are you an AHRI member? Then you can be part of the debate too. Join the the AHRI lounge today.
After overcoming the hurdle of whether or not to exchange gifts at all, there's the added complication of who to buy them for, what constitutes an appropriate gift, and how much to spend.
Thankfully, the research around gift giving is quite extensive. HRM looked to science to determine how to approach gift giving in your workplace this silly season.
Good gift vs bad gift
Most people will say they give gifts to show affection or appreciation for someone, but psychological research into gift giving suggests our primary driver is to strengthen our social relationships with others.
Strong relationships with colleagues can play a big part in how employees work. Research from Gallup found employees with a best friend in the workplace were seven times more likely to be engaged in their work, while those without had just a one in 12 chance of being engaged.
Therefore, you could argue that it makes sense to build those relationships through gift giving when the situation calls for it (Christmas, birthdays, work anniversaries etc.). However, while a good gift can strengthen a relationship, a poorly chosen gift can ruin them.
A study from 1999 asked participants to detail a time when they had received a gift and experienced a negative emotion. Ten of the participants said their relationship with the gift giver weakened after receiving the gift; two people said it ended their relationship. This is a small sample size, but insightful nevertheless. Do employers really want to offer a gift and risk things going pear-shaped?
Even romantic relationships can be impacted by an unfavourable gift. Interestingly, research suggests men often react more negatively. US-based researchers asked heterosexual couples to give their partner a gift voucher. After receiving an undesirable gift from their partner, men reported a negative outlook on the relationship's future. For women, however, their feelings about the relationship were unchanged.
This research shows there is more, psychologically, to gift giving than simply swapping presents. Employers should take care and weigh up the risks before deciding whether to organise a Kris Kringle at the work Christmas party this year.
When and what to give
Jessica Kaaden FCPHR, executive manager of people and culture at Amaze Inc, and vice president of AHRI's Victorian council, says there are really only two occasions where gifts should be given in the workplaces – by management as a 'thank you' or voluntary gift giving by employees (such as a Secret Santa or birthday gift).
"Gifts should never be given unequally or to demonstrate favouritism," says Kaaden.
"Even if employees are friends and want to get only each other a gift, I would recommend they do it outside the workplace."
Any gift giving among employees must be voluntary, adds Kaaden, and HR should ensure employees who choose not to get involved are not excluded or treated differently by other employees for their decision.
This year, it's worth keeping in mind that some employees might choose to forgo the office Secret Santa due to the added financial pressures COVID-19 has placed on many households.
There is also the consideration of cultures and religions that might restrict an employee from engaging in gift exchanges and those employees should never feel socially excluded because of this.
For managers and leaders, deciding what to give employees has an added difficulty.
"Most importantly the gift must be appropriate. Inappropriate gifts, even as a joke, can be considered as sexual harassment," says Kaaden.
Gift cards might seem like the easy option, but if you chose to go down that route, a 2016 study suggests you should opt for vouchers that offer experiences, such as a movie ticket, over material goods, such as Woolworth's voucher.
The research noted experiential gifts strengthened the relationship between the giver and the receiver, even if it was not experienced together. Kaaden recommends soul over substance, which can also be an economically-savvy choice.
"With teams so dispersed this year, a handwritten card posted to them would really send the message you appreciate them," she says.
Wrapping it up
Kaaden offers three final tips fpr HR professionals to keep in mind:
- Get everyone involved – if one team leader would like to award their team, make sure all team leaders are aware of this and have the budget to buy their teams gifts too.
- Keep it consistent – everyone should receive a gift and it should be of the same value.
- Avoid alcohol – this will vary from workplace to workplace, but avoiding alcoholic and edible gifts is safest.
With all this in mind, what is Kaaden getting her employees this year?
"I think I'm going to get my team members a little desk plant or something like that," she says.
What are your thoughts on gift giving in the workplace? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.


