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When state senators gather in Lincoln next month for the start of the 109th Nebraska Legislature, nearly two-thirds of those lawmakers will have two years of experience or less in the Capitol. Thirteen senators will be forced out next year due to term limits, while four others either chose not to seek reelection or lost their race this fall. In their place will be 16 newly minted senators, along with once and future Sen. Dan Quick of Grand Island, who returns to the Legislature after a four-year break. But the transition will come with a cost. The outgoing lawmakers will take with them a combined 127 years of experience. The remaining senators will have a combined 131 years of experience. On an individual basis, the average time tenure of a Nebraska state senator will drop from 4.6 years to 2.6 years. Leadership will also be affected, with the Legislature losing the chairpersons of 8 of its 14 standing committees, as well as the leaders of four special committees beginning in January. Speaker John Arch, who will begin his seventh year in 2025 representing La Vista, said watching legislative skill and know-how walk out of the Capitol every two years has become one of the only constants in the nation's only unicameral. “It’s the reality of term limits,” Arch said. To stem the loss of institutional knowledge, as well as ease the transition of new senators, Arch and other lawmakers and legislative staff have sought to expand and deepen the orientation process, relying on former members to bring the "freshmen" up to speed. Call it senator school. Before Thanksgiving, the incoming state senators convened at the Capitol for several days of seminars and hands-on practice that gave them a peek at what they can expect when the gavel strikes at 10 a.m. on Jan. 8. "There's so many different pieces a new senator has to learn," Arch said. "They have to learn the process, which is unique, but also policy, politics, and the people." The new senators heard from predecessors like Sens. Steve Lathrop of Omaha, Mark Kolterman of Seward and Matt Williams of Gothenburg, who along with former Clerk Patrick O'Donnell spoke about the Legislature as an institution and co-equal branch of government. Along with other senators, including former Omaha Sen. Sara Howard and Sen. Dan Hughes of Venango, Williams said he also gave incoming senators an overview of "the nuts and bolts" of the day-to-day job. Williams said that included setting expectations, giving advice on how to help constituents and build constructive relationships with lobbyists, as well as hiring staff. There were many questions asked, he said. "They are not a bashful group, which is good," Williams said of the new class. The incoming class also heard from former Lincoln Sen. Dave Landis, who lectured on the importance of negotiation within the uniquely nonpartisan institution, and Frank Daley, the former head of the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission, about the rules senators must abide by with lobbyists and others. The freshman senators also had the chance to meet the leaders of different legislative divisions, including Fiscal Analyst Keisha Patent, who analyzes the impact of each bill on the state's budget, and Revisor of Statutes Marcia McClurg, who oversees bill drafting. The orientation also included mock committee hearings, which gave the incoming lawmakers a chance to hear a bill being introduced, question testifiers and practice advancing legislation to the floor. And, they also practiced a floor debate, the procedure by which senators are called to speak, how to introduce floor amendments and other actions in line with the oft-referred-to Rules of the Legislature. During that exercise, former Sen. Laura Ebke of Crete played the role of a lobbyist, who are hired to represent various interest groups and who pass notes to senators via the sergeant-at-arms asking to speak with them in the Rotunda. Ebke, whose role was to acclimate senators to engaging with the lobby, said she also answered some practical questions from the newbies. "One of the senators came up and asked: Is there a restroom?" she said. "We also wanted to help them with the logistics of finding things in the Capitol." New senators who participated in the exercise said they found it worthwhile, adding it will help smooth some of the transition of moving into the Capitol next month. Sen.-elect Jason Prokop, a registered Democrat who will replace the term-limited Sen. Anna Wishart representing southwest Lincoln, said sitting behind the dais or standing on the floor helped him better understand the legislative process. "It's different when you're there versus watching it on Nebraska Public Media," Prokop said. Another incoming lawmaker, Sen.