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Masks will be mandatory outside the home, except for exercise, across NSW while a 9pm to 5am curfew will be introduced in Sydney’s 12 local government areas of concern.
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Greater Sydney’s lockdown has been extended until the end of September while a 9pm to 5am curfew will be introduced from Monday in the city’s 12 local government areas of concern.
Face masks will also be mandatory outdoors, except when exercising, when you leave home across the state, including in regional NSW, which remains in lockdown until August 28.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Friday described them as “final measures” to drive COVID-19 cases down.
The local government areas of concern are Bayside, Blacktown, Burwood, Campbelltown, Canterbury-Bankstown, Cumberland, Fairfield, Georges River, Liverpool, Parramatta, Strathfield, and the Penrith suburbs of Caddens, Claremont Meadows, Colyton, Erskine Park, Kemps Creek, Kingswood, Mount Vernon, North St Marys, Orchard Hills, Oxley Park, St Clair and St Marys.
Starting at 12.01am on Monday, August 23, a curfew will be in place from 9pm to 5am in the LGAs of concern to help reduce the movement of young people. This does not apply to authorised workers, for emergencies or medical care.
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A “close source” suggested the couple were unimpressed by the Queen’s claim that “recollections may vary” in response to their allegations of racism.
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London: Prince Harry and Meghan insisted that they had not made any public statements criticising the Queen as they sought to further distance themselves from an unauthorised biography.
A “close source” quoted in a new epilogue to Finding Freedom suggested the couple were unimpressed by the Queen’s claim that “recollections may vary” in response to their allegations of racism.
The source also said the couple were “not surprised” by a perceived lack of action at the Palace over their claims.
In regular contact with the Queen: Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex. Credit:AP
However, the Sussexes, who have often appeared at pains to highlight their close relationship with the Queen, insisted that the unnamed sources did not speak on their behalf, while reiterating that they had not collaborated with the authors of the book.
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2021-08-20 02:21:15+00:00
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Having concluded his second stint as selection chair, Trevor Hohns reflects on the momentous decisions, and has some concerns about Australian cricket’s direction.
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Loading “That was very unpleasant and totally uncalled for,” Hohns says. “But I think it actually might have steeled me a bit more, knowing what to expect. I knew there would be other decisions that would have to be made. It was unpleasant, but it didn’t put me off one bit.” There is much that was unlikely about Hohns’ rise to such a position. He had given up on playing for Australia when, as a 31-year-old, he accepted an offer to go on two tours to apartheid-era South Africa as part of a team led by Kim Hughes. Never expecting to play for his state again, Hohns was instead welcomed back, and alongside Terry Alderman was picked for Australia in the summer ahead of the era-defining 1989 Ashes tour. As a wrist-spin bowler, Hohns was seen as a key to unseating the West Indies, but declined numerous selection entreaties to retire in 1991. Two years later, he was Queensland’s nomination for the selection panel, and by 1995, Hohns succeeded the legendary Laurie Sawle as chair. He says watching Sawle’s patient and delicate handling of Allan Border’s retirement was his most formative selection lesson. “There were several calls [with Border] and Laurie was a very patient man,” Hohns says. “He treated Allan, as he did everybody, with a great deal of respect and that’s absolutely necessary when you’re talking about one of the all-time greats. Laurie was a gentleman and very patiently worked his way through it, and in the end I think the result was good for everybody. Any time that I had to do that throughout my career, I always thought about how he handled it with Allan.”
Sawle’s retirement meant that Hohns oversaw a period, between 1995 and 2006, in which the Australian team not only maintained their global pre-eminence, but extended their gap over the rest of the field. He stood firm in retaining Mark Taylor as captain during his lengthy run of outs in 1996-97, managed the retirements of David Boon, Healy, Taylor and the Waugh brothers, and accepted the judgment of the board’s chairman Denis Rogers that Shane Warne would not become Test captain. “A great credit to Denis is that once Shane’s name was mentioned, he promptly suggested that he didn’t think that was the right recommendation because he didn’t think the board would go along with that,” Hohns says. “So I give him a lot of credit for that because it could have been an embarrassment had that been our recommendation and gone to the board and been knocked back. Trevor Hohns accepted the board’s view that Steve Waugh should captain the Test team rather than Shane Warne. Credit:Jack Atley ″That was very good communication, and fortunately Denis and I had a very good relationship in that regard. You always look back and think about what ifs, but as it turned out, Stephen was a very good captain as well, and has a terrific winning record to show that he was a good leader.” While satisfied that, in the end, the retirement of Steve Waugh was well-timed in terms of Ponting’s emergence as a leader, Hohns agrees that over time it became more difficult to transition from one generation to the next. He winced when, after his resignation in early 2006, Warne, Glenn McGrath, Justin Langer and Damien Martyn all retired in the space of a single home Ashes series.
Among contests he presided over, Hohns recalls the pain of narrow defeats in England in 2005 and India in 2017 most acutely. That second series, in which a touring team chosen and prepared carefully for sharply spinning pitches gave up a 1-0 series lead, is ruefully described as “the one that got away”. It also helped to heighten pressure in an organisation where, after the 2011 Argus review, CA codified the target of reaching No.1 in all three forms of the game. “It was different, and that aim to be No.1 in all forms of the game probably wasn’t the right mentality,” Hohns concludes. “I think if you play well and you’ve got the right players and the right team, all of that takes care of itself. So that may not have been the right target.” Hohns is full of praise for Tim Paine’s work as Australian captain in the aftermath of controversy in South Africa. Credit:Justin McManus In South Africa in early 2018, fatigue and pressure conspired to take an increasingly unlikeable team into a place of rare infamy. Hohns does not enjoy the memory, but cannot praise Tim Paine enough for how he handled the maelstrom, and reasons that the captain’s wider responsibilities are now a much bigger factor in deciding upon the 36-year-old’s successor. “Going back even to when I was playing Shield cricket, people were always trying to get something extra out of a cricket ball,” he says. “What they were doing, who knows, I have no idea, but there was always that sort of thing talked about and going on and I guess everyone knows that. But in international cricket now with cameras everywhere, there’s not much you can get away with. Whether it was handled well at the time or not, I don’t know, but I think it was unfortunate the way we went to the media straight away that night, for instance. We possibly could have waited a bit longer and made a proper statement.
“Tim’s done a wonderful job in a time that was very ordinary. To take over and try to get the public back on side. He copped a bit of flak last year for his tactics against India. Captains do have bad days from time to time, so I thought he was unfairly criticised for his on-field captaincy. But the job he has done for Australian cricket since he’s taken over as leader, you can’t put words to it. It’s been outstanding in my mind.” Having concluded the second of his stints as chair, Hohns is reflective about the many momentous decisions of his time, but not without concerns about Australian cricket’s direction. He is worried that CA has perhaps lost sight of its core function as a cricket governing body, and notes that in his first iteration as selection chair he had far more to do with the board than he has over the past five years. “You need to have the right individual if you’re going to have the coach as a selector, and the coach shouldn’t need that extra power to gain the respect of his players.” Trevor Hohns “It’s absolutely necessary, totally necessary, to have that relationship with the board, so they understand what we’re thinking, rather than hearing it second hand,” Hohns says. “Let’s face it, it’s a cricket organisation and cricket has to be their main concern. They can get tied up with being a business, but if we don’t have good cricket teams, men’s and women’s, and we don’t have good young players coming through, there’s no business.” As for the swirl of questions around the tenure of the national team coach Justin Langer, Hohns is understandably careful. But he is happy to state his view about the role of the coach in relation to the selectors.
Loading “No.1, it depends on the individual whether they can handle that role,” Hohns says. “If a coach needs that extra power in the dressing room, well I think that’s a no no. I used to always think it worked better if the coach wasn’t a selector. At the moment I’m more like 50-50 on it, but you need to have the right individual if you’re going to have the coach as a selector, and the coach shouldn’t need that extra power to gain the respect of his players.” Looking at the wider system, Hohns is adamant that CA must re-establish the Australia A concept as rapidly as possible. He is also open to his fellow former selector Greg Chappell’s suggestion that the time has come for consideration of whether the Sheffield Shield is contested by more than six domestic teams. Hohns is comfortable with the choice of George Bailey as his successor, noting that the former Australian limited-overs captain has the right people skills for the task. But he hopes that Bailey will make sure he is linked as closely as possible to the under-age and domestic pathways, in much the same way as Sawle had once identified the likes of Waugh, Healy, Boon and Geoff Marsh as the foundations to build a team around Border. “George is the right person,” Hohns says. “As far as how to do things, it’s a matter of doing what you’re allowed to do, to be honest. The chairman of selectors doesn’t quite call all the shots on everything, but you certainly have to be a little bit brave from time to time with your ideas, and part of the charter is preparing for the future.”
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Hohns finally drops himself, and reflects on the gamble that was his best decision
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2021-08-20 02:16:23+00:00
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We need to act on the precautionary principle of significantly reducing emissions now, so we never get to find out how bad it could be.
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It’s probably always true that democracies take too long to accept the need to act decisively to avert foreseeable problems. We never do it well, but always manage to muddle through. We wait until the problem’s reached crisis point. Everyone’s panicking, and thus willing to accept the tough remedies needed. But I fear climate change is too “wicked” a problem to be solved this usual way.
Credit:Illustration: Matt Davidson
An extra problem for Australia is that we have a government rendered impotent by its internal divisions. The good news – of sorts – is that when the captain of the ship goes AWOL, the crew take over. The premiers – Liberal and Labor – are stepping in to fill the gap. And business can see the writing on the wall and is taking evasive action.
It’s obvious the world is moving to renewable energy and, before long, oil, gas and coal will become “stranded assets” selling a product for which demand can only decline. Here and overseas, banks are worrying about the security of their loans to fossil-fuel businesses, pension funds and investment managers are worrying about their members’ distaste for investing in polluting businesses, and energy businesses such as AGL and now BHP are dividing themselves into good bank and bad bank, so to speak.
Much of the wake-up call to finance and business is coming from financial regulators. Our Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority (APRA) has initiated a climate vulnerability assessment for banks, encompassing scenarios up to 3 degrees of average global warming, and has issued draft guidance for companies to stress test their own finances against scenarios of up to 4 degrees warming.
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2021-08-20 02:20:57+00:00
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As he prepares for his final match as a Hawk, the four-time premiership coach says a year off is firmly on the agenda but admits decisions can change quickly.
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Burgoyne is heading into retirement although is likely to have an important role to play in Indigenous affairs off the field, while Clarkson has a key decision to make.
Clarkson, after 17 years in charge, completed his final weekly press conference on Friday at a windswept and wet Waverley Park, where he and Shaun Burgoyne took a trip down memory lane ahead of their final match in Hawthorn colours, against Richmond at the MCG on Saturday.
Alastair Clarkson has declared his “sincere intention” is to have a year off from coaching but says a final decision won’t be made for a couple of weeks.
However, Clarkson, who will be paid out the final year of his contract with the Hawks worth about $900,000, having been replaced by Sam Mitchell, could also take the year off - something he said he was seriously considering.
“I am a little bit embarrassed to talk about it to be fair because whatever has been said in the last three or four weeks has changed so much. Whatever you say, you just can’t take it as gospel,” he said.
“My sincere intention, at this point in time, and has been for the last four to six weeks, now that I am no longer coaching Hawthorn, I want to have a spell from the game and to see what that rest will do for me, whether it will reignite some real passion to get involved in the game again or actually take the opportunity to go overseas.
“It’s a little bit difficult at the moment given the [pandemic] environment … take the opportunity to go overseas and explore some things, do some things that my wife and I have never done before because we have been so heavily involved in footy and see where the next chapter of our life takes us.”
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ABC RN Breakfast show host Fran Kelly and Marion Frith, a former speechwriter and journalist turned novelist, discuss love, luck and weathering ‘really friggin’ serious’ moments.
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Marion’s three children were young when we met. Being a step-parent was an exciting thing to embark on. It’s a lovely relationship, and a complex one: a shout-out to all the step-parents out there. The payoff is we have a great relationship and I’ve now got five grandkids.
I’ve done the show for 17 years and she listens to it every morning. She has been very supportive, which you need when you’re doing breakfast radio. It’s a punishing schedule that dominates the rhythm of the home. I came to journalism late in life, but Marion came up through those old-school newsrooms and has never lost that passion. So I’ll get home and she’ll say, “Oh, I thought you were really easy on so-and-so”, or “Why did you let that go so long? It was dull.” Occasionally she’ll text me on air, “Keep going with this one.” She has good instincts. Is it always welcome? Well, I can take it or leave it: I’ve got the power over the mic.
Fran: We’ve been together coming up for 30 years now. We met on an assignment and became friends first. I was very attracted to Marion’s energy and her humour. She’s daring, she’s a “don’t die wondering” kind of person.
Fran Kelly (left) and Marion Frith: “Marion will text me on air, ‘Keep going with this one.’ She has good instincts. Is it always welcome? Well, I can take it or leave it.” Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
Political journalist Fran Kelly, 63, has hosted the ABC’s RN Breakfast show since 2005. Her partner Marion Frith, 65, a former speechwriter and journalist, had a brush with death in 2015 and has just written her first novel.
I’m quite balanced and Marion’s more passionate and impulsive. When she was mosaicing the wall in our garden, she’d walk in from work in her business suit and go out and mix the cement in those clothes. I’m like, “What are you doing?” I’m the opposite. I have an outfit for all occasions. She’ll start painting without putting down a drop sheet, then there will be paint on the new marble kitchen and I’ll go, “Really? You didn’t think about that?”
“It’s a lovely relationship, and a complex one: a shout-out to all the step-parents out there. The payoff is we have a great relationship and I’ve now got five grandkids.”
In 2015, Marion got sepsis and it was very scary. She was in Melbourne getting ready for her daughter’s wedding. I was in Sydney, planning to come down on the weekend. I was on air doing an interview when I got a text saying, “I’m going into ICU.” I panicked. I managed to call her during a break. The doctor took the phone and told me it was serious, really friggin’ serious. I got there as soon as I could.
Marion was determined to go to the wedding. She’s very driven. Her specialist said, “Well, you can go to the wedding and your family might not have you for very long, or you can do as I’m telling you and stay in hospital.” In the end, she was allowed to go for three hours. One of the nurses in ICU used to be a hairdresser and she came in specially to do Marion’s hair. So Marion arrived at the wedding in her hospital garb with this lovely hairdo.
She was very sick for a year. Moments like that make you think about the life you’ve led and still want to lead. We talked a lot about that together, and cried about it. She’s recovered since and written a children’s book and now a novel [Here in the After, out September 1], which I’ve come to see is a relentless and hellish process. I have no desire to ever do it.
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has extended the lockdown for Greater Sydney until the end of September amid a number of new restrictions following 642 new cases and four deaths on Friday.
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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has extended the lockdown for Greater Sydney until the end of September after NSW recorded 642 local COVID cases and four deaths on Friday.
The Premier said the new restrictions - including mandatory outdoor masks across NSW unless exercising and a curfew in Sydney’s west and south-west - was based on a sudden escalation in cases and police feedback.
Premier Gladys Berejiklian arrives at the daily health briefing on Friday. Credit:James Brickwood
As Greater Sydney’s lockdown nears the end of its eighth week, four deaths were recorded: a woman in her 80s who was a resident at Wyoming aged care facility and is the fourth death from that cluster, a man in his 70s who acquired his infection at St George Hospital, a man in his 80s who is the second person to die after acquiring an infection at Nepean Hospital and a woman in her 80s from south-west Sydney.
Deputy Premier John Barilaro has revealed high case numbers have continued to be recorded in the state’s west, with 27 new cases in the Western NSW Local Health District, including 21 in Dubbo and two in Bourke. An additional three cases were recorded in Wilcannia, in the Far West district.
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Nine-year-old Omar Kahil, an only child who lives in Greenacre, has been playing basketball with his imagination since police requested the hoops from his local park be removed during lockdown
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Two big-time Australian basketball players are finding hoops for the backyard of a nine-year-old boy from Sydney’s south-west, who has had to play the sport with his imagination since police requested the hoops from his local park be removed during lockdown.
The Herald met Omar Kahil, an only child who lives in Greenacre, earlier this week at his local park following reports the council had removed its basketball hoops in an attempt to limit people gathering during the outbreak.
Omar Kahil at Northcote Park in Greenacre. Credit:James Brickwood
His story caught the attention of two Australian NBA championship players: Andrew Bogut, who spent most of his career in the United States, and Matthew Dellavedova, who now plays for Melbourne United and won bronze with the Boomers in Tokyo.
Bogut, who played for the Milwaukee Bucks and Golden State Warriors, told the Herald he and Dellavedova, who played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, were joining forces to contact the Kahil family after reading of Omar’s plight.
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A form of meditation in the sea, free-diving is on the rise. No surprise, given the times.
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Save Log in , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size There’s whale song in the ocean today, carrying miles and miles. Bella Massey breaks the surface of the water, droplets of salty ocean cascading down her neoprene hood, and smiles. “Can you hear it?” she marvels. “Amazing.” I duck my head underwater, the seaside apartment blocks of North Bondi disappearing, the world I know vanishing, and pause a few metres down, just hanging there in the cold, clear water, listening. And there it is. Faint, but it’s there. The sound of whale song, gentle and soothing. The ocean’s radio, broadcast from who knows where. Welcome to free-diving, the extreme sport that isn’t really extreme at all. You hear about extreme sports and you picture adrenalin junkies, groups of dudes in flat-brimmed caps fist-bumping and yelping as they throw themselves off buildings or twist dirt-bike throttles. Contrast that with the act of diving
underwater with no assistance, with no air tanks or flotation devices or other outside help, just you and the ocean and the desire to push your body’s limits and go deep. This is about discovering the power of your body, and even more so, the power of your mind. And it’s rapidly gaining popularity. “The ocean is a great healer,” says Massey, an enthusiast and instructor who runs the Sydney-based free-diving school Immersia. “For a lot of people, the appeal of free-diving is not diving to 60 metres, the appeal is putting on these long, beautiful fins, moving through the water like a mermaid – there’s something quite otherworldly about it. I think it has also been boosted by this cultural movement towards mindfulness and meditation, people building a regular meditative practice into their lives.” “The thing about free-diving is you’re not relying on any gear, you’re not relying on any external factor... You’re completely in control of your own body.” Massey, 30, is the Aussie coastal cliché: tall, blonde, athletic, with the permanent healthy glow of someone who just got out of the ocean. She took up free-diving after she moved from England to Australia – where, she says, she had visions of being a “blonde surfer babe” – and discovered the beauty of the underwater landscape, the feeling of connecting with the world while at the same time gaining freedom from it.
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“The thing about free-diving,” she says, “is you’re not relying on any gear, you’re not relying on any external factor. What you’re tuned into is, what’s my heart doing, what are my lungs doing, what do I feel, what does that mean, how do I interpret what I’m feeling, and therefore how do I judge when I go back to the surface or go deeper? “You’re completely in control of your own body.” Free-diving can be a competitive sport, or it can be a pleasurable pastime. There are those who seek to compete as divers, to break records, to plunge to
incredible depths and hold their breath for a phenomenal amount of time; there are those who free-dive to forage for underwater delicacies such as sea urchins and abalone; then there are those who use free-diving purely to relax, to explore the world in a new way, to clear their minds, exercise their bodies and just duck underwater. Little wonder this sport has become so popular during the past 18 months of stress and unpredictability. Here is an activity that directly challenges those feelings, that forces participants – if they’re doing this properly, if they’re slowing their heart rates and focusing on their breathing – to shed the concerns of the outside world and focus purely on the water, on the depth, on their heartbeat, on their breath. Loading “It’s total silence,” says Massey, who can frequently be found plunging into the cool, clear depths of the ocean at Ben Buckler Point, just off North Bondi. “Of course there are always sounds – you can hear boats, you can hear little critters doing their thing on the reef – but internally you have to reach this quiet, quiet point where you’re literally just listening to your own heartbeat and to the needs of your own body. “And you only get a few seconds of it [when you dive], so you have to give it everything you possibly can. What you can’t be doing is thinking about the bill you need to pay, or someone you need to email back. Instead you’re thinking about, what is the light doing on the surface of the water? What kind of fish is that? What’s in that hole?”
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For a free-diver, each journey underwater is a micro-meditation. It requires total awareness of your body. A dive begins by hanging there on the surface of the water, “breathing up”, preparing to submerge. There’s only one way to slow your heart rate and that’s to remain calm and still and focus on air going in and air going out, air going in and air going out, until you reach that point of perfection and you make the decision to draw in one, long, last breath. And then you dive. Here’s a quick exercise. Hold your breath and time yourself. Hold it for as long as you can. You might last 30 seconds, maybe a minute, perhaps even longer. Now, know this: the urge to breathe that you just felt doesn’t mean you were running out of oxygen. “When oxygen is consumed, the muscles release carbon dioxide,” explains Gary Housley, a professor of physiology at UNSW. “That CO2 builds up, and at the brain stem there are neurons there that sense the increase in carbon dioxide level, and they cause this profound conscious drive, this need to breathe. And it’s very hard to overcome that.”
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The thing is, though, it can be overcome. By the time enough carbon dioxide has built up that your body triggers a need to draw breath, you still have a lot of oxygen left. Massey, for example, says her urge to breathe typically kicks in at about one minute into her breath-hold; at that point she knows she still has about three to four minutes before she is at risk of serious hypoxia, or oxygen starvation. The world record for breath-holding is an astonishing 11 minutes and 35 seconds. The deepest anyone has dived underwater without the assistance of scuba tanks, weights or other mechanical apparatus is 131 metres. With weighted sleds and flotation devices, free-divers have gone 214 metres into the ocean. So, try that breath-hold again, armed with this knowledge. Know that you have vast reserves of oxygen even though your body is telling you to breathe, and see the difference that knowledge makes. I can almost guarantee that your second breath-hold will be longer than your first. And now take that sensation, that success, that mastery of your body’s functions, and multiply it. You’re beginning to understand the attraction of free-diving. Lisa Zhang, 33, is a Sydney-based architect who has found solace in free-diving during the pandemic. She has found not just a social outlet, forming a group of like-minded friends, but a way to challenge and test herself. “It’s a bit of fear,” says Zhang, speaking to me during lockdown from her home in eastern Sydney. “It’s a bit of pressure to perform when you dive. I’ve also always found it really difficult to switch off in my life. With work – I mean, I finish work, but I don’t actually switch off. I don’t stop thinking about it. So being in that zone [while free-diving], it’s really taught me to meditate a bit better.” Zhang reflects the new wave of recreational divers who are challenging the perception of this as an extreme sport dominated by men. She first tried free-diving a few years ago, but didn’t find the social outlet she has now. “It was more of a boys’ club. The boys would go out spear-fishing, and that’s not something I would do. Now though, I guess, my whole group of dive friends is all women.”
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“It was more of a boys’ club,” she says of her early attempts. “The boys would go out spear-fishing, and that’s not something I would do. Now though, I guess, my whole group of dive friends is all women. And that’s been really good, there’s not that kind of pressure, per se, to keep chasing numbers. It’s been a really supportive, community vibe.” Loading This sport, of course, can be extreme, and it can be dangerous. Those who seek to push their limits sometimes push too far. The greatest danger for a free-diver is hypoxia, or lack of oxygen in the bloodstream, which can cause a “samba”, a loss of motor control, or even a blackout. At that point, if there is no rescue procedure in place, the result is death – which is why divers should learn how to do it safely before trying it, follow the rules and always go out with a “buddy”. “You can hear boats, you can hear little critters doing their thing on the reef, but internally you have to reach this quiet, quiet point,” says Bella Massey. Credit:Ewan Donnachie Back out in the water, Massey pulls her mask down over her face and prepares for another dive, to explore the underwater world, to thrill to it. “It’s not so much about pushing yourself, it’s about finding a deep, deep, quiet place. That’s one of the things I love about free-diving – you can’t look at someone and say, ‘You would be a good free-diver because you’re a good runner, or a good swimmer, or you lift weights.’ It’s not about that. It’s about who can tap into the quiet of their mind, who can send themselves almost to sleep with calming thoughts, with careful breathing. “This sport has unlocked in me something I’d never been able to put my finger on. And it is the greatest thing I have ever found.”
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The game was tight from start to finish with neither side relenting to a series of momentum swings, but it was the Dogs to ultimately hold on to produce one of a string of memorable wins in the 2016 season.
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It was a magnificent contest by two outstanding sides with no more than 10 points separating them for most of the game. Both were unrelenting in their attack on the ball and under incredible pressure they somehow produced great skills.
Truck-loads of plaudits have covered the Western Bulldogs in recent years so it is difficult to find new ones for their gripping three-point win over Port Adelaide.
There were heroes, and those who could have been in Port‘s side who were left to ponder how this match got away from them - it wasn’t for a lack of courage.
Jackson Trengove of the Power competes in the ruck with Tom Campbell. Credit:Getty Images
Port played as if their season was on the line, and it was - they are now 5-7 - like they were this round last year on their way to finishing ninth. Given they have now lost their five matches against teams in the top-eight, and in the run home play Hawthorn (home), North Melbourne (Etihad), GWS Giants (home), Sydney Swans (SCG) and Adelaide (home), their 2016 prospects are waning.
Based on the past decade of finals, Port now need to win at least seven of their remaining 10 matches.
Doubt surrounded the Bulldogs because of their poor and infrequent road trips, but they showed from the opening moments when Luke Dahlhaus goaled they were ready to produce their best. And when the talented midfielder was forced out of the game soon after with a knee injury, it was obvious the Dogs’ resolve would be severely tested.
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The undeniable legacy of lockdowns is the normalisation of the police and the military in our lives.
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In my eleventh day of hotel quarantine, I have no complaints. The challenges for physical and mental health are obvious, and those are for each individual to cope with. A nurse is at the other end of the phone if I need someone, other than family and friends, to talk with.
