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BOONE, N.C. (WBTV) – The Mountaineers of Appalachian State University have done it again. 15 years after the big upset of #5 Michigan, App State took down #6 Texas A & M on the road. It’s one of the biggest wins in school history and has opened the door for Boone to host ESPN’s popular GameDay broadcast this Saturday.

The scene Saturday night in Boone was celebratory with students rallying on King Street, and many taking a leap into the duck pond on the Appalachian campus.

Coverage: App State uses 2 turnovers to stun No. 6 Texas A&M 17-14

“There’s so many people everywhere…it was like a mosh pit, there was 100′s if not 1000′s on King Street, on campus…police officers everywhere, it was an incredible experience, Jalen Boleratz, a cheerleader and sophomore from Durham.

On Monday, a much calmer day on campus and in town. At Mountaineer Mania, preparations are underway for a big weekend with a home game with Troy and a first ever visit by ESPN’s Gameday.

“Oh, they didn’t even come after the Michigan game, it makes us feel like we made it,” said owner Melody Pineda.

David Jackson s a former play-by-play announcer for the Mountaineers and now heads up the Chamber of Commerce. He says the win in Texas and ESPN recognition is important for the school, and the community.

“It’s another level because it’s the nation’s visibility for the sport for a day and it’s coming from here,” Jackson said. “People will see the mountains, Howard’s Knob, campus, and that as their start to a day of college football and some important matchups that will go on in week 3.”

App State Athletics announced on Monday that all tickets for the team’s home game on Saturday against Troy have been sold out.

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Launched in 2004 by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, September as National Preparedness Month is dedicated to encouraging the public to assess and prepare for local disaster risks and unplanned emergencies. This year, FEMA’s campaign theme is centered around “Lasting Legacies: The Life You’ve Built is Worth Protecting; Prepare for Disasters to Create a Lasting Legacy for You and Your Family.”

FEMA’s 2020 National Household Survey found that a growing number of people are investing in disaster-preparation activities. Approximately 68 percent of respondents have taken at least moderate steps toward and have set aside funds in preparation for an emergency — up 6% from the previous year.

Whether responding to a surging heat wave, volatile hurricanes or regional flooding, having a preparedness kit and emergency-response plan is the highest priority, but what about protecting your personal information and the value of your belongings?

The Better Business Bureau recommends the following tips to help minimize the negative impact that may arise from being unprepared and/or underinsured:

Know the risks for your area

Research and understand the risks in your area. Is the region you live in highly prone to hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, etc.? Identifying those risks will help determine what you need to prepare for and the potential scope of the damage. It’ll also help you understand the type of insurance coverage you may need.

Speak with a reputable insurance agent

Start by speaking with your current homeowners’, renters’ or auto-insurance companies to find out what additional coverage you may need to add on. For example, most homeowners’ insurance policies generally do not cover flood damage, so you’ll need to purchase a flood policy separately. The National Association of Insurance Commissioners lists the types of coverages you can add to your current policy.

Research past natural disasters in your area to determine whether the families affected had the appropriate level of coverage. Ask multiple insurance agents for their take on the level of coverage they recommend and determine whether you’d like to increase your coverage. The last thing you want is to be underinsured and not have enough compensation when it comes time to clean and/or rebuild.

Consumers can look up companies on BBB.org for ratings, consumer alerts, complaint trends and examples of how the business responds to their customers.

Take photos

Having pictures or videos of your car, home or business, and your valuables before possible damage can help with future insurance claims. Keep these in a separate album so they are easy to find in the event something gets damaged.

Store important documents

Keep important paperwork, such as passports, birth certificates, medical records, and deeds of ownership safe by storing them in a waterproof/fireproof safe-deposit box. You may want to store important sentimental items, like family photos, in a similar way. Keep such items in a central place where you can easily take them with you if you need to evacuate.

Back up your files

Don’t leave important data on computers in places at risk of fire or flood damage. Store them on a secure portable hard drive or in a digital cloud away from your home or business.

For more consumer tips, visit BBB.org.

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Roseann Freitas ismarketplace manager Hawai‘i, Better Business Bureau Northwest + Pacific, 900 Fort Street Mall, Ste. 1310, Honolulu, HI 96813 808-260-0643, bbb.org.

