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The Favonius Warbow is a 4-star weapon, a part of the Favonius Series of weapons that benefit support characters. The Favonius Warbow is a strong option for any support character who wields a bow, allowing a character to generate massive amounts of energy particles after dealing critical damage. This allows any sub-DPS or support character to funnel energy to any character.

As a 4-star weapon, the Favonius Warbow is obtainable from the Standard Banner, the Featured Banner, and the Weapon Banner. You can get this weapon at any time from all three banners, making this an attractive option for free-to-play or low-spending players. Occasionally, this weapon will have a rate-up on the weapons banner, so keep your eyes peeled if you need this weapon.

The Favonius Warbow is a solid option for a support character who wields a bow. Unfortunately, the Favonius Warbow is rarely the best-in-slot for any character but acts as a suitable backup weapon for characters like Diona.

You can funnel energy into your main DPS character through the weapons passive. After landing a Critical Hit with the character holding this weapon, swap immediately to your main DPS character. This gives that character a ton of energy towards their Elemental Burst.

Put this weapon on a Diona, Kujou Sara, or support Amber if you dont have enough Bow weapons. This weapon will also likely work well with the upcoming Gorou, who will likely have lots of Energy Recharge issues.

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HYDERABAD:As soon as P Venkata Rami Reddys name emerged as TRS MLC candidate, Congress leaders lost no time in approaching the Chief Secretary urging him to reject Reddys resignation as Siddipet Collector.

PCC chief A Revanth Reddy who has been alleging that Rami Reddys company was a beneficiary in the Kokapet land e-auction, referred to his complaint made to the CBI in September. The fraud, corruption and involvement of MSTC, bureaucrats and top political heads of the TS resulted in undue favour to the Rajapushpa Group, owned by the IAS officers family. Days after my complaint to CBI, the official portal of the HMDA was hacked and data was deleted, which indicates the conspiracy, he pointed out in the letter to CS, besides other corruption charges.

Later, speaking to the media at Gandhi Bhavan, the Congress leader recalled how the official worked against the interests of Telangana while closing ranks with former CM N Kiran Kumar Reddy on a water project in Chittoor. Both KCR and his nephew T Harish Rao created a furore about Rami Reddys proximity to Kiran Kumar Reddy prior to bifurcation. Interestingly, the same official is now close to KCR like a blend of whiskey and soda, Revanth said.

Shabbir Ali recalled the way how the same official had embarrassed the bureaucratic world by bowing to KCR. The rules clearly state that, Every member of the Service shall maintain Political Neutrality. On September 7, Shabbir Ali had written to President Ram Nath Kovind about the conduct of Collectors of Kamareddy (Dr A Sharath) and Siddipet (Venkata Rami Reddy) who had violated the All India Services (Conduct) Rules, 1986.

The Congress leader said that if the CS did not reject the resignation of the corrupt official, it would send a wrong message to honest bureaucrats. The Congress is planning legal steps on the matter, he said.

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The fire prevention teams of the St. Amant and Fifth Ward Volunteer fire departments were recently honored for their outstanding efforts in their communities, said Chief Officer James E. LeBlanc.

"These two teams are holding the standard for fire prevention, and we cannot thank them enough for their strong dedicated efforts," said LeBlanc.

The teams visited local day care centers, churches, nursing homes and Ascension Parish schools in their districts, teaching fire prevention to the youth of Ascension Parish, LeBlanc said.

Our audience has included residents from 3-years-old to the residents of our local nursing homes," LeBlanc said.

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Provided fire safety training for more than 1,200 children in their districts

Conducted field preplans of all the businesses in both districts

Assisted with the testing of fire hydrants in both districts

Assisted with several fire drills at local day care centers and schools

"Im so proud to recognize this group as a premier fire prevention team. They are all respected and admired by their peers and our local communities as the most diverse, and innovative and efficient public safety providers for the St. Amant and Darrow communities," LeBlanc said.

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Cindy Adams and Michelle Mitchell

In the wake of COVID-19, the long-standing demand for healthcare workers in our state has intensified. In 2021, there have been over 25,000 healthcare job openings in Marion County alone.

Even with a soft job market because of the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare has not been able to find enough qualified workers to fill these critical positions.