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CLEVELAND — Our commitment to journalism – particularly investigative journalism – was recognized once again by the Lower Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. At a gala event at the Renaissance on Saturday night, News 5 earned 17 Emmys, more than any other station in Northeast Ohio, including a third straight recognition for overall News Excellence.
Over 70 News 5 employees and loved ones attended the 50th Annual Emmy Awards, which were highlighted by three Silver Circle lifetime appreciation honors, including one for our very own Chief Investigator Ron Regan. We put together this video to honor his achievements.
In addition, our 4, 6 and 11 p.m. anchor Rob Powers won for anchor, our newscasts spanning the morning, day and evening were recognized, and the show we produce in partnership with the Cleveland Browns was honored for sports programming.
Our 2019 Lower Great Lakes Chapter Emmy Winners
News Excellence, Sean McGarvy
Silver Circle, Ron Regan
Talent – Anchor - News, Rob Powers
Sports-Daily or Weekly Program, Browns Countdown (in partnership with the Cleveland Browns)
Jim Perko, Michael Harris, Jonathan Doss, Randell Ziemnik, Keith Mollohan
News Special, "Prescription for Failure"
Mark Ackerman, Ron Regan, Samah Assad, Andy Sugden, Michael Harris, Rob Powers
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Stories about Ideas from January, 2012
Costa Rica: Young Entrepreneurs Present Mobile Game
Six young Costa Rican entrepreneurs have created a mobile game platform called TweetLand. In the blog Fusil de Chispas [es], Cristian Cambronero writes about the debut of Route 140, the first game in the collection.
China: 'Anti-American Warrior' Gets Head Stuck in DC Airport Escalator
One of China's fiercest critics of liberal values hasn't had much to say after he injured his head on an escalator in Washington, DC, on a trip to the US he apparently did not want his followers to know about. John Kennedy reports.
Caribbean: TEDx Shows "Ideas Worth Spreading"
"Ideas worth spreading." With this simple slogan, TED.com, which began in 1984 as an annual conference devoted to technology, entertainment and design, has infiltrated the Internet and empowered people in various countries to spark discussions in local, self-organised TED-branded events, dubbed TEDx. This sharing of ideas has found its way to the Caribbean - in 2011, five TEDx events were held: two in Jamaica, two in Trinidad and one in Puerto Rico. Here's a look back on the events that helped change the region...
Why do I wish to see Hong Kong's independence
Amid a series of social and cultural clashes between Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese, Hong Kong netizen Marie Meow has written an open letter (English translation here) on Facebook exploring the reasons, possibilities and limitations for a Hong Kong independent from China. The letter has gone viral on the Hong...
Russia: The Fake Political Twitter Account Phenomenon
Online anonymity provides perfect conditions for human creativity and humor. In the Russian context this manifests as Twitter accounts belonging either to dead politicians or those that deliberately avoid publicity.
Macedonia: Analyzing Skopje 2014
Jasna Koteska published an analysis of the implications of Skopje 2014 project in the light of the concepts developed by foremost contemporary philosophers and other thinkers. Informative and readable, full of juicy details on the use of history to create a new nationalist ideology.
Chile: Crowd Funding a Mapuche-Inspired Mobile Game
Digital communication and social network consultant Paloma Baytelman [es] explains crowd funding in her personal blog. She shares the experience of "Pewen Collector" [es], a mobile game inspired by the Mapuche indigenous people that was financed using a crowd funding platform.
Video: One Year, One World and 52 Different Stories
Video journalist Maggie Padlewska will travel alone for one year, visiting a country each week for a total of 52 countries. During her journey she'll be recording, editing and producing videos of her interactions with communities, organizations and people under-represented by mass media and uploading them to the web.
Iran: Sanctions Bite, and the Iranian Currency Falls
Iranians are facing a financial tsunami as the national currency (Rial) loses value day by day as sanctions against Iranian oil and the banking system get tougher.
