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Jeremiah Brent celebrated the birthday of Nate Berkus' late partner Fernando Bengoechea, who went missing in a tsunami in 2004.
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To most people, a day by the ocean is full of sunshine and relaxation, but for Nate Berkus, it's a small victory after surviving a tsunami in 2004.
The interior designer and his partner Fernando Bengoechea were on vacation in Sri Lanka, when a tsunami swept them out of their hotel. While Nate survived the harrowing experience, which took the lives of thousands, Fernando was never found.
Now, Nate shares two children with husband Jeremiah Brent, and though it took many years, the father is once again comfortable enough to venture out into the ocean.
Jeremiah recognized the significance of Nate walking in the ocean with their daughter Poppy in an Instagram post from Thursday, Aug. 19. "One of the most profound and unrecognized parts of Nate's spirit is his strength," he wrote. "I watched my husband, who survived such tragedy and such loss in 2004, walk our children into the ocean earlier this week. He has broken the chain of fear and wades in the water, full of laughter and full of joy. There is no one like him."
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Anything for Ryan Murphy.
In an exclusive chat with E! News, Dylan McDermott made it clear that this was his mindset when he agreed to, once again, bring back his most famous American Horror Story character for the anthology's spinoff series, American Horror Stories. We're, of course, talking about the return of Dr. Ben Harmon, which coincided with the AH Stories' third visit to Murder House.
And, as McDermott detailed, he didn't hesitate one bit when he got the call to step back into the haunted house. "You know, it's always an easy yes," he said. "If Ryan asks me to do something, I just say yes. I don't even have to read it."
McDermott proved this to be true by expressing his interest in returning to AH Stories, which has already been renewed for a second season, if that's what Murphy wants. "I trust him," he explained. "You know, he knows who I am as an actor."
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Watch : Celebrity Couples Go Head-to-Head in "Crazy Ass" Challenges
To most people, a day by the ocean is full of sunshine and relaxation, but for Nate Berkus, it's a small victory after surviving a tsunami in 2004.
The interior designer and his partner Fernando Bengoechea were on vacation in Sri Lanka, when a tsunami swept them out of their hotel. While Nate survived the harrowing experience, which took the lives of thousands, Fernando was never found.
Now, Nate shares two children with husband Jeremiah Brent, and though it took many years, the father is once again comfortable enough to venture out into the ocean.
Jeremiah recognized the significance of Nate walking in the ocean with their daughter Poppy in an Instagram post from Thursday, Aug. 19. "One of the most profound and unrecognized parts of Nate's spirit is his strength," he wrote. "I watched my husband, who survived such tragedy and such loss in 2004, walk our children into the ocean earlier this week. He has broken the chain of fear and wades in the water, full of laughter and full of joy. There is no one like him."
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In an exclusive chat with E! News, Dylan McDermott discussed stepping back into his popular American Horror Story role for the horror anthology's spinoff.
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Watch : Macaulay Culkin Joins "American Horror Story" Season 10
Anything for Ryan Murphy.
In an exclusive chat with E! News, Dylan McDermott made it clear that this was his mindset when he agreed to, once again, bring back his most famous American Horror Story character for the anthology's spinoff series, American Horror Stories. We're, of course, talking about the return of Dr. Ben Harmon, which coincided with the AH Stories' third visit to Murder House.
And, as McDermott detailed, he didn't hesitate one bit when he got the call to step back into the haunted house. "You know, it's always an easy yes," he said. "If Ryan asks me to do something, I just say yes. I don't even have to read it."
McDermott proved this to be true by expressing his interest in returning to AH Stories, which has already been renewed for a second season, if that's what Murphy wants. "I trust him," he explained. "You know, he knows who I am as an actor."
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Watch : Macaulay Culkin Joins "American Horror Story" Season 10
Anything for Ryan Murphy.
In an exclusive chat with E! News, Dylan McDermott made it clear that this was his mindset when he agreed to, once again, bring back his most famous American Horror Story character for the anthology's spinoff series, American Horror Stories. We're, of course, talking about the return of Dr. Ben Harmon, which coincided with the AH Stories' third visit to Murder House.
And, as McDermott detailed, he didn't hesitate one bit when he got the call to step back into the haunted house. "You know, it's always an easy yes," he said. "If Ryan asks me to do something, I just say yes. I don't even have to read it."
McDermott proved this to be true by expressing his interest in returning to AH Stories, which has already been renewed for a second season, if that's what Murphy wants. "I trust him," he explained. "You know, he knows who I am as an actor."
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It makes perfect sense that Christina Haack would own an incredibly enviable home. Check out photos of the HGTV star's sweet new digs and to-die-for ocean views.
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Things are going swimmingly for Christina Haack, who has a beautiful new place to call home.
In July, the 38-year-old Flip or Flop star purchased her new $10 million mansion, which includes five bedrooms and seven bathrooms, according to media reports. The residence is in Dana Point, located in Orange County, Calif.
As seen in the below photos of the gorgeous estate, the abode spans more than 6,000 square feet and boasts gorgeous views of the Pacific Ocean. Additional amenities include a movie theater, game room, glass balconies, outdoor fire pit, and pool and spa.
In April, Christina listed the Newport Beach, Calif. home she had previously shared with ex-husband Ant Antstead for $6 million. TMZ reported in June that the place had ended up selling for $5.35 million.
Her property purchase isn't the only exciting aspect of the home-renovation expert's life. Christina and new boyfriend Joshua Hall were seen enjoying some PDA during a romantic night out at Mastro's Ocean Club restaurant in Newport Beach on Friday, Aug. 13.
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It makes perfect sense that Christina Haack would own an incredibly enviable home. Check out photos of the HGTV star's sweet new digs and to-die-for ocean views.
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Things are going swimmingly for Christina Haack, who has a beautiful new place to call home.
In July, the 38-year-old Flip or Flop star purchased her new $10 million mansion, which includes five bedrooms and seven bathrooms, according to media reports. The residence is in Dana Point, located in Orange County, Calif.
As seen in the below photos of the gorgeous estate, the abode spans more than 6,000 square feet and boasts gorgeous views of the Pacific Ocean. Additional amenities include a movie theater, game room, glass balconies, outdoor fire pit, and pool and spa.
In April, Christina listed the Newport Beach, Calif. home she had previously shared with ex-husband Ant Antstead for $6 million. TMZ reported in June that the place had ended up selling for $5.35 million.
Her property purchase isn't the only exciting aspect of the home-renovation expert's life. Christina and new boyfriend Joshua Hall were seen enjoying some PDA during a romantic night out at Mastro's Ocean Club restaurant in Newport Beach on Friday, Aug. 13.
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Coming off a stellar performance Thursday at the Western & Sothern Open, World No.1 Ashleigh Barty is back on the court Friday against red-hot Barbora Krejcikova.
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Coming off a stellar performance Thursday at the Western & Sothern Open, World No.1 Ashleigh Barty is back on the court Friday against red-hot Barbora Krejcikova.
A year ago, Barbora Krejcikova was sitting at home in the Czech Republic contemplating her future – or lack of it – in professional tennis.
Because she was ranked No.118 among WTA singles players, she wasn’t entitled to direct entry for the big events in Toronto, Cincinnati and New York. Instead of trying to qualify, she opted to play three local $25,000 ITF events – and failed to get past the quarterfinals in any of them.
Today, she is the certifiably hottest player in tennis.
After dispatching Garbiñe Muguruza 6-1, 6-7(5), 6-2 on Thursday at the Western & Sothern Open, Krejcikova has won 25 of her past 27 matches. The 25-year-old is the French Open champion, an Olympic gold medalist in doubles and has cracked the Top 10 for the first time in her career.
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How’s that for a life-changing, mind-rearranging year?
Krejcikova’s reward for sustained excellence is another showdown with World No.1 Ashleigh Barty in Friday’s Cincinnati quarterfinals. It’s one of four stellar matches on tap.
Not only is this a compelling tilt between the past two winners at the major championships, it’s a rematch of their fourth-round encounter at this year’s Wimbledon, won by Barty 7-5, 6-3, on her way to the title.
"Ash is amazing," Krejcikova said after that Wimbledon loss. "She knows how to play. She's been here. She's No.1. She's there for a reason. She belongs there.
"The match was actually really close and I had my chances. I just didn't convert them. Against a player like Ash, you actually have to convert everything."
Krejcikova extracted a measure of revenge when she and Katerina Siniakova beat the Australian team of Barty and Storm Sanders on the way to that gold medal in Tokyo.
Earlier Thursday, Barty made short work of No.14 Victoria Azarenka, 6-0, 6-2. After a scratchy first match, Barty won the first 10 games against the defending champion and looked very much like a player in the midst of her 82nd consecutive week as the top-ranked player.
Barty has won 29 of her previous 34 matches, and after defeating Azarenka is 13-1 against Top 20 players this year. If Barty is to win the title, she may have to record three more of those quality wins.
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When she arrived for her post-match press conference, Krejcikova and Muguruza were still in the second set.
“Yeah, well, I think we’ll just see how that one plays out,” Barty said, “whether it finishes up in this set or it splits. Either way, for now, it’s not a concern of mine.
“We will go and do our homework tonight like we always do and prepare as best that we can and try and adjust my game a little bit to what the opponent brings. Then we just go out there and try and execute.”
The No.9-seeded Krejcikova has had an exceptionally clean run in Cincinnati. She dropped her first set against Muguruza, but her serving has been virtually flawless. In three matches, she’s won all 34 of her service games and saved 15 of 15 break points. Against Muguruza, she fired 14 aces, tying her career-best tally. Barty will apply more pressure than she’s seen, but those are fierce numbers.
There’s an amusement park across the street from the players’ hotel, but Barty said she hasn’t ventured out.
THREE SET THRILLER 🔥
🇨🇿 @BKrejcikova fights her way into the quarterfinals defeating Muguruza in three sets! 💪#CincyTennis pic.twitter.com/N5jdthFpJr — wta (@WTA) August 19, 2021
“Been playing tennis, the reason why I’m here,” she said, smiling. “In between the rain delays, reading my book. That’s about it. Pretty simple life Team Barty lives.”
What’s she reading?
“Just kind of a crimey thriller kind of thing at the moment, pretty easy reading,” Barty said. “Just a novel to get my brain ticking and the imagination working.”
Friday’s match with Krejcikova should provide that kind of stimulus for all involved.
Here's a look at the other matches on tap:
No.11 Petra Kvitova vs. Angelique Kerber
This will be the 16th edition of this marvelous rivalry. Neither player has faced an opponent more times.
"I'm really looking forward [to it]," Kvitova said. "I mean, it's what we dream, right? To play the best players. It's nice that we are still there in this age and trying, and to be in the quarters."
Kerber came back to beat Jelena Ostapenko 4-6, 6-2, 7-5, while Kvitova was a surprisingly easy 6-1, 6-2 winner over Ons Jabeur.
Kvitova leads the head-to-head 8-7, but they’ve split this year with Kvitova prevailing in Madrid and Kerber returning the favor in Bad Homburg.
No.5 Karolina Pliskova vs. Paula Badosa
Finally, after four losses to Jessica Pegula this year – in Doha, Dubai, Miami and Berlin – Pliskova came through with a victory 6-4, 7-6 (5).
“Super weird, but really, I’m so happy, because I was scared to lose to the same player like five times,” Pliskova said later. “So I’m really happy that somehow I find a way, although it was not a pretty match at all.
“I was proud about how I stayed and managed somehow to be always closer to her and find a way to win.”
The 29-year-old from the Czech Republic has now won 14 of her past 17 matches. Six of those came at Wimbledon where she reached the final, only to lose to Barty. Another four came last week in Montreal, where she reached yet another final.
Badosa handled Elena Rybakina 6-2, 7-6 (5). She lost to Pliskova in their only meeting, six years ago in Miami.
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Unseeded Swiss Jil Teichmann rallied from a set down to seal the biggest victory of her career at the Western & Southern Open, knocking out No.2 seed Naomi Osaka to reach the last eight.
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Unseeded Swiss Jil Teichmann rallied from a set down to seal the biggest victory of her career at the Western & Southern Open, knocking out No.2 seed Naomi Osaka to reach the last eight.
Wildcard Jil Teichmann scored the biggest win of her career on Thursday night at the Western & Southern Open, knocking out defending finalist and No.2 seed Naomi Osaka from a set down, 3-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Osaka sprinted out to a 3-0 lead in the opener, but the Swiss was more than in the match from that point on: using her natural athleticism and defensive skills, Teichmann lured Osaka into lengthy rally after lengthy rally, increasingly frustrating the four-time Grand Slam champion with her dogged determination and variation of spins and slices.
After the match, the world No.76 revealed that was her intention.
"I knew she's a very tough opponent. She's a Grand Slam champion. I'm the underdog, so... my plan was to just play my game," Teichmann said in her on-court interview.
"I move very good, I change up everything I can - directions, height, everything - and I think she didn't really feel very comfortable about it, and I served very good."
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🇨🇭 @jilteichmann wins the biggest match of her career! She defeats the No.2 seed Osaka in a three set fight to secure her place in the final eight 😍#CincyTennis pic.twitter.com/ORdVbXfEOi — wta (@WTA) August 20, 2021
From the 3-0 deficit, Teichmann nearly pulled level in the opener: Osaka saved a break point for 4-4 en route to taking a one-set leadt. The Swiss' momentum was already established, though, and from 6-3, 2-1 down, she won five of the next six games to force a decider.
Staring down a nearly identical deficit in the final set - serving at 2-0, 0-30 - Teichmann stopped Osaka's momentum in its tracks: winning four straight games, Teichmann took a lead she'd never relinquish, despite double-faulting on break point when leading 4-2.
Stats of the Match: The loss is just Osaka's fourth after winning the first set since 2017, a record which was 118-3. It is also Teichmann's third career Top 10 win, but first on hardcourts. Her prior wins over Kiki Bertens, to win the title in Palermo in 2019, and Elina Svitolina, earlier this year in Madrid, came on clay.
Teichmann hit more aces than Osaka (8 to 6) and more winners (21 to 17), while Osaka racked up 41 unforced errors to Teichmann's 29. In addition, Teichmann went 6-for-12 on break point chances against Osaka's vaunted serve.
The Swiss No.3 came into this tournament just 1-4 since suffering an ankle injury at the Internationaux de Strasbourg in May that forced her out of the French Open, but beat Sorana Cirstea and Bernarda Pera with the loss of just eight games combined to advance to this round.
"Literally, I'm shaking right now. I'm very, very happy with this win. I've had a very tough year: I started very well and I've had many, many injuries. But I felt like I've had a good level and I'm happy it's working out now." - Jil Teichmann
Up next for Teichmann in the quarterfinals will be either her compatriot, No.10 seed Belinda Bencic, or Karolina Muchova.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Alex King wasn’t supposed to be sharing this story.
The outcome could have ended his life if it weren’t for medical professionals, who didn’t even know he would survive.
King was just days away from his first day of college in 2020 when he was jet skiing on Lake Norman.
Then, he was involved in a terrifying accident.
Now, some people are calling King’s survival a “miracle.”
Right now, a lot of local teens are getting ready to head off to college for the first time. They are looking forward to moving into their dorms, buying textbooks and learning to live on their own.
It’s a big chapter with a lot of excitement, jitters and nervousness.
In August 2020, King was just five days away from that first day of college.
However, that move-in day didn’t come for him.
He was in an accident. His doctors weren’t sure he’d live.
‘What a miracle’: Jet ski crash survivor reunites with doctors who saved him (WBTV)
But this story has a happy ending.
On Aug. 13, 2020, King was jetskiing with his friends with they collided.
King’s friends were fine.
However, he had three broken ribs, a broken jaw, a broken clavicle, a punctured lung and a traumatic brain injury. He lost almost 18 units of blood. He was rushed down to Atrium Health.
A year later, King reunited with the doctor credited for saving his life.
‘What a miracle’: Jet ski crash survivor reunites with doctors who saved him (WBTV)
On Your Side Tonight spoke with father Tony King, mother Lynn King, Alex King and Dr. John Green about the emotional journey
Tony King: It changed our lives forever. I rushed down to Atrium Health to see what was going on. I didn’t know where he was. I thought went to the mercy department and he wasn’t there. And they said he was on the trauma floor. And thank goodness that Atrium Health is the only level, one trauma center in the region, and I’m so glad he was there.
And so actually, when I went up there to the waiting room, they told me to go wait, but I saw him come down the hall on a gurney, I guess a bed. I saw him going into the trauma center, and then didn’t know what was going on. While the nurses, or maybe was a resident, came in and said, ‘we just need to prepare you.’ And I said, ‘for what?’ And we got To prepare you that, I said for death. And yeah, so that was hard. Dr. Green came in. And he’s the trauma surgeon who, who saved his life.”
Dr. John Green: But when met him he was brought into the emergency department by a Medic and sort of knew the nature of the accident, but didn’t have any idea at that point of what his injuries were. When patients like Alex come in and really need all hands on deck, all hands on deck. Lynn King: (It) was the longest two hours of our life probably just waiting and waiting and waiting.
Tony King: So Dr. Green comes out and we all just run to him.
Lynn King: He said it went well. It went as good as it could have gone under the circumstances. And I was like, awesome. We were, so excited. And I said, well, can you go to college in five days? And he’s like, wow, probably not. I probably need to hold off on college right now. I knew we had the two collapsed lungs, we’ve got a long puncture, surgery. And then now a brain injury. And it was severe. It was the worst of the worst.
Tony King: That was three weeks inpatient. And I stayed in the room with him on the floor on the air mattress. That’s when we started to learn to walk. Two or three weeks inpatient graduated to outpatient.
Lynn King: What a miracle he was. A 10 percent chance of survival.
Tony King: This is the only level one trauma center and I’m so thankful we have it. I’m so thankful we’re here. I’m so thankful that the Medics, the paramedics knew exactly what to do at the right time to get him down to Charlotte to the hospital because it saved his life. There’s no question it saved his life.
Alex King: It took all my memory away from the day. August 13. I just remember like a blank space and I have no memory. I just remember like high school graduation, to just lay in a hospital bed.
I’ll be an old person one day. I mean, I’ll be able to get married and have kids. I never thought I would be able to.
Tony King: We’re just so thankful. It’s just truly as to see a kid who was just in a coma. And now he’s just he’s working out. He’s running. He ran five miles the other day. I mean, it’s amazing to see his tenacity, his competitiveness.
Alex King: Before the accident, I don’t even know if I had much of a heart for people at all. But now, I obviously have a huge heart for people. I’m just so much more caring. I just know that I can use this to help give people hope.
Dr. John Green: There are several patients that come back and visit us that were on death’s door. Like Alex said, it’s just a really satisfying thing. You know, like I said, this is a very stressful job, particularly through the pandemic.
It’s long hours, it’s sometimes, you’re not really sure what people think about what you’re doing. And to have someone like Alex turn out like he has is, really it reinvigorates what you’re doing. It’s a motivator, reminds us why we’re here. And it really helps you keep your mind right and keep doing it for the right reasons.
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Nevada expects its first cannabis consumption lounges — and a wide array of weed-adjacent businesses — to open in “the first half” of 2022.
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Nevada expects its first cannabis consumption lounges — and a wide array of weed-adjacent businesses — to open in “the first half” of 2022.
When that happens, it will end a cannabis catch-22 that has existed since Nevada voters legalized recreational marijuana in 2016. Purchasing marijuana is legal in the state but consumption is currently legal only on private properties where it is not prohibited by the owner. That has presented a problem, particularly for the millions of tourists who stay at hotels where smoking weed is prohibited.
Earlier this year, the Nevada Legislature passed Assembly Bill 341 to legalize cannabis consumption lounges and set some initial parameters for the new industry, which will actually encompass far more than just a “pot bar.”
Cannabis Compliance Board Executive Director Tyler Klimas on Wednesday told lawmakers the agency expects to draft and approve public consumption regulations over the next six months, with the hope of accepting applications and approving businesses by “the first quarter, or the first half” of 2022.
According to Klimas, 59 marijuana dispensaries have expressed their intent to apply for a license to open a consumption lounge that is attached or adjacent to their existing business.
But regulators are also preparing for up to 500 applications from standalone businesses that are not currently in the marijuana industry. This could mean a consumption lounge that is simply not attached to a dispensary. But it also would also encompass a restaurant that serves weed-infused dishes, or a yoga studio where smoking is embraced, or an entertainment venue that wants to offer some type of “cannabis experience.”
The CCB believes the majority of businesses applying for cannabis consumption licenses next year will fall under this second group of businesses. Klimas said regulators set the 500 estimate by looking at the number of applications received when the state first legalized medical and recreational marijuana.
“Both of those licensing rounds were severely underestimated,” he added.
That — and the fact that consumption licenses are a new type of business — leaves the state with the very real possibility that the number of applications received winds up being significantly higher.
“(500) may be low,” said Klimas.
In preparation for applications and oversight of the new consumption industry, the Cannabis Compliance Board sought approval from the Interim Finance Committee on Wednesday to hire additional staff and work the attorney general on regulations.
Assemblyman Steve Yeager, who sponsored AB341, acknowledged the state was making an initial investment of almost $11 million to get the industry up and running, but he said he expects a swift return on investment from an industry people have been calling on for years.
Klimas noted that, aside from a slowdown during the peak of pandemic business closures last year, the marijuana industry has seen “30% month over month, year over year” growth since state legalization. The addition of consumption businesses should only further that growth.
“I see it continuing to get larger and larger,” he added.
The anticipated initial rush of applications is expected to bring in $9.2 million to the pupil-centered funding plan during the current fiscal year, which runs through June 2022. Revenue projections for future fiscal years aren’t yet set.
Still, Yeager praised the additional help for the state’s K-12 education system.
Everyday Nevadans have for years associated the booming marijuana industry with education system funding, in large part because the legalization ballot initiative promoted itself as a boon for K-12. According to an analysis by the Kenny Guinn Center for Policy Priorities, marijuana taxes contributed $70 million to education in 2018. While not an insignificant amount of money, that marijuana revenue makes up only a fraction of the state’s total education budget, which relies most heavily on sales tax.
For comparison, the local schools support tax (part of the sales tax) contributed $1.4 billion in 2018. The state general fund, which also relies heavily on sales tax, contributed $1.2 billion. Property tax contributed $677 million, and IP 1 (commonly known as “the room tax”) contributed $180 million.
Nevada Current is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Nevada Current maintains editorial independence. Contact Editor Hugh Jackson for questions: info@nevadacurrent.com. Follow Nevada Current on Facebook and Twitter.
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Nevada lawmakers aren't sure how the state should reimburse people who paid a $1 per transaction technology fee at the Department of Motor Vehicles that the state Supreme Court three months ago ruled unconstitutional.
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers aren’t sure how the state should reimburse people who paid a $1 per transaction technology fee at the Department of Motor Vehicles that the state Supreme Court three months ago ruled unconstitutional.
Members of the Legislature’s Interim Finance Committee on Wednesday did not approve a $6 million proposal presented by DMV Director Julie Butler to send postcards to the roughly 2.35 million individuals and 240,000 businesses owed refunds. The cards outlined how to get money back or opt-out and donate it.
The panel elected not to vote on the work program to facilitate the refunds and asked Butler to return after more review. The fees were intended to help the department upgrade its aging computer system.
Butler said she and the state Treasurer estimated that it could cost from $50 to $60 to issue each $1 reimbursement check. The department planned to send postcards outlining how individuals could request paper checks or online transfers to get their money back. She said sending paper checks could overwhelm the state controller’s office and didn’t account for people who might not want to be reimbursed.
The reimbursements will conclude a contentious, years-long battle between Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature over whether Nevada’s constitutional requirement that taxes and fees win approval from two-thirds of lawmakers applies to extensions.
In 2019 after proposals to extend the tax and fee failed to pass, legislative attorneys advised Democratic leaders that they could prolong the technology fee and a payroll tax with simple majorities. Republicans sued and the state Supreme Court ruled unanimously that extending revenue measures required supermajorities.
Senate Minority Leader James Settelmeyer, a plaintiff in the case, accused Democrats of knowingly violating the constitution to push through their agenda. Democrats drew $7.8 million from the state highway funds to facilitate the reimbursements.
Republican Sen. Pete Goicoechea said lawmakers and the department should proceed knowing that the funds owed to DMV customers didn’t belong to them, while Democrats stressed the importance of ensuring the reimbursement process didn’t land them in court again.
“We should have agreement so that we don’t end up in the same spot a year from now and have to spend another $8 million to refund a couple million dollars,” Democratic Assemblywoman Maggie Carlton said. “We’re already spending more money on it than we probably should — money that could go to a lot of other places.”
In response to the Supreme Court decision, the Department of Taxation announced on Tuesday plans to refund $30.6 million in taxes and interest that the court ultimately struck down to businesses that filed payroll taxes from June 2019 to March 2021. Lawmakers on Wednesday approved a Department of Taxation request to fund an analyst position and the postage and printing costs to send reimbursement checks to over 22,000 businesses.
The Interim Finance Committee also approved $10.9 million in spending to fund 23 full-time positions at the Cannabis Compliance Board to license lounges where cannabis can be sold and consumed. Lawmakers passed a bill approving lounges in the spring.
Board director Tyler Klimas said he expected lounges to be licensed to open by early 2022 and, through the year, generate a projected $9.2 million in revenue to go toward K-12 schools.
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Sam Metz is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
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Donor Network West announced the appointment of Matthew J. Graves as VP of Tissue Operations.
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Donor Network West, the federally designated organ procurement organization for northern Nevada and northern California, announced the appointment of Matthew J. Graves as Vice President of Tissue Operations, effective September 7, 2021. Matthew will lead Donor Network West’s tissue operations bringing his significant experience to expand and accelerate the tissue donation program to help save and heal more lives.
“Matt is a respected leader in the organ and tissue procurement industry and I am pleased to welcome him to our team,” said Janice Whaley, President and CEO of Donor Network West. “He brings more than 11 years of experience of proven leadership in tissue operations, which will help us build a vibrant and thriving tissue donation program. Matt will also be instrumental in helping us to continue to educate and build pro-donation communities throughout the northern Nevada region.”
Most recently, Graves was the Regional Director of Operations for Nevada Donor Network, where he worked for more than 11 years holding several roles from Director of Tissue Services to Tissue Procurement Technician. Matt is board certified by the American Association of Tissue Banks as a Certified Tissue Banking Specialist (CTBS) and a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE).
“I am excited to join the Donor Network West team, a team that has a strong commitment to the mission of saving and healing lives, one which I am honored to play a part in furthering,” said Graves. “I look forward to the opportunity to share my experience and leadership with the Donor Network West team so that together we can help more people realize the gift of life.”
Graves holds an executive master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Nevada, Reno. He is also an active member of the American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB) and the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO).
About Donor Network West
Donor Network West saves and heals lives by facilitating organ and tissue recovery for transplantation and research. Established in 1987, Donor Network West is an official Donate Life organization accredited by the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations (AOPO) and the American Association of Tissue Banks (AATB). Federally designated to serve 45 counties in northern Nevada and northern California, Donor Network West partners with the Department of Motor Vehicles and the state-authorized donor registries to help increase donor registration. For information, visitwww.DonorNetworkWest.organd follow us on social media: @mydnwest.
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Nevada Lt. Gov. Kate Marshall said Thursday she has accepted a position in President Joe Biden's administration and will resign from her job as lieutenant governor.
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada Lt. Gov. Kate Marshall said Thursday she has accepted a position in President Joe Biden’s administration and will resign from her job as lieutenant governor.
“In many ways, I will work on the same issues I have during my time in elected office: to ensure that the American Dream can be reached by all who seek it in Nevada and our country,” Marshall said in a statement.
Marshall will serve as senior advisor to governors in the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and will continue as lieutenant governor until transitioning in late fall, according to her office.
“Her experience as a leader during Nevada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic will bolster the administration’s continued efforts to fight the pandemic and get as many Americans vaccinated as possible,” said Julie Rodriguez, the federal office’s director.
The move, first reported by the Nevada Independent, allows Gov. Steve Sisolak to appoint a new lieutenant governor to serve until the 2022 election or leave the position vacant. Sisolak told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Tuesday that he was excited for Marshall and did not know if or when he would appoint a successor.
Marshall is not the first Nevada politician to be appointed to a Biden administration position. Both she and former state Sen. Yvanna Cancela endorsed Biden ahead of the 2020 Nevada caucuses. Cancela was appointed to a position in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services but later resigned to return as Sisolak’s chief of staff.
Marshall served two terms as state treasurer before being elected lieutenant governor in 2018, defeating former state Senate Majority Leader, Republican Michael Roberson. She ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. House in a 2011 special election and for secretary of state in 2014.
The lieutenant governor presides over the state Senate and chairs the state commission on tourism, but does not have as well defined a purview as other state-level officers. During her three-year tenure, Marshall has worked on initiatives to provide aid to small businesses and encourage residents to participate in the 2020 U.S. Census. She also pushed a bill through the Legislature to recognize “dark sky places” and support stargazing tourism in rural Nevada.
Christina Lopez, the lieutenant governor’s chief of staff, said Marshall was the consummate public servant.
“It’s impossible to convince her to put a file in the drawer and give up because, to her, she knows that behind every project there’s a community or person waiting for a solution,” Lopez said.
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Sam Metz is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.
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Members of the Wells Avenue Merchants and Property Owners Association joined artist Jonah Dees for the unveiling of new banners on Wells Avenue.
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Reno City Council member Oscar Delgado was joined Wednesday by members of the Wells Avenue Merchants and Property Owners Association (WAMPA) and Jonah Dees for the unveiling of art to be displayed on banners along Wells Avenue.
