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Bigfoot howl? Loudonville woman convinced she recorded a Yeti

Audio clip to be discussed during community town hall

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Recording of potential Mohican Bigfoot howling

Suzanne Ferencak recorded this audio clip that she believes contains the sound of a Bigfoot howl July 3, 2022.

Zach Tuggle, Mansfield News Journal

After several years with no trace of the creature, Suzanne Ferencak thinks Bigfoot has finally returned to Mohican, and she believes she has audio proof.

“This is the first time I ever recorded howls,” Ferencak said.

The two-minute-long recording — which she shared with the News Journal — was described by an analyst as having “high potential” for containing the sound of one Bigfoot attempting to locate another.

“The first howler has a brassy tone to its voice that can be indicative of (Sasquatch),” the analyst wrote. “There are a couple features in the execution, such as shifting to an ‘AA’ phoneme at the end of the call that are indicative as well, most noticeable in the last two howls.”

She plans to discuss her encounters during the “Bigfoot Basecamp Weekend” Sept. 9-11 at Pleasant Hill Lake Park.

‘I always have a recorder going’

Ferencak said she first caught a glimpse of the bipedal brute when it jumped over a back road southeast of Loudonville in May of 2013.

Her description of the 7½-foot tall, hairy beast matches those commonly used to depict creatures known as Sasquatch, Yeti and Grassman….

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Xbox Series X and S Boot Up 5 Seconds Faster Following Update

Gamers are about to get some of their valuable time back. 

Microsoft confirmed on Saturday that its Xbox Series X and Series S consoles will now boot faster thanks to a speedier startup animation. The changes improve boot times by 5 seconds.

Xbox’s director of integrated marketing Josh Munsee tweeted about the improvement over the weekend. 

Last-generation Xbox One consoles will speed up as well, according to Xbox senior product manager Jake Rosenberg, who tweeted: “Not only is the animation shorter, but Xbox One generation consoles are booting noticeably faster with these changes!”

Right now, these improvements are available to members of the Xbox Insider program. The program gives Xbox owners access to updates before they go live to the broader public.

Xbox Series X and S owners can set their consoles to two different standby modes. One is energy-saving, which turns off the console completely. The other is an instant-on mode, leaving the console on but at a low-energy state. Before the energy-saving mode change, the console bootup took 20 seconds, but the new update brought that down to 15. Instant-on, as the name suggests, would load up an Xbox almost instantly.

The company made improvements to energy-saving mode earlier this year, allowing gamers to download games in the background. Energy-saving mode also became the default option for owners setting up a new Xbox back in March.

The Natural Resources Defense Council, a nonprofit environmental advocacy organization, said in a report last year that Xbox’s low-power standby mode would cost American owners an…

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Mohegan

Improv and Voice Actor Phil LaMarr Comes to Terrificon At Mohegan Sun

Terrificon is returning to the Mohegan Sun Expo Center in Uncasville on July 29, 30 and 31 and will feature comic book artists and writers, Q&A sessions, a costume contest for cosplayers, over 350 comic, toy and art vendors — even a kid-friendly convention within the convention.

Also appearing is Phil LaMarr, a cast member on the Fox sketch comedy series Mad TV, and the voice and personality behind a number of animated characters.

Ahead of his appearance, LaMarr talked to CT Examiner about his connection to Connecticut, his path from improv to voice acting, and how the two relate, and his current involvement in a Sherlock Holmes series.

RD: When you attended Yale, you helped found the improv comedy group Purple Crayon which is still in operation today. What inspired you to get into improv? Was it Saturday Night Live, Monty Python, stand-up comedy, or something else?

PL: Actually, Yale was my introduction to improv. A friend of mine, Eric Berg, was from Chicago, we did plays together and then one summer he was in Chicago taking classes at Second City and with Del Close at ImprovOlympic. Then he came back that fall saying “Hey guys! You guys wanna do some improv?!!!” and we were all like “Um…what? Ok, sure. Why not?”. This little grouping of theater pals turned into a decades-long running institution and not only did it help change the entertainment world at the university, it definitely changed all of us. Being in your early 20s and being introduced to the philosophy of improv shows that life is about collaboration and agreement, that’s how you achieve things.

If you do that together, you can make up amazing stuff of your own without ever having to think it through and that just blew my mind. The interesting thing…

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‘Special connection’: Razz, the dog that couldn’t walk two months ago, has new home

Once immobile and abandoned, dog now has a home and is able to walk

Razz the dog is adjusting to his new home.

A 1-year-old pit/Staffordshire bull terrier mix, Razz captured the hearts of many animal lovers after his owner abandoned him by dumping him off in the outdoor kennels at the Richland County Dog Shelter on May 3.

Dog Warden Missy Houghton remembers him well.

“When he first came in, he was completely immobile,” she said. “He couldn’t move at all.”

Razz’s story: Abandoned, immobile dog at Richland County shelter now able to walk

In addition, Razz is deaf.

