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Pierce Brosnan Clarifies Doctor Fate’s Powers in Black Adam
In addition to Dwayne Johnson’s titular anti-hero, Black Adam will mark the big-screen debut of Kent Nelson, a.k.a. Doctor Fate. Ever since his introduction in 1940, the Helmet of Nabu has gifted Nelson’s alter-ego with a wide array of superhuman powers, many of which have limitless cinematic potential. Now, in a new interview with Total Film (via GamesRadar+), Pierce Brosnan has discussed which of Doctor Fate’s powers will appear in the movie.
DC fans got their best look yet at Brosnan’s character in Black Adam’s Comic-Con sneak peek last month. The preview offered a small taste of Doctor Fate’s power set, including the ability to clone himself. But this isn’t all he can do. According to Brosnan, Black Adam’s take on Doctor Fate will feature some of his more god-like powers from the comics. However, using them comes with a steep price.
“He has powers to foresee the future, and raise the dead, and teleport, while wearing a gold helmet,” said Brosnan. “It’s a blessing and a curse. It’s almost like a drug addiction in some respects. It takes a lot of energy to wear the helmet. It was a very beautifully designed outfit and helmet, which I’m quite fond of. Jaume Collet-Serra is very inclusive in the collaboration. He was wonderful in the sense that he would send me designs of the helmet, so I could participate in the look of it.”
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Doctor Fate isn’t the only character in the film who views his powers as a curse. Recent trailers have indicated that Black Adam himself feels the same way about his own abilities, so at least he and the good doctor have that much in common. Unfortunately, Johnson’s character will still butt heads with Nelson’s teammates in the Justice Society, including Hawkman (Aldis Hodge), Cyclone (Quintessa Swindell), and Atom Smasher (Noah Centineo). But as the “elder of the group,” it’s a safe bet that Doctor Fate will be forced to play peacekeeper.
Black Adam will hit theaters on October 21.
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...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM
PDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures up to 102 expected.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Simcoe Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima
Valley. In Oregon, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...From 11 AM Wednesday to 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM
PDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures up to 102 expected.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Simcoe Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima
Valley. In Oregon, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...From 11 AM Wednesday to 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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7 Action News has learned that three of the four people on her short list are from metro Detroit. Two of them are experienced politicians in the system. The other two are former NBA stars and successful businessmen.
Four issues are being weighed to pick the running mate; they are legislative experience, geography, balance in the ticket, and, like it or not, in a very split Republican party, former President Donald Trump’s influence.
Trump endorsed Dixon days before she won the primary just two weeks ago.
“Yes, she cannot offend him in any way, shape or form. But she has to also prove that she can win this race on her own,” said Chuck Stokes, WXYZ’s political analyst and editorial director.
One of the four candidates in the running, according to Dixon campaign insiders, is former Michigan House Speaker Jase Bolger. But is he tied too much with the Grand Rapids DeVos family, a group of establishment Republicans who some say aren’t Trump enough?
Another candidate is former Oakland County Congressman and state Senate Republican Leader Mike Bishop. Both Bishop and Bolger check the box of legislative experience.
Dixon is a conservative radio host with a business background. Democratic incumbent Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, who has spent four years in office, was previously the state Senate Democratic leader.
“That’s important because Tudor Dixon has no experience in the Michigan Legislature. Doesn't mean she can't learn it. But she has none. She doesn't have those relationships. She doesn't really know her way to the bathroom down there yet,” Stokes said.
The other two potential running mates are former NBA stars and now successful businessmen: Vinnie Johnson of the Detroit Pistons, who started in 1995 and still heads the Piston Group auto supplier, and Willie Burton, who lives in metro Detroit and runs Excel U, an education program alternative to public education.
After out story aired, Johnson issued the following statement:
I have seen the press reports associating me with the Dixon campaign. I have never been contacted by Mrs. Dixon or anyone from her campaign and I’m not associated with her campaign or any other. I wish all candidates the best of luck.
“It brings in what we've often talked about — trying to attract new voters and voters of color to the Republican party," Stokes said.
Burton emerged last winter in a talk with the North Oakland Republican Club.
“I'm a Republican and the reason I'm a Republican is the same thing that I say to my African American family members that asked me why I'm a Republican. It's kind of simple: I had eights aunts and uncles who were on welfare,” Burton told the group.
He told the crowd he took on their children and helped them become a success, keeping them in school.
“Each and every one of those children of eight of those aunts now have their own homes, their own cars, no one’s in prison,” Burton said.
He has been on the campaign trail with Dixon and he says this about Trump:
“Donald trump gave me my first check before the NBA,” Burton said.
Burton said Trump invited him and nine other new NBA players to Atlantic City in 1990 to launch their pro career. During this eight-minute talk in January, he did not say anything about the 2020 election and Trump.
He did say this: “I'm not going to lie, I kind of like his ass-kicking technique. Because you have to gain respect, because people try to try, and they try America left and right."
Johnson and Burton can attract much-needed voters within the Republican party, independents, and undecided Democratic voters.
Johnson, Burton and Bishop are from metro Detroit.
Four years ago, Whitmer from Lansing and with a western Michigan background picked Garlin Gilchrist, a newcomer to state politics, but from Detroit, to help her support there. Geographics are important.
“'Here's someone that if you win, I have a connection to and they aren't going to forget about us here in Southeast Michigan,'" Stokes said of thoughts from some voters.
Politics are also about money. After the running mate is announced, the Dixon ticket must poll close to Whitmer to bring in much-needed national Political Action Committee donations.
“The governor of this state who has a ton of money, a big war chest out there,” Stokes said.
If the ticket does not impress, the campaign will be at a big financial disadvantage, not attracting the national money.
“They think this is a lost cause, they're going to take their money and they're going to put it in another state where they feel they have a better shot,” Stokes said of PAC donations.
The pick must be made by Friday at 5 p.m. We are told the plan at this point is to announce the running mate during a news conference on Friday. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/in-depth/heres-who-tudor-dixon-is-eyeing-for-a-running-mate-in-the-race-for-michigan-governor | 2022-08-17T03:22:05Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/in-depth/heres-who-tudor-dixon-is-eyeing-for-a-running-mate-in-the-race-for-michigan-governor | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(KTLA) – An Australian actress who had been reported missing by her family was actually in custody after being arrested by police in Santa Monica days prior.
Last Friday night, Santa Monica police say they were dispatched to a restaurant on Arizona Avenue for a report of a battery.
Officers were told a woman, later identified as Laura McCulloch, had thrown a drink at a restaurant patron and their 2-year-old child.
According to police, McCulloch showed “obvious signs of intoxication,” and continued acting aggressively while officers tried to calm her.
“During efforts to detain her, she became physically combative, kicked at officers and bit one officer on the shoulder,” authorities said.
The 37-year-old actress was arrested and booked on suspicion of public intoxication and resisting arrest.
She appeared in court on Tuesday, but not before her family reported her missing to the Los Angeles Police Department. Authorities told Nexstar’s KTLA that McCulloch’s family made the report Monday.
A GoFundMe page created to help in the search indicated she had been getting ready for a date with a person she met on Tinder or Bumble. As of Tuesday night, that GoFundMe has been disabled.
McCulloch appeared in an independent film called “Covid Support Group,” this year and had appeared in an Australian film called “The Black Sheep” in 2010, according to her IMDB page.
Additional details about Friday’s incident have not been released. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/actress-reported-missing-arrested-in-california-after-allegedly-biting-officer/ | 2022-08-17T03:24:47Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/actress-reported-missing-arrested-in-california-after-allegedly-biting-officer/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(The Hill) – Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.), a one-time ally of Donald Trump who became one of his most ardent Republican critics, is projected to lose her primary on Tuesday after a longshot bid to survive defying the former president and his influence over GOP voters.
NBC News and CBS News both called the race shortly after 10 p.m. ET.
Cheney was soundly defeated by Harriet Hageman, an attorney and former Republican National Committee (RNC) member who was endorsed by Trump last year. Hageman will be the heavy favorite to succeed Cheney next year as the deep red state’s lone representative in the House.
Soon after the race was called, Cheney told supporters she had called Hageman to concede the race.
“Our republic relies upon the goodwill of all candidates for office to accept honorably the outcome of elections. And tonight, Harriet Hageman has received the most votes in this primary. She won,” Cheney said in a fiery speech.
Hageman’s victory on Tuesday was the final — and perhaps most significant — milestone in Trump’s effort to purge the House of the 10 Republicans who voted last year to impeach him for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Of those 10, four opted not to run for reelection this year, while four others — including Cheney — have lost renomination to Trump-backed challengers. Only two have survived primary challengers so far: Reps. David Valadao (R-Calif.) and Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.).
Cheney’s primary loss is a particularly symbolic victory for Trump. After Cheney voted to impeach the former president last year, she emerged as a Republican bulwark against Trumpism, frequently criticizing Trump as an anti-democratic strongman with little, if any, regard for the U.S. Constitution.
That criticism landed her in hot water with her GOP colleagues and prompted them to remove her as the chair of the House Republican Conference.
The fallout didn’t stop there.
The RNC and Wyoming Republican Party voted last year to censure Cheney, and many of her fellow Republican members of Congress rallied around Hageman’s effort to oust her.
Cheney remained defiant. She was one of two Republicans tapped to serve on the House select committee charged with investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot and was eventually elevated to the role of vice chair.
All the while she faced brutal headwinds in her primary as Trump took a particularly keen interest in the race. His team spent months interviewing potential Republican challengers to Cheney and the former president himself fielded meetings with some candidates before weighing in on Hageman’s behalf.
The result was a significantly narrower primary field that turned the race into a clear choice between a steadfast Trump ally and Cheney.
In her speech Tuesday night, Cheney made the case that she would have won her primary had she been willing to go along with Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election and his efforts to overturn the vote. Ultimately, she said, she couldn’t bring herself to do so.
“Two years ago, I won this primary with 73 percent of the vote. I could easily have done the same again,” she said. “The path was clear. But it would have required that I go along with President Trump’s lie about the 2020 election. It would have required that I ignore his ongoing efforts to unravel our democratic system and attack the foundations of our Republic. That was a path I could not and would not take.”
Cheney’s biting criticism of the former president was an unusual turn for the three-term Wyoming congresswoman, who endorsed Trump six years ago during his 2016 White House bid and maintained that support even as many Republicans distanced themselves from him following the release of a recording in which Trump was heard making vulgar remarks about women.
As a member of Congress, Cheney also voted in line with Trump’s positions nearly 93 percent of the time, according to the data website FiveThirtyEight.
But it was the aftermath of the 2020 presidential race and Trump’s claims that the election was rigged against him that pushed Cheney to a breaking point from which she would never return.
Even in the leadup to the Tuesday primary, as polling showed her trailing Hageman by wide margins, Cheney was unapologetic in her criticism of Trump. Earlier this month, her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, cut a campaign ad for her in which he railed against Trump as a “threat to our Republic.”
Liz Cheney also did little to rally conservatives to her cause. In the only debate of her primary contest, the Wyoming congresswoman used her closing statement to tell voters that if they disagreed with her brand of politics, they should cast their ballots for another candidate.
“I’m asking you to understand that I will never violate my Oath of Office,” Cheney said. “And if you’re looking for somebody who will, then you need to vote for somebody else on this stage.” | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/liz-cheney-defeated-in-wyoming-primary/ | 2022-08-17T03:24:53Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/liz-cheney-defeated-in-wyoming-primary/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Liz Cheney loses GOP primary to Trump-backed Harriet Hageman
Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) on Tuesday became the highest-profile House Republican to lose their primary to a Trump-endorsed challenger after voting to impeach the former president, according to the AP.
Why it matters: Trump has made ousting the ten House Republicans who voted for impeachment one of his top priorities of the cycle – and Cheney, the vice chair of the Jan. 6 select committee, was enemy number one.
Driving the news: The race was called for Harriet Hageman – an attorney, former Republican National Committee member and 2018 gubernatorial candidate – shortly after the polls closed.
- Hageman entered the race last September with Trump's endorsement, prompting several major candidates to drop out and endorse her.
The backdrop: The decisive defeat marks an end to what has been a whirlwind six-year congressional career for Cheney, the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney.
- She was elected in 2016 and became chair of the House Republican Conference just two years later. A hawkish neoconservative, she criticized Trump's isolationist foreign policy but otherwise stayed mostly loyal to him.
- That is until the Jan. 6 attack, after which Cheney voted to impeach Trump and began frequently denouncing him, leading to her removal as conference chair.
- She took an appointment from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the Jan. 6 panel, becoming vice chair and the face of its public hearings in June and July.
By the numbers: Cheney is the fourth impeachment Republican to lose renomination, on top of four others who are retiring.
- Reps. Tom Rice (R-S.C.), Peter Meijer (R-Mich.) and Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-Wash.) all lost to Trump-backed insurgents.
- Reps. Anthony Gonzalez (R-Ohio), Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), John Katko (R-N.Y.) and Fred Upton (R-Mich.) are stepping down at the end of their terms.
- Reps. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.) and David Valadao (R-Calif.) won their primaries, though Valadao faces a highly competitive general election.
What's next: Cheney has made clear she plans to remain an outspoken critic of Trump. She has also signaled potential plans to run for higher office.
- Asked last month by ABC's Jonathan Karl if she plans to run for president in 2024, Cheney replied: "I'll make a decision about ’24 down the road." | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/17/liz-cheney-trump-wyoming-primary-hageman | 2022-08-17T03:27:24Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/17/liz-cheney-trump-wyoming-primary-hageman | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
American Airlines to buy supersonic jets, would take passengers from Chicago to Orlando in 46 minutes
CHICAGO - Fasten your seat belt for the shortest ride of your life.
American Airlines will become the second U.S. carrier to purchase supersonic jets, virtually cutting travel times in half. It means much less time to enjoy your complimentary peanuts.
American Airlines announced Tuesday it will buy up to 20 supersonic jets that will be built in North Carolina by Boom Supersonic.
Last year, United Airlines agreed to buy 15 of the ultra-fast jets, if they meet certain safety, operating and sustainability requirements, which is part of American’s deal as well.
Each of the aircraft can carry 65 to 80 passengers.
The jet will run on sustainable aviation fuel or a blend.
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A trip from Miami to London would take just under five hours, cutting the nearly nine-hour flight time by about half.
Say you're taking your family to see Mickey at Disney World; it would be 46 minutes from Chicago to Orlando.
How about a weekend trip to Vegas? An hour and ten minutes from Chicago to the Strip.
Or say you're a Cubs fan with a couple of tickets to see them play the Cardinals in St. Louis. That's a 12-minute flight. You'll wait longer in line for your hot dog!
This is still up in the air, pun intended, as test flights will happen in 2026.
American says it's too early to discuss ticket prices, because the aircraft isn't expected to fly its first passengers until 2029. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/american-airlines-to-buy-supersonic-jets-would-take-passengers-from-chicago-to-orlando-in-46-minutes | 2022-08-17T03:46:10Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/american-airlines-to-buy-supersonic-jets-would-take-passengers-from-chicago-to-orlando-in-46-minutes | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Months before her death, Anne Heche revealed which actresses should portray her in a biopic
LOS ANGELES - Just months before her death following a fiery Mar Vista car crash, Anne Heche revealed who she wanted to portray her in a biopic about her life.
During an appearance on an episode of the podcast "Behind the Velvet Rope," Heche told David Yontef she had two top choices - Miley Cyrus or Kristen Bell. Yontef shared the clip on Aug. 16.
Heche said the two women "share a personality ability to face the world the in a way that I would want portrayed."
Heche compared Cyrus' career as similar to hers, saying they both started in the industry at a young age. She went on to call Cyrus a "f--king great actress," noting "her ability to get out on stage and sing acapella.."
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Heche credited Bell for helping her get nominated for her second Emmy after they shared the screen in the 2004 movie "Gracie's Choice."
"She and I played mother and daughter in a Lifetime movie years ago," Anne said. "And Kristen, again, felt like a reflection to me. Her ability to tell a story, do it through joy, do it with her personality, charm, gorgeous timing, and humor. I see myself a lot in her."
After fighting through the injuries that she sustained in the crash, Heche was pulled off life support on Sunday. Heche was declared brain dead on Thursday, but was kept on life support while doctors sought out recipients for her organs. In addition to suffering burn injuries, authorities said she sustained an anoxic brain injury – in which there was a lack of oxygen to her brain.
"Today we lost a bright light, a kind and most joyful soul, a loving mother, and a loyal friend," her family and friends said in a statement to Variety. "Anne will be deeply missed but she lives on through her beautiful sons, her iconic body of work, and her passionate advocacy. Her bravery for always standing in her truth, spreading her message of love and acceptance, will continue to have a lasting impact." | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/anne-heche-actress-biopic-portrayal | 2022-08-17T03:46:16Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/anne-heche-actress-biopic-portrayal | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Couple arrested for having sex on amusement park ride
SANDUSKY, Ohio - A couple is charged with public indecency for having sex at an Ohio amusement park, according to police.
Authorities at Cedar Point Amusement Park said a man and a woman, both 32 years old, were observed having sexual intercourse on the Giant Wheel ride. The act was witnessed by a group of four women, including two juveniles, according to a police report obtained by FOX Television Stations.
An officer with the Sandusky Police Department said the couple originally denied having sex on the ride. The suspected woman said she had shorts on under her dress and dropped her cigarette pack out of them. That’s when she bent over to pick them up and her partner helped her.
But witnesses maintained the couple was having sex inside the ride’s cart above them and said they saw the couple naked.
Riders also said the couple’s cart was shaking and they could see "both the male and female moving back and forth."
"The group said that the couple knew that they were watching and started laughing and continued their behavior," the police report stated.
Officers said the couple then admitted to having sex. They were both transported to jail.
FOX Television Stations reached out to Cedar Point for comment.
This story was reported from Los Angeles. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/couple-arrested-for-having-sex-on-amusement-park-ride | 2022-08-17T03:46:22Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/couple-arrested-for-having-sex-on-amusement-park-ride | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Sole survivor of lightning strike outside White House speaks out
The lone survivor of a deadly lightning strike outside the White House a few weeks ago is now speaking out about her experience to FOX 5 DC.
Amber Escudero-Kontostathis says she turned 28 years old on the day she was struck. She was supposed to be headed to a birthday dinner. Instead, she tells FOX 5 that her heart stopped more than once.
"That’s what I’ve gained from it. Just really appreciating every moment, every interaction because you really don’t know when it's going to be your last one. And people say that all the time but, wow, could not be more true," she told FOX 5.
The lightning strike killed a 29-year-old bank vice-president from California and an elderly couple from Wisconsin visiting D.C. to celebrate their 56th wedding anniversary.
READ MORE: Three people, including elderly couple, dead after lightning strike near White House
The 28-year-old says still doesn’t remember everything that happened, such as texting her sister-in-law about the storm beforehand and mentioning a report that warned of thunder.
She is sharing her experience now hoping it will bring more awareness.
Escudero-Kontostathis tells FOX 5 she works as the Director for the International Rescue Committee, a group that helps refugees. In that capacity, Escudero-Kontostathis says she would always be out canvassing at Lafayette Park.
There’s not much there to seek shelter under, so Escudero-Kontostathis says she would regularly go to the trees seeking cover from the sun, rain and snow.
On Aug. 4, Escudero-Kontostathis was one of four people severely injured when lightning hit a tree in the park that the group was standing under for shelter.
Two traveling ER nurses and a Secret Service member immediately jumped in, taking turns doing CPR on Escudero-Kontostathis for 30 to 40 minutes. She said they revived her twice.
The 28-year-old also says according to her doctors, she really should not be able to walk or talk, experiencing that long of a time without oxygen to the brain.
READ MORE: DC lightning strike survivor recovering; friends, family post update on condition
The survivor recently got to meet her heroes.
"There were a lot of tears and just the most incredible people in the world because they literally rushed towards harm. They didn’t know if you know – I had no idea electricity like that, lightning, can move through the ground. I thought if it hit a tree, it would light on fire, you would run," she said.
"It’s just hyper, you know, appreciative I guess, and it makes the slow process of healing really frustrating for me. Because I’m not supposed to be doing a lot of screen time, I’m not allowed to be going to work right now. I have to take time off and take things slow when I’m not used to doing that generally, but with this experience, I just want to go full force and do it all and live it large and hard every day," she added.
FOX 5 asked if she would go back to work and back to Lafayette Park, Escudero-Kontostathis said yes, describing the importance of the work she does educating people about refugees across the world.
The 28-year-old does have a serious recovery process ahead. She described "deep" 2nd degree burns up and down her body. She tells FOX 5 it’s very painful having to scrub the burns with Dial soap and gauze each day to make sure there’s no infection.
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Missing: Two other people vanished nearby and on same day as Kiely Rodni
TRUCKEE, Calif. - A California woman and her ex-boyfriend failed to return from a road trip to Reno, about 35 miles away from a massive search effort for a missing teenage girl who vanished a day earlier.
Janette "JJ" Pantoja, 29, and Juan Almanza Zavala, 36, were supposed to return home from the Hot August Nights car show on Aug. 7.
They broke up years ago but remained on friendly terms, according to her sister, Alejandra Pantoja, who said it was not unusual for them to go out to dinner or to events even though she’d since begun a new relationship.
Janette Pantoja texted her current boyfriend that she’d be home in 30 minutes around 11 p.m. on Aug. 6, according to her sister.
Thirty minutes passed, and she never arrived. Then he got an alert on his phone that she’d stopped sharing her location, Alejandra Pantoja told Fox News Digital Tuesday.
Janette "JJ" Pantoja in several photographs provided by her sister, Alejandra Pantoja. (Alejandra Pantoja)
"She just never communicated anything other than that," Alejandra Pantoja said. "She’s not like that."
Yuba City police said the pair’s phones last pinged in Nevada County, California, but a search of the area turned up nothing.
The duo is believed to have been driving Almanza Zavala’s blue 2002 Ford Explorer SUV, according to police, with license plate 4SNS072.
They were headed home from Reno, Nevada, to Yuba City in California. Reno is about 35 miles northwest of the Prosser Family Campground in the Tahoe National Forest, where 16-year-old Kiely Rodni was last seen about 23 hours earlier. Pantoja and Almanza Zavala’s phones last pinged in Penn Valley, another 75 miles to the west.
Authorities have said they don’t think the cases are connected – but Alejandra Pantoja has taken issue with the massive public search effort for Kiely juxtaposed against her sister’s quieter case.
The couple was driving a Blue 2002 Ford Explorer (4SNS072). (Yuba City Police Department)
"I thought police were pretty rude," she said of a Yuba City detective. "I called them today because I wanted to know about my sister, and they were like we can’t keep in contact with you every day."
Spokespersons for both Yuba City police and the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office, the latter of which is assisting in both investigations, did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Kiely Rodni was last seen a week ago on Aug. 6 at Prosser Family Campground after midnight. (findkiely.com)
"They’ve been telling us they were going to send an aerial search and they haven’t done that," Alejandra Pantoja said of Yuba City. "I just feel like if something happened to them, or if he did something to her, they’re just giving [potential suspects] time to run."
Kiely vanished from a party involving 200 to 300 juveniles and young adults at the Prosser Family Campground in Tahoe National Forest, according to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office. She was last seen just after midnight on Aug. 6.
"How is it that they’re doing a big deal for her but not making a big deal for our family member?" Alejandra Pantoja said. "It’s not OK."
Investigators on Kiely’s case announced Monday that they would be scaling down the search effort after 10 days of extensive searches – involving almost 16,000 man-hours by land, air and boat – found nothing.
Prosser Creek Reservoir water team of the Pacer County Sherriff's department search for Kiely Rodni or evidence of her whereabouts (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)
Janette Pantoja has shoulder-length hair with dark roots and blonde highlights, according to her sister. She is 5 feet, 2 inches tall and has brown eyes and several tattoos, including one of a red rose and stem on her arm.
Alamanza Zavala is described as having a medium build, dark brown hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information on Pantoja and Alamanza Zavala’s whereabouts is asked to call Yuba City police at 530-822-4661.
Search party looking for Kiely Rodni who disappeared at a party near Lake Tahoe, California. (Hunter Richards for Fox News Digital)
Kiely is described as 5 feet, 7 inches tall and about 118 pounds. She has blonde hair and hazel eyes. She has a tattoo on her ribs of the number "17." She has a nose ring and several other piercings and was wearing three gold necklaces the night she went missing, according to her friends. She was wearing green Dickies pants, a black studded belt and a black spaghetti-strap bodysuit, according to authorities. She may have been wearing a pink and white hoodie bearing the phrase "ODD FUTURE" or a dark gray hoodie with Lana Del Rey lyrics.
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Earlier from the Reserve Bank of New Zealand:
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Orr:
- in a strong position to get on top of inflation
- household balance sheets are still healthy
- some heat will come out of the labour market as demand slows
- slower consumer spending leading to slower growth
- did not consider a 75bp rate hike today
- the moves by 50bp have been orderly, sufficient
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Iran’s parliament has scheduled a closed session for 17 August 2022 (local time) on the latest developments on the talks in Vienna with the EU on the nuclear deal.
MPs will be briefed on progress of the talks.
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Iran’s parliament has scheduled a closed session for 17 August 2022 (local time) on the latest developments on the talks in Vienna with the EU on the nuclear deal.
MPs will be briefed on progress of the talks.
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- “Our view continues to be that a deal is still unlikely in the short term, with a stalemate mutually beneficial,”
- Even with a breakthrough, there would likely be a “phased implementation,” with barrels unlikely to return until the start of 2023 at the earliest
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The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office says a monkey is responsible for a disconnected 911 call on Saturday night.
Sheriff's officials say deputies were sent to investigate the dropped call after dispatchers tried to call and text back the number, but received no response.
The address where the call came from was the Zoo to You facility in Paso Robles, California.
Sheriff's officials discovered that none of the humans there made the 911 emergency call, but officers soon identified the culprit: A Capuchin monkey named "Route."
Police said the very curious primate apparently took one of the zoo's cell phones from a golf cart and began pushing buttons, and ended up calling 911.
In a Facebook post, the sheriff's office joked, "... Route is a little embarrassed by the whole thing. But you can't really blame her; after all, monkey see, monkey do."
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A high-pressure system hovering over Southern California is set to sizzle the region over the next week or so, forecasters said Tuesday as state officials issued a rare Flex Alert urging residents to conserve energy.
Temperatures in the Inland Empire, and elsewhere across the region, are expected to soar up to 10 degrees above normal, said National Weather Service Los Angeles meteorologist Joe Sirard. “Normal” temperatures for each day, he said, are calculated from daily averages collected locally over the past 30 years.
The coming spike in heat comes during a Southern California summer that has already had a series of heat spells.
The looming heat prompted California’s Independent System Operator, or ISO, on Tuesday afternoon to issue a Flex Alert calling for Southern Californians to reduce energy consumption from 4 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. The ISO, which oversees the state’s electric power grid, aims to ensure the reliability of the grid as power use is expected to go up amid abnormally high temperatures.
Sirard attributed the abnormal highs to an atmospheric phenomenon called upper-level ridging, which concentrates warm air over a particular place. This high-pressure system has been responsible for the consistent highs this summer.
“It’s a persistently warm pattern, especially in the inland areas throughout the week,” Sirard said. “There’s a persistent area of upper-level high pressure over the area. What that does is keep the hot weather over the region and away from the beaches.”
Sirard said areas with shallow marine layers like Woodland Hills and Van Nuys can expect the hottest temperatures. NWS forecasts daytime highs up to 102 degrees on Wednesday and into the upper 90s to finish the week. The San Gabriel Valley can also expect upper 90s averages into Thursday and Friday.
Downtown Los Angeles and Long Beach can expect averages in the upper 80s through Friday. Coastal communities can expect some reprieve with averages this week in the upper 60s to lower 70s.
Temperatures are expected to simmer down this weekend due to stronger onshore flow off the ocean, but the sizzle still isn’t likely to stop then.
“It’s the hottest time of the year. We’re cooling off probably closer to normal this weekend, but even in the valleys it’s still the upper 80s and lower 90s,” Sirard said. “Then it looks like the pattern might turn a bit warmer next week again, so probably another spell of five to 10 degrees above normal temperatures at some point next week.”