-elect Dan Lonowski, a registered Republican who won election to District 33 in Hastings and the surrounding area, called the exercise "much-needed." "It was entirely worth it," Lonowski said. "We talked about writing bills, the committee hearing process, and took a spot on the floor to learn about when to speak and how to speak." Lonowski and Prokop both said the orientation also gave them a chance to meet the senators in their class — the lawmakers they'll be serving alongside for the next four years, and possibly beyond. Brandon Metzler, the clerk of the Legislature, said orientation for new senators has been around since about 1980, when O'Donnell and other legislative staff began working to "professionalize" Nebraska's lawmaking branch. The orientation has taken on increased importance in the term limits era, however, as the turnover among both elected officials and their staff has increased. Instead of calling new senators to Lincoln shortly after the election and once more in December, Metzler said the decision was made to immerse the senators over several days in preparation for the upcoming session. "There's a lot that hits you," Metzler said. "We try to repeat stuff the best we can and give them that experience, so when they are actually doing it, they have that 'aha' moment." Former lawmakers said the expanded orientation will serve new senators — as well as the Legislature itself — well. Ebke, a Republican turned Libertarian, said the program will help senators move away from campaign mode to governance mode, putting an eye on enacting policy that benefits all Nebraskans. "My comment to most of the senators was just because you disagree with someone on one bill doesn't mean you won't need their vote on the next bill," Ebke said. "It's important to follow the process. Fight as hard as you want on the bill you're on but in an appropriate way, and be prepared to join forces with your previous enemy, if you will, on the next one." Williams, a registered Republican who along with others often exhibited an independent streak in the Legislature, said he encouraged incoming senators to set aside partisanship and think about "doing the right thing for Nebraska." There will still be disagreements, Williams added, but senators should work on the areas where they can build consensus, which he said would engender confidence in the Legislature and its work. "It sets a tone for the state because that's what people will see," he said. Get local news delivered to your inbox!Wingstop Announces Additional $500 Million Share Repurchase Authorization
TEHRAN- Imagine the sharp scratch of pen on paper, sketching scenes of war, displacement, and resilience. The panels come alive, telling stories too raw for photographs and too complex for a headline. This is the world of Joe Sacco, a pioneer who turned the ink-stained pages of comics into a medium for journalism as vivid as it is visceral: Comics Journalism. For decades, Sacco has redefined what journalism can be, using the medium of comics to plunge readers into the lived realities of those caught in warzones. From the Israeli crimes in "Palestine" (1996) and "Footnotes in Gaza" (2009) to the horrors of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia in "Safe Area Goražde" (2000) and "The Fixer" (2003), Sacco’s work has consistently paired meticulous research with gut-wrenching art. His unique style not only documents events but humanizes them, placing individual voices at the forefront of historical and political turmoil. Sacco's illustrations, which place the audience directly and objectively within the depicted conditions, challenge the world's perception of events in Palestine and the crimes of Israel. As the audience turns each page of Sacco's comics, they accompany him on a journey in search of the truth, uncovering the dystopia of the occupied territories that biased media often avoid revealing. After years, Sacco takes up his pen again, this time to address Israel's bloody genocide in Gaza. Titled “The War on Gaza,” this series has been published in installments on The Comics Journal’s website (TCJ.com), with the print version released by Fantagraphics on December 17. In an interview with the Tehran Times, Sacco explained why he created the comic, saying that he was shocked by the events of October 7 and then even more shocked by Israel’s ruthless attack on Gaza, which right from the start seemed to be going to a very dark place. “I knew I had to respond, but I was still unable to gather my thoughts properly. It was the plea from a friend in Khan Younis who endured the relentless bombing that finally pushed me to put pen to paper. He told me, ‘Please lift up your voice,’” he added. The