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TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. — A Middleport, New York, native is serving in the U.S. Navy as part of the nation’s nuclear deterrence mission at Strategic Communications Wing One (STRATCOMMWING ONE). Its TACAMO (“Take Charge and Move Out”) mission provides airborne communication links to nuclear missile units of U.S. Strategic Command.
Petty Officer 3rd Class Jerry Beltran, a 2019 graduate of Royalton Hartland High School, joined the Navy three years ago.
“Since I was seven years old, I knew I wanted to be in the military,” said Beltran. “My old man was a Marine. I looked up to him a lot. The stories he told me inspired me to join. Now, my dad and I both have a Global War on Terrorism Service Medal. That’s something he and I get to share.”
Beltran uses skills and values taught by family to succeed in the Navy.
“My parents did a good job of raising me,” said Beltran. “My dad brought me up with a military structure, so I was prepared for the culture of the Navy.”
The Navy’s presence aboard an Air Force base in the middle of the United States may seem like an odd location given its distance from any ocean; however, the central location allows for the deployment of aircraft to both coasts and the Gulf of Mexico on a moment’s notice. This quick response is key to the success of the nuclear deterrence mission.
The Navy command consists of a Wing staff, the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training, and three Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadrons: The “Ironmen” of VQ 3, the “Shadows” of VQ 4 and the “Roughnecks” of VQ 7.
Beltran serves as an aviation electronics technician with VQ 4.
“I get a great sense of pride waking up and getting to put on the uniform,” said Beltran. “It’s cool that I get to do the things I do in my job. There’s nothing better than getting to work with aircraft.”
STRATCOMMWING One employs more than 1,300 active-duty sailors and 100 contractors to provide maintenance, security, operations, administration, training and logistic support for the Boeing E-6 Mercury aircraft fleet, an airborne command post and communications relay based on the Boeing 707.
Their mission stems from the original 1961 Cold War order known as “Take Charge and Move Out!” Adapted as TACAMO and now the command’s nickname, the men and women of TACAMO continue to provide a survivable communication link between national decision makers and the nation’s nuclear weapons.
The commander-in-chief issues orders to members of the military who operate nuclear weapons aboard submarines, aircraft or in land-based missile silos. Sailors aboard TACAMO E-6 Mercury aircraft provide the one-of-a-kind and most-survivable communication needed for this critical mission.
With more than 90% of all trade traveling by sea, and 95% of the world’s international phone and internet traffic carried through fiber optic cables lying on the ocean floor, Navy officials continue to emphasize that the prosperity and security of the United States is directly linked to a strong and ready Navy.
Serving in the Navy means Beltran is part of a team that is taking on new importance in the United States’ focus on rebuilding military readiness, strengthening alliances and reforming business practices in support of the National Defense Strategy.
“When President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy said, ‘Speak softly and carry a big stick,’ he was talking about the Navy,” said Beltran. “It’s important we’ve always been there to assist our allies and defend our nation.”
Beltran and the sailors they serve with have many opportunities to achieve accomplishments during their military service.
“My proudest Navy accomplishment is being able to work on the aircraft,” said Beltran. “I’m also proud to have advanced quickly from seaman apprentice to petty officer third class.”
As Beltran and other sailors continue to perform missions, they take pride in serving their country in the Navy.
“I believe a certain amount of patriotism in a country is required to keep a nation successful,” added Beltran. “I grew up with a great love for this country. Being able to say I get to defend the freedoms we all have is super meaningful to me.” | https://www.lockportjournal.com/community/roy-hart-graduate-working-in-nuclear-deterrence/article_fc9dcf72-1f15-11ed-aa18-17a90b1a6fd6.html | 2022-08-19T07:32:43Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/community/roy-hart-graduate-working-in-nuclear-deterrence/article_fc9dcf72-1f15-11ed-aa18-17a90b1a6fd6.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Glass ceilings have two things going for them: they’re see-through and they were meant to be broken. Since the beginning of the U.S. Air Force’s history, women have set their sights beyond barriers and shattered any that got in their way.
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Poll: Class of 2025 Politically Divided
Nearly half of incoming college sophomores don’t want to live with or date someone who voted differently from them in the 2020 election, a new NBC News/Generation Lab poll found.
The Class of 2025 also is less optimistic about the country and world than they were a year ago, but they have a rosy outlook about their own futures, according to NBC News, which along with Generation Lab surveyed the same class of students a year ago as they were about to start college.
More than two-thirds of respondents said they experienced anxiety in the past year, as well as 46 percent who said they’ve experienced depression. Nearly 90 percent said they were either extremely or quite concerned about the prices of gasoline, rent and food.
NBC News and Generation Lab surveyed 1,077 rising college sophomores from two- and four-year institutions in the last week.
Fifty-three percent of those surveyed say they would “definitely” or “probably” choose to live with someone who supported the presidential candidate they opposed in 2020, while 46 percent said they would “probably not” or “definitely not” make that choice. Among Democratic respondents, 38 percent said they would live with someone who supported a different presidential candidate, while 71 percent of Republican respondents said they would.
“That’s a pretty powerful picture—you have Trump dorms and Biden dorms,” Generation Labs founder Cyrus Beschloss told NBC News. “I don’t think I would have seen that when I was starting college in 2015.”
About 53 percent of respondents said they would “probably not” or “definitely not” date someone who voted differently from them in the 2020 election. About 63 percent said they couldn’t see themselves getting married to someone who supported an opposing presidential candidate.
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BOSTON (AP) — Three men, including a Mafia hitman, have been charged in the 2018 killing of notorious Boston crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger, the Justice Department said Thursday.
The charges against Fotios “Freddy” Geas, Paul J. DeCologero and Sean McKinnon come nearly four years after Bulger’s killing, which raised questions about why the known “snitch” was placed in the West Virginia prison’s general population instead of more protective housing. The men were charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree murder.
Authorities have not revealed a possible motive for Bulger’s killing in October 2018, which came hours after he was transferred to USP Hazelton in West Virginia from a prison in Florida. He had been serving a life sentence for 11 murders and other crimes. Prosecutors allege Geas and DeCologero struck Bulger in the head multiple times, causing his death.
Bulger, who ran the largely Irish mob in Boston in the 1970s and ’80s, served as an FBI informant who ratted on his gang’s main rival, according to the bureau. He later became one of the nation’s most-wanted fugitives. Bulger strongly denied ever being a government informant.
The Justice Department has also charged Geas, 55, and DeCologero, 48, with aiding and abetting first-degree murder, along with assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Geas faces a separate charge of murder by a federal inmate serving a life sentence, and McKinnon, 36, is charged separately with making false statements to a federal agent.
Geas and DeCologero were identified as suspects shortly after Bulger’s death, according to law enforcement officials at the time, but they remained uncharged as the investigation dragged on for years.
All three were placed in solitary confinement throughout the probe, family members told The Boston Globe. McKinnon’s mother told the newspaper that her son, who was Geas’ cellmate at the time of Bulger’s killing, told her he didn’t know anything about the slaying.
Daniel Kelly, an attorney for Geas, said Thursday that the charges aren’t a surprise, but don’t justify his client’s continued placement in solitary confinement.
Emails seeking comment were sent Thursday to an attorney for Bulger’s family. It wasn’t immediately clear if McKinnon and DeCologero had attorneys to comment on their behalf.
Geas remains in prison in Hazelton. DeCologero is being held in another federal prison facility. McKinnon was released from prison last month after pleading guilty in 2015 to stealing guns from a firearms dealer. He was on federal supervised release when the indictment was handed down, and was arrested Thursday in Florida.
Bulger was the third inmate killed in six months at USP Hazelton, where workers and advocates had long warned of dangerous conditions at the penitentiary nicknamed “Misery Mountain.”
Bulger’s family sued the Federal Bureau of Prisons and 30 unnamed employees of the prison system over his death, alleging it appeared the gangster was “deliberately sent to his death.” A federal judge dismissed the family’s lawsuit in January.
Bulger fled Boston in late 1994 after his FBI handler, John Connolly Jr., warned him he was about to be indicted.
After more than 16 years on the run and with a $2 million reward on his head, he was captured at age 81 in Santa Monica, California, where he had been living in a rent-controlled apartment near the beach with his longtime girlfriend, Catherine Greig.
He was convicted in 2013 of the 11 slayings, as well as extortion and money-laundering after a sensational racketeering trial.
His transfer to Hazelton was prompted by disciplinary issues, a federal law enforcement official told The Associated Press in 2018. The official insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to release details. In February 2018, Bulger threatened an assistant supervisor at the prison in Florida, telling her “your day of reckoning is coming.”
A prison workers’ union official told the AP that year that sending Bulger to the troubled federal penitentiary that housed other New England gangsters was like giving him a “death sentence.”
But Bulger never admitted to working for the FBI. Court papers made public in the civil case brought by his family showed that he was interviewed by staff after arriving at Hazelton about whether there were reasons he should be kept out of the general population. An intake screening form signed by Bulger said he answered “no” to questions such as “have you assisted law enforcement agents in any way?” | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/3-charged-in-2018-killing-of-boston-gangster-whitey-bulger/article_a9aeff7e-1f57-11ed-9075-6378f961a654.html | 2022-08-19T07:32:49Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/3-charged-in-2018-killing-of-boston-gangster-whitey-bulger/article_a9aeff7e-1f57-11ed-9075-6378f961a654.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ALBANY — What was once the site of the Arthur Kill Correctional Facility is now home to a film studio on 49 acres of Staten Island.
In the Orange County town of Warwick, the former Mid-Orange Correctional Facility has been transformed into a business park.
But in numerous other locations across the state, particularly in rural areas well off the beaten track, shuttered state prisons have found few takers. Lawmakers who have such former facilities in their district say they have been left to crumble if the state can’t find a buyer willing to develop the properties.
While the Hochul administration is hoping a new commission comes up with ideas for reusing the closed prisons, a new national report issued by the Sentencing Project, an advocacy group, suggests states take a “community reinvestment approach.”
Embracing that vision could result in public investment in new schools, community centers,and healthcare facilities that would benefit communities whose residents were impacted by unusually high rates of incarceration, according to the report’s authors.
The report also warns state governments need to be cautious about the possibility they will overestimate any cost savings expected to flow from shutting down prisons.
They might also encounter land reuse challenges, with the report highlighting the fact that hundreds of state and federal prisons were found to have been built near sites awaiting cleanup of toxic contaminants.
But the main thrust of the report is that prison closures can allow states to embrace strategies that emphasize opportunity instead of punishment as a guiding theme in public safety.
In New York, lawmakers representing communities that have been impacted by a string of prison closures said the experiences make it clear planning for re-use of a facility targeted for closure should begin long before the prison system turns off the lights at those complexes.
The lack of detailed advanced planning for the future of the mothballed facilities is at least partly responsible for the blight that ensued, they said.
“They just closed prisons without giving it a thought,” said state Sen. Dan Stec, R-Queensbury. “They just walked away from a multi-million-dollar taxpayer asset with no plan for what is to come next. If you just let them go in the winter in the North Country, with no heat, no lighting, no security, you’re going to have problems.”
Assemblyman Billy Jones, D-Plattsburgh, a retired state corrections officer, sponsored a bill several years ago that would have required state officials to guide the redevelopment of properties the state was decommissioning. The bill was bottled up at the statehouse.
Jones said former prisons that were dormant when he took office in January 2017 remain dormant today.
More than 20 prisons have been closed in New York over the past 15 years, most of them by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Six prisons were ordered closed this year by Hochul, who was Cuomo’s lieutenant governor when he resigned last August.
“Quite frankly, nothing has been done,” Jones said. “My feeling is the state owes it to the communities where the prisons were located to have a plan. They have become eyesores and blighted buildings in our towns.”
Assemblyman Chris Tague, R-Schoharie, said the administration of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2014 auctioned off what was once the Camp Summit shock incarceration facility, getting “pennies on the dollar” in return for an investment of tens of millions of dollars by state taxpayers.
Attempts have been made to locate a long-term drug and alcohol treatment center at the site, but those plans have sputtered and it remains unclear if they will ever come to fruition, Tague said.
“When a new owner comes in, the person has to worry about zoning laws and planning boards, and it slows things down,” said Tague. He suggested it would make far more sense for state officials to work out as many of those issues beforehand, as soon as they plan on moving ahead with a closure, so when a facility is shut down, a community won’t be left with what could become an unsolvable puzzle.
Hochul, a Democrat running to keep her job in the 2022 election, has assembled a commission that is now “reimagining” the fate of closed prisons. A full report from that panel is expected by year’s end, according to Empire State Development, a state public authority controlled by Hochul.
Kristin Devoe, an ESD spokeswoman, said in an email that members of the commission have met twice and have visited 11 sites, inviting local officials into their discussions along the way.
According to the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, the total state prison population stood at 30,895 as of Aug. 1. That is a decline of more than 57% since the population peaked in 1999.
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Seeking the Best Diet for Patients With Crohn’s: Academic Minute
August 19, 2022
Today on the Academic Minute, part of University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Week: Dr. Maria Abreu, professor of medicine, explores the best diet for those suffering from Crohn’s disease. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
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Award recipients for the Niagara County Façade Program are making plans for what improvements they’ll be making for their businesses. The Façade Program was initiated by the county earlier this year with the intent on providing funds to local businesses for making improvements to their buildings.
The page for the program on the Niagara County Industrial Development Agency’s website describes the Façade Program as being something to help revitalize small businesses coming out of the Covid pandemic, and help attract more investment to the area. Throughout the county, 173 local businesses were approved for awards, which can be up to $50,000 as a dollar-to-dollar match for what businesses are planning on putting down for their own projects.
One business that’s among those who were given award letters was the Palace Theater in Lockport. Lizzie Schratz, the Palace’s director of marketing and communication said that the Theater is receiving $7,300 to help pay for new awnings in front of the theater.
“Our awnings have definitely seen better days, and they definitely need replacement,” said Schratz. “We are optimistic that beautifying the exterior of our building will improve the experience of patrons when they come in, and also help promote the downtown corridor we are lucky to inhabit.”
The county would be matching what the Palace is paying already, and the total amount of the project is expected to be $14,600.
“We truly appreciate the support that the county gave us with this program,” Schratz said. “They were incredibly helpful with the process, and we’re truly grateful with the help they’ve provided.”
Robert Wendler, owner of Barker Truck Accessories, said that he was receiving up to $28,000 for maintenance expenses to his building. Wendler mentioned that his building is already over a century old, which exemplifies one of the initiatives of the facade program — to preserve historic buildings. Projects he aims to accomplish with the funds include refurbishing his showroom and windows, placing a new sign, roof and gutter maintenance, repaving the driveway, and installing fencing for the property.
“It’s a 100-plus year old building that’s starting to show its age,” Wendler said. “It needs a little TLC just like most 100-plus year old buildings do over time.”
In Olcott, Covey’s Cove owner Michael Rann said that the county will be reimbursing them once their renovations are completed. He’s expecting that the work needed for this will be done during the fall months, and may cost around $35,000. He is looking to get his restaurant a pergola for its patio, replace the stairs, install new windows, doors, and lights, and generally make the building more energy efficient.
“It’s all minor things but it really adds up,” he said.
Bob Hall of Halls Apple Farm, which was also given an award letter, has also said that he’s looking to use the funds from the program to help pay for a new roof for their barn.
The $5.2 million that were allocated for this program from Niagara County came from funds from the American Rescue Plan Act. The county originally designated $3 million for the program, however it added another $2.2 million to it due to heightened interest. The period for application to the program ended in May, and the NCIDA’s website states that all funds have been designated. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/fa-ade-program-awardees-plan-business-improvements/article_14f871be-1f41-11ed-8950-db40ba72324d.html | 2022-08-19T07:33:01Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/fa-ade-program-awardees-plan-business-improvements/article_14f871be-1f41-11ed-8950-db40ba72324d.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BUFFALO — A Republican candidate for Congress in western New York said in a radio interview that U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland “should be executed” for authorizing a search former President Donald Trump’s home, before clarifying later in the show that he wasn’t being serious.
Buffalo-area businessman Carl Paladino made the comment in an interview with Breitbart News Saturday on Aug. 13. During the interview, Paladino was criticizing President Joe Biden for what he said was a lack of leadership and disengagement from government.
“So we have a couple of unelected people who are running our government, in an administration of people like Garland, who should be not only impeached, he probably should be executed,” Paladino said. “The guy is just lost. He’s a lost soul. He’s trying to get an image, and his image, his methodology is just terrible. To raid the home of a former president is just — people are scratching their heads and they’re saying, ‘What is wrong with this guy?’”
A short time later in the interview, host Matthew Boyle pressed Paladino about what he meant when he said that Garland should be executed.
“I’m just being facetious. The man should be removed from office,” Paladino said. “He shows his incompetence. He wants to get his face in front of the people and show he’s got some mettle to him, but his choice of issues and choice of methodology is very sad.”
A Justice Department spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The FBI is generally responsible for investigating threats made against the attorney general. Messages seeking comment were left with his campaign Thursday.
A Paladino spokesperson, Vish Burra, told The Buffalo News the candidate wasn’t actually calling for Garland’s death.
“The comment is clear: Carl does not think Garland should be executed and when you listen to the interview, when asked what he meant, he stated he was being facetious,” Burra said Wednesday.
Paladino, a millionaire real estate developer who was the party’s candidate for governor of New York in 2010, is in a close primary fight with New York Republican State Committee Chairman Nick Langworthy. Paladino has been endorsed by U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik.
The FBI and Justice Department have faced a barrage of violent threats in the days since agents searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home as part of an investigation into the discovery of classified White House records.
A man, who had said on social media that federal agents should be killed “on sight,” died in a shootout with law enforcement officers in Ohio after trying to get inside the FBI’s Cincinnati field office with a semiautomatic rifle.
Paladino has a long history of outrageous comments.
In June, he shared a Facebook post suggesting that a racist mass shooting in Buffalo was part of a conspiracy to take away people’s guns. The same month, he apologized for a comment he’d made in an interview in which he said Adolf Hitler was “the kind of leader we need today” because of his ability to rally crowds.
In 2016, Paladino joked to a newspaper that he hoped then-President Barack Obama would die from mad cow disease and said Michelle Obama should “return to being a male” and be sent to live with a gorilla in a cave.
The following year, he was removed from Buffalo’s school board for improperly discussing teacher contract negotiations, although he contended the comments about the Obamas were the real reason for his removal.
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Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Heath Jones announces the MCPOCG Recruiting Challenge call-to-action to the Chiefs Mess, August 16, 2022. The purpose of this is to unite the Chiefs Mess across the Nation to tell our story by engaging with and mentoring the future of our Coast Guard workforce. U.S. Coast Guard video.
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West Liberty Board Rejects Contract Extension for President
The West Liberty University Board of Governors voted Wednesday not to renew President W. Franklin Evans’s contract for a third year, The Intelligencer reported.
Evans, West Liberty’s first Black president, assumed the job in 2021. But his tenure has been marred by accusations that he plagiarized several speeches, for which he later apologized.
After meeting in executive session for close to an hour, the board moved Wednesday to offer Evans a one-year extension on his contract to the end of 2023. But the motion failed in an 8-to-4 vote.
“Dr. Evans was hired two years ago with an 11-0 unanimous vote,” board chairman Rich Lucas told The Intelligencer. “We took a lot of time assessing his entire body of work over the last two years—we did his presidential assessment from the first year, faculty, staff, and community outreach. Each governor took that body of work and made their decision either to extend or renew his contract.”
Evans survived a similar vote last October, when the board decided 7 to 5 to keep him on but placed him on a disciplinary action plan. A week later, the West Liberty Faculty Senate voted no confidence in the president. Then in early November, the board voted unanimously to officially censure the president in response to the plagiarism charges.
The search for a new president will begin immediately. If the board does not find a replacement before Evans’s contract expires Dec. 31, an interim will be appointed, The Intelligencer reported.
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‘Professor of Apocalypse’
Scott McLemee reviews Jerry Z. Muller’s Professor of Apocalypse: The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes.
Several years ago, the contributor’s note accompanying an article by Jerry Z. Muller identified him as a professor of history at the Catholic University of America and mentioned that he was at work on a biography of Jacob Taubes. Since then he has moved on to emeritus status and published Professor of Apocalypse: The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes (Princeton University Press). I have been awaiting the book impatiently for a while—in a way, since well before Muller himself decided to write it.
My curiosity was piqued in the early 1990s by a passing remark in Sohnya Sayres’s book Susan Sontag: The Elegiac Modernist (Routledge). This was a critical study of Sontag’s writings and sparing in biographical details. One odd exception was the mention of how Sontag—in the mid-1950s, when she was barely out of adolescence—was “taken into an inner circle at Harvard, a group including, for example, Jacob Taubes who may in fact have set out to know everything.”