Guatemalans Climb to Raise Awareness About Domestic Violence
"On January 21, Under the name of Subida por la vida ["Climb for life"], there were over 8,000 people climbing Volcán de Agua (Water Volcano) to form the largest heart in the world at 12,335 feet as part of campaign to bring awareness and to reduce domestic violence," Antigua Daily...
South Korea : Pizza Appears in Lunar New Year's Ancestral Worship
Sharing food with relatives that had been offered in the ancestral worship is regarded as the essence of the traditional Lunar New Year holiday in Korea and there are strict and complicated rules to follow in offering food. However, some young Koreans have started offering unconventional food, such as pizza,...
United Kingdom: You cannot evict an idea
Set in a multimillion pound complex, complete with a 500-seater lecture hall that had been abandoned by investment bank UBS, the Bank of Ideas provides room for community groups and other public services that have lost their space due to UK Government's spending cuts. The project is entering the third month and braces itself for an appeal case against their eviction, expected in Court next week.
Bahamas: A Belief in Democracy
"To date, my country has not put in place anything to serve and build me; to every politician who has served in parliament in the time I have been voting, people like me have been invisible. In our democracy, we do not count": Hence the reason Blogworld puts forward her...
Lebanon: Her Veil
"And when I made up my mind and ran to my mom screaming "baddi it7ajab" [I want to wear the veil] she looked at me and said if you wear it now will you ever take it off ? I paused and asked her "Are you ever going to take...
Bahamas: Need for a Voters' Manifesto
"It's 2012 and the silly season is officially upon us": Blogworld notes that "it's a rare situation this election. For the first time in 35 years, it's a proper three-way race…[yet] predictably, and unfortunately so, the discussion is progressing the way football hooligans support their favourite teams."
South Africa: Braille Burgers and Social Media
A fast food chain in South Africa delivered 15 burgers to organizations for the Blind: through social media, the story of those 15 burgers reached more than 800,000 people, letting them know about the restaurant's new Braille menu. What made that strong impression? The burgers' buns had messages in Braille...
Competition to Develop Low-Cost Water Purification Device
Inventors, designers, entrepreneurs from developing countries are invited by the University of South Florida's Patel Center to submit ideas for the creation of a "Smart Pot" that can purify water easily and has a similar shape as a traditional jerrycan. Winning proposals will receive up to $8,000 plus the opportunity...
Cuba: Rediscovering "Trova"
Generation Y blogs about the musical genre of Trova, noting that for many Cubans, "those ideological tunes — alluding to the New Man or the society he will inhabit — have been thrown into the well of forgetfulness."
Cuba: The Blogger Behind "Sin Evasion"
At Havana Times, Yusimi Rodriguez posts an interview with blogger Miriam Celaya, "to learn about her life, her ideas and how much of a mercenary, cyber-terrorist and pro-imperialist she really is."
China: Promoting democracy means more than exposing darkness
China Media Project has translated prominent Chinese blogger Yang Hengjun's blog post: Democracy is more than fighting against authoritarianism.
Costa Rica: Carmen Naranjo, Writer and Politician, Dies
Carmen Naranjo died on January 4, 2012. In her political and cultural work Naranjo fought for the equality of women and the spreading of knowledge to the wider public. She was a key author that helped change the direction of Costa Rican literature to reflect the realities on an emergent urban society with new rules and views of the future.


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The family of George Floyd have filed a lawsuit against Kanye West and are seeking $250million (£221m) in damages, it had been claimed.
He died in 2020 after Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin pressed his knee into his neck, despite Floyd's pleas that he couldn't breathe.
The incident sparked protests across the US and around the world as many demanded justice – with the officer later found guilty of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
West attracted outrage recently when he appeared on an episode of the Drink Champs podcast, raising questions over Floyd's death.
In the instalment – which has since been removed – the Praise God rapper referred to a documentary made by Candace Owens, titled: The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM.
He told hosts N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN: 'They hit [Floyd] with the fentanyl. If you look, the guy's knee wasn't even on his neck like that.
