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Anthony Stokes: Ex-Hibs hero's court case delayed - because he has Covid
Hibs 2016 Scottish Cup final hero Anthony Stokes cannot be sentenced for stalking after contracting Covid, a court has heard.
The case was also postponed due to some court documents not being ready.
Stokes, 34, was given four-year, non-harassment orders in September 2019 after he admitted stalking his ex, which meant he could not contact her or her mother for four years, apart from when arranging contact with the young son he and his former partner share.
At that time, Sheriff Alasdair MacFadyen deferred sentence for Stokes to be of good behaviour.
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The footballer has since admitted breaching a non-harassment order by repeatedly sending emails and texts to his former girlfriend and repeatedly calling her mother in November and December 2019.
He also admitted causing his ex-partner fear or alarm by repeatedly sending her messages between November 16 and December 3 2019 in which he did “swear and utter offensive remarks”, and by repeatedly telephoning her parents to “utter inappropriate and offensive remarks” about her.
The former Ireland international was due to appear for sentencing at Hamilton Sheriff Court on Friday.
His lawyer, Michael Gallen, told the hearing Stokes contracted Covid-19 and was unfit to travel.
Mr Gallen said: “He contacted me yesterday to advise he had contracted Covid and is unable to attend.”
The court also heard some legal reports are yet to be completed for the sentencing to go ahead.
The hearing has been adjourned until September 16, and Stokes’ bail conditions will continue until then.
Stokes won nine caps for the Republic of Ireland during his career and played for a host of clubs including Celtic, Hibs and Sunderland.
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A man was airlifted to hospital after suffering a suspected 'stab wound' in Sittingbourne. Police attended the scene shortly before 10pm yesterday (August 18).
The victim, reported to be a man in his 50s, is thought to have been assaulted inside a residential property in Romney Court, police say. Officers believe he was targeted by someone known to him.
Following the incident, the man returned to his Milton Regis home, where an ambulance was called. He was subsequently airlifted to a London hospital, where he remains in a serious condition.
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A 28-year-old man was this morning arrested in connection with the incident. He remains in custody.
Detective Inspector Peter Smith, of Kent Police, said: "We are keen to hear from anyone who may have seen or heard anything in relation to this incident or has any CCTV, dashcam or doorbell camera footage that may assist the investigation.
"Please call the appeal line on 01795 419119 quoting reference 46/161565/22. You can also contact the independent charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 or complete the online form at www.crimestoppers-uk.org."
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There is a list of over 100 medical condition that drivers must disclose to the DVLA. Failure to do so could see the motorists hit with a huge fine or be forced to surrender their licence.
There are 112 conditions on the list in total and if the DVLA is not notified, drivers could be fined up to £1,000. In cases where the undeclared condition leads to an accident, they could also face prosecution.
To help speed up the notification process, the DVLA has made changes. Under the new rules, medical professionals such as specialist nurses and opticians can carry out your medical questionnaire - whereas it used to be just doctors who could do this.
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The changes were made to make it easier to both declare medical conditions when applying for a licence and to provide an update on a new illness when renewing. If you develop a condition that needs to be declared to the DVLA, you will have to fill in certain forms or questionnaires and the agency will assess your situation and decide what the best next steps are.
You may have to get a new driving licence, which could include a shorter licence - for one, two, three or five years. It could also mean that you need to fit your car with special controls to accommodate your condition.
In some cases, where it is deemed that you are not able to drive safely, you will have to surrender your licence, the Daily Record reports. If your medical condition isn't on the list, you can check on the government's A to Z list or fill out this questionnaire . If you're unsure, you should check with your doctor.
The 112 conditions you must inform DVLA about
Agoraphobia
You must tell DVLA if agoraphobia affects your ability to drive safely.
Ask your doctor if you’re not sure if your agoraphobia will affect your driving.
Alcohol problems
You must tell DVLA if you have an alcohol problem.
Alzheimer’s disease
You must tell DVLA if you have Alzheimer’s disease.
Amputations
You must tell DVLA if you’ve had a limb amputated.
Angiomas or cavernomas
A cavernoma is a cluster of abnormal blood vessels, usually found in the brain and spinal cord. They're sometimes known as cavernous angiomas.
You must tell DVLA if you have angiomas or cavernomas.
Ankylosing spondylitis
Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a long-term condition in which the spine and other areas of the body become inflamed.
You must tell DVLA if your ankylosing spondylitis affects your ability to drive safely.
Anxiety
You must tell DVLA if you experience anxiety and it affects your ability to drive safely.
Ask your doctor if you’re not sure if your anxiety will affect your driving.
Aortic aneurysm
You must tell DVLA if your aortic aneurysm is 6 centimetres or more in diameter despite treatment. You must not drive if your aortic aneurysm is 6.5 centimetres or more in diameter.
Ask your doctor or consultant if you’re not sure.
Arachnoid cyst
Arachnoid cysts are the most common type of brain cyst.
You must tell DVLA if you have an arachnoid cyst.
Arrhythmia
You must tell DVLA about your arrhythmia if one of the following applies:
you have distracting or disabling symptoms
your arrhythmia means you might not be able to safely stop or control a vehicle
Talk to your doctor if you’re not sure if your arrhythmia causes other symptoms that will affect your driving, or if you must tell DVLA about them.
You must tell DVLA if your arrhythmia affects your driving.
Arteriovenous malformation
You must tell DVLA if you have an arteriovenous malformation.
Arthritis
You must tell the DVLA if you use special controls for driving. Fill in form G1 and send it to DVLA. The address is on the form. Talk to your doctor if you’re not sure if your arthritis will affect your driving, or if you must tell DVLA about it.
Ataxia
Ataxia is a term for a group of disorders that affect co-ordination, balance and speech.
You must tell DVLA if you have ataxia (including Friedrich’s ataxia).
ADHD
You must tell DVLA if your attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) or your ADHD medication affects your ability to drive safely.
AIDS
You must tell DVLA if you have AIDS.
Bipolar disorder (manic depression)
You must tell DVLA if you have bipolar disorder.
Blood clots
You must tell DVLA if you have a blood clot in the brain.
However, you don’t have to tell DVLA if you have a blood clot in your lung.
Blood pressure
Ask your doctor if you’re not sure if your blood pressure treatment will affect your driving.
You must tell DVLA about your condition if your treatment causes side effects that could affect your driving.
Brachial plexus injury
The brachial plexus is the network of nerves that sends signals from your spinal cord to your shoulder, arm and hand.
You must tell DVLA if you have a brachial plexus injury.
Brain abscess, cyst or encephalitis
You must tell DVLA if you have a brain abscess, cyst or encephalitis.
Brain aneurysm
You must tell DVLA if you have a brain aneurysm.
Brain haemorrhage
You must tell DVLA if you have a brain haemorrhage.
Traumatic brain injury
You must tell DVLA if you have a traumatic brain injury.
Brain tumour
You must tell DVLA if you have a brain tumour. You must also speak to your doctor, who might tell you to surrender your licence.
Broken limbs
You must tell DVLA if you’ll be unable to drive for more than 3 months because of a broken limb.
Ask your doctor if you’re not sure how long you’ll be unable to drive.
Brugada syndrome
Brugada syndrome is a rare but serious condition that affects the way electrical signals pass through the heart.
You must tell DVLA if you have Brugada syndrome.
Burr hole surgery
You must tell DVLA if you’ve had burr hole surgery to remove a clot from around your brain.
Cancer
You do not need to tell DVLA if you have cancer, unless:
you develop problems with your brain or nervous system
your doctor says you might not be fit to drive
you’re restricted to certain types of vehicles or vehicles that have been adapted for you
your medication causes side effects which could affect your driving
Ask your doctor if you’re not sure if your cancer will affect your driving.
Cataracts
You must tell DVLA about your eye condition if it affects both of your eyes. If you only have sight in one eye, you must tell DVLA if you have a condition affecting that eye.
Cataplexy
You must tell DVLA if you experience cataplexy.
Central venous thrombosis
You only need to tell DVLA if you’re still having problems 1 month after a central venous thrombosis.
Cerebral palsy
You must tell DVLA if you have cerebral palsy.
Cognitive problems
You must tell DVLA if you have cognitive problems.
Congenital heart disease
You must tell DVLA if you have congenital heart disease and have symptoms that affect safe driving (for example angina, palpitations, shortness of breath, or symptoms related to uncontrolled hypertension, heart failure or heart valve disease).
Fits, seizures or convulsions
You must tell DVLA if you have fits, seizures or convulsions.
Déjà vu
You must tell DVLA if you have seizures or epilepsy that cause déjà vu.
Defibrillators
You must tell DVLA if you have an implanted defibrillator, also known as an ‘ICD’ (Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator).
Dementia
You must tell DVLA if you have dementia.
Depression
You must tell DVLA if your depression affects your ability to drive safely.
Diabetes
You need to tell DVLA if:
your insulin treatment lasts (or will last) over 3 months
you had gestational diabetes (diabetes associated with pregnancy) and your insulin treatment lasts over 3 months after the birth
you get disabling hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar) - or a medical professional has told you that you’re at risk of developing it.
Diplopia (double vision)
You must tell DVLA if you have diplopia (double vision).
Dizziness or vertigo
You must tell DVLA if you experience dizziness that is sudden, disabling or recurrent.
Drug use
You must tell DVLA if you’ve used illegal drugs or misused prescription drugs.
Eating disorder
You must tell DVLA if you have an eating disorder (for example anorexia nervosa) and it affects your ability to drive safely.
Ask your doctor if you’re not sure if your eating disorder will affect your driving.
Empyema (brain)
You must tell DVLA if you have a brain empyema.
Essential tremor
You must tell DVLA if your essential tremor affects your ability to drive safely.
Eye conditions
You must tell DVLA about your eye condition if it affects both of your eyes.
There are dozens of eye conditions that must be declared to DVLA, check the government's website to see if yours falls under the list.
If you only have sight in one eye, you must tell DVLA if you have a condition affecting that eye.
Guillain Barré syndrome
You must tell DVLA if you have Guillain Barré syndrome.
Head injury
You must tell DVLA if you have a serious head injury.
Heart attacks
You don’t need to tell DVLA if you’ve had a heart attack (myocardial infarction) or a heart, cardiac or coronary angioplasty.
However, you should stop driving for:
1 week if you had angioplasty, it was successful and you don’t need any more surgery
4 weeks if you had angioplasty after a heart attack but it wasn’t successful
4 weeks if you had a heart attack but didn’t have angioplasty
Check with your doctor to find out when it’s safe for you to start driving again.
Heart failure
You need to tell DVLA about your heart failure if you have symptoms and they:
affect your ability to drive safely
distract you when driving
happen when you’re not doing any activity (‘at rest’)
Heart palpitations
If you regularly have heart palpitations, which are heartbeats that suddenly become more noticeable and may feel like pounding, fluttering, or irregular beating, the DVLA requires you to inform them.
Other conditions may also need to be reported to the DVLA.
Hemianopia
You must tell DVLA if you have hemianopia, which is also called hemianopsia.
High blood pressure (hypertension)
You do not need to tell DVLA if you have high blood pressure.
You must stop driving if a doctor says you have malignant hypertension. You can drive again when both the following apply:
a doctor confirms that your condition is well controlled
your blood pressure is consistently below 180/110mmHg
Hodgkin’s lymphoma
You must tell DVLA if you have Hodgkin’s lymphoma and any of the following also apply:
you develop problems with your brain or nervous system
your doctor says you might not be fit to drive
you’re restricted to certain types of vehicles or vehicles that have been adapted for you
your medication causes side effects which could affect your driving
Huntington's disease
You must tell DVLA if you have Huntington’s disease and it causes any symptoms.
