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When is it OK to decline to tip? We're asking for a friend.
Coloradoan Conversations is the Coloradoan's opinion forum. Each Friday we'll pose conversation-starting questions online at Coloradoan.com/opinion and moderate online discussion through the following Wednesday, recapping the best discussion points online the following Friday and in Sunday's printed edition.
This week's Coloradoan Conversation Starter:
Coloradoan Conversations commenter Harry S. wants to talk tipping, so let's oblige him. Specifically, Harry, who says he's "never been a fan (of tipping) and wish the restaurants would pay a regular wage to employees and charge accordingly for the food," wants to know when it's proper to tip and when it's OK not to.
Should you tip for a $5 bottle of water at a Colorado Rockies game? How about when ordering takeout from a sit-down restaurant, or for online orders? Harry asks: "I get that much of the takeout tipping started during COVID, and I was much more amenable to it then, but what is the proper thing to do now?"
As Harry points out, consumers are being asked to tip in places where they haven't been in the past. Are there places where you've politely drawn the line, or where you've felt pressure to tip more than you're comfortable? How have you handled those situations?
Coloradoan Conversations:Minimum wage increase would provide much needed relief ... or would it, many wonder
Click on the "View Comments" box at the top or bottom of this story at Coloradoan.com/opinion to join the conversation. Print readers can participate online or by sending their thoughts to opinion@coloradoan.com. | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/opinion/2022/08/12/when-is-it-ok-to-decline-to-tip-were-asking-for-a-friend/65400369007/ | 2022-08-12T19:10:24Z | coloradoan.com | control | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/opinion/2022/08/12/when-is-it-ok-to-decline-to-tip-were-asking-for-a-friend/65400369007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HELENA – A federal agency has once again failed to consider possible damage to the environment caused by mining coal when setting land management policies governing a major coal-producing region in Wyoming and Montana, a judge ruled this past week.
The ruling rejected resource management plans created in November 2019 by the Bureau of Land Management offices in Miles City, Montana, and Buffalo, Wyoming. The BLM plans would direct the management of the Powder River Basin – where the land agency says nearly 44% of all coal produced in the U.S. comes from – for the next 20 years.
This is the second time, both under President Donald Trump, that the same jurist has rejected the agency’s resource management plans governing the potential use of just over 20,300 square miles of land in Montana and Wyoming. The Biden administration defended the second plan.
Those 2019 plans also failed to consider limiting the expansion of coal mines or eliminating some coal deposits from leasing eligibility, U.S. District Judge Brian Morris in Great Falls said in his ruling Wednesday.
Morris gave BLM up to a year to produce new resource management plans that take into consideration the public health impacts – both climate and non-climate related – of burning fossil fuels recovered from federal lands when it determines how much, if any, coal should be available to lease.
In the meantime, any new or pending leases of coal, oil or natural gas in the areas must undergo a comprehensive environmental analysis that complies with Morris’ order and the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires agencies to assess the environmental effects of their proposed actions before making decisions.
BLM and the state of Wyoming argued the agency’s land-use planning process did not allow it to consider a no-leasing alternative, court records said.
“Coal mining represents a potentially allowable use of public lands, but BLM is not required to lease public lands,” Morris said.
But coal mines in the region have been closing as scientists say human-caused climate change will continue to make weather more extreme, wildfires more frequent and destructive, and water supplies less reliable.
“The Bureau of Land Management is singularly focused on propping up the dying coal industry at the expense of its legal obligations to consider public health and the climate,” Melissa Hornbein, a senior attorney at the Western Environmental Law Center, said in a statement. “That a federal judge ordered the Bureau to consider a no-leasing alternative and disclose to the public how many people will be sickened and die as a result of the combustion of federal coal is groundbreaking.”
BLM does not comment on pending litigation, spokesperson Brian Hires said.
Agency offices updated their resource management plans in 2015. Environmental groups – including the Western Organization of Resource Councils – challenged the Montana and Wyoming plans in court.
The plans would have made 80 billion tons of federally owned coal available for leasing and allow access to 12,500 square miles of land for oil and gas development, according to the National Resources Defense Council.
Environmental groups argued that the 2015 plans did not meet National Environmental Policy Act requirements in part because they didn’t consider the effect of offering less coal for lease and did not analyze the environmental and human consequences of burning the coal.
In March 2018, Morris ordered the agency to re-do the plans, in part to consider reducing the amount of coal available for leasing and to analyze the environmental effects of burning the coal, oil and natural gas available for lease under the plans. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/economy_and_labor/judge-blm-ignoring-environment-in-coal-region-plan/article_00a721f2-1a68-11ed-935e-d39eb598f0d7.html | 2022-08-12T19:13:57Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/economy_and_labor/judge-blm-ignoring-environment-in-coal-region-plan/article_00a721f2-1a68-11ed-935e-d39eb598f0d7.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LARAMIE – Language in a new ordinance regulating landlords and rental units that generated an upswell of public comment and debate. Now, it has been ruled vague and unconstitutional by a District Court judge.
Judge Tori Kricken, who serves the 2nd Judicial District in Albany County, ruled partly in favor of a local property management company challenging the new regulations, which are set to go into effect Jan. 1. Kricken found some language in the ordinance to be vague or inadequate, prompting questions about what the future of its enforcement could look like.
The Laramie City Council adopted the measure in question, Enrolled Ordinance No. 1802, this January. It sets a minimum threshold of habitability standards landlords must maintain for every rental unit. It also sets a process in place for tenants to file complaints against landlord with the city manager’s office.
Bell Leasing LLC challenged the ordinance in court, asking for summary judgment to disqualify the law, which the court granted in part in an Aug. 1 ruling. The company owns 23 rental properties that have 64 units within Laramie.
The ordinance requires landlords provide basic habitability standards for their tenants, such as working appliances, heating, sanitation and fire safety on rental properties. It gives landlords about a year to register their rental properties with the city and pay a small fee for each of the properties.
The company argued the ordinance should not be implemented because it violates the U.S. and Wyoming constitutions and reaches beyond city authority. While Judge Kricken said the locality does have authority to set rental rules, she found a problem with the language of this particular ordinance, mainly it’s too vague about whether a violation of the rules would be civil or criminal matters.
If landlords fail to follow the requirements outlined in the ordinance, tenants can file a complaint with the city, but only after giving the landlord 10 days written notice of an issue. Another section of the ordinance states only 48 hours notice is required if the complaint involves a lack of essential services.
After conducting an investigation, the city manager may issue a notice with a time frame in which a landlord must make necessary repairs to the property, the ordinance says. Failure to do so could result in a fine of at least $100 each day past the deadline and revocation of the city rental license.
The court took issue with one section. It reads, “Failure to comply with the notice and order issued under this section by the specified date constitutes a violation subject to the penalties,” according to Kricken’s order.
The ambiguous language leaves it unclear whether or not failure to comply with the city manager’s notice is a violation of the law itself, regardless of whether the notice has merit, she wrote.
“This lack of clarity is precisely the type of situation which could impermissibly delegate basic policy matters to policemen, judges and juries for resolution on an ad hoc and subjective basis, with the attendant dangers of arbitrary and discriminatory application,” the order reads.Courts
The court found that the ordinance fails to clarify whether any municipal court hearings could be civil or criminal in nature and what rules and procedures would apply in this process.
Another problem area is language that says a landlord failing to follow the directions of the city manager “shall constitute a violation subject to the penalties” the city has set.
“The use of the phrase ‘shall constitute’ strongly suggests that simply failing to follow the city manager’s notice and order is, in and of itself, a violation – a violation which occurs prior to any judicial review of the ordinance violation alleged in a tenant’s complaint,” Kricken wrote in her order.
The phrase create an “apparent contradiction.” This, the judge wrote, could reasonably confuse someone and potentially outlines that simply failing to comply with the city manager’s directions is itself a violation “regardless of legal defenses or justifications” for them.
Controversy
Since it was debated by the City Council last year, this has generated controversy, questions and complaints from local residents.
Many renters express support for the regulations. Landlords are against them.
City Council candidate Brett Glass often spoke about the standards during public comment sections of council meetings, with his main complaint being they are illegal.
“We can hope that council will reconsider its approach and work within the law to deal with the actual problems that tenants face,” Glass said in response to the Aug. 1 ruling. “The last thing we need in these turbulent times when money is tight is to adopt an unfair ordinance that hikes rents and creates a new, costly, ineffective city bureaucracy.”
While city expected landlords to challenge the ordinance once it became law, the local government felt the ordinance was legally sound when they created it, said City Attorney Robert Southard.
“What we could foresee was a challenge,” Southard said. “We had beliefs about what was proper and tried to have the ordinance fall well within that, but you never know what a judge might think.”
The municipality is still undecided about how it will respond to the ruling, but will make sure to be in compliance with the law, Southard said. This could mean changing enforcement procedures outlined in the ordinance or choosing to appeal.
Conversation about the ordinance could be far from over, as Bell Leasing also has the right to appeal the decision and attempt to receive a more comprehensive rebuttal of the ordinance.
Bell Leasing attorneys Kermit Brown and Jeff Van Fleet of Laramie-based Brown & Hiser did not respond to a request for comment. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/legal_and_courts/court-rules-language-in-laramie-rental-law-vague-unconstitutional/article_d28b02ca-1a67-11ed-95a7-7f23340eb837.html | 2022-08-12T19:14:03Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/legal_and_courts/court-rules-language-in-laramie-rental-law-vague-unconstitutional/article_d28b02ca-1a67-11ed-95a7-7f23340eb837.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
New business offers a fleet of 45 rental cars in Acadia, seating two, four, or six passengers
BAR HARBOR, Maine, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Acadia GEM—a clean, all-electric, and fun way to explore Acadia National Park—has launched 45-car fleet, seating two, four, or six passengers per vehicle. Waev's GEM (Global Electric Motorcar) vehicles are 100 percent electric low-speed vehicles and legal on any paved road posted at 35MPH or less. They are made in the USA.
Acadia GEM began as an idea for a fun way to explore Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park in an easy-to-maneuver vehicle. Jeff Young and Eben Salvatore, co-owners of the new business, have lived on Mount Desert Island all their lives and have decades of experience accommodating visitors in Bar Harbor. They are excited with the idea of navigating through the busy summer streets of Bar Harbor and experiencing the beautiful island and Acadia National Park in a different way.
"Millions of people visit Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park every summer," said Jeff Young, co-owner of Acadia GEM. "Our fleet allows them a fully electric and fun way to explore the area. Our GEMs have a glass roof and removable doors, which really provides an amazing quiet and open-air Acadia experience."
Young added, "In order to reverse the direction our climate is heading, we all need to do our part. Acadia GEM is proud to provide our visitors the option of exploring Acadia while reducing emissions."
Those interested can book a GEM experience here. The company also offers a map of places to explore (see here).
"Since Acadia National Park is one of the most beautiful national parks in our nation, it is fitting that we do our part to protect its fragile environment. By offering electric vehicles, we can allow visitors to see the beauty of the park without damaging it for future generations," said Salvatore.
Salvatore added that in recent months they have seen a massive surge of interest from visitors and are confident in GEM becoming a go-to experience for all visitors to the park.
"Our fleet recently passed 40,000 miles for the season. It's exciting to think about how much air pollution we are preventing. Acadia GEM provides a clean and fun way for visitors to enjoy the beauty of Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park without leaving a carbon footprint. In fact, this may be the only EV service of its kind in any national park in the country," said Salvatore.
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Anne Heche died Friday following a fiery car crash that left her in a coma for a week — with her rep confirming that she is “brain dead” and under California law that is the definition of death.
Heche died at a Los Angeles-area hospital, her rep said in a statement Friday. She was 53.
“We have lost a bright light, a kind and most joyful soul, a loving mother, and a loyal friend,” the statement said.
“Anne will be deeply missed but she lives on through her beautiful sons, her iconic body of work, and her passionate advocacy. Her bravery for always standing in her truth, spreading her message of love and acceptance, will continue to have a lasting impact.”
The actress, who is best known for her role as Patricia Campbell in NBC’s drama “The Brave,” was unable to regain consciousness after suffering horrific burns in the crash on August 5.
After she was declared brain dead, Heche’s loved ones kept her on life support to determine whether she could donate her organs.
“It has long been her choice to donate her organs,” her spokesperson told Page Six this week.
Officers believed Heche could have been intoxicated when she plowed her blue Mini Cooper into a suburban LA home, igniting a serious fire.
Law enforcement sources told TMZ that Heche had taken cocaine that might have contained fentanyl before the crash.
Heche “suffered a severe anoxic brain injury” due to the accident, her rep told Page Six on Aug. 11.
The Los Angeles Police Department obtained a warrant shortly after pulling the actress from the wreckage to test her blood alcohol level.
The results are yet to be released.
Heche’s rep thanked the actress’ fans “for their kind wishes and prayers” as well as “the dedicated staff and wonderful nurses” who have cared for her.
“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,” her rep concluded.
“She will be remembered for her courageous honesty and dearly missed for her light.”
A red-capped bottle was seen in Heche’s car’s cupholder in a photo TMZ reported was taken before the crash.
Before becoming a famous name in Hollywood, Heche got her start at a young age in soap operas.
She played identical twins Vicky Hudson and Marley Love on “Another World” from 1987 to 1991 before she vaulted into movies like “Wag the Dog,” and “Donnie Brasco.”
One of her biggest films was 1998’s “Six Days Seven Nights” in which she starred opposite Harrison Ford.
More recently, Heche joined forces with close friend and PR executive Heather Duffy Boylston for a podcast titled “Better Together.”
Born in Aurora, Ohio, Heche was the youngest in a struggling family of five children. Her brother Nathan died at 18, three months after their father, in a car wreck.
Heche was often open about her struggles with substance abuse as a result of the trauma.
The actress’s romantic life also often made headlines, including her high-profile relationship with Ellen DeGeneres.
The pair dated from 1997 to 2000 and Heche previously revealed to Page Six that their romance got her “blacklisted” by Hollywood at the time.
“I didn’t do a studio picture for 10 years,” she claimed. “I was fired from a $10 million picture deal and did not see the light of day in a studio picture.”
Heche also dated comedian Steve Martin from 1994 to 1997, right before she met DeGeneres.
After she and DeGeneres broke up, Heche married cameraman Coleman Laffoon, with whom she had a son, Homer Laffoon, now 20. The two were married from 2001 to 2009.
Heche also leaves behind her 13-year-old son, Atlas Heche Tupper, whom she had with her “Men in Trees” co-star, James Tupper. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/12/actress-anne-heche-dead-at-53-after-horror-car-crash/ | 2022-08-12T19:17:08Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/12/actress-anne-heche-dead-at-53-after-horror-car-crash/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Writer Taslima Nasreen has said she was worried after hearing about the attack on Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, who is battling death threats for years after the publication of his novel 'The Satanic Verses' published in 1988.
Rushdie, had been reportedly stabbed on stage at Chautauqua Institution in western New York, before he was to deliver a lecture on artistic freedom on Friday. The attacker was detained. Authorities have not come out with the motive for the attack yet.
A fatwa had been issued by Iran's former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989 and Rushdie had been living under police protection.
Bangladeshi writer Nasreen, who had also received threats and suffered assaults from Islamic groups for her novel Lajja, shared her thoughts soon after the news of the attack on Rushdie came out.
"I just learned that Salman Rushdie was attacked in New York. I am really shocked. I never thought it would happen. He has been living in the West, and he has been protected since 1989. If he is attacked, anyone who is critical of Islam can be attacked. I am worried," Nasreen tweeted.
"Ppl r saying let's see what ws the motive bhind the attack on Rushdie b4 making comment. Is it very hard to speculate tht an Islamist tried to kill him as he ws a target of Islamists?What wd they say if it comes out tht the attacker was an Islamist?' Oh no,he's not a true Muslim'? (sic)" read her second tweet.
Taslima Nasreen, who fled Bangladesh to live in India, had to leave her home in Kolkata in November, 2007, after riots broke out.
Nasreen, now 60, fled Bangladesh for the first time in 1994 when a court said she had "deliberately and maliciously" hurt Muslims' religious feelings with her Bengali-language novel "Lajja", or "Shame", which is about riots between Muslims and Hindus, according to a Reuters report.
Thousands protested against her in Bangladesh then, demanding she be killed for blasphemy. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/08/12/salman-rushdie-attack-writer-taslima-nasreen-worried.html | 2022-08-12T19:18:12Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/08/12/salman-rushdie-attack-writer-taslima-nasreen-worried.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Lucknow: The Anti-Terrorist Squad of Uttar Pradesh Police on Friday arrested an alleged terrorist linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed, who was tasked with carrying out a 'fidayeen' attack on suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma.
Accused Mohammad Nadeem (25) is a native of Kunda Kala village under Gangoh police station area in Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Prashant Kumar said in a statement.
The ADGP claimed that the police recovered chats and voice messages from Nadeem's phone and these messages were traced to Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Two SIM cards and literature on preparing various kinds bombs were also recovered from him. He has been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act at ATS police station in Lucknow, the statement said.
During interrogation, Nadeem admitted that he was in direct contact with JeM since 2018 and that the outfit had invited him over to Pakistan and Syria for special training, the statement said, adding he had been waiting for a visa.
Nupur Sharma's comments against Prophet Mohammad during a television debate in May had sparked outrage and protests across the country and abroad, prompting the BJP to suspend her as its national spokesperson. She had received several death threats too. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/08/13/nupur-sharma-attack-plan-ats-arrest-jaish-e-mohammed-terrorist.amp.html | 2022-08-12T19:18:18Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/08/13/nupur-sharma-attack-plan-ats-arrest-jaish-e-mohammed-terrorist.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — German officials say water levels on the Rhine River could reach a critically low point in the coming days, making the transport of goods along the river increasingly difficult.
Weeks of dry weather have turned several of Europe’s major waterways into trickles, posing a headache for German factories and power plants that rely on deliveries by ship and making an economic slowdown ever more likely.
“This is particularly the case for the Rhine, whose nautical bottleneck at Kaub has very low water levels but which remains navigable for ships with small drafts,” said Tim Alexandrin, a spokesman for Germany's Transport Ministry, to the Associated Press.
Authorities predict water levels at the town of Kaub will dip below 16 inches early Friday and keep falling over the weekend.
While this is higher than the record low seen in October 2018, many large ships could struggle to safely pass the river at that point.
Low water levels isn't the only thing causing a headache in Germany.
Prices on natural gas have skyrocketed due to flows of it shrinking. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/rhine-river-could-fall-below-critical-mark-risking-industry | 2022-08-12T19:21:15Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/rhine-river-could-fall-below-critical-mark-risking-industry | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LOS ANGELES — Award-winning actress Anne Heche, who starred in “Six Days, Seven Nights” and was one of the hottest actors in Hollywood in the late 1990s, has been "declared brain dead" but remains on life support for organ donation, a family spokesperson said Friday.
Heche, 53, had been in a coma after suffering a “severe anoxic brain injury” in a fiery crash a week ago. She has been hospitalized at the Grossman Burn Center at West Hills hospital north of Los Angeles.
On Thursday night, her family released a statement that the actress was “not expected to survive” and it had "long been her choice to donate her organs."
Under California law, by being declared brain dead Heche is legally considered dead, but the family's spokesperson confirmed she is still on life support for organ donation and her heart is still beating.
Heche was involved in a fiery car crash on Aug. 5, when she crashed into a home in Los Angeles. According to local media reports, her vehicle hit a two-story house in the Mar Vista area of L.A. and started a fire that took nearly 60 firefighters more than an hour to put out, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
Three days after that crash, a representative revealed that Heche had slipped into a coma following the crash and had been in critical condition.
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.
Heche is known for starring in the action-comedy film "Six Days, Seven Nights" and appearing on the soap opera "Another World," for which she won a daytime Emmy. She is set to appear on the upcoming HBO drama "The Idol."
In the late 1990s she became one of the hottest actors in Hollywood, a constant on magazine covers and in big-budget films. She co-starred with Johnny Depp in 1997's “Donnie Brasco”; with Tommy Lee Jones in 1997's “Volcano”; with Harrison Ford in 1998's “Six Days, Seven Nights”; with Vince Vaughn and Joaquin Phoenix in 1998's “Return to Paradise,” and with an ensemble cast in the original 1997 “I Know What You Did Last Summer.”
Her relationship with Ellen DeGeneres from 1997 to 2000 heightened her fame and brought immense public scrutiny.
She recently had recurring roles on the network series “Chicago P.D.” and “All Rise,” and in 2020 was a contestant on “Dancing With the Stars.”
TEGNA contributed to this report. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/anne-heche-not-expected-to-survive/507-db0e1091-ba4c-40e9-8c64-4c1b62946291 | 2022-08-12T19:22:38Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/anne-heche-not-expected-to-survive/507-db0e1091-ba4c-40e9-8c64-4c1b62946291 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SPOKANE, Wash. — Strong and severe thunderstorms are likely this Friday afternoon for portions of North Idaho and possibly eastern Washington too.
The Severe Weather Outlook from the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) has been raised to a "Slight Risk." This is category 2 out of 5 on the nationwide scale. And for the Inland Northwest, this is an urgent risk for the region. Damaging hail and wind are the main threats for the strong storms to develop today.
While a couple of strong and severe storms already formed in Washington this morning before 9 a.m., the main event of storms will develop after 2 p.m. Friday and last through about 10 p.m. The first storms should form in central Idaho and then travel northward towards Coeur d'Alene and Wallace at approximately 8 p.m.
The cut of low pressure off the coast of Washington is providing both a source of lift and storm initiation, as well as a high level of atmospheric instability. For the Spokane area, dew points in the mid-50s are fairly humid. While the energy levels (known as Convective Available Potential Energy, or CAPE) are above 1,000 J/kg which is very high for this part of the county!
Once the first storm forms, it will be sustained by the high instability of the atmosphere and be able to create a violent thunderstorm with lightning, hail, and high winds quickly.
Red Flag Warnings were also issued for eastern and northern Washington as the lightning could spark wildfires. While the thunderstorms themselves are expected to contain lots of heavy rain, the grass and fuels are much drier and are still a risk.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings are issued by NWS Spokane for an imminent or occurring severe thunderstorm. Be sure to head these alerts and if are issued for your area, you should seek shelter inside immediately and stay away from windows.
Be sure to follow KREM 2 Meteorologists Jeremy LaGoo, Thomas Patrick, and Michelle Boss on Twitter for information on the thunderstorms and severe weather forecasts in real-time.
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To report a typo or grammatical error, please email webspokane@krem.com. | https://www.krem.com/article/weather/severe-thunderstorm-threat-spokane-north-idaho-friday/293-3448b57d-f2c1-456d-b5c1-58a64d419878 | 2022-08-12T19:23:02Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/weather/severe-thunderstorm-threat-spokane-north-idaho-friday/293-3448b57d-f2c1-456d-b5c1-58a64d419878 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
VALENCIA, Calif., Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Cunard today announced updated Covid-19 protocols and guidelines, with adjusted pre-travel testing requirements.
From Tuesday, September 6, 2022 self-testing prior to travel will change from "mandatory" to "highly recommended" for vaccinated guests on the vast majority of voyages.
Only guests sailing on longer, more complex itineraries will be required to have an observed or in person antigen or PCR test with a fit to travel certificate prior to departure. These include a number of sailings of 16 nights or more and other specific voyages.
These new guidelines apply to all Cunard itineraries sailing from Southampton, England, and all other departure points, with the exception of countries where government regulations and protocols may vary including Canada and Australia.
The vaccination policy for Cunard guests remains the same and full details can be found at: Our assurance to you (cunard.com)
"These updated protocols reflect the current environment across the world and while certain key elements have relaxed, our commitment to protect the health and wellbeing of all guests, crew and the communities we visit remains an ongoing and vital consideration," said Matt Gleaves, vice president, Commercial, North America and Australasia. "They also ensure that the ease of cruising remains at the fore and that all guests of all ages can enjoy a voyage with unrivalled dining, relaxation and exploration options and unmatched service levels at extraordinary value for money."
Exact requirements will be communicated to all guests in due course with the latest updates on www.cunard.com from early September.
All the updated guidelines and protocols are subject to local regulations of applicable homeports and destinations.
The company is part of Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE:CUK).
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Netflix Renews Love, Death + Robots For Season 4
Rumors about Netflix gutting its animation department have been swirling for months. But thankfully, at least one beloved show is surviving the purge. The streaming service has announced that Love, Death + Robots is coming back for another volume of episodes. And it will once again premiere new adult-oriented sci-fi shorts from some of the best animation studios in the business.
The latest season of the critically-acclaimed anthology series hit the platform back in May and consisted of nine episodes (making it half as long as the first season, but one episode longer than volume 2). As with earlier episodes, the creators pulled from a variety of short stories penned by renowned sci-fi and fantasy authors, including John Scalzi, Neal Asher, and Michael Swanwick. David Fincher and Deadpool director Tim Miller serve as executive producers, with Jennifer Yuh Nelson acting as supervising director.
Additionally, volume 3 signaled a few changes for the show. The new season’s premiere episode, “Three Robots: Exit Strategies” marked the first time that the series revisited characters from an earlier installment. Additionally, Fincher made his series directorial debut on episode 2, “Bad Traveling,” which saw him reunite with his Seven screenwriter, Andrew Kevin Walker. At 21 minutes, it was also the longest episode that the series has ever produced.
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Sony Pictures Imageworks, Titmouse, Miller’s own Blur Studio are among the list of animation houses that lent their talents to Love, Death + Robots volume 3. The new episodes also drafted some recognizable voice talent, including Mackenzie Davis, Joel McHale, Rosario Dawson, Craig Ferguson, Joe Manganiello, and Jai Courtney. Later this year, the show will compete in the Outstanding Short Form Animation category at the 74th annual Emmy Awards with its “Jibaro” episode.
Netflix hasn’t announced a release date for Love, Death + Robots volume 4, but a 2024 premiere seems likely.
Are you happy to hear that the series is coming back with more episodes? Are there any stories from previous episodes you’re hoping to see continue? Let us know in the comment section below!
Recommended Reading: Love, Death + Robots: The Official Anthology : Volume One
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The White House has a new messaging challenge on its hands: Donald Trump.
President Biden, wary of appearing to influence the ongoing Justice Department investigation into the former president, doesn’t want to talk about the FBI search earlier this week at Mar-a-Lago.
Democrats say that’s the right approach, but it means Republicans hurling accusations and condemnations at the Justice Department and FBI will largely go unanswered by the White House. It also suggests that Biden is likely to shy away from openly criticizing his predecessor for the time being, despite most signs pointing to a Trump-Biden rematch in 2024.
Instead, White House officials are trying to focus on Biden’s accomplishments — which have grown substantially in recent weeks — but the frenzy surrounding the Trump probe threatens to drown out those efforts.
“It’s a tricky spot to be in, for the White House,” one Democratic strategist said. “On the one hand, you really can’t be out in front of it. On the other hand, you don’t want the narrative to be locked in and that people assume there was some conspiracy here.”
News of the FBI search on Trump’s property — the first targeting a former president in the nation’s history — sent shockwaves through Washington when Trump disclosed it in a statement on Monday.
In the days since, Trump’s Republican allies have heaped criticism on Biden, the Justice Department, and the FBI, lobbing accusations about politicization and bias and vowing congressional investigations should they retake Congress after the November midterms.
The White House has largely ignored the developments, except to make clear that officials are keeping distance from the investigation by repeatedly deferring to the Justice Department.
“The Department of Justice is going to conduct these investigations free of any political interference, free of the White House telling them what to do or orchestrating anything,” White House senior adviser Anita Dunn said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” Thursday.
Attorney General Merrick Garland addressed the search for the first time on Thursday, announcing that the Justice Department had asked a court to unseal the warrant authorizing the search of Trump’s Florida residence and to reveal what was collected — so long as Trump agrees to make that information public.
Biden, who is in South Carolina on a family vacation, has not yet publicly commented on the developments, and White House officials said he had no knowledge the search would take place. A White House official also said they had no knowledge Garland would make a surprise announcement Thursday ahead of time.
“They’re not saying anything now because, one, it wouldn’t be appropriate and, two, I don’t know there’s anything they could say,” said Steve Cash, a national security lawyer and former counsel for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).
Meanwhile, the White House is preparing to embark on a new push to promote Biden’s accomplishments, namely a signature piece of legislation to lower prescription drug costs and address climate change that is expected to pass the House on Friday. The passage of the legislation would be far and away the biggest news of the week — if not for the revelations about the Mar-a-Lago search.
“Taking a step back, the White House has had an incredible recent run,” said Jim Manley, a former aide to the late Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.). “Unfortunately they’re running up against this other narrative and they can’t do much about it. Unlike the last administration, they’re not going to get involved in an ongoing investigation, and that’s the right call.”
A senior White House official told reporters on Thursday that Biden hasn’t shied away from calling out “threats” posed by Trump and the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection but made clear the administration’s focus would be on highlighting policies that address Americans’ concerns about economic conditions and other everyday issues.
Biden has mostly avoided discussing Trump during his tenure and rarely refers to him by name. But that shifted somewhat in recent weeks, as Biden proactively jabbed Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot and appeared to relish the idea of a 2024 rematch with the former president as the House committee investigating the riot held a series of public hearings on the matter.
As with the specific revelations of the congressional probe into the Jan. 6 attack, Biden has taken pains to avoid discussing any Trump-related Justice Department investigations.
Some say Biden shouldn’t shrink from the issue.
Democratic strategist Chuck Rocha, who served as a senior adviser to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) during his 2020 presidential campaign, said Biden should come at Trump strongly.
“He should say the FBI is an independent organization and that’s what it should always be and nobody is above the law, including a former president of the United States,” Rocha said.
Republican strategist Susan Del Percio, who served as an adviser to the Lincoln Project and supported Biden during the presidential race, said Biden is handling Trump as he should.
“There’s nothing he can do now to put it in Trump’s face. It’s already there,” Del Percio said. “He’s not one who will start belittling someone for support. That’s what Donald Trump does.”
“Let Donald Trump say, ‘it’s Biden. It’s Biden,’ she said. “The way stuff is going, he’s not going to know which fire to put out first.”
But Democratic strategist Rodell Mollineau acknowledged that Democrats might be losing the narrative to date.
“From a communications war, are we losing the framing war on day three? Yes,” he said. “But ultimately I think the narrative will shift.”
Officials have signaled that any information about the Trump probe will come from the Justice Department, which normally does not comment publicly on ongoing investigations.
Garland defended the Justice Department and FBI against “unfounded attacks” during a rare press conference Thursday, declaring that he would “not stand by silently when their integrity is unfairly attacked.”
Manley credited Garland with holding the press conference, saying he “owned the investigation.”
“That’s the right way to go,” Manley said. “As someone who has maybe taken too pessimistic of a view of Democrats’ chances in recent months, it’s too bad the administration is enjoying all these successes when Trump is getting in more and more trouble but there’s nothing they can do about it. That’s politics.” | https://www.wwlp.com/hill-politics/bidens-new-challenge-is-fbis-trump-search/ | 2022-08-12T19:35:35Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/hill-politics/bidens-new-challenge-is-fbis-trump-search/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Former President Donald Trump is reportedly nearing a decision on when to announce a 2024 bid to return to the White House, but his legal troubles continue to build — not just with the recent FBI search at Mar-a-Lago.
Multiple federal and state investigations are ongoing regarding the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, his handling of confidential documents and his family business.
Civil lawsuits accusing Trump of defamation and spurring on US Capitol rioters also remain on the docket.
Here’s an updated list of notable investigations and lawsuits:
White House documents: Did Trump mishandle classified material?
The search warrant executed at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Monday sent shockwaves through the legal and political worlds and shows the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into the handling of classified information is accelerating.
After days of misinformation on the right about the search, fueled by Trump and his allies, Attorney General Merrick Garland broke his silence on Thursday and announced that the department had filed in court a request that the search warrant and property receipt from the search be unsealed.
The Justice Department has been instructed by the court to confer with Trump about its request to unseal certain warrant documents from the FBI Mar-a-Lago search and to tell the court by 3 p.m. ET on Friday if he opposes their release. On Truth Social late Thursday night, Trump said he would “not oppose the release of documents,” adding, “I am going a step further by ENCOURAGING the immediate release of those documents.”
The National Archives, charged with collecting and sorting presidential material, has previously said that at least 15 boxes of White House records were recovered from Mar-a-Lago — including records that may have been classified. In June, federal investigators served a grand jury subpoena and took away sensitive national security documents.
Then, according to sources who spoke to CNN, prosecutors developed evidence that there were potentially classified documents with national security implications remaining at the property and suspicions that Trump’s team wasn’t being entirely forthcoming. That led the FBI to come in on Monday and remove more boxes from the property.
The Washington Post, citing people familiar with the investigation, reported on Thursday that classified documents relating to nuclear weapons were among the items sought by authorities. CNN has not independently confirmed the report.
Any unauthorized retention or destruction of White House documents raises a red flag under a criminal law that prohibits the removal or destruction of official government records, legal experts tell CNN.
Before the search, CNN revealed earlier this month that Trump lawyers and the DOJ were in direct communication regarding his efforts to shield conversations he had while he was president from federal investigators in the department’s January 6 probe.
January 6 and overturning the election: House select committee and Justice Department
The House select committee investigating the US Capitol attack has uncovered dramatic evidence of Trump’s actions before and on January 6, especially efforts to use the levers of government to overturn the election.
“Over the course of the two months’ worth of hearings, the committee tapped into the hundreds of taped depositions, as well as key witnesses who testified live, to present a devastating case that Trump sought multiple avenues to try to overturn the 2020 presidential election even after he was told he lost, that the former President knew ahead of time January 6 could turn violent, and that he chose not to act when his supporters attacked the Capitol and put the lives of lawmakers — not to mention his own vice president — in danger.”
During the hearings, fingers were pointed at GOP lawmakers and Trump allies who may have tried to help overturn the election and Trump White House officials who failed to stop the former President’s actions.
And dramatically, testimony from a former White House aide described hearing an account of a Trump demand to be driven to the Capitol on January 6 — an account in which Trump was said to have lashed out at Secret Service agents when he was told no.
The Justice Department is watching — and has an investigation of its own — so while there’s an outstanding question if the committee will recommend any charges for DOJ, it’s not a requirement for the feds to act if the committee does make a referral.
2020 Election: Efforts to overturn Georgia results
Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis is overseeing a special grand jury investigating what Trump or his allies may have done in their efforts to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory in Georgia.
Willis, a Democrat, has informed all 16 of the individuals who signed an “unofficial electoral certificate,” which was ultimately sent to the National Archives in late 2020, that they may be indicted in the probe.