'They said he screamed for his mama; mama was his girlfriend. It's in the documentary.'
According to multiple reports, Floyd's family – including the mother of his daughter – have launched a legal bid against the dad-of-four, and issued a cease and desist letter over his comments.
In paperwork filed by Gianna Floyd's mom, Roxie Washington, lawyers reportedly claimed that he made 'false statements' about Floyd to 'promote his brands', and used 'malicious falsehoods' to 'increase marketing value and revenue for himself'.
Nuru Witherspoon, who is representing the family, said in a statement via Daily Mail: 'The interests of the child are priority.
'George Floyd's daughter is being traumatized by Kanye West's comments and he's creating an unsafe and unhealthy environment for her.'
In a copy of the cease and desist the family issued, via TMZ, they added: 'Mr Floyd's cause of death is well-settled through evidence presented in courts of law during the criminal and civil trials that were the result of his untimely and horrific death.
'Nevertheless, you have maliciously made statements that are inaccurate and unfounded, causing damage to Mr Floyd's estate and his family.'
Drink Champs bosses have taken down the episode, with a representative telling Hollywood Reporter that it 'contained false and hurtful information' regarding Floyd's death.
'Drink Champs prides itself on its ability to allow a free flow of ideas within the hip hop community,' they said in a statement.
'That being said, unfortunately, the recent interview with Kanye West contained false and hurtful information regarding the circumstances surrounding the murder of George Floyd.
'Integrity is very important and we don't want to promote false narratives on our platform. Our goal is to celebrate the culture.
'Therefore, we had no choice but to remove the episode from distribution. We apologize to the family of Mr. Floyd and anyone else hurt by this episode.'
Following Floyd's death in 2020, a medical examiner determined that he died from 'cardiopulmonary arrest' complicated by 'restraint and neck compression' while being pinned down by several officers, including Chauvin.
His family also commissioned an independent autopsy, which found that his death was caused by 'asphyxiation from sustained pressure'.
Metro.co.uk has contacted Witherspoon law group for a comment.
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SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake City School District is trying to gain back parents' trust after a FOX 13 investigation revealed dozens of unprofessional emails and text messages sent between board members.
The board's first step was an apology to parents last month. On Tuesday night, members of the board received additional legal training.
Patrick Tanner, an attorney representing the board, publicly retrained trustees on the Open and Public Meetings Act.
The training included potential consequences for breaking the law.
Thus far there has been no training related to the professional conduct expected of board members, despite the dozens of profane messages messages discovered by FOX 13.
Read: Salt Lake City school board members caught sending unprofessional, profane messages
Read: SLC School District apologizes for inappropriate behavior uncovered by FOX 13
Open and Public Meetings Act
FOX 13 discovered multiple instances of board member Katherine Kennedy sending emails that excluded board member Michael Nemelka from participating in policy discussion. In at least one instance, Kennedy wrote that this was intentional.
"Thought you might be interested in an additional set of school safety concerns," Kennedy wrote on July 8. "I have not bothered to send it to Mr. Nemelka, since I doubt he will be receptive. Please do not respond."
"There's been a big spotlight on our board and whether or not we've violated the Open and Public Meetings (Act)," acknowledged board member Kristi Swett.
Kennedy's actions were not openly discussed during the training. She did not actively participate in the training by asking questions.
"I think (Kennedy) knowingly and willfully broke those laws," said parent Jared Lynch, who has five kids enrolled in the district. "They weren't hiding the fact that they were trying to exclude members of the board. We have written proof of that. I mean, it's obvious."
Tanner touted the importance of transparency with members of the public.
"These are called sunshine laws because they let the light of day shine in on government actions," Tanner said during the training. "A board member who knowingly or intentionally either violates or assists a violation of one of the closed meeting provisions is guilty of a Class B misdemeanor."
Nemelka asked Tanner to investigate whether Kennedy violated the Open and Public Meetings Act.