Using hotels for this purpose has been deemed a least-worst solution to the need to isolate returned international travellers. It might be overkill in my case – I have been working in a COVID bubble in Japan since July 19 reporting on the Olympics, submitted 23 negative COVID tests in the 25 days prior to entering hotel quarantine in Sydney and two more since – but the blunt instrument of quarantine is obviously one thing that has kept Australia’s infection rate lower than most of the world’s. The current outbreak, of course, is believed to have started from a leak out of hotel quarantine operations, which emphasises both the flaws and the necessity of this model.
Lockdown is normalising the presence of police and the defence force in Austrralian lives, Credit:Kate Geraghty
While the overall principle is sound, the improper, politically motivated use of institutions and symbols of authority to enforce it leaves me with increasing concerns as I peer out through the tunnel of my lockdown into yours. If I wanted to join you and left my room, caught the lift and tried to exit, I would quickly realise that I am not a guest but an internee.
At the start of the hotel quarantine process, when you walk through Sydney Airport and board your hotel-bound bus, you realise that you have passed into the hands of the state police and the Australian Defence Force. Suddenly, everyone is wearing a uniform. My escorts were friendly and polite, but I didn’t quite grasp that I was under armed guard until it had already started.
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Police ministers urge us to dob in COVID cheats, but at what cost?
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With the world’s biggest sporting market keen on either the 2027 or 2031 tournaments, there are reasons for Australia to be both worried and reassured.
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Rugby USA chief executive Ross Young is a fair man.
The experienced rugby administrator understands the rationale behind Rugby Australia’s charge that the US men’s XV team needs to be stronger to host a Rugby World Cup and that 2027, when Australia also wants it, might come too early for them.
But, he has a response. “I certainly wouldn’t disagree with that philosophy but it’s not a reason for us not to get it,” he tells the Herald from his base in Denver.
“There is certainly enough desire. When you look at the soccer World Cup when it was here [in 1994] ... it was a minority sport, and even though there are more games played in the tournament format now it still holds the record for attendances for a soccer World Cup.”
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Submissions to a parliamentary inquiry have revealed hundreds of sexual harassment complaints at WA mining sites including five accusations of rape.
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BHP has sacked 48 employees in the past two years over sexual harassment complaints at its fly-in, fly-out camps as the regulator slammed WA’s mining industry for its ad-hoc reporting of assaults.
In a submission to a parliamentary inquiry into sexual harassment against women in the FIFO workforce, the mining giant – which employs 13,500 people in WA – revealed between July 2019 and June 2021, five employees had alleged they had been raped and 13 indecently assaulted.
BHP has committed $300 million to improving safety at its sites since 2019. Credit:WAtoday/Supplied
The serious complaints were among 73 recorded incidents of sexual harassment made to the company’s confidential reporting arm, EthicsPoint, over the same period.
“This includes inappropriate comments of a sexual nature, unwelcome comments about looks or dress, inappropriate ‘jokes’, ‘wolf whistles’, unwelcome touching, requests for massage, sending inappropriate text messages or images, staring or leering, or persistent requests for personal information or dates or other unwanted advances,” BHP wrote in its submission, made public on Thursday.
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Boris Johnson has used a phone call with Scott Morrison to urge him to commit to net zero emissions, while Angus Taylor has hit back at similar pressure from the US.
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Britain’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson has urged Scott Morrison to commit to an emissions reduction target of net zero, echoing recent calls from the United Stated for Australia to make more ambitious climate commitments.
Mr Johnson and Mr Morrison spoke on Thursday night Australian time, with the British Prime Minister stressing to his counterpart the importance of “global action on climate change” ahead of his country hosting the COP26 United Nations climate summit in Glasgow in November.
Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson spoke on Thursday night. Credit:Sydney Morning Herald
“This includes setting ambitious targets for reaching net zero and increasing climate financing,” Downing Street’s readout of the call stated.
Mr Morrison’s current stance is the government would “preferably” achieve net zero by 2050 but he has avoided a hard deadline.
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With the world’s biggest sporting market keen on either the 2027 or 2031 tournaments, there are reasons for Australia to be both worried and reassured.
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But, he has a response. “I certainly wouldn’t disagree with that philosophy but it’s not a reason for us not to get it,” he tells the Herald from his base in Denver.
“There is certainly enough desire. When you look at the soccer World Cup when it was here [in 1994] ... it was a minority sport, and even though there are more games played in the tournament format now it still holds the record for attendances for a soccer World Cup.”
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Booming demand for warehouses and logistic hubs together with a spike in housing settlements has propelled property giant Stockland to a $1.1 billion statutory profit for the pandemic-hit 2021 financial year.
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Booming demand for warehouses and logistic hubs together with a spike in housing settlements has propelled property giant Stockland back into the black with a $1.1 billion statutory profit for the pandemic-hit 2021 financial year.
That profit compared to a $21 million loss in the prior year and was bumped up by solid valuation gains across the industrial sector and stabilisation in market conditions for the office and retail assets.
New Stockland CEO Tarun Gupta says the company is well positioned for future growth. Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
The funds from operation (FFO), being the metric used to measure revenue that excludes lumpy property valuation movements, fell 4 per cent to $788 million. It was in line with market expectations, but brokers warned of a mixed year ahead.
A distribution of 24.6¢ per security was declared, 2.1 per cent above 2020, representing a payout ratio of 75 per cent of FFO. It will be paid on August 31.
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Jennifer Aniston’s stand on vaccination is the perfect example of what a lot of us are thinking about our own social circles.
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While we share the same skill set – sunbathing and making margaritas without sugar syrup –Jennifer Aniston has never really done it for me as a celebrity. A bit beige and doesn’t stand for anything. Not anymore – suddenly Aniston has me intrigued.
She was probably talking about her gardener and not lifelong pals when she told InStyle magazine she’s “lost people from her weekly routine” because they were unvaccinated, but the gist of what Aniston was prepared to say publicly about a pandemic “moral obligation” has power.
Enjoying sunbathing and making margaritas (without sugar syrup) was all the writer had in common with Jennifer Aniston. Until now.
“There’s still a large group of people who are anti-vaxxers or just don’t listen to the facts,” she said. “Everyone is entitled to their own opinion – but a lot of opinions don’t feel based in anything except fear or propaganda.”
As Melbourne clocks up more than 200 days of lockdown amid constant pleas for people to get vaccinated, the Aniston stand is the perfect example of what a lot of us are thinking about our own social circles.
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Two people are feared dead after a car struck a pole and burst into flame on a busy inner-city road.
A police spokeswoman said it appeared a vehicle was travelling south along Flemington Road near the Royal Women’s Hospital, toward Grattan Street, when it struck a curb and crashed into a pole, about 9.50am on Friday.
Police are currently at the scene of a fatal collision on Flemington Road, Parkville. Credit:Jason South
“At this stage it is believed two people, the driver and a passenger, are deceased,” they said.
“It is not believed the incident is [counterterrorism] related or that there is any ongoing threat to the community.
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The PC monitor space is currently going through a real shake up, with TV makers including LG increasingly positioning their OLED televisions as computer screens, with more desk-friendly sizes and full support for high refresh rate gaming. At the same time, traditional PC monitor makers are rising to the challenge by releasing models that are designed to serve double duty as a television. The strongest example of this is the Aorus FV43U from Gigabyte, which comes with all the features you would expect from a top-of-the line 4K gaming monitor in a TV-sized package, complete with two HDMI 2.1 ports for connecting the PS5 and Xbox Series X at full tilt. It even has decent sounding built-in speakers and includes a remote in the box. The Gigabyte Aorus FV43U works as both a big computer monitor and a small TV. The value proposition of a monitor that can also act as a TV is compelling for those who crave more desktop real estate, or live in a small apartment where space is at a premium. The question is, should you buy a jumbo sized monitor or just bite the bullet and buy a television instead? The first thing to consider is size. The smallest LG OLED television for example is 48 inches (122 cm), which while fine for a small living room but too big for most desks. The Aorus is a 43-inch monitor that is still large, but not so big that you need to crane your neck or burn your retinas at normal desktop viewing distance.
Monitors of this size come with a fixed stand, so you lose out on height or tilt adjustments that you would normally get with a regular sized monitor. The Aorus comes with two V-shaped feet which thoughtfully takes up less space on a desk than the ones you would find on regular flat panel TV stands. However, I would still recommend a mount for most people as that will give you the adjustability you need while also allowing you to push the screen back a bit further for a more comfortable viewing experience. The Aorus also boasts a matte coating which does a much better job at keeping reflections at bay than the glossy coating normally found on televisions. There are other desktop friendly features as well such as a built-in KVM switch so you can use the same keyboard and mouse on two different machines, which is handy if you also use a laptop at your desk. Loading The thing to keep in mind with jumbo sized monitors is that they lack a TV tuner and built-in streaming apps, as well as the picture processing enhancements to upscale SD or regular HD content like a dedicated television can. That’s not really an issue if you’re doing all your movie and TV watching through a connected streaming box, which I suspect most will. Of course the Aorus really shines as a gaming display. The refresh rate can 144Hz, which is higher than any television, provided you have a PC capable enough to drive it. Contrast levels are impressive for an LCD, backed up by blindingly beautiful HDR performance that can hit 1000 nits peak brightness, and the factory colour calibration is up there with professional grade monitors making it a good fit for colour accurate work.
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In this episode, we look at the conservative outback town that became home to a family of Tamil asylum seekers, then fought to keep them there.
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In this episode of Good Weekend Talks, we look at Biloela, the tiny Queensland town thrust into the spotlight after embracing a family of Sri Lankan asylum seekers as their own.
Anne Hyland, a senior writer with The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, argues that the town’s resistance to the detention of the Murugappan family has put Australia’s border control policy on the international map. She visited the remote town – 150 kilometres south of Rockhampton, with a population of just under 6000 – for our cover story this week: “From Biloela with love: How a conservative community in outback Queensland – and the family they’re fighting for – changed the national conversation on refugees.”
Anne is joined on the podcast by Biloela resident Angela Fredericks, one of the women who has led the campaign to keep Sri Lankan refugees Nades and Priya Murugappan and their daughters Kopika and Tharnicaa in Australia.
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The pervasive scent of camphor, BO and regret once permeated attitudes towards secondhand clothing but Australian designer Kit Willow is joining the growing list of luxury labels blocking their noses and airing pre-worn dresses in the fashion resale market.
The aesthetically conscious activist has launched the KitXchange for her brand KitX, in a grassroots attempt to quench Australian shoppers’ appetite for disposable fashion.
Kit Willow wearing the handwoven Eye Cat Print shirt from the KitX Spring/Summer 2018 collection that will be available in her new online resale boutique. Credit:Dominic Lorimer
“The amount of energy that goes into fashion development is enormous,” Willow said. “From agriculture, freight, dyes, knitting it, weaving it, selling it, getting it to the makers, shipping it… it’s huge. Just to wear it once or twice and then throw it away.”
“With KitXchange, I never want to see a KitX garment in landfill. There is always someone who will find it and love it. It’s about loving longer.”
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Following the successful completion of a couple of crucial test flights by Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic, space tourism services from both companies look set to launch some time next year.
Both rides rely on rockets to get passengers up to somewhere near the Kármán line, the boundary 62 miles above Earth that’s widely regarded as the start of space.
But there’s another company intent on offering the trip of a lifetime high above the clouds, one that takes things at an altogether more leisurely pace.
Space Perspective has built and tested Spaceship Neptune, a luxury eight-seat piloted capsule that’s lifted skyward by a giant hydrogen-filled balloon. The interior includes reclining chairs, a refreshments bar, Wi-Fi, and all-around windows
The Florida-based company this week shared a video (below) offering a glimpse of what the experience will look like.
It’s worth pointing out that despite the use of the “space” for both the company name and vehicle, Spaceship Neptune only rises 20 miles above Earth, well short of the Kármán line though around three times higher than a long-haul passenger jet. And unlike the experiences offered by both Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic, there will be no zero-gravity experience where you can float around the capsule for several minutes.
Space Perspective’s ride will, however, last six hours, which is way longer than, say, Blue Origin’s trip, which takes just 10 minutes from launch to landing.
Passengers aboard the balloon will enjoy a relaxing two-hour ascent, a further two hours to enjoy the gorgeous views, and then a two-hour descent back home.
At $125,000, a ticket for a ride on Spaceship Neptune is a little more affordable than a Virgin Galactic seat that means coughing up $450,000. Blue Origin is yet to announce prices.
Space Perspective started selling tickets for its experience a few months ago. The first flights are set to take place in 2024, though the company says it’s already sold out for then, with ride for 2025 now available.
Besides offering pleasure trips, the capsule will also serve as a high-altitude laboratory, allowing scientists engaged in subjects such as climate and solar physics to conduct experiments in a part of Earth’s atmosphere little researched up to now.
Space Perspective’s balloon will launch from Florida’s Space Coast Spaceport close to the Kennedy Space Center, with the company planning to add additional launch sites around the world over time.
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Dual classic romper Snowfall added a third major to her resume in Thursday’s Yorkshire Oaks (G1), solidifying favoritism for the Oct. 3 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1). So imperious was the Aidan O’Brien filly that it’s worth pondering the what-might-have-been if she’d tried Mishriff in Wednesday’s Juddmonte International (G1).
In that light, Snowfall likely has ambitions other than the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1), for which the Yorkshire Oaks serves as a “Win and You’re In.” That’s earmarked for stablemate Santa Barbara.
Snowfall has been on a steep upward curve since her breakthrough score in the May 12 Musidora (G3) over this course. Subsequently the runaway winner of the June 4 Oaks (G1) by a record 16-length margin at Epsom, the Coolmore colorbearer turned the classic double in the July 17 Irish Oaks (G1) at the Curragh by 8 1/2 lengths.
The Yorkshire Oaks marked Snowfall’s first try versus older distaffers, but she rightly ranked as the 8-15 favorite. Her chief rival, the 3-1 Wonderful Tonight, would have posed more of a challenge on softish going. Lacking that prerequisite, Wonderful Tonight ran below her best, while the ground-impervious Snowfall kept rolling with her fourth straight victory.
Confidently handled by Ryan Moore, Snowfall bided her time near the back as her 150-1 stablemate La Joconde took care of the pacemaking job. Fellow Ballydoyle runner Divinely chased in second, with Wonderful Tonight a shade keen in third.
When Wonderful Tonight advanced at the top of the straight, Snowfall covered her move and struck the front faster than Moore expected. The daughter of Japan’s late, great Deep Impact widened her advantage to four lengths at the wire.
Underscoring the merit of that effort was her final time of 2:26.16, on a course riding the quicker side of good. According to James Willoughby on racingtv.com, Snowfall clocked the third-fastest Yorkshire Oaks ever.
Four-year-old Albaflora closed from last to take second at odds of 16-1. La Joconde, in defiance of her triple-digit price, kept on for third. Wonderful Tonight flattened out in fourth, but trainer David Menuisier was satisfied in the circumstances. Loving Dream, Divinely, and a tailed-off Eshaada completed the order of finish.
Snowfall remains unbeaten as a sophomore following a more subdued resume at two. Her best stakes result last season was a fourth in the Silver Flash (G3), and she was unplaced in the Debutante (G2), Moyglare Stud (G1), and Fillies’ Mile (G1). Yet her placement in those high-profile races, as well as her presence at Keeneland as an also-eligible for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1), suggests some regard at Ballydoyle.
The Japanese homebred has a pedigree to savor. Snowfall’s dam, the Group 3-winning Galileo mare Best in the World, is a full sister to Found, heroine of the 2015 Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) and 2016 Arc.
Snowfall, who hopes to emulate her “aunt” in Paris, could run once more in the interim. The Sept. 11 Irish Champion (G1) is a possibility, but that’s the desired comeback spot for fellow dual classic star St Mark’s Basilica. O’Brien mentioned the Sept. 12 Arc Trials at ParisLongchamp as another option, where the Prix Vermeille (G1) would be her course-and-distance stepping stone.
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The Pacific Classic (G1) and Del Mar H. (G2) will award expense-paid berths to the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) and Turf (G1), respectively, and Del Mar will offer three other graded stakes on Saturday’s blockbuster 11-race program.
Del Mar Mile (G2) – Race 7 (8 p.m. ET)
After splitting two previous matchups, Smooth Like Strait and Hit the Road will renew their rivalry in the $300,000 Del Mar Mile (G2). They’re the top draws in a nice field of six.
A six-time stakes victor, including a convincing tally at odds-on in the Shoemaker Mile (G1) two back, Smooth Like Straight should relish the cut back after a neck second to United in the 1 1/8-mile Eddie Read (G2) on July 24. The four-year-old Midnight Lute is a two-time stakes winner at Del Mar, including a victory over Hit the Road in a Grade 3 event, and Smooth Like Strait will be the one to catch. Umberto Rispoli rides for Michael McCarthy.
Hit the Road has captured 2-of-3 of starts at Del Mar, and he rallied to edge Smooth Like Strait by a neck when capturing the Frank E. Kilroe Mile (G1) at Santa Anita in early March. That capped a four-race win streak, and the four-year-old colt has been freshened 4 1/2 months since a fifth as the favorite in the Maker’s Mark Mile (G1) at Keeneland. By More Than Ready, the Dan Blacker trainee will retain the services of Florent Geroux.
Mo Forza will make a title defense, rolling to a 4 1/4-length decision last year. Unraced since winning the City of Hope Mile (G2) last fall, the five-year-old returns off a 322-day layoff for Peter Miller, and Flavien Prat has the call on the five-time stakes hero. Neptune’s Storm exits a win in the July 18 Wickerr S. at Del Mar, and Count Again captured the Seabiscuit (G2) over the course last fall. Grade 1 winner Next Shares, who will need to turn things around following four straight unplaced outings, rounds out the cast.
Del Mar Oaks (G1) – Race 9 (9 p.m. ET)
Going Global reeled off four straight stakes wins after shipping to U.S. over the winter, but her win streak came to an end in July 24 San Clemente S. (G2) at Del Mar, finishing a half-length second as the 2-5 choice. She will try to make amends for the surprising setback in the $300,000 Del Mar Oaks (G1).
Prat will be up for Phil D’Amato on the Irish-bred daughter of Mehmas.
After proving no match for Going Global in the Honeymoon (G3) in late May, Madone exacted a measure of revenge in the San Clemente, rallying from far back to edge her rival in the final strides. The Vancouver filly loves Del Mar’s turf, improving to 3-for-3, and she’s won 5-of-7 career attempts for Phil D’Amato. Juan Hernandez has the call.
Nine sophomore fillies will square off in the 1 1/8-mile turf affair, and Lake George (G2) runner-up Fluffy Socks ships in for Chad Brown. She hasn’t won from three starts this year, recording a pair of runner-up finishes, but the daughter of Slumber did ship to Del Mar to win the Jimmy Durante (G3) in her juvenile finale. Joel Rosario will guide.
Other runners include Closing Remarks, Javanica, and Tetragonal.
Torrey Pines S. (G3) – Race 6 (7:30 p.m. ET)
Winner of the restricted Fleet Treat S. on July 23, I’m So Anna will return to open company in the $100,000 Torrey Pines S. (G3). Her main rivals, Forest Caraway, Lady Mystify, and Private Mission, are exiting sharp entry-level allowance wins earlier in the meet.
Seven three-year-old fillies will contest the mile affair on the main track.
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The Queen’s Plate is supported by a trio of graded turf stakes at Woodbine, with the C$350,000 Highlander S. (G1) anchoring the Sunday card.
Highlander S. (G1) – Race 11 (6:25 p.m. ET)
Streaking turf sprinter Caravel looms as the even-money favorite on the morning line in her first start versus males, and for new trainer Graham Motion. Previously trained by owner/breeder Elizabeth Merryman, the Mizzen Mast filly has emerged as a prime player in the division with three straight stakes victories. After overcoming significant trouble to get up in Pimlico’s The Very One S., Caravel dominated the June 25 Goldwood S. at Monmouth and the July 24 Caress (G3) at Saratoga.
That was Caravel’s finale for Merryman, who sold her to celebrity chef Bobby Flay but stayed in for a share. The move to Motion is all part of the plan to get Caravel to the Breeders’ Cup. Note that Irad Ortiz sticks with the gray in the six-furlong dash.
Hall of Famer Mark Casse has three chances to upend the favorite. Grade 3 winner Turned Aside, who joined the barn after selling for $725,000 at Keeneland January, was last seen finishing an uncharacteristic ninth in the April 3 Shakertown (G2). Old Chestnut, runner-up to Turned Aside in last summer’s Quick Call (G3) before they became stablemates, sports a 3-for-3 mark on the Woodbine turf. Chuck Willis’s four-race skein was snapped by a sixth in the Connaught Cup (G2), but the speedy import could appreciate the slight cutback.
City Boy, second to Silent Poet as the defending Nearctic (G2) champion at this course and distance last fall, is eligible to improve from his recent allowance comeback. Admiralty Pier and Honey Won’t round out the eight-horse cast.
Dance Smartly S. (G2) – Race 9 (4:55 p.m. ET)
Reigning E.P. Taylor (G1) queen Etoile returns to Woodbine for the C$175,000 Dance Smartly (G2). The Chad Brown mare, who was overturned as the 1.45-1 favorite in this very race a year ago, has made only one appearance so far in 2021. Fourth in the April 10 Jenny Wiley (G1) going 1 1/16 miles, the French-bred should appreciate the step back up in trip.
Grade 3 veteran Mutamakina has been installed as the slight 9-5 favorite over the 2-1 Etoile. Last fall’s Long Island (G3) winner has placed in two of three starts this campaign for Christophe Clement, a second in the Sheepshead Bay (G2) and a near-miss third in the July 11 River Memories S.
Other contenders include Motion’s Dowager (G3) scorer Blame Debbie, fifth in the Robert G. Dick Memorial (G3) in her latest; Ed Vaughan’s British import Alnaseem, coming off a second in the Indiana General Assembly Distaff; Court Return, who nearly shocked Etoile at 41.80-1 in the E.P. Taylor; and Kevin Attard’s duo from the 2020 Canadian fillies’ classics, Wonder Where S. victress Merveilleux and Afleet Katherine, runner-up in the Woodbine Oaks and Bison City S. on Tapeta.
Ontario Colleen S. (G3) – Race 6 (3:03 p.m. ET)
Two well-bred sophomore fillies advance to stakes company in the C$150,000 Ontario Colleen S. (G3) – Misspell, the 2-1 favorite from the Brown barn, and Speightstown Shirl representing Hall of Famer Roger Attfield.
Misspell, a close fourth to Seasons in their mutual debut at Saratoga last summer, broke her maiden at Churchill Downs next out. In her belated sophomore bow back at the Spa July 17, the American Pharoah filly was just nailed on the wire.
Speightstown Shirl, a daughter of 2011 Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf (G1) winner Perfect Shirl and full sister to Grade 3 scorer Shirl’s Speight, was runner-up to Souper Sensational in her lone juvenile start. The Charles Fipke homebred scored her maiden win over this course and one-mile trip June 12. Caught late in a 1 1/16-mile allowance, Speightstown Shirl shortens up a tad.
The Jimmy Toner-trained Seasons brings useful form as the third-placer in the course-and-distance Natalma (G1) last year and unlucky second in the May 14 Hilltop S. The blueblood daughter of Tapit and Winter Memories looks to bounce back from a disappointing third in the Boiling Springs S. at Monmouth.
Casse, who has won the Ontario Colleen three of the past four years and four times overall, sends a three-strong team. Our Flash Drive was a convincing winner of the Selene (G3) over next-out Woodbine Oaks star (and Queen’s Plate hopeful) Munnyfor Ro, and now hopes to transfer her Tapeta form to turf. Sanibel Island S. vixen I Get It, beaten by Con Lima in a couple other Gulfstream Park turf stakes, must rebound from a trailing effort behind the same rival in the June 23 Wonder Again (G3) at Belmont. Recent allowance scorer Salty As Can Be faces surface and distance questions.
Sweet Souper Sweet exits a third in the Selene for Mike Trombetta. Perseverancia, a sharp maiden winner in her first start since joining Darwin Banach, aims to continue her progress.
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Woodbine Oaks winner Munnyfor Ro and New York invader Safe Conduct are among top contenders in Sunday’s 162nd edition of the $1 million Queen’s Plate at Woodbine. Restricted to Canadian-bred three-year-olds, a well-matched field of 13 is set for the 1 1/4-mile test on the Tapeta track.
Keep Grinding, runner-up in the July 11 Marine S. (G3) at Woodbine, has been installed as a slight 4-1 morning line favorite in the Queen’s Plate, which is the longest consecutively-run race in North America. The Ontario-bred Tizway colt highlights the Attard family connection to the first leg of the 2021 Canadian Triple Crown. Trained by Tino Attard, Keep Grinding is owned by Tino’s grandson, 17-year-old Joshua Attard, and Rafael Hernandez will be up for the dark bay’s second stakes attempt.
Kevin Attard, Tino’s son and Joshua’s father, will be represented by four contestants, including Munnyfor Ro. Listed at 9-2 on the morning line, the Munnings filly overcame a slow start to win the 1 1/8-mile Woodbine Oaks going away by 1 1/4 lengths, and she will try to become the fifth Oaks runner to win the Queen’s Plate. Justin Stein rides.
Safe Conduct, who exits an unplaced finish against better in the July 10 Belmont Derby (G1), merits serious respect. Trained by Philip Serpe, the Bodemeister colt posted a sharp 2 1/2-length allowance score two starts back over Public Sector, who recently won the Hall of Fame S. (G2). Bettors can toss Safe Conduct’s fourth in the off-the-turf Pennine Ridge (G3) two back, and Irad Ortiz Jr. will be up on the early presser.