The investigation may be drawing closer to Trump as well. Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani is scheduled to appear before the grand jury on August 17.
The probe was launched last year following Trump’s call with Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, in which he pushed the Republican to “find” votes to overturn the election results.
Willis has also been digging into Trump’s calls with Raffensperger and another official in the Secretary of State’s office; presentations Giuliani made before state lawmakers that were riddled with election falsehoods; a phone call between South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and Raffensperger; and the sudden resignation of Byung “BJay” Pak, the US attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.
The Justice Department, meanwhile, is looking at an aspect of a plot to put forward fake GOP electors from seven states.
Fake certificates were created by Trump allies in Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Nevada and New Mexico, who sought to replace valid presidential electors from their states with a pro-Trump slate.
Trump Organization: NY AG criminal and civil investigation
Trump this week took the Fifth at his deposition in New York Attorney General Letitia James’ investigation of his namesake business in response to hundreds of questions.
The investigation is nearing the end and James’ office said it needed to question the Trump family to determine who had responsibility for the financial statements at the center of the investigation. Donald Trump Jr. and Ivanka Trump also recently were deposed and did answer questions. Eric Trump was questioned in 2020 and declined to answer more than 500 questions.
James, a Democrat, has previously said her office uncovered “significant” evidence “indicating that the Trump Organization used fraudulent or misleading asset valuations to obtain a host of economic benefits, including loans, insurance coverage and tax deductions.”
The investigation also includes the role of the company’s long-time appraiser Cushman & Wakefield. (The company denies any wrongdoing.)
Trump has decried the investigation as politically motivated.
“When your family, your company, and all the people in your orbit have become the targets of an unfounded, politically motivated Witch Hunt supported by lawyers, prosecutors, and the Fake News Media, you have no choice” but to invoke the Fifth Amendment, Trump said Wednesday.
Trump Organization: NY DA criminal investigation
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg inherited that office’s probe into Trump’s businesses, but it has slowed significantly.
Prosecutors were focusing on the accuracy of the Trump Organization’s financial statements when seeking financing, people familiar with the matter have told CNN.
Earlier this year, Carey Dunne and Mark Pomerantz, two senior prosecutors on the team, resigned after Bragg informed them that he wasn’t prepared to move forward with criminal charges, CNN’s Kara Scannell reported.
A special grand jury hearing evidence in the case expired in April, but a new one could be seated in the future.
Bragg has maintained the investigation is ongoing and prosecutors are reviewing new evidence. He said he will issue a public statement or an indictment when it’s completed.
Personal finances: Litigation with niece Mary Trump
Trump and his niece Mary are in court over her cut of a 2001 family settlement.
In 2020, Mary Trump sued Trump, his sister Maryanne Trump Barry, a retired judge, and the executor of her late uncle Robert Trump’s estate, alleging “they designed and carried out a complex scheme to siphon funds away from her interests, conceal their grift, and deceive her about the true value of what she had inherited.”
Meanwhile, the former President is suing his niece and The New York Times in New York state court over the disclosure of his tax information.
Defamation: Suit over Trump’s denial of rape claims by E. Jean Carroll
Magazine writer E. Jean Carroll alleged Trump raped her in a New York department store dressing room in the mid 1990s and defamed her when he denied the rape, said she was not his type and alleged she made the claim to boost sales of her book.
Trump and the Justice Department say Trump was a federal employee and his statements denying Carroll’s allegations were made in response to reporters’ questions while he was at the White House. They argue the Justice Department should be substituted as the defendant, which, because the government cannot be sued for defamation, would end the lawsuit.
A federal judge denied that effort. DOJ and Trump appealed the ruling, and no decision has been made.
Trump lost an attempt to countersue earlier this year.
Michael Cohen: Claims of retaliation against Trump and Barr
Trumps’ former lawyer, Michael Cohen, is suing Trump, former Attorney General William Barr and others, alleging they put him back in jail to prevent him from promoting his upcoming book while under home confinement.
Cohen was serving the remainder of his sentence for lying to Congress and campaign violations at home, due to Covid-19 concerns, when he started a social media campaign in summer 2020. In retaliation, Cohen says he was sent back to prison and spent 16 days in solitary.
A hearing was held in early August on Trump’s bid to dismiss the lawsuit; a ruling has not yet been issued.
Tax returns: Will Congress see them?
Democratic lawmakers are still trying to get hold of Trump’s tax records from the Internal Revenue Service.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday sided with a House Ways and Means Committee request — originally made in 2019 — to obtain the returns, upholding a ruling from a Trump-nominated district court judge.
But Trump can appeal to the full circuit court or to the Supreme Court, and so far he has not shied away from throwing all legal arguments forward to prevent his tax records from being released to Congress or state investigators.
January 6: Lawsuits by police officers
Several members of the US Capitol Police and Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police are suing Trump, saying his words and actions incited the riot. Their cases were merged with a similar case filed by Democratic lawmakers.
The various cases accuse Trump of directing assault and battery; aiding and abetting assault and battery; and violating local Washington, DC, laws that prohibit incitement of riots and disorderly conduct.
A federal judge in February said Trump’s statements to his supporters before the riot are “the essence of civil conspiracy,” and lawsuits by the police officers have been allowed to proceed. Trump is challenging the judge’s ruling in a federal appeals court.
Trump and his top advisers have not been charged with any crimes. Trump and others who are sued have argued they are not responsible for the actions of the people who stormed the Capitol.
Peter Strzok lawsuit
Former top FBI counter-intelligence official Peter Strzok, who was terminated by the FBI in 2018 after the revelation of anti-Trump texts Strzok exchanged with a top lawyer at the bureau, Lisa Page, has sued DOJ alleging he was improperly terminated. Strzok is now seeking to depose Trump for the case, though the judge has not said yet how she’ll rule on a DOJ request to block the deposition.
Strzok and Page were constant targets of verbal attacks by Trump and his allies as part of the larger ire Trump expressed toward the FBI during the Trump-Russia investigation. Trump repeatedly and publicly called for Strzok’s ouster until Strzok was fired in August 2018.
Biden has until mid-October to determine whether he will assert executive privilege and hinder Strzok’s effort to obtain testimony from Trump.
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Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen restaurant is finally making its debut in California. Harrah’s Resort Southern California initially announced its partnership with the British chef in July 2021. Hell’s Kitchen officially opens on Friday at the Valley Center property, but if you’re planning on dining, reservations must be made in advance and they’re going fast.
We got to preview the new celebrity kitchen concept, which features decorative elements and menu items inspired by the hit reality TV cooking competition, “Hell’s Kitchen,” earlier this week.
We’ve got the details on the all-new space, which includes an elevated bar with Ramsay’s signature cocktails, an entire room dedicated to red wine and menu items that were standouts on the series.
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Justin Herbert won’t play in the Chargers’ exhibition-opening game Saturday against the Rams, but Chase Daniel and Easton Stick will get plenty of snaps. Khalil Mack and Joey Bosa aren’t likely to be in pads, and J.C. Jackson and Derwin James Jr. probably won’t play, either.
Most, but not all, of the Chargers’ starters won’t play until their season-opening game Sept. 11 against the Las Vegas Raiders at SoFi Stadium. Some training camp battles must be determined before opening day, so some potential starters and key backups will play against the Rams.
Backup quarterback is one of those positions.
“You’re going to see both quarterbacks in the preseason,” Chargers coach Brandon Staley said, referring to Daniel and Stick. “It’s going to be a real healthy competition between both of them. I like the way both of them are playing. I think it’ll probably be similar to last season.”
Right tackle is another.
“I think you’ll definitely be able to see both of those guys,” Staley said.
By “both of those guys,’ Staley meant Storm Norton and Trey Pipkins III.
Backup running back is yet another battle, with Joshua Kelley, Larry Rountree III and Isaiah Spiller among the top contenders to play behind starter Austin Ekeler. If the Chargers stick to their less-is-more plan with Ekeler this season, then this could be a very important job.
The backup receiver positions also could be up for grabs among a larger group that includes Joshua Palmer, DeAndre Carter, Michael Bandy, Jalen Guyton, Jason Moore Jr. and Joe Reed. Carter is the top kick and punt returner on the depth chart, but he’s caught plenty of passes in camp.
Staley gave a very long answer when asked about the process of determining who plays during the exhibitions against the Rams on Saturday, the Dallas Cowboys on Aug. 20 and the New Orleans Saints on Aug. 26. The short version is that the games are important for evaluation.
“If we know who you are and … we don’t need to evaluate you, then you’re probably not going to play in the preseason,” Staley said. “But … if we feel like those experiences are going to benefit them, then that’s the direction we’re going to go. Then, your health is a big, big factor, too.”
In other words, a healthy Herbert isn’t likely to play a down until the opening drive against the Raiders, leaving Daniel and Stick to guide the team and battle for second on the depth chart. Herbert has nothing to prove after setting a Chargers record with 5,014 passing yards last season.
Daniel and Stick have plenty to prove.
Stick is the likely front-runner, but nothing has been settled.
Daniel is likely to play one half Saturday and Stick is expected to play the other.
“I think he has a huge role on this team,” Staley said specifically of Stick. “I thought he had a huge role last year. Easton is really improving as a player and I can’t say that enough. He and Chase play a big role with Justin, and we feel like our quarterback (position) is a big edge for our team.”
So, what should we expect to see from the Chargers on Saturday against the Rams and in the two exhibitions to follow? Maybe some healthy competition for jobs. Perhaps some over-eagerness after three weeks of practicing against teammates. Probably some mistakes, too.
It’s all part and parcel of playing football in August.
“I think our guys are ready to compete against somebody else,” Staley said. “I think we’re at that healthy point in camp where our systems have been installed, you’re playing against the same people, and there’s that extra physicality that comes with playing against the same people all the time.
“I felt like it has been a really healthy competition (in camp), especially coming off the (intrasquad) scrimmage (Sunday). I feel like our guys are improving and that’s what I like to see the most. It got a little edgy this week on the practice field and that’s always a healthy thing. It’s a sign of pride in performance.”
Then there is the nagging question of James’ participation. Or lack thereof. He hasn’t joined the Chargers for any of their 13 camp practices while awaiting a contract extension that’s expected sooner than later. The Chargers don’t seem all that concerned – outwardly, at least.
“A huge part of me wishes that he was out here,” Staley said. “It would make everybody a lot better, but this is just part of the process. This is a big thing for him and we’re working through it, and we’ve done a really good job as an organization and with his team of working through it together.”
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Democrats are holding an edge over Republicans on a generic ballot for the state legislature in three battleground states, according to a new poll.
The poll, commissioned by the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (DLCC) and conducted by the left-leaning Public Policy Polling (PPP) that was shared exclusively with The Hill, shows that Democrats have an edge in state legislature generic ballots in Michigan, Colorado and Nevada.
The poll found that Democrats hold a 5 percentage point lead over Republicans when respondents in Michigan were asked which candidate they would vote for in their district if the election for state legislature was held today.
Forty-eight percent of Michigan voters surveyed said they would vote for the Democratic candidate compared to 43 percent who said the Republican choice. Another 9 percent said they were unsure.
In Colorado, 48 percent of voters surveyed there said they would pick the Democratic candidate compared to 45 percent who said the Republican if the state legislature election was held today.
And in Nevada, 46 percent said they would choose the Democrat while 43 percent said the Republican in a similar scenario.
The polling in Colorado and Nevada falls within their respective margins of error, meaning Democrats and Republicans are essentially tied in those states.
“This polling confirms that Democratic policies are broadly popular and the Republican agenda is out of step with a majority of voters,” DLCC President Jessica Post said in a statement. “As we’ve said from the beginning of the cycle, this midterm will be incredibly competitive for both Democratic and Republican-held legislatures.”
The recent polling could offer a boost of optimism for Democrats, who are still expected to face several headwinds heading into November. President Biden has been mired in low approval ratings and inflation is still at record levels, and historically a first-term president’s party generally suffers some losses in the midterms.
But the picture for Democrats has changed in recent months as the party has seen a slew of positive developments. Democrats are close to passing a major reconciliation bill on climate, tax reform and health care, a July jobs report outpaced economists’ expectations and recent inflation data has shown it’s started to cool down, among others.
In the Colorado survey, PPP polled 532 voters in the state between Aug. 3 and Aug. 4 with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.3 percentage points. In the Michigan survey, PPP polled 553 voters in the state between Aug. 3 and Aug. 4 with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points. In the Nevada survey, PPP polled 556 voters in the state between Aug. 3 and Aug. 4 with a margin of error of plus or minus 4.2 percentage points. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/hill-politics/democrats-hold-edge-in-key-state-legislature-generic-ballots-poll/ | 2022-08-12T19:55:04Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/hill-politics/democrats-hold-edge-in-key-state-legislature-generic-ballots-poll/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK (AP) — The polio virus has been found in New York City’s wastewater in another sign that the disease, which hadn’t been seen in the U.S. in a decade, is quietly spreading among unvaccinated people, health officials said Friday.
The presence of the poliovirus in the city’s wastewater suggests likely local circulation of the virus, the city and New York state health departments said.
State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T. Bassett said the detection of poliovirus in wastewater samples in New York City is alarming but not surprising.
“The risk to New Yorkers is real but the defense is so simple — get vaccinated against polio,” New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan said in a statement. “With polio circulating in our communities there is simply nothing more essential than vaccinating our children to protect them from this virus, and if you’re an unvaccinated or incompletely vaccinated adult, please choose now to get the vaccine. Polio is entirely preventable and its reappearance should be a call to action for all of us.”
New York City is being forced to confront polio as city health officials are struggling to vaccinate vulnerable populations against monkeypox and adjusting to changing COVID-19 guidelines.
“We are dealing with a trifecta,” Mayor Eric Adams said Friday on CNN. “COVID is still very much here. Polio, we have identified polio in our sewage, and we’re still dealing with the monkeypox crisis. But the team is there. And we’re coordinating and we’re addressing the threats as they come before us, and we’re prepared to deal with them with the assistance of Washington, D.C.”
The announcement about the discovery of the polio virus in New York City comes shortly after British health authorities reported finding evidence the virus has spread in London but found no cases in people. Children ages 1-9 in London were made eligible for booster doses of a polio vaccine Wednesday.
In New York, one person suffered paralysis weeks ago because of a polio infection in Rockland County, north of the city. Wastewater samples collected in June in both Rockland and adjacent Orange County were found to contain the virus.
Most people infected with polio have no symptoms but can still give the virus to others for days or weeks. Vaccination offers strong protection and authorities urged people who haven’t gotten the shots to seek one immediately.
Based on past outbreaks, it is possible that hundreds of people in the state have gotten polio and don’t know it, officials said.
Polio was once one of the nation’s most feared diseases, with annual outbreaks causing thousands of cases of paralysis. The disease mostly affects children.
Vaccines became available starting in 1955, and a national vaccination campaign cut the annual number of U.S. cases to less than 100 in the 1960s and fewer than 10 in the 1970s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A small percentage of people with polio suffer paralysis. The disease is fatal for between 5-10% of those paralyzed.
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DEQUINCY, La. (KLFY) – A Louisiana couple says a Christian school kicked their daughter out just days before school started for having two moms.
The couple told KLFY that Bible Baptist Academy in Dequincy, Louisiana, told them the school couldn’t educate their daughter because her parents are a married same-sex couple.
Emily Parker said that three days after she and her wife officially adopted 5-year-old Zoey and two days before she started kindergarten, the director and the pastor of the academy called them in for a meeting.
“He started off saying, ‘This is a Christian school. We don’t just teach academics. We teach the word of the Bible.’ We’re like, ‘Yeah, yeah. We understand.’ He was like, ‘That being said, we only believe in two genders, and we only believe in marriage between a man and a woman. Since Zoey’s life at home doesn’t reflect that, we don’t think she’s going to be a good fit for this school,'” Parker told KLFY.
Parker said she was angry but not surprised because their daughter had attended the school last year.
“We were here. We’ve paid our dues. We’ve done our things. I am like, ‘I see where this is going. You don’t need to say any more. We’re going to head out. I appreciate your honesty, and I’m glad you won’t be teaching my daughter,'” she added.
Parker, who is also Zoey’s aunt, said the girl’s father died in 2020. Parker adopted her niece after she and her wife cared for her for over a year. She says her faith initially waivered after the incident with the school, but the community became her pillar of faith.
“People came out to show us love, to say, ‘Hey, this is not God’s love. This is not what love is about. This is not what church is about. Come to our church.’ We had so many invitations to so many churches to show us love. That is what this is about,” Parker said.
Parker and her wife are now sending Zoey to a new school that made the family feel welcomed and accepted, Parker said. Zoey started her first day Thursday.
The Parkers say they’re excited for this new beginning.
“It wasn’t about us. It wasn’t about our relationship. It wasn’t about our orientation. It was about her. It was about Zoey. It was always about Zoey,” Parker said.
KLFY reached out to Bible Baptist Academy and the school’s pastor but did not immediately receive a response.
According to the school’s handbook, “BBA requires that parents maintain a home free from influences that are recognized as harmful and encourages that parents of students be members of a local Christian church as evidence that the parents are also actively working toward Christian training of the child. Not all students who apply will be admitted.”
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One week after a fiery car crash, Anne Heche is "brain dead" but remains on life support, according to a statement from her family and friends shared with CNN by their representative.
"We have lost a bright light, a kind and most joyful soul, a loving mother, and a loyal friend. Anne will be deeply missed but she lives on through her beautiful sons, her iconic body of work, and her passionate advocacy. Her bravery for always standing in her truth, spreading her message of love and acceptance, will continue to have a lasting impact," the family's statement read.
Heche has not been taken off life support, according to the representative, so they have time to determine if she is a match for organ donation.
"It has long been her choice to donate her organs and she is being kept on life support to determine if any are viable," the family said in a previous statement on Thursday night.
Heche suffered a severe anoxic brain injury, which deprives the brain of oxygen, as a result the crash, according to the family's representative.
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 and sought medical attention, according to Lee.
In their message on Thursday, Heche's family and friends thanked her care team at the Grossman Burn Center at West Hills hospital and 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.
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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Salman Rushdie -- a celebrated author and winner of the world's top literary prizes whose writings generated death threats -- was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck on stage Friday before giving a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York, State Police said.
The attacker was taken into custody by a state trooper at the event, police said.
Rushdie was airlifted from a field adjacent to the venue -- in a rural lake resort about 70 miles south of Buffalo -- to a local hospital. His condition is unknown. An interviewer also suffered a minor head injury, police said.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul told reporters Friday that Rushdie is "alive" and "getting the care he needs." She said a state trooper "stood up and saved his life and protected him as well as the moderator who was attacked as well.
"Here is an individual who has spent decades speaking truth to power," the governor said of Rushdie. "Someone who has been out there unafraid, despite the threats that have followed him his entire adult life it seems."
Rushdie was being introduced at about 10:45 a.m. when the assault happened, according to a witness, who said he heard shouting from the audience. He said a man in a black shirt appeared to be "punching" the author. The witness, who was 75 feet from the stage, did not hear the attacker say anything or see a weapon.
Some people in the audience ran to render aid while others went after the attacker, the witness said.
Another witness told CNN there were no security searches or metal detectors at the event. The witness is not being identified because they expressed concerns for their personal safety.
The witness said the attacker "walked quickly" down an aisle and jumped on stage, approaching the author and "making a stabbing motion with his hand repeatedly."
A third witness, a longtime Chautauqua resident who asked not to be identified, recalled a commotion on stage and a man making about seven to 10 stabbing motions in the direction of the author, who was in a half-standing position. She said she fled the open-air amphitheater "shaking like a leaf" in fear.
'His essential voice cannot and will not be silenced'
On its website, the Chautauqua Institution described Friday's event as "a discussion of the United States as asylum for writers and other artists in exile and as a home for freedom of creative expression."
In a statement the nonprofit education center and summer resort said it is "coordinating with law enforcement and emergency officials on a public response following today's attack of Salman Rushdie on the Chautauqua Amphitheater stage."
Writers such as Stephen King and JK Rowling expressed well wishes for Rushdie via Twitter.
Rushdie is a former president of PEN America, a prominent US free speech group for authors, which said it is "reeling from shock and horror at word of a brutal, premeditated attack."
"We can think of no comparable incident of a public violent attack on a literary writer on American soil," PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel said in a statement.
"We hope and believe fervently that his essential voice cannot and will not be silenced."
Furor over 'The Satanic Verses' hounded Rushdie
The 75-year-old novelist -- the son of a successful Muslim businessman in India -- was educated in England, first at Rugby School and later at the University of Cambridge where he received an MA degree in history.
After college, he began working as an advertising copywriter in London, before publishing his first novel, "Grimus" in 1975.
Rushdie's treatment of delicate political and religious subjects turned him into a controversial figure. But it was the publication of his fourth novel "The Satanic Verses" in 1988 that has hounded him for more than three decades.
Some Muslims found the book to be sacrilegious and it sparked public demonstrations. In 1989, the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini called Rushdie a blasphemer and said "The Satanic Verses" was an insult on Islam and the Prophet Mohammed, and issued a religious decree, or fatwa, calling for his death.
As a result, the Mumbai-born writer spent a decade under British protection.
In 1999, Rushdie told CNN that the experience taught him "to value even more ... intensely the things that I valued before, such as the art of literature and the freedom of expression and the right to say things that other people don't like.
"It may have been an unpleasant decade, but it was the right fight, you know. It was fighting for the things that I most believe in against things I most dislike, which are bigotry and fanaticism and censorship."
The bounty against Rushdie has never been lifted, though in 1998 the Iranian government sought to distance itself from the fatwa by pledging not to seek to carry it out.
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Photos taken at the scene of the fatal helicopter crash that killed NBA legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others were shared by a Los Angeles County firefighter during the cocktail hour at an awards ceremony a month after the crash, according to witness testimony.
On Wednesday, the trial was launched for a federal civil lawsuit filed by Bryant's widow, Vanessa Bryant, which claims that photos from the January 2020 crash were shared by county fire and sheriff's department employees in settings irrelevant to the investigation, including at a bar.
Former emergency medical technician and wife of a Los Angeles firefighter, Luella Weireter, testified in court on Friday that during the Radio and Television News Association of Southern California's Golden Mike awards in February 2020, she saw LA County firefighter Tony Imbrenda share photos of Bryant's remains and other images from the crash site with ceremony attendees.
Many firefighters attended the media event, which was also honoring fire department public information officers for their work informing the public about wildfires.
After a small group people at her table convened to look at images on a cell phone, in what Weireter characterized as being like a party trick, she testified about seeing one firefighter break away from the group, saying, "I can't believe I just looked at Kobe's burnt up body and now I'm about to eat."
After that comment, Vanessa Bryant could be seen in the courtroom with her head in her hands, rocking back and forth, crying.
Weireter is the cousin of Keri Altobelli, who, along with her husband John and daughter Alyssa, also perished in the helicopter crash.
About two weeks after the awards ceremony, Weireter drove to a county fire station in Malibu and filed an official complaint with a battalion chief, she testified. That same day, the LA County Fire Chief called her to follow up.
On Thursday afternoon, Vanessa Bryant walked out of court during testimony that described photos taken at the scene of the crash. She became emotional when Victor Gutierrez, a bartender, was asked if he had seen the body of her daughter, Gianna Bryant, in the images. Gutierrez had been describing what he saw in the photos shown by a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy at a bar on a prior date.
Bryant cried, stood up and her attorney asked the presiding judge permission for Bryant to leave the courtroom.
Bryant did not return for the remainder of Gutierrez's testimony, which continued with a series of surveillance clips from the bar he was working at on January 28, 2020 -- two days after the crash and a month before the awards ceremony. Gutierrez described wincing at the photos and then admitted to telling the condition of the victims' bodies to five sets of people.
The trial is expected to last about two weeks and witnesses will likely include Vanessa Bryant and LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva. The suit, which was filed in September 2020, seeks undisclosed damages and claims civil rights violations, negligence, emotional distress and violation of privacy.
A jury of six women and four men was selected for the case. They include a nun, someone who works in TV production for NBC Universal, a college student, a real estate investor, a pharmaceutical researcher, a computer science professor and a restaurant host.
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The man being investigated for possibly planning to harm an Iranian journalist and activist was indicted on a firearms charge, according to a document unsealed Thursday.
Khalid Mehdiyev was charged by a federal grand jury with possessing a firearm with an "obliterated" serial number, according to the indictment. Mehdiyev was driving away late last month from the neighborhood where Masih Alinejad lives when he failed to stop at a stop sign. A criminal complaint says New York police officers found him driving without a license since his had been suspended.
Police later found in the back seat of his vehicle a suitcase containing a "Norinco AK-47-style assault rifle ... loaded with a round in the chamber and a magazine attached, along with a separate second magazine, and a total of approximately 66 rounds of ammunition," the complaint says.
Mehdiyev drove a gray Subaru Forester SUV and stayed in the area for several hours where he "behaved suspiciously," the complaint states. On one occasion, Mehdiyev got in and out of his car several times, ordered food delivery to his car, and approached a home in the neighborhood -- where Alinejad resides -- peering inside the windows and trying to open the front door, the complaint said, and CNN previously reported.
It's unclear if authorities are still investigating whether he was planning to harm the journalist.
CNN is trying to reach his attorney, Stephanie Marie Carvlin, who previously declined to comment when contacted by CNN.
Last year, Alinejad was targeted in an alleged kidnapping plot by Iranian nationals after she spoke out against the Islamic republic. The plot was organized by an Iranian intelligence official, an indictment alleged, but Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs denied any involvement, calling the accusation "baseless and ridiculous," according to semiofficial Iranian state media.
In a CNN interview, she said the Iranian government had been targeting her and her family for her efforts to give voice to those being oppressed in the country where she was born.
Alinejad, a dissident who frequently shares photos and videos of what she calls "voiceless" Iranian women through her social media accounts, says Iranian officials have warned her about her activism.
Mehdiyev, according to a criminal complaint released after he was arrested, told authorities his rent in Yonkers was too high, and he was visiting Brooklyn to find an apartment. The cash was for a hotel room, and he approached the home in the Brooklyn neighborhood because he intended to ask if the owners might rent him a room, before changing his mind, the complaint says he told investigators. The Subaru was borrowed, and he did not know the suitcase -- which he said was not his -- contained a rifle, he initially told investigators, according to the complaint.
The suspect later told agents "the AK-47 was his, and that he had been in Brooklyn because he was looking for someone," before invoking his right to counsel, the complaint says.
Mehdiyev's previous court date set for August 12 has been canceled, and no future date has been set yet, according to a spokesperson for the Southern District of New York.
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A strange thing happened to Roblox (RBLX) after the online gaming platform “missed earnings” in its fiscal Q2 2022 financial report on Tuesday. First, Roblox stock plunged 10% as investors learned that quarterly earnings were worse than the expected $0.23 per share loss. Roblox actually lost $0.30 per share — and revenues were worse than expected, too. But then, Roblox recovered all its losses, and actually ended the day up 1.4%.
Commenting on Roblox’s earnings, BTIG analyst Clark Lampen encouraged investors to “not overcomplicate this” report, urging them to focus on Roblox’s “accelerating growth,” wide expanses of “runway” remaining for more growth in the future, and the company’s “very manageable” needs for additional investment.
On the first point, Roblox may not have made the $644.4 million in Q2 revenue that Wall Street had hoped for, but the $591.2 million in revenue that it did collect was still up 30% year over year. While “bookings” (i.e. purchases of “Robux” by users) were down 4% year over year at $639.9 million, that was pretty close to the quarterly target for revenues. Also, average daily active users on the Roblox site grew 21% year over year to 52.2 million, and “hours engaged” (how long those players were playing) grew 16% year over year.
It’s just that all those new users, playing all those more hours, didn’t spend quite as freely post-pandemic as they did earlier in the health crisis, when many people were still working or studying from home.
That’s not good news, but it could get better. As Lampen pointed out, Roblox’s user base is still growing, and as users continue “aging-up” (i.e. growing older, and with age comes income), there’s at least the potential that these users will spend more over time. Additionally, Lampen argues that new revenue streams are emerging at Roblox, advertising being one of the more important ones, that could improve revenue growth rates going forward.
Looking ahead, Lampen is forecasting that Roblox will grow its bookings number 16% from $2.8 billion this year to $3.3 billion next year. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), unfortunately, is another story, with the analyst forecasting a steep decline from $232 million in 2022 EBITDA to just $83 million in 2023. Similarly, free cash flow estimates are now “down substantially.” Lampen previously projected Roblox would generate positive free cash flow of $21 million this year. Now, $233 million in negative free cash flow looks more likely.
Overall, Lampen seems unconcerned, pointing out that with $3 billion in cash on hand, Roblox has the money it needs to make the investments it must, even if that means that FCF will run negative for a time. Long-term, the analyst still believes that Roblox stock is a “buy,” and predicts the shares will hit $58 over the course of the next 12 months — a 14% gain from current levels. (To watch Lampen’s track record, click here)
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Sight, smell and taste can trigger memories and connect us to the past.
The sight, smell and taste of a Kemper burger, for instance.
The Kemper burger originated in May 1954 at Kemper’s Drive-In at 306 S. First St. It became a Yakima fast-food staple.
“The Kemper burger was pretty much the rock, the foundation of the drive-in,” said Kay Maletta, daughter of John and Edna Kemper, founders and owners of Kemper’s Drive-In.
“It was based on that small Kemper burger with the relish. Buy a sack of burgers and hot sack of fries and feed your family and hopefully for a reasonable price.”
At the time, the Kemper burger cost 19 cents.
Although Kemper's Drive-In is long gone, you can still get a Kemper burger here, at the Lariat Bar-B-Q on Yakima Avenue.
Since day one, all ingredients of the Kemper burger are locally sourced. Edna Kemper believed that to survive as a business, they must help other local businesses succeed.
“My mother said, ‘I’m gonna succeed and I’m going to do well and that was her vision,’” Maletta said.
Unchanged since 1954, the Kemper burger consists of a hamburger patty, bun and red relish. There is also a cheese version. Today it costs about $2.
“Kemper’s was created by my mom and my dad. My dad loved the business. He loved to work. But it was my mom’s passion. And she developed this relish,” Maletta said.
The red relish was created by Edna and is still made the same way. It is unique to the Kemper burger and makes it stand out among other Yakima burgers.
When John and Edna Kemper were ready to sell their business, they entrusted it to Alice Keller, who had worked at Kemper’s Drive-In before owning and operating the Lariat Bar-B-Q at 621 W. Yakima Ave.
At the same time, Keller was in the process of selling the Lariat to Mina Kyle.
Keller and Kyle knew they had to keep Kemper’s Drive-In alive as a beacon of affordable eats. So they put a large sum of money into the drive-in and remodeled it.
“When we did that, we then had the largest grill and fryer and hood system in Yakima. It was fantastic and we had a tremendous business,” Kyle said. “We were very respectful of it because of Mrs. Kemper. She had put her heart and soul into that business.”
Try as they might, though, they were forced to close the restaurant in 2003.
Once the lights were turned off on what was once the largest reader board in town, according to Kyle, she and Keller wanted to honor the work ethic and tenacity of Edna. She influenced Keller, who influenced Kyle.
So the Kemper burger lives on at the Lariat Bar-B-Q.
And it’s thriving there. Maletta, Kyle and Sandra Ackerman, the current owner of Lariat, all notice posts on Facebook from people reliving their Kemper burger memories.
“I still see posts on Facebook like, ‘Stopped in for my Kemper fix!’ People grew up with that hamburger. You know, it’s just part of their lives,” Kyle said.
And it’s still a part of Kyle’s life. Now living in Hood Canal, she still visits friends and family in Yakima and makes it a point to get her fill of red relish.
“It’s always in my heart,” Kyle said. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/explore_yakima/cover_story/kemper-burger-tasting-nostalgia-in-yakima/article_788804da-1823-11ed-b6d6-af1fce799e9f.html | 2022-08-12T19:59:12Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/explore_yakima/cover_story/kemper-burger-tasting-nostalgia-in-yakima/article_788804da-1823-11ed-b6d6-af1fce799e9f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Wildfires burning north of Naches and south of Grandview were in mop-up status on Friday morning, with the Forest Service tackling several small lightning-caused fires on the Cle Elum Ranger District.
Evacuation notices were lifted near Grandview, and the Wenas Wildlife Area has reopened.
Here’s a roundup:
Canyon Road Fire
The Canyon Road Fire south of Grandview was 2,000 acres and 90% contained as of Thursday night, according to Yakima County Fire District 5. Fire crews were mopping up Friday.
The fire started near the 1800 block of Canyon Road at 4:20 p.m. Wednesday, according to Yakima County Fire District 5.
Yakima Valley Emergency Management lifted Level 2 (get set) evacuation notices on Friday morning.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Cow Canyon and Vantage
The Cow Canyon Fire between Naches and Ellensburg was 80% contained on Friday.
The fire began Aug. 3. It burned 5,832 acres and destroyed two homes, one cabin and 11 outbuildings.
The Vantage Highway Fire in Kittitas County, which started Aug. 1, was 90% contained on Friday morning.
Fire activity on both fires was minimal on Thursday, with mop-up underway. Command of the fires transitioned back to a local Department of Natural Resources unit on Friday morning.
The cause of both fires was under investigation.
The Wenas Wildlife Area reopened Friday, though people are asked to avoid the burned areas and fire crews, according to information from the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. Emergency fire restrictions are in place.
Kittitas and Yakima County road closures on North Wenas Road, Sheep Company Road and Cove Road are lifted. The bridge in Yakima Canyon leading to Umtanum Trail is open, the WDFW said.
The Quilomene and Whiskey Dick wildlife area units within the L.T. Murray Wildlife Area are temporarily closed.
New fire starts
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest firefighters have responded to 12 new wildfires on the forest after a recent lightning storm resulted in 2,700 lightning strikes, a news release said. Most of the fires are small, and five are in the Cle Elum Ranger District.
The largest of those was 5 acres on Jolly Mountain, which is burning in timber and grass. Initially the response was 11 smokejumpers, a 14-person crew, and two engines but firefighters have spread out to help with the other small fires in the same general area.
The other fires, all 2 acres or less, are on Thorp Lookout, Knox Creek, No Name Creek and No Name Ridge, the news release said.
The fires are 11 and 13 miles northwest of Cle Elum.
