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Román Zaragoza on his “Ghosts” character’s love life

Actor Román Zaragoza, who stars as the character Sass in the CBS comedy “Ghosts,” is sharing details about his character’s struggling love life and how the show has approached incorporating Lenape culture.

“He’s a hopeless romantic. He wants to be loved. He wants to feel that love, and I think because he died so young that he still has that young heart. He’s an old soul, but young heart,” Zaragoza said in an interview with “CBS Mornings” about Sass.

Zaragoza revealed it was partially his idea for his character to be a virgin.

“We talked about it for awhile, and I pitched it because I was curious, because they were leading up to the fact that I feel like he was going to be a virgin, and then I think that something came out that he wasn’t, and I was like, ‘I think it’s funnier if he is.'”

In this week’s episode, another ghost brings back Joan, a potential love interest for Sass, who is a Lenape ghost.

“As a Native actor, it’s hard. A lot of the time, you get cast as an actor and as a consultant and you’re like, you know, I’m not Lenape. I’m not an expert on Lenape history or culture.”

Zaragoza credits the “Ghosts” showrunners for bringing someone in who is Lenape and an expert on its culture.

“Not every set does that, and I just gotta really thank Joe Port and Joe Wiseman, but we brought in Joe Baker who is the executive director of the Lenape Center … and he’s been just an incredible asset to our show,” Zaragoza said. Baker is also an enrolled member of the Delaware Tribe of Indians, according to the Lenape Center.

Beyond his character, Zaragoza joked about his height. While he stands at 5’10,” a Google search claims he’s 5’3,”…

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Iraq Should Consider Extending UNAMI’s Mission

The United Nations Assistance Mission to Iraq (UNAMI) was established by UN Security Council Resolution 1500 in August 2003, four months after the appointment of a United Nations Special Representative to Iraq following the fall of the Baath regime. Its primary role was to support the Coalition Provisional Authority, led by Paul Bremer, and the Iraqi Governing Council in establishing democratic governance and rebuilding state institutions.

While the UN Country Team, composed of some 22 agencies, funds, and programs, focuses on humanitarian assistance and helping Iraq meet its Sustainable Development Goals, UNAMI functions as a distinctly political mission. Its mandate has been renewed annually at the request of the Iraqi government and reports to the Department of Political Affairs in New York. UN Security Council Resolution 1770 of 2007 significantly expanded UNAMI’s role to include fostering political dialogue and reconciliation, providing electoral assistance, promoting human rights and judicial reform, and engaging neighboring countries.

UNAMI mandate under review

Upon assuming office in October 2022, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shiya Al-Sudani decided, with broad support from his governing coalition, that UNAMI’s role was no longer necessary. Central to this decision was Iraq’s desire to establish a sense of normalcy, given the vastly improved security situation and relatively stable political climate. The government sought to shed the perception of dependence on international assistance and emphasize that Iraq could independently resolve its domestic and foreign disputes without UNAMI’s mediation.

In May 2023, UN Security Council Resolution 2682 commissioned an independent strategic review of UNAMI, led by Germany’s Volker Perthes. The review included consultations in Iraq in November 2023, during which the team met with a range of stakeholders, including national and local government officials, political party leaders, and members of civil society. It assessed three key areas: current threats to Iraq’s peace…

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New reports from the 2021 Census of Population

Released: 2025-03-31

The 2021 Census of Population revealed that 243,155 people reported the ability to speak an Indigenous language well enough to conduct a conversation. There were more than 70 distinct Indigenous languages reported on the census questionnaire. Within this rich diversity of Indigenous languages, the data reveal varying levels of vitality and patterns of acquisition and use.

The history of colonial practices in Canada has had a profoundly negative impact on the use of Indigenous languages. Perhaps most notably, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report detailed many of the harms done to the languages of First Nations, Métis and Inuit children through the residential school system, in an effort to assimilate Indigenous people and break their ties to their culture.