NWS San Diego meteorologist Stephanie Sullivan said that temperatures across the Inland Empire will reach the high 90s up to 104 degrees; San Bernardino and Hemet can expect highs of around 101, Lake Elsinore around 102. Inland Orange County will hit averages in the high 80s this week.
Given the persistent heat, this time of year in Southern California is ripe with wildfire potential. However, Sullivan noted that a recent spate of thunder and lightning storms could put the San Bernardino and San Jacinto mountains, where most of the fire rescue activity is concentrated, at particular risk.
These thunder and lightning storms, which Sullivan said usually occur over the mountain ranges every afternoon, are a result of a monsoon pattern that kicked off in July and is expected to persist into September.
Sullivan urged caution when driving, hiking, camping, or otherwise spending time in proximity to these storm hot spots.
“Any time thunderstorms are in the forecast, it’s better to go early in the day and try to get out of the area by noon or so because that’s when it tends to go off,” Sullivan added.
Along with being aware of possible thunderstorms, Southern Californians also should avoid strenuous physical activity in the heat, keep hydrated and remember to not leave animals or children unattended in cars.
The hottest parts of the day are early to mid-afternoon, so outdoor activities should be planned accordingly, she added.
“You definitely need to be weather aware,” Sullivan said.
Forecasted temperatures for Wednesday:
— Downtown Los Angeles: 88
— Fullerton: 91
— Long Beach: 83
— Anaheim: 92
— Mission Viejo: 91
— Pomona: 96
— Redlands: 100
— Riverside: 101
— San Bernardino: 101
— Lake Elsinore: 102
— Torrance: 81
— Van Nuys: 97
— Whittier: 93
Source: National Weather Service
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NEW YORK (AP) — Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a memoir coming out this fall. “Bibi: My Story” will be published Nov. 22, three weeks after parliamentary elections are to be held in Israel.
“Born a year after the founding of the Jewish state, I have dedicated my life to combat the forces that seek its destruction and make peace with those that do not,” Netanyahu, 72, said in a statement released Tuesday by Threshold Editions, a division of Simon & Schuster that publishes conservative books.
“My story is one of tragedy and triumph, setbacks and successes, lessons learned and loved ones cherished. It is woven with that of Israel, which has proven that faith and resolve can overcome insurmountable odds to forge a brilliant future.”
Other Threshold authors have included former Vice President Dick Cheney and former President Donald Trump, a close ally of Netanyahu’s while he was in the White House. Netanyahu has previously written “A Durable Peace” and “Fighting Terrorism,” among other books.
Before being ousted in elections in 2021, Netanyahu was Israel’s longest-serving leader — and its most polarizing, supported and condemned for his hard-line stance against the Palestinians. He now stands at the center of Israel’s protracted political crisis, where a cluster of parties has refused to sit with him in government because he is on trial for corruption: Israel has held five elections in less than four years.
Netanyahu’s 12-year tenure included heightened settlement building in the occupied West Bank and the presiding over three wars against the Hamas militant group ruling Gaza. He was also a leading opponent of the 2015 nuclear accord between Iran and several world powers, including the United States. Iran resumed some of its nuclear activities after Trump withdrew from the agreement in 2018.
Netanyahu is the son of a prominent Zionist and educator, Benzion Netanyahu, and brother of Jonathan Netanyahu, who was killed while leading the famed 1976 rescue of hostages on a hijacked plane in Entebbe, Uganda. A longtime leader of the nationalist Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu also served as prime minister from 1996-1999.
According to Threshold, “Bibi” will range from Netanyahu’s early years to “his singular perspective on the geopolitics of the Middle East” and “his negotiations with Presidents Clinton, Obama, and Trump to secure the future of his country.”
Known as a political wizard able to outmaneuver his opponents, Netanyahu has vowed to regain his old job. But he currently faces charges in three separate cases, including allegations that while in office, he accepted gifts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from Hollywood film producer Arnon Milchan and Australian billionaire James Packer. He is also accused of trying to orchestrate positive coverage in a major Israeli paper in exchange for promoting legislation that would have hampered the news outlet’s chief rival, a free pro-Netanyahu daily.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Explosions and fires ripped through an ammunition depot in Russian-occupied Crimea on Tuesday in the second suspected Ukrainian attack on the peninsula in just over a week, forcing the evacuation of more than 3,000 people.
Russia blamed the blasts in the village of Mayskoye on an “act of sabotage,” without naming the perpetrators.
Separately, the Russian business newspaper Kommersant quoted residents as saying plumes of black smoke also rose over an air base in Crimea’s Gvardeyskoye.
Ukraine stopped short of publicly claiming responsibility for any of the blasts, including those that destroyed nine Russian planes at another Crimean air base last week. Russia seized the Crimean Peninsula in 2014 and has used it to launch attacks against Ukraine in the war that began nearly six months ago.
If Ukrainian forces were behind the explosions, that would represent a significant escalation in the war. Such attacks could also indicate that Ukrainian operatives are able to penetrate deeply into Russian-occupied territory.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alluded to Ukrainian attacks behind enemy lines when he included individuals “who oppose the occupiers in their rear” in a list of people he thanked for supporting the country’s war effort.
In a video address Tuesday night, he also warned people not go near Russian military installations and storage sites for ammunition and equipment.
In another reported act of sabotage, Russia’s Tass news service quoted the FSB security agency as saying Ukrainian operatives blew up six high-voltage transmission towers earlier this month in Russia’s Kursk region, close to Ukraine.
The Kremlin has demanded that Kyiv recognize Crimea as part of Russia as a condition for ending the fighting, while Ukraine has vowed to drive Moscow’s forces from the peninsula on the Black Sea.
Videos posted on social media showed thick columns of smoke rising over raging flames in Mayskoye, and a series of explosions could be heard. The Russian Defense Ministry said a power plant, electrical lines, railroad tracks and apartment buildings were damaged.
“We came out to take a look and saw clouds of smoke coming from the cowshed where the military warehouses are,” said resident Maksim Moldovskiy. “We stayed there until about 7-8 a.m. Everything was exploding — flashes, fragments, debris falling on us. Then the emergency guys came and said they were evacuating everybody.”
Crimea’s regional leader, Sergei Aksyonov, said two people were injured and more than 3,000 evacuated from two villages.
“The detonations are rather strong. Ammunition is strewn all over the ground,” he said, adding that several homes burned down.
In what may have been retaliation for the attacks in Crimea, Russian warplanes fired missiles at a military airfield in Zhytomyr, 87 miles (140 kilometers) west of Kyiv, damaging a runway and vehicles, Ukrainian officials reported.
Crimea is a popular summer destination for Russian tourists, and last week’s explosions at Crimea’s Saki air base sent sunbathers on beaches fleeing as flames and pillars of smoke rose over the horizon.
Ukrainian officials warned Tuesday that Crimea would not be spared the ravages of war.
Rather than a travel destination, “Crimea occupied by Russians is about warehouse explosions and a high risk of death for invaders and thieves,” Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said on Twitter.
Russia blamed last week’s explosions on an accidental detonation of munitions, but satellite photos and other evidence — including the dispersed blast sites — pointed to a Ukrainian attack, perhaps with anti-ship missiles, military analysts said.
Britain’s Defense Ministry said in an intelligence update that vessels in Russia’s Black Sea Fleet are in an “extremely defensive posture” in the waters off Crimea, with ships barely venturing out of sight of the coastline. Russia’s flagship Moskva went down in the Black Sea in April, and last month Ukrainian forces retook strategic Snake Island.
The Russian fleet’s “limited effectiveness undermines Russia’s overall invasion strategy,” the British said. “This means Ukraine can divert resources to press Russian ground forces elsewhere.”
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu charged that in addition to supplying arms to Ukraine, Western allies have provided detailed intelligence and instructors to help Ukraine operate weapons that can hit deep in occupied territory.
“Western intelligence agencies not only have provided target coordinates for launching strikes, but Western specialists also have overseen the input of those data into weapons systems,” Shoigu said.
In other developments:
— A U.N.-chartered ship loaded with Ukrainian grain set out for the hunger-stricken Horn of Africa in the first such relief delivery of the war. The shipment was made possible by an internationally brokered deal to free up grain trapped in Ukrainian ports by the fighting and establish safe corridors through the mined water of the Black Sea.
— U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to travel to Ukraine for a meeting Thursday in the western city of Lviv with Zelenskyy and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. They are expected to discuss the grain shipments and a possible fact-finding mission to the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of shelling. Guterres will also visit Odesa on Friday. During Guterres’ last trip to Ukraine, in April, Russia forces launched an airstrike on Kyiv while he was visiting the capital.
— Samantha Power, head of the U.S. Agency for International Development, said the United States is giving more than $68 million in additional funding to the U.N. World Food Program “to purchase, move, and store up to 150,000 metric tons of Ukrainian wheat to help respond to the global food crisis.”
— Russian shelling killed at least two civilians in the industrial Donbas region in the east and in the city of Kharkiv in the northeast, Ukrainian authorities said.
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Associated Press writer Edith M. Lederer at the United Nations contributed to this report.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon has complained to federal regulators that they are hounding company founder Jeff Bezos and senior executives, making “impossible-to-satisfy demands” in their investigation of Amazon Prime, the popular streaming and shopping service with free delivery and an estimated 200 million members around the globe.
The Federal Trade Commission has been investigating the sign-up and cancellation practices of Amazon Prime starting in March 2021 with the issuance of civil subpoenas, the biggest online retailer and tech giant disclosed in a petition to the agency filed earlier this month.
The petition asks the FTC to cancel, or extend the deadline for answering, subpoenas sent last June to Bezos, Amazon’s former CEO, and current CEO Andy Jassy. It says the FTC “has identified no legitimate reason for needing their testimony when it can obtain the same information, and more, from other witnesses and documents.”
Jassy took over the top position at Amazon from Bezos, one of the world’s richest individuals, in July 2021. Bezos became executive chairman.
The FTC investigation has widened to include at least five other subscription programs, according to Amazon: Audible, Amazon Music, Kindle Unlimited, Subscribe & Save, and an unidentified third-party program not offered by Amazon. The regulators are asking the company to identify the number of consumers who were enrolled in the programs without giving their consent, among other customer information. In June, agency staff sought to serve subpoenas on nearly 20 current and former Amazon employees, at their homes, with dates for them to give testimony in coming weeks, the petition says.
Amazon says in the petition it has worked “diligently and cooperatively” with FTC staff for more than a year to provide information relevant to the probe, offering up some 37,000 pages of documents. It calls the information demanded in the subpoenas “overly broad and burdensome.”
Amazon blames the standoff on “unexplained pressure placed on staff to complete the investigation hastily, by an arbitrarily chosen deadline.”
FTC spokespeople didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday.
With an estimated 150 million U.S. subscribers, Amazon Prime is a key source of revenue, as well as a wealth of customer data, for the Seattle-based company, which runs an e-commerce empire and ventures in cloud computing, personal “smart” tech and beyond. Amazon Prime costs $139 a year. The service added a coveted feature this year by obtaining exclusive video rights to the NFL’s “Thursday Night Football.”
Last year, Amazon asked unsuccessfully that FTC Chair Lina Khan step aside from separate antitrust investigations into its business, contending that her public criticism of the company’s market power before she joined the government makes it impossible for her to be impartial. Khan was a fierce critic of tech giants Facebook (now Meta), Google and Apple, as well as Amazon. She arrived on the antitrust scene in 2017, writing an influential study titled “Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox” when she was a Yale law student.
Amazon’s latest petition to the FTC was first reported Monday by Business Insider.
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Newly signed Jets offensive tackle Duane Brown believes the criticism surrounding his age is warranted as he steadily approaches his 37th birthday on Aug. 30.
However, Brown exudes a convincing confidence when talking about his strongest assets and what he thinks he can bring to the Jets, who signed the Virginia native to essentially a one-year, $9 million guaranteed contract on Monday. He knows he still has to go out there and prove it, he said, but he’s feeling good about doing so.
“I wouldn’t be here if I didn’t,” Brown said when asked if he thinks he’s the same player as he’s always been despite entering his 15th year in the NFL. “I don’t play the game just to be out there. I want to play at a high level. I work hard and continue to play at a high level. I think you ask my opponents that I play against, they’ll tell you, I play at a high level.
“There’s not many people that play to this age, so those criticisms are well warranted. I’m not going to talk about what I’m going to do as much, just get out there on the field and prove it. That’s what I plan to do.”
Coach Robert Saleh said Brown, who was signed in wake of Mekhi Becton’s season-ending knee injury, should start getting reps with the team beginning Thursday. It sounded like Saleh wants Brown to participate in the dual practice with the Falcons on Friday, but the coach was unsure if he’d compete in the Jets’ second preseason game against Atlanta on Monday.
Though there doesn’t seem to be any rush to get the 6-foot-4, 329-pounder involved in team drills, Brown acknowledged there’s some sense of urgency to get the offensive line together with the start of the regular season just under four weeks away.
But Brown is already familiar with the Jets’ system, he said, noting that he played in the same one for the first seven years of his career with the Texans.
“You want that continuity, but with the O-line especially, because you’d love to get them to a point where they’re making nonverbal communication calls,” Saleh said. “They already know, they’ve been working together so much that they don’t have to speak, they can just play, which is always hard to go against because you can’t get those pre-snap indicators. I think we have time. Duane has been in the system, so he’ll know how to communicate it.”
Additionally, Brown is already familiar with Saleh after the two spent three seasons together in Houston from 2008-10. Saleh first served as the defensive assistant (2005-08) before becoming the assistant linebackers coach (2009-10). John Benton, the Jets’ offensive line and run game coordinator, also coached Brown for the first six of his nine years with the Texans.
With Brown’s arrival, George Fant was moved to right tackle for the first time. Fant had stepped in for Becton at left tackle last season and retained the job at the start of this year’s training camp, but the Jets evidently want to go with the same alignment the two tackles had during their three seasons as teammates with the Seahawks.
“We’ve been friends since we played together in Seattle, and we’ve always talked regularly since he’s been here,” said Brown, who did individual work off to the side Tuesday. “We’ve been in communication throughout this process. I have all the respect in the world for him. He’s a great player. He has a mutual respect for myself, as well. I think just the situation, the way it’s played out, it’s not easy for anybody. But he’s handled it greatly and I’m grateful for it.
“It hasn’t been that awkward for us. We’re on great terms. We’re friends before anything. We realize the way our line is set up right now, we have the potential to be a really good one. He’s embraced it.” | https://nypost.com/2022/08/16/jets-duane-brown-not-letting-game-pass-him-by-with-age/ | 2022-08-17T04:00:09Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/16/jets-duane-brown-not-letting-game-pass-him-by-with-age/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK (AP) — With inflation hovering near levels not seen in 40 years, higher-income Americans turned to Walmart to cut costs on groceries while its lower-income customers swapped out deli meats for less expensive hot dogs and canned tuna.
That boosted sales for Walmart in the second quarter, the company reported Tuesday, but the downward shift at almost all points along the social spectrum cut into profit margins.
And the same forces shaping choices that Americans make about where they shop for food and what they eat are forcing Walmart to cut prices and clear huge inventories of things that customers clamored for during the pandemic; TVs, casual clothing, sporting goods and a host of other items not considered essential.
“We’re pleased to see more customers choosing Walmart during this inflationary period,” said CEO Doug McMillon. “The actions we’ve taken to improve inventory levels in the U.S., along with a heavier mix of sales in grocery put pressure on profit margin.”
Retailers this year have had to stay on top of shopping habits changed by both rising costs and consumers who would rather spend money outside of the home rather than on it as the pandemic eases.
The retailer beat Wall Street expectations and sales at stores open at least a year rose 6.5% as more Americans looked to trim spending in various ways through Walmart.
After being caught off guard by how quickly its customers pivoted, Walmart said that it’s making progress getting rid of excess inventory, though it remains an issue. The company on Tuesday said the decline in profit that it forecast just a month ago will be smaller than it had feared.
Shares of Walmart jumped 5% Tuesday.
Walmart Inc., based in Bentonville, Arkansas, is among the first major retailers to report quarterly results and is considered a crucial barometer of spending given its size and the breadth of its customer base.
Walmart shocked Wall Street three weeks ago when it lowered its profit outlook for the first time since 2015 and shares of a company that thrived during the pandemic tumbled 10%.
The warning followed an announcement by Target, another pandemic superstar, in the previous month that it was canceling orders from suppliers as its inventory piled up, untouched by consumers who no longer wanted to furnish their homes as COVID-19 eased its grip.
Sales of casual clothing, TVs and other electronics that flew off the shelves and into the homes of Americans sheltering in place went flat as people started going to restaurants, shows or traveling again.
Evidence of an enormous consumer shift registered in a number of places at Walmart. Sales of private grocery brands, which are typically less expensive, doubled from the first quarter to the second.
Walmart canceled billions of dollars worth of orders to equalize its inventory and now believes that only about 15% of its total inventory growth during the second quarter is above optimal levels.
The situation stabilized somewhat as the quarter wore on, Walmart said. It saw the influx of new customers, and lower gas prices in recent weeks offered some relief. Strong back-to-school spending helped.
Walmart noted that a vast majority — roughly 75% — of its market share in grocery during the latest quarter was driven by shoppers with $100,000 or more in annual household income.
Walmart earned $5.15 billion, or $1.88 per share, or $1.77 excluding one-time costs and charges. That easily beat the $1.62 per share that Wall Street was looking for, according to FactSet.
It also topped last year’s profit of $4.27 billion.
Sales rose 8.4% to $152.86 billion, topping industry analyst projections.
It now expects consolidated adjusted operating income to decline 9% to 11% for the year, an improvement from the company’s prior guidance of 11% to 13%.
Its shares rose $6.77 to close Tuesday at $139.37.
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen riding on motorcycles opened fire on Tuesday on police escorting a team of polio workers in northwestern Pakistan, killing two policemen, authorities said.
None of the polio workers were harmed, said Mohammad Imran, a local police official. The four polio workers and their police escort were all traveling on motorcycles.
The assailants fled the scene and no one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in the town of Gomal, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan.
The attack came on the second day of Pakistan’s latest anti-polio campaign in the province. Pakistan has registered 14 new polio cases since April, all from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The outbreak has been a blow to the Islamic nation’s efforts to eradicate the disease, which can cause severe paralysis in children.
Pakistan’s anti-polio campaigns are regularly marked by violence as Islamic militants often target polio teams and police protecting them, falsely claiming that the vaccination campaigns are a Western conspiracy to sterilize children.
Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries in the world where polio remains endemic. In 2021, Pakistan reported only one case, raising hopes it was close to eradicating polio. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/health/gunmen-kill-2-policemen-escorting-polio-workers-in-pakistan/ | 2022-08-17T04:00:51Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/health/gunmen-kill-2-policemen-escorting-polio-workers-in-pakistan/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Scottish independence: Liz Truss says she will 'never, ever' allow UK 'family' to be split up
The favourite to be the next prime minister has vowed she will “never, ever” let the UK be split up as both Conservative leadership candidates launched scathing attacks on the SNP and Nicola Sturgeon.
Liz Truss insisted she would ensure the union went from strength to strength “now and forever” while her rival Rishi Sunak said he could not "imagine the circumstances” in which he would agree to a second independence referendum.
It came as both candidates faced a grilling over the cost-of-living crisis as they addressed the only Scottish hustings of the Conservative leadership contest in Perth.
Earlier, around 300 protesters jeered and booed from behind metal barriers as party members entered Perth Concert Hall, with one prominent banner reading “Tory scum out”. Many of the protesters waved saltires and Yes flags.
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As The Scotsman arrived, eggs were thrown towards a queue of Tory members that included older men and women and a wheelchair user.
SNP MP David Linden condemned the behaviour, writing on Twitter: “If any one of them is found to be an SNP member, then they should be chucked out immediately.”
During the hustings, which was attended by around 1,000 Tory members and chaired by STV’s political editor Colin Mackay, both Ms Truss and Mr Sunak repeatedly attacked the SNP’s record in Government.
Mr Sunak said public spending on the NHS in Scotland is growing at a far slower rate than in England.
He said: “Then look at the rest of the public sector, education, justice, local government. [Ms Sturgeon’s] imposed austerity on all those parts of public services.
“I even put an income tax cut in and gave the Scottish Government money to pass that on. They chose not to do that.
“You might scratch your head and say ‘hang on, where is all that money going then? We found out – the welfare budget in Scotland is increasing by 50 per cent over the next five years.”
He said it was “barmy” for any government to focus on a second referendum during a cost-of-living crisis.
Mr Sunak promised he would “not be shy” about calling out the SNP’s record in Holyrood if he becomes the next prime minister.
He said the cost-of-living crisis should be the focus of both the devolved and Westminster governments, adding: “Politicians should be relentlessly focused on addressing that, and I say that to Nicola Sturgeon, that is the priority, not another divisive, unnecessary constitutional referendum.”
In a reference to previous comments by Ms Truss, he added: "I don’t want to just ignore Nicola Sturgeon. I want to take her on and beat her.”
Mr Sunak said the SNP could not be trusted to deliver economic growth as they “can’t even get the ferries to work”.
Earlier, Ms Truss told the audience she would not let the “family” of nations in the UK be split up.
She said: “I consider myself a child of the union and to me we’re not just neighbours, we’re family. I will never ever let our family be split up.”
She added: “I will make sure that, now and forever, our fantastic union goes from strength to strength to strength.”
Ms Truss said Scotland is being “let down by Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP Government”.
She said: “They’ve been pursuing an agenda of separatism rather than dealing with issues that they created in the Scottish education system, in the NHS and in the transport system”.
“I know the people of Scotland deserve better, and they want better.”
The Foreign Secretary said the number of defence contracts being given to Scottish firms would increase if she becomes prime minister.
Elsewhere, Mr Sunak said the cost-of-living crisis is the most important issue facing the country, but ruled out freezing the energy price cap to help struggling households with growing costs, as the Labour Party has urged.
Ms Truss refused to say what support other than pausing the green energy levy she would offer people to limit the impact of energy bill rises.
She said she did not want to pre-empt a budget given by a chancellor she would appoint.
On independence, she told the hustings: “If I am elected as prime minister, I will not allow another independence referendum.”
Mr Sunak was also pressed on whether he would allow a referendum. He said: “I can’t imagine the circumstances in which I would.
“We live in a union which is of course there by consent and by democracy and I accept that, but I just don’t think that anybody thinks that now or any time in the near future is remotely the time to focus on this.”
Both candidates toured the north-east of Scotland ahead of the hustings in Perth, with Ms Truss visiting the BenRiach distillery near Elgin before heading to an event in Aberdeen.
Mr Sunak met the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation in Stonehaven and then travelled to Cluny Castle and across to Aberdeen.
Kirsten Oswald, the SNP’s deputy Westminster leader, said the hustings event was “depressing watching for Scots”.
She said: “It seems both Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have very short memories - and it became even clearer that neither have a clue what ordinary folk are facing during this cost-of-living crisis, nor do they have a plan to support them.
“That is because they have spent their time in the Tory government making the rich richer and the poor poorer.
"Sunak wants to take from the poor to give to the rich, and Truss thinks the solution to all problems is for British workers just to "graft" more. The options for the next UK Prime Minister are truly grim.
“The pair repeatedly attempted to tell us tonight what Scotland wants. Scotland has made it clear what it does and doesn’t want by repeatedly rejecting the Tories at the polls and repeatedly voting for independence supporting parties.
“Scotland hasn’t voted for the Tories since the 1950s yet we keep getting saddled with Tory governments and Prime Ministers.
"We were told in 2014 that Scotland’s place in the EU would only be safe if we rejected independence – that was a lie.
"It’s time Scotland had a say on its future – and it’s clear that whoever wins this gruesome Tory contest will only increase support for independence.”
Scottish Liberal Democrat deputy leader Wendy Chamberlain said: "I had to switch off after fifteen minutes.
“Over the course of this campaign neither candidate has made any effort to talk about Scotland and devolution beyond superficial platitudes that only play to their narrow Tory party member electorate.
“Scotland needs a Prime Minister who is prepared to get serious about the cost-of-living crisis and stop playing into the hands of the nationalists. We will never get that with the out-of-touch Conservative party. A general election cannot come quickly enough.”
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SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — Woodbury County’s wind ordinance was again center stage at Tuesday’s Board of Supervisors meeting.
Last year, supervisors approved a commercial wind farm ordinance that required turbines to be 1,250 feet away from public and private property and Tuesday’s meeting, which lasted more than an hour, continued discussion about changing the ordinance.
Last week, the Board received a petition from Woodbury County residents in favor of moving wind turbines double the original distance with 700 signatures.
On Tuesday, more than 110 additional signatures were turned to the board in favor of that wind ordinance change.
“Our people are passionate, intelligent, and love Woodbury County as it is. We don’t want these 600 foot tall industrial monsters near our residences or on our Loess Hills. Therefore, I’m asking each and every one of you today to support the setbacks of 2,500 feet or greater. No compromises,” said one Woodbury County resident.
“So I think you also need to consider what is happening to our food sources, what is going to happen to our water sources and biologically what is happening to our families,” said another Woodbury County resident.
“They aren’t safe, cost effective, or even a practical source of energy. They will destroy the farming life as we know it and our futures as well,” said another resident.
A majority of folks at the meeting were in favor of the pushback, however, there were opinions in favor of wind turbines and leaving the ordinance as is, but Board Chair, Keith Radig, said the meeting is a good example of why people need to participate in local government.
“What’s interesting is we could have budget meetings and have nobody show up, but when it comes to something like this, there’s overwhelming interest in it. So I would just encourage people to show up for everything that, say the county or the city or local government does because this impacts your life directly,” said Radig.
The Board voted 3-2 to approve the second reading and move to a third and final reading to Tuesday, August 23 when the board will vote to approve or deny the ordinance setback. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/siouxlanders-gather-for-second-hearing-of-woodbury-county-wind-ordinance/ | 2022-08-17T04:03:41Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/siouxlanders-gather-for-second-hearing-of-woodbury-county-wind-ordinance/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly addressed the asylum seekers who have passed through Chattanooga. We told you about a busload of migrants in Dade County and in Chattanooga on Friday.
Mayor Kelly's office says they are all documented migrants who have been screened by the Department of Homeland Security, have authorization to travel, and are legally seeking asylum which is a protected legal status.
"Essentially they were lost in a city and didn't know how to get around, and as a city that prides itself on compassion and and our faith community, we felt it was our responsibility to help them on their way," said Mayor Kelly.
Mayor Kelly says the city was not aware charter buses coming from Texas, carrying asylum seekers, would be coming through Chattanooga.
They discovered Chattanooga was simply a stopping point for buses to switch drivers after the Chattanooga Police Department reported an incident last Friday of a bus with immigrants stopped at a hotel.
Mayor Kelly says they spoke with the bus company and they decided to change their routes.
"The charter bus company has informed us they are no longer planning on stopping in Chattanooga as a part of their route to the Northeast," said Kelly.
According to the mayor, 51 asylum seekers came through Chattanooga, only four of them have stayed and were taken in by a local family.
The city has coordinated with the airport, Tennessee's Immigration and Refugee Rights Coalition, and the non-profit La Paz, helping get food, clothing and a way for them to travel to their destinations.
The Chattanooga Area Food Bank also stepped up to help by donating over 100 bags of food to La Paz. They say this is not political for them and food is a basic human right.
"No momma should have to tell their child that she can't have anything to eat, and there were children on these buses. No dad should have to go with out something to eat, for us the right thing to do is to provide an immediate need," said Melissa Blevins, CEO of Chattanooga Area Food Bank.
Mayor Kelly clarified, saying the status of asylum seeker means these people have been fleeing life threatening situations, they have paper work allowing them to travel in the U.S. and, he says, they are not a danger to anyone.
"We're trying to be compassionate and sympathetic to their plight and help them get to their final destination in the most compassionate way that we can, but no, the general public should not be concerned for their safety from these people," said Mayor Kelly. | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/mayor-kelly-says-migrants-will-no-longer-stop-in-chattanooga/article_a61d00a4-1dd6-11ed-9ed1-7bd408154047.html | 2022-08-17T04:04:27Z | local3news.com | control | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/mayor-kelly-says-migrants-will-no-longer-stop-in-chattanooga/article_a61d00a4-1dd6-11ed-9ed1-7bd408154047.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
If you are an insurance holder with TennCare now may be a good time to make sure you are still eligible for coverage.