That was as much information as Sayres provided on Taubes, and it was hard to find more elsewhere. The Library of Congress catalog listed his book Abendländische Eschatologie, published in Germany in 1947, which I found occasionally listed in studies of millenarianism. One of his papers turned up in an anthology of writings from the great 1960s controversy over “death of God theology,” where he was identified as “a European-Israeli theologian who is now [i.e., in 1967] a professor of religion at Columbia University” whose “essays of the mid-fifties became almost a sacred text to many younger theologians who were being drawn in a radical direction.”
The paradox of a sacred text on the death of God—by a scholar who (supposedly) aspired to omniscience, no less—was amusing, but only left me wanting to find out more. Sontag had dedicated one of her books to a friend named Susan Taubes, who had published a novel called Divorcing (1969). Its narrator depicts her ex-husband, Ezra, as a brilliant and charismatic scholar of religion who is engaged in a grand but ill-defined intellectual project. He is overbearing, self-absorbed and prone to continuous violations of the seventh commandment. Muller confirms that Ezra was closely modelled on Jacob Taubes. Being married to him may have taken a toll on Susan: within about a week of her novel’s publication, she committed suicide by drowning. Divorcing was reprinted in the New York Review of Books Classics series a couple of years ago, and Susan Taubes has become a figure of interest in her own right, though that is a subject for another day.
By the time Jacob Taubes himself died in 1987, he had written a single book—the one from 40 years earlier, which was a slightly condensed version of the dissertation he had completed in Switzerland during his early 20s. But in the final weeks of his life, he gave a course of lectures that became the prologue to an unusually productive scholarly afterlife. Originally appearing in German in 1993, The Political Theology of Paul (as it was called when translated and published by Stanford University Press 10 years later) was the product of decades of thinking about the apostle whose letters make up roughly half of the New Testament.
Taubes read Paul against the grain, treating the letters not as documents of early Christianity but as a complex meditation on belief, desire, universality and the law. His version of the apostle revealed him to be a cultural revolutionary committed to overthrowing both the Jewish religious authorities and the Roman imperial order. This was not mere provocation: his analysis engaged with Pauline texts in Greek while also referring to—and engaging in debate with—the major theological literature.
As it turned out, Taubes anticipated a surge of commentary on Paul by European philosophers that began in the late 1990s and continues today. Some of this work acknowledges Taubes’s influence; some of it rather conspicuously does not, creating the lacunae other scholars then scrutinize. And the influence of Taubes’s deathbed monograph spurred interest in his other texts, few and scattered (and sometimes rare) as they are. Taubes’s dissertation has been translated under the title of Occidental Eschatology (Stanford University Press, 2009)—a development he probably would not have welcomed. Taubes did not allow it to be republished during his lifetime and seems to have been in the habit of stealing copies from libraries to deny it a readership.
Biographers often complain that reviewers discuss the subject’s life, not the book reconstructing it. My comments so far have been, if anything, at a still further remove—trying to indicate two extremes between which Muller has had to navigate in writing his book. One was the situation in which Taubes was all but unknown (and, for all practical purposes, almost unknowable) outside very small enclaves. In the other, his work became both readily available and closely parsed by scholarly communities for which his importance was a given. It would be possible to spin out from these circumstances a simple and familiar narrative: neglect during Taubes’s lifetime, followed by the vindication of posthumous discovery and celebration, but Muller offers nothing of the sort. He began working on the biography after finishing another book in 2002, and its long gestation was in keeping with the difficulty of the subject; for Taubes’s career, intellect and personality were all extraordinarily complex, and his reputation included hints of scandal, vague but persistent.
Taubes was the scion of a distinguished rabbinical family and was himself ordained, though he did not practice. “I take the distinction between Rabbi and Professor seriously,” he said late in life, “especially in such permissive times where every amalgam is publicized as a creative innovation. A rabbi can really perform the ritual act, a professor can only tell how the ritual act was or is to be performed.” His family made a timely escape from Austria to Switzerland in 1936, where, throughout the war, his father cooperated with ecumenical efforts to assist refugees. This had the unforeseeable side effect of giving Jacob a close familiarity with contemporary Protestant thought, as well as a chance to study with Hans Urs von Balthasar, later to emerge as a major Catholic theologian.
Taubes was fluent in German, French, Yiddish, English and Hebrew, he could read Latin and biblical Greek, and his knowledge of a range of theological traditions was informed by a grounding in German philosophical and sociological thought. The postwar American academic world had room for such a wunderkind, and Taubes’s appointments included posts at Harvard and Columbia Universities—followed, beginning in the 1960s, by a professorship at the Free University of Berlin. There he became an intellectual impresario on a grand scale, organizing major interdisciplinary seminars that drew scholars from around the world. He was also an editorial adviser to Suhrkamp Verlag, a major West German publisher of books in the social sciences and humanities.
Muller’s extensive archival research and interviews with Taubes’s European and American colleagues enables him to reconstruct what was, by any standard, a distinguished and influential academic career. But his reputation was … complicated. Susan Taubes’s autobiographical novel only put on the record what was widely known about Jacob’s penchant for adultery, which did not exclude friends’ wives. Nor was he averse to sabotaging a rival’s career, or at least trying. He was adept at absorbing the gist of a book or the implications of a scholar’s argument, yet dogged by accusations of carelessness and minimal productivity. Muller’s assessment of Taubes’s writings includes a fair number of comments that might be summarized as “argument weak, needs more sources” or “dazzling yet unsatisfactory.” It is not clear whether there is any basis in fact for saying that Taubes “may in fact have set out to know everything.” But after reading Professor of Apocalypse, it seems entirely possible that if Taubes himself did not make the claim, whoever did was being sardonic.
Which is not to say that Professor of Apocalypse is a takedown. Muller is first and foremost an intellectual historian, fully attentive to the compelling aspects of Taubes’s work (his exploration of the hidden passages between religious cosmologies and secular ideologies) and how they respond to larger debates. But he also considers the dark side of Taubes’s brilliance. The severe mental collapse he suffered in mid-1970s may have revealed something of the psychodynamics shaping his personality as a whole.
“The restlessness and inability to engage in persistent work,” Muller writes, “the talkativeness and profusion of ideas; the excessive need for social life; the charm in interpersonal encounters together with the ability to uncover vulnerable spots in others and exploit them; the excessive involvement in pleasurable activities, including hypersexuality, combined with an inclination toward risktaking—all of these qualities are associated with manic depression of the Bipolar II variety. Those qualities, together with Jacob’s attraction to conflict, with his propensity to dissimulation and to betrayal, help explain why so many of those who knew him described him as ‘Mephistophelian’—a term with implications of fostering creativity—or, more critically, as ‘demonic’ or ‘diabolical.’”
Here is a book more than worth the wait, and one I expect to reread.
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Scottish whisky: Dal Riata plans submitted and new Lochlea whisky out next month
It’s an exciting time in whisky, with a plethora of new distilleries on the cards.
On one of the latest Scran podcasts, I spoke to industry insiders and experts about the renaissance in Campbeltown as two new distilleries look to be coming to the town.
One of these, Dal Riata, has submitted a planning application to Argyll and Bute Council for permission to build a new whisky distillery on the banks of Campbeltown Loch. The application is for a mixed use development comprising a distillery, visitor centre, shop and self-catering apartments.
The owners are keen to pay homage to the history of Campbeltown by incorporating a museum within the visitor centre dedicated to the history of whisky distillation within the town. There are also plans to develop the visitor centre to be a venue to hire for events and the business hopes to create jobs for about 20 people.
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A spokesperson for the distillery said: “The dilapidated warehouses currently on the site are to be renovated and converted into self-catering apartments, which will sleep up to ten people and offer views over the distillery and across the loch. The current vacant shop on Longrow adjoining the site will be developed into a visitor centre and conference/tasting room.”
Another new distillery, which has planning permission and is set to open next year, is Ardgowan. The building, which is located near Glasgow, is designed to provide an ergonomic energy efficient distillery and to maximise the visitor experience and will incorporate a glass-walled ‘sky platform’ with views of the Clyde.
The company has already pledged their new distillery will be carbon negative and are working with specialist distillery engineers Briggs of Burton to ensure the flagship building has the latest innovations in energy reduction, heat recovery and carbon capture.
This week also saw Lochlea announce they would release their Harvest Edition, the second in an annual series of four seasonal small batch bottlings. Their first seasonal edition was released in spring and was named the Sowing Edition. Each expression will link to what is happening on site at that time of year, through the casks selected, flavour profile and even packaging.
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Medieval heart of Scottish Highland town could lose conservation status
The medieval quarter of a Highland town could lose its conservation area status.
The boundaries of Thurso’s conservation area are under review, with Highland Council consulting on potential changes.
The local authority believes much of the old quarter has already been lost to development.
The historic heart of Thurso in Caithness is home to buildings including Old St Peter’s Kirk, parts of which date back to the 12th century and form the earliest Christian building in the town.
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The town’s only A-listed building, it was the chapel of the Bishop of Caithness when he was at his summer residence at Scrabster.
The Turnpike, a two-storey building with a distinctive rounded external stair tower, dates from 1686.
It is thought to have originally been a merchant's house and is also included in the Conservation Area. The building was captured by painter LS Lowry in sketches in the 1930s.
The key historic buildings that remain will continue to be protected by scheduled monument and listed building status, whatever the outcome of the conservation area consultation.
The local authority also said the conservation area status could prevent residents from making improvements to their homes, with a number of the older buildings already adapted.
Councillors will consider the proposed boundaries changes at a meeting next week.
The Conservation Area was first designed in 1970 and included five separate areas, but the scheme was redesigned in 1987 to create just a single protected zone.
Thurso’s importance as a port dates back to the Norse period, with trade continuing with Europe until the 19th century.
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ScotRail's plans for all electric or hydrogen train fleet are exciting, but we still need to keep our feet on the ground – Scotsman comment
For decades, catching a train in Scotland came with the risk of being caught by an acrid blast of diesel exhaust.
It was an occasional and unpleasant reminder of what we were throwing up into the atmosphere that we have suffered, then forgotten about, for far too long.
Now, however, ScotRail has announced plans to spend hundreds of millions of pounds on transforming its entire fleet over the next 13 years so that it is powered either by electricity or hydrogen. All its diesel trains are to be scrapped, with the first of the new engines coming into service in 2027.
In the future, the air we breathe will be cleaner, fresher and sweeter – and that alone is worth celebrating.
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However, there are other, more serious reasons for the change as ScotRail’s service delivery director David Simpson acknowledged when he said they were “aware of our responsibility to help Scotland meet its ambition to be a world leader on tackling climate change”.
This is also good news for train builders and the supply companies who will fulfil this glut of new orders. In addition to this extra business, they have a chance to develop electric trains and technologies that are sought after the world over, as other countries go through the same process of decarbonisation.
As has been noted many times before, the transition to net-zero carbon emissions represents a business opportunity on an extraordinary scale.
Success in business can often come down to predicting future markets and the increasingly urgent need to stop the rise in greenhouse gas emissions and then reduce them to zero in the space of a few decades represents an “instance of the fingerpost” – to quote the title of Iain Pears’ excellent novel – that we must not miss.
We are entering a new Industrial Revolution and, just like the coal-powered, 18th-century one that turned the UK into a global superpower, making sure we are at its cutting edge is essential to our economic fortunes.
However, before we get carried away by grand visions, we still need to keep our feet firmly on the ground and ensure that we get the basics right.
And, as far as trains are concerned, that means services have to be reliable, on time, and not constantly disrupted by strike action.
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Labour demands recall of Parliament as cost-of-living crisis bites
Labour has written to Boris Johnson, as well as the two Tory leadership contenders, demanding that Parliament returns early in order to tackle soaring energy bills.
Sir Keir Starmer has unveiled a “fully costed” £29 billion plan to freeze the cap at the current level of £1,971 for six months from October, saving the average household £1,000.
The call for MPs to return two weeks early on August 22 comes ahead of the announcement of the new energy price cap at the end of the month, which Labour has called a “crucial deadline” for Government action.
In the letter, Thangam Debbonaire, the shadow leader of the House of Commons, told Mr Johnson that the country faces an “urgent choice”.
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It comes as figures published this week showed that inflation rose to 10.1 per cent in July.
She said: “Across Britain, people are having to make unthinkable choices about how to pay their bills, causing endless worry for households and businesses.
“That is why I am writing to you today to urge you to bring Parliament back early on Monday 22 August so that we can freeze the energy price cap now ahead of winter.
“In seven days, Ofgem will announce the rise of the energy price cap.
“Against the backdrop of a rise in inflation to 10.1 per cent, this won’t just send households into a further spiral of worry, pushing them to cut back even further ahead of the winter. But it will create another shock for our economy. With businesses and households on the brink, we cannot wait to act.
“Families deserve a government that is on their side, and is ready to take the action needed now to meet the scale of this national emergency. I urge you to adopt Labour’s plan and take action to freeze the price cap now.”
Neither the Government nor Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have shown any willingness so far to adopt Labour’s strategy, with the Foreign Secretary sticking to her plans for tax cuts and promising an emergency budget if she becomes prime minister in a few weeks.
A Government spokesperson, responding to Labour’s call, said: “The Government is continuing to focus on delivering for the public.
“While fiscal decisions for the coming months will be for the next prime minister, we are continuing to support people directly now with financial support as part of our existing £37 billion package which will continue to arrive in the weeks and months ahead to help people with the rising cost of living.
“This includes the second £324 instalment of the cost-of-living payment for vulnerable households which will go into people’s bank accounts in autumn, extra help for pensioners and those with disabilities, and the £400 energy bills discount for all households this winter.”
Mr Sunak, who is believed to be trailing in the contest, called Labour’s plan a “blunt instrument” that would benefit those who do not need the support.
He also said this week that Ms Truss would be guilty of “moral failure” if she does not focus on the nation’s poorest.
The Scottish National Party’s Westminster leader, Ian Blackford, made a similar call to recall parliament earlier this month.
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Charity condemns UK Government ‘malaise’ over shrinking aid for Afghanistan
Charity workers have condemned the British Government for doing too little to help people in Afghanistan, where they said some parents have been feeding their children grass to help them survive.
Monday marked a year since the Taliban took control of the Afghan capital Kabul after the departure of western troops, stripping the rights of many in the nation and pushing them into desperate living conditions.
And Friday is Afghan Independence Day, marking 103 years since the country regained autonomy from British rule.
Christine Allen, executive director of the Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (Cafod), said Afghanistan was an example of a “much broader malaise in terms of the UK Government and its attitude to aid”.
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“We’ve seen a complete shrinking of the aid package,” she said.
“The reality is that the aid that they’re giving to Afghanistan at the moment is still less than it was in 2019 – and there are twice as many people in desperate need.
“The other issue that I find really irritating is the fact that [general aid cuts] have been trumpeted as if it’s a good thing, this whole sense of ‘we’ve got to look after our own’ … when, in fact, this Government is doing bugger all to help people who are in desperate need at home as well.”
The UK doubled its aid to Afghanistan to £286 million in August 2021 and matched that figure in 2022, but this came after the Government broke a manifesto promise by cutting £4.5 billion from the aid budget.
In 2019, when western forces were still in Afghanistan, the UK was providing £292m.
Cafod said food scarcity was pushing families into extreme measures and individuals would soon face more hardship as winter was “around the corner”.
“We’re talking minus 10, minus 15 degrees, so you’ve got people who haven’t been able to grow crops, we’ve seen crop failures because of the drought,” Ms Allen said.
“We’ve seen crop failures because people have not been able to harvest because of being displaced and because of other pressures and restrictions.”
Niamh Furey, Cafod’s programme officer for Afghanistan, said the charity had been working with families who had been “forced to feed their kids grass”.
Ms Furey also spoke about the cost-of-living crisis in the UK – which has seen people choose between heating and eating – and why more still needs to be done to help “starving” families in Afghanistan despite hardships faced by many in the UK.
“I imagine that (for) some people … the reaction to providing aid to Afghan people will be ‘well, can we not provide aid closer to home?’. There are many people in need here in the UK,” she said.
“But when you hear stories about families feeding their children grass, I think it hits home how desperate the situation is.”
Ms Furey also pointed to a series of reports that families are having to “sell their young daughters” because they cannot feed their family.
“They’re really resorting to doing that,” she said.
Cafod has worked in Afghanistan since 1980 and scaled up its work further after the Taliban takeover, providing money to 47,767 people, emergency food to 40,254 people and supporting women’s rights groups.
A spokesperson for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said: “The UK is taking a leading role in the humanitarian response to support the people of Afghanistan.
“We doubled our aid to Afghanistan to £286 million and have matched that again this year, making it our largest bilateral UK aid programme.”
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The dollar decided to make a move yesterday as it jumped higher against the rest of the major currencies, with USD/JPY pulling up to its highest in three weeks with a firm break above 135.00. That move is being extended today as price now climbs to 136.58, backed by a jump higher in Treasury yields as well.
From a technical perspective, it looks to be a clean break with buyers looking to target a move back towards the July high at 139.39 but also setting sights on the 140.00 mark.
There are growing concerns that inflation hasn't quite peaked yet and with Fed speakers continuing to be resolute in their resolve to do battle against that situation, talks of a Fed pivot from last month may have been a little premature.
I mean we definitely are in the second-half of the tightening cycle by major central banks but as mentioned before:
"The fact that it (core inflation) sits near 6% means the Fed is still a long way from delivering on its mandate. In short, it is too soon to be calling this a turning point or a confirmation that a Fed pivot will be coming soon. If anything else, this is just first base. We're going to have to wait until the bases are loaded by getting confirmation from the data in the months ahead before angling for that home run." | https://www.forexlive.com/news/usdjpy-extends-gains-as-the-tail-is-wagging-the-dog-20220819/ | 2022-08-19T07:37:19Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/usdjpy-extends-gains-as-the-tail-is-wagging-the-dog-20220819/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Nigeria is safe, Runsewe assures international community
As INAC 2022 opens with 25 countries, 6 states in attendance
The Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), Otunba Olusegun Rinsewe has assured the international community that Nigeria is safe for investors and visitors as he declared the 2022 edition of the International Arts and Craft Expo (INAC) open.
Runsewe who disclosed this at the opening ceremony of the 15th edition of the INAC holding at the Ladi kwali Hall of the Abuja Sheraton Hotel with the theme networking Nigerian Crafts to the world said that the expo already has 25 countries, 6 states in attendance.
“Today is a day of networking with the delegates of different countries and we are very happy that we have our friends; the diplomatic communities joining us for the 15th edition of the INAC and of course with us are proud Nigeria to kickstart this expo.
I assure you that from today till Saturday it is going to be activities galore; entertainment, business2business, networking with other countries of the world and I am sure its going to be a great and profitable event for us all.
“INAC which is in its 15th edition has continued to pride itself with the main aim which is to networking Nigerian Craft to the world through world class exhibition of the finest indigenous arts and craft as well as training participants on different skills acquisition to make them self-employed and job creators.
According to him, Nigerians are hospitable, accommodating and fun to be with.
“Nigeria is safe, we want you to encourage your people to visit and invest more in Nigeria.
“We are fun to be with, fun lovers and hospitable, we will love to continue to have you all as tourists and investors,” he said.
Runsewe urged Nigerians to dwell more on telling positive stories about the country rather than the negatives.
He encouraged the international delegates to ensure cultural integration through their interactions.
The President of Federation of Tourism Association of Nigeria (FTAN), Mr Nkereuwem Onung, who spoke with Nigerian Tribune at the sideline of the opening ceremony also appreciated and commended the NCAC boss for his consistent effort at always reinventing ways to show to the world that Nigeria is safe for visitors and tourists as well as safe for investors.
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According to Onung “This is the only person that understand Nigeria and know how to make thing work. He knows that the international communities are afraid of the news about Nigeria and with what the Director-General of NCAC is doing, it will calm the fear or tension anyone is having.
“Otunba Runsewe is making a statement with this event and it will go a long way to mutually strengthening the already bilateral relationship we have with the countries represented here today.
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Paul Dillon with Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho says clinics across Washington stand ready to support Idahoans in need of an abortion.
"We're doing everything we can to make sure patients in Idaho can get care and have access to all the services they need," Dillon said.
Abortion providers in Washington have already seen more out of state visitors.
"We're starting to see more patients from across the country," Dillon said. "We've seen patients from Texas, we've seen patients from Florida."
This July, Dillon says nearly 8 in 10 patients visiting Pullman's Planned Parenthood clinic were from Idaho. Abortion clinics across Washington are expecting a lot more.
"We have been hiring more providers," Dillon said. "We have hired what's called a patient navigator and our patient navigator is talking to all patients out of state directly and so they are handling all the calls. If they need to book a hotel room, if they need help with transportation, they're helping take care of that."
Beginning Friday, Aug. 19, 2022, Idaho will make it illegal to get an abortion after six weeks or whenever a heartbeat is detected. Then, on Aug. 25, an even stricter, statewide abortion ban goes into effect.
"It's really frustrating to see these laws passed," Dillon said.
There are exceptions for rape, incest and if the mother's life is at risk. Rape and incest victims seeking an abortion will have to file a police report.
The Department of Justice has brought a lawsuit against the state, saying Idaho's abortion law is in violation of the Federal Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act, which states that patients cannot be turned away or denied care until they are stabilized.
