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CDC admits it failed to meet expectations in COVID response
Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, outlined a broad plan to overhaul the organization's structure and operations in light of what she said was its failure to respond efficiently to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to media reports.
Why it matters: The changes come after the CDC has faced fierce criticism for its handling of both COVID and the growing monkeypox outbreak.
The big picture: The series of steps to be taken include efforts to better communicate with the public, speed up data releases and produce actionable data, AP reported.
- The plans include restructuring the CDC's communications office and revamping its websites to make public health guidance clearer and easier to find.
- The CDC will also add more staff to teams that respond to public health emergencies and require these employees to remain in their positions for at least six months, solving a problem of high turnover that proved confusing and time consuming during the pandemic, per the New York Times.
- The agency will also alter its promotion system to place less emphasis on the number of published scientific papers an employee has and more on efforts to positively impact public health, the Times reported.
The CDC has long faced criticism for being too academic and producing research that undergoes lengthy review processes that are a mismatch with the urgency of a pandemic, according to the Times.
- Among the changes announced Wednesday will be an emphasis on putting out preprint scientific reports that circumvent the lengthy peer review process but get out actionable data to the public more quickly, per AP.
- A new executive council will also be created to help Walensky set priorities and strategies.
Worth noting: Last month the Biden administration announced that it would elevate the Department of Health and Human Services pandemic and disaster response office, that of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, into a new division charged with handling the nation’s response to health emergencies.
- The move effectively created a new federal agency, known as the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response, on par with the CDC and FDA.
What they're saying: "For 75 years, CDC and public health have been preparing for COVID-19, and in our big moment, our performance did not reliably meet expectations," Walensky said in a statement, Politico reported.
- "As a long-time admirer of this agency and a champion for public health, I want us all to do better," she added.
- "My goal is a new, public health, action-oriented culture at CDC that emphasizes accountability, collaboration, communication and timeliness," Walensky said, per the Times.
Editor's note: This story has been updated with additional details. | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/17/cdc-changes-covid-response-walensky | 2022-08-17T18:44:41Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/17/cdc-changes-covid-response-walensky | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Scoop: China warns Israel not to let U.S. pressure hurt relations
One of China's top diplomats warned Israel last week not to allow U.S. pressure to damage its relations with Beijing, according to senior Israeli Foreign Ministry officials with direct knowledge of the issue.
Why it matters: The message from Liu Jianchao, who heads the Chinese Communist Party's international affairs department, to Israeli Ambassador to Beijing Irit Ben-Abba was the most unequivocal and direct message Israel has received from Beijing about the U.S.-Israel-China triangle.
- The meeting last Wednesday was their first since Liu assumed his influential new ministerial-level role.
According to Israeli officials, Liu emphasized the importance of bilateral relations, particularly for cooperation on technology.
- Israel and China have clashed in the past over the Palestinian issue, as China recognizes a Palestinian state and consistently backs the Palestinians at the UN.
- But Liu said that despite those differences, there is no conflict between China and Israel, but rather long-term shared interests.
- He also said the Chinese people understand the pain of the Jewish people because the Chinese had been persecuted by the West.
Behind the scenes: At that point, Liu brought the conversation around to the strains in the U.S.-China relationship. He said that while China understands the special relationship between Israel and the U.S., it is nevertheless closely following Israel’s policies toward China.
- “This is a critical test point for the relations between China and Israel," Liu said, according to the Israeli officials, adding that he hopes Israel won't compromise the positive future of Israel-China relations by aligning itself with U.S. policy toward Beijing.
- Liu specifically urged Israel not to get "dragged" into the U.S. position that China is committing genocide in Xinjiang. Under U.S. pressure, Israel signed a declaration at the UN Human Rights Council in June denouncing China's actions there.
- Any claims of human rights abuses against China are baseless and insulting to the Chinese people, Liu argued, claiming that China has not "fired a shot" in 40 years while the U.S. has waged war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- “The Jewish people have a lot in common with the Chinese people. There is no reason for us to hurt each other. If Israel hurts China because of external pressure, it will be making the wrong policy decision," Liu said, according to the Israeli officials.
The other side: The Israeli ambassador told the senior Chinese officials that Israel has an independent foreign policy — including toward China — but stressed that China’s actions in the UN on the Palestinian issue did not help relations.
- Ben-Abba also said Israel expects that no third party will influence Chinese policy toward Israel.
Between the lines: Israeli officials say they don't know what triggered the unusually strong Chinese message, except perhaps the recent U.S.-China tensions over Taiwan.
- But Israel has also significantly cooled its relations with China since former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left office last year.
- While Netanyahu worked for a decade to build closer ties to China and court Chinese investments, the new Israeli government has taken U.S. concerns more seriously and started to view China more through a national security lens.
- A senior Israeli official said China had been giving similar messages to all Western countries. "Relations with China are good and stable and the Chinese know the U.S. is our closest ally," the official said.
A Chinese government spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment. | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/17/china-warns-israel-us-pressure-harm-relations | 2022-08-17T18:44:47Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/17/china-warns-israel-us-pressure-harm-relations | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
53 mins ago - Politics & Policy
Suspended Florida prosecutor sues DeSantis
A Florida prosecutor filed suit Wednesday against Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for suspending him from office.
Driving the news: Hillsborough County state Attorney Andrew Warren (D) alleges that DeSantis violated his First Amendment rights, AP reports.
- "If the governor’s allowed to do this, what’s left of democracy? If the governor’s allowed to retaliate against me for speaking out, what’s left of the First Amendment," Warren said at a news conference in Tallahassee.
- DeSantis' office did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.
State of play: DeSantis earlier this month announced in an executive order that Warren was suspended, accusing him of "incompetence and willful defiance as early as June 2021," Axios' Ben Montgomery and Selene San Felice reported.
- The executive order cites Warren's signing of a joint statement with other prosecutors condemning laws that criminalize doctors who perform gender-affirming health care.
- DeSantis also said he suspended Warren for signing a pledge to not press charges against those receiving an abortion or their doctors or families seeking treatment for transgender minors.
- Warren argues in Wednesday's suit that the governor did not identify any conduct that would warrant a suspension, AP notes.
Catch up quick: Warren vowed days after he was suspended that he was "not going down without a fight."
Go deeper: Gov. Ron DeSantis suspends Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/17/ron-desantis-lawsuit-county-state-attorney | 2022-08-17T18:45:00Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/17/ron-desantis-lawsuit-county-state-attorney | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Some stocks are only good for short-term trading, while others are meant to be buy-and-hold investments. There’s a lot of hype surrounding Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) right now, but it’s all about the stock and not the company itself. Therefore, it’s wise to maintain a safe distance and avoid getting caught up in the hype. I am bearish on BBBY stock.
Bed Bath & Beyond operates a chain of stores offering home products, mainly for bedrooms, bathrooms, and kitchens. The onset of COVID-19 made it difficult for retail store chains like Bed Bath & Beyond to deliver shareholder value. A major shift toward e-commerce meant that people shopped primarily on Amazon (AMZN) instead of bricks-and-mortar stores.
Bed Bath & Beyond does have an online presence, but it simply can’t rival Amazon’s. Granted, there’s been a recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, but in 2022, shoppers are dealing with inflation and concerns about a possible recession. Consequently, Bed Bath & Beyond has to prove to the shareholders that it can deliver results during these challenging times.
These are sensible considerations for prospective long-term traders. Yet, there’s evidently a sizable group of traders who prioritize short squeezes over company fundamentals. If they’re pushing BBBY stock up to unsustainable levels, the retracement could be swift and you don’t want to be in the trade when that happens.
Meme-Stock Traders Have Taken Over BBBY Stock
It would be difficult to prove this, but it appears that meme-stock traders have taken control of BBBY stock. These are mainly traders on Reddit, on a subgroup known as r/WallStreetBets. However, traders on other social media platforms may be involved, as well.
These meme-stock traders have been known to target stocks with certain characteristics for short squeezes. Typically, they’ll look for relatively low-priced stocks, so don’t expect them to pick a stock over $100. Also, they’re usually not interested in blue-chip stocks. Additionally, they’ll choose stocks with high short interest. Reportedly, short interest comprises roughly 34% of Bed Bath & Beyond’s outstanding shares, so the stock definitely checks that box.
Perhaps most importantly, the meme-stock traders tend to seek out stocks with sentimental value. They like underdogs, companies that have struggled. It could be said that a short squeeze of BBBY stock is an expression of the meme-stock traders’ hope for a recovery in the economy. Also, these traders may view the short squeeze as a way to get revenge on short-selling hedge funds.
The influence that meme-stock traders have should never be underestimated. In January of last year, they helped push BBBY stock up from $19 to $35 in just a few weeks. Bed Bath & Beyond was still dealing with the impact of COVID-19, but that wasn’t part of the equation as the short sellers desperately covered their positions.
Is the summer of 2022 a repeat of early 2021? It’s possible, as BBBY stock has run from $4 and change in July to the mid-$20s in August. A lack of company-specific news catalysts to justify this price move tends to confirm that this is, indeed, nothing more than meme-stock mania.
There may be an additional, indirect reason for the rally, as well. Reportedly, GameStop (GME) Chairman, Ryan Cohen, purchased out-of-the-money call options on 1.6 million BBBY stock shares. It’s possible, then, that some traders observed Cohen’s evident confidence in the meme stock and consequently bought up shares of Bed Bath & Beyond.
The Fundamentals Just are Not There for BBBY Stock
Fundamentals-based investors might wince at the thought of buying BBBY stock just because meme-stock traders are buying it, or because Cohen bought call options on BBBY stock. After all, these aren’t sufficient reasons for retail investors to pour their hard-earned money into Bed Bath & Beyond shares unless it’s only for a very short-term trade. Otherwise, they should check the company’s financials, and in the case of Bed Bath & Beyond, the data is problematic.
For one thing, if you’re looking for Bed Bath & Beyond’s trailing 12-month price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio, don’t bother. The company doesn’t have one because it hasn’t been profitable over the past year. Moreover, lacking a P/E ratio makes it difficult to properly measure a company’s fundamentals.
It also doesn’t help that Bed Bath & Beyond is currently being run by an interim CEO, Sue Gove, after the infamous ousting of former Bed Bath & Beyond CEO Mark Tritton. By that point, BBBY stock had collapsed from its meme-stock peak of early 2021.
Also, during the time when Tritton was being removed from his CEO position, Bed Bath & Beyond had just posted dismal first-quarter 2022 fiscal and operational results. To start with, the company’s same-store sales declined 27%. Plus, BBBY reported a quarterly operating loss of $288.2 million. Again, this is definitely not a profitable company – not even close.
In light of these results, Loop Capital Analyst Anthony Chukumba offered a dire warning about Bed Bath & Beyond, “We are looking at a situation in which this company is probably not going to be around… It’s not going to take years. We could be talking about months at this point. We are in the end days.”
Is BBBY Stock a Good Buy Now?
Turning to Wall Street, BBBY stock has a Strong Sell consensus rating based on two Holds and 11 Sells assigned in the past three months. The average Bed Bath & Beyond price target is $3.84, implying 84.8% downside potential.
Conclusion: Should You Consider Bed Bath & Beyond Stock?
Are you a hype-fueled, short-term trader? If so, then you might have reasons to buy Bed Bath & Beyond stock. Even then, though, it’s best to keep your position size very small. On the other hand, if you’re a long-term investor, the company’s fundamentals don’t justify taking a position in Bed Bath & Beyond. So, feel free to watch with amazement from the sidelines as the meme-stock frenzy continues in 2022. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/bbby-stock-dont-get-caught-up-in-the-hype | 2022-08-17T18:50:35Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/bbby-stock-dont-get-caught-up-in-the-hype | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
As a frontrunner on the list of pivotal technological disruptors of the 21st century, blockchain is busily remodeling many entrenched businesses and industries by advancing decentralization and introducing intermediary-free applications. Over time, blockchains have evolved tremendously, addressing many of the drawbacks and overcoming the limitations posed by earlier models, especially concerning energy consumption.
While cryptocurrency does have an environmental impact, not every cryptocurrency or underlying blockchain has the same carbon footprint. As new advancements are made across the blockchain ecosystem, several promising solutions have emerged to tackle environmental concerns raised by critics, each achieving varying degrees of success.
Between purchasing carbon offsets, experimenting with novel energy-efficient consensus mechanisms, and forming non-profit organizations, among others – blockchain and crypto communities are leaving no stone unturned to reach the goal of eliminating carbon emissions from the crypto industry by 2030.
The work done so far is yielding promising results. A recent report compiled by crypto research firm Messari highlights this progress, “Through drastic programming overhauls and funding carbon offset projects, protocols are actively breaking down the stigma that crypto is harming the planet.”
Proof-of-Stake is More Efficient than Proof-of-Work
Compared to the legacy chains like Bitcoin (BTC-USD) and Ethereum (ETH-USD) that use the proof-of-work (PoW) consensus mechanism, second and third-generation blockchains like Solana, Cardano, Avalanche, Tezos, and Algorand that use the proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism are highly energy-efficient.
As of July 27, 2022, the Bitcoin network’s annual energy consumption stands just shy of 90,000 Gigawatt hours (GWh). Ethereum, which currently employs the PoW mechanism and will soon transition to the PoS mechanism, used around 17,000 GWh.
By contrast, PoS chains like Polkadot and Tezos’ annual energy consumption are merely 0.1 GWh, outperforming nearly all major peers by a wide margin while underlining their significantly lower carbon footprint relative to the Bitcoin network. Meanwhile, Cardano and Algorand’s energy consumption stands at 0.6 GWh and 0.5 GWh, respectively. Despite being the outlier in the PoS group, Solana exhibits an annual energy consumption of 1.9 GWh, which is still more efficient than Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Tezos and Polkadot are the frontrunners in the energy efficiency race because of the underlying proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus mechanism. Unlike the proof-of-work (PoW) chains, Polkadot, Tezos, and the rest of the PoS chains don’t depend on the computational power to secure their networks and validate transactions. Instead, these highly efficient PoS chains implement other direct economic incentives to encourage the network’s stakeholders to participate in the transaction and block validation process, lowering energy consumption significantly.
How Do Proof-of-Work Chains Validate Transactions?
Proof-of-work (PoW) chains like Bitcoin and Ethereum incentivize network participants to provide the computational power required to operate a network and maintain its security. As the network expands, the need for computational power continues to increase. To provide the required power, the network participants (miners) required to validate transactions and mine new coins must invest in high-end devices (mining rigs), consuming vast amounts of electricity.
This reward model increases competition among the network participants because those with the highest computational power are usually selected to validate the block (process the transaction) and add it to the network, thereby earning block rewards in the process.
How Do Proof-of-Stake Chains Validate Transactions?
By contrast, PoS removes all forms of competition. Instead of each network participant competing to provide the highest computational power, the selection is made based on the participant’s stake in the network. So, participants who own a certain number of the platform’s native tokens are randomly picked to participate in validation and block creation.
The entire process of validating transactions and adding them to the blockchain doesn’t require any high-end device to operate. As a result, PoS-based chains like Polkadot, Tezos, Algorand, Avalanche, and Cardano can easily maintain zero e-Waste, produce minimal greenhouse gas emissions, and exhibit a noticeably lower carbon footprint than PoW peers.
Moreover, energy efficiency is just one of the many benefits of the PoS consensus mechanism. PoS-based chains offer better scalability, throughput, and cost-efficiency than PoW-based chains. Ethereum, too, is on the verge of transitioning to the PoS mechanism, thereby making a strong case for the energy-efficient consensus mechanism. A recent report by the Ethereum Foundation acknowledged that Ethereum’s transition to the PoS model would lower the network’s energy consumption by 99.95%
On top of this, the PoS-based chains are continuously unlocking new features and functionalities to address the ongoing challenges clouding blockchain technology, also known as the “blockchain trilemma,” of maintaining the right balance of scalability, security, and decentralization.
Takeaway: The Blockchain Industry is Becoming More Energy Efficient
While there is no denying that PoW chains are energy-intensive, it is also essential to consider that PoW was the first working iteration of decentralized blockchain technology. Over the years, the blockchain industry has taken tremendous strides toward energy efficiency, and the latest data from Messari underlines this progress.
As blockchain technology continues to evolve, more innovations are likely to enter the crypto ecosystem, each contributing toward the common goal of a greener planet without compromising technological excellence. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/newer-blockchains-are-overcoming-energy-consumption-limitations-of-earlier-models | 2022-08-17T18:50:41Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/newer-blockchains-are-overcoming-energy-consumption-limitations-of-earlier-models | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) (TSE: SHOP) stock has slumped over 72% this year. Given the considerable decline in its stock price, the recent buying by market participants (SHOP stock is up about 22% in one month), and easier year-over-year comparisons ahead, most bad news appears to be out. However, with negative signals from hedge funds and insiders, the upside in SHOP stock could be limited.
SHOP Stock: Hedge Funds Reducing Their Stakes
Per TipRanks’ Hedge Fund Trading Activity tool, hedge fund managers have lowered their holdings in SHOP stock by selling 23 million shares in the last quarter.
Five hedge fund managers, including ARK Investment Management’s Catherine Wood, have reduced their holdings in SHOP stock. Meanwhile, two hedge fund managers, including Bridgewater Associates’ Ray Dalio, closed their position in SHOP stock.
Nevertheless, three hedge funds, including Generation Investment Management’s David Blood, increased their holdings in SHOP stock.
Insiders are Selling SHOP Stock
According to TipRanks’ Insider Trading Activity tool, corporate insiders have sold SHOP stock in the last quarter. Per the tool, Shopify’s non-executive Director John Phillips, President Harley Finkelstein, and CFO Amy Shapero sold SHOP stock in the form of an Informative Sell.
Overall, SHOP’s corporate insiders have sold $3.1 million worth of shares in the past three months.
What is the Prediction for Shopify Stock?
Analysts are cautiously optimistic about Shopify’s prospects. SHOP stock has received 12 Buy and 14 Hold recommendations for a Moderate Buy rating consensus. Further, Shopify’s stock price prediction of $45.50 implies 13.9% upside potential.
However, with negative signals from hedge funds and insiders, SHOP has an “underperform” Smart Score of 1 out of 10.
Conclusion: Macro Concerns to Hurt, but Growth Could Accelerate
William Blair analyst Matthew Pfau is bullish on SHOP stock. The analyst stated, “We still expect to see some revenue growth acceleration in the second half of the year, driven mostly by easier comps, take-rate improvement, and Deliverr.”
Pfau expects that SHOP’s “revenue growth can return to the mid-20% range once the macro environment improves and newer products become more material growth drivers.”
However, the persistently high inflation and economic reopening could continue to hurt Shopify’s growth. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/shopify-stock-after-a-72-decline-is-most-bad-news-out | 2022-08-17T18:50:48Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/shopify-stock-after-a-72-decline-is-most-bad-news-out | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Shares of Cassava Sciences (NASDAQ: SAVA) are up 25% today after two corporate insiders disclosed purchasing SAVA stock. Investors may be wondering whether to follow the insiders into the trade. Analysts seem to believe so, as they expect high upside potential.
As per regulatory filings filed yesterday, on August 12, Director Sanford Robertson bought 100,000 shares of Cassava for $20.69 per piece, totaling $2.07 million.
Similarly, Cassava’s CFO, Eric Schoen, bought 2,500 shares of the company at $19.95 per piece, totaling $49,875.
Notably, TipRanks’ Insider Trading Activity Tool, which provides a comprehensive list of daily insider transactions, shows that top corporate insiders at Cassava Sciences are becoming increasingly optimistic about SAVA stock. Including the latest stock purchases, corporate insiders have bought $2.1 million worth of SAVA stock in the last quarter.
Interestingly, TipRanks also provides a list of hot stocks with either a “Very Positive” or “Positive” insider confidence signal.
What Does Cassava Sciences Do?
Cassava Sciences is a clinical-stage biotechnology company with a focus on detecting and treating neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s disease.
On August 3, Cassava reported second quarter Fiscal 2022 results that fell short of expectations. The company’s diluted loss of $0.48 per share came in five cents wider than analysts’ estimates. Moreover, the loss was wider than the prior-year quarter’s loss of $0.13 per share, owing to higher research & development expenses.
Is Cassava a Good Stock to Buy?
Turning to Wall Street, SAVA stock has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on three Buys and one Sell. The average Cassava Sciences price forecast of $69 implies a whopping 167.9% upside potential from current levels. Meanwhile, the stock has lost 41% so far this year.
Will Cassava’s Stock Momentum Continue?
It’s hard to know how long the company’s momentum will last. Still, corporate insiders are showing confidence in the company’s trajectory by buying shares in bulk. These insiders may have particular knowledge of what is actually going on with the company, which the average joe is unaware of.
However, TipRanks’ Stock Investors tool shows that investor sentiment is currently Very Negative on Cassava Sciences, with 2.4% of portfolios tracked by TipRanks decreasing their exposure to SAVA stock over the past 30 days.
Cassava is also continuously hounded by controversies that may be hampering investor confidence. On July 27, Reuters reported that the U.S. Justice Department had opened a criminal investigation to verify if the company was manipulating clinical trial results of its Alzheimer’s drug, simufilam. The company has, however, denied the allegations. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/insider-buying-sends-cassava-sciences-stock-25-higher-should-you-buy | 2022-08-17T18:50:54Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/insider-buying-sends-cassava-sciences-stock-25-higher-should-you-buy | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (WGHP) — The Carolina Panthers and New England Patriots are preparing for an unusually chippy preseason contest on Friday night.
The two teams have engaged in massive brawls during joint practices held the past two days, both of which have seen players for both squads ejected.
The first melee occurred during Tuesday’s joint practice after some bickering following a catch by Patriots wide receiver Kristian Wilkerson.
A massive brawl ensued with punches being thrown by players from both teams, most notably Patriots wide receiver Kendrick Bourne and Wilkerson. Robinson was also ejected for his role in the melee.
More minor scuffles continued to break out throughout Tuesday’s practice as Patriots offensive lineman James Ferentz and Panthers defensive tackle Phil Hoskins got into a fight that led to both players being ejected, according to ESPN’s Mike Reiss.
Another minor fight also broke out on Tuesday between Patriots offensive linemen Trent Brown and Panthers defensive end Brian Burns. However, it appears that it did not escalate to the point of ejection for either player.
Coaches for both teams expressed disappointment with all of the fighting during the joint practice on Tuesday with Patriots head coach Bill Belichick calling for a team meeting, according to Reiss. Panthers head coach Matt Rhule told reporters “we came here not to fight, but to practice.”
Despite both coaches’ messages on Tuesday’s fighting, Wednesday’s joint practice appears to have picked up right where Tuesday left off with a brawl breaking on the Panthers’ first offensive play.
Tempers appeared high from the beginning during some special teams reps, causing a Panthers coach to intervene and tell players to stop bickering with the Patriots, according to NFL Network’s Mike Giardi.
Continuing their beef from Tuesday, Panthers safety Kenny Robinson delivered a massive hit on Patriots wide receiver Kristian Wilkerson during a kick return. Numerous Patriots, including their special teams coach, then came after Robinson, according to the Providence Journal’s Mark Daniels. Robinson would be ejected from Wednesday’s practice as well.
Wednesday’s melee began with Panthers star running back Christian McCaffrey throwing the ball at a Patriots defender after taking offense to a late hit on the sideline, according to Giardi. Players for both teams then began to brawl.
Patriots defensive end Deatrich Wise was ejected for his role in the brawl, Wise at one point landed on the foot of a fan in the front row of the stands. She refused medical attention and has been offered tickets to a future game, according to Giardi. Panthers running back Chubba Hubbard was also ejected for his role in the brawl.
The total number of ejections from Tuesday and Wednesday’s practices currently stands at seven.
The amount of chippiness and vitriol seen during the two practices is highly unusual for preseason football. Particularly for the Patriots who have been arguably the most successful sports franchise of all time under the leadership of Bill Belichick who is renowned for having highly disciplined football teams.
“Never seen it get to this point in any joint practice with the Patriots in Bill Belichick’s {23 year} tenure,” said Reiss.
Needless to say, Friday’s preseason match between the two squads will be must-see TV for more reasons than just determining who the Panthers starting quarterback will be. | https://www.wspa.com/sports/panthers-patriots-brawl-twice-in-two-days-during-joint-practices/ | 2022-08-17T18:53:00Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/sports/panthers-patriots-brawl-twice-in-two-days-during-joint-practices/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
As the NASCAR Cup Series heads to Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International for Sunday’s Go Bowling at The Glen, road-course races have evolved from rare occasions to a vital part of the schedule for NASCAR Cup Series competitors in recent seasons.
That’s because Sunday’s race on the 2.45-mile, seven-turn Watkins Glen circuit will be the fifth of six road-course events on the schedule in 2022. For Kyle Busch, driver of the No. 18 SNICKERS Toyota Camry for Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR), the Las Vegas native always looked at the two traditional road courses at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway and Watkins Glen as a racing vacation for NASCAR’s top series, providing the chance to turn left and right for a couple of weekends each year. Now, with six of 36 races run on road courses, turning left and right is as important as short-track racing, which occupies six races on the schedule with two apiece at Richmond (Va.) Raceway, Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, and Martinsville (Va.) Speedway each year.
For Busch, the two-time Cup Series champion, Watkins Glen is one of his favorite road courses on the schedule. He’s brought home two victories, seven top-five finishes, and 13 top-10s in 16 starts there.
After his inaugural Cup Series victory at The Glen in 2008, he nearly won for the second time in his 2011 and 2012 visits before finally breaking through again in 2013. A third career victory Sunday in New York’s scenic Finger Lakes Region would continue to solidify Busch and the SNICKERS team as a contender each time the series comes to town.