Riptide Rock, last seen posting a convincing allowance score in mid-July, comes next on the morning line at 6-1. The Point of Entry gelding is trained by Sid Attard, brother to Tino and uncle to Kevin, and David Moran picks up the mount. Kevin Attard will also send out Marine third-placer Haddassah; last-out allowance winner Harlan Estate; and H C Holiday, who was elevated to second by the stewards after finishing third in the Plate Trial.
Avoman exits a victory in the Aug. 1 Plate Trial S., and Antonio Gallardo will be back up on the multiple stakes victor for Donald MacRae. Dance Some Mo is eligible to improve upon a nose second in his first start over the Tapeta, and Tidal Forces will attempt to rebound after sustaining his first setback in the Marine.
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DNA Special: What is happening in Afghanistan once happened in Kashmir - According to different estimates, in the year 1990, 5 to 7 lakh Kashmiri Pandits left their homes and became refugees in other parts of the country.
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Today is World Photography Day. We take pictures so that memories can be preserved, memorable moments can be captured, and those stories can be told that words cannot. So today we will compare Afghanistan and Kashmir and tell the people of Kashmir how lucky they are to live in India.
In 1990, when Islamic fundamentalists forced Kashmiri Pandits to flee from Kashmir, they were presented with three options. First, they accept Islam. Second, leave Kashmir. Third, be ready to die.
After 31 years, the Taliban have also placed these three conditions before the people of Afghanistan. First, - accept Sharia law. Second, leave Afghanistan and run away. Third, be ready to die.
According to different estimates, in the year 1990, 5 to 7 lakh Kashmiri Pandits left their homes and became refugees in other parts of the country including Jammu. That is, 5 to 7 lakh citizens of the country had to become refugees in their own country. Similarly, today about 2.5 million Afghan citizens are a refuge in different parts of the world.
In the 1980s, extremism started dominating in Kashmir and soon the region became a laboratory of radical Islam. But before that, the situation in Kashmir was not like this. Films were also shot there, women could go out of the house without fear and there were many schools, colleges and universities for their studies. Before 1980, Afghanistan used to be something similar, where women had the freedom to read and write and wear clothes of their choice. But in the 1980s, when fundamentalists pushed Kashmir into the dark side, Afghanistan became embroiled in a civil war. And then by 1990, Kashmir became a stronghold of terrorists, while the Taliban emerged in Afghanistan.
In fact, in the late 1970s, there was a revolution in the name of Islam in Iran. The rulers there also fled the country, and religious leaders who believed in the fundamentalist ideology of Islam became the Supreme Leader of Iran. Earlier, Iran was also very modern and women had all kinds of freedom there too. That is, the 1980s witnessed the propagation and spread of radical Islamic ideology in a large part of Asia.
Today, just as the citizens of Afghanistan are running away from their country by risking their lives, in the same way in 1990, Kashmiri Pandits had to flee from Kashmir. Some time ago, Zee News spoke to Kashmiri Pandits who witnessed the violence of 1990 and now settled in different parts of the world including India. And recently, we also talked to many people who came from Afghanistan. If you listen to the pain of these people, you will come to know that when fundamentalism dominates in any country or any state, then the coming generations get punished for it for decades.
But thankfully, India never allowed foreign forces to enter Kashmir and not only controlled terrorism on its own, but today, citizens living in any part of the country can not only roam Kashmir without any fear but can also buy land, study and live in Kashmir. If India had asked other countries to find a solution to Kashmir, it may be that the condition of Kashmir would have become like Afghanistan, from where other countries would have gone. Then Kashmir would have been occupied by the fundamentalists and the same pictures would come from Kashmir as are coming from Kabul.
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Muharram, which marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar, is considered the second most pious month after Ramadan. It is the first month of the Islamic Hijri calendar. The term Muharram in English means ‘forbidden’ and so those practising Islam refrain themselves from negative activities. Muharram began on August 11 in India, it is also based upon the sighting of the moon, just like Ramadan. This year Ashura - the most remembered day will be on August 20.
Here are some messages and quotes you can share with your loved ones on Muharram 2021:
*May Allah shower you with gifts of love, bravery, wisdom, contentment, health, patience, and cleanliness.
*May Allah bring a lot of peace, prosperity to the world. May Allah protect us.
*May Allah shower you with gifts of love, bravery, wisdom, contentment, health, patience.
*Allah is not punishing you. He is preparing for you. Trust his plans, not your pain.
*May all the praises and thanks be to Allah. To whom belongs all that is in heavens and in the earth. May Allah bless you!
*Let us pray that it will be a year full of peace and an abundance of new friends. May Allah bless you!
*Let us believe in the messenger of Allah and follow the light which has been sent down with Him.
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Anthony Mackie roped in to star as lead in Marvel Studios' 'Captain America 4' - Mackie as Falcon assumed Captain America's shield over the course of the Disney Plus series 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'.
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Actor Anthony Mackie has been roped in to star as the lead in the Marvel Studios' upcoming superhero film 'Captain America 4'.
As per Variety, further details of the movie have not been disclosed yet, keeping it unclear if the fourth film in the 'Captain America' franchise will feature Sebastian Stan, who starred with Mackie in the much-acclaimed Disney Plus series 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier'.
Mackie first appeared as Sam Wilson (aka the Falcon) in 2014's 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier', and reprised the role in five subsequent movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Mackie as Falcon assumed Captain America's shield over the course of the Disney Plus series 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier' after the superhero handpicked him as his successor.
Back in April, Variety reported that a fourth 'Captain America' movie was in development, with Malcolm Spellman penning the script alongside 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier' staff writer Dalan Musson.
The director and further casting for the movie have not been set yet.
Given Marvel's crowded feature slate, 'Captain America 4', which technically hasn't been officially announced, almost certainly couldn't premiere until 2023, at the earliest.
This year, Marvel has 'Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings', 'Eternals' and 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' (a co-production with Sony Pictures). In 2022, Marvel has 'Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness', 'Thor: Love and Thunder', 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' and the 'Captain Marvel' sequel 'The Marvels'.
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Haiti earthquake death toll reaches 2,189 as locals struggle to keep count of losses - The 7.2-magnitude quake also left more than 12,000 people injured, the agency said on Wednesday, adding that rescue operations are still underway.
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The death toll from the powerful 7.2 earthquake that struck Haiti on August 14 has increased to 2,189, the Caribbean island`s Civil Protection Agency reported.
The 7.2-magnitude quake also left more than 12,000 people injured, the agency said on Wednesday, adding that rescue operations are still underway.
A breakdown of fatalities by region showed the vast majority, or 1,832 deaths, occurred in the South, Xinhua news quoted the agency as saying.
The earthquake was one of the strongest to hit the country, leaving numerous deaths and injuries in its wake, destroying houses and buildings and leading to the collapse of the island`s hospital network.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has pledged the world body`s support for Haiti in the aftermath of the massive earthquake.
Also read Haiti quake death toll surges to nearly 2,000, survivors clamour for aid
"I have a message to the people of Haiti: you are not alone. We will stand by your side and support you every step of the way out of this crisis," Guterres said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry has declared a month-long state of emergency and urged the population to "show solidarity".
In 2010, another massive earthquake in Haiti killed more than 200,000 people and caused extensive damage to the country`s infrastructure and economy.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Reigning 2A state champ Bishop Dwenger opened its 2021 season with a shutout on Thursday night at Shields Field as the Saints blanked 2A no. 16 Bellmont by a score of 5-0. Avery Ledo (10th minute) and Ava Slater (12th minute) both converted a penalty kick early in the first […]
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Reigning 2A state champ Bishop Dwenger opened its 2021 season with a shutout on Thursday night at Shields Field as the Saints blanked 2A no. 16 Bellmont by a score of 5-0.
Avery Ledo (10th minute) and Ava Slater (12th minute) both converted a penalty kick early in the first half to give the Saints a 2-0 lead. In the 32nd minute Callie Burns found Ellen Hartzog for a breakaway goal to up Dwenger’s lead to 3-0 at intermission.
Senior Grace Morris scored in the 65th minute to make it 4-0, then Bellmont suffered an own goal in the 70th minute to set the final at 5-0.
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Two "unruly passengers" were arrested Tuesday at Nashville International Airport after police said they refused to wear masks onboard their flights.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Two “unruly” passengers were arrested Tuesday at Nashville International Airport after police said they refused to wear masks onboard their flights.
A warrant states airport police responded around 5:30 a.m. to gate C10, where a man, identified as 33-year-old Artur Grigoryan, would not wear his mask while on an American Airlines flight. The flight was delayed, as he was removed from the plane.
Artur Grigoryan (Courtesy: Metro Nashville Police Department)
Officers said they also received a call the night prior about Grigoryan, who had refused to wear a face covering onboard a Spirit Airlines flight and called the crew “vulgar names.” He was denied any future flights with Spirit Airlines, as a result.
Police said Grigoryan was also caught stealing sandwiches and a soda from the Green Beans Coffee Shop at the airport, while waiting to board the American Airlines flight. The owner of the shop chose not to prosecute Grigoryan for the theft.
Grigoryan was arrested and booked into the Metro jail on a charge of disorderly conduct.
In a separate incident later that same morning, a warrant states airport police responded to a report from Southwest Airlines about a passenger onboard one of their flights to Washington D.C. refusing to wear a mask. The pilot had turned the plane around, as a result.
James Swafford (Courtesy: Metro Nashville Police Department)
The passenger, identified by police as 24-year-old James Swafford, was removed from the plane. He became aggressive toward officers and used profanity in front of other passengers, causing a disturbance, according to investigators.
Swafford was arrested on a charge of disorderly conduct.
Bond for both men was set at $1,000.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A high-powered offense. A team that went to state. And a brand new stadium. What more could you ask for to open the 2021 season as Bishop Luers heads to Carroll for your Highlight Zone “Game of the Week” on Friday! The Knights are coming off a trip to the […]
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – A high-powered offense. A team that went to state. And a brand new stadium.
What more could you ask for to open the 2021 season as Bishop Luers heads to Carroll for your Highlight Zone “Game of the Week” on Friday!
The Knights are coming off a trip to the 2A state title game last fall, where they were edged by Western Boone 36-35. Luers returns a number of key players in 2021, including senior quarterback Carson Clark who threw for 303 yards and 3 touchdowns in the state title game.
Carroll posted a 7-3 record last season while averaging an SAC-best 46.1 points per game on offense. The Chargers are once again led by senior quarterback Jeff Becker, as the South Dakota State commit was selected to the WANE-TV Fab 15 last year.
WANE-TV will be live from Carroll’s new stadium on Friday at 6. Then tune into the Highlight Zone at 11 p.m. for Fort Wayne’s longest-running and most-watched sports show!
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Saturday marks one year since Dot and Brewing first opened their doors on Camino Court. The brewery was born out of a home-brew hobby Comparet used to have, bringing in his brews for his co-workers at Excell Color Graphics.
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FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — Dot & Line Brewing Company opened its doors during the pandemic and now are celebrating its first big milestone.
When it comes to opening a business during the pandemic and keeping it open Dot and Brewing Co-Owner Phil Comparet said their approach was to keep their head down and focus on the job at hand.
“Just keep your head down, don’t worry so much about what’s going on and you’re going to persevere,” said Comparet.
Saturday marks one year since Dot and Brewing first opened their doors on 2623 Camino Court. The brewery was born out of a home-brew hobby Comparet used to have, bringing in his brews for his co-workers at Excell Color Graphics. They set out to open the brewery after the owners of Excell Color visited other craft breweries, but starting up a business in the pandemic wasn’t always easy.
“It started out pretty well, then we progressed into the further lockdowns this winter was a bit scary,” Comparet said. “With 50% capacity, no bar seating, we had to very quickly transition to carry out product and that carried us through the winter until the snow started to melt and business starts to pick back up. It’s definitely been a learning process and every day continues to be that way but I feel like we’ve hit our stride here. And we’re doing a really great job right now.”
The brewery celebrates its first anniversary on Saturday. They kicked off celebrations Wednesday night with a new beer release. The Thursday night, Full Circle BBQ set up shop out front. Bravas will be at Dot & Line on Friday and will release its Whale in the Woods Imperial Stout. Dot & Line will wrap celebrations on Saturday with 800 Degrees Woodfire Pizza and a live performance from Davey and the Midnights starting at 6:00 p.m.
All ages are welcome under the tent on Friday and Saturday.
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With the delta variant of COVID-19 overwhelming hospitals across the country, government health officials have recommended a booster shot of Moderna or Pfizer vaccine – but what about Americans who received the Johnson and Johnson vaccine?
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(NEXSTAR) – With the delta variant of COVID-19 overwhelming hospitals across the country, government health officials have recommended a booster shot of Moderna or Pfizer vaccine – but what about Americans who received the Johnson and Johnson vaccine?
The good news is that Health and Human Services officials say there will likely be a J&J booster update in the near future, but it’s not yet clear when that announcement will come.
On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that, starting Sept. 20, the Biden administration plans to offer COVID-19 booster shots for people who were given the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine at least eight months earlier.
“Based on our latest assessment, the current protection against severe disease, hospitalization, and death could diminish in the months ahead, especially among those who are at higher risk or were vaccinated during the earlier phases of the vaccination rollout,” public health and medical experts from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement. “For that reason, we conclude that a booster shot will be needed to maximize vaccine-induced protection and prolong its durability.”
When it comes to the single shot vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, HHS officials said they are still awaiting data because “administration of the J&J vaccine did not begin in the U.S. until March 2021.”
“For those who got the J&J vaccine: We do expect that boosters will be needed in the future and we are expecting more data in the coming weeks that will help us make recommendations for people who got J&J,” said U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy in a tweet.
CDC data show that more than 14,000,000 Americans have received the J&J COVID-19 vaccine.
Murthy assured Americans that the protection from all of the vaccines against the worst COVID-19 outcomes remains high, but the new data show that protection against mild and moderate cases is decreasing over time because of normal waning immunity and the impact of the delta variant.
“We are concerned that this pattern of decline will continue and eventually lead to less protection against severe illness, hospitalization and death.” Murthy said. “Boosters may help restore that protection.
HHS officials say their top priority remains staying ahead of the “constantly changing” virus as it continues to mutate, creating a fluid situation that may require modifications to the plan.
“We also want to emphasize the ongoing urgency of vaccinating the unvaccinated in the U.S. and around the world,” the statement concludes. “Nearly all the cases of severe disease, hospitalization, and death continue to occur among those not yet vaccinated at all.”
Can I mix vaccines?
The government is encouraging people to stick with the same vaccine provider, but hasn’t mandated it.
The CDC recommends people with compromised immune systems who received either Pfizer or Moderna when they were originally vaccinated should seek an mRNA vaccine for their third dose, and should stop at three doses.
For people who received the J&J vaccine, however, the science is again unclear. “There is not enough data at this time to determine whether immunocompromised people who received the Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine also have an improved antibody response following an additional dose of the same vaccine,” the CDC guidance reads.
The federal stance hasn’t stopped local health officials from making their own decisions when it comes to the J&J vaccine.
San Francisco’s Public Health Director Grant Colfax said earlier this month that the city is allowing people who first received the J&J vaccine to be given a booster shot of Pfizer or Moderna as long as they consult with their doctor or health provider first.
A new study also found that mixing an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine like Pfizer with a viral vector vaccine, which is what the J&J shot is, can elicit a strong immunological response.
As J&J recipients in the U.S. wait out the lag on test data, Dr. Murthy reassured all vaccinated Americans that their current protection is strong and that “we are not recommending that everyone go out and get a booster today.”
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More than a year into the pandemic, Indiana farmers say they're still dealing with supply chain issues and rising prices.
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INDIANAPOLIS — More than a year into the pandemic, Indiana farmers say they’re still dealing with supply chain issues and rising prices.
This comes as federal lawmakers are collecting input on the next farm bill, which is passed every five years to shape the nation’s agricultural policy.
“Prices have pretty much skyrocketed on fertilizer,” said Phil Ramsey, a director on the American Soybean Alliance Board who grows corn and soybeans in Shelby and Rush counties. “Nitrogen prices, they’re almost double of what they were a year ago.”
“Parts, for instance, on our equipment, machinery — sometimes you have to drive to another state,” said Robert White, who owns a farm in northern Indiana and serves as director of national government relations for the Indiana Farm Bureau.
Ramsey and White attended a discussion on the farm bill Wednesday at the Indiana State Fair with Lieuntenant Governor Suzanne Crouch and Reps. Jim Baird (R-Indiana), Victoria Spartz (R-Indiana) and Greg Pence (R-Indiana).
“We have recognized some of the, maybe, weaknesses in our supply chain, our food supply chain. We are probably going to discuss those and make sure that we can make improvements there and in programs and incentives,” said Rep. Baird, who serves on the House Agriculture Committee.
“As a farmer myself, I have observations how we can do better and some of the problems,” Rep. Spartz said.
“I’m concerned that the inflation could continue to outstrip what prices are going to be like in the fall,” Rep. Pence said.
White said although the farm bill can’t directly address some of the problems created by the pandemic, he hopes it could defray some other expenses in areas like conservation and include policies that increase profit margins.
“There’s a trade portion of the farm bill that we would like to see obviously more exports, which will help move the prices of our commodities up,” White said.
“It’s just important that we can get a good farm bill put together, and there is a lot of pieces to it that’s important to the whole economy, not just the farmers,” Ramsey said.
The farm bill also funds many other programs, including SNAP benefits.
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Kerry Washington has found a new inspiring project to get behind.
The Scandal star is working with Disney Branded Television to develop From the Desk of Zoe Washington, an original movie based on Janae Marks’ critically acclaimed book of the same name. Like the award-winning novel, the film will center on middle-schooler and aspiring pastry chef Zoe, a young girl who makes a connection with her incarcerated father. After he proclaims his innocence, Zoe “begins to learn about systemic racism” and works to “set her biological father free.” A release date for From the Desk of Zoe Washington has not been announced.
In other news, Starz has released the official trailer to their highly anticipated crime drama Black Mafia Family. As previously reported, the 50 Cent-produced series follows the real-life story of brothers Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory and Terry “Southwest T” Flenory, who “rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in the country.” BMF premieres Sunday, September 26, at 9 p.m. ET. and stars Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr., Russell Hornsby, Snoop Dogg, La La Anthony and Serayah, among others.
Finally, Netflix has renewed Mindy Kaling‘s coming-of-age comedy Never Have I Ever for a third season. As previously noted, the series follows Maitreyi Ramakrishnan as Devi, a 15-year-old Indian-American girl navigating the pressures of high school and her social status. A release date for the third season has yet to be announced.
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Three senators have tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated. This comes as the highly infectious delta variant spreads rapidly across the U.S.
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UNVACCINATED IN WISCONSIN, VERSUS THOSE WHO HAVE THEIR SHOT. JO YCE: NEWLY-RELEASED DATA ALSO SHOWS AN ALARMING RISE IN CASES. 12 NEWS’ KENT WAINSCOTT IS HERE TO BREAK DOWTHN E NUMBERS. KENT? KENT: THE NEW DATA FROM DHS SHOWS HOW EFFECTIVE THE VACCINES IS AT PREVENTING SERIOUS IL LNESS, AND ALSO HOW RAPIDLY THE DELTA VARIANT IS SURGING ACROSS WISCONSIN. TAKE A LOOK AT THESE NUM.RS IN JULY, NEARLY THREE TIMES AS MANY UNVACCINATED PEOPLE CONTRACT CEDOVID, AS TESTED POSITIVE AMONG THOSE WHO ARE FULLY-VACCINAT.ED AND THE GAP IN HOSPITALIZATIONS IS EVEN GREATER. NEARLY FOUR TIMES AS MANY UNVACCINATED PEOPLE CONTRACTED COVID AND WERE HOSPITALID, COMPARED WITH THOSE WHO ARE VACCINATED. AND PERHAPS THE MOST ALARMING NUMBER IS RIGHT HERE, THE SURGE FROM MONTH TO MONTH WITH THE DELTA VARIT.AN ABOUT 4.5 TIMES AS MANY UNVACCINATED INDIVIDUALS CONTRACTED COVID IN JULY COMPARED TO JUNE, AND IT’S NEARLY NINE TIMES AS MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED WHO CONTRACTED COVID IN LYJU DR. RYAN WESTERGAARD: WE’RE BRACING FOR THE PANDEMIC TO GET WORSE. KENT: STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY WITH THE DELTA VARIANT SURGING, NEWLY RELEASED DATA CONFIRMS THAT THE VACCINES WORK. >> WE ARE STILL SEEING MUCH LOWER RATES OF CASES, MUCH LOWER RATES OF HOSPITALIZATIONS AND MUCH LOWER RATES OF DEATHS AMONG THOSE WHO ARE FULLY VACCINATED. KE:NT BUT A RISE IN CASES AMONG THE FULLY-VACCINATED WHO MAY NOT HAVE SYMPTOMS OR EVEN BE TESTED FOR COVID RAISES ANOTHER CONCN.ER IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THIS COULD BE MORE WIDESPREAD IN WISCONSIN THANHE T NUMBERS INDICATE? >> I THINK IT’S GENERALLY TRUE OF VACCINATED AND UNVACCINATED CASES THAT WE UNDERTEST TH.EM THAT’S BEEN THE MOST DEVASTATGIN ASPECT OF THIS VIRUS, IS ITS ABILITY TO BE CAUSE INCTFEION AND BE HIGHLY TRANSMISSIBLE BEFORE SYMPTOMS STAR T. JOE:YC BRACING FOR THE WORST. THOSE ARE SOBERING WORDS. KENT, ARE THOSE HEALTH OFFICIALS CONCERNED ABOUT THE RATE OF VACCINIOATNS IN THE STATE? KE:NT THEY’RE ENCOURAGED E STATE HAS TOPPED THE 50% THRESHOLD, BUT THERE’S A CATCH. BECAUSE THE DELTA VARIANT IS MORE INFECTIOUS THAN PREVIOUS VARIANTSHA TT MEANS MORE PEOPLE HAVE TO BE VACCINATED IN ORDER TO REACH HERD IMMUNITY. THEY SAY EVERYTHING WE ARE DOING TO SLOW THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS WE HAVE TO DO BETTER AND MORE . JOYCE: KENT WAINSCOT
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Related video above: Breakthrough cases of COVID-19 in Wisconsin more than doubleThree senators said Thursday they have tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated, a high-profile collection of breakthrough cases that comes as the highly infectious delta variant spreads rapidly across the United States.Sens. Angus King, I-Maine, Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., all said they have tested positive for the virus. Almost every member of the Senate spent long hours together on the chamber's floor last week in an all-night session of budget votes before leaving town for August recess. King said he began feeling feverish Wednesday and took a COVID-19 test at his doctor's suggestion. "While I am not feeling great, I'm definitely feeling much better than I would have without the vaccine," King said. Wicker's office said he tested positive for the virus Thursday morning."Senator Wicker is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, is in good health, and is being treated by his Tupelo-based physician," a statement from his staff read. "He is isolating, and everyone with whom Senator Wicker has come in close contact recently has been notified."Hickenlooper announced his positive test a few hours later. "I feel good but will isolate per docs instructions. I'm grateful for the vaccine (& the scientists behind it!) for limiting my symptoms," Hickenlooper tweeted. "If you haven't gotten your shot—get it today! And a booster when it's available too!"The breakthrough cases emerged the day after U.S. health officials announced plans to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to Americans. They said the shots are needed to shore up their protection against the delta variant amid signs that the vaccines' effectiveness is waning over time.Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. had announced Aug. 2 that he had tested positive for COVID-19 despite being vaccinated. "Sending best wishes for a speedy recovery to my good friends and colleagues," he tweeted Thursday."If you have not already done so please #GetVaccinated," Graham added.Dozens of members of Congress have reported testing positive for COVID-19. Rep. Ron Wright, R-Texas, 67, died from the disease early this year while Rep.-elect Luke Letlow, R-La., 41, died in December before being sworn into office. d
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The Dauphin County Coroner confirms a 2-year-old boy has died after falling into a pond. State police say the incident happened on the 1700 block of Luxemburg Road in Lykens Township between 5 and 5:30 p.m. Thursday evening. According to the police report, first responders found the boy unresponsive after he was pulled from the water. The Dauphin County coroner pronounced the child dead at the scene. Police have concluded that there was no criminal activity involved in the incident.
The Dauphin County Coroner confirms a 2-year-old boy has died after falling into a pond.
State police say the incident happened on the 1700 block of Luxemburg Road in Lykens Township between 5 and 5:30 p.m. Thursday evening.
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According to the police report, first responders found the boy unresponsive after he was pulled from the water.
The Dauphin County coroner pronounced the child dead at the scene.
Police have concluded that there was no criminal activity involved in the incident.
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Reports of harassment and beatings at Taliban checkpoints continued to surface Wednesday.
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you can see we've got this crowd around us uh which is which is never great because crowds are always a little bit dangerous and most of these people, let me ask you sir, are you waiting here to get out or what are you doing here? Yeah. Working with the americans with all have the documents for the recommendations. Everything right announced we'll take these guys are working with the american or with the ice off. We take them to the America But they're liars. Just they take these guys. They have. Yes, of course of course it is all like a more than 50,000 people. They're crowded here today. All of them has gone to the homes. This is so less people out there here. Yes, yes, yes for our home is here but all there is manifest in. Yeah, but the taliban didn't lead you to go in. If they're not lead you to tell you the telling us just stay here. The american says we take these guys, they have the american passport or american british or they have the green cards, we take him. Otherwise you have to stop here or they stay here. We tell them we cannot stay here because every day the joe biden says we take this all the afghan Workers there help us, we take them to the America. But have you tried? Yes, yes, of course what happened? They tell us, we have to bring the HR later updates for the 2021. That's impossible. All the company's lockdown in 2014. It's very hard to find people in the same situation. Yeah all the same. They have a short letter but it doesn't have the recommendation letter but most of them have they lost their badge. So in this your message to America is our message to America. We help the american people. So that's their jobs to help me out right now here there is a very bad situation if someone knew that you work with somebody. So the Derricks, I'm just gonna thank you sir. Can I just bring you and you have a green card? See this is my green card. This is your green card showing me a picture right now of his green card. That's his green card. So you have a green card. Yeah and I have flight on I just 20 this Friday already filled out the application for the US embassy and this is the emails that I got from the embassy. And so did you try to get into the eye? What are the taliban's like the taliban said we don't know just go we don't want to try to let you end and like they say we don't have flies they don't have flights just say but they do have flies but you're getting an impression john and Brianna I mean look I'm surrounded here. Okay and everybody here has got a story. People work for the americans. One man has a green card. He already has his flights books Now they're pressing in. They want desperately to tell their stories. They want the americans to know because they're not able to get past those checkpoints. They're not able to get the taliban fighters.