Danielle Walker told Mashed that picking themes is the perfect way to help newbies in the kitchen. She stated, “I always say hold one night or two, because you can go in with great intentions and think that you’re going to cook seven nights a week, but life throws curveballs at you.” The “Against the Grain” author mentioned that planning for five nights of dinners is the best solution, as you may grab takeout one night or leftovers the other. Walker said her kids thoroughly enjoy breakfast for dinner, so that is usually her backup on a day she needs to improvise a meal.

Picking a theme for each night is the simplest way to choose what you want to meal prep, according to Danielle. She added, “I’m like, ‘We’re going to do beef on this night and fish on this night,’ or some people say, ‘I want to do taco Tuesday,’ so Tuesday is going to be our Mexican-themed night. Then I want to do something that’s Italian.” She continued, “That’s the best way to do it — either decide what proteins you want to do each night or decide a theme.”

By deciding on a theme and shopping only once a week at the grocery store, you can save money on wasted food. Walker recommended using the protein that will go bad the fastest at the beginning of the week, such as seafood. To get you started, “Healthy in a Hurry” has six weeks’ worth of meal plans and grocery lists available. Meal prepping just became your favorite activity!

Check out Danielle Walker’s Instagram page to keep up with her latest recipes. You can order Danielle’s new cookbook, “Healthy in a Hurry,” on Amazon.

When a major South Korean memory firm invests over $11 billion in a fab, that raises a couple of eyebrows. But when it comes within a major $100+ billion capital expenditure (CapEx) package, it certainly warrants some attention.

Semiconductor business in general and memory business in particular are very cyclical in their nature. Just a year ago almost all chips were in short supply and prices of commodities like memory or display drivers were high, but now that sales of PCs are declining, memory prices are declining too. But several years down the road demand for PCs and other client devices will rise once again, and so will demand for memory. Which is why SK Hynix is already preparing for this with its Fab M15X expansion plan.

SK Hynix’s Fab M15X will be a two-story building occupying 60,000 m² of land and will be located adjacent to existing Fab M15 in the Cheongju Technopolis industrial complex. The fab will produce 3D NAND (which means more chemical vapor deposition and etching tools in the cleanroom) and/or DRAM (which is more lithography-intensive, so more DUV and EUV equipment in the cleanroom) memory chips, depending on demand by the time it comes online sometimes in 2025. Since at present it is unclear/undecided what the fab will produce, the company cannot disclose planned production capacity of the upcoming manufacturing facility.

At a planned size roughly equal to combined space of SK Hynix’s existing Fab M11 and Fab M12, the company’s Fab M15X expansion looks more like an entirely new fab built adjacent to existing Fab M15 than an expansion project of the existing fab. Yet since the two manufacturing facilities share infrastructure and various facilities, the maker prefers to call it Fab M15X. 

“Looking back on the past 10 years, SK hynix could grow into a global company as it boldly carried out investment during crisis,” said Park Jung-ho, vice chairman and co-chief executive of SK Hynix. “As we look to prepare for the next 10 years now, I believe starting the M15X will be a first step to lay foundation for a solid future growth.”

Source: SK Hynix

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) – It’s been a rainy Labor Day and with grounds still saturated from the stormy weekend, you’ve probably noticed some flooding on the streets.

But, in between pops of rain is when Birmingham Public Works Crews hit the streets to clean out backed up inlets. They’re doing this to try to prevent local flooding, but with so much rain, there’s only so much they can do.

Director of Public Works Josh Yates said they check inlets on a weekly basis and they go through routine maintenance. He said they find a lot of garbage and debris inside the inlets, which can cause big back up when it rains.

Right now, he also has crews specifically checking inlets in the city’s hot spot areas that are known to flood to make sure they are clear. Yates said they will keep up this routine, but sometimes flooding happens even when the inlets are open.

“Our crews are limited to what they can do once inlets are under water,” Yates said. “They can hardly find them, much less try and clean them out. A lot of the time, the inlets are flooding due to capacity. It’s not due to anything blocking the line, it’s just that full of capacity.”

Yates said they are also expecting around eight new limb loader and picker trucks. He said those will help with limb and brush pick up after wind and rain storms.