As far as overall road-course proficiency, Busch is tied with David Pearson and Mark Martin with four Cup Series road-course wins apiece. That’s some pretty good company, already. A fifth road-course win would tie him with Darrell Waltrip, Tim Richmond and Dan Gurney on the road-course wins list. The top three in all-time road-course wins in the Cup Series includes Chase Elliott and Jeff Gordon with seven apiece, while Tony Stewart is the all-time leader with nine wins.
So as Busch heads to Upstate New York for another round of road racing this weekend, he would like nothing more than to bring home a third win there, which would be a timely victory with only two regular-season races remaining before the 2022 Cup Series playoffs begin on Labor Day weekend. And Busch is certainly “hungry” for a win with his SNICKERS Camry as he looks for some momentum with the playoffs looming. | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/72125-kyle-busch-hungry-for-a-road-course-win | 2022-08-17T18:57:50Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/72125-kyle-busch-hungry-for-a-road-course-win | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Notes of Interest ● Cole Custer will make his milestone 100th career NASCAR Cup Series start when he and his No. 41 HaasTooling.com Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing (SHR) head to Watkins Glen (N.Y.) International for the penultimate road-course race of the season, Sunday’s Go Bowling at The Glen. ● Sunday’s 90-lap race will be Custer’s second on the seven-turn, 2.45-mile Watkins Glen circuit and his 14th Cup Series start on a road course. Custer equaled his career-best Cup Series road-course finish of ninth in the July 31 event on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway circuit. He also finished ninth in the October 2020 race on the Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway Roval. ● The 24-year-old from Ladera Ranch, California, started 19th and finished 18th in his Cup Series debut at The Glen last year, while the annual August event during his Rookie of the Year campaign in 2020 was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Custer also has raced at The Glen three times each in NASCAR’s Xfinity Series and K&N Pro Series East. ● In his three Watkins Glen starts in the Xfinity Series from 2017 through 2019, all in the No. 00 SHR Ford, Custer finished in the top-12 in all three, his best resulting in a sixth-place finish in 2018. He debuted with a 12th-place finish in 2017 and added a seventh-place finish in 2019. ● Custer’s three NASCAR K&N Pro Series East races at The Glen included finishes of fifth from the pole and third from the inside-second-row starting spot in his two most recent visits in 2015 and 2016, respectively. He led 17 laps in the 2015 event. ● Prior to his ninth-place finish at Indianapolis four weekends ago, Custer qualified 10th and finished 15th in the July 3 race at Road America in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin. He posted stout qualifying efforts in the season’s first two road-course races – third for the March 27 event at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) in Austin, Texas, and sixth for the June 12 race at Sonoma (Calif.) Raceway – but late-race, multicar chaos foiled his bids for finishes deep inside the top-10 at both events. ● In NASCAR Camping World Truck Series competition, Custer has top-10s in all three of his road-course outings, all at Canadian Tire Motorsport Park in Bowmanville, Ontario. His best was his most recent, a second-place run from the pole with a race-high 39 laps led in the No. 00 JR Motorsports entry in 2016. ● Riding along with Custer and his SHR Mustang is team co-owner Gene Haas’ newest holding, Haas Tooling, which was launched as a way for CNC machinists to purchase high-quality cutting tools at great prices. Haas cutting tools are sold exclusively online at HaasTooling.com and shipped directly to end users. HaasTooling.com products became available nationally in July 2020. Haas Automation, founded by Haas in 1983, is America’s leading builder of CNC machine tools. The company manufactures a complete line of vertical and horizontal machining centers, turning centers and rotary tables and indexers. All Haas products are constructed in the company’s 1.1-million-square-foot manufacturing facility in Oxnard, California, and distributed through a worldwide network of Haas Factory Outlets. Cole Custer, Driver of the No. 41 HaasTooling.com Ford Mustang for Stewart-Haas Racing You equaled your best career Cup Series road-course result of ninth at the previous road-course race at Indianapolis. What are your thoughts as you head to Watkins Glen this weekend? “Watkins Glen’s always been one of my favorite road courses just because there’s so much flow to the racetrack and how fast it is. It’s pretty much hammer down the whole time and it’s just one of those places where you can really feel the flow of the racetrack and how each corner connects with the next one.” Do you have a favorite part of the track at Watkins Glen? “I think it’s the esses, going through there almost wide open with guardrails on either side. It’s almost a sketchy part of the track, but it’s fast and it’s fun. I think it’s definitely one of my favorite parts of the track where you can really get after it and carry a lot of speed.” How would you evaluate the road-course program at SHR? “I would say, for us as an organization, we’ve been solid in the road-course races. You definitely always want to be better, but I feel like we’ve been in the mix more often than not, at least. I feel like we can run top-10 most of the time and, from there, it’s just a matter of one adjustment and one thing going right on pit road and you’re in the top-five and looking for a win. So I think it’s just a matter of fine-tuning it a little bit, but I’ve been pretty happy with our road-course cars. It’s just a matter of having the whole race play out right.” TSC PR | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/72126-haastooling-com-racing-cole-custer-watkins-glen-advance | 2022-08-17T18:57:56Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/72126-haastooling-com-racing-cole-custer-watkins-glen-advance | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Team Penske announced today that it has reached a contract extension with Ryan Blaney, a seven-time race winner in the NASCAR Cup Series. The long-term agreement will provide the opportunity for Blaney, the driver of the No. 12 Ford Mustang and the winner of this year’s NASCAR All-Star race, to build on the success he has experienced with the team well into the future.
Blaney joined Team Penske in 2012, initially competing in select NASCAR Xfinity Series races for the team. He produced his first victory for Team Penske in 2013, earning a Xfinity Series win at Kentucky Speedway. The 28-year-old third-generation racer has been winning ever since and he’s established himself as a consistent Cup Series championship contender over the last several seasons, competing in the No. 12 Ford.
“Ryan has become one of the top competitors in the NASCAR Cup Series and we are excited for him to continue his career and build on his success with Team Penske,” said Roger Penske. “He has been a key part of our team for more than a decade and we have seen him grow and develop, both on and off the track. He has become a consistent winner behind the wheel of the No. 12 Ford, and he also does a great job representing our team partners. We look forward to what the future holds with Ryan and Team Penske.”
Since joining Team Penske, Blaney has earned a combined 14 victories and 10 poles for Team Penske across both Cup Series and Xfinity Series competition, including a win in this year’s NASCAR All-Star race at Texas Motor Speedway. He has competed in over 250 Cup Series races in his career, winning at tracks including Daytona, Talladega, Michigan, Pocono, Atlanta and Charlotte.
In 2022, Blaney has ranked among the top championship contenders all-season long and is currently second in points with just two races to go in the regular season, after posting eight top-five finishes, 12 top-10 results and three poles.
“Team Penske has been family to me for 10 years, so I’m incredibly excited to continue with this family for the future,” said Blaney. “Roger Penske is a legend in our sport, and I’ve always said getting to drive for him is something everyone dreams of doing. On top of that, we’ve got a great group of partners with Menards, Advance Auto Parts, BODYARMOR, Wurth, Discount Tire, Dent Wizard, Wabash and Ford that have shown a lot of faith in me. I look forward to continuing to win for Team Penske, Roger and all of our partners, as we work towards our goal of winning a Cup Series championship.”
Along with his success on the track, Blaney has consistently been named as a finalist for NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver award since he became a full-time Cup Series competitor in 2016.
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Taylor Gray, No. 17 Ford Performance Mustang Taylor Gray enters a doubleheader weekend with the ARCA Menards Series this weekend. He will make his second career appearance at Watkins Glen International on Friday followed by his third appearance at the Springfield Mile on Sunday. At Watkins Glen one year ago, the 17-year-old driver finished seventh in a stout field of cars. He also competed in the Truck Series race last season, but mechanical gremlins plagued the team resulting in a 35th-place finish. On the dirt at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, Gray has finishes of fourth and third in the last two seasons. For this event, the team has prepared a Ford Fusion entry out of its fleet of ARCA cars. Friday's event will serve as the seventh round of the Sioux Chief Showdown. The No. 17 sits second in the standings, 19 points behind leader Sammy Smith. Click here for Gray's career statistics. DGR PR | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72118-dgr-arca-menards-series-advance-watkins-glen-springfield | 2022-08-17T18:58:08Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72118-dgr-arca-menards-series-advance-watkins-glen-springfield | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
After losing an earlier season event scheduled at Lincoln Speedway to rain, the Morrow Brothers Ford MOWA Sprint Car Series will return to the ¼-mile at the Logan County Fairgrounds this Friday, August 19, 2022. It’s all part of a huge weekend of racing in Central Illinois.
In 15 events contested at Lincoln Speedway, 11 drivers have won events with the #MOWASprints. Fan favorites, Rico Abreu and Paul Nienhiser each have three MOWA Sprint Car Series wins at Lincoln. Other drivers to win events at Lincoln include AJ Bruns, Carson Macedo, Christopher Bell, Ian Madsen, Jake Neuman, Jerrod Hull, Jimmy Hurley, Korey Weyant and Willie Croft.
Hometown driver Cory Bruns finished 3rd at Macon Speedway on July 30, the last event held for the series. Bruns’ best finish at Lincoln Speedway came last year during the “Night Before the Mile”, where he ended up 7th. Another hometown driver to keep an eye on, is Shelby Bosie. Bosie finished third with the series on July 29 at Jacksonville Speedway and then backed that up with another 2nd place run in weekly racing competition at Jacksonville on August 12.
2015 USAC Amsoil Sprint Car Champion Robert Ballou will return to Lincoln Speedway aboard the NineSix Motorsports #96. Ballou drove to a 2nd place finish in last year’s event and is looking to become the series’ next first-time winner this Friday.
In addition to the MOWA Sprints, the Midwest Big Ten Series DIRTcar Pro Late Models and Modified will be in action, plus Simplot DII Midgets, KidModz, and Hornets. Jose Parga, of New Berlin, IL, leads the Lincoln Speedway Pro Late Model points and the Big Ten points. When it comes to the Modifieds, former champion Brandon Roberts leads the Lincoln Speedway points, while Rodney Standerfer is on top of the Big Ten standings. The two Big Ten races will pay $700 to win and $100 to start.
Last year’s champion, Mark McMahill, of Peoria, IL, leads this year’s Simplot DII Midget standings, while Brownstown, IL’s Billy Mason leads the track Hornet points.
Pit gates open at 3:00, grandstands at 5:00, hotlaps begin at 6:00, and racing will begin at 7:00. Grandstand admission is $20, while kids 11 and under are free.
The event is all part of a huge weekend of racing that begins Friday night, August 19 at Lincoln Speedway featuring MOWA Sprint Cars, Saturday afternoon, August 20 with USAC Silver Crown and Sportsman at the Illinois State Fairgrounds, Saturday night at Macon Speedway with POWRi National Midgets, and Sunday afternoon, August 21 with ARCA and Sportsman at the Illinois State Fair.
Friday August 19, 2022 Race Day Information:
Pits Open: 3:00PM
Grandstands Open: 5:00PM
Hot Laps: 6:00PM
Racing: 7:00PM
Lincoln Speedway MOWA Sprints Feature Winners (in order by number of wins):
Rico Abreu - 3 (10/10/2014, 7/12/2019, 7/17/2020)
Paul Nienhiser - 3 (7/10/2015, 6/1/2018, 7/13/2018)
Christopher Bell - 1 (10/11/2013)
AJ Bruns - 1 (9/2/2011)
Willie Croft - 1 (7/15/2016)
Jerrod Hull - 1 (7/6/2012)
Jimmy Hurley - 1 (6/15/2012)
Carson Macedo - 1 (7/14/2017)
Ian Madsen - 1 (5/2/2014)
Korey Weyant - 1 (7/8/2011)
Jake Neuman - 1 (8/20/2021)
For more information about Lincoln Speedway, visit www.lincolnspeedwayil.com
For more information about the MOWA Sprint Car Series, visit www.midwestopenwheel.com
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For the first time in his many years of racing at South Boston Speedway Scott Phillips is on top of the track’s Southside Disposal Pure Stock Division point standings.
With only two races left in the points season including the 25-lap Southside Disposal Pure Stock Division race that will be part of the Saturday, August 20 Italian Delight Family Restaurant presents South Boston Speedway’s 65th Anniversary Celebration event the Halifax, Virginia resident faces the challenge of protecting his 10-point lead over Johnny Layne and his 17-point edge over Jimmy Wade.
“The last two races will be challenging,” Phillips pointed out. “I can’t lay back too much and protect myself too much and have somebody catch me or I get caught up in a mess that I shouldn’t be in.
“I expect it’s going to be a battle,” added Phillips. “I’ve got to stay consistent, stay up front, and finish in the top couple of cars or either right behind or right in front of Johnny (Layne) to not lose the 10-point lead I have in these last two races.”
Phillips has been the model of consistency this season. In his 10 starts Phillips has finished second six times and has nine top-five finishes. He has not finished outside of the top 10 in any of this season’s races.
That consistency is what Phillips will be looking to maintain in this weekend’s event and over the course of the season’s final two races.
“I’m just going to try to stay consistent like I have done all season,” Phillips explained. “I will try to qualify as far up front as I can, be careful on the track, and don’t overdo it and take myself out by hitting the wall or getting into a wreck.”
The 2022 season is the most consistent season Phillips has enjoyed in many years. That has come even with a late-season change in cars.
“Being this consistent is real satisfying,” Phillips remarked. “It feels real good. In the past it has been inconsistent, up-and-down. It has been really good to get up there, hang around and run with the fast boys.”
Switching to a new car did not dent Phillips’ consistency. He has competed in his new car in the past two events at South Boston Speedway and has continued to be among the frontrunners.
“The car I started with this year ran really well, but it had been badly wrecked the other year,” Phillips noted. “I built a new car to see if it would be a little more consistent. It’s got the same engine the old car had, and it’s staying right there at the front like the first car.”
The only thing Phillips has not done this season is win a race.
“Winning a race would be huge,” Phillips said. “It’s disappointing not having won a race this season. I feel like I’ve had the car that could have won a couple of races this year, and it just didn’t unfold the way I wanted it to.”
He hopes that will change in the Saturday, August 20 Italian Delight Family Restaurant presents South Boston Speedway’s 65th Anniversary Celebration event.
“The next race is Italian Delight Family Restaurant Night race, and that’s the race that I won last year,” Phillips noted. “I’m hoping I can get a repeat.”
A full program of NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series racing action, special guest appearances and a colorful fireworks display following the final race of the night will all be part of the celebration Saturday night, August 20 as South Boston Speedway celebrates its 65th anniversary with the Italian Delight Family Restaurant presents South Boston Speedway’s 65th Anniversary Celebration event.
Twin 65-lap races for the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Late Model Stock Car Division competitors headline the night’s seven-race card. A 50-lap race for the Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division, a 25-lap race for the Southside Disposal Pure Stock Division and a 20-lap race for the Virginia State Police HEAT Hornets Division are also included in the NASCAR racing action.
A pair of vintage races will give fans a glimpse back in time. Member competitors of the Southern Ground Pounders Vintage Racing Club will compete in a 25-lap race in their vintage Modified and Late Model Sportsman cars. In addition, members of the East Coast Flathead Ford Racing Association will compete in a 25-lap race that will feature vintage Modified and Sportsman Division cars.
A colorful fireworks display to celebrate the speedway’s 65th anniversary will follow the night’s final race.
Saturday’s race-day schedule has practice starting at 3:30 p.m. Grandstand gates will open at 5:30 p.m., qualifying begins at 6 p.m. and the first race of the night will get the green flag at 7 p.m.
Advance adult general admission tickets for the Italian Delight Family Restaurant presents South Boston Speedway’s 65th Anniversary Celebration event are priced at $10 each and may be purchased online on South Boston Speedway’s website, www.southbostonspeedway.com, through Friday night, August 19. Advance tickets may also be purchased by calling the speedway office at 434-572-4947 or toll free at 1-877-440-1540 during regular business hours.
Tickets at the gate on race night will be $15 each. Seniors ages 65 and older, military, healthcare workers, and students (with ID) can purchase tickets for $10 each at the gate on race night.
Speedway officials note that tickets and pit passes from the rained-out August 6 event will be honored at Saturday night’s event. Individuals who purchased tickets for the rained-out August 6 event must bring their original August 6 ticket with them to Saturday night’s event.
The latest updates and news for both fans and competitors can be found on the speedway’s website, southbostonspeedway.com, and through the track’s social media channels. Information may also be obtained by phoning the speedway at 434-572-4947 or toll free at 1-877-440-1540 during regular business hours.
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This Saturday night, August 20th, when the USAC/CRA Sprint Car drivers return to Perris Auto Speedway for the first time in eight weeks, they will have a lot of extra reasons to be there. To be precise, more than 10,000 extra reasons as the fans and friends of the sport have chipped in and added nearly $12,000.00 extra on top of the regular purse for the California Racer’s Hall of Fame Night. Spectator gates for the show will open at 5:00 and racing will begin at 6:00.
Defending California Racer's Hall of Fame Night champion Brody Roa. Kenny Lonngren photo.
The California Racer’s Hall of Fame Night is one that keeps the fans on the edges of their seats and the drivers sawing on their steering wheels all night long. It starts in qualifying where the driver who turns the fastest lap will receive the $1000.00 Billy Wilkerson Fast Time Award. If by chance that driver breaks Nic Faas’ existing track record of 15.833, he will receive an extra $400.00 from the Woodland’s Auto Display.
Following qualifying, one of the track’s most popular races of the year will hit the famous Riverside County half-mile clay oval, the Plastic Express Junior Kurtz/Bill Simpson Trophy Dash. This is not your grandpa’s yawner three-lap trophy dash for a plastic trophy. This one is done Speedway Motorcycle style. The four fastest qualifiers will contest four three-lap races. Each driver will begin in each starting position one time. The winner of each three lapper will receive three points. Second place will get two points, third will get a single point and fourth gets a zero. At the end of the final three lapper, the points from all four races will be tabulated and the driver with the highest total will receive $2,000.00! Second highest will receive $1,000.00. The third place finisher will pocket $600.00 and fourth will take home $400.00. In addition, there will be a mystery award of $200.00. That will go to one of the four drivers via a random draw.
“We want to thank all the supporters who generously donated to this Saturday’s race,” promoter Don Kazarian said on Tuesday. “Every year they step up and put extra dollars into the purse. This year they have added more than $12,000.00 on top of the regular prize money for the show. That is amazing. We also must thank Chris Holt for managing all of this. He has been with us since day one in 1996 and when it comes to this race, he oversees all the donations and makes everything work without a hitch.”
“There is extra money available throughout the program for the sprint cars,” Kazarian continued. “Every lap in the main event pays a minimum of $100.00 to the leader. There are several laps that pay more including two laps that pay $400.00 to lead, two that pay $500, and one that pays $700.00. In addition, the driver with the best passing job in the main event will receive a $500.00 bonus. If a driver were to sweep the show, between the regular purse and all the bonuses, he would take home over $12,000.00.”
Going into Saturday’s race, Garden Grove, California’s Brody Roa has won the series' last two races (Perris on June 25 and Santa Maria on August 6th) in a row. In addition, he took the lead with two laps to go and won last year’s California Racer’s Hall of Fame Night. Roa will be challenged by nine-time series champion and archrival Damion Gardner of Concord, Yorba Linda’s Matt Mitchell, Austin Williams of Corona, Eddie Tafoya Jr. of Chino Hills, Norco’s Cody Williams, teammates Logan Williams of Yorba Linda & Matt McCarthy of Riverside, Corona’s Tommy “Thunder” Malcolm, and Arizonian’s Charles Davis Jr., R.J. Johnson, and others.
As well as the USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, the IMCA Modifieds, PAS Senior, and Young Guns Sprint Cars will be racing. 2007 track modified champion Randy Thornell of Apple Valley brings a 15-point lead over Riverside’s Justin Dunn into Saturday’s race. Brandon James of Yucaipa is one point behind Dunn in third. Andy Papp of Guatay is fourth and Matt Hicks of Santee is fifth.
Seligman, Arizona’s Richard McCormick holds a 24-point lead over Palmdale’s Rick Hendrix in the Senior Sprints. Ed Schwarz of Santa Fe Springs is third. Apple Valley’s Stevie Rogers has been the only Young Gun on the track this year and has been running with the Senior Sprints. This week she will receive Young Gun competition when Nuevo’s Cash Culp and Elexa Herrera of New Cuyama make their PAS debuts.
As an added attraction, the beautiful, vintage WRA cars will be on the track for an exhibition.
Advance tickets for all Perris Auto Speedway events, including this Saturday, are on sale now. Fans can order the tickets online at https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/pas/7 or by calling 1-800-595-4849. For fans who do not wish to purchase tickets in advance, there will be plenty of tickets available for everyone at the gate each race night.
Fans can stay up to date on track and driver news on The PAS social media efforts at the links below.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Perris-Auto-Speedway/113876798686480?ref=hl
Twitter: Perris Auto Speedway on Twitter.
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Website: http://perrisautospeedway.com/
Perris Auto Speedway wants to thank the following corporate partners. Ahern Equipment Rentals, Anderson Chevrolet, Battery Systems, Chris’ Hauling, City of Perris, Communication Innovations, Daytona Boat & RV Storage, Ed Moore Bullet Proof Driveshaft, Flowdynamics, HD Industries, Heimark/Anheuser Busch, Hoosier Tires, Inland Rigging, Living Water’s Hospice, LKQ Pick Your Part, Luke’s Transmission, Moose Racing, Pepsi-Cola, Performance Online, Pole Position Raceway, PrintItNow.com, Rainbow Bolt & Supply, Rene’s Bar & Grill, Rugged Radios, Shaver Specialties, Square H, Sunoco Race Fuels, Trench Shoring, Upland Rock, Varner Construction and Vista Paint.
Video and DVD productions of all racing sprint cars events at Perris Auto Speedway are available from Loudpedal Productions. For more information on these productions you can contact them by calling (805) 844-3854, E-mailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or you can visit the website LoudPedal Productions.
DVDs of all the PASSCAR/IMCA racing and Nights of Destruction at The PAS are available from Fourvideos. For more information call (714) 225-9500.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned of an outbreak of “fast-moving” E. coli in the Midwest. The outbreak has sent nine people to the hospital, the CDC said.
According to the CDC, the outbreak has caused 29 illnesses in Ohio and Michigan. It is unknown what caused the outbreak.
Genetic testing indicated that 29 people likely became ill by consuming the same type of food.
The cases were recorded between July 26 and Aug. 6. The CDC cautioned that it could add more recent cases to the list.
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The Evangeline Parish Sheriff's Office is hosting a dog food and blanket drive for the local animal rescue.
All donations will benefit the Evangeline Parish Animal Rescue.
You can drop off donations at the Dispatch Office at 415 W Cotton St Ville Platte, LA 70586.
You can drop off donations 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Deputies will be collecting up until September 30, 2022.
The rescue also has an Amazon wish list, if you can't get to Ville Platte. Here's the link: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/Q6GQQZU4P19Z/?fbclid=IwAR1eh8UL6M8qZQPrup3zXER4eUeFaMyTsLtJK_BJwcZ1sfKq9-AF6yAk1_o | https://www.katc.com/news/evangeline-parish/food-and-supply-drive-underway-for-evangeline-animal-shelter | 2022-08-17T19:00:16Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/evangeline-parish/food-and-supply-drive-underway-for-evangeline-animal-shelter | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thieves stole the catalytic converter off a truck used to help homeless people Tuesday night.
Officials with the Acadiana Regional Coalition on Homelessness & Housing (ARCH) says at least one of the catalytic converters on the ShareHouse truck has been stolen.
ShareHouse is operated from ARCH's warehouse, behind the ARCH offices. Members of the community are able to drop off gently used household items like beds, chairs, couches, bedding, dinnerware, toiletries, and housekeeping tools and supplies. The items are inventoried and sorted by ARCH staff and volunteers, and clients across the continuum of care, who were experiencing homelessness and are now ready to be rehoused, are able to receive the items that they need.
Together, ARCH staff, volunteers, and clients transport the items to their new homes, and the truck and trailer is vital to this service.
On Tuesday night at around 4 a.m., two individuals removed at least one of the catalytic converters from the ARCH ShareHouse truck. While the truck and trailer is securely stored, the individuals were able to avoid having their faces caught on film.
The truck is utilized nearly every day, picking up donated items, delivering gently used household goods to clients, and helping people reestablish themselves in their new homes.
“Look, desperate people do desperate things. But success in rehousing lies in treating clients with dignity, and ensuring that their new spaces be equipped with basic home furnishings and housewares. We can’t do that work without a functioning truck,” interim executive director Elsa Dimitriadis says.
ARCH has been told that it may be months before the catalytic converter(s) are able to be replaced.
If you want to help to defray some of those costs, there is a donation site available at bit.ly/sharehousemoving.
If you have any information about the theft, call Lafayette Police or Crime Stoppers at 337-232-TIPS. | https://www.katc.com/news/lafayette-parish/thieves-steal-catalytic-converter-off-truck-used-to-help-the-homeless | 2022-08-17T19:00:22Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/lafayette-parish/thieves-steal-catalytic-converter-off-truck-used-to-help-the-homeless | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, one in five people in the U.S. learns differently compared to the rest of the population. That's often due to conditions such as dyslexia or ADHD.
There's been a lot of attention lately on diversity, equity and inclusion, but people who identify as neurodiverse say they often feel overlooked. Eye to Eye, a national nonprofit that supports a mentoring program among neurodiverse youth, gathered hundreds of students from across the country.
