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Police were addressing another fight in Highland Square when the suspects started shooting at each other in front of the police officers. A 26 year old man and 34 year old woman, who were previously uninvolved, were struck by bullets.
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GNUtrition 0.33 is now released. This marks the first release of GNUtrition since 2012, approximately 14 years ago!
GNUtrition is free nutrition analysis software. The USDA Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies (FNDDS) is used as the source of food nutrient information.
This release is a complete rewrite of GNUtrition in C rather than Python 2 with a new GTK 3 interface replacing the old GTK 2 one. The Nutrient Database of Standard Reference, which stopped getting updated in 2018, was replaced with the USDA Food and Nutrition Database for Dietary Studies. With help from some test volunteers, the build and installation process was better streamlined to resolve critical issues and difficulties so that GNUtrition can be a better program overall.
Considering the time between releases, GNUtrition currently is not available on OS package repositories (as far as I am aware). If you package software for your operating system's package manager, it would be very helpful if you could start packaging GNUtrition so that it may be even more easily used by people on said systems. If you don't, you may still request to those who do to start including GNUtrition.
Thank you to everyone who tested/used GNUtrition 0.33's release candidates and provided meaningful feedback on its functionality, design, and so on. I would also like to especially thank Jason Self for providing us with the C rewrite in the first place.
More information about GNUtrition may be found on its home page at http://gnu.org/software/gnutrition/. This release can be obtained from the ftp.gnu.org server at one of the following:
- ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnutrition/
- http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnutrition/
- https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnutrition/
The FTP mirror list is available at https://gnu.org/order/ftp.html, and https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gnutrition/ will automatically redirect you to a nearby mirror.
Please report any problems you experience to the GNUtrition bug reports mailing list: bug-gnutrition@gnu.org (https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnutrition).
Happy hacking and calorie counting!!
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*The City of Akron's water plant is back up and running after a chemical reaction occurred at the facility on Ravenna Road in Franklin Township on Wednesday, hospitalizing three people, according to the city.*
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(The Register's advertisements as articles)
*Advertisements as Articles in The Register MS.*
Here is the flagged Hacker News submission mentioned in the article.
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A test release of GNUtrition, 0.33.0rc5, is now available.
GNUtrition is free nutrition analysis software. The USDA Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies (FNDDS) is used as the source of food nutrient information.
This release fixes bugs from 0.33.0rc1-rc4, removes inaccurate algorithm constants, removes additional unnecessary dependencies, improves reliability/usability on non-GNU systems, among other general improvements and bug fixes. Version 0.33.0 (the first ftp.gnu.org release of GNUtrition since 2012) is expected to be released by June 5th. Any and all testing for the upcoming release will be greatly appreciated. Please use the bug-gnutrition and help-gnutrition mailing lists for your bug reports and/or other questions.
More information about GNUtrition may be found on its home page at http://www.gnu.org/software/gnutrition/. This test release can be obtained from the alpha.gnu.org server at one of the following:
- ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gnutrition/
- http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gnutrition/
- https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gnutrition/
Please report any problems you experience to the GNUtrition bug reports mailing list: bug-gnutrition@gnu.org (https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnutrition).
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(Columbus Dispatch letters to editor)
*Ohio voters literally can't believe our eyes. Danger of AI ads not overblown.*
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Martinez Williams was convicted for murder, felonious assault, tampering with evidence, and having a weapon under disability regarding the shooting and death of Ontario Bradley that took place at a party.
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*A fire destroyed Roush’s Market early Saturday morning, leaving an Akron neighborhood without its only grocery store.*
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The DHS and FBI consider you an exteremist if you are against AI and/or AI data centers.
*In the wake of attacks on CEOs, a nationwide protest movement targeting data centers, and increasing concerns about AI job replacement, federal intelligence agencies and domestic law enforcement are circulating reports with a new domestic target in mind: anti-technology extremists. More than 1,000 pages of unpublished reports from the Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and fusion centers obtained by WIRED show a national shift taking place to surveil this new and worryingly broad category of people and activities deemed an emerging threat.*
My dislike for the technology isn't a secret. I guess I'm on their lists for that.