New campfire restrictions went into effect Thursday across the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. Wood and charcoal campfires are banned. Fuel stoves and lanterns can be used, but wood-burning camp stoves are not allowed. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/friday-fire-update-evacuation-notices-lifted-near-grandview-wenas-wildlife-area-reopens/article_859d41b0-1a5f-11ed-b2d5-87c4ac6bba5c.html | 2022-08-12T19:59:19Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/friday-fire-update-evacuation-notices-lifted-near-grandview-wenas-wildlife-area-reopens/article_859d41b0-1a5f-11ed-b2d5-87c4ac6bba5c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Yakima Health District has confirmed two more monkeypox cases in the last week, making for a total of three cases in the county.
These numbers match predictions made by Washington Department of Health officials who said they expect monkeypox cases across the state to double every seven to 10 days. Most of the cases are in King County, 215 of 254. Nearby counties like Benton and Lewis are still reporting one case each.
The first case in Yakima County was confirmed on July 28.
The YHD reminds the public to keep a lookout for common symptoms and signs of a monkeypox infection such as rashes, lesions, fever and aches. If an individual believes they have symptoms of monkeypox, they should call their health care provider and avoid contact with others.
Monkeypox spreads mainly through direct skin-to-skin contact and contact with bodily fluids. People also can become infected through contact with the bedding or clothing of an infected individual as well as through prolonged face-to-face interactions. Cases of monkeypox are most common among people who are sexually active. Health officials emphasize that the virus can infect anyone.
Currently the health district is prioritizing its limited supply of Jynneos vaccines for close contact individuals.
Earlier this week, the federal government approved a plan to stretch the nation’s limited supply of monkeypox vaccine by giving people just one-fifth the usual dose. Research has suggested that the reduced amount is about as effective.
Nationwide, there are 10,768 confirmed cases of monkeypox. To date, no deaths caused by monkeypox have been reported in the U.S. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/two-new-cases-of-monkeypox-confirmed-in-yakima-county-as-cases-nearly-double-statewide/article_033b3c8e-1a66-11ed-bc55-239b64ed9cf1.html | 2022-08-12T19:59:25Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/two-new-cases-of-monkeypox-confirmed-in-yakima-county-as-cases-nearly-double-statewide/article_033b3c8e-1a66-11ed-bc55-239b64ed9cf1.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Washingtonians can now call a designated hotline for questions about monkeypox, according to the Washington State Department of Health.
People throughout the state can dial 833-829-4357 for the latest information about the virus’s local outbreak, DOH said in a statement Thursday. Assistance is available in 240 languages, the statement said.
Through an ongoing partnership with Washington 211, phone operators will answer questions about risk factors, vaccine information, testing and treatment from 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday and 6 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday (and observed state holidays). Operators won’t, however, be able to schedule vaccine appointments.
“As we navigate the MPV outbreak in Washington state, we cannot underestimate the need for our community members to address their questions and concerns,” state Secretary of Health Dr. Umair A. Shah said in the statement. “We are pleased to partner with 211 to meet this crucial need.”
As of Wednesday, the state recorded at least 236 infections, including 200 in King County, 12 in Pierce County and six in Snohomish County.
To date, the majority of monkeypox infections in the state have been among men who have reported close, intimate contact with other men, though that has not been the case in previous outbreaks in other parts of the world, where it affected broader swaths of the population.
While anyone can become infected with monkeypox, regardless of sexuality, Public Health – Seattle & King County noted the risk to children is low. As of last week, two pediatric cases had been confirmed in the U.S.
In order to lower risk of infection, King County’s health department has recommended people decrease their number of sexual/intimate partners and avoid venues where people wear minimal clothing and there’s direct skin-to-skin contact. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/wa-opens-monkeypox-question-hotline/article_c74257fa-1a63-11ed-9066-dbecad2e27c8.html | 2022-08-12T19:59:31Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/wa-opens-monkeypox-question-hotline/article_c74257fa-1a63-11ed-9066-dbecad2e27c8.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
UNION MILLS, N.C. (WSPA) – Deputies in Rutherford County are searching for two suspects who allegedly stole seven motorcycles Saturday.
According to the Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded to 221 MX Park, in regards to the stolen motorcycles.
Deputies said a witness saw two black men attempting to steal another motorcycle, before running from the area.
Deputies are asking for public assistance in identifying the two suspects they believe stole seven motorcycles.
They ask if you were at the racetrack or in the area and witnessed any suspicious activity to reach out to Detective B. Ellenburg at 828-286-TIPS (8477) | https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/deputies-searching-for-2-suspected-motorcycle-thieves/ | 2022-08-12T20:02:01Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/deputies-searching-for-2-suspected-motorcycle-thieves/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CHEROKEE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – One person is in custody following a chase from North Carolina into Cherokee County Friday afternoon.
According to the Gaffney Police Department, the suspect started shooting at law enforcement in North Carolina.
Law enforcement then chased the suspect into Cherokee County on Interstate 85 southbound, where they took them into custody.
Details are limited at this time. 7NEWS will update this story as more information becomes available. | https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/police-suspect-shoots-at-nc-officers-chased-into-cherokee-co/ | 2022-08-12T20:02:03Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/police-suspect-shoots-at-nc-officers-chased-into-cherokee-co/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DEQUINCY, La. (KLFY) – A Louisiana couple says a Christian school kicked their daughter out just days before school started for having two moms.
The couple told KLFY that Bible Baptist Academy in Dequincy, Louisiana, told them the school couldn’t educate their daughter because her parents are a married same-sex couple.
Emily Parker said that three days after she and her wife officially adopted 5-year-old Zoey and two days before she started kindergarten, the director and the pastor of the academy called them in for a meeting.
“He started off saying, ‘This is a Christian school. We don’t just teach academics. We teach the word of the Bible.’ We’re like, ‘Yeah, yeah. We understand.’ He was like, ‘That being said, we only believe in two genders, and we only believe in marriage between a man and a woman. Since Zoey’s life at home doesn’t reflect that, we don’t think she’s going to be a good fit for this school,'” Parker told KLFY.
Parker said she was angry but not surprised because their daughter had attended the school last year.
“We were here. We’ve paid our dues. We’ve done our things. I am like, ‘I see where this is going. You don’t need to say any more. We’re going to head out. I appreciate your honesty, and I’m glad you won’t be teaching my daughter,'” she added.
Parker, who is also Zoey’s aunt, said the girl’s father died in 2020. Parker adopted her niece after she and her wife cared for her for over a year. She says her faith initially waivered after the incident with the school, but the community became her pillar of faith.
“People came out to show us love, to say, ‘Hey, this is not God’s love. This is not what love is about. This is not what church is about. Come to our church.’ We had so many invitations to so many churches to show us love. That is what this is about,” Parker said.
Parker and her wife are now sending Zoey to a new school that made the family feel welcomed and accepted, Parker said. Zoey started her first day Thursday.
The Parkers say they’re excited for this new beginning.
“It wasn’t about us. It wasn’t about our relationship. It wasn’t about our orientation. It was about her. It was about Zoey. It was always about Zoey,” Parker said.
KLFY reached out to Bible Baptist Academy and the school’s pastor but did not immediately receive a response.
According to the school’s handbook, “BBA requires that parents maintain a home free from influences that are recognized as harmful and encourages that parents of students be members of a local Christian church as evidence that the parents are also actively working toward Christian training of the child. Not all students who apply will be admitted.”
Additionally, the school says on its website, “We believe that the Bible teaches that every life has value and that there is dignity in all of us because we have been created in the image of God. The Bible also teaches us to love everyone with the love of God despite their personal choices.” | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/louisiana-kindergartner-kicked-out-of-school-for-having-2-moms-parents-say/ | 2022-08-12T20:02:03Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/louisiana-kindergartner-kicked-out-of-school-for-having-2-moms-parents-say/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Ville Platte Police Chief Neal Lartigue's candidacy has been disqualified by an appeals court.
The chief's only opponent in his race for re-election, Al Perry Thomas, filed a legal challenge to Lartigue's candidacy. He alleged that the chief does not live in the city, but instead lives outside the city limits. State law requires that a candidate for police chief live within the city limits for the year prior to the election.
At the district court level, a judge said there were questions going both ways in the dispute, and because of that he felt he had to rule in the chief's favor because that's what the law requires.
The Third Circuit Court of Appeal disagreed, and declared that Lartigue is disqualified. If Lartigue doesn't appeal, that means Thomas would be elected Chief of Police by default.
The Third Circuit opinion, which you can read here, discusses at length testimony from Lartigue's ex-wife and their divorce proceedings. During their divorce, they both wanted the house she says they lived in outside the city limits. The judge who decided the property settlement in their divorce awarded them joint use of the house, with each person allowed to live there 60 days at a time. During the other 60 days, they were free to live in the house that was within the city limits.
The ex-wife testified that the city limits house was not livable. Thomas also testified that he lives near that house, and he's never seen any sign of someone living there. Photographs were entered into evidence showing the house wasn't in good shape, and evidence was produced that Lartigue had homeowners' insurance on the house outside the city limits, but not on the house inside the city limits.
The appeals court said the district judge made a mistake by placing the burden of proof on the plaintiff; in other words, the judge said that Thomas had to prove that Lartigue didn't live in the city limits. The judge said Lartigue didn't have to prove that he did.
Also, the appeals court found, Lartigue testified during the divorce proceedings last year that he lived at the house that is located outside the city limits, and had done so for months before the divorce because he didn't want his ex "tearing up" the house. | https://www.katc.com/news/evangeline-parish/appeals-court-disqualifies-police-chief-from-re-election | 2022-08-12T20:06:02Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/evangeline-parish/appeals-court-disqualifies-police-chief-from-re-election | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Tallahassee Community College announced Friday that Jessica Chapman will be the college’s director of charter schools.
TCC said in the news release that Chapman will oversee TCC’s charter sponsorship efforts and the creation of a science, technology, engineering and math focused charter school.
The STEM charter school founded by TCC is expected to have its first school year start August 2023.
“I am excited to welcome Jessica to our TCC family," Dr. Calandra Stringer, provost and vice president of Academic Affairs at TCC said in a statement. “She comes to us with a wealth of knowledge about secondary education and has strong ties to our local community. We are looking forward to her creativity and innovation as we work to open our new STEM charter school."
Chapman’s career in education spans more than 20 years. She has worked locally in public education in the Leon County Schools District as a teacher at middle and high schools.
While working with Leon County Schools, TCC notes Chapman spearheaded a Graduation Pathways program which helped Leon County Schools raise their graduation rate from 71% in 2012 to 92% in 2015.
Chapman has a bachelor’s degree from Florida State University and a master’s degree from American College of Education.
In February, it was announced that Tallahassee Community College was one of five community colleges across the state that would establish a charter school out of a funding pool of $10 million from the Florida legislature.
Tallahassee Community College was allocated $2 million to begin the charter school.
It will join state colleges Santa Fe, Northwest Florida, Miami-Dade and St. Pete in creating charter schools. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/tallahassee-community-college-names-chapman-director-of-charter-schools | 2022-08-12T20:06:25Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/tallahassee-community-college-names-chapman-director-of-charter-schools | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The search warrant used to seize documents at former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence was made public Friday.
The search warrant was released after the Department of Justice asked a judge to approve unsealing the search warrant. On Friday, Trump’s legal team said it would not object to its unsealing.
There were three potential criminal statutes listed in the search warrant. In order to obtain a search warrant, officials would have to prove they have probable cause they would find evidence of a crime.
The statutes listed were:
- 18 USC 2071 — Concealment, removal or mutilation generally
- 18 USC 793 — Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information
- 18 USC 1519 — Destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations and bankruptcy
The search warrant says that 28 boxes of evidence were taken from Trump's residence, including multiple top-secret documents. The search warrant also suggests there were other confidential and secret documents taken.
In a statement, Trump claimed that the documents were declassified before he left office.
"Number one, it was all declassified," Trump wrote. "Number two, they didn’t need to 'seize' anything. They could have had it anytime they wanted without playing politics and breaking into Mar-a-Lago. It was in secured storage, with an additional lock put on as per their request. They could have had it anytime they wanted—and that includes LONG ago."
According to the federal government, the "unauthorized disclosure (of top secret documents) could reasonably be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security."
The statute involving destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations and bankruptcy is considered the most serious of the crimes. A conviction on that statute contains a maximum penalty of 20 years.
Generally, search warrants are sealed during ongoing investigations.
But Attorney General Merrick Garland argued that because Trump had confirmed the search publicly and the immense public interest in the case, the public should examine the search warrant.
The FBI and DOJ have faced immense criticism from Republicans for seeking the search warrant. Garland said he personally signed off on the search warrant, which was executed on Monday. Trump has rallied Republican allies after being served with the warrant.
Although Garland was appointed by current President Joe Biden, the head of the FBI, Christopher Wray, was appointed by Trump. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/government-releases-search-warrant-used-at-trumps-florida-residence | 2022-08-12T20:06:26Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/government-releases-search-warrant-used-at-trumps-florida-residence | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DALLAS — A Texas man accused of injuring three people in a shooting at a hair salon in Dallas’ Koreatown in May was indicted earlier this week on hate crime charges.
The Dallas County District Attorney announced Tuesday that a grand jury returned a seven-count indictment charging Jeremy Smith with seven counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon as a hate crime.
"A Dallas County Grand Jury has returned multiple indictments on Jeremy Smith, 37, charged in connection to shootings allegedly motivated by bias or prejudice against Asian Americans – thus classified under Texas law as a hate crime," District Attorney John Creuzot said in a statement.
The grand jury met on Aug. 4, the district attorney's office said in a statement.
Smith is accused of shooting inside the Hair World Salon on May 11, firing allegedly 13 times, hitting three people, according to the statement.
According to the district attorney, Smith allegedly selected the victims "because of his bias or prejudice against Asian Americans."
The district attorney said Dallas Police arrested Smith on May 16.
According to the statement, Smith remains in the Lew Sterrett Justice Center on a $700,000 bond. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/dallas-saloon-shooting-suspect-indicted-on-hate-crime-charges | 2022-08-12T20:06:28Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/dallas-saloon-shooting-suspect-indicted-on-hate-crime-charges | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — German officials say water levels on the Rhine River could reach a critically low point in the coming days, making the transport of goods along the river increasingly difficult.
Weeks of dry weather have turned several of Europe’s major waterways into trickles, posing a headache for German factories and power plants that rely on deliveries by ship and making an economic slowdown ever more likely.
“This is particularly the case for the Rhine, whose nautical bottleneck at Kaub has very low water levels but which remains navigable for ships with small drafts,” said Tim Alexandrin, a spokesman for Germany's Transport Ministry, to the Associated Press.
Authorities predict water levels at the town of Kaub will dip below 16 inches early Friday and keep falling over the weekend.
While this is higher than the record low seen in October 2018, many large ships could struggle to safely pass the river at that point.
Low water levels isn't the only thing causing a headache in Germany.
Prices on natural gas have skyrocketed due to flows of it shrinking. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/rhine-river-could-fall-below-critical-mark-risking-industry | 2022-08-12T20:06:32Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/rhine-river-could-fall-below-critical-mark-risking-industry | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The search warrant used to seize documents at former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence was made public Friday.
The search warrant was released after the Department of Justice asked a judge to approve unsealing the search warrant. On Friday, Trump’s legal team said it would not object to its unsealing.
There were three potential criminal statutes listed in the search warrant. In order to obtain a search warrant, officials would have to prove they have probable cause they would find evidence of a crime.
The statutes listed were:
- 18 USC 2071 — Concealment, removal or mutilation generally
- 18 USC 793 — Gathering, transmitting or losing defense information
- 18 USC 1519 — Destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations and bankruptcy
The search warrant says that 28 boxes of evidence were taken from Trump's residence, including multiple top-secret documents. The search warrant also suggests there were other confidential and secret documents taken.
In a statement, Trump claimed that the documents were declassified before he left office.
"Number one, it was all declassified," Trump wrote. "Number two, they didn’t need to 'seize' anything. They could have had it anytime they wanted without playing politics and breaking into Mar-a-Lago. It was in secured storage, with an additional lock put on as per their request. They could have had it anytime they wanted—and that includes LONG ago."
According to the federal government, the "unauthorized disclosure (of top secret documents) could reasonably be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to the national security."
The statute involving destruction, alteration, or falsification of records in Federal investigations and bankruptcy is considered the most serious of the crimes. A conviction on that statute contains a maximum penalty of 20 years.
Generally, search warrants are sealed during ongoing investigations.
But Attorney General Merrick Garland argued that because Trump had confirmed the search publicly and the immense public interest in the case, the public should examine the search warrant.
The FBI and DOJ have faced immense criticism from Republicans for seeking the search warrant. Garland said he personally signed off on the search warrant, which was executed on Monday. Trump has rallied Republican allies after being served with the warrant.
Although Garland was appointed by current President Joe Biden, the head of the FBI, Christopher Wray, was appointed by Trump. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/government-releases-search-warrant-used-at-trumps-florida-residence | 2022-08-12T20:06:34Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/government-releases-search-warrant-used-at-trumps-florida-residence | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Samsung's de-facto leader secured a pardon Friday of his conviction for bribing a former president in a corruption scandal that toppled a previous South Korean government, an act of leniency that underscored the tech company's huge influence in the nation.
Lee Jae-yong's pardon is partially symbolic since he was released on parole a year ago after serving 18 months of a prison term that would have ended in July, and critics say the billionaire has remained in control of Samsung even while behind bars. Still, the pardon will allow the heir to the electronics juggernaut to fully resume his management duties and could make it easier for the company to pursue investments and mergers.
The Justice Ministry said President Yoon Suk Yeol, who as a prosecutor investigated the corruption scandal involving Lee, will issue the pardon Monday, a national holiday when some 1,700 people are set to receive clemency, including other top business leaders.
Lee, 54, was convicted in 2017 of bribing former President Park Geun-hye and her close confidante to win government support for a merger between two Samsung affiliates that tightened Lee’s control over the corporate empire. Park and the confidante were also convicted in the scandal, which enraged South Koreans, who staged massive protests for months demanding an end to the shady ties between business and politics. The demonstrations eventually led to Park's ouster from office.
While some civic groups criticized the decision, recent opinion polls have indicated South Koreans — years removed from the protests in 2016 and 2017 — largely favored granting Lee a pardon. That reflects the continuing hold Samsung has in a country where it makes not just smartphones and TVs but also issues credit cards, builds luxury apartment buildings and runs the country's most sought-after hospital.
Business leaders and politicians had also called for Lee’s pardon, which they said would allow Samsung, one of the world’s largest makers of computer memory chips and smartphones, to be bolder and quicker in business decisions by fully reinstating his rights to run the business empire.
Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon said the pardons of the business tycoons were aimed at “overcoming the economic crisis through encouraging business activity” at a time when South Koreans are grappling with rising prices, high personal debt and a faltering job market.
Lee's detractors say he already fully resumed his management duties once out on parole — even though South Korea’s law bans people convicted of major financial crimes from returning to work for five years following the end of their sentences. Former Justice Minister Park Beom-kye defended Lee’s involvement in Samsung’s management, insisting that his activities weren’t in violation of the ban because the billionaire wasn’t receiving wages from Samsung.
In a statement released through Samsung, Lee said he was grateful for “receiving an opportunity to start anew.”
“I want to express my apologies for causing concerns for many people because of my shortcomings. I will work even harder to fulfill my responsibilities and duties as a businessperson,” Lee said.
Among others set to be pardoned is Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin, who received a suspended prison term in 2018 on similar charges of bribing Park, whom then-President Moon Jae-in pardoned in December. Chang Sae-joo, chairman of Dongkuk Steel Mill, and former STX Group Chairman Kang Duk-soo will also receive clemency. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/south-korea-to-pardon-samsungs-lee-other-corporate-giants | 2022-08-12T20:06:38Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/south-korea-to-pardon-samsungs-lee-other-corporate-giants | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Capping an extraordinary week in Donald Trump’s post-presidency, a New York judge ordered Friday that his company and its longtime finance chief stand trial in the fall on tax fraud charges stemming from a long-running criminal investigation into Trump’s business practices.
Manhattan Judge Juan Manuel Merchan scheduled jury selection for Oct. 24 in the case, which involves allegations the Trump Organization gave CFO Allen Weisselberg more than $1.7 million in off-the-books compensation, including rent, car payments and school tuition.
Lawyers at a hearing Friday suggested the trial could last several months.
Merchan denied requests by Weisselberg’s lawyers and the Trump Organization to throw out the case, though he did drop one criminal tax fraud count against the company citing the statute of limitations. More than a dozen other counts remain. Weisselberg’s lawyers argued prosecutors in the Democrat-led Manhattan district attorney’s office were punishing him because he wouldn’t flip on the former president.
Merchan rejected that, saying that evidence presented to the grand jury “was legally sufficient to support the charges in the indictment,” and that those proceedings were properly conducted, their “integrity unimpaired.”
If the schedule holds, Weisselberg and the Trump Organization will be on trial during the November midterm elections where Trump’s Republican party could win control of one or both houses of Congress. At the same time, Trump has been laying the groundwork for a potential comeback campaign for president in 2024.
The criminal trial is just one of several legal concerns playing out in real time in Trump’s orbit. FBI agents searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in an unrelated probe Monday, and on Thursday, he and the U.S. Department of Justice called for the public release of search warrant documents.
Trump sat for a deposition Wednesday as New York Attorney General Letitia James wraps up a parallel civil investigation into allegations Trump’s company misled lenders and tax authorities about asset values. Trump invoked his Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination more than 400 times.
Trump has not been charged in the criminal probe, but prosecutors have noted that he signed some of the checks at the center of the case. Trump, who has decried the New York investigations as a “political witch hunt,” has said his company’s actions were standard practice in the real estate business and in no way a crime. James is a Democrat.
Weisselberg and the Trump Organization have pleaded not guilty.
The most serious charge against Weisselberg, grand larceny, carries five to 15 years in prison. The tax fraud charges against the company are punishable by a fine of double the amount of unpaid taxes, or $250,000, whichever is larger.
Weisselberg, who turns 75 on Monday, is the only Trump executive charged in the yearslong criminal investigation started by former Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr., who went to the Supreme Court to secure Trump’s tax records. Vance’s successor, Alvin Bragg, is now overseeing the investigation. Several other Trump executives have been granted immunity to testify before a grand jury in the case. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/trump-organization-cfos-tax-fraud-trial-set-for-october | 2022-08-12T20:06:49Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/trump-organization-cfos-tax-fraud-trial-set-for-october | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Host nation Qatar is set to play in the opening game of its own World Cup tournament after all — and on a stand-alone day being added to the schedule barely 100 days before kickoff.
Soccer's marquee tournament is now set start one day earlier than originally scheduled seven years ago in a move that would allow Qatar to play Ecuador on Nov. 20, a person familiar with the proposal told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the person was not authorized to discuss the matter.
The proposal will be put before a committee comprised of FIFA president Gianni Infantino and the heads of the six continental soccer bodies, the person said. A decision is expected this week.
According to a letter sent by FIFA this week and seen by the AP, the governing body is asking for approval from the continental soccer bodies by Thursday.
Qatar should now get an exclusive Sunday slot for its opening ceremony and World Cup debut at the 60,000-capacity Al Bayt Stadium.
The World Cup is currently scheduled to start on Nov. 21, a Monday, based on a FIFA decision in 2015 after it agreed to push back the tournament to avoid the extreme desert heat in June and July. FIFA also got agreement for a shorter, 28-day program to minimize disruption to domestic soccer, especially in Europe, which will shut down ahead of the World Cup.
Recent World Cup tradition gave 2014 host Brazil and 2018 host Russia exclusive opening days to play their first opponents. But the tighter schedule in Qatar called for four games daily for the entire group stage — 48 games in 12 days.
At the tournament draw in Doha on April 1, the Netherlands, Senegal and Ecuador landed in Group A with Qatar. The Dutch and Senegal were allocated the 1 p.m. local time start and Qatar was to play Ecuador in the third game with an evening kickoff six hours later.
The proposal to create a 29-day tournament instead of 28 has been favored by Qatari officials and South American soccer body CONMEBOL, with talks also involving the Qatar and Ecuador soccer federations, the person told the AP.
FIFA acknowledged in its letter that changing the date, after tickets have been sold, would affect some traveling fans. However, FIFA said “any risk is sufficiently outweighed by the value and benefits of the proposal” commercially.
A Qatar-Ecuador game involves only a few players who are with European clubs. Several on the likely Ecuador roster play for clubs in Spain, the United States and Mexico, where leagues stop play ahead of the Nov. 12-13 weekend. | https://www.wtxl.com/sports/fifa-looks-to-start-world-cup-in-qatar-1-day-earlier | 2022-08-12T20:06:55Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/sports/fifa-looks-to-start-world-cup-in-qatar-1-day-earlier | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
According to Pew Research, 70% of Americans use social media.
Whether you use social media to connect with friends and loved ones or to simply kill time, the popularity of this pastime has increased significantly in the last decade. And all of those likes, photos, and comments are changing the way we interact.
Most of us know about popular platforms, like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok and Twitter. But Influencer Marketing Hub shows there are over 100 social media sites where people are posting and connecting.
Influencer Marketing Hub data shows the average internet user spends nearly 2 1/2 hours each day on social media, which makes sense. Social media at its core is designed to be tough to put down.
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For a long time now, I’ve been aching to get something Porsche-related from Sweden on Speedhunters. But finding these cars isn’t always easy.
Many owners want to remain private, and with gas prices through the roof and hardcore environmentalists voicing their concerns about cars like these at every other corner, seeing an air-cooled beauty on the streets of Stockholm is rather rare these days. That said, whenever I do catch one, you can bet I’m first in line to bombard the owner with a bunch of silly questions.
I’m quite certain that the Porsche-based creation I’m about to show you is my greatest find yet. Introducing the Wiborg Special 912.
Weekly car meets are a great opportunity to connect with new people in the car scene, and thankfully, Stockholm County has a bunch of them. I’m a regular attendee at the Nifsta Classic Cars get-togethers held in Rimbo, just north of Sweden’s capital, and it was there that I first met Anton Cosmo, the owner of this wild machine.
Anton is no stranger to fast cars, and in Scandinavian motorsport circles he’s best known for his neon yellow Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI time attack machine. Even though his racing career is still progressing, Anton has already had plenty of success behind the wheel in both Sweden and elsewhere around Europe.
The Evo, which was in quite a few pieces when I visited Anton at his garage, has a lot of modifications, and with 800hp pushing just 1,100kg, I’m sure it’s a handful. Despite its serious spec, Anton has another time attack car in the works, and this one’s an even wilder build that he plans on taking all the way to the World Time Attack Challenge in Sydney, Australia.
While Anton and his father worked on the Evo ahead of an upcoming event, my focus shifted towards the car I had come to see…
Built by Wiborg Engineering, this tube-framed 912 is an absolute work of art.
While I’m all for outrageous wide bodies, I think this race-inspired build really hits the sweet spot.
It started out as a bare 1967 Porsche 912 steel shell, which was reduced to nothing more than the stock roof, pillars, rear fenders and the cowl panel, before a full tube-frame chassis was constructed within. Then, the rear fenders were custom-widened in steel by 50mm on each side, and everything else bar the original doors were replaced with fiberglass equivalents. The front splitter is custom, while the wing is a modified Carrera RSR GT-style piece that fits nicely with the car’s revised lines.
To sum up the exterior, for me it strikes the perfect track-meets-street balance.
But the party really doesn’t start until you open up the car revealing a whole lot of carbon fiber goodness.
Up front, a carbon fiber floor cover hides the new fuel tank, while the side panels partially shroud the coilovers – the front suspension setup now based up on a custom Wiborg Engineering MacPherson strut arrangement. Further back in the frunk you’ll find a couple of Alpine power amplifiers and a Focal 3-way external crossover, part of a pretty nice audio system I’ll talk more about in a moment.
The cabin is a real mix of new and old. There’s a completely restored original Porsche dashboard with Porsche meters that read to 300km/h and 10,000rpm, but also a whole lot more carbon fiber. The floor and interior panels are all made out of the lightweight composite material and where required have been flocked for comfort.
Further modern touches come in the form of Sparco Evo Plus seats with matching harness belts, a suede-wrapped OMP steering wheel, Auto Meter 2.5-bar boost gauge, a Tilton 600 Series adjustable pedal box, custom switch panel with push-button start, and a centrally-mounted Alpine hovering display touchscreen head unit with GPS.
It’s the latter that controls the aforementioned audio system. On show through each carbon door panel are Focal K2 Power series speakers – two woofers (6.5-inch and 3-inch) and a tweeter, with a custom carbon box behind each of the larger drivers ensuring some solid bass.
The system is loud and clear – but it needs to be given the growl that emits from the rear of this monster…
Lifting the ultra-light fiberglass trunk reveals even more carbon fiber – and a 3.5L Porsche air-cooled flat-six that makes 1,000hp on E85.
The engine itself is mostly hidden by the custom twin intercooler setup, complete with an air channel between the tanks for engine cooling. Additional air makes its way into the engine bay via custom tunnels running from vents in the front bumper. These feed into a custom carbon box that seals tightly around the engine fan.
What you can’t easily see in the engine bay is all the other work that went into building this motor up for four-figure output. It all starts inside the engine with genuine – and very hard to get your hands on – 935 cylinders and pistons, but the two big power-making pieces of this puzzle are twin Garrett GTX28 V-band turbochargers (custom water-cooled) with 44mm TiAL MVR wastegates on a custom stainless steel exhaust manifold.
Other key components include ported heads, a custom intake, the twin ignition setup, WOSP Performance alternator with a custom pulley system and modern PK belt, a Setrab oil cooler (front mounted) and a dry sump system.
Getting the power to the ground is a shortened Porsche G50 5-speed transaxle with limited slip differential, running a custom clutch disc with a 935 pressure plate and ultra-lightweight flywheel. Corvette Z07 hubs are used for extra strength.
I touched on the front suspension earlier, but the rear also features a Wiborg Enginering MacPherson strut layout, but with D2 coilovers at this end instead of a Bilstein/Öhlins setup.
Wiborg didn’t mess around when it came to the brakes, speccing large Brembo calipers with Pagid pads and giant carbon-ceramic discs front and rear.
To finish things off, a set of iconic BBS E88 Motorsport wheels with center-locks are wrapped up in Yokohama Advan A052 tires, 265/35R18 for the front end and a staunch 315/30R18 out back. That’s a lot of rear rubber on the road, but this thing needs it!
For Anton, he’s yet to experience anything as terrifying but also as amazing to drive on the street as this car. That says a lot considering how quick his Evo is.
This Wiborg Special 912 could also be a sign of things to come for Anton; his goal moving forward is to one day race a Porsche. Whatever he ends up with, I’m sure piloting this 1,000hp street monster is setting him on the right path.
Alen Haseta
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
Event: A program to raise awareness of the case of Austin Tice, a journalist and Marine veteran who has been held in Syria for 10 years.
When: Sunday, August 14 at 2 p.m.
Where: National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20045. Ballroom, 13th Floor.
Who: Speakers will include the following:
- Debra and Marc Tice;
- Tony Hunter, CEO, McClatchy;
- President John DeGioia, Georgetown University;
- Jen Judson, President, The National Press Club
- Anthony Blinken, Secretary of State (via video);
- Fred Ryan, Publisher, The Washington Post (via video);
- U.S. Rep. Al Green (invited);
- Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor (invited);
- President Joseph R. Biden (invited).
This is a private, invitation only event organized by the National Press Club and the Tice Family. Press Coverage is welcome but please let us know you are coming by emailing members@press.org.
The Event will be live-streamed: click here to watch on Youtube.
The Club has hosted awareness events on the anniversary of Austin's abduction for several years but, during the pandemic, safety issues precluded robust attendance and the Tices participated via video. This will be the first time they have joined us in person for this event. In the 2020 event the Club unveiled The Freedom Clock -- a 24/7 365 large display in the lobby dedicated to tracking the time of Austin's kidnapping in years, days, seconds.
We hope through this event we will raise awareness of who Austin is and discuss the current status of his case and what is being done to bring him home.
In the past year there have been significant breakthroughs in the case including a May 2, 2022 Oval Office meeting with President Biden. In that meeting, the President gave explicit instructions to his National Security team on exactly how they should proceed with respect to engaging with the Syrians. Also, in April 2022, the White House Correspondent's Assn. made Debra Tice a focus of their event and President Biden spoke of his interest in meeting with the Tices and bringing Austin home. Since last Fall The Washington Post has engaged in an unprecedented advertising campaign with dozens of full-page ads, first calling for a meeting with the President and now calling for the government to bring Austin home. In the current campaign they are unveiling a banner on their building. This is the most significant message support provided by The Washington Post for a press freedom case. And McClatchy Newspapers has prepared unprecedented news packages and coverage related to Austin's case. The Tices have made countless TV appearances including recent interviews with Jake Tapper and Lester Holt.
As a reminder, Austin Tice is the only U.S. journalist currently being held overseas. He has been held longer than any U.S. journalist – even Terry Anderson of the Associated Press. The position of the American government is that we have every reason to believe he is alive. The U.S. last sent a delegation to meet with the Syrians about releasing Austin in September of 2020 and there were significant steps taken during the meeting and more follow-up by the U.S. is now urgently required.
The Press Club has engaged in many campaigns to help obtain Austin's release over the years. In the last year these have included a 5k Run for Austin with participation in 13 states and four countries and a Change.org petition signed by 150,000 people as well as news conferences, panels, videos and social media. The National Press Club Journalism Institute, the Club's non-profit affiliate has created an exhibit on Austin and launched important and successful letter writing campaigns to Congress.
Contact: Bill McCarren, 202-662-7534 for the National Press Club
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Program will Help Reduce Financial Barriers and Benefit Students Across 10 U.S. Cities
PLANO, Texas, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Frito-Lay today announced a partnership with the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) that will further enable Black and Hispanic students across 10 U.S. cities to attend college. The snack leader is investing $500,000 in need-based scholarships to help reduce the financial barriers of attending and graduating college. Students are encouraged to apply beginning now and until submissions close September 29.
The scholarship will be accessible to students in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Orlando, Phoenix, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. Each scholarship will provide assistance of up to $5,000 each to 100 Black and Hispanic students.
"Investing in these students means investing in tomorrow's success. It's a privilege to play a role in their futures," said Steven Williams, CEO PepsiCo Foods North America. "At Frito-Lay, we're proud to celebrate diversity at every level of our organization and remain committed to supporting future generations through resources that enable them to continue their education journey and achieve long-term success."
This is one of the largest scholarships in Frito-Lay history and an extension of Frito-Lay's commitment to the PepsiCo Racial Equality Journey initiative, which will contribute $570 million to address issues of inequality over the next five years. This also represents the first partnership between Frito-Lay and UNCF, which has a 75-year legacy of helping to provide equal access to education for all Americans.