More than two months later, Razz can walk. He sort of lopes along, with the tops of his paws scraping the ground, causing them to bleed.

‘I fell in love with him when I first met him’

Bethany Higgins, his new owner, is a veterinary assistant at Mohican Veterinary Wellness Center, where Razz goes for weekly acupuncture and laser treatments.

“I fell in love with him when I first met him, but so did everyone,” Higgins said. “We had a pretty special connection from the beginning, and everyone could see it. It got to a point where it was kind of hard to deny it.”

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Higgins made up her mind May 25, when Mohican held an open house. Her 6-year-old daughter Amelia got the chance to meet Razz that day.

They, too, formed a fast friendship. Razz tends to follow Amelia around on her bike, a turquoise and purple Schwinn with training wheels.

Asked what she likes to do with Razz, Amelia replied, “Everything.”

Razz’s health has continued to improve after leaving Richland County Dog Shelter

Razz has beefed up to 73 pounds, though his tendency to eat dead grass probably hasn’t contributed much.

“He likes to eat…

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Xbox Series X and Series S now boot faster

The Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S already boot quite fast thanks to their internal solid-state drives, but Microsoft has made some tweaks to make it even faster. Noted by Josh Munsee, who is an Xbox Integrated Marketing Director, boot times are now even shorter on the next-gen consoles thanks to a short boot animation (via The Verge.)

More technically, Microsoft has reduced the bootup animation time on the consoles by 5 seconds with a recent Xbox Insider Build. As seen in Munsee’s tweet above, the new boot animation is less than 4 seconds, whereas the previous one was about 9 seconds. It is important to note though, that this only applies if your Xbox is in Energy Saver mode, where it always fully turns off, instead of being in standby. Check it out in the video below from a fellow Xbox user.

The Verge’s Tom Warren actually put this to the test and believes that the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S now cold boot in 15 seconds, instead of 20 seconds. It’s not clear which Xbox Insider build applied this update, but some people still have additional feedback for Microsoft, like muting the boot animation noise. Let us know what you think in the comments below.

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Nanticoke

Day 4 of Go Joe’s 25th Anniversary Bike Ride for St. Joseph’s Center

It’s day four of Go Joe’s 25th Anniversary Bike Ride for St. Joseph’s Center.

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. — Day 4 of Go Joe 25 kicked off Thursday morning in Columbia County.

Joe Snedeker will start his ride in Bloomsburg.

He will ride through Lightstreet, Berwick, Shickshinny (Susquehanna Warrior Trail Park), Nanticoke, Plymouth (Miner’s Monument – Carolina & Main), Kingston (Kingston Fire Department), Swoyersville (American Legion Pavilion), and West Pittston (at the closed entrance to Water Street Bridge).

He will finish the day in downtown Old Forge.

The intrepid bicycling meteorologist is raising money for St. Joseph’s Center, a place that cares for people with disabilities and provides medical daycare and adoptions.

Newswatch 16’s Chris Keating will be will Joe during his ride. Make sure to follow him on Facebook and Twitter @CKeatingWNEP.

RELATED: Go Joe 25: Joe Snedeker’s charity bike ride for St. Joseph’s Center

St. Joseph’s Center Festival

The St. Joseph’s Center Festival returns for food, fun, and games on the campus of Marywood University, Dunmore.  

  • Friday, July 29, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
  • Saturday, July 30, 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.
  • Sunday, July 31, noon to 7 p.m.

Telethon

The festival at Marywood University includes WNEP’S Telethon for St. Joe’s, which runs from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, July 29 and 30, right here on WNEP, WNEP.com, ROKU, and Fire TV.

Donations and Go Joe Shirts

You can DONATE or ORDER a Go Joe Shirt RIGHT HERE!

Go Joe shirt orders cannot be taken by mail, but if you’d like to mail in a donation, make checks payable to St. Joseph’s Center and mail to Go Joe 25,…

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Seattle Storm vs Connecticut Sun Prediction, 7/28/2022 WNBA Pick, Tips and Odds

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Game: Seattle Storm vs Connecticut Sun

Date: Thursday, July 28, 2022

Location: Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, CT

TV: NBATV

Mohegan Sun Arena is the site where and the Connecticut Sun (19-9) will take on the Seattle Storm (18-10) on Thursday.

The Seattle Storm stepped onto the hardwood against the Atlanta Dream and notched a win by a score of 82-72 in their last game. Seattle walked away from the contest having earned a 42.9% FG percentage (27 of 63) and buried 9 out of their 30 3-point shots. At the free throw line, the Storm made 19 of their 21 tries for a rate of 90.5%. In regard to hauling in rebounds, they collected 39 with 5 of them being of the offensive variety. They also distributed 20 assists in the matchup in addition to forcing the opposition into 10 turnovers and earning 6 steals. In reference to defending, Seattle let their opponent shoot 34.5% from the field on 29 of 84 shooting. Atlanta recorded 17 dimes and had 5 steals for this contest. On top of that, Atlanta grabbed 45 rebounds (17 offensive, 28 defensive) and earned 2 blocked shots. Atlanta went 72.7% at the free throw line by making 8 of 11 shots. They also made 6 out of their 25 tries from distance.

