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Allentown, PA, Aug. 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CrossAmerica Announces Pending Acquisition of Assets of Community Service Stations
- CrossAmerica to acquire wholesale fuel supply portfolio in the Greater Boston area
- Approximately 75 million gallons across the supply contracts
ALLENTOWN, PA, August 24, 2022 – CrossAmerica Partners LP (: CAPL) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire certain assets of Community Service Stations.
The assets consist of wholesale fuel supply contracts to 39 dealer owned locations, 34 subjobber accounts and two commission locations (1 fee based and 1 lease). The supply contracts include approximately 75 million gallons of fuel annually through such fuel brands as Exxon Mobil, Shell, Gulf and others.
“We are excited to acquire these attractive assets from one of the leading wholesale distributors in the Boston area,” said President and CEO Charles Nifong. “This acquisition expands our fuels business in the New England market with new dealers and strengthens our relationship with several of our major fuel supplier partners.”
The acquisition is subject to customary conditions to closing. CrossAmerica currently expects the transaction to close during the fourth quarter of 2022. It is anticipated that the acquisition will be financed with cash on hand and/or undrawn capacity under the CrossAmerica revolving credit facility. The Partnership expects the acquisition to be immediately accretive to distributable cash flow to limited partners.
The terms of the transaction were approved by the board of directors of the general partner of CrossAmerica.
Matrix Capital Markets Group, Inc. served as the exclusive financial advisor to Community Service Stations, Inc.
About CrossAmerica Partners LP
CrossAmerica Partners is a leading wholesale distributor of motor fuels, convenience store operator and owner and lessor of real estate used in the retail distribution of motor fuels. Its general partner, CrossAmerica GP LLC, is indirectly owned and controlled by entities affiliated with Joseph V. Topper, Jr., the founder of CrossAmerica Partners and a member of the board of the general partner since 2012. Formed in 2012, CrossAmerica Partners LP is a distributor of branded and unbranded petroleum for motor vehicles in the United States and distributes fuel to approximately 1,750 locations and owns or leases approximately 1,150 sites. With a geographic footprint covering 34 states, the Partnership has well-established relationships with several major oil brands, including ExxonMobil, BP, Shell, Sunoco, Valero, Gulf, Citgo, Marathon and Phillips 66. CrossAmerica Partners ranks as one of ExxonMobil's largest distributors by fuel volume in the United States and in the top 10 for additional brands. For additional information, please visit www.crossamericapartners.com.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Statements contained in this release that state the Partnership’s or management’s expectations or predictions of the future are forward-looking statements. The words “believe,” “expect,” “should,” “intends,” “estimates,” “target” and other similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. It is important to note that actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements. For more information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed or forecasted, see CrossAmerica’s Form 10-K or Forms 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and available on CrossAmerica’s website at www.crossamericapartners.com. The Partnership undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any statements in this release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Investors:
Randy Palmer, 210-742-8316
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'A Devastating Loss': Two NCAA Football Players and One Other Student Killed in Crash
Two freshman members of the Indiana State University football team were among three students who were killed in a weekend crash, officials said Monday.
Two other football team members who were injured in the crash were out of intensive care but remained hospitalized in serious condition, the university said in a statement.
The single-vehicle crash happened around 1:30 a.m. Sunday when the vehicle went off a state highway and struck a tree in the small town of Riley, about 10 miles from the university’s Terre Haute campus.
Vigo County Sheriff John Plasse said the vehicle was on fire when deputies arrived and the driver and two passengers were pronounced dead at the scene.
The sheriff’s department didn’t say who was driving or release additional details about the circumstances of the crash.
Those killed were identified as Christian Eubanks, 18, of Waukegan, Illinois; Jayden Musili, 19, of Fort Wayne, Indiana; and Caleb VanHooser, 19, of Liberty Township, Ohio, in the northern Cincinnati suburbs.
Eubanks was a freshman linebacker who went to Warren Township High School, and VanHooser was a freshman defensive back who went to Lakota East.
Our deepest thoughts, prayers and condolences go out to the families and everyone involved in this tragic accident.
We send our thoughts and prayers to Caleb and Christian’s family, friends and teammates during this difficult time.https://t.co/xgM8T1tJyp pic.twitter.com/i3OgRc8Adl
— Indiana State Football (@IndStFB) August 22, 2022
Musili was a sophomore who became an Indiana State student this year and wasn’t on the football team, the school said.
Those injured were Omarian Dixon, 20, of Lafayette, Indiana, a redshirt freshman running back; and John Moore, 19, of Wheaton, Illinois, a redshirt freshman linebacker.
University President Deborah J. Curtis called the crash a tragedy and said “the Sycamore family is mourning.”
Hundreds of students and others gathered Sunday evening outside the university’s football stadium for a vigil in honor of the crash victims.
Hundreds of ISU students, coaches & parents have gathered outside Memorial Stadium to support @IndStFB after this morning’s tragic accident. Head Coach Curt Mallory, Captain Dante Hendrix & Athletic Director Sherard Clinkscales delivered short but meaningful messages #Sports10 pic.twitter.com/C7v8LhIBIo
— Marty Ledbetter (@MartySports10) August 21, 2022
“It is a terrible day for Indiana State football and a devastating loss for both the Eubanks and the VanHooser families,” football coach Curt Mallory said in a statement.
“Both young men were quality individuals who were loved and respected by their teammates and this staff. To say they will be missed is an understatement,” he said.
“Our continued prayers and support are with their families, friends, and teammates during this difficult time.”
Sherard Clinkscales, the school’s athletic director, said in a statement, “My heart is broken at the loss of these three souls.”
“Life is so precious, and it is very difficult to comprehend when tragic events like this happen,” Clinkscales said. “They will always be remembered. My heartfelt condolences and prayers go to each of their families.”
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Man United defender Eric Bailly joins Marseille on loan
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United defender Eric Bailly has joined Marseille on a season-long loan with a view to a permanent move. United said the deal “includes the possibility of a permanent transfer at the end of the season.” Bailly has made 113 appearances for United since moving from Villarreal in the summer of 2016 but has fallen down the pecking order after the arrival of Lisandro Martinez this offseason to join center-backs Harry Maguire, Raphael Varane and Victor Lindelof. Bailly helped the club win the League Cup and Europa League in his first season but has also been hampered by injuries throughout his time at Old Trafford. | https://kvia.com/ap-national-sports-3/2022/08/24/man-united-defender-eric-bailly-joins-marseille-on-loan/ | 2022-08-24T21:27:44Z | https://kvia.com/ap-national-sports-3/2022/08/24/man-united-defender-eric-bailly-joins-marseille-on-loan/ | false | null |
MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The McAllen Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a man accused of theft.
Emmanuel Shaft Thompson, 28, has a warrant out for his arrest by the McAllen Municipal Court.
At 5:57 p.m. Monday McAllen Police responded to the 2200 block of South 10th Street in reference to a theft.
According to police, Thompson stole merchandise and left the area in a white Kia Optima.
Thompson is described as a five-foot-six-inch man with black hair and black eyes. He is reported to weigh about 160 pounds.
Those with information regarding the suspect’s whereabouts or information about the case are urged to call the McAllen Crime Stoppers at (956) 687-8477. | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/mcallen-pd-man-wanted-for-theft/ | 2022-08-24T21:29:52Z | https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/mcallen-pd-man-wanted-for-theft/ | true | null |
Tokyo Mew Mew New
Episode 8
by Rebecca Silverman,
How would you rate episode 8 of
Tokyo Mew Mew New ?
Community score: 3.8
I think we could all be forgiven if we wondered why there was so much Bu-Ling in what was supposed to be Lettuce's episode. Not that a lot of Bu-Ling is a bad thing – her hyperactivity is infectious, and seeing how much she loves her younger, possibly quintuplet siblings is very sweet. That's especially true of how solicitous she is of Huacha, the one kid who's always a beat behind the others. Bu-Ling explains to Lettuce that people misjudge him because his pace isn't the same as everyone else's, and that causes them to miss how smart he really is. That seems like something that Lettuce is in a unique position to understand, if only because of her horribly low self-esteem. Lettuce continually underestimates herself because she's not as enthusiastic as Ichigo, as bouncy and coordinated as Bu-Ling, or as confident as Mint and Zakuro. She's so focused on what she can't do that she hasn't taken the time to figure out what she can, and that's really sad.
Fortunately, episode eight is here to help her with that. While the premise is straight out of a shoujo fever dream – Café Mew Mew is somehow well enough established that it can host a black-tie dessert tasting on Ryo's family yacht – putting the gang on the water is a good way for Lettuce to realize that she's more than the sum of her anxieties. It says a lot that she's so busy being upset with herself that she forgets what animal she's been fused with, because as someone who now shares DNA with a dolphin, the ocean is exactly where Lettuce is supposed to be in order to shine.
It does take a long time to get her to that point, though. The first three-quarters of the episode focus on Ichigo's increasingly complicated love life and Bu-Ling's cute family, while Lettuce bumbles around in the background trying desperately to be helpful. When the other girls note that she's trying too hard, they don't seem to be judging her, but it does both create a sense that Lettuce is the square peg in their board, unable to fit into the neat round holes everyone else slides into. Bu-Ling comes the closest to understanding, and that's largely because of Huacha; she sees that Lettuce and her little brother are both misunderstood by others, and she's observant enough to notice that the two of them are getting along pretty well. That does make it fitting that the most impressive moments of the fight against the most vicious fish since the last time the bluefish were running in the bay belong to the two of them, with Mew Pudding saving four of her siblings and Mew Lettuce rescuing Huacha.
The fact that we finally get Lettuce's full transformation almost makes it worth the wait, but more importantly, Mew Lettuce is the first to truly unlock the greater extent of her powers. We've seen Mew Ichigo flip around midair to land on her feet, but Lettuce's powers not only allow her to learn how to swim, she can full-out turn into an honest-to-goodness mermaid. A dolphin mermaid, so she can't breathe underwater but instead has increased breath-holding powers, but still, that's nothing to sneeze at. She can also use sonar to get a picture of what's going on around her when she's in the water, and she's the one who discovers the purification item as well. She may not get the bulk of the screentime, but Mew Lettuce has significantly upped the ante for what the girls should be able to do.
In the long term, Lettuce now has a better sense of herself as a competent person, and that's something she badly needed. It would have been nice for Ryo to be interested in her rather than Ichigo, but Lettuce is also better off seeing herself as complete without a guy, and Ryo does give her the push that she needed to start moving forward. She may not be as dynamic as the other girls, but Lettuce is more than capable of holding her own. I just wish the episode had trusted that she could carry it by herself.
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court has designated Associate Judge Anthony Cannataro to serve as acting chief judge after Janet DiFiore steps down next week.
Cannataro, the former administrative judge of New York City’s civil court, has been a member of the state’s Court of Appeals since June 2021.
He will remain in charge in an interim capacity until a new chief judge is nominated by Gov. Kathy Hochul and confirmed by the state senate.
The state’s Commission on Judicial Nomination, which screens candidates for Court of Appeals vacancies, said it is currently considering applications to replace DiFiore, who leaves on Aug. 31.
As acting chief judge, Cannataro, 57, will have a dual role: leading the seven-member high court and overseeing the operation of the entire state court system.
Cannataro, a son of Italian immigrants and graduate of Columbia University and New York Law School, was first elected to the bench in 2011, serving as a family court judge in Brooklyn and a civil court judge in the Bronx.
In 2016, he was appointed supervising judge Manhattan civil court. The following year, he was named administrative judge for the city’s civil court.
Cannataro, who lives with his husband in Westchester County, has served on several court and bar association committees, including as co-chair of the Richard C. Failla LGBT Commission, according to his court biography.
DiFiore, the state’s chief judge for six years, announced her resignation in a letter to colleagues last month, saying that she was to “move on to the next chapter of my professional life.” She did not elaborate on what she planned to do next.
DiFiore, 66, was district attorney in suburban Westchester County until then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo nominated her to the Court of Appeals in 2015. She is New York’s second female chief judge.
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WHITE BIRD — Save Your Hall fundraising: Les and Polly Fisher will hold the last “Burger Monday” feed this coming Monday, Aug. 29 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. They are located at the Veterans Memorial Park in downtown White Bird. All proceeds from the meals go to help pay for repairs on the Odd Fellows Hall. They would like to thank everyone who helped them by donating the supplies and who helped them serve the lunches. We would like to thank them for all their hard work. Contributions to help repair the hall can be mailed to Royal Gem Rebekah Lodge 13, PO Box 200, White Bird ID 83554.
Reminder for the residents of White Bird: Water restriction notice! Due to the current conditions of the city wells, lack of water in the storage tanks, and the intense heat, the city is requiring the following restrictions on the use of city water: Only water every three days; Only water for 30 minutes. Do not wash vehicles of any kind; Do not water during the hottest part of the day; Do not water every day, and do not water unless absolutely necessary.
With all the hot, dry weather that we have been having, everyone is being careful not to accidentally start a wildfire. That is why it is so maddening when someone deliberately sets fires. Many thanks go out to the Forest Service personnel, who reported a suspicious person, and to the deputies who quickly responded and arrested the suspect. Thankfully, the Quinn Fire on the Joseph Plains was contained to 400 acres. Thanks also to the firefighters who worked so hard in high temperatures to put out the fire. On that same subject, I noticed a number of people at the White Bird fire station this past Saturday working on the fire equipment. Thank you to all the volunteers who work so hard to be prepared for fire emergencies. We need you and appreciate all that you do.
The Idaho County Fair has come and gone this year and I hear a number of kids on the Salmon River did very well with their animals and crafts. I was going to name names but realized I would surely miss some kids and what they did. I did hear that Briisin Trivett would much rather operate a combine than a chicken. The 4-H and other groups who work with the kids do such a great job of helping the young people learn good work ethics and the responsibility of caring for an animal. Congratulations to all the young people who entered the fair, and also to the parents and grandparents who made it possible. | https://www.idahocountyfreepress.com/community/white-bird-news-residents-should-conserve-water-for-white-bird/article_cb14b1ec-2329-11ed-9098-9b8d7d59e8ee.html | 2022-08-24T21:38:33Z | https://www.idahocountyfreepress.com/community/white-bird-news-residents-should-conserve-water-for-white-bird/article_cb14b1ec-2329-11ed-9098-9b8d7d59e8ee.html | true | 1 |
Man sentenced for child sex abuse after girl confided in her teachers, DA says
JACKSON COUNTY, N.C. (WHNS/Gray News) – A man in North Carolina has been convicted of child sex crimes after the girl confided in her school teachers about the abuse.
Jurors convicted Johnathon Micah Maney, 40, of statutory rape of a child under the age of 13 by an adult, two counts of statutory sex offense of a child under the age of 13, and four counts of indecent liberties with a child.
District Attorney Ashley Welch said the abuse started in August 2014 when the girl was 9 years old. At age 14, the girl confided in her teachers about the abuse.
“She felt comfortable enough to go to her teachers and tell them that she was suffering from anxiety and panic attacks from the abuse,” Assistant District Attorney Chris Matheson said. “They were her safe outlet.”
The DA’s office said the girl’s teachers contacted law enforcement after hearing about the abuse.
“This young girl trusted them with the information about three horrific years of abuse,” Welch said. “I cannot express strongly enough how important a role educators are playing in our children’s lives. Sometimes, it is lifesaving.”
Maney was sentenced to serve a minimum of 51.3 years to a maximum of 72.41 years in prison.
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SAN MATEO, Calif., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Reali, the real estate and fintech platform transforming home buying and selling, announced today it will begin a shutdown and will be laying off most of the workforce on September 9, 2022.
Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board Amit Haller said, "Reali was one of the pioneering companies to offer the 'buy before you sell' and 'cash offer' programs to homeowners. We believed deeply in benefiting the consumer foremost in every transaction. The six years Reali spent evolving the prop tech market in California helped elevate and transform the industry."
Due to the challenging real estate and financial market conditions and unfavorable capital-raising environment, Reali determined the best course of action is to close. Active real estate transactions will continue to be supported through the end of the year by a small team of employees. Reali is in ongoing conversations with companies that have expressed interest in acquiring specific parts of its business, including mortgage origination, title & escrow, and power buying.
"We had an incredible six-year run delighting homeowners," said Tyler Baldwin, Chief Executive Officer of Reali. "We want to extend our deepest gratitude to the thousands of homeowners who trusted Reali with their homeownership journeys, the Reali team, our investors, and those who rooted for us from the sidelines. It has been a pleasure to serve our communities."
About Reali
Reali launched in 2016 and is a real estate and fintech company creating a one-stop shop to make homeownership streamlined, accessible, and stress-free every step of the way. We leverage first-in-kind technology and trusted real estate experts to serve home buyers, borrowers, and sellers in a single, integrated platform. Our wide range of alternative financing solutions makes a complicated process like buying and selling at the same time much less complicated. Customers can buy and sell in one coordinated transaction, eliminating resale contingencies, moving twice, and paying two mortgages at once.
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WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) _ Medicure Inc. (MCUJF) on Wednesday reported a loss of $535,000 in its second quarter.
On a per-share basis, the Winnipeg, Manitoba-based company said it had a loss of 5 cents.
The drugmaker posted revenue of $4.5 million in the period.
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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Unum Group's (NYSE: UNM) President & CEO, Rick McKenney along with Unum EVP and CFO, Steve Zabel, will represent the company at the 2022 Barclays Global Financial Services Conference.
McKenney and Zabel are scheduled to speak at the conference in New York at 10:30 a.m. EST on Wednesday, September 14, 2022. They will discuss the company's business strategy and future growth prospects. A live webcast of the presentation will be available on the Investors section of Unum's website, www.investors.unum.com, on the News and Events page.
ABOUT UNUM GROUP
Unum (NYSE: UNM), an international provider of workplace benefits and services, has been helping workers and their families for more than 170 years. Through its Unum and Colonial Life brands, the company offers disability, life, accident, critical illness, dental, vision and stop-loss insurance; leave and absence management support and behavioral health services. In 2021, Unum reported revenues of $12.0 billion and paid $8.2 billion in benefits. The Fortune 500 company is one of the 2022 World's Most Ethical Companies, recognized by Ethisphere®.
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jlo and ben affleck second honeymoon
After three days of partying at the actor’s estate in GeorgiaJLo and Ben Affleck headed to Lake Como, Italy to enjoy their second honeymoon.
Recently the couple was captured at the Grand Hotel Tremezzoa spectacular five-star hotel with art nouveau architecture, located on the shore of the Italian lake.
According to witnesses, JLo and Affleck as soon as they set foot on Italian lands were seen enjoying a romantic dinner at a hotel. Afterwards, according to the Daily Mail, they boarded a boat for a night ride through the Italian lakes, where by the way George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin have a summer house.
Apparently one of the couple’s favorite destinations is Europe since after getting married in Las Vegas, they chose Paris to celebrate their first honeymoon accompanied by their children and enjoyed a walk along the famous Seine River.
JLo and Ben Affleck wedding
On August 20, the famous couple married for the second time at the actor’s estate located in Savannah, Georgia. It was right in the same place 20 years ago where his first wedding was canceled.
There were three days of celebration attended by relatives and Hollywood celebrities like Matt Damon, George Clooney, Jane Fonda and Jimmy Kimmel.
What was surprising to everyone was the absence of Jennifer Garner, Affleck’s ex-wife and the brother of actor Casey Affleck. The same person who did not attend was Marc Anthony, the father of the actress’s children. Something that caught the attention of his fans was that the guests attended the celebration dressed in white, something unusual for a wedding. | https://codelist.biz/2022/08/24/jlo-and-ben-affleck-second-honeymoon/ | 2022-08-24T21:41:45Z | https://codelist.biz/2022/08/24/jlo-and-ben-affleck-second-honeymoon/ | true | 1 |
KINGSTON, N.Y. — Democrat Pat Ryan edged out Republican Marc Molinaro in the special election for the 19th Congressional seat in a race that many saw as a referendum on abortion rights.
But with only a 2,991-vote gap between the two, the election could hinge on outstanding absentee and affidavit ballots and could potentially be headed for a recount.
In unofficial results posted by the New York State Board of Elections, with all precincts reporting, Ryan garnered 65,943 votes to the 62,952 cast for Molinaro.
Ryan’s victory comes despite the fact that Molinaro won in nine of the 11 counties in the 19th Congressional district.
While Molinaro carried Dutchess County where he serves as county executive, his victory there was by no means a blowout: Molinaro tallied 12,972 votes in his home county while Ryan garnered 12,112.
Ryan, meanwhile, bested Molinaro in Ulster County, where Ryan is county executive, by nearly 10,000 votes, receiving 24,042 votes to Molinaro’s 14,863.
The only other county Ryan emerged victorious in was Columbia County.
The 19th Congressional district as currently configured comprises Ulster, Sullivan, Columbia, Greene Schoharie, Ostego, and Delaware counties, as well as most of Dutchess and Rensselaer counties and portions of Mongomery and Broome counties.
Ryan’s victory, should it hold, will keep the 19th Congressional district seat blue, at least for now.
Ryan, who will step down as Ulster County executive upon taking the congressional post, will fill the unexpired term of former U.S. Rep. Antonio Delagado, which expires at the end of 2022.
Delgado, a Democrat from Rhinebeck, resigned the seat in May to become lieutenant governor.
This was Ryan’s second bid for Congress. In 2015, Ryan, who was then a political unknown, lost in a multi-candidate primary for the Democratic line in the general election.
In April 2019, Ryan emerged victorious in a special election to fill the unexpired term of former Ulster County Executive Mike Hein, who resigned to take a position in state government in 2019. In November 2019, Ryan was elected to a full four-year term as county executive.
Molinaro, 46, has held public office since he was 18, when he was elected to the Tivoli Village Board of Trustees. In 1995, he became the youngest mayor in the U.S. when he was elected mayor of that village. Molinaro served five terms as mayor before being elected to the Dutchess County Legislature in 2000. He served in the county Legislature until 2006. he served in the state Assembly from 2007 until 2011 and became county executive in 2012.
In 2018, Molinaro ran unsuccessfully against Democratic incumbent Andrew Cuomo for governor.
Molinaro will be on the November general election ballot as the GOP candidate for a newly configured 19th Congressional district. That district comprises the Ulster county towns of Hardenburgh, Denning, Shandaken, Olive, Woodstock, Kingston, Hurley, Ulster and Saugerties, as well parts of Columbia and Otsego counties and all of Greene, Sullivan, Delaware, Broome, Chenango, Cortland, Tioga and Tompkins counties. It does not comprise any portion of Dutchess County, where Molinaro makes his home.
He will face Josh Riley, who won the Democratic primary for a spot on the November ballot.
