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When a 22-year-old woman died from a gunshot wound in February, community organizations and faith leaders in Broward County, Florida, responded quickly. The coalition took to the streets in the days following her killing, hoping to prevent further violence. They offered access to mental health support and counseling. And in the weeks after, Faith in Florida, an organization that works to prevent gun violence, organized financial support for the victim’s family.
Pastor Rhonda Thomas, executive director of Faith in Florida, would like to do more: improve access to counselors who look like the community, train new outreach workers and organizers, and provide additional financial and emotional support for victims and their families. But the organization and other community groups it works with lack the funding.
In May 2021, the Biden administration said states and cities could use American Rescue Plan funds for community violence intervention efforts. Thomas hoped the news meant that local officials would help fill the gap. But months of pushing county mayors and city leaders to share ARP funds for this work hasn’t produced results.
“It was just a back and forth,” Thomas said. “It was heartache after heartache.”
While advocates have lauded the ARP for making this funding — potentially the largest sum ever devoted to the cause — available for CVI programs, it wasn’t specifically designated for that purpose. Violence intervention groups had to compete against other causes like COVID-19 mitigation, infrastructure, and law enforcement, and it was largely up to local and state leaders to prioritize spending. Many states and cities put funds — some $2 billion, according to the White House — toward violence intervention, crisis responders, and mental health services. But others did not.
“The funding that was received is not coming down to grassroots organizations,” Thomas said of her experience in Florida. “And other organizations we work with collectively have even smaller chances of getting funding.”
Lawmakers and the Biden administration are hoping to break down the roadblocks Faith in Florida and other community groups have encountered with an unprecedented injection of targeted funding. This year alone, Congress approved an unprecedented $300 million for federal grants specifically to support community violence intervention, including $250 million over the next five years from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which President Joe Biden signed in June. Advocates see in these moves a potential for major change — but they are also pushing the government to ensure that the funding is equitably distributed.
The new funding is part of a broader, ongoing effort to scale CVI and integrate the programs into public safety that includes a national collaborative, which the White House organized in June 2021 to support cities and anti-violence groups.
“Community-based public safety has been around for 30 years,” said Aqeela Sherrills, an adviser to the collaborative and executive director of the Community Based Public Safety Collective, a national CVI advocacy and training organization. “But they’re just now putting real dollars and investment into it.”
Yet federal grants like those funded under the Safer Communities Act present their own challenges for the types of organizations they’re supposed to support. Advocates say community-based groups often lack the technical expertise, cash flow, and personnel to be eligible for federal grants and navigate the process if they do qualify. No matter what area of policy, federal grants are paperwork intensive and recipients are typically required to front the money for grant reimbursement, as an accountability measure. And while some violence prevention organizations are connected to city governments, hospitals, and larger nonprofits with the resources and experience needed to manage federal grants, many are smaller, grassroots nonprofits that may struggle with the process, and often simply don’t have the money to invest up-front.
Faith in Florida, Thomas noted, is larger and better-resourced than many of the community groups it partners with, but the paperwork and compliance requirements have still prevented it from applying for federal grants, she said. Seeking one would require Thomas to hire more staff — not just for the services on the ground, but for the resulting administrative workload.
“I also would have to increase my capacity internally to keep up,” she said.
The first grant application process for Safer Community Act funds, managed by the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, is expected to open later this year. In the interim, CVI advocates and organizations are preparing for the new money aimed at supporting anti-violence work. Some, including Pastor Michael McBride, a violence prevention activist who has worked to secure federal funding for CVI, have been in talks with the DOJ to ensure access for smaller organizations.
“To see, for the first time, a bipartisan decision to fund community violence intervention — responses to gun violence that do not put at the center law enforcement or punitive responses — is something we all celebrate,” said McBride, who is the executive director of Live Free, which organizes communities affected by gun violence. “But there still are needed structural shifts in how federal dollars will be made available to groups on the ground.”
Biden signed the Safer Communities Act and its $250 million funding into law just months after an omnibus spending bill from March that also contained $50 million in grants to community violence intervention. That grant application process began in April, and the DOJ should notify recipients in the coming weeks. It offers a preview of how the next round of grants is likely to work.
That system set aside about half of its grant awards for community-based organizations to launch new programs or expand existing ones. Other awards will go to city, county, and tribal governments; to organizations that can provide training and back-of-house assistance; and to groups like philanthropies and foundations that can serve as intermediaries for grassroots groups. Intermediaries are expected to partner with and subgrant to smaller organizations that may not have the capacity to apply for grants on their own.
The separate designations mean that community-based groups won’t have to compete against better-resourced local governments for the same grants while still maintaining multiple pathways for funds to get to CVI, said Greg Jackson, executive director of the Community Justice Action Fund, a violence prevention advocacy group.
“In an ideal world, we would want everything to go directly to communities, but the reality is that certain cities don’t have the community infrastructure built out yet to take on this level of grants,” Jackson said.
As much as the grants are about actively getting services out into communities, they’re also about building infrastructure that will allow for community-based public safety programs to grow, hire new staff, and provide new and additional services when more funding becomes available.
There are still improvements that could be made in the upcoming grant process, advocates said, including requirements for geographic diversity, potential waivers for groups that may not be able to front their own money, and additional checks to ensure that the funding will be used by CVI programs with ties to the community. Some advocates, like McBride, warned that without safeguards, law enforcement agencies — which are typically better versed in the federal grant process — could successfully apply for funding that would otherwise go to community groups less experienced with the application system.
“We’re asking the federal government to keep ensuring, number one, that law enforcement cannot jump to the front of the line,” McBride said.
But some risk is unavoidable with any new funding source, Jackson said, and excluding law enforcement agencies entirely would write off some worthy programs.
“We do know that in certain cities, violence intervention programs are directly connected to law enforcement,” Jackson said. “While that may not be preferable, we also know that’s the reality.”
Jackson and the Community Justice Action Fund have also been working with the DOJ to ensure peer review boards made up of people who have experience in CVI work review the programs that receive grant funding and ensure that the grants aren’t being misused.
Regardless of the safeguards put in place, CVI programs are still going to be competing for a finite amount of funding. The $250 million from the Safer Communities Act, along with the $50 million in funding from the omnibus bill, is still far short of the $5 billion in funding for community violence intervention that Biden pushed for in his Build Back Better agenda, which died in the U.S. Senate.
“It’s unprecedented, but it’s nowhere near the need,” Jackson said. “It’s still a small investment into the larger resource needs that we know our communities have.”
The Break the Cycle of Violence Act, a proposal that would provide $5 billion over eight years, is stalled in the U.S. Senate. But advocates remain dedicated to the mission, and will continue to push for more plentiful, and more equitably distributed, resources.
“Our vision is that community-based public safety will become a complimentary strategy to policing in this country, shifting the narrative around public safety forever,” Sherrills said. “We put entirely too much pressure on our cops to have to be everything in communities. It’s just impossible. It’s critical that we invest now.”
Thomas said that Faith in Florida is still waiting for the grant announcement before deciding it will be able to apply. She’s cautiously optimistic this might be their chance.
“It’s still very new, and we’re still talking about it,” Thomas said. “We’re trying to rally together on how to approach it.” | https://www.thetrace.org/2022/08/biden-gun-violence-grant-application/ | 2022-08-18T21:17:02Z | thetrace.org | control | https://www.thetrace.org/2022/08/biden-gun-violence-grant-application/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Saratoga Sunglasses
American Optical
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Organic Unsweetened BBQ & Steak Sauce
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The Sea Creatures 40mm Watch
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Insulated Commuter Travel Cup
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New York Times Custom Football Book
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Best Sunglasses
Saratoga Sunglasses
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Best Foodie Gift
Organic Unsweetened BBQ & Steak Sauce
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Best Gift Watch
The Sea Creatures 40mm Watch
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Most Practical Gift
Insulated Commuter Travel Cup
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Best Swimwear
Horrocks Gingham Swim Shorts
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Best Sports Fan Gift
New York Times Custom Football Book
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Men's Mountain Classic Anorak
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Men's Dunes Sandals
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Weighted Blanket
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Black Insulated Pour Over Coffee Maker
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Gourmet Hot Sauce
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Leather & Smoke Candle
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Leather Charger Roll-Up
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What To Know Today
NEW from THE TRACE: Congress approved millions for gun violence prevention. Will it reach grassroots groups? In May 2021, the Biden administration said states and cities could use American Rescue Plan funds for community violence intervention. While advocates have lauded the ARP for making this funding — potentially the largest sum ever devoted to the cause — available for CVI programs, it wasn’t specifically designated for that purpose. Violence intervention groups have had to compete with other causes like COVID-19 mitigation, infrastructure, and law enforcement, and it was largely up to local and state leaders to prioritize spending. Many states and cities have put funds — some $2 billion, according to the White House — toward violence intervention, crisis responders, and mental health services. But others have not. “The funding that was received is not coming down to grassroots organizations,” one advocate said of her experience in Florida. Chip Brownlee has that story.
The heavy burden carried by the hundreds of Chicago children who lose parents to gun violence. Between 2016 and 2020, there were at least 2,484 people under 18 who had a parent fatally shot. Washington Post reporter John Woodrow Cox reports in a must-read feature about the harrowing toll that has taken on so many young people. “It’s crazy the extent to which we ignore these kids, and that they fall through the cracks of our system, because we just don’t have any systematic way at all of identifying them, assessing them and making sure that they’re getting whatever help and services they need,” one leading expert told him. From The Trace: After Uvalde, we wrote about five ways the mass shooting brought into focus the contours of an American crisis that falls heavily on young people.
More than 500 mass killings since 2006. More than 2,600 lives claimed. An updated database from the Associated Press, USA TODAY and Northeastern University looks at incidents where four or more people lost their lives in one mass-casualty event. There have been 19 such mass killings so far this year, which is about average compared to previous years. The vast majority of mass killings happen in a residence or other shelter, and victims are likely to be killed by someone they know. More than 80 percent of mass killings involved a firearm. Related from The Trace: Last year, Jennifer Mascia spoke with the founder of Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as four or more people injured in one incident and captures a bigger share of mass gun violence.
Judge rules that Sandy Hook defamation case against Alex Jones can go forward in Connecticut. Federal bankruptcy Judge Julie Manning ruled this week that a defamation damages trial can continue in Connecticut state court after a lawyer for the far-right conspiracy theorist tried to have the trial moved to federal bankruptcy court. Earlier this month, a Texas jury ordered that Jones pay nearly $50 million in damages to parents of a child killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012. Besides the trial in Connecticut, Jones still faces another defamation damages trial in Texas. Both are scheduled to begin next month.
Data Point
More than 96 percent — the share of parents lost to gun violence in Chicago between 2016 and 2020 who were Black or Hispanic. [The Washington Post] | https://www.thetrace.org/newsletter/chicago-guns-children-parents/ | 2022-08-18T21:17:08Z | thetrace.org | control | https://www.thetrace.org/newsletter/chicago-guns-children-parents/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The National Treasury Employees Union said it plans to take another step toward advocating for remote work.
After the union filed a grievance over suspended negotiations on a remote-work pilot program, the Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of Fiscal Service denied allegations of bad-faith bargaining in a response written by Commissioner Timothy Gribben obtained by Federal Times. The union said it’s prepared to seek arbitration, though it had not officially done so as of Aug. 16.
“NTEU is disappointed that the Bureau of Fiscal Service continues to refuse to implement the agreement on a remote work pilot that we had agreed on,” said NTEU National President Tony Reardon in a statement to Federal Times. “NTEU looks forward to making our case to an arbitrator.”
On July 27, representatives from NTEU met with agency officials to present their grievance. Since then, Gribben issued a memorandum saying that while he regrets that the manner in which negotiations ended may have been unexpected, he disagrees that the decision breached the labor agreement.
According to the memo, BFS ended negotiations after being directed to do so by Fiscal Assistant Secretary David Lebryk.
A spokesperson for the bureau declined to provide comment. The union maintains that it has not been given a reason for the pilot negotiations being pulled.
Matthew Floyd, NTEU vice president for chapter 190, said in an interview that he’s been in virtual meetings during which everyone was present, on camera and exchanging ideas.
“I don’t feel that would’ve been any different had we been sitting at a table in a conference room,” he said.
What is the impact of telework on productivity?
Other colleagues and NTEU members agreed that remote work had no adverse effects on productivity. NTEU represents 150,000 federal workers in 34 agencies and departments, including Treasury.
“We believe firmly that BFS should stand by what it agreed to,” Reardon said. “A remote work pilot would provide valuable data to BFS and NTEU although employees have already proven that they can get the job done working remotely. The pandemic was a pilot in and of itself.”
NTEU’s case argues that once parties begin bargaining, they must do so to completion and in good faith as required by federal statute and the labor agreement.
The union alleged that process was violated when BFS refused to consider the remote work pilot program after most employees had been 100% teleworking since March 2020. Rani Rolston, counsel for the union, said that bureau employees were disappointed and surprised.
“When that news broke in the commissioner’s town hall meeting, it was eerily silent for almost the rest of the day,” Floyd said. “... This literally took the wind out of everybody’s sails when that news was broken to us.”
National President Reardon, who has been outspoken about the union’s telework agreements with more than eight federal offices, reiterated the need for support from Congress in his testimony to the House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on Government Operations on July 21.
“The use of telework in the federal sector has been a win not just for employees but for management who can more effectively recruit workers without losing productivity, for taxpayers who save on federal building leasing costs, and for the environment, which benefits from reduced pollution from commuting,” he said.
Reardon and others have also pointed to taxpayer savings as a mutual benefit of telework.
What’s the flexible work experience in other federal agencies?
A council of the American Federation of Government Employees said it will seek arbitration over the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s denial of a national remote work grievance, Federal Times previously reported.
The Federal Communications Commission moved to a new office that is 30% smaller and estimated it will save as much as $119 million over the 15 years of the new lease.
At the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, where more than 85 percent of the trademark attorneys participate in telework, working outside the office saves the agency $12.5 million a year in leasing costs.
Meanwhile, members of Congress have been discussing the impact of telework and remote work on government operations, with Republicans sounding the alarm over a lack of oversight and data on pandemic productivity.
“It’s long past time that people return to work in person,” said Rep. Andrew Clyde, a Republican from Georgia, during a Subcommittee on Government Operations hearing over the future of federal work last month.
At the same time, the White House’s Office of Personnel Management has issued guidance that has been met with mixed implementation for federal managers, employees and agencies. Though it bestows the right to determine workplace flexibility on agency heads, OPM’s guidance also says agencies should strive to fully integrate telework into their culture.
Remote work, OPM says, can be a strategy for agency retention and talent acquisition, but may require additional considerations for which fewer employees or positions may be eligible.
As agencies struggle to remain competitive in the grab for talent, roughly 25% to 35% of U.S. workers are working from home.
Molly Weisner is a reporter for Federal Times where she covers industry issues pertaining to the government workforce. She's made previous stops at USA Today and McClatchy as a producer and worked on The New York Times's print desk as a copy editor. Molly majored in journalism and French at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. | https://www.federaltimes.com/management/pay-benefits/2022/08/17/union-vows-to-seek-arbitration-after-treasury-stops-remote-work-pilot/ | 2022-08-18T21:19:32Z | federaltimes.com | control | https://www.federaltimes.com/management/pay-benefits/2022/08/17/union-vows-to-seek-arbitration-after-treasury-stops-remote-work-pilot/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Police have released surveillance video of a man riding an e-bike who they say is suspected of sexually assaulting at least three women in Manhattan since May.
The two most recent incidents took place just an hour apart on July 16.
According to the NYPD, in one instance, a 23-year-old woman was walking at around 4 a.m. near Central Park West and West 82nd Street when she was accosted by a stranger who came up to her from behind and yanked her to the ground.
“After a struggle ensued, the individual held the victim down and digitally penetrated her genital area,” cops stated.
The attacker fled on foot and was later seen traveling on an electric bicycle.
The victim suffered abrasions and was taken by paramedics to Mount Sinai Morningside to be examined.
An hour later, a 28-year-old woman was walking in the area of Avenue A and East 4th Street when a stranger on a e-bike approached her, dismounted and grabbed her.
Police said the attacker allegedly told the victim that he had a knife, then pulled her to the ground and exposed himself to the woman before forcing her to perform oral sex on him.
The culprit was last seen pedaling away eastbound on East 4th Street.
Two months earlier, on May 15, a 26-year-old woman was riding her bike at around 4:30 a.m. on the Manhattan Bridge walkway when a man approached her on his electric bicycle.
Cops said the stranger got off his bike and grabbed the woman’s hair from behind. He then displayed a knife, pulled down his pants and forced the woman to perform a sex act on him, before fleeing the scene.
Police previously released a sketch of the wanted man, who appears to be young and wearing a hoodie.
As of Thursday afternoon, no arrests have been announced in connection with this case. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/18/e-bike-rider-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-3-women-in-nyc/ | 2022-08-18T21:20:26Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/18/e-bike-rider-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-3-women-in-nyc/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C (WSPA) – There are about 500 microbreweries in the Carolinas. One of them lets you buy bananas, milk and toilet paper while you’re there.
Lowes Foods has 81 stores in the Carolinas and Virginia. You can find their ”Beer Den” taps at other locations, but only their Beer Den Cavern in Simpsonville brews onsite; a reason Food Network Magazine recently mentioned this Lowes Foods as a best place to shop with friends.
From the equipment to the indoor and outdoor seating, this looks like many microbreweries.
The fact it’s in a grocery store even surprises their Brewmaster, Joe Quattlebaum.
“I’m like wait a second, I’m brewing beer and I’m at a grocery store at the same time. Ok, that’s kind of interesting.”
Director of beverages Charles Slezak said that once the customers get in, they soon realize this is not just “grocery store beer.”
“A guest will come in, they’ll see this strange spot over in the corner of the store. And then we get to engage with them. We get to tell the stories of the beer and have them sample through some things.”
Around a dozen store-brewed beers are typically available at once. Since this store opened in 2017, they’ve brewed around 50 different varieties.
From the straightforward like their hefeweizen or their IPA to something a little different. Joe has watched over each one.
“In our first year, we made a watermelon wheat ale which we literally took 30 watermelons from our produce department,” Quattlebaum said. “It’s cool because if I’m looking for inspiration, I literally can just take a walk around the store and find cool ingredients to use.”
Inspiration also comes from the community.
Lowes Foods is a major sponsor of September’s Euphoria in Greenville; an event that distributes grants to area organizations. This year includes A Child’s Haven, Mill Village Farms, the Meyer Center and the Greenville Tech Foundation.
Community is also just the simple act of gathering with friends on either side of the bar or just filling the shopping cart.
Enjoy responsibly. | https://www.wspa.com/community/carolina-blends-and-brews/carolina-blends-and-brews-beer-den-cavern/ | 2022-08-18T21:22:09Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/community/carolina-blends-and-brews/carolina-blends-and-brews-beer-den-cavern/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
COLUMBUS, OH (WCMH) — It’s the preferred hairstyle of champion golfer Cameron Smith and is perhaps best known for Billy Ray Cyrus’ “Achy Breaky Heart”-era look. Whether you call it a Kentucky waterfall, Mississippi mudflap or a Missouri compromise, the mullet is now more than just a haircut – it’s a national competition.
Meet two central Ohio boys who have made it into the top 25 of the 2022 USA Mullet Championships, Kid’s Division.
Jameson Redd, of Delaware and William Dale Ramsey, from Pataskala, Ohio, are both currently listed on the Division Finalists’ page of the contest’s website. Getting into the top 25 is quite an accomplishment for the pair, as the Kids Mullet Championships is a national competition with children from all over the country vying for 1st place.
Redd’s mother, Amber Munday, wrote Nexstar’s WCMH when her son became a finalist.
“Jameson has been through a lot this past year and winning this will make his whole world,” read Munday’s email. “The boy has had a mullet most of his life and rocks it like no other!”
In a follow-up note, Munday added that her 4-year-old is “a firecracker,” and delved into the “backstory” of his special hairstyle.
“The mullet started off because of his dad who said ‘every kid needs a mullet at some point in their life,'” she explained. “Well fast forward 2 and a half years later Jameson loves his hair and will cry if you tell him you’re going to cut it off lol.”
Ramsey’s mother, Ashley Ramsey, messaged the station about her son’s plan for the 1st place prize money if he wins.
“He would like to make a donation to Catch A Dream,” Ashley revealed. “They send terminally ill children on hunting and fishing trips and that is something he personally loves. He has the biggest heart of gold!!!”
The 8-year-old Ramsey also had the distinction of having his photo featured in a “TMZ” story about the mullet competition, which his mother commented on in a social media post writing, “TMZ COVER!!! Mind blown”
Online voting in the 2022 Kids Mullet Championships ends Friday, Aug. 19, according to the website. The 1st place prize is the $2,500 “Mullet Mega Money Pot,” and 2nd and 3rd places receive “Mullet Champs Gift Sets.”
The USA Mullet Championships started as a competition for adults in Michigan in 2020. It has now expanded nationwide with multiple divisions. | https://www.wspa.com/entertainment-news/kids-mullet-championship-2022-young-finalists-keep-business-up-front-party-in-the-back/ | 2022-08-18T21:22:10Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/entertainment-news/kids-mullet-championship-2022-young-finalists-keep-business-up-front-party-in-the-back/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DAHLGREN, Va. – The Department of the Navy and Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) senior leadership announced the civilian winners of the fiscal 21 NAVSEA Excellence Awards from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) workforce, June 17.
The awards program selects candidates from a pool of top-performing civilian personnel and teams who are nominated by their organization’s leadership and peers. For fiscal 2021, the awards committee received 256 nominations from across the warfare centers and bestowed awards to 22 individuals and 22 teams in 24 categories.
The selection process is highly competitive and extensive. Each category’s board members are composed of leadership and subject matter experts at NAVSEA Headquarters (HQ) who review individual candidates’ and teams’ qualifications and select one individual and one team to receive the award in each specified category.
For the fiscal 2021 awards season, five teams and one individual from NSWCDD received awards in six categories. These civilian workforce personnel demonstrated a high-performance level while implementing forward-thinking solutions, displaying the “One NAVSEA” attitude and outstanding leadership and provided unwavering dedication to developing and executing top-quality programs and systems support.
The awards committee presented the Fiber Optic Test and Repair Certification Program Team with the One NAVSEA Teamwork Award for “establishing a certification framework and infrastructure that will ensure ships and sailors are prepared to perform critical fiber optic repairs while underway,” as stated in the awards citation. NSWCDD team members Richard Scott, Donnita (McArthur) Jones and Matthew Castelo supported efforts that will “increase system availability, avoid loss of redundancy and avoid using costly fly-away teams to perform repairs” for the fleet.
“The amount of personnel involved and the knowledge base now involved is going to bring a large return on investment to the Navy and more importantly the sailor,” stated Scott. “In the very end, it all comes down to the sailor on that ship, troubleshooting and repairing that fiber optic issue and getting their system back up 100% to protect themselves and their ship.”
“Having NAVSEA HQ recognize the hard work and accomplishments of this team is truly satisfying,” said Castelo. “The team’s work in establishing this program is only the beginning, and this award is a great affirmation that the program we are executing is the right way ahead for the fleet.”
The NAVSEA 04X Fiber Optics Program Team received the Commander’s Innovation Award for “receiving certification to conduct standardized in-house fiber optics training across the four Naval Shipyards.” The team, composed of personnel from NSWCDD’s Strategic and Computing Systems and Integrated Combat Systems departments, worked diligently to develop and launch an innovative fiber optics training program for the Department of the Navy. Michael Brown, Robert Throm, Matthew Castelo and Dale Geiger truly exhibited “an admirable example of a high-performing team accomplishing extraordinary things,” as stated in the awards citation.
For Brown, receiving the award recognizes the hard work and dedication from the team that went into establishing a training certification program that took years in the making. “As a NAVSEA team, we overcame many obstacles with the end goal to deliver a better product to the sailor. This award recognizes all of the teamwork that went into making this a success!”
NSWCDD civilian employee, David Hogue, supported the Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems MK-54 Decoy Launch Message Converter Team. The team won the NAVSEA Excellence Award in the Excellence in Logistics category for their “exemplary leadership, innovation and resourcefulness in developing a critical component for sustained mission readiness of the Navy’s primary decoy launching system, the MK-53 Nulka System,” stated the award citation.
Jeffrey Carlson and Jeffrey Lyon, in support of the Program Executive Office PMS 378 Ford Class Test Team, received recognition for “demonstrating exceptional foresight and coordination with numerous aircraft carrier stakeholders” and “working through hundreds of predecessor test events, certifications and readiness reviews,” as read in part in the awards citation. The team was presented the Excellence in Test and Evaluation award.