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Tina Charles is a player who was a contributor in the matchup. She ended up finishing with 27 points on 9 out of 13 shooting. She was on the court for 33 minutes played and also grabbed 15 boards. Charles finished 69.2% from the floor and also distributed 1 assist.

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Q+A | An Indigenous scholar on why the Pope needs to address the Doctrine of Discovery

Steve Newcomb calls it the “Doctrine of Domination.” 

The Indigenous scholar, who is Shawnee/Lenape and originally from Portland, Oregon, has spent much of his career studying the Doctrine of Discovery, which originated in the form of papal bulls, edicts issued by the Catholic Church in the 15th century to empower Portugal and Spain to colonize, plunder and enslave West Africa and the Americas. Other colonial powers soon followed suit, and the doctrine became the basis for slavery and European claims over Indigenous land and people.

Newcomb is among many people calling on the Pope to explicitly acknowledge the Doctrine of Discovery and the harms it’s caused. 

He spoke with the CBC’s Jared Monkman on The Trailbreaker Wednesday. 

This conversation has been edited for length and clarity. 

Before we get into what the Pope is or isn’t saying today, I want to talk a little bit about the history of the Doctrine of Discovery. What happened when it was established? 

Well, before I go into that, I want to set the context for this conversation very briefly. And that context is the original free and independent existence of our nations and peoples, extending back to the beginning of time and the contrast between that free existence and the system of domination that was brought by ship across the ocean and imposed on everyone and everything throughout this hemisphere and many other parts of the world as well. 

And that system of domination is articulated and expressed in Vatican documents from the 15th century. And when you get into the specific Latin language of those documents, you see the patterns of domination and dehumanization that have been … exacted or imposed upon our nations and peoples over centuries. And so with that context in mind, we have to look at the overall responsibility that the church bears for having issued those documents…

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Xbox Series X|S boot up now five seconds faster

Josh Lopez | July 25, 2022Xbox Series X|S boot up now five seconds faster

Microsoft has reduced the boot-up time of the Xbox Series X|S consoles.

Noticing a faster boot-up on your Xbox Series X|S console? That’s because Microsoft just improved the speed with a pretty simple fix.

According to Josh Munsee, the director of Xbox Integrated Marketing, the boot sequence is now a whole five seconds faster. That’s thanks to a shorter boot-up animation. The company has reduced the animation from nine seconds to just four seconds.

Munsee confirmed the news via Twitter:

@neonepiphany Can confirm – worked with @harrisonhoffman and @jakerose27 to create a shorter boot up animation (~4s) from the original boot up animation (~9s), helping to reduce the overall startup time.Image

According to The Verge:

Xbox Series X / S owners will only benefit from the speedier boot times if they have their consoles set to Energy Saver mode instead of Standby mode. Energy Saver mode means the console fully powers off, instead of entering a standby state. This means you can’t power on the console and immediately start playing, but Energy Saver is friendlier for electricity bills and the planet.

This update means that the overall boot-up time will drop from 20 seconds to 15 seconds for Xbox Series X|S consoles that are set to Energy Saver Mode instead of Standby Mode.

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Judgment issued in pool payment dispute, couple waits for refund

Jul. 27—NANTICOKE — It was easier for Jim and Lisa Swanberry to put in a new pool than get a refund on the deposit for one they said was never delivered.

The husband and wife from Nanticoke went to court and prevailed with a judgment against Michael Calore and Superior Pools & Spa, ordering him to refund them $1,500 refund plus additional costs they incurred in the civil case.

Calore has not paid, and said Tuesday that the amended order signed by Luzerne County Judge Lesa Gelb on May 13 was not final.

“This is a simple contract dispute,” Calore said.

It’s been anything but simple for the Swanberrys.

Each step of the way has been a challenge, from the complaint filed on March 18, 2021 at the magistrate level, to Calore’s appeal of the judgment against him that sent it to county court, and the May 9 order mistakenly finding in favor of Calore after the case went to arbitration.

“What’s terrible about it is it’s such a process. My wife basically almost got a law degree at this point because no lawyer wants to touch it for what little amount of money it is,” Jim Swanberry said.

“And a lot of people won’t hire a lawyer, so they just quit,” said Lisa Swanberry who pursued the case on her own “pro se.”

The couple didn’t and they’re still trying to figure out how to have the judgment enforced despite Calore’s assertion they breached the contract instead of him.

The case stemmed from the couple’s meeting with Calore at his store on Mundy Street in Wilkes-Barre Township in February and March of last year in search of a new pool. They wanted to purchase a pool to replace the one they’ve had for 23 years and had a tight deadline to install it and purchase wood for the…

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