Ryan, meanwhile, will run in the general election for the newly configured 18th Congressional district, which comprises all but the westernmost portion of Ulster County, most of Dutchess County and all of Orange County.
He will face Republican Colin Schmitt in that race.
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From the brink of bankruptcy, MoviePass is trying to make a comeback and the waitlist is set to open on Thursday.
CEO and co-founder of MoviePass, Stacy Spikes, announced that the new program is expected to kick off in September and detailed plans to open a waitlist this week for movie lovers to purchase the card.
“We are so excited to announce that we are beginning our launch sequence to bring MoviePass back,” Spikes wrote.
According to the MoviePass website, the waitlist will open on Aug. 25 at 9 a.m. Eastern Standard Time and it will close on Aug. 29 at 11:59 p.m. The new MoviePass should be ready to launch around Sept. 5 and the new card will have three pricing tiers costing $10, $20 or $30 depending on the market, according to the Wall Street Journal. Each tier will get a certain amount of credits to be able to use toward movies each month.
The waitlist is free and will be the only way to sign up for the service in the foreseeable future, according to the email MoviePass sent out to its customers. Spikes also wrote that the service will be offered on a first-come, first-served basis. Space is expected to be limited and engagement will help determine which markets will open first.
“Each person who joins the waitlist will receive 10 friend invites that will activate when they sign up for the service. If you do not make it on the waitlist the only way you will be able to join in the future is to receive an invite from someone,” Spikes wrote.
TIME magazine reported that MoviePass had more than 3 million members in the late 2010s but eventually fell apart when the deal became too good to be sustained. Cardholders were originally allowed to see one movie per day at participating theaters for just $9.95 a month.
MoviePass closed its doors after the company was sold to a private equity group back in 2017 for mismanagement. The company further collapsed in 2019 but was bought out of bankruptcy when Spikes purchased it in November of 2021, according to Business Insider.
Spikes was one of the original founders of MoviePass before it went dark and now has taken charge in announcing the relaunch of the ticketing service. Variety reported that in a presentation last February, Spikes said “a lot of people lost money, a lot of people lost trust,” after the company’s downfall. | https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2022/8/24/23319990/movie-pass-waitlist-stacy-spikes | 2022-08-24T21:51:29Z | https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2022/8/24/23319990/movie-pass-waitlist-stacy-spikes | false | 1 |
Heavy rains and flooding situations in several localities have affected train operations across the country, ARY News reported on Wednesday.
Stormy rains are continuing in different parts of Sindh province due to which several railway tracks were submerged or damaged at various places.
According to the Pakistan Railways officials, the rail tracks washed away at many localities on the Karachi, Quetta and Sukkur sections, which is delaying the movement of trains for up to 26 hours.
Train operation has been restricted as several railway tracks were submerged in rainwater. Several trains scheduled for Thursday have been suspended.
The Karakoram, Karachi Express running between Karachi and Lahore were suspended. Karachi-Rawalpindi Pakistan Tezgam Express will remain suspended while Karachi-Peshawar Awam Express was also suspended.
Similarly, Karachi-Quetta Bolan Express and Quetta-Peshawar Jafar Express were also suspended.
Mohenjo-daro Passenger for Kotri, Rohri, Dadu, Larkana has also been suspended. The passengers of suspended vehicles will be accommodated in other vehicles. If passengers want to get ticket refunds, they can apply online from the booking office. | https://arynews.tv/heavy-rains-flooding-affect-train-operations/ | 2022-08-24T21:54:06Z | https://arynews.tv/heavy-rains-flooding-affect-train-operations/ | false | 1 |
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The Difference Between Every Hulu Plan: Which Is Right For You?
It can be a challenge to decide between streaming services, but even after you do narrow it down, you'll probably still have a few options to pick from. Most platforms offer more than one subscription plan, and Hulu is no exception — in fact, at the time of writing, it offers four of them. Figuring out which of Hulu's membership offerings works best for you depends on a few factors. We'll be getting into the specifics of each of them soon, but if you're having a tough time choosing, you should ask yourself a few questions.
What's your streaming budget like, and are you eligible for any discounts? Beyond that, you'll also want to consider whether you hate unskippable advertisements enough that you're willing to pay a bit extra to avoid them. As well, which streaming services are you already paying for, and what would each Hulu plan offer you that you aren't getting anywhere else?
Also, don't worry about making the wrong choice; you can always change your plan later if you decide you want something different. With that said, note that if you subscribe to Hulu through a third party like Amazon, Apple, Verizon, or similar, the process to change your subscription structure may be a bit different.
Basic and ad-free Hulu plans detailed
Basic Hulu is the most affordable membership plan and will grant you access to the platform's streaming library at $6.99 per month, or you can pay $69.99 per year instead, which costs more upfront but will save you close to $14 (basically like getting two months for free). The catch is that you'll have to put up with advertisements being peppered throughout the shows and movies you watch — not unlike broadcast TV commercial breaks, except a little more awkward because there usually isn't a designated spot for the ads to go.
Alternatively, you can sign up for ad-free Hulu, which offers the same selection of media as the ad-supported version but ditches the ads for the most part. Some content may have ads that will play at the beginning or end even on the ad-free tier, but it doesn't apply to everything. You can sign up for the no-ads plan for $12.99 per month, though it doesn't offer a yearly subscription option like the ad-free plan.
Either choice will let you watch shows like "What We Do in the Shadows" and "Bob's Burgers," as well as new movies such as "Prey" and critically acclaimed films like "Parasite." Some TV shows and movies, including "Prey," aren't streaming anywhere else, either, so if you want to watch them without having to wait for a physical release or a move to a different platform, this is where you'll find them.
Hulu's bundle with Live TV, Disney+, and ESPN+
If you want more than just Hulu's own on-demand library of movies, shows, and originals, there's the Live TV, Disney+, and ESPN+ bundle that includes, well, all of that. The Live TV portion of this plan adds more than 60 live-streaming television channels spanning local, regional, and national networks that cover everything from sports to news.
Beyond that, this membership also grants access to both the Disney+ and ESPN+ streaming services. If you sign up for the bundle, you'll be able to browse Hulu's library, see what's going on live, check out even more extensive sports coverage and originals through ESPN+, and rack your brain trying to decide which of the many "Muppets" movies you want to watch on Disney+.
The bundle is basically four subscriptions in one, which is why it comes with such a high price tag of $69.99 per month — though keep in mind that's the same price as a full year of ad-supported basic Hulu. This plan option comes with the ad-supported version of Hulu, meaning you will see advertisements. If you want Hulu, Live TV, Disney+, and ESPN+ all rolled into one and with minimal ads, it'll set you back $75.99 per month instead.
Hulu's add-on entertainment options
Don't fret if you feel like standard Hulu won't be enough and the bundle would be too much, though. It's also possible (encouraged, even) to pick the baseline plan you want and then select add-ons to supplement your subscription. They aren't limited to just ESPN+, Live TV, or Disney+, and can tack a number of different services onto your current subscription, with prices varying between each one. Add-ons are a great way to make sure you're getting exactly what you want from Hulu.
Some of the add-on options are fairly cheap, including Disney+ for an extra $2.99 per month and Live TV Español for $4.99. The rest are more expensive, with Cinemax, ESPN+, Live TV Sports, and Live TV for Unlimited Screens all coming in at $9.99 per month each. A couple of add-ons are a tad cheaper, including Live TV Entertainment at $7.99 per month and Starz for $8.99, while the last two options are the priciest: HBO Max for $14.99 per month and Showtime for $10.99 per month.
So if, for example, you only want Hulu and HBO Max, you can sign up for the ad-supported or ad-free on-demand Hulu plan and then toss HBO Max in with it for a total of about $22 per month with ads or about $28 per month without ads. Of course, the possible combinations aren't limited to just those examples; it's like an à la carte menu, but for watching stuff. | https://www.slashgear.com/979451/the-difference-between-every-hulu-plan-which-is-right-for-you/ | 2022-08-24T21:58:20Z | https://www.slashgear.com/979451/the-difference-between-every-hulu-plan-which-is-right-for-you/ | true | 1 |
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Chick-fil-A grilled nuggets and filets contain dairy allergen due to supplier mishap
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Chick-fil-A's grilled nuggets and grilled filets have a dairy allergen due to an accidental contamination at its supplier, according to the company.
"A supplier notified us they had unintentionally added an undeclared dairy allergen in the recipe for our Grilled Filets and Grilled Nuggets," the company said in a statement, adding that when it learned about the contamination, "we took immediate steps to notify guests of this temporary issue."
A statement alerting consumers to the situation has been posted to the chicken chain's nutrition and allergens page, and a note about the dairy allergen has been added to the Grilled Nuggets page. The incident has impacted restaurants across the entire Chick-fil-A chain.
"We are actively working with the supplier so this doesn't happen again and to ensure the allergen is removed," the company said. "We understand and take seriously the trust our guests place in us to make sure their food is how they expect it, and we apologize for this situation. Our priority is that our impacted guests can enjoy these products again soon."
While the presence of dairy may not matter to some consumers, it can be dangerous to those with allergies.
Kids With Food Allergies, a division of the nonprofit Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, posted about the change on its Facebook page on Tuesday. Commenters on the Facebook post expressed dismay about the news, saying that it limited the food options for those with allergies even further.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 8% of U.S. children have a food allergy, and a 2019 study found that over 10% of American adults suffer from at least one food allergy. | https://www.mynbc5.com/article/chick-fil-a-grilled-nuggets-and-filet-contain-dairy-allergen/40982990 | 2022-08-24T22:02:35Z | https://www.mynbc5.com/article/chick-fil-a-grilled-nuggets-and-filet-contain-dairy-allergen/40982990 | false | 12 |
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Hundreds of bogus claims that sought a share of the $1.1 billion settlement in the deadly collapse of a Florida condominium building were ruled as fraudulent and invalid by a judge Wednesday.
More than 450 presumably false claims, most seeking about $50,000, were filed in the court settlement arising from the June 2021 collapse of the Champlain Towers South building in which 98 people died.
These claims “have no connection whatsoever” to the tragedy and appear to be “claims seeking to wrongfully capitalize on this tragedy at the expense of the true victims,” court-appointed receiver Michael Goldberg said in court documents.
During a brief hearing Wednesday, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman said none of the bogus claimants showed up to provide evidence under oath so their claims will be struck from the list of settlement beneficiaries.
“They had to submit the necessary documentation and they had to show up at the hearing,” the judge said.
The 457 false claims — out of 741 total — arrived mostly from western states, especially California, Oregon, Washington and Colorado, Goldberg said. They seem to be affiliated with a website called “hustlermoneyblog.com” that he said shows people how to file for damages in certain class-action settlements without providing proof.
The shaky claims from people insisting they were at the building and injured when it fell or owned units that suffered costly property losses were easily disproved with government records, first responder accounts and court documents, Goldberg said.
The apparent scammers could have been subjected to perjury charges based on submission of fraudulent claim forms, Goldberg added. There was no sign of a link to the Champlain Towers South settlement Wednesday on the website, which mostly contained information about credit card and bank account bonuses.
The $1.1 billion settlement fund for families of the victims who died and those who lost their units and property was approved by the judge in June.
The money comes from 37 sources, including insurance companies, engineering firms and a luxury condominium building whose recent construction next door is suspected of contributing to structural damage of Champlain Towers South. None of the parties admit any wrongdoing.
A billionaire developer from Dubai purchased the 1.8-acre (1-hectare) beachside site for $120 million, contributing to the settlement.
Champlain Towers South had a history of maintenance problems, and questions have been raised about the quality of its original construction and inspections in the early 1980s. Other possible factors in the collapse are sea level rise caused by climate change, which could cause damage from saltwater intrusion.
A final conclusion on the cause is likely years away. The National Institute of Standards and Technology is overseeing the investigation.
Another hearing is set next week on how to divide up attorney fees and costs from the settlement. Estimates are the fees would reach about $100 million combined. | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Judge-invalidates-bogus-claims-in-Florida-17396115.php | 2022-08-24T22:12:56Z | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Judge-invalidates-bogus-claims-in-Florida-17396115.php | true | 15 |
Kiwi soldier killed in Ukraine was a 'warrior until the end'
A New Zealand soldier who was killed while fighting in Ukraine has been hailed as a "warrior until the end".
It is understood the soldier is Dominic Bryce Abelen, who was in the Burnham-based Royal NZ Infantry Regiment’s 2/1 Battalion.
Abelen was killed in Ukraine while on leave without pay from the New Zealand Defence Force.
The Defence Force said on Wednesday it had received reports of the death of a serving soldier, who was not on active duty.
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“At this early stage, there is still more information to be gathered in order to understand the circumstances fully,” it said in a statement.
“The soldier was on a period of leave without pay at the time and was not on active duty with the NZDF.”
A family member told Stuff "statements will be released as time goes on".
A Kiwi ex-soldier who was fighting in Ukraine with Abelen told Stuff they had been fighting on the front.
The man, who says he was with Abelen, said "I need people to know Dom was a brave man".
He said he and Abelen has been part of an operation as members of Ukraine's foreign legion. He said they were carrying out a joint operation, where those on the Ukrainian side were to assess the viability of retaking a trench system on the front.
Intelligence suggested there was no enemy presence there, but that was not uncommon, and they planned as though it was occupied, the soldier said.
The Ukrainian side moved on the trench system under the cover of night, just before first light, and made contact with the enemy. Unfortunately, whilst directing the team and covering them, he was killed instantly.
Another-US born fighter also died from injuries, the soldier said.
Two others were injured and are recovering in hospital.
The pair met in East Ukraine, about a month ago, when the ex-NZDF soldier was training soldiers for the Ukrainian forces.
Kiwi ex-soldier Kane Te Tai arrived in Ukraine at the beginning of May. He also knew Abelen.
Te Tai posted a picture to social media on Thursday, saying Abelen was a "warrior until the end".
Journalist Tova O’Brien had met Abelen in Ukraine while reporting there, but she knew him as Tolkien, Today FM reported.
“Even in that brief time, it was clear he was brave and honest and determined and caring,” O’Brien said on air.
Aaron Wood, spokesperson for veterans’ trust No Duff, said he was connected to a network of about 100 former or current NZDF soldiers in Ukraine, which for the past six months has been at war with invading Russian forces.
Those on the front lines numbered in the 10s, he said.
Defence Minister Peeni Henare offered his sympathies to the soldier’s family.
“I express my condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the New Zealand soldier who is reported to have died in Ukraine while on leave from the army,” a statement said.
The Government has this year deployed 150 soldiers to the UK to train Ukrainian forces in weapons handling, first aid and military law. None have been deployed to Ukraine itself.
In March, the Government advised Kiwis against travelling to Ukraine, saying it could not provide protection in the war against Russia, which has already claimed thousands of lives.
That came after a group of former New Zealand service personnel said they were planning to escort two Ukrainian New Zealanders back to their war-torn country.
Former Defence Minister Ron Mark has just finished up his fourth mission with a Christian humanitarian organisation delivering aid and helping evacuate people from hotspots in Ukraine.
He’s engaged in two missions from home, and has twice travelled to the eastern European country – most recently earlier this month.
He has been contacted for comment.
Since 1987, 285 active Defence Force personnel have died, including off-duty accidents and from natural causes.
The Russian Invasion
The war began on February 24 when Russia invaded Ukraine. Three days earlier, it recognised two separatist states in the Donbas region and troops were deployed.
The war has drawn widespread backlash and condemnation from the international community, with many countries bringing in economic sanctions against Russia.
Russian president Vladimir Putin has claimed his military is conducting a “special military operation” to protect pro-Russian separatists.
About 9000 Ukrainian soldiers and at least 5000 civilians are thought to have been killed since the invasion began, along with 25,000 Russian troops.
Russia has taken about a fifth of Ukraine's territory.
This week, Ukraine marks 31 years since the country left the Soviet Union.
The Guardian on Wednesday reported president Volodymyr Zelenskyy as saying: “[Independence Day] is an important day for all of us. And that is why this day, unfortunately, is also important for our enemy. We must be aware that ... hideous Russian provocations and brutal strikes are possible.”
What happens over the next six months is uncertain.
The Telegraph has reported Ukrainian officials saying the war has become bogged down in a “strategic stalemate”.
Moscow, the newspaper reports, is unlikely to be in a position to change that situation very much over the next few months, given that Russian forces are exhausted, running low on precision-guided munitions, and completely out of ideas. | https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300670217/kiwi-soldier-killed-in-ukraine-was-a-warrior-until-the-end | 2022-08-24T22:15:26Z | https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300670217/kiwi-soldier-killed-in-ukraine-was-a-warrior-until-the-end | true | 2 |
Tiffany Haddish Used Her ‘Girls Trip’ Check to Pay Off Her House Because She Worried About Being Homeless Again
Emmy Award-winning actor Tiffany Haddish has risen to become a beloved figure in Hollywood over the past decade. But Haddish had a long and winding road to stardom: she was homeless before she became a comedian, and later, an actor. But even after her breakout movie, 2018’s Girls Trip , Haddish still feared becoming homeless again.
Tiffany Haddish got her start in comedy
Tiffany Haddish has been open about her difficult childhood in the past. She dealt with an abusive mother at home and sought to make her happy by making her laugh. She was eventually placed in the foster care system.
After she graduated from high school, Haddish’s social worker told her she either had to attend psychiatric therapy or go to the Laugh Factory’s Comedy Camp. Haddish, at 17 years old, chose to do comedy as an outlet for her pain.
Tiffany Haddish was homeless for a period
At the time, Haddish was living in Beverly Hills — but not in a luxurious mansion; she lived out of her car.
She received mentorship advice from notable comedians such as Richard Pryor, Dane Cook, and the Wayans brothers throughout her comedy career. But it was another future comedy star, Kevin Hart , who helped her get back on her feet when he discovered she was living in her car. He gave her money to find a place and told her to write down a list of goals.
Eventually, she started to appear in small TV roles, such as in Disney Channel’s That’s So Raven .
She used her ‘Girls Trip’ check to pay off her house
In 2018, Haddish was one of the stars of the hit comedy movie Girls Trip . It ended being her breakout role, as audiences everywhere now knew who she was.
After she started making more money in entertainment, she started using her money to ensure she would never be homeless again. She spoke about her early days of financial success in a 2022 interview with Cosmopolitan .
“I started trying to figure out how to create generational wealth. The fastest way to do it and the first way you should go about doing it is buy some land,” she said. “So before we even got into Season 2 of The Carmichael Show , I bought a house. Everybody told me I should wait, but I didn’t care. I just knew I was going to have to always make enough money to take care of me and the house, and that’s what I did.”
It ended up being a good move. “Between that show’s next season, the Keanu movie, and making sure I can live comfortably off of $500 a month, I was able to pay off half the house,” she continued. “The Girls Trip check was the final check. People told me to spend it in other ways, but I used it to pay off the house because I was always afraid of being homeless again.”
She’s still worried about financial security
In the years since Girls Trip , Haddish has appeared in several movie and TV roles, and has continued to make money, with an estimated net worth of $6 million in 2022, according to Celebrity Net Worth .
Still, despite being in a much better place financially, Haddish still worries about it disappearing one day. “Now I have a surplus of money, but I’m still afraid of being poor again,” she said. “Every movie I made, I would just buy another piece of land or a house.” | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2713030310417/tiffany-haddish-used-her-girls-trip-check-to-pay-off-her-house-because-she-worried-about-being-homeless-again | 2022-08-24T22:15:51Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2713030310417/tiffany-haddish-used-her-girls-trip-check-to-pay-off-her-house-because-she-worried-about-being-homeless-again | true | 2 |
WFO LAS VEGAS Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 24, 2022
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
249 PM PDT Wed Aug 24 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM PDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY...
At 249 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across eastern San Bernardino north of Interstate 15 by
Mountain Pass. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Life-threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Life-threatening flash flooding of low-water crossings,
creeks, normally dry washes and roads.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Mountain Pass, Kingston Road, and Excelsior Mine Road.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
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Puppet Masters
Six months after the start of the Special Military Operation (SMO) by Russia in Ukraine, the geopolitical tectonic plates of the 21st century have been dislocated at astonishing speed and depth - with immense historical repercussions already at hand.
To paraphrase T.S. Eliot, this is the way the (new) world begins, not with a whimper but a bang.
The cold-blooded assassination of Darya Dugina - terrorism at the gates of Moscow - may have fatefully coincided with the six-month intersection point, but will do nothing to change the dynamics of the current, work-in-progress, historical shift.
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) appeared to have cracked the case in a little over 24 hours, designating the perpetrator as a neo-Nazi Azov operative instrumentalized by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) - itself a mere tool of the CIA/MI6 combo that de facto rules Kiev.
The Azov operative is just a patsy. The FSB will never reveal in public the intel it has amassed on those that issued the orders, and how they will be dealt with.
One Ilya Ponomaryov, an anti-Kremlin minor character granted Ukrainian citizenship, boasted he was in contact with the outfit that prepared the hit on the Dugin family. No one took him seriously.
What is manifestly serious, however, is how oligarchy-connected organized crime factions in Russia would have a motive to eliminate Alexander Dugin, the Christian Orthodox nationalist philosopher who, according to them, may have influenced the Kremlin's pivot to Asia (he didn't).
These organized crime factions blamed Dugin for a concerted Kremlin offensive against the disproportional power of Jewish oligarchs in Russia. So these actors would have both the motive and the local know-how to mount such a coup.
If that's the case, it potentially spells out a Mossad-linked operation - especially given the serious schism in Moscow's recent relations with Tel Aviv. What's certain is that the FSB will keep their cards very close to their chest - and retribution will be swift, precise and invisible.
The straw that broke the camel's back
Instead of delivering a serious blow to Russia's psyche that could impact the dynamics of its operations in Ukraine, the assassination of Darya Dugina only exposed the perpetrators as tawdry killers who have exhausted their options.
An IED cannot kill a philosopher - or his daughter. In an essential essay, Dugin himself explained how the real war - Russia against the US-led collective west - is a war of ideas. An existential war.
Dugin correctly defines the US as a "thalassocracy," heir to "Britannia rules the waves." Yet now the geopolitical tectonic plates are spelling out a new order: The Return of the Heartland.
Russian President Vladimir Putin himself first spelled it out at the Munich Security Conference in 2007. China's Xi Jinping put it into action by launching the New Silk Roads in 2013. The Empire struck back with Maidan in 2014. Russia counter-attacked by coming to the aid of Syria in 2015.
The Empire doubled down on Ukraine, with NATO weaponizing it non-stop for eight years. At the end of 2021, Moscow invited Washington for a serious dialogue on "indivisibility of security" in Europe. That was dismissed with a non-response response.
Moscow took no time to assess that a dangerous US-led trifecta was instead in the works: an imminent Kiev blitzkrieg against Donbass; Ukraine flirting with acquiring nuclear weapons; and the work of US bioweapon labs. That was the straw that broke the camel's back.