While the renewal process hasn't started just yet, TennCare is alerting members now that they will have to complete a new renewal packet.
This is a requirement by state and federal law to ensure all insurance holders with TennCare are qualified.
When the Centers for Medicare Services sends their 60-day notice, members who are not eligible could face loss of coverage.
Amy Lawrence, the Communications Director at TennCare said now is the time to make sure you meet eligibility requirements.
"So many of the members will be automatically renewed for TennCare," said Lawrence. "If we cannot verify from data sources, or existing data sources that they will qualify for TennCare then they will have to renew that packet."
She says you should make sure your information is updated, like your phone number, email, and address.
You can find that information here, or by calling TennCare Connect for free at (855)-259-0701. | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/the-public-health-emergency-on-tenncare-could-expire-soon-update-your-information-now/article_0540cade-1daa-11ed-af52-0bcf37552caf.html | 2022-08-17T04:04:33Z | local3news.com | control | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/the-public-health-emergency-on-tenncare-could-expire-soon-update-your-information-now/article_0540cade-1daa-11ed-af52-0bcf37552caf.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Attorneys for a mother charged with conspiring to kill her children in Idaho and to steal their social security benefits asked a judge on Tuesday to send the case back to a grand jury because they say the indictment is confusing.
Lori Vallow Daybell and her husband Chad Daybell have pleaded not guilty to murder, conspiracy and grand theft charges in connection with the deaths of 7-year-old Joshua “JJ” Vallow and 17-year-old Tylee Ryan. They could face the death penalty if convicted.
During a hearing in the eastern Idaho town of St. Anthony, Vallow Daybell’s attorneys said the conspiracy charges were oddly constructed and likely to confuse a jury.
One of the conspiracy charges is because prosecutors say the couple planned to kill Vallow Daybell’s daughter and steal the social security benefits the child was receiving because her father had died. The other conspiracy charge involves the same allegations, but in connection with her son’s death.
Under the plan proposed by Vallow Daybell’s defense attorneys, the case would be returned to the grand jury so the charges could be tweaked.
“The conspiracy to commit murder and the conspiracy to commit grand theft are two separate conspiracies,” defense attorney John Thomas said. “We believe it would be confusing to a jury to be able to figure out what elements were met, when the elements were met and to what extent the elements were met.”
Otherwise, Thomas said, the case will be “fundamentally unfair.”
“I’m not saying that the jury isn’t sophisticated enough to sort through that, but I’ve been practicing law for 20 years and this particular charge baffled me,” he said.
Prosecuting attorney Rob Wood told the court that the conspiracy charges aren’t confusing at all — they simply detail a “criminal agreement.”
“One was to murder Tylee Ryan and to steal the social security money that was allotted to her, and one was to kill JJ Vallow and steal and collect the social security funds that were allotted to him,” Wood said. “We believe the jury will find that there was this agreement, that they agreed to commit these two crimes.”
Chad Daybell did not attend Tuesday’s hearing. During the hour-long proceeding, Vallow Daybell frowned much of the time but smiled at other moments. Occasionally she appeared to laugh or scoff at the legal arguments made by the prosecutor.
Judge Steven Boyce said he would consider the arguments and make a decision later.
Idaho law enforcement officers started investigating the Daybells in November 2019 after extended family members reported that the children were missing. During that period, police said the couple lied about the children’s whereabouts. Their bodies were found buried later on Chad Daybell’s property in rural Idaho.
Chad and Lori Daybell married just two weeks after his previous wife, Tammy Daybell, died unexpectedly. Tammy Daybell’s death was initially reported as due to natural causes, but investigators had her body exhumed after growing suspicious when Chad Daybell quickly remarried.
Lori Vallow Daybell is also charged with conspiracy to commit murder in Arizona in connection with the death of her previous husband. Charles Vallow was shot and killed by Lori Daybell’s brother, Alex Cox, who claimed it was self-defense. Cox later died of what police said was natural causes.
The Arizona legal proceedings are on hold while the Idaho case is underway and Vallow Daybell has not been scheduled to make a plea in the Arizona case. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national/mom-accused-of-killing-kids-in-idaho-seeks-change-in-charges/ | 2022-08-17T04:04:35Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national/mom-accused-of-killing-kids-in-idaho-seeks-change-in-charges/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The co-pilot who fell to his death after getting off an aircraft mid-flight in North Carolina may have been sick and was described as "visibly upset" prior to exiting the plane without a parachute, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation and Safety Board.
Two people -- a pilot-in-charge and a second-in-charge -- were initially on the July 29 flight, but only one person was on the plane when it landed, the Federal Aviation Administration said at the time. The body of Charles Hew Crooks, the 23-year-old second-in-charge, was discovered hours later in the backyard of a home in Fuquay-Varina, about 18 miles south of Raleigh, police said.
The plane, a twin-engine CASA CN-212 Aviocar, was being operated as a skydiving flight, the NTSB report said. It had already flown two skydiving runs and was on its way to pick up a third group. As Crooks flew the plane on its descent to Raeford West Airport, the plane descended below the tree line and "dropped," according to the report.
While attempting to get the plane climbing again, the right main landing gear "impacted the runway surface," causing a hard landing. The pilot-in-command took over controls from Crooks, reached over 400 feet again and directed him to declare an emergency and request a diversion to Raleigh-Durham International Airport for landing, the report said.
At this point, Crooks was responsible for communicating with air traffic control while the pilot-in-charge flew the plane. They hit turbulence while approaching the airport and about 20 minutes into the flight, Crooks "became visibly upset" about the hard landing, the report said.
The pilot-in-charge said Crooks then opened his side cockpit window and "may have gotten sick," at which point the pilot-in-charge took over radio communications, the report said. Crooks lowered the ramp in the back of the airplane, indicating he "felt like he was going to be sick and needed air," according to the report.
"The (pilot-in-charge) stated that the (second-in-charge) then got up from his seat, removed his headset, apologized, and departed the airplane via the aft ramp door," the report said.
The pilot said there was a bar that Crooks could have grabbed about 6 feet above the ramp, but he never saw Crooks grab it before exiting the plane. The pilot turned the plane around to search for Crooks and notified air traffic control about Crooks' departure from the plane.
The pilot proceeded with an emergency landing at the airport. On post-accident examination, the plane had substantial damage to the landing gear lifts and the airframe structure, the NTSB report said.
The plane has been retained for further examination, the report said, and the incident is still under investigation.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Rhode Island man vacationing in Milwaukee fell to his death after a drawbridge was raised while he was walking across it.
Richard Dujardin, 77, of Providence, Rhode Island, was crossing the Kilbourn Avenue Bridge in downtown Milwaukee on Monday afternoon with his wife, according to a Milwaukee County Medical Examiner’s Office report.
Rosemarie Dujardin made it across the bridge, which spans the Milwaukee River, but her husband was about halfway across when it began to open. He grabbed onto a side rail as the bridge sections rose to a 90-degree angle, but he lost his grip and fell about 70 feet (21 meters) to the pavement below, the report states.
He suffered a head wound and was pronounced dead at the scene, investigators said.
The bridge is controlled by the city’s Department of Public Works and its two halves are raised and lowered for boat traffic by someone working remotely who has two camera views of the span. The lights and bells were operational as the two sections were raised and crossing arms came down at each end of the bridge, according to investigators.
Rosemarie Dujardin told investigators that her husband was hard of hearing and wore glasses. The medical examiner’s report said he was looking at an iPad while walking.
Police said in a statement that there is no suspicion of a criminal act, but that the investigation continues. Interim Public Works Commissioner Jerrel Kruschke said the employee who operated the bridge is in his fourth year and has conducted hundreds of bridge openings. He said the employee has been put on leave and offered counseling.
The department said in a statement that about half of the city’s 20 bridges are operated remotely, calling it “a safe and standard industry practice.” | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national/rhode-island-man-dies-in-fall-from-milwaukee-drawbridge/ | 2022-08-17T04:04:49Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national/rhode-island-man-dies-in-fall-from-milwaukee-drawbridge/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden arrived at the White House promising to “build back” America, and legislation he signed Tuesday delivers a slimmer, though not insignificant, version of that once sweeping idea.
Approved by the divided Congress, the bill brings the biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. Also in the legislation is a $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs for Medicare recipients as well as a new 15% corporate minimum tax to ensure big businesses pay their share.
And billions will be left over to pay down federal deficits.
All told, the Democrats’ “Inflation Reduction Act” may not do much to immediately tame inflationary price hikes. But the package, an election year turnaround after loftier versions collapsed, will touch countless American lives and secure longtime party goals.
Democrats alone supported the package, as Republicans lined up against it. Republicans deride the 730-page bill as big government overreach and point particular criticism at its $80 billion investment in the IRS to hire new employees and go after tax scofflaws.
Voters will be left to sort it out in the November elections, when control of Congress will be decided.
Not as robust as Biden’s initial ideas to rebuild America’s public infrastructure and family support systems, here’s what’s in the estimated $740 billion package — made up of $440 billion in new spending and $300 billion toward easing deficits.
LOWER PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS
Launching a long-sought goal, the bill would allow the Medicare program to negotiate some prescription drug prices with pharmaceutical companies, saving the federal government some $288 billion over the 10-year budget window.
The result is expected to lower costs for older adults on medications, including a $2,000 out-of-pocket cap for older adults buying prescriptions from pharmacies.
The revenue raised would also be used to provide free vaccinations for seniors, who now are among the few not guaranteed free access, according to a summary document.
Seniors would also have insulin prices capped at $35 a month.
HELP PAYING FOR HEALTH INSURANCE
The bill would extend the subsidies provided during the COVID-19 pandemic to help some Americans who buy health insurance on their own.
Under earlier pandemic relief, the extra help was set to expire this year. But the bill would allow the assistance to keep going for three more years, lowering insurance premiums for some 13 million people who are purchasing their own health care policies through the Affordable Care Act.
BIGGEST U.S. INVESTMENT ‘BY FAR’ IN CLIMATE CHANGE
The bill would infuse nearly $375 billion over the decade in climate change-fighting strategies that Democrats believe could put the country on a path to cut greenhouse gas emissions 40% by 2030, and “would represent the single biggest climate investment in U.S. history, by far.”
For consumers, that means tax rebates to buy electric vehicles — $4,000 for used vehicle purchase and up to $7,500 for new ones, eligible to households with incomes of $300,000 or less for couples, or single people with income of $150,000 or less.
Not all electric vehicles will fully qualify for the tax credits, thanks to requirements that component parts be manufactured and assembled in the U.S. And pricier cars costing more than $55,000 and SUVs and trucks priced above $80,000 are excluded.
There’s also tax breaks for consumers to go green. One is a 10-year consumer tax credit for renewable energy investments in wind and solar.
For businesses, the bill has $60 billion for a clean energy manufacturing tax credit and $30 billion for a production tax credit for wind and solar, seen as ways to boost and support the industries that can help curb the country’s dependence on fossil fuels.
The bill also gives tax credits for nuclear power and carbon capture technology that oil companies such as Exxon Mobil have invested millions of dollars to advance.
The bill would impose a new fee on excess methane emissions from oil and gas drilling while giving fossil fuel companies access to more leases on federal lands and waters.
A late addition pushed by Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Ariz., and other Democrats in Arizona, Nevada and Colorado would designate $4 billion to combat a mega-drought in the West, including conservation efforts in the Colorado River Basin, which nearly 40 million Americans rely on for drinking water.
HOW TO PAY FOR ALL OF THIS?
One of the biggest revenue-raisers in the bill is a new 15% minimum tax on corporations that earn more than $1 billion in annual profits.
It’s a way to clamp down on some 200 U.S. companies that avoid paying the standard 21% corporate tax rate, including some that end up paying no taxes at all.
The new corporate minimum tax would kick in after the 2022 tax year and raise more than $258 billion over the decade.
There will also be a new 1% excise tax imposed on stock buybacks, raising some $74 billion over the decade.
Savings from allowing Medicare’s negotiations with the drug companies is expected to bring in $288 billion over 10 years, according to the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office.
The bill sticks with Biden’s original pledge not to raise taxes on families or businesses making less than $400,000 a year.
Yet money is also raised by boosting the IRS to go after tax cheats. The bill proposes an $80 billion investment in taxpayer services, enforcement and modernization, which is projected to raise $203 billion in new revenue — a net gain of $124 billion over the decade.
Sinema was instrumental in doing away with other tax proposals and shaping the final plan.
EXTRA MONEY TO PAY DOWN DEFICITS
With some $740 billion in new revenue and around $440 billion in new investments, the bill promises to put the difference of about $300 billion toward deficit reduction.
Federal deficits spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic when federal spending soared and tax revenues fell as the nation’s economy churned through shutdowns, closed offices and other massive changes.
The nation has seen deficits rise and fall in recent years. But overall federal budgeting is on an unsustainable path, according to the Congressional Budget Office, which recently put out a new report on long-term projections.
WHAT’S LEFT BEHIND?
The package, nowhere near the sweeping Build Back Better program Biden once envisioned, remains a sizable undertaking and, along with COVID-19 relief and the GOP 2017 tax cuts, is among the more substantial bills from Congress in years.
While Congress did pass and Biden signed into law a $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill for highways, broadband and other investments that was part of the White House’s initial vision, the Democrats’ other big priorities have slipped away.
Gone, for now, are plans for free pre-kindergarten and community college, as well as the nation’s first paid family leave program that would have provided up to $4,000 a month for births, deaths and other pivotal needs. Also allowed to expire is the enhanced child care credit that was providing $300 a month during the pandemic.
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Are vertical mice better?
A vertical mouse is a type of computer mouse that sits upright and has its buttons and scroll wheel rotated 90 degrees. While it functions no differently than a standard computer mouse, it greatly improves how your body reacts to long periods of scrolling.
A flat mouse is used with your hand over it, which can cause your wrist to become elevated. A vertical mouse, however, lets your hand rest on it in a thumb-up position that’s more efficient and safer. Vertical mice have left and right buttons and typically have scroll buttons to move up and down pages.
How does a vertical mouse work?
A vertical mouse is designed to keep the hand in an upright handshake position while you’re scrolling. This keeps the ulna and radius bones and the elbow and shoulder joints in a natural position. In contrast, the traditional palm-down mouse can, over time, put immense pressure on these areas.
The vertical mouse falls into the category of ergonomic computer equipment, designed to let the body perform tasks from a neutral position to avoid overuse injuries or muscle strain. Examples include ergonomic desks, office chairs and mice.
Advantages of using a vertical mouse
May help prevent carpal tunnel syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a condition caused by straining the median nerve that runs from the hand through the wrist. The result is aching, tingling or numbness in the hand and forearm.
Studies are inconclusive on the benefits of ergonomic computer equipment, including vertical mice, regarding this syndrome. However, several studies have concluded that vertical mice relieve pressure on the wrist. One, published by the National Institutes of Health, found that using a vertical mouse instead of a flat mouse decreased rotation in the wrist and lowered the need for movement of the wrist muscles.
Prevents and treats mouse shoulder
Mouse shoulder is an overuse condition that causes pain in the hand, wrist, shoulder and sometimes the neck. The condition is caused by how the hand interacts with a typical flat mouse. Strain on the wrist and lack of arm support while using a mouse lead to burning or aching in the affected areas. It’s typically associated with office workers, can be very painful and can lead to time out of work.
A study from the National Institutes of Health examined the impact of using ergonomic mice to reduce the effects of mouse shoulder. It found that using an ergonomic mouse produces far less adverse effects on the forearm and shoulder than a flat mouse.
May make computer use less painful for people with arthritis
For those who have arthritis in the hands, wrist, arm or shoulder, the elevated wrist position from using a conventional mouse can be painful. However, items such as ergonomic keyboards and the vertical mouse may help people with arthritis avoid unnecessary bending, twist or weight bearing on the wrist.
A randomized trial published by the National Institutes of Health examined the difference a workplace ergonomic intervention — using equipment designed to help you execute tasks in more natural positions — can have on the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis.
After assessing each person’s workstation and body mechanics, occupational therapists introduced ergonomic interventions including changes to equipment such as computer keyboards, desks, chairs and mice. The study found that over two years, this reduced pain and made work-related tasks easier for people with both forms of arthritis.
So while it may take some months to see improvements, it’s worth exploring if a vertical mouse can help to relieve arthritis symptoms in the hands and wrists.
Improves productivity
A vertical mouse can help you work faster. It requires less movement of your wrist and hand than a flat mouse, and since you’ll be able to click and scroll more comfortably, also makes it easier to work at your computer longer, with less fatigue.
Since it may help prevent repetitive-stress injuries, ergonomic equipment such as vertical mice can reduce time away from work for recovery. Some vertical mice also reduce the amount of clicks needed for simple actions, such as using one click instead of a double click for opening files.
What vertical mouse should you buy?
This wireless mouse prevents wrist discomfort and can be configured to your needs by installing the Evoluent Mouse Manager software to your computer.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Kensington Ergonomic Vertical Wireless Mouse
The angular slope of this vertical mouse keeps your hand and wrist in a neutral handshake position during use. It takes AA batteries and has an auto-sleep mode to conserve battery life.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Logitech Lift Vertical Ergonomic Mouse
The soft rubber grip and thumb rest make this a comfortable fit. It comes with four customizable buttons so you can optimize your workflow as needed.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Staples
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Which propane grills are the best?
Nothing says summer like firing up the grill. Whether you go for burgers and veggies or class it up with cedar planks and salmon, these outdoor cooking appliances are backyard staples across the country.
Propane grills are the perfect solution for those who love to cook outdoors but would prefer to do so without the mess, prep time and inconsistency of charcoal or wood pellets.
What to know before you buy a propane grill
Propane grill benefits
- Instant ignition: No more waiting for the charcoal to catch fire. Gas grills light up with the press of a button, so you can get those steaks sizzling in no time.
- Easy cleaning: Coal dust and greasy lighter fluid can make charcoal grills a real mess. Propane grills are much easier to tidy up when you’re done eating.
- Quick preheating: Propane grills reach high heat almost immediately after ignition. This makes achieving a safe cooking temperature quick and easy.
- Temperature control: With multiple burners and dials that let you adjust the flame across your cooking surface, propane grills offer temperature control that charcoal grills can’t match.
- Efficiency: Because you can choose which burners you want to ignite, propane grills let you cook more efficiently without wasting fuel.
Your cooking preferences
For the most part, anything you can cook in a charcoal grill you can also prepare in a propane grill. What you will miss, however, is the characteristic broiled taste that cooking food over burning coals creates. If you feel that the ease of gas grilling outweighs the loss of a little summertime flavor, a propane grill will set you up with everything you need to get started.
Grill size
From built-in appliances with huge cooking surfaces to portable grills designed to feed a few hungry campers, there is no shortage of choices for those who want to experience the simple, primal satisfaction of cooking food with an open flame.
Think about where you intend to use your grill, how many people you will usually be cooking for and whether or not you will be bringing it with you while you travel.
What to look for in a propane grill
Shelves and racks
Most propane grills feature side shelves, racks and utensil hangers to make preparing and serving food a breeze. Shelves that fold up let you store your grill with ease during the winter months.
Wheeled cart
Aside from tabletop and portable gas grills, just about all of them include a wheeled cart. These can keep your cooking surface at a convenient level, store propane out of sight and let you roll the grill out of the way when you’re not using it. Select a grill that has a cart with sturdy casters and accessible shelving to get the most out of it.
Fuel gauge
Some grills include a fuel gauge that lets you know how much propane you have left. Since it can be hard to determine how full your tank is, this feature could make the difference between enjoying a quick dinner or getting your preparation interrupted by a spent propane supply.
Warming rack
An interior warming rack lets you keep your finished food toasty while freeing your grill up to cook your next batch of burgers or dogs.
Thermometer
Select a grill with a thermometer on its lid that is easy to read. While a meat thermometer is still needed to ensure that your food is cooked to a safe temperature, having a gauge you can look at without having to open the grill will keep you from releasing the hot air inside it and extending your cooking time.
Best propane grills
Top premium propane grills
What you need to know: This compact grill from Weber has a sleek, modern look and is packed with useful features.
What you’ll love: A folding side table, utensil hangers and a fuel gauge make this gas grill the star of any cookout. It comes in four colors and features Weber’s classic Flavorizer bars that sizzle drippings for added smokiness.
What you should consider: Buyers say that this grill is challenging to assemble and is a bit on the expensive side for its size.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Char-Broil Four-Burner Propane Gas Grill
What you need to know: Stainless steel and slick black trim make this large grill from Char-Broil stand out from the competition.
What you’ll love: The side burner built into one of the shelves allows you to heat a pot of soup or sauce while you cook. Stainless steel construction and four burners put this appliance in a class of its own.
What you should consider: This grill is large, and its side shelves don’t fold down.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Monument Grills Four-Burner Propane Grill
What you need to know: Rule the cookout with this generously-sized, stainless steel gas grill.
What you’ll love: Built into a large cabinet with ample storage space, this grill features a side burner and a whopping 683 square inches of cooking area. LED knobs let you see your controls in the dark
What you should consider: Buyers have complained that this grill is not packed well and sometimes arrives dented.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
Top budget propane grills
What you need to know: With three burners and two side shelves, this grill is a great value.
What you’ll love: You can roll this grill easily, thanks to its rugged wheeled cart. It includes a warming rack to keep prepared food from getting cold, and the gloss black finish looks great on any patio.
What you should consider: Some buyers find that this grill’s handle gets too hot to grab without using an oven mitt.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
American Gourmet Propane Gas Grill
What you need to know: This grill’s grates are coated in porcelain to prevent sticking and make cleaning easier.
What you’ll love: This grill’s three burners give you a wide range of options for cooking foods at different temperatures at the same time. It includes a warming rack and features a porcelain-coated lid and firebox.
What you should consider: Some users are disappointed with this grill’s inability to reach very high temperatures.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top travel grills
Char-Broil Portable Propane Grill
What you need to know: This portable grill is inexpensive but still large enough to feed a family.
What you’ll love: With its carrying handles and legs that fold up to keep its lid on during travel, this little grill is made to move. Just as at home in the backyard as it is at the campsite, this grill is fueled by a small propane cylinder as opposed to a heavy tank.
What you should consider: Some buyers have noticed quality control issues with the way this grill’s metal parts fit together during assembly.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Weber Traveler Portable Gas Grill
What you need to know: This travel grill folds up for easy transport and storage.
What you’ll love: Unique in its design, this gas grill includes a cart that can fold up. With a surface large enough to cook 15 burgers, this travel grill does not skimp on cooking power.
What you should consider: The latch on this grill’s lid can come loose while you’re rolling it, causing the grates to fall out.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Home Depot
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What are the top-rated skin beauty supplements?
If you’re looking for a way to take better care of your skin or think your diet could use a little extra boost, you may want to consider using a skin beauty supplement. These are packed with good-for-your-skin nutrients like collagen, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants that work from the inside out to promote healthy skin.
They don’t require a prescription and are generally sold in the form of powders, pills and gummies. While your diet and lifestyle make all the difference, adding a supplement to your wellness routine is a great way to tackle specific concerns and improve the quality of your skin. Here are the 12 best skin beauty supplements on the market.
Best skin beauty supplements
Zint Pure Collagen Peptides Powder
Collagen is key when it comes to reducing the signs of aging, including wrinkles and dry skin. This hydrolyzed collagen powder helps boost collagen production to enhance skin elasticity and hydration. Sourced from non-GMO, grass-fed cows, this product is gluten-free and certified paleo and keto-friendly. It’s also unflavored and dissolves easily in both cool and warm beverages.
Sold by Amazon
Nature’s Bounty Hair, Skin and Nails Gummies
These strawberry-flavored gummies from Nature’s Bounty provide a glowing blend of nutrients to strengthen your daily beauty routine. They’re formulated with a high dose of biotin along with vitamins C and E, which are all well known for their role in maintaining healthy skin, hair and nails. Plus, they’re easy to chew and taste delicious.
Sold by Amazon
The Beauty Chef Glow Inner Beauty Essential Powder
This glow-inducing supplement combines probiotics with potent antioxidants to keep your skin happy and balanced from within. It also contains niacinamide and vitamin C to stimulate collagen production and brighten the skin. All you need to do is blend this berry-flavored powder into your water, yogurt or smoothie daily for glowing skin and good gut health.
Goli Nutrition Apple Cider Vinegar Gummies
Many health experts and nutritionists advocate for the daily intake of apple cider vinegar to not only promote digestive health but also help clear the skin, thanks to its antibacterial and detoxifying properties. These gummies are delicious, organic, vegan, non-GMO, gelatin and gluten-free. They also contain vitamins B9 and B12 to help boost cell turnover and reduce skin inflammation.
Sold by Amazon
The Nue Co. Skin Hydrator Dietary Supplement
Hydration is vital to plump, clear, youthful skin. This beauty supplement from The Nue Co. makes it easy to give your skin all the hydration it needs with just one small capsule. Loaded with hyaluronic acid, collagen and aloe vera, it’s formulated to help repair the skin’s barrier to leave you with visibly smooth, dewy and hydrated skin.
Sold by Sephora
HUM Nutrition Daily Cleanse Clear Skin and Body Detox Supplement
If you’re dealing with pesky breakouts, this powerful formula works wonders to help clear acne. With algae, minerals and detoxifying herbs in each capsule, not only do these help combat acne-causing toxins, but they also help detoxify other internal organs like the kidneys and liver. It can take up to four to six weeks of using this supplement daily to see results.
Garden of Life mykind Organics: Collagen Builder
If you’re shopping for an organic skin supplement, this one from Garden of Life may just be what you’re looking for. Made using whole food ingredients like blended fruit and vegetables, these can help maintain your body’s keratin, collagen and elastin levels with their modest dose of vitamins A, C and E. They also include a significant amount of biotin and green tea extract.
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Moon Juice SuperBeauty Dietary Supplement
These tiny capsule supplements from Moon Juice pack a powerful anti-aging formula to help minimize the appearance of fine lines by promoting collagen renewal and skin elasticity. Glutathione, its hero ingredient, is known for its ability to neutralize free radicals and reduce oxidative stress, which in turn supports skin vitality and helps improve your overall complexion.
Sold by Sephora
Make getting your daily dose of greens easy with these dissolving tablets that are packed with eight vitamin-rich greens, including spinach, kale, wheatgrass, spirulina, aloe, chlorella, barley grass and blue-green algae. They also contain marine collagen, biotin and green tea, which are all known to play an integral part in keeping your skin radiant and plump, as well as hydrated.
Hum Nutrition Arctic Repair Fine Lines and Wrinkles Supplement
If wrinkles, fine lines and sagging skin are a concern, look to this unique blend of omegas and vitamins that can help replenish moisture, smooth out tone and texture and boost the skin’s elasticity. The star ingredient in this formula is lingonberry seed oil, a potent anti-aging ingredient that helps slow down skin aging while also improving your skin’s hydration levels.
Om Beauty Certified Organic Mushroom Powder
This is a great vegan option that uses a blend of mushroom varieties to promote glowing skin, lustrous hair and strong nails. Since it’s organic, non-GMO, kosher, gluten-free and paleo-friendly, it fits a wide variety of diets and is easy to incorporate into your daily wellness routine. Just add one teaspoon of the powder to your smoothie, coffee or tea daily for soft, supple skin.
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Goop GOOPGLOW Morning Skin Superpowder
Drink your way to glowing skin with this healthy dose of nutrients that includes vitamins C and E, CoQ10, grape-seed extracts, lutein and zeaxanthin. The formula not only helps stimulate collagen production but also protects against free radical damage and daily environmental stress. It comes conveniently packaged in single-dose stick packs, designed to be mixed with 8 ounces of water and taken daily.
Sold by Sephora
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How do you clean a front-load washer?
Front-load washers are energy efficient, quiet and use less water than top-load machines. But like any appliance, they need regular maintenance and cleaning to keep them at their best.
While cleaning the parts of the washer you can see is simple enough, it’s the buildup of dirt and grime in the parts you can’t see that typically causes problems. Learning some easy methods for cleaning your washing machine’s filters, pipes and drum lengthens its life and keeps it functioning as it should.