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Video above: CNN interviews people in Afghanistan who can't leave As reports of harassment and beatings at Taliban checkpoints continued to surface Wednesday, the U.S. Embassy in Kabul warned it could not ensure safe passage for Americans to the airport to escape Afghanistan, despite the Pentagon underscoring alleged Taliban assurances that it will ensure safe transit.Wednesday's alert from the diplomatic outpost, which has been relocated to the airport, stood in contrast to statements made by White House and Pentagon officials about the ability of civilians to access the airport to board evacuation flights out of the country.The apparent disconnect on public messaging among the Biden administration's senior national security staff underscores the chaotic and rushed nature of the evacuation effort, which has been gaining steam in the past few days but still faces enormous logistical and security challenges."The United States government cannot ensure safe passage to the Hamid Karzai International Airport," the U.S. Embassy in Kabul advised American citizens.Related video: United Nations chief urges united front against TalibanA few hours later, Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman told reporters at the State Department that "it appears the Taliban's commitment for safe passage for American citizens has been solid" but that "we have seen reports that the Taliban, contrary to their public statements and their commitments to our government, are blocking Afghans who wish to leave the country from reaching the airport."But in a news briefing at the Pentagon that started while State was still briefing, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley told reporters that "through the State Department, the Taliban are guaranteeing safe passage to the airport for American citizens, that is, U.S. passport holders," Milley said.The State Department message about transit to the airport also stands in stark contrast to comments made by national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Tuesday, when he told reporters at the White House that the Taliban had committed to allowing safe passage for civilians to the airport.US has surged personnel to airportThe U.S. has surged diplomatic and military personnel into Hamid Karzai International Airport, transforming the country's sole international airport into a massive military bunker where U.S. personnel fired shots around the perimeter to control crowds Wednesday.Both Sherman and Milley said Biden administration officials have directly told the Taliban that the U.S. expects them to clear the way for people to reach the airport. Sherman said the State Department's team in Doha, Qatar, which is meeting with Taliban officials, and "our military partners on the ground in Kabul are engaging directly with the Taliban to make clear that we expect them to allow all American citizens, all third country nationals and all Afghans who wish to leave to do so safely and without harassment."Referring to the Taliban's checkpoints, Milley said, "We have gone back and emphasized that, that people who are trying to get to the airport, have the right credentials, need to be allowed through."Milley said that if directed, U.S. military in Kabul have the ability to extract Americans and take them to Hamid Karzai International Airport when asked by CNN's Barbara Starr.Starr asked Milley if "international special forces there ... have the capability to extract" Americans and take them to the airport. In response, Milley said, "That would be a policy decision, and, if directed, we have capabilities to execute whatever we're directed."Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin clarified that "we don't have the capability to go out and collect the large numbers of people," adding that he would "draw a distinction between extracting someone in an extreme condition or circumstance versus going out and collecting up large numbers of American citizens."Pressed on the issue, Austin said, "We're going to do everything we can to continue to try to deconflict and create passageways for them to get to the airfield." But again, he said the U.S. military does not have the capability to "extend operations currently into Kabul."
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Sir: The humiliation of the United States in Afghanistan in its failed effort to impose western style liberal democracy on that country has shown the limitation of a military superpower.
The “ messy” American exit has also vindicated former U.S. President Donald Trump’s position that America should not be imposing its will, fighting other peoples’ wars or playing the policeman of the world.
As a structured exit plan, President Trump had facilitated the Doha Agreement with the Taliban under which U.S. troops would have been withdrawn by May 1, which would have saved America the global embarrassment of a forced evacuation as the Taliban captured Afghan capital, Kabul, on Sunday August 15. America had gone to battle in Afghanistan initially in its war against terrorism following allegations that the Taliban government in Afghanistan then provided safe haven for the 9/11 terrorists who attacked New York and Washington, D.C. in 2001. Later, the war on terror became an ideological war to force-feed Afghanistan with American brand of liberal democracy. As the world is witnessing, that attempt failed, woefully, exposing ‘almighty’ America to global ridicule, after nearly 20 years of misadventure in the Asian country.
This debacle of U.S. foreign policy should engender a rethink by America’s political leadership and its messianic, democracy evangelists on the futility of seeking to impose its ideology on other nations. America’s apparent arrogance of power, that has been checkmated by a so-called Third World country, like Afghanistan, should be a lesson to countries with imperialist inclinations that the will of a determined people cannot be conquered by force of arms.
The unfolding tragic situation in Afghanistan could have been avoided if a negotiated solution had been vigorously pursued as against President Joe Biden’s vain hope that an unmotivated Afghan military, though heavily armed by the U.S., could stand up to the surging Taliban. The Afghan debacle is also a failure of the much-vaunted American intelligence agencies and those of its western allies in NATO to adequately decipher the dynamics of the Afghan situation and an under estimation of the Taliban for the long haul.
America is the world, literally, being the most cosmopolitan nation and should tightly be a beacon of hope to other countries, if its political leaders can shed their messianic bent and braggadocio about their awesome military capability but rather deploying their super power assets – military, economic, diplomatic – with fairness and respect for the sensitivities of citizens of other countries, especially in Africa, Asia and South America.
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America’s “messy” exit from Kabul, as described by President Biden himself, is akin to similar chaotic evacuation of American embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam on April 30, 1975, when military forces of communist North Vietnam overran U.S. supported South Vietnam. An estimated 58, 000 Americans were lost in that 20- year Vietnam nightmare.
The lesson from America’s misadventure in Afghanistan is that power must be exercised with great caution.
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In a bid to tackle the security challenges threatening the peace of the state, Sokoto State Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on Wednesday convened an emergency session with the Sultan of Sokoto, Abubakar Sa’ad, with former Governors Attahiru Bafarawa and Aliyu Wamakko in attendance.
Also in attendance were the Deputy Governor, Mannir DanIya, former deputy governors, serving Senators, members of House of Representatives, members of state Assembly, traditional and religious leaders.
Sokoto has been battling with banditry, kidnapping and cattle rustling in the Northwest.
The communities worst hit are Rabah, Sabon Birni, Isa, Goronyo, Illela, Gada, Guru and Tangaza local government areas.
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A resolution was reached to the effect that Sultan Sa’ad Abubakar to chair a stakeholders’ Advisory Committee on ways to tackle the security challenges bedevilling the state.
Governor Tambuwal disclosed this shortly after the stakeholders’ meeting on insecurity in the state.
Tambuwal told reporters that the meeting was convened to address the rising security challenges in the state and the need to bring everybody together, irrespective of their political or religious inclinations, to proffer solutions to the problem.
The governor also emphasised that bandits, kidnappers and other criminals, had subjected everybody to difficulties, hence, the need to adopt new strategies to tackle the situation.
“Although, the Federal Government is doing its best through the security agencies in order to tackle the menace, state governments need to complement the efforts,” he said.
Tambuwal said: “Barring our political differences, we have to invite all political office holders, traditional rulers and other relevant institutions, community leaders, groups and NGOs to review the problem and proffer solutions.”
The governor said the committee had seven days within which to present its report, describing it as critical to finding a lasting solution to the situation.
He called on the people to support the committee and the state government in the efforts to end the security challenges in the state.
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The increasing surrender of Boko Haram/Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) fighters, with their families, signifies the 12-year Boko Haram insurrection may just be rolling to an end.
Yet, all that has elicited from Governor Babangana Umara Zulum of Borno State, the epicenter of the severe blood-letting, is bitter-sweet sentiments, drawing from the governor some perplexing quandary.
“We (in Borno State) are in a very difficult situation over the ongoing surrender by insurgents. We have to critically look between two extreme conditions and decide our future,” he declared at Gwoza and Bama, two local governments that have tasted the tragic thunder, of the free-killing Islamists. “We have to choose between an endless war or to cautiously accept the surrendered terrorists, which is really painful and difficult for anyone that has lost loved ones, difficult for all of us, and even for the military, whose colleagues have died, and for volunteers.”
“No one,” Prof. Zulum insisted, “would find it easy to accept killers of his or her parents, children and other loved ones.” True.
Which is why there should really be no quandary, as to the fate the surrendering fighters should face: justice. That is the only way to atone for their past crimes: against defenceless civilian victims; raped and captured women and children; and gallant officers and men of the Nigerian Armed Forces, that lost lives and limbs, in spirited defence of motherland.
Open, clear and transparent justice will also bring closure to the victims, heal the land of terrorist blights, teach the futility of dangerous Islamist radicalisation and nurture sustainable peace, in lieu of destructive war, that has laid the area prostrate for the past 12 years.
This much has been vouched by the Audu Ogbeh-chaired Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), which just forcefully argued the surrendered terrorists must face justice. Pooh-poohing any talk of amnesty for insurgents, ACF argued any talk of such would destroy the basis for trying other ethnic agitators nation-wide, for breaching the peace.
Still, after establishing that grand principle of justice — do the crime, do the time, to borrow that famous American quip — some wisdom.
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No one can question Governor Zulum’s bona fides, on the destruction Boko Haram wrought in Borno. He has offered leadership far beyond the call of duty, throwing himself in harm’s way so many times, to show solidarity and empathy with his beleaguered people.
He has also encouraged and rewarded locals that have shown unusual courage in the face of the Boko Haram pestilence; and even called on the Federal Government to hire mercenaries to smoke out the insurgents and return peace to his state.
That is why his mid-way plea must not be completely discarded, for short-term cessation of hostilities; and long-term sustainable peace.
But let’s be clear again: there should be no talk of amnesty. Every surrendered insurrectionist must face justice. Still, the penalty regime must carefully differentiate between the mere foot soldiers (many of whom may have been suborned to the crime) and the grandmasters, who really are the evil brains behind the wanton terror.
Whatever is decided, it should be clear to the surrendered, and those thinking about surrendering, that they are better off, even while serving due punishment, than under the destructive Islamists in the bush.
Such tactics, if well done, would cripple Boko Haram commanders’ ability to recruit new cells. Drained of new brain-washed zombies, their ability for further mischief would be greatly curtailed.
Besides, it is getting clear that the bandits of North West and part of North Central may be no more than mutations, of fleeing Boko Haram commanders and fighters from the North East. So, the earlier Boko Haram is vanquished in the North East corridor, the nearer, it would appear, the end of the rampaging bandits too, sacking remote villages and seizing, for ransom, innocent school children and their teachers.
The Federal Government and the gallant armed forces deserve plaudits for this encouraging phase of the Boko Haram campaign. But it is imperative to seize the moment and move in for the kill. This isn’t the first lull, during which Boko Haram would reel and suffer reverses. But the military must make it their last; and rout Boko Haram, once and for all. This golden opportunity must not slip.
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The Kaduna State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has urged the state government to discard the idea of conducting another competency test for teachers in public primary schools in the state.
The union suggested that funds meant for the exercise should be channelled to training and re-training of teachers.
Recall that the state government had, in January 2018, sacked about 22,000 teachers for failing a competency test conducted in 2017.
The union, in a communique it issued at the end of an emergency meeting of its Executive Council, held in Kaduna on Wednesday argued that writing a competency test does not determine the skill of a teacher.
The union recalled that it supported the competency test conducted in 2017 to improve the quality of teaching and learning in public primary schools in the state.
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It said the exercise, however, led to the disengagement of about 22,000 teachers that allegedly failed the test.
In the communique, signed by the State Chairman, Mr Ibrahim Dalhatu, and the Assistant Secretary-General, Mr Adamu Ango, the union unanimously resolved that no teacher in public primary school will sit for a competency test again.
On July 14, the government announced plans to conduct another competency test for primary school teachers to ensure quality teaching in basic schools.
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In one of his last public outings in Abuja at the book launch of a book of interviews of former Daily Sun managing director and editor-in-chief, Eric Osagie, he gave a brief introduction of himself and his values. Idahosa Okunbo, who was commonly called Captain Hosa, described himself as a genuine businessman who did not follow the crowd of corrupt rich men in the country who siphoned public funds and cheated their way to prosperity.
It was pride without vanity or ostentation. Captain Okunbo died August 8 of pancreatic cancer at a London Hospital.
The last time he was in the public glare was the prospect that he was going to be the father of a queen. Her daughter is the wife of the incoming Olu of Warri, Tsola Emiko.
Before that, he did not hide his interest in the last gubernatorial election in his home state of Edo, in which he contributed his heart and money in a failed bid to oust the incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki, from office.
He will not witness his daughter mount the throne beside the Olu, but he was nonetheless a fulfilled man, even though he was cut off the earth at a relatively young age of 63.
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He was the model of the sort of business men we seek in today’s Nigeria. But his tribe is dwindling, as the flight to wellbeing and wealth in Nigeria is now increasingly the forte of the opportunist, those who seek benefits without effort, who want to sign their way into power and glory without the old-fashioned virtues of toil and patience, creativity and sacrifice.
Captain Okunbo’s trajectory should remind Nigerians it is still possible to look back at one’s story and biography without having sold their soul. His journey began as a pilot. Hence many called him captain. He flew the planes of the Intercontinental Airlines for about two years before he joined Okada Airlines for a journey of three years. He retired in 1988 at the age of 30.
He waded into business and he became a Midas as he rose from success to success and from industry to industry. In spite of his self-confidence, he was not loud and boisterous man of means as we know of some in the country. He was founder and chairman of businesses that spanned agro-allied, petroleum, telecommunications, power, real estate, and banking. He hit headlines a few years ago when he opened a high-brow hotel in Abuja, Wells Carlton with Vice President Yemi Osinbajo cutting the tape. His companies were numerous, some of them were Ocean Marine Security Ltd, an off-shore asset-protection company, Wells San-Carlos Agro farms Ltd. CMES-OMS Petroleum Development company, Wells Group of Company, Ocean Marine Solutions Tankers Ltd.
Before his death, he had acquired over 50 sea vessels for marine security and crude oil movements. He also supplied crude oil to Warri and Port Harcourt refineries. His business came to the rescue of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) when it could not supply the refineries with crude oil. He was also member of the Board of Directors of NatCom Development and Investment Ltd, the holding company of Nigerian Telecommunications company, NITEL.
Okunbo was born to the family of Reverend Robert Amos Okunbo. He attended Government Primary school, Benin City, and Federal Government College, Warri. To become a pilot, he studied at the Nigerian Civil Aviation Training Centre, Zaria in Kaduna State, qualifying as a professional pilot at 21. He also attended ACME School of Aeronautics in Fort Worth, Texas in the United States.
He earned a honorary doctorate from the University of Benin and was bedecked with “traditional beads” by the Oba of Benin in 2014. Captain Okunbo was a magnate who gave himself a personal mandate for good success.
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The Federal Government on Thursday stated that the proposed National Elders’ Parliament is not just a welcome development but
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The Federal Government on Thursday stated that the proposed National Elders’ Parliament is not just a welcome development but an added alternative and optional conflict resolution in order to foster peace and sustainable development.
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha who made this known during a conference by the Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons in Nigeria (COSROPIN) in Abuja, added that the Federal Government will engage veterans, pensioners and retirees as volunteers in the proposed national elders’ parliament.
Mustapha, who was represented by the Director of Public Affairs at the SGF, Mrs Veronica Agugu said: “The Federal Government welcomes the idea and vision of National Elders Parliament as an added alternative and optional conflict resolution mechanism especially in our present situations as Nigerians.
“The elderly in any society are a composite resource that the society can utilize for its social, moral and economic development. The senior citizens are the custodians of society’s customs, traditions and morality due to the enormous experience they have gathered over the years, and the capacity and potentials to contribute and impact positively on their communities to enhance Government programmes, support structure for educating, learning, conflict resolutions mechanism and serve as alternative dispute, reconciliation and resolution platforms.
“Our senior citizens are assured that the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari welcomes the initiatives of COSROPIN and partners in innovative programmes, protocols and procedures that will engage our veterans, pensioners and retirees as volunteers in the proposed national elders’ parliament.
“The Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation as a focal institution for national volunteerism would work with COSROPIN-IFAN in advancing and activating this laudable initiative. Be assured, however, that the Federal Government attaches huge importance to the issues of the elderly and senior citizens as demonstrated through robust commitments in the affairs of Pension Transitional Arrangement Department (PTAD), National Pension Commission (PENCOM), National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and other institutions such as the Ministry of Humanitarian and Disaster Management and Social Development.
“As elders are every country’s major national cultural resources and power index for positive change and mobilization, President Muhammadu Buhari Administration would continue to provide support to groups that aim to promote and impact positively in supporting National Growth and cohesion.
“I appreciate the organisers for their recognition of an outstanding coalition based on the mandate to awaken the consciousness of Nigeria towards promoting and ensuring the well-being, welfare and dignity of older persons.”
Senator Eze Ajoku, President, Coalition of Societies for the Rights of Older Persons in Nigeria (COSROPIN), explained that the National Elders Parliament (NEP) was a consultative socio-cultural alternative conflict resolution platform.
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Ajoku said the parliament was a non-religious, non-political platform that would use wisdom, counsel and experience of the elderly to contribute to the peace promotion of peace development and conflict resolution mechanism of the country.
“The National Elders’ Parliament is a project designed to maximally utilise the wisdom, experience and network of elder statesmen of Nigeria with integrity and pedigree drawn from various geo-political zones of the country,” he said.
The Chairman of the Parliament, Prof Tunde Adeniran explained that the proposal is a rewarding move as there is the urgent need to begin to treat older people with the dignity and respect they deserve.
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The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has described the August 14 violence in Jos, the Plateau State capital that left 23
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The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has described the August 14 violence in Jos, the Plateau State capital that left 23 people dead as a call to action, dialogue, and proactive peace-building measures to douse ethnic sentiments, end group suspicion and set the tempo for durable peace.
CISLAC’s Executive Director, Auwal Ibrahim Musa said this yesterday in a statement in which he condemned the attack on commuters.
Musa said CISLAC was deeply concerned about resumed violence in Plateau State, referencing statistics from NEXTIER SPD Violent Conflict Database that indicated about 68 people were killed in 17 incidents between January and June.
“CISLAC/Transparency International Nigeria urges the Nigerian Government to cultivate the will to disincentivise identity crisis in the state,” said Musa.
He advocated increased efforts towards the promotion of justice, peace education at the grassroots and the creation of change champions to ensure sustainability and local ownership.
Read Also; On the Jos killings
In the same manner, the Nasarawa State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and Jama’atu Nasirl Islam (JNI) has condemned the killing of innocent travellers that took place in Jos, Plateau State.
The two religious bodies stated this yesterday at the Deputy Governor’s office in Lafia with the state Commissioner of Police who met to review the security situation in the state following the crisis in Jos.
However a pro-Fulani group, MACBAN, Plateau State chapter has denied allegations that Fulani militants on Tuesday, attacked the Irigwe community, killing five people.
The group described as false a statement credited to Mr. Danjuma Auta Dickson, alleging that in the latest purported attack on Irigwe community, Fulani militia killed five people.
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A statement signed by the Plateau State chapter Chairman of the group, Muhammad Nuru Abdullah noted that the statement was designed by the authors to divert attention and curry sympathy.
“We deemed it necessary to condemn what we describe as an outright violation and abuses of human rights, through discrimination, dehumanisation, genocide, ethnic cleansing and brutality by Irigwe warlords under the instructions of their great warriors and leaders.
The MACBAN group insisted that “it is time that these merchants of hate and dealers of killings must desist from fomenting troubles and escalating tensions among peace-loving citizens of the state.
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SIR: World Mosquito Day is observed worldwide on August 20 with the aim of commemorating the British doctor, Sir Ronald Ross of the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine who discovered that Anopheles mosquitoes are culpable in the transmission of the malaria parasite into the human species. The day is also aimed at spreading awareness and increasing a strong sense of urgency in wiping out mosquitoes around the world as they are responsible for transmitting myriads of life-threatening illnesses in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Over the years, huge funds have been sunk into the collaborative fight against malaria by African governments and international donors, but unfortunately it remains within the top five leading killers in the continent. Those huge funds and collective efforts are yet to produce the desired effect on account of increasing a wide array of mosquito population as a result of annual incessant flooding, small pool, stagnant water and warm-weather climates.
Globally, according to the 2020 World Malaria Report, malaria kills approximately one to three million people per year and most of them are under-five children in rural areas of West Africa and nine in 10 death cases of the disease are in Africa. A January 2020 article on the Nigeria-based website NPOReports has also pointed out that malaria kills more children than any other age group. The WHO has also said that more than 800,000 children breathed their last in Africa annually as a result of malaria while virtually a quarter of global malaria deaths are said to have occurred in Nigeria each year.
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It is not a secret that malaria has not been eliminated in Africa because there are so many unpatriotic individuals who have made it lucrative business. The pharmaceutical companies that supply antimalarial drugs to African nations are owned by powerful corporations who have mercilessly been making huge profits with the sale of the drugs for their governments. This is why they don’t want it to be eliminated.
Cuba, despite it being a tiny country, eliminated mosquitoes in 1973. The country invited leaders of West African countries to embrace its policies. In 2012, Cuba and the ECOWAS signed an agreement on mosquitoes’ eradication in three years across the continent. So, what happened to this agreement?
Also, Tuesday, January 22, 2019, when the ambassador of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Mr. Jon Tong Choi paid him a courtesy call in his office in Abuja, Nigeria’s Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Ogbonnaya said that the federal government was to deploy nuclear technology to eradicate malaria in Nigeria in collaboration with North Korea. Again, nothing has happened.
The authorities of the region should also wake up from their deep slumber, change their attitudes and be empathetic servant leaders to save incessant loss of million lives of African newborns.
Mustapha Baba,
Azare, , Bauchi State.
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Former Minister of Police Affairs, General David Jemibewon (rtd) and prominent elders from Kogi West on Thursday rejected the position
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Former Minister of Police Affairs, General David Jemibewon (rtd) and prominent elders from Kogi West on Thursday rejected the position of running mate in the race to succeed Governor Yahaya Bello.
Speaking under the auspices of Kogi West Elders’ Forum (KWEF), after a meeting in Abuja, the group said it is tired of playing a second-fiddle by being made running mates.
The elders pleaded with their Kogi East and Central Senatorial Districts political leaders, irrespective of political affiliation, to support candidates from the area to succeed Bello.
In a communique signed by the Chairman of the Forum, General Jemibewon, which its spokesperson, Alhaji Isiaq Ajibola read to reporters in Abuja, KWEF said the meeting was held to address the prevailing political imbalance in Kogi State among Kogi East, Central and West Senatorial Districts “and its consequence on the West Senatorial District’s future political alignment in the state.”
Ajibola, who is the former Managing Director of Daily Trust Newspapers, expressed dissatisfaction over the “skewed political power play in the state that has denied the people of Kogi West the ability to produce the governor of the state since the creation of the state in 1991.”
The communique reads in part: “In contrast, the two other senatorial districts of East and Central have occupied the seat of the state governor for about 21 years now and 25 years by the time the incumbent leaves office in 2023.
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“It is in the light of the above that the Forum states as follows: That political parties should consider candidates from Kogi West Senatorial District.
“We reject running mates from West Senatorial District in all political parties. That the state Governor, Yahaya Bello, and all political actors in the state should take conscious note of this demand and support every arrangement that will meet the aspiration.
“That all political parties in the Western Senatorial District must endeavour to work together to stimulate actions that would produce credible candidate(s) leading to their primary elections in the state.”
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GIBBON — The Gibbon football team was left wanting more last year.
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GIBBON — The Gibbon football team was left wanting more last year.
The Buffaloes won four games, lost two and saw three others get erased from the schedule because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Hoping to build on last year’s success on the field, Gibbon will turn to an experienced offensive line to lead the way for an inexperienced backfield.
Back on the line are Dylan Davis (6-5, 180), Chance Yockey (6-0, 170), Daniel Yepez (6-2, 276), Javier Hernanez (5-6, 210) and Roman Kolbet (6-3). All are seniors except for Kolbert, who is a junior.
Davis was an All-Hub Territory defensive line selection last year while Yockey earned All-Hub Territory accolades at linebacker.
Tight end Jacob Kucera (6-2, 190, Sr.) also returns along with backup lineman Brady Samuelson.
At the end spots, Carlos Tomayo (5-8, 140, Sr.), Jace Bombeck (5-9, 140, Sr.) and Konner Hyde (6-4, 190, Sr.) return.
In the backfield, Gibbon will have to replace quarterback Matthew Weisman and Shrine Bowl running back Sean Hampton.
Braxton Smith (6-4, 180, Sr.) is the likely heir-apparent at quarterback. He filled in when Weisman was injured last year.
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U.S. Army veteran, is among the hundreds of Kearney-area military veterans attempting to digest developments in Afghanistan during the past week. He’s watched images on TV of panicked Afghans fleeing
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Medina said he hasn’t spoken with other veterans about the U.S. withdrawal, but he’s thought about his experiences in Afghanistan and weighed whether it was worth it from a variety of perspectives: humanitarian, political and military.
Bill Crosier, a Vietnam-era Army veteran from Kearney, said the slipshod U.S. withdrawal has exposed a lot of problems about the United States’ 20-year involvement there.
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“I think it’s a cluster, but then most of what Biden has done is a cluster,” Crosier said.