A consistent analysis of Putin's public interventions these past few months reveals that the Kremlin - as well as Security Council Yoda Nikolai Patrushev - fully realize how the politico/media talking heads and shock troops of the collective west are directed by the rulers of Finance Capitalism.
As a direct consequence, they also realize how western public opinion is absolutely clueless, Plato cave-style, totally captive to the ruling financial class, who cannot tolerate any alternative narrative.
So Putin, Patrushev, and their peers will never presume that a senile teleprompter reader in the White House or a cokehead comedian in Kiev "rule" anything.
As the US rules global pop culture, it is fitting to borrow from what Walter White/Heisenberg, an average American channeling his inner bad, states in Breaking Bad: "I'm in the Empire business." And the Empire business is to exercise raw power, maintained with ruthlessness, by all means necessary.
Russia broke that spell. But Moscow's strategy is way more sophisticated than leveling Kiev with hypersonic weapons, something that could have been done at any moment, starting six months ago.
Instead, what Moscow is doing is talking to virtually the entire Global South, bilaterally or to groups of actors, explaining how the world-system is changing right before our eyes, with the key actors of the future configured as the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), BRICS+, the Greater Eurasia Partnership.
And what we see is vast swathes of the Global South - or 85 percent of the world's population - slowly but surely becoming ready to engage in expelling the finance capitalists from their national horizons, and ultimately taking them down: a long, tortuous battle that will imply multiple setbacks.
The facts on the ground
On the ground in soon-to-be rump Ukraine, Khinzal hypersonic weapons launched from Tu-22M3 bombers or Mig-31 interceptors will continue to be employed.
Piles of HIMARS will continue to be captured. TOS 1A Heavy Flamethrowers will keep sending invitations to the gates of hell. Crimean Air Defense will continue to intercept all sorts of small drones with IEDs attached. Terrorism by local SBU cells will eventually be smashed.
Using essentially a phenomenal artillery barrage - cheap and mass-produced - Russia will annex Donbass, very valuable in terms of land, natural resources and industrial power. And then on to Nikolaev, Odessa, and Kharkov.
Geoeconomically, Russia can afford to sell its oil with fat discounts to any Global South customer, not to mention strategic partners China and India. Cost of extraction reaches a maximum of $15 per barrel, with a national budget based on $40-45 for a barrel of Urals, whose market value today is almost double that.
A new Russian benchmark is imminent, as well as oil in rubles following the wildly successful gas for rubles scheme.
The assassination of Darya Dugina provoked endless speculation about the Kremlin and the Ministry of Defense finally breaking their discipline. That's not going to happen. Russian advances along the enormous 1,800-mile battle front are relentless, highly systematic, and deeply invested in a Greater Strategic Picture.
A key vector is whether Russia stands a chance of winning the information war with the west. That will never happen inside NATO's realm - even as success after success is unfolding across the Global South.
As Glenn Diesen has masterfully demonstrated in his latest book, Russophobia, the collective west is viscerally impervious to admitting any social, cultural, historical merits by Russia.
They have already catapulted themselves into the irrationality stratosphere: the grinding down and de facto demilitarization of the imperial proxy army in Ukraine is driving the Empire's handlers and its vassals literally nuts.
But the Global South should never lose sight of the 'Empire business.' That industry excels in producing chaos and plunder, always supported by extortion, bribery of local elites, and assassinations on the cheap. Every trick in the Divide and Rule book should be expected at any moment. Never underestimate a bitter, wounded, deeply humiliated, declining Empire.
Fasten your seat belts for more of this tense dynamic for the remainder of the decade.
But before that, all along the watchtower, get ready for the arrival of General Winter, whose riders are fast approaching. When the winds begin to howl, Europe will be freezing in the dead of dark nights, lit up occasionally by its finance capitalists puffing on fat cigars. | https://www.sott.net/article/471366-Six-months-into-Ukraines-collapse-the-world-has-changed-forever | 2022-08-24T22:16:57Z | https://www.sott.net/article/471366-Six-months-into-Ukraines-collapse-the-world-has-changed-forever | true | 4 |
OAKLAND – The A’s will open the 2023 season at home on March 30 against the Los Angeles Angels, a familiar element in an otherwise new and exciting bit of scheduling.
For the first time, the A’s will play every team in the National League next season. They will play the Angels and the other American League West rivals 13 times, six fewer than usual. In addition to 52 games against the A.L. West, the A’s will have 64 games against the AL East and Central, and 46 games against the N.L.
“It does a better job of balancing the schedule in terms of every team getting to play each other,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said. “Obviously, the divisions may be a little bit imbalanced year to year, consistently, but I do like the schedule.”
The A’s will see differences on the road.
While the A’s cross two time zones from one city to the next four times in 2023, they never have to cross three time zones to play another away game. The A’s did that once earlier this season, going from New York to Seattle to complete a 10-game trip.
The A’s also have just one trip to the Eastern Time Zone after the All-Star break, as they face the Washington Nationals Aug. 11-13.
The A’s also have just one three-city road trip: Miami, Pittsburgh and Milwaukee from June 2-11. They’ve had three three-city road trips this season.
“So eliminating those, and that time on the road will always help,” Kotsay said.
After the season-opening six-game homestand, and a seven-game trip to the East Coast against Tampa Bay and Baltimore, the A’s play nine of their final 16 games in April versus NL opponents, with three-game sets against the New York Mets, Chicago Cubs, and Cincinnati Reds.
The Coliseum will host A’s games against Atlanta, Arizona, Philadelphia, and San Diego for three-game sets, and the A’s will visit Colorado, Los Angeles, Washington, and St. Louis to go with Miami, Pittsburgh, and Milwaukee.
The A’s play in San Francisco on July 25-26, and host the Giants on Aug. 5- 6. The teams will also conclude their spring training schedules with an exhibition game in Oakland on March 26.
The A’s will be home for Mother’s Day (May 14 vs. Texas); Memorial Day (May 29 vs. Atlanta); Father’s Day (June 18 vs. Philadelphia); and Labor Day (Sept. 4 vs. Toronto).
Postgame fireworks shows are scheduled for May 26, June 30, July 22, and Sept. 15. Postgame drone shows are June 16 and Aug. 19.
2023 Oakland A’s schedule
(home dates in bold)
March 30 to April 2: vs. Los Angeles Angels
April 3-5: vs. Cleveland
April 7-9: at Tampa Bay
April 10-13: at Baltimore
April 14-16: vs. New York Mets
April 17-19: vs. Chicago Cubs
April 21-23: at Texas
April 24-27: at Los Angeles Angels
April 28-30: vs. Cincinnati
May 2-4: vs. Seattle
May 5-7: at Kansas City
May 8-10: at New York Yankees
May 11-14: vs. Texas
May 15-17: vs. Arizona
May 19-21: at Houston
May 22-25: at Seattle
May 26-28: vs. Houston
May 29-31: vs. Atlanta
June 2-4: at Miami
June 5-7: at Pittsburgh
June 9-11: at Milwaukee
June 12-15: vs. Tampa Bay
June 16-18: vs. Philadelphia
June 20-22: at Cleveland
June 23-25: at Toronto
June 27-29: vs. New York Yankees
June 30-July 2: vs. Chicago White Sox
July 4-6: at Detroit
July 7-9: at Boston
July 14-16: vs. Minnesota
July 17-19: vs. Boston
July 20-23: vs. Houston
July 25-26: at San Francisco
July 28-30: at Colorado
Aug 1-3: at Los Angeles Dodgers
Aug. 5-6: vs. San Francisco
Aug. 7-9: vs. Texas
Aug. 11-13: at Washington
Aug. 14-16: at St. Louis
Aug. 18-20: vs. Baltimore
Aug. 21-23: vs. Kansas City
Aug. 24-27: at Chicago White Sox
Aug. 28-30: at Seattle
Sept. 1-3: vs. Los Angeles Angels
Sept. 4-6: vs. Toronto
Sept. 8-10: at Texas
Sept: 11-13: at Houston
Sept. 15-17: vs. San Diego
Sept. 18-20: vs. Seattle
Sept: 21-24: vs. Detroit
Sept 26-28: at Minnesota
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Stocks closed modestly higher Wednesday as Wall Street recovered some of this week’s steep losses ahead of a highly anticipated speech by the Federal Reserve chair later this week. The S&P 500 rose 12.04 points, or 0.3%, to 4,140.77. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 59.64 points, or 0.2%, to 32,969.23. The Nasdaq gained 50.23 points, or 0.4%, to 12,431.53. Trading has been quiet the last two days ahead of a speech on Friday by Jerome Powell. Investors hope he’ll offer clarity about where rates are heading, the AP reports. Treasury yields rose after a report showed orders for long-lasting goods were stronger in July than expected, excluding transportation.
Intuit, the company behind TurboTax, rallied 3.6% for one of the larger gains in the S&P 500. On the losing end were several retailers, which are among the last companies to report how much profit they made during the spring. Nordstrom sank 20% after it cut its financial forecast for the year. Wall Street’s focus is centered on Friday, when Powell will give a speech at an annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It’s been the setting for market-moving speeches in the past, which has investors hoping Powell will offer clarity on where rate hikes are heading. Will he be hawkish, which is what traders call a bias toward aggressive rate hikes? Or dovish, which is Wall Street-speak for easier conditions?
Brian Jacobsen, senior investment strategist at Allspring Global Investments, isn't expecting Powell to be clearly one or the other. "I don’t think he wants to come across as hawkish or dovish, maybe he wants to come across as chicken," Jacobsen said, citing the many variables that could change the Fed’s thinking before its next meeting on rate policy in September. Despite all the anticipation for Powell's speech, Jacobsen said it may be a "nothingburger" with little to chew on, though the market could take that as a positive given some expectations for Powell to sound hawkish. (Read more stock market stories.) | https://www.newser.com/story/324625/stocks-edge-higher-ahead-of-big-powell-speech.html | 2022-08-24T22:20:09Z | https://www.newser.com/story/324625/stocks-edge-higher-ahead-of-big-powell-speech.html | true | 1 |
PHILIPSBURG, Sint Maarten — Police continue to arrest people for possession of stolen vehicles as officers conduct traffic controls in the different districts. Recent arrests total no less than five people who were in the possession of and/or driving a stolen vehicle.
Police remind the public that it is essential to conduct a thorough background research before purchasing any second-hand vehicle. This REMINDER is to inform the public how to avoid buying a possibly stolen vehicle.
Many stolen vehicles were resold at a price below their actual value. Some buyers have no idea that the vehicles were stolen until a police investigation.
Police hope this notice will also help protect the innocent buyer who intends to purchase a vehicle not knowing it is stolen and might stand a great chance in losing all rights to that vehicle and never having his/her hard-earned money refunded. To avoid coming in contact with the police or the justice system, the public should take note of the following before purchasing a second-hand vehicle.
⦁ Buyer must never make a financial transfer to buy for a vehicle without getting a signed and completed “Bill Of Sale” from the seller. (Buyer Beware!)
⦁ Buyer should request from seller all underlying documents that go with the vehicle that is being purchased.
Documents that should accompany the Bill of Sale when acquiring a second hand vehicle are:
• A copy of Seller’s ID (driver’s license/ID card or Passport)
• The buyer’s valid driver’s license (for verification)
• A copy the vehicle’s last insurance policy (for verification)
• A copy of the vehicle’s last inspection card (for verification)
• Or the original Carte de Grise (if being purchased from someone on the French Side)
• Check the VIN and engine number. (If it’s been tampered with)
The Police Department also advises anyone who is about to purchase a second hand vehicle to have the VIN number of the vehicle checked by an authorized car dealer, before proceeding with the financial transaction. | https://www.721news.com/2022/08/more-people-arrested-for-stolen-vehicle-possession/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-people-arrested-for-stolen-vehicle-possession | 2022-08-24T22:22:39Z | https://www.721news.com/2022/08/more-people-arrested-for-stolen-vehicle-possession/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=more-people-arrested-for-stolen-vehicle-possession | false | 1 |
ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Federal regulators have given the developers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline another four years to complete the long-delayed natural gas project.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission made the unanimous decision late Tuesday, the Roanoke Times reported. The new deadline for completion of the 303-mile pipeline spanning portions of West Virginia and Virginia is Oct. 13, 2026.
Mountain Valley, which asked for the extension in June, praised FERC’s decision and said it hopes to have the pipeline finished by late 2023. The project still needs to regain three sets of federal permits that were previously struck down in the courts.
“As outlined in the order … FERC commissioners agreed that a four year extension is reasonable given judicial review of new permits and that Mountain Valley has continued to actively pursue project construction,” spokeswoman Natalie Cox wrote in an email to the newspaper.
Environmental advocates criticized the decision. Pipeline construction has previously led to erosion and sediment-control violations in southwest Virginia.
“Apparently FERC has simply chosen to ignore the piles of evidence in the record of the harms MVP has wrought on the people and waters in its way,” said David Sligh with the group Wild Virginia.
The pipeline is a joint venture of five energy companies. | https://www.theridgefieldpress.com/news/article/Regulators-extend-deadline-for-Mountain-Valley-17396166.php | 2022-08-24T22:25:56Z | https://www.theridgefieldpress.com/news/article/Regulators-extend-deadline-for-Mountain-Valley-17396166.php | false | 16 |
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — When Tom Brady announced he was ending his brief retirement and returning to the NFL for a 23rd season, Leonard Fournette wasn’t caught off guard.
The Tampa Bay running back recalls having a conversation with the seven-time Super Bowl winner a few days after the team’s NFC divisional-round playoff loss to the Los Angeles Rams last January — a defeat that ended the Buccaneers’ bid to repeat as champions.
“I’m like 'TB, we can’t go out like that.’ He agreed with me,” Fournette said.
“As a champion,” the sixth-year pro, who re-signed with the Bucs shortly after Brady unretired, added, “I knew he wouldn’t want to go out like that for his legacy.”
Brady, who turned 45 a week into training camp, cited “unfinished business” as one of the reasons for changing his mind.
Before taking an 11-day break from the team during the preseason for personal reasons, he shrugged off questions about his ability to defy the odds and continue to excel at his advancing age.
“I don’t think you can do anything without incredible support. This is not about me, it’s about all of the people that have supported me to get to this point and I’m very grateful,” Brady said. “I’m just super grateful to everybody who has played an important role, and you can’t take anything for granted.”
SECOND CHANCE
Brady's retirement/unretirement wasn't the only development during a busy offseason. Todd Bowles begins his second stint as a head coach after being promoted from defensive coordinator to replace Bruce Arians, who retired and became a consultant to general manager Jason Licht. Bowles coached the New York Jets from 2015 to 2018.
NO EXCUSES
Brady led the NFL in completions, passing yards and touchdowns in 2021. Injuries and uncharacteristic mistakes during the loss to the Rams were factors in Tampa Bay failing to get back to the Super Bowl after setting a club record for regular-season victories with 13.
“I don’t think there’s any excuses. You either get the job done or you don’t. There’s only one team that is really happy at the end of the year, and it is the team that wins,” Brady said. “You have to come out the next year and do everything you can to put yourself in position.”
O-LINE WOES
Licht traded for former New England guard Shaq Mason to fill an opening created by losing Alex Cappa in free agency. There likely will be at least two other new starters playing in front of Brady after center Ryan Jensen suffered a knee injury on the second day of training camp and left guard Aaron Stinnie suffered a season-ending knee injury in the second preseason game. Young players will be counted on to step up, with second-year pro Robert Hainsey taking over at center and rookie Luke Goedeke and second-year pro Nick Leverett vying for the job at left guard.
“It’s not about experience, it’s about experience playing. Luke and Nick do a great job right now. They’re getting a lot of reps, so they’ve earned that right to compete for that spot,” Bowles said. “We don’t mind playing rookies. ... It’s just a matter of them getting in-game experience.’’
WELCOME ABOARD
The Bucs remain determined to surround Brady with everything he needs to win an eighth Super Bowl ring. That includes bringing in receivers Julio Jones and Russell Gage to bolster an already strong group of playmakers led by Fournette, Mike Evans and Chris Godwin. Veteran tight end Kyle Rudolph was signed after Rob Gronkowski announced his retirement, and ex-Bears defensive lineman Akiem Hicks was added to replace Ndamukong Suh.
Licht credits Brady, as well as the championship culture the Bucs have developed, for the success he’s had landing established players looking for an opportunity to play for a Super Bowl contender.
“I don’t think it’s a coincidence. I think in all those negotiations one of the top priorities that they had on their list was going to a team that they had a good chance of getting a ring. ... It’s a very attractive (factor),” the general manager said. “I’m not saying we’re definitely going to win the Super Bowl. We have a long road to go here and short time to get there. We just all feel we’re on the same page and we have a good chance.”
EARLY TEST
Tampa Bay’s defense, which has been one of the best against the run over the past three years, will face three of the NFL’s top quarterbacks in the first four weeks of the season. Linebacker Shaquil Barrett welcomes the challenge.
“I’m looking forward to it. I’ve always loved playing against the best players in the league because it’s a chance to make your mark on the league,” Barrett said.
“I’m always trying to prove myself and trying to earn my keep in this league and on this team,” Barrett added. “Going against those guys and making plays against those guys will help me do that. And if I do that, it will help the team succeed, too.”
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Popular YouTuber Cory Kenshin today expressed frustration with YouTube through a video in which he claims that the platform has shown favoritism and/or racism as it pertains to putting age restrictions on videos.
The video, which Kenshin also posted to YouTube, comes following some personal issues he experienced with the platform putting an age restriction on videos he posted of a playthrough of The Mortuary Assistant, which came out earlier this month.
Before going into details regarding his claims, Kenshin tried to make it clear that he was trying to show composure through the situation and give all of the details involved while airing grievances.
“I don’t want there to be any lost context,” he said. “I don’t want to just look like I’m coming out of nowhere, having a temper tantrum. … The allegations I am levying toward YouTube are extremely serious and I am taking this video extremely seriously. … YouTube, you guys either play favorites, you are racist, or it’s a mix of the two.”
After he saw that there was an age restriction on his video, the content creator looked to see if other videos with playthroughs of the same game were restricted and he noticed that only his post had any such restriction.
This led to him appealing his restriction. But according to Kenshin, that initial appeal was rejected. It wasn’t until Kenshin pointed out that another popular YouTuber, Markiplier, had a playthrough with all of the same content and no age restriction on it that the age restriction was removed from his video.
Upset that he had to provide YouTube with a video of a more popular, white creator to get his appeal accepted, Kenshin sent an email to his YouTube representative expressing his frustration.
Following the email and some conversations with his YouTube representative, that same original video had an age restriction on it again. And when he went to see Markiplier’s post, he noticed it also now had an age restriction on it.
“They got caught with their pants down,” he said. “They got called out, and then they had to go back and say, ‘oh woah woah woah, we see the narrative he’s kind of pushing here. We need to take some steps back.’”
Over the course of the 14-minute video, Kenshin explains how “unfair” the situation was from his perspective and how he feels that his channel is more “heavily scrutinized” than others.
Though he made claims of racism, Kenshin did concede that it is difficult to know for certain race was a primary factor in his situation.
“How do you expressly prove that someone is a racist unless they’re spamming the N-word in the chat,” he said. “Admittedly, I cannot prove 100 percent that race had everything to do with this.”
YouTube has not publicly responded to Kenshin’s claims. This article will be updated with any comment from the platform or Markiplier regarding Kenshin’s video. | https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/cory-kenshin-claims-youtube-shows-favoritism-and-racism-toward-creators | 2022-08-24T22:28:42Z | https://dotesports.com/streaming/news/cory-kenshin-claims-youtube-shows-favoritism-and-racism-toward-creators | true | 1 |
NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
WHY: Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Kiromic BioPharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRBP): (i) pursuant and/or traceable to the offering documents issued in connection with the Company's initial public offering conducted on or about July 2, 2021 (the "IPO"); and/or (ii) between June 25, 2021 and August 13, 2021, both dates inclusive (the "Class Period"), of the important October 4, 2022 lead plaintiff deadline.
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3 Thunder Bay police officers face misconduct allegations
Northwestern Ontario city's police board approves extension to serve officers with hearing notices
The Thunder Bay Police Services Board has agreed to extend the timeline to serve three officers with hearing notices over allegations they harassed another sworn member of the northwestern Ontario city's police service.
It's alleged Staff Sgt. Shawn Harrison, Sgt. Justin Dubuc and Const. Colin Woods harassed another sworn member of the police service through "rumours, public discrediting, and character assassination and ostracization."
In his decision released Wednesday, police board administrator Malcolm Mercer noted the Police Services Act (PSA) states a police board has six months from "the day on which the facts on which the complaint is based first came to the attention of the chief of police or board, as the case may be," to serve a notice of hearing, if the board chooses to do so.
In the case of the three officers, the board states the six-month period began "shortly after" Nov. 4, 2021, as that was the day police Chief Sylvie Hauth became aware of the allegations.
A three-month internal investigation then took place, followed by a PSA investigation conducted by Hamilton police that substantiated the investigations.
Mercer also noted the officers claimed the complainant first approached the Thunder Bay Police Association about the alleged harassment in early August 2021.
However, in her response, Hauth — who's suspended over allegations of misconduct — stated she was not made aware of the allegations until November.
The PSA specifies the six-month period starts when the police chief becomes aware of the allegations, Mercer notes.
"On the submissions of the parties, I am unable to conclude that the six-month period began earlier than shortly after Nov. 4, 2021," Mercer said in his decision. "The chief asserts that the officers' position is factually incorrect. In any event, what is asserted by the officers would not, if accepted, amount to the chief being aware on or about Aug. 6, 2021 of a sufficient body of factual information so as to create a reasonable belief that misconduct has occurred.
"As a result, I find that the six-month period began shortly after Nov. 4, 2021."
Mercer states all steps taken by the Thunder Bay Police Service were "reasonable, indeed fully appropriate taking into account both fairness to all concerned and the public interest in accountability."
"For these reasons, I conclude that the circumstances preceding the service of a notice of hearing reasonably warrant the delay in serving a notice of hearing and that it was reasonable, under the circumstances, to delay serving a notice of hearing until and after the six-month period had elapsed."
The documents are available on the police board's website.
Earlier this year, Harrison was found guilty of one count of discreditable conduct, and pleaded guilty to one count of neglect of duty, during a PSA hearing concerning the police investigation into the 2015 death of Ojibway man Stacy DeBungee, who was found in the McIntyre River in Thunder Bay. Harrison was lead on the DeBungee investigation.
In the latest case, it's unclear if the notices of hearing have been served to Harrison, Dubuc and Woods; a board spokesperson said that is handled by the chief's office.