comic journalist stated that he prefers to report — going to a place, interviewing people, and letting them speak for themselves—but there was no chance to do that in this case, and there still isn’t. Sacco mentioned that since he lives in America, its role in the destruction of Gaza became his focus in "War on Gaza". “Clearly, the United States is actively participating in this genocide. It is providing the bombs and diplomatic cover for Israel’s actions.” Born in Malta in 1960 to an engineer father and a teacher mother, Joe Sacco spent part of his childhood in Australia before moving with his family to the United States at the age of 12. While living in Berlin in the early 1990s, curiosity and a feeling that he was not hearing the whole story— “American coverage of the Middle East is very shallow”—propelled him to Gaza. On a page from "War on Gaza", Sacco writes about the brutal crimes of the Zionist regime: “Is it genocide, or is it self-defense? Let’s make everyone happy and say it is both. In that case, we’ll need new terminology. I propose ‘genocidal self-defense.’” Explaining the use of this new term, he told the Tehran Times that we have to interrogate what the words ‘self-defense’ means. “Are they carte blanche for any response, one without limits, including genocide? This seems to be what Israel means by ‘self-defense.’ Does ‘self-defense’ absolve a nation or group of compliance with hard-won international laws or basic decency? I don’t think so.” The American-Maltese journalist stated that he would like the audience of "War on Gaza" to be aware that Israel is committing a genocide in Gaza. “I would like people to understand that killing tens of thousands of people, destroying universities and hospitals, targeting journalists and aid workers, blowing up entire neighborhoods, ruining agricultural land, forcing people to move from one location to another and attacking them anyway — that these things are intended to make life in Gaza impossible. And that much of the Western world is complicit and is even participating in these crimes.” The pioneer of comics journalism noted the impact of this medium, which combines journalism and comic books, that like all the visual media, comics has the ability to immediately make an impression, within seconds. “I use comics in a journalistic sense to take the reader to the places I have been and to meet the people I have met. If I do my research well, I can also take the reader into the past, into historical events.” In 1992, Sacco published his report of this trip in a nine-issue graphic novel "Palestine". The book, which was the result of interviews with Palestinians and the occupiers and narrated the history of the expulsion of the Palestinians and the beginning of the intifada, was able to win the 1996 American Book Award and was highly praised. For this early work, Sacco spent two months in the West Bank, the Gaza Strip, and Occupied territories between 1991 and 1992, during the first Intifada. Travelling from taxi to taxi and camp to camp, Sacco — who holds a BA in Journalism from the University of Oregon — collected the voices of the people, incorporating them with notes on the region's history and his reflections. Gary Groth, co-founder of Fantagraphics, which published the graphic novel, told the Guardian that after the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7 and the subsequent bombing of Gaza demand for the book had soared. Following "Palestine", Sacco traveled to Bosnia to document the truth of the Bosnian war, resulting in the creation of two novels, "Safe Area Goražde" and "The Fixer." "Safe Area Goražde" focuses on Goražde, which is a Bosnian Muslim area. The journalist then returned to Palestine to cover the story of Rafah and Khan Yunis massacre by Israel in 1956 in 400-page "Footnotes in Gaza". After the publication of "Footnotes in Gaza", the Israeli newspaper Haaretz accused Sacco of distortion, bias and hyperbole. In a report from this newspaper, leading Israeli military historian Meir Pail stated, “It's a big exaggeration. There was never a killing of such a degree. Nobody was murdered. I was there. I don't know of any massacre.” In response to the Tehran Times, Sacco shared his opinion on the negative feedback from Zionists, explaining that because he does not have a large social media presence, he is not very aware of it. “Also, I am very clear in my own mind that this is a genocide, so it really does not matter what negative feedback I might get,” the journalist added referring to "War on Gaza". In his stories, Sacco appears in a caricatured form, wearing a cable-knit jumper and round glasses (which stand in for his eyes). He even depicted the hospitality of the Palestinian people in his graphic