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SocietyGhanaThe story behind Ghana's traditional fire festivalTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 videoSocietyGhanaMaxwell Suuk37 minutes ago37 minutes agoEvery year, on the ninth day of the first month of their traditional calendar, the people of northern Ghana commemorate a nighttime search for a missing prince in days gone by. DW's Maxwell Suuk reports from Tamale in northern Ghana.https://p.dw.com/p/4UXK6Advertisement | https://www.dw.com/en/the-story-behind-ghanas-traditional-fire-festival/video-66383282 | 2023-07-29T11:21:57 | 1 | https://www.dw.com/en/the-story-behind-ghanas-traditional-fire-festival/video-66383282 |
Dear Abby: My son is dating a girl I can’t stand. I’m not crazy about my son right now, either. I no longer want to be out in public with them because their PDA makes me ill. I cannot imagine spending every holiday and birthday with them for the rest of my life. He hasn’t told us anything about her. I don’t even know her last name. — Turned-Off Mom In Indiana
Dear Mom: You didn’t mention your son’s age or how long he has been involved with this girl. It appears they are both young. Romances that burn with this intensity usually cool down quickly. Be patient. Say nothing that will cause you to be perceived as the “enemy.”
If you would like more info about the girl, ask her in a non-threatening way. Then make sure your son knows how to protect them both from unwanted pregnancy and STDs, and wait them out.
Dear Abby: I am a 49-year-old mother of 10. I always loved my kids dearly and tried my best. I wanted to be a friend rather than a disciplinarian, and I always gave in. I assumed that because my husband and I never did bad things around them while they were growing up, and because I always resisted peer pressure when I was a teenager, they would follow in our footsteps, but I was wrong. They are now mean to me, and most of them hate me.
I sometimes feel like I don’t want to go on, I’m sad and depressed. I can’t remember the last time I was happy and didn’t dread waking up. — Broken In West Virginia
Dear Broken: It’s time you stopped depending on your children to validate you, and began recognizing that, for better or worse, you did the best you could as a parent. Please discuss this with your religious adviser and your physician. You need more help than I can offer in a letter, but those are the places to start. There are better days ahead.
Dear Abby: I am adopted, and 10 years ago I met my birth mom and her family. I go to their family gatherings and see them for holidays. I am getting married, and I’ve asked my birth mom to be my matron of honor, which my parents are OK with.
After the ceremony, we are going to have a reception at the church and then a dinner with 20 people hours later. I’m not sure if I should invite my birth mom to the dinner or not. My parents said it might be awkward. I am just trying to do the right thing. — Nervous In New Mexico
Dear Nervous: This is something you should discuss with your birth mother. While one would think that as part of the wedding party she would be welcome at all of the festivities, if it would make the couple who raised you uncomfortable, she should understand why she isn’t being asked to attend.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069 or visit
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NEW DELHI — An explosion ripped through a firecracker factory in southern India on Saturday, killing eight people and wounding several others, police said.
Rescuers, police and firefighters rushed to the site.
India has a huge demand for firecrackers, which are used in religious festivals and weddings. There are fatal accidents nearly every year as people work in makeshift factories in the absence of proper safety standards.
In 2018, a massive fire at a firecracker factory in capital of New Delhi killed 17 workers. A year earlier, 23 workers were killed when a blast occurred while they were making firecrackers in a village in Madhya Pradesh state in central India.
Factories start manufacturing firecrackers months before the nation’s biggest Hindu festivals, when people set them off in celebration. | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/29/india-tamil-nadu-firecracker-explosion/c6de00b4-2e00-11ee-a948-a5b8a9b62d84_story.html | 2023-07-29T11:21:59 | 1 | https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/07/29/india-tamil-nadu-firecracker-explosion/c6de00b4-2e00-11ee-a948-a5b8a9b62d84_story.html |
Renata Wlazik has been battling for six years to avert environmental disaster in Poland. Over the years, toxic residues from the former Zachem arms and chemical plant at Bydgoszcz have seeped into the water table, threatening wildlife in the Vistula. Geoscientist Professor Mariusz Czop from the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy agrees that the river’s entire ecosystem is at risk. For years now, he and his team have been examining the impact of the contamination. Local authorities are aware of situation at the former plant. But officials can’t see any great urgency, and warehouses and logistics centers have now been set up on part of the site. Renata Wlazik finds this ignorance intolerable. She writes petitions, complains to politicians and reports her concerns to the police. But all to no avail. Renata is convinced that the toxins are making people sick. In Legnowo, close to the former Zachem site, residents have died of cancer. Renata is also experiencing health problems herself. Some have reacted in a hostile manner to her campaign, calling her unpatriotic. She’s been threatened and says no one will give her a job. But the 45-year-old single mother is determined to continue her fight until the site is finally decontaminated. She couldn’t square it with her conscience if she did nothing, she says. | https://www.dw.com/en/polluted-and-poisoned-polands-vistula-at-risk/video-66383204 | 2023-07-29T11:22:03 | 0 | https://www.dw.com/en/polluted-and-poisoned-polands-vistula-at-risk/video-66383204 |
WASHINGTON -- Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell has repeatedly said he is "fine" since he froze up midsentence during a news conference Wednesday. Now his office is trying to tamp down speculation that he might not fill out his term as leader because of his health.
In a statement, his office said McConnell appreciates the continued support of his colleagues and "plans to serve his full term in the job they overwhelmingly elected him to do."
The statement, first reported by Politico, comes after McConnell, 81, has suffered health problems in recent months. At his weekly news conference Wednesday, he froze and stared vacantly for about 20 seconds before his GOP colleagues standing behind him grabbed his elbows and asked if he wanted to go back to his office. He later returned to the news conference and answered questions as if nothing had happened.
When asked about the episode, he said he was "fine," a statement he repeated in a hallway to reporters later that day. Neither McConnell nor his office would answer questions about whether he got medical help afterward.
McConnell is up for reelection in 2026.
GOP senators who are seen as potential successors have been cautious in their approach to questions.
"He's fine, he's back to work," said South Dakota Sen. John Thune, the No. 2 Senate Republican and one of the senators standing behind McConnell when he froze up.
"I support Senator McConnell as long as he wants to serve as leader," said Texas Sen. John Cornyn, another potential replacement.
Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, the No. 3 Senate Republican and a former orthopedic surgeon, guided McConnell back to his office to rest during the news conference.
Barrasso then added: "I said I was concerned when he fell and hit his head a number of months ago and was hospitalized. And I think he's made a remarkable recovery, he's doing a great job leading our conference and was able to answer every question the press asked him today."
The Republican leader carried on with his full schedule after the episode Wednesday. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said he spoke with his Republican counterpart at an event Thursday evening for Major League Baseball owners.
"I said I'm so glad you're here," Schumer said. "And he made a very good speech."
FEINSTEIN
Meanwhile, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who has been in frail health after a shingles diagnosis this year, added to concerns about whether the 90-year-old lawmaker can perform her duties despite her physical decline.
After Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee, asked members to vote on the Defense Appropriations Act, the clerk called on Feinstein to cast her vote. The senator then began reading aloud a statement, instead of saying how she wanted to vote, with either an "aye" or "nay" response.
As Feinstein continued to read her statement, an aide nudged her to vote, while Murray, who was sitting left of Feinstein, told the senior senator to "just say, 'Aye,'" according to footage.
Feinstein then smiled before saying, "Aye."
A spokesperson told CBS News that the senator was "trying to complete all of the appropriations bills before recess, the committee markup this morning was a little chaotic."
"The senator was preoccupied, didn't realize debate had just ended and a vote was called. She started to give a statement, was informed it was a vote and then cast her vote," the spokesperson said.
Feinstein is not running for reelection but has said she plans to serve out the rest of her term, which ends in early 2025, The Post has reported.
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BAGHDAD — The leader of Lebanon’s Shiite militant group Hezbollah said Saturday that if governments of Muslim-majority nations do not act against countries that allow the desecration of the Quran, Muslims should “punish” those who facilitate attacks on Islam’s holy book.
Nasrallah often uses religious occasions to send political messages to followers, and on Saturday slammed recent incidents in which the Quran was burned or otherwise desecrated at authorized demonstrations in Sweden and Denmark.
He said Muslims should watch for the outcome of an emergency meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, scheduled to take place in Baghdad on Monday to discuss the organization’s response to the Quran burnings.
The organization and its member states should “send a firm, decisive and unequivocal message to these governments that any repeat of the attacks will be met with a boycott,” Nasrallah said. If they do not, he said, Muslim youth should “punish the desecrators.”
He did not elaborate what such a boycott and punishment should entail.
Members of the crowd, who carried banners with religious slogans alongside the flags of Hezbollah, Lebanon and Palestine, chanted, “Oh, Quran, we are at your service; Oh, Hussein, we are at your service.”
Shiites represent over 10% of the world’s 1.8 billion Muslims and view Hussein as the rightful successor to the Prophet Muhammad. Hussein’s death in battle at the hands of Sunnis at Karbala, south of Baghdad, ingrained a deep rift in Islam and continues to this day to play a key role in shaping Shiite identity.
Millions of Shiite Muslims in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and around the world on Friday commemorated Ashoura, while Saturday marked the culmination of the observances in countries such as Lebanon, Iraq and Syria.
Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims gathered in the Iraqi city of Karbala, where Hussein is entombed in a gold-domed shrine. In the streets of the Baghdad suburb of Sadr City, mourners gathered to watch reenactments of the Battle of Karbala and Hussein’s death.
In the streets, young men clad in black and white slashed their heads with swords and knives to demonstrate their grief. Friends swabbed each other’s heads with tissues and handed each other water.
In Syria’s capital, Damascus, the crowds were mourning not only the death of Hussein but a deadly attack in the suburb of Sayida Zeinab, home to a shrine to Zeinab, the daughter of the first Shiite imam, Ali, and granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammad.
A bomb hidden in a motorcycle exploded there on Thursday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens more. On Tuesday, another bomb in a motorcycle had wounded two people.
On Friday, the Islamic State group — a Sunni militant group that often targets Shiites — claimed responsibility for the attacks, saying Thursday’s bombing came “during their annual polytheistic rituals.” The group’s extreme interpretation of Islam holds Shiite Muslims to be apostates.
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Ukrainian troops have retaken a key frontline village in the eastern region of Donestk. But the counteroffensive is progressing slowly. Officials in Kyiv have urged patience, noting the difficulties posed by extensive Russian fortifications. We discuss the progress with former military intelligence officer Frank Ledwidge. | https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-claims-gains-in-counteroffensive/video-66383295 | 2023-07-29T11:22:10 | 0 | https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-claims-gains-in-counteroffensive/video-66383295 |
MLive is spending the summer checking in on the top 2024 football recruits in Michigan. Today provides a look at Ortonville Brandon’s Drew Hickmott, a versatile two-way player who has started since he was a freshman.
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The Ukrainian military says it has recaptured more ground from Russian forces in areas around the eastern city of Bakhmut and in the Donestk region. Meanwhile, Kyiv officials said Russian missiles had struck an apartment block in Dnipro, injuring at least nine people. | https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-claims-gains-russia-strikes-dnipro/video-66383317 | 2023-07-29T11:22:16 | 0 | https://www.dw.com/en/ukraine-claims-gains-russia-strikes-dnipro/video-66383317 |
Aleksandar Vukic vs. Ugo Humbert: Prediction and Match Betting Odds | Truist Atlanta Open
In the Truist Atlanta Open semifinals on Saturday, Aleksandar Vukic takes on Ugo Humbert.
Humbert carries -160 odds to win a spot in the final with a win over Vukic (+125).
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Aleksandar Vukic vs. Ugo Humbert Match Information
- Tournament: The Truist Atlanta Open
- Round: Semifinals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: Atlantic Station
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia
- Court Surface: Hard
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Aleksandar Vukic vs. Ugo Humbert Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Ugo Humbert has a 61.5% chance to win.
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Aleksandar Vukic vs. Ugo Humbert Trends and Insights
- In the quarterfinals on Friday, Vukic took down Christopher Eubanks 6-4, 6-4.
- Humbert advanced past Alex de Minaur 7-6, 6-3 in the quarterfinals on Friday.
- Through 34 matches over the past 12 months (across all court surfaces), Vukic has played 24.6 games per match (23.3 in best-of-three matches) and won 51.5% of them.
- In his 21 matches on hard courts over the past 12 months, Vukic has played an average of 23.8 games (22.8 in best-of-three matches).
- Humbert has averaged 24.8 games per match (22.5 in best-of-three matches) in his 40 matches played in the past year across all court types, while winning 51.0% of the games.
- Humbert has averaged 24.1 games per match (21.7 in best-of-three matches) and 10.6 games per set through 25 matches on hard courts in the past 12 months, winning 51.7% of those games.
- Vukic and Humbert have not played each other since 2015.
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SANTA FE, N.M. -- The U.S. Senate has endorsed a major expansion of a compensation program for people sickened by exposure to radiation during nuclear weapons testing and the mining of uranium during the Cold War, with a vote Thursday on a defense spending bill.
Advancing on an 86-11 Senate vote, the provisions would extend health care coverage and compensation to"downwinders" exposed to radiation during weapons testing to several new regions stretching from Guam to the New Mexico site where the world's first atomic bomb was tested in 1945.
The Senate-backed plan also would extend compensation to more former uranium industry workers. The proposed changes to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act are not yet included in a House-approved defense bill, amid negotiations toward final legislation.
The summer film "Oppenheimer" about the top-secret Manhattan Project and the dawn of the nuclear age during World War II has brought new attention to a decades-long efforts to extend compensation for families who were exposed to fallout and still grapple with related illness.
"We're elated with the vote today. We're extremely hopeful," said Mary Martinez White, who recounted that her parents and several siblings were ravaged by cancer after the family's exposure to nuclear fallout at a farm in Carrizozo, N.M., about 35 miles from the Trinity Site test.
She blames her family's suffering on decisions at the outset of the Cold War -- and applauded efforts to make amends through federal compensation by lawmakers, including Democratic Sen. Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico and Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri.
"I have faith that people who are alive today will right those choices, and quickly, especially when so much is being asked of New Mexico in terms of storage" of radioactive waste and nuclear weapons production, she said.
Advocates also have been trying for years to bring awareness to the lingering effects of radiation exposure on the Navajo Nation, where millions of tons of uranium ore were extracted over decades to support U.S. nuclear activities.
"The Navajo Nation has borne the brunt of America's nuclear program, the cost of which can be measured in human lives, environmental devastation and communities that are still suffering," President Buu Nygren of the Navajo Nation said Thursday in a statement. "We will not stand by and allow this legacy to be forgotten or dismissed."