"So we have over 150 people from different parts of the country, all with different experiences and backgrounds," said David Flink, CEO and founder of Eye to Eye.
Everyone at the gathering identified as having a learning difference. That's many people's preferred term for what they used to call learning disabilities.
James Jackson is a student and mentor at the event.
"I don't have to make any adjustments for anybody because everybody understands," Jackson said. "Everybody here is neurodiverse. No one's going to judge me or ask what's going on or stare at me when I get up because I can't sit still for long enough. Or I go and fidget or you know, walk around."
Flink's mission is to ensure the next generation feels less isolated by building community and a mentoring program.
"As somebody who has dyslexia and ADD, I did not grow up in a culture that was celebratory of that," Flink said. "This is the late 90s."
Alyssa Tundidor oversees 25 mentoring chapters across the U.S.
"We want to make sure that they know it's not something to overcome," Tundidor said. "It's something to embrace. And then also just learning self-advocacy skills. So, learn how to speak up for yourself. Say, 'This is what I need in order to be successful,' because it's one thing to have things be equal, but it's a completely different thing to have education to be equitable."
James says he will be a teacher to make the changes he'd like to see in education.
"I grew up being the outcast," he said. "I grew up getting kicked out of schools, or rather, as they put it, asked to leave just because I was disruptive and they didn't know how to support me."
He says the teachers that stood out were teachers who would pull him aside to talk one-on-one and ask him what he needs to excel.
"And reminded me of the things that I'm good at, that I'm very creative as many of us were learning differences are," James said.
Discovering who their allies are, their rights, and how to self-advocate, everyone at the gathering says it's a relief to be back in person with people who have similar life experiences.
"Being here is just euphoric," James said. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/hundreds-of-neurodiverse-youth-gather-to-learn-how-to-mentor-and-self-advocate | 2022-08-17T19:00:52Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/hundreds-of-neurodiverse-youth-gather-to-learn-how-to-mentor-and-self-advocate | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CINCINNATI — One day, in 1972 or 1973, a teen walked out of the Cincinnati Public Library with a book that wouldn't make it back onto shelves for 50 years.
When it did reappear — in the Cincinnati Library's mailbox — it was sent with a note:
"To whom ever receives this, I am returning this book, which was not checked out, but was 'taken' from the Cincinnati Public Library (downtown, main branch) in or about 1972-1973. I was a young teen then. Anyway, I trust you will find it in good condition," the note said.
The note is dated July 26, 2022, though the Cincinnati Public Library posted a photo of the book and its accompanying note on August 13.
The book, "Tarzan and the Tarzan Twins" by Edgar Rice Burroughs, did appear to be in good condition in the photo posted to the Cincinnati Public Library's Facebook page. Burroughs wrote many Tarzan books, but this particular piece of literature was one of the few he wrote aimed at teenagers.
What spurred the return of the book is unknown.
"The confession note says the date he took the book out, but doesn't say why he returned it," said Brian Powers, reference librarian in the downtown branch. "Obviously he felt bad — and probably heard that there's no late fees here at the library, we don't charge late fees. So this was probably a good opportunity this year to return the book."
The library eliminated fines for overdue materials in September 2021.
Powers said now that the book has finally come home, he hopes it will be just as appealing to teens today as it was to the teen who decided to keep it 50 years ago.
"It will get back into circulation — this book came out in 1963 and it's been not in our collection for 50 years, but now it's going to be a part of our collection again after all that time," said Powers. "It's fantastic that this is now back for somebody else to enjoy this book."
This article was written by Felicia Jordan for WCPO. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/missing-book-returned-to-cincinnati-public-library-50-years-later | 2022-08-17T19:01:04Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/missing-book-returned-to-cincinnati-public-library-50-years-later | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In the just over a year that Bob Trout has lived at this long-term care facility, his wife of over 18 years, Marinda Trout, has seen firsthand how the pandemic, and subsequent staffing problems, have impacted his life.
“I have put him to bed a handful of times,” Marinda said.
“A lot of people, a lot of employees that went through the pandemic, don't want to return to long-term care,” Jay Moskowitz, the CEO of Vivage, the company that manages this facility, said.
It’s an industry-wide challenge.
“It’s still very stressful and very challenging, and I think that’s what contributes to the high level of turnover,” Doug Farmer, the president of the Colorado Health Care Association, said. “I think seeing everything I have seen in the last two and a half years, I’m not surprised turnover has increased."
Farmer said that’s why many facilities have turned to temp workers and temp agencies, but that presents its own problems.
“People that work for staffing agencies generally receive a much higher level of pay than the profession can keep up with on a regular basis,” Farmer said. “The challenge right now is just attracting people back to full-time employment.”
“We are still using outside agencies,” Moskowitz said. “Ultimately, the goal is to have our own staff.”
A recent survey of the industry by the Hospital & Healthcare Compensation Service found that national nursing home staff turnover is up 25% from last year.
“It is really tough right now to make hires. We currently have more than 2,100 open positions in our nursing homes, and this would mean we’d need to hire about 14 employees in each of our buildings to fill that void,” Aimee Middleton, the vice president of operations at Good Samaritan Society, said.
The nonprofit senior care provider has 200 locations across the U.S.
Middleton said they’ve turned to creative recruitment and increased wages to attract people.
“In the last month, we have had to deny admissions in over 20% of our locations because of staffing shortages, and that number is up from five and a half percent in March,” she said.
Farmer said he’s seen everything from increased pay to more vacation days and even drawings for good attendance to attract workers back.
“It's going to take more people being interested in long-term care. It’s going to take getting more people through nursing school,” Farmer said.
“They should be paid like we care how they treat our loved ones,” Trout said.
But in some cases, that can be tough.
“We’re limited on the Medicaid reimbursement,” Moskowitz said. “The reimbursement system is not endless. It's based on your and my tax dollars we pay and what the state’s willing to commit.” | https://www.katc.com/news/national/nursing-homes-and-long-term-care-facilities-face-increased-turnover-look-to-new-solutions-to-attract-workers | 2022-08-17T19:01:10Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/nursing-homes-and-long-term-care-facilities-face-increased-turnover-look-to-new-solutions-to-attract-workers | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
At the July 26-27 FOMC meeting, the Fed hiked rates by 75 basis points to 2.25-2.50%. There was some speculation they could go 100 bps but Waller tempered that two weeks before the decision and that kicked of the ongoing equity rally.
The economic assessment in the FOMC statement said:
Recent indicators of spending and production have softened. Nonetheless, job gains have been robust in recent months, and the unemployment rate has remained low. Inflation remains elevated, reflecting supply and demand imbalances related to the pandemic, higher food and energy prices, and broader price pressures.
The highlights of the Minutes:
Some participants said policy would have to reach a 'sufficiently restrictive' level to control inflation and remain there 'for some time'
Participants emphasized that a slowing in aggregate demand would play an important role in reducing inflation pressures.
Participants agreed that there was little evidence to date that inflation pressures were subsiding. They judged that inflation would respond to monetary policy tightening and the associated moderation in economic activity with a delay and would likely stay uncomfortably high for some time.
Participants concurred that the pace of policy rate increases and the extent of future policy tightening would depend on the implications of incoming information for the economic outlook and risks to the outlook.
Participants judged that, as the stance of monetary policy tightened further, it likely would become appropriate at some point to slow the pace of policy rate increases while assessing the effects of cumulative policy adjustments on economic activity and inflation.
Participants noted that the Committee's credibility with regard to bringing inflation back to the 2 percent objective, together with its forceful policy actions and communications, had already contributed to a notable tightening of financial conditions that would likely help reduce inflation pressures by restraining aggregate demand.
Financial conditions is largely a code word for 'the stock market' and that tightening they touted has since reversed.
The problem with this rally in stocks is that every point higher gives the Fed more leeway to hike. And the rally is predicated (at least partly) on less hiking.
In any case, there's no big hawkish headline here and there's talk about "assessing the effects of cumulative policy adjustments", which is something akin to a dovish slowdown in hikes. With this, the implied odds of a 50 bps are now at 59% compared to 40% yesterday.
Stocks are also coming back and the US dollar is sagging. | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/fomc-minutes-some-said-rate-would-have-to-hit-sufficiently-restrictive-level-and-remain-20220817/ | 2022-08-17T19:03:53Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/fomc-minutes-some-said-rate-would-have-to-hit-sufficiently-restrictive-level-and-remain-20220817/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Todays' retail sales data was a mixed bag with a stronger control group but weaker revisions. CIBC characterized the report as showing a drop in gasoline sales due to lower pricing and a pickup elsewhere.
The control group of sales, which excludes gasoline, autos, restaurants, and building materials, rose by 0.8%, above the consensus expectation of 0.6%, driven by a jump in online shopping. That implies moderate growth in that group in volume terms, which feeds more directly into ex. autos goods consumption in GDP.
After adjusting for prices, the control group rose 0.4%, which is a healthy (worrisome?) 8.0% above its pre-pandemic trendline, according to CIBC.
One other curiosity they highlight in the report is the contrast in vehicle sales to reported data from automakers.
"The drop in vehicle sales was in contrast to the earlier reported growth in unit sales, highlighting either a shift in
demand to lower priced cars, or the decline in used car prices that reduced nominal spending on such vehicles," they write.
There's pent up demand for autos that they expect to sustain while other goods slow.
Goods consumption appears to be off to a solid start in the third quarter, but we don't expect
the momentum to be sustained, particularly once we get past clearance sales on overstocked items. Auto sales could be
an outlier as supply chain issues abate.
TD says the Fed will welcome the slowdown in overall sales but will want to see more. They also highlighted the impact of Prime Day and how building materials are holding up, which is something Home Depot also emphasized.
Lower prices at the pump contributed to softer growth in today's report, despite freeing up some money to be spent elsewhere. Consumers directed their attention to bargains during Amazon's "biggest Prime Day Event ever", which, with $3 billion in sales, contributed handsomely to headline growth this month. Despite softness in the housing market, sales at building materials and equipment stores came in at one percent in real terms suggesting that consumers continue devote a sizeable share of spending to home improvements.
In terms of implications, they fall on the dovish side of the FOMC debate, which is split nearly 50/50 in the Fed funds market.
Like July's CPI reading, today's release suggests things are moving in the right direction, but it's still too early for the Fed to pivot away from the hiking cycle. We maintain the view that a 50 basis point hike will be considered enough in September but will have more clarity after the August jobs and inflation data give us a better understanding of whether the recent moderation has more legs. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/drilling-into-retail-sales-data-shows-a-solid-start-to-q3-goods-consumption-20220817/ | 2022-08-17T19:04:05Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/drilling-into-retail-sales-data-shows-a-solid-start-to-q3-goods-consumption-20220817/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The USD has moved a little lower after the FOMC meeting minutes. The Fed anticipates further rate hikes, but is more data dependent and comments that it would likely to be appropriate to slow tightening pace at some point. The last comment did not have to be made, but was indicative of getting closer to a stall point.
- EURUSD : The EURUSD moved up to a high 1.0194 from 1.0168. The pair remains within the days trading range. The previous high price reached 1.0198
- GBPUSD. The GBPUSD stalled the fall at the 50% retracement today at 1.2026 (see earlier video outlining that support level) THe price has now moved above a swing area at 1.20648 which is a target to get to and through, but the falling 100 and 200 hour MAs remain as topside targets to get above if the buyers are to take more control .
- USDJPY: The USDJPY got close but could not extend above the high price from August 8 at 135.575. The high price reach 135.493 and stalled. The price moved back below the 50% midpoint of the move down from the July 14 high at 134.882. There is a swing area 134.34 and 134.587.
- AUDUSD: The AUDUSD is another pair (similar to the GBPUSD) that found support buyers near the 50% retacemnt level at 0.69085 (see video here). The price rise saw the price move back above resistance near 0.69455. The broken 38.2% retracement of the move up from the July low comes in at 0.69623. | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/the-us-dollar-moves-lower-after-fomc-meeting-minutes-20220817/ | 2022-08-17T19:04:17Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/the-us-dollar-moves-lower-after-fomc-meeting-minutes-20220817/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Look out, Seattle: There’s a tsunami headed toward the Space Needle in former Seattleite Bill Nye’s biggest-budget series yet, Peacock’s “The End Is Nye.”
Nye, who lived in Seattle from 1977 to 2000 through the making of his 1993-98 KCTS series “Bill Nye the Science Guy,” revisits his former stomping grounds virtually in an episode devoted to tsunamis caused by a shift in the tectonic plate under the Pacific Ocean.
Nye is seen in a Seattle coffee shop — “Take Portland! Take Portland!” he says in mock panic during an interview — but “The End Is Nye,” streaming all episodes Aug. 25, was filmed in Montreal with Nye on a green screen stage for much of the production.
Visually, “The End Is Nye” brings to mind the 2020 series “Cosmos: Possible Worlds.” Both shows share Seth MacFarlane (“Family Guy”) — who cameos in at least one episode as a science-denying secretary of commerce — and Brannon Braga (“The Orville”) among their executive producer ranks.
Nye serves as viewers’ “tour guide to the end of the world,” with a different catastrophic event befalling Earth in each episode. Nye isn’t just a talking head. He enters fictional scenes and dramatic re-creations when he’s not hosting viewers at the Museum of Catastrophic Incidents, drawing on his Seattle-sharped “Almost Live!” chops.
In Episode Six (“Ring of Fire”), earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions wreak havoc on five continents. The Puget Sound region is not spared.
“Why is it every disaster movie begins with someone ignoring a scientist?” Nye says in an episode on hurricanes and flooding. “Because it happens more often than you might think. There are too many incentives to ignore bad news, in this case the potential damage to the economy and backlash against government mandates.”
Nye’s evolution might seem like a dark turn — from leading a kids' program on science fundamentals to his 2017-18 Netflix show, “Bill Nye Saves the World,” which explored the threats of a pandemic and climate change, to “The End Is Nye” — but the science educator says the messages are similar in all three shows. But, he acknowledges, the tone has changed to fit the era.
“The reason we made six, one-hour disaster movies is that when things are going well in the world, people watch romantic comedies,” Nye said. “When things are horrible, people watch disaster movies. It’s just some crazy human nature thing.”
There’s also an element of fearmongering that seems like a page out of the polarizing cable news playbook. If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em?
“As Seth MacFarlane says, conservative media scares people and we’ve got to scare people. These are desperate times requiring desperate measures,” Nye said. “In the first half-hour the world ends, and in the second half-hour we show how the world could be saved with science!”
Nye is quick to add that he’s not overly pessimistic about the future.
“I’m more concerned and more optimistic because young people are not going to put up with this,” he said. “Young people are going to come of age and change the world.
“Everybody’s talking this summer about the age of our elected officials,” he continued. “All these people have been in Congress for decades. The president is at a certain age. These people are going to age out or retire or die and they’ll be replaced by young people who I’m sure are concerned about climate change, concerned about pollution, concerned about 9 billion people living on a planet that used to sustain fewer than a billion and so on and so on.”
Nye, 66, filmed “The Science Guy” for about $160,000 per episode — but “on this Peacock show, we go through $160,000 every morning.”
“The End Is Nye” is produced using a mix of green screen/digital effects and practical sets. He chalks up the Montreal shooting location to economics (“We got a deal, apparently it was reasonably priced”), nearby locations that fit the show’s stories and COVID-19 precautions.
“In Montreal, it was, like, 80% vaccination rate, socialized medicine in a civilized country, and so we didn’t have to shut down,” Nye said. “We were tested for COVID three days a week — and not rapid tests, overnight PCR tests. Nobody got sick. But if you were to try that in many U.S. cities, your chances of success go way down.” | https://www.yakimaherald.com/longtime-seattleite-bill-nye-is-a-tour-guide-to-the-end-of-the-world-on/article_f3092136-1e4e-11ed-8677-670cbca9810d.html | 2022-08-17T19:09:47Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/longtime-seattleite-bill-nye-is-a-tour-guide-to-the-end-of-the-world-on/article_f3092136-1e4e-11ed-8677-670cbca9810d.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, on Tuesday, described the rumoured resumption notice in the public domain as misleading.
Denying the insinuation in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mr Lekan Fadeyi, the management said: “Ignore any statement purportedly announcing the resumption of academic activities on August 18, 2022.
The statement read: “We are not aware of information going viral, allegedly signed by the institution’s Registrar, Dr Kayode Ogunleye, which did not emanate from the university management.
Members of the public, especially parents, staff and students of LAUTECH, are therefore implored to allow the leadership of the university to conclude the ongoing efforts at resolving issues militating against the resumption of academic activities after which authentic information will be issued,” it concluded.
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HAYDEN, Idaho — When the young man she’d met on Facebook asked her for money to buy medicine for a child sick with malaria, Verna Deno was skeptical.
The young man — who goes by his surname, Kakembo — said he ran an orphanage in Mityana, a town in the Central Region of Uganda. He cared for more than 30 children, ranging from toddlers to young teens, though he was only in his early 20s himself.
Kakembo was desperate for help to save the dying child.
“Yet he was so humble and said, ‘I’ll just leave it to God,’” Deno said. “That pulled on my heart.”
She took a leap of faith and sent enough money to pay for the child’s medical treatment.
The child recovered — but Deno soon learned that Kakembo had medical problems of his own. After getting documentation from the local hospital, Deno and her husband, Bob, agreed to pay for his treatment.
Family worried that the Denos were being scammed. But the Hayden couple continued to communicate with Kakembo, as reported by our news partners, the Coeur d'Alene Press.
They first connected about a year ago, through a mutual Facebook friend. They’ve since forged a close bond.
“Little by little, he won over my heart,” she said. “I thought he was very much genuine in his love for the kids.”
Visit to Uganda
Orphaned at a young age, Kakembo and his brother, Joseph, were taken in by a pastor who raised them as his sons. The brothers often brought home other orphaned children who they met on the street.
As adults, they opened an orphanage, which they called Blessed Hope. But when a new owner purchased the building, the brothers and children faced eviction.
Deno said she and her husband knew what they had to do.
“We realized maybe this was a divine intervention for the kids,” she said.
The couple gave Kakembo the money to purchase a small plot of land, where he could grow crops, and to build a permanent orphanage. The funds accounted for much of their life savings.
Deno recently returned from an emotional, weeklong trip to Uganda. Despite her husband’s concern, she made the journey alone.
“He was reluctant,” she said. “I convinced him. I never felt unsafe.”
When she landed at Entebbe International Airport, Kakembo and Joseph were there to meet her. It didn’t feel like a first meeting.
“I loved him so much already,” she said. “I grabbed him and hugged him and he cried and grabbed Joseph. There were no barriers at all, emotionally.”
The brothers call her “Mom,” Deno said, and she describes them as her sons in Christ.
She was impressed to see firsthand how Kakembo and Joseph run the orphanage. They walk the children to school each day, along a dusty road clogged with motorbikes and trucks.
“I’d love to get them a van, so they don’t have to walk down a busy street,” she said.
Deno said it was a joy to meet the children, who welcomed her with smiles and hugs. She misses them already.
“They love so much and so freely,” she said. “I don’t think I have ever felt love like I felt there.”
She and her husband hope to help put the children through school. They’d also like to build a well on the property, so the children will have access to clean water that they don’t have to boil.
Those dreams may become reality, all because Deno took a chance on a stranger she met online.
“We just kind of united in heart and in goal,” she said.
To learn more about Blessed Hope Orphanage, email verna_r_deno@yahoo.com.
The Coeur d'Alene Press is a KREM 2 news partner. For more from our partners, click here. | https://www.krem.com/article/life/people/north-idaho-woman-visits-ugandan-orphanage-she-helped-as-kid/293-6c98acb5-cab7-46a8-a86c-460c86ef1363 | 2022-08-17T19:12:48Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/life/people/north-idaho-woman-visits-ugandan-orphanage-she-helped-as-kid/293-6c98acb5-cab7-46a8-a86c-460c86ef1363 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Deb Conklin will face off against incumbent Larry Haskell in the November race for Spokane County Prosecutor.
Certified election results show Haskell received 28.02% of the votes while Conklin received 27.13% of the votes, a margin of less than 1%.
Because candidates Steffanie Collins and Stephanie Olsen received the fewest votes, they will not advance to the general election in November.
Incumbent Larry Haskell is running for his third term as Spokane County Prosecutor. He was first elected in 2014 and again in 2018, where he ran unopposed. Before his time as county prosecutor, Haskell served on the Airway Heights City Council from 1999-2002 and 2005-2009. He also served on the Cheney School Board from 2007-2012. Before his time as an elected official, Haskell was an enlisted Security Policeman for the United States Air Force before retiring at the grade of Lt. Col in 2005. If re-elected, Haskell said he will continue to advocate for freedom and collective safety.
Conklin served as Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and Senior Criminal Deputy in Clallam County, Wash. She is also an ordained pastor in the United Methodist Church. Conklin received her bachelor’s and law degrees from the University of Washington, as well as a master’s of Divinity degree from the Vancouver School of Theology. If elected, Conklin said she will ensure all people who encounter the legal system will receive a fair and just process.
If Conklin defeats Haskell in the primary election, she will be the first woman elected to serve as the Spokane County Prosecuting attorney and will make up one of just four elected female prosecutors in the state of Washington. If Haskell wins, this will be his third term serving as the county prosecutor.
KREM 2's Amanda Roley sat down with Conklin and Haskell to discuss their plans if elected for Spokane County Prosecutor.
To watch Conklin's interview, use the player below:
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TETFund to fund facilities for promoting diaspora exploits
The Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Mr Sonny Echono, says TETfund is willing to fund education centres and facilities for the Nigerians in Diaspora to feel comfortable to use and to promote the exploits of the Nigerian Diaspora Community.
Mr Echono stated this when the Chairman/CEO, (NIDCOM), Hon (Dr) Abike Dabiri-Erewa, visited his office in Abuja.
Echono who commended the NiDCOM Boss for her laudable efforts in harnessing the potential of the Nigerian Diaspora noted that Nigeria is ripe to domesticate the knowledge and impact of its diaspora.
He further stated that the partnership between the two organisations will initiate, promote and assist the Diaspora in bringing back home modern research and innovation techniques, “With a conscious policy supporting Diaspora engagements, it is time for transformative actions,” he added.
Earlier, the NiDCOM Boss Dabiri-Erewa spoke on brain circulation and the need for TETfund to key into efforts being made by NiDCOM to achieve good success in that regard.
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Parents donate bus to Ajayi Crowther University
The Vice-Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University, Professor Timothy Adebayo, has expressed gratitude to the Ajayi Crowther University Parents and Sponsors Forum for its contribution to the university’s development. He made the comment when he received the keys of a Toyota Regius Ace Super GL bus from the forum’s chairman, Mr Timothy Ishola, accompanied by his executive, recently.
The vice-chancellor stated that the forum has been a worthy partner in progress since he assumed office nearly two years ago. He recalled that the forum, under the immediate past executive, donated towards the building of the University Welcome Centre at the main campus.
The vice-chancellor reiterated that the University does not receive subvention from anywhere, which is why it is imperative to be prudent and careful in managing the meagre resources that come from the school fees.
In the vice-chancellor’s words “We are grateful to the forum for purchasing this bus. It is timely because we are preparing for the accreditation of our Nursing Programme, and one of the demands of the National Universities Commission (NUC) is that the department must have a bus.
“This bus came at the right time. It is a clear indication that God is with us in the journey to establish the programme. We have spent over 15 million naira in buying required equipment, and we will still get more. We have tried to be as prudent as possible with funds to provide infrastructure.
“We are currently building a multipurpose classroom story building here on this campus, and we shall soon commence the construction of another laboratory for the Faculty of Engineering. We are grateful to this executive for donating the bus to the university. But like Oliver Twist, we expect more. I thank you on behalf of all organs of the university.”
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In his response, Ishola stated that the forum has been supporting the university as much as possible. He recalled that the previous executives purchased a water tanker, ambulance, and assisted in building the Students’ Common Room and others. He promised that the forum would continue to make contributions to the development of the university.
The forum delegation included other members of the executive, namely, Dr Ayena O.O(Vice-Chairman), Dr Solanke S. O(Secretary), Barrister Oyedepo S.O (Financial Secretary), Mrs Ayeni Grace (Assistant Secretary) and staff of the Forum’s Secretariat, Mrs Atiba and Mrs Ajayi. Venerable Taiwo Olodude, Dean of Saint Michael’s Cathedral Church, Oyo, who was at the occasion, prayed for the Forum and the University. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/parents-donate-bus-to-ajayi-crowther-university/ | 2022-08-17T19:13:02Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/parents-donate-bus-to-ajayi-crowther-university/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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A$AP Rocky pleaded not guilty Wednesday to assault and weapons charges stemming from a beef he had with a former rapper friend in Los Angeles.
The the “F**in’ Problems” artist, who wore a navy blue suit and sparkling diamond earrings, was trailed by three bodyguards as he arrived at LA criminal court for his arraignment.
The 33-year-old Manhattan native, whose real name is Rakim Mayers, is accused of firing two gunshots in the direction of onetime “A$AP Mob” rap collective member A$AP Relli in November.
He walked with a swagger to the podium inside the courtroom and struck a pose with his head cocked back before entering the plea through his lawyer, Sara Kaplan.
He said only, “I do, your honor” and “I understand that” as Judge Victoria Wilson set a date for his next court appearance on Nov. 2.
The court issued a protective order against A$AP Rocky, forbidding him from contacting members of the “A$AP Mob,” and Kaplan asked that the order go both ways.