novels. The comic journalist explained what he remembers the most is the hospitality of the Palestinian people. “They always welcomed me even when they questioned whether talking to me would do them any good at all.” Sacco stated that Palestinians have almost always expressed their appreciation for his work. “They have never made me feel that it was inappropriate for a white Westerner to write and draw about their lives and struggle.” Joe Sacco’s "War on Gaza" stands as a powerful testament to the ability of art to confront uncomfortable truths and give voice to the silenced. Through his masterful storytelling and evocative illustrations, Sacco not only documents the devastating realities of Gaza and Zionist regime’s crimes but also challenges global complicity and the narratives perpetuated by biased media. As with his previous works on Palestine, Bosnia, and other war-torn regions, Sacco’s latest comic journal transcends the boundaries of traditional journalism, urging readers to take a deeper look at the truth of the Zionist regime's genocide in Gaza and the United States' contributions to this horrific crime. Sacco writes, intelligently and sarcastically, about the repetitive conclusion of such Western crimes at the end of his graphic novel: “We know how this ends: The war-mongers will recast themselves as peacemakers and humbly nominate themselves to the Nobel committee for its prize.” AH/SAB( MENAFN - Live Mint) Art collector and reality TV personality Shalini Passi, known for her appearance on Fabulous Lives vs bollywood Wives, recently shared her dedication to philanthropy. Also Read: Shalini Passi: I am a maximalist During a special session titled 'Delhi Wives ki Fab Lives' at Sahitya Aaj Tak on Sunday, Passi revealed that she donates all her earnings from the reality show to a village in Bihar through UNICEF. She stated that all of her earnings are used to fund multiple charities.“This is a question that I've been asking everybody: Why am I born here? What is my purpose? As a human being, you do your best. My entire acting fee actually goes to a village through UNICEF in Bihar. Everything that I do, all my earnings go to charity. I work diligently with them." Also Read: Mafatlal fake paintings accused exonerated "Beyond that also, I've been trying to create a show about women's voices and another one representing Indian culture. However, I have often received feedback that there's not enough audience to watch these shows. I am ready to show India its culture and the power of women, but the audiences have to be ready. It's just not about my time, it's about production and the cost as well..” Born in Delhi in 1976, Shalini Passi is an art collector, socialite, and philanthropist. Her husband, Sanjay Passi, is the chairman of the multi-billion-dollar Pasco Group. Despite their prominence, the couple has kept their personal lives private, making their recent joint appearance a pleasant surprise for fans. Also Read: Piecing together the sari's modern story Shalini became a viral sensation after the success of 'Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives', which gave the audience a sneak peek into her personal and professional life. With her larger-than-life personality and vivid sartorial sense, she captured the audience's attention like no one else on the show. Meanwhile, Netflix has officially confirmed the return of the popular series 'Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives' for its highly anticipated third season. Cast members Maheep Kapoor, Karan Johar, Neelam Kothari, and others announced the news on social media, generating excitement among fans. This new season promises fresh drama as it introduces three new cast members: Riddhima Kapoor Sahni, sister of Bollywood star Ranbir Kapoor; Shalini Passi, wife of Sanjay Passi, chairman of the PASCO Group; and Kalyani Saha Chawla, ex-wife of Vishal Chawla. Returning favourites include Maheep Kapoor, Neelam Kothari, Seema Sajdeh, and Bhavana Pandey. As anticipation builds for the return of this glamorous series, fans are eager to see how the dynamics unfold in this blend of lifestyle and rivalry. (With inputs from agencies) MENAFN30112024007365015876ID1108942179 Legal Disclaimer: MENAFN provides the information “as is” without warranty of any kind. We do not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy, content, images, videos, licenses, completeness, legality, or reliability of the information contained in this article. 