He was a signalman in the U.S. Army from 1964 to 1967, but didn’t fight in Vietnam. Instead, Crosier spent 2½ years in Germany as part of the U.S. deterrent against a Soviet Union invasion of Europe.
“As chaotic as it was, Vietnam looked a whole lot more organized than Afghanistan,” he said.
Crosier said Americans who served in Afghanistan should feel pride in their achievements. They stabilized the country and prevented it from becoming a training ground for terrorists. “There are troops over there doing what their country sent them to do, but the administration is walking away from them,” Crosier said.
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine was bound to have a clumsy re-entry upon its return to a post-2020 television landscape. The NBC years were already occasionally hamstrung by didactic political dialogue and wink-wink references to the zeitgeist that mostly reassured viewers of the show’s progressive worldview. This isn’t a bad move, per se, or at least it doesn’t have to be. Every character basically says the “right” things (and it’s obviously better than spewing reactionary rhetoric), but more often than not, these ideas were awkwardly integrated into the action, so it barely lands as drama let alone comedy. It mostly serves to demonstrate that the Nine-Nine are “the good guys” and nothing more.
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Naturally, this is a dicey impulse for a sitcom about cops during a time of heightened awareness around systemic racism, police brutality, and the defund/abolition movements in the wake of George Floyd’s murder. There was no possible way for Brooklyn Nine-Nine to please everybody, and thankfully it doesn’t really try. But after the relatively exposition- and speech-heavy premiere that tried to do too much in the way of lip service and hedging, “Blue Flu” features a premise that integrates Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s political consciousness into a novel episodic premise that’s funny and compelling. It’s a good example of a show adjusting to The Times without getting bogged down in defensive anxiety.
After a uniformed officer plants a dead mouse in a burrito as a publicity stunt to shore up sympathy for law enforcement, the Nine-Nine struggles to maintain readiness when every officer in the precinct stages a mass walkout under false medical pretenses. Captain Holt splits the team into three groups (under a belabored “trident” analogy that Jake immediately tries to undermine by commenting that Aquaman wields a five-pronged trident): Jake and Boyle set out to prove that the officers’ doctors’ notes are fraudulent; Amy and Terry are assigned to keep crime down with no police on the street; and Rosa, being an outside investigator, is tasked to find evidence that the mouse was planted. Meanwhile, Holt must keep Frank O’Sullivan (John McGinley), the nasty patrolmen’s union president, at bay before he’s forced to cave to his humiliating demands.
Simply put, “Blue Flu” provides the entire ensemble with their own story that plays to their comedic strengths. Terry’s stomach-bug fiasco allows Terry Crews to flex his tough-guy act while also playing feeble. Boyle’s cancer scare gives Joe Lo Truglio the chance to wallow in terror and misery. Andy Samberg and Melissa Fumero successfully play straight against their characters’ chaotic situations—Boyle’s mortality and a sea of Hitchcock and Sully’s sent by other captains as a false token of good will, respectively—and Andre Braugher plays the hits. (Rosa barely factors into the episode, but Stephanie Beatriz plays up her restrained glee at potentially discovering the nature of Holt’s secret tattoo very well.) After eight years, a show like Brooklyn Nine-Nine knows its strong points fairly well, and watching the cast hit their marks within their wheelhouse has its own pleasures.
However, it’s elevated by a premise that does a little more than pay lip service to “bad cops are bad,” etc. Holt and co. are beset by institutional inertia buttressed by ideological rigidity. In his drunken, cheese-riddled state, Holt devises a fresh strategy: he shows O’Sullivan weekly stats that illustrate fewer police didn’t raise rates of major or violent crime, which means the Nine-Nine could serve as a case study for how a police force can work more effectively with fewer police. This scares O’Sullivan into calling off the blue flu and getting every uniformed cop back to work, but the subtext is damning: the threat of even the slightest positive change that hinges on police absence will force the return of an unproductive, dangerous status quo. That Brooklyn Nine-Nine would rather button “Blue Flu” with a tattoo gag than underline that idea is a point in its favor.
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Unfortunately, the second episode this week features a tired premise around work/life balance and “having it all” that’s been done better many times before. Jake and Amy struggle to parent their son, Mac, while maintaining the pressures of their respective careers. For Jake, it’s an opportunity to catch a serial killer that has evaded capture for his entire career, while Amy is set to give a presentation to One Police Plaza for a reform proposal that’s suddenly become highly competitive. When Mac’s daycare shuts down for a couple days due to a lice outbreak, it stretches the new parents to the brink as they try to care for their son and their career.
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It’s pretty easy to see where this is going. Jake and Amy learn that career sacrifices have to be made in order to be attentive parents and that doesn’t have to be a major tragedy. Though Jake doesn’t get to make the arrest, Jake helps Boyle uncover the killer’s identity and instead gets to watch his son pull himself for the first time. Meanwhile, Amy misses the milestone but successfully convinces her bosses to fund her reform proposal. This stock premise would be fine if the jokes were stronger, but aside from a quick scene of Jake and Amy realizing that their lice home remedy (maple syrup in the hair) has led to a swarm of ants in the bed and a montage of terrible babysitter applicants that includes a cheerfully abusive male Mary Poppins, it’s a bit of a dud.
The B-plot fares slightly better. Holt, still separated from his husband, moves into Rosa’s apartment, but he drives her crazy by constantly talking about Kevin. When Rosa suggests getting very drunk to take his mind off his marital problems, Holt sends a dick pic to Kevin’s email address in the wee hours of the morning, sending them both on a mission to break into his house and delete it. Again, another stock premise, but it’s improved by Braugher and Beatriz, who have proven time and time again to be an excellent duo, playing off each other’s restrained, yet easily flappable energy pretty well. Sometimes performances raise material and sometimes material confines performances.
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Stray observations
Hello! My name is Vikram and I’ll be taking over the Brooklyn Nine-Nine beat for its final few weeks. We’re all very happy to see LaToya move on to bigger and better things, and though my brief stint can’t replace her seven years of consistent coverage, I hope to be an adequate replacement.
After eight years, Joe Lo Truglio really goes above and beyond to sell bog-standard jokes. In “Balancing,” his scene in the interrogation room parroting Jake’s lines about his son’s spoiled diaper to an utterly confused perp was really elevated by his committed befuddled performance.
Of course, Jake is a fan of The Snyder Cut
“I track down Diane Wiest and you finally try and use your hall pass? You’re smiling, so I guess that one’s it. Oof. Going with Wiest, huh? I’ve gotta be honest, Boyle, I’m not so sure you can pull that off. I mean, her career is red hot. She just did a movie with Streep!” I’ll put money on that being the weirdest, slyest, and only reference to Steven Soderbergh’s Let Them All Talk
“It’s the exact same color as my color blind awareness ribbon.” “No, it isn’t.”
“No! Lice! Scratching it makes it worse!” “Is that true?” “I don’t know. We don’t have time to know what’s true!”
“I spent twelve thou on ass cheese.”
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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 look at what’s happening around the majors on Friday:
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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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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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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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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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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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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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LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a court ruling with potentially broad implications for U.S. immigration cases, a federal judge in Nevada found that a criminal law that dates to 1929 and makes it a felony for a person who has been deported to return to the United States is unconstitutional.
U.S. District Judge Miranda Du in Reno, in an order issued Wednesday, found the law widely known as Section 1326 is based on “racist, nativist roots” and discriminates against Mexican and Latinx people in violation of the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.
“Anybody who works in federal courts knows the statute,” Franny Forsman, retired longtime chief of the Federal Public Defender’s Office in Nevada, said Thursday. “There really are a large number of cases that have been brought over the years under that section. They’re mostly public defender cases.”
Section 1326 of the Immigration and Nationality Act makes it a crime for a person to enter the U.S. if they have been denied admission, deported or removed. It was enacted in 1952 using language from the Undesirable Aliens Act passed by Congress in 1929. Penalties were stiffened five times between 1988 and 1996 to increase its deterrent value.
Forsman said she expected the government will appeal to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
But Julian Castro, secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the Biden Administration, tweeted that he doubted the Justice Department would want to defend a law with “an incredibly racist history.”
Acting U.S. Attorney Christopher Chiou and an aide did not immediately respond to messages about the ruling.
Forsman called Du’s order groundbreaking for its thoroughness. Du, a Vietnamese immigrant, was nominated to the federal bench by President Barack Obama and sworn in in 2012.
“I think it will have implications because it’s going to be difficult to get around her reasoning,” Forsman said of the court order. “It’s a little hard to get around a statute that was called the ‘Wetback Act’ by the people enacting it.” The derogatory term often refers to Mexican migrants who have entered the country illegally, but it's also used to disparage all Hispanics.
Du said she considered written and oral arguments and expert testimony about the legislative history of the law from professors Benjamin Gonzalez O’Brien of San Diego State University and Kelly Lytle Hernández of the University of California, Los Angeles.
“Importantly, the government does not dispute that Section 1326 bears more heavily on Mexican and Latinx individuals,” the judge said in her 43-page order dismissing the June 2020 criminal indictment of Gustavo Carrillo-Lopez.
Carrillo-Lopez was arrested in Nevada in 2019 after having been deported in 1999 and again in 2012, according to prosecutors. His federal public defender, Lauren Gorman in Reno, did not immediately respond Thursday to an email.
The judge said she saw no publicly available data about the national origin of people prosecuted under Section 1326, but cited U.S. Border Patrol statistics showing that more than 97% of people apprehended at the border in 2000 were of Mexican decent, 86% in 2005, and 87% in 2010.
“The government argues that the stated impact is ‘a product of geography, not discrimination,’ and that the statistics are rather a feature of Mexico’s proximity to the United States, the history of Mexican employment patterns and the socio-political and economic factors that drive migration,” Du wrote. “The court is not persuaded.”
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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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TOKYO (AP) — Japanese actor Sonny Chiba, who wowed the world with his martial arts skills in more than 100 films, including “Kill Bill,” has died. He was 82.
Chiba, known in Japan as Shinichi Chiba, died late Thursday in a hospital near Tokyo where he had been treated for COVID-19 since Aug. 8, Tokyo-based Astraia, his management office, said in a statement Friday. It said he had not been vaccinated.
Chiba rose to stardom in Japan in the 1960s, portraying samurai, fighters and police detectives, the anguished so-called “anti-heroes” trying to survive in a violent world. He did many of the stunt scenes himself.
His overseas career took off after his 1970s Japanese film “The Street Fighter” proved popular in the U.S.
American director Quentin Tarantino listed the work as among his “grindhouse,” or low-budget kitsch cinema, favorites.
Tarantino cast Chiba in the role of Hattori Hanzo, a master swordsmith in “Kill Bill.”
Chiba appeared in the 1991 Hollywood film “Aces,” directed by John Glen, as well as in Hong Kong movies.
Chiba’s career also got a boost from the global boom in kung fu films, set off by Chinese legend Bruce Lee, although critics say Chiba tended to exhibit a dirtier, thug-like fighting style than Lee.
“A true action legend. Your films are eternal and your energy an inspiration. #SonnyChiba #RIP,” American actor Lewis Tan said on Twitter.
New York-based writer and director Ted Geoghegan called him “the great Sonny Chiba.”
“Watch one of his films today,” Geoghegan tweeted, followed by images of a fist and a broken heart.
Other fans mournfully filled Twitter threads with clips of his movies and photos.
Born in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, Chiba studied at Nippon Sport Science University trained in various martials arts, earning a fourth-degree black belt in karate.
Chiba set up Japan Action Club in 1980, to develop a younger generation of actors, including protege Hiroyuki Sanada, who is among Hollywood’s most coveted Japanese actors, landing roles in “The Last Samurai” and “Rush Hour 3.”
Chiba is survived by his three children, Juri Manase, Mackenyu Arata and Gordon Maeda, all actors. A wake was canceled as a pandemic measure, and funeral arrangements were still undecided, his office said.
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A look at what’s happening around the majors on Friday: ___ WHAT WILL SHOHEI DO NEXT? The Shohei Ohtani road…
A look at what’s happening around the majors on Friday:
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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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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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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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TOM SEAVER
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Double Elimination
Thursday, Aug. 19
Game 1: Hawaii 9, Connecticut 1
Game 2: Ohio 1, Tennessee 0
Game 3: Nebraska 5, New Jersey 2
Game 4: California 10, New Hampshire 2
Friday, Aug. 20
Game 5: Pennsylvania vs. Oregon, 1 p.m.
Game 6: Florida vs. Michigan, 3 p.m.
Game 7: South Dakota vs. Louisiana, 5 p.m.
Game 8: Texas vs. Washington, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 21
Game 9: Tennessee vs. New Hampshire, 1 p.m.
Game 10: Connecticut vs. New Jersey, 3 p.m.
Game 11: Game 6 loser vs. Game 8 loser, 6 p.m.
Game 12: Game 5 loser vs. Game 7 loser, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 22
Game 13: Ohio vs. California, 9 a.m.
Game 14: Hawaii vs. Nebraska, 11 a.m.
Game 15: Game 6 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 1 p.m.
Game 16: Game 5 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 2 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 23
Game 17: Game 15 loser vs. Game 10 winner, 1 p.m.
Game 18: Game 16 loser vs. Game 9 winner, 3 p.m.
Game 19: Game 12 winner vs. Game 13 loser, 5 p.m.
Game 20: Game 11 winner vs. Game 14 loser, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 24
Game 21: Game 18 winner vs. Game 19 winner, 3 p.m.
Game 22: Game 17 winner vs. Game 20 winner, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 25
Game 23: Game 13 winner vs. Game 16 winner, 3 p.m.
Game 24: Game 14 winner vs. Game 15 winner, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 26
Game 25: Game 24 loser vs. Game 22 winner, 3 p.m.
Game 26: Game 23 loser vs. Game 21 winner, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 28
Tom Seaver Championship
Game 27: Game 23 winner vs. Game 26 winner, Noon
Hank Aaron Championship
Game 28: Game 24 winner vs. Game 25 winner, 3 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 29
Third Place
Game 29: Game 27 loser vs. Game 28 loser, 10 a.m.
Championship
Game 30: Game 27 winner vs. Game 28 winner, 3 p.m.
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Hayden Buckley 33-31_64
Ted Potter, Jr. 33-31_64
Greyson Sigg 34-31_65
Matthias Schwab 34-31_65
Brandon Wu 32-33_65
Ben Kohles 32-33_65
Tommy Gainey 33-33_66
Ben Taylor 33-33_66
Peter Uihlein 35-31_66
Joseph Bramlett 35-31_66
Vincent Whaley 34-32_66
Davis Riley 33-33_66
Ryan McCormick 35-31_66
Evan Harmeling 33-33_66
Mark Hubbard 36-30_66
Patrick Rodgers 35-31_66
John Huh 34-32_66
Nicholas Lindheim 35-31_66
Ryan Brehm 35-32_67
J.J. Spaun 33-34_67
Jared Wolfe 34-33_67
Austin Cook 37-30_67
Kiradech Aphibarnrat 32-35_67
Tom Whitney 34-33_67
Chad Ramey 36-31_67
Trey Mullinax 34-33_67
Scott Gutschewski 35-32_67
Shad Tuten 35-32_67
Kyle Reifers 34-33_67
Scott Harrington 35-33_68
Justin Suh 34-34_68
Dylan Wu 34-34_68
Tom Lewis 36-32_68
Bo Van Pelt 34-34_68
Alex Smalley 35-33_68
John VanDerLaan 36-32_68
Dawie van der Walt 33-35_68
Taylor Montgomery 34-34_68
Taylor Moore 34-34_68
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Kevin Roy 34-34_68
Sahith Theegala 36-32_68
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Rob Oppenheim 35-34_69
Greg Chalmers 35-34_69
Lucas Herbert 37-32_69
Camilo Villegas 34-35_69
Christiaan Bezuidenhout 36-33_69
Stephan Jaeger 35-34_69
Stuart Macdonald 33-36_69
Anders Albertson 34-35_69
Aaron Rai 36-34_70
Max Greyserman 34-36_70
Joshua Creel 37-33_70
Dan McCarthy 36-34_70
Zecheng Dou 36-34_70
Xinjun Zhang 37-33_70
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Cameron Young 35-35_70
Zack Sucher 37-33_70
Stephen Franken 34-36_70
Curtis Luck 36-34_70
Mark Anderson 35-35_70
Callum Tarren 34-36_70
Robby Shelton 37-33_70
David Lingmerth 36-34_70
George Cunningham 37-33_70
George McNeill 37-33_70
Tyson Alexander 35-36_71
Byeong Hun An 37-34_71
David Hearn 37-34_71
Max McGreevy 35-36_71
Paul Haley II 36-35_71
Satoshi Kodaira 36-35_71
Bronson Burgoon 35-36_71
Beau Hossler 37-34_71
Jimmy Stanger 37-34_71
Aaron Baddeley 36-35_71
Kurt Kitayama 35-36_71
Patrick Fishburn 36-35_71
Harry Hall 33-38_71
Danny Lee 36-35_71
Ben Martin 37-34_71
Vince India 36-35_71
Kris Ventura 36-35_71
Austin Smotherman 37-34_71
Bo Hoag 35-36_71
Rafael Campos 37-34_71
Nick Hardy 37-34_71
Curtis Thompson 36-35_71
D.J. Trahan 38-33_71
Brad Hopfinger 36-35_71
Brent Grant 35-36_71
Kevin Dougherty 35-36_71
David Kocher 38-34_72
Paul Barjon 38-34_72
Scott Brown 34-38_72
Chase Seiffert 35-37_72
Brett Drewitt 37-35_72
Kelly Kraft 38-34_72
William McGirt 35-37_72
Braden Thornberry 38-34_72
Michael Gligic 38-34_72
Adam Svensson 39-33_72
Fabián Gómez 37-35_72
Nelson Ledesma 38-34_72
Chris Baker 35-37_72
Joey Garber 36-36_72
Ryan Blaum 35-37_72
Andrew Novak 37-36_73
Rhein Gibson 38-35_73
Josh Teater 37-36_73
Dominic Bozzelli 36-37_73
Seung-Yul Noh 37-36_73
Justin Lower 37-36_73
David Lipsky 36-37_73
Akshay Bhatia 40-33_73
Sebastian Cappelen 38-35_73
Ricky Barnes 37-36_73
Tag Ridings 35-38_73
Sam Saunders 38-35_73
Robert MacIntyre 39-35_74
Will Gordon 37-37_74
Dawson Armstrong 39-35_74
Theo Humphrey 40-35_75
Charlie Saxon 42-34_76
John Chin 35-41_76
Ollie Schniederjans 37-40_77
Brandon Harkins 40-38_78
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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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GREAT LAKES (A), Taylor, Mich.; GREAT LAKES (B), Hamilton, Ohio; MID-ATLANTIC (A), Oaks, Pa.; MID-ATLANTIC (B), Toms River, N.J.; MIDWEST (A), Hastings, Neb.; MIDWEST (B), Sioux Falls, S.D.; NEW ENGLAND (A), Hooksett, N.H.; NEW ENGLAND (B), Manchester, Conn.; NORTHWEST (A), Sammamish, Wash.; NORTHWEST (B), Lake Oswego, Ore.; SOUTHEAST (A), Nolensville, Tenn.; SOUTHEAST (B), Palm City, Fla.; SOUTHWEST (A), Lafayette, La.; SOUTHWEST (B), Abilene, Texas; WEST (A), Honolulu, Hi.; WEST (B), Torrance, Calif.
Double Elimination Thursday, Aug. 19
Game 1 — Honolulu, Hawaii 9, Manchester, Conn. 1
Game 2 — Hamilton, Ohio 1, Nolensville, Tenn. 0, 8 innings
Game 3 — Hastings, Neb. 5, Toms River, N.J. 2
Game 4 — Torrance, Calif. 10, Hooksett, N.H. 2
Friday, Aug. 20
Game 5 — Oaks, Pa. vs. Lake Oswego, Ore., 1 p.m.
Game 6 — Taylor, Mich. vs. Palm City, Fla., 3 p.m.
Game 7 — Lafayette, La. vs. Sioux Falls, S.D., 5 p.m.
Game 8 — Sammamish, Wash. vs. Abilene, Texas, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 21
Game 9 — Nolensville, Tenn. vs. Game 4 loser, 1 p.m.
Game 10 — Manchester, Conn. vs. Game 3 loser, 3 p.m.
Game 11 — Game 6 loser vs. Game 8 loser, 6 p.m.
Game 12 — Game 5 loser vs. Game 7 loser, 8 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 22
Game 13 — Hamilton, Ohio vs. Game 4 winner, 9 a.m.
Game 14 — Honolulu, Hawaii vs. Game 3 winner, 11 a.m.
Game 15 — Game 6 winner vs. Game 8 winner, 1 p.m.
Game 16 — Game 5 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 2 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 23
Game 17 — Game 15 loser vs. Game 10 winner, 1 p.m.
Game 18 — Game 16 loser vs. Game 9 winner, 3 p.m.
Game 19 — Game 13 loser vs. Game 12 winner, 5 p.m.
Game 20 — Game 14 loser vs. Game 11 winner, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 24
Game 21 — Game 18 winner vs. Game 19 winner, 3 p.m.
Game 22 — Game 17 winner vs. Game 20 winner, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 25
Game 23 — Game 13 winner vs. Game 16 winner, 3 p.m.
Game 24 — Game 14 winner vs. Game 15 winner, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 26
Game 25 — Game 24 loser vs. Game 22 winner, 3 p.m.
Game 26 — Game 23 loser vs. Game 21 winner, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 28
Game 27 — Game 23 winner vs. Game 26 winner, 12:30 p.m.
Game 28 — Game 24 winner vs. Game 25 winner, 3:30 p.m.
Sunday, Aug. 29 Third Place
Game 27 loser vs. Game 28 loser, 10 a.m.
Championship
Game 27 winner vs. Game 28 winner, 3 p.m.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Law enforcement officials have completed their investigation into whether a U.S. Senate candidate and former State…
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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Associated Press journalist Becky Bohrer in Juneau contributed to this report.
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Irina Shayk showcased her incredibly toned legs in black daisy duke shorts outside of the Sunset Tower Hotel in Los Angeles in a recent pic.
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Irina Shayk, 35, is enjoying the last bits of summer and putting her incredible toned physique on display. In the new photo seen below, the model rocked black daisy duke shorts while outside of Sunset Tower Hotel in Los Angeles on August 19.
The Russian beauty looked rugged chic in her black daisy duke shorts and black Burberry t-shirt, Burberry socks, and slip-on loafers. She styled her long locks parted down the middle with a natural wave and completed the laid-back look with a dainty gold necklace and black sunglasses. In the pic, the beauty is seen exiting a white luxury vehicle and carrying a black purse with gold accents.
This isn’t the first time the model has put her toned legs on display. On August 6, Irina put on quite the leggy display on Instagram. In the epic photos of herself, Irina hit her best poses while wearing a neon green thong bikini and black thigh-high leather heeled boots. She had her long locks down and one leg stretched out as she rested one arm on an outdoor cement pole that was near a pool, and held a martini glass with her other hand.“Thank u @mertalas for fun family time #ibiza2021 @seventyonegin,” Irina captioned the sexy pics.
It didn’t take long for her fans and celeb friends to comment with compliments. “Whaaaa!” Kate Hudson exclaimed while Lily Aldridge commented, “Hot mama.” Both comments included fire emojis, as with most of the comments on the post.
Not only has she had a successful career, as she was the first Russian model to cover Sports Illustrated, but she’s also had a full love life. The brunette beauty was previously linked to Kanye West, 44, and was most recently spotted “smiling and conversing” while hanging outside a restaurant in Manhattan during a dinner date with Jason Sudeikis, 45.
When she’s not sharing steamy photos on Instagram or linked to one of Hollywood’s leading men, she is fulfilling her mommy duties. Irina shares daughter Lea, 4, with her ex Bradley Cooper,46.
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Prince Harry was pictured for the first time since daughter Lilibet's birth, while taking part in a charity polo match on Aug. 19.
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Prince Harry was seen in public for the first time since daughter Lilibet‘s birth in June, as he participated in a charity polo match in Aspen, Colorado on Aug. 19. SEE THE PHOTOS HERE.
Prince Harry’s surprise appearance was also for a good cause, as Page Six reports he was there to raise funds for his charity, Sentebale. For the special occasion, Prince Harry wore a turquoise top and white jodhpurs, while flashing a huge smile for the crowd.
Just before the event, Prince Harry revealed he’d be donating $1.5 million of the proceeds from his forthcoming memoir to the charity as well, according to PEOPLE. “This is one of several donations I plan to make to charitable organizations and I’m grateful to be able to give back in this way for the children and communities who gravely need it,” he said in a statement.
“Sentebale is grateful for his personal contribution, which will allow the organization to continue operating at full scale and continue providing critical services to at-risk youth in Southern Africa,” said the charity, which Harry co-founded in 2006 to help children affected by HIV in Africa.
Harry added, “The Sentebale Polo Cup is critical to securing the funds needed to advance this important mission, and I’m thrilled to be able to support Sentebale, both in person and financially through a separate charitable donation to meet this immediate need. Our refocussed mission at Sentebale is about addressing the most immediate needs of vulnerable children in Southern Africa, helping them access vital health services, receive necessary care, and build skills to be more resilient and self-sufficient in the future.”
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Amie McDaniel said her massage was canceled when the massage therapist found out she had cared for some COVID patients.
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Amie McDaniel said her massage was canceled when the massage therapist found out she had cared for some COVID patients.
It was a little bit of time Amie McDaniel had set aside for some self-care.
McDaniel said she was scheduled for a massage Wednesday at Elements Massage Queen Creek, using a credit her husband had.
“We care for everybody, I guess I just expect others to do the same,” McDaniel said.
McDaniel, who’s a pediatric nurse, said she filled out an intake form at the studio and then was taken back to the room by a massage therapist.
