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Instant Genius Podcast: Drought, with Kevin Hiscock
Environmental science professor Kevin Hiscock joins us on our podcast, Instant Genius.
Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. In this week's episode, we talk to Kevin Hiscock, a professor in environmental science.
He unpacks the problems the UK is facing with drought and how we can tackle them.
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Jason is the commissioning editor for BBC Science Focus. He holds an MSc in physics and was named Section Editor of the Year by the British Society of Magazine Editors in 2019. He has been reporting on science and technology for more than a decade. During this time, he's walked the tunnels of the Large Hadron Collider, watched Stephen Hawking deliver his Reith Lecture on Black Holes and reported on everything from simulation universes to dancing cockatoos. He looks after the magazine’s and website’s news sections and makes regular appearances on the Instant Genius Podcast.
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UK drought: What should we do to protect ourselves from future water shortages? A scientist explains
Climate change is affecting the UK water supply, how can we keep the taps running and the grocery shelves filled?
We speak to Prof Kevin Hiscock, an environmental scientist from the University of East Anglia, about the growing issue of depleting water resources in the UK.
Is there a strict scientific definition of exactly what we mean by drought and are we heading for one?
There isn't actually a strict definition. We can think in terms of a meteorological drought, in terms of a deficit of rainfall like we see in the last few months, agricultural drought, particularly if that dry weather is at the same time as the irrigation season in the summer. But I also think in terms of hydrological drought, which is perhaps the worst in respect of maintaining the water supply for both our drinking water, and also to support the environment.
But they develop over a longer period than several weeks of no rainfall. In the recent period, we've seen months of lower rainfall than usual. So, one dry spring leading into another dry autumn or winter makes the problem worse.
Next year we could see more of an issue if we don't get some rainfall over the critical winter period. But certainly, now we're finding that the drought is developing.
How does water move around the landscape?
The rainfall infiltrates the soil and then slowly moves down to the water table and then gradually that water will move towards the discharge area, which is the river or a wetland.
England is underlain by chalk. And that chalk is a huge reservoir of water. One-third of the drinking supply in England will be from the chalk aquifer. Essentially, we've got this this large water cycle, rainfall, infiltration, rainwater discharge into the river and then down to the estuary, back to sea to connect up to the water cycle. But groundwater is really important for our river flow and for our public supply.
What is the current situation with UK water resource management?
All water companies go through a five-year planning cycle, the so-called AMP period, the asset management period cycle, and they should be looking at their longer-term projections for demand that will take into account population increase as well as climate change factors. If insufficient water is available in the longer term you've got to plan to build storage into the system.
We do need to build headroom and that depends on the nature again of your geography -whether you have groundwater resources that you can use, whether you are entirely dependent on surface reservoirs like you may be more in the west of the country and the north of the country.
You can also move resources around in a region. So, for example, in the wetter northern parts of Britain, you could divert water southwards, which we see presently with a big pipeline being built from Humberside down through to Essex at this time to try and redistribute the resource.
The headlines always are always about hosepipe bans, but what about agriculture and food supply?
We're seeing now that crops are just dying in the fields. The Environment Agency do have the power to stop farmers from irrigating - the so-called Section 57 of the Water Act - that is when the farmers particularly get upset. But this summer period, farmers have been able to continue irrigating towards the end of the season.
When I think back to the drought of 1989 through to 1992 in the Anglian region, there was a ban on irrigation and the farmers were very unhappy with that. And so you get this classic conflict of interest between the need to protect the water, the public supply, and the need for irrigation.
What about other land management solutions?
Planting woodland or introducing beavers into the landscape is very effective. Water engineers also have ways of cultivating the ground to create a more textured soil so the infiltration occurs more easily. You also have approaches like regenerative farming, or minimum tillage, to avoid ploughing of the soil. We can help build the soil structure and increase the organic content in that soil. It becomes more fibrous and is able to act like a sponge.
I also think that we can extend these ideas into the built environment. So when you think about the amount of concrete and tarmac in urban areas and how quickly you see flooding. We can use sustainable urban drainage systems or SUDS. These are things like ponds or wetlands within a new housing development. Greening up our urban space, and thinking in terms of these sustainable drainage systems is another a good way of holding out water in in the catchment.
Is there anything the public can do to help?
I think we can all help. At this time, not using the hosepipe or the sprinkler, putting on the dishwasher or the washing machine when it's full. It’s great to be able to to harvest rainwater in a water butt for watering the garden during a dry spell.. Taking showers instead of baths.
These are all steps that we can take. But ultimately in the longer term, I'm amazed to see that we never have a label on, say, a washing machine telling of the high water efficiency. There's an energy efficiency label. And also leakage on our own properties. If your water meter continues to turn and there's an issue with some form of leakage on your side of the of the water network.
What does the future picture look like?
We think ahead into the future, periods like this will become more frequent. This is the best that we can see from the climate modelling scenarios, even though there's uncertainty around predicting rainfall totals.
By our best estimates, the scenarios for the future climate suggest in the south and east of England there will be increasing summer drought frequency and more intense drought and indeed over wider areas.
But that's not for the whole of the UK. As you go towards the northern part of the UK, the scenario there is for normal or wetter conditions, but not quite the severity that we might expect in terms of droughts in the future.
The other characteristic is the all important winter rainfall, when we need the recharge to occur, to top up our aquifers that support our rivers. This will occur on fewer days. So the southern areas will get drier and northern areas will get a little wetter. That's the general pattern.
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Jason is the commissioning editor for BBC Science Focus. He holds an MSc in physics and was named Section Editor of the Year by the British Society of Magazine Editors in 2019. He has been reporting on science and technology for more than a decade. During this time, he's walked the tunnels of the Large Hadron Collider, watched Stephen Hawking deliver his Reith Lecture on Black Holes and reported on everything from simulation universes to dancing cockatoos. He looks after the magazine’s and website’s news sections and makes regular appearances on the Instant Genius Podcast.
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The United States Postal Service is gearing up for another busy holiday season. For the third year in a row, the USPS said it will temporarily increase prices on a variety of mail services from October to January to offset rising delivery costs during the peak mailing period.
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1. Covid-19
The CDC is no longer recommending restrictive measures such as quarantines and social distancing to prevent the spread of Covid-19. In new guidelines released Thursday, the agency announced it is no longer necessary to stay at least 6 feet away from others to reduce the risk of exposure -- a shift from the guidance that had been in place since the early days of the pandemic. Now, more than two years later, nearly the entire US population has at least some immunity through vaccination, previous infection, or, in some cases, both. However, the latest guidance does keep some measures the same. It says people who test positive should stay home for at least five days and wear a mask around others for 10 days. It also continues to recommend that people wear masks indoors in about half of the country.
2. Trump
Following the FBI search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on Monday, Attorney General Merrick Garland said that the Justice Department has requested that the warrant and property receipt from the search be unsealed. Trump said in an online post on Thursday that he would "not oppose the release of documents," adding, "I am going a step further by ENCOURAGING the immediate release of those documents." The FBI executed a search warrant at the Palm Beach, Florida, resort as part of an investigation into the handling of presidential documents, including classified documents, that may have been brought there. The Washington Post, citing people familiar with the investigation, also reported on Thursday that classified documents related to nuclear weapons were among the items that FBI agents sought when searching the former President's residence.
3. Ukraine
An "alarming" situation is unfolding at a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant in southeastern Ukraine, according to the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog. Parts of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant -- the largest nuclear plant in Europe -- have been knocked out due to recent attacks, risking an "unacceptable" potential radiation leak, according to Mariano Grossi, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). "IAEA experts believe that there is no immediate threat to nuclear safety," but "that could change at any moment," Grossi said. Russia and Ukraine have so far been unwilling to agree to an IAEA inspection of the plant and have accused each other of shelling the facility. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling for the complete withdrawal of Russians from the territory, which he said is putting all of Europe in danger.
4. Student loans
With less than three weeks to go until the federal student loan repayment pause expires, millions of borrowers are waiting to hear whether President Joe Biden will extend the current payment moratorium or possibly forgive any of their debts. Borrower balances have effectively been frozen since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, with no payments required on most federal student loans since March 2020. Democratic lawmakers and advocates have been calling on Biden to broadly cancel up to $50,000 in student loan debt per borrower, but the President has said he would not consider that number. Along with potentially extending the pause, the White House has suggested Biden is considering canceling $10,000 per borrower, excluding those who earn more than $125,000 a year. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden will have something to announce "before August 31."
5. Anne Heche
Actress Anne Heche, who remains hospitalized after crashing her vehicle into a Los Angeles residence last week, is "not expected to survive," according to a statement from her family and friends shared with CNN by a representative. "Unfortunately, due to her accident, Anne Heche suffered a severe anoxic brain injury and remains in a coma, in critical condition. She is not expected to survive," the statement read. Anoxic brain injury occurs when the brain is deprived of oxygen. Last Friday, Heche was in a car that was traveling at a high speed when it ran off the road and collided with a residence that became engulfed in flames, officials said. Heche rose to fame on the soap opera "Another World," where she played the dual role of twins Vicky Hudson and Marley Love from 1987 to 1991. She earned a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance on the show.
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That's how many people were injured in a roller coaster crash Thursday at a Legoland theme park in southern Germany. Investigators are working to determine the cause of the crash, which occurred in the Bavarian town of Günzburg. One person suffered severe but not life-threatening injuries, according to a police spokesman. Fifteen others were taken to a hospital with light injuries after the incident.
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"Violence and threats against law enforcement, including the FBI, are dangerous and should be deeply concerning to all Americans."
-- FBI Director Christopher Wray, condemning attacks on law enforcement after an armed man tried to enter the FBI's Cincinnati office on Thursday. The man was killed after a standoff, authorities say. While the suspect's motive has not been announced, the FBI is investigating his social media presence and whether he had ties to right-wing extremism. An account bearing the name of the standoff suspect made a post on the social media platform founded by Donald Trump calling for violence against the FBI..
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Anne Heche, who remains hospitalized after crashing her vehicle into a Los Angeles residence last week, is "not expected to survive," according to a statement from her family and friends shared with CNN by a representative.
"Unfortunately, due to her accident, Anne Heche suffered a severe anoxic brain injury and remains in a coma, in critical condition. She is not expected to survive," the statement read. "It has long been her choice to donate her organs and she is being kept on life support to determine if any are viable."
Anoxic brain injury occurs when the brain is deprived of oxygen.
Last Friday, Heche was in a car that was traveling at a high speed when it ran off the road and collided with a residence that became engulfed in flames, Los Angeles Police Public Information Officer Jeff Lee told CNN.
A woman inside the home at the time of the crash suffered minor injuries, but did seek medical attention, according to Lee.
Heche has remained in critical condition. This week, a spokesperson for Heche told CNN the actress suffered "significant pulmonary injury requiring mechanical ventilation" and "burns that require surgical intervention."
"We want to thank everyone for their kind wishes and prayers for Anne's recovery and thank the dedicated staff and wonderful nurses that cared for Anne at the Grossman Burn Center at West Hills hospital," the statement continued.
In their message, her family and friends also paid tribute to Heche's "huge heart" and "generous spirit."
"More than her extraordinary talent, she saw spreading kindness and joy as her life's work -- especially moving the needle for acceptance of who you love," the statement read. "She will be remembered for her courageous honesty and dearly missed for her light."
Heche rose to fame on the soap opera "Another World," where she played the dual role of twins Vicky Hudson and Marley Love from 1987 to 1991. She earned a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance on the show.
Heche followed that success with numerous films, including "Donnie Brasco," "Wag the Dog" and "Six Days Seven Nights" opposite Harrison Ford.
In more recent years, Heche has appeared in television shows like "The Brave," "Quantico," and "Chicago P.D."
Following the crash, there was an outpouring of support for the actress from the Hollywood community. Her ex and former "Men in Trees" co-star James Tupper, with whom she shares one of her two sons, wrote on Instagram: "Thoughts and prayers for this lovely woman, actress and mother tonight Anne Heche. We love you."
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Domino's' Italian job was harder than it looked.
Seven years after its debut in the country, the American pizza giant has formally shut its stores after it failed to win over locals who preferred homegrown options, according to a report by Milano Today.
EPizza SpA, the franchise operator of the Domino's brand in Italy, filed for bankruptcy in April, after it struggled to make enough sales during two years of pandemic restrictions, according to a document filed in a Milan court.
The company stopped activity in all its Domino's stores on July 20, according to a report by Food Service, an Italian food industry publication.
Although some may attribute Domino's failure to its brazen attempt to infiltrate pizza's homeland with American fare, ePizza said it went bust because of competition from food delivery apps.
The Milan-based company faced "unprecedented competition" from local restaurants that started using services such as Glovo, Just Eat and Deliveroo during the pandemic, the court filing said.
Domino's said in a document, attached to the court filing, that ePizza's troubles last year were the result of "significantly increased level of competition in the food delivery market with both organized chains and 'mom & pop' restaurants delivering food to survive."
It said it also faced problems once pandemic restrictions were eased and consumers started visiting sit-down restaurants again.
The Milan court had granted the company a 90-day grace period, during which its creditors were not allowed to demand repayment or take its assets. That expired at the start of July.
Domino's had high hopes when it moved into the Italian market in 2015, signing a 10-year franchising deal with ePizza. It planned to introduce a large-scale pizza delivery service to the country, which was absent at the time, the court filing said.
By the start of 2020, ePizza was managing 23 stores in Italy and six more through a sub-franchise partner.
Neither Domino's nor ePizza immediately responded to CNN Business' request for comment.
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As details about failures of the police response to the school massacre in Uvalde, Texas, have trickled out through leaks and incomplete official reviews, it's still not clear more than two months later to what extent any of the agencies involved are investigating individual and systemic mistakes in the response to the most deadly US campus shooting in nearly a decade.
Residents, policing experts, other law enforcement officials, state leaders and lawmakers all have criticized police from more than 20 agencies on scene that day for the delay in confronting a spree shooter who was in classrooms at Robb Elementary for more than an hour with 21 people he fatally shot and 17 others injured.
Officials representing agencies involved in the immediate response largely have avoided talking about their internal investigations -- if acknowledging them at all -- including whether their goals include discipline for officers or others, or a focus on how similar incidents could be handled better, or both. Also not entirely clear are steps they may be taking to minimize potential bias as they investigate themselves.
Officials with the city of Uvalde and the state of Texas since mid-July have said they're reviewing their police departments in light of the May 24 mass killing, with the city placing its acting chief that day on leave. School district officials have put the chief of their own separate police department on leave as they consider firing him and briefly suspended the Robb Elementary principal.
Still, frustration and anger have mounted in this grieving community. With the gunman dead at the hands of law enforcement -- albeit after 77 minutes in the school -- getting a full and true picture of what happened that day, along with consequences for police, are seen as tangible vehicles to justice in the face of so much lost life.
At Uvalde school district and city council meetings this week, community members again pressed their elected officials on why officers at the school that day haven't been relegated to desk duty or fired. The school district superintendent also was asked why he had not sought an independent investigation into the tragedy, and the mayor was pressed on how and why the city chose an Austin, Texas, investigator to lead its internal review.
"We have yet, almost three months later, to hear any answers or to see any accountability from anybody at any level -- from law enforcement officers, to campus staff, to central office and beyond," Uvalde resident Diana Olvedo-Karau told the school board. "And we just don't understand why. I mean, how can we lose 19 children and two teachers tragically, just horribly, and not have anybody yet be accountable."
"It's approaching three months, and we are still being placated with tidbits or being outright stonewalled or being given excuses" about the city police department's response, said resident Michele Prouty, who passed out complaint forms against Uvalde police at Tuesday's city council meeting. "What we have instead -- what we are traumatized again and again by -- is an inept, unstructured national embarrassment of a circus tent full of smug clowns. These clowns continue to cruise our streets sporting their tarnished badges."
A looming US Department of Justice after-action report has perhaps the strongest chance of giving a clear understanding of how the day's horrific events unfolded, experts who spoke to CNN said. Such reports tend to home in on opportunities for improvement, while discipline typically must be backed by precise allegations that would hold up if challenged by an officer or subject to court hearings or arbitration processes.
But it's not clear precisely what parameters those who are overseeing reviews of the city and school district police departments are using to identify systemic failures or root out findings that could lead to discipline for officers.
The Texas Department of Public Safety has said its wide-ranging internal review could result in referrals to an inspector general. The agency also is conducting the criminal investigation into the Uvalde massacre itself -- probing details such as how the shooter got his guns and his online communications before the attack -- separate from the internal review of its officers' conduct at Robb Elementary. Part of that work, it has said, is "examining the actions of every member of (a) law enforcement agency that day." But it's not clear whether officers are cooperating with the inquiry.
The district attorney reviewing the criminal investigation, Christina Mitchell Busbee, said she would "seek an indictment on a law enforcement officer for a criminal offense, when appropriate, under the laws of Texas." But it's not clear under what law any officer might be charged or whether evidence so far supports charges.
Meantime, how Texas DPS has cast its own role in the tragedy already has come under scrutiny. Its officers were at Robb Elementary earlier than previously known -- and longer than Texas DPS has publicly acknowledged -- materials reviewed by CNN show, with at least one DPS trooper seen running toward the school, taking cover behind a vehicle and then running toward an entrance within 2-1/2 minutes of the shooter entering. The agency's director instead publicly has focused on when the first DPS agent entered the hallway where classrooms were under attack.
Further, a Texas DPS spokesperson who made three phone calls to a DPS sergeant inside the school during the 70-plus minutes officers waited to confront the gunman later gave journalists a narrative that quickly unraveled. Since then, news organizations, including CNN, have sued the Texas DPS for access to public records related to the massacre.
Amid the inconsistencies, the head of the state's largest police union, along with a senior state lawmaker, have questioned Texas DPS's ability to investigate itself. "I don't know that we can trust them to do an internal investigation," Charley Wilkison, executive director of the Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, told CNN.
"It would be best if the investigation were headed up by an outside independent source that the public can have total confidence in," said Wilkison, whose union represents law enforcement officers across the state, including some in Uvalde.
So far, three ranking public officials have been placed on leave over the botched emergency response to the shooting:
• Mariano Pargas, the Uvalde Police Department lieutenant who served as acting chief of the city's police force on the day of the fatal shootings, was put on administrative leave with pay in mid-July while it's determined whether he should have assumed command, and each of the 25 officers in the city department who responded that day is under investigation, officials have said. Pargas is the only city employee on leave following the massacre, the mayor told CNN on Tuesday. Pargas has not responded publicly to the claim, including requests this week from CNN.
• Pete Arredondo, chief of the school district's five-person police department at the time of the massacre, was placed on unpaid leave, with the district considering whether to fire him. Two state reports -- one an investigative report by a Texas House of Representatives committee and the other by a police training center based at a public university -- faulted the law enforcement response, with Arredondo as the ranking officer at the scene; he's said he did not see himself as incident commander. His leave began June 22, and school officials have not commented on the status of the other officers who were there that day.
• Mandy Gutierrez, the school's principal, was suspended with pay in late July after the legislative panel found the school had a "culture of noncompliance" with safety policies to keep doors locked at all times. She has disputed this assessment. After three days, the district reinstated Gutierrez as principal. Roughly a week after that, Gutierrez accepted a new role as the Uvalde school district's assistant director of special education.
City reveals its probe after scathing legislative report
The Texas state House report released July 17 showed a complete breakdown in the "chaotic" law enforcement response to the shooting, describing police actions that day as "lackadaisical," with "obvious deficiencies of command and control" and with heavy reliance on "inaccurate information."
The report identified 23 agencies that had personnel at the scene, with Uvalde city and school district police among the first to arrive. Among those Uvalde Police Department officers who waited for direction and resources were two sergeants with a combined 320 hours of SWAT training during their shared 33 years in law enforcement, state records show. The sergeants, including the department's SWAT commander, had also received active shooter training.
Despite that heavy presence, the first public mention of an investigation into police action by the city of Uvalde didn't come until hours after the legislative report dropped. The revelation was made July 17 as the city announced it had put Pargas on leave and Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin released body-worn camera footage from seven officers who responded to the school. (Even nearly two months after the killing spree and as his furious constituents had packed public meetings to demand accountability for the dead fourth-graders and their teachers, the mayor cast the video release as a model of transparency he achieved after struggling with city attorneys who he said for legal reasons wanted to keep the tapes private).
It's not clear whether any internal city investigation was underway between the May 24 massacre and the announcement of the internal investigation, though best practices for investigations dictate they usually begin as close to the incident as possible.
Then at a July 26 city council meeting, city officials said they'd hired the firm of Jesse Prado, a former Austin police homicide detective, to lead their review. Council members said their investigator should finish his work within two months, then Prado will make recommendations -- possibly including disciplinary actions -- to the council.
"If there's any officer that's in violation of any policy or procedure that they needed to act on and did not and might have caused these children to die, these teachers to die, I can assure you, heads are going to roll," Uvalde City Councilmember Hector Luevano said during the session. Prado declined to comment for this story.
City officials, meantime, have refused for nearly two weeks to answer questions about their review of officers' actions that day. Tarski Law, listed on the city council's website as city attorney, also declined to comment and referred questions to Gina Eisenberg, president of a public relations firm that specializes in "crisis communications" and was hired by the city to field media requests. Eisenberg said the city would not comment. McLaughlin, the mayor, said Tuesday he couldn't characterize the city's relationship with Eisenberg, who hired her or who is paying her bill, saying, "I don't know anything about her. I have nothing to do with it."
Eisenberg also declined to answer questions about the city police department review process. McLaughlin was certain such a process existed but wasn't aware of related procedures, he told CNN on Tuesday. The internal investigation led by Prado was launched August 1, Eisenberg said. The city attorney chose Prado for the job without a bidding process and based on word-of-mouth recommendations, the mayor told CNN; Tarski Law referred CNN to Eisenberg, who wouldn't provide a copy of its contract with Prado's firm, explain what the department's internal affairs process was before the shooting or say whether that process was used at any time before Prado was hired. Eisenberg said the city would not release further information or comment.
The full scope of Prado's investigation also isn't clear -- whether he's conducting an after-action review meant to identify failures for future understanding or investigating specific allegations of broken rules in response to internal complaints, or some hybrid. Prado will have "free range to take the investigation wherever the investigation takes him," McLaughlin told CNN on Tuesday. While it's unlikely Prado's source materials will be released, the mayor said, he vowed to make Prado's report public after first sharing it with victims' families -- "if I have any say in it."
"When we see that report, whatever it tells us we need to do and changes we need to make -- if it tells us we need to let people go or whatever it tells us -- then that's what we will do," McLaughlin told CNN.
With 25 officers under investigation, it's not clear if Prado's firm alone is capable of handling such a wide-ranging investigation. He's listed as the owner/investigator of the firm and is the only investigator listed at its website. Eisenberg wouldn't say what evidence, videos and statements will be made available to Prado or if he will have the power to interview officers, adding the city would not release further information or comment.
The city has released all the body-worn camera video it has, McLaughlin told CNN on Tuesday, leaving unclear whether its other 18 responding officers wore cameras that day or turned them on. The mayor wasn't sure if any city police dash-mounted cameras captured the law enforcement response, he said. The released videos were edited to remove hallway footage when Border Patrol agents entered the classroom, and it's not clear whether they were edited to remove footage at the beginning that may shed more light on what officers knew as they approached the building. Eisenberg said the city would not release further information or comment.
The mayor met with families in early August to talk about the internal review. Meanwhile, on the streets of this city of about 15,000, some residents -- for the first time in their lives -- fear those sworn to protect them.
"This is my home and I want to die here. But I feel uncomfortable when I see a police officer," said Uvalde native Matty Myers before Tuesday's city council session. "They need to be accountable. You guys need to do something as soon as possible so that we can feel secure and safe here in our home in Uvalde."
Top school district leaders put on leave
As Arredondo, who's said he did not consider himself the incident commander at the massacre scene, remains on unpaid leave -- with his termination or resignation possible -- it's not clear whether the separate school district police department's four other officers have been subject to any internal review. Two school board hearings to consider firing Arredondo have been delayed: on July 23, then August 4 "due to a scheduling conflict," according to the school district. Three future dates have been proffered to Arredondo's attorney, Superintendent Hal Harrell said during Monday's school board meeting.
Still, anger overflowed at the meeting as Arredondo's fate was discussed, with one woman shouting, "I don't want him to walk away with a penny."
"We're doing it right ... to make sure that when it's done, it's done correctly and there's nothing that's going to come back and bite us back later," replied Luis Fernandez, the school board president. The police department run by the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District is overseen by the seven-member elected school board and is separate from the city's police department, which is overseen by Uvalde city government.
Arredondo was elected to the Uvalde City Council weeks before the massacre but resigned from that panel about a month after the mass killing, writing he wanted "to minimize further distractions." Other school district officers who were at Robb Elementary that day have been seen back at work, including providing security at school board meetings. Some parents have asked them how, if they were at the scene of the deadly attack, they could be trusted again.
Asked Monday if he'd considered an independent investigation into the school district police department's response to the mass shooting, Harrell, the district's top executive, said: "I have not, but I'll look into that."
Whether any other educational staff besides Gutierrez, the principal, were investigated or placed on leave also is unclear. District officials didn't respond to requests for comment. In responding to the gunfire, Gutierrez believes she "followed the training that I was provided to the best of my abilities," she told CNN in an exclusive interview. "And I will second-guess myself for the rest of my life."
But Javier Cazares, whose daughter was killed inside Robb Elementary, called the principal's reinstatement a "slap in the face." Cazares' daughter, Jacklyn Cazares, was 9 years old. "Being the person in charge, she should've made sure that school was safe, and she failed at her job -- bottom line. It goes to show you how Uvalde works: They will do anything to protect themselves and forget the children," Cazares told CNN in late July. "No one wants to be responsible for their actions and inaction, and it makes me sick."
Uvalde school officials during Monday's tense, two-hour school board meeting detailed efforts to improve security across the school district. The plan includes hiring an interim police chief to audit the department and assigning 33 Texas DPS troopers, Harrell said.
But for at least one parent, more police is not the answer.
"I told my son that we are going to have extra cops there, you know, and he said, 'But who cares about the cops? They are not going to do anything anyway. They are not going to go in anyway,'" Adam Martinez told the board. "That's the children speaking to y'all. And I would expect somebody to try and change that perception."
After the meeting, Fernandez said he had to check with legal counsel before answering any more questions from CNN. Harrell referred any questions to the school district's communications director, who asked CNN to resend questions by email; she did not immediately respond.
Trust erodes in state law enforcement agency
The day after the release of the state House report and the city of Uvalde's body-worn camera footage, Texas DPS announced that the prior week it had launched an internal review into the police response in Uvalde. An internal committee would review the "actions of every DPS Trooper, Officer, Agent and Ranger," an agency spokesperson said, declining to answer questions about it.
The department's internal review would precede any potential referrals of officers to an inspector general, DPS Director Col. Steven McCraw added August 4. "Every one of our officers will undergo scrutiny by the DA and an internal investigation. Just because they didn't violate the law, doesn't mean they acted appropriately based on our policy," he testified during a hearing about the release of records.
However, inconsistencies in the agency's own telling of its officers' role at Robb Elementary have already cast doubt over whatever the review might conclude. Information about the Texas DPS response also has been sought from the agency by the FBI under a public records law typically used by reporters and citizens. It's not clear why the FBI went through that process, and the agency declined to comment. CNN got a copy of the FBI's inquiry through a records request.
One example of conflicting facts from Texas DPS involves body-worn camera footage released by Uvalde city officials. It appears to show at least one DPS trooper in the first wave of officers who approached the school -- minutes earlier than Texas DPS officials had publicly acknowledged.
Until early August, McCraw had only reported -- in testimony before the state Senate and in written timelines released by his office -- a trooper first entered the school at 11:42 a.m., about nine minutes after the shooter walked in. But the body-worn camera footage shows a DPS trooper already at the building's west entrance about five minutes earlier. And other footage shows another trooper outside the school more than two minutes before that, taking cover behind a vehicle and then running toward an entrance.
Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez even before those details came to light had questioned Texas DPS's ability to investigate itself. "DPS has trafficked in misinformation and prevented the disclosure of public information to Uvalde families. Can Texans trust this state agency to investigate itself? I surely cannot," Gutierrez, who is not related to the principal, wrote July 19 to the lieutenant governor.
Further, a Texas DPS spokesperson who during the siege had three phone calls with an agency supervisor inside the school gave a public accounting of the police response the next day praising law enforcement. But the story soon fell apart amid reporters' scrutiny and outrage from parents and relatives of the victims. The supervisor, among the first wave of police to arrive at Robb Elementary, had three phone calls with Lt. Christopher Olivarez in the more than 70 minutes after law enforcement arrived but before they killed the shooter, call logs later obtained by CNN show.
The logs show Olivarez called the supervisor at noon, 12:13 p.m., and 12:18 p.m. on May 24 but do not reveal the duration or content of each call. Olivarez went on to tell reporters the gunman was killed by officers who "place(d) their own lives between the shooter and those children to try and prevent any further loss of life" and said an officer was shot while entering the classroom in which the shooter had barricaded himself.
Conflicting details soon emerged, however, confirming officers never appeared to have tried to open the door of the classroom while waiting in the hallway for more than an hour. The House investigative report cast doubt on whether the door ever was locked, citing apparent common knowledge the lock didn't work. The House report also noted the shooter fired on officers as they entered but not that any were shot.
Still, Texas DPS spokesperson Travis Considine insisted in late July to CNN that McCraw's testimony about when a trooper entered the school hallway was accurate and "our internal committee is currently reviewing whether or not those individuals violated any department policies or doctrine." The agency declined to respond to repeated questions about the phone calls between Olivarez and the supervisor.
While it's unclear when any of the reviews of law enforcement's response to the Uvalde massacre will wrap up, the Texas DPS probe -- like the others -- could have implications for its own and other officers, raising the stakes for how impartially and transparently it's handled. As with the other probes, too, how it's conducted and what it concludes will impact what closure families of the slain in this small, tortured city can receive.
Texas DPS "was fast to wash its hands, to point fingers and to make sure that the general public, particularly the elected officials, knew that they were spotless, blameless and that this was a local problem," said Wilkison, the police union chief. "No one created this environment, (in) which everyone's to blame except DPS. No one did that except them. If we're to never, ever let this happen in Texas, we have to know what happened, exactly what happened."
And so as a new school year is set to start September 6 in Uvalde -- with Robb Elementary students at different sites -- this community continues to scrutinize Texas DPS and to pack school board and city council meetings to decry the dearth of formal consequences for officers or agencies that responded to the May slaughter. Speaking to the school board this week, Olvedo-Karau said: "We have dead children and no accountability."
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Considering its solid fundamentals and growth prospects, California-based Marvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRVL) could be an attractive investment option for investors seeking exposure to the U.S. semiconductor market.
The $45.7-billion company is an integrated circuit maker, which has expertise in making digital signal processing, analog, standalone, mixed-signal, and other varieties of semiconductor chips. The company also develops core processors (single or multiple), hard disk drives, and other products.
On TipRanks, analysts are unanimously optimistic about the prospects of Marvell and have a Strong Buy consensus rating based on 20 Buys and two Holds. MRVL’s average price target of $76.77 mirrors 42.93% upside potential from the current level.
A few days ago, Tore Svanberg of Stifel Nicolaus reiterated a Buy rating on MRVL with a price target of $78 (45.22% upside potential).
Factors Influencing Marvel’s Growth
The company’s products are widely used in automotive/networking, data center, enterprise networking, consumer, and carrier infrastructure markets. The growing popularity and need for cloud-optimized silicon are beneficial for it.
Its serviceable addressable market (SAM) is forecast to increase by 13% CAGR to $30 billion in the calendar year 2024 from $20 billion in 2021. Business opportunities are believed to be the highest in automotive/industrial and data center markets.
In addition to the above tailwinds, the company’s diversified portfolio of products and solutions, technological expertise, customer-centric approach, operational excellence, and solid management team raise its appeal.
