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Sep 16, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Mike Hixenbaugh |Jon Schuppe |Catherine Allen |Bryan Gallion |Liz Kreutz |Nigel Chiwaya
DALLAS — Long before his bleak final years, when he struggled with mental illness and lived mostly on the streets, Victor Carl Honey joined the Army, serving honorably for nearly a decade. And so, when his heart gave out and he died alone 30 years later, he was entitled to a burial with military honors.
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Sep 16, 2024 | 
msn.com | Mike Hixenbaugh |Jon Schuppe |Catherine Allen |Bryan Gallion |Liz Kreutz |Nigel Chiwaya
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Aug 22, 2024 | 
thespace.org | Catherine Allen
Written by Catherine AllenAs the founder of Limina Immersive, a company that has run hundreds of VR events and now focuses on audience research and consulting, I have witnessed the incredible potential of immersive media for broad audiences – especially how it can appeal to people who would not typically describe themselves as technology ‘early adopters’.
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Apr 21, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Catherine Allen
Welcome to NewsBreak, an open platform where diverse perspectives converge. Most of our content comes from established publications and journalists, as well as from our extensive network of tens of thousands of creators who contribute to our platform. We empower individuals to share insightful viewpoints through short posts and comments.
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Apr 21, 2024 | 
nbcnews.com | Catherine Allen
April 21, 2024, 12:30 PM UTCBy More and more, parents are opting America’s children out of public school. The share of children ages 5 to 17 enrolled in public schools fell by almost 4 percentage points from 2012 to 2022, an NBC News analysis of Census Bureau data found, even as the overall population grew. NBC News’ analysis found:87.0% of children were enrolled in public school in 2022, compared to 90.7% in 2012.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
medium.com | Catherine Allen
In my shared office, nestled among seven desks, a rotund older woman opens a zip lock bag of cereal and pours it into a huge salad bowl. The milk follows. With loud slurps she talks at me, her mouth full, and hurriedly shovels the cereal with a large spoon. Never to win a poker game, I doubt my grimace went unnoticed. Lunch breaks are lost to emails, staff meetings, yard duty — we’re all caught up in the whirlwind of tasks and deadlines. I urge you to take time to consider the value of good manners.
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Mar 16, 2024 | 
medium.com | Catherine Allen
The shrill alarm erupts from my mobile phone at 6:45 am, piercing my dark bedroom. Heavy eyelids flutter open reluctantly, briefly entertaining the hope that perhaps, by some miraculous stroke of luck, it might be the weekend. No such luck, it is Tuesday. Rhythmic snoring from Oscar, the cavoodle at the foot of the bed, a reassuring presence in the pre-dawn gloom. With a resigned sigh, I relinquish the warmth of the covers and reluctantly begin the familiar routine of the weekday morning.
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Mar 3, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Catherine Allen
Super Tuesday voters in North Carolina and Arkansas will encounter stricter voter ID requirements when they head to the polls, as part of a wave of voter ID laws enacted across the country during the last four years. Eight states have enacted voter ID laws since the 2020 election, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures: Arkansas, Idaho, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, Ohio and Wyoming. The rash of new laws affects 29 million adults.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Catherine Allen
The Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 introduced a fresh legal framework to facilitate supported decision-making. In a previous article, we discussed an overview of the 2015 Act and the impact on healthcare providers. The 2015 Act applies to everyone and is relevant to charitable organisations whose members may have limited or no capacity to make certain decisions. Therefore, there are certain implications that these organisations must be aware of regarding the 2015 Act.
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Jan 31, 2024 | 
aol.com | Catherine Allen |Joe Murphy
Reports of lasers illegally pointed at aircrafts in flight rose to a new high in 2023, the latest spike in a series of steady increases during the past decade. Laser pointers, even those sold for less than $20 online, can distract pilots or cause flash blindness — of particular danger during takeoff and landing, when many incidents are reported. “When you point a laser at a cockpit to blind the pilots, you’re not attacking two pilots.