In response to the Calls to Action by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, the Indigenous Languages Act was passed in 2019. With its passage, the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages was created to “help promote Indigenous languages and support the efforts of Indigenous peoples to reclaim, revitalize, maintain and strengthen their languages.”

Today, the Centre for Indigenous Statistics and Partnerships at Statistics Canada, in collaboration with the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages, is releasing nine new reports on Indigenous languages in Canada, providing relevant data on the vitality and patterns of language acquisition and use. Among these reports, eight are framed around one of the major Indigenous language families in Canada—Algonquian, Athabaskan, Inuktut (Inuit), Iroquoian, Salish, Siouan, Tsimshian and Wakashan—and one report focuses on languages that are not part of any specific family (Haida, Ktunaxa [Kutenai] and Michif).

Algonquian, Inuktut (Inuit) and Athabaskan language families are those spoken most often

Indigenous languages are generally classified into one of eight major language families, such as Athabaskan languages or Inuktut (Inuit) languages. In terms of language knowledge, the largest Indigenous language family in 2021 was Algonquian languages, with 163,815 speakers. The…

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‘Woodcock Talk and Walk’ hosted at Lenape Park

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CRANFORD, NJ — The American woodcock is a plump, camouflaged, adorable shorebird.

The species also known as the timberdoodle, Labrador twister, night partridge, mudbat or bog sucker, has several distinct features. It has a rotund, orange-fluff belly, long bill and short legs. It’s also recognized for its preference for damp, dense woodlands. It can be found in the eastern half of North America, including New Jersey.

Recently, experienced nature enthusiast Peter Axelrod gave a “Woodcock Talk and Walk” at Lenape Park in Cranford. He gave a PowerPoint presentation, followed by a guided outdoor experience exploring the lifestyle and behaviors of the woodcock. Twenty-one people signed up for the free event.

“They’re silent, except when they do the mating call,” said Axelrod.

He further explained that they are a shorebird, they live in the forest and are related to the sandpiper. They have a cryptic coloration, the color of leaves and large prominent eyes. And they are very plump. Their beak is 10 to 12 inches long.

“It is one strange bird,” said Axelrod. “It can be confused with Wilson’s snipe, also an average shore bird who adapted to living in the forest.”

The woodcock nest is a small shallow depression in the ground surrounded by leaves. “Males do not participate in nest building or rearing the young,” said Axelrod.

For food, woodcocks mostly eat earth worms. “They are known to eat their weight in earth worms every day,” said Axelrod.

Downed woodcocks can be found in Newark and New York City, where they crash into buildings. They are nocturnal, active at night. Shakespeare mentions 64 bird species in his writings, with 10 references to woodcocks.

When a male woodcock is ready to mate, their call is a distinctive, loud “Peent!” The sound is often heard in…

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Indigenous Language Families: Algonquian languages

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This report is a collaborative research project between Statistics Canada and the Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages. It is intended to provide a general overview on the vitality, acquisition and use of Indigenous languages belonging to the Algonquian language family. For more information on the work of OCIL see Office of the Commissioner of Indigenous Languages – Home.

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Algonquian languages

The Algonquian family represents the largest speaker base among all Indigenous languages in Canada. Among all people who reported the ability to speak an Indigenous language, more than two thirds were speakers of an Algonquian language. Algonquian language speakers were present in every province and territory in Canada, in 2021, and they made up the majority of all Indigenous language speakers in nine of ten provinces. Algonquian languages stretch beyond Canadian borders and are present in languages such as Arapaho in the United States, and Kickapoo, spoken in both the United States and Mexico.

Within this report the following Algonquian languages are presented:

  • Blackfoot
  • Atikamekw
  • Cree languages
  • Innu (Montagnais)
  • Naskapi
  • Mi’kmaq
  • Wolastoqewi (Malecite)
  • Anicinabemowin (Algonquin)
  • Oji-Cree
  • Ojibway languages
  • Algonquian languages, not included elsewhere (n.i.e.)

Summary language statistics are provided for these languages in table 2.