Its financial performance has also been solid in the past few quarters. The average earnings surprise in the last fourth reported fiscal quarter was 6.6%. In the first quarter of Fiscal 2023 (ended April 30, 2022), the company’s earnings of $0.52 per share surpassed the consensus estimate of $0.51 per share by 2%. On a year-over-year basis, the bottom line grew 79.3% on the back of a top-line surge of 76.8%. High costs and expenses, however, played spoilsport in the quarter.
In May 2022, the company’s President and CEO, Matt Murphy, said, “We are guiding for growth to continue in the second quarter, projecting revenue at the midpoint to grow 5 percent sequentially and 41 percent year over year. With 88 percent of our overall revenue derived from data infrastructure, we are confident that our unique secular growth drivers in cloud, 5G, and auto, will continue to help drive sustainable long-term growth.”
On the contrary, supply-chain bottlenecks, cost inflation, and labor problems could hurt the company in the quarters ahead. Also, weakness in demand, due to the fears of a slowdown in the economy, could be troubling. These headwinds hold significance until the company gets fully equipped to deal with these issues considerably.
For the fiscal second quarter (ended July 2022), the company forecasts revenues to be $1,515 million (at mid-point) and adjusted earnings to be $0.56 per share (at mid-point).
Marvell is slated to release its results for the second quarter of Fiscal 2023 on August 25, 2022, after the market close. The consensus estimate for second-quarter earnings and revenues stands at $0.56 per share and $1.52 billion, respectively.
Bloggers & Hedge Funds Are Optimistic about Marvell’s Prospects
According to TipRanks, financial bloggers are 76% Bullish on MRVL, compared with the sector average of 65%.
Also, hedge funds are Very Positive about Marvell and have increased their stake in the semiconductor company by purchasing 224 thousand shares in the last quarter.
Concluding Remarks
Marvel is a well-rooted company in the semiconductor market of the United States, as evident from its growth trajectory in the chart below. Also, the company has a Smart Score of 8, which mirrors its potential to outperform the broader market.
The chart also reveals that MRVL’s shares have fallen since the beginning of 2022. The 40% decline in the stock price was due to macroeconomic uncertainties and industry headwinds. For prospective investors, the company’s low price could be used to gain exposure to the stock.
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Armed police were called to Staplehurst, in the borough of Maidstone, in the early hours of this morning (August 12) following a report of a "person with a weapon". Officers attended the area shortly after 1am and completed a search at a premises in the High Street.
Pictures from the scene show armed officers outside The King's Head pub, with locals reporting officers were there for "nearly six hours". Police say nobody was arrested.
Enquiries into the alleged incident are underway, with officers also unable to locate a weapon. In a statement issued to KentLive, a spokesperson for Kent Police said: "Kent Police was called at around 1am on Friday 12 August 2022 following a report of a person with a weapon in Staplehurst.
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"Officers, including armed patrols, attended the area and completed a search at a premises in the High Street. Nobody was arrested, no weapon was located and enquiries are underway into the alleged incident."
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We’re nearing the end of the summer holidays and by now, ideas for keeping the kids entertained may be starting to run out. Not to mention money, which is tighter than ever for families this year as the cost of living rockets, leaving less cash to splash on things to do.
That’s why we’re asking readers to share their favourite free and cheap family activities and days out in and around Kent. We’ll share the best suggestions to help other families make the most of the rest of summer without breaking the bank.
Send in your submission using the form below and you’ll also be entered into a prize draw to win four Merlin Annual Passes worth £1,196 for you and your family - giving you year-long access to some of the biggest and best attractions.
Merlin Entertainments operates some of the UK's most exciting family attractions, from thrilling theme parks like Alton Towers, Thorpe Park and Legoland to iconic landmarks and institutions like Blackpool Tower, Madame Tussauds and the London Dungeon. Priced from just £9.99 a month (plus £39.99 sign-up fee), a Merlin Annual Pass offers a great value way to visit them, giving you year-long access to some of Merlin's most popular attractions, plus exclusive discounts and perks.
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We’re nearing the end of the summer holidays and by now, ideas for keeping the kids entertained may be starting to run out. Not to mention money, which is tighter than ever for families this year as the cost of living rockets, leaving less cash to splash on things to do.
That’s why we’re asking readers to share their favourite free and cheap family activities and days out in and around Kent. We’ll share the best suggestions to help other families make the most of the rest of summer without breaking the bank.
Send in your submission using the form below and you’ll also be entered into a prize draw to win four Merlin Annual Passes worth £1,196 for you and your family - giving you year-long access to some of the biggest and best attractions.
Merlin Entertainments operates some of the UK's most exciting family attractions, from thrilling theme parks like Alton Towers, Thorpe Park and Legoland to iconic landmarks and institutions like Blackpool Tower, Madame Tussauds and the London Dungeon. Priced from just £9.99 a month (plus £39.99 sign-up fee), a Merlin Annual Pass offers a great value way to visit them, giving you year-long access to some of Merlin's most popular attractions, plus exclusive discounts and perks.
By taking part in our survey, you’ll also have the option to sign up to our dedicated What’s On newsletter, bringing you all the best things to do in and around We think you’ll also love our national family newsletter Lemon-Aid, delivering you often funny, sometimes ranty, but nearly always relatable tales of parenthood.
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TAGHAL (Hindu text in Prakrat; or Persiak or Zaba- flewan [see Persikean],\nBab ʾAmorita\nGhaz ): Pursue and slay, like the rapii or vair, on the point of the tail 64 , . 2 , Taga ha' al ' is also the proper form\nSas ʾrata, etc.' [and MICHIGAN — A man has been charged after his 5-year-old nephew shot himself in the foot, mirroring charges levied against gun owners across the state— including in Kent County and in the case against the parents of Oxford High School shooter, Ethan Crumbley.
The 5 year-old shot himself in the foot Tuesday in the Eastpointe neighborhood of Detroit.
Eastpointe police say the child was at his uncle’s house when he found a gun in the cushion of a recliner.
The child is expected to ultimately be OK, but there's been no report on his current condition. Their uncle was charged Wednesday with second-degree child abuse.
The case is reminiscent of another happening here in Kent County in which a child was killed by an accidental shooting. Court documents in that case allege the homeowner left the weapon in a place that was easily accessible by the children involved.
That man is now facing involuntary manslaughter charges— the same charges faced by James and Jennifer Crumbley for their alleged role in enabling their son's access to the gun used in the Oxford High School shooting that killed four teens.
Manslaughter is defined as the 'killing of a human being without malice afore-thought' and does not amount to murder. In Michigan, this charge carries a prison sentence of up to 15 years if found guilty— plus fines of up to $7,500.
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Tate Myre was one of four students killed last November in the mass shooting that left the community devastated. His closest friends are wearing a special necklace, and Tate's father Buck joined the staff as a new assistant coach. The Wildcats are keeping their captain close to their hearts.
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Saving Graces: Blackberry & Huckleberry
Published: Aug. 12, 2022 at 8:05 AM EDT|Updated: 25 minutes ago
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - This week’s Saving Graces for Felines kittens of the week are Blackberry and Huckleberry.
The brothers have names just as sweet as their personalities.
They are blessed to have been found on an extremely hot day inside of a dumpster next to a vet clinic, it was a miracle they were found before the heat or dump trucks got to them.
These days they are safe and sound with a foster family.
Saving Graces says they are sweet, have a lot of energy, and are so smart.
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Ascend Fort Lee expands the Company's New Jersey presence to three locations in the Tri-State area
NEW YORK, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Ascend Wellness Holdings, Inc. ("AWH" or the "Company") (CSE: AAWH.U) (OTCQX: AAWH), a multi-state, vertically integrated cannabis operator focused on bettering lives through cannabis, has announced the opening of its Fort Lee, New Jersey dispensary for medical patients. Ascend Fort Lee is located at 461 West Street, Fort Lee, NJ 07024.
Ascend Fort Lee is the Company's third Ascend dispensary in the state, located in a prime position directly across the Hudson River from New York City and accessible to many major highways and thoroughfares in New Jersey. Ascend Fort Lee features over 3,400 sq ft of dispensary floor space and ample parking. The new location will offer Ascend's full menu of high-quality flower, edibles, vapes, and more to all medical patients from 10 am to 8 pm daily. Patients will also be able to place their orders ahead of time at www.letsascend.com.
"We are proud to deepen our roots in the Garden State and serve even more patients and customers across northern New Jersey," said Frank Perullo, President and Co-Founder of Ascend Wellness Holdings. "Our Fort Lee location has been built to accommodate increasing demand and efficiently serve all customers with the ability to scale for adult-use this fall. The Ascend team is grateful for the support of the New Jersey cannabis community and looks forward to welcoming patients from Fort Lee and beyond."
The Ascend Fort Lee dispensary features 29 registers to maximize efficiency and ease in the checkout process. The large scale of Fort Lee operations will facilitate the anticipated transition to adult-use sales later this fall, allowing the storefront to seamlessly serve both medical patients and recreational consumers in the New York metropolitan area.
AWH is a vertically integrated operator with assets in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. AWH owns and operates state-of-the-art cultivation facilities, growing award-winning strains and producing a curated selection of products. AWH produces and distributes its in-house Ozone, Ozone Reserve, and Simply Herb branded products. For more information, visit www.awholdings.com.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Carolinas AGC (CAGC) is excited to announce the 2022 Top Young Leaders! The Top Young Leader Award recognizes those who play critical roles in the community and professional arenas of the construction industry. We believe it's important to honor the achievements of our young leaders as the emergence of these individuals is critical to the future of CAGC and the members we serve.
Chris Boyd, Crowder Constructors
Chris Boyd has been with Crowder Constructors for 18 years, where he began his career as a college intern, progressed to Project Engineer, and then to Project Manager. He now leads Preconstruction Services for Crowder's Heavy Civil Division. Chris has worked very hard over the years earning degrees which include a Bachelor of Science in Construction Engineering and Management from NC State University, and a Master of Business Administration in Real Estate Finance and Development from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. As a lifelong learner, Chris is always quick to raise his hand for the opportunity to learn and grow as a leader. He has been a CAGC Young Leader member since 2015 and has served on the SCDOT/CAGC Bridge Subcommittee for several years. Chris and his wife Sarah have two daughters, Dylan and Blake. Outside of work, Chris enjoys coaching his daughter's softball team.
Known for her conscientious work, Kelsey is punctilious when it comes to her commitments—earning a Bachelor of Science Degree, a Project Management Professional Certification (PMP), and her daily commitment to her career. Kelsey has over six years of experience in Project Management, and currently works with the Operations Team of WB Moore on a designated project team. She is diligent in maintaining excellent customer relationships between WB Moore and their clients to ensure the project life cycles of jobs are accurately communicated and meets the clients' satisfaction. Kelsey proudly serves as a Director on the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) Board of Directors and has been a CAGC Young Leader member since 2015. Kelsey was recently married to her husband Matt Davis.
Dale Schmidt, State Utility Contractors
Dale is a 2008 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering. Before joining State Utility in 2013 as a line division project manager, Dale was an assistant project manager for Dane Construction. In his role with State Utility, Dale manages multiple pipeline projects as large as $10 million, including large diameter water mains and gravity sewer mains. He is responsible for the overall scheduling, purchasing, safety, and production of the projects he manages. As a member of the CAGC Young Leaders since 2014, Dale currently serves as Chair. He also holds the Young Leader position on the Carolinas AGC Board of Directors. Dale and his wife Amy have two young daughters.
For more information regarding the CAGC Top Young Leader Awards, including full bios and photos, please visit CAGC's website or contact Chelsea Andujar.
About Carolinas AGC
Carolinas AGC (CAGC) is a construction trade association made up of contractors and construction-related firms that perform work in North Carolina and South Carolina. CAGC is a chapter of the AGC of America (AGC) and the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). Our members are both small and large general contractors, specialty contractors, material/equipment suppliers, and service providers.
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Baseball traditionalists and old timers were happy to see and hear wooden bats used, instead of aluminum, during this summer’s Northern Virginia College League games.
For the first time in the league’s three-year summer existence, all of the players for the six teams used wooden bats. Aluminum bats were used the past two campaigns.
Traditional sounds of wooden bats making contact with the baseball were enjoyed by spectators. Same with the sound wooden bats make when they are piled together and bump against others, or when a bat sometimes breaks, cracks, splinters or shatters when making contact with the ball.
All of those sounds are far different with aluminum bats, which are more like pings when hitting the ball. Plus, aluminum bats rarely break and they don’t shatter or splinter.
Players and coaches, many from the Sun Gazette’s various coverage areas, were pleased with the quality of how the Old Hickory-model maple wooden bats held up.
“Everyone was all in on us using wood this summer. and they loved it,” said Rob Hahne, one who is in charge of running the league. “We hope to keep using them in the future.”
Capital One was a sponsor and paid for the month-long league’s 210 wooden bats. Each team was given some 35 bats, or two per player. Some players purchased their own bats, as well.
“We’d discussed using wood in the past, but the cost was too much,” Hahne said. “Bats did break, but we didn’t have to reorder more.”
Hahne said that baseball players from youth leagues to college age don’t get to use wooden bats very often, and generally enjoy the experience if they have that opportunity. Hahne has used wooden bats for 11 years in the annual Memorial Day-weekend Kyle’s Kamp Tournament he started in 2011. | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/many-enjoyed-the-use-of-wooden-bats-in-the-college-league/article_4089ff22-1a33-11ed-9575-43d091c03ac0.html | 2022-08-12T12:34:15Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/many-enjoyed-the-use-of-wooden-bats-in-the-college-league/article_4089ff22-1a33-11ed-9575-43d091c03ac0.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Skimmer, the global leader in Pool Service Software, has partnered with the Independent Pool and Spa Service Association (IPSSA), a professional organization dedicated to improving the pool and spa industry through community involvement, education, and support of its members.
IPSSA was established in 1961 as a way for pool service technicians to help each other in times of illness or disability. The organization now has 89 chapters that meet regularly across Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, and Texas.
"We are excited to strengthen our relationship with Skimmer and promote the platform to help our members run their businesses more efficiently, " said Todd Starner, IPSSA National President.
Skimmer, under the agreement, will provide IPSSA members with preferred pricing and customized training.
"IPSSA's commitment to improving the pool industry and serving their local communities aligns well with our own values at Skimmer. This partnership is a win for everyone involved, including the pool and spa owners that we serve," said Jack Nelson, Skimmer CEO.
The Independent Pool and Spa Service Association, Inc. is a trade organization created by and for pool and spa service technicians. IPSSA exists for the mutual professional benefit and growth of its members and the continued improvement of the pool and spa industry through community involvement, education, insurance, and support of its members. Become a member at IPSSA.com.
Skimmer's category-defining Pool Service Software Platform has helped thousands of pool service and repair businesses engage efficiently and professionally. The SaaS platform provides pool service and repair businesses access to features that simplify work orders, route optimization, pool tech management, billing and invoicing, customer communication, and payments. Everything you need to run your pool service business, all in one app.™ For press inquiries, email press@getskimmer.com. Learn more at getskimmer.com.
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(The Hill) — For more than a year, Democrats have wrestled with the massive climate, health and tax package at the center of their domestic agenda, triggering clashes between the various party factions and sparking doubts about President Joe Biden’s capacity to unite his troops behind transformative legislation.
This week’s vote to get the enormous proposal over the finish line will feature no such drama.
House Democrats of all stripes are lining up to approve the Senate’s $740 billion tax-and-spending package on Friday when the lower chamber returns briefly to Washington, sending the legislation to Biden’s desk and securing a huge win for the president and his party less than three months from the midterm elections.
It seems likely the bill could clear the House without a single Democratic defection, whether from the left or center of the party.
The universal accolades reflect, at least in part, the Democrats’ astonishment that they’re voting on any major part of Biden’s domestic agenda at all.
Just a few weeks ago, the prospects of enacting a massive climate package this year appeared to be dead, buried under the opposition of centrist senators — most notably Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) — wary of exacerbating inflation with new federal spending.
The bill’s revival — a deal worked out privately between Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) — has drastically expanded the Democrats’ legislative accomplishments under Biden, providing them a late political boost as they head into midterm elections that are expected to shift control of the House to the Republicans.
“This is a big deal, this is historic. And I’m anxious to get it to the floor, pass it, and get it to the president’s desk,” Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), the chairman of the Rules Committee, told reporters in the Capitol Wednesday night.
“People like me wanted a lot more, right? But the bottom line is you can only get done what’s possible within the reality you’re living,” he continued. “And in any other Congress, if we were to pass one of these things — one component of what is in this reconciliation bill — it would be huge.”
The package features major changes across the spectrum of domestic policy, including efforts to slash drug costs for seniors; expand health care subsidies for the working classes; cut deficit spending via corporate tax hikes, and incentivize both businesses and individuals to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. All told, it represents the most comprehensive effort to combat climate change in the nation’s history.
“It’s a great bill; it’s historic,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters this week in the Capitol. “I want more, of course — we always want more. But this is a great deal.”
Pelosi and her House Democrats had passed a much larger package late last year: a $2 trillion proposal that bolstered not only environmental and health care programs, but also a number of social benefit initiatives — things like child care subsidies, universal preschool and paid family leave — that were left out of the slimmer bill passed by the Senate on Sunday.
The exclusions have prompted some grumbling from progressive lawmakers who’d fought for a more expansive package, but none of them appear ready to oppose the Senate bill to protest its size.
Indeed, House liberals — including the leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the members of the far-left “squad” — have been all praise, cheering on the legislation as it’s moved through the Senate to the House for Friday’s vote.
“While we are heartbroken to see several essential pieces on the care economy, housing, and immigration left on the cutting room floor — as well as a successful Republican effort to remove insulin price caps for those with private insurance — we know that the Inflation Reduction Act takes real steps forward on key progressive priorities,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), head of the Progressive Caucus.
Across the ideological divide, leaders of the Blue Dogs, a group of centrist budget hawks, are also hailing the package as transformative, touting its powers to reduce federal deficit spending on top of the domestic initiatives it promotes.
“We remain laser-focused on solving our nation’s major economic, energy, and climate problems for future generations, and will move swiftly to send this bill to the President’s desk,” the Blue Dog co-chairs — Reps. Tom O’Halleran (D-Ariz.), Ed Case (D-Hawaii), Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) and Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) — said in a statement.
With a razor-thin majority in the House, and every Republican expected to oppose the proposal, Democrats will need the support of almost every member of the caucus to get it to Biden’s desk. But if last year’s vote on the $2 trillion package is any preview, they have little reason to worry.
That larger Build Back Better package had passed easily; only one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden (Maine), had voted against it. And the smaller Senate bill is expected to sail through the House on Friday in similar fashion.
“If you can get Bernie Sanders and Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer and Kyrsten Sinema all to vote for something, … I’ve gotta believe this is going to pass,” McGovern said. “I don’t know of any Democrats that are going to defect.”
Golden’s office did not respond to a request for comment, but local media reports indicate he has praised at least parts of the Senate bill.
For Pelosi, who has led House Democrats for almost two decades, the bill represents a huge legislative victory in a long career that’s been full of them. It also includes a number of provisions that she’d prioritized in her first stint as Speaker, more than a decade ago, but failed to enact.
In 2009, for instance, House Democrats had passed a sweeping climate change bill only to see it go ignored by Democrats in the Senate. A separate proposal empowering Medicare to negotiate lower prescription prices for seniors also moved through the lower chamber during those years but did not become law.
“This is something we’ve been fighting for decades, and Big Pharma has had a grip on the Congress,” she said this week.
Across the aisle, Republicans have decidedly different views of the enormous package, saying the soon-to-be-passed legislation will only damage a fragile economy already reeling from months of instability and rising consumer costs. GOP leaders are also focusing squarely on one provision of the package — new funds for the IRS to go after tax cheats — with warnings that it will empower the nation’s tax collectors to “harass” working-class people.
“When you have more cops you have more arrests,” Rep. Kevin Brady (Texas), senior Republican on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, said this week in an interview with Fox News. “You’re going to see a lot of that revenue to pay for this bill coming from those middle-class working families who can least afford the IRS targeting and harassing them.”
Democrats have dismissed the GOP criticisms, noting that the major provisions of the package all score high in public opinion polls. If the victory doesn’t change the broader outcome of the midterm elections, they say, it can do nothing but help them in individual races.
“I wouldn’t want to go home and explain to my constituents why I voted against lowering their prescription drug costs. … Or go home and say I did nothing to combat the climate crisis, or I did nothing to pay down the debt,” McGovern said.
“I mean, if that’s what they want, they can go ahead and do it.”
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The bond market was the first to turn after the US CPI data, with yields reversing higher. One can argue stocks already did see a bit of a turn with a more or less flat finish in Wall Street yesterday following modest gains at the start of the session. For today, the dollar is now seen holding slightly firmer but equities are holding a little higher as we approach North American trading.
I would say this is broader markets looking to reassess themselves, taking a cue from Treasuries. With yields turning higher and 10-year yields continuing to knock at the 100-day moving average, perhaps the knee-jerk reaction to the slightly softer US consumer inflation numbers was a bit much.
This looks like a market that is looking for further confirmation from either the data or Fed speakers in reassessing the outlook on inflation, the economy and how central banks are going to respond to the balance between all of that.
I shared some thoughts on that yesterday in this passage:
"Coming back to the report, there's just too much to decipher based on one set of numbers. I would take it that there is some evidence that inflation pressures are easing and yes, it may be caused by declining energy prices for the most part. The core reading continues to be rather sticky, even if there are signs that the surge in price pressures is cooling off slightly. The fact that it sits near 6% means the Fed is still a long way from delivering on its mandate.
In short, it is too soon to be calling this a turning point or a confirmation that a Fed pivot will be coming soon. If anything else, this is just first base. We're going to have to wait until the bases are loaded by getting confirmation from the data in the months ahead before angling for that home run.
But take nothing away from the numbers and markets' constant need to simplify their focus and approach. It is what it is. And this is a start at least."
For now, equities are holding slightly higher with S&P 500 futures up 13 points, or 0.3%, on the day. European indices were tepid early on and are also mildly higher, though gains are rather muted at the moment I would say. As much as risk trades will pounce on any opportunity to be greedy, a lack of coherence from other asset classes is something that could bring back some anxiety before the weekend. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/equities-hold-higher-for-now-but-will-the-tide-turn-before-the-weekend-20220812/ | 2022-08-12T12:44:07Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/equities-hold-higher-for-now-but-will-the-tide-turn-before-the-weekend-20220812/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The economic calendar was fairly light today with US import and export prices to be released at the bottom of the hour. Import prices on the month is expected to decline by -1.0% after last month 0.2% rise. Export prices are expected decline by -1.1% after last month 0.7% rise. Year on year import prices were up 10.7% last month. A year ago import prices rose by 0.3%. With that level dropping out and expected -1% number today would likely send the year on year down below 10%. Import prices soared by 2% January, 1.4% in February and 2.6% in March of this year. That accounts for 6% of the import price gains over the last year. Those levels will not drop out until early next year.
Also on the economic calendar today at 10 AM is the preliminary Michigan consumer sentiment. The estimate is for 52.5 vs. 51.50. The low watermark will 50.2 in June. The high watermark was at 72.8 in September 2021.
The current condition is expected at 59.0 vs. 50.1. The expectations index is expected at 48.4 vs. 47.3. One year inflation came in at 5.2% last month. The 5 year inflation was at 2.9%.. The University of Michigan sentiment final reading will be released on Friday, August 26. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/us-import-and-export-pricespreliminary-u-of-michigan-sentiment-on-the-economic-calendar-20220812/ | 2022-08-12T12:44:13Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/us-import-and-export-pricespreliminary-u-of-michigan-sentiment-on-the-economic-calendar-20220812/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
- Prior month +0.2% (that was lower than the 0.7% increase expected)
- Import prices for July MoM-1.4% vs. -1.0% expected
- Export prices for July MoM -3.3% vs. -1.1% expected
- Import prices YoY -8.8% vs. 10.7% last month ..
- Export prices YoY -13.1% vs 18.2%.
- Non petroleum import prices -0.7%. Year on year +4.6%
- petroleum prices -6.8% for July vs. +5.9% last month
Another good (or better) inflation reading for the month following the CPI and PPI data released this week CPI and PPI data . The markets are not see much reaction. Nevertheless the stronger dollar will help and tends to take time to work it's way into the numbers.
In the chart above, the biggest gains on a month-to-month basis were in January, February and March of this year with a cumulative rise of 6.7% over those 3 months. Barring more negative MoM numbers down the road, it will take time for the data to come off the lofty levels. However, if the data can stablize (similar to CPI and PPI data going forward), the trend will continue lower over time (all things equal of course) with the biggest the declines coming in early 2023 when those numbers drop out of the calculations. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/us-import-prices-for-july-fell-by-14-vs-10-estimate-20220812/ | 2022-08-12T12:44:19Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/us-import-prices-for-july-fell-by-14-vs-10-estimate-20220812/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Adriann Adams-Gulley has been promoted from director of accounting to controller at Parents as Teachers National Center (PATNC). As controller, Adams-Gulley oversees PATNC’s Accounting and Human Resources operations. She holds a bachelor of science degree in business administration with a specialization in finance from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. Adams-Gulley currently serves on the Trustee Ministry at Mt. Sinai M.B. Church. She is a life member of the East St. Louis Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She currently chairs PATNC Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Council.
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Back to school, but not for all Texas teachers
Texas is in the midst of a teacher shortage that could get even worse this year.
Driving the news: Classes resumed this week at some school districts, including Plano and Lewisville. Dallas ISD returns to school next week.
State of play: School districts across North Texas have adopted new retention measures, including higher starting pay for newly hired teachers, bonuses for returning staff and higher minimum wages for employees.
Yes, but: Our local schools are still hiring for teaching and staff positions.
- Dallas ISD has posted 82 full-time jobs on its website in the past week.
- Plano ISD's website shows dozens of job openings, from special education to grade-specific teachers.
Threat level: At the start of last school year, almost 43,000 teachers in Texas didn't return to the school districts where they worked the previous year. The 11.6% attrition rate was the highest the state has seen in over a decade, and it will likely increase, per the Texas State Teachers Association.
- School districts hired 43,000 new teachers across Texas last year, but it's hard to gauge their experience level, if they were certified or if they were teachers who switched school districts.
What they're saying: The attrition rate may end up even higher this year.
- "Many teachers actually quit during the middle of the past school year, and they will show up on the attrition rate for the upcoming year," TSTA spokesperson Clay Robison tells Axios.
By the numbers: Among Texas teachers still in the profession, a record 70% say they're seriously considering quitting their job this year, according to survey data released this week by the Texas State Teachers Association.
- 94% of the teachers surveyed blamed pandemic-caused stress at work for their burnout and 51% said their school administrators weren't as supportive in handling the health emergency.
- 85% said they don't believe parents and elected state officials support them, and 65% don't believe the general public has a positive opinion of teachers.
Zoom out: Teaching has long been an underpaid and undervalued profession.
- And America's demands on its educators have mounted over the last two years, driving many of them out of the profession and contributing to a longstanding shortage that will outlast the pandemic, Axios' Erica Pandey and Alison Snyder report.
What we're watching: Gov. Greg Abbott has formed a task force to find solutions to teacher vacancies. Congress is looking into the problem as well.
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Smoking ban would bring new era for Nashville dives
Nashville seems poised to outlaw smoking in the handful of age-restricted bars and music venues that still allow it.
- At least one owner sees a "bittersweet" silver lining in the dissipating smoke clouds.
State of play: Smoking has been prohibited in most Tennessee businesses for more than a decade. But some exceptions remained, including 21-and-up bars.
- Most bars implemented their own bans. But a new state law allows local governments to pass broader bans that apply to the holdouts.
- An ordinance proposing a broader indoor smoking ban in Nashville was filed last month. It faces a pivotal vote at Tuesday's Metro Council meeting.
Why it matters: Austin Ray, who owns Melrose Billiard Parlor, said the expected change would be "the end of an era" for the bar and pool hall, which has allowed smoking since it opened in 1944.
Flashback: Ray, the president of A.Ray Hospitality, said in a statement that he seriously considered eliminating smoking when his company acquired the bar in 2016. But he deferred to longtime customers.
Yes, but: Ray said eliminating smoking offered "a wonderful opportunity to welcome guests who have not wanted to visit Billiards due to the smoke."
- "Walking down the original terrazzo staircase to a historic underground escape is a unique experience that's been shared by dive bar lovers, including many celebrities," Ray said.
- "We will now be able to share this experience with everyone."
The other side: Customers at another stalwart, Fran's East Side, told the Tennessee Lookout that expanding the smoking ban would unfairly penalize smokers.
- "The people who smoke now, they have no options. You can't smoke at no restaurants. … The bar's all you got left," Fran's patron Donnie Barber told the Lookout.
- "If you can't get in a bar and have a beer and a cigarette, it's f---ed up."
The big picture: Jamie Kent, a singer-songwriter and spokesperson for Musicians for a Smokefree Tennessee, tells Axios the ban would keep musicians and employees from working in a fog of secondhand smoke.
- "This ordinance presents a huge opportunity to finally protect the health of our musicians and hospitality workers, while also attracting a whole new group of customers to these great bars and venues," Kent says.
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Midterm races in NWA to watch
The filing deadline for municipal races passed on Wednesday, and there's a lengthy list of local candidates to consider before November's election.
Why it matters: These are the people in your backyard who make a lot of decisions for and about your city — like how your tax dollars are spent and what's built in your neighborhood.
What's happening: All four of NWA's largest cities have contested city council races. (The small towns do, too. Find your Benton County and Washington County cities.)
Fayetteville City Council
- Ward 2, Position 1 — incumbent Mark Kinion and Sarah Moore
- Ward 3, Position 1 — incumbent Sloan Scroggin and Scott Berna
Bentonville City Council
- Ward 1, Position 1 — Allyson de la Houssaye and Beckie Seba
- Ward 2, Position 1 — Cynthia Acree and Ragan Hensley
- Ward 3, Position 1 — incumbent Aubrey Patterson and Tyler Masters
- Ward 4, Position 1 — incumbent Octavio Sanchez and Tom Hoehn
Springdale City Council
- Ward 3, Position 1 — incumbent Brian Powell, Rick Culver, Mike Stevens and Alice Gachuzo-Colin
- Ward 4, Position 1 — incumbent Amelia Taldo-Williams and Spencer Ordonez
Rogers City Council
- Ward 3, Position 1 — incumbent Clay Kendall, Trey Weaver, Vonnice Boone and Rachel Crawford
- Ward 4, Position 1 — incumbent Barney Hayes and Richard Labit
Yes, and: Five of the seven Bentonville School Board seats are up for grabs, and all five races are contested. See the candidates.
- Five of the nine Board of Trustee positions at NorthWest Arkansas Community Colleges have contested races. See the candidates.
Cities with mayoral openings that are up in the air include:
- Bella Vista — Three-way race including Randy Murray and council members John Flynn and Steven Bourke.
- Cave Springs — incumbent Randall Noblett and Mike Maloney
- Centerton — a whopping five candidates including incumbent Bill Edwards, Michael Commet, Wendy Henson, Lance Johnson and Mike Blakeman
- Elkins — Troy Reed and Paul Graham
- Farmington — incumbent Ernie Penn, council member Diane Bryant and Jerrod Fraley
- Goshen — Shawn Mayfield and Russell Stroud
- Gravette — incumbent Kurt Maddox and Dale Ayres Sr.
- Highfill — Chris Holland and Jeremy Rogers
- Lowell — incumbent Chris Moore and Rodney Judy
- Tontitown — Joey Pianalto and Angela Russell
- West Fork — S. Heith Caudle, Ray Foster and Steve Winkler
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No weekend plans? Here's what to do in Salt Lake City Aug. 12-14
From hot air balloons to dinosaurs, check out these fun events happening in Salt Lake County this weekend.
1. Sandy Balloon Festival
What's happening: Witness a different kind of rainbow in the sky at Sandy's annual hot air balloon festival.
- The festival will also feature a free concert, a crafts station and a 5k race.
When: Hot air balloons launch Friday and Saturday at sunrise around 6:30am.
Where: Storm Mountain Park, located at 1000 E. 11400 S. in Sandy. Check out this website for other event locations.