The banners will be along Wells Avenue following the Fiesta on Wells, a celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month in northern Nevada, set for Sunday, Sept. 19.
Dees, a senior at Reno High School, creates digital artwork. His design for the banners was selected from dozens of entries.
Michelle Moore, a WAMPA board member said, “Today marks a dream of over two years of getting banners on the street that give us an idea of the vibrancy and the soul of the street and reflects how Wells Avenue is in general, and all the residents who call Wells Avenue home.”
WAMPA is a group of business owners that serve as volunteer representatives for the more than 200 small businesses in the Wells Avenue district. [Disclosure: This Is Reno is a member.]
The group assists with street beautification, events held in the Wells District and relations with the Reno City Council.
“The Merchants Association ran a contest for art to be featured on our banners, and many of the pieces were beautiful—but this one was resoundingly unanimous. The artist chose to reflect the beauty, the history and the vibrancy of the Wells Avenue district perfectly,” Moore said.
The 50 banners were funded by donations from businesses on the street and discretionary funds from Delgado. Moore said the Merchants Association also intends to commission the creation of additional banners in the future with seasonal and holiday themes, but Dees’ banners will remain up indefinitely.
Dees thanked the Merchants Association for the opportunity to have his art featured along the street.
“I’m really happy everyone likes it,” he said. “I think it expresses what this street is all about. And I’d like to thank my art teacher, Nicole Bommarito, as well. It was a great opportunity, so thank you.”
Dees explained that he came up with the design by walking along Wells Avenue and taking photographs. His design features the sculpture at the roundabout on the south end of the avenue, its street lights and the Virgil—which used to be the location of Reno’s Little Flower Church.
Dees said he intends to pursue art as a career when he graduates from high school in the spring. He’s uncertain where he’ll go to school at this time, but the University of Nevada, Reno, is an option. He’s also applied to schools in Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Delgado also thanked the Merchants Association and Dees. He said Wells Avenue holds a special value for him because his father and older brother both owned businesses on the street whose residents he now represents on the city council.
“It’s about quality of life and, especially during this time, supporting our local businesses,” he said. “And, again, we’re beautifying. So, please, come out and visit… Continue to be safe… Wear your masks. Get vaccinated. Respect everyone.”
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Nevada added back 4,800 jobs in July as the state continues to recover from pandemic-related job losses.
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Nevada added back 4,800 jobs in July as the state continues to recover from pandemic-related job losses, according to the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation’s (DETR) July 2021 economic report.
The number of jobs remains below typical levels, but are up by 100,900 since July 2020—an annual increase of 8.2%.
The large increase of employment over the year reflects the significant effects the pandemic had on employment last year. The total employment level in the state is 1,335,900. The State’s unemployment rate in July is 7.7%, down slightly from 7.8% in June and significantly when compared to the unemployment rate of 16.6% in July 2020.
The state’s peak unemployment rate in April of 2020 was near 30%.
David Schmidt, DETR economist, said July data provides a better look at the pace of economic recovery since the state fully relaxed business restrictions in June. He added that while some industries have exceeded their pre-recession peak employment, others remain significantly lower.
“Most notably, the casino hotel industry remains down roughly 67,000 jobs from its pre-recession peak and is just 62% recovered, while food services is 97% recovered and retail trade employment is 100% recovered,” he said. “The State’s unemployment rate dropped slightly to 7.7% this month. While July data is positive, there is still significant disruption to the economy as businesses and labor force seek to recover from the effects of the pandemic.”
Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Employment (*seasonally adjusted):
Reno employment had an increase of 500 jobs (0.2%) since June, an increase of 15,700 jobs (6.8%) since July 2020.
Las Vegas employment increased by 6,500 jobs (0.7%) since June, an increase of 72,200 jobs (8.2%) since July 2020.
Carson City employment had an increase of 100 jobs (0.3%) since June, an increase of 1,100 jobs (3.7%) since July 2020.
*Seasonally adjusted estimates remove the effect of normal economic patterns from month to month; the rest of the estimates in this story have not been seasonally adjusted.
Additional labor market information, such as employment and unemployment dashboards, can be found on the Research and Analysis Bureau’s website at http://www.nevadaworkforce.com. Updates from DETR, information about what other services are available from the department, and information on how to file an unemployment insurance or pandemic unemployment assistance claim, can be found at www.detr.nv.gov.
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The new Living With Fire Podcast, launching this summer, digs deeper into the issues surrounding our wildfire challenges in the West.
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The University of Nevada Reno, Extension’s Living With Fire Program is continuing their mission of helping communities live more safely with wildfire in a new way. The new Living With Fire Podcast, launching this summer, digs deeper into the issues surrounding our wildfire challenges in the West, and share perspectives and stories from land managers, scientists, fire professionals and community members about how wildfire is currently managed, the impacts of wildfires, and the role that humans play in living more safely with wildfire.
The first episode, available now, features Brad Schultz, professor and Humboldt County extension educator with the University of Nevada, Reno Extension. Schultz. As an expert in rangeland management, he has looked at wildfire from a “big picture” perspective across the state and across the West.
“Across a large landscape, fires would occur periodically, but at different places at different times, and you would get a very strong mosaic pattern of predominantly grasses in some areas, predominantly shrubs in others, and most of it being a mix in-between.”
Shultz says that this “mosaic” pattern of discontinuous vegetation across the landscape conferred many benefits to the ecosystem and created natural fuel breaks, or areas of less flammable vegetation that changed the behavior and reduced the intensity of wildfire.
How often fire happened in Nevada and how widespread it was is somewhat speculative, according to Schultz, who explains the challenges of finding physical evidence of historic fires in Nevada. “The best way to document fire history is scars on trees, and most of Nevada has very few long-lived trees that can document that fire history going back hundreds, if not thousands of years.”
Other factors to consider are the causes of fire, historically. Schultz points out that scientists acknowledge lightning as a natural cause of fire but that the role of Native Americans on the landscape is often overlooked. “They used fire every day of the year, 24-hours a day. Because fire was used not just for cooking, but for manufacturing their clothes, their tools, the impediments they needed to survive and so forth.”
To learn more, visit livingwithfire.com/podcast or search “Living With Fire” on your podcast app of choice.
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SpartanNash, which contends with a host of market factors as a company that operates its own grocery stores, serves U.S. military commissaries and exchanges and distributes grocery products to independent and chain retailers, released Q2 results that reflect the dynamics of the times and its businesses.
For the 12-week period ending July 17, net sales at SpartanNash dipped 3.6%, or $2.11 billion, from the second quarter of 2020 when COVID-fueled sales reached $2.18 billion.
In its retail business, SpartanNash reported an increase of 12.2% in retail comparable store sales from the pre-pandemic second quarter of 2019 but a slide of 2.7% compared to 2020’s second quarter. Net sales for retail were down 1.8%, or $11.3 million, to $620 million, from $631.3 million in the second quarter of 2020.
The pandemic continues to impact SpartanNash’s military business, which posted a decrease in net sales of 1.7%, or $32.9 million, for the quarter. The reduction was attributed to lower volumes at domestic commissaries caused by limited base access.
Meanwhile, net sales at the company’s food distribution business also came in lower in second quarter, declining 3.1%, or $33.3 million, to $1.06 billion from $1.09 billion in the prior year quarter. On a two-year basis, though, net sales rose 13%, or $121.1 million, from Q2 2019.
Given the challenging variables of the operating environment, the company’s leadership assessed the latest quarter in a positive way. "I am pleased to report strong second quarter results, in spite of continued labor and supply chain headwinds that have been observed throughout the industry," said SpartanNash President and CEO Tony Sarsam. "Our associates again rose to the challenge to best support both our wholesale customers and communities we serve."
In its Q2 report, SpartanNash also shifted expectations for the rest of its fiscal 2021 year. The company increased the low end of its profitability outlook range: EPS is now expected to range from $1.56 to $1.69 per diluted share, with adjusted EPS expected to range from $1.70 to $1.80 per diluted share, and adjusted EBITDA to range from $200 to $210 million.
“Our updated outlook reflects the improved trends in retail, but also recognizes the headwinds related to sales trends in our military business and strains on our supply chain that have been significantly impacted by historic labor shortages," Sarsam remarked.
Also looking ahead, Sarsam underscored the potential impact of improvements in its supply chain management. "Following the recent announcement of our supply chain transformation initiative, our team has completed the blueprint phase and begun work in areas that will best position us for sustainable, profitable growth and will enhance shareholder returns," he added.
SpartanNash’s core businesses include distributing grocery products to independent and chain retailers, its corporate-owned retail stores, and U.S. military commissaries and exchanges, as well as fresh produce distribution and fresh food processing. No. 39 on The PG 100, Progressive Grocer’s 2021 list of the top food and consumables retailers in North America, the company serves customer locations in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, Europe, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Honduras, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar and Djibouti. SpartanNash also operates more than 150 supermarkets, mainly under the banners of Family Fare, Martin’s Super Markets, D&W Fresh Market, VG’s Grocery, and Dan’s Supermarket.
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The Albertsons Cos. and Walmart have partnered with United Airlines on an unprecedented effort to streamline COVID-19 related health information for travelers.
United customers can now access more than 3,000 Walmart and Albertsons COVID-19 testing locations across the United States through the airline’s website and mobile app in the Travel Ready Center.
Through United’s Travel Ready Center, customers can view a list of localized, eligible COVID testing locations, including select Albertsons and Walmart locations, as well as additional popular drug store, pharmacy chains and local health care providers across the country. Customers can then select their preferred location and schedule an appointment directly through United’s website and mobile app.
Once the test is reviewed, customers will see a status indicator informing them that they are “travel-ready” and can receive their mobile boarding pass. The airline plans to continue to expand its offering, including adding international testing sites for customers flying to the United States.
“At Albertsons Companies, we are always seeking convenient solutions for our customers, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our partnership with United Airlines, to provide access to pre-travel COVID testing, is just another example of this intent,” said Omer Gajial, Albertsons Cos. SVP of Pharmacy and Health. “With our integrated testing solution, our customers can easily schedule their COVID-19 test at one of our convenient store locations, and results are seamlessly and confidentially delivered to United Airlines.”
Last month, Albertsons introduced several other offerings to help keep Americans healthy during the COVID resurgence.
One of the new offerings is over-the-counter rapid COVID-19 testing for purchase at the retailer's pharmacies. These self-administered tests are a product of Abbott’s BinaxNOW COVID-19 Antigen Self Test and can be used by individuals with or without symptoms who may have been exposed to COVID-19. Antigen tests can be used on children as young as 2 years old, when administered by an adult.
Each test kit includes two nasal swabs and easy-to-follow instructions. The swabs are intended to be administered within 48 to 72 hours of one other. Results for symptomatic and asymptomatic individuals are available in as little as 15 minutes.
Albertsons Cos. is also offering a free digital vaccine record that can be downloaded and saved to a digital device. Customers who completed their COVID-19 vaccine at an Albertsons Cos.’ pharmacy will receive an email in the next few days with detailed instructions on how to access their digital vaccine record. This information will also be shared with anyone receiving the vaccine in the future at one of the company’s pharmacy locations.
To date, Albertsons Cos. has administered 6 million COVID-19 vaccinations through its 1,700 pharmacies nationwide.
Meanwhile in June, Walmart began providing a free, secure digital wallet that enables consumers to own and share their health information, starting with their COVID-19 vaccine record. The offering will give people the option to securely store their COVID-19 vaccine records in their online Walmart or Sam’s Club pharmacy accounts. The vaccine record can be printed out, saved on a device or shared.
The vaccine record is a free digital version of the vaccine cards distributed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), containing a person’s name, date of birth, date of vaccination, vaccine manufacturer, vaccine lot number and location where they received the immunization, eliminating any worry about losing the paper copy. Walmart’s digital vaccine record will be available to those age 18 and older who got their COVID-19 vaccine at a Walmart or Sam’s Club pharmacy, or at a Walmart-run vaccine event.
Boise, Idaho-based Albertsons operates 2,277 retail stores with 1,725 pharmacies, 400 associated fuel centers, 22 dedicated distribution centers and 20 manufacturing facilities. The company’s stores predominantly operate under the Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb, Carrs, Jewel-Osco, Acme, Shaw’s, Star Market, United Supermarkets, Kings Food Markets and Haggen banners. Albertsons is No. 8 on The PG 100, Progressive Grocer’s 2021 list of the top food and consumables retailers in North America.
Walmart operates about 11,500 stores under 56 banners in 27 countries, and e-commerce websites, employing 2.2 million-plus associates worldwide. Walmart U.S. is No. 1 on The PG 100.
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On the same day that it released its second-quarter fiscal 2021 results, BJ’s Wholesale Club revealed that it's awarding full-time and part-time club and distribution center team members recognition bonuses totaling $8 million. According to the company, the bonuses are in appreciation of associates’ continued hard work and commitment to serving BJ’s members.
The bonuses are being paid out to eligible team members at BJ’s clubs and distribution centers during the month of August. Full-time hourly team members will receive $300, and part-time hourly team members will receive $150. Managers also received a special recognition bonus.
Totaling $8 million, the latest bonuses demonstrate how BJ’s is making a significant investment in its employees.
“Our team members are the key to our success, and I am incredibly proud of their continued dedication to serving our members during these challenging times,” said Jeff Desroches, EVP and COO at BJ’s. “We’re thrilled to recognize and reward our club and distribution center team members with this bonus. By continuing to invest in our team members, we are powering our own growth and acknowledging those that have worked hard to help us accelerate our transformation.”
The bonuses come at a time when the company's footprint is expanding. Earlier in the year, BJ’s revealed its plan to open six new clubs this fiscal year, debuting its latest location on July 2 in Seabrook, N.H. As its footprint expands, the wholesaler is looking to hire more team members. Information on career opportunities at all BJ’s locations can be found at BJs.com/careers/.
Other retailers, including Dollar Tree, Cardenas Markets and Oliver’s Market, are enticing new hires amid a national labor shortage with sign-on bonuses.
Meanwhile, after releasing its second-quarter fiscal 2021 results ending July 31, BJ's said that it's well positioned for long-term success. The company continued to report improved membership size and quality, with first-year renewal rates remaining at historic levels, but comparable-club sales, excluding sales of gasoline, were down 3.4%, reflecting two-year stacked comps of 20.8%. Total comps, however, were up 4.0%, reflecting two-year stacked comps of 21.2%.
Additionally, digitally enabled sales growth was 4%, reflecting two-year stacked comp growth of 304%. BJ’s noted that members continue to aggressively adopt such new services as curbside pickup.
Based in Westborough, Mass., BJ’s Wholesale Club operates 222 clubs and 151 BJ’s Gas locations in 17 states. The company is No.is No. 27 on The PG 100, Progressive Grocer’s 2021 list of the top food and consumables retailers in North America. Chesapeake, Va.-based Dollar Tree is No. 30 on The PG 100.
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Consortium uses ReposiTrak global supply chain platform to create FDA-compliant end-to-end solution
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In an effort to establish farm-to-table traceability in the food supply to help prevent foodborne illness outbreaks, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) rule in September 2020 to establish additional traceability recordkeeping requirements (beyond what is already required in existing regulations) for products on the Food Traceability List.
While the FDA in the process of finalizing these regulations, the Food Traceability Leadership Consortium (FTLC), which was formed in March by technology partner ReposiTrak Inc., has launched a food traceability solution that will meet or exceed FDA requirements at a cost that will have no material impact on supplier margins or consumer prices.
Consisting of some of the largest retailers and wholesalers in the United States, the FTLC quickly developed a set of guiding principles for solution evaluation of the FDA mandate: low cost, easy to implement, and meets or exceeds FDA guidelines. Based on these principles, the consortium is engaging the ReposiTrak global supply chain platform to form a Traceability Network for end-to-end traceability.
“The challenge posed by FSMA Section 204 is unprecedented and will require the collaboration of literally thousands of companies to share key data elements for shipments,” said Randy Fields, chairman and CEO of ReposiTrak. "For more than 20 years, the ReposiTrak platform has captured, managed and shared data up, down and across the supply chain on a massive scale, and done so at extremely low costs for our customers. Our current supply chain and supplier compliance platform forms a network of more than 300,000 facilities, from farms to stores, which makes ReposiTrak uniquely positioned to deliver on the FDA traceability mandate.”
The Traceability Network built on the ReposiTrak platform will electronically extract key data elements from existing supplier systems and documents at critical tracking events to “stitch” together an electronic pedigree of each product. Because the solution leverages existing ReposiTrak technology and the facility network mirrors the food supply chain, the cost can be spread across the network to deliver a solution that's easy to adopt and affordable for even the smallest suppliers.
“A patchwork of dozens of systems and schemes all trying to maximize a good return will impose crippling expense and operational complexity on the industry, which will ultimately hurt the consumer,” continued Fields. “By leveraging an established network solution that is already highly scaled but has plenty of capacity, we can deliver extraordinarily low-cost traceability for everyone in the supply chain, with minimal operational and financial impact.”
About 48 million people in the United States — one in six — get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die each year from foodborne diseases, according to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. FSMA is transforming the nation’s food safety system by shifting the focus from responding to foodborne illness to preventing it.
Murray, Utah-based ReposiTrak provides retailers, suppliers and public-sector agencies with a solution suite to help reduce risk and remain in compliance with regulatory requirements; enhance operational controls; source and discover new vendors; and increase sales with brand protection. ReposiTrak’s cloud-based platform’s integrated applications consist of three product families — compliance and risk management, supply chain solutions, and MarketPlace sourcing.
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Southeastern Grocers and its SEG Gives Foundation, which added education as a charitable giving pillar last year, announced the donation of more than $350,000 to schools in its region. The monies will be given to each store’s school partner to support teachers, staff and students during the upcoming academic year, both inside and beyond the classroom.
At least 424 schools will receive funds from the retailer’s latest community donation program. Southeastern Grocers shoppers assisted the cause by rounding up their grocery bill to the nearest dollar or making a donation of their choice at checkout.
“Our communities are the heart of our business, and we care passionately about enriching the lives of neighbors we serve each day. We want to share our sincere gratitude to our customers who donated in our stores to help elevate school programming for 424 local schools and support our leaders of tomorrow. It is through their generosity that we are able to positively impact vital educational needs and uplift teachers, staff and students as they begin a new school year," said Elizabeth Thompson, chief people officer. “Our communities are the heart of our business, and we care passionately about enriching the lives of neighbors we serve each day. We want to share our sincere gratitude to our customers who donated in our stores to help elevate school programming for 424 local schools and support our leaders of tomorrow. It is through their generosity that we are able to positively impact vital educational needs and uplift teachers, staff and students as they begin a new school year.”
In addition to this back-to-school donation effort, the SEG Foundation recently established the Romay Davis Belonging, Inclusion and Diversity Grant program to support racial equity and social justice. Now through Sept. 30, organizations supporting underserved populations throughout Southeastern Grocers’ five-state footprint are encouraged to apply online for grants ranging from $5,000 to $25,000.
Jacksonville, Florida-based Southeastern Grocers is one of the largest conventional supermarket companies in the United States, with grocery stores, liquor stores and in-store pharmacies serving communities throughout Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and South Carolina. The company is No. 43 on The PG 100, PG’s 2021 list of the top food and consumables retailers in North America.
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Blue Apron is collaborating with Chef Sam Kass, a former White House senior policy advisor, to bring his flexible and non-prescriptive cooking philosophy to consumers. The Blue Apron x Chef Sam Kass menu offers high-quality ingredients and customizable recipes designed for adaptability and balance.
“Throughout my career, I have seen the benefits that nutritious, whole foods and a variety of lean proteins, fresh produce and whole grains can have,” said Kass. “In partnership with Blue Apron, we wanted to highlight simple steps that can help make a big difference in your overall health and lifestyle. We’ve created easy-to-replicate, customizable recipes to show that delicious food, packed with flavor, can be accessible and uncomplicated.”
Developed in partnership with Blue Apron’s team of culinary and nutrition experts, the new menu will enable customers to prepare recipes that will help them gain lifelong skills. Blue Apron x Chef Sam Kass recipes are also customizable, allowing customers to choose between two protein options, according to their preferences. For even more variety, Kass created three Add-ons, providing an easy way to add an appetizer or side dish to a box to create a complete meal.
“Cooking with fresh ingredients can have a positive impact on one’s life, from participating in the cooking process to the selection of a recipe and its components,” said John Adler, VP of culinary at New York-based Blue Apron. “When we designed these recipes with Chef Sam Kass, we wanted to empower our customers to cook more by giving them access to high-quality ingredients with the flexibility to choose proteins they want to include in their recipes and adding an appetizer or side dish to their meal.”
Available through the Blue Apron website and mobile app for three consecutive weeks through Sept. 20, the Blue Apron x Chef Sam Kass recipes will be available on the Two-Serving and Four-Serving Signature menu. The recipes are:
Roasted Sweet Potatoes, Spinach & Olive Date Sauce, offered with a selection of antibiotic-free Chicken or pasture-raised Flank Steak;
Pesto Barley with Tomato & Corn Relish, offered with a selection of BAP-Certified Shrimp or antibiotic-free Chicken; and
Mushroom Farro Risotto, offered with a section of Apple Cider Pork Chops or BAP-Certified Atlantic Salmon.
The Blue Apron x Chef Sam Kass Add-ons are:
Charred Zucchini Crostini with Ricotta & Calabrian Chile Vinaigrette;
Cannellini Salad with Oregano, Lemon & Feta; and
Roasted Broccoli & Radish Salad.
On Sept. 14, Blue Apron will hold a free, live virtual cooking class with Kass in support of Washington, D.C.-based Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA), to help raise awareness and funds for Pass the Love w/ Waffles + Mochi, a campaign developed by PHA, Michelle Obama and Higher Ground Productions to communicate the joy of food and cooking to American families.
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Matt Miner was architect of DOJ’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Program guidance
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Walmart has appointed Matt Miner EVP and global chief ethics and compliance officer. Miner, with more than 20 years of compliance and legal experience, will lead the company’s global compliance program and report to Rachel Brand, Walmart’s EVP of global governance, chief legal officer and corporate secretary.
“Matt is a nationally respected talent in the compliance field, and I am delighted that he will be joining our team,” said Brand. “I’m proud of our strong compliance organization, and I believe that Matt’s expertise and experience with enhancing compliance programs make him the right leader to help take our program to the next level.”
Miner was a partner at the Washington, D.C., office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, before being appointed to the Justice Department. He advised numerous companies on building and enhancing their compliance programs, and represented clients in connection with a wide range of government enforcement matters.
Prior to that, he was a deputy assistant attorney general in the criminal division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Among his accomplishments, Miner was the architect of the division’s Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Program guidance, as well as first-of-its-kind training to educate prosecutors on compliance program design and key compliance challenges. He managed the criminal division’s fraud and appellate sections, including the department’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act unit, the market integrity and major frauds unit, and the nationwide Medicare Fraud Strike Force program.
He was also a partner at New York-based White & Case LLP. In addition to serving in the criminal division, Miner's prosecutorial experience includes a stint as an assistant United States attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. He was also on the staff of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, where his roles included chief counsel for crime, terrorism and oversight.
Miner holds a bachelor of arts in economics from the University of Cincinnati and a Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan Law School.
“Walmart has long been a leader and innovator in the business community, and that same spirit carries over to the company’s dedication to compliance,” said Miner. “I am absolutely thrilled to join the business. I see this as an opportunity unlike any other to tackle complex and diverse issues as part of a truly extraordinary company.”
Walmart's U.S. division recently reported that its total revenues for the second quarter increased 5.3% to $98.2 billion, while operating profits increased 20.4% to $6 billion. These gains were driven by an interesting shift in customer traffic and transaction sizes as life for many Americans began returning to familiar patterns during the second quarter ended July 31.
Bentonville, Ark.-based Walmart operates more than 10,500 stores under 48 banners in 24 countries, and e-commerce websites, employing 2.2 million-plus associates worldwide. Walmart U.S. is No. 1 on The PG 100, Progressive Grocer’s 2021 list of the top food and consumables retailers in North America, while Walmart-owned Sam’s Club ranks No. 9 on the list.
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Banishing the idea that women aren’t suited to leadership roles can help talented candidates advance
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The Fortune 500 for 2021 has yet again broken a record of more female CEOs than ever, carrying on last year’s trend in the same direction. Yet women still make up only 8.1% of Fortune 500 CEOs, and one has to wonder what old biases might be continuing to contribute to this disparity of female bosses.
We’ve all heard workplace myths, truths universally acknowledged about working in the corporate world. Based on feelings rather than facts, they nestle deeply into workplace cultures, and can be difficult to uproot. Take the myth that remote employees are less productive, for example. Clearly disproven by research time and time again, put to the ultimate test last year, this myth has no basis in fact. It still has yet to be completely let go in the wake of the pandemic, however.
Another deeply ingrained myth – that women make toxic bosses – is also unfortunately still alive and well in our workplaces. Banishing it is a key step to advancing women to leadership roles.
Overcoming the Stereotype
When critiqued by a woman in management, I sincerely hope your first reaction isn’t to lump her in with this problematic stereotype. It’s true that your boss may have poor management skills, or be unable to offer truly constructive criticism. That’s one possibility. Another is that you expect a woman to manage in a softer way. According to a recent study by the Bonn, Germany-based IZA Institute of Labor Economics, both men and women react more negatively to criticism when it comes from a woman.
Knowing how many women we lost from the workplace due to 2020’s “she-cession,” demolishing bias is more important than ever. It can be insidious, affecting our opinions of others even when we think we’re doing everything we can to be good and supportive allies – and it can affect both women and men.
Fighting Bias
First, take your temperature on the feedback itself. Examine how you would feel about it if it came from a male co-worker at the same level as the woman who offered it. How would you feel? Would it seem less harsh? More “par for the course”?
This isn’t to say that all workplace behavior is appropriate, of course. True toxicity is poison to any workplace, and it’s worth analyzing whether the workplace around you is toxic in itself. Self-reflection doesn’t mean you should let bad behavior go unchecked, it just means a gut check is in order. Your strong reaction to criticism could be rooted, if unconsciously, in old ideas about how women should use their voices. For us all to push the cause of women forward, we must look inward, and let go of the preconceptions that limit the potential of female bosses.
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Publix Supermarkets' newest store in Florida may not have much of the grocer's signature green logos or wide aisles, but it certainly has lots of features that are tailor-made for urban dwellers looking to slurp an acai bowl while posing for a Tik Tok.
The grocery chain has opened its latest GreenWise Market, a natural format that caters to hipsters, in a transformational development in downtown Tampa called Water Street Tampa. The 26,000-square-foot store at 555 Channelside Drive is the anchor retail tenant at Heron, the first apartment tower to open at Water Street Tampa, the $3.5 billion downtown development from Lightning owner Jeff Vinik and Bill Gates’s Cascade Investment Group.
The new GreenWise is the second of the company’s GreenWise stores to be located in a high-rise, multi-use building. Above the store are two towers of apartment living and a parking garage. The apartment dwellers above will enjoy a separate entrance to the store.
“So many exciting things are happening in downtown Tampa, and we are pleased to be part of that,” said Publix President Kevin Murphy. “Our curated mix of high-quality specialty make-at-home and grab & go items will add a level of convenience for residents and visitors looking for easy meal solutions as they enjoy the events and activities available in the surrounding area.”
Publix's GreenWise Market in Tampa offers a variety of organic groceries, familiar favorites, house-made specialties and more for health-conscious and gourmet foodies alike. But the store also includes locally curated items and experience zones with products for any occasion. For grab & go options (like those acai bowls for Tik Tok), customers can visit POURS and EATS. The menu at POURS includes kombucha on tap, craft beer, locally-sourced coffee and even a key lime pie frappe. At EATS, shoppers can choose from Asian, Middle Eastern or Tex-Mex bowls, organic pizza by the slice, chicken sausage rigatoni, and catering platters full of brookies or mezze.
Gourmet cheese, olives, cured meats and wine pairings from around the globe can be found in FINDS, some of which are locally sourced. More options to cook at home can be found in CUTS, a full-service meat and seafood department. Behind the glass case, shoppers can find Key West Pink Shrimp, in-house smoked Cowboy Bacon, in-house made blueberry maple sausage, and a variety of beef cuts.
Fresh PRODUCE is at the perimeter, lots of grab-and-go and value-added ready to cook items.
Customers may also sign up for Publix GreenWise Market Rewards to receive personalized offers.
The Tampa GreenWise Market features a mural by local artist Leon Bedore, also known as Tes One. The mural reflects the vibrant vibe of downtown Tampa through its vivid colors and modern shapes.
The store will be connected to the district cooling system located in Tampa’s Water Street neighborhood. The chilled water from the cooling system provides improved energy efficiency and better stability for the air-conditioning and refrigeration systems. This will be the second time Publix has connected to a district cooling system for air-conditioning needs but the first time for refrigeration.
One of the largest active downtown real estate developments in the United States, Water Street Tampa is a multi-phased, mixed-use community that will include more than 9 million square feet of commercial, residential, hospitality, educational, entertainment, cultural and retail space. Upon its completion, Water Street Tampa will welcome over 23,000 residents, workers and visitors every day.
With the Tampa store, Publix now has nine GreenWise locations. A tenth is planned for St. Augustine, Fla.
See the gallery below for more features of the new Tampa GreenWise.
Privately owned and operated by its more than 200,000 employees, Lakeland, Fla.-based Publix has over 1,200 stores in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. The grocer opened a new store concept in Tampa in December. The company is No. 11 on The PG 100, Progressive Grocer’s 2021 list of the top food and consumables retailers in North America.