She said the massage therapist noticed she was a nurse from her intake paperwork and asked her about her job.
“He said, ‘So you’ve taken care of COVID patients?' and I said, ‘Yes I have,' and he just basically looked at me and said, ‘I’m sorry I’m not gonna be comfortable giving you your massage,'” McDaniel said.
McDaniel said the massage therapist went to speak with the Elements Massage manager, who informed McDaniel that her appointment would be rescheduled.
McDaniel has been fully vaccinated since early March and said she had COVID before that.
She said she also wears the proper gear when taking care of patients who are sick with the virus.
“I don’t feel that I am a risk any more than anybody else,” McDaniel said. “Because at this point, we are all exposed to people with COVID whether you know it or not. I just happen to know it.”
McDaniel said she followed up with the manager of the Elements Massage location over the phone, who told McDaniel that therapists can refuse clients if they choose to.
“I 100% understand if you go in there and you’re acting inappropriate, or you’re visibly sick, but, you know neither of that was the case,” McDaniel said.
McDaniel said the owner of the location also contacted her and apologized, offering to reschedule her appointment.
In a statement to 12 News, Elements Massage Queen Creek said McDaniel ‘deserved’ an apology.
“We are sorry we did not provide this guest with the level of respect and empathy she deserved. We've reached out to her and her family to apologize and have offered to reschedule her massage at another Elements Massage location,” The statement said.
The statement went on to say that they’ll use the situation ‘focus on training’ so it doesn’t happen to someone else.
“The Elements Massage brand has the utmost respect for all healthcare workers and first responders. We are grateful for all they’ve done and will continue to do to help our communities through this pandemic and they are more than welcome in our studio,” The statement said.
“If they’re going to continue to allow the therapist to do it [refuse service] then they just really need to make accommodations,” McDaniel said.
McDaniel said she does not plan to take Elements up on the offer to reschedule her massage.
However, she is concerned other healthcare workers are dealing with this kind of treatment at other places of business too.
“It’s unfair and just needs to stop,” McDaniel said.
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Arizona's two biggest public universities are both expecting to have their largest class of first-year students on campus this fall semester.
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Arizona's universities are reporting huge enrollment figures this semester, yet Maricopa County's community colleges have seen a decline in enrollment.
PHOENIX — Arizona's university campuses will be crowded this fall semester as two of the state's biggest schools prepare to accommodate some of their largest classes of first-year students.
Both the University of Arizona and Arizona State University are reporting record-high numbers for the amount of first-year students planning to attend their campuses this fall semester.
ASU welcomed more than 14,400 first-year students across its four Valley campuses this week, which is a 12% increase from last year's on-campus freshmen class.
ASU said this year's incoming class of new students is the largest it's experienced since the university first opened its doors in 1886.
More than 11,000 first-year students will be taking classes at the university's Tempe campus, while the rest will be enrolled at the ASU campuses in Phoenix and Mesa.
UArizona is expecting to see its largest first-year class of students when classes begin on the university's Tucson campus on Aug. 23.
With more than 8,700 new students enrolled for the fall semester, UArizona is planning to welcome the biggest incoming class it's ever seen.
The university has not had a first-year class this big since 2015 when UArizona had about 8,000 new students arrive at its campus.
"I am so proud to welcome our largest class of first-year Wildcats to campus for a new year of learning and exploration," said UArizona President Robert Robbins. "This year's incoming class demonstrates our strong commitment to being one of the most inclusive universities in the nation and world."
UArizona additionally saw a record number of first-year student applications in 2021, at nearly 48,000. Last year, the Tucson-based university received about 43,000 applications from first-year students.
The enrollment growths in Arizona come at a precarious time when both universities are still grappling with how to keep students and staff safe from contracting the coronavirus.
Despite having to implement several health guidelines on their campuses, neither ASU nor UArizona appears to have seen a flood of students unenroll due to the pandemic's ongoing restrictions.
"Even as we work through the challenges that the pandemic poses, we look forward to offering students opportunities to continue pursuing their education and career goals," President Robbins added.
But not all institutions of higher learning have been reporting huge gains in student enrollment.
The Maricopa Community College District said its enrollment figures were down in the weeks leading up to the new semester.
As of Aug. 11, the college district reported having 61,647 students enrolled at its 10 campuses for the fall semester, which is 6% less than the previous school year.
Community colleges throughout the nation reported experiencing declines in enrollment throughout the pandemic.
In the fall of 2020, enrollment at two-year public colleges dropped nationwide by about 10% from the previous year.
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Dominic Raab is facing mounting pressure to resign over his handling of the Afghanistan crisis as Labour warned there had been an “unforgivable failure of leadership” by the Government.
The party has demanded details about the Government’s handling of the situation in Afghanistan and the Foreign Secretary’s holiday to the Greek island of Crete while Kabul fell to the Taliban.
It has set out a list of 18 urgent questions for the Foreign Secretary to answer about his trip and his department’s handling of the crisis.
Mr Raab, who rejected calls to resign on Thursday, was reportedly “unavailable” when officials in his department suggested he “urgently” call Afghan foreign minister Hanif Atmar on August 13 – two days before the Taliban marched on Kabul – to arrange help for those who supported British troops.
It was reported on Thursday that the Afghan foreign ministry refused to arrange a call with a junior minister, pushing it back to the next day.
It has since emerged that a call never took place.
A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson said: “Given the rapidly changing situation it was not possible to arrange a call before the Afghan government collapsed.”
The Times reported that Sir Philip Barton, Matthew Rycroft and David Williams, the respective permanent secretaries of the Foreign Office, Home Office and Ministry of Defence, were on holiday amid the evacuations from Afghanistan.
It is understood that the senior officials continued to work on Afghanistan while on leave, with the Whitehall departments running systems where there is another minister or an acting permanent secretary to cover periods of leave.
A Government spokesperson said: “Departments across Whitehall have been working intensively at all levels in the last few days and weeks on the situation in Afghanistan.
“Thanks to these efforts, we have relocated over 2,000 Afghans to the UK since June, evacuated over 400 British nationals and their families on RAF flights since Sunday and established one of the most generous asylum schemes in British history.”
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Labour said it is requesting specifics on when Mr Raab was out of the country and on leave from official duties, if he received advice from officials on the advisability of leaving as the situation in Afghanistan deteriorated, if he attended a Cobra meeting on August 15, and if other ministers were authorised to approve those intelligence operations designated urgent in his absence.
The party also questioned the Prime Minister’s involvement, asking Mr Raab if he spoke with Mr Johnson while he was away, and if the PM gave permission for him to leave the country.
Labour’s shadow foreign secretary Lisa Nandy said: “For the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary to be on holiday during the biggest foreign policy crisis in a generation is an unforgivable failure of leadership.”
Labour, the SNP, Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru have all called for Mr Raab to either quit or be sacked by the PM.
They accused him of failing to “perform his basic duties” and argued he is “no longer fit” to represent the country.
Meanwhile, senior MPs have warned the Government must ensure it meets its responsibility towards UK-linked workers “pursued into hiding” by Taliban forces.
Labour’s Yvette Cooper, chair of the Home Affairs Committee, and Conservative Tobias Ellwood, chair of the Defence Select Committee, warned the scope of the Afghan Relocation and Assistance Policy (ARAP) was “too narrow”.
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In a letter to the Home Secretary on Thursday, they urged Priti Patel to provide more resources to support the issuing of visas to ensure those trying to leave Afghanistan do not face administrative delays which would be “unforgivable at this dangerous time”.
Ms Cooper and Mr Ellwood outlined their concern that Government application forms, guidance and ministerial briefings suggest that only those it “directly employed” were included in the ARAP scheme.
They wrote: “Many UK agencies and organisations have staff and contract workers who were visibly associated with the UK and who are being pursued into hiding by Taliban forces.
“We have a responsibility towards them.”
Their letter questioned whether the ARAP policy could be widened to include “those who have worked with third parties on UK projects”.
The Government has announced Britain will take up to 20,000 people wanting to exit Afghanistan as part of its resettlement scheme, with 5,000 due to be accepted in the next 12 months.
On Thursday, Mr Raab chaired a call of G7 foreign ministers to discuss the crisis, saying afterwards that foreign ministers had agreed each will “engage with partners” to try and secure an “inclusive political settlement” and to enable humanitarian assistance and prevent further loss of life in Afghanistan and to the international community from terrorism.
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It is another wet weekend for many parts of the UK with heavy rainfall expected on Saturday and Sunday.
The Met Office say that despite scattered and persistent showers across Britain temperatures are still warm with highs of 24C in the South East.
No flood alerts or warnings have been issued so far although the heaviest rainfall is expected in Eastern Scotland and England on Sunday.
There is cause for optimism for people hoping for better weather next week as a warm front is expected on Monday with sunnier temperatures upwards of 27C. The warm weather is expected to last most of next week although not as hot as the last heatwave from mid-late July which saw temperatures pass 32C.
However the weekend could be a washout in parts of the UK.
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The Met Office expect heavy rainfall in Northern Ireland on Saturday which spreads to Scotland and North West England later in the afternoon but 'with many areas dry, central and southern parts probably seeing some warm sunny intervals'.
Alex Deakin, Met Office UK said: "Saturday will see fairly heavy showers in some places. Rainfall is coming from an area of low pressure slowly edging towards the UK on Friday.
"There will be rain broadly speaking moving from West to East.
"Before it arrives some bright spells in eastern parts of England and we are likely to see some sunny spells in Northern Ireland and South Wales ad South East England with temperature highs of 24C in the South East.
"Otherwise a lot of cloud and rain and it will probably feel quite cool."
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On Sunday persistent heavy rainfall is expected in North East England and Scotland with Yorkshire, Lincolnshire expected to see some torrential rain in parts."
However despite cooler temperatures on Monday morning and some scattered rainfall - most of the UK will brighten up and experience warm sunshine expected to last until next weekend.
Alex Deakin explained: "Unsettled weather will be pulling away during Sunday and high pressure will be following on from behind. Still some showers on Monday but that high may well dominate for much of next week.
"There are signs of drier and sunnier weather coming next week. Not promising the temperatures to jump up significantly but it will be a drier week and a sunnier week.
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Walkers attack after a supply run goes wrong in the Season 11 premiere of AMC's The Walking Dead, which drops on Sunday night.
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Melissa McBride as Carol Peletier and Lauren Cohan as Maggie Rhee, as seen in Episode 1 of The Walking Dead Season 11. Pic credit: AMC/Josh Stringer
The final installment of AMC’s 11 weeks of reveals for The Walking Dead is finally here! Viewers can now check out the opening minutes of the Season 11 premiere below.
For those who have an AMC Plus subscription, the following trailer will be old news by now since AMC Plus played Episode 1 a week early. However, for the rest of us, here’s what goes down as The Walking Dead’s final season opens.
Season 11 premiere opening minutes revealed
AMC offered the following insight to Episode 1, titled “Acheron: Part 1.”
“In the season 11 premiere episode, Acheron: Part I, the group returns to Alexandria from a critical food mission but realizes it isn’t enough, so Maggie proposes a new plan. Meanwhile, those captured by the strange soldiers are relocated to another undisclosed location.”
The new clip for Episode 1 shows Maggie Rhee (Lauren Cohan) and others obviously on a supplies mission to help Alexandria out after the conflicts that occurred during the Whisperer War of Season 10.
Everything seems to be going smoothly as they pull supplies out of the location using a pulley system that draws bags up through the roof from down below. However, things quickly get deadly after the rope snaps.
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Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) manages to grab the bag before it plummets back to the ground but not before injuring himself.
A few drops of blood trickle down his arm and drop to the floor far below. Landing on a walker, it quickly becomes apparent why the group has been silent during the entire process: those walkers are currently dormant.
The blood quickly alerts the walker to the presence of humans (although it’s unclear how none of them smelled them before this other than for dramatic storytelling purposes), and chaos quickly ensues.
Walkers appear in Episode 1 of The Walking Dead Season 11. Pic credit: AMC/Josh Stringer
There is plenty of carnage as the group tries to kill as many walkers as possible and be lifted out of the location by those above.
Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride) is almost ready to go but suddenly sees something and opts to rush off rather than be pulled out and away from the walkers. However, the clip ends here, and viewers will have to tune in on Sunday night to discover what happens to her.
11 Weeks of #TWD Reveals until Season 11.
Hold on tight… #TWD returns this Sunday or stream it now with @AMCPlus. pic.twitter.com/2NXNch7Z2H — The Walking Dead on AMC (@WalkingDead_AMC) August 19, 2021
Season 11 of The Walking Dead will be broken into three parts
While Season 11 of The Walking Dead will be the final installment in the hit zombie apocalypse series, AMC has extended the episode run to make sure the story gets concluded properly.
As with what occurred with Season 10, Season 11 will run for 24 episodes and will be broken up into three distinct parts. The first eight episodes will drop this year, but fans will have to wait until 2022 for the final two parts.
Season 11 of The Walking Dead will premiere on August 22 at 9/8c on AMC.
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How will The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace Season 1 finish the entire story completely with an anime original ending? Pic credit: Studio MAPPA
Will The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace Season 2 anime TV series continue the story, or will the anime’s first season finish the manga’s story with an original ending? Even if a sequel is possible, when will Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi Season 2 come out?
The first season was produced by Japanese animation Studio MAPPA, which is known for anime such as Garo, Punch Line, Yuri On Ice, Kakegurui, Inuyashiki, Banana Fish, Dororo, Dorohedoro, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Zombieland Saga.
In 2021, MAPPA was also working on a Chainsaw Man anime, Netflix’s Yasuke anime, the original story Takt Op. Destiny, the water polo anime Re-Main, the Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi manga adaptation, and the Attack On Titan Season 4 Part 2 anime. The Jujutsu Kaisen 0 movie release date is confirmed for late 2021.
The first season of the Idaten Deities anime was helmed by second-time main director Seimei Kidokoro. Besides being the director of the 2018 movie Haikara-san ga Tooru Movie 2, he’s been an episode director on popular anime such as March Comes in Like a Lion, Yona of the Dawn, Boruto, Kingdom, and Space Dandy.
Writer Hiroshi Seko wrote the scripts and series composition. He’s worked on popular anime such as Ajin, Attack On Titan, Banana Fish, Darling in the FranXX, Dorohedoro, Inuyashiki, Jujutsu Kaisen, Kakegurui, Kill la Kill, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Levius, Mob Psycho 100, Vinland Saga, and Terror In Resonance.
The writer will also be working on the upcoming Chainsaw Man anime by Studio MAPPA and the 2022 Spriggan anime by Studio David Production. Hopefully, he’ll be part of the Vinland Saga Season 2 anime staff and Mob Psycho 100 Season 3.
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Artist Nao Ootsu (BEASTARS, Garo, Land of the Lustrous, Punch Line, Saga of Tanya the Evil) was the character designer.
The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace Season 2 OP (opening) and ED (ending) theme song music hasn’t been announced yet.
For the first season, The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace OP “Seija no Koushin” was performed by Tatsuya Kitani, while the ED “Raika” was performed by Akari Nanawo.
The first season was streaming with English subtitles on Crunchyroll and VRV (not Netflix, Hulu, HIDIVE, FUNimation, or Amazon Prime Video). Crunchyroll’s The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace English dub hasn’t been announced yet.
The first season’s finale, The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace Episode 11, released on September 23, 2021. The 11 episodes were released as three The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace Blu-Ray/DVD volumes that were released on October 27, 2021, November 24, 2021, and December 22, 2021, respectively.
This article provides everything that is known about The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace Season 2 (Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi Season 2) and all related news. As such, this article will be updated over time with news, rumors, and analysis. Meanwhile, let’s delve down into what is known for certain.
Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi Season 2 release date prediction: Long wait or no sequel at all?
As of the last update, Aniplex, Studio MAPPA, or any company related to the production of the anime has not officially confirmed The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace Season 2 release date. Nor has the production of a sequel been announced.
Once the news is officially confirmed, this article will be updated with the relevant information.
In the meantime, it’s possible to speculate about when, or if, the Heion Sedai no Idaten-tachi Season 2 release date will occur in the future.
For a MAPPA production, this anime seems to have generated little buzz compared to other projects like Jujutsu Kaisen or the upcoming Chainsaw Man. It’s something of a surprise since the manga illustrator also made the popular Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid.
On the plus side, The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace reviews have been positive. However, the scores are good, not great. The animation style is reminiscent of the psychedelic aspects of Mob Psycho 100, while the madcap characterization gives off Studio Trigger vibes. Just the OP video alone is a masterpiece of animation.
On the negative side, the anime’s first season rarely made it up onto Crunchyroll’s popular anime list during the Summer 2021 anime season.
What jumps out first is how short the first season is with only 11 episodes. But with only a few manga volumes to draw upon as source material, that shouldn’t be too surprising.
It’s also possible the first season will finish the story with an anime original ending. It’s predicted that the last 3 episodes of the first season will be ahead of the manga.
So even if the anime’s first season leaves an opening for a sequel, anime fans will need to wait years for more manga chapters to be produced. As such, even if a second season is greenlit for production, there should be a long, multi-year wait for The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace Season 2 release date.
The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace manga compared to the anime: Censorship the main difference
The story for the anime is based on The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace manga series by writer Amahara and illustrator Coolkyousinnjya (COOL Kyoushinsha). As of July 2021, the manga was up to Volume 5.
Amahara is best known (or infamous) for creating the Interspecies Reviewers (Ishuzoku Reviewers) manga. As previously mentioned, Coolkyousinnjya created the Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid manga series but is also well-known for creating the Peach Boy Riverside manga, which was also adapted into an anime TV series in 2021.
Amahara actually originally self-published the Idaten Deities story as an online webcomic that remains unfinished as of 2016. Thus, the manga series that began serializing in Young Animal magazine since August 2018 is actually a remake (Coolkyousinnjya did the same thing with Peach Boy Riverside).
Unfortunately, no North American publisher has licensed the manga series for an official English translation. Thankfully, there are fan-made English translation projects that are caught up with recent chapters.
When the anime premiered, the manga was up to The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace Volume 5. Pic credit: Coolkyousinnjya
When a manga is adapted into anime, sometimes, content is condensed to fit the time constraints of the episodic format. Sometimes minor scenes are skipped, and the dialogue is reduced to the highlights.
The biggest glaring fault with the Idaten Deities anime was how it literally info dumped in an in-your-face fashion with “fast-forward explanations.” At first, it was almost amusing to have plot-pertinent worldbuilding details spat out at accelerated speed, but this approach lost its comedic gloss fairly quickly.
The anime version also rearranged the presentation of events in some cases. Most of the time, these changes didn’t alter how the story was perceived, but sometimes the context of the ordering of events in the manga was important.
For example, the manga jumped back and forth between the nun rape scene and the conversation where Ysley explains to Paula how the Idaten are born from hearts seeking salvation and why they don’t intervene in human wars.
The rape of the nun was intended to drive the point home that humans are fighting meaningless wars that cause the Idaten themselves to be born without meaning. And thus, these deities born in a peaceful era do nothing to save humans from their suffering.
Speaking of the rape scene, the manga version was very explicit, which shouldn’t be too surprising considering it’s a Seinen manga springing from the mind of Amahara. The anime’s portrayal in Episode 1 was still shocking, but it got across the point without feeling like an exploitative spectacle. But since the scene was disconnected from the associated conversation, the scene’s impact was lessened and probably came off to many viewers as being edgelord nonsense tacked onto the end of the episode.
Similarly, when Demon trainer Miku sexually molested the nun, later on, the manga was extremely graphic and arguably went over the line. Instead, anime Episode 5 captured the horror of the moment while only implying what was happening.
The anime also censored gratuitous nudity in the fight between Ysley and General Piscalat. The Seinen manga literally used almost an entire page to show her completely topless in Chapter 22.
There was also a skipped page from Chapter 30 where Miku imagined Piscalat being lewdly tortured. The page’s dialogue was also skipped since Miku’s imagination was described in graphic detail.
Oddly enough, the anime even censored cockroaches by blurring them out. That’s an anime original joke since the manga didn’t censor that moment at all.
In The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace, Miku needed to be censored the most, although they let this one joke slide. Pic credit: Studio MAPPA
Due to the rapid adaptation pacing, by the first season’s halfway point in Episode 6, the anime was up to the beginning of manga Volume 5: Chapter 32.
As previously mentioned, it’s predicted that the anime will be completely caught up with the manga by Episode 9.
Anime fans will just have to wait and see if the anime leaves an opening for The Idaten Deities Know Only Peace 2. Stay tuned!
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A new Big Brother recap comes from Thursday night, where Season 23, Episode 19 sent someone to the BB23 jury house.
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Kyland Young was the first person to be HOH twice on Big Brother 23. Pic credit: CBS
Big Brother 23, Episode 19 began with a recap of how each member of The Cookout has been working with a pawn. It then showed Kyland Young winning the HOH Competition and making that deal with Britini D’Angelo, where they promised each other safety.
We saw Kyland nominated Claire Rehfuss and Derek Frazier for eviction, but Tiffany Mitchell wanted to keep Claire around, and Derek F was just a pawn. The act was on, and someone would be taking a seat on the block following the Veto Competition.
Alyssa Lopez won the Power of Veto, and Kyland won the Veto Derby. They each possessed a Power of Veto necklace heading into the Veto Ceremony, but we didn’t get to see the Veto Ceremony during the last episode of the show.
Instead, a lot of drama was shown behind the scenes, including Kyland sending Sarah Beth Steagall to tell Britini D’Angelo that she would be going on the block. All of that footage pushed the Veto Ceremony over to the eviction episode on August 19.
Big Brother 23, Episode 19 recap
After Julie Chen Moonves welcomed viewers to the new episode, we got to see the Veto Ceremony taking place. Kyland went first, and he saved Claire from the block. He then named Britini as his replacement nominee. Alyssa then passed on her chance to use the POV, keeping Britini and Derek F on the block.
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After the block was set, many conversations were shown where Derek Xiao tried to push to keep Britini in the house. It revealed how much Hannah Chaddha has been lying to him this summer. Claire was also trying to get Derek F out, which led to Tiffany Mitchell lying to her about how the house felt.
Hannah and Tiffany were doing a great job at protecting The Cookout, but they may have really harmed their relationships with their non-Cookout friends this week. They just don’t know it yet.
Later, Tiffany was shown speaking to Xavier Prather about how The Cookout needed to get Derek X or Claire out next because they were starting to sniff out the largest alliance in the house.
Xavier met with Kyland, and they concocted a plan to get Derek X to throw the next Head of Household Competition. If he threw it, he could likely end up on the block.
Julie asked Df if she could call him Big D #BB23 pic.twitter.com/ZNue5AU00I — reci 💙 (@valerie_galery) August 20, 2021
Big Brother 23 jury gets its first member
Eight people voted on evicting Britini D’Angelo or Derek Frazier during the August 19 episode.
Xavier was up first, and he voted to evict Britini, Hannah voted to evict Britini, Claire voted to evict Britini, Derek Xiao voted to evict Britini, Azah Awasum voted to evict Big D, Tiffany voted to evict Britini, Sarah Beth voted to evict Britini, and Alyssa voted to evict Britini.
By a vote of 7-1, Britini was evicted from the Big Brother house.
A brief interview between Julie and Britini took place, where she talked about how happy she was to have just been able to play the game. Britini took her eviction very well, and she was laughing and smiling with Julie nearly the entire time.
Julie did the "by a vote of 7 to 1, Big D you are safe" thing, but Britini was clearly warned it was coming, she went out with a smile and hugs #bb23 pic.twitter.com/nJqKX6jq9f — hamsterwatch #bb23 (@hamsterwatch) August 20, 2021
A new Big Brother Head of Household takes power
The HOH Competition was a balance beam course, with each person having 45 seconds to try to maneuver across the backyard. The person to do the challenge the fastest would become the new HOH.
Claire went first and took 34.97 seconds, Alyssa fell right before she hit the buzzer and got eliminated, Big D ran out of time, and Sarah Beth Seagall then did it in 21.03 seconds.
Azah ran out of time on her turn, Hannah ran out of time on her turn as well, Tiffany also ran out of time, Derek Xiao tried to go quick but couldn’t beat Sarah Beth, and Xavier was then the last person before timing out.
Sarah Beth Steagall is the new Big Brother Head of Household.
More news from the world of Big Brother
America’s Vote has opened again. BB Bucks are on the line again for the houseguests, and people can now go vote by texting the houseguest’s name to 97979.
Former Big Brother houseguest Da’Vonne Rogers just said she wants to host the BB23 jury roundtable. She has played the game three times, so she definitely knows what it would entail.
Big Brother 23 airs Sundays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 8/7c on CBS.
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's romance started on Instagram after a mutual friend set them up on a blind date.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s relationship started after Meghan followed his private Instagram account, according to royal biographers. Pic credit: ©ImageCollect.com/Admedia
Meghan and Harry’s relationship “started off on Instagram” after she connected with Harry by following his private social media account, royal biographers claim.
According to authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand in their bestselling biography of the Sussexes, Finding Freedom, Meghan followed Harry’s private Instagram handle, @SpikeyMau5, after a mutual friend who wanted to set them up on a blind date prompted her.
“With no face visible in the profile photo, just a mouse-shaped helmet, it would have meant nothing to most people,” Scobie and Durand wrote, according to Express. “But it was in fact Harry’s private account.”
Harry’s secret Instagram account was partly inspired by his favorite Disc-Jockey, DeadMau5, and his former Facebook alias, “Spike Wells.”
“A big house music fan, he crafted the pseudonym by using part of the name of one of his favorite DJs, DeadMau5,” Scobie and Durand wrote. “Spikey came from a Facebook alias that Harry used for an account he had under the name of Spike Wells.”
“‘Spike’ was [also] a nickname sometimes used for the prince, particularly by Scotland Yard officers,” the authors added.