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As Cobra Kai has teased, the battle for the soul of the Valley may be over, but the war is just beginning. And when the Emmy-nominated series returns with season 5, audiences will finally get to see how Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) plans to expand his empire and make his “No Mercy” style of karate the only way of fighting.
In doing so, he recruits Kim Da-Eun, played by Alicia Hannah-Kim. “Kim Da-Eun is the first female sensei of the Karate Kid universe,” the Minx actress says, describing her character “as being incredibly powerful, dangerous and mysterious.” Not only that but “she has her own, very particular fighting style. Her physicality is different from everybody else in the universe.”
While speaking to ET about how Da-Eun is going to shake things up on the series, Netflix also shared an exclusive preview of her character’s introduction in season 5 as she’s just getting off the plane to meet up with Silver. And it’s within those first moments, Da-Eun points out she’s not here for the money that Silver has offered her to join his dojo.
Although there’s a mutual alliance between Silver and Da-Eun, with the two “very much aligned and sharing the Cobra Kai philosophy to martial arts,” Hannah-Kim teases that her character is “not someone that’s at the beck and call of anybody else.”
The actress adds, “How she gets enmeshed into this ongoing feud in the Valley is something that viewers will find out throughout the season,” with everyone eventually learning what her true motivations are, especially as “everything that you know about Cobra Kai is about to be turned upside down.”
According to Hannah-Kim, “this season is incredibly emotional. It’s a roller coaster and there are these new elements that are introduced into the season that are going to take it to really exciting places.”
While fans will have to wait and see what’s to come from the new sensei, the actress can’t stress enough how much she was excited to join the Karate Kid universe with season 5 of Cobra Kai.
“It’s such an honor for me and a privilege to be in that universe, especially to inhabit the shoes of the first female sensei. It’s really, hugely meaningful for me on a personal level, not only to represent women but specifically Asian women,” Hannah-Kim says.
“It was just a dream and I’m very, very thankful, specifically to our creators, Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg, because they really took care of my character and really collaborated with me, especially on her origins, which are mysterious but also global. So, it was definitely interesting to build the character with them.”
She adds, “I hope the fans will embrace her.”
Cobra Kai season 5 premieres Friday, Sept. 9 on Netflix.
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Did This Woman’s 5 Great Danes Kill Her?
If what the coroner concluded in this woman's death is the truth, I can't imagine how horrible of a death this woman suffered. However, I can't help but be a bit skeptical of the coroner's findings in this case.
According to weareiowa.com, a passerby discovered a woman appearing deceased in a ditch in Northwest Iowa. He assumed it was from a motorcycle accident and stated he could not get close to the woman because of the 5 large Great Danes near her body.
Mindy Nelson Kiepe, 43 years old, a mother and a grandmother who live on a nearby farm just south of the Minnesota border was pronounced dead at the scene. The coroner found multiple dog bites on the woman during the autopsy and concluded that she had died from an attack by her 5 Great Danes.
It seems odd that this woman's dogs would, for some reason, attack and kill her. Some have speculated that she died of something other than the dog bites and the dogs had bitten her post mortem.
The sheriff's office said all five Great Danes were euthanized after the cause of death was released.
A friend of Kiepe's, Jessica Bailey wrote on her GoFundMe page set up to cover medical and funeral expenses "Mindy was a kind, caring, and loving person. She had the most beautiful smile. She would talk to anyone, and most definitely could make you laugh! She wasn't afraid of anything, and was always up for a challenge,"
Mindy Kiepe leaves behind a daughter, Destiny and a grandson.
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Memo sheds light on decision to clear Trump in Russia probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department officials who evaluated then-President Donald Trump’s actions during the Russia investigation concluded that nothing he did, including firing the FBI director, rose to the level of obstruction of justice and that there was no precedent for a prosecution, according to a memo released Wednesday.
The nine-page memo, prepared for then-Attorney General William Barr by a pair of senior Justice Department officials, offered a legal analysis on whether Trump had criminally obstructed the investigation into potential ties between Russia and his 2016 presidential campaign. Barr agreed with the conclusions of the March 24, 2019, memo and announced that same day that he had concluded that Trump’s conduct did not break the law.
Though the decision to clear Trump of obstruction has been well-documented, the newly disclosed memo offers additional details about how two of the department’s senior-most leaders arrived at that conclusion. The department’s decision was notable because special counsel Robert Mueller, who led the Russia investigation, declined in his 448-page report to decide whether Trump had obstructed justice but pointedly did not absolve him either.
The Mueller report scrutinized 10 instances in which Trump lashed out or otherwise injected himself into the Russia investigation. Those include his May 2017 firing of then-FBI director James Comey; his request to Comey three months earlier to drop an investigation into his administration’s national security adviser Michael Flynn; and his subsequent efforts to have Mueller fired.
In their memo, the two officials, Edward O’Callaghan and Steven Engel, asserted that none of those acts amount to criminal obstruction of justice and said evidence suggested that Trump took the steps he did “not for an illegal purpose” but because he believed the investigation was politically motivated and hampering his ability to govern.
In the case of Comey’s firing, for instance, they wrote that the “driving force” was anger over Comey’s refusal to publicly declare that the FBI was not investigating Trump himself rather than an effort by Trump to derail the investigation.
And in other instances, they said, none of Trump’s requests or directives to “change the supervision of the investigation” — including telling his White House counsel to engineer Mueller’s firing — was ever actually carried out.
“After the President provided his direction, in each instance, the orders were not carried out,” the memo states. “Of course, it is true that an act may constitute an attempt or an endeavor, even if unsuccessful. But the facts that the President could have given these directions himself, and did not remove any subordinate for failing to convey his directions, weigh against finding an intent to obstruct justice.”
They argued that the facts in the Trump investigation did not match up with any other prior obstruction prosecutions. Most of the obstruction cases cited by Mueller, they said, involved instances in which there was an inherently wrongful effort to hide or destroy evidence or to thwart the investigation of an underlying crime. Those factors do not exist here, they wrote.
“The Report identifies no obstruction case that the Department has pursued under remotely similar circumstances, and we have not identified any either,” the lawyers wrote, referring to Mueller’s report.
The department released the memo on Wednesday following an appeals court ruling from last week that said the document had been improperly withheld from a government watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, that had sued for it.
In a statement Wednesday, the group criticized the memo as presenting a “breathtakingly generous view of the law and facts for Donald Trump.”
“It significantly twists the facts and the law to benefit Donald Trump and does not comport with a serious reading of the law of obstruction of justice or the facts as found by Special Counsel Mueller,” the statement said.
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(NEW YORK) — As alarms over inflation and a possible recession sounded in recent months, a stock market rally offered a source of optimism — until this week.
The S&P 500 fell 2.1% on Monday, its worst day in more than two months. As of trading on Wednesday afternoon, the index had recovered some of its losses but remained down for the week.
The recent drop marks the latest swing of this year’s market seesaw. Bouncing back from a historic plunge over the first half of 2022, the S&P 500 rose more than 15% during a two-month period beginning in mid-June. Over that same period, the tech-heavy Nasdaq spiked more than 17% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose nearly 14%.
In fact, that rally makes up a key reason for the downturn in recent days, as investors determined that stocks became overpriced, market analysts said. The plunge also stems from fear that the Federal Reserve will continue a series of aggressive rate hikes, which aim to slash inflation by slowing the economy but risk tipping the U.S. into a recession, they added.
But analysts differed over whether this week’s downturn marks a brief hiccup or a sign of more losses to come, suggesting that murky economic data supports varied interpretations about the outlook of the economy and in turn corporate profits, the key focus for stock forecasters.
“Markets don’t go up or down forever,” Ed Yardeni, the president of market advisory firm Yardeni Research and former chief investment strategist at Deutsche Bank’s U.S. equities division, told ABC News. “At some point, buyers get exhausted and new buyers think things have gotten expensive and are waiting for a pullback.”
“It’s a tug of war between the bulls and the bears,” he added. “For a while, the bears were gaining ground. Over the last couple months, the bulls gained ground and now we may be at a standoff for a while.”
The volatility in markets owes in large part to looming concern that sky-high inflation will require the Fed to pursue ongoing, sizable hikes to interest rates, which would slow the economy and risk a recession, the analysts said.
Typically, the market has climbed in response to news about slowing inflation and a potential softening of rate increases; inflation spikes and rate moves are a common cause of selloffs.
For instance, lower-than-expected inflation data released earlier this month sent the S&P 500 soaring to its highest level in three months, reflecting optimism that price increases have peaked.
At meetings in each of the past two months, the central bank has increased its benchmark interest rate 0.75% — dramatic hikes last matched in 1994.
The rate increases may have contributed to a slowdown in price hikes. While still elevated, price increases last month waned from the near-historic pace reached in June, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The consumer price index, or CPI, rose 8.5% over the past year as of July, a marked slowdown from a 9.1% year-over-year rate measured in June, the bureau said.
Still, Fed officials have signaled in recent days that the central bank intends to continue a series of rate hikes, aiming to bring inflation back down to its target of 2%. Last Thursday, San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly told CNN that a 50- or 75-point basis hike at the central bank’s meeting next month would be “reasonable” and that rate hikes would continue into at least 2023.
Such signals from the Fed have contributed to the market decline this week, Ivan Feinseth, a market analyst at Tigress Financial, told ABC News.
“There’s fear that the Fed will have to raise rates aggressively to fend off inflation, but also fear of overreaching and the Fed in and of itself decimating the economy,” he said.
Market forecasters also face the challenge of murky economic data, Guggenheim analyst John DiFucci told ABC News.
Inflation remains near a 40-year high and GDP has slowed, raising the specter of stagflation, a damaging combination of high prices and anemic growth. But observers can take solace in employment data, which persists at robust levels, as the economy added a blockbuster 528,000 jobs last month and the unemployment rate stands at 3.5%.
“Things look pretty strong in certain indicators of the macro economy, whereas things look pretty weak in other indicators,” he said. “That’s the schizophrenic behavior of the market.”
Analysts offered conflicting assessments of the market outlook, in part because the murky market data sets an uncertain future for the economy.
The Fed may ease off of its aggressive rate hikes if inflation continues to fall, which could send stocks higher toward the end of the year, said Feinseth of Tigress Financial.
“We could see a new all-time high in the stock market by the end of year,” he said.
A potential recession, however, would hammer corporate profits, causing a prolonged downturn in the market, said DiFucci of Guggenheim.
“If we’re going to go through a longer period of weakness, stocks that typically trade at higher multiples are likely to moderate or come down,” he said. “It’s as simple as that.”
Yardeni, who identifies as “right in the middle” on the spectrum between market bears and bulls, predicted that stocks would move “sideways.”
“Everyone is asking these days if the market will be up or down,” he said. “The third option is nowhere fast.”
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Most are only worried about chapped lips or obtaining a plumper pout. However, there’s something else you need to start paying attention to right now. Sunburned lips are not a myth, and they can be extremely painful. Like any other sunburn, your lips will start to burn, peel, swell, become dry, and even blister. The lips’ skin is actually quite sensitive to the sun due to its thin layer of skin and lack of melanin to help protect it against the sun. And they become even more vulnerable when you’re spending time outside. That’s why it’s essential to provide another shield in any way that you can. Supergoop’s Lip Screen is the perfect solution to prevent sunburned lips. It powerfully defends against UV rays, thanks to its SPF 40 protection that leaves no white cast for just $22.
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Music in the Grapevines will wrap up at Two Rivers Winery
Published: Aug. 24, 2022 at 4:24 PM MDT|Updated: 30 minutes ago
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - Music in the Grapevines at Two Rivers Winery will wrap up it’s summer season on Wednesday, September 7, 2022.
This time, Stray Grass will take the stage with it’s “handcrafted acoustic Americana” styled music.
It’ll take place on the lawn of Two Rivers Winery, located at 2087 Broadway in Grand Junction. Gates will open at 6 p.m. and the concert will begin at 7.m. Wine will be available for purchase by the glass or by the bottle.
Tickets are available in advance at a discounted rate at Two Rivers Winery and The Art Center, or online at the Art Center website. Tickets will also be available at the gate.
All proceeds will benefit the Art Center of Western Colorado.
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McMahon, a Bowman company focused on transportation engineering and planning, today announced that the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 4 has awarded a contract for Traffic Operations Continuing Services to the firm for a term of 5-years beginning in August 2022. The contract has a funding limit of $5 million over the term of the contact.
Under this contract, McMahon will be providing the following services:
- In-house staffing to District 4
- Data collection
- GIS services
- Plan reviews
- Various traffic operations studies and assessments
“McMahon is very proud of our long-standing relationship with FDOT,” said Joseph DeSantis, P.E., PTOE, president, McMahon, a Bowman company. “Since the 1990s, McMahon has provided transportation services for many districts in Florida, and this contract is a testament to the quality and responsiveness of the services provided by McMahon’s transportation professionals. As a part of Bowman, we have additional capabilities and resources to meet the transportation engineering needs of an expanding client base. We look forward to helping FDOT and District 4 provide safe and effective transportation options to local citizens and visitors to the area.”
About McMahon: Since 1976, McMahon has specialized in delivering innovative transportation engineering, planning, design and technology solutions to clients. The company has built trusted and lasting relationships by satisfying, and often surpassing, the needs of both governmental and private sector clients. McMahon provides services and consulting expertise for transportation projects in a variety of travel modes from planning, to design and permitting, through construction. In May 2022, McMahon was acquired by Bowman Consulting Group Ltd.
About Bowman Consulting Group Ltd. (Bowman): Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Bowman is an engineering services firm delivering infrastructure solutions to customers who own, develop and maintain the built environment. With over 1,500 employees and more than 60 offices throughout the United States, Bowman provides a variety of planning, engineering, construction management, commissioning, environmental consulting, geomatics, survey, land procurement and other technical services to customers operating in a diverse set of regulated end markets. Bowman trades on the Nasdaq under the symbol BWMN. For more information, visit bowman.com or investors.bowman.com.
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(The Hill) – Falling water levels in lakes and rivers across the globe have caused great concern among climate experts, and they have also led people to stumble upon a range of newly uncovered relics, from sunken ships to human remains.
Nearly half our Europe is facing drought warnings, while dry conditions in the American West, the worst in more than 1,000 years, led to water allocation cutbacks last week for states along the Colorado River.
An EU-commissioned report from the Global Drought Observatory released this month found that 47 percent of Europe is in drought warning conditions, and 17 percent of the region meets the threshold for alert conditions.
As policymakers bring new urgency to addressing droughts in the U.S. and across the globe, here are five of the weirdest things exposed by lakes and rivers that are drying up:
Nazi warships
The drought has brought the Danube River, the second-longest in Europe, to some of the lowest water levels seen in nearly a century.
The levels have threatened shipping, especially in the Serbian section of the river, where officials have begun dredging to keep vessels moving through the waterway.
Near the port town of Prahovo, locals have found the hulks of dozens of Nazi warships, raising concerns about potential unexploded ammunition still aboard, Reuters reported last week.
“The German flotilla has left behind a big ecological disaster that threatens us, people of Prahovo,” local resident Velimir Trajilovic told Reuters.
The outlet reported the vessels were once operated by Nazi Germany’s fleet in the Black Sea and passed through the Danube River as they were retreating from Soviet forces.
Dinosaur tracks
At Texas’s Dinosaur Valley State Park, 113 million-year-old dinosaur tracks are preserved in the riverbed. They are typically covered by water and sediment, hindering their visibility.
But recent dry conditions this summer have lowered water levels at the park, located near Fort Worth, leading visitors last week to see the ancient tracks more exposed than ever.
Recent rains have since improved conditions, but the park wrote on its Facebook page it was not enough to fill the Paluxy River, which runs through the park.
Jeff Davis, the state park’s superintendent, told Nexstar, The Hill’s parent company, that employees who have worked at the site for upwards of 10 years have never seen the tracks so clearly.
“You won’t find them anywhere in the world,” Davis said. “You can actually see their individual toes, their individual claw marks. You can even see where they slipped as they were running.”
Hunger stones
The Guardian reported late last week that low water levels in the Czech Republic section of the Elbe River have revealed a sharp warning inscribed in German centuries ago: “Wenn du mich siehst, dann weine.”
The phrase translates to “If you see me, then weep.”
The inscription was written as a famine warning to future generations. This particular hunger stone was found near the town of Děčín, located in the northern region of the Czech Republic close to the country’s border with Germany.
The recent drought isn’t the first time such inscriptions have been visible in recent years. NPR reported a hunger stone was visible in Děčín in 2018 during a separate drought and heat wave, and many additional hunger stones exist throughout the region.
Spanish ‘Stonehenge‘
Many are familiar with Stonehenge in the U.K., but the recent drought has once again revealed the so-called “Spanish Stonehenge” in the Valdecanas reservoir, located in western Spain.
Reuters reported the prehistoric stone circle is now visible for the fourth time since the area was flooded in 1963 as part of a rural development project. The arrangement is officially called the Dolmen of Guadalperal and is believed to have been created close to 5,000 BC.
“It’s a surprise, it’s a rare opportunity to be able to access it,” archaeologist Enrique Cedillo told Reuters.
Unexploded bomb
BBC reported that a group of fisherman found an unexploded bomb from World War II on the banks of the Po in Italy last month.
Italian military officials said the bomb, which weighed roughly 1,000 pounds, contained 530 pounds of explosives, BBC reported.
The object was found near Borgo Virgilio, located in the Lombardy province in the northern region of Italy.
Italy’s executive branch last month declared a state of emergency for five provinces until the end of the year in response to the drought and low water levels in the Po and the Eastern Alps. The move provided 36.5 million euros to the affected areas.
“For the Po basin, this is the most serious water crisis of the last seventy years, according to analysis by the Po River District Basin Authority,” Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi said at a press conference in late June. | https://www.news10.com/news/national/five-of-the-weirdest-things-exposed-by-drying-lakes-and-rivers/ | 2022-08-24T23:02:53Z | https://www.news10.com/news/national/five-of-the-weirdest-things-exposed-by-drying-lakes-and-rivers/ | false | 24 |
SALISBURY, Md. -- The National Folk Festival is returning to Salisbury for the fifth consecutive year. The festival will begin on Friday, August 26th and run through Sunday, August 28th. It will feature live music, dancing, and plenty of food, drinks, and other fun activities. Most of the tents and stages are already set up, which is a good sign that the festival is right around the corner, and people of Salisbury are thrilled.
"The last couple years it has been awesome, I can't wait to hear the great music, see the dancing, and I am very excited about them bringing back the family area," said Untia Bigelow.
Another Salisbury resident shares Bigelow's enthusiasm.
"I'm extremely excited for the folk festival," said Demyra Harvey. "I'm happy that we got this one more year, because we lost that year during the pandemic."
Speaking of that lost year, it's the exact reason why the folk festival has stayed in Salisbury for so long. Mayor Jake Day is not one to complain, though.
"The National Council for the Traditional Arts came to us and said, 'do you wanna keep it for next year', and we said 'yeah, absolutely," said Mayor Day.
This year will also be one of, if not the biggest Folk Festival in Salisbury to date.
"This year, we've had a full year of planning," said Mayor Day. "We're back to full scale, 7 performance areas, a full market place, the family area, the stages, the dance pavilion, all of that is back."
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Just as we should have compassion on those who truly struggle with their gender identity, we should stand firmly against transgender activism. Thankfully, there are more and more signs that the tide is turning against this latest example of sociological contagion.
It is true that, in some significant ways, America is well behind a number of European nations which are reversing course much more rapidly than we are here in the States. In this regard, it appears that they are driven more by medical data (and perhaps common sense and even compassion?) than by radical ideologies.
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The satirical Babylon Bee website was hardly exaggerating when it reported, "In light of so-called 'gender affirming care' making the Hippocratic Oath silly and outdated, Harvard Medical School has officially adopted the new oath 'Mutilate Kids For Money.'"
Already in 2009 Selwyn Duke could ask, "Sure, it strikes us as the most horrid malpractice when a doctor amputates healthy body parts, such as a pair of legs. But, then, should we call it something else just because those healthy body parts are between the legs?" (See also here.)
Given the radical nature of transgender activism and the ripple effect it is having on the larger culture, a pushback was inevitable. And so, while the current administration digs its heels in even more, the tide is turning against it.
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Fox News reported on August 18 that, "An elite all-girls school in Nashville has paused implementation of a policy allowing applications from anyone who identifies as female after backlash from the community.
Last week, in an email to parents, Harpeth Hall School announced a new 'Gender Diversity Philosophy,' explaining a new admissions policy that would allow 'any student who identifies as a girl' to apply to the school.
"'We recognize that this philosophy elicited strong reactions of support and opposition beyond our expectations,' the school said in an email to the community obtained by Fox News Digital. 'We care deeply about your feedback and we have heard you.'"
Thank God for a moment of sanity in the midst of today's cultural madness. And how telling it is that the school leadership was shocked by the response of the parents. Moms and dads, keep raising your voices!
On August 17, the New York Post reported that, "A transgender woman was rejected by all University of Alabama sororities during their student recruitment process, according to social media posts from the student.
"Grant Sikes wrote on Instagram that she was denied entry to all of the sororities on campus. There are nearly 20 campus chapters."
Put another way, "A biological male who identifies as a female was rejected by all University of Alabama sororities during their student recruitment process."
Good for these sororities. There's a reason there are clubs for women and clubs for men on our campuses (and elsewhere). And while I feel bad for this student, perhaps this will help remind him that no amount of hormones and cosmetic surgery can change a person's sex.
That being said, I look forward to the day when news outlets will stop going along with the trans talking points, referring to males who identify as female as "she" (and vice versa). Or when police reports will not refer to a "transwoman" who exposed "her male genitalia" in public. Enough with this madness.
Getting back to the positive developments, more and more states are passing laws that prohibit boys who identify as girls from participating in female sports, and prominent LGBTQ figures like "Caitlyn" Jenner and Martina Navratilova are speaking out against it. (Here is a report posted on a pro-trans site documenting some of this activity.)
And as time goes on, we're learning more and more about how terribly unfair it was to allow "Lia" Thomas to swim against college females, not to mention allegedly expose himself in their presence.
The bad news is that some cultural commentators have been sounding the alarm about transgender radicalism for many years.
The good news is that society is waking up to reality. The bad news is that many young lives have already been irreparably destroyed, at least physically. Let us, then, do our best to hasten the societal turn by continuing to get the truth out. The time for doing that is now.