We must address the need for talent in healthcare both in the short-term and over the next decade, as the demand for nurses, medical assistants and other healthcare workers is projected to grow. Other high-demand Indiana industries such as financial services, information technology, logistics and advanced manufacturing will also feel the pressure to find job-ready workers with the right training and skills as the economy starts to grow post-pandemic.

Meeting all of these talent demands requires creative new approaches to cultivating next-generation employees. That is why, at Ascension St. Vincent, we are excited to be among the founding cohort of 16 Central Indiana employers hiring high school students for youth apprenticeships, offering two to three years of paid, on-the-job training and advanced education. This initiative, called Modern Apprenticeship (MAP), was launched by Marion Countys workforce development board EmployIndy and talent and workforce development initiative Ascend Indiana. The program reflects a promising new approach for how Ascension St. Vincent, and other employers, can address immediate workforce development and staffing demands, advance our commitments to organizational equity and diversity, and build the next-generation workforce.

Through the program, companies onboard capable candidates in their junior year of high school. For their first two years, apprentices spend up to 24 hours per week in their jobs roles that are carefully crafted with technical assistance support to ensure youth add value to the employer while continuing their classroom learning. In the year following high school graduation, they focus primarily on their position within the company.

After completing the program, apprentices earn a high school diploma, college credits and a nationally recognized credential. They emerge equipped to enter directly into the workforce, earn additional credentials or pursue a postsecondary degree. The value proposition for students is clear: Modern Apprenticeship provides them with in-demand skills that will help them build a strong foundation for success.

Along with the clear talent development benefits, youth apprenticeship programs also hold the power to bring more racially and ethnically diverse candidates into organizations, which is critically important to all of us.

That is why we have hired four apprentices to be part of our first cohort of Modern Apprenticeship, and we encourage our fellow healthcare providers to join as well. Employers can benefit from the mutual support their peer organizations provide as well as robust backing from EmployIndy and Ascend. This includes creating training plans for apprentices, supporting candidate recruitment, and providing ongoing training for apprentices once they are on the job.

COVID-19 has exacerbated the need for new approaches to recruiting and training talent in healthcare as well as other high-demand professions. Modern Apprenticeship offers a promising path to meet todays workforce needs and position Central Indiana employers with the talent they need to thrive in the future.

Adams is Chief Nursing Officer at Ascension St. Vincent and a member of the Ascend Indiana Board of Directors. Mitchell is the Manager of Workforce Development at Ascension St. Vincent.

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Holly Meidl has been promoted to senior vice president and chief risk officer at faith-based healthcare organisation Ascension, the largest not-for-profit health system in the US.

A former Sedgwick SVP and managing director for Marshs US healthcare practice, Meidl has been with Accession for over three years. Prior to the promotion, she was its vice president for risk services, responsible for its risk financing and clinical risk management functions.

Immediately before that, she was a senior vice president for Bermuda re/insurance group Allied World, responsible for its North American healthcare business.

Ascension uses self-insurance trusts and captives to achieve a risk-financing model that it says is more cost-effective than commercial insurance. It achieves cost savings in professional general liability (PGL) and workers compensation programs by collaborating with Ascension Care Excellence and risk management, occupational health and safety colleagues to promote patient and associate safety.

In addition to healthcare delivery, its subsidiaries provide a variety of services and solutions, including clinical and network services, venture capital investing, investment management, biomedical engineering, facilities management, risk management, and contracting through Ascensions own group purchasing organisation.

Holly Meidl, Promotion, Sedgwick SVP, Insurance, Reinsurance, North America, risk financing, Ascension, healthcare

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Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford, Air Evac to base medical helicopter to Rutherford County - WSMV Nashville

The Ascension Catholic Bulldogs had a year to think about their surprising opening-round playoff loss to Cedar Creek last season, it certainly has fueled them for the 2021 season.

The Bulldogs will move on to face top-seeded Ouachita Christian in Monroe on Friday after advancing with a 41-36 win over Central Catholic of Morgan City on the road. The Bulldogs moved to 8-1 on the season.

The kids certainly did not want to end their season like last year, they were locked in, and we knew it would be a tough game against a good program, coach Chris Schexnayder said.

The teams were tied at 20 at the half, as neither team had much success stopping the other team. Central Catholic scored on their first play from scrimmage as running back Damondrick Blackburn went untouched for 70 yards and a 6-0 lead.

We didnt blink as a team after the score, you could see that we were determined to match the score and intensity, Schexnayder said.