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Harry and Meghan met through a mutual friend, Violet von Westenholz
A mutual friend of Harry and Meghan, Violet von Westenholz, played matchmaker, a source told E! News.
Violet was the daughter of Baron von Westenholz, a friend of Prince Charles. She and Harry were childhood friends and she was one of the Duke of Sussex’s trusted inner circle of friends.
Harry had confided in her that he was “having trouble finding someone.”
“Harry was having a really hard time finding anyone,” the source told E! News. “It was something he had confided in his closest friends about; he was ready to meet someone but it was so hard to actually find the right person.”
Violet met Meghan while doing PR work for Ralph Lauren and they struck up a friendship.
“And so when Harry told Violet he was having trouble finding someone, Violet said she might just have the perfect girl for him,” the source told E! News.
Violet set up a blind date for Meghan and Harry
Royal biographer Katie Nicholl told Channel 5 documentary Meghan: Where Did It All Go Wrong? that it was Violet who prompted Meghan and Harry to look at each other’s Instagram accounts.
Meghan followed Harry’s private Instagram account, and Harry looked through Meghan’s.
Both liked what they saw and Violet arranged a date.
“Amazingly for a royal romance, it started on Instagram,” Nicholl, author of Harry: Life, Loss and Love, said. “It was Violet who really brought them together… she played matchmaker.”
Meghan and Harry started dating in 2016
Harry and Meghan first met in 2016 on a blind date arranged by Violet. According to Scobie and Durand, they fell for each other quickly but kept their relationship private.
Harry first publicly acknowledged he was dating Meghan in November 2016 after media sources first got wind of the romance in October.
The couple got engaged in November 2017 and exchanged vows on May 19, 2018, at St. George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle.
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90 Day Fiance's Rebecca Parrott says she doesn't know the cause of her shakiness after fans took note of it in her latest video.
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Rebecca Parrott opens up about shakiness after people took notice. Pic credit: TLC
90 Day Fiance star Rebecca Parrott had fans concerned about her well-being after they noticed shaking in one of her videos.
When Rebecca posted a video showing off a new tattoo balm that she recently discovered, social media followers took note. Still, people were more concerned about the fact that Rebecca was sweating and shaking in the video.
It’s not clear what’s been causing the shakiness, but Rebecca recently opened up about the issue and noted that it’s been happening for a few months now, and she has plans to see a specialist.
Rebecca Parrott responds to concerns about her shakiness
The 90 Day Fiance star took to Instagram a few hours ago and posted a video about her condition after her followers shared their concerns.
“About my shaking…I really appreciate everyone’s concern about why I’m shaking,” wrote Rebecca in her post. “I don’t know what’s causing the tremors but I’ll be going to see a specialist soon. It’s very odd. But yes I’m ok.”
In the video, Rebecca went into a bit more detail about the odd condition that’s been affecting her life.
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“So I saw your comments on…the tattoo video thing that I did the other day, some of you were just being trolls, but some of you were legitimately concerned…” said Rebecca. “So, as you can see, the shaking isn’t so bad right now.”
The TLC star addressed the sweatiness, which people commented on, but she attributed that to a faulty air conditioner. However, the shakiness is a legitimate concern, and Rebecca has plans to get it checked out.
Rebecca Parrott doesnt know what’s causing the shaking
The 90 Day Fiance star went into more details about what she calls “tremors” after fans took note in a recent video and questioned her in the comment section of the post.
“I don’t know what’s causing the shaking. I legitimately don’t,” admitted Rebecca. “It started happening right before we went to LA to film the Tell All — last year or this year, I can’t remember when that was.”
She continued, “At one point, I noticed on that trip that I was holding my phone talking to my mom on video, and I could not hold the phone. It was not shaking but literally tremoring completely, and it sometimes is so bad that it’s just my whole body, and other times it’s just my hands, and they get really bad.”
Rebecca noted that the condition worsens when she’s “under stress” but says she doesn’t know exactly what’s causing it.
“I did talk to my regular doctor about it, and he suggested I go see a neurologist, but it’s not affecting my day-to-day life so much. It’s just sometimes when I make videos you can tell,” admitted Rebecca.
90 Day Fiance is currently on hiatus on TLC.
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The houseguest who got evicted from Big Brother tonight became the first member of the BB23 jury. They will return to vote on the winner.
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Claire Rehfuss and Derek Frazier got nominated on Week 6 of Big Brother 23. Pic credit: CBS
An important Big Brother Eviction Ceremony took place tonight. Rather than getting sent home, the evicted houseguest became the first member of the BB23 jury.
Kyland Young was the Head of Household over the past week, and he was trying to add to his resume on the season. The first time that he was HOH, Kyland succeeded in getting Frenchie sent home.
This time around, Kyland put Derek Frazier and Claire Rehfuss on the block. Derek F was a pawn, though, even though he tried to play it up like he might be the one going home this week.
At the Veto Competition, Alyssa Lopez secured the Power of Veto after Kyland threw the challenge. Alyssa didn’t use her Power of Veto, but Kyland used the one he won through the Veto Derby.
Kyland used his Power of Veto to save Claire from the block. He then put up Britini D’Angelo in her place.
Who got evicted from Big Brother tonight?
During the August 19 episode of Big Brother 23, the eight voting houseguests had to decide if they would evict Derek Frazier or Britini D’Angelo. Since Derek F is still a part of The Cookout alliance, he wasn’t really ever at risk, no matter how his alliance members helped it look.
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Alyssa Lopez, Claire Rehfuss, Derek Xiao, Hannah Chaddha, Sarah Beth Steagall, Tiffany Mitchell, and Xavier Prather voted to evict Britini. Azah Awasum did toss Britini a pitty vote, leading to a 7-1 eviction total.
Britini D’Angelo became the first member of the BB23 jury.
More news about Big Brother 23
Former houseguest Da’Vonne Rogers wants to host the BB23 jury roundtable. She has played the game three times and was even named America’s Favorite Houseguest during Big Brother 22. It will be interesting to see if the producers tap her to take on that role. In the past, people like Dr. Will Kirby have done it.
Social media continues to debate the merits of The Cookout alliance. As shown during this latest episode of the show, all six members of the leading alliance have made it to the final 10 this summer. They are still in a prime position for the two of them to make it all the way to the end. Can they do it?
Some Big Brother fans are calling The Cookout racist. Others hope that the winner emerges from that six-person alliance and are loudly cheering them on this summer.
Claire mentioned targeting Xavier to Tiff, when she left the room Claire and DX clocked most of the CO #BB23 pic.twitter.com/iycEBsl9e5 — spicoli (@bb_spicoli) August 19, 2021
Stay tuned because it could get really intense in the coming weeks.
Big Brother 23 airs Sundays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays at 8/7c on CBS.
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BOSTON – The Captain of the Port for Southeastern New England has established port readiness condition X-RAY effective at 8 p.m., Thursday.
The ports of Southeastern New England are currently open to all commercial traffic and all transfer operations may continue while X-RAY remains in effect. Winds between 39 and 54 mph from a hurricane-force storm are possible within 48 hours.
All oceangoing commercial vessels and oceangoing barges greater than 500 gross tons should immediately advise the Captain of the Port of their intention to remain in port or to depart. Vessels desiring to remain in port must immediately contact the Captain of the Port at (508) 457-3211 to receive permission to do so. Vessels bound for Narragansett, Mount Hope, Buzzards Bay, and Cape Cod Bay that are unable to depart 24 hours prior to gale force winds making landfall are advised to seek an alternate destination.
Pleasure craft are advised to seek safe harbor. Drawbridges may not be operating during periods of high winds, or when an evacuation is in progress.
Port facilities are advised to review their heavy weather plan and take all necessary precautions to adequately prepare for the expected conditions.
The Coast Guard is warning the public of these important safety messages:
Stay off the water . The Coast Guard’s search and rescue capabilities degrade as storm conditions strengthen. This means help could be delayed. That is why boaters should heed to weather watches, warnings and small craft advisories.
. The Coast Guard’s search and rescue capabilities degrade as storm conditions strengthen. This means help could be delayed. That is why boaters should heed to weather watches, warnings and small craft advisories. Evacuate as necessary . If mandatory evacuations are set for an area, the public should evacuate without delay. Coast Guard personnel and other emergency responders may not be able to evacuate those in danger during the storm.
. If mandatory evacuations are set for an area, the public should evacuate without delay. Coast Guard personnel and other emergency responders may not be able to evacuate those in danger during the storm. Secure belongings . Owners of large boats are urged to move their vessels to inland marinas where they will be less vulnerable to breaking free of their moorings or damage. Trailerable boats should be pulled from the water and stored in a place that is not prone to flooding. Those who are leaving their boats in the water are reminded to secure life rings, lifejackets and small boats. These items, if not secured properly, can break free and require valuable search and rescue resources be diverted to ensure they are not actually people in distress.
. Owners of large boats are urged to move their vessels to inland marinas where they will be less vulnerable to breaking free of their moorings or damage. Trailerable boats should be pulled from the water and stored in a place that is not prone to flooding. Those who are leaving their boats in the water are reminded to secure life rings, lifejackets and small boats. These items, if not secured properly, can break free and require valuable search and rescue resources be diverted to ensure they are not actually people in distress. Stay clear of beaches . Wave heights and currents typically increase before a storm makes landfall. Even the best swimmers can fall victim to the strong waves and rip currents caused by Henri. Swimmers should stay clear of beaches until local lifeguards and law enforcement officials say the water is safe.
. Wave heights and currents typically increase before a storm makes landfall. Even the best swimmers can fall victim to the strong waves and rip currents caused by Henri. Swimmers should stay clear of beaches until local lifeguards and law enforcement officials say the water is safe. Be prepared . Area residents should prepared by developing a family plan, creating a disaster supply kit, having a place to go, securing their home and having a plan for pets. Information can be found at the National Hurricane Center’s webpage.
. Area residents should prepared by developing a family plan, creating a disaster supply kit, having a place to go, securing their home and having a plan for pets. Information can be found at the National Hurricane Center’s webpage. Stay informed. The public should monitor the progress and strength of Henri through local television, radio and internet. Boaters can monitor its progress on VHF radio channel 16. Information can also be obtained on small craft advisories and warnings on VHF radio channel 16.
For information on the progress of Henri and hurricane preparedness, please visit the National Hurricane Center’s web page at the following link – http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/.
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A recent market research report added to repository of Credible Markets is an in-depth analysis of Global Crank Handle Market . On the basis of historic growth analysis and current scenario of Crank Handle market place, the report intends to offer actionable insights on global market growth projections. Authenticated data presented in report is based on findings of extensive primary and secondary research. Insights drawn from data serve as excellent tools that facilitate deeper understanding of multiple aspects of global Crank Handle market. This further helps users with their developmental strategy.
This report examines all the key factors influencing growth of global Crank Handle market, including demand-supply scenario, pricing structure, profit margins, production and value chain analysis. Regional assessment of global Crank Handle market unlocks a plethora of untapped opportunities in regional and domestic market places. Detailed company profiling enables users to evaluate company shares analysis, emerging product lines, scope of NPD in new markets, pricing strategies, innovation possibilities and much more.
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Data presented in global Crank Handle market report allows users to realize their market entry potential and devise fruitful developmental strategies to fulfil their business goals. A report sample can be requested to view the report outline before you actually purchase it.
The report segments the global Crank Handle market as:
Competitive Analysis; Who are the Major Players in Crank Handle Market?
Ketterer
Micronor
Monroe Engineering
Power Automation
TECNODIN
WDS Component Parts
Boteco
ELCIS ENCODER
ELESA
GAMM
Ganter
Major Type of Crank Handle Covered in Credible Markets report:
Stainless Steel
Aluminum Alloy
Other
Application Segments Covered in Credible Markets
Automobile Industry
Agricultural Equipment
Machine Tool Equipment
Other
Regional Segmentation (Value; Revenue, USD Million, 2015 – 2026) of Crank Handle Market:
• North America (United States, Canada and Mexico)
• Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Russia, Spain and Benelux)
• Asia Pacific (China, Japan, India, Southeast Asia and Australia)
• Latin America (Brazil, Argentina and Colombia)
• Middle East and Africa
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Global Crank Handle Market 2015-2026, With Breakdown Data of Capacity, Sales, Production, Export, Import, Revenue, Price, Cost and Gross Margin
Chapter 1 Market Scope
Chapter 2 Regional Market Analysis
2.1 China Crank Handle Status and Prospect (2015-2026)
2.1.1 China Crank Handle Market Size and Growth Rate (2015-2026)
2.1.2 China Crank Handle Local Capacity, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis (2015-2020)
2.2 EU Crank Handle Status and Prospect (2015-2026)
2.2.1 EU Crank Handle Market Size and Growth Rate (2015-2026)
2.2.2 EU Crank Handle Local Capacity, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis (2015-2020)
2.3 USA Crank Handle Status and Prospect (2015-2026)
2.3.1 USA Crank Handle Market Size and Growth Rate (2015-2026)
2.3.2 USA Crank Handle Local Capacity, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis (2015-2020)
2.4 Japan Crank Handle Status and Prospect (2015-2026)
2.4.1 Japan Crank Handle Market Size and Growth Rate (2015-2026)
2.4.2 Japan Crank Handle Local Capacity, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis (2015-2020)
2.5 India Crank Handle Status and Prospect (2015-2026)
2.5.1 India Crank Handle Market Size and Growth Rate (2015-2026)
2.5.2 India Crank Handle Local Capacity, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis (2015-2020)
2.6 Southeast Asia Crank Handle Status and Prospect (2015-2026)
2.6.1 Southeast Asia Crank Handle Market Size and Growth Rate (2015-2026)
2.6.2 Southeast Asia Crank Handle Local Capacity, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis (2015-2020)
2.7 South America Crank Handle Status and Prospect (2015-2026)
2.7.1 South America Crank Handle Market Size and Growth Rate (2015-2026)
2.7.2 South America Crank Handle Local Capacity, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis (2015-2020)
2.8 Crank Handle Status and Prospect (2015-2026)
2.8.1 Crank Handle Market Size and Growth Rate (2015-2026)
2.8.2 Crank Handle Local Capacity, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis (2015-2020)
Chapter 3 Global Crank Handle Market Assessment by Segment
3.1 Global Crank Handle Capacity and Growth Rate
3.2 Global Crank Handle Sales by Type
3.3 Global Crank Handle Sales Revenue by Type
3.4 Global Crank Handle Consumption by Application
Chapter 4 Global Crank Handle Market Assessment by Regions
4.1 Global Crank Handle Production Analysis and Forecast by Regions (2015-2026)
4.2 Global Crank Handle Sales Analysis and Forecast by Regions (2015-2026)
4.3 Global Crank Handle Sales Revenue Analysis and Forecast by Regions (2015-2026)
Chapter 5 Value Chain (Impact of COVID-19)
5.1 Crank Handle Value Chain Analysis
5.1.1 Upstream
5.1.2 Downstream
5.2 COVID-19 Impact on Crank Handle Industry
5.2.1 Industrial Policy Issued Under the Epidemic Situation
5.3 Cost-Under the Epidemic Situation
5.3.1 Cost of Raw Material
5.4 Channel Analysis
5.4.1 Distribution Channel-Under the Epidemic Situation
5.4.2 Distributors
Chapter 6 Competitive Landscape
6.1 Global Crank Handle Capacity Market Share of Manufacturers (2019-2020)
6.2 Global Crank Handle Sales Market Share of Manufacturers (2019-2020)
6.3 Global Crank Handle Sales Revenue Market Share of Manufacturers (2019-2020)
Chapter 7 Crank Handle Competitive Analysis
Chapter 8 Conclusion
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Points Covered in the Report
• The points that are discussed within the report are the major market players that are involved in the market such as market players, raw material suppliers, equipment suppliers, end users, traders, distributors and etc.
• The complete profile of the companies is mentioned. And the capacity, production, price, revenue, cost, gross, gross margin, sales volume, sales revenue, consumption, growth rate, import, export, supply, future strategies, and the technological developments that they are making are also included within the report. This report analyzed 12 years data history and forecast.
• The growth factors of the market are discussed in detail wherein the different end users of the market are explained in detail.
• Data and information by market player, by region, by type, by application and etc., and custom research can be added according to specific requirements.
• The report contains the SWOT analysis of the market. Finally, the report contains the conclusion part where the opinions of the industrial experts are included.
Impact of Covid-19 in Crank Handle Market: Since the COVID-19 virus outbreak in December 2019, the disease has spread to almost every country around the globe with the World Health Organization declaring it a public health emergency. The global impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are already starting to be felt, and will significantly affect the Crank Handle market in 2020. The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought effects on many aspects, like flight cancellations; travel bans and quarantines; restaurants closed; all indoor/outdoor events restricted; over forty countries state of emergency declared; massive slowing of the supply chain; stock market volatility; falling business confidence, growing panic among the population, and uncertainty about future.
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A recent market research report added to repository of Credible Markets is an in-depth analysis of Global Crash Test Dummies Market . On the basis of historic growth analysis and current scenario of Crash Test Dummies market place, the report intends to offer actionable insights on global market growth projections. Authenticated data presented in report is based on findings of extensive primary and secondary research. Insights drawn from data serve as excellent tools that facilitate deeper understanding of multiple aspects of global Crash Test Dummies market. This further helps users with their developmental strategy.
This report examines all the key factors influencing growth of global Crash Test Dummies market, including demand-supply scenario, pricing structure, profit margins, production and value chain analysis. Regional assessment of global Crash Test Dummies market unlocks a plethora of untapped opportunities in regional and domestic market places. Detailed company profiling enables users to evaluate company shares analysis, emerging product lines, scope of NPD in new markets, pricing strategies, innovation possibilities and much more.
For Better Understanding, Download FREE Sample Copy of Crash Test Dummies Market Report @ https://www.crediblemarkets.com/sample-request/crash-test-dummies-market-198752
Data presented in global Crash Test Dummies market report allows users to realize their market entry potential and devise fruitful developmental strategies to fulfil their business goals. A report sample can be requested to view the report outline before you actually purchase it.
The report segments the global Crash Test Dummies market as:
Competitive Analysis; Who are the Major Players in Crash Test Dummies Market?
Humanetics ATD
TASS International
JASTI
4activeSystems
Cellbond
Dynamic Research
GESAC
…
Major Type of Crash Test Dummies Covered in Credible Markets report:
By Aspect Characteristics
Malee Dummy
Female Dummy
Child Dummy
By Percentile
50 Percentile
95 Percentile
5 Percentile
Others
Application Segments Covered in Credible Markets
Automotive Crash Test
Aerospace Test
Others
Regional Segmentation (Value; Revenue, USD Million, 2015 – 2026) of Crash Test Dummies Market:
• North America (United States, Canada and Mexico)
• Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Russia, Spain and Benelux)
• Asia Pacific (China, Japan, India, Southeast Asia and Australia)
• Latin America (Brazil, Argentina and Colombia)
• Middle East and Africa
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Some Points from Table of Content
Global Crash Test Dummies Market 2015-2026, With Breakdown Data of Capacity, Sales, Production, Export, Import, Revenue, Price, Cost and Gross Margin
Chapter 1 Market Scope
Chapter 2 Regional Market Analysis
2.1 China Crash Test Dummies Status and Prospect (2015-2026)
2.1.1 China Crash Test Dummies Market Size and Growth Rate (2015-2026)
2.1.2 China Crash Test Dummies Local Capacity, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis (2015-2020)
2.2 EU Crash Test Dummies Status and Prospect (2015-2026)
2.2.1 EU Crash Test Dummies Market Size and Growth Rate (2015-2026)
2.2.2 EU Crash Test Dummies Local Capacity, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis (2015-2020)
2.3 USA Crash Test Dummies Status and Prospect (2015-2026)
2.3.1 USA Crash Test Dummies Market Size and Growth Rate (2015-2026)
2.3.2 USA Crash Test Dummies Local Capacity, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis (2015-2020)
2.4 Japan Crash Test Dummies Status and Prospect (2015-2026)
2.4.1 Japan Crash Test Dummies Market Size and Growth Rate (2015-2026)
2.4.2 Japan Crash Test Dummies Local Capacity, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis (2015-2020)
2.5 India Crash Test Dummies Status and Prospect (2015-2026)
2.5.1 India Crash Test Dummies Market Size and Growth Rate (2015-2026)
2.5.2 India Crash Test Dummies Local Capacity, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis (2015-2020)
2.6 Southeast Asia Crash Test Dummies Status and Prospect (2015-2026)
2.6.1 Southeast Asia Crash Test Dummies Market Size and Growth Rate (2015-2026)
2.6.2 Southeast Asia Crash Test Dummies Local Capacity, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis (2015-2020)
2.7 South America Crash Test Dummies Status and Prospect (2015-2026)
2.7.1 South America Crash Test Dummies Market Size and Growth Rate (2015-2026)
2.7.2 South America Crash Test Dummies Local Capacity, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis (2015-2020)
2.8 Crash Test Dummies Status and Prospect (2015-2026)
2.8.1 Crash Test Dummies Market Size and Growth Rate (2015-2026)
2.8.2 Crash Test Dummies Local Capacity, Import, Export, Local Consumption Analysis (2015-2020)
Chapter 3 Global Crash Test Dummies Market Assessment by Segment
3.1 Global Crash Test Dummies Capacity and Growth Rate
3.2 Global Crash Test Dummies Sales by Type
3.3 Global Crash Test Dummies Sales Revenue by Type
3.4 Global Crash Test Dummies Consumption by Application
Chapter 4 Global Crash Test Dummies Market Assessment by Regions
4.1 Global Crash Test Dummies Production Analysis and Forecast by Regions (2015-2026)
4.2 Global Crash Test Dummies Sales Analysis and Forecast by Regions (2015-2026)
4.3 Global Crash Test Dummies Sales Revenue Analysis and Forecast by Regions (2015-2026)
Chapter 5 Value Chain (Impact of COVID-19)
5.1 Crash Test Dummies Value Chain Analysis
5.1.1 Upstream
5.1.2 Downstream
5.2 COVID-19 Impact on Crash Test Dummies Industry
5.2.1 Industrial Policy Issued Under the Epidemic Situation
5.3 Cost-Under the Epidemic Situation
5.3.1 Cost of Raw Material
5.4 Channel Analysis
5.4.1 Distribution Channel-Under the Epidemic Situation
5.4.2 Distributors
Chapter 6 Competitive Landscape
6.1 Global Crash Test Dummies Capacity Market Share of Manufacturers (2019-2020)
6.2 Global Crash Test Dummies Sales Market Share of Manufacturers (2019-2020)
6.3 Global Crash Test Dummies Sales Revenue Market Share of Manufacturers (2019-2020)
Chapter 7 Crash Test Dummies Competitive Analysis
Chapter 8 Conclusion
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Points Covered in the Report
• The points that are discussed within the report are the major market players that are involved in the market such as market players, raw material suppliers, equipment suppliers, end users, traders, distributors and etc.
• The complete profile of the companies is mentioned. And the capacity, production, price, revenue, cost, gross, gross margin, sales volume, sales revenue, consumption, growth rate, import, export, supply, future strategies, and the technological developments that they are making are also included within the report. This report analyzed 12 years data history and forecast.
• The growth factors of the market are discussed in detail wherein the different end users of the market are explained in detail.
• Data and information by market player, by region, by type, by application and etc., and custom research can be added according to specific requirements.
• The report contains the SWOT analysis of the market. Finally, the report contains the conclusion part where the opinions of the industrial experts are included.
Impact of Covid-19 in Crash Test Dummies Market: Since the COVID-19 virus outbreak in December 2019, the disease has spread to almost every country around the globe with the World Health Organization declaring it a public health emergency. The global impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are already starting to be felt, and will significantly affect the Crash Test Dummies market in 2020. The outbreak of COVID-19 has brought effects on many aspects, like flight cancellations; travel bans and quarantines; restaurants closed; all indoor/outdoor events restricted; over forty countries state of emergency declared; massive slowing of the supply chain; stock market volatility; falling business confidence, growing panic among the population, and uncertainty about future.
Browse the Short Summary & TOC of the Report @ https://www.crediblemarkets.com/reports/crash-test-dummies-market-198752
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After months of delays, Paramount Network finally announced that season 4 of Yellowstone will premiere on Sunday, November 7.
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Yellowstone fans, mark your calendars! After months of speculation, Paramount Network has finally announced a release date for season 4 of the hit Dutton family drama.
Season 3 ended on a major cliff-hanger, with the lives of Beth (Kelly Reilly), John (Kevin Costner), and Kayce Dutton (Luke Grimes) and ranch hand Jimmy Hurdstrom (Jefferson White) hanging in the balance. Fans have been desperate to find out the fates of their favorite characters. Many were convinced that the new season would begin in June just like the previous three seasons, but that date came and went with no news from the network. Paramount released a clip on July 1 promising that revenge is worth the wait, but now we finally have a date!
On August 19, the official Yellowstone Instagram account announced that the new season will begin on November 7, 2021 with a very ominous video clip. The snippet shows John Dutton lying on the side of the road after being shot with birds circling overhead. A voice says, "We're at war, you and me." The clip is short and doesn't include many details, but the date is all fans need to get excited.
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The video is captioned, "This is not a drill! #YellowstoneTV season 4 premieres November 7, 2021."
Fans immediately took to the comments section to express their excitement. Many chimed in with "Finally!" One wrote, "YEEESSSSS!!!🙌🙌❤️" Another said, "can’t freaking wait!!" One fan commented, "That's good news!!! 👏👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥" A viewer wrote, "
🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌🙌 Feels like we’ve been waiting forever. Cannot wait!!!"
We're officially counting down the days!
Katie Bowlby Katie Bowlby is Deputy Managing Editor, Digital, at Country Living, where she covers gift guides, crafts, and TV shows like Yellowstone.
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Luke Bryan announced his new 2021 Farm Tour that begins September 9 with special guests, including Dylan Scott, Peach Pickers, Whitney Duncan and DJ Rock.