Read: SLC School District trustee files complaint against colleagues based on FOX 13 investigation
Tanner responded by stating the restrictive scope of SLCSD Policy B-1 prevented him from investigating that allegation.
"(The allegations) cannot be pursued through that process," Tanner stated in a determination letter addressing the complaint. "I therefore offer no opinion regarding the merit of this aspect of (Nemelka's) claim nor regarding whether the Board could or should take any action based on this allegation outside of the Policy B-1 process."
David Reymann, a First Amendment attorney, told FOX 13 he believes members of the SLCSD board likely violated state laws.
"Stories like this, exposing the conduct of public bodies when they violate the (Open and Public Meetings Act) are very important," Reymann said. "You can't circumvent the act just by communicating electronically behind the scenes."
Code of Conduct
According to the SLCSD Board of Education Handbook, trustees are required to follow the Board Member Code of Conduct.
According to one section of the Code of Conduct, "Board members will… Refrain from any conduct which would violate the Board's policies regarding discrimination. harassment, retaliation, bullying, cyber-bullying, and/or abusive conduct."
Board President Melissa Ford stated that the trustees will receive training on the Code of Conduct in January.
"We're not going to solve this one or two meetings," Ford said. "We're going to solve this by working at it on a regular basis!"
Records show Ford was the recipient of a slew of profane messages sent by Kennedy during a July 21 board meeting that did not end on time.
The following messages, sent by Kennedy on July 21, have been censored by FOX 13.
- You promised me
- You f***ing promised me
- I f***ing HATE YOU
- I will never trust you again
- You are not trustworthy
"It's hurtful, and it's hard," Ford said. "I can discuss my own personal matters with board members personally."
Ford did not file a complaint against Kennedy.
Due to a lack of complaint, Tanner has not conducted an investigation into Kennedy's conduct.
An attorney representing the SLC School District has not investigated many of the key findings uncovered by @FOX13 last month.
— Adam Herbets (@AdamHerbets) November 19, 2020
(1) The profane messages sent from Katherine Kennedy to Melissa Ford were not investigated because the complaint was filed by Michael Nemelka, not Ford. pic.twitter.com/isUgZsMS2t
For the same reason, Tanner has not conducted an investigation into text messages exchanged between board members Nate Salazar and Sam Hanson that mocked parents and SLCSD employees who disagreed with their political views.
(3) The profane messages sent by Katherine Kennedy, Nate Salazar, and Sam Hanson are not being investigated for "abusive conduct" because the attorney representing SLCSD states "abusive conduct" is not prohibited under the law unless its committed by a parent or student. pic.twitter.com/u49ckcxE3x
— Adam Herbets (@AdamHerbets) November 19, 2020
Tanner stated he could not investigate any board members for abusive conduct because it is not prohibited under the law.
"Consistent with Utah Code § 53G-9-601(1), the definition of 'abusive conduct' is specific to conduct by a parent or student against a school employee and does not extend to improper conduct by school employees," Tanner wrote.
In a phone call with FOX 13, Tanner stated he did not feel that it was "necessarily" a conflict of interest for the attorney representing the SLCSD board to investigate members of the SLCSD board.
Lynch disagreed.
"It doesn't make a whole lot of sense," Lynch said. "But this is kind of a hot potato. I don't think anybody really wants to touch it… The act was put in place to help the students!"
(5) The attorney representing the SLCSD board said he does not believe it's "necessarily" a conflict of interest for him to investigate members of the SLCSD board.
— Adam Herbets (@AdamHerbets) November 19, 2020
He points to SLCSD policy. pic.twitter.com/JL34ZmCzH3
Kennedy had multiple chances to speak publicly about her conduct prior to the publication of FOX 13's initial investigation.
She declined opportunities to apologize and has continued to ignore requests for an on-camera interview.
