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BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Tuesday confirmed that he's considering calling a special session of the Legislature, saying rumors of the effort are “relatively right.”
“We're working on that,” he said in brief comments to The Associated Press. “As I've always said, for the special session, we've got to have a pretty good agreement before we call one."
A statement from the governor’s office concerning a potential special session said Little wants to help Idaho residents “grappling with crushing inflation,” currently at about 8.5%.
A potential special session would appear to use the state’s recently projected $2 billion surplus to counteract inflation. That could mean lawmakers attempting to pass some type of tax rebate during the special session that could take effect this year.
"There are a lot of hurdles to get over,” Little said.
He declined to say definitively whether he's been in contact with Republican House Speaker Scott Bedke or Senate President Pro-Tem Chuck Winder, the leaders of the two chambers that are each controlled by Republican super-majorities.
Winder, in a text message to the AP, declined to comment. Bedke, through a spokesman, didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
Special sessions bringing in the state's 105 part-time lawmakers and needed support staff cost thousands of dollars a day, and Little and lawmakers would likely be hesitant to call one if they didn't have an agreement ahead of time. Lawmakers are scheduled to meet in regular session starting in January. Regular sessions typically last three or four months.
In a news release on Friday, Little commented on the state's projected $2 billion surplus:
“Here's what Idahoans need to know: the Legislature and I are committed to more education investments and tax relief on top of the historic steps we've taken to support schools and tax cuts.”
It's not clear if education spending could be included in a special session.
Idaho voters in November will consider a ballot initiative to boost education funding by raising taxes on corporations and individuals making $250,000 or more annually.
Backers of the Quality Education Initiative say Idaho schools are badly underfunded, and the initiative would raise more than $300 million for them.
Little in February signed into law the biggest tax cut in the state’s history — a combined $600 million that included a one-time $350 million in rebates and $250 million in permanent income tax reductions going forward for people and businesses. That’s on top of tax cuts in 2021, which combined with the tax cuts enacted earlier this year reach nearly $1 billion.
Also earlier this year, Little signed into law a K-12 education funding increase of $300 million, a 12.5% increase over the previous year and the largest increase in state history.
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MINNEAPOLIS — For four months, they've been waiting.
In one hospital room: Maddy Fleischacker, age 6, from Buffalo, Minnesota.
In another room: Rinken Braun, 21-month-old, from Brookings, South Dakota.
Separating the girls are four years and a few hundred feet. Yet, daily, Maddy and Rinken are joined by hearts.
“They're just inseparable,” Emily Johnson, Rinken’s mother says.
In April, both girls arrived at Children’s Minnesota as strangers. Rinken’s heart defect had been detected before she was born. Maddy’s was only discovered in January. To survive long-term, both need heart transplants.
So, they wait. And they play.
If Rinken is on a riding toy, Maddy will be pushing it. If Maddy is guest-hosting the hospital’s in-house TV show, Rinken will be at her side.
And if Maddy is drawing a picture, there’s never a doubt who the recipient will be.
“Rinken,” Maddy says, looking up from her crayons.
Rinken calls Maddy, "Mae Mae." She may as well call her "sister."
“I think it was at that level the day they met,” Rinken’s mother says.
Both girls require around-the-clock IVs. To leave their rooms means poles and plastic tubing comes with them.
It’s been this way for four months and will continue to be so until donor hearts can be found.
“We're waiting for a gift that is the hardest thing in the world to ask for – life,” Emily says.
Listening nearby, Miguella Fleischaker, Maddy’s mom, wipes away tears. “For another parent to have to lose their child for ours to survive is so hard,” she says. “I don't want to pray for it because I don't want someone to lose their child.”
It’s unlikely both girls will be matched with hearts at the same time.
It’s also unlikely either mom will feel a tinge of envy, should her daughter be left waiting while the other girl proceeds to a transplant.
“If they were to interrupt us right now to say Mae Mae's getting a heart, I would jump for joy,” Emily says.
Same for Miguella.
“Absolutely,” she says. “I mean, how could you not?”
The girls play in a hospital activity center. Maddy is dressed in her favorite shirt. On the front of the gray t-shirt, inside a red heart, are the words, “Rinken Strong.”
“It means I love her a lot,” Maddy says.
The girls wait, but seldom have a bad day.
Why would they, when their best friend is just an IV line away?
UPDATE: On the morning of Aug. 15, Maddy successfully underwent heart transplant surgery after a donor heart became available. Rinken continues to wait for her heart.
According to LifeSource, more than 3,000 people locally remain on the transplant waiting list. For more information on becoming an organ donor, click here.
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FROM ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION
FOR RELEASE: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2022
ASTROGRAPH by Eugenia Last
Make accommodations and let go of unwanted emotional baggage. Declutter your house and simplify your life. Put your energy where it can do some good. Think with your head, not your heart, and you'll know how to navigate your way through each day with a positive attitude and the ability to put things behind you. Progress is yours.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Stop being so hard on yourself. You can do only so much. Revamp your schedule and delegate jobs you don't have time to do yourself. Focus on your health and well-being. Choose intelligence.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Avoid emotional conflicts. Size up situations and look for alternative ways to get what you want. Offering incentives will help ward off hard feelings. Be sure to do your fair share.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Don't let emotions interfere with what you want to accomplish. Be direct about what's important and needs to be done, and don't skip a beat until you accomplish what you set out to achieve.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Find a way to effectively help others. Your input will give rise to suggestions that will help you improve your personal and professional lives. Physical action will get results.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Choose your words wisely and avoid a feud with a friend, relative or peer. Don't exaggerate; check information before passing it along. A change at home will lift your spirits.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Keep your ideas to yourself until you iron out all the creases. A foolproof plan will give you confidence and the boost you need to reach your goal without leaning on others.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Call those you can count on for help. What someone offers will push you to share more than you should. Be a good listener, but don't give away your secrets or vulnerabilities.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Take a moment to rethink your decisions, and consider a practical approach to get what you want. Overreacting will not solve a problem or help you come to terms with something you don't favor.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Don't slow down; you are one step ahead, and the time to push forward is now. Put your heart and soul into bringing about change and making a difference in your community. Don't let uncertainty set in.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Think big, act on your own behalf and leave nothing to chance. Recognize what others are doing and offer praise where it's due, but don't downplay what you have to offer. Trust in your ability and smarts.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Look inward, concentrate on personal growth, update your image and nurture what's important to you. Reach out to someone you love and respect in order to gain insight into how others perceive you.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Take a moment to evaluate what's happening in your life, then consider your options. You have more opportunities than you realize. Speak up and follow through. A moneymaking endeavor is favored.
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Spokane Valley deputies are asking for the public's help to locate a vulnerable man missing since Sunday.
44-year-old Ryan S. McCollum was last seen in the afternoon of Sunday, Aug. 7 outside of his adult care home in the 14000 block of E. Fourth Ave, in Spokane Valley.
On Sunday, Aug. 7 at approximately 6:10 p.m., an employee of McCollum’s adult residential care facility called the police to report his disappearance.
According to the press release, witnesses stated McCollum was last seen outside the home at approximately 3:00 pm. on the same day.
Ryan has a traumatic brain injury (TBI) that causes him to function at a lower juvenile level and impairs his ability to make decisions, communicate well, or care for himself. His family and caregivers are worried about his safety.
McCollum is described as a white man, 6’00" feet tall and weights approximately 175 pounds. He has brown hair, blue eyes, and a full beard.
McCollum was last seen wearing a green shirt and blue jeans. He has tattoos on his arms that may be visible depending on his clothing.
Deputies are asking anybody who knows about McCollum's whereabouts to call the police at 509-456-2233, reference No.10102617.
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FROM ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION
FOR RELEASE: TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
ASTROGRAPH by Eugenia Last
Push forward with enthusiasm. Be the life of the party and the one with all the suggestions. Use your strengths, work on your weaknesses and strive to maintain balance. Select the key players in your life for the right reasons. Recognize your skills and attributes and use them to your advantage. Think before you act, and protect yourself against illness and injury.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Volunteer, step forward and make a statement. Stand up for your rights and recognize what you can do to contribute. Consider every angle of a situation, and you'll find a solution.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Do your research, develop a strategy and put your plan in motion. A proposal will be difficult to turn down, and you should carefully consider your options before choosing your next move.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Listen to your peers, and you'll get a different perspective regarding what's happening and how you can take advantage of an unfolding situation. A change of heart will help you move ahead.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Tidy up loose ends and pursue something that makes you happy. Establishing what's best for you will help you put a solid plan in place. Recognize what's possible.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- You'll have a unique approach to spending, saving and earning cash. Pay attention to what others do and say, but follow the path that feels right. Market your skills to fill a niche.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Don't limit what you can do because someone keeps changing their mind. When left to your own devices, do what feels right and stop worrying about how others will react. Personal growth is encouraged.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Put your energy where it will bring the highest return. Use your wisdom, expertise, physical strength and courage to finish things on time. Take precautions when faced with health risks.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Your imagination will run wild. Don't disregard your ideas or brainstorms. Don't go over budget or make decisions that cause problems with someone you love and respect.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Get the ball rolling. If you wait, nothing will unfold the way you expect. Size up your situation. Refuse to let anyone confuse you. Listen, but follow the path that feels right.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Consider what you can do before you act. Keep your options open and adjust along the way to ensure you remain competitive. Don't put your health or physical well-being in jeopardy.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Don't feel pressured to decide if you aren't ready. Taking on more than you can handle will weigh on your mind and influence your emotional well-being and relationships. Change begins with you.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Size up situations before you implement change. Keep the peace by remaining neutral until you have gathered enough information to continue. Understand the pros and cons of a situation.
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FROM ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION
FOR RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2022
ASTROGRAPH by Eugenia Last
Idle time is the enemy. A tight schedule will keep you moving forward and excited about life, love and your overall well-being. Trust your instincts and know when to sprint and when to sit back and recuperate. Your ability to read situations correctly will encourage you to help others. Mix business with pleasure, and you'll surpass expectations.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Have a plan in place. High energy coupled with intuition will get you where you want to go. Don't let anger or frustration stand between you and your dreams. Face situations head-on and play to win.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Speak passionately and pursue your goals. Share your thoughts with someone you look up to, and the input you receive will enrich your vision. Don't let disappointment set in.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Do what you must, then move on to something more pleasurable. Rewarding yourself will give you the boost you need. A partnership will provide you with the leverage to explore possibilities.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Support a cause and do your best to make a difference. Consider what's possible and apply your skills. Enthusiasm and high energy will help you set the pace and inspire others.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Don't give up. If you are a good listener, you will gain insight into what's possible. Play around with the facts and figures, and you'll find a workable solution. Live within your means.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Put your energy into something that will make you feel good about who you are and how you live. Fixing up your surroundings will give you a boost, but don't go into debt doing so.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Sort through your thoughts and feelings before you share them with others. It's essential to understand what's possible before you make promises. Personal improvements require patience.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Your hard work will pay off. The support of influential people will lead to better days ahead, but you may have to work hard to earn such confidence. Progress and rewards are heading your way.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Indecisiveness will be your downfall. Your decisions will help determine how much respect you receive from others. Don't let your emotions interfere with doing what's right and best for you.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- You've got momentum; don't look back or slow down. Keep your eye on the target, and you'll reach your destination on time and with a healthy attitude. Don't be shy; recognize your strengths.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Handle domestic and financial matters carefully. Be ready to turn down anyone looking for a handout. Offer suggestions and physical assistance, but don't pay for someone else's mistake.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Put more emphasis on finding the truth and taking care of anything that may stand between you and whatever you want to pursue. Listen to what's being said and offered.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The Tallahassee Police Department is accepting new policy changes from the Citizens Police Review Board.
It has to do with how they're dealing with mentally ill people.
The board made recommendations to TPD about policy changes after seeing a national increase in officers dealing with more mentally ill persons.
The recommendations include updating anti-discrimination language, including actions and behaviors when classifying someone with mental issues, and requiring that critical incident trained officers respond to all calls dealing with mentally ill persons.
President and CEO of Apalachee Center Jay Reeve believes these changes allow officers to better help people going through a mental health crisis.
"To make sure that officers who are going out onto the street have kind of a good basic understanding of how to deal with folks who are experiencing mental health crises in ways that don't make the situation worse," said Reeve.
Chief Lawrence Revell says TPD has accepted most of these recommendations. His only issue is requiring only CIT trained officers to respond to a call. "It's a little unrealistic. If someone is breaking into your home and busting out your window, you don't want to wait for a CIT trained officer to respond to that. You want the first officer to respond to that," said Revell.
Revell says about 50% of TPD officers are CIT trained. For an officer to be CIT trained, they go through a 40 hour training to learn what to look for and how to respond to people who are experiencing a mental health crisis. His goal is to increase this number.
"The goal is that every single one of our sworn officers are CIT trained. That way, we don't have to have that statement in policy, we know that when that situation arises, every one of our officers has that training and that ability to handle that situation in the best way possible," said Revell.
CPRB Board Chairman Edward Gaines is glad to see Revell and TPD work with them on these changes.
"The Chief's acceptance of the Board's recommendations regarding General Order 8 for Mentally Ill Persons "sends a clear signal that TPD is committed to treating Tallahassee citizens suffering mental illness and mental health crises with dignity and respect," said Gaines,
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NEW YORK — After a string of arrests and erratic behavior that spanned Hawaii to Vermont, “Flash” actor Ezra Miller said they have begun treatment for “complex mental health issues.”
The 29-year-old Miller, who identifies as non-binary, issued a statement late Monday. On Sept. 26, Miller is due to appear for arraignment in Vermont Superior Court after being cited for felony burglary in Stamford, Vermont. Authorities last week said Miller had taken several bottles of alcohol from a residence while the homeowners weren't present.
“Having recently gone through a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I am suffering complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment," Miller said in a statement. "I want to apologize to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behavior. I am committed to doing the necessary work to get back to a healthy, safe and productive stage in my life.”
Miller was arrested twice earlier this year in Hawaii, including for disorderly conduct and harassment at a karaoke bar. The second incident was for second-degree assault.
The parents of 18-year-old Tokata Iron Eyes, a Native American activist, earlier this year filed a protection order against Miller, accusing the actor of grooming and other inappropriate behavior with their child as a minor from the age of 12. Tokata Iron Eyes has disputed that.
Representatives for Miller have not responded to requests for comment on those allegations or previous arrests.
Miller's personal troubles have been a particularly pressing issue for Warner Bros. and DC Films. After appearing in several “Justice League” movies as the Flash, Miller stars in an upcoming standalone film about the speedy superhero due out next summer. Principal photography on “The Flash” was completed last year. David Zaslav, chief executive of Warner Bros. has said that the studio is committed to releasing the film. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/ezra-miller-apologizes-mental-health-treatment/507-645162e6-853b-4bbb-aa8f-5b7f44d214c5 | 2022-08-16T23:25:48Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/ezra-miller-apologizes-mental-health-treatment/507-645162e6-853b-4bbb-aa8f-5b7f44d214c5 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
FROM ANDREWS MCMEEL SYNDICATION
FOR RELEASE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2022
ASTROGRAPH by Eugenia Last
It's time to make a change based on current trends. Update your qualifications by taking the things you enjoy doing most into consideration. Refuse to let others disrupt your plans or cost you emotionally or financially. Love, romance and personal growth are encouraged and will help boost your confidence, giving you the wherewithal to get ahead. Trust your instincts.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Take the path that keeps you out of trouble and heading in a direction that shows promise. Channel your energy into precision, attention to detail and finishing what you start.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Take advantage of an opportunity to learn. Expanding your mind will lead to new friendships and interests. Ask questions, and someone will disclose information that will eliminate uncertainty.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Concentrate on how you look, feel and handle situations. Refuse to let anyone outmaneuver you. Pay attention to how you present your ideas and plans. Show compassion and understanding.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Don't play games or get involved with people who use emotional tactics to take advantage of others. Sticking to what and who you know will make it easier for you to figure out what to do next.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- By investing in your talents, you will attract attention and interest regarding what you want to pursue. Refuse to let anyone talk you into taking on too much too quickly. Personal gain is apparent.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Keep the ball rolling. Don't let anyone stand in your way or lead you astray. Change what isn't working and leave everything else in place. Refuse to let your emotions get in the way.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Let your actions speak for you. A show of affection will help break down barriers that stand between you and something you want. Don't embellish a story to draw attention to yourself.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- Don't let someone's big plans get in your way. Weigh the pros and cons, and don't be afraid to do your own thing if it will get you closer to your goal. Think big, but keep your plans simple.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- A change may not be wanted initially, but there will be benefits that ease your misgivings. Follow your heart, trust your intuition and do your very best. A passionate approach will pay off.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Put more energy behind the things you love to do and the people you care about most. Avoid clashes with people who don't share your beliefs and stay away from situations that could put you in danger.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Be careful how much information you share. Learn through observation; you'll gain leverage when you negotiate or barter. Trust in yourself and go about your business. Time is on your side.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- Spending money to please others won't buy love or anything else you hope to gain. Share information about what you are trying to achieve, and you'll be surprised by the response.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — There are currently 4,500 people in Leon County living with Alzheimer's disease.
Leon County Alzheimer’s Project Agency has a program for people affected by dementia. Trained AmeriCorps members are sent into client’s home to provide in home respite care.
AmeriCorps members hang out and provide companionship and engage in activities while the client’s caregivers can take a break.
On average the members provide 8-12 hours of respite care per week. There are currently 70 families on the waiting list for this program and they need 30 new volunteers.
“Anything that we can do to provide help for these families that are impacted by this disease is just so needed and it’s our way of giving back,” says Laura Copeland.
Volunteers must be over 18 years or older and a U.S. citizen. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/alzheimers-project-in-need-of-americorps-volunteers | 2022-08-16T23:25:51Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/alzheimers-project-in-need-of-americorps-volunteers | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The 2022 primary election is officially in the books in Yakima County, with local turnout at 31.34%.
Statewide, turnout was about 40.38%.
While Yakima County voter turnout was the lowest in the state, more individual voters returned their ballot than in the last midterm primary election, which took place in 2018.
“We bumped up by 184 voters,” Yakima County Elections Manager Kathy Fisher said during election certification Tuesday.
About 40,028 ballots were included in the final count, compared to about 39,844 in 2018.
Fisher said the department prefers to use raw numbers rather than percentages to show changes from year to year because the pool of registered voters is ever-growing.
The county has about 127,700 registered voters this year. That’s about 13,000 more than in 2018, when the county had about 114,800 voters registered.
Fisher said she thought the turnout this year was great, even surprisingly so.
“There were lots of candidates on the ballot, so voters had to do a lot of research,” she said.
That volume of races and candidates can be overwhelming or discouraging for some voters, Fisher said, so she was glad to see so many ballots returned.
The Yakima County canvassing board on Tuesday rejected 413 ballots that were postmarked too late and 78 ballots with outstanding signature issues.
The board is typically made up of Auditor Charles Ross, Prosecutor Joseph Brusic and Commissioner Ron Anderson. Because two of those members appeared on the ballot as candidates, Jennifer Richter, a manager in the elections office, and Don Anderson, chief civil deputy prosecuting attorney, attended the meeting in place of Ross and Brusic.
Fisher said the rejected ballot amounts were on par with past years.
Local results
The final election results certified Tuesday didn’t change the outcome of any local races.
A write-in candidate for Yakima County Commission received enough votes to be included on the general election ballot, meaning all three county seats are contested.
Yakima County Commissioner Amanda McKinney, a Republican, will face off against write-in Democrat Angie Girard in November.
McKinney won 15,569 votes, or 82.48% in the primary.
Girard had 2,334 write-in votes, about 12.36%.
Primary election write-in candidates need at least 1% of the total vote to appear on the general election ballot, according to the Secretary of State’s office.
In District 2, Republican Kyle Curtis and Democrat Dulce Gutierrez advanced.
Curtis won 5,129 votes, about 54.49%. Gutierrez had 3,160 votes, or 33.57%. The third candidate in the race, Democrat Tony Sandoval, had 11.33% of the vote and 1,066 total votes.
In District 3, incumbent LaDon Linde and his opponent Steve Saunders — both Republicans — automatically advance to the general election. Linde won 3,413 votes for 54.48% while Saunders had 2,644 votes for 42.2%.
Billie Maggard and Mischa Venables advance in the race for Yakima County clerk. Maggard had 13,103 votes, or 39.41%, and Venables had 10,311 votes, or 31.01%. Debra Delatorre had 27.06%, or 8,996 votes. All are Republicans.
The two candidates for coroner, both Republicans, automatically advance to the general election. Incumbent Jim Curtice won 78.23% of the vote and 26,944 individual votes in the primary. His opponent, Marshall Slight, had 19.76% and 6,806 votes.
Here are the final results for uncontested county races:
• Jacob Tate won 28,724 votes or 96.31% in the race for assessor.
• Auditor Charles Ross had 30,073 votes or 96.6%.
• Prosecutor Joe Brusic had 29,455 votes or 96.03%.
• Sheriff Bob Udell had 29,596 votes or 96.02%.
• Treasurer Ilene Thomson had 29,850 votes or 97.02%.
Other races
Incumbent Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Sunnyside, and Democratic challenger Doug White advance to the general election in Congressional District 4.
In the field of eight candidates, Newhouse won about 25.48% of the vote, while White had 25.1%.
Republican Loren Culp had the third spot in that race with about 21.61% of the vote.
Rep. Gina Mosbrucker and challenger Liz Hallock advance in the three-way race for Legislative District 14, Position 2.
Results show Mosbrucker, a Republican from Goldendale, had 19,429 votes, or 64.88%, according to data from the Secretary of State’s office. Hallock, a Yakima business owner and attorney who stated no party preference, had 6,179 votes, or 20.63%. The third candidate, family physician Chris Faison of White Salmon, had 4,213 votes, or 14.07%. He was running as an independent.
In Legislative District 15, Republican Nikki Torres of Pasco is advancing, along with write-in Democrat Lindsey Keesling. Torres won 10,311 votes, or 94.25%, as of Thursday.
There were 629 write-in votes cast in the race district-wide, about 5.75%, but election officials have not yet determined how many were for Keesling.
Yakima County results show Keesling had about 186 votes in the county, 1.68% of the total vote and enough to advance to the general election ballot.
Write-in votes from other counties — and final totals for races that cross county lines — will be available once statewide results are certified by the Secretary of State’s office Friday. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/elections/yakima-county-certifies-primary-election-results-with-31-34-turnout-rate/article_e89c151e-1da4-11ed-bcd8-8b3609d9c103.html | 2022-08-16T23:25:56Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/elections/yakima-county-certifies-primary-election-results-with-31-34-turnout-rate/article_e89c151e-1da4-11ed-bcd8-8b3609d9c103.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK — The Girl Scouts are dropping a new cookie, but you won't be able to buy it the usual way.
The organization said the new Raspberry Rally will go on sale in the 2023 cookie season -- but the scouts ringing your doorbell and setting up outside local stores won't be selling it in-person.
Instead, the cookie will be sold exclusively online and shipped to your home. Scouts will be able to place orders.
"Offering Raspberry Rally online allows Girl Scouts to learn new skills and build their ecommerce business," Girl Scouts USA said in a news release.
The Raspberry Rally is described as a thin, crisp, raspberry-infused cookie dipped in a chocolatey coating -- and a "sister cookie" to Thin Mints. Promotional pictures show a cookie that does look very Thin Mint-y, minus a reddish-pink inside.
The 2023 Girl Scout cookie season generally runs from January to April, but exact start times vary by region. You can check when cookie season starts for you on the group's website.
"Through our Cookie Program, our Girl Scouts are acquiring life and business lessons that position them for success in the future," said Tayuane Dewberry, CEO of the Girl Scouts Hornets' Nest Council in Charlotte. "Each purchase literally powers adventures and experiences that shape them into strong women who will lead our community and our country in the near future."
Interested in being among the first to get a taste of the Raspberry Rally? The group said you can enter the New Cookie Sweepstakes online through Aug. 31. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/girl-scouts-raspberry-rally/507-3a7de24f-990b-4019-aeb1-3436f31fd30a | 2022-08-16T23:26:01Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/girl-scouts-raspberry-rally/507-3a7de24f-990b-4019-aeb1-3436f31fd30a | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
KEEN hosting nature immersion program
The Kittitas Environmental Education Network will host the third of its four Windy City Weekend this Sunday at Irene Riverfront Park in Ellensburg.
This free nature immersion program features STEM activities for the whole family from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.. Participants will learn about urban natural spaces while they observe and explore our environment.
BIRD ALERT
On the next to last day of the “Dog Days of Summer” three outdoor enthusiasts hiked from Chinook Pass to Sheep Lake, on through Sourdough Gap and just beyond to an overlook of Mt. Rainier and Crystal Lake. They noted a pretty good mix of birds as they hiked along with northern shoveler, rufous hummingbird, bald eagle, red-tailed hawk, olive-sided flycatcher, Canada jay, Steller's jay, common raven, mountain chickadee, violet-green swallow, red-breasted nuthatch, cedar waxwing, Cassin's finch, pine siskin, chipping sparrow, dark-eyed junco, orange-crowned warbler, yellow-rumped warbler and Townsend's warbler.
A small group of birders enjoyed a partly cloudy, cool 75º day while searching for birds along the National Forest Development Road 8040 south of Mt. Adams. They also tallied 24 species that included common nighthawk, turkey vulture, red-tailed hawk, Lewis's woodpecker, black-backed woodpecker, hairy woodpecker, northern flicker, olive-sided flycatcher, western wood-pewee, warbling vireo, Steller's jay, Clark's nutcracker, mountain chickadee, violet-green swallow, house wren, mountain bluebird that was feeding young, American robin, Cassin's finch, dark-eyed junco, white-crowned sparrow, Nashville warbler, yellow-rumped warbler, western tanager and black-headed grosbeak.
Email bird sightings to kdturley@embarqmail.com and be sure to like The Yakima Valley Audubon Society on its Facebook page or visit yakimaaudubon.org.