The Senate bill would expand eligibility to more former uranium mining, processing and transportation workers who participated after 1971, the current cutoff date for eligibility.
Since the compensation program began in 1992, more than 54,000 claims have been filed and about $2.6 billion has been awarded for approved claims in Nevada, Utah and Arizona. Coverage would be expanded to New Mexico, Colorado, Idaho, Missouri, Montana and previously excluded areas of Nevada, Utah and Arizona.
Earlier this month, Hawley promised to help people with cancer and other diseases connected to nuclear contamination in the St. Louis region. He cited reports by The Associated Press, The Missouri Independent and the nonprofit newsroom MuckRock that detailed nonchalance and indifference to the risks nuclear waste posed dating back to the 1950s.
St. Louis was part of the national campaign to build a nuclear bomb, with uranium processing that produced harmful waste.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Tucked behind Grand Rapids’ Van Andel Arena, Bistro Bella Vita is a convenient spot for a dinner date for every French and Italian cuisine lover.
Located at 44 Cesar E. Chavez Ave. NW, Bistro Bella Vita has been open since 1997.
Tristan Walczewski, chief operating officer and beverage director of the Essence Restaurant Group, which owns Bella Vita, said it never fails to amaze him how the bistro is dedicated to sustainable farm-to-table dining. Everything at the bistro is made from scratch.
Essence Restaurant Group also owns The Greenwell, Grove and Lucy’s.
In the past, the restaurant’s menu focused on countryside Mediterranean fare, but pivoted to modern French and Italian cuisine in 2016.
“Some Moroccan and some Greek was definitely a broader palette in terms of what we could offer, where the modern French and Italian is a little bit more focused,” Walczewski said. “We could really hunker down on the quality of what we wanted to do with a smaller offering.”
In keeping with a French and Italian experience, Bistro Bella Vita has sommeliers available at the restaurant to curate the perfect wine pairings for customers.
The restaurant also offers a wine club that sends customers bottles of their favorite wines with notes about food pairings and information about the wineries.
Walczewski said good wine service is one of the bistro’s “non-negotiables.”
While the restaurant serves up fancy wines and quality food, Walczewski said customers can come dressed up to the nines or come in for beers and pizza in jeans.
“The dichotomy is really fun, and being located next to the Van Andel Arena, and soon to be the amphitheater gives us just a really fun, playful and elevated volume,” Walczewski said. “When you’re in here, it’s a lively environment, and we want the experience to be alive and want the hospitality to feel engaging.”`
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The menu serves up both lunch and dinner. Walczewski recommended the best-selling, mainstay lunch item: the chicken sandwich, made with grilled chicken breast, arugula, white cheddar, bacon and tomato on flatbread for $17.
The bistro also has an array of salads for lunch. Walczewski’s go-to salad is the kale salad with salmon, apple, cashews, chili pepper, celery, and pecorino cheese topped with Italian vinaigrette for $15.
For dinner, Walczewski said Bistro Bella Vita is most well-known for its rotini con pollo with confit chicken, pesto cream, parmesan and pine nuts for $24.
Other mainstays include the rigatoni Bolognese with Italian meat sauce for $25 and the beef brisket bourguignon with potato, vegetables and mushroom for $36.
For those looking for less traditional bistro food, Walczewski recommends the pizzas that start at $18 for classics like a Rustica with Italian sausage, pepperoni and mozzarella or the Bistro Burger with caramelized onion, remoulade, American cheese and bordelaise on a milk bun for $20.
Walczewski wants Bistro Bella Vita to shine with high quality service and hospitality.
“Our job is to make the rest of the world disappear for a couple hours while people are here, and we know that is something that sometimes gets lost in the restaurant experience,” Walczewski said. “We never want it to seem like a transaction; we want to seem like an experience.”
Bistro Bella Vita is open 11 a.m.- 9 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. on Fridays, 4 p.m.- 10 p.m. on Saturdays and 4 p.m.- 9 p.m. on Sundays.
For full menu options, head to bistrobellavita.com/menu. Contact Bistro Bella Vita by calling 616-222-4600.
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How to Watch NASCAR, F1, IndyCar & More: Auto Racing Streaming Live - Saturday, July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 5:44 AM CDT|Updated: 37 minutes ago
Need more auto racing in your life? Well, you're in luck. The race slate on Saturday, July 29 includes Formula 1, Formula E, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series, and NHRA Drag Racing action that can be watched on Fubo. For a complete list, along with information on how to watch or live stream it all, check out the article below.
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Watch Formula 1: Belgium Grand Prix - Sprint Shootout
- Series: Formula 1
- Game Time: 5:55 AM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN
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- Game Time: 10:25 AM ET
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Watch Formula E: Round 15: London - Race
- Series: Formula E
- Game Time: 11:30 AM ET
- TV Channel: CBS Sports Network
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Watch NHRA Drag Racing: DENSO Sonoma Nationals - Qualifying
- Series: NHRA Drag Racing
- Game Time: 12:00 PM ET
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- Series: Formula E
- Game Time: 12:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: CBS
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Watch NASCAR Cup Series: Cook Out 400 - Qualifying
- Series: NASCAR Cup Series
- Game Time: 12:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: USA Network
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Watch NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series: Henry 180
- Series: NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series
- Game Time: 3:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: NBC
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- Series: NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series
- Game Time: 3:00 PM ET
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- Game Time: 7:30 PM ET
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A New York man who stole a badge and radio from a police officer brutally beaten by other rioters during the riot at the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Friday to more than four years in prison.
Thomas Sibick, of Buffalo, pleaded guilty in March for his role in the attack on Metropolitan Police officer Michael Fanone, who has described fighting for his life to defend the Capitol as lawmakers inside fled from the mob on Jan. 6, 2021.
In a letter to the judge, Sibick, 37, called the trauma Fanone experienced "undeniably sickening" and said he takes full responsibility for his "uncivilized display of reckless behavior."
"It was an attack on the institutions of our democracy and not as some would make you believe legitimate political discourse. The attack was far from peaceful, my actions played a role that will follow me for the rest of my life," Sibick wrote.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson sentenced him to 50 months in prison during a hearing in Washington's federal court.
Sibick's attorney Stephen Brennwald did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Following his arrest, Sibick spent eight months behind bars but was released on home confinement in October 2021 after his lawyer pressed the judge to free him while his case played out.
Sibick's attorney had asked for a sentence of home confinement, writing in court papers that a mental health misdiagnosis resulted in his client taking medication Jan. 6 that "severely and negatively impacted him." Sibick's attorney said, unlike other rioters, his client did not physically assault Fanone, and their interaction was limited to Sibick's grabbing Fanone's radio and badge.
"Mr. Sibick has made a remarkable change in his life since he received his correct mental health diagnosis and has begun cognitive behavioral therapy," Brennwald wrote. "Because he sees January 6 for what it was, he is not a threat to re-offend in the future."
Rioters kicked, punched, grabbed and shocked Fanone with a stun gun after pulling him away from other officers who were guarding a tunnel entrance on the Capitol's Lower West Terrace. Another rioter threatened to take Fanone's gun and kill him. Fanone said the attack gave him a heart attack and a traumatic brain injury, and ultimately cost him his career.
Fanone's body camera captured Sibick removing the officer's badge and radio from his tactical vest, according to a court filing accompanying his guilty plea.
Others in the crowd escorted Fanone back to the police line. Before FBI agents showed Sibick the body camera video, he initially claimed that he tried in vain to pull the officer away from his attackers.
Sibick said he buried Fanone's badge in his backyard after returning home to Buffalo. He returned the badge, but Fanone's $5,500 radio hasn't been recovered.
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BASEBALL
Mikolas suspended 5 games
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was suspended for one game and fined as a result of Mikolas’ actions Thursday night. Mikolas appealed his penalties, while Marmol served his suspension Friday night against the Cubs. In the first inning in the Cardinals’ 10-3 loss, Happ bloodied St. Louis catcher Willson Contreras when he hit him in the head with a long follow-through on a swing, then was soon hit himself by a pitch from Mikolas. Andrew Knizner took over behind the plate for Contreras, and Mikolas brushed back Happ with the first pitch when play resumed to run the count to 3-1. With the next pitch, Mikolas hit Happ in the rear end.
Dodgers acquire 2 pitchers
The Los Angeles Dodgers, who have made pitching a priority in advance of the trade deadline, acquired starter Lance Lynn and reliever Joe Kelly on Friday in a swap with the Chicago White Sox. The NL West leaders sent outfielder Trayce Thompson, pitcher Nick Nastrini and reliever Jordan Lea-sure to the White Sox. Lynn has been mostly underwhelming this season. The 36-year-old right-hander is 6-9 with a 6.18 ERA and leads the American League in earned runs (79) and home runs allowed (28). Kelly returns to Los Angeles for his second stint with the Dodgers. The hard-throwing right-handed reliever recently returned from the injured list for elbow inflammation. He has one save, a 4.97 ERA and 41 strikeouts this season.
Astros pick up reliever
The Houston Astros acquired reliever Kendall Graveman from the Chicago White Sox on Friday in exchange for minor league catcher Korey Lee. Graveman was 3-4 with eight saves and a 3.48 ERA in 45 appearances for the White Sox this season. In his first stint with the Astros after a trade from Seattle, he had a 3.13 ERA in 23 appearances.
Rangers’ catcher on IL
The AL West-leading Texas Rangers placed All-Star catcher Jonah Heim on the 10-day injured list Friday with a strained tendon in his left wrist. Heim came out of a game at Houston on Wednesday after hurting his wrist on an awkward swing in the fourth inning. Heim is batting .280 with an .816 OPS, and has 14 home runs and a career-high 70 RBI in 90 games. Heim has started 80 of 103 games this season. The switch-hitter leads big league catchers in RBI (66), hits
(89), doubles (23), and runs (tied, 47). His .413 average with runners in scoring position is third-highest among qualifiers.
GOLF
Hodges leads; Thomas out
With the FedEx Cup two weeks away, Lee Hodges can breathe easier. Justin Thomas can’t. Hodges birdied four of his last six holes for a 7-under 64 and a four-stroke lead over Tyler Duncan on Friday after almost two rounds of the 3M Open in Blaine, Minn. A nearly two-hour afternoon weather delay led to play being suspended due to darkness with six players yet to finish — none within 10 shots of the lead. Hodges, the first-round leader and 74th in the FedEx Cup points race, was at 15-under 127. He was 3 under on the front nine and added a 33-foot birdie putt on No. 13, followed by birdies from 14 feet on No. 14 and 11 feet on No.
17. A lengthy last-hole putt was not enough to overcome a couple bad holes as Thomas aims to make the FedEx Cup playoffs for the eighth consecutive season. He birdied four of his last five holes to shoot a shot an even-par 71, leaving him 2 under for the tournament and two strokes short. Thomas, at No. 75 in the FedEx Cup standings, has missed five cuts in his last seven starts. Austin Cook (Jonesboro, Arkansas Razorbacks) shot a 71 for the second day in a row and finished at even-par
142. Andrew Landry (Razorbacks) posted a 4-over 146 and Nico Echavarria (Razorbacks) finished with a 5-over 147.
Alker takes over lead
Steven Alker moved to the top of the Senior British Open leaderboard on Friday with a 3-under 68 after Miguel Angel Jimenez followed up a round to remember with one to forget. Playing on his birthday, Alker hit four birdies in the second round along with a bogey at the par-4 10th. The New Zea-lander is 4 under overall and leads his fellow 52-year-old Alex Cejka
(71) of Germany by a shot at Royal Porthcawl. Alker is chasing his second major victory in the over-50 ranks. He won the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship last year. Scotland’s Greig Hutcheon (68) is a further stroke back in third. Ken Duke (Arkadelphia, Henderson State) fell back after a 73 on Friday. Duke stands at 2-over 144. Glen Day (Little Rock) rebounded with a 71 and is at 5-over 147.
FOOTBALL
Burrow out ‘several weeks’
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow could miss “several weeks” with a right calf strain, Coach Zac Taylor said Friday. The 26-year-old franchise quarterback hobbled on one leg and then went to the ground after a scramble play near the end of Thursday’s practice. He rode off the field in a medical cart. Burrow did not practice Friday, with backup QBs Jake Browning and Trevor Siemian taking the snaps. Burrow is still negotiating with the Bengals on a long-term contract that could make him one of the NFL’s highest-paid players.
Saints’ guard injured
New Orleans Saints guard Trai Turner, who was signed earlier this week, left practice Friday with a season-ending torn quadriceps, two people with knowledge of the injury told The Associated Press. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the specific nature of the injury had not been announced. Turner, 30, was carted off the practice field, but Saints Coach Dennis Allen said shortly after practice that Turner was still being evaluated and did not go into further detail. The 6-3, 315-pound Turner, a former LSU standout and a starter for most of his career, was a Carolina Panthers third-round draft choice in 2014. He spent his first six NFL seasons with Carolina before hopping from the Los Angeles Chargers in 2020 to Pittsburgh in 2021 and to Washington last season.
TENNIS
Teen reaches WTA finals
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HOLLAND, MI - Hundreds of spectators turned out Friday night for the Ottawa County Fair Super Kicker Rodeo.
The large crowd cheered Friday, July 28, as riders on the 2023 Super Kicker Rodeo “Do My Thing” Tour tried to stay on top of large bulls that jumped and twisted near the grandstand. Country music artist DeWayne Spaw performed at the beginning of the event.
“I just love the family aspect of the rodeo, everyone takes care of each other,” said barrel racer Mati Barker of Otter Lake, Mich.
The Ottawa County Fair kicked off July 25 at the Ottawa County Fairgrounds, 1286 Ottawa Beach Road in Holland and runs through Saturday, July 29.
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Gate admission to the fairgrounds is $5 and children age 12 and under get in free. There are food stands, carnival games, a wide variety of 4-H shows and other activities.
Here’s the lineup for Saturday
5-8 p.m. Community tent - Park Theatre open mic night
6 p.m. Grandstand - OCF Mud Runs (adults $8, children 3-10 $4, under 3 free, pit pass $10)
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PHOENIX -- The backup Uber driver for a self-driving vehicle that killed a pedestrian in suburban Phoenix in 2018 pleaded guilty Friday to endangerment in the first fatal collision involving a fully autonomous car.
Maricopa County Superior Court Judge David Garbarino, who accepted the plea agreement, sentenced Rafaela Vasquez, 49, to three years of supervised probation for the crash that killed 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg. Vasquez told police that Herzberg "came out of nowhere" and that she didn't see Herzberg before the March 18, 2018, collision on a darkened Tempe street.
Vasquez had been charged with negligent homicide -- a felony. She pleaded guilty to an undesignated felony, meaning it could be reclassified as a misdemeanor if she completes probation.