Knowledge and mother tongue

In 2021, there were 163,815 people who reported that they could speak an Algonquian language well enough to conduct a conversation. The number of those who reported that an Algonquian language was their mother tongue—that is, the language first learned as a child and still understood—was 123,130.

The largest group within the Algonquian language family was those who reported Cree languages, with 87,875 speakers and 66,205 having a Cree mother tongue; this was followed by Ojibway languages (26,165 speakers and 15,890 mother tongue), and Oji-Cree (15,305 speakers…

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Class L girls basketball: Northwest Catholic beats Bethel for its third straight state title

UNCASVILLE – Three juniors. Three years. Three state titles.

Top-seeded Northwest Catholic, with its core of juniors Abby Casper, Maeve Staunton and Zoey Canning, won its third straight state championship Saturday night, this time in Class L, with a 56-40 victory over Bethel.

Two years ago, they won the Class S championship. Last year it was Class MM.

“It’s an amazing feeling, especially with this team,” Casper said. “I’m super happy to be back here, playing with my sister and all my other teammates.”

Northwest Catholic's Abigail Casper gestures during a Girls Class L CIAC championship against Bethel at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Jessica Hill/Special to the Courant)Northwest Catholic’s Abigail Casper gestures during the Class L championship game against Bethel at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Saturday, March 15, 2025. Casper had 19 points and 19 rebounds and Northwest won its third straight title. (Jessica Hill/Special to the Courant)

Casper had 19 points and a career-high 19 rebounds for the Lions (25-2). Staunton had 18 points and scored her 1,000th point in the third quarter (she needed 10 coming in). Canning had six points and five rebounds.

All three are captains. There are no seniors on the team.

“I actually turned to the bench at one point and said, ‘When I was playing at Northwest, we couldn’t even smell this,’” said coach Alison Connors, who graduated from Northwest in 2013. “We were a really, really good team. But for whatever reason, we were always stuck at the quarterfinals.

Northwest Catholic's Maeve Staunton shoots between Bethel's Emma Huedepohl, left, and Summer Wish, right, during a Girls Class L CIAC championship at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (Jessica Hill/Special to the Courant)Northwest Catholic’s Maeve Staunton shoots between Bethel’s Emma Huedepohl, left, and Summer Wish,…

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Egg Harbor Township has big day at Lake Lenape Sprint II races

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Bunnell Comes From Behind, Tops Fitch For 2nd Straight Div. III Title

UNCASVILLE, CT — For much of the opening quarter of Saturday’s CIAC Div. III basketball championship game at the Mohegan Sun Arena, Bunnell High School looked nothing like the team that won the title last year, nor like the team that had posted double-digit victories in each of its first three tournament contests this winter.

The Bulldogs fell behind 5-0 to Fitch in the first few minutes, and did not score a field goal until nearly three and a half minutes had elapsed. Meanwhile, seventh-seeded Fitch played as if it had nothing to lose, opening up an 8-poout lead late in the quarter and entering the second period with a 21-15 advantage.

Bunnell looked like a completely different squad from the outset of the second quarter, holding the Falcons without a basket from the field until 2:43remained before intermission. By then, the Bulldogs had reversed the 8-point deficit into a 6-point lead, and a three-point field goal by JT Turnage at the buzzer sent them to the locker room with a 42-31 halftime edge.

The Bulldogs opened up a 13-poiint lead after the break, but Fitch hung tough, trimming the margin to eight late in the third quarter. In the final period, the Falcons twice closed within five points, but Bunnell held on for a 70-61 victory and its second straight state championship.

Both teams wound up with balanced scoring, with Bunnell sophomore Rody Ricketts claiming game-high honors with 21 points. Alex Munoz had 15 points, Turnage had 13 and Karell Brown chipped in with nine, while Jordan Pierce contributed eight points and a game-leading 10 rebounds.

For Fitch, four players scored in double figures: Xavier Goode (15), Si’kis Reels (14), Calvin Sebastian (12) and Luke Wenger (10).

(Photos: Michael Lemanski/Patch)

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