— Kerry Turley
CALENDAR
SATURDAY: The Hard Core Runners Club will host its weekend fun run of three to six miles with all paces and abilities welcome. Meet at 8 a.m. in the Yakima Greenway’s Gleed parking lot, at the Northwest corner of Highway 12 and Old Naches Highway.
WEDNESDAY: The Hard Core Runners Club will meet for its weekly fun run at 6 p.m. at Franklin Park, where they run either on the track or on the street.
GETTING OUTDOORS
WEDNESDAY: All riders are welcome for a weekly community group mountain bike ride at 6:30 p.m. at the Rocky Top trails on Rocky Top Road in Yakima. The rides will continue as long as daylight and weather permit. All riders must have a helmet, bike and tire repair kit. For more information, contact yakimavalleymtbteam@gmail.com.
THURSDAY: The Cascadian Pathfinders will hike five to six miles along the Pacific Crest Trail with 960 feet of elevation gain to Deer and Sand Lakes. Call Alison at 509-961-5432 or Lynne at 509-952-5059 for meeting time and place.
SUNDAY: The Cascadians will host a hike of seven miles with 1,237 feet of elevation gain to Bear Creek Mountain near White Pass, Green Trails map 303. A moderate hike with a steep stretch at the end to the high point of 7,337 feet includes meadows, a Bear Creek crossing and views of Mt. Adams, Mt. Rainier and the Goat Rocks. Call Betsy at 509-949-3985 for more information. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/outdoors/outdoors-whats-happening-aug-17-2022/article_9d080a4e-1d82-11ed-9ce3-677f27fce04c.html | 2022-08-16T23:26:03Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/outdoors/outdoors-whats-happening-aug-17-2022/article_9d080a4e-1d82-11ed-9ce3-677f27fce04c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Mariah Carey faces a possible legal battle after trying to trademark the title "Queen of Christmas" after another singer, Elizabeth Chan who records Christmas music, filed an objection to the claim.
Singer Darlene Love, who also performs in the holiday music space, wrote on Facebook claiming that David Letterman "officially declared" her the "Queen of Christmas" a year before Carey released her hit "All I Want for Christmas is You." Love, who said she is 81-years-old and says she is "NOT changing anything," delivered a message to Carey writing that the pop icon can contact her lawyers if she has a problem.
As Variety reported, Chan has built up a strong following and is said to be the only singer do exclusively devotes herself to releasing a Christmas album each year. She has already released an album titled "Queen of Christmas."
Love released an album called "Phil Spector's Christmas Album," said to be considered one of the best Christmas pop albums of all time, released in 1963.
Carey, though, has seen great success with her 1994 album, which includes the hit "All I Want for Christmas is You," which skyrocketed to commercial success, becoming one of the best-selling Christmas albums ever, the BBC reported.
And therein lies the core of the battle, partly a fight to control a lucrative consumer space happening around the holiday shopping season, but also partly generational.
53-year-old Carey has released multiple other holiday tracks and regularly performs at various events and shows each year during the holiday season.
ICYMI #queenofchristmas https://t.co/OewZ1DftwE
— The Queen of Christmas (@lizchanmusic) August 15, 2022
According to Variety, Chan said, “Christmas has come way before any of us on earth, and hopefully will be around way after any of us on earth."
She said, "I feel very strongly that no one person should hold onto anything around Christmas or monopolize it in the way that Mariah seeks to in perpetuity. That’s just not the right thing to do. Christmas is for everyone. It’s meant to be shared; it’s not meant to be owned."
The singer continued on Carey's venture for legal control, saying, “She’s trying to trademark this in every imaginable way. Clothing, liquor products, masks, dog collars, it’s all over the map. If you knit a ‘queen of Christmas’ sweater, you should be able to sell it on Etsy to somebody else so they can buy it for their grandma. It’s crazy, it would have that breadth of registration.”
In 2018 the New Yorker profiled Chan in an article titled simply: "The Queen of Christmas," and called her “America’s most successful, and perhaps only, full-time Christmas-song singer-slash-composer.” | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/mariah-carey-braces-for-possible-legal-battle-over-queen-of-christmas-trademark | 2022-08-16T23:26:03Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/mariah-carey-braces-for-possible-legal-battle-over-queen-of-christmas-trademark | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Selah doctor Jim Zingerman feared the worst when he watched his friend disappear into a hole in the snow on the Grand Teton during their descent in June.
It hardly seemed possible Dan Wenker, a former Yakima resident who lives in Atlanta, could have survived a fall that looked to be at least 25 feet alongside a rushing waterfall. Even if he did, his chances of making it back up before succumbing to hypothermia seemed grim.
“I go over to the edge and I could see he’s gone and so, in my mind I’m just thinking, my buddy just died,” Zingerman recalled. “There’s no way I’m going to be able to do anything and there’s no way out of there.”
A minute or so later, Zingerman got a glimmer of hope when he heard Wenker yelling “Jim! Jim!” from down below. Zingerman forced himself into action, finding a way to save his friend thanks to quick thinking, a timely appearance by a park ranger, and perhaps some divine intervention.
Disastrous descent
When Wenker convinced his longtime climbing buddy to join him for an attempted summit of the Grand Teton, they knew it would be their toughest challenge yet.
Taller peaks such as Mt. Rainier and Tanzania’s Mt. Kilimanjaro didn’t require the amount of technical expertise to summit Wyoming’s 13,376-foot mountain. So it helped that they could join Mark McGuire and his son Nicholas, two former Yakima residents who Zingerman knew possessed more advanced climbing skills and could lead the way.
They set out on June 28 and reached the Lower Saddle, where they waited an extra day for thunderstorms and high winds to die down. After the wind kept blowing at around 50 miles per hour through the second night, Zingerman and Wenker decided to play it safe, letting the McGuires go ahead and summit on their own.
After a text let the two friends know a summit would take longer than expected, Zingerman and Wenger set off on their own. They walked carefully through a steep snowfield, leaving only a short early afternoon glissade through slushy snow before they could return to the hiking trails.
Both handled the first section comfortably, and the speed of the final section surprised Zingerman before he managed to skitter and stop on rocks at the bottom of a funnel. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw a hole in the snow just beyond the rocks with an icy river flowing down beneath.
Wenker stopped himself halfway down to rest, but when he started again he quickly picked up too much speed and his poles weren’t enough to slow down, since he’d put his ice axe away earlier on the descent. Zingerman watched helplessly as Wenker bounced through the rocks, then failed in a desperate attempt to leap over the hole.
“I think my fall was slowed down a little bit by the pack that I had on my back,” Wenker said in a phone interview from Atlanta last week. “It was relatively narrow, so the opening, the chute on the way down was probably like three feet wide.”
He bounced off the walls and briefly lost consciousness, sustaining several injuries including a hip contusion and a broken tibula in his left leg that he wouldn’t discover until he reached the hospital several hours later. All things considered, Wenker felt fortunate when he found himself standing up in darkness on a three-foot wide ledge, surrounded by ice walls and quickly becoming drenched by the glacial water from Spalding Falls less than five feet away.
The rescue
While Wenker yelled for Jim and searched in vain for a way to climb back up what he estimated to be about 50 feet, Zingerman’s cries for help went unheard and with no reception to call 911, he decided to pray.
He said that’s when the word “rope” entered his head, reminding him he’d agreed to bring down one of the ten-pound climbing ropes he wouldn’t typically carry. Even then the situation still felt hopeless, as the rope kept blowing back in front of him every time he tried to cast it out.
“I’m blindly saying well, I don’t know how he’s going to see it down there,” Zingerman said. “So I just start feeding rope like you’re fishing and then all of a sudden I get a tug on the rope.”
Wenker said he felt the rope come down and touch him on the shoulder, then after the tug both men knew what should happen next. Zingerman gave a little slack so Wenker could tie the rope around his waist, loop it around and start climbing up “like a reverse rappel.”
Before the dangerous ascent began, Wenker released his bag and left all of his gear behind. Meanwhile, Zingerman found a spot to dig in his heels on the precarious slope, hoping it would be enough to prevent him from falling down the hole as he pulled up his 170-pound friend.
“I was pulling with all of my might, everything I could and probably some adrenaline and the rope was going down over the ledge, probably five to 10 feet in front of me,” said Zingerman, who moved from Orlando and began his practice at Selah Family Medicine in 1993. “So if he has a broken arm, broken leg and couldn’t have helped climb, there was no way I would have been able to get him out.”
They worked together and about 20 minutes after he’d fallen, Wenker finally appeared, white and shivering from cold. Zingerman encouraged his friend to jump on top of him for warmth, and the two 62-year-olds hugged, crying and laughing at the same time.
“Divine providence is part of the reason I’m alive,” Wenker said. “(Jim) risked his life by holding onto that rope that way, because if he would have lost his balance he would have fallen in as well.”
Getting to safety
The two 62-year-olds couldn’t celebrate the successful rescue for too long, since they quickly realized it would be difficult to climb back out of the rocks.
Zingerman tied a rope around both of them and went up high enough to secure it on a rock up above. Then he began blowing an emergency whistle, which miraculously attracted the attention of a highly capable park ranger named Noah, who happened to be on his way down from summiting earlier in the day.
Noah called in a helicopter for Wenker first and then another for Zingerman, attaching them both to ropes hanging below and airlifting them both out of danger. They reunited at the hospital, where Wenker underwent X-rays and CAT scans.
The two friends agreed it might be time to scale back their adventures, which began about ten years ago when they met through a Yakima area climbing group called Foursquare Mountaineering. Since then they’ve embarked on several challenging climbs and other trips, including annual ski trips they plan to continue this winter in Montana. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/outdoors/selah-doctors-dramatic-rescue-saved-friend-at-grand-teton/article_1331215c-1d82-11ed-a5c9-a778d4e969e6.html | 2022-08-16T23:26:09Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/outdoors/selah-doctors-dramatic-rescue-saved-friend-at-grand-teton/article_1331215c-1d82-11ed-a5c9-a778d4e969e6.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
To decide the winner at the Yakima Men's City Amateur golf tournament, 36 holes weren't nearly enough.
But one more was.
Tyler Fitchett birdied the first extra hole to break a four-way tie atop the leaderboard on Sunday at Suntides Golf Course.
Nathan Espinoza, T.J. Inions, George Pechtel and Fitchett all finished two rounds with 3-over 144 totals in a remarkably close competition. Inions, Pechtel and Fitchett carded 72s at Yakima Elks on Saturday and Suntides on Sunday, and Espinoza went 73-71.
Heath Reeves, Jeff Widdows and Max von Zimmerman were the first-day leaders with 71s at Yakima Elks.
The net winners were Robbie Goins and Reeves.
In the senior division, Jeff Heil shot even-par 70 at Suntides to edge Keith Crimp by a stroke with Gary Hutchins in third two strokes back. The net winner was Art Ramirez.
Fitchett, an Eisenhower grad, concluded his collegiate career at Saint Martin's University this past spring with his third appearance in the NCAA regionals. He set a school record with a 7-under tally of 209 for 54 holes at the Hanny Stanislaus Invitational in April. He and teammate Max Turnquist, a West Valley grad, were named to the GNAC's all-conference first team last season. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/recreation/fitchett-wins-yakima-mens-city-amateur-in-four-way-playoff/article_8de93a3c-1ce3-11ed-a7c8-e75c22a3bbd4.html | 2022-08-16T23:26:15Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/recreation/fitchett-wins-yakima-mens-city-amateur-in-four-way-playoff/article_8de93a3c-1ce3-11ed-a7c8-e75c22a3bbd4.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In mid-August, news outlets began to run stories about a potential recall for Capri Sun juice drinks. These stories said the drinks were recalled because a cleaning solution had contaminated the beverages.
Many people went online to find more information as “Capri Sun recall” surged to the top of the most trending searches in the United States.
THE QUESTION
Is there a Capri Sun recall?
THE SOURCES
Kraft Heinz, parent company of Capri Sun
Consumer Reports, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization
THE ANSWER
Yes, there is a Capri Sun recall, but only for the drink’s wild cherry flavor. Other Capri Sun flavors are unaffected by the recall.
WHAT WE FOUND
On Aug. 12, Kraft Heinz, which owns Capri Sun, announced that it was issuing a voluntary recall of select wild cherry flavor Capri Sun juice drinks. Capri Sun is a brand of juice drink that typically comes in a pouch with one of several different flavors.
Kraft Heinz said it was recalling approximately 5,760 cases of beverages because of contamination from a diluted cleaning solution. The cleaning solution was used for the food processing equipment, and it inadvertently got into the production line at one of its factories.
The company discovered the issue after it received several consumer complaints about the affected drink’s taste.
Consumers can identify the contaminated products by checking for a “Best When Used By” date of June 25, 2023. The drinks are sold in cardboard cartons with individual foil pouches packaged inside. Kraft Heinz said consumers can also call 1-800-280-8252 between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. Monday through Friday to see if a product is part of the recall, and to receive their money back for the recalled drinks.
The contaminated Capri Suns may still be sold in stores, but Kraft Heinz said it was working with retailers to remove the recalled drinks from store shelves.
Consumers can return contaminated drinks to the store they purchased them from, or simply throw the juice pouches out.
When reached for comment, a Kraft Heinz spokesperson said the company had no additional information to share outside of the information in the press release.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirms that select wild cherry Capri Sun drinks have been recalled because a clean-in-place solution had potentially made it into the beverages. Consumer Reports, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization, also confirms the recall and its details.
How to identify the recalled Capri Sun drinks:
Carton UPC: 0 8768400100 4
Manufacturer code on carton:
25JUN2023
WXX #### CT1404.XX may be 01, 02 or 03.
#### will be 0733-1000.
Manufacturer code on pouch:
25JUN2023
WXX LYY ####XX may be 01, 02, 03, 04, 09 or 10.
YY may be 01 through 12.
#### will be 0733-0900 | https://www.krem.com/article/news/verify/food-verify/capri-sun-wild-cherry-recall/536-09e9fd6b-515a-4ed6-8a68-968c284559a3 | 2022-08-16T23:26:19Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/verify/food-verify/capri-sun-wild-cherry-recall/536-09e9fd6b-515a-4ed6-8a68-968c284559a3 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SPOKANE, Wash. — The Altamont Street exit on Westbound I-90 has been blocked by a multiple vehicle collision.
According to the Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT), one lane is currently blocked. Washington State Patrol sent out a tweet asking drivers to avoid the area and expect delays.
This is a developing story and will be updated as soon as more information is available.
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Chicago alderman fined for using city-issued email account to help Lightfoot
CHICAGO - A Chicago alderman has been fined by the city Board of Ethics for allegedly misusing his city-issued email account to help Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
The Chicago Tribune has identified the alderman as Derrick Curtis. The board has not publicly named the 18th Ward alderman.
However, the pattern of facts released in the board’s probable-cause statement fits conduct first reported by the Tribune in June.
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Curtis is accused of using his city email account to invite residents to a campaign breakfast for Mayor Lightfoot. Officials aren’t allowed to mix politics with city business.
Curtis is also accused of having Ward employees work the event.
Curtis is one of a handful of aldermen who have endorsed Mayor Lightfoot for re-election next year. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-alderman-fined-for-using-city-issued-email-account-to-help-lightfoot | 2022-08-16T23:29:52Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-alderman-fined-for-using-city-issued-email-account-to-help-lightfoot | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In Hamilton County, a cold case is defined as any unsolved homicide five years or older. One local former criminal justice student is working to help crack these cases one podcast at a time.
Kenzi Durbin and her co-host, Holly Allen, are using the podcasting platform to help support unsolved murder cases and give families a voice right here in Hamilton County.
"We started working with families who have loved ones that are missing or family members that have been murdered and there has been no justice in their cases. Once we started interviewing those families and listening to their stories and finding out they're almost desperate for somebody to listen, that's when it became a massive passion for us," Kenzi Durbin said.
The duo started the Crimeaholics podcast in February of 2020. The two criminal justice students were searching for a hobby outside of their daily routine while working on a school project for their communications class. The Crimeaholics podcast has now been downloaded more than two million times.
"Holly and I, at the time, were both stay-at-home moms and again just looking for a hobby and we never thought that covering cases like this would be so rewarding and it's been such a blessing to be able to work with these families," She said.
Durbin says they originally started by sharing stories of true crime and cold cases choosing to recap the details and inform their listeners. Their mission then took a turn when they realized they had launched a platform to help give families a voice.
"We've had success working with these families and that is what really fuels our fire at the end of the day is these families saying thank you for listening to me and thank you for getting my loved one's story out there," she said.
Durbin and Allen now work with detectives that are involved with Crimestoppers, FBI Agents, and private detectives. Families that are struggling with a case or want their story told are now reaching out to them directly for help.
"Along the way we've heard, 'we just need somebody to tell our story, we need somebody to listen and that's what we are here for.' Even if there is unfortunately not much we can do as far as finding your loved one, or being able to make headway in a case for an arrest to be made, we're here to tell your loved ones story," she said.
The Crimeaholics podcast has helped solved cases and gain new leads in open investigations.
You can listen here. | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/crimeaholics-podcast-helps-solve-cold-cases/article_f3f19c92-1d66-11ed-a304-9bc37921bd2b.html | 2022-08-16T23:30:02Z | local3news.com | control | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/crimeaholics-podcast-helps-solve-cold-cases/article_f3f19c92-1d66-11ed-a304-9bc37921bd2b.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Indiana taxpayers to see rebate checks soon
CHICAGO - Rebate checks are heading to the homes of Indiana taxpayers.
The state auditor says nearly two million paper checks began printing this week to return a portion of Indiana's budget reserves.
Eligible taxpayers can expect to receive a check for $325, or $650 for married couples.
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Twitter users got quite a scare after a video of a rattle snake was seen slithering across a trail near Snooper's Rock.
Chattanooga Zoo Herpetologist Max DeGroot confirmed to Local 3 News the snake was in fact a Timber Rattlesnake.
DeGroot said these snakes are among several of the venomous snakes found in the state of Tennessee like Cottonmouth snakes and Copperheads.
"That is their home, they are out there. There are a lot of them. However, most of the time they want absolutely nothing to do with you," said DeGroot.
These snakes can be up to 5 feet long and are commonly known to prey on small rodents and insects like rats and grasshoppers.
DeGroot said despite their appearance, these rattle snakes are our friends in nature and they help keep our rodent population down.
He says if hikers come across one, don't be afraid.
"You're terrifying, you're huge. They want to go on their way, and they want to live their life," added DeGroot.
If you are bitten, stay calm and try to keep your heart rate down. Call 9-1-1 and never attempt to suck out the venom yourself. He notes this can do more harm than good.
Most hospitals in Tennessee have anti-venom they can administer to help reverse the effects.
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Italian beef sales booming in Chicago, all thanks to 'The Bear'
CHICAGO - Beef sales are booming, as diners crave a taste of Chicago cooked up on a popular TV show.
Mr. Beef in River North has noticed an uptick in customers, coming in after watching the Hulu show "The Bear."
The streaming show is set in Chicago in a struggling beef sandwich shop that looks a heck of a lot like Mr. Beef. Well, that’s because the pilot was shot there.
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Italian beef sales are said to be up across the country, and the Mr. Beef team is excited people are biting into the Chicago classic.
"They think deep dish pizza, they think Portillo’s hot dog, or just a hotdog in general. But you know, now I think people really finally realize that like our root food in Chicago is Italian, whether you eat by me or whether you eat at Johnny's or wherever it's at. So I think that's a cool thing," said Christopher Zucchero, the son of the owner of Mr. Beef.
He hasn't actually seen the show but has heard it captures the attitude of Mr. Beef, which he described as pretty nuts. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/italian-beef-sales-booming-in-chicago-all-thanks-to-the-bear | 2022-08-16T23:30:10Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/italian-beef-sales-booming-in-chicago-all-thanks-to-the-bear | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Lansing school district gears up for safe return, hires new resource officer
ELGIN, Ill. - Students at Larkin High School in Elgin were welcomed back to school Tuesday with a drum line.
Larkin is part of District U-46, Illinois' second-largest school district, serving nearly 39,000 students in Cook, DuPage, and Kane counties.
In Lansing, District 158 is kicking things off with a back-to-school bash before classes start Wednesday. The district is implementing several new safety measures this year.
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One of those big initiatives is the hiring of a school resource officer (SRO) who will be dedicated to the district's five schools and nearly 2,700 students.
The SRO attended the back-to-school kickoff event to meet parents and students ahead of the first day.
The Lansing police detective will respond to school emergencies, attend school events and build relationships with families.
Also new this year, all students will be required to use a clear backpack.
Last year, an unloaded gun was found in the backpack of a student at one of the district's schools and the superintendent said he felt strongly about taking steps to prevent something similar from happening in the future.
"But it's time to put more substantial security measures in place. There's research that supports that metal detectors are not the most conducive for having a positive school environment. We don't want to create an environment that is prison like, but clear backpacks will allow for a level of transparency with what's being brought in our schools in lieu of a metal detector," said Dr. Nathan Schilling, Superintendent for Lansing School District 158.
In addition, new high-definition surveillance cameras are being installed throughout the district's buildings.
The district has also added a BluePoint alarm system, which essentially functions as a fire alarm for the police. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/lansing-school-district-gears-up-for-safe-return-wednesday | 2022-08-16T23:30:17Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/lansing-school-district-gears-up-for-safe-return-wednesday | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A judge in Colorado said that Jenna Ellis, an attorney who represented former President Trump during and after the 2020 election, must appear before the Fulton County, Georgia, grand jury investigating Trump's election schemes.
In granting the request from a local Colorado district attorney, on behalf of the Atlanta prosecutors leading the probe, 8th Judicial District Judge Gregory Lammons stressed the limited role he was being asked to play.
This is "one witness in this state testifying in another state," he said at the end of a one-hour hearing in the matter.
Fulton County investigators have subpoenaed Ellis for grand jury testimony for August 25. However they have offered a range other dates she could appear instead in order to accommodate her schedule.
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The FBI interviewed former White House Counsel Pat Cipollone and his former deputy Patrick Philbin earlier this year as part of the investigation into federal records taken to Donald Trump's Palm Beach home, two people briefed on the matter said.
The two are the most senior former Trump officials interviewed in what is now a criminal investigation of possible mishandling of classified information and obstruction. The two men are among a group of former Trump aides whom the FBI interviewed after the criminal probe got underway this spring, the people briefed on the matter said.
The New York Times earlier reported the interviews.
Cipollone and Philbin declined to comment to CNN for this story.
Cipollone and Philbin were designated by Trump shortly before he left office to deal with the issues related to his presidential records. The former President recently added Kash Patel, a former national security official in the Trump administration, and John Solomon, a pro-Trump writer, as designees on these matters.
The FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents from its search, including some materials marked as "top secret/SCI" -- one of the highest levels of classification, according to documents from the search warrant that were released Friday.
The federal magistrate judge who approved the search warrant will hold a hearing Thursday at the court in Florida to discuss requests to unseal investigators' probable cause affidavit, which the Justice Department has opposed releasing.
A federal judge on Friday unsealed the search warrant and property receipt from the FBI search of Trump's resort in Palm Beach, Florida, a move the Justice Department backed, but on Monday, the DOJ said it opposed releasing the affidavit specifically in an effort to protect witnesses and keep grand jury proceedings confidential.
In a pair of posts to Truth Social last week, 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.'"
This story has been updated with additional developments.
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Semi-truck carrying cooking oil erupts in flames on I-80
LA GRANGE, Ill. - A semi-truck burned up the afternoon drive in the south suburbs Tuesday.
The truck was traveling eastbound on Interstate 80 just before 1 p.m. when it erupted in flames.
While the cause of the fire is unknown, we do know the truck was carrying cooking oil, which fueled the flames.
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The fire resulted in all lanes of I-80 being shutdown at La Grange Road.
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Twisted Hippo brewery launches at District Brew Yards, months after massive fire
CHICAGO - Months after a massive fire ripped through an Albany Park brewery, the owners of the Twisted Hippo have brewed up something special.
If you brew a good beer you’ll have friends for life, and never was that more true than for Twisted Hippo, which is rising from the ashes of a fire that couldn’t put them out of business.
Marilee Rutherford and her husband Karl own the Twisted Hippo brewery, which burned to the ground in a massive fire last February.
"We are so lucky to have beer back on the market. We are really excited," said Marilee Rutherford.
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Even though they’d only been open for three years, they had quickly become an institution in the Albany Park neighborhood. Fans have been missing their beer and their bar.
Now it is back in the District Brew Yards on the West Side, a brewery incubator of sorts. It’s home to five different breweries under one roof and allows customers to pour their own taps.
Some of Twisted Hippo’s favorite beers, and a few new ones, are being brewed at the location. Not only is the beer on tap there, it’s also being canned and kegged to send back to the bars and restaurants in Albany Park for fans who been waiting months to get a taste of their favorite brew.
"It was really important to us to get back into people's minds and hearts after all the support that we got after the fire. So being able to be here just six months afterwards has been a tremendous boom," said Marilee Rutherford.
"For them to have a presence in Chicago to start distributing beer I think will be really important to all of their followers, which they have a ton. And we're so excited for them," said Steve Soble, owner of District Brew Yards.
This is really helping them get back on their feet, get some revenue coming in and most importantly, getting their beer back in the neighborhood taps, restaurants and liquor store shelves.
They're hoping to rebuild a new brewery in their home base of the Albany Park neighborhood but at this point, they're still looking around. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/twisted-hippo-brewery-launches-at-district-brew-yards-months-after-massive-fire | 2022-08-16T23:30:47Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/twisted-hippo-brewery-launches-at-district-brew-yards-months-after-massive-fire | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Pennsylvania's Democratic governor on Tuesday moved to protect LGBTQ residents from conversion therapy, issuing an executive order that compels state agencies to discourage the practice and bans taxpayer funds from being used to support it.
"Conversion therapy is a traumatic practice based on junk science that actively harms the people it supposedly seeks to treat," Gov. Tom Wolf said in a statement.
"This is about keeping our children safe from bullying and extreme practices that harm them," he continued, adding that the practice "is causing horrific consequences for the mental health and well-being of a generation of young LGBTQIA+ individuals."