ACHS went on a nice drive ending with a 22-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Bryce Leonard to slotback Calvin Delone for a 7-6 lead. The Bulldogs did get a stop on the next possession by CCMC as defensive back Layton Melancon picked off a Caleb OCon pass and returned into Eagle territory.

ACHS wasted no time to score as Leonard hooked up with his brother, Brooks, for a 38-yard touchdown. The play was a fake reverse and Leonard got behind the secondary for one of the most exciting plays of the night.

Leonard added a 13-yard touchdown run before the half. The third quarter went very fast as both teams forced punts on consecutive possessions. The fourth quarter was full of fireworks as the Bulldogs and Eagles combined for 37 points. ACHS took a 34-20 lead with back-to-back touchdown passes from Leonard to Delone.

Delone finished the night with six catches for 168 yards and four touchdowns. CCMC rallied with passing touchdowns from OCon to Drew Rock to get within six points. CCMC attempted an onside kick, and it was recovered by the Bulldogs, they took a knee and advanced to the quarter-final round.

Bryce Leonard finished with 276 yards passing and 5 touchdown passes and a rushing touchdown. Linebacker Landon Szubinski had 16 tackles for ACHS and defensive linemen, Jacques Husers had 10 tackles and a sack. Linebacker Patrick Cancienne had 13 tackles, followed by Noah Robichaux with 10 and Travis Cedatol with 9 tackles. Lex Melancon had 6 tackles and was 5/6 on extra points. Brooks Leonard had five catches for 77 yards and a touchdown. It was a total team effort by the Bulldogs on the road.

Several guys had big nights including Bryce (Leonard), Brooks (Leonard) and Calvin (Delone), our offensive and defensive lines played well, our linebackers were active, and the secondary made some plays. We are excited about moving on, Schexnayder said.

ACHS will face a team in Ouachita Christian that is a regular in the D4 finals, something the Bulldogs are aware of. We fully respect our opponent, they are a really good team that is well-coached, they will be at home, it will be a long road trip for us, but with all that being said, I am confident our guys will prepare hard this week and be ready to play, we look forward to having our fans support us,, said. Schexnayder.

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East Ascension 42-26 beat Southside and will play top-seeded East Ascension in the next round of playoffs.

Dutchtown lost to Acadiana 14-43.

St. Amant toppled H.L. Bourgeois 27-13 and will travel to play Acadiana High.

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Donaldsonville defeated Patterson 48-14 and will host Church Point.

Division 4

Ascension Catholic won over Central Catholic of Morgan City 41-36 and will travel to face Ouachita Christian.

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The Dutchtown Lady Griffins ended a successful season with a 3-1 quarterfinal loss to Southside at the State tournament in Lafayette. The Lady Griffins won 30 games this season.

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Paramount+ explores the Chinese Dream in Ascension, a mesmerizing documentary by first-time director Jessica Kingdon. (Photo: MTV Documentary Films)

Its my privilege to be Primetimers voting representative in the Critics Choice Association, a group of about 500 full-time pros, mostly from the broadcast and print industries. This weekend theCCA whosetelevisedgala kicks off awards seasonin early January handedout its annual documentary awards, which will serve as a cheat sheet for Oscar judges when they draw up their shortlist for best documentary film. As a voter who watched nearly all of the nominated films, I marvel at the technical and narrative advances that have transformed docmaking in the past two decades. What a time to be telling your stories to the world.

The documentary field has steadily improved in both quantity and quality thanks to two key drivers: one, cheaper, better and smaller equipment;and two, cable TV. Cable channels like HBO and Showtime figured out a long time ago that top-drawer documentaries add prestige to their libraries for not a lot of money. Buyers from premium and basic cablewould descend every year on theSundance Film Festival, signing the directors of the most buzz-generating docs. TV money, in turn, has allowed docmakers to do more and better work.

When streaming came along, all that got turned up to 11. Last year Apple TV+ paid an eye-popping $10 millionto acquire the rights to Boys State, a documentary film that, in my opinion, was worth every penny. This year the Questlove doc Summer of Soul broke that record when Hulu shelled out $12 million for that thrilling find, which won in every CriticsChoice category it was nominated for.

