UA education majors take anti-bullying, suicide prevention training
Fox 6 (Birmingham) – Sept. 18
Soon-to-be teachers are learning how to spot whether a child is being bullied or if a student is considering suicide. Over 20 students studying to become special education teachers are getting a head start on the issues all school systems deal with. Tuesday afternoon, University of Alabama students participated in a pilot training program with interactive training and testing.
Hurricane Rating System Fails To Account For Deadly Rain
ATT.net – Sept. 18
When meteorologists downgraded Hurricane Florence from a powerful Category 4 storm to a Category 2 and then a Category 1, Wayne Mills figured he could stick it out … University of Alabama’s Jason Senkbeil studies the intersection of meteorology and social science and is working on two different new hurricane scales using letters to describe danger or potential damage. Florence would be an “Rs” for rainfall and storm surge.
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Rewatching ‘The Beverly Hillbillies’
Media Post – Sept. 18
Whenever I look back at number-one-rated shows from the past, there’s always one that puzzles me: “The Beverly Hillbillies.” I can understand why “I Love Lucy,” “Gunsmoke,” “All in the Family” and “Happy Days” were all massive hits. But why was “The Beverly Hillbillies” such a huge blockbuster? …Jeffrey Melton, an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Alabama, points out that this is a “one-joke” show — and boy, is he right. In episode after episode, the alleged humor is derived from the Clampetts’ extreme naiveté and lack of understanding of modern cultural norms.
White House counsel Don McGahn was reportedly blindsided by Trump tweeting that he would be leaving the administration after he testified in the Mueller probe
Business Insider – Sept. 18
White House counsel Don McGahn was reportedly taken aback to see President Donald Trump announcing his departure from the White House in a tweet when he had no plans to do so, The New York Times reported on Tuesday … Reacting to Trump’s tweets, former federal prosecutor (and University of Alabama law professor) Joyce Alene Vance said, “Any prosecutor knows, you don’t waste 30 hours on a witness who’s got nothing.”
Greenwich Time (Connecticut) – Sept. 18
Dead batteries won’t kill NFC on iPhone XS and XR
Cult of Mac – Sept. 18
It’s irritating when your iPhone runs out of battery. But it can actually be life threatening if you depend on your phone’s NFC feature to get into your dorm room or onto a train. That’s why the iPhone XS and the other 2018 models still offer some NFC transactions even when down to the power reserve … Apple just added support for Student IDs to iOS 12. Duke, the University of Alabama, and the University of Oklahoma are adopting NFC-enabled Student IDs this fall.
Shelby County native reflects on Miss America experience
Shelby County Reporter – Sept. 18
Miss Alabama Callie Walker’s favorite part about competing in the Miss America pageant was the support she received and the opportunity to represent her state on a national stage … Walker attends the University of Alabama and won the Miss Tuscaloosa preliminary pageant.
Bucks, Montgomery County students recognized for achievements
Bucks County Courier-Times (Pennsylvania) – Sept. 19
Julia Gutsch, of Jamison, was named to the dean’s list at Drake University for the spring 2018 semester … Nicole Reh, of Warminster, is enrolled to attend the University of Alabama Honors College and was selected as one of 27 incoming freshmen to serve in the University Fellows Experience.
Assisted Living Construction Has Negative Impact on Skilled Nursing Facilities’ Finances
Skilled Nursing – Sept. 18
Assisted living facilities have increasingly represented a viable alternative to skilled nursing for many older consumers, and a recent study found that the rise of lower-acuity senior housing has a direct impact on SNFs’ profit margins … “The increased assisted living supply may create additional financial/competitive pressures, such as more acute residents, that can result in decreased nursing home financial performance,” the team — which included researchers from Louisiana State University, the University of Alabama, Brown University, and the University of South Florida — wrote.
Two steps ahead and rubbing shoulders with the best
Daimler – Aug. 30
Ten students from the University of Alabama completed some parts of their engineering studies in Germany as part of the “Two Steps Ahead” program – including internships at Daimler’s Sindelfingen plant.
DAR award scholarship
LaGrange Daily News (Georgia) – Sept. 18
The LaGrange chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution awarded its first scholarship Tuesday to Alex Hughes at Bellevue Historic Home … Hughes, the records manager for the Troup County Archives, is attending the University of Alabama for a master’s degree in library and information science. Hughes said he is currently completing his first year of the two-year program.
A teenaged accusation against Brett Kavanaugh is no excuse to rehabilitate adult serial sexual predator Al Franken
Washington Examiner – Sept. 17
The rehabilitation of serial sexual abuser Al Franken continues apace. The White House is scrambling to respond to allegations that Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted a woman in the early 1980s when they were both in high school … MSNBC contributor Joyce Alene said elsewhere that it is a “fact” that Democratic women “called out Al Franken when stories of his misconduct, not sexual assault as here, came to light.”
‘Off the charts’: National-security experts sound the alarm after Trump moves to selectively declassify the Carter Page FISA application
Connecticut Post – Sept. 18
Former law-enforcement officials and national-security experts sounded the alarm on Monday after the White House announced that President Donald Trump had ordered the immediate declassification of select portions of an FBI application to surveil a former campaign aide … Joyce Vance, a longtime former federal prosecutor, largely agreed. “Releasing FISA materials compromises national security,” she tweeted. “Publicly releasing evidence during an ongoing criminal investigation is unprecedented.”
UA to give away free maps
Crimson White – Sept. 19
The University’s Map Library is scaling down its maps collection. Free maps of various categories including arts and crafts, national parks and hiking spots will be given away. The state of Alabama and bordering states maps will be excluded from the free giveaway.