"We're thrilled to partner with Frito-Lay to support underrepresented groups in the communities that we call home," said Maurice E. Jenkins, Jr., executive vice president and chief development officer, UNCF. "This partnership helps us to further act on our vision of a nation where all Americans have equal access to a college education that prepares them for rich intellectual lives, competitive and fulfilling careers and engaged citizenship."
The eligibility for scholarship selection requires that a student be Black or Hispanic and be enrolled full-time at an accredited four-year college. To view the full list of criteria and to apply, click here.
About Frito-Lay North America
Frito-Lay North America is the $19 billion convenient foods division of PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP), which is headquartered in Purchase, NY. Frito-Lay snacks include Lay's and Ruffles potato chips, Doritos tortilla chips, Cheetos snacks, Tostitos tortilla chips and branded dips, SunChips multigrain snacks and Fritos corn chips. The company operates 30+ manufacturing facilities across the U.S. and Canada, more than 200 distribution centers and services 315,000 retail customers per week through its direct-store-delivery model. Learn more about Frito-Lay at the corporate website, www.fritolay.com, on Twitter (@fritolay), on Instagram (@fritolay) and on Facebook (Frito-Lay).
About UNCF
UNCF (United Negro College Fund) is the nation's largest and most effective minority education organization. To serve youth, the community and the nation, UNCF supports students' education and development through scholarships and other programs, supports and strengthens its 37 member colleges and universities, and advocates for the importance of minority education and college readiness. While totaling only 3% of all colleges and universities, UNCF institutions and other historically Black colleges and universities are highly effective, awarding 13% of bachelor's degrees, 5% of master's degrees, 10% of doctoral degrees and 24% of all STEM degrees earned by Black students in higher education. UNCF administers more than 400 programs, including scholarship, internship and fellowship, mentoring, summer enrichment, and curriculum and faculty development programs. Today, UNCF supports more than 60,000 students at over 1,100 colleges and universities across the country. Its logo features the UNCF torch of leadership in education and its widely recognized trademark, "A mind is a terrible thing to waste."® Learn more at UNCF.org or for continuous updates and news, follow UNCF on Twitter at @UNCF.
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PITTSBURGH, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "I wanted to find a way to save on time and labor while on site working on an electrical box," said the inventor from Aurora, Colo. "I created this device to be used when rough installing an electrical box in a build."
He invented W O BOX, patent-pending, to provide an easy way of installing a rough-in electrical box that can be adjusted in any direction. This would allow the installer to control the level so that the box and front-mounted box plate would be in parallel and perpendicular alignment. This device could be useful to contractors, electricians, building construction workers, and more to help save them time. Additionally, this could be utilized in both residential and commercial settings.
The original design was submitted to the Denver sales office of InventHelp. It is currently available for licensing or sale to manufacturers or marketers. For more information, write Dept. 20-DNV-344, InventHelp, 217 Ninth Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222, or call (412) 288-1300 ext. 1368. Learn more about InventHelp's Invention Submission Services at http://www.InventHelp.com.
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LONDON, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Youniverze Finance, whose mission is to make crypto markets as accessible as possible, announced its presale.
In the first part of the presale, strategic buyers will have the option of joining the project.18% of the Yuni coins with a 30% bonus for all first purchases will be allocated in Stage 1 with 2.34 M of the 13.5 M coins available. In the second part of the presale, based on their capital commitment, all users will have access to the token so that everyone gets a fair share.
The overall vision for Youniverze is to create a platform for end-users to have a seamless experience without the stress of complex transactions. This will hopefully encourage a wider range of people to join cryptocurrency trading.
The Youniverze is beginner-friendly and has a streamlined, user-friendly interface. The company focused on building up its community spirit and comradery. To achieve this, Youniverze has a series of incentives in place so that early users can earn rewards for their contributions via different programs.
One of the best features of Youniverze is its ability to ensure cheap rates. Youniverze will identify the most cost-effective bridge or DEX with the cheapest swap rate for its community to utilise.
The project also benefits from enhanced security, as chains are enabled to engage meaningfully with one another, maintaining their autonomy in terms of government and united in security features. Currently, its multichain capacity allows users to transfer assets across two blockchains, however, it has future plans to increase this amount. At the moment, Youniverze allows its users to access numerous liquidity providers at once, both in-chain and across multichain providers.
Users can also stake tokens to receive rewards while participating in decisions made on the Youniverze Finance ecosystem. These decisions could be regarding transaction costs, release timetables, or project migration to a new network. The users who stake tokens will receive a share of fees collected by Youniverze Finance from the ecosystem's liquidity pools.
Youniverze plans to launch on both centralised and decentralised exchanges, and within one year they plan to be listed on Binance.
Youniverze (YUNI)
Presale: http://join.youniverze.io/
Website: http://youniverze.io/
Telegram: https://t.me/YouniverzeOfficial
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Youniverze_
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It’s August, meaning millions of bright-eyed, fresh-faced kids are heading off to college to be indoctrinated.
At Northwestern University, the process begins with the student newspaper’s guide to activist groups. The Daily Northwestern’s Orientation Issue, handed out to incoming freshmen for free, helpfully lists seven groups new Wildcats might want to join. Just seven.
There’s NU Community Not Cops, which calls for the abolition of the campus police department. Students Organizing for Labor Rights, which has students pushing campus employees to unionize. NU Dissenters, which calls for the university to divest from any “war profiteers” including Boeing and Lockheed Martin. And Fossil Free NU, which “fights for climate and environmental justice, based in anti-racist and abolitionist praxis.”
Or you could tap a keg with a group dedicated to destroying Israel.
The Students for Justice in Palestine “raise awareness for violence committed against Palestinian people by Israeli forces” — skipping, we imagine, the constant rocket and terrorist attacks against Israel. SJP brags that it got 60 students to walk out of a speech by Andrew Yang, because why listen to anyone with whom you disagree? They boycotted Sabra, because why let any Israeli company do business?
In November of last year, Community Not Cops, Students for Justice in Palestine, NU Dissenters and Fossil Free NU “stormed” the field during a football game in protest (considering Northwestern went 1-8 in the Big Ten, they were probably happy for the break). What does Fossil Free NU have to do with Israel? The group “sees environmental justice work as tied to other forms of resistance.”
Sadly, Northwestern is indicative of what’s going on at many universities, which are awash in “intersectional” progressive dogma. You must believe in the Green New Deal, and defunding the police, and Palestinians’ “right to return” — code for the end of Israel as a Jewish state — and you must believe them all, no exceptions. Each gets an uncritical hearing in the student press. Anyone else gets shouted down or protested.
No surprise, then, that universities are producing the sort of young, white, illiberal, censorious urban voters whose voting bloc elects the Squad and drags the Democratic Party even further left.
So: Welcome, class of ’26. We have just one piece of advice. The most important thing to learn in college is how to think for yourself. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/12/college-indoctrination-at-northwestern-university/ | 2022-08-12T20:14:00Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/12/college-indoctrination-at-northwestern-university/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
This accidental bargain is about to be a lot of paperwork.
A tiny mishap has landed a Sparks, Nevada, homebuyer with a small city’s worth of homes purchased for the price of one.
Thanks to four mistaken keystrokes, the new owner of a single-family home received an additional 84 house lots, plus two common spaces for a total of 86 properties, while getting the deed for her new house, which alone is valued at $594,481, according to the Reno Gazette Journal.
The reason for the bonus homes, located in a development northeast of Reno, was simply administrative human error.
“It appears Westminster Title out of Las Vegas may have copied and pasted a legal description from another Toll Brothers transfer when preparing [the homebuyer’s] deed for recordation,” Washoe County chief deputy assessor Cori Burke told the outlet.
The error was at least obvious enough that it was noted almost immediately — but the damage had already been done.
“Because it was pretty clear a mistake was made, our assessment services division reached out to Westminster Title right away so they could begin working on correcting the chain of title for the 86 properties transferred in error,” Burke went on. Such copy-paste errors in fact happen “fairly often,” although rarely do they involve so many properties.
“This particular case is just a little more interesting because of the number of lots involved,” said Burke.
Although amusing, fixing the erroneous land grab will be quite a headache, and require the homebuyer to transfer the title back to Toll Brothers, who will then in turn transfer it to new property owners through typical channels.
“I think someone could try to make things difficult. However, the title company also has the offer and acceptance for the purchase on file so intent is pretty clear,” Burke told the publication. “I would think it would be a loser in court and doubt it happens often, if at all.” | https://nypost.com/2022/08/12/copy-paste-error-leads-to-homebuyer-buying-whole-neighborhood/ | 2022-08-12T20:14:06Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/12/copy-paste-error-leads-to-homebuyer-buying-whole-neighborhood/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The long-running daytime talk show “Dr. Phil” conducted a round of layoffs ahead of its upcoming season this fall, a spokesperson for the show confirmed on Friday.
The cost-cutting move affected about 25 workers, most of which worked in production roles for the talk show, the “Dr. Phil” spokesperson said, adding the show had “streamlined production to ensure longevity.”
“As is typical of this process there were some roles we discovered that we could reduce yet still deliver our dynamic, forward-thinking program,” the spokesperson said in a statement to The Post.
Variety was first to report on the layoffs.
The pink slips were dispersed months after allegations of a toxic workplace environment rocked “Dr. Phil,” the show named for its eponymous host, Dr. Phil McGraw.
A report from Buzzfeed News detailed allegations from a dozen current and former employees who said they “experienced verbal abuse in a workplace that fosters fear, intimidation, and racism” while on set. Seven of the workers who spoke to the outlet also said that guests appearing on the show are “manipulated and treated unethically.”
“Everyone was just pretty miserable. You would walk into the building and there was just a palpable dread and anxiety,” one former employee told the outlet at the time. “Dr. Phil — the show about mental health where everybody who works on it has terrible mental health because our work conditions were really bad.”
Another ex-worker said the show’s summer hiatus was their only reprieve and that they “would have nightmares” about the job.
“I would literally be working in my sleep and have nightmares about something being wrong or not turning in something the right way,” the former employee said. “Even when I quit, I had to go to therapy for it, which is crazy because you’re working for a therapist.”
McGraw was not personally implicated in any wrongdoing on set. Instead, the staffers said the show’s top producers were responsible for the toxic culture.
A spokesperson for “Dr. Phil” denied the allegations in Buzzfeed’s report, referring to them as a “click-bait story” containing “verifiably and objectively false characterizations and reporting.”
“Dr. Phil” will debut its 21st season in September on CBS. The show is currently set to air through at least May 2023. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/12/dr-phil-conducts-wave-of-layoffs-in-cost-cutting-move/ | 2022-08-12T20:14:18Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/12/dr-phil-conducts-wave-of-layoffs-in-cost-cutting-move/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Pres. Trump will not object to public release of a warrant to search his Florida home.
According to sources not confirmed, investigators discovered boxes with some containing top-secret sensitive compartmented information. Those are considered some of the highest level classified documents. Because of the top-secret nature of the documents it is unlikely that they will ever be released.
Yesterday Atty. Gen. Merrick Garland made a statement for the 1st time saying that he authorize the search of the Trump home. It did not to reveal what the FBI was looking for.. The judge set a deadline at 3 PM today for Trump's legal team to decide if they were going to object to the release of the warrant. They did not. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/pres-trump-will-not-object-to-public-release-of-a-warrant-to-search-his-florida-home-20220812/ | 2022-08-12T20:20:50Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/pres-trump-will-not-object-to-public-release-of-a-warrant-to-search-his-florida-home-20220812/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A 21-year-old Falls Church man has been arrested and charged with aggravated sexual battery while working as a hospital caretaker.
On July 7, the victim reported to a hospital technician that his previous caretaker had sexually assaulted him in April, Fairfax County police said in a news release.
"His caretaker fondled the victim’s genitalia on two separate occasions," the release said. The victim, who requires 24/7 care due to his condition, was receiving long-term care at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital at 3600 Joseph Siewick Drive in Fairfax.
Detectives from the Major Crimes Bureau were notified on July 8 and assumed the investigation. Detectives identified the hospital caretaker as Hektor Fernando Alvarez of Falls Church, the release said.
Alvarez was employed by Metropolitan Healthcare Services (MHS), a company contracted by Inova to provide sitter services for patients, according to police. He is no longer employed by MHS.
After a month long investigation, Alvarez was arrested on Aug. 9 for aggravated sexual battery with a victim through mental incapacity or helplessness, the release said. He was held on no bond but later released on a secured bond.
Through the investigation, detectives learned Alvarez is currently employed as a medical technician at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington County. At this time, no incidents have been reported at this location, police said.
Detectives are asking anyone with information about this case or believe Hektor Fernando Alvarez had inappropriate contact to please call the Major Crimes Bureau at 703-246-7800, option 3. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through Crime Solvers by phone – 1-866-411-TIPS (866-411-8477), and by web. | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/inova-fair-oaks-hospital-caretaker-charged-with-sexual-assault/article_fb624672-1a6c-11ed-bc59-87b97b2088ad.html | 2022-08-12T20:25:31Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/inova-fair-oaks-hospital-caretaker-charged-with-sexual-assault/article_fb624672-1a6c-11ed-bc59-87b97b2088ad.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
KM Studios, a video production, photography and professional events rental studio, has opened in Bristow.
The studio, owned and operated by Krystal Williams, includes various rooms for professionals to use for video, photography and business needs.
Services include:
- 40x 40 studio with 17x15 Cyclorama wall and various backdrops, including a Chromakey green screen
- Promotional/highlight videos for businesses, management, teams and CEOs.
- Rental space for networking and social events
- Podcast room with audio recording equipment, mixing board and display monitors
- Staging and dressing area that can be rented out for hair and makeup classes
- Conference room
The studio, at 7951 Gainsford Court, Suite 125, is open seven days a week from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m.
For more information, call (703) 268-2488 or visit www.kultivatemediastudios.com | https://www.insidenova.com/news/business/video-production-studio-opens-in-bristow/article_59d236d6-1a72-11ed-a98e-ef7b680fa3fa.html | 2022-08-12T20:25:57Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/news/business/video-production-studio-opens-in-bristow/article_59d236d6-1a72-11ed-a98e-ef7b680fa3fa.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
480 suspected criminals arrested inside uncompleted buildings, undeveloped plots of land at FCT in one day
Commander in charge of the task force that effected the arrests, Mr Bennett Igweh, said the suspects, mostly male, had turned green areas, undeveloped plots of land, and unoccupied houses into their haven for crime.
Igweh said the team would stop at nothing to rid the city of criminal elements threatening the peace of the FCT.
He said the task force recovered police uniforms, mobile phones, loaded pistols, machetes and charms from the suspects.
“We arrested about 480 suspected criminals. We are going to take many of them to court. They live in unauthorised places in the FCT; they want to hide within the shanties and black spots in order to commit havoc in Abuja.
“We will do thorough profiling because we suspect that some of them are escapees from the Kuje Correctional Centre. We are starting from the city centre and we will extend the arrests to other areas.
“The exercise will reach 21 satellite villages and towns from Kabusa to Gishiri to Waru and to Wasa and others,’’ Igweh said. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/480-suspected-criminals-arrested-inside-uncompleted-buildings-undeveloped-plots-of-land-at-fct-in-one-day/ | 2022-08-12T20:29:26Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/480-suspected-criminals-arrested-inside-uncompleted-buildings-undeveloped-plots-of-land-at-fct-in-one-day/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Scoop: GOP plans effort to sabotage Inflation Reduction Act
House Republicans are planning to try to open up Democrats' $740 billion tax, climate and health care bill to a legal challenge after it passes, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: The move is Republicans' way of showing their base that they're going to great lengths to kill the legislation, which is likely to be unanimously opposed by House Republicans.
- "I would be shocked if anybody [in the GOP] voted for it," said Rep. Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.), the House Republican chief deputy whip.
Driving the news: Republicans, led by members of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus, plan to get "as many members as possible to vote by proxy" in order to deny Democrats a physical quorum, two senior Republican aides told Axios.
- The bill would still pass, but Republicans hope a company affected by the tax provisions in the bill will then sue to challenge the law's constitutionality.
- Fueling their plan is the fact that so many members are voting by proxy: there were 187 active proxy letters as of Friday afternoon, according to the House Clerk's office.
Context: The Constitution requires Congress to have a simple majority of its members present to pass legislation — in other words, a quorum.
- However, the House passed a resolution at the start of the 117th Congress that stipulates proxy votes count towards that quorum.
Flashback: The Supreme Court in January declined to hear a challenge to proxy voting brought by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), leaving in place a lower court ruling that the House's ability to make its own rules under the Constitution's speech or debate clause is not subject to judicial review.
- However, one of the aides noted that a court has not weighed in on whether proxy votes count towards a quorum under the Constitution — buoying their hope that the matter could at least be adjudicated in court. | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/12/gop-plans-sabotage-inflation-reduction-act | 2022-08-12T20:29:31Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/12/gop-plans-sabotage-inflation-reduction-act | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — A woman hurt during a house fire in Pawtucket has died from her injuries.
Pawtucket police identified the victim Friday as Maria Cadenas.
The house fire happened Wednesday morning on Ballston Avenue. A witness at the scene told 12 News the woman became trapped after helping her two grandchildren escape through a window.
Police said the 71-year-old was taken to the hospital in critical condition, while a 12-year-old boy was also being treated for minor injuries.
The state fire marshal’s office still investigating.
This is a breaking news story. Check back for updates. | https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/blackstone-valley/woman-dies-after-pawtucket-fire/ | 2022-08-12T20:33:27Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/blackstone-valley/woman-dies-after-pawtucket-fire/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The major US indices Indices Stock market indices represents an index that measures a particular stock market or a segment of the stock market. These instruments are important investors as they help compare current price levels with past prices to calculate market performance.The main two parameters for indices are that they are both investable and transparent. For example, investors can invest in a stock market index by buying an index fund, which is structured as either a mutual fund or an exchange-traded fund, and track an index. The difference between an index fund's performance and the index, if any, is called tracking error. Most major countries boast multiple indices. Commonly traded indices include the S&P 500, NASDAQ-100, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIJA), EURO STOXX 50, Hang Seng Index, and many more.Stock market indices can be characterized or segmented by the index coverage set of stocks. The overall coverage of an index constitutes an underlying group of stocks, most commonly grouped together by underlying investor demand.How to Trade IndicesRetail brokers offer indices exposure through the use of contracts-for-difference (CFDs) or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Each are popular ways to trade specific markets and are almost always on offer at most brokers.Investors can choose between multiple types of indices that traditionally fall within several categories. This includes country coverage, regional coverage, global coverage, exchange-based coverage, and sector-based coverage.All indices are ultimately weighted in a number of different ways. The most common mechanisms include market-capitalization weighting, free-float adjusted market capitalization weighting, volatility weighting, price weighting, and others. Stock market indices represents an index that measures a particular stock market or a segment of the stock market. These instruments are important investors as they help compare current price levels with past prices to calculate market performance.The main two parameters for indices are that they are both investable and transparent. For example, investors can invest in a stock market index by buying an index fund, which is structured as either a mutual fund or an exchange-traded fund, and track an index. The difference between an index fund's performance and the index, if any, is called tracking error. Most major countries boast multiple indices. Commonly traded indices include the S&P 500, NASDAQ-100, Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIJA), EURO STOXX 50, Hang Seng Index, and many more.Stock market indices can be characterized or segmented by the index coverage set of stocks. The overall coverage of an index constitutes an underlying group of stocks, most commonly grouped together by underlying investor demand.How to Trade IndicesRetail brokers offer indices exposure through the use of contracts-for-difference (CFDs) or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Each are popular ways to trade specific markets and are almost always on offer at most brokers.Investors can choose between multiple types of indices that traditionally fall within several categories. This includes country coverage, regional coverage, global coverage, exchange-based coverage, and sector-based coverage.All indices are ultimately weighted in a number of different ways. The most common mechanisms include market-capitalization weighting, free-float adjusted market capitalization weighting, volatility weighting, price weighting, and others. are closing higher for the 4th consecutive week today, the gains were led by the NASDAQ NASDAQ The Nasdaq Stock Market or NASDAQ is an American stock exchange. It trails only the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in market capitalization and is part of a network of stock markets and options exchanges.Launched back in 1971, NASDAQ is the acronym for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations. Since then it is known simply as NASDAQ and has become one of the most influential exchanges worldwide.The NASDAQ was the world’s first electronic stock market, and has since assumed the majority of major trades that had been executed by the over-the-counter (OTC) system of trading.What Makes Up the NASDAQ?In particular, the exchange also features the NASDAQ Composite, which includes almost all stocks listed on the NASDAQ stock market. Along with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIJA) and S&P 500 Index, this is one of the three most-followed stock market indices in the United States.Overall, the NASDAQ stock market has three different market tiers. This includes the Capital Market, or an equity market for companies that have relatively small levels of market capitalization. The listing requirements for small cap companies are less stringent than for other Nasdaq markets that list larger companies with significantly higher market capitalization.Additionally, the Global Market is made up of stocks that represent the Nasdaq Global Market. The Global Market consists of 1,450 stocks that meet the exchange’s financial and liquidity requirements, and corporate governance standards.Finally, the Global Select Market is a market capitalization-weighted index made up of 1,200 US-based and international stocks that represent the Global Select Market Composite. The Nasdaq Stock Market or NASDAQ is an American stock exchange. It trails only the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in market capitalization and is part of a network of stock markets and options exchanges.Launched back in 1971, NASDAQ is the acronym for the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations. Since then it is known simply as NASDAQ and has become one of the most influential exchanges worldwide.The NASDAQ was the world’s first electronic stock market, and has since assumed the majority of major trades that had been executed by the over-the-counter (OTC) system of trading.What Makes Up the NASDAQ?In particular, the exchange also features the NASDAQ Composite, which includes almost all stocks listed on the NASDAQ stock market. Along with the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DIJA) and S&P 500 Index, this is one of the three most-followed stock market indices in the United States.Overall, the NASDAQ stock market has three different market tiers. This includes the Capital Market, or an equity market for companies that have relatively small levels of market capitalization. The listing requirements for small cap companies are less stringent than for other Nasdaq markets that list larger companies with significantly higher market capitalization.Additionally, the Global Market is made up of stocks that represent the Nasdaq Global Market. The Global Market consists of 1,450 stocks that meet the exchange’s financial and liquidity requirements, and corporate governance standards.Finally, the Global Select Market is a market capitalization-weighted index made up of 1,200 US-based and international stocks that represent the Global Select Market Composite. index which rose over 2%. All 11 sectors of the S&P index rose.
A look at the final numbers shows:
- Dow industrial average rose 424.3 points or 1.27% to 33761.04
- S&P rose 72.86 points or 1.73% to 4280.14
- NASDAQ index rose 267.27 points or 2.09% to 13047.19
- Russell 2000 rose 41.35 points or 2.09% to 2016.616
Looking at the 11 S&P sectors, the biggest gainers include"
- Consumer discretionary, +2.3%
- InformationTechnogy, +2.07%
- Communication Services, 2.02%
The 3 laggards were:
- Energy +0.81%
- Consumer Staples, +0.92%
- Health Care +1.31%
For the trading week, the gains were led by the S&P which rose 3.25%:
- Dow industrial average rose 2.92%
- S&P index rose 3.25%
- NASDAQ index rose 3.08%.
Since the 2022 bottom:
- Dow industrial average has risen 13.85%
- S&P index rose 17.69%
- NASDAQ index is up 23.49% (a bull market)
Although major indices are up nicely from their bottom, they still remain lower on the year
- Dow is down -7.2% down 60.6%
- S&P is down -10.18%
- NASDAQ index is down -16.6% | https://www.forexlive.com/news/major-us-indices-close-higher-for-the-4th-consecutive-week-20220812/ | 2022-08-12T20:33:47Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/major-us-indices-close-higher-for-the-4th-consecutive-week-20220812/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DALLAS — A Texas man accused of injuring three people in a shooting at a hair salon in Dallas’ Koreatown in May was indicted earlier this week on hate crime charges.
The Dallas County District Attorney announced Tuesday that a grand jury returned a seven-count indictment charging Jeremy Smith with seven counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon as a hate crime.
"A Dallas County Grand Jury has returned multiple indictments on Jeremy Smith, 37, charged in connection to shootings allegedly motivated by bias or prejudice against Asian Americans – thus classified under Texas law as a hate crime," District Attorney John Creuzot said in a statement.
The grand jury met on Aug. 4, the district attorney's office said in a statement.
Smith is accused of shooting inside the Hair World Salon on May 11, firing allegedly 13 times, hitting three people, according to the statement.
According to the district attorney, Smith allegedly selected the victims "because of his bias or prejudice against Asian Americans."
The district attorney said Dallas Police arrested Smith on May 16.
According to the statement, Smith remains in the Lew Sterrett Justice Center on a $700,000 bond. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/dallas-saloon-shooting-suspect-indicted-on-hate-crime-charges | 2022-08-12T20:35:12Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/dallas-saloon-shooting-suspect-indicted-on-hate-crime-charges | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Abdul Wadud, a groundbreaking cellist who expanded a realm of possibilities for his instrument in avant-garde jazz and classical music, died on Aug. 10. He was 75.
His son, the R&B singer and songwriter Raheem DeVaughn, announced his death on social media without providing a cause.
Wadud was a pioneer on his instrument. Some legendary bassists like Oscar Pettiford and Ron Carter had doubled on cello before him, and a miniscule number of cellists, notably Fred Katz, had distinguished themselves as jazz improvisers. For Wadud, the cello was his primary ax — and an expansive vehicle for self-expression. Wadud's sound was unmistakable, rich and soulful, and he broadened the sonic range of his instrument.
Although much of his work was as a sideman, Wadud was one of the most important jazz musicians of the 1970s, '80s and '90s. Any session with him had a unique sound that went beyond the sonorities of his instrument. There was clarity, order and a lyrical quality to the music, which is one reason many fans followed his work as a sideman no less than they did his bandleaders.
One of those leaders, and one of Wadud's most frequent collaborators, was saxophonist and composer Julius Hemphill. Their shared contribution to a 15-minute piece called "Dogon A.D.," the title track of Hemphill's 1972 album, amounts to one of the defining statements of early '70s jazz.
"I think of Abdul's playing on 'Dogon A.D.' like a full gospel choir," says Marty Ehrlich, the multi-reedist and composer who curates the Julius Hemphill Archive in the NYU Fales Library. "He is covering the soprano, alto, tenor, and bass voices. He is in many ways orchestrating the shape of the work. "
In the liner notes to Oakland Duets, released more than two decades later, Hemphill says of Wadud that "we're so close musically, I feel like I have total freedom. I feel like I could play anything, and he would respond. He knows he could do the same. I know for a fact that Abdul and I could count off a tempo and play for hours."
Abdul Wadud was born Ronald DeVaughn in Cleveland, OH on April 10, 1947. He grew up in a musical household; his father played trumpet and French horn and sang, and his older sister auditioned for the Metropolitan Opera. His brother, a guitarist, was recruited by legendary soul group The O'Jays. (The idea was quashed by their mother, who insisted he stay in school.)
Wadud started out playing alto saxophone, but made cello his focus after hearing the instrument in groups led by the stellar saxophonist Albert Ayler, who also hailed from Cleveland. Wadud always praised the level of arts education in Cleveland's public schools, where he received an education on his instruments. The thriving local jazz scene also nurtured his interests; in an interview with Point of Departure in 2014, he recalled listening to Miles Davis and John Coltrane while standing outside a local nightclub.
Wadud made his first recording at 18. He attended Youngstown State, then Oberlin College, where he converted to Islam — and met Hemphill, who had come to perform at the school. After earning a Masters from SUNY Stonybrook in 1971, Wadud began splitting his time between symphony orchestra work, Broadway pits, and the thriving loft jazz scene in New York City, where his associates included saxophonist Arthur Blythe, flutist James Newton and pianist Anthony Davis.
Wadud performed in several settings with Blythe, including an era-defining quintet otherwise featuring drummer Bobby Battle, tubaist Bob Stewart, and either James Blood Ulmer or Kelvyn Bell on guitar. Whether soloing or supporting, Wadud is a vital factor in the quintet portion of Blythe's classic recording Illusions.
Wadud had not been active in recent years, and the jazz scene was poorer for it. Through the body of work he did leave behind, he blazed a trail for inheritors like Akua Dixon, Dierdre Murray, Fred Longborg-Holm, Hank Roberts and Tomeka Reid, among others. For a June 2020 article in the New York Times titled 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love the Cello, Reid selected a piece from Wadud's 1977 solo album By Myself. "I love the freedom and creativity in his playing," she wrote. "He uses the whole range of the cello and moves between lyrical, free playing and groove with ease, something I strive to do in my own work."
Ehrlich, who featured Wadud in his Dark Woods Ensemble and other settings, tells NPR that his most striking characteristic was balance. "He brought a great intensity to all music making, and at the same time, he brought a great center to the music," Ehrlich says. "I always felt him hearing the whole proceeding, and centering it here, prodding it there. He amazed me always."
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.klcc.org/npr-music/npr-music/2022-08-12/abdul-wadud-expressive-cellist-who-blazed-a-trail-in-improvised-music-dies-at-75 | 2022-08-12T20:35:20Z | klcc.org | control | https://www.klcc.org/npr-music/npr-music/2022-08-12/abdul-wadud-expressive-cellist-who-blazed-a-trail-in-improvised-music-dies-at-75 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DAVID BIANCULLI, HOST:
This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, professor of television studies at Rowan University in New Jersey, in for Terry Gross. Lamont Dozier, part of the Motown songwriting team Holland-Dozier-Holland, died Monday at the age of 81. Along with brothers Brian and Eddie Holland, he helped define the Motown sound. They wrote many hit songs, mostly for Martha and the Vandellas, the Supremes and the Four Tops. Here are just a few.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE")
THE SUPREMES: (Singing) I need love, love to ease my mind. I need to find, find someone to call mine. But mama said, can't hurry love. No, you just have to wait.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HEAT WAVE")
MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS: (Singing) Whenever I'm with him, something inside - inside - starts to burning, and I'm filled with desire. Could it be a devil in me? Or is this the way love's supposed to be? It's like a heat wave burning in my heart. It's like a heat wave...
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE")
THE SUPREMES: (Singing) Stop in the name of love before you break my heart. Baby, baby, I'm aware of where you go each time you leave my door. I watch you walk down the street.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO")
THE SUPREMES: (Singing) Baby, baby, baby, don't leave me. Ooh, please don't leave me all by myself. I've got this burning, burning, yearning feeling inside me, ooh, deep inside me. And it hurts so bad. You came into my heart.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "BABY I NEED YOUR LOVING")
THE FOUR TOPS: (Singing) Baby, I need your loving. Baby, I need your loving. Although you're never here. your voice, I often hear. Another day, another night, I long to hold you tight.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "NOWHERE TO RUN")
MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS: (Singing) Nowhere to run to, baby. Nowhere to hide. Got nowhere to run to, baby. Got nowhere to hide. It's not love I'm running from. It's the heartbreak I know will come 'cause I know you're no good for me. But you've become a part of me. Everywhere I go, your face I see.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I CAN'T HELP MYSELF (SUGAR PIE HONEY BUNCH)")
THE FOUR TOPS: (Singing) Sugar pie, honey bunch, you know that I love you. I can't help myself. I love you and nobody else. In and out my life, come and you go, leaving just your picture behind.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "MARVIN GAYE")
MARVIN GAYE: (Singing) How sweet it is to be loved by you. Yes, baby. Ooh, how sweet it is to be loved by you. Ooh, baby, I needed the shelter of someone's arms. And there you were.
BIANCULLI: Holland, Dozier and Holland wrote more than 80 singles that reached the top 40 in the pop or R&B charts, including 10 No. 1 hits for the Supremes. The team was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1988 and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. We're going to listen to Terry's 2003 interview with Lamont Dozier and Brian and Eddie Holland. They began with one of their hits for the Four Tops, which, by the way, became part of the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "REACH OUT I'LL BE THERE")
THE FOUR TOPS: (Singing) Now, if you feel that you can't go on because all of your hope is gone, and your life is filled with much confusion, until happiness is just an illusion, and your world around is crumbling around, darling, reach out. Come on, girl. Reach on out for me. Reach out for me. I'll be there with a love that will shelter you. I'll be there with a love that will you see you through.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
TERRY GROSS: In the intro, is that almost kind of, like, galloping horse drumbeat (laughter) - was that the idea of one of you?
BRIAN HOLLAND: Well, it was - Lamont and I came up with the - you know what I mean? We thought about that. And - which makes it interesting. You know what I mean? Little different sounds like that makes a record interesting, especially on an intro.
LAMONT DOZIER: The feeling of it, you know - I think there was a broken tambourine. There was a tambourine without the little shakers on it. And we just thought - well, the feeling of the music was - it almost dictated that we have some type of feeling like that going through, that little galloping thing that you mentioned. And in this case, we found this broken tambourine that seemed to match just what we needed for that feeling, you know?
GROSS: Eddie Holland, you were the lyricist on this song. How did you come up with the reach out, I'll be their hook?
EDDIE HOLLAND: I'm not sure. I think that was - Lamont had the idea. Often when Brian and Lamont would work together on the basic melodies in the earlier stages, sometimes, you know, one or two of us, you know, or three of us would come up with an idea, and then they would give me - after they recorded the instrumentation in the studio, they would give me that tape of that, and I would have to write the lyric to it.
GROSS: So you wrote the lyric after it was partially produced?
E HOLLAND: Well, yes. When you say - yeah, I guess you could consider it partially produced. When the instrumentation was basically done, the rhythm of it, then that's when Brian would - because Brian was the engineer also, in many cases, he would give me a copy of it. Sometimes, like I say, it would have a title. Sometimes it wouldn't. And they - but the bottom line is that I had to finish the lyric of it.
GROSS: So that's interesting. So the song already had a feel to it. It had a sound before there was a lyric.
E HOLLAND: Oh, yes.
DOZER: Yeah.
E HOLLAND: Most definitely.
DOZER: 'Cause we cut tracks first, you know, most of the time. It was done with tracks first, and then once we got the feeling, then we gave Eddie a melody to work from, so then he would know some idea about what it is that we were feeling, Brian and I, when we sat down to do these things. In this particular case, "Reach Out I'll Be There," Brian came up with that initial - (vocalizing). And then it went into the funk part, as I call it, and then that's when I join in. And we did a lot of things like that in compiling the track. And then once the track had been established, we would, you know, share our feelings about the melody. And then after the melody and the idea and whatever title we had, then we would pass it on to Eddie so he could complete the lyrics.
GROSS: I just find that so interesting because for so many other songwriters, it's the melody and the lyric that come first. And then the productions conceptualize. Or...