Naval Gunnery Senior System Engineer Paul Wingeart felt honored and humbled as an individual recipient of the Excellence in Program Management Award. He supports NSWCDD’s Gun Weapons System Division within the Integrated Engagement Systems Department and is recognized for his “technical leadership, dedication to innovation and a successful demonstration in fielding systems.” His contributions also included providing “detailed attention to process improvement and technical rigor, ensuring that products are delivered to the warfighter on time and of the highest quality,” according to the awards citation.
From Wingeart’s perspective, the award recognition represents an overall outstanding team effort. He attributes the program’s success to his fellow colleagues, stating, “I get to work with some of the smartest, brightest people in the world. We’ve built a great team within the Mark 160 Gun Computer System program, and it’s my honor to work alongside them.”
The NSWCDD Dam Neck Activity Business Office Training, Personnel and Administration (TPA) Team received the award in the Excellence in Command Support Award. The team’s citation highlighted the great work generated by its members: Lorraine Ayerves, Roberta Marable and Leslie Miyazono. “The [team] successfully led numerous command initiatives, producing a series of solutions that increased the effectiveness of the organization, improved program consistency and identified avenues for future enhancements to increase mission effectiveness.”
Marable, who has since retired, reflected on the accomplishments of the team that led to the awards nomination and selection. “The TPA Team takes great pride in consistently being an integral part of customer support. It’s an honor and privilege to support the men and women of the fleet.”
Team member Miyazono and current team lead Ayerves both echoed Marable’s views. “It is very satisfying to be able to provide support and to help solve problems to such a diverse workforce,” said Miyazono. “Our team handles a wide variety of tasking, which keeps it interesting day to day. Our motto here is “Centralized, concise, solutions oriented,” Ayerves stated.
An awards ceremony was held on July 20 at NAVSEA HQ in Washington, D.C., where Vice Adm. William Galinis presented the awards to the recipients. The event was also live-streamed on various online platforms for the NAVSEA workforce.
Congratulations to all the winners.
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – When people see Donovan Morris in the Halls of Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division Dam Neck Activity (NSWCDD DNA), there are three things they will likely notice: his pleasant smile, the slight Jamaican accent when he says hello, and his National Association of the Buffalo Soldiers and Troopers Motorcycle Club hat. He is rarely without the hat because of the proud history and legacy of service it represents.
In the past year, Morris has completed about 12 rides with the Buffalo Soldiers motorcycle club in support of various causes. One of the most memorable rides for him was a parade in honor of a teenager named Lindsey who is battling cancer. The club rode their bikes in front of her home for her 16th birthday, delivering presents and a ride on the back of one of the member’s motorcycles.
Morris and the club also organized a ride to support the Martha J. Watson Breast Cancer Survivor Group, and participated in “Rumble through the Tunnels” for the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society and the Unity Ride for Sickle Cell Disease. The group spends every Veteran’s Day hosting a barbeque at a local Veteran’s Hospital, which is especially meaningful to Morris as a fellow veteran who retired after 28 years in the Navy.
In August 2021, Morris volunteered his time and his vehicle towing a trailer with food and supplies to Miami, Florida, so it could be sent to Haiti following Tropical Storm Grace. The storm brought torrential rain to Haiti just days after a major earthquake claimed more than 1,000 lives there.
“One of my local chapter members is from Haiti, and because of his connection, our club did a food drive,” Morris said. “Everything was sent to his house, and the entire club got together to pack my 17-foot trailer and his, and we drove to Miami on our own dime.”
In addition to volunteering his time, Morris enjoys talking to others about the Buffalo Soldiers and the club that bears their name. The Buffalo Soldiers were African American soldiers who served in the U.S. Army’s 9th and 10th Cavalry Regiments following the Civil War. The soldiers patrolled the western frontier and participated in a number of battles, including the Indian Wars. Today, the motorcycle club honors the legacy of the Buffalo Soldiers through education initiatives and community service.
“We’re more than just a motorcycle club,” Morris said. “We’re a family. If you come in, you’re going to do community service and you’re going to be part of something bigger than yourself.”
Morris’ willingness to educate others about the Buffalo Soldiers, coupled with his selfless volunteerism are what inspired his supervisor Adam Hudak to nominate him for the NSWCDD Distinguished Community Service Award. The award recognizes individuals who have made a significant contribution to their communities through volunteer service. Morris, who serves as the Battle Force Tactical Trainer In-Service Engineer Agent Training Lead Manager at NSWCDD DNA, will receive the award during a ceremony on June 17 in Fredericksburg.
“Donovan exemplifies the mission of the Buffalo Soldiers Motorcycle Club and carries the history of the Buffalo Soldier with him,” said Hudak, Surface Training Systems Modernization Branch Head at NSWCDD DNA. “He is an educator and role model within the community. He forged a long and successful career in the Navy. He is a mentor in the office and is always willing to help. He taught me how taking the time to ask a simple question and listening can open the door into someone’s life and create a bond beyond the day-to-day job. He also reinforced that the world is much bigger than any one individual and as a team we can have tremendous influence on the community.”
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Quarterly PSN Top Guns List published by Zephyr identifies best-in-class separate accounts, managed accounts, and managed ETF strategies
ALAMEDA, Calif., Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Adelante Capital Management ("Adelante") announced today it has been named to the celebrated PSN Top Guns List of best performing separate accounts, managed accounts, and managed ETF strategies for Q2 2022. The highly anticipated list, published by Zephyr, remains one of the most important references for investors and asset managers.
"With the growing interest in separately managed accounts, the PSN Top Guns List has attracted greater attention," says Margaret Tobiasen, SVP of Data Distribution who cites PSN's pioneering efforts as the first SMA database as the reason for the list's popularity. "Adelante Capital Management has done remarkable work and we are pleased to include them as a top performer."
- In November 2017 Adelante Capital Management created the Adelante NEXTGen Property Securities Index. This index is designed to serve as a proxy for the non-traditional commercial real estate property types that have evolved and emerged over the past decade.
- The Adelante NewCORE strategy seeks to build a concentrated portfolio of diversified US real estate securities that will outperform the Adelante NEXTGen Property Securities Index.
- The NewCORE Strategy targets real estate companies in the NEXTGen Property Types that are undervalued and have attractive growth potential. Our investment team leverages our experience in the direct real estate markets and property operations to deliver the best proxy for real estate returns to clients.
"Being named to the PSN Top Gun List is a great honor and a testament to our NewCORE strategy focusing on non-traditional sectors to deliver superior performance for our clients," says Jeung Hyun, Adelante Portfolio Manager. "Our investment team does an exceptional job of researching and investing in a select number of companies; with two portfolio holdings being the beneficiaries of M&A during the quarter, our value discipline continues to find validation."
Through a combination PSN's proprietary performance screens, the PSN Top Guns List ranks products in six proprietary categories in over 75 universes based on continued performance over time.
Adelante's NewCORE strategy was named Top Gun 1-3 Stars rating, meaning our NewCORE strategy:
1-Star REIT Universe: had one of the top ten returns for the quarter in their respective strategy.
2-Star REIT Universe: had one of the top ten returns for the one-year period in their respective strategy.
3-Star REIT Universe: had one of the top ten returns for the three-year period in their respective strategy.
The objective of the NewCORE Strategy is to produce long-term capital growth and current return by investing in a diversified portfolio of U.S. public real estate securities in non-traditional property types that have emerged over the past decade.
The complete list of PSN Top Guns and an overview of the methodology can be located at https://psn.fi.informais.com/. Registration is required.
Founded in 1995, Adelante Capital Management is a minority and employee-owned SEC registered investment management firm focused on real estate securities, predominantly real estate investment trusts, with $2 billion of assets under management. As specialists in real estate equities, we employ a disciplined investment process seeking high quality portfolios for our clients at attractive prices relative to direct real estate values. Our property-centric research is conducted by an in-house team of experienced sector and regional experts who have meaningful, long-term relationships with company management. With high conviction in our investment decisions our portfolios are concentrated and managed with low turnover to capture real estate fundamentals.
For nearly four decades, PSN has been a top resource for investment professionals. Asset managers rely on Zephyr's PSN to effectively reach institutional and retail investors rely. Over 2,800 firms, 285 universes, and more than 21,000 products comprise the PSN SMA database showing asset breakdowns, compliance, key personnel, ownership diversity, ESG, business objectives and strategy, style, fees, GIC sectors, fixed income ranges and full holdings. Unique to PSN is its robust historical database of nearly 40 Years of Data Including Net and Gross-of-Fee Returns. For more details on the methodology behind the PSN Top Guns Rankings or to purchase PSN Top Guns Reports, contact Margaret Tobiasen at Margaret.tobiasen@informa.com. Visit PSN online to learn more.
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Miller Ink's appointment to list of industry leaders affirms its commitment to employee well-being
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This week, Miller Ink, a strategic and crisis communications firm, announced that it has been named to the Los Angeles Business Journal's list of the "Best Places to Work." The Los Angeles Business Journal compiles an annual list of organizations in Southern California that score highly on measures of employee engagement and satisfaction and named Miller Ink as one of this year's top performers in the small-size company category.
"I am thrilled that Miller Ink has been recognized for its commitment to building an organization that promotes positivity, accountability, and excellence—and for building an environment in which all employees can grow and thrive," said Miller Ink Founder and CEO Nathan Miller.
Miller Ink was recognized by the Los Angeles Business Journal after its diverse team of communications professionals completed anonymous surveys, rating the organization on a variety of employment-related metrics. The Los Angeles Business Journal and Workforce Research Group created this sixteenth annual program and survey to identify, recognize and honor the best employers in Los Angeles.
This announcement comes as Miller Ink continues to grow its team and help its clients find their voices, tell their stories, and achieve their goals.
About Miller Ink: Miller Ink is a strategic communications and crisis management firm based in Los Angeles that helps high-profile individuals, nonprofits, and companies—as well as the attorneys, accountants, and advisors who serve them—achieve their public relations goals.
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It's been one year since a flood tore through Waverly, Tenn., and killed 20 people. There's been lots of effort to rebuild but it's still unclear if the town will ever be the same.
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It's been one year since a flood tore through Waverly, Tenn., and killed 20 people. There's been lots of effort to rebuild but it's still unclear if the town will ever be the same.
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Key Television Markets Include:
New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Dallas, Atlanta, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Tampa, Detroit, Miami, and Pittsburgh
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Byron Allen's Allen Media Group (AMG) free-streaming digital platform, HBCU GO -- the leading media provider for the nation's 107 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) – proudly announces nationwide clearance for their 2022-23 sports season as part of the new carriage deal with CBS owned-and-operated duopoly stations. Key television markets include: New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Dallas, Atlanta, San Francisco, Boston, Seattle, Tampa, Detroit, Miami, and Pittsburgh. HBCU GO will kick off the fall sports season on September 3rd with a star-studded pre-season show featuring the nation's top Gridiron NFL and Black College Hall of Famers and HBCU alums.
With this new carriage deal, HBCU GO is currently in 60 percent of U.S. television households and 70 percent of African-American households. This news comes on the heels of HBCU GO's recent announcement of the distribution partnership with the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIAA) -- that grants HBCU GO cable, linear, streaming, broadcast, VOD, and pay-per-view rights to premier NCAA Division 2 HBCU conference sporting events.
In addition to the newly announced CBS owned-and-operated duopoly station clearances, HBCU GO has secured distribution with group-owned television stations including Nexstar, Gray, Cox, Scripps, Tegna, Sinclair, Lockwood, Allen Media Broadcasting, Hearst, Circle City Broadcasting, McKinnon Broadcasting, Cowles, Graham, Block, Sun Broadcasting, Tougaloo College, Sagamore Hill, and Marquee. HBCU GO programming is available on HBCUGO.TV, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Apple TV. Viewers can also access programming by downloading the HBCU GO App.
"Allen Media Group is thrilled that the CBS O&O stations have joined our excellent group of broadcast television station partners to increase the reach of HBCU GO's high-quality sports programming," said Byron Allen, Founder/Chairman/CEO of Allen Media Group. "We are proud to amplify these amazing athletes and HBCUs, while at the same time helping to finance the education of these young adults. Now sports fans across the country will have access to best-in-class games from America's HBCUs."
"We are honored to work with our partners at Allen Media Group to bring live broadcasts of HBCU football games to our audiences in 12 major markets," said Wendy McMahon, President and Co-Head, CBS News and Stations. "As a Louisiana native and football fan, I am personally and professionally proud to play a role in having our stations shine a light on Historically Black Colleges and Universities and the student athletes who are living out their dreams both on the field and in the classroom."
For more information about HBCU GO visit HBCUGO.TV or follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram. The 2022 HBCU football schedule can be found below.
HBCU GO is a cultural lifestyle destination and leading sports media provider that embraces and represents the voice of Black Excellence every day of the year through an all-new platform that captures the rich history, diversity, perspectives, and cultural experiences at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). HBCU GO also provides a platform for emerging creatives in media production, branding, and broadcasting. We offer our viewers the best in live sports, original series, documentaries, films, comedy, and edutainment programming produced by African-American leading producers, directors, and students from select HBCUs.
Launched in 2012, the free-streaming service HBCU GO was purchased by Byron Allen in 2021 and is part of Byron Allen's Allen Media Group (AMG). AMG is headquartered in Los Angeles with offices in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and Charleston, SC. AMG owns 27 ABC-NBC-CBS-FOX network affiliate broadcast television stations in 21 U.S. markets and twelve 24-hour HD television networks serving nearly 220 million subscribers: THE WEATHER CHANNEL, THE WEATHER CHANNEL EN ESPAÑOL, PETS.TV, COMEDY.TV, RECIPE.TV, CARS.TV, ES.TV, MYDESTINATION.TV, JUSTICECENTRAL.TV, THEGRIO, THIS TV, and PATTRN. AMG also owns the streaming platforms HBCU GO, THE GRIO STREAMING APP, SPORTS.TV, THE WEATHER CHANNEL STREAMING APP, and LOCAL NOW -- the free-streaming AVOD service powered by THE WEATHER CHANNEL and content partners, which delivers real-time, hyper-local news, weather, traffic, sports, and lifestyle information. For more information, visit: www.entertainmentstudios.com and www.hbcugo.tv
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NEW YORK, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Committee for Economic Development, the public policy center of The Conference Board (CED), issued the following statement in response to the announcement by Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), that the CDC will be undertaking major reforms:
The Committee for Economic Development, the public policy center of The Conference Board (CED), welcomes the announcement from the CDC's Director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, regarding the reorganization of the agency to prioritize public health needs, address continuing outbreaks, and restructure CDC communications to make guidance for the public clearer and easier to access. We share Dr. Walensky's goal of "a new, public health, action-oriented culture at the CDC that emphasizes accountability, collaboration, communication and timeliness." These and other reforms will help the agency respond much faster to public health emergencies, including the current monkeypox outbreak.
Many of the proposed reforms align with CED recommendations in its Solutions Brief, Preparing for the Next Health Crisis: Lessons from the Pandemic:
- Significantly reforming the CDC to find better ways to implement scientific guidance in real-world contexts;
- Reducing the number and complexity of guidance documents (CDC released over 7,000 guidance documents in the pandemic);
- Clearly presenting public health data to reduce public confusion and skepticism and avoid the "start-stop" nature of changes in guidance that characterized this pandemic;
- Implementing reform to enable the release of data as fast as possible to encourage timeliness in public health responses;
- Establishing new authority to require reporting of data from all states. Additionally, building a "national network of precise, uniform, accurate data" from all states with uniform reporting standards to enable the fastest possible analysis and release of data.
Looking forward, the CDC should also consult more closely with business through an advisory committee to minimize disruptions to the economy during public health emergencies and plan for the future.
About CED
The Committee for Economic Development (CED) is the public policy center of The Conference Board. The nonprofit, nonpartisan, business-led organization delivers well-researched analysis and reasoned solutions in the nation's interest. CED Trustees are chief executive officers and key executives of leading US companies who bring their unique experience to address today's pressing policy issues. Collectively they represent 30+ industries, over a trillion dollars in revenue, and over 4 million employees. www.ced.org
About The Conference Board
The Conference Board is the member-driven think tank that delivers trusted insights for what's ahead. Founded in 1916, we are a non-partisan, not-for-profit entity holding 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt status in the United States.
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MAYVILLE, N.Y. — A judge refused to grant bail Thursday to the man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie as the acclaimed author prepared to give a talk in western New York.
Hadi Matar, 24, appeared in a western New York courtroom after a grand jury indicted him on charges that he rushed the stage at the Chautauqua Institution and stabbed Rushdie multiple times in front of a horrified crowd.
Dressed in a black and white jail uniform, Matar stayed quiet during the hearing while his lawyer unsuccessfully tried to persuade the judge that he should be released while he awaited trial. Public defender Nathaniel Barone said Matar had no criminal record and wouldn't flee the country if released.
Barone also asked the judge to do something to stop reporters from trying to contact Matar at the Chautauqua County jail. The lawyer said the jail had received "several hundred phone calls" from people trying to reach Matar.
Some of that media outreach resulted in Matar giving a brief interview to The New York Post, in which he talked about disliking Rushdie and praised Iran's late supreme leader, Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Khomeini issued an edict in 1989 demanding Rushdie's death over his novel "The Satanic Verses," which some Muslims consider blasphemous. A semiofficial Iranian foundation had posted a bounty of over $3 million.
Matar's lawyer complained that the media coverage could potentially lead to a biased jury.
"He's entitled to a fair trial. He's entitled to due process, no matter what he's accused of," Barone said.
Judge David Foley declined that request, but he ordered the lawyers involved in the case not to give interviews.
"No speaking to the press until we have resolved this issue," the judge said.
Rushdie, 75, is getting treatment in a Pennsylvania hospital for severe wounds.
Chautauqua County District Attorney Jason Schmidt said during the court hearing that Matar stabbed Mr. Rushdie a dozen times in the neck, stomach, chest, hand and right eye, before he could be stopped by shocked bystanders.
"He doesn't care about his own freedom, judge, and is so driven by his motives that his mission to kill Mr. Rushdie is greater in his mind and outweighs his own personal freedom," Schmidt told the judge.
The author was seated in a chair at the lakeside retreat Aug. 12, waiting to be introduced for a discussion of protections for writers in exile and freedom of expression when Matar jumped onstage.
Henry Reese, 73, the cofounder of Pittsburgh's City of Asylum, was onstage with Rushdie and suffered a gash to his forehead, bruising and other minor injuries.
Matar, who lived in Fairview, New Jersey, with his mother, is charged with attempted murder and assault. He could get decades in prison if convicted. He has pleaded not guilty.
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NASDAQ:CHK) ("Chesapeake" or the "Company") today announced that it has commenced exchange offers (each, an "Offer," and collectively, the "Offers") relating to its outstanding (i) Class A warrants (the "Class A warrants"), (ii) Class B warrants (the "Class B warrants") and (iii) Class C warrants (the "Class C warrants," and together with the Class A warrants and the Class B warrants, the "warrants"), each to purchase shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company ("common stock"). The warrant structure was originally implemented as part of the Company's restructuring. By reducing the potential dilutive impact of the warrants through the Offers, the Company expects to simplify its capital structure, eliminate complexity and align the interests of all equity holders with minimal increase to the fully diluted share count. The Company intends to resume its $2 billion board authorized share repurchase program following the completion of the Offers.
The Company is offering to all holders of the warrants the opportunity to receive a number of shares of common stock to be determined over a ten trading day volume-weighted average trading price measurement period, in each case, for warrants validly tendered and accepted for exchange pursuant to the Offers, as further described in the Company's Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange.
The offering period for each Offer will continue until 11:59 p.m. (New York time) on September 16, 2022, or such later time and date to which the Company may extend an Offer, as described in the Company's Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange (each such date, an "Expiration Date"). Tendered warrants may be withdrawn by holders at any time prior to the applicable Expiration Date. The Company may extend or amend an Offer without extending or amending any other Offer.
The Offers are being made pursuant to a Prospectus/Offers to Exchange dated August 18, 2022, and Schedule TO, dated August 18, 2022, each of which has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and more fully set forth the terms and conditions of the Offers.
Chesapeake's common stock, Class A warrants, Class B warrants and Class C warrants are listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC under the symbols "CHK," "CHKEW," "CHKEZ" and "CHKEL," respectively. As of August 17, 2022, there were 120,849,113 shares of common stock, 9,751,853 Class A warrants, 12,290,669 Class B warrants and 11,269,865 Class C warrants outstanding.
The Company has engaged Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Cowen and Company, LLC and Intrepid Partners, LLC as the dealer managers for the Offers. Any questions or requests for assistance concerning the Offers may be directed to Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at 1 (212) 723-7914; Cowen and Company, LLC at 1 (646) 562-1010; and Intrepid Partners, LLC at 1 (713) 292-0863. D.F. King & Co., Inc. has been appointed as the information agent for the Offers, and Equiniti Trust Company has been appointed as the exchange agent. Requests for documents should be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. at 1 (877) 732-3617 (for warrant holders) or 1 (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers) or via the following email address: chk@dfking.com.
Important Additional Information Has Been Filed with the SEC
Copies of the Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange will be available free of charge at the website of the SEC at www.sec.gov. Requests for documents may also be directed to D.F. King & Co., Inc. at 1 (877) 732-3617 (for warrant holders) or 1 (212) 269-5550 (for banks and brokers) or via the following email address: chk@dfking.com. A registration statement on Form S-4 relating to the securities to be issued in the Offers has been filed with the SEC but has not yet become effective. Such securities may not be sold nor may offers to buy be accepted prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective.
This announcement is for informational purposes only and shall not constitute an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell the warrants or an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any shares of common stock in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful before registration or qualification under the laws of any such state. The Offers are being made only through the Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange, and the complete terms and conditions of the Offers are set forth in the Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange.
Holders of the warrants are urged to read the Schedule TO and Prospectus/Offers to Exchange carefully before making any decision with respect to the Offers because they contain important information, including the various terms of, and conditions to, the Offers.
None of the Company, any of its management or its board of directors, or the information agent, the exchange agent or any dealer manager makes any recommendation as to whether or not holders of warrants should tender warrants for exchange in the Offers.
Headquartered in Oklahoma City, Chesapeake Energy Corporation is powered by dedicated and innovative employees who are focused on discovering and responsibly developing our leading positions in top U.S. oil and gas plays. With a goal to achieve net-zero direct GHG emissions by 2035, Chesapeake is committed to safely answering the call for affordable, reliable, lower carbon energy.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements are statements other than statements of historical fact. They include statements that give our current expectations, management's outlook guidance or forecasts of future events, expected natural gas and oil growth trajectory, projected cash flow and liquidity, our ability to enhance our cash flow and financial flexibility, dividend plans, future production and commodity mix, plans and objectives for future operations, ESG initiatives, the ability of our employees, portfolio strength and operational leadership to create long-term value, and the assumptions on which such statements are based. Although we believe the expectations and forecasts reflected in our forward-looking statements are reasonable, they are inherently subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. No assurance can be given that such forward-looking statements will be correct or achieved or that the assumptions are accurate or will not change over time.
Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results include those described under "Risk Factors" in Item 1A of our annual report on Form 10-K and any updates to those factors set forth in Chesapeake's subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or current reports on Form 8-K (available at http://www.chk.com/investors/sec-filings). These risk factors include: the ability to execute on our business strategy following emergence from bankruptcy; the impact of inflation and commodity price volatility resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, COVID-19 and related supply chain constraints, along with the effect on our business, financial condition, employees, contractors and vendors, and on the global demand for oil and natural gas and U.S. and world financial markets; the acquisitions of Vine Energy Inc. ("Vine") and Chief E&D Holdings, LP and affiliates of Tug Hill, Inc. (together, "Chief"), including our ability to successfully integrate the businesses of Vine and Chief into the Company and achieve the expected synergies from these acquisitions within the expected timeframes; effects of purchase price adjustments and indemnity obligations; the volatility of oil, natural gas and NGL prices; the limitations our level of indebtedness may have on our financial flexibility; our ability to comply with the covenants under our credit facility and other indebtedness; our inability to access the capital markets on favorable terms; the availability of cash flows from operations and other funds to fund cash dividends, repurchases of equity, to finance reserve replacement costs and/or satisfy our debt obligations; write-downs of our oil and natural gas asset carrying values due to low commodity prices; our ability to replace reserves and sustain production; uncertainties inherent in estimating quantities of oil, natural gas and NGL reserves and projecting future rates of production and the amount and timing of development expenditures; our ability to generate profits or achieve targeted results in drilling and well operations; leasehold terms expiring before production can be established; commodity derivative activities resulting in lower prices realized on oil, natural gas and NGL sales; the need to secure derivative liabilities and the inability of counterparties to satisfy their obligations; adverse developments or losses from pending or future litigation and regulatory proceedings, including royalty claims; charges incurred in response to market conditions; drilling and operating risks and resulting liabilities; effects of environmental protection laws and regulations on our business and legislative, regulatory and environmental, social and governance ("ESG") initiatives, addressing environmental concerns, including initiatives addressing the impact of global climate change or further regulating hydraulic fracturing, methane emissions, flaring or water disposal; our ability to achieve and maintain ESG goals and certifications; our need to secure adequate supplies of water for our drilling operations and to dispose of or recycle the water used; impacts of potential legislative and regulatory actions addressing climate change; federal and state tax proposals affecting our industry; potential OTC derivatives regulation limiting our ability to hedge against commodity price fluctuations; competition in the oil and gas exploration and production industry; a deterioration in general economic, business or industry conditions; negative public perceptions of our industry; limited control over properties we do not operate; pipeline and gathering system capacity constraints and transportation interruptions; terrorist activities or cyber-attacks adversely impacting our operations; and an interruption in operations at our headquarters due to a catastrophic event.