“I would request the protective order be mutual because my client is also in danger,” she told the judge, who responded that Kaplan would have to file documents to get the order.
The “Praise the Lord” rapper was hit on Monday with two counts of assault with a semi-automatic firearm with allegations of personally using a firearm in the altercation, according to prosecutors.
“Discharging a gun in a public place is a serious offense that could have ended with tragic consequences not only for the person targeted but also for innocent bystanders visiting Hollywood,” said Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón.
The new charges came after the rapper was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon linked to the same incident after arriving at LA International Airport with girlfriend Rihanna in April. He was released on $550,000 bail. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/17/aap-rocky-pleads-not-guilty-to-assault-and-weapons-charges/ | 2022-08-17T19:19:14Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/17/aap-rocky-pleads-not-guilty-to-assault-and-weapons-charges/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Mayor Eric Adams‘ choice to take out socialist state Sen. Jabari Brisport in next week’s primary tried to distance himself Wednesday from a history of bigoted remarks — including calling Jews “bloodsuckers” and comparing Democratic Party leaders to slave traders.
The Rev. Conrad Tillard, who won Adams’ endorsement earlier this week and has financial support from key Democratic powerbrokers, said in a statement Wednesday that “those decades old remarks do not define the man I am today.”
“My life has changed tremendously in the last 25 years,” Tillard added. “I’ve earned multiple theological degrees, returned to the Christian faith of my youth, and worked diligently to make amends for past words and deeds that have brought harm.”
Tillard, originally from Missouri, joined the Nation of Islam as a young man and took the name Conrad Muhammad. In 2002, NY Press reported that he had been quoted by the Anti-Defamation League six years earlier as calling Christianity a “dirty religion” and disparaging Jewish people as “bloodsuckers.”
The same publication quoted him as saying: “Our political leaders have, essentially, a vested interest in delivering black bodies to the Democratic Party. Almost like a slave trade.”
A 2003 report on Tillard by the New York Times noted that he “often repeated the view of some members of the Nation that the ‘white man is the devil'” before he left the group, attended graduate school and embarked on a career as a widely respected minister often quoted by media about issues affecting the black community.
In 2005, Tillard told the website BlackElectorate.com: “I absolutely oppose same-sex marriage, as a preacher of the Gospel, it is not Biblical,” before adding: “I don’t condemn anyone.” In the same interview, Tillard said: “I do not believe in abortion.”
“These comments are profoundly hurtful and offensive to all New Yorkers who reject antisemitism, anti-LGBTQ+ bigotry, and extremist anti-choice rhetoric,” state Sen. Anna Kaplan, a Jewish politician originally from Iran, told The Post Wednesday.
“Anyone who’s supported this guy should be ashamed,” Brisport’s fellow Democratic socialist, state Sen. Julia Salazar, tweeted Tuesday.
“A lot of very powerful people want to see him elected because they know he’ll stand with them and not our incredibly diverse district,” Brisport himself said of Tillard in a statement. “I hope everyone recognizes the stakes of this election before it’s too late and comes out to vote.”
Adams has backed Tillard as part of his larger war against political lefties like Brisport and US Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who Adams argues have gone too far by backing controversial ideas like defunding the police and decriminalizing prostitution.
“I strongly disagree with those remarks, but I believe the Rev. Tillard of today is a lot different than the man who said those things decades ago,” Adams said in a statement. “Since then, Rev. Tillard has been a minister and pastored prominent churches.”
Big Democratic names like state party chairman Jay Jacobs and state NAACP Conference president Hazel Dukes have joined the fight in recent days, contributing $7,500 and $250, respectively, to Tillard’s campaign, filings show.
Republicans are expected to have no chance in the November general election no matter who wins the Aug. 23 primary to represent state Senate District 25, which includes the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Clinton Hill as well as parts of Prospect Heights, Bushwick, Bedford-Stuyvesant and Ocean Hill.
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Florida Sen. Rick Scott has a message for job-seekers thinking of applying for work at the Internal Revenue Service: Don’t bother.
The Republican lawmaker penned an open letter on LinkedIn vowing that his party will roll back the hiring of 87,000 new tax collection agents for the IRS that was a key provision of the Inflation Reduction Act, which was signed into law by President Biden on Tuesday.
The hiring of new agents is part of an $80 billion investment in the agency, which the Democrats say is necessary in order to boost tax collection from the wealthiest Americans.
But Scott is telling prospective IRS employees not to get too comfortable in their new jobs.
“These new positions at the IRS will not offer you the long-term job stability you may expect from a position with the federal government,” Scott wrote in a letter that he posted on LinkedIn.
“Put another way: this will be a short-term gig.”
Scott predicted the GOP will assume control of both chambers of Congress next year, though any changes to the Inflation Reduction Act would have to wait until at least 2025 — and that’s only if Biden loses re-election or a Democratic candidate fails to win the White House.
“I can promise you that we will immediately do everything in our power to defund this insane and unwarranted expansion of government into the lives of the American people,” Scott wrote.
The senator mentioned a recent ad for a job that required an IRS agent to be armed and “willing to use deadly force” if necessary.
“The IRS is making it very clear that you not only need to be ready to audit and investigate your fellow hardworking Americans, your neighbors and friends,” Scott wrote.
“You need to be ready and, to use the IRS’s words, willing, to kill them.”
Scott vowed that the “Democrats’ plan to defund the actual police and create an IRS super-police force will not be tolerated by the American people.”
Critics of the newly signed legislation warn that small business owners and middle class taxpayers will have to bear the brunt of the new tax hikes that are required to fund climate initiatives and other provisions of the law.
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Apple is expected to unveil and start selling the newest versions of the iPhone within a month, according to a new report.
The iPhone 14 and iPhone 14 Pro will both be revealed at an event on Sept. 7 and then released on Sept. 16, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday.
The iPhone 14 will look similar to the current-generation iPhone 13 with some incremental upgrades, according to the outlet.
The iPhone 14 Pro, meanwhile, will reportedly have more of a design overhaul. Apple will replace the current “notch” at the top of the screen with a “pill-shaped” hole, according to the report.
The device is also reportedly expected to have upgraded cameras, with a 48-megapixel wide-angle lens, a 12-megapixel ultrawide camera and telephoto sensors.
Apple is also expected to improve the iPhone 14’s battery life and video recording abilities, according to the report.
Apple shares were up 1.3% on Wednesday afternoon.
A new version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 16, will also reportedly be released in September.
Beyond the iPhone, the Tim Cook-helmed is also expected to unveil a new Apple Watch, called the Series 8. It will reportedly feature new women’s health features and a body temperature sensor.
Apple, which expects employees to return to in-office work for three days per week starting Sept. 5, is also expected to unveil new Mac laptops before the end of 2022.
Seasoned Apple watchers noticed that the expected Sept. 7 date is slightly earlier in the year than most iPhone reveal events. Last year’s iPhone event was held one week later on Sept. 14. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/17/iphone-14-details-apple-expected-to-release-new-devices-within-weeks/ | 2022-08-17T19:20:08Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/17/iphone-14-details-apple-expected-to-release-new-devices-within-weeks/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
School shooter’s attorneys drop contentious brain exam
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz won’t present to his jurors the results of a controversial test that they said supports their belief he suffers from fetal alcohol syndrome.
The attorneys told Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer on Wednesday that they won’t use the test. The test compared brainwaves from the 23-year-old mass murderer with normal people.
Prosecutors and critics says the test is unproven and junk.
Cruz pleaded guilty to murdering 17 at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018.
The jury in his ongoing penalty trial will only decide if he should be sentenced to death or life without parole.
It resumes Monday with his attorneys’ opening statement.
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CHICAGO, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AArete, a global management and technology consulting firm, has been named to the inaugural list of Forbes World's Best Management Consulting Firms 2022. AArete was awarded in the Healthcare and Life Sciences category based on recommendations from clients and consultants surveyed globally.
"Data-driven strategies to improve financial and operational performance have been the key to successfully delivering results for our clients," said Loren Trimble, CEO of AArete. "It is a great honor to be recognized amongst our peers globally, as AArete continues to help clients navigate business transformation and address their most complex challenges."
This prestigious award is presented by Forbes and Statista Inc., the world-leading statistics portal and industry ranking provider. The World's Best Management Consulting Firms 2022 list is the result of Statista's years of experience in evaluating the consulting market in numerous countries. For the analysis, Statista's national top lists of consulting firms, including the recommendations of thousands of consultants and clients, were evaluated.
AArete was named to the Forbes list of America's Best Management Consulting Firms in 2021 and 2022, and was one of two firms featured in a Forbes article for its work with healthcare clients. AArete healthcare consulting expertise includes serving hundreds of health plans and healthcare provider organizations.
AArete is a global management and technology consulting firm specializing in strategic profitability improvement, digital transformation, and advisory solutions. Our cross-industry solutions are powered through modern technology, market intelligence and data-driven strategies to drive purposeful change and actionable outcomes. We work across all industries and business functions to optimize profits in a compressed timeframe. AArete humanizes data by translating numbers into actionable insights, helping clients make better decisions and standing by their side to foster change with confidence, empathy, and purpose. Learn more at AArete.com or follow us @AArete on LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Passage of this legislation will have a transformative impact on the electrochromic glass industry
FARIBAULT, Minn., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes numerous provisions to help decarbonize the US economy, including the addition of a new tax credit for dynamic glass. The bill added electrochromic glass to Section 48 of the Internal Revenue Code, commonly referred to as the Investment Tax Credit (ITC). The credit can cover up to 30% of the costs associated with dynamic glass, moving it towards cost parity with traditional glazing and shading solutions.
The passage of this bill is both a recognition of the decarbonization potential of electrochromic glass as well as the importance of the tax code as a market driver for newer technologies. "The ITC has a long track record of stimulating increased investment in renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. We applaud Congress and the Biden Administration for recognizing the importance of dynamic glass as a tool to combat climate change, while simultaneously improving the health and well-being of building occupants," said Michael Lane, VP of Sales for SageGlass. "This is a true game changer for the industry," Lane continues. "Dynamic Glass has proven itself for years in larger and larger applications, but first cost has remained an obstacle to large-scale adoption. This tax credit can go a long way towards making the technology more accessible."
The bill also contained additional changes for the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) which has a direct bearing on dynamic glass, including provisions for direct pay and credit transfer mechanisms. These new tools potentially enable certain tax-exempt entities to benefit from the credit [1]. "There are lots of important details related to credits like this and we look forward to consulting with our customers to help them understand the nuances of these changes," said Lane.
SageGlass is the global leader in electrochromic glass and is transforming the human experience in the built environment. With this smart technology, dynamic glass tints and clears automatically to optimize daylight and regulate temperature — all while maintaining unobstructed views of the outdoors.
With SageGlass, building occupants comfortably experience the biophilic benefits of the outdoors, including stress reduction, enhanced creativity, and greater wellbeing. Architects choose SageGlass to solve solar control challenges elegantly without sacrificing aesthetics. And SageGlass can help building owners use less energy and achieve sustainability and wellness certifications. The SageGlass Symphony® control system can be integrated into smart, connected building systems.
SageGlass holds more than 1,300 patents and counting. And as a wholly owned subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, SageGlass is backed by more than 350 years of building science expertise that only the world leader in sustainable environments can provide.
Worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes materials and services for the construction and industrial markets. Its integrated solutions for the renovation of public and private buildings, light construction, and the decarbonization of construction and industry are developed through a continuous innovation process and provide sustainability and performance. The group's commitment is guided by its purpose, "MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER HOME."
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The Arlington County Board has announced a schedule of events to gather community feedback on its way to likely adoption of “Missing Middle” zoning changes that will allow more development on single-family lots.
A total of 11 “community conversations” – some in person, some online – are planned from Sept. 13 to Oct. 25, with some of them featuring simultaneous translation into Spanish. There also will be a number of “virtual” information sessions planned for Sept. 14 and 28 and Oct. 12 at 7 p.m. each night.
Despite a degree of community contentiousness not seen since the Columbia Pike streetcar battle a decade ago, County Board members seem girded to move forward with some form of zoning changes that will provide options for single-family parcels – options that could include as many as eight dwelling units on a single lot.
Proponents of the Missing Middle zoning changes contend they will have negligible impacts on neighborhoods, because the footprint of the new housing (be it two, four, six or eight units) would not be allowed to be larger than that currently permitted for single-family homes in any given neighborhood. Critics of the proposal shoot back that very few single-family homes in Arlington currently come close to the maximum lot coverage, but developers would have financial incentives to take it to the limit when putting multiple units on a single lot.
A schedule of proposed meetings, and background information on the Missing Middle concept, can be found on the county government’s Website at https://arlingtonva.us.
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They did it again.
The Arlington County Treasurer’s Office has set another record low tax-delinquency rate, using both the carrot and the stick to collect more than a billion dollars passing through its office over the past year.
“Give yourselves a hand – you all did that!” said Carolyn Meadows, the deputy treasurer for compliance, during an Aug. 15 staff celebration of the achievement.
At the event, Treasurer Carla de la Pava announced that the delinquency rate for taxes on real estate and personal property had fallen to 0.161 percent, down from 0.177 percent a year before and the lowest not just in county history but perhaps the lowest ever among any jurisdiction in Virginia history – and maybe more.
“I would be shocked if it was matched anywhere in the U.S.,” de la Pava said, praising her “dream team” of staff.
The delinquency rate represents the amount of real-estate, personal-property and business-property taxes that remained owed as of Aug. 14.
“What you guys have accomplished is stunning. I’m just really grateful,” said de la Pava, who has built on efforts by her predecessor, Frank O’Leary, to squeeze the delinquency rate down using both by providing assistance to taxpayers who need it, and being aggressive in enforcement efforts:
• On the stick side, the office will seize vehicles and business property; issue bank liens and win court judgments; and will scour social media to find scofflaws who try to disappear from their radar.
• On the carrot side, the office works to be proactive, supporting taxpayers who find themselves delinquent due to special circumstances. They can do it in multiple languages – English, Spanish, French and Vietnamese, among them.
When O’Leary took office in 1984, the delinquency rate stood at more than 8 percent. Upon his retirement just under three decades later, the rate had been cut to 0.33 percent, and has since been reduced in half again.
Traditionally, O’Leary and then de la Pava have held parties to announce the delinquency rate and salute staff with both praise and bonuses. Put on hold in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID, the summertime soirée was resumed this year at the home of Cathy Fritts, assistant deputy treasurer for compliance.
“You guys did an amazing job,” Fritts said to her colleagues. “We should be able to reach whatever crazy goal Carla puts in front of us.”
And indeed, de la Pava announced the target for 2023: Cutting the delinquency rate to 0.155 percent.
“Is that doable?” the treasurer asked. “I want you to beat my expectations.”
(“We always do,” Fritts shot back.)
Treasurer is one of five Arlington elected constitutional offices; all will be on the ballot in 2023. De la Pava, who served as chief deputy to O’Leary before succeeding him upon his retirement and then winning election in her own right, made her intentions clear in an interview with the Sun Gazette. “I’m running again,” she confirmed.
Few other jurisdictions in Virginia publish their tax-delinquency rates, and in recent years, none has intimated that its rate rivals Arlington’s. Like most government agencies, the treasurer’s office was knocked around by COVID, but de la Pava was among the first locally to bring staff back (under health protocols) to meet the needs of the public.
COVID isn’t going anywhere, but the office has adjusted in order to do its work while staying safe. “We’re back on solid ground,” the treasurer noted.
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Home-sellers in most of the local region received more, on a per-square-foot basis, in July than sellers obtained a year before, but those per-square-foot prices are showing signs of softening.
With the exception of the District of Columbia and Falls Church, average per-square-foot sales prices were up in the nine major reporting areas of the Washington metro in July. Figures come from MarketStats by ShowingTime based on listing activity from Bright MLS, as analyzed by the Sun Gazette.
Despite being off 2.2 percent from a year before, the District of Columbia continued to lead the pack with an average per-square-foot sales price of $543, down from $555.
Falls Church also reported a small decline, dropping 1.2 percent from $432 to $427.
All other jurisdictions were up from July 2021:
• Arlington’s average per-square-foot sales price of $473 rose 4.2 percent from $454.
• Alexandria’s average of $410 was up 0.7 percent from $407.
• Fairfax County’s average of $335 was up 6 percent from $316.
• Montgomery County’s average of $296 was up 6.8 percent from $278.
• Loudoun County’s average of $260 was up 6.6 percent from 244.
• Prince George’s County’s average of $236 was up 3.5 percent from $228.
• Prince William County’s average of $225 was up 9.2 percent from $206.
While the per-square-foot sales prices were up on a year-over-year basis, July’s figures in all jurisdictions trailed the January-to-July-2022 average, suggesting that the expected market cooling is having an impact.
Over the first seven months of 2022, the average per-square-foot sales price, as reported by Bright MLS, was $554 in the District of Columbia, $488 in Arlington, $458 in Falls Church, $437 in Alexandria, $340 in Fairfax County, $304 in Montgomery County, $270 in Loudoun County, $227 in Prince George’s County and $227 in Prince William County.
Figures represent most, but not all, home sales in the market. All July 2022 figures are preliminary and are subject to revision.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Attorneys for Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz reversed course Wednesday and said they will not present at his ongoing penalty trial results of a highly contentious brain exam they had said supports their contention the mass murderer suffers from fetal alcohol syndrome.
Cruz attorney Casey Secor told Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer that they will not show jurors the controversial “quantitative electroencephalogram” or qEEG tests Cruz was given last year. The exam's backers say it provides useful support to such diagnoses as fetal alcohol syndrome, which Cruz’s attorneys contend helped create his lifelong mental and emotional problems. Prosecutors and critics say the test is unproven or even junk.
“We are not relying on those types of scans and comparisons,” Secor told the judge. He did not explain the decision.
Cruz's attorneys say fetal alcohol syndrome is one factor that led to his Feb. 14, 2018, attack at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School that left 14 students and three staff members dead. The sides had been poised to argue about the qEEG results before Scherer this week without the jury present in advance of the defense beginning its case Monday with his attorneys' opening statement.
Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder — the trial is only to decide whether the former Stoneman Douglas student is sentenced to death or life without parole.
The qEEG exam is an extension of electroencephalogram or EEGs, which have been common in medicine for a century. Brainwaves are measured to help doctors diagnose epilepsy and other brain ailments.
But the qEEG analysis, which has been around since the 1970s, goes a step further — a patient’s EEG results are compared to a database of brainwaves taken from normal or “neurotypical” people. Although qEEG findings cannot be used to make a diagnosis, they can support findings based on the patient’s history, examination, behavior and other tests, supporters contend.
Cruz's prosecutors and other critics say the tests have never been proven to be valid and two exams on the same person can have widely different results. That's what happened with Cruz.
The defense will still have evidence about Cruz's troubled life and emotional and mental problems that they can present to the seven-man, five-woman jury and 10 alternates.
Lead defense attorney Melisa McNeill and her team will try to persuade at least one juror that the mitigating circumstances of Cruz's life outweigh the aggravating factors prosecutors presented during their case, which began July 18 and rested Aug. 4. A vote for death must be unanimous or else Cruz gets life. A juror also can vote for life out of mercy for Cruz.
They have statements by his late birth mother that she abused alcohol and cocaine during pregnancy. They also have reports giving circumstantial evidence of his mental illness. Cruz got kicked out of preschool for hurting other children. During his years in public school, he spent significant time at a center for students with emotional issues. He also received years of mental health treatment.
Then there are his life circumstances. Cruz’s adoptive father died in front of him when he was 5, he was bullied by his younger brother and his brother’s friends, he was allegedly abused sexually by a “trusted peer,” he cut himself and abused animals, and his adoptive mother died less than four months before the shooting.
His youth will also be an issue — he was 19 when the shooting happened.
The defense will be trying to overcome the horrendous evidence that was laid out by the prosecution, capped by the jurors' Aug. 4 visit to the three-story building that Cruz stalked with his AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle for seven minutes, firing about 150 shots down halls and into classrooms. The jurors saw dried blood on floors and walls, bullet holes in doors and windows and remnants of Valentine's Day balloons, flowers and cards.
Prosecutors also presented graphic surveillance videos of the massacre; gruesome crime scene and autopsy photos from its aftermath; emotional testimony from teachers and students who witnessed others die; and four days of tearful and angry statements from parents, spouses and other family members about the victims and how their loved one’s death affected their lives. Jurors also watched video of Cruz calmly ordering an Icee minutes after the shooting and, nine months later, attacking a jail guard. | https://www.wtxl.com/media/v/content/aeb06be78d30f3f95b5d735eab7e13b6 | 2022-08-17T19:36:28Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/media/v/content/aeb06be78d30f3f95b5d735eab7e13b6 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Featured Local Job: Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
Clarview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center currently has openings for Full-time; Part-time; and Per diem CNAs.
*$2,500 SIGN-ON BONUS FOR FULL-TIME AND $1,200 FOR PART-TIME
NOW OFFERING NEW COMPETITIVE WAGES!
ABOUT CLARVIEW NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER
Clarview, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center is located at 14663 Route 68, Sligo, PA 16255. Country Springs, a personal care community, is also part of the Clarview family. For more information, visit www.clarviewnursing.com.
BENEFITS:
- 403(b)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Paid training
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
THE CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT POSITION
Clarview is looking for compassionate and detail-oriented Nursing Assistants who are ready to help residents in a long-term care setting. This position requires a great deal of physical strength and energy, so they are interested in hiring someone who is physically fit, enjoys working in a fast-paced environment and has proven experience in patient care. The Nursing Assistant will work directly with the medical staff to help residents with daily living activities, so it is important that the ideal candidate has an upbeat personality and can maintain a positive work environment.
Click here to apply: https://www.clarviewnursing.com/employment
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About 35,000 residents of Arlington and the city of Falls Church will soon be receiving a jury-duty questionnaire, as the local court system starts gearing up for 2023.
Potential jurors are randomly selected from voter-registration lists to receive the questionnaire, which must be filled out either online or in paper form (online being preferred by the Circuit Court) and returned as directed.
Next year’s pool of jurors will be selected from those whose responses to the form deem them to be eligible.
Those who are being tapped for jury duty will receive a summons in the mail prior to their reporting date. Those who are called to serve will be reimbursed $30 for each day of service.
All who are called for service will receive an orientation session, although not all will be selected for a trial. The typical trial in Arlington lasts one or two days, court officials said.
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Featured Local Job: Counselor – Education/Prevention
Abraxas Youth & Family Services currently has an opening for a Counselor – Education/Prevention to join their team at Abraxas I in Marienville, PA.
Education and Prevention Counselor also known as Intervention Counselor works directly with Adolescents at their inpatient drug and alcohol treatment program – starting pay is $15.77 per hour! In this role, you will be helping youth BUILD BETTER FUTURES.
Seeking individuals to provide a full range of counseling and/or case management services to youth with substance abuse/dependency problems.
Join their wonderful team of dynamic, multidisciplinary healthcare professionals, who collaborate to provide youth with evidence and competency-based treatment, increasing their chances for sustained recovery from active addiction.
Salary: $15.77 – $22.15 per hour
Bonus: $3,000 Sign On Bonus
Shift: Days and Evenings
Who Abraxas Is:
Abraxas Youth & Family Services is a national nonprofit human services provider dedicated to Building Better Futures for at-risk youth, adults, and families. Our diversified array of services includes alternative education, outpatient counseling, in-home services, shelter, detention, residential treatment and re-entry/transition services.
Since 1973, Abraxas team members have positively impacted the lives of those they serve and the communities in which they live.
Benefits & Perks:
Abraxas provides a competitive and comprehensive benefits program that offers the protection, peace of mind, and flexibility designed to support you – both at home and at work.
- Medical & Dental & Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Basic Life & Short-Term Disability Insurance
- 403(b) Savings Plan
- Life Assistance Program (LAP)
- Tuition Assistance Program
- Paid Time Off (PTO) * Paid Holidays * Paid Training
- Advancement Opportunities
In this role, you will:
- Provide direct supervision, leadership, and serve as a role model to clients while interacting in a therapeutic and meaningful manner.
- Observe client behavior and intervene appropriately, as dictated by policy and individual client treatment plan.
- Develop and implement individualized treatment plans while shaping the course of treatment for assigned clients.
- Coordinate and implement case management activities for assigned clients.
- Provide individual and caseload group counseling, as well as family conferencing for assigned clients.
- Complete required documentation, such as progress and court reports, discharge summaries, treatment plans, etc.
- Facilitate various treatment and life skills groups via standardized group curricula.
- Participate in case consultations, treatment reviews, administrative reviews, and other multi-disciplinary meetings for assigned clients.
- Attend court hearings for assigned clients.
- Communicate and maintain regular contact with families, caseworkers/probation officers/guardians ad litem/etc. and provide thorough updates of progress for assigned clients.
- Conduct scheduled and random head counts to provide effective people security.
- Assist with mentoring and on-the-job training of newer team members.
- Support the Abraxas philosophy and mission and promote the Seven Key Principles of care.
- Demonstrate appropriate use of Safe Crisis Management techniques and skills.
Hiring Requirements:
Why Should I Consider Abraxas?
- At Abraxas, they celebrate the richness of their diverse employees and the communities they serve. They are actively committed to building a culture of awareness and belonging, as they strive to ensure they are a welcoming, inclusive, and culturally competent organization.
- As they work to make a difference in people’s lives, they are dedicated to respect, equity, and the engagement of those they serve and their employees.
- As a provider of trauma-informed care, they firmly believe in recovery and that their clients can lead fulfilling and meaningful lives, and they consider it an honor and a privilege to assist them in their journey.