The practice, also known as reparative or sexual orientation change efforts, has been discredited by every major professional association that deals with mental health. The assumption that someone's sexual orientation or gender identity can be changed is not based on medical or scientific evidence, according to the American Medical Association. And, as Wolf noted, the practice can lead to serious harm.
Conversion therapy is banned in at least 20 states and several cities across the country, but several bills have been introduced to preserve the practice or even to repeal the bans. Though the governor's order does not ban the practice outright in Pennsylvania, it does provide some key protections that advocates say are critical.
Among other things, the order directs relevant state agencies "to explore and implement all options to ensure state funds, programs, contracts, and other resources are not used for the purposes of providing, authorizing, endorsing, reimbursing for, or referring for conversion therapy, to the extent permitted by law."
Additionally, it directs the state "to commit to discourage commercial insurers from providing reimbursement for conversion therapy, to the extent permitted by law." As part of that, the state "is also directed to receive and investigate any reports of commercial insurance claims that have been paid for conversion therapy."
Wolf's order asks Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services "to develop resource guides that outline science and evidence-based best practices on family preservation and available community and local LGBTQIA+ affirming entities and services for families to support an LGBTQIA+ child or youth, as well as resources for caring for LGBTQIA+ children and youth within the child welfare system, including caring for their physical and mental health and well-being."
The Trevor Project, a nonprofit suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization that supports LGBTQ youth, applauded the governor's order, saying he set a necessary example for governors around the country.
"Thank you Gov. Wolf for your leadership and for taking bold action to protect and affirm LGBTQ young people across the Commonwealth," said Troy Stevenson, the group's senior campaign manager for advocacy and government affairs, in a statement. "We urge the state legislature to pass comprehensive state-wide protections and for governors across the nation to follow the Keystone State's lead in ending this abusive practice."
A study published earlier this year that was funded by the Trevor Project found that conversion therapy causes serious emotional harm to LGBTQ people and can even be deadly, but it also comes with a high financial cost to individuals and to society as a whole.
The study, published in the medical journal JAMA Pediatrics, found that people who underwent conversion therapy had serious psychological distress, had significantly higher rates of depression and substance use problems, and attempted suicide more.
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The brother of a US service member killed in a terrorist attack outside Afghanistan's Kabul airport in August of last year has died by suicide, according to his mother Shana Chappell.
"The ripple effect! I lost two sons in less than one year, both of them in the month of August!" Chappell wrote in a Facebook post.
Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui, 20, of Norco, California, was among the dozens of people killed in the suicide bombing outside the Hamid Karzai International Airport, for which ISIS-K claimed credit. Nikoui was one of 13 US service members killed in the attack.
According to Chappell, Nikoui's brother, 28-year-old Dakota Halverson, "had been expressing some of the things that had been bothering him and one of those things was the loss of his brother Kareem and how he just wanted to be with him again. He was still having a hard time believing he was actually gone."
"He'd sneak into the cemetery at night and sleep on Kareem's resting place. He took his life across from a permanent memorial we have here in town for his brother Kareem," she said.
According to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, Halverson died on August 9 in Pikes Peak Park in Norco, California, about 28 miles southwest of San Bernardino.
"We have been in contact with the family and can confirm that Dakota Halverson is the brother of Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kareem M. Nikoui," Sgt. Brandi Swan with the sheriff's department told CNN in an email. "Unfortunately, Dakota's death was declared a suicide."
A GoFundMe page set up by Chappell to raise money for Dakota's service has raised over $40,000 as of Tuesday afternoon. The fundraiser goal was set at $20,000.
"Dakota Halverson was a loving son, brother and friend. Losing his brother nearly one year ago has proven too difficult to bear. Any donations for his burial and services would be greatly appreciated as he wanted to be buried next to his brother Kareem, who was killed August 26th, 2021, while serving his country. His family and I want to honor his wishes," Chappell wrote on GoFundMe.
If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts or mental health matters, please call or text the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 988 or call 1-800-273-TALK to connect with a trained counselor, or visit the NSPL site.
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PARK TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A motorcyclist is in the hospital after being airlifted due to serious injuries sustained in a crash on Tuesday afternoon.
A 64-year-old man from Hudsonville was hurt, deputies confirm, when he was hit by another vehicle while driving his motorcycle down Ottawa Beach Road.
The motorcyclist was moving west on Ottawa Beach Road, when a transit van, driven by a 34-year-old from West Olive, failed to yield while making a left turn onto Forest Hills Drive.
The Ottawa County Sheriff's Department says that the van turned directly in front of the motorcyclist, causing the crash.
The driver of the van was not harmed.
Deputies also said that the motorcyclist was wearing a helmet at the time of the crash.
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Mitchum helps Carolinas Junior Team win match with Virginia
Gray won singles and foursomes matches for his team
Published: Aug. 16, 2022 at 6:31 PM EDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - D.H. Conley graduate Gray Mitchum made the Carolinas Junior golf team and competed against Virginia this month. He won his singles match 4 and 3. He won in his foursomes match 2 and 1. Gray helping team Carolinas win the 40th Carolinas-Virgina Junior team match in Wallace. Gray is on to UNC Wilmington to play golf this fall.
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OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A weather camera in Fort Walton Beach, Florida belonging to Nexstar’s WKRG caught an amazing sight Tuesday morning.
At around 5:48 a.m., the camera captured a waterspout forming offshore. WKRG was able to track the waterspout as it moved across the water for several minutes during a live broadcast.
Sister station WFLA’s chief meteorologist Jeff Berardelli confirmed it was a tornadic waterspout – or a tornado moving over water – rather than a fair weather waterspout.
Fair weather waterspouts are generally not associated with thunderstorms, while tornadic are, NOAA explains.
Tornadic waterspouts “have the same characteristics as a land tornado,” NOAA writes. “They are associated with severe thunderstorms, and are often accompanied by high winds and seas, large hail, and frequent dangerous lightning.”
Both the video above and another shared on Twitter show multiple lightning strikes near the waterspout, as well as looming storm clouds.
A fair weather waterspout, a common sighting in Florida, typically occurs during “fair and relatively calm weather,” according to NOAA.
Last week, on the opposite side of the country, Nexstar’s KTLA was able to capture dramatic footage of a fire tornado that developed during the brush fire battle.
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Over 22,000 people who a court ruled had their rights violated by the City of Normandy between 2013 and 2021 have less than two weeks to file a claim to receive money from a $1.3 million class action settlement.
“It feels really good to get some of the money back into the pockets of people who were jailed by the city of Normandy because they couldn’t afford their bond,” said John “Jack” Waldon, Arch City Defenders civil litigation managing attorney.
In March 2022, attorneys with ArchCity Defenders reached a preliminary settlement in a $1.3 millionlawsuit against Normandy on behalf of thousands of potential class members. The deadline to file a claim is August 26, 2022. Any funds that are unclaimed go back to the City of Normandy.
Between September 10, 2013, and May 12, 2021, individuals who were jailed by Normandy could receive up to $675 per three days in jail. Those who were fined by Normandy could receive up to $60, and those who had a warrant issued by Normandy could receive up to $20.
“Change doesn’t occur by accident, and unfortunately municipalities have had to be forced into some accountability,” said Umi Okoli, a plaintiff in the suit.
“People want to breathe easy when their children and grandchildren walk out the door and drive through places like Normandy. While this has been a long time coming, I’m hopeful that this is an example of change happening in St. Louis.”
In the year the suit was filed, 2013, Normandy issued 10,390 tickets, a 472% increase from 2008. According to the Office of the State Courts Administrator’s Table 94 on Municipal Division data, Normandy’s municipal court generated over $1.7 million that year.
Edmundson, a smaller municipality near the airport, face a similar civil court action. Individuals who were jailed between December 2013 and July 2021 could file a claim against the small town under the federal lawsuit Quinton Thomas v. City of Edmundson.
The settlement class includes 10,000 people and monetary damages close to $370,000.
“Normandy is just one of many municipalities to write tickets to generate money for the city,” said Waldon.
According to the lawsuit, “Edmundson had a pattern and practice of exploiting primarily poor and Black individuals through an unlawful and perverse system of criminalizing, arresting, and jailing people who could not afford to pay court fines and fees which stemmed from over-policing, excessive ticketing, and a revenue-generating municipal court.”
The small town generated $2.2 million in revenue from its municipal court between 2012 and 2016. It made national headlines in 2014, when Mayor John Gwaltney sent a memo to the City’s police department stating, “I wish to take this opportunity to remind you that the tickets that you write do add to the revenue on which the P. D. budget is established and will directly affect pay adjustments at budget time.”
Quinton Thomas, the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit, said, “We are getting tired of getting mistreated, as citizens, and as taxpayers. I think it has been a vital opportunity to be a part of this and to bring these wrongdoings to light around Missouri and also, how it's happening around the country.”
Action St. Louis has led a canvassing effort to spread the word about the settlements, and recently 105 claims were made, totaling more than 15,000 dollars.
Since 2014, ArchCity Defenders has filed seven debtors’ prison lawsuits on behalf of thousands of individuals whose rights were allegedly violated by local governments.
A class action suit against the city of Jennings, which neighbors Ferguson, was settled in July 2016 for a landmark $4.75 million, and had 2,000 class members.
Within the past three months, Davis v. Normandy and Thomas v. Edmundson have both been approved for preliminary settlement, which means that impacted individuals can file a claim. If eligible, they can receive compensation.
Similar cases against Ferguson and Florissant have a ruling on class certification pending. Litigation against St. Ann will reach the settlement stage later this year.
To find out if you are a class member in the Normandy case:
Go online to: NORMANDYCLASSACTION.COM
Call: (888) 205-0036
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As part of efforts to reconcile aggrieved members and reposition the party, the Lagos state chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has tasked its members on conflict management and resolution, saying these are essential ingredients to winning elections.
Members of the party gave the charge at a one-day seminar organised by the party secretariat for members of the executive council and LGA chairmen on Tuesday in Lagos.
The seminar had in attendance members of the state apex advisory body, Governance Advisory Council, party chieftains and members of the party across the 20 local governments and 37 LCDAs in the state.
The spokesman of the party, Hon Seye Oladejo said it was aimed at repositioning and preparing the party for a clear edge in subsequent elections.
He said, “It’s not just about the 2023 elections but also about repositioning the party and setting new agendas. The party has new executive members in place at various levels as a result of the last congress of the party.
“Basically, the idea is to reposition the party to give us a clear edge as an organised party. As we continue to countdown to elections, we are putting our house in order to prepare us for the task ahead.
“One of the topics of discussion is conflict management and resolution. The party has an internal mechanism to look at all these areas of conflict raised hoping that we will find a perfect solution. The party has to repackage itself in terms of patronage and appreciate the efforts of various members because a lot of people invested their energy, time and resources in ensuring the victory for the party. So it’s always normal to consider rewarding those people when we form a government.”
One of the discussants, a former state chairman of the party, Chief Henry Ajomale while speaking on the role and responsibilities of the party executives said the executive is established not only to represent a particular interest but to have representatives from each local government to facilitate information flow for the benefit of all.
He said the ability to manage and resolve issues where necessary and build trust amongst members of the party is key to winning elections.
Citing instances from his 12 years leadership of leadership, he said, “My experience being a state Chairman successfully for 12 years largely was based on an open office system, where anyone and everyone had access to see me. What I realised early enough as a politician was to be open to everyone as this guarantees updated information per minute.
“In politics information is the key to your survival and success. You cannot be an executive of a party and not leave your phones open or your doors open like it’s a private organisation. That is a guarantee of doom.
“It is also important to note that some of the key aspects that led to victories of the State elections within my career as State Chairman was the good working relationships with the executives of the state cabinet, the legislative arm of the State, council chairmen and party Executives. Being able to manage each other and resolve issues where necessary, helps build trust amongst members of the party no matter your level and this is key to winning elections.”
While urging every member of the executive to interact and learn from each other, he said, “The trust we built in each other made it an easy workable environment. My personal experience and interactions with the entire executive members of the party yielded positive results where we won elections back to back throughout my 12 years as chairman.”
Other discussants include former APC national legal adviser, Barr Babatunde Ogala, SAN spoke on Conflict management and resolution, a chieftain, Hon Fouad Oki spoke on Discipline, while an academic, Dr Tunde Oseni speaks on the mobilisation of the party.
The major highlight of the seminar was the presentation of certificates and awards to deserving members of the party.
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The day after she fired all nine members of the state commission that oversees public defense, Oregon’s Supreme Court Chief Justice Martha Walters announced Tuesday that she was appointing four new commissioners and reappointing five commissioners from the previous group.
“This change in leadership occurred quickly, and our work will commence as quickly,” Walters wrote in a letter Tuesday to the new commission. “These issues are too important to delay.”
Last week, during a dramatic public hearing, Walters urged the commission to fire Steve Singer, the relatively new executive director of the Office of Public Defense Services. Walters, a nonvoting member of the commission, has described Singer as untrustworthy, needlessly combative and slow to address the state’s public defense crisis. Others in the public defense community have defended Singer as reforming a long-broken system, while also acknowledging he can be abrasive.
Despite Walter’s calls for his removal last week, the commission deadlocked 4-4, with one member absent, failing to secure the votes to remove Singer, who has held his position for less than a year.
Minutes after Walter’s publicly named the new commission Tuesday, the Public Defense Services Commission announced that it planned to hold an executive session Wednesday to meet with its attorneys and “to review and evaluate the job performance of the OPDS Executive Director.”
Walters has declined OPB’s interview requests.
“I think it was precisely because the commission refused to fire Steve Singer that the commission was fired,” now former Commissioner Mark Hardin, a retired attorney who voted against removing Singer, told OPB on Monday. “It’s hardly a leap.”
All four commissioners who voted to fire Singer were reappointed, along with one member, Alton Harvey Jr., who voted to keep Singer as head of the Office of Public Defense Services. All commissioners are volunteers.
The four new members of the state’s public defense commission are:
- Jennifer Parrish Taylor, director of advocacy and public policy for the Urban League of Portland
- Peter Buckley, a Democratic former state representative from Ashland
- Jennifer Nash, an attorney who practices family law in Corvallis
- Kristen Winemiller, a Portland attorney
None of the new commissioners immediately returned OPB’s requests for comment.
The five reappointed commissioners are Harvey, Lisa Ludwig, Max Williams, Paul Solomon, and Per Ramfjord, who was reappointed chair of the commission.
“I am appointing each of you because of what you bring to this mission and vision,” Walters stated in her letter Tuesday to the commission. “I also am appointing you because I believe that, collectively, this body can build on the decisions and commitments already made and move forward to achieve the necessary changes with an inclusive and respectful approach that unites us in our common goal.”
This story is breaking and may be updated.
OPB’s Dirk VanderHart contributed reporting.
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The Managing Director, Benin Electricity District Company (BEDC) Plc, Funke Osibodu, has disclosed that the company lost N750 million in one month due to what she described as illegal taking over of operations of the company.
Osibodu disclosed this on Tuesday in Benin City, while addressing journalists on her alleged arrest by the police over the leadership tussle of the company.
It would be recalled that on July 8, 2022, Dr Henry Ajagbawa, had taken over the management of BEDC as the new Managing Director of the company.
Osibodu said despite a valid court order barring Ajagbawa and his group from taking over BEDC, they still brought the police from Abuja to obstruct the company’s operation and tried to arrest her.
“We resumed last week because we have a court injunction against them and during the period of the alleged forceful take over of BEDC, we lost N750 million in collection in one month. The collection went down and if you don’t have money, you can’t purchase power for distribution.”
Speaking on her alleged arrest by the police from Abuja, she said she was taken to the Edo Police Command headquarters for questioning and that when police discovered the law was on her side they couldn’t do anything.
“The police who claimed they came from Abuja said I have committed threat to the life of Ajagawa, unlawful restrain and trespass. They invited me to the police headquarters in Benin for questioning.”
She said after showing police the restraining court injunction of July 8, from an Abuja Federal High Court against Ajagbawa and his group, the police could not do anything.
Osibodu said, “To date, I have not received any official document from the BPE or BEDC Board mandating anybody to take over BEDC affairs, but somebody just marched to the office and said, I have been asked to take over. This is not the law.
“From the records, there is no official document, written to the Board of BEDC that I have been removed, but what we see was in pages of the newspaper that we have been removed and that is not how law works.”
She alleged that somebody was using his office to suppress the rule of law, adding because they didn’t succeed in the initial takeover, they resorted to self-help through any means.
“The case is that sometimes ago, there was supposedly take over of five DISCOs announced by the BPE. Three of them were because Fidelity Bank claimed that they are going to exercise their right over shares and BPE knows that Fidelity doesn’t have the shares of BEDC as the cover investor never pledged BEDC shares,” she stressed. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/bedc-lost-n750m-in-one-month-due-to-forceful-takeover-md/ | 2022-08-16T23:46:46Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/bedc-lost-n750m-in-one-month-due-to-forceful-takeover-md/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Court slates Sept 7 for mention of suit seeking Kola Abiola’s invalidation as PRP presidential candidate
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has fixed September 7, 2022 for further mention of a suit seeking to stop Kola Abiola, the son of late MKO Abiola, as presidential candidate of People’s Redemption Party (PRP) in the 2023 general election
Justice Ahmed Mohammed, sitting as a vacation judge of the Abuja Division of the court, adjourned the matter after counsel for the plaintiff, Ibrahim Audu, informed the court that he had been unable to effect service of the amended originating summons on Mr Abiola.
The judge also held that the amended application ought to be properly filed and served on the defendants in the suit.
The plaintiff, Patience Ndidi Key, a female aspirant in the PRP’s presidential primaries, had sued the party, Abiola and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants respectively.
Although, counsel to the PRP, Jully Anyata, was in court, no counsel appeared for Abiola and INEC.
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The plaintiff, in the earlier originating summons dated and filed on June 28, asked the court to invalidate the emergence of Kola Abiola as the party’s candidate and also prayed for an order setting aside the declaration of Abiola as the winner of the presidential primaries of the party conducted on June 5 across the country.
In the application marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1001/2022, the frontline politician alleged that the June 5 presidential primary election was conducted in gross violations of the party’s guidelines, “the provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022 and INEC’s guidelines in the nomination or sponsorship of the 2nd defendant (Abiola) as candidate of the 1st defendant (PRP) in the forthcoming 2023 Presidential Election.”
She asked the court for an order restraining Abiola from parading himself as the winner of the primaries.
The plaintiff, who prayed the court for an order declaring her as the valid winner of the presidential primary election of the party conducted on June 5, also sought an order directing the party to substitute Abiola’s name with hers and submit same to INEC as PRP’s presidential candidate. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/court-slates-sept-7-for-mention-of-suit-seeking-kola-abiolas-invalidation-as-prp-presidential-candidate/ | 2022-08-16T23:46:53Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/court-slates-sept-7-for-mention-of-suit-seeking-kola-abiolas-invalidation-as-prp-presidential-candidate/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
FG to curtail unfair trade malpractices, exploitation of Nigerian farmers by expatriates
The Federal Government has moved to ensure that Nigerian farmers get value for their agricultural products.
Speaking while inaugurating an inter-Ministerial Standing Committee in Abuja on Tuesday to oversee the implementation of Federal Executive Council (FEC) approval on commodity pricing at the Farm Gates, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Otunba Niyi Adebayo pledged that the government is working to ensure agricultural commodities in the country are not undervalued.
He said the memo is “aimed at addressing the challenges impeding the development of the agricultural commodity subsector of the economy, curtailing unfair trade malpractices and exploitation of Nigerian farmers by foreigners and promoting competitive premium pricing as an impetus for increased productivity in the commodity subsector amongst others.”
The minister lamented that farmers in Nigeria were being exploited by foreigners who come into the country to mop up agricultural commodities at the farm gates and in turn offer farmers prices below market value.
“This situation has indeed led to the failure of many contractual agreements between farmers and indigenous off-takers. It has also affected the production capacity of our local factories due to the fact that foreigners buy off supplies and deprive the factories of required stocks.
“The current practice of direct purchases of agricultural commodities at unfair prices by foreigners at our farm-gates poses serious dangers which include: reduction in farmers’ income, declining productivity in the agricultural sector, unemployment and insecurity,” he said.
He said, “a number of activities have been outlined for implementation and the committee is expected to ensure that they are properly articulated and implemented for the growth and development of our economy.”
Adebayo charged the committee to come up with an appropriate implementation mechanism and guidelines for implementing the approved FEC Memo as well as liaise with States, Local Governments and other relevant stakeholders nationwide to enforce the ban and compliance.
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Other terms of reference for the committee include: “To facilitate the establishment of enforcement organs in the States and Local Governments; To facilitate the signing of Executive Order by Mr President, specifying penalties and fines for violators.
“To liaise with the State Governments for the establishment of commodity aggregation centres for export in some strategic locations nationwide and to carry out the periodic assessment (quarterly) on the implementation.”
In his address, the Chairman of the Committee, Mr Suleman Audu, expressed the readiness and willingness of the committee to provide the required leadership and coordination to ensure the efficient implementation of its mandate.
Audu, who appreciated the government for the confidence reposed in them, pledged on behalf of the committee members not to disappoint the government on the very important assignment.
He said the assignment has come just in time when the present administration has reiterated its focus on the development of the agricultural sector in Nigeria.
“Indeed, the full implementation of the FEC approval on Promotion of Agribusiness in Nigeria through Right Farm Gate Pricing and Ban of Foreigners/Representatives from Purchasing Agricultural Commodities at the Farm Gates will no doubt ensure that farmers get commensurate value for their hard work, eliminate the threats to the sustenance of the nation’s non-oil export, particularly in the agric-commodity sub-sector and strengthen Government’s efforts at diversifying the economy away from oil and gas.
“I hereby express my readiness and willingness to provide the required leadership and coordination to ensure efficient implementation of the mandate of the Committee. I pledge on behalf of the committee members that we will not disappoint you on this assignment,” he stated. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/fg-to-curtail-unfair-trade-malpractices-exploitation-of-nigerian-farmers-by-expatriates/ | 2022-08-16T23:46:59Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/fg-to-curtail-unfair-trade-malpractices-exploitation-of-nigerian-farmers-by-expatriates/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Adeleke Olorunnimbe Mamora, has called on Nigerians to embrace and support the deployment of Clean Energy Innovations as a solution to climate change mitigation and adaptation in the country.
Adeleke made the call during the inauguration of the Project Steering Committee of Nigeria, UNIDO/GEF on promoting Clean Energy Technologies for sustainable Start-UPS and Small and Medium Scale Enterprises Development in Nigeria today in his office, Abuja.
The Minister said that Clean Energy Technology is a project that will provide the national platform for partnership with the Global Cleantech Innovation Programme (GCIP) being piloted by United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) as well as Co-Creation Hub for providing niche technical services within the project.
According to the Minister, the Ministry is currently conducting a technology needs assessment for the climate in key sectors of the country’s economy in line with the global transition of world technology towards the use of clean energy.
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To this end, Dr Adeleke emphasised that production and value addition to the country’s immense natural resources is critical to fast-tracking the socio-economic development of the country.
He pointed out that the Steering Committee members are selected from the pull of experts in the Public and Private Sectors of the economy and enjoined them to make meaningful contributions to the development of the nation through this laudable project.
The Minister enumerated the membership of the steering committee to include the Federal Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation, Federal Ministry of Environment, Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade and Investment, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency of Nigeria (SMEDAN) Bank of Industry, Rural Electrification Agency, amongst others.
Earlier, the Managing Director/CEO of Rural Electrification Agency (REP), Ahmad Salihijo, said that their mandates are to support, promote and provide electricity to the rural areas in Africa.
In his acceptance speech, the Chairman of the steering committee, Dr Peter Ekweozor, commended the efforts of the Ministry and United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) partner, adding that despite all obstacles the inauguration of the committee members has become a reality.
He assured the Federal Government that the committee will work assiduously to achieve the full implementation of the policy.
Consultations Ongoing Between Tinubu, Amaechi, Lawan, Others — APC National Vice Chairman
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WASHINGTON — With a little over six weeks in the government’s fiscal year, Congress faces the uphill battle of passing a defense appropriations bill and avoiding a continuing resolution.
CRs keep funding at the previous year’s levels with limited exceptions. A divided Congress has frequently relied on the practice in recent years to evade a government shutdown while lawmakers negotiate appropriations for the next fiscal year, and it’s increasingly likely that a CR will be required for fiscal 2023, the law firm Alston & Bird said in a note to clients on July 26.
While a CR keeps the lights on, its impacts can be detrimental to the Pentagon’s efforts to keep pace with rival nations in emerging technologies. Because funding is fixed at the previous year’s level, CRs delay the start of new programs and contracts, many of which fall under the sphere of defense tech.
“It pauses our modernization efforts and it gives China the advantage of continuing to innovate while we’re in that pause,” said Kea Matory, director of legislative policy at the National Defense Industrial Association trade group, in an interview. “It’s essentially a self-inflicted wound, but unfortunately, it’s kind of become the norm.”
“The government is not always the easiest customer and when you add on CRs, it’s not a business model that would work in the commercial sector,” she said.
As the Pentagon strives to incorporate artificial intelligence, machine learning and other cutting-edge innovations into warfighting, defense officials and lawmakers have sought to create programs and offices to oversee the modernization.
Under a CR, such “new starts” are denied the funding needed to hire a workforce and the cash to begin issuing contracts since the office didn’t exist in the previous year’s appropriations bill. They add uncertainty to the contracting timeline, and without consistent appropriations, many emerging technology initiatives may end up delayed or abandoned.
The impact is similarly felt on the industrial side, according to Elaine McCusker, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
Large companies have learned to deal with the disruptions caused by CRs and adjust for the government’s episodic funding. But many emerging technologies come from smaller companies that do not have the same level of resources or expertise in navigating the disjointed timeline, she said.
“They just don’t have the same kind of breadth and depth to be able to absorb those types of changes,” McCusker said in an interiview.
What happens to government contractors in a CR?