"Students are not allowed to bully or send text messages or emails of that nature," Lynch said. "Their job is to represent and protect and help children. It was appalling in many ways."
Kennedy has not spent any time during board meetings responding to concerns related to her professional conduct.
She has ignored calls for her resignation, despite facing internal and external pressure to step down.
Read: SLC School District board members face pressure to step down after FOX 13 investigation
Last month, Kennedy joined Salazar and Hanson in signing her name at the bottom of an apology letter written by Ford.
FOX 13's investigation did not reveal any inappropriate messages sent by Ford.
"I think they apologized because maybe somebody said they should," Lynch said. "Ultimately they probably don't see their actions as inappropriate… They definitely haven't earned back parents' trust at this point. Certainly not myself. We still grapple with the decision every day whether we should transfer our students out of the Salt Lake City School District."
Starting in January, there will be three new members joining the board.
Board members Ford, Kennedy, Salazar, and Swett have retained their positions.


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The entertainment world is in shock on Monday night after the death of Cheers and Drop Dead Gorgeous star Kirstie Alley. She was 71 years old.
In just the few hours after her passing was revealed, stars who previously worked with her and had grown close to the television and film tour de force are mourning her loss.
Related: 'Orange Is The New Black' Actor Brad William Henke Dead At 56
As we reported, Alley succumbed to cancer after a short battle with the terrible disease. In the hours after her passing, her children True and Lillie Parker released a statement about the sad situation. In their announcement, the grieving family members wrote in part:
"To all our friends, far and wide around the world … We are sad to inform you that our incredible, fierce and loving mother has passed away after a battle with cancer, only recently discovered. She was surrounded by her closest family and fought with great strength, leaving us with a certainty of her never-ending joy of living and whatever adventures lie ahead. As iconic as she was on screen, she was an even more amazing mother and grandmother."
Already, the tributes and memorials are starting to roll in.
Among the most notable ones coming forth on Monday evening was an Instagram post from John Travolta. The Pulp Fiction star was front-and-center in the iconic 1989 project Look Who's Talking alongside Alley. The film grossed nearly $300 million and gave Travolta his most success on the silver screen since Grease. For Kirstie, that franchise — along with her talented sitcom work — rightfully propelled her into superstardom through the '80s and 90s.
Remembering their time together, Travolta wrote a special message to Kirstie on his IG account:
"Kirstie was one of the most special relationships I've ever had. I love you Kirstie. I know we will see each other again."
Along with it, he shared a few old pics. One was of Alley in the prime of her career during her star turn with Travolta. The other showed the two of them together during a special moment while they were laughing and embracing.
You can see that tribute post (below):
Wow. Our hearts break for John, and everyone else so seriously affected by Kirstie's death.
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Travolta wasn't the only celeb to step up with a special message for Kirstie in the hours after her death was first announced. Many entertainers from across showbiz shared their reactions to the awful news.
From Kristin Chenoweth, to Adam Carolla, Valerie Bertinelli, Travis Tritt, and more, here are some of the most notable early reactions to Alley's passing on Monday:
I'm completely DevesTated. RIP KIRSTIE https://t.co/wtYih0RCUz
— Kristin Chenoweth (@KChenoweth) December 6, 2022
RIP Kirstie. I loved you so. We will meet again.
— Kristin Chenoweth (@KChenoweth) December 6, 2022
I love you, Kirstie. I will see you again someday. I can't believe you're gone. pic.twitter.com/9tFPBaXQQA
— Kristin Chenoweth (@KChenoweth) December 6, 2022
I felt lucky to know you @kirstiealley. Rest in peace, my friend. ???? pic.twitter.com/2kNk7YUdM3
— Adam Carolla (@adamcarolla) December 6, 2022
Oh Kirstie ????