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More than 121,000 pediatric COVID-19 cases were reported in the U.S. just last week. That’s 14 times higher than the weekly number in late June, says the American Academy of Pediatrics. According to CNN experts believe this is the beginning of a troubling trend in weeks to come.
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The Delta variant has triggered a surge in COVID-19 cases in children across the country forcing quarantines and school closures in many districts. Experts report that 90% of the new infections in youngsters is caused by the highly contagious and virulent variant.
According to USA Today, children under the age of 12 are not eligible for COVID-19 vaccines which makes school classrooms particularly vulnerable to transmission. While parents and school officials argue about mask mandates and other safety measures, some districts have shuttered public schools after overwhelming numbers of COVID-19 cases were reported.
More than 121,000 pediatric COVID-19 cases were reported in the U.S. just last week. That’s 14 times higher than the weekly number in late June, says the American Academy of Pediatrics. According to CNN, experts believe this is the beginning of a troubling trend in weeks to come.
“This is happening before school starts. Schools are open now,” warns Dr. Peter Hotez, a noted infectious disease expert and the dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine. “So, Houston Independent school district opens August 23, that’s going to be a huge accelerant. This is just the beginning, unfortunately.”
Over 20,000 students in Mississippi are currently quarantined after data from 800 schools indicated outbreaks of COVID-19. Around 600 of these schools have now mandated masking for indoor settings. Thirteen-year-old Makayla Robinson became the fifth child to die from COVID-19 in the state last week, one day after her diagnosis.
Ware County in Georgia closed all its public schools due to a sharp increase in cases, says USA Today. Many other states including Indiana and Kentucky announced they would shut down schools temporarily in districts with high rates of positivity for the virus.
“This will be a tough year, and we don’t want to have to shut down this early, but if we can determine who is positive now, we believe we can stay in school longer,” says Sarah Wasson, the superintendent in one Eastern Kentucky school district, according to USA Today.
While healthcare experts have asked for mask mandates in schools, some state governors have attempted to block this move, says CNN.
“Why tie the hands of the public health officials behind their backs?” questions Dr. Paul Offit, a top advisor and a member of the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory committee. “You have two weapons here, one is vaccines and the other is masking, and for children less than 12 that’s the only weapon they have.”
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The effect of in-person attendance on COVID spread did not exceed an average of five new cases a day per 100,000 residents. This suggests the games were not associated with substantial risk or increased local COVID-19 cases, researchers said.
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Football games with some fans in the stands may not be the super spreader events they were once feared to be.
An analysis of National Football League (NFL) and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) games found no substantial increase in local COVID-19 cases at those with limited attendance.
"There was a lot of speculation in the media and on social platforms regarding whether in-person attendance at NFL and NCAA regular season football games resulted in local COVID-19 spread," said first author Asmae Toumi, of Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Technological Assessment in Boston. "We thought it was important to assess whether these games with attendance caused an increase in cases."
Researchers matched counties hosting one or more games with in-person attendance in 2020 and 2021 with those with no in-person attendance and an identical game schedule for up to 14 days. The matched counties were similar in size, COVID-related restrictions and trends.
Of 796 games, 528 games had fans in the stands.
The effect of in-person attendance on COVID spread did not exceed an average of five new cases a day per 100,000 residents.
This suggests the games were not associated with substantial risk or increased local COVID-19 cases, researchers said.
"Before conducting the study, our conjecture was that football games would cause an explosion in the number of cases; however, it turns out that this is not the case and the games did not lead to a major increase in the number of cases," said senior study author Turgay Ayer, an associate professor at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.
His team suggested that a combination of factors helped prevent the COVID spread at the games. They included crowd size limits, strict mask use and open air.
Study co-author Jagpreet Chhatwal, associate director of the MGH Institute for Technology Assessment, said the findings can inform fan attendance policies for the 2021 football season.
"In-person attendance can be safe as long as social distancing is maintained," he said. "Though we have COVID-19 vaccines in 2021, we need to remind ourselves that not everyone is vaccinated, and vaccines are not 100% effective."
So, before you head to the stadium, remember to pack a face covering. And, experts recommend, when you take your seat, be sure it's covering your nose and mouth.
The findings were published Aug. 17 in JAMA Network Open.
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“We have to look at all the reasons your body may have gotten heavier,” said Isabel Smith, a nutritionist in private practice in New York City. “We’ve assumed that it’s because your metabolism has slowed down but actually we have to consider your sleep, your stress, your exercise, your alcohol consumption, your nutritional status and your hormones.”
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If you’re packing on the pounds, you can no longer claim a slowing metabolism. A shocking new study debunks the myth that our metabolism — the rate at which we burn calories — begins to decline as we get older.
A team of international researchers found that our energy expenditure — the more scientific term for metabolism — remains stable from the age of 20 to 60. Seniors over the age of 60 do suffer a decline in metabolic rate, noted the study that was published last week in the journal Science. The scientists studied more than 6,400 people, ages 8 days to 95 years, from 29 countries and found that while infants have the highest metabolic rate, the calorie-burning ability in middle-aged individuals really doesn’t slow down.
“Metabolic rate is really stable all through adult life, 20 to 60 years old,” said study author Herman Pontzer, an associate professor of evolutionary anthropology and global health at Duke University. He told NBC News that there is “no effect of menopause that we can see,” adding that people often blame advancing age for their weight gain as they hit their 30’s and beyond.
According to the New York Post, this game-changing study means we have to search for other reasons for the common complaint of middle-aged spread.
“We have to look at all the reasons your body may have gotten heavier,” said Isabel Smith, a nutritionist in private practice in New York City. “We’ve assumed that it’s because your metabolism has slowed down but actually we have to consider your sleep, your stress, your exercise, your alcohol consumption, your nutritional status and your hormones.”
Dr. Gabe Mirkin, who is board certified in sports medicine, says that the average American gains a pound and a half annually after the age of 30.
“This is long before metabolism begins to slow at age 60,” he says. “So we need other explanations for weight gain during those years.”
Smith says the new evidence means we should shift our thinking away from deprivation and dieting to eating more nutritious foods that fuel our cells.
“That means lots of healthy fats, such as nuts, seeds and avocado, good sources of proteins such as responsibly farmed fish and six-plus servings of veggies a day,” she told the Post.
Fitness expert Mark Koester, director of fitness with Active Wellness at the 92nd Street Y in New York City, says that along with a healthy eating plan, exercise is important in keeping fit. He encourages a program of cardio, strength and weight training moves to burn calories.
According to the Post, Koester recommends 30 minutes of exercise daily, five days a week. That means walking, biking or another cardio exercise one day followed by strength training the next. Lifting weights, squats, and push-ups are just some examples of strength training moves.
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OPINION
The Truth Behind Damned Lies About Afghanistan
Viewpoint by Azu Ishiekwene
The writer is the Managing Director/Editor-in-Chief of LEADERSHIP newspaper based in Abuja, Nigeria.
ABUJA (IDN) — In journalism proverb, Afghanistan is a convenient shelter, the writer’s fantasy island from topical issues at home. In the current deluge of news from that country, however, that proverb appears to have lost its meaning.
There’s no need for escape to Afghanistan; the traffic is the other way, while Afghanistan’s mythical status is being supplanted by lies, damned lies.
One of the big, fat lies, for example, is that Afghans are cowards, too comfortable hiding behind their burkas and poppy fields to fight for their country. Why should anyone die for them?
That was the essence of US President Joe Biden’s message to Americans spread all around the world by major US networks. But it’s a lie, a convenient lie to cover the humiliation of the US, after that chaotic and catastrophic pullout followed by the Taliban retaking of Kabul.
It was always going to be difficult explaining to Americans why after nearly 20 years of US occupation, Taliban ended up replacing Taliban with an orderliness far more exemplary than the transition of power in the last US presidential election.
Are Afghans freeloaders happy to use others as dogs in their own fight?
History tells a different story. The landlocked country roughly the size of Texas, located at Asia’s crossroads, has been of strategic interest to the world powers in their ideological and proxy wars, not to mention their shameless lust for the country’s mineral resources.
The former Soviet Union has been there. For 10 years (1979 and 1989), the Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan, used it as a buffer post against Western encroachment in the Cold War and ran it with an iron fist. Unbowed, the Afghans toppled the puppet Soviet regime after three years of a shambolic handover.
Led by the Mujahideen, mostly from the rocky countryside and with support from the West, Afghans fought the Soviets like mad. Over two million Afghan lives or about 11 per cent of its population died in the war. It was a long, brutal war. In spite of the odds and the large casualties, Afghans neither retreated nor surrendered. They fought to the bitter end.
The war also took a heavy toll on the Soviet Union. By some accounts, at the end of the war, the Soviet Union may have spent over $100 billion in today’s money with an estimated 15,000 soldiers killed, about 35,000 wounded and vital military assets lost.
Of course, the Afghans received plenty of opportunistic help. But a collateral lesson of the Afghan mission is that foreign troops and intelligence are vital in battle, but the war is ultimately won by the people and hardly ever by puppets or mercenaries.
In the end, however, it was their war and they fought it. Apart from the material losses inflicted on the occupying Soviet forces, they dealt a blow that further weakened the USSR and, according to some writers, hastened the collapse of the Soviet Union shortly after the war ended.
It’s a lie that Afghans are cowards who won’t fight for their country. If the US finds comfort in this lie and the Soviets have conveniently forgotten their own humiliation, choosing instead to mock the US defeat, surely the British—famous for their unwritten laws but yet full of rich tradition—still remember.
Soviet and British expansionist policy in the 19th and 20th centuries was the major cause of two Anglo-Afghan Wars, both of which left Britain humiliated, disgraced and despondent.
The comment of a British army chaplain in a memoir of the disastrous first Anglo-Afghan war, summarises the point nicely: “A war began for no wise purpose, carried on with a strange mixture or rashness and timidity, brought to a close after suffering and disaster, without much glory. Not one benefit, political or military, was acquired with this war.”
This does not read like an account of coward country. Or the record from a place where the people depend solely on the benevolence of outsiders to fight their wars.
After defeating the British twice, routing the Soviets and forcing the US in recent days to exhume memes from Vietnam, it is ridiculous to suggest that Afghans are cowards, who prefer to watch others fight their wars.
But I understand. Biden’s message about Afghan cowardice was not for the rest of the world: it was for his American audience, who had been led to believe that the ragtag Taliban forces could not return to power in a thousand years.
After nearly 20 years, about 2,500 US soldiers dead, trillions of dollars in cash, allies in disarray and a poisoned chalice handed down from the last four presidents, Biden was justified to say: enough!
To make matters worse, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani ran away without giving his allies a hint. He did not even wait to take copies of his widely celebrated book, “Fixing failed states,” when he needed the book most.
He absconded when he should have stayed to repair the broken sovereignty gap he wrote about so glowingly and also to execute the framework for rebuilding his country, never mind rebuilding the world.
But Ghani the man is not Ghani the country. Rather than creating the impression that Ghani’s betrayal reflects poorly on the whole country, the US must accept the events of the last few days as its own moment of soul-searching.
Damned lies about Afghanistan won’t help. A Western trope is that the place was always bound to collapse anyway because its political elite is hopelessly corrupt. That is largely true. But a coin, even a bad one, has two sides.
The military industrial complex in the US, specifically the Pentagon and its contractors, cannot pretend that corruption among the so-called Afghan elite was a one-way street. It was mutually beneficial, or as we say in my neck of the woods, both parties scratched each other’s back.
Describing the squalid flow of largesse in the Afghan mission through inflated contracts and, sometimes, even the supply of poorly refurbished military assets, an article by Andrew Cockburn in the July 2021 issue of the Spectator, said it would be mistaken to assume that Pentagon has no strategy for the Afghan war.
In a cringeworthy summary, he described Pentagon’s strategy as, “Don’t interrupt the money flow.” From Vietnam to Nicaragua and from Korean to Iraq—and now Afghanistan— the US can hardly deny the complicity of its military elite in the corruption that has complicated and prolonged the conflicts. The malaise has also bred a tragic indifference, leading to the loss and destruction of thousands of innocent lives.
I should not be mistaken. The Taliban has a murderous history, which it cannot be proud of. Any state that hunts and murders its own citizens in the name of God or religion, tramples on the rights of women, girls and minorities as the Taliban notoriously did, should be called out and denounced.
And where they got away with murder before, the Taliban should not expect the world to believe that chewing microphones and hosting press conferences would be substitutes for respecting the rights and freedoms of its citizens and residents. The world is watching keenly.
It’s also America’s teachable moment. Yet, with the way the US covered up the massive rigging in the last Afghan election just to prop its ally, it’s doubtful if any lessons have been learnt.
The Taliban was not always US enemy. When America sided with the Mujahideen to supplant the USSR, providing arms, cash and intelligence, little did the US realise they were breeding monsters—and one of the most deadly turned out to be Osama bin Laden, radicalised by the Soviet-Afghan war. Things fell apart after 9/11, when Afghanistan sheltered Al-Qaeda and Bin Laden.
The images of scores of Afghans clinging onto US military transport planes as they climbed out of the Hamid Karzai Airport in Kabul will haunt, not just the US, but the world for a long time. Afghans born in the last two decades have not known peace. But they have seen pictures of greener pastures by friends and relatives who risked everything to migrate abroad, and they covet that secure life.
These folks are not desperate to escape because they’re cowards, afraid to stand and fight for their country. Perhaps, they have only faint memories of the heritage of courage by their forebears forged in blood and iron in decades of warfare.
Yet, they’re human. They’re simply responding to the basic human impulse to seek a better life, wherever it is possible. And that, my friend, is not cowardice. [IDN-InDepthNews — 19 August 2021]
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The waning days of July amounted to a sea change for the Angels’ bullpen.
Left-hander Tony Watson, a trusted high-leverage reliever, was traded to the Giants. Another veteran lefty, Alex Claudio, was released. Right-hander Dylan Bundy moved back into the starting rotation.
The three veterans were replaced by Jose Quijada, Austin Warren and Sam Selman, whom the Angels acquired from the Giants for Watson. Warren had never appeared in a major league game. Quijada and Selman had 52 big league appearances between them. Outside of closer Raisel Iglesias, the bullpen roles were in flux.
Since Aug. 1, the bullpen has been a pleasant surprise. Their 3.46 earned-run average is down from 4.77 before. They’ve allowed fewer walks and home runs on a per-inning basis, while striking out more batters and leaving more runners stranded on base.
Between the sixth inning Saturday and the second inning Thursday ― a span of five games in three cities ― the Angels’ bullpen threw 15 consecutive innings without allowing a run. It’s been a boon for Manager Joe Maddon, and it’s not limited to one or two individual performances.
“There are more options,” Maddon said. “Obviously Warren has definitely made an impact. (Rookie Andrew) Wantz can make an impact too. (Steve) Cishek’s been throwing the ball as good as I’ve seen. (Junior) Guerra has gone from just wanting to pitch long to pitching at anytime. (Mike) Mayers, here’s a guy who’s absolutely resurfaced. His last three outings are exactly what he looked like in the mini-season last year. Quijada, we know he has a big arm, but now all of a sudden he’s throwing strikes and he’s able to get righties with his changeup too. Selman is a really nice Swiss Army knife who can do things against both sides.”
Iglesias was unavailable Thursday. The task of closing out a 13-10 win fell to Warren, who was making his ninth major league appearance. He retired all six batters he faced ― including future Hall of Famer Miguel Cabrera ― on a mere 17 pitches.
After notching his first career save, Warren said he would be keeping the game ball for himself.
“My confidence is pretty high right now,” the 25-year-old right-hander said. “I’ve gotten into some big situations. I love getting the ball in situations like that. I hope I keep getting the ball in situations like that.”
ROTATION ANNOUNCED
The Angels will keep their starting rotation in order for their three-game series against the Indians. Right-hander Jaime Barría and left-hander Reid Detmers will start Friday and Saturday in Cleveland, opposed by left-hander Sam Hentges and right-hander Triston McKenzie, respectively.
Sunday’s game will be played at Little League headquarters in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, a national broadcast on ESPN and ESPN2. Rookie left-hander Jose Suarez will take the ball for the Angels against another rookie, Cleveland right-hander Cal Quantrill.
“(Suarez) doesn’t really get over-amped about anything in a sense, in a good way,” Maddon said. “I’m sure he’ll handle it well. It’s a minor league setting. It’s a neat ballpark. Once he gets out there and warms up I think it’ll be familiar to him. I was there a couple years ago and thought the field was prepped really well. The lights were good.”
Pitcher Patrick Sandoval returned to California for further testing on his back. The left-hander’s season is in jeopardy after suffering a left lumbar stress reaction. … Right-hander Alex Cobb, on the 10-day injured list with inflammation in his wrist, has resumed a throwing program and “didn’t feel anything” Wednesday, Maddon said. … The Angels signed right-handed pitcher Jimmy Herget, who elected free agency Sunday after being designated for assignment by the Rangers, and assigned him to Triple-A Salt Lake. Herget, 27, allowed four earned runs in four games out of the Rangers’ bullpen this season.
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DEL MAR — Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, known in most quarters as “Big Money Mike” because of his penchant for winning the big stakes races, isn’t ready to ride off into the sunset just yet.
Smith turned 56 earlier this month and he’s been blessed to ride some of the all-time greats in the sport like Justify, Zenyatta, Skip Away, Arrogate, Azeri and Songbird. But he’s not finished, not even close to calling it a career.
“I’m still learning. I’m still having fun, trying to figure out how to be as consistent as possible,” Smith said this week as he prepares to ride Royal Ship, the 7-2 second choice on the morning line, in Saturday’s $1 million Pacific Classic at Del Mar for another Hall of Famer, trainer Richard Mandella.
They’ve both won Del Mar’s signature race four times, but this is the first time they’ve teamed up together in the big one.
“We both got four, so I’d like to go to five together,” Smith said. “He’s run quite a few in here and I’ve ridden quite a few in here, but we’ve never teamed up. So it’s kinda cool that we are this year.”
It’s that competitive fire in his belly that keeps Smith going. He keeps himself in excellent shape and enjoys riding the $8,000 claiming races as much as he does the major stakes races.
“If I get beat in the big one, if I can just win that last claiming race, I feel like I’m back again,” he said with a laugh. “Every horse means a whole lot to their connections. It’s not just about me and the horse. There’s a lot of people who put in a lot of time and a lot of money. … It’s nice when you can make everybody happy. It doesn’t happen too often, but when it does, it’s a good feeling.”
But what about when that fire in his belly goes out?
“I don’t think it will ever be out of me,” Smith said. “I think someone’s just gonna have to drag me off and say that’s it. I’ve always thought, well maybe someday I’ll wake up and it (competitive fire) won’t be there, but it just seems to be getting stronger and stronger. I don’t think it’s ever going to go. In fact, the more people tell me it’s going to go away or it’s getting close, the more the fire flames. I just wanna keep going.”
He said he enjoys the horses as much as ever.
“I love being able to help one win the big one, help develop them and get them to that place,” Smith said. “There’s nothing quite like it when you’re able to get it all together and pull it off. It’s a pretty cool feeling, and you can’t feel that anywhere else. You’ll never get that rush on your couch or surfing or anywhere else. You gotta be surfing on a horse. That’s the best place to be.”
As for Royal Ship, a victory Saturday would make the man who has won more Breeders’ Cup races (26) than anyone the king of the Pacific Classic. He’d break a tie with the late Garrett Gomez for most victories in the race that will be run for the 31st time this year.
“I love Del Mar,” Smith said. “Any kind of record that you can have here, I would just be so honored to have. I’m blessed to be tied for (the record), and I’d love to have it all my own.I’m tied with a great man, God rest his soul. Garrett Gomez was like my little brother. I would like to just give him a punch in the arm and tell him, ‘I got one over on you.’”
Royal Ship goes into the Pacific Classic off a third-place finish in the San Diego Handicap on July 17, behind Express Train, the 3-1 favorite Saturday, and Tripoli. There are nine horses entered, and seven are graded-stakes winners.
“I’m still looking for a race that I think this horse that I’m riding has in him,” Smith said.
“I’ve always thought he’s better than what he’s been running, and he’s started to train like that now. I know if he runs his A race … just running the way he’s been running, he’s gonna be a horse to reckon with. But if he’ll jump up and give me that one that I know is in himthen I can see him running extremely well.”
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“A mile and a sixteenth (San Diego Handicap’s distance) ain’t a sprint, but it would play more to a sprint side than say a mile-and-a-quarter side,” he said. “We kinda found out about this horse that he’s got stamina. He stays, and stays, and stays and stays and that’s where he gets the better of most of them. He can keep on running.”
Just like Smith keeps on riding. Get used to it, too, because he’s not ready to hang ’em up.
“I’m really competitive,” he said. “I love horses. I love the competition. I love riding still. I love getting the opportunity to ride for great owners and trainers and amazing horses. I’m living the life. I should be paying to do this stuff, not getting paid. I still wanna ride so bad. I see no stopping me yet.”
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Norco residents and officials value their rural lifestyle — but not so much high-density apartments.
In an early Thursday, Aug. 19, decision after a marathon meeting, the Norco City Council delayed until Sept. 7 its vote on an apartment/retail complex that would be near Norco College.
Norco Valley Square, a nearly 20-acre project, would consist of apartments and public recreational areas. It would be on the busy southwest corner of Third Street and Hamner Avenue, down the street from Norco College and John F. Kennedy Middle College High School.
The project would include over 300 apartments, with 10% for affordable housing, and amenities such as a clubhouse and pool. Also proposed is a four-story hotel and a western-town themed “food garden” — a public food-hall style outdoor space next to the apartments. It would include stores and dining, a stage and space for entertainment, with a western look inspired by Vail Headquarters in Temecula and the Stone World Bistro and Gardens in Escondido.
An artist’s rendering shows luxury apartments at the proposed Norco Valley Square project, which could rise on the southwest corner of Third Street and Hamner Avenue in Norco. (Courtesy of Andrew Wennerstrom, Frontier Communities)
An artist’s rendering shows the proposed Norco Valley Square recreational center and pool for residents of the modern-style apartments. The complex is pitched for a site near Norco College. (Courtesy of Andrew Wennerstrom, Frontier Communities)
An artist’s rendering depicts the luxury apartments courtyard at Norco Valley Square, which is proposed in Norco. (Courtesy of Andrew Wennerstrom, Frontier Communities)
An artist’s rendering illustrates the outdoor food garden, a food hall-style dining and recreational area that would be open to the public as part of the proposed Norco Valley Square. (Courtesy of Andrew Wennerstrom, Frontier Communities)
Frontier Communities’ proposed Norco Valley Square development would be built on the busy southwest corner of Third Street and Hamner Avenue in Norco. (Courtesy of Andrew Wennerstrom, Frontier Communities)
Frontier Communities representatives presented their Norco Valley Square project at the Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, Norco City Council meeting. (Courtesy photo)
Frontier Communities’ Norco Valley Square project, proposed for the southwest corner of Third Street and Hamner Avenue in Norco, would include over 300 apartment buildings, retail space and a food garden. The project has faced criticism from residents concerned about more traffic and people in the area. (Courtesy of Andrew Wennerstrom, Frontier Communities)
The project was denied in May by the city’s Planning Commission, on a 3-1 vote. Commissioners and neighbors were concerned about increasing the area’s housing density, more commuter traffic, a sudden boost in Norco’s population, possible late-night noise at the hotel and crowding at the food garden.
The developer, Frontier Communities, appealed the panel’s decision, bringing the issue to the Wednesday, Aug. 18, council meeting, which ran into early Thursday. A vote is now set for a Sept. 7 hearing.
Representatives of Frontier Communities said they’ve already proposed changes to address the biggest concerns — such as dropping the 120-room hotel and food garden, maintaining the city’s network of equestrian trails, and adding trees to separate the subdivision to the south.
“At the end of the day, it all comes down to density,” Norco Mayor Pro Tem Greg Newton said Wednesday.
Andrew Wennerstrom, director of forward planning for Frontier Communities, countered that concern.
“The theme all night, from both the public and the Council, was that the project is just too dense for Norco,” Wennerstrom said in a statement issued Thursday. “Or that they don’t mind the project, but it’s just not the right location for this. Yet high density residential is exactly what the City zoned this location for.”
The developer’s report states that the project’s impact on the community — including noise, traffic, public safety and lack of privacy — would be “minimal.”
Still, residents filled Norco City Hall to express concerns.
“I look at this proposal and it’s mind boggling to me. It doesn’t fit Norco,” said John Rigler, a former city planning commissioner. “I don’t think it’s a good footprint, I don’t think it’s good for traffic, I don’t think it’s good for anything about Norco.”
Council members also expressed confusion and concerns with the proposed site.
Mayor Kevin Bash was concerned that neighboring Norco College could “own Third Street,” and therefore the project may need its approval. The site, now an empty dirt lot, was likely once part of a dump for a Naval hospital in Norco in the early 20th century, and that land might not be safe for residents to live, he said.
“If you’re going to put over a thousand residents in these apartments, I want to make sure the site is clean,” Bash said, addressing the developers.
Council Member Ted Hoffman worried that the modern-style, “luxury” apartments might be too expensive for the renters it’s targeting: college students and young professionals.
Wennerstrom said the complex would have a “small impact” and could have been “much more dense” than what the developer is seeking.
“I know (people’s) main issue with the project is the fact that it’s a for-rent apartment community, saying that it’s too dense, but it’s truly at the minimum,” Wennerstrom said. “There’s nothing we can do. Any lower we go, it’s no longer compliant with the zoning.”
Residents at the meeting mostly opposed the project, saying that it would ruin Norco’s “low-density, rural lifestyle.” Some were OK with the western-themed food garden, saying it could bring business or boost tourism.
Sigrid Williams, who teaches at Norco College, said she thought some elements “could be do able,” but major changes would be needed. Williams suggested adding a convenience store, a playground and opening the trails system behind nearby Paddock Lane.
“To support the community’s equestrian lifestyle, we need an open-trails system into the project from the south,” Williams said. “While not popular, closing off the trail and adding a 6-foot block wall and landscaping buffer will invite the (homeless) population to set up their encampments.”
Terry Young said retail stores and a hotel could “help with tourism,” but did not like its modern design, favoring something more in line with Norco’s western atmosphere.
“It looks like something I would see in Eastvale or any other suburban community,” Young said. “It is not Norco at all.”
Cassandra Sanders-Holly, a small business owner, said she believes the city needs more entry-level or low-income housing for “young professionals like myself.” She liked the food garden’s concept to target young adults.
“But the size gives me pause,” Sanders-Holly said. “It’s just too large and too dense to fit our community.”
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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Crooks often flock to fire zones seeing dollar signs in victims who may soon get insurance checks and have money to rebuild.
Crews around the region are getting rid of hazards before letting people return to fire zones. Damage assessment teams are documenting the leveled homes to submit to the White House for a major disaster declaration.
But once people return, they’ll be eager to get insurance involved.
Illegal contractors often flock to fire victims with high-pressure tactics, claiming if you sign with them you can be among the first to rebuild. Don’t hire the first contractor who comes along. Check licenses on the Contractors State License Board website and never put down more than $1,000.
If they want more, it’s a sign something isn’t right.
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SACUA members debated whether clinical faculty and lecturers should be added to its ranks during a virtual meeting Monday afternoon.
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Governing faculty, as defined in the Board of Regents’ bylaws, currently consists of professors, associate professors and assistant professors. Members discussed creating a working group for clinical faculty at the last Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs meeting. Clinical faculty and lecturer positions are usually used for faculty members who have a stronger commitment to teaching or service than tenure-track positions that prioritize scholarship and research.
Part of this process included an information survey sent to clinical faculty asking about the conditions of their employment, including more narrowly defining how the title “clinical faculty” is being used by the University. At Monday’s meeting, SACUA Chair Allen Liu asked SACUA members to consider whether they would like a parallel working group for lecturers.
Integrating clinical faculty into the Faculty Senate requires updates to the rules committee charge, a document that lays out the goals of the upcoming term’s Rules Committee.
Colleen Conway, last year’s SACUA chair and professor of music education, said deans of the School of Nursing and the School of Dentistry approached SACUA about this issue last September because most of their faculty members are clinical faculty. Conway said SACUA has spoken with clinical faculty about creating a working group this year.
“I feel like we have a responsibility to the people that we told last year that we were going to create a working group,” Conway said.
But SACUA member Elena Gallo, professor of astronomy,said she doesn’t think creating a working group for clinical faculty and lecturers is necessary. This is particularly true for lecturers, she said, because they are already unionized.
“The Faculty Senate is the Faculty Senate,” Gallo said. “I don’t see any compelling reason why we should extend membership. We’re talking about making something that’s already huge, larger.”
The Lecturers’ Employee Organization, the main union representing lecturers, quit their contract with the University of Michigan administration earlier this month for various reasons, their dissatisfaction with the University’s pay increases for lecturers on the Flint and Dearborn campuses. Several SACUA members said at Monday’s meeting that unlike clinical faculty, LEO has never directly asked to have a working group in the Rules Committee. However, President of LEO Kirsten Herold told the Daily that lecturers are interested in expanding governance rights and representation within SACUA, following a similar track as the clinical faculty.
SACUA member and Engineering Professor Michael Atzmon agreed with Gallo. Atzmon said the Faculty Senate cannot assist with clinical faculty’s concerns, like salary negotiations and working conditions, in the way a unionized group would be able to.
Atzmon said tenure issues are the Faculty Senate’s main focus, saying that there are already some non-tenure track individuals who influence these issues despite being unaffected by them. Atzmon said he was concerned about unintended consequences if faculty governance was expanded to represent thousands of additional non-tenure track faculty.