B HOLLAND: You know, funny thing - we never knew that.
GROSS: You - you're hearing all these instrumental hooks first.
(LAUGHTER)
B HOLLAND: No one ever told us that.
(LAUGHTER)
E HOLLAND: That's right.
GROSS: So tell us a little more about how you worked together as a songwriting and production team, how you divided up the responsibilities and what the process was like.
DOZER: Well, it started off, I guess, with sitting at the piano. This is Lamont. Started off at the piano with coming up with an idea first or a feeling of sorts. And then once we established that, Brian and I would work out a track that we wanted to cut, a feeling for a track, and we would go in and cut. Brian was the engineer. We both would put our feelings about the track and the music that we wanted to inject in the track and relay that to the musicians. Like, say, for instance, "I Can't Help Myself" has a baseline that - dun dun dun dun dun dun dun dun. And then I would pass that on to James Jamerson while Brian was over telling Benny Benjamin what the feeling of the drums should be. This was the type of we - the workload, as I said, should - that we distribute the workload, and then we pass that on to Eddie with any lyric or idea or title for him to complete the song.
GROSS: At what point would you know what group was going to sing the song?
E HOLLAND: Well, this is Eddie Holland speaking. Well, pretty much, we directed our attentions as a rule towards a specific group. For example, if we were working on Supremes, we would write specifically for The Supremes. If we were doing the Vandellas, we would write specifically for the Vandellas or the Four Tops or whatever. But Brian and Lamont were so very prolific in their coming up with melodies and ideas that very often, they would do songs that didn't necessarily fit the particular artists that we were working on, meaning that they would come up with three songs, and maybe 2 of the 3 or 1 of the 3 did not fit that particular artist that we were working towards, working, you know, on to get the production. So that song then would be diverted to another artist.
GROSS: Can you think of an example like that?
E HOLLAND: Well, yes. I mean, the process of coming up with songs for The Supremes - there was a song called "This Old Heart Of Mine" that was later done on The Isley Brothers, you know. In the process of also working on, you know, The Supremes and/or the Vandellas at that time, that was a song called "Baby I Need Your Loving," which later on was given to the Four Tops. So that is the examples of us working on a particular artist and then some of the songs being devoted to someone else.
GROSS: My guests are the songwriting team of Brian and Eddie Holland and Lamont Dozier. Here's their song "This Old Heart Of Mine," as recorded by the Isley Brothers.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THIS OLD HEART OF MINE (IS WEAK FOR YOU)")
THE ISLEY BROTHERS: (Singing) Ooh, this old heart of mine been broke a thousand times. Each time you break away, I feel you've gone to stay. Lonely nights that come, memories that go, bringing you back again, hurting me more and more. Maybe it's my mistake to show this love I feel inside 'cause each day that passes by, you got me never knowing if I'm coming or going. But I love you. This old heart, darling, is weak for you. I love you. Yes, I do. These old arms of mine...
BIANCULLI: That's The Isley Brothers. We'll continue with Terry's 2003 interview with Lamont Dozier and Brian and Eddie Holland after a break. This is FRESH AIR.
(SOUNDBITE OF JAMES JAMERSON'S "BERNADETTE (BASS LINE)")
BIANCULLI: This is FRESH AIR. Let's get back to Terry's 2003 interview with the songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, brothers Brian and Eddie Holland and Lamont Dozier. They wrote dozens of Top 40 hits for Motown recording artists, including 10 No. 1 hits for the Supremes. Lamont Dozier died Monday at age 81.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
GROSS: Let's hear another record. You did a lot of work with The Supremes. Some of The Supremes hits that you wrote and produced include "Where Did Our Love Go," "Baby Love," "Come See About Me," "Stop! In The Name Of Love," "I Hear A Symphony," "My World Is Empty Without You," Love Is Like An Itching In My Heart," "Can't Hurry Love," You Keep Me Hanging On," etc., etc. So why don't we hear "You Can't Hurry Love?" Tell us about putting - like, creating the song and creating the record, and then we'll hear it.
DOZER: Brian came up with that - I remember correctly. It was like a gospel thing, like a (vocalizing). A nice little bounce. And he came up with that idea and that feeling that just - at the time, the Supremes were riding high and feeling their oats as superstars or what have you. And so it was like the next - you might say the next process in the scheme of things, meaning that it was a hit song that a lot of artists couldn't have done. You know, but because of their popularity, we could get away with something like that with them, you know? So, again, we cut the track and passed that onto Eddie. I think that was - I don't know, Eddie - he had to come up with a title for that 'cause we were...
E HOLLAND: Yeah. Yeah, I came up with the title for that.
DOZER: Yeah.
E HOLLAND: I was influenced by - Lamont hit it right on the head. By the way, this is Eddie. I was influenced by - I guess it's safe to say that. How many years has it been?
(LAUGHTER)
B HOLLAND: Yeah, you owe me a CD.
E HOLLAND: The gospel of the gospel songs is - that would influence me. But to make it even clearer, what influenced me to be influenced by the gospel song was the melody and the beat of the song itself. The syncopated movement of the melody influenced me to think of that old gospel song, you know, which - I won't really say what it is. But all you gospel people out there, you know what it is.
(LAUGHTER)
GROSS: Oh, what is it? Come on.
E HOLLAND: I'm not going to say.
GROSS: Oh, say it. Say it.
E HOLLAND: Nah. I'm not going to say. But they'll know. You know who you are, you know?
B HOLLAND: You - (laughter) he's...
E HOLLAND: But through the lyric even in there, you could tell, you know, it was influenced - but see - 'cause we grew up, Brian and I - I can't really speak for Lamont on that 'cause I'm not sure. We never talked too much about that. But Brian and I, you know, we grew up in the church at a very, very young age. Matter of fact, the first hearing of Sunday school, or school, period - I thought it was Sunday school. You know, that's the first school I knew, was Sunday school...
(LAUGHTER)
E HOLLAND: that I could retain, you know? That's the truth. So we grew up in - you know, in a Baptist church, you know, Davidson (ph) Avenue Baptist Church in Detroit, Mich., there on St. Aubin (ph). And so, you know, a lot of the songs, you know, was influenced by what influenced me in the church.
DOZER: I think that was why we got along so well because we had the same sort of, say, musical upbringing - classical music mixed with gospel music. And in my particular case, I couldn't get out the house unless I go to choir rehearsal with...
B HOLLAND: You, too?
(LAUGHTER)
B HOLLAND: Oh, we finally found out, huh? (Laughter).
DOZER: Yeah, you know? And that was a must, you know, in the Black home in those days. My grandmother was a choir instructor. And I had to be there for choir rehearsals on Thursdays and then all day Sunday and maybe sometimes on Saturdays, you know, with this choir business from the time I was 12 years old, learning about the harmonies and singing in the choir and things like that. So I learned quite a bit.
And I think we all did because it was like the backbone of most Black singers today from Aretha Franklin, who is a good friend of ours that we knew back there, and a lot of other people that we knew - and Motown, exactly - that grew up in church. Marvin Gaye was another church boy, you know? And most of our training came from church. So when you say songwriting is done this way or that way, we just shot from the hip. Whatever felt good, that's what we did.
GROSS: Well, let's hear one of your many records that turned out great. This is The Supremes' "You Can't Hurry Love."
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE")
THE SUPREMES: (Singing) I need love, love to ease my mind. I need to find, find someone to call mine. But mama said, you can't hurry love. No, you just have to wait. She said love don't come easy. It's a game of give and take. You can't hurry love. No, you just have to wait. You got to trust, give it time no matter how long it takes. But how many heartaches must I stand before I find a love to let me live again? Right now the only thing that keeps me hanging on - when I feel my strength, yeah, is almost gone, I remember mama said, you can't hurry love. No, you just have to wait. She said love don't come easy. It's a game of give and take. How long must I wait? How much more can I take before loneliness will cause my heart, heart to break? No, I can't bear to live my life alone. I grow impatient for a love to call my own. But when I feel that I, I can't go on these precious words keeps me hanging on. I remember mama said...
BIANCULLI: We'll continue with Terry's 2003 interview with Brian and Eddie Holland and Lamont Dozier after a break. The songwriting trio wrote such indelible, unforgettable Motown hits as "Stop! In The Name Of Love" for The Supremes, "Heat Wave" for Martha and The Vandellas, "Reach Out I'll Be There" for the Four Tops, and "How Sweet It Is" for Marvin Gaye. Lamont Dozier died Monday at age 81. Also, Justin Chang reviews the new British film "Ali & Ava" now in theaters. I'm David Bianculli, and this is FRESH AIR.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "COME SEE ABOUT ME")
THE SUPREMES: (Singing) I've been crying - boohoo - 'cause I'm lonely for you. Smiles have all turned to tears. But tears won't wash away the fears that you're never, ever going to return to ease the fire that within me burns. It keeps me crying, baby, for you, keeps me sighing, baby, for you. So won't you hurry?
BIANCULLI: This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli, in for Terry Gross. We're remembering Lamont Dozier, part of the songwriting team, Holland-Dozier-Holland, who helped define the Motown sound. Lamont Dozier died Monday at the age of 81. We're listening to Terry's 2003 interview with Lamont Dozier and Brian and Eddie Holland. They wrote most of the hits recorded by the Supremes and the Four Tops and wrote many other Motown hits as well.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
GROSS: How were you matched with the Supremes? How did the Supremes become one of your groups?
DOZER: I don't know. I guess they became one of the groups when we had the best song of...
(LAUGHTER)
DOZER: ...Of the rest of the producers. Meaning that, case in point, there were...
E HOLLAND: (Whispering) Lamont speaking.
DOZER: ...Oh, yeah. This is Lamont speaking. Right.
(LAUGHTER)
DOZER: Case in point, the - I think we first started recording them of any consequence - we had a big hit, or a Top 10, Top 20 hit, "When The Lovelight Starts Shining In His Eyes," which did OK. But they became our group, so to speak, when we came up with "Where'd Our Love Go." And "Where'd Our Love Go" was something that by accident happened that could have been just as well for the Marvelettes or people like that. But because it was a big hit on the Supremes - in this particular case, the song was so big that Berry came in and said, hey, we've got to follow this up. And that's when we started doing more baby stuff - "Baby Love," baby this, baby that.
(LAUGHTER)
E HOLLAND: But the only thing about it, what Lamont - I talked to Berry Gordy on - one night on the porch of Motown. And he said, listen. He said, I talked to Barney. Barney said - Barney Ales, he's the guy, you know, who was heading up sales at that time and handling distributing. He said, the record is a smash. It's a big record. And he says, we need to hurry up and do more on the Supremes because Motown needs to go all out on making the Supremes a big group. He said, because they have big crossover potential.
And so when I heard that, I went back and told Brian and Lamont. I said, listen; we have to move on this group because the company has the intent of being very strongly behind this group. And so what we have to do is come up with some other songs on the group because, you know, it's a very competitive company here. And so we did that. And I don't know whether they remember - once, I came in there, and I told them that nobody was leaving out of here. (Laughter) I don't know if they remember that.
B HOLLAND: No.
E HOLLAND: I closed the office door.
(LAUGHTER)
E HOLLAND: And they said they're going. They were leaving. I said, no, man. Nobody is leaving out of this office. We coming up with some songs.
(LAUGHTER)
E HOLLAND: Lamont looked at me. Brian Looked. And then, so the fact of the matter is, the next three No. 1 or Top 10 or whatever the songs that I don't recall now was done that day.
DOZER: That's right.
E HOLLAND: And Brian and I got into an argument. Which should be the next follow-up? Or what should be this follow-up? That's the only argument. All three of those songs were done that day on the next session.
GROSS: Which songs were they?
DOZER: "Baby Love" and "Come See About Me."
E HOLLAND: Right. And it was another one, too.
DOZER: There's another one, too. Right. Yeah.
B HOLLAND: Yeah. "Baby Love." "Come See About Me." And then...
DOZER: (Singing) Got him back in my arm. It was...
E HOLLAND: It was something else that was - yeah, but whatever. Maybe it was just the two. I thought it was three. But those two songs was done on the same session...
DOZER: Yeah.
E HOLLAND: ...Which we recorded that day. And then, like I said, Brian and I got into an argument. He and I argued a lot. Lamont sort of looked and eased his way out of the...
(LAUGHTER)
E HOLLAND: He was always very smart not to get involved with two brothers arguing...
B HOLLAND: He said, let the brothers fight it out.
E HOLLAND: ...Two brothers arguing it out, you know? He just said, hey; whoever wins, I'm on your side.
(LAUGHTER)
E HOLLAND: You know, he's a real politician. I mean, that was the position that he took. But anyway...
GROSS: Well, why don't we hear the song that kicked all of that off and hear the Supremes doing "Where Did Our Love Go," written and produced by my guest, the team of Holland, Dozier and Holland.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO")
THE SUPREMES: (Singing) Baby, baby, baby don't leave me. Oh, please, don't leave me all by myself. I've got this burning, burning, yearning feeling inside me, oh, deep inside me. And it hurts so bad. You came into my heart - baby, baby, where did our love go? - so tenderly with a burning love - baby, baby - that stings like a bee. Baby, baby, oh, baby, baby. Now that I surrender - baby, baby...
GROSS: So many of your hit songs have catchphrase titles, like "You Can't Hurry Love" or "Reach Out I'll Be There." "Sugar Pie, Honey Bun." "Nothing But Heartaches." "You Keep Me Hangin' On." Eddie, you wrote a lot of the lyrics. Is there a reason why those phrases would come to you as song titles?
E HOLLAND: Well, now, that "Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch" thing was Lamont's.
DOZER: And I got it from my grandfather.
(LAUGHTER)
DOZER: He used to call...
E HOLLAND: That's for sure.
DOZER: Yeah. He got that from, you know - in the South, they had those catchphrases. Being that my grandfather was from the South, he used to come - and we had a - my grandmother had a home shop, a beauty shop. And all the women used to come into the shop. And he'd be working in the front garden. And he sort of would be flirting with them. And he would say, how you doing Ms. Kerry, sugar pie, honey bunch, you know, flirting with them.
(LAUGHTER)
DOZER: And my grandmother used to be watching from the door saying, look at that old crotchety out there flirting with them.
(LAUGHTER)
DOZER: And the thing is, a lot of the things like that came back to - when it came time for me to use some of those catchphrases, they came back just when we needed something to say to fit a certain track or whatever. In this case, that's what it was.
E HOLLAND: Yeah. But mostly, I would use titles - this is Eddie speaking - that, you know, that had some meaning, you know? I would try to do something, title - use titles that I felt had appeal from an emotional point of view. And a lot of the titles were things that were said to me that I had direct, personal experiences in dealing with, you know? You know, I was a young man and...
B HOLLAND: (Laughter).
DOZER: Little sweetheart or two.
(LAUGHTER)
E HOLLAND: You know...
B HOLLAND: Sowing his oats.
E HOLLAND: So a lot of the - yeah. So a lot of the titles would be, actually, titles that females - or ladies, you know, I would say, nice ladies...
DOZER: Would volunteer (laughter).
E HOLLAND: Would say to me, sometimes out of anger, sometimes out of whatever, you know? So a lot of that, but I could - you could hear something that had feeling. You could hear something that had meaning. And I basically believed in using titles and ideas that had feeling or appeal to them.
GROSS: Wait. So did you have a girlfriend who said, you don't really love me; you just keep me hanging on?
E HOLLAND: Well, I had a lot of them that said that...
(LAUGHTER)
E HOLLAND: ...To say the least. But yeah. Yeah. That was an argument that I had, you know, with someone that they said that to me. Yes.
GROSS: And you were taking notes.
E HOLLAND: Well, you know what? When you're a creative person, you don't necessarily - it just sticks to you. You went - and as soon as you hear it, it catches you right away. And for some reason, all your instincts - you know, you could be in the middle of an argument or - you know, I've been on telephones and talking to females in different conversation, you know? And sometimes they would say certain things. I say, well, hold on for a minute. And I would go get me a pencil...
(LAUGHTER)
E HOLLAND: ...And I would write it down, you know, because it's just - being a creative person, especially knowing that your responsibility is a - is doing the lyric, and you're doing the lyric with two very, very prolific - you know, meaning Brian and Lamont - very, very prolific songwriters. You have to constantly - you have to think and feel it and live it all the time, you know? But yeah. You know, it's just - it's a natural thing. I think all songwriters are like that.
DOZER: Yeah.
E HOLLAND: All poets are like that, you know? They hear something. They jot it down. Either - they don't jot it down then. They take a - mental notes, and it sticks. You know, I've had titles in my head that I've had for 25 years. I have titles in my head now that I've had for 25 years, that they're just ideas and thoughts, you know, that - they just stick. You just stand out, you know?
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "CAN'T HELP MY SELF")
THE FOUR TOPS: (Singing) Ooh. Sugar pie, honey bunch, you know that I love you. I can't help myself. I love you and nobody else. In and out my life, you come and you go, leaving just your picture behind, and I've kissed it a thousand times. When you snap your finger or wink your eye, I come a-running to you. I'm tied to your apron strings, and there's nothing that I can do. Ooh. Can't help myself. No, I can't help myself 'cause, sugar pie, honey bunch…
BIANCULLI: That's the Four Tops. More with Lamont Dozier and Brian and Eddie Holland after a break. They spoke to Terry Gross in 2003. This is FRESH AIR.
(SOUNDBITE OF THE SUPREMES SONG, "YOU KEEP ME HANGIN' ON")
BIANCULLI: This is FRESH AIR. Let's get back to Terry's 2003 interview with the songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland, brothers Brian and Eddie Holland and Lamont Dozier. They wrote dozens of Top-40 hits for Motown recording artists, including 10 No. 1 hits for the Supremes. Lamont Dozier died Monday at age 81.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED NPR BROADCAST)
GROSS: Brian Holland, you were vice president for quality control at Motown. What did that mean?
B HOLLAND: That meant that I would take the records - I mean, the records that - being mixed - I would take them and listen to them and see, did they have the quality to go out on the street? And if it was not the quality I thought it should be or I thought Berry Gordy would want, then I would reject it and have it redone again.
GROSS: Not the greatest way of making friends. Did you get into a lot of fights with...
B HOLLAND: Absolutely.
GROSS: Yeah.
B HOLLAND: Yeah, absolutely. I remember specifically, I got into - not a fight - you know what I mean? We got in a disagreement with a couple producers because, you know, I turned down whatever thing they thought was hits and then said, no; it wasn't good enough to go out.
GROSS: Now, did you have other ways of testing it? You know, were there meetings in which you played it for everybody else at Motown? Or were there dances that you could test a record before it was released commercially to see if it was infectious or not?
B HOLLAND: Yeah. Well, this is Brian again, as you know. What had happened is that we had what they call a quality control meeting and - to listen to all the records that were scheduled to go out. And we would vote on them. We have about, maybe, 8 to 10 people that would actually vote on the record. And if they say yeah - yea - the majority say yea, then it goes out.
GROSS: And...
E HOLLAND: Personally, I always - this is Eddie - personally, I always thought it was more of a popularity contest more than anything because nobody was going to say no on Smokey Robinson's songs for the most part...
(LAUGHTER)
E HOLLAND: ...Or Berry Gordy's either, you know?
DOZER: You know, I remember, too every once - and this is Lamont - every once in a while, we had some kids come in in the big studio - well, big studio - it wasn't a big studio - but in the main studio that we recorded in. We would have chips - Coke and chips - Coca-Cola, that is - and chips...
(LAUGHTER)
DOZER: ...And had the kids come in. I remember one summer we did that. We had an onslaught of songs. And I think Mickey Stevenson had sort of got some kids together off the street or whatever and brought them into the studio. And we had a little reviewing party, a song - whatever you want to call it - a listening party. And they played these songs. And a lot of the kids would express their opinion on what they felt. They danced to the songs and gave opinions on them and made little cards and jot down what they liked. That's...
GROSS: Did you ever disagree with them and think, oh, what do you know anyways? You're just a kid. I'm a professional songwriter, and I know better.
DOZER: (Laughter).
B HOLLAND: Well - this is Brian speaking. We did that - he's right. We did that on several occasions, but it proved not to be good. For one, Smokey Robinson, he and Berry used to get into it all the time about his records. And he would demand that Berry bring in a whole bunch of people - I mean, kids - to test his records out. And the kids - I mean, Smokey was so popular that they said yeah, and they put the record out, and it flopped. He didn't have...
(LAUGHTER)
B HOLLAND: That proved not to be a good choice. The older people, the more - I would say the 25 to 30 to 40 people we had in the quality control meetings proved to be the most accurate of releasing records.
DOZER: Yeah. And they were both reliable because they got into the song, got into the feeling of the situation and the lyric and just the overall production. Then there were times when Berry would just override everything. When everybody said, no, it was a flop or whatever they thought, and he would say, well, I'm putting this out anyway, or I'm not putting it out. And he would override the whole situation that time.
GROSS: We have time just to end with one more recording. And I thought we'd play the Martha and the Vandellas hit "Heat Wave," which you wrote and produced. Brian, is there a story behind the song?
B HOLLAND: Well, it was a successful song. That's the main story. But - not much of a story, other than we had fun doing that song. And it took a lot of editing of work I had to do on that song. You know what I mean?
DOZER: That's right.
B HOLLAND: A lot of tape on the floor...
GROSS: What kind of editing?
B HOLLAND: Well, I had to - well, you know, just like when you going to edit this tape, I guess, or something - maybe to some degree. But you had to take out little parts that you didn't need. You know what I mean? And to make it - make the song whole.
DOZER: Yeah. To keep the...
B HOLLAND: Intensity.
DOZER: ...Energy and the intensity up.
B HOLLAND: Right, the energy. Right - going. Right.
DOZER: Yeah. You have to do that sometimes. Sometimes a lot of lull in the song...
B HOLLAND: Right.
DOZER: Meaning that it - a lot of wasted air, time or maybe - and then you only had, in those days, like, two minutes or 2 1/2 minutes long in those days. So you had to make sure that you hit all the hot spots and keep the energy up.
GROSS: Well, this is a very high-energy song.
B HOLLAND: Oh, yeah.
DOZER: Oh, yeah. It was that.
B HOLLAND: Absolutely.
GROSS: OK.
DOZER: And a big hit for them.
GROSS: Right.
B HOLLAND: And for us, too.
(LAUGHTER)
GROSS: Well, listen; congratulations on your BMI award. Thank you so much for talking with us.
B HOLLAND: Thank you.
GROSS: It was really fun. And thanks for all the great music you've given us.
B HOLLAND: Thank you.
E HOLLAND: Thank you, Terry.
DOZER: Thank you.
B HOLLAND: It's been a pleasure.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "HEAT WAVE")
MARTHA AND THE VANDELLAS: (Singing) Whenever I'm with him, something inside - inside - starts to burning, and I'm filled with desire. Could it be a devil in me? Or this the way love's supposed to be? It's like a heat wave burning in my heart. It's like a heat wave. I can't keep from crying. It's tearing me apart. And whenever he calls my name, soft, low, sweet and plain. Right then, right then, I feel that burning flame. Has high blood pressure got a hold on me? Or is this the way love's supposed to be? It's like a heat wave burning in my heart. It's like a heat wave. I can't keep from crying. It's tearing me apart. Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, heat wave. Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, heat wave. Sometimes I stare in space, tears all over my face. I can't explain it, don't understand it. I ain't never felt like this before. Now, that funny feeling has me amazed. Don't know what to do. My head's in a haze. It's like a heat wave - yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
BIANCULLI: Martha and the Vandellas. Brian and Eddie Holland and Lamont Dozier spoke to Terry Gross in 2003. The songwriting trio wrote dozens of top 40 hits for Motown recording artists, including 10 No. 1 hits for The Supremes. Lamont Dozier died Monday at age 81.
Coming up, film critic Justin Chang reviews the new British romantic drama "Ali & Ava," now in theaters. This is FRESH AIR.
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New Delhi: Retail inflation softened to 6.71 per cent in July due to moderation in food prices but remained above the Reserve Bank's comfort level of 6 per cent for the seventh consecutive month.
With retail inflation continuing to remain high despite a fall in prices of vegetables and edible oils, among other commodities in July, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) might go for another rate hike in September.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) based retail inflation was at 7.01 per cent in June and 5.59 per cent in July 2021. It was above 7 per cent from April to June this fiscal.
According to the data released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on Friday, food inflation in July moderated to 6.75 per cent as against 7.75 per cent in June.
The retail inflation is above RBI's upper tolerance level of 6 per cent and has remained at that level for the past seven months.
Meanwhile, the moderation in retail inflation in July was mainly due to easing of vegetable and edible oil prices. In the case of 'fuel and light', the prices remained high.
Fears of a global recession and fresh geopolitical uncertainties have led to a correction in commodity prices from the peaks seen in mid-June 2022, rating agency ICRA's Chief Economist Aditi Nayar said.
However, she said that robust domestic demand for services poses risks, given its significant share in CPI basket and hence, remains a key monitorable along with significant lag in kharif sowing of rice.
Services account for over 23.4 per cent of CPI basket.
"Given the Monetary Policy Committee's focus on anchoring inflation expectations and the RBI Governor's statement on inflation moving closer to the target of 4 per cent over the medium term, we expect another rate hike of about 10-35 bps (0.10-0.35 per cent) in the September 2022 policy meeting," she said.
RBI has hiked the benchmark repo rate thrice in a row and the rate is now at 5.4 per cent.
According to the data, inflation in vegetables and 'oil and fats' in July moderated to 10.90 per cent and 7.52 per cent respectively. In June, the same stood at 17.37 per cent and 9.36 per cent, respectively.
In July, fuel turned costlier with an inflation print at 11.76 per cent as against 10.39 per cent in the comparable period.
The prices of protein rich 'meat and fish' and 'pulses and products' rose 9 per cent and 0.18 per cent, respectively, in July this year.
However, eggs continued to show deflation at (-)3.84 per cent as against (-)5.48 per cent in June.
The prices of fruits were costlier by 6.41 per cent in July compared to 3.10 per cent in June.
"The dependency on global factors, including energy prices and geopolitical environment, is high and RBI is likely to continue increasing interest rates further over the next few months," Mohit Ralhan, Global CEO and Managing Partner at TIW Capital Group, said. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/business/2022/08/12/retail-inflation-india-price-rise-cooling-off.html | 2022-08-12T20:35:26Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/business/2022/08/12/retail-inflation-india-price-rise-cooling-off.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A city's history can be traced through its restaurants. Sitting at the nation’s crossroads, Kansas City has satisfied the appetites of hungry travelers since it was a western outpost on the Santa Fe Trail.
Whether it's perfectly grilled KC Strip steaks, barbecued burnt ends steaming bowls of chili or fried chicken dinners, generations of families and restaurateurs have turned out delectable dishes that became part of the city’s food heritage.
Andrea Broomfield, author of "Iconic Restaurants of Kansas City," says with all the options and history associated with these restaurants, she had to take into account many different factors when choosing which places were iconic.
"You would have generation after generation actually going to the restaurant, and you would also have multiple generations running the restaurant," she says.
"So iconic to me means, almost sadly, the restaurants taken for granted," Broomfield adds. "In other words, it's always there. It's a mainstay, it's the place that you decide to celebrate an anniversary, or a birthday or retirement. And and then suddenly, sadly, some of these restaurants just disappear."
Over the course of writing the book, Broomfield learned how incredibly loyal Kansas Citians are to dining spots that have been around for 50,75 and 100 years. Also, the importance of those older establishments and the sacrifices their operators had to make: the literal blood, sweat and tears that go into running these restaurants and keeping them alive.
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Updated August 12, 2022 at 4:14 PM ET
A federal judge in Florida has unsealed the documents related to an FBI search of former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago home that took place earlier this week.
The documents include both the search warrant and the property receipt, which outlines what was taken by authorities. They outline that agents recovered top secret and classified documents in Monday's search.
Read the full warrant and property receipt below, or click here.
The search warrant also reveals that FBI agents were looking for evidence relating to three statutes. The first, Section 793, applies to gathering, losing or sharing with an unauthorized person information that relates to national defense. Sections 2071 and 1519 address concealing, destroying or removing documents.
The warrant allows for the seizure of "all physical documents and records constituting evidence, contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed in violation of" various aspects of the Espionage Act.
The documents show that Judge Bruce Reinhart approved the search warrant on August 5 at 12:12 p.m., three days before the search took place. The search had to be completed by August 19, between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.
It also says that within the Mar-a-Lago estate, the places that could be searched included "45 Office," and "all storage rooms, and all other rooms or areas within the premises used or available to be used by FPOTUS and his staff and in which boxes or documents could be stored, including all structures or buildings on the estate."
The search did not include areas used by third parties, such as members of Mar-a-Lago, which also serves as a club.
Some of the documents seized by the FBI were listed with specific titles, including an Executive Grant of Clemency re: Roger Jason Stone, Jr. and one titled "Info re: President of France."
Other items are listed as top secret or classified documents. The list includes binder of photos and one item labeled "potential presidential record." There are also items simply listed as boxes.
Attachment B of the document shows what was to be seized and says agents were to gather evidence that include physical documents with classification markings, and the containers or boxes those documents were located in, as well as other containers that were stored or found together with those documents.
They also were to seize "information, including communications in any form, regarding the retrieval, storage, or transmission of national defense information or classified material."
The document also called for seizure of any presidential or government records and any evidence of alteration or destruction of those records or other classified documents.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said in remarks Thursday he had filed the motion for the documents to be unsealed. Trump had the option to oppose the motion, but late Thursday night, the former president said he encouraged the "immediate release" of the documents.
Garland said Trump's attorney was given a copy of the search warrant and the property receipt so the former president could also have released the documents on his own accord.
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UH-1N Huey heliopters assigned to the First Helicopter Squadron, Joint Base Andrews, Md., fly over Washington, D.C. during training, August 9, 2022. 1 HS's mission is to provide priority airlift for national-level civil and military senior leadership in the National Capital Region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Nicholas Priest)
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220812-N-YQ181-1059 PHILIPPINE SEA (Aug. 12, 2022) Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Diego Cabrera, from Denver, uses a sewing machine in the canvas shop aboard the U.S. Navy’s only forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 12. Ronald Reagan, the flagship of Carrier Strike Group 5, provides a combat-ready force that protects and defends the United States, and supports alliances, partnerships and collective maritime interests in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Askia Collins)
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AM Racing | NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Richmond Raceway | Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation
Fast Facts
No. 22 AM Racing Team:
Driver: Austin Wayne Self
Primary Partner(s): AM Technical Solutions | GO TEXAN
Manufacturer: Chevrolet Silverado RST
Crew Chief: Jamie Jones
Spotter: Tony Raines
2022 Driver Points Position: 24th | 2022 Owner Points Position: 22nd
Chassis Intel: AM Racing Chassis No. 116; previously raced at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park on Friday, July 29, 2022 (Start: 20th | Finish: 19th).
Engine: Ilmor Racing Technologies
Notes of Interest:
Back in the Saddle: Austin Wayne Self will drive the No. 22 AM Technical Solutions | GO TEXAN Chevrolet Silverado RST for his 14th race of the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season.
Texas Proud: Two Texas-based companies will also return to the team this weekend and serve as major partners for Austin Wayne Self this weekend at Richmond (Va.) Raceway.
The Statesville, N.C.-based team will sport the signage of AM Technical Solutions and GO TEXAN on the No. 22 Chevrolet Silverado for the 18th of 23 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races this season.
Headquartered in Austin, TX, AM Technical Solutions (AMTS) was founded in 1994.
AM Technical Solutions is a Global Architecture, Engineering & Construction firm specializing in the high-tech markets. AMTS has managed over $20B of global capital projects for over 170 different customers in 24 countries and across five continents.
GO TEXAN is a widely recognized brand. It represents a diverse collection of people, products and services that are genuinely Texan. Whether it’s grown, sewn or served on a plate, more than 26 million Texans shop, travel and dine out in full support of Texas business and agriculture.
Thank You For Your Continued Support: AIRBOX Air Purifier returns to AM Racing in 2022 and will serve as a major associate marketing partner for driver Austin Wayne Self in Saturday night’s Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation.
AIRBOX Air Purifier prides itself on having the absolute best commercial-grade air purifier on the market. It is categorically the best in every aspect, and it is built to last a lifetime.
True engineering controls solution based on a proven scientific technology to provide the desired indoor air quality you need. AIRBOX Air Purifier creates a Safe Air Plan to repopulate the business and create the safest possible environment for owners, employees, clients, students, visitors, or just anyone who breathes air.
AIRBOX Air Purifier has partnered with the Statesville, N.C.-based team for six primary partnered races between the 2020 and 2021 seasons respectively.
News Coming Soon: AM Racing is building for its future and will make announcements soon regarding its path for the remainder of the 2022 and 2023 NASCAR seasons in the coming weeks.
Austin Wayne Self Truck Series Richmond Raceway Stats: Saturday night’s Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation at Richmond Raceway will mark Self’s third start at the 0.875-mile short track.
In his previous two races at Richmond, Self has a best-track finish of 14th after starting 17th in the 2020 ToyotaCare 250.
He holds an average finish at Richmond of 16.5.
Austin Wayne Self Truck Series Short Track Stats: At NASCAR Camping World Truck Series tracks classified as a short track, Self has made 21 starts throughout his career with one top-10 finish and carries an average finishing position of 19.7.
To The Point(s): Entering Richmond, Self sits 24th in the championship standings.
Despite missing four races this season, 68 points keep Self from 20th in the championship standings secured by Parker Kligerman with nearly 70 percent of the 2022 Truck Series season complete.
120 points separate Self from 15th in the championship standings currently held by Chase Purdy with six races remaining this season.
AM Racing’s No. 22 team secures 22nd in the Truck Series owner standings.
Lucas Oil Raceway | TSport 200 Race Recap: In the most recent NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, Self-made his 142nd career Truck Series start.
After qualifying a respectable 20th in his No. 22 AM Technical Solutions | GO TEXAN Chevrolet Silverado RST, Self challenged for a top-20 finish throughout the race and despite wrestling some handling woes throughout Stages 2 and 3, Self was able to bounce back and take advantage of a late race restart to muscle into the top-20 and take the checkered flag in 19th.
Calling the Shots: Veteran crew chief Jamie Jones will lead Austin Wayne Self and the AM Racing team this weekend as crew chief.
This weekend marks his 152nd race as crew chief in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series but the third race for Austin Wayne Self.
In his previous 151 races, Jones has two poles, two wins, 18 top-five and 42 top-10 finishes to his Truck Series resume.
Career Rundown: Since 2016, Self has competed in 142 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races, delivering two top-five and 15 top-10 finishes. He finished a career-best 12th in the championship standings in 2018.