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Luke Bryan is hitting the road once again.
The Country Girl singer is getting ready to visit six small-town venues starting September 9, 2021. Luke announced his upcoming "Farm Tour 2021" on Instagram, and revealed he'll be joined by special guests Dylan Scott, Peach Pickers, Whitney Duncan, and DJ Rock.
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As 2021's ACM Awards' Entertainer of the Year, the American Idol judge is sure to put on a show and fans know it. The Instagram announcement's comments section was filled with excited folks. "Can't wait to see you," one person wrote. "I'm so excited!!" said another.
In fact, his show in Fowlerville, Michigan sold out shortly after Luke's post went live. No worries, though: you can still snag tickets at other locations here.
This will be Luke's 12th Farm Tour, and after a concert hiatus due to COVID, he plans to make this go around special by performing at six rural locations in the fields of local farmers — five of which are brand new sites. As if Luke's "Farm Tour 2021" didn't already sound spectacular, it gets even better because the meaning behind it all will have you developing an even bigger sweet spot for the generous country singer.
"Growing up in a farming family in rural Georgia I know how hard farming can be even on a good year, and how hard those families work — from sun-up to sundown," he said. "After the challenges we have all faced in the last year with so many people losing their jobs, struggling to put food on their tables, food supply chains jeopardized, grocery stores struggling to keep food on the shelves in some areas, it is so apparent to me, and I hope everyone, why our farmers are truly the backbone of our country. They never stopped providing for all of us. Ever. It’s time to thank our farmers, once again. It’s going to mean even more to me this year."
Chaise Sanders Chaise Sanders is an Assistant Editor at Country Living in Birmingham, AL.
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Educated young women, former U.S. military translators and other Afghans most at-risk from the Taliban are appealing to the Biden administration to get them on evacuation flights.
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In this photo provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, two civilians during processing through an Evacuee Control Checkpoint during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021. (Staff Sgt. Victor Mancilla/U.S. Marine Corps via AP) AP
Educated young women, former U.S. military translators and other Afghans most at-risk from the Taliban appealed to the Biden administration to get them on evacuation flights as the United States struggled to bring order to the continuing chaos at the Kabul airport.
President Joe Biden and his top officials said the U.S. was working to speed up the evacuation, but made no promises how long it would last or how many desperate people it would fly to safety. “We don’t have the capability to go out and collect large numbers of people,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters Wednesday, adding that evacuations would continue “until the clock runs out or we run out of capability.”
Afghans in danger because of their work with the U.S. military or U.S organizations, and Americans scrambling to get them out, also pleaded with Washington to cut the red tape that they say could strand thousands of vulnerable Afghans if U.S. forces withdraw as planned in the coming days.
“If we don’t sort this out, we’ll literally be condemning people to death,” said Marina Kielpinski LeGree, the American head of a nonprofit, Ascend. The organization's young Afghan female colleagues were in the mass of people waiting for flights at the airport in the wake of days of mayhem, tear gas and gunshots.
At the Kabul airport, military evacuation flights continued. However, access to the airport remained difficult. On Thursday, Taliban militants fired into the air to try to control the crowds gathered at the airport’s blast walls. Men, women and children fled. Fighter jets later roared overhead, but no airstrike accompanied their pass.
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Russia offered to provide its aircraft to fly Afghans willing to leave the country to any nations willing to host them. Some U.S. NATO partners, including Italy, have been flying Afghans out of the country in relatively small numbers.
The U.S. has rushed in troops, transport planes and commanders to secure the airport, seek Taliban guarantees of safe passage, and ramp up an airlift capable of ferrying between 5,000 and 9,000 people a day.
One of the last windows of escape from the Taliban threatens to close when Biden’s planned pullout by Aug. 31 is complete.
“People are going to die,” said Air Force veteran Sam Lerman. He said he was working to help a former Afghan military contractor who received an email from the State Department telling him to go to the airport. But U.S. troops at the entry to the airport turned back the Afghan man Wednesday, telling him he lacked the right document, Lerman said.
Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman described an all-out effort by U.S. officials to get Afghans and allies to safety. “This is an all-hands-on-deck effort and we’re aren’t going to let up,” Sherman said at a State Department news conference.
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Taliban fighters and checkpoints ringed the airport — barriers for Afghans who fear that their past work with Westerners makes them prime targets of the insurgents. Afghans who made it past the Taliban reached Americans guarding the airport complex, and thrust documents at some of the 4,500 U.S. troops in temporary control.
Hundreds of Afghans who lacked any papers or promises of flights also congregated at the airport, adding to the chaos. It didn't help that many of the Taliban fighters were illiterate, and cannot read the documents.
Nearly 6,000 people had been evacuated by the U.S. military since Saturday, a White House official said Wednesday night. The turmoil has seen Afghans rush the tarmac. In one instance, some apparently fell to their death while clinging to a departing American C-17 transport plane.
Hoping to secure seats on an airlift are American citizens and other foreigners, Afghan allies of the Western forces, and women, journalists, activists and others most at risk from the fundamentalist Taliban.
The U.S. has declined to give estimates of how many U.S. citizens remain in Afghanistan and are in need of escape.
About 100,000 Afghans were seeking evacuation through a U.S. visa program meant to provide refuge to Afghans who had worked with Americans, as well as family members, said Rebecca Heller, head of the U.S.-based International Refugee Assistance Program. Her organization was among those pressing the United States to urgently step up visa processing.
Heller said an Afghan client told her of five Afghan translators killed by the Taliban in the past two days for their past work with Americans.
Heller played an appeal that she said a female Afghan client had recorded. The woman, whose name The Associated Press is withholding for her safety, has been waiting for three years for U.S. action on her visa application.
“The only hope in this moment I have is the U.S. government,” the Afghan woman said. “Please, U.S. government ... please stop promising. Please, start taking action. As immediately as you can."
The Pentagon said senior U.S. military officers, including Navy Rear Adm. Peter Vasely, are talking to Taliban commanders about Taliban checkpoints and curfews that have limited the number of Americans and Afghans able to enter the airport.
The U.S. government sent emails in recent days telling some American citizens, green card holders and their families, and others to come to the airport, and to be prepared to wait.
Biden has defended his decision to end the U.S. combat mission in Afghanistan that began after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and has rejected blame for the chaos that has ensued. Biden this laid responsibility on Afghans themselves for the Taliban takeover and for the frantic scrambles to flee the country.
But refugee groups note yearslong backlog of visa applications.
An operation to fly to the United States former Afghan translators and others whose visa processes were closest to completion had managed to bring in only about half of the 4,000 Afghans predicted before the Taliban takeover.
A separate visa program meant to fly out civil society members most at risk from the Taliban was handicapped from the start, partly by a U.S. requirement that Afghans travel outside Afghanistan to apply — a trip that the Taliban sweep made impossible for most.
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Saturday, 8 p.m. EDT
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE:
Inter Miami CF -105, Toronto FC -110BOTTOM LINE: Inter Miami CF hosts Toronto FC trying for its fourth straight home victory.
Inter Miami CF put together a 7-13-3 record overall during the 2020 season while finishing 5-3-2 in home games. Inter Miami CF scored 25 goals last season, averaging 1.1 per game.
Toronto FC went 13-5-5 overall a season ago while going 6-3-2 on the road. Toronto FC scored 34 goals last season and registered 22 assists.
The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Inter Miami CF: Ventura Alvarado (injured), Ian Fray (injured), Joevin Jones (injured).
Toronto FC: Dom Dwyer (injured), Ayo Akinola (injured), Chris Mavinga (injured), Tsubasa Endoh (injured).
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Shohei Ohtani hit his 40th homer and pitched eight sharp innings, helping the Los Angeles Angels beat Miguel Cabrera and the Detroit Tigers 3-1 on Wednesday night.
The crowd of 27,282 was hoping to see Cabrera hit his 500th career homer, but the slugger went 1 for 4 with a first-inning single.
Instead, Ohtani (8-1) put on a show.
The Japanese right-hander allowed six hits, struck out eight and walked none. He also became the first major leaguer to hit 40 homers in a season in which he pitched at least 15 games. The previous record was 29 by Babe Ruth in 1919.
Rasiel Iglesias pitched a perfect ninth for his 27th save, retiring Cabrera on a fly ball to the warning track in right.
Willi Castro homered for Detroit, and Tarik Skubal (8-11) allowed six hits in 6 2/3 innings.
METS 6, GIANTS 2, 12 INNINGS
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kevin Pillar hit a three-run homer in the 12th inning, lifting the Mets over the Giants hours after owner Steve Cohen called out New York's hitters for a lack of production.
Six Giants pitchers combined to blank the Mets until the ninth inning, when J.D. Davis provided a tying sacrifice fly.
The teams traded runs in the 11th before the Mets scored four runs against Tyler Chatwood (1-3) in the 12th.
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The Giants used eight relievers, who combined for 10 2/3 innings after Anthony DeSclafani exited with right ankle discomfort in the top of the second.
Jeurys Familia (7-3) surrendered an unearned run in the 11th but still got the win.
RAYS 8, ORIOLES 4
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Yarbrough came off the COVID-19 injured list and worked five scoreless innings as the AL East-leading Rays handed the Orioles their 14th consecutive loss.
Baltimore, which also had a 14-game skid from May 18-31, joined the Boston Braves as the only teams to have a pair of 14-game or longer losing streaks in the same season since 1901. The Braves did it twice, in 1911 and 1935.
Yarbrough (7-4) followed opener Louis Head to start the second inning and gave up one hit in his first appearance since Aug. 6.
Cedric Mullins and rookie Ryan Mountcastle homered for Baltimore. Spenser Watkins (2-5) allowed four runs and eight hits in four innings.
ROCKIES 7, PADRES 5
DENVER (AP) — Jake Arrieta got clobbered by Colorado and left with an injury in his San Diego debut.
C.J. Cron had two hits and three RBIs and Trevor Story homered for the Rockies, who scored five runs in 3 1/3 innings against Arrieta before he departed with an injured left hamstring.
Arrieta (5-12) was signed Monday after being placed on waivers by the Chicago Cubs. He allowed seven hits and let his ERA rise to 7.13 on Dom Núnez’s solo homer before grabbing his hamstring and exiting the game.
Wil Myers homered twice for the slumping Padres. Ben Bowden (2-2) got the win, and Daniel Bard pitched the ninth for his 20th save.
TWINS 8, INDIANS 7, 11 INNINGS
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jorge Polanco drove in the game-ending run for Minnesota for the third time in four games, lining a bases-loaded single in the 11th inning.
The Twins survived after blowing a two-run lead in the ninth and nearly won it in the 10th. Cleveland third baseman Ernie Clement leaped to rob Luis Arraez of a hit, and center fielder Myles Straw made a two-out diving catch on a liner from Ryan Jeffers.
Danny Coulombe (3-1), Minnesota’s eighth pitcher, tossed one inning and was aided by Nick Gordon robbing Bradley Zimmer with a two-out sliding catch in left center.
Justin Garza (2-1), Cleveland’s seventh pitcher, took the loss.
CUBS 7, REDS 1
CINCINNATI (AP) — Michael Hermosillo homered for the first time since 2018, Ian Happ and Sergio Alcántara also went deep, and depleted Chicago beat Cincinnati.
Adrian Sampson, called up from Triple-A Iowa earlier in the day to pitch in the majors for the first time since 2019, held the Reds to one run and five hits in four innings.
Manuel Rodríguez (1-2), Rowan Wick, Adam Morgan and Trevor Megill blanked Cincinnati over the final five innings, allowing one hit.
Reds starter Tyler Mahle (10-4) gave up five runs and eight hits in five innings.
NATIONALS 8, BLUE JAYS 5
WASHINGTON (AP) — Josh Bell hit a three-run homer off former teammate Brad Hand, sending the Nationals to the victory.
Juan Soto and Carter Kieboom also connected for Washington, which won back-to-back games for the first time since July 27-29.
Marcus Semien homered twice and Teoscar Hernández went deep for the fourth consecutive game for Toronto.
Hand (5-7) entered with one on in the seventh and Toronto clinging to a 5-4 lead. After Soto walked, Bell hit a drive to right for his 20th homer.
Mason Thompson (1-1) recorded the last two outs of the seventh for his first major league victory. Kyle Finnegan pitched 1 1/3 innings for his fourth save.
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Vancouver, British Columbia; Saturday, 10 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Los Angeles FC heads into a matchup with Vancouver after losing three straight games.
The Whitecaps went 9-14-0 overall during the 2020 season while going 6-5-0 at home. Vancouver scored 27 goals a season ago, averaging 1.2 per game.
Los Angeles FC put together a 9-8-5 record overall during the 2020 season while finishing 1-6-1 in road games. Los Angeles FC scored 53 goals last season, averaging 2.4 per game.
The teams meet Saturday for the second time this season. The last meeting ended in a 2-2 draw.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Vancouver: Cristian Gutierrez (injured), Lucas Cavallini (injured), Erik Godoy (injured).
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Chester, Pennsylvania; Saturday, 8 p.m. EDT
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE:
Philadelphia -105, Montreal -110BOTTOM LINE: The Philadelphia Union host Montreal in Eastern Conference play.
The Union finished 14-4-5 overall and 10-0-1 at home a season ago. Philadelphia scored 49 goals a season ago and had 33 assists.
Montreal compiled an 8-13-2 record overall in the 2020 season while finishing 4-5-1 in road games. Montreal scored 34 goals last season while allowing opponents to score 46.
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Philadelphia: Jack de Vries (injured), Anthony Fontana (injured).
Montreal: Ballou Tabla (injured), Lassi Lappalainen (injured), Romell Quioto (injured), Ahmed Hamdi (injured), James Pantemis.
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Luis Robert had three hits and two RBIs, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2.
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Chicago White Sox's Luis Robert watches his RBI single off Oakland Athletics starting pitcher Paul Blackburn during the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2021, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) AP
Luis Robert had three hits and two RBIs, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Oakland Athletics 3-2 on Wednesday night.
Eloy Jiménez had a run-scoring double for AL Central-leading Chicago, which earned its third consecutive victory.
Seth Brown homered for Oakland, which lost its fourth straight. Paul Blackburn (0-1) allowed three runs in 5 1/3 innings.
The A’s learned before the game that pitcher Chris Bassitt has a broken bone in his cheek and needs surgery. The right-hander sustained no eye damage after being struck on the side of the head by a line drive Tuesday.
General manager David Forst said it’s too soon to project whether Bassitt will pitch again this season or how long it could take him to return.
Robert and Jiménez are back after being sidelined by injuries, adding depth to Chicago's lineup.
The 24-year-old Robert is 12 for 28 with six RBIs in seven games after missing three months with a hip flexor strain. Jiménez is hitting .319 with six homers and 21 RBIs in 18 games since coming back on July 26 from a pectoral tear that had sidelined him since spring training.
Manager Tony La Russa credits both with diligence during minor-league rehab stints that has carried over.
“What's really impressive is that they worked hard to get here sooner than we expected,” La Russa said “But when you work hard as they worked and you've got talent like they have, then you shouldn't be surprised.”
Robert slipped trying to catch Elvis Andrus’ triple in the seventh, and Andrus scored on Starling Marte’s sacrifice fly.
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Other than that, Robert said he's doing fine.
“I'm not 100%, but the percent I'm playing now I can help the team," the Gold Glove center fielder said through a translator. ”I'm feeling stronger every day."
Garrett Crochet (3-5), the first of four White Sox relievers, pitched 1 2/3 innings for the win. Liam Hendriks got five outs for his 28th save, striking out the side in the ninth against his former team.
Craig Kimbrel, used as a setup man since coming over from the Cubs at the trade deadline, wasn't available because he was in Alabama following the death of his grandfather.
White Sox starter Lance Lynn was ejected by third-base umpire Nic Lentz in the middle of the fourth when he complained and threw his belt during a foreign substance check at the dugout. The big right-hander allowed one run and three hits while laboring through 88 pitches.
Lynn said Lentz came late to the dugout and while he was trying to get attention from the training staff before going back out.
“Obviously I hurt his feelings,” Lynn said. “He threw me out because I threw my belt. I said, ‘If you were on time, we wouldn’t have this problem.'"
Blackburn (0-1) permitted five hits, struck out three and walked three in his first major league appearance this season after being called up to take Bassitt’s roster spot. Oakland’s other starters were pushed back a day.
Blackburn said he learned that he was starting at about 3:30 p.m.
“I thought he did great,” manager Bob Melvin said. “I thought after giving up a couple of hard-hit balls in the first, he pitched really well to get us to the sixth and have us within a run.”
Bassitt was taken to the hospital after getting hit by a ball off Brian Goodwin’s bat in the second inning of Tuesday’s 9-0 White Sox win. The 32-year-old has shown no signs of a concussion and a scan of his brain was normal, following an ordeal that left him crumpled and bleeding on the mound.
Oakland fell one game behind New York for the top AL wild card. The Yankees are 69-52, followed by the A’s at 68-53 and the Red Sox at 69-54.
Lynn’s pitch count soared as he escaped jams in the first and third without allowing a run.
BEST POSSIBLE NEWS
While still concerned for Bassitt, Melvin said his team was relieved to learn the righty should recover.
“We got what we considered was good news today so everybody’s in much better spirits in the clubhouse today,” Melvin said. “You have to go through certain events in your career, this being on the extreme end, but it’s just going out there and trying to win today’s game.”
TIPPING POINT
Hendriks said he was hit hard by the Yankees in two appearances in the previous series because he was tipping his pitches. The All-Star allowed seven runs and five hits — including three homers — in 1 1/3 innings against New York.
“Tipping is the easiest thing to fix,” Hendriks said.
Hendriks said his wife, Kristi, had noticed it — even before he reviewed videos.
“She’s always right,” Hendriks said.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Athletics: Bassitt was placed on the 10-day IL.
UP NEXT
Oakland LHP Cole Irvin (8-11, 3.52 ERA) faces Chicago RHP Dylan Cease (9-6, 4.04 ERA) in the series finale on Thursday.
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Michael Williams, a 65-year-old grandfather from Chicago, sat behind bars for nearly a year accused of murder.
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Letters written by Michael Williams to his wife, Jacqueline Anderson, and a card she sent him and sealed with a lipstick kiss are just a few samples of the correspondence between the two in their South Side Chicago home Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. Williams sat behind bars at Cook County Jail for nearly a year before a judge dismissed the murder case against him in July at the request of prosecutors, who said they had insufficient evidence. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast) AP
Michael Williams’ wife pleaded with him to remember their fishing trips with the grandchildren, how he used to braid her hair, anything to jar him back to his world outside the concrete walls of Cook County Jail.
His three daily calls to her had become a lifeline, but when they dwindled to only a few a week, the 65-year-old felt he couldn’t go on. He made plans to take his life with a stockpiled stash of pills.
Williams was arrested last August, accused of murdering a young man from the neighborhood who asked him for a ride during a night of unrest over police brutality. The key evidence came from video of a car driving through an intersection, and a loud bang picked up by acoustic sensors. Prosecutors said audio technology powered by a secret algorithm indicated Williams shot and killed the man inside his car.
“I kept trying to figure out, how can they get away with using the technology like that against me?” said Williams. “That’s not fair.”
Williams was jailed for nearly a year before prosecutors, citing insufficient evidence, asked a judge to dismiss the case.
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Williams’ experience highlights the real-world impacts of society’s growing reliance on algorithms to help make consequential decisions about public life. This is especially apparent in law enforcement, which has turned to technology like acoustic gunshot detection. One such firm, ShotSpotter, says its evidence has increasingly been admitted in courtrooms, now some 200. ShotSpotter’s website says it’s a leader in policing technology solutions that helps stop gun violence by using algorithms to classify 14 million sounds as gunshots or something else.
But an Associated Press investigation, based on thousands of internal documents, emails and confidential contracts, along with dozens of interviews, has identified serious flaws in using ShotSpotter evidence in court.
AP’s investigation found the system can miss live gunfire right under its microphones, or misclassify sounds of fireworks or cars backfiring as gunshots. ShotSpotter's forensic reports have been used in court to improperly claim that a defendant shot at police, or provide questionable counts of the number of shots fired.
ShotSpotter touts its algorithm-backed technology as virtually foolproof. But its algorithms are a trade secret, largely inscrutable to the public, jurors and police oversight boards.
The company identifies possible gunshots with the acoustic sensors. Then ShotSpotter employees listen to audio recordings of those sounds, and confirms or changes the source of sounds, introducing the possibility of human bias. Employees can and do modify the location or number of shots fired at the request of police, according to court records. And in the past, city dispatchers or police themselves could make some of these changes.
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Amid a nationwide debate over racial bias in policing, civil rights advocates say the criminal justice system shouldn’t outsource some of society’s weightiest decisions to computer code.
ShotSpotter CEO Ralph Clark said details about artificial intelligence are “not really relevant.”
“The point is anything that ultimately gets produced as a gunshot has to have eyes and ears on it,” said Clark. “Human eyes and ears, ok?”
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This story, supported by the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting, is part of an ongoing Associated Press series, “Tracked,” that investigates the power and consequences of decisions driven by algorithms on people’s everyday lives.
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Police chiefs call ShotSpotter a game-changer. The technology has been installed in about 110 American cities, often disproportionately placed in Black and Latino communities. Law enforcement officials say it helps get officers to crime scenes quicker making their neighborhoods safer.
But academic researchers who reviewed 68 large, metropolitan counties from 1999 to 2016 found that the technology didn’t reduce gun violence or increase community safety.
One Sunday evening in May 2020, Williams said Safarian Herring, a 25-year-old he said he had seen around the neighborhood, waved him down for a ride. Williams told police that a vehicle pulled up beside him and someone shot Herring.
“I was hollering to my passenger ‘Are you ok?’” said Williams. “He didn’t respond.”
He sped to the emergency room. Herring died a few days later.
Three months later, police showed up, and after an interrogation they charged Williams with first-degree murder.
“When he told me that, it was just like something in me had just died,” said Williams.
On the night of the shooting, ShotSpotters sensors identified a loud noise the system initially assigned to 5700 S. Lake Shore Dr., according to an alert the company sent police. That material anchored prosecutors’ theory that Williams shot Herring inside his car, even though the supplementary police report didn’t cite a motive, mention eyewitnesses, or a recovered gun.
Prosecutors also leaned on a surveillance video showing that Williams’ car ran a red light, as did another car that appeared to have its windows up, ruling out that the shot came from the other car’s passenger window, they said.
Chicago police did not respond to AP's request for comment. The Cook County State's Attorney's Office said in a statement that after careful review prosecutors "concluded that the totality of the evidence was insufficient to meet our burden of proof."
As ShotSpotter’s gunshot detection systems expand around the country, so has its use as courtroom evidence — including 91 cases in the past 4 years.
“Our data compiled with our expert analysis help prosecutors make convictions,” said a recent ShotSpotter press release.
But as cases increase, defense attorneys are growing more skeptical.
During 2016 testimony in a Rochester, New York officer-involved shooting trial, ShotSpotter’s engineer Paul Greene said an employee reclassified sounds from a helicopter to a bullet because Rochester police told them to.
In the Williams case, evidence in pre-trial hearings shows ShotSpotter first said the noise the sensor picked up was a firecracker but a ShotSpotter employee relabeled it a gunshot.
Later, a ShotSpotter engineer changed the reported Chicago address of the sound to the street where Williams was driving, about 1 mile away, court documents show. ShotSpotter said the report was corrected to match the actual location that the sensors had identified.
Last month a judge dismissed the case against Williams.
ShotSpotter insists it warned prosecutors not to rely on its technology to detect gunshots inside vehicles or buildings, citing language in its $33 million Chicago police department contract.
Williams’ attorney Brendan Max said prosecutors never shared this critical information.
Williams remains shaken. When he walks through the neighborhood, he scans for the acoustic sensors that almost sent him to prison for life.
“The only places these devices are installed are in poor Black communities, nowhere else,” he said. “How many of us will end up in this same situation?"
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Mendoza reported from Newark, California. Associated Press Writer Roselyn Romero in San Luis Obispo, California contributed to this report.
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Washington, D.C.; Saturday, 8 p.m. EDT
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE:
DC United -120, Atlanta United FC +100BOTTOM LINE: Atlanta United FC comes into a matchup against DC United after putting together two straight shutout wins.
DC United finished 5-12-6 overall during the 2020 season while going 2-6-4 at home. DC United averaged 1.1 goals on 3.0 shots on goal per game last season.
Atlanta United FC went 6-13-4 overall a season ago while going 2-6-2 on the road. Atlanta United FC scored 23 goals last season and registered 17 assists.
The matchup Saturday is the first meeting of the season between the two teams.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: DC United: Brendan Hines-Ike (injured), Russell Canouse (injured), Adrien Perez (injured), Nigel Robertha (injured), Donovan Pines (injured), Bill Hamid (injured).
Atlanta United FC: Franco Ibarra (injured), Emerson Hyndman (injured), Jake Mulraney (injured), Mo Adams (injured).
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FC Cincinnati (3-7-8) vs. New England Revolution (14-3-4)
Foxborough, Massachusetts; Saturday, 8 p.m. EDT
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New England -125, FC Cincinnati +105BOTTOM LINE: FC Cincinnati and the New England Revolution hit the field.
The Revolution put together an 8-7-8 record overall in the 2020 season while finishing 2-3-5 in home games. New England averaged 1.4 goals on 5.9 shots on goal per game last season.
FC Cincinnati went 4-15-4 overall during the 2020 season while going 2-10-0 on the road. FC Cincinnati scored 13 goals a season ago, averaging 0.6 per game.
The teams meet Saturday for the second time this season. New England won the last meeting 1-0.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: New England: Carles Gil (injured), Luis Caicedo (injured).
FC Cincinnati: Maikel Van der Werff (injured), Zico Bailey (injured), Calvin Harris (injured).
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