For companies dependent on federal dollars, the cost of the delay is borne out by the small business owner, said ML Mackey, CEO and co-founder of Beacon Interactive Systems, a maker of information management software for the U.S. military.
When a CR is issued and a contract put on pause, companies are still responsible for payroll and other expenses, Mackey said. In many cases, companies have to find ways to make up for the lack of cash flow.
Mackey said small business owners regularly have to resort to personally financing, whether it be through a loan or by putting expenses on a credit card.
Although a contract will ultimately come through when Congress issues an appropriations bill, a business owner carries the financial burden created during the delay.
For small tech companies looking to get into the defense sector, the prospect of taking on that financial burden could dissuade owners from doing business with the government.
In June, the House Appropriations Committee reported 12 pieces of funding legislation, including the defense appropriations bill, and said it will attempt to pass them on the House floor by the end of July. The federal fiscal year ends on Sept. 30.
In recent years, Pentagon officials have faulted lawmakers for their frequent use of CRs as a funding measure, citing their heavy costs and damaging impact.
At a hearing in January, Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. David Berger testified to a House Appropriations subcommittee that CRs negatively impact the Pentagon because no amount of resources in the future can bring back lost time.
“We actually stand to be outpaced by China, not because of their speed but because of our failure to comply with our own budgetary processes,” he said.
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IBB @ 81: Nigerians should be patient, pray to overcome current challenges
Former Military president, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has tasked Nigerians to be patient and pray in order to overcome the current security challenges bedevilling the country.
He stated this on Tuesday during an interactive session with journalists at his Uphill Mansion in Minna, Niger State capital, saying “the citizens must remain resolute to believe in the Unity of Nigeria.”
The former Nigerian leader also urged the media to always ignore those preaching disunity but to give priority to those making efforts to ensure peace and unity which can change the psyche of Nigerians.
IBB, however, expressed satisfaction over the role being played by the Nigerian media, urging for the change of the narrative for a better Nigeria and insisted on doing the right thing.
The elder statesman thereby applauded the media practitioners in the country for doing wonderfully well in their reportage, analysis of issues and support for sustainable democracy which must be improved upon by the government by carrying along the masses.
Speaking further IBB said: “I give thank to God Almighty for keeping me till today, I can only say Alhamdulillah.”
He enjoined the citizenry to emphasize on the lesson of patience and respect for every human being as well as having faith in God to shape his or her life, noting that with such attributes one would surely leave a happy life.
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He charged Nigerians to be hopeful, determined, faithful and prayerful for an end to the current insecurity challenges facing the nation, adding that those behind it will soon realise the consequences and impact of their actions.
Governor Sani Bello salutes IBB @ 81
Meanwhile, Niger State Governor and Chairman of the North Central States Governors’ Forum (NCSGF), Abubakar Sani Bello, in a birthday message, described the celebrant as a true elder statesman and nationalist who sacrificed so much to ensure the unity and survival of Nigeria.
Governor Sani Bello said the role of the octogenarian has remained invaluable and relevant in nation-building.
He re-echoed the impact of policies and programmes of the celebrant during his regime as the military president in the country between 1985 and 1993 which are still very memorable to citizenry long after his active service.
“I celebrate you on this special day. The memories of your courage, invaluable service to the Nigerian Army in protecting the sovereignty of the country and your exemplary leadership qualities have indeed been helping and stimulating the younger generations for better service to the county.
“I pray that Allah continues to grant you good health and strength,” he said.
The governor also prays Allah to add more years to the celebrant so as to continue to provide wise counsel needed for the growth and development of the state in particular and the nation at large. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/ibb-81-nigerians-should-be-patient-pray-to-overcome-current-challenges/ | 2022-08-16T23:47:25Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/ibb-81-nigerians-should-be-patient-pray-to-overcome-current-challenges/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It’s the sequel that human resources professionals around the Army never wanted — the service is yet again staring down a possible delayed launch for its new HR and pay platform, according to a senior official assigned to the project.
Col. Rebecca Eggers, who leads the functional management division for the Integrated Pay and Personnel System-Army (IPPS-A), spoke with Army Times about the potential delay in a Monday morning phone interview.
Eggers’ team is aiming to put all three components of the Army onto a single HR platform.
The service previously delayed the Army-wide version of IPPS-A, an earlier version of which is already live for the National Guard, from an original December 2021 launch date to Sept. 20 due to failed systems tests. A spokesperson for the Army personnel directorate said in May that the Sept. 20 go-live date was “on track” — but that’s no longer the case.
According to Eggers, the sticking point is data communication failures between IPPS-A and two key HR systems.
Currently IPPS-A does not reliably function with the service’s recruiting information system, which allows for soldier onboarding, or with sending data to the Defense Manpower Data Center, which controls soldier medical insurance and other benefits.
As a result, the service has indefinitely delayed taking down a number of older HR systems that were scheduled to go dark or “brown-out” Saturday and again pressed pause on IPPS-A.
“The entirety of Release 3 — what we had originally planned — is definitely off the table for September,” Eggers said.
It’s not clear yet whether a limited version of IPPS-A will go live on Sept. 20. Eggers said that Army senior leaders will soon decide whether to launch a limited version of the platform then or delay the launch in its entirety.
She acknowledged that soldiers may be worried about how the delay will affect their assignments and promotions, saying that the service will put out more information soon.
“We will get information and new guidance out on the street,” Eggers said. “We’re working closely with Human Resources Command.”
She said “soldiers will get promoted on time as if we hadn’t browned out,” and permanent change-of-station moves scheduled around the period likely “will still stand.”
Service leaders have long-hailed the benefits they say the program will bring, especially when it comes to streamlining pay and talent management functions across the entire Army. But the task of synchronizing systems has proved more difficult — and perhaps more expensive — than anticipated.
What’s going on with IPPS-A?
Recent limited-user testing showed “there is quite a bit of functionality that works,” Eggers said, but the service still identified accessions and benefits as “risk areas” before entering the final phase of testing.
The persistent problem is what halted the first planned launch last year, when a senior G-1 official described the platform as “80% functional.”
It turns out, the delay was not enough to fix the final 20%.
The contractor overseeing the systems integrations efforts, CACI International, has received more than $557 million over seven years for the project thus far.
According to trade paper Washington Technology and a GAO protest tracker, the Army extended the expiring contract by a decade over a competitor’s protest. That could see the contractor make an additional $500 million, bringing the platform’s potential price tag beyond $1 billion.
As the functional management chief, Eggers emphasized the difficulty of bringing together aging HR systems that are written on different computer languages and require complex data integration.
“We do have some really old systems written in COBOL [a 63-year-old programming language] and some crazy language[s],” she said.
Eggers promised one thing, though: the delay will be “short.” She added that it’s “even more painful for us [than the last one] because we know how close we are.”
Davis Winkie is a senior reporter covering the Army, specializing in accountability reporting, personnel issues and military justice. He joined Military Times in 2020. Davis studied history at Vanderbilt University and UNC-Chapel Hill, writing a master's thesis about how the Cold War-era Defense Department influenced Hollywood's WWII movies. | https://www.federaltimes.com/news/your-army/2022/08/15/armys-long-delayed-hr-platform-launch-in-jeopardy-again/ | 2022-08-16T23:47:21Z | federaltimes.com | control | https://www.federaltimes.com/news/your-army/2022/08/15/armys-long-delayed-hr-platform-launch-in-jeopardy-again/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Maharaj ji to Nigerians: Don’t lose hope in your country
• Says religion not requirement for performance in office, come 2023
Founder of One Love Family, Satguru Maharaj ji, on Tuesday, urged Nigerians not to lose hope in the country despite the challenges facing it, as he further urged those criticising the Muslim -Muslim ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and his vice, Alhaji Kassim Shetima, to desist from it, saying that religion is not the requirement for performance in office.
Maharaj ji, who was celebrating the 29th year that his ministry took off, said through Nigerians had every cause to be anxious in the face of incessant crimes, however, assured that there would be no war in Nigeria, saying that “most of the problems confronting us as a nation are caused by Nigerian leaders.”
According to Maharaj ji, the country should have developed more than the level it is right now, saying the situation was brought about by her leaders, who he noted had retarded its progress.
“Definitely, something is wrong with Nigeria. We have all it takes to make a great, prosperous, technologically advanced nation, still, we are reputed for backwardness,” he lamented.
Maharaj ji said those criticising the Muslim-Muslim ticket of the APC were just being mischievous, as according to him, religion is not a criterion for performance in office.
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He noted that if religion were to be a criterion for performance, President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration would have done excellently well “because the president is a devoted Muslim, and his vice, Professor Yemi Osinbajo is a pastor and devoted Christian.
“There is hardly a vicinity where one Christianity and Islam do not thrive. Our Christians profess to be holier than the Pope, while the Muslims claim to be more religious than the Sheikh.
“But it is sad to say that the magnitude of our religious activities has a negative impact on our social life. In spite of our religions, there are lots of abnormalities,” Maharaj ji further lamented.
He, therefore, urged Nigerians to think deeply before they voted for the next crop of leaders, saying this should be done as there were among the contestants some that can make the country better.
He also charged those aspiring for public office in 2023 who wanted to make history, to come and seek his divine knowledge.
“Those aspiring to become leaders in the new world order need to come for my divine knowledge, if they are desirous to make history where those before them failed, else they should forget it,” he counselled.
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As the rift between the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Atiku Abubakar and the Rivers state Governor Nyesom Wike continues to fester other political parties and politicians are capitalising on the rift to woo Wike to their camp.
Tuesday, the Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, among other politicians in the South visited Wike in his private residence.
Those who joined Obi in the meeting are Governors Samuel Ortom of Benue State, and Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, former Governor of Cross Rivers State, Donald Duke.
Like other such meetings, the Tuesday meeting was also held behind closed-door and took place at about 12 am, with the guests seen smiling in a photograph taken in front of the governor’s private residence along Ada George road in Port Harcourt.
There were no details of the meeting that lasted for a few hours as there was no information to the press about the details of the meeting.
However, Governor Wike’s Special Assistant on Media, Kelvin Ebiri, confirmed to the press that Obi indeed visited Governor Wike’s private residence.
He said, “Obi visited the governor’s private residence.”
The Labour Party Presidential Candidate had in June 22nd this year visited the governor and had a closed-door meeting.
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The United Bank for Africa has just launched a modern and future-forward Experience Centre in Abuja, Nigeria.
The new UBA Experience Centre, which was commissioned on Sunday, August 14, 2022, is situated at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, and is a one-stop shop which will provide guests and visitors with a first-class experience of the banks’ offerings across various channels and touch-points.
UBA Group Chairman, Tony O. Elumelu, commissioned the Experience Centre during the annual Group Chairman’s Forum which was attended by the bank’s executive management team in Abuja.
Mr Elumelu explained that as always, the bank has been consistent in introducing numerous innovative products and services with customer satisfaction in mind.
“UBA has invested significantly in cutting edge technology in a bid to boost its overall services to customers and meet their needs at every touch point. The UBA Experience Centre is a further demonstration of the bank’s unalloyed commitment to ensuring premium services as well as reaffirming its customer-focused culture globally,” Elumelu said.
Also speaking, the Group Managing Director, Mr Oliver Alawuba, said the new experience centre will go a long way towards complementing the bank’s offerings to customers visiting the hotel and beyond. He assured customers that the bank would continue to be the flagship of innovations in the African banking space.
The state-of-the-art centre at the iconic flagship hospitality brand has a holographic receptionist and self-service kiosk, as it also offers instant card dispensing as well as cash withdrawal and cash deposit services.
In addition, the UBA Experience Centre provides a lounge and coffee station for visitors, interactive screen displays for products and services and other entertainment menus and free WIFI to access UBA services.
UBA is at the forefront of banking innovations and recently celebrated the 4th year anniversary of its awarding-winning Chat Banker, LEO. Since its inception in 2018, Leo has extended its services to various platforms from Facebook and WhatsApp where it was first launched, and now to services on Apple Business Chat for IOS on iPhone and iPad. LEO will also serve as the holographic receptionist at the UBA Experience Centre.
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Anyone who’s has tuned into Squid Game — Netflix’s most-watched show in history — known Jung Ho-yeon’s face.
The Korean actress, who also goes by simply Hoyeon, played Kang Sae-byeok, a North Korean defector who enters the deadly games in order to win enough money to bring the rest of her family over the border and start a new life.
Oftentimes, the camera hovers on a close-up of Jung’s face, not just for its beauty — before launching her acting career she was an international model who walked in shows for Marc Jacobs, Fendi, Burberry and Louis Vuitton and is currently one of the faces of N°1 de Chanel— but because of the weight of the emotion she delivers with just her face. It’s an impressive performance, especially because it was her very first acting gig, and earned her a supporting actress in a drama nomination, one of Squid Game’s 14 noms, including best drama.
So when the 28-year-old actor logs on for our interview for Little Gold Men (listen to the full episode above), she’s quick to mention it’s her first podcast, and she feels a little weird being unable to use her physicality. “I hate my voice,” she says with a laugh.
But Jung has a lot to say with that voice, especially about how her career has exploded since the release of Squid Game. She signed with CAA, won the best actress prize at the SAG Awards (giving an emotional speech that made her instantly the darling of the night) and booked a role in The Governesses, an A24 film in which she'll star opposite Lily-Rose Depp and The Worst Person in the World's breakout Renate Reinsve.
Ahead of the Emmys, Jung is taking some much needed time off. When we speak she’s back in Korea for a bit, but she says she does have to change some of her day-to-day habits because of her newfound fame. “I have to wear a hat all the time, but it's actually good because I don't wear any sunscreen normally,” she says with a laugh.
The more significant change, says Jung, has been trying to remain grounded despite the fame. “It’s a very confusing emotion, having this recognition," she says. “It’s a good thing but at the same time if you can’t control or handle this well, it could be very toxic to your life.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/awards-insider-squid-game-breakout-jung-ho-yeon-interview | 2022-08-16T23:50:29Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/awards-insider-squid-game-breakout-jung-ho-yeon-interview | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
If you’re a reasonable person living on planet Earth, there’s probably rarely been a day over the last several years in which conservatives haven’t made you want to scream. And unfortunately, today will not provide a reprieve from the madness.
On Tuesday, NBC News reported that a Florida appeals court recently ruled that a 16-year-old with no parents, job, or partner is not “sufficiently mature to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy,” and thus should be forced to create and raise a human being, which she apparently is mature enough to do. The ruling upheld a previous decision by Circuit Judge Jennifer Frydrychowicz, a registered Republican, who blocked the girl, referred to as Jane Doe 22-B in court papers, from receiving the procedure without the consent of a parent or guardian. In their ruling this week, judges Harvey Jay, Rachel Nordby, and Scott Makar claimed that the teen “had not established by clear and convincing evidence that she was sufficiently mature to decide whether to terminate her pregnancy. Having reviewed the record,” the trio added, “we affirm the trial court’s decision under the deferential standard of appellate review set out [in the consent law].” In her petition to obtain an abortion, the teen wrote that she “is not ready to have a baby,” doesn’t have a job, is “still in school,” and that the father is unable to assist her.
It should go without saying, even though it apparently needs to be said, that it’s completely fucking insane to declare that someone is not mature enough to make the decision to end a pregnancy, but is grown-up enough to go through the mentally and physically taxing work of growing and giving birth to a child as well as the lifelong, never-ending work of raising one. Republicans, of course, don’t actually care about what being pregnant entails, seeing women as mere reproductive vessels, and they definitely don’t give a shit about children once they’re born. On a somewhat tangential note, we’d also argue that knowing one is not ready to have a kid is actually a clear sign of maturity, setting aside the fact that just not wanting one should be reason enough.
While the appeals court decision was partially unanimous, Makar, dissenting from his colleagues in part, said the case should go back to Frydrychowicz for further consideration. “The trial judge apparently sees this matter as a very close call, finding that the minor was ‘credible,’ ‘open’ with the judge, and nonevasive,” Makar wrote. “The trial judge must have been contemplating that the minor—who was 10 weeks pregnant at the time—would potentially be returning before long—given the statutory time constraints at play—to shore up any lingering doubt the trial court harbored.” Makar noted that the teen “is pursuing a GED with involvement in a program designed to assist young women who have experienced trauma in their lives by providing educational support and counseling,” and “experienced renewed trauma (the death of a friend) shortly before she decided to seek termination of her pregnancy.” Apparently, the extreme trauma that could result from being forced to give birth was of little import to the other judges.
Not surprisingly, people who aren’t onboard for the dystopian hellscape Republicans want us all to live in were outraged. “A Florida court is blocking a 16-year-old from having an abortion because it says she’s not ‘mature’ enough to make that decision. But she’s mature enough to raise a child instead?” Congresswoman Diana DeGette tweeted. “This is outrageous. And it’s why we must stop this extreme GOP agenda immediately!” Florida Senate minority leader Lauren Book said it was “unconscionable” to sentence the girl “to continue an unwanted pregnancy after she stated she was not ready to have a baby, was pursuing her education, didn’t have a job, and the father was unable to assist her,” adding: “I truly cannot fathom the court’s justification for finding this brave young woman ‘not sufficiently mature’ to choose what is best for herself, her body, and her future aside from pure political will or inability to separate church and state.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/florida-abortion-not-mature-enough | 2022-08-16T23:50:36Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/florida-abortion-not-mature-enough | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Representative Matt Gaetz, the Florida firebrand under a federal investigation for the alleged sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl, has sparked a local furor over his upcoming appearance at a high school in Okaloosa County, Florida, where he is expected to speak directly with minors about their career aspirations in the military.
Most of the uproar appears to be led by Women Against Matt Gaetz, a 10,000-strong Facebook group of (mostly) women who have “had enough of Congressman Matt Gaetz and his offensive aggression toward women,” and are speaking out against Gaetz’s Tuesday visit at Niceville High School, a top-performing high school in the district. While a grand jury is reportedly investigating allegations of sex trafficking a minor, “it is just inappropriate for a sitting United States congressman to engage with young people, especially young women,” said Samantha Herring, the founder of Women Against Matt Gaetz. Per Herring, as of last week, 80% of the group’s members lived in Gaetz’s congressional district. The group plans to call on Gaetz’s colleagues in Congress to have the conservative lawmaker “step aside” until the “investigation is completed.”
The Justice Department is currently investigating Gaetz for three alleged crimes: paying women for sex, having a sexual relationship with a minor, and for paying that minor to travel with him across state lines (which would be in violation of sex trafficking laws). Thus far, no charges have been brought against Gaetz, who has vehemently denied any wrongdoing. However, Joel Greenberg, Gaetz’s apparent “wingman,” last year admitted to the sex trafficking of a minor and has been cooperating with investigators leading the Gaetz probe as part of a plea deal.
The Niceville High School’s Facebook page says the event, dubbed an “Academy Night,” is “an opportunity for high school students to speak directly with Congressman Gaetz.” According to Gaetz’s website, the Republican congressman will be hosting at least one other Academy Night early in the fall semester. Academy Nights are hosted for students interested in attending the Naval, Military, Air Force, or Merchant Marine academies. Applications for the Naval Academy, for example, require a nomination from an “official source,” which can be a U.S. representative from the applicant’s district. Each representative has a limited number of nominations to dole out.
Still, Cara Marion, who is running for Okaloosa County school board, suggested that Gaetz could have just sent an aide. His decision to come in-person to the event was “very odd,” she said. “My son went through the process in Colorado in the Denver area. Never once did he meet with his congressman or senator that he interviewed with.”
The lawmaker does have personal connections to the school and district; Don Gaetz, Matt Gaetz’s father, was formerly the district’s superintendent; Matt Gaetz is also an alumnus of Niceville High School, and at one point the conservative lawmaker even publicly recognized his friendship with current superintendent Marcus Chambers via Twitter. Chambers did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
A spokesperson for Gaetz dismissed local concerns about the lawmaker’s plans to visit schools: “Congressman Gaetz has been met by supportive crowds in the hundreds this past week,” they told Vanity Fair. “Not a single person has accused Congressman Gaetz of wrongdoing. The same could not be said for Joe Biden. A handful of sour Woketopians clinging to debunked lies won’t stop Congressman Gaetz from promoting military academy service to Northwest Florida families.”
A local resident, Karen, whose niece is in the Okaloosa County school system, and who asked for anonymity because she lives in a very conservative area, was frustrated with what she saw as a double standard; if a teacher was found sleeping with a student, and there was an ongoing investigation, they’d be placed on administrative leave. Gaetz, meanwhile, is conducting business as usual—something she says she has raised with the superintendent. | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/floridians-balk-at-matt-gaetzs-scheduled-event-with-kids | 2022-08-16T23:50:42Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/floridians-balk-at-matt-gaetzs-scheduled-event-with-kids | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In Blake Masters, white extremists feel that they may soon have an ally in the Senate. The 36-year-old venture capitalist, who is the Republican nominee in Arizona’s key Senate race, has earned support from far-right figures by refusing to shy away from controversy throughout his campaign. He has claimed that “Black people” are to blame for America’s “gun violence problem”; praised the writings of Ted Kaczynski, a domestic terrorist who has become a cult hero among the young and very online portion of the far right; and embraced the rhetoric of “the great replacement,” a theory championed by white nationalists who accuse Democrats of replacing white Americans via an “invasion” of immigrants from non-white countries. (Though Masters did condemn the bombings carried out by Kaczynski, he noted that he supports the Unabomber's writings on the negative social effects of modern technology.)
Among the influential white-extremist figures who have taken a liking to Masters is Andrew Anglin, the founder of the neo-Nazi Daily Stormer blog. Anglin endorsed Masters in a June post, writing, “I cannot give a more forceful endorsement, and I demand that anyone in Arizona (who is not some kind of known neo-Nazi or whatever) get in contact with his campaign and see what kind of help he needs.” He added that the candidate was only “getting better and better.”
On the morning of the August 2 primary, Nick Fuentes, a well-known white nationalist livestreamer who attended the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017, issued the following reminder to his Telegram followers: “Today is the big day—Vote for…Blake Masters in AZ!” Fuentes previously endorsed Masters while encouraging his fans to “turn out in large numbers for America First, Christian Nationalist candidates.” Likewise, Scott Greer, a former Daily Caller editor who has written for a white supremacist website, signaled his support for Masters during the primary, tweeting, “blaKEYED masters”—“KEYED” being a synonym for “based,” the far right’s favorite term of endearment—in response to an attack ad portraying Masters as anti-Semitic.
Jack Posobiec, a proponent of the Pizzagate conspiracy theory who has a track record of making anti-Semitic remarks, posted a photo last year from a fundraiser held by Masters and Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago. His support of Masters has carried into the general election, as Masters’s official press account on Twitter retweeted a Posobiec post on Sunday promoting the candidate’s rally with Ron DeSantis. (The Masters campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.)
Masters, for his part, has attempted to distance himself from one of the more unsavory far-right characters who latched on to his campaign during the contentious primary. Several days after Masters was endorsed by Andrew Torba, the CEO of the far-right social media site Gab, he stated that he was previously unaware of Torba, calling him a “nobody” whom “nobody cares about.” But Torba, who once declared that he’d prefer to see Masters in the White House over Trump, failed to appreciate Masters’s tactical retreat, insisting that the two had communicated in the past. “Blake Masters knows exactly who I am. We had a long conversation on Twitter Spaces live a few months ago. Mega cringe cucking here, but whatever, I still want him to win for the great people of Arizona and for the right to control the Senate,” he wrote in a since-deleted Gab post earlier this month. Torba’s claim was confirmed last week after Jewish Insider published a clip of the two conversing in a Twitter audio chat. In the recording, Masters can be heard telling Torba that he will “check out” Gab, adding, “I mean, I’ve never used [Gab]. I’m definitely not anti—I think I’m on Gettr.” (A Masters campaign adviser reiterated to Jewish Insider that Masters “doesn’t know Torba and rejects his support.”)
Among the most unorthodox Senate candidates running this cycle, Masters lacks the political experience, celebrity name ID, and personal wealth that are typically needed to run a successful Senate campaign. But he spent much of his adult life working for tech billionaire Peter Thiel, who has spent at least $15 million to boost a pro-Masters super PAC. Masters’s other allies include members of the so-called New Right, a loose movement made up of nationalists who despise big tech and free trade, including Tucker Carlson, blogger Curtis Yarvin, and J.D. Vance, another Thiel-backed Senate hopeful.
With the race’s general election ramping up, Masters has attempted to temper some of the more extreme positions he took in the primary. After pushing for the privatization of Social Security in June, he told The Arizona Republic this month that he does “not want to privatize Social Security,” adding, “I will never ever support cutting Social Security. If anything, we actually should probably increase payments because they don’t go as far these days with Mark Kelly and Joe Biden’s crazy inflation.” His appetite for a hardline national abortion ban has also diminished—a stance he took prior to Roe v. Wade being overturned almost two months ago. “The federal government should prohibit late-term abortion, third-trimester abortion, and partial-birth abortion,” he told The Arizona Republic. “Below that, states are going to make different decisions that are going to reflect the will of the people in those states, and I think that’s reasonable. I think that’s what most people, certainly in this state and nationwide, are looking for.”
Still, Masters has continued to market himself as an insurgent conservative who plans to use the state to topple America’s liberal social order. “If you’re not using any political power to shore up a good society that follows the rule of law, you’ll get rolled,” he stated recently. | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/white-extremists-senate-blake-masters | 2022-08-16T23:50:48Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/white-extremists-senate-blake-masters | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Azamara’s entire fleet of four will now feature Azamara Onward’s exclusive new venue, Atlas Bar, which first debuted in the spring as an addition to Azamara’s latest ship.
Beginning August 2022, guests aboard Azamara ships will be able to enjoy the “Atlas Bar Experience,” offering some of the venue’s destination-inspired drinks in The Den.
Azamara’s Fleet-Wide Atlas Bar
Azamara Onward’s new venue, Atlas Bar, will offer innovative artisanal cocktails inspired by a variety of destinations visited by Azamara. The bar menu will feature fresh squeezed juices and handmade syrups that elevate the flavors of the robust list of cocktails.