In addition, disclosures concerning the estimated contribution of derivative contracts to our future results of operations are based upon market information as of a specific date. These market prices are subject to significant volatility. Our production forecasts are also dependent upon many assumptions, including estimates of production decline rates from existing wells and the outcome of future drilling activity. We caution you not to place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date of this news release, and we undertake no obligation to update any of the information provided in this release, except as required by applicable law. In addition, this news release contains time-sensitive information that reflects management's best judgment only as of the date of this news release.
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Another Quarter of Strong Results
Second quarter revenues of $429.3 million, up 40.6% year-over-year
IFRS Diluted EPS of $0.87 for the second quarter
Non-IFRS Diluted EPS of $1.22 for the second quarter
LUXEMBOURG, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Globant (NYSE: GLOB), a digitally native technology services company, today announced results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022.
Please see highlights below, including certain Non-IFRS measures. Note that reconciliations between Non-IFRS financial measures and IFRS operating results are disclosed at the end of this press release.
Second Quarter 2022 Financial Highlights
- Revenues rose to $429.3 million, representing 40.6% year-over-year growth.
- IFRS Gross Profit Margin was 37.6% compared to 38.0% in the second quarter of 2021.
- Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit Margin was 39.1% compared to 39.3% in the second quarter of 2021.
- IFRS Profit from Operations Margin was 11.4% compared to 10.1% in the second quarter of 2021.
- Non-IFRS Adjusted Profit from Operations Margin was 16.1% compared to 16.2% in the second quarter of 2021.
- IFRS Diluted EPS was $0.87 compared to $0.48 in the second quarter of 2021.
- Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS was $1.22 compared to $0.88 in the second quarter of 2021.
Six months ended June 30, 2022 Financial Highlights
- Revenues rose to $830.6 million, representing 44.4% year-over-year growth.
- IFRS Gross Profit Margin was 37.8% compared to 38.1% in the first six months of 2021.
- Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit Margin was 39.3% compared to 39.4% in the first six months of 2021.
- IFRS Profit from Operations Margin was 12.0% compared to 10.6% in the first six months of 2021.
- Non-IFRS Adjusted Profit from Operations Margin was 16.5% compared to 16.4% in the first six months of 2021.
- IFRS Diluted EPS was $1.72 compared to $1.01 in the first six months of 2021.
- Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS was $2.41 compared to $1.71 in the first six months of 2021.
Other Metrics as of and for the quarter ended June 30, 2022
- Cash and cash equivalents and Short-term investments were $361.7 million as of June 30, 2022, a decrease of $98.7 million from $460.4 million as of December 31, 2021, driven by seasonal impacts of tax and bonus payments, and M&A earnout payments. As of June 30, 2022, our credit facility was fully undrawn.
- Globant completed the second quarter of 2022 with 25,924 Globers, 24,410 of whom were technology, design and innovation professionals.
- The geographic revenue breakdown for the second quarter of 2022 was as follows: 64.5% from North America (top country: US), 23.8% from Latin America (top country: Argentina), 9.7% from EMEA (top country: Spain) and 2.0% from Asia and Oceania (top country: India).
- In terms of currencies, 79.0% of Globant's revenues for the second quarter of 2022 were denominated in US dollars.
- During the twelve months ended June 30, 2022, Globant served a total of 1,043 customers (with revenues over $10,000 in the last twelve months) and continued to increase its wallet share, with 233 accounts generating more than $1 million of annual revenues, compared to 154 for the same period one year ago.
- Globant's top customer, top five customers and top ten customers for the second quarter of 2022 represented 10.5%, 25.7% and 36.7% of revenues, respectively.
"In the eight years since our IPO, Globant has consistently delivered industry leading growth with an approximate 31% revenue CAGR. We will keep to our growth mindset as Globant expands in its geographies, reinvention offering and array of platforms. We continue to experience increasing demand for our services. Business leaders are seeking new and improved ways to reach broader audiences and gain efficiencies. To address this demand, we have recently launched our new Retail and Automotive Studios, which will expand the scope of our offerings, and our new Fast Code Studio, addressing a profound transformation in software development," said Martín Migoya, Globant's CEO and co-founder.
"We are happy to share with you our solid financial results for the second quarter of 2022. We delivered another quarter of industry-leading revenue growth, coupled with high levels of profitability and cash generation. Second quarter revenues reached $429.3 million, an increase of 40.6% compared to the second quarter of 2021. On a constant currency basis, second quarter revenue growth was 42.1% year over year; 1.5 percentage points above our headline figure. In organic terms, we posted a 36.6% year-over-year top-line growth. This elevated level of top-line growth continues to reflect the robust demand for our services. Clients continue to choose Globant for our technical capabilities, the speed in which we deliver value to our customers, and the scale of the digital engagements we are able to provide. With this in mind, we continue to be confident in our ability to drive strong growth and robust levels of profitability, as well as maintain a solid balance sheet position," explained Juan Urthiague, Globant's CFO.
2022 Third Quarter and Full Year Outlook
Based on current market conditions, Globant is providing the following estimates for the third quarter and the full year of 2022:
- Third quarter 2022 Revenues are estimated to be at least $456 million, or 33.4% year-over-year growth. This expected growth includes a negative FX impact of 2.0 percentage points.
- Third quarter 2022 Non-IFRS Adjusted Profit from Operations Margin is estimated to be in the range of 16%-17%.
- Third quarter 2022 Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS is estimated to be at least $1.24 (assuming an average of 42.9 million diluted shares outstanding during the third quarter).
- Fiscal year 2022 Revenues are estimated to be at least $1,775 million, or 36.8% year-over-year growth. This expected revenue growth includes a negative FX impact of 3.0 percentage points.
- Fiscal year 2022 Non-IFRS Adjusted Profit from Operations Margin is estimated to be in the range of 16%-17%.
- Fiscal year 2022 Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS is estimated to be at least $5.03 (assuming an average of 42.9 million diluted shares outstanding during 2022).
Conference Call and Webcast
Martín Migoya and Juan Urthiague will discuss the second quarter 2022 results in a video conference call today beginning at 4:30pm ET.
Video conference call access information is:
https://more.globant.com/F2Q22EarningsCall
Webcast http://investors.globant.com/
About Globant (NYSE:GLOB)
We are a digitally native company that helps organizations reinvent themselves to create a way forward and unleash their potential. We are the place where innovation, design and engineering meet scale.
We have more than 25,900 employees and we are present in 20 countries working for companies like Google, Rockwell Automation, Electronic Arts and Santander, among others.
We were named a Worldwide Leader in CX Improvement by IDC MarketScape report. We were also featured as a business case study at Harvard, MIT and Stanford. We are a member of the Cybersecurity Tech Accord.
For more information, please visit www.globant.com
Non-IFRS Financial Measures
While the financial figures included in this press release have been computed in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB") applicable to interim periods, this announcement does not contain sufficient information to constitute an interim financial report as defined in International Accounting Standards 34, "Interim Financial Reporting" nor a financial statement as defined by International Accounting Standards 1 "Presentation of Financial Statements". The financial information in this press release has not been audited.
Globant provides non-IFRS financial measures in addition to reported IFRS results prepared in accordance with IFRS. Management believes these measures help illustrate underlying trends in the company's business and uses the non-IFRS financial measures to establish budgets and operational goals, communicated internally and externally, for managing the company's business and evaluating its performance. The company anticipates that it will continue to report both IFRS and certain non-IFRS financial measures in its financial results, including non-IFRS measures that exclude share-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization, impairment of non-financial assets, acquisition-related charges, COVID-19 related charges and the related effect on income taxes of the pre-tax adjustments. Because the company's non-IFRS financial measures are not calculated according to IFRS, these measures are not comparable to IFRS and may not necessarily be comparable to similarly described non-IFRS measures reported by other companies within the company's industry. Consequently, Globant's non-IFRS financial measures should not be evaluated in isolation or supplant comparable IFRS measures, but, rather, should be considered together with its condensed interim consolidated statements of financial position as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 and its condensed interim consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard (IAS) 34, Interim Financial Reporting.
Globant is not providing a quantitative reconciliation of forward-looking Non-IFRS Adjusted Profit from Operations Margin or Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS to the most directly comparable IFRS measure because it is unable to predict with reasonable certainty the ultimate outcome of certain significant items without unreasonable effort. These items include, but are not limited to, share-based compensation expense, impairment of assets, acquisition-related charges, and the tax effect of non-IFRS adjustments. These items are uncertain, depend on various factors, and could have a material impact on IFRS reported results for the guidance period.
Forward Looking Statements
In addition to historical information, this release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "believe," "may," "will," "estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "should," "plan," "expect," "predict," "potential," or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our future financial and operating performance, including our outlook and guidance, and our strategies, priorities and business plans. Our expectations and beliefs regarding these matters may not materialize, and actual results in future periods are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. Factors that could impact our actual results include: the impact and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic; our ability to maintain current resource utilization rates and productivity levels; our ability to manage attrition and attract and retain highly-skilled IT professionals; our ability to accurately price our client contracts; our ability to achieve our anticipated growth; our ability to effectively manage our rapid growth; our ability to retain our senior management team and other key employees; our ability to continue to innovate and remain at the forefront of emerging technologies and related market trends; our ability to retain our business relationships and client contracts; our ability to manage the impact of global adverse economic conditions; our ability to manage uncertainty concerning the instability in the current economic, political and social environment in Latin America; and other factors discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in our most recent Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and any other risk factors we include in subsequent reports on Form 6-K.
Because of these uncertainties, you should not make any investment decisions based on our estimates and forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this press release whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Globant S.A.
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Income
(In thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts, unaudited)
Globant S.A.
Condensed Interim Consolidated Statements of Financial Position as of June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021
(In thousands of U.S. dollars, unaudited)
Globant S.A.
Selected Cash Flow Data
(In thousands of U.S. dollars, unaudited)
Globant S.A.
Supplemental Non-IFRS Financial Information
(In thousands of U.S. dollars, unaudited)
(a) Acquisition-related charges include, when applicable, amortization of purchased intangible assets included in depreciation and amortization expense line on our condensed interim consolidated statements of comprehensive income, external deal costs, acquisition-related retention bonuses, integration costs, changes in the fair value of contingent consideration liabilities, charges for impairment of acquired intangible assets and other acquisition-related costs. We cannot provide acquisition-related charges on a forward-looking basis without unreasonable effort as such charges may fluctuate based on the timing, size, and complexity of future acquisitions as well as other uncertainty inherent in mergers and acquisitions.
(b) COVID-19 related charges include, when applicable, bad debt provision related to the effect of COVID-19 on our customers businesses, donations and other expenses directly attributable to the pandemic that are both incremental to charges incurred prior to the outbreak and not expected to recur once the crisis has subsided and operations return to normal and clearly separable from normal operations. Moreover, these charges also include rent concessions that we were granted due to the pandemic environment.
Globant S.A.
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(*) Represents customers with more than $10,000 in revenues in the last twelve months.
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+1 (877) 215-5230
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DUBLIN, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The board of directors of Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) on Thursday, August 18, 2022, approved the fiscal year 2023 second quarter cash dividend of $0.68 per ordinary share, representing an 8% increase over the prior year. This quarterly declaration is consistent with the dividend announcement made by the company in May 2022. Medtronic is a constituent of the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats index, having increased its annual dividend payment for the past 45 consecutive years. The dividend is payable on October 14, 2022, to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 23, 2022.
About Medtronic
Bold thinking. Bolder actions. We are Medtronic. Medtronic plc, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is the leading global healthcare technology company that boldly attacks the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people across 150 countries. Our technologies and therapies treat 70 health conditions and include cardiac devices, surgical robotics, insulin pumps, surgical tools, patient monitoring systems, and more. Powered by our diverse knowledge, insatiable curiosity, and desire to help all those who need it, we deliver innovative technologies that transform the lives of two people every second, every hour, every day. Expect more from us as we empower insight-driven care, experiences that put people first, and better outcomes for our world. In everything we do, we are engineering the extraordinary. For more information on Medtronic (NYSE:MDT), visit www.Medtronic.com and follow @Medtronic on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Any forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties such as those described in Medtronic's periodic reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Actual results may differ materially from anticipated results.
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In this piece, we used TipRanks’ Comparison Tool to have a closer look at three dividend stocks – AVGO, MGA, AEP – that Wall Street continues to love, even as their yields compress in this market rally.
Due to the robust market rally, some of this market’s top dividend payers have seen their yields come down to Earth in recent weeks. As share prices climb, yields tend to go down.
Though many solid dividend raises are sure to be on the horizon for a wide range of companies, there’s concern that a coming recession or slowdown could weigh heavily on capital return programs. Indeed, dividends are hefty commitments when rates rise and times get tougher.
In any case, the three high-yield stocks in this piece seem well-positioned to make it through a choppier economic environment without having to slash their dividend payout.
Broadcom (AVGO)
Broadcom is a semiconductor company that’s made major strides in the software space in recent years. The firm’s gravitation toward higher-margin software could act as a major boon for operating margins over the next several years. Though a recession could act as some sort of road bump, I do view Broadcom as a unique tech firm that has the ability to balance reinvestment in innovation with a generous dividend payout.
Broadcom’s 3% dividend yield is a thing of beauty. Though the payout ratio is a tad on the higher end at just south of 74%, Broadcom’s forward-looking growth trajectory seems more than enough to fuel many years worth of dividend increases.
The latest acquisition of VMWare in a cash deal worth $61 billion represents a massive splash in the virtualization software space. Though the price tag appears lofty, I think Broadcom actually walked away with a great deal as it bought the steep dip in shares.
Now, VMWare has its fair share of baggage. It’s baggage that Broadcom must deal with. VMWare has seen its revenue numbers slip amid a bumpy transition to a subscription model. Undoubtedly, many Sofware-as-a-Service (SaaS) firms have had to make the transition. As VMWare makes it through the last of its transitory headwinds, Broadcom will look to bring out the best in the firm.
Broadcom has done a terrific job of diversifying its portfolio into software over the years. The VMWare addition fits well with CA Technologies and Symantec, Broadcom’s past software deals.
Though the VMWare deal will take a while to digest, I wouldn’t rule out further deals as Broadcom looks to become a force to be reckoned with in enterprise software.
The stock trades at 26.7 times trailing earnings and 7.7 times sales. Not too high a price to pay for a semi-kingpin that’s growing its moat with every deal it makes.
Wall Street remains upbeat, with 12 Buys and no Sells or Holds assigned in the past three months. The average AVGO price forecast of $698.64 implies upside potential of 26.7%.
Magna International (MGA)
Magna International is a Canadian auto-part manufacturer that’s been slipping of late. Down more than 35% from its all-time high just north of $125 per share, Magna stock now finds itself closing in on a $60-$75 consolidation channel that it was stuck in for many years prior to the pandemic.
The pandemic-induced surge in auto demand helped propel Magna stock to new heights, but eventually, the market pulled the rug from underneath investors, causing shares to shed nearly half of their value from peak to trough.
At writing, shares trade at 27.7 times trailing earnings and 0.5 times sales. That’s a modest multiple for a firm that still has a lot to gain by supplying many automakers that are fuelling the ongoing electric vehicle (EV) boom. While an economic downturn could weigh on coming results, I do think secular tailwinds in the auto sector are too strong to keep a robust parts supplier like Magna down for too long.
Demand for vehicles remains robust. Still, such strength didn’t help the company in its latest quarter, which saw Magna miss earnings ($0.83 EPS vs. the $0.93 consensus estimate). Inflationary pressures, including higher energy and transportation costs, were reasons why Magna’s earnings came up shy. Upward pressure on wages may also act as a sore spot on margins over the foreseeable future.
In any case, Magna steered through the same environmental headwinds as most other companies. Despite the disappointing results, the firm remained upbeat with its sales outlook. As the last of the semi shortage passes, auto production could pick up in a meaningful way. The only question is whether demand will still be there as consumers feel the pinch going into year’s end.
Wall Street stands by the Canadian auto-part kingpin, with five out of five analysts touting the stock as a Buy. The average upside is 16.7%, implying an MGA price target of $73.61.
American Electric Power (AEP)
American Electric Power is a sleep-easy dividend stock for investors rattled by volatility. The 3%-yielding electric power behemoth boasts a mere 0.36 beta, meaning shares are far less likely to move based on the day-to-day action of the S&P 500.
U.S. President Joe Biden’s recent passing of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act bodes well for AEP as well as the broader utility space. The company’s increased investment in renewable power projects puts it in the government’s good books. Further, AEP may have fewer hurdles standing in its way should it spot an M&A opportunity.
With such a heavily-regulated mix of assets, AEP is great for those looking for a solid foundation going into an economic recession. Management is calling for long-term EPS growth to fall into the 6-7% range. That’s some solid recession-resilient growth for a well-run firm that won’t deliver too much in the way of surprises.
At 20.6 times trailing earnings, AEP stock does not come cheap. The recent run-up in utilities has brought shares within striking distance of new highs of around $105 per share.
In any case, Wall Street still loves the name, with seven Buys and two Holds. Despite sporting a “Strong Buy” consensus rating, the implied upside is just 1.5%. I think price target upgrades for AEP stock could be on the way as analysts look to react following a sharp rally.
Conclusion
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Beware before criticizing Gen Z. Amandla Stenberg has taken to Instagram to defend herself after sending an indignant message to New York Times film critic Lena Wilson after she negatively reviewed Stenberg's film Bodies Bodies Bodies. After referring to the A24 film as “a 95-minute advertisement for cleavage” in her review, Wilson shared on Twitter that Sternberg direct messaged her on Instagram.
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“Your review was great,” the message read. “Maybe if you had gotten your eyes off my tits you would’ve watched the movie!”
Wilson tweeted a screenshot of Stenberg's message on Wednesday evening with the caption “do you think she instagram DM'd Alison Willmore, Justin Chang, and Anthony Lane like this or”—referencing other critics who reviewed the film. her tweet and viral, spurring backlash against the Bodies Bodies Bodies star. On Thursday, Stenberg took to her Instagram stories to explain her reasoning for sending the salacious DM.
“I have been receiving a lot of commentary on the internet for being a very naughty girl and sending a DM that I thought was hilarious,” Stenberg says, choking back laughter.
She continues: "There’s a film critic and her name is Lena Wilson. She described [Bodies Bodies Bodies] as a 95 minute advertisement for cleavage, which I thought was hilarious. I'm proud that a piece of work that I was in was described as such in such a renowned publication. That's a really unique experience that I get to have.”
Stenberg goes on to say she sent the message in jest, explaining that she thought Wilson might appreciate the message because they both identify as queer. “I thought it was hilarious. I thought because Lena is gay, and I am also gay…as gay people we would both find this comment funny. I was also curious to know what Lena would say to such a statement. Lena decided to publish it and also says that I am homophobic for saying that.”
Stenberg ended her Instagram story by further explaining her intention for messaging Wilson, drawing a comparison to the unwarranted attention her body receives as an actress in Hollywood. “The amount of commentary I receive on my boobs is so extreme,” Stenberg says. “This has happened since I was a teenager. I could literally be wearing a t-shirt and just because of the size of my boobs there will be some sort of sexualization or commentary on my chest."
While there are multiple young women in the movie, Stenberg seems to believe Wilson's cleavage comment was directed towards her. “I knew that this comment was probably mostly directed towards me,” she says. "I wore this tank top in this movie because me and the costume designer felt it fit the character well. I do get tired of people talking about my chest. It seems to be in Hollywood it's not normalized to have boobs that are above an A or a B cup. There seems to be a lot of unwarranted conversation about my chest that kind of baffles me.”
“Lena, I thought your review was hilarious," Stenberg says towards the end of her video. "I thought my DM was funny. I did not mean to harass you. I do not wish you any harm. You are allowed to have your criticism on my work and I’m allowed to have my criticisms of your work. I wish you the best.”
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Eleanor Wong, one third of the central friend group in Netflix’s Never Have I Ever, has mastered the art of stealing focus. There are the outfits—platform crocs, strangely-shaped statement earrings, and all of the pattern mixing. The accents—this season, she’s preparing to play Keeley in the school’s production of Ted Lasso. And the quips—mentioning to Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) mid-pep-talk that she signs into her friend’s Instagram “when you forget to like my posts.”
According to Ramona Young, who has brought the theatrical character to life for three seasons, one of Eleanor’s best one-liners arrived via her own ad-lib. It’s when Eleanor is describing a drama-club-sponsored charity event: “We’re raising money to help climate refugees learn improv. Yes, and…the ocean’s dying.”
As Eleanor muscles her way toward a career in Hollywood, Never Have I Ever’s recently released third season is a showcase for Young’s broad comedic talents. In one episode, Eleanor appears as a “salty sea wench” for her first professional acting gig, a pirate-themed Captain Joe’s Blinds commercial. Another sees Eleanor reenact a Jennifer Lopez monologue from Hustlers (strip pole included!) to secure a talent agent. “Jennifer Lopez played a character named Ramona in Hustlers, and I’m Ramona playing Ramona from Hustlers,” Young explains with Eleanor-like excitement during a recent Zoom. “It was incredibly meta.”
To nail the two-minute-long scene, Young committed the way her ambitious character might. “Oh, I was thrilled. I was over the moon. I did so much research,” she says. “I went to pole dancing classes, I watched J.Lo’s behavior and physicality and the way she inflected her words. I tried to act like I was from the Bronx, and that take was not used. However, it was fun doing the research. That’s my favorite part.”
Playing Eleanor on the Mindy Kaling– and Lang Fisher–created coming-of-age series has also required the 24-year-old to reflect upon her own high school memories. “I feel like maybe inside my own brain, my high school life was more dramatic and cool,” she says. “But from an exterior perspective, it was probably more nerdy and silly…. Internally: Euphoria. Externally: Never Have I Ever.”
She plays the artsy counterpart to Lee Rodriguez’s robotics-obsessed Fabiola, but in reality, Young says, Rodriguez attended drama school while Young was enrolled in a science-focused school. Young made that decision in part to appease her parents, who had a difficult time accepting their daughter’s decision to pursue acting. “I was always a creative, artistic person,” Young says, “but I was also very shy and hesitant about it. So I just continued doing what my parents really encouraged me to do.”
In time, she was able to carve her own path, booking recurring roles on shows including Santa Clarita Diet and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. “Eventually [I had] to find the courage and just tell my parents, ‘Hey, I want to be an actor,’ and face their reaction, which was so hard because I want my parents to be happy and proud of me,” Young says. “After many, many years, they are so happy for me. And that just warms my heart.”
Eleanor’s most heartwarming development in season three comes courtesy of her love story with a fellow student, the surprisingly sweet stoner Trent. “I’m a second away from bursting into either song or tears at every moment of the day,” Eleanor says of their unlikely attraction early in the season. “Shouldn’t I be with another artist, or at least another Sagittarius?”
But Young insists that the couple’s charm lies in their mismatched nature. “The best part about their relationship is you don’t expect it,” she says. “That’s the best kind of love, when you fall in love and you don’t see it coming. They’re so different from each other, but somehow when you put them together, there’s a lot of chemistry. It’s cute and it works and it’s funny to watch.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/never-have-i-ever-ramona-young-interview | 2022-08-18T21:39:41Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/never-have-i-ever-ramona-young-interview | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A good rule of thumb for anyone running a small or large business is to never be in a position where you have to say, “One of our top executives is a convicted criminal.” Unfortunately for the Trump Organization, that’s exactly the situation it is about to find itself in, as Allen Weisselberg, its longtime chief financial officer, pleaded guilty on Thursday to running a yearslong tax scheme with Donald Trump’s family business. And if you are thinking this sounds like bad news for the ex-president, you are thinking right!