Dr Michael Brown (www.askdrbrown.org) is the host of the nationally syndicated Line of Fire radio program. His latest book is Revival Or We Die: A Great Awakening Is Our Only Hope. Connect with him on Facebook, Twitter, or YouTube. | https://www.christiantoday.com/article/the.tide.is.turning.against.transgender.activism/139098.htm | 2022-08-24T23:09:36Z | https://www.christiantoday.com/article/the.tide.is.turning.against.transgender.activism/139098.htm | false | 4 |
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Former Attorney General Jesus Murillo Karam conceded there may have been “errors” in the investigation, but that in the eight years since no one has been able to prove another version of what happened on Sept. 26, 2014 in Iguala, Guerrero.
Murillo Karam, 74, served as attorney general from 2012 to 2015, under then President Enrique Peña Nieto. He was arrested by agents of the office he used to lead last week for allegedly creating a false version about the students' disappearances.
Murillo Karam announced in 2014 that the students from a radical teachers’ college had been abducted by local police, turned over to a drug gang, killed, their bodies burned at a garbage dump and the remains dumped in a river. He called it the “historic truth.”
But independent investigations and the current Attorney General's Office have discounted that version. They assert that various levels of authorities were involved, including security forces and that evidence and crime scenes were altered. There were also instances of torture, improper arrest and mishandling of evidence that has since allowed most of the directly implicated gang members to walk free.
On Wednesday, Murillo Karam told the judge that there could have been “errors,” problems and things that they did poorly, but that no one had been able to present another version of what happened to the students.
He also took aim at a group of Argentine forensic experts who conducted their own investigation and raised questions about the government's version of events.
“For six or seven years they have looked for an alternative, they've made up a lot of things and all of it collapses,” Murillo Karam said.
Murillo Karam's lawyers argued that news conferences he gave while Attorney General should not be considered in the judge's decision because they violated his right to not incriminate himself and because prosecutors were taking the statements out of context.
But prosecutors said Murillo Karam was aware of the torture of suspects, unusually present in the field during the investigation and interviewed suspects, demonstrating that he was in control.
The missing were students at a teachers' college called Ayotzinapa in the southern state of Guerrero. On Sept. 26, 2014, police took them off buses in the town of Iguala, Guerrero. The motive remains unclear eight years later. Their bodies have never been found, though fragments of burned bone have been matched to three of the students.
The incident occurred near a large army base, and independent investigations have found that members of the military were aware of what was occurring. The students’ families have long demanded that soldiers be included in the investigation.
Last week, arrest warrants were issued against 20 army soldiers and officers, five local officials, 33 local police officers and 11 state police, as well as 14 gang members. Neither the army nor prosecutors have said how many of those suspects are currently in custody.
Murillo Karam's arrest was the first of a former attorney general in recent history.
In 2020, the current attorney general, Alejandro Gertz Manero, said Murillo Karam had been implicated in “orchestrating a massive media trick” and leading a “generalized cover-up” in the case.
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ATLANTA, Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Atlanta Housing Board of Commissioners voted Wednesday to negotiate with a development partner to embark on an ambitious path to create a vibrant, mixed-use community that includes affordable and market-rate housing, office, retail, hospitality, education and open space in Atlanta's historic Civic Center site.
Atlanta Housing CEO Eugene Jones Jr. thanked AH board members for devoting the time and attention necessary for their decisive vote. "The board's informed and decisive action allows AH to immediately enter into negotiations to finalize the proposed business and legal terms in order to enter into a Master Developer Agreement," said CEO Jones.
"The vision for this development has the potential to infuse $1 billion into the Historic Old Fourth Ward, providing thousands of Atlantans from all walks of life with endless opportunities," said Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens. "The project will also honor the legacy of Buttermilk Bottom by embracing the site's rich history, while preserving the Performing Arts Center and transforming the site into a true civic anchor at the heart of a new livable and equitable community."
To achieve the vision for the Civic Center site through a public-private partnership, AH released a Request for Qualifications for development partners in August 2021 and a Request for Proposals in November 2021 to RFQ respondents with the capacity and capability to execute a large urban, multi-phased development. The Civic Center Evaluation Committee included representatives from the City of Atlanta, Invest Atlanta, the community and AH staff.
Following the June withdrawal of a development team, the Evaluation Committee again analyzed, interviewed and negotiated with the respondents to unanimously recommend the joint venture team of The Republic Family of Companies, The Michaels Organization and Sophy Capital for the redevelopment of a 14.7-acre portion of the property to include the Exhibition Hall. The board also authorized the selected team to play a role in the master planning and potential development of the Plaza and Performing Arts Center.
The development team's plan calls for a multi-phase, 10-year development that will transform 14.7 acres of the city's center into a mixed-use, mixed-income community with a focus on inclusivity, sustainability and affordability. Key elements of the plan include paying tribute to the past while building for the future; creating a neighborhood-focused, inclusive development; establishing pedestrian connectivity and public green space; utilizing sustainable and socially responsible design; offering educational and cultural programming; offering a thoughtful retail mix to stimulate activity and the environment, and re-connecting the street grid to the surrounding area to re-integrate the site.
The Republic team's redevelopment plan will deliver 1,311 units, of which 525 will be affordable at or below 80 percent of area median income (AMI). Of those, 305 units will include AH HomeFlex subsidies for families earning at or below 80 percent of AMI. Historically, most AH HomeFlex subsidies have supported families earning at or below 60 percent of AMI. An additional 220 units will be available at or below 80 percent AMI without AH subsidies.
"We'd like to thank the Atlanta Housing staff for their tireless efforts in getting this project off the ground," said acting AH Board Chair Tené Traylor. "Because of their hard work and community outreach, AH and our new partners will deliver hundreds of affordable new units to needy Atlanta families and breathe new life into the old Buttermilk Bottom." Added Commissioner Larry Stewart, "This is a tremendous opportunity for AH and our new partners to work collaboratively to serve those in need. We are also very proud that this project will preserve the important memory and legacy of Buttermilk Bottom."
The Development Team's $575-million investment will create 1.8-million square feet of residential, office, retail, and hospitality and cultural spaces, as well as a new school. In addition to affordable and mixed-income housing, the plan includes a grocery, rooftop gardens, open spaces and recreational areas, as well as a civic square and outdoor space for local food.
Under the redevelopment proposal, AH will fully recover its $41.7 million cost of acquiring the property over a 99-year ground lease.
AH and the Development Team will begin negotiating a master development agreement immediately to finalize business terms and final due diligence. We expect to have a signed agreement within the next six to nine months with construction to being in late 2023.
Completed in 1965, the new Civic Center complex represented a bold effort to establish a civic and iconic home for the arts in the heart of Atlanta. The Civic Center first opened in 1967 and served as the first truly integrated entertainment venue and convention center in Atlanta, hosting local, regional, and national performances and events until its closure in 2014. Over its active lifetime, the Civic Center grew into a legendary cultural and community hub for all Atlanta, hosting multiple mayoral inaugurations including Mayor Maynard Jackson and Mayor Shirley Franklin; annual Atlanta Public School graduations; several years of Black Entertainment Television awards and concerts with greats like Ray Charles; countless memorable performances like Broadway shows such as the Lion King and the Wizard of Oz, and provided studio space for Steve Harvey's television program, Family Feud. The Exhibition Hall, known as SciTrek, hosted numerous exhibits and travelling shows.
The Civic Center complex includes a 4,600-seat Performing Arts Center with 5,800 square feet of ancillary meeting space and an Exhibition Hall featuring 125,000 square feet of open area and 50-foot-high ceilings over a 200-ft. wide column-free space. Both buildings' entrances center on a formal plaza and fountain that continue the tradition of cultural institutions serving as both an iconic landmark and public amenity for urban residents.
Led by President and CEO Eugene Jones, Jr., the Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta, Georgia (AH), is the largest housing authority in Georgia and one of the largest in the nation. AH provides and facilitates affordable housing resources for nearly 27,000 low-income households comprised of approximately 45,000 people. These affordable housing resources include AH-owned residential communities, AH-sponsored mixed-income, mixed-finance residential communities, tenant-based vouchers, project based rental assistance, supportive housing arrangements and homeownership opportunities. AH's programs are funded and regulated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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Three Factors’ll Determine Winner Of 2023 Election – Dele Alake
The Director of Strategic Communication of the All Progressives Congress Presidential Campaign Council, Mr Dele Alake, has identified three major factors that will determine the outcome of the 2023 elections.
In an interview on Journalist Hangout, a TVC current affairs programme on Tuesday, Alake said the economy, security and the vision of the candidates to deal with them, will influence voting decisions.
Alake said Nigeria needs a leader with vision, knowledge and courage, attributes which, he said, Tinubu embodies.
Tinubu is not concerned about cash and carry or container economy. He is for something more enduring, Alake said.
“There is no gainsaying the fact of all the candidates competing for votes to solve these problems, Tinubu stands far ahead of the competitors. In terms of track record of performance as a governor, in terms of leadership, social engineering, mental development, Tinubu is an embodiment of all the leadership qualities for a country eager to develop”, he said.
Alake who was the first Commissioner of Information and Strategy in Nigeria, between 1999 and 2007, reminded the interviewers of some of Tinubu’s big signature ideas in Lagos, such as the Lekki Free Trade Zone and the building of a new city, the Eko Atlantic City out of the Atlantic Ocean.
Tinubu turned the Bar Beach around, saved it from ocean surge, Alake recalled.
“While the then Federal Government was sand-filling the ocean, literally pouring sand worth billions of Naira into the ocean, Tinubu conceived a permanent and enduring solution. We travelled to South Africa, we went to the Netherlands. We found a solution that today led to the Atlantic City, ‘’ he said.
Asked about the third force movement triggered by Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Alake said he could not deny the groundswell of frustration among Nigerian youths that led to the movement.
“This is the driving force of Obi’s popularity on social media. The feeling is natural. The pent-up anger is real. We all have opinions as Nigerians on how things should be or ought to be. This is what is being aggregated on social media. But social media will not determine the 2023 election.
“The population of the social media warriors will not necessarily translate into votes, especially among rural dwellers. Whoever is basing Obi’s popularity on social media, has missed it,” he said.
Alake said the APC presidential campaign will deal with the Obi problem when the INEC flags off the campaign at the end of September.
But he said there is no basis of comparison between Tinubu and Obi and suggested many Obi’s social media supporters are in it for entertainment and not because they are committed.
He said supporters of Obi have not really analysed his performance as a governor or his antecedents.
“If you put all the antecedents of the candidates on a table, Obi will trail far behind the others. There is no basis of comparison between Obi and Tinubu. The difference is clear. It’s like that between the fluke and the substance”, Alake said. | https://concise.ng/three-factorsll-determine-winner-of-2023-election-dele-alake/ | 2022-08-24T23:16:33Z | https://concise.ng/three-factorsll-determine-winner-of-2023-election-dele-alake/ | false | 6 |
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The conviction of two men for conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer shows that jurors in a deeply divided nation can still reach agreement in politically charged cases, according to experts.
But it leaves unanswered questions about the potential for violence by extremists with a vendetta against government and law enforcement, they say.
“I hope it will be a deterrent in the future, but we need to see some softening of the rhetoric before we can accurately predict that,” said Michael Edison Hayden, spokesman for the nonprofit Southern Policy Law Center, which monitors hate groups.
A federal jury in Grand Rapids, Michigan, returned guilty verdicts Tuesday against Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. on two counts of conspiracy. Two others in the plot, Kaleb Franks and Ty Garbin, pleaded guilty earlier. Franks’ sentencing hearing is set for Oct. 6, Fox’s for Dec. 12 and Croft’s for Dec. 28. Garbin is serving a six-year term, but prosecutors Wednesday asked a judge to cut that to three due to his “remarkable” assistance to the government.
Prosecutors said they planned to grab Whitmer at her vacation home and blow up a bridge to stop police from responding.
A different jury in April deadlocked on Fox and Croft while acquitting two other men. That outcome prompted worries that the overheated political landscape was hampering jurors’ ability to put aside biases, particularly when the FBI — a frequent target of right-wing activists and commentators — was involved.
Some legal observers criticized the government’s handling of the case and questioned the wisdom of retrying it. Barbara McQuade, a former federal prosecutor, said refusing to do so would have been “the coward’s way out.”
“We’re seeing an escalation of threats of violence against public officials,” McQuade said. “The only way to stop that is by holding people accountable when they engage in acts like this, threatening to harm public officials.”
The case unfolded against a backdrop of nationwide polarization.
Whitmer, a rising Democratic star, had exchanged barbs with former President Donald Trump and was unpopular with conservatives, including over her policies early on during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trump and other Republicans had accused the FBI of being a tool of Democrats. He described the Whitmer kidnapping plan as a “fake deal.” Jury selection in the retrial of Fox and Croft happened the day after federal agents searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate for classified documents. During the trial, a man apparently angered by the search tried to breach the FBI’s Cincinnati office and was killed.
Even so, the jury in Michigan’s Western District — a blend of urban, suburban and rural areas representing a broad political spectrum — delivered “a real statement that citizens of our country aren’t going to put up with violent actions against public officials,” said Mark Chutkow, a former Detroit federal prosecutor.
Less clear is what, if any, effect the case will have on anti-government extremism and white-hot partisanship. Following the verdict, Whitmer renewed her call to “lower the temperature.”
“This is about every American who is serving the public, who’s dealing with threats, whether it’s an election worker or it is a police officer or a teacher,” she told reporters Wednesday after a back-to-school event in suburban Detroit. “This continued political rhetoric that is aimed at inspiring people to hurt their fellow Americans is dangerous.”
The convictions of Croft and Fox could be another rallying cry for far-right extremists, although likely not as potent as 1990s sieges in Waco, Texas, and Ruby Ridge, Idaho, said Jon Lewis, a research fellow with George Washington University’s program on extremism.
“It’s possible that individuals in anti-government spaces could leverage this as an example of continued tyranny, abuse of the rights of Americans,” Lewis said.
A more concerning outcome could be an increase in lone-wolf attacks as extremist groups become more wary of the potential for infiltration by undercover operatives, he said.
“It’s much harder with the lone actor,” Lewis said. “He doesn’t tell anyone his plans, he has legal access to firearms.”
The George Washington program is tracking cases against 49 people charged with “offenses related to the boogaloo movement,” a loose confederation of believers in a second civil war, he said.
Far-right paramilitary groups were gleeful about the first trial’s outcome and probably are unhappy with the convictions, said Mark Pitcavage, senior research fellow with the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism. But history suggests guilty verdicts are less likely to incite violent reactions than arrests perceived as unjust, he said.
It’s equally doubtful that the case will bring about a calmer tone in politics, Pitcavage said.
“We’re in such a heavily polarized society right now and few people seem to want to step back from the brink,” he said.
The most significant ripple effect, he said, might be what was avoided: another defeat and further damage to the FBI’s credibility.
Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor in California who has followed the Michigan case and criticized the government’s performance in the first trial, said the convictions vindicated the bureau’s investigation.
“Obviously there are folks who are always going to distrust the FBI,” he said. “But this is a big win.”
The convictions may boost public understanding of the FBI’s tactics in combating domestic terrorism, particularly use of undercover operatives, said Dennis Lormel, president of the Society of Former FBI Agents.
“I understand the concerns about overreaching, especially with the rhetoric about the FBI being politicized,” Lormel said. “But the opportunity to insert FBI employees or cooperating witnesses is critically important. If we lose that, we will be in a lot of trouble, we’ll see more terrorist attacks.”
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Ukranian Flags Line Chicago’s Downtown State Street For Independence Day
August 24, 2022 2:46PM CDT
Ukrainian flags are hoisted above State Street in downtown Chicago to observe Ukrainian Independence Day. This display is all made possible by the Auditorium Theater, the Chicago Loop Alliance, and the Kyiv City Ballet. The flags also symbolize Chicago’s welcome to the Kyiv City Ballet when they perform at the Auditorium Theater on September 24 and 25. | https://www.wccq.com/ukranian-flags-line-chicagos-downtown-state-street-for-independence-day/ | 2022-08-24T23:18:18Z | https://www.wccq.com/ukranian-flags-line-chicagos-downtown-state-street-for-independence-day/ | true | null |
According to a report by the Institute of Social, and Economic Research (Isepci) released Tuesday, inflation in suburban Buenos Aires where most working-class people reside, reached 11% in July, which is tantamount to saying it was 5 percentage points above the country's 6% average as per National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec) figures.
It is necessary to urgently stop the inflationary impulse, Isepci's document highlighted after revealing that a typical family, composed of two adults and two children, needed AR$ 50,411.85 (around US$ 178, at the unofficial exchange rate) to avoid falling below the indigence line, when the minimum wage of AR$ 47,850 was not enough to cover the basic food basket after housing and other expenses were taken care of.
Isepci surveys every month a basket of 57 products in 900 local stores throughout 20 districts in the Buenos Aires suburbs.
Fruits and vegetables went up 17.47% for a total of 74.57% in the first seven months of the year. Groceries in general increased 14.53% in one month for a total of 64.53% and meat went up 3.81% and for an accumulated 43.81%.
”It is necessary to stop the inflationary impulse (which is motivated by multiple causes difficult to address simultaneously), but this objective cannot be sought by slowing down economic activity and shrinking the fiscal deficit by reducing State spending, the report stressed.
The deficit in the public accounts must be reduced by increasing tax collection, imposing more tax contributions to the economic sectors that have been increasing their already huge profits,” the document went on.
The survey also showed that a typical family needed AR$ 112,922.54 (US$ 383) to cover its Total Basic Food Basket (also known as CBT for its acronym in Spanish), which meant an 11% monthly increase. The CBT includes essential products in addition to food, such as transportation, health, education, home maintenance, utilities, fuel, and clothing among other items, to avoid falling below the poverty line. If both adults in the family earned a minimum wage, they would still not meet that standard.
In Buenos Aires working-class suburbs, onion went up 183.33%, lettuce 178.57%, carrot 122.22%, sugar and chard 116.67%, bread 93.33%, crackers 90.67%, wheat flour 85.71%, chicken 84.62%; backbone 78.57%; buttock 73.33%; roast 71.64%, and minced meat 70%.
Amid this scenario, Superminister Sergio Massa and his team are to start talks Wednesday with businessmen in the food business to address the problem after July's inflation was the highest in the last 20 years, and it was not slowing down in August.
Economic authorities are also to discuss inflation with pharmaceutical companies after sharp increases in the price of medicines, it was reported in Buenos Aires media.
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Nick Cannon Expecting His 10th Child, His Third With Brittany Bell
Another baby is on the way for Nick Cannon.
On Wednesday (Aug. 24), the comedian and talk show host revealed that he and Brittany Bell are expanding their family once again, as she is pregnant with his 10th child and their third together.
“Time Stopped and This Happened…,” the 41-year old shared via Instagram, captioning a video of the pair engaging in a gorgeous maternity shoot, in which Bell looks to be several months pregnant. The former Wild N’ Out star posed in an all-black suit and scarf, while Bell remained mostly nude, with a flowing white cloth covering her hips.
This marks Cannon’s third child with Bell. The couple welcomed son Golden in 2017 and daughter Powerful Queen in 2020.
Cannon’s most recent baby news came on July 25 when model Bre Tiesi announced in a video posted to YouTube that she had given birth to their son Legendary Love Cannon, whom they lovingly call “LL Cool Cannon.”
When Bell gives birth, Cannon will be a father to nine children across five different women. His eldest, 10-year-old twins Moroccan and Monroe, are with ex-wife Mariah Carey; they split in 2016. In June 2021, the comedian had another set of twins, Zion Mixolydian and Zillion Heir, with DJ Abby De La Rosa, and another son, Zen, with model Alyssa Scott. Zen died in December at just 5 months old after struggling with aggressive brain cancer.
One more baby might be on the way for the comedian this year: While co-hosting Entertainment Tonight with Nischelle Turner in July, he hinted that he might have an additional two children on the way very soon, prior to Tiesi giving birth and Bell’s new pregnancy announcement.
“I allow the women in my life to kind of share their news on their own, because then it doesn’t make it look like I’m trying to get publicity. When they’re ready to speak on who and what and where, I support. For now I’ll just let them talk. That’s why I said the stork is on the way. We’ll see how it trickles down!” he said, adding that “You would be safe to bet on three [children] in 2022!”
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) _ Banco Macro SA (BMA) on Wednesday reported second-quarter earnings of $35.2 million.
The Buenos Aires, Argentina-based bank said it had earnings of 52 cents per share.
The financial holding company posted revenue of $917.5 million in the period. Its revenue net of interest expense was $552.7 million, which beat Street forecasts.
Banco Macro shares have increased 2.5% since the beginning of the year. In the final minutes of trading on Wednesday, shares hit $14.37, a decrease of 15% in the last 12 months.
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Check out Sheffield Greystones gig for hot property Annie Dressner
Annie Dressner
Sheffield Greystones, September 14.
It’s been a busy time for the singer/songwriter with the release of latest album 48 Hours on July 1, the arrival of new single I’ve Always Been Like This on September 2, and a string of live dates in support them both.
Since moving from her hometown of NYC to the UK 11 years ago, Annie Dressner has garnered rave reviews for her recordings and live performances.
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Having released three full length albums, Dressner has gone from strength to strength. Her straightforward lyrical style, sharp ear for wordplay and crisp, lilting vocals offer listeners a front row seat to her stories.
Her music has drawn comparisons to an up-tempo Mazzy Star, an understated Jenny Lewis, Soccer
Mommy and Phoebe Bridgers.
Dressner’s latest album, a collaboration with David Ford, titled 48 Hours, reached number 23 in The Official Folk Albums Chart.
I’ve Always Been Like This is Annie’s second co-write with friend Matthew Caws (Nada Surf).Annie’s songs have received considerable airplay on Radio 2 and 6 Music (Gideon Coe, Tom Robinson, Steve Lamacq, Tom Ravenscroft) and Radio 1 via her cowrite with Saturday Night Gym Club’s The Nowhere Team.
Annie has collaborated and co-written songs with David Ford, Polly Paulusma, Matthew Caws (Nada Surf), The Last Dinosaur, Saturday Night Gym Club, Stonier and Tim Gordine.
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Salina Regional Health Center is easing its COVID-19 age restriction visitation guidelines.
According to the hospital, effective immediately there will no longer be restrictions to visit or accompany patients based on age. The hospital had previously required all visitors be age 12 or older.
Hospital inpatients will still only be allowed to have two visitors at the same time. Visitors can alternate in and out of the facility throughout the day. Visitors must come and go using the hospital’s main entrance between the hours of 5 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. weekdays, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends and holidays.
All hospital outpatients and Salina SRHC-affiliated clinic patients also will no longer have age restrictions on visitors/assistants that accompany them to appointments. This includes Emergency Department patients and outpatients with appointments for surgery, lab, radiology, physical therapy, and other services and doctor’s visits. Hospital outpatients and clinic patients will still be limited to having two visitors/assistants accompany for their appointments.