The lawsuit says in some cases, life saving care may include an abortion, like when a woman is experiencing an ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage or other complications.
"Idaho's law would make it a criminal offense for doctors to provide the emergency medical treatment that federal law requires," U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said. "Idaho law provides an exception to prevent the death of a pregnant woman. It includes no exception for cases in which the abortion is necessary to prevent serious jeopardy to the woman's health."
Planned Parenthood is also suing the state of Idaho. Despite these ongoing lawsuits, the state Supreme Court declined to pause the abortion ban, saying it can move forward.
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Today, in our “Expert Spotlight,” we will look at Edgar Wachenheim, the founder, CEO, and Chairman of Greenhaven Associates. Greenhaven is a long-term, long-only value investment management firm with $4.63 billion in assets under management (AUM).
We will look at two of Wachenheim’s top picks for 2022 – global financial services behemoth Goldman Sachs Group (GS) and homebuilder company Lennar Corp. (LEN).
Global markets are witnessing unprecedented events. At such times, it is prudent to follow the views of experts who are in a better position to gauge the markets and the company’s performance. Notably, TipRanks aggregates the recommendations of several top experts, which can be considered while making investment choices to maximize returns.
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According to TipRanks’ Star Ranking System, Wachenheim is ranked #10 out of 424 hedge funds tracked.
Remarkably, since June 2013, Greenhaven’s portfolio has gained a whopping 331.03% under Wachenheim’s stewardship, beating the returns generated by both the average hedge fund portfolio and the S&P 500 (SPX) during the same period.
A majority of Greenhaven’s investments are focused on the Consumer Goods sector (41.99%), followed by the Financial sector (31.63%).
On an annualized basis, Wachenheim’s investment choices have generated an impressive 31.89% average return over three years. However, due to the tumultuous market conditions, this return has turned negative lately, with the last 12 months averaging a loss of 10.67%.
Goldman Sachs is No. 1 in Greenhaven’s Portfolio
Goldman Sachs provides investment banking, securities, and investment management services. GS takes the number one spot in Greenhaven’s holdings with 14.21% of the overall portfolio, valued at $658.20 million (2.22 million shares).
Recently, the five-star fund manager increased GS holdings by 5.43%, reflecting approximately 114,110 shares. GS stock has lost 9.4% so far this year. In the past five years, Wachenheim has had a mix of Buy and Sell calls on GS.
As per TipRanks’ Hedge Fund Trading Activity tool, confidence in Goldman Sachs is currently Very Positive, as 37 hedge funds increased their cumulative holdings of GS stock by 474,300 shares in the last quarter.
Lennar Corporation takes the Number 2 Spot
Following up closely is Lennar Corp., which holds the second position (14.13%) in Greenhaven’s portfolio, valued at $657.77 million (9.32 million shares).
Lennar provides real estate-related financial and investment management services. LEN stock has lost 21.8% year-to-date.
Greenhaven recently increased its exposure to LEN stock by a whopping 24.78%, adding approximately 1.85 million shares. Similar to GS, Wachenheim has given a mix of Buy and Sell calls on LEN stock.
As per TipRanks’ Hedge Fund Trading Activity tool, confidence in Lennar Corp. is currently Very Positive, as 23 hedge funds increased their cumulative holdings of LEN stock by 1.7 million shares in the last quarter.
Ending Thoughts
Interestingly, Wachenheim boasts a Sharpe ratio of 4.47, which is much higher than the average hedge fund manager’s ratio and signifies that our expert’s calls typically generate higher returns compared to the risk involved. With over 34 years of experience in successfully running Greenhaven, Wachenheim’s stock picks can be followed to make informed investment decisions. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/2-picks-from-expert-hedge-fund-manager-edgar-wachenheims-chest | 2022-08-19T08:09:53Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/2-picks-from-expert-hedge-fund-manager-edgar-wachenheims-chest | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Britain’s FTSE 100 ended the day up 0.35% at 7,541.8 after a rally in commodity shares, although financial stocks fell amid fears that policy tightening by the Bank of England may trigger a long-lasting recession in Britain.
Michael Hewson, the chief market analyst at CMC Markets UK, said, “The FTSE 100 has been helped by a resilient oil and gas sector, with a rebound in oil prices helping to underpin the broader index, led by BP and Shell. But a host of companies going ex-dividend – trading without the value of their next dividend payment – dragged down the index.”
On Wednesday Britain’s Office for National Statistics announced that inflation had hit 10.1%, the highest figure since February 1982.
British energy companies called on the Government to do more to help households and businesses amid soaring energy prices going into winter.
Shares in Plus500 (GB:PLUS) rose 5.5% thanks to an interim profit report which saw the online trading platform’s revenue surge by 48%.
Shares in insurer Aviva (GB:AV) fell following a surge led by better-than-expected financial results on August 10, which saw a 14% increase in profits in the first half of 2022.
Business headlines in the UK today: | https://www.tipranks.com/news/british-stock-market-today-friday-august-19-what-you-need-to-know | 2022-08-19T08:09:59Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/british-stock-market-today-friday-august-19-what-you-need-to-know | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Cineworld (GB:CINE) shares plunged as the cinema chain revealed that it was considering options including diluting shares, in the wake of disappointing post-pandemic ticket sales.
The chain blamed a lack of blockbuster films in recent months, and shares fell as low as 7.77p in the wake of the news.
The company said it is in “active discussions with various stakeholders and is evaluating various strategic options to both obtain additional liquidity and potentially restructure its balance sheet through a comprehensive deleveraging transaction.”
Analysts at Peel Hunt said, “It is not clear whether Cineworld will be able to raise fresh debt or issue fresh equity but, in either case, it appears that the value of the existing equity will be further diluted.”
Hollywood has released fewer blockbuster films this year, after COVID restrictions disrupted production on several major films.
Cineworld stock and a ‘limited film slate’
Cineworld’s update stated: “Despite a gradual recovery of demand since re-opening in April 2021, recent admission levels have been below expectations. These lower levels of admissions are due to a limited film slate that is anticipated to continue until November 2022.”
The dismal forecast saw shares trading around 8p in the wake of the news, 97% lower than 2019 levels.
Prior to the update, according to TipRanks’ analyst rating consensus, Cineworld stock had a Hold rating, based on one Hold rating.
The average price target was 40p.
What’s happening with Cineworld?
Cineworld’s current position looks extremely bleak, although in the longer term a recovery in the broader sector is expected. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/cineworld-stock-plunges-on-restructuring-news-as-firm-blames-blockbuster-drought | 2022-08-19T08:10:06Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/cineworld-stock-plunges-on-restructuring-news-as-firm-blames-blockbuster-drought | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Membership-only warehouse club BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: BJ) handsomely beat Wall Street’s expectations for the second-quarter of Fiscal 2022. Moreover, the retailer raised its Fiscal 2022 outlook and gave better-than-expected earnings per share guidance.
Following the news, BJ stock hit a fresh 52-week high of $77.47 in early trading. Shares ended the day up 7.2% at $74.09 on August 18.
BJ’s continued to increase its member base by offering quality products at affordable prices. In the current inflationary environment, customers are turning to retailers who offer essential items at reasonable prices and BJ’s is doing just that. This was witnessed by an 11.3% jump in BJ’s membership fee income to $98.8 million compared to the prior-year period.
Furthermore, BJ is also improving its digital business by offering more convenience and optionality to its members. In Q2, BJ’s digitally-enabled sales grew an impressive 47% compared to the year-ago period.
Commenting on the occasion, BJ’s President and CEO Bob Eddy said, “Our strong results in the second quarter were led by gains in traffic and market share as we continued to deliver tremendous value across virtually every aspect of our business.”
A Gist of BJ’s Q2 Results
BJ’s reported adjusted earnings of $1.06 per share, up 29.3% year-over-year. The figure came in a whopping 25 cents higher than analyst estimates.
Similarly, total revenues of $5.10 billion rose 22.2% compared to the same period last year and easily beat the consensus by $470 million. Net sales, excluding membership fees, leaped 22.4% to $5 billion compared to Q2 FY21. The solid revenue growth was driven by increased sales of groceries. Notably, BJ’s total comparable club sales jumped 19.8% year-over-year.
During the quarter, BJ’s repurchased 353,000 shares of common stock, valuing $22.8 million. The company even completed the $375.6 million acquisition of Burris Logistics. BJ’s acquired four distribution centers and a related private transportation fleet from Burris and has consolidated its results from the start of the second quarter.
BJ’s Raises Outlook for FY22
Based on the strong demand for groceries and increasing market share, BJ’s lifted its FY22 outlook. The company now expects comparable club sales growth (excluding gasoline sales) to be in the 4% to 5% range, higher than the previous guidance of a low single digit.
Similarly, BJ’s increased its FY22 earnings guidance to fall between $3.50 to $3.60 per share, up from its original guidance of $3.25 per share. Meanwhile, the consensus for the same is pegged lower at $3.34 per share.
Is BJ’s Wholesale Club a Good Stock to Buy?
Wall Street analysts are cautiously optimistic about BJ stock. On TipRanks, BJ’s has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on seven Buys, three Holds, and one Sell. The average BJ’s Wholesale Club price forecast of $76.73 implies 3.6% upside potential to current levels. Meanwhile, the stock has gained 12.8% so far this year.
On the other hand, retail investors, too, are optimistic about BJ stock. TipRanks’ Stock Investors tool shows that investor sentiment is currently Positive on BJ’s Wholesale Club, with 2.4% of portfolios tracked by TipRanks increasing their exposure to BJ stock over the past 30 days.
Ending Thoughts
BJ’s second quarter results were impressive with handy revenue and earnings beat. Plus, the company has raised its full-year outlook, which is also better than the consensus. BJ’s is benefiting from the shifting consumer preference for affordable quality products amid a heating inflationary environment. And with the management being so optimistic about the company’s growth, BJ stock could be worth considering. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/heres-why-bjs-wholesale-club-stock-hit-a-fresh-52-week-high-yesterday | 2022-08-19T08:10:12Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/heres-why-bjs-wholesale-club-stock-hit-a-fresh-52-week-high-yesterday | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
KAPOLEI, HAWAII (KITV4) - A retirement celebration was held at AES Hawaii – the state’s last coal fired power plant. The plant first opened in 1992 and will cease operations September 1,2022 on its 30th anniversary.
Officials said this is a monumental step towards the state's energy goal to have 100% renewable energy use by 2045.
"Coal is a carbon intensive fuel and if you believe in climate change and it being caused by man then you would go after carbon intensive products, coal being one of them. I believe it’s a freight train you can’t stop," said Patrick Murphy, AES employee.
AES Hawaii will generate electricity until August 31st and start clean up and dismantling the power plant September 6th.
"There’s a set amount of coal on the planet and we're eventually going to run out. We’re apart of leading our community to a sustainable future," said Max Guarniere, maintenance team leader at AES Hawaii.
However, Senator Glenn Wakai disagrees. He said this decision might be good for the future but closing the plant is two years too soon. He believes electricity rates will skyrocket and black-outs are possible.
"This coal plant provided 20% of firm, renewable power. We can talk all about solar and batteries but that’s intermittent. There’s obviously 12 hours of the day we're not getting energy,” said Senator Wakai, chair of Senate energy committee.
He said he and other lawmakers tried to push back closing AES Hawaii but there was too much pushback from environmentalists. AES officials said the company is working on several renewable energy projects across Oahu while they prepare to close their doors on coal.
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Yokosuka, Japan (Jul. 25, 2022) - Capt. Michael S. Carl became the 39th NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka commanding officer after relieving Capt. Edward D. Pidgeon during a change of command ceremony held on July 1 onboard Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka. (U.S. Navy photo by Midoriko Morita)
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Yokosuka, Japan (Jul. 25, 2022) - Capt. Michael S. Carl became the 39th NAVSUP Fleet Logistics Center Yokosuka commanding officer after relieving Capt. Edward D. Pidgeon during a change of command ceremony held on July 1 onboard Commander Fleet Activities Yokosuka. (U.S. Navy photo by Midoriko Morita)
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Capt. Joseph Harder III, commanding officer, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Europe, Africa, Central (EURAFCENT) presents Navy Counselor 1st Class Pedro A. Samame, from Lima, Peru, with a Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for his outstanding performance of his duties August 3, 2022. NAVFAC EURAFCENT manages facility project planning and design, including all related acquisition, construction, leasing, environmental, maintenance, and contingency support required by the Navy and Department of Defense commands where the Navy is designated as the lead agent in Europe, Central Asia and Africa.
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2 arrested in Monroe County after search of repair shop turns up drugs, firearm
A Monroe County Sheriff's Office news release says the sheriff's office had received "numerous" complaints regarding illegal drug activity at 596 Indian Springs Drive (Forsyth Tire and Auto).
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Two people are in custody following following the execution of a search warrant at a Monroe County repair shop Thursday.
A Monroe County Sheriff’s Office news release says the sheriff’s office had received “numerous” complaints regarding illegal drug activity at 596 Indian Springs Drive (Forsyth Tire and Auto).
“Investigators initiated an investigation and learned the individual operating the repair shop was involved in illegal drug sales,” the release stated.
The sheriff’s office executed a search warrant Thursday, and investigators say they found methamphetamine, marijuana and a firearm.
50-year-old Tony Ponder, the operator of the shop, and 57-year-old Douglas Minyard, both of Forsyth, were arrested.
Ponder is charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
Minyard is charged with possession of methamphetamine. | https://www.41nbc.com/2-arrested-monroe-county-search-repair-shop-drugs-firearm/ | 2022-08-19T08:27:47Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/2-arrested-monroe-county-search-repair-shop-drugs-firearm/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
2 arrested in Monroe County after search of repair shop turns up drugs, firearm
A Monroe County Sheriff's Office news release says the sheriff's office had received "numerous" complaints regarding illegal drug activity at 596 Indian Springs Drive (Forsyth Tire and Auto).
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Two people are in custody following following the execution of a search warrant at a Monroe County repair shop Thursday.
A Monroe County Sheriff’s Office news release says the sheriff’s office had received “numerous” complaints regarding illegal drug activity at 596 Indian Springs Drive (Forsyth Tire and Auto).
“Investigators initiated an investigation and learned the individual operating the repair shop was involved in illegal drug sales,” the release stated.
The sheriff’s office executed a search warrant Thursday, and investigators say they found methamphetamine, marijuana and a firearm.
50-year-old Tony Ponder, the operator of the shop, and 57-year-old Douglas Minyard, both of Forsyth, were arrested.
Ponder is charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony.
Minyard is charged with possession of methamphetamine. | https://www.41nbc.com/2-arrested-monroe-county-search-repair-shop-drugs-firearm/ | 2022-08-19T08:27:47Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/2-arrested-monroe-county-search-repair-shop-drugs-firearm/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
3-year-old in critical condition following Macon shooting
A 3-year-old is in critical condition after being struck by gunfire Thursday night.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A 3-year-old is in critical condition after being struck by gunfire Thursday night.
A Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release says the incident was called in just before 6:30. Lt. Sean Defoe says the shooting happened in “the Millerfield Road area.”
Witnesses told investigators a mother took her 3-year-old child to Piedmont Macon hospital by personal vehicle. An ambulance then transferred the child to Atrium Health Navicent.
The incident is under investigation. Call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68-CRIME if you have information. | https://www.41nbc.com/3-year-old-critical-condition-struck-gunfire-thursday/ | 2022-08-19T08:27:53Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/3-year-old-critical-condition-struck-gunfire-thursday/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
3-year-old in critical condition following Macon shooting
A 3-year-old is in critical condition after being struck by gunfire Thursday night.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A 3-year-old is in critical condition after being struck by gunfire Thursday night.
A Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release says the incident was called in just before 6:30. Lt. Sean Defoe says the shooting happened in “the Millerfield Road area.”
Witnesses told investigators a mother took her 3-year-old child to Piedmont Macon hospital by personal vehicle. An ambulance then transferred the child to Atrium Health Navicent.
The incident is under investigation. Call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68-CRIME if you have information. | https://www.41nbc.com/3-year-old-critical-condition-struck-gunfire-thursday/ | 2022-08-19T08:27:53Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/3-year-old-critical-condition-struck-gunfire-thursday/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Houston County breaks ground for new aquatic center
Houston County will see its first county public pool in more than 50 years thanks to a new aquatic center that's now in the works.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Houston County will see its first county public pool in more than 50 years thanks to a new aquatic center that’s now in the works.
The Houston County Board of Education and county officials held a groundbreaking ceremony to commemorate the construction of the Tommy Stalnaker Aquatic Center, which will be located on Cohen Walker Road.
The center is named in honor of Houston County Board of Commissioner Chairman Tommy Stalnaker for his years of service and dedication to recreation.
Stalnaker says the county has needed the center for almost 50 years.
“This community has been long over due for a new pool,” Stalnaker said. “A larger pool that is in tune with what is needed for a community of this size, for the young people and the old people to be able to have activities in this swim facility.”
Once it’s completed, the center will have a 50-meter pool and a warm pool for community use.
Dr. Mark Scott, Superintendent of Houston County Schools, says the Houston County High School swim team now has a place to call home.
“They will not have to be sharing facilities with other community members and having to travel outside of our county for competitions,” Dr. Scott said. ” We can host competitions here just an awesome opportunity for the swim community here in Houston County.”
Warner Robins Mayor LaRhonda Patrick says the facility will allow children in the community to learn about water safety.
“Knowing that our children will be able to be exposed to safe swimming and receive lessons at a young age makes me feel like we are accomplishing something major for our future generations,” Patrick said.
The Houston County Board of Education also announced plans for a fine arts center to be built next to the aquatic center. The aquatic center is expected to be complete within two years. | https://www.41nbc.com/houston-county-breaks-ground-for-new-aquatic-center/ | 2022-08-19T08:27:59Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/houston-county-breaks-ground-for-new-aquatic-center/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Houston County breaks ground for new aquatic center
Houston County will see its first county public pool in more than 50 years thanks to a new aquatic center that's now in the works.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Houston County will see its first county public pool in more than 50 years thanks to a new aquatic center that’s now in the works.
The Houston County Board of Education and county officials held a groundbreaking ceremony to commemorate the construction of the Tommy Stalnaker Aquatic Center, which will be located on Cohen Walker Road.
The center is named in honor of Houston County Board of Commissioner Chairman Tommy Stalnaker for his years of service and dedication to recreation.
Stalnaker says the county has needed the center for almost 50 years.
“This community has been long over due for a new pool,” Stalnaker said. “A larger pool that is in tune with what is needed for a community of this size, for the young people and the old people to be able to have activities in this swim facility.”
Once it’s completed, the center will have a 50-meter pool and a warm pool for community use.
Dr. Mark Scott, Superintendent of Houston County Schools, says the Houston County High School swim team now has a place to call home.
“They will not have to be sharing facilities with other community members and having to travel outside of our county for competitions,” Dr. Scott said. ” We can host competitions here just an awesome opportunity for the swim community here in Houston County.”
Warner Robins Mayor LaRhonda Patrick says the facility will allow children in the community to learn about water safety.
“Knowing that our children will be able to be exposed to safe swimming and receive lessons at a young age makes me feel like we are accomplishing something major for our future generations,” Patrick said.
The Houston County Board of Education also announced plans for a fine arts center to be built next to the aquatic center. The aquatic center is expected to be complete within two years. | https://www.41nbc.com/houston-county-breaks-ground-for-new-aquatic-center/ | 2022-08-19T08:27:59Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/houston-county-breaks-ground-for-new-aquatic-center/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News
Top stories from August 18, 2022
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Senator Warnock stops in Baldwin County on statewide bus tour
- For other stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News, click here.
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ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News
Top stories from August 18, 2022
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Senator Warnock stops in Baldwin County on statewide bus tour
- For other stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News, click here.
Senator Warnock stops in Baldwin County on statewide bus tour | https://www.41nbc.com/icymi-stories-you-may-have-missed-today-on-41nbc-news-126/ | 2022-08-19T08:28:05Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/icymi-stories-you-may-have-missed-today-on-41nbc-news-126/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Local health experts react to new Covid guidelines
The CDC has changed its Covid guidelines again.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The CDC has changed its Covid guidelines again.
Dr. Jennifer Hoffman, Infectious Disease Physician with Piedmont Macon, says if you’re exposed to Covid-19, you no longer have to quarantine. Instead, you should wear a high-quality mask for ten days and get tested for Covid on day five.
There are, however, different guidelines if you test positive for Covid.
“Then they want you staying home for at least five days, and it can be longer depending on specific circumstances,” Dr. Hoffman said. “Then wearing a high-quality mask at least until day 10.”
Dr. Hoffman says that unfortunately it seems like we’ll be dealing with Covid indefinitely. She believes it’s something we have to learn to live with.
“Quarantine was very disruptive, for example, to school children who were missing 10 days several times a year, and that’s just not good educationally for kids,” she said. “It was bad for working parents who had to stay home with their kids, so it was a variety of practical concerns. Is it ideal from an infection control standpoint? I mean no. It’s not.”