“The Senate deals with tenure issues, and I’m already somewhat uncomfortable about people who are not on a tenured track having a say on tenure issues,” Atzmon said. “There are few librarians and the like, but if the numbers double, then that may change significantly.”
Ultimately, Atzmon said he doesn’t think SACUA is the best way to advocate for the rights of lecturers and clinical faculty.
“We have an ethical responsibility to care about what happens to the lecturers and clinical faculty, but I’m not sure the Senate is the right mechanism,” Atzmon said.
Donald Freeman, SACUA member and professor in the School of Education, acknowledged other members’ concerns but said collecting information on whether to include lecturers and clinical faculty can only be useful.
“All that’s been proposed is to gather information,” Freeman said. “It would seem to me that we would be remiss in faculty governance if we didn’t at least get a handle on what’s going on before we make any decision about whether that group ought to be incorporated into the Faculty Senate structure, or we recommend that they organize a different way.”
Liu said this meeting didn’t finalize any decisions but determined what would be discussed in the next SACUA meeting. He told the Senate he expects a vote on the creation of these Rules Committee working groups for clinical faculty and lecturers to take place at the Aug. 30 meeting.
SACUA members decided to postpone updates from the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) faculty task force until the next meeting when more members could be present. The DEI Committee plans to focus on structural changes to create a more inclusive work environment for faculty who are Black, Indigenous and people of color.
Liu also announced that all 17 SACUA committee chairs have been filled for the upcoming year.
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - A North Carolina man is in custody after police say he drove to Washington, D.C. and put parts of nation’s capital on lockdown by telling police he had a bomb.
The Gray Television Washington News Bureau was there when the truck that police say belongs to Floyd Ray Roseberry was towed away, hours after the standoff began.
It all started just after 9 a.m. Thursday when they say Roseberry parked his car on the sidewalk just outside of the Library of Congress’ Jefferson Building.
“The driver of the truck told the responding officer on the scene that he had a bomb,” explained Chief Tom Manger of the U.S. Capitol Police.
Law enforcement then evacuated the Jefferson Building and Cannon House Office Building. People in a second library building, the Madison Building, were told to shelter in place.
Roseberry posted a video on Facebook where he was seen holding what looks like a large canister. In the video, Roseberry also talked about wanting President Biden and other Democrats to leave office. He claimed that he wasn’t working alone and that there were four other explosive devices placed around Washington, D.C. Police say they found no evidence to support that claim.
After about a five-hour standoff, Roseberry gave himself up to police.
“We tried to negotiate with Mr. Roseberry,” explained Manger. “We first started doing that with a whiteboard writing messages back and forth...He got out of the vehicle and surrendered, and the tactical units that were close by took him into custody.”
Most lawmakers were not on Capitol Hill as it is August recess, so most of the people affected by the lockdown and evacuations where Capitol Hill or Library of Congress staff.
This is the second major security event to happen near the Capitol since the Jan. 6 riots. In April, a man drove into a Capitol barricade, then stabbed two officers before being fatally shot. Capitol Police Officer Billy Evans lost his life in that attack.
Capitol Police say investigators are working closely with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia to determine charges.
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Investigators identified 40-year-old Ricardo Bass as the Decatur murder suspect, and Bass is also wanted in connected to a murder in Huntsville on McVay St.
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DECATUR, Ala. (WAFF) - A murder suspect is still on the loose after a deadly shooting at a Decatur gas station Thursday morning. Investigators identified 40-year-old Ricardo Bass as the suspect, and Bass is also wanted in connection to a murder in Huntsville on McVay St.
Just before 6:30 a.m. Decatur Police responded to a shooting at the Wavaho gas station on Wilson St. When they arrived, they found Mark Allen Nicholson dead from gunshot wounds. Investigators say 40-year-old Ricardo Bass shot, killed and robbed Nicholson.
Wavaho owner Dilipkumar Patel says his daughter was working the register and saw everything before Bass fled the scene in a white car. Patel says Bass is a regular at the store and came in this morning to buy beer and cigars.
“He tried to pay the money and he didn’t have enough money so my daughter asked for the money and he went outside,” said Patel.
Patel says when Bass went outside, he approached Nicholson and they began talking loud.
“The guy pulled the gun and shot him like three rounds,” said Patel.
Patel says Nicholson fell to the ground, and that Bass searched through his pockets.
“He pulled the pockets and he found something and he ran out,” said Patel.
Police had a short pursuit with Bass, but he left the vehicle and ran into a wooded area and hasn’t been seen since. Investigators searched the white Chevy near the corner of 12th Ave. and Moulton St. where it was abandoned.
Huntsville police say Bass is also wanted for the murder of Jeffrey Carden in Huntsville. Carden’s body was found on McVay St. this morning. Police believe Carden was shot during a robbery.
Thursday’s murder is the 12th murder in Decatur since the beginning of 2021. To put that in perspective, there were only nine murders in all of 2020. If you see Bass, do not approach him and immediately call 911.
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - A North Carolina man is in custody after police say he drove to Washington, D.C. and put parts of nation’s capital on lockdown by telling police he had a bomb.
The Gray Television Washington News Bureau was there when the truck that police say belongs to Floyd Ray Roseberry was towed away, hours after the standoff began.
It all started just after 9 a.m. Thursday when they say Roseberry parked his car on the sidewalk just outside of the Library of Congress’ Jefferson Building.
“The driver of the truck told the responding officer on the scene that he had a bomb,” explained Chief Tom Manger of the U.S. Capitol Police.
Law enforcement then evacuated the Jefferson Building and Cannon House Office Building. People in a second library building, the Madison Building, were told to shelter in place.
Roseberry posted a video on Facebook where he was seen holding what looks like a large canister. In the video, Roseberry also talked about wanting President Biden and other Democrats to leave office. He claimed that he wasn’t working alone and that there were four other explosive devices placed around Washington, D.C. Police say they found no evidence to support that claim.
After about a five-hour standoff, Roseberry gave himself up to police.
“We tried to negotiate with Mr. Roseberry,” explained Manger. “We first started doing that with a whiteboard writing messages back and forth...He got out of the vehicle and surrendered, and the tactical units that were close by took him into custody.”
Most lawmakers were not on Capitol Hill as it is August recess, so most of the people affected by the lockdown and evacuations where Capitol Hill or Library of Congress staff.
This is the second major security event to happen near the Capitol since the Jan. 6 riots. In April, a man drove into a Capitol barricade, then stabbed two officers before being fatally shot. Capitol Police Officer Billy Evans lost his life in that attack.
Capitol Police say investigators are working closely with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia to determine charges.
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Shoals man who lost mother to COVID-19 encourages others to get vaccinated
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FLORENCE, Ala. (WAFF) - ”At what point do you say, ‘Hey maybe it’s time to do my part and try to prevent this’?”
Almost a year ago, Jose Cifuentes and WAFF 48′s DeAndria Turner were having a very different conversation. One of loss and grief.
“If that was an opportunity I can guarantee you that my mom would probably still be here today,” said Cifuentes.
Cifuentes is talking about the COVID-19 vaccine. After a little more than a month-long battle with COVID-19, his mom, Rosa Cifuentes, died from the virus.
“I don’t want them to go through the exact thing I went through, losing someone that meant so much to me, someone who never hurt a fly,” said Cifuentes.
As COVID-19 rebounds and vaccination rates are still low, Jose is using his voice to encourage others to get the vaccine.
“This is our only hope we have,” said Cifuentes.
Hospitalizations at Helen Keller Hospital are at an all-time high since the surge in January most of the patients, unvaccinated.
Helen Keller COVID-19 numbers (Source: Helen Keller Hospital)
“Help reduce as well as prevent someone else from getting sick. It just hurts more than anything knowing that that opportunity is there but they are just not taking it,” said Cifuentes.
He said he wants others to take it so they don’t have to feel the same pain his family has.
“I’d rather prevent it now than have someone go through it to fully understand then maybe I should get vaccinated,” said Cifuentes.
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Florence City students ready to conquer 2021-22 school year.
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FLORENCE, Ala. (WAFF) - The final school district to start school in the Shoals is Florence City and the district is ready to take on the year.
“Lot’s of excited students and parents. Some students are a little apprehensive. Lots of excitement in the air at the schools. Getting kids in, getting traffic patterns down. Just pretty normal so far,” said Florence City Schools Superintendent Dr. Jimmy Shaw.
It is normal as can be for starting another school year in a pandemic.
Dr. Shaw said one of the important things this year is continuing to keep everyone safe.
“We are trying to look at and limit the amount of time we have large bodies of people inside for large gatherings, period. So there hasn’t been any inside pep rallies that have been scheduled that I know of for the year. But it’s just kind of being cognizant of where the numbers are in our county and us being cognizant of being as safe as we can,” said Dr. Shaw.
Something else they working hard at this year is keeping kids in the classroom.
“The ultimate goal is for us to continue to have school as much as we possibly can,” said Dr. Shaw.
FCS has also hired 17 new intervention teachers to help with pandemic learning gaps.
“We did bring in several teachers to perform intervention services for us that we felt like could close some gaps from learning loss from last year,” said Dr. Shaw.
From making sure students and faculty are safe, to ensuring they get quality education as normal as possible, the Florence falcons are ready to conquer the school year.
“Expect us to be in class. Expect us to wear our masks. Expect us to just have school,” said Dr. Shaw.
Masks are required for all students.
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The research review on Global Corporate Travel Management (CTM) Software Market targets the current as well as forthcoming features of the industry. This includes key trends, segmentation analysis, and recent Corporate Travel Management (CTM) Software industry statistics. The report further covers the extensive analysis of the upcoming progress of the Corporate Travel Management (CTM) Software market. The study presents different factors on which the vendors compete in the worldwide Corporate Travel Management (CTM) Software market. Further the report analyzes the Corporate Travel Management (CTM) Software market size, major players in every region around the world. It represents the Corporate Travel Management (CTM) Software market data in a transparent and precise view. The Corporate Travel Management (CTM) Software report offers a close summary of the key segments of the market. The quickest and slowest growing Corporate Travel Management (CTM) Software market segments are lined during this report. This study covers the expansion prospects of the worldwide Corporate Travel Management (CTM) Software market based on end-users. It outlines the Corporate Travel Management (CTM) Software market shares of key regions in prime countries like (North America, Asia-Pacific, Europe, South America, Middle East and Africa). It also includes analysis of the leading Corporate Travel Management (CTM) Software vendors in this market.
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The major players operating in the global Corporate Travel Management (CTM) Software market are
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Pana
AirPortal 360
TripCase
TripActions
Nextra
GEM-TABS
Datalex
INNFINITY
STP Plus
PASS Corporate IBE
Ramco
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Company Profiles of Corporate Travel Management (CTM) Software players
Corporate Travel Management (CTM) Software Globalisation & Trade
Distributors and Customers of Corporate Travel Management (CTM) Software market
Corporate Travel Management (CTM) Software Import, Export, Consumption and Consumption Value by Major Countries
Global Corporate Travel Management (CTM) Software Market Forecast through 2024
Key success factors and Corporate Travel Management (CTM) Software Market Overview
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The major players operating in the global Core HR Software market are
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Oracle
Ceridian HCM
CoreHR
EmployWise
IBM
Paychex
Paycom
Paylocity
SumTotal
Ultimate
DATEV
Kronos
Sage
Ultipro
Blackboard
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Global Core HR Software Market: Regional Analysis
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Distributors and Customers of Core HR Software market
Core HR Software Import, Export, Consumption and Consumption Value by Major Countries
Global Core HR Software Market Forecast through 2024
Key success factors and Core HR Software Market Overview
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Today, on the Trayodashi Tithi, Shravana Shukla Paksha, Lord Shiva devotees shall observe a day-long fast and perform Shiva puja during Pradosh Kaal. Read on to know the Shiva puja vidhi and Pradosh vrat katha
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Shukra Pradosh Shiva Puja Vidhi and Vrat Katha: All you need to know
Key Highlights Lord Shiva devotees observe a fast called Pradosh Vrat Pradosh Vrat is observed on the Trayodashi Tithi of the Lunar fortnight Devotees perform Shiva Puja during Pradosh Kaal (post sunset)
Lord Shiva devotees shall observe the Shravana, Shukla Paksha, Trayodashi Pradosh Vrat today. And since this Lunar quarter's Pradosh Vrat has fallen on a Friday (Shukrawar), it will be known as Shukra Pradosh. Check out this link for the puja shubh muhurat and learn the Shiva puja vidhi as well as the vrat katha.
Pradosh Vrat Shiva Puja vidhi
Devotees usually perform the Shodashopchara Puja, which includes sixteen steps.
(Do take a bath before performing the puja and make all the arrangements before the muhurat. And you can still do the puja even if you do not have all the puja samagri).
Here's how you must do the puja:
Dhyana - Meditate to channelise your inner energies. Asana: Respectfully place Lord Shiva's idol/ Shiva Linga on a chowki (a wooden platform) covered with a new piece of white cloth or on the altar. Light an earthen/brass lamp with sesame oil/mustard oil/cow ghee. Padya - Offer water to the Lord's feet. Arghya - Offer water to the Lord. Achaman - Pour some water with the Udrani (traditional spoon) on your right palm and drink it. Then rinse your hand. Snana - Sprinkle some water on the deity. You may perform Abhishek. Use water, raw milk, Gangajal, honey, curd, ghee etc., for doing the Abhishek only if the idol is made of metal or a Shiva Linga). Gently dab the idol with a piece of fresh cloth. Vastra - Offer a new piece of white fabric or kalava to the deity. Yagnopaveeth - Offer the sacred Janeu and Akshat to the Lord Gandha - Offer Chandan paste or natural perfume Pushpa - Offer Datura flowers, Vilva leaves (Bel Patra) etc Dhoop - Offer incense sticks and dhoop Deep - Offer an oil lamp (You may now read the vrat katha shared below) Naivedhya - Offer bhog to God. (Fruits or any sattvic recipe that you have prepared will be good enough. (You may also offer the Tamboolam, which consists of paan, supari, one brown coconut, Dakshina, banana and/or some fruits) Pradakshina or Parikrama/ circumambulate - stand up on your feet and turn around from your right. Do the Aarti. (Salutations with an ignited camphor/Kapur) Pushpanjali - Offer flowers and do pranam.
Pradosh Vrat Katha
The story associated with the Pradosh Vrat explains how a devotee can benefit from Lord Shiva's grace and love.
Here's how the Katha unfolds...
There lived a poor Brahmin woman who was widowed at a young age. She was left with little support to fend for herself and her son. So she started seeking alms to survive.
One day, as she was returning to her humble shelter, she found a prince lying injured. And, without thinking twice, the woman took the wounded prince home. She looked after him as well as her son with the bit of money she earned. Years passed, and one day, a Gandharva princess named Anshumati laid her eyes on the prince ( who had grown into a charming young man). And she fell in love with him at first sight.
A few days later, she visited the poor Brahmin's house with her parents to introduce the prince. Subsequently, Lord Shiva appeared in Anshumati's parents' dream and suggested getting their daughter married to the prince. So Anshumati's parents took Lord Shiva's command as blessings and married her to the prince.
Eventually, the prince defeated his enemy and freed his parents, who had been held captive. As a result, he also won his lost kingdom.
And then, to express gratitude for giving him shelter when he was young, the prince took the Brahmin woman and her son to his palace. Thus, he gave a new lease of life to the people who helped him when he was in need.
The point to note here is that the poor Brahmin woman never failed to keep a vrat on the day of Pradosh. And this is because she was an ardent devotee of Lord Shiva, and her devotion bore fruits. Therefore, those who observe a vrat on Pradosh with utmost faith get blessed by Lord Shiva.
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Anderson's old video of shredding Ashwin's picture has gone viral again. Photo: Twitter
Key Highlights James Anderson's old video of shredding R Ashwin's picture has gone viral on the internet The video is from 2019 James Anderson was involved in a heated altercation with Indian players during the Lord's Test match
James Anderson is known for being someone having an in-your-face attitude. Time and again, he has been hogging the limelight for either his menacing bowling or his face-offs with opposition team members, both on and off the field. In the recently-concluded historic and iconic Lord’s Test match, James Anderson took Centerstage as he was involved in some heated and fiery on-field arguments with the Indian cricket team players including skipper Virat Kohli and ace pacer, Jasprit Bumrah.
Amidst all the heat, an old video of the talismanic English pacer shredding a picture of Ravichandran Ashwin has been doing the rounds on the internet.
Cast your mind back to the 2019 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). In a high-voltage match between Rajasthan Royals (RR) and Kings XI Punjab (KXIP), Ravichandran Ashwin sparked a myriad of debates when he dismissed RR and England batsman Jos Buttler through the heavily-scrutinized ‘Mankad’ mode of dismissal.
The umpire had adjudged Buttler out and the controversy was much-debated about. Amidst this, James Anderson had vented out in a podcast with BBC that he was not happy and convinced with Ashwin’s behaviour and this was against the Spirit of the Game.
After the show had ended, the host of the podcast Greg James had shared a video that saw James Anderson shredding a picture of the wily off-spinner, using a manual shredder. This video has taken off at the present moment on Twitter and it was not just then, even now Anderson is facing the heat for his controversial action.
If we talk about the Lord’s Test match, then Jasprit Bumrah ignited the heated altercation on the field by showering a barrage of bouncers to England’s most famous bowler of all time. This did not go down well with Anderson, who is a tail-ender. He and his compatriots, Mark Wood and Ollie Robinson, tried giving back to the Indian bowlers while they were batting. However, at the end of the day, it was India who had the last laugh as they registered a win by 151 runs.
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World Mosquito Day 2021: History and significance
Key Highlights Today, the world has greater significance than ever because mosquitoes are known as the 'world's deadliest animal' as they are responsible for more than 1 million deaths every year. Common types of mosquito-borne diseases include malaria, dengue, West Nile virus, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika. The day presents an opportunity to raise awareness of the dangers of mosquitoes and about all the diseases they potentially carry.
World Mosquito Day is observed annually on 20 August to commemorate British doctor Sir Ronald Ross' landmark discovery in 1897 that female mosquitoes transmit malaria between humans.
Shortly after the discovery, August 20 was declared as the day that should be known as World Mosquito Day.
Today, the world has greater significance than ever because mosquitoes are known as the 'world's deadliest animal' as they are responsible for more than 1 million deaths every year. Common types of mosquito-borne diseases include malaria, dengue, West Nile virus, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika.
The day presents an opportunity to raise awareness of the dangers of mosquitoes and about all the diseases they potentially carry.
World Mosquito Day was created to honour the discovery that linked malaria to mosquitoes. As malaria threatens the lives of millions of people across the globe, World Mosquito Day needs to be promoted heavily among people of all age groups.
According to Endmalaria.org, efforts against the mosquito have saved more than 7.6 million lives and prevented over 1.5 billion malaria cases since 2000.
It adds: "To end malaria for half the world that is still at risk of this deadly and preventable disease, we must stay ahead of an ever-evolving parasite and mosquito. To do this, we need to innovate how we reach the most vulnerable with the right interventions at the right time."
The day aims to highlight the efforts of NGOs, healthcare officials, and other organisations fighting diseases caused by mosquitoes, especially malaria.
Every World Mosquito Day has a theme. This year’s theme is “Reaching the zero malaria target”.
Don't know how to observe the day?
Well, you can just educate your social media followers about malaria and diseases caused by mosquitoes by sharing a few articles.
Or you could start a fundraiser to provide mosquito nets to underprivileged people and distribute information about the precautions people should take when travelling to mosquito hotspots.
Another way is to spend the day reading up about mosquitoes and the diseases caused by them. Start a hashtag and ask users to populate it with facts and details.
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On free trade agreements (FTAs) with countries, Goyal urged the industry to internalise a "give and take" approach, where they also show willingness to open the domestic market to foreign firms
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Mumbai: Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said exports have reached nearly USD 15 billion for the first half of August, after posting the highest-ever monthly performance in July at USD 35 billion.
On free trade agreements (FTAs) with countries, he urged the industry to internalise a "give and take" approach, where they also show willingness to open the domestic market to foreign firms.
With the opening up of the major economies after the setbacks of the COVID-19 pandemic, Indian exports rose by nearly 50 per cent to touch a lifetime high of USD 35.43 billion in July. The government is targeting to take the merchandise exports to USD 400 billion for the fiscal.
In the first 15 days of August, the exports have touched nearly USD 15 billion. During April to August 2021, exports are 23 per cent higher than what they were in the corresponding period in the pre-pandemic FY20.
"It will be a record breaking year for exports. Exports are engaging with new products, new services, new markets and the world is looking at India as a trusted partner," Goyal told reporters on the sidelines of an event organised by his ministry here.
He said the merchandise exports target for FY23 will have to be kept higher than USD 400 billion, and specified that he wants the overall exports to be USD 2 trillion by 2030, contributed equally from merchandise and services side.
On the FTAs, he said Australia has shown the highest interest in moving ahead for an "early harvest", while UK will be the second in forging such a deal.
Discussions are also on with UAE and one more country in the Middle East for such a pact, he said, adding that in the case of the US, the discussions are on the backburner because of the new administration's reluctance to ink such partnerships.
The minister hoped that signing an FTA with Australia, a developed country with which India has made progress, will make it easier to ink similar agreements with others.
India is also in discussion with the European Union (EU), but getting the bloc on board will take some time because it has 27 countries, he said.
As the country marches ahead on signing such agreements which have the potential to increase bilateral trade and give India deeper access to markets, Goyal exhorted the industry to be more pragmatic.
"We are trying to ensure that the FTAs are fairly and equitably crafted to bring in more elements of reciprocity. FTA cannot be a one way traffic, we also have to open our markets to others if we want a larger pie in their markets.
"My appeal and request to all of you is to also identify areas where we have the confidence that we can withstand competition.
"And if we can get a fair understanding about which are the critical sectors we need to negotiate with each country, and which are the sectors where we have the ability to compete with them and open for them, then I think we will be able to get FTAs sorted out fairly quickly," he said.
Goyal said the decision to walk out of the RCEP (Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership) trade deal was taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi after discussions with all stakeholders and added that the bold and decisive move was an "unexpected" event for many.
The minister also said Indian exporters will have to be conscious of quality and set standards in such a way that there is no differentiation between goods produced for domestic or international markets.
He pointed out that the pharma sector has done the same, which has helped the country become the pharmacy of the world.
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With Cristiano Ronaldo pledging allegiance to Juventus, Barcelona only eyeing free agents, and Real Madrid keeping tabs open only for Kylian Mbappe, only 3 clubs can bid for Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski.
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Key Highlights Bayern Munich's Robert Lewandowski has won 18 trophies including seven Bundesliga and one UEFA Champions League titles After accomplishing everything at Bayern Munich, Robert Lewandowski is reportedly seeking a new challenge Lewandowski's next club will have to spend more than £100 million to sign the Polish star from Bayern Munich
Fresh from leading Bayern Munich to an impressive 3-1 win over Borussia Dortmund in the German Super Cup, veteran striker Robert Lewandowski might have dropped a bomb on the Bavarian giants as the Best FIFA Men's Player is reportedly inclined towards seeking a new challenge. Yes, Lewandowski has hinted towards a possible exit plan from Bayern Munich before he turns 35.
One of the most decorated strikers in the modern era of the beautiful game, Lewandowski had upstaged Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo to claim his maiden Best FIFA Men's Player title last year. The Polish goal machine is reportedly looking for a new challenge away from the Bundesliga club and the 32-year-old might have expressed his reservations about finishing his current trophy-laden club stint at Bayern.
With the most number of goals (41) in a single Bundesliga season, Lewandowski also shattered Gerd Muller's 40-goal record in the 2020/21 campaign. Maybe that's why the Bavarian giants value Lewandowski at more than the £100 million mark and only ultra-rich sides can lure the former Borussia Dortmund striker from Bayern Munich. Having said that, let's talk about the three possible destinations where Lewandowski can end up if the reigning Best FIFA Men's Player really wants to embrace a new challenge.
1) Manchester City
Lewandowski's growing frustration with Bayern's reluctance can be advantage Pep Guardiola as Manchester City are yet to strengthen their case in landing Harry Kane at Etihad. Lewandowski is at the absolute peak of his powers and working with Guardiola again sounds just about right if the Polish international wants to end his iconic Bundesliga stint in the near future. Expect Man City to throw their hat in if mission Kane flops before the end of the ongoing summer transfer window. Who knows, Lewandowski might turn out to be a much better option for Pep than Kane in Premier League!
2) PSG
How and why PSG will fancy a move for Lewandowski if the Bayern striker is put on the transfer list? The Ligue 1 giants have the funding to operate wantaway Kylian Mbappe with legendary Lionel Messi and superstar Neymar this season. However, if Mbappe ends up leaving PSG in the near future then PSG can enter the race to sign Lewandowski. The Bayern Munich striker is set to turn 33 and is tipped to join one of the strong title contenders of the UEFA Champions League. From Messi to Neymar, Paris has been the answer for many superstars when it comes to signing lucrative contracts. So why not Lewandowski?
3) Liverpool
Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool have been the sleeping giants in the transfer window. Everything is destined to change if Lewandowski confirms his availability. The former Dortmund manager can pull a rabbit out of the hat by signing Lewandowski from Bayern although the Reds manager might have to part ways with one of the club's marquee players. Chelsea were quick to send Tammy Abraham to Rome after signing Romelu Lukaku for a record fee this season. Liverpool can follow the same template in order to acquire the services of Lewandowski. With Ronaldo pledging allegiance to Juventus, Barcelona only eyeing free agents and Real Madrid keeping tabs open only for Mbappe, Klopp's Liverpool will have an outside chance of signing Lewandowski.
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Key Highlights Raksha Bandhan honours the bond between a brother and a sister Raksha Bandhan is celebrated on the Full Moon day (Purnima Tithi) in the sacred month of Shravan The traditional way of securing the Rakhi includes a few rituals
Raksha Bandhan, which falls on Shravan Purnima Tithi (Full Moon Day), is one of the most important festivals in the Hindu calendar. Popularly known as Rakhi, it celebrates the bond between a brother and his sister. This year, Raksha Bandhan will be observed on August 22. Read on to know the Raksha Bandhan Vidhi and the shubh muhurat.
Raksha Bandhan 2021 shubh muhurat
The Raksha Bandhan or Rakhi can be tied anytime from 6:15 AM to 5:31 PM.
However, the best time to tie the sacred thread would be Aparahna Muhurat between 1:42 PM to 4:18 PM.
And in case you miss the Aparahna muhurat, you may opt for the Pradosh Kaal.
Inauspicious time for Rakhi tying ceremony
People must avoid the Bhadra period, which usually falls in the early first half of the Purnima day.
Bhadra Panchha - 2:19 AM to 3:27 AM
Bhadra Mukha: 3:27 AM to 5:19 AM
Bhadra ends at 6:15 AM.
Raksha Bandhan Vidhi
Ask your brother to sit facing the west for the Rakhi tying ritual. The custom, however, may vary from region to region.
Give him a scarf or a piece of cloth to help him cover his head during the rituals.
Apply the tilak with roli on your brother's forehead.
Then put akshat (raw rice mixed with turmeric) on the forehead.
You must then ask your brother to hold a whole brown coconut in his right hand.
Subsequently, as he holds the coconut in his right hand, secure the Rakhi to his wrist while praying for his wellbeing.
Then, offer a sweet preparation to make the occasion sweeter.
Do the aarti with a lighted oil or ghee lamp to remove all the adverse effects.
Receive the gifts and make the most of the day by reliving childhood memories and enjoying the special feast.
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Taliban's return clouds plans for Afghan resource projects
China could look to steal a march on wary western nations in developing resource projects in a Taliban-led Afghanistan, state media and industry sources say, but the necessary infrastructure will take years to build and security issues may well intervene.
Afghanistan's vast mineral wealth - including large reserves of lithium, a key component in electric vehicles - has been trumpeted as a path to economic independence. But instability has repeatedly hampered past projects, dousing most foreign investor interest.
"I wouldn't and couldn't invest in Afghanistan with the Taliban running the country. It's lawless," said Ben Cleary, the chief executive of Tribeca Investment Partners, which runs a global natural resources fund and finances mining projects.
He said he couldn't see any companies listed in Australia, Canada or the United States having a mandate to buy assets there, adding: "China would be the only potential buyer."
Asked about prospects for investment under the Taliban, the Chinese foreign ministry said lasting peace and stability were fundamental for potential investors from all nations.
While noting security concerns, state-owned tabloid Global Times said on Tuesday that China could contribute to post-war reconstruction in Afghanistan and resume stalled projects.
Citing an unnamed Metallurgical Corp of China (MCC) source, it also said the company would consider reopening Afghanistan's largest copper project once the situation stabilised, and international recognition of the Taliban regime, including by the Chinese government, took place.
A consortium of MCC and Jiangxi Copper took out a 30-year lease for the project, the Mes Aynak mine, in 2008 but it remains undeveloped.
One MCC source told Reuters this week it could take five to six years to build infrastructure for mining there but the project could not go anywhere while safety concerns lingered.
Eight security force members were killed in a Taliban attack on a checkpoint at the mine last year.
"It is impossible to push forward the project without a safe environment," the source said.
MCC and Jiangxi Copper did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
CHINA, TALIBAN MEETING
There has been no official recognition of the Taliban, though China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi hosted Mullah Baradar, chief of the group's political office, in Tianjin last month.
The foreign ministry said it noted that the Taliban had expressed a commitment to creating a good environment for foreign investors.
"We hope that the situation in Afghanistan will transition smoothly, and an open and inclusive political structure will be established so that no terrorist organisation will be able to take advantage of it," the ministry added in a statement to Reuters.