Cost: Free.
2. Craft Lake City DIY Fest
What's happening: With over 300 exhibitors, the 14th-annual Craft Lake City DIY Fest is considered the state's largest local art, music, science and technology festival.
When: Friday from 5pm to 1opm. Saturday from noon to 8pm and Sunday from noon to 6pm.
Where: Utah State Fair Park.
Cost: Tickets for Friday cost $15. Saturday or Sunday tickets cost $7 if you buy in advance or $10 the day of. Children 12 and under get in free.
- Of note: Your dog will require its own ticket for $5.
- Tip: Take the TRAX Green Line and stop at Fairpark to avoid the $7 parking fee.
3. Jurassic World in Concert
What's happening: Experience the 2015 film "Jurassic World" with a live score performed by a full symphony orchestra.
When: Friday and Saturday at 7pm.
Where: Abravanel Hall, located at 123 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City.
Cost: Seats range from $30 to $95. Students and concertgoers under the age of 30 can receive a 50% discount on tickets.
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Three native Utah flowers for fall gardening
Fall is an underrated season for flower gardening. Plants adjust better when they're not blooming, and winter precipitation helps them get established.
State of play: That means now is a good time to start thinking about landscape plants.
Why it matters: Replacing grass with drought-tolerant plants is an important step in water conservation.
- Native plants are especially beneficial because they provide a habitat for bugs and birds.
Here are three Utah native flowers to consider planting for blooms next year.
1. Firechalice (Zauschneria garrettii)
These red trumpets bloom from midsummer to fall.
- And hummingbirds love them.
2. Licorice Mint Hyssop (Agastache rupestris)
The salmon-colored flowers bloom in late summer over sea green foliage. This provides a nice contrast to other plants.
- The licorice smell is addictive.
3. Missouri Evening Primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa)
The dramatic yellow blooms appear all summer long.
- Mine have self-seeded a second patch that I didn't have to pay for!
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The Twin Cities' hottest club is the speakeasy
The "secret" speakeasy is growing in popularity again in the Twin Cities as people search for a unique way to enjoy a drink.
The big picture: Speakeasies, which are "underground" venues inspired by illegal bars during the Prohibition era, traditionally serve craft cocktails and small plates at a higher price point, and are "hidden" inside existing venues.
What's happening: Established Twin Cities restaurants like Billy Sushi are revamping their underground spaces to join the trend and some restaurateurs are now making them a staple of their newest haunts.
- Twin Cities chef Ann Kim opened bonus bars tucked into both Young Joni in Northeast Minneapolis and her newest restaurant Sooki & Mimi.
What they’re saying: “There's a showmanship to it. The bartender can create something just for you in an intimate setting — you can't do that on a patio," said Andrew Avila, who is opening an unnamed speakeasy in the new Arts + Rec building later this year.
The intrigue: Daniel del Prado opened the HiFi speakeasy in Wayzata this summer and is planning a new project in the building that once housed Marvel Bar, an acclaimed cocktail spot accessible via an unmarked back door.
- A spokesperson for del Prado declined to provide details on whether his new bar will retain Marvel's sense of mystery.
🔎 Go deeper (into the bar): Need help finding one of these hidden gems? We've got directions:
📞 The Mudd Room (Mendota): Go to the back of Lucky’s 13 Pub and look for a staircase. Find the phone at the top, pick it up, and wait for instructions.
🚨 Volstead's Emporium (Minneapolis): Wander the alley behind Steamship Games in Uptown and look for a steel door with a red light. Reservations suggested.
🐇 The Velveteen (Stillwater): Go down the "rabbit hole" by entering the JX Event Center and following the sound of 1920s music.
👁 Cobble Social House (Minneapolis): Walk through the Monte Carlo parking lot and look for a golden eye painted on a dark wall. Reservations suggested.
🥃 Sockdollanger (Chanhassen): Head into Tequila Butcher and find the phone booth in the hallway to enter this bar featuring over 500 whiskeys.
🎶 HiFi Record Bar (Wayzata): The newest Twin Cities speakeasy in the back of Macanda is a vinyl record paradise with accompanying cocktails. Keep an eye on the calendar for the daily list of DJs.
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Planet DDS swallows QSIDental
Dental software company Planet DDS acquired QSIDental from NextGen Healthcare, marking the company's fourth — but likely not last — acquisition, CEO Eric Giesecke tells Axios.
Why it matters: Long overdue for a software update, the dental industry is beginning to nibble at digital offerings.
Driving the news: Planet DDS is taking advantage of two trends in the dental space:
- The shift from legacy on-premise servers to cloud-based software.
- Consolidation among dental groups, which is itself driving cloud adoption.
Context: Tech-forward dental startups are feeding those trends.
- Overjet recently collected $27 million in Series A funding from General Catalyst and Insight Partners to automate the dental clinical review process.
- DentalXChange secured an investment from Bregal Sagemount to help dentists submit claims to payers electronically.
Flashback: In April, Axios scooped that Level Equity was seeking a buyer for Planet DDS, which at the time was growing at a rate of 40%, producing $50 million of ARR, and approaching breakeven, sources said.
- Two months later, Planet DDS agreed to be recapitalized by Aquiline Capital Partners, with Level Equity rolling a portion of its existing equity and investing additional capital.
- The recapitalization "allows us to be a little more aggressively acquisitive and time the right investment," says Giesecke.
How it works: Founded in 2003 in Newport Beach, California, Planet DDS serves 10,000+ dental practices with subscription management software aimed at boosting security and improving IT infrastructure.
- Irvine, California-based QSIDental, another dental practice management software company, serves multi-location and multi-specialty dental enterprises.
- Deal terms were not disclosed.
🦷 Of note: Planet DDS had an existing relationship with NextGen Healthcare, an IT vendor for ambulatory and specialty practices located down the street from Planet's offices.
- In 2009, Planet licensed its dental EHR and practice management software, QSIDental Web.
- So when NextGen looked to focus on its core business and sell off its dental software, it turned to its neighbor.
What Giesecke is saying: As dental practices consolidate and add multiple locations, there's a big benefit to ditching legacy on-premise servers and moving to cloud-based software.
- "Most individual practices with legacy on-prem software don't see a benefit to being in the cloud, but when you're multi-site and want to have consolidated reporting, being in the cloud is imperative," says Giesecke.
What's next: Having now made a handful of acquisitions in companies focused on everything from imaging to patient management software, Planet DDS is keeping its eye on the market for its next buy.
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The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Hajiya Sadiya Umar Faruk reaffirmed that the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) was designed by the Federal Government to specially and effectively give a lifting hand to the poorest and vulnerable citizens in the country.
The Ministry disclosed this in her speech delivered at the flag-off of the Federal Government cash grant to Vulnerable groups and the onboarding of the Independent Monitors Stream two (2) at manpower development institute Dutse, Jigawa state.
According to her “this effort is a clear demonstration of our collective commitment to addressing poverty which today is the core developmental challenge confronting us as a people.
“Let me state here that since the inception of President Muhammadu Buhari’s Administration in 2015, when it inherited a national poverty incidence level averaging 70%, the Federal Government has paid more attention to generating solutions to address the plight of the poor and vulnerable in the country despite other economic challenges the administration inherited.
“This informed the decision to initiate the National Social Investment Programme (NSIP) as a strategy for poverty reduction and enhancing social inclusion among our people especially Women in rural areas.”
She maintained that the NSIP has been acclaimed by many to be the largest and most ambitious social protection programme in Africa, and it’s currently attracting many partnerships with even international development partners
“Since the introduction of NSIP in 2016, it has impacted positively on the lives of the poor and vulnerable in Nigeria.”
Faruk further stated that the federal government target in Jigawa State is to disburse the grant to 4,537 beneficiaries across the 27 Local Government Areas, “this is In line with President Muhammadu Buhari’s social inclusion, 70% of the total number of beneficiaries is for women while the remaining 30% is for the youths”
She added that this is in addition to about 15% of the total number of beneficiaries being specifically allocated to the segment of the population with special needs, including Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) and senior citizens in the state.
The minister called on the Jigawa State governor to emulate this gesture and extend similar interventions to promote social inclusion in its policies, programmes and projects.
“It is our belief that the cash grant we came to disburse today is expected to increase income and productive assets of target beneficiaries, especially now that economic challenges at global and local levels affect the socio-economic situation of our people”, she emphasised.
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The month of August is designated National Immunization Awareness Month. This annual observance highlights the importance of getting recommended vaccines throughout your life from infancy through adulthood.
We sometimes take for granted the important protection provided by vaccinations from serious and deadly diseases that we rarely hear about but can affect us if we do not maintain adequate protection. As adults, we often neglect to keep up-to-date on the routine vaccinations necessary to keep us adequately protected.
The New York State Department of Health recently reported the first case of polio in the United States in nearly a decade, something health professionals rarely see given the protection many of us have through vaccination.
As our kids and grandkids get ready to head back to school, we can all hit the “reset” button on our health. One great way to do this is by getting our routine vaccinations.
Vaccinations provide us the necessary immune system protection needed to fight off disease by imitating an infection. This imitation teaches our body’s own immune system to fight off future infections. Our body keeps track of this learned immunity for when we need it during an infection or exposure to a disease.
There are many types of vaccinations that deliver this immunity-boosting information depending on the disease they are intended to help provide protection against. Some require only one dose and others a series of doses or booster doses.
It may be scary and unpleasant to get a “shot” in the arm; no one likes to be poked or have a sore arm, or deal with any side effects after a vaccination. We need to reconsider this mindset because it is very important to our overall health and wellbeing. Some important reasons for adults to get vaccinated are:
— You may be at risk for serious diseases still common in the United States. Each year, thousands of adults get sick from diseases that could be easily prevented by a vaccination.
— You cannot afford to risk getting sick, which may lead to lost work or school time, and you may not be able to take care of family members that rely on you most.
— You protect yourself especially if you have chronic conditions, as well as those around you, by getting vaccinated. You have less chance of getting sick and possibly spreading illness to loved ones, or those you may encounter every day.
You may be asking yourself: what vaccines do I need as an adult? It can be confusing and there is so much information out there. Some of the information is true and some is false, so it’s important to obtain information from a credible, trusted resource. It is a great idea to ask this question and have a discussion with your personal healthcare provider or pharmacist. They have the knowledge and understanding of your personal health history to help guide you in making this important decision. They can also answer any questions or concerns you may have about vaccination and are your best resource for getting accurate information.
Many people have chronic medical conditions that put them at higher risk for contracting a disease. Some of these include heart disease, hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes or high blood sugar, liver disease and kidney disease. Those that are immunocompromised or have a weakened immune system are at especially high risk of contracting any type of infection and often need extra protection provided by vaccination.
Many infants and young children cannot be vaccinated, as they may be too young, so it’s important that we stay healthy for them.
As a general rule, everyone young and old should consider getting an annual vaccination against influenza or the flu. Protection lasts only a year for this vaccine and typically to have the best protection we encourage patients to get their flu shot early in the fall season. Many people die from an influenza infection each year and many times this can be prevented through vaccination.
Other vaccines you may need as an adult, based on your specific age and chronic disease history, are pneumococcal or pneumonia, shingles, human papillomavirus (HPV), Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR), tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis or whooping cough (Tdap), and hepatitis A and B series. All of these are harmful infections that no one wants to endure and we do not want them to become common infections due to low vaccination rates among our population.
Vaccines are updated by researchers to improve protection, so, even if you had one version of a vaccine in the past, you may need an updated version to remain adequately protected.
You can make a difference by getting vaccinated and keeping updated with your vaccines. Encourage those around you to do the same so that we all stay healthy and safe. Always talk with a trusted health care provider or pharmacist to determine what vaccines you may need. It may be easier than you think to keep up to date.
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Anne Heche is on life support after suffering a brain injury in a fiery crash a week ago and her survival isn't expected, according to a statement from a representative.
The actor, who is in a coma and in critical condition, is being kept on life support for possible organ donation, according to the statement released Thursday night on behalf of her family and friends.
Heche, who's been hospitalized at the Grossman Burn Center at West Hills hospital north of Los Angeles, suffered a “severe anoxic brain injury,” the statement said. Such an injury is caused by a sustained lack of oxygen to the brain.
“She is not expected to survive,” the statement said. “It has long been her choice to donate her organs and she is being kept on life support to determine if any are viable."
On the morning of Aug. 5, Heche’s car smashed into a house in a neighborhood in west Los Angeles and a fire erupted with the car embedded inside the home.
Earlier Thursday, police said they were investigating Heche for driving under the influence. Detectives with a search warrant took a sample of her blood and found narcotics in her system, LAPD spokesperson Officer Jeff Lee said.
Toxicology tests, which can take weeks to complete, must be performed to identify the drugs more clearly and to differentiate them from any medication she may have been given for treatment at the hospital.
Evidence is still being gathered from the crash, police said, and they would present a case to prosecutors if it is warranted when the investigation is complete.
A representative for Heche declined comment on the investigation.
On Tuesday, Heche spokesperson Heather Duffy Boylston said she had been in a coma since after the accident, with burns that required surgery and lung injuries that required the use of a ventilator to breathe.
“Anne had a huge heart and touched everyone she met with her generous spirit. More than her extraordinary talent, she saw spreading kindness and joy as her life’s work — especially moving the needle for acceptance of who you love,” Thursday's statement said. “She will be remembered for her courageous honesty and dearly missed for her light.”
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It's a welcome relief for American drivers.
"I'm not tickled pink, but I'm happier it's less than what it was," said Glen Smith, a private transportation driver.
Gas is averaging less than $4 a gallon for the first time in more than five months.
"If gasoline prices come down, that can help offset some of the increases in the foodstuff prices," said Brian Marks, professor at the University of New Haven Pompea College of Business.
The decrease is part of a complicated picture of the national and global economy.
As inflation data shows price increases stabilizing month-to-month but still sky-high year-over-year, Americans are looking for any way to save money.
But, understanding how much relief the dip really might give us Americans first involves knowing why it’s happening.
Mark Hamrick is Bankrate's Washington bureau chief.
"Demand was much stronger," Hamrick said. "With gasoline prices going as high as they went, there was a reduction in demand for gasoline. So with the efforts to try to bring more supply to market, prices have obviously plummeted.”
The national average for a gallon of gas was $3.99 on Thursday.
The highest average is in Hawaii, where isolation and different sources of oil keep prices high at $5.39.
The lowest price tag is in Texas, where lower gas taxes and access to oil are keeping prices at a cool $3.49.
Experts say rebalancing supply of oil with demand for it is the biggest factor helping prices.
Other more minor factors, like suspending gas taxes and releasing oil from strategic reserves, have helped, but minimally. And, the relief might not stick.
"This level of gasoline supply and the ability to refine crude oil, make it into gasoline, various fuels, is very tight," Hamrick said. "What I mean by that is, essentially, you have refineries operating at the highest level of capacity, and here, we are now sort of moving into the heart of the tropical storm/hurricane season.”
A destructive storm is raising concern because it could disrupt oil production and knock supply and demand off balance once again.
The war in Ukraine also looms over global oil prices — and now potential conflict near Taiwan.
"I worry about geopolitical risk of probably about as much as I worry about anything with respect to the outlook for the U.S. and global economies, because we've had a demonstrated time and time again just how interconnected we are," Hamrick said.
Still, the price drop helps at least a little in the short-term, especially for business owners like Smith who earns money as a chauffeur in Louisiana.
"There for a while, every two days I put $50 of gas in my car, and I'm not working that much," Smith said. "It's $12 to run from the airport to drop off in the city, $12 a trip!"
"It's no longer stealthy; we see it every day," Marks said. "We were seeing it when we were going to the pumps. Now we're seeing that decline when we go to the grocery store. Those are the things that hit us in our face."
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VALDOSTA, GA. — No two birthing experiences are exactly alike. The South Georgia Medical Center has new a program that meets the individual needs of families and moms to be.
More than 2000 babies make their world debut at SGMC each year.
Lara Davis has spent the last 15 years as a labor and delivery nurse at SGMC. She says it can be information overload for families trying to navigate the health system in preparation for delivering their baby.
“So it’s not just the labor or the delivery anymore, we want to be with them through the whole process,” said Davis.
In her new role women’s care coordinator Davis will help minimize some of that confusion and coordinate personalized care for patients.
“I like to be able to bring a patient in a few weeks before they deliver,” said Davis. “We’ll go through different options they have during their delivery. If they have a birth plan or things they don’t know that are available to them like wireless monitoring. It’s things that I can expose them to before they come in so that they’re not completely overwhelmed when they do come in to have a baby.”
Then after the delivery Davis will follow up with families to offer resources for postpartum care or answer any questions that may arise. This program is free and available to anyone who wants to sign up.
Davis is available for appointments by calling 229-259-4252.
For more information on this program, visit sgmc.org. | https://www.wtxl.com/sgmc-offering-personalized-birthing-experience | 2022-08-12T13:00:04Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/sgmc-offering-personalized-birthing-experience | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TALLAHASSEE — Our work week ends on a soggy note with storms in the area this afternoon and evening.
Heading into the weekend, we keep out the umbrellas and rain jackets for Saturday.
Changes arrive Saturday into Sunday as a cold front slides through South Georgia and the Big Bend.
Highs do not take much of a drop, but drier air from the north fills in over the area.
Humidity levels will drop, so it will not be as sticky from your Sunday and Monday outdoor plans.
A few spotty storm chances do exist Sunday and Monday, but for the most part, drier air will mean more sunshine for the end of the weekend.
Have a great weekend, and drive safe on wet roads Friday afternoon and evening. | https://www.wtxl.com/weather/weather-news/first-to-know-forecast-drier-air-on-the-way-for-the-end-of-weekend | 2022-08-12T13:00:10Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/weather/weather-news/first-to-know-forecast-drier-air-on-the-way-for-the-end-of-weekend | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Rock musician Tommy Lee posted a full-frontal nude selfie on Instagram and Facebook early Thursday with the caption "Ooooopppsss."
The graphic photo, which remained on the Meta-owned platforms for hours before being taken down, launched an outcry against social media companies for applying what critics say is a double standard in platform guidelines that favor cisgender men.
Nude content posted by women, transgender and nonbinary users, however, have faced far quicker and more punitive consequences, critics said.
One user commented that Lee's penis picture "was on Instagram for 5+ hours before being pulled yet queer artists get banned all the time for art that doesn't even show genitalia."
"Girls can't post photos with cleavage on Instagram without it being taken down but Tommy Lee can post THAT. nah," another wrote.
Another person said: "@instagram literally has the clearest double standard among their community guidelines.
Meta removed the post on both Instagram and Facebook "within hours" for violating its policies on nudity, a company spokesperson told NPR.
Instagram's anti-nudity guidelines include "photos, videos, and some digitally-created content that show sexual intercourse, genitals, and close-ups of fully-nude buttocks" and "some photos of female nipples" — a topic central to the years-long "free the nipple" movement.
The guidelines say "photos in the context of breastfeeding, birth giving and after-birth moments, health-related situations (for example, post-mastectomy, breast cancer awareness or gender confirmation surgery) or an act of protest are allowed."
"Nudity in photos of paintings and sculptures is OK, too," the company's guidelines say.
Still, some social media users insist that Instagram continues to enforce bans on allowed content, such as images posted by people who have received gender-affirming "top surgery" — in which breast tissue is removed.
One Twitter user called it "ridiculous" that the Mötley Crüe rocker was able to post his penis online while "trans men can't even post pictures of their chests without Instagram taking it down."
Meta's own "supreme court" is considering that particular issue. The company's oversight board, which the company created to review and make decisions about what can and can't be posted on its platforms, announced late last month that it would take up its first cases related to gender identity and nudity on Instagram.
The cases involve Meta's removal of two separate posts from the same account, in which a transgender and nonbinary couple posted topless photos (with nipples covered in both instances) to announce the fact that one of them was getting "top surgery." Meta later called the removal an "enforcement error" and restored the posts.
As for Lee's part, it's not the musician and reality TV star's first nudity controversy. Rick Canny, Lee's manager, declined to comment in response to NPR's inquiries.
Editor's note: Facebook parent Meta pays NPR to license NPR content.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.klcc.org/npr-news/2022-08-12/tommy-lees-nude-photo-sparks-backlash-over-double-standard-social-media-censorship | 2022-08-12T13:00:38Z | klcc.org | control | https://www.klcc.org/npr-news/2022-08-12/tommy-lees-nude-photo-sparks-backlash-over-double-standard-social-media-censorship | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Ohio: An armed man who tried to breach the FBI building in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Thursday was shot dead by police following a car chase, a gun battle and a standoff in a cornfield northeast of town, officials said.Police had yet to identify the dead man and during a pair of news briefings declined to comment on his motive.
The New York Times and NBC News, citing unnamed sources, identified him as Ricky Shiffer, 42, who may have had extreme right-wing views.
A man by that name forwarned of the attack on Truth Social, the medium created by former President Donald Trump."If you don't hear from me, it is true I tried attacking the F.B.I., and it'll mean either I was taken off the internet, the F.B.I. got me, or they sent the regular cops ... " the message said. His posts, including others expressing extreme views, were taken down shortly after police told reporters the Cincinnati suspect had been killed.
NBC News, citing two unnamed officials familiar with the matter, said the suspect was at the U.S. Capitol building in Washington during the assault by Trump supporters on Jan. 6, 2021.The New York Times, citing two law enforcement officials familiar with the matter, reported investigators were looking into whether he had ties to extremist groups. Some Trump supporters claim a grievance with the FBI over his entanglements with the agency which have included its probe into Russia's support for his 2016 presidential campaign and the court-authorized search of his Florida home on Monday.
The FBI has been the subject of online threats since its agents searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate as part of an investigation into documents removed from the White House when Trump left office in January 2021.
FBI Director Christopher Wray, who has described homegrown violent extremism as the most significant security threat to the United States, issued a statement following Thursday's events decrying "unfounded attacks on the integrity of the FBI."
"Violence and threats against law enforcement, including the FBI, are dangerous and should be deeply concerning to all Americans," Wray said.
The Ohio incident began early on Thursday when the suspect unsuccessfully tried to enter the FBI's visitor screening facility. He then fled the area in a white vehicle, heading northbound on Interstate 71, the FBI said.A chase ensued and the suspect fired his weapon at a state trooper, Ohio State Highway Patrol spokesperson Nathan Dennis told a news briefing. The vehicle eventually came to a stop in Clinton County and gunfire was exchanged between the suspect and police, he said, before a lengthy standoff that ended with the suspect being shot six hours after the initial assault in Cincinnati. "Throughout the day today law-enforcement officers attempted to negotiate with the suspect. After a time the negotiations failed," Dennis said.
"The suspect then did raise a firearm toward law enforcement and shots were fired by law enforcement officers on the scene," Dennis said. He said the suspect died at the site and no police were wounded. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/world/2022/08/12/fbi-building-security-breach-man-shot-dead.amp.html | 2022-08-12T13:04:59Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/world/2022/08/12/fbi-building-security-breach-man-shot-dead.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kabul/Peshawar: A prominent Taliban cleric, Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani, was killed in an attack in a seminary in Kabul when the attacker detonated explosives hidden in a plastic artificial leg on Thursday, according to officials and Taliban sources.
"Very sadly informed that respected cleric (Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani) was martyred in a cowardly attack by enemies," said Bilal Karimi, a spokesperson for the Taliban administration.
The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the group's channel on telegram.
Previously, four Taliban sources had told Reuters the attacker was someone who had previously lost his leg and had hidden the explosives in a plastic artificial leg.
"We are investigating who this ... person was and who had brought him to this important place to enter the personal office of Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani. It's a very huge loss for the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," said one senior Taliban official of the interior ministry, referring to the group's name for its administration.
Haqqani was a prominent cleric in the Taliban who had survived previous attacks, including a large blast in the northern Pakistani city of Peshawar in 2020 claimed by the Islamic State that killed at least seven people.
The Taliban say they have restored security since they took over as foreign forces withdrew almost a year ago. However, regular attacks, many of them claimed by Islamic State, have taken place in recent months, often targeting religious and ethnic minorities as well as Taliban leaders. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/world/2022/08/12/taliban-cleric-killed-is-claims-responsibility.amp.html | 2022-08-12T13:05:01Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/world/2022/08/12/taliban-cleric-killed-is-claims-responsibility.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Wes Scantlin is still just feeling it out.
Whether that’s songwriting as the frontman for Puddle of Mudd or performing live with the band, like he’ll do at The Lincoln Theatre on Saturday, its all about finding a groove and hoping something sticks.
A lot has worked out for Puddle of Mudd over the years. The Kansas City natives blasted into rock radio mainstream with the songs “Blurry” (2001), “Control (2001),” “She Hates Me (2002)” and “Drift & Die (2002),” all featured on their 2002 breakout record “Come Clean.”
Since then, the group has undergone serious lineup changes, with Scantlin being the only consistent member since the band’s inception. Regardless, the group continued to top the mainstream rock charts with songs like “Away From Me” (2003), “Famous” (2007) and “Psycho” (2007).
The band recently returned with their first album since 2011. “Welcome to Galvania” spawned their first high charting single in many years, “Uh Oh” (2019).
Puddle of Mudd are working their way back into the studio this summer to revitalize some songs from the band’s archives. On Wednesday, Scantlin took a break from toying around with new material at his home in Los Angeles to speak with the Wyoming Tribune Eagle by phone ahead of their up coming show.
Question: Have you been in the studio pretty regularly since your last album?
Wes Scantlin: “I have been just friggin’ nosediving into GarageBand (a music creation software), that’s like out-of-this-world amazing nowadays. During the pandemic I studied GarageBand. It’s been unmatched, seriously. There’s some serious, professional tracks.”
Q: How were you working on songs before, then?
A: “It’s usually me, an acoustic guitar, a couple of freaking brewskis, a pen and notebook paper. If it’s good, I’ll just sit there and drill it into my mind. So I kind of just record with my brain, really.
“GarageBand definitely helps. There’s a lot of great ideas and there’s a lot of (bad) ones too. You can kind of kind of file through them and go, ‘Oh, okay, that’s kind of cool.’”
Q: I brushed up on some of your early albums, then the most recent, and it feels like for the most part you maintained your sound. But the state of popular music when you first hit the scene was so different than it is now.
Is it weird to compare what you’re doing now to what’s popular on the radio and streaming?
A: “Man, I don’t know. There’s some songs that I’ve heard where I’m like, ‘Wow, man, these people are getting a lot of notoriety for this?’ I mean, you hear a hit, you know? A hit song. There’s some stuff out there that are just not really hits.
“It’s like, s, Tom Petty and those guys, man, I’m talking about simplicity, dude. Get a groove going on some kind of a cliche sort of deal.”
Q: If we’re talking about hits, then “She Hates Me” – that’s a hit. That comes on in the bar and people start singing it.
A: “On that record I was saving a few (songs) just to have in my back pocket. I let that one sit there and then we go ‘we need a new song.’ So I tell them ‘“She F—king Hates Me,” check it out.’ It was just me and an acoustic in front of Paul Phillips and Danny Wimmer. And their (jaws) dropped on the floor.
“They were like, ‘Wow, that’s got legs.’”
Q: If it’s still playing today, then I’d say it worked out.
A: “Oh man, I don’t even have to sing it live anymore.”
Q: You sat and wrote that song and now audiences anywhere can probably sing the rest of the song to you. It’s got to be a weird feeling.
A: “Jimmy Allen, the original guitar player, and I were rehearsing at this place called ImPres Label, sitting upstairs and smoking, just writing like little songwriters. He’s a very clever guy. He would jot it down and then I would just melodically cruise into it, just read along with lyrics and he would play it.
“I was just like ‘Wow.’ It was a wild moment for us. You know, we were like, 23 or 24 years old.”
Q: Was that the process for all the songs off of “Come Clean”?
A: Yeah. There’s a lot of really killer freaking songs. A lot of the records from that time make me so happy. Like, wow, man, where the hell was I at when I did that?”
Q: Where was your head at when writing that album?
A: “You know usually women will just like just drive you bonkers and make you feel like a f—ing loser. Just angst and trying to be a gentleman or whatever. I’m actually, like, obsessed with searching for maybe another psychotic chick.”
Q: You need the inspiration?
A: “Yeah, I’m trying to pick a real freak, man. It happens naturally anyway.”
Q: So how’d it go last time you played in Cheyenne? If you remember.
A: “Well, I hope it was good. Sometimes we just put the pedal to the metal and go punk rock. We’re just gonna get crazy. Sometimes mid-set I’ll just come up with a riff, kind of like Soundgarden meets Pearl Jam and Kurt Cobain came back to life to start wailing on some vocals.
“Weird droning guitar, some Jane’s Addiction – we just go into a groove and it’s really fun. I can see people’s eyes light up when we do it.”
Q: Does it usually go well? Or do you ever come up with something that just sounds like hell?
A: “No, lately is it’s gone over well. Most of them are coming through real nice, man. Everybody’s got to group in together, get in as a band and go, ‘I’m doing this, check out where I’m at on the fret board.’
“We can get in key, be a little bit psychedelic. Just you can just moan and do noise. Hell, Pearl Jam did ‘Yellow Ledbetter.’ I mean, (Eddie Vedder’s) not even speaking English, but it sounds cool.”
Q: Well I’m looking forward to seeing what you guy’s bring to Cheyenne.
“We’re gonna come in there and we’re gonna blaze, man. We’re gonna blaze it out, have a good time and play some good music.” | https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/a-q-a-with-puddle-of-mudds-wes-scantlin/article_53a84a4d-c2cc-5909-a174-61a491cc1e52.html | 2022-08-12T13:06:40Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/a-q-a-with-puddle-of-mudds-wes-scantlin/article_53a84a4d-c2cc-5909-a174-61a491cc1e52.html | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Wes Scantlin is still just feeling it out.
Whether that’s songwriting as the frontman for Puddle of Mudd or performing live with the band, like he’ll do at The Lincoln Theatre on Saturday, its all about finding a groove and hoping something sticks.
A lot has worked out for Puddle of Mudd over the years. The Kansas City natives blasted into rock radio mainstream with the songs “Blurry” (2001), “Control (2001),” “She Hates Me (2002)” and “Drift & Die (2002),” all featured on their 2002 breakout record “Come Clean.”
Since then, the group has undergone serious lineup changes, with Scantlin being the only consistent member since the band’s inception. Regardless, the group continued to top the mainstream rock charts with songs like “Away From Me” (2003), “Famous” (2007) and “Psycho” (2007).
The band recently returned with their first album since 2011. “Welcome to Galvania” spawned their first high charting single in many years, “Uh Oh” (2019).
Puddle of Mudd are working their way back into the studio this summer to revitalize some songs from the band’s archives. On Wednesday, Scantlin took a break from toying around with new material at his home in Los Angeles to speak with the Wyoming Tribune Eagle by phone ahead of their up coming show.
Question: Have you been in the studio pretty regularly since your last album?
Wes Scantlin: “I have been just friggin’ nosediving into GarageBand (a music creation software), that’s like out-of-this-world amazing nowadays. During the pandemic I studied GarageBand. It’s been unmatched, seriously. There’s some serious, professional tracks.”
Q: How were you working on songs before, then?
A: “It’s usually me, an acoustic guitar, a couple of freaking brewskis, a pen and notebook paper. If it’s good, I’ll just sit there and drill it into my mind. So I kind of just record with my brain, really.
“GarageBand definitely helps. There’s a lot of great ideas and there’s a lot of (bad) ones too. You can kind of kind of file through them and go, ‘Oh, okay, that’s kind of cool.’”
Q: I brushed up on some of your early albums, then the most recent, and it feels like for the most part you maintained your sound. But the state of popular music when you first hit the scene was so different than it is now.
Is it weird to compare what you’re doing now to what’s popular on the radio and streaming?
A: “Man, I don’t know. There’s some songs that I’ve heard where I’m like, ‘Wow, man, these people are getting a lot of notoriety for this?’ I mean, you hear a hit, you know? A hit song. There’s some stuff out there that are just not really hits.
