Helter-Skelter

[Anonymous]

Who says you need a college degree to get a good-paying job?



Not Chris DiStefano, the owner and COO of a New York construction company that is providing good-paying jobs with full benefits to teens straight out of high school.



His company, Harrison & Burrowes Bridge Constructors, works with the Questar III BOCES program to offer summer apprenticeships for high school students that can translate to a full-time position after graduation. Laborers can be paid between $65,000-$75,000 annually and put as much as $30,000 away per year in a pension.



"College isn't for everybody," DiStefano said. "With the rising cost of tuition, we can provide a great opportunity for those folks that may not, you know, the path to college may not be the best path for them."



Harrison & Burrowes works to build, maintain, and repair bridges. DiStefano said that it can be a challenge to find qualified workers, but that his company takes the apprenticeship program "very seriously."



"We're taking it very seriously and doing all the things on our end to make a sustainable future," he said.



A good-paying job for non-college-graduates can save some people tens of thousands of dollars in debt.

[Anonymous]

On Thursday afternoon in northern California, a 25-year-old mother was beheaded in the street outside her home. A suspect was arrested shortly after the incident, authorities reported.



Law enforcement sources told KGO-TV's investigative team that an adult male beheaded a young woman in front of witnesses in San Carlos, a city on the San Francisco Peninsula.

[@realAzhyaAryola]

God, how awful!

[Anonymous]

On Thursday afternoon in northern California, a 25-year-old mother was beheaded in the street outside her home. A suspect was arrested shortly after the incident, authorities reported.



Law enforcement sources told KGO-TV's investigative team that an adult male beheaded a young woman in front of witnesses in San Carlos, a city on the San Francisco Peninsula.

 

[Anonymous]

Scientists in the UK have developed a test to determine whether people have Parkinson's disease — thanks to the help of a woman who can sniff out the disorder.



Joy Milne, a retired nurse from Scotland, knew her husband Les had Parkinson's over a decade before he was diagnosed when she identified a change in the way he smelled.



"He had this musty rather unpleasant smell especially round his shoulders and the back of his neck and his skin had definitely changed," Joy Milne said. "I kept saying to him, you're not showering properly. And he became quite angry about it at first," she told Sky News.



Joy connected the smell to the disease after Les was diagnosed, and the couple met people at a Parkinson's support group who had the same smell, reports the BBC. According to the Daily Mail, she has been found to have hereditary hyperosmia – a heightened sensitivity to smells.

[Anonymous]

This is shocking.



Ryan Imgrund, a former teacher and prominent bio-statistician tracking COVID-19 cases, is facing allegations he abused students psychologically, emotionally and sexually at the York Catholic District School Board (YCDSB), according to the Ontario College of Teachers.



According to a document from the College , the allegations stem from interactions Imgrund is said to have had with at least five female students, who are not named in the College's notice of hearing, between 2015 and 2021.



The 11-page document of allegations described the students as members of an athletic team which Imgrund coached.



The College alleges "he engaged in conduct unbecoming a member."



It detailed 15 allegations in which Imgrund is suspected of interacted in an "inappropriate manner."



He allegedly "sent one or more photographs of himself to Student 1, including shirtless pictures of himself; stated "if you don't say I'm good looking I'll cry," the College said.

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[Anonymous]

Tomorrow is the twenty first anniversary of 9/11.

[Anonymous]

I feel like shit today. I have been in bed most of the day. I got stuff that needs to get done too.

[Anonymous]

A group of more than two dozen pro-privacy and worker organizations wrote an open letter to U.S. antitrust enforcers urging them to stop Amazon.com from buying iRobot Corp, maker of the robotic vacuum cleaner Roomba.



In the letter, the groups argued that the deal would give Amazon too much power in the market for smart-home devices. "By selling the Roomba brand at or near a loss via the Prime subscription, the company can access more personal consumer data to buttress its anti-competitive advantages online," the groups wrote.

[Anonymous]

Some US expats are becoming the targets of crime, racist commentary, or even assault.



Such incidents are manifestations of an undercurrent of anti-foreign and anti-U.S. sentiment in some of the region's colorful cities.



Much of this stems from a surge in expatriate (expat) arrivals from Western countries who haven't come to sip tropical drinks at a luxury resort, but to live.



The international relocation company Where Can I Live recorded a 193 percent spike in traffic from U.S. residents since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.



Politics aside, U.S. citizens have been broadening their footprint in other countries for the past two decades, especially in the Americas.



Among the top choices for resettlement are Mexico, Ecuador, Argentina, Costa Rica, Panama, and Uruguay.



'Making the Area More Expensive'

While the government lacks a formal tracking system for citizens living abroad, a recent estimate from the U.S. Department of State puts the figure at nearly 9 million. That's almost double the approximation from 2018, which was 4.8 million.



In Mexico, there are nearly 800,000 U.S. expats living as residents. Ecuador has an estimated 10,000 U.S. nationals as residents, while another 60,000 live in Argentina. Upwards of 30,000 U.S. expats also live in Panama.



That's a lot of gringos showing up in countries that, in many cases, lack basic infrastructure and endure high levels of poverty.



And money is at the root of the problem.



Rey Empera is a Nicaraguan living in Ecuador and says that while she's not against foreign immigration to her country, it causes problems when many expats move to the same city or village.



She explained to The Epoch Times the foreigners inundating the seaside town of San Juan del Sur in Nicaragua is "making the area more expensive."



"If a local wants to buy land to put a business, it's no longer worth the same as before," Empera said.



Higher land prices in the wake of so many expats arriving to live in her country meant resentment was a predictable outcome.



She noted the only ones who could afford to buy land and operate businesses in San Juan del Sur these days are from the United States.



Like Empera, many Latin American locals have pointed to gentrification as the underlying cause of the new wave of "anti-gringo" resentment pulsating in the region.



It's certainly not a problem everywhere, but a common thread has emerged.



Many of the expats reporting issues of racism and criminal targeting live in places that were already considered expensive by locals.

[Anonymous]

A new report from the United Nations found that approximately fifty million people around the world are trapped in forced labor or forced marriage.



Last year, according to the report, an estimated 22 million people were living in forced marriage, a 6.6 million increase over 2016 global estimates. The U.N. notes that the true number is likely far greater, particularly among marriages involving children ages 16 and younger, because estimates are based on a narrow definition of forced marriage that excludes some child marriages.



The report also cites concerns about compulsory prison labor in countries such as the United States and discussed possible forced labor of Muslim minorities in parts of China.



Children account for one out of five people in forced labor, with more than half of them stuck in commercial sexual exploitation, the report said.

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[Anonymous]

A restaurant in Australia is offering ten per cent discounts if customers don't use their phones.

[Anonymous]

My province eliminated the provincial gasoline sales tax as long as oil stayed above ninety dollars a barrel..



It's been below ninety dollars for one month, so next month the thirteen cents a litre tax returns.

[Anonymous]

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has declared a state of emergency for 24 counties as the National Weather Service told Floridians to brace for the impacts of Tropical Storm Ian, which is expected to bring heavy rain, hurricane-force winds, and flooding.