Rest in Peace ????????— valerie bertinelli (@Wolfiesmom) December 6, 2022
Shocked and saddened by the news of Kirstie Alley. https://t.co/7usp1x43R4
— Travis Tritt (@Travistritt) December 6, 2022
My heart breaks for Kirstie and her family. Whether it was her brilliance in "Cheers" or her magnetic performance in the "Look Who's Talking" franchise, her smile was always infectious, her laugh was always contagious and her charisma was always iconic. RIP ???? https://t.co/n5uIZoAlbb
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) December 6, 2022
Whether you agreed with her or not, Kirstie Alley was an undeniable talent who brought joy to many – through the screen and with her warm, hilarious spirit.
RIP, luv. You were one of a kind. https://t.co/czHvkjVpMw
— Jackée Harry (@JackeeHarry) December 6, 2022
RIP Kirstie Alley. "Everybody Knows Your Name" #BePeace
— Carl Weathers (@TheCarlWeathers) December 6, 2022
????????????????❤. Kirstie was a sweetheart. RT @kirstiealley: pic.twitter.com/rGN7j3jSPR
— Larry The Cable Guy (@GitRDoneLarry) December 6, 2022
I just head the news about #KirstieAlley. I've not spoke w/ her forever, but have her to thank for launching my career. She told me I was funny every single day on Veronica's Closet, and I believed her. She threw the best parties and gave the parakeets as our wrap gift. Godspeed.
— Ever Carradine (@EverCarradine) December 6, 2022
Kirstie Alley is a wonderful actor who was always kind to me; even when she went full-Trump she never unfollowed me here & she always stayed friendly.
She should've gotten an Oscar nomination for 1 hilarious scene as an enraged therapist in Woody Allen's "Deconstructing Harry." pic.twitter.com/2XH2XDqfgd
— John Fugelsang (@JohnFugelsang) December 6, 2022
This is such sad news. A beautiful, brave, funny and beloved woman. Rest in Peace, Kirstie Alley. https://t.co/3kUpIkV7QB
— Megyn Kelly (@megynkelly) December 6, 2022
Shocked and saddened to hear of @kirstiealley's passing. My episode of Veronica's Closet was one of my favorite projects to have ever worked on. She was always kind & supportive of me during my guest spot on her show. My deepest condolences to her friends & family on her loss.
— Danny "#BoosterCogburn" Woodburn (@DannyWoodburn) December 6, 2022
— The Iron Sheik (@the_ironsheik) December 6, 2022
Such a sad situation.
Sending love and condolences to Alley's family, friends, and long run of co-stars and peers in the industry.
[Image via Lia Toby/Adriana M. Barraza/WENN]


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Merely reading the word "debt" could potentially cause specific sweat first off building on the forehead. Choosing to undertake debt to suit your needs should be daunting if you are not accustomed how it all of the really works.
Let us have one thing straight: Personal debt is not inherently bad. Taking up debt – whether it's courtesy a loan or a personal line of credit otherwise different choices – makes it possible for that create your company (when it is put sensibly).
You should do your look and talk to your own courtroom and/or financial advisers about what financial units are working ideal for your business. To get you come, let's review specific trick basics.
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Revolving borrowing includes open-concluded account, tend to that have predetermined credit limitations and you will payments which can be calculated given that a share of your own unpaid equilibrium. When you have a charge card, you really have rotating borrowing.
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Otteson keeps Muckers in playoff race with win over Knights
The Tonopah Muckers' football team got their second win of the season and their second win in a row on Friday night with a 22-14 victory over the Round Mountain Knights.
The Muckers were coming off their first win of the season in a blowout 64-24 win over the Beatty Hornets.
Sophomore quarterback Drew Otteson had his third consecutive game with over 300 total yards.
Otteson completed 16 of his 20 pass attempts for 196 yards and two touchdowns. In the ground game, he added another 134 yards on 20 carries, giving him a total of 330 yards for the game.
Juniors Samuel Nichols and Thomas Newell each caught a touchdown pass from Otteson. Nichols caught two passes in the game for 49 yards and Newell caught four passes for 62 yards.