“It’s like, s, Tom Petty and those guys, man, I’m talking about simplicity, dude. Get a groove going on some kind of a cliche sort of deal.”
Q: If we’re talking about hits, then “She Hates Me” – that’s a hit. That comes on in the bar and people start singing it.
A: “On that record I was saving a few (songs) just to have in my back pocket. I let that one sit there and then we go ‘we need a new song.’ So I tell them ‘“She F—king Hates Me,” check it out.’ It was just me and an acoustic in front of Paul Phillips and Danny Wimmer. And their (jaws) dropped on the floor.
“They were like, ‘Wow, that’s got legs.’”
Q: If it’s still playing today, then I’d say it worked out.
A: “Oh man, I don’t even have to sing it live anymore.”
Q: You sat and wrote that song and now audiences anywhere can probably sing the rest of the song to you. It’s got to be a weird feeling.
A: “Jimmy Allen, the original guitar player, and I were rehearsing at this place called ImPres Label, sitting upstairs and smoking, just writing like little songwriters. He’s a very clever guy. He would jot it down and then I would just melodically cruise into it, just read along with lyrics and he would play it.
“I was just like ‘Wow.’ It was a wild moment for us. You know, we were like, 23 or 24 years old.”
Q: Was that the process for all the songs off of “Come Clean”?
A: Yeah. There’s a lot of really killer freaking songs. A lot of the records from that time make me so happy. Like, wow, man, where the hell was I at when I did that?”
Q: Where was your head at when writing that album?
A: “You know usually women will just like just drive you bonkers and make you feel like a f—ing loser. Just angst and trying to be a gentleman or whatever. I’m actually, like, obsessed with searching for maybe another psychotic chick.”
Q: You need the inspiration?
A: “Yeah, I’m trying to pick a real freak, man. It happens naturally anyway.”
Q: So how’d it go last time you played in Cheyenne? If you remember.
A: “Well, I hope it was good. Sometimes we just put the pedal to the metal and go punk rock. We’re just gonna get crazy. Sometimes mid-set I’ll just come up with a riff, kind of like Soundgarden meets Pearl Jam and Kurt Cobain came back to life to start wailing on some vocals.
“Weird droning guitar, some Jane’s Addiction – we just go into a groove and it’s really fun. I can see people’s eyes light up when we do it.”
Q: Does it usually go well? Or do you ever come up with something that just sounds like hell?
A: “No, lately is it’s gone over well. Most of them are coming through real nice, man. Everybody’s got to group in together, get in as a band and go, ‘I’m doing this, check out where I’m at on the fret board.’
“We can get in key, be a little bit psychedelic. Just you can just moan and do noise. Hell, Pearl Jam did ‘Yellow Ledbetter.’ I mean, (Eddie Vedder’s) not even speaking English, but it sounds cool.”
Q: Well I’m looking forward to seeing what you guy’s bring to Cheyenne.
“We’re gonna come in there and we’re gonna blaze, man. We’re gonna blaze it out, have a good time and play some good music.” | https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/a-q-a-with-puddle-of-mudds-wes-scantlin/article_53a84a4d-c2cc-5909-a174-61a491cc1e52.html | 2022-08-12T13:06:40Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/a-q-a-with-puddle-of-mudds-wes-scantlin/article_53a84a4d-c2cc-5909-a174-61a491cc1e52.html | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
The trailer for Discovery+’s docuseries “House of Hammer” has arrived and promises “disturbing details” and “sinister secrets” about embattled actor Armie Hammer – as well as some other men in his famous family.
“Magnify ‘Succession’ a million times and it was my family,” series consultant Casey Hammer, the actor’s aunt and granddaughter of oil tycoon Armand Hammer, says in the new trailer.
Some of those details include interviews with Armie Hammer’s alleged victims, as well as disturbing text and direct messages in which the “Call Me By Your Name” star allegedly asserts that he is “100% a cannibal” and that he wants to own the women or decide if and when they get to eat.
Directors Elli Hakami and Julian P. Hobbs begin the trailer with a focus on two of Hammer’s accusers, Courtney Vucekovich and Julia Morrison, who share their alleged experiences with the actor.
“I have a fantasy about having someone prove their love and devotion and tying them up in a public place at night and making their body free use,” one alleged message from Hammer says as it’s shown onscreen and read aloud by Morrison.
“My bet was going to involve showing up at your place and completely tying you up and incapacitating you and being able to do whatever I wanted to every single hole in your body until I was done with you,” says another alleged voice memo recording played in the trailer.
From there, the trailer gets into graphic missives said to be from Hammer and some of the allegations that led to his public downfall in 2021 when he was accused of raping a woman identified as Effie in 2017. Additional women came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct after that, as well as an LAPD investigation, but the “On the Basis of Sex” star denied them and dismissed them as “bull—.”
Discovery+, which will launch the three-episode series on Sept. 2, said the allegations surrounding Hammer are only “the tip of the iceberg” because the show actually treads into the misdeeds of five generations of men in the wealthy dynasty, such as Julius Hammer’s manslaughter conviction in 1920 and Julian Hammer’s self-defense killing of a man in the 1950s, according to Variety.
Casey Hammer also alleges that her father Julian Hammer sexually abused her when she was a child, an account she details in her 2015 self-published book “Surviving My Birthright.”
The “House of Hammer” narrative will come to life in the doc “through a trove of archive and interviews from survivors and family members” meant to showcase “all the devastating consequences of privilege gone wild,” Discovery+ said.
The series begins in 2020 at the peak of Armie Hammer’s fame and “each episode will shine a light on a depraved pattern of abuse that extends far beyond the accusations brought against the disgraced actor,” the streamer said.
Hammer’s attorney, Anthony Brettler, did not immediately respond Wednesday to the L.A. Times’ request for comment.
Will Carpenter is the Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s Arts and Entertainment/Features Reporter. He can be reached by email at wcarpenter@wyomingnews.com or by phone at 307-633-3135. Follow him on Twitter @will_carp_. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/allegations-against-armie-hammer-are-the-tip-of-iceberg-in-house-of-hammer-trailer/article_38af30f6-3aaf-5868-afb8-c921fe17bd29.html | 2022-08-12T13:06:41Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/allegations-against-armie-hammer-are-the-tip-of-iceberg-in-house-of-hammer-trailer/article_38af30f6-3aaf-5868-afb8-c921fe17bd29.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Last week, HBO Max quietly pulled a number of TV and film titles off its streaming service. They have been removed indefinitely, as far as anyone knows.
While none were major hits, they’re not obscure either. They’re of recent vintage and feature big-name stars. Some of the shows affected: “Mrs. Fletcher” starring Kathryn Hahn, “Camping” starring Jennifer Garner and David Tennant, and the Mick Jagger and Martin Scorsese-produced music industry drama “Vinyl.” On the movie side, the list includes “An American Pickle” starring Seth Rogen, “The Witches” starring Anne Hathaway, “Superintelligence” starring Melissa McCarthy and “Charm City Kings” starring Teyonah Parris.
As far as audiences are concerned, they’re all just gone. For now. Maybe forever.
Removing them was a cost-cutting move from the newly merged Warner Bros. Discovery. How does this save money? One theory: Pull a title off the market and there are no residuals that need to be paid to actors, writers and directors. Yes, streaming services are obligated to pay residuals. Perhaps these TV shows and movies weren’t enough of a draw – to current or potential new subscribers – to be considered “worth” whatever HBO Max was paying in residuals.
But to have titles just disappear like that … well, it’s alarming.
I saw it phrased this way on Twitter: “Absolutely insane that a lot of media will in fact just start vanishing off the face of the earth in the next decades, not because they were lost to time but because they aren’t available on any streaming services, nobody owns a hard copy and all the torrent links are dead.”
It’s good to be worried! People are right to be worried.
Movie studios and TV networks are not – and never were – in the preservation business, and that’s true of streaming platforms, as well.
Often this is framed as a new problem – one specifically tied to streaming and the elimination of physical releases. But if you go back further, to when TV and film only existed in hard copies, these kinds of losses were still happening in some shape or form. It’s been a depressing reality since the dawn of cinema.
If you grew up primarily accessing TV and film via streaming, maybe it was easy to assume all of it would be permanently available, at your fingertips. I get it. The internet is forever – or so we’ve been told! But the history is brutal and we’re seeing how it’s repeating itself.
So let’s look at that history. The Film Foundation, a nonprofit founded by Martin Scorsese, reports that film archivists estimate “half of all American films made before 1950 and more than 90% of films made before 1929 are lost forever.”
Those are staggering numbers; the vast majority of silent films made are just gone. Modern audiences rarely give much thought to silent films, but maybe it’s because so few have survived. “It’s a lost style of storytelling, and the best of the films are as effective with audiences today as they were when they were initially released,” archivist David Pierce told The Associated Press.
What happened? Decay and neglect are often the culprits. Celluloid degrades after time, especially the nitrate film stock used during the first half of the 20th century. Nitrate was also highly flammable and led to vault fires.
Storage – especially the right kind of storage – costs money and sometimes things were just thrown away.
The DuMont Television Network was prominent in the ‘40s and early ‘50s and notable for its variety show “Cavalcade of Stars” with Jackie Gleason, which featured sketches that were the precursor to “The Honeymooners.” But much of the DuMont output (nearly 200 TV series in all) is – you guessed it – gone. Or rather, discarded to a watery grave.
Those early Gleason shows “were taken care of in a most unique and swift fashion,” TV actress Edie Adams told the Library of Congress. She and her husband Ernie Kovacs both worked at the network in the ‘50s. Her testimony is on the Library of Congress website and it’s a fascinating read. Here’s what she says happened:
“In the early ‘70s, the DuMont Network was being bought by another company and the lawyers were in heavy negotiations as to who would be responsible for the library of DuMont shows currently being stored in the facility – who would bear the expense of storing them in a temperature controlled facility, take care of copyright renewal, etc. One of the lawyers said he would ‘take care of it’ in a ‘fair manner’ – he took care of it, all right.
“At 2 a.m. the next morning, he had three huge semis back up to the loading dock … filled them with all the stored kinescopes and 2-inch video and drove them to a waiting barge in New Jersey, took them out on the water, made a right at the Statue of Liberty and dumped them in the Upper New York Bay! Very neat … no problem!”
Whether TV shows and films exist as physical copies in a vault or digital copies stored on servers or on drives that become obsolete within a decade, as Adams’ story makes clear, archiving is not cheap.
We’re living in the Age of the Great Reboot; you’d think that would work as some kind of safety net. And maybe it will. But not every piece of IP – intellectual property destined to be remade – is actually worth the trouble. And when costs are being cut, executives rarely shy away from coldblooded decisions.
That’s always been true in Hollywood. But with streaming suddenly hitting a bumpy road financially, we’ll likely see even more of it to come. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/it-s-alarming-when-tv-shows-and-movies-vanish-off-streaming-services-but-there-s/article_af156a50-7e17-598c-a257-18ba70908e0a.html | 2022-08-12T13:06:42Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/it-s-alarming-when-tv-shows-and-movies-vanish-off-streaming-services-but-there-s/article_af156a50-7e17-598c-a257-18ba70908e0a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Cheyenne and Laramie County
Story Time
– Aug. 12, 11 a.m. A children’s story time in the blue dome of the Children’s Village. Cheyenne Botanic Gardens, 710 S. Lions Drive. 307-637-6349
Teen Terrace Hangout
– Aug. 12, 3-5 p.m. Teens can enjoy the sunshine with friends on the Teen Terrace. Beverages and popsicles will be provided. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Fridays on the Plaza
– Aug. 12, 5:30 p.m. A weekly summer concert series featuring acts from around the country. This week’s headliner is Rozzi, with an opening performance by Holdfast. Cheyenne Depot Plaza, 1 Depot Square. 307-637-6200
Cheyenne Farmers Market
– Aug. 13, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Local and regional vendors sell their produce, honey, jams, meat, bakery and specialty items, and much more. Proceeds benefit Community Action of Laramie County and its programs. B Parking Lot, Frontier Park, 4610 Carey Ave. 307-635-9291 or www.calc.net/farmers-market
Laramie County Fair Demolition Derby
– Aug. 13, 5 p.m. $15. Follow the sounds of revving engines and metal being crunched beyond recognition. Cheer on the crashing and hard hits in a yearly favorite event. Laramie County Motorsports Park, 3801 Archer Parkway. 307-633-4670
Whiskey Meyers @ the Chinook
– Aug. 13, 7 p.m. A live performance from Whiskey Meyers, with Shane Smith & The Saints and 49 Winchester as supporting acts. Terry Bison Ranch, 51 I-25 Service Road. 307-302-0147
Metalachi @ The Lincoln
– Aug. 13, 8-11 p.m. $15. A metal mariachi band. It might good idea to carve out some time to witness this. The Lincoln Theatre, 1615 Central Ave. 307-369-6028
Poetry Open Mic @ The Hawthorn Tree
– Aug. 14, 1-3 p.m. Free. Each poet gets five minutes to read, but occasionally go two rounds, so bring extra poems. Arrive five minutes early to sign up. The Hawthorn Tree, 112 E. 17th St. 307-369-4446
Hip-Hop Paint and Sip
– Aug. 14, 1-4 p.m. Ages 14 and up. $35. A Sunday of painting, drinks and hip-hop music. The Louise Event Venue, 110 E. 17th St. 307-220-1474
Tales Together
– Aug. 16-18, 10:15-10:45 a.m. An interactive early literacy class for preschool children and their caregivers. Practice new skills incorporating books, songs, rhymes, movement and more. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
St. Mary’s Food Truck Rally
– Aug 17, 4 p.m. The Cathedral of St. Mary will host a food truck rally in their parking lot at and invites the greater Cheyenne community for food, fellowship and fun. The Cathedral of St. Mary, 100 W. 21st St. 307-635-9261
Open Mic Night at Blue Raven
– Aug. 17, 7-10 p.m. A musical open mic night, presented in collaboration with Wyoming Wave Studios. Blue Raven Brewery, 209 E. 18th St. 307-369-1978
Cheyenne Civic Concert Band performance
– Aug 17, 7-8 p.m. Free. The Cheyenne Civic Concert Band continues its traditional summer band concerts. Make sure to bring lawn chairs or blankets for this outdoor performance. Lions Park Amphitheater, 4693 Lions Park Drive. 307-256-6987
Fridays on the Plaza
– Aug. 19, 5:30 p.m. A weekly summer concert series featuring acts from around the country. This week’s headliner is Jeremiah Tall, with an opening performance by Dirty Grass Players. Cheyenne Depot Plaza, 1 Depot Square. 307-637-6200
Country Dance Lessons with David Uriquidez
– Aug. 19, 6-8 p.m. $15 per person, $25 per couple. Be the star of the country bar after attending this swing dance class. Bring water and dance appropriate shoes. Tickets available via https://cfdoldwestmuseum.org/products/country-dance-lessons Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, 4610 Carey Ave. 307-778-7290
Cheyenne Farmers Market
– Aug. 20, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Local and regional vendors sell their produce, honey, jams, meat, bakery and specialty items, and much more. Proceeds benefit Community Action of Laramie County and its programs. B Parking Lot, Frontier Park, 4610 Carey Ave. 307-635-9291 or www.calc.net/farmers-market
NRA Action Pistol Regional and Wyoming State Championship
– Aug 20-21, 9 a.m. Some of the top Action Pistol competitors in the U.S. will compete in the “Steamboat Challenge” shooting competition. NRA Action Pistol is best described as “precision pistol shooting at speed.” Otto Road Shooting Range, 1531 Otto Road. 307-640-3847
Historic Cemetery Walk
– Aug 20, 10:15 a.m. Free. The living history program, “Cheyenne’s Melting Pot,” presented by the Cheyenne Genealogical & Historical Society, begins at the main gate of Lakeview Cemetery and features interesting characters who played large and small parts in Cheyenne’s frontier history. Lakeview Cemetery, 2501 Seymour Ave. 307-630-0924
Cheyenne Arts Celebration
– Aug. 20, 12:30-7 p.m. Free. The Cheyenne Arts Celebration may be young, but it’s in the middle of rapid growth. This festival features live music, vendors, food, drinks and more. Lions Park, Lions Park Drive. 307-637-6423
Puddle of Mudd
– Aug 20, 8-10 p.m. $30. This Kansas City, Missouri-based rock band enjoyed mainstream success in the ‘90s, and now they’re on their way to downtown Cheyenne. The Lincoln Theatre, 1615 Central Ave. 307-369-6028
Cultural Blind Spots series
– Aug. 21, 2 p.m. Join St. Mark’s in the second installment of its Cultural Blind Spots series, which will explore the experiences of minority ethnic groups in Cheyenne. St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1908 Central Ave. 307-634-7709
Animal Collective @ The Lincoln
– Aug 22, 7-10 p.m. $25. Renowned indie rock group Animal Collective will perform at the historic downtown theater. The Lincoln Theatre, 1615 Central Ave. 307-369-6028
Open Mic Night at Blue Raven
– Aug. 24, 7-10 p.m. A musical open mic night, presented in collaboration with Wyoming Wave Studios. Blue Raven Brewery, 209 E. 18th St. 307-369-1978
”’Twilight of the Gods:’Defeat, Memory, and Legacy of World War II and the Holocaust” presentation
– Aug. 25, 6-8 p.m. The third and final installment in a series of expert presentations from Adam Blackler, associate professor of history at the University of Wyoming, all of which will provide context and historical background for the themes and concepts presented in Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition for libraries, currently on display. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
New Frontier Cheyenne Gun and Western Collectibles Show
– Aug. 26, 12-5 p.m.; Aug. 27, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Aug. 28, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. This Western collectible and firearms show will have a large assortment of new and antique firearms, accessories, knives, edged weapons, cowboy and Indian artifacts, relics, Western memorabilia, antiques and jewelry. Laramie County Events Center at Archer, 3801 Archer Parkway. 307-633-4670
Fridays on the Plaza
– Aug. 26, 5:30 p.m. A weekly summer concert series featuring acts from around the country. This week’s headliner is Jocelyn & Chris, with an opening performance by The Patti Fiasco. Cheyenne Depot Plaza, 1 Depot Square. 307-637-6200
Ongoing
Governor’s Capitol Art Exhibition
– Through Aug. 14, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Presented by the Wyoming State Museum, this exhibit compiles 66 different pieces of artwork from artists around the state of Wyoming. Wyoming State Capitol basement extension, 200 W. 24th St. 307-777-7220
CFD Western Art Show and Sale
– Through Aug. 14, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Top western artists from around the country will interpret the culture and heritage of the American West through paintings, sculpture, mixed media and drawings in a highly acclaimed yearly collection. Cheyenne Frontier Days Old West Museum, 4610 Carey Ave. 307-778-7290
Summer Reading Challenge 2022
– Through Aug. 15. Read for prizes in the Laramie County Library’s annual Summer Reading Challenge. With ticket drawings, level prizes, completion prizes and activities throughout the summer, there is no better time to dive in to the ocean-themed challenge. Visit LaramieCountyLibrary.org/SRC2022 to begin this year’s summer reading voyage. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Habitat: Artist’ Books
– Through Aug. 21. Curated by University of Wyoming art professor Mark Ritchie, this year’s iteration of Laramie County Library’s annual book arts exhibit features collaborative work by artists and writers from Wyoming, Wales and around the United States. Each artist/writer pairing was challenged with creating a broadside or folio to include text interpreting habitat. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit
– Through Aug. 28, library hours. Laramie County Library is one of 50 U.S. libraries selected to host Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum that examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II
– Through Aug. 28, library hours. Smithsonian poster exhibition traces the story of Japanese national and Japanese American incarceration during World War II and the people who survived it. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Fort Collins, Colorado
Foodie Walk
– Aug. 19, 5-8 p.m. Free. A monthly self-guided food walk through downtown Fort Collins. Various locations, Fort Collins, Colorado. 970-484-6500
Off the Shelf: Contemporary Book Arts in Colorado
– Aug. 26-Dec. 18, museum hours. Free. This exhibit features artists that innovate and defy our conceptual framework of the book and its contents. The artist book, a medium spanning the public and private sphere of creators and viewers, reflects on issues intimate and grand. Colorado State University Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, 1400 Remington Street, Fort Collins, Colorado. 970-491-1989
Denver
Thomas Rhett @ Red Rocks
– Aug. 12, 7:30 p.m.; doors at 6 p.m. $50-$170. Country music singer Thomas Rhett will perform with support from Parker McCollum and Conner Smith as a part of his “Bring the Bar To You” tour. Red Rocks Amphitheater, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, Colorado. 720-865-2494
The Decemberists @ Mission Ballroom
– Aug. 12, 8 p.m.; doors at 7 p.m. $42-$99. The Decemberists’ distinctive brand of folk-rock have maintained them a cult following since they broke out in the year 2000. Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St., Denver. 720-577-6884
Sleeping with Sirens @ The Ogden
– Aug. 13, 7 p.m.; doors at 6 p.m. Sleeping With Sirens have tested the boundaries of rock by walking a tightrope between pop, punk, metal, hardcore, electronic, acoustic, and even a little R&B. The “CTRL + ALT + DEL” Tour comes following the release of their fifth studio album, “How It Feels to Be Lost.” Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave, Denver. 303-832-1874
Loco Locals Comedy Extravaganza
– Aug. 17, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $10. A night of stand-up comedy. Ten-minute sets from five different comics. Avanti Food and Beverage, 3200 Pecos St., Denver. 720-269-4778
Mt. Joy @ Mission Ballroom
– Aug. 18, 8 p.m.; doors at 7 p.m. A performance from indie-rock band Mt. Joy, fresh off their latest studio album, “Orange Blood.” Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St., Denver. 720-577-6884
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats @ Red Rocks
– Aug. 23-24, 7:30 p.m.; doors at 6 p.m. Folk artist Nathaniel Rateliff is stopping by Red Rocks with support from Caroline Rose for his 2022 North American Tour. Red Rocks Amphitheater, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, Colorado. 720-865-2494
My Morning Jacket @ Red Rocks
– Aug. 26-27, 7:30 p.m.; doors at 6 p.m. A two-night performance from alternative-rock band My Morning Jacket. Red Rocks Amphitheater, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, Colorado. 720-865-2494 | https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/todo/friday-calendar-8-12-22/article_ef33009d-8de5-5121-935c-78bbbeaa7462.html | 2022-08-12T13:07:04Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/todo/friday-calendar-8-12-22/article_ef33009d-8de5-5121-935c-78bbbeaa7462.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
FRIDAY
”Routes of Vertical Dance” lecture and reception: Noon, University of Wyoming Biodiversity Center auditorium. Free to attend.
Downtown Laramie Farmers Market: 3-7 p.m., parking lot north of Depot Park on South 1st Street.
SATURDAY
Annual Elks Alley Sale: 8 a.m. to noon, 102 S. 2nd St. in the alley. Table rental is $10 each, call 307-742-2024 to reserve. All proceeds benefit the Elks National Foundation.
Reformed Presbyterian Church hosts Psalm sing, picnic and games: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Undine Park.
Summer Market Day at the fairgrounds: 3-6 p.m., beef barn.
SUNDAY
Unexpected Company Senior Theatre meets: 1 p.m., Alice Hardie Stevens Center. Agenda includes planning for a fall production. Anyone age 50 and older is invited to participate on or off stage.
New Life Church Back2School Giveaway: 3-6 p.m., Albany County Fairgrounds. Free school supplies and shoes, while supplies last.
Laramie Connections free Meet and Eat dinner and faith gathering: 4:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1517 E. Canby St.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 6:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
MONDAY
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Women for Sobriety meet: 6:30-8:30 p.m. via Zoom. For meeting details, email 1093@womenforsobriety.org.
TUESDAY
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
WEDNESDAY
Laramie Tai Chi and Tea meets: 1:30 p.m. at outdoors Harbon Park, North 14th and Gibbon streets. For more information, visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Ivinson’s women’s health team hosts prenatal education: 5:30 p.m. in the Summit conference room. For more information and registration, visit ivinsonhospital.org/childbirth.
Unexpected Company Senior Theatre auditions for “Six Stages of Life”: 2 p.m., Alice Hardie Stevens Center, 603 E. Ivinson Ave. Participants must be at least 50 years old, no experience necessary.
THURSDAY
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 5:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Aug. 19
Open house for renovated LFD training facility: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Laramie Fire Department drill grounds, 2451 County Shop Road.
Downtown Laramie Farmers Market: 3-7 p.m., parking lot north of Depot Park on South 1st Street.
Aug. 20
‘The Legacy of Wyoming’ performed by Buffalo Bill and Dr. Jo: 5-8 p.m., Wyoming Territorial Prison. For tickets, call 307-745-6161.
Revive the Wyo fundraiser: 5-9 p.m., historic train depot in downtown Laramie. Enjoy a cajun-themed meal and entertainment. Cost $35 a person. For tickets, visit https://htru.io/Ssrf.
Aug. 21
Walk with a Doc: 1:30-2:30 p.m. at the Washington Park west shelter No. 3. Bring walking shoes and a friend. For more information, email questions@ivinsonhospital.org.
Laramie Connections free Meet and Eat dinner and faith gathering: 4:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1517 E. Canby St.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 6:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Aug. 22
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Women for Sobriety meet: 6:30-8:30 p.m. via Zoom. For meeting details, email 1093@womenforsobriety.org.
Aug. 23
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Aug. 24
Laramie Tai Chi and Tea meets: 1:30 p.m. at outdoors Harbon Park, North 14th and Gibbon streets. For more information, visit laramietaichiandtea.org.
Aug. 25
Caregivers for loved ones with Alzheimer’s/dementia: 3 p.m., meet for coffee, pie, understanding and comradeship at Perkins Restaurant & Bakery, 204 S. 30th St. For more information, call 307-745-6451.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 5:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Aug. 26
Downtown Laramie Farmers Market: 3-7 p.m., parking lot north of Depot Park on South 1st Street.
Aug. 27
Thrown-Out Bones performs: 5:30-7p.m., Washington Park band shell, 18th and Sheridan streets. Popcorn, pretzels and beer.
UW Planetarium presents “Back to the Moon For Good”: 8 p.m., UW Planetarium. What’s up in the sky around Wyoming.
Aug. 28
Laramie Connections free Meet and Eat dinner and faith gathering: 4:30 p.m., First Baptist Church, 1517 E. Canby St.
Al-Anon Family Group meets: 6:30 p.m. at the Presbyterian church, 215 S. 11th St. For relatives and friends of alcoholics. For information, call Jane at 307-760-4683 or Mark at 307-760-4716.
Aug. 29
Alcoholics Anonymous meets: Daily at various times in person or on Zoom. For more information, call 307-399-0590 or visit area76aawyoming.org or aa.org.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group: Meets from 5:30-6:45 p.m. at Hospice of Laramie House, 1754 Centennial Drive.
Women for Sobriety meet: 6:30-8:30 p.m. via Zoom. For meeting details, email 1093@womenforsobriety.org.
Aug. 30
Prayers & Squares Quilting Group meets: 9 a.m., Room 1 of Hunter Hall at St. Matthews Cathedral.
Aug. 31
Laramie Tai Chi and Tea meets: 1:30 p.m. at outdoors Harbon Park, North 14th and Gibbon streets. For more information, visit laramietaichiandtea.org. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/announcements/whats-happening-aug-12-2022/article_38e38573-557c-5b15-a126-55426f20b0b1.html | 2022-08-12T13:07:10Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/announcements/whats-happening-aug-12-2022/article_38e38573-557c-5b15-a126-55426f20b0b1.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Harriet Hageman, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney in the Aug. 16 Republican primary, speaks to a packed house at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper at a rally for former President Donald Trump. Trump has endorsed Hageman in her push to unseat Cheney, who has been a vocal critic of the 45th president.
Rex Rammell, from left, Brent Bien and Gov. Mark Gordon in Riverton at a recent debate among the Republican gubernatorial candidates. A new University of Wyoming poll shows Gordon with a big lead heading into Tuesday's Republican primary.
Harriet Hageman, who is challenging U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney in the Aug. 16 Republican primary, speaks to a packed house at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper at a rally for former President Donald Trump. Trump has endorsed Hageman in her push to unseat Cheney, who has been a vocal critic of the 45th president.
Newsmax via Laramie Boomerang
U.S. House Rep. Liz Cheney debates a quartet of Republican challengers for the seat during a recent televised debate.
Greg Johnson/Boomerang
Rex Rammell, from left, Brent Bien and Gov. Mark Gordon in Riverton at a recent debate among the Republican gubernatorial candidates. A new University of Wyoming poll shows Gordon with a big lead heading into Tuesday's Republican primary.
Nationally, locally and throughout the state, the Republican race to represent Wyoming in the U.S. House of Representatives is sucking up much of the attention in the run up to Tuesday’s primary.
This holds true for what is perhaps the second independent poll conducted about the particular race. Additionally, the poll shows Gov. Mark Gordon as being significantly ahead of any other candidate in his re-election campaign. And the results show divides among Wyomingites, when it comes to how much faith they have in the accuracy of elections results.
Consistent with a previous poll, one released Thursday by the University of Wyoming found a wide gap between the Republican frontrunners to be the state’s sole U.S. representative. In the UW survey, likely voters said they would pick Harriet Hageman over incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney, among other candidates. There is a 30 percentage point difference between the women.
Hageman, who is backed by former President Donald Trump, would get 57.4% of the vote, according to the poll. Cheney would get 27.8%. Cheney also is vice-chair of the congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the U.S. Capitol by supporters of Trump.
The other candidates in the state’s only race this year involving Congress are well behind both Hageman and Cheney. Sen. Anthony Bouchard, R-Cheyenne, comes in third with 1.7% of likely GOP primary voters saying they plan to back him. Denton Knapp comes in at 0.8%, and Robyn Belinskey is at 0.2%.
Belinskey says she is speaking for others when she says the race isn’t just about the two frontrunners.
“The general public could care less about how these guys are acting,” Belinskey said about Cheney and Hageman by phone while campaigning in Powell. “They’re pretty much over these two.”
Among others vying for the House seat, Cheney’s campaign also responded to a request for comment for this story. A campaign spokesperson pointed the Wyoming Tribune Eagle to a video released Thursday morning.
In the video, Cheney addresses her comments to “citizens across our great state and all across our country. America cannot remain free if we abandon the truth. The lie that 2020 presidential election was stolen is insidious.”
Though the congressional race is getting much of the attention, at least when it comes to media coverage and commentary, UW also asked those it surveyed about the gubernatorial race. Gordon was found to be some 40 percentage points ahead of his closest Republican rival.
Almost 54% of those UW asked said they plan to vote for Gordon. Another 14% would back Brent Bien, and 3.5% would go for Rex Rammell, with less than 1% responding they would select James Scott Quick on their ballots. One-quarter of those who are likely to vote in the GOP primary said they didn’t know who they might support.
Among candidates for governor, Rammell was the only one to immediately reply to the WTE’s inquiries for reaction to the polling.
“If over 50% of the people end up voting for Mark Gordon, it will prove that at least half of Wyoming hasn’t eaten enough dirt,” he said. “Time will fix that problem as there is a lot of suffering headed Wyoming’s way.”
When it comes to faith in election results, a few divides were seen in the new data. Those queried by UW were roughly split when in their views of whether Joe Biden was legitimately elected president in 2020 and on the question of if there was “widespread voter fraud” in that election.
However, the vast majority of those asked have some confidence their votes next week will be properly tabulated. On that last question, 59.3% deemed themselves as very confident that “the votes in Wyoming’s primary election will be accurately counted this year.” Another 32.1% were somewhat confident, with 7.3% lacking some or all confidence. Just under 1% answered that they didn’t know or weren’t sure.
By contrast, people were divided when asked about the last election. They were asked by the university if they “think there is solid evidence that there was widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, or no solid evidence?” About 43% answered there was solid evidence, and the same percentage replied there was no such evidence. Only among likely voters in the Republican primary, by several percentage points, they were more likely to think there was evidence of fraud.
Another question UW put to those it contacted: “Regardless of whom you supported in the 2020 election, do you think Joe Biden’s election as president was legitimate, or was he not legitimately elected?” Among respondents statewide, 45.4% answered it was legitimate, with 39.4% saying it was not. The percentages are roughly flipped among only respondents who are likely voters in the GOP primary.