While Weisselberg’s plea deal does not require him to cooperate with the Manhattan district attorney’s broader criminal investigation against Trump the man, he will likely be a central witness during the government’s trial against the Trump Organization in October, where, per The New York Times, “he will have to testify about his role in the scheme to avoid paying taxes on lavish corporate perks” if he is called as a witness. While the Trump Organization has pleaded not guilty to the cornucopia of crimes it was charged with in July 2021—including conspiracy, grand larceny, and multiple counts of tax fraud and falsifying records—it’s pretty clear that having one of its most powerful employees detail the many crimes he committed while working for the joint will not be great for its defense.
If Weisselberg tells the truth during the trial—i.e. he tells the jury about how, as CFO of the company, he engaged in a scheme to compensate himself and other executives with off-the-books perks for which taxes were not paid, and personally dodged taxes on $1.76 million of income over the last 15 years—he’ll be given a five-month prison sentence, of which he would probably only serve 100 days, according to the reported details of the plea deal. He’d also have to fork over nearly $2 million in taxes, penalties, and interest. Among the perks Weisselberg received as part of the scam were an apartment on the Upper West Side, leased Mercedes-Benzes, and private school tuition for his grandchildren. When the indictment against Weisselberg and the Trump Organization was unsealed last year, it showed the company kept actual spreadsheets of its alleged crimes. Responding to the news at the time, company executives Don Jr. and Eric Trump argued that people dodge taxes all the time and it’s not a big deal; they also claimed that the $1.76 million that Weisselberg avoided paying the IRS was “pennies on the dollar.”
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While the DA’s criminal investigation against Trump himself has seemingly lost speed, the veteran prosecutor who resigned in February insisted it wasn’t for a lack of evidence, saying in his resignation letter: “The team that has been investigating Mr. Trump harbors no doubt about whether he committed crimes—he did.” Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, who took over the office in January, said in a statement in April that the probe was ongoing. | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/allen-weisselberg-trump-organization-guilty-plea | 2022-08-18T21:39:47Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/allen-weisselberg-trump-organization-guilty-plea | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
We hope what we’re about to say doesn’t rock anyone’s world or shatter their faith, but it increasingly appears that Donald Trump, the 45th president of the United States of America, may be a criminal. What sort of crimes might he have committed? Well, again, we don’t want to shock anyone here, but there’s actually a strong possibility that he committed numerous crimes, including ones related to storing top secret government documents at Mar-a-Lago that weren’t his to take. There’s also the matter of his attempting to overturn the 2020 election and then unleashing a violent mob on the Capitol when things didn’t go his way, which—and you may want to sit down for this—the Justice Department seems to believe might have broken the law.
The New York Times reports that the prosecutors investigating the events leading up to January 6 issued a grand jury subpoena in May to the National Archives for “all the documents the agency provided to a parallel House select committee inquiry,” including “records from the files of Mr. Trump’s top aides, his daily schedule and phone logs, and a draft text of the president’s speech that preceded the riot.” The subpoena, the Times notes, “suggests that...prosecutors believe evidence of a crime may exist in the White House documents the archives turned over to the House panel.”
While Trump attempted to exert executive privilege over the documents when they were requested by the January 6 committee, they were ultimately turned over after the Supreme Court ruled against him, which had to have hurt given that he personally installed three of the justices on the bench and presumably believed they’d be in the can for him. (The lone dissenter was Clarence Thomas, which might or might not have had something to do with the fact that his wife, Ginni, was up to her ears in the right-wing attempt to block Joe Biden from becoming president.)
In June and July, the House select committee held a series of public hearings in which, as the Times notes, “members laid out evidence they believed would be helpful in a federal investigation into a variety of possible crimes related to the attack, including obstructing an official proceeding of Congress and conspiracy to defraud the American people.” The congressional investigators also implicated Trump in the fake-elector scheme and suggested he engaged in witness tampering. In July, it was revealed that Marc Short and Greg Jacob, two former top aides to Mike Pence, had appeared before a grand jury investigating the attack on the Capitol. This was not a great development for Trump given that, in addition to being with the VP at the Capitol while rioters were chanting “Hang Mike Pence,” Short was in the Oval Office during a January 4, 2021, meeting in which attorney John Eastman pressured Pence to block Biden’s win and reportedly acknowledged that he knew it was illegal. Jacob, then Pence’s chief legal counsel, was present at that meeting as well, telling the January 6 committee: “During that meeting on the fourth, I think I raised the problem that both of Mr. Eastman’s proposals would violate several provisions of the Electoral Count Act. Mr. Eastman acknowledged that that was the case, that even what he viewed as the more politically palatable option would violate several provisions.”
At the end of last month, Rolling Stone reported that the ex-president’s lawyers had become “increasingly anxious” that he would be indicted for his attempt to overturn the election, writing that they were “preemptively preparing a legal defense against criminal charges.” Which would seem wise! | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/justice-department-subpoena-donald-trump-january-6 | 2022-08-18T21:39:53Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/justice-department-subpoena-donald-trump-january-6 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A partially burned body was found near a burned car Tuesday outside Wapato, the Yakima County Sheriff's Office reported.
Sheriff's deputies, Yakama Nation Tribal Police and the FBI were sent Tuesday morning to the 100 block of Progressive Road near Wapato for a report of a partially burned body found near a burned car, according to a sheriff's office news release.
The man was deceased and detectives and the sheriff's office crime scene investigator processed the scene as a homicide. An autopsy took place Thursday morning in Cowlitz County, Yakima County Coroner Jim Curtice said. On Thursday afternoon Curtice said he was awaiting results, including information on the man's cause of death, as he and authorities continue attempts to identify the deceased.
Those with any information regarding the man's death or identity are asked to contact Det. Brian McIlrath via email at brian.mcilrath@co.yakima.wa.us, send a tip anonymously through bit.ly/YHR-crimestoppers or call 509-574-2569 regarding case number 22C13053. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/lower_valley/mans-partially-burned-body-found-near-burned-car-in-lower-yakima-valley/article_87468cca-1f18-11ed-9eec-0b638bb74786.html | 2022-08-18T21:42:07Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/lower_valley/mans-partially-burned-body-found-near-burned-car-in-lower-yakima-valley/article_87468cca-1f18-11ed-9eec-0b638bb74786.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 104.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Lower Columbia Basin of Washington, Simcoe
Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima Valley. In Oregon,
Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
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...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 104.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Lower Columbia Basin of Washington, Simcoe
Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima Valley. In Oregon,
Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
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...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 104.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Lower Columbia Basin of Washington, Simcoe
Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima Valley. In Oregon,
Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
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...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 104.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Lower Columbia Basin of Washington, Simcoe
Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima Valley. In Oregon,
Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
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...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 104.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Lower Columbia Basin of Washington, Simcoe
Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima Valley. In Oregon,
Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
Funeral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/death_notices/gaudencio-avalos-27/article_3f88d4b2-1e5d-11ed-b104-b3be5a371861.html | 2022-08-18T21:42:43Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/death_notices/gaudencio-avalos-27/article_3f88d4b2-1e5d-11ed-b104-b3be5a371861.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 104.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Lower Columbia Basin of Washington, Simcoe
Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima Valley. In Oregon,
Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
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...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 104.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Lower Columbia Basin of Washington, Simcoe
Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima Valley. In Oregon,
Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
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...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 106.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Simcoe Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima
Valley. In Oregon, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
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...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 104.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Lower Columbia Basin of Washington, Simcoe
Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima Valley. In Oregon,
Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
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...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 104.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Lower Columbia Basin of Washington, Simcoe
Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima Valley. In Oregon,
Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
Funeral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/death_notices/shirley-lynn-young-65/article_7ae72466-1e5b-11ed-93ee-d3b4c5a371cc.html | 2022-08-18T21:43:20Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/death_notices/shirley-lynn-young-65/article_7ae72466-1e5b-11ed-93ee-d3b4c5a371cc.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 104.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Lower Columbia Basin of Washington, Simcoe
Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima Valley. In Oregon,
Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
Funeral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/death_notices/tony-martinez-69/article_e9b09440-1e5b-11ed-bd3f-0b12b64d2e00.html | 2022-08-18T21:43:27Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/death_notices/tony-martinez-69/article_e9b09440-1e5b-11ed-bd3f-0b12b64d2e00.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM PDT
FRIDAY...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 104.
* WHERE...In Washington, Eastern Columbia River Gorge of
Washington, Lower Columbia Basin of Washington, Simcoe
Highlands, Kittitas Valley and Yakima Valley. In Oregon,
Eastern Columbia River Gorge of Oregon.
* WHEN...Until 11 PM PDT Friday.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
&&
Funeral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/death_notices/troyce-allen-cravens-68/article_fd90e47a-1e5a-11ed-8835-37b94da10e21.html | 2022-08-18T21:43:33Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/obituaries/death_notices/troyce-allen-cravens-68/article_fd90e47a-1e5a-11ed-8835-37b94da10e21.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Christian Currie, 17th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron aerospace medical technician, provides medical aid to a member of the 17th Security Forces Squadron during a training exercise at Goodfellow Air Force Base, August 8, 2022. Currie had to stabilize a wound while separated from his team after a simulated explosion. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Heimbuch)
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220818-N-YC738-1001 QUANTICO, Va. (Aug. 18, 2022) -- The first students enrolled in the Associate of Arts in Military Studies through the United States Naval Community College completed their first course through Arizona State University August 9, 2022. This course, Introduction to Military Studies, is designed to help these students understand how political science and history informs national security research into diverse solutions. This graphic was created using shapes, text, and images. (U.S. Navy graphic illustration by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Xander Gamble/released)
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U.S. Navy Cmrd. Michael Patterson, a dentist with the Marine Corps Reserve 4th Dental Battalion, Hospitalman 2nd Class Neil Copobres, a corpsman with Navy Cargo Handling Battalion 5, and U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Anna Martinez, a dental technician with the Rhode Island Medical Readiness Detachment, conduct a dental examination during Appalachian Care Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) 2022 at Wise, Va., Aug. 18, 2022. IRT is a Department of Defense (DoD) military training opportunity, exclusive to the United States and its territories, that delivers joint training opportunities to increase deployment readiness. Simultaneously, IRT provides key services (health care, construction, transportation, and cybersecurity) with lasting benefits for our American communities.
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BOSTON (WWLP) – State public health officials reported 47 new confirmed deaths and 8,224 new confirmed COVID-19 cases in Massachusetts this week.
Total COVID-19 Cases by Age Group:
- 0-4 years: 1,259
- 5-9 years: 512
- 10-14 years: 406
- 15-19 years: 642
- 20-29 years: 2,676
- 30-39 years: 2,819
- 40-49 years: 2,232
- 50-59 years: 2,406
- 60-69 years: 1,984
- 70-79 years: 1,393
- 80+ years: 913
Testing:
According to the Department of Public Health, 117,195 new tests were performed with an overall of 46,932,454 molecular tests administered.
Antigen Tests: A total of 11,597 new individuals have tested positive with 5,114,991 total tests reported.
The 7-day average of percent positivity is 7.84%
Hospitalizations:
On August 9, there were 176 patients hospitalized primarily for COVID-19 related illness.
There are 582 patients currently hospitalized with COVID-19 with 64 patients that are in intensive care units, 24 patients intubated, 342 (59%) patients that are reportedly fully vaccinated.
Confirmed COVID-19 Cases:
- New Cases: 8,224
- Total Cases: 1,830,211
- New Deaths: 47
- Total Deaths: 20,025
Probable COVID-19 Cases
- New Cases: 845
- Total Cases: 166,243
- New Deaths: 10
- Total Deaths: 1,317
Vaccinations:
- Massachusetts residents fully vaccinated: 5,443,777
- First booster doses administered: 3,187,389
MassDPH COVID-19 Dashboard
Hampden County:
- New Confirmed Cases: 837
- Total Confirmed Cases: 152,827
- New Deaths: 1
- Total Confirmed and Probable Deaths: 1,882
Hampshire County:
- New Confirmed Cases: 184
- Total Confirmed Cases: 35,048
- New Deaths: -1
- Total Confirmed and Probable Deaths: 377
Franklin County:
- New Confirmed Cases: 93
- Total Confirmed Cases: 12,874
- New Deaths: 1
- Total Confirmed and Probable Deaths: 159
Berkshire County:
- New Confirmed Cases: 226
- Total Confirmed Cases: 30,480
- New Deaths: 2
- Total Confirmed and Probable Deaths: 409 | https://www.wwlp.com/news/health/coronavirus-local-impact/massachusetts-covid-19-weekly-report-47-new-deaths-8224-new-cases/ | 2022-08-18T21:48:59Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/health/coronavirus-local-impact/massachusetts-covid-19-weekly-report-47-new-deaths-8224-new-cases/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SELBYVILLE, Del. - Delaware State Police are investigating a Thursday morning crash that left one person dead and two others injured in Selbyville.
Police said that just after 8 a.m., a Honda Civic was traveling westbound on McCabe Road and approaching the intersection at Dupont Boulevard, where there is a posted stop sign for westbound traffic. At the same time, a Toyota Rav-4 was traveling northbound on Dupont Boulevard and approaching the intersection at McCabe Road. Police said that for reasons still unknown, the driver of the Civic failed to remain stopped at the stop sign and proceeded to travel onto Dupont Boulevard and into the path of the Rav-4. As a result, the front center of the Toyota struck the left side of the Honda. Both vehicles traveled in a northwesterly direction until coming to rest in the southbound lanes of Dupont Boulevard, according to police.
The operator of the Honda Civic, a 28-year-old man from Frankford, Del., was properly restrained. He was pronounced deceased at the scene. Identification of the victim is pending notification to the next of kin.
The operator of the Toyota Rav-4, a 24-year-old woman from Rockaway, N.J., was properly restrained. She was transported via ambulance to an area hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. The passenger of the Rav-4, a 16-year-old girl, also from Rockaway, N.J., was properly restrained. She was transported via ambulance to an area hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
No other vehicles were involved in this incident. The roadway was closed for approximately three hours while the collision was being investigated and cleared.
The Delaware State Police Troop 7 Collision Reconstruction Unit continues to investigate this incident. Troopers are asking anyone who witnessed this collision to contact Senior Cpl. R. Albert by calling 302-703-3266. Information may also be provided by contacting Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333 or via the internet at www.delawarecrimestoppers.com. | https://www.wboc.com/news/one-killed-two-injured-in-selbyville-crash/article_28f8e8fa-1f29-11ed-9487-3f0b19e27214.html | 2022-08-18T21:50:48Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/one-killed-two-injured-in-selbyville-crash/article_28f8e8fa-1f29-11ed-9487-3f0b19e27214.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
VIENNA, Md. - The Spotted Lanternfly could be a huge financial burden for places like vineyards and plant nurseries.
The Spotted Lanternfly has recently made its way to Maryland. Including, some counties on the Eastern Shore. The bug was found, as close as Wicomico county. That's close enough for William Layton to keep a close watchful eye over his vineyard. Layton is one of the owners of Layton's Chance Vineyard, in Vienna Maryland.
Layton says, "The main problem with the Spotted Lanternfly is that they just come in such massive volumes. You will kill everything that you have in the vineyard. And the next day, you will have another million of them coming out of the woods. There will be just as many of them there, before you killed what you had out here."
Layton says, there is not much to deter them. "There's not much we can do to deter the lanternfly, before it gets here. Once it gets here, then you have to deal with it. It's one of those things that make it so tough," says Layton.
There could be a huge financial problem if the vineyard is attacked.
"If they come in and devastate our grapes, we have to put just as much work into them whether we get the grapes out or not. So we would lose all that money that we put into it because we still need to produce wine. We would have to go out and buy grapes from somebody else that has them," says Layton.
The Maryland Department Of Agriculture asks you do two things, if a Spotted Lanternfly is seen. They ask that you report the bug, to the state, first. And, kill it. | https://www.wboc.com/news/vineyards-on-high-alert-for-spotted-lanternflies/article_cb02e474-1f39-11ed-bf22-0387ec7c31cd.html | 2022-08-18T21:50:50Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/vineyards-on-high-alert-for-spotted-lanternflies/article_cb02e474-1f39-11ed-bf22-0387ec7c31cd.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Forecast updated on Thursday, August 18, 2022, at 3:45 PM by WBOC Meteorologist Dan Satterfield (AMS-CBM).
DELMARVA FORECAST
Tonight: Clear and mild. Low 64°. Wind: S 1-7 mph.
Friday: Mainly sunny, and warm. High 87-88° inland with temps. near 77° on the beaches. Wind: S 2-8 mph. Winds SE 8-11 mph PM on the beaches.
Friday Night: Increasing clouds and more humid. Showers possible after 2 AM. Low 68°. Wind: S 0-6 mph.
Saturday: Mainly cloudy and not as warm. Morning showers with a few thundery downpours are likely. Rainfall from .25 to .5 inches. High 82° inland with temps. near 74° on the beaches. Wind: E/NE 4-12 mph. Winds NE 8-16 mph PM on the beaches.
Forecast Discussion:
We have a clear and more humid night ahead with light south winds as a weak high pressure moves east of the area. Look for low temps. near sunrise to dip down to around 64 degrees.
Friday will be a little warmer and more humid with temps. near 87-88° inland. The coast will see a sea breeze and stay in the upper 70's all afternoon. Winds will be south to SE at 4-8 mph for most of the day. Clouds will increase Friday night and a low pressure system may spread rain over southern Delmarva by sunrise Saturday. The rain may be heavy in places.
Saturday will be cloudy and it looks like we will see showers and thundershowers as an upper level trough passes across the area. Rainfall will be around 0.25 to .5 inches and the rain should taper off by afternoon, while clouds linger. An onshore wind will keep the beaches in the low 70's all day. Inland temperatures will get no warmer than the low 80's and it will be quite humid again. Look for A NE breeze inland with winds NE at 11-14 mph on the coast.
In the long-range, we will see only widely scattered showers Sunday with rain likely again Monday afternoon. Warm and humid weather looks likely for much of next week with afternoon highs from 83-87 degrees. No real hot weather seems likely in the next 10 days but it will be rather humid with warm temps. Just some scattered afternoon showers with a few spotty heavy storms are likely Tuesday through Friday.
The average high for today is 85 degrees with an average low of 66 degrees. | https://www.wboc.com/weather/feeling-more-like-august/article_848f6e20-1f31-11ed-ab35-9325d696fa93.html | 2022-08-18T21:50:52Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/weather/feeling-more-like-august/article_848f6e20-1f31-11ed-ab35-9325d696fa93.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
FLORENCE, Mass. (WWLP) – A summer celebration at Look Park Thursday in Florence geared towards getting children excited about local produce. The idea was to make food fun, giving children the chance to learn about what’s available in our area.
The event was hosted by Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture, also known as CISA. Children were welcome to stop by and explore what’s local, whether it was taste testing different types of berries from Nourse Farms in Whately, or making salsa with local author of “Cooking Class” Deanna Cook.
Communications Coordinator of CISA Lisa Goodrich said parents sometimes run into challenges getting their children to try nutritious food, but events like these can be a good opportunity to get kids excited, “We believe there is so much great food being grown right here in the Valley, and if they can try a berry that’s been grown right here and it didn’t come from across the country in a truck, then maybe they would have more of an open mind.”
For dessert, children also got to enjoy free Crooked Stick Pops which also use local fruit. They are planning to host a similar event at Forest Park in Springfield and that should be sometime later this year. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampshire-county/cisa-hosts-look-park-summer-celebration-to-promote-local-produce/ | 2022-08-18T21:53:20Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampshire-county/cisa-hosts-look-park-summer-celebration-to-promote-local-produce/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The 49ers finished their second and final joint practice against the Minnesota Vikings Thursday morning. It seemed like a much slower news day compared to Wednesday as far as the action that happened.
Wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk was asked how he felt about joint practices. His answer didn’t disappoint:
“Eh, it was good work. Going against somebody different. Different environment. I ain’t like it too much. I felt like it was a waste of time, personally. It was boring for sure.”
That sounds like a receiver who didn’t feel like he was challenged much after two days of practice. Aiyuk said he only touched the ball three times in two days, so that explains part of the reason he was bored.
There weren’t many reports on Trey Lance. Depending on who you ask, the Niners quarterback finished 13-for-19 with an interception that was tipped.
The most notable news item about Lance was how his high school alma mater’s football team greeted him after practice concluded:
Trey Lance greets his alma mater Marshall High School football team after #49ers practice at #Vikings HQ pic.twitter.com/RCntahamZ6
— Cam Inman (@CamInman) August 18, 2022
The Vikings arranged for a few buses to shuttle the players from Marshall High School, a three-hour drive, to come see Lance.
We’ll take a break from Lance today and focus on one of the best players on the team.
Bosa was unblockable
If Wednesday’s practice was a day of explosive plays for the 49ers' offense, Thursday was a reminder that Nick Bosa is unblockable. Vikings left tackle Christian Darrisaw, a second-year first-round pick, had his hands full against one of the best pass rushers in the league.
Vikings LT Christian Darrisaw is no match for 49ers Nick Bosa as he collects a sack on Kirk Cousins pic.twitter.com/s257SCRLlC
— Brad (@Graham_SFN) August 18, 2022
The ground Bosa can cover within his first three steps will always impress. By the time Minnesota quarterback Kirk Cousins is done taking his drop, Bosa is in his face. That seemed to be the theme during Thursday’s practice.
It didn’t matter if the Vikings used an offensive lineman or tackle; they couldn’t stay in front of 97:
Nick Bosa once again, this time gets the TFL on Vikings RB Mattison.
— Steph Sanchez (@stragosaurus) August 18, 2022
Then on the far field, Trey Lance scrambles. #49ers pic.twitter.com/9cJ9rnT1Fx
Three play sequence where #49ers Nick Bosa had 2 sacks & TFL against #Vikings pic.twitter.com/IZ0oiQSPmw
— (@TheSFNiners) August 18, 2022
Bosa had multiple sacks and tackles for loss during the day. He’s the type of player that can single-handedly win you a game. Bosa’s presence on the field cannot be understated. Even when he’s not winning, he draws the attention of the rest of the offense, freeing up someone else on the defense to make a play.
DeMeco Ryans spoke about the pass rush after practice:
Our guys up front have been doing an outstanding job. Can’t thank coach Daryl Tapp and Kris Kocurek enough. Those guys have done a great job of working with our d-line. We have a lot of depth at the position. They come in in waves and do a nice job of working together. Those guys do an excellent job of working off each other and that’s allowed them to be effective.
No fighting!
49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan said that he and Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell spoke before practice and agreed to throw anyone out who threw a punch: “We all know how important it is to get this practice work right now, and that’s what we stress.”
The 49ers defense, linebackers, specifically, got chippy with the Vikings' offense. Fortunately, there were no fights. Defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans explained after practice how Minnesota wasn’t used to the aggressive style of the Niners:
“It’s a different style. We attack. We’re gonna practice hard. Our guys are gonna be physical. And that’s how we practice each and every day. We have a standard in which we work every day. And that’s what you saw today. We just work to our standard.”
I would bet a smile comes to Ryans’ face when he sees his defense in the attack mode. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/18/23311781/49ers-vikings-joint-practice-nick-bosa-brandon-aiyuk | 2022-08-18T21:54:18Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/18/23311781/49ers-vikings-joint-practice-nick-bosa-brandon-aiyuk | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
There’s trouble in paradise, 49ers running back Trey Sermon was seen walking off the practice field Thursday “very gingerly” to the bus:
In other news…..Trey Sermon’s ankle/foot is hurting him. He was walking very very very gingerly to the bus after practice. #49ers pic.twitter.com/dnM3yRFhXB
— MAC (@the_ag_fox_1971) August 18, 2022
The 49ers have plenty of competition at running back. Unfortunately, that competition may sort itself out through injury if Sermon has to miss an extended time.
Sermon’s health will be something to monitor. Kyle Shanahan has said Sermon did all of the right things this offseason to put himself in a position to compete this year for a job. There isn’t much of a reason to play Sermon in the second preseason game if he’s not 100%.
Starting running back Elijah Mitchell is nursing a hamstring injury that could sideline him until Week 1. If Sermon is out, that means we’ll see a heavy dose of Ty Davis-Price, JaMycal Hasty, and undrafted free agent JaMycal Hasty during the preseason. Jeff Wilson Jr. was excused for personal reasons, so he didn’t suit up during the first game. As a veteran who knows the system, the 49ers don’t need to see Wilson Jr. in the preseason.