If it were me, these docs, upon being acquired, would go to streaming as quickly as possible, before the Sundance effect evaporated and awards season passed. But I realize that theres a lively commerce in community film festivals, like the True/False festival Ive attended over the years in Columbia, Mo. And I get that filmmakers want their lifework to be seen in the cinema by small congregations of appreciative filmgoers. But these are stories the whole world needs to see and hear, and thanks to streaming TV, getting these stories in front of millions of viewers in cinema-like settings (i.e., home theaters) is possible for the first time ever.

Which is why Im pleased that today Paramount+ is making its Oscar frontrunner Ascension available on the streaming channel. From first-time director Jessica Kingdon, Ascension, along with Summer of Soul, led all other films with six Critics Choice Documentary Award nominations. And much like Questloves musical ode to 1960s Harlem, Ascension reveals a previously unseen side of American life before our astonished eyes.

The side of America we see in Ascension, however, isnt actually filmed in America, but in China specifically the factories where trillions of dollars in manufactured goods are built and shipped to consumers around the world. It is inside these mills of cheap and efficient labor where so many of the goodies that we associate with the American way of life actually get made.

Kingdon and her co-cinematographer Nathan Truesdel gained access to 51 sites across China that make everything from smartphones to bottled water. Unabashedly channeling the greatFrederick Wiseman, director and shooter lovingly observe the employees, their repetitive tasks, their mundane chitchat and just the sheer fascinating process of stuff getting made. A significant chunk of time is spent inside a factory that makes custom life-size silicone-mold sex dolls, an editorial decision that I fully endorse for its amusing and disturbing weirdness.

The title, Ascension, is a tell as to the films propulsive narrative arc. Starting at the lower rungs of the Chinese labor market the open-air markets where young unemployed people gather to be wooed by megaphone-toting factory recruiters, who bark out their offers ofgood pay and free wifi to anyone who boards theirbus the viewereffortlessly ascendsthe prosperity ladder all the way tothe top tier of Chinese society, to the massive entertainment venues, upscale shopping centers and luxury lifestyles that are the spoils of those made rich by their countrys capitalist experiment. (Chinas dictatorial regime is now clamping down on private enterprise, so the word experiment is key.)

The films throughline is that a generation of young Chinese wanta better life and associate this almost entirely with the wealthy West. Has anyone seen Downton Abbey? asks a teacher in a school for training butlers. In another scene, bodyguards learn how to protect Westerners with money. Later, a group of young professionals talk in admiring tones about the United States, though they are careful (or maybe just respectful) to express their love for China and, touchingly, their desire to improve the way of life for their countrymen, many of whom have not even laid a hand on thisnew economys ladder.

Ascension is the first major pickup for MTV Documentary Films since Sheila Nevins took the helm. Nevins, a national treasure, spent 30 years building HBOs documentary division from the ground up, taking in a haul of Oscars, Emmys, Peabodys and whatever else you can award brilliant nonfiction filmmaking. MTV is a division of ViacomCBS, which means any films Nevins develops will likely land on Paramount+. Im delighted that this one has come to streaming so quickly. And how ironic that with millions of Americans quitting their jobs to chase their dreams, we should have such a compelling look into another societywhere the jobs that we wouldnt be caught dead taking have given an entire society the chance to chase their dreams.

Ascension is now streaming on Paramount+.

Aaron Barnharthas written about television since 1994, including 15 years as TV critic for theKansas City Star.

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The Ascension Episcopal Blue Gators began their 2021 postseason march on a high note on Friday night, defeating the Catholic-New Iberia Panthers 34-6.

After taking an early 7-6 lead, Ascension Episcopal scored the game's final points, cruising to an opening-round win in the Division III state playoffs.

The win was the second this season for the Blue Gators over Catholic-New Iberia, a fellow District 7-2A foe, after downing the Panthers earlier this season 29-0.

Let's take a look at five reasons Ascension Episcopal was victorious on Friday night.

Ascension Episcopal is blessed with two outstanding specialists, in placekicker Peyton Woodring and punter Badger Hargett.

Woodring was especially phenomenal on Friday night, kicking through a 44-yard field goal, before nailing one from 56 yards away, while also being credited with seven touchbacks, giving the opposition no chance to return most kicks, while Hargett has consistently flipped field position most of the year.

"He was just spectacular tonight," Ascension Episcopal head coach Matt Desormeaux said of Woodring. "Kicking a 56-yard field goal, in high school football is almost unheard of. We get the ball to their 40, and he kicks a field goal. That's pretty special.

