Author: Camila Stella

The Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the Office of Homeland Security opened a state disaster relief center for Cook County on Oct. 6.

Located at the Douglass Branch of the Chicago Public Library, the center will provide assistance to those in Cook County affected by severe storms, tornadoes and flooding in the area from July 13-16 of this year.

Specialists from the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the State of Illinois and the U.S. Small Business Administration will be at the Disaster Recovery Center to assist those applying for disaster assistance, which includes financial assistance with home repairs, loans or temporary housing.

Robert Jordan’s popular high fantasy novel series The Wheel of Time is currently receiving a huge price cut on Amazon. The entire saga is available in a five-part premium boxset collection, with each part containing three books. Although you have to purchase all five collections individually, each one is about 50% off. Overall, you will save significantly more than if you bought each book in the series individually.

Wheel of Time Premium Box Set Deals.

• Wheel of Time Premium Box Set I: Books 1-3 (The Eye of the World, The Great Hunt, The Dragon Reborn) – $14
• Wheel of Time Premium Box Set II: Books 4-6 (The Shadow Rising, The Fires of Heaven, Lord of Chaos) – $16.76 ($33)
• Wheel of Time Premium Box Set III: Books 7-9 (A Crown of Swords, The Path of Daggers, Winter’s Heart) – $18 ($33)
• Wheel of Time Premium Box Set IV: Books 10-12 (Crossroads of Twilight, Knife of Dreams, The Gathering Storm) – $16 ($33)
• Wheel of Time Premium Box Set V: Books 13-15: Towers of Midnight, A Memory of Light, Prequel: New Spring) – $17.59 ($32)

If you just want to immerse yourself in the 15-part fantasy epic, consider picking up the Wheel of Time I premium box set for just $14 as part of this deal. However, if you grab all five Wheel of Time box sets while they’re on sale, you’ll only pay $82 total, which is a pretty big price cut compared to the $165 you’d pay , if you were to purchase each collection at their standard list prices. This makes this offering one of the most affordable and convenient ways to add the entire series to your bookshelf in one matching set.

The Wheel of Time is widely considered one of the best fantasy novel series due to its detailed world-building, complex metaphysical concepts, and unique interpretation of social conventions compared to other fantasy novels of its time. The Wheel of Time series was created by author Robert Jordan, who wrote twelve of the 15 novels from 1990 to 2005 before his death in 2007. The last three books were subsequently co-authored by Brandon Sanderson (“The Stormlight Archive” series, “Mistborn” series). , using notes left by Jordan. The series has since been adapted into an ongoing TV series for Amazon Prime Video, with two seasons so far and a third in development.

Other popular fantasy and science fiction novels are also currently available on Amazon, many of which are eligible for the online retailer’s buy two, get one free book sale – including the Mistborn and Stormlight Archive boxed sets. . Graphic novels, art books, manga and multi-book box sets are eligible for the offer. Check out the list below to see some of our favorite fantasy and sci-fi offerings on sale, or head over to Amazon to see the full range.

Amazon B2G1 Free Book Sales

Novel box sets

The Lord of the Rings and other Tolkien books

Stephen King box sets and omnibuses

JACKSON, Wyo. – One22 is offering fall financial empowerment workshops from October 15th to November 6th to help community members expand their financial knowledge and build solid foundations for financial stability.

According to a press release, these workshops will cover a variety of topics in both English and Spanish. The keynote lecture, “Money Stories: The Missing Checkbox in Your Financial Life,” will be delivered by Jen Hemphill, award-winning podcaster, AFC® (Accredited Financial Counselor), author and speaker, on October 23rd in English and October 23rd. 24 in Spanish.

One22 writes that Hemphill will examine the relationship people have with money and what the root causes of repeated money mistakes might be. Participants will be able to identify their own money stories, how to write new ones, and how this can accelerate their financial goals.

Other workshops include “The Basics: Banking, Saving, and Investing” with Ray Espinoza, “Savings and Debt: Making Your Money Work for YOU!” with Megan Smith and Kenya Stack, and “Why Credit is Important: A User’s Guide” with Habitat for Humanity of the Greater Teton Area.

“Feedback from our spring series helped us identify the financial topics our community members are most interested in,” says Isabel Zumel, director of strategic projects, in One22’s press release. “We are pleased about these offers and are grateful for the wealth of experience that each speaker brings with them.”

Although all workshops are free, registration is required. Further information can be found here.