Why should you clean your front-load washer?
Any appliance that uses water is prone to mold. Even with its built-in drainage, your front-load washer can develop mold due to the warm, damp environment it produces during a washing cycle.
Pair the mold with the dirt and traces of detergent that get left behind after each wash, and it’s not surprising that your washer can develop a bad odor.
But the problem goes beyond an unpleasant smell. Letting grime and mold build up in the recesses of your machine can make it less efficient at cleaning laundry. The debris can clog the mechanisms of your machine over time and reduce its ability to produce hot water or spin properly.
If the problem is left to fester long enough, you may need replacement parts or even an entirely new washer.
How often should you clean a front-load washer?
That depends on how often you use it. Generally, you should do some quick maintenance once a week on its exterior. Deep cleaning that targets the inner mechanisms to keep them clear of bacteria, dirt and mold should be done about once a month.
Steps for cleaning a front-load washer
First, make sure you have cleaning supplies on hand. You’ll need:
- White vinegar
- Baking soda
- A clean cloth
Microfiber cloths are preferable because they pick up more dust and dirt. It’s also a good idea to choose distilled white vinegar in a spray bottle to make the process easier.
Step 1: Wipe down the washer’s outside and door
Spray some vinegar on the door’s inside and outside. Wipe vigorously with a microfiber cloth until all dirt is removed.
Make sure you also spray and clean the rubber seals around the door and at the washer’s opening. You can use a smaller tool such as a toothbrush to get in between any crevices.
Step 2: Clean the washer’s detergent drawer
Open the detergent drawer and remove it. You can typically remove the drawer by holding the handle and lifting upward and outward.
Rinse the drawer thoroughly and use a microfiber cloth sprayed lightly with white vinegar to remove any stubborn debris or congealed detergent. Once clean, replace the drawer in the machine.
Next, add approximately two cups of white vinegar directly into the washer’s detergent dispenser. If your washer has a detergent drawer with separate slots for detergent and fabric softener, distribute the vinegar evenly into each compartment.
Step 3: Clean the washer’s drum
Spray more white vinegar into the washer’s steel drum . Use a microfiber cloth to wipe down the drum’s surface.
Step 4: Run the hottest, longest cycle
With the white vinegar still sitting in the detergent slots, close the machine’s detergent drawer and door. Set your washer to the longest, hottest cycle available.
Step 5: Add some baking soda to the drum
Once the wash cycle has finished, open the washer door. Add approximately half a cup of baking powder into the drum. Now run the washing machine again at a high temperature.
Step 7: Air out the washer
Once the second wash has finished, open the washer’s door and detergent drawer. This lets the machine dry out completely and prevents mold and bacteria from growing in an enclosed, damp environment.
What you need to buy for cleaning a front-load washer
Lucy’s Family Owned Natural Distilled White Vinegar
This vinegar is all natural and at 5% acidity, it’s strong enough to clear dirt and grunge from your front-load washer’s inner mechanisms. It’s ready to use so you don’t have to worry about diluting it with water.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Arm and Hammer Pure Baking Soda
This baking soda can be used for multiple cleaning and cooking purposes, including cleaning your washing machine. The cardboard box is compact but must be stored in a clean, dry spot.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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BOSTON (AP) — Officers with the Boston Police Department’s harbor patrol unit are used to helping boaters in distress, but last weekend Officer Joe Matthews came to the rescue of a groom in danger of missing his own wedding.
Patrick Mahoney was scheduled to get married on Thompson Island in the middle of Boston Harbor on Saturday, but the boat that was supposed to ferry him to the island where his bride-to-be was already waiting broke down, police said in a post on their website.
It gets worse. The groomsmen, photographer, DJ and floral arrangements were also stuck on the mainland.
Enter Matthews, who transported more than a dozen people to the island on his police boat so Mahoney’s marriage to Hannah Crawford could go on as scheduled.
“They were there very quickly to get my groomsmen and all of our vendors out here to the island and kind of save the day,” Mahoney told The Boston Globe.
Matthews was only too happy to help.
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Shares of video-streaming pioneer Netflix (NFLX) have effectively been knocked out of the FAANG basket following their horrific implosion of around 75% from peak to trough. The correction in the name has to do with a streaming market that’s not nearly as bountiful as it used to be, with new rivals swooping in and firms willing to blow considerable sums of cash to gain subscribers.
Though some may think the “streaming wars” are ending, given the diminishing economic profits to be had with every new entrant, I think it’s still just beginning, as entertainment bundles (think video, music, and games) become more commonplace.
The former tech-savvy firm now seems to be valued like just another media company. Though CEO Reed Hastings is a man with innovation in his veins, it could prove difficult to regain prior multiples. Indeed, the crash in Netflix stock isn’t just about macro factors that have weighed on the rest of the market.
Despite market uncertainties and stronger rivals, I remain neutral on Netflix stock, as it desperately seeks a way to regain ground in streaming while putting a dent into new markets like video gaming. I’m not so sure gaming is the way to make Netflix sticky again. Regardless, I think it’s unwise to bet against Hastings, as he looks ahead to new frontiers in interactive entertainment.
What’s Wrong with Netflix Stock?
Competition is heating up, as many old-fashioned media firms are eager to jump from linear television to streaming. Following its widely-followed merger, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) is now on track to take streaming to another level with the merging of its HBO Max and Discovery+ services. Competition is creating a churn problem for Netflix. With every media firm announcing strategic streaming-focused long-term spending plans, the outlook for Netflix becomes a tad grimmer.
In simple terms, Netflix seems stuck on that content-spending mouse wheel while margins look to be challenged by competitors. Undoubtedly, Warner Bros. Discovery still derives a lot of business from linear television. Programming from Discovery is still largely cable-centric.
In any case, Warner Bros. Discovery is a firm with intriguing brands (think DC Comics and reality shows from Discovery) that could have the means to close the gap with its much larger rivals in streaming.
For now, Warner Bros. Discovery is weighed down by more than $55 billion worth of debt. This could crimp its streaming ambitions and lead to cuts in original content creation over the nearer term. Over the next 10 years and beyond, Warner Bros. Discovery could evolve to become another streaming contender.
Despite growing competitive pressures, Netflix still has deep pockets, algorithms, and beloved brands by its side. As debt-burdened rivals like Warner Bros. Discovery cut shows (like Batgirl), Netflix will be able to entice viewers with its heavy budget and pipeline of releases. Sandman is one of the bigger-budget series that could cause many former Netflix users to return.
Once such users return, Netflix needs to lock them in because the next content drought is inevitable. Unfortunately, Netflix’s gaming push has not had much of an effect, with only ~1% of users bothering to try some of Netflix’s newly-launched mobile game offerings.
Netflix’s Gaming Push Fails to Yield Fruit
Netflix seems to be going for quantity over quality when it comes to gaming. As Netflix looks to pivot, it may wish to funnel more of its gaming budget toward a select few titles with what it takes to draw crowds.
The mobile game scene may be fast-growing, but Netflix doesn’t yet have a game library to match that of the Apple (AAPL) Arcade service. Despite the rough (and conservative) start in the video-gaming scene, I don’t expect games to be axed like a failed series.
There’s not much to lose by betting big on mobile gaming. If Netflix leverages its original brands (think Stranger Things or Sandman), it may have more luck enticing users to try its mobile-game offerings.
Unfortunately, the inability to play Netflix games via the Netflix app appears to be hurting its gaming push. As per Apple’s policies, Netflix requires users to download its games individually from the App Store.
For now, Netflix’s gaming business seems like a giant question mark, and I’m not so sure if it will help the firm retain subscribers, moving forward. Mobile gaming seems to be a market dominated by just a handful of “whales,” and unless Netflix is willing to take a big chance on a big-budget title, its gaming business may fail to launch.
There’s just way too much competition in mobile games.
Netflix Tries to Hit the “SPOT” with Podcast Listeners
Netflix’s partnership late last year with music streamer Spotify (SPOT) was intriguing. Spotify’s inclusion of a “Netflix Hub” gives Netflix a glimpse of what it’d be like to be in the audio realm.
Spotify’s podcast push was a move to help differentiate itself from increased competition in music streaming. Thus far, the move has paid off. Still, Spotify faces many of the same issues as Netflix amid rising competition in entertainment services.
Arguably, a Netflix-Spotify merger makes a lot of sense. The media market has seen a lot of consolidation. Every merger could take away a bit of power from Netflix over the long run.
With Warner Bros. Discovery being one of the latest media titans to keep tabs on, I think Netflix would be wise to expand into new realms to put an end to the churn.
Is Netflix Stock a Buy, Sell, or Hold?
Turning to Wall Street, NFLX stock comes in as a Hold. Out of 32 analyst ratings, there are seven Buys, 19 Holds, and six Sells.
The average Netflix price target is $229.30, implying downside potential of 6.7%. Analyst price targets range from a low of $157.00 per share to a high of $365.00 per share.
Conclusion: Netflix is in a Challenging Spot
Netflix remains in a challenging spot as media rivals look to gain further ground. As bundling becomes the new normal for entertainment subscriptions, look for Netflix to open its wallet to evolve. For now, the 21.4x trailing earnings multiple seems a tad rich. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/netflix-stock-competitive-pressures-are-just-getting-started | 2022-08-17T04:10:27Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/netflix-stock-competitive-pressures-are-just-getting-started | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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KAHULUI, Hawaii (KITV4) -- A smelly stowaway was found in a trap at a wildlife sanctuary on Maui, Monday morning.
According to the Hawaii Department of Agriculture, the live skunk was found in the Kanahā Pond State Wildlife Sanctuary in Kahului. The trap is was caught in are typically used to catch feral cats and mongooses that get into the sanctuary.
The origin of the skunk is not known. However, agriculture officials say in January 2021, a skunk was spotted near the Maui Costco gas station, which is near the wildlife sanctuary. At the time, a response team set nine traps to try to catch the skunk, to no avail. It is unclear if this is the same skunk from that incident.
Because the origin of the skunk is unknown, agriculture said it had to be euthanized in order to be tested for rabies. Those test results are still pending.
Skunks are prohibited in Hawaii and are only allowed by permit for research and exhibition in a municipal zoo. In the US, skunks are recognized as one of the four primary wild carriers of rabies, a fatal viral disease of mammals that is often transmitted through the bite of an infected animal.
Hawaii is the only state in the US and one of the few places in the world that is free of rabies, according to the Department of Agriculture.
Live skunks have been spotted by stevedores and captured at Honolulu Harbor in June 2022, July 2021, January 2021 and February 2018. On Maui, a live skunk was captured at Kahului Harbor in December 2020 and one was captured at a trucking company in August 2018. All previously captured skunks have tested negative for rabies.
If you spot or capture a skunk, or any invasive species, you are asked to report it to the Hawaii Pest Hotline at 808-643-7378.
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Recount results from primary election are in on four close Hawaii races by KITV4 Web Staff Aug 16, 2022 1 hr ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save HONOLULU (KITV4) - The results from four recounts from Saturday's primary election are officially in. The official winners include:Tiana Wilbur, for State Representative District 45 (R), with 35.2% of the vote Cory Chun, for State Representative District 35 (D) with 29.41% of the vote Jessica Caiazzo, for State Representative 20 (R), with 54.92% of the voteand Antionette Fernandez, for State Senate, District 24 (R) with 50.75% of the vote For the full results, visit https://elections.hawaii.gov/election-results/ Local Hawaii Primary Election 2022: Live Blog By KITV Web Staff Too close to call: Recount underway in 6 razor-thin Hawaii primary races Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tags Recount Results Primary Election Honolulu Politics Recount Vote Cory Chun Tiana Wilbur More From KITV 4 Island News Local State Legislature passes resolution to adopt FDA blood bank rules to meet increased need Updated Apr 27, 2022 Business US stocks lose ground; European markets slip on rate news Updated Jun 9, 2022 Local Rainbow Wahine Softball Team celebrates home opener with clubhouse renovations Updated Feb 24, 2022 Local Hawaii recoups from big storm amid lingering flood threats Updated Dec 8, 2021 Video Emergency crews reporting serious flooding on Oahu Updated Dec 7, 2021 Local QNHCH reinstates its No Visitor Policy effective Tuesday Updated Jan 17, 2022 Recommended for you
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Colorado State University officially names former patrol captain new police chief
Colorado State University named Jay Callaghan, a CSU Police Department captain and the sole finalist for the position, its next chief of police. He officially began the role on Monday.
Prior to being named chief, he had worked as patrol captain for CSU police for about a year and a half, during which he led the division of the department that responds to emergencies. He came to CSU in 2021 from Larimer County, where he worked as security manager. He also worked for police departments in Norman, Oklahoma, and Phoenix.
“I am confident that Jay brings to the table a commitment to the University’s entire community — all of our students, faculty and staff — with a focus on continuing to build relationships across the university, city, county, and state, as well as a commitment to … engaging student, faculty, and staff voices on university safety concerns and issues,” CSU’s Assistant Vice President for Safety and Risk Services Marc Barker said in a press release.
CSU began its search for its next chief of police in the fall of 2021 and named Callaghan the sole finalist for the position in July.
"During my brief time at Colorado State University, I have had the opportunity to build positive relationships with members of my department, establish stability, and goal setting and provide growth opportunities that have been presented using my transformational style of leadership," Callaghan wrote in a cover letter used in applying for the position, which CSU released to the public when he was named the sole finalist.
Prior to Callaghan’s appointment, CSU had two interim chiefs: Wendy Rich-Goldschmidt, who served as CSU's police chief from 2009 to 2013 and served as interim chief until December 2021, and Frank Johnson, who took over after Rich-Goldschmidt.
Johnson did not apply for the job and will return to his position as a captain with the department, according to the release.
Molly Bohannon covers city government for the Coloradoan. Follow her on Twitter @molboha or contact her at mbohannon@coloradoan.com.
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Ride to Remember honors Windsor police officer who died from COVID-19
Flashing red and blue lights from police cars reflected against the wet roads on Monday afternoon as motorcycles roared behind them through Windsor, all leading the way for a trailer donning the faces of 608 law enforcement officers who died last year.
Windsor police officer Ty Powell’s photo was among them.
Powell died of COVID-19 on Oct. 13. He is survived by his wife, Dawn Powell, and their five children.
“It means a lot that we’re all here to remember Ty,” Windsor Mayor Paul Rennemeyer said Monday. “He was a very special member of our police force for almost 20 years.”
As a lover of Harley-Davidson motorcycles, Powell would have loved Monday’s ride, Windsor Police Chief Rick Klimek said. Powell and his wife would go on road trips on their motorcycles, he said, and Powell had just purchased a new motorcycle before he got sick.
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Monday’s event was part of the national Ride to Remember by the organization Beyond the Call of Duty. Every year, the group of motorcyclists escorts a trailer across the country to honor law enforcement officers who died in the previous year.
“We do this for two main reasons: One is to let the families know their loved ones will not be forgotten,” said Jagrut Shah, founder of Beyond the Call of Duty. “The second is to let the departments know that what you’re going through, everyone in the nation is going through, and more so that your loved one is being talked about across the nation. Not just within the city or the county or state.”
Last year, the group honored 339 officers who died in 2020. In 2021, the number of officers recognized by the group almost doubled, and for the first time in several years it included a Northern Colorado police officer.
According to a report issued by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, line of duty deaths went up 55% in 2021, largely due to COVID-19.
Powell’s family and other community members welcomed the convoy at the Windsor Police Department just before 4 p.m. Monday. Powell’s wife was given a blue flower to place next to her husband’s photo on the trailer, and Beyond the Call of Duty group members joined the family in a prayer.
Powell worked at the Windsor Police Department for 19 years and previously spent one year each at the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office and Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.
“He was a great guy, he was a perfect guy to work with,” Klimek said. “As a team member, he was always willing to help.”
Powell once responded to a medical call where a young man had saved his father’s life, and Powell went out of his way to get the young man tickets to a wrestling event he wanted to go to but couldn’t afford, Klimek said.
“He didn’t have to do that. He went out of his way to do that,” Klimek said. “That’s just one of the many things that Ty would do on a regular basis, just like all the other men and women who work for our department.”
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Klimek said Powell was a positive person with “a good laugh and a good attitude towards life.” He was a big man, “but once you got to know him he was just a big teddy bear.”
During Monday's reception, the department also retired Powell’s badge number.
“I couldn’t image listening to anybody else answer to 958 on the radio,” Klimek said. “There was only one and only ‘Ty Powell 958.’ “ | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2022/08/16/ride-to-remember-honors-windsor-colorado-police-officer-who-died-from-covid-19/65404035007/ | 2022-08-17T04:26:06Z | coloradoan.com | control | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2022/08/16/ride-to-remember-honors-windsor-colorado-police-officer-who-died-from-covid-19/65404035007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Fort Collins church offers building for seasonal homeless shelter
It's not too early to think about snow and what happens to people living outside when Northern Colorado's winter is at its worst.
The city of Fort Collins, Fort Collins Rescue Mission and the owners of Vineyard Church are proposing a seasonal overflow shelter at 1213 Riverside Ave., part of the Vineyard campus, for about 50 men experiencing homelessness.
Fort Collins Rescue Mission would run the shelter as a complement to its Jefferson Street shelter when it is full and weather is bad.
Having a place to shelter for the night is a "life and death resource" when local shelters are full and temperatures are life threatening, the parties said in a preliminary design review application filed with the city's planning department.
The application outlines the desire to operate the seasonal shelter 24/7 — depending on funding — for about three years or until the Fort Collins Rescue Mission builds a larger, permanent shelter.
The empty building, which is set back from the road, was previously owned by Fresenius Medical Care Dialysis Services Colorado LLC. The clinic donated the building to Vineyard in April 2021, according to Larimer County property records.
Vineyard plans to offer the building as a place for an overnight shelter, but it will cost more than $1 million to renovate into a suitable shelter space, said Brittany Depew, homelessness specialist with the city's social sustainability department.
The city has $160,000 in federal COVID relief dollars it plans to commit to the renovations, and the county plans to contribute about $500,000, Depew said. That still leaves a gap of between $320,000 and $515,000 — money Depew plans to ask City Council to contribute in early September.
The city also has about $200,000 in COVID relief funds and general funds for the seasonal overflow shelter from Nov. 1 to April 30, Depew said.
Those funds are usually managed by United Way and allocated to both the Fort Collins Rescue Mission and Catholic Charities. The amount that will go to each organization has not yet been established.
If the shelter moves forward and funding is approved in September, the work likely won't be completed until December, delaying the shelter's opening.
The shelter isn't a done deal yet. There are still many questions to be answered, Vineyard Pastor Jeff Faust said, including who pays for what.
"As a local church we don't have the financial capability to flip the building," Faust said. "It is our intention to serve the city and community of Fort Collins through that space. It's a really neat partnership if we can work it out."
Vineyard Church "has a long history of caring for the overlooked and unserved in the community," Faust said. "With the donation of the building, it opened up different options. This is one that seems to be gaining traction."
Staffing an expanded overnight shelter costs the rescue mission about $12,800 a month or about $76,800 for six months, said Fort Collins Rescue Mission senior director Seth Forwood. Operating it 24/7 is the city's goal, but it could cost twice as much.
"There's the ideal, then there's reality," Forwood said.
The city will continue to fund the seasonal overflow shelter out of its budget, as it has in past years.
According to the application, about 150 men seek shelter every night during the winter. The Fort Collins Rescue Mission has capacity for 106 men experiencing homelessness; the Riverside site would add 50 more beds. "That's right in the sweet spot we have seen historically for men in the community on very cold nights who need to get into shelter," Forwood said.
Knowing the site could be available for three years would relieve the city and the rescue mission of their annual scramble to find space in Fort Collins for a seasonal shelter. Last year, Fort Collins donated a city-owned building on Mountain Avenue, and the city previously rented space from the Food Bank for Larimer County on Blue Spruce Drive.
"We've been trying to figure out how the system can be more consistent without a change in structure every six months," Depew said. "We've been brainstorming ways to expand and maintain that space until the future 24/7 facility opens."
Fort Collins Rescue Mission is still in the preliminary stages of planning for a new 24/7 shelter on North College Avenue to replace its Jefferson Street facility. "I'm hopeful that the planning, design and other processes we need to go through are within a timeline of three to four years," Forwood said. It's waiting on design and planning processes to firm up the price tag for a new building. | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2022/08/17/fort-collins-colorado-vineyard-church-offers-site-for-seasonal-homeless-shelter/65403986007/ | 2022-08-17T04:26:07Z | coloradoan.com | control | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2022/08/17/fort-collins-colorado-vineyard-church-offers-site-for-seasonal-homeless-shelter/65403986007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library comes to Larimer County
Tumble out of bed and stumble to your mailbox. Dolly Parton's Imagination Library is now available in Larimer County.
The country music singer's international children's literacy program provides one free book a month to children 5 years old and younger to help inspire an early love for reading. Parents in Larimer County can enroll their children in the program through the United Way of Larimer County.
"People are really excited about the program," said Allison Hines, United Way of Larimer County's Senior Vice President of Resource Development. "This is a really great opportunity to get books in the hands of families that may not otherwise have access to them."
Any child qualifies for the program until they are 6 or older. In Larimer County alone, there are roughly 17,000 children who are eligible.
Since the program launched last week, over 2,000 people have registered their children for the program, Hines said. They hope to have 4,200 families signed up in the program's first year.
Since the program was founded in 1995, the Imagination Library has sent over 180 million books to kids throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Australia, according to the program's website. In 2016, the program started sending an average of 1 million books a month, and it hasn't slowed down since.
In a letter posted on the Imagination Library's website, Parton said she started the program to help support children in East Tennessee where she grew up. Her father's inability to read inspired her dream "that all children should grow up in a home full of books" regardless of their family's income.
The Imagination Library is mostly funded through the Dollywood Foundation, supplemented by the Imagination Library of Colorado, which receives money from the state. The Dollywood Foundation selects the books and sends them directly to the child.
"The books varied greatly in subject and were always perfectly age appropriate," said Shelley Schweighauser, a Wellington resident who signed her daughter up for the program several years ago when they lived outside of Nashville. "It was such a great treat for her to receive her monthly book in the mail, addressed to her."
A large body of research exists on the program, showing that children who participated were better prepared in reading, speaking, thinking and social skills once they reached kindergarten. The program has also been proven to increase children's interest in reading once they aged out of the program. Parents who enrolled their children in the Imagination Library also reported reading to their kids more.
"Books are an incredible gift," Schweighauser told the Coloradoan in an email. "We were so grateful to have benefitted from the program."
Anyone interested in enrolling their child in the program can do so online at uwaylc.org/imaginationlibrary Hines said it can take six to eight weeks for kids to receive their first book.
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The Imagination Library has books in both English and Spanish. Families can request which language they'd prefer when they register online.
United Way of Larimer County is also working directly with Poudre River Public Library District to provide more books in Spanish for families throughout the county.
"We want to be sure we have options for families and what's going to be best for them," Hines said. "We know that 65 to 75 percent of families increase their reading as a result of the program, so we want to make sure we're providing materials and books in the caregiver's native language." | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/local/2022/08/16/country-music-legend-dolly-partons-imagination-library-comes-to-larimer-county-colorado/65404236007/ | 2022-08-17T04:26:08Z | coloradoan.com | control | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/local/2022/08/16/country-music-legend-dolly-partons-imagination-library-comes-to-larimer-county-colorado/65404236007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Lauren Strohacker: Old Red, I Know Where Thou Dwellest Opens at SECCA October 21
Eco-Political Artist Conjures Red Wolves Through New Genre Public Art & Experimental Gallery Installations
(Winston-Salem, NC) – The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) is proud to host Lauren Strohacker: Old Red, I Know Where Thou Dwellest, a site-specific multimedia exhibition exploring the ongoing struggle for survival of red wolves. The exhibition opens on Friday, October 21, 2022 and will remain on view through August 27, 2023. The three-part exhibition is comprised of an installed multi-sensory experience in SECCA’s Overlook Gallery, an outdoor sound installation on SECCA’s grounds, and a series of free projection-based events occurring at SECCA and sites across Winston-Salem.
An opening reception for Old Red, I Know Where Thou Dwellest will be held at SECCA on Friday, October 21 from 5–8pm. Admission is free, with a suggested $10 donation.
Red wolves are facing a second extinction in the wild. The last known group of wild individuals are known to roam in and around the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in eastern North Carolina.
For red wolves, the state of North Carolina is both haunted and hallowed. The first court-recorded wolf bounties began in the state in 1768. Just over two centuries later, North Carolina became the first state to revive the species from wild extinction when two breeding pairs of red wolves were released into the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge in 1987. This dichotomy of eradication, restoration, and the ongoing struggle of the species is the inspiration for this exhibition.
“Wild red wolves are federally recognized as an NEP, a nonessential experimental population. With this exhibition, I am creatively reintroducing experimental populations of red wolves through light and sound, widening the scope for humans to consider their proximity to and tolerance for the most endangered wolves in the world, fighting for survival just 300 miles due east of the museum,” said artist Lauren Strohacker.
Eco-political artist Lauren Strohacker has collaborated with computational artist Dr. Lisa Minerva Tolentino, The Wolf Conservation Center, and the North Carolina Zoo to present three conceptual encounters with red wolves within and beyond SECCA. Taken as a whole, Old Red, I Know Where Thou Dwellest reflects Strohacker’s ongoing efforts to enfold ecology, politics, and notions of radical interspecies municipalism through her co-creative and site-responsive practice.
LEUKOS LUKOS
“...the Greek word for ‘wolf’, lukos, is so close to the word ‘light’, leukos, that it has often been mistaken in translation.”
– Barry Lopez, Of Wolves and Men, 1978
Leukos Lukos is uncivilized decor. Contemporary floor lighting– typically decorative, controllable, peaceful, and predictable– is reimagined and “rewilded” as creative light intrusions in SECCA’s Overlook Gallery. Stochastic code transforms LED light strips into labile, ground-moving beings the length of red wolves. These are not artworks that only represent animals, they are artworks that move as animals: appearing, walking, running, stopping, circling, surrounding, and disappearing. Thus, each experience with Leukos Lukos is unique.
Leukos Lukos is made in collaboration with Dr. Lisa Minerva Tolentino, a computational artist, musician, and interaction designer. This project is supported in part by the Arizona Commission on the Arts which receives support from the State of Arizona and the National Endowment for the Arts.
GROUND WORK
Premiering at the exhibition’s opening reception on Friday, October 21 is Ground Work, a hyper-mobile digitally projected pack of life-size red wolves. The experience will be activated via a series of free, public, outdoor projection events held within the species’ historic range, which includes nearly all of the eastern and southeastern United States. Portable projection screens and battery-operated pico projectors create eight life-size video projections of red wolves, the average size of a red wolf pack, for viewers to perceive and interact with. Ground Work is a visual echo of the red wolves making their last stand on the North Carolina coast and an invocation to redevelop equitable interspecies relationships between humans and red wolves at large.
Red wolves were filmed by Strohacker with special permission from the North Carolina Zoo, where she worked closely with Chris Lasher, coordinator for the American Red Wolf Species Survival Plan. The inaugural Ground Work event takes place in North Carolina, the first state historically to issue a bounty on wolves in the area and the only state to currently support a wild pack. Ground Work imagines a landscape re-enchanted with red wolves – holding space to consider the social, political, and ecological processes of inviting “Old Red” home.
Ground Work is supported by a creative grant from the Culture & Animals Foundation.
SUCH MUSIC AS I HAVE NEVER HEARD
The first entry referencing wolves in the North Carolina Moravian records states, “The wolves here give us music every morning, from six corners at once, such music as I have never heard.” The entry then immediately goes on to describe the benefits of killing the wolves and other predators.
Howls once filled the skies above the continent’s eastern and southeastern regions. Such music as I have never heard is a collection of red wolf howls, courtesy of the Wolf Conservation Center, triangulated with outdoor speakers to fill a modicum of the species’ historic range– SECCA’s front lawn– for the duration of the exhibition.
EXHIBITION PROGRAMS
ART BITES
Thursday, October 20, 2022 | 6pm
SECCA's series of intimate dinners with artists returns to the Hanes House. Sign-ups open.