"It helps so much when he kicks it into the end zone almost every time on his kickoff," Desormeaux said. "Them having one less chance to make a play, and starting deep in their own territory, is so critical to winning the game."

The Blue Gators have as good of special teams as anybody in the state, which means a lot in the playoffs.

The Ascension Episcopal junior quarterback was outstanding on Friday night, throwing for over 200 yards and three touchdowns, getting back on track, and playing at the level he was mid-season.

"I think he (Dardar) kind of took a step back late in the year," said Desormeaux. "He was just trying to do too much and forcing a few things. We talked about that; worked on it this week, and he got back to where he was.

"We have a lot of confidence in him" Desormeaux continued on Dardar. "When he lets the game come to him is when he's at his best, and he played at a high-level tonight."

Ascension Episcopal held Catholic-New Iberia to six points on Friday night, and only six points over eight quarters this season. That's tough to do against any playoff team, especially one as talented as the Panthers.

"I think holding them (Cat

holic-New Iberia) tonight is a bigger accomplishment than shutting them out in the first game," Desormeaux said. "They had a couple of key players out in the first game, and playing them a second time is so tough. I'm very proud of the way our defense rose to the occasion tonight."

Ascension Episcopal has had a lot of playoff success, winning a state title in 2016, before advancing into the second round in two of the last three seasons.

"You have to go into a game thinking you're going to win, and that's something I think our kids have developed over the years," said Desormeaux. "To have that mindset; not being cocky, but just believing that things are going to go your way, is so important to a winning program."

"We had a great week of practice, one of our best weeks of the year," said Desormeaux. "I was pleased with our mindset all week, and the way we came out focused tonight."

With the win, the Blue Gators will now have to travel next week to face the top-seeded LCA Knights.

"They (LCA) are as good of a team that you're going to find in any classification," Desormeaux said. "But our guys are going to embrace the challenge and not back down. This group is going to fight to the very end, no matter who they're playing against.

"We like the fact that it will be a relatively short road trip," Desormeaux said of the upcoming drive from Youngsville to Upper Lafayette next week. "Having a 20-30 minute drive doesn't upset a player's preparation like a three-hour trip up to north Louisiana would."

Ascension Episcopal, which is now 6-3 on the season, will certainly have their hands full against LCA next week, but if they play well in all facets of the game like they did in their impressive win over Catholic-New Iberia, then they'll have at least a fighting chance, which is all most teams ask for anyway.

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The Iberville Parish Council was set to give final approval for Parish President J. Mitchell Ourso to move forward on the flood mitigation pact with East Baton Rouge Parish to ease flooding issues along Bayou Manchac.

Ourso said on Friday that he had not yet received the signed copy from Baton Rouge Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome, but the two parishes are ready to get the wheels turning on Bayou Manchac cleanup.

I know the Metro Council gave her the authority to sign the mutual agreement, and the Parish council will give authority Tuesday, and then its just a matter of the minds within from Iberville and East Baton Rouge to talk about the de-snagging of Manchac along La. 30 at Iberville at the East Baton Rouge about the funding of it, Ourso said. Im sure the East Baton Rouge paperwork is signed, but I havent received it yet.

Ourso had been at the forefront of the struggles throughout the area when the storms, which damaged hundreds of homes in the area, hit in mid-May.

Funding resources are available through the federal government and the National Resource Conservation Service, but officials from the two parishes have not yet had the initial meeting on which one they will pursue, Ourso said.

He said he hopes the two parishes can get the wheels turning soon.

The holidays are right around the corner, so hopefully well have a kickoff meeting soon to discuss the scope of work and what it entails and where will the funding come to do this, Ourso said.

The portion of Bayou Manchac along the westernmost end is not nearly as big of problem as the portion of Manchac as the portion that comes out of Alligator Bayou and veers east before Ascension Parish and the Amite River, Ourso said.

East Baton Rouge brokered a similar agreement with Ascension Parish for Bayou Manchac. The EBR portion of the pact with Ascension has a $200,000 cap.

Earlier this month, U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (R-District 6) convened Broome, Ourso, State Senator Eddie Lambert, State Representative Tony Bacala, AsccAscension Parish Councilman Corey Orgeron and Prairieville homeowner associations to discuss the ongoing clearing and snagging and future plans.

Graves, who has had an active role in flood control efforts throughout the reason, said the move is an important step forward to ease flooding.

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