We’ll provide an update on Sermon, if there is any, the next time Shanahan speaks to the media. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/18/23312004/49ers-sermon-running-back-health | 2022-08-18T21:54:24Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/18/23312004/49ers-sermon-running-back-health | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It’s unclear when San Francisco 49ers' safety Jimmie Ward will return to the lineup as he deals with a “pretty bad” hamstring injury. The current safeties are Talanoa Hufanga, Tarvarius Moore, George Odum, and Dontae Johnson.
ESPN’s Field Yates reported the 49ers worked out veteran safety Tashaun Gipson. This could be a sign that the team is unhappy with its current safety play, needs a camp body, or isn’t anticipating Ward’s return anytime soon. It could also be all of the above.
Gipson comes with plenty of experience, as he started 12 games for the Chicago Bears in 2021. Gipson’s played over 1,000 snaps in four of the last six seasons. This feels like a potential emergency signing as Ward recovers.
The Broncos released former fifth-round pick Jamar Johnson earlier this week. That was an intriguing option. Johnson only logged 38 snaps as a rookie, and they all came on special teams. And while Johnson might not be someone who can produce right away, the idea of having him on the practice squad sounds appealing.
As for Gipson, you don’t have to do any second guessing. Gipson is a 10-year veteran, and you know what you’re getting out of him. On the other hand, he just turned 32, so you wonder how much juice he has left in the tank. Still, the coaching staff loves leaning on veterans. We’ll see if the 49ers were impressed by Gipson’s workout and sign him ahead of their second preseason game. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/18/23312090/49ers-work-out-veteran-safety-tashaun-gipson | 2022-08-18T21:54:30Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/18/23312090/49ers-work-out-veteran-safety-tashaun-gipson | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Anitta Is a Gaultier Barbie Doll in Her New Music Video With Missy Elliot
Just like she’s long been in Brazil, Anitta is on her way to becoming a household name in the U.S. Case in point: Her latest single is a collab with none other than American music royalty Missy Elliott. The 29-year-old pop megastar (who is the first Brazilian artist to hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Global U.S. chart) premiered the music video for “Lobby” on Thursday, and it’s clear that the pair hit it off. It begins with Anitta in a 1995 Jean Paul Gaultier op-art bodysuit and Missy in a patterned puffer coat before cutting to a hotel where Anitta is oozing glamour in DSquared2 mini dress, Carrera sunglasses, pink platforms, and a fur coat with a pink scarf wrapped around her head. Elsewhere, Missy is dancing in an upside-down room where an automatic vacuum cleaner is roaming around the ceiling and a cat is prowling the walls.
When they reunite, things get even stranger. Anitta is suddenly Barbie doll-sized, small enough to perch on Missy’s shoulder and dance on her hand. (She isn’t the first Gaultier Barbie: The designer once collaborated with Mattel on a doll-sized cone bra dress.) As for Missy, she’s suddenly small enough to fit in a picture frame.
Props to Anitta for finding a new way to embrace the Barbiecore trend. See for yourself in the video below. | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/anitta-lobby-music-video-missy-elliot | 2022-08-18T22:02:30Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/anitta-lobby-music-video-missy-elliot | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Linda Evangelista Isn’t Hiding Anymore
Linda Evangelista has come a long way in one year. Back in September 2021, the supermodel, who had been missing from the public eye for quite some time, took to Instagram to reveal what drove her into near-hiding—a cosmetic procedure had left her “permanently deformed,” in her words. The admission led to an overflow of support from Evangelista’s friends in the fashion industry, and by 2022 she was back in front of the camera, first in an interview with People, and then in a campaign for Fendi. Now, Evangelista has reached the pinnacle of her return—the cover of British Vogue’s September issue—where the model is opening up more about the entire saga.
In an interview punctuated with photos from Evangelista’s longtime friend, Steven Meisel, the model explained what initially led her to get the ultimately disastrous CoolSculpting procedure in the first place. What it came down to was seemingly the age-old curse of insecurity. Evangelista explained that she couldn’t seem to escape CoolSculpting commercials as she watched TV. “They would ask, ‘Do you like what you see in the mirror?’ They were speaking to me,” she said. “It was about stubborn fat in areas that wouldn’t budge. It said no downtime, no surgery and… I drank the magic potion, and I would because I’m a little vain.” Now, though, she obviously has regrets.
“If I had known side effects may include losing your livelihood and you’ll end up so depressed that you hate yourself, I wouldn’t have taken that risk,” she said.
Following the initial failed procedure, Evangelista turned to liposuction and other treatments for a quick fix, to no avail. “I have incisions all over my body. I have had stitches, I have worn compression garments under my chin, I’ve had my entire body tightly girdled for eight weeks – nothing helped,” she explained. At that point, her son, Augustin James Evangelista, started to notice the change in his mom, not necessarily the physical difference, but her changed demeanor. “What really stabbed me in the heart was when he said to me, ‘Remember when you used to be so much fun? Remember when you used to laugh all the time?’” she recalled. “It was such an innocent comment. That was a lot to handle.”
Now that her lawsuit against Zeltiq Aesthetics, the company behind CoolSculpting, is settled and she has told her story, Evangelista says she’s “so happy now,” though she clarifies that she’s not “cured mentally.” And while Evangelista is back to work, some things are going to be different. “You’re not going to see me in a swimsuit, that’s for sure,” she said. “It’s going to be difficult to find jobs with things protruding from me; without retouching, or squeezing into things, or taping things or compressing or tricking…”
Evangelista clarified that the British Vogue photos came with a touch of all of that. Make-up artist Pat McGrath “gently drew her face, jaw and neck back with tape and elastics,” according to the story. But for Evangelista, these tricks are just part of the territory. “Look, for photos I always think we’re here to create fantasies,” she said. “We’re creating dreams. I think it’s allowed. Also, all my insecurities are taken care of in these pictures, so I got to do what I love to do.” | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/linda-evangelista-coolsculpting-aftermath-makeup-tricks-magazine-cover | 2022-08-18T22:02:37Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/linda-evangelista-coolsculpting-aftermath-makeup-tricks-magazine-cover | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Everything We Know About Yellowjackets Season Two
Season one of Yellowjackets ended with so many cliffhangers, it’s a good thing Showtime already confirmed the show’s second season ahead of its finale, or else there likely would have been riots. Luckily, we didn’t have to go there, because we will be returning to New Jersey very soon to hopefully answer all the questions that have been on our minds since the first season ended in January. Like round one, the second installment of the Showtime series will likely also be a slow burn, and our questions won’t be answered right away, but that doesn’t mean anticipation for season two isn’t building rapidly with every new update about the show that comes out of the network. So, to tide you over, and keep you updated on everything there is to know about the show, we’ve gathered all the information there is on Yellowjackets season two.
Are there new cast members for the second season of Yellowjackets?
Season one of the show introduced us to the young Yellowjackets, while also allowing us get to know the adult versions of a handful of the teammates. Now, season two promises to add some more present-day characters to the show. It was recently announced that Six Feet Under star, Lauren Ambrose, will be joining the cast as the adult version of Van, confirming that the character survived the team’s time in the woods (albeit with some pretty horrific facial scars from that wolf attack). In addition, Liv Hewson, who played a young Van in season one, has been upped to a series regular, which means we’re going to be seeing more of her this time around.
In addition to Van, we will also get to meet adult Lottie in season two, and see how twenty-five years after the crash affected the soccer player turned cult leader. Simone Kessell of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Our Flag Means Death will take on the role as the grown-up Lottie, meaning we will finally get the answer to the question that ended season one: “Who the fuck is Lottie Matthews?”
Which characters from season one of Yellowjackets are returning?
The new cast members will be joined by a whole lot of familiar faces, including Christina Ricci, Juliette Lewis, Melanie Lynskey, and Tawny Cypress as the modern-day Yellowjackets. Of course, Samantha Hanratty, Sophie Nélisse, Sophie Thatcher, and Jasmin Savoy Brown will return as their younger counterparts.
As of now, it’s unclear if Ella Purnell—whose character, Jackie, faced a cold and untimely death in the season one finale—will be returning with the second season. Though the character is dead, showrunner Jonathan Lisco isn’t counting her out, and Jackie could return in some capacity. “Just because she’s dead...that doesn’t mean that she can’t appear, right?” he told Variety. Eagle-eyed fans noticed that Jackie’s journal included some cultural references from after the time of her death. Initially, it seemed like a blunder on the show’s part, but now Lisco is clarifying that it could play into the character’s possible return. “It’s not a mistake,” said of the journal detail. “We will find out.”
When will season two of Yellowjackets premiere?
We still have to wait a little longer for the return of Yellowjackets. The two other showrunners and co-creators of the series, Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, revealed to The Wrap that season two of production will begin at the end of August, and the new season will likely premiere in early 2023. “I believe that we are going to finish shooting in about February and we’ll be airing sometime shortly after that,” Lyle said. | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/yellowjackets-season-two-cast-release-date-details | 2022-08-18T22:02:42Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/culture/yellowjackets-season-two-cast-release-date-details | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
R.I.P. Hanae Mori, the Pioneering “Madame Butterfly” of Couture
Hanae Mori, the pioneering couture designer known for her blend of Eastern and Western aesthetics and butterfly motifs, has died of natural causes at age 96. The first Asian woman to be formally accepted into the French world of couture, Mori juggled showing at Paris Fashion Week, crafting custom designs for clients ranging from Empress Masako of Japan to bank clerks and Japanese Airlines flight attendants, and designing costumes for hundreds of films over the course of her decades-long career. The Japanese broadcaster NHK reports that Mori, who was nicknamed “Madame Butterfly,” passed away last week.
Born in Shimane, Japan in 1926, Mori attended a dress-making school after studying literature at the Tokyo Women’s Christian University. In 1951, she opened her first atelier above a noodle shop in Hiyoshiya, often dressing the wives of American soldiers in the wake of World War II. The designer then gradually made her way to Europe and the U.S. A visit to the atelier of Coco Chanel in 1960 solidified her passion for couture, and five years later, she mounted her first runway show (titled “East Meets West”) in New York. It officially put her on the international map: Hillary Clinton, Nancy Reagan, and Princess Grace of Monaco all became clients in the years that followed. While one of the most prolific costume designers in Japan, working on hundreds of films such as Yoshishige Yoshida’s Farewell to the Summer Light, Mori never neglected her namesake label. She joined Christian Dior and Karl Lagerfeld as a member of the Chamber Syndicale de la Haute Couture in 1977, when she also opened a showroom that was frequently visited by up-and-coming Japanese contemporaries like Kenzo Takada and the late Issey Miyake.
Three years later, the New York Times declared Mori a household name–“synonymous with Japan in women’s clothing, like Toyota in automobiles, Sony in tape recorders and Nikon in cameras.” While very much based in Europe—she also memorably created costumes for the Puccini opera “Madame Butterfly” in Milan in 1985—Mori continued to work steadily in her home country, outfitting Japanese athletes for the Olympics and Empress Masako for her wedding in 1993. Her fragrance line was a particular success, and her marquee scents for men and women remain fragrane shelf staples to this day. By that time, Mori’s namesake company had become a $500 million international business. Her designs tended to appeal to those who dressed more conservatively; her blend of Western design and Japanese sensibilities were not, as Vogue put it, “for women who wanted to make an entrance.” To Mori, “the whole Japanese concept of beauty is based on concealment.”
Two years after selling off portions of her company and being awarded the French Legion of Honor, Mori mounted her last couture show in Paris in 2004. “I feel that it’s all over,” she said at the time. “I was happy to see all of my good friends of the past 27 years come here. I feel no loneliness.” She took her bow alongside the couture bride, her granddaughter Izumi, who was among several to remember Mori on Instagram. “Thank you for all the amazing memories and experience,” she captioned a slideshow featuring photos of herself and her grandmother over the years. | https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/hanae-mori-dies-obituary | 2022-08-18T22:02:44Z | wmagazine.com | control | https://www.wmagazine.com/fashion/hanae-mori-dies-obituary | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kim Cattrall’s Best Red Carpet Moments Prove She and Samantha Jones Could Have Shared a Stylist
Scanning through Kim Cattrall’s red carpet looks over the past few decades, it seems obvious that Samantha Jones inspired the actress’ style aesthetic. Or, was it the other way around? Either way, it’s hard to look at some of the power suits and low-cut gowns Cattrall has worn over the years without thinking, “That’s so Samantha.” While these days, the actress usually sticks to a sleek blazer and trousers, Cattrall had her fair share of glitzy looks back in the day, especially while promoting her hit HBO show. And even now, she likes to add some attitude to her more toned-down looks (see the Barbie pink jacket she wore to the Queer as Folk premiere earlier this year). Take a look back at some of her best red carpet moments, from her pre-Sex and the City days to now.
The suit-loving Cattrall opted for this white, double-breasted jacket atop a red sweater and pants for the premiere of her CBS All Access series.
Cattrall wore this eye-catching, cobalt blue dress with a unique, one-shoulder neckline to the 2013 Laurence Olivier Awards.
Cattrall wore a black strapless Thierry Mugler dress from the ‘90s to the UK premiere of the second Sex and the City film.
Meanwhile, Cattrall went ultra glam for the New York premiere in a golden Naeem Khan number.
The actress opted for this one-shoulder, knee-length Lanvin spring 2010 dress with a ruffled detail for the award show in London.
Cattrall presented Tom Ford with the Menswear Designer of the Year Award in this one-shoulder Monique Lhuillier fall 2008 dress with an embellished shoulder detail.
For the premiere of the famous franchise’s first film, Cattrall wore a silver Vivienne Westwood knee-length dress with a ruched bodice and lace detail down the front.
Cattrall stuck with Vivienne Westwood for Sex and the City’s premieres, wearing this red dress by the designer for the London red carpet.
For the 2007 Laurence Olivier Awards, Cattrall wore a dress she modeled just a few weeks before at the Heart Truth Red Dress Collection during fashion week.
Cattrall wore this light pink Pamella Rolland dress with an embellished skirt to the Emmy Awards in September 2004.
The actress showed off a bit of leg at the 2004 Met Gala, themed “Dangerous Liaisons.”
Cattrall has always loved a one-shoulder silhouette, which is likely why she gravitated toward this magenta Lanvin gown for the 2004 SAG Awards.
Wearing a one-shoulder, vintage Valentino dress, Cattrall attended the 61st annual Golden Globes.
Cattrall looked gorgeous in this embellished Giorgio Armani gown with side cut outs at the 2003 Emmys.
Wearing a long-sleeved, embellished Roberto Cavalli gown, Cattrall attended the Met Gala in May 2003.
Cattrall attended the Grammys in this embellished Michael Kors dress with beaded sleeves.
It was a big night for Cattrall at the 2003 Golden Globes. The actress took home the award for Best Supporting Actress in this low-cut, red hot gown.
We can’t help but think this tan Hervé Léger dress is Samantha-approved.
Cattrall juxtoposed this crisp white suit with a low-cut, embellished crop top underneath at the 2002 SAG Awards.
The actress celebrated season three of the hit HBO show with this embellished, pink knee-length dress.
Cattrall paired this red sequin column dress with ringlet curls at the 57th annual Golden Globes.
Wearing this unique dress with a sheer, color-blocked bodice, Cattrall attended the Met Gala in 1999.
Cattrall went romantic for the 1999 Emmys, wearing a low-cut, white gown to the awards show.
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'True spirit of competition': Special Olympics athletes compete in golf regional
The 2022 Special Olympics Middle Tennessee Golf Regional Monday drew 30 Special Olympics athletes and 20 volunteers at Old Fort Golf Club in Murfreesboro.
Athletes from all over state participated in the event, including representatives from Memphis, Knoxville and Chattanooga. Athletes participated in one of the following: Skills competition, Unified 9-hole, Individual 9-hole, Unified 18-hole or Individual 18-hole. Multiple athletes competing also represented Team Tennessee during the 2022 Special Olympics USA Games in June in Orlando, Florida.
Notable winners from the regional event included Bradley Brown of Murfreesboro (Unified 9-hole) and Nathan Cheverton of Sevierville (Individual 18-hole) who shot an 84. The State Golf Tournament will take place Sept. 19 at Smyrna Golf Course.
"Seeing the intensity and true spirit of competition that our athletes bring with them is what makes every event we host worth it," said Special Olympics President Adam Germek.
"Not only do our athletes want to perform at their absolute highest level, they cheer on their peers to bring out their best on competition days. That's what competitive athletics through Special Olympics is all about."
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Asda's new Just Essentials range launched this week and went viral pretty quickly. Shoppers took to TikTok, Facebook and Instagram to share their delight at the bargains they'd picked up.
The budget line is actually not new, it's just a rebranded version of the supermarket's previous Smart Price range. other retailers, such as Waitrose and Morrisons, also have their own alternatives.
But Birmingham Live reporter Rebecca Astill says she was sceptical of these ranges, suspecting that shoppers would still be better off going to budget supermarkets like Aldi and Lidl. She said: "I do worry there is something being overlooked with the hysteria surrounding Asda'sEssentials range, and that is that whole budget supermarkets actually already exist."
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So she decided to compare how a weekly shop would compare between Asda's Just Essentials range and Aldi, to see which is cheaper. Here's a list of the items she looked at, with Asda's price given first. The items were matched according to size, except for the fish fingers and wheat biscuits where they were not available in the same size.
- Six pack crisps - 82p, 85p
- Wheat Bisks - 77p, 85p (but Aldi's was 213g more)
- White potatoes- 99p, 99p
- Apple juice- 65p, 65p
- Spaghetti- 23p, 23p
- Tea bags-28p, 89p
- Cheese and tomato pizza- 66p, 69p
- Wafer thin cooked ham- £1.69, £1.69
- Frozen beef lasagne- 90p, £2.15
- Bacon- £1.25, £1.25
- Beef mince-£1.69, £1.69
- Baked beans- 25p, 37p
- Bolognese sauce- 39p, 59p
- Orange squash- 41p, 85p
- Wholemeal bread- 39p, 36p
- Grated cheddar- £2.40, £2.25
- Eggs- £1.35, £1.35
- Fish fingers- £69p, £1.55 (not the same weight)
- Strawberry jam- 31p, 31p
- Yoghurts-88p, 79p
The total cost of the shop from Asda was £17, compared to £21.39 at Aldi. Rebecca was shocked by the results. She said: "I stand corrected. It has blown my mind that an Asda Essentials shop of 20 items can be nearly £5 cheaper - allowing for some different sizes of packs.
"Although lots of items have clearly been price matched by the team behind Asda Essentials, there are a few products which cost much less, allowing Asda to run away with this one. The fish fingers, beef lasagne and wheat bisks have three of the biggest differences, however, sometimes this is because the portion sizes are different."
She continued: "That said, a few items are still cheaper in Aldi in case you have the time on your hands to visit two supermarkets. Yoghurts and bread are both still cheaper at Aldi.
"It's fair to say Asda Essentials has knocked it out of the park with this one, and with 293 products in the budget line, including fresh meat, fish and poultry, bakery, frozen, cupboard staples and household products, it couldn't have come at a better time with the cost of living crisis."
A spokesperson for Aldi said that the supermarket benchmarks its products against leading brands for quality and sells produce at "unbeatable prices". They added that like-for-like comparisons differ against other budget ranges.
Aldi also has an award-winning premium range called Specially Selected and its Everyday Essentials, which includes items such as pasta, rice, cheese, eggs, bread, wonky fruit and vegetables, fresh meat, canned food and breakfast items.
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Jupiter's icy moon Europa is an ocean world encased beneath a thick crust of ice -- a place where snow floats upward.
The underwater snow forms in the global ocean and travels up though the water to attach to submerged ravines and inverted ice peaks, according to new research. This same phenomenon takes place below ice shelves on Earth -- and it may be how Europa builds its ice shell.
The finding, published Monday in the journal Astrobiology, suggested Europa's ice shell may not be as salty as scientists first thought. Understanding the salt content of the ice crust is crucial as engineers work on assembling NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, which is preparing to launch to Europa in October 2024.
Europa Clipper will use ice-penetrating radar to look beneath the shell and determine if the moon's ocean is potentially habitable for life. Any salt within the ice shell could impact how deep the radar can penetrate through it, so predictions about the shell's composition are key.
Clues about the ice shell could also help scientists determine more about Europa's ocean, its salinity and its potential to harbor life.
Europa's ice shell is between 10 and 15.5 miles (15 and 25 kilometers) thick, and it likely sits on top of an ocean that's estimated to be 40 to 90 miles (60 to 150 kilometers) deep.
"When we're exploring Europa, we're interested in the salinity and composition of the ocean, because that's one of the things that will govern its potential habitability or even the type of life that might live there," said lead study author Natalie Wolfenbarger, a doctoral student researcher at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics in the UT Jackson School of Geosciences, in a statement.
Wolfenbarger is also a graduate student affiliate member of the Europa Clipper science team. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are developing the spacecraft's ice penetrating radar.
Europa's ocean nearest to its shell has a temperature, pressure and salinity similar to the water beneath ice shelves in Antarctica, previous research has suggested.
The researchers studied the two methods of water freezing beneath ice shelves on Earth: congelation ice and frazil ice.
What's the difference? Congelation ice actually grows from beneath the ice shelf, while frazil ice drifts up through superchilled seawater in flakes before settling beneath the ice shelf.
Both of these types result in ice that has less salinity than seawater -- and according to the researchers' projections, seawater was even less salty when they applied this data to the age and scale of Europa's ice shell.
Frazil ice may be the most common type on Europa, which would make the ice shell much more pure than previously believed. Frazil ice only preserves a tiny fraction of the salt that exists in seawater. The purity of the ice shell can impact its strength, ice tectonics and how heat flows through the shell.
"We can use Earth to evaluate Europa's habitability, measure the exchange of impurities between the ice and ocean, and figure out where water is in the ice," said study coauthor Donald Blankenship, a senior research scientist at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics, in a statement. He is the principal investigator for Europa Clipper's ice penetrating radar instrument.
The finding may suggest that Earth can be used as a model to better understand Europa's habitability.
"This paper is opening up a whole new batch of possibilities for thinking about ocean worlds and how they work," said Steve Vance, a research scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, in a statement. "It sets the stage for how we might prepare for Europa Clipper's analysis of the ice." Vance was not involved in the study.
Meanwhile, work is underway on the core of the Europa Clipper spacecraft at the Spacecraft Assembly Facility at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
The core, which stands 10 feet (3 meters) tall and 5 feet (1.5 meters) wide, has taken center stage in the clean room, where NASA teams have assembled spacecraft like Galileo, Cassini and the Mars rovers.
The flight hardware and science instruments will be installed on the spacecraft by the end of the year. Then, engineers will put the spacecraft through a series of tests during the lead-up to launch.
Europa Clipper will arrive at the Jovian moon in April 2030. Across nearly 50 planned flybys of Europa, the spacecraft will eventually transition from an altitude of 1,700 miles (2,735 kilometers) to just 16 miles (25 kilometers) above the moon's surface.
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The first big beat for newly merged Tapas Entertainment is set to take place this weekend in Seattle. Media kit including event images, AV, brand assets, cleared quotes and more to follow
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Effective August 1st, 2022, digital storytelling platforms, Tapas Media, Radish Fiction, and Wuxiaworld officially merged to form Tapas Entertainment. Tapas Entertainment will serve as the parent company overseeing the development and growth of all three platforms which will continue to operate individually under the continued leadership of Tapas Founder and CEO, Chang Kim.
Chang Kim shared, "This is a real moment for all of us. For Tapas, Radish, and WuxiaWorld to come together presents an invaluable opportunity for collective growth and creativity. It is an incredibly exciting time."
The multi-platform merger comes weeks prior to the highly-anticipated Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle, WA. Tapas, a brand sponsor of the convention, is set to attend with a highly-visible presence, hosting multiple panels, creator signings, portfolio reviews and giveaways.
Tapas VP of Content, Michael Son: "Emerald City Comic Con is known as a creator's event so it is only natural that this is where Tapas needs to be. Our creators and readers most commonly come to us on-platform, but events like ECCC allow for us to come to the fans, meet them in person and offer memorable experiences and creative opportunities."
Emerald City Comic Con is Thursday, August 18th to Sunday, August 21st, 2022 to be held at Washington State Convention & Trade Center.
Tapas Media will be releasing a full-access media kit following Emerald City Comic Con on Monday, August 21, 2022. Branded assets, images, panel footage and video from the convention floor amongst other downloadable materials will be made available to interested members of the press.
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OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. — A hearing continued on Thursday in Oakland County to determine the next steps in Michigan's battle over abortion rights.
Oakland County Circuit Judge Jacob Cunningham said he will make a decision on Friday morning when the hearing resumes at 10:30 a.m.