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Jacki Fellows, owner of Studio J Florals in Cranston, places into a vase a selection of her hand-crafted Sola-wood flower arrangements on display at the Westerly Farmers Market on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 31, 2022. Sola-wood, also known as Balsa-wood, creates an artificially hand-crafted product, which, unlike real flowers, is always in season, never needs water, and continues to look great throughout the years. | Jackie Turner, Special to Sun

Jacki Fellows, owner of Studio J Florals in Cranston, places into a vase a selection of her hand-crafted Sola-wood flower arrangements on display at the Westerly Farmers Market on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 31, 2022. Sola-wood, also known as Balsa-wood, creates an artificially hand-crafted product, which, unlike real flowers, is always in season, never needs water, and continues to look great throughout the years. | Jackie Turner, Special to Sun

House Democratic leaders are working on a tentative plan to take up a temporary spending bill the week of Sept. 12 that would extend current government funding levels through Dec. 16, sources familiar with the discussions said.

That end date is the House’s adjournment target for the 117th Congress, and it could still shift in talks with Senate leaders, who are currently planning to be in session a few extra days, through Dec. 21. Either way, it signals a seriousness about getting an omnibus appropriations package for the upcoming fiscal year done before the new Congress is seated, when control of one or both chambers could shift.

It’s not yet clear what add-ons would be attached to the stopgap funding measure, which is needed because lawmakers haven’t sent any of the dozen fiscal 2023 appropriations bills to President Joe Biden’s desk.

Anything that can’t get 60 votes in the evenly divided Senate will need to be dropped or risk being unable to pass a continuing resolution by Oct. 1, which would lead to a partial government shutdown just weeks before the midterm elections. Both chambers are scheduled to be in session for most of the last three weeks of September, with a brief break for the Rosh Hashana holiday, giving lawmakers some time to work out any differences.

In the past, passage of stopgap spending measures has often come down to the wire. This year, lawmakers are in a hurry to get back to their districts and states to campaign given the stakes of the November election.

FAYETTEVILLE — Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell was eager to make up for a mistake made.

On Tuesday, looking back at the Bearcats’ matchup against No. 1 Alabama in the College Football Playoff semifinal last December, Fickell admitted that he did not do an adequate job preparing his team for the atmosphere they would walk into in Dallas.

Cincinnati fell 27-6 to the Crimson Tide and totaled only 218 yards of offense.

In the last couple of weeks, his players have gained an understanding of the environment that awaits them Saturday in Reynolds Razorback Stadium. A large and lively crowd is expected for Arkansas’ first ranked-versus-ranked matchup to open a season since 1980.

“We started probably last week really kind of talking about the environment, talking about the atmosphere, making sure we’re aware of what it’s going to be like,” Fickell said. “I can’t exactly tell them, because I’ve never been there.

“I’ve heard and talked to a lot of other people. But it’s one of those things that’s hard to prepare for.”

Fickell is of the belief that the two teams, which place a priority on toughness and physicality across the board but especially in the trenches, are in for a tough and nasty game.

He anticipates the energy in the stadium to match the hard-hitting nature of the play on the field.

“I think they pride themselves in things like that. We pride ourselves in things like that,” Fickell said. “In Week 1 you’re always trying to figure out who you exactly are, and I think it’s going to be like that. We’ve prepared ourselves for that. That’s what the expectation is.

“If something would change, then obviously you’ve got to adapt and adjust. But if there’s anything I think we’ve got a pretty good idea of, I would imagine it’s going to be the type of physical game that it’s going to be.”

Fickell added that he is attempting to strike a balance in practices this week between plugging in music and crowd noise and ensuring quality reps for a younger team. With so much to prepare for in terms of schematics ahead of a game, the atmosphere can become almost secondary, he said.

But the Bearcats are covering their bases there, too.

“What the environment and atmosphere comes down to is your emotions,” Fickell said. “But it’s not like you’re going to trigger those kinds of motions in a practice based on the environment.”

Fickell’s teams have won eight consecutive road games, including at Indiana and No. 9 Notre Dame last season. Cincinnati is 5-0 in season openers under Fickell and 6-9 against ranked opponents.

“That’s one of those steps for me, even when I came here,” Fickell said, “is wanting these guys to experience the environments like we’re going to play in on Saturday, but also the environments of what a college campus feels like when there’s a buzz, what a community feels like when there’s a buzz.

“I’d remind them again: to much is given, much more is expected.”