Mitchell Miller was his typical standout self. He ended Friday's game with 15 rushing attempts for 94 yards and a touchdown. He also had eight catches for 59 yards.
Once again, Miller led the Muckers in tackles on the defensive side of the ball. He has led Tonopah in tackles every game this season and has had double-digit tackles in five of the team's eight games.
This was a much-needed win for the Muckers as their season is coming down to the end and they're fighting for the last playoff spot in the 1A Central league.
Tonopah is currently tied with Mineral County for the second spot in the central league. They each have identical league records of 2-1, however, the Serpents hold the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Muckers after coming away with a win in Tonopah at the end of September.
The Muckers only have one game left on their schedule. They're off this week, but they'll return to action next Thursday, Oct 27, when they travel to Alamo to take on the Pahranagat Valley Panthers.
Tonopah will need two things to happen in order to make it into the playoffs. They'll need to defeat the Panthers, and they'll need Beatty to knock off the Serpents.
If both of these happen, the Muckers will head into the playoffs with a 3-1 league record and the Serpents will be sent home with a 2-2 league record.
Head coach Duffy Otteson and his staff have a week and a half to prepare for the Panthers in hopes of making it back to the playoffs after missing out last year.
The Muckers game against the Panthers is scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m.
Contact sports writer/editor Danny Smyth at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow @the_dannysmyth on Twitter.


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Today (2 February 2023), both the Housing Ombudsman and the Regulator of Social Housing shared reports about damp and mould in social housing.
The Housing Ombudsman shared a one year follow up to its initial 2021 spotlight report on damp and mould. Damp and mould have been an increasing area of focus for the Ombudsman; in 2021-22 they made 456 findings related to damp and mould, more than double in the previous year, along with 13 of their 31 severe maladministration decisions.
Although the Ombudsman highlights several areas of good practice, it is clear further progress needs to be made. Most landlords the Ombudsman contacted still do not have a specific damp and mould policy, cultural issues of blaming residents and their lifestyle remain, and some landlords are still "hiding behind" legal proceedings. The follow up report identifies ten key factors which will determine whether action plans to improve responses to damp and mould are sufficient.
One clear area that landlords need to improve is the knowledge of their stock. This is highlighted in the Regulator's update, which summarises its findings after analysing evidence provided by social landlords. The Regulator found that most social landlords understand the extent of damp and mould issues in their tenants' homes and take action to tackle them, but could strengthen their approach, especially in their knowledge of homes, frequency of surveying and understanding of individual tenant needs. (This was also picked up in the recommendations of the Better Social Housing Review.)
However, some landlords could not provide enough information for the Regulator to have confidence that they were aware of damp and mould issues across their stock and responding adequately. The Regulator will be engaging directly with these landlords and those reporting a high prevalence of homes with damp and mould issues.
The Regulator estimates that 3 to 4 per cent of social homes, up to 160,000, have "notable" amounts of damp and mould, with 0.2 per cent or 8,000 posing a serious and immediate threat to health due to damp and mould. This means most social homes are free from damp and mould issues, but there are still far too many residents living in poor quality social homes.
Responding to the reports, James Prestwich, CIH director of policy and external affairs, said:
"These reports help us to understand the scale of the issue with damp and mould in social housing. While most social homes are of good quality, and most social landlords are aware of the homes with damp and mould issues and are taking steps to deal with them, clearly there is much more work to be done. We should not accept that any social housing resident is living in a poor quality home, putting their health and wellbeing at risk.
"Both reports highlight good practice across the sector, many of which are also exemplified in our member guide to dealing with damp and mould. We will continue to share good practice with our members and more widely to help the sector learn and improve.
"The Chartered Institute of Housing, in collaboration with the National Housing Federation and in consultation with our members, is preparing our action plan in response to the Better Social Housing Review. This will provide advice and support to landlords working on improving their understanding of their stock and developing excellent repairs and maintenance services. More information on this will follow in due course."