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*Akron police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Wednesday morning, according to Lt. Michael Murphy.*
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*The National Transportation Safety Board has released its preliminary report on a May 14 plane crash that killed a flight instructor and student pilot in Akron. The single-engine plane smashed into the garage of a home in the 2200 block of Canterbury Road that afternoon and exploded, killing 39-year-old Colin Albee of Allen, Texas, and the pilot and plane’s owner, 38-year-old David Garcia of Hammond, Indiana.*
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A test release of GNUtrition, 0.33.0rc4, is now available.
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(Ohio data center tax exemption)
Signal news uncovered the size of Ohio's [AI] data center tax exemption, leading to a "pause" in the new program.
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*The Senior Players Championship, played in recent years as the Kaulig Companies Championship, is moving to California beginning in 2027, ending a run of PGA Tour-affiliated events in Akron that dates back to 1954.*
I don't have much connection to this as I've never been much of a golfer myself. I wonder whether this will have any impact on the surrounding Coventry Crossing and Firestone Park neighborhoods.
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(Tasty Carry Out shooting trial results)
*Three men accused in the deadly shooting of an Akron man at Tasty Carry Out in 2024, were found not guilty Friday afternoon on all charges.*
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Cleveland Plain Dealer reports on the glaring contrast between Amy Acton's and Vivek Ramaswamy's public presences in Ohio -- Acton has been traveling around Ohio listening and meeting with people, and Ramaswamy has been largely invisible.
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*Anyone who may recognize the man in the photo provided by police is encouraged to contact Detective Wardle at stpd222@springfieldtownship.us.*
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(Plane crash pilot and instructor identified)
*The Summit County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the two people killed when their plane crashed into a house in Akron earlier this month.*
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*According to the medical examiner’s office, Akron Police and EMS responded to a residence in the 1200 block of Winton Avenue at 6:26 p.m. for a shooting.*
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More information regarding the Medicaid fraud in Ohio.
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(HATCo)
*Nobody is being served adequately by healthcare in Akron, Summa Health’s new leader said Thursday. In spite of efforts to provide good service from hospitals across the region, patients still have to jump through hoops to get insurance preauthorization, and they may not know how much their care will cost. The Health Assurance Transformation Company, known as HATCo, looked at hospitals in five markets to find a test lab for improving the healthcare experience, Daryl Tol said at an Akron Roundtable event. Summa rose to the top because of its paired insurance company and because it would present a challenge, he said.*
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(Unify Akron's housing recommendations)
*Dozens of locals met for months to figure out ways Akron residents can enjoy better access to safe, affordable and well-kept homes. On Thursday, their recommendations were passed on to city officials.*
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(West Side Leader's neighborhood watch)
Maggie DeMellier's reporting on recent police reports in the West Akron area.
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A man was shot in the leg at Hardesty Park. The suspect, as of yesterday, was still on the loose.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Akron Police Department Detective Bureau at 330-375-2490 (or 330-375-2Tip).
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*Tulsi Gabbard said on Friday she is resigning from her job as President Donald Trump's director of national intelligence, saying her husband had been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer and that she was stepping away from her role to help him. Gabbard advised Trump of her intention to step down during an Oval Office meeting on Friday, Fox News Digital reported earlier. The resignation is effective June 30, it said.*
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(US troop deployment to Poland)
President Trump recently pulled 5,000 troops from Germany, and will be sending 5,000 to Poland as a show of support. Poland's foreign minister Radosław Sikorski thanked him for the announcement.
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Maria Dearaujo was acquitted on charges for voting in 2018 as a non-citizen.
She's lived in the US legally since 1993. In 2005, at a BMV, the employee gave her a voter registration form with "yes" pre-selected to whether she's a citizen. She did not vote though. In 2015, when she went to update vehicle registration, the clerk that time told her that she, in fact, can vote. Afterwards, she voted in the 2016 primary and general elections and the 2018 general election. She didn't vote again until 2024, but this time as a naturalized US citizen.
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Somehow, despite his falling approval ratings, Trump was able to get enough people in the low voter turnouts to select his personal preferences over the more preferable candidates.
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Multiple people have been charged for Medicaid fraud totaling over half a million dollars. They billed medicaid for services that never took place.