Authorities say Vasquez was streaming the television show "The Voice" on a phone and looking down in the moments before Uber's Volvo XC-90 SUV struck Herzberg, who was crossing with her bicycle.
Vasquez's attorneys said she was was looking at a messaging program used by Uber employees on a work cellphone that was on her right knee. They said the TV show was playing on her personal cellphone, which was on the passenger seat.
Defense attorney Albert Jaynes Morrison told Garbarino that Uber should share some blame for the collision as he asked the judge to sentence Vasquez to six months of unsupervised probation.
"There were steps that Uber failed to take," he said. By putting Vasquez in the vehicle without a second employee, he said. "It was not a question of if but when it was going to happen."
Prosecutors previously declined to file criminal charges against Uber, as a corporation. The National Transportation Safety Board concluded Vasquez's failure to monitor the road was the main cause of the crash.
"The defendant had one job and one job only," prosecutor Tiffany Brady told the judge. "And that was to keep her eyes on the road."
Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said in a statement after the hearing that her office believes the sentence was appropriate "based on the mitigating and aggravating factors."
The contributing factors cited by the NTSB included Uber's inadequate safety procedures and ineffective oversight of its drivers, Herzberg's decision to cross the street outside of a crosswalk and the Arizona Department of Transportation's insufficient oversight of autonomous vehicle testing.
The board also concluded Uber's deactivation of its automatic emergency braking system increased the risks associated with testing automated vehicles on public roads. Instead of the system, Uber relied on the human backup driver to intervene.
It was not the first crash involving an Uber autonomous test vehicle. In March 2017, again in Tempe, an Uber SUV flipped onto its side when it collided with another vehicle. No serious injuries were reported, and the driver of the other car was cited for a violation.
Herzberg's death was the first involving an autonomous test vehicle but not the first in a car with some self-driving features. The driver of a Tesla Model S was killed in 2016 when his car, operating on its Autopilot system, crashed into a semitrailer in Florida.
Nine months after Herzberg's death, in December 2019, two people were killed in California when a Tesla on Autopilot ran a red light, slamming into another car. That driver was charged in 2022 with vehicular manslaughter in what was believed to be the first felony case against a motorist who was using a partially automated driving system.
In Arizona, the Uber system detected Herzberg 5.6 seconds before the crash. But it failed to determine whether she was a bicyclist, pedestrian or unknown object, or that she was headed into the vehicle's path, the board said.
The backup driver was there to take over the vehicle if systems failed.
The death reverberated throughout the auto industry and Silicon Valley and forced other companies to slow what had been a fast march toward autonomous ride-hailing services. Uber pulled its self-driving cars out of Arizona, and then-Gov. Doug Ducey prohibited the company from continuing its tests of self-driving cars.
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BEAVER ISLAND, MI – Michigan’s rarest wildflower is the Michigan monkey flower, and it can be found growing further upstream than ever before in an unnamed creek on the east side of Beaver Island.
The Michigan monkey flower is the state’s sole endemic plant, meaning it is the only plant that grows solely in the Great Lakes State. Scientists historically documented the rare wildflower in just 17 places across the Grand Traverse Bay and Mackinac Straits regions, including one which remains on Beaver Island.
“Today we have one monkey flower population available for the public to really enjoy and view, as long as they don’t disturb it too much,” said Pam Grassmick, a lifelong Beaver Islander and longtime environmental advocate.
“It looks like a very insignificant little plant. But again, we never know what properties these special, little plants may offer.”
Michigan monkey flower – scientifically called mimulus michiganensis – formerly grew in two places on Beaver Island, but one was lost to development decades ago near the harbor on Paradise Bay. The site was filled in by an unknowing property owner, Grassmick said.
Yet today the rare wildflower with its tiny, yellow blooms is thriving in its remaining suitable habitat on Beaver Island.
“There were never monkey flowers back up in here. They’ve moved all the way back up in here from the shoreline and migrated on their own back up into the shore area up the creek,” said Beth Leuck, a retired biologist, ecology professor, and part-time Beaver Island resident.
The spring-fed stream is within the 118-acre Little Sand Bay Nature Preserve with its 3,500 feet of Lake Michigan beach frontage. The creek’s crystal-clear water flows through a thick cedar swamp and spills into the lake not far from the end of a public-access boardwalk.
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Michigan monkey flowers grow along the edges of the stream, clustered in mats with bright yellow, snapdragon-like blooms reaching for the sunlight. The wildflower is listed as both state and federally endangered.
That’s because as a species, it’s a little finicky about its habitat.
Michigan monkey flower grows exclusively in cold groundwater-fed streams in cedar swamps or alkaline shorelines at the base of small drainages, according to the Michigan Natural Features Inventory. Scientists say habitat preservation is the primary conservation goal for the species; some historical populations were lost to development.
However, the remaining confirmed Beaver Island population of Michigan monkey flower will be forever protected within the nature preserve.
“This is from a spring. You’ve got to have this kind of water flowing constantly. See how the bottom is sandy like this? That’s what you’ve got to have to get the monkey flower,” Leuck said, as she walked down the nature preserve’s boardwalk. “But they need full sunlight, so they’re not back here in the cedar swamp.”
The pathway extends toward the lakeshore and when openings in the cedar canopy begin to allow sunlight to shine through to the stream below, the Michigan monkey flower blooms can be spotted from the trail. They grow in clumps that hug the streambank edges nearly all the way to Lake Michigan.
And the islanders strive to carefully tend to the rare wildflower’s ecological needs.
“We actually have two interns this year. They just were there yesterday. They were pulling out some invasive watercress that was encroaching on the monkey flower,” said Shelby Harris, a Native Beaver Islander and the invasive species program administrator for the island’s two townships.
Michigan monkey flower typically blooms from mid-June through mid-August, though sometimes blossoms can be observed as late as October.
Other up-north places where scientists have documented the rare species in greater numbers includes isolated spots on Burt, Glen, and Mullett lakes, as well as along the Lake Michigan cliff shoreline between St. Ignace and Naubinway in the Upper Peninsula’s Mackinac County.
Smaller populations of the rare wildflower exist in Benzie and Leelanau counties, and historical records show the Michigan monkey flower formerly grew along the western shorelines of Burt and Mullett lakes but are no longer found there – although colonies continue to grow in other parts of those two lakes.
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OSKALOOSA, Iowa -- Former President Donald Trump and rival Ron DeSantis are appearing for the first time at the same Iowa presidential campaign event, both addressing a major Republican dinner Friday night as they each face critical moments that could reshape the direction of the race.
Trump, the early front-runner for the 2024 GOP nomination, is making a rare appearance with the rest of the field at an Iowa Republican Party fundraiser.
Iowa leads off primary voting and, with its caucuses less than six months away, Trump and a dozen other GOP hopefuls are taking advantage of the chance to speak to about 1,200 GOP members and activists at the Lincoln Day Dinner.
DeSantis, Trump's strongest rival in the field, has been trying to reset his stalled campaign for two weeks. He returned on Thursday to Iowa, where his campaign is increasingly focusing its efforts on trying to derail Trump.
DeSantis' stumbles have raised questions about whether another candidate might be able to emerge from the field and catch the former president. Some evangelicals, who can be determinative in the state's caucuses, have pointed to South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott's upbeat message and pulpit-style delivery as strengths that could help him rise there.
Scott held a town hall Thursday night in Ankeny with Iowa's Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and a crowd of a few hundred people. He drew laughs, head nods and amens, and took about a dozen questions.
While talking to reporters afterward, Scott took a swipe at DeSantis over the Florida governor's support for new standards that require Florida teachers to instruct middle school students that slaves developed skills that "could be applied for their personal benefit." Scott, the only Black Republican in the U.S. Senate, said all Americans should recognize how "devastating" slavery was.
"There is no silver lining" to slavery, Scott said, offering a rare critical word for a fellow GOP presidential candidate.
DeSantis has also faced criticism from teachers and civil rights leaders and gotten into a public dispute with Florida Rep. Byron Donalds, a Black Republican who said he had a problem with the part of the curriculum addressing lessons on the "developed skills" of enslaved people.
Still, the governor continued to dig in on the issue, saying at an event Friday in Oskaloosa: "D.C. Republicans all too often accept false narratives, accept lies that are perpetrated by the left." The governor has defended the new school curriculum, saying, "I think it's very clear that these guys did a good job on those standards."
Vice President Kamala Harris made her own Iowa stop on Friday, seeking to draw a contrast with the Republicans as she looked to lift President Joe Biden's reelection campaign.
Harris met in Des Moines with activists and discussed abortion rights, after Reynolds recently signed a ban on most abortions after six weeks of pregnancy.
A judge has temporarily blocked the law, but the Iowa Supreme Court will consider the governor's request to put it back in effect.
"I do believe that we are witnessing a national agenda that is about a full-on attack on hard won freedoms and hard won rights," the vice president said.
DeSantis, meanwhile, ducked repeated chances before Friday evening's event to criticize Trump over the additional charges he faces. Pressed on why he isn't willing to use the additional charges to go on the offensive against a primary opponent he'll need to beat, DeSantis pointed to past policy clashes he's had with Trump over issues like the covid-19 pandemic response and the federal deficit.
While presidential campaigns have been supplemented before by the work of super PACs, which frequently use deeper coffers to run expensive television ads, the work Never Back Down has done to promote DeSantis has been more expansive.
The group has been organizing on the ground, including lining up caucus supporters for DeSantis. And while candidates before him have appeared at events put on by super PACs, DeSantis is embarking on the bus tour as the PAC's "special guest."
Never Back Down also hosted a reception immediately after Friday's dinner for DeSantis supporters, a task that other campaigns are taking on themselves.
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In the Truist Atlanta Open semifinals on Saturday, Aleksandar Vukic takes on Ugo Humbert.
Humbert carries -160 odds to win a spot in the final with a win over Vukic (+125).
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Aleksandar Vukic vs. Ugo Humbert Match Information
- Tournament: The Truist Atlanta Open
- Round: Semifinals
- Date: Saturday, July 29
- Venue: Atlantic Station
- Location: Atlanta, Georgia
- Court Surface: Hard
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Aleksandar Vukic vs. Ugo Humbert Prediction and Odds
Based on the moneyline in this match, Ugo Humbert has a 61.5% chance to win.
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Aleksandar Vukic vs. Ugo Humbert Trends and Insights
- In the quarterfinals on Friday, Vukic took down Christopher Eubanks 6-4, 6-4.
- Humbert advanced past Alex de Minaur 7-6, 6-3 in the quarterfinals on Friday.
- Through 34 matches over the past 12 months (across all court surfaces), Vukic has played 24.6 games per match (23.3 in best-of-three matches) and won 51.5% of them.
- In his 21 matches on hard courts over the past 12 months, Vukic has played an average of 23.8 games (22.8 in best-of-three matches).
- Humbert has averaged 24.8 games per match (22.5 in best-of-three matches) in his 40 matches played in the past year across all court types, while winning 51.0% of the games.
- Humbert has averaged 24.1 games per match (21.7 in best-of-three matches) and 10.6 games per set through 25 matches on hard courts in the past 12 months, winning 51.7% of those games.
- Vukic and Humbert have not played each other since 2015.
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You take a walk through the garden and find branches trimmed, flowers missing or bark damaged. Of course, the culprit is nowhere to be seen. You may have suspects in mind, but a close look at the damage and surroundings can help you identify who is dining on your plants. Knowing this can help you reduce the risk in the future.
Rabbits can be found year-round in the landscape. They have sharp teeth, making a 45-degree clean cut much like your bypass pruners. Their damage usually occurs within their 3-foot reach.
They eat a variety of flowers and vegetables throughout the spring and summer. As these plants fade in fall, they begin dining on trees and shrubs. You may find bark gnawed and branches, stems, and buds clipped off the plants.
Deer tear vegetation, leaving a ragged tip on browsed plants. You may find damage on a variety of flowers, vegetables, trees, shrubs and plants pulled out of the ground with the distasteful ones left behind. In fall, the bucks rub trunks of young trees damaging the tender tissue below that transports water and nutrients between the roots and leaves. Deer usually feed at dusk but as they become comfortable around people they can often be seen dining during the day.
Voles are brown rodents that look similar to field mice with small ears and short tails. Their trails of disturbed grass found as the snow melts may be your first clue that they are present. These rodents are active year-round, unlike moles that hibernate for winter. They eat seeds, plant roots and bulbs not insects like moles. As the snow recedes, you may also notice bark damage on trees and shrubs. They leave ¼-inch side-by-side grooves in the wood at the base of the plants.
Squirrels are fun to watch; that is until they eat all the birdseed and damage your plants. They dig bulbs and uproot other plants; eat and bury nuts in the lawn and garden; and take a bite out of multiple tomatoes, strawberries and more. They damage trees by ripping off the bark and clipping off branches. If that wasn’t enough, they may gnaw on structures and furnishings. Treating the damaged area and a 12-inch radius around it with a repellent can help discourage more damage.
Chipmunks are active from spring through fall. They don’t hibernate but are inactive in winter depending upon their food stash to survive. You will find them digging in potted plants, hanging baskets and rock walls. They eat grains, nuts, berries, seeds, insects, mushrooms, carrion, young birds and bird eggs.
Their tunnels can be 20 to 30 feet long and are well hidden. The openings are only 2 inches in diameter with no surrounding mounds of soil.
Commercial and homemade scare tactics are an option. Unfortunately, most of these critters have become accustomed to people and are not deterred. Motion-activated ones are a bit more effective but make sure they are not annoying to you and your neighbors.
Fencing tight to the ground with a secure gate and at least 3 feet – preferably 4 feet – high is effective for preventing rabbit damage. Deer, on the other hand, need a much taller fence. Although they can jump 7 feet or higher, a 5- to 6-foot fence is often enough to keep them out of smaller gardens. Sink fencing 4 to 6 inches into the ground to protect plants from voles.
Repellents labeled for controlling the critter that is causing the damage are another option. Organic Plantskydd (plantskydd.com) is labeled for repelling, not harming, all of these critters so you only need one product. Since it is rain- and snow-resistant, you won’t need to apply it as often. Always read and follow label directions for the most effective control.
A bit of defensive action goes a long way in protecting your gardens and landscape from hungry critters this season.
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Even though there are still a couple of weeks before it’s time to go back to school and a few more until Labor Day weekend unofficially closes out the season, it feels like summer vacation is already pretty much done.
Even before the Fourth of July, it was easy to see inflatable pool toys going on clearance to make way for pens, pencils and notebooks at some stores.
When you’re younger, summer vacations help define some of the best moments and memories, and they come at you fast. Those June and July weeks are as much a time for a well-deserved break from school as they are a chance to reinvent yourself for the next school year.