Hydrocephalus
You must tell DVLA if you have hydrocephalus with symptoms. Fill in form B1 and send it to DVLA. The address is on the form.
If you have hydrocephalus without symptoms, you do not need to tell DVLA about your condition.
Hypoglycaemia
You must tell DVLA if you have hypoglycaemia.
Hypoxic brain damage
You must tell DVLA about your hypoxic brain damage.
Intracerebral haemorrhage
You must tell DVLA if you’re still having problems a month after an intracerebral haemorrhage.
Korsakoff's syndrome
You must tell DVLA if you have Korsakoff’s syndrome.
Labyrinthitis
You must tell DVLA if you have labyrinthitis symptoms for 3 months or more.
Learning disabilities
You must tell DVLA if you have a learning disability.
You do not need to tell DVLA if you have learning difficulties, for example dyslexia.
Lewy body dementia
You must tell DVLA if you have Lewy body dementia.
Limb disability
You must tell DVLA if you have a limb disability.
Long QT syndrome
You must tell DVLA if you have Long QT syndrome.
Lung cancer
You must tell DVLA if you have lung cancer and any of the following apply:
you develop problems with your brain or nervous system
your doctor says you might not be fit to drive
you’re restricted to certain types of vehicles or vehicles that have been adapted for you
your medication causes side effects which could affect your driving
Lymphoma
You must tell DVLA about your lymphoma if:
you develop problems with your brain or nervous system
your doctor has expressed concerns about your fitness to drive
you can only drive a specially adapted vehicle or a certain type of vehicle
your medication causes side effects that might make it unsafe for you to drive
Marfan's syndrome
You must tell DVLA if you have Marfan’s syndrome.
Medulloblastoma
You must tell DVLA if you have a medulloblastoma.
Meningioma
You must tell DVLA you have meningioma if it affects your driving. Ask your doctor if you’re not sure.
Motor neurone disease
You must tell DVLA if you have motor neurone disease - also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Muscular dystrophy
You must tell DVLA if you have muscular dystrophy.
Myasthenia gravis
You must tell DVLA if you have myasthenia gravis.
Myoclonus
You must tell DVLA if you have myoclonus.
Narcolepsy
You must tell DVLA if you have narcolepsy.
Night blindness
You must tell DVLA if you have night blindness.
Obsessive compulsive disorder
You must tell DVLA if your obsessive compulsive disorder affects your driving.
Excessive sleepiness
Excessive sleepiness means that you have had difficulty concentrating and have found yourself falling asleep - for example while at work, watching television or when driving.
You must tell DVLA if you have:
confirmed moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS), with excessive sleepiness
either narcolepsy or cataplexy, or both
any other sleep condition that has caused excessive sleepiness for at least 3 months - including suspected or confirmed mild OSAS
You must not drive until you’re free from excessive sleepiness or until your symptoms are under control and you’re strictly following any necessary treatment.
Optic atrophy
You must tell DVLA if you have optic atrophy.
Pacemakers
You must tell DVLA if you have been fitted with a pacemaker.
You do not need to tell DVLA if you have had a pacemaker battery change. This is also known as a ‘box’ change.
Paranoid schizophrenia
You must tell DVLA if you have paranoid schizophrenia.
Paraplegia
You must tell DVLA if you are paraplegic.
Parkinson’s disease
You must tell DVLA if you have Parkinson’s disease.
Peripheral neuropathy
You must tell DVLA if you have peripheral neuropathy.
Personality disorder
You must tell DVLA if you have a personality disorder and it affects your driving.
Pituitary tumour
You must tell DVLA if you have a pituitary tumour.
Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
Ask your doctor if you’re not sure if your post traumatic stress disorder will affect your driving.
Psychosis
You must tell DVLA if you experience psychosis.
Psychotic depression
You must tell DVLA if you have psychotic depression.
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
You must tell DVLA if you have pulmonary arterial hypertension and you’re receiving treatment from an NHS specialist centre.
Severe memory problems
You must tell DVLA if you have severe memory problems.
Stroke
You only need to tell DVLA if you’re still having problems 1 month after the stroke.
Download the leaflet ‘Car or motorcycle drivers who have had a stroke or transient ischaemic attack (TIA)’ to find out if you need to tell DVLA about your stroke.
Surgery
You must tell DVLA if you’ve had an operation and you’re still unable to drive 3 months later.
This includes a caesarean section.
Syncope
If you suffer from blackouts, fainting (syncope), loss of consciousness and driving, you must inform the DVLA.
This applies to car, motorcycle, bus, coach and lorry drivers.
Seizures/epilepsy
You must tell DVLA if you have seizures or epilepsy that cause déjà vu.
Déjà vu is a neurological anomaly related to epileptic electrical discharge in the brain, creating a strong sensation that an event or experience currently being experienced has already been experienced in the past.
You should talk to your doctor if you’re not sure if your déjà vu is related to seizures or epilepsy.
Sleep apnoea
There are several sleep disorders that you should tell DVLA about, including confirmed moderate or severe obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS), narcolepsy, cataplexy, and any other sleep condition that has caused excessive sleepiness for at least three months.
You should also notify them if you’re taking medication that has caused excessive sleepiness for three months.
Schizo-affective disorder
You must tell DVLA if you have a schizo-affective disorder.
Schizophrenia
You must tell DVLA if you have schizophrenia.
Scotoma
You must tell DVLA if you have scotoma.
Severe communication disorders
You must tell DVLA if your severe communication disorder affects your ability to drive safely.
Spinal conditions, injuries or spinal surgery
You must tell DVLA if you have a spinal condition or an injury to your spine.
Subarachnoid haemorrhage
You must tell DVLA if you have suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage.
Tachycardia
You might need to tell DVLA if you have tachycardia.
Tourette's syndrome
You must tell DVLA if your Tourette’s syndrome affects your ability to drive safely.
Tunnel vision
You must tell DVLA if you have tunnel vision.
Usher syndrome
You must tell DVLA if you have Usher syndrome.
Reduced visual acuity
You must tell DVLA if you have reduced visual acuity.
Vertigo
If you experience dizziness that is sudden, disabling, or recurrent, you must tell DVLA.
This applies to car, motorcycle, bus, coach and lorry drivers.
Visual field defect
You must tell DVLA if you have a visual field defect.
VP shunts
You must tell DVLA if you’ve had a VP shunt fitted.
Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
You must tell DVLA if you have Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome.
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Midlothian World History Society announced latest programme of lectures
Midlothian World History Society (MWHS) has announced details of its lecture programme for 2022-23.
All lectures will be held in Dalkeith Arts Centre on the second Tuesday of each month from September to April inclusive at 7.30 pm.
The first lecture in the series will be on September 13 when Professor Julian Goodare of Edinburgh University will present a talk with the intriguing title, ‘How to Rule a Magical World: Europe, 1400-1700’.
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Among other topics covered in the programme are early 20th century Chinese politics, UK overseas territories, as well as the life and work of a Soviet spy.
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Scientists are calling for the return of the 10-day isolation period for anyone who tests positive for covid-19. It comes amid fears the NHS could be overwhelmed by a winter surge in infections of the virus.
A Lancet study has found that two thirds people catching the virus are still contagious after five days. The legal requirement to self-isolate was removed earlier this year and the guidance now is to isolate for just five days.
Despite this, the Mirror reports infection rates remain at high levels and it's estimated around one in 25 people have coronavirus at the moment. It is expected cases will rise again as the weather turns colder and people head indoors more.
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A trial by Imperial College London tested 57 people from the point they were exposed to covid. It found that the average infectious period was five days and people became less contagious as time went on.
Despite this, a quarter of participants remained infectious on day seven. Study author Prof Ajit Lalvani, of Imperial, said: “We closely monitored people in their homes from when they were first exposed to the virus, capturing the moment when they developed infection through until they ceased being infectious.
“Before this study we were missing half of the picture about infectiousness, because it’s hard to know when people are first exposed to SARS-CoV-2 and when they first become infectious. By using special daily tests to measure infectious virus and daily symptom records we were able to define the window in which people are infectious.
“This is fundamental to controlling any pandemic and has not been previously defined for any respiratory infection in the community.” Scientists are calling for a return of the requirement to record two negative lateral flow tests before being allowed to leave self isolation between days five and ten.
Such national guidance would have to place a duty on employers to allow staff to self isolate until it is safe for them to return to work.
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Award-winning writer Darren McGarvey credits JK Rowling for kickstarting career
Darren McGarvey, the award-winning Glasgow author and rapper who shot to fame when his first book won the Orwell Prize, has paid tribute to Harry Potter JK Rowling for kickstarting his career and recalled how he was targeted for abuse by independence supporters when her backing for a crowdfunding campaign was revealed.
McGarvey, a political activist, commentator, broadcaster and former columnist with The Scotsman, also told of efforts behind the scenes in the Scottish cultural secor to try to stop him getting work and recognition.
Speaking during an “in-conversation” Fringe event, McGarvey said Rowling's backing "changed the centre of gravity" in his career as she had been the first major writer in Scotland to offer him support.
McGarvey, a prominent Yes campaigner in the run-up to the last referendum, said he was “not particularly inspired” to fight for independence at the moment.
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McGarvey, who was brought up in the Pollock estate in Glasgow, was interviewed by the poet Jim Monaghan at the New Town Theatre.
He revealed he had been encouraged by Glasgow author Denise Mina to write a book after reading an article he had written criticising the response in the cultural sector to the 2014 first at Glasgow School of Art’s Mackintosh Building.
He recalled how he was close to signing a book deal with Glasgow publisher Freight when contact was suddenly cut off.
McGarvey said: “I thought Freight was going to publish me and then someone gave them really bad advice.
“It was a time when I was creating a lot of friction as a working-class artist.
“Behind the scenes of various places there were trying to stop me from getting opportunities, whether it was in The List magazine’s hottest artists of the year listings, The Skinny magazine, bookings, publishing or whatever.
“With Freight the phone just stopped ringing, it went dead. Luckily Gavin (MacDougall) at Luath got the idea (for Poverty Safari) and we just greenlit it.
“I’d already built up quite a following. He could see what I was bringing to the table.
“I refused to go down the public funding route at that time and took the more risky strategy of doing a crowdfunder, which was pretty successful and let to me writing the book. I had no idea how successful it was going to become.”
Rowling donated £5000 to McGarvey’s book and also provided a quote for its cover, describing it as “an unflinching account of the realities of systemic poverty.”
Asked by Monaghan about the criticism he had received from independence supporters over Rowling’s endorsement, McGarvey said: “They were (angry), particularly Yes supporters who had never supported anything I had done and wouldn’t like me regardless of anything I had done.
“I decided I was not going to try to live my life pleasing these people who f***ing hate me when I have people who had shown me a certain level of kindness and generosity.
“She showed me a level of generosity and encouragement that I had not had from anyone prominent in the industry in that way. It changed the centre of gravity for me career-wise. I’ll always be grateful.
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Three people were reportedly taken into custody after authorities say shots were fired near the White House early Friday morning.
The Secret Service and United States Park Police responded to the shooting on Constitution Avenue.
Authorities said no one was injured, but several vehicles were reportedly hit.
According to WUSA, a juvenile with a firearm and two adults were detained in the area.