Concerns about potential human rights abuses under a Taliban regime will likely be another barrier to investment in resources that also include gold, natural gas, uranium, bauxite, coal, iron ore and rare earths - sectors in which China has few if any Afghan projects.
"I think most of the world's financial system is applying some fairly stringent ESG (environmental, social and governance) lenses now over investments in that (resources) sector," said ANZ Senior Commodity Strategist Daniel Hynes in Sydney.
"It would be a pretty difficult project to get underway considering all the hurdles."
CNPC PULLS OUT
At least one Chinese project in Afghanistan will not be going forward.
State-owned China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) is in the process of exiting its oil project in the northern Amu Darya Basin, a company official told Reuters this week.
"It's not a big investment. CNPC sees the investment as a failure," said the official, without elaborating.
The state energy major began producing oil there in 2012 under a 25-year contract but stopped work the following year as plans to refine the oil in Turkmenistan hit a snag.
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CNPC declined to comment.
An Indian consortium led by Steel Authority of India (SAIL) is also pulling out.
It was awarded rights to build a steel mill and develop iron ore mines in Afghanistan with a total investment of $11 billion in 2011.
"SAIL's inroads into Afghanistan were purely a political commitment and they were promised a steel plant," an official at SAIL with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
The project had been shelved due to poor iron-ore quality, lack of security and a threat to employees' safety, the official, who declined to be named, said.
SAIL and the Indian government did not immediately reply to requests for comment.
Afghanistan's Ministry of Mines and Petroleum did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Numerology predictions, August 20, 2021: The date you are born is your Janmank. Read on to know your lucky numbers, career, health and other forecasts today as per your Janmank.
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Numerology predictions, August 20, 2021
Key Highlights Today is August 20, 2021. This Number is associated with Chandra (Moon), and therefore it is deemed sacred yet creative it symbolises the field of arts and films. Furthermore, it mirrors the traits of Number 2, ruled by the Moon Today's Bhagyank or Destiny Number is 6 (2+0+8+2+0+2+1=15=1+5=6), ruled by Shukra (Venus)
Today is August 20, 2021. This Number is associated with Chandra (Moon), and therefore it is deemed sacred yet creative. Moreover, it symbolises the field of arts and films. Furthermore, it mirrors the traits of Number 2, ruled by the Moon.
Today's Bhagyank or Destiny Number is 6 (2+0+8+2+0+2+1=15=1+5=6), ruled by Shukra (Venus). And Chandra, Mangal, Surya and Guru share a close bond while the friends of Numbers 2 are Numbers 1, 3 and 9. The ruler of Number 6, Shukra, represents film, speech, managerial knowledge, Dharma, will power and courage. The date you are born is your Janmank. Read on to know your lucky numbers, career, health and other forecasts today as per your Janmank.
Number 1 - People born on 1, 10, 19 and 28
Lucky number: 9
Finance and career: Surya and Shukra will be supportive. You will progress in your job and business. Numbers 6 and 8 may help you earn profits in business.
Health: You may suffer from eye problems.
Number 2 - People born on 2, 11, 20, 29
Lucky number: 3
Finance and career: You will be happy with your progress in the job. A Number 8 person may help you earn profits in business.
Health: Your health will be good today.
Number 3 - People born on 3, 12, 21, 30
Lucky number: 1
Finance and career: It is a day to progress in work, and you may begin a new business project today.
Health: You may suffer from stomach problems.
Number 4 - People born on 4, 13, 22 and 31
Lucky number: 6
Finance and career: A new business deal may help you earn profits. Numbers 5 and 6 seniors may prove beneficial in the office.
Health: You may suffer from Kapha problems. Read the Hanuman Bahuk for improving health.
Number 5 - People born on 5, 14 and 23
Lucky number: 8
Finance and career: Bhagyank 6 person may help you earn profits in business. In addition, number 7 senior's support may prove beneficial in your job.
Health: You will be happy with your health.
Number 6- People born on 6, 15 and 24
Lucky number: 5
Finance and career: You will progress in the business. Shukra and Chandra may influence seniors to give you a chance for promotion in your job.
Health: Those who have blood pressure problems must maintain caution.
Number 7 - People born on 7, 16 and 25
Lucky number: 9
Finance and career: Ketu and Shukra may help you make huge gains in business. And in case you are employed, you may get a new responsibility in your job.
Health: Those who have bone-related problems must maintain caution.
Number 8 - People born on 8, 17 and 26
Lucky number: 4
Finance and career: Shukra and Shani may help you with a lucrative business offer, while Chandra and Budh could support your progress in the job.
Health: Your health will be good.
Number 9 - People born on 9, 18 and 27
Lucky number: 3
Finance and career: Shukra and Mangal may give a new direction to your business, while Chandra and Mangal may influence a Number 6 senior to help strengthen the path to your growth in the office.
Health: Chandra may cause Kapha problems.
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The State Bank of India's Internet banking service is known as OnlineSBI where both retail and corporate customers can access their accounts from anywhere on a 24/7 basis
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New Delhi: The country's largest public-sector lender State Bank of India (SBI) offers a range of online services to its customers. The State Bank of India's Internet banking service is known as OnlineSBI where both retail and corporate customers can access their accounts from anywhere on a 24/7 basis. But to open an online banking account at OnlineSBI customers are required to create a strong User ID and password. By keeping the rising online scams and fraudulent activities in mind the lender has recently shared a range of ways to create a strong password to avoid cybercrime. Via its Twitter handle the lender has recently said that "A strong password ensures higher levels of security.
Here are 8 ways in which you can create an unbreakable password
1) Use a combination of both uppercase and lowercase letters. e.g. aBjsE7uG
2) Use both numbers and symbols, e.g. AbjsE7uG61!@
3) Use a minimum of 8 characters to ensure adequate security. e.g. aBjsE7uG
4) Do not use any common dictionary words. e.g. itislocked or thisismypassword
5) Do not use memorable keyboard paths like "qwerty" or "asdfg". Instead, play with your keyboard and add emoticons like ":)", ":/"
6) Do not keep obvious passwords like 12345678 or abcdefg.
7) Do not use easy-to-guess substitutions like DOORBELL - DOOR8377.
8) Keep your password long and do not connect it with your family/birth date etc. e.g. Ramesh@1967.
Your password is your signature. Keep it unique and strong, said SBI. State Bank of India is India's largest public sector bank with over 15000 branches and five affiliate banks in distant regions of the country.
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Students who have secured admission to higher education institutes abroad would be given priority by the Government which is actively working with other countries to facilitate the travel of students.
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Students act as bridges between India and the rest of the world and "highest priority" is being accorded to facilitate the travel of those who secured admission for higher education abroad, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla said on Thursday. Seventeen European Union member states and Switzerland recognised the Covishield vaccine and subsequently lifted blanket travel bans from India, permitting entry of students and other essential travellers, he said.
Shringla was speaking at the All India Management Association on the subject 'Post-vaccine World Order: Dismantling Barriers to Global Business and Travel'. "Caring, collaboration and cooperation have clearly been the defining feature of our response to the pandemic. It is also central to overcoming barriers to global business and travel," he said.
The foreign secretary said that overcoming barriers to movement is an area of vital importance to India and its students travel worldwide to study.
"Our highest priority now is to facilitate the travel of our students who have secured admission for higher education in various universities and colleges abroad. These students act as bridges between us and the rest of the world. We will ensure that they are able to enjoy a holistic international education experience," he said.
Shringla said the non-inclusion of India in the EU's green pass mechanism was raised and reciprocity was sought in terms of the exemption for travel restrictions for Indians vaccinated with Covishield and Covaxin as well as the acceptance of vaccine certificates issued through the Co-Win portal.
"I am happy to inform that in response to our efforts, 17 EU Member States and Switzerland recognised Covishield and subsequently lifted blanket travel bans from India, permitting entry of students and other essential travellers from India," he said.
"Several countries have also agreed to accept travellers who are vaccinated by any nationally approved vaccines. This includes Estonia and Romania. Germany and France are currently issuing all categories of visas, including for tourism if one is vaccinated with Covishield," he added.
Referring to Western Europe, Shringla said all major destination countries are now allowing the travel of Indian students and are processing their visas on a priority basis. Restrictions for our students are easing for travel to the UK, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, he said.
Shringla noted that India is closely engaged with the US administration on all issues regarding the mobility of Indian professionals, students and those requiring to travel to the US. "The issue of travel restrictions has been taken up at the ministerial level with the US and Canada. The US Embassy is now issuing student visas," he said.
"Student visas for Canada are also being issued. We have repeatedly stressed to both countries the need to resume travel for all categories of work-permit holders, researchers, family members and normal business travellers," he said. The foreign secretary said the concerns of Indian students unable to travel to Australia have also been raised with the Australian authorities concerned.
"We have emphasized the need for early return of these students to their campuses," he said. "We are also cognizant of the delays faced by our students in obtaining visa appointments with some countries and have asked concerned foreign missions here to increase visa slots and expedite visa processing," he said.
Shringla said India is also continuously engaged with the leadership of the Gulf countries on COVID-19 related cooperation and that the emphasis has been to alleviate problems faced by the Indian community in the Gulf due to the pandemic. "The second wave of COVID-19 posed further challenges as many Gulf countries placed restrictions on travel from India starting April onwards. However, these restrictions are gradually being eased," he said.
Shringla informed that Qatar and Bahrain have been allowing the return of Indian nationals, who have resident visas. "Qatar has also started allowing Indian nationals with visit visas to travel to the country. This month, UAE and Kuwait have begun allowing Indian nationals having resident visas to come back, following their vaccinations, testing and quarantine guidelines," he said.
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Key Highlights Tax filers often miss these disclosures inadvertently. A taxpayer is required to mention details of unlisted equity shares held by him/her in the ITR If you are a director in any Indian or foreign company then you need to mention that in your ITR
New Delhi: The due date for filing income tax return (ITR) for the financial year 2020-21 is September 30, 2021. It has been observed that in the rush to file ITR, tax filers often commit mistakes in the return and do not make mandatory disclosures. As per income tax rules, it is mandatory to make certain disclosures while filing ITR. Tax filers often miss these disclosures inadvertently. Worth mentioning here is that taxpayers should make these disclosures in order to avoid filing a defective return and getting a notice from tax department.
Here are some mandatory disclosures that should be made while filing ITR:
Details of bank accounts: A taxpayer needs to mention all his bank accounts in the ITR including those held in joint names. Details such as bank name, account number and IFSC code of the bank need to be mentioned. If you have multiple bank accounts, you need to select one account in which you want to receive refunds.
However, if any of your bank accounts has become dormant for the past three years, then you don't need to mention that.
Details of unlisted equity shares: A taxpayer is required to mention details of unlisted equity shares held by him/her. Details such as name and Permanent Account Number (PAN) of the company, number of shares acquired and sold during the year. CA Balwant Jain, Tax and Investment expert said Investments in shares of unlisted foreign companies are also required to be reported in this schedule, even if it is separately reported under the foreign assets schedule. He further added that if an assessee holds shares in an unlisted foreign company and has duly reported the same in Schedule FA(foreign assets), then also he needs to disclose it while filling his ITR. Failing this, the I-T Department may treat the return as defective, and ask the assessee to revise it."
Directorship in Indian or foreign companies: If you are a director in any Indian or foreign company then you need to mention that in your ITR. Details such as director identification number (DIN), name, type and PAN of the company need to be mentioned. Also, you need to report if shares of the company are listed on a recognised stock exchange.
Worth mentioning here is that if you are director in a company then you have to file ITR in form ITR-2 or ITR-3. Choosing the wrong form may lead to defective filing and the return may become invalid and the assessee will be deemed to have failed to file the return."
Schedule assets and liabilities: Those taxpayers who have net taxable income of more than Rs 50 lakh in a financial year are required to report details of specified assets such as land, building, movable assets, bank accounts, shares & bonds and the corresponding liabilities against those assets if any. This disclosure is to be made in Schedule AL (Assets and Liabilities).
Schedule of foreign assets: Ordinarily Resident taxpayers are required to disclose details of their assets held outside India (both as owner and as beneficiary). This is required even if you hold it for a single day. Worth mentioning here is that undisclosed foreign income or assets is taxed at 30% plus a penalty, which is equal to thrice the tax payable on the income or value of the undisclosed asset. In addition to tax and penalty on concealed income, an additional penalty of Rs 10 lakh may be levied for failure to disclose such foreign assets/income in ITR.
The foreign assets that need to be disclosed are Foreign depository accounts, foreign custodial accounts, foreign equity and debt interest, shares held in any foreign company, details of trusts created under the laws of another country in which the assessee is a trustee and any other capital asset.
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Today's Panchang, August 20, 2021: Today is the Trayodashi Tithi, Shukla Paksha, Shravan, Shukrawar (Friday). Read on to know more about the sunrise, sunset, timings, shubh and ashubh muhurat, nakshatra, etc.
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Key Highlights Today is the Trayodashi Tithi (thirteenth day), Shravan, Shukla Paksha (waxing or brighter phase of the Lunar cycle), Shukrawar (Friday) Worship Lord Shiva and do puja of Goddess Durga Read the Shri Vishnu Sahasranam and Shri Sukt
Today is the Trayodashi Tithi (thirteenth day), Shravan, Shukla Paksha (waxing or brighter phase of the Lunar cycle), Shukrawar (Friday), Vikram Samvat 2078. Observe the Pradosh Vrat today. Read on to know the sunrise (Suryoday), sunset (Suryast) timings, shubh (auspicious), ashubh (inauspicious) muhurat, rahu kaal, and other details of Aaj ka Panchang, August 20, 2021.
Worship Lord Shiva and do puja of Goddess Durga. Do not speak anything untrue but do take part in charity activities. For example, donate rice and white clothes. Also, read the Shri Vishnu Sahasranam and Shri Sukt. And if you wish to obtain wealth, read the Kanakdhara Stotra.
The Sun (Surya) is in the Simha Rashi (Leo), while the Moon (Chandra) shall move to the Makar Rashi (Capricorn). And, the Uttarshadha Nakshatra shall prevail today. Scroll down to know other details.
Today's Panchang August 20, 2021
Date August 20, 2021 Month Shravan Paksha Shukla Paksha (waxing or brighter phase of the Moon) Tithi TrayodashiTithi (thirteenth day) Var/Diwas Shukrawar (Friday) Nakshatra Uttarshadha Nakshatra till 9:30 PM and then Shravan Karan Kaulav till 9:55 AM followed by Taitil Yog Ayushman till 3:33 PM followed by Saubhagya Sunrise (Suryoday) 5:57 AM Sunset (Suryast) 6:50 PM Surya Rashi Simha Rashi (Leo) Chandra Rashi Makar Rashi (Capricorn) Shubh Muhurat (Auspicious time) Abhijeet Muhurat 11:58 AM to 12:51 PM Shubh Muhurat (Auspicious time) Vijay Muhurat 2:47 PM to 3:36 PM Shubh Muhurat (Auspicious time) Godhuli Muhurat 7:07 PM to 7:27 PM Ashubh Muhurat (Inauspicious time) Rahu Kaal 10:30 AM to 12:00 PM. One must not do or begin an auspicious activity during this period because it is deemed inauspicious.
It is important to worship and read the Panchang every morning because it helps in determining the auspicious and inauspicious timings. The Abhijeet Muhurat is deemed as the most auspicious Muhurat. It is ideal for making new beginnings. Vijay Muhurat and Godhuli Muhurat are also equally favourable. However, one must avoid Rahu Kaal for beginning any new venture or stepping out of the house for auspicious work.
For the unversed, the Panchang is a calendar based on the conventional units of the traditional Hindu timekeeping system that registers all the significant moments (muhurat and kaala) of the day including the Nakshatra that prevails other than the sunrise, moonrise timings, and several details. The Panchang precisely mentions the tithi, nakshatra, yogya, karana, and vaar.
Hindus follow the Lunar as well as the Solar calendars for various purposes. Therefore, it is suggested that people rise early, take a bath, and after worshipping the deities, read the Panchang. They can choose the best time for beginning any important venture and initiating something new.
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The smog tower installed at Baba Kharag Singh Marg will be able to clean 1,000 cubic metres of air per second, said Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai.
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Key Highlights The tower will be inaugurated by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. The smog tower is expected to clean the air in one-kilometre radius.
New Delhi: The first smog tower in the national capital will be inaugurated at the Baba Kharag Singh Marg in Connaught Place on August 23. The tower will be inaugurated by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
The smog tower aims to combat rising air pollution in Delhi. Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said Thursday that the tower will be inaugurated by CM Kejriwal.
The tower is expected to clean the air in one-kilometre radius. The structure is over 20-metre tall, according to a report in Indian Express.
“Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will inaugurate the smog tower on August 23. Thereafter, experts will ascertain its impact on pollution. Based on the results, we will take a decision on installing more equipment,” the report quoted Gopal Rai as saying.
Gopal Rai said that the tower will be able to clean 1,000 cubic metres of air per second. According to an official, a two-year pilot test would be conducted to ascertain the effectiveness of the smog structure. The tower is being built by Tata Projects Limited in technical collaboration with IIT-Bombay and IIT-Delhi. Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has been appointed as the nodal agency for Connaught Place smog tower.
In March this year, a Delhi Pollution Control Board (DPCC) official said the air filters that will be deployed in the tower have been developed by a team of experts at the University of Minnesota in the United States.
The construction of another smog tower is underway at Anand Vihar. The two towers will be built at a cost of Rs 22 cr each. The smog towers are being built on the direction of the Supreme Court.
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Key Highlights NEET PG 2021 Last date to register online, edit application extended till August 25, 2021. Candidates who would be completing their internship till September 30, 2021 are eligible to apply for NEET PG 2021. NEET PG 2021 Admit Card likely to be released in first week of September on nbe.edu.in.
National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, NEET PG 2021 registration and edit window deadline has been extended. Last date to fill the online application form or make corrections has now been extended till August 25, 2021. Candidates who wish to apply for the post-graduate entrance test may do so on the official website nbe.edu.in.
National Board of Examinations, NBE would be conducting NEET PG 2021 on September 11, 2021. The examination, earlier scheduled for May was postponed in view of the second wave of COVID19. In order o help doctors with enough time to take care of the increasing number of patients and further provide time to study, the examination was deferred till September.
Candidates who had filled the application form can now edit details including examination centre city choice. Application window had also reopened for candidates who would have completed their internship between July 1, 2021 and September 30, 2021 and would remain so till August 25. NEET PG Admit Card is likely to be released in the first week of September, 2021.
NEET PG 2021: How to apply, edit
Go to the official website nbe.edu.in On the home page, click on NEET PG and then click on New Registration – if you wish to apply In case you wish to make corrections in your already filled application form, click on Applicant Login – or the direct link provided here Fill the online application form/ make corrections Pay the fees as applicable to complete the process
Also Check | NEET PG 2021: NBE reopens Registration, Correction Window on nbe.edu.in - Direct link and steps here
Candidates are again informed that the registration window has been opened for only those eligible candidates ‘who have completed their Internship during 01.07.2021 to 30.09.2021.’ Candidates who have completed their internship before July 1 or those who would be completing it after September 30, 2021 are not eligible to apply for NEET PG 2021.
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Jammu and Kashmir: One terrorist killed in encounter with security forces in Awantipora, operation underway
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Srinagar: One unidentified terrorist was killed in an encounter with the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Awantipora on Friday. The operation is in progress, said J&K Police.
The encounter broke out today morning at the Khrew area in Pampore, Awantipora. A joint team of Police and security forces are on the job.
On Thursday, terrorists shot dead a worker of the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party, Ghulam Hassan Lone in the Kulgam district. Lone was shot at by the ultras in his native Devsar area, the officials said, adding he was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
This came just two days after terrorists shot dead BJP leader Javeed Ahmad Dar in the same district. Before that, two Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists on August 9 barged into the house of a BJP sarpanch in Anantnag district and killed him and his wife.
Lone's killing also evoked widespread condemnation from mainstream political parties including the PDP, the National Conference and the People's Conference.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has also condemned the killing of Ghulam Hassan Lone, vowing to bring the perpetrators to justice very soon.
"Anguished to hear about the terror attack on political leader Shri Ghulam Hassan Lone at Devsar, Kulgam. I strongly condemn this cowardly attack," the LG tweeted.
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Planning to travelling abroad? Here are seven tips for money management while travelling
Whether you’re going on your first solo trip, a family vacation, or an escapade, Money management while traveling abroad requires a lot of preparation, on how to spend your money during the trip.
Here are a few tips for you to keep in mind while traveling to a different country:
Travel budget
It is never too early to create a travel fund, where you can direct a portion of your earnings solely towards your getaway. Have a rough idea of where you want to go, how long you want to be there and what you would like to do. Decide what is important to you; for example, when visiting a city, you can cut costs on accommodation and food, but set out larger amounts for sightseeing and shopping. Aim to set aside a fixed amount every month that should go into your travel fund. You can use an app or financial management tool on your phone to track your spending and stick to the budget.
Dangers of DCC
Dynamic Currency Conversion (DCC) is a service offered by banks and payment providers that gives international cardholders a choice to pay in their home currency when they travel abroad.
This is often advertised as a safe, convenient option for travellers that offers the benefit of choice—to convert the value of their purchase into their home currency or complete the transaction using the local currency.
Get local currency
You will need some cash in local currency, as soon as you land at the airport, probably for a cab fare, to pay for a meal. Having some cash beforehand saves you the trouble of looking for an ATM. Also, this way you will be able to avoid having to get your currency exchanged at the airport, where the rates aren’t as favorable as the ones offered by the local banks.
Get a foreign country-friendly credit card
If you already have an International credit card, check the fine prints on it to find out if they charge a foreign currency transaction fee. If yes, find a card that doesn’t. The transaction fee eats up money that you could spend on indulging in local delicacies. Make sure that you know if there is a limit on the international transaction. Plan accordingly so that you don’t end up crossing that limit.
Travel insurance
It’s a lot less expensive to manage disruptions like baggage/document loss, delayed travel, personal accidents, dental and other medical emergencies and senior citizen health concerns when you are insured with the right insurance plan. However, as with everything, choosing the right insurance plan is of paramount importance.
ATM withdrawal fees
You are bound to withdraw money more frequently when you travel, in order to retain your mobility and stay safe. However, over the course of your travels, the more you withdraw, the more ATM withdrawal fees levied add up.
Money transfer
Bank transfers from around the world are beset with hidden fees—from transaction costs to exchange rate spreads and even correspondent bank fees.
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Tens of thousands of people have tried to flee Afghanistan since the Taliban swept into the capital Kabul on Sunday, completing a stunning rout of government forces in a matter of days.
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Kabul: Defiant protesters waved Afghan flags at scattered rallies Thursday to mark the country's independence day, as a UN document suggests the Taliban are rounding up people placed on a blacklist for working with the Afghan government, or US-led forces.
As the small-scale demonstrations unfolded, the son of the nation's most famous resistance fighter vowed to take up arms against the Islamist hardliners, who are back in power after being ousted in a US-led invasion nearly 20 years ago.
Tens of thousands of people have tried to flee Afghanistan since the Taliban swept into the capital Kabul on Sunday, completing a stunning rout of government forces in a matter of days.
The United States said Thursday that it had airlifted about 7,000 people out of Kabul in the past five days -- and that the Taliban appeared to be cooperating to allow Afghan nationals registered for special US visas to reach the airport.
Small groups of Afghans waved the country's black, red and green flags in Kabul and a handful of suburbs on Thursday to celebrate the anniversary of Afghanistan's independence -- on occasion in plain sight of patrolling Taliban fighters.
"My demand from the international community, the (UN) Security Council, is that they turn their attention to Afghanistan and not allow the achievements of 20 years to be wasted," said one protester.
There were unconfirmed reports of shots fired in the northeastern city of Kunar, after Taliban fighters fired guns to disperse dozens of Afghans in Jalalabad who waved the flag Wednesday.
The Taliban have raised their own black and white banner over government buildings in Kabul.
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The movement's leaders have repeatedly vowed not to take revenge against their opponents, while seeking to project an image of tolerance.
But a confidential United Nations document, provided by its threat assessment consultants and seen by AFP, said the Taliban have been conducting "targeted door-to-door visits" searching for people they want to arrest.
Most at risk are people who had central roles in the Afghan military, police and intelligence units, but those who worked for US and NATO forces were also included on "priority lists", the report said.
Militants are also screening individuals on the way to Kabul airport and have set up checkpoints in major cities, including the capital and Jalalabad, the document alleges.
Memories of the Taliban's brutal regime of the 1990s -- which saw music and television banned, people stoned to death and women confined to their homes -- have caused panic about what lies ahead for Afghans.
In the Panjshir Valley northeast of Kabul -- the country's last holdout -- Ahmad Massoud, the son of Afghanistan's most famed anti-Taliban fighter Ahmed Shah Massoud, said he was "ready to follow in his father's footsteps".
"But we need more weapons, more ammunition and more supplies," Massoud said.
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The United States, which successfully toppled the Taliban's first regime in 2001 following the September 11 attacks, was just weeks away from completing its military withdrawal when the militants seized power.
Now, more than 5,200 US troops are back to facilitate the airlift of American citizens and Afghan allies who worked with American forces.
Chaos erupted at the airport this week, as frantic Afghans searched for a way to leave the country.
An Afghan sports federation announced a footballer for the national youth team had died after falling from a US plane he desperately clung to as it took off.
The Group of Seven and the heads of several UN agencies echoed US calls for the Taliban to allow safe passage for those Afghans trying to leave, but Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the situation was improving.
"We have indications this morning that that process is working," he told reporters.
State Department spokesman Ned Price later said there had been "productive conversations" with the Taliban "about the need and the imperative of ensuring safe passage".
Unconfirmed reports say several people have been killed as US forces and the Taliban -- separated by an unofficial no-man's land -- struggle to contain the desperate crowds.
"I went to the airport with my kids and family... the Taliban and Americans were shooting," said one man, who until recently had worked for a foreign non-governmental organisation.
"Despite that, people were moving forward just because they knew a situation worse than death awaited them outside the airport."
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Many are struggling to believe Taliban pledges of a "positively different" regime this time around.
An Afghan woman journalist made a desperate social media plea Thursday after she was barred from entering the TV station where she worked.
"The male employees... were allowed to enter the office, but I was told that I couldn't continue my duty because the system has been changed," news anchor Shabnam Dawran said, adding: "Our lives are under threat."
The Taliban are edging towards establishing a government, with co-founder Abdul Ghani Baradar returning from exile and other senior figures meeting ex-president Hamid Karzai and other former government officials.
The group said it wants "good diplomatic relations" with all countries, but will not accept any encroachment on its religious principles.
"We will not submit to the pressure of anyone," it said, in a statement published by SITE monitoring group.
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China made itself ready for the current unfolding crisis in Afghanistan and held a meet with the Taliban's key leaders in July and termed the terror group a key player in the region.
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Berlin: Whether it's about violation of human rights or freedom of expression, the Taliban and China stand on the same platform as the former is way radical and conservative while the latter, despite having a long history of development, the communist regime still treats its people as slave, a media report said.
Unlike other countries, China made itself ready for the current unfolding crisis in Afghanistan and held a meet with the Taliban's key leaders in July and termed the terror group a key player in the region. The Chinese were aware way before the current crisis unfolded.
The Taliban -- which claims to be a flagbearer of Islam -- sealed its mouth over Uyghur suppression in China when the terror group's top leader met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi as it has financial interests with Beijing.
However, China also sees its economic interests in having fair relations with the Taliban as Beijing's presence in Afghanistan will pacify its border region and Xinjiang province.
Beijing had announced earlier in July to invest heavily in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan as both countries share a border of nearly 76 kilometers long and that's not too far from China's Belt and Road Initiative. But possible security threats and opportunities of assistance have drawn Beijing to invest in the Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. However, it's believed that Beijing would take some time to invest and shall focus on the Afghanistan situation as it evolves, DW reported.
Chinese companies have already secured the drilling rights for oil fields. Apart from this, Afghanistan boasts rare mineral deposits that are essential for such things as smartphones, tablets and LED screens.
As far as computer chips are concerned, Beijing currently does not have the technological know-how to compete with Taiwan and South Korea, but access to up to USD 1 trillion (EUR850 billion) in mineral reserves could seriously influence the future of global chip production and ratchet up the pressure on buyers in the United States and Europe, Alexander Gorlach wrote in DW's opinion piece.
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Key Highlights All opposition leaders, who jointly took on to the government in the Monsoon session, invited Chief Ministers of Congress-ruled states invited NCP chief Sharad Pawar has also been invited
New Delhi: Congress president Sonia Gandhi will hold a virtual meeting with opposition leaders including Mamata Banerjee, Uddhav Thackeray and MK Stalin at 4.30 pm today.
The meeting is aimed at consolidating the opposition unity, unite various Opposition parties on key issues confronting the nation and formulate a common strategy against the NDA government to defeat it in the upcoming assembly elections.
NCP president Sharad Pawar has also been invited and according to PTI, Chief Ministers of West Bengal, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu have accepted the invitations.
Opposition bonhomie on display in Parliament during Monsoon session
The opposition unity was on full display during the recently concluded Monsoon session of Parliament when parties took on the government seeking a discussion on the Pegasus snooping row, besides the farm laws and other issues.
The meeting also comes in the backdrop of the government demanding strict action against those indulging in unruly behaviour in Rajya Sabha during the passage of the Insurance Amendment Bill, reported PTI.
Speaking over the meeting, Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut said last week that the opposition is united.
Sonia Gandhi’s meeting comes after Kapil Sibal’s dinner party
“On 20th August, Sonia Gandhi will speak to Chief Ministers of Congress-ruled states. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray will also take part in this meeting,” he had said.