Spanning seven years of Truck Series competition, he maintains an average finish of 18.7.
Did You Know? Austin Wayne Self and wife Jennifer have 16 chickens and a dog named Echo.
Lineup: In addition to AM Technical Solutions and GO TEXAN continuing their roles as the primary marketing partner for Self in 2022, the AM Racing team will also receive support from, AIRBOX Air Purifier, Don’t mess with Texas, CForce Bottling Company, Flying Circle, Kreuz Market and JB Henderson Construction.
Follow on Social Media: For more on Austin Wayne Self, please visit awsracing.com, like his Facebook page (Austin Wayne Self) or follow him on Twitter @AustinWSelf.
For more on AM Racing, please visit AMRacingteam.com, like their Facebook page (AM Racing) or follow them on Twitter @AMRacingNASCAR.
Austin Wayne Self Pre-Race Quotes:
On Richmond Raceway: “I always look forward to competing at Richmond. It has relatively been a good track for us and I believe we can continue that pace on Saturday night.
“Richmond has shown that it can be a strategy track, so you must be aware – especially if you have a late race caution. Tires can be a huge difference and passing is premium.
“Hopefully we will have a good balance on our No. 22 AM Technical Solutions | GO TEXAN Chevrolet Silverado RST and we can contend for a top-10 finish or better this weekend.”
On 2022 Season: “I think the AM Racing team has shown incredible strength at times during the 2022 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. We started off the year with some solid results but went through a difficult stretch.
“Recently, I feel like we have picked up where we were at the beginning of the season and I think over the final six races of the year we can continue to showcase the speed in our trucks and deliver some finishes that will turn heads.”
Social Spotlight:
Visit AM Technical Solutions online at amts.com.
Show your GO TEXAN pride: find Texas products, restaurants or enroll your business in GO TEXAN.
For more information on Don’t Mess With Texas and how you can become involved in the program, visit dontmesswithtexas.org.
To learn more about AIRBOX Air Purifier and what they offer, please visit airboxairpurifier.com.
For more on Flying Circle, please visit flyingcirclegear.com, like them on Facebook (FlyingCircleGear) and follow them on Instagram (@flyingcirclegear) and Twitter (@flyingcircle_). Also, connect with Flying Circle on Pinterest and YouTube.
For additional information on CForce premium artesian water, please visit cforce.com.
For more on Kreuz Market, please visit kreuzmarket.com. like them on Facebook (KreuzMarketLockhart) and follow them on Twitter (@kreuzmarket).
Visit JB Henderson Construction online at jbhenderson.com.
Race Information:
The Worldwide Express 250 for Carrier Appreciation (250 laps | 187.5 miles) is the 18th of 23 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series races on the 2022 schedule. Practice begins on Saturday, August 13, 2022, from 3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Qualifying will follow immediately beginning at 3:30 p.m. The 36-truck field will take the green flag shortly after 8:00 p.m. with live coverage on FOX Sports 1 (FS1), the Motor Racing Network (Radio) and SiriusXM NASCAR Channel 90. All times are local (ET).
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6 fire crew members in 1 department expecting children this year
Published: Aug. 12, 2022 at 2:40 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH/Gray News) – Six crew members at a fire department in Kansas are expecting children by the end of the year.
According to KWCH, the McPherson Fire Department posted a photo on Facebook of the firefighters’ wives showing off their baby bumps while wearing their husbands’ gear.
The first of the six babies is due Sept. 27, with one other due in October, two in November and two in December.
“The joy of welcoming a baby has multiplied by six,” the fire department said in the social media post. “We feel blessed.”
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GRAPHIC: Man charged with beating blind man in wheelchair to death
GRANITE CITY, Ill. (KMOV/Gray News) – A blind man who used a wheelchair was beaten to death inside an Illinois home over the weekend, according to investigators.
Police said around 4:30 a.m. Sunday, 30-year-old Blake Streeb attacked two people inside a home in Granite City.
One of the victims, identified as 25-year-old Michael Reay, later died from his injuries. The second victim was hurt, but officials did not clarify the extent of injuries.
Streeb was arrested on the scene.
According to Reay’s uncle, Gary Reay, an accident as a teenager left Michael Reay blind and in a wheelchair. The family said he was defenseless when he was brutally attacked Sunday.
“Our understanding is (Streeb) showed up to the place and he beat Michael to a pulp, clearly from the picture here. He was beat beyond recognition and stomped,” Gary Reay said.
Photos from the hospital show Michael Reay on life support and with facial injuries beyond recognition.
The family said Michael Reay was visiting a friend the night of the attack. The family said they do not know Streeb.
Investigators with the Madison County Sheriff’s Department said this was not a random attack, although they are not yet sharing further information on a motive.
Investigators said Streeb lived nearby and was an acquaintance of the people who live in the house where the attack happened. The other victim who was injured lived at the home.
Capt. Brian Koberna said investigators believe Streeb was intoxicated at the time of the attack. The second victim was able to get away and call 911.
Investigators said they have responded to that house in the past for disturbance calls.
Michael Reay was taken to the hospital where he died from his injuries. His family said some of his organs were donated.
A GoFundMe has been set up to help the Reay family with funeral expenses.
Streeb remains behind bars, facing first-degree murder and battery charges. His bond was set at $1 million.
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A Florida woman is facing a charge of felony animal cruelty after she was recorded drowning and beating her pet Chihuahua.
In a video posted to social media on Thursday, Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivy described 32-year-old Erica Black as a “sorry individual.”
“This woman, Erica Black, is without question the most despicable excuse for a human being I’ve ever seen in my life,” he said.
The sheriff noted that Black was already in the county jail for aggravated battery with a deadly weapon after she stabbed a 68-year-old man twice.
However, Ivy said the video of Black killing “Sadie,” the dog which Fox 35 reported was recorded in October of last year, was the most horrific thing he has ever seen in his life.
“There is a special place in hell for this woman. Until she gets there, she’s going to rot in our jail,” the sheriff stated.
While the first bond was set at $150,000, a judge gave her another bond of $15,000 for the assault.
The department did not release the full video of the incident – brought to them by Black’s roommate – but the camera showed when she held the dog underneath the water for several minutes.
Sadie is seen struggling before lifelessly floating in the pool.
Black reportedly records the body of the Chihuahua, takes the dog, and slams it on the pool deck four different times. Two other dogs are seen watching Black.
According to Ivy, Black left the dog’s body on the sofa for several days and went on a live stream, holding up the body.
“If I hear as much that she has a pet rock, I will lose my c–p because this woman doesn’t deserve to have anything,” he added.
At the end of Ivy’s remarks, he walked Black into the women’s annex.
“You know, usually when I’m walking people in, I have something to say to them. I’m disgusted by you,” he told her.
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'America's Funniest Doorbell Cam Videos'? Amazon to launch Ring TV show
NEW YORK - Two Amazon-owned companies — Ring and Hollywood studio MGM — are teaming to create a TV show in the mold of "America’s Funniest Home Videos" using viral footage from Ring’s doorbell and smart-home cameras.
The half-hour show, called "Ring Nation," will be hosted by actor and comedian Wanda Sykes and premier in syndication on Sept. 26, MGM said.
The studio noted audiences should expect to see the usual things that go viral — marriage proposals, neighbors saving neighbors and silly animals.
The series showcases Amazon’s fusion of its various business arms, this time to highlight what MGM called "interesting moments from communities across the country."
But it also presents a branding and marketing opportunity for the Seattle-based e-commerce and retail giant, which bought Ring in 2018 for $1 billion and has dealt with rounds of privacy concerns around Ring and its relationship with police departments across the country.
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Last month, Amazon revealed it had provided Ring doorbell footage to law enforcement 11 times this year without the user’s permission — all in response to emergency requests, according to the company.
MGM, which Amazon purchased for $8.5 billion, said in a statement Thursday that "Ring Nation" will offer audiences "daily dose of life’s unpredictable, heartwarming and hilarious viral videos" shared by people from their cameras.
"Many of these have been previously shared online," Amazon spokesperson Nick Schweers said. "Others were sent directly to the team." Ring Nation secures permissions for each video from the owner and anyone identifiable in the video, or from companies that hold the rights to the clips, he said.
RELATED: Delivery driver caught on doorbell camera eating customer’s food
Amazon's deal to purchase MGM was closed earlier this year, though the Federal Trade Commission has said it still retains discretion to challenge it. Big Fish Entertainment, a production company owned by MGM, will also be part of the partnership. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/ring-nation-amazon-ring-camera-viral-videos | 2022-08-12T20:54:32Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/ring-nation-amazon-ring-camera-viral-videos | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
North Texas 7-year-old labeled 'fastest kid in the nation,' sets Junior Olympics record
DALLAS - While most kids spent their summer playing video games or lounging around the house, a 7-year-old from the Dallas area was training hard for the Junior Olympics.
Dakota White first made headlines last year when TikTok videos of her smoking the competition on the track went viral.
RELATED: DeSoto 6-year-old making waves as a runner, heading to national championships
This past weekend, she and her teammates with Xpress Track Club in Fort Worth set a new record in the girls 8 and under 100-meter relay at the AAU Junior Olympics. Dakota ran her part in under 60 seconds, which was also a national record.
"I just run really hard," she said when asked how she does it.
Dakota’s dad, Cam White, is a former TCU wide receiver. He started training with her when she was just 3 years old.
"She just had form, like crazy form. It wasn’t fast, but her form was already perfect. So then as she progressed, we started getting her different trainers," he explained.
He said by the time Dakota turned 6 years old she was winning all her races.
"She’s just excelling in a sport that she loves now," he said.
In a recent video on social media, Dakota shared her motto – No Days Off. She said she didn’t even take a day off this summer because of the heat.
Her dad said she did it with the help of a lot of water and hydration.
"Cut down on different snacks and foods, eating pretty healthy. As a kid, you know they like to eat a lot of junk food. Don’t get me wrong. I didn’t take a lot away from her, but we limited what she could eat," he said. "She trains hard."
While showing off her new Junior Olympics gold medal, Dakota said she has a lot of medals now.
"When I seem them it’s like 100 to me," she smiled.
Dad said they are all hanging up in her room next to pictures of her idol – LSU track star Sha’Carri Richardson, who is also from North Texas. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/dakota-white-7-year-old-fastest-kid-in-the-nation-junior-olympics-record | 2022-08-12T20:54:39Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/dakota-white-7-year-old-fastest-kid-in-the-nation-junior-olympics-record | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Grants available for downtown Jeffersonville residents for home maintenance, upgrades
JEFFERSONVILLE, In. (WAVE) - Grants are available to downtown Jeffersonville residents to help with home maintenance repairs and upgrades.
Our partners at the News and Tribune reported that the funding is available through the Front Porch Project.
The Front Porch Project is a partnership between Jeffersonville Urban Enterprise Association and Jeffersonville Main Street with support from Indiana Landmarks made the charges possible.
Residents who live from West Riverside Drive up to East 10th Street may qualify for these funds.
These grants can reach $3,000 for restoration and preservation projects on the exterior of homes.
All applications are due by Sept. 1. All projects that get funding must be complete by June 1, 2023.
Applications can be found online and either mailed to mail to 401 Pearl Street or emailed to info@JeffMainStreet.org with Front Porch Project in subject line.
The full application, along with a map of the full qualifying area can be found online, click or tap here.
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Naomi Judd’s family asks court to seal report of death investigation
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The family of country singer Naomi Judd filed a court petition Friday to seal police reports and recordings made during the investigation into her death.
The family filed the petition in Williamson County Chancery Court, saying the records contain video and audio interviews with relatives in the immediate aftermath of Judd’s death, and releasing such details would inflict “significant trauma and irreparable harm.”
The petition was filed on behalf of her husband Larry Strickland and her daughters Ashley and Wynonna Judd. A representative provided it to The Associated Press with the family’s permission.
Judd, 76, died on April 30 at her home in Tennessee. Her daughter Ashley has previously said that her mother killed herself, and the family said she was lost to “the disease of mental illness.”
The court filing also included details about how Ashley Judd found her mother alive after she shot herself. Ashley stayed by her mother’s side for 30 minutes until help arrived.
The petition asks the court to prohibit the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office from releasing the records for several reasons, including that the disclosure would include her medical records and that the family has a right to privacy.
Tennessee public records law generally allows local law enforcement records to be released, but police have the discretion to hold records while an investigation is ongoing. Once an investigation is closed, that exemption no longer applies. The AP left a message for the sheriff on Friday seeking comment.
Strickland, Wynonna and Ashley Judd submitted statements outlining their concerns about the records. Strickland said in the court filing that he was unaware that his interviews with law enforcement were being recorded and that he shared personal and private information to assist in the investigation.
Ashley Judd said she was in “clinical shock, active trauma and acute distress” when she spoke with law enforcement and that she did not want those records, including video, audio and photos, to permanently stay in the public domain and haunt their family for generations.
The petition said that media outlets in Tennessee had already filed public records requests in her case.
Judd’s death the day before she was due to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame has garnered intense national media attention on the cause of her death, but also on the filing of estate and will paperwork.
A statement from the family said that misinformation about the Judds was being spread and they wanted to state the facts, while also protecting their grieving process.
“Our family continues to grieve together privately, in unity and community, recognizing our mother’s beauty and talents as a gift to the world,” the family statement said. “There has been misinformation circulated as we continue to mourn and we lament that. We ask news organizations only to cover facts. And as we recognize other families struggling as a loved one faces mental health crises, we encourage them to seek help through NAMI: The National Alliance on Mental Illness available 24 hours a day at 800-950-6264.”
Naomi and her daughter Wynonna Judd scored 14 No. 1 songs in a career that spanned nearly three decades. The red-headed duo combined the traditional Appalachian sounds of bluegrass with polished pop stylings, scoring hit after hit in the 1980s. Wynonna led the duo with her powerful vocals, while Naomi provided harmonies and stylish looks on stage.
The Judds released six studio albums and an EP between 1984 and 1991 and won nine Country Music Association Awards and seven from the Academy of Country Music. They earned a total of five Grammy Awards together on hits like “Why Not Me” and “Give A Little Love,” and Naomi earned a sixth Grammy for writing “Love Can Build a Bridge.”
The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week with free and confidential support for anyone who needs it.
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ARTISTS JOIN BAD BUNNY, TYLER THE CREATOR, LIL UZI VERT, JAZMINE SULLIVAN, BURNA BOY, SNOH AALEGRA, KODAK BLACK, PUSHA T, TATE MCRAE, FUERZA REGIDA, TORO Y MOI, LARRY JUNE, BABYFACE RAY, KEY GLOCK, RELS B, VICTORIA MONÉT, CHIMBALA, RYAN CASTRO, GLORILLA, ZAH SOSAA, AMBRÉ, KUR, KALAN FR. FR., DIXSON, BECCA HANNA ALSO HITTING THE STAGES ON BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PARKWAY, LABOR DAY WEEKEND 2022
NEW YORK, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
What:
The innovative JAY-Z curated two-day music festival and a staple of Labor Day Weekend, Made In America, returns next month for the 10th year of performances. The incredible lineup is full of top luminaries and emerging talent in the music industry that will make for an unforgettable weekend.
Since launching in 2012, the festival has hosted the top performers in the industry while making a positive impact on the City of Brotherly Love by generating over $150 million in economic impact since the inaugural two-day concert began in 2012. This year, Cause Village powered by SHEIN, will boast local philanthropic organizations that continue to spotlight an array of causes ranging from animal welfare, arts & culture, criminal & social justice reform, education, environmental conservation, health & wellness, and voter rights, and more.
Who:
Armani White, Coast Contra, Young Nudy, Jeleel!, Jenevieve, and Kenny Mason join headliners Bad Bunny and Tyler The Creator and performances from Lil Uzi Vert, Jazmine Sullivan, Burna Boy, Snoh Aalegra, Kodak Black, Pusha T, Tate McRae, Fuerza Regida, Toro Y Moi, Larry June, Babyface Ray, Key Glock, Rels B, Victoria Monét, Chimbala, Ryan Castro, GloRilla, Zah Sosaa, Ambré, Kur, Kalan Fr.Fr.,Dixson, Becca Hanna
When:
Saturday, September 3, 2022
Sunday, September 4, 2022
Where:
Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia, PA
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TSXV: MTA
NYSE American: MTA
VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. ("Metalla" or the "Company") (TSXV: MTA) (NYSE: MTA) announces its operating and financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022. For complete details of the condensed interim consolidated financial statements and accompanying management's discussion and analysis for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, please see the Company's filings on SEDAR (www.sedar.com) or EDGAR (www.sec.gov). Shareholders are encouraged to visit the Company's website at www.metallaroyalty.com.
Brett Heath, President, and CEO of Metalla, commented, "In the second quarter of 2022, we saw several significant advancements and milestones achieved within our royalty portfolio. G Mining's Tocantinzinho project secured a $481M financing package, expected to reach production in the second half of 2024. Wasamac's production profile was increased to 250k oz Au per year by Yamana Gold, making it an expected top 10 gold producer in Canada. We also saw discoveries made at Moneta's Garrison project and Canadian Malartic's Camflo property that look to provide even more potential upside. We are pleased to see our assets continue to advance and benefit from our strong counterparties at a time when equity and debt markets remain constrained."
During the six months ended June 30, 2022, and the subsequent period up to the date of this news release, the Company:
- Noted the following key milestones announced by operators of certain properties in its portfolio of royalties and streams (please see the 'Asset Updates' section of this press release for the details of these announcements):
- Amended an existing 1.0% NSR royalty on Monarch's Beaufor Mine. In consideration for $1.0 million paid in cash to Monarch, Monarch agreed to waive a clause stipulating that payments under the NSR royalty were only payable after 100 Koz of gold have been produced by Monarch following its acquisition of Beaufor Mine. Payments under this NSR royalty will commence shortly as Monarch announced the start of production during July 2022 (see below).
- For the three months ended June 30, 2022, received or accrued payments on 560 attributable Gold Equivalent Ounces ("GEOs") at an average realized price of $1,844 and an average cash cost of $9 per attributable GEO (see non-IFRS Financial Measures). For the six months ended June 30, 2022, received or accrued payments on 1,284 attributable GEOs at an average realized price of $1,839 and an average cash cost of $7 per attributable GEO (see non-IFRS Financial Measures);
- For the three months ended June 30, 2022, recognized revenue from royalty and stream interests, including fixed royalty payments, of $0.5 million, net loss of $1.4 million, and adjusted EBITDA of negative $0.2 million (see non-IFRS Financial Measures). For the six months ended June 30, 2022, recognized revenue from royalty and stream interests, including fixed royalty payments, of $1.1 million, net loss of $3.6 million, and adjusted EBITDA of negative $0.2 million (see non-IFRS Financial Measures);
- For the three months ended June 30, 2022, generated operating cash margin of $1,835 per attributable GEO, and for the six months ended June 30, 2022, generate operating cash margin of $1,832 per attributable GEO, from the Wharf, Joaquin, and COSE royalties, the New Luika Gold Mine ("NLGM") stream held by Silverback Ltd. ("Silverback"), the Higginsville derivative royalty asset, and other royalty interests (see non-IFRS Financial Measures);
- For the three months ended June 30, 2022, recognized payments due or received (not included in revenue) from the Higginsville derivative royalty asset of $0.6 million, and for the six months ended June 30, 2022, recognized payments due or received from the Higginsville derivative royalty asset of $1.2 million (see non-IFRS Financial Measures);
- On May 12, 2022, the Company filed a new final short form base shelf prospectus and a corresponding registration statement on Form F-10 that replaced the base shelf prospectus and Form F-10 registration statement previously filed by the Company in 2020, and to enhance the Company's financial flexibility. In connection with this transition, the Company terminated its At-The-Market ("ATM") program announced on May 14, 2021 (the "2021 ATM Program"). From inception on May 14, 2021, to the termination on May 12, 2022, the Company distributed 1,990,778 common shares under the 2021 ATM program at an average price of $8.18 per share for gross proceeds of $16.3 million, of which 20,170 common shares were sold during the three months ended June 30, 2022, at an average price of $7.13 per common share for gross proceeds of $0.1 million;
- On May 27, 2022, the Company announced that it had entered into a new equity distribution agreement with a syndicate of agents to establish an ATM equity program (the "2022 ATM Program") under which the Company may distribute up to $50.0 million (or the equivalent in Canadian Dollars) in common shares of the Company. From inception to the date of this press release, the Company did not distribute any common shares under the 2022 ATM program; and
- In August 2022, the Company and Beedie Capital entered into an agreement to extend the maturity date of its loan facility from April 21, 2023, to January 22, 2024 (the "Loan Extension"). In consideration for the Loan Extension the Company incurred a fee of 2.0% of the currently drawn amount of C$8.0 million, the C$160,000 fee will be convertible into common shares at a conversion price of C$7.34 per share, calculated based on a 20% premium to the 30-day Volume Weighted Average Price of the Company's common shares on the trading day immediately prior to the effective date of the Loan Extension. The Loan Extension is subject to stock exchange approvals which are pending.
Beaufor Mine
On July 5, 2022, Monarch announced that it had begun processing ore from its Beaufor Mine at its wholly-owned Beacon Mill, it reported it had stockpiled a total of 30,549 tonnes of ore averaging 4.76 g/t gold and would start feeding the mill with that ore and expected to pour its first bar of gold in July 2022. On July 27, 2022, Monarch further announced the production of its first gold bar from the Beaufor Mine, and announced it expects to reach commercial production in the coming months.
On June 16, 2022, Monarch reported results from recent drilling at the Q Zone where significant intercepts include 122 g/t over 1.4 meters, 20.74 g/t over 3.3 meters, 83.2 g/t gold over 0.5 meters and 18.87 g/t gold over 1.2 meters. On July 25, 2022, Monarch reported high grade results from drilling at the Q Zone that included 37.59 g/t gold over 2.5 meters, 29.79 g/t gold over 2.45 meters and 418 g/t gold over 0.63 meters, highlighting the potential to expand the Q Zone at depth.
Metalla holds a 1.0% NSR royalty on the Beaufor mine.
Wharf Royalty
On August 3, 2022, Coeur Mining Inc. ("Coeur") reported second quarter production of 20.4 Koz gold at 0.47 g/t gold, in line with the 70-80 Koz full year guidance for Wharf disclosed by Wharf on February 16, 2022. During the quarter, one reverse circulation ("RC") drill rig had completed a resource conversion program at the Portland-Ridge-Boston claim group and at the Flossie area.
On February 16, 2022, Coeur reported that Wharf's updated Proven and Probable Reserves totaled 852 Koz at 0.73 g/t. Total Measured and Indicated Resources were reported at 412 Koz at 0.63g/t with an Inferred Resource estimate of 90 Koz at 0.75 g/t. In addition, Coeur reported in their Q4 2021 financial statements, an updated mine life of 8 years for Wharf. Additionally, Coeur reported the continued exploration success at Wharf where a total of 6,625 meters of drilling was completed in the Portland Ridge – Boston claim group, Flossie and Juno areas. Coeur spent $4 million on exploration at the mine in 2021, its largest since acquiring the asset in 2015.
Metalla holds a 1.0% GVR royalty on the Wharf mine.
New Luika Silver Stream
On July 21, 2022, Shanta Gold Limited ("Shanta") reported that it produced 17.5 Koz of gold at its NLGM in Tanzania in the second quarter of 2022, in line with full year production guidance of 68-76 Koz gold. On July 19, 2021, Shanta announced a new mine plan for NLGM, where average annual production is expected to be 73.6 Koz gold with the potential to extend mine life beyond 2026 through conversion of significant known resources and the expanded 2,450 tpd mill throughput. Shanta expects total gold production from NLGM for the five-year plan to total 368 Koz from both open pit and underground mine sources from the mining license.
Metalla holds a 15% interest in Silverback, whose sole business is receipt and distribution of a 100% silver stream on NLGM at an ongoing cost of 10% of the spot silver price.
Côté-Gosselin
On August 3, 2022, IAMGOLD Corporation ("IAMGOLD") reported that construction had reached 57% completion at the Côté Gold Project. It also reported completion in the second quarter of 2022 of approximately 10,500 meters of the 16,000 meter drill program is planned in 2022 to further delineate and expand the Gosselin mineral resources and test selected targets along the deposit corridor. In addition, IAMGOLD completed a project update to the Côté life-of-mine plans where the update proposes an 18-year mine life with initial production expected in early 2024. Average annual production during the first six years is expected to be 495 Koz gold and 365 Koz over the life-of-mine.
Metalla holds a 1.35% NSR royalty that covers less than 10% of the Côté reserves and resources estimate and covers all of the Gosselin resource estimate.
Castle Mountain
Castle Mountain is slated to become one of Equinox Gold's ("Equinox") largest assets. Metalla's 5.0% NSR royalty covers the South Domes portion of the deposit which will be part of the Phase 2 expansion slated to begin in 2026.
On August 3, 2022, Equinox reported production in the second quarter of 6.7 Koz gold and exploration expenditure in the second quarter of $0.5 million at the Castle Mountain property. This was in addition to the exploration announced on May 3, 2022, where drilling in the first quarter included 7,948 meters of RC drilling across the South dump area to assess the continuity and distribution of grade. Equinox also completed 1,448 meters of RC drilling in the area between the JSLA and South Domes pits.
Equinox also announced that in March 2022 it had submitted applications to amend existing permits to accommodate the Phase 2 expansion. On February 24, 2022, Equinox announced they expect to spend $7 million for Phase 2 permitting, optimization studies and metallurgical test work and nearly $2 million for exploration. As of August 3, 2022, the Phase 2 permitting timeline was on schedule with the San Bernardino County having determined the application was complete. Equinox expects the U.S. Bureau of Land management to complete its completeness review by the end of July with the application reviews to run through to the end of 2022. Both agencies will determine the appropriate level of state and federal environmental review required with the resulting review process anticipated to begin by early 2023.
Metalla holds a 5.0% NSR royalty on the South Domes area of the Castle Mountain mine.
Garrison
On July 7, 2022, Moneta released the results of exploration drilling at the Garrison deposit in their Tower Gold project. Drilling results tested new areas all within the Tower Gold project, including east and west of the Garrcon resource, south of the Westaway resource at South Basin, east of the Windjammer South resource at Halfway, and west of the 55 deposit. Drilling has confirmed significant gold mineralization beyond the current resource. Highlights include a drill hole that intercepted significant mineralization with 50.09 g/t gold over 5.05 meters and 0.66 g/t gold over 16 meters. The holes highlight the potential to expand the Garrcon resource pit shells and open new targets for future exploration drilling.
On May 11, 2022, Moneta released an updated resource estimate for the Tower Gold project, including 4.27 Moz gold in the Indicated category and 7.5 Moz gold in the Inferred category. Moneta plans to complete a Preliminary Economic Assessment on the project scheduled for completion later in the second quarter of 2022. The Garrison deposit forms part of the Tower project and is comprised of three zones, Garrcon, Jonpol, and 903. At Garrcon, the open pit Indicated Resource is 841 Koz at 1.02 g/t gold with an Inferred Resource of 15Koz at 0.67 g/t gold, the underground portion has an Indicated Resource of 87 Koz at 5.08 g/t gold with an Inferred Resource of 120 Koz at 4.98 g/t gold. The Jonpol zone has an Indicated Resource of 297 Koz at 1.4 g/t gold and an Inferred Resource of 114 Koz at 0.99 g/t gold. The 903 zone has an Indicated Resource of 610 Koz at 1.01 g/t gold and an Inferred Resource of 600 Koz at 0.74 g/t gold. The Garrison starter pit now has an Indicated Resource of 1.75 Moz at 1.07 g/t gold. Moneta is slated to release a PEA in the second half of 2022.
Metalla holds a 2.0% NSR royalty on the Garrison project.
Wasamac
On July 7, 2022, Yamana announced the approval of the Wasamac bulk sample program, providing for earlier access to the deposit and to increase the level of confidence in the future mining of the project. Permit approvals are expected in early 2023 with ramp development potentially beginning in Spring 2023. A reassessment of the Wasamac project highlighted an improved gold production profile compared to the feasibility study with new projections of ramp-up to 200 Koz in 2027 and up to 250 Koz in 2028. Ongoing mine design and sequence optimizations could position Wasamac with the option for future incremental expansion of the mill to 9,000 tpd from 7,000 tpd in year 3 of operations which will extend the gold production profile of 250 Koz per year until at least 2030. Yamana also highlighted additional opportunities not included in the strategic plan which include processing flow sheet optimization to increase metallurgical recoveries by approximately 3%, optimized configuration of the tailings filter plant and paste backfill plant. Yamana also announced that bulk sample permits are scheduled for submission in the third quarter of 2022, with the approval expected in early 2023 and ramp development could begin in spring 2023.
On July 27, 2022, Yamana announced positive results from infill drilling at the Wasamac project where grades continue to exceed expectations with significant results include 5.05 g/t gold over 54.06 meters and 5.45 g/t gold over 16.8 meters. Exploration drilling at the Wildcat South target continued to expand on the discovery with a significant intercept of 7.31 g/t gold over 3.37 meters and 1.46 g/t gold over 12.3 meters.
Metalla holds a 1.5% NSR royalty on the Wasamac project subject to a buy back of 0.5% for C$7.5 million.
Amalgamated Kirkland Property
On July 27, 2022, Agnico Eagle Mines Limited ("Agnico") reported that an assessment was ongoing at the Amalgamated Kirkland deposit to provide incremental ore feed to the Macassa mill with annual production of 40 Koz as soon as 2024. The Macassa underground ramp had been extended by 615 meters and twenty-four drill holes had been completed in the higher-grade portion of the deposit. Significant intercepts from the underground drill program include 14.1 g/t gold over 6.5 meters, 23.9 g/t gold over 2.0 meters and 14.9 g/t gold over 3.0 meters. Drilling from the surface drill program designed to infill near surface mineralization proves to be successful in confirming grade thicknesses with significant intercepts of 6.9 g/t gold over 6.7 meters, 5.9 g/t gold over 6 meters and 9 g/t gold over 9.2 meters.
In 2022, Agnico plans to spend $8.6 million on a 1.3 kilometre exploration ramp from the Macassa near surface zones, designed to carry out infill drilling and a bulk sample of the higher-grade regions of the Amalgamated Kirkland deposit. On April 28, 2022, Agnico reported that the Amalgamated Kirkland deposit hosts an Indicated Resource estimate of 265 Koz gold at 6.51 g/t gold and an Inferred Resource of 406 Koz at 5.32 g/t gold. The deposit remains open at depth and extends laterally.
Metalla holds a 0.45% NSR royalty on the Amalgamated Kirkland property.
El Realito
On July 27, 2022, Agnico reported that pre-stripping of the El Realito pit was approximately 81% compete. Pre-stripping activities at El Realito pit are in line with forecast are expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2022. The production guidance in Agnico's February 23, 2022, press release for the La India mine which hosts the El Realito pit were positively revised to 82.5 Koz gold in 2022, 70 Koz gold in 2023 and 22.5 Koz gold in 2024. The increase in the production guidance was due to pit optimization and increase in mineral reserves at the El Realito deposit.
Metalla holds a 2.0% NSR royalty on the El Realito deposit which is subject to a 1.0% buyback right for $4.0 million.
Del Carmen
On May 4, 2022, Barrick Gold Corporation reported that drilling at Del Carmen resumed in the second quarter of 2022, drilling will continue until the winter season. Results received at Carmen Norte, located to the north of the Rojo Grande target, confirmed gold mineralization with an intercept of 0.5 g/t gold over 39 meters, which opens up a new area with upside potential to add resources to Del Carmen. In addition, all geological models grade estimates and geometallurgical models with be updated and rebuilding in the second quarter to inform future steps for the project.
Metalla holds a 0.5% NSR royalty on the Del Carmen project which is the Argentine portion of the Alturas-Del Carmen project in the prolific El Indio belt.
Fifteen Mile Stream
On July 27, 2022, St. Barbara Limited reported that the Fifteen Mile Stream project has been extended to include all four identified resource open pits and enable development of the full potential of the project. Permitting application for Fifteen Mile Stream under the Canadian Federal protocol have been made and will be determined in August 2022.
Metalla holds a 1.0% NSR royalty on the Fifteen Mile Stream project, and 3.0% NSR royalty on the Plenty and Seloam Brook deposits.
Tocantinzinho
On July 18, 2022, G Mining announced a $481 million financing package, which included a gold stream, term-loan, and equity placement from Franco-Nevada Corporation for $353 million, for the development of the TZ Gold Project located in Para State, Brazil, providing for full financing required for the project. In addition, Eldorado Gold and La Mancha participated for $89 million in equity placements. Project financing is now in place for full construction to begin in Q3 2023 and targeting production for the second half of 2024.
G Mining had previously announced a feasibility study for the TZ Gold Project was completed in the previous quarter, which confirmed a 10.5-year mine life producing 1.8 Moz of gold in total resulting in an average annual gold production profile of 174,700 ounces at an all-in sustaining cost of $681/oz.
Economics were favourable, at a $1,600/oz gold price the study demonstrated an after-tax NPV5% of $622 million and generated an after-tax IRR of 24%. Also of note, G Mining increased the reserves at TZ by 12% to 2.0 Moz and saw an increase in the capital cost at the project of only 7% since the last study was conducted. Project optimization and detailed engineering is expected to occur from Q4 2021 through to Q4 2022. G Mining also expects to complete two drilling campaigns totaling 10,000 meters beginning in Q4 2021 through to Q1 2022, these include a grade control drilling program to de-risk early years of production and an exploration drilling program to test for potential extensions of the known mineralization at depth and below the current pit.
G Mining is a precious metals development company with a leadership team which has built four mines in South America, including the Merian mine for Newmont Corporation and Fruta Del Norte for Lundin Gold.
Metalla holds a 0.75% GVR royalty on the Tocantinzinho project.
Fosterville
On July 27, 2022, Agnico reported that gold production from Fosterville for the first six months of the operation was 168 Koz gold. During the quarter, the Robbins Hill and Phoenix exploration declines were completed allowing for the advancement of exploration drilling in the prospective areas.
On February 23, 2022, Agnico reported that they expect to spend $34.6 million for 121,400 metres of drilling and development to replace mineral reserve depletion and to add mineral resources at the Fosterville mine. Agnico announced that another $19.7 million will be spent on underground and surface exploration with the aim to discover additional high-grade mineralization, with $2.9 million to be spent on regional exploration drilling on the land package surrounding the mine.
Metalla holds a 2.5% GVR royalty on the Northern and Southern extensions of the Fosterville mining license and other areas in the land package.