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(School refused doctor's note)
Iliana Holbrook, who has a genetic condition causing muscle tissue weakness, was denied being able to have a backpack with her in her senior year of high school, despite having a doctor's note. As a result, the school had her graduate five months early as opposed to providing reasonable accommodation.
Because of her diagnoses, her doctor strongly recommended she use the backpack. The district said she should just carry them by hand or use a tote bag, both of which were physically impossible.
In order for her to be able to still take part in the graduation ceremony, the school forced her family to drop their (justified) due process case, but according to the article, the Ohio Civil Rights Commission had accepted to take up her case instead.
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Unfortunately, Thomas Massie lost in the primary election.
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(Ramaswamy and Medicaid fraud)
* Ramaswamy said he’ll bring in $3.1 billion by asking the federal government to allow Ohio to keep 65 cents of every dollar of Medicaid fraud found, instead of 35 cents now. He said that money will go to providing co-pay assistance, reducing health insurance premiums and increasing health savings accounts. He said fraud is driving up the costs of health care for not only Medicaid recipients, but for those who aren't in the program as well.*
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(Governor candidates on execution)
*For months, Ohio's major gubernatorial candidates managed to dance around the main issues facing Ohioans, but they went on the record with reporter Jeremy Pelzer on one of the most consequential questions a governor can face: Should the state execute its prisoners?*
Ramaswamy said that it's appropriate in the "most egregious cases" where there is absolute certainty about facts. Acton's comment did not reveal any personal stances.
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*The Polymer Industry Cluster has received nearly $100 million in grants to fund research and development projects, as well as workforce development and other investments. Friday, Bounce Innovation Hub also announced that it is taking applications for the second round of its Synthe6 Materials Accelerator, a 12-month program designed to support polymer commercialization. The program is open to Ohio businesses or those willing to relocate to the state.*
The plans can be viewed on pages 2-4 of the document from the Akron City Planning Commission's Meeting of . Unfortunately for those who like historic buildings, some will be getting destroyed for this plan.
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*A Twinsburg man was arrested after a hit-and-run crash left a 50-year-old man dead in Conneaut on Sunday morning. He was charged with aggravated vehicular homicide, operating a vehicle while under the influence of a drug of abuse and fleeing the scene of an accident, according to the release. He is currently being held in the Conneaut Municipal Jail. awaiting his initial appearance in court.*
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*A key Interstate 77 interchange northeast of Akron will be closed through early because of work to widen the highway. The Ohio Department of Transportation said that beginning with Monday's closing, both the northbound exit ramp to Ghent Road and the ramp from Ghent Road to I-77 will be closed.*
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A 40-year-old man was shot and killed at the intersection of Marcy Street and Cole Avenue. A 36-year-old woman was also shot in the area, but her injuries were believed to be non-life-threatening.
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(Coventry Crossing plane crash)
A small plane crashed into a house in Akron's Coventry Crossing allotment, killing the people on board. The residents were unharmed.
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(Waste transfer station closing)
Akron and WM (formerly Waste Management) have agreed to close the waste transfer station on Fountain Street. A new one will be built on East Archwood Avenue instead.
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*[Akron] plans to resurface 47 miles of pavement -- $6.5 million is budgeted for this year's program, as well as an additional $1.85 million for the concrete pavement rehabilitation program.*
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(Governor candidates on education)
*The future of public education in Ohio looks different depending on who wins the governor's race. While Democratic candidate Dr. Amy Acton wants to fully fund public education so districts can improve, Republican candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said schools need to deliver results first. On , schools asked voters for more money. While many existing levies were renewed, across the board the majority of tax increase levies failed. Those districts face hard decisions.*
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(Akron Children's Hospital wins Notre Dame college campus)
*Akron Children's Hospital's winning bid for Notre Dame College's campus came in at $8 million, according to court records filed on Monday. The expanding hospital system bested the city of South Euclid's bid by $100,000.*
Notre Dame College closed in due to declining enrollment and foreclosure proceedings after the college defaulted on $20 million in bonds. $17.8 million in debt remains. It was founded in as an all-female Catholic liberal arts institution and became co-ed in .