North Central Health District Public Information Officer Michael Hokanson says Covid cases are on the rise in Middle Georgia, but the district believes the numbers are under-represented because of home Covid testing.
“Because the home test is such a popular option, people can go to any kind of pharmacy,” he said. “They can visit our local health department and get those home tests for free, but if they don’t follow that up with a confirmatory PCR test, that’s not a case that’s counted.”
Hokanson says the concern with the CDC relaxing Covid guidelines is people think they can go back to normal. He says that’s not the case and expects to see a higher level of transmission of the virus.
“We want people to still do that individual risk assessment,” he said. “To make those decisions on a person-to-person basis and just be aware that Covid is out there. It is very active right now, and we want people to stay safe.”
Dr. Hoffman continues to encourage people to get their Covid vaccines and boosters if they haven’t already.
“Vaccination is still very important, getting boosters is still very important,” she said. “It may not prevent you from getting Covid. In fact, it likely won’t prevent you from getting the current variants, but it should help make your case much less severe.”
The North Central Health District says it expects a different Covid vaccine formulation to come out in the fall. | https://www.41nbc.com/local-health-experts-react-to-new-covid-guidelines/ | 2022-08-19T08:28:12Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/local-health-experts-react-to-new-covid-guidelines/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Local health experts react to new Covid guidelines
The CDC has changed its Covid guidelines again.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The CDC has changed its Covid guidelines again.
Dr. Jennifer Hoffman, Infectious Disease Physician with Piedmont Macon, says if you’re exposed to Covid-19, you no longer have to quarantine. Instead, you should wear a high-quality mask for ten days and get tested for Covid on day five.
There are, however, different guidelines if you test positive for Covid.
“Then they want you staying home for at least five days, and it can be longer depending on specific circumstances,” Dr. Hoffman said. “Then wearing a high-quality mask at least until day 10.”
Dr. Hoffman says that unfortunately it seems like we’ll be dealing with Covid indefinitely. She believes it’s something we have to learn to live with.
“Quarantine was very disruptive, for example, to school children who were missing 10 days several times a year, and that’s just not good educationally for kids,” she said. “It was bad for working parents who had to stay home with their kids, so it was a variety of practical concerns. Is it ideal from an infection control standpoint? I mean no. It’s not.”
North Central Health District Public Information Officer Michael Hokanson says Covid cases are on the rise in Middle Georgia, but the district believes the numbers are under-represented because of home Covid testing.
“Because the home test is such a popular option, people can go to any kind of pharmacy,” he said. “They can visit our local health department and get those home tests for free, but if they don’t follow that up with a confirmatory PCR test, that’s not a case that’s counted.”
Hokanson says the concern with the CDC relaxing Covid guidelines is people think they can go back to normal. He says that’s not the case and expects to see a higher level of transmission of the virus.
“We want people to still do that individual risk assessment,” he said. “To make those decisions on a person-to-person basis and just be aware that Covid is out there. It is very active right now, and we want people to stay safe.”
Dr. Hoffman continues to encourage people to get their Covid vaccines and boosters if they haven’t already.
“Vaccination is still very important, getting boosters is still very important,” she said. “It may not prevent you from getting Covid. In fact, it likely won’t prevent you from getting the current variants, but it should help make your case much less severe.”
The North Central Health District says it expects a different Covid vaccine formulation to come out in the fall. | https://www.41nbc.com/local-health-experts-react-to-new-covid-guidelines/ | 2022-08-19T08:28:12Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/local-health-experts-react-to-new-covid-guidelines/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Macon Water Authority wins awards for service
The Macon Water Authority recently received several awards for its service.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Macon Water Authority recently received several awards for its service.
During the recent Utility Leadership Conference of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) in Seattle, Washington, MWA was awarded for its 100% compliance for its Lower Poplar Water reclamation facility.
The Amerson water treatment plant also received an award for best water plant in Georgia.
MWA Executive Director Joey Leverette says the good work of the authority will continue.
“We don’t stop, we can’t get to the end of the month and stop or get to the end of the year and stop,” he said. “Our work goes on 24-7, and we’ll continue that way until perpetuity.”
The Amerson Water Treatment plant has reached 100% permit compliance for nine consecutive years. | https://www.41nbc.com/macon-water-authority-wins-awards-for-service/ | 2022-08-19T08:28:18Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/macon-water-authority-wins-awards-for-service/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Macon Water Authority wins awards for service
The Macon Water Authority recently received several awards for its service.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Macon Water Authority recently received several awards for its service.
During the recent Utility Leadership Conference of the National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) in Seattle, Washington, MWA was awarded for its 100% compliance for its Lower Poplar Water reclamation facility.
The Amerson water treatment plant also received an award for best water plant in Georgia.
MWA Executive Director Joey Leverette says the good work of the authority will continue.
“We don’t stop, we can’t get to the end of the month and stop or get to the end of the year and stop,” he said. “Our work goes on 24-7, and we’ll continue that way until perpetuity.”
The Amerson Water Treatment plant has reached 100% permit compliance for nine consecutive years. | https://www.41nbc.com/macon-water-authority-wins-awards-for-service/ | 2022-08-19T08:28:18Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/macon-water-authority-wins-awards-for-service/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Monroe County Recreation Department increasing sports fees
The Monroe County Recreation Department is increasing its sports fees in three areas.
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Monroe County Recreation Department is increasing its sports fees in three areas.
County commissioners approved a $25 fee for out-of-county participants. That’s a $15 increase from the previous fee.
There will also be a late registration fee of $25.
All increases will be added to the cost of each sport.
Residents wanting to use the facility for events or group activities will now have to pay a $30 daily fee.
According to the county, there’s been an increase in interest for activities at the department.
Richard Dumas, the county’s public information officer, says the fees will help with the day-to-day cost of maintenance.
“We’re constantly expanding our program and expanding the age groups, expanding the number of teams in each age group, and that’s a great thing, so I think this is just evidence of the success that we’re having,” he said.
The fees for sports will begin during the next sports sign-up period. The facility usage fees will go into effect at the end of this month. | https://www.41nbc.com/monroe-county-recreation-department-increasing-sports-fees/ | 2022-08-19T08:28:24Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/monroe-county-recreation-department-increasing-sports-fees/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Monroe County Recreation Department increasing sports fees
The Monroe County Recreation Department is increasing its sports fees in three areas.
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Monroe County Recreation Department is increasing its sports fees in three areas.
County commissioners approved a $25 fee for out-of-county participants. That’s a $15 increase from the previous fee.
There will also be a late registration fee of $25.
All increases will be added to the cost of each sport.
Residents wanting to use the facility for events or group activities will now have to pay a $30 daily fee.
According to the county, there’s been an increase in interest for activities at the department.
Richard Dumas, the county’s public information officer, says the fees will help with the day-to-day cost of maintenance.
“We’re constantly expanding our program and expanding the age groups, expanding the number of teams in each age group, and that’s a great thing, so I think this is just evidence of the success that we’re having,” he said.
The fees for sports will begin during the next sports sign-up period. The facility usage fees will go into effect at the end of this month. | https://www.41nbc.com/monroe-county-recreation-department-increasing-sports-fees/ | 2022-08-19T08:28:24Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/monroe-county-recreation-department-increasing-sports-fees/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Monroe County Sheriff’s Office investigating Snapchat threat made against school
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.
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 about a “nonspecific threat against a nonspecific school” on the morning of August 18 via the social media site Snapchat. The threat indicated that somebody was planning to commit a violent act at an unnamed school between 12 p.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. They told investigators 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/monroe-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-snapchat-threat-made-school/ | 2022-08-19T08:28:30Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/monroe-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-snapchat-threat-made-school/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Monroe County Sheriff’s Office investigating Snapchat threat made against school
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.
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 about a “nonspecific threat against a nonspecific school” on the morning of August 18 via the social media site Snapchat. The threat indicated that somebody was planning to commit a violent act at an unnamed school between 12 p.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. They told investigators 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/monroe-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-snapchat-threat-made-school/ | 2022-08-19T08:28:30Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/monroe-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-snapchat-threat-made-school/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
One World Link expands to 35 Georgia counties
One World Link, which is powered by Americorps, is teaming up with local health organizations to expand public and rural health programs.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — One World Link, which is powered by Americorps, is teaming up with local health organizations to expand public and rural health programs.
Organizations that will get support from Americorps members are:
- The North Central Health District
- Atrium Health Navicent
- First Choice Primary Care
They’re hoping to train and develop a new generation of public health leaders. Many members will be working as community health workers to connect people with the services they need.
Nancy Cleveland, Assistant Program Director for One World Link, says they will expand from serving one county to 35.
“This program is going to help fill in the gaps,” she said. “A lot of people don’t have services or access to services because they simply don’t know or they don’t know how to navigate the system. These Americorps members in our program are going to specifically address that issue.”
Americorps members can get a living stipend up to $2,000 a month. Additionally, they can get nearly $6,500 education award upon completion of the program. You can sign up for Americorps on their website. | https://www.41nbc.com/one-world-link-expands-to-35-georgia-counties/ | 2022-08-19T08:28:36Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/one-world-link-expands-to-35-georgia-counties/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
One World Link expands to 35 Georgia counties
One World Link, which is powered by Americorps, is teaming up with local health organizations to expand public and rural health programs.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — One World Link, which is powered by Americorps, is teaming up with local health organizations to expand public and rural health programs.
Organizations that will get support from Americorps members are:
- The North Central Health District
- Atrium Health Navicent
- First Choice Primary Care
They’re hoping to train and develop a new generation of public health leaders. Many members will be working as community health workers to connect people with the services they need.
Nancy Cleveland, Assistant Program Director for One World Link, says they will expand from serving one county to 35.
“This program is going to help fill in the gaps,” she said. “A lot of people don’t have services or access to services because they simply don’t know or they don’t know how to navigate the system. These Americorps members in our program are going to specifically address that issue.”
Americorps members can get a living stipend up to $2,000 a month. Additionally, they can get nearly $6,500 education award upon completion of the program. You can sign up for Americorps on their website. | https://www.41nbc.com/one-world-link-expands-to-35-georgia-counties/ | 2022-08-19T08:28:36Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/one-world-link-expands-to-35-georgia-counties/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Pace Center for Girls receives grant from United HealthCare
The Pace Center for Girls plans to provide more mental and behavioral health services to girls in Bibb and Peach Counties.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The Pace Center for Girls plans to provide more mental and behavioral health services to girls in Bibb and Peach Counties.
It’s thanks to a $160,000 grant from United HealthCare.
The Pace Center for Girls plans to hire two more therapists to add to the three it already has.
The center focuses on reaching girls ages 11-17 . This grant will also allow families to get involved with sessions.
Program manager Rebecca Richard says they meet with girls at schools, at home or at the center.
“When we meet with a girl, we’re like, ‘Hey, you have at least one hour a week to talk about, be about, learn about anything that you want to, so it really depends,'” Richard said.
According to the center, it helped a total of 64 girls last year, and with the grant funding, it hopes to double that number this year.
The center is located inside the Booker T. Washington center on Monroe Street in Macon. | https://www.41nbc.com/pace-center-for-girls-receives-grant-from-united-healthcare/ | 2022-08-19T08:28:42Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/pace-center-for-girls-receives-grant-from-united-healthcare/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Pace Center for Girls receives grant from United HealthCare
The Pace Center for Girls plans to provide more mental and behavioral health services to girls in Bibb and Peach Counties.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The Pace Center for Girls plans to provide more mental and behavioral health services to girls in Bibb and Peach Counties.
It’s thanks to a $160,000 grant from United HealthCare.
The Pace Center for Girls plans to hire two more therapists to add to the three it already has.
The center focuses on reaching girls ages 11-17 . This grant will also allow families to get involved with sessions.
Program manager Rebecca Richard says they meet with girls at schools, at home or at the center.
“When we meet with a girl, we’re like, ‘Hey, you have at least one hour a week to talk about, be about, learn about anything that you want to, so it really depends,'” Richard said.
According to the center, it helped a total of 64 girls last year, and with the grant funding, it hopes to double that number this year.
The center is located inside the Booker T. Washington center on Monroe Street in Macon. | https://www.41nbc.com/pace-center-for-girls-receives-grant-from-united-healthcare/ | 2022-08-19T08:28:42Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/pace-center-for-girls-receives-grant-from-united-healthcare/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Rutland defeats Towers in the first game of the 2022 high school football season
Rutland scored all of its 15 points in the second quarter.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Rutland Hurricanes defeated the Towers Titans 15-0 in the first game of the 2022 high school football season.
The Hurricanes struggled in the first quarter with a fumble on their first drive and an interception on the second drive.
However, early in the second quarter, Rutland quarterback Marquies Lattner converted an easy touchdown run after a bad snap on a punt by the Titans gave the Hurricanes great field position.
Later in the second quarter, Jarvis Washington picked off the Titans, which would lead to a reception touchdown by Keith Johnson. Rutland would attempt the point after, but a bad snap halted the extra point; however, Lattner ran it in for the two-point conversion.
Hurricanes would score all of their 15 points in the second quarter to take their first victory on the season.
Rutland is back in action next Friday on the road against Hawkinsville. | https://www.41nbc.com/rutland-defeats-towers-in-the-first-game-of-the-2022-high-school-football-season/ | 2022-08-19T08:28:48Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/rutland-defeats-towers-in-the-first-game-of-the-2022-high-school-football-season/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Rutland defeats Towers in the first game of the 2022 high school football season
Rutland scored all of its 15 points in the second quarter.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The Rutland Hurricanes defeated the Towers Titans 15-0 in the first game of the 2022 high school football season.
The Hurricanes struggled in the first quarter with a fumble on their first drive and an interception on the second drive.
However, early in the second quarter, Rutland quarterback Marquies Lattner converted an easy touchdown run after a bad snap on a punt by the Titans gave the Hurricanes great field position.
Later in the second quarter, Jarvis Washington picked off the Titans, which would lead to a reception touchdown by Keith Johnson. Rutland would attempt the point after, but a bad snap halted the extra point; however, Lattner ran it in for the two-point conversion.
Hurricanes would score all of their 15 points in the second quarter to take their first victory on the season.
Rutland is back in action next Friday on the road against Hawkinsville. | https://www.41nbc.com/rutland-defeats-towers-in-the-first-game-of-the-2022-high-school-football-season/ | 2022-08-19T08:28:48Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/rutland-defeats-towers-in-the-first-game-of-the-2022-high-school-football-season/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Strong storms possible Friday
Showers and storms will be a bit more widespread Friday with a few potentially becoming severe. Highs stay in the low 80s.
We have been seeing some mostly dry conditions across Middle Georgia with a few storms popping up this afternoon.
Some dry air pushed in, in the mid levels, which really limited our storm activity north of Warner Robins.
We are already starting to see the stationary boundary to our south push north and that will continue overnight.
This will bring in more moisture to the area and better rain chances Friday.
Highs Friday will be mainly in the low 80s once again.
With the increased moisture we will also be seeing an increased chance for a few strong storms.
Any threats with storms on Friday will center around gusty winds and heavy rainfall.
Stay weather aware if you are going to be out and about Friday afternoon/evening.
By Saturday the entire area should be fully south of the stationary boundary, which means we will all be seeing plentiful moisture.
We will also see an increase in our high temps back to the low 90s.
Showers and storms are back for the weekend with heavy rain possible in any storms that move through.
Next week will be staying soggy with some cooler temps and highs in the 80s.
Right now, no days look to bring an significant severe threat, but that could change.
On top of all of that, the tropics are getting a bit more active with an area of storms over southeast Mexico showing potential for tropical cyclone development.
This is still expected to move inland over Mexico, so it shouldn’t have much of an impact over Georgia. | https://www.41nbc.com/strong-storms-possible-friday/ | 2022-08-19T08:28:54Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/strong-storms-possible-friday/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Strong storms possible Friday
Showers and storms will be a bit more widespread Friday with a few potentially becoming severe. Highs stay in the low 80s.
We have been seeing some mostly dry conditions across Middle Georgia with a few storms popping up this afternoon.
Some dry air pushed in, in the mid levels, which really limited our storm activity north of Warner Robins.
We are already starting to see the stationary boundary to our south push north and that will continue overnight.
This will bring in more moisture to the area and better rain chances Friday.
Highs Friday will be mainly in the low 80s once again.
With the increased moisture we will also be seeing an increased chance for a few strong storms.
Any threats with storms on Friday will center around gusty winds and heavy rainfall.
Stay weather aware if you are going to be out and about Friday afternoon/evening.
By Saturday the entire area should be fully south of the stationary boundary, which means we will all be seeing plentiful moisture.
We will also see an increase in our high temps back to the low 90s.
Showers and storms are back for the weekend with heavy rain possible in any storms that move through.
Next week will be staying soggy with some cooler temps and highs in the 80s.
Right now, no days look to bring an significant severe threat, but that could change.
On top of all of that, the tropics are getting a bit more active with an area of storms over southeast Mexico showing potential for tropical cyclone development.
This is still expected to move inland over Mexico, so it shouldn’t have much of an impact over Georgia. | https://www.41nbc.com/strong-storms-possible-friday/ | 2022-08-19T08:28:54Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/strong-storms-possible-friday/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
The End Zone Game of the Week Preview: Baldwin vs Peach County, Pt. 3
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, August 19, at 7:30 p.m. at Braves Field.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The first End Zone Game of the Week features the Baldwin Braves hosting the Peach County Trojans.
The Braves are coming off a 6 and 4 season, which saw them go down in the first round of the GHSA 4A state playoffs.
On the other side, the Trojans are coming off their worst regular season since 2013, finishing 8-4, with a loss in the 3A state quarterfinals.
Baldwin returns five starters on offense and six on defense, with their strength coming in the trenches.
“Look at us up front. I think we bring back the most people on the offensive and defensive lines. Got great leaders on that side–Jermon Simmons and Decori Elum, who are guiding us up front for the offensive line, and on the defensive line, we are bringing everybody back but one guy,” said Baldwin’s head coach Jesse Hicks.
As for the Trojans, Head Coach Chad Campbell still needs time to find his team’s strengths.
“Still got some question marks going into the first game. Our goal is to get better each and every week,” said Campbell.
For both head coaches, the first game of the season is about cleaning up the minor details.
“First part of the season is always little things like lining up right, understanding what we are doing, not jumping offsides, not creating penalties for yourself, and just playing great execution football,” said Hicks.
Those not in Middle Georgia don’t realize high school football’s impact on the communities.
“We do this for our community too. We don’t have pro teams in this area. Everything’s in Atlanta. Football Friday Nights in the state of Georgia and small towns is the biggest thing going,” said Hicks.
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for August 19 at Braves Field in Milledgeville. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-game-of-the-week-preview-baldwin-vs-peach-county-pt-3/ | 2022-08-19T08:29:00Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-game-of-the-week-preview-baldwin-vs-peach-county-pt-3/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
The End Zone Game of the Week Preview: Baldwin vs Peach County, Pt. 3
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, August 19, at 7:30 p.m. at Braves Field.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — The first End Zone Game of the Week features the Baldwin Braves hosting the Peach County Trojans.
The Braves are coming off a 6 and 4 season, which saw them go down in the first round of the GHSA 4A state playoffs.
On the other side, the Trojans are coming off their worst regular season since 2013, finishing 8-4, with a loss in the 3A state quarterfinals.
Baldwin returns five starters on offense and six on defense, with their strength coming in the trenches.
“Look at us up front. I think we bring back the most people on the offensive and defensive lines. Got great leaders on that side–Jermon Simmons and Decori Elum, who are guiding us up front for the offensive line, and on the defensive line, we are bringing everybody back but one guy,” said Baldwin’s head coach Jesse Hicks.
As for the Trojans, Head Coach Chad Campbell still needs time to find his team’s strengths.
“Still got some question marks going into the first game. Our goal is to get better each and every week,” said Campbell.
For both head coaches, the first game of the season is about cleaning up the minor details.
“First part of the season is always little things like lining up right, understanding what we are doing, not jumping offsides, not creating penalties for yourself, and just playing great execution football,” said Hicks.
Those not in Middle Georgia don’t realize high school football’s impact on the communities.
“We do this for our community too. We don’t have pro teams in this area. Everything’s in Atlanta. Football Friday Nights in the state of Georgia and small towns is the biggest thing going,” said Hicks.
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for August 19 at Braves Field in Milledgeville. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m. | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-game-of-the-week-preview-baldwin-vs-peach-county-pt-3/ | 2022-08-19T08:29:00Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-game-of-the-week-preview-baldwin-vs-peach-county-pt-3/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Netflix Drops a Bonus Episode of The Sandman
Exactly two weeks ago, Netflix debuted all ten episodes of The Sandman‘s first season. However, Netflix didn’t reveal that an eleventh episode was also filmed during the first season, and the streaming service gave it an unannounced debut today at the stroke of midnight.