CentroGold
On July 25, 2022, Oz Minerals stated that the relocation plan required for progressing the court injunction removal for CentroGold was still in review with the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA). In addition, exploration expenses of $0.9 million were spent on the project for the quarter.
Metalla holds a 1.0-2.0% NSR royalty on the CentroGold project.
Camflo
On July 27, 2022, Yamana reported the Canadian Malartic partnership has identified porphyry hosted gold mineralization that could potentially be mined via an open pit at the Camflo property and provide tonnage to the Canadian Malartic operation. Additional studies are underway to fully evaluate the mineralization and additional potential in adjacent rock types. An aggressive drill program is planned in 2023. The Camflo property covers the past producing Camflo mine which had historical production of approximately 1.6 Moz of gold.
Metalla holds a 1.0% NSR royalty on the Camflo mine, located ~1km northeast of the Canadian Malartic operation.
Montclerg
Through press releases dated July 20, 2022, and June 23, 2022, GFG Resources Inc. ("GFG") reported high grade intervals at the Montclerg Gold Project located 48 km east of the Timmins Gold District. Significant intercepts include 1.32 g/t gold over 33.5 meters, 1.6 g/t gold over 70.4 meters and a 4.95 g/t gold over 8.3 meters. Step-out drilling has demonstrated the Montclerg deposit continues for 530 meters to the east and remains open. GFG are planning to complete a 8,000-10,000 meter drill program in 2022.
Metalla holds a 1.0% NSR royalty on the Montclerg property.
Detour DNA
On July 28, 2022, Agnico reported that exploration plans will investigate the Sunday Lake deformation zone along strike to the west and east of the mine. In addition, step out drilling two kilometres west of the current pit out has encountered significant intersections including 32.3 g/t gold over 4.8 meters outlining the potential for an underground operation.
Metalla holds a 2.0% NSR royalty on the Detour DNA property which is ~7km west of the Detour West reserve pit margin.
Green Springs
On August 9, 2022, Contact Gold reported results from the first 3 drill holes from the 2022 step-out drill program at the Green Springs oxide gold project in the Cortez Trend, Nevada. Significant results from the X-Ray zone include 1.66 g/t gold over 28.96 meters and 0.82 g/t gold over 35.05 meters. Results from the remaining 20 holes are pending.
Metalla holds a 2.0% NSR royalty on the Green Springs project.
Red Hill
On June 21, 2022, NuLegacy Gold Corporation reported an updated exploration plan for Red Hill for 2022-2023 with a 29-hole program expected to have begun in July 2022.
Metalla holds a 1.5% GOR royalty on the Red Hill property which is in close proximity to Nevada Gold Mines Cortez operations.
The technical information contained in this news release has been reviewed and approved by Charles Beaudry, geologist M.Sc., member of the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario and of the Ordre des Géologues du Québec and a director of Metalla. Mr. Beaudry is a QP as defined in National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
Metalla is a precious metals royalty and streaming company. Metalla provides shareholders with leveraged precious metal exposure through a diversified and growing portfolio of royalties and streams. Our strong foundation of current and future cash-generating asset base, combined with an experienced team gives Metalla a path to become one of the leading gold and silver companies for the next commodities cycle.
For further information, please visit our website at www.metallaroyalty.com
ON BEHALF OF METALLA ROYALTY & STREAMING LTD.
(signed) "Brett Heath"
President and CEO
Neither the TSXV nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Exchange) accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
The items marked above are alternative performance measures and readers should refer to non-international financial reporting standards ("IFRS") financial measures in the Company's Management's Discussion and Analysis for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, as filed on SEDAR and as available on the Company's website for further details. Metalla has included certain performance measures in this press release that do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS including (a) attributable gold equivalent ounces (GEOs), (b) average cash cost per attributable GEO, (c) average realized price per attributable GEO, (d) operating cash margin per attributable GEO, which is based on the two preceding measures, and (e) adjusted EBITDA. In the precious metals mining industry, this is a common performance measure but does not have any standardized meaning. The Company believes that, in addition to conventional measures prepared in accordance with IFRS, certain investors use this information to evaluate the Company's performance and ability to generate cash flow. The presentation of these non-IFRS measures is intended to provide additional information and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. Other companies may calculate these non-IFRS measures differently.
Metalla has limited, if any, access to the properties on which Metalla holds a royalty, stream or other interest. Metalla is dependent on (i) the operators of the mines or properties and their qualified persons to provide technical or other information to Metalla, or (ii) publicly available information to prepare disclosure pertaining to properties and operations on the mines or properties on which Metalla holds a royalty, stream or other interest, and generally has limited or no ability to independently verify such information. Although Metalla does not have any knowledge that such information may not be accurate, there can be no assurance that such third-party information is complete or accurate. Some information publicly reported by operators may relate to a larger property than the area covered by Metalla's royalty, stream or other interests. Metalla's royalty, stream or other interests can cover less than 100% and sometimes only a portion of the publicly reported mineral reserves, resources and production of a property.
Unless otherwise indicated, the technical and scientific disclosure contained or referenced in this press release, including any references to mineral resources or mineral reserves, was prepared in accordance with Canadian National Instrument 43-101 ("NI 43-101"), which differs significantly from the requirements of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") applicable to U.S. domestic issuers. Accordingly, the scientific and technical information contained or referenced in this press release may not be comparable to similar information made public by U.S. companies subject to the reporting and disclosure requirements of the SEC.
"Inferred mineral resources" have a great amount of uncertainty as to their existence and great uncertainty as to their economic and legal feasibility. It cannot be assumed that all or any part of an inferred mineral resource will ever be upgraded to a higher category. Historical results or feasibility models presented herein are not guarantees or expectations of future performance.
This press release contains "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively, "forward looking statements") within the meaning of applicable securities legislation. The forward-looking statements herein are made as of the date of this press release only, and the Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise them except as required by applicable law.
All statements included herein that address events or developments that we expect to occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Generally, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "plans", "expects", "does not expect", "is expected", "budgets", "scheduled", "estimates", "forecasts", "predicts", "projects", "intends", "targets", "aims", "anticipates" or "believes" or variations (including negative variations) of such words and phrases or may be identified by statements to the effect that certain actions "may", "could", "should", "would", "might" or "will" be taken, occur or be achieved. Forward-looking statements and information include, but are not limited to: the successful completion of certain milestones in respect to the CentroGold project; the satisfaction of future payment obligations and contingent commitments by Metalla; the effectiveness, and potential use and benefit of, the Company's final short form base shelf prospectus and Form F-10 registration statement; the future sales of common shares under the 2022 ATM program and the value of the gross proceeds to be raised; the completion by property owners of announced drilling programs, capital expenditures, and other planned activities in relation to properties on which the Company and its subsidiaries hold a royalty or streaming interest and the expected timing thereof; production and life of mine estimates or forecasts at the properties on which the Company and its subsidiaries hold a royalty or streaming interest; the closing of the Loan Extension; future disclosure by property owners and the expected timing thereof; the completion by property owners of announced capital expenditure programs; the estimated production at Beaufor, Wharf, Higginsville, Beta Hunt, NLGM and La India;; the results of the permitting application for Fifteen Mile Stream under the Canadian Federal protocol; the anticipated results from the recently completed RC drill rig resource conversion program at the Portland-Ridge-Boston claim group and at the Flossie area; the completion of the drill program to further delineate and expand the Gosselin mineral resources and test selected targets along the deposit corridor;; the completion of a Preliminary Economic Assessment on the Tower Gold Project, and the timing thereof; the completion of pre-stripping activities at El Realito and the expected timing thereof; the future start of mining operations at Beacon Mill and the expected timing thereof; the progression of the court injunction removal at the CentroGold property; expectation that the U.S. Bureau of Land management will compete its completeness review by the end of July with the application reviews to run through to the end of 2022 with respect to the Phase 2 permit application for Castle Mountain; future opportunities for Equinox Gold to move South Domes earlier in the mine plan at Castle Mountain; the potential for Castle Mountain mine to become one of Equinox Gold's largest assets; expected timing of the preliminary economic assessment at the Tower Gold project by Moneta; the completion of two drilling campaigns at Tocantinzinho and the anticipated timing thereof; anticipated results of the completed exploration declines at Fosterville mine, including the feasibility for the advancement of exploration drilling in the prospective areas; the expectation that G Mining's $481 million financing package will fully fund the construction of the TZ Gold Project, and the anticipated timing thereof; the potential for product at the TZ Gold Project and the timing thereof; the anticipated timing of the bulk sample approvals in respect to the Wasamac Mine; engaging in ramp development at the Wasamac Mine and the timing thereof; the potential to significantly expand the Garrcon resource base and support an underground operation at the mine; the release an updated Preliminary Economic Assessment by Moneta with respect to the Garrison Project, and the anticipated timing thereof; the potential that the porphyry hosted gold mineralization identified by the Canadian Malartic partnership may be mined via an open pit from the Camflo property (1.0% NSR); continuation of the drilling at Del Carmen; receipt of permits for Fifteen Mile Steam under the Canadian Federal protocol, and timing thereof; investigation of the Sunday Lake deformation, and anticipated results thereof; the completion of project optimization and detailed engineering at Tocantinzinho and the anticipated timing thereof; the replacement of mineral reserve depletion and addition of mineral resources at the Fosterville mine; the potential production at the Wasamac project; the future production at the Amalgamated Kirkland deposit and the anticipated timing thereof; the amount and timing of the attributable GEOs expected by the Company in 2022; the future production at El Realito and the anticipated timing thereof; the increase of producing royalties to seven; future expectations regarding the royalties and streams of Metalla; royalty payments to be paid to Metalla by property owners or operators of mining projects pursuant to each royalty; the mineral reserves and resource estimates for the properties with respect to which the Company has or proposes to acquire an interest; future gold and silver prices; other potential developments relating to, or achievements by the counterparties for Metalla's stream and royalty agreements, and with respect to the mines and other properties in which Metalla has, or may acquire, a stream or royalty interest; and estimates of future production, costs and other financial or economic measures.
Such forward-looking statements reflect management's current beliefs and are based on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements and information are based on forecasts of future results, estimates of amounts not yet determinable and assumptions that, while believed by management to be reasonable, are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties, and contingencies. Forward-looking statements and information are subject to various known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the ability of Metalla to control or predict, that may cause Metalla's actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied thereby, and are developed based on assumptions about such risks, uncertainties and other factors set out herein, including but not limited to: risks associated with the impact of general business and economic conditions; the absence of control over mining operations from which Metalla will purchase precious metals or from which it will receive stream or royalty payments and risks related to those mining operations, including risks related to international operations, government and environmental regulation, delays in mine development, construction and operations, actual results of mining and current exploration activities, conclusions of economic evaluations and changes in project parameters as plans are refined; problems related to the ability to market precious metals or other metals; industry conditions, including commodity price fluctuations, interest and exchange rate fluctuations; interpretation by government entities of tax laws or the implementation of new tax laws; regulatory, political or economic developments in any of the countries where properties in which Metalla holds a royalty, stream or other interest are located or through which they are held; risks related to the operators of the properties in which Metalla holds a royalty or stream or other interest, including changes in the ownership and control of such operators; risks related to global pandemics, including the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) global health pandemic, and the spread of other viruses or pathogens; influence of macroeconomic developments; business opportunities that become available to, or are pursued by Metalla; reduced access to debt and equity capital; litigation; title, permit or license disputes related to interests on any of the properties in which Metalla holds a royalty, stream or other interest; the volatility of the stock market; competition; future sales or issuances of debt or equity securities; inability to obtain stock exchange approvals or otherwise satisfy the conditions to close the Loan Extension; use of proceeds; dividend policy and future payment of dividends; liquidity; market for securities; enforcement of civil judgments; and risks relating to Metalla potentially being a passive foreign investment company within the meaning of U.S. federal tax laws, as the other risks and uncertainties disclosed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's most recent Annual Information Form, annual report on Form 40-F and other documents filed with or submitted to the Canadian securities regulatory authorities on the SEDAR website at www.sedar.com and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on the EDGAR website at www.sec.gov. Although we have attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. We are under no obligation to update or alter any forward-looking statements except as required under applicable securities laws. For the reasons set forth above, undue reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements.
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KITTITAS & YAKIMA COUNTIES, Wash. -
The Wenas Wildlife Area reopened today after being temporarily closed for the public's safety. Road closures on North Wenas Rd., Sheep Company Rd. and Cove Rd. are now open along with the bridge in Yakima Canyon that leads to the Umtanum Trail.
The Cow canyon Fire is 100% contained and the fire crews remain hard at work to ensure there's no flareups or hot spots.
The map shows the size comparison of the Cow Canyon Fire to the Wenas Wildlife Area.
The wildlife area will be open to the public but visitors are askes to be mindful of burned areas.
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Kennewick, Wash - A craft beer festival featuring beers from Washington, Oregon, and Idaho breweries is coming to Kennewick!
This festival will be at Columbia Park on Saturday August 20th from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.
You can get tickets online starting at $40 at www.craftbeeronthecolumbia.tucketleap.com/craftbeeronthecolumbia
You can also get tickets at the door, but they are $5 more.
Just for our viewers, we have a discount code that you can use to get money off of your tickets! Use the code NBCRIGHTNOW15 when checking out! This code is good until 10 p.m. on Sunday August 14.
The event will also have yard games, a D.J., live entertainment, swag, food, a photo booth, and much more! | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/craft-beer-on-the-columbia-festival-on-aug-20/article_282ccf4c-1a4f-11ed-9293-f784bdc2dc9e.html | 2022-08-12T20:59:48Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/craft-beer-on-the-columbia-festival-on-aug-20/article_282ccf4c-1a4f-11ed-9293-f784bdc2dc9e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
She-Hulk Head Writer Teases Daredevil’s ‘Lighter’ Personality
The return of Matt Murdock/Daredevil easily makes Charlie Cox one of the most highly-anticipated guest-stars slated to appear in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law over the next several weeks. For the first time since Daredevil went off the air in 2018, Cox’s character will appear in costume, this time in a yellow and red suit that harkens back to the Man Without Fear’s early comic book appearances. However, his wardrobe isn’t the only thing getting a lighter touch. While speaking with The Direct, She-Hulk head writer Jessica Gao explained how the series lets Cox test out a version of Matt we haven’t seen before.
Netflix’s original Daredevil series did a good job of translating Matt’s dark and brooding nature. But since this is She-Hulk’s world and everyone else is just living in it, the writers needed to make some adjustments. Luckily, Cox was willing to play along.
“Charlie is so wonderful,” said Gao. “He’s so game to do whatever, and he’s such a wonderful actor, and a wonderful human being. What was so fun about bringing him and Daredevil into our world is that people have already seen a Daredevil who is very dramatic, little bit on the heavy side, very dark, brooding.”
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“It was so fun to be able to do–and we do this with every character cameo from the MCU–is we take them from the environment that you know them from, which is a much more dramatic and action-oriented role, much more on the serious side, and we bring them into our world and they get to play in the tone of She-Hulk,” added Gao. “And they got to explore and we get to see a lighter side of that character.”
Cox will eventually reprise his role in at least two other live-action Marvel projects. The first of these, Echo, hits Disney+ in 2023. A year later, he and Wilson Fisk/Kingpin actor Vincent D’Onofrio will return for Marvel’s Daredevil: Born Again series. Regardless, it’s anyone’s guess if either of these shows will retain the Netflix series’ penchant for violence. Cox previously suggested that a PG-13 version of the character could work in a Disney+ environment, and She-Hulk will let us know if that’s the case. But with R-rated Marvel films like Logan and Deadpool joining the platform’s streaming library in recent weeks, it’s hard to say if anything’s off-limits anymore.
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law premieres next Thursday, August 18 on Disney+.
Are you excited to see how the writers handled Daredevil in the series? Let us know in the comment section below!
Recommended Reading: Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky Vol. 1: Know Fear
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- It’s an interesting challenge. When a foreign naval vessel docks at a U.S. Navy base, someone must help the crew get food, vans, fuel and, sometimes, access to medical care.
One visiting foreign vessel can keep U.S. Navy logistics Sailors pretty busy. Now, how about two foreign vessels? From two different nations, at the same time?
That was the scene at Naval Station Mayport starting in May, when the Brazilian submarine BNS Tikuna (S 34) and the Colombian submarine ARC Tayrona (SO 29) arrived for the 2022 Diesel Electric Submarine Initiative (DESI). DESI is an annual exercise that brings diesel-electric submarines from South American nations to Florida and California for exercises with U.S. naval vessels and aircraft.
It wasn’t a first, but it may be the way of the future. Planners are projecting that more foreign nations may gather in Jacksonville for the multimonth exercise in the future.
Sailors from Logistics Support Center Mayport provided the supply lifeline to the visiting crews. Juggling two foreign nations’ needs at once makes for an interesting day, said Lt. Emilio Nodal, officer in charge of the two-person team that handled the visiting submarines. The Mayport logistics center is a part of Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Jacksonville.
“That’s the uniqueness of the day when you come in. It’s, ‘Ok, what do they require today?’” Nodal said. “It could be, they have a meeting in Kings Bay, (Georgia.) We have to coordinate security to get them on the base, then we have to get them through security. … Everything they do requires some kind of security process or a special entity who has to assist us.”
At two points this summer, an urgent situation arose for the team.
One foreign sailor passed a kidney stone and another suffered apparent appendicitis. The Mayport logistics team rushed them to U.S. Navy medical care, which required obtaining a special federal ID number for each foreign sailor and providing translation service in the doctor’s office.
Another wrinkle is that the visiting nations don’t buy fuel and food from the established vendors that American ships use for supplies. Part of the job is taking them to grocery stores around Jacksonville. Costco and Walmart are among the highlights for the visitors.
The South American visitors are typically wowed by the American superstores. “With the Colombians, we actually rented a U-Haul, that’s how much food we had. We loaded an entire U-Haul full of food,” Nodal said.
Nodal’s enlisted counterpart is Logistics Specialist 1st Class Luis Martinez, a longtime Navy reservist activated for 90 days to come to Jacksonville for the DESI exercise. As a civilian back in El Paso, Texas, he works as an appraiser with State Farm insurance.
On a recent morning, Martinez waited at a Mayport gate for a fuel truck from a company that had possibly never delivered to the base before. He was armed with a special letter from U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. Fourth Fleet saying that this fuel shipment should be allowed for the Brazilians.
Once at the pier, it took almost an hour for the fuel company and the Brazilian crew to find a connector that would make the American fuel line fit Tikuna’s fuel tank.
Martinez played facilitator, as all parties stood in a circle with heads bent over the hose pieces. The language exchange was a mix of Portuguese, Spanish and English. The Brazilians spoke their first language of Portuguese, plus some Spanish and English. Martinez is a fluent Spanish speaker.
Martinez said that if all else fails, he can resort to a translator app on his cell phone for help.
This is Martinez’s fifth time being activated for DESI. Sometimes he is called to San Diego for the West Coast version of the exercise.
“I like interacting with the young sailors that I meet out of the different countries. And being able to add that piece of speaking to these folks in Spanish,” Martinez said.
“I treat the subs and the personnel within those subs as my own family. My kids. ‘Hey, what do my kids need?’ Give it that family touch,” he said.
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Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Brian McKnight has come to terms with the “new normal.”
“We [my family and I], like everyone else, decided to sequester ourselves away from everyone, which wasn’t a stretch because my wife is the kind of person who doesn’t want me shaking hands and being close to people anyways,” said McKnight in a phone interview.
“The pandemic makes you realize how quickly you can get sick from someone. I don’t think we’re returning to a time when people are frivolous with how they interact with others.”
McKnight called touring “interesting” because he doesn't have one-on-one interactions with fans as he once did in pre-COVID times.
“I kind of joke at the beginning of the show that although everyone in the audience is sitting very close together, I’m not coming down there with them, and they all laugh,” he said.
“It's not because I don’t like them. It's just the way things are these days. You cannot be careful enough.”
McKnight will perform in St. Louis with SWV and Lyfe Jennings for the “R&B Kickback” at 8 p.m. Saturday, August 13 at The Stifel Theatre. He said he’s looking forward to the evening being “a wonderful live nostalgic night from the 90s.”
“I play all the songs that people are coming to hear me sing, and I try to do them to the best of my ability,” he said. “My goal is for people to leave my show thinking they probably should have paid more.”
It may surprise diehard McKnight fans to know that many of his 90s classics, including “Anytime” and “Back At One,” didn’t come from a place of passion. McKnight said at that time in his life he was “just writing songs to be writing them.”
But when he met his wife, Leilani, in 2014 and married her in 2018, one of R&B’s leading men said he learned the true meaning of love. His ballads became more meaningful.
“I didn’t believe love existed the way we see in movies and often hear in music until I met my wife,” McKnight said. “I never loved anyone before. I don’t even think I liked anybody back then. I was a different person, but it takes a very special woman, and I finally found the right woman.”
He has dedicated his recent albums “Exodus” and “Genesis” to his wife. His album “Better” had two songs honoring her, as well.
“It's my 20th [album], and I felt like that was a good round number to take a step back from creating entire bodies of work,” McKnight said. The song “Faithfully” is a testament to that,” he said.
McKnight isn’t stuck on the sounds of yesteryear and embraces younger artists’ works.
“I wouldn’t consider the music we created in the 90s R&B because it sounded nothing like The Temptations, The Four Tops, or The Supremes, but we all lumped it in together,” he said.
“I think it's unfair to young artists who are making music to call it all R&B.”
He said he appreciates that current acts “have their own vision, music, style, and way of doing things.”
“I shy away from comparing,” he said. “Every 10 years, artists and writers have their way of doing things, and I applaud them all.”
McKnight said he is excited to return to St. Louis, a place he says was an integral part of the beginning of his career.
“Playing there at The Fabulous Fox early in my career was one of the best highlights,” he said. “Being able to come back 30 years later and still do shows is pretty remarkable and it's only because of the support I had up there.”
He said St. Louis’ people and rich music history and heritage make it special.
“It's something great about the Gateway to the West,” McKnight said. “They’re very astute musically about how they expect your music and you to sound. It makes St. Louis one of those places you circle on the map to come and play.”
Pull-Quote: “It makes St. Louis one of those places you circle on the map to come and play.”
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Americans are seeking jobs and finding them, and many are also trying to improve their employment status.
The same is true in this region as hundreds of job seekers visited the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis Expo & Career Fair at America’s Center on August 5, 2022.
According to the Urban League, 78 companies were represented at the Career Fair, 27 job offers were made on the spot, and 40 applicants left with second interviews scheduled.
“I’m here to find a job, start a career and better my future,” said Edward Johnson of St. Louis.
“I’m 24 and ready. I cannot do anything but move forward.”
Johnson added that he had been offered a job with SSM Health but was still checking out other employers.
“Team SSM poured its heart and soul into many career conversations with attendees,” said Roderick Nunn, SSM Health Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion vice president.
“It’s a tough talent marketplace, but we were blessed to extend a number of job offers on the spot while identifying several prospects we are actively working with. Many thanks to Michael McMillan [president and CEO] and the team at Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis, Inc. for a productive Expo & Career Fair.”
Teamsters Local 300 had representatives in attendance, and their goal was to help find more minority workers for their union and the business where they represent employees.
“Diversity. Yes, we are looking for it all the time,” said Local 600 member Michael Green.
To help attendees land that new job or employment opportunity, the Save Our Sons [SOS] team had its Urban Closet open at the fair for anyone needing interview attire.
Suits, dresses, shoes, and accessories were available and could be fitted for the individual. The clothing could be kept by those who received them for use in future interviews.
“A lot of people have come through, and they can keep the outfits,” said Kelly Bryant-Vaughn, an Urban League case manager.
“We do need clothing donations, especially women’s clothes. We also have a table with women’s jewelry to complete the look.”
A man being fitted for a suit said he felt empowered after putting it on. He pondered whether he should come to the fair because of how he was dressed. After donning the suit, he said he now felt like he belonged there.
The SOS program helps economically disadvantaged African American men in the St. Louis region find jobs and earn a livable wage.
This program assists participants in obtaining post-secondary education and job training. Volunteers from many occupations teach career life skills and work ethics needed to become a successful employee.
The curriculum is covered over four weeks and includes How to Find a Job; How to Keep a Job; How to Get Promoted; and How to Remain Marketable in the Workplace.
While the July job report was encouraging for the American economy and slowed recession fears, it still held distressing news for Black people.
The economy regained all jobs lost during the pandemic, showing a gain of 528,000 jobs, according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It was more than double the 250,000 that economists were expecting.
The unemployment rate ticked down to 3.5% after holding at 3.6% for the past four months. The July jobless rate matched the half-century low last seen in February 2020.
The unwelcome news is that Black unemployment was 6%. The jobless rate among Whites was 3.1%. The Black jobless rate is 94% higher than the White figure.
The Economic Policy Institute listed the primary reasons as “racism” and single adult households where one person tries to care for children and hold a full-time job at the same time.
Education also plays a role in the disparity.
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While in a staff meeting on Monday morning August 1, news broke that Deshaun Watson was found to have violated National Football League policies for sexual misconduct yet was only sentenced to a six-game suspension.
I still think that was ridiculously light, and within a few hours of the announcement I penned last week’s SportsEye imploring the NFL to appeal Judge Sue L. Robinson’s wayward decision.
The NFL did just that, and I applaud the action. I wish the league had waited until our newspaper was published Thursday morning to release its statement instead of Wednesday night for purely selfish reasons.
On Friday, I received a well-written correspondence taking me and some other media members to task for calling for a lengthier suspension.
I replied to the writer that I wanted to run his thoughts as a letter in this week’s newspaper. They declined.
I emailed back that the writer had a lot to say, and that I appreciated the sharing of thought. Still, a no.
That does not mean I can’t share some content with readers. This is not malice or shaming of anyone. There is another side of thinking to the Watson suspension. People should hear it.
“What do you guys want? Watson didn't play a single game last year. Do you want him to be penalized for two complete seasons? And never be charged or found "guilty?" It was a lady judge who made the decision---is her decision not good enough? That's disrespectful for women.”
Yep, Watson was never charged in criminal court, but he faced about 30 civil lawsuits for his alleged action. He also settled all but one, which does not make him guilty. It makes him worthy of another year away from the field. If not a year, at last 12 games.
The writer makes an excellent point about the judge being a woman. Some seized on her gender as why she was so lenient. I’ve read online that, as a woman, she wasn’t convinced that all the plaintiffs were telling the truth. My guess is that she could care less about that.
She said the ruling was based on precedent and the fact that no violence toward the accusers was involved. She should have sat Watson down for more games, if not the entire season, regardless of what transpired with past NFL player penalties.
How about you and the other moral writers help us get rid of pseudo massage parlors, or for that matter pornography, that's all over the place-- that might help women.
Most people involved with the media do not consider themselves The World Police. Place me in that category. We have opinions. People agree, disagree, or could care less. Our faces and our names run with our respective commentaries.
Robert Kraft, New England Patriots owner, got busted in a pseudo massage parlor after being videotaped. He beat the charge, and was not suspended.. In a bizarre kind of way, he was in the same boat as Watson, but he made it to shore when it sank.
“Is there jealousy involved here? A man making millions of dollars---I wonder if you would bash a garbage worker for the same accusations. You join the morally and politically correct writer-ethicists who embellish their sports reporting with their worldviews. Why be so punitive?
A garbage person would have been fired or suspended indefinitely the minute the allegations were reported.
As for jealousy, I have the opposite reaction. I could care less about someone’s wealth. I wanted Kraft to be convicted, or at least plead his alleged crime down. I knew it would not happen. He’s way richer than Watson.
Part of being an NFL star is how you carry yourself. Watson’s conduct is reprehensible. That’s why he should be suspended for most, if not all, of the 2022 season.
To the writer, I say “thank you.” Please stay in touch. Like America, I’ll bet we agree on more than we disagree.
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Serena Williams announced Tuesday her tennis career will be coming to an end soon. She told Vogue she plans to focus on her Serena Ventures investment firm and plans to have a second child, which she does not want to do while an active athlete. Williams won a record 23 Grand Slam singles titles, and 73 tournaments overall. She finished as the No. 1 ranked player in the world five times and won five Olympic gold medals. Three of those were doubles championships playing with her sister Venus Williams…Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott have had their respective intelligence and ability challenged by unnamed NFL defensive coaches in recent articles Of course, race has nothing to do with it…A lot of folks on the conservative political side clamoring for Brittney Griner’s release via negotiation will be irate with President Biden when the trade involves a convicted arms dealer/terrorist. | https://www.stlamerican.com/sports/sports_eye/a-reader-shares-thoughts-i-really-appreciate-it/article_0c458408-1a69-11ed-b95f-778e6d5daa26.html | 2022-08-12T21:04:15Z | stlamerican.com | control | https://www.stlamerican.com/sports/sports_eye/a-reader-shares-thoughts-i-really-appreciate-it/article_0c458408-1a69-11ed-b95f-778e6d5daa26.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – The upcoming weekend of August 13 and August 14 marks the state’s sales tax holiday. The act of shedding the standard 6.25 percent state sales tax on big ticket back-to-school items, such electronics, is something many local shoppers are taking advantage of.
A lot of people think of appliances for tax free weekend, but it’s also a good time to stock up on back to school essentials like computers and furniture for a dorm room or apartment. Mark Wineburg, the owner of Yes Computers, talks about how the increase of business during the sales tax holiday is tremendous.
“Even compared to holiday times, this is our busiest weekend of the entire year, even beats Christmas! It’s shocking, but people really like the tax free holiday,” said Wineburg.
Wineburg added that with back to school just a few weeks away, computers are one of the most popular purchases during tax free weekend.
Many retailers are offering incentives and specials to entice customers into the store. College students out shopping to outfit their dorm appreciate the lower prices to come this weekend. Molly Berenson of Belchertown is one such student taking advantage of a weekend with no sales tax.
“I think it’s good, it’s helpful. Just so like everything is cheaper and more affordable,” Berenson told 22News. She added that shelves seemed stocked and she and her friend didn’t have problems getting items due to supply chain issues.
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Janel May Drake Smith, 87, of Rexburg, died Thursday, August 11, 2022, at Homestead Assisted Living. She was born in Nampa, ID on April 19th, 1935, to Harriet May Kelly and Edgar LeRoy Drake. The only daughter of five children, she was cherished by her parents and brothers.
Janel grew up in Nampa ID with annual summer education/vacations at the family cabin in Warm Lake Idaho where she developed her love of the mountains and nature. Janel attended BYU, studying music for 3 years before deciding to pursue Dietetics. She graduated as a certified Dietician, a profession she maintained until her retirement. In later life, she completed her Master's degree at BYU, graduating on her 50th birthday. For her degree, she completed research on the Nutritional Status of Palestinian Arab Children in the State of Israel.
Janel married her first husband, Ron Madsen in 1957while at BYU. They moved to California shortly thereafter, where they were blessed with four children: Terry Madsen of Bountiful UT, Michelle Getz and Shawna Madsen of Houston TX, and Brian Madsen of NY, NY. She later moved to New Jersey for a short time and then to Houston in 1968. In addition to her four children, she has13 beautiful grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Janel worked as a Dietician for a time in Houston, before moving to Rexburg, ID in 1980where she taught Foods and Nutrition at Ricks College from 1980 to 2000. She served as Department Chair for several years.
Janel and Norm Smith met at a church dance in 1983. They had a whirlwind romance and were married in 1984 in the LDS Idaho Falls Temple. Janel and Norm had a very happy marriage and shared many adventures and world travels including Russia and French Polynesia.
They served four missions for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, including twice at Martins Cove in WY where they educated visitors about the pioneers. They also served in South Chicago where they supported the local congregation and guided young missionaries. In later years, they served a humanitarian mission in Rexburg, counseling and supporting members in crisis.
Janel served many callings throughout her life including Choir Director, Primary teacher, and Relief Society President. Her love of music led her to be called to direct the music in Sacrament meeting in nearly every ward she attended.
Janel enthusiastically celebrated the holidays, preparing elaborate dinners, baking cookies, and decorating the house, making it a memorable and magical time of the year for all. Her love of family, adventure, and fun will be greatly missed by her husband Norm, her family, and all who knew her.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, August 15th at the Rexburg 15th Ward Chapel, 166 South 1st East, Rexburg, Idaho. The family will receive friends Sunday evening from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. at Flamm Funeral Home and then again Monday from 1:00 to 1:45 p.m. at the church prior to services. Interment will in the Victor Cemetery. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Four Paws, 119 South 4th West Rexburg. | https://www.tetonvalleynews.net/obituaries/janel-may-drake-smith/article_8aba0e4c-9390-5426-854c-187250699cb8.html | 2022-08-12T21:08:41Z | tetonvalleynews.net | control | https://www.tetonvalleynews.net/obituaries/janel-may-drake-smith/article_8aba0e4c-9390-5426-854c-187250699cb8.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Two brothers & cousin charged in child sex crimes case
CRAVEN COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Three Eastern Carolina men who are all related to each other have been charged with sex crimes involving two young children.
Craven County deputies say back in July they began investigating the report of multiple sexual assaults involving the 12 and 13-year-olds.
Today they charged Ethan Jones, 18, of Vanceboro with two counts of statutory rape and two counts of statutory sex offense with a child. His 20-year-old brother, Brandon Jones, of Washington, was arrested for statutory rape and statutory sex offense with a child.
Their cousin, Mark McKenney, 24, also from Vanceboro, is charged with indecent liberties with a minor, first degree sexual exploitation of a minor, & second degree exploitation of a minor.
All three have been jailed under $250,000 bonds.
Deputies say they expect more charges to be brought in the case.
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(The Hill) — The FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents while conducting the search of former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
The Journal reviewed a three-page list of items that FBI agents took from the Palm Beach, Fla., property on Monday, revealing that they took about 20 boxes of items, binders of photos, a handwritten note and Trump’s grant of clemency to his former adviser Roger Stone, who was convicted in 2019 of lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction of an official proceeding.
The list refers to one set of documents as “Various classified/TS/CSI documents,” meaning top secret/sensitive compartmentalized information. It states that FBI agents acquired four sets of top-secret documents, three sets of secret documents and three sets of confidential documents.
The FBI reportedly sought documents containing information about nuclear weapons in the search, but it is unclear if the agency recovered any. The Journal reported that the list did not contain any additional details about what information was in the classified documents.
NewsNation separately reported that FBI agents had found dozens of classified documents during their search of Mar-a-Lago on Monday.
The list reported by the Journal was included in a seven-page document that also includes the search warrant the FBI executed mentions information about the “President of France.”