- Whether you’re looking to begin a rewarding career or you’re a seasoned professional wanting a new challenge, Abraxas has a place for you and opportunities for development at all levels.
- At Abraxas, their staff is at the core of everything they do. That is why they are committed to providing you with competitive pay and comprehensive benefits options that help make your life easier and healthier, with a focus on providing choice when it comes to physical, emotional, and financial wellness. Their benefit options meet you where you are in your life and set you up for success both in and outside of work.
- If you want to have a positive impact in the lives of others, join Abraxas!
Equal Opportunity Employer
Abraxas Youth & Family Services, an affiliate of Apis Services Inc., offers a rewarding career for those passionate about making a difference in the lives of others. Abraxas is a great place to start your career whether you have a high school diploma or GED, military experience, some college, or a bachelor’s or advanced degree. If you are interested in counseling, juvenile justice, psychology, social work, teaching, or just want to make a difference, they have a career path for you.
Apis Services, Inc. provides administrative services to a variety of businesses and non-profit agencies so they can focus on their individual goals and missions. Apis serves 30+ affiliates throughout the USA including locations in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Colorado, New Jersey, and North Carolina.
“Join Us in Building Better Futures!”
Interested in joining their outstanding team? If you have any questions, you can contact them by email at [email protected]
Give them a Call at (814) 927-6615 and Brenda or Wendy will be happy to help you!
Apply online by following this link.
Also, you can explore other positions that Abraxas has to offer on their website. https://jobsatabraxas.org/careers.html
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A nearly 44-acre parcel in Great Falls, which since 1988 has been shielded from redevelopment under an agreement with Fairfax County, will continue to be preserved for at least eight more years.
The Board of Supervisors in early August unanimously approved an application from 1999 Land Acquisitions LLC for an additional eight-year term renewal of the nearly 44-acre Rhinehart local agricultural-and-forestal (A&F) district at 1013B Leigh Mill Road.
The site is zoned Residential-Estate, meaning it is intended for low-density residential use. Forty acres of the property are used for horse pasture; the rest is undeveloped woodland. In addition, 17.11 of its acres are in floodplain and 22.22 acres in an environmental-quality corridor. No logging operations occur at the site, county staff said.
The Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District prepared a plan for soil-and-water conservation at the property. The report recommended management of nutrients, pests and the site’s resource-protection area, as well as prescribed grazing, record keeping and waste management.
The property contributes to the county’s character and provides important natural and ecological resources that contribute environmentally and aesthetically, said applicant’s representative Sheri Akin.
“It is a beautiful site that helps protect valuable open space, preserves mature trees and provides resident horses of the county [with] pasturelands within the county,” she said.
The county first established the Rhinehart property as an A&F district in July 1988 and renewed it for another eight years in November 1996. The current owner bought the site in 2000 and renewed the district again in February 2005 and May 2014.
No substantive changes have occurred at the site since the last A&F district renewal, officials said. The owner lives elsewhere and has an agreement to let an adjacent resident maintain and use the property for that person’s horses.
A&F districts are intended to encourage landowners to preserve their properties from development for the length of the district’s term, typically with reduced real-estate-tax assessments as an incentive. The county’s Department of Tax Administration independently determines if properties meet those guidelines.
The county assessed the property under the A&F zoning this year at $846,270, including $738,290 for the land and $107,980 for a vacant, 936-square-foot single-family home on the site.
The house, which was built in 1940 and had an addition put on it in 1985, is in poor condition, according to the county’s staff report. The property also has a barn and silo.
“The renewal of this Agricultural and Forestal District would continue to be compatible with the existing and planned very low-density residential character for the site and the surrounding area,” the county’s staff report read.
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What had been a billion-dollar sales month for Fairfax homes in July 2021 didn’t quite reach that height in July 2022, according to new data, but prices kept on rising despite headwinds in the market.
A total of 1,285 properties went to closing across the county last month, down 30.6 percent from the 1,852 transactions recorded in July 2022, according to figures reported from MarketStats by ShowingTime based on listing activity from Bright MLS.
The decline was no surprise: The lack of inventory that had held back sales at the end of 2021 and start of 2022 has retreated, but now prospective buyers are confronted with higher interest rates, affordability challenges and general skittishness about a national economy that continues to give off mixed signals.
Those who did sign on the dotted line in July were not shy about paying up, as buyers received, on average, just about what they had listed the property for. Though down from a year before, it certainly doesn’t suggest a market on the verge of a precipice.
The average sales price of all properties that went to closing across Fairfax County in July was $771,198, up 8.1 percent from a year before. That bump upward was driven by the single-family-home segment, where the average price was up 11.5 percent to $1,043,666. (Townhouses and condominiums also posted increases, but not by such a large margin.)
A total of 235 properties changed hands for more than $1 million, including 21 for more than $2.5 million and five that scored more than $5 million.
Add up the sales and prices, and Fairfax’s dollar volume sold in July was $982.4 million, down 24 percent from $1.295 billion a year before.
Homes that went to closing in July took an average of 13 days between listing and ratified sales contract, unchanged from a year before. More than 60 percent of homes spent 10 days or less before finding a suitor.
Conventional mortgages represented the method of transacting sales in 909 cases, followed by cash (169) and VA-backed loans (143).
Inventory, which had been extremely low for much of 2021 and early 2022, has expanded, with the 1,712 properties on the market at the end of July, slightly higher than a year before. But the number of homes coming onto the market during the month was down 19 percent from the same period in 2021.
Don’t expect the sales slump to turn around as summer wraps up; July’s pending sales, which usually translate into August’s and September’s completed transactions, were down more than 25 percent from a year before.
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Two people have died this month in Florida after eating raw oysters that came from Louisiana.
According to the Associated Press, both men died from the bacterial infection Vibrio, which the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says doesn’t make an oyster look, smell, or taste any different.
The manager of the Rustic Inn in Fort Lauderdale, Gary Oreal, told the South Florida SunSentinel that the customer who died previously worked at the restaurant years ago.
He told the newspaper that they've served billions of oysters for 60 years and have "never had anyone get sick like this guy did," the newspaper reported.
Oreal said a day after the man became ill, the restaurant's kitchen and oyster inventory, which he said came from Louisiana, were inspected by the Florida Department of Health, according to the newspaper.
He told the newspaper the restaurant "passed with flying colors" and they were "allowed to continue to sell oysters," the newspaper reported.
A sign warning customers about the risks of eating raw shellfish was posted by the restaurant, the news outlets reported.
News of the man in Fort Lauderdale dying comes after another man died after eating oysters in Pensacola, the Associated Press reported.
Officials told the Pensacola News Journal that the man bought the oysters, which also came from Louisiana, at a market.
The Associated Press reported that the CDC says about 80,000 people get the bacterial infection each year in the U.S., with about 100 people dying from it.
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Featured Local Job: Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Clarview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center currently has openings for Part-time and Per diem Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs).
BENEFITS:
- 403(b)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
SIGN-ON BONUS $1,500 FOR PART-TIME
NOW OFFERING NEW COMPETITIVE WAGES
ABOUT CLARVIEW NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER
A caring family atmosphere… that is what they offer at Clarview for their residents and employees! The benefits of working at Clarview include meaningful work, connection to a mission, and the caring relationships you will develop with the staff and residents around you. Their “We Care” program is helpful for everyone who enters their building and is driven by their caring and dedicated staff. Join the team effort to put residents and their families first and learn skills that are valuable as you advance in your healthcare career!
Clarview, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center is located at 14663 Route 68, Sligo, PA 16255. Country Springs, a personal care community, is also part of the Clarview family. For more information, visit www.clarviewnursing.com.
THE LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE POSITION
Clarview’s LPNs provide professional nursing care to residents as prescribed by a physician and in accordance with nursing practice standards. LPNs supervise day-to-day nursing functions, assess resident needs, develop and implement care plans, and evaluate medical resident care.
They currently have the following opportunities available:
- Part-Time
- Per Diem
- 2nd and 3rd Shift
TOP AREAS OF FOCUS:
- Supervise nursing staff in the day-to-day delivery of resident care
- Administer medication and treatment per physician orders, care plans, and policies/procedures
- Note changes in resident physical and emotional status
- Solve problems and make improvements in the delivery of resident care
- Make resident rounds on a regular basis
- Performs all charting and recordkeeping in accordance with regulations, policies, and procedures
- Promotes and encourages harmonious relationships with and among colleagues
- Ensure open and productive communication among the nursing team
- Model professional behavior and leadership qualities at all times
Click here to apply: https://www.clarviewnursing.com/employment
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Featured Local Job: Registered Nurse (RN)
Clarview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center currently has openings for Part-time and Per diem Registered Nurses (RNs).
BENEFITS:
- 401(k)
- 403(b)
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Tuition reimbursement
SIGN-ON BONUS $3,000 FOR PART-TIME
NOW OFFERING NEW COMPETITIVE WAGES
ABOUT CLARVIEW NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER
A caring family atmosphere… that is what they offer at Clarview for their residents and employees! The benefits of working at Clarview include meaningful work, connection to a mission, and the caring relationships you will develop with the staff and residents around you. Their “We Care” program is helpful for everyone who enters their building and is driven by their caring and dedicated staff. Join the team effort to put residents and their families first and learn skills that are valuable as you advance in your healthcare career!
Clarview, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center is located at 14663 Route 68, Sligo, PA 16255. Country Springs, a personal care community, is also part of the Clarview family. For more information, visit www.clarviewnursing.com.
THE REGISTERED NURSE POSITION
Clarview’s RNs provide professional nursing care to residents as prescribed by a physician and in accordance with nursing practice standards. RNs supervise day-to-day nursing functions, assess resident needs, develop and implement care plans, and evaluate medical resident care.
They currently have the following opportunities available:
- Part-Time
- Per Diem
- 1st, 2nd and 3rd Shift
TOP AREAS OF FOCUS FOR RNs:
- Supervise nursing staff in the day-to-day delivery of resident care
- Administer medication and treatment per physician orders, care plans, and policies/procedures
- Note changes in resident physical and emotional status
- Solve problems and make improvements in the delivery of resident care
- Make resident rounds on a regular basis
- Performs all charting and recordkeeping in accordance with regulations, policies and procedures
- Promotes and encourages harmonious relationships with and among colleagues
- Ensure open and productive communication among the nursing team
- Model professional behavior and leadership qualities at all times
Click here to apply: https://www.clarviewnursing.com/employment
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Clarion County Photo of the Day
Wednesday, August 17, 2022 @ 12:08 AM
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Clarion Hospital Reports 27 New COVID-19 Cases
CLARION, Pa. (EYT) – Butler Health Clarion Hospital has reported 27 new positive COVID-19 cases.
The previous report was released on Monday, August 8, 2022.
Butler Health System COVID-19 Weekly Update August 15, 2022
Testing
Clarion Hospital
Total tests thru 08/14/2022: 24,451
Test obtained at CH: 18,757
Positives: 5,126
Butler Memorial Hospital
Total tests thru 08/14/2022: 115,005
Tests obtained at BMH: 30,839
Positives: 18,978
Hospital Inpatients as of 08/15/2022, 7:30 a.m.:
Clarion Hospital: 3 patients. 0 suspected. 3 confirmed. 0 ICU.
Butler Memorial Hospital: 11 patients. 0 suspected. 11 confirmed. 1 ICU.
Note #1: Clarion Hospital COVID-19 Testing location hours of operation are from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Note #2: BHS reports its data only. PA DOH data and other sources may be different due to differences in data collection and format.
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WALES, Wis. (TMJ4) — A Wisconsin school district has banned the Pride flag and the use of preferred pronouns in email signatures.
The decision was made during the July 26 Kettle Moraine School Board meeting.
During Tuesday's meeting, many students and their families expressed their concerns with the policy.
"I don't want to be misgendered and I want people to know, especially if I'm meeting new people, I want them to know they can feel safe around me," said Edith Cramer, an incoming freshman.
Cramer identifies as transgender and uses he/him pronouns. He said his identity isn't political.
"It's just part of who I am. I mean, people can switch political stances and people can decide to support one party or another, but I didn't decide one day that I was going to be trans. I didn't decide one day that I was going to have dysphoria," Cramer said.
Another student who spoke during the meeting said, "The best way to tell if a teacher is supportive is if they have a Pride flag in the classroom."
The Trevor Project, a national LGBTQ crisis and suicide prevention organization, sent a letter to the Kettle Moraine School District outlining the importance of gender-affirming schools.
The letter says, "LGBTQ who report having at least one accepting adult are 40% less likely to report a suicide attempt. Further, LGBTQ youth in schools with an LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum, and by extension, classroom practices, were more likely to report that their peers were somewhat or very accepting of LGBTQ people and less likely to experience harassment."
There were a couple of people at the meeting who spoke out in favor of the district's policy.
"The vast majority of us demand that our schools focus on teaching our kids and not bringing divisive, politically charged issues into the classroom," one parent said during the meeting.
Another student thanked the board for their decision on the policy, saying she wanted education to be the focus in classrooms.
The school district's superintendent says the policy is a professional expectation.
But for Cramer, it comes down to being seen and accepted.
"They talk about wanting to have the students accept differences and be able to understand diversities and stuff, but the way that they're doing this is just really hypocritical," Cramer said.
This story was originally reported by Sarah McGrew on tmj4.com. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/wisconsin-school-district-bans-pride-flags-pronouns-in-email-signatures | 2022-08-17T19:37:11Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/wisconsin-school-district-bans-pride-flags-pronouns-in-email-signatures | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Monday marks the start of the last full week of campaigning ahead of Florida's Aug. 23 primary. Politicians are preparing to make their final pitches to Florida, though many have already cast a ballot.
Whether by mail or at an early voting location, nearly 1.3 million Floridians have voted ahead of the election. Both parties have highly-contentious primary races helping drive turnout. Democrats and Republicans hoping to take that momentum into November's general election.
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At the moment, Democrats have cast more votes, holding a nearly 83,000 vote margin over the GOP, according to Monday's latest state data. The hotly-contested Democratic nomination for governor is likely a big reason why.
Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, who trails in most polling, hopes to overtake U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist. Some pundits suggest the race is tightening, and Fried is looking to capitalize in the time left.
Her campaign announced its last ad would run on TV the Monday before election night. Fried also intends to spend most of the week on the road, doing a bus tour across the state, with scheduled stops in key districts like Tallahassee, Jacksonville, the Tampa Bay area and South Florida.
FINAL TV AD: Won't Back Down
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Fried campaign press secretary Caroline Korba believed the bus tour would help make a difference for Fried, who has struggled with name recognition since announcing.
"Our goal with this week is to get to as many voters as possible," Korba said. "We see that that's what really counts for voters. Their minds are changed if they had previously intended to vote for the other candidate once they meet her."
Crist is traveling in these final days, too, hosting numerous rallies.
He's launched a more than $1 million ad buy in Florida markets, running Aug. 16-22. Crist has also raised more than $1 million in August's first 11 days.
"Floridians are ready for a leader in Tallahassee who will put their needs above the corporate special interests," Crist said in a statement Monday morning. "Our campaign is mounting the biggest, strongest movement to make DeSantis a one-term governor, bringing the sunshine back to the Sunshine State."
Speaking of Gov. Ron DeSantis, the Republican has focused on boosting GOP candidates from out-of-state and Republican school board candidates in the state this week. But the incumbent remains ready to face whomever Democrats nominate with a massive pile of cash on hand, nearly $135 million, according to state records through Aug. 5.
DeSantis' war chest is huge compared to his Democratic rivals. Neither Crist nor Fried is anywhere near that. Crist had about $4.5 million on hand through Aug. 5, while Fried had a little more than $1 million. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/politics/final-week-final-pitches-for-candidates-in-floridas-primary | 2022-08-17T19:37:18Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/politics/final-week-final-pitches-for-candidates-in-floridas-primary | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Say What?!: National Roller Coaster Day Celebrates America’s Amusement Parks
Wednesday, August 17, 2022 @ 12:08 AM
National Roller Coaster Day is celebrated every year on August 16, highlighting the loops, twists, and drops that have people flocking to amusement parks every summer.
August 16 has been selected as the attraction’s national day since 1986. The date was chosen because that is the day back in 1898 that the first looping roller coaster was patented by Edwin Prescott.
Read the full story here.
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What is the role played in an organisation where leadership fails leadership? What other functions take on an elevators duties? For you. Lead is still the key that a role as important can only take, then leadership failures take center at every time it becomes difficult? Here are the best five leadership functions to overcome challengesspecially with an existing situation. These important management actions are often missing of senior roles? ➟⃞ VOLUMN -15- 16 A group of high school football players in Rome, Georgia, helped a woman out of a wrecked car billowing with smoke, the Rome Police Department said.
The accident happened in front of their school last week. The players were identified as Cesar Parker, Treyvon Adams, Antwiion Carey, Messiah Daniels, Tyson Brown and Alto Moore.
“The door was jammed and in terrible shape. While I was on the phone with the 911 dispatcher, the football players who witnessed the wreck, ran to the car, and started helping the lady,” Luis Goya, an educator with the school, told the police department. “They literally started using their strength to pry the door open, so the lady could be released. After a few seconds of pulling and pushing the door, the boys ended up opening it and helped her get out of the car.”
USA Today reported that the woman was transported to the hospital and was treated for cuts and bruises.
"A lot of people are calling us heroes — I feel we just did the right thing," Adams told “Today.” "We couldn't do anything different." | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/as-smoke-billowed-from-car-high-school-football-players-save-woman-in-crash | 2022-08-17T19:37:23Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/as-smoke-billowed-from-car-high-school-football-players-save-woman-in-crash | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WALES, Wis. (TMJ4) — A Wisconsin school district has banned the Pride flag and the use of preferred pronouns in email signatures.
The decision was made during the July 26 Kettle Moraine School Board meeting.
During Tuesday's meeting, many students and their families expressed their concerns with the policy.
"I don't want to be misgendered and I want people to know, especially if I'm meeting new people, I want them to know they can feel safe around me," said Edith Cramer, an incoming freshman.
Cramer identifies as transgender and uses he/him pronouns. He said his identity isn't political.
"It's just part of who I am. I mean, people can switch political stances and people can decide to support one party or another, but I didn't decide one day that I was going to be trans. I didn't decide one day that I was going to have dysphoria," Cramer said.
Another student who spoke during the meeting said, "The best way to tell if a teacher is supportive is if they have a Pride flag in the classroom."
The Trevor Project, a national LGBTQ crisis and suicide prevention organization, sent a letter to the Kettle Moraine School District outlining the importance of gender-affirming schools.
The letter says, "LGBTQ who report having at least one accepting adult are 40% less likely to report a suicide attempt. Further, LGBTQ youth in schools with an LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum, and by extension, classroom practices, were more likely to report that their peers were somewhat or very accepting of LGBTQ people and less likely to experience harassment."
There were a couple of people at the meeting who spoke out in favor of the district's policy.
"The vast majority of us demand that our schools focus on teaching our kids and not bringing divisive, politically charged issues into the classroom," one parent said during the meeting.
Another student thanked the board for their decision on the policy, saying she wanted education to be the focus in classrooms.
The school district's superintendent says the policy is a professional expectation.
But for Cramer, it comes down to being seen and accepted.
"They talk about wanting to have the students accept differences and be able to understand diversities and stuff, but the way that they're doing this is just really hypocritical," Cramer said.
This story was originally reported by Sarah McGrew on tmj4.com. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/wisconsin-school-district-bans-pride-flags-pronouns-in-email-signatures | 2022-08-17T19:37:41Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/wisconsin-school-district-bans-pride-flags-pronouns-in-email-signatures | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
With Oregon’s fire season now in full swing, the state’s wilder residents are also feeling the heat. But while people may want to help, an official says intervening is not always possible or the best thing to do.
Much of Oregon has been in a drought for the last two years. This means rivers are lower, which migrating fish can get trapped in while heading upstream. Plants also grow less so larger animals like deer can’t gain the winter weight they need. And less water means less habitat for migratory birds.
Oregon Fish and Wildlife Spokesperson Michelle Dennehy says people can help minimize the impact on wildlife.
“A key thing is just to try not to disturb them. Keep your dog, your bike, your ATV on the trail,” she said. “Put out your campfires completely because you don’t want to inadvertently start a new fire.”
Dennehy also says if water sources are limited, don’t camp right next to them because animals will not access this vital resource if you’re there.
During a wildfire, sometimes animals will get separated from their young. This doesn’t automatically mean they’re orphaned.
“If it’s truly orphaned, because you see its parent dead nearby,” Dennehy said. “Or if a wild animal is injured or burned, that’s when you want to call ODFW or call a wildlife rehabilitator.”
But, the advice, ‘just don’t pick up wildlife’ still holds.
If a person does intervene, the chances of the animal surviving in the wild are greatly reduced. And spaces in rehabilitation centers are limited. So, Dennehy’s advice is “Leave wildlife wild and let them be.”
It’s also not the best idea to make the extra effort to give furry friends in your neighborhood a helping hand.
Dennehy says bear problems have increased this year due to a poor berry crop in parts of the state.
“They’re getting into trash cans. And getting into barbecues. Or they’re under trees picking up fallen fruit,” she said. “So you really don’t want to make it easy for them to get into trouble, even at a time like this.”
While putting out some food and water seems like a neighborly thing to do, be wary.
“They’re going to keep hanging around and could become a problem really fast. So just advise that you’re very wary, even with water, of leaving it away from your house,” Dennehy said. “And being careful to not attract too much wildlife.”
If a wild animal like a deer uses your resources, it’s important not to draw them in so they will continue on to a more suitable habitat.
Copyright @2022, KLCC. | https://www.klcc.org/news/2022-08-17/is-helping-wildlife-cope-with-the-summer-weather-actually-helpful | 2022-08-17T19:37:56Z | klcc.org | control | https://www.klcc.org/news/2022-08-17/is-helping-wildlife-cope-with-the-summer-weather-actually-helpful | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Abuja Electricity Distribution (AEDC) has attributed power interruption experienced across its franchise areas to the ongoing Industrial issues in the sector.
The management of AEDC in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday said that the industrial issues were between the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) and the Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN).
“We will like to assure our valued customers that all stakeholders are working hard to ensure mutual and amicable settlement and power is restored forthwith.
The AEDC, however, thanked its customers for their patience and understanding.
The Chairman of FCT of NUEE, Mr Godfery Abah, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, that a notice signed by its General Secretary, Mr Joe Ajaero, had directed its members to stop work effective August 17.
Abah said that the action followed the directive by the TCN Board that all Principal Managers in acting capacity going to Assistant General Managers must appear for a promotion interview.
He said that ”this directive is in contravention of our Conditions of Service and Career Progression Paths, and unilaterally done without the relevant Stakeholders.
“Another grievance is the stigmatisation of staff from the office of the Head of Service, (HoS) of the Federation from working in other areas in the Power Sector.
“And, the refusal of the Market Operator to fund the payment of entitlement of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria, Ex-PHCN, Staff as agreed in December 2019 agreement after an industrial action by the union, ” he said.
(NAN)
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Ayo Adebanjo settles crisis rocking Lagos Labour Party
•As he reconciles Rhodes ― Vivour, Salvador •Says action consistent with his earlier declaration of support
Crisis rocking the Lagos State chapter of the Labour Party (LP) may have been resolved as the acting leader of the pan-Yoruba socio-political group, Afenifere, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, has waded in to reconcile the aggrieved chieftains, saying that he waded in based on not only being a father to them all, but also in line with his earlier support to the party, and its presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi.
It would be recalled that Rhodes-Vivour, a few days ago emerged as Labour Party governorship candidate at the party’s primary held in the Ikeja area of the state, defeating Hon. Moshood Adegoke Salvador, who rejected the result, alleging foul play, called on the leadership of the party at the national level to wade in and resolve the matter if it was ready to win the state, come 2023.
Adebanjo, who confirmed that a meeting actually held between him and the aggrieved party chieftains, confirming the photo of the event trending on social media, said photos don’t lie.
The elder statesman, who spoke with our correspondent on the telephone, affirmed that reconciliation had been achieved among the warring party leaders, saying that wading in to resolve the crisis rocking the party was “consistent with what I support before.”
According to Chief Adebanjo, total reconciliation had now been accomplished, saying that Rhodes- Vivour remained Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate for the 2023 poll in Lagos State, while Salvador would now contest the senatorial seat on the party platform.
“Is that (action) not consistent with what I supported before? But you all saw the photographs, photographs don’t lie.
“We have done the reconciliation. Yes, Rhodes- Vivour is the governorship candidate of the party in Lagos State, following the outcome of the reconciliation meeting. Salvador will now contest the senate seat on the party platform,” he said.
Speaking about his feeling about the outcome of the reconciliation meeting, Chief Adebanjo said: “I am a father to them all, so they all agreed to my settlement.”
On the chances of the Labour Party in Lagos State in the forthcoming poll, he said the party should prepare for exercise, while the electorate would be left to decide the winner.
“You are talking of the chances before the election, you go into the election, you fight the cause, fight for the platform, and it is left for the electorate to decide,” Adebanjo said.
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FG disburses N471.9bn World Bank grant to states
• States inability to.pay salaries
Federal Government has disbursed N471.9 billion as grant to States under the $1.5 billion World Bank-Assisted States Fiscal Transparency Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme for the results achieved following various annual assessments carried out by the Independent Verification Agents.
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Dr Zainab Ahmed, who disclosed this in Abuja during the launch of States Charter to sustain Fiscal Transparency, Accountability and Sustainability Reforms (SFTAS), described the initiative as a milestone in the implementation and sustenance of reforms in Public Finance Management in Nigeria.