The eleventh episode is split into two parts, starting with an animated segment that adapts Neil Gaiman’s “A Dream of a Thousand Cats.” In this standalone tale, a lone feline recounts the story of a world where cats once had dominion over humanity. It also unites Netflix’s Sandman, Tom Sturridge, with James McAvoy, the actor who portrays Dream/Morpheus in Amazon Prime’s Audible adaptation of The Sandman. In this segment, McAvoy voices the Golden-Haired Man.
Sandra Oh also guest stars in “A Dream of a Thousand Cats” as the voice of The Prophet. She’s joined by Rosie Day as The Tabby Kitten, David Gyasi as The Grey Cat, Joe Lycett as The Black Cat, David Tennant as Don, Georgia Tennant as Laura Lynn, Michael Sheen as Paul, Anna Lundberg as Marion, Nonso Anozie as Wyvern, Diane Morgan as Gryphon, and Tom Wu as Hippogriff. Gaiman also lends his voice to the episode as Crow/Skull Bird.
RELATED: Netflix Confirms The Sandman’s Aspect Ratio Is Correct
The second half of the episode is called “Calliope,” which features Melissanthi Mahut in the title role. Former Legends of Tomorrow star Arthur Darvill also appears as Richard Madoc, alongside Nina Wadia as Fate Mother, Souad Faress as Fate Crone, Dinita Gohil as Fate Maiden, Kevin Harvey as Larry, Amita Suman as Nora, and Derek Jacobi as Erasmus Fry.
For now, there’s no word about a second season of The Sandman. However, the prospects look good for that greenlight. Netflix notes that the show has ranked #1 for the two weeks since its release.
Are you looking forward to watching the bonus episode of The Sandman season 1? Let us know in the comment section below!
Recommended Reading: The Sandman Book One by Neil Gaiman
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Chicopee, Mass (WWLP) – WWLP-22News will broadcast the pre-season New England Patriots vs Carolina Panthers game Thursday.
New England Patriots preseason games
- Friday: August 19 at 7:00 p.m. – Carolina Panthers at New England
- Friday: August 26 at 8:00 p.m. – New England at Las Vegas Raiders
22News is also set to air two regular-season Patriots games. On November 24th, the New England Patriots at Minnesota Vikings game is scheduled for a special Thanksgiving night edition of NBC’s Sunday Night Football. Then, on Sunday, December 18th, the Patriots at Las Vegas Raiders game is also currently planned to be shown on WWLP during Sunday Night Football.
Where to watch the Patriots on 22News
- Over-the-air on channel 22.1, 28.1
- Comcast channels 5 & 822
- Charter channels 9 & 787
- DirecTV channel 22
- DISH channel 22
New England Patriots Schedule
- Sunday: September 11 at 1:00 p.m. – New England at Miami Dolphins (CBS)
- Sunday: September 18 at 1:00 p.m. – New England at Pittsburg Steelers (CBS)
- Sunday: September 25 at 1:00 p.m. – Baltimore Ravens at New England (FOX)
- Sunday: October 2 at 4:25 p.m. – New England at Green Bay Packers (CBS)
- Sunday: October 9 at 1 p.m. – Detroit Lions at New England (FOX)
- Sunday: October 16 at 1 p.m. – New England at Cleveland Browns (CBS)
- Monday: October 24 at 8:15 p.m. – Chicago Bears at New England (ESPN)
- Sunday: October 30 at 1 p.m. – New England at New York Jets (CBS)
- Sunday: November 6 at 1 p.m. – Indianapolis Colts at New England (CBS)
- WEEK 10 – BYE WEEK
- Sunday: November 20 at 1 p.m. – New York Jets at New England (CBS)
- Thursday: November 24 at 8:20 p.m. – New England at Minnesota Vikings (NBC/22News)
- Thursday: December 1 at 8:15 p.m. – Buffalo Bills at New England (PRIME)
- Monday: December 12 at 8:15 p.m. – New England at Arizona Cardinals (ESPN)
- Sunday: December 18 at 8:20 p.m. – New England at Las Vegas Raiders (NBC/22News)
- Saturday: December 24 at 1 p.m. – Cincinnati Bengals at New England (CBS)
- Sunday: January 1 at 1 p.m. – Miami Dolphins at New England (CBS)
- Saturday, January 7 or Sunday, January 8 – New England at Buffalo Bills (TBD) | https://www.wwlp.com/sports/new-england-patriots/22news-to-broadcast-pre-season-new-england-patriot-vs-carolina-panthers/ | 2022-08-19T08:41:17Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/sports/new-england-patriots/22news-to-broadcast-pre-season-new-england-patriot-vs-carolina-panthers/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
And now our wait has ended. Or at least a wait for some of us. Following the series finale of Game of Thrones—one of the biggest shows to ever exist, and certainly HBO’s biggest—I’m not sure how many people were really champing at the bit to be served another helping of Westerosi adventure. Sure, there’s always been something coming next, inevitable as winter. But is it eagerly anticipated? We’ll find out once House of the Dragon premieres August 21 on HBO, the first in a potential salvo of series spinning off from the high-fantasy series about kings, castles, dragons, and, quite often, mud.
From what I’ve seen of House of the Dragon, which is the first five episodes, we can probably expect a mix of fan excitement and firm no-thank-yous. The series takes place about 170 years prior to the arrival of Daenerys Targaryen, the vengeful hero of the original Game of Thrones series who spent years murderously attempting to reclaim her family’s seat of power. In House of the Dragon, the Targaryens—ice blond dragon-riders who occasionally (or often) dabble in incest—are still in power. A peacekeeping but otherwise ineffectual scion sits atop the Iron Throne: Viserys (Paddy Considine), who won succession after a heated contest a decade prior. He’s got a jealous brother, Daemon (Matt Smith, the gloweriest vampire in the land), and a wife who can’t produce a male heir. There is his headstrong daughter, though: teenage Rhaenyra (Milly Alcock), whom Viserys eventually chooses as his successor, which would make her the first female leader in this rigid society’s history.
HBO already has a succession drama, one handily called Succession, which makes this central aspect of House of the Dragon feel like something of a retread. There are notes of Netflix’s The Crown in here too: despite some side characters who begin popping around midseason, House of the Dragon is pretty narrowly focused on this one family and their internal squabbles. Gone is the multi-story sprawl of Game of Thrones, which carried us from the desert to a snowy forest to a midland marsh to gleaming cities, oftentimes in a single episode. HBO has honed its focus for this prequel, a decision born of creative restraint, budget, or both.
What results is a show that is entertaining in a familiar, nostalgic way, but also one that strains too hard for a sense of weight and grandeur. An extended combat scene—in which Smith struts and parries with brio—is meant to conjure up memories of old wars, bastard battles and whatnot, but instead plays too much like an assertion of strength for a series trying to prove itself. On Vanity Fair’s podcast Still Watching, I joked to my co-host that we would hear the whoosh of wings and then spot one of the titular flying beasts in the immediate opening moments of House of the Dragon. Turns out I was right. The series, befitting of its title and its mandate to keep HBO’s coffers filled, reminds you right away of the awesomeness of its brand. Or, at least, an imagined awesomeness.
The dragons and the battles were cool enough aspects of Game of Thrones. But so much of the show’s virtue lay in smaller moments of more considered artistry: scenes that existed only to set a mood, or tease out a whispery sense of history, or to see its fine company of actors share a moment of reflection and connection. Such texture began to fall away as the Game of Thrones writers ran out of source material and the show faltered to its disastrous end. (The author, George R.R. Martin, has yet to complete his literary saga.) House of the Dragon is based on a book of its own, one written by Martin while he procrastinated on finishing the original series. Which should mean, ideally, that House of the Dragon knows exactly where it’s going, and can maybe take some luxurious time to build a world of depth and character while it gets there. When the path is entirely laid out before you, the journey can be savored that much more.
Yet House of the Dragon thus far moves swiftly through its plotting. Decisions are made and their consequences near immediately realized, a scene or two later. Characters state intentions plainly; knowing looks meant to contain hidden depths are all too obvious in their intent. That’s not the fault of the actors, who are all admirably thorough in their medieval immersion. (Alcock, as Rhaenyra, is a standout. Too bad she will soon be replaced by an older actor. Eve Best, as Viserys’s shifty cousin Rhaenys, is also a highlight.) It’s just hard to shake the air of cosplay that haunts this series. It wants to be compared to the original show—that synergistic connection is invited at every turn—but it pales and shrinks in the shadow of its superior.
House of the Dragon isn’t some wholly unworthy thing, merely shadowboxing with the legacy that bore it. The series creates its own boldness, to its credit and detriment. Sexual mores are toyed with, fast and loose, in a pair of plot lines—one sad and yet curiously sweet, the other startling in its sordid transgression. In the latter case, it doesn’t help that one of the actors involved looks much younger than they are. The brand’s famous violence is pulpier in this revisit. Skulls are crushed; hands are nailed to posts; there’s a castration, for good measure. Perverse as it may sound, there’s something cozy in the gory side of House of the Dragon’s provocation. It evokes the pleasant memory of Game of Thrones’s initial nervy shock, arriving with a meaty chop over a decade ago. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/review-house-of-the-dragon-isnt-game-of-thrones-but-itll-do | 2022-08-19T08:47:11Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/review-house-of-the-dragon-isnt-game-of-thrones-but-itll-do | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
New Delhi: Indian apps and games saw a 200 per cent increase in active monthly users in 2021 compared to 2019, a Google Play official said in a blog post on Thursday.
Google Play Partnerships Director Aditya Swamy in the blog said there has been an 80 per cent increase in consumers spends in 2021 compared to 2019 on Google Play.
"Indian apps and games saw a 200 per cent increase in active monthly users and an 80 per cent increase in consumers spends in 2021 compared to 2019 on Google Play. Local developers are also finding global audiences with Indian apps and games seeing a 150 per cent increase in time spent by users outside India in 2021 compared to 2019 on Google Play," Swamy said.
Swamy said that India has crossed a major milestone of 100 unicorns, and a significant portion of these as businesses powered by apps.
He said the enterprising and thriving ecosystem of developers and startups in the country has helped Google Play, which has completed 10 years in India, create a vibrant ecosystem of amazing apps across categories.
"Especially in the past two years, we have seen apps across categories such as education, payments, health, entertainment, and gaming witness stupendous growth," Swamy said.
He said that there has been great momentum in gaming too with Ludo King becoming one of the first Indian games to cross 500 million downloads.
Swamy said more than 2.5 billion people in over 190 countries use Google Play every month to discover apps, games and digital content and more than two million developers work with the organisation to build their businesses and reach people across the globe. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/business/2022/08/19/desi-apps-games-200-per-cent-surge-users-google-play.amp.html | 2022-08-19T08:49:02Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/business/2022/08/19/desi-apps-games-200-per-cent-surge-users-google-play.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Edinburgh gaming specialist looks to add 30 jobs under major hiring spree
Edinburgh-based tech outfit Incentive Games is looking to add up to 30 mathematical engineers and developers to its existing headcount of 40 as it ramps up sales.
The specialist gaming company is embarking on a major hiring spree as part of its plan to triple turnover over the next 18 months. Bosses have turned to recruitment specialist Nine Twenty to turbo-charge the firm’s growth.
John Gordon, chief executive of Incentive Games, said: “We have always been more of a grower than a shower - and that’s never been truer than now.
“We may not be the biggest operation, but the talent we need is hard to find, and it demands outstanding salaries and conditions. Nine Twenty has helped us grow for years by sourcing exceptional people.”
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The firm is predicting a tripling of turnover to some £15 million by December 2023.
Chris Lowden, director at Nine Twenty, said: “Innovative and forward-looking companies such as Incentive Games require a bespoke service and are moving away from generalists to boutique firms such as ours.
“It has been a pleasure and a privilege to work with such remarkable people over the years and we are very glad to be able to continue to support them as they enter into the next stage of their growth journey.”
Lowden, who joined Nine Twenty in 2014, helps to drive the commercial elements of the technology and digital arm of the business.
Tech team colleague Nyomi O’Dowd will be working with Incentive Games exclusively as talent acquisition manager under the recruitment drive. | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/business/edinburgh-gaming-specialist-looks-to-add-30-jobs-under-major-hiring-spree-3811810 | 2022-08-19T08:49:02Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/business/edinburgh-gaming-specialist-looks-to-add-30-jobs-under-major-hiring-spree-3811810 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Government is all set to take loans to the tune of Rs 1,000 crore to meet the Onam expenses. It’s estimated that over Rs 8,000 crore would be required to spend from the treasury next month alone.
The additional expenses will mainly be the bonus, festival allowance, and advance salary to the government employees.
It's also been decided to provide two months' welfare pension in advance in the wake of the Onam festival.
The Finance department will take a decision on the bonus by next week. It has decided to make use of leftover sums under other existing expense heads and availing of a minimum amount as loan.
Last year's handout
Last year, the Government paid Rs 4,000 per employee as bonus, and Rs 2,750 as a festival allowance to those not eligible for the bonus. The government employees were provided Rs 15,000 each as Onam advance. An advance of Rs 5,000 each were given to other employees, including the part-time contingent staff. The Finance department is planning to extend similar Onam benefits this time too.
Average outgo
The beneficiaries should be extended Rs 3,200 each as advance welfare pension for two months. It would require Rs 1,800 crore alone for this. The Government incurs around Rs 5,000 crore a month for salary and pension. When one considers other expenses, including bonus, the total expense would come to Rs 8,000 crore. While the Finance department admits the state needs to borrow to meet the additional expense, the official version is that it's yet to determine the exact loan amount.
Restrictions for availing loans
The state has to tide over the strict restrictions imposed by the Centre to avail of loans. The Centre has fixed the borrowing limit of Kerala at Rs 17,936 crore till December 2022. This includes the loans to be availed of by KIIFB for development projects and that by the pension company to extend welfare pensions to lakhs of beneficiaries. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/business/2022/08/19/kerala-borrowing-onam-bonus-allowance-salary.amp.html | 2022-08-19T08:49:04Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/business/2022/08/19/kerala-borrowing-onam-bonus-allowance-salary.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
More work required to showcase key role of Scots financial sector - SFE
Work is still needed to convey the role of Scotland’s financial sector in fuelling the economy, while Holyrood and Westminster should collaborate to help catalyse economic recovery, according to a new survey from Scottish Financial Enterprise (SFE).
The study was conducted for the trade body by Survation on behalf of True North, an Aberdeen-headquartered strategic advisory firm, and between August 5 and 9 surveyed more than 1,000 residents of Scotland aged over 16.
It asked them to what extent they were aware of the contribution that the financial and professional services sector makes to Scotland’s economy, with 39 per cent saying they were “not that aware”, while 35 per cent said they were “quite aware”, in what True North – a joint venture by managing partners and former SNP spin doctors Geoff Aberdein and Fergus Mutch – deemed a “mixed picture”.
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However, the survey also pointed out that financial and professional services sector comprise 9.2 per cent of Scotland’s gross value added, making it one of the biggest contributions to the economy north of the Border. Those surveyed were told this, and 80 per cent said they deemed the sector important.
In terms of sectors viewed as key to accelerating Scotland’s economy in coming years, hospitality and tourism came top at 71 per cent, but financial and professional services only ranked fourth out of five at 41 per cent.
Separately, nearly two thirds said they believe the Scottish and UK governments should collaborate to invest in and deliver major infrastructure projects to help the economy gain momentum.
SFE chief executive Sandy Begbie said: “Last year SFE launched its five-year strategy establishing a range of proposals to drive collaboration across the industry and with both the Scottish and UK governments. I therefore welcome this poll as it endorses our approach.
“It is hugely encouraging the vast majority of people consider our industry as important to the future success of Scotland’s economy, but there remains work to do in order to articulate our role in supporting the growth of other sectors.
“There is also a clear appetite amongst the public for both the Scottish and UK governments to work more closely to help businesses and communities as part of wider economic recovery efforts, which is something SFE has consistently called for since the onset of the pandemic.” | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/business/more-work-required-to-showcase-key-role-of-scots-financial-sector-sfe-3811465 | 2022-08-19T08:49:04Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/business/more-work-required-to-showcase-key-role-of-scots-financial-sector-sfe-3811465 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Edinburgh Monarchs skipper Sam Masters set to return against Redcar Bears in KO Cup semi-final
It's shaping up to be quite the final chapter for the Edinburgh Monarchs at Armadale.
Wednesday night's stunning victory at the Oxford Cheetahs guaranteed a top-six finish in the Championship and end-of-season play-off berth.
Now they turn their attentions to the KO Cup semi-final first leg when the Redcar Bears are the visitors to Armadale tonight, a competition they reached the final of last season before losing out to league and cup winners the Poole Pirates.
And, with skipper and No.1 Sam Masters set to return just three weeks after breaking one shoulder and dislocating the other, Monarchs have every reason to be optimistic they can bring the curtain down on Armadale after 26 seasons on a high.
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Australian Masters, 31, said: "It's been a rough couple of weeks. It's been a good season so far so hopefully when I get back on the bike, I can hit the ground running. I may not feel as comfortable as before but hopefully after a few meetings I'll be back into the swing of it. It's part of racing so you have to soldier on.
"The boys have done awesome so the focus is on the KO Cup for now. I want to play my part and scoring points for the club. Redcar have got some riders who like Armadale so we're going to have to hit them hard. But all our new guys are getting really used to the track now too."
The second leg down at the ECCO Arena takes place on Friday, September 2. | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/motorcycling/edinburgh-monarchs-skipper-sam-masters-set-to-return-against-redcar-bears-in-ko-cup-semi-final-3811641 | 2022-08-19T08:51:01Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/motorcycling/edinburgh-monarchs-skipper-sam-masters-set-to-return-against-redcar-bears-in-ko-cup-semi-final-3811641 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
New Delhi: Women on average have more sex partners than men in 11 states and UTs but the percentage of men who had sexual intercourse with someone who was neither their spouse nor lived with, stood at 4 per cent, much higher than that of women at 0.5 per cent, according to the NFHS data.
The National Family Health Survey which was conducted among 1.1 lakh women and 1 lakh men showed that the number of sex partners on average for women was higher than for men in many states and Union territories.
These states and UTs are Rajasthan, Haryana, Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, and Tamil Nadu. Rajasthan had the highest number of women who had on average 3.1 sex partners as against 1.8 for men.
But the percentage of men who had sexual intercourse with someone who was neither their spouse nor live-in partner, in the 12 months preceding the survey, stood at 4 per cent. For women, the number stood at 0.5 per cent.
The National Family Health Survey-5 conducted during 2019-21 surveyed 707 districts of the country from 28 States and eight UTs.
The national report also provides data by socio-economic and other background characteristics, useful for policy formulation and effective programme implementation.
Mumbai-based International Institute for Population Sciences held the survey as mandated by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/08/19/women-more-sex-partners-men-states-union-territories.html | 2022-08-19T08:53:23Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/08/19/women-more-sex-partners-men-states-union-territories.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Marquette women’s soccer season got started on Thursday night. While it’s a long season, the first match of the campaign was decided pretty early. Thanks to a pair of goals in the first eight minutes, two goals just 44 seconds apart, put #15 Notre Dame up 2-0. That first goal was enough, and thanks to an 18-1 shot advantage, the Irish held off Marquette and handed them the 3-0 defeat.
Let’s take a look at the goals and see if there was really anything Marquette could have done about them.
First one, from Olivia Wingate, in the 7th minute:
The two grad vets, @brimartinez_6 to @olivia_wingate, notched the first points of the 2022 season for the Irish! #GoIrish ☘️ pic.twitter.com/iVxupRIfx5
— ND Women's Soccer (@NDSoccer) August 19, 2022
Yeah, that’s not the kind of defense you want to see in the first 10 minutes against the #16 team in the country.
Goal #2, just seconds later, from Leah Klenke:
How about scoring in the first 10 minutes of your collegiate career!@LeahKlenke off to a start. #GoIrish ☘️ pic.twitter.com/2KTE0mB7gD
— ND Women's Soccer (@NDSoccer) August 19, 2022
Okay, a weird one given the bounce and so forth, but given that Marquette had just gone down 1-0 less than a minute earlier, that needed to be handled much better.
It was 2-0 at intermission, and Wingate made it 3-0 in the 74th minute:
Maddie Mooney's 1st career assist ✅@olivia_wingate's 1st brace of the season ✅
— ND Women's Soccer (@NDSoccer) August 19, 2022
A look back at ND's 3rd and final goal of the night in the 3-0 win over Marquette. #GoIrish ☘️ pic.twitter.com/ptZkvXGuJm
That one feels more like great play by Wingate, but it’s also not great news for Marquette that they had to be scrambling back that hard while down 2-0 and getting outshot as badly as they were…. But also if they wanted to have any chance to make a rally they had to push forward, so we’ll call it a wash?
Marquette’s lone shot in the game came in the second half. Tennessee transfer Isabella Cook was the shooter, missing wide right. The bigger problem? That shot didn’t come until after the Irish were up 3-0. Cook was one of five players making their Marquette debut on Thursday night as head coach Frank Pelaez dug deep into his bench to use 19 different women along the way. The most notable absence from the lineup? Josie Kelderman, who is apparently still working her way back from the knee injury that cost her all of the 2021 campaign.