A full list of events, times and locations can be found below:

The Basics: Banking, Saving and Investing with Ray Espinoza

The Spanish version will take place in person in the First Interstate Bank Conference Room or online on Tuesday, October 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

The English version will take place in person in the First Interstate Bank Conference Room or online on Wednesday, October 16, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

Money Stories: The Missing Check Box in Your Financial Life with Jen Hemphill

The English version will be held on Wednesday, October 23, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Upper Classroom of the Jackson Hole History Museum.

The Spanish version will be held on Thursday, October 24th from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in the Teton County Library’s Ordway Auditorium.

Savings and Debt: Making Your Money Work for You with Megan Smith and Kenya Stack

The English and Spanish versions will be held on Tuesday, October 29, from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Teton County Library’s Ordway Auditorium.

Why Credit Matters: A User’s Guide with Habitat for Humanity

The English and Spanish versions will be held on Wednesday, November 6th from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Upper Classroom of the Jackson Hole History Museum.

Can you have a supergroup with only two members? The Supervoid Choral Ensemble provides a strong argument that it is possible.

Ben Sharp made a name for himself as a solo musician behind it Cloudkickeran instrumental prog metal project that has been one of the longest-running acts on Bandcamp since the platform’s inception in 2008, while Vinny Roseboom is a legend in his own right as a drummer Gospelone of Brooklyn’s best – and most unique – hardcore bands. Together they are the Supervoid Choral Ensemble and their most recent debut album Live from Downwhen Terminus proves that they are still at the top of their respective games. With Roseboom’s dynamic percussion serving as both the foundation and trampoline for Sharp’s incredibly catchy fretboard acrobatics, one might wonder if prog was ever this much fun.

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Cloudkicker wasn’t just the first metal band I discovered in the early days of Bandcamp; Ben Sharp was one of the first artists (aside from bigger acts like Radiohead and Nine Inch Nails) that I released music using the “Name Your Price” model. When I first interviewed him on my college radio show in 2010, we both expressed our love for the Brooklyn punk band Gospel and their only album at the time. I don’t think any of us could have predicted that one day we would be in a band with their insanely talented and tasteful drummer.

The foundation for the Supervoid Choral Ensemble was laid over a decade ago, relatively early in Sharp’s musical career. “I first heard gospel in 2008 when my buddy Justin played ‘Golden Dawn,’” recalls Sharp, “and I was an instant fan.” I found drumming so interesting and different. No joke, I made a mental note and told myself that if this crazy drummer I’m listening to was somehow available to jam one day, I would quit my job and say yes.”

This day became a reality in 2022 after Gospel resumed their tour to promote their long-awaited second album The loser. Sharp explained how the stars aligned for him and Roseboom: “I posted the song ‘SRO’ on the Cloudkicker Instagram and Vinny hit me up like, ‘Woah, I didn’t know you liked my music.'” I said, ” Woah, I didn’t know you liked MY music,” so I suggested we grab a bite to eat one of the nights I was in NYC. That was in April 2022, I think we started jamming a few weeks later.”

Roseboom, on the other hand, never thought he would play in Cloudkicker, partly because he initially didn’t know that this band he discovered online was actually a single person. When he first heard Sharp’s music, he envisioned a full line-up, but that wouldn’t become a reality until Cloudkicker teamed up with fellow prog metal band Intronaut for a tour in 2014 – literally splitting members. “I’ve been a huge fan of his ever since beacon. At the time I thought Cloudkicker was a whole band. When I found out it was just one guy, it completely blew my mind. It’s so strange to think that one day I would be playing with someone I absolutely admire musically, and even better that I can call him my brother and good friend.”

As Sharp and Roseboom realized the potential of this newly formed partnership, the question inevitably arose: How can one begin writing seriously when Sharp lives in Columbus, Ohio, and Roseboom lives in Brooklyn, New York? Luckily, Sharp’s job took him to the Big Apple regularly, which allowed the two to work together in person rather than online. “We write everything together in the same room. No internet required except every now and then I send Vin a loop of a riff I made up so he can groove to it as homework or whatever. I actually work in NYC and fly planes out of LGA and JFK, so I came to work the day before, hopped on a train to Vinny’s house (he lives a block from the station) and we jammed for a few hours. We really have to concentrate because time is precious but it’s a lot of fun. Thanks to the pressure cooker element, we don’t really have time to think. I never know how our sessions will go, but we always end up writing cool stuff.”

Power duos are a relative rarity in metal, and early on there were talks of adding a third member to round out the line-up. However, based on the above exercise plan, this was an unrealistic prospect. “We auditioned some really good guys to play bass in the band, but we realized very quickly that any additional person would make it logistically a nightmare. I live in Ohio anyway and there are only about two to three days a month where we can actually be in the same place at the same time. So we both just said, screw it, let’s get into this two-part thing.”