The Minister who noted that the implementation of fiscal transparency and accountability reforms in the conduct of Government business became necessary, commended the State Governments for the demonstrable high level of ownership, active peer learning and peer competition which culminated in very strong performance by most States in all the Key Results Areas of the SFTAS Programme which include increasing fiscal transparency and accountability; strengthening domestic revenue mobilisation; increasing efficiency in public expenditure and strengthening debt transparency and sustainability. Indeed, the very high level of political visibility and implementation structures created across the 36 states contributed largely to the successful implementation of the Programme over the period 2018 to 2022.
“As we gather this afternoon for the launch of the Charter, we are pleased to note that the Programme has achieved its objectives and made the following impactful deliverables: instilled a common set of fiscal behaviour and standards and facilitated the widespread adoption of good practices in fiscal and public financial management across the States while respecting their fiscal autonomy through preparation of Citizen -based Budgets, timely preparation and publication of Annual Budget and Audited Financial Statement as well as adoption of National Charts of Account.
“To date, 28 States have passed their Audit Law in line with internationally acceptable standards and all the 36 States have passed their 2020 Audited Financial Statements before 31 July, 2021.
“Also, 32 States prepared and published Local Governments’ Audited Financial Statements (AFSS) for FY2018, FY2019 and FY2020 including all allocations and actual receipts of State-Local Government Joint Account Allocation Committee (SLJAAC) transfers for each LG.
“It has strengthened fiscal transparency by improving overall budget transparency and accountability to help build trust in government, enhance the monitoring of fiscal risks and improve accountability in public resource management. All the 36 States prepared Year 2022 budget in line with the National Charts of Account.
“Improved accountability through the deployment of measures such as BVN in the Payroll Systems and implementation of Treasury Single Accounts to minimise leakages in the system and promote efficiency in resource management.
“To date, 31 States have linked BVN to payroll while 13 have adopted the Treasury Single Account. Also, 30 States had conducted biometric registration of at least 90% of their civil servants and pensioners on the payroll and addressed identified payroll fraud.
“Also, many states have been able to increase their IGR significantly by reducing IGR leakages through the implementation of State-level Treasury Single Account (TSA), and intensifying efforts in IGR collection.
“Twenty-seven States passed their Consolidated State Revenue Code (CSRC) by 2020 and 18 States were able to record a nominal IGR collection in 2020 that was equal to or higher than their 2019 nominal IGR collection. In addition, 20 States have shown very strong commitment in establishing institutional arrangements focussed on laying foundation for State Property taxation which is a significant potential revenue source.
“To date, 29 States have passed Public Procurement Laws and all 36 went ‘live’ on an e-procurement platform by 31 December 2021. This will improve procurement practices to enhance value for money and reduce opportunities for corruption and misuse of public resources, thereby increasing efficiency of public expenditure.
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“It has strengthened fiscal sustainability through increased efficiency in spending, and debt sustainability to prevent further fiscal crises and enhance the fiscal space for productive spending aimed at supporting growth and public service delivery. Currently, 33 States have passed State Debt Laws.
“The implementation of COVID-19 responsive indicators freed resources for effective response to COVID-19 at the peak of the Pandemic. All the 36 States had passed credible, fiscally responsible, COVID-19 responsive Amended 2020 State Budgets which significantly revised revenues in line with realistic projections, reduce non-essential overhead and capital expenditures with a view to protecting social expenditures. This significantly strengthened national response to COVID-19 and aligned efforts at both federal and State levels.
“It successfully encouraged peer learning and competition amongst States and further enhanced delivery of good governance.
I am pleased to state that a total sum of N471.9 billion has so far been disbursed by the Federal Government as grant to States under the $1.5 billion World Bank-Assisted States Fiscal Transparency Accountability and Sustainability (SFTAS) Programme for the results achieved following various annual assessments carried out by the Independent Verification Agents.
“It is gratifying to note that beyond benefitting from the grants, all the 36 states in the Federation have fully domesticated the fiscal reforms in their public financial management system through the adoption of appropriate processes and practices as well as legal and regulatory frameworks which are already yielding positive outcomes.
Speaking during a media chat, Director General of Debt Management Office (DMO), Ms Patience Oniha, observed that the Federal and State Governments collectively adopted the fiscal sustainability framework for subnationals with a view to introduce a number of measures and undertake some activities that will improve public financial management.
“At the subnational level, as we call it, public financial financial management would involve budgeting, reporting, accounting, procurement, and all the likes supported by Legislators, officials to improve that process, because government at whatever level is serving people.
“So government should not only deliver but the transparent and compliant in the manner in which is delivered to services. Check Governors, check country controllers. How is that going to be? Okay, I think there are two parts to that. So one of which is that the States as you know, at the federal level, we do have some laws that govern what we do.
“So we have a Public Procurement Act, as you heard that concise procurement, which is expenditure, a major part of expenditure. We know now that the states and in effect those laws as well, so there is compliance that goes to the state, specific country, as well as the state assembly as required.
“So those laws are there. They’ve also establish if I may speak in return today, more of them have enacted their own. Some colleagues, public finance, management, know some public debt management, business, we have a different.
“So there are things that business goes through a process, not one person. Finance I think we, we should admit, as we all know, that fiscal position at all levels can be better, it’s not as robust as you want it to be.
“So it’s not what is or is not because there are no processes or laws. And I think that’s the first thing is very relevant for the fact that the state governments, part of the component of sifters is to generate revenue, they generate sufficient revenue, that will only be complimentary just to be able to meet the expenditures, including salary.
Sh expressed optimism with the enactment of those laws by the States, the onus is on State Executive Councils and State Houses of Assembly to ensure compliance.
“So those laws are there. They’ve also establish if I may speak, in relation to debt, more of them have enacted their own, some call it public finance management law, some public debt management, just as we have at the federal level. So there are things that need to go through a process, not one person or two.”
While responding to on the complaints on the inability of some States to pay salaries, the DMO Accounting Officer said: “I think we should admit, as we all know, that fiscal position at all levels can be better, it’s not as robust as you want it to be.
“So what is affecting the State is not because there are no processes or laws. And I think that the question you asked is very relevant for the fact that the state governments, part of the component of SDTAS is to generate revenue, they generate sufficient revenue, then FAAC will only be complimentary just like a few states have done and then they will be able to meet the expenditures, including salary.”
While responding to question on how SFTAS has helped State Governments in terms of payment of salaries, Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mr Aliyu Ahmed said: “If you remember the history of how even SFTAS was introduced in 2015, is because State Government had difficulties paying salaries.
“So Federal Government had to step in again and again, to bail them out. But at the time, the Federal Government stepped back, you couldn’t be giving out these interventions, helping the States without making them go through some disciplinary procedure, in terms of how they are going to manage their finances, or they are going to make their states viable.
“That was how we contacted the World Bank. And then we packaged the SFTAS programme in such a way that it will reward good behaviour.
“And what do I mean by good behavior, putting in place good systems in terms of fiscal transparency, in terms of procurement management, in terms of trying to increase the IGR. So that going forward, at the end of the interventions, the States on their own will become sustainable.
“And that’s the whole essence of this meeting. The meeting we just had right now, the Governors launched their charter, which is a commitment to ensure that they become fiscally sustainable at the end of this intervention.
“And with what I’ve seen in terms of the fiscal anchors they have put in place, I think we are on the road to to having that.”
On his part, World Bank Country Director for Nigeria, Shubham Chaudhuri, affirmed that the implementation of SFTAS at the State level over the past three years.
“I think you have to think about the impact of the last two, three years. And really the most important impact is the one that we hope will happen going forward.
“So the impact of the last three years is just having the States be much more open and transparent about their budgets, about what they are spending on and on raising more internally generated revenue (IGR), so that they can keep the State Governments functioning, delivering to the citizens of the state.
“I think going forward, we will see these Governors, the excellencies have just made a commitment to maintaining a lot of the same practices, to being held accountable, to having been transparent about how they’re spending, about procurement, relying on e-Procurement systems, publishing all of this information.
“But this will require the media, other stakeholders, civil society, to this give, really have this be a collective effort to ensure that SFTAS has started continues.”
While speaking on the assessment of states’ compliance in line with World Bank’s programmes, he said: “The thing about this programme, it was very straight-forward.
“There were a set of things that we agreed to, actually was the Federal Government agreed to with the States saying these are the things we call them disbursement linked results.
“If you do this, by this time, this will be the financing that will come forward. Some States met those deadlines and received the financing other states did not. But eventually and this was true initially.
“But by the end of the programme, almost all states were meeting all the results. All of the details are available, you can go to the NGF site.
“They are all there in terms of what specifically were the results, and which states achieve them, which states didn’t. You have heard the Honourable Minister of Finance, you will also every six months or so, once we do the verification, she will also announce the results.
“So it’s been I think, initially it was a bit slow. But now by the end of the program, I think a lot of the States have learned from each other. The trick now will be ensuring that this continues.” | https://tribuneonlineng.com/fg-disburses-n471-9bn-world-bank-grant-to-states/ | 2022-08-17T19:39:02Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/fg-disburses-n471-9bn-world-bank-grant-to-states/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced plans to overhaul the agency Wednesday — while admitting to major “mistakes” in handling the pandemic.
“For 75 years, CDC and public health have been preparing for COVID-19, and in our big moment, our performance did not reliably meet expectations,” CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said in a statement.
“I want us all to do better and it starts with CDC leading the way,” she said of her agency’s more than 11,000 staff.
In a separate interview, Walensky said of the pandemic response, “It’s not lost on me that we fell short in many ways.”
“We had some pretty public mistakes, and so much of this effort was to hold up the mirror … to understand where and how we could do better.”
She shared a similar message in a video breaking the news Wednesday to staffers, many of whom may be reshuffled in the “reset,” one person who saw it told Bloomberg.
“Prior to this pandemic, our infrastructure within the agency and around the country was too frail to tackle what we confronted with COVID-19,” she said, according to the insider.
“To be frank, we are responsible for some pretty dramatic, pretty public mistakes — from testing, to data, to communications,” she reportedly admitted.
The planned “reset” will revamp everything from the CDC’s operations to its culture, moving away from focusing on academic studies to instead prioritize responding to emerging emergencies, Bloomberg noted.
“My goal is a new, public health action-oriented culture at CDC that emphasizes accountability, collaboration, communication and timeliness,” Walensky said, saying it will help the CDC meet its “fullest potential.”
The reset comes after widespread criticism of the slow response to the pandemic, along with mixed messaging on masks, mandates, social distancing and testing.
There has also been mounting criticism of its response to other public health threats, including the alarming spread of monkeypox.
Mary Wakefield, 68, who headed the Health Resources and Services Administration during the Obama administration, has already started work this week as a senior counselor to implement the changes.
A new executive council is also being created to help Walensky set strategy and priorities, she said.
The overhaul is a CDC initiative, and was not directed by the White House or other administration officials, insisted Walensky, who became director in January 2021.
“I feel like it’s my responsibility to lead this agency to a better place after a really challenging three years,” Walensky said.
However, Jason Schwartz, a health policy researcher at the Yale School of Public Health, stressed that the federal failings go beyond the CDC, because the White House and other agencies were heavily involved.
A CDC reorganization is a positive step but “I hope it’s not the end of the story,” Schwartz said.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A spate of explosions and fires has turned Russian-occupied Crimea from a secure rear base into a new battleground in the war, demonstrating both the Russians’ vulnerability and the Ukrainians’ capacity to strike deep behind enemy lines.
Nine Russian warplanes were reported destroyed at an air base in Crimea last week, and an ammunition depot on the peninsula blew up on Tuesday.
Ukrainian authorities have stopped short of publicly claiming responsibility, preferring to keep the world guessing, but President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alluded to Ukrainian attacks behind enemy lines after the latest blasts, which Russia blamed on “sabotage.”
Russia seized the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and has used it as a staging ground for attacks on the country in the war that began Feb. 24. Ukrainian authorities have vowed to recapture Crimea and other occupied territories.
The explosions represent the latest setback for Moscow, which began its invasion with hopes of taking Kyiv in a lightning offensive but soon became bogged down in the face of fierce resistance. As the war nears the six-month mark, the two sides are engaged in a grinding war of attrition, fighting village to village, largely in the country’s east.
The attacks in Crimea may mark the opening of a new front that would represent a significant escalation in the war and could further stretch Russia’s resources.
“Russian commanders will highly likely be increasingly concerned with the apparent deterioration in security across Crimea, which functions as rear base area for the occupation,” Britain’s Defense Ministry wrote on Twitter.
As a result of the airfield attacks, Russia is moving dozens of warplanes and helicopters to deeper positions in Crimea and to Russian bases elsewhere, Ukrainian military intelligence reported.
Tuesday’s explosions ripped through an ammunition site near the town of Dzhankoi, forcing the evacuation of about 3,000 people. Munitions continued to explode Wednesday and authorities fought the fires with a helicopter, said Crimea’s regional leader, Sergei Aksyonov. He said a search for the perpetrators was underway.
The Kommersant business paper also reported explosions Tuesday at a Crimean base in Gvardeyskoye. There was no confirmation from the Russians.
The British intelligence report said Gvardeyskoye and Dzhankoi are home to two of the most important Russian military airfields in Crimea.
Just over a week ago, explosions rocked the Russians’ Saki air base on Crimea and destroyed planes on the ground. Moscow suggested that the blasts were accidental, caused perhaps by a careless smoker, but Ukrainian authorities mocked that explanation and hinted at their involvement.
Last month, a small explosive device carried by a makeshift drone blew up in a courtyard at the headquarters of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, wounding six people and prompting the cancellation of ceremonies there honoring Russia’s navy.
In other developments Wednesday, two civilians were reported killed and seven wounded by Russian shelling of several towns and villages in the Donetsk region in the east that is the current focus of the Kremlin offensive.
In the south, Russian warplanes fired cruise missiles at the Odesa region overnight, wounding four people, according to regional administration spokesman Oleh Bratchuk. In Mykolaiv, also in the south, two Russian missiles damaged a university building but injured no one.
Russian forces also shelled Kharkiv and the surrounding region in the northeast overnight, damaging residential buildings and civilian infrastructure but inflicting no casualties, authorities said.
Meanwhile, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv for a meeting Thursday with Zelenskyy and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq said Guterres will raise the topic of food and grain shipments, nuclear power plant safety and the prison explosion that killed scores of captured Ukrainian fighters, and will “do what he can to essentially lower the temperature as much as possible.”
The last time the U.N. chief came to Ukraine, in April, Russia launched a missile strike on Kyiv as he was visiting the capital.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Social media companies are offering few specifics as they share their plans for safeguarding the U.S. midterm elections.
Platforms like Facebook and Twitter are generally staying the course from the 2020 voting season, which was marred by conspiracies and culminated in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Video app TikTok, which has soared in popularity since the last election cycle while also cementing its place as a problem spot for misinformation, announced Wednesday it is launching an election center that will help people find voting locations and candidate information.
The center will show up on videos about U.S. elections and in the feeds of users who search election-related hashtags. TikTok is also partnering with voting advocacy groups to provide specialized voting information for college students, people who are deaf, military members living overseas and those with past criminal convictions.
TikTok, like other platforms, would not provide details on the number of full-time employees or how much money it is dedicating to U.S. midterm efforts, which aim to push accurate voting information and counter misinformation.
The company said it is working with over a dozen fact-checking organizations, including U.S.-based PolitiFact and Lead Stories, on debunking misinformation. TikTok declined to say how many videos have been fact-checked on its site. The company will use a combination of humans and artificial intelligence to detect and remove threats against election workers as well as voting misinformation.
TikTok said it’s also also watching for influencers who break its rules by accepting money off platform to promote political issues or candidates, a problem that came to light during the 2020 election, said TikTok’s head of safety Eric Han. The company is trying to educate creators and agencies about its rules, which include bans on political advertising.
“With the work we do, there is no finish line,” Han said.
Meta Platforms Inc., which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, announced Tuesday that its approach to this election cycle is “largely consistent with the policies and safeguards” from 2020.
“As we did in 2020, we have a dedicated team in place to combat election and voter interference while also helping people get reliable information about when and how to vote,” Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, wrote in a blog post Tuesday.
Meta declined to say how many people it has dedicated to its election team responsible for monitoring the midterms, only that it has “hundreds of people across more than 40 teams.”
As in 2020, Clegg wrote, the company will remove misinformation about election dates, voting locations, voter registration and election outcomes. For the first time, Meta said it will also show U.S. election-related notifications in languages other than English.
Meta also said it will reduce how often it uses labels on election-related posts directing people toward reliable information. The company said its users found the labels over-used. Some critics have also said the labels were often too generic and repetitive.
Compared with previous years, though, Meta’s public communication about its response to election misinformation has gone decidedly quiet, The Associated Press reported earlier this month.
Between 2018 and 2020, the company released more than 30 statements that laid out specifics about how it would stifle U.S. election misinformation, prevent foreign adversaries from running ads or posts around the vote and subdue divisive hate speech. Until Tuesday’s blog post, Meta had only released a one-page document outlining plans for the fall elections, even as potential threats to the vote persist.
Twitter, meanwhile, is sticking with its own misinformation labels, though it has redesigned them since 2020 based in part on user feedback. The company activated its “civic integrity policy” last week, which means tweets containing harmful misinformation about the election are labeled with links to credible information. The tweets themselves won’t be promoted or amplified by the platform.
The company, which like TikTok does not allow political advertisements, is focusing on putting verified, reliable information before its users. That can include links to state-specific hubs for local election information as well as nonpartisan public service announcements for voters. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/u-s-midterms-bring-few-changes-from-social-media-companies/ | 2022-08-17T19:45:05Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/u-s-midterms-bring-few-changes-from-social-media-companies/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(The Hill) – The Education Department on Tuesday announced plans to discharge $3.9 billion in federal student loans for 208,000 borrowers in its latest round of relief.
The office said the discharge would apply to any remaining federal student loans that the borrowers received to attend ITT Technical Institute, which closed in September 2016, from January 2005 and on.
“This includes borrowers who have not yet applied for a borrower defense to repayment discharge. These borrowers will have the federal student loans they received to attend ITT discharged without any additional action on their part,” the agency announced on Tuesday morning.
The move follows previous decisions by the administration to approve loan discharges for borrowers to attend ITT, after the office said the institute was found to have “engaged in widespread and pervasive misrepresentations related to the ability of students to get a job or transfer credits.”
The department also charged the institute with “lying about the programmatic accreditation of ITT’s associate degree in nursing,” citing extensive internal records, testimony from staff and first-hand accounts from borrowers.
“It is time for student borrowers to stop shouldering the burden from ITT’s years of lies and false promises,” said Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in a statement. “The evidence shows that for years, ITT’s leaders intentionally misled students about the quality of their programs in order to profit off federal student loan programs, with no regard for the hardship this would cause.”
“The Biden-Harris Administration will continue to stand up for borrowers who’ve been cheated by their colleges, while working to strengthen oversight and enforcement to protect today’s students from similar deception and abuse,” he added.
Overall, the Biden administration has approved nearly $32 billion in student loan relief for more than 1.6 million borrowers. However, that relief has been greenlighted only for certain borrowers, including those participating in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, borrowers with total and permanent disabilities and those found to have been misled by their institutions.
The Biden administration has fielded pressure from progressives and student loan advocates for broader relief, particularly as a current pause on federal student loan repayments is scheduled to lapse at the end of August.
The White House has indicated that another decision on student loans could come later this month, after reports emerged earlier this year that President Biden was weighing a plan to provide $10,000 in student debt forgiveness for some borrowers.
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WALES, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin school board voted in favor of a policy that prohibits teachers and staff from displaying gay pride flags and other items that district officials consider political in nature.
The Kettle Moraine School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to keep a code of conduct in place that the superintendent recently interpreted as forbidding district employees from displaying political or religious messages, including pride flags, and Black Lives Matter and We Back the Badge signs. Staff also may not say in emails what their preferred pronouns are.
Superintendent Stephen Plum recently told the board that the district’s interpretation of a policy that prohibits staffers from using their positions to promote partisan politics, religious views and propaganda for personal, monetary or nonmonetary gain changed following a legal analysis.
Most of those who spoke at Tuesday’s packed board meeting opposed the policy. The public comment period was capped at an hour, despite a call from the crowd to extend it.
“If you have a policy that says ‘nothing political,’ does that mean you can’t have a sign up that says, ‘Support our Troops,’ or ‘Believe Women’ or ‘Save the Planet?’ By some people’s definitions, all of those things are political,” said Christine Donahoe, an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin.
Donahoe said she’s looking closely at the policy and a similar one approved last fall by the school district in nearby Waukesha.
“It really looks like targeted attacks at specific viewpoints, like LGBT communities, or welcome and safe spaces to students of color,” said Donahoe.
More than 13,000 people have signed an online petition opposing the Kettle Moraine policy that was launched by two local high school students, Bethany Provan and Brit Farrar.
“Having a rainbow flag in your room isn’t pushing your beliefs on someone,” Provan told WITI-TV. “It’s just saying, ‘Hey, you’re welcome here, and we support you.’” | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/wisconsin-school-board-votes-in-favor-of-pride-flag-ban/ | 2022-08-17T19:45:11Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/ap-top-headlines/wisconsin-school-board-votes-in-favor-of-pride-flag-ban/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(WJBF) – Chick-fil-A is planning to test a new bite-sized breakfast option — Chorizo Cheddar Egg Bites — at participating locations in several U.S. markets later this month.
The breakfast item, said to be baked in-house at Chick-fil-A restaurants each morning, will contain egg, chorizo and a blend of cheddar and Monterey Jack cheeses. Each order includes four “Egg Bites.”
The dish is said to be Chick-fil-A’s first new “breakfast entrée” since the chicken chain introduced its Hash Brown Scramble Bowl in 2017.
Chick-fil-A said the new Chorizo Cheddar Egg Bites were created in response to consumer demand, claiming guests were “asking for more bite-sized, shareable breakfast options.”
“As summer ends and the back-to-school morning routine begins, we wanted to offer our customers a new protein-packed entrée that keeps them satisfied when they’re on-the-go without sacrificing taste,” Leslie Neslage, the director of menu and packaging at Chick-fil-A, said in a statement included with a press release issued Monday.
Customers can try Chick-fil-A’s new Egg Bites starting Aug. 22 at select locations in Augusta, Georgia; Aiken, South Carolina; Columbus, Ohio; Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia; Miami; and New Orleans.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America says the revenue it gets from overdrafts has dropped 90% from a year ago, after the bank reduced overdraft fees to $10 from $35 and eliminated fees for bounced checks.
The nation’s largest banks are moving away from the practice of charging exorbitant fees on what are mostly small-dollar purchases after years of public pressure. Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan told The Associated Press that he expects whatever residual income the bank earns from overdraft fees will come from small businesses using overdraft fees as a convenience.
BofA’s new overdraft fee policy was implemented starting in June. Moynihan said in the policy’s first two months, overdraft fee revenue declined 90% and the bank was seeing fewer instances of the fees being collected. He did not share specifics on the number of instances.
“The remaining (people that get charged overdraft fees) are business owners who are moving money around,” Moynihan said. “It’s not individuals anymore, frankly.”
Starting the middle of 2021, regional banks such as PNC and Capital One, as well as the online bank Ally, announced plans to eliminate overdraft fees or find ways to curtail them dramatically. Most of the banks said the fees largely impacted the poor and racial minorities, or that the pandemic had shown the banks they could earn big profits without charging fees on their customers, in explaining their decision.
While notable, consumer advocates considered these announcements symbolic wins, not substantial reform for the industry.
However, Bank of America’s decision in January to eliminate non-sufficient fund fees — sometimes referred to as a bounced check fee — as well as cut overdraft fees to $10 is credited with shaking up the industry. BofA for years was cited as one of the top collectors of overdraft fees and still brought in slightly more than $1 billion from such fees last year. Other banking giants such as Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase and Truist all changed their overdraft fee practices shortly after BofA’s announcement.
BofA took in $1.63 billion in overdraft fee revenue in 2015, the first year banks were required to publicly report overdraft fee revenues to regulators. Its overdraft fee revenues have been declining as the bank took incremental steps to reduce its reliance on fees. Roughly half of all accounts now opened at BofA do not allow the customer to overdraft.
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(KTLA) – Emergency dispatchers are used to receiving all kinds of calls. Sometimes callers are frantic, sometimes they are distraught and other times they’re silent.
For dispatchers in San Luis Obispo County, California, one of those mysteriously, quiet phone calls turned out to be quite innocent, albeit, extremely unexpected.
The story is a bit wild … you might even say it’s bananas.
Sometime Saturday night, dispatchers received a 911 call from a cellphone in the Paso Robles area, about 150 miles south of San Jose. The call disconnected and dispatchers tried to get in contact with the caller again. They sent text messages and called back, but no one answered.
Ultimately, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the area where the call came from, just to make sure there was no funny business.
When they arrived at the address on file, which turned out to be Zoo to You, a wildlife sanctuary and conservation organization with a campus in Paso, they found that no one on staff had made any calls.
Puzzled, deputies and staff at the zoo began to develop a theory and eventually identified a suspect: a Capuchin monkey named Route.
Zoo staff believe Route picked up a company cellphone, which is normally kept on a golf cart used to travel around the 40-acre site. Capuchin monkeys, being naturally inquisitive and having fully dexterous hands, will often grab anything they can and just start pushing buttons. At least, that’s what the staff told the deputies.
It’s not entirely clear if Route used the keypad to dial 911 an emergency call function that can be easily accessed by most locked smartphones — iPhone users can set their phones to dial 911 by clicking the side button five times in rapid succession.