Keeper Mikki Easter made the start and went the full 90 minutes. If there’s a piece of good news for the night, it’s that Easter made six saves, two in the first half and four in the second, to keep the Irish to just three markers.
Up Next: Marquette will stay out on the road and travel a bit up north for their next contest. They’ll be in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, for a Sunday afternoon clash with Central Michigan. That match, set for a 12pm Central time start, will be the Chippewas’ home opener after falling 1-0 on the road against Morehead State on Thursday night. | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/8/18/23312434/marquette-golden-eagles-womens-soccer-recap-notre-dame-fighting-irish-wingate-klenke | 2022-08-19T09:04:35Z | anonymouseagle.com | control | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/8/18/23312434/marquette-golden-eagles-womens-soccer-recap-notre-dame-fighting-irish-wingate-klenke | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Forecast Updated on Friday, August 19, 2022, at 3:30am by WBOC Meteorologist Mike Lichniak
Today: Partly to mostly sunny and a bit more humid. Highs: 83-89. Winds: SW 5-15 mph.
Tonight: Increasing clouds throughout the night with a chance of showers by morning. Lows: 68-74. Winds: S-SE 5-15 mph.
Saturday: A chance of rain showers early in the day before clearing out slowly throughout the afternoon and evening. Highs: 78-85. Winds: SE-E 5-20+ mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy to mostly clear. Lows: 68-74. Winds: SE 5-10 mph.
Sunday: Partly to mostly sunny. Highs: 82-91. Winds: S 5-15 mph.
Monday: Partly cloudy with a chance of some showers and a few storms. Highs: 83-88. Winds: S-SW 5-20+ mph.
Quiet weather has settled into the area as high pressure is in control of the weather forecast the rest of the workweek. The high that has been sitting directly overhead will start to slide off the coast so our winds have turned overnight from the south and southwest. This will usher in warmer and more humid air from the south and will drive our temperatures up near 90 today for many as the dew points steadily climb up into the 60s and low 70s by Friday evening. We will start today with lots of sunshine with the clouds starting to filter in throughout the afternoon and evening. It will start with high clouds and the clouds will thicken and lower throughout the evening hours.
We are watching an area of low pressure that looks to develop to our south and approach us for Friday night and early Saturday. Here is the problem with Saturday’s forecast: every model has been all over the place with the idea of this low. There has been no consistency on the strength and position of this low. This makes pinpointing how much rain we get and who gets rain and for how long extremely difficult. At the moment, the idea of morning showers is still on the table and then things should settle down by Saturday late in the afternoon and evening. I’ll even go so far as to say that the chance of rain showers is going to be across southern parts of Delmarva. Things should improve and allow Sunday to be the pick of the weekend at this point with sunshine and highs approaching 90 degrees again.
A weak front brings the chance for a few thunderstorms on Monday evening before the Bermuda high looks to establish control over the forecast for much of next week. This will have our temperatures driving up into the 80s and low 90s, especially as we get into late next week. | https://www.wboc.com/weather/forecast-summary/rain-chances-around-to-start-weekend/article_365c7daa-1f91-11ed-a043-7b58737551e1.html | 2022-08-19T09:06:36Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/weather/forecast-summary/rain-chances-around-to-start-weekend/article_365c7daa-1f91-11ed-a043-7b58737551e1.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Atlantic Ocean:
Friday: SW 5-10 knots. Seas: 2-3 feet.
Saturday: E 5-20 knots. Seas: 2-4 feet.
Chesapeake Bay:
Friday: S 5-10 knots. Waves: 1 foot.
Saturday: SE 5-10 knots. Waves: 1 foot.
Delaware Bay:
Friday: SE 5-10 knots. Seas: 1-2 feet.
Saturday: NE 5-10 knots. Seas: 1-2 feet. | https://www.wboc.com/weather/on-the-waters/marine-forecast-for-friday-august-19-2022/article_4c74bb52-1f91-11ed-a224-877402060788.html | 2022-08-19T09:06:42Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/weather/on-the-waters/marine-forecast-for-friday-august-19-2022/article_4c74bb52-1f91-11ed-a224-877402060788.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Good morning and happy Friday! Today will feature partly to mostly cloudy skies with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s. A few isolated showers will be possible in the morning followed by greater scattered development of storms from about 12-9pm ET. Storms will then decrease overnight. For Friday Night Football games, temperatures will be great in the 70s for most of the game. However, nearby storms may cause temporary issues for a few games tonight with lightning.
Saturday and Sunday will have more of the same. Both days will have scattered storms, highs in the low to mid-80s, and partly to mostly cloudy skies. This forecast will continue on Monday of next week, too. Then, it’ll start to dry out and heat up a bit. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday will have more sunshine, fewer clouds, and only isolated shower chances. Highs will be near 88 for those three days. | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/rain-chances-increase-today-through-the-weekend/article_f0076a9e-1f96-11ed-be53-1b3739ed93d4.html | 2022-08-19T09:23:02Z | local3news.com | control | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/rain-chances-increase-today-through-the-weekend/article_f0076a9e-1f96-11ed-be53-1b3739ed93d4.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It’s gotten to the point where even the most obviously nonpartisan issues that Americans ought to be able to address cooperatively and rationally have fallen victim to the country’s culture of extreme political polarization.
Hostility has grown so intense, especially on the Republican side, that subjects that should be entirely nonpolitical are now cause for bitter disagreement.
This past week, for instance, an article in The Los Angeles Times explained that the McKinney fire in Northern California — an equal opportunity catastrophe, for goodness’ sake, that burned tens of thousands of acres and killed four people — was being blamed by local residents on liberals.
According to the story, residents attributed the fire less to the climate crisis than to bureaucratic red tape and a failure by liberals in Sacramento and Washington, D.C., to serve the interests of conservative northern California.
Another piece of disturbing (yet hardly surprising) news last week was that the Inflation Reduction Act was approved by both houses of Congress without the backing of a single Republican senator or representative. According to my colleague Jackie Calmes, the bill was full of provisions that would benefit the party’s constituents and which they support. But Republicans in Washington, she said, have reached a point where they will vote down good, popular legislation simply to deny a victory to Democrats.
That’s a disservice to the country.
Then, because bad news comes in threes, there was a story in the New York Times that described how nearly two dozen state treasurers around the country — traditionally a sober and apolitical bunch whose job is to responsibly manage their state’s finances — have banded together and are coordinating their tactics to fight climate change programs and protect fossil fuel companies.
Yes, the two dozen are Republicans.
“There used to be a strong nonpartisan and bipartisan ethic among treasurers,” Robert Butkin, a former Oklahoma treasurer, told the New York Times. “But you’ve seen a lot of that erode over the past several years.”
Partisanship and polarization in American politics are nothing new, to put it mildly. And they have been growing for decades, going back well before the Trump era to the bruising battles over Robert Bork’s Supreme Court nomination and Newt Gingrich’s Contract With America. They have been exacerbated by social media, by partisan news networks, by the country’s regional divides and historical antipathies.
But the refusal to seek common ground on even the easiest, least political of issues is a particularly dangerous and depressing development.
While there’s certainly gamesmanship and obstructionism on both sides, the GOP is the greater offender.
A perfect example of this has been the COVID pandemic — in which a virus that doesn’t distinguish between Democrats and Republicans and has killed 6.4 million people around the world nevertheless became a political vehicle for simplistic GOP talking points.
Another example is climate change, which has been turned by Republicans (and the fossil fuel companies that love them) into a he said / she said in which scientific facts compete with misinformation for attention and solutions are stymied.
Even rally-round-the-flag events like last month’s assassination of al-Qaida leader Ayman Zawahiri — the sort of thing that in the past would have brought liberals and conservatives together against a common enemy — became an opportunity for House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and his minions to bash Joe Biden’s “disastrous withdrawal” from Afghanistan last year.
“After September 11, 2001, all 535 members of Congress gathered on the steps of the Capitol the next day and sang ‘God Bless America,’” says Norman Ornstein, an emeritus scholar at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington. “If we had another 9/11 tomorrow, the Republicans would be in their offices writing impeachment memos or going on Fox News to say it was the president’s fault.”
At the root of the new tribalism, as Ornstein calls it, is the extraordinary (and growing) level of ill will between the two parties. The Pew Research Center says Democrats and Republicans today are farther apart ideologically than they’ve been in 50 years.
And it’s not just about issues; it’s personal. Democrats and Republicans increasingly see each other as more closed-minded, dishonest, immoral and unintelligent than other Americans, according to a Pew report released last week.
Perhaps most dramatically, 72% of Republicans now see Democrats as “a lot or somewhat more immoral” than other Americans, compared to 47% in 2016. Meanwhile, 63% of Democrats say Republicans are more immoral, up from 35% in 2016.
With such sky-high levels of rancor and disrespect, it’s hardly surprising that there’s a lack of cooperation. It’s no wonder we believe that if our political enemies support something, it must be bad, and that any victory for our adversaries is a defeat for us.
Americans have always had disagreements. We’ve fought over how to address poverty and racism and about the meanings of equality, justice and fairness in modern America. Touchy culture war questions have often divided us. It’s a shame, but perhaps unavoidable in a democracy.
But we’ve also seen real efforts over the years to find meaningful legislative policy solutions in Congress between partisans such as Sens. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Sen. Alan Simpson (R-Wyo.) and Rep. Romano Mazzoli (R-Ky.), and Sens. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), to name just a few.
Today it’s a different world, as elected officials fight about things there should be no disagreement over, such as defending against wildfires and viruses, building roads and bridges, and transferring power peacefully after elections.
How much worse can it get? Might Republicans suddenly decide they’re tired of being forced by arrogant liberal Democrats to stop for red lights and decree that in the future they will stop only on green, while speeding forward on red?
That may sound like a joke, but I think it’s a not too crazy metaphor for a dysfunctional government. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/column-is-there-anything-democrats-and-republicans-wont-fight-about/article_c9fa0b92-1d96-11ed-b843-a33e4c44d142.html | 2022-08-19T09:28:19Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/column-is-there-anything-democrats-and-republicans-wont-fight-about/article_c9fa0b92-1d96-11ed-b843-a33e4c44d142.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
To the editor — When Christianity becomes enmeshed with fears, (and often hate), Christians of courage must act to impose peace to interrupt destruction. It’s our American civic responsibility.
For the past couple of decades in Yakima, people of faith in their Christian traditions and institutions have worked together in hopes of building multi-faith collaborations together. For example, the Latter-day Saints in the Yakima Association of Faith Communities (YAFC is usually identified for offering “Moments of Blessings” at sites following fatal shootings) recently organized the project to send a community-wide collection of supplies of war relief from Yakima County to Ukrainian families.
In the coming weeks, a “faith tour” that evokes a political movement against COVID-19 mitigation measures and in support of the conspiracy theory that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Donald Trump, (in the delusion and deceptions of American fears and Christian courage), will be attempting to spread/deepen messages of destruction across our Eastern Washington communities. This destructive movement gathered folks at a church in Batavia, N.Y., last weekend. It comes to the Spokane area next month.
Christians of courage worked together with others in their regional community to strongly oppose it. I pray we will, too. Amen.
ERIC DON ANDERSON
Yakima | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/letter-christians-should-stand-against-faith-tour/article_9dea7a30-1d8e-11ed-b057-6f2cb90948c3.html | 2022-08-19T09:28:25Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/letter-christians-should-stand-against-faith-tour/article_9dea7a30-1d8e-11ed-b057-6f2cb90948c3.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
To the editor — Last week's search for and discovery of top-secret documents in the possession of the former president, now a civilian like the rest of us, is unprecedented. As a six-year Air Force veteran who served a year in Vietnam, I would like to share a thought or two on the issue of handling top secret documents.
About half of my tour in Vietnam was spent as a command post officer. This required a top-secret clearance as we had to protect extremely sensitive documents. The documents were always in a secure area, and we would have been jailed and court-martialed if we removed said documents.
People are now serving years in prison for doing the very thing President Trump has done. He, like all citizens, must be held accountable if we are to remain a nation of laws and indeed a democracy.
RALPH CALL
Yakima | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/letter-trump-must-follow-laws-like-any-citizen/article_6141abc4-1d90-11ed-9631-e3a5dad11c7c.html | 2022-08-19T09:28:31Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/opinion/letter-trump-must-follow-laws-like-any-citizen/article_6141abc4-1d90-11ed-9631-e3a5dad11c7c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A prominent New York-based horse trainer whose Early Voting won this year’s Preakness Stakes is facing a domestic violence charge for allegedly pushing a woman down a flight of stairs and trying to choke her, authorities said Thursday.
Chad Brown, 43, was arraigned Thursday morning in Saratoga Springs on a charge of obstruction of breathing, a misdemeanor.
Police received a complaint at around 11 p.m. Wednesday from a caller who said “they were in an altercation with Mr. Brown,” Saratoga Springs Police Sergeant Paul Veitch said. Brown was arrested and spent the night in a police holding area pending arraignment.
Assistant District Attorney Kayla Potter told the judge that Brown pushed the woman down the stairs, pinned her to the floor and tried to choke her before throwing her out of the house.
Brown pleaded not guilty and was released on $2,500 bond, Veitch said. A message seeking comment was left with Brown’s attorney.
Brown is well known in the horse racing community. He owns a horse racing company called Chad C. Brown Inc., and his horses won the Preakness in 2017 and 2022. He is also a four-time Eclipse Award winner as the nation’s best trainer.
Brown has had troubles with the law in recent years. In 2019, Brown was ordered to pay more than $1.6 million after the U.S. Department of Labor found he failed to pay his company staff overtime wages.
In an email Thursday, the New York Racing Association said it was aware of the charges and deferred comment to police in Saratoga Springs. The not-for-profit entity is authorized by the state to operate thoroughbred racing and wagering at Aqueduct, Belmont and Saratoga racetracks. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/19/preakness-winning-trainer-chad-brown-charged-in-domestic-violence-case/ | 2022-08-19T09:31:58Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/19/preakness-winning-trainer-chad-brown-charged-in-domestic-violence-case/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators — led by the chairman and top Republican on the Armed Services Committee — is urging the Federal Communications Commission to overturn a two-year-old decision establishing a new 5G network the lawmakers say could interfere with GPS.
The bipartisan push against Ligado Networks comes as the company prepares to launch its terrestrial wireless network as soon as October. The FCC in 2020 granted Ligado’s application to do so.
Chairman Jack Reed, D-R.I., and ranking member James Inhofe, R-Okla., and six other bipartisan senators have sent a letter to FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel and her fellow commissioners asking they “stay and reconsider the FCC’s order granting the applications” for Ligado to deploy its wireless network using the same L-band frequencies as GPS.
“We remain gravely concerned that the Ligado Order fails to adequately protect adjacent band operations — including those related to GPS and satellite communications — from harmful interference impacting countless military and commercial activities,” the senators wrote.
Republicans Michael Rounds of South Dakota and Dan Sullivan of Alaska joined Democrats Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, Mazie Hirono of Hawaii and Mark Kelly and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona in signing the letter.
Ligado Networks did not reply to Defense News’ request for comment.
More than a dozen federal agencies and departments urged the FCC not to approve the Ligado order prior to its 2020 decision.
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration led a coalition of federal agencies and departments urging the FCC to stay the order, citing the same concerns on the potential impact to GPS networks. The Defense Department and Transportation Department were among those who joined the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s petition.
But the FCC voted 3-2 last year to deny the petition, allowing Ligado Networks to proceed with establishing its terrestrial wireless network as planned.
Several companies, especially in the defense and transportation industries, have also urged the FCC to reverse its decision. Notably, Lockheed Martin has joined the calls to keep Ligado Networks from establishing its 5G network in the L-band frequency 1-2 GHz range used by GPS.
The Defense Department and private sector arguments have found a sympathetic ear in Congress.
“We urge you to set aside the Ligado Order and give proper consideration to the widely held concerns across the executive branch, within Congress and from the private sector regarding the expected impact of the Ligado Order on national security and other systems,” the senators wrote. | https://www.federaltimes.com/congress/2022/08/18/senators-launch-last-minute-push-to-overturn-ligado-5g-decision/ | 2022-08-19T09:31:53Z | federaltimes.com | control | https://www.federaltimes.com/congress/2022/08/18/senators-launch-last-minute-push-to-overturn-ligado-5g-decision/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The crews wake up before sunrise to eat breakfast and begin the days work after sleeping too few hours laid out on the ground. A thin layer of dew covers everything, causing the scorched red dirt to stick. They work in blistering heat and dangerous conditions for more than 16 hours some days, sometimes for weeks.
Carrying up to 120 pounds on their distinctive, low-slung, black backpacks, the crew trek all their food, water and supplies they need over steep unbroken terrain for miles on end. They carry Pulaskis, Chainsaws, Hazel Hoes and McLeods. There are no trails to lead them.
All day and into the night, the crews fell towering pine trees, pile the undergrowth and cut a 10-foot-wide fire break. No clouds shade the continuous, back-breaking work. During the 2021 season, 58,733 individual wildfires burned over 7.1 million acres of land across the U.S. The wildfire season has increased by an average of 78 days per year since 1970.
As of Aug. 18, 59 large fires are reported burning through out U.S., with 2022 ranking above the ten-year average for number of fires and total acres burned.
The crews include workers known as “Hot Shots” because they dig trenches as firebreaks and toil closest to the flames. Others are called “Smokejumpers” or “Helitack.” All fight fires, but only now can they officially be called “firefighters.”
In late June, the Office of Personnel Management released a memo outlining an update to the classification of “federal wildland firefighters” as directed by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, which President Joe Biden signed into law in November.
The new Wildland Fire Management occupational series creates a unique job description and progression structure separate from the Forestry Technician series which had collectively governed wildland firefighters along with several other unique jobs since 1972.
The update details the the duties, skills and risks for the different types of wildland firefighters, including specialties for engine operations, aviation, fire prevention, parachuting, helicopter operations, fuel management and planning. Entry level positions start at the GS-3 rate with advancement up to GS-11.
“The issuance of the new Wildland Firefighter occupational series is a critical step in addressing long-standing wildland firefighter talent management challenges across the government,” the memo said. “The series is a part of the long-term solution to ensure federal wildland firefighters are supported, equitably compensated, and have a better work-life balance.”
All federal agencies who employ wildland firefighters have 12 months since the issuance date of the memo to implement the change.
The federal wildfire service has been facing a retention problem in recent years. Fire seasons, which once only lasted about four months out of 12, are now are almost year-round. The extending time away from home and grueling work coupled with low pay has led many in the service to switch over to state fire agencies or leave the service all together.
Casey Judd, the president of the Federal Wildland Fire Service Association, said the retention issued was a matter of recognition.
“The vast majority of our membership told us that if they were just recognized for who they are and what they do, and not asking for any more money, then they would hesitate to leave even if there was a good offer from CalFire or some other local, state or government agency,” Judd said. “And I know that is hard for a lot of people to believe.”
Wildfire seasons were relatively short and not as intense when the Forestry Technician occupational series was created. During the fire offseason, the forestry techs would be reassigned to other land management duties. The broad classification prevented over specialization at a time when that was not needed, which is contrary to what the current circumstances require.
The reclassification is not the first attempt by the federal government in order to increase retention of their firefighters. Previously, money has been tried as an incentive.
“The Forest Service threw out money in retention bonuses back in ‘07 and ‘08,” Judd said. “We knew that was going to be short lived and people were going to spend the money and still jump ship. And that’s exactly what happened.”
Money is also part of the current effort at increasing retention. The infrastructure bill raised federal wildland firefighter pay by $20,000 or 50 percent, whichever is less. This comes after President Biden raised the minimum wage to $15 per hour for the firefighters in June 2021.
But it’s not about money.
The badges that the Forrest Service firefighters have worn just say ‘Forest Service,’” Judd said.
He recalled at time he ran into former federal wildland firefighter who had left to join CalFire, California’s state wildfire agency. When asked why he left the federal service, the man pointed to the badge on his uniform. It said “Firefighter.” | https://www.federaltimes.com/fedlife/career/2022/08/18/hot-shots-federal-wildland-crews-win-recognition-as-firefighters/ | 2022-08-19T09:32:05Z | federaltimes.com | control | https://www.federaltimes.com/fedlife/career/2022/08/18/hot-shots-federal-wildland-crews-win-recognition-as-firefighters/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
For the first time ever, the Defense Department has put out social media guidance governing its widespread official accounts, as platforms like Twitter and Facebook are increasingly used to send out messages for both service members and the general public.
At the same time, some mishandling of accounts ― whether that was accidental use or inappropriate posting on an account affiliated with a command ― has gotten the services and DoD in hot water.
The new policy, released Monday, discourages military public affairs personnel from editorializing official social media posts. And even though it’s been common practice in the past, the new policy lets all spokespeople know that simply throwing “views do not reflect DoD” in a private account bio is not enough.
“If social media is mismanaged or mishandled, the U.S. Government’s reputation with the American public; relationships with interagency, international, State, local, and tribal entities; military operations; and reputation for a high ethical and professional standard may be compromised,” according to the policy. “DoD social media content can be consumed by any audience, intended or unintended, foreign or domestic.”