EXHIBITION OPENING RECEPTION
Friday, October 21, 2022 | 5pm – 8pm
Opening reception featuring the premiere of Ground Work at dusk. Free & open to the public.
2ND SATURDAY
Saturday, November 11, 2022 | 10am – 1pm
Family-friendly monthly series features a red wolf-inspired activity. Free & open to the public.
ABOUT LAUREN STROHACKER
Lauren Strohacker is an eco-political artist. Her new genre public work emphasizes the non-human in an increasingly human-centric world. Born in Ohio in 1983, she received a BFA (2006) from The Ohio State University and an MFA(2011) from Arizona State University. Strohacker is represented by Visions West Contemporary.
Strohacker’s co-creative and site-responsive practice routinely consults and collaborates with wildlife conservation organizations to conceptualize animals who have been displaced by the colonial built environment, controlled by the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation, and erased by the anthropocentrism of capitalism. Conceptually, Strohacker’s focus on wildlife and public space reflects larger contexts of ecology, politics, and radical interspecies municipalism.
Learn more about the artist at https://www.laurenstrohacker.org/.
ABOUT LISA TOLENTINO
Lisa Tolentino is a computational artist, musician and interaction designer. Her work focuses on improving lives in vulnerable and underrepresented communities. Trained in computer science, avant-garde and oral music traditions, transdisciplinary and participatory action research, user experience and interface design, and disability studies, Tolentino creates work that experiments with process and product: outcomes can be pragmatic, conceptual, reverent, agile and elegantly disruptive all at the same time.
In all stages and iterations of work, Tolentino establishes trust and connection with community partners through close collaboration. This process leads to designs that tackle otherwise hidden or non-obvious challenges. Further grounding her cultural work, Tolentino draws from indigenous research methodologies and her Ilocano-Filipino American heritage, both of which provide additional tools and lenses for problem-solving and design.
Learn more about the artist at https://lisatolentino.com, and visit http://urbanstew.org/ to learn more about her arts-tech non-profit.
ABOUT SECCA
The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), an affiliate of the North Carolina Museum of Art and division of the NC Department of Natural & Cultural Resources, offers a front row seat to the art of our time through exhibitions, experiences, and education programs with a focus on regional working artists. Founded in 1956 and located on the scenic James G. Hanes estate in Winston-Salem, SECCA offers unique large-scale indoor and outdoor settings for exploring the intersections of contemporary art and culture.
SECCA is located at 750 Marguerite Drive in Winston-Salem. Recent exhibiting artists include Will Wilson, Kara Walker, Lonnie Holley, Elizabeth Alexander, Esteban Cabeza de Baca, Freeman Vines, Jillian Mayer, and Antoine Williams. An ongoing Southern Idiom exhibition series highlights the work of Winston-Salem artists. Learn more at https://secca.org. | https://www.yesweekly.com/thearts/lauren-strohacker-old-red-i-know-where-thou-dwellest-opens-at-secca-october-21/article_91a463c6-1d7f-11ed-b7d4-9784461766c6.html | 2022-08-17T04:26:57Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/thearts/lauren-strohacker-old-red-i-know-where-thou-dwellest-opens-at-secca-october-21/article_91a463c6-1d7f-11ed-b7d4-9784461766c6.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DOVER, Del. (AP) - Delaware’s Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the dismissal of a defamation lawsuit filed by a Delaware attorney who was forced to resign from his law firm after defending a Pennsylvania high school’s American Indian mascot.
Scott Cousins, a Pennsylvania resident who worked at a Wilmington law firm, filed a complaint on his own behalf against the Unionville-Chadds Ford School District in August 2020 in an unsuccessful effort to prevent the district from retiring Unionville High School’s mascot. Sports teams at the school had long been known as the Indians, a reference to the Lenape Indian tribe, and the logo featured the letter “U” draped by a feather. The school’s mascot is now a longhorn steer whose horns form a “U” shape.
Less than an hour after Cousins filed the lawsuit, Rosemary Goodier, another Delaware attorney and Pennsylvania resident, sent an email to Cousins’ employer, Bayard, P.A., with a link to a related news article and a subject line saying the lawsuit “reflects poorly” on the firm.
“Members of our community wish to bring to the firm’s attention the lawsuit filed by one of your directors, Scott Cousins, against the Unionville Chadds Ford School District,” Goodier wrote.
“In all likelihood, your management committee approved this suit, but in the event that it did not, we would like to bring it to your attention,” she added. “We hope you can reflect upon how shockingly racist and tone deaf this suit is.... Our tax dollars and administrative resources will be plunged into countering some shockingly racist statements by Mr Cousins about protecting his white, Christian heritage.”
The next day, according to Cousin’s defamation suit against Goodier, the president of the Bayard firm demanded his resignation, while saying he knew Cousins was not a racist. Cousins was told that the lawsuit had caused “negative consequences” for the firm, and that the partners had lost confidence in him.
Cousins sued Goodier, alleging that she tortiously interfered with his employment agreement with Bayard, defamed him with her email, and conspired with others to injure him.
A Superior Court judge last year granted a motion to dismiss filed by Goodier, who argued that the statements in her email were “constitutionally protected opinion.” The judge described the accusations in Goodier’s email as “subjective speculation” or “merely rhetorical hyperbole” that amounted to non-actionable opinion.
The Supreme Court affirmed the lower court ruling, declaring that Goodier’s statements cannot be proven true or false and do not imply that they are supported by undisclosed defamatory facts.
As statements concerning an issue of public concern, moreover, they are entitled to heightened First Amendment protection and cannot form the predicate of the plaintiff’s tort claims,” Justice Gary Traynor wrote in a 48-page opinion.
“It is not within our purview to adjudicate the longstanding controversy surrounding mascots and symbols that use American Indian iconography. But that the recognition of such mascots and symbols is controversial and has been for decades is scarcely subject to doubt,” Traynor wrote, while also noting that the definition of what is “racist” is a topic of considerable disagreement among the public.
“It suffices that we conclude that Goodier’s statements, on their face, cannot reasonably be interpreted as stating actual facts,” he explained. “Ordinary readers of her email, instead, would understand her adjectival use of the word ‘racist’ and her reference to Cousins’ ‘white, Christian heritage’ as expressing her subjective interpretation of the tone and objectives of the Unionville Lawsuit. That interpretation, in our view, is not, without more, objectively verifiable as true or false.”
Given that Goodier’s statements were protected speech, they cannot serve as the basis for Cousins’ tortious interference claim, the justices also ruled.
“We offer no opinion on the merits of the controversy underlying the Unionville Lawsuit. Nor do we pass judgment on the civility of the means Goodier chose to air her grievance about the lawsuit,” Traynor concluded. “Our concern here is limited to whether her response gives rise to actionable state tort claims in light of the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment. We hold that it does not and therefore affirm the judgment of the Superior Court.” | https://www.wboc.com/news/lawyer-loses-appeal-in-defamation-suit-over-school-mascot/article_d91d2494-1dd5-11ed-9366-cb998abc4abc.html | 2022-08-17T04:32:10Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/lawyer-loses-appeal-in-defamation-suit-over-school-mascot/article_d91d2494-1dd5-11ed-9366-cb998abc4abc.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A mature crowd mostly aged 40+ and up, styled and profiled in the sharpest and most sophisticated threads they could find for “The R&B Kickback” featuring Brian McKnight, SWV, and Lyfe Jennings on Saturday, August 13 at Stifel Theatre.
90s heartthrob McKnight's approached the stage aged to perfection in his 50s with no hair and a fully gray beard—a much different look from his musical debut.
While he’s always won the ladies over for his tall, dark, and handsome appearance, it was his chart-topping vocals that kept the crowd enticed and showcased why he was the selected headliner.
A cover of Stevie Wonder’s “Sir Duke” set the tone for McKnight’s soundtracks of love and heartbreak.
Following, he commanded the room with a mixture of his uptempo and slower hits, including “Find Myself in You,” “Anytime,” “The Only One For Me,” and “You Should Be Mine (Don’t Waste Your Time).”
After he playfully joked about how he was not coming out into the audience to interact with fans due to the spread of COVID-19, he journeyed everyone to what he considers the “greatest decade in the history of music” on the 1992 track “The Way Love Goes.”
As he sang “Still In Love” and “Forever,” he reiterated the same sentiments from an interview with The St. Louis American about how while he’s written classic love songs, he didn’t find out its true meaning until he met his wife, Leilani.
“I’ve been a professional songwriter since I was 17, and of my 20 albums, I wrote about 98.7432% of the songs I recorded,” McKnight said. “I never believed love could exist how it's seen in movies and heard in songs until ten years ago I met a young lady who changed the way I think, walk, talk, write, and sing.”
Beautifully transitioning from his love declaration to his wife, footage from their wedding day was displayed while he sang “Everything.” He teared up at the song's end and stood still for a few minutes until he could compose himself again.
Once he pulled it together, he hilariously devised a “Sad Song Medley” for the folks having a rougher time with their love life. The medley included “After the Love,” “Lonely,” and “6 Months, 8 Days, 12 Hours.”
In honor of the fallen legends we’ve lost through the years, he embraced their artistry with tributes to “Never Too Much,” Luther Vandross, “Remember the Time,” Michael Jackson, “Beautiful Ones,” Prince and the Revolution, and “I Have Nothing” Whitney Houston.
He sang other songs both old and new including “Only One For Me.” It was certainly a show as he stated in an interview with The St. Louis American that “people would’ve wished they paid more money for.”
Fellow 30-year music veterans with McKnight, the sassy and harmonious trio SWV performed their timeless records many produced and written by Brian Alexander Morgan including “Anything,” (which they opened with), “You’re Always On My Mind,” “I’m So Into You,” and more.
“We recently found out our first album [“It’s About Time”] was just certified 7x platinum and our second album [“New Beginning”] is 3 or 4x platinum,” said Taj George of SWV.
LeLee Lyons of SWV thanked fans for supporting the group’s longstanding career.
“We thank you guys so much, and we thank the people who are seeing us for the very first time,” Lyons said. “We are so blessed and so thankful to be here.”
Unanimous fan-favorite “Weak,” served as the group’s finale song with a standing ovation from every person in the building and every cellphone flashlight waving side-to-side while fans sang it word-for-word in unison.
Jennings who opened the show struggled to keep the audience entertained with his gritty, hood philosophy records touching on life’s adversities and relationship woes. It's clear the majority of the crowd which was composed of an older demographic wasn’t too keen and familiar with his music as he sang “Stick Up Kid,” “Boomerang,” “My Life, and more.”
He ended his performance with “Must Be Nice,” the obvious record majority of the audience knew verbatim.
He was an out-of-place pairing for the bill, he would’ve been better suited with any other R&B artist with a deep early 00s catalog like Jaheim. Overall, the night dignified the love and appreciation for the rhythm and blues genre.
Jess Live and DJ Quinn of 96.3 R&B for the Lou hosted and DJed prior to and in between intermissions. | https://www.stlamerican.com/arts_and_entertainment/living_it/brian-mcknight-swv-deliver-stellar-performances-at-r-b-kickback/article_c706c6a8-1d66-11ed-9a3f-173d081f1f45.html | 2022-08-17T04:33:05Z | stlamerican.com | control | https://www.stlamerican.com/arts_and_entertainment/living_it/brian-mcknight-swv-deliver-stellar-performances-at-r-b-kickback/article_c706c6a8-1d66-11ed-9a3f-173d081f1f45.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Local News Briefs
New doctor joins Genesis
ZANESVILLE − Dr. Kinan Kassar recently joined Genesis Heart and Vascular Group, specializing in interventional cardiology.
Kassar earned his doctor of medicine degree from the University of Damascus in Damascus, Syria. He then completed an internal medicine residency, a cardiology fellowship and a combined interventional cardiology and structural cardiology fellowship at West Penn Alleghany Health Network in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
His office is on the first floor of the Genesis Heart and Vascular Institute, 955 Bethesda Drive. New patients are being accepted. Call 740-545-0804 for an appointment.
Pickin' in Pavilion upcoming
NEW CONCORD − Pickin' in the Pavilion will be at 7 p.m. Aug. 28 at Rix Mills Presbyterian Church, 2770 Rix Mills Road. Food by a 4-H Club will be served at 6 p.m.
Performing is Branich, Gable and Lee and storyteller Bob Welch. Bring a chair. Call 740-674-4888 or 740-607-7849 for more information. | https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/news/local/2022/08/16/local-news-briefs/65404835007/ | 2022-08-17T04:34:02Z | zanesvilletimesrecorder.com | control | https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/news/local/2022/08/16/local-news-briefs/65404835007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Roundup: John Glenn girls second at Lady Dawg Invite
NASHPORT - Addy Burris shot an 83, as John Glenn came in second to Carrollton during Monday's Lady Dawg Invitational at Vista.
Carrollton shot 364 to the Muskies' 372, while Sheridan and Licking Valley had 392s and River View 394.
Abby McCullough chipped in an 88, Elise Abrams added a 100 and Carlie Ellsworth had 101 for the Muskies.
Crooksville's Riley McKenzie led area players with a 77, as Marietta's Saylor Wharff took medalist honors with a 74.
Morgan Wamer paced the Generals with an 85, while Ryan Satterfield added a 94, Haven Jenkins carded a 99 and Adi Calendine totaled 114.
Tri-Valley tallied 429, as Makayla Hutchison posted a 94, while Emily Stanford contributed 106, Gwyn Dal Ponte had 113 and Delaney Bell totaled 116.
West Muskingum finished with 485 behind 116 by Kenzie Henderson, 118 from Bella Henderson, 120 by Jessica Shawger and 131 by Emma Sprankle.
Philo totaled 494, as Brianna Mortimer carded an 89, Taiylor Winland a 114, Grace Hargraves a 139 and Alaina Wahl a 152.
Paige Nicely's 94 led River View.
Boys Golf
Maysville 160, Newark 175: Owen Lutz posted a 38 to pace the Panthers in a win over the Wildcats. on the par-35 front nine at EagleSticks on Monday.
Hoyt Dodson chipped in a 39, Connor Larimer posted a 41 and Mat Harper and Adyn Huff had 42s to round out Maysville's scoring.
Newark's Mitch Bolte posted an even par 35 to earn medalist honors, while Griffin Richards added a 42, Roman Green shot 45 and Ryan Water and Adam Tucker had 53s.
Wheeling Park 316, John Glenn 324, Wheeling Park B 356: Noah Dever paced the Muskies with a 78 on the par-71 Jones Course at Oglebay on Monday.
Owen Van Fossen chipped in an 80 and Braden Rice and CJ Dolan each posted 83s for John Glenn.
Park's Campbell Koegler was the medalist with a 74, while Will Koegler had 77, Gavin Goodrich 78 and Noah Milhoun 87.
Crooksville 173, Rosecrans 186, New Lex 193: Weston Hartman led the Bishops with 40, while Charlie Peterson added a 44 and Nathan Hart a 45 in the tri-meet on Monday at Perry Country Club.
No leaders were reported for Crooksville or New Lex.
Girls Tennis
Zanesville 4, Logan 1: The Lady Devils improved to 1-1 with four wins over the Chieftains on Saturday.
At No. 2 singles, Rosie Toombs defeated Neva Blystone, 7-5, 2-6, 10-7 tiebreaker; No. 3 singles Chloe Buchanan downed Ashlyn Schlemp 6-2, 6-3; first doubles of Jersey Draughn and Kamrie Simon won 6-2, 6-1 over Megan Korns and Alayna Blanchard, 6-2, 6-1; and second doubles of Catherine Taylor and Kila Soller dropped Hannah Marcum and Brooklyn Wilson 6-0, 6-4 to account for Zanesville's win.
Zanesville's No. 1 singles Emperia Johnson suffered a tough three-set loss, 6-2, 5-7, 6-1, to Josie Sigler. | https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/08/16/roundup-john-glenn-girls-second-at-lady-dawg-invite/65405875007/ | 2022-08-17T04:34:08Z | zanesvilletimesrecorder.com | control | https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/08/16/roundup-john-glenn-girls-second-at-lady-dawg-invite/65405875007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HS Roundup: Burris earns medalist, paces JG girls golfers at Dover
John Glenn girls second at Tornado Invite: Addy Burris carded a 79 to earn medalist honors, as the Muskies tallied 360, finishing behind first-place North Canton Hoover, which shot 332.
Uniontown Lake was third with 363 and Dover fourth with 387.
Carlie Ellsworth totaled 91 and Abby McCullough and Elise Abrams chipped in 95s for the Muskies.
Makayla Hutchison shot 97 to lead Tri-Valley, which totaled 466. Emily Stanford added 117, Kate Burkhart had 121 and Gwyn Dal Ponte had 131.
John Glenn boys third at Licking Valley Invite: The Muskies totaled 329 to place behind first-place Newark Catholic's 321 and runner-up Jonathan Alder's 323.
Noah Dever led John Glenn with a 77, while Braden Rice chipped in an 81, Owen Van Fossen carded an 83 and CJ Dolan added an 88.
Philo was 17th (392) and Tri-Valley 23rd (459) as other area teams competing. Addison Mershon's 86 paced the Electrics, as AJ Harper had 98, AJ Layton 99, and Blake Hiles 109, while Jacob Grear's 96 highlighted the Scotties' effort with Conner Preston shooting 115, Xander Smalley 120 and Aryk Grafton 128.
Sheridan girls 203, Logan 241: Morgan Wamer posted a 42 to lead the Generals in a dual match on Tuesday.
Ryan Satterfield added a 47, Haven Jenkins had a 55 and Abby Gutridge posted a 59 for Sheridan.
River View boys 184, Rosecrans 212: Thad Cox and Caleb Kline shot 39s, leading the Black Bears over the Bishops on Tuesday at Hickory Flats.
Peyton Everhart added a 50 and Kortnee Mickle chipped in a 56 for River View.
Charlie Peterson led Rosecrans with a 40, while Nathan Hart shot 47, Evan Bauer carded a 51 and Jordan Joseph had 74.
Girls Soccer
Watkins Memorial 5, Tri-Valley 0: The Scotties fell behind 2-0 at the half en route to a season-opening loss to the Warriors. No other information was available. | https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/08/17/hs-roundup-burris-earns-medalist-paces-jg-girls-golfers-at-dover/65407057007/ | 2022-08-17T04:34:14Z | zanesvilletimesrecorder.com | control | https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/sports/high-school/2022/08/17/hs-roundup-burris-earns-medalist-paces-jg-girls-golfers-at-dover/65407057007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
August is the Medal of Honor history month and we asked Soldiers what the award means to them.
"The Medal of Honor is the highest honor someone can be recognized with. Soldiers that have earned this award have committed great acts of courage to keep those to the left and right of them safe," said Spc. Lashawn Fomby, 91B Wheeled Mechanic, Headquarters Support Company, 602nd Aviation Support Battalion, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division ROK/U.S. Combined Division. (U.S. Army Photo by Capt. Frank Spatt)
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Boomerang Writer
As voters made their way past the national names on their primary ballots, they chose between candidates that will have an impact on daily life closer to their homes in Albany County.
There were two seats up for election for the Albany County Commission in Tuesday’s election. Incumbent Democratic candidate Pete Gosar was unopposed on the primary Democratic ticket. On the Republican ballot, incumbent candidate Heber Richardson was challenged by Tony Kirchhoefer and Terri Jones.
The two candidates who win the general election will serve alongside Commissioner Sue Ibarra.
Unofficial results from Tuesday’s Albany County primary were unavailable as of press time for today’s print edition of the Boomerang. Visit laramieboomerang.com to read an updated version of this story and view results and more primary coverage.
While off-year elections typically put local offices under the microscope, this year the race for the commission was partially overshadowed by the race for Wyoming’s only U.S. House Representative seat and the local race for Albany County Sheriff, which included multiple candidates on both sides of the political aisle.
As the Republican candidates waited for results to come in, they had a moment to reflect on the 2022 election season so far.
“You know you did everything you could, and now it’s up to the people to decide which is the way it should be,” Kirchhoefer said.
For his campaign, Kirchhoefer said a primary focus was increasing his name recognition as he was less known than other candidates. He said between campaigning in all areas of the county from Centennial to Rock River, he felt the interactions he had with voters were promising.
Richardson said he appreciates that while the commission candidates may disagree on policy issues, they were able to keep their arguments formal and refrain from attacking each other personally.
“I appreciate that elections in Albany County are fairly civil,” he said. “I’m glad that most of the differences are related to issues. They don’t descend into being personal in terms of the discourse.”
Jones did not respond to a request for comment by the Boomerang’s press time.
Gosar said his focus has been on making sure he’s doing his best rather than worrying about other candidates.
“We’re just focused on getting messages out, meeting people and learning what their concerns are and the solution,” he said. “It’s more about running the best campaign you can and letting the rest take care of itself.”
He added that no matter what the results of the November elections end up being, he would stand by the integrity of the results unless there was obvious evidence suggesting otherwise.
“I think it’s really important that going forward that candidates live by the results and don’t challenge elections unless there’s real evidence,” he said. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/commission-candidates-reflect-on-outreach-civility/article_6537a7bb-ea2a-5229-a732-87911f59b08a.html | 2022-08-17T04:36:44Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/commission-candidates-reflect-on-outreach-civility/article_6537a7bb-ea2a-5229-a732-87911f59b08a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Melissa Swenson, communications security account manager with the 36th Communications Squadron, signs a jersey at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Aug 10, 2022. The Team Andersen Linebacker of the Week recognizes outstanding enlisted, officer, civilian and total force personnel who have had an impact on achieving Team Andersen’s Mission, Vision and Priorities. (U.S. Air Force photo by A1C Allison Martin)
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CHEYENNE – Gov. Mark Gordon has defeated his two Republican opponents in the primary election for another term, in a projected landslide Tuesday night, as reported by the New York Times.
He was among the candidates in five key Republican primary state races, including the secretary of state, state treasurer and state superintendent of public instruction. These races were highly contested, and no official results were reported by the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office before 9:30 p.m.
Gordon was ahead with an estimated 63% of the vote in the gubernatorial campaign, among GOP members, the Times reported. Rival Brent Bien had an estimated 28%.
Gordon will likely face Theresa Livingston in the general election, and she was reported by media outlets as the winner of the Democratic primary, defeating Rex Wilde. Livingston was estimated by the Times to be ahead, garnering some 72% of votes from Democrats, while Wilde reportedly had 28%.
The incumbent Gov. Gordon said he will fight for a second term heading into the general election, and that he and his wife, Jennie Gordon, take nothing for granted.
“We're very encouraged by what we're seeing, and it feels good,” said Gordon from his election party in Buffalo. “I really want to thank all the supporters for doing such an incredible job.”
He faced Rex Rammell and Bien in the Republican primary, both of whom accused Gordon of not standing by the Republican Party's platform strictly enough.
Bien told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle, before polls closed at 7 p.m. local time, it was an incredible experience to campaign throughout the state. He said he was privileged to meet so many Wyoming residents. He said because Wyoming is geographically so vast, and the incumbent by virtue of being in office has an advantage, it's hard to overcome.
“It’s a challenge, but it’s very rewarding at the same time,” he said.
Bien also faced backlash from Rammell in the weeks before election night, and accused him of running in the race illegally because he hadn’t lived in the state long enough. Bien retired from active duty in the Marine Corps in 2019, and said he kept his residency throughout the entire time he served.
The Committee to Elect Rex Rammell Governor of Wyoming stated that outgoing Secretary of State Ed Buchanan did not say Bien was eligible to run for governor when Rammell's camp made the complaint.
Rammell told the WTE Tuesday afternoon that he felt he ran a good campaign, but Buchanan should have never allowed Bien to run for governor. He said if Bien was not on the ballot, the votes would not have been split between the two of them.
“Mark Gordon was probably the weakest incumbent,” Rammell said. “And I really feel like I could beat him if Bien wasn’t in the race.”
Jasmine Hall is the Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s state government reporter. She can be reached by email at jhall@wyomingnews.com or by phone at 307-633-3167. Follow her on Twitter @jasminerhphotos and on Instagram @jhrose25. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/elections/gov-gordon-wins-gop-primary-nyt-says/article_54666394-ef9c-547f-9e8d-05ff1d17b67b.html | 2022-08-17T04:37:15Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/elections/gov-gordon-wins-gop-primary-nyt-says/article_54666394-ef9c-547f-9e8d-05ff1d17b67b.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CHEYENNE – Former Cheyenne Police Chief Brian Kozak was ahead in the Republican primary race for Laramie County sheriff as of 10 p.m. Tuesday. Votes from one precinct and absentee ballots were yet to be reported.
At that time, Kozak led with 7,606 votes. Laramie County jail Capt. Don Hollingshead trailed him with 6,912 votes, and CPD veteran Boyd Wrede was in third with 4,918.
If he wins, Kozak will face off against independent Jeff Barnes and Democrat Jess Fresquez in the Nov. 8 general election.
Current Laramie County Sheriff Danny Glick announced last summer that he would not seek re-election after nearly 20 years in the position and 40 years total with the sheriff’s office.
Republican Sylvia Hackl also led in the race for Laramie County district attorney against fellow Republican Tom Callison. Hackl had 9,103 votes, versus Callison’s 8,389.
Should she win the primary, Hackl would be the presumptive winner of the general election. Embattled DA Leigh Anne Manlove did not to run for re-election. Manlove was elected to the position in November 2018.
All results are unofficial until they are certified by the county canvassing board at 2 p.m. Friday.
Sheriff
Since the launch of his campaign last September, Kozak has focused criticism on jail policies enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying it was a primary cause of last year’s rise in property crime. He has said he would focus on restructuring jail policies in an effort to reduce recidivism.
Kozak was the longest-serving leader of the department, holding the position for 11 years. He was ousted following the 2020 election of current Cheyenne Mayor Patrick Collins. Kozak almost immediately began floating a run for sheriff.
Hollingshead, a 27-year veteran of the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office, primarily ran on his experience with the department. Throughout the campaign, he was forced to defend himself and other sheriff’s office leadership against knocks from his opponents.
Kozak and Wrede also trained criticism on Hollingshead for what they’ve said are inadequate poor conditions within the Laramie County Sheriff’s Office, including low pay and inadequate leadership.
Wrede worked for CPD for 21 years. He served in multiple roles, including on the bomb squad, on the Mounted Patrol Unit and as a detective.
Independent candidate Barnes served as a Laramie County sheriff’s deputy from 2017 until his retirement last summer. He spent 21 years in the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, and served 32 years with the Air Force: four years active duty and 28 years with the Missouri Air National Guard.
Democrat Fresquez is also in the race.
District attorney
Hackl has emphasized her years of management experience, including leadership experience working in the Wyoming Attorney General’s Office, and in leading the Wyoming State Public Defender’s Office for six years. She’s said she was able to turn around the over-budget, understaffed office, and that she’d do the same with the DA’s office.
Hackl was also the Cheyenne city attorney for two years.
Callison was most recently a staff attorney for about a year at Legal Aid of Wyoming. From 2008 to April 2021, he was a defense consultant on professional license disciplinary matters before Colorado licensing boards. Callison spent six years at the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, where he prosecuted mainly administrative cases. He was also town attorney for Encampment in southern Wyoming.
The Wyoming Supreme Court may soon decide if Manlove should face sanctions possibly up to losing her law license. A Wyoming State Bar panel has recommended she be disbarred for not running her office properly and misuse of prosecutorial discretion.
Oral arguments in the disciplinary proceeding before the high court will begin at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday.
County clerk
Current Laramie County Clerk Debra Lee had a significant lead over fellow Republican Andy McMahon. Lee had earned 13,788 votes, versus McMahon’s 4,617, as of press time.
Lee has served the county since 2016. She previously told the WTE that she’d pledged to bring a fresh perspective and energy to the office, and that she has done so.
“We’ve launched innovative programs, developed solutions to bring greater transparency, efficiency, accessibility and information to the people of Laramie County,” she said in an email. “We’ve worked hard to make our elections more secure and transparent before those topics became the subject of national news.”
