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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - We hear all the time about people losing their lives to gun violence in Jackson and families grieving at memorial services. But what about children who were impacted? 53 people have lost their lives to gun violence in Jackson so far in 2021. Behind every victim is a devastated relative or [...]
On Wednesday the airport made its case for an expansion of the tarmac across the former golf course, leaving around a third of the land as a buffer between houses and tarmac. Muthu and his family – three daughters, his wife, and his mother – have lived there for the past eight years, and he was concerned about the potential noise. “I come from India. I know about noise.” Kate Green/Stuff Strathmore Park resident Karuna Muthu will be metres away from the tarmac if the designation for the former golf course land is confirmed. One of his daughters had severe autism requiring round-the...
AUCKLAND 1 Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro (Faber & Faber, $37) On Saturday night you can watch Ishiguro on livestream at the Auckland Writers Festival. The event is amusingly (depending on how you feel about puns) called A NOBEL LIFE: KAZUO ISHIGURO. Because, you know, Ishiguro won the Nobel Prize for Literature, and he always comes across as… well, you get the idea. 2 First Person Singular: Stories by Haruki Murakami (Penguin Random House, $45) “I hardly ever wear suits. At most, maybe two or three times a year, since there are rarely any situations where I need to get dressed u...
Album mentioned: Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) Album mentioned: Anomaly by Lecrae In This Episode: [02:34] – Welcome to the show, Andy! [03:29] – Andy shares what Side Effects is, the goal behind it, and his motivation for creating it. [06:23] – They want to show the financial crisis of cancer as vividly as they can. [07:50] – Andy shares some research they found while doing this project. [09:38] – Andy’s wife is officially cancer-free but still dealing with some rare side effects. [12:07] – Do you have any hacks for someone wanting to pivot and change the directio...
By • 10 May 2021 UNIQUE: Amanda Thomas returns the completed quilt to Maggie Else, who is delighted with the finished product FIFTY years after it was started, a hand-stitched quilt has finaly been completed, thanks to crafters who laboured over it during lockdown. Maggie Else, from the Midlands, discovered the part-made quilt while clearing the home of her recently deceased aunt. She contacted her friend Julia Nelson, a member of the Carlbeck Community Centre, in Lunedale, to see if anyone would be interested in completing the quilt. Fellow Carlbeck Centre member Amanda Thomas, from Mickl...