On August 1, a temporary restraining order was put in place stopping county prosecutors from criminalizing abortion under Michigan's 1931 ban.
On Wednesday, Judge Cunningham extended the temporary restraining order.
Most county prosecutors in Michigan have said they don’t plan on enforcing the 1931 law, which was invalidated by Roe v. Wade, but now hangs in the balance. But some prosecutors, including Kent County Prosecutor Chris Becker, as well as Jackson County’s prosecutor, are part of the defense.
The state is seeking to keep this restraining order in place until the State Supreme Court determines if that 1931 ban is legal.
“Bodily integrity is not a limited right to personal autonomy, that’s what you’re being asked to accept Judge, and there’s no case law to support that one bit,” said defense attorney David Kallman. “If it were, the Michigan Supreme Court would’ve recognized the constitutional right to assisted suicide based on bodily integrity, rather than rejecting it 30-years ago in the Kevorkian case.”
“We’re talking about access to healthcare,” said an attorney representing the state. “750.14 is one of the most draconian abortion laws in the country. It criminalizes abortion from the moment of pregnancy and there is no exception for rape, and there is no exception for innocent, and there is no exception for the health of the mother.”
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Executive Assistant to the General Manager — KCUR & Classical KC
Job description
KCUR is looking for a qualified executive assistant. In this role, you will provide a high level of administrative support to the General Manager of KCUR and Classical KC with a focus on elevating the work of the senior leadership team.
In addition, this individual serves as a face and voice to internal and external stakeholders as well as other public media and community partners. This person will have an enthusiastic and collaborative approach to their work.
They must be highly organized and detail-oriented; able to prioritize and work on diverse projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment; and willing to take direction from and work collaboratively across the organization.
Core responsibilities
- Provide administrative support to KCUR/Classical KC staff team, including development director(s) for KCUR and Classical KC.
- Manage calendars for the General Manager and other members of the KCUR leadership.
- Provide support for community advisory board, including correspondence, board materials, scheduling, agendas and minutes
- Coordinate executive travel and meeting arrangements. Other duties would include: creating and updating PowerPoints, serving as point person for orientation processes and preparing expense reports.
- Serve as liaison with staff and maintain proactive and positive working relationships with them, all while representing KCUR’s mission, culture and strategic priorities.
- Schedule meetings with donors, assist with correspondence, update and maintain individual records in the database.
- Maintain planning and preparation for recurring events initiated by the General Manager including all-staff meetings, training and development activities, lead team meetings, and others as directed.
- Proactively tackle short and longer-term projects that support the General Manager and the stations.
- Keep a pulse on the day-to-day operations for both organizations, identifying areas of needed attention and opportunities for clarity and efficiency.
- Comply with ethics and social media policies.
- Attend and support preparations for the annual fundraiser gala.
- Serve on an internal committee in support of the diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging goals of the organization and support implementation of new DEIB policies and practices
- Other duties as assigned.
Minimum qualifications
Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience and at least 3 years of experience from which comparable knowledge and skills can be acquired is necessary
Preferred qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, business or a related field; or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience that provides the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities for this job.
- Three years of work experience within news media or non-profits is a plus
- Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability and willingness to juggle multiple competing tasks and demands.
- Dedication and commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging.
Full time/part time
Full time, benefit eligible
Salary
Up to $24.00 per hour, commensurate with experience, education, and internal equity.
Application deadline
Open until filled, review of applications to begin immediately.
Application instructions
Applicants must combine all application materials (cover letter, resume, and list of five references with contact information) into one PDF or Microsoft Word document and upload as a resume attachment.
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Statement on diversity at KCUR/Classical KC
KCUR and Classical KC are committed to ensuring that our workforce, community advisory board, and audience reflect the diversity found in the communities we serve. Central to KCUR’s mission, vision and values is maintaining a workplace environment that recognizes and celebrates diversity in all forms. For more information on our policies and governance, visit https://www.kcur.org/governance.
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Equal Opportunity is and shall be provided for all employees and applicants for employment on the basis of their demonstrated ability and competence without unlawful discrimination on the basis of their race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable state or federal law. This policy shall not be interpreted in such a manner as to violate the legal rights of religious organizations or the recruiting rights of military organizations associated with the Armed Forces or the Department of Homeland Security of the United States of America. For more information, call the Vice Chancellor - Human Resources at 816-235-1621.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the duties and functions of this job. If you believe you may have difficulty performing any of the duties or functions of this job, please contact the Office of Affirmative Action at (816) 235-1323.
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A man who gave his Osaro Nappiar, on Thursday, explained why he kept the remains of his mother at the uncompleted building in Ekenwan road Benin City, Edo State where 20 mummified corpses were discovered by the police Wednesday.
Edo State spokesman, Mr Chidi Nwabuzor told journalists that Nappiar stumbled in just when operatives of the command arrived at the scene to condone off the building housing the mummified bodies.
According to Nwabuzor, Nappiar told the police when he was accosted that he actually deposited his mother’s corpse in the mortuary run by one Mr Chukwuma Otu but left in search of money to give her befitting burial rites.
The spokesman explained that when questions were asked, the man explained that he took the corpse to somewhere on First East Circular Road, Benin City where Otu who is presently on the run was operating before he relocated to Asoro area of the Edo State capital.
Continuing, Nwanbuzor said that Nappiar further told the police that his mother died at an undisclosed hospital somewhere at Uselu, Benin.
He added that when the mother passed away at the hospital in 2021, he took his corpse to Otu, who claimed to be a mortician for safe-keeping in order to raise money for the burial.
The Edo Police image-maker said that when he (Nappiar) was able to raise money, he came down to where the remains were kept only to discover that he (Otu) had changed base to Ekenwan Road, Asoro area, Uzebu quarters but was told to produce a card as evidence before the corpse could be handed over.
Nwanbuzor said: “He (Nappiar) said that he was unable to produce the card as he was not with it. They asked him to come on another day which was today. That was why he came down here to collect the corpse for burial.
“He produced the card which is now with the police.”
He said that some suspects have been arrested and that they are helping the police in their investigations.
One of the suspects arrested by the police at the scene, Gideon Friday, however, denied any involvement in the ritualistic act, saying he only came to check if his application for the position of a driver had been granted.
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“I came to check if my application was granted because I applied for a driving job here. I was told that my contract has expired.
“When I got to the place to ask for the director, some community people came and beat me up.
“I told the assailants that I only just came to check if my request was granted.
“They (community people) didn’t listen. They continue beating me up. They later took me to the police station,” he sobbed.
Another suspect, Mr Chimaobi Okewan disclosed that Otu runs a mortuary and when he was given quit notice where he was before, he relocated to his permanent site.
“I was supervising a POP work. The corpses they found there were the ones they transferred from the place they were kept before to this place.
“The owner of the place is a mortician. He was told by his landlord to pack out.
“So he decided to relocate the corpses to his permanent site which is his own personal building,” he said.
Nwabuzor, however, insisted that such a building could not have been a mortuary but a shrine stained with the blood of different animals and also there is no signboard. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/edo-i-mummified-my-mothers-corpse-to-raise-money-man-says/ | 2022-08-18T22:15:39Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/edo-i-mummified-my-mothers-corpse-to-raise-money-man-says/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Prosecutors in Argentina have linked disgraced opera star Plácido Domingo to a criminal group in Buenos Aires that was a front for sexual trafficking, including of minors, as well as other crimes.
Last week, police conducted 50 raids against the BA Group, which operated under the name Buenos Aires Yoga School, and 19 people were arrested.
Numerous broadcast channels in Latin America have been airing excerpts of audio recordings, obtained by wiretap, that include the voice of a man whom authorities claim is Domingo making plans with members of the alleged criminal ring. The dates of these wiretap recordings have not been made public.
Since 2019 more than 20 women have come forward publicly with misconduct claims against Domingo. As a result of those accusations, Domingo parted ways with New York's Metropolitan Opera and resigned from his role as general director of LA Opera in California. In March 2020, Domingo's name was removed from the young artist early career program at the Washington National Opera in Washington, D.C., where he served as artistic director and later general director from 1996 to 2011.
In one excerpt from the wiretap recordings from Argentina, a man whom prosecutors say is Domingo is heard talking to "Mendy," a woman with whom he is allegedly making plans for a sexual encounter. On the tape, the man describes details of his plans to leave a dinner separately from his agents and other representatives, to elude their notice, so that he could meet her. Another excerpt includes "Mendy" calling the alleged leader of the crime ring, Juan Percowicz, to celebrate that she has confirmed plans with the man, whom she refers to as "Plácido."
NPR has reached out to Domingo's representatives for comment but did not immediately receive any response. NPR will update this story with any comments from Domingo.
Now 81 years old, the Spanish-born Domingo was formerly one of opera's most reliably bankable stars and was a household name worldwide thanks to his participation in The Three Tenors alongside the late Luciano Pavarotti and José Carreras.
Domingo's career abroad has survived the sexual misconduct allegations: he has reemerged in recent months for performances across Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, and he remains a brand ambassador for Rolex watches.
In an admiring profile published by Deutsche Welle in Jan. 2021 that hailed his "exceptional career," Domingo declined to address the allegations and said that he preferred to "devote himself to other challenges."
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Madison Schultz
Freelance editorMadison Schultz studied journalism at the University of Kansas and spent five years in Portland, Oregon, before returning to her Midwest roots. She's written and edited for startups, corporate banks, magazines, and university publications, but she's happy to be back in a newsroom. | https://www.kcur.org/madison-schultz | 2022-08-18T22:15:51Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/madison-schultz | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A defense attorney asked the Kansas Court of Appeals on Tuesday to reject the basis for subjecting a woman to a lifetime of probation because she can’t afford to pay restitution for her crimes.
The attorney’s argument, if successful, could have a far-reaching effect on a two-tiered system of justice in Kansas, in which those who can afford to pay court fines are held to a different standard than those who can’t.
His client, Edwanda Garrett, pleaded guilty in 2009 in Johnson County District Court to making false writings and in 2017 to writing bad checks. Her restitution involves deducting $50 from her paycheck each month for the next 40 years.
The case revolves around a patchwork set of state laws that limit probation to five years but allow probation to be extended indefinitely for failure to pay court costs, fines or restitution — and take away the right to vote while on probation.
Garrett has been on probation for 13 years, said defense attorney Kasper Schirer.
“There is no rational basis for believing that endless probation is going to be an effective tool to collect restitution payments,” Schirer said. “To be maybe more crass than I should be, you can’t squeeze blood from stone. No matter how much coercion you put on probationers who are indigent, you cannot make them part with money that they do not have.”
The three Kansas Court of Appeals judges assigned to hear the case challenged the prosecutor to explain the state’s interest in punishing someone for failing to make payments she can’t afford.
Shannon Grammel, deputy solicitor general for the Attorney General’s Office, said restitution and the threat of probation serve as a deterrent to crime.
“I think what’s important to remember, too, is Miss Garrett isn’t on probation because she can’t pay,” Grammel said. “She’s not on probation because she doesn’t have money. Her probation is part of the sentence of her crime. That’s also why she’s paying restitution.”
Judge Jacy Hurst admonished Grammel for being “disingenuous.”
“Does this statute actually result in people paying off more of their restitution?” Hurst asked.
Grammel pointed out that Garrett had already paid back $2,500 and continues to make payments. Hurst pointed out the cost of assigning a probation officer to the case for the next 40 years will cost more than $2,500.
Judge Gordon Atcheson also questioned whether extended probation really serves as a deterrent to crime.
“What’s the deterrence to Miss Garrett at this point — that she needs to keep paying for 40 years so she can vote in 2060 if she’s still alive?” Atcheson said.
Grammel said there is “an important distinction” between the fundamental right to vote and the right of felons to vote.
Schirer challenged state law on the basis of constitutional protections for due process, equal protection and the right to be free from debt-based imprisonment. The American Civil Liberties Union of Kansas, which has lobbied the Legislature for criminal justice reform along similar lines, filed a brief in support of Garrett.
Sharon Brett, legal director for the ACLU of Kansas, said the case could have widespread implications for an unknown number of people on probation throughout the state who are living below the poverty level.
People who are poor are subjected to longer and harsher punishments than people with financial means, Brett said.
“When we’re talking about indefinite probation, we’re not talking about some hands-off, docile system of oversight,” Brett said. “Probation is a system of surveillance and supervision. And it comes with a myriad of conditions and rules that you have to comply with. And if you slip up on any one of those conditions or rules, you could face incarceration.
“So what the state is talking about here is keeping people under that oppressive system of surveillance and supervision indefinitely, where any little issue could send them back to jail, only because they’re too poor to buy their freedom. That’s what we’re talking about.”
Brett said the Legislature should amend state law to require a judge to determine whether someone is willfully not making a payment or unable to pay. Lawmakers also should look at why they are disenfranchising people because they lack economic means, Brett said.
This story was originally published on the Kansas Reflector. | https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-08-18/kansas-appeals-court-reconsiders-endless-probation-for-people-too-poor-to-buy-their-freedom | 2022-08-18T22:15:57Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-08-18/kansas-appeals-court-reconsiders-endless-probation-for-people-too-poor-to-buy-their-freedom | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
People in Kansas can start legally betting on sports Sept. 1, with gambling beginning in time for the start of football season.
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Thursday announced the state’s four state-owned casinos can begin accepting wagers on Sept. 1 as part of a soft launch of the new gambling method.
The Kansas City Chiefs season-opening game is Sept. 11.
“I want to thank all our partners for working with us to get this done in time for football season,” Kelly said in a news release.
The start date comes months after a new law went into effect July 1 allowing people over the age of 21 to bet on sports. Kelly signed the bill into law in May. Kansas lawmakers narrowly approved the bill this year after close, late-night votes in both the House and Senate in April.
The start of betting was delayed because the Kansas Lottery needed to finalize regulations, including creating a specific process for casinos to apply to offer sports gambling in certain ways, such as through a smartphone app.
The four casinos are Boot Hill Casino and Resort near Dodge City, Kansas Star Casino in Mulvane, Kansas Crossing Casino and Hotel in Pittsburg and Hollywood Casino at Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Boot Hill Casino previously announced it has partnered with national gambling apps DraftKings and Bally’s Corporation to provide online sports betting in Kansas.
Attorney General Derek Schmidt’s office said Thursday afternoon that it had identified issues with the regulations as part of the normal review process. The office said it would provide formal feedback in the coming days.
It’s not clear if the review will delay the launch.
“We are aware of the urgency in this matter and have expedited, and nearly completed, initial review of the proposed regulations from the Kansas Lottery,” the office said.
Republican Sen. Rob Olson said in May he was excited to finally legalize it because many Kansans wanted it.
“It’s something that Kansans are already doing, and it will bring additional tax revenue to our state to help with our needs,” Olson said. “My constituents have pushed for this legislation for years, and now, the next time we have a significant sporting event in our state, Kansans will be able to bet on their hometown team."
The Kansas Lottery will outsource the sports gambling operations to the casinos in Kansas. Those casinos will be allowed to launch online and in-person betting operations.
Bettors will need to be within the state of Kansas to place a wager.
Sports teams and events may also allow for gambling at stadiums if they enter a marketing agreement with the casinos. Lawmakers specifically noted Sporting Kansas City’s Children's Mercy Park and the Kansas Speedway — which are both located near Hollywood Casino — as candidates.
Kelly noted that even restaurants would be able to offer sports gambling.
The new venture will also bring in some money to the state government. The Kansas Lottery estimates taxes on legal sports betting would total up to $10 million a year by 2025.
But a sports betting expert said that figure may be low. Brandt Iden, a former Michigan state lawmaker who helped legalize sports gambling there, said that the Kansas estimate doesn’t take out-of-state bets into account.
While Kansas passed a new law, its next door neighbor in Missouri failed to do the same. Iden said that means Kansas will still have a head start on Missouri.
“You’re going to be able to have these folks that are just going to come over the border to place their wagers,” Iden said. “We’ve seen that traditionally across the country.”
Dylan Lysen reports on politics for the Kansas News Service. You can follow him on Twitter @DylanLysen or email him at dlysen (at) kcur (dot) org.
The Kansas News Service is a collaboration of KCUR, Kansas Public Radio, KMUW and High Plains Public Radio focused on health, the social determinants of health and their connection to public policy.
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Most conservatives identify as Christian, with evangelical Christians comprising the largest religious subgroup. However, some evangelicals align with liberal viewpoints on current issues.
The Rev. Alix Pridgen, a pastor at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection, and Cheryl Bender, a member of the church's congregation, joined Steve Kraske to talk religion and politics. They expressed support for causes like LGBTQ+ rights and environmental protection.
Their church still maintains a wide spectrum of political beliefs, and Pridgen does not tell her congregation how to feel about hot-button issues. Instead, she and Bender focus on civil discourse about social and political issues.
"Staying engaged is the only way we are going to work through our differences," Bender said. "We don't always agree and we just agree to disagree sometimes."
- Reverend Alix Pridgen, pastor at the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
- Cheryl Bender, congregant of the Lutheran Church of the Resurrection and VP of the church’s council | https://www.kcur.org/podcast/up-to-date/2022-08-18/evangelicals-are-often-labeled-right-wing-but-is-that-always-the-case | 2022-08-18T22:16:10Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/podcast/up-to-date/2022-08-18/evangelicals-are-often-labeled-right-wing-but-is-that-always-the-case | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Obasanjo inaugurates 300-man committee for coronation of new Olowu of Owu
The Balogun of Owu Kingdom Abeokuta, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, on Thursday, inaugurated a 300-man committee saddled with the responsibility of organising a befitting installation and coronation ceremony for the new Olowu of Owu, Oba (Professor) Saka Matemilola.
Obasanjo charged all the members of the Central Planning and sub-committees to work with sincerity of purpose in setting standards for the entire South West with the assignment given to them.
The nation’s former president urged sons and daughters of Owu both home and abroad and friends of Owu Kingdom to support the new monarch in bringing more development to their homes.
“We are setting standards. The standard that will be emulated by people in the South West region. Owu Kingdom is our collective responsibility. We must all cooperate with the new monarch.
“I am part of this because we want to incorporate the installation of our new king with our annual Odun Omo Olowu celebration.
“We have a lot to do for the development of Owu Kingdom. We want all Owu communities to know that we now have a new king on the throne. We are doing this to ensure that we take care of their interest.
“I urged all committee members to work together without any in-fighting that could stand as a clog in the wheel of progress,” he said.
The chairman of the Central Planning Committee, General Ekundayo Opaleye (rtd), said the constitution of members of the committee was an opportunity to serve and be part of history.
“We have a very big task at hand. You should count yourselves worthy that you are a member of the committee for the inauguration of Oba Matemilola.
“We are expecting a lot from every member as we need your cooperation and contributions. You must all give all you have to all these committees,” he said.
While the Executive Secretary of the Olowu of Owu Coronation Committee, Engr Oluwatoyin Jokosenumi, highlighted the vision and mission of the new monarch in moving the entire Owu Kingdom forward.
He said that the new Olowu is poised to build on what his predecessors on the throne have achieved and break new grounds.
Jokosenumi explained that 18 sub-committees have been put in place for the big event slated to hold sometime in October.
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Younger generations are bringing back fashion from decades past. Whether people want unique pieces or sustainable shopping, the vintage apparel scene is booming and Kansas City is taking part.
Kansas Citians enjoy a wide selection of vintage clothing options. Steve Kraske spoke with the owners of two local vintage stores: WyCo Vintage and Daisy Lee Vintage.
Patrick Klima, co-owner of WyCo Vintage in Kansas City, said his store specializes in band t-shirts from the 1970s,1980s and 1990s. It focuses on finding consumers the perfect fit, because sizing from previous decades often differs from modern clothes. Buyers can choose from affordable options or rare finds, often costing thousands.
Daisy Lee Vintage largely sells fashion from the 1990s and 2000s, more popularly known as Y2K fashion. Co-owner Caleb Fangman, who started the store with wife Cortney Fangman, said that the store focuses on sustainability and upcycling, such as cropping and resewing clothes. They curate items from thrift stores to directly sell or upcycle, but also feature items from smaller, up-and-coming vintage sellers.
- Patrick Klima, co-owner, WyCo Vintage
- Caleb Fangman, co-owner, Daisy Lee Vintage | https://www.kcur.org/podcast/up-to-date/2022-08-18/store-owners-say-kansas-citys-vintage-clothing-scene-is-definitely-hoppin | 2022-08-18T22:16:16Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/podcast/up-to-date/2022-08-18/store-owners-say-kansas-citys-vintage-clothing-scene-is-definitely-hoppin | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
These senators, who in the past have pushed controversial amendments involving transgender athletes and COVID-19 vaccine mandates, are now calling for more unity in the Missouri GOP. However, they do so with a hope that leadership within the party changes.
Jason Hancock of the Missouri Independent joined KCUR's Up To Date to break down the latest on this story.
- Jason Hancock, editor-in-chief of the Missouri Independent | https://www.kcur.org/podcast/up-to-date/2022-08-18/the-missouri-senates-conservative-caucus-disbands-calling-for-more-unity-in-state-gop | 2022-08-18T22:16:22Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/podcast/up-to-date/2022-08-18/the-missouri-senates-conservative-caucus-disbands-calling-for-more-unity-in-state-gop | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt relied on an unconstitutional law when he sued the City of St. Louis to block it from using federal funds to support access to abortion, an attorney for the city argued in a counterclaim filed Wednesday.
The lawsuit, which has been moved to federal court, centers on legislation that established a Reproductive Equity Fund.
The fund grants the St. Louis Department of Health the authority to dole out $1 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to organizations providing logistical support, like to cover costs of travel or childcare, for those accessing abortions out-of-state.
Schmitt filed his lawsuit hours after St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones signed the legislation into law, arguing that it violates a state prohibition on public funds, employees or facilities being used to assist or encourage access to abortion.
In its counterclaim, the city argues the prohibition cited by Schmitt is unconstitutional, and thus, unenforceable.
A spokesman for the attorney general’s office declined comment Thursday.
The city’s argument relies on three claims.
First, the city argues that the American Rescue Plan, approved by Congress last year, was designed to assist local governments recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. And since COVID-19 precautions disrupted access to reproductive healthcare, the city believes its plan is lawful under federal law.
Therefore, the city argues the state law prohibiting use of public funds to ensure access to abortion violates the supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Second, the state law bars public funds, employees or facilities from being used to “assist” or “encourage” abortion, which the city argues unconstitutionally restricts speech that is protected under the First Amendment.
Third, the city argues the law being cited by Schmitt to support his lawsuit violates the state constitution by infringing on St. Louis’ authority as a charter city to cooperate with the federal government to distribute funds.
Missouri Independent is part of States Newsroom, a network of news outlets supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. Missouri Independent maintains editorial independence. | https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2022-08-18/st-louis-argues-missouri-attorney-general-cant-sue-city-over-abortion-access-funding | 2022-08-18T22:16:29Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/politics-elections-and-government/2022-08-18/st-louis-argues-missouri-attorney-general-cant-sue-city-over-abortion-access-funding | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Founded in 1938, The Greater Kansas City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists has 150 members, including organists, choir directors, organ builders, technicians, clergy, students, and others. Each year the KC AGO holds performances with local and international artists and works to connect the pipe organ world to the local community.
Joshua Hearn, dean of the Kansas City chapter, sees the organ as a "great partner" and values how the GKCAGO puts organists together with other local musicians. "As organists, we live a pretty solitude existence. It's just us. And so, being able to play and perform with other musicians is a real treat."
Jan Kraybill, the Grammy Award nominated regular with the Kansas City Symphony and Conservator of the Julia Irene Kauffman Casavant Organ at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts has been a member of the GKCAGO since moving to Kansas City in 1986. "They have nurtured me throughout my career and I've gotten to nurture younger organists through this same guild. I feel very connected to these people, they are precious to me."