Regarding concerns about the 2020 election, Cheney noted in her YouTube video comments that “like many candidates across this country, my opponents in Wyoming have said that the 2020 election was rigged and stolen. No one who understands our nation’s laws, no one with an honest, honorable, genuine commitment to our Constitution would say that.” | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/gordon-hageman-ahead-by-wide-margins-in-uw-poll/article_df04993c-1650-556f-bbc3-f4e48ac9383e.html | 2022-08-12T13:07:17Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/gordon-hageman-ahead-by-wide-margins-in-uw-poll/article_df04993c-1650-556f-bbc3-f4e48ac9383e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BUFFALO — Eight months after Fourth Judicial Court Judge William Edelman dismissed a libel lawsuit filed by the Patriot Conservatives of Johnson County PAC against the Buffalo Bulletin, the case has finally concluded after the PAC’s bank account was garnished to pay court-ordered sanctions.
Chris Wages, attorney for the defendants, said that ordering a plaintiff to pay sanctions is a “pretty extraordinary measure.”
Attorney Nick Beduhn represented the PAC.
“The initiation of the legal action in the first place was flawed and I made a concerted effort to bring that to the attention of the attorney for the Patriot Conservatives,” Wages said.
“Aside from the fact that I didn’t believe the substance of the suit was a strong cause of action, they sued parties that could have nothing to do with the case, which I thought was irresponsible and poor legal practice,” he said. “I notified the plaintiff’s attorney, and given the opportunity to fix it, they did nothing. So innocent parties were required to spend time, energy and money defending a frivolous lawsuit. The judge recognized all those factors and made an award in favor of the defendants that were erroneously sued.”
While Edelman ordered the sanctions in December, the PAC had failed to pay their debt. Ultimately, the Bulletin asked the court to garnish the PAC’s bank account to collect the debt.
“While I am happy that this case has finally come to an end, I find it really sad that in addition to fighting a frivolous lawsuit, that we had to go to extreme measures just to collect the court- ordered sanctions,” said Robb Hicks, publisher of the Buffalo Bulletin.
Last August, the Patriot Conservatives of Johnson County — recently renamed the Patriot Conservatives of Wyoming — filed a libel suit against defendants Eclipse Media, Inc., the Weiser Signal American Inc., the Buffalo Bulletin Inc., Pronghorn Publishing Inc., and Frontier Newspapers Inc. claiming the PAC was defamed by the Buffalo Bulletin newspaper.
In November, Edelman dismissed the the complaint against defendants Weiser Signal American Inc., the Buffalo Bulletin Inc., Pronghorn Publishing Inc., and Frontier Newspapers Inc. because either the entities no longer exist or there is connection between any actions taken by the defendants and any injury alleged by the plaintiff.
Eclipse Media, Inc. is the publisher of the Buffalo Bulletin.
In December, Edelman ruled that the PAC had failed to “allege or identify any oral communication made by Eclipse Media, Inc., which is required for a claim of slander.”
Edelman ruled that even if the allegations in the complaint are true, the plaintiff has no cause for action for defamation because the PAC is considered a public figure that inserted itself into a public controversy and they failed to make any credible claim for economic damages.
Edelman also ordered the PAC to pay $8,942 in sanctions to the defendants and defense counsel for failure to dismiss charges against uninvolved parties after the PAC’s attorney Beduhn was made aware that those parties were not involved.
However, the Patriot Conservatives never paid the court-ordered sanctions.
“These people are not conservative,” Hicks said. “They are just bullies with a podcast and a sign. It is not a conservative value to file frivolous lawsuits. It is not a conservative value to not pay your bills. It is not a conservative value to disregard the rule of law.”
“The fact that we were forced to garnish their bank account is demonstrative of these people’s lack of character,” Hicks added. “At any point, David Iverson (the PAC’s chairman) or John Dematteis (the PAC’s listed treasurer through June 2022) or Roger Bronnenberg (the PAC’s current treasurer) could have penned a check to pay their court-ordered sanctions. Instead they forced us to play a game to find out where they had their money hidden. At that point, the court garnished their account to pay their debt.” | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/patriot-conservatives-account-garnished-to-pay-sanctions/article_5ca61f78-5284-5635-ac91-1b031d3ca51b.html | 2022-08-12T13:07:23Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/patriot-conservatives-account-garnished-to-pay-sanctions/article_5ca61f78-5284-5635-ac91-1b031d3ca51b.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Rabbis Baruch Liberow and Chaim Hertz visit Laramie as part of Chabad Lubavitch's Rabbinical Visitation Program, where rabbinical students visit small Jewish communities around the world.
Chabad Lubavitch’s Roving Rabbis have returned to Laramie this week for the first time since before the COVID-19 pandemic to expand access to religious opportunities for Laramie’s Jewish community.
Chabad Lubavitch is an international organization and a denomination of Jewish religious practice. Its focus is to connect Jewish people with religious practices in as many parts of the world as possible. Many of those efforts are in college towns and small communities across the globe.
“In the summer, a lot of us volunteer our time to go to different places around the world, especially places that aren’t well known for their Jewish community and reach out to any Jewish person and tell them that they county, and they should be able to connect to Judaism,” said Rabbi Hertz, one of two Roving Rabbis in the Gem City this week.
Hertz and Rabbi Baruch Liberow are the first Chabad rabbis to return to Laramie in five years, and they’ve been greeted with excitement by Laramie’s Jewish community.
Their program is a continuation of Chabad Lubavitch founder Rebbe Shneur Zalman’s mission to connect every Jewish person to religious and cultural life, regardless of where they are.
“This idea really started in the 1940s when the Lubavitcher Rebbe, one of the most influential Jewish figures in modern history, he initiated this idea of students going around and taking care of every single Jewish person,” Hertz said.
The young rabbis are hosting a dinner at 7 p.m. tonight to welcome in the Jewish sabbath, along with a torah class Saturday morning followed by services and kiddush. Kiddush means “sanctification” in Hebrew, and is a ritual where Jewish people bless wine, bread and the day itself.
“In Wyoming, there’s been rabbis coming here for 70 years as part of this program,” Hertz said.
The program is responsible for building several synagogues in Wyoming and pushed Jackson Hole’s Chabad rabbi to stay full-time. Chabad also is set to expand Jewish services in Laramie.
“Chabad is actually moving to town (at the end of next year), but we’re going to be here until after Shabbat,” Liberow said.
With the construction of a new synagogue, Jewish families will be able to hold bar mitzvah ceremonies, which are an essential coming of age event for 12- and 13-year-olds, along with Jewish weddings, funerals and other events. Synagogues also increase access to kosher food for observant members of the Jewish community.
For details on the location of Chabad’s Shabbat dinner and times of Saturday morning events, contact Hertz at 773-558-2274 or Liberow at 929-533-9086. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/roving-rabbis-in-laramie-to-minister-to-jewish-community/article_9f85b22c-a40b-5394-bbd2-c48c6f02283f.html | 2022-08-12T13:07:48Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/roving-rabbis-in-laramie-to-minister-to-jewish-community/article_9f85b22c-a40b-5394-bbd2-c48c6f02283f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CHEYENNE – Candidates from local races shined a light on the issues they consider the most important to address in Laramie County.
The Wyoming Tribune Eagle has reached out to all 17 contenders in every primary race. Residents vote Tuesday, as well as by absentee ballot.
This is the final portion of a three-part series, and covers the city council, county commissioner, county clerk and sheriff’s race. Some of these races are nonpartisan.
To learn more: elections.laramiecountyclerk.com.
Residents unsure of their districts can go to tinyurl.com/wyoleg-districts.
Cheyenne City Council
Incumbent City Council member Scott Roybal is up for re-election in Ward I, and will face Michael Blakeley and Cameron Karajanis in the primary. Two candidates will move forward to the general election on Nov. 8.
Roybal, 63, is currently the council president, and serves on multiple community commissions. He was first elected to his seat in 1996, and served until 2000. He ran for re-election in 2014 and has been in office since then. He didn’t comment.
Blakeley, 58 and a resident of Cheyenne for five years, is an active community member. He told the WTE he plans to earn constituents’ trust by developing a fiscally strong budget, increasing police funding, addressing homelessness here, providing tax relief for businesses and revitalizing older neighborhoods.
He proposed to not take the pay city council members receive, and rather to donate it to charities in Cheyenne.
Karajanis, 32, said in a statement he’s “running to continue Cheyenne’s path forward, to have a community focused council with an emphasis on leadership and renewed representation for Ward I.”
Ward II
Another City Council primary election is for Ward II.
Incumbent Dr. Mark Rinne, 70, is in the running with three other candidates. Two out of the four total candidates in Ward II will move forward to the general election.
Rinne is the longest tenured member of the governing body, having served six terms and as council president nine times. He didn’t comment.
Lynn Storey-Huylar, 58, has lived in Cheyenne her entire life and wants to continue to be a part of the growth and development here. She wants to work with council members on community issues. She served on the Laramie County School District 1 board of trustees for eight years, and was chair for two of those.
“I also work for a non-profit organization as the executive director and know it takes cooperation and a multi-disciplinary approach to solving problems. I understand working with different entities and listening to various points of view,” she said in a statement. “I have also held various other leadership positions, including being a governor appointee to the Children’s Trust Fund Board and the chair of the statewide Children’s Justice Act Task Force.”
Her priorities would include making sure sixth-penny sales tax projects are implemented in due time and in a fiscally responsible way, addressing the housing shortage, supporting vulnerable populations and increasing revenue with the development of small neighborhood businesses.
Matt Miller, 48, and Brian Eicholtz did not comment.
County Commissioners
There are seven Republican candidates vying for three seats on the Laramie County Board of Commissioners, and no Democrats to face in a general election.
Seeking another term are Linda Heath, Gunnar Malm and Troy Thompson.
Heath, 63, has served on the commission since 2014. She didn’t comment.
Thompson, 51, is the chairman of the county board, and has been a commissioner since 2010. He is also liaison to five other local boards, is a member of the National Association of County Officials and serves on the executive board of the Wyoming County Commissioners Association.
He told the WTE he has loved being a county commissioner, and hopes to continue his work on economic projects and following through on sixth-penny sales tax projects. His priorities are to have a conservative budget, keep a strong relationship with LEADS and the local business council on economic development, as well as manage the residential growth.
“It’s been a challenge, because our job is to allow people to do what they want to do with their land, while we mitigate the adverse effects on their neighbors,” he said. “We do that wisely by having a good set of land-use regulations that are flexible and can be changed.”
Malm, 38, who is finishing up his first term. He served as public policy chair for the Wyoming Association of Realtors, the president of the Cheyenne Board of Realtors and currently is the vice chair of the Cheyenne Planning Commission.
His priorities include ensuring sixth-penny sales tax projects are finished on time, and continuing a policy of fiscal conservatism that he said has allowed the county to be the only local government in the state that didn’t lay off workers during the pandemic. He plans to continue economic diversification efforts, which Malm believes have already paid dividends in making Laramie County the leading economy in the state.
See business.facebook.com/HeathforComissioner/, facebook.com/troythompsonforcountycommissioner and facebook.com/CommissionerMalm.
Non-incumbents
Bryce Freeman, Brian Casey, Abbie Mildenberger and Sam Eliopolous are the non-incumbents campaigning for one of the three seats available this election cycle.
“I have always believed that if one is dissatisfied with their government representatives the best way to effect change is to take action,” said Freeman, 61, in a statement. “It is much more difficult to change government from the outside than it is from the inside. It is easier to simply look on from the outside and cast stones.”
He is running because he said many of his friends and neighbors are dissatisfied with the way the county government functions, and he wants to bring a fresh perspective. He cites his professional background in large infrastructure projects, complex rate-setting issues and consumer advocacy. He also wants to apply his values as an old-fashioned Republican to create a smaller government that is closest to the people, and focus on essential functions.
Freeman told the WTE his top three priorities are making the county a better place for constituents and to ensure their concerns are listened to, reexamine the county’s budget priorities and solve the groundwater issue. He said he is pro-growth, but wants it to be sustainable.
Casey, 50, like Freeman, said he can’t sit on the sidelines and complain. He believes it’s his civic duty to seek public office. He said he is not a politician, but rather runs a construction business.
“I, with the tremendous help from my family, have built a business from nothing to over 20 employees and 19 plus years,” he wrote the WTE. “This gives me the aptitude for problem solving and business sense. Our county is a business and needs to be run as such.”
His top three priorities are to try and get updated data from the state for water issues, to look closely at county departments to ensure efficiency and make sure the commissioners are good stewards of the tax dollars.
Mildenberger, 36, told the WTE in a questionnaire she decided to run after voicing her concerns regarding a new neighboring subdivision last year. She didn’t feel as though she was heard.
Eliopolous, 51, didn’t comment.
County Clerk
Debra Lee is the current Laramie County clerk, and she is being challenged in the Republican primary by Andy McMahon.
Lee has served the county since 2016, and told the WTE she pledged to bring a fresh perspective and energy to the office, which she has done.
“We’ve launched innovative programs, developed solutions to bring greater transparency, efficiency, accessibility and information to the people of Laramie County,” she wrote. “We’ve worked hard to make our elections more secure and transparent before those topics became the subject of national news.”
McMahon, 55, has lived in Cheyenne his entire life and has spent the past 22 years working for an accessible-automobile dealer.
“One of my duties as the general manager of Frontier is to process all incoming and outgoing auto titles through the Laramie County Clerk’s Office. Over the last 3 years there has been a disturbing trend in the Clerk’s office towards the promptness of title processing and the attitude towards customer service has declined as well,” he said in a statement. “Currently if you drop a title off for processing and don’t wait for it in person it takes 8 to 12 weeks.”
He is concerned because the State of Wyoming requires the treasurer’s office to collect sales tax from new car purchasers within 60 days. A new car purchaser cannot pay their sales tax until the title is processed, as a result of the lag in the Clerk’s office, many new car purchasers end up being in violation of the sales tax time frame and are charged a penalty.
McMahon criticized the election office, saying the deputy clerk resigned recently because of these issues. His priorities include shorter lines and full employment in the title department, happier coworkers and election security and integrity.
Sheriff
There are three candidates in the Republican primary for county sheriff, after the incumbent, Danny Glick, decided to not run again.
Brian Kozak, Boyd Wrede or Don Hollingshead will move onto the general election ballot, along with Democratic candidate Jess Fresquez and independent candidate Jeff Barnes.
Kozak has served as an officer for 25 years, including 11 years as the Cheyenne police chief. His priorities are bringing a positive leadership culture, as he did in the city department by launching community engagement programs. He wants to focus on employee recruitment and retention, and partner well with surrounding public safety agencies.
He believes a significant amount of his attention will be in bringing the jail into the 21st century by implementing best practices designed to reduce recidivism by 50%.
“As a former jail commander he knows that the jail is the perfect place to start drug treatment. Thus, his goal is to implement addiction severity index screening in the jail and begin drug treatment programming, which is not currently done,” his statement said. “He would like to start inmate work details to help in the community and a work release program for low risk offenders. Brian would like the jail to become compliant with the Prison Rape Elimination Act, which will open many grant opprotunities for mental health and drug treatment.”
Wrede, 53, said he saw the need to step in while on the bomb squad and mounted patrol units that were joint teams between the Cheyenne Police Department and the sheriff’s office. He said there were inequities between the two agencies that were leading to poor morale, which he hopes to address.
“I worked on the fugitive task force with the US Marshals, Executive Protection with the Secret Service when the Vice President was in southeast Wyo. I was a Detective for 4 years, 8 years as a Patrol Sergeant and an acting Lieutenant,” he said in a statement. “The biggest difference between me and my opponents is that I am the 5th generation of my family to call Laramie County my home. I have the most diverse law enforcement background to include experience as a detective.”
His top priorities would be to improve manpower to ensure safety, work with county commissioners to establish a fair, structured pay scale and evaluate and streamline jail intake procedures.
Hollingshead, 55, didn’t comment. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local-primary-candidates-shine-light-on-needs-in-laramie-county/article_ab37fe26-b27b-5a18-a96e-ff4af0661b93.html | 2022-08-12T13:07:54Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local-primary-candidates-shine-light-on-needs-in-laramie-county/article_ab37fe26-b27b-5a18-a96e-ff4af0661b93.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
JACKSON – A national forest and some other federal lands in this area have lowered the fire risk, though there are still precaution measures to take.
According to a fire dispatch official who spoke with the Wyoming Tribune Eagle on Thursday, and to a news release the day before, the fire risk now is moderate. That is down from a high level previously, according to the official and to a previous announcement. (A U.S. Forest Service public relations representative did not comment.)
Teton Interagency Fire managers newly “adjusted the fire danger rating to moderate for Grand Teton National Park, Bridger-Teton National Forest, and the National Elk Refuge following recent rainfall and cooler temperatures,” according to the latest online statement. “A moderate fire danger rating does not mean that people should let their guard down regarding fire risk.”
There is good reason to be careful, based on the information from the Forest Service.
“Every year, hundreds of campfires are left unattended, with all of them having the potential to start a large, extremely costly, life-threatening wildfire,” said Wednesday’s release. “Unattended or abandoned campfires can quickly escalate into wildfires and recreationists can be held liable for suppression costs if their campfire ignites a wildfire.”
For the year to date, “there have been 77 illegal and abandoned campfires in the Teton Interagency Fire area,” the announcement pointed out. A related website, accessed the following day, listed 79 as the number of unattended such fires.
Wednesday’s release contained some tips:
“Keep your fire small and attend to it vigilantly. Be sure to have a plan for putting your fire out.”
Don’t leave the camping or other area before the fire is fully out, people are advised. “Douse your fire with a large amount of water, stirring the coals and ashes into a thick, muddy soup, incorporating the white ash from the fire’s edges. Feel for heat in the center of the fire, on the larger pieces of wood, and along the edges of the ash. Repeat this process until no heat remains.”
For people in a situation without both a shovel and water, and without an “established fire ring, a soil area to build your fire free of flammable materials, or if there are winds that could carry sparks,” the recommendation was short and simple: “Consider not building a fire.”
More information is online, at tetonfires.com. To report a fire or smoke, the Teton Interagency Fire Dispatch Center is at 307-739-3630. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/grand-teton-area-fire-risk-falls-to-moderate/article_e2e60ba4-a370-5854-bd03-a68dca388030.html | 2022-08-12T13:08:00Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/grand-teton-area-fire-risk-falls-to-moderate/article_e2e60ba4-a370-5854-bd03-a68dca388030.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In 1550, the city of Magdeburg, Germany was under siege. It faced a crisis of government because the army encircling the city was not a foreign army, but a domestic one.
The citizens of Magdeburg were subjects of the very Emperor whose armies encircled the city. He was there to enforce a law that they considered both ungodly and unjust. The city council faced an impossible decision. Should it obey the emperor, and allow the slaughter of innocent men under its protection? Or should it protect and defend Magdeburg’s citizens by taking up arms against its own emperor?
Either way, it seemed, would be a sin. The problem was both political and theological. The Magdeburgers were not so naïve as to think that Church and State could be separated. The very notion of obedience to lawful authority requires a belief that God Himself institutes legitimate governments. Without this foundation, there can be no notion of lawful and peaceful obedience. There is only the lex talionis – might makes right.
But if God puts rulers in place, then every ruler is “under God.” He is ultimately answerable to God himself. This is not only true of the emperor, but it is also true of every lesser government official – from the head of a household to the mayor to a faceless federal bureaucrat.
In short, all the candidates on Tuesday’s ballot are running for a divine appointment. They seek an office that is ultimately answerable to God. And God requires that those whom he elects to execute the office justly.
When any office holder defies the principles of right and wrong – whether they are written into statute or only imprinted on the human heart – he is acting illegitimately. Citizens need not be constitutional scholars to judge illegitimate government actions. Right and wrong exist prior to Constitution, U.S. Code, state statutes or bureaucratic rules.
That is why so many citizens today are troubled. Unjust actions are taking place at every level of government. They see abuse of office in the unequal treatment of citizens under the law. They see the huge disparity between the Department of Justice’s treatment of Jan. 6 prisoners and the same department’s treatment of 2020’s rioters. They see last Monday’s raid on Mar-a-Lago in contrast to James Comey’s refusal to prosecute the public crimes of Hillary Clinton.
These two examples are only the tip of the iceberg, but they are enough to make the point. Openly unjust governance defies the very God who set the government in place. This is the natural and logical consequence of denying the existence of God. Those who do not acknowledge God as the foundation of government are left with nothing more than Nietzsche’s “will to power.” This can never end well.
But how should godly citizens and officeholders respond to openly unjust rulers? The pastors of Magdeburg addressed this question head-on in a document called “The Magdeburg Confession.” The city council did not have the authority that God gave the emperor, but it did have its own God-given authority. The Magdeburg Confession explained the duties that these “lesser magistrates” had toward God and toward the emperor.
This document can also help us today. Injustice and tyrannical actions can goad people to overreact. That is both wrong and counterproductive. Not all tyranny is of the same type. Some can be borne without injury to the republic. Other types must be vigorously resisted. Thoughtful and godly citizens must know the difference.
The first level of tyranny is when the office holder’s personal vices harm others. Here, we should urge the official to a better way of life, but otherwise bear the injustice. Tyranny rises to a second level when an official unjustly uses government power against a citizen or a lower office holder. In that case, God does not compel a person to obey an unlawful order, but he does permit him to bear with the injustice so long as it does not compel him to participate in the evil.
When an unlawful command requires someone to sin, it has reached the third level of tyranny. At that level, a person is not only permitted, but required to disobey the unlawful order. “We must obey God, rather than men” (Acts 5:29 ESV).
The fourth, and highest, level of tyranny moves from the persecution of certain persons to the persecution of the very rights and principles themselves. The Magdeburg Confession sees this as a persecution of God himself, who is the author of all rights.
We would do well to dust off this centuries-old document and study it anew. As “one nation under God,” there is much that we can learn from it. Faithful and well-informed citizens will want neither to overreact nor to underreact in a time of crisis.
Jonathan Lange is a Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod pastor in Evanston and Kemmerer and serves the Wyoming Pastors Network. Follow his blog at OnlyHuman-JL.blogspot.com. Email: JLange64@allwest.net. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/opinion/guest_column/lange-the-magdeburg-confession-has-much-to-teach-us/article_45884a93-6e73-54ed-bf98-fbdc71758af5.html | 2022-08-12T13:08:19Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/opinion/guest_column/lange-the-magdeburg-confession-has-much-to-teach-us/article_45884a93-6e73-54ed-bf98-fbdc71758af5.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Military veterans and their supporters camped out in front of the U.S. Capitol for close to a week after Republican senators withdrew their support for a major expansion of health care for veterans exposed to toxic “burn pits” in Iraq and Afghanistan. Formally titled, “The Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022,” the PACT Act targets the Pentagon’s reliance on burn pits for disposing of the vast amounts of waste produced during the invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. Plumes of polluted smoke and particulates from the burn pits injured up to an estimated 3.5 million U.S. servicemembers over the past two decades.
After blocking the bill, Senate Republicans faced withering criticism from veterans and their supporters, including renowned comedian Jon Stewart. “I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a situation where people who have already given so much had to fight so hard to get so little,” said Stewart, deadly serious, flanked by vets and families of veterans who died from the exposure.
Earlier, Stewart assailed the Republicans:
“Ain’t this a bitch? America’s heroes, who fought in our wars, outside, sweating their asses off, with oxygen, battling all kinds of ailments, while these motherfs sit in the air conditioning, walled off from any of it. They don’t have to hear it. They don’t have to see it.”
Stewart wept after the Senate finally passed the bill.
Burn pits were used to dispose of everything from trash, tires, paint and other volatile organic solvents, batteries, unexploded ordnance, petroleum products, plastics, and medical waste, including body parts. These constantly burning dumps were often sited adjacent to barracks. Little or no protective gear was provided for impacted soldiers.
“Burn pits are massive incineration fields, sometimes as big as football fields, but there were many smaller ones throughout Iraq and Afghanistan, as well,” Purdue University anthropology professor Kali Rubaii said on the Democracy Now! news hour.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has identified a slew of cancers related to burn pit exposure, along with skin problems, asthma, bronchitis, respiratory, pulmonary and cardiovascular problems, migraines and other neurological conditions.
These illnesses could have been prevented. The military typically used jet or diesel fuel to burn everything, creating far more pollution than high-temperature incinerators. But using incinerators would have cost more money. Waste disposal was handled by the military contractor Kellog, Brown & Root, or KBR, a subsidiary of Halliburton. Halliburton’s CEO prior to 2001 was Dick Cheney. Cheney then became U.S. vice president and was a key architect of the invasions and occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq. KBR received no-bid contracts to handle an array of logistics for the wars, including waste disposal. KBR chose cheap and dirty burn pits, maximizing profits.
“War is a racket,” retired U.S. Marine Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler wrote in 1935. Butler was a career Marine, admitting, in a 1931 speech, “I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers,” Butler said. “I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism.”
The close to $700 billion appropriated in the PACT Act for the next 10 years will help alleviate some suffering caused by Halliburton’s war profiteering, but only for U.S. victims. It won’t do a thing for the people in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“Veterans saw acute, short-term exposure to burn pits at peak health, at the prime of their lives,” Kali Rubaii, who recently returned from the heavily war-impacted Iraqi city of Fallujah, said. “Iraqis faced long-term, diffuse exposure at all stages of the life course, so the health effects were varied and widespread. Living near U.S. bases in Iraq, and therefore near burn pits, increased the likelihood of giving birth to a child with a birth defect or of getting cancer.
“Burn pits are not the biggest figure of environmental and health harm for Iraqis,” Professor Rubaii elaborated. “They have also been facing military occupation, bombings, shootings, displacement and layers of military incursion by different occupation forces since the U.S. invasion. These things have all added up to collapse in public infrastructure that would be used to contend with the health effects of burn pits, poor overall health, and damaged conditions for farming and fishing.”
She concluded, “There is one really great way to avoid war-related injury, which is to not go [to war].”
The scars of the U.S. invasions and occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan are deep, spanning decades. We will never know how many millions were killed or injured. The United States bears responsibility, and owes the survivors reparations, no less than has been pledged, belatedly, to U.S. veterans.
Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan, along with David Goodman, are co-authors of The New York Times best-seller “Democracy Now!: 20 Years Covering the Movements Changing America.” | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/opinion/guest_column/the-other-victims-of-burn-pits-iraqi-and-afghan-civilians/article_6caa196a-34a8-55b0-b865-896dfdbcce66.html | 2022-08-12T13:08:43Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/opinion/guest_column/the-other-victims-of-burn-pits-iraqi-and-afghan-civilians/article_6caa196a-34a8-55b0-b865-896dfdbcce66.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Golden Gloves tournament qualifier Carlos Martinez, 20, poses for a portrait in the South Side Sluggers’ gym in Cheyenne on Wednesday. Martinez began his boxing career in Mexico, then began training with the South Side Sluggers when he immigrated to the United States in 2018. Alyte Katilius/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Golden Gloves tournament qualifier Carlos Martinez, 20, poses for a portrait in the Southside Sluggers’ gym in Cheyenne on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. Martinez began his boxing career in Mexico, then began training with the Southside Sluggers when he immigrated to the United States in 2018. Alyte Katilius/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Golden Gloves tournament qualifier Carlos Martinez, 20, poses for a portrait in the South Side Sluggers’ gym in Cheyenne on Wednesday. Martinez began his boxing career in Mexico, then began training with the South Side Sluggers when he immigrated to the United States in 2018. Alyte Katilius/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Golden Gloves tournament qualifier Carlos Martinez, 20, poses for a portrait in the Southside Sluggers’ gym in Cheyenne on Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. Martinez began his boxing career in Mexico, then began training with the Southside Sluggers when he immigrated to the United States in 2018. Alyte Katilius/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
CHEYENNE – Carlos Martinez has wanted to box for as long as he can remember.
His father, Jesus Martinez, started training him shortly before he left Mexico, but wouldn’t let his son compete because he said it was too dangerous and the risk of injury was too high. Jesus wouldn’t budge even after Carlos stumbled upon Jesus’ collection of belts and trophies from his own time in the ring at his grandmother’s house.
“I wanted to be just like him, but he thought boxing was too aggressive for me and didn’t want me to get injured,” Martinez said through an interpreter Wednesday evening. “He likes it now because I’m winning.”
Martinez’s first opportunity to train seriously and compete came after he immigrated from Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico, in 2018. He had barely settled in with his older brother, also named Jesus, and his family when he went looking for a boxing gym.
Martinez found the South Side Sluggers and immediately started training.
“You could tell he had boxed a little bit before,” Sluggers’ coach Ray Montoya said. “All those kids from Mexico have some background with it.”
Few, if any, Sluggers have outworked Martinez since. The 20-year-old has made up for lost time and will compete at the National Golden Gloves tournament starting Monday in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
“I feel very happy and blessed to have the opportunity to box with really good boxers,” Martinez said. “It feels good to come from a small town in Mexico and come do things like this in the U.S.”
Martinez’s strengths are his power and movement, Montoya said. The Sluggers coaches are currently working with Martinez to add some speed to his straightforward style. It’s an approach Martinez adopted because his favorite boxers used it.
“I always try to leave everything in the ring and always move forward,” he said. “I’ve always been that way. A lot of my role models are Mexican boxers. I really look up to them, and that’s how they box.”
Martinez briefly left Cheyenne and moved to Texas. He trained and competed there, but his first chance to compete in Golden Gloves was stopped dead in its tracks by the COVID-19 pandemic. Martinez missed his family in Cheyenne and the family he made with the Sluggers and returned to Cheyenne.
Martinez accompanied his brother on a construction job and liked it so much that he now does carpentry full time. He put those skills to use by helping Montoya hang some doors.
“I was willing to pay him, but he wouldn’t take the money,” Montoya said. “I put some money in his bag, but he brought it right back to me. He wouldn’t accept it.”
Martinez’s brother also taught him how to cut hair, and he now gives semi-regular haircuts to a handful of his Sluggers’ teammates. Again, he won’t accept payment.
“They’re like family to me,” Martinez said. “I wouldn’t charge them because they took me in and welcomed me when I got here.”
Martinez has aspirations of boxing professionally. Montoya said he has the talent, but still needs to take time to hone his skills instead of making the jump too soon. It’s advice the veteran coach has given many pugilists over the years. Some have grown impatient and made the move, only to come to regret not taking his advice.
Martinez won’t be joining that group.
“I’ll do it when my trainers tell me I’m fit for it,” he said. “I believe boxing amateur is very different from boxing pro, so I want to make sure my coaches think I’m ready for it.”
That answer doesn’t surprise Montoya.
“He’s a very respectful and humble young man. That’s what makes champions,” he said. “He comes from a great family that is behind him 100%. That helps him stay motivated.”
No matter what happens this coming week – or even years down the road – Martinez is determined to set an example for the youngsters who call the South Side Sluggers’ gym off South Greeley Highway home.
“You can lose a lot of time doing things you shouldn’t like drugs or drinking. There are a lot of great people – and great boxers – who have gotten wrapped up into drugs.
“I want people to avoid them bring their lives into something good and do something that’s worth living for.”
Jeremiah Johnke is the WyoSports editor. He can be reached at jjohnke@wyosports.net or 307-633-3137. Follow him on Twitter at @jjohnke. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyosports/other_sports/community/south-side-sluggers-carlos-martinez-wants-to-capitalize-on-golden-opportunity/article_49195fa8-65bf-5318-910b-9c43df6ade23.html | 2022-08-12T13:08:56Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyosports/other_sports/community/south-side-sluggers-carlos-martinez-wants-to-capitalize-on-golden-opportunity/article_49195fa8-65bf-5318-910b-9c43df6ade23.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Leading clinical trial endpoint technology provider sets ambitious targets to reduce translation timelines by 20-30% with investment in new technology and processes
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Clario, a technology company that delivers the leading endpoint technology solutions for decentralized (DCT), hybrid and site-based clinical trials, today announced an investment in new translation service technology – the Clario Translation Workbench – to reduce translation times by 20-30% which will speed up eCOA study start-up and increase global patient access to clinical trials.