“Our modification today is aimed at accommodating more families who, for various reasons, would like to have younger children visit or accompany them,” said Bethanie McDowell, infection prevention director at SRHC.
Other visitation guidelines include:
- Visitors will be asked to wear a mask throughout the visit including in hallways, public areas and the patient’s room.
- Visitors will be screened for COVID-19 risk and given an ID bracelet upon entry.
- Inpatient visitors may only enter the hospital Main Entrance between the hours of 5 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. on weekdays, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends and holidays.
- Visitors are not allowed to access the main hospital through the Emergency Department entrance at any time.
- Visitors are welcome to stay as long as they like within routine hospital visiting hours.
- Visitors should remain in the patient’s room as much as possible.
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Raw Video: Scene of fatal motorcycle crash in San Jose
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Siren Nasdaq NexGen Economy ETF (NYSEARCA:BLCN – Get Rating) shares fell 2.8% during trading on Monday . The stock traded as low as $27.14 and last traded at $27.17. 37,624 shares changed hands during mid-day trading, a decline of 11% from the average session volume of 42,310 shares. The stock had previously closed at $27.95.
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TEN (TENFI) traded up 8.6% against the US dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 16:00 PM E.T. on August 24th. TEN has a market cap of $652,760.24 and approximately $12,335.00 worth of TEN was traded on exchanges in the last day. In the last seven days, TEN has traded 9.4% lower against the US dollar. One TEN coin can now be purchased for $0.0123 or 0.00000057 BTC on major exchanges.
Here is how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day:
- JUMPN (JST) traded down 54% against the dollar and now trades at $5.46 or 0.00018651 BTC.
- Tarality (TARAL) traded 3.9% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0009 or 0.00000004 BTC.
- The Web3 Project (WEB3) traded up 213.7% against the dollar and now trades at $517.71 or 0.02213862 BTC.
- Tether (USDT) traded up 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00004604 BTC.
- Sweet SOL (SSOL) traded 600.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Bitsubishi (BITSU) traded up 37.7% against the dollar and now trades at $98.34 or 0.00428675 BTC.
- XRP (XRP) traded up 1.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.35 or 0.00001614 BTC.
- Wrapped Cardano (WADA) traded 0.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.46 or 0.00002131 BTC.
- Enegra (EGX) (EGX) traded 0% lower against the dollar and now trades at $165.68 or 0.00762715 BTC.
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Atlas Engineered Products Ltd. (CVE:AEP – Get Rating) Director Gregory Stuart Smith bought 35,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, August 24th. The shares were bought at an average price of C$0.60 per share, for a total transaction of C$21,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now directly owns 327,500 shares in the company, valued at approximately C$196,500.
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SYDNEY (AP) — Fox Corp. chief executive Lachlan Murdoch is suing Australian news website Crikey in a Sydney court for defamation over an opinion piece about last year’s storming of the U.S. Capitol.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch’s son filed a statement of claim in the Federal Court on Tuesday, a day after Crikey publisher Private Media’s chairman Eric Beecher and managing editor Peter Fray put their names to an ad in The New York Times inviting Lachlan Murdoch to sue.
“We await your writ so that we can test this important issue of freedom of public interest journalism in a courtroom,” the two media executives said in an open letter to Lachlan Murdoch, which was also published in Australia’s The Canberra Times newspaper on Tuesday.
Murdoch is suing Private Media, a private company, Fray, who is also the website’s editor-in-chief, and Crikey’s political editor, Bernard Keane.
Murdoch claims he was defamed by Keane’s column about the U.S. congressional investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection which Crikey published on June 29 under the headlines: “Trump is a confirmed unhinged traitor. And Murdoch is his unindicted co-conspirator.”
U.S. cable news giant Fox News is accused in suits filed in the U.S. of airing false claims linking two election technology companies, Dominion and Smartmatic, to a conspiracy to steal votes from former President Donald Trump in the 2020 election, won by President Joe Biden.
Crikey said it welcomed the Murdoch action. “Crikey will not be silenced,” the statement published Wednesday said.
Lachlan Murdoch’s office confirmed the defamation proceedings had been filed but declined to make further comment.
Private Media chief executive Will Hayward said in a statement: “We are determined to fight for the integrity and importance of diverse, independent media in Australian democracy.”
No court hearing date has yet been set. Murdoch has not proposed a monetary sum should he win damages in court.
Crikey removed the contentious article from its website when it received a letter from Murdoch’s lawyers a day after the article was published. After further letters were exchanged between lawyers, Crikey published the article again last week.
Crikey attracts an audience of at least 175,000 unique readers a month and has at least 15,000 paid subscribers, according to court documents. | https://www.wrbl.com/news/business/ap-business/rupert-murdochs-son-sues-australian-website-for-defamation/ | 2022-08-24T23:43:22Z | https://www.wrbl.com/news/business/ap-business/rupert-murdochs-son-sues-australian-website-for-defamation/ | false | 36 |
Rohingya crisis: Has the world forgotten the stateless refugees?
By Rajini Vaidyanathan
BBC South Asia Correspondent
- Published
In her four fragile years, Yasmin has lived a life of uncertainty, unsure where she belongs.
Born in a refugee camp in Bangladesh, she is unable to return to her ancestral village in Myanmar. At the moment, a dingy room in India's capital, Delhi, serves as home.
Like hundreds of thousands of Rohingya people - an ethnic minority in Myanmar - Yasmin's parents fled the country in 2017 to escape a campaign of genocide launched by the military.
Many fled to neighbouring countries like Bangladesh and India, where they live as refugees.
Five years on, Rohingya Muslims - the world's largest stateless population, according to the UN - remain in limbo.
Yasmin's father, Rehman, was a businessman in Myanmar. As the military brutally attacked people, he became one of 700,000 Rohingyas who fled in a mass exodus.
After walking for days, Rehman and his wife Mahmuda made it to the refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, an area in south-eastern Bangladesh that is close to its border with Myanmar.
Here the couple lived in cramped conditions. Food shortages were common and they lived off rations from charities.
A year after they reached Bangladesh, Yasmin was born.
The Bangladesh government has been pushing for Rohingya Muslims to return to Myanmar. Thousands of refugees have been moved to a remote island called Bhasan Char, which refugees describe as an "island prison".
Rahman felt that leaving Bangladesh would help his child have a better future.
And so in 2021, when Yasmin was just a few years old, the family crossed over into neighbouring India.
Estimates vary, but refugee organisations believe there are between 10,000 and 40,000 Rohingya refugees in India. Many have been in the country since 2012.
For years, the Rohingyas here have lived a modest life attracting little controversy. But after a federal minister tweeted this month that the refugees would be provided with housing, amenities and police protection, their presence in Delhi made fresh headlines.
Hours later India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government denied it had offered these facilities to Rohingya Muslims, instead describing them as "illegal foreigners" who should be deported or sent to detention centres.
This apparent change of tone has left families like Rehman's disillusioned and desperate.
"The future of my child seems bleak," he said, as he sat on a rickety wooden bed frame with no mattress.
"The government of India doesn't want us either… but I'd rather they killed us than deported us to Myanmar."
No nation is willing to take in the hundreds of thousands of Rohingyas. Last week Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina told the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michele Bachelet, that the refugees in her country must return to Myanmar.
But the UN says its unsafe for them to do so because of the conflict in Myanmar. In February 2021, the Myanmar junta - who are accused of crimes against the Rohingyas - took control of the country in a military coup.
Hundreds of Rohingyas have made perilous journeys by sea to countries such as Malaysia and the Philippines to escape the atrocities perpetrated by the junta.
The number of refugees in camps in Bangladesh has grown to close to one million. Half of them are children.
Like Rehman, Kotiza Begum also fled Myanmar in August 2017, walking for three days without any food.
She and her three children live in a single room in a camp in Cox's Bazar. They have a plastic sheet as a roof, which offers poor protection from rain during the monsoons.
The horrors of what she left behind in her homeland are still fresh in her mind.
"The military entered our house and tortured us. As they opened fire, we ran. Children were thrown into the river. They just killed anyone in their paths."
Like others in the camps, Kotiza is reliant on food rations from NGOs and charities, which are often limited to the basics such as lentils and rice.
"I can't feed them the food they want, I can't give them nice clothes, I can't get them proper medical facilities," she says.
Kotiza says she sometimes sells her rations to buy pens for her children to write with.
According to a recent UN assessment, cuts in international funding have added to the challenges for a population that remains "fully reliant on humanitarian assistance for survival".
The UN said the refugees continue to struggle to get nutritious food, adequate shelter and sanitation, and opportunities to work.
And education - one of Kotiza's biggest priorities for her children - is also a big challenge.
There are concerns of a lost generation, who aren't getting decent schooling.
"The children go to school everyday, but there's no development for them. I don't think they're getting a good education," Kotiza says.
Children living in camps in Cox's Bazar are taught the Myanmar curriculum - the curriculum of their home country - and not the one taught in schools in Bangladesh.
While proponents of the programme say it's to prepare students for a return to their homeland one day, others fear it's a way to prevent the Rohingya refugee population from integrating with Bangladeshis.
"If they are educated, they can have beautiful lives. They can earn for themselves and live happily," says Kotiza.
It's a sentiment shared back in Delhi by Rehman, as he cradles four-year-old Yasmin in his arms.
"I dream of giving her a proper education and a better life, but I cannot,"
As Rohingyas around the world mark the fifth year since fleeing genocide, they still hope they will get justice - a case filed against the Myanmar military is still waiting to be heard at the International Court of Justice.
But more than that they dream of being able to return home.
Until things are safe for them to do so, refugees like Rehman are pleading with the world for more assistance and compassion.
"I am not here to steal, I'm here to save my life."
- 24 August 2019 | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-62658647 | 2022-08-24T23:45:35Z | https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-62658647 | true | 4 |
The first blaze was a large fire in San Francisco's Western Addition neighborhood, leaving two firefighters and one other person injured Tuesday afternoon, fire officials said.
The city's Fire Department initially reported on social media shortly after noon about the blaze at 1604 McAllister St. near Divisadero Street. More than a hundred firefighters were called to the scene to put out the blaze.
Fire officials said the two firefighters weren't seriously injured and stayed at the scene to help put out the three-alarm fire, while the third person injured is also expected to survive.
As of shortly after 2 p.m., fire officials said the blaze had been contained.
Thirteen people were displaced by the fire, which has also affected two businesses, according to the Fire Department.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The SF Gate reported the other fire occurred at an historic one-story structure at Pier 4 Tuesday afternoon at the San Francisco Aquatic Park.
A former storage facility, the building – which was built in 1925 – had been in disrepair and abandoned since the Loma Linda earthquake in 1989.
The fire caused not only the building to collapse but also prompted the National Recreation Area to temporarily close the Bay Trail near Fort Mason, while fire crews – including a fire boat – battled to keep the blaze contained. No injuries were reported. | https://www.kalw.org/kalw-news/2022-08-24/san-francisco-firefighters-battle-two-separate-blazes | 2022-08-24T23:46:02Z | https://www.kalw.org/kalw-news/2022-08-24/san-francisco-firefighters-battle-two-separate-blazes | true | 1 |
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Imo State Governor commends NBC on Youth Empowered Initiative
The Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, has commended the Nigerian Bottling Company (NBC) Limited for its commitment to empowering Nigerian youths through programs that enable them to contribute meaningfully to the socio-economic development of the nation.
He gave the commendation while declaring open the Company’s Youth Empowered Program held in Owerri, the Imo State capital.
In his keynote address, he thanked NBC for hosting the 2022 edition of the Youth
Empowered program in the state, noting that the initiative consolidates the government’s efforts in accelerating youth development.
He said: “The program
is greatly needed in this present day and age marked by a major shift from the traditional workforce and I believe that it will not only
benefit the young people in attendance today but also Imo State and the
Nigerian economy at large.”
This year’s edition marks the successful continuation of NBC’s Youth Empowered initiative which commenced in 2017 and has since impacted over 22,000 youths.
Earlier in his remark, the Corporate Affairs & Sustainability Director at NBC, Ekuma Eze, said: “We are pleased to continue this exciting journey to expand the vista of opportunities for millions of youths across Nigeria. Not only are we happy to provide these youth with the vital tools they need to thrive in our increasingly competitive world, this program also represents a major step towards the fulfillment of our goals to build a world where youths can discover themselves, understand their strengths and bolster their confidence to succeed.”
Speaking at the commencement of the program, Ifeoma Okoye, Corporate Affairs & Community Partnerships Manager, East & Centra, at NBC, said the intervention was designed to address the challenge of unemployment through skills and entrepreneurship development. According to her: “The trainings are carefully curated to prepare participants for exposure to global opportunities whilst empowering them with relevant career, life, vocational and business skills that are critical for success in the emerging global economy.” | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/08/25/imo-state-governor-commends-nbc-on-youth-empowered-initiative/ | 2022-08-24T23:46:57Z | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/08/25/imo-state-governor-commends-nbc-on-youth-empowered-initiative/ | false | 1 |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The U.S. is sending its largest aid package yet to Ukraine, just as the country marks six months since the war began.
Wednesday was Independence Day in Ukraine – a country that has now spent half a year fighting for that independence.
“I don’t think anybody wanted, certainly, to get to this point where we’re six months into brutal fighting in Ukraine,” White House National Security Coordinator John Kirby said.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a new $3 billion package of military aid for Ukraine. This is the largest single package yet.
“The president has been very clear that we’re going to continue to support Ukraine for as long as it takes,” Kirby said.
The weapons in the new package will come from defense contractors instead of U.S. stockpiles. This could take some time and defense officials say this is intentionally part of a longer-term strategy.
“They will form the backbone of a robust future Ukrainian force capable of defending Ukraine for years to come,” Pentagon official Dr. Colin Kahl said.
George Washington Professor Robert Orttung predicts the new aid will be crucial to Ukraine’s efforts.
“The new weapons that the U.S. is sending are going to have a big impact as Ukraine organizes a counteroffensive,” Orttung said.
He doesn’t expect U.S. support to end any time soon.
“As Ukrainians continue to hold their own or make small advances, you know Americans like a scrappy underdog,” Orttung said.
Kirby says U.S. support extends beyond military efforts.
“We’re going to do everything we can to make sure that they succeed on the battlefield, but just as importantly that President Zelensky can succeed at the negotiating table if and when this ever gets to a diplomatic solution,” Kirby said. | https://www.wkbn.com/news/national-world/6-months-of-war-us-announces-largest-ukraine-aid-package-yet/ | 2022-08-24T23:48:21Z | https://www.wkbn.com/news/national-world/6-months-of-war-us-announces-largest-ukraine-aid-package-yet/ | false | 29 |
This just in: The bowtie-wearing, tuba-playing, onetime vice presidential candidate on the National Radical Meadow Party ticket is headed for that great comic strip in the sky; cartoonist Berkeley Breathed announced today that he is giving up his Sunday comic strip Opus to focus on children's books instead.
That announcement signals the end of Opus, the charming penguin who has entertained comics readers for nearly 30 years, starting with Bloom County. Though Breathed has retired the character before, this time, he says, he means it.
"I'll be leaving Opus in a way that it should be very clear that this time there's no going back home," says Breathed.
Breathed says that he's not usually sentimental about his characters. Still, he found himself "unrealistically emotional" about drawing the final strip, taking pains to make sure the penguin's last pose was perfect.
Creating Opus for the last time, says Breathed, was like experiencing the passing of his kids' childhood: "As I drew him finally at the very end, I knew that that was the end — [Opus'] childhood was gone. ... It took me a few minutes. I had to pull myself back together again and face the fire."
Though he was sad to part with his longtime character, Breathed says that he has always struggled to maintain the balance between lightness and darkness in his comics — and himself.
"I'm more happy when I'm leaning towards the Walt Disney, but I can't resist the ranting of a Michael Moore," he says.
Breathed worries that the U.S. is heading toward some "difficult times in the next few years — politically," and he says he wanted to leave Opus on a sweeter note — before he could get possibly corrupted.
Breathed describes his new children's book, Pete & Pickles, as an alternate take on the future. "It is telling children that we have a bright future ahead of us, and you have no reason to worry; we are here to comfort you."
The idea for the new book came when Breathed's daughter Sophie, who was 5 at the time, drew a picture of an elephant dropping flowers on a pig's head. The pig was sad, she told her father, but he didn't know he was sad.
"And I thought, 'That is the beginning of a great story,' " says Breathed.
The book morphed into the tale of Pete, a "perfectly practical" but rather lonely pig who meets up with Pickles, a circus elephant with an extraordinary lust for life. When we first meet Pete, he is vacuuming his wife's grave — a fact that Breathed doesn't describe in the text of the book, but "if the parents wish to point that out," he says, "they have it in the subtext."
Pickles uses her wild imagination to upend Pete's quiet life. Together, they take pretend journeys — diving off of Niagara Falls, drifting down the canals in Venice, soaring over Tuscany. The lesson for kids, says Breathed, is that imagination can be used in a way that's almost therapeutic.
In the end, Pickles and Pete face a life-threatening situation involving a house that's filling with water — it's a moment that Breathed says he couldn't help but write:
"I can't resist the great moment of truth. It's what draws me to a story. ... Most children's stories ... are afraid to bring a moment of danger and threat and potential death to a story, which I think is absolutely critical in carrying a child in through the arc that is required for him or her — as long as you show them the other end of that tunnel and the decisions made to get out of it."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is tying its authority to cancel student debt to the coronavirus pandemic and to a 2003 law aimed at providing help to members of the military. Legal challenges are expected.
Skeptics of the administration’s ability to act on its own, without new legislation, had once included President Joe Biden himself and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
But in a legal opinion released Wednesday, the Justice Department said that the HEROES Act of 2003 gives the administration “sweeping authority” to reduce or eliminate student debt during a national emergency, ”when significant actions with potentially far-reaching consequences are often required.”
The law was adopted with overwhelming bipartisan support at a time when U.S. forces were fighting two wars, in Afghanistan and Iraq. It gives the Education secretary authority to waive rules relating to student financial aid programs in times or war or national emergency.
Former President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in 2020 because of the pandemic, and it remains in effect.
But neither Trump nor Biden, until the president’s announcement on Wednesday, had tried to wipe out so much student debt at one time.
The Justice Department’s legal justification seemed to be anticipating criticism that the broad-based debt cancellation might run afoul of Supreme Court rulings, including a June decision limiting the administration’s ability to combat climate change.
In that case, the court declared that when dealing with such “major questions,” the administration must point to clear congressional authorization when it asserts new power over an important part of the economy.
The justification for the debt cancellation “seems to tee up nicely — perhaps inadvertently — a major-questions doctrine challenge as the opinion seems to suggest the agency could forgive all student loans for everyone due to pandemic” if the agency head deemed it necessary, Chris Walker, a University of Michigan law professor wrote on Twitter.
But Abby Shafroth, an attorney at the National Consumer Law Center, said a challenge to the loan-forgiveness plan could falter in several ways, including the specific reference to national emergencies in the 2003 law.
Both the Trump and Biden administrations have previously relied on the HEROES Act to pause loan repayments during the pandemic and, in Biden’s case, overhaul a student debt forgiveness program for public workers, Shafroth said.
“Today’s action is significant, but not different in kind,” she said.
A separate issue may be finding someone who is harmed by the administration’s action and has legal standing to sue, she said.
The Job Creators Network, which promotes conservative economic policies, said it was weighing a lawsuit to try and block Biden’s plan.
“This executive overreach transfers taxpayer dollars from hardworking ordinary Americans and small businesses to disproportionately higher earners with college degrees,” said Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of the group. “It does nothing to address the underlying issue of outrageous college costs. Indeed, it rewards colleges for making education unaffordable and entrenches the failing status quo.”
An Education Department memo, produced in the final days of the Trump administration, concluded that there was no authority to cancel debt on a broad basis.
The department has never invoked the law, or any other statute, “for the blanket or mass cancellation, compromise, discharge or forgiveness of student loan principal balances,” Reed Rubinstein, then an Education Department lawyer, wrote in January 2021.
The issue has been under review for some 18 months, Lisa Brown, the top lawyer at the Education Department, wrote in a separate memo that was released Wednesday and called on Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to rescind Rubinstein’s memo.
Pelosi also reversed course. In Las Vegas Tuesday, Pelosi said that she “didn’t know what – what authority the President had to do this. And now clearly, it seems he has the authority to do this.”
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (PINPOINT WEATHER) – The summertime pattern has returned!
Not that it went far away, but we did have a little break in the humidity and storm chances on Tuesday.
That means that you can expect daily chances of showers and storms to continue through the weekend and into next week.
There won’t be any all-day washouts, just areas of rain and storms developing each afternoon and evening.
We’ll be feeling more heat, too. Highs may reach the lower 90s this weekend!
Tonight: Mainly cloudy. Low 70.
Thursday: Mostly cloudy with PM showers and storms. High 85. | https://www.fox46.com/weather/weather-forecast/wednesday-forecast-areas-of-rain-each-afternoon-evening/ | 2022-08-24T23:49:22Z | https://www.fox46.com/weather/weather-forecast/wednesday-forecast-areas-of-rain-each-afternoon-evening/ | true | null |
'Selling the OC' Season 1's Biggest Bombshells Include Major Rivalries and Infidelity Close Calls
Netflix expands its universe of drama-prone real estate agents with the new docu-soap Selling The OC, which follows a new, larger cast as they trade high-priced listings while managing an assortment of interpersonal intrigue.
The Selling Sunset spinoff sees Brett and Jason Oppenheim expanding their Oppenheim Group real estate firm into Newport Beach, California. The twins entrust 11 new agents to help launch their empire in the affluent area and the end results are a mix of incredible houses and spicy office politics.
The new cast membersare all determined to be the brokerage's top-performing agent and have no problem taking each other down to make it so. All eight episodes of the reality series landed on the streamer Wednesday and PEOPLE os brealomg down the first season's biggest rivalries and bombshells.
Be warned, spoilers for the entire season lie ahead.
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A Brokerage Divided
It's clear from the very start that there is a division amongst the agents, with Alexandra Jarvis and Alexandra Rose immediately being presented as a duo who do their best work together, but have trouble winning over the rest of their co-workers.
Jarvis is quick to point out that "Rose and I are the top-producing female agents in the office," making it evident they believe there is a reason for the others to be unnerved by their presence. "We run circles around them. We're really unstoppable," she adds, while some of the other agents begin questioning how the pair, specifically Rose, nab their larger listings.
"I can't believe the girls have the audacity to spread rumors about how I get my listings," Rose responds to allegations that she takes up personal relationships with potential clients to secure their business, citing jealousy as the reason for the gossip. "That's so pathetic," she says
Tensions between the pair and the other agents continues throughout the season, with co-stars Sean Palmieri saying they bring a "weird, awkward energy" and Polly Brindle referring to Jarvis as "the worst person in the f***ing world."
