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Celebrate this Fourth of July

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The Juniata River Valley is fortunate to once again Have hosted two fireworks shows for the Fourth of July-one in Lewistown and one in Milroy. The fireworks capped off other festivities on both days. The annual events are opportunities for families to celebrate — celebrate the birth of our nation and celebrate its commitment to the values and virtues of freedom and opportunity. We are thankful for the hard work of volunteers and the generous donations of individuals, businesses, and other organizations in making these events happen. At 250 years, there have been setbacks in ...

Celebrate our independence, but do so safely

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This weekend, people across the country will gather to celebrate the Fourth of July. Over the holiday weekend, Americans will spend an estimated 15.5 billion dollars- $4 billion on beer and wine, and another $2.95 billion on fireworks, according to the finance site WalletHub. While both are designed to be fun, they can also be dangerous. Did you know that sparklers burn at about 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit? The office of Pennsylvania State Fire Commissioner Tom Cook, which supplied that information, compared the heat generated from a sparkler to that of a blowtorch. Despite the ...

What Americans can learn from WC fans

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The World Cup showed why you shouldn't be ashamed of America's heroes and heritage. While only Argentina and Spain made Sunday's World Cup final, citizens of many countries enthusiastically cheered on their teams. Norwegian fans became an internet phenomenon for their "Viking Row" cheer. Sitting like they were in a longboat, fans moved their bodies backwards and forwards in unison while pretending to row. To complete the cheer, they chanted, "Ro!" They rowed in stadiums and Times Square. The Norwegian soccer team rowed after defeating Senegal. The cheer spread throughout Norway ...

Namdar record not reassuring for Gateway

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In 2024, mortgage foreclosure proceedings began for Gateway Center, the 1.5 million-square-foot office complex in downtown Pittsburgh. Wells Fargo Bank said in court documents that Hertz Gateway Center LP had neglected its duty to keep the property in “good and safe condition and repair.” The company also hadn’t paid the bills necessary to keep things running, with about 35 creditors on a list of shutoff notices. The high-profile property needed a white knight. On Tuesday, property manager CBRE confirmed someone had stepped in, purchasing the note for the $84 million ...

Trendy tech not always best for getting job done

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Companies that jump on the latest trendy technology a little too early are often stuck with the bill when it doesn’t turn out to fulfill all its promise. In Dublin, Ohio, taxpayers had to foot the bill for a K5 autonomous security robot the police department called “DubBot,” after it failed miserably at its job. According to a report by the website Futurism, which cited a Columbus Dispatch report, DubBot helped make no arrests and issued no tickets during its less-than-a-year on the job. Or, as the department spokesperson put it, it “wasn’t meeting operational ...

Exploitation is more than just hacking

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Imagine someone picked the lock on your back door and walked inside. This person went through your mail, took your data and stole invasive and private images. It was all traded away to others, without your consent or your control. And then it happened to about 300 other people. The litany of crimes would stagger. It would start with breaking and entering, and move on to burglary. The act of forcing entry would be joined by the theft, by the exploitive images and by the distribution. It would be multiplied by the number of instances and again by the number of victims. The sentence ...