The Atlas Bar will have skilled bartenders aboard curating the specialty cocktails from Atlas Bar such as the London Fog Martini, Tuscan Delight, and fan favorite Heart of Azamara.
In addition to its extensive list of beverages, the bar will also offer a premium menu of hot and cold small plates, including beef tartare topped with caviar and shaved truffle, smoked lobster crudo, and more.
Although the new bar can now be found fleet-wide, Atlas Bar’s premium food menu remains exclusive to the newly Azamara-owned and operated Azamara Onward.
Scott Daniels, AVP of Hotel Operations for Azamara stated, “The response from our guests about Atlas Bar has been even more positive than we had anticipated. The designer created a beautiful space that really complements the cocktail and food menus that our food and beverage team worked so hard to perfect.”
“I couldn’t be more proud of the team’s work here, and we wanted to be able to offer the experience on our other ships, even if we didn’t have the same physical space,” he added.
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As a destination immersion line, Azamara sails four intimate-style ships: Azamara Quest, Azamara Pursuit, Azamara Journey, and its newest ship, Azamara Onward. The cruise line brings travelers to marquee ports and docks in hidden gem destinations around the world.
Atlas Bar Highlights
The “Atlas Bar Experience” onboard is a specialty offering and not included in Azamara’s complimentary amenities; however, guests who choose to upgrade to the ultimate beverage package can have access to unlimited Atlas Bar drinks.
The destination-inspired concoctions at Atlas Bar can be paired with upcoming Azamara voyages.
The voyage pairings will allow guests to taste St. Tropez on Azamara Journey’s 7-night Mediterranean Springtime Voyage, sip the Osaka Spice on Azamara Quest’s 12-night Hong Kong to Tokyo Voyage, have a glass of the Grand Bazaar on Azamara Pursuit’s 12-night Black Sea Intensive Voyage, and enjoy global flavors on Azamara Onward’s World Voyage.
Azamara Journey’s 7-night Mediterranean Springtime Voyage will explore the best of the Mediterranean with stops in Barcelona, Monte Carlo, Florence, and a stay in St. Tropez.
Onboard guests can explore its signature drink, Taste St. Tropez, which combines Benedictine liqueur, fresh lemon juice, honey, orange bitters, and egg white.
Azamara Quest’s 12-night Hong Kong to Tokyo Voyage will venture to Osaka while illuminated in a sea of neon after dark. The voyage’s signature drink, the Osaka Spice, will be made with sake, fresh lime juice, lime syrup, simple syrup, and a hint of spice from wasabi.
Azamara Pursuit’s 12-night Black Sea Intensive Voyage will sail the Black Sea with an overnight stay in Istanbul, and additional visits to Burgas, Varna, Constanta, Kavala, and Thessaloniki.
Its signature drink, named after the largest and oldest covered markets in the world, the Grand Bazaar, highlights Turkish yeni raki, fresh lemon juice, and in-house arugula syrup.
Azamara Onward’s 155-night World Voyage will include 22 overnight stays and 27 late nights in port. The extensive flavors within each drink at the Atlas Bar onboard, such as the Mumbai Hug to the Scottish Sour, can be enjoyed by guests while visiting over 40 countries on six different continents during this voyage.
On July 19, 2022, the luxury cruise line announced the removal of its embarkation testing requirement starting from July 25, 2022, meaning guests no longer need to show proof of a negative test result to cruise. | https://www.cruisehive.com/azamara-brings-new-atlas-bar-to-its-entire-fleet/79176 | 2022-08-17T00:00:34Z | cruisehive.com | control | https://www.cruisehive.com/azamara-brings-new-atlas-bar-to-its-entire-fleet/79176 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Carnival Cruise Line has proof positive that many eager travelers are ready and willing to cruise now that pre-cruise testing and vaccination requirements have been simplified. Compared to similar pre-pandemic dates, bookings are nearly double previous rates.
Bookings Skyrocket With Protocol Changes
Carnival Cruise Line announced on Friday, August 12, 2022, that its pre-cruise testing requirements would be simplified, dropping the mandate entirely for vaccinated passengers on cruises of 15 nights or less, depending on the destination.
At the same time, the exemption letter requirement was dropped for unvaccinated guests, further simplifying pre-cruise paperwork. These changes are effective for cruises departing on Tuesday, September 6, 2022 or later.
On Monday, August 15 – the first full business booking day after the announcement – the cruise line saw tremendous positive response to the change. Monday’s bookings were nearly double the level for the equivalent day in 2019, well before the pandemic began.
“We have previously disclosed strong occupancy projections for the summer, and our bookings through the end of 2022 have also been very solid,” said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line. “With the further alignment of protocols to other vacation choices, our guests are booking the remaining 2022 inventory, and getting a head start planning for 2023.”
Mid-summer booking activity is historically a slow period, as families have already planned their annual vacations during schools-out periods, and are not yet planning for future travel.
“Mid-August is typically not a busy month for cruise bookings, but it’s clear that pent-up demand for Carnival has not been satisfied and guests are responding very favorably to our updated protocols,” Duffy said.
Guests have many amazing options to come for Carnival cruises still in 2022, with Carnival Luminosa scheduled to join the fleet in November, followed quickly by the debut of the cruise line’s second Excel-class ship, Carnival Celebration, which will set sail on her maiden voyage from Miami on November 21.
Loyal Carnival guests may also want to take advantage of their last chance to enjoy the Fantasy-class Carnival Ecstasy, before that ship is retired from the Fun Ship fleet in early October. Carnival Ecstasy is offering 4- and 5-night roundtrip Western Caribbean sailings from Mobile, Alabama.
A special 10-night Eastern Caribbean sailing departing September 12 will be Carnival Ecstasy‘s last visit to eastern ports including Key West, Grand Turk, and Puerto Plata.
Safety Remains a Priority
While pre-cruise testing protocols and vaccination requirements have been relaxed, Carnival Cruise Line remains committed to the health and safety of all its guests, crew members, and port communities.
The cruise line remains in contact with health officials and authorities from both homeports as well as ports of call, and will continue to refine onboard and pre-cruise protocols as necessary.
All guests will still complete health questionnaires prior to sailing, and onboard cleaning and sanitation protocols remain enhanced. All crew members are fully vaccinated and receiving booster shots when eligible.
Staggered embarkation procedures are still in effect with boarding appointments to minimize crowding, and guests are encouraged to use VeriFly to upload their health documentation to further smooth embarkation. To date, more than one million Carnival Cruise Line guests have successfully used VeriFly.
With such strong interest in cruise travel continuing to grow, Carnival Cruise Line is poised to bring amazing fun and memorable vacations to many cruise travelers yet in 2022 and forward into 2023. | https://www.cruisehive.com/carnival-cruise-bookings-almost-double-after-protocols-simplified/79151 | 2022-08-17T00:00:40Z | cruisehive.com | control | https://www.cruisehive.com/carnival-cruise-bookings-almost-double-after-protocols-simplified/79151 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Carnival Cruise Line is hard at work to complete its second rollercoaster at sea, BOLT, as thrill seekers will be eager to ride once onboard Carnival Celebration.
Carnival released a new video earlier this week, showcasing its progress so far, with cars already making test runs.
The first BOLT: Ultimate Sea Coaster was installed onboard Carnival Celebration’s sistership, Mardi Gras. Traveling at speeds of up to 40 miles per hour on an 800-foot track full of drops, twists, and turns 187 feet above the water line, BOLT is one of the most exciting innovations placed onboard any cruise ship.
Carnival Celebration Gets BOLT Ready for Action
Carnival Cruise Line released a new video this week just in time for National Rollercoaster Day, showcasing the stunning and thrilling new rollercoaster at sea onboard Carnival Celebration, BOLT.
Currently undergoing the final steps of construction before she sets sail in November of this year, Carnival Celebration is widely regarded as one of the most anticipated cruise ships in history. One of the features that makes her special is the electric BOLT roller coaster.
Spanning 800 feet and 187 feet above sea level, riders will experience dips, twists, and hairpin turns over the Ultimate Playground on the upper decks of Carnival’s newest vessel while traveling at speeds in excess of 40 miles per hour.
Guests travel around the multi-award-winning roller coaster in a two-person car powered by electricity. Among others, the coaster was recognized by Popular Science with its “Best of What’s New” engineering award last year.
“The recognition this incredible attraction has received since its debut on our flagship last year highlights the tremendous work that went into making it a reality, but the most important thing about BOLT is, simply, it’s fun. It embodies the great lengths we’ll go to for our guests’ good time, and I’m eager to see this next coaster in service when Carnival Celebration begins sailing,” said Christine Duffy, Carnival’s president.
Constructing a Roller Coaster for a Cruise Ship
Building a roller coaster onboard a cruise ship is a whole new ball game versus traditional land-based roller coasters.
Not only is oxidation due to the salty sea air an important factor, for which a corrosion-resistant design was introduced, but the cruise ship is also still a moving structure, placing huge stress factors on the construction. And Carnival Celebration is under construction, so there is only so much the coaster-builders can do onboard.
Technicians were forced to build the entire construction shoreside at Maurer Rides in Munich, Germany. Here the coaster underwent initial testing and preparations for certifications. Once concluded, the whole structure was broken down again and shipped to the Meyer Turku Shipyard in Finland.
Construction is now reaching the final stages, so guests can start getting ready to experience the thrills of riding a coaster above the waves.
“At Maurer, we build and deliver excitement and we will deliver just that when BOLT debuts on Carnival Celebration. We can’t wait to present this breathtaking ride to Carnival’s guests,” said Marco Hartwig, project manager at Maurer Rides.
Carnival Celebration will offer year-round, seven-day Caribbean sailings beginning with its inaugural cruise on November 21 from the redesigned Terminal F at PortMiami. Carnival Celebration will join sister Mardi Gras as the second Carnival ship in the fleet powered by Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG). | https://www.cruisehive.com/carnival-cruise-line-prepares-to-test-its-second-roller-coaster/79178 | 2022-08-17T00:00:46Z | cruisehive.com | control | https://www.cruisehive.com/carnival-cruise-line-prepares-to-test-its-second-roller-coaster/79178 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A cruise ship can be a destination unto itself, and many cruise travelers love the amazing activities, events, and parties featured onboard. MSC Cruises is amping up their activity options with outstanding classic favorites as well as fresh new options throughout its U.S. fleet, bringing guests together to enjoy every exciting moment of their cruise.
New Deck Parties and International Events
A central event of 7-night sailings aboard the Fantasia-class MSC Divina will be the Family Deck Party, a fun-filled celebration featuring classic fair and carnival games, a jumping castle, gladiator and Zorb-Sumo matches, balloon animals, face painting, prizes, finger foods, desserts, and much more.
MSC Divina is currently sailing roundtrip Caribbean Bahamas itineraries ranging from 3-11 nights from Port Canaveral, including visits to the cruise line’s private island in The Bahamas, Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve. In October, the ship will reposition to Miami to offer similar cruises from the south Florida homeport.
In the meantime, the larger, Meraviglia-class MSC Meraviglia will also feature the Family Deck Party on similar Caribbean Bahamas itineraries from Port Canaveral when she arrives in Florida in mid-October.
Another outstanding event featured on MSC Divina is the International Meet cocktail party and special dinner. The International Meet debuted on the Seaside-class MSC Seashore in July, offering a casual atmosphere for guests to meet travelers of the more than 180 nationalities commonly represented onboard MSC Cruises’ ships.
The International Meet features not only great company, but a menu of global flavors with drinks and selections from the cruise line’s newly refreshed onboard menus, providing guests with a chance to not only meet new friends from around the world, but also to sample delicious tastes from all corners of the globe.
Parties for Everyone
Not only will these two new parties bring even more celebratory flair aboard MSC Cruises’ ships, but a range of other amazing parties are held onboard, highlighting the diverse and welcoming passengers that sail with the cruise line.
The Veterans Get Together honors all of those who have served in the military, and the Solo Travelers Cocktail Party invites individual travelers to meet new friends in a festive introductory atmosphere.
The LGBTQIAP+ Get Together welcomes travelers of all identities in an inclusive and relaxed setting, and the Romantic Couples Under the Stars features romantic music, gentle breezes, and festive drinks on the open decks.
Cruisers of all ages will also enjoy the Cup Cake Decoration event, guided by the ship’s pastry chefs to create sweet and tasty desserts with personal flair.
Of course, all guests will enjoy the classic Sailaway Party with music and dancing as their cruise begins, as well as a chance to dress their best with Gala Night on every MSC vessel.
In addition to these specific events, guests will find plenty of other fun onboard, including live music, sports tournaments, arcades, pools, waterparks, and so much more.
If lively parties aren’t quite what a passenger wants, they will find great opportunities to relax and refresh in the MSC Aurea Spa with rejuvenating massages, saunas, beauty treatments, and energizing fitness classes.
Furthermore, outstanding shows will bring everyone together to cap off the evening with mesmerizing music, dancing, and other entertainment.
With so much to offer, every eager traveler can find something fun to make great memories aboard MSC Cruises’ diverse itineraries this summer. With pre-cruise testing now dropped on MSC ships from U.S. homeports, more guests than ever before can be welcomed aboard for an amazing cruise vacation. | https://www.cruisehive.com/new-onboard-activities-coming-to-msc-cruises/79117 | 2022-08-17T00:00:52Z | cruisehive.com | control | https://www.cruisehive.com/new-onboard-activities-coming-to-msc-cruises/79117 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Global Ports Holding has signed a 30-year concession with the San Juan Cruise Port in Puerto Rico. San Juan Cruise Port is currently a popular transit and homeport that needs serious investments to hold its place in the cruise industry.
The agreement between Puerto Rico Ports Authority for San Cruise Port and Global Ports Holding, which is worth $75 million, ensures an additional investment of $100 million towards critical infrastructure projects. A second round of investments could be worth upwards of $250 million.
Global Ports Holding Signs 30-Year Agreement for San Juan Port
Currently, the world’s largest cruise port operator, Global Ports Holding Plc (GPH), has signed a concession agreement for a period of thirty years that will bring record-breaking investments to the San Juan Cruise port. The new partnership will go forward as the San Juan Cruise Port Ltd. (SJCP), bringing up to 425 million dollars in investments.
San Juan is currently one of the busiest cruise ports in the Caribbean but needs serious investments to keep it at the current level. Therefore, the arrival of GPH is welcome news for Puerto Rico and the City of San Juan due to the millions of dollars the cruise port generates each year.
Global Ports Holding Chairman and CEO, Mehmet Kutman, said: “I welcome San Juan Cruise Port into the world’s largest cruise port network. The GPH team looks forward to working in partnership with all stakeholders to refurbish and reinvigorate this leading cruise port to create a world-leading cruise port experience for the benefit of all stakeholders.”
“Our work to transform this port will see hundreds of millions of US dollars invested into San Juan Cruise Port, all financed by private capital. Our plans include building a new cruise pier, a state-of-the-art cruise terminal, and significant enhancements to the public infrastructure.”
As part of the deal, the number of docks currently capable of serving as homeport for four cruise ships at a time will double to eight. Docks battered by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, and which have been worn down throughout the decades, will be modernized.
Not Everyone Satisfied
The new partnership has received significant criticism. With $5 billion worth of infrastructure at play, the initial $75 million investment that GPH is placing into the project seems insufficient.
However, with the state of the docks in San Juan presently, serious investments are needed. Something that the Puerto Rico Ports Authority is unable to do as it is $350 million in debt.
Another problem is that Puerto Rico and San Juan are currently unable to welcome any of the super-large cruise ships with over 5,000 passengers on homeport calls.
What Global Ports Holding will be able to offer Puerto Rico is a return to Pre-COVID numbers of arrivals, something which has proven hard to do, considering the difficult start-up period.
How Much Will Be Invested?
The Puerto Rico Ports Authority will receive $75 million in upfront concession fees from GPH. For an initial investment phase, GPH plans to invest approximately $100 million to repair and upgrade Piers 1 and 4 and the Pan American Pier.
There will be a second investment phase if specific pre-agreed criteria are met, including a return to pre-pandemic cruise passenger volumes. As part of this, GPH will invest approximately $250 million to build a new cruise pier and state-of-the-art homeport terminal capable of handling the largest cruise ships in the world.
GPH will also invest in systems, equipment, and technology to enhance the cruise port’s operational performance and ensure environmental protection, safety, and security.
This fiscal year, officials expect more than 1 million passengers — roughly 80% of pre-pandemic traffic — with eight new cruise ships scheduled to visit the San Juan port for the first time.
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The new lifestyle travel brand, Virgin Voyages, announced it has closed on $550 million in new capital led by funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, along with external financing and added capital from existing investors.
Virgin Voyages’ new funding will further strengthen its financial position in response to the recent increase in cruise demand.
Virgin Voyages’ New Funding
Virgin Voyages announced that it has closed on $550 million in new capital to continue the execution of its growth strategy and strengthen the line’s return across the industry as cruising shifts back toward pre-pandemic levels.
The new funds were received from accounts managed by BlackRock, including external financing and additional capital from existing investors, such as Bain Capital Private Equity and Virgin Group.
The CEO of Virgin Voyages, Tom McAlpin stated, “We have created an incredible product that both our investors and consumers truly believe in, and this additional capital comes at a time when we’re looking forward to exponential growth that will, in turn, help us achieve what we set out to accomplish.”
Research by Virgin Voyages confirms that 96% of consumers are saying they will be keen to cruise this year, and the new funds, partially received by continued support from its existing lenders, will propel the new cruise line towards growth and increased excellence.
Read Also: Virgin Voyages Shortening Port Times on Multiple Itineraries
A Managing Director at Bain Capital, Ryan Cotton said, “Virgin Voyages has successfully launched a new brand in the cruise industry and proven its appeal to both the traditional and non-traditional cruiser, allowing the brand to tap into new markets and re-imagine this travel category.”
“The expansion and enthusiastic commitment of the investor group supporting Virgin Voyages is a testament to the attractive fundamentals of this brand and what makes it so special,” he added.
Since December 2014, Bain Capital Private Equity has been Virgin Voyages’ largest investor. As a lead shareholder, Bain Capital stands for growing and building global companies and partnering with management teams around the world to accelerate growth through a value-added investment approach.
It is one of the world’s foremost privately-held alternative investment firms, managing approximately $160 billion in assets.
The Director of BlackRock Global Credit, a continued investing partner for Virgin Voyages, Brendan Galloway, stated, “Despite the unprecedented challenges the cruise sector has faced in the past few years, the industry is exhibiting a powerful rebound. We are excited to invest in Virgin Voyages on behalf of our investors as we see a positive outlook and impressive growth on the horizon for the company.”
Virgin Voyages Back to Sail
The cruise line has seen exponential growth in bookings over the last six months and is set to see a strong industry comeback this year.
Recently launched in 2021, it has already been named as one of the top ocean cruise lines and has received additional recognition for its unique cruising experiences.
Since 2021, the adult-only Virgin Voyages has operated sister Lady ships, Scarlet Lady sailing from the U.S. to the Caribbean and its second ship to the fleet, Valiant Lady, currently sailing in the Mediterranean.
Read Also: Virgin Voyages Presents First Environmental Impact Report
On October 6, 2021, and after almost 20 months of delay, Scarlet Lady sailed its maiden voyage from Miami, Florida as Virgin Voyages’ first ship in its fleet. The 110,000 gross-ton cruise ship has space for 2,770 passengers and 1,160 crew members.
Scarlet Lady has two sister ships, the currently sailing Valiant Lady and Resilient Lady, with a delayed inaugural sail now set for May 2023. Guests who booked on the original Resilient Lady maiden sail date of August 14, 2022, have been promised refunds of up to 200% refund for a future cruise.
Updated August 2, 2022, a majority (90%) of guests will need to be vaccinated, but ten percent of guests may be unvaccinated. Those unvaccinated will be required to bring a negative test result taken within 24 hours of embarkation. As of July 24, 2022, for Valiant Lady and July 27, 2022, for Scarlet Lady, testing to board for vaccinated guests was removed. | https://www.cruisehive.com/virgin-voyages-adds-550-million-in-funding-supporting-its-growth/79128 | 2022-08-17T00:01:05Z | cruisehive.com | control | https://www.cruisehive.com/virgin-voyages-adds-550-million-in-funding-supporting-its-growth/79128 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
U.S. Air Force Col. Joseph Turnham, 355th Wing commander, is brought in from his final flight by Airman 1st Class Carter Wedding, 357th Fighter Generation Squadron tactical aircraft maintainer, at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, June 29, 2022. Turnham served as commander at DM from June 2020 to June 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paige Weldon)
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U.S. Air Force Col. Scott Mills, 355th Wing commander, tells Airmen about himself during his first all-call at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Aug. 5, 2022. During the all-call Mills set expectations for himself and all members of DM. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Paige Weldon)
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BRISTOL, R.I. (WPRI) — A billing issue is delaying parcel deliveries for residents of Prudence Island.
A notice on the Prudence and Bay Islands Transport ferry website said the shipping and handling of UPS packages is suspended until a “long-standing billing issue” is resolved.
12 News spoke to Prudence Island resident Ed Aldrich, who said residents now have to pay a round-trip ferry ticket to Bristol, then drive to UPS in Warwick to retrieve their packages.
“If this is not resolved in a matter of a few weeks, there’s going to be some significant ramifications to the population,” Aldrich said.
Driving can be an issue for the elderly residents on the island, according to Aldrich. He said the halt in service is also affecting residents who rely on UPS to deliver medications.
“That’s a problem,” Aldrich added. “When you get to be 80 years old and you’ve got cardiac issues and you’re relying on five meds a day to stay alive and it doesn’t get here, they’re putting people’s lives at risk.”
Aldrich said he’s traveled to the Warwick UPS location, where a pallet of packages addressed to his neighbors is sitting. UPS told 12 News in a statement they are working to address the issue.
“Our priority is to maintain outstanding service reliability for all our customers,” UPS said.
Prudence and Bay Islands Transport has not responded to a request for comment.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Rhode Island Public Transit Authority (RIPTA) unveiled the first bus in its new electric fleet on Tuesday.
In total, RIPTA CEO Scott Avedisian said 14 “New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE NG” 40-foot battery-electric buses will replace the current diesel fleet on the R-Line, becoming the state’s first fully electric route.
The rest of the buses in the fleet will arrive over the next few months, according to Gov. Dan McKee’s office.
In 2019, RIPTA launched a pilot program with three leased all-electric buses. Avedisian says the pilot helped RIPTA learn about the new technology, train staff, and test the performance of the electric buses on a variety of routes.
The R-Line, which Avedisian says has the highest ridership in the state, connects Pawtucket and Providence.
“It serves multiple areas of persistent poverty and high asthma rates,” Avedisian said.
“The fact that we are targeting persistent high asthma rates is going to be important for the health and security for so many of our neighborhoods,” he added.
According to the governor’s office, the electric buses cost nearly $1.1 million each and are funded by the Federal Transit Administration, RIPTA capital funding, and the state’s Volkswagen settlement.
Since 2018, U.S. Sen. Jack Reed helped deliver over $37 million in federal funding to help RIPTA replace older diesel buses with new, clean-energy, cost-efficient vehicles and install the related charging infrastructure, including a $5 million Low-No Emissions Bus Grant to help purchase these R-Line electric buses.
“This goes along with another $5 million competitor grant and a $4 million earmark that the delegation got so that we could make sure that Aquidneck Island is electrified,” Reed said.
This month, Reed, along with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Rep. Jim Langevin and Rep. David Cicilline, helped secure a $22 million federal RAISE grant for RIPTA to acquire 25 new electric buses and recharging infrastructure for Aquidneck Island’s bus service.
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According to the R.I. Department of Environmental Management, almost 40% of Rhode Island’s greenhouse gas emissions are from transportation.
“Replacing one traditional 40-foot clean diesel bus with a 40-foot electric bus like this one will save up to 135 metric tons of greenhouse gas annually, for each bus,” Cicilline said.
Avedisian says the fleet is just the beginning of a greener future for RIPTA.
“At the end of 2022, 20% of all RIPTA riders will be riding in electric vehicles,” Avedisian added.
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The arrival of the first electric bus comes after officials broke ground on an in-line charging station at the Providence/Cranston city line earlier this year.
After charging for an estimated five to nine minutes, the vehicle can return to service. The station will allow charging of up to three electric buses simultaneously, and will feature driver restrooms and an on-site snow-melt system.
The $6.7 million charging station project is also funded through the Volkswagen settlement and federal transit funding, and is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
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U.S. Navy optometrist Cmrd. Patricia Steiner, conducts a comprehensive eye examination during Appalachian Care Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) 2022 at Wise, Va., Aug. 16, 2022. IRT is a Department of Defense (DoD) military training opportunity, exclusive to the United States and its territories, that delivers joint training opportunities to increase deployment readiness. Simultaneously, IRT provides key services (health care, construction, transportation, and cybersecurity) with lasting benefits for our American communities.
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Americans Can Now Shop the Online Retail Platform with Products Curated by Gutiérrez for Racing Fans
MONTERREY, Mexico, Aug. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- EDASI, an online retail platform providing exclusive Formula 1 and motorsports products, has been bringing racing fans together since its 2021 Mexico launch, becoming the first formal distributor of F1 merchandise in Latin America. "Edasi," Estonian for "moving forward," has now accelerated to the U.S. market with its official launch in August 2022.
EDASI is founded and led by Esteban Gutiérrez, a former F1 driver who has raced in prestigious competitions from 2013-2016. Now currently a Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team Ambassador, Gutiérrez also races six times a year, representing Mercedes in Formula 1 and the Inter Europol Competition team in the World Endurance Championship. Gutiérrez strives to share his love for the world of motorsports by providing curated products that allow others to showcase their passion through top-of-the-line apparel and accessories.
Gutiérrez shares, "Since beginning my professional racing career at 14 years old, racing was all I focused on. Once I noticed that there was not a formal distributor for F1 products in Latin America, that focus began to shift. I wanted to help spread the magic the motorsports world has to offer and with that, EDASI was born."