Being a geek confined to glasses for about five years, the summer before junior year seemed to make me a new person thanks to the confidence that came with contact lenses and new chrome wheels on the truck.
It was an unforgettable summer of Fridays spent riding around in Columbus and Saturdays doing the same in Amory, which set the standard for weekends for a couple of year to follow.
Everyone has his or her monumental summers from growing up, and they all just sort of naturally happened. Late nights out with friends, family vacations and afternoons splashing in a swimming pool are experiences most everyone has lived.
Back then, those were the celebrations I didn’t really see as celebrations but rather just normal ways to spend some time. Nowadays, though, plenty of planning goes into celebrations designated to wind down another summer and to encourage excitement for a new school year.
I’ve written it before and will reiterate it again – Amory, you’ve really learned how to throw a heck of a day.
Every year, the last Saturday of July begins with the Junior Auxiliary’s Back to School Bash and ends with Cruisin’ Amory. Every year, those two community events come with so much energy and excitement.
Looking ahead, the Aberdeen Park and Recreation will host a family fun day this weekend, and Nettleton Main Street’s First Saturday for August will deliver the same kind of fun for students about to kick off the ‘23-’24 school year.
Growing up, we didn’t have a Back to School Bash, and what we do for Cruisin’ Amory was just what we naturally did. For everyone participating in an event to kick off the upcoming school year or the event giving an opportunity to relive some teenage memories, don’t let them get away from you.
Playing yard games and throwing baseballs at a dunking booth may not be defining moments in life, but they’re memories that will make you smile one day.
Waxing the car your dad passed down and taking it for a spin through town may not be a defining moment in life, but it’s an experience that will make you smile Saturday and bring a rush of memories back for you.
Whether it’s shopping for this year’s backpack or riding around with the windows rolled down, there’s something defining about this time of year. The summertime temperatures aren’t ready to cool down just yet, but there’s something about the late July air that brings about changes in life.
No matter your age, I hope you’ve made some lasting summertime memories. They don’t have to be life changing, but I hope they’ve been fulfilling enough to change your mood for the better.
The older we get, this time of year is less about sleeping in and more about a little bit of a slowdown, depending on what you do for a living. I hope you got a slow down and are recharged for whatever the rest of the calendar year has to bring.
Beach trip or no beach trip, I hope you’re ending July with a new summertime experience to hold on to for years to come. If you haven’t yet and are looking for something to do, don’t rule out what Monroe County will offer during the next couple of Saturdays.
Amory knows how to throw a heck of a day in the latter part of summer, and I’ve got no doubt Aberdeen and Nettleton do too. Don’t miss out on making these memories while they’re here. It’s experiences such as these that make summertime the magical time of year it is.
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RANDOLPH – Not far from the Randolph Community Center is a relatively small metal building that houses would could be a game-changer for a pair of budding entrepreneurs.
The building houses a top-notch CNC router that Peyton Belk and Dillon Angle are hoping grows their portfolio of available products. Belk, 27, and Angle, 31, are second cousins and got together a couple of years ago to form HoneyFork Productions with the intent to make custom-built cabinets.
It was Belk's, father, Rob, who reached out to Angle in January 2020 to see if he could do anything with an older CNC router he had. Angle had experience in PLC (programmable logic control), machining and computers.
"It needed some TLC, and we got it up and running, pretty much redoing all the electronics and things," Angle said. "It was sort of the test bed to see what we could do."
A new CNC was purchased about a year later, Belk said, once they knew they could take the new router and do even more with it.
"We knew at that point, we knew we could produce on a more advanced production schedule," he said.
With Belk and Angle running HoneyFork Productions, they started making cabinets and doors for cabinets. But they felt like they were under-utilizing the CNC router.
"We wanted to see what we could do that nobody else around was doing," Angle said.
A conversation with Bill Russell at South Pontotoc High School led them to take trip earlier this month to the annual Mississippi Association of Coaches clinic in Flowood in early July. The four-day meeting brought together coaches and administrators from schools across the state. It was the perfect venue for HoneyFork to unveil its newest offering: lockers.
'The break we needed'
It's no big surprise that HoneyFork is branching out. Belk's family is in construction, and his dad designed and remodeled the locker room for the South Pontotoc girls' basketball team six years ago.
"We made the lockers back then, and we just forgot about it," Belk said. "But he approached us and said people were asking about the lockers and said we should get into it. That was kind of the break we needed to get into the locker business."
Belk took photos of the locker room, and he and Angle also built two prototype models to take to the MAC clinic.
"We were pretty anxious and nervous, not really sure if they would laugh us out of there," Angle said.
As it turns out, their fears were unfounded. They spoke to some 40 schools and even got commitments from a few.
"We felt more confident after that," Belk said.
Within a week after the convention, HoneyFork had three orders, including South Pontotoc football, Horn Lake basketball and Itawamba Agricultural High School.
"When we started, our mission statement was that metal lockers were a thing of the past – at least in our mind – and we know money is tight with schools, so we just wanted to put it out here we could produce a nice locker at an affordable price."
Eventually, HoneyFork would like to produce lockers for community colleges and colleges and universities. But they'll be concentrating on middle schools and high schools for now.
"We'll design and build lockers and locker rooms for country clubs and even homes, where a lot of them have mud room lockers," Belk said.
HoneyFork will stain the lockers if a school desires but would prefer to let the schools paint the lockers themselves, as they have better accessibility to the colors they use.
And while affordability is the selling point for HoneyFork, they can produce higher-end lockers as well. It all depends on the design and the materials that a customer might want.
The lockers are generally made from three-quarter inch birch, but hardwoods also are an option.
A locker starts at about $250.
The CNC router can be used to help build any design that Belk and Angle can create.
Currently as a two-man operation, it takes HoneyFork around 90 minutes to create a locker from start to finish.
"It's plenty of work for two people," Angle said. "It's all custom-designed, too."
HoneyFork also makes tables and cabinet doors, and Belk said they plan to get into CNC lathing later to make legs for high-end tables.
"Eventually we want to have a list on our website of everything we can make, with lockers as a niche," Belk said.
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OXFORD — An injury forced Ole Miss senior cornerback Deantre Prince’s hand as far as his professional career is concerned this offseason. But he’s healthy now and ready for another season in Oxford.
Prince, originally from Charleston, Mississippi, hasn’t had the most straight-forward college career.
He saw extensive playing time with the Rebels as a freshman in 2019, logging three starts. Following that campaign, he transferred to Northeast Mississippi Community College as a sophomore and eventually returned to Ole Miss as a walk-on in 2021. He started seven games for the Rebels in 2021 and started every game in 2022 as the team’s top cover cornerback.
Because of the pandemic, Prince had an additional year of eligibility remaining if he wanted. He told reporters at SEC Media Days last week he had surgery in the offseason that made it impossible for him to work out for NFL scouts. So, he took advantage of the opportunity at hand and came back for one last ride with the Rebels.
After a tough end to the 2022 season, Prince and his defensive teammates are ready to hit the ground running this fall.
“We’re ready. We’re super confident,” Prince said. “Looking forward to playing and put on a show.”
Prince has five interceptions at Ole Miss and had a career-high 12 passes defended in 2022.
With the transfers of Miles Battle and Davison Igbinosun to Utah and Ohio State, respectively, Prince is the most experienced member of the cornerbacks room, though the transfer portal provided some talented experience from outside the SEC.
Former Georgia Tech cornerback Zamari Walton joined Ole Miss in the spring, and North Texas’ Deshawn Gaddie Jr. has since joined the team as well.
Last season, Ole Miss ranked 54th nationally and ninth in the SEC in passing yards per game allowed at 219.8. After allowing just seven touchdown passes through the first seven games, the Rebels’ secondary bent a bit against stiffer competition down the stretch, allowing 15 scoring tosses over the last six contests.
The Rebels lost five of six to close the season, including the last four. After suffering their first loss at LSU, the Rebels were taken down a few notches, Prince said. The tight home loss to Alabama then “knocked us all the way off the rail, and it derailed us.”
“Me personally, I think we let one game lose the rest of the games for us,” Prince said. “So, I feel like we gave up after that one game for the rest of the season, which is something that we worked on from January to now to make sure it never happens again.”
Pete Golding is the new defensive coordinator for the Rebels, and he brings with him a track-record of success.
The Crimson Tide ranked 17th nationally and third in the SEC with 187.8 passing yards per game allowed.Prince likes where the defense is with learning the new playbook following the spring and summer.
“I feel like it’s important for us to have mutual attitudes towards these multiple schemes that Coach Golding has us running," Prince said.
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The numbers are in and things look surprisingly rosy for the U.S. economy:
The Federal Reserve is still cautious, but big brands – including Coca-Cola, Hilton and Visa — are singing praises to shoppers seemingly undeterred by companies' raising prices. What's more, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Barbie are enticing people to part with their money, bolstering local businesses.
Financial reports by corporations and government data have been painting a picture this month of insatiable American shoppers making companies positively exuberant.
This week, GDP or gross domestic product – considered the measure of economic growth – showed the U.S. economy grew at a rate of 2.4%, much higher than expected. What's fueling it is — you guessed it — spending. Brand after brand this week boosted their earnings forecasts for the year, calling consumers "resilient" in the face of higher prices.
The 'she-conomy' takes center stage
Americans have been scaling back in some categories, including clothing and furniture, but we're splurging on travel. We're also going out to eat, and see concerts and movies. You could call it the Barbie bump.
Plus, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé have been moving markets, quite literally. The Federal Reserve has tracked the striking effect of Taylor Swift's tour on host cities. One analysis estimates it could generate almost $5 billion in global revenue. When Beyoncé comes to town, hotels, hair stylists and bartenders all get a boost, according to Yelp.
Southwest Airlines this week reported record revenue. Hilton executives said people were spending more across all its hotels, from the humbler Garden Inn to the upscale Waldorf Astoria, with business travel picking up and overall demand exceeding available rooms. Hotel prices have been setting records too.
"Not to be a Pollyanna at all, it all feels pretty good. ... I think the rest of this year's going to be very solid," Hilton CEO Chris Nassetta told analysts on Wednesday. "And I think next year will be a darn good year."
Companies test price limits in a 'Hot Profit Summer'
Higher prices showed up as good news in corporate reports across the board. Among them was Hershey (whose brands include Reese's and Skinny Pop). The company said people were buying slightly fewer snacks and candies, but its profits rose almost 30% anyway. A similar thing happened at Procter & Gamble (which makes Tide detergent and Crest toothpaste) and Colgate-Palmolive.
Coca-Cola, like rival Pepsi, reported that shoppers remained loyal to brand-name soda despite several rounds of price hikes.
Corporate execs offered many explanations for those hikes, including higher wages and other costs, such as sugar and corn syrup. Chipotle said it was still spending more on beef, tortillas, salsa, beans and rice, and did not rule out additional price hikes later in the year.
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So how are shoppers paying for all of this? Part of it is going on credit cards; the Federal Reserve Bank of New York saying credit card debt is at a record high. Banks report families are dipping into or even draining their pandemic-era savings.
But there's more to the story: A lot of workers have gotten raises recently. For the first time in months, our wages are outpacing inflation, as employers continue to compete for workers. This, in fact, raises the specter of the notorious wage-price spiral, with companies citing higher labor costs as a major cause of higher prices, and then workers pointing to those rising prices as proof they need higher pay.
Still, it seems like the pace of those raises is slowing down, which could signal that the labor market is softening. This is good news for inflation – which is now at 3% versus last year's 9% – but not enough for the Fed to ease up. It raised interest rates again this week, to a 22-year high.
"Inflation has moderated somewhat since the middle of last year," Fed Chair Jerome Powell told reporters, explaining the decision. "Nonetheless, the process of getting inflation back down to 2% has a long way to go."
While the economy has remained strong amid months of interest rate hikes — and the unemployment rate near a record low at 3.6% — the effects of the Fed's actions could still be coming.
If they can cool off the economy just enough to stop companies from raising prices, but not so much that they lay off workers, the Fed will have achieved what economists call a soft landing.
"We're not there yet," said KPMG Chief Economist Diane Swonk. "The hope is certainly high that we could get there."
NPR's David Gura contributed to this report.
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She's one of India's biggest Barbie fans. When Vichitra Rajasingh was growing up, family and friends helped her build her collection of Barbie dolls until she had almost 80 of them. She once owned a Barbie camper, a speedboat, supermarket and post office. The mermaid Barbie and scuba-diving Barbie were her favorites.
Since her family ran a hotel, they put the dolls on display in the lobby in the late '90s. On Rajasingh's 14th birthday, her parents painted her room bright pink and hired artists to draw her favorite Barbie dolls on the walls.
All her Barbies were blond. She says she didn't like the Indian ethnic ones that came on the local market.
Living the pink life
"My love for the color pink began with my childhood passion for Barbie," she says. "And now it's become my identity." For her, the color represents love, joy, femininity and playfulness, everything she once associated with Barbie, she says.
Today Rajasingh lives in the southern Indian city of Madurai, where she drives a pink mini-Cooper and runs a bakery and lives in an apartment that are dominated by that color.
When the Barbie movie released in India on July 21, she gathered a bunch of friends, "everyone dressed to the nines in pink," and watched it on the day of its release. "I loved the movie. It was fun to watch and brought back many joyful childhood memories," she says.
While she no longer has her huge doll collection — having long since given it away to family and friends — Rajasingh is still a Barbie lover. She bakes six or seven Barbie-themed cakes a week, with an actual doll at the center of a cake that serves as her frothy dress, constructed around her in a swirl of sugar and cream.
Rajasingh saw Barbie as an aspirational figure — and grew up admiring the doll's freedom, confidence, globe-trotting lifestyle and even her arched feet in sassy stilettos.
But for others in India, Barbie has a far more complicated legacy.
The pressures Barbie can bring
Shweta Sharan, a writer who lives in Mumbai, admits to being conflicted about whether or not to watch the movie with her 13-year-old daughter, Laasya, who until a year ago ardently loved Barbie but then outgrew playing with dolls.
"I am aware that these dolls have many complicated associations," Sharan says. "Watching my daughter love a doll that looked nothing like her — with blond hair, blue eyes, perfect breasts — I worried if she would always strive to be someone else and feel inadequate."
These worries are valid in the opinion of ElsaMarie DSilva, a social entrepreneur from India and an Aspen fellow. "While Barbie is almost universally loved among girls of all ages, many do aspire to look like her, unconsciously pressurizing young girls to conform to unrealistic body shapes and expectations," she says — a common criticism aimed at Barbie.