A spokesperson for the Secret Service issued a statement saying that no protected Secret Service locations were the target of the shooting. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/authorities-investigating-shots-fired-near-the-white-house | 2022-08-19T14:14:17Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/authorities-investigating-shots-fired-near-the-white-house | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Pet of the Week Pet of the Week Every Monday morning, 7NEWS introduces you to the pet of the week from the Spartanburg Humane Society. Pet of the Week is on 7NEWS at noon. Pet of the Week: Roscoe Pet of the Week: Daisy View All Pet of the Week | https://www.wspa.com/pet-of-the-week/ | 2022-08-19T14:16:44Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/pet-of-the-week/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Students and professionals in computing and IT can now register for one of the most diverse tech conferences in the country: The 2022 Tapia Conference (CMD-IT/ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference). It is the premier venue to acknowledge, promote, and celebrate diversity in computing while networking with peers. This year's Tapia Conference will be held on September 7-10 in Washington, D.C. Attendees can expect to engage with intellectually stimulating talks from leaders in computing, as well as take part in enrichment opportunities like professional development workshops, career fairs, interviews, and networking.
The conference is geared towards those in industry, government, and academia, specifically within CMD-IT's target audiences of underrepresented communities – African Americans/Blacks, Hispanics/Latinx, Native Americans/Indigenous People, and People with Disabilities. CMD-IT stands for the Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities, while ACM represents the Association for Computing Machinery. The two organizations partner to make the event possible, contributing to a more diverse and inclusive computing community.
This year's conference theme is "A Time to Celebrate! Resilience, Adaptability and Innovation in Computing." Attendees will learn about current work in technical areas such as AI, quantum information science, and computer security. Last year, there were over 2500 virtual attendees, with students from over 250 different colleges and universities.
"The Tapia Conference provides an unparalleled experience for computing professionals from all backgrounds and ethnicities," said CMD-IT's CEO and President, Dr. Valerie Taylor. "We are excited to showcase the inspiration, connection, and advice shared during this incredible conference."
The 2022 plenary speakers will present on important subjects relevant to their expertise in topics such as internet-of-things and robotics. These diverse industry professionals include: Dr. Stacy Branham, Assistant Professor of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine; Dr. Josiah Hester, Breed Chair of Design, Segal Faculty Fellow, and Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering at Northwestern University; Dr. Ayanna Howard, Dean of Engineering at The Ohio State University and Monte Ahuja Endowed Dean's Chair; Dr. Juan Sequeda, Principal Scientist at data.world.
Platinum supporters include Google, Jane Street, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Boston University, Georgia Institute of Technology, University Of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign- Computer Science, Berkeley College, Cornell University, Stanford Computer Science, University of North Texas, ColorStack, CRA-Computing Research Association, MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
To register to attend and view the schedule, visit tapia conference.cmd-it.org.
Contact:
British Solomon
901-574-2465
british@medley-inc.com
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ROLLA, Mo., Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The following statement is being issued by Kroll Settlement Administration regarding the PBM Nutritionals Infant Formula Label Settlement.
There is a proposed settlement in a class action lawsuit, White v. PBM Nutritionals, LLC, that alleges that certain Well Beginnings, Meijer Baby, Little Journey, Wesley Farms, Burt's Bees Baby, Berkley Jensen, Parent's Choice, Earth's Best Organic, Comforts, Up & Up, Babies "R" Us, Member's Mark, And Bobbie Baby brand formula products were deceptively packaged and labeled as being able to make a specific number of liquid ounce bottles of formula when following the directions for preparation and use. PBM Nutritionals denies these allegations and asserts that its labelling and marketing is truthful but has settled this case to avoid further litigation and distraction of resources from its business.
A complete list of the Products included in the settlement is available at www.PBMlabelSettlement.com or by calling (833) 512-2316 and requesting a copy of the Product list.
Consumers who live in the United States and purchased in the United States from January 1, 2017 through July 21, 2022 (for personal use only) certain Well Beginnings, Meijer Baby, Little Journey, Wesley Farms, Burt's Bees Baby, Berkley Jensen, Parent's Choice, Earth's Best Organic, Comforts, Up & Up, Babies "R" Us, Member's Mark, and Bobbie Baby brand Products (as identified on the list of Products at www.PBMlabelSettlement.com).
The Settlement will provide up to $2,000,000 to pay valid claims as follows:
- Consumers with proof-of-purchase can get $2.00 per unit up to a total of $30.00 per Household.
- Consumer without proof-of-purchase can get $2.00 per unit up to a total of $10.00 per Household.
- Consumers cannot submit claims under both categories.
- Claims must be submitted no later than 11:59 p.m. Central Time on November 30, 2022.
In addition, PBM Nutritionals will make changes to the way it labels the Products.
- Do Nothing. Consumers who do nothing will be legally bound by decisions of the Court and will give up any rights to sue for the claims resolved by this Settlement.
- Opt-Out. Consumers who do not want to be bound by the Settlement must exclude themselves by October 18, 2022.
- Object to the Settlement. Consumers may submit an objection and explain why they do not like the settlement. Objections must be submitted by October 18, 2022.
- File a Claim: Consumers can file a claim, with or without proof-of-purchase, by November 30, 2022.
Complete instructions on how to file a claim, opt-out, or objection are found at www.PBMlabelSettlement.com or by calling (833) 512-2316.
The Court will hold a hearing on October 26, 2022, at 9:00 a.m. at Phelps County Circuit Court, 200 North Main Street Rolla, MO 65401 to hear any objections, determine if the Settlement is fair, and to consider attorney's fees and expenses of up to $600,000 and a Service Award for Class Representatives of up to a combined total of $17,500. Consumers may attend the Hearing, but they aren't required to.
This is only a summary. If you have questions or want more information about this lawsuit, the settlement, and consumers rights in the settlement, visit www.PBMlabelSettlement.com or by calling (833) 512-2316., or write to: White v. PBM Nutritionals, c/o Kroll Settlement Administration, PO Box 225391, New York, NY 10150-5391.
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Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar will be seen in the upcoming psychological thriller 'Cuttputlli', which is slated to release digitally on September 2. Talking about thrillers, the actor says his movie 'Khiladi' established his identity in movies.
Akshay said: "I have always believed in re-inventing myself and disrupting what's already done. 'Khiladi' was a special movie for me in more ways than one - a thriller that changed my life and established my identity in the movies."
The actor added that he has been seeking a script in the thriller genre with an element of the unthinkable for y ears.
"And 'Cuttputlli' came my way and totally thrilled me! It has been a delight to work with Pooja entertainment and Ranjit yet again."
Riddled with secrets and an incredible journey of intercepting a serial killer's psychology; the movie presents a mind-boggling whodunnit set produced by Vashu Bhagnani, Jackky Bhagnani and Deepshikha Deshmukh and Directed by Ranjit M. Tewari.
Producer Jackky Bhagnani said: "We look forward to bringing this wonderfully crafted thriller to a large audience through this collaboration."
It will be released on Disney+ Hotstar. Gaurav Banerjee, Content Head, Disney+ Hotstar & HSM Entertainment Network, Disney Star, said: "With Cuttputlli, we are bringing an exciting thriller headlined by one of India's beloved actors, Akshay Kumar."
Producer Deepshikha Deshmukh shared: "It's been an absolute pleasure working with Akshay sir again. Cuttputlli - a unique nail biting psychological thriller will bring to the audiences a whole new avatar of the actor." | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/08/19/akshay-kumar-cuttputlli-khiladi-bollywood-thriller-movie.html | 2022-08-19T14:19:11Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/08/19/akshay-kumar-cuttputlli-khiladi-bollywood-thriller-movie.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Actress Anushree, who participated in the Shobha Yathra held as part of the Sree Krishna Jayanthi celebrations, urged people not to politicise such celebrations. “You cannot say that I have political affiliations just because I participated in a event associated with my temple,” she said.
She added that she has been actively participating in every programme held at her temple since childhood.
Anushree has been trolled in the past for dressing up as bharathamba during such processions. She added that she did not dress up as bharathamba this year fearing trolls, but because she wanted the focus to be on her little nephew who was dressed up as little Krishna. She was speaking to the media while attending the Kamukumcheri’s Shoba Yatra organised as part of the Sree Krishna Jayanthi celebrations.
“It wasn’t the fear of getting trolled that stopped me from wearing a costume this time around. If that is the case, I wouldn’t have come wearing a saffron sari. These aren’t things I do to support any party. I was always at the forefront of activities in temple celebrations. Please don’t politicize it. These are things I have been doing right from childhood. Did we take part in these events because of any politics?—says Anushree.
Anushree’s photo shoot in which she is dressed up as a Lord Krishna during Sree Krishna Jayanthi was a big hit on social media. The stills which depicted the love story of Krishna and Radha were widely appreciated. “Sree Krishna Jayanthi greetings to all who love Lord Krishna unconditionally. These pictures are my offering to Lord Krishna,” she had captioned. | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/08/19/anushree-sree-krishna-jayanthi-celebrations-religious-rally-participation.amp.html | 2022-08-19T14:19:18Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/08/19/anushree-sree-krishna-jayanthi-celebrations-religious-rally-participation.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Actor Rahman's daughter Rushda has given birth to a baby boy. Rushda herself announced the news on social media by posting a picture of her baby bump. Her husband can be standing next to her in the photo. “We are blessed with our sweet baby boy. By God's grace, he is doing well,” she wrote on Instagram.
Several actors, including Shwetha Menon, has congratulated the couple on the new addition to their family. “Alhamdulillah....❤️❤️❤️Hearty congratulations darlings,” she wrote under the post. Rushda got married to Kollam native Althaf Nawab on December 9 last year. The function was held in Chennai and was attended by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin.
Rahman, considered to be one of the most stylish actors of the 80's and 90's, has acted in several Malayalam movies and also done some notable films in Tamil and Telugu. He is also making his debut in Hindi soon. Rushda is music composer A R Rahman's niece. Actor Rahman's wife Mehrunisa is the younger sister of A R Rahman's wife Saira Banu. Rushda has a sister Alisha. | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/08/19/mollywood-actor-rahman-rushda-baby-boy-announcement.amp.html | 2022-08-19T14:19:31Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/08/19/mollywood-actor-rahman-rushda-baby-boy-announcement.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Popular serial actors Mridhula Vijai and Yuva Krishna welcomed their baby daughter. The couple posted a picture of a baby hand in their Instagram stories to announce the happy news with their fans.
“God has blessed us with a lovely baby girl❤️. Thank God and thanks a lot friends for your prayers and blessings,” Mridhula wrote
Mridhula shot to fame with serials such as 'Manjurukum Kaalam' and 'Pookkalam Varavayi'. Her role as Rohini in 'Bharya' had also been well appreciated. The actor got married to 'Manjil Virinja Poovu' actor Yuva Krishna on July 2020.
The wedding was held a year after they announced their engagement to each other. Following rumours that the duo were courting each other for long, Mridhula, prior to the marriage, had clarified that their marriage was arranged by both families.
Mridhula has been posting pictures and videos of her baby bump for some weeks now. She has also been actively sharing some pregnancy tips advising new moms-to-be on how to take care of their health during the period. | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/08/19/mridhula-vijai-yuva-krishna-baby-daughter-birth-announcement.html | 2022-08-19T14:19:50Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/08/19/mridhula-vijai-yuva-krishna-baby-daughter-birth-announcement.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, INDOCHINO, the global leader in custom apparel, launches their expansion into women's suiting. In the 15 years since launch INDOCHINO has built and honed a proprietary system for producing best-in-class made to measure apparel, providing the necessary expertise to drive this new category. Powered by strong, sustained growth throughout 2022, INDOCHINO will also reach the milestone of selling its one millionth suit later this month.
2022 has proven to be INDOCHINO's strongest year to date, driven by a renewed interest in tailored clothing as consumers return to the office, weddings and other events, as well as the brand's continued physical retail expansion. Showrooms and in-person measurement sessions are a cornerstone of the brand's success with net orders from physical retail locations up 87% this year.