"Our clients need to deploy studies in multiple countries and ensure patients have access to accurate and timely translations of their electronic clinical outcomes assessments. This is critical to a successful study. With Clario's global reach and this investment in technology and process to reduce translation times, we can help increase patient access and speed up overall study set-up times," said Andy Cooper, EVP eCOA & Trial Enablement.
The Translation Workbench will:
- Use new technology to reduce the time spent in communications between the Translation vendor and Clario
- Reduce the burdensome processes associated with generating accurate screenshots and translations of the related screens on eCOA applications
- Reduce defects, and minimize human error through investment in automation and a new centralized data platform
Clients need reliable translation services to launch studies in multiple countries and reach a diverse patient population. However, they often face delays and challenges with the technical nature of the work. A key focus of the investment is to reduce the number of manual steps often needed in the technical and complex process of delivering accurate translations. Clario's new Translation Workbench technology has been developed and released to directly address those problems.
For nearly 50 years, Clario has been delivering the leading endpoint technology solutions for clinical trials. Through experience gained from over 19,000 clinical trials delivered in support of 870 regulatory approvals, Clario fuses scientific expertise and global scale into the broadest endpoint technology platform to empower pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device partners to transform lives. Clario's Trial Anywhere™ solutions have been powering hybrid and decentralized clinical trials (DCT) for over 15 years, enabling sponsors to collect high-quality endpoint data from any modality or location, all while improving the patient experience. Clario has 30 facilities in nine countries across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
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Scaling up a restaurant from one location can be a risky move. Will it retain the charm of the original? Will standards drop once proprietors’ attention is split across two sites? All such worries are dispelled on a visit to Bubala Soho: a place which goes beyond simply replicating a winning formula, with Chef Helen Graham pushing the boundaries of her vibrant vegetarian cooking into thrilling new territory.
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Having opened its doors in 2019, Bubala Spitalfields is one among a number of restaurants that helped put the area on the capital’s gastronomic map. With the new site a stone’s throw from Carnaby Street and Oxford Circus, Bubala has brought some of its hip, East London aesthetic to Poland Street. The dark green façade is unshowy, with little need to trumpet itself to passers by given the queue of prospective diners spilling onto the pavement.
Inside, the vibe is laidback-chic, with plant pots, blonde wood and a pretty tiled floor. One wall of the intimate, 50-seat space is lined with an elegant bar, with views into the open kitchen. On a weeknight summer’s evening, every table is full. The crowd is an eclectic one, all on the pulse of London’s dining scene, with a distinct sense that this is the restaurant of the moment. (The sight of Instagram sensation Isaac Carew waiting for a table seals the deal: there’s no vote of confidence quite like the approval of a fellow chef.) The front of house team are cheery and efficient, with service remarkably quick given the busyness of the restaurant.
Inspired by Executive Chef Adam Rawson’s travels through Mexico and South America, Laylow’s colourful ceviche, tacos and citrus-spiked cocktails are made for summer in the city
Often attributed to the ‘Ottolenghi effect’, London’s love affair with Middle Eastern food has transformed our relationship with vegetables. Boiling to oblivion is (mercifully) out; roasting and grilling is in – not to mention spices, tahini, citrus and other treasures that can take a carrot or cauliflower from bland to show-stopping.
These principles are a signature of Helen Graham’s, formerly of Middle Eastern favourites Berber & Q and The Palomar. Bubala is fully vegetarian, and makes no apology for the fact (you’ll find no ‘chick’n’ or ‘facon’ on the menu). Instead, Graham works with real ingredients, with a strong emphasis on seasonality, showcasing their remarkable versatility in ways that a less creative chef could only dream of.
The wine list spotlights natural, low-intervention bottles, while the cocktail menu reaffirms the restaurant’s emphasis on freshness and sustainability, featuring syrups made in-house from fruit, flowers and herbs. The peach and Aperol sour and blood orange margarita are made for long summer’s evenings, while those keeping things soft can try Gazoz, a Turkish fizzy drink, in uplifting flavours like citrus with lemon verbena and mint.
The convivial dining style is inspired by Tel Avivian café culture, with snacks and dips, skewers cooked over a yakitori grill, larger plates and sides, all designed for sharing. As at the East London flagship, the ‘Bubala Knows Best’ set menu is a wise call for those looking to try a spread of dishes, with both vegan and vegetarian options. And at just shy of £40 a head for a veritable feast, it’s a welcome tonic to the eye-watering prices that often come with dining in the West End.
Loyal devotees will be relieved to see many Spitalfields greatest hits on the menu, such as Bubala’s silky hummus with burnt butter and a scattering of chickpeas; the revelatory oyster mushroom skewers (charred into crisp submission over a yakitori grill, they’ll convert even the most stubborn mushroom-sceptics); a jenga-like stack of confit potato latkes, with crunchy edges and yielding interiors; and a slab of burnished halloumi, gloriously sticky with chamomile and fennel honey.
Newer additions to the menu are no less impressive. A waiter proclaims that the baba ghanoush will be ‘the best you’ve ever had’ – and he’s absolutely right. Velvety smooth, it’s garnished with vivid-green curry leaf oil, fried curry leaves and toasted pine nuts, adding extra intrigue to a dish already rich with depth and smokiness. The braised hispi cabbage is an unexpected delight: served as a hefty wedge, the sauce is the stuff of pure alchemy, saturated with flavour not unlike the umami hit of anchovies – but which in fact comes from seaweed, combined to magnificent effect with dried orange and sesame.
The cauliflower is another show-stopper, alternatingly crisp and meltingly tender, served with bkeila (a potent condiment made from slow-cooked spinach, which is, I promise you, far more compelling than it sounds) and a slick of cooling yoghurt. Make sure to keep the laffa bread coming: beautifully charred in places with a satisfying chew, it’s the perfect vehicle for mopping every plate clean.
Come pudding time, there’s vegan tahini fudge or bewitchingly dark salted caramel truffles to nibble on, which make a welcome accompaniment to coffee. The menu also showcases a newly-devised baklava semifreddo: a deconstructed riff on the classic that’s more akin to a sophisticated ice cream sundae. A masterful finale, the ice cream is lightly perfumed with a subtle flavour (perhaps fig leaf?) that whispers of sunnier climes. A rubble of pistachios and walnuts comes glossed with dark, molasses-like caramel, topped off with a shard of shatteringly-crisp pastry. Both familiar and unfamiliar, comforting yet surprising, a tongue-tingling pop of sumac adds a sharp, sour note to a dish that might otherwise border on cloyingly sweet.
To create food that feels nourishing, but also decadent and celebratory, is no easy feat. Yet Graham has pulled it off once again, and then some: this is truly life-enhancing stuff. | https://www.tatler.com/article/bubalas-soho-review-vegetarian-middle-eastern-restaurant-london | 2022-08-12T13:09:46Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/article/bubalas-soho-review-vegetarian-middle-eastern-restaurant-london | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In a bid to attract a younger, artier crowd – the kind of people that it was originally known for counting amongst its members - The Groucho Club has been sold to trendy art gallerists and hoteliers, Iwan and Manuela Wirth. It is only the third time that the club has been sold in its 37-year history.
The couple reportedly snapped up the legendary private members’ club for £40 million, adding it to their independent hospitality business Artfarm’s already sprawling portfolio, which includes the very chic Braemar-based hotel, The Fife Arms, as well as Bruton’s Durslade Farmhouse.
After meeting in their mid-twenties, the art-loving pair soon started collecting together, opening their first Hauser & Wirth gallery in Zurich in 1992 (Hauser is Manuela's maiden name). They were married four years later, and since then have gone on to open galleries around the world in Hong Kong, Zurich and Los Angeles. Known for their nurturing approach, they also represent artists including Martin Creed, Amy Sherald and Pipilotti Rist.
Since 2015, Princess Eugenie, the younger daughter of Prince Andrew, has worked at Hauser & Wirth as director.
Meanwhile, The Groucho was founded in 1985 for both men and women, and was ‘dreamt up by a group of publishers as an alternative to stuffy gentleman’s clubs who wanted somewhere to meet and relax,' as its website explains.
‘Premises were found in Soho, the bohemian heart of London, and the doors opened to a membership drawn from the Arts, Publishing, Film, Music and Advertising, many of whom were working in the area. It soon became the approved watering hole for the creative industries. With bars, two restaurants, private event rooms and twenty bedrooms, The Groucho Club is the benchmark for a new generation of members clubs both opening in the area and internationally.’
Indeed, in its 1990s heyday it was famous for attracting the ‘Cool Britannia’ crowd, including Liam Gallagher, Kate Moss, Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin. Since then, Lily Allen, Rachel Weisz and Stephen Fry have all become notable members. It was named after American comedian Groucho Marx's famous quip, that he did not want to be a part of any club that would accept him as a member. | https://www.tatler.com/article/groucho-club-iwan-manuela-wirth-new-owners | 2022-08-12T13:09:52Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/article/groucho-club-iwan-manuela-wirth-new-owners | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Longing for the reassuring cocktail of cliché that is an island getaway? Sand between your toes, hair flowing in the breeze, the gentle sting of salt-water lips. Because it’s glamorous to not just get away but get far away. Disconnecting from the real world is much easier when you are surrounded by glistening waters.
But have you ever spent the night on the floor of Stansted Airport? Head resting against a suitcase full of despair. I have. And I can tell you, it kind of sullies the shine.
If the airports must be a nightmare, then Tatler must find a solution. The answer, dear reader? Stick to the UK and make these seven island swaps now.
Swap Martha’s Vineyard for Jura
The exclusive New England isle swaps places with stunning, rugged Jura - equally partial to a drink
For seclusion, head to Jura. The rugged, wild beauty of the Inner Hebrides is home to 230 people, and by the time you arrive, you’ll feel far away from home: you must first travel to Glasgow, then drive to Port Askaig, hop aboard the CalMac to Islay and, to close out the voyage, take another ferry to Jura itself.
Its name is said to be derived from Norse, meaning Deer Island. And there’ll be no disappointment; here, the mammal outnumbers the locals by 25-to-one. It is also home to six private estates owned by landed families such as the Astors. Tatler’s Annabel Sampson grew up at Ardfin estate (where the band KLF burned a million quid in a mad publicity stunt) which was bought in 2010 by hedge funder Greg Coffey and turned into a megawatt golf course and hotel. If a swanky room isn’t enough - and you have a Rockefeller-sized budget - hire Ardfin in its entirety. | https://www.tatler.com/article/island-swap-how-well-do-you-know-societys-seven-favourite-uk-islands | 2022-08-12T13:09:58Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/article/island-swap-how-well-do-you-know-societys-seven-favourite-uk-islands | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
From Eton to Oxford or Cambridge used to be the well-trodden path for society’s most ambitious – and privileged – young men, including many UK prime ministers (Boris Johnson among them). Today, however, the country’s top private schools are setting their sights further afield, amid a push to send their students to leading American universities.
With reports that Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis will attend Lambrook School following the Cambridges’ predicted move to Windsor this summer, Tatler’s Education Editor, Tori Cadogan, considers Berkshire’s top runners and riders
Tatler reported on the trend in the April issue earlier this year, with Joseph Bullmore writing that ‘the most interesting and sociable students in Britain are spurning the cloisters of Oxbridge in favour of its hallowed equivalents across the pond’, drawn by ‘friendliness, novelty, openness; a very un-English sense of hope and opportunity.’
Allegra Harris, a British student studying at Georgetown University in Washington, told Tatler: ‘The UK social circuit is small, and everyone goes to the same universities… I didn’t want to just hang out with the same 40 kids’. Old Harrovian Sasha Sebag-Montefiore added: ‘A lot of people from Harrow apply to America now… It’s become a bit of a thing.’ | https://www.tatler.com/article/ivy-league-universities-uk-private-schools-pupils-us-college-trend | 2022-08-12T13:10:04Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/article/ivy-league-universities-uk-private-schools-pupils-us-college-trend | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The race for the next British Prime Minister is well and truly underway, with Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss down to the final two candidates for the position. According to research conducted by Politico, Truss is currently leading the vote, with 56 per cent of the government backing her for the role.
The latest battle between the Tory MPs saw Sunak condemn Truss's plan for tackling the cost-of-living crisis during an event hosted by the Telegraph last night. In conversation with the paper's Associate Editor, Camilla Tominey, Sunak unveiled a scheme to slash rising energy bills for up to 16 million people, and claimed that Truss's plan to lessen the crisis could leave 'millions of incredibly vulnerable people at the risk of real destitution'. Truss hit back at Rishi's objections, defending her plans to cut taxes and stressing the importance of ‘doing things differently' and having 'a bold plan for growth’.
The Foreign Secretary has launched a bid to replace Boris Johnson as the next PM - with Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nadine Dorries supporting her | https://www.tatler.com/article/rishi-sunak-adds-pool-and-tennis-court-to-pound15-million-yorkshire-home | 2022-08-12T13:10:10Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/article/rishi-sunak-adds-pool-and-tennis-court-to-pound15-million-yorkshire-home | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
How to celebrate Notting Hill Carnival in style
Since 1966, the British Caribbean community has been lighting the streets of Notting Hill with music, dance and fabulous costumes on the weekend of the August bank holiday. Celebrating the vibrant culture of island life, the all-important event attracts millions of attendees each year, donning glittering ensembles bedecked in feathers and sequins.
If you're looking to party the weekend away in typically grandiose fashion and mark the end of a long, hot summer, there's no better way than to embrace the beguiling brilliance of Carnival style. Carolina Herrera's lamé ruffles evoke a sunny disposition, swirling prints from La DoubleJ and Alex Perry are sure to make a statement, and Prada's paillettes are the perfect addition to any outfit.
See below Tatler's favourite party-ready pieces perfect for the event. | https://www.tatler.com/gallery/what-to-wear-to-notting-hill-carnival | 2022-08-12T13:10:16Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/gallery/what-to-wear-to-notting-hill-carnival | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
For all that Milton Glaser is known for as a designer, illustrator, author and social advocate, at School of Visual Arts he was heralded for his teaching, valued for his wisdom and respected for his humanitarian heart and soul. This past academic year SVA and the Visual Arts Press initiated two publications, Glaser Gazette 1 & 2, as tribute, memorial and introduction for young students who never had the opportunity to study with or hear him lecture.
The third and final edition is off the press and will be out in September when students return to school. For now, here is a sneak peek to whet your appetite. (A PDF of the third issue will be available when the print edition launches. You can find the first issue here, and the second here.) | https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-sneak-peek-at-glaser-gazette/ | 2022-08-12T13:13:39Z | printmag.com | control | https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-sneak-peek-at-glaser-gazette/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
FinancialNewsMedia.com News Commentary
PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The automotive fuel market is expected to continue to rise even as the electric market grows. A recent report from Research Corridor says that the global automotive oil & fuel market size is expected to register a significant CAGR during the forecast period 2020 to 2027, and other reports have projected that the automotive fuel delivery system market is expected to grow at a CAGR of more than 6% (2022 - 2032). The reports say that: "The rising demand for automobiles is expected to boost market revenues for the global automotive fuel delivery system market. The fuel delivery system is an important part of an automobile because it transports fuel from the tank to the combustion chamber in the cylinder head. The storage tank, Engine Control Unit (ECU), pressure regulators, fuel pumps, fuel injectors, and throttle position sensor are all part of the automobile fuel delivery system. The global automotive fuel delivery system market is directly related to automobile demand, as rising automobile demand drives sales of automotive fuel delivery systems. Although fuel delivery systems are used in all types of vehicles regardless of fuel type, such as gasoline or compressed natural gas (CNG), slight modifications to the fuel delivery systems are made depending on the fuel used." Active companies in the markets this week include EzFill Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: EZFL), Sunoco LP (NYSE: SUN), ARKO Corp. (NASDAQ: ARKO), UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI), Delek Logistics Partners, LP (NYSE: DKL).
Research Corridor added: "The increasing sales of high-performance cars and supercars are one of the key drivers supporting the growth of the automotive fuel delivery system market. Performance-oriented vehicles reach top speeds and are outfitted with a specially designed drivetrain in a short period of time. In terms of technological development, an increase in the sales of high-performance cars is expected to drive the growth of the global automotive fuel delivery system market. The global automotive fuel delivery system market is expected to expand as sales of automobiles in various segments such as two-wheelers, passenger cars, light commercial vehicles, and heavy commercial vehicles increase. The increasing demand for alternative fuels such as CNG and LNG is expected to drive demand in the global automotive fuel delivery system market."
EzFill Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: EZFL) BREAKING NEWS: EzFill Announces Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results -- Revenue Increased 103% year over year to $3.76 Million From $1.85 Million -- Average Margin per Gallon rose 32%, to $0.49 Compared to $0.37 in 2Q21 -- Expanded Operations to West Palm Beach, Tampa and Orlando -- EzFill Holdings, Inc. ("EzFill" or the "Company"), a pioneer and emerging leader in the mobile fueling industry, announced today its financial results for the three-month period ended June 30, 2022 ("2Q22" or "second quarter 2022").
2Q 22 Highlights (in US$, except gallons delivered)
Commenting on the second quarter results, Mike McConnell, EzFill' s Chief Executive Officer, stated, "Our performance in the second quarter reflects the continued execution of our business plan, as we demonstrated strong year over year revenue growth in both the three months and six months periods. We also delivered strong sequential revenue growth from the first quarter as gallons delivered rose by 34%, from 591,505 gallons to 789,970 gallons. Equally important is that we've been able to increase our fuel margins during a period of time in which we saw dramatic increases and volatility in fuel prices which had been building for some time but went parabolic at the onset of the war in Ukraine.
"We've added approximately 40 new fleet customers since the beginning of the year, representing a potential volume growth of approximately 1.2 million gallons annually. We've grown our fleet to 3034 delivery vehicles as of the end of Q2, with more planned for delivery being delivered as we continue to see growing demand for our services throughout Florida. Commercial customers account for the most of our revenues, but it's important to note that the growth we're experiencing in new commercial customers is having a dramatic impact on reducing our dependence on any one customer. We now count one of the largest grocers in the US as one of our commercial customers, and we look forward to building on that success. We remain focused on growing the consumer end of the business, and to that end we recently launched a new marketing campaign aimed at building brand awareness. The on-demand mobile fueling business continues to benefit from both the ongoing decline in the number of gasoline stations and consumer preference for on-demand, onsite delivery. And as the only company to provide fuel delivery in three vertical segments – EzFill continues to be well positioned to capitalize on these trends." CONTINUED… Read the EzFill full press release by going to: https://ir.ezfl.com/news-events/press-releases
Additional recent developments in the markets this week include:
Sunoco LP (NYSE: SUN) recently announced that the Board of Directors of its general partner declared a quarterly distribution for the second quarter of 2022 of $0.8255 per common unit or $3.3020 per common unit on an annualized basis. The distribution will be paid on August 19, 2022 to common unitholders of record on August 8, 2022.
Sunoco is a master limited partnership with core operations that include the distribution of motor fuel to approximately 10,000 convenience stores, independent dealers, commercial customers and distributors located in more than 40 U.S. states and territories as well as refined product transportation and terminalling assets.
ARKO Corp. (NASDAQ: ARKO), one of the largest convenience store operators and fuel wholesalers in the United States, recently announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Second Quarter 2022 Key Highlights Were: Operating income was $48.3 million for the quarter, an increase of 5.5% compared to $45.8 million in Q2 2021; Net income was $31.8 million, an increase of $6.2 million or 24.4% compared to $25.6 million in Q2 2021; Adjusted EBITDA increased 4.4% to $79.0 million for the quarter compared to $75.7 million in Q2 2021; Merchandise revenue of $431.8 million for the second quarter compared to $426.4 million in Q2 2021; total merchandise contribution increased $9.0 million, or 7.3%, to $131.4 million, compared to Q2 2021; Merchandise margin increased 170 basis points to 30.4% compared to 28.7% in Q2 2021; Second quarter same store merchandise sales excluding cigarettes was 5.7% on a two-year stack; and Second quarter total fuel gross profit of $130.8 million increased 15.1% versus Q2 2021. Approximately 3.1 million shares of common stock repurchased during Q2 2022 at an average price of $8.65, for $27.0 million.
UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI) recently reported financial results for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2022. Q3 GAAP diluted earnings per share ("EPS") of $(0.03) and adjusted diluted EPS of $0.06 compared to GAAP diluted EPS of $0.71 and adjusted diluted EPS of $0.13 in the prior-year period; Year-to-date GAAP diluted EPS of $3.84 and adjusted diluted EPS of $2.90 compared to GAAP diluted EPS of $4.48 and adjusted diluted EPS of $3.30 in the prior-year period; Q3 reportable segments earnings before interest expense and income taxes1("EBIT") of $100 million compared to $98 million in the prior-year period.
Strong balance sheet with available liquidity of approximately $2.1 billion as of June 30, 2022. Additional strides in our renewables strategy with a commitment to fully fund three projects to produce RNG in South Dakota, with a total investment of ~$70 million; Released the fourth annual ESG report entitled, "Transparency, Action and Progress", highlighting our strong progress on all key initiatives.
On July 28, 2022, UGI Utilities' joint petition for settlement of its gas rate case was approved by a PA Public Utility Commission ("PA PUC") Administrative Law Judge, and is further subject to an order of the PA PUC. Pending approval, the settlement would permit a total of $49.45 million annual distribution rate increase, in two phases, with the first beginning October 29, 2022, and a weather normalization adjustment mechanism.
Delek Logistics Partners, LP (NYSE: DKL) recently announced its financial results for the second quarter 2022. For the three months ended June 30, 2022, Delek Logistics reported net income attributable to all partners of $32.2 million, or $0.74 per diluted common limited partner unit. This compares to net income attributable to all partners of $43.2 million, or $1.00 per diluted common limited partner unit, in the second quarter 2021. Net cash from operating activities was $85.1 million in the second quarter 2022 compared to $85.8 million in the second quarter 2021. Distributable cash flow, as adjusted was $55.6 million in the second quarter 2022, compared to $53.8 million in the second quarter 2021.
For the second quarter 2022, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("EBITDA") was $64.5 million (including $6.2 million of adverse closing costs associated with 3 Bear Delaware - NM, LLC) compared to $66.8 million in the second quarter 2021.
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(The Hill) — For more than a year, Democrats have wrestled with the massive climate, health and tax package at the center of their domestic agenda, triggering clashes between the various party factions and sparking doubts about President Joe Biden’s capacity to unite his troops behind transformative legislation.
This week’s vote to get the enormous proposal over the finish line will feature no such drama.
House Democrats of all stripes are lining up to approve the Senate’s $740 billion tax-and-spending package on Friday when the lower chamber returns briefly to Washington, sending the legislation to Biden’s desk and securing a huge win for the president and his party less than three months from the midterm elections.
It seems likely the bill could clear the House without a single Democratic defection, whether from the left or center of the party.
The universal accolades reflect, at least in part, the Democrats’ astonishment that they’re voting on any major part of Biden’s domestic agenda at all.
Just a few weeks ago, the prospects of enacting a massive climate package this year appeared to be dead, buried under the opposition of centrist senators — most notably Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) — wary of exacerbating inflation with new federal spending.
The bill’s revival — a deal worked out privately between Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) — has drastically expanded the Democrats’ legislative accomplishments under Biden, providing them a late political boost as they head into midterm elections that are expected to shift control of the House to the Republicans.
“This is a big deal, this is historic. And I’m anxious to get it to the floor, pass it, and get it to the president’s desk,” Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.), the chairman of the Rules Committee, told reporters in the Capitol Wednesday night.
“People like me wanted a lot more, right? But the bottom line is you can only get done what’s possible within the reality you’re living,” he continued. “And in any other Congress, if we were to pass one of these things — one component of what is in this reconciliation bill — it would be huge.”
The package features major changes across the spectrum of domestic policy, including efforts to slash drug costs for seniors; expand health care subsidies for the working classes; cut deficit spending via corporate tax hikes, and incentivize both businesses and individuals to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. All told, it represents the most comprehensive effort to combat climate change in the nation’s history.
“It’s a great bill; it’s historic,” Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters this week in the Capitol. “I want more, of course — we always want more. But this is a great deal.”
Pelosi and her House Democrats had passed a much larger package late last year: a $2 trillion proposal that bolstered not only environmental and health care programs, but also a number of social benefit initiatives — things like child care subsidies, universal preschool and paid family leave — that were left out of the slimmer bill passed by the Senate on Sunday.
The exclusions have prompted some grumbling from progressive lawmakers who’d fought for a more expansive package, but none of them appear ready to oppose the Senate bill to protest its size.
Indeed, House liberals — including the leaders of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and the members of the far-left “squad” — have been all praise, cheering on the legislation as it’s moved through the Senate to the House for Friday’s vote.
“While we are heartbroken to see several essential pieces on the care economy, housing, and immigration left on the cutting room floor — as well as a successful Republican effort to remove insulin price caps for those with private insurance — we know that the Inflation Reduction Act takes real steps forward on key progressive priorities,” said Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), head of the Progressive Caucus.
Across the ideological divide, leaders of the Blue Dogs, a group of centrist budget hawks, are also hailing the package as transformative, touting its powers to reduce federal deficit spending on top of the domestic initiatives it promotes.
“We remain laser-focused on solving our nation’s major economic, energy, and climate problems for future generations, and will move swiftly to send this bill to the President’s desk,” the Blue Dog co-chairs — Reps. Tom O’Halleran (D-Ariz.), Ed Case (D-Hawaii), Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.) and Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.) — said in a statement.
With a razor-thin majority in the House, and every Republican expected to oppose the proposal, Democrats will need the support of almost every member of the caucus to get it to Biden’s desk. But if last year’s vote on the $2 trillion package is any preview, they have little reason to worry.
That larger Build Back Better package had passed easily; only one Democrat, Rep. Jared Golden (Maine), had voted against it. And the smaller Senate bill is expected to sail through the House on Friday in similar fashion.
“If you can get Bernie Sanders and Joe Manchin and Chuck Schumer and Kyrsten Sinema all to vote for something, … I’ve gotta believe this is going to pass,” McGovern said. “I don’t know of any Democrats that are going to defect.”
Golden’s office did not respond to a request for comment, but local media reports indicate he has praised at least parts of the Senate bill.
For Pelosi, who has led House Democrats for almost two decades, the bill represents a huge legislative victory in a long career that’s been full of them. It also includes a number of provisions that she’d prioritized in her first stint as Speaker, more than a decade ago, but failed to enact.
In 2009, for instance, House Democrats had passed a sweeping climate change bill only to see it go ignored by Democrats in the Senate. A separate proposal empowering Medicare to negotiate lower prescription prices for seniors also moved through the lower chamber during those years but did not become law.
“This is something we’ve been fighting for decades, and Big Pharma has had a grip on the Congress,” she said this week.
Across the aisle, Republicans have decidedly different views of the enormous package, saying the soon-to-be-passed legislation will only damage a fragile economy already reeling from months of instability and rising consumer costs. GOP leaders are also focusing squarely on one provision of the package — new funds for the IRS to go after tax cheats — with warnings that it will empower the nation’s tax collectors to “harass” working-class people.
“When you have more cops you have more arrests,” Rep. Kevin Brady (Texas), senior Republican on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, said this week in an interview with Fox News. “You’re going to see a lot of that revenue to pay for this bill coming from those middle-class working families who can least afford the IRS targeting and harassing them.”
Democrats have dismissed the GOP criticisms, noting that the major provisions of the package all score high in public opinion polls. If the victory doesn’t change the broader outcome of the midterm elections, they say, it can do nothing but help them in individual races.
“I wouldn’t want to go home and explain to my constituents why I voted against lowering their prescription drug costs. … Or go home and say I did nothing to combat the climate crisis, or I did nothing to pay down the debt,” McGovern said.
“I mean, if that’s what they want, they can go ahead and do it.”
Mychael Schnell contributed. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/astonished-democrats-set-to-clear-finish-line-with-climate-tax-health-care-package/ | 2022-08-12T13:21:29Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/astonished-democrats-set-to-clear-finish-line-with-climate-tax-health-care-package/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The 9th Annual Springfield Jazz and Roots Festival begins Friday with music, murals and more!
The Jazz and Roots Festival will not only feature live music but also a special mural unveiling that represents the diversity of the city. Taking place Friday beginning at 5 p.m. and Saturday beginning at 12:30 p.m., the festival will include performances, workshops and presentations from nationally renowned musical artists.
Laudable Productions
Alongside the music, the official unveiling of the massive restoration mural on the side of the former Bloom Photography Supply Shop will take place Friday at 8 p.m. The five-story mural has been restored by six local artists and features dozens of old advertisements and images showcasing the history of the city including the Springfield Indian Motorcycle, the first Peter Pan bus, and images from Dr. Seuss books.
Mayor Sarno states, “My administration is proud to continue to support our Springfield Jazz and Roots Festival and now this beautiful and vibrant mural project, much like the many citywide mural initiatives throughout the city. These projects add a splash of color to our buildings and helps to embrace the arts and culture of our neighborhoods while showcasing the beautiful and diverse mosaic of our community. The celebration of the completion of this five-story mural on Worthington Street is a fitting tribute and occasion to kick off our Springfield Jazz and Roots Festival.”
Saturday, there will be a “Mural Paint Party” where participants will get to contribute to the creation of a climate justice-themed mural in the city’s North End. The annual festival is presented by Blues To Green, a nonprofit that promotes diversity and creativity.
Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival 2022 Schedule
Friday, August 12th
- Mitch Chakour and Friends
- FAT with Scott Murawski of Max Creek
- Shor’ty Billups
- Janet Ryan & Straight Up
- Buddy McEarns Band
Saturday, August 13th
- Adi Oasis
- Albino Mbie
- William Cepeda Afro-Rican Jazz
- Bomba De Aqui
- Dayme Arocena
- New Breed Brass Band
- Curtis Haywood
- Tang Sauce + Breakin Battle
- Haneef Nelson Quintet
- Linda Ransom + Trilogy
- Martha Redbone Roots Project
- DJ Chico
- Jesus Pagan Y Su Orchestra
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New Delhi: A child abuse case reported from Kadakkavoor in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram district a couple of years ago had shocked the public conscience as a then 37-year-old woman was accused of sexually abusing her teen son. Now, the Supreme Court has cast doubt on the likely role of the 14-year-old boy's father in implicating his estranged wife and suggested a probe in this regard.
The apex court was on Friday hearing arguments after the son approached it after the Kerala High Court exonerated his mother late last year considering the clean chit given by the probe team.
While considering his petition, the court raised several vital observations and queries. There is a possibility of the son giving the statement against his mother at the father's behest. The father could have simply used his son as a pawn in the marital disputes with his wife, it observed.
The prosecution lawyers strongly opposed the court's observation by pointing out the boy had given the statement against his mother while under the care of Child Welfare Council.
The probe team’s report that the charges against his mother were baseless have affected his social standing, they argued.
The apex court then observed there was a possibility that she could be a victim.
The court also pointed out that not only the son but the mother too might be suffering from mental stress and harassment. She could be considered a victim in the case, the court said in its preliminary observation. It also wanted to know from the petitioner the reasons for labelling the police probe report as 'false.'
The son on Thursday moved the Supreme Court against the Special Investigation Team report, which stated that the mother was innocent. The police team had submitted a report before the POSCO court that the allegations raised by the boy were baseless.
The woman, the mother of four children, had to spend 27 days in jail following the complaint by her son. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/12/supreme-court-kadakkavoor-pocso-case.html | 2022-08-12T13:31:20Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/12/supreme-court-kadakkavoor-pocso-case.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MIDDLEFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The Middlefield Fair kicks off Friday night for a weekend of festivities in western Hampshire County.
The 167th annual fair begins at 4 p.m. Friday at 7 Bell Road in Middlefield and runs through Sunday.
There will be horse, oxen and truck pulls, free kids activities, and live music. Friday is the Diesel truck pull and 4×4’s are scheduled for Saturday morning. Sunday, don’t miss the pancake breakfast, the cattle and car shows, and the garden tractor pull.