The meeting gains significance as it comes after senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal, and one of the grand old party’s major dissenting voices hosted a dinner meeting at his residence with top opposition leaders taking part in it.
NCP chief Sharad Pawar, TMC MP Derek O’Brien, DMK’s Tiruchi Siva, RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, RLD leader Jayant Chaudhary, Congress MPs Shashi Tharoor and Anand Sharma were present at the dinner party.
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On August 20 every year, the country celebrates Akshay Urja Day. The day also marks the birth anniversary of former PM Rajiv Gandhi.
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Key Highlights Akshay Urja Diwas is celebrated every year in India on August 20 The day also marks the birth anniversary of former PM Rajiv Gandhi
New Delhi: Every year, the world celebrates Indian Akshay Urja Diwas on August 20. The day, which also marks the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, is celebrated to make people aware of the use of natural sources of energy like biogas, solar energy, wind energy and hydroelectrical power.
The day intends to make people aware of the uses and importance of renewable energy sources. The first-ever memorial stamp commemorating this day was issued in 2004 by former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.
First event conducted in 2004
The first function celebrating this day was organised in the national capital in 2004. During the first-event event based on Indian Akshay Urja Diwas, nearly 12,000 school students had formed a human chain in the national capital to promote the use of renewable energy.
Biogas, Solar Energy, Wind energy, hydroelectrical power are few examples of Akshay Urja - sources of energy that are traditional and renewable on a human timescale. It is essential to develop ways to use renewable energy more efficiently.
The primary motive of Akshay Urja Diwas is to make people aware of the benefits of renewable energy. The energy, which we get from natural sources, does not have any side effects on the environment, and by using this energy we can ensure sustainable living and reduce environmental degradation.
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Key Highlights Javagal Srinath scored his maiden half-century in the 1996 edition of the Titan Cup against South Africa Javagal Srinath's maiden 50-run knock had lifted India to a modest total in the Rajkot ODI Javagal Srinath is the only Indian pacer to have bagged 300 wickets in ODI cricket
Before the emergence of 'batsmen' Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah, it was former Team India pacer Javagal Srinath who was known for playing small yet effective cameos with the willow for the Asian giants. In match No.7 of the 1996 Titan Cup between South Africa, Australia, and India, Indian pacer Javagal Srinath played a gem of an innings against the Proteas at Rajkot. Srinath, who used to lead the pace attack of the Indian side was promoted to top order at the time.
In the 7th ODI of the triangular series, Srinath had joined then skipper Sachin Tendulkar after opener Navjot Singh Sidhu was removed for cheap by Hansie Cronje. Srinath stunned the world-class bowling battery of the Proteas by launching an all-out attack on the opposition. While Master Blaster Tendulkar perished for 38-ball 28, Srinath continued his batting onslaught and anchored the Indian innings in the low-scoring contest at Rajkot.
296 matches, 551 wickets
Only India paceman with over 300 ODI wickets
India's joint-highest wicket-taker in Men's CWC
Refereed in 53 Tests, 223 ODIs, 99 T20Is
Happy birthday to Javagal Srinath! pic.twitter.com/9lBudmJQvh — ICC (@ICC) August 31, 2020
Frustrating the likes of Allan Donald, Lance Klusener, and Fanie de Villiers, 'batsman' Srinath slammed his maiden half-century in One Day Internationals (ODIs). Srinath struck 4 fours and 1 massive six in his vital 69-ball 53 which remained his highest-ever ODI score. Riding on Srinath's career-best knock, Tendulkar-led India managed to post 188 in the 50-over contest.
Though Srinath surprisingly led the Indian side from the front with the willow, the speed merchant's stupendous knock went in vain as South Africa scaled the below-par total in match 7 of the triangular series at Rajkot. Talking more about the match, Srinath top-scored for Team India although the low-scoring match was eventually won by South Africa with 8 balls to spare.
Gary Kirsten (38), Herschelle Gibbs (35) played crucial knocks for the Proteas in the visitors' pursuit of the 186-run target. Middle-order batsman Jonty Rhodes slammed the match-winning half-century to help the Proteas upstage India at home. Rhodes' 81-ball 54 made sure South Africa outclass India by five wickets in the low-scoring humdinger at Rajkot.
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America is trying to evacuate its own nationals as well as Afghan allies after the Taliban seized control 20 years after being driven from power by a US-led international force following the 9/11 attacks.
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Washington: As the United States continue to evacuate its own nationals as well as Afghan allies, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price has said that there were around 6,000 people at the Kabul airport right now who have been fully processed for evacuation and will soon board planes.
The US authorities are aware of congestion around the Kabul airport where 5,200 US troops are deployed on the ground, said Price while addressing a press conference here on Thursday.
He further stated that the United States has evacuated 7,000 people from Kabul since August 14. The Kabul Airport remains secure and open for flight operations, according to the US State Department.
"In an update on the situation on the ground in Afghanistan, 12 C-17s departed within the last 24 hrs with more than 2,000 passengers who arrived safe-havens. Since August 14, we have airlifted 7,000 total evacuees," the spokesperson said.
The cumulative number of people moved out of Afghanistan is somewhere near 12,000. "At this point, we don't have the resources to go beyond the airport compound (in Kabul)," Price said.
Biden, Harris discuss Afghanistan situation
Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris met with their national security team to discuss security, diplomatic and intelligence updates in Afghanistan. They discussed the status of operations at Hamid Karzai International Airport, which continues to be secure and operational, said White House official.
The National security team updated President Biden and VP Harris that DOD has evacuated 7,000 people since August 14 and 12,000 people since July end. Biden, Harris and their team also discussed their focus on monitoring for any potential terrorist threats in Afghanistan, including from ISIS-K, the official added.
America is trying to evacuate its own nationals as well as Afghan allies after the Taliban seized control 20 years after being driven from power by a US-led international force following the 9/11 attacks.
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The entire structure of the old temple complex has been redeveloped holistically keeping in mind the safety of pilgrims.
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The Shree Parvati Temple coming up in Somnath, Gujarat.
Key Highlights The reconstructed precinct was completed by the Shree Somnath Trust for ₹3.5 crore The Shree Parvati Temple is proposed to be constructed with a total outlay of ₹30 crore This will include temple construction in Sompura Salats Style, development of Garbha Griha and Nritya Mandap
New Delhi: Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will on Friday inaugurate multiple projects at the holy Somnath temple in his home state of Gujarat via video conferencing.
The event, which is expected to begin at 11 am, will see PM Modi inaugurating projects such as the Somnath Promenade, Somnath Exhibition Centre and the reconstructed temple precinct of the Old (Juna) Somnath.
On the occasion, the Prime Minister will also lay the foundation stone for the Shree Parvati Temple.
“The Somnath Promenade has been developed under PRASHAD (Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive) Scheme at a total cost of more than ₹47 crore. The Somnath Exhibition Centre, developed in the premises of ‘Tourist Facilitation Centre’, displays the exhibits from dismantled parts of old Somnath temple and its sculptures having Nagar style temple architecture of old Somnath,” the Prime Minister’s Office informed in an official statement.
The reconstructed precinct was completed by the Shree Somnath Trust for ₹3.5 crore. The temple, also referred to as Ahilyabai Temple after it was built by Queen Ahilyabai of Indore, found its inception when the queen noticed that the old structure was in ruins.
The entire structure of the old temple complex has been redeveloped holistically keeping in mind the safety of pilgrims, with also an increased capacity.
“The Shree Parvati Temple is proposed to be constructed with a total outlay of ₹30 crore. This will include temple construction in Sompura Salats Style, development of Garbha Griha and Nritya Mandap,” the PMO said in its statement.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Tourism Minister G Kishan Reddy, along with Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy CM Nitin Patel, will also be present at the occasion.
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Key Highlights The Vratam observed on the Friday before Shravan Purnima or Aadi Pournami (Tamil month) is called Varalakshmi Vratham Married women keep a fast on this day It is dedicated to the Goddess, who is believed to have the combined powers of Ashta Lakshmi (eight forms of Lakshmi)
The Vratham (Vrat) observed on the Friday before Shravan Purnima or Aadi Pournami (Tamil month) is called Varalakshmi Vratam. This annual festival is dedicated to the Goddess, who is said to have the combined powers of Ashta Lakshmi (the eight forms of the Devi Lakshmi), the consort of Lord Vishnu. Today, on Varalakshmi Vratham day, know how to perform the puja of the Goddess.
The Varalakshmi Puja is usually performed by those women who have inherited the tradition from their mother-in-law. Therefore, it is a custom carried forward from one generation to the other. Those who perform Varalakshmi Vratam get the face of the Goddess engraved in silver or any other metal. And it is used year after year during the puja.
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Local girl Ariel Bennett saw a need in the community for food boxes, so she decided to step up to the call and created Blessing Boxes in the area based of the Blessing Boxes she had seen in Moss Bluff.
Blessing Box is a help-your-self box staged throughout the area in different locations.
Members of the community are asked to donate as much as you want, being cautious of expiration dates, and bring un-opened non-perishable items to the blessing box.
Bennett herself checks the boxes for expired canned goods and keeps up the maintenance of the boxes the community stocks.
Bennetts goal is simple, to reach people who are in need.
" I know there is a lot of people in my community that struggle to put food on the table so by doing the Blessing Boxes I know that my community can help people who are in need and be a light to those who are struggling," stated Ariel.
Currently Ariel has Blessing Boxes at:
6715 LA-12 W, Ragley, LA 70657.
124 Longville Road by the Post Office and Shear Joy Hair Salon
Anyone is invited to make a box.
" I had my boyfriend and my old teacher Mr. Cooley help me build these boxes, but anyone is capable of making them! I would like to thank Mr. Cooley & the South Beau students & Cohen for helping me build them and set them up! & the Ragley Heritage Society for allowing me and Cohen to set it up by the Ragley Library! & also thank you Taylor for making the signs for me! Go check out their Instagram: Th.handmadegoods," stated Bennett.
If you or someone you know is in need please visit a Blessing Box and take as many items as you need.
"Please spread the word, anyone can help by helping reach as many people in need as possible, also by donating items," stated Ariel.
Ariel hopes to build more boxes in the future in other communities in the area, and plans to make as many as she can.
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“Respect & Remembrance,” an exhibit profiling those from Beauregard Parish who died in World War II, will be on display at the War Memorial Civic Center, Sept. 2-30.
This is a project of the Beauregard Museum and the War Memorial Civic Center.
In all, 51 men are profiled in the exhibit.
Exhibit hours will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday, Wednesday and Friday; and from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday. The exhibit will be closed Labor Day.
This event is being held as part of the War Memorial Civic Center’s 80th Anniversary.
Exhibit visitors are asked to wear a mask in the building.
For more information on the exhibit, call the War Memorial Civic Center at 337-463-7212 or the Beauregard Museum at 337-463-8148.
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Louisiana students who are near completion of a degree in a high-demand field, such as healthcare and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM), may be eligible for additional financial aid under the new Completers Grant. The grant will provide scholarships to students who are within 30 credit hours of completing a degree at a Louisiana public two- or four-year postsecondary institution.
The Completers Grant will also be used to incentivize enrollment in and completion of short-term credential programs at two-year institutions. The grant will not provide more than two consecutive semesters of funding. Each academic institution will determine the award amount.
“Louisiana cannot afford to have students defer their higher education dreams. Completers Grants will help those who have graduation within sight, but may have run out of the funds needed to cross the finish line,” said Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed. “The pandemic has certainly impacted the plans of many near-completers. These funds can help get students back on track, aiding them to finish what they started and become graduates.”
To be eligible for a Completers Grant, students must 1.) be a Louisiana resident, 2.) complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the academic year in which the award will be received, 3.) meet Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) benchmarks for credit programs, 4.) successfully and sufficiently complete courses to continue in the selected course of study for non-credit programs, 5.) be enrolled through the 14th day of classes, and 6.) meet one of the priority guidelines.
Priority each semester will be given to students who are within 30 hours of completing a degree in a STEM or health care field, or students who will complete an on-ramp credential or credential of value as identified by the Louisiana Workforce Commission. Priority selection criteria for recipients are as follows:
· First, those students who are expected to complete their program of study/graduate in the fall who have significantly depleted or have no other source of financial aid;
· Second, those students who are expected to complete their program of study/graduate in spring who have significantly depleted or have no other source of financial aid;
· Third, those students who are expected to complete their program of study/graduate in summer who have significantly depleted or have no other source of financial aid.
The Completers Grant is funded through one-time Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) dollars, available through September 30, 2022. The Louisiana Board of Regents approved the framework for the grant. The Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA) will administer the program.
For more information on the Completers Grant click the button below or contact completers@la.gov.
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Following his retirement, Prof. Zeleza has donated a personal academic library featuring books, research, journals, conference reports, etc.
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The United States International University-Africa has received a donation of academic materials, including more than 10,000 textbooks. The textbooks valued at more than Ksh. 109.5 million ($1 million) were donated by the outgoing Vice-Chancellor Professor Paul Tiyambe Zeleza. Professor Zeleza recently retired as USIU Vice Chancellor after a 6-year tenure.
The academic gift comprises Prof. Zeleza’s personal academic library featuring books, transcripts, research papers, journals, and conference reports collected over the last four decades from various continents.
Speaking at a handover ceremony graced by Former Chief Justice Dr. Willy Mutunga among other dignitaries, Prof. Zeleza described his tenure at USIU-Africa as an unforgettable experience.
“Donating these books to USIU-Africa represents my dedication to enhancing the University’s learning and research capacities. More broadly, it reflects my lifelong passion for promoting African knowledge production and cultivating the culture of philanthropy in African universities,” Prof. Zeleza said.
On his part, Dr. Mutunga lauded Professor Zeleza for leaving a mark on the history of the University.
“The books donated here today are a representation of Prof. Zeleza’s lifelong passion for promoting African knowledge production and cultivating the culture of philanthropy in African universities. The pride of any university lies in its ability to engage in cutting edge research and USIU-Africa has remained committed to this cause in its years of operation. Through the donation of his personal library, Prof. Zeleza has demonstrated his dedication to the enhancement of the University’s learning and research capacities,” said Dr. Mutunga.
The Prof. Zeleza academic library collection also includes his archives of personal papers and manuscripts of his publications. The collection built over the last four decades showcases an illustrious academic and administrative career. This collection will boost the current resources at the USIU-Africa Library which include 204,804 print books, 48,751 print periodicals, over 100,000 online journals, over 200,000 electronic books, 16,348 non-print media and 47 electronic databases.
Prof. Zeleza has worked at several universities in Kenya, the Caribbean, Canada, and the United States, and has held distinguished academic appointments and administrative positions. His scholarly work ranges from economic and intellectual history to human rights, gender studies and diaspora studies. He has published more than 300 journal articles, book chapters, reviews, short stories and online essays and authored or edited 27 books, several of which have won international awards.
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Kakuzi has announced a 3% drop in its half-year pretax profit, a drop attributed to slower market growth caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
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Kakuzi an agri-business firm has announced a 3% drop in its half-year pretax profit from Ksh. Ksh. 285.9 million to Ksh. 276.7 million. The decline has been attributed to slower market growth and price volatility in its key export markets due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The leading international markets for Kakuzi products have also begun to show positive recovery signs with growing demand in the traditional key nut markets, despite the effects of the pandemic.
Speaking at the financial results release, Kakuzi Chairman Nicholas Ng’ang’a said, “To sustain trading growth and mitigate market risks, Kakuzi has swiftly moved to enhance its operating efficiencies. Further attention has also been applied to a diversification and value addition strategy for opportunities in the local market.”
The firm, Ng’ang’a explained, is anticipating a significant drop in avocado production as the orchards enter into what is known as an Off year. “Bi-annual bearing in avocado production is common, with an on year yield being higher than an off year yield. After last year’s bumper harvest, this year’s production is in an off cycle,” he added.
At the field operating level, Ng’ang’a added that the firm is currently witnessing lower output against its avocado harvests, but macadamia nuts’ production remains within earlier projections for the year.
“Demand for the Kakuzi range of wood, beef and animal feed products remains encouraging, and we continue to explore additional diversification strategies for this important range of products. Unfortunately, tea production returns have not improved in the last 12 months. We are aware of the proposed new tea regulations, and we await to see the outcome of the Court process,” Ng’ang’a explained.
As part of the firm’s corporate governance advances, Kakuzi is now at an advanced stage of developing an Operational-Level Grievance Mechanism (OGM). This mechanism is expected to provide multiple avenues through which its employees and the Community can raise grievances and issues they would like the Company to address.
The firm recently named an Independent Human Rights Advisory Committee (IHRAC) chaired by former Attorney General Prof. Githu Muigai, in an industry-first move. With the appointment of the committee to its Board, Kakuzi became the first corporate organization in Sub-Sahara Africa to constitute and establish such an independent advisory panel benchmarked against the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
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Kakuzi registers a Ksh. 9.2 million drop in half-year pretax profit
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Kwara fintech company is involved in transforming credit unions, digital banks powered by a credit union system for their members.
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Kenyan fintech startup, Kwara, has been selected for the Mastercard Start Path program. Mastercard announced that Kwara is one of the 11 global startups selected to join the award-winning Start Path Program.
The Mastercard Start Path program is a platform to help the best and brightest startups maximize their opportunity for success. During the 6-month program, the startups will learn from Mastercard experts and explore co-innovation opportunities.
Commenting on the selection to the program, Cynthia Wandia, Kwara’s CEO said “We are honoured to join forces with Mastercard and work on our shared vision to create financial inclusion for 1 billion people. We have seen how companies such as Flutterwave and Revolut have expanded their services in partnership with one of the biggest payment technology companies in the world. We are certain we can deepen our offering and together transform credit unions across emerging markets into modern, digital banks.”
On her part, Amy Neale, Senior Vice President, Fintech & Enablers said, “When fintech companies thrive, we all benefit. We are excited for Kwara to join the Mastercard Start Path program where they’ll receive access to our technology, customers and mentorship to accelerate their journey to grow and scale.”
Mastercard facilitates secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, and innovations and solutions to help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Mastercard embraces opportunities to support and collaborate with digital players to discover what’s next and build the next generation of commerce.
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Kwara a Kenyan fintech company has been selected for the Mastercard Start Path program
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KAM has urged Parliament to review its decision on the Public Procurement and Asset disposal Bill for the sake of Kenya's collective future.
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The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) has responded to Parliament’s decision on the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill.
In a statement released by KAM CEO Phyllis Wakiaga, KAM stated that it is unconscionable for lawmakers to dilute the efforts of local manufacturers to recover economically and invest in this country.
The Public Procurement and Asset Disposal (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill proposed to amend the Principal Act by the following
Requiring that all foreign tenders source not less than 40% of their supplies from local contractors. Increasing the amount for tenders where Kenyan Citizens are given exclusive preference from Ksh. 500,000,000 to Ksh. 20,000,000,000.
“By rejecting the Bill, Parliament sends a clear message to local manufacturers, local creators and innovators that the country is not at all committed to nurturing their businesses. This move erodes the competitiveness of Made in Kenya products and gives full advantage to foreign products which already highly encroach the local market share. From the economic lessons of the pandemic, we need to prioritize being self-sufficient as a country, and yet policies such as these move contrary and push us further into being a trading nation,” read an excerpt from the statement.
Currently, 334 manufactured products have been gazette by the Cabinet Secretary for Industrialization, Trade and Enterprise Development.
According to KAM, the decline in the growth of the local sector will increase the already high rates of unemployment.
As consumer landscapes continue to change, businesses are adapting to the new normal, as they grapple with the economic challenges caused by COVID-19. The proposed Bill would have supported the maintenance and strengthening of supply chains, to ensure there are no disruptions in future, in the presence of a crisis.
The Association has reiterated its commitment to assure all Kenyan citizens of the local industries’ capacity to sustainably produce high quality products for the country and export markets.
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KAM terms the rejection of the Public Procurement and Asset Disposal amendment bill by Parliament as unreasonable
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The Wazo Challenge provides mentorship, technology credits, and funding to selected startups to leverage on technology solutions.
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Startup Réseau has launched applications for the Wazo Challenge East Africa. The challenge provides mentorship, technology credits, and funding to selected startups.
In January, startup Réseau, based in India, launched an office in East Africa under the Hindsight Ventures brand. Since its inception in February with the Wazo Challenge Tanzania, Startup Réseau has completed three venture bootcamps in the region, building a portfolio of 44 tech startups.
The accelerator is open to startups that are leveraging technology and building innovative and scalable solutions. This includes services across finance, healthcare, agriculture, energy, and education. The program is aimed at 18 to 30 year-old entrepreneurs from 19 countries across the UN-designated Eastern Africa region.
“Our broader thesis is that Africa has African problems to be solved by African talent, by leveraging technology and that’s what we are here to enable through our programs. Having started out with Tanzania as our beach-head, our vision has always been to be a pan-Africa operator. We aim to build Wazo Challenge as a flagship annual program that operates a country version and a regional version in Eastern Africa. we will have an annual East African version that will open up the program to tech entrepreneurs from the extended Eastern Africa region,” said Ajay Ramasubramaniam, founder and CEO of Startup Réseau.
Upon application, 12 startups will be selected to participate in a month-long program with Startup Réseau’s global network of mentors, investors, industry experts, and successful entrepreneurs. Each startup will receive Ksh. 16,432,500 ($150,000) in technology credits from FreshWorks, AWS, IBM, Digital Ocean, and HubSpot, among others.
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The Startup Réseau is calling out for funding applications
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2021-08-20 01:50:36+00:00
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The Kenya Commercial Bank Group net profit for the first six months grew by 102% to Ksh. 15.3 Billion up from Ksh. 7.6 Billion for a similar period last year.
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The Kenya Commercial Bank Group net profit for the first six months grew by 102% to Ksh. 15.3 Billion up from Ksh. 7.6 Billion for a similar period last year.
The rise in profitability was on the back of a rise in the total operating income to Ksh. 51.2 Billion up from Ksh. 45 Billion the previous year. This was driven by a 14% increase in the interest income to Ksh. 47.1 Billion. Non-interest income on the other hand grew by 6% to KSh14.8 billion
The bank managed to cut its total operating expenses to Ksh. 29 billion from Ksh. 32 Billion the previous. This was occasioned by a decline in the loan loss provisions to Ksh. 6.5 Billion down from Ksh. 11 Billion in the previous year.
According to the bank, they are on course to acquire Atlas Mara assets in Rwanda and Tanzania. That is the Banque Populaire du Rwanda (BRP) and the African Banking Corporation (ABC). As such, the bank has indicated that they will not pay an interim dividend for the half-year period that ended on 30th June 2021.
Joshua Oigara, CEO KCB Bank, had this to say, “We saw a strong first half of the year for the business with improved economic activity. The resilient and diversified nature of our business has helped us navigate the unfolding impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.”
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From Unicorn Gundam to Edo-themed hot springs, Odaiba has something for everyone. You’re sure to have a wonderful day exploring the “Island of Entertainment”.
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Odaiba is called the “Island of Entertainment” for good reason. There are more activities there than you could possibly complete in a day. So how do you choose what to do, and when? These are the top 10 things you can do in a day in Odaiba, along with our recommended itinerary. Of course, you don’t have to do all ten in a single day, just choose what interests you the most!
1. Start with a ride on a Tokyo Water Bus (水上バス)
Price: ¥460 ~ ¥1720, depending on the starting location
¥460 ~ ¥1720, depending on the starting location Hours: Most ferries run once or twice an hour
Most ferries run once or twice an hour Website: www.suijobus.co.jp/en/price and www.tokyo-park.or.jp/waterbus
Tokyo’s Water Buses are a great way to reach Odaiba. There are two services, one run by Tokyo Cruise Ship Company and the other by the Mizube Cruise Line. It’s much more fun to take these ferries than to take the metro, as they offer a unique view of the city from over the water. The buses have departures from Asakusa, Hinode, and the Hamarikyu Garden. If you start in Asakusa, you’ll descend the Sumida river, before cruising out over Tokyo Bay.
2. Grab a seaside breakfast at Decks Tokyo Beach
Price: ¥1000 ~ ¥2000
¥1000 ~ ¥2000 Hours: Weekdays 9am ~ 8pm Weekends/Holidays 8am ~ 8pm (Last order 7pm)
Weekdays 9am ~ 8pm Weekends/Holidays 8am ~ 8pm (Last order 7pm) Website: www.odaiba-decks.com/en
At Decks Mall, like most malls in Japan, the upper floors are reserved for bars and restaurants. The high vantage point means you can admire the morning view of the Rainbow Bridge. Of particular note is Bill’s, an Australian restaurant chain with a delicious brunch menu. They are particularly well known for their ricotta pancakes. If brunch isn’t your thing, the mall also has a takoyaki museum, where you can try many different kinds of the yummy Osaka specialty.
3. Play VR Games at Tokyo Joypolis
Price: Adult (18+) ¥800, Children (7-17) ¥500. The price for each game varies, however, an unlimited game passport is available.
Adult (18+) ¥800, Children (7-17) ¥500. The price for each game varies, however, an unlimited game passport is available. Hours: Weekdays 11am ~ 7pm (Last Entry 6:15 pm) Weekends/Holidays 11am ~ 8pm (Last Entry 7:15 pm)
Weekdays 11am ~ 7pm (Last Entry 6:15 pm) Weekends/Holidays 11am ~ 8pm (Last Entry 7:15 pm) Website: tokyo-joypolis.com/language/english
Tokyo Joypolis is also located in the Decks Mall. This indoor amusement park has VR games, rollercoasters, a haunted house, and dozens of other attractions. It’s a great place for a date, or for having fun with friends.
4. Explore teamLab Borderless
Price: Adults ¥3200 Children (4-14) ¥1000
Adults ¥3200 Children (4-14) ¥1000 Hours: Weekdays 11am ~ 5pm Sun Weekends/Holidays 10am ~ 5pm
Weekdays 11am ~ 5pm Sun Weekends/Holidays 10am ~ 5pm Website: borderless.teamlab.art
Teamlab’s magical, immersive world of lights and music is a must-see in Odaiba. We especially recommend the tea house, where blooming flowers are projected onto the surface of your bowl of matcha. You could easily spend all day here alone. We recommend purchasing tickets in advance!
5. Enjoy the Colorful Palette Town
Price: Free
Free Hours: Weekdays 12pm ~ 7pm Weekends/Holidays 12pm ~ 7:40pm
Weekdays 12pm ~ 7pm Weekends/Holidays 12pm ~ 7:40pm Website: www.daikanransha.com
As you leave TeamLab Borderless, you’ll head through Palette Town, a collection of crane games, puricura photo booths, and stores. There is also the Tokyo Mega Web, a giant indoor racetrack where you can admire (or even drive) Toyota sports cars. If cars and crane games aren’t your thing, palette town also hosts the Giant Sky Wheel. What better way to see the cityscape than from the top of a colorful Ferris wheel. The wheel itself is visible from almost everywhere in Odaiba.
6. Grab Lunch at Aquacity’s Ramen Park
Price: ¥500 ~ ¥1500
¥500 ~ ¥1500 Hours: 9am ~ 8pm (Last order 7pm)
9am ~ 8pm (Last order 7pm) Website: www.aquacity.jp.e.yp.hp.transer.com/tokyo_ramen_kokugikan/
Aquacity is a mall themed like a Mediterranean town, with many shops and restaurants. However, on the 5th floor, the Ramen Park, or ‘Tokyo Ramen Kokugikan Mai’, is very much Japanese. Here you can try ramen from six of Japan’s best ramen shops. If you love ramen, this place is perfect for you!
7. Head to Diver City Mall to See the Giant Gundam
Price: Free
Free Hours: The Gundam is free to however, check the site for the transformation performance schedule.
The Gundam is free to however, check the site for the transformation performance schedule. Website: www.unicorn-gundam-statue.jp
If you’re a fan of Gundam, you can’t miss the life-size Unicorn Gundam statue. The statue is illuminated after dark, but it’s cool to see at any time of the day. Behind the statue is Divers City, another large shopping mall.
8. Sunset Stroll at Odaiba Seaside Park
Price: Free
Free Hours: You can visit the park at any time, however, some facilities may have special hours
You can visit the park at any time, however, some facilities may have special hours Website: www.tptc.co.jp/park/01_02/point
After all these indoor activities, why not spend some time enjoying the seaside? Odaiba Seaside Park is a beach running along the bay. Walk out to the endpoint for a view of the sunset over the water. You can watch the Rainbow Bridge light up as the sun goes down, all while enjoying the evening breeze coming off the bay. The park also includes a famous Odaiba landmark: the miniature Statue of Liberty. Make sure to take a photo of the statue with the Rainbow Bridge in the background!
9. Dinner with a View at Venus Fort
Price: ¥1000 ~ ¥2000
¥1000 ~ ¥2000 Hours: 9am ~ 8pm (Last order 7 pm)
9am ~ 8pm (Last order 7 pm) Website: www.venusfort.co.jp/multi/en/about
At the end of the day, pretend like you are suddenly on the other side of the world, in an Italian town. Inside Venus Fort, the walls are designed to look like Italian buildings, a fountain sparkles in the central plaza, and a dreamy sky is painted on the domed roof above. Aside from admiring the interior, you can also go shopping or have dinner at one of this mall’s many restaurants.
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What are some of the do's and don'ts when you are stopped by the police in Japan?
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While overall Japan has a relatively low crime rate, for some reason it has an overabundance of bike crime. For a multitude of reasons from people leaving their bikes unlocked to the high value of bikes, theft is more common in supposedly ‘safe’ Japan than most European countries.