The results – last year’s self-titled EP and the recently released Live from Downwhen Terminus– Emphasize each member’s individual strengths through organic give and take. Roseboom appreciated Sharp’s precision as a writer and player, which helped him structure some of his wilder ideas. “I can’t play straight away and I don’t understand the theory at all,” he admitted, “but I feel comfortable… and I think that’s what motivates me and Ben.” His way, straight to the point coming has a huge impact on my playing…makes me play less distracted and more focused, or at least as focused as my drunk ass can be!”

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Sharp, who recorded primarily as a solo artist for most of his career, found that he and Roseboom could immediately benefit from each other’s energy. “Vin likes to get all worked up when I say things like that, but he and I fit together really well musically and he picks up on my ideas very quickly. He also has really good songwriting skills, much better than me when it comes to structuring things like real songs […] His ideas and skills are top-notch, and his sense of professionalism in his playing and work as a band has inspired me to improve my skills in practice and ensure I am on top of all the little details of our performance.”

Live from Downwhen Terminus was recorded at the world famous God City in Salem, Massachusetts. For Roseboom, this was a familiar experience as she had previously worked with Kurt Ballou on Gospel’s previous albums: “This was my third time recording in God City and to be completely honest, this time it was the most relaxed time I’ve ever had have recorded. Of course, you always think about the time when booking a session, but aside from Kurt always being friendly and funny in his work, Ben made it even more relaxed. We both knew what we wanted and what needed to be done with the album, so the process was pretty smooth and a lot of fun at the same time.”

However, Sharp was initially put off by the prospect of recording in someone else’s studio: “The recording process there was completely foreign to me, I felt like a complete amateur. As a cloud kicker, I’m used to having all the time in the world, no one looking over my shoulder, lots of experiments and really no significant pressure. Going to God City was basically the exact opposite of that.”

Still, Sharp was able to adapt quickly to this new process and environment, and he remains incredibly grateful for the experience. “This whole Supervoid thing was a way out of a lot of things where I felt like my writing process was starting to calcify after 15 years at Cloudkicker. I wanted to do George Costanza’s “I’ll Do the Opposite.” All in all, it was very special for me to have the opportunity to go into that studio for a few days and see how a really high caliber professional engineer works, and this album will always remind me how fun, strange and different the two years were. It took five days to write and record it.”

Like most of Sharp’s previous works Live from Downwhen Terminus is available on Bandcamp as a “Name Your Price” download. Despite this common thread, he often feels that the tone has changed over the last decade and a half: “I think when I started, we were still in the utopian phase of the Internet. Bandcamp was still run like a human company, and there was a real sense of community among the few hardcore music fans who used the site. Pay what you want was still a new concept, Spotify didn’t exist in the US, Instagram didn’t exist, Facebook was for status updates and stalking old high school friends. Some of the cool ideas from back then are still around – I don’t think it’s ever been easier to record decent sounding music yourself – but I sense a kind of mass and growing cynicism about the internet in general, as well as a lot of the potential was commercialized or wasted. It feels like we’re back in the 90s and have a handful of entrepreneurial trendsetters again.”

Still, Sharp and Roseboom remain optimistic, at least in the short term. They have their first album in the bag and have two live shows coming up: October 18th in Columbus and October 19th in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Sharp will continue to focus on Cloudkicker and The Supervoid Choral Ensemble, while Roseboom has added a few more bands to his resume since Gospel’s return to the scene. “’I’ve been lucky enough to have a number of friends over the last few years who are not only very close but also great musicians. A friend is Michael Delorenzo, who I really respect alongside Ben. He plays [with me] in both Medicinal and Death Certificate and is a typewriter of hardcore punk…which I never really played until I met him, so it’s a learning experience and a blessing at the same time.”

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Live from Downwhen Terminus is available digitally on Bandcamp and as an LP on Vitriol Records.

Albany, NY – Police are investigating a fatal dog attack in Albany. Graphic cell phone videos of the attack provided to CBS 6 by witnesses show the man being mauled by several dogs before he collapses.

The video then shows the dogs continuing to attack him as they drag him across the yard.

According to police, officers responded to the 500 block of Central Avenue shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday evening after reports that a man had been attacked by multiple dogs. When they arrived, they saw the dogs attacking the man. One of the officers fired a gun to stop the attack, hitting at least one dog.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene. Police are withholding his name pending proper notification.

Witnesses working in the area said they first heard the commotion when the dogs barked as the man called for help. Then they saw the dogs mistreating the man.

The video shows the dogs overpowering the man as he tries to fight them off.

Police were at the home for hours investigating.

The Mohawk Hudson Humane Society also arrived on scene around 8 p.m. Several crates of dogs were seen being loaded into their van.