Now available for e-commerce sale and shipping in the United States, EDASI creates a frictionless journey through its seamless navigation, dependable customer service, and quick shipping that does not add additional cost for international customs. Dedicated to bringing the buzz of the racetrack directly to fans, EDASI delivers exceptional quality products, matching the high-caliber standard worn by the drivers themselves.
"I feel very proud of the work we have done as a team to be expanding in other markets, especially now in the U.S., where the Formula 1 audience is growing at a very high pace" says Gutiérrez.
Helping fans stand out boldly with confidence, EDASI offers exclusive merchandise from teams such as Scuderia Ferrari, Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1, and Red Bull Racing. Further committed to helping fans represent their favorite F1 drivers, EDASI offers apparel from current and former Formula 1 drivers, including Esteban Gutiérrez, Lewis Hamilton, and Ayrton Senna.
Gutiérrez reflects, "EDASI is more than an online platform. It is a community encouraging racing fans to dream passionately, live boldly, and to always keep moving forward."
About EDASI
EDASI, an official distributor of Formula 1 merchandise, is dedicated to sharing their passion for Formula 1 Racing and other motorsports through authentic apparel and accessories with the hope to inspire others to dream passionately and live boldly. EDASI further continues to connect the motorsports community through its blog by covering topics such as F1 history, upcoming racing news, recently released collections, and more.
Discover the thrill by visiting EDASI's website and follow Esteban Gutiérrez's journey @estebangtz.
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Murfreesboro area high school football: What you need to know entering the season
Spring practice, summer 7-on-7 tournaments and preseason practice are behind us, and the 2022 high school football regular season is here.
Week 1 games begin Thursday, with a matchup of two teams (Hendersonville at Oakland, 7 p.m.) that both reached at least the Class 6A state semifinals last season. All other Murfreesboro area games will be played Friday.
We have published numerous previews, features and lists that will prepare area football fans for the start of the season. Below is a list of stories that highlight athletes, teams and things to know before the first kickoff.
Be sure to check back in at dnj.com for more stories leading into the season and sign up to our newsletter, The Bootleg, to stay informed throughout the season. If you're not a subscriber, click here to get the best deals and support local journalism.
Region previews, predictions
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REGIONS 6-6A, 5-1A, 4-3A, DII-A EAST/MIDDLE:Region previews: Here's what you need to know about Murfreesboro-area football teams
REGION PREDICTIONS:Where every Murfreesboro area high school football team will finish in 2022 standings
CLASS 6A:Nashville area Class 6A high school football preview, hot takes, top games for 2022
MIDDLE TENNESSEE:Where every Nashville area high school football team will finish in 2022 region standings
Player profiles
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Smyrna's Jayden Marable and Arion Carter have forged bond that will continue at Memphis
Newcomer Jabari Frierson solidifies Rockvale secondary, but 'Juice' can play offense, too
What to know
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BY THE NUMBERS:By the numbers: A look at Murfreesboro area high school football entering 2022 season
BREAKOUT CANDIDATES:Here are 11 Murfreesboro area high school football breakout candidates in 2022
GAMES TO SEE:Here are 11 Murfreesboro area high school football games to watch in 2022
A TO Z:What to know about 2022 TSSAA football season — from A to Z
WEEK 1 SCHEDULE:Tennessee high school football schedule for Week 1 of 2022 season
Rankings
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SUPER 25:Tennessee Super 25 high school football rankings: Lipscomb Academy opens at No. 1
Recruiting
BROWN TO HAIL STATE:Mississippi State football lands 3-star receiver Justin Brown, who is ready for Air Raid
MARSHALL CHOOSE CAL:Why Ben Marshall, a 3-star tight end for Blackman, committed to California football, Pac-12
CARTER, MARABLE HEADING TO MEMPHIS:Smyrna RB/LB Arion Carter commits to Memphis football
Dandy Dozen
What makes Blackman football's Justin Brown one of Tennessee's most exciting high school receivers
How Tennessee football commit Caleb Herring went from am I good enough to No. 1 TN recruit
New Blackman WR Jacob Page may explode in recruiting in new fast-paced offense
Here are five Nashville-area high school football players who just missed the Dandy Dozen
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Last month saw Boris and Carrie Johnson belatedly celebrate their wedding with a festival-style party at Daylesford House, Lord and Lady Bamford’s Cotswolds home. The couple have been honeymooning across Europe, visiting Slovenia and now Greece – as the Tory leadership race to decide Johnson’s successor ramps up back home.
Inside Boris and Carrie’s luxury Greek getaway – as ‘transition’ to next Tory leader begins
Images shared by the MailOnline showed the ousted Prime Minister dining at a taverna, The Aegean in Karystos, casually dressed in a T-shirt and shorts. Earlier that day, a video posted online by a member of the public showed Boris Johnson dressed in a suit as he picked up groceries in a supermarket in Nea Makri (a beach town 50 minutes’ drive from Athens), with his wife and a security guard.
The outgoing PM and his wife celebrated their marriage with a festival-style Cotswolds bash, complete with food trucks, hay bales and another rented gown for Carrie
Meanwhile, back in Downing Street, removal vans have been spotted gathering the family’s possessions as the ‘transition’ to the next leader gets underway. New reports suggest the PM and his wife could be set to move to Dulwich Village, where they are said to be house-hunting with a rumoured £3 million budget.
Johnson succumbed to pressure to step down as Tory leader in the wake of controversies including Partygate and allegations of sexual assaulst against his former Deputy Chief Whip, Chris Pincher. There are now just two contenders remaining to fill his shoes in heading up both the party and the country: former Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss.
The trendy south-east London suburb is where Margaret Thatcher retreated to after she was ousted as prime minister
Conservative allies have stressed that the PM is not taking his eye off the ball during his holiday. Former Cabinet minister Brandon Lewis told LBC: ‘Even when you are not in the office in Downing Street you are working.’ A spokesman for Johnson added that he has no official engagements as he is ‘on holiday this week,’ but noted: ‘As is the way with Prime Ministers… by virtue of their role they’ll obviously be kept informed on any urgent issues… If there were urgent decisions that required the PM’s input he will of course be involved in that.’
It is not known where the couple are staying during their belated honeymoon (they initially wed in May last year, when widespread international travel restrictions were still in place), but the PM’s father, Stanley Johnson, reportedly owns a villa a few hours away in the pretty seaside village of Horto. As with their recent ‘mini-moon’ to Vila Planinka, a high-end retreat in the Slovenian valley of Jezersko, Boris Johnson and his wife appear to have left their two young children, Wilfred and Romy, at home for their Greek escape.
The couple recently celebrated their marriage with a festival-style Cotswolds party
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Starz - the network behind Becoming Elizabeth and The White Queen - is launching a fresh adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons. This November, the bold retelling, which is billed as ‘a prelude’ to the 1782 French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses, will star Alice Englert and Nicholas Denton as passionate lovers, Camille and Valmont.
Everything we know so far about the lavish Dangerous Liaisons remake
The upcoming series is launching 33 years after the critically acclaimed 1988 adaptation of Dangerous Liaisons with Glenn Close and John Malkovich in the title roles. The original novel was also modernised in the form of Cruel Intentions, the 1999 film starring Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillippe, which explores the twisted lives of wealthy high school teenagers in New York City.
The eight-part series is described as ‘the story of a young woman who negotiates love, sex, class and power to navigate an oppressive, unjust establishment on the brink of collapse.’ The story follows the plot of Camille, a ‘mysterious stranger’ and Valmont, a nobleman whose titles were taken away by his stepmother after his father's death, as they ‘ruthlessly seduce and manipulate’ their way from the underbelly of society to the highest levels of aristocracy.
Focusing on the tale of two ‘narcissistic young lovers turned rivals’ in 18th-century Paris, the storyline of Dangerous Liaisons will be set against the backdrop of the lavish finery of pre-revolutionary France, with stills from the series showing actors in Marie Antoinette-esque costumes, bejewelled gowns and dramatic wigs.
The latest adaptation promises to be far from stuffy in its execution, featuring a sexually-fluid and contemporary take on the original source material. Told from Camille's point of view, the tale is reportedly based on a prominent line from Laclos's work: ‘Born to avenge my sex and master yours’ - insinuating a feminist take from the retelling.
Creator Harriet Warner said at the Television Critics Association summer press tour last week: ‘I think that story of a woman navigating a man’s world is hugely powerful today, and that very divided society between rich and poor has great resonance now.’ Englert (Camille) says of her fictional relationship with Valemont, ‘I think what’s interesting about the story is that if it’s not love, it’s war. And if it’s war, is it love? Some of the most compelling feelings I’ve had about another person certainly haven’t been love. They might have been lust or obsession, or maybe you recognise something injured in them that’s injured in you. But love kind of is not nearly as interesting as what these two have for each other.'
Dangerous Liaisons will air on Starz on 6 November
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If you organically discovered the works of artist and designer Sasha Compton you wouldn’t have an inkling as to her aristocratic family history. There’s not a whiff of it on her website nor her Instagram – but if you scratch the surface it’s all there. The botanical motifs in her works (a nod to the extraordinary gardens at Newby Hall in Yorkshire, her family home) and the emphasis on mythology (inspired by Newby’s exquisite sculpture gallery). Resolutely unshowy, Sasha, who has just turned 30, only returned from living in Amsterdam in October last year to begin planning for her wedding.
An event which, as an artist, she approached with a business mentality. ‘Massively, it’s been my part-time job for a good year. In the mornings, I’d do art in my studio; in the afternoons it would be wedding logistics, designing stuff,’ she explains in her soft, thoughtful voice. ‘It was definitely the same mentality of work in the way of brainstorming and coming up with different visual identities for each brief and then seeing how they would work across all mediums like signage, name placement, invitation, cake, all the little things. And then, I guess, because it's your own, you put so much more into it – because it's really you.’ | https://www.tatler.com/article/sasha-compton-artist-illustrator-wedding-newby-hall-yorkshire-ripon | 2022-08-17T00:19:01Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/article/sasha-compton-artist-illustrator-wedding-newby-hall-yorkshire-ripon | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Noughties are officially back. On the runway, designers have been swapping out Nineties grunge, Eighties bold shoulders and Seventies flares in favour of the short skirts, low waistlines and flowing fabrics of the Y2K era. Blumarine has been providing the ultimate fairy-girl whimsy since 2020, Dolce & Gabbana looked back to their millennium heyday for the AW21 collection, and Miu Miu broke the internet with that ultra-mini set for SS22, and continued to riff on it for the new season.
While Paris Hilton paved the way for Juicy Couture tracksuits, barely-there skirts and denim in the dawn of the internet era, the likes of Mia Regan, Dua Lipa and Bella Hadid have been saluting the social media superstar when scintillating on the scene in recent months. However, there was another unlikely icon of 2000s trends that many have overlooked; Zara Tindall.
Born in 1981, the daughter of Princess Anne and Mike Phillips, Tindall was just 19 years old at the turn of the century, the perfect age to experiment with the style codes of the new age. Tapping into the trailblazing trends that have since resurfaced two decades later, Tindall was a bonafide Noughties girl, and here’s why:
The shades
Shield shapes, translucent styles and frameless designs; you name it, Tindall wore it. Adding instant chic to any ensemble, Tindall threw some serious shade in the early ‘aughts and we’re here for it.
The fluffy boots
Y2K girls were all about the kitsch, and Tindall was no exception. One of her go-to ultra-cutesy recurring wardrobe favourites was a pair of fold-down, fur-lined boots. Suede, slouchy, with laces and wedge heels, these statement calf-highs deserve another outing.
The mini bags
Fendi first released the Baguette bag in 1997, but its worldwide popularity came three years later when Sarah Jessica Parker would tout the sleek piece claiming, ‘This is not a bag, it’s a Baguette!’ to a bemused mugger in an episode of Sex and The City. In turn, handbags everywhere seemed to shrink down in size while remaining elegantly wide, and Tindall had a myriad of this style bag to boot.
The shearling jackets
It’s a sure thing, shearling jackets were all the rage at the beginning of the century. Cosy, cute and comfortable, style meets practicality perfectly when you’re in a wool-trimmed coat. Tindall’s Noughties winter looks often featured a shearling number, be it beige, brown or black, and this royal certainly knew how to wear it well when attending the Christmas church service at Sandringham or cheering on the racers at Cheltenham.
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Streets Ahead: How Belgravia became London’s chicest neighbourhood
It’s home to Dame Joan Collins and the Duke of Westminster, and Belgrave Square is one of the largest 19th-century squares in the capital. Tatler’s Associate Editor, Sacha Forbes, reveals a few of her favourite local spots | https://www.tatler.com/gallery/belgravia-guide-london-best-hotels-restaurants-shops | 2022-08-17T00:19:09Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/gallery/belgravia-guide-london-best-hotels-restaurants-shops | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Every time the Duchess of Cambridge dressed like Princess Diana
Although they never met, the royals share similarly faultless taste
Elegant royal dressing is something of a talent, with the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and the Duchess of Cambridge arguably taking joint first place in its execution. Although they never met, Diana and Kate's notably similar style is certainly something they would have had in common: from regal evening wear to formal ensembles, the pair share a knack for chic and impeccable dressing. More than 20 years after her untimely death, Diana's unique style still remains relevant, as the Duchess of Cambridge continues to draw inspiration from her archive of outfits, often breathing new life into the late Princess's ensembles. Looking back through the years, Tatler compiles every time Kate dressed like her would-be mother-in-law, Princess Diana. | https://www.tatler.com/gallery/every-time-kate-middleton-dressed-like-princess-diana | 2022-08-17T00:19:18Z | tatler.com | control | https://www.tatler.com/gallery/every-time-kate-middleton-dressed-like-princess-diana | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Scoop: Biden administration developing Afghan family reunification portal
The Biden administration is developing a portal to facilitate and simplify the reunification of Afghans with family members left behind in their Taliban-controlled country, three people familiar with the matter tell Axios.
Why it matters: The portal would centralize what has been a piecemeal, case-by-case effort to reunify the thousands of Afghan families separated during the chaos that ensued after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan a year ago.
What we're watching: Currently, family reunifications are typically initiated by family members via email with the help of nonprofit groups and State Department liaisons who collect and verify documents individually.
- Once launched, the State Department-run portal would become a central location where family members could upload information through a streamlined process.
- The user will enter their own status on the website, which will then instruct the user to fill out the right form to enable their relative to access the pipeline for entry into the U.S., one administration official told Axios.
- The Biden administration is also considering waiving the $535 fee associated with filing an I-130 form, which allows a U.S. citizen to petition for a relative to come into the country.
The big picture: Thousands of Afghan families were separated in the race to escape the country's collapse following the Taliban's seizure of Kabul. While many were evacuated to the U.S. and other countries, tens of thousands more were left behind.
- Immediate family members of Afghans relocated to the U.S. through the resettlement effort known as Operation Allies Welcome are being strongly considered for parole, according to a DHS spokesperson.
- Immediate family of U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, former locally employed staff members in Embassy Kabul and some approved Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants are also favored for parole.
By the numbers: The Biden administration has brought more than 81,000 Afghans to the U.S. over the past year.
- There are 74,000 Afghans at various stages of the SIV application process — most of whom are still in Afghanistan. There are also 40,000 Afghans still in their home country waiting for an answer to their request for humanitarian parole.
- Of the 1,400 Afghan children who arrived in the U.S. without their parents, more than 1,200 have been placed with a sponsor or close family member.
What they're saying: "AfghanEvac has been advocating for the family reunification portal," Shawn VanDiver, founder of the AfghanEvac Coalition, which represents over 200 organizations, told Axios. "We haven't met resistance on it. We really want to see any fees associated with reunification be waived. It should cost Afghans nothing to have their family reunified." | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/17/afghanistan-refugees-family-reunification | 2022-08-17T00:20:01Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/17/afghanistan-refugees-family-reunification | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
House members' shaky political ladder
Service in the House of Representatives is often a springboard for statewide office, but House members who retired this cycle to run for higher office have so far met mixed results.
Driving the news: Rep. Kai Kahele (D-Hawaii) finished a distant third in the primary for Hawaii governor on Saturday, garnering just 15% of the vote to Lt. Gov. Josh Green's 63% and former Hawaii first lady Vicky Cayetano's 21%.
- Kahele drew headlines this year for voting by proxy more than most of his colleagues and working part time in his old job as a Hawaiian Airlines pilot.
The big picture: Several other House members have faced similarly bruising losses this year.
- Rep. Conor Lamb (D-Pa.) lost to Lt. Gov. John Fetterman by a near 2-to-1 ratio in Pennsylvania's Senate primary.
- Rep. Billy Long (R-Mo.) finished fourth in the primary for Senate in Missouri with just 5% of the vote. Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) finished second with 22%, losing to state Attorney General Eric Schmitt at 46%.
- Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) failed to make the primary runoff for state attorney general, finishing fourth with 17% of the vote.
- Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.) finished third with 13% of the vote in the primary for New York governor, which incumbent Kathy Hochul won with 68%.
Yes, but: Some retiring members have also romped to victory.
- Reps. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) easily secured the Democratic nominations for Senate in their respective states.
- Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) dispatched former Gov. Pat McCrory and former Rep. Mark Walker in North Carolina's Senate primary.
- Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) beat Andrew Giuliani, son of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, in the Republican primary to challenge Hochul.
What we're watching: While Welch is all but certain to win in November and Zeldin is an underdog, Ryan and Budd both face highly competitive general elections. Several other primaries will be determined in the coming weeks:
- Reps. Val Demings (D-Fla.) and Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) are favored to win their respective Senate primaries.
- Rep. Charlie Crist (D-Fla.) is in a bruising primary with Florida Secretary of Agriculture Nikki Fried to take on Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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Shares of popular crypto-exchange platform Coinbase (COIN) have been under an absurd amount of selling pressure over the past year, tanking 75% from peak to trough. The negative momentum has been unforgiving to even the boldest of investors. Innovation investor Cathie Wood recently announced that she had thrown in the towel over the reported SEC probe. Undoubtedly, the SEC securities warning is more salt poured into the wounds of Coinbase’s already ailing shareholders.
With Cathie Wood likely selling her stake at a considerable loss, many investors likely find themselves in a bit of a predicament. In any case, Coinbase stock has already endured far more damage than most established cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin. Indeed, the amplified volatility versus various crypto assets was a surprise to some. Few could have seen the SEC hailstorm that made headlines just over a week ago.
With the so-called crypto winter likely to take hold as the speculative appetite fades, the case for taking a bit of profit off the table after the recent relief rally is strong. Though Cathie Wood is erring on the side of caution, venturesome investors who still believe in the future of crypto infrastructure may still have plenty of reasons to hold on for dear life (HODL), as meme stock investors put it.
Indeed, the recent relief rally across the broader basket of risk assets is encouraging. Whether Bitcoin’s test of US$24,000 marks the beginning of the end of crypto winter remains to be seen. Should the reversal of the crypto relief bounce sustain, it’s possible that COIN stock could amplify the gains to be had in the crypto markets.
In any case, the high rewards potential accompanies equally high risks. Though the valuation seems enticing at around $91 and change per share, being singled out by the SEC introduces massive risks that are difficult to gauge.
Coinbase Stock is Difficult to Value
At 3.6 times sales, Coinbase is far cheaper than most defensive value stocks bid up over the past several months. While Coinbase may have over-earned when the crypto markets were flying high, it’s tough to say how long its ensuing period of under-earning will last. The single-digit price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple has now gone negative, with just price-to-sales (P/S) to go by. For investors who’ve held on thinking that the name was a compelling value play, the shift to a loss has made the firm that much harder to value.
Rising interest rates, a potential crypto winter, and now SEC involvement have created the perfect storm. For now, it’s hard to fault Cathie Wood for parting ways with Coinbase. While she still may be a believer in the future of crypto and the blockchain, there are other firms out there that don’t have the same magnitude of SEC concerns.
Most notably, Block (SQ), formerly Square, is a crypto-flavored fintech that Cathie Wood may wish to double down on as the fintech waters continue to go out. Like Coinbase, Block’s latest quarter was weighed down by the weakness in Bitcoin prices. In any case, Block doesn’t depend on the health of crypto markets as Coinbase does, thanks to its robust payments businesses.
Pressure Mounts for Coinbase Stock After Ugly Second Quarter
For the second quarter, the company saw falling crypto prices weigh heavily on trading volumes. Net revenue fell more than 60% to $803 million, while Coinbase’s per-share losses came in at -$4.98, much worse than the analyst consensus estimate that called for -$2.47.
Coinbase endured a brutal implosion that famed short-seller Jim Chanos saw from a mile away. Given that transaction fees account for an overwhelming majority of revenues (around 80%), Coinbase is tightly-coupled to the price of crypto assets.
Coinbase Stock Gets Lift From Meme Stock Traders
With the recent relief in Bitcoin and the broader basket, there is hope that a full-blown crypto winter can be avoided. Amid the stock market’s relief rally, speculative activity saw an uptick, with various meme stocks being bid up. Indeed, Coinbase stock seems like a meme stock in its own right, given recent activity on Reddit’s WallStreetBets forum.
Coinbase stock recovered a bit of ground since its partnership with BlackRock (BLK) was announced. As a part of the deal, institutional clients will have the ability to purchase Bitcoin through the platform.
Though it’s hard to gauge where the wild waters of the crypto waters will move next, such news is encouraging to investors who’ve been dealt nothing but bad news of late.
Is COIN Stock a Buy or Sell?
Turning to Wall Street, COIN has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on 10 Buys, 7 Holds, and 2 Sells assigned in the past three months. The average price target of $101.18 implies ~12% upside potential. (See COIN stock forecast on TipRanks)
Bottom Line
Coinbase remains a high-risk/high-reward play that’s guaranteed to be an incredibly volatile time for investors. Though further strength in crypto could fuel a continuation of a rebound in Coinbase stock, investors must not underestimate the implications of ongoing SEC involvement. Indeed, the stock seems too risky for Cathie Wood, a venturesome investor who remains incredibly bullish on the future of crypto.
To find good ideas for crypto stocks trading at attractive valuations, visit TipRanks’ Best Stocks to Buy, a newly launched tool that unites all of TipRanks’ equity insights.
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BREAKING NEWS: Three Dead in Parker Area Crash
HOVEY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Butler-based State Police have identified the victims in a Monday afternoon head-on collision that killed three people and left a fourth seriously injured.
A Clarion County 9-1-1 dispatcher said the call came in at 4:47 p.m. for a report of a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of North Riverview Drive (Route 268) and Bennertown Road in Hovey Township, Armstrong County.
According to Butler-based State Police, Ronald E. Stockdill, 50, of Sligo, was traveling south on North Riverview Drive when he lost control of his 2009 Chevrolet Colorado.
Stockdill’s vehicle crossed the center line and then entered the northbound lane where it struck the front end of a northbound 2005 Pontiac Grand Prix operated by Holly L. Tweed, 37, of Butler.
Tweed and two passengers in her vehicle – Lindsay R. Scott, 24, of Bruin, and Jason R. Redenbach, 39, of Butler – were pronounced dead at the scene by Armstrong County Coroner Bryan K. Myers.
None of the occupants in Tweed’s vehicle were wearing a seat belt.
Stockdill was transported to UPMC Presbyterian for treatment of serious injuries.
Police did not indicate whether Stockdill was wearing a seat belt.
Parker Volunteer Fire Department, Emlenton Volunteer Fire Department, and Emlenton Ambulance also assisted at the scene.
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Lura May (Wright) Haynes
Lura May (Wright) Haynes, 77, of Blairsville, PA passed away on Friday, August 12, 2022 at her home.
The daughter of Lee Roy and Lara M. (Donaldson) Wright, she was born August 12, 1945 in McWhorter, West Virginia.
Lura was a homemaker and loved watching television.
Surviving are three daughters, Peggy Lou Kephart (Jack McFarland) of Blairsville; Della Taylor (Lester) of Coudersport and Lisa Aikens (Tim) of West Middlesex; 14 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren, two brothers, Lee Donaldson of Fryburg and Scott Donaldson of Clarion and a sister, Karen Jordan of Clarion.
She was preceded in death by her parents, first husband, James Fair, second husband, Albert Haynes and a daughter, Tammy (Fair) Austin.
Lura’s wishes were to have no visitation or service.
Inurnment will be in Gardeau Cemetery, Emporium, PA.
Shoemaker Funeral Home, Inc., 49 N. Walnut St., Blairsville, PA entrusted with the arrangements.
To view the online obituary, sign the guest registry or send condolences, visit www.shoemakerfamilyservices.com.
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Mary “Diane” Roxberry
Mary “Diane” Roxberry, 66, of Reynoldsville, PA, passed away during the early morning hours of Monday, August 15, 2022, while at her home.
She was born on March 8, 1956, to Chester and Sarah (Maze) Roxberry in Franklin, PA.
Diane graduated from Franklin Senior High School in the town she grew up in.
Diane had many jobs, her most notable was housekeeping at Diamond J’s and janitoring at her old high school.
Diane loved watching cartoons and movies with her grandkids.
Most of her days were spent browsing Disney+ for old shows and movies that gave her nostalgia of the past.
When she was young, Diane traveled the road on motorcycles with old friends.
She had one love in her life, the father of her children, Raymond “Smoke” Zerbe.
When she was a child, her and her mother, Sarah, traveled to the Venango County 4-H event every year.
She once won first prize for her pound cake.
Diane was a strong natured woman, she argued her point and kept to that point.
Diane is survived by two children; Betty M. (Zerbe) Caltagarone of Reynoldsville, PA; Thomas J. Zerbe of Lewistown, PA; one son in law; Steven “Peach” P. Caltagarone of Reynoldsville, PA; one daughter in law; Becca Zerbe of Lewistown, PA; two brothers; Larry Roxberry of Franklin, PA; Kenny Roxberry of Franklin, PA; three grandsons; Brian J. Pangallo; Rome Zerbe; Damien Zerbe; three granddaughters; Rayne M. Caltagarone of Reynoldsville, PA; Launa Knepp; Alexy Yetter of Lewistown, PA; and one new grandson, Noah Zerbe, due September of 2022.