Without an equivalent made to measure option available in the women's apparel market, female customers have long turned to INDOCHINO. Until now, the brand has worked with them to adjust and customize products based on their existing men's silhouettes. With this expansion, INDOCHINO will now offer a new women's base pattern, developed over the past year. This will further streamline the measurement and fitting process, as well as accommodating diverse body shapes and silhouette trends. Personalization is a core element of INDOCHINO's success, and the addition of this new silhouette will better allow customers of all genders to create a made to measure suit that fits their style preferences and identity. The silhouette will be offered in all of INDOCHINO's fabric options, and with all of the stylistic customization options that have become hallmarks of the brand's shopping experience.
"We have suited up countless consumers over the years, helping them find their ideal fit and feel confident for their biggest moments", said Drew Green, CEO of INDOCHINO. "We have increasingly heard from women visiting our showrooms that they are impressed by the attention to detail and level of personalization our appointments offer, and that they wish there was a made to measure option specifically catered to them. We are proud to now provide that solution in a more robust way, and look forward to more women experiencing INDOCHINO for themselves."
The pilot program for women's suiting is now available at 8 showrooms across the US and Canada, including locations in Vancouver, Toronto, New York City, Seattle, and Bellevue, with plans to expand to additional showrooms in 2023.
As with all INDOCHINO garments, each item in the collection is customizable and made to measure. Custom suits from $449 and separates from $99. View womenswear showrooms: https://page.indochino.com/womenswear/
As the global leader in made to measure apparel, INDOCHINO has developed the shopping experience of the future. Born out of the belief that you don't need to spend a fortune on a custom wardrobe, INDOCHINO was the first company to disrupt the retail sector by making perfect-fitting, personalized apparel on a mass scale. The brand was also recently named to the Newsweek and Statista America's Fastest Growing Online Shops list for 2022.
Customers take on the role of designer, picking out every detail of their garments to make them truly one-of-a-kind. These are made to their precise measurements and shipped directly to their door, hassle free. The company's omni-channel approach allows them to shop online or in person at any INDOCHINO showroom.
For more information, visit www.indochino.com and follow INDOCHINO's social media channels.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Marking six weeks away, National Clean Energy Week (NCEW) today announced its first slate of speakers for the 2022 NCEW Policy Makers Symposium. The 6th annual NCEW, September 26-30, will be celebrated in Washington, D.C. and online everywhere with the NCEW Policy Makers Symposium, which brings together elected officials from both sides of the aisle, business leaders, advocates, policymakers, investors, and trade associations from all perspectives who are dedicated to advancing clean energy.
Speakers at the virtual three-day NCEW Policy Makers Symposium, September 27-29 will include:
- U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska)
- U.S. Rep. John Curtis (R-Utah)
- U.S. Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.)
- U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-Ill.)
- U.S. Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-N.D.)
- Heather Zichal – CEO, American Clean Power Association (ACP)
- Alex Herrgott – President and CEO, The Permitting Institute
- Joy Ditto – President and CEO, American Public Power Association (APPA)
- Eric Dresselhuys – CEO, ESS Inc
- Anne Bradbury – CEO, American Exploration and Production Council (AEPC)
- BJ Johnson – Co-Founder and CEO, ClearFlame Engine Technologies
- John Di Stasio – President, Large Public Power Council (LPPC)
- Catrina Rorke – Senior Vice President of Policy and Research, Climate Leadership Council
- Natalie Jackson – Senior Vice President of Capital Markets and Portfolio Finance, Clearway Energy Group
- Brandon Arnold – EVP, National Taxpayers Union
- Susan Nickey – EVP and Chief Client Officer, Hannon Armstrong
- Serge Abergel – COO, Hydro-Québec
- Jordan Stone – Assistant Vice President, Association of American Railroads
- Christine Cadigan – Senior Director, Family Forest Carbon Program, American Forest Foundation
- Diana Movius – Senior Director, Climate Advisors
- Pasha Majdi – Senior Director, Conservation International
- Lesley Jantarasami – Managing Director, Energy and Climate, Bipartisan Policy Center
- Lauren Sher – Director of Sustainability and Environmental Policy, NextEra Energy, Inc.
- David Paolella – Manager, U.S. Policy and Advocacy, Breakthrough Energy
- Abigail Regitsky – Manager, U.S. Policy and Advocacy, Breakthrough Energy
- Alex Fitzsimmons – Senior Program Director, ClearPath
- George David Banks – Senior Fellow, CRES Forum
- Phil Rossetti – Resident Scholar, R Street Institute, and many more to come!
"We are honored to welcome these clean energy experts to share their expertise during National Clean Energy Week," said Heather Reams, NCEW Chair and President of CRES Forum. "The sixth annual celebration of NCEW is shaping up to be an unforgettable experience, and this list of impressive speakers is a testament to that. These speakers will inspire fruitful, bipartisan discussions throughout the Policy Makers Symposium—helping us learn more about how we can pave the way for an emissions-free future and address America's environmental, economic, and national security needs in the process."
NCEW programming includes both in-person events in Washington, D.C., and the free, virtual Policy Makers Symposium, September 27-29. Panels include:
- Cutting Red Tape: Removing Obstacles to Clean Energy and Emissions Reductions
- Critical Minerals and Supply Chain Security
- Show Me the Money: Tax and Finance Issues Facing the Energy Industry
- Innovation and Reducing Industrial Emissions
- The American Advantage: Strengthening U.S. Competitiveness
- Nature-Based Climate Solutions
To learn more about the Symposium, including speakers, panels, and registration, click here.
More information on NCEW sponsorship opportunities, events, and examples of how businesses and communities can show their support can be found on the NCEW website: https://nationalcleanenergyweek.org/.
National Clean Energy Week (NCEW), described by POLITICO as "a veritable who's who of the Clean Energy World," is an annual awareness week to recognize the value of clean energy including abundant job opportunities, economic growth, energy independence, consumer choice, lower energy prices, and a cleaner environment. Follow NCEW on Twitter (@NCEWConf) and Facebook (NationalCleanEnergyWeek) for event updates. www.nationalcleanenergyweek.org.
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AVAILABLE ON Nov. 18th.
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The new powerhouse of K-pop NHYPEN will release "SADAME," their first studio album in Japanese, on Friday, November 18th, via UMe. The physical U.S. pre-order is now available, HERE.
The album features ten tracks including Japanese versions of six of the group's Korean hits, plus their Japanese hits, "Always" and "Forget Me Not," and a brand new Japanese original song (song title TBA). It also contains "Polaroid Love" as a bonus track (only for CD). New Japanese versions are "Blessed-Cursed [Japanese Ver.] from their 1st Studio Repackage Album DIMENSION: ANSWER, which debuted at No. 14 on Billboard 200, and "Future Perfect (Pass the MIC) [Japanese Ver.]" from their 3rd Mini Album MANIFESTO : DAY 1 which was released last month.
In addition to the Standard (1CD) version, which will include 1 sticker sheet, 1 trading card (1 of 14 types / randomly enclosed in the first pressing only), and there will also be limited edition versions of "SADAME." Limited Edition A (1CD + 1DVD + Photobook) is encased in a slip case with a 60 pages photobook (A concept) and the DVD contains music video and footage from cover photoshoot. Limited Edition B (1CD + 1DVD + Photobook) is also encased in a slip case with 60 pages photobook (B concept) and the DVD contains music video and making of the video. Both Limited Edition A and Limited Edition B will come with 1 lyric poster, 1 trading card (1 of 7 types / randomly enclosed), and 1 sticker sheet.
To this day, ENHYPEN have amassed tens of millions of streams and attracted an audience of 35 million-plus across social media (as of Aug. 18, 2022) and they are notably signed to BELIFT LAB—a joint venture between HYBE Corp. and CJ ENM.
ENHYPEN will kick off their 1st world tour in September and it includes 6 cities in the U.S. in October. Stay tuned for more from ENHYPEN as they continue to connect to listeners worldwide.
Track List:
- Future Perfect (Pass the MIC) [Japanese Ver.]
- Blessed-Cursed [Japanese Ver.]
- *Song Title TBA (Japanese Original Song)
- Tamed-Dashed [Japanese Ver.]
- Drunk-Dazed [Japanese Ver.]
- Given-Taken [Japanese Ver.]
- Always
- Let Me In (20 CUBE) [Japanese Ver.]
- Forget me Not
- Polaroid Love [bonus track]
Limited Edition A (CD + DVD + Photobook)
- DVD contains "Future Perfect (Pass the MIC) [ Japanese Ver.] Music Video and making of the cover photo.
- 60-page photobook (A concept)
- Slipcase / digipack
- 1 lyric poster
- 1 trading card [A] (1 of 7 types / randomly enclosed)
- 1 sticker sheet
Limited Edition B (CD + DVD + Photobook)
- DVD contains "Future Perfect (Pass the MIC) [ Japanese Ver.] Music Video and making of Music Video
- 60-page photobook (B concept)
- Slipcase / digipack
- 1 lyric poster
- 1 trading card [B] (1 of 7 types / randomly enclosed)
- 1 sticker sheet
Standard Edition (CD)
- 20-page booklet
- Regular jewel case
- 1 trading card [C&D concept] (1 of 14 types / randomly enclosed) in the first pressing only
- 1 sticker sheet
About ENHYPEN
ENHYPEN is the first boyband created by BELIFT LAB, consisting of members JUNGWON, HEESEUNG, JAY, JAKE, SUNGHOON, SUNOO, and NI-KI. Inspired by the 'hyphen(-)' that connects one word to another, ENHYPEN means that seven different boys connect to discover one another and grow together. Upon their official debut in November 2020, ENHYPEN broke out into the global K-pop scene and began smashing from day one with the 1st Mini Album BORDER : DAY ONE achieving the highest first week sales for a single album among K-pop groups to debut the same year. Within a year of debut, the septet truly solidified their status as the new destination for K-pop fans everywhere as their 1st Studio Album DIMENSION : DILEMMA released in October 2021 not only debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200, but also earned them the "Million-Seller" title with over 1.1M copies sold (as of October 2021) according to Korea's Gaon Monthly Album Chart. Less than a year later, the record-breakers became double "Million-Seller" artists when their 3rd Mini Album MANIFESTO : DAY 1, released in July 2022, sold over 1.2M copies within the first week. As a result, ENHYPEN proved themselves as the new powerhouse of K-pop becoming the first K-pop group in history to possess two "Million-Seller" albums in the shortest amount of time since debut. Armed with authentic stories in their music and versatility in their visuals, ENHYPEN continue to capture the attention of viewers worldwide while performing on global shows like MTV Fresh Out Live and The Kelly Clarkson Show.
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DALLAS, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Simmons Bank, as Trustee of the Permian Basin Royalty Trust (NYSE: PBT) ("Permian") today declared a cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.195923 per unit, payable on September 15, 2022, to unit holders of record on August 31, 2022.
This month's distribution increased from the previous month as the result of primarily an increase in the pricing received for both oil and gas for the month of June from the Waddell Ranch properties but offset by slightly lower pricing for the Texas Royalty Properties during the month of June.
WADDELL RANCH
In reporting June production of the Underlying Properties for this month's press release, production for oil volumes was 183,925 (gross) and was priced at about $114.41 per bbl. Production for gas volumes (including gas liquids) was 598,906 Mcf (gross) and was priced at about $11.43 per Mcf, which now includes the value received from plant products and natural gas liquids. Net revenue for the underlying properties of the Waddell ranch was $26,461,904 (gross) for June. Lease Operating Expenses were $3,607,857 (gross) and Capital Expenditures were $13,192,559 (gross) for June, netting to the Net Profit Interest (NPI) of $9,661,488. This would put the Trust's proceeds of 75% as a positive $7,246,116 (net) for the month of June, to contribute to this month's distribution. Given that if current oil and gas pricing continues, Waddell Ranch could continue to contribute to the distribution in the foreseeable future.