According to the police, all dogs have been recorded and are currently being housed in a suitable facility.

CBS 6 reached out to Albany police to learn more about the circumstances of the attack, including how many dogs were at the home, what the man was doing there and whether charges will be filed against the owner, but we’re always waiting still waiting for an answer.

The investigation is ongoing.

The head of the largest U.S. auto union highlighted Thursday the yawning gap between former President Donald Trump’s campaign promises to protect the nation’s auto industry and the 2024 Republican candidate’s White House record — which includes hundreds of thousands of lost manufacturing jobs .

Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers, argued in a campaign conference call for Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, that “there is a stark contrast between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.”

“Kamala Harris has sided with labor,” Fain said of the UAW-backed candidate. “She did it. Donald Trump serves himself. He has always served himself.”

Fain took aim at Trump’s claims that he was the best choice for U.S. autoworkers and had “always had their backs,” saying:

Check out the assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio. [Trump] told the workers there: “Don’t sell your houses.” The plant was closed. He came to Warren, Michigan a week or two ago. Want to talk again about how much he cares about auto workers. But we had [General Motors’] The Warren powertrain plant was closed under his watch. He didn’t do anything. Trump stood there in 2016 and promised that he would not allow a single plant to close.

However, more plant closures and offshoring occurred during the Trump administration, as domestic automobile production fell from nearly 12.2 million units in 2016, the last full year of the Obama administration, to under 8.2 million units in 2020, the year last full year of Trump’s term, plummeted. according to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. While Covid-19 impacted production this year, fewer than 10.9 million vehicles were manufactured domestically in the year before the pandemic.

Fain, noticing this trend, called Trump the “job-killer-in-chief.”

The UAW chief also ridiculed reports that many attendees who wore “Auto Workers for Trump” T-shirts at a Republican rally in Detroit on Tuesday were not real auto workers.

“It’s pathetic. Everything he does is fraud,” Fain said of Trump.

Referring to the billionaire CEO of electric vehicle maker Tesla, Fain added that Trump “sits there and applauds Elon Musk for trying to fire striking workers, and they laugh about it.”

“And that’s why I said Donald Trump is a scab,” the union leader added, using the term for non-union workers who cross picket lines during strikes.

During last year’s UAW strike for a fair labor contract, President Joe Biden made history by becoming the first sitting U.S. president ever to join striking workers on a strike line. Four years earlier, Harris, then a U.S. senator from California running for president, walked a picket line with striking UAW workers in Reno, Nevada.

The Biden-Harris administration has often been called the most pro-worker presidency in modern history.

Fain’s comments came hours before Trump angered many Michigan residents by telling local business owners at a rally in Detroit that the whole country “will end up being like Detroit if Harris wins” – which is in the midst of an economic recovery.

Congressman Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.), who represents the city, urged Trump to “keep Detroit and our people out of his mouth.”

“Detroit is a city with a booming economy, a diverse culture and some of the best people in America,” he said, adding that the heavily Democratic city “will elect Kamala Harris.”

Michigan Democratic Party Chairwoman Lavora Barnes said Thursday: “Plain and simple, a second Donald Trump presidency would be a disaster for Michigan workers. His agenda will increase costs and destroy jobs.”

“When he was president,” she added, “Trump gave tax cuts to the rich at the expense of Michigan’s working families, weakening our economy during the pandemic and only helping the rich get richer.”

USA: Johnson Controls’ new Penn System 550 modular electronic control solution combines temperature, humidity and pressure control with A2L refrigerant leak detection and mitigation technology.

It is said to be the first of its kind to feature A2L refrigerant leak detection and mitigation capabilities as well as optional two-way cloud connectivity.

Keith Gifford, global product manager at Johnson Controls, said the System 550 would enable U.S. users to comply with the latest A2L regulations for detecting and containing refrigerant leaks.

The A2L refrigerant sensors are designed to have the fastest response time to detect refrigerant leaks and ensure occupant safety while minimizing system downtime and product loss.

Authorized users can easily monitor HVACR system performance and review and change System 550 menu settings by subscribing to the Controls System Cloud.

When a refrigerant leak is detected, the technician is informed via Modbus communication exactly which A2L refrigerant sensor detected the leak, further simplifying and speeding up maintenance and repairs.

The System 550 is designed to allow future use of sensors to detect A3 refrigerant leaks to prepare for the future as regulations for low global warming potential refrigerants continue to evolve.

The modular electronic control system allows up to six A2L sensors to be connected to a C550CCN control module, and up to 10 relay and/or analog outputs can be added via pluggable expansion modules without the need for field wiring.

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