Tickets are $7, $5 for seniors and active military and veterans get in free.
Middlefield Fair 2022 Schedule
(schedule subject to change)
Friday Night, August 12th – Gate opens @ 4pm
- 4:00 PM Fair officially opens – Exhibit Hall, Art Barn, Fair and Farm Museum
- 4:00 PM Opening ceremony – Flag raising with Ray Gero
- 6:00 PM Diesel truck weigh-in
- 6:00 PM Fair Bingo
- 7:00 PM Ken Boisseau Memorial Diesel Truck Pull
- 7:00 PM Just-N-Kase Band
- 7:00 PM Children’s Scooter Giveaway
Saturday, August 13th – Gate opens @ 8am
- 8-11 AM Breakfast – Fair Food Booth
- 8:00 AM 4×4 Truck Pull Weigh-in
- 9:00 AM Exhibit Hall, Art Barn, Fair and Farm Museum, Midway, Bubba’s Snakes and Reptiles
- 10:00 AM Oxen Pull All Day one hour between each class
- 10:00 AM 4×4 Truck Pulls Begin
- 10:00 AM Kid’s Zone opens – paid games and free activities
- 12:00 Noon Family Fun Games: Children’s Chicken Chucking, Lady’s Skillet Toss & Men’s Chainsaw Throwing
- 12-5 PM Dining Hall Ham Dinner
- 12-5 PM Balloon Ben
- 1:00 PM Henry the Juggler – sponsored by the Cultural Council
- 2:00 PM Highwaymen Show
- 2:00 PM Face Painting
- 2:30 PM Tug-O-War – after second truck class
- 4:00 PM Kid’s Pie Eating Contest
- 6:00 PM 4×4 Truck Pulls Continue
- 7:00 PM Charlie Hunter and Friends Band
- 7:30 PM Children’s Scooter Giveaway
Sunday, August 14th – Gate opens @ 8am
- 8-11 AM Pancake Breakfast – Fair Food Booth
- 9:00 AM Exhibit Hall, Art Barn, Fair and Farm Museum, Midway, Bubba’s Snakes and Reptiles
- 10:00 AM Bruce Mandel Music
- 10:00 AM Kid’s Zone opens – paid games and free activities
- 10:30 AM Cattle Show
- 11:00 AM Car and Tractor Show
- 11:00 AM Face Painting
- 12 Noon Garden Tractor Pulls – All Ages, All Sizes!
- 12 Noon Horse Pull – All Day One hour between each class
- 12-4 PM Dining Hall Turkey Dinner
- 2:00 PM Fiddlers
- 4:00 PM Kids Pie Eating Contest
- 5:00 PM Children’s Scooter Giveaway
- 8:00 PM Auction of Extra Foods | https://www.wwlp.com/news/massachusetts/167th-annual-middlefield-fair-kicks-off-friday/ | 2022-08-12T13:34:32Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/massachusetts/167th-annual-middlefield-fair-kicks-off-friday/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
New rules for people working outside in Washington may be in place year-round under a proposal from the state Department of Labor and Industries.
For the past two years, L&I has released emergency rules for the summer which add to guidance already in place. The rules require rest breaks, water and shade for those working in the heat. They apply to construction, agriculture and delivery jobs, among other industries.
This year's emergency heat protections are in effect from June 15-Sept. 29. But staff members said temperatures are rising and they could be high outside of summer months. In May 2021, for example, the high temperature reached 92 degrees in the Yakima area, according to the National Weather Service.
Technical specialists and staff at L&I also discussed causes of work-related heat stress, while proposing lower trigger temperatures for worker protections. L&I also is reviewing how to define heat waves.
The rules for heat exposure apply to all outdoor occupations where employees are exposed to heat more than 15 minutes in any hour-long period.
L&I had a stakeholder meeting on Aug. 4 where it presented draft language for the new permanent outdoor heat exposure rules.
Reaction
Employers and employees have advocated for new permanent rules in the past, saying the rules will be easier to implement when they are consistent. Employers can better prepare in the long-term for costs and equipment. Workers can focus on improvement and safety, rather than basic education.
During the Aug. 4 meeting, participants raised questions about how the new rules might apply across significantly different environments and geography in Washington. Temperatures which are noteworthy west of the Cascades may be normal in Eastern Washington.
Jon DeVaney, president of the Washington State Tree Fruit Association, said in an email that heat is a serious safety concern, but more time needed for the rulemaking process. He pointed out that many different industries work outdoors in many different places.
“We are concerned that LNI (Labor and Industries) has put forward several major changes from the current rule and the two temporary emergency rules, and this new proposal comes with very little time to assess and respond,” DeVaney said in an email. “We believe LNI should analyze the full implementation and effectiveness of these new emergency measures before enacting new permanent rules.”
Edgar Franks, the political director of the independent farmworker union Familias Unidas por la Justicia, said the rules should be uniform within industries, even across state lines. Agricultural worker advocates want regional or national standards, so that migratory workers will have the same rules no matter where they are.
New trigger temperatures
Right now, employers must provide workers with water, shade and rest when temperatures reach 89 degrees, 77 degrees for workers in double-woven clothing and 52 degrees for workers in non-breathable clothing.
L&I is proposing new temperature triggers: 52 degrees for workers in non-breathable clothing and 80 degrees for all other workers. When temperatures are above 90 degrees, additional high heat procedures are being considered.
L&I presenters noted that in Washington from 2006-21, 374 worker accepted compensation claims regarding heat illnesses occurred at temperatures cooler than 89 degrees. A total of 850 worker compensation claims related to heat illness were accepted during that time period. However, those numbers are for indoor and outdoor workers together.
Ryan Allen, standards, technical and lab services senior program manager at L&I, added that the new trigger temperatures would create consistency with rules in California and Oregon. Worker advocates have argued for lower temperature thresholds for that reason in the past.
“It’s definitely an improvement,” Franks said. “It’s an improvement from last year when a lot of those rules wouldn’t go into effect until 100 degrees. We still argue that the temperature that it’s set at is still too high.”
Franks said that many farmworkers want a trigger temperature of 75 degrees. He also is concerned about enforcement. He hopes the state has the capacity to hold employers accountable and feels that employees often get the short end of the stick.
Work-rest cycles
Employees are entitled to a paid, 10-minute break every two hours when working in temperatures greater than 89 degrees, according to current emergency rules. The proposed high heat procedures would call for work/rest cycles.
“Really the goal of the 10-minute breaks is to reduce core body temperature,” said Laura Rascón Padilla, a technical specialist for L&I. “That’s the goal: it’s making sure they are able to sit down and rest in a cooler area to reduce that core body temperature.”
A work-rest cycle is a plan which incorporates temperature, environment, workload, clothing and other factors to show how long breaks should be and when they should come.
L&I is deciding between providing a more universal work-rest cycle table or allowing employers and employees to make their own work-rest cycles. One simple work-rest cycle plan may be easier to understand and enforce, but may not provide workers or employers with flexibility when it comes to their occupation.
“There are a lot of dynamics that exist when it comes to an appropriate work-rest cycle,” Allen said. “What we shared today was in hopes of getting a lot of feedback from business, from labor to understand the impacts and challenges within very specific industries.”
Franks said more uniform rules are better for workers. In the agricultural industry, workers often move around to different farms, which can make it difficult to keep track if work-rest cycles are different at each job, he said.
“I like the more uniform because that’s just everybody working under the same rules. If you start allowing wiggle room, it gets kind of tricky,” Franks said. “If there’s unified rules across the region, workers have an understanding of what their rights are.”
Acclimatization
L&I also wants to clarify rules for acclimatization. When new or returning employees have spent more than seven days away from high temperatures, they can be vulnerable when working in the heat. Those workers would be monitored through buddy systems or regular communication.
In addition, acclimatization rules would be invoked during heat waves. L&I defined heat waves as any time the temperatures were higher than trigger temperatures and 10 degrees more than the high temperature of the last five days. It is based on a rule from California.
The L&I’s draft rules are not final and the department is still seeking feedback from stakeholders. Those interested can contact Administrative Regulations Analyst Carmyn Shute at Carmyn.Shute@Lni.wa.gov or 360-902-6081. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/proposal-would-keep-worker-heat-protections-in-place-all-year-in-wa/article_0b04372a-18ce-11ed-92b9-c326f4553c2f.html | 2022-08-12T13:36:47Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/proposal-would-keep-worker-heat-protections-in-place-all-year-in-wa/article_0b04372a-18ce-11ed-92b9-c326f4553c2f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The same factors that produced a later and lighter cherry crop are affecting many Yakima Valley peach growers as well.
Cold spring weather, a late April frost and their impact on pollination has delayed the peach harvesting season, usually at its peak by now, local growers and state agriculture officials say.
“Volume is down because of the cold conditions we saw this spring,” said James Michael, vice president of marketing-North America for the Washington State Fruit Commission. “Besides the severe cold and frost, we had a long, extended cool period that pushed everything back, including the peaches.”
While Michael said there isn’t a formal Washington peach crop estimate, many of the state’s top peach areas were among the coldest points during the April freeze. The consensus among growers is that there is about half of a crop this season, he said.
“We are getting into the peak of peaches now, and will be transitioning through varieties until late September this year,” Michael added. “Traditionally, peach harvest begins in early July and lasts through mid-September, but the cool spring pushed most crops back by at least two weeks.”
Local growers concur with those harvest predictions.
J.L. Thompson of Thompson’s Farm in Naches said while later-blooming fruit trees such as pears and apples should produce “decent” crops this year, early- and mid-summer fruits weren’t so fortunate.
“It’s kind of a light crop for peaches,” Thompson said. “Frost damage affected peaches, cherries, apricots, plums. We had that late frost right around Easter, and that affected pollination.
“We’re picking some Red Havens right now, but the crop is pretty minimal. Elbertas are not as bad … we have a decent number of donut (peaches),” he added. “A lot of years we do U-pick for peaches, but we’ll have to wait and see this year.”
He advised customers to check the Thompson’s Farm website, which is updated often. On Thursday morning it stated, “Early peaches were badly damaged with the spring weather, but later peaches look more hopeful.
“We will pick what we can and take them to the market. We will only have U-pick in peaches if there is enough fruit.”
Bill’s Berry Farm near Grandview had a healthy number of U-pick customers and families on Saturday, Aug. 6, but many of them were picking blueberries.
The next two Saturdays, Aug. 13 and 20, are “Sweet as a Peach” days from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., with Bill’s Berry Farm’s website stating varieties such as Lucky 13 and Galaxy Donut peaches are going fast.
Canning peaches such as Red Havens “will hopefully be available this weekend, with more varieties to follow,” the website stated Thursday morning.
Blueberries, blackberries, plums and raspberries also are available for picking; for more information, visit billsberryfarm.com or call 509-882-3200.
Cherry harvest wraps up
As predicted, the cold April weather also delayed and reduced the 2022 cherry crop in the Yakima Valley and state of Washington.
B.J. Thurlby, Northwest Cherry Growers president, noted in late June that the weather pushed back the cherry harvest’s start date by two weeks, with a reduced harvest of 14 million boxes expected. Typically, harvests average 20 million boxes, with a record harvest of 26.43 million boxes of cherries in 2017.
Michael updated that estimate Thursday, saying cherries are still being shipped this week and probably will be for another month due to the delaying effects of the cool spring weather.
“With over 11.5 million boxes shipped so far, it appears likely that our industry will reach our Round 4 crop estimate of 12.4 million boxes, but the overall reduction from weather is noticeable when compared to the two years of 20 million boxes that precede it,” Michael said.
Thompson said his farm in Naches also saw a reduced cherry crop, but eventually it was able to host U-pick customers.
“Our cherries got hit pretty hard, but we were able to do three weekends of U-pick. You just had to work a little harder for them,” Thompson said. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/yakima-valley-farmers-seeing-later-peach-crop-after-cold-spring/article_0913f8a2-199f-11ed-a21f-2b4385ce78e8.html | 2022-08-12T13:36:53Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/yakima-valley-farmers-seeing-later-peach-crop-after-cold-spring/article_0913f8a2-199f-11ed-a21f-2b4385ce78e8.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Of course Greg Abbott doesn’t want to have debates. There’s no value in them for him.
Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday he has agreed to debate Democratic opponent Beto O’Rourke on Sept. 30 in the Rio Grande Valley.
O’Rourke said he would debate Abbott in the Valley but did not commit to the Sept. 30 debate. Without ruling it out entirely, he also called for three “town hall-style debates.”
The perennial debate over debates kicked off Tuesday afternoon, when Abbott’s campaign announced he had accepted an invitation from Nexstar Media Group to debate O’Rourke on the evening of Sept. 30 at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg. Abbott’s campaign called it “the one and only gubernatorial debate of the 2022 election,” implying it is the only one he is willing to do.
O’Rourke’s campaign responded a little over an hour later.
“We looked forward to attending a forum hosted by Nexstar Media Group in the Rio Grande Valley at a mutually agreed upon date and time, but one debate in one community for the entire state of Texas is not nearly enough,” O’Rourke spokesperson Chris Evans said in a statement.
The O’Rourke campaign said it additionally wants Abbott to “participate in three town hall-style debates in every region of the state during weeknights this fall where they can take questions directly from their fellow Texans.”
Abbott’s choice of the evening of Sept. 30 — a Friday evening in the fall — is a timeworn tactic of incumbents looking to agree to a debate when not as many Texans are paying attention as they would on other nights of the week.
[…]
Abbott debated his last Democratic challenger, Lupe Valdez, once — also on a Friday evening in late September.
Honestly, I’m surprised he even agreed to one. I guess ducking them entirely would be a bad look, and maybe it would be enough of a story that this was the preferred alternative. But yeah, a Friday night in late September is par for the course. Beto will make as much noise as he can about this, and he can counter by setting up other debates that he’ll participate in whether Abbott does or not. He’s of enough interest that they may draw enough attention to make Abbott uncomfortable. I think in the end one will be all we get, but we’ll see.
(Standard disclaimer: I’m not really much of a debate watcher. I don’t think they have that much effect in a contest like this. They’re of greater value in situations where lots of people don’t know much about the candidates and are just trying to get a decent first impression. Primary debates, and forums for local candidates especially in non-partisan races are great. This, less so. But they can be good theater, and there’s always the risk of a disaster.) | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106532 | 2022-08-12T13:41:26Z | offthekuff.com | control | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106532 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Well, it’s in the hands of someone he picked to hear the appeal, so.
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says the league is seeking a tougher penalty for Deshaun Watson because the quarterback’s actions were “egregious” and “predatory behavior.”
Last week, the NFL formally appealed Watson’s six-game suspension, which was handed down by NFL disciplinary officer Sue. L Robinson earlier this month. At a league meeting called to formally approve the Denver Broncos’ new ownership group Tuesday, Goodell was asked why the NFL appealed Robinson’s decision and was seeking a suspension of at least a year for the Cleveland Browns quarterback.
“We’ve seen the evidence, she was very clear about the evidence, she reinforced the evidence,” Goodell said. “There were multiple violations that were egregious, and it was predatory behavior.”
Last week, the NFL appointed Peter C. Harvey, a former New Jersey attorney general, to hear the appeal of Watson’s suspension for violations of the NFL’s personal conduct policy. Goodell said Tuesday he did not know when Harvey would make a ruling.
See here, here, and here for some background. There have been some comments on previous posts about how Watson hasn’t been convicted of anything, he’s just been accused, and so why is he being punished at all. I just want to point out that none of this is happening in a court, it’s all a part of a disciplinary process that the NFL Players Association negotiated with the NFL. The statements of the accusers, as well as evidence they have provided in the form of texts and direct messages and so forth, were all taken into account as part of this process. Beyond that, we are all allowed to use our own judgment of the facts that we have seen. I personally find Watson’s explanations to be wholly unconvincing. Your mileage may vary, but there’s nothing unfair or unjust about how we got here. The main difference from before is that Roger Goodell is no longer the sole arbiter of what happens to a player in this situation.
Anyway. On a side note, Deshaun Watson will make his debut for the Browns in their preseason opener today. The suspension, whatever it winds up being, was only for the regular season, and presumably for the playoffs if it gets extended. Until then, he’s free to be on the field, and he’ll get paid nearly all of his salary for the year regardless. Don’t fret about Deshaun Watson. He’s doing just fine. Sean Pendergast has more.
UPDATE: From Thursday evening:
Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson would accept an eight-game suspension and $5 million fine to avoid missing the entire season, a person familiar with his defense told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Watson, who is facing a potential year-long ban for sexual misconduct when he played for the Texans, would agree to a lesser penalty in a settlement, said the person who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the case.
The biggest question is whether the NFL would make this compromise.
A settlement has always been possible, but it’s not clear if the sides are in active discussions.
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Sometimes, I just enjoy a a story about swearing.
Beto O’Rourke confronted a heckler Wednesday at a campaign event who laughed while he was talking about the Uvalde school shooting, telling the person, “It may be funny to you, motherfucker, but it is not funny to me.”
The moment, which spread quickly online afterward, came as the Democratic gubernatorial challenger was hosting an evening town hall in Mineral Wells. On live broadcasts of the event, loud laughing could be heard as O’Rourke described the impact of AR-15s, dropping to a knee to emphasize what he said were the wartime capabilities of the firearm.
O’Rourke’s admonishment of the person drew sustained applause and cheers from the crowd. He quickly moved on in his stump speech, talking about wanting to keep kids safe as the school year begins.
It is unclear who exactly was laughing, but tweets from the event showed there was a group of protesters present holding campaign signs for Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. On one live broadcast, the camera panned to the group after O’Rourke’s response and showed one of them laughing.
“Nothing more serious to me than getting justice for the families in Uvalde and stopping this from ever happening again,” O’Rourke tweeted afterward.
It was not the first time O’Rourke has addressed heckling at an event while discussing gun violence. He responded less explicitly last month in Snyder, telling the person, “Might be funny to you. It isn’t to me.”
It’s well known by this point that Beto has a potty mouth, which for many of us is part of his appeal. I don’t know why this particular example of said saltiness went national, but it did. The story notes that while there have been some examples of tension and conflict at Beto rallies with Republican protesters and troublemakers, there have also been examples of Beto engaging with these Republicans in a fairly cordial and civil manner. There were enough of these that Team Abbott warned its supporters to avoid wearing GOP-branded attire to Beto rallies, for fear they may get involved in one of these examples of civil discourse and thus used as part of the case for Beto. Anway, while I don’t engage in a lot of profanity on this blog, sometimes one has to do what one has to do.
Also, too:
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“Motherf—r” may be a profanity, but “it could have been worse” is an obscenity.— Marisa Bono (@MarisaBono) 11:46 AM – 11 August 2022
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Edit out the screams of the children.
Bleep the word mutherfucker.
We too often prioritize our own comfort over telling the truth around here.— Scott Braddock (@scottbraddock) 9:35 AM – 11 August 2022
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Niners Nation will be trying something different this season and hosting live watch parties with Get Playback for all 49ers’ games (preseason, regular season, and hopefully postseason!).
The concept is simple:
- Head to this link: https://www.getplayback.com/room/ninersnation
- Log in with your TV provider and authenticate
- Participate and watch 49ers’ games with the Niners Nation community while interacting with fellow fans and your favorite writers/podcasters!
Here’s an example of what the viewing experience will look like on Get Playback:
A taste of what it's like to be in a room on Playback.
— Playback (@WatchPlayback) June 13, 2022
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We’re going to kick off our first-ever live watch party on Friday, 8/12 when the 49ers take on the Packers for the preseason opener. We’ll be live starting at 5:30 PM PT when the stream kicks off to break down all things Trey Lance!
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While the Browns might be considering Jimmy Garoppolo after all, a report broke yesterday that may give them pause.
According to Mike Silver, Jimmy Garoppolo was annually unreachable for large stretches of the offseason every year of his 49ers career except one.
“When the press conference [announcing his new contract] ended, Garoppolo shook hands, flashed his multi-million-dollar smile and disappeared into the offseason ether. That important work, to his coaches’ chagrin, would have to wait.
‘Once he left that press conference nobody heard from him for weeks and weeks,’ recalled one member of that coaching staff. ‘He didn’t return calls, he didn’t return texts — he basically just vanished. And we were looking at each other going, ‘What just happened?’”
This wasn’t a one-year thing, either. “The Jimmy Garoppolo vanishing act,” as Silver called it, occurred every year of Garoppolo’s tenure with the 49ers except last year. While Silver stops short of saying whether that sudden change had anything to do with the Niners acquiring his replacement in Trey Lance, I’ll just say that would be one hell of a coincidence if it did not.
We have heard mentions of Garoppolo going dark over the years. George Kittle famously referred to the phenomenon during Super Week in Miami.
Kittle calls out Jimmy’s texting skills
— NBC Sports Bay Area & CA (@NBCSAuthentic) January 28, 2020
(➡️ @NFLonFOX) pic.twitter.com/pxnF49cepp
While we don’t know if George was talking about texts in-season or in the off-season, those words do hit a little differently now, as does Jimmy’s response.
Jimmy Garoppolo opened up to me about George Kittle calling the QB the “worst texter in the world.”
— Andy Nesbitt (@anezbitt) January 30, 2020
Jimmy G: “It’s very true.” pic.twitter.com/TMchrQnkw1
There are some areas where Trey Lance won’t be as good as Jimmy Garoppolo, but apparently, devoting himself to his craft in the offseason isn’t one of them. Videos of Lance throwing with receivers have popped up all spring and summer long, as have many interactions between himself and his teammates on social media. Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch have both referred to Lance as being “made of the right stuff,” and I can’t help but wonder if this is part of what they were talking about.
Lucikly we’ll all get to see how much work Trey has put in during the offseason tonight when the 49ers open the preseason against the Green Bay Packers. Make sure you join us after the game on the Niners Nation YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook pages for our Instant Reaction podcast, where we answer your questions about everything that happened.
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“...The most important component of throwing is sequencing, and although there are things Lance could clean up in his overall motion, he still sequences well and can generate a ton of velocity. He does look like a more fluid passer in training camp, but we’ll see if his mechanics can hold up as time to work on technique shrinks and the wear of the season starts to build. The great quarterbacks continue to refine their techniques throughout their entire careers. Reportedly, Lance is a tireless worker, so it’s likely that he is far from his final form mechanically.”
Report: Browns to consider Jimmy G trade if Watson ban increases
“Cleveland will consider acquiring Garoppolo if Deshaun Watson’s six-game suspension “significantly increases” upon appeal, Cleveland.com’s Mary Kay Cabot reported Thursday, citing league sources.”
Thompson: Thompson: Best 49ers defense since the Super Bowl year? ‘You can feel it’ (paywall)
“They have many of the strengths from 2019. But they’ve revamped to cover some of the weaknesses of that squad. Many of the players who made that team good were young then and much better now, including Bosa and the linebackers. This defense might be onto something.”
Silver: Will Trey Lance shine in 49ers’ spotlight as Jimmy G. disappears one last time? (paywall)
“Once he left that press conference, nobody heard from him for weeks and weeks,” recalled one member of that coaching staff. “He didn’t return calls, he didn’t return texts — he basically just vanished. And we were looking at each other going, ‘What just happened?’”
Kyle Shanahan explains what caused issue with Trey Lance’s throwing mechanics
“He broke his finger in that last preseason game. It wasn’t a bad break, but it didn’t totally heal right to where you lose bending of it. When you’re going through a season and trying to keep up with everything you know it just started to change and have to adjust to it and it created a few issues towards the end of the year. That’s why it was fun to get his finger healthy and start working on that as soon as we got an offseason.”
Powerful rookie Davis-Price eager to finish runs vs. Packers
“I’m eager about that. I might not get any sleep the night before, but I’ll be all right.”
Branch: Five 49ers to watch Friday: Is QB Nate Sudfeld’s sizzling summer a mirage? (paywall)
“[T Jordan] Mills consistently has done well in one-on-one pass-rush drills. On Wednesday, after stonewalling a defensive lineman, Mills wagged his index fingers triumphantly and shimmied before accepting a few fist bumps from teammates.
Barrows: 49ers rookie rankings: Where Drake Jackson, classmates stand as preseason begins (paywall)
“All three undrafted rookie linebackers have looked good in camp. The 49ers usually keep five at the position. Fred Warner, Dre Greenlaw, Azeez Al-Shaair and Oren Burks are locks for the first four spots. After that? Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles and Curtis Robinson will try to hold off the rookies. The 6-foot McCrary-Ball isn’t big, but his speed makes him an asset in coverage and on special teams. He and the next player listed, Segun Olubi, have played weakside linebacker and strongside linebacker with the second- and third-team defenses since the spring. McCrary-Ball got to play on the second-team defense Wednesday.”
“While 49ers coaches have gleaned a lot already from practice, there’s plenty they can learn about players in game situations. How well can that player operate at game speed? How well does the player adjust to in-game adversity? Can they handle games mentally and physically?”
“The 49ers barrel into Levi’s tomorrow night with the Bay Area believing that things are looking up. Considering the off-season, it’s almost remarkable.“ | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/12/23302608/49ers-news-preseason-green-bay-packers-trey-lance-jimmy-g-vanishing-rookies-burford-drake-jackson | 2022-08-12T13:42:09Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/12/23302608/49ers-news-preseason-green-bay-packers-trey-lance-jimmy-g-vanishing-rookies-burford-drake-jackson | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL WORLD SERIES: Pitt County girls game delayed due to weather
Published: Aug. 12, 2022 at 7:59 AM EDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) -The Pitt County girl’s softball team will face California Friday morning in another elimination game.
California beat Pitt County 9-2 in their opener Tuesday and now area girls are looking for some revenge.
Pitt County earned its first victory on Thursday shutting down Latin America 8-0 in an elimination game, it was a proud moment for players, coaches, and their families.
The match-off was expected to take place at Stallings Stadium at 10:00 a.m. Friday, but has been delayed due to weather. A new start time has not been announced.
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A woman was killed on Wednesday after being struck by a beach umbrella that was being blown in the wind in an unincorporated area of Horry County.
Tammy Perreault, 63, was struck by the umbrella while at Beach Access 14, according to a Horry County Emergency Management incident report.
According to the report, witnesses said an umbrella from the Sea Watch Hotel had been blown from the ground into the air.
The umbrella tumbled "end over end down the beach until it struck the victim on the left side of the upper torso," the report said.
Perreault was transferred to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead.
Horry County Deputy Coroner Dale Trevathan told CNN by phone that Perreault's cause of death was "chest trauma by the umbrella shaft."
He said the victim died on the way to the hospital.
Myrtle Beach is located in Horry County.
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Spc. Hayden Jones ,an infantryman with 1st Battalion, 502 Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), talks about what its like to deploy to Romania and work with NATO Allies Aug 7, 2022.
101st units are supporting V Corps’ mission to reinforce NATO’s eastern flank and engage in multinational exercises with Allies and partners across the European continent to reassure our Nation’s Allies and deter aggression in the region. The Screaming Eagles of today are ready to support our Allies in order to preserve the long-lasting stability in Europe that our predecessors fought and died to secure.
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Household bills could hit an all-time high of £571 in January as energy consultants predict a £5,000 year price cap for 2023. This cost is more than £200 higher than forecasts predicted and has come as a shock to many.
Consultancy Auxilione warned this morning that the regulator Ofgem may set its energy price cap at £5,038 per year, starting next April. Its experts warned that by January the price could be £4,467, leaving the average household to pay £571 a month.
This is much higher than the figures published earlier this week by Cornwall Insight, The Mirror reports. Their predictions state that prices are set to hit £3,582 in October and £4,266 in January.
Read more: Shoppers call for Kipling cake boycott as prices rise to £3.45
Ofgem have yet to announce the October price cap, but are expected to make the announcement on August 26. Ofgem said: “The wholesale market continues to move extremely quickly so no forecast for next year is at all robust at this stage and will therefore have very limited value, especially for consumers who must always be the main priority.
“We cannot stop others from making predictions but we would ask that extreme caution is applied to any predictions for the price cap in January or beyond.”
The price cap on energy bills is calculated on the basis of what the average household uses. The less energy you actually use, the less you will have to pay.
The cap sets a limit on the rates a supplier can charge for each unit of electricity and gas you use. It also sets a maximum daily charge which you pay to have your home connected to the grid.
Ministers today are set to put pressure on British energy companies to find a solution to the price hike, but Auxilione have insisted that there is little these companies can do. In a Linkedin post they said: “Today the UK government has called in energy companies to try and find a way to work together to bring down prices.
“It seems there is little appreciation for just how impossible that task really is and that energy companies and the government have little control over this in such a globally influenced market.”
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UK homes are being drained of up to £147 a year thanks to "vampire devices." These ordinary appliances add huge amounts to your energy bills even when they're not being used.
"Vampire devices" drain power from your home for as long as they are plugged in. By constantly drawing in small amounts of energy, they can add significant amounts to bills which, amid the rising cost of living, can be incredibly impactful.
Devices like laptops, broadband routers and smart speakers all use energy in this way, The Mirror reports. While appliances such as these are plugged into the wall they are slowly drawing power, even if they appear to be turned off.
Read more: Simple 20p trick can dramatically cut the amount you spend on fuel
For devices such as TVs, the standby mode can be just as damaging. Although it allows the TV to turn on quicker, leaving your device on standby mode overnight will continually drain small amounts of power and cost you money.
According to British Gas, UK households spend £3.16billion a year by leaving "vampire devices" on standby, the BBC reports. For each home this adds up to £147 a year, or up to £297 for some.
British Gas energy expert Marc Robson told the BBC that the easiest way to keep energy costs down is to plug your vampire devices into an extension lead, which you can then switch off at night.
Alternatively, you can buy "smart plugs" which connect to your mobile phone and tell you which devices are turned off.
Here are ten "vampire devices" that lurk in your home, and how much they cost you:
- Hi-Fi system on standby - £73 a year
- Sky box on standby - £73 a year
- Laptop charger not in use - £60 a year
- TV on standby- £10 to £24 a year
- Microwave - £16 a year
- Games consoles - £12 a year
- Computer - £11 a year
- Printer on standby - £3 to £10 a year
- Washing machine - £5 a year
- Phone charger - £1.60 to £2 a year
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Energy bills are set to exceed £5,000 a year from next April. Now experts have listed the devices which require the most power and contribute to the rising cost of living.
According to a new shock projection, households' energy expenses might exceed £5,000 next April. This morning, consultancy Auxilione reported that Ofgem might put its pricing ceiling at £5,038 per year, inflicting another blow on already strained households.
Energy experts at Radiators Online have worked out the worst energy-guzzling appliances in the home and how expensive they are to run.
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1. Air conditioning and heating
The experts said: "Your HVAC system is the biggest consumer of energy in your home.
"Most HVAC systems run 24 hours a day; therefore, depending on the efficiency of your unit, on average, it may use 72kWh in a day, costing you a staggering £4,967.65 a year and £13.61 every day.
"To save money, invest in a programmable thermostat. If you assumed the energy costs of running a fan are minimal, you'd be right.
"Consider direct current fans. They use so little energy that operating one at full speed for 24 hours a day would cost between £24.83 and £164.25 a year."
2. Water heating
According to the experts, water heaters come next on the list, costing around £828.55 if used daily for a year.
This is a huge amount of money to be paying just for water.
However, homeowners don't have to break the bank to heat water in their homes.
The experts recommended heat pumps, which use electricity to transfer heat using only around 500 watts - but the devices have many critics.
3. Fridge
The experts said: "A refrigerator must run 24 hours a day to keep your food fresh.
"This appliance needs 180 watts per hour to run, which means it requires 4.32 kWh to run for 24 hours.
"Multiplying this by 365 days at the average price per kWh, we find that your fridge is costing you £299.30 per year."
4. Dishwasher
Many people use dishwashers for convenience, but they cost a fortune to run.
It takes around 1800 watts for a dishwasher to run for one hour, and the average washer runs for about two hours.
The experts added: "This means it uses 3.6 kWh per average, costing you about £240.20 if used daily for a year."
5. Oven
While the oven is not the most expensive appliance to run, opening and closing the door can be costly.