First sales received for the month of June 2022 wells were as follows: (all net to the Trust), 4.5 new drill wells, including 1.1 horizontal wells, 3.0 recompleted wells. Waiting on completion, as of 6/30/2022, were 4.9 drill wells, including 0.4 horizontal wells and 3.0 recompletion wells. Also, 0.4 wells, plugged and abandoned, were completed.
Blackbeard has advised the Trustee of the projected 2022 capital expenditure budget for the Waddell Ranch Properties to be an estimated $92 million (net to the Trust) with a projection of about 47 new drill wells and 45 recompletions along with about 19 plug and abandoned wells. Of the new drill wells, about 13 will be horizontal drills and about 34 vertical drill wells.
TEXAS ROYALTY PROPERTIES
Production for the underlying properties at the Texas Royalties was 19,623 barrels of oil and 15,306 Mcf of gas. The production for the Trust's allocated portion of the Texas Royalties was 17,933 barrels of oil and 13,983 Mcf of gas. The average price for oil was $104.65 per bbl and for gas was $8.91 per Mcf. This would primarily reflect production and pricing for the month of June for oil and the month of May for gas. These allocated volumes were impacted by the pricing of both oil and gas. This production and pricing for the underlying properties resulted in revenues for the Texas Royalties of $2,189,961. Deducted from these were taxes of $167,326 resulting in a Net Profit of $2,022,636 for the month of June. With the Trust's Net Profit Interest (NPI) of 95% of the Underlying Properties, this would result in net contribution by the Texas Royalties of $1,921,504 to this month's distribution.
General and Administrative Expenses deducted for the month were $40,475 resulting in a distribution of $9,131,750 to 46,608,796 units outstanding, or $0.195923 per unit.
The worldwide market conditions continue to affect the pricing for domestic production. It is difficult to predict what effect these conditions will have on future distributions.
The 2021 Annual Report with Form 10-K and the January 1, 2022 Reserve Summary is now available on Permian's website. Permian's cash distribution history, current and prior year financial reports, tax information booklets, and a link to filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission, all can be found on Permian's website at http://www.pbt-permian.com/. Additionally, printed reports can be requested and are mailed free of charge.
CONTACT: Ron Hooper, Senior Vice President, Simmons Bank, Trustee, Toll Free – 1.855.588.7839
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MILWAUKEE, Aug. 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is being released by A.B. Data, Ltd., the Court-appointed Settlement Administrator for the Automobile Antitrust Cases I and II, JCCP Nos. 4298 and 4303, CJC-03-004298 and CJC-03-004303, Superior Court of the State of California for the County of San Francisco.
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If so, YOU MAY RECEIVE A PAYMENT from
an $82 million cash class action settlement.
Please Visit www.CalCarsSettlement.com or Call 1-877-354-3833
The settlement resolves a class action antitrust lawsuit titled Automobile Antitrust Cases I and II, JCCP Nos. 4298, 4303, pending in San Francisco County Superior Court. The settlement provides $82 million cash, minus Court-approved fees and costs, for the benefit of Class Members. If you are a Class Member, you must file a claim to receive payment. You may also object to the settlement. Visit the website or call the number above to learn about the lawsuit and the settlement, whether you are a Class Member, and all of your options and the deadlines to act.
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by: Fred Cunningham Posted: Aug 19, 2022 / 08:27 AM EDT Updated: Aug 19, 2022 / 08:27 AM EDT SHARE SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – Thank you for your service Simpsonville Fire and Police Department! | https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/first-responder-friday-simpsonville-fd-pd/ | 2022-08-19T14:25:26Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/first-responder-friday-simpsonville-fd-pd/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WIESBADEN, Germany – Partnership and cooperation, and maybe a bit of international camaraderie, were the talk of the day during this year’s First Responders Day hosted by U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden's Directorate of Emergency services held in the Aukumm Village community housing area, Aug. 17.
Threatening skies and scattered sprinkles of rain could not damper the excitement as the 3rd annual First Responders Day kicked off with a parade through Aukumm village.
With roaring engines and blaring distress signals, the parade meandered through the housing area to the delight of kids who covered their ears against the din of sirens, when not scrambling for candy thrown from wheeled emergency vehicles, and even a boat.
Garrison Wiesbaden and the city of Wiesbaden have a close-knit relationship based on partnership and cooperation that goes back decades. That connection was easy to see as more than 100 volunteers across 19 separate fire, emergency service and polizei agencies were on hand.
“This is a great opportunity for us to highlight the partnership within the community. The children and family members -- they all come out here, they participate and they see first responders on the German side and the American side working together to keep the community safe, which I think is an incredibly important message to send out there,” said Garrison Command Sgt. Major Richard Russell.
That association and teamwork is critical to the continued success of the garrison's emergency services, especially as they lean and work together with local partners during incident situations, in and outside the garrison's fence line.
Russell went on to say that one of the command's top priorities is protecting the community, which takes intentional cooperation between German and American emergency service agencies.
“Partnership and our devotion to duty to make sure this community is safe -- we could not do that alone. We couldn’t do that without host-nation support, both on the fire side and also on the polizei side," said Russell.
Sven Janneck, chief of event security and the host-nation liaison officer for the Wiesbaden Department of Emergency services, also noted, "It is a key mission of local emergency response teams “to provide the best quality of support for the residents on the garrison side as well as the German side."
In a crisis, enlisting help from nearby host-nation emergency service departments – could be the difference between life and death. Currently, it is estimated that the response time to Aukumm Village from Clay Kaserne is seven minutes. In an emergency when seconds matter, getting first responders on site fast can save lives and, often times, those first to the scene are from a local partner agency.
“The cooperation has been exceptionally good. Whenever there is an incident we help out each other," said Janneck, who began his career 24 years ago as an entry-level firefighter, before rising to battalion chief and into his current role with the city of Wiesbaden.
First responder appreciation events are held for several reasons – they allow first responders the chance to thank the community for their support, while also providing an opportunity to have fun and to see – up close – what special equipment, techniques and procedures may be implement when emergency services are called upon.
One of those pieces of special equipment was on full display during a live demonstration. Local Wiesbaden fire fighters wielding the Jaws of Life with adept precision were able to remove the doors and roof of a “crashed car” to transform the once brand-new sedan, into a lowly broken convertible.
Many in the community feel incredibly thankful and safe knowing that local German first responders are able to assist and respond rapidly in a time of need.
For one local resident watching the parade with her son, that moment came soon after her family’s arrival to Germany and getting settled in their third-floor apartment in the Aukumm Village housing area.
“Thankfully not an emergency, but our fire alarm went off and we had to call the German fire department to come. They were here very quick and were helpful. I think (this event) is great for all of us to build relations. We are new here so this kind of helps us to feel welcome here,” said Megan Lem resident of Aukumm Village.
Lem’s son Colton, a rising second grader, gave his approval between bites of candy, “I liked all the trucks. I want to be a police officer, something Army-ish.”
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WICHITA, Kan. – You can take the girl out of Missouri, but you can’t take Missouri out of the girl. Growing up in the small town of Liberty, Missouri, Electronics Technician 2nd Class Alexandria Douglas, assigned to Navy Talent Acquisition Group (NTAG) Mid America, Navy Recruiting Station Wichita-East, Kansas, was raised with the values of hard work, treating people with respect, and being passionate about what she believes in.
These values easily translated over into the Navy when she was ready to leave home and forge her own journey.
“There are a couple of different reasons why I joined the Navy, but I would say one of my main things was because I wanted to embark on a great adventure,” said Douglas. “It sounds cliché, but I felt like I had more to offer. I had several jobs: from a boring desk job to being a farmhand to decorating cakes. After a while, I felt capped out. I wanted to be more successful and have the opportunity to move up and progress.”
And progress she did. After graduating from Navy boot camp at Recruit Training Command (RTC) in Great Lakes, Illinois, Douglas reported to her first duty station at Maritime Expeditionary Security Squadron (MSRON) Three. The mission of MSRONs across the Navy is to conduct maritime security operations across all phases of military operations by defending high value assets, critical maritime infrastructure, ports, and harbors both inland and on coastal waterways against enemies, and when commanded, conduct offensive combat operations. During her tenure, Douglas stood out from amongst her peers because she threw every ounce of her being at every task.
“I'm not afraid to do something that I don't know how to do, and at MSRON, it’s a high learning curve,” said Douglas. “A big part of my personality and work ethic is that I’ll throw myself at something and grind on it until I figure out how to do it. I think I’ve got a pretty even keel so it’s easy for me to do really anything that is asked of me, so I think it’s what’s made me successful in the Navy.”
While with MSRON-3, the Midwesterner deployed three times to the Middle Eastern part of the world where she saw some amazing things.
“I realized that I could go out and see really cool stuff in the Navy,” said Douglas. “I felt like the Navy could give me a good career path. On top of that, one of my main goals was traveling and seeing the world because I grew up in a small town in Missouri and hadn’t really been anywhere outside the state. I wanted to see more of the world and the Navy does it better than everybody else.”
Aside from seeing different parts of the world and learning about vast cultures, Douglas learned something about herself thanks to the Navy.
“I think the Navy has helped me grow as a person,” said Douglas. “Before the Navy, I was kind of aimless. I tried a bunch of different careers but never really felt like I found something that fit. With the Navy, I’ve found something that makes me really happy. It feels like I’ve never worked a day in my life because of how much I’ve enjoyed it.”
Douglas has enjoyed the Navy so much so that she often times reminisces to her first days at RTC.
“I think back to the first time I put my uniform on in boot camp, and it’s nerdy but, I liked what I saw in the mirror,” said Douglas. “I still like what I see every single day I put my uniform on.”
When the time came for Douglas to choose orders after MSRON-3, Douglas decided to trade in her camouflage and bulletproof vest for her service uniform and dress whites at a recruiting command. A command that was close to home and her relatives – NTAG Mid America.
“My grandparents are from Wichita so when I saw that that was available, I was happy that I would be able to visit them whenever I want,” said Douglas. “Plus, Wichita is only a three hour drive away from my parents, so I’m still able to see them on a regular basis.”
Aside from the obvious family advantages, Douglas chose to come back to the Midwest to share her experiences and stories with kids whose shoes she used to be in.
“I wanted to come and talk to kids that grew up the way that I did and tell them that there's more out there than just small town USA,” said Douglas. “After talking with them, I feel like they feel inspired; that they can go out and do really incredible things. They just have to want it bad enough and go make it happen.”
Of course, recruiting in the Midwest comes with its drawbacks. Not everyone is so receptive to Douglas’ Navy message for a variety of reasons.
“Being in an Air Force town is really difficult for the recruiting market,” said Douglas. “We're literally as far away from the ocean as you could possibly get being in the middle of the country. So, it’s a challenge to recruit for sure.”
But despite those reasons, Douglas doesn’t see it as a roadblock. She sees it as an opportunity.
“I embrace the challenges of recruiting in the Midwest,” said Douglas. “Even if somebody doesn’t join, I want to be able to give them a better view of what we are as a whole.”
Douglas also believes that even though the Navy isn’t for everyone, it’s still a viable path to pursue for some who want another option outside of college after high school.
“I didn’t go to college right out of high school, and at the time, it felt like I didn’t fit in with the rest of society,” said Douglas. “But I realized that’s not the only path after high school. There are plenty of other options and the military is one of them. So, when someone does end up joining the Navy because they are excited about all the opportunities it can offer them, that’s really cool to see. That’s honestly my favorite thing about being a recruiter – seeing kids get excited about the thing that I love.”