Public affairs personnel running official accounts are discouraged from posting or commenting anything that isn’t a vetted release, staying away from any flair.
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Posts must be accurate, appropriate, timely, written with appropriate tone and approved for public release, according to the guidance.
For public affairs officers who also post in a private capacity, their profiles can’t indicate what they do professionally, lest their private posts be misconstrued as endorsed by DoD.
“DoD personnel must ensure that their personal social media accounts avoid use of DoD titles, insignia, uniforms, or symbols in a way that could imply DoD sanction or endorsement of the content,” the policy reads. “Where confusion or doubt is likely to arise regarding the personal nature of social media activities, personnel are encouraged to include a disclaimer clarifying that their social media communications reflect only their personal views and do not necessarily represent the views of their agency or the United States.”
For all other personnel, accounts should make clear they their posts don’t represent DoD. This can be done through a disclaimer.
“The views and opinions presented herein are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of DoD or its Components. Appearance of, or reference to, any commercial products or services does not constitute DoD endorsement of those products or services,” the policy offers as an example. “The appearance of external hyperlinks does not constitute DoD endorsement of the linked websites, or the information, products or services therein.”
Meghann Myers is the Pentagon bureau chief at Military Times. She covers operations, policy, personnel, leadership and other issues affecting service members. | https://www.federaltimes.com/news/2022/08/18/stricter-social-media-rules-for-dod-officials-aim-to-prevent-snafus/ | 2022-08-19T09:32:11Z | federaltimes.com | control | https://www.federaltimes.com/news/2022/08/18/stricter-social-media-rules-for-dod-officials-aim-to-prevent-snafus/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
As millions of people transitioned to remote work during the pandemic, criminals took advantage of the increased volume of online activity.
Scams proliferated, according to the FBI. Human traffickers and drug cartels, long seeking ways to circumvent regulators and law enforcement, refined their money laundering through online marketplaces and cryptocurrencies that afforded anonymity while connecting buyers and sellers, the U.S. Government Accountability Office reported.
To adapt to these threats, regulators and law enforcement authorities began to turn to artificial intelligence and machine learning to battle bad actors. These tools help officials spot trends and set rules to help banks and other institutions identify and report suspicious transactions.
Regulators, law enforcement and banks have similar priorities, though they often consider them through different lenses. Banks want to find bad actors and report them. Policymakers need to create legal guidelines to help banks spot them. Law enforcement investigators recognize that innovative technology provides the best tools for identifying and shutting down human traffickers, drug rings, and other crime syndicates.
The Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020 laid out a framework to stop the exploitation of the data and technology that facilitates cybercrimes. The law has yet to come into full effect as regulators work out details. Meanwhile, the Securities and Exchange Commission proposed rules to crack down on financial cybercrimes, and Congress has warned that ransomware victims don’t always report attacks.
Regulators need to expedite their rulemaking associated with AMLA, and the SEC should do the same. Likewise, Congress should act to address the lack of consolidated data regarding ransomware and crime involving cryptocurrency and use discussions about the proposed ENABLER Act, which would amend AMLA to fill loopholes.
These efforts, while essential, will fall short unless regulators, law enforcement, and the private sector accept that the main vulnerability regarding cybercrime is people.
Around 95 percent of cybersecurity issues can be traced to human error, as the World Economic Forum found. A lack of cybersecurity experts is compounding the problem. The private sector needs around 400,000 more of these professionals to tackle new threats.
Even if government agencies and financial institutions could hire everyone they needed tomorrow, they would still need AI and machine learning to manage the deluge of cybercrime that is now routine. The massive scale of online activity and the scope of the cyberthreat today is too large for teams of people of any size to handle, even in the public sector. AI and machine learning can take on that work, with three unique benefits for regulators and law enforcement officials seeking to crack down on cybercrime in the post-pandemic era.
Finding the ‘unknown unknowns’
AI helps officials in the discovery process, finding so-called “unknown unknowns,” or problems that remain hidden from regulators, as well as patterns in data across multiple firms and systems that point to emerging threats and new behavior patterns.
Consider how so-called romance scams in Southeast Asia have reportedly escalated in recent years from individuals seducing victims online and stealing their money into sprawling criminal organizations that oversee human trafficking, forced labor, and violence throughout the region.
Law enforcement can assemble and pour over the data to discover who was perpetrating these crimes only one case at a time. Multiple jurisdictions and currencies make their job even harder. AI and machine learning, in contrast, augment their domain expertise, helping them connect the subtle clues in numerous data streams to reveal clandestine wrongdoing.
Reducing false positives
Ninety-five percent of suspicious activity reports are false positives. Banks are inundating the U.S. Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network with irrelevant SARs, wasting resources that regulators and financial institutions could put to better use in finding real crime. Using broader data sets to capture all known risks and reduce alerts, AI can cut down on false positives by more than 75 percent, discovering crime more effectively so resources can be refocused on other, more genuine threats.
A virtuous cycle results, as they discover new crimes, regulators gain more knowledge and opportunities to update their approaches to catch new criminals.
Building tools to go after worst offenders
AI and machine learning can help law enforcement single out the worst bad actors and gather sufficient evidence against them.
Identifying unknown relationships and linkages between entities and people, spotting unusual changes in behaviors across entities, digital tracking of activities, and other investigative technologies help law enforcement pinpoint the most mysterious and elusive bad actors perpetrating the most damaging crimes. Within mountains of data, AI can recognize the genuinely suspicious patterns and inconsistencies that are the telltale signs of drug and human trafficking organizations’ money laundering, for instance.
In addition to automatically building new cases with data, over time, machine learning allows AI to gain knowledge from, and improve on, these investigative processes. Officials therefore have a better chance of catching the biggest fish as their AI gains ‘experience in the field.’
Mark Tice is the head of the public sector business at SymphonyAI. | https://www.federaltimes.com/opinions/2022/08/18/federal-government-using-artificial-intelligence-to-fight-cybercrime/ | 2022-08-19T09:32:17Z | federaltimes.com | control | https://www.federaltimes.com/opinions/2022/08/18/federal-government-using-artificial-intelligence-to-fight-cybercrime/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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TODAY: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy skies. A stray evening shower possible. Highs in the middle 80s. Winds south/southwest at 5 to 10 mph.
TONIGHT: Mostly clear to partly cloudy. Calm winds to light southeast. Lows in the lower 60s.
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For the latest details on the weather in West Michigan, head to the FOX 17 Weather page. | https://www.fox17online.com/weather/todays-forecast/todays-forecast-warm-with-a-mix-of-sun-of-clouds | 2022-08-19T09:36:27Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/weather/todays-forecast/todays-forecast-warm-with-a-mix-of-sun-of-clouds | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
One of the first lunch counter sit-ins of the civil rights movement took place in Oklahoma City in 1958. This weekend, the city remembers the protest and its organizer Clara Luper.
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One of the first lunch counter sit-ins of the civil rights movement took place in Oklahoma City in 1958. This weekend, the city remembers the protest and its organizer Clara Luper.
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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is in Ukraine where he is calling for the Russian and Ukrainian armies to back away from a nuclear power plant over fears of a nuclear catastrophe.
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U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is in Ukraine where he is calling for the Russian and Ukrainian armies to back away from a nuclear power plant over fears of a nuclear catastrophe.
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A wave of car burnings in the Mexican border city of Tijuana prompted residents to stay home. NPR's A Martinez talked to Mayor Montserrat Caballero Ramírez about the power of organized crime.
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A wave of car burnings in the Mexican border city of Tijuana prompted residents to stay home. NPR's A Martinez talked to Mayor Montserrat Caballero Ramírez about the power of organized crime.
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It can seem as though the tabloid press has dogged Demi Lovato nearly every step of way, from the Disney Channel to Glee to the pop-star life — and also through alcohol and drug addiction, rehab and recovery. On a harder-edged new album, out today and titled HOLY F***, Lovato shares several dark moments from along that winding path.
"I came out of treatment and began working on this album shortly after," Lovato tells Morning Edition's Leila Fadel. "And I was very angry. I had some healing to do. But I got out a lot of that anger in my anger in the music — and there's an evolution in the project, you see me going from angry to... owning my power and my sexuality and then to like, happier love songs. So there's this arc over the album where it's angry to happy. I just love that."
One new song, "FREAK," addresses a somewhat recent experience for the pop star: The reaction, some would describe it as backlash, to an announcement last year that Lovato identified as nonbinary. "I started seeing, in my Instagram comments, people being really hateful." With the track, she hoped to be "taking the power back" from the trolls, among others.
It can seem that nearly everything Lovato says — such as the recent announcement that she would again be accepting of she/her pronouns — or does generates some level of reaction, or "outrage," online. One's power would need to be taken back constantly in the face of it. So how does she deal with it?
"I just don't read it. Like, it's not important to me ... there's so many ignorant people on the internet, and you just can't pay attention to them all."
To hear the full conversation, use the audio player at the top of this page.
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A flash flood watch had been issued by the Nashville office of the National Weather Service the evening before. Meteorologists expected two to three inches of rain an hour, and almost no one was prepared.
That included the 4,000 or so people who lived in Waverly, a small town an hour and a half west of Nashville.
The rain began just before 1 a.m. on August 21, 2021. After sunrise, the water was so deep that it was forcing families from their homes and trapping others. In the course of a day, 21 inches of rain fell on Waverly and overflowed local creeks. The sound of helicopters filled the air while rescue boats cruised on top of the brown floodwaters below. The flood tore through Waverly and surrounding Humphreys County and killed 20 people.
Waverly is the largest city in the county. It was hit hard. There's been a lot of effort to rebuild. But many people are still a long way from a full recovery, and it's unclear if the community will ever be the same.
Building new memories
Some lifelong residents have left the town. The trauma was enough for longtimers, like Linda Balthrop, to count their losses and leave Waverly.
"It came fast," Balthrop says, "in a flash."
Balthrop, who's in her mid-70s, survived the flood with her husband. But in the year since, they've moved closer to their daughter and grandchildren in Mississippi.
"Coming back to Waverly and seeing it, I kind of admire the people that have stuck around," Balthrop says, "because it's really depressing here."
She and her husband had lived in their old home for nearly 50 years. But Balthrop is ready to put those memories behind her.
"If I were here, it wouldn't be as easy to do that because it's all around us, you know, all this destruction," Balthrop says. "But I think we're better off where we are now."
The house was the highest home in the neighborhood. It wasn't considered part of the floodplain, but the waters still reached it. It's since been remodeled by a family member.
Recounting the damage
Floodwaters damaged dozens of businesses and destroyed most of Waverly's public housing. Waverly Elementary School and Waverly Junior High School had to be abandoned.
Earlier this month, kids were supposed to start school in a remodeled boot factory, but there were construction delays. Renovation costs are expected to reach $11.7 million, with most of the bill covered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
People harmed by the flood have received more than $7 million from FEMA. Millions of dollars have also been allocated to Waverly for road, bridge and other projects. Tennessee's statewide emergency management agency has also been working with federal leaders to map out possible flood mitigation projects.
Scientists say that extreme weather disasters are increasingly likely as climate change leads to heavier rainfalls. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have been conducting studies to prevent flooding from doing this kind of damage again.
"One of these studies will take 18 months," Waverly Mayor Buddy Frazier says. "So, you know, we've got to be patient while that's going on."
Frazier grew up in Waverly and used to be a local police officer. But the place he knew before the flood could be slipping away. Many people were displaced by the flood and haven't had the option to come back. One of those families were his tenants.
"They all survived. But then they had to relocate," Frazier says. "So we lost a good family. That's another one of the casualties, is what it is."
A lonely recovery
The displacements are expected to hurt sales and property tax revenues. But Waverly still has people who have made their way back.
"It's going to sound so cheesy. I always wanted to own a house, and I never thought I was going to be able to, because I've been disabled for a very long time," Gary Jackson says. "We were able to get this house, and I just couldn't bring myself to give it up."
Jackson has Type 1 diabetes, which caused him to lose a leg. He's been staying outside of Waverly and is now getting ready to move back. But the destruction is still hard to shake.
"Sometimes it's waking up in the middle of the night because you're having a bad dream," Jackson says. "Sometimes it's just not being able to sleep at all because you're just overthinking about what happened and what you could have done differently."
Jackson said his mind replays the moment his dog was sucked underneaththe raging water.
He moved to Waverly in 2017. His home is one of several rebuilt by Christian ministry group Appalachia Service Project. His new home represents the progress since the first days after the flood, when roads had washed away, and cars were stuck in trees.
Waverly has had a history of flooding. No one knows when another deadly flood could come through, or what long-term recovery will really look like. Pointing across his neighborhood, Jackson says he just hopes that things can get back to the way they were.
"That house is empty. They're all empty until you get to the other end of the street. And most of those are gone. Debbie's gone," Jackson says.
"And, I forget his name, he's gone right now" Jackson continues, "don't know if they're coming back or not, I haven't talked to them. But it's just lonely. It just looks lonely."
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Kochi: Tipplers scouting for premium liquor won't be disappointed as the Kerala State Beverages Corporation Limited (BEVCO) and Consumerfed outlets have been ordered to stock them up in adequate quantities.
However, there would be less of beer stocks as per a decision taken to augment revenue especially through liquor sales during the upcoming Onam festival season.
The higher officials have given oral directions to BEVCO and Consumerfed retail outlets to stock up on relatively higher-priced IMFL bottles.
In the coming days, expensive liquor would be stocked up on a large scale in the State outlets. McDowell, Honey Bee, Royal Arms etc are mostly bought by the middle-class drinkers.
The demand for cheap liquor is mostly met by the Jawan brand of the government. There is only namesake procurement of anything priced below these spirits.
As Jawan is available only in one-litre bottles, the retail selling of the same through bars can generate more revenue.
Already, there is a severe shortage of cheap brands such as My Choice, Malabar House, Mood Maker and Jamaican. For the past six months liquor outlets across Kerala reported severe shortage of low-priced Indian Made Foreign Liquor (IMFL).
Honey Bee and Mc Dowell brands are much sought after in the districts of Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad and Malappuram. In Thiruvananthapuram, Alappuzha, Kollam region, OPR and Jawan find a good market.
The situation is such that those who stand in the queue for long realise that cheap brands are not in stock on reaching the counter and are forced to go for the fake or expensive ones.
Excise department statistics
Of the total IMFL consumers, 63 per cent consume cheap liquor; the total sales include 32 per cent brandy and the rest put together constitutes 5 per cent, reveals Excise department statistics.
The data indicates that the BEVCO revenue is not affected even as there is a scarcity in the choice of the majority, due to the steep rise in prices of other brands.
Half-litre bottles are mostly sold in the liquor market in Kerala, while in Tamil Nadu, pint and quarter bottles are more in demand.
Excise data also points out that liquor consumption has come down by about 33 per cent over the past 4 years in a phased manner. However, the cause for the same is still debated.
Likely drawbacks
The move to push costly brands may adversely affect 63 per cent of the total alcohol consumers in Kerala who depend on low-priced spirits.
Those who rely on brandy too may find fewer options as expensive fare, mostly whisky, take up the shelves.
The Excise Department and the Intelligence wing have apprehensions that this move may provide ample opportunity for the spurious IMFL lobby which has grown like a parallel market.
With many incidents of illicit liquor seizures in various places, the officials consider it a clear indication of the growing spurious liquor lobby which may thrive during Onam.
While most alcohol consumers still struggle to buy even ordinary liquor owing to the economic crisis in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the lack of ‘cheap items’ at State-run outlets may force many of them to look for ‘fake’ options.
It is being hinted that spurious IMFL reaches the State on a large scale from Delhi, Mumbai, and Goa. This is besides the spurious liquor manufacture using the spirit in many parts of the State.
Shortages fuel demand for spurious stuff
The Excise and Intelligence report indicated that the manufacture and sale of spurious foreign liquor during COVID times increased to more than 20 per cent of the total liquor market share.
Even after the regulations were lifted and the market became active, there has been no respite in the sale of spurious alcohol.
Licensed manufacturers and breweries maintain that the dip in the availability of spirit has caused the shortage in the manufacture of IMFL.
However, not many buy this claim. Private breweries say it is not feasible to manufacture liquor for BEVCO rates using the highly-priced spirit.
10 big gangs
Ten gangs are reportedly into manufacturing and handing over spurious liquor as good as the original in the Southern districts, as per a piece of unofficial information.
These gangs are mostly based in Ernakulam, Palakkad, and Thrissur.
Officials say, such gangs are relatively less in the northern districts as there is enough liquor reaching the State by crossing the borders.
Spurious liquor manufacture and sales were rampant in the second wave of COVID much more than that during the first lockdown.
The bars remaining closed continuously for a long period and the regulations in the BEVCO outlets largely helped the spurious liquor lobby.
The licenses of 15 bars being revoked and cases charged against them was an unprecedented action by the department, then.
Recently, the department had conducted massive raids on the bars to check spurious foreign liquor sales.
Fake vies with original
Spurious liquor bottles that look as good as the BEVCO bottles, with duplicate hologram seals and numbers being made available by the lobby.
Officials say, by verifying the seal, hologram and number, the outlet can be identified for the original BEVCO bottles.
However, the lack of devices and facilities to check and identify spurious liquor at a district level remains a limitation for the department.
It takes months to get the test reports of the seized liquor from the Centre for Development of Imaging Technology.
The spurious liquor lobby started making duplicate holograms and seals after realising that even habitual drinkers do not buy liquor without the seal and hologram. Hologram seals are reportedly brought from Bengaluru.
Modus operandi
Nowadays, bootleggers are not much into manufacture, bottling and distribution of spurious IMFL within Kerala.
Instead, there are groups in other States who manufacture, bottle the fake IMFL with hologram seal and number and hand it over, if one can invest money, provide space (a building), with water and electricity to them.
The excise intelligence wing had reported that this ‘BOT’ (Build-Operate-ransfer) system is happening in certain parts of Kerala on a smaller scale.
With one litre of spirit, 4 litres of fake foreign liquor can be manufactured on the sly.
The person who is ready to pay can get any brand of foreign liquor manufactured and handed over as good as the original. The spirit required would be procured by the gang itself. If needed, they will also help with the distribution of the fake liquor.
The kingpin of such a gang which was nabbed in Aluva earlier was a former excise officer who was terminated from service.
Rate of return
Only Rs 5,000 is needed to manufacture a case (18 bottles) of fake liquor and it can be sold for more than Rs 12,000.
For the person who invests, the profit margin per case is about Rs 7,000. If the facility is good enough, up to 150 litres (20 cases) can be manufactured at a time in one centre.
The condition set by the spurious manufacturers is that those who look for retail sales must buy at least 5 cases. Spurious foreign liquor is mostly transported along with other consignments.
Recently, 3,600 spurious rum bottles were seized by the Excise department from a milk truck.
The Excise department plans random checking for spurious liquor at the district level. In view of the Onam season, border squads would also be deployed at the State borders with the cooperation of the Police. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/19/bevco-expensive-liquor-augment-revenues.amp.html | 2022-08-19T09:40:51Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/19/bevco-expensive-liquor-augment-revenues.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thiruvananthapuram: Even as the Kerala government has been reiterating its demand that the Eco-Sensitive Zones (ESZs) — or buffer zones — around protected forests, including national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, should exclude human habitations, the State Forest Department has not yet clearly defined such human-populated areas.
This was revealed in a reply to an application the Kerala Independent Farmers' Association (KIFA) had filed to the office of the Accountant General (AG)'s office under the Right to Information Act (RTI).
The AG's office forwarded the application to the Forest Department on July 22. The department responded to KIFA on August 5.
The delay in defining human habitations has been seen as a failure on the part of the Forest Department, despite moving the Supreme Court on the ESZ issue.
Interestingly, the department has been communicating constantly with the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) regarding the creation of buffer zones.
The State has also approached the Supreme Court seeking a review of its June 3 order, directing all States to have a mandatory ESZ of minimum one kilometre from the demarcated boundaries of protected forests.
All these have been done without defining 'human habitations'.
State to define later
"We will inform the Supreme Court that human habitation will be defined later if the court asks for it.
The Forest Department views areas where people have been living as human habitations. Residential areas and commercial centres will come under human habitations," Minister for Forests and Wildlife Protection A K Saseendran explained the State's stand.
Tough questions ahead
In its review petition filed before the apex court, the State requested the exclusion of human habitations from buffer zones, and ESZs should not be uniform, but be finalised based on the peculiarities of each area.
While pointing out the sense of insecurity and fear the order has created among people, Kerala contested that the verdict would affect the people's right to live and would impact Kerala severely.
The State would be in a fix if the court demands to know how it would demarcate human habitations. The central government's high-power committee, too, might ask Kerala how it has defined such habitations.