Host
Brooke Knoll
Guests
Jan Kraybill
Joshua Hearn
Program
Prelude et fugue sur le nom d'Alain, Op. 7
Prelude
Fugue
by Maurice Duruflé
Scott Dettra, organ
Messe solennelle
II. Gloria
by Jean Langlais
James O'Donnell and the Westminster Abbey Choir
Robert Quinney, organ
The Trumpet Sounds Within-A My Soul
by Ian Coleman
Anthony Maglione and the William Jewell College Concert Choir and GKCAGO Schola Cantorum
Ann Marie Rigler, organ
Randolph Lee, trumpet
3 Pieces, M. 37
Pièce héroïque
by César Franck
Jan Kraybill, organ
Organ Concerto in D Minor, BWV 596
I. Allegro
by Johann Sebastian Bach
Kimberly Marshall, organ
Fantasia in G major, BWV572
by Johann Sebastian Bach
Scott Dettra, organ
Membership and performance information for the Greater Kansas City Chapter of the American Guild of Organists can be found at kcago.com. More information about Jan Kraybill at jankraybill.com. | https://www.kcur.org/show/kansas-city-local-feature/2022-08-18/decoding-the-king-of-instruments-with-the-greater-kansas-city-chapter-of-the-american-guild-of-organists | 2022-08-18T22:16:35Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/show/kansas-city-local-feature/2022-08-18/decoding-the-king-of-instruments-with-the-greater-kansas-city-chapter-of-the-american-guild-of-organists | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
We’ve collapsed other parties into PDP in Rivers, Wike boasts
Despite the ruckus threatening the unity of his party, the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Rivers State the governor, Nyesom Wike has boasted that more politicians in the state were renouncing membership of their political parties in droves and joining the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He said the politicians were doing so because they were delighted at the ongoing infrastructural development by his administration and they believed the PDP is a better party to associate with.
Wike made the boast on Thursday at the flag-off of the 11th flyover project, which was performed by former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke, at the Rumuola- Ikwerre Road-Rumuokwuta Roundabout in Obio Akpor Local Government Area of the State.
The governor explained that the ongoing collapse of the membership strength of other political parties in the State was definitely an electoral advantage for the PDP.
He said; “We have collapsed every other party. Every day people from the All Progressives Congress (APC) are joining our party. We are here doing that and some people are in Abuja; ask them how many persons have they brought to the party.
“It’s not to say I’m supporting our candidate. How many people have you brought to help your candidate? We are here every day bringing people to join our party and you are there following your candidate from Abuja to Adamawa. Is it there you’ll win the votes? Come back home.”
He stressed that Rivers State is too strategic politically to be ignored by any serious-minded politician who wants to win an election pointing out the futility of the claims by those who professed that they know the PDP presidential candidate, yet they were not at home where votes could be mobilised to secure electoral victory.
“This Local Government alone, Obio Akpor, where I come from, we registered not less than 600 thousand voters. This local government beats two States in their electoral strength.
“So, we are not a state that you can take for granted, not to talk about the Local Government where I come from.
“I believe that they must know us here because we have what it takes to deliver. They must come and know us. I’m not going to find anybody. You must come here. You can’t take 600 and something thousand votes away from my local government. You can’t take 3.2million votes from my State just like that,” the governor declared.
Wike emphasised that the days were gone when supporters and the electorate offer their votes and do nothing in return.
“If we were father Christmas before, we won’t be father Christmas again? You must tell me what is there for me if I should vote. So, nobody should bother himself. At the appropriate time, we will talk to our people and our people will understand.
“If you say we don’t exist, we will tell you that you don’t exist. I am not a son to anybody. I am a son of Rivers State. I am working to attract what will benefit Rivers State.”
Governor Wike said the infrastructural projects are evidence of how Rivers’ money has been expended by his administration to solve critical socioeconomic problems.
He noted that the 12 flyovers, in the next three years, would be more appreciated because they will sufficiently address traffic-related problems stressing that everything has been done to ensure that funds were available so that every project started by his administration was not abandoned but completed.
Performing the flag-off, former governor of Cross River State, Donald Duke said the leadership capacity demonstrated by governor Wike assures that there is hope for Nigeria.
Duke commended Governor Wike for executing projects, particularly the flyovers that have made Port Harcourt a livable city.
He also noted the medical succour the Dr Peter Odili Cancer and Cardiologist Disease Diagnostic Centre would offer cancer patients, because of the terminal nature of the disease.
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Home improvement is still hot
Americans are still pretty obsessed with sprucing up their homes, even with prices rising, a cooling housing market and the return of more options for weekend activities.
Driving the news: Home Depot and Lowe's executives on their respective earnings calls this week said that shoppers continued to spend on building materials, plumbing, paint and high-end mowers and appliances during the second quarter.
- And when asked repeatedly by analysts if they expect a cool down in sales as the housing market has slowed, the consistent response was "no."
- "While we acknowledge that housing turnover has slowed, home prices and home equity remains at record highs, which give customers confidence that they will get a return on the investment that they make in their homes," Lowe's CEO Marvin Ellison said.
The intrigue: The fact that home improvement and DIY trends have stuck around stands in contrast to other pandemic habits that have stalled.
- Companies previously boosted by those fads — like Peloton, Robinhood and Shopify — have seen business sputter as the health crisis has waned.
Details: Home Depot reported record quarterly sales and profits on Tuesday, of $43.8 billion and $5.2 billion, that beat expectations and said a backlog of projects reflect sustained strong demand.
- Lowe's the next day reported lower sales than expected of $27.5 billion due to what it said was a shortened spring, but profit of just under $3 billion which beat expectations.
Be smart: Home Depot customers are more evenly split between professional contractors and average consumers. Lowe's skews more toward DIY-ers, but the company said its sales to professionals rose 13%.
The big picture: Housing prices have continued to grow even as home sales keep falling.
- July data out today from the National Association of Realtors shows a sixth consecutive month of existing home sales decline.
- "We all appreciate the headlines and follow those very closely, but we have not seen anything in our business yet from macro housing," Home Depot CEO Ted Decker said. | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/18/home-depot-earnings-lowes-housing-slowdown | 2022-08-18T22:17:42Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/18/home-depot-earnings-lowes-housing-slowdown | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Big Ten has announced its new, seven-year media rights deal with Fox, NBC and CBS that is believed to be the richest ever struck with a college sports conference.
A person familiar with the contracts tells The Associated Press that the conference's soon-to-be 16 member universities eventually will share more than $1 billion in revenue per year.
Starting in 2024, when USC and UCLA join the conference, Big Ten football Saturdays will be structured similar to the NFL.
That means three marquee games being carried in consecutive time slots on three different major TV networks. | https://www.wtxl.com/media/v/content/4b4daca65e3359ef8ca94f893e4c46e9 | 2022-08-18T22:27:28Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/media/v/content/4b4daca65e3359ef8ca94f893e4c46e9 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A third straight winter of La Niña conditions is expected, according to The Climate Prediction Center (CPC).
The phase of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is one of the most critical climate phenomena regarding forecasting and the weather’s outcome in a given location.
This is because this can change the global circulation, which then impacts temperatures and precipitation.
A La Niña is when the sea surface temperature along the equator in the eastern Pacific Ocean is at least 0.5°C cooler than the long-term average. We have seen that during the last two winters.
As you can see in the graph above, we have remained in a La Niña pattern for much of the last two years exceptfor a few months in the mid of 2021.
Right now, the probability of a La Niña looks to be at least 60%, if not higher, through February. If this happens, this would only be the third time in the last 73 years where we had three straight winters of La Niña conditions. The only other times this has happened were in the mid-1970's, late 1990s, and early 2000s.
What Does It Mean For The Tri-State?
When ENSO is in a La Niña phase, it usually leads to the Polar Jet Stream shifting further to the south, bringing colder temperatures to the northern United States. Here in the Tri-State, that southward shift in the Polar Jet Stream generally leads to a wetter winter pattern.
While it would be easy to say that is how our winter will wind up, that seems like a cop-out. Let's see if we can use past data to see if there are any trends to pick up on.
Something to ponder is what a normal winter brings to those of us in the Tri-State. While the winter months are defined as December, January, & February, we can see snow from October through April.
So when it comes to snowfall, the seasonal average for Cincinnati has been 23.3 inches over the last 30 years. We will use the winter months to define the average temperature, which equates to 33.9°.
These numbers will be our comparison points.
In the last 30 years, we have seen nine El Niño winters, nine Neutral winters, and 12 La Niña winters. Below is the list of the 12 years with La Niña phases and where we finished among snowfall and temperatures.
Of those 12 winters, six finished above average in snowfall, while six finished below. Regarding temperatures, seven finished below normal, while five finished below normal. That doesn’t lend itself to a trend one way or another. However, this winter is a little different because it will be part of a consecutive La Niña season.
Among the winters listed above, five such occasions had back-to-back (even one instance of back-to-back-to-back) La Niña. All five of those winters ended with below-average snowfall, and three of the five finished with an above-normal temperature.
It is still too early to know if we will definitively see a La Niña this winter, but if we do, I will suspect that we see a warmer than normal winter with below-normal snowfall.
If we switch into a Neutral Phase, that would change things quite a bit and likely lead to a colder than normal winter. We shall see! | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/a-rare-la-nina-expected-this-winter-heres-what-it-means-for-our-weather | 2022-08-18T22:27:34Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/a-rare-la-nina-expected-this-winter-heres-what-it-means-for-our-weather | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CNN announced on Thursday that host Brian Stelter will be leaving the company, and said his show "Reliable Sources" will end.
The show, which analyzed how the media covers various stories over the years, will air its last episode on Sunday.
Amy Entelis, a vice president of content development at the cable network, said, “Stelter came to CNN from the New York Times as the nation’s top media reporter. He departs CNN an impeccable broadcaster.”
She said, “We are proud of what Brian and his team accomplished over the years, and we’re confident their impact and influence will long outlive the show.”
The show has aired on CNN for 30 years in various forms. Stelter came to the role from the New York Times in 2013 after working for the paper as a media reporter, CNN said.
Stelter hosted shows on how journalists and media outlets covered stories and made decisions during his time with CNN, with a run lasting nearly a decade with the network. He also served as a media writer for CNN.com during that time.
A team with CNN Digital will continue to produce and write the Reliable Sources newsletter. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/cnn-says-network-ending-reliable-sources-brian-stelter-leaving-the-company | 2022-08-18T22:28:01Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/cnn-says-network-ending-reliable-sources-brian-stelter-leaving-the-company | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Shelby Detrick is a mother who knows the value of vaccines for children.
"I think vaccines are really important to help stop the spread of disease," she said.
Polio is one of more than a dozen vaccines the Centers for Disease Control recommends for children under 18.
The U.S. has immunized children against polio since the 1950s.
Every state has laws requiring children to have their polio shot series to attend school.
"Once they receive those four injections, they're very likely immune for life," said Dr. Reginald Washington, chief medical officer of Presbyterian St Luke's Medical Center and the Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children.
It can be challenging for adults unsure if they've had their shots.
There is no national organization that maintains vaccination records. The only record out there is the one a person, or their parents or caregiver, have from that appointment.
The doctor or clinic takes a medical record then, too.
To track down Polio vaccine records, the CDC says first to ask a parent or caregiver if they kept them.
If that doesn't work, the CDC suggests checking baby books or high school records or a state's registry.
That can be time-dependent. For example, California's vaccine record registry didn't get information until the 90s and early 2000s. And not all providers participate.
Experts say if your doctor is retired, sometimes patient records are sent to a medical record storage company. That may cost a fee to get to.
"There's no downside if you're totally not aware of your status," Washington said.
Washington said when in doubt, call a doctor to schedule a polio vaccine.
"The vaccine has killed the virus. So, there's no way you can actually get polio from getting that injection," Washington stated.
New CDC findings show the polio virus has been in the wastewater of two New York counties as far back as April.
Only one case has been caught — a man who is now paralyzed. He was not vaccinated. The county he lives in has a polio vaccination rate that's nearly 20% below the state average and 33% below the national rate.
This is where herd immunity comes into play. In highly vaccinated communities — a school classroom, a neighborhood, a county — the polio virus can't spread it because it can't find a host. Even those unvaccinated are harder to get to.
That protection is much lower in a population with a lower vaccination rate because the immunity isn't there.
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BONNERS FERRY, Idaho — Boundary County Library Director Kimber Glidden announced her resignation, effective Sept. 10, on social media on Tuesday, as reported by our news partners, The Bonners Ferry Herald.
Glidden thanked the board of trustees for providing her the opportunity to serve as director of the Boundary County Library.
“My experience and skill set made me a good fit to help the district move toward a more current and relevant business model and to implement updated policy and best practices,” she wrote in a post on social media. “However, nothing in my background could have prepared me for the political atmosphere of extremism, militant Christian fundamentalism, intimidation tactics, and threatening behavior currently being employed in the community.”
Amongst support from community members, Glidden received backlash on social media.
One commenter wrote “One small step for man. One giant VICTORY for Boundary County.”
In response, another commented, “The only victory here has been for bigotry.”
The Bonners Ferry Herald will continue to cover this ongoing story.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Apple disclosed serious security vulnerabilities Wednesday for iPhones, iPads and Macs.
The software flaws could potentially allow attackers to take complete control of these devices, Apple said in two security reports.
The company said it is “aware of a report that this issue may have been actively exploited.”
Security experts have advised users to update affected devices — the iPhones 6S and later models; several models of the iPad, including the 5th generation and later, all iPad Pro models and the iPad Air 2; and Mac computers running MacOS Monterey.
It also affects some iPod models. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/apple-security-vulnerabilities/507-067e2c68-a245-449f-8a57-0187b2eb5640 | 2022-08-18T22:28:14Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/apple-security-vulnerabilities/507-067e2c68-a245-449f-8a57-0187b2eb5640 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON — A Nebraska child died this week from a suspected case of an "extremely rare" infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba, health officials have announced.
The child, whose age and name has not been released, likely became infected by the naegleria fowleri amoeba while swimming Sunday in the Elkhorn River in eastern Nebraska, the Douglas County Health Department said in a news release.
If further testing from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms the diagnosis, it would be the first known case of naegleria fowleri in Nebraska's history, according to the state's health department.
The amoeba is typically found in warm freshwater places, like lakes and rivers, and enters the body through a person's nose, the CDC explains on its website. It causes primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), which is a brain infection that quickly leads to the destruction of brain tissue.
If confirmed, it would also be the second death in the Midwest this summer from the very rare infection.
Last month, a Missouri resident died after contracting a brain-eating amoeba while swimming at Lake of Three Fires near Bedford, Iowa, about 120 miles north of Kansas City. It was the first case discovered in Iowa since infections were first confirmed in 1962 and possibly ever, the CDC said.
The agency stressed that you can't become infected by drinking contaminated water.
Nebraska's Health Department noted the infection is "extremely rare," but is also "nearly always fatal." According to data from the CDC, the fatality rate is more than 97%. Only four people out of 154 known infections in the U.S. from 1962 to 2021 have survived.
The amoeba is typically found in southern states because it thrives in waters that are warmer than 86 degrees Fahrenheit.
But infections have migrated north in recent years, including two cases in Minnesota since 2010, Douglas County Health Director Dr. Lindsey Huse noted during a news conference Thursday.
“Our regions are becoming warmer,” she said. “As things warm up, the water warms up and water levels drop because of drought, you see that this organism is a lot happier and more typically grows in those situations.”
According to the National Water Information System, the surface water temperature near where the child was swimming was between 86 and 92 degrees.
“Millions of recreational water exposures occur each year, while only 0 to 8 Naegleria fowleri infections are identified each year. Infections typically occur later in the summer, in warmer water with slower flow, in July, August, and September," said Nebraska state epidemiologist Dr. Matthew Donahue. "Cases are more frequently identified in southern states but more recently have been identified farther north. Limiting the opportunities for freshwater to get into the nose are the best ways to reduce the risk of infection."
Last year, a 3-year-old boy was killed by a brain-eating amoeba linked to a splash pad in Arlington, Texas.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/brain-eating-amoeba-suspected-in-nebraska-child-death/507-0afe47ec-0d90-4ff8-9749-5036be7ba232 | 2022-08-18T22:28:21Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/brain-eating-amoeba-suspected-in-nebraska-child-death/507-0afe47ec-0d90-4ff8-9749-5036be7ba232 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
U.S. officials say there has been a noticeable surge in high-powered firearms being illegally trafficked from the United States to Haiti, with gangs from the Caribbean nation purchasing firearms and bringing them into Haiti from Florida, in recent months.
Haiti has been further destabilized by violent, armed gangs engaging in brutal warfare, which has seen hundreds killed in recent weeks, the BBC reported in July.
Anthony Salisbury, a special agent with U.S. Homeland Security in Miami, said, “Not only have we seen a marked uptick in the number of weapons, but a serious increase in the caliber and type of firearm being illegally trafficked,” according to Bloomberg.
The UN Security Council voted in June to ban sales of small firearms along with ammunition to those in Haiti considered to be "non-state actors." Despite the move by the world governing body, the flow of firearms into Haiti has appeared to remain a major issue.
At a Wednesday press conference in South Florida, agents stood before tables covered in high-powered firearms and handguns that federal agents said they have seized in recent weeks and months.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), along with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), are the federal law enforcement entities primarily responsible for investigating international smuggling operations.
In July, a New York Times report detailed how armed gangs have increased their power in Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince — sometimes using cruel tactics such as using bulldozers to raze entire neighborhoods.
In just one nine-day period in July, over 470 people were killed, went missing, or were injured because of gang warfare in Cité Soleil, the largest poverty-stricken community in the capital. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/us-officials-warn-of-surge-in-gun-trafficking-from-florida-to-haiti | 2022-08-18T22:28:25Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/us-officials-warn-of-surge-in-gun-trafficking-from-florida-to-haiti | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MOSCOW, Russia — People in Moscow who were disappointed when Starbucks closed its coffee shops after Russia sent troops into Ukraine may now feel a caffeine jolt of hope: A nearly identical operation is opening in the capital.
The name's almost the same: Stars Coffee. The logo could be the separated-at-birth twin of the Starbucks mermaid, with flowing hair, a small enigmatic smile and a star atop her head — though instead of a Starbucks crown she wears a Russian headdress called a kokoshnik.
The menu, judging by the company app introduced a day before the store's formal opening Friday, would look familiar to any Starbucks customer.
Starbucks said Thursday it had no comment on the new stores.
Seattle-based Starbucks was one of the most visible of the wave of foreign companies that pulled out of Russia or suspended their operations in response to Russia's military operation in Ukraine. Others include McDonald's, IKEA and fast-fashion giant H&M.
The departure of these companies was a psychological blow to Russians who had become used to the comforts of Western-style consumer culture. But Russian entrepreneurs saw opportunity in suddenly unoccupied stores.
Former McDonald's outlets are reopening and attracting sizable crowds under the name Vkusno — i Tochka. Though the name doesn't roll off the tongue easily and is a little awkward to translate (roughly: It's Tasty — Period), the menu is a testament to imitation being the sincerest form of flattery.
Yunus Yusupov, a popular rap artist who uses the stage name Timati, and restaurateur Anton Pinsky partnered to buy the Starbucks assets, then took the imitation strategy a step further by giving the operation an English-language name.
At a news conference Thursday, they vowed to reopen all the former Starbucks under their new identity and even expand the business. The U.S. company had built its Russian operation to about 130 stores since entering the country in 2007. The stores were owned and operated by a franchisee, Alshaya Group of Kuwait.
While the close resemblance of the new operations to their predecessors could be seen as riding someone else's inspiration and effort, the Starbucks and McDonald's successors also fit a national-pride concept. Since Russia was walloped by sanctions and foreign pullouts, officials frequently assert that Russia will overcome by relying on its own resources and energies.
“Now the economic situation is difficult, but this is a time of opportunity," Oleg Eskindarov, president of the holding company that partnered in the Starbucks deal, told the state news agency Tass. “For the past four months, we have been very actively looking at exiting companies following the example of Starbucks. There are several more similar examples, but we cannot talk about them yet." | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/stars-coffee-russia-starbucks-successor-opening/507-dc3e9feb-4675-4f02-b460-ba5ce3c693e5 | 2022-08-18T22:28:27Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/stars-coffee-russia-starbucks-successor-opening/507-dc3e9feb-4675-4f02-b460-ba5ce3c693e5 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
“This is what a volcano eruption looks like from space,” wrote marketer Vala Afshar in a tweet liked 370,000 times. His Aug. 16 tweet was referring to a six-second video viewed at least 13 million times on Twitter alone.
The video shows a volcano on a peninsula with the curvature of the Earth visible in the background. It’s emitting a moving smoke plume. There is a shadow visible beneath half of the smoke plume, and the clouds visible in the video do not move.
Many of the replies to the tweet questioned if the video was fake. Some said the video must have been made with computer-generated graphics, while others posted what they claimed to be real videos of volcanic eruptions seen from space.
THE QUESTION
Is this a real video of a volcanic eruption as seen from space?
THE SOURCES
- NASA
- Ed Venzke, a volcano data researcher at the Global Volcanism Program
- Steven Sobieszczyk, a spokesperson for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and a hydrologist who has also worked for NASA
- National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
THE ANSWER
No, this is not a real video of a volcanic eruption as seen from space. It’s an animation someone created using a NASA photograph.
WHAT WE FOUND
The viral video is an animation placed over a real photo of an erupting volcano that was taken by an astronaut. The video’s creator animated the volcano’s smoke plume, but left everything else in the photo as is. There is no evidence the video was created by NASA or any other space agency.
“The original photo is so spectacular that it seems ridiculous to make a weird video animation,” said Ed Venzke, a volcano data researcher at the Global Volcanism Program.
The original photo can be found on NASA’s Video and Image Library, NASA’s Johnson Space Center Flickr account and in a NASA Earth Observatory article.
“I checked with our volcano observatory and they confirmed. That is not a live video,” said Steven Sobieszczyk, a spokesperson for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and a hydrologist who has also worked for NASA. “I've done my share of illustration work and that is a visualization using an ‘animate your photograph’ app or software.”
According to NASA, the original photo is of the Kliuchevskoi volcano in Russia’s Far East and was taken in 1994 by an astronaut aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour. The photograph was taken about 132 miles above Earth’s surface.
Venzke said that big volcano plumes can look like they do in the animation when there is a hard wind that blows the smoke horizontally, instead of straight up. But the way the animation depicts the smoke plume has a few inaccuracies.
“Even if that was a real video, I would have said it looks accelerated,” Venzke said, referring to the speed at which the smoke plume in the video moves. Not only is the plume moving too fast, it’s also far too consistent.
Venzke explained that there would need to be big, pulsating explosions — what he called “pulses” — to keep feeding the plume so it continues to rise up from the volcano. He said that evidence of older “pulses” are visible along the far end of the plume, but said they aren’t regular enough, nor are they actively repeating during the animation.
It’s easier to see what Venzke means with a visual. In April 2021, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) satellites captured imagery of a Caribbean volcano’s eruption. The smoke plume in that eruption is blown in one direction by the wind, just like the eruption in the animation, but the plume is fed by several “pulses” from the volcano just as Venzke described. This is easiest to see in the infrared view that begins 36 seconds into the video.
Sobieszczyk echoed Venzke’s belief that the smoke plume moves far too fast than any real smoke plume could.
“For the eruption cloud to move that fast in an actual video, it would have to travel faster than the spacecraft,” Sobieszczyk said. He noted that the Space Shuttle Endeavour traveled at over 17,000 mph, whereas when ash reaches the atmosphere, it must travel on atmospheric currents that reach maximum speeds of 275 mph.
There are a few other ways to tell the video is an edit of a photo that don’t require much knowledge of volcanoes to identify. The clouds and shadows are totally stationary in the video, as is the camera. But in real video footage recorded from space, a shuttle would either continue to fly higher above the Earth, or it would be orbiting around Earth, so it would be impossible for these parts of the video to appear perfectly still.
Venzke noted that most “video” of eruptions recorded from space are actually just animated GIFs composed of photo image sequences. Satellite cameras typically take photographs, and astronauts rarely get such perfect opportunities to record volcanic eruptions with their personal cameras.
One example of a satellite “video” of a volcano eruption is of the January 2022 eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano, which experts say is one of the largest eruptions ever captured from space. The satellite video of the eruption is actually a timelapse of photos, and satellite radar shows how the plume quickly dissipated without further eruptions to fuel the plume.
“Honestly, my main problem with this is that it doesn’t have the volcano name or date shown on the video, which means that it will get re-used by others purporting to show some other eruption,” Venzke said. “Accurately showing real activity is important for hazard awareness and mitigation, so seeing things like this attributed to some other volcano can be harmful misinformation.”
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ING with the remarks on the euro.
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- ING maintains a bearish bias on the EUR in the near-term.
EUR/USD failed to find any positives from (the FOMC minutes) ... The unrelenting negatives emerging from the gas crisis no doubt continue to weigh on the euro and suggest EUR/USD may struggle to hold gains - Fund managers continue to believe the euro is undervalued - but they have been saying that since 2018. And we think the gas crisis and terms of trade shock has driven a lower fundamental value for EUR/USD | https://www.forexlive.com/news/fund-managers-say-eur-is-undervalued-have-been-saying-it-since-2018-20220818/ | 2022-08-18T22:28:48Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/fund-managers-say-eur-is-undervalued-have-been-saying-it-since-2018-20220818/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Germany's Finance Ministry with the dour outlook.