Her adoration for the Navy grows exponentially when she sees other women deciding to join the ranks of the most powerful Navy in the world.
“I’ve got a soft spot for young ladies who want to join,” said Douglas. “As a woman in the military, we’re still a minority. So, I feel proud every time I see a young lady who wants to follow in my footsteps. On top of that, I just really like helping people take their next step in life and finding their purpose like I did.”
Douglas was also able to find more than just her purpose since being on recruiting duty. She’s also been able to grow both personally and professionally within a short span of time.
“Since I’ve been recruiting, I’ve been able to buy my first house and get a dog for the first time since I was a kid, so that’s pretty awesome,” said Douglas. “I’m a top recruiter at the command, and I was the number one recruiter in the nation for July. I was the recruiter of the month for the last two months, the recruiter of the quarter, and the command’s Junior Sailor of the Quarter. I’ve been able to accomplish this all within my first six months of recruiting.”
But her incredible performance doesn’t stop there for Douglas. She plans to grow even further at NTAG Mid America... and beyond.
“I have a lot of goals and plans I want to achieve,” said Douglas. “I want to get a six shooter award, which is when I write six contracts in a month. I want to be the command’s Rookie Recruiter of the Year and make first class while I’m here. Further on down the road, I’d like to make chief and then be a chief warrant officer in the MSRON community.”
Douglas encompasses everything needed to be a top recruiter. A passion for the Navy, a hard-charging performer, and the ability to not only talk to people about the Navy, but to sell it. These qualities of hers are further encapsulated by her divisional leading petty officer, Navy Counselor 1st Class Matthew Taylor.
“Douglas is able to relate to a mass audience on a genuine personal level,” said Taylor. “To be able to individually touch every person in the room without talking to each person individually, is truly a remarkable gift. She has had the best return on investment of people committing to join the Navy. Her people skills, performance of her duties, and passion are unmatched.”
NTAG Mid America, part of Navy Recruiting Command (NRC), recruits the next generation of Navy Sailors throughout areas encompassing Missouri, Kansas, central and southern Illinois, and a portion of Kentucky.
NRC consists of a command headquarters, three Navy Recruiting Regions, and 26 NTAGs that serve more than 1,000 recruiting stations around the world. Their mission is to attract the highest quality candidates to assure the ongoing success of America’s Navy.
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East Greenwich, RI - Originally from Honduras, Pfc. Gaido’s childhood enthusiasm for the Army has been constant. His inspiration for joining came from watching Saving Private Ryan when he was four years old.
Gaid said, “You see good guys fighting evil and I thought that's what the military was like”. A combat medic with Headquarters Headquarters Battery, 1st Battalion, 103d Field Artillery Regiment. Gaido said, “‘I remember looking up and saying, ‘I want to do that.’”
“Fourteen years later, I had an opportunity to enlist and took it.”
“After my sister was born. I was there to help receive her and watch that happen,” said Gaido. “I wanted to go medical. I wanted to help people. I want to go in the field and be with my people and make sure that they're good, doing good, because I really care about them.”
After coming to America he realized his dream of becoming a U.S. Soldier. At first opportunity he spoke with a recruiter and enlisted at age seventeen.
Gaido spoke on his preference to stay enlisted, “I like being an enlisted soldier. I like (enlisted) life. Waking up in the morning and knowing, hey I’m going to go work with my buddies. I feel like the higher you go, the less you can do on the ground.
That’s why I've been able to enjoy being in the field this AT with my colleagues and peers. I’m able to be in the field with them, day in and day out. That’s particularly what I enjoy about being enlisted.”
While in basic training, Gaido also became an American Citizen. Initially, he did not want to use the military to become a citizen, but changed his mind after his drill sergeant gave him a packet, had him fill it out and told him he wanted him to become a citizen.
After completing the packet, he signed it, and it was sent off for processing,
“Then around Christmas time, I got an email with a date to come in for the next steps towards to getting my citizenship. Yeah, I became a citizen, a naturalized citizen on February 10th of this year (2022).”
Gaido hopes to one day go active duty, fulfilling a goal to become a forward observer (13F).
“I do love artillery, so I want to stay in it.” Gaido said. “I do see myself giving a whole lifetime of service to the military and a thank you for allowing me to stay in this, in this great nation,”
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Convicted killer Jordan Stevens' sentencing has been moved to Dec. 14.
Stevens was convicted of first-degree murder in the May 3, 2019, shooting death of Alillia “Lala” Minthorn on the Yakama Reservation.
A jury found him guilty on June 10, 2021, in U.S. District Court in Yakima.
Stevens' sentencing was scheduled for Aug. 31, but a federal judge approved a request to give newly appointed defense counsel more time to prepare, according to a court motion seeking a continuance.
Stevens was accused of taking Minthorn to a remote area north of Brownstown and shooting her once in the head.
Two witnesses said Stevens killed her because he believed she informed the FBI about a previous incident in which he was involved.
After Stevens was convicted, defense attorneys filed a motion seeking a new trail. Defense attorney Robbin Emmans reported feeling sick during the trial and later learned of a mixup in her anti-depression and anxiety medications.
Ulvar Klein and Karla Kane Hudson were also on Stevens’ defense team.
U.S. District Court Judge Stanly Bastian denied the retrial motion in June.
Prosecutors are seeking a life sentence for Stevens. They filed a sentencing memorandum outlining his motive for killing Minthorn and pointing at his criminal past. It asserted Stevens killed Minthorn because he feared she told the FBI about a robbery he committed days earlier.
In 2009, Stevens was convicted of two counts of child molestation, and in 2010 he was convicted of assault and sentenced to 41 months in prison, the memorandum said.
In the assault, he pulled the mother of his two children from a car and beat her while she was on the ground, breaking several bones in her back and face, the memorandum said.
The case may not end with Minthorn’s death.
Another witness in Stevens' murder trial, Tim Castilleja, hasn’t been located since his tavern in Brownstown was leveled by fire three days after his testimony.
Federal investigators said they recovered what they believe to be human remains from the charred rubble, but have yet to disclose further details.
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A Yakima nonprofit that supports people battling cancer and other life-threatening illnesses is offering adventuresome supporters the chance to raise funds by rappelling down a Yakima landmark.
Wellness House will partner with Over the Edge and the Liberty Building for “Over the Edge Yakima” on Aug. 27. It’s the third time Wellness House has held the unusual fundraiser, which benefits the nonprofit’s free programs serving individuals and families dealing with cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.
It begins at 9 a.m. at the Liberty Building at 32 N. Third St. No previous climbing or rappelling experience is necessary.
Participating “Edgers” need to raise a minimum of $1,000, or create a team where each member raises $750, for the opportunity to rappel down the Liberty Building. Participants have until Nov. 1 to complete their pledge minimum.
Potential participants should visit the Wellness House website at bit.ly/YHR-wellnesshouse to learn more, reserve a spot and create a personal fundraising page so others can donate. There will also be a limited number of walk-in spots available Aug. 27 between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. on a first-come, first-served basis.
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A child likely died from a rare infection caused by a brain-eating amoeba after swimming in an eastern Nebraska river, health officials said, making it the second such probable death in the Midwest this summer and raising the question of whether climate change is playing a role.
The Douglas County Department of Health based in Omaha, Nebraska, reported Wednesday that doctors believe the child died of primary amebic meningoencephalitis, a usually fatal infection caused by the naegleria fowleri amoeba. Health officials believe the child came into contact with the amoeba on Sunday while swimming in the Elkhorn River just west of Omaha.
Officials have not released the child’s identity.
Last month, a Missouri resident died of the same infection likely caused by the amoeba at Lake of Three Fires in southwestern Iowa. Iowa officials closed the lake’s beach as a precaution for nearly three weeks.
People are usually infected when water containing the amoeba enters the body through the nose while swimming or diving into lakes and rivers. Other sources have been documented, including tainted tap water in a Houston-area city in 2020. Symptoms include fever, headache, nausea or vomiting, progressing to a stiff neck, loss of balance, hallucinations and seizures.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says naegleria fowleri infections are rare — there are about three cases in the United States every year — but that those infections are overwhelmingly fatal.
There were 154 cases reported between 1962 and 2021 in the U.S., with only four survivors, according to the CDC. Of those, 71 cases were reported between 2000 and 2021. Texas and Florida recorded the most infections with 39 and 37 cases respectively, and the amoeba is typically found in southern states because it thrives in waters that are warmer than 86 degrees Fahrenheit (30 Celsius).
But infections have migrated north in recent years, including two cases in Minnesota since 2010, Douglas County Health Director Dr. Lindsey Huse noted during a news conference Thursday.
“Our regions are becoming warmer,” she said. “As things warm up, the water warms up and water levels drop because of drought, you see that this organism is a lot happier and more typically grows in those situations.”
According to the National Water Information System, the surface water temperature near where the child was swimming was between 86 and 92 degrees.
Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, a researcher at the Universidad de La Laguna in the Canary Islands who has studied naegleria fowleri, said Thursday that an increase in infections since 2000 can be blamed on two factors: better knowledge and diagnosis of the disease, and the rising temperature in bodies of water providing “a perfect environment” for the amoeba to thrive.
Researcher Sutherland Maciver, who has studied the amoeba at the Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences at Edinburgh Medical School in Scotland, says not all infections are reported and that the 430 cases that have ever been reported worldwide are almost certainly an undercount. And, he said, scientists cannot say with certainty that the Nebraska case is directly attributable to climate change.
The two researchers co-authored a paper titled “Is Naegleria fowleri an Emerging Parasite?” that examined factors behind the increase in reported cases.
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Mr. John A. Fedrigo, the principal deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Ms. Christy Nolta, the deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for Reserve Affairs and Airman Readiness, and U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Christina Hendrix, the executive officer for the Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, pose for a group photograph during a base visit at Warfield Air National Guard Base at Martin State Airport, Middle River, Maryland, August 18, 2022. The group took time to speak with wing leadership and visit with Civil Air Patrol cadets during their 2022 summer encampment. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Chris Schepers)
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CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (KDVR) — There’s an old saying: It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.
Luna “the Tuna,” as her humans call her, proves that saying to be true.
“She’ll boss you around,” said Luna’s owner, Jordan Courtney.
Despite standing only 6 inches tall, Luna regular enforcer on her block in Castle Rock, Colorado. She’s the first line of defense for the Courtney family, morning, noon and night — even when a bear wanders into the yard.
Courtney said her mother took Luna outside in the middle of the night on Wednesday, unaware there was an unwelcome visitor near their home.
“Then Luna went racing off, barking, and my mom didn’t know what she was barking at,” Courtney said.
Video caught by their neighbor’s security cameras revealed that Luna had spotted a bear, and fearlessly chased it across the adjacent yard.
“It was just comical, seeing this little doggy chasing after a full-sized bear,” Courtney said.
Luckily, Luna wasn’t injured during the confrontation. It’s unclear, meanwhile, if the bear will think twice about coming back to the block.
“She is protective of her family,” Courtney said of Luna. “She just wanted to protect the home front.”
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife said black bears in the state are entering hyperphagia, a stage in which they try to eat as many calories as they can — sometimes over 20,000 per day — to fatten up for the winter. As bears start to prepare for hibernation and hunt for food, officials warn that residents may see more bear activity in urban areas.
For protection, experts say bear-proofing your home is essential for your own safety.
“Simple changes in human behavior can reap big benefits,” said wildlife biologist Dr. Stewart Breck of the National Wildlife Research Center. “If people keep their trash and other potential food items, like birdseed and dog food, off-limits to bears, not only will they protect their homes and property from bear damage, but they’ll also protect bears.”