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(Bartender shot over birthday party attendee limit)
Dean Kerkesner, the 70-year-old owner of an Akron bar in North Hill (on North Main Street) was shot because some bar attendees got into an argument about "the number of people who would be let in" to the bar.
Shootings at Akron bars recently seem to just have been getting worse in recent time.
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A woman crashed her car into a police car for an officer who was heading to an emergency call at Tarson Terrace. According to police, the woman was ejected from the car. The officers were also injured when she crashed into them. Thankfully, though, none of the injuries were life-threatening.
She made a left-hand turn in front of the police cruiser, and was not wearing a seat belt. It is extremely rare to get ejected from a vehicle like that if your seat belt is worn.
Police Lt. Michael Murphy said the following when addressing the misinformation (and disinformation) being spread on-line: "We are aware of misinformation that began circulating on social media regarding the injuries and condition of those involved. At this time, no one involved in the crash has died and all injuries are believed to be non-life-threatening."
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*Democrat Amy Acton and Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, this year's major-party nominees for Ohio governor, have entered the general-election campaign going on offense against each other, attacking each other in ads, speeches, and a variety of other ways. As Jeremy Pelzer reports, the campaign features nearly every major ingredient for a negative race, from well-funded candidates to a competitive match-up. But besides the specter of having to endure six more months of mudslinging, a fiercely negative race could undermine promises made by both candidates to reach across the aisle if elected.*
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*Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has chosen Public Safety Director Andy Wilson to replace Attorney General Dave Yost.*
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(Trials for Jamar Franklin's murder begins)
*The trial for the three men accused in the deadly shooting of an Akron man at Tasty Carry Out in is set to begin Monday.*
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(Twinsburg school levy failed)
*More than 60% of voters rejected Twinsburg City School District's Issue 4 levy in Tuesday's primary election, leaving district leaders weighing potential cuts and searching for long-term solutions to mounting financial challenges.*
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(SNAP EBT card theft protection)
*Beginning , a new fraud protection feature will be added to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) EBT cards, including Summer EBT/Sun Bucks cards, to help protect benefits from theft, according to the Summit County Executive's Office.*
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*The Ohio Department of Transportation has scheduled highway ramp closings for drainage repairs over the next several days at three locations in Akron.*
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*An overview of [levy] outcomes, based on unofficial final results from the Summit County Board of Elections.*
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Summit Mall in Fairlawn was shut down temporarily by police on
due to gun shots at the mall. Reportedly, a 17 year old male made two shots into the air as his response in an altercation with other teens at the mall. Thankfully, no injuries were reported.
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Ohio's Attorney General Dave Yost has submitted his resignation to Governor DeWine, effective . He will be joining the Alliance Defending Freedom as its Vice President of Strategic Research and Innovation.
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(Illegal gambling investigation)
The Akron Police department, in partnership with the Ohio Casino Control Commission, got search warrants for 141 East York Street and 283 East Tallmadge Avenue, at which 27 slot machines were seized or disabled as a part of an illegal gambling investigation.
An undisclosed amount of money was also seized from both locations. The investigation is still ongoing.
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(Northside Marketplace payment issues)
*A longtime vendor at Akron's Northside Marketplace pulled all of his products from the space, citing ongoing issues with payments and a lack of communication from management.*
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*One man was killed and another injured in a shooting at an Akron bar Monday. The victim in the shooting was identified as Eric Schaffer, 31, of Cuyahoga Falls, according to a report released Tuesday by the Summit County Medical Examiner.*
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Vivek Ramaswamy has won the Republican primary election.
You get what you vote for. Hopefully the end results are not too bad!
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*Summit County currently has seven data centers within its borders. So far, the local versions of these increasingly controversial facilities that can use massive amounts of water and power have largely avoided the spotlight.*
So that you don't need to read the entire article that's a bit bloated with unnecessary information, the article lists:
- Ark Data Centers Akron I & II (Akron)
- Cogent Data Center (Akron)
- FairlawnGig Service Center (Fairlawn)
- Lumen Technologies Data Center (Akron)
- The Karcher Group (TKG) Data Center (North Canton)
- Viking Data Centers (Akron)
If you count Ark Data Centers building 1 and 2 as a single place it is technically just six in total. Both Ark buildings are right next to each other. Of course Viking Data Centers is the "cryptocurrency" and "AI" data center. I really hope these are not all (or even mostly) AI data centers though. I don't know much about these places apart from the fact that Involta did not answer my telephone calls in 2023 about server colocation.