Additionally, the State government has not yet repealed its 2019 order to create buffer zones of one kilometre from the demarcated boundaries of protected forests before approaching the Centre and the Supreme Court. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/19/eco-sensitive-zone-buffer-zone-forest-department.amp.html | 2022-08-19T09:41:04Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/19/eco-sensitive-zone-buffer-zone-forest-department.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thiruvananthapuram: The police have recommended invoking the Kerala Anti-Social Activities Prevention Act (KAAPA) against Youth Congress worker Farzeen Majid who protested against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on a flight on June 13.
The Kannur City Police Commissioner has given a recommendation to this effect to the collector based on a police report that claimed Farzeen was a serial offender.
The move is being initiated on the basis of several cases, including the attempt to murder charge lodged against him earlier, for the in-flight protest. The police report suggested that, given the number and nature of cases against Farzeen, he should be banned from entering the district.
As per the report, the continued presence of the Youth Congress worker in Kannur would lead to many law and order issues.
Youth Congress activists Farzeen and Naveen Kumar protested against Pinarayi Vijayan on board an Indigo flight as it landed in the Thiruvananthapuram airport on June 13.
As the duo raised slogans demanding the resignation of the chief minister, Left Democratic Front convenor E P Jayarajan shoved them.
Though the Youth Congress workers were booked with charges like attempt to murder, preventing official duty, criminal conspiracy, and indulging in activities endangering the safety of flight, a court allowed them bail in the case. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/19/farzeen-majeed-kaapa-in-flight-protest.amp.html | 2022-08-19T09:41:17Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/19/farzeen-majeed-kaapa-in-flight-protest.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kozhikode: Senior IUML leader M K Muneer on Thursday again spoke out against the Kerala government's gender neutral policy by claiming that it would lead to sexual exploitation of minor boys and questioned the need for initiating a POCSO case if a boy is sexually assaulted.
The IUML MLA's controversial remarks came during a seminar organised here by the Kerala Arabic Teachers Federation (KATF).
During his speech, Muneer asked why a case under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act is initiated when a boy is sexually assaulted by a man.
"If there is gender neutrality, why do you need a POCSO case? Therefore, when you say gender neutrality, you need to think about the many people in society who will misuse it.
"We also need to consider how many boys may suffer sexual assault. So when gender neutrality was being brought so quickly to schools and it was being made a part of the education system, gender sensitisation was not carried out," he said.
Later, speaking to the media on the sidelines, Muneer clarified that what he had meant to convey was that he was afraid gender neutrality would be defined in such a manner that provisions of POCSO would become ineffective.
"POCSO should not be made ineffective." he added.
The IUML MLA further said that in a world where everything is being misinterpreted or interpreted to suit one's needs, he fears that everything will be brought into definition of gender neutrality.
"By bringing everything into definition of gender neutrality, the actual culprits (in cases of sexual assault against boys) would escape from the ambit of the provisions of POCSO. Then, will the POCSO Act not become ineffective? That is the question," he said.
During his speech at the event, Muneer said that there was world-wide opposition to gender neutrality and not just here in Kerala and asked whether a change in school uniform would resolve the issues women or girls are facing.
"If girls wear pants and shirts, will they get justice? Can you assure they will not suffer any exploitation or sexual assault? Women should be able to reach home safely late at night on their own, that is when in Kerala you can speak about equality among men and women," he further said in his speech.
At an event on July 31, Muneer had alleged that in the name of gender neutrality, the state government was attempting to bring negation of religion to schools.
Nearly a dozen schools in Kerala have already shifted to gender-neutral uniforms. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/19/pocso-case-mk-muneer-gender-neutrality.amp.html | 2022-08-19T09:41:41Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/19/pocso-case-mk-muneer-gender-neutrality.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Pohoiki Boat Ramp in the Puna District of the Big Island has not been usable for the past four years, after the Kilauea eruption in 2018.
Recreational and commercial fishermen in East Hawaii depended on that boat ramp.
"So imagine, I know for those who live on Oahu may not understand Puna or understand the country lifestyle that we live here on the Big Island, but if you were to take the shoreline over Oahu and not have any boat ramp, that is the same shoreline from Hilo to Kau with no boat ramp," said Rep. Greggor Ilagan, (D) Puna.
The boat ramp itself is still there, but if you launch your boat off of it, you can't go anywhere because it's blocked by a lot of sediment.
The 2018 eruption created new land. The waves are eroding some of that new land and are depositing the sediment, essentially black sand, right into the bay. That is what's blocking ocean access to and from the boat ramp.
On Thursday afternoon, there was a community meeting at Pahoa Community Center to discuss the future of Pohoiki Boat Ramp.
"The community wants the boat ramp to open as soon as possible, and that's always been their stand from the beginning," Ilagan said.
The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources' Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation is in charge of Pohoiki Boat Ramp.
It hired Limtiaco Consulting Group to work on a solution to ultimately re-open Pohoiki Boat Ramp.
The consultants held the community meeting to discuss options and to get feedback.
"With alternatives that they gave, which the first one is a narrower channel, which will cost around $3.6 million, that's with some fluff there too, as you know, the cost goes up. And the second alternative is a wider, wide channel, which is still dredging for the first and second, and that's going to cost $5.2 million. And the last alternative is going to be a permanent boat ramp with jetties and that that can range from $25 to $62 million," Ilagan said.
During the meeting, the community asked for a combination of options -- dredging to begin with, then ultimately a permanent harbor with jetties.
The consultants said if they get the green light to dredge, crews could likely start working on that as early next summer because they still have to finish the environmental assessment, and they still need the funding, which will not be available until January. Phase two could be the longer-term fix.
This past weekend community members started taking things into their own hands, creating a bucket brigade to try to remove the black sand, but there's so much sediment in the area.
Marisa Yamane joined KITV4 in January 2022 as an anchor and executive producer. She is an award-winning veteran journalist, who’s spent most of her career in Hawaii. She’s a proud graduate of Iolani School and UCLA. | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/community-meeting-held-on-the-big-island-to-discuss-the-future-of-pohoiki-boat-ramp/article_fc394846-1f9b-11ed-bbfa-1fcb1418831a.html | 2022-08-19T09:49:36Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/community-meeting-held-on-the-big-island-to-discuss-the-future-of-pohoiki-boat-ramp/article_fc394846-1f9b-11ed-bbfa-1fcb1418831a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Capt. Joseph Harder III, commanding officer, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Europe, Africa, Central (EURAFCENT) addresses staff members during an all hands call at the Naval Support Activity, Naples, Italy base theater July 28, 2022. NAVFAC EURAFCENT manages facility project planning and design, including all related acquisition, construction, leasing, environmental, maintenance, and contingency support required by the Navy and Department of Defense commands where the Navy is designated as the lead agent in Europe, Central Asia and Africa.
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Capt. Joseph Harder III, commanding officer, Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Europe, Africa, Central (EURAFCENT) addresses staff members during an all hands call at the Naval Support Activity, Naples, Italy base theater July 28, 2022. NAVFAC EURAFCENT manages facility project planning and design, including all related acquisition, construction, leasing, environmental, maintenance, and contingency support required by the Navy and Department of Defense commands where the Navy is designated as the lead agent in Europe, Central Asia and Africa.
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Fairless BOE approves new contracts, resignations ahead of school year
Fairless Board of Education
Tuesday meeting
KEY ACTION: Accepted the resignation of paraprofessional aides Denise Carter and Halley Canon; seventh-grade social studies teacher Brandon Simmons; first-grade teacher McKenzie Marchand; and special education director Ryan Murphy, effective Aug. 1. Newly hired teacher Abby Moore also resigned.
The board also approved a one-year certified contract for Amanda Pyles, first grade; Leah Sorensen, elementary intervention specialist; and David Stuck, seventh-grade social studies teacher.
DISCUSSION: Superintendent Broc Bidlack said all the teaching and classified positions have been filled before the first day of school on Aug. 17.
OTHER ACTION:
- Appointed board member Ken Killian as the Ohio School Board Association delegate to the annual business meeting held in November in Columbus.
- Set the mileage reimbursement rate to 62.5 cents per mile, effective July 1 to Dec. 31.
- Entered into an agreement with Progressive Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram to purchase a pickup truck at a cost of $55,085.
- Approved the daily pay rate for certified substitute teachers at $100 for 2022-23 school year.
- Approved one-year probationary contracts for eight staff members as instruction aides and permanent certified substitutes and six one-year supplemental contracts for resident educator mentors.
- Issued one-year supplemental contract to non-teachers Denise Carter, varsity assistant volleyball coach; Robert Miller, freshman football coach; Jeffrey Sarbaugh, varsity assistant football coach; and Krista Doane, assistant cross country coach.
FOR YOUR INFO:
- Chad Merritt will be introduced as the new Fairless high school principal from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Aug. 26 at the linebackers' tailgate by the flag pole.
UP NEXT: Meets at 6:15 p.m. Sept. 20 at 11885 Navarre Road, Brewster.
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Six Massillon police officers promoted to lieutenant, captain ranks
MASSILLON – Multiple Police Department officers climbed to higher ranks Wednesday afternoon at a downtown ceremony.
A half-dozen officers made the jump to lieutenant or captain during a swearing-in service on Duncan Plaza. The event was hosted by Mayor Kathy Catazaro-Perry, who administered the oath to officers.
Promoted from lieutenant to captain were officers Michael Maier and Jason Saintenoy. Making the jump from sergeant to lieutenant were Nick Antonides, Josh Edwards, Rich Leon and Jason McCune.
Related news:Capt. Bill Peel sworn in as interim Massillon police chief; replaces retiring Moser
Each officer was sworn in individually by Catazaro-Perry.
"The pride you feel today comes from accomplishing your goals, and helping to improve the lives of others," the mayor said during her introductory remarks. "Be a catalyst to energize the department and make change. ... This is your time."
Massillon police promotion ceremony well attended on Duncan Plaza
Nearly 40 people, mostly other city and Stark County police officers, as well as family members of those being promoted, attended the event.
Maier said moments after the swearing-in that his promotion to captain was still sinking in. He called it a proud day.
"We've been doing the job as captain (and lieutenants) since July (following the promotion of Capt. Bill Peel to chief). So we've got our hands a little wet here," Maier said.
More Massillon police news:Officer Taylore Trsinar is city's first female detective
Wednesday's promotion ceremony had the largest number of high-ranking officer promotions in at least 20 years, according to Peel, who attributed the advancement to recent retirements within the department.
"I can't remember the swearing-in of two captains and more than one lieutenant at a time," the chief said. "This kind of hit us all at once."
The city's police force stands at about three dozen officers, said Peel, noting that ramping up to 48 is the ultimate goal.
"Hopefully we'll be up to full staff by this time next year," he said.
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Food and fuel inflation, rising interest rate, and excess inventory issues continue to hurt retailers. However, Costco (NASDAQ:COST) outperforms its peers with its strong comparable sales or comps growth rate and “remains in better shape than most” retailers, noted Jefferies analyst Corey Tarlowe. Tarlowe retains a Buy recommendation on Costco stock and has a price target of $580.
It’s worth mentioning that Costco recently announced July comps growth that reflected a deceleration on a month-over-month basis. Costco’s comps increased about only 10% in July compared to an 18.1% growth in June.
While Costco’s comps growth slowed, it compared favorably to other retailers. Further, it remained high despite macro headwinds. For instance, Walmart (NYSE:WMT) and Kroger (NYSE:KR) reported mid-single-digit growth in their comps. Meanwhile, Target’s (NYSE:TGT) comps came in below 3%.
Further, Costco stock has significantly outperformed its peers in one year. It rose by about 26% in one year. In comparison, Kroger stock rose 7.6%, while Walmart and Target stock dropped 7% and 30% during the same period.
Tarlowe stated, “A number of retailers have called out softness in July, so Costco’s relative performance vs. June makes sense. Overall, we believe COST remains in better shape than most.”
The analyst added that Costco’s “business remains strong despite some softness in July,” with “all categories showing healthy growth.”
Along with Tarlowe, several analysts highlighted Costco’s ability to deliver above-average comps growth and increased their price target on COST stock.
Truist analyst Scot Ciccarelli increased the company’s price target to $571 from $543. Meanwhile, Rupesh Parikh of Oppenheimer raised the price target to $600 from $535.
What is the Prediction for Costco Stock?
Costco stock prediction on TipRanks shows that analysts are bullish about its prospects. Of the 18 analysts, 14 recommended a Buy, and four have a Hold recommendation. Overall, Costco stock sports a Strong Buy rating consensus on TipRanks. However, analysts’ average price target of $567.17 implies only 1.2% upside.
Nevertheless, Costco has a maximum Smart Score of 10 on TipRanks, implying it has a higher chance of beating the benchmark index.
Bottom Line: Momentum to Sustain for Costco
Despite macro headwinds, the momentum in Costco’s business will likely be sustained on the back of its value proposition and high membership renewal rate (90% worldwide and 92.3% in the U.S. and Canada). Moreover, leverage from Costco’s strong comps growth could help offset margin headwinds. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/costco-stock-is-competitively-well-positioned-says-analyst | 2022-08-19T10:08:38Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/costco-stock-is-competitively-well-positioned-says-analyst | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Nano Dimension Ltd. (NASDAQ: NNDM) recently released excellent preliminary results for the second quarter of 2022. Further, it has been making acquisitions to boost its presence in the additive manufacturing (AM) industry.
Headquartered in Israel, Nano Dimension makes and sells additively manufactured electronics as well as 3D printers for metal and ceramic additive manufacturing. Its main product is the DragonFly IV system that fulfills the fabrication requirements of High-Performance-Electronic-Devices (Hi-PEDs). The company also develops high-performance software, control electronics, and ink delivery systems.
A Snapshot of NNDM’s Q2 & H1 Preliminary Results
Revenues increased 1,275% year-over-year and 5.5% quarter-over-quarter to $11 million in the second quarter that ended June 30.
During the six-month period, revenues grew 1,244% year-over-year to $21.5 million. As of June 30, the company had cash, investment in trading securities, and deposits of $1.267 billion.
Nano Dimension is scheduled to announce its second-quarter results on September 1, before the market opens.
Recent Developments at Nano Dimension
Last month, the company revealed that it had a 12.12% stake in Israel-headquartered applied additive technology solutions provider Stratasys Ltd. (NASDAQ: SSYS).
Stratasys reported revenues of $607 million and $521 million in 2021 and 2020, respectively.
The Chairman and CEO of Nano Dimension, Yoav Stern, said, “The purpose of Nano Dimension in buying Stratasys shares is the formation of a strategic investment in a market-leader which is well established in a relatively seasoned market segment.”
Additionally, Nano Dimension has agreed to acquire Dutch additive manufacturing company Formatec Holding for $12.9 million.
Last year, Formatec recorded revenues of $5.3 million and a gross margin of 56%.
Commenting on the deal, Stern said, “Formatec’s products and services expand Nano Dimension’s Fabrica Division, adding volume manufacturing capabilities to the high precision micro-mechanical Fabrica 2.0 systems.”
Following the completion of the acquisition, Formatec Holding’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) Jaco Saurwalt will lead Nano Dimension’s Admatec/Formatec Division.
Bloggers Are Positive about NNDM Stock, but Hedge Funds Are Not
According to TipRanks, financial bloggers are 70% Bullish on the stock, compared to the sector average of 67%.
On the contrary, hedge funds tracked by TipRanks have decreased their holdings in NNDM by 2.6 million shares in the last quarter, indicating a Negative hedge fund confidence signal in the stock.
Key Takeaway
3D is the future of the additive manufacturing industry, and Nano Dimension is a front-runner with its robotics, materials science, and artificial intelligence capabilities. Further, the company offers most of the complementary equipment required for the production of high-performance electronic devices, making it a good investment option for people looking for long-term returns.
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Cathie Wood’s ARK Next Generation Internet ETF (ARKW) recently sold some of its shares in Tesla (TSLA) stock. The fund’s trades show that it bought Teladoc Health (TDOC) stock on the same day it cut exposure to Tesla.
Elon Musk-led Tesla makes electric vehicles. It also sells solar panels and solar power storage products. Tesla sits among the top-performing EV stock by yearly gains on TipRanks. Teladoc provides telehealth solutions, such as enabling doctors to connect with patients remotely.
Cathie Wood’s Tesla Stock Trades Details
The ARKW fund sold 898 Tesla shares on August 17. That same day, the fund purchased 32,351 shares in Teladoc. On August 11, the fund also sold some 141 Twitter (TWTR) shares and immediately bought 10,376 Teladoc shares.
Even after the sale, Tesla stock remains ARKW ETF’s largest holding at 8.67% of the fund’s portfolio weight. Tesla is also the top holding at Wood’s flagship fund ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK), representing 9.54% of the portfolio.
Is Tesla A Buy or Sell?
While Tesla stock is still down about 24% year-to-date, it has continued to recover from the recent stock market slump, with gains of 24% in the past month. Wall Street professionals are bullish on the EV stock. According to TipRanks’ analyst rating consensus, Tesla stock is a Moderate Buy based on 18 Buys, five Holds, and six Sells. The average TSLA price target of $921.59 implies 1.4% upside potential.
Final Thought
ARKW ETF recently dropped some Tesla shares. However, that doesn’t seem to hint that the fund is souring on Tesla stock. Instead, the sale seems to have created some space for Teladoc stock. Wood remains highly bullish on Tesla, considering that the stock remains the top holding at several ARK funds.
Indeed, Tesla stock is also a favorite of some of the smartest retail portfolios. TipRanks’ Stock Investors tool shows that investor sentiment is currently Very Positive on TSLA stock. Over the past 30 days, 7.9% of the best-performing portfolios tracked by TipRanks increased their exposure to Tesla.
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Dundee hires interim village manager; trustee resigns
An interim village manager was hired and a trustee resigned in what was a chaotic council meeting Tuesday night in the Village of Dundee.
Village Council voted unanimously to hire Gregg Guetschow as their interim manager while they look for a permanent replacement for Dave Uhl, who earlier this month resigned his position to become the public safety and economic development director in Frenchtown Charter Township.
At the same time it lost Uhl, the village also lost Building Official Gary Dahl, who resigned to become Frenchtown's building official.
This is a coming home of sorts for Guetschow, who previously served as Dundee's village manager from 1979-'81. He has over 40 years of experience in city management, having served as city manager in Hillsdale, Owosso and Charlotte, and, after retirement from full-time work a few years ago, as interim city manager in Ionia and Hastings. He is also involved in a number of non-profit organizations.
"My appointment to the interim manager role really focuses on three main areas," Guetschow said. "The first thing is to make sure, just like your current village manager does, that municipal services are being delivered exactly the way you'd expect delivery of those services, that they're there for the citizens as they need them... The second part of it is to make sure there's stability in the organization. When going through staff change, and particularly with some of the other vacancies that you have, you need to make sure the public - and, for that matter, you elected officials - know that there is someone trying to make sure the organization is stable and not running off the rails, that things are being attended to the way they should be attended to. The final part of the role of an interim manager is to provide a smooth transition, in this case from Mr. Uhl's services to whomever is selected as the next manager..."
As the council works to find permanent replacements for Uhl and Dahl, and fill the numerous other vacancies that currently exist among the village's administration, they will do so without one of their own members.
Trustee Howard Cilley abruptly resigned at the end of Tuesday's meeting, citing numerous decisions made recently by council that he said he does not agree with.
In particular, Cilley said he objects to a pending proposal to construct a new community civic pavilion at Waterworks Park. Village council was asked Tuesday night to consider a resolution of support for the project, which came to them after receiving unanimous approval by the village's Parks and Recreation Committee. The project would be at least partially funded through grants and the current pavilion at the park would be torn down, with the intent being that the new structure could serve as an ideal meeting place for scouts and other youth organizations.
No member of council chose to make a motion to approve the resolution of support. Instead, Trustee Lindsay Cross moved that the demolition of the existing building at the park be delayed until at least 60 days after the plan for the overall project has been finalized.
Cross' motion passed 6-1, with only Village President Andrea Hickey voting no.
"We have a lot of work ahead of us, a lot of doubt...," Cilley said. "We got a lot of things to take care of here. We have plenty of places for boy scouts, girl scouts, or whatever to go. It just bothers me some of the decisions we make, it really does. Tonight will be my last night as a trustee... This is really getting out of hand, and we're not thinking straight. I'm very, very upset, and I'm not going to be involved in these kinds of decisions, or these things that come up to satisfy a few people...
"Just keep going on and you'll keep losing everybody. That's how it's going to be."
Multiple council members asked Cilley to change his mind.
"I really hope you reconsider," Hickey said. "I hope I speak for everyone when I say we appreciate you up here and hope you reconsider."
"Everybody's opinion is very valuable up here," added Trustee Michael McClendon. "I know we all don't always see eye-to-eye, but what we have to see eye-to-eye on is what's good for (the residents), those people who depend on us."
But Cilley - whose term runs through November 18, 2024 - would not be swayed.
"For me, there's no way to go forward," he said. "This is really getting to me here, and this is my last night." | https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/19/dundee-hires-interim-village-manager-trustee-resigns/65407726007/ | 2022-08-19T10:11:27Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/19/dundee-hires-interim-village-manager-trustee-resigns/65407726007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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