Tips for bear-proofing your home include:
- Keeping garbage in a well-secured location.
- Only putting out garbage on the morning of pickup.
- Cleaning garbage cans regularly to keep them free of food odors: ammonia is effective.
- Using a bear-resistant trash can or dumpster.
- Not leaving pet food or stock feed outside.
- Attracting birds naturally with flowers and water baths instead of bird feeders, which are a major source of bear/human conflicts.
- Not hanging bird feeders from April 15 to Nov. 15.
- Not feeding other wildlife including deer, turkeys or small mammals.
- Not allowing bears to become comfortable around your house. If you see one, yell at it, throw things at it, make noise to scare it off.
- Securing compost piles. Bears are attracted to the scent of rotting food.
- Cleaning the grill after each use.
- Cleaning up thoroughly after picnics in the yard or on the deck.
- Keeping rotting fruit from accumulating under fruit trees.
- Keeping livestock animals in a fully covered enclosure. Constructing electric fencing if possible.
- Storing livestock food indoors, keeping enclosures clean to minimize odors, and hanging rags soaked in ammonia and/or Pine-Sol around the enclosure.
- Installing electric fencing (where allowed) around beehives, if you keep bees.
- Talking to your neighbors and kids about being bear-aware.
- Keeping garage doors closed.
More tips for bear-proofing your home and bear-safety guidelines can be found at the CPW’s website. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/pomeranian-chases-bear-from-colorado-neighborhood/ | 2022-08-19T14:31:37Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/pomeranian-chases-bear-from-colorado-neighborhood/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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BALTIMORE - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday released state jobs and unemployment data today. According to the preliminary survey data, Maryland added 12,000 jobs and the unemployment rate decreased to 3.9% in July. This is the lowest unemployment rate since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Compared with July 2021, Maryland jobs are up by 78,600, an over-the-year gain of 3%.
The Professional and Business Services sector experienced the most growth with an increase of 4,700 jobs, all within the Administrative and Support Services Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services subsectors.
Other sectors adding jobs included Manufacturing (1,000); Education and Health Services (900); Information (400); and Mining, Logging, and Construction (300). Total jobs in the Financial Activities sector remained the same.
Sectors that experienced a decline include Trade, Transportation, and Utilities (600); Leisure and Hospitality (300); and Other Services (100).
May’s preliminary jobs estimate as reported by BLS was revised upwards by 1,400 jobs, from a gain of 1,500 jobs to a gain of 2,900 jobs. Since the beginning of 2022, Maryland has gained 44,400 jobs. | https://www.wboc.com/news/md-gained-12-000-jobs-in-july-unemployment-decreased-to-3-9/article_0262e9ac-1fc9-11ed-8d6f-7be823ed74b4.html | 2022-08-19T14:38:34Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/md-gained-12-000-jobs-in-july-unemployment-decreased-to-3-9/article_0262e9ac-1fc9-11ed-8d6f-7be823ed74b4.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SALISBURY, Md. - The Wicomico County Fair is returning to WinterPlace Park in Salisbury Friday, Aug. 19 through Sunday, Aug. 21.
The event is produced by Wicomico Farm & Home Show and Wicomico County, and it is presented by Perdue, Toyota, Pohanka of Salisbury and Piedmont.
“Our team is excited to produce another year of the Fair,” said Zach Evans, Wicomico County Fair chair. “As always, the Fair will deliver a program of free, family-friendly activities to WinterPlace Park.”
Returning events include the Maryland High School Rodeo; livestock shows; 4-H and FFA competitions; watermelon, pie and hot wing eating contests; petting farm; car, Jeep and motorcycle shows; fair queen pageant; Hebron Train Depot rides; lawn tractor pulls; and fireworks on Friday.
New attractions include a carriage parade, inflatables, glass blowing and chainsaw carving demonstrations, and ax throwing.
Kindred Spirit Farm will run hands-on education rodeo activities for kids on Saturday and Sunday.
Admission and parking at the Fair are free. For more information, visit www.WicomicoFair.com. | https://www.wboc.com/news/wicomico-county-fair-this-weekend/article_216863d0-1fc0-11ed-ab4f-d7afffb3a8a0.html | 2022-08-19T14:38:40Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/wicomico-county-fair-this-weekend/article_216863d0-1fc0-11ed-ab4f-d7afffb3a8a0.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
James Robert Matlack, 76, suddenly passed away Sunday, August 14, 2022, at his home. Born August 24, 1945, in Indianapolis, IN, he was the son of the late Dr. Harold Ellis Matlack and Roberta Jane (Coleman) Matlack, who relocated to Salisbury, MD in 1954 from Haddonfield, NJ.
Jimmy graduated from Wicomico High School in 1963 and Randolph Macon Military Academy in 1964. He then enrolled at the University of Alabama (Roll Tide!), but a few years later was drafted into the National Guard.
To read full obituary, click Here. | https://www.wboc.com/obituaries/james-robert-matlack/article_267cf786-1fb7-11ed-a5b1-6ba6fce418c6.html | 2022-08-19T14:38:41Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/obituaries/james-robert-matlack/article_267cf786-1fb7-11ed-a5b1-6ba6fce418c6.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Vanderson Jean-Charles, 23, of Laurel, DE died on August 1, 2022 in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Born on June 4, 1999 in Gonaives, Haiti, he was the son of Ernst and Mimose Jean-Charles.
Vanderson graduated from Laurel High School where he played soccer and ran track & field.
To read full obituary, click Here. | https://www.wboc.com/obituaries/vanderson-r-jean-charles/article_435e8470-1fb5-11ed-881a-c7c530c03a75.html | 2022-08-19T14:38:42Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/obituaries/vanderson-r-jean-charles/article_435e8470-1fb5-11ed-881a-c7c530c03a75.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
School days are here again. Tell us about your top memories and your best teachers.
Coloradoan Conversations is the Coloradoan's opinion forum. Each Friday we'll pose conversation-starting questions online at Coloradoan.com/opinion and moderate online discussion through the following Wednesday, recapping the best discussion points online the following Friday and in Sunday's printed edition.
This week's Coloradoan Conversation Starter:
What are your best back-to-school memories or the teachers who made a difference in your life?
The thousands of children going back to school in the Fort Collins area this week got us thinking about our most memorable experiences in our past lives in the classroom, the cafeteria and gym class. And also our best teachers and the school mentors who inspired us the most.
We invite you to share your best memories from your school days and give a shout-out to the people who had the biggest impact on your life (and how they did that), especially the ones in Poudre School District, Thompson School District, Weld RE-4 and local charter schools.
Click on the "View Comments" box at the top or bottom of this story at Coloradoan.com/opinion to join the conversation. Print readers can participate online or by sending their thoughts to opinion@coloradoan.com.
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More:Timnath Middle-High School students kick off the year | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/opinion/2022/08/19/back-to-school-is-here-again-tell-us-about-your-top-memories-teachers/65410290007/ | 2022-08-19T14:40:48Z | coloradoan.com | control | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/opinion/2022/08/19/back-to-school-is-here-again-tell-us-about-your-top-memories-teachers/65410290007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Does Fort Collins' U+2 roommate rule make housing more or less affordable? Things to consider
The city of Fort Collins' U+2 housing occupancy policy, which prohibits more than three unrelated people to live in the same unit, is up for review by city staff and City Council. They asked for resident input via a survey that closed Aug. 8.
Since we won't get the results of the city's input effort for some time, we wanted to gather our own and recently asked you: "What changes, if any, would you make to Fort Collins' rental occupancy regulations and what outcomes do you think those changes would produce for renters and their neighbors?"
Before we get into the various points of view on the subject, let's get on the same page about what the ordinance allows and does not allow, also laid out in detail on the city's website.
Occupancy in a residential dwelling unit (single-family, duplex, and multifamily) is restricted to either:
- one family (defined below) and not more than one additional person;
- one adult and their dependents (if any), a second adult and their dependents (if any), and not more than one additional person.
"Family" is defined as "any number of persons who are all related by blood, marriage, adoption, guardianship or other duly authorized custodial relationship, and who live together as a single housekeeping unit and share common living, sleeping, cooking, and eating facilities."
According to the city, that allows for these living situations:
- a family (of any size and configuration)
- a family (of any size and configuration) and their nanny
- a family (of any size and configuration) and an exchange student
- two single parents, their kids, and a friend
- two siblings and one friend
- two married couples as long as a familial relationship exists linking the two couples
But not these situations:
- two couples, married or not, with no familial relationship linking couple A to couple B
- two siblings and two or more friends
- a family (of any size), a caretaker, and an exchange student
And before we get into some more complex considerations around the ordinance, take a look at these comments from Coloradoan Conversations participants that summarize the basic pros and cons around the housing affordability aspect of U+2.
The 'keep U+2' argument
It makes it easier for family homeowners to afford a home by reducing incentives for investor homeowners.
"All that will happen (if U+2 is rescinded) is landlords will be able to charge the going per bedroom rent for more bedrooms. Families will not be able to afford houses that are rented by-the-bedroom. Houses with more than three bedrooms with be snapped up by 'investors,' again leaving families unable to afford them." — Mimi K.
"3 people (U+2) paying $500/month equals $1,500K/month. 6 people (No U+2) paying $500/month equals $3,000/month. Doubled your income overnight. The investor/landlord would be willing to pay more for a house that has more room to stuff more people in it. And that's how housing prices fly." — John M.
The 'Get rid of U+2' argument
It gives residents more affordable housing options and also increases housing stock:
"U+2 makes it more expensive to live here by removing denser living options. Not everyone would prefer living with more roommates for cheaper rent (or nicer housing), but everyone who does would free up housing for other people, and the more housing is available, the harder it is to find a buyer or renter and prices have to go down to compensate." — Brendan L.
"Picture this: Imagine that CSU admitted a hundred new students. If you could house them four to an apartment, then you would need twenty-five apartments for them. But if you suddenly mandate that only three students can live in an apartment, then how many apartments do you need? 33. You need 25% more housing for the same number of kids. That means more student housing, not less. And it means pushing families out of those extra homes to make way for those students." — Peter E.
Target unwanted behaviors, not occupancy
The arguments above don't consider the quality of life aspect, though. Residents in favor of keeping U+2 cite problems around noise, trash and crowding as potential or real problems.
But a couple commenters suggested these unwanted behaviors could be handled without bringing occupancy limits into it.
"The main purposes of U+2 are to prevent noise, litter but the law has nothing to do with that. What U+2 does is reduces housing stocks. ... Do away with U+2 and enforce the noise and litter ordinances." — Beverly & Randy R.
This does place an additional bottleneck and burden on residents affected by those behaviors, though, said Aurora H.: "Ordinances, by nature, are enforced through complaints. If you don't complain, they won't be there to enforce it since we don't have cops / code compliance officials on every block."
One U+2 modification could provide some middle ground for cars parked on residential streets, she said: Allow "1 (person) per conforming bedroom. That's probably the only logical change (to U+2)."
And her observation is that families can have just as big of an impact on parking: "Even a family of 4 in a normal 3 or 4 bedroom house will still have 3-4 cars when the kids are old enough to drive."
This isn't only about students and investors
Above we reviewed the logic of how keeping U+2 could boost housing affordability for residents who aren't students. But there are also arguments illuminating how getting rid of U+2 could provide a financial opportunity for that group:
"Although we tend to talk about students when we talk about U+2, the policy impacts all kinds of young professionals: twenty-something’s, thirty-something’s, school teachers, etc. — anyone who hasn’t been able to afford to buy a home," Peter E. said. "Picture the old TV show 'The Golden Girls.' It’s a group of elderly women who share housing and companionship in their old age. Their arrangement would be illegal in Fort Collins, because they’re not 'family.' (In fact it was illegal at the time in Miami when the show was filmed!)"