I used to want to run a data center years ago (around - or so), but its focus would have been just normal server hosting. Things like your everyday oce.nextoh.org and fencepost.gnu.org type shared shell computers. My plans would didn't exactly allow for the energy waste that the cryptocurrency and AI data centers use either for that matter. Not having a plan on how to power the place is a part of the reason why I abandoned the ideas.
AI/cryptocurrency data centers are some of those things that nobody who even remotely tolerates the place that he/she lives at should want to have at said place.
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(Barberton Wolf Creek Dam upgrades)
*The city of Barberton received a $7.7 million award to rehabilitate the 100-year-old Wolf Creek Dam to reduce the threat of flooding and protect the city's drinking water, the Federal Emergency Management Agency announced .*
FEMA called the current structure "high-hazard."
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(Freedom BLOC housing campaigns)
Freedom BLOC (Black Led Organizing Collaborative) has announced two ballot initiatives to both prohibit application, screening, and background check fees, along with disregarding prospective tenants due to their criminal history (excluding sex offenders and arsonists.)
Attorney and Freedom BLOC volunteer Imokhai Okolo said that these initiatives "would only apply to housing not funded by federal dollars."
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(Jacquelyn Ferguson identified)
The Akron Police Department's Accident Reconstruction Unit had identified Jacquelyn D. Ferguson as the driver in a hit and run crash that lead to the death of Richard Williams.
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*Summit County Council discussed a real estate purchase agreement with the Summit County Land Reutilization Corp. (Land Bank) for the sale of Parcel No. 0209872 located at 2525 State Road in Cuyahoga Falls.*
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(Vivek wants to shut down universities)
If Vivek Ramaswamy considers your university to be "subpar", he'll just have the university get shut down. Good luck getting anything for all that time you spent on a degree, and even better luck getting all of your money back for the absolutely nothing you will be getting in return!
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(Copley Police Chief Michael Mier retiring)
The police chief of Copley Township has submitted his retirement notice that will take effect on the 1st of June.
He had been with the Copley Police Department since 1999.
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(Heather Hill no longer qualified for Governor)
*The running mate of a long-shot Republican candidate for governor apparently ended their campaign by resigning from the race.*
From the Ohio Secretary of State on X:
*Stuart Moats submitted to our office today a withdrawal of candidacy for the office of lieutenant governor as part of the Heather Hill / Stuart Moats joint candidacy for governor and lieutenant governor. Absent a valid lieutenant governor candidate, Ms. Hill no longer qualifies to receive votes for the office of governor. Ohio's 88 county boards of elections have been notified that any votes for Heather Hill / Stuart Moats will not be counted, and each board must also provide notice.*
Vote for Casey Putsch anyways!
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*(A short) Bits from the new DPL.*
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*Barberton City Schools is asking voters to approve an operating levy tax to address its estimated $11 million operating budget shortfall.*
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Business owners in Downtown want to see a revival of Akron's Downtown. That would be great to have!
Mayor Shammas Malik announced almost a week ago that there are 110 events planned for this summer, "built by Akron, for Akron, shaped directly by community feedback calling for more variety, more local talent, and more family-friendly experiences. The result: a summer that hits every note."
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(Akron Beacon Journal letters)
Basically: one guy defends crime by blaming all of Akron's problems on police, the United Church of Christ continues to be heretical with fake bible translations and a lack of respect for Jesus's actual messages, and a Fairlawn resident says what we're all noticing about Trump.
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*Barberton City Council leadership acknowledged during a
work session that Mayor William Judge's behavior on the job led the council to take steps toward his potential removal.*
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(Hyundai body camera footage released)
The Akron Police Department has released the body camera video from when a car software issue caused the power-seat to collapse on a 2-year-old girl who was sitting in it. Her death prompted Hyundai to recall over 68,000 vehicles.
This is yet another reason why I think cars and car owners could be so much better off without computers and software in them.