Indian Barbie is not a rousing success
Mattel did make an effort to adapt the doll for an Indian market. When Mattel launched Barbie in India in 1991, it was the familiar Western-looking blond-haired blue-eyed Barbie. Then in 1996, they rolled out Indian Barbie, with brown skin. She came either wearing a bright sari or a salwar kameez — a knee-length tunic over fitted trousers.
But the Indian Barbie was not popular. "Indian kids gravitated toward the white-skinned Barbie instead of the brown-skinned one because light-skinned women were considered more beautiful in India and an automatic choice," DSilva says.
She points out how even in Indian clothes, Barbie still had a body that did not represent real women in India or anywhere else — she was way too tall and way too thin.
Priti Nemani, an Indian American attorney living in Chicago, analyzed why Barbie failed so spectacularly in the Indian market in a research paper published in 2011. In addition to the unrealistic, impossibly thin appearance of the doll, she points out how other cultural factors were at play.
"We weren't seeing Indian features on Barbie," she says. "We were seeing white Barbies dipped in brown. And even those brown Barbies didn't last long on the shelves. The latest versions of the Indian Barbie have much lighter skin tone.
Meanwhile, even though blond Barbies sold well, Ken tanked in India. "Indian parents who wouldn't want their daughters in romantic relationships at such an early age weren't going to buy the boyfriend," Nemani says.
In spite of her initial misgivings, Sharan enjoyed the Barbie movie with her daughter, now 13, who especially liked the feminist overtones. Laasya loved the beginning, when they were told "Barbie has a great day everyday. Ken only has a great day if Barbie looks at him."
Barbie inspires a poem
There are other issues about Barbie in India. For many kids, the doll is too expensive.
Ankita Apurva, 26, a writer who grew up in a farming family in Ranchi, a city in the Eastern Indian state of Jharkhand, recalls a childhood bereft of Barbies.
Her parents, who struggled to pay for a good education that they hoped would be her armor against bullying and discrimination, could not afford to buy their daughter a Barbie.
"They weren't in a position to splurge on fancy dolls like a Barbie," she says. She recalls feeling inferior for not owning one of these expensive dolls that would help her connect with other Barbie owners in her circle. It was especially hard for her at lunch when girls would boast about how many dolls they owned.
"I believe that even if children from marginalized communities manage to enter [private] institutions [for the privileged], there are certain social, cultural and economic symbols which are consciously and subconsciously deployed to mark them out, and Barbie, as loved as it is, is definitely one of them," she says.
Over the years, Apurva's family has grown stronger financially. When she saw the global resurgence of interest in Barbie now, she didn't feel angry or alienated, but it did bring back memories of desperately wanting to fit in – and not just because she didn't have a Barbie.
"Growing up, I rarely felt represented in literature or media. If pens or cameras turned toward us, they inadvertently counted us as data: dead bodies of farmers or survivors of violence of umpteen kinds."
As a girl from a farming family in Jharkhand, Apurva felt invisible. And so, she decided to express those emotions. She wrote a poem that she posted on Instagram, not to shame anyone who is privileged enough to own a Barbie but to comfort those who, like her, may have felt left out.
Here are some excerpts:
"Here's to the girls who do not get the Barbie craze,
...
girls who had parents who could not
or did not or choose not
to get them Barbie dolls
...
it's okay,
to not relate to any of it
...
what is not okay are friends ...
who intentionally make you
feel low by asking how many Barbies
you owned as a kid even as they
know you weren't privileged enough
to have them.
...
you are also not "too much" ...
if you feel
that Barbie is a colonial icon
legitimizing racial supremacy
while being a 'white feminist' trope
...
and once again
remember,
you are everything,
they are just Ken
Kamala Thiagarajan is a freelance journalist based in Madurai, Southern India. She reports on global health, science, and development, and her work has been published in the New York Times, The British Medical Journal, BBC, The Guardian and other outlets. You can find her on twitter @kamal_t
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The numbers are in and things look surprisingly rosy for the U.S. economy:
The Federal Reserve is still cautious, but big brands – including Coca-Cola, Hilton and Visa — are singing praises to shoppers seemingly undeterred by companies' raising prices. What's more, Taylor Swift, Beyoncé and Barbie are enticing people to part with their money, bolstering local businesses.
Financial reports by corporations and government data have been painting a picture this month of insatiable American shoppers making companies positively exuberant.
This week, GDP or gross domestic product – considered the measure of economic growth – showed the U.S. economy grew at a rate of 2.4%, much higher than expected. What's fueling it is — you guessed it — spending. Brand after brand this week boosted their earnings forecasts for the year, calling consumers "resilient" in the face of higher prices.
The 'she-conomy' takes center stage
Americans have been scaling back in some categories, including clothing and furniture, but we're splurging on travel. We're also going out to eat, and see concerts and movies. You could call it the Barbie bump.
Plus, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé have been moving markets, quite literally. The Federal Reserve has tracked the striking effect of Taylor Swift's tour on host cities. One analysis estimates it could generate almost $5 billion in global revenue. When Beyoncé comes to town, hotels, hair stylists and bartenders all get a boost, according to Yelp.
Southwest Airlines this week reported record revenue. Hilton executives said people were spending more across all its hotels, from the humbler Garden Inn to the upscale Waldorf Astoria, with business travel picking up and overall demand exceeding available rooms. Hotel prices have been setting records too.
"Not to be a Pollyanna at all, it all feels pretty good. ... I think the rest of this year's going to be very solid," Hilton CEO Chris Nassetta told analysts on Wednesday. "And I think next year will be a darn good year."
Companies test price limits in a 'Hot Profit Summer'
Higher prices showed up as good news in corporate reports across the board. Among them was Hershey (whose brands include Reese's and Skinny Pop). The company said people were buying slightly fewer snacks and candies, but its profits rose almost 30% anyway. A similar thing happened at Procter & Gamble (which makes Tide detergent and Crest toothpaste) and Colgate-Palmolive.
Coca-Cola, like rival Pepsi, reported that shoppers remained loyal to brand-name soda despite several rounds of price hikes.
Corporate execs offered many explanations for those hikes, including higher wages and other costs, such as sugar and corn syrup. Chipotle said it was still spending more on beef, tortillas, salsa, beans and rice, and did not rule out additional price hikes later in the year.
Is a spending hangover on the way?
So how are shoppers paying for all of this? Part of it is going on credit cards; the Federal Reserve Bank of New York saying credit card debt is at a record high. Banks report families are dipping into or even draining their pandemic-era savings.
But there's more to the story: A lot of workers have gotten raises recently. For the first time in months, our wages are outpacing inflation, as employers continue to compete for workers. This, in fact, raises the specter of the notorious wage-price spiral, with companies citing higher labor costs as a major cause of higher prices, and then workers pointing to those rising prices as proof they need higher pay.
Still, it seems like the pace of those raises is slowing down, which could signal that the labor market is softening. This is good news for inflation – which is now at 3% versus last year's 9% – but not enough for the Fed to ease up. It raised interest rates again this week, to a 22-year high.
"Inflation has moderated somewhat since the middle of last year," Fed Chair Jerome Powell told reporters, explaining the decision. "Nonetheless, the process of getting inflation back down to 2% has a long way to go."
While the economy has remained strong amid months of interest rate hikes — and the unemployment rate near a record low at 3.6% — the effects of the Fed's actions could still be coming.
If they can cool off the economy just enough to stop companies from raising prices, but not so much that they lay off workers, the Fed will have achieved what economists call a soft landing.
"We're not there yet," said KPMG Chief Economist Diane Swonk. "The hope is certainly high that we could get there."
NPR's David Gura contributed to this report.
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This summer, I traveled to Montreal to do one of my favorite things: Listen to live music.
For three days, I wandered around the Montreal Jazz Festival with two buddies, listening to jazz, rock, blues and all kinds of surprising musical mashups.
There was the New Orleans-based group Tank and the Bangas, Danish/Turkish/Kurdish band called AySay, and the Montreal-based Mike Goudreau Band.
All of this reminded me how magnificent music has been in my life — growing up with The Boss in New Jersey, falling in love with folk-rockers like Neil Young, discovering punk rock groups like The Clash in college, and, yeah, these days, marveling at Taylor Swift.
Music could always lift me up and transport me. It's the closest I've ever come to having a religious experience.
The body and brain on music
This got me thinking: Why? Why does music do that?
So I called up some experts to get their insights on what underlies this powerful experience.
"Music does evoke a sense of wonder and awe for lots of people," says Daniel Levitin, a neuroscientist at McGill University who scans the brains of people while they listen to tunes.
"Some of it is still mysterious to us," he says, "But what we can talk about are some neural circuits or networks involved in the experience of pleasure and reward."
When you're listening to music that you really like, brain circuits involving parts of the brain called the amygdala, ventral tegmental area and the nucleus accumbens come on line, he explains. These are the same areas that get activated if you're thirsty and you have a drink, or if you're feeling "randy and have sex."
That triggers the production of brain chemicals that are involved in feelings like pleasure.
"It modulates levels of dopamine, as well as opioids in the brain. Your brain makes opioids," he says.
Neurons in the brain even fire with the beat of the music, which helps people feel connected to one another by literally synchronizing their brain waves when they listen to the same song.
"What we used to say in the '60s is, 'Hey, I'm on the same wavelength as you man,'" Levitin says. "But it's literally true — your brain waves are synchronized listening to music."
Music also has a calming effect, slowing our heart rate, deepening our breathing and lowering stress hormones. This makes us feel more connected to other people as well as the world around us, especially when we start to dance together.
"Those pathways of changing our body, symbolizing what is vast and mysterious for us, and then moving our bodies, triggers the mind into a state of wonder," Dacher Keltner, a University of California, Berkeley, psychologist, told me.
"We imagine, 'Why do I feel this way? What is this music teaching me about what is vast and mysterious?' Music allows us to feel these transcendent emotions," he says.
Emotions like awe, which stimulates the brain into a sense of wonder, help "counter the epidemic of our times, which is loneliness," Keltner says. "With music, we feel we're part of community and that has a direct effect on health and well-being," which is crucial to survival.
That could be why music plays such a powerful role in many religions, spirituality and rituals, he says.
A rocker weighs in
All this made me wonder: Do musicians feel this way, too?
"Yeah, I definitely experience wonder while playing music on a regular basis," says Mike Gordon, the bass player for the band Phish.
He suddenly vividly remembers dreams and doesn't want to be anywhere else, he says.
"It's almost like these neural pathways are opening. And it's almost like the air around me crystalizes where everything around me is more itself," Gordon says. "I develop this sort of hypersensitivity, where it's now electrified."
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The Kenosha area can expect a very hot day. It should reach a warm 80 degrees. We'll see a low temperature of 72 degrees today. Today's condit… | https://kenoshanews.com/weather/here-is-todays-weather-outlook-for-jul-29-2023-in-kenosha-wi/article_83b393b1-8a7b-5b0e-b881-c92c79a3418d.html | 2023-07-29T11:28:43 | 1 | https://kenoshanews.com/weather/here-is-todays-weather-outlook-for-jul-29-2023-in-kenosha-wi/article_83b393b1-8a7b-5b0e-b881-c92c79a3418d.html |
How to Watch NASCAR, F1, IndyCar & More: Auto Racing Streaming Live - Saturday, July 29
Published: Jul. 29, 2023 at 6:44 AM EDT|Updated: 45 minutes ago
Need more auto racing in your life? Well, you're in luck. The race slate on Saturday, July 29 includes Formula 1, Formula E, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series, and NHRA Drag Racing action that can be watched on Fubo. For a complete list, along with information on how to watch or live stream it all, check out the article below.
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Watch Formula 1: Belgium Grand Prix - Sprint Shootout
- Series: Formula 1
- Game Time: 5:55 AM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Watch Formula 1: Belgium Grand Prix - Sprint
- Series: Formula 1
- Game Time: 10:25 AM ET
- TV Channel: ESPN
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Watch Formula E: Round 15: London - Race
- Series: Formula E
- Game Time: 11:30 AM ET
- TV Channel: CBS Sports Network
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Watch NHRA Drag Racing: DENSO Sonoma Nationals - Qualifying
- Series: NHRA Drag Racing
- Game Time: 12:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: FOX Sports Networks
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Watch Formula E: Hankook London E-Prix
- Series: Formula E
- Game Time: 12:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: CBS
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Watch NASCAR Cup Series: Cook Out 400 - Qualifying
- Series: NASCAR Cup Series
- Game Time: 12:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: USA Network
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Watch NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series: Henry 180
- Series: NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series
- Game Time: 3:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: NBC
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Watch NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series: Road America 180
- Series: NASCAR Xfinity Racing Series
- Game Time: 3:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: NBC
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Watch NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series: Worldwide Express 250
- Series: NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
- Game Time: 7:30 PM ET
- TV Channel: FOX Sports Networks
- Live Stream: Watch on Fubo!
Make sure you're following along with racing action all year long on Fubo and ESPN+!
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On a muggy day in mid-July 1861, while the Union and Confederate armies were preparing to confront each other at the battle of Bull Run, a funeral procession wended its way down the streets of Allentown to what was then Union Cemetery, later Union West End Cemetery. At that time, the then eight-year-old burial ground still bore some resemblance to the community cow pasture it had been for many years. But now it was to be graced by an elegant tomb/monument, decorated with all the Victorian Romantic embellishments that the era most admired in funerary art with a boundary around it. For this was to be the last resting place of Henry King (1790-1861) an attorney, politician, and arguably the most prominent man in Allentown and among the most prominent men in Pennsylvania.
King’s home, in the then fashionable Italianate villa style, was located on the north side of Hamilton Street next to the Lehigh County Courthouse. He lived there with his wife, Mary L. King. They had one child, Henry Lord King, who died in infancy. At King’s passing it became the home of John Dodson Stiles (1822-1896) also an attorney, Lehigh County District Attorney, and lawmaker who represented Lehigh County in Congress and was a delegate to three Democratic conventions: 1856, 1864 and 1868. The Colonial Theater was erected there in the 1920s and an office building occupies the site today. The home was a community showplace that attracted figures of importance in state and national politics. Democratic candidates for the White House such as James Buchanan in 1856 found a consultation with Henry King was not to be overlooked.
When the 25-year-old King rode into Allentown in 1815, perhaps with law books in his saddlebags, he already had a lot of family history behind him. His parents were Daniel King and Hannah Lord. The elder King fought in the American Revolution and was a participant in the Battle of Bunker Hill. The Kings were descended from John King who emigrated from Edwardstone (birthplace of John Winthrop, a founder of Massachusetts) in Suffolk County, England. In 1715 King settled on a property in Massachusetts that for a generation or more was known as Kingstown. It was renamed Palmer in 1775 after a prominent judge.
