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Yahoo
29-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Packers sign former NIU lineman J.J. Lippe, other former Huskies also sign with NFL teams
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO/WQRF) — The Green Bay Packers have brought on board a former Northern Illinois University Huskie. They've signed offensive lineman J.J. Lippe. Lippe went undrafted over the weekend. He started 12 games at left guard and one at right tackle for the Huskies last season. The Huskies' offensive line allowed the fewest sacks in the offense ranked second in the MAC in total offense and 16th in the nation in rushing was First Team All-MAC. He helped the NIU upset Notre is from Milwaukee, so he's somewhat of a local guy for the more former NIU football players who went undrafted have agreed to deals with NFL teams. Safety Nate Valcarcel signed with the Rams. Fullback Brock Lampe signed with the Patriots, and defensive tackle Devonte O'Malley signed with the more Huskies from last season have been invited to rookie minicamps, cornerback JaVaughn Byrd by the Saints and center Logan Zchernitz by the Giants. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
19-03-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Severe weather can bring storm damage repair scams
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Spring is right around the corner and with the change in season comes an increased chance for inclement and dangerous weather. During Severe Weather Awareness Week, Ohioans are encouraged to be proactive and make a plan before severe weather strikes — in order to keep yourself, your family and your loved ones safe. Appeals court overturns part of Ohio law banning trans healthcare for youth Better Call 4 and the Ohio Attorney General's Office also want to help you prepare for the aftermath when repairs are needed and so-called 'storm chasers' come calling. 'So, they're going door to door, they're in the neighborhoods,' Ryan Lippe, a consumer educator with the Ohio Attorney General's Office, said. 'If they say they have leftover materials, it's probably a scam.' Lippe said there are contractors or companies that appear after a storm seeking to collect cash from vulnerable homeowners but are out-right con artists. Other times, they may be legitimate businesses that are just bad at business. 'When there's a natural disaster, some of them go way over their head in terms of the number of jobs they can support with their current workforce,' Lippe said. 'There's a gray area, where they might do a little bit of the work just to say they've done something, but then they leave either a shoddy job or they just don't come back to finish the job. So, sometimes it's a mistake on their end, sometimes it's a scam.' DOGE cancels $699K OSU research grant examining cannabis use in LGBTQ+ women Regardless, Lippe said, it's up to you as the home, business, or property owner to take steps to protect yourself. 'Check it out, get some research done on the company name, maybe get some more estimates before you decide to have work done,' Lippe said. 'Because under state law, if they're going door to door, they're supposed to be giving you a three-day cancellation period before they even start work. So, it's a red flag if they want to start work right away.' When it comes to cleaning up from severe storm damage, the best place to start is with your insurance company. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Boston Globe
17-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Psych Drama Company blurs art and life in Sarah Ruhl's ‘Stage Kiss'
She is thrilled to be cast, only to discover that 'He,' her leading man (Kenneth Kelleher), is an old flame she hasn't seen in years. The titular 'stage kiss' refers to the need for actors to balance professionalism with believability when they perform love scenes. But in the case of He and She, despite their initial awkwardness, the overwrought love scenes they act out in the potboiler quickly heat up their offstage romance, despite their offstage commitments: she is married to a banker named Harry (Eric Cheung) with a teenage daughter (Melissa Myers), and he has a schoolteacher girlfriend named Laurie (Julia Trueblood). Actors Kenny Kelleher and Wendy Lippe play on-stage — and off-stage — lovers in the Psych Drama Company's production of Stage Kiss. The Psych Drama Company Related : While it may seem a little inside baseball, director Rani O'Brien takes Psych Drama Company's mission to heart, gently drawing the audience into this fast-paced comedy. You don't have to be a performer (or psychologist) to recognize those moments when your desire for an outcome (whether personal or professional) blinds you to the red flags your rational mind is waving in front of you. Other productions of 'Stage Kiss' lean into the farce, playing up the absurdities of the play-within-a-play with the surreal reunion of the former lovers. O'Brien mines that humor, with some hilariously deliberate overacting from David Kleinman as Kevin, the eager understudy who is way over his head during the love scenes. Both Lippe and Kelleher infuse their characters with personality, with Kelleher giving his actor some dash and diffidence before bringing down the house with some complicated choreography on crutches. But the intimacy of the Black Box theater, and O'Brien's choice to stage the performance in the round, helps her balance the laughs while illuminating some of the play's deeper themes of vulnerability, uncertainty, and regret. Advertisement In Act II, the acting pair have run off to his grungy apartment and have been cast in a new play, written by their indecisive director (Zachary Ryan Murphy) of 'The Last Kiss.' This play dramatizes a darker love story between a prostitute and a member of the IRA, leavened by Lippe and Kelleher's comically broad accents. But Lippe's beautifully calibrated performance allows her character to reconcile rosy memories of her first love with the reality that led to their breakup, as if she's slowly waking from a dream. The comedy's resolution may feel a bit pat, but it doesn't lessen the impact of Ruhl's keen interest in the joys and heartbreak embedded in the emotional roller coaster of love. Ruhl's gift, beautifully realized by this Psych Drama production, is her ability to wrap the excitement of first love and the commitment of mature love in an evening of delightful comedy. Advertisement STAGE KISS Play by Sarah Ruhl. Directed by Rani O'Brien. Presented by Psych Drama Company Inc. In the Plaza Black Box Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts. Through Feb. 23. Tickets $45. 617-933-8600,