Regardless of how the call was made, sheriff’s deputies were happy to have an open-and-shut case.
Zoo to You is the name of the Conservation Ambassadors South Campus in Paso Robles. The nonprofit organization provides a “permanent, loving home for displaced, abused, abandoned or permanently injured wild and exotic animals.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — Target reported solid sales for the fiscal second quarter but its profit plunged nearly 90% after it was forced to slash prices to clear unwanted inventories of clothing, home goods and electronics.
In early June, Target warned that it was canceling orders from suppliers and aggressively cutting prices because of a pronounced spending shift by Americans as the pandemic eased.
Shares fell nearly 4%, or $7.15 to $173.04, on Wednesday.
Retailers were blindsided by the lightening-fast switch from spending on goods for the home, like TVs and small kitchen appliances, to dinners out, movies and travel. Adding to that shift is surging inflation. In the first quarter, Target’s profits tumbled 52% compared to the year-ago period.
Target reported second-quarter net income of $183 million, or 39 cents per share, for the three month period ended July 30. That’s far short of the per-share profit if 79 cents that Wall Street had expected, according to a survey by FactSet.
It was also down from the $1.82 billion the company earned last year in the same period.
Revenue rose 3.5% to $26.04 billion. Analysts were expecting $26.03 billion, according to FactSet.
Store comparable sales increased 1.3% on top of 8.7% growth last year. Online sales rose 9% following growth of 9.9% last year.
“While these inventory actions put significant pressure on our near-term profitability, we’re confident this was the right long-term decision in support of our guests, our team and our business,” CEO Brian Cornell said.
Target executives told reporters during a media call that if Target weren’t aggressive about marking down the inventory, it would have taken at least several quarters to get rid of the unwanted merchandise.
The company is planning cautiously for the remainder of the year, Cornell said, including the critical holiday season. That will put a greater focus on stocking groceries and things like cosmetics.
Target said it’s carefully “listening to the wants, needs, hopes and concerns,” of customers, said Christina Hennington, Target’s chief growth officer and executive vice president.
“They still have spending power, but they’re increasingly feeling the impact of inflation, and while the recent reduction in prices at the gas pump have been encouraging, guest confidence in their personal finances continues to wane,” Hennington said on a company conference call Wednesday.
As a result of inflation, customers are looking more at Target’s private label brands, which are less expensive, waiting for discounts and consolidating trips to save on gas, the company said.
Target is sticking to its prior guidance for full year revenue growth in the low-to mid-single digit percentage range. It also expects operating margin rate in a range around 6% in the back half of the year, a big jump from 1.2% for latest quarter.
Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, reported Tuesday that its sales and profits for the second quarter rose. It said that higher-income shoppers were flocking to the discounter to save money on groceries, while low-income shoppers were feeling squeezed by higher inflation and were switching from deli meats to hot dogs and canned tuna.
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(The Hill) – Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday said he would consider an invitation to appear before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riots at the Capitol, but cautioned that he would have to weight it against the “unprecedented” nature of a vice president testifying on Capitol Hill.
“If there was an invitation to participate, I would consider it,” Pence said at an event at Saint Anselm College in New Hampshire. “But you’ve heard me mention the constitution a few times this morning. Under the constitution, we have three co-equal branches of government. Any invitation to be directed to me, I would have to reflect on the unique role I was serving in as vice president.”
Pence said it would be “unprecedented in history for a vice president to be summoned to testify on Capitol Hill, but as I said I don’t want to pre-judge.”
“My first obligation is to continue to hold my oath, continue to uphold the framework of government enshrined in the constitution,” Pence said.
The former vice president has been a central figure in the House committee’s work to tell the story of the weeks leading up to the Jan. 6 attack, as well as the day of the riots. The panel spent an entire public hearing detailing how former President Trump and his allies pressured Pence to reject the slate of electors from certain states to delay certification of Joe Biden’s electoral victory in 2020.
The panel also shared new details about how close rioters came to Pence’s location after he was evacuated from the Senate chamber, underscoring the danger the former vice president was in that day.
Pence on Wednesday said the American public has a right to know what happened on Jan. 6, and he teased that he would share more of his perspective in a forthcoming memoir due out in November.
But he criticized the make up of the committee, expressing disappointment that Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) rejected multiple proposed Republican appointees because they had voted against certifying the election results on Jan. 6.
Instead, the committee is made up of all Democrats and two Republicans: Reps. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.), both of whom are among the most outspoken critics of Trump on Capitol Hill.
Pence’s appearance at Wednesday’s “Politics and Eggs” event comes as speculation swirls around a potential 2024 presidential bid. Pence has made multiple appearances in recent months in early primary states like New Hampshire, South Carolina and Iowa. | https://www.wspa.com/news/pence-says-he-would-consider-invitation-to-testify-before-jan-6-panel/ | 2022-08-17T19:46:17Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/pence-says-he-would-consider-invitation-to-testify-before-jan-6-panel/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan is staging military exercises to show its ability to resist Chinese pressure to accept Beijing’s political control over the self-governing island, following new rounds of threatening drills from China.
The exercises Wednesday off the southeastern county of Hualien follow days of Chinese missile firings and incursions into Taiwan’s sea and airspace by ships and planes from the People’s Liberation Army, the military wing of China’s ruling Communist Party.
“We strongly condemn Communist China’s continuous military provocations around Taiwan’s sea and air that undermine regional peace,” Taiwan Defense Ministry spokesperson Sun Li-fang told reporters at Hualien Air Force Base.
“Communist China’s military operations just provide us with the opportunity for combat-readiness training,” Sun said.
Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Joanne Ou said China was using recent visits by U.S. Congress members including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as a pretext for escalating its attempts to intimidate Taiwan into accepting what it calls its terms for “peaceful reunification.”
“China launched military provocations on these grounds. This is absurd and a barbaric act, which also undermines regional stability and interferes with shipping and commercial activities in the Indo-Pacific region,” Ou said.
China sees the island as a breakaway province to be annexed by force if necessary, and considers visits to Taiwan by foreign officials as recognizing its sovereignty.
Alongside its military threats, China imposed visa bans and other sanctions Tuesday on Taiwanese political figures. China exercises no effective legal authority over Taiwan and it’s unclear what effect the sanctions would have.
China has refused all contact with Taiwan’s government since shortly after the 2016 election of President Tsai Ing-wen of the pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party. Tsai was overwhelmingly reelected in 2020.
The DPP also controls the legislature, while the vast majority of Taiwanese favor maintaining the status quo of de facto independence along with strong economic and social connections between the sides.
China accuses Washington of encouraging the island’s independence through the sale of weapons and engagement between U.S. politicians and the island’s government. The U.S. says it does not support independence and has no formal diplomatic ties with the island, but it is legally bound to ensure Taiwan can defend itself against threats from China, including a blockade.
Aside from putting its military on alert, Taiwan has largely played down the threat from the Chinese exercises and life has continued as normal among a population of 23 million that has lived under the shadow of bellicose rhetoric and saber rattling from China for more than seven decades. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/international/taiwan-china-hold-opposing-military-drills-amid-tensions/ | 2022-08-17T19:47:46Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/international/taiwan-china-hold-opposing-military-drills-amid-tensions/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
‘I’m not sure if it’s a body or a mannequin’: 911 call adds mystery to body found burned in desert
PHOENIX (KTVK/KPHO/Gray News) – A 911 call from Phoenix revealed that a man’s charred body was almost mistaken for a mannequin.
The homicide case of Benjamin Anderson has been riddled with mystery ever since he disappeared on New Year’s Eve. His body was found burned in the desert off Interstate 17, and his car was also found torched in a parking lot.
In a matter of hours, Anderson went from talking to his friends and family, making plans for New Year’s Eve that night, to his burned body being found in the desert.
Now, in a recently released audio, the 911 caller who found Anderson’s body just after 1:30 p.m. on New Year’s Eve almost mistook him for a mannequin.
“Um, I’m now in the desert on the 17 off Mesa Table,” the caller said. “I’m not sure if it’s a body or a mannequin, but it looks like a body to me.”
“It’s on fire right now?” the dispatcher asked.
“Yes. It’s on fire and it’s getting wider,” the caller said.
“Did you see any vehicles or anything around it?” the dispatcher asked.
“No. I looked around. There was nothing,” the caller said.
Daniel Stahoviak, Anderson’s best friend of 25 years, said he is thankful someone found his friend so quickly, although they are still searching for answers.
While looking for Anderson on New Year’s Eve, Stahoviak and other friends were able to track down Anderson’s vehicle in a hotel parking garage, where they said they saw three people inside the car. They chased them for some time before giving up.
Hours later, the group of friends found Anderson’s car burned in a school parking lot. Unknown to his friends at the time, Anderson’s body had already been found as well.
Stahoviak said he spoke to Anderson at 8 a.m. that morning, and Anderson spoke to family around 9:30 a.m. His body was found burning miles away from his home just four hours later.
“We’re talking a matter of just a couple of hours that he was found burning in the desert almost to the county line. So, it’s so hard to fathom what happened that quick to Ben and who got to him that quick,” Stahoviak said.
There are still a lot of unknowns. Officials don’t know who the people were inside Anderson’s car, they don’t know how Anderson got to the desert, and they don’t know a motive for his killing.
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate.
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TEA, S.D. (KCAU) — The Lewis & Clark Regional Water System has awarded several high-dollar construction contracts for several locations in the Siouxland area.
According to a release from the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System, the board of directors has awarded $16.4 million to Eatherly Constructors for 17 miles of PVC pipe between Hull and Sheldon, $5,212,892 to West Branch Construction for a pump station near Hull and a meter building at Sheldon, and $4,471,900 to DN Tanks of Dallas for a one-million-gallon ground storage reservoir east of Madison.
The release stated that Lewis & Clark received $75.5 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) for the 2022 fiscal year, which will be used for the projects. It was also specified that Lewis & Clark are eligible for additional BIL funding for the 2023 and 2024 fiscal years. Additional contracts have yet to be awarded by Lewis & Clark.
The Hull pump station will have two pumps which are part of a base system that holds around 44 million gallons a day. The contract for the pump station also includes additional funding for a third pump, which would increase the gallons per day to 60 million.
“It is much less expensive to add the third pump now instead of a separate contract later,” said Executive Director Troy Larson, “Other expansion-related contracts will be awarded later this year. The drought the last few years has made it abundantly clear we need to get started now on the expansion. Our current goal, which is subject to change, is to have the expansion completely by the end of 2030.”
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for a Las Vegas man accused of killing his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son and hiding the body in a freezer — where police found it when the boy’s sister gave notes to her teacher saying her mother was being held captive at the man’s home.
Brandon Lee Toseland, 36, has been jailed since his arrest in February and is due for trial in December after pleading not guilty to murder, kidnapping, child abuse and domestic battery by strangulation charges.
Prosecutor Michelle Fleck declined comment Tuesday about a notice of intent to seek the death penalty filed Aug. 11 in Clark County District Court.
Toseland’s defense attorney, Craig Mueller, did not immediately respond to messages seeking comment.
A lawyer who represented the boy’s mother has alleged she was physically, sexually and emotionally abused by Toseland. The woman is not facing criminal charges in the boy’s death.
The mother filed a wrongful death and negligence lawsuit against Toseland in March. He responded with a counterclaim alleging the mother was aware the boy died in December and said she would help Toseland “preserve” the body.
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Which dog grooming table is best?
If you prefer to groom your dog at home but struggle to get your pup to keep still while you trim hair and nails, a grooming table might be what you need. Some dogs stop squirming the moment you put them on a table, and the raised height helps you to better look them over without having to crouch down on the floor. Check out the Polar Aurora Pingkay Foldable Grooming Table for a reliable table that’s easy to assemble and simple to use.
What to know before you buy a dog grooming table
Frame
Most dog grooming tables are constructed with a steel or aluminum alloy frame that’s strong, durable and won’t rust. They feature non-slip rubber feet and the tabletop is made from textured rubber, silicone or a similar material. The surface should be waterproof, non-slip and non-static.
A rectangular surface is most common, but some grooming tables use a bone-shaped design or a rounded tabletop. Rectangular or bone-shaped tabletops are usually 30 to 50 inches from end to end.
Height
While there are tables that sit low to the ground, most grooming tables are about 30 to 40 inches tall. Some are adjustable so you can tailor the size to your dog’s comfort level and your own height or range of mobility.
Types of tables
There are manual, hydraulic and electric grooming tables.
- Manual is the standard grooming table that stands at a fixed height or is adjusted by hand. Many are foldable, making them portable. They are also the most affordable tables.
- Hydraulic tables use a foot pump to raise and lower the table. These are something of a compromise between manual and electric systems.
- Electric tables can easily be altered with the press of a button or pedal for smooth transitional movement. They are typically the most expensive.
What to look for in a quality dog grooming table
Foldable
Foldable grooming tables come in different sizes. They tend to be lightweight and can be taken apart easily. This is great for small spaces or areas where you’d prefer to hide the table when company comes over. The weight capacity might not be as high as it is for non-foldable tables, so keep this in mind if you’re shopping for a larger dog.
Adjustable arm
An adjustable arm hangs above the table and features a cord or harness so you can secure your dog’s body to the table without worrying about your pup jumping off while you groom. It’s for safety and convenience.
While the arm can be purchased separately, grooming tables that come with one give you more for your money. This way, you don’t have to worry about the table and arm being compatible, as they are designed to fit together.
Storage tray
The best grooming tables feature a metal mesh tray or basket below the table for storing things such as a brush, clippers, scissors, towel or treats. This helps you grab things easily without having to turn away from your dog at any point while the pup is on the table.
How much you can expect to spend on a dog grooming table
Most dog grooming tables cost $50-$400 depending on the features, but electric tables can cost up to $800.
Dog grooming table FAQ
What is a dog grooming table’s weight capacity?
A. Each table is different, varying between 50 and 400 pounds. If you are looking at a table that comes in different sizes, keep in mind that the weight capacity for each will not be the same.
Is the loop on the arm the same as a harness?
A. A grooming loop will help keep your dog in place but is more basic than a harness, which fits around the dog’s legs and chest. The loop works for calmer dogs, but excitable dogs do better with a harness for a more secure fit.
What’s the best dog grooming table to buy?
Top dog grooming table
Polar Aurora Pingkay Foldable Grooming Table
What you need to know: Available in two sizes — the bigger one holds 330 pounds — this rectangular folding table has a steel frame and comes with an adjustable arm.
What you’ll love: It’s durable and rust-resistant, the legs fold up for portability or storage, and there’s a mesh storage shelf built in. The rubber tabletop is waterproof, anti-static and ribbed to prevent slips.
What you should consider: Some reviewers wished the table stood higher to accommodate taller people.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top dog grooming table for the money
Go Pet Club Pet Dog Grooming Table with Arm
What you need to know: This 30-inch rectangular folding table is made from aluminum, comes with an adjustable arm and holds 50 pounds.
What you’ll love: It’s well-made, rust-resistant and water-resistant. The textured surface is non-slip and static-free. It’s easy to assemble and just as easy to fold up and put away.
What you should consider: The low weight capacity means it’s only for small to medium dogs.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Chewy
Worth checking out
Soar Flash Electric Lift Pet Dog Grooming Table
What you need to know: Available in three colors and four sizes — the largest holds 300 pounds — this electric grooming table is rectangular and made from steel, with an adjustable overhead arm.
What you’ll love: It has a removable silicone tabletop that is slip-resistant, static-free and easy to clean. The rubber control pedals are easy to use and provide smooth, quiet movement as the table shifts from 8 inches to 36 inches in height.
What you should consider: The locking mechanism for the legs is difficult to use.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Recruits with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, complete land navigation during Basic Warrior Training (BWT) aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., June 2, 2022.
BWT serves as a test of the field and combat skills that recruits have learned throughout their time in recruit training.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Harper)
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Recruits with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, complete land navigation during Basic Warrior Training (BWT) aboard Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, S.C., June 2, 2022.
BWT serves as a test of the field and combat skills that recruits have learned throughout their time in recruit training.
(U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Colin Harper)
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moon rocket arrived at the launch pad Wednesday ahead of its debut flight in less than two weeks.
The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket emerged from its mammoth hangar late Tuesday night, drawing crowds of Kennedy Space Center workers, many of whom were not yet born when NASA sent astronauts to the moon a half-century ago. It took nearly 10 hours for the rocket to make the four-mile trip to the pad, pulling up at sunrise.
NASA is aiming for an Aug. 29 liftoff for the lunar test flight. No one will be inside the crew capsule atop the rocket, just three mannequins swarming with sensors to measure radiation and vibration.
The capsule will fly around the moon in a distant orbit for a couple weeks, before heading back for a splashdown in the Pacific. The entire flight should last six weeks.
The flight is the first moonshot in NASA’s Artemis program. The space agency is aiming for a lunar-orbiting flight with astronauts in two years and a lunar landing by a human crew as early as 2025. That’s much later than NASA anticipated when it established the program more than a decade ago, as the space shuttle fleet retired. The years of delays have added billions of dollars to the cost.
“Now for the first time since 1972, we’re going to be launching a rocket that’s designed for deep space,” NASA’s rocket program manager, John Honeycutt, said recently.
NASA’s new SLS moon rocket, short for Space Launch System, is 41 feet (12 meters) shorter than the Saturn V rockets used during Apollo a half-century ago. But it’s more powerful, using a core stage and twin strap-on boosters, similar to the ones used for the space shuttles.
“When you look at the rocket, it almost looks retro. It looks like we’re looking back toward the Saturn V,” NASA Administrator Bill Nelson told reporters earlier this month. “But it’s a totally different, new, highly sophisticated, more sophisticated rocket and spacecraft.”
Twenty-four astronauts flew to the moon during Apollo, with 12 of them landing on it from 1969 through 1972. The space agency wants a more diverse team and more sustained effort under Artemis, named after Apollo’s mythological twin sister.
“I want to underscore that this is a test flight,” Nelson said. “It’s just the beginning.”
This was the rocket’s third trip to the pad. A countdown test in April was marred by fuel leaks and other equipment trouble, forcing NASA to return the rocket to the hangar for repairs. The dress rehearsal was repeated at the pad in June, with improved results.
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The USTA announced its eight US Open main-draw wild-card recipients, and seven-time major champion Venus Williams and 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin lead the list.
Earlier this summer, Williams, 41, made her competitive return to singles competition at the Citi Open in Washington, D.C. The two-time US Open champion will return to New York for the first time since 2020.
Kenin, 23, is the last American to win a major title, having done so at the Australian Open in 2020. Currently ranked No.412, Kenin recently returned to competition after an extended injury.
In addition to Williams and Kenin, four additional Americans have received wild cards into the main draw:
- 2017 US Open semifinalist Coco Vandeweghe, 30, who won her first singles title in six years last week at the WTA 125 event in Concord, Massachusetts.
- Elizabeth Mandlik, 21, who won the USTA's US Open Wildcard Challenge after a summer that saw her make her WTA main-draw debut at San Jose and win her tour debut.
Get to know Elizabeth Mandlik, daughter of Hana Mandlikova
- Peyton Stearns, 20, the NCAA singles champion and sophomore at the University of Texas
- Eleana Yu, 17, who won the USTA Billie Jean King Girls’ 18s National Championships.
The USTA's reciprocal wild cards will go to France's Harmony Tan and Australia's Jaimee Fourlis.
The USTA also announced its US Open qualifying wild cards:
- Kayla Day, 22, the former World No.1 junior and 2016 US Open girls’ singles champion
- Valerie Glozman, 15, the USTA Billie Jean King Girls’ 18s national singles runner-up
- Catherine Harrison, 28, former UCLA Bruin who qualified for the main draw at Wimbledon earlier this summer
- Liv Hovde, 16, the reigning Wimbledon girls’ singles champion and No.4 junior
- Elvina Kalieva, 19, a 2021 US Open girls’ doubles finalist
- Ashlyn Krueger, 18, the 2021 USTA Girls’ 18s national champion
- Christina McHale, 30, the former No.24 and 2012 London Olympian
- Whitney Osuigwe, 20, former No.1 junior and 2017 French Open girls’ singles champion
- Katrina Scott, 18, who has won three USTA Pro Circuit singles titles this year.
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A day after pulling out of her opening-round encounter against Marie Bouzkova at the Western & Southern Open, Coco Gauff on Wednesday reassured us she’s going to be OK.
“The world is not ending,” she wrote in jest. “I have been told it is most likely a really minor sprain so everything should be healed very soon.”
a lil update ❤️ pic.twitter.com/4bJcJ66DGE
— Coco Gauff (@CocoGauff) August 17, 2022
Gauff was leading 5-3, 30-15 when she turned her ankle. She continued to play after receiving treatment, but did not win another game and ultimately had to withdraw trailing 7-5, 1-0.
It’s been a memorable stretch for Gauff, who Monday ascended to the top-ranked player in doubles after winning the National Bank Open with partner Jessica Pegula. At 18, Gauff is the second-youngest player to reach this milestone.
In June, Gauff reached the singles final in Roland Garros, and since then, she made the quarterfinals or better at three of four events, including last week in Toronto.
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First, Serena Williams. Next, Victoria Azarenka. Reigning US Open champion Emma Raducanu is rounding into form at the Western & Southern Open.
Less than 24 hours after scoring a first-round win against 23-time Grand Slam champion Williams, Raducanu was back on court to face another former World No.1 in Victoria Azarenka, and was similarly dominant: She dropped just two games in a 6-0, 6-2 win that lasted just 62 minutes to reach Round 3.
Raducanu ousts Serena in opening round in Cincinnati
Stat of the day: Azarenka has never been double bageled in her professional career, and she avoided the threat after losing the first 10 games. Azarenka hadn't lost a single bagel set in 2022, in fact, having last been bageled by Ashleigh Barty in a 6-0, 6-2 defeat last year in Cincinnati.
The win over World No.22 Azarenka is Raducanu's first over a Top 30 player since she won the US Open last summer.
Story of the match: After winning the last seven games against Williams on Tuesday night, Raducanu's blistering form continued early against another major-winner in Azarenka. In less than 30 minutes, she served up her second straight bagel set of the tournament; two of her three service games, though, stretched past deuce. At 1-0, she saved the only break point she faced in the first set.
Azarenka had a game point on serve in the first game of the second set before Raducanu won 11 straight points. The Brit surrendered just two points in her first three service games of the second set, but later dug out from 15-40 to win the match.
Highlights: Jabeur saves match points to beat McNally
Raducanu hit 18 winners to Azarenka's 10, went 5-for-6 on break points, and hit five aces.
Pegula up next: Raducanu will next face U.S. No. 1 Jessica Pegula, the No.7 seed and World No.8, who had a much different path through to Round 3. After dropping the first set against Ukraine's Marta Kostyuk in a tiebreak, Pegula cruised to make a comeback, 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-2. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2747882/raducanu-blitzes-azarenka-in-cincinnati-second-round | 2022-08-17T19:53:24Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2747882/raducanu-blitzes-azarenka-in-cincinnati-second-round | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Cloudy skies have returned to Middle Georgia
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Cloudy skies have returned to Middle Georgia overnight and will stick around the rest of the week.
Today
Cloudy skies moved into Middle Georgia during the overnight hours and will dominate the region today. We may see a few pockets of sunshine later this afternoon, however overall things will be cooler due to the arrival of thicker clouds. Highs today will be in the low to mid 80s around Middle Georgia with heat indices in the upper 80s. Ambient winds will generally come in from the north at about 5 mph.
Storm chances today will rise as we go along, however during the daylight hours we should only see a few isolated showers. A couple of them could become thunderstorms as we push later towards the evening. There is a high probability for storms that form in the evening to persist into tonight. It is also suggested you do not leave your rain gear in the car if you use it today.
Overnight tonight is when our rain chances will jump up, especially after midnight. Overcast skies will hang over the region until then with a few storms carrying over from the evening hours. The heavier, more organized rain will begin to take over as we push into the early morning hours of our Thursday, becoming more widespread as we approach sunrise. Lows tonight will be in the upper 60s and lower 70s, and conditions out the door tomorrow are likely to be soppy (and potentially foggy) across most of Middle Georgia.
Tomorrow
It will be a wet start to our Thursday as widespread rain begins during the early morning hours. The heavy, consistent rain will hang around for the first half of the day, making its way out of our eastern counties as we roll through the afternoon. A few isolated thunderstorms may fire up during the afternoon and evening hours as well, following up the early mess. All of the clouds and rain will keep temperatures cool – the coolest they have been in months. Forecast highs tomorrow afternoon are in the upper 70s and lower 80s.
Tomorrow night will see more organized rainfall move in, starting with thunderstorms persisting from the evening. The heaviest rain is likely around the midnight hour with storms beginning to taper off as the morning approaches. Cloudy conditions will stick around, and there is likely to be widespread fog thanks to all of the new moisture. Lows will be in the upper 60s and lower 70s.
Friday and the Weekend
Friday will also be a cloudy day, however it should not be as wet as Thursday. Aside from the heavy rain during the extreme early morning hours, we should only see a few showers until the late afternoon and evening arrive. Highs will be a bit warmer as a result of the rain backing off, climbing into the low to mid 80s around Middle Georgia. Storms will reach their peak intensity during the late evening hours, tapering off once the sun sets.
Saturday should see some sunshine make a return to the region, and rain chances will reach their lowest since Wednesday. Some isolated storms are still likely during the afternoon, however. Highs will reach into the upper 80s and lower 90s as a result of the sunshine making a return, and lows will drop into the lower 70s.