My condolences go to the family of the girl. May her soul, and the souls of the faithfully departed, through the mercy of God: rest in peace.
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(Akron Children's Golisano Campus)
*Akron Children's Hospital will name its main campus the Akron Children's Golisano Campus after philanthropist Tom Golisano announced a $50 million gift to the hospital system.*
According to the hospital, this is the largest unrestricted donation they've gotten from anyone. Summa sure could have used more people like this.
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(Additional AGPLv3 term stance)
*FSF clarifies its stance on AGPLv3 additional terms.*
As stated by Krzysztof Siewicz, the Licensing and Compliance Manager for the Free Software Foundation:
*You cannot use the GNU (A)GPL to take software freedom away.*
From OnlyOffice: "If the Euro-Office team believes our approach conflicts with the AGPLv3 license, we invite them to submit an official request to FSF (Free Software Foundation) for review. Let the respected open-source community evaluate the situation and provide a decision. If FSF determines that our license and project align with AGPLv3, we will continue as an open-source initiative. However, if the decision goes against us, we are ready to consider other options." Does that last part mean they'll happily become proprietary if the FSF doesn't agree fully with them?
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*Trump team's gas prices rhetoric has become a fiasco.*
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(Heather tries to drop running mate)
Because of a dispute, Heather Hill tried to drop her running mate.
Of course there are far better choices though.
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*Akron is one step closer to transforming the Innerbelt.*
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Tara Mosley Weems:
*The United States does not automatically become safer because a president decides to involve us more deeply in a foreign conflict. Military escalation is not a press release, it is a policy decision with real consequences. It affects troop deployments, military readiness, federal spending, oil markets and most importantly, American families.*
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(Fran Wilson's council vacancy legislation defeated)
Akron's Ward 1 Councilmember Fran Wilson introduced legislation several weeks ago addressing when a vacancy occurs in the city council, to put the city's existing process into writing. With a vote of 5:6, the legislation was defeated.
Wilson said that the legislation was to put the city's current procedures into writing, but Ward 3 Councilman Margo Sommerville said it would be best to not make changes while the council is trying to fill a vacancy. If nothing was changing, what would the problem have been?
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The Barberton City Council has voted to begin proceedings to remove their current mayor, Bill Judge, with a "no confidence" resolution over how he handled a personnel matter involving a domestic violence incident.
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(Mozilla vs Microsoft Copi(a)lot)
*Mozilla argued that Microsoft's design choices - particularly those that link the Windows experience tightly to Edge and Copilot - undermine genuine user control.*
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*The Summit County Deputies F.O.P. Lodge No. 139 will host its annual basketball game fundraiser at Green High School, 1474 Boettler Road.*
Good opportunity for those in and around Akron/Green to support our area's law enforcement!
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(Summit County voting changes)
Akronites who live in Cuyahoga Falls (4-A) and Fairlawn (4-A, 5-A, and 6-A) have had their voting locations moved.
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(Internet Archive Blocked by New York Times)
Looks like I have been living under a rock. As published by the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
*But in recent months The New York Times began blocking the Archive from crawling its website, using technical measures that go beyond the web's traditional robots.txt rules. That risks cutting off a record that historians and journalists have relied on for decades. Other newspapers, including The Guardian, seem to be following suit.*
That was from , meaning that IA was blocked before then already. The new error messages are not NYT errors now, but IA itself, reading like "The target server blocks access to [link]. (HTTP status=403)". So much for the open web!
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Democrat U.S. Representative Greg Landsman has filed legislation require data centers to cover their own energy costs, prohibit officials from signing nondisclosure agreements (NDAs), and require environmental impact studies when building new data centers.
You may read H. R. 8033 here: "To ensure that American families are protected from the impacts of data centers on the electric grid, and for other purposes."
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(Summit County judge candidates)
A writeup of Summit County's judge candidates that uses data provided to Signal Akron by the Akron Area League of Women Voters.
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*New barriers now block off a stretch of on-street parking along West Market Street right in front of several bars. Mayor Shammas Malik says the hope is to cut down on street parties and large crowds gathering around parked cars.*
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Aaron Blake's article saying that Trump's feud with a Pope is different when compared to his feud with Pope Francis.