Why Henry King left Massachusetts is unknown. His mother died in 1814 in Palmer. His father died in 1815 in Wilkes Barre where Henry was living at the time. Presumably his father’s death may have been the reason that Henry King relocated to Allentown.
According to the 1810 census Allentown had a population of 710. But in 1812 it became the county seat of the new Lehigh County. That meant a courthouse and that meant lawyers. King was apparently the first lawyer in the new county. Educated in the classics, King had “read law” in New London, Connecticut and moved on to Wilkes Barre where he was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar.
When it came to growth King had apparently made a wise choice in Allentown. In his article in the 1978 issue of the Lehigh County’s Historical Society’s Proceedings the late historian and archivist Mahlon Hellerich notes that Allentown’s population had more than doubled from 1810 to 1830 to 1,117, an increase of 117%. Most were Pennsylvania German crafts people from tanners to skilled artisans like clockmakers. “Among the professionals,” Hellerich writes, “there were nine lawyers, 3 doctors, one druggist, one minister and 5 teachers.” And this was before the arrival of the anthracite coal powered iron industry industrialization of the 1850s and 60s. By 1860 the federal census showed Allentown with a population of 8,025.
Even the collapse of the Northampton Bank in 1842 and fire of 1848 that destroyed its business section could not slow Allentown’s growth. King headed a fundraising campaign to rebuild after the fire damage. He may have aided with legal advice many of those suing John Rice, the president of the Northampton Bank for his fraudulent speculation with the bank’s funds that wiped them out.
About King’s early practice little is known. Almost certainly he must have attracted the attention of the Allen family, including James Greenleaf and his wife Ann Penn Allen Greenleaf. With their substantial landholdings they might have called on him. By the time King arrived on the local scene Greenleaf was deeply involved in a tangle of failed Washington, D.C. land speculations. His ties to Robert Morris’s failed North American Land Company in the 1790s landed him in Philadelphia’s debtors prison, aka the Prune Street lockup, for a time. Lawsuits by British investor and East India merchant Thomas Law (Law Street in Allentown is named for him) that grew out of those Washington speculations preoccupied Greenleaf. It grew so hot between the pair that Law would always refer to a home that Greenleaf had overlooking the Potomac called Greenleaf Point by its original name “Turkey Buzzard’s Point.” As late as the 1840s some sources claim when a young English author named Charles Dickens came to Washington on a tour of America, he heard tales of Greenleaf’s interminable lawsuits that inspired the never-ending lawsuit that was the basis of his novel “Bleak House.” Greenleaf was living largely apart from his wife in Washington at the time of Dickens’ visit.
King was not the only lawyer in Allentown for long. Among those he became friendly with were John S. Gibbons and Samuel Bridges. All three young men were Democrats and backers of the Andrew Jackson faction of the party. With the death of President James Monroe and the end of the so-called “Era of Good Feelings,” the Democratic Party split into several factions. When the election of 1824 was thrown into the House of Representatives Jackson backers claimed that a “corrupt bargain” between John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay, making Adams president and Clay Secretary of State, kept the “Hero of New Orleans” from the White House. Jackson won in 1828.
It was young men like King, Gibbons and Bridges who saw their own political future with the populist forces backing Jackson. King threw his hat in the ring first and from 1826 to 1830 he served in the state senate and represented Lehigh County in Congress from 1831 to 1835. He rejected attempts to be renominated. Almost certainly King was among the delegation that welcomed Democrat President Martin Van Buren to Allentown in 1839, the only U.S. president to spend the night there while in office.
Throughout these years King remained in close touch with his younger brother, Thomas Butler King. Born in 1800, Thomas King attended Westfield State University, founded by education pioneer Horace Mann as the first public co-educational college in America without barrier to race, gender, or economic class. Later Thomas King came to Allentown where he “read law” under his older brother’s tutelage for several years and was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar. In 1823 Thomas King and his older brother Stephen Clay King (1786-1860) decided to move to Ware County, Georgia. Stephen married Mary Fort, the daughter of a wealthy Georgia cotton planter. A planter himself he died in San Antonio, Texas in 1860 while visiting his son H.C. King, owner of a cattle ranch, and was buried there.
Throughout his time in Georgia, Thomas King frequently exchanged letters with his brother Henry, some about family affairs, others about politics. A collection of Thomas King’s letters is in the archives of the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina.
On December 2, 1824, King married Anna Matilda Page, daughter of Major William Page, owner of Retreat Plantation on the southwest tip of St. Simons Island. Estimated as worth $125,000 the couple inherited Retreat at her father’s death in 1827. They made it their permanent home where they raised 10 children. King was briefly successful as a planter and acquired several other plantations. But the collapse of the cotton market in the Panic of 1837 forced him to sell all but Retreat Plantation.
It may seem strange to think of a New England Yankee moving to the slaveholding deep South. But not everyone in the North was an abolitionist or even opposed to slavery. That is clear in Thomas Butler King’s case. He owned 355 enslaved people on Retreat Plantation and was far from the largest enslaver on St Simons Island. At roughly the same time as his brother Henry, Thomas King ran for public office. Unlike Henry he was a Whig not a Democrat. Abraham Lincoln was a member of that party in his early years and served one term as a Whig in Congress. It tended to attract those whose interest was in economic development and included both southerners and northerners as its supporters.
In truth Thomas King was never happy as a planter or for that matter as a lawyer. For most of his life he left running Retreat Plantation and raising their children to his wife. She wrote extensively to him about them, the role they played in her life and the task she had running the plantation with her oldest son, Thomas Butler King Jr., known in the family as “Butler” who seemed to be suited to it. Working beside him was an overseer named Dunham. On July 20,1840 Thomas King wrote to his brother Henry from Washington, “I am nominated it is true and it is also true that I shall have no great objection to remaining in political life…my duty to my country is paramount.”
Anna King’s letters, used extensively in an article by Professor Stephen Berry in a 1997 issue of the Georgia Historical Quarterly, show that life at Retreat Plantation was no Hollywood “Gone With The Wind” magnolia-scented, white-pillared fantasy. Although she was by her own admission something of a “belle,” as a young woman Anna King’s life as an absentee plantation owner’s wife was apparently one of work and struggle. Although the family were not destitute, what upset her the most was that she had “no one to share her concerns with.” At one point she wrote to her husband, “I am the greatest slave on this plantation.” We have no surviving comment from any of 355 enslaved Black people on Retreat Plantation on that. She does mention concern for one of the enslaved Black men she sent down to the dock that had gotten soaking wet in the rain because the mailboat never came. Still, it cannot have been easy for a woman alone to care for her children and tend to the enslaved “property” on which Retreat Plantation depended for its existence.
The most promising family member was the second son, Henry Lord Page King. He had no interest in running or living on a plantation. At age 17 he wrote to his father, “I hope or rather think that I will one of these days or years be a great man whether a Washington or a Napoleon or Bishop or Tom Paine.” A photo taken of him at the time shows a round faced young man with long hair. Known as “Lordy” in the family, he attended Harvard College and spent his summers far from Retreat Plantation in Allentown with his Uncle Henry, for whom he was probably named, “reading law”. His mother received so few letters from him when he was at college or in Allentown that when he wrote to her on an unfamiliar, black bordered stationary, her first reaction was that he had died.
Lordy King later moved to New York to practice law. But at 29 he was frustrated at his failure to achieve success in his profession. “I am ashamed I have accomplished so little,” he wrote. In 1861 finding “this city full of Black Republicans” he returned to the south. Joining the Confederate Army as an officer, “Lordy” King was present at the firing on Fort Sumter. He wrote to his sister Georgia that he dreamed of marching into Pennsylvania to show Yankees how it felt to be invaded. But he never got the chance to march up Hamilton Street in Confederate gray. Lordy King was killed at the battle of Fredericksburg in 1862. His enslaved Black body servant Neptune went out after the battle and under cover of darkness, retrieved his body. A photo in Berry’s article shows Neptune, in a formal frock coat after the war, addressing surviving male members of the King family including his brother John Floyd King about the details of Lordy’s death and his finding of the body.
In the meantime, Thomas King pursued his “paramount” interest in politics. In 1832 he had represented Glynn County, Georgia in the Georgia Senate serving again in 1834, 1835, and 1837 and one term in 1838 in Congress. He later told his son John Floyd that to succeed in politics you had to be either independently wealthy or a bachelor or both. Having an interest in the infant U.S. Navy, King hoped to be named Secretary of the Navy by Whig President Zachary Taylor. He was disappointed after Taylor’s unexpected death to be named instead tax collector for the Port of San Francisco by his successor Millard Fillmore. King Street in San Francisco’s wharf area was later named for Thomas King.
Leaving his wife behind at Retreat Plantation, King spent the next ten years in the west. Here he made two unsuccessful bids to run for the U.S. Senate from California and became an active lobbyist for the Southern Pacific Railroad. King had always had an interest in developing and promoting internal improvements like railroads. “The South was early in the field,” writes railroad historian George Edgar Turner, ”but there the primary purpose of building was to provide transportation for cotton from the back-country fields to port cities.” Connecting to other regions of the country found little interest.
”Strong element of municipal politics opposed the step,” writes Turner. “Hotels did a thriving business with travelers who arrived on one railroad and were obliged to stay over while waiting for a departing train on another line. Draymen reaped a harvest hauling freight from one depot to another; the farther apart the stations could be the better the carters liked it. Warehouseman found big profits in the continued separation of the various lines. Restaurants swelled their business by feeding waiting passengers and liquor dealers fought any change which might shorten the time travelers had to wait between trains…The opposition never realized how effectively they were contributing to the ultimate death of the Confederacy.”
King encouraged the concept of a railroad across the Isthmus of Panama and from 1849 and 1855 one was built but not by him. At his wife’s death in 1859 King returned to Georgia. He threw his support to the state’s Confederate government hoping to be selected to its legislature as a senator. Instead, he was sent to London as the state’s official representative to the courts of Europe. Apparently unsuccessful in his efforts he returned to Georgia in 1862. He died on May 10, 1864 and was buried in a Episcopal churchyard on St. Simons Island.
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Although being outside for a few minutes can seem exhausting on a day like we had Friday, some don't have many options.
The Berks Coalition to End Homelessness says they always worry about homeless members of the community, but especially in times of extreme weather and temperatures.
"So, whether it's the dead of winter or the dead of summer like we are in now, our doors are open to people who need shelter and are looking for a place to stay," said Frank Grill, the group's Director of Opportunity House Services. "There's been an increase in demand this whole year honestly
This heat comes at a time when there are more people on the streets than usual.
"I think a lot of it has to do with the economy, Grill said. "With high rents, people come to us when they're losing their places because of the rising cost of housing.
One-third of the shelter's current population falls in the 55+ age group, many of whom are high-risk.
"We have people being discharged, but hospitals don't want to leave them on the streets, so older folks and folks with health problems are also on the rise," Grill said.
Some are asking not for a place to stay, but for other necessities.
"When we get into hot and humid climate like this, we even have people not necessarily asking for shelter, but asking if we have food, water available just to survive," Grill said.
And Grill says their ability to help changes depending on the day
"If we're full we encourage people to call, drop by just to find out if we have availability," Grill said. | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/berks-coalition-to-end-homelessness-works-to-help-people-trapped-in-the-heat/article_f4293986-2dfa-11ee-9f25-e378a36fc0d7.html | 2023-07-29T11:29:47 | 1 | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/berks/berks-coalition-to-end-homelessness-works-to-help-people-trapped-in-the-heat/article_f4293986-2dfa-11ee-9f25-e378a36fc0d7.html |
NEW DELHI (AP) — An explosion ripped through a firecracker factory in southern India on Saturday, killing eight people and wounding several others, police said.
There was no immediate word as to what had caused the explosion in the district of Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu state. Houses and shops nearby were also damaged, authorities told the Press Trust of India news agency.
Rescuers, police and firefighters rushed to the site.
India has a huge demand for firecrackers, which are used in religious festivals and weddings. There are fatal accidents nearly every year as people work in makeshift factories in the absence of proper safety standards.
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In 2018, a massive fire at a firecracker factory in capital of New Delhi killed 17 workers. A year earlier, 23 workers were killed when a blast occurred while they were making firecrackers in a village in Madhya Pradesh state in central India.
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Dog abandoned at the front door of animal care center is up for adoption: Meet Laa-Laa
One-year-old pit bull mix in North Carolina has a sweet disposition and needs a good home
A one-year-old dog was left at the doorstep of a local animal care and control center — and is now looking for a forever home.
Laa-Laa is a pit bull mix who was abandoned at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care & Control center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The 50-pound dog was brought inside the center as she cowered and trembled, according to the center.
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The center told Fox News Digital that the team quickly tried to make Laa-Laa feel comfortable by giving her treats and affection.
But nothing seemed to work.
The center speculates that she had very little socialization during her first year of life.
Due to this, Laa-Laa continues to be a nervous dog and is seeking a caring and loving home — one that will be patient with her as she opens up and develops.
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Laa-Laa is making progress, and the staff has seen her personality start to shine through when she's given affection and socialization with others.
The young dog likes to take slow walks and will sniff everything in sight, the organization said.
She can also be coaxed into giving a bit of a tail wag if she's spoken to kindly.
The staff at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care & Control told Fox News Digital that with a loving and patient home, Laa-Laa will be a loyal companion.
Laa-Laa can also be coaxed into giving a tail wag if she's spoken to kindly.
The Animal Care and Control center (ACC) is part of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
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It's dedicated to helping pets and people with medical and support services, according to the ACC’s website.
The shelter, with a space of over 45,000 square feet, houses approximately 165 dog runs and 220 cages — and has more than 185 dogs currently up for adoption.
Interested in adopting Laa-Laa?
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For more information, visit the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care & Control center or call the center at 704-336-7600.
Want to read about other pets up for adoption? Check out this recent article from Fox News Digital: Salt Lake City-based Carrot, a ‘beauty,’ is looking for a calm new home
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New York (CNN) — During its first few days in theaters, “Barbie” raked in $337 million globally in the box office, the largest opening weekend of 2023 so far. But even before the numbers came in, “Barbie” was a merchandising hit.
The film had been generating hype for months, thanks to a star-studded cast, beloved director, dazzling aesthetic — and a seemingly endless array of Barbie-themed merchandise.
In June, brand strategist Moshe Isaacian started keeping track of the official partnerships on Twitter. A scroll through his thread shows, among other things: A gaming console, pair of shoes, hotel, house, insurance commercial, a candle, rugs, nail polish, roller blades, a toy car, a lunchbox, dog apparel, a toothbrush and several other items emblazoned with the Barbie logo, awash in hot pink.
Isaacian has posted about roughly 50 partnerships. That’s, almost literally, the half of it: Mattel, maker of the iconic toy, has made over 100 brand deals for the movie, which is distributed by Warner Bros. (CNN and Warner Bros. are both owned by Warner Bros. Discovery.)