Diane was preceded in passing by her mother; Sarah (Maze) Roxberry.
Services will be held privately to the family and have been entrusted to the Snyder – d’Argy Funeral Home, 206 E. Main Street, Reynoldsville, PA 15851.
Online condolences and other information may be found by visiting www.dargyfh.com.
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Mercer Man Accused of Threatening FBI After Mar-a-Lago Search
PITTSBURGH, Pa. (EYT) – A Pennsylvania man has been arrested on charges of making threats of violence against FBI personnel.
Adam Bies, 46, of Mercer, was arrested late Friday in Mercer. He made his initial appearance in federal court today in Pittsburgh and remains in custody pending a detention hearing.
According to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh, on or around August 11, the FBI National Threat Operations Section Social Media Exploitation team received a tip from MEMRI Domestic Terrorism Threat Monitor regarding Gab user “BlankFocus,” later identified as Bies, who allegedly posted violent threats towards the FBI and law enforcement stating: “My only goal is to kill more of them before I drop” and “If You Work For The FBI Then You Deserve To Die”.
On August 10, two days after the search of former President Donald Trump’s club, Mar-a-Lago, Bies allegedly wrote: “Every single piece of [expletive] who works for the FBI in any capacity, from the director down to the janitor who cleans their [expletive] toilets deserves to die. You’ve declared war on us and now it’s open season on YOU,” according to the criminal complaint.
In one of the messages, posted on Aug. 10, Mr. Bies wrote of the F.B.I., “You’ve declared war on us and now it’s open season on YOU,” according to the complaint.
In another post on August 10, Bies allegedly wrote: “HEY FEDS. We the people cannot WAIT to water the trees of liberty with your blood. I’ll be waiting for you to kick down my door.”
On August 11, 2022, BIES tagged Gab CEO Andrew Torba, sharing his recent Gab post which states: “Here’s Fox news throwing Gab under the bus because people…had opinions here. The examples they provided where nowhere near ‘threats.’”
The Fox News article reported that FBI Director Christopher Wray and the agency received numerous threats on the platform.
BIES allegedly wrote: “Hey a**hole. Why don’t you send them my threats so that they’d at least have something credible to show on Fox News. Just scrub my timeline for the posts you didn’t delete after you threatened to ban me. I sincerely believe that if you work for the FBI, then you deserve to DIE.”
The Fox News article in question relates to FBI Director Wray “push[ing] back on threats following unprecedented raid on Trump.”
Special agents also said they believe that Bies was using the alias “Adam Campbell” as a means of thwarting law enforcement as it related to his violent statements.”
According to the criminal complaint, the following chat transcript for user [email protected] was provided by Gab: “my email [email protected] – I use a fake name for my photography and Gab so that corporate Murica’ can’t google me out of a job.”
Bies is charged with influencing, impeding or retaliating against federal law enforcement officers. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
U.S. Attorney Cindy K. Chung of the Western District of Pennsylvania, and Special Agent in Charge Mike Nordwall of the FBI’s Pittsburgh Field Office made the announcement.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Bengel is prosecuting the case.
The FBI’s Pittsburgh Field Office, North Country Violent Offender Task Force, Pennsylvania State Police and the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General are investigating the case.
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7-Day Weather Forecast for Clarion County
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Today – Scattered showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 74. East wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tonight – A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 3am. Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 57. Northeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday – A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly after 2pm. Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 76. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday Night – A chance of showers and thunderstorms before 8pm. Patchy fog after midnight. Otherwise, partly cloudy, with a low around 55. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday – Areas of fog before 9am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 79. Light and variable wind.
Thursday Night – Patchy fog after 2am. Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 55.
Friday – Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 83.
Friday Night – Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Saturday – A chance of showers and thunderstorms after 2pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 82. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday Night – A chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Sunday – Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 80. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Sunday Night – Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 61. Chance of precipitation is 60%.
Monday – Showers likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 76. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
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AAA: Gas Prices Continue to Drop
CLARION CO., Pa. (EYT) – Gas prices are 12 cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at $4.317 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
This week’s average prices: Western Pennsylvania Average: $4.317
Average price during the week of August 8, 2022: $4.435
Average price during the week of August 16, 2021: $3.335
Clarion County drivers are paying an average of $4.391 a gallon for regular unleaded gasoline. In Venango County, the standard price is $4.281. Forest County drivers are paying an average of $4.424 a gallon. The average in Jefferson County is $4.242.
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas:
$4.289 Altoona
$4.409 Beaver
$4.400 Bradford
$4.168 Brookville
$4.313 Butler
$4.393 Clarion
$4.295 DuBois
$4.260 Erie
$4.294 Greensburg
$4.306 Indiana
$4.272 Jeannette
$4.310 Kittanning
$4.294 Latrobe
$4.288 Meadville
$4.432 Mercer
$4.278 New Castle
$4.300 New Kensington
$4.299 Oil City
$4.301 Pittsburgh
$4.289 Sharon
$4.360 Uniontown
$4.394 Warren
$4.298 Washington
Trend Analysis:
The national average for a gallon of regular gas fell 10 cents in the past week to $3.95, due primarily to stable oil prices and fewer drivers fueling up. Today’s national average is 62 cents less than a month ago, but 77 cents more than a year ago.
AAA finds that drivers are making significant changes to cope with high pump prices. In a recent survey, almost two-thirds of U.S. adults have changed their driving habits or lifestyle since March. Drivers’ top two changes to offset high gas prices are driving less and combining errands. While gas demand rose from 8.54 million barrels per day to 9.12 million barrels per day last week, the rate is 307,000 barrels per day lower than last year. Also, total domestic gasoline stocks decreased by 5 million barrels to 220.3 million barrels. Although gasoline demand has risen and supplies have tightened, easing oil prices have helped lower pump prices.
At the close of Friday’s formal trading session, West Texas Intermediate decreased by $2.25 to settle at $92.09. Crude prices declined at the end of the week due to concerns that an economic slowdown could cause crude demand to stagnate or decline. Prices did rise earlier in the week after the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a smaller than expected increase in inflation last month at 8.5 percent. The rise in market optimism helped to boost prices despite the Energy Information Administration (EIA) reporting that total domestic crude supply increased by 5.4 million barrels.
Motorists can find current gas prices nationwide, statewide, and countywide at GasPrices.AAA.com.
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BREAKING NEWS: Knox Man Charged in Brutal Attack, Accused of Firing Multiple Shots at Victim
BEAVER TWP., Pa. (EYT) – State Police in Clarion have filed aggravated assault and related charges against a Knox man for severely injuring a man during an incident involving gunfire that caused a stretch of State Route 338 to be shut down on August 8.
Court documents indicate that Clarion-based State Police filed criminal charges against 28-year-old Levi Michael Barrett, of Knox, on Tuesday, August 16, in Magisterial District Judge Jarah Lee Heeter’s office.
According to a criminal complaint, PSP Clarion received a report on August 8 of a disturbance from two known complainants.
It was reported that two unidentified males were outside a residence on Little Germany Road in Beaver Township, Clarion County. The callers reported hearing knocking on their front door, as well as gunshots.
Upon arrival, troopers canvassed the area and discovered Levi Barrett near the intersection of Little Germany Road and State Route 338.
Barrett informed troopers he was with the victim, whose location was unknown at that time. Police discovered a semi-automatic 9mm pistol and “evidence of a physical altercation” in the intersection. Barrett related to the troopers that “no one was hit” prior to being transported to the Clarion Hospital for injuries, according to the complaint.
An expanded search of the area was conducted with the assistance of the PSP Aviation Unit, during which time the victim was discovered in a wooded area, southwest of Route 338 and Little Germany Road.
While questioning the victim, he related Barrett was “trying to kill him” and had shot at him, the complaint indicates.
The victim was observed by police with serious bodily injuries to his left ear, mouth, and right thumb. He was then transported to the Clarion Hospital, the complaint notes.
Police then interviewed the complainants who reported hearing banging on their front door at approximately 11:55 p.m. on August 7.
As the complainants approached the door, two males were observed walking away from their residence toward Little Germany Road. The complainants watched as the males walked on the roadway toward Route 338 as they both heard what they believed to be gunshots coming from the direction of the individuals, the complaint states.
Police then interviewed the victim while being admitted to the Clarion Hospital Emergency Room. The victim related he was at Barrett’s residence the previous night and in the early morning. While there, an argument occurred between the two, and Barrett attacked him, the complaint indicates.
During the altercation, the victim suffered serious bodily injuries to his left ear, mouth, and right thumb.
The victim reported that after the altercation, Barrett retrieved a pistol from inside his residence and threatened to kill him before he fired toward him, the complaint notes.
The victim left Barrett’s residence on foot and traveled to a nearby residence for help. Barrett then followed the victim down Little Germany Road with the pistol and fired additional shots toward him, the complaint states.
The victim consented to the release of his medical records that indicated he suffered extensive soft tissue lacerations to his forehead, tissue damage to his left ear, a missing tooth, and a partial amputation of his right thumb, according to the complaint.
The victim was transferred to a Pittsburgh hospital for further treatment.
Barrett was arraigned at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 16, in front of Judge Heeter on the following charges:
– Aggravated Assault – Attempts to cause SBI or causes injury with extreme indifference, Felony 1
– Aggravated Assault – Attempts to cause or causes BI with deadly weapon, Felony 2
– Terroristic Threats with Intent to Terrorize Another, Misdemeanor 1
– Possession of Instrument of Crime with Intent, Misdemeanor 1
– Simple Assault, Misdemeanor 2 (three counts)
– Recklessly Endangering Another Person, Misdemeanor 2
He is currently awaiting a preliminary hearing.
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Clarion County Photo of the Day
Tuesday, August 16, 2022 @ 12:08 AM
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Clarion County Recipe of the Day: Bacon and Broccoli Salad
With only a few ingredients, this side dish is ready to go!
Ingredients
3 bunches of broccoli, cut into florets (about 10 cups)
1 pound bacon strips, cooked and crumbled
1 cup dried blueberries
1 cup dried cherries
1/4 cup finely chopped red onion
Dressing:
1 cup mayonnaise
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup cider vinegar
Directions
In a large bowl, combine the first six ingredients.
For the dressing, in a small bowl, whisk mayonnaise, sugar, and vinegar. Pour over broccoli mixture; toss to coat.
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Featured Local Job: Assembly Line Worker
Beverage-Air, in Brookville, currently has openings for Assembly Line Workers.
As an Assembler (4 days/10-hours, Monday-Thursday) you will lend a hand in creating innovative, high-quality refrigeration products. Starting hourly rate from $13.50 (no experience required – they will train you) up to $18.50 (with 5+ years of relevant, manufacturing experience). You will receive 5% employer match on 6% employee contribution to 401(k) – worth at least $1,400; pay progression review 12 months after hire date; 80 hours of holiday pay; and first-year paid vacation of up to 40 hours!
What You’ll Do:
- Work within a team to assemble components or entire units
- Perform varied tasks
- Conduct quality inspections on parts and products
- Prepare finished products for shipment
- Maintain a clean and orderly work area
What You Bring:
- Prior experience working as part of a team having responsibility for assembling an entire product or component of a product in a manufacturing environment is a plus!
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred
- Teamwork – you work well with others and like to collaborate
- Attention to detail – you pay attention to the little things that make a difference
- Manual dexterity – you have the ability to move your hand quickly, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects
- Focus – you work quickly while staying focused for extended periods
- Organization – you believe in “a place for everything and everything has its place.”
- Accountability – you can be trusted and relied upon
- Self-motivation – you meet or exceed performance goals without someone looking over your shoulder
Beverage-Air is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. Beverage-Air is committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $13.50 – $18.50, corresponding with experience
How to apply: Visit https://beverage-air.com/careers/ and click on Apply Now.
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Featured Local Job: Exterior Door Assembler
Tuesday, August 16, 2022 @ 11:08 AM
Derstine Doors, a manufacturer of quality, affordable exterior doors, is seeking motivated individuals to add to their assembly team.
Derstine Doors offers …
- Monday through Friday work week
- Competitive wages
- Benefits package
- Paid vacation
Interested individuals should contact Don @ 814-538-9333 or apply in person @ 991 McEwen Road, Sligo, PA
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Southside Sharks
2021 Record: 7-4
District: 3-5A
Head Coach: Josh Fontenot
Note: Seeking first playoff win in program history
Despite finishing 7-4 in 2021, Southside is still seeking its first-ever playoff win.
After the LHSAA declared the Sharks as a select program, that quest could get a bit more challenging.
Regardless, Southside is trying to control what they can and keep a level head.
“That's kind of the thing is how long can you stay calm?” head coach Josh Fontenot said. “We need some senior leaders to say let's take a deep breath. I know you just made a big play, but we have to make another one. If a bad play just happened, it's going to be okay. We must make another play. In my opinion, inexperience on either side of the ball is one of the things you need to pay attention to the most.”
While Southside waits on the appeal, they're honing in on week one.
The Sharks return 11 total starters with seven coming back on offense.
One of those players is senior quarterback Landon Baptiste who boasted an All-District junior campaign. Baptiste is more than ready to anchor the Sharks’ flexbone offense.
“I like it,” Baptiste said. “I think it fits our team and the players we have. We have a strong offensive line, and I think we have done a good job. It confuses a lot of defenses. It's hard for them to really get a stop on it.”
“All the boys feel more comfortable with it,” Fontenot said. “Last year, we tiptoed our way through it in the first four or five games. Everybody was figuring it out. Nowadays, we get in a situation where Landon can probably call the play. He'll know what play we'll be in.”
As for the defense, there are just four guys coming back but according to coach Fontenot, there is one returner in each position group.
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BATON ROUGE — When sixth-year senior Myles Brennan announced that he was stepping away from LSU on Monday, it brought some clarity to the Tigers' quarterback competition.
The job is now down to two individuals: junior Jayden Daniels or redshirt freshman Garrett Nussmeier.
“Us in the quarterback room, we don't look at it like a competition,” Daniels said. “At the end of the day, everything is solely focused on us. At the end of the day, everybody is prepared to play the position.”
Jayden Daniels took first-team reps during the open practice last Thursday but both quarterbacks said they haven't been informed of a winner of the competition.
Meanwhile, Nussmeier says he's now 100% after being limited by an ankle injury last week. Each signal-caller presents different strengths with Daniels known for his athleticism and Nuss for his strong arm. Either way, they both want what's best for the LSU offense.
“If I'm in I think Jayden would say the same, he's going to support me,” Nussmeier said. “If Jayden’s in, I'm going to support him. We're focused on one goal, and that's for LSU to win games.”
“We have a great room,” Daniels said. “It doesn't matter who's going to start here. We all help each other prepare the best that we can to go out there and help the team in any way. For me personally, I’m teaching them the things I have just in case they are the starter. They can learn from older guys that have played some years.”
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Featured Local Job: Weekend Assembly Line Worker
Beverage-Air, in Brookville, currently has openings for Assembly Line Workers.
As an Assembler (3 days/12 hours, Friday- Sunday), you will lend a hand in creating innovative, high-quality refrigeration products. Starting hourly rate from $15.50 (no experience required – they will train you) up to $18.50 (with 5+ years of relevant, manufacturing experience). You will receive 40 hours of pay per week for 36 hours of work; 5% employer match on 6% employee contribution to 401(k) – worth at least $1,400; pay progression review 12 months after hire date; 84 hours of holiday pay; and first- year paid vacation of up to 40 hours!
What You’ll Do:
- Work within a team to assemble components or entire units
- Perform varied tasks
- Conduct quality inspections on parts and products
- Prepare finished products for shipment
- Maintain a clean and orderly work area
What You Bring:
- Prior experience working as part of a team having responsibility for assembling an entire product or component of a product in a manufacturing environment is a plus!
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred
- Teamwork – you work well with others and like to collaborate
- Attention to detail – you pay attention to the little things that make a difference
- Manual dexterity – you have the ability to move your hand quickly, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects
- Focus – you work quickly while staying focused for extended periods
- Organization – you believe in “a place for everything and everything has its place.”
- Accountability – you can be trusted and relied upon
- Self-motivation – you meet or exceed performance goals without someone looking over your shoulder
Beverage-Air is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status. Beverage-Air is committed to providing a workplace free of any discrimination or harassment.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $15.50 – $18.50, corresponding with experience
How to apply: Visit https://beverage-air.com/careers/ and click on Apply Now.
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Los Angeles County saw another drop in the number of COVID-positive patients in local hospitals on Tuesday, Aug. 16, while health officials continued to urge regular testing to help curb spread of the virus.
According to state figures, there were 1,022 COVID-19-positive patients in county hospitals as of Tuesday, down from 1,059 on Saturday. Of those patients, 117 were being treated in intensive care, down from 118 Saturday.
County officials have said that roughly 43% of the COVID-positive patients were actually admitted for virus-related illness, while the others were admitted for other reasons, with some only learning they were infected when they were tested at the hospital.
The county reported another 2,535 COVID infections Tuesday, raising the cumulative total from throughout the pandemic to 3,363,706. Another 13 virus-related deaths were also announced, giving the county an overall death toll of 32,961.
The number of new COVID infections reported each day by the county is believed to be an undercount of actual virus activity, since many people use at-home tests, the results of which are not always reported to the county.
The average daily rate of people testing positive for the virus was 10.4% as of Tuesday.
The county Department of Public Health urged residents Tuesday to get tested for COVID often, but most notably if they have been exposed or have symptoms, before and after gatherings and when they travel. Health officials reminded residents that if they test positive, they must isolate. If they test negative but still have symptoms, they should remain at home and test again within 24 to 48 hours.
With classes resuming in most school districts, the county’s public health director urged students and staff to get tested, even if it isn’t required by their employers.
“We are hoping that all school children are testing either before going back to school or in the first week of school to avoid unnecessary spread on school campuses,” Barbara Ferrer said in a statement. “Students participating in certain extracurricular activities that are associated with elevated risk of viral spread, including medium and high contact indoor sports and indoor performing arts, may want to test weekly during times of elevated transmission, to reduce viral spread.
“Those returning from travel may also want to test themselves before heading to work, or out in the community, to be sure they didn’t bring back the virus along with their great vacation memories. And those gathering indoors should also test before getting together, particularly if gathering with others at high risk for severe illness should they become infected. Taking sensible steps to reduce risk for others benefits everyone as it diminishes the disruptions and heartache associated with COVID-19.”
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Penn State Spent Half a Million Dollars on Police Overtime at Football Games in 2021
Penn State University paid $572,119 for officers from five Centre County police departments to work overtime at football games last year, according to data from the agencies.
(Photo: Penn State University paid $572,119 for officers from five Centre County police departments to work overtime at football games last year. Photo credit: Daniel Fishel for Spotlight PA)
Byline: Emma Dooling of Spotlight PA
Police departments in the Borough of Bellefonte, Ferguson Township, Patton Township, Spring Township, and the Borough of State College all provided security detail and traffic assistance during the seven regular-season games at Beaver Stadium in 2021.
At the end of the season, the university reimburses the cost of these overtime hours to each department at double the officers’ regular hourly rates.
The State College Police Department, which had 61 full-time uniformed employees in 2021, logged more overtime hours for Penn State than any other local agency. The department reported its officers worked more than 2,000 hours at the games for a total reimbursement of almost $399,000.
This amount includes administrative fees for each game, which are 20% of the cost of the hours worked. For Penn State’s October game against Indiana University, for example, State College charged the university nearly $10,000 in fees.
The four other local police departments worked an average of 412 hours for Penn State football security and were paid between $24,000 and $58,000 for the year.
Penn State would not provide details on overtime reimbursements to Spotlight PA because the information “is not considered public.” Under Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Law, “state-related institutions” are “generally exempt from the Law’s requirements,” according to the Pennsylvania Freedom of Information Coalition, a group that advocates for government transparency.
All five local police departments provided the reimbursement information upon request.
The true amount of overtime paid likely exceeds half a million dollars because it does not include reimbursements made to Pennsylvania State Police, who also provide gameday security. Trooper Christopher Fox, the public information officer for the seven-county region including Centre, declined to provide the amount the university paid State Police in 2021, saying he did not want to comment on Penn State’s behalf.
Spotlight PA has filed a Right-to-Know request with State Police for this information.
While working football games is a good opportunity for officers to earn extra money, all five police departments said they don’t sacrifice their regular patrol operations on these days.
Still, Penn State security could take up half of a smaller department’s officers on a game day. Bellefonte police had 10 full-time, uniformed employees last year, according to 2021 salary data provided by the borough. Penn State requested two to three patrol officers and two tactical officers from the department for every game, said Chief of Police Shawn Weaver.
Weaver said he won’t send the requested detail if the borough can’t fill its regular shifts that day. He often patrols such Saturdays, he said, so his officers can work the games.
State College police increase their patrols in the borough on Friday and Saturday nights during home game weekends in response to the influx of visitors, said Capt. Greg Brauser. Because officers work more shifts these weekends — they might patrol Friday night and then provide security at the game the next day, for instance — he said fatigue can become a problem.
State Police recruit officers from across Pennsylvania to work football games so that the agency doesn’t have to decrease patrols or overschedule local officers, Fox said.
While Penn State football was a major source of police overtime in 2021, officials said the Centre County Drug Task Force run by the state attorney general’s office also played a role. Most of this extra work — which was reimbursed by the attorney general’s office — went to detectives, who made a total of $154,886 from overtime last year.
Officers also earned overtime when they had to attend court proceedings outside of their normal hours, cover another officer’s shift, work an investigation, or conduct traffic and DUI patrols reimbursed by the state, officials told Spotlight PA.
Of these police departments, State College is the only one that contracts out its services to municipalities without their own force, but all five agencies have mutual aid agreements that allow them to receive assistance from each other upon request. Both of these arrangements might also contribute to overtime hours, Brauser said.
Salary data obtained by Spotlight PA as part of a local transparency test found that the five police departments spent more than $11.5 million on compensation last year, including $650,571 on overtime. A detective in State College took home nearly $34,000 in overtime, the most of any employee in the five local police departments.
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Weeks after a construction project prompted a five-day closure of the westbound Foothill (210) Freeway in the Irwindale area, leading to major traffic delays, the closure is about to be repeated on the eastbound side beginning at 10 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17.
The eastbound freeway will be closed between the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway and Irwindale Avenue, continuing for five days, through 5 a.m. Aug. 23.
During the closure, all eastbound traffic will be diverted onto the westbound freeway, which will be reconfigured to allow three lanes of traffic in each direction.
The closure on the westbound side last month led to some major traffic tie-ups in both directions, so Caltrans officials are again urging motorists to find alternate routes or rely on public transit to avoid delays.
The closure is part of a $30 million project to upgrade the San Gabriel River Bridge by installing improved bridge hinges and railings and strengthening bridge decks.
In addition to closing the eastbound side of the freeway, ramps from the 605 Freeway to the eastbound 210 will be closed, along with the westbound 210 Irwindale Avenue onramps, the westbound 210 connector to the southbound 605 and the eastbound 210 Mount Olive Drive onramps, according to Caltrans.
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PennWest Clarion Gears Up for Welcome Weekend
CLARION, Pa. – PennWest Clarion will kick off the fall semester with a full slate of activities for students and families during Welcome Weekend 2022, Aug. 18-21.
(Photo by Dave Cyphert of ProPoint Media Photography.)
The four-day celebration will feature new events and annual favorites – including Clarion’s always popular WINGO at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 19 in Eagle Commons.
“Welcome Weekend is the perfect opportunity to commemorate our new beginning as PennWest University, and we’re thrilled to do so in a way that embraces the history and traditions of all three campuses,” said Melissa Dunn, director of student development and Welcome Weekend lead. “There is always a special energy and excitement in the air as our students return home to campus, but this year, we have even more to celebrate.”
First-year and transfer students will move into residence halls between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18. Scores of faculty, staff and student volunteers will be on hand to direct traffic, greet students and their families, and help carry belongings to their rooms.
A series of information sessions will be held throughout the day Thursday, capped with music, games, nachos and shaved iced outside Gemmell Student Center from 8 to 10 p.m.
“For many students, this is the first time they will be living away from home,” Dunn said. “Our goal is to make the transition as smooth as possible by providing ample opportunities for students to make social connections, explore available resources and get acclimated to life on campus.”
Friday, Aug. 19, highlights include Academic Convocation at 10 a.m. in Marwick-Boyd, immediately followed at 11 a.m. by PlayFair team-building activities and a class photo in the multipurpose room of Gemmell Student Center. ThinkFast Gameshow is set for 9 p.m., also in Gemmell.
Returning students will move in to campus housing between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20. Fireworks will blast off at 9 p.m., and a performance by FREE DAPS — a freestyle group of rappers and improvisers — will begin at 9:30 p.m. in the multipurpose room of Gemmell Student Center.
Simultaneous PennWest flag-raising ceremonies featuring short remarks by students and administrators will take place on the California, Clarion and Edinboro campuses at 12:30 p.m. Sunday. Clarion’s event will be held at the flagpole between Carrier Administration Building and Starbucks.
An outdoor fair for clubs and organizations will follow from 1 to 3 p.m. outside Gemmell Student Center.
“PennWest is a place of boundless opportunities for our students,” said Founding President Dr. Dale-Elizabeth Pehrsson. “We are Vulcans, Golden Eagles and Fighting Scots. The flag-raising ceremony symbolizes that, together, we are a part of something even greater.”
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By Devan Cole | CNN
A federal appeals court said Tuesday that the Americans with Disabilities Act covers individuals with “gender dysphoria,” handing a win to trans people in a case concerning a former inmate who alleged discrimination at a Virginia prison.
In a majority opinion issued by a three-judge panel with the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the court wrote, “In light of the ‘basic promise of equality … that animates the ADA,’ we see no legitimate reason why Congress would intend to exclude from the ADA’s protections transgender people who suffer from gender dysphoria.”
Gender dysphoria describes an uncomfortable conflict between a person’s assigned gender and the gender with which the person identifies, according to the American Psychiatric Association.