Unfortunately, this bizarre statistic has led to an overzealous crackdown on potential bike thieves with police officers stopping anyone who seems suspicious and in some parts of Japan this may very well be you. As a result, many foreign people are questioning what their rights are when they are pulled over by the police. Do we really have any?
Well, I have both good news and bad news for you.
Getting stopped
One of the strange things is the arbitrary stop. Japanese police only need the ‘suspicion’ that you may have stolen the bike to stop you. According to the 警察官職務執行法 （ けいさつかんしょくむしっこうほう ） , the law that covers the police during the execution of their duties, if a policeman sees “strange conduct”, a “crime being committed”, or has “reason to suspect that a person will commit or has committed a crime”, the officer can stop a person for questioning and ask to see ID.
Like many laws in Japan, the 警察官職務執行法 is worded in an intentionally ambiguous way that gives the officer maximum wriggle room. After all, what really does “suspect that a person… has committed a crime” really mean?
In these situations, the law comes down to an interesting word: 合理的 （ ごうりてき ） . 合理的 means something similar to ‘reasonable’ in English. Admittedly this somewhat complicates things further, after all what is ‘reasonable’ suspicion? Many police officers simply assume that having a bike in an area with bike crime is enough justification for reasonable suspicion.
What about my gaijin card?
As a general rule, you are not required to show your gaijin card to anyone except police, but unfortunately the police can ask for it. Always make sure that you ask to see their ID first as they are required to show you their ID so that you know they are real police officers. Remember to make a note of it as just knowing that you have their name is a strong deterrent to doing anything unconstitutional.
Can the officer take me to the police station?
One big fear that I had was that I might be dragged to one of those police boxes and forced to answer questions until I’d quite happily confess to assassinating JFK if it meant that I could finally go home.
Luckily, the law is a little less ambiguous on this point and you don’t need to accompany the officer to the station “unless there is a regulation relating to criminal action”. In addition, “officials may not confine, bring back to any police administration area, or else coerce a person to reply to questions against his/her will.” What this basically means is that they have the right to ask, but you have the right to refuse. This is the equivalent of showing your hand at poker as the officer then either has to arrest you or continue where you are.
Making a protest
As a citizen in Japan, you are allowed to protest to unfair harassment, especially if the officer is not following correct procedure. In this case, a useful word is 抗弁 （ こうべん ） (a protest). What the form of this protest takes is up to you; however, be careful that the protest is not seen as threatening or aggressive as these are grounds for getting you arrested.
A commonly used protest is sitting down with arms folded as was used so successfully in the anti-war protests in the 60s in Japan. That way, there can be no assumption of violence or threat, and the officer would have to clearly arrest you to make you come with them.
Luckily, most of us will only have a moderate annoyance from a police officer. However, if things go too far, don’t be afraid of making an official complaint against the specific officer who harassed you. The Japan Times recently reported about a foreign person who was given the personal number of the police chief to use if he was harassed again. Similarly, pro-bono human rights lawyers do exist in Japan for extreme resources, but let’s pray that none of us ever have to use them.
Useful resources:
Debito.org is invaluable for actually providing scripts in a ‘print out and keep in your wallet’ format:
http://www.debito.org/residentspage.html#checkpoints
http://www.debito.org/instantcheckpoints2.html
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More than 3,000 fake COVID-19 vaccination cards have been confiscated at cargo freight facilities at the Anchorage airport as they were being shipped from China
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — More than 3,000 fake COVID-19 vaccination cards have been confiscated at cargo freight facilities at the Anchorage airport as they were being shipped from China.
Officers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized the cards in the last week as they arrived in small packages.
An agency spokesperson said there were between 135 to 150 packages found in Anchorage, all sent by the same person in China. Each package contained a small number of the fake cards, between 20 to 90 cards.
A high volume of counterfeit vaccination cards have been detected nationwide.
Another 3,600 fake cards were found recently at cargo facilities in Memphis. Federal law enforcement officers are investigating.
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MORE ON THE PANDEMIC:
— U.S. schools open amid record coronavirus delta wave
— Maine Sen. Angus King tests positive for virus
— Africa WHO official knocks nations that ‘hoard’ vaccines
— 4 of Florida’s 5 largest school districts to require masks
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Find more AP coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic and https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-vaccine
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HONOLULU — Organizers of the Ironman World Championship in Hawaii said Thursday this year’s contest will be postponed to February because of increasing COVID-19 cases in the state.
On Thursday, the state’s seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases hit 713, up 56% from two weeks ago.
A statement on the group’s website said COVID-19 in Hawaii is worse now than it has been at any point during the pandemic. The race had been scheduled for Oct. 9.
The Ironman competition is considered one of the most important Ironman triathlon events. Participants swim 2.4 miles (3.9 kilometers), ride bikes for 112 miles (180.3 kilometers) and then run a marathon, which goes for 26.2 miles (42.2 kilometers).
Organizers rescheduled the contest last year too, only to later cancel it completely because of ongoing coronavirus concerns and the risks of international travel. It was the first time in the triathlon’s four decade history that the event wasn’t held.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says all teachers, educators, support staff and volunteers in K-12 schools must be vaccinated against COVID-19.
The announcement was made Thursday amid a surge in coronavirus cases in the state and as hospitals near capacity.
Teachers are the latest to be added to the growing statewide vaccine mandate, which also includes health care workers and state employees. They must be fully vaccinated by Oct. 18 or six weeks after a COVID-19 vaccine receives full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, whichever is later.
“There are those who will disagree with the actions I’m taking today,” Brown, a Democrat, said during Thursday’s press conference. “But school is starting across the state and COVID-19 poses a threat to our kids. Our kids need to be protected and they need to be in school. And that’s why I’m willing to take the heat for this decision.”
In addition, Brown announced weekly testing for health care workers will no longer be an option for those who want to avoid vaccination. The only opt-out of the requirement is either a medical or religious exemption.
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ATLANTA — Georgia’s Republican governor issued an executive order Thursday banning cities from requiring businesses to enforce local pandemic restrictions.
But what impact, if any, the measure would have on new mask requirements in Atlanta, Savannah and other cities was not clear.
At a news conference, Gov. Brian Kemp said his order will prevent local governments from forcing businesses to be the city’s mask and vaccine police. He said he was concerned about measures in Atlanta and Savannah. Both cities have mask requirements, but it was not immediately clear that either would be affected by the governor’s order.
The order comes amid an explosion in COVID cases in the state.
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TOPEKA, Kan. — Officials in some Kansas communities are battling a rise in COVID-19 cases by mandating masks for kids, issuing emergency orders and requiring vaccines.
The seven-day rolling average of daily new cases in Kansas has risen over the past two weeks from 605 new cases per day on Aug. 3 to 797 new cases per day on Tuesday, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
In the Lawrence area, Douglas County leaders approved a health order Wednesday that will require children ages 2 to 12 to wear masks while in indoor public spaces. The decision followed four hours of public comment that included jeering and interruptions from a largely maskless crowd, the Lawrence Journal-World reports.
In the Wichita area, hospital status was changed to critical Wednesday, as about 150 COVID-19 patients fill beds there, The Wichita Eagle reports.
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DENVER — Colorado U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper announced Thursday that he has tested positive for a “breakthrough” case of COVID-19.
The first-term Democrat issued a statement saying he tested positive after experiencing mild symptoms and is self-isolating at the direction of the attending physician for the U.S. Congress, Dr. Brian P. Monahan.
Infections and illnesses can happen even after being vaccinated. Experts say vaccination could help make any illnesses less severe. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that newer versions of the coronavirus could be a factor in “breakthrough” cases.
Hickenlooper, 69, is a former brewpub entrepreneur, Denver mayor and two-term governor who defeated incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner in the 2020 election.
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CLAYTON, Mo. — A judge on Thursday issued an order barring St. Louis County from enforcing a mask mandate while a lawsuit against it is litigated.
St. Louis County Executive Sam Page issued the mandate last month, prompting the County Council to vote to rescind it. Page maintained that the mask requirement nonetheless remained in effect.
Circuit Judge Ellen “Nellie” Ribaudo then issued a temporary restraining order, finding that the state was likely to prevail in its argument that current law gives the council the authority to terminate the mask requirement. That order was in effect only until a decision was made on a preliminary injunction.
Ribaudo was critical of some who had claimed victory after the temporary injunction was issued.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee hospitals warned Thursday that the intensive care units are full in nearly every hospital in the state’s major metropolitan areas.
The Tennessee Hospital Association said in a statement that the hospitals with full ICUs are the same ones that normally accept transfers of sicker patients from smaller hospitals.
Hospital officials are pleading with Tennesseans to get vaccinated and wear masks.
Meanwhile, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona warned Tennessee in a letter sent Wednesday that Gov. Bill Lee’s executive order allowing parents to opt their children out of mask mandates might violate federal law.
Separately, a Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt School of Medicine report released Thursday found that hospitalizations have increased more than tenfold in a little more than a month, the fastest rate of increase seen during the pandemic.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s top prosecutor on Thursday sued the state’s capital city over a school mask mandate that officials allege violates state law.
The city of Columbia’s school mask order conflicts with a state budget requirement that went into effect July 1 and bans school districts from using appropriated funds to require face coverings, State Attorney General Alan Wilson said in a complaint filed with the South Carolina Supreme Court.
The lawsuit comes as average daily cases of COVID-19 have risen by more than 60% over the last two weeks, with hundreds of students across the state already required to quarantine for exposure to the virus.
Earlier this month, Columbia’s city council ratified an ordinance mandating the use of masks in the city’s elementary and middle schools for at least the beginning of the school year.
The Republican attorney general said days later that the emergency ordinance should be “rescinded or amended,” but city leaders said the mandate doesn’t violate state law because city, not state, funds are being used.
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ANKARA, Turkey — Turkey will require all teachers, school administrators and other staff who have not been vaccinated to produce twice-weekly negative COVID-19 tests once schools reopen and resume in-person classes on Sept. 6, the president said.
Speaking following a Cabinet meeting Thursday, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said universities would also demand regular PCR tests from unvaccinated students and teaching staff.
People who have not been vaccinated and want to travel on buses and planes or to go to concerts, theaters and cinemas will also face mandatory COVID-19 testing, Erdogan added.
Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said the tests would be conducted free-of-charge at state-owned hospitals.
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RALEIGH, N.C. — The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill says unvaccinated students and those who don’t disclose their COVID-19 vaccination status will be required to get tested for the coronavirus twice a week.
In a message to the community, the university says 87% of students have attested they are fully vaccinated. Those who become fully vaccinated and report their status to the university will no longer have to face twice-weekly testing.
The move comes as the state witnesses its worst levels of transmission of the virus in months.
North Carolina on Thursday registered more than 7,000 daily COVID-19 cases, the highest in seven months. More than 3,000 people are hospitalized in the state with COVID-19, the most since Jan. 28.
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PHOENIX — A northwestern Arizona school district has banned employees from discussing vaccination status or mask- wearing with students.
The Mohave Daily News reports the governing board for the Colorado River Union High School District made the decision this week. The edict carries no repercussions for administrators, staff and teachers who violate it. That will be up to the district’s superintendent, who supported the motion.
The school board’s gag rule is rare. Vaccines and masks remain contentious topics across Arizona as students return to school.
On Thursday, the state reported 3,546 confirmed coronavirus cases and four more deaths.
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AUGUSTA, Maine — U.S. Sen. Angus King of Maine tested positive for the coronavirus Thursday, a day after he began feeling ill, his office announced.
King, an independent, says he’s definitely “not feeling great” but doing better than if he hadn’t been vaccinated.
“I am taking this diagnosis very seriously, quarantining myself at home and telling the few people I’ve been in contact with to get tested in order to limit any further spread,” King said in a statement.
The 77-year-old King says throughout the pandemic, he’s worked to protect himself, family and staff through masks, social distancing, a “work-from-home mindset. ” He’s used Zoom meetings and, until recently, was driving instead of flying to Washington, D.C.
He urged people to follow guidance from health professionals and “get vaccinated if you haven’t been.”
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SEATTLE — Authorities say there are more people hospitalized with COVID-19 in Washington state than at any time during the pandemic.
Cassie Sauer, president of the Washington State Hospital Association. says there were 1,240 people with coronavirus in state hospitals. The previous highest number was about 1,100 in December.
Sauer says until the recent uptick in cases and hospitalizations due to the delta variant, the COVID-19 hospitalization rate in the state had been holding steady at 300 to 350 people. The numbers began increasing in early July and have been doubling about every two weeks.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Four of the five largest school districts in Florida are defying an executive order by Gov. Ron DeSantis barring them from imposing strict mask mandates in schools.
Board members took action Wednesday after seeing the numbers in Hillsborough and Palm Beach counties. School began a week ago and already thousands of children have been sent home because teachers and classmates are infected with the delta variant of the coronavirus.
Veterans Affairs Dr. J. Stacey Klutts says it’s necessary to wear masks indoors and avoid large group gatherings. He says unprotected students sitting for hours in classrooms could rapidly spread infection.
Statewide, Florida reported 23,335 new infections for Tuesday, according to the CDC. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services dashboard reported 17,096 hospitalizations of COVID-19 patients.
DeSantis, a Republican, also is in an escalating power struggle with the Democratic White House. After President Joe Biden ordered possible legal action Wednesday, the U.S. Education Department raised the possibility of using its civil rights arm against Florida and other states that have blocked public health measures meant to protect students.
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JACKSON, Miss. — Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi has tested positive for the coronavirus and is in isolation.
“Senator Wicker tested positive this morning for the COVID-19 virus after immediately seeking a test due to mild symptoms,” his communications director, Phillip Waller, said in a statement Thursday.
It says Senator Wicker is fully vaccinated, in good health and being treated by his Tupelo-based doctor.
“Everyone with whom Senator Wicker has come in close contact recently has been notified.”
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Joyce Glasser reviews The Last Letter from Your Lover (August 6, 2021) Cert 12A, 109 mins.
There’s a whiff of a Nicholas Sparks novel in the unabashed romance that saturates The Last Letter from Your Lover, but the film is not another Sparks’ movie adaptation: it’s another Jojo Moyes’ adaptation. If you liked Me Before You, you might like Augustine Frizzell’s generation hopping chick flick. In adapting Moyes’ novel, writers Nick Payne and Esta Spalding force together – by the thinnest of links – two love stories, so different in tone, character, setting and period that they seem to be two films. What they have in common is the high cliché count in each and a sense of déjà vue that you can never shake off.
Jennifer (Shailene Woodley) is unhappily married to rich, pompous businessman Larry (Joe Alwyn) who is bringing her back from hospital to their impressive home. Jennifer has survived a car crash but bares a facial scar (like Hester Prynne in The Scarlet Letter) and, worse, amnesia. The suspense Hitchcock created around his amnesia patient in Spellbound is not in the cards however, and it is a hidden stash of letters that helps Jennifer piece together the truth that Larry has been hiding from her.
After a while we learn that the accident occurred as Jennifer was rushing to the train station (shades of An Affair to Remember) to run off with her lover Anthony (Callum Turner) a journalist who had come to write an article on Larry’s business empire. Through flash backs we see them fall in love. Cue montages of Anthony and Jennifer letting her hair down dancing in a nightclub; having passionate sex in a back room and lounging on Larry’s yacht in the Riviera with Anthony where the interview takes place.
Last Letter From Your Lover.
Larry ends up writing more than an article. He is a committed writer of passionate love letters and a few of these are discovered not only in the 1960s by Larry, but in present day England by journalist Ellie (Felicity Jones). Ellie is a ditzy – but intelligent and desirable, of course – “Bridget Jones” type who takes a minute each morning to remember whose bed she is waking up in. We cannot hold that against her as she is really just a wholesome, well-educated, single woman with a good job who is recovering from a relationship gone sour.
It is while on an assignment in an archive (which apparently Ellie does not frequent, as she arrives with a prohibited croissant and coffee) that she discovers one of fellow-journalist Anthony’s letters. What is it about journalists in movies? Here, they represent free-spirited, romantics as opposed to the rest of the world which is repressed and repressive.
Ellie also meets Rory (Nabhaan Rizwan, in a purely functional role), the smitten archivist who is soon drawn into Ellie’s research and as lonely and single as she is. The two can be seen sprawled out on the floor examining documents like in a detective movie, but with the regret of thwarted love, not the morbid corpses, drawing them together and ensuring the missed opportunity they are researching is not repeated.
Once the puzzle has been pieced together Ellie decides to intervene in the sad story and reunite the lovers. But she and Rory have to learn what has become of them and whether they are even alive…
Shailene Woodley burst onto the scene in her breakthrough year (2014), when she managed to make the dystopian teen action thrillers, The Divergent Series entertaining for adults and managed to pull off the maudlin dying teen romance, The Fault in our Stars. More recently she appears in the hit TV series Big Little Lies.
Felicity Jones, perhaps best known for playing Jane Hawking in The Theory of Everything more recently, and more ambitiously, portrayed the iconic American feminist and Supreme Court Judge, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, in On the Basis of Sex. Jones has hardly challenged herself with The Last Letter from Your Lover or broken new ground.
So, what are these two talents (and the woefully underutilised Joe Alwyn, for that matter, so great in Ang Lee’s Billy Lyn’s Long Halftime Walk, Mary Queen of Scots and the Oscar winning, The Favourite) doing in a film like this? To know that we must ask them. For Jones and Woodley are Executive Producers (as is Frizzell) hoping, as are many actresses and directors today, to take control of their future by backing the films women want to see.
The Last Letter from Your Lover might be a film women want to see in the same way as are the Nicholas Sparks adaptations, but is it any good? The parallel story technique is a rarity for many reasons, but when it succeeds, as with Nora Ephron’s masterful comedy, Julie and Julia, it can be the only way to tell a story. Here it does not work because the stories are too unbalanced and their links too contrived.
Some women will be drawn into the story by George Steel’s dramatic cinematography, Woodley’s hair and costume changes, the glamour of the Riviera scenes, and the agonising “will they or won’t they” of films like A Man and A Woman. Unfortunately, Woodley and Turner lack the chemistry that lit between Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant.
Joyce Glasser, Mature Times film critic.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former fiancee of Larry Elder said Thursday that the conservative radio talk show host now running for governor in California showed her a gun during a heated argument in 2015.
Elder, widely seen as the leader in the Republican field running to replace Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in next month's recall election, issued a statement saying “I have never brandished a gun at anyone." Elder, who is seeking to become California's first Black governor, noted that he grew up in South Los Angeles, an area with high violent crime.
“I know exactly how destructive this type of behavior is,” he said.
Alexandra Datig's accusation, first reported by Politico, comes with less than four weeks until the Sept. 14 election and at a time when mail-in ballots already have arrived at voters' homes. Elder said he intended to “stay focused on the issues” that inspired the recall drive by Republicans upset with Newsom's progressive policies and handling of the pandemic.
Datig, 51 and a longtime Los Angeles resident, said she worked on Elder's show and they lived together during their 18-month romantic relationship from 2013 to 2015,. A letter and other records provided by Datig to The Associated Press – including an April 6, 2015, email in which she wrote about the collapse of their engagement — sketched a portrait of an emotionally abusive relationship in which Elder routinely was using medicinal marijuana to excess.
Datig claims Elder was high during the 2015 argument and went to a cabinet where he kept his gun “and made sure it was in my view.”
“He did not point it at me, but he wanted to make sure that I knew that he was checking" to see it was loaded, she told the AP.
Threatening another person with a firearm could be a criminal offense but Datig said she never reported it to police.
Elder did not specifically address that claim about cannabis use in questions submitted to his campaign by AP. His statement in response to Datig’s claims of abuse referred broadly to “salacious allegations.”
“People do not get into public life precisely because of this type of politics of personal destruction. I am not going to dignify this with a response — it’s beneath me,” Elder wrote. A short time later he tweeted: “They’re coming at me with every dirty trick because they know what’s coming on September 14."
Datig supports one of Elder’s Republican rivals, former San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer. Earlier this week Faulconer began targeting Elder for criticism and specifically questioning his attitudes about women, noting among other things that Elder had written that employers should be able to ask women if and when they plan to get pregnant.
“Larry Elder doesn’t have the judgment or character to lead our state,” Faulconer said in response to Datig’s allegations.
Another Republican in the race, state Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, said in a statement that he found Datig's claims disturbing.
“I believe that any woman who comes forward deserves to be heard, and Ms. Datig’s deeply troubling account should be treated with the utmost seriousness. Mr. Elder should be given every opportunity to respond,” he said.
Elder entered the race in July and Datig said she waited until now to come forward because she initially didn't think he would be competitive.
“I didn’t take it seriously but when Larry started to trend and become the frontrunner, I became extremely concerned,” she said.
The documents provided by Datig described months of emotional distress from the unraveling romantic and business relationship. “I feel trapped and afraid,” she wrote in the mail.
Datig also provided the AP with a copy of a confidentiality agreement she signed in 2014 barring her from speaking about the “personal and business affairs” of Elder and his business, Laurence A. Elder & Associates, Inc. She said she was breaking it to go public with her accusations.
A March 31, 2015, letter from her attorney to Elder asked for $6,000 in monthly support for Datig for one year, to cover expenses including rent, car and health care costs. She also asked for $195,000 for public relations, marketing and other services she said she provided for his show.
The two ultimately signed an agreement on April 13, 2015, for Elder to pay Datig $20,000 and cover the cost of her $5,000 legal retainer and $185 to dry clean her wedding dress. Elder agreed he and his assistant would sign a nondisclosure agreement regarding anything to do with Datig, that he would write her a letter of recommendation for her work product, and that they two would “halt mutual insults."
Datig refers to herself as a sex trafficking survivor and has publicly disclosed working for so-called former Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss, who was convicted in the mid-1990s of running a high-priced call-girl ring, a conviction that was later overturned. Fleiss was later sentenced to federal prison for cheating on her taxes and laundering call-girl profits. In a 2013 interview with KCAL-TV, Datig described becoming an informant on Fleiss.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The former school resource officer accused of hiding during a South Florida school shooting that left 17 people dead will have to convince a jury that he wasn't criminally negligent, a judge ruled Thursday.
Broward Circuit Judge Martin Fein declined to dismiss the child negligence charges against former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson, the Sun Sentinel reported.
Peterson, 58, had worked as a school resource officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Nikolas Cruz, who was 19 at the time of the February 2018 shooting, has been charged with 17 counts of first-degree murder.
Prosecutors have said that Peterson failed to come to the rescue as Cruz was making his way through the school’s hallways. The law that Peterson is accused of breaking specifically applies to caregivers, but defense attorneys argued during a hearing Wednesday that a law enforcement officer doesn’t fit the legal definition of a caregiver.
Prosecutors are arguing that school resources officers are inherently different from other law enforcement officers and should be considered caregivers.
Fein ruled that a jury can decide whether a school resource officer should be considered a caregiver and noted that a jury instruction will be included to that effect.
Cruz faces the death penalty if convicted in the Valentine’s Day 2018 massacre in which 17 people were slain and 17 others were wounded. Cruz’s lawyers have said he would plead guilty in exchange for a life prison sentence, but prosecutors are insisting that his fate be decided by a jury trial.
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WHAT WILL SHOHEI DO NEXT?
The Shohei Ohtani road show heads to Cleveland after the two-way superstar thrilled opposing crowds in Detroit.
Ohtani’s Los Angeles Angels — whose playoff chances are slim at one game over .500 — will play two games at the Indians' home ballpark before both teams head to Williamsport, Pennsylvania, for the Little League Classic on Sunday night.
After that, LA travels to Baltimore for a three-game series against the major league-worst Orioles that’s expected to include Ohtani’s next mound start — perhaps a rare opportunity for Baltimore fans to feel some buzz.
Against Detroit, Ohtani had his longest mound start of the season, winning his fourth consecutive start with an eight-inning performance on Wednesday night. He also hit a towering, 430-foot homer — his major league-leading 40th of the season — that Tigers fans waiting for Miguel Cabrera to hit No. 500 couldn't help but admire.
Ohtani followed it up with a 2-for-3 day as the Angels rallied from an eight-run deficit to beat the Tigers on Thursday.
OPTIMISM IN HOUSTON
Astros manager Dusty Baker has reasons to feel good about his AL West-leading club even after an uninspired seven-game trip.
Houston went 3-4 on the road against the Angels and Royals and begins a weeklong homestand on Friday by hosting division rival Seattle. The Astros lead Oakland by 2 1/2 games, which hasn't escaped Baker's notice.
“I’ve been scoreboard watching every day,” Baker said. “Scoreboard watching is something I do between innings when I’m not thinking about what to do. We’re just looking forward to the finish line. We have a ways to go, and we haven’t played our best ball yet.”
One thing that's making Baker sanguine about the future is having Aledmys Díaz in the lineup. Díaz went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, including the go-ahead single in the 10th inning of a 6-3 win at Kansas City on Thursday.
“You can tell what (Díaz) means to this club (by looking at) the six weeks he was out,” Baker said.
SUB-BASEMENT
The major league-worst Baltimore Orioles haven't even come within two runs of a win in the past week.
The Orioles dropped their 15th straight game on Thursday, falling 7-2 to the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays. And most of them haven't been close.
According to ESPN Stats & Info, the Orioles are the first team since 1900 to lose 15 straight games by multiple runs. The closest Baltimore got was a 6-4 loss to Detroit on Aug. 12.
The Orioles have been outscored 138-42 during the skid, allowing an average of 9.2 runs per game.
After dropping four at Tampa Bay by scores of 9-2, 10-0, 8-4 and 7-2, Baltimore hosts another first-place team for a three-game series this weekend: NL-East winning Atlanta.
The Arizona Diamondbacks had the worst record in the majors for much of the season, but Baltimore now owns that distinction. Arizona is coming off a three-game sweep of Philadelphia and has won six of seven overall.
OCTOBER PREVIEW
Brandon Lowe knows this weekend may not be the last time the Rays face the Chicago White Sox in 2021.
The AL Central leaders visit the AL East leaders for a three-game series starting Friday.
“This is going to be kind of what we’re looking at postseason-wise, I feel like,” Lowe said. “You know the White Sox are going to make it, we feel like we’re going to make it. I think the games are going to be a little bit tougher, it’s going to be a little bit lower-scoring ballgames but it’s going to be a hard-fought battle for the whole series.”
Tampa Bay has won 11 of 14, and perhaps a playoff preview could lure a few more fans to Tropicana Field. In their four-game sweep of Baltimore, the Rays drew a total of 22,754 paying customers — an average of 5,689 per game.
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Tucson police say charges are pending against the impaired driver of a vehicle that hit a pedestrian in a convenience store parking lot who later died from his injuries.
Police identified the victim of Tuesday night's collision at a Circle K on East Grant Road as 29-year-old David Lamberto.
An initial investigation determined that Lamberto had been sitting, squatting and acting erratically in the parking lot before he was struck at about 8:30 p.m., police said in a statement Thursday.
The blue 2007 Ford 500 hit him when it turned into the parking lot and proceeded to drag him as it pulled into a parking lot.
Lamberto was taken to Banner University Medical Center where he later died.
Police at the scene determined the driver was impaired at the time, police said.
Investigators say the driver's impairment and the pedestrian's erratic behavior are major contributing factors in the collision.
The driver's name has not been released.
“The investigation is ongoing and charges are pending at this time,” police said Thursday.
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BURBANK, Calif. (AP) — Two teenagers were facing murder charges for a street-racing crash that killed three people and critically injured a fourth in a Los Angeles suburb, authorities said Thursday.
Hamlet Aghajanyan, 19, of Burbank and a 17-year-old boy were taken into custody Thursday, police said.
Aghajanyan has been charged by the Los Angeles County district attorney's office with three counts of murder and one count of reckless driving, Burbank police said in a statement. He remained jailed on a $6 million bond.
The other youth, whose name wasn't released, was at a juvenile detention facility and prosecutors will determine whether to charge him with murder and reckless driving, police said.
It wasn't immediately clear whether the two had legal representation.
Authorities contend that Aghajanyan was driving a Kia and racing the other boy's Mercedes-Benz on Aug. 3 in Burbank when the Kia broad-sided a Volkswagen that was trying to make a turn.
The impact tore the Volkswagen in half and flung three people from the car. Killed at the scene were Jaiden Johnson, 20, of Burbank; Natalee Moghaddam, 19, of Calabasas and Cerain Baker, 21, the son of actor and comedian Tony Baker.
A fourth person in the car was hospitalized with critical injuries.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Law enforcement officials have completed their investigation into whether a U.S. Senate candidate and former State of Alaska official illegally obtained a fishing license for a sportfishing event two years ago and turned it over to a special prosecutorial branch of the Department of Law, an official said Thursday.
Kelly Tshibaka, a former commissioner in the state Department of Administration and a Republican candidate for Senate, received the license during an event on the Kenai River in 2019.
Records show she received the permit in August 2019, eight months after she moved to Alaska to take the commissioner’s job, the Anchorage Daily News has reported. To obtain a resident fishing license, state law says the person must have lived in the state for 12 consecutive months before applying for a license.
Tshibaka signed the license application, acknowledging she had read the rules for residency. She also indicated on the license that she was a resident for 15 years, 8 months.
A person could be fined up to $300 for knowingly violating the law on fishing licenses, a misdemeanor.
“After a thorough investigation by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers into the media reports regarding Mrs. Tshibaka the investigation has been completed and will now be reviewed by the Alaska Department of Law’s Office of Special Prosecutions,” Department of Public Safety spokesperson Austin McDaniel said in an email to The Associated Press.
When asked if it were unusual to involve the special office, he said in a follow-up email that law enforcement regularly works with prosecutors when building cases.