The warrant shows agents planned to search “the 45 Office” and “all storage rooms and all other rooms or areas within the premises used or available to be used by [the former president] and his staff and in which boxes or documents could be stored, including all structures or buildings on the estate,” according to the Journal.
The FBI did not appear to search private guest rooms.
Trump allies have claimed that the former president declassified the documents that he brought to Mar-a-Lago while he was still in office.
Trump and his allies have attacked the search as being politically motivated as Trump considers another run for the White House in 2024.
Republicans have called for answers from the Department of Justice (DOJ) over what led up to the search, and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) vowed to launch an investigation into the department if Republicans retake control of the House in the November midterm elections.
Attorney General Merrick Garland said Thursday that the DOJ filed a motion to request that the search warrant be unsealed given Trump’s public notice of the search and the significant public interest in the situation.
Garland also defended the DOJ and FBI against attacks on its credibility, saying that their integrity has been “unfairly attacked.” He said he personally approved the search but did not do so lightly.
A group of news organizations also filed a motion on Thursday to support Garland’s effort to unseal the warrant and further request that all documents related to the warrant be made public.
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Salman Rushdie -- a celebrated author and winner of the world's top literary prizes whose writings generated death threats -- was attacked and apparently stabbed in the neck on stage Friday before giving a lecture at the Chautauqua Institution in western New York, State Police said.
The attacker was taken into custody by a state trooper at the event, police said.
Rushdie was airlifted from a field adjacent to the venue -- in a rural lake resort about 70 miles south of Buffalo -- to a local hospital. His condition is unknown. An interviewer also suffered a minor head injury, police said.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul told reporters Friday that Rushdie is "alive" and "getting the care he needs." She said a state trooper "stood up and saved his life and protected him as well as the moderator who was attacked as well.
"Here is an individual who has spent decades speaking truth to power," the governor said of Rushdie. "Someone who has been out there unafraid, despite the threats that have followed him his entire adult life it seems."
Rushdie was being introduced at about 10:45 a.m. when the assault happened, according to a witness, who said he heard shouting from the audience. He said a man in a black shirt appeared to be "punching" the author. The witness, who was 75 feet from the stage, did not hear the attacker say anything or see a weapon.
Some people in the audience ran to render aid while others went after the attacker, the witness said.
Another witness told CNN there were no security searches or metal detectors at the event. The witness is not being identified because they expressed concerns for their personal safety.
The witness said the attacker "walked quickly" down an aisle and jumped on stage, approaching the author and "making a stabbing motion with his hand repeatedly."
A third witness, a longtime Chautauqua resident who asked not to be identified, recalled a commotion on stage and a man making about seven to 10 stabbing motions in the direction of the author, who was in a half-standing position. She said she fled the open-air amphitheater "shaking like a leaf" in fear.
'His essential voice cannot and will not be silenced'
On its website, the Chautauqua Institution described Friday's event as "a discussion of the United States as asylum for writers and other artists in exile and as a home for freedom of creative expression."
In a statement the nonprofit education center and summer resort said it is "coordinating with law enforcement and emergency officials on a public response following today's attack of Salman Rushdie on the Chautauqua Amphitheater stage."
Writers such as Stephen King and JK Rowling expressed well wishes for Rushdie via Twitter.
Rushdie is a former president of PEN America, a prominent US free speech group for authors, which said it is "reeling from shock and horror at word of a brutal, premeditated attack."
"We can think of no comparable incident of a public violent attack on a literary writer on American soil," PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel said in a statement.
"We hope and believe fervently that his essential voice cannot and will not be silenced."
Furor over 'The Satanic Verses' hounded Rushdie
The 75-year-old novelist -- the son of a successful Muslim businessman in India -- was educated in England, first at Rugby School and later at the University of Cambridge where he received an MA degree in history.
After college, he began working as an advertising copywriter in London, before publishing his first novel, "Grimus" in 1975.
Rushdie's treatment of delicate political and religious subjects turned him into a controversial figure. But it was the publication of his fourth novel "The Satanic Verses" in 1988 that has hounded him for more than three decades.
Some Muslims found the book to be sacrilegious and it sparked public demonstrations. In 1989, the late Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini called Rushdie a blasphemer and said "The Satanic Verses" was an insult on Islam and the Prophet Mohammed, and issued a religious decree, or fatwa, calling for his death.
As a result, the Mumbai-born writer spent a decade under British protection.
In 1999, Rushdie told CNN that the experience taught him "to value even more ... intensely the things that I valued before, such as the art of literature and the freedom of expression and the right to say things that other people don't like.
"It may have been an unpleasant decade, but it was the right fight, you know. It was fighting for the things that I most believe in against things I most dislike, which are bigotry and fanaticism and censorship."
The bounty against Rushdie has never been lifted, though in 1998 the Iranian government sought to distance itself from the fatwa by pledging not to seek to carry it out.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- The New York Post thought they had 'breaking SPAM news.'
'SPAM BLOCKER!' the paper declared, citing Crime & Inflation for the dystopian incarceration of lunchmeat.
HONOLULU (KITV4) -- The New York Post thought they had 'breaking SPAM news.'
'SPAM BLOCKER!' the paper declared, citing Crime & Inflation for the dystopian incarceration of lunchmeat.
But on Oahu, one of the biggest national retailers (Walmart) has had its spam in individual lock boxes for quite some time.
A store clerk told KITV4 last November, it's a loss prevention measure to deter petty theft. The President of the Retail Merchants of Hawaii says it's an all too common practice.
"And it's not just spam. It's meats, it's seafood, it's liquor, macadamia nuts is another one that's really big," Tina Yamaki told KITV.
And while mix blends don't get the lock and key treatment in Honolulu, 100% Kona coffee does, as does corn beef hash.
A store owner in Nuuanu told KITV4 he leaves the spam out in the open, and that in a tight knit community, locals keep an eye out.
Those at Skyson USA, a market in Kalihi, say it's a similar culture there.
"This is that type of store. Mom and pop stores, have more respect because they want to come back," Skyson USA employee Shane said, "They need a place to come back to. Here they've been coming for 20 years, you think they are gonna rob this place? We had some people rob this place, they came back and apologized."
It's a respect some corporate chains may be wanting. Liquor and shaving razors have always been under lock and key, but since the pandemic, shoplifting has become more brazen.
"There was a Longs in Chinatown. Shut down, because people came in with hammers. Security says, I don't get paid enough to handle this," Shane recounted, "On the 15th they're closing that center. Longs down there is closed. CVS closed."
It has been a deteriorating state of affairs.
"What we are seeing are those that are residentially challenged use it as a commodity. Or a way to barter for other things. We see people on the black market selling it," Yamaki said.
The recommendation is to buy from a retail store, rather than online where the origins may be mysterious. And though not all postings are stolen goods, with those that are, Retail Merchants of Hawaii warns the costs eventually do get passed on to the consumer.
Shane says, in the meantime, there's no need to panic. Your local market is standing by.
"This ain't locked up is it?," Shane challenged, as he posed by several shelves of boxed spam, "Is this locked up? No."
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Native Hawaiian fashion designer Kumu Micah Kamohoali'i is about to make history. In September, Kamohoali'i's designs will be hitting the runways of Europe, making him the first ever Hawaiian designer invited to present in three European Fashion Weeks.
Native Hawaiian fashion designer Kumu Micah Kamohoali'i is about to make history. In September, Kamohoali'i's designs will be hitting the runways of Europe, making him the first ever Hawaiian designer invited to present in three European Fashion Weeks.
WAIMEA, Hawaii Island (KITV4) -- Native Hawaiian fashion designer Kumu Micah Kamohoali'i is about to make history. In September, Kamohoali'i's designs will be hitting the runways of Europe, making him the first ever Hawaiian designer invited to present in three European Fashion Weeks.
Kamohoali'i will bring the essence of Hawaii to Europe through a three part cultural showcase featuring Hawaiian runway models (including his immediate family members), kapa pounding, chanting, and performances by award-winning vocalists Amy Hanaiali‘i, Kainani Kahauna'ele, musician Jeff Peterson; and dancers from his Halau Na Kipu‘upu‘u performing ancient and modern dances.
First up is London Fashion week on Sept. 17, 2022 at the UK's Hyde Park. The immersive cultural presentation is themed Hulu Ali'i - The Royal Feathers.
After London, Kamohoali'i and his team of 30 Hawaiian models and musicians will travel nearly 800 miles to Milan, Italy for Milan Fashion Week on Sept. 24, 2022.
The Milan show taking place at the famous Sala Barozzi is themed Hale Kua - The Kapa beating house, where Kamohoali'i will enthrall the audiences with his family's bark cloth fabrics.
Finally, the group will trek to the Eiffel Tower and the American Cathedral of Paris, France. The European Fashion Tour will end at Paris Fashion Week with Ulana Ho'oheno - The elegance of plaited leaves, showcasing Hawai'i's lauhala woven fibers.
WATCH: Kumu Micah Kamohoali'i joined GMH to talk about the upcoming trip to Europe
In his one-of-a-kind apparel, Dezigns by Kamohoaliii, brings indigenous Hawaii to life through traditional designs, bold colors, metaphoric imagery, and strong cultural symbolism.
“Our clothes are spiritual totems, they recount our history,” said Kamohoali'i. “There are so many deep connections in our designs and it is who we are. We are honoring the breath of life from our ancestors by perpetuating, preserving, and retelling our stories in the designs we wear on our clothing.”
By participating in Fashion Week Europe, Kamohoalii hopes to provide insight and education into authentic Hawaiian fashion, arts and culture.
Kamohoali'i’s Hawaiian lineage is at the heart of his designs, an art that encompasses Hawaii’s natural environments and honors their rich legacy. Kamohoali'i’s passion for art led him to study graphic design, and his family’s legacy in Hawaiian kapa led him to discover his passion for fashion. Kapa, a soft bark cloth, is an artisan tradition that dates back to ancient Hawaii and is now considered a rare art form. The process of creating kapa includes gathering the bark and beating it to loosen the fibers, and the end result is an incredibly soft fabric that can be dyed to create unique looks with vibrant patterns. Dezigns by Kamohoalii feature layers of “ike kuʻuna,” or traditional Hawaiian knowledge, embedded in each design.
And it's been an exciting year for the designer, having just opened two new stores on O'ahu at the Pearlridge Center uptown location and at The Windward Mall in Kane'ohe.
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The FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents from its search of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home earlier this week. Trump is pictured leaving Trump Tower in New York on August 10.
Donald Trump has agreed the historic search warrant that authorized the seizure of federal records from the former president's home at Mar-a-Lago should be released, the Justice Department told a federal court Friday.
The Justice Department had told the court it believes that unsealing the confidential investigative documents is in the public interest. The DOJ said it supports releasing four documents: The search warrant itself, two attachments that describe at least to some extent what was being searched and why, and a receipt handed to Trump's legal team documenting what was seized from the property.
The magistrate judge overseeing the case will still need to formally order the unsealing before the documents are released.
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier Friday that the FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents from its search of Mar-a-Lago earlier this week, including some materials marked as "top secret/SCI." The newspaper reported that FBI agents removed about 20 boxes from Trump's resort and residence in Palm Beach, Florida -- including binders, sets of classified government materials, photographs and at least one handwritten note.
Federal agents reportedly seized one set of "top secret/SCI" documents, the highest level of classification. Agents took four sets of "top secret" documents, three sets of "secret" documents and three sets of "confidential" documents, the lowest level of classification, the Journal reported.
It's not known what these classified documents were specifically about.
Among the items taken from Trump's resort was a document about pardoning Roger Stone, a staunch Trump ally who was convicted in 2019 of lying to Congress during its probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election. (Trump pardoned Stone before leaving office, shielding Stone from a three-year prison term.)
It's unclear how the Stone-related document seized during the search is tied to the broader criminal probe into Trump's potential mishandling of classified materials.
During the search, FBI agents also recovered a document about the "President of France," according to the WSJ report, which didn't provide other details about the document.
The FBI search at the resort in Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday was followed by days of silence from the Justice Department, as is the department's normal practice for ongoing investigations.
Then on Thursday, Attorney General Merrick Garland announced that the department had moved to unseal the search warrant and two attachments, including an inventory list, but also stressed that some of the department's work must happen outside of public view.
"We do that to protect the constitutional rights of all Americans and to protect the integrity of our investigations," Garland said, while explaining that he would not provide more detail about the basis of the search.
Trump said in a late-night post on his Truth Social platform 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 court had instructed the Justice Department to confer with Trump about its request to unseal the warrant documents from the FBI search and to tell the court by 3 p.m. ET Friday if he opposes their release.
Trump's team had contacted outside attorneys about how to proceed, and the former President's orbit was caught off guard by Garland's announcement.
In a pair of posts to Truth Social following Garland's statement, Trump continued to claim that his attorneys were "cooperating fully" and had developed "very good relationships" with federal investigators prior to Monday's search at Mar-a-Lago.
"The government could have had whatever they wanted, if we had it," Trump said. "Everything was fine, better than most previous Presidents, and then, out of nowhere and with no warning, Mar-a-Lago was raided, at 6:30 in the morning, by VERY large numbers of agents, and even 'safecrackers.'"
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What if I told you that Canada’s festival city is found in the continent’s northernmost metropolis? Well, it’s the truth. Edmonton hosts over 60 festivals held every year, earning the nickname “festival city”. It’s a well-earned one, because even when winter temperatures can plunge to -22 degrees Fahrenheit, people embrace winter by holding cross country ski events, ice carving competitions, and festivals that celebrate our northern climate.
Plus, drinking to warm up is a party in itself in E-town. Edmonton has a vibrant food, cocktail and craft beer scene with several award-winning chefs and mixologists laying claim to national and international recognition—something that only attests to the quality of ingredients grown and raised by producers, farmers and ranchers in this agriculturally rich part of the country. But the people who live in the city are what really make it shine, with a community of creative minds, artists and craftspeople keeping this city’s art culture thriving.
All of this to say: Edmonton loves doing things big and loves having visitors. Here’s how to spend a weekend in the city.
Where to stay in Edmonton
Top Shelf Downtown: JW Marriott
Book now: JW Marriott
This luxury hotel is in the ICE District— Canada’s largest mixed-use and designated entertainment area spread over 25 acres and home to 1.5 million square feet of retail and office space, a public plaza, restaurants, and Rogers Place (where NHL hockey games and special events take place steps from the hotel’s door).
This Marriott features 346 guest rooms replete with custom furnishings and design elements like wood, stone and metal, all reflective of Alberta’s natural, rugged beauty. A full-service spa is onsite as well as a health club, pool, steam rooms and whirlpools. Culinary experiences are available at four restaurants and lounges including Braven, a posh steakhouse, and Alchemy, an intimate bar on the fifth floor where access is granted through a hidden portal.
Budget B&B: Corduroy Suites
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In 2019, a multi-million-dollar reno of the century-old heritage site Gibbard Block, included Corduroy Suites, a charming B&B consisting of eight units on the top floor. Each suite feels like a home-away-from home with smartly appointed kitchens stocked with locally made provisions like Evoolution olive oil and Transcend coffee.
Away from the bustle: The Mettera
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This luxury boutique hotel is located on Whyte Avenue in Old Strathcona, a historic district in south central Edmonton where shops, restaurants, and pubs abound. The hotel’s decor features an organic-inspired color palette with granite accents, live-edge wood tables, and rich textiles designed to encourage guests to relax and unwind after a day of strolling the Avenue. Asian-themed art and unique global artifacts add to the feeling of stepping into another world after experiencing the hustle and bustle of one of the most happening parts of the city.
Where to Eat and Drink in Edmonton
Get some fired up food at Smokey Bear
Smokey Bear is a smokin’ hot spot just off Whyte Avenue. Treat yourself to the tasting menu created by Chef Riley Aitken and his talented crew because Smokey Bear is all about food cooked over fire, showcasing deliciousness the form of bone-in pork chop or grilled flatbread. The fruits and vegetables—which are roasted over maplewood fire—are a particular delight; ingredients harvested at the height of the season and cooked over sweet maple create nothing less than a delectable result.
There’s more than meets the eye at Fu’s Repair Shop
Don’t let the exterior of Fu’s Repair Shop fool you. Despite the papered-over windows covered with ads for stereo and video repair, they’re just to get peoples’ attention. And judging by the lineups, it’s been working since the day Fu’s opened in spring of 2022.
Fu’s is a place for stellar food and drink with chef Winnie Chen fixing up a feast of dim sum, five-spice duck tacos and her dad’s famous (to the family, anyway) beef noodle soup. The spicy mandarin sour is the early crowd favorite, but really, any one of the intriguing craft cocktails is a solid choice.
Taste Vibrant Mexican flavor at Tres Carnales Rostizado
Step into the historic Mercer Building downtown and grab a seat at Tres Carnales Rostizado, a modern Mexican restaurant serving up vibrant, flavourful dishes like duck carnitas, cauliflower roasted in pork fat, and platters heaped high with juicy chicken that’s been brined, dry rubbed and roasted on a spit in the kitchen. They’re known for their frozen tamarind margaritas, so put that on the “must drink” list for sure.
Eat, drink, and be merry at Baijiu
Baijiu, done in the style of a 1930s Shanghai speakeasy, is a restaurant that serves up Asian-inspired eats with 90s beats. Share the pineapple and green papaya slaw and the fish sauce-infused sticky chicken wings but keep the peach bao all to yourself. The cocktails here are boozy but balanced; the citrus forward Juice Wrld with a wee bit of fresh ginger is particularly refreshing.
Pro tip: Ask your server if there’s room inside Little Hong Kong, the tiny bar inside the bar behind a bookcase. On the night you go, it just might be James Grant, Diageo World Class Global Bartender of 2021, mixing your drinks.
Scream for the ice cream at Made by Marcus, Kind, and Fleisch Delikatessen
This northern city is mad for ice cream. Check out the artisanal creations at Made by Marcus, or the small batch wonders at Kind across from the Ritchie Market. Soft serve at Fleisch Delikatessen is often infused with cereal-milk and prepare to line up for the Filipino inspired flavours at Yelo’d in Old Strathcona.
Head to 124 Street eateries like Duchess Bake Shop, Northern Chicken, and Woodshed
Before you go, stop in at the award-winning Duchess Bake Shop on 124 Street. The lineup hasn’t abated since the bakery opened in 2009, and while you’re on the block, hit up Northern Chicken if bourbon, beer, and fried chicken is more your thing. If you’re Jonesing for locally raised wagyu, head across the street to Woodshed for a burger, or to their sister restaurant, Hayloft, for spectacular dry-aged cuts and great cocktails.
What to do in Edmonton
Explore Old Strathcona
Near the Old Strathcona Farmers’ Market is the boarding station for one of the best ways to see the city: the High Level Bridge Streetcar. This refurbished trolley car from the early 1900s travels back and forth across the North Saskatchewan River and return-trip or one-way tickets can be purchased from the conductor. Once on board, take a load off, sit back and enjoy the ride. At 185 feet up, you will be granted an astounding view of the city, the River Valley and two photo-worthy bridges: the gleaming white Walterdale and the Tawatinâ, the latter featuring over 500 painted panels that pay homage to First Nations and Metis heritage. You’ll also see the Beaux Arts-style Legislative Building; if you disembark on the north side of the river, you can walk the block over to tour the building and the expansive park-like grounds upon which it sits. Purchase an Alberta-made souvenir at the visitor center, or take in a short film at the Pehonan Theatre to learn about events that have transpired since Alberta officially became a province in 1905.
While every season has its own specific charm, one of the best times to come to Old Strathcona is during the Fringe Festival, where nearly 1,600 local, national, and international artists perform for 10 days every August. Between shows, order a fried green onion cake from one of the mobile kiosks; the savoury, circular flatbreads are unique to the city.
Explore the River Valley
For a natural approach to Edmonton, bike the Valley’s 160 kilometres of trails or take a walking tour with Talking Rock Tours to learn about local Indigenous culture and the geological aspects of the Valley like coal, bedrock and bentonite clay. You’ll hold pink granite, sandstone and other rocks and minerals that make up the banks and bed of the North Saskatchewan River. You might even find a dinosaur bone!
Learn about Indigenous culture
Learn about the importance of the Mètis People by making a day trip to Métis Crossing northeast of the city or plan to stay overnight at the luxury boutique lodge that sits on part of this 512-acre educational site. The Crossing is the hub for Alberta Métis cultural interpretation, gatherings, and business development. Visitors can join in guided expeditions, explore historical exhibits, or even try their hand at weaving and cooking while learning about the history of the Mètis People.
Enjoy galleries, museums, theaters, and other arts abound
Music, theatre, visual and culinary: Edmonton’s appreciation of the arts runs deep. Can a library be worthy of a tourist’s visit? If it’s the new Stanley Milner library downtown that reopened in 2020 after a massive three and a half year renovation, then yes. The library is as much a place to learn and read as it is to explore and play. The floor-to-ceiling interactive LED screen on the main floor is a popular attraction, especially when Dino Zoo is playing. See how many prehistoric creatures you can identify as they roam and graze across the expanse, but watch out for that velociraptor; it likes to smash its beak into the screen sending people of all ages scurrying for cover. If that’s too “up close and personal”, a more serene setting of the Great Barrier Reef plays on selected days.
Kitty-corner to the library is the Citadel Theatre, the place for theatre arts, and right next door is the magical Winspear auditorium, home to the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra and where music performers take to the stage year-round. A few steps further will have you at the Art Gallery of Alberta. Feast on seasonally inspired fare at May, a restaurant at the gallery, before or after taking in thousands of pieces of art and exhibits featuring a span of notable works from upcoming local artists to Renaissance masters, and Canadian icons like Emily Carr, Maud Lewis, and the Group of Seven.
If you’re a museum buff, then a visit to the Royal Alberta Museum is a must. The 419,000-square-foot space is one of Alberta’s greatest cultural attractions and contains collections of artifacts that illustrate the province’s people and its environment including the tools and bones of yesteryear, military remnants and keepsakes, items representing daily life that tell the story of communities, and approximately 18,000 Indigenous objects that date from the mid-1800s to present day. Nearby, the outdoor neon museum is a spectacular site at night and close to several award-winning restaurants and bars.
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KALAMAZOO, Mich. — The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says a structure fire broke out Friday afternoon.
Emergency crews responded to the 700 block of Garland Circle just after 3 p.m. Friday.
When they got there, they saw smoke coming from the ventilation system of the building.
KDPS first responders brought the fire under control within ten minutes, keeping it contained to the ventilation system.
There were people inside when the flames broke out, but the department says everyone was able to get out on their own, without injuries.
Now, the Fire Marshal’s office is trying to figure out how the fire started.
If you have any information about the fire, call the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety at (269) 337-8120 or Silent Observer at (269) 343-2100. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/kzoo-bc/first-responders-contain-kalamazoo-co-structure-fire-within-minutes | 2022-08-12T21:22:54Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/kzoo-bc/first-responders-contain-kalamazoo-co-structure-fire-within-minutes | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SEAFORD, Del.- The Seaford Police Department says there has been a recent spike of theft from vehicles within the city.
Some areas the department mentioned were Hickory Lane, Oak Street, Rodney Street, Shipley Street, Bradford Street and Nylon Ave just outside of SPD jurisdiction.
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Following a disappointing year of setbacks and stumbles, Democrats are finally on a winning streak. But will it be enough for the party to turn things around before the November midterm elections?
Even with this string of good news – which includes a major legislative accomplishment, a win on abortion rights, and a national security success – it’s still unlikely that Democrats will be able to keep control of the House, which Republicans have a 79% chance of winning, per FiveThirtyEight’s election forecast.
That being said, these recent developments do give Democrats a fighting chance of retaining their slim majority in the Senate. Currently, FiveThirtyEight’s predictor gives Democrats a 60% chance of winning the Senate – up from a 50% chance just two weeks ago.
In a momentous win for the Biden agenda this week, The Senate passed a sweeping legislative package – dubbed the “Inflation Reduction Act” – which is designed to combat climate change, address health care costs, and reduce the deficit by raising taxes on corporations. The omnibus bill is a major victory for the Biden Administration’s domestic agenda after the failure of the Build Back Better plan last year.
While the Inflation Reduction Act passed on a party-line vote, Democrats do also have several recent bipartisan legislative achievements to show for – including a historic gun safety law, the CHIPS+ package to boost American manufacturing and outcompete China, as well as the Burn Pits legislation to expand veterans’ benefits.
In addition to these victories, Democrats were handed a momentous political win on abortion rights last week. Voters in Kansas – a state that hasn’t voted for a Democratic president since Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964, and elected Donald Trump by 15-points in 2020 – overwhelmingly rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have allowed state legislators to restrict or ban abortion.
Moreover, turnout in Kansas surpassed turnout in previous general election years, which indicates that abortion is a motivating issue – one that could possibly help Democrats narrow Republicans’ voter enthusiasm advantage. Recent Ipsos polling bears this out, as there is a 5-point enthusiasm gap between Republicans and Democrats, down from 13-points in early June.
Democrats also notched a major victory on national security last week with the killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri, an al-Qaeda leader and plotter of the September 11th attacks. This was an encouraging development for President Biden, who has struggled to demonstrate that he is a capable Commander-in-Chief – especially with respect to Afghanistan – following the chaotic withdrawal of American troops from that country last August.
While these recent developments are positive for Democrats, the national political environment is simply too disadvantageous for the party to retain their slim majority in the House – especially considering that the president’s party has lost House seats in every first midterm election since the 1930s.
President Biden’s job approval is still below 40%, according to both FiveThirtyEight’s and RealClearPolitics’ averages, and nearly three-quarters of Americans feel that the country is on the wrong track (72%) rather than headed in the right direction (21%).
To that end, Democrats are still struggling to position themselves as capable of addressing the top-two issues facing the country: high inflation and rising crime.
Inflation is still by far voters’ primary concern. According to a recent NYT/Siena College poll, 78% of voters say inflation will be an important issue to their vote, yet only 30% approve of President Biden’s handling of the economy, per CNBC polling.
Surging crime has also emerged as a major issue of the midterm campaign. 4-in-5 Americans are worried about crime, including a majority (53%) who worry a “great deal,” per Gallup. Notably, Americans trust Republicans over Democrats to lower crime by an 11-point margin, according to Ipsos polling.
Moreover, while most Americans support protecting abortion rights in a vacuum – as Kansas voters did – voters do not necessarily want to elect Democrats who support protecting abortion rights over Republicans who promise to reduce inflation and improve public safety.
That being said, abortion rights will likely motivate the Democratic base to turn out – which could help Democrats stem their losses, especially in statewide races – resulting in a rejection of ballot measures to ban abortion in states like Michigan.
Furthermore, the reception to Democrats’ Inflation Reduction Package has been mixed – with Republicans and progressives such as Sen. Bernie Sanders sharply criticizing it – and the actual impact of any legislation won’t be felt until well-after the midterms.
While the House is clearly out of reach for Democrats, their recent national successes do give the party a reasonable chance of keeping their Senate majority – especially given the weakness of swing-state Republican Senate candidates like Blake Masters in Arizona, Herschel Walker in Georgia, Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania, and to a lesser extent, J.D. Vance in Ohio.
These candidates’ extreme positions, lack of experience, or personal vulnerabilities make them far more susceptible to defeat in a statewide race than a more mainstream or experienced Republican would be.
At the same time, the fact that these Senate races are generally considered to be toss-ups – even though Republicans are running fringe candidates – is indicative of how favorable the national political climate is for the G.O.P.
While there’s no way to know how things will unfold over the next 90 days, Democrats are in a better political position than they’ve been in in a while – but they shouldn’t get their hopes up just yet.
Douglas Schoen is a longtime Democratic political consultant.
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Barbara Jean Sterling, 63, of Princess Anne, passed away on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at her home. Born in Baltimore and raised in Crisfield, she was the daughter of Irmgard Tawes and Howard Sterling.
Barbara graduated with the Crisfield High School class of 1977 as valedictorian. She worked in banking, tax preparation, and customer service.
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LOS ANGELES — This week, a group of USC alumni and donors announced their intentions to start Student Body Right, a Name, Image and Likeness collective that would provide some sort of financial compensation to USC football players.
Any sort of payments are a future consideration as Student Body Right continues to form its plan moving forward.
Collectives have been a tricky subject in the college football recruiting world, with some schools being accused of using payments as inducements to land the commitments of blue-chip recruits to specific universities.
USC has tried to stay out of such potential NCAA violations, despite little enforcement of NIL rules by college athletics’ governing body. Instead, USC partnered with BLVD, LLC, which is an NIL agency that helps players secure sponsorship deals and grow their social media presences.
After practice on Friday, USC head coach Lincoln Riley shared his thoughts on the Student Body Right initiative, expressing hope that all parties could work together in USC’s best interest.
“I think we’ve had a lot of signs internally that people want to support our program and are excited about what’s going on here. So I think that that notion, we’re not surprised of,” Riley said. “We very much believe in the BLVD concept, not only for what it can do for our student-athletes but also making sure that we stay within the rules and having people that have been in this business and are experts in this field is very, very important to us. Listen, this is new to all of us. It’s still evolving all kinds of places all over the country and I’m confident that we will be able to bring everyone together and make sure it’s one, united effort.”
Foreman sidelined
After returning from a “previous commitment” that kept him away from training camp for several days, USC rush edge Korey Foreman was on the sidelines without a helmet during Friday’s practice with an injury.
Riley did not specify what exactly was plaguing Foreman, but said he expects the sophomore back in the near future.
Given the fact that Foreman, a former top recruit who saw little playing time as a freshman, missed much of spring practice with an injury, Riley was asked if there was concern over the amount of time Foreman has missed.
“Yeah, but that’s anybody out here,” Riley said. “Whether a guy’s played 1,000 snaps or played 15 snaps, you gotta keep getting better and you gotta keep improving. So is it a concern for Korey missing that? Sure, but I want to make a point that it’s not because it’s Korey.”
Wolfe needs surgery
Tight end Jude Wolfe missed the start of camp with a foot injury, walking around the sidelines in a boot. But on Friday he was riding a scooter around practice before Riley announced the redshirt junior would require surgery. Riley said Wolfe will miss the first portion of the season with the hope he will return for the second half.
Wolfe played in 11 games last season with one start, making eight catches for 56 yards. A broken foot suffered in 2020 kept him out of the 2021 spring camp and he dealt with a back injury that limited him in 2019.
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Dawn Ann Lutz, 67, of Crisfield, MD, passed away on Friday, July 29, 2022 at TidalHealth Peninsula Regional in Salisbury, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, on June 19, 1955 to the late Clarence Franklin Griffith and Marilyn Dorothy Lorraine.
She is survived by her husband, Charles Lawrence Lutz, her children, Stacey Menard of Summerville, SC and Ronald Cook of Quincy, WA, her step-daughter, Lori Dubbert of Finksburg, MD, as well as her sisters, Donna Ziolkowski of Preston, MD, Denise Bynaker of Dundalk, MD, three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
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By Michael R. Blood | Associated Press
LOS ANGELES — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed extending the life of the state’s last operating nuclear power plant by at least five to 10 years to maintain reliable power supplies in the climate change era.
A draft bill obtained by The Associated Press said the plan would allow the plant to continue operating beyond a scheduled closing by 2025.
The draft proposal also includes a possible loan for operator Pacific Gas & Electric for up to $1.4 billion.
The proposal was confirmed by Newsom spokesman Anthony York. The bill says impacts of climate change are occurring sooner than anticipated and are simultaneously driving up electrical demand while reducing power supplies.
The proposal said the continued operation of the Diablo Canyon plant beyond 2025 is “critical to ensure statewide energy system reliability.”
The draft was obtained ahead of a California Energy Commission meeting on the state’s energy needs and the role that the seaside plant midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco could play.
The California Legislature has less than three weeks to determine if it will take an extraordinary step and attempt to extend the life of the plant — a decision that would be made amid looming questions over the cost, who would pay and earthquake safety risks.
The legislative session shuts down Aug. 31 — when all business is suspended — and only a rare special session called by Newsom could provide a longer period to consider the move.
The Democratic governor, who is seen as a possible future White House candidate, has for months urged PG&E to pursue a longer run beyond a scheduled closing by 2025, warning that the plant’s power is needed to maintain reliable service as the state transitions to solar, wind and other renewable sources of energy.
Newsom’s administration is expected to outline its argument Friday during a three-hour California Energy Commission hearing focused on the state’s power needs in the climate change era, and what role the decades-old nuclear plant might have in maintaining reliable electricity in the nation’s most populous state.
Those raising questions with Newsom include state Sen. John Laird, a Santa Cruz Democrat whose district includes the plant.
With an extended run, “Who pays, and is there fairness in who pays?” Laird asked in an interview. “There have been additional earthquake faults discovered near the plant, and seismic upgrades were never totally completed. Will they address that?”
Laird outlined other issues that include who would pay for maintenance that has been put off because the plant is scheduled to close by 2025; whether there is time for PG&E to order and receive additional radioactive fuel — and casks to store spent fuel — to keep operating; and would electricity from the reactors get in the way of transmission for wind power that is expected to come on line in coming years.
Potentially, billions of dollars in costs could be in play.
“I’m really waiting to see whether … and how they address all the issues that are associated with a possible extension before I decide what I’m going to,” Laird said, referring to a possible vote.
“We are under a tight timeframe,” Laird added. “That begs the question of could they do everything it needs to be extended by 2025?”
Newsom’s draft proposal amounts to an attempt to unspool a 2016 agreement among environmentalists, plant worker unions and the utility to close the plant by 2025. The joint decision to close the plant also was endorsed by California utility regulators, the Legislature and then-Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown.
PG&E CEO Patricia “Patti” Poppe told investors in a call last month that state legislation would have to be enacted by September to open the way for PG&E to reverse course.
PG&E, which has long said the plant is seismically safe, hasn’t said much about whether it will push to extend operations beyond 2025. It is assessing that possibility while continuing to plan for closing and dismantling the plant “unless those actions are superseded by new state policies,” PG&E spokesperson Suzanne Hosn said in a statement.
PG&E also would have to obtain a new operating license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to run beyond 2025.
With so many pending issues and little time, “it is rushed. It does not make sense,” said David Weisman, legislative director of the Alliance for Nuclear Responsibility, an advocacy group.
“The plant can’t run a day longer than the NRC license,” which expires in August 2025, Weisman added.
Newsom’s push for a longer run for the reactors doesn’t square easily with his assessment in 2016, when as lieutenant governor he supported the closure agreement as part of the State Lands Commission.
Seismic issues at the plant “are not insignificant concerns,” he said at the time. “This is not the preeminent site if you’re … concerned about seismic safety.”
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