For marketers, “Barbie” has turned into a massive opportunity: A rosy, fizzy way to get new customers – of all ages – and stay culturally relevant. That’s always a good opportunity, but especially so in the current environment, where even seemingly benign marketing campaigns can be controversial.
And it’s not often that so much attention is focused on a single event, like a movie premier.
“We live in such a fragmented world, that it is really hard for events to break through the clutter,” said Tim Calkins, associate chair of the marketing department at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. “These shared moments, when they really catch on, have enormous power.”
The Barbie effect
For some bars and restaurants, Barbie mania has led to a rush of patrons.
In the spring, when Barbie memes started leaving their glittery trail across the internet, the team at Wunder Garten, a beer garden and event space in Washington, DC, started to take notice.
Around that time, it started planning Barbie parties: Celebrations with themed cocktails, pink food and plenty of opportunities to show off Barbiecore outfits in the Instagram-friendly venue, including life-size hot pink Barbie and Ken boxes.
“We were expecting a very big turnout, and we got a very, very big turnout,” said Leana Chavez, assistant manager at Wunder Garten.
Meanwhile, retailers have used partnerships to boost product sales.
Candle maker Homesick has been selling a Barbie Dreamhouse candle with notes of sweet peony, rose bush and pink jasmine, among other scents. The candle drove a 39% increase in sales in June, year-over-year, according to Lauren McCord, General Manager of Homesick. And most of that came from new customers: Over 70% of Dreamhouse purchases were made by new clients.
The Barbie brand is particularly powerful because it appeals to multiple generations, noted Christie Nordhielm, an associate teaching professor of marketing at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business.
By marketing Barbie products to adults, large retailers may be able to get them to buy similar products for kids.
“Parents, or possibly other family members, will gatekeep on whether this product comes in,” she said. With Barbie products that appeal to grown-ups, marketers are “getting that interactivity between adults and children, that bonding,” which can also be used as a selling point.
Gap may benefit from this aspect of the marketing. The clothing retailer offers a Barbie line that includes Gap and Barbie branded t-shirts, jackets and more, for both kids and adults. A Gap spokesperson noted that the collection “has been killing it across all categories.” The relationship between Gap and Mattel runs deep: On Wednesday, Gap announced that its new CEO will be Richard Dickson, who currently serves as Mattel’s president and chief operating officer.
In retrospect, and with huge box office numbers under its belt, it seems clear why so many companies would want to work with “Barbie.” But partner products were conceived and launched well before the movie premiered, when there was a possibility that it wouldn’t be so well received. During that period of uncertainty, they may have been soothed by the sheer volume of partnerships.
In other words, if “Barbie” was a flop, they’d all go down together.
Strength in numbers
There are plenty of ways for “Barbie” to have gone wrong.
The doll itself has a spotty history, and with its inhuman proportions has been accused of upholding unrealistic beauty standards. Plus, movies in general are not a safe financial bet: Aside from breakthroughs like “Barbie” and Oppenheimer, box office sales have been disappointing, making a sluggish return after pandemic-era theater closures.
And there was no guarantee that people would like the movie. Some might still see Barbie as anti-feminist, or anti-male, and the movie as little more than a major corporate effort to boost the doll’s sales. Others may have been turned off by the relentless marketing, especially for a movie with a message that (spoiler alert) people don’t need to buy products to feel good about themselves. And then there’s the fact that “Barbie” was directed by a woman and marketed to women, which can inspire online trolling.
For brand partners, “there was some risk that this movie might be a total bomb,” said David Reibstein, professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton business school. But that risk was “dampened by the fact that others are doing it. And so if we look bad, well, we’re not alone.”
But while there have been calls to boycott the film, they don’t seem to have gotten much traction. Now, with everything coming up Barbie, marketers may lose out by staying away.
“I think there is a risk of not doing it,” Reibstein said. “If you happen to be a retailer and you see the other retailers doing it, you sort of feel like you need to be on the bandwagon… and not miss whatever Barbie wave there might be.” At this stage, that may mean using the success of “Barbie” to market pre-existing hot pink products.
But with everyone going in, it becomes even harder to stand out.
This Barbie is just like all the others
If your promotion is too similar to another, “it’s going to limit the lift that you get, because it’s just more of the same,” said Northwestern’s Calkins. Once you see one Barbie-pink nail polish, for example, you probably won’t be wowed by another.
Isaacian, who started the Twitter thread, thinks Mattel has been strategic in choosing its partners, even though there are so many.
“They’ve really done a good job of making almost all parts of the movie feel tangible,” he said.
For Reibstein, the collaboration that stood out was the Airbnb Malibu Dreamhouse. Staying at the Dreamhouse is free, but Airbnb only made it available for two nights in July.
Prior to those dates, model and TV personality Chrissy Teigen shared photos of herself and her family in the Instagram-friendly house, including one boomerang video of her in a hot pink outfit and Ken-inspired roller blades.
Nordhielm pointed to Cold Stone Creamery’s Barbie pink cotton candy ice cream as a standout. “It”s a happy product, it’s a family product,” she said.
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Kentucky 'Queen of Chaos' turning life around as mugshot medley lights up internet
23-year-old Rayanna Brock went viral for her smiling mugshots starting with her first arrest
A former Kentucky college student dubbed the "Queen of Chaos" for her smiling mugshots is taking steps to turn her life around as her past bad behavior goes viral.
23-year-old Rayanna Brock's extensive mugshot portfolio lit up the internet after the images appeared on a popular Instagram account, but the repeat offender revealed on "Gutfeld!" Thursday she is now sober.
"When I was really bad on drugs, I started to look in the mirror and I just didn't look like the same girl. So really what got me sober is how I was looking. I was looking terrible. So that's really what started my sobriety… I wanted to look like the girl I used to," Brock told Greg Gutfeld.
Brock revealed she became addicted to Xanax during her college years which caused her to repeatedly commit crimes. Her offenses range from theft to terroristic stalking.
Her signature smile in her mugshots began with her first arrest at 18.
"Are you just easygoing and just smile with everything? Or do you only smile when you're doing a mug shot?" Gutfeld asked.
"Either or. Usually just the mug shots just to make them mad," Brock responded. "My first mug shot, I started to smile, and he was like, ‘You need to stop smiling.’ And I just kept smiling, and he took it anyways."
Brock's jail stints grew frequent despite vows to stay out of trouble.
"While I'd be in jail, I'd be like, ‘OK, this is my last time going to jail, I really need to clean up my act,'" she said. "And then I'll get out, like, a week later and commit another crime,"
Brock also shared her experiences in jail were mostly positive.
"All of my jail visits were awesome because I was usually the youngest girl in the cell, so they treated me like a newbie. They treated me like their kid. So everyone in there always took care of me," she explained.
Brock is embracing her newfound online fame after her mugshots were displayed on Mugshawtys, a social media account featuring female offenders.
"I really wasn't collecting them," she said of pictures. "I do have an album on my phone of all of them now, but everyone really sent in my mugshots. I don't even know really who did."
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"I was looking through all of the girls, and it did make me kind of happy," she continued. "I was like, you know, I feel blessed to be on here. I was honored."
Her nickname the "Queen of Chaos" even found its origins because of her Mugshawtys' presence.
"I honestly [saw] somebody comment on one of my mugshots and they [were] like, 'This is the queen of chaos, she's a menace to society.' And I just love that so much. So credit to them."
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Brock said she has been sober since January 18, 2022 outside occasionally smoking weed, which she has since given up due to her probation.
Since working to get her life on a different track, Brock and her boyfriend own their own general contracting business, Ragnar Remodels. She also works as a server and bartender which she has been doing since she was a teenager.
"I honestly love it," she said, stopping short of revealing where fans can stop in to pay a visit.
"I have so many stalkers right now because of my mugshots, I don't know if that's a safe thing for me to do," she joked.
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NEWARK, N.J. - A convicted felon in New Jersey faces federal charges after police used his boastful social media presence to track him down.
According to the U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey's office, 36-year-old Justin Pope got into an altercation with a woman in a car in a Clifton, Passaic County, parking lot on July 12. As the woman tried to exit the car, Pope fired several shots at her from close range, law enforcement said.
The next day, police reviewed an Instagram video depicting Pope firing a gun in the air in which he stated, “Can’t find me. Police. Y’all never gonna find me.”
Pope was arrested several hours later when he attempted to board a bus to New York City and brandished a firearm to bus employees. Police recovered the firearm upon arresting him, which was later identified as a privately-made, loaded 9mm gun with a large-capacity magazine attached.
As a previously convicted felon, Pope is charged with illegally possessing ammunition. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison and a maximum $250,000 fine, according to U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey's office. | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/newjersey/y-all-never-gonna-find-me-new-jersey-felon-arrested-after-taunting-police-with-gun/article_80b6d5ba-2dfc-11ee-941c-674ce338628e.html | 2023-07-29T11:29:53 | 0 | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/newjersey/y-all-never-gonna-find-me-new-jersey-felon-arrested-after-taunting-police-with-gun/article_80b6d5ba-2dfc-11ee-941c-674ce338628e.html |
"Looks like a nice barn," I said to Mike Horne, Manager of the Cherry Valley National Wildlife Refuge, as we walked along the painted red structure.
"If you were here a few years ago, Bo, there would be Christmas trees hung on all these nails," he said.
The barn, tucked into the Monroe County countryside and built in 1870, represents multiple problems for Horne.
"You can see this was busted when someone broke in," he said of the lock, adding that a zero turn $3500 lawn mower has been stolen from the site.
"I grew up on a farm. So, it's really not my preference to take down old farmhouses and old barns," he said.
But that is what he has to do. The one-time 170-acre Christmas tree farm became part of the 6,000-acre refuge in 2016. But the farmhouse and barn are now the targets for vandals.
Their fate, after failing to find a third-party steward, is the same as an adjacent refuge-owned property. A home and barn dating to the 1700 and 1800's is now being torn down.
"If someone would break in here and get hurt, then there's a liability issue and that's what we were facing," Horne stated.
The decision raised the ire of some neighbors, who wrote into 69 News expressing their displeasure at the decision.
"It has to be evaluated according to the National Register criteria for eligibility," said U.S. Fish and Wildlife Regional Historic Preservation Officer Amy Wood.
She says all structures on federal land must also comply with the National Historic Preservation Act. Horne says for various reasons, including modifications through the years, deeming them not historically significant, these three didn't, and their main mission is habitat, not structural protection.
"This is the end of the Newswangers barn," said Ross Township Historical Society member Penny Kellow.
She came to see the barn one last time, as she would visit the property as a kid.
"Deep sadness. These barns, they just don't build them like this anymore," she said.
When building for the future sometimes means taking down the past. | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-coal/should-they-stay-or-should-they-go-the-reasons-behind-keeping-historic-structures/article_59a24bba-2d95-11ee-88b2-17a5b74472ec.html | 2023-07-29T11:29:59 | 0 | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-coal/should-they-stay-or-should-they-go-the-reasons-behind-keeping-historic-structures/article_59a24bba-2d95-11ee-88b2-17a5b74472ec.html |
The 40th Annual New Jersey Festival of Ballooning kicked off tonight at the Solberg Airport in Readington Township, Hunterdon County.
Over 70 balloon designs will be showcased throughout the weekend.
"This is like a big deal, its a huge deal," said Chester resident Julie Roettger.
A huge deal for sure. It's the 40th annual Festival of Ballooning.
"It's so fun; it's so cool there's a lot of creative balloons," said Westwood resident Alyssa Osterhus.
The balloons are taking off from Solberg Airport.
00:27 "I've been waiting for years," said Roettger.
For Roetteger, there was no cooler spot to celebrate her 28th birthday with old friends. She says it even makes her emotional.
"They're up for my birthday," Roettger said. "I almost already cried in the car."
It's even a hot spot for new friends.
"I'm with a relatively new group of friends," said Midlanpark resident Tori Maslov.
Maslov said her girl group of six just met. What better place to get to know each than the balloon festival?
"We're all going out for the first time together," Maslov said.
"Just here for a good girls day," said Ramsay resident Ashley Hanna.
And of course, with a backdrop this cool, they couldn't help but capture the moment.
"Very Instagrammable," said Hawthorne resident Franchesca Hernandez.
"And we wanted some cute pictures," said Lowdie resident Maddie Carrascoza.
"Was it worth the drive? Yes it was. Definitely," said Maslov.
"Definitely would come back," said Park Ridge resident Jenny Jobson.
If you missed the balloons on Friday, don't worry. The event runs all day Saturday and Sunday, starting at 6 a.m. | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/western-newjersey/new-jersey-festival-of-ballooning-kicks-off-in-hunterdon-county/article_71770028-2da9-11ee-a182-83804acd3508.html | 2023-07-29T11:30:05 | 1 | https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/western-newjersey/new-jersey-festival-of-ballooning-kicks-off-in-hunterdon-county/article_71770028-2da9-11ee-a182-83804acd3508.html |
Friday once again featured high temperatures in the upper 80s to low and mid 90s, and of course with the humidity remaining high, we saw multiple locations with heat index values near or even a tad above 100 degrees during the afternoon. We’ve got some more heat and high humidity for the start of the weekend as some high temperatures will approach 90 degrees on Saturday. A cold front however will drop in from Canada bringing scattered showers and thunderstorms Saturday, and also breaking the hot and humid stretch. Cooler and less humid air arrives Sunday and it should stick around through the first half of next week. Our weather also looks rather quiet, dry, and sunny through the first half of next week courtesy of high pressure.
DETAILED FORECAST
SATURDAY
We may sneak in another 90-degree day on Saturday, if we can keep the thunderstorms away for some of the day and heat things up. For now, let's go partly sunny, very warm, and humid with highs in the upper 80s to around 90 degrees, but also with some showers and thunderstorms an increasing possibility, especially during the afternoon and early evening, as a cold front drops in from our north and west. Once again, we’ll likely have to watch for a few thunderstorms containing strong winds, hail, heavy downpours, and maybe even a brief tornado spin-up. Showers and storms should gradually push south of most of the region overnight Saturday, but a few cells may linger across southern New Jersey and Delaware. Saturday will be the last uncomfortable day for a little while at least, as relief arrives for the second half of the weekend in the wake of the cold front.
SUNDAY
Outside of an early morning shower for southern New Jersey and Delaware, many should be dry Sunday as we get behind our aforementioned cold front. The wind direction will become north or northwest driving in some much drier and more comfortable air as the day progresses. Some clouds initially to start the day should break for more in the way of sunshine by the afternoon. And to top it all off, afternoon high temperatures should fall back to the more comfortable low and mid 80s.
MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
Thanks to surface high pressure gradually building in from the Great Lakes and Canada as we move through the first half of the upcoming week, the region should be experiencing several days of some very pleasant weather, something that hasn’t happened in some time (yes it hasn’t necessarily been that hot, but humidity has been high for a while and we’ve had multiple days of thunderstorms). The first half of the week should be dry and mostly sunny with high temperatures around or just above 80 degrees and very comfortable humidity values. Nights will also be mainly clear and refreshing with low temperatures falling back into the mid and upper 50s.
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Pleasant weather moves in for the final weekend of July
EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) - This past week brought a couple days of warm and muggy weather across Western Wisconsin as southerly flow prevailed with a heat ridge moving in from the west. That said, we will see a return to seasonable temperatures this weekend as winds shift out of the north and northwest ahead of an incoming high pressure system.
If you have any outdoor plans today, expect a pretty nice day overall with intervals of clouds and sunshine. Temperatures will run much closer to average in the low to mid-80s, though with dew points in the low 60s for some, humidity will still be in the “noticeable” category. We should see gradual improvements as they slowly fall into the more comfortable 50s during the weekend.
The week ahead brings a brief warm up above average with our next storm chances arriving by Wednesday. Get the latest on what to expect heading into the first few days of August by visiting the Skywarn 13 weather page right here on weau.com!
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Saturday will be a busy day for NASCAR as all three national series will be in action at two different tracks.
Xfinity teams will race at Road America. Cup Series teams will practice and qualify at Richmond Raceway. Truck Series teams will race at Richmond.
Saturday’s schedule will see AJ Allmendinger competing in the Xfinity Series race as he pursues his second career win at Road America. Derek Kraus will complete his first laps in a Cup car while practicing and qualifying for Kaulig Racing.
Richmond Schedule
Weather
Saturday: Mostly sunny skies in the morning with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. High of 93 degrees and a 15% chance of precipitation when Cup cars are on the track. High of 90 degrees and a 44% chance of precipitation at the start of the Truck Series race.
Saturday, July 29
(All times Eastern)
Garage open
- 7:30 a.m. - 3 p.m. — Cup Series
- 3 p.m. — Truck Series
Track activity
- 12:35 – 1:20 p.m. — Cup practice (USA Network, NBC Sports App)
- 1:20 – 2:30 p.m. — Cup qualifying (USA Network, NBC Sports App)
- 7:30 p.m. — Truck Series race (250 laps, 187.5 miles; FS1, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)
Road America Saturday Schedule
Weather
Saturday: Partly cloudy skies in the morning. Sunny in the afternoon. High of 80 degrees and a 0% chance of precipitation at the start of the Xfinity Series race.
Saturday, July 29
(All times Eastern)
Garage open
- 12 p.m. — Xfinity Series
Track activity
3 p.m. — Xfinity race (45 laps, 182.16 miles; NBC, Peacock, Motor Racing Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) | https://www.nbcsports.com/nascar/news/nascar-saturday-schedule-at-road-america-richmond | 2023-07-29T11:30:43 | 0 | https://www.nbcsports.com/nascar/news/nascar-saturday-schedule-at-road-america-richmond |
Bears General Manager Ryan Poles praised his top draft pick, offensive tackle Darnell Wright, after Wright “crushed” the Bears’ conditioning test. It turns out there’s an excellent reason for that: Wright accidentally trained to take the wide receivers’ version of the test, which made the offensive linemen’s test a breeze.
Wright said the Bears’ players were given written expectations of what they’d have to do to pass their conditioning tests, and as Wright worked out on his own to get ready for training camp, he mistakenly went off the wide receiver test. Like every team, the Bears expect their receivers to be able to finish a series of sprints a lot faster than the linemen can, but Wright got himself into shape to do what the receivers do.
“I was looking at the wide receivers’ running portion of the workout, so I was doing theirs. So then I came back and obviously we have different, so,” Wright said.
Wright, who weighed in at 333 pounds at the Scouting Combine, said he lost 16 pounds of fat during his training and feels like he benefited from it.
“More distance and lower time,” Wright said of the receivers’ version of the test. “It definitely feels better, it’s a little bit of an adjustment as far as training power, still, but I think I’m more powerful because I didn’t lose any muscle mass. You definitely feel a step quicker.”
And the Bears feel good about a rookie who did more than was required of him. | https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/bears-ot-darnell-wright-crushed-conditioning-test-after-mistakenly-training-for-wr-version | 2023-07-29T11:30:53 | 0 | https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/bears-ot-darnell-wright-crushed-conditioning-test-after-mistakenly-training-for-wr-version |
US pledges to help Australia manufacture guided missiles by 2025
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The United States will expand its military industrial base by helping Australia manufacture guided missiles and rockets for both countries within two years, the allies announced on Saturday as they ramped up defense cooperation to counter China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific.
The new cooperation on guided weapon production follows a trilateral partnership announcement in March that will see Britain provide Australia with a fleet of eight submarines powered by U.S. nuclear technology.
The greater integration of U.S. and Australian militaries was announced after annual talks between U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken and their Australian counterparts, Defense Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong.
They agreed to cooperate on Australia producing Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems by 2025, a communique said.
U.S. companies Raytheon and Lockheed Martin only established an Australian enterprise to build such weapons last year. That followed the drain on Western countries’ munitions caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Austin said the move on missiles would strengthen the two allies’ defense industrial base and technological edge.
“We’re racing to accelerate Australia’s priority access to munitions through a streamlined acquisition process,” Austin told reporters in Brisbane, Australia.
Marles welcomed U.S. support to achieve Australian missile production within two years.
“We are really pleased with the steps that we are taking in respect of establishing a guided weapons and explosive ordnance enterprise in this country,” Marles said.
The two governments also agreed to upgrade joint military facilities in Australia and to increase U.S. nuclear submarine visits as the United States increases its focus on the South Pacific.
The region came to the forefront of the U.S. competition with China for influence last year, when Beijing signed a security pact with Solomon Islands and raised the prospect of a Chinese naval base being established there.
Austin became the first U.S. defense secretary to visit Papua New Guinea and Blinken visited New Zealand and Tonga before they arrived in Australia.
Saturday’s meeting was overshadowed by the loss of an Australian Army helicopter with four air crew late Friday, during military exercises with the U.S. off the northeastern coast of Australia.
U.S., Australian and Canadian militaries are taking part in the search for potential survivors near Whitsunday Islands off the Queensland state coast.
Austin and Marles will travel to north Queensland on Sunday to inspect Talisman Sabre, a biennial military exercise between the two countries that this year includes 13 nations and more than 30,000 military personnel.
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The 2023 Formula 1 World Championship continues this weekend with round 13, the Belgian Grand Prix, which takes place at the legendary Spa-Francorchamps circuit and will see the Saturday Sprint race return.
The Spa circuit is nestled within the beautiful Ardennes hills and features a long, unrelenting track that serves as a stern test for car and driver. The average speed approaches 145 mph, making it one of the fastest laps of the season, and drivers experience over 5 g in some of the turns, such as Turn 10, known as Pouhon. The cars also run at full throttle for almost 80% of the lap.
Stretching 4.35 miles, Spa has the longest track on the calendar, resulting in the race lasting only 44 laps—the lowest on the calendar. The track is so big that it’s not unusual to have varying weather conditions at different parts. For example, rain at one end and sunshine at the other. The current forecast calls for heavy rain throughout the weekend, which has already resulted in some calls for the race to possibly be canceled.
The first and third sectors at Spa feature long straights and flat-out sections, but the second sector is twisty. This makes it challenging to find the right balance and set-up compromise, particularly with the wing level.
The track surface is on the abrasive side, meaning tires get quite the workout. Pirelli has nominated its mid-range compounds: the C2 as the White hard, C3 as the Yellow medium, and C4 as the Red soft.
The Belgian round will mark 2023’s third running of the Saturday Sprint race, after the Azerbaijan and Austrian Grands Prix. This season, the Sprint race has been made a standalone event rather than the qualifier for the main race, as was previously the case. It still has championship points on the table for both drivers and teams, however.
The round is the last stop before the summer break and will see some teams run upgrades, including Mercedes-Benz AMG whose cars will feature a new design for the side pods.
Going into the weekend, Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen leads the 2023 Drivers’ Championship with 281 points. Fellow Red Bull driver Perez is second with 171 points and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso is third with 139 points. In the Constructors’ Championship, Red Bull leads with 452 points, versus the 223 of Mercedes and 184 of Aston Martin in second and third places. Last year’s winner in Belgium was Verstappen, driving for Red Bull.
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Anyone looking to take delivery of Lamborghini’s Revuelto supercar better be prepared to wait (or pay hefty markups on the used market) as the car’s production run for the next two years is already allocated, the automaker announced this week.
Despite an upgrade to Lamborghini’s plant in Sant’Agata Bolognese to accommodate more automated processes, production of the Revuelto is still very much a hands-on affair, with plenty of traditional handcrafted skills retained, ensuring production will remain limited. According to Lamborghini, around 500 staff are dedicated to the car’s production.
The Revuelto was revealed in March as the successor to the Aventador. It’s Lamborghini’s first plug-in hybrid and is powered by a sophisticated setup combining a newly developed V-12 and three electric motors for a combined output of 1,000 hp.
The Revuelto isn’t just an Aventador with more power, though. It represents a ground-up redesign that in addition to electrification includes a new carbon-fiber tub, a new 8-speed dual-clutch automatic transmission, and that new V-12.
Lamborghini quotes performance numbers of 2.5 seconds in the 0-62 mph run and a top speed of 218 mph.
Lamborghini hasn’t announcing pricing for the Revuelto in the U.S., but in other markets the car is priced from 500,000 euros (approximately $548,700). Deliveries are scheduled to start in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Lamborghini’s Urus will be the automaker’s next plug-in hybrid. The SUV will go the electrified route starting in the first half of 2024. A plug-in hybrid successor to the Huracán will then arrive toward the end of 2024. Further out, Lamborghini plans to launch an electric vehicle in 2028. It was confirmed by the automaker in April as a 2+2 grand tourer.
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Mercedes-Benz has introduced an update to its mid-size van family to help keep the vehicles fresh until the arrival of successor models based on a dedicated electric vehicle platform later this decade.
The sole mid-size van Mercedes currently sells in the U.S. is the Metris. In other markets, the Metris is known as the Vito and is sold alongside a luxury version called the V-Class. The Vito and V-Class also come in electric form, known as the eVito and EQV respectively.
While the Vito has been updated, there are no plans to bring it to the U.S. as an updated Metris. The current Metris is still available to U.S. buyers but will be phased out later this year.
The updates to the mid-size van family include tweaks to the exterior styling highlighted by an enlarged grille and new light signatures for the headlights. There’s also a new dash design that adopts a single panel integrating both a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster and 12.3-inch infotainment screen in the plush V-Class and EQV. In the Vito and eVito commercial models, the dash sticks to analog gauges with a 5.5-inch screen in the center, plus a 10.3-inch infotainment screen. Buyers also have five new colors to choose from, along with various wheel patterns ranging from 17-19 inches in diameter.
Mercedes has also added new digital services and safety features, one of which is an updated Active Brake Assist feature that now functions in intersections. Active Brake Assist is a collision warning system that supports the driver by automatically adding extra braking pressure when necessary, and activating automatic emergency braking if the driver fails to apply the brakes.
No change has been made to the powertrains meaning buyers have a series of diesels to choose from, including 4- and 6-cylinder options, plus an electric powertrain in the eVito and EQV.
While the U.S. will soon lose the Metris, Mercedes in May said it will bring a luxury mid-size van to this market later this decade. It will be based on the new Van.EA platform. The dedicated EV platform will spawn its first model in 2026, though Mercedes hasn’t revealed the model’s identity.
Mercedes said it expects electric vans to account for 50% of its van sales by 2030.
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Porsche earlier this week revealed more than just a first look at its lounge-like road-trip fast-charging stations, to be laid out along some top routes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
Within details for these design-savvy charging oases there was a bigger technology reveal: Its EVs in the future, it hinted, may charge above 300 kw and perhaps closer to 400 kw.
That message came within how the automaker explained the charging hardware situated at these Porsche Charging Lounges. They’ll be “perfectly tailored to the requirements of Porsche drivers on long journeys,” the company explained. That means a current max charge power of 300 kw from the Alpitronic hardware at those stations, it explained, but it then stated: “By the start of next year, 400 kw per charging point should be possible.”
Since its launch, the Porsche Taycan has been capable of 800-volt DC fast-charging up to 270 kw—made more reproducible for 2022—offering a 5-80% charge in as little as 22.5 minutes.
The 2024 Porsche Macan Electric, which is due to go on sale in the first half of 2024 and built on the PPE platform jointly developed by Porsche and Audi, will inherit the Taycan’s 800-volt charging. But Porsche has suggested that PPE may be capable of a bit more.
While the Macan may stretch closer to 300 kw, it has to be another future vehicle that fast-charges at an even higher rate, taking advantage of those 400-kw connectors.
But the charger announcement may be teasing a product that’s yet to come and farther in the future. Will that be the Boxster-inspired electric sports car, which might include the 718 badge; a production version of the 900-volt Mission X concept the brand recently revealed; or another new EV from the sports-car brand? Or all of the above?
Porsche has said that by 2030 over 80% of the vehicles it delivers globally will be fully electric—although it’s suggested that the last gasoline model it will make will be the 911.
That said, a model that might take advantage of a 400-kw connector might top out higher than the Lucid Air, which reaches a max just over 300 kw, and the GMC Hummer EV with the largest dual-layer pack, which can at times pull the full power from a 350-kw connector.
Such a model tapping the potential of a 400-kw connector might not be coming until 2025 or 2026, but when it does, then Porsche looks prepared with the infrastructure.
The Taycan is already approaching its intended gas-station refueling times—if the infrastructure’s there. With some carefully planned charging stops, one crossed the U.S. last year at real-world highway speeds with just 2.5 hours of charging.
As for those lounges, Porsche aims to place them close to “busy routes with significant traffic flow,” make them open 24/7, barrier-free, and part of the Ionity network, and provide centralized billing and a very comfortable environment. If the images provided, showing woodgrain finishes, bright interiors, workout areas, and rooftop solar cells are any indication, it looks like a very pleasant environment compared to the edge of the Walmart parking lot or strip-mall access road.
Although Porsche has no plans to build these charging oases in the U.S. as of yet, fellow VW Group entity Electrify America offers 350-kw connectors at many of its 809 U.S. fast-charging locations. And the national fast-charging network set to be bankrolled by seven automakers, announced earlier this week, with 350-kw connectors as a baseline, will help support these even-faster-charging EVs.
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