“Due to the circumstances involved with this investigation, the Alaska Wildlife Troopers requested an independent review of the case by the legal experts at the Alaska Department of Law,” McDaniel said.
Tim Murtaugh, a senior adviser to Tshibaka’s campaign, said she attended the 2019 Kenai River Classic in her capacity as commissioner.
He said her confirmation hearings were public and it was well-known she had just returned to the state.
“The event organizers asked if she had a current fishing license, and when she said she didn’t, they issued her one,” Murtaugh said in an email to the AP.
“The form was filled in for a license that expired after one day, going from August 22nd to the 23rd, which is only available to non-residents. This shows clear intent to purchase a non-resident license, not a resident license,” he said.
Tshibaka announced her resignation from the state on March 29, the same day she said she would challenge Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski.
Murkowski, who was critical of former President Donald Trump, was censured by the Alaska Republican Party, which later endorsed Tshibaka in the race. Trump also has endorsed Tshibaka.
Murkowski has not announced whether she will seek reelection next year. However, last month Kevin Sweeney, a consultant to Murkowski’s campaign, said she had raised about $1.15 million in the second quarter of this year and had $2.3 million on hand.
That, Sweeney said, “strongly positions” Murkowski for a reelection bid.
Murkowski on Monday declined to discuss reelection plans.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Seattle Storm are heading to the White House to celebrate their 2020 WNBA championship.
The team was formally invited by President Joe Biden to visit Monday afternoon. The Storm play at the Washington Mystics on Sunday.
“I think for a very long time, up until 2016, going to the White House was an honor. It wasn't necessarily political. It was to meet the president of the United States. The person who holds that office acknowledging your team's success,” said Seattle guard Sue Bird, who will be making her third trip to meet a president. “It was an incredible honor. Even when you watch a movie like ‘Forrest Gump,’ I'm dating myself a little bit, you understand in that movie what an incredible honor it was. It wasn't political. I think that all shifted in 2016.”
With former president Donald Trump out of office, Bird said she was happy to be going back. Many WNBA players including Bird have been outspoken in their embrace of social justice movements such as Black Lives Matter, which Trump characterized as violent, radical ideology. Trump was also critical of Bird's fiancee, U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe.
“Now that it's back in a place where it's considered an honor and you're recognized by the highest office in the country is exciting, it's fun,” Bird said. “It's not just about meeting the president or hopefully the vice president is there. It's about the whole experience of being in the White House. Having a day that's about your team and celebrating what you've accomplished.”
In addition to her two previous White House visits, Bird has been invited three other times after winning championships — once with UConn and twice with the Storm — but couldn't attend.
The Storm, who have won four titles, will be joined by the team's ownership group and WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert. The team last visited the White House in 2011.
No NBA or WNBA team has visited the White House since the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016 — Barack Obama's last year in office.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts says he’s feeling “really, really good” and is eager to return soon to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ lineup from a stint on the injured list with right hip inflammation.
The All-Star outfielder has been on the IL since Aug. 8. He was diagnosed with a bone spur in his hip and recently received a second cortisone injection.
“It's the first time I've felt normal in a long time,” Betts said Thursday after a workout on the field before the Dodgers hosted the New York Mets. “There's no pain at all. Hopefully, I can stay on this path.”
Betts said his hip had been bothering him since the start of spring training in February. He described the pain as being so intense that it “locked me up pretty good.”
“I hope it just can get through the season and let it heal and not have to worry about it anymore,” he said.
Manager Dave Roberts said Betts could potentially return as early as next week. The Dodgers visit NL West rival San Diego for a three-game series starting Tuesday and return home next Friday to host Colorado. Roberts said Betts would decide whether or not he needs a rehab assignment first.
“Maybe just a couple at-bats and we'll go from there,” Betts said. “I would like to at least get hot, then cool off, then get hot and get back running around just to make sure. I don’t want to go out there and have to come out of the game.”
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UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — DeWanna Bonner scored a season-high 31 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Connecticut Sun beat the Minnesota Lynx 82-71 on Thursday night.
Bonner made 10 of 11 free throws — and Connecticut went 23 for 25 from the line — to help reach 30 points for the first time this season. It was her fifth double-double.
Jonquel Jones added 20 points and seven rebounds for Connecticut (17-6) despite being in foul trouble. The Sun turned it over 17 times but outrebounded the Lynx 31-23.
Sylvia Fowles led Minnesota (13-9) with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Layshia Clarendon added 15 points and Napheesa Collier scored 11.
Connecticut continues its five-game homestand on Tuesday against Las Vegas in a battle for sole possession of first place. Minnesota lost back-to-back games against Connecticut following an eight-game winning streak.
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A Conservative government would respond to the needs of Canada's LGBTQ community -- including on the issue of "poppers" -- says Erin O'Toole, despite skepticism from Justin Trudeau on the Tory leader's commitment to queer priorities.
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OTTAWA -- A Conservative government would respond to the needs of Canada's LGBTQ community -- including on the issue of "poppers" -- says Erin O'Toole, despite skepticism from Justin Trudeau on the Tory leader's commitment to queer priorities.
The recreational drug, a muscle relaxant used largely by men who have sex with men, requires a prescription and circulates in the grey market due to its limited availability, potentially jeopardizing users' safety.
Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner recently sent a letter asking the federal health minister to study the benefits and harms of alkyl nitrites -- the official name for poppers -- amid a lack of attention that the lawmaker attributes to stigmatization of LGBTQ health care.
At a campaign stop in Ottawa, O'Toole said Tories will advocate for LGBTQ community members, including through requests to Health Canada, with an eye to creating a safer supply.
"I want members of the LGBT community to know if they want something looked at, if they're advocating for an issue -- as Michelle has, as I have, as other members of our caucus have -- we want to make sure that a federal government is responsive to the needs of all Canadians in all communities," O'Toole told reporters Thursday.
"We will advocate, including asking for Health Canada to examine issues of concern to the LGBT community."
O'Toole repeated his criticism of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's "broken promise" to end a discriminatory policy that prevents many gay and bisexual men from donating blood.
Canada introduced a lifetime ban for gay men in 1992 and in 2013 changed it so blood would be accepted from a man who abstained from sex with another man for at least five years.
The waiting period then dropped to one year and became three months in 2019.
Recently, Canadian Blood Services said that by the end of 2021, it would recommend to Health Canada that it remove the waiting period and bring in screening for all donors based on sexual behaviour.
Trudeau has acknowledged ending the blood ban was a Liberal platform plank dating back to 2015, reiterating Thursday that the federal government is committed to realizing that goal.
"We recognize that Canadian Blood Services is independent from government, but we can give them the tools to be able to do it and that's what we've been working on," the Liberal leader said in Victoria.
Trudeau also sought to draw a line between Liberals and Conservatives on conversion therapy.
"It is not right for anyone to be told that they are broken or imperfect or there's something wrong with them," he said.
"It is going to be an absolute priority for us if we get re-elected. And unfortunately, we do have to highlight the contrast of the fact that there is a party out there (whose) members majoritively voted against banning conversion therapy."
A bill to ban LGBTQ conversion therapy that the Liberals introduced late in the spring sitting faced pushback from some Tory legislators, providing an opening for the Liberals to exploit after 62 of 119 Conservative MPs voted against the legislation.
The Tory platform unveiled this week states: "Conservatives have been clear in our opposition to conversion therapy and attempts to forcibly change a person's sexual orientation."
Len Tooley, a director at the Community-Based Research Centre, said he was "pleased" to hear O'Toole's pledge on poppers.
"Instead of protecting the health of Canadians, the actions of Health Canada have threatened the health of Canadians, and it's unclear why that was done," he said.
A crackdown by the department on the sale of non-prescription alkyl nitrites starting in 2013 drove the market underground, he said.
"The truth is that that did not impact the level of the use of poppers. What it did was create an unsafe supply where people don't know the type or quality of the product that they're getting."
That risk carried personal consequences for Tooley, who started suffering from a type of vision loss called retinal atrophy that he linked back to a particular chemical compound in some poppers.
About one in three Canadian men surveyed in an annual report by his Vancouver-based centre said they had used the drug in the previous six months.
Health Canada has pointed to difficulties users might have controlling how much of the drug they inhale, potentially leading to overdose, particularly for users with certain medical conditions.
The Conservative platform views addition and the opioids epidemic "as the health issue that it is." Police should focus on traffickers and the government's "overarching goal" should be recovery, it states.
"The last thing that those suffering from addiction should have to worry about is being arrested," the policy reads, pledging to revise Ottawa's substance abuse policy framework.
Garth Mullins, a representative of the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU), an advocacy group, says the approach marks an improvement from former Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper's tough-on-crime stance.
"They're saying some of the right words in that policy."
Nonetheless, a focus on recovery and abstinence is "misplaced" as it misidentifies the crux of the crisis, Mullins said.
"For them, the problem is that people use drugs; for me, the problem is that people die. And the more you try to police drug users or the drug supply, the more contaminated the drug supply gets," he said.
"Recovery is a lovely idea, but we need triage right now."
Health Canada is currently working with Vancouver on the city's request for exemption from criminal provisions on simple possession of small amounts of drugs.
Vancouver has been the epicentre of an opioid crisis that saw B.C. record 1,176 illicit drug overdose deaths in 2020 -- the highest ever in a single year -- and more than 7,000 deaths since a public health emergency was declared in April 2016.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Larry Elder, a talk radio host and a leading Republican candidate in California’s recall election, denies his ex-fiancee’s accusation that he once displayed a gun to her during a heated 2015 argument. Alexandra Datig worked on Elder’s show when they were engaged and lived together. In documents provided to The Associated Press, Datig described an emotionally abusive 18-month relationship with Elder. She said she never reported the gun incident to police and moved out after they agreed on a financial settlement. In a statement Thursday, Elder said he “never brandished a gun at anyone.” He didn’t address her other claims. Elder is among 46 candidates in the election that could remove Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom.
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s space agency plans to bring soil samples back from the Mars region ahead of the U.S. and Chinese missions now operating on Mars. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency plans to launch an explorer in 2024 to land on the moon Phobos to collect a small amount of soil and bring it to Earth in 2029. The rapid return trip would put Japan ahead of the United States and China despite starting later. NASA’s Perseverance rover is operating in a Mars crater that’s believed to be an ancient lake. China landed its spacecraft on Mars in May. Scientists believe some of the soil on Phobos came from Mars and it may hold clues about the Martian biosphere.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A judge has ruled that the former school resource officer accused of hiding during a Florida mass school shooting will have to convince a jury that he wasn’t criminally negligent. The Sun Sentinel reports that Broward Circuit Judge Martin Fein declined to dismiss the child negligence charges against former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson. Peterson had worked as a school resource officer at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. Nikolas Cruz, who was 19 at the time of the February 2018 shooting, has been charged with 17 counts of first-degree murder and faces a possible death sentence if convicted.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Alaska Wildlife Troopers have completed their investigation into whether a U.S. Senate candidate and former state official illegally obtained a fishing license for a sportfishing event two years ago. Troopers turned the investigation over to a special prosecutorial branch of the Department of Law. Kelly Tshibaka is a Republican candidate running for Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s seat who has been endorsed by former President Donald Trump. She had only lived in the state eight months when she received the license, not 12 as required by law. Her campaign adviser says the license was only good for one day and the intent was clear to get a nonresident license.
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LONDON (AP) — Sandra Oh has been dancing with death on “Killing Eve” since 2018, so she could do with a laugh. That’s one of the reasons the Canadian-American actor took on the role of Ji-Yoon Kim in the Netflix comedy drama series, “The Chair.” Oh plays the new head of a struggling college’s English department. As rewarding as she finds “Killing Eve,” Oh says its darker elements made her want to live in a “comedy space” for a change. The six-episode “The Chair” blends humor with the serious challenges that Ji-Yoon faces at home and at the school facing financial woes and generational clashes. The series debuts Friday on Netflix.
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The Michigan Association of Superintendents & Administrators is urging health officials to partner with school districts in making decisions related to requiring masks in schools.
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So far the Genesee, Allegan, and Kalamazoo County Health Departments have issued mandates requiring masks in Kindergarten through 6th grade.
When it comes to mandating masks, the Michigan Association of Superintendents & Administrators said school districts and health departments need to act as partners in discussing and making decisions.
Tina Kerr, the executive director of MASA, said the pressure is unfairly being placed on school officials.
“And the superintendent's obviously are out in front, we really are advocating for these partnerships being strengthened, and that local health departments really do help support their local superintendents knowing that this is a very tenuous situation for them," she said.
Kerr said superintendents don't have the necessary guidance from health officials to make these kinds of decisions for their individual districts.
She says school officials shouldn’t have to bear the burden of monitoring COVID-19 cases in their communities to determine whether a universal mask mandate is needed.
“For our superintendents to be getting death threats. That's not what they went into this position for, they wanted to focus on teaching and learning. And now, what we seem the majority to be focusing on is math," she added.
In a press release Thursday, Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail said she’s recommending all school districts in the county to follow the current guidance from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for the upcoming school year.
The guidance says school districts should mandate universal masking in their schools, encourage COVID-19 vaccinations for those who are eligible, and implement weekly testing when COVID-19 transmission is high.
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Ga’Quincy McKinstry not only arrived at defending national champion and preseason No. 1 Alabama with a reputation as a lockdown cornerback, but also with a nickname: Kool-Aid.
It’s even how he’s listed on the Crimson Tide roster.
McKinstry is just one example of blue-chip high school standouts who arrived on campus – many last spring – with accolades and expectations to match.
Defensive end Jack Sawyer is at Ohio State and already tooling around Columbus in a loaded Chevy pickup he got as part of an endorsement deal from actor Mark Wahlberg’s Chevrolet dealership.
And Sawyer, regarded as the top recruit in Ohio, hasn’t played a snap in a live game in well over a year after sitting out last season because of the pandemic.
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GA’QUINCY McKINSTRY, CB, No. 1 ALABAMA
McKinstry may be too talented to keep off the field for a defense replacing first-round NFL draft pick Patrick Surtain II. “Kool-Aid” (he just struck an endorsement deal with the beverage maker ) is 6-foot-1 and 180 pounds and will likely compete for early playing time with no real experienced starting cornerback listed opposite of Josh Jobe. He also practiced with the Southeastern Conference champion basketball team some last season after enrolling early and planned to play both sports.
“He is what we thought he was, but I thought he was more physical.” defensive coordinator Pete Golding said. “I think with any freshmen that’s very talented – and Kool Aid is no exception – is still the same thing of the consistency.”
JACK SAWYER, DE, No. 4 OHIO STATE
Rated by some as the top high school football player in the country, and that’s even though he sat out his senior season in the Columbus suburb of Pickerington because of the pandemic. Committed to the Buckeyes during his sophomore season, Sawyer is a 6-foot-5 pass rusher who has added 30 pounds since arriving on campus, defensive line coach Larry Johnson said.
“Expectations are very high because he’s a local guy, but I think he still has to get on the field and play,” Johnson said. “He hasn’t played football in almost a year and a half now, and spring football doesn’t really count.”
WILL SHIPLEY, RB, No. 3 CLEMSON
The 5-foot-11, 200-pound five star from Waddington, North Carolina, might already be the fastest guy on a team loaded with fast guys. He could eventually assume a role similar to that of Travis Etienne, the ACC player of the year in 2018 and 2019. Shipley has to climb because the Tigers have depth, but could move up quickly.
ADONAI MITCHELL, WR, No. 5 GEORGIA
He made a splash with seven catches for 105 yards and a touchdown in Georgia’s spring game. With the Bulldogs facing questions at receiver, he could get a real shot early because some ahead of him on the depth chart are nursing injuries. LSU transfer Arik Gilbert, a former tight end, is not currently with the team.
TROY FRANKLIN, WR, No. 11 OREGON
Arrived in time for spring practice with the intention of changing the run-first culture for which the Ducks are known, and began making inroads on that quest right away. Had four catches for 93 yards in the spring game, and was cited by coach Mario Cristobal for looking like a veteran by the time fall camp opened. At 6-foot-2 and 170 pounds, he appears to be in line for a starting spot on the outside on a team loaded with freshmen talent.
KOREY FOREMAN, DE, No. 15 USC
At 6-foot-4 and 265 pounds, he’s known as a pass rusher first, but also woks well in the running game. The former California prep star can beat a defender with quickness or power. Will have much to learn at the college level, but could make an impact right away being used as a designated pass rusher whose primary role is to get to the QB.
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UNCASVILLE (AP) – DeWanna Bonner scored a season-high 31 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as the Connecticut Sun beat the Minnesota Lynx 82-71 on Thursday night.
Bonner made 10 of 11 free throws – and Connecticut went 23 for 25 from the line – to help reach 30 points for the first time this season. It was her fifth double-double.
Jonquel Jones added 20 points and seven rebounds for Connecticut (17-6) despite being in foul trouble. The Sun turned it over 17 times but outrebounded the Lynx 31-23.
Sylvia Fowles led Minnesota (13-9) with 18 points and 12 rebounds. Layshia Clarendon added 15 points and Napheesa Collier scored 11.
Connecticut continues its five-game homestand on Tuesday against Las Vegas in a battle for sole possession of first place. Minnesota lost back-to-back games against Connecticut following an eight-game winning streak.
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BEREA, Ohio (AP) – Odell Beckham Jr. reunited with the Giants, sharing a few hugs with some former teammates and coaches.
However, the star wide receiver only watched and was unable to show off his playmaking skills.
Jarvis Landry handled that.
Landry made several catches, including a spectacular, OBJ-like one-handed grab, on Thursday as the Cleveland Browns got the better of New York in the first of two joint practices between the teams in advance of their exhibition game Sunday.
With Beckham still slowed after knee surgery and not cleared to scrimmage, his good friend Landry connected with quarterback Baker Mayfield, finding soft spots in New York’s secondary and making a leaping snag over the middle.
“He’s a very competitive dude,” Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said of Landry. “He wants to win every drill. He wants to win one-on-ones. He wants to win the team period, so that sets the tone for our team. We understand that wins and losses come on Sunday, but you can come out there and try to win each practice.”
Landry also had a couple of catches during a two-minute drill that ended with Mayfield throwing a TD pass to Rashard Higgins, who was joined in the end zone by teammates for one of his red-carpet walk celebrations.
The over-the-top frolicking didn’t seem to sit well with some Giants defenders, who felt they may have been close enough for a sack to be called.
“They made some good plays, we didn’t make enough,” said Giants safety Jabrill Peppers, who was traded by Cleveland to New York as part of the Beckham blockbuster in 2019. “Higgins caught what I guess would be the game-winner. Can’t allow that to happen. It was great competition, much needed work.”
That’s what Stefanski and Giants coach Joe Judge were hoping for with the practices, which they began planning months ago.
Both coaches were adamant about not wanting tempers to rise or for any punches to be thrown – sometimes a byproduct of NFL joint practices in the summer’s heat.
The second joint practice between the Los Angeles Rams and Las Vegas Raiders was stopped early following a prolonged brawl Thursday.
Other than Browns All-Pro defensive end Myles Garrett breaking a cardio machine while he worked out on the side and some playful trash talk, the Browns and Giants kept things professional.
“We had our fights already,” cracked Giants defensive back Logan Ryan, referring to a wild brawl at New York’s camp recently. “So it was just work. We talked before, a couple of leaders on both sides. I just don’t think the intensity was even close to that level to get to that (fight).”
Judge, who has known Stefanski since they played freshmen ball together in Philadelphia, made it clear to his players that he wouldn’t tolerate any misbehavior.
“We’re both giving the message that we’re here to work together,” Judge said prior to the two-hour session. “We don’t have to get on a plane and fly cross-country to come get in a fist fight. We’re out here to play football against a good team and improve what we’re doing as a team.”
After Higgins’ TD, the Giants got their two-minute chance, but quarterback Daniel Jones was intercepted by Browns rookie Greg Newsome II, touching off another exaggerated celebration by Cleveland’s players.
At times, it was as if the Browns and Giants were seeing their recent pasts during the scrimmage.
In addition to Beckham and Peppers facing their former teams, Freddie Kitchens, who was fired as Cleveland’s coach after a miserable ’19 season, was back on practice fields he knows well, this time as a senior offensive assistant for New York.
Kitchens’ popularity may have waned with Browns fans, but star running back Nick Chubb remains grateful for his time with him.
“Freddie, that’s my guy,” Chubb said. “He’s my first NFL running back coach. The biggest thing from him that I remember is every day I stepped on the field he said, ‘Make today your best day.’ That stuck with me forever.
“Every time I go on the field I think about that. I only worry about today, I’ve got to get better today and nothing else matters.”
NOTES: Browns linebacker Sione Takitaki and Jacob Phillips both left the practice with unspecified injuries. Stefanski was waiting to speak with the medical staff before giving an update_ … Browns TE David Njoku made several nice catches over New York defensive backs early in the workout. … Judge said Giants star RB Saquon Barkley will not participate in any live drills against the Browns as he continues to progress from a torn knee ligament. Barkley has yet to take part in any team drills since returning two weeks ago.
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DOVER, Del. (AP) – A bankruptcy judge on Thursday approved a proposal by the Boy Scouts of America to enter into an agreement that includes an $850 million fund to compensate tens of thousands of men who say they were sexually abused as youngsters by Scout leaders and others.
But the judge also rejected two key provisions of the deal, potentially jeopardizing the agreement that the organization had been hoping to use as a springboard to emerge from bankruptcy later this year.
Following three days of testimony and arguments, Judge Laura Selber Silverstein granted the BSA’s request to enter into an agreement involving the national Boy Scouts organization, roughly 250 local Boy Scout councils, and attorneys representing some 70,000 men who say they were sexually abused as youngsters decades ago while engaged in Boy Scout-related activities.
The agreement was opposed by insurers who issued policies to the Boy Scouts and local councils, attorneys representing thousands of other abuse victims, and various church denominations that have sponsored local Boy Scout troops.
It was not immediately clear how Thursday’s ruling will affect the future of the bankruptcy case, given that she rejected two significant provisions in the restructuring support agreement.
“Basically, everybody’s going to have to go back to the drawing board,” said Paul Mones, an attorney representing hundreds of abuse claimants. “I think this is going to cause a reset.”
While ruling that BSA officials exercised proper business judgment as required under the law in entering into the agreement, the judge refused to grant a request that the Boy Scouts be allowed to pay millions in legal fees and expenses of attorneys hired by law firms that represent tens of thousands of abuse claimants.
Silverstein said she had several concerns about the fee request, including whether the ad hoc group called the Coalition of Abused Scouts for Justice is duplicating efforts by the official victims committee appointed by the U.S. bankruptcy trustee, and whether the coalition is making a substantial contribution to the case.
The judge also noted that coalition attorneys had emphasized last year that their legal fees would be paid by individual law firms they were representing, and that abuse claimants would not be responsible for those costs.
Silverstein said any payment of legal fees by the Boys Scouts, or by the victims fund, which was also contemplated in the agreement, “comes directly or indirectly out of their clients’ pockets, and indeed the pockets of all abuse victims.”
“Any funds diverted from abuse victims, especially to pay an obligation of their lawyers, needs to be closely examined,” she said.
David Molton, an attorney for the coalition, said the group was pleased that Silverstein approved the agreement. He said it enables the coalition and its partners to procure settlements from insurers and sponsoring organizations that will bring in “additional billions of dollars” to compensate survivors.
Molton did not address Silverstein’s denial of the fee arrangement with the Boy Scouts, which he described at a hearing earlier this week as “part and parcel” of the agreement.
Silverstein also denied the BSA’s request under the agreement for permission to withdraw from an April agreement in which insurance company The Hartford would pay $650 million into the fund for abuse claimants in exchange for being released from any further liability.
Silverstein said the Hartford settlement was a separate issue from the agreement, and that the BSA’s attempt to use the agreement as a vehicle to back out of that deal was improper.
“You can’t just roll up any relief you want and put it in a request to approve an (agreement),” she said. “… The request to determine debtor’s obligations or, conversely, Hartford’s damages, is not appropriate in this context.”
A spokesperson for The Hartford said the company declined to comment.
Irwin Zalkin, an attorney for abuse claimants who opposed the agreement, said the judge “gutted” key conditions that supporters were hoping to “box her into.”
“In my view the (agreement) has been rendered toothless,” Zalkin said.
The Boy Scouts of America issued a statement describing the ruling as “an important development” in the case. The BSA also indicated that it would be submitting a court filing regarding the timing of a hearing that was scheduled to start Wednesday. The hearing is to determine whether the judge approves a disclosure statement that explains the Boy Scouts’ reorganization plan to creditors. Approval of the disclosure statement is required before ballots can be sent to abuse claimants to vote on a plan.
The Boy Scouts, based in Irving, Texas, sought bankruptcy protection in February 2020 in an effort to halt hundreds of individual lawsuits and create a huge compensation fund for thousands of men who were molested as youngsters by scoutmasters or other leaders. Although the organization was facing 275 lawsuits at the time of the filing, it is now facing some 82,500 sexual abuse claims in the bankruptcy case.
Under the agreement, the Boy Scouts would contribute up to $250 million in cash and property to a fund for victims of child sexual abuse. The local councils, which run day-to-day operations for Boy Scout troops, would contribute $600 million. In addition, the national organization and local councils would transfer their rights to Boy Scout insurance policies to the victims fund. In return, they would be released from future liability for abuse claims.
Opponents of the deal argued that BSA officials failed to fully inform themselves or exercise proper business judgment in entering into the agreement. They noted that the Boy Scouts board of directors never adopted a resolution approving the agreement, and that decision-making authority was delegated to an executive committee and a handful of people on a bankruptcy task force.
“Having reviewed the evidence, I conclude that debtors were sufficiently informed to make this decision,” Silverstein said. “And while a specific (board) resolution would have been preferable, the evidence is clear that debtors approved the transaction.”
“A court is particularly ill-suited to address strategic business decisions such as this one,” the judge added. “Debtors may ultimately may be wrong in their assessment, but that is not the test of business judgment.”
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JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) – Jon Rahm returned from a month off and played like he was never gone. Justin Thomas took the advice of a 15-year-old and had his lowest score of the year.
Both opened with an 8-under 63 on Thursday at The Northern Trust as the PGA Tour’s postseason began with no shortage of bizarre developments.
Rahm, who missed his chance at the Olympics because of what amounts to a false positive test result for COVID-19, expected a little rust in his game. It just didn’t show on his card. He chipped in for birdie, saved par on the next two holes and was on his way.
Thomas had benched his putter for bad behavior after he spent too much of the year not seeing putts go in the hole. But during his junior event last week, a teenager asked why he wasn’t using his old putter.
“And I found myself defending myself to this 15-year-old,” he said. “I was like, `Why am I not using this thing?’ It’s not like I’m making a lot of putts with what I have. If you’re putting well, any of us can go out and putt with anything.”
He didn’t hole all of them, but enough to record nine birdies for his lowest round since a 62 last November in Mexico.
Bryson DeChambeau also made nine birdies. He was eight shots behind. His round of 71 was noteworthy because of the pars he made on No. 4 and No. 10. Those were the only pars he made all day. The nine birdies were offset by five bogeys and two double bogeys.
It was the first time in 10 years someone shot par or better with two pars or fewer.
Not to be overlooked was Dustin Johnson, one of the most stress-free players in golf – at least he looks that way – who uttered words rarely heard: “Threw me for a loop.”
He was hitting drivers on the range, and hitting them well, right before teeing off when a few of them came off the club funny and another one sounded funny. His driver cracked, and Johnson headed to the first tee with 13 clubs and one head cover for his 5-wood.
He had a spare 3-wood in the car – but no driver – and got that on the third hole. If that wasn’t enough, he decided on a putter switch at the last minute. He still managed a 70.
Otherwise, there was a range of good golf in surprisingly strong wind off the Hudson River across from the Manhattan skyline.
Harold Varner III had a 66 in the morning, boosting his postseason chances. He is No. 72 in the FedEx Cup standings, and only the top 70 after this week advance to the next tournament. With the points at quadruple value, some big movements are expected.
The six players at 67 included Adam Scott (No. 82), Robert Streb (No. 68) and Mackenzie Hughes (No. 67).
British Open champion Collin Morikawa, the No. 1 seed, struggled to keep the ball in play and opened with a 74. Jordan Spieth at No. 2 opened with a 72.
Rahm has endured the strangest of times with COVID-19. He tested positive on the day he built a six-shot lead through 54 holes at the Memorial and had to withdraw, and then returned to win the U.S. Open for his first major.
And then after more negative test results than he can remember for the British Open – he tied for third at Royal St. George’s – he had two more negative tests prior to his departure for the Olympics before a positive result showed up. The next day, he took two more tests (both negative), but by then it was too late.
He returned from his bout with COVID-19 by winning a major. This is different. He never had a chance to win a gold medal because he never made it to Tokyo. But he wouldn’t mind the same result, which in this case would be a FedEx Cup title worth $15 million.
“I sure don’t want to have to rely on being pulled out of tournaments to be able to win one, let’s just say that,” he said.
Thomas knows putts that don’t fall is not the fault of the equipment, but something had to change, so he benched his putter at he U.S. Open. Ultimately, it’s about getting the speed to match with the line of the putt, and he did that well for so much of the day.
He holed a 35-foot birdie putt for his first lead on the par-3 14th, gave it back with a poor chip, and then drove the 283-yard 16th green to set up a closing stretch of three straight birdies.
The day started with another development: Patrick Reed withdrew with a sore ankle, the second straight week he has had to withdraw.
Reed is No. 22 in the FedEx Cup, and there are only two tournaments left to qualify for the Ryder Cup. He is No. 9 in the standings, and only the top six automatically qualify. The idea was to give it another week of rest and being ready for the next one.
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