Nathan’s Narrative: Lessons in empathy from a YA lit classic
By choosing kindness and empathy over anger and division, we can begin to transform our political discourse.
Cities lose millions in spear phishing scams
Over the past several years, international scammers have successfully targeted numerous cities using phishing techniques, diverting large payments from city projects.
Time to fall back[mfn]On November 3, we’ll turn our clocks back one hour thus removing ourselves from daylight saving time (DST). The concept of DST is simple: save energy and make better use of daylight. It was first used in Thunder Bay, Canada, in 1908 but became popular after Germany adopted it in 1916. There’s some debate, like a lot of our daily practices, as to who originated the idea of DST. Some claim it to be Ben Franklin, he of the kite, thunderstorm and electricity experiment. 1784 is often thought to be the year Ben had the idea. Others cite the Romans as the first to conceptualize and utilize the idea. Who knows really?! Today over 70 countries worldwide use DST. https://armuni.org/3BFNUry [/mfn]
My memories and feelings about fall and fall sports are happy because the cities I lived in were committed to me and my family.