McMahon, 55, is a Cheyenne native and has spent the past 22 years working for an accessible-automobile dealer. He campaigned on improving speed and customer service in the county clerk’s office. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/elections/kozak-leads-sheriff-race-with-hackl-ahead-in-da-race/article_5c8f1273-5055-5f96-831a-31aa8e0abb7b.html | 2022-08-17T04:37:28Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/elections/kozak-leads-sheriff-race-with-hackl-ahead-in-da-race/article_5c8f1273-5055-5f96-831a-31aa8e0abb7b.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CHEYENNE – Laramie County voters seem to support those elected officials currently serving them at the state, county and city levels, based on Tuesday’s primary election results.
As of press time Tuesday night, only one incumbent member of the Wyoming Legislature from Laramie County was losing their primary race, all three incumbent county commissioners retained their seats, and all three Cheyenne City Council members seeking re-election appeared to advance to the general election.
Senate District 7
Rachel Bennett and JC Manalo entered the running looking to unseat incumbent Sen. Stephen Pappas, R-Cheyenne. However, it appeared Pappas would advance to face Democratic candidate Marcie Kindred in the general election on Nov. 8. With 4,081 votes tallied, Pappas led Bennett 1,848 to 1,109.
Pappas has represented House District 7 since 2015. He wants to continue to address deficits, create a healthy business environment and find stable revenue.
Bennett has spent the last 20 years as a Wyoming resident. She is pro-Second Amendment, hunting and fishing rights and transparent government, and is anti-federal overreach. Bennett said she has made efforts to address wrongdoing in the Guard.
Senate District 31
In one of the more competitive races of the Wyoming Legislature, Evie Brennan was leading challenger Janet Marschner by a margin of 1,488 to 1,070 to represent the one of the newest districts in the Wyoming Legislature.
Brennan is pro-life-pro-Second Amendment rights, is for education freedom and is a proponent of fiscal responsibility, according to her campaign site, eviebrennanforwyosenate.com.
“I will also consider not just how (each) bill will affect us today. But how it will affect the next generation,” Brennan told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle. “I will work hard to leave a better legacy for Wyoming’s next generation.”
Marschner has worked in health care for 30 years, and says she will push back against federal mandates restricting the professional field. She is pro-business, pro-vets and military and Second Amendment stances.
House District 7
Prior to redistricting, Rep. Bob Nicholas, R-Cheyenne, served in House District 8 since 2011. In pursuit of re-election in his new district, Nicholas was leading Republican challenger Rick Coppinger 1,260 to 1,009.
A businessman and attorney, Nicholas announced his candidacy for re-election in May. His top priorities include finding new solutions for property tax payers, balancing the state budget and conserving taxpayer dollars.
The winner will go on to face Democratic candidate Jordan Evans in the Nov. 8 general election.
House District 8
One of the more tightly contested races in this year’s primary election comes from the district encompassing northeast Laramie County. As of press time, former Republican lawmaker Dave Zwonitzer, father of Rep. Dan Zwonitzer, R-Cheyenne, was leading Lily Sharpe by a margin of 988 to 825. Stephen Neal Johnson and Brian Tyrrell were coming in third and fourth, respectively.
Johnson has received endorsements from numerous GOP lawmakers, including Sen. Lynn Hutchings, R-Cheyenne. He opposes expanding Medicaid, increasing real estate taxes and instituting critical race theory.
Sharpe, a Lander native, has lived in Laramie County for the past thirty years. It is her goal to provide true conservative leadership to support the states workforce while creating an economically friendly environment to encourage private businesses to expand in Wyoming.
Zwonitzer has been a businessman in Laramie County for four decades and previously represented House District 9 from 2007-2017. He considered the top issue in the state to be water, education, economic development, civility, the mineral industry and finances.
House District 9
Out of HD 9 rose a personal rivalry spurred by challenger Dean Peterson’s opposition to incumbent Rep. Landon Brown, R-Cheyenne, in regard to Brown’s voting history. As of press time, Brown was leading a three-way race with 975 votes to Alan Sheldon’s 460 and Dean Petersen’s 398.
The winner will move on to face Democratic candidate Stephen Latham in the Nov. 8 general election.
Brown has held office since 2017. His priorities are to continuing to advance K-3 literacy, working to balance the state’s fiscal profile through economic diversification, broadening the tax base and lowering taxes, and decreasing regulation on businesses to encourage economic development.
Peterson decided to run after Brown sponsored a failed bill to legalize marijuana in 2021. He criticized Brown’s support of Medicaid expansion and COVID-19 vaccines, as well.
House District 10
Incumbent Rep. John Eklund, R-Cheyenne, was handily beating former Republican House District 12 Rep. Lars Lone by a margin of 1,321 to 474.
Eklund will not have a challenger in the Nov. 8 general election.
Eklund assumed office in 2011 and chairs the House Agriculture, State and Public Lands and Water Resources Committee. Before this, he spent his life working as a rancher.
House District 10 is in the farthest east corner of the state, bordering Colorado and Nebraska. Its western border is on Road 138 outside of Cheyenne, and it meets up with House District 4 and 5 outside of Laramie County.
House District 11
Former House District 44 Rep. James Byrd and current Laramie County School District 1 Trustee Marguerite Herman were in a tight Democratic primary in House District 11. As of press time, Herman led 106 to 52. The winner will face incumbent Rep. Jared Olsen, R-Cheyenne, on Nov. 8.
Byrd, 68, previously told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle that he decided to run for the seat again after some pushed for constituents to return to the Legislature. He feels there is unfinished business to address, such as the diversification of jobs in the state and the energy market.
Herman, 71, has been involved with the League of Women Voters. She advocates for issues such as health care.
“I have established my commitment to the community,” she said.
House District 11 makes up a large portion of downtown Cheyenne, from South College Drive to West Lincolnway and to the Little America Golf Course. The northern point is West Pershing Boulevard. It goes south to the border of House District 43, near Campstool Road.
House District 12
Rep. Clarence Styvar, R-Cheyenne, was leading Republican challenger Derek Goldfuss 739 to 378 as of press time.
Styvar, 58, has held the office since 2018.
House District 12 represents a significant portion of the south side. Falling between South Greeley Highway and Interstate 25, and it follows both highways all the way to the Colorado state line. The northern point is just above Fox Farm Road, and it borders House Districts 43 and 44.
House District 42
Republican Ben Hornok, 47, was leading Linnaea Sutphin, 46, by a tally of 1,148 to 948 as of press time. The eventual winner will not have a challenger in the general election.
The current holder of the seat, Rep. Jim Blackburn, R-Cheyenne, is not seeking re-election. He has represented the district since 2015.
House District 42 is located on the west side of I-25 and borders both Albany and Platte counties. It includes F.E. Warren Air Force Base.
House District 43
Republican incumbent Rep. Dan Zwonitzer was leading challenger Clayton “Leroy” Mills in House District 43 race, 795 to 671 as of press time. There is no Democrat in the race.
Zwonitzer, 42, has represented the southeastern district since 2005. Although he has served for nearly two decades, he previously told the WTE he’s excited to have the opportunity for the first time in eight years to be in the Legislature during a budget surplus. He said lawmakers will be able to invest money for the future, to make up for cuts undertaken in the past six years and to put funds toward infrastructure.
House District 43 falls along the east side of South Greeley Highway, and follows it to the border of Colorado. The northern point is Dell Range Boulevard and I-80 Service Road, with House Districts 12 and 10 on either side.
House District 44
As of press time, Tamara N. Trujillo was leading incumbent Rep. John Romero-Martinez, R-Cheyenne, 371 to 277, with challenger Michael Reyes receiving 235 votes. The HD 44 winner will face Democratic candidate Sara Burlingame in the general election.
Burlingame previously represented the district from 2019-2021.
Romero-Martinez assumed office in 2021. He previously told the WTE he is running for a second term because he is disappointed with the party politics he has witnessed among elected officials. He said he is not a career politician, but rather a “normal guy that wants to do my bid for my community.” He hopes to support families working paycheck to paycheck, and prove Republicans have compassion.
Trujillo cited her experience in procurement and accounting. Her background has allowed her to handle contracts, budgets and both internal and external audits. She wants to reassess how the government is spending, and tighten the proverbial belt.
“HD 44 needs help with their schools, fixed income property owners with rising taxes and sewer issues which cause flooding in some areas,” she said in a statement. “I need to get in and find the funds for our schools, but also need to push for school choice and have those taxpayer funds follow the students to the best education the parents see fit.”
House District 44 follows 15th Street into West Lincolnway, and ends on the west end near Berwick Drive. The southern portion of the district is along Bridle Bit Road and West College Drive, which goes up to Campstool Road. It borders House Districts 11, 12, 42 and 43.
House District 61
In another three-way Republican primary, Daniel Singh was leading with 511 votes to 308 for Matt Malcom and 254 for Don Odom in the newly-added House District 61. There is no Democrat in the race.
House District 61 falls to the east between Dell Range, U.S. Highway 30, East 6th Street and Grove Drive. The bordering House Districts include 9, 41 and 43.
Laramie County commissioners
Despite having four Republican challengers, it appeared the three incumbent Laramie County commissioners would retain their seats.
As of press time, Gunnar Malm, Troy Thompson, and Linda Heath were the top three vote-getters, in that order. Malm had 9,637 votes, Thompson had 9,417, while Heath had earned 7,506 votes.
Challengers were Bryce Freeman, who was coming in fourth with 5,493 votes; Brian D. Casey, who had received 4,812; Abbie Mildenberger, who had earned 4,487, and Sam Eliopoulous, who had 4,067 votes.
With no Democratic candidates having filed for the general election, barring a strong write-in campaign between now and the Nov. 8 general election, the incumbents will retain their seats in January.
Malm will serve his second term on the Board of Commissioners. He also serves as the public policy chair for the Wyoming Association of Realtors, the president of the Cheyenne Board of Realtors, and Currently in the vice chair of the Cheyenne Planning commission.
Among his priorities are ensuring sixth-penny sales tax projects are completed on schedule, and continuing a policy of fiscal conservatism that, Malm said, has allowed Laramie County to be the only local government in Wyoming that didn’t lay off workers during the pandemic.
Thompson is the current chairman of the board. He was first elected as a commissioner in 2010. Thompson is also the a member of the National Association of County Officials and serves on the executive board of the Wyoming County Commissioners Association.
In a previous interview with the WTE, Thompson emphasized his love for being a county commissioner, and said that he hopes to continue his work on economic projects and following through on sixth-penny sales tax projects. His priorities are to have a conservative budget, keep a strong relationship with LEADS and the local business community on economic development, as well as help manage the residential growth.
Heath, former vice-chair of the Laramie County Republican Party, has served on the commission since 2014 and spent 27 years as a precinct committee member.
In a questionnaire published on WyomingNews.com, Heath said that she strives to “decrease regulations (where) possible within the county.” She also wants to encourage the public to become more involved in local government.
Cheyenne City Council
All three incumbents on the Cheyenne City Council seemed likely to advance to the November general election.
In the two contested primary races, incumbent Scott D. Roybal and Cameron Karajanis were leading in Ward 1, while incumbent Mark D. Rinne and Lynn A. Storey-Huylar were leading in Ward 2. Since there were only two candidates in Ward 3, both incumbent Ken A. Esquibel and Joe Shogrin will advance.
These candidates will now face one another in the Nov. 8 general election.
City Council member Scott Roybal is seeking a third term representing Ward 1. After first being elected in 1996 and serving until 2000, he ran for re-election in 2014 and as served ever since. He is currently the council president.
Cameron Karajanis will join Roybal in the Ward 1 race. He has experience serving on committees and boards within the Cheyenne Police Department, Downtown Development Authority and Cheyenne Frontier Days.
In a questionnaire published online at WyomingNews.com, Karajanis said his priorities as councilman would be to “continue Cheyenne’s path forward while continuing to work with current city council members.” Of the utmost importance to him as are community members feel safe cared for and engaged.
Dr. Mark Rinne is the longest tenured member of the City Council, having served six terms representing Ward 2 and as council president nine times. He is a local dentist.
His Ward 2 challenger, Lynn Storey-Huylar, is a lifetime resident of Cheyenne, and wants to continue to be a part of the city’s development on the level of local government. She previously served on the Laramie County School District 1 Board of Trustees for eight years, and was a chair member for two of those years.
Ward 3 incumbent candidate Esquibel previously served in the 41st district of the Wyoming House of Representatives from 2007-17. He was elected to City Council in November 2018 and will maintain his position with the conclusion of this election cycle.
Joe Shogrin relocated to Cheyenne in 2010 and has since run for City Council twice before. Before entering local government, he worked as a high voltage lineman, and now works as a real estate agent. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/elections/most-incumbents-appear-to-advance-in-state-county-and-city-races/article_148e9c98-f1d0-5a0a-b160-f56629552392.html | 2022-08-17T04:37:34Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/elections/most-incumbents-appear-to-advance-in-state-county-and-city-races/article_148e9c98-f1d0-5a0a-b160-f56629552392.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Meghan Deisch, daughter of Tammy Deisch, holds a sign in support of her mother along Yellowstone Road near Dell Range Boulevard in Cheyenne on Tuesday. Deisch stands beside her daughter, Emerson, 8 months old. Deisch has stood on the sidewalk three times Tuesday, and says that each time, she received about 100 honks in support of her mother, Tammy Deisch. Alyte Katilius/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Charity Cohick-Halye, far left, stands in line with her daughter, Raelynne, and waits her turn to vote outside of Storey Gym, in Cheyenne on Tuesday. Alyte Katilius/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Meghan Deisch, daughter of Tammy Deisch, holds a sign in support of her mother along Yellowstone Road near Dell Range Boulevard in Cheyenne on Tuesday. Deisch stands beside her daughter, Emerson, 8 months old. Deisch has stood on the sidewalk three times Tuesday, and says that each time, she received about 100 honks in support of her mother, Tammy Deisch. Alyte Katilius/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Amanda Gonzales picks up an “I voted” sticker at the Storey Gym polling location in Cheyenne on Tuesday. Alyte Katilius/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Charity Cohick-Halye, far left, stands in line with her daughter, Raelynne, and waits her turn to vote outside of Storey Gym, in Cheyenne on Tuesday. Alyte Katilius/Wyoming Tribune Eagle
CHEYENNE – Although the U.S. House race was generating lots of national attention, local voters said it wasn’t the only reason they turned out to make their voices heard Tuesday.
Turnout was strong, according to the Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s observations at polling sites and to a local official. Even before voting ended for this primary, more ballots had been submitted this year than in the previous two primaries.
Lifelong Cheyenne resident Jennifer Kitts said she thinks it’s better to voice her opinion at the ballot box than on social media.
“I’m just a voter,” said Kitts, adding that the high-profile battle between incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., and Donald Trump-endorsed attorney Harriet Hageman was no more important to her than school funding. “I think the issues are important, and if you don’t vote, you don’t get to complain,” Kitts said.
As of 4 p.m. Tuesday, Laramie County Clerk Debra Lee reported 10,637 voters had cast their ballots at the seven vote centers. Of those, 10,078 submitted Republican ballots, 499 were Democrats, and 60 were unaffiliated. The total number of voters had nearly doubled since noon, when Lee reported 5,803 voters.
As of the end of the day Monday, 12,645 voters had voted early or returned their absentee ballots to Lee’s office, she said. In 2018, the last non-presidential election year, 22,158 ballots were cast in federal and state races. That means that with three hours left until polls closed at 7 p.m., voter turnout had exceeded that year’s final total by 1,124.
In 2020, a total of 21,965 Laramie County voters participated in the primary election.
Frank Raya was one of many people who said they vote every time. Standing in a long line of people that snaked along the sidewalk between Storey Gym and the Laramie County School District 1 Administration Building as the workday waned, Raya said, “Everyone should vote. It’s our right.”
Although he would have voted Tuesday regardless of whose name was on the ballot, Raya said the Cheney-Hageman race was extra motivation.
“The main reason I’m here is to get Cheney back,” the Cheyenne resident said of his goal to keep her in office for another term. “I’m not a Trumpster, and I don’t support anyone who thinks the (2020) election was stolen.”
A few feet away, Lindsey Sears said the opposite was true for her. Although she is a regular voter, her main reason for voting now was “getting Cheney out of office.”
“She’s been a disappointment,” Sears said. “She didn’t listen to the Wyoming people, and I think that’s most important.”
In addition to the federal race, Sears said she thinks education is critical, which is why she was ready to vote for current State Superintendent of Public Instruction Brian Schroeder. She said she thinks he has done a good job since being appointed by Gov. Mark Gordon to replace Jillian Balow, who moved to Virginia to take a similar position.
Democrat Stacey McReynolds was eager to show support for her favorite candidate, Lynnette Grey Bull, who is one of her party’s contenders for the state’s lone U.S. House seat.
McReynolds said she has been sharing everything the Northern Arapaho candidate has posted on Facebook because “she is so smart, and I really like what she says.” It wasn’t just that race that brought her out to vote now.
“Every vote counts,” McReynolds said. “I think it might not go the way I would like, but if you don’t (vote), how would you know?”
Before the start of this year’s primary, Laramie County had 46,249 registered voters, according to the clerk’s office. Wyoming is one of 19 states, plus the District of Columbia, that allow voters to register and cast ballots on Election Day.
Brian Martin is the Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s managing editor. He can be reached by email at bmartin@wyomingnews.com. Follow him on Twitter at @briankmartin. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/primary-participation-exceeds-2018-2020-in-laramie-county/article_f3b2d527-f864-5ad3-be5c-aca7af091a00.html | 2022-08-17T04:37:40Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/primary-participation-exceeds-2018-2020-in-laramie-county/article_f3b2d527-f864-5ad3-be5c-aca7af091a00.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad quit as J&K campaign committee head after being named by the party and has conveyed his decision to the party leadership, sources close to him said. However, there is no official word from both sides.
Azad's resignation has come to surprise for many in the party as it was considered that he was consulted in the key appointments and was active in party forums. He even took part in Congress Gaurav Yatra on Monday and had addressed a press conference when Sonia Gandhi was called to ED.
Azad has been upset since being ignored for Rajya Sabha after he retired as Leader of Opposition in the upper house.
He is one of the prominent leaders of the party G-23 group which demanded sweeping reforms in the party. The issue has come on fore when the party is to begin process of electing new president.
The party has appointed the office bearers of J&K state unit, in which Vikar Rasul Wani was made the state president.
The post had fallen vacant after Ghulam Ahmad Mir stepped down as the JKPCC president. Wani is a loyalist of former Chief Minister Azad. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/08/17/ghulam-nabi-azad-quits-as-congress-jammu-kashmir-campaign-head.amp.html | 2022-08-17T04:44:08Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/08/17/ghulam-nabi-azad-quits-as-congress-jammu-kashmir-campaign-head.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Jordan Elsass Leaves Superman & Lois Ahead of Season 3
Things are going to be different on the Kent farm when Superman & Lois returns for its third season. Deadline is reporting that Jordan Elsass, the actor who portrays Clark and Lois’ son, Jonathan Kent, has left the series after two seasons. According to the report, Elsass did not report back to the set in time for the deadline to begin working on season 3. Subsequently, Warner Bros. TV confirmed his departure from the show.
In a statement, a WB TV spokesperson said “Jordan Elsass has notified the Studio that he will not be returning to Superman & Lois for season three due to personal reasons. The role of Jonathan Kent will be recast.”
At press time, Elsass has not posted about his exit on his social media accounts. But given that the third season is about to enter production, a replacement will have to be found soon.
RELATED: Superman & Lois Season 2 Reveals the Show’s Arrowverse Status
As revealed in the second season finale, Tyler Hoechlin and Elizabeth Tulloch aren’t actually playing the same Clark Kent/Superman and Lois Lane that they portrayed in the Arrowverse. Instead, they live on an alternate world where Superman is the only superhero. And in this world, their two children, Jonathan and Jordan (Alex Garfin), are a pair of twin teenage boys who struggle to deal with their heritage as Superman’s sons.
Wolé Parks also stars in the series as John Henry Irons, with Emmanuelle Chriqui as Lana Lang-Cushing, Inde Navarrette as Sarah Cortez, Tayler Buck as Natalie Lane Irons, Erik Valdez as Kyle Cushing, Sofia Hasmik as Chrissy Beppo, and Dylan Walsh as Sam Lane.
Superman & Lois will return for its third season on The CW in 2023.
What do you think about Jordan Elsass’ exit from the series? Let us know in the comment section below!
Recommended Reading: Superman: Lois and Clark
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DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is recalling more than 484,000 large SUVs in the U.S. to fix a problem that can cause the third-row seat belts to malfunction.
The recall covers Chevrolet Suburbans and Tahoes, Cadillac Escalades and GMC Yukons from the 2021 and 2022 model years.
The automaker says in documents posted Tuesday by U.S. safety regulators that rivets that hold the buckle to the mounting bracket on the left- and right side third-row seats may have been formed improperly.
The belts may not properly restrain a passenger in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
The company says it’s not aware of any crashes or injuries caused by the problem.
Dealers will inspect the rivet heads and replace buckle assemblies if needed. Owners will be notified starting Sept. 26. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/gm-recalls-484k-suvs-over-a-problem-with-seat-belts/ | 2022-08-17T05:05:21Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/gm-recalls-484k-suvs-over-a-problem-with-seat-belts/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM
PDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures up to 102 expected.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Simcoe Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima
Valley. In Oregon, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...From 11 AM Wednesday to 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
Funeral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/death_notices/jose-rosario-arrellano-36/article_29e13cba-1d92-11ed-9afe-db6d49940929.html | 2022-08-17T05:06:36Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/death_notices/jose-rosario-arrellano-36/article_29e13cba-1d92-11ed-9afe-db6d49940929.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM
PDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures up to 102 expected.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Simcoe Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima
Valley. In Oregon, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...From 11 AM Wednesday to 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
Funeral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/death_notices/josefa-zuniga-51/article_7c51a142-1d92-11ed-87f6-5ba5e0c0fbef.html | 2022-08-17T05:06:42Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/death_notices/josefa-zuniga-51/article_7c51a142-1d92-11ed-87f6-5ba5e0c0fbef.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM
PDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures up to 102 expected.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Simcoe Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima
Valley. In Oregon, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...From 11 AM Wednesday to 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM
PDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures up to 102 expected.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Simcoe Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima
Valley. In Oregon, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...From 11 AM Wednesday to 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
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under any circumstances.
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possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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LEWISTON, Idaho — Lewiston police have arrested 81-year-old Kay Morrison and her daughter, 54-year-old Kimberly Morrison for the murder of Kenneth Morrison.
According to police, Kenneth was Kimberly's father and Kay's ex-husband.
Police say the arrest took place following a search warrant of the Morrison's home on Harvest Road in Lewiston during the early morning hours of Aug. 16, 2022.
Detectives investigated Kimberly and Kay after Kenneth was reported missing back in March. Police say the investigation uncovered that Kenneth had not been seen since January, 2022.
After an interview, detectives took Kimberly and Kay into custody for Kenneth's murder on January 6, 2022. According to police, an FBI Evidence Recovery Team, Idaho State Police detectives and the Quad Cities Drug Task Force assisted in the ongoing investigation.
Anyone with further information is encouraged to call lead detective Joe Stormes at the Lewiston Police Department (208) 746-0171.
This is a developing news story and we will provide more updates as we receive them.
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United fans can breathe a sigh of relief I guess. As bad as the Glazers are, it would be shambolic to imagine the football club being ran like a circus act. That said, we're still bottom of the table. You don't get to sing that every day. 🥲
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Thiruvananthapuram: The distribution of 90 lakh Onam food kit being provided free of cost by the Kerala Government to ration card-holders will begin on next Tuesday, August 23. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will inaugurate the mega distribution on Monday evening at the State Capital.
Supplyco, which is entrusted with the delivery, has finished packaging of more than three-fourth of the kits to be delivered. The kits will be distributed through the ration shops.
The kit will comprise 14 articles including a cloth bag. Ghee and cashew nuts are the new items — they replace pappad and jaggery. Last year the quality of the latter two were not up to the mark.
The ghee will be of the Milma brand. Cashew nuts will be procured from the Kerala State Cashew Development Corporation Limited (KSCDC). Other food articles will be of the Sabari brand of the Supplyco.
The kits are being readied at 1,500 packing centres across Kerala. The expenses incurred for each kit will be at least Rs 434. It will be Rs 3 more on an average if transportation costs and loading charges are considered.
Thiruvonam, which marks the most important day of the 10-day Onam festivities, falls on September 8 this year.
The food kit
Sugar - 1 kg
Green grams - 500 gm
Toor dal - 250 gm
Unakkalari - 500 gm
Sabari coconut oil - 500 ml
Sabari Tea -100 gm
Sabari chilli powder -100 gm
Sabari turmeric powder - 100 gm
Sarkara varatti -100 gm
Cashew nuts - 50 gm
Cardamom - 20 gm
Milma ghee - 50 ml
Salt - 1 kg
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California’s leaders shouldn’t put fundamental rights up for a vote. But the legislature has nonetheless added Proposition 1 to this November’s ballot.
At first glance, Prop 1 doesn’t look like anything to worry about—if you, like most Californians (including your columnist), support abortion rights. It comes at a time when even Kansas is voting pro-choice. And its 78-word text seems simple—Prop 1 adds explicit guarantees of the “fundamental right to choose to have an abortion” and the “fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives” to the California Constitution
Legislators behind the measure have said that California needs such language to prevent judges from cancelling abortion rights here—like the U.S. Supreme Court did in overturning Roe v. Wade.
That may sound like common sense. But in matters of California governance, common sense often doesn’t apply. Prop 1 unnecessarily and unintentionally puts at risk the rights it’s designed to protect.
The right to choose is well-established in California. The same part of the state constitution that Prop 1 would amend—Article 1, Section 1—already protects the right to choose, because it lists privacy among our inalienable rights. More than 40 years of court precedents have reaffirmed abortion rights here. On top of that, state law straightforwardly guarantees abortion and other reproductive rights.
Asking voters to put these settled rights in the constitution is to pose a question that’s already been answered. Prop 1 comes with no new benefits—Californians have no rights to gain from the measure—but with significant risks, both legal and political.
Legally, a new constitutional amendment provides a target for abortion opponents to challenge in court—and that’s frightening, now that abortion is no longer constitutional protected nationally. The federal judiciary, now dominated by anti-choice conservatives, might seize on such challenges to undermine the right to choose in California.
Prop 1 also is vulnerable because of what it leaves out. In June, two legal scholars, Allison Macbeth of the California Constitution Center and Elizabeth Bernal, an editor of the Hastings Law Journal, publicly urged the legislature to incorporate the limits that Roe put on abortion.
Roe strikes a balance between the rights of the woman and the rights of the fetus. The scholars suggested specifying that, per prior precedent, no law could “deny or interfere with a woman’s right to choose or obtain an abortion prior to viability of the fetus.”
Failure to mention earlier existing law, added Macbeth and Bernal, would “untether” Prop 1 from any solid foundation in privacy protection. Doing so could put both reproductive rights and other rights grounded in privacy, such as marriage, in danger of being reinterpreted by the courts.
“There is a substantial risk that the new California constitutional provision will either be interpreted by courts to have no effect, or that its underpinnings will be erased,” Macbeth and Bernal wrote.
These omissions create political risk as well. Prop 1’s unqualified language gives opponents the opportunity to argue that the measure would establish a right to abortion on demand, at any stage of pregnancy. And that is not a popular policy—most voters don’t support abortion in the second trimester or later. By contrast, polling finds that more than 70 percent of Californians support Roe v. Wade—with its limits based on fetal viability.
But lawmakers dismissed calls to add limits to Prop 1. And they are confident that the measure will win. I hope they are right.
California’s confounding system of direct democracy has a long history of producing unexpected results. I fear, should Prop 1’s opponents succeed in framing it as an overreaching demand for unlimited abortion, that the measure could suffer an unexpected defeat. That would be a political disaster for abortion rights in America. And in California, it would raise the question of whether our state constitution’s privacy protections still covered abortion rights.
Even a narrow victory for Prop. 1 also could be damaging for abortion rights. Anti-choice activists and funders around the country, sensing weakness, would pursue future ballot initiatives and actions to keep California’s pro-choice politicians and political funders on defense. That would be a strategic defeat for reproductive rights nationally. Pro-choice leaders need to spend their time and money fighting abortion bans in other states.
But the biggest problem with Prop 1 has nothing to do with its outcome, or any other hypothetical. It’s the fact that California allows such measures to go on the ballot in the first place.