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Things come to a head at Gio Helou's casino night, where the pair engage in a chat that turns heated when Jarvis calls Brindle "honey," which sets off the British agent. "Don't 'honey' me! Don't f***ing 'honey' me," she shouts about their "snarky little comments."
The rest of the group comes to Brindle's defense, with Brandi Marshall saying Jarvis and Rose "put off hateful energy."
Rose tells them to brush off the word choice, citing "far worse things in the world."
Alexandra Hall then tells the pair "they are rubbing their stink on everything in the office" and refers to them as "bullies."
The season ends with an agency yacht party that leads to another confrontation between the women, rehashing the casino night drama without much closure.
"I want nothing to do with them," concludes Brindle.
The guys also get involved, with Tyler Stanaland letting Jarvis and Rose know he thinks they "are coming to the table with an agenda to start s***" after his name is brought into the conversation. "You can only burn so many bridges until there's nothing left to cross," he says before the pair storm out of the event.
The season ends with the news the duo have sold a massive $20 million listing, stirring up an assortment of dirty looks from the rest of the agents.
A Damaging Close-Call Kiss
A major rift occurs in the cast due to an off-camera close call between Stanaland, who has been married to actress Brittany Snow since 2020, and one of his single co-workers, Kayla Cardona, who allegedly tried to kiss him when the they all went to after-work drinks.
Some of the cast discuss the event the following day, where Stanaland reveals that an allegedly intoxicated Kayla "genuinely tried to kiss me" while they were out, telling them that "no one has to know." The shocking development offends a number of the agents.
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Brindle admits to being triggered by Cardona's actions because she was previously cheated on by a spouse, saying it's "not only disrespectful to Tyler and Tyler's marriage, but also disrespectful to me... It's honestly despicable behavior."
A tense conversation then takes place at the office between Cardona and Brindle, where the former admits her actions and condemns the latter for discussing the incident.
Meanwhile, Hall and Marshall are eavesdropping and expressing concerns that Cardona will try to spin the events in her favor. "There's no redemption here, sweetheart," Hall says. "I already know she's gonna pull some victim s***."
Cardona then explains to the entire group, "I will apologize to Tyler, but moving forward, I would appreciate if you girls stopped talking about it."
Hall retaliates, believing the agent isn't thinking about anyone but herself and saying, "You've put me and Polly, and other people in this office, in very uncomfortable situations."
Brindle explains that apologies are owed to the entire group, which causes Cardona to break down in tears, admitting she is both "embarrassed" and "horrified" by her behavior.
But Hall isn't convinced, adding, "It doesn't seem like you're sorry for what you did, it seems like you're sorry because people found out."
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Cardona storms out and eventually sits down with Stanaland for a one-on-one lunch to apologize for her actions. She assures him that she was drunk and that he "will never be put in that type of situation again."
Stanaland accepts her response and explains that "boundaries" need to be put in place for their relationship going forward, admitting that this wasn't the first time this has happened. "My wife and I are strong, we communicate, there is no issue between us," he adds. Stanaland tells the rest of the cast he "wants it to be done" and "move forward" as they respect his wishes, deciding they're all okay with Cardona as long as he is.
Since wrapping filming, Stanaland has admitted to downplaying the incident for Cardona's sake and his own. "On the show, out of respect for her, I am just kind of trying to minimize it and brush past it so that there isn't drama. We can all focus on what we should be doing," the former professional surfer said of his colleague during Wednesday's episode of the Reality Life with Kate Casey podcast. "But that was something where I had to kind of set some hard lines and some boundaries and reconsider the social environment a bit. Nothing happened. It was just … something that, you know, you don't do to somebody who is married."
Snubbing Miscommunication
Nothing gets reality stars more riled up than a social misstep, and the cast of Selling The OC are no exception. An awkward encounter takes places during the new office launch party that sees Hall standing silently alongside Helou's wife, Tiffany. But what appears to viewers as a brief, bizarre moment turns into a huge blow-up between Hall and Helou that runs across multiple episodes.
During an open house later hosted by Helou, he lets Hall know his wife personally felt "snubbed" and "ignored" by her at the party. While Hall has no memory of the moment, Helou makes it known his wife is "not one to exaggerate."
Helou reveals he was told this information in confidence and that Hall should not bring it up to his wife, which she calls "very weird."
Despite her belief that no snub occurred, Helou adds, "What I know is I trust my wife, and she's not a melodramatic person."
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Afterward, Hall tells the other agents how "offended" she is by the entire ordeal, saying Helou "needs to respect me and know that I won't tolerate that, so he should tread very lightly." Conversations around the "demeaning" encounter continue during a brokerage beach outing in the following episode, where Hall says she wants "to literally bury Gio in the sand right now" before once again facing off over the incident.
"Doesn't sound like she can handle the office, then maybe don't bring her around anymore," Hall tells Helou about feeling blindsided by his confrontation at a professional event. "She should know me better than to have snubbed her at a f***ing party."
Helou admits that his wife didn't want to bring the issue up, but he felt compelled to do so since it involves one of his coworkers. "If you offend her, you offend me. That's how it works when you're married," he explains.
"You're dramatic, she's not," Hall retorts before Helou admits to feeling "steamrolled" by his fellow agent.
"It's been a pleasure, good luck," he ends the conversation before Hall walks away in a huff. "She's like an atomic bomb. She can blow everything out of proportion," Helou says in a confessional about the entire interaction.
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The two keep their distance for the remainder of the season, keeping things cordial enough at Helou's casino night event, where Hall makes sure to formally greet Tiffany. "I'm here, look at me, I'm not snubbing anybody," she jokes in a confessional after her entrance.
Time will tell if any of this peace will last or it's only a matter of time before old wounds reopen.
All episodes of Selling The OC are now streaming on Netflix. | https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/selling-oc-season-1s-biggest-232559831.html?src=rss | 2022-08-24T23:52:09Z | https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/selling-oc-season-1s-biggest-232559831.html?src=rss | true | 2 |
Canada’s immigration minister now projects it will only take a few months longer than originally hoped to get application wait times back on track, even though the crisis in Ukraine and other “external” events have worsened the backlogs.
In January, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser vowed to eliminate backlogs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by the end of the year. That was before Canada launched a major response to the refugee crisis sparked by the Russian invasion of Ukraine and approved hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and their families to come to Canada temporarily to escape the war.
Those efforts, combined with making updates to the government’s aging technology, have led to longer waits for people who want to come to Canada, Fraser said.
As of the end of July, approximately 1.3 million immigration applications in the system have taken longer to process than the government’s service standards dictate they should. That’s about 54 per cent of all the pending applications in the system.
In an interview with The Canadian Press, Fraser said the department may need a few extra months before all immigration streams are back to normal processing times.
“Based on what we’re looking at right now, we shouldn’t be too, too far off the projection of getting back to service standards for work and study permits by the end of this year, and I expect that within a few months of that the visitors visas will be back to service standards,” Fraser said.
That’s barring any new international disasters, he said.
While dealing with the backlogs and humanitarian crises, the Canadian immigration system is also fielding unprecedented demand, Fraser said.
As of July 31, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada issued more than 349,000 new work permits so far this year, compared to 199,000 in all of 2021.
At a news conference Wednesday, Fraser announced the Immigration Department is in the midst of a hiring spree to bring 1,250 new employees on board by the end of the fall to tackle the massive backlogs in processing applications and the increased demand.
Fraser said the new hires have so far allowed the government to get the waits back on track for new applicants to the express entry permanent residence program, which is the main economic stream for new permanent residents to Canada.
“In the weeks and months ahead there’s going to be a series of new measures that we’re going to be releasing that’s going to help bring workers here more quickly, make it simpler for families to be reunited with their loved ones, and to hold ourselves accountable by being transparent,” Fraser said at the news conference outside of the Vancouver Convention Centre.
The backlogs have been of growing concern since shortly after the pandemic began, when health restrictions made borders more difficult to cross and immigration slowed considerably.
At the end of last year, the government dedicated $85 million to reducing wait times. Another $187.3 million was set aside for the next five years in the 2022 budget.
In June, the prime minister announced ministers would form a task force to deal with growing delays for immigration applications and other government services.
—Laura Osman, The Canadian Press
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IRS to refund penalties for millions of taxpayers who filed late amid pandemic
(Gray News) - The Internal Revenue Service announced that it would be helping struggling taxpayers affected by the pandemic by sending select refunds to those who filed their taxes late.
On Wednesday, the IRS issued a notice that would provide penalty relief to most people and businesses who filed certain 2019 or 2020 returns late.
The agency said the relief applies to the failure to file penalty – a penalty that is typically assessed at a rate of 5% per month and up to 25% of the unpaid tax when a federal income tax return is filed after Tax Day.
“The penalty relief issued is yet another way the agency is supporting people during this unprecedented time. This penalty relief will be automatic for people or businesses who qualify,” said IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig.
According to the IRS, the notice covers $1.2 billion in penalties for more than 1.6 million taxpayers.
The IRS said to qualify for late-penalty forgiveness, individual tax returns for 2019 or 2020 must be filed by Sept. 30, with taxpayers who already paid a fine automatically receiving the refund.
Most eligible taxpayers will receive their refunds by the end of September.
The IRS notice is also waiving specific late penalties for businesses and individuals who were required to report various international information returns.
According to the agency, these changes will help with the backlog of unprocessed tax returns as it looks to return to normal operations for the 2023 filing season.
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BEIJING (AP) — China is easing its tight restrictions on visas after it largely suspended issuing them to foreign students and others more than two years ago at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The website of the Chinese Embassy in India said the updated procedures would take effect from Wednesday, without mentioning specific requirements for vaccines or proof of a negative virus test.
China still requires those arriving from abroad be quarantined at a hotel or private home and proof of a negative test is required for entry to many public and commercial spaces.
The easing of visa restrictions is significant for Indian students, especially those pursuing degrees in medicine that are far more affordable in China than in Western nations.
“For students who return to China to resume their studies: ‘Certificate of Returning to Campus’ issued by the university in China” is required, the Embassy said.
The Chinese Embassy in Washington also posted a notice saying the new rules for students and others would take effect from Wednesday.
Similar notes were posted on the websites of other Chinese embassies and consulates including in Pakistan, a long-time Chinese ally, the Philippines, with whom it contests territory in the South China Sea, Indonesia, Malaysia, Japan and the northern English city of Manchester. Other embassy websites were temporarily inaccessible, but the Foreign Ministry’s move appears to indicate steps toward a broader restoration of foreign engagement.
Preference was given to holders of travel permits issued by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum and students who have already obtained residency rights in China that allow them to live and work in the country, similar to a U.S. Green Card.
China largely closed its borders after the virus was first detected in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in late 2019. The government has pursued a hard-line “zero-COVID” policy that has seen millions placed under lockdown, but such measures have gradually been lifted amid reduced case numbers and public outcry against the economic and social costs.
Sporadic outbreaks continue to occur, with 1,641 new cases of domestic transmission announced Wednesday, including in far-flung regions such as Tibet and Xinjiang in the northwest. Most of those were asymptomatic and no new deaths were reported. | https://www.news10.com/news/international/china-broadens-visa-availability-as-pandemic-concerns-ease/ | 2022-08-24T23:59:01Z | https://www.news10.com/news/international/china-broadens-visa-availability-as-pandemic-concerns-ease/ | false | 34 |
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces Wednesday launched a rocket attack on a Ukrainian train station on the embattled country's Independence Day, killing 22 people, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said after warning for days that Moscow might attempt “something particularly cruel” this week.
The lethal attack took place in Chaplyne, a town of about 3,500 people in the central Dnipropetrovsk region, Ukrainian news agencies quoted Zelenskyy as telling the U.N. Security Council via video. The president's office also reported that an 11-year-old child was killed by rocket fire earlier in the day in the settlement.
“Chaplyne is our pain today,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address to the nation.
At one point, Zelenskyy put the number of wounded at about 50. The deputy head of Zelenskyy's office later said 22 people were wounded in the attack, which hit five passenger rail cars.
Ukraine had been bracing for especially heavy attacks around the national holiday that commemorates Ukraine's declaration of independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Wednesday also marked the six-month point in the war.
Days ahead of Independence Day, Kyiv authorities banned large gatherings in the capital through Thursday for fear of missile strikes.
Residents of Kyiv, which has been largely spared in recent months, woke up Wednesday to air raid sirens, but no immediate strikes followed. As the day wore on, Russian bombardments were reported in the country's east, west and center, with the most serious attack apparently at the train station.
Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson marked the holiday with a visit to Kyiv — his third since the war broke out — and other European leaders used the occasion to pledge unwavering support for Ukraine, locked in a battle that was widely expected to be a lightning conquest by Moscow but has turned into a grinding war of attrition. U.S. President Joe Biden announced a new military aid package of nearly $3 billion to help Ukrainian forces fight for years to come.
Over the weekend, Zelenskyy cautioned that Russia “may try to do something particularly nasty, something particularly cruel” this week. He repeated the warnings ahead of the train station attack, saying, “Russian provocations and brutal strikes are a possibility.”
Nevertheless, a festive atmosphere prevailed during the day at Kyiv's Maidan square as thousands of residents posed for pictures next to burned-out Russian tanks put on display. Folk singers set up, and many revelers — ignoring the sirens — were out and about in traditionally embroidered dresses and shirts.
Others were fearful.
“I can’t sleep at night because of what I see and hear about what is being done in Ukraine," said a retiree who gave only her first name, Tetyana, her voice shaking with emotion. “This is not a war. It is the destruction of the Ukrainian people."
In a holiday message to the country, Zelenskyy exulted over Ukraine's success in fending off Moscow's forces since the invasion, saying: "On Feb. 24, we were told: You have no chance. On Aug. 24, we say: Happy Independence Day, Ukraine!”
Britain's Johnson urged Western allies to stand by Ukraine through the winter.
“This is not the time to put forward flimsy negotiating proposals,” he said. “You can’t negotiate with a bear when it’s eating your leg or with a street robber when he has you pinned to the floor.”
A car bombing outside Moscow that killed the 29-year-old daughter of right-wing Russian political theorist Alexander Dugin on Saturday also heightened fears that Russia might intensify attacks on Ukraine this week. Russian officials have blamed Ukraine for the death of Darya Dugina, a pro-Kremlin TV commentator. Ukraine has denied any involvement.
Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces have encountered unexpectedly stiff Ukrainian resistance in their invasion and abandoned their effort to storm the capital in the spring. The fighting has turned into a slog that has reduced neighborhoods to rubble and sent shock waves through the world economy.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, speaking Wednesday at a meeting of his counterparts from a security organization dominated by Russia and China, claimed the slow pace of Moscow’s military action was due to what he said was an effort to spare civilians.
Russian forces have repeatedly targeted civilian areas in cities, including hospitals and a Mariupol theater where hundreds of people were taking shelter.
But Shoigu said Russia is carrying out strikes with precision weapons against Ukrainian military targets, and “everything is done to avoid civilian casualties.”
"Undoubtedly, it slows down the pace of the offensive, but we do it deliberately,” he said.
On the battlefield, Russian forces struck several towns and villages in Donetsk province in the east over 24 hours, killing one person, authorities said. A building materials superstore in the city of Donetsk was hit by a shell and erupted in flames, the mayor said. There were no immediate reports of any injuries.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, the Russians again shelled the cities of Nikopol and Marhanets, damaging several buildings and wounding people, authorities said. Russian troops also shelled the city of Zaporizhzhia, but no casualties were reported.
In addition, Russian rockets struck unspecified targets in the Khmelnytskyi region, about 300 kilometers (180 miles) west of Kyiv, the regional governor said. Attacks there have been infrequent.
Varenytsia reported from Pokrovsk, Ukraine. Associated Press writers Hanna Arhirova in Kyiv and Lolita C. Baldor and Matthew Lee in Washington contributed to this report.
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Stocks closed modestly higher as Wall Street recovered some of this week’s steep losses ahead of a highly anticipated speech by the Federal Reserve chair later this week.
The S&P 500 ended 0.3% higher Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq also inched higher. Trading has been quiet the last two days ahead of a speech on Friday by Jerome Powell. Investors hope he’ll offer clarity about where interest rates are heading.
Treasury yields rose after a report showed orders for long-lasting goods were stronger in July than expected, excluding transportation.
On Wednesday:
The S&P 500 rose 12.04 points, or 0.3%, to 4,140.77.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 59.64 points, or 0.2%, to 32,969.23.
The Nasdaq gained 50.23 points, or 0.4%, to 12,431.53.
The Russell 2000 index of smaller companies rose 16.14 points, or 0.8%, to 1,935.29.
For the week:
The S&P 500 is down 87.71 points, or 2.1%.
The Dow is down 737.51 points, or 2.2%.
The Nasdaq is down 273.69 points, or 2.2%.
The Russell 2000 is down 22.06 points, or 1.1%.
For the year:
The S&P 500 is down 625.41 points, or 13.1%.
The Dow is down 3,369.07 points, or 9.3%.
The Nasdaq is down 3,213.44 points, or 20.5%.
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Bob Ballantyne broke a cord on his blinds in early July, and his repairman in Ottawa still hasn’t been able to replace the snapped part.
“He says, `You know, supply chain issues. I can’t get the string that I need to fix it.”’
Ballantyne isn’t alone. The pandemic sent shockwaves through the global supply chain and the backlogs are mounting even as freight volumes fall in North America this year.
The delays stem from several choke points along the chain, including backed-up warehouses, staff shortages and rail capacity. Ultimately the longer wait times, and extra costs, are being passed along to consumers.
In the first half of 2022, container volumes at the Port of Vancouver dropped seven per cent from the same period a year earlier. But containers sat on its docks for nearly six days on average, almost twice as long as in 2019 and a 41 per cent increase from 2021.
That “dwell time” rose higher in July, to more than six and a half days. Meanwhile cargo vessels sat at anchor for 9.6 days on average before docking at the country’s largest port as a result of the buildups last month, more than twice as long as they waited last year.
“It’s like Lego bricks,” said Robert Lewis-Manning, president of the B.C. Chamber of Shipping, of shipping containers. “They’re piled up and there’s just no more place to put them.”
In Montreal, Canada’s second-largest port, containers wait four times longer than the 2019 average, and vessel turnaround is similarly well above both 2019 levels and those from a year ago.
A lack of storage space in distribution hubs on the fringes of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver is one reason.
“Warehouses in Ontario and Quebec are largely full,” said Lewis-Manning. “The problem is, there’s something behind it that can’t get through to where it needs to go. And maybe it is a critical part for a manufacturing operation.
“Ultimately the consumer will pay the price for that,” he said.
Storage fees, contract extension penalties and “demurrage” fees _ issued by a shipping line when freight exceeds the time allotted at a terminal _ eventually show up in the retail price tag, on top of higher freight rates and overtime wages for those working on the backlogs.
Ironically, the delays brought on by full warehouses are partly the result of importers’ response to previous supply-chain disruptions.
“When people anticipate a shortage or capacity constraint, they overcorrect. And that actually amplifies the challenge,” Peter Xotta, head of operations at the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, said, citing what he called a “bull-whip effect.”
“If the goods show up two months later than when they’re anticipated, you might be missing that window for these barbecues, for parasols, for garden furniture that you were looking for in June,” said Daniel Dagenais, vice-president of operations at the Port of Montreal.
Once the sales window is over for these seasonal products, they either need to be physically stored until the following year or heavily discounted.
Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd. said earlier this month that its merchandise levels shot up 18 per from a year earlier, which means it has less flexibility for storing off-season items.
Shippers and marine carrier operators see rail as a critical bottleneck.
Grain volumes were down last year due to a drought, but rail companies “still had problems,” said John Corey, president of the Freight Management Association of Canada.
The grain yield _ often the biggest source of commodity revenues for Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. _ is expected to return to the historical average this year, raising questions about what other shipments might be sidelined to accommodate the larger harvest.
“The amount of rail capacity that there is with various rail lines, that really is what’s making a big impact,” said Xotta.
Stakeholders from wheat and canola exporters to lumber producers are worried, as demand for Canadian grain, potash and coal surges due to shortages caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
“All those Asian imports that are coming in by container and the largely bulk exports that are headed to Asia … are all competing for that same rail service,” Lewis-Manning said.
“I think we’re going to see a real mess on the West Coast.”
A dire dearth of truck drivers marks another snarl in the chain. The sector saw record vacancies in the first quarter, with 25,560 unfilled driver positions between January and March, according to Trucking HR Canada.
And spillover from heavily backlogged American ports such as Los Angeles and nearby Long Beach further adds to port congestion, while labour shortages at warehouses also gum up the cargo flow.
“You get to a point where one more drop and you start to overflow. And we have started to overflow,” said Chris Hall, CEO of the Shipping Federation of Canada.
Canada’s two main rail lines have been pouring money into network upgrades and new railcars while scrambling to hire workers after laying off thousands in the first year of the pandemic.
CN and CP hope to hire more than 3,800 workers this year, including some 1,850 already on board since Dec. 31. But the labour market _ especially for train conductors and engineers _ is tighter than it’s been in decades and it takes up to nine months to train some crews.
CN spokesman Jonathan Abecassis said the railway has set up temporary storage capacity in Montreal and Toronto, as the Vancouver port did in February. And CP Rail CEO Keith Creel assured analysts on a call last month the company is flexible: “We have capacity. We’re not holding any freight at West Coast ports or East Coast ports to pace into our inland terminals.”
That’s cold comfort for Ballantyne, still waiting for a repair to his blinds. The last he heard, the component might be replaced by next month. But there are no guarantees. | https://globalnews.ca/news/9083599/shippers-consumers-overflowing-ports/ | 2022-08-25T00:02:14Z | https://globalnews.ca/news/9083599/shippers-consumers-overflowing-ports/ | false | 24 |
The OutKick 360 crew react to Nick Saban’s recent comments he made about retirement in an interview with Dan Patrick.
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A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Wynn Resorts.
Looking at options history for Wynn Resorts WYNN we detected 13 strange trades.
If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 46% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 53% with bearish.
From the overall spotted trades, 11 are puts, for a total amount of $1,521,528 and 2, calls, for a total amount of $52,938.
What's The Price Target?
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $50.0 to $105.0 for Wynn Resorts over the last 3 months.
Volume & Open Interest Development
Looking at the volume and open interest is a powerful move while trading options. This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Wynn Resorts's options for a given strike price. Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of Wynn Resorts's whale trades within a strike price range from $50.0 to $105.0 in the last 30 days.
Wynn Resorts Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days
Biggest Options Spotted:
Where Is Wynn Resorts Standing Right Now?
- With a volume of 843,629, the price of WYNN is down -4.82% at $60.6.
- RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock is currently neutral between overbought and oversold.