According to the experts, this can affect how much electricity the oven uses.
They added: "We estimated that an oven is used, on average, for about an hour a day.
"It takes about 2400 watts for an average oven to run. Therefore, it requires 2.4 kWh for one hour of use and costs about £164.25 to use daily for a year."
A spokesperson for Radiators Online said: "The cheapest household product on our list is the washing machine.
"This appliance is a widely used Energy Star model and only needs 500 watts per hour to run.
"This is because your washing machine uses more energy heating water than it does doing anything else during a wash cycle.
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An iconic building on a busy road in Tunbridge Wells has been denied Special Interest status amid plans to demolish the site. KentLive reported in June that an application from Logistics UK has been lodged to knock down Hermes House on St John's Road and build 43 flats.
The proposals were received by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council on May 10, but a decision is still yet to be made. The clock and the circular-looking front of Hermes House will be a familiar sight to many including those who drive past on the A26, which connects Tunbridge Wells, Southborough and Tonbridge.
However, the Royal Tunbridge Wells Civic Society has since taken to Facebook to explain that its recent application to have the site added to the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest has been rejected. In a statement, the Civic Society said: "Disappointing news.
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"The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has decided not to add Hermes House to the List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest."
The site currently has 90 parking spaces. Under the new plans, these spaces would be decreased to 53.
The scheme would feature 24 one-bedroom flats and 19 two-bedroom flats. Logistics UK has used Hermes House as its national headquarters since 1975. It will be moving to a different location in Tunbridge Wells.
The current accommodation is described as "awkward and inefficient" by Logistics UK. Planning documents state the clock would be retained.
The original Hermes House was a Christian Science Church which opened in 1931. It was designed by local architect Cecil Burns and is of a style contemporary to the time of design.
It stopped being used as a church in the 1950s. No affordable housing is due to be built on site, with construction costs being cited as the main reason.
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East Kent Hospitals Trust has apologised over a new mum's traumatic ordeal. Alisha Pegg claims staff at the William Harvey Hospital told her daughter was dead, then alive, then dead again.
The new mum said she had been sent home from the hospital in Ashford, despite saying she was in premature later. She then gave birth at home to daughter Gracce and they were both rushed back to hospital.
Alisha said she was told that her baby was dead but her daughter was then brought to her alive to her before dying hours later. Alisha told The Mirror she went to the hospital after suffering pain and nausea on February 27, just 22 weeks into her pregnancy.
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She said: "I was doubled over in pain and being sick, and when I phoned the doctor's they assumed I had a bladder infection...I went in anyway, as I couldn't feel Grace move. When a midwife asked what the pain felt like, the first word out of my mouth was labour.
"Having given birth before, I knew what it felt like, and my waters were leaking...I was told they could find a heartbeat but no movement, so they said she must have been asleep."
"I wasn't happy and I was telling them my body felt like it needed to push, but I was told to go home...Hours after first going to the hospital, Alisha was picked up by her mother and brought home – only to then call an ambulance when she went into full-blown labour.
"At around 1.20am the pain got worse, I was being sick, sweating, the room was spinning. around 2.30am I realised something was seriously wrong, 2.40am I dialled 999 and 2.45am I had given birth at home, alone," she said.
"I can't fault the paramedics, they were amazing. They did all they could do."
She says when the pair arrived back at the hospital, they were separated with Grace being taken to the neonatal emergency unit. Around an hour later, Ms Pegg was told that her baby had died.
She says Grace was then brought to her - alive. "I was told that Grace didn't make it, only for them to bring her up to me 45 minutes later, alive," she said. "But they said they could not offer any medical intervention, and she died at 6.30am. I had to grieve my daughter twice."
Rebecca Martin, chief medical officer at the trust, said: "We are truly sorry that we didn't provide the standard of care and support needed. "We have changed our practices and policies following Grace's sad death, including introducing further monitoring for those at risk of preterm labour...We will continue to ensure we provide ongoing support to answer all the family's questions."
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As the ‘cost of living’ crisis worsens, supermarkets have been slammed for not bringing petrol prices down quick enough.The forecourts are not reducing the price at the pump by as much as they should to accommodate a significant price drop at the other end, says the RAC.
The motoring organisation claims that the gap between prices at the pump and wholesale prices are wider than they have been for 10 years. Prices on the forecourts were still around £1.76 for a litre this week, while analysis commissioned by the RAC suggested it should actually be at £1.62, because the average price for delivered wholesale petrol last week was £1.24, with diesel at £1.38.
The RAC said that forecourts should be selling unleaded for no more than £1.62 — even after taking into account fuel duty, VAT, and what it termed a "generous retailer margin" of 10p a litre.
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Only a month ago, the supermarkets came under fire for keeping prices artificially high at the pumps when the RAC revealed how garages were not passing on the savings they were making, angering hundreds of thousands of motorists across the country.
So where can you find the cheapest petrol in Kent? Check out our handy guide below. These are the prices displayed today (August 12) .
The cheapest Unleaded was identified as 160.7p at Morrisons - Walderslade, in the Gillingham area. In comparison, the cheapest diesel petrol was identified as JET - Four Elm’s service station (south)- 178.5p also in the Gillingham area.
Prices were found on Petrolprices.com
Unleaded
Ashford
Applegreen Ashford Service Station- 172.8p
Ashford Brookfield road BP - 172.9p
Beaver Road BP - 173.9p
Dartford
Morrisons Gray’s - London rd - 168.7p
Esso - Dartford rd -171.9p
Morrisons Erith - James Watt Way - 171.9p
Dover
Shell Guston Road -177.9p
Tesco Dover Express - 177.9p
BP Whitfield - 177.9p
Folkstone
Gulf Folkstone - Hawkinge Fuel Express Auto mat - 175.6p
Jet Folkstone - Jam road - 175.9p
Sainsbury’s West Park Farm - 176.9p
Gillingham
Morrisons - Walderslade - 160.7p
Shell - Wood Lane - 160.9p
JET - Four Elm’s service station - 162.5p
Maidstone
Shell - Lord’s wood lane - 160.9p
Asda- Chatham Automat - 162.7p
Esso - Robin Hood lane - 164.9p
Margate
Gulf - Broadstairs - 175.9p
Texaco - West Cliff Road - 175.9p
Gulf - Birchington - 175.9p
Sevenoaks
Sainsbury’s Sevenoaks - 176.9p
Harvest Energy - London rd - 176.9p
BP sevenoaks - St John’s hill - 177.9p
Tonbridge
Esso - Padock Wood - 175.9p
Sainsbury’s - Tonbridge - 176.9p
Shell - Quarry hill - 176.9p
Tunbridge Well’s
Shell - Quarry hill - 176.9p
Sainsbury’s - Tonbridge - 176.9p
Shell- Shipborne road - 176.9p
Diesel
Ashford
Applegreen Ashford Service Station- 182.8p
Sainsbury’s - Ashford Bybrook - 182.9p
BP - Brookfield rd - 183.9p
Dartford
Morrisons Gray’s - London rd - 180.7p
ASDA - Greenhithe - 182.7p
Tesco - Lakeside extra - 182.9p
Dover
Tesco - Dover Express - Honey Wood rd -186.9p
Shell - Dover - Guston rd - 188.9p
BP - Folkstone Road -179.9p
Folkstone
Gulf Folkstone - 186.7p
Sainsburys - West Park Farm - 186.9p
Tesco - Folkstone - 186.9p
Gillingham
JET - Four Elm’s service station (south)- 178.5p
JET - Four Elm’s service station (north)- 178.5p
Morrisons - Strood - 178.7p
Maidstone
Asda- Chatham Automat - 178.7p
Shell - Lord’s Wood Lane -178.9p
Gulf Aylesford - 179.7p
Margate
Jet - Ramsgate - 184.9p
Gulf - Birchington - 185.9p
Tesco - Broadstairs -186.9p
Sevenoaks
Harvest Energy - London rd - 179.9p
Tesco Sevenoaks - Riverhead- 186.9p
Sainsbury’s Sevenoaks - 186.9p
Tonbridge
Harvest - London rd - 179.9p
Sainsbury’s - Tunbridge Well’s - 184.9p
Esso- Pembury- 185.9p
Tunbridge Well’s
Sainsbury’s - Tunbridge Well’s - 184.9p
Esso- Eridge Rd - 185.9p
Esso- Pembury- 185.9p
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There are few things we as a nation love more than taking a trip down to the local Wetherspoons. Cheap booze along with decent and affordable grub - it’s no wonder the chain has become a regular feature of Friday nights across the country.
When you visit a Wetherspoons you know what you’re going to get and I can honestly say I don’t think I’ve ever had an exceptionally bad Spoons trip. I have, however, had trips that stood out as better than the rest for various reasons - Ramsgate Wetherspoons I’m looking at you.
Though, if we are to take a look at the review site TripAdvisor, one Kent Spoons has seen a fair bit more bashing than any other. The Saxon Shore (awesome name for a pub) in Herne Bay currently holds an overall rating of three stars out of five on TripAdvisor, which, while not a horrific score, places it amongst the lowest in Kent.
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Reviewers on the site have referenced ‘cold food’ and a ‘filthy’ interior. One particularly disgruntled reviewer went so far as to say ‘it deserves its reputation as the worst pub in Kent.’
As someone who is very partial to a Spoons trip, I just had to see for myself if the pub deserved such scathing remarks. Here’s how I got on.
Initial impressions
Admittedly, I did very nearly walk past the pub - nestled neatly between two other businesses along the seafront, it wasn’t the most obvious landmark in Herne Bay. Once I had found myself inside however, confusion began to set in.
What greeted me was a sight that just didn’t line up with the reviews. On my initial glance, this seemed to be like any number of Spoons I had been to before, if anything slightly nicer thanks to its home on the beachfront.
I nabbed myself a seat indoors because it was unrelentingly hot outside, and even with a gallon of sunscreen applied, anything above room temperature tends to leave my arms looking like two thirds of a tub of neapolitan ice cream. I quickly settled at my pretty spotless table right by the window with a view of the seafront outside and ordered myself some classic Spoons grub.
My experience
For my Wetherspoons meal of choice, I opted for the Chipotle chicken wrap with a side of chips and a lemonade because, as I say, it was sweltering outside. Both my food and drink arrived pretty promptly so no complaints about service and the staff who served me were very friendly.
Onto the food itself, and yes I’ve definitely had better. My wrap was falling apart and oozing from too much sauce when I picked it up, plus it definitely could have been hotter. But, if I had a penny for every time I’ve ordered food from a Wetherpoons and it’s arrived colder than I’d like it to be, I probably would have had enough money to buy everyone in The Saxon Shore a round.
When I go to Spoons, I really am not expecting to get the best of the best when it comes to food. I know a few people who refer to Wetherspoons as the McDonald’s of pubs, and I think that's a pretty apt comparison.
So far nothing really was setting this particular branch out from any others in terms of quality, good or bad. Initially the pub was pretty quiet at the time of my arrival, other than the odd regular, already three sheets to the wind at 12pm on a weekday, and a couple of families tucking into lunch before their day at the beach.
By the time I left however, the place was pretty much packed thanks to the lunchtime rush. Clearly the spot has no problem drawing in customers, and everyone around me seemed to be enjoying their experience.
Verdict
I have to say, I really don’t get why this Wetherspoons in particular has seen such negative comments after my visit. I really did have a pretty good time, one that was on par with any number of other Spoons trips I’ve had in the past.
Where I sat was clean, the service was prompt and friendly, plus the location on the seafront really did add to the experience. Yes the food could have been better, but I can’t help but feel you get what you pay for, and I really wasn’t expecting fine dining for £6.04.
Would I come back? Almost certainly, I just probably won’t get the wrap next time around.
My rating - 4/5
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(AP) – As summer draws to a close, it is time for many to think about back-to-school shopping, such as notebooks, backpacks and new clothes.
As an economist who has studied consumer prices for years, I wondered how soaring inflation was affecting the costs of typical back-to-school gear.
Consumer prices rose by about 8.5% in July from a year earlier, according to the latest data released on Aug. 10, 2022. But this figure is only an average. The price of some items, like airline fares and gasoline, has jumped a lot more than that, while the cost of other items, like the price of televisions and phones, have actually fallen.
To determine how the cost of paying for what school children need has changed, I tracked two sets of prices: First, the cost of back-to-school necessities. Second, the price of school lunches – since learning on an empty belly is hard.
Clothes and backpacks
Children often seem to sprout during summer vacation. This growth typically means they need new clothes for fall’s cooler weather. The U.S. government’s consumer price index has been following the price of both girls’ and boys’ clothes since 1977.
Government data shows the price of girls’ clothing peaked in 1992. The price of boys’ clothes peaked six years later, in 1998. Not only are clothes cheaper today than they were in the 1990s, but over the last 12 months prices for girls’ clothes have increased by less than 2% – compared with overall inflation of 8.5%. The price of boys’ clothes, however, jumped almost 5% last year.
Going back to school also means new shoes, since kids’ feet grow too. The average price for boys’ and girls’ footwear has risen steadily since 1977. In the past year, the price of shoes and sneakers climbed by almost 8%.
As for school supplies, inflation has been a mixed bag. The price of notebooks and paper has soared in the past year, by 11%. And while the consumer price index doesn’t track pencils, markers and crayons, its close cousin, the producer price index, shows retailers are paying 11% more than they did last year for pencils and markers, while art supplies have climbed almost 18%.
The prices of backpacks, on the other hand, increased at a much slower pace, up about 4% in July 2022 from 12 months earlier. And if your child needs a new laptop or tablet, you’re in luck. The price of computers has actually fallen by almost 4% from July 2021.
Putting these categories together into an equally weighted index suggests the cost of going back to school won’t hurt your wallet as much as parents might fear. My back-to-school index rose about 5.1% in July from a year earlier.
The index also shows prices are virtually unchanged from about a decade ago. This is small consolation for parents who didn’t have students in school 10 years ago. However, it does show that the prices of back to school items are not always increasing.
School lunches
Another major cost when going back to school is buying lunch in school cafeterias.
Pre-pandemic data suggests close to two-thirds of students were buying lunch at school. Consumer price data shows the cost of food in urban elementary and secondary school cafeterias was down 43% in May 2022 from a year earlier – the latest figures available.
In fact, the index level is about the lowest since the index began tracking the data in 2005, primarily because there was universal free lunch during parts of the pandemic. That program has now ended, though some states are stepping in, so lunch costs are likely to climb in most school districts in the coming year.
For families who prefer to pack school lunches for their children, the data looks much worse. The average price of food purchased for home preparation surged 13.1% in July from a year earlier, the fastest pace of inflation since 1979.
But since that may not reflect the actual cost of the food in a child’s lunchbox, I did my own calculation based on what my mother packed for me when I was a kid: peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, which remains a staple today – though not for my children.
My lunchbox typically consisted of a PB&J sandwich on white bread, apple slices, a few baby carrots, a bag of potato chips, 8 ounces of milk and a chocolate chip cookie – to keep me happy. Using the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s school lunch buying guide, I found the portions that would provide about 666 calories, a touch more than recommended by the government. My personal lunchbox index jumped by over 13%.
That was mainly driven by the jump in the price of bread, peanut butter, milk and potato chips, which all climbed by more than 14%.
Choosy shopping
While most prices for going back to school are rising more than usual, there are still bargains to be found, such as in children’s clothing and computers.
Or in the lunchbox example, you could add more apples, whose price has climbed only about 5%. Including more apple slices could not only ease your wallet but also improve your child’s nutrition.
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HONG KONG, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CLPS Incorporation (the "Company" or "CLPS") (Nasdaq: CLPS), today announced the appointment of Mr. Srustijeet Mishra as the CEO of CLPS Technology (California) Inc. ("CLPS California"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. He will be fully responsible for the development and management of business activities in the U.S. market, and will continue to serve as the CEO of the Company's business entities in the Southeast Asia region (referred to collectively as "CLPS SEA").
Mr. Mishra was the founder of Ridik, a Singapore-based IT services provider. He officially joined the Company upon initial acquisition of 80% of Ridik's equity stake in September 2019. Its increased financial returns and growing potential for business development led the Company to acquire the remaining 20% equity stake in Ridik, and at the same time, appointed him as the CEO of CLPS SEA in December 2020. Following the Company's global expansion strategy, he was appointed as the director and president of CLPS Philippines when it was established in September 2021.
Mr. Mishra has more than 20 years of experience in the IT industry with expertise in providing professional IT services to financial and IT institutions across Southeast Asia and Europe. He holds an MBA degree from IILM Institute for Higher Education in New Delhi, India and a master's degree in Physics from Andhra University in Visakhapatnam, India.
Mr. Raymond Lin, Chief Executive Officer of CLPS, said, "Mr. Mishra is a seasoned and accomplished industry veteran who is well suited to lead our U.S. business to new heights. With his extensive industry experience and management skills, we are optimistic that our overseas business will achieve greater success under his leadership."
Established in January 2020, CLPS California has been providing IT services to some of the Fortune 100 companies in industries such as e-commerce, fintech, IT consulting, and IT services. Its team size has grown by 85%, and it has begun to generate revenue since fiscal year 2021. At present, the Company has set up delivery teams in India and Singapore, mainly focusing on providing IT consulting services to clients in North America. Further, it plans to utilize various engagement models with its existing and new clients in the U.S., including fixed-price model, turn-key financial solution, client specific Center of Excellence (CoE), offshore development center (ODC), service-level agreement (SLA), hybrid (onshore-offshore) model, build-operate-transfer (BOT) model, and managed services, among others.
"The last few years have been challenging for companies around the world. The recurrent COVID-19 outbreaks have forced many business organizations to halt strategic initiatives and goals in favor of maintaining operations. For companies and entrepreneurs, restarting businesses and adopting the concept of the 'new normal' have opened up new perspective and ideas. It is a great opportunity for us as many companies start to develop long-term strategies for digital transformation, adopt emerging technologies, or move to new business model," said Mr. Mishra. "We are currently delivering most of the offshore projects for our U.S. clients from China. In addition, as we reposition CLPS as a global brand, we plan to extend our overseas operations from Asia to North America, further expanding our delivery network and delivery model. As a result, it will create a unique advantage for us in the U.S. market."
He added, "With our extensive industry experience and long term working relationships with most of the big foreign banks and insurance companies in China and Singapore, we are confident of building a strong client base in the U.S. Geographically, we have grown across the SEA region with subsidiaries in Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines, as well as in India with an ODC. By offering a variety of delivery approaches combined with the convenience of IT talent policy in these countries, we are not only able to give our clients across the globe with high standards of services, but also provide flexibility to meet their specific needs. For instance, Singapore is a preferred location for fintech projects, whereas semiconductor industry prefers India for embedded software projects. Therefore, having strategic locations allows us to maintain a favorable and long-term relationship with our clients. In addition, we have increased our investment in a range of products, including a new generation of loan system, CAKU credit card system and digital asset solutions for financial institutions, which will open up new opportunities and will enable us to quickly enter the North American market. Accordingly, we anticipate that our business in North America is poised to enter the next phase of growth."
About CLPS Incorporation
Headquartered in Hong Kong, CLPS Incorporation (the "Company") (Nasdaq: CLPS) is a global leading information technology ("IT") consulting and solutions service provider focusing on the banking, insurance, and financial service sectors. The Company serves as an IT solutions provider to a growing network of clients in the global financial service industry, including large financial institutions in the US, Europe, Australia, Southeast Asia and Hong Kong SAR, and their PRC-based IT centers. The Company maintains 19 delivery and/or research & development centers to serve different customers in various geographic locations. Mainland China centers are located in Shanghai, Beijing, Dalian, Tianjin, Baoding, Xi'an, Chengdu, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, and Hainan. The remaining eight global centers are located in Hong Kong SAR, USA, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, India, and the Philippines. For further information regarding the Company, please visit: https://ir.clpsglobal.com/, or follow CLPS on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
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RICHARD, LA- People from all over Acadiana gathered at St. Edwards Church yesterday to celebrate the 63rd death anniversary of Charlene Marie Richard, servant of God.
Praying of the rosary was held at 5:30 p.m. followed by the service at 6 p.m.. with Reverend J. Douglas Deshotel as the main celebrant for the mass.
Last year, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops proceeded with the case on Beatification to the Vatican. This means that Charlene Richard is getting closer to being declared a saint. | https://www.katc.com/community/63rd-annual-mass-held-for-charlene-richard-the-little-cajun-saint | 2022-08-12T14:04:58Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/community/63rd-annual-mass-held-for-charlene-richard-the-little-cajun-saint | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Summertime means days out in the sun and evenings under the stars. The season also evokes memories of time spent by the pool or in front of campfires and admiring the flicker of lightning bugs — or fireflies — in your backyard. If you’re lucky enough to be in an area still rife with glow-in-the-dark insects, you might be wondering what they’re actually called, and if fireflies and lightning bugs are the same animal.
It turns out, they’re absolutely the same insect. The name you give these twinkling bioluminescent bugs depends on where you’re from.
Lightning Bugs Are Beetles Whose Numbers Are Decreasing
While there are several different species of fireflies, none are actually flies; they’re beetles. The names “firefly” and “lightning bug” originated because of the flashes of light the critters give off. Regardless of what you call them, though, the names refer to the same insect. Or more accurately, they refer to 2,000 species of insects in the order Coleoptera, family Lampyridae, 170 of which can be found in North America. Not all of them glow.
Lightning bugs are found across the U.S. in parks, gardens, woodland edges, meadows and other natural habitats, but are most likely to be spotted on summer evenings. The National Wildlife Federation reports that adult fireflies eat nectar or pollen, or surprisingly, nothing at all (they only live for about two months). Additionally, firefly larvae eat snails, worms and slugs after injecting a numbing chemical to disable prey.
If you think you might be seeing fewer lightning bugs than you did as a kid, you may be right. Their numbers are decreasing as a result of pesticide use, loss of habitat and light pollution. Light pollution is a danger, researchers think, because it disrupts mating, makes it harder for fireflies to find their food, and causes them to lose track of their time and position. A number of species are now tracked on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.
Lightning Bugs Are The Most Efficient Light Sources In The World
While we might think at first glance that these beautiful insects are simply putting on a show for us, researchers believe the beetles are communicating. The bioluminescent flashes may warn predators of their bitter taste — fireflies can be poisonous to predators. They also appear to be used for mating or to attract food sources (like other fireflies).
The light these insects emit is caused by a chemical reaction occurring inside light-producing organs on the underside of the abdomen. And adult fireflies aren’t the only ones to glow — their eggs have been known to flash in response to gentle tapping or vibrations. Additionally, the effect differs by species. For example, in some lightning bug species, only the female can emit light, while in others both sexes do.
Firefly lights are considered the most efficient lights in the world because 100% of the energy they create is emitted as light. With an incandescent bulb, 10% of its energy is emitted as light and the rest as heat. In a fluorescent bulb, 90% of its energy becomes light while the rest is heat. The lack of emitted heat is why scientists refer to firefly lights as “cold lights.”
The Name You Use May Be Determined By Your Location
A researcher from the University of Cambridge polled 10,000 Americans around the country, asking what they called “the insect that flies around in the summer and has a rear section that glows in the dark.” The responses cleared the air on why how the discrepancy likely originated.
In this survey, 39.8% responded that they used both “firefly” and “lightning bug” interchangeably. Another 30.4% felt “firefly” was correct while another 29.1% said “lightning bug.” The study showed “firefly” was more popular in the West while “lightning bug” was more common in parts of the Midwest, South and the Mid-Atlantic. A relatable analogy would be to say the lightning bug is to firefly as soda is to pop.
A meteorological researcher determined that areas where people say “lightning bug” coincide with the parts of the country where lightning strikes are more frequent. The word “firefly” is more common in the West, which happens to be the region in the U.S. that experiences the most wildfires. However, no further data is available to support the idea that this correlation is anything more than a coincidence.
In Europe, you may also find these insects, especially in the larval stage, called glowworms.
Did you ever try to catch lightning bugs as a child? Do you have some near you now?
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Anne Heche is on life support after suffering a brain injury in a fiery crash a week ago and her survival isn't expected, according to a statement from a representative.
The actor, who is in a coma and in critical condition, is being kept on life support for possible organ donation, according to the statement released Thursday night on behalf of her family and friends.
Heche, who's been hospitalized at the Grossman Burn Center at West Hills hospital north of Los Angeles, suffered a “severe anoxic brain injury,” the statement said. Such an injury is caused by a sustained lack of oxygen to the brain.
“She is not expected to survive,” the statement said. “It has long been her choice to donate her organs and she is being kept on life support to determine if any are viable."
On the morning of Aug. 5, Heche’s car smashed into a house in a neighborhood in west Los Angeles and a fire erupted with the car embedded inside the home.
Earlier Thursday, police said they were investigating Heche for driving under the influence. Detectives with a search warrant took a sample of her blood and found narcotics in her system, LAPD spokesperson Officer Jeff Lee said.
Toxicology tests, which can take weeks to complete, must be performed to identify the drugs more clearly and to differentiate them from any medication she may have been given for treatment at the hospital.
Evidence is still being gathered from the crash, police said, and they would present a case to prosecutors if it is warranted when the investigation is complete.
A representative for Heche declined comment on the investigation.
On Tuesday, Heche spokesperson Heather Duffy Boylston said she had been in a coma since after the accident, with burns that required surgery and lung injuries that required the use of a ventilator to breathe.
“Anne had a huge heart and touched everyone she met with her generous spirit. More than her extraordinary talent, she saw spreading kindness and joy as her life’s work — especially moving the needle for acceptance of who you love,” Thursday's statement said. “She will be remembered for her courageous honesty and dearly missed for her light.”
Heche, 53, was among the most prominent film stars in Hollywood in the late 1990s, playing opposite actors including Johnny Depp (“Donnie Brasco”) and Harrison Ford (“Six Days, Seven Nights”). In a 2001 memoir, she discussed her lifelong struggles with mental health.
She recently had recurring roles on the network TV series “Chicago P.D.” and “All Rise,” and in 2020 was a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars.” | https://www.katc.com/news/national/anne-heche-crash-friday-august-12 | 2022-08-12T14:05:11Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/anne-heche-crash-friday-august-12 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It's a welcome relief for American drivers.
"I'm not tickled pink, but I'm happier it's less than what it was," said Glen Smith, a private transportation driver.
Gas is averaging less than $4 a gallon for the first time in more than five months.
"If gasoline prices come down, that can help offset some of the increases in the foodstuff prices," said Brian Marks, professor at the University of New Haven Pompea College of Business.
The decrease is part of a complicated picture of the national and global economy.
As inflation data shows price increases stabilizing month-to-month but still sky-high year-over-year, Americans are looking for any way to save money.
But, understanding how much relief the dip really might give us Americans first involves knowing why it’s happening.
Mark Hamrick is Bankrate's Washington bureau chief.
"Demand was much stronger," Hamrick said. "With gasoline prices going as high as they went, there was a reduction in demand for gasoline. So with the efforts to try to bring more supply to market, prices have obviously plummeted.”
The national average for a gallon of gas was $3.99 on Thursday.
The highest average is in Hawaii, where isolation and different sources of oil keep prices high at $5.39.
The lowest price tag is in Texas, where lower gas taxes and access to oil are keeping prices at a cool $3.49.
Experts say rebalancing supply of oil with demand for it is the biggest factor helping prices.
Other more minor factors, like suspending gas taxes and releasing oil from strategic reserves, have helped, but minimally. And, the relief might not stick.
"This level of gasoline supply and the ability to refine crude oil, make it into gasoline, various fuels, is very tight," Hamrick said. "What I mean by that is, essentially, you have refineries operating at the highest level of capacity, and here, we are now sort of moving into the heart of the tropical storm/hurricane season.”
A destructive storm is raising concern because it could disrupt oil production and knock supply and demand off balance once again.
The war in Ukraine also looms over global oil prices — and now potential conflict near Taiwan.
"I worry about geopolitical risk of probably about as much as I worry about anything with respect to the outlook for the U.S. and global economies, because we've had a demonstrated time and time again just how interconnected we are," Hamrick said.
Still, the price drop helps at least a little in the short-term, especially for business owners like Smith who earns money as a chauffeur in Louisiana.
"There for a while, every two days I put $50 of gas in my car, and I'm not working that much," Smith said. "It's $12 to run from the airport to drop off in the city, $12 a trip!"
"It's no longer stealthy; we see it every day," Marks said. "We were seeing it when we were going to the pumps. Now we're seeing that decline when we go to the grocery store. Those are the things that hit us in our face."
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Amy and Gary Green hosting fundraiser for African Community & Conservation Fund and Tusk to fund conservation and fight food poverty in Africa.
Guests joined by WFP Ambassador Paula Abdul, model Christie Brinkley, actor Quinton Aaron and more.
BRIDGEHAMPTON, N.Y., Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On Friday, August 19, 2022 Amy and Gary Green are hosting an evening fundraiser at their home in Bridgehampton, New York to support the philanthropic and conservation efforts of the African Community & Conservation Fund (ACCF) and Tusk, a UK-based charity headed up by Royal Patron, Prince William. The "Karibu Africa" soireé will raise money to help ACCF's and Tusk's many community outreach programs, wildlife protection and anti-poaching efforts, including initiatives to improve livelihoods and combat rising food poverty in East & Southern Africa, particularly Tanzania, Rwanda, Mozambique and Zimbabwe.
Covid-19 devastated jobs and livelihoods across the African continent, and with few economic recovery resources, decades of conservation and community upliftment success has been put at risk. Moreover, Russia's war in Ukraine has collaterally created a global food crisis, as wheat and other grain shipments to Africa have been cut off or dangerously delayed.
"I'm proud to be coming back home to Long Island and to the Hamptons to lift up to the world this message of hope for Africa. The funds will help us fuel capacity-building food security, humanitarian, anti-poaching, and conservation programs at our projects in rural Africa," said Brady Forseth, CEO of ACCF. "We are proud to partner with Tusk on our collective impact work in Zimbabwe and Mozambique and grateful to Gary and Amy Green, as well as Paula Abdul, for their generous support towards this event."
"Following the huge success of the Hamptons Lion Trail last summer, we are delighted to be coming together once more with our partners ACCF to co-host this summer soirée to raise vital funds for our combined conservation efforts across Africa," said Charles Mayhew, MBE, CEO of Tusk.
Amy Green, an ACCF Ambassador, animal activist and conservation, and her husband Gary Green will be joined by global icon and United Nations World Food Program (WFP) Representative, Paula Abdul, as well as model and actress Christie Brinkley and Blindside actor Quinton Aaron. Other celebrities attending include Bakithi Kumalo, a South African bassist, composer, and vocalist who toured with Paul Simon, TikTok influencer and WFP Representative Donlad Dougher, and British Classical singer Katherine Jenkins and her husband, film director Andrew Levitas. Artistic work by photographer and ACCF Ambassador David Yarrow will be among the pieces auctioned.
"We are honored to host this year's 'Karibu Africa' event at our home in the Hamptons. Raising money for such an amazing cause is so important to us," said ACCF Ambassador and event hosts Amy and Gary Green. "Sustainability, education, and love of animals have always been close to our hearts. We have been promoting these causes throughout our lives and are honoured to take this a step further by Amy becoming an ambassador for the African Community & Conservation Foundation."
The "Karibu Africa" soireé will also include an opportunity for guests to pledge generously to a Funding Need and support the Wildlife Ranger Challenge, a pan-African initiative raising vital funds to support rangers, raising awareness of Africa's biodiversity crisis and the conservation heroes standing between species and extinction.
Event Details
Friday, August 19, 2022 6:00pm – 10:00pm
6:00pm Drum performance, red carpet, reception, and view of silent and live auction lots
7:30pm Welcome, Opening Remarks and Presentation
7:45pm Live Auction Commences and Fund a Need
8:15pm Drinks, Hors d'oeuvres
9:00pm Entertainment from End of Code: the Malibu/Monaco Electro-duo of Nicolas Saad and Shawn Pereira
For more information, visit: https://one.bidpal.net/karibuhamptons
Instagram: @africanccf; @tusk_org
Facebook: @africanccf; @tusk.org
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