“We have little trouble concluding that a law excluding from ADA protection both ‘gender identity disorders’ and gender dysphoria would discriminate against transgender people as a class, implicating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment,” the ruling read, referring to a constitutional clause that has been used in court to protect minority groups from discrimination.
The treatment of trans inmates has long been a focus of advocates for trans rights, with stories of abuse fueling calls for reforms and more targeted anti-discrimination laws. Activists hailed Tuesday’s ruling, saying it will be a helpful precedent for future litigation.
The case at hand concerned Kesha Williams, a trans woman with gender dysphoria who was held for six months at a Virginia prison.
“Though prison deputies initially assigned her to women’s housing, they quickly moved her to men’s housing when they learned that she was transgender,” according to the ruling, which said that while held in the men’s facility, Williams “experienced delays in medical treatment for her gender dysphoria, harassment by other inmates, and persistent and intentional misgendering and harassment by prison deputies.”
Williams sued several individuals connected to the prison, claiming that the way she was treated was a violation of the ADA and other laws.
A district court initially dismissed Williams’ case on the basis of the ADA’s explicit exclusion of “gender identity disorders not resulting from physical impairments” from protection under the law. Williams appealed, arguing that because the language of the exclusion is dated and undefined, it was up to the court to determine whether gender dysphoria is protected under the ADA.
The appeals court, citing an updated medical understanding, reversed the lower court’s dismissal.
“In sum, we hold that Williams has plausibly alleged that gender dysphoria does not fall within the ADA’s exclusion for ‘gender identity disorders not resulting from physical impairments,’” the ruling said.
CNN reached out to attorneys for several of the defendants named in the case for comment.
Though the matter still needs to go back to a lower court to settle additional questions central to the case, Joshua Erlich, an attorney for Williams, told CNN that Tuesday’s ruling “is a really meaningful win for trans people more broadly because this opinion applies not just (to) people who are incarcerated, but for workplace accommodations, for public accommodations.”
“The ruling in this case is consistent with the ruling in Bostock several years ago … that extended employment protections under Title VII to trans employees,” he said, referring to a 2020 Supreme Court ruling that said federal civil rights law protects LGBTQ workers.
He continued: “I think that this ruling in a lot of ways was mandated by the language in Bostock. To the extent that Bostock has created a positive trajectory for trans rights, this is a continuation of that.”
A number of advocacy groups signed onto a friend-of-the-court brief for the case co-authored by the LGBTQ legal rights group GLAD and the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR). In a statement following the ruling, NCLR’s legal director Shannon Minter said that the “decision sets a powerful precedent that will be important for other courts considering this critical issue.”
And Jennifer Levi, the director of GLAD’s Transgender Rights Project, said in the same statement that it “would turn disability law upside down to exclude someone from its protection because of having a stigmatized medical condition.”
“This opinion goes a long way toward removing social and cultural barriers that keep people with treatable, but misunderstood, medical conditions from being able to thrive,” Levi said.
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FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Despite 1-9 Season in 2021, There Are High Hopes at Moniteau for This Year
WEST SUNBURY, Pa. (EYT/D9) — The record told a story. The final scores spun a similar yarn.
(Photos by Kathy Sutton)
But, beneath the surface, Moniteau football coach Bob Rottman believed his team was much better than 1-9 last season.
“You eliminate a few plays, things are a lot different,” Rottman said. “We gave up a lot of big plays and didn’t get many ourselves.”
That conspired to produce a long, trying season for the Warriors.
But each year, things begin anew. There is a level of confidence at Moniteau these days that belies the struggles of the past.
Maybe that’s because 6-foot-5 quarterback David Dessicino is back, more experienced and poised to have a breakout campaign throwing the ball. Maybe that’s because bruising back Matt Martino is healthy again after battling injuries. Maybe that’s because guys like Hunter Stalker showed flashes of brilliance last season that has the Warriors thinking of a major rebound.
“I think we’re going to see a different product on the field,” Rottman said. “We return probably eight starters on each side of the ball, and even the ones who didn’t start played a lot because we rotated through quite a bit with young guys. We had a really good offseason, and I think you’re going to see a big difference in the results.”
Four starting offensive linemen return on offense. All 11 projected starters on defense saw plenty of playing time in 2021.
“I’ll throw it out there as a challenge — I think the strength of our football team is going to be our offensive line,” Rottman said. “They’ve worked hard and they are going to be faster than those lines they go up against. My challenge to them is to be the best offensive line in District 9 football.”
If they come even close to that goal, that may mean big things for an offense that does have some firepower at the skill positions.
Rottman said that may mean loosening the leash on Dessicino at quarterback.
He certainly has the size and arm strength. The question is consistency, something he struggled with last season as a sophomore in his first year as a starter.
Dessicino still managed to pass for 767 yards in Moniteau’s conservative, run-heavy attack. He also rushed for another 406 yards — second on the team.
(David Dessicino)
But what the Warriors like to do — and what they have done best over the years under Rottman and coaches before him — is run the football.
In Martino, who led the team with 523 yards rushing last year; Stalker, who added 403 yards; and Matt Baptiste, Moniteau has the running back combination they crave.
A banger and some speedsters.
“We’ll play to our talent,” Rottman said. “We’ll play to what we do best as a team. We always maintain that we want to be physical on the football field first and then hopefully grow out of that. We do want to throw the ball not just when we have to.”
Rottman hasn’t anointed anyone, though, top roles yet.
He wants to see competition in camp and preseason practices.
“When you’re 1-9, nobody is set in stone,” Rottman said. “I want everyone fighting for playing time. I think that’ll bring out their best.”
Junior tight end Brock Beachem is one of those guys clawing for some playing time.
Beachem said he already sees a difference in the team this year as opposed to last season.
“Last year it was kind of a rebuilding year,” Beachem said. “We had a lot of new people, a lot of freshmen were starting. It was their first year ever. This year we have a lot of seniors who are really good leaders and the freshmen are now sophomores and they’ve worked really hard. We’re stronger, faster, and way more agile. I feel like we can do some things this year.”
To do that, Moniteau must conquer the mental game.
Fast starts and a few early wins could go a long way toward a bounce-back season.
“We’ve been young. It seems like we’ve been young every year,” Rottman said. “This is the first year we’ve had a big group of seniors. I think that senior leadership will carry out on the field with the mental toughness, not just the physical. They’ll be big in the close games when you fall behind a little bit to keep fighting and figure it out.”
Last year Rottman could sometimes feel that confidence drain out of his team when something went wrong, or when the Warriors fell behind by a score.
Those close games quickly turned into losses by several touchdowns.
“When that happens as a coach, there’s really nothing you can do about it from the sideline,” Rottman said. “That’s where the leadership and the identity of the team, of the seniors, come in. This is their last shot as seniors. Whatever happens this year, that’s their legacy.”
The seniors are taking that seriously.
They are also approaching the early parts of the preseason with urgency.
“Camp is really going to be important in establishing the mental toughness we’re gonna have,” said senior offensive and defensive tackle Mike Boozel. “If we come out in camp and practice the way we are going to play in the first game, we’ll have a shot this year.”
Moniteau will also see some new teams on its schedule in the reshuffled District 9 league format.
The Warriors are in Region 1 with Bradford, DuBois, Punxsutawney, St. Marys, Central Clarion, Karns City, and Brookville.
Moniteau will also play non-conference games against Elk County Catholic, Cameron County, and Keystone.
“We’ve played the same schedule for four years in a row,” Rottman said. “It’s nice to see the changes just to see different teams.”
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FOOTBALL PREVIEW: Union/A-C Valley’s Goal Is Clear – Take That Final Step and Win D9 Class A Championship
RIMERSBURG, Pa. (EYT/D9) — The Union/A-C Valley football team was close.
Oh so close.
(Pictured above: Mikey Card moved from offensive line to running back last season and led Union/A-C Valley with 898 yards rushing/photo by Shelly Atzeni)
The Falcon Knights erased a 21-point deficit against Redbank Valley in the District 9 Class A championship game last November. It was something of their calling card in 2021 — the resiliency to rally from almost any amount of adversity.
But, the ride ended in a 28-21 loss.
Still, Union/A-C Valley had its most successful season since the co-op between the two schools began in 2016. The Falcon Knights went 9-3, had a streak of three consecutive games without giving up a point, and outscored their foes 390-136.
They expect even better this season — but also realize it won’t just be handed to them.
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“We have to work really hard to take that next step,” said Union/A-C Valley coach Brad Dittman. “We’re not going to get there by just saying we’re going to take that next step. There’s a lot of work that has to happen. We have a bunch of players with experience back, but we have to work on the details.”
In all three losses, penalties and turnovers dogged Union/A-C Valley.
The main goal in camp was simple: clean up those miscues.
“Some things that cost us in those games last year, the ball security, the special teams, the penalties, we really need to focus on those things to take the next step,” Dittman said. “If you’re gonna compete for championships, you can’t make some of the mistakes we made.”
The good thing for the Falcon Knights is they have a bulk of their top players returning, including a two-headed monster in the backfield.
Senior Mikey Card moved from offensive line to running back last season and was a force in his new role.
He slimmed down and showed off power and quickness in rushing for 898 yards on just 112 carries and seven touchdowns.
Junior Dawson Camper was also a star for Union/A-C Valley, gaining 631 yards on the ground on 87 attempts. He had a nose for the end zone, scoring 13 TDs.
“What Mikey and Dawson did for us last year — they did a ton,” Dittman said. “The thing what I liked the most about them is they never complained. You know, if we would have handed him the ball all the time, Mikey would have had 2,000 yards. But we split it up. We had an eye on (Card) for a couple of years — we knew we were going to make that switch. He didn’t disappoint.”
Union also has quarterbacks Bailey Crissman and Brody Dittman back.
At the end of last season, the two split time. Crissman, who is now 6-foot-7, threw for 902 yards and 13 touchdowns and Dittman added 348 passing yards and five more TDs.
Crissman battled a hip injury down the stretch, but is healthy now.
Coach Dittman isn’t sure if the two will share time again.
“We preach every year competing, and we have a bunch of kids who can compete this year,” the coach said. “No starting job is guaranteed, and we expect younger guys to push these older guys.”
One player who will be an anchor on both sides of the ball is Landon Chalmers.
The senior was the Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference lineman of the year. As good as he was at keeping players out of the backfield as a guard on offense, he may have been even better at getting into the backfield as a tackle on defense.
Chalmers racked up 56 tackles, seven tackles for a loss, and six sacks last season.
“He had a pretty solid season,” Dittman said. “We’re looking for him to lead those groups on the O and D lines. We need his leadership and we need him to help those younger guys step up and teach them what they need to do.”
Union/A-C Valley also has two of its top three receivers back in seniors Skyler Roxbury and Ryan Cooper.
Roxbury caught 23 passes for 471 yards and five touchdowns and Cooper had 22 receptions for 393 yards and seven scores.
The offense should again be diverse, however, with the ball spread out to several playmakers.
“It’s great, and it’s just nice to know that you don’t have to always be the best player that night because there’s five other people who are going to be just as good as what you hope to be,” Roxbury said.
Roxbury was just as good on defense with eight interceptions. In all, Union/A-C Valley picked off 23 passes last year.
Everyone but Caiden Rainey, who had one INT, is back.
They all have one goal: win the District 9 Class A championship.
Union/A-C Valley is well aware of what team they have to conquer to do it.
“The past couple of years — and I think it continues this year — we’re chasing Redbank Valley,” Dittman said. “We’re trying to get where they are.”
Another thing Union/A-C Valley has going for it is numbers.
The Falcon Knights finally have enough players to form a junior high team, which now allows Dittman to bring up his freshmen class.
That means instead of barely cracking 20 players, Union/A-C Valley will have 38 rostered this year.
“For us, that’s phenomenal,” Dittman said. “Usually, we suit up 17 or 18 guys on a Friday night. It’s going to be fun to have that number to work with and to run a full JV schedule. This is where we wanted to be. We weren’t there for the past few years, but I think we’re finally getting the program where, hopefully, this is the future and we can do this year in and year out. To be successful and compete for championships, this is what needs to happen every year. We need that JV time.”
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Pasadena city leaders will appoint a local resident to fill a vacant seat on City Council until they can find a way to give the community a say in the process.
The decision was made Monday, Aug. 15 after hours of back-and-forth between community leaders who are not only dealing with emotional repercussions stemming from the unexpected death of Pasadena Councilman John J. Kennedy – but never-before-seen political consequences as well.
Kennedy, a lifelong servant to the city, had won reelection to his seat in June when he received 58.94% of the vote, meaning he was set to serve the remainder of his current term until its end in December 2022 before again assuming the seat to serve for another 2 years.
However, Kennedy had yet to be sworn in for the win so his passing raises questions that have never had to be answered, including:
- Is there enough time to have an election coinciding with Los Angeles County’s in November?
- Can the city host its own special election in the months after?
- Are there other ways to give residents a say in deciding who their leader is?
These were a few of the inquiries made by Councilmembers on Monday during an in-depth discussion that dominated this week’s meeting. So much so, some items on the evening agenda — including the evening’s 710-stubland update — had to be postponed to a later date.
By night’s end, however, city leaders were unable to find definitive answers, so they instead voted unanimously to begin accepting applications on Thursday, Aug. 18 to fill Kennedy’s first vacant term.
Applicants seeking to nominate themselves for the position must be of voting age and a resident of District 3 at the time one submits an application, according to city bylaws. At least 25 valid signatures from District 3 registered voters must be collected as well.
The city’s charter requires the appointment within 75 days of a vacancy opening, so the Council must take action no later than Tuesday, Oct. 4, according to city documents. Five affirmative votes are required to appoint an individual to the City Council.
In accordance with the process followed to fill prior vacancies, the mayor will appoint an ad hoc committee to provide recommendations on the interview process, according to a report from the city.
The ad hoc committee can return to the City Council on or after Sept. 12, 2022, to recommend the parameters and details of the process, including the format for candidates to be interviewed by the City Council,” the report reads. Given the proposed timing for applications, staff anticipates a special meeting will be held in mid- to late-September so Council can conduct interviews.
Whoever is chosen will represent the district during a handful of meetings that are left in the current term lasting until Dec. 12.
Technically, the Council can appoint the same person to both terms. But the proposal doesn’t sit right with Councilman Steve Madison and other city leaders.
“My concern, looking forward, is how do we look the voters of District 3 in the eye and say: ‘I got to choose your member – not you – for two and a half years,’” Madison said. “That’s just crazy.”
City Clerk Mark Jomsky noted a two-year appointment is not out of the ordinary, though, since two current members of the Council – Andy Wilson and Jess Rivas – were both appointed to two-year terms before they were elected by the public.
“I do agree it’s a little bit longer but it’s not significantly longer,” Jomsky said.
Gordo acknowledged shortly after that Pasadena is in quite a predicament.
Particularly since Kennedy’s second vacancy “does not exist until December 12, 2022, and it is to be filled no earlier than that date,” according to city documents, “and no later than 75 days thereafter.”
Despite the time crunch, Wilson reiterated the belief that the residents of District 3 deserve to have a voice.
“I do think we have an opportunity to engage the constituencies and the voters of District 3 in a more comprehensive way,” Wilson said. “Whatever that may be, I think we should look at it broadly.”
The Council agreed, directing city leaders to meet with court, county and election officials in the coming weeks to discuss all of the possibilities that are available to the city of Pasadena.
“The goal is to have all of the information,” Gordo said. “So that this council can have confidence in whatever decision we make.”
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Raymond W. Kimmell
Tuesday, August 16, 2022 @ 08:08 AM
Raymond W. Kimmell, 67, of New Bethlehem, passed away Thursday evening, August 11, 2022 at the Clarion Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center.
The Robert V. Burns Funeral Home in Clarion is handling the arrangements.
Per Raymond’s request, there will be no public visitation and all services will be private.
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THOUSAND OAKS — Andrew Whitworth, the Rams’ recently retired left tackle, made another visit Tuesday for the Rams’ intrasquad scrimmage, but Whitworth isn’t roaming the sidelines this summer to supervise his successor Joe Noteboom.
Whitworth and the Rams likely aren’t worried about Noteboom being the full-time starter at left tackle because they have prepared for this transition the past four years and Noteboom has impressed them with his 17 spot starts since 2019.
Noteboom appeared comfortable in his pass protection matchups against linebacker Bobby Wagner and outside linebackers Leonard Floyd and Justin Hollins during the scrimmage.
Quarterback Matthew Stafford is well protected with Noteboom. Whitworth’s visits are more for research purposes as the new analyst for the Rams’ preseason TV broadcasts, and if he was there partly to keep an eye on Stafford’s new blindside protector, Noteboom likely didn’t mind. The two left tackles have seen each other regularly since winning Super Bowl LVI. Also, Noteboom received pointers from Whitworth after Tuesday’s scrimmage.
“In the offseason, I was working out at his house every day, so I saw him quite a bit,” Noteboom said. “Seen him up here, he’ll go to the facility, so quite a bit. Four to five times a week when he was there. So, that’s great. He still cares about the team. He still cares about us and us doing well, and he’s always open to any questions. So, it’s still really great to have him around.”
The 6-foot-5 Noteboom had to wait four years to become the starter, but the long-term developmental plan is already starting to show positive results with Noteboom providing ample time for his quarterbacks and creating lanes for his running backs. It also helps that Noteboom is still receiving guidance from Whitworth from a close distance and from veteran right tackle Rob Havenstein on the field.
“I feel really comfortable,” Noteboom said. “Being here for four years, I know all the plays, I know what they want, I know the system. Then last year I kind of got to sit behind Whit (Whitworth) and Rob and just watch what they do and come in and play at those certain times. But just being here, the familiarity, getting all the practice work last year, it’s been an easy transition. I feel comfortable, still got to get a lot better, but feeling good right now.”
Havenstein has also been a mentor for Noteboom, but he recently joked that he probably doesn’t need many pointers because the TCU product has athleticism on his side.
“Joe’s an incredible athlete first off,” Havenstein said. “Hard worker, incredible athlete, love being around the guy. We both had the privilege of being around Andrew for as many years as we were. Joe is one of the smoothest athletes I’ve ever seen. It’s honestly annoying at times because he just makes it look so effortless. With how strong and lean and quick and grounded as that guy is, I’m excited to see what he does.”
For most people, it can be intimidating to have a predecessor be a shadow at work. But not for Noteboom because he regularly knocks on Whitworth’s door to take advantage of his wisdom and gym garage.
“He’s got a garage that he’s upgraded,” Noteboom said. “He’s got everything he could possibly want.”
KUPP’S DAY OFF
Star wide receiver Cooper Kupp received a veteran’s day off. That created more opportunities for the unproven wideouts during the scrimmage.
Tutu Atwell and Ben Skowronek joined Allen Robinson to form Stafford’s starting receivers group for the scrimmage that consisted of about 60 plays. Jacob Harris, Lance McCutcheon, Landen Akers and Austin Trammell played primarily with the second unit but received some snaps with Stafford.
“Ben Skowronek made a handful of plays, also TuTu,” Rams coach Sean McVay said. “(Stafford’s) got a comfort level with (tight end Tyler) Higbee and with Cooper, but some of these newer guys, today was a great step in the right direction to be able to start establishing that rapport that will be critical for this year.”
Wide receiver J.J. Koski also played in the scrimmage but left early after sustaining a shoulder injury, according to McVay.
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Forty-five years ago, on Aug. 16, 1977, Elvis Presley left the building for good.
News of the singer’s death at age 42 was so unexpected and upsetting that, as with President Kennedy’s assassination, people tend to remember where they were or what they were doing when they heard.
Then 13, I was with my family in a department store in Champaign, Illinois. A store employee got on the public address system to awkwardly announce that Elvis had died.
That the store interrupted everyone’s shopping to share breaking news tells you what a bombshell this was.
When I asked at the end of Sunday’s column for your own memories of Elvis’ passing, responses poured in from all over the region. I did not mark any of them “Return to Sender.”
“I was watching ‘General Hospital’ on television,” says Rosemary Greene, 77, of Reseda. “They interrupted the program to announce Elvis had died. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing and thought it must be a mistake!”
It was no mistake. Presley was pronounced dead at a Memphis hospital at 3:30 p.m. That was 1:30 p.m. in California.
Then-UCLA student Doug Thomson was seeing an early matinee of “The Spy Who Loved Me,” the new James Bond film, in the Westwood Village. That meant he was in the dark in more ways than one as the news spread.
Walking to a bus stop after the movie, Thomson reeled when he saw a newspaper rack with a rush edition headlined “Elvis Dead.”
Marc Russell was visiting his parents when they turned on their TV to watch the news. “The first thing we saw was a clip of Elvis singing. Did this mean he had died? Yes, it did,” recalls Russell, 70, of Los Angeles.
“The thing that immediately came to mind,” Russell shares, “was that when I saw him on TV for the first time, when I was no older than 4 or 5, I was so energized by his performance that I did a halfway backflip.” Russell adds: “I have no memory of this, but Mom and Dad told me about it later.”
Many people got the news from radio. Like Tom Munoz of Ontario, who was 15 and on his way down Euclid Avenue to the swap meet. He was, he says, “devastated.”
Gary Rea and his wife, commuting home together to Fountain Valley, were stuck in traffic due to a big rig accident that had closed the 405.
“The result was a three- to four-hour commute,” says Rea, 77, now of Rancho Cucamonga, “during which we listened to talk radio that was 100% devoted to the announcement of Elvis’ death and related life stories. We were stunned and sad for the entire trip.”
“I vividly remember preparing to turn off Highway 1 to return home from work,” Sue Poso, 68, of Alta Loma says, “and hearing ‘The King is dead’ on the radio. I thought, ‘what king?,’ as there were a few in the news at that time.”
Dave Kyle’s story is more along the lines of “which Elvis?”
Kyle was a musician with a club gig until 3 a.m. He came home in the wee hours of Aug. 16, 1977 to find that his and his girlfriend’s newly adopted kitten was dead in the middle of the street. The kitten’s name: Elvis.
Kyle moved the body to the row of trees as a temporary measure, “so as to not alarm neighbors by digging a hole in the yard at 3:30 a.m.,” explains Kyle, now 72, of Riverside.
He went to bed and was still asleep in early afternoon when a friend rushed into his room, saying, “Elvis is dead!”
Kyle replied sadly, “Yeah, I know, I saw him when I came in last night. Do you want to help me bury him?”
I would pay money to see the perplexed look on his friend’s face.
Hank Stoy was working in the L.A. city administrative office. “One of my colleagues got a call from his wife with the bad news,” says Stoy, 80, of Rancho Cucamonga. With the staff in cubicles rather than closed offices, “word spread very quickly. Not much work got done the rest of the day.”
Russell Cinque Jr., 68, of Glendale was listening to KRTH-FM when disc jockey Brother John announced Elvis’ death. For an oldies station and its listeners, it had to be sobering all around to process the early death of the progenitor of much of its music.
Old fans took it hard. Mary Jimenez Gonzalez of Rialto, 79, had seen Presley’s film “Love Me Tender” multiple times at age 13 and later saw him in concert in San Bernardino. When she heard he’d died, she cried.
“It was unbelievable that this could happen to him,” she says. “After all, he was the King.”
There, there.
Tina Gilbertson was the bearer of the bad news. Then 16, she heard it on the radio and went to tell her mom, who was in the garage doing laundry. “Her face dropped,” Gilbertson says.
That night there was a big dinner for her father’s 40th birthday. In another sign of the era, “little was said about Elvis and his death,” admits Gilbertson, now of Yucaipa, “but there was plenty of talk about the ‘Star Wars’ movie.”
Not about “The Spy Who Loved Me”?
Marcy Colley of Claremont happened to be at a perfect business for reaction to Elvis’ demise: a beauty parlor. Colley was working there for the summer at age 13. She sets the scene for us.
“I remember the bank of hairdryers full of women in curlers, cigarettes lit and magazines in hand. This was an everyday scene,” relates Colley. Until suddenly it wasn’t.
“A woman arrived for her appointment in tears. Everyone stopped what they were doing. The ladies under the hairdryers lifted the hood,” Colley says, “so they could hear the woman say Elvis had died.
“Everyone burst into tears at the same time. It was like a scene from a movie.”
What did the teenager do? What she could.
“I grabbed a box of tissues and made my way around, passing them out to some very distraught women,” Colley says. “That was a memorable day at work to say the least.”
To everyone who shared their memories with me: Thankyouverramuch.
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On the Apple TV+ series “Loot,” Maya Rudolph plays billionaire Molly Novak, who is gamely trying to become a philanthropist. In the latest episode, she’s having lunch with a date who asks about her family. Her answer: They live in San Bernardino. Many people do, of course, but you rarely hear about it on TV.
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Say What?!: Squirrels are ‘Splooting’ All Over New York City
Tuesday, August 16, 2022 @ 12:08 AM
NEW YORK CITY, New York – It has been one hot summer in New York City, and the continued heat has impacted more than just the behavior of humans.
Squirrels in New York City parks have been spotted sprawled out on their stomachs with their arms and legs stretched out during very warm days, or splooting, as it’s less commonly known.
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Hello, gourd-eous: Pumpkin spice coffee is back at QuickChek
While beach bums are soaking up every drop of sunshine the season has to offer, if you're among those ready for cinnamon, sweatshirts, crisp leaves and hayrides, QuickChek has good news: Pumpkin spice is back.
The Whitehouse Station-based convenience market chain now has hot and iced Pumpkin Spice coffee, made-to-order Iced Caramel Pumpkin Macchiato, Hot Caramel Pumpkin Latte and Pumpkin Cookie Smoothies on tap.
The limited time fall flavors, which QuickChek says comprises "rich pumpkin enhanced with an aromatic blend of nutmeg, cinnamon, clove and ginger spice," are available at all 161 QuickChek locations throughout New Jersey, New York’s Hudson Valley and Long Island.
You can grab a cup for free if you're a first-time user of the QuickChek Rewards mobile app, where you can place mobile orders and be privy to special deals, coupons and more.
Pumpkin spice goodness can be delivered through DoorDash, GrubHub or Uber Eats.
For more information, visit quickchek.com.
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