*Few demographics were more important to President Donald Trump's
win than Catholics. While Catholics usually split close to 50-50, the data shows Trump won between 55% and 59% of them -- apparently the most of any presidential candidate in decades.*
Additionally, the recent computer-generated blasphemous depiction of Trump as Jesus healing a sick man did not help his falling image.
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(New York Times blocking Internet Archive)
When trying to get a stable link for a New York Times article, I found out that it appears that the New York Times has taken to blocking Internet Archive's Wayback Machine. For example: here is an article regarding Trump's attacks on the Pope and how they may affect the midterms. The problem is that the link is useless due to the following message:
You have been blocked from The New York Times because we suspect that you're a robot.
Why am I seeing this? There are a few possibilities:
- You are browsing and clicking much faster than is typical of a human being
- Something is preventing Javascript from working on your computer
- There is a bot with the same IP address as you
Either its bot filter is a bit too stringent, or they realized people were getting around the identification walls with it. Either way: not good, New York Times. Looks like I need to find a different article then.
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(LLMs)
*[LLMs] lead people to self-harming actions which moreover become a burden on real medical professionals. NHS staff is compelled to "argue" against people who "know better" because some chatbot said this and that (even if it lacks any comprehension and merely parrots a bunch of inputs based on word correlation weights).*
Oh, how I envy Roy Schestowitz's LLM usage.
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The healthcare company CareCloud has confirmed that it had suffered a data breach for several hours on , but so far had not confirmed whether sensitive data was exposed during that time.
The article says that "the company believes the attackers are no longer inside." Does that mean they don't know for sure?
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The City of Akron has announced a new Public Order Policy which was announced by Mayor Shammas Malik and Police Chief Brian Harding.
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(Hung jury in FirstEnergy trial)
*A jury in Akron hearing bribery and corruption charges against former CEO Chuck Jones and former senior vice president Michael Dowling is unable to come to a verdict.*
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An on-line resource by Citizens Against AIPAC Corruption for tracking AIPAC's congressional spending in the federal government. The Israel Lobby Tracker, at least, functions well enough without running nonfree JavaScript.
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Crackers broke into AWS accounts belonging to Cisco, leading to over three million records getting published on-line. The records reportedly contain personally identifiable information, git repositories, AWS buckets, and other internal data".
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*Israel Boosts Funding to Propagandize Americans.*
There are already a number of companies established throughout the country that get money from Israel to publish Israeli propaganda. For example: Clock Tower X LLC.
This company's rather interesting: it's registered in Delaware, but the FARA documents say it is located on 3745 Medina Road, Ste C, Medina, OH 44256 with Bradley Parscale as a federally registered foreign agent.
The 1124-0006 document says in 10b and 11 that Clock Tower X LLC is supervised by Israel. The Services Agreement explicitly states that the company has been engaged by the state of Israel to "coordinate and execute public communications and media activities".
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*Akron City Council Vice President Jeff Fusco is retiring Tuesday after 40 years in public service.*
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Ohioans: Elect Casey Putsch in the Primary Election. Do what is best for Ohio: elect someone that will take action for Ohio's people, culture, and institutions. Here is some information about his platform.
If universities mean anything to you, you may be interested in Vivek Ramaswamy's intention to shut down universities, claiming it's to cut down on "bloated bureaucracies and administrative duplication." Not a good plan, let alone a good idea.
If the University of Akron were one of the universities that get shut down, what happens with all of the time and money students spent to get degrees that won't exist anymore?
Do what is best for Ohio. Vote Putsch.
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Ohioans: call on your Ohio House representative to kill the bill, urging him/her to not pass SB 87 in order to protect your constitutional rights granted under the 1st and 14th amendments.
To find your area's representatives: you may use either the member search form or the house directory. You should also be able to send an e-mail your representative with the following address format: rep##@lis.state.oh.us.
Make sure you are contacting your state house representatives. For example, if you live in Ohio House District 31, you will contact Bill Roemer rather than Emilia Sykes. She's the federal rep rather than the state rep.
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[I put a link to a promotional video and post by the organizer here, along with an RSVP link. As the references are no longer available, I have removed the note and added this explanation.]