Sunday should also see some sun, however it will likely be a bit less than Saturday. Rain chances will remain low until the evening when widespread scattered storms are likely to fire up. Highs will be in the upper 80s with lows in the lower 70s.
The tropics are still overall quiet with just the one cluster of storms near the Yucatán being watched. Formation chance within the next 5 days remains at 20%.
Follow Meteorologist Aaron Lowery on Facebook (Aaron Lowery 41NBC) and Twitter (@ALowWX) for weather updates throughout the day. Also, you can watch his forecasts Monday through Friday on 41NBC News at Daybreak (6-7 a.m.) and 41Today (11 a.m). | https://www.41nbc.com/cloudy-skies-have-returned-to-middle-georgia/ | 2022-08-17T19:54:34Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/cloudy-skies-have-returned-to-middle-georgia/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Cloudy skies have returned to Middle Georgia
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Cloudy skies have returned to Middle Georgia overnight and will stick around the rest of the week.
Today
Cloudy skies moved into Middle Georgia during the overnight hours and will dominate the region today. We may see a few pockets of sunshine later this afternoon, however overall things will be cooler due to the arrival of thicker clouds. Highs today will be in the low to mid 80s around Middle Georgia with heat indices in the upper 80s. Ambient winds will generally come in from the north at about 5 mph.
Storm chances today will rise as we go along, however during the daylight hours we should only see a few isolated showers. A couple of them could become thunderstorms as we push later towards the evening. There is a high probability for storms that form in the evening to persist into tonight. It is also suggested you do not leave your rain gear in the car if you use it today.
Overnight tonight is when our rain chances will jump up, especially after midnight. Overcast skies will hang over the region until then with a few storms carrying over from the evening hours. The heavier, more organized rain will begin to take over as we push into the early morning hours of our Thursday, becoming more widespread as we approach sunrise. Lows tonight will be in the upper 60s and lower 70s, and conditions out the door tomorrow are likely to be soppy (and potentially foggy) across most of Middle Georgia.
Tomorrow
It will be a wet start to our Thursday as widespread rain begins during the early morning hours. The heavy, consistent rain will hang around for the first half of the day, making its way out of our eastern counties as we roll through the afternoon. A few isolated thunderstorms may fire up during the afternoon and evening hours as well, following up the early mess. All of the clouds and rain will keep temperatures cool – the coolest they have been in months. Forecast highs tomorrow afternoon are in the upper 70s and lower 80s.
Tomorrow night will see more organized rainfall move in, starting with thunderstorms persisting from the evening. The heaviest rain is likely around the midnight hour with storms beginning to taper off as the morning approaches. Cloudy conditions will stick around, and there is likely to be widespread fog thanks to all of the new moisture. Lows will be in the upper 60s and lower 70s.
Friday and the Weekend
Friday will also be a cloudy day, however it should not be as wet as Thursday. Aside from the heavy rain during the extreme early morning hours, we should only see a few showers until the late afternoon and evening arrive. Highs will be a bit warmer as a result of the rain backing off, climbing into the low to mid 80s around Middle Georgia. Storms will reach their peak intensity during the late evening hours, tapering off once the sun sets.
Saturday should see some sunshine make a return to the region, and rain chances will reach their lowest since Wednesday. Some isolated storms are still likely during the afternoon, however. Highs will reach into the upper 80s and lower 90s as a result of the sunshine making a return, and lows will drop into the lower 70s.
Sunday should also see some sun, however it will likely be a bit less than Saturday. Rain chances will remain low until the evening when widespread scattered storms are likely to fire up. Highs will be in the upper 80s with lows in the lower 70s.
The tropics are still overall quiet with just the one cluster of storms near the Yucatán being watched. Formation chance within the next 5 days remains at 20%.
Follow Meteorologist Aaron Lowery on Facebook (Aaron Lowery 41NBC) and Twitter (@ALowWX) for weather updates throughout the day. Also, you can watch his forecasts Monday through Friday on 41NBC News at Daybreak (6-7 a.m.) and 41Today (11 a.m). | https://www.41nbc.com/cloudy-skies-have-returned-to-middle-georgia/ | 2022-08-17T19:54:34Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/cloudy-skies-have-returned-to-middle-georgia/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Couple arrested and charged for fatal Waverly Pointe Townhouse shooting
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Two people have been charged in connection to a deadly shooting that took place at the Waverly Pointe Townhouses in late July.
According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, it was during the search of a townhouse after the shooting happened that investigators were able to find 2 of the suspects in connection to the deaths of Roctavia Edwards and Jayden Ellington and the assault of Devin Washington and Christian Edwards
BCSO says the night of the shooting, officers were checking the townhouses to make sure there weren’t any other victims from the incident– they found a bullet hold in the front door of a residence, and entered the townhouse to check for victims. It was here that they found marijuana in plain view, which led to the investigators requesting a search warrant to search the residence. During this search, officers found several handguns, rifles, an abundance of ammunition, and marijuana.
While in the townhouse, 37-year-old Shaqwonda Russell approached officers, saying she lived in the residence they were searching. Russel was interviewed at the investigations division and then charged with (1 count) Purchase, Possession, Manufacture, Distribution, or Sale of Marijuana and (9 counts) of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of or Attempt to Commit Certain Felonies. She’s being held at the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center without bond.
The second occupant of the townhouse, was identified as 38-year-old Kenneth Williams Jr., Russell’s boyfriend, was found on the 28th after he had left the apartment complex . Williams was interviewed, and charged with Purchase, Possession, Manufacture, Distribution or Sale of Marijuana, (9 counts) of Possession of a Firearm by Convicted Felon or Felony First Offender, and (9 counts) of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission or Attempt to Commit Certain Felonies. Williams was taken to the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center and is being held without bond.
During the investigation, officers found that Williams was involved with the death of Roctavia Edwards and Jayden Ellington, as well as the aggravated assault of the other two victims. Investigators charged Kenneth Williams Jr. with ( 2 counts) of Murder and (2 counts) of Aggravated Assault. They also issued a warrant for the charge of Murder, (Party to a Crime), to Shaqwonda Lakisha Russell.
Anyone with information concerning this incident is urged to call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME. | https://www.41nbc.com/couple-arrested-and-charged-for-fatal-waverly-pointe-townhouse-shooting/ | 2022-08-17T19:54:40Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/couple-arrested-and-charged-for-fatal-waverly-pointe-townhouse-shooting/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Couple arrested and charged for fatal Waverly Pointe Townhouse shooting
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Two people have been charged in connection to a deadly shooting that took place at the Waverly Pointe Townhouses in late July.
According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, it was during the search of a townhouse after the shooting happened that investigators were able to find 2 of the suspects in connection to the deaths of Roctavia Edwards and Jayden Ellington and the assault of Devin Washington and Christian Edwards
BCSO says the night of the shooting, officers were checking the townhouses to make sure there weren’t any other victims from the incident– they found a bullet hold in the front door of a residence, and entered the townhouse to check for victims. It was here that they found marijuana in plain view, which led to the investigators requesting a search warrant to search the residence. During this search, officers found several handguns, rifles, an abundance of ammunition, and marijuana.
While in the townhouse, 37-year-old Shaqwonda Russell approached officers, saying she lived in the residence they were searching. Russel was interviewed at the investigations division and then charged with (1 count) Purchase, Possession, Manufacture, Distribution, or Sale of Marijuana and (9 counts) of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of or Attempt to Commit Certain Felonies. She’s being held at the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center without bond.
The second occupant of the townhouse, was identified as 38-year-old Kenneth Williams Jr., Russell’s boyfriend, was found on the 28th after he had left the apartment complex . Williams was interviewed, and charged with Purchase, Possession, Manufacture, Distribution or Sale of Marijuana, (9 counts) of Possession of a Firearm by Convicted Felon or Felony First Offender, and (9 counts) of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission or Attempt to Commit Certain Felonies. Williams was taken to the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center and is being held without bond.
During the investigation, officers found that Williams was involved with the death of Roctavia Edwards and Jayden Ellington, as well as the aggravated assault of the other two victims. Investigators charged Kenneth Williams Jr. with ( 2 counts) of Murder and (2 counts) of Aggravated Assault. They also issued a warrant for the charge of Murder, (Party to a Crime), to Shaqwonda Lakisha Russell.
Anyone with information concerning this incident is urged to call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME. | https://www.41nbc.com/couple-arrested-and-charged-for-fatal-waverly-pointe-townhouse-shooting/ | 2022-08-17T19:54:40Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/couple-arrested-and-charged-for-fatal-waverly-pointe-townhouse-shooting/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
End Zone Game of the Week Preview: Baldwin vs Peach County
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, August 19, at 7:30 p.m. at Braves Field.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — It’s finally high school football’s week one of the regular season, hence the beginning of The End Zone this Friday.
This week, The End Zone game of the week features the Baldwin Braves and the Peach County Trojans.
The home team, Baldwin Braves, is coming off of a 6-4 season, with a loss in the first round of the state playoffs.
Both teams played their scrimmages two weeks ago, so they had equal time to prepare for each other. So here’s what Baldwin football head coach Jesse Hicks had to say when asked how ready his team is on a scale of one thru 10.
“Regardless of how we feel, we better be at ten. Feel really good about the spring and summer we had. Had the opportunity to get a few padded camps in. Went against some great competition this summer, seven on seven, so I feel confident in what we’re doing. We had a pretty good scrimmage a couple of weeks ago, and now it’s the home opener, the first game of the season as we kick off the season. I don’t think you could have a better game or better rivalry than Peach County,” said Hicks.
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, August 19, at 7:30 p.m. at Braves Field.
Live pre-game coverage begins Friday at 5, 5:30, and 6 p.m., with highlights and scores on The End Zone at 11 p.m. on 41NBC. | https://www.41nbc.com/end-zone-game-of-the-week-preview-baldwin-vs-peach-county/ | 2022-08-17T19:54:46Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/end-zone-game-of-the-week-preview-baldwin-vs-peach-county/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
End Zone Game of the Week Preview: Baldwin vs Peach County
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, August 19, at 7:30 p.m. at Braves Field.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — It’s finally high school football’s week one of the regular season, hence the beginning of The End Zone this Friday.
This week, The End Zone game of the week features the Baldwin Braves and the Peach County Trojans.
The home team, Baldwin Braves, is coming off of a 6-4 season, with a loss in the first round of the state playoffs.
Both teams played their scrimmages two weeks ago, so they had equal time to prepare for each other. So here’s what Baldwin football head coach Jesse Hicks had to say when asked how ready his team is on a scale of one thru 10.
“Regardless of how we feel, we better be at ten. Feel really good about the spring and summer we had. Had the opportunity to get a few padded camps in. Went against some great competition this summer, seven on seven, so I feel confident in what we’re doing. We had a pretty good scrimmage a couple of weeks ago, and now it’s the home opener, the first game of the season as we kick off the season. I don’t think you could have a better game or better rivalry than Peach County,” said Hicks.
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, August 19, at 7:30 p.m. at Braves Field.
Live pre-game coverage begins Friday at 5, 5:30, and 6 p.m., with highlights and scores on The End Zone at 11 p.m. on 41NBC. | https://www.41nbc.com/end-zone-game-of-the-week-preview-baldwin-vs-peach-county/ | 2022-08-17T19:54:46Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/end-zone-game-of-the-week-preview-baldwin-vs-peach-county/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News
Top stories from August 16, 2022
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Warner Robins Police Department adding new cameras throughout city
- For other stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News, click here.
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ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News
Top stories from August 16, 2022
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Warner Robins Police Department adding new cameras throughout city
- For other stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News, click here.
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Two arrested after attempting to bring drugs into prison
The suspects allegedly used a drone to drop the shipment
LAURENS COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Two people are behind bars after attempting to sneak contraband into Telfair Prison using a drone. According to a release from the Georgia Department of Corrections, on August 14th a drone was spotted flying over the prison.
Deputies were able to locate the suspect vehicle and a chase ensued. The suspects crashed the car in Laurens County and fled on foot but were captured and arrested and taken to the Laurens County Jail.
A search of the facility grounds revealed 280 grams of meth, 283 grams of marijuana, 1000 grams of tobacco, 4 cell phones, 4 chargers, a tube of epoxy, and 4 saw blades…..a gun and ammunition were found in the vehicle. | https://www.41nbc.com/two-arrested-after-attempting-to-bring-drugs-into-prison/ | 2022-08-17T19:54:58Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/two-arrested-after-attempting-to-bring-drugs-into-prison/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Two arrested after attempting to bring drugs into prison
The suspects allegedly used a drone to drop the shipment
LAURENS COUNTY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Two people are behind bars after attempting to sneak contraband into Telfair Prison using a drone. According to a release from the Georgia Department of Corrections, on August 14th a drone was spotted flying over the prison.
Deputies were able to locate the suspect vehicle and a chase ensued. The suspects crashed the car in Laurens County and fled on foot but were captured and arrested and taken to the Laurens County Jail.
A search of the facility grounds revealed 280 grams of meth, 283 grams of marijuana, 1000 grams of tobacco, 4 cell phones, 4 chargers, a tube of epoxy, and 4 saw blades…..a gun and ammunition were found in the vehicle. | https://www.41nbc.com/two-arrested-after-attempting-to-bring-drugs-into-prison/ | 2022-08-17T19:54:58Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/two-arrested-after-attempting-to-bring-drugs-into-prison/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Warner Robins Police Department adding new cameras throughout city
"These cameras will help the investigators gather leads and hopefully solve these crimes and put the bad guys away."
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— Warner Robins was just designated as a Smart City. The first phase in the designation will focus on public safety.
According to Warner Robins Mayor Larhonda Patrick, the city has grown so fast the number of law enforcement is lacking. That’s why the Warner Robins Police Department is focusing on alternatives to help decrease crime.
In February, the department installed 10 still cameras. Now, they’re hoping to add more safety measures by installing 10 movable cameras.
“These cameras will help the investigators gather leads and hopefully solve these crimes and put the bad guys away,” said Lieutenant Eric Gossman.
According to Lieutenant Gossman, the 10 still cameras have already helped solve violent crimes. The new cameras will also come with an added bonus. Georgia Tech is creating an app that will pair with the cameras and collect data on crime.
“The app will help predict where the crimes will be,” said Lt. Gossman.
Mayor Patrick says the new cameras will help address crime.
“The smart cameras are force multipliers for our police department, so it benefits all around, it allows us to have that reach where we just don’t have that man power to reach,” said Mayor Patrick.
The still cameras allow law enforcement to see the make, model and license plate of a vehicle. The new cameras will allow for more eyes in high crime areas according to Mayor Patrick.
“This is just furthering that mission of being proactive when it comes to crime prevention.”
The new cameras are expected to be up and running in the next four to five weeks. | https://www.41nbc.com/warner-robins-police-department-adding-new-cameras-throughout-city/ | 2022-08-17T19:55:04Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/warner-robins-police-department-adding-new-cameras-throughout-city/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Warner Robins Police Department adding new cameras throughout city
"These cameras will help the investigators gather leads and hopefully solve these crimes and put the bad guys away."
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)— Warner Robins was just designated as a Smart City. The first phase in the designation will focus on public safety.
According to Warner Robins Mayor Larhonda Patrick, the city has grown so fast the number of law enforcement is lacking. That’s why the Warner Robins Police Department is focusing on alternatives to help decrease crime.
In February, the department installed 10 still cameras. Now, they’re hoping to add more safety measures by installing 10 movable cameras.
“These cameras will help the investigators gather leads and hopefully solve these crimes and put the bad guys away,” said Lieutenant Eric Gossman.
According to Lieutenant Gossman, the 10 still cameras have already helped solve violent crimes. The new cameras will also come with an added bonus. Georgia Tech is creating an app that will pair with the cameras and collect data on crime.
“The app will help predict where the crimes will be,” said Lt. Gossman.
Mayor Patrick says the new cameras will help address crime.
“The smart cameras are force multipliers for our police department, so it benefits all around, it allows us to have that reach where we just don’t have that man power to reach,” said Mayor Patrick.
The still cameras allow law enforcement to see the make, model and license plate of a vehicle. The new cameras will allow for more eyes in high crime areas according to Mayor Patrick.
“This is just furthering that mission of being proactive when it comes to crime prevention.”
The new cameras are expected to be up and running in the next four to five weeks. | https://www.41nbc.com/warner-robins-police-department-adding-new-cameras-throughout-city/ | 2022-08-17T19:55:04Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/warner-robins-police-department-adding-new-cameras-throughout-city/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
With a train station a short walk away, this Kent property is ideal for London commuters and first-time buyers. With two bedrooms and a garden big enough to entertain in, it's no surprise it's been gathering a lot of attention on Zoopla.
As the most viewed Kent listing on the property comparison site, the modest exterior gives way to a cosy living room, newly-fitted kitchen, and two spacious bedrooms. What's more, much of the house has just been renovated to make it even more attractive to buyers.
The Erith Road property in Barnehust, Bexleyheath is listed at a guide price of £325,000, making it an attractive investment for someone wanting to get onto the property ladder. Here's a closer look inside the popular property.
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"You have a beautiful well kept front garden, enter into the living room, leading into the modern kitchen and new garden with decking for entertaining," writes EweMove Sales & Lettings on Zoopla. "Upstairs you have two double bedrooms."
This terraced house has had new flooring put in throughout to make it ready to move into straight away. The living room is separate from the kitchen, offering a different space to entertain in.
The location is also a key selling point for the property, located on the outskirts of Bexleyheath Town Centre, within walking distance to local shops, pubs, restaurants, Lidl supermarket, and more. It's also just a five-minute walk to the popular Gravel Hill Primary school, making it perfect for young families.
You can find out more details about this talked-about property on Zoopla here.
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TORONTO, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - McLean & Company, the globally trusted partner of HR and business leaders, has released its newest research-driven resource, titled Implement a Buddy System at Work. This data-backed guide is intended to support HR leaders in building a more consistent and effective way to help onboard new employees. With HR facing ongoing challenges like significant turnover and competition in the talent marketplace, a "buddy system" is an easy-to-implement solution that McLean & Company research indicates is effective at helping new employees acclimate to a new organization and role.
Onboarding is often exciting and stressful for both the new employee and the manager, and new hires often need extra support to settle into a new role. McLean & Company's New Hire Survey Database shows employees are 1.8 times more likely to be engaged when their acclimatization experience is positive compared to those who rate their experience lower.
A buddy is different from a mentor or coach. The term "buddy" refers to the internal tenured employee who assists a new employee in settling in with an organization. The buddy acts as a friendly point of contact to help new employees adjust to their roles during the first few months by providing advice, answering questions, and making introductions.
The research indicates that a buddy system provides ongoing support to new hires after their initial orientation without a significant investment in time or resourcing and can alleviate some of HR's pain points with similar programs.
Buddy system programs offer the following merits:
- Easy to implement with minimal coordination
- Senior-level members freed up for more formal interactions
- No specialized training required to be a buddy
- Flexibility in meeting frequency, duration, and location
For employees, buddy systems are valuable and offer such benefits as:
- An enhanced and more personalized onboarding experience
- Prevention of potential isolation when hired ad hoc rather than in large groups
- Help with the adjustment period as new employees become familiar with team processes and organizational culture
- Networking opportunities and identification of key contacts within the organization
- Improved distribution of the time managers traditionally spends on onboarding
McLean & Company explains that although the implementation of the buddy system and the buddy selection process fall under a manager's list of responsibilities, HR can impact uptake and effectiveness by designing the framework and guiding managers on how to integrate it into their onboarding processes. This framework will ensure that a consistent approach is being applied throughout the organization and that all new employees have access to an additional layer of onboarding support.
The complete Implement a Buddy System at Work guide can be downloaded and viewed now.
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Through data-driven insights and proven best-practice methodologies, McLean & Company offers comprehensive resources and full-service assessments, action plans, and training to position organizations to meet today's needs and prepare for the future.
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Level 1 Children's Surgical Verification recognizes CHOC's commitment to optimal surgical care
ORANGE, Calif., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CHOC Hospital has been granted Level 1 Children's Surgical Verification by the American College of Surgeons (ACS). This notable achievement acknowledges CHOC's steadfast commitment to quality improvement and patient safety efforts for children requiring surgical services. CHOC is the first hospital to earn this distinction in Southern California and one of only four in the state.
To become verified, centers must meet rigorous criteria for staffing, training and facility infrastructure. They must also demonstrate excellent protocols for care to ensure the best possible outcomes for patients undergoing surgery, as well as participate in a national data registry that yields semiannual reports on the quality of its processes and outcomes. The application process for verification is followed by an extensive site visit by an ACS team of surveyors that include experienced pediatric surgeons, anesthesiologists, and nurses.
ACS established the Children's Surgery Verification Quality Improvement Program to improve the quality of children's surgical care by creating a system that allows for a prospective match of every child's individual surgical needs with a care environment that has optimal pediatric resources. The program is based on other nationally recognized ACS quality improvement programs that have measurably improved surgical quality.
"When a child needs a surgery, that child's needs are very different than those of an adult patient needing the same or similar procedure," said CHOC Senior Vice President, Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Sandip Godambe. "Our nationally recognized surgeons perform the latest procedures, using equipment that is customized to pediatric patients all the way from newborns to young adults—in operating and procedure rooms designed for safety, precision and efficiency."
The Tidwell Procedure Center at CHOC features seven operating rooms and advanced technology and information systems including the daVinci Si robotic surgical system with Firefly fluorescence imaging; full operating room data, imaging and video integration and video conferencing; the ROSA robotic device for neurological procedures; StealthStation surgical navigation and O-arm imaging technology; and a patient tracking system that allows families to track a patient's progress throughout the surgical procedure. Using the technology integration system iSuite by Stryker, CHOC was the first children's hospital in the region to have a fully integrated operating room.
The center also features three state-of-the-art endoscopy procedure rooms, two surgical procedure rooms and a Gastrointestinal Motility Lab. The center provides procedural care for patients of multiple specialties such as gastroenterology, pulmonology, oncology, dentistry and other surgical specialties. An 18-bed pre-operative unit includes all private rooms, and an 18-bed post-anesthesia care unit is configured to meet the unique needs of a wide variety of patients. Two isolation rooms are available for patients with contagious conditions, and other glass-enclosed rooms are for critical care patients who require specialized technology and ventilators.
Also featured is a cardiac catheterization lab—a biplane lab with hybrid capabilities—where invasive and neuroradiology procedures are offered as well. The center also includes a dedicated electrophysiology suite for patients with abnormal heart rhythms, offering both radiofrequency ablation and cryoablation, as well as 3D mapping.
CHOC Hospital is part of a pediatric healthcare system based in Orange County, California that is committed to being a leading destination for children's health by providing exceptional and innovative care. The growing healthcare system includes two state-of-the-art hospitals in Orange and Mission Viejo and a regional network of primary and specialty care clinics serving children and families in four counties. CHOC offers several clinical programs of excellence providing the highest levels of care for the most serious pediatric illnesses and injuries, physical and mental. CHOC's research and innovation institutes are focused on translating real patient needs into real-world treatments so every child can live the healthiest and happiest life possible.
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Passage of this legislation will have a transformative impact on the electrochromic glass industry
FARIBAULT, Minn., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, which includes numerous provisions to help decarbonize the US economy, including the addition of a new tax credit for dynamic glass. The bill added electrochromic glass to Section 48 of the Internal Revenue Code, commonly referred to as the Investment Tax Credit (ITC). The credit can cover up to 30% of the costs associated with dynamic glass, moving it towards cost parity with traditional glazing and shading solutions.
The passage of this bill is both a recognition of the decarbonization potential of electrochromic glass as well as the importance of the tax code as a market driver for newer technologies. "The ITC has a long track record of stimulating increased investment in renewable energy sources such as wind and solar. We applaud Congress and the Biden Administration for recognizing the importance of dynamic glass as a tool to combat climate change, while simultaneously improving the health and well-being of building occupants," said Michael Lane, VP of Sales for SageGlass. "This is a true game changer for the industry," Lane continues. "Dynamic Glass has proven itself for years in larger and larger applications, but first cost has remained an obstacle to large-scale adoption. This tax credit can go a long way towards making the technology more accessible."
The bill also contained additional changes for the Investment Tax Credit (ITC) which has a direct bearing on dynamic glass, including provisions for direct pay and credit transfer mechanisms. These new tools potentially enable certain tax-exempt entities to benefit from the credit [1]. "There are lots of important details related to credits like this and we look forward to consulting with our customers to help them understand the nuances of these changes," said Lane.
SageGlass is the global leader in electrochromic glass and is transforming the human experience in the built environment. With this smart technology, dynamic glass tints and clears automatically to optimize daylight and regulate temperature — all while maintaining unobstructed views of the outdoors.
With SageGlass, building occupants comfortably experience the biophilic benefits of the outdoors, including stress reduction, enhanced creativity, and greater wellbeing. Architects choose SageGlass to solve solar control challenges elegantly without sacrificing aesthetics. And SageGlass can help building owners use less energy and achieve sustainability and wellness certifications. The SageGlass Symphony® control system can be integrated into smart, connected building systems.
SageGlass holds more than 1,300 patents and counting. And as a wholly owned subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, SageGlass is backed by more than 350 years of building science expertise that only the world leader in sustainable environments can provide.
Worldwide leader in light and sustainable construction, Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes materials and services for the construction and industrial markets. Its integrated solutions for the renovation of public and private buildings, light construction, and the decarbonization of construction and industry are developed through a continuous innovation process and provide sustainability and performance. The group's commitment is guided by its purpose, "MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER HOME."
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[1] https://www.natlawreview.com/article/inflation-reduction-act-key-provisions-regarding-itc-and-ptc
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