- Germany's economic outlook is bleak
- Its overshadowed by rising energy prices and supply chain issues
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Despite condemnation from ethics watchdogs, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Nellie Gorbea isn’t apologizing for posting a message on her website that tells outside groups what they can do to help her campaign.
Under campaign-finance law, it is illegal for candidates to coordinate directly with independent outside groups such as super PACs which want to spend money to help get them elected.
In recent years, however, campaigns have begun trying to circumvent the law through what has become known as a “red box” — and Gorbea has now joined their ranks.
A New York Times exposé on the practice ran in May with the headline: “The Little Red Boxes Making a Mockery of Campaign Finance Laws.”
“The practice is both brazen and breathtakingly simple,” wrote Times reporter Shane Goldmacher. “To work around the prohibition on directly coordinating with super PACs, candidates are posting their instructions to them inside the red boxes on public pages that super PACs continuously monitor.”
On Wednesday night, Target 12 discovered Gorbea — who is struggling to keep pace financially against her better-funded rivals — has posted a literal red box on her website advising what message should be put in TV commercials for her and where they should air.
“When it comes to the Rhode Island Governor’s race, voters need to see on broadcast, cable, and OTT that Nellie Gorbea has been an advocate for abortion rights her entire life,” the message begins. (“OTT” stands for “over-the-top,” an industry term to describe streaming services like YouTube TV and Discovery+.)
The message goes on to provide talking points relating to Gorbea’s support for abortion rights, as well as links to further information. Also inside the red box is video of Gorbea testifying about abortion that could presumably be used by outside groups in campaign ads.
Rhode Island political watchers generally assumed the red box is aimed at some of the deep-pocketed outside groups which have endorsed Gorbea but have yet to spend big money on her behalf, such as Emily’s List and the Latino Victory Fund.
Aaron McKean, legal counsel at the Campaign Legal Center in Washington and an expert on red boxes, told 12 News: “Red-boxing is a way for candidates and wealthy special interests to coordinate in plain sight.” In Gorbea’s case, he said, “To me, that’s a clear call for TV ads.”
“This is a practice that undermines democracy, because a candidate is so blatantly abusing the law instead of following the law with respect to contribution limits and coordinating with outside groups,” McKean said. “They’re abusing an exception that allows them to publish things publicly in order to get super PACs and outside groups to spend on their behalf.”
Dana Walton, Gorbea’s campaign manager, argued Thursday that the secretary of state’s campaign has no choice.
“The deck is stacked in favor of the wealthy and well-connected,” she told 12 News. “Nellie is running against a self-funder with her own super PAC and an incumbent governor who has hundreds of thousands of dollars of outside money trying to bail him out of his incompetence.” (She was referring to Helena Foulkes and Dan McKee, respectively.)
Walton added: “This is a standard campaign practice.”
McKean shot back: “Even if it’s ‘standard campaign practice,’ that doesn’t mean it’s not coordination and doesn’t mean it’s not illegal.”
He said the only reason campaigns are getting away with using red boxes is because state and federal agencies charged with election supervision are failing to crack down.
John Marion, executive director of Common Cause Rhode Island, said he was disappointed to see the Gorbea campaign using a red box so blatantly.
“Ever since the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision we’ve been feeling its effects in Rhode Island,” Marion told 12 News, recalling when a federal super PAC was formed in 2013 to raise unlimited money in support of Gina Raimondo’s first gubernatorial campaign.
“Now we have Nellie Gorbea’s campaign using red-boxing to circumvent the prohibition against campaigns coordinating with outside groups,” Marion said.
“This is not the kind of innovation we want to see in our politics,” he continued. “Instead we should be focused on expanding our public financing system to include primary elections so that candidates don’t feel the need to rely on outside groups to get their message out to voters.”
Walton dodged the criticism from Marion, who has worked with Gorbea on a variety of government reform issues during her time as the state’s chief elections officer.
“Nellie agrees with Common Cause that we need campaign finance reform in this country,” she said. “Nellie is committed to making real change happen for Rhode Islanders using all the tools available while strictly following campaign finance laws.”
A 12 News/Roger Williams University poll released earlier this week showed McKee with a slight lead over Gorbea, 28% to 25%, among likely Democratic primary voters. Foulkes placed third at 14%, with 21% of voters still undecided.
McKee’s campaign appears to have a less aggressive version of a red box on its own website. His site has a page called “Media” which can only be found by clicking on “Sitemap” at the bottom of his home page.
It contains a lengthy description of McKee’s current message to Rhode Island voters, focused on abortion rights and gun control, and also features a variety of high-resolution still photos of the governor that could potentially be used in campaign ads.
The message described by McKee’s campaign is now being echoed by an outside group called Forward Rhode Island, which went on the air with a pro-McKee TV ad this week. The Laborers International union has put $500,000 into the group so far.
Alana O’Hare, a spokesperson for the McKee campaign, declined to comment.
McKean said McKee’s page is less of a concern, since it doesn’t contain the same explicit call for specific types of advertising buys that Gorbea’s does.
“This is actually where it’s important for agencies to be strong and make clear rules as to what’s going to count as red-boxing and what isn’t,” he said. “Obviously we oppose clear coordination, but to the extent folks are trying to comply, agencies could very easily come up with rules on what red-boxing is.”
Ted Nesi (tnesi@wpri.com) is a Target 12 investigative reporter and 12 News politics/business editor. He co-hosts Newsmakers and writes Nesi’s Notes on Saturdays. Connect with him on Twitter and Facebook | https://www.wpri.com/news/elections/gorbea-defends-using-campaign-tactic-that-watchdog-group-calls-illegal/ | 2022-08-18T22:29:11Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/elections/gorbea-defends-using-campaign-tactic-that-watchdog-group-calls-illegal/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK (WPIX) — Police in New York City seized trucks used to sell cannabis on Tuesday, NYPD Chief of Patrol Jeffrey Maddrey said.
Officials on Tuesday said 20 trucks had been seized, but on Wednesday said the number was 19. The trucks did not have licenses from the Department of Health, according to Maddrey. Police officials said the seizures were part of efforts to address quality-of-life issues in New York City after 311 complaints.
“If you are looking to buy illegal cannabis from the Weed World Bus located on 5th Avenue & 40th Street it is no longer open for business,” Maddrey tweeted. “We do not anticipate it opening for business anytime soon!”
The seizures were made by the Community Response Team and the Manhattan Business Improvement District Team. In June, New York City’s Sheriff’s Office deputies seized a dozen Weed World vehicles. Those were seized because of parking debt.
New York has not yet issued licenses for the sale of recreational marijuana. The state’s legal marijuana industry is likely to be worth around $1.3 billion a year once legal sales begin, according to analysts.
Nineteen states have legalized recreational marijuana, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nevada, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia and Washington.
In three other states, South Dakota, Maryland and Missouri, voters will decide whether or not to legalize recreational marijuana this fall.
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18-year-old arrested for drugs, guns on Wren Avenue
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — An 18-year-old was arrested after the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office was called in reference to a group of males standing in the street with guns.
According to the BCSO, Gang Unit members responded to the call on Wren Avenue around 6:53 p.m. Investigators arrived at the scene and noticed the group jump out of a Chevrolet Suburban and run from the area. One of the suspects, 18-year-old Dontavious Houser, dropped a book bag containing marijuana, a Glock handgun, and an AR style handgun. Houser was taken into custody after a short pursuit on foot.
A second book bag was also found inside of the Suburban, also containing an abundance of marijuana– the total weight coming to 1 pound.
Houser was interviewed and taken to the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center for charges of Possession of Marijuana with the Intent to Distribute, Possession of Marijuana in Government Housing, Transactions of Marijuana in Government Housing, (2 counts) of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, Criminal Street Gang Activity, and Unlawful Possession of Firearms and Weapons. He is being held without bond.
Anyone with information connected to 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/18-year-old-arrested-for-drugs-guns-on-wren-avenue/ | 2022-08-18T22:32:02Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/18-year-old-arrested-for-drugs-guns-on-wren-avenue/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
18-year-old arrested for drugs, guns on Wren Avenue
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — An 18-year-old was arrested after the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office was called in reference to a group of males standing in the street with guns.
According to the BCSO, Gang Unit members responded to the call on Wren Avenue around 6:53 p.m. Investigators arrived at the scene and noticed the group jump out of a Chevrolet Suburban and run from the area. One of the suspects, 18-year-old Dontavious Houser, dropped a book bag containing marijuana, a Glock handgun, and an AR style handgun. Houser was taken into custody after a short pursuit on foot.
A second book bag was also found inside of the Suburban, also containing an abundance of marijuana– the total weight coming to 1 pound.
Houser was interviewed and taken to the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center for charges of Possession of Marijuana with the Intent to Distribute, Possession of Marijuana in Government Housing, Transactions of Marijuana in Government Housing, (2 counts) of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony, Criminal Street Gang Activity, and Unlawful Possession of Firearms and Weapons. He is being held without bond.
Anyone with information connected to 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/18-year-old-arrested-for-drugs-guns-on-wren-avenue/ | 2022-08-18T22:32:02Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/18-year-old-arrested-for-drugs-guns-on-wren-avenue/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Dinosaurs to roam again in Warner Robins this weekend
Dinosaurs are roaming the Earth again in Warner Robins this weekend.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) – Dinosaurs are roaming the Earth again in Warner Robins this weekend.
Jurassic Jungle is having its “Cretaceous Carnivore event” this Sunday at the Warner Robins Recreation Center.
Families will be able to have a chance to get up close and personal with a wide of dinosaur species, and kids can learn how to train a dinosaur.
“We really want children to experience dinosaurs, so we try to present them in the friendliest way possible so that there a little less intimidating,” handler Marissa Bryant said.
There will also be crafting tables and other activities for kids. Shows are Sunday at 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. For tickets and prices, you can visit the Jurassic Jungle Facebook page.
If you miss the show in Warner Robins, Jurassic Jungle will be have another dinosaur event in Atlanta on September 17 and 18. | https://www.41nbc.com/dinosaurs-to-roam-again-in-warner-robins-this-weekend/ | 2022-08-18T22:32:08Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/dinosaurs-to-roam-again-in-warner-robins-this-weekend/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Dinosaurs to roam again in Warner Robins this weekend
Dinosaurs are roaming the Earth again in Warner Robins this weekend.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) – Dinosaurs are roaming the Earth again in Warner Robins this weekend.
Jurassic Jungle is having its “Cretaceous Carnivore event” this Sunday at the Warner Robins Recreation Center.
Families will be able to have a chance to get up close and personal with a wide of dinosaur species, and kids can learn how to train a dinosaur.
“We really want children to experience dinosaurs, so we try to present them in the friendliest way possible so that there a little less intimidating,” handler Marissa Bryant said.
There will also be crafting tables and other activities for kids. Shows are Sunday at 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. For tickets and prices, you can visit the Jurassic Jungle Facebook page.
If you miss the show in Warner Robins, Jurassic Jungle will be have another dinosaur event in Atlanta on September 17 and 18. | https://www.41nbc.com/dinosaurs-to-roam-again-in-warner-robins-this-weekend/ | 2022-08-18T22:32:08Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/dinosaurs-to-roam-again-in-warner-robins-this-weekend/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Law enforcement presence at Monroe County Schools after Snapchat threat
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says a threat on Snapchat caused law enforcement presence to be added to schools in the Monroe County School system on Thursday.
According to MCSO, a report came in of a nonspecific threat against a nonspecific school on the morning of August 18th via the social media site Snapchat. The threat indicated that somebody was planning to commit a violent act at an unnamed school between 12p.m. and 12:45 p.m. The report came in from a student, who was interviewed and said they believed the threat was towards a Monroe County School because they advised several students from Monroe County had been reposting the threat.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office worked with School Resource Officers, Patrol Deputies, and Criminal Investigators, as well as the school staff to help with searches including utilizing Monroe County Sheriff’s Office K-9 teams. A criminal investigation into the incident has been opened.
The timeframe of the threat passed, and the threat was not carried out, though the MCSO is still working to find the original poster of the threat. Anyone with information concerning this incident is urged to call the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office at 478-994-7043 or your local law enforcement agency. | https://www.41nbc.com/law-enforcement-presence-at-monroe-county-schools-after-snapchat-threat/ | 2022-08-18T22:32:14Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/law-enforcement-presence-at-monroe-county-schools-after-snapchat-threat/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Law enforcement presence at Monroe County Schools after Snapchat threat
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says a threat on Snapchat caused law enforcement presence to be added to schools in the Monroe County School system on Thursday.
According to MCSO, a report came in of a nonspecific threat against a nonspecific school on the morning of August 18th via the social media site Snapchat. The threat indicated that somebody was planning to commit a violent act at an unnamed school between 12p.m. and 12:45 p.m. The report came in from a student, who was interviewed and said they believed the threat was towards a Monroe County School because they advised several students from Monroe County had been reposting the threat.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office worked with School Resource Officers, Patrol Deputies, and Criminal Investigators, as well as the school staff to help with searches including utilizing Monroe County Sheriff’s Office K-9 teams. A criminal investigation into the incident has been opened.
The timeframe of the threat passed, and the threat was not carried out, though the MCSO is still working to find the original poster of the threat. Anyone with information concerning this incident is urged to call the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office at 478-994-7043 or your local law enforcement agency. | https://www.41nbc.com/law-enforcement-presence-at-monroe-county-schools-after-snapchat-threat/ | 2022-08-18T22:32:14Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/law-enforcement-presence-at-monroe-county-schools-after-snapchat-threat/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Man arrested after Narcotics search warrants lead to several drugs, guns
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man after executing 2 narcotics search warrants on 2 separate residences on August 17th.
The Gang Unit, SWAT team, Special Investigations Unit, and Response team worked to execute the warrants on 2 homes connected to 45-year-old Mario Parker. The homes searched are located in the 2800 block of Elpis Street and the 1900 block of Christian Avenue. One of the homes is owned by Parker, the second home is where Parker lived.
When members of the BCSO arrived at the home on Elpis Street, Parker was seen running into the home, and then a short time later returning to the front door. After the search warrants were served, about 10 ounces of Codeine, 18 grams of marijuana, several THC pens, multiple digital scales, over $25,000, and a stolen 9mm handgun were found.
Parker, a convicted felon who is not allowed to own a firearm, was taken into the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Law Enforcement Center and charged with Possession of a Firearm by Convicted Felon ,Possession of Controlled Narcotic in Schedule II, Theft Lost Mislaid Property- Felony, and Marijuana less than an Ounce. He is being held without bond.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 1-478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME. | https://www.41nbc.com/man-arrested-after-narcotics-search-warrants-lead-to-several-drugs-guns/ | 2022-08-18T22:32:21Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/man-arrested-after-narcotics-search-warrants-lead-to-several-drugs-guns/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Man arrested after Narcotics search warrants lead to several drugs, guns
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Bibb County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man after executing 2 narcotics search warrants on 2 separate residences on August 17th.
The Gang Unit, SWAT team, Special Investigations Unit, and Response team worked to execute the warrants on 2 homes connected to 45-year-old Mario Parker. The homes searched are located in the 2800 block of Elpis Street and the 1900 block of Christian Avenue. One of the homes is owned by Parker, the second home is where Parker lived.
When members of the BCSO arrived at the home on Elpis Street, Parker was seen running into the home, and then a short time later returning to the front door. After the search warrants were served, about 10 ounces of Codeine, 18 grams of marijuana, several THC pens, multiple digital scales, over $25,000, and a stolen 9mm handgun were found.
Parker, a convicted felon who is not allowed to own a firearm, was taken into the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office Law Enforcement Center and charged with Possession of a Firearm by Convicted Felon ,Possession of Controlled Narcotic in Schedule II, Theft Lost Mislaid Property- Felony, and Marijuana less than an Ounce. He is being held without bond.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at 1-478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME. | https://www.41nbc.com/man-arrested-after-narcotics-search-warrants-lead-to-several-drugs-guns/ | 2022-08-18T22:32:21Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/man-arrested-after-narcotics-search-warrants-lead-to-several-drugs-guns/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Middle Georgia Regional Library expands ‘Play Card Program’ to more counties
Students in Macon County and Twiggs County now have access to library services by using their school ID numbers.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Students in Macon County and Twiggs County now have access to library services by using their school ID numbers.
This is the first time the Middle Georgia Regional Library has extended its Play Card Program to counties outside of Bibb.
The goal was to remove a barrier to help students access materials for free.
If a student in those counties returns a book late, there will be no charge. They can also place holds on books and access online resources.
Alexandria Holsey, the Marketing Coordinator for the library system, says the program has seen a continuous use in Bibb County. Their hope is that will also happen in the other two counties.
“It’s just an extra stepping stone of resources of bridging the gaps that children need to learn and grow as they develop,” she said. “Also for recreational purposes too, because we would love to see people develop a fondness of reading for leisure.”
Holsey says there is a possibility the program could expand to four more counties.
To learn more about the program, click here. | https://www.41nbc.com/middle-georgia-regional-library-expands-play-card-program-to-more-counties/ | 2022-08-18T22:32:27Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/middle-georgia-regional-library-expands-play-card-program-to-more-counties/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Middle Georgia Regional Library expands ‘Play Card Program’ to more counties
Students in Macon County and Twiggs County now have access to library services by using their school ID numbers.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Students in Macon County and Twiggs County now have access to library services by using their school ID numbers.
This is the first time the Middle Georgia Regional Library has extended its Play Card Program to counties outside of Bibb.
The goal was to remove a barrier to help students access materials for free.
If a student in those counties returns a book late, there will be no charge. They can also place holds on books and access online resources.
Alexandria Holsey, the Marketing Coordinator for the library system, says the program has seen a continuous use in Bibb County. Their hope is that will also happen in the other two counties.
“It’s just an extra stepping stone of resources of bridging the gaps that children need to learn and grow as they develop,” she said. “Also for recreational purposes too, because we would love to see people develop a fondness of reading for leisure.”
Holsey says there is a possibility the program could expand to four more counties.
To learn more about the program, click here. | https://www.41nbc.com/middle-georgia-regional-library-expands-play-card-program-to-more-counties/ | 2022-08-18T22:32:27Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/middle-georgia-regional-library-expands-play-card-program-to-more-counties/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Rain arriving later than expected Thursday
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Rain did not arrive in Middle Georgia ahead of the sunrise as expected.
Today
It has been a cloudy but dry morning around Middle Georgia. As we prepare to enter the lunchtime hours we have barely seen a lick of rain around the region. The large mass of storms expected to arrive ahead of the sunrise has missed the region completely, instead impacting South Georgia. This does not mean we are clear for rain chances today, however, as scattered showers and thunderstorms are still likely this afternoon and evening. Highs will again be kept cooler today as they reach into the low and mid 80s around the region. Ambient winds will predominantly blow out of the southeast at about 5 mph.
Storms are likely to persist overnight tonight, and models are once again hinting at the potential for a large mass of storms to make its way through Middle Georgia overnight tonight and ahead of the sunrise tomorrow. Should this hold, locations that receive that rain could get more than an inch as the mass passes through. For the rest it will simply be a cloudy and humid night. Lows will be in the lower 70s and upper 60s, and ambient winds will come from the south-southeast at about 5 mph.
Tomorrow
We will continue to see cloudy skies dominate for our Friday, however during the afternoon a little bit of sun may get through. Highs will be in the low to mid 80s once again with ambient winds coming from the south-southwest at about 5 mph. Storm chances will diminish in the morning following the large mass of rain (assuming it indeed hits Middle Georgia this time) and then climb again during the late afternoon and evening hours.
A couple of storms may push into the overnight hours. At some point after midnight and before the sunrise Saturday the last of them should push their way out of Middle Georgia to the east. After that we will see a few breaks in the clouds as temperatures reach their valleys in the upper 60s and lower 70s.
The Weekend
Mostly cloudy conditions will continue to stick around on Saturday, however the rain chances should drop off a bit to just some isolated storms in the afternoon and evening. As a result highs will return to the upper 80s with lows in the lower 70s.
Sunday will see a bit more sun than Saturday and highs will push into the lower 90s for the hottest Middle Georgia locations. A few storms will be possible in the afternoon and evening, however they are unlikely overnight. Lows will be in the lower 70s.
The tropics are still quiet outside of the one system we are watching in the gulf. The National Hurricane Center is now forecasting a 20% chance for development over the next 48 hours and a 30% chance over the next 5 days.
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/rain-arriving-later-than-expected-thursday/ | 2022-08-18T22:32:33Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/rain-arriving-later-than-expected-thursday/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Rain arriving later than expected Thursday
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Rain did not arrive in Middle Georgia ahead of the sunrise as expected.
Today
It has been a cloudy but dry morning around Middle Georgia. As we prepare to enter the lunchtime hours we have barely seen a lick of rain around the region. The large mass of storms expected to arrive ahead of the sunrise has missed the region completely, instead impacting South Georgia. This does not mean we are clear for rain chances today, however, as scattered showers and thunderstorms are still likely this afternoon and evening. Highs will again be kept cooler today as they reach into the low and mid 80s around the region. Ambient winds will predominantly blow out of the southeast at about 5 mph.
Storms are likely to persist overnight tonight, and models are once again hinting at the potential for a large mass of storms to make its way through Middle Georgia overnight tonight and ahead of the sunrise tomorrow. Should this hold, locations that receive that rain could get more than an inch as the mass passes through. For the rest it will simply be a cloudy and humid night. Lows will be in the lower 70s and upper 60s, and ambient winds will come from the south-southeast at about 5 mph.
Tomorrow
We will continue to see cloudy skies dominate for our Friday, however during the afternoon a little bit of sun may get through. Highs will be in the low to mid 80s once again with ambient winds coming from the south-southwest at about 5 mph. Storm chances will diminish in the morning following the large mass of rain (assuming it indeed hits Middle Georgia this time) and then climb again during the late afternoon and evening hours.
A couple of storms may push into the overnight hours. At some point after midnight and before the sunrise Saturday the last of them should push their way out of Middle Georgia to the east. After that we will see a few breaks in the clouds as temperatures reach their valleys in the upper 60s and lower 70s.
The Weekend
Mostly cloudy conditions will continue to stick around on Saturday, however the rain chances should drop off a bit to just some isolated storms in the afternoon and evening. As a result highs will return to the upper 80s with lows in the lower 70s.
Sunday will see a bit more sun than Saturday and highs will push into the lower 90s for the hottest Middle Georgia locations. A few storms will be possible in the afternoon and evening, however they are unlikely overnight. Lows will be in the lower 70s.
The tropics are still quiet outside of the one system we are watching in the gulf. The National Hurricane Center is now forecasting a 20% chance for development over the next 48 hours and a 30% chance over the next 5 days.
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/rain-arriving-later-than-expected-thursday/ | 2022-08-18T22:32:33Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/rain-arriving-later-than-expected-thursday/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Senator Warnock stops in Baldwin County on statewide bus tour
Senator Raphael Warnock brought his “Working for Georgia" bus tour to voters in Baldwin County Thursday.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Senator Raphael Warnock brought his “Working for Georgia” bus tour to voters in Baldwin County Thursday.
He spoke to a crowd in downtown Milledgeville about the work he’s done in Washington so far and his plans for the future.
Warnock is using the tour, which started Wednesday, to rally voters ahead of the November election.
“Invest in STEM and in regional tech hubs so we can create places of innovation and creativity and economic prosperity,” he said. “I’ve got a feeling that the folks here in Milledgeville could benefit from that.”
Senator Warnock will face Republican nominee Herschel Walker in the November 8 election. | https://www.41nbc.com/senator-warnock-stops-in-baldwin-county-on-statewide-bus-tour/ | 2022-08-18T22:32:39Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/senator-warnock-stops-in-baldwin-county-on-statewide-bus-tour/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Senator Warnock stops in Baldwin County on statewide bus tour
Senator Raphael Warnock brought his “Working for Georgia" bus tour to voters in Baldwin County Thursday.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Senator Raphael Warnock brought his “Working for Georgia” bus tour to voters in Baldwin County Thursday.
He spoke to a crowd in downtown Milledgeville about the work he’s done in Washington so far and his plans for the future.
Warnock is using the tour, which started Wednesday, to rally voters ahead of the November election.
“Invest in STEM and in regional tech hubs so we can create places of innovation and creativity and economic prosperity,” he said. “I’ve got a feeling that the folks here in Milledgeville could benefit from that.”
Senator Warnock will face Republican nominee Herschel Walker in the November 8 election. | https://www.41nbc.com/senator-warnock-stops-in-baldwin-county-on-statewide-bus-tour/ | 2022-08-18T22:32:39Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/senator-warnock-stops-in-baldwin-county-on-statewide-bus-tour/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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