- Next earnings are expected to be released in 78 days.
What The Experts Say On Wynn Resorts:
- Wells Fargo has decided to maintain their Equal-Weight rating on Wynn Resorts, which currently sits at a price target of $77.
- Deutsche Bank has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Wynn Resorts, which currently sits at a price target of $85.
Options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock, but they have higher profit potential. Serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily, scaling in and out of trades, following more than one indicator, and following the markets closely.
If you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for Wynn Resorts, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.
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That rookie left tackle Braxton Jones made it to this point is impressive. He’s a fifth-round pick from Southern Utah who immediately stormed the depth chart and has fought off every challenger to hold his spot.
But soon the challenges will come from the outside.
When the Bears face the 49ers on Sept. 11, Jones will be their first rookie to start at left tackle since Troy Auzenne in 1992. And he’ll begin his career by taking on two-time Pro Bowl defensive end Nick Bosa, who was fourth in the NFL in sacks last season at 15.5.
So the preseason finale Saturday against the Browns, whose pass rush is powered by two-time all-pro Myles Garrett and veteran Jadeveon Clowney, is as important for Jones as anybody else in the offense.
If either or both of them play — Garrett said Wednesday he was unsure of his status, though coach Kevin Stefanski indicated he plans to play starters — the Bears will get a good idea of how ready Jones is for Bosa.
“I’m just thinking about what’s ahead,” Jones said, trying to keep the conversation centered on the Browns rather than the season opener. “That’s a big task as well.”
In the meantime, Jones has prepared by sparring with Bears defensive end Robert Quinn in practice. Quinn set the franchise record with 18.5 sacks last season.
“It’s helped me progress a lot in the last few months,” Jones said. “But just making it come to life in the game is the biggest thing. Some of the rushers just don’t get to the point as quick as Robert Quinn does... They want to run around the edge.
“Robert Quinn gets to you really quickly, so then your hands are much quicker. But when it’s a longer wait, I still have to have that punch timing.” | https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2022/8/24/23320969/bears-lt-braxton-jones-practices-vs-robert-quinn-as-star-pass-rushers-loom | 2022-08-25T00:07:19Z | https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2022/8/24/23320969/bears-lt-braxton-jones-practices-vs-robert-quinn-as-star-pass-rushers-loom | true | 1 |
4 injured in drive-by shooting near Chicago high school
Published: Aug. 24, 2022 at 6:55 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say three juveniles and one adult have been shot near a high school on Chicago’s Northwest Side.
Police say the victims between the ages of 15 and 18 were wounded on Wednesday afternoon outside an ice cream shop near Carl Schurz High School.
The police department says one 15-year-old is in critical condition, while the others are in good condition.
Chicago Public Schools issued a statement saying a shooting occurred just before a high school’s dismissal bell, but would not confirm the school name.
The school went on a lockdown while police responded.
That lockdown has since been lifted.
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Want to lower your risk of early death? These 3 activities are most beneficial, study says
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN
Want to live a longer, healthier life? Pick an activity you enjoy, and get moving. Choose just about anything — walking, running, swimming laps, playing tennis, cycling, swimming, golf, racket sports or even walking for exercise.
All of these leisure activities appear to lower the risk of early death, as well as death from cardiovascular disease and cancer, according to a new study published Wednesday in the journal JAMA Network Open.
The study from the National Cancer Institute analyzed responses from over 272,000 people between the ages of 59 and 82 who completed questionnaires about their leisure time activities as part of the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health Study, a longitudinal study of the relationship between diet and health.
The study researchers followed participants for a dozen or so years and analyzed health records for deaths from cancer, heart disease and any cause.
Physical activity guidelines in the United States recommend that American adults do 2.5 to 5 hours of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity or 1.25 to 2.5 hours of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity each week.
Any combination of aerobic-based activity done for the recommended amount of time per week was associated with a 13% lower risk of death from any cause when compared with doing none of the activities, the researchers found.
Playing racket sports had the highest return for cardiovascular issues: There was a 27% reduction in risk for death from heart disease and a 16% reduction in early death. The largest reduction in cancer risk (19%) was associated with running, while running reduced risk of an early death by 15%, the study said.
Walking for exercise was the most beneficial for lowering the risk of early death after racket sports and running, the study found.
All the activities studied were associated with some lower risks of death, the study found.
“Participation in any of the activities was associated with lower mortality in comparison with those who did not participate in each activity, including moderate-intensity activities,” wrote study author Eleanor Watts, a postdoctoral fellow in epidemiology at the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health.
The study could only show an association, not a full cause and effect.
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Horoscope today, Thursday August 25: Daily guide to what your star sign has in store for your zodiac dates
♈ ARIES
March 21 to April 20
You are ready to chase the career you always secretly wanted, and this time key people will back you.
Your personal planet, Mars, promises rich passion and you are the one who can decide how serious the partnership should get.
The winning-most part of your chart could deliver cash prizes.
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♉ TAURUS
April 21 to May 21
The sun visits the romantic sector of your chart and you can see how you and a partner could build a brilliant life.
Mutual consideration may not sound exciting, but will be.
If you still hope to meet The One, check out a neighbourhood newcomer with impressive sporting skills and almost too much charm.
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Horoscope traits
What does your star sign mean for you?
Aries - The best and worst characteristics of the head of the zodiac
Aquarius - The traits you need to know for the air sign
Capricorn - What does this star sign mean for your personality?
Cancer - The key traits for the sign include a keen love of food
Gemini - The traits to be aware of for the sign with a symbol of twins
Leo - The best and worst characteristics of the fire sign
Libra - What does the seventh star sign mean for your personality?
Pisces - The key traits for the sign include an interest in the arts
Sagittarius - The traits you need to know for the fire sign
Scorpio - What does this star sign mean for your personality?
Taurus - The best and worst characteristics of the earth sign
Virgo - The key traits for the sign include loyalty and kindness
♊ GEMINI
May 22 to June 21
When you are the last to join a group of friends for a catch-up, a person sat opposite you could be your love destiny.
They are oversubscribed with admirers but your calm, friendly approach is the one that wins a hot date.
Job-wise, this is a day to avoid self-criticism – people value you how you value yourself.
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♋ CANCER
June 22 to July 22
Work adds the thrill factor to your day, maybe as you get a place in a group headed for success and even fame.
It does mean giving up some spare time, for rehearsals.
But it is a chance not to miss, even though you could be competing with a person you adore.
Sharing the limelight may be the making of a love match.
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♌ LEO
July 23 to August 23
Jupiter, the planet most closely connected to laughter, brings out a talent in you for writing jokes or telling them.
This flamboyant version of you surprises everyone, especially yourself, but it could add so much as a profitable sideline or a career.
If you’re single, new love has the same initials as you.
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August 24 to September 22
The sun in your sign makes it easier to understand your love feelings and put them into words.
Still looking for that special someone? A Pisces could have marriage in mind, but this is not a relationship to rush.
You may think it goes without saying, but a long-term partner needs to know you’re still interested.
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♎ LIBRA
September 23 to October 23
Your intuition is at its most powerful, although the messages it gives you are totally surprising.
It may have never interested you as a job before, but fashion starts to appeal.
And when one of you has a gift for design and the other has a talent for selling, running a company together could be very rewarding.
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The traditional dates used by Mystic Meg for each sign are below.
- Capricorn: December 22 – January 20
- Aquarius: January 21 – February 18
- Pisces: February 19 - March 20
- Aries: March 21 - April 20
- Taurus: April 21 – May 21
- Gemini: May 22 – June 21
- Cancer: June 22 – July 22
- Leo: July 23 – August 23
- Virgo: August 24 – September 22
- Libra: September 23 – October 23
- Scorpio: October 24 – November 22
- Sagittarius: November 23 – December 21
♏ SCORPIO
October 24 to November 2
The sexiest, strongest version of you, matched with self-belief, makes you shine.
So even at an event you’re reluctant to attend, you could have such a lucky outcome.
This may be work, but it could be love that’s a perfect physical and emotional match.
The luck factor arrives in an unusual and gorgeous vehicle.
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Capricorn - Born between December 22 and January 20, Capricorns have a tendency to be practical, resourceful and patient, as well as dedicated and ambitious.
Aquarius - The free-spirited Aquarius is a water sign born between January 21 and February 18.
Pisces - Pisces is the last star sign in the Zodiac and its symbol is the fish.
Aries - Aries is the first of the 12 Zodiac signs and its symbol is the ram.
Taurus - Taurus is the second Zodiac sign and its symbol is the bull.
Gemini - Gemini is the third Zodiac sign and its symbol is said to depict the twins Castor and Pollox.
Cancer - Cancer is the fourth Zodiac sign and its symbol is the crab.
Leo - Leo is the fifth sign of the Zodiac, falling between July 23 and August 23.
Virgo - Virgo is the sixth sign in the Zodiac calendar and is represented by the maiden, or virgin, symbol.
Libra - Libras are an air sign, and are compatible with Geminis, Leo, Sagittarius and Aquarius.
Scorpio - Ruled by the planet Pluto, Scorpios are the most compatible with Cancer, Capricorn and Pisces.
Sagittarius - The symbol of Sagittarius is an archer, and they are most compatible with Aries, Aquarius and Leo.
♐ SAGITTARIUS
November 23 to December 21
You are ready to take on a charity challenge with neighbours. It gets you noticed in ways that help your working life.
But when it comes to love, just as you’re about to get interested in someone new, a call from an ex-partner who wants to try again confuses you – and you must calmly review both these relationships.
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♑ CAPRICORN
December 22 to January 20
You are ready to take several steps up in the working world and your name could go on a smart new door.
You want the best for those you love, and make relationships that really can last.
Single? You meet your one true lover where people sign in different languages. And it’s instant attraction.
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♒ AQUARIUS
January 21 to February 18
You have the most intriguing ideas as Mars is on the move. Now the time is perfect for a new career.
But it could be a love question, which amazes as much as pleases, that gets ready to transform your plans for the future in all the right ways.
Do keep the family up to speed, as they need to feel included.
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♓ PISCES
February 19 to March 2
The sun in your opposite sign promises a love meeting with someone different to anyone you’ve ever met.
Straight away, a relationship feels meant to be.
You may not think you are artistic, but pick up a pencil and you prove to yourself and others that you are.
Love has your all-time favourite name.
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A spokesman for the Court of Appeals said Wednesday that oral arguments would likely be held sometime next year, after the decision to hear the case was granted Aug. 19.
Weinstein was convicted in February 2020 in New York of forcibly performing oral sex on a TV and film production assistant in 2006 and raping an aspiring actress in 2013. The 70-year-old was sentenced to 23 years in prison and is currently in custody in California awaiting trial on other assault charges.
In June, an intermediate-level appeals court in New York upheld the conviction, rejecting the former movie mogul’s claim that the trial judge unfairly let in testimony about accusations outside of the case.
Weinstein’s publicist, Juda Engelmayer, said, “We are hopeful and grateful for this rare opportunity.”
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office declined to comment.
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In a congratulatory message issued by his spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, on Wednesday in Abuja, the president joined family members, friends and Muslim Ummah in celebrating with the spiritual leader.
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WFO SPOKANE Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, August 24, 2022
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AREAL FLOOD ADVISORY
Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Spokane WA
347 PM PDT Wed Aug 24 2022
...FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM PDT THIS AFTERNOON...
* WHAT...Minor flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected.
* WHERE...A portion of North Central Washington, including the
following counties, Douglas and Okanogan.
* WHEN...Until 545 PM PDT.
* IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 343 PM PDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to
thunderstorms. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly in the advisory area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain
has fallen with more rain expected.
- Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Nespelem Community, Coulee Dam, Elmer City and Nespelem.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
In hilly terrain there are hundreds of low water crossings which are
potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not attempt to cross flooded
roads. Find an alternate route.
Move away from recently burned areas, including the Chuweah Creek
Fire near Nespelem. Life-threatening flooding of creeks and roads is
possible. The heavy rains could also trigger rockslides, mudslides
and debris flows in steep terrain, especially in and around these
areas.
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Rio – Singer Luisa Sonza, 24, caused controversy on Twitter over a comment she made on a post by Marina Sena. The interpreter of “Por Supuesto” commented that while she receives a lot of criticism for her voice, she also receives praise for her show.
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“Luisa, at the store where I work, there are two spaces in the pouch. The service is light, they have a cart”, said an internet user. “The store in my neighborhood where I worked is hiring, take your resume. You work from Monday to Saturday, you just have to be a saleswoman, cashier, stockist, cleaning lady and iron the clothes before taking them to the hanger, but you’ll only get paid for one function, R$1,300 per month”, offered another person.
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Being a pop artist is a disgrace honestly
— LUISA SONZA (@luisasonza) August 22, 2022
A wholesaler is going to open near my house, there will be plenty of vacancies for the cashier, send your resume
— Toufofa (@bolofoufos) August 23, 2022
Luiza at the company I work for has 2 spaces in the pouch the service is light they have a cart.
Food voucher of 359 also has a dentist. Nobody bothers.
Office hours from Monday to Friday, enter 7:15 mi, release your DM I’ll send the work with us for you to send your resume.— Fernando Dicas Master (@odicasmaster) August 23, 2022
poor things, they are just millionaires and they have all the best and in exchange they suffer criticism here and there, what a suffering
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Have you ever tried to wake up at 5 am, take two buses and a subway, work all day on your feet and earn 1200 reais? pic.twitter.com/xDgBSekRoJ
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become an accountant then love
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Hey Luisa, here at the bakery in town, there’s a job opening if you wanted to get out of the pop artist life
1300 per month, Monday to Saturday from 7 am to 6 pm. You are entitled to a transport voucher, food and a day off on 2 Sundays of the monthYou will love it
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Continuing their partnership, company assists local wildlife group that rescued fallen bird
PSEG Long Island crews mobilized last month in Bayville to help give a 6-week-old osprey fledgling a new chance at life after it fell from its nest atop an elevated platform.
The two-pound fledgling was found on the ground near the pole on West Harbor Street near West Harbor Beach Memorial Park on Friday, July 15. Residents contacted Jim Jones of the Bayville Environmental Conservation Committee and he organized a team to rescue the bird.
The young raptor turned out to be uninjured, but it was clearly not ready to be away from its nest. To resolve the challenge, Jones contacted PSEG Long Island, with whom he had worked to install the nesting platform atop the pole in 2019.
After getting permission from the State Department of Environmental Conservation, PSEG Long Island drove out to the platform with a bucket truck and carefully lifted the fledgling back into the nest the very same day.
The reunion was successful, and the adult ospreys have continued to feed the young bird until it is ready to hunt on its own.
“To us, environmental stewardship is part of our mission to be a strong presence in our communities,” said Michael Sullivan, PSEG Long Island’s vice president of Transmission and Distribution. “Building nesting platforms to keep the osprey safe from electrocution also improves reliability for our customers. And maintaining strong partnerships with local groups like the Bayville Environmental Conservation Committee allows us to provide vital support during events such as this one. We look forward to seeing these osprey for many years to come.”
“I can hear his screaming whistles whenever I bike by the nest. He is flying well now and will soon be trying to catch his own fish – finally,” Jones said. “My thanks to PSEG Long Island for their partnership in this rescue. When a chick is separated from its parents, time is of the essence, and we were able to reunite them in a matter of hours.”
In balancing its commitment to the consistent, safe delivery of power for its customers with its commitment to being a good environmental steward, PSEG Long Island has installed dozens of new osprey nesting platforms to deter the returning birds from nesting on electrical equipment, which puts both the raptors and the electrical system in danger. Maintaining the nesting platforms helps PSEG Long Island maintain strong electric service reliability.
PSEG Long Island has installed 24-hour webcams at two of these nesting platforms, in Oyster Bay and Patchogue. Visit https://www.psegliny.com/wildlife/ospreycam for more information about osprey and to view live webcam feed of the nests.
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Attorneys at Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz on Wednesday removed a personal injury lawsuit against Total Quality Logistics LLC and Ronnie Castillo Perez to Alabama Northern District Court. The suit was filed by Wettermark & Keith on behalf of Peter Longwood. The case is 5:22-cv-01067, Longwood v. Perez et al.
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Scottish mountain bike racer and current national champion Rab Wardell passed away in his sleep early on Tuesday morning. Just two days prior to his death, he had won the Scottish MTB XC Championship race in Dumfries and Galloway. He was 37 years old.
Wardell’s partner, Olympian and track champion Katie Archibald, tweeted the news early this morning, sharing that Wardell had gone into cardiac arrest on Tuesday night. “I think you’ve heard that Rab died yesterday morning. I still don’t understand what’s happened; if this is real; why he’d be taken now - so healthy and happy. He went into cardiac arrest while we were lying in bed. I tried and tried, and the paramedics arrived within minutes, but his heart stopped and they couldn’t bring him back. Mine stopped with it. I love him so much and need him here with me. I need him here so badly, but he’s gone. I can’t describe this pain.”
Wardell was also known as a great cycling coach, and had a strong online cycling platform where he shared skills advice for novice and advanced mountain bikers. He was always happy to provide tips for new riders—like when he helped us explain why flat pedals can help improve mountain bike skills—and was as focused on good overall health as he was on boosting wattage.
Wardell had been racing mountain bikes for over 20 years, scoring XC MTB national titles as a junior and U23 racer. According to Off.road.cc, his recent win on the weekend was a triumphant comeback not just in the race (he suffered three flats but still took the win) but in his career after a 14-year hiatus from serious racing as he focused on building Wardell Cycle Coaching.
After he won Nationals this weekend, he shared on Instagram, “It’s taken a few years but I can add the Senior Cross Country title to the Junior and U23 ones I won nearly 2 decades ago. In all honestly, a shocking race from me with 3 punctures, but stoked to be able to take the win.”
His return to full-time pro racing was recent, and on August 16, he wrote on his blog that he was excited to get back to a full-time training focus. “If you put me on the spot I’d tell you that my ambition is to be the best mountain bike marathon rider I can be,” he wrote. “Now that I’ve got the opportunity to train and compete as a full-time bike racer, I want to discover what I am capable of.”
Hundreds of his friends and fans have offered tributes online, sending condolences to Archibald and remembering Wardell as an inspiration, a fierce competitor, a humble coach and a good friend.
Bicycling magazine writer Selene Yeager remembers Wardell from their time racing at the Hot Israel Epic in 2015. “I was crushed to hear the news of Rab’s sudden, untimely passing,” she says. “We became fast friends during the Hot Israel Epic in 2015 and I always admired his passion and openness and humor. He worked so hard for his professional dreams. It was inspiring to see him capture the Scottish MTB XC Championship after all the time and energy he poured into his training during Covid. It’s very hard to process this really just happened. He’ll be very dearly missed.” | https://www.bicycling.com/culture/a40981613/scottish-mtb-champion-rab-wardell-died-2022/ | 2022-08-25T00:26:41Z | https://www.bicycling.com/culture/a40981613/scottish-mtb-champion-rab-wardell-died-2022/ | false | 1 |
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BluePoint Mortgage, a premier wholesale lender has been recognized as one of the best places to work in Orange County, California.
For the fourth consecutive year, the Orange County Register has included BluePoint Mortgage on its list of "Top Places to Work." The rankings for midsize companies with 100-500 employees are based on corporate values, meaningful work, employee development and innovation.
According to Top Workplaces, LLC research, 86% of employees at Top Workplaces are committed to their work compared to 43% at average workplaces. Additionally, Top Workplace companies have an employee engagement rate of 84% compared to 36% at average workplaces.
"BluePoint Mortgage is honored to have been recognized as a Top Workplace" says Sam Soliman, Chief Executive Officer of BluePoint Mortgage. "We provide an amazing culture and support system that enables our account executives, underwriters, loan processors and closers to thrive!"
BluePoint Mortgage is dedicated to creating an exciting atmosphere that encourages teamwork and individual performance. Employees frequently compete for awards such as title belts, "Walk of Fame" stars, weekend stays at luxury hotels, gift cards to high-end restaurants, and other performance awards. Recently, Michel Escobedo – Non-QM Jr. Underwriter won the "Grinder of the month" award for her hard work and dedication in July, and Sr. Account Executive Allen Samuel enjoyed a stay at the Ritz-Carlton for winning a loan submission competition.
We are hiring!
The company currently has an immediate need for experienced Account Executives and welcomes applicants with Non-QM experience. Interested applicants can apply here bluepointmtg.com/careers.
BluePoint Mortgage is a top wholesale lender that began more than 30 years ago.
We expedite Non-QM, FHA, VA and conventional loan programs for a growing list of mortgage brokers throughout the nation.
The Scotsman Guide ranks BluePoint Mortgage within its list of Top 20 Wholesale Lenders.
The company does not offer retail loans.
BluePoint Mortgage is based in Newport Beach, CA. NMLS ID# 320004, BRE# 01403107.
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Did you know that there is still time to request the Extraordinary Withdrawal of BRL 1,000? This is because the Federal Government has given a new opportunity to workers across the country who have not yet requested it. Although Caixa Econômica has deactivated the consultation about the benefit on its Internet portal, the worker has the Fund’s own App available. There, it is possible to make both consultation and withdrawal.
Namely, the download can be done for Android and iOS phones. And, in this way, obtain more information and request the deposit of R$1 THOUSAND in your accounts. In principle, workers will be able to request the resource until December 15, 2022. Next, learn more about it.
There’s still time to request the EXTRAORDINARY withdrawal,
That’s right, there is still a way to request the Extraordinary Withdrawal of R$ 1 THOUSAND. But don’t rush, as the offer will be available until December 15th of this year.
After the 1st stage of the FGTS Extraordinary Withdrawal, more than R$9 billion returned to the public coffers. This is due to the fact that, according to the Law, the amount deposited in the workers’ accounts must be moved within 90 days. That is, if not used during this period, they return to the Fund’s accounts.
As the amount rescued by the FGTS was considerable, the Government gave workers a new opportunity to receive the money. In fact, Caixa reported that during the entire period of the payment schedule, around 43.7 million people received the deposit in their accounts; totaling R$ 30.1 billion.
See too: FGTS: Account inactive for more than 3 years? See how to request the TOTAL withdrawal
What to do?
According to Caixa, workers who have not used the Extraordinary Withdrawal of the Fund, but who still want the money, must, by December 15, 2022, apply for the benefit. The order can be made through the fund application (https://bityli.com/XjFTm). The money will fall into the Caixa Tem digital account within 15 days.
To do so, the worker must access the FGTS application and click on the “Extraordinary Cash Out” menu. Then, just confirm or change your registration information, and click on ”Request Withdrawal”. Finally, Caixa will once again deposit the money in the beneficiary’s account, who will be able to use it to make transfers, cash withdrawals, and other electronic transactions.
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