California’s powerful system of direct democracy permits votes on any subject—which makes the Golden State an outlier. Other countries with direct democracy prohibit votes on human rights. They understand that some freedoms are so fundamental that we shouldn’t let the people vote to take them away.
Joe Mathews writes the Connecting California column for Zócalo Public Square.
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MILWAUKEE — On “Top Gun Night” at American Family Field, the Dodgers went riding into the danger zone – handing Craig Kimbrel a one-run lead.
A spectacular game-saving catch by Chris Taylor in the 10th inning gave them an opportunity to take the lead in the 11th on Justin Turner’s RBI single. But none of Kimbrel’s first 20 saves for the Dodgers this season involved him entering with a one-run lead and successfully protecting it.
It didn’t happen Tuesday night, either.
Kimbrel retired just one of the four batters he faced in the 11th and gave up a two-run walk-off single to Victor Caratini as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Dodgers, 5-4.
“I gave up a hit and we lost the game,” Kimbrel said. “I’m out there trying to pitch and trying to not let them put the ball in play. Unfortunately, Caratini didn’t crush the ball but he got enough on it and it was enough for the win.”
Kimbrel has now given up runs in four of his past five appearances, pushing his ERA for the season to 4.57. Only eight times in 44 appearances this season has Kimbrel managed to pitch an inning without allowing a baserunner – none since the All-Star break.
If Tuesday was only Kimbrel’s fourth blown save this season, it is largely because the Dodgers have been careful to use him in situations when he has had a multi-run cushion.
If the Dodgers can’t trust him with a one-run lead in August, it’s hard to imagine them entrusting him with the closer role in October when the stakes are higher and games (and series) turn on tighter margins. Not for the first time this season, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts defended Kimbrel and said a change in the veteran’s role is not being considered.
“I thought Craig threw the baseball just fine tonight,” Roberts said.
“I think that’s some of the noise that I have to drown out and see how the ball is coming out, see the execution. The command is considerably better tonight. He was striking the breaking ball. Yeah, the result is not what any of us wanted, but I’m not going to just go by results alone if I believe that the stuff is good, the process is good.”
Kimbrel sidestepped a question about his role changing, saying he and Roberts have had a good relationship throughout the season.
“Me and Dave talk a lot,” Kimbrel said. “He knows that I’m not – when I go out there on the mound, I feel like I’m going to do my job every time and I have the confidence throwing my pitches. It’s just not working out. Like I said, it’s going to change. It has to.”
When baseball adopted the “Manfred Man” rule in extra innings – putting a runner on second base to start each inning – for the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, the Dodgers won five of their first six extra-innings games under the new rule.
Over the next two seasons, though, they have gone 8-19 in extra innings (including 2-6 this season).
They seemed to be falling victim to the same kryptonite in the top of the 10th inning when bad baserunning by Joey Gallo cost them a tie-breaking run.
Gallo was the first runner to get a free ticket to second base to start the 10th inning. After Taylor struck out to start the inning, Mookie Betts shot a ground ball to shortstop – right in front of Gallo, who bolted for third base nonetheless. He was an easy out.
Trea Turner followed with a single that probably would have scored Gallo from second. Instead, the Dodgers came up empty when Freddie Freeman grounded out.
“Bad baserunning play,” Roberts said. “Ball’s in front of you, and you know that if the ball’s in front of you, you got to retreat and get back, stay in scoring position. Something that shouldn’t happen, but it did and we just got to learn from it.”
That set the Brewers up to walk off with a win in the bottom of the 10th against Alex Vesia. With two outs and runners at the corners, Andrew McCutchen drove a line drive into the left-center field gap. The crowd was putting down its cheese curds, ready to celebrate a Brewers victory when Taylor swooped in, reached up and made the catch as the ball went over his head.
“It’s just one of those situations where you know if you don’t catch it the game’s over. It’s catch it or go home,” Taylor said.
“I barely caught it. I didn’t actually know I caught it until I looked in my glove.”
The catch was reminiscent of another game-saver by Taylor, then playing left field, in Game 7 of the 2018 National League Championship Series. This one was probably more difficult, Taylor said.
“I caught them both the same way. They were both kind of snow-cone catches then I had to double-check and make sure it was in there,” he said.
“I think the one tonight was probably a little more difficult. Obviously, the other one was a little bigger stage.”
The Dodgers took the lead in the top of the 11th when Justin Turner dumped an RBI single into center field. But they couldn’t pad the lead for Kimbrel.
The Brewers had gone hitless in the first 9-1/3 innings thrown by Dodgers relievers in this series. But Hunter Renfroe beat out a bunt single to start the 11th. Kimbrel struck out Kolten Wong but walked Luis Urias to load the bases.
Caratini dropped a soft line drive in front of Mookie Betts to drive in the tying and winning runs.
“Hits,” Kimbrel said of his biggest problem this year – and he has already given up more hits this season (46) than any year since his Rookie of the Year season in 2011. “I have walked some guys, but not tremendously bad. I’ve been giving up hits. You give up a couple soft ones and a hard one hurts you. Tonight the leadoff bunt, a walk and a blooper to lose it.
“It’s frustrating. It’s tremendously frustrating. This whole year really, I’ve felt like I’ve been battling. Not necessarily the other team, but myself. … Recently I’ve felt like I’ve made some strides in the right direction. The fastball has been jumping, my breaking ball was actually pretty good tonight, I just haven’t been able to put it all together. Not to say I won’t, because I definitely will. It’s coming.
“It’s time for me to turn it around, and I’m going to.”
Chris Taylor refused to let the game end. 😱 pic.twitter.com/E7ST2v5qsV
— MLB (@MLB) August 17, 2022
Victor Caratini delivers for the @Brewers! #walkoff
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— MLB (@MLB) August 17, 2022
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ALBANY — A judge sided with former Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday in his dispute with a now-defunct state ethics commission that ordered him to give up $5 million he was paid to write a book about his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Joint Commission on Public Ethics initially approved Cuomo's request to write the book, titled “American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic,” in 2020. But the panel withdrew that approval the following year after alleging Cuomo hadn't kept a promise not to use any state resources on the book.
Cuomo acknowledged that state employees helped with tasks including editing the manuscript. But he's said those employees did that work voluntarily during their personal time.
Last year the commission, commonly referred to by the acronym JCOPE, gave Cuomo 30 days to give up $5.1 million he was paid by a publisher for the book. Cuomo sued, claiming the commission's members were biased against him and violated his due-process rights.
In Tuesday's ruling, state Judge Denise A. Hartman declined the commission's request that she enforce its order for Cuomo to turn over the money. Hartman characterized it as an attempt to sidestep administrative procedures, since the penalty was imposed without a required administrative hearing.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, a Democrat like Cuomo, signed legislation disbanding the commission this year in favor of a new one. It isn't clear whether the new commission will continue trying to claw back Cuomo's book money.
“If, upon a review of JCOPE's actions, the new commission decides to pursue action against Cuomo, proceeds with the adjudicatory hearing, and determines that a violation has occurred, the new Commission may then impose a civil penalty against him,” Hartman wrote.
In an emailed statement, Cuomo attorney Rita Glavin called JCOPE's conduct "shameful, unlawful, and a waste of taxpayer’s funds.”
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The Wilson School District has reached an agreement with the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office to provide a school resource officer for the coming school year.
School Superintendent Timothy Carter said the funding for the officer was allocated with a budget modification from the Niagara County Legislature, and the service agreement was approved by the Wilson School Board during its meeting on Aug. 9.
“There’s an expectation that by Sept. 1 there will be an SRO in place for the 2022-2023 school year,” Carter said.
The Wilson Central School District held a public forum in June for the school board and members of the public to ask questions of Sheriff Micheal Filicetti and other SROs employed through the sheriff’s office on how this arrangement would work.
Filicetti has said that a candidate who applied for the position has been lined up to be the SRO for the Wilson Central School District, but would still need a final approval for the school board before they can be announced. He did, however, say that the candidate is a resident of Wilson.
“It looks like we’re going to be selecting a deputy who actually resides in Wilson that will be the SRO at the Wilson District,” said Filicetti. “But we’re still going to have that discussion with the district to make sure that the candidate is who they would like.”
This SRO would work for 10 months of the year, from September through June, as the SRO at the school, and would spend the two summer months of July and August working in the sheriff’s Marine Division.
Filicetti has also said that SRO appointments are similarly in progress for the Starpoint Central School District and Niagara Charter School. Starpoint has already reached a service agreement with the sheriff’s office, and Filicetti said that the deal with Niagara Charter School is likely in its final stages. Both of these are full-year agreements, and similarly to Wilson, their choices will need the final approval from the boards of both schools.
The sheriff’s office is planning on making public its decisions for the SROs over the next few weeks before the school year starts.
“I want everybody to know that we’re seeing school safety as a high priority, and it’s a part of a good partnership that we keep the schools safe,” Filicetti said.
Carter said that he’s satisfied with the cooperation that has been shown by the sheriff’s office, and looks forward to working with them further.
“Working with them has been seamless. They have been easy to work with, and I think it’s going to be a great partnership moving forward,” he said.
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WASHINGTON — A man armed with an AR-15 dies in a shootout after trying to breach FBI offices in Cincinnati. A Pennsylvania man is arrested after he posts death threats against agents on social media. In cyberspace, calls for armed uprisings and civil war grow stronger.
This could be just the beginning, federal authorities and private extremism monitors warn. A growing number of ardent Donald Trump supporters seem ready to strike back against the FBI or others who they believe go too far in investigating the former president.
Law enforcement officials across the country are warning and being warned about an increase in threats and the potential for violent attacks on federal agents or buildings in the wake of the FBI’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home.
Experts who study radicalization and online disinformation — such as Trump’s aggressive false claims about a stolen election — note that the recent increase was sparked by a legal search of Trump’s Florida home. What might happen in the event of arrests or indictments?
“When messaging reaches a certain pitch, things start to happen in the real world,” said former New Jersey Attorney General John Farmer, a onetime federal prosecutor who now directs the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University. “And when people in positions of power and public trust start to echo extremist rhetoric, it’s even more likely that we’re going to see real-world consequences.”
Amplified by right-wing media, angry claims by Trump and his allies about the search are fanning the flames of his supporters’ distrust of the FBI — though it’s led by a Trump appointee — and the federal government in general. and at least a few of Trump’s supporters now appear to be acting on his anger.
Last week a man wearing body armor and armed with an assault rifle and a nail gun tried to breach the FBI’s Cincinnati office. He was later shot and killed by police after exchanging fire with officers. Authorities say they believe the man had posted dark messages on Truth Social, Trump’s online platform, including one that said federal agents should be killed on sight.
Another man drove his car into a U.S. Capitol barricade Sunday and began firing gunshots into the air before he fatally shot himself.
On Monday, the Department of Justice announced the arrest of a Pennsylvania man who had made repeated threats on the lives on FBI agents on Gab, a platform popular with Trump supporters.
“You’ve declared war on us and now it’s open season on YOU,” he wrote in one post shared by authorities.
A joint intelligence bulletin from the FBI and Homeland Security warns about an increase in violent online threats targeting federal officials and government facilities. Those include “a threat to place a so-called dirty bomb in front of FBI headquarters,” along with calls for “civil war” and “rebellion,” according to a copy of the document obtained by The Associated Press.
Mentions of “civil war” on platforms including Facebook and Twitter increased tenfold in the hours immediately after last week’s search of Mar-a-Lago, according to an analysis by Zignal Labs, a firm that analyzes social media content.
Many of the posts contained baseless claims suggesting President Joe Biden ordered the FBI to search Trump’s home, or that the FBI planted evidence to incriminate Trump.
“Biden sending the FBI to raid a former President, Mr. Donald Trump’s home is a declaration of WAR against him and his supporters,” wrote one poster on the Telegram platform.
The intelligence bulletin also noted federal law enforcement officials have identified multiple threats against government officials involved in the Mar-a-Lago search, including calls to kill the magistrate judge who signed the search warrant.
The names and home addresses of FBI agents and other officials have been posted online, along with references to family members who could be additional targets, according to the intelligence documents.
The threats are ominously similar to the online rhetoric that preceded the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, says Rep. Bennie Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat who chairs the House Jan. 6 committee and the Committee on Homeland Security.
“These threats of violence and even civil war – coming predominantly from right-wing extremists online – are not only un-American but are a threat to our democracy and the rule of law,” Thompson said.
The search of Trump’s residence was executed based on a lawfully obtained warrant signed by a judge. But that’s beside the point for Trump and his allies.
“This is an assault on a political opponent at a level never seen before in our Country,” Trump wrote Monday in a post on his Truth Social. “Third World!”
Republican Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona equated the investigation with “tyranny” and tweeted, “We must destroy the FBI.”
Another Arizona congressman, Republican Andy Biggs, sought to place some blame on the individual agents who executed the search. “This looked more like something you would see in the former Soviet Union,” Biggs said this week. “Why did all those agents willfully go along?”
Republican Sen. John Thune told reporters in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Tuesday that though the Justice Department has shown it followed legal protocols in obtaining the search warrant, its reticence about the Trump investigation has caused people to question law enforcement’s motives.
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OAHU (KITV)- Honolulu Police have a new warning about jewelry scammers targeting senior citizens. KITV4 has been following stories of people allegedly selling fake jewelry on the street. Some of them are now headed to court. But now other thieves are trying some new tactics.
This time around, 3 techniques are involved. Stealing things right off the victim's bodies, it's a twist on pickpocketing. “The suspect wanted the victim to help her in a prayer because her mother was sick. The she then placed a ring in the victim's hand, wrapped her hand around the victim's hand, and started to pray,” said Sgt. Chris Kim from Crimestoppers.
Jewelry scammers are taking a different approach to getting their money. Gone is the scheme misrepresenting fake jewelry as gold. Crimestoppers Honolulu says after the prayer theft happened.
“The victim later felt the suspect pulling at fingers trying to remove her rings. When the victim confronted the female, she then placed a bracelet and necklace around the victim's neck. The victim then when home and realized that she was wearing the counterfeit necklace. and her real diamond necklace had been stolen,” said Sgt. Kim.
The old bait and switch. According to Crimestoppers, the new thefts involve stealing straight off people's bodies. In another case, another woman shows off rings for sale, and then just gives them to the victim.
“He no longer wanted to purchase the rings, she then placed a watch into a bag with the rings. She said these rings are now a gift to you. Don't worry about it and your watch in the bag. The victim then went home and realized his watch had been swapped out for a counterfeit,” said Sgt. Kim.
But sales on the street aren't completely out of the equation. Another theft, this time in the Pearl city Walmart parking lot. “A woman asked the victim if he wanted to purchase a necklace. She convinced him to buying the necklace. She then proceeded to place the necklace around his neck. The victim went home and realized his real necklace was missing. And he now only had the counterfeit necklace,” said Sgt. Kim.
We have an update to that street jewelry sales scam that's been occurring on the Big Island and Oahu. Law enforcement and local residents are now telling KITV, those involved are switching up their methods.
Crimestoppers is asking people notify the senior citizens in their lives about these thefts, not to allow strangers to touch them in a way that allows access to jewelry, and not to buy jewelry from strangers on the street.
Jefferson Tyler joined KITV after a lengthy stint in Reno, Nev. where he covered a variety of subjects. From wildfires to presidential elections, Jefferson takes pride in creating balanced stories that keep viewers’ attentions. | https://www.kitv.com/news/business/three-new-jewelry-scam-strategies-involve-pickpocket-techniques/article_30be8056-1dec-11ed-8840-a3ccc93505e3.html | 2022-08-17T05:55:21Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/business/three-new-jewelry-scam-strategies-involve-pickpocket-techniques/article_30be8056-1dec-11ed-8840-a3ccc93505e3.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Nanakuli resident Merrilee Oki once donated a kidney to save the life of her younger brother.
She said she lived well for many years with a single kidney.
Nanakuli resident Merrilee Oki once donated a kidney to save the life of her younger brother.
She said she lived well for many years with a single kidney.
Now, almost 50 years later -- her own survival's tied to a dialysis machine.
"Either that or death -- that's an option that you have," she told KITV4.
She said her lifestyle eventually caught up to her.
"I think over the years just not taking good care of myself," Oki said. "The series of illnesses that I had -- kidney stones, diabetes, high blood pressure, overeating all that, I think led to this."
Oahu's newest dialysis clinic -- Liberty Dialysis -- held an open house today on the Waianae Coast, the home of many Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders who comprise almost 20 percent of those with kidney failure in the islands.
Hawaii has more than 5,700 patients on dialysis and that population is growing at about 5% every year. And dialysis clinics are unable to keep up with the demand.
"It is alarming the way it's growing. It's alarming in every way really," said Dr. Arie Ganz, a kidney specialist. "The problem is even though we're serving a lot of patients ... there's still a lot of other patients that we are not seeing yet."
And that's why doctors are urging people to live healthy lifestyles -- being mindful of their diets and exercising.
"It is preventable, we can control it, we can avoid having more patients on dialysis if we do something in time," Ganz said.
For Oki, getting dialysis treatments three times a week for four and a half hours each time is taking a heavy toll on her body -- a struggle she's hoping others will avoid.
"I would do better to be healthy," Oki said. "But I'm grateful that we have this machine to extend our lives, you know, but it's not easy."
Produced in partnership with the Economic Hardship Reporting Project.
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Former Hawaii Lt. Gov. James R. "Duke" Aiona waves at passing cars while campaigning in Kailua, Hawaii on Aug. 9, 2022. The candidates running in Hawaii's primary election to succeed term-limited Democratic Gov. David Ige include a former first lady, a retired mixed martial arts champion and a congressman who moonlights as a Hawaiian Airlines pilot. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)
It was an intimate affair at Duke Aiona's home in Wahiawa.
As children ran around the yard and close family and friends surrounded the former judge and lieutenant governor after winning the Republican primary election.
"All I can say is we give all glory to God and we're just so happy that we are where we are right now," Aiona told KITV4.
Aiona beat out mixed martial arts champion fighter B.J. Penn and Honolulu city councilmember Heidi Tsuneyoshi. But throughout the Republican primary race for governor, it was all love.
"I want to thank everybody else who ran," he said. "It took a lot of courage, it took a lot of support."
This is his third time running for the state's top office after serving as lieutenant governor under Gov. Linda Lingle from 2002 to 2010.
After previously winning two primary elections, he lost to Gov. Neil Abercrombie and Gov. David Ige. He's hoping the third time's a charm.
"I feel confident because I guess the experience that I've had in the past," he added. "The corruption we've been facing the fact that we need a robust two-party system. I believe more and more people are just begging for that right now."
He said he's ready to go up against Lt. Gov. Josh Green in the November general election.
"You got another option and the option's Duke Aiona."
And his friends and family are just thankful to have another chance for change.
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HONOLULU-HI (KITV-4) Some Schools are looking in unusual places to help them deal with the shortage of teachers. The State Department of Education is trying to boost its teachers and staff ranks by streamlining the application process.
The Hawaii State Department of Education is trying to recruit and speed up the hiring of all DOE employees including teachers through a proposed tracking system.
The new hiring platform will streamline the process of recruitment and hiring of all Department of Education employees including teachers.
Osa Tui, Jr., HSTA President says, "What the department has right now, hey come apply we are going to throw you into the pool, and someone will call you at some point in time to offer you a job. So you sit there waiting in the pool. You might get a job. You might get a call. You might get something else. But it’s really a wait and see game till you get a call “
Yama Radtke, DOE Substitute Teacher says, “It takes forever to get registered. Sometimes just jumping through all the hoops who you have to talk to where you have to go and I know it’s the government and the department of education but they still need to find a way to file themselves. I have 5th graders who can organize themselves better than the department of education.”
And the red tape makes it difficult even for former teachers. Yumi TR Kawano taught on the Big Island for more 10 years before retiring in 2014 to care for the rain forests as a biologist. But she wanted to return as a substitute teacher.
Yumi TR Kawano, Former DOE Teacher says, “ I think what the challenge is the communication breakdowns between the district office tcs and the schools. As far as what is required. I went through this in 2020 I was trying to teach at pahoe high school of course it was very chaotic at that time so, somehow I wasn’t able to get on the sub list yet they needed subs badly so…nothing new even with covid being somewhat over.”
The State employs about 13,000 teachers, librarians, and counselors, and 12,000 educational officers, civil servants, and support services personnel.
At this point, the DOE is soliciting proposals for this application platform that would streamline the recruitment and hiring of all employees.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Honolulu Little League is playing in its first game of the Little League Baseball (LLB) World Series on Wednesday.
"Just a lot of excitement and happy for these kids to have this opportunity to play in the Little League World Series," said Honolulu Little League manager Gerald Oda.
The boys from Oahu will take on Bonney Lake-Sumner Little League of Washington State -- the Northwest Region champs -- in their first game of the World Series.
"Any team that's made it this far already is a very good team, they're well coached, you know. We're definitely going to have our hands full tomorrow. And we'll just hope for the best and the most important thing again, it's just play with aloha," Oda said.
Their game -- West versus Northwest -- starts at 1 p.m. Hawaii time on August 17, and it will be televised on ESPN.
Hawaii beat Arizona last Friday in San Bernardino, California -- winning the West Region title and punching their ticket to Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
It has been a whirlwind ever since, with the team building memories along the way.
"We had a Little League parade last night, which is great. The kids had a great opportunity to you know, see all the fan support here," Oda said. "It's about really enjoying the experience. And I guess not often that a team from Hawaii gets to travel to Williamsport, so we definitely want them to have a most memorable experience."
Oda has been there before. He took Honolulu Little League to the World Series four years ago, and that team went on to win, making Hawaii so proud!
Before 2018, the team from Waipio won the title in 2008, and the team from Ewa Beach came home as Little League World Series champs in 2005.
This year's team from Honolulu is hoping to do the same.
"What we always stress to the kids from the beginning is don't worry about the outcome. Just focus on the moment. You know, just play hard from the first pitch to the last pitch. If we have one more run than the other team, great at the end of the game. If we don't, as long as we gave it our all then, you know, no matter what happens, it's going to be a great day," Oda said.
The team is made up of 14 players, who are all 12 years old, and either live or go to school in the Honolulu district.
"It's a great environment for these kids to really broaden their horizons and you know, try something different that we would normally would not be able to do in Hawaii," Oda said.
And it's a big year for Little League, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the LLB World Series, and with no COVID-19 restrictions. The festivities, fans, and even the international teams are back.
The LLB World Series starts with an opening ceremony on Wednesday morning and goes through August 28.
"Sincerely on behalf of all parents, the players and the coaches of the Honolulu Little League, just want to say a big mahalo to everybody for all their support and their prayers. And definitely we'll do our best to make the 808 proud of us," Oda said.
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NOT getting the proper paperwork in - could end up costing you in more than one way.
Dealers are used to buying and selling cars daily and they are also used to filling out required forms and submitting them. But not everyone knows what to do when buying or selling a car.
Peter Matthews makes sure cars are ready to go for customers at Max Motors. That includes preparing all the required paperwork.
"When we buy or sell a car we transfer the title, you fill it out and send it to the DMV," said Matthews.
Even if cars are sold privately, there are still steps both the buyer and sellers need to take.
For those selling the vehicle, they have to fill out the title with vehicle information, and give the buyer that title, registration and safety inspection certificate. As well as that top part of the title, which is the notice of transfer. Sellers can also print up that form from the city's website.
That has to be done within 10 days.
"If you don't transfer it over and you get a ticket it will go to the previous owner. Then when you go to transfer it, you can't because you have a ticket that you need to clear first. If you don't get that clearance you won't be able to transfer it," added Matthews.
That is right, if the buyer doesn't send the title transfer in and gets parking tickets or other vehicle violations, those will go to the registered owner of the vehicle: which would remain the seller.
New owners are required to bring the title properly signed by the buyer and seller to a satellite city hall to transfer the vehicle title and registration within 30 days of the selling date.
Problems in the past, led to a new law, which was passed this year. It requires both party's addresses and signatures on the certificate of ownership when the title is transferred. That could cut down on tracking down buyers who wait to submit forms, but that bill won't take effect until next year.
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PONTIAC, Mich. (WXYZ) — Dodge continued their Speed Week reveals at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac with the unveiling of the Hornet.
The Hornet is a compact utility, which the company says is the hottest segment in the industry. The vehicle has what Dodge is calling a multi-energy drive train.
Dodge unveiled three versions of the Hornet, including the gasoline-powered “Head of the Hive” Dodge Hornet R/T, the Dodge Hornet GT, and the Dodge Hornet GT GLH Concept from their Direct Connection division. The company is calling the three cars The Hive.
The Hornet R/T is an electrified version, a plug-in hybrid with a gas-electric powertrain. It is the first ever electrified vehicle produced by Dodge. The Dodge Hornet GT will have a standard gasoline engine.
The 2023 Dodge Hornet GT will open for orders August 17, 2022. The Dodge Hornet GT will begin arriving in dealer showrooms in late 2022, with the Dodge Hornet R/T scheduled to hit showrooms in spring 2023.
The unveiling is part of a three-day event Dodge is holding ahead of the Woodward Dream Cruise. On Monday, Dodge revealed that they would be ending production of the Challenger and Charger in 2023 and that model year was "Last Call" for the iconic brands.
Dodge has a third unveiling set for Wednesday. The automaker hasn't released any details on what they will be revealing at that time. | https://www.fox17online.com/dodge-unveils-hornet-utility-vehicle-including-1st-electrified-vehicle-in-brand | 2022-08-17T05:57:48Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/dodge-unveils-hornet-utility-vehicle-including-1st-electrified-vehicle-in-brand | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The second episode of the 'Hard Knocks' season featuring the Lions in training camp aired on Tuesday night, focusing more on player stories and emerging presences in camp.
Sixth-round pick Malcolm Rodriguez is shining in Allen Park, and the linebacker was a focal point of the episode.
Malcolm Rodriguez getting a big spotlight on the second episode of ‘Hard Knocks.’
— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) August 17, 2022
The rookie linebacker was a sixth round pick. 👀
HBO showed running backs coach and assistant head coach Duce Staley pushing D'Andre Swift in the running backs room, telling the third-year back he can be the best in the league.
“That’s so good. I’d kiss you right now if you weren’t breathing so hard.” #StuffDanCampbellSays
— Jeanna Trotman (@JeannaTrotmanTV) August 17, 2022
Aidan Hutchinson and his family were again featured, as the No. 2 overall pick was shown making his debut.
HBO also showed Amon-Ra St. Brown's father John, a former Mr. Universe, training his sons in the weight room.
“I got a question for Kevin Durant. When was the last time you did a calf raise?” 😂😂 Amon-Ra’s father is a savage
— Jeanna Trotman (@JeannaTrotmanTV) August 17, 2022
St. Brown recited every wide receiver selected before him in the 2021 NFL Draft.
Amon-Ra St. Brown has receipts. All of them. #HardKnocks
— Brad Galli (@BradGalli) August 17, 2022
Watch more in the video player, including Dan Campbell's postgame speech after the preseason opener.
Who wears short shorts? TJ Hockenson wears short shorts.
Clip from ‘Hard Knocks’ via @NFLFilms
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NoGoFallMaga (NGFM), a campaign instituted by the CyberSafe Foundation, has released its first Investment Scam handbook through its Community platform.
Released recently, to align with this year’s World Youth Day, the Investment scam Handbook is an essential tool that would protect individuals and businesses from investment scams.
It provides an in-depth look at the warning signs of Ponzi scams and offers tips on how to stay safe. The objective is for the handbook to continuously educate people on these cybercrime tactics. The timely release of the Handbook is to align with the theme for this year’s World Youth Day, which is ‘Intergenerational Solidarity’; and the NGFM community wants to encourage people, especially the youth to show solidarity with other generations by educating them about the danger of investment scams. Since youths are the most active online, more conversant with emerging technologies and energetic, the onus is on them to act as a sort of intergenerational stop-gap, protecting other generations from the nefarious activities of fraudsters.