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Outlander Season 7 Episode 10 “Brotherly Love” ended with a gut punch for long-time fans of the Starz show. According to Lord John Grey (David Berry), the news was irrefutable: James Fraser ( Sam Heughan ) perished at sea, leaving Claire ( Caitriona Balfe ) alone in the world to fend off the encroaching dangers of Colonial America. Specifically, Claire was under threat of being arrested for being a Rebel spy. Lord John Grey’s bold proposal during this time of devastating grief? He and Claire should get married lickety-split to save her from the gallows. So what happens next? Can Claire pull herself out of her pain and trauma one more time? What does it mean that she and Lord John Grey are now married? Will Lord John Grey and Claire manage to somehow, I don’t know, hit it off? And do we think there’s any chance — ANY CHANCE AT ALL — that James Alexander Malcolm MacKenzie Fraser is still somehow alive? We’ll just have to tune in to an all-new episode of Outlander to find out! So what time does Outlander Season 7 Episode 11 “A Hundredweight of Stones” premiere on Starz? Here’s everything you need to know to find out what happens next... What Day Does Outlander Come Out? Outlander Season 7, Episode 11 “A Hundredweight of Stones” officially premieres Friday, December 6 at 8:00 p.m. ET on Starz. If simply can’t wait that long to find out what happens next, you can always stream Outlander Season 7, Episode 10 “A Hundredweight of Stones” on Starz.com and the Starz app as early as midnight ET (or 9 PM PT) each and every Friday — including tonight! How Many Episodes are In Outlander Season 7? There are sixteen episodes total in Outlander Season 7, which was split into two parts by Starz. Outlander Season 7 Part 1 included Episodes 1-8 and already aired on Starz in Summer 2023. Outlander Season 7 Part 2 covers the remaining episodes of the season, aka Episodes 9-16. Outlander Season 7 Episode 10 premiered last week. Don’t want to miss any more episodes of Outlander on Starz? Here’s the full schedule for when each and every episode of Outlander Season 7 Part 2 comes out on Starz: Note that there is NO new episode of Outlander on Friday, January 10. What Is The Newest Season of Outlander ? Confused about what the newest season of Outlander is? Outlander Season 7 is the most recent season of the Starz show and Outlander Season 7 Part 2 refers to the batch of new episodes premiering now through January 2025. Looking for Outlander Season 7 on Netflix? New seasons of Outlander usually migrate over to Netflix a good two years after the final episode of the season airs on Starz. So you might not be able to find this latest bunch of episodes of Outlander on Netflix until — gasp! — 2027. Starz has already confirmed that Outlander Season 8 will be the last season of the show. Coincidentally, the final season of Outlander just wrapped production in Scotland. How To Watch Outlander On Starz: Outlander Season 7, Episode 11 “A Hundredweight of Stones” will be available to watch on Starz.com and the Starz app (available to download on iTunes , Google Play , and Amazon ). Starz is also available with an active subscription to Philo ( as well as Sling TV and fuboTV ) for an extra $11/month. A seven-day free trial is available for new subscribers . Can I Watch Outlander On Amazon? Of course you can! You can add Starz to your Prime Video account for an additional $10.99/month . This will let you stream each and every episode of Outlander that has already premiered on Starz. Amazon offers a seven-day free trial for eligible subscribers. Additionally, you can add Hulu to your Starz account for an additional $10.99/month. Hulu also offers a seven-day free trial for new subscribers. Is This The Last Season of Outlander ? No, but the end of Outlander is nigh. It’s been confirmed that Outlander Season 8 will be the final season of the Starz hit. However, a prequel series, Outlander: Blood of My Blood , is also currently in development. Blood of My Blood tells the story of how Claire’s and Jamie’s parents fell in love against the respective backdrops of World War I and tense political upheaval in 1700s Scotland. Jamie Roy and Harriet Slater will play the young versions of Jamie’s parents, Brian Fraser and Ellen MacKenzie, and Hermione Corfield and Jeremy Irvine star as Claire’s parents, Julia Moriston and Henry Beauchamp. Is Outlander on Netflix? When Will Outlander Season 7 Be on Netflix? Trying to find all new episodes of Outlander on Netflix? Sadly, only Outlander Seasons 1-6 are currently streaming on Netflix. We don’t yet know when Outlander Season 7 will hit Netflix, but it usually takes about two years for a finished season of the Starz hit to make its way to the popular streaming service. Given that Outlander Season 7 will end in January 2025, that means you might have to wait until 2027 to watch the latest episodes on Netflix.