The CyberSafe Foundation’s NoGoFallMaga (NGFM) Community is a group of online security experts who are set to help people protect their money, assets, and identities online. The cybersecurity community is an initiative of CyberSafe Foundation, an NGO strategically positioned and on a mission, to ensure inclusive and safe digital access in Africa. NGFM has 142 active Volunteers and has uncovered and exposed over 20 Ponzi Schemes in Nigeria alone. Also, they’ve helped SMEs, the aged and people at large by bringing awareness about these schemes.
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Egbema Youth Council inaugurates new parliament members
New members of Warri North chapter of the Egbema Youth Council (EYC) in Delta State have been inaugurated into its second legislative assembly.
The members are to serve for a period of three years.
The assembly, made up of 22 members, with two each drawn from 11 communities is headed by six principal members, with Comrade Abraham Igbiriki as Speaker and Comrade Blessing Ojoye, Deputy Speaker.
Other principal members are Comrade Samson Agadigha as clerk of the house and Comrade Tiemo Tunemi, as Chief Whip, while Comrade Williams Itoko – and Comrade Samuel Maya will serve as Sergeant-at-Arms 1 and 2 respectively.
Speaking while inaugurating the assembly members, the Warri North EYC’s president, Comrade Kelvin Eferusuoa charged them to make good laws that would move the council and the Egbema kingdom forward.
One of the new parliament members, Comrade Ugedi, said it was an honour for him to be part of change in the Egbema kingdom.
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- Imo govt up-to-date with salary payment ― Finance Commissioner | https://tribuneonlineng.com/egbema-youth-council-inaugurates-new-parliament-members/ | 2022-08-17T06:05:11Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/egbema-youth-council-inaugurates-new-parliament-members/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Bradley Canada assists Boatswain’s Mate 3rd Class Alejandro Alameda after sustaining a simulated injury as part of a mass casualty drill during Exercise Citadel Pacific 2022 (CP22) at Commander, Fleet Activities Sasebo (CFAS) Aug. 17, 2022. CP22 is an annual exercise that is not in response to any specific real world threat but is used to evaluate the readiness of fleet and installation security programs. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Quinton A. Lee)
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GOTHENBURG, Sweden, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
PERIOD 1 APRIL – 30 JUNE 2022
- Net sales amounted to SEK 2,019.2 million, which was 36% (30% in local currencies) higher than last year (SEK 1,486.8 million).
- Operating result amounted to SEK 351.0 (241.3) million.
- Result for the period amounted to SEK 265.0 (187.7) million.
- Earnings per share amounted to SEK 3.99 (2.84).
- Cash flow from operating activities amounted to SEK 68.1 (185.3) million.
PERIOD 1 JANUARY – 30 JUNE 2022
- Net sales amounted to SEK 3,794.1 million, which was 38% (32% in local currencies) higher than last year (SEK 2,748.4 million).
- Operating result amounted to SEK 560.1 (341.5) million.
- Result for the period amounted to SEK 418.5 (255.4) million.
- Earnings per share amounted to SEK 6.31 (3.88).
- Cash flow from operating activities amounted to SEK 73.3 (552.5) million.
- Equity ratio amounted to 59.0 (58.9) %.
- Net debt to equity ratio amounted to 27.0 (31.2) %.
CEO COMMENTS
Another record quarter
It is with pride and joy that we can present another record quarter with strong growth both in terms of sales and results. Sales have now increased eight quarters in a row and we are showing an all-time high in both net sales and operating result for the sixth consecutive quarter.
Net sales in the quarter increased from SEK 1,486.8 million to SEK 2,019.2 million, a growth of SEK 532.4 million or 36%. In local currencies, growth amounted to 30%.
Operating result increased from SEK 241.3 million to SEK 351.0 million, an increase of SEK 109.7 million or 45%. As previously reported for the second quarter of 2021, we received deferred government PPP loans in the USA of SEK 42.5 million. If you exclude these from the prior year's results, it amounted to SEK 198.8 million, and the actual profit improvement is then SEK 152.5 million or 77%.
The operating margin amounted to 17.4% in the quarter, which is also an all-time high.
All markets showed growth except for the Other countries region, which is due to reduced trading in Asia. The USA and Central Europe stand out with growth of 62% and 52% respectively. The USA is once again our biggest market.
Both our sales channels had good growth with 33% in promo and 40% in retail.
The half year
The first two quarters of the year produced sales growth of 38%, in local currencies 32%. Net sales amounted to SEK 3,794.1 million compared to SEK 2,748.4 million the previous year, a growth of SEK 1,045.7 million. Operating result increased from SEK 341.5 million to SEK 560.1 million or by 64%. The operating margin was thus 14.8% in the first half of the year compared to 12.4% for the same period in the previous year.
Rolling 12 months
On a rolling full-year basis, net sales now amount to SEK 7,764.3 million with an operating result of SEK 1,224.5 million and an operating margin of 15.8%.
Cash flow and balance sheet
We have increased the inventory to address the increasing demand. Accounts receivable increased due to the sales growth and we have distributed 547 MSEK in dividends during the last seven months to the shareholders. Considering these items, our balance sheet remains very strong with an equity ratio of 59% and an equity balance of more than SEK 5 billion. This gives us great security and tremendous opportunities for expansion.
The future
Despite all the current challenges in the world around us, our numbers show that our investments continue to bring success. We currently do not see any reduced demand for our products and brands - rather the opposite. Our sales continue to increase. We have now managed to build up the inventory during the second quarter, however further stock build-up is needed to meet the increasing demand. We also know that we have good growth (42%) in Craft's base orders for the fall. More and more customers are starting to sell our shoes and the Teamwear investment continues to produce good results. I also want to highlight Clique, which is greatly increasing its promo sales, and Cutter & Buck, which has become a growth machine both in Europe and USA.
I am convinced that we are now taking market shares in most areas. If there is a downturn in the economy, we are well positioned to continue to take market shares and show growth. In addition, we have both higher profitability and a stronger balance sheet than most competitors, which opens the door for possible acquisitions at more reasonable prices. In recent years, we have had to refrain from acquisitions due to excessive price expectations.
Finally, a big thank you to our entire organization who have done a great job and a big thank you to all the customers who choose our products.
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Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) is scheduled to report its third-quarter results on August 18, 2022, after the market closes. The results are forecasted to be on the weaker side, with revenues missing estimates and earnings coming in line with expectations.
Applied Materials operates in the semiconductor industry by supplying manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the companies in the industry.
Q2 Results Snapshot
Applied Materials’ second quarter results were disappointing, with both revenue and earnings failing to top Street estimates. However, both the metrics reported growth from the previous year.
Revenues for the quarter came in at $6.25 billion, up 12% from the prior year and lower than the consensus estimate of $6.37 billion.
Meanwhile, the company reported earnings per share (EPS) of $1.85, which signifies a growth of 13% from the prior year. However, like revenues, the EPS figure also missed the consensus estimate of $1.90.
Company Guidance and Analyst Expectations
For the third quarter, the company had provided a revenue forecast of $6.25 billion, plus or minus $400 million. This represents only marginal growth from the previous year. Moreover, the figure is considerably lower than the analyst community’s consensus estimate of $6.73 billion.
Notably, EPS estimates for the third quarter by the company came in the range of $1.59 to $1.95. The Street’s consensus estimate of an EPS of $1.78 is in line with the midpoint of the company’s forecast range.
Is AMAT a Buy or Sell?
The consensus among analysts for Applied Materials stock is a Strong Buy based on 18 Buys and five Holds. The AMAT average price target of $136 implies an upside potential of 25.4% from current levels. Shares have declined 15.8% over the past year.
Despite multiple headwinds, such as a concentrated customer base and a substantial portion of its revenues (30%) coming from China, the stock has found favor with the analyst community. This is because of the overall solid growth prospects of the semiconductor industry and the strong demand for chips from data center customers.
Meanwhile, top investors also seem convinced about the company’s prospects and are loading up on the company’s stock despite the prediction of somewhat weak third-quarter results.
TipRanks’ Stock Investors tool shows that top investors currently have a Very Positive stance on AMAT. Further, 6.8% of the top portfolios tracked by TipRanks, increased their exposure to AMAT stock over the past 30 days.
Key Takeaways
Although the company continues to witness heightened demand from data centers, it seems that it will not be able to offset the muted demand in the PC and consumer electronics markets. Therefore, the third quarter results are expected to be on the weaker side.
However, all is not doom and gloom for Applied Materials. This is because one of the company’s top customers, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSM), has planned to spend over $40 billion in capital expenditure this year, which bodes well for the company’s top line in the future.
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Shares of credit card firm and financial technology innovator Mastercard (MA) have held their own rather well as the rest of the market sunk lower in the first half. Mastercard has a dominant position in the payments space, and many up-and-coming firms are hungry for some market share. With impressive innovative capabilities and terrific managers who know what’s at stake if the firm grows complacent, Mastercard is one of few blue chips that are truly on their toes. I am bullish on Mastercard stock.
Looking ahead, a recession and rising interest rates will weigh more heavily on many of the credit card kingpin’s smaller-cap rivals. As headwinds move in, Mastercard is one of many firms that will be able to power forward.
It not only has deeper pockets than various disruptive forces in the fintech world that looked to take share from the top payments incumbents, but Mastercard also has a profoundly large network that will allow it to enjoy network effects for decades to come.
Indeed, Mastercard’s payment processing network is difficult to replicate. As new trends such as BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later), cryptocurrencies and blockchain emerge, Mastercard isn’t just praying that it won’t face too much in the way of disruption.
Mastercard: A Fintech Innovator That Can Defend Itself
Mastercard is actively engaged in such next-generation technologies. In fact, Mastercard CEO Michael Mieback is keen on making a splash in the crypto universe. For now, it’s not really clear as to the magnitude of Mastercard’s crypto and blockchain ambitions. They don’t seem nearly as large as the likes of Jack Dorsey’s Block (SQ). In any case, I wouldn’t count Mastercard out of the game while it looks to defend its turf while looking to bring out the best in what fintech has to offer.
At the end of the day, payments, as we know them, will eventually be disrupted in a major way, and Mastercard is eager to develop the technology to disrupt its own business.
Mastercard sees crypto, cybersecurity, and data as three areas where it can innovate, moving forward. The latter opportunity may be Mastercard’s most underestimated growth pillar. Undoubtedly, many firms are beginning to harvest the power of their data. With big-data firms like Snowflake (SNOW) helping empower large enterprise customers, it’s impossible to ignore the value to be had in large data sets.
In prior pieces covering Snowflake, I noted the “time value of data,” a concept that Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman previously coined. With considerable amounts of data being generated daily, Mastercard stands out as one of the firms that can benefit greatly from increased investment in the areas of AI and data analytics.
Indeed, Mastercard’s long-term growth story is exciting. As its smaller rivals become strapped for cash and the market sours on growth, it’s firms like Mastercard that can make the most of a bad situation. It has the balance sheet to ride out tough times and continue reinvesting in innovation at a time when most smaller-cap fintech players feel the pinch of harder credit.
Mastercard’s Second Quarter Was Solid
Mastercard stock finds itself down around 10% from its all-time high of around $400 per share. Indeed, the stock hasn’t gone anywhere for around two years. This share price consolidation in MA stock could set the stage for a considerable upside bounce at some point down the line, perhaps once the market is ready to move on from the looming economic slowdown. For now, a recession isn’t apparent in Mastercard’s strong Q2 results.
Second-quarter per-share earnings came in better than expected at $2.56, above the analyst consensus estimate of $2.36. Revenue growth was also decent, surging 21% year-over-year. With a side of strong guidance, Mastercard seems better equipped than any payments darling to make it through a period of sluggish consumer spending.
With sights set on a revenue CAGR (compound annual growth rate) in the high-teens range, Mastercard may have the tech edge to meet its upbeat targets. Now, Mastercard is not immune from the effects of a prolonged recession. The firm could easily fall flat if a 2023 recession is harsher than expected.
In any case, I view a recession as less meaningful in the grander scheme of things. At the end of the day, Mastercard will be busy investing in technologies to help it gain even more ground over those pesky fintech rivals that were bid up to the sky in 2021, only to come crashing back down in a violent way in the first half of 2022.
Is Mastercard Stock a Buy, Sell, or Hold?
Turning to Wall Street, MA stock comes in as a Strong Buy. Out of 22 analyst ratings, there are 20 Buys, one Hold, and one Sell.
The average Mastercard price target is $414.41, implying upside potential of 15.4%. Analyst price targets range from a low of $298.00 per share to a high of $472.00 per share.
Conclusion: Mastercard Stock Deserves to be Expensive
Mastercard is a great company that will see its tech edge help it make the most of the secular growth to be had in digital payments. While some may be inclined to consider Mastercard as a credit card firm poised to be disrupted, I view it as a firm that’s more than capable of adapting.
At 35.8x trailing earnings, MA stock is not cheap. However, it doesn’t deserve to be cheap, given its wide moat, tech ambitions, and strong network, which, I believe, has a moat surrounding it. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/mastercard-stock-the-payments-behemoth-has-tech-on-its-side | 2022-08-17T06:16:44Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/mastercard-stock-the-payments-behemoth-has-tech-on-its-side | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Shares of Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) rose 6.3% yesterday after the American cruise line operator announced that booking activity nearly doubled compared to 2019 levels, thanks to easing travel restrictions. Shares ended the day up 4.5% at $11.19 on August 16.
Although mid-August is not generally a busy time for cruise reservations, CCL experienced a surge in bookings and a favorable response to its flexible travel policies.
Carnival Cruise Eases Travel Restrictions
On August 12, Carnival announced new norms for voyages of less than 16 nights, effective September 6, 2022. These include no testing for vaccinated guests as well as eliminating the exemption request process for unvaccinated guests. Unvaccinated guests will only need to produce negative PCR or antigen test results taken within three days of embarkation.
Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line said, “We have previously disclosed strong occupancy projections for the summer, and our bookings through the end of 2022 have also been very solid… 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.”
Meanwhile, Carnival also reiterated that it will continue to work in coordination with the health and safety norms of all guests, crew, and communities it visits and develop responsible travel protocols.
Is CCL Stock a Buy?
On TipRanks, CCL stock has a Hold consensus rating based on four Buys, five Holds, and four Sells. The average Carnival Corp. stock forecast of $13.25 implies 18.4% upside potential to current levels. Meanwhile, CCL stock has lost 47.7% so far this year.
CCL is scheduled to report its third quarter Fiscal 2022 results on September 29. The consensus for earnings is pegged at a loss of five cents per share.
Will Carnival’s Sailing Momentum Continue?
Carnival recently announced a $1 billion equity raise to fund “general corporate purposes.” This news has not gone down well with investors. Plus, the company has a huge debt on its balance sheet, which makes for higher interest payments with an increasing interest rate scenario.
Despite the odds, Carnival Cruise is sailing happily into the summer season with peak demand. Moreover, the relaxed travel norms are making it more attractive for customers to sail with Carnival Cruise. All in all, currently, CCL may be sailing smoothly, but more clarity will be received in its earnings results next month. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/carnival-corp-stock-jumps-as-bookings-double | 2022-08-17T06:16:51Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/carnival-corp-stock-jumps-as-bookings-double | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Students at Reeltown Elementary School will be in for quite a shock when they return to school later this week.
Tallapoosa County Schools has officially completed construction on the school district's newest elementary school, holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, August 16.
The ceremony included education, city and county leaders with Superintendent Ray Porter noting the completion of the new school as a historical moment for Tallapoosa County.
“This community has waited patiently for this to be done, and we promised the county commission when they passed that one cent sales tax that we would make life better for students in Tallapoosa. County,” Porter said. “As you stand here before this beautiful building, I think we're doing that.”
Porter described the undertaking as nearly 100 years-in-the-making, with the new campus replacing the former Reeltown Elementary schoolhouse built in 1929. Commissioned in 2020, the now complete $12.5 million construction project will provide students with a larger facility as well as updated architecture and classroom technology.
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Principal Lisa Hornsby elaborated further, adding that the new building will greatly benefit teachers and students as they begin the new school year on Friday, August 19.
“I really have no words. We are so thankful for those that decided to come and share in this special moment with us today,” Hornsby said. “Be proud of what we are doing for your children. Be proud of what's going on in Reeltown.”
Porter said that all county residents should feel pride in the new school, calling the achievement a community endeavor.
“Today would not be if it were not for a community, the county commissioners and former superintendent Mr. [Joe] Windle, who helped make this happen,” Porter said. “This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for me and many of you so thank you for being a part of it.”
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Are Alex City’s finances turning the corner?
If someone were to look at the proposed fiscal year 2023 budget one might say so. City leaders have included a 15 percent across the board pay increase for all city employees, raised the minimum the city will pay its employees to $12 per hour and projected revenues are increasing. But to start fiscal year 2022, things weren’t looking so great.
“In the first quarter this year we had to borrow $2.3 million from enterprise funds to make payroll,” Mayor Woody Baird said. “I was absolutely crushed.”
The city council doubled sewer rates to help with infrastructure problems in the city’s sewer system. Baird and other city leaders didn’t know if cost saving measures would help as much as needed so other drastic measures were discussed.
“We were going to cut 20 percent of the workforce, 20 percent of the vehicles, furlough all of the remaining employees eight hours every pay period and cut all appropriations to outside agencies,” Baird said. “We were going to save the core services.”
With the new calendar year things started to turn around and by March, Baird was hopeful again.
“All of sudden the second quarter came out and we had paid back the $2.3 million and we had the money,” Baird said. “We just stopped bleeding. Everything we did finally took hold and [started] moving in the right direction. At the end of the third quarter we had $3.4 million in the general fund. We haven’t had a positive balance in the general fund in 10 years.”
Romy Stamps has been the city’s finance director the last two years. As past due audits have been completed, changes have been made to keep track of the city’s funds.
“We are tracking the money — it’s not fliting away,” Baird said. “That was our problem for years — the money just bled away. We didn’t know where it was going. Now, we know where it’s going and we are keeping it. We have turned the corner, we are moving in the right direction.”
The past six months or so have impressed Stamps.
“Revenue — the city has kind of knocked it out of the park,” Stamps said. “The city has exceeded in every category as for the year end projections.”
Stamps had projected $25 million in revenue for the general fund for 2022 before the year started. Now she believes revenue will top $28 million.
“My numbers are conservative so it is quite possible they may surpass that as well,” Stamps said.
General fund expenditures have been surprising as well. The council passed a savings plan earlier in the fiscal year to stave off possible issues with finances.
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“We are below for the most as far as projected for the general,” Stamps said. “That is good because that is the one we were trying to coddle the most. $25 million was projected and we’re looking at about $23 million at year end.”
Stamps said the city’s utilities are holding their own now. The council doubled sewer rates and strictly managed costs until finances were more certain. The city had budgeted more than $6 million in expenses and projections now have the city finishing with $5.7 million in sewer expenses.
“The things we put in place have worked,” Stamps said. “Hopefully we will be able to get sewer out of the infrastructure mess that it is in.”
Fiscal Year 2023
If approved, the fiscal year 2023 budget projects general fund revenues of $27.2 million. It had budgeted $25.1 million for 2022 and believes 2022 will actually be above $28 million. The 2023 general fund budget includes just shy of $27 million in expenses.
In utilities, sewer will still operate at a projected loss of $1.8 million. Without the sewer rate increase the loss would be almost $4 million.
The biggest thing in the proposed 2023 budget is a 15 percent across the board pay increase for all employees. The measure also includes a two percent cost of living adjustment (COLA) every year following.
“As everyone knows, inflation is higher than it has ever been,” Kathy Railey, the city’s human resource director, said. “In order to remain competitive with the surrounding cities and communities that we compete with for employees, for recruitment and inflation is why we are recommending this. The last COLA we had was October of 2020 — three percent.”
The budget also calls for raising the minimum wage city employees would receive from $10 per hour to $12 per hour.
Stamps said the pay increase would cost the city about $1.6 million per year.
The council is scheduling a work session and meeting to deal with the budget but most council members are pleased with what was presented to them at Monday’s council meeting.
“Everybody up here realizes you need a raise, especially our police and fire department,” council president Buffy Colvin said. “Retention for police and fire is major. I don’t see a problem with us seeing inflation is here and we all know we need more money.” | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/news/mayor-we-have-turned-the-corner-alex-city-finances-seem-to-be-improving/article_5b1ce4c0-1da4-11ed-ad29-b746e55fb25a.html | 2022-08-17T06:27:14Z | alexcityoutlook.com | control | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/news/mayor-we-have-turned-the-corner-alex-city-finances-seem-to-be-improving/article_5b1ce4c0-1da4-11ed-ad29-b746e55fb25a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Cataract surgery is going to have to wait. It is football season.
Ralph Lee is constantly squinting, tilting his head in different ways to get a good angle. He needs eye surgery so he can actually see clearly. But if he gets the surgery in August or September, he will have to miss high school football.
“So I told my doctors and myself it is just going to have to wait,” Lee said.
Anyone who has been around Reeltown High School in the past 50 years has seen Lee. Always sporting polo shirts and shorts and an old Reeltown baseball hat, he is probably around campus somewhere at any time. When football season starts, one would think he lives at the school.
This season, Lee has only missed one practice. He probably has a better attendance record than some of the players. He watches practice from his perch, up on the grandstand concourse by the press box at Nix-Webster-O’Neil Stadium.
His sand colored truck parked right beside one of the openings in the gates so he has easy access to watch his Rebels.
He brings his own chairs for him and his buddies to sit and watch. They basically are volunteer coaches, except the only players they coach are themselves.
“Punter has a good leg this year.”
“I could have blocked better than that.”
“Oh boy, that kid has some wheels on him. Watch him turn that corner.”
Diet Coke cans hit the concrete beneath their lawn chairs as Lee and his posse enjoy the sport they have been playing and watching for 50-plus years.
Lee is like a southern version of the Godfather. Everyone knows him and many call him PaPa. If someone sees him, they have to go and say hello, almost as if they are kissing the ring.
Before practices, he sometimes sits on the benches outside of the fieldhouse, playfully harassing players as they make their way to their lockers.
Many of the freshmen need to come to his house to eat, he says. Some need to come and cut his yard.
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Lee is not his former self though. His life has changed in a myriad of ways in the past few years.
His wife passed, a few months before their 50th wedding anniversary. He had double knee replacement, the scars still prominent on both sides of his tan legs.
Lee kept scorecards and stats on the sidelines for Reeltown starting in 1987, having recently just given it up due to his health.
“I didn't want to but I simply couldn't walk like I used to anymore,” Lee said.
His health may be challenging at times, but it has not been an excuse to keep him away from football.
Lee has been to 592 straight Reeltown football games. Dating back to the ‘80s, Lee has been a guaranteed fan at any and all Rebel games no matter the day.
Going back even further, Lee played football for Reeltown from 1960-64, playing mostly at center. So, it is possible to say that his streak of games far exceeds 600 already.
Regardless, as an attendant or a statistician, Lee wouldn’t miss a game for the world.
“Whether it was on Thursday, Friday or Saturday, I will be at the games,” Lee said. “I have not missed a game and I don't plan on missing one this year.”
Lee’s routine normally consists of going to a junior varsity game on Thursday, attending the varsity game on Friday, and listening to his friends at WACQ on the radio on Saturday morning to talk about the game.
Reeltown’s first game this season is at rival Tallassee. The schools have played 18 times, both standing at 9 wins. The series started in 1984, and Lee could tell you everything you ever needed to know about that rivalry. He has seen every one of its games.
His 600th game will be an away contest at Luverne; ironic that his milestone won't be achieved at home.
While there may not be a cake or celebration for Lee reaching his milestone this year, he doesn't mind. He does it to support the kids.
“I was born and raised here and I love it here,” Lee said. “Why would I ever leave and do something different?”
Reeltown travels to Tallasee on Thursday, August 18. Kickoff is at 7 p.m. | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/sports/ralph-lee-on-his-quest-to-attend-600-straight-games/article_1c3f4f98-1d83-11ed-af4a-9f9e9328984e.html | 2022-08-17T06:27:20Z | alexcityoutlook.com | control | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/sports/ralph-lee-on-his-quest-to-attend-600-straight-games/article_1c3f4f98-1d83-11ed-af4a-9f9e9328984e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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(KTLA) – An Australian actress who had been reported missing by her family was actually in custody after being arrested by police in Santa Monica days prior.
Last Friday night, Santa Monica police say they were dispatched to a restaurant on Arizona Avenue for a report of a battery.
Officers were told a woman, later identified as Laura McCulloch, had thrown a drink at a restaurant patron and their 2-year-old child.
According to police, McCulloch showed “obvious signs of intoxication,” and continued acting aggressively while officers tried to calm her.
“During efforts to detain her, she became physically combative, kicked at officers and bit one officer on the shoulder,” authorities said.
The 37-year-old actress was arrested and booked on suspicion of public intoxication and resisting arrest.
She appeared in court on Tuesday, but not before her family reported her missing to the Los Angeles Police Department. Authorities told Nexstar’s KTLA that McCulloch’s family made the report Monday.
A GoFundMe page created to help in the search indicated she had been getting ready for a date with a person she met on Tinder or Bumble. As of Tuesday night, that GoFundMe has been disabled.
McCulloch appeared in an independent film called “Covid Support Group,” this year and had appeared in an Australian film called “The Black Sheep” in 2010, according to her IMDB page.
Additional details about Friday’s incident have not been released. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/actress-reported-missing-arrested-in-california-after-allegedly-biting-officer/ | 2022-08-17T06:41:02Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/actress-reported-missing-arrested-in-california-after-allegedly-biting-officer/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PIEDMONT, S.C. (WSPA) – The Wren Hurricanes are previewed ahead of the 2022 football season which begins on August 19.
Wren
2021 Record: 6-6
Season Result: Lost in 2nd round of the playoffs
Head Coach: Jeff Tate (15th season)
Key players returning: Mason Holtzclaw (QB), Malachi Smith (RB), C.J. Willingham (WR), Kaden Hutto (WR), Landon Skelton (WR), Mitchel Giroue (WR), Adam Helton (LB), Alex McRary (LB), Travon West (FS)
Preview: Most of the offense that was young a year ago returns, but sophomore quarterback Gavin Owens has moved on to a prep school paving way for freshman quarterback Mason Holtzclaw to take over the controls with a deep group of receivers led by C.J. Willingham and Kadan Hutton. Add in sophomore running back Malachi Smith and four returning offensive linemen and you have the makings of a typically potent Wren attack. The defense is led by linebackers Adam Helton and Alex McCrary along with free safety Travon West. | https://www.wspa.com/sports/high-school-football/2022-preview-wren-hurricanes/ | 2022-08-17T06:41:15Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/sports/high-school-football/2022-preview-wren-hurricanes/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM
PDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures up to 102 expected.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Simcoe Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima
Valley. In Oregon, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...From 11 AM Wednesday to 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
Funeral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/death_notices/barbara-marie-maine-92/article_7db7fe26-1d94-11ed-950a-e764bd8fc94d.html | 2022-08-17T06:50:53Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/death_notices/barbara-marie-maine-92/article_7db7fe26-1d94-11ed-950a-e764bd8fc94d.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM
PDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures up to 102 expected.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Simcoe Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima
Valley. In Oregon, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...From 11 AM Wednesday to 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
Funeral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/death_notices/billy-dean-sauve-71/article_b6d77ae4-1d92-11ed-bf34-9baf668d1030.html | 2022-08-17T06:50:59Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/death_notices/billy-dean-sauve-71/article_b6d77ae4-1d92-11ed-bf34-9baf668d1030.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM
PDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures up to 102 expected.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Simcoe Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima
Valley. In Oregon, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...From 11 AM Wednesday to 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
Funeral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/death_notices/david-michael-currey-67/article_690ff7e0-1d93-11ed-bc19-b3ac0c0d2bcd.html | 2022-08-17T06:51:05Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/death_notices/david-michael-currey-67/article_690ff7e0-1d93-11ed-bc19-b3ac0c0d2bcd.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM WEDNESDAY TO 11 PM
PDT FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Temperatures up to 102 expected.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Simcoe Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima
Valley. In Oregon, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...From 11 AM Wednesday to 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
Funeral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/death_notices/joyce-e-schmeck-79/article_fc3784bc-1d92-11ed-b570-9bda7c8a3cf2.html | 2022-08-17T06:51:18Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/death_notices/joyce-e-schmeck-79/article_fc3784bc-1d92-11ed-b570-9bda7c8a3cf2.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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