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A man who opened fire on a car in Oceanside, leaving a young teacher dead, was sentenced Thursday to 60 years to life in state prison, though that sentence will be served at the same time as an 89-years-to-life term the man is already serving for other charges in the case. Vicente Huerta, 27, was found guilty in two separate trials at Vista Superior Court for the June 4, 2022, shooting that killed 22-year-old Chelsea Pacheco. In the first trial, Huerta was convicted of firing at an occupied vehicle, as well as firearm and gang-related allegations, and was sentenced to 89 years to life in prison. That jury deadlocked 11-1 on a murder charge, but a second jury convicted Huerta of second-degree murder and a gun allegation. The two sentences will be served concurrently. According to Oceanside police, Pacheco and others were in a car about 11:30 a.m. when the driver got into an argument with Huerta, who was a pedestrian near the intersection of Grant and Division streets. Huerta opened fire as the car drove off, police said. Related Articles Courts | Long-jailed former cartel lieutenant pleads guilty in San Diego and is released from custody Courts | Administrator claims sexual harassment in lawsuit against San Diego Unified, former superintendent Courts | Former Tri-City Medical Center executive sentenced for burglary, attempted sex crime Courts | San Diego federal court was ground zero for hashing out Trump’s border policies. A repeat is likely. Courts | San Diego federal judge nominee now a political pawn in run-up to Trump inauguration Pacheco, who was sitting in the backseat, was shot. She was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Huerta was arrested in Mexico about two months later. Colleagues said Pacheco was a teacher at KinderCare in Oceanside.A forecaster says ripe avalanche conditions are expected to persist across much of British Columbia for the rest of the week. Large swaths of the province, stretching from the coast to the Alberta boundary, are under “considerable” or “moderate” avalanche danger warnings. Tyson Rettie with Avalanche Canada says the conditions are largely a result of a series of storms that have lead to temperature fluctuations and significant amounts of snow at high elevation points. “We’ve seen a pattern of a storm every 18 hours or so on the coast for over a week now,” Rettie said in an interview Tuesday. “Every time the storm comes through, it deposits significant amounts of snow, often with strong or extreme winds.” He said storms like these deposit wind and storm slabs, or layers of snow, on mountains. These deposits bond together on top of existing layers of snow, Rettie said, and when the top slab is stronger than the layer beneath it, the greater the risk for an avalanche. “We’re seeing formation of both storm and wind slabs that are large enough to justify a ‘considerable hazard’ (warning),” he said. “Even just the new snow itself can form what we call a storm slab problem or a wind slab problem.” As of Tuesday afternoon, Avalanche Canada had a “considerable hazard” warning covering Vancouver Island, a stretch of coastal B.C. from Powell River to Pemberton in the east, and more areas. There were also significant areas of the province covered under “moderate hazard” avalanche warnings. One of these moderate areas is east of Pemberton towards Lillooet, and Rettie noted a few avalanches have been reported in the area over the past week. On Monday, four backcountry skiers were buried in an avalanche on Ipsoot Mountain north of Whistler, B.C., and a fifth was partially buried. All were rescued. B.C. Emergency Health Services said in a statement that three of the skiers were transported to hospital in stable condition, while the other two didn’t require hospitalization. Premier David Eby shared his appreciation for the first responders in a social media post, calling it “an incredible rescue.” Const. Antoine Graebling with the Whistler RCMP detachment said the avalanche was a 2.5 on a five-point scale, which means it was large enough to seriously injure or kill people. Graebling said his detachment hasn’t been notified of any other avalanches. But he and Rettie both said conditions can change daily. “Each of these storms is bringing a significant amount of precipitation, often warmer temperatures and strong or extreme wind speeds,” Rettie said. “The more intense the storm, the higher the danger.” He said the storm pattern is expected to continue near the coast for the rest of this week. “The timing and intensity of it is a bit uncertain. But at least over the next three days, we’re expecting a couple of significant storms to impact the coast,” he said. He encouraged backcountry skiers to check the Avalanche Canada forecasts, which are updated daily, before they hit the slopes.