"When my husband and I bought our first house, the only way we could afford to purchase it was to have three housemates. Thankfully the community we lived in didn't have a U+2 law that would have blocked us from being able to do that," Meg D. said. She cited a example from 1920s Fort Collins history: A couple were renters of an entire house but sublet three other bedrooms. "They were able to use the subletting income to pay for the construction of the house we now live in. They wouldn't have been able to do that if U+2 had been part of Fort Collins law in the 1920s."
U+2 protects the poorest neighborhoods and vulnerable residents?
David R. contends that having the U+2 ordinance actually protects residents who can't afford to live in neighborhoods with homeowners associations, which can set rules to improve quality of life.
"For many residents, the occupancy ordinance along with other quality-of-life codes are the closest thing to a home owners association they have," David R. said. "The value of the occupancy ordinance because of this has been tangible to thousands of residents, even if they aren't always aware of its existence. U+2 has worked particularly well for those who live in our oldest and poorest neighborhoods, in ways that our more affluent neighborhoods in Fort Collins take for granted. Fort Collins should be a safe haven for residents, not for absent and invisible investors and banks."
And Jessie C. argued that with increased occupancy comes risk of unsafe and exploitative living conditions:
"I lived this 'captive audience' situation myself in college (in a different state) where landlords/slumlords rented properties by the individual bedroom, and students didn't really have much of a choice but to rent an off-campus room with several other people that were strangers. It was common for a landlord to own multiple, often older or run down, properties with 5 or more bedrooms in the neighborhoods proximal to the university, and rake in lots of money on the backs of students and other renters. So, be careful what you wish for when you talk about undoing U+2.'
So Harry S. says to keep U+2 and "require landlords to hold a permit in order to rent property. Inspect rental property. Enforce theses policies. Fund this via fees charged for the permits and fines for violations." He notes that "this will increase the cost of owning rental property. It will increase rents for single family homes. It will also reduce the frequency of property investors outbidding families for single family homes."
(The city is also looking at rental rules and standards — its survey also asked about that.)
It isn't just a single-family home issue, either
If getting rid of U+2 leades to big change in a single-family neighborhood, what will it look like in even more dense housing developments, M_E. asks:
"Much of the comment on lifting U+2 is focused on single family homes, and I worry that the impact that lifting U+2 will have on existing high density housing developments, such as condos, townhomes, duplexes, and patio homes, is largely ignored," M _E. said.
"By definition these developments have limited parking, and they were not intended to have large numbers of people living in each unit. Lifting the U+2 rule will disproportionately affect the quality of life in already crowded high density neighborhoods, and the residents in these neighborhoods will bear the burden of the rule change. ... For many low/middle income buyers, these high-density neighborhoods are the only attainable options in Fort Collins, but owner-occupants in these neighborhoods seem overlooked when it comes to policy making, as this housing is perceived as a second class option. Homeowners in these neighborhoods pay taxes and support city services just like single family homeowners, yet their concerns are typically not highlighted in discussions about U+2."
We hope this conversation has opened minds to viewpoints and impacts you may not have considered yet. Stay tuned to the Coloradoan as we report on what respondents said in the official city survey. | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/opinion/2022/08/19/does-fort-collins-u2-roommate-rule-make-housing-more-less-affordable/65409578007/ | 2022-08-19T14:40:54Z | coloradoan.com | control | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/opinion/2022/08/19/does-fort-collins-u2-roommate-rule-make-housing-more-less-affordable/65409578007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
What could help Fort Collins employers fill their job openings?
Coloradoan Conversations is the Coloradoan's opinion forum. Each Friday we'll pose conversation-starting questions online at Coloradoan.com/opinion and moderate online discussion through the following Wednesday, recapping the best discussion points online the following Friday and in Sunday's printed edition.
This week's Coloradoan Conversation Starter:
What could help employers fill their job openings?
The Coloradoan reported recently that Fort Collins bus system Transfort has a shortage of drivers, and Poudre School District is going into its school year with 225 job openings.
While no industry faces the same challenges when it comes to hiring, what are some strategies, either specific to an industry or not, that employers could implement to fill their open positions? And in the broader view of the community, what changes could help employers fill their payrolls?
Click on the "View Comments" box at the top or bottom of this story at Coloradoan.com/opinion to join the conversation. Print readers can participate online or by sending their thoughts to opinion@coloradoan.com. | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/opinion/2022/08/19/what-could-help-fort-collins-employers-fill-their-job-openings/65410285007/ | 2022-08-19T14:41:00Z | coloradoan.com | control | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/opinion/2022/08/19/what-could-help-fort-collins-employers-fill-their-job-openings/65410285007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Lehigh Township Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, August 8 at 7 p.m. Township Chairman Michael Jones was not present, thus his duties were performed by Vice Chairman Gerald L. Pritchard.
A decision for the 5-month appointment to the Lehigh Township Planning Commission has been slated for the next meeting of this month. Votes from the supervisors between Mr. William Jones III and Mr. Charles P. Parish were tied at the August 8 meeting.
In regards to the Parks and Recreation department, a community softball game was discussed and will be advertised encouraging all Lehigh Township residents to watch. There are approximately six teams to be competing, all composed of different township departments and members of the community such as the Lehigh Township Vol. Fire Company and Amey’s Garage. The game will occur, weather depending, on Saturday, October 1 at 9 a.m. at the LTAA field.
In other news, the various road closures in Lehigh Township have been observed to be having negative effects on the roads along detour routes. The supervisors and police department discussed methods in which they can minimize these effects and measures will be taken, such as increased signage.
The next Lehigh Township Board of Supervisors meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 23 at 7 p.m. in the Lehigh Township municipal building. | https://homenewspa.com/2022/08/17/lehigh-township-announces-community-softball-game/ | 2022-08-19T14:43:30Z | wspa.com | control | https://homenewspa.com/2022/08/17/lehigh-township-announces-community-softball-game/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
During the Allen Township Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, August 9, supervisors unanimously granted Prologis, a warehouse development on Willowbrook Road, permission to conduct overnight concrete pours at two construction sites on the property.
Kristine Dwyer, project manager at Prologis, requested that pours start at 1 a.m. and run through 7 p.m. Typical work hours at the site are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
“[We are] trying to catch up on the schedule,” she told supervisors. “[We had] some issues with the concrete and the soil on the site.”
Prologis has already received zoning approval for an onsite batch plant. Slab pours would be conducted every two to three days, with four trucks running through the day. Dwyer said a new schedule would be submitted if temperatures change and that the developers would be willing to measure sound decibels to prevent a nuisance to neighboring properties.
Supervisor Gary Behler asked that the developers work with nearby residents.
“If they don’t have any problems with it, then I don’t have any problems with it,” he said.
Supervisors voted to allow the developers three 24-hour workdays per week, Monday through Friday, through the end of August, with the stipulation that the schedule may change should neighboring residents complain.
In other news, supervisors explored traffic calming measures for East Bullshead Road. Residents of Country Road, a dead-end cul-de-sac off East Bullshead, have complained of tractor trailers using the road to turn around.
Township Manager Ilene Eckhart calls this cul-de-sac the “point of no return.” If truck drivers don’t turn around here, they become stuck beneath the Nor-Bath Trail Trestle. Recovery and road closures can take hours.
“[Country Road] is the last hope to get yourself turned around and out of there in one piece,” Eckhart said. She said she has begun to explore solutions for this repeated problem and asked supervisors for their thoughts.
“We do not have enough signage on Willowbrook Road,” said Supervisor Dale Hassler. “We need large signs.”
Hassler suggested that signs, four to eight feet wide, be placed before the East Bullshead intersection.
“We need something that these drivers see,” he added.
Behler wondered whether a roundabout would work to keep traffic moving while allowing trucks to turn around.
“You are talking megabucks,” said Hassler. “If we can curve [truck traffic] by putting that sign up..the end result would be the same…You’re keeping the trucks off that road.”
Hassler said signs should be the first step before exploring something like a roundabout.
Supervisors agreed, but not all were hopeful that change would be seen.
“I’ll be shocked if you find anything changes there,” said Behler.
During the meeting, supervisors also approved Eckhart to send a letter to PennDOT, requesting that the state perform a speed study of all state roads in the township. This study includes Indian Trail Road, Kreidersville Road, Howertown Road, and Cherryville Road. Cherryville Road, said Eckhart, is the township’s highest fatality road.
Finally, supervisors approved the LSA Grant application for Monroe and Lehigh/Northampton Counties. The township will apply for $159,900 to purchase a new public works backhoe.
The next Allen Township Board of Supervisors meeting will be Tuesday, August 23, at 7 p.m. | https://homenewspa.com/2022/08/19/allen-township-supervisors-grant-overnight-work-explore-traffic-calming-for-east-bullshead/ | 2022-08-19T14:44:00Z | wspa.com | control | https://homenewspa.com/2022/08/19/allen-township-supervisors-grant-overnight-work-explore-traffic-calming-for-east-bullshead/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Comedian/illusionist performing Aug. 27 at MCCC
A former Disney comedian and illusionist is coming to Monroe.
Dana Daniels of California will perform a family-friendly show at 7 p.m. Aug. 27 at the Meyer Theater on the campus of Monroe County Community College, 1555 S. Raisinville Rd.
Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.
The program is a benefit for the St. Mary Catholic Central High School athletic program.
General admission tickets are $50 each. For tickets, contact Todd at (734) 625-4633 or mitchncos@yahoo.com.
Daniels, an award-winning performer, calls his show “The Funnyside of Magic.” A corporate performer, he’s also headlined at “Warren & Annabelle’s Magic” in Maui for the last 11 years and is part of the popular touring show “The Illusionist 1903—Turn of the Century,” which tours in Dubai and Australia.
"('The Illusionist') is the most successful and largest magic show on tour today," SMCC said.
Daniels has appeared on Broadway and on TV shows, including “America’s Got Talent,” “Evening at the Improv,” “CBS Morning Show” and more. Some of his corporate clients are McDonald’s and Dole.
For more information, visit https://danadaniels.com/. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/entertainment/2022/08/19/comedian-illusionist-performing-mccc/10346224002/ | 2022-08-19T14:47:16Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/entertainment/2022/08/19/comedian-illusionist-performing-mccc/10346224002/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LIBERTY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — A fire Tuesday evening engulfed a building at the site of the long-abandoned Grossinger’s Hotel, once among the most glamorous resorts in the Catskills. In its heyday, the property drew hundreds of thousands of vacationers a year. It has been cited as an inspiration for the film, “Dirty Dancing,” and catered mostly to Jewish clientele.
The blaze broke out in a three-and-a-half story building on the old hotel property. Firefighters who responded to the scene had to cut through a gate and were hampered by overgrown bushes and concrete barriers. An excavator knocked down the building after the fire was out, according to a Facebook post from the Liberty Fire Department.
Fire trucks were forced to stop nearly 1,000 feet from the blaze, the post said. Long hoses were snaked through the grass and vines and up to the burning building—a white house with signs of disrepair.
Many of the other structures on the property had already been demolished. It was not clear what the burned building was used for during the resort’s heyday.
It took crews six hours to put out the fire, the Facebook post said. Its cause is under investigation. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/catskills-hotel-that-inspired-dirty-dancing-burns/ | 2022-08-19T14:47:31Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/catskills-hotel-that-inspired-dirty-dancing-burns/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(KTLA) – Two mallards had to be euthanized after they were found with severed bills at a park in Fountain Valley, California, according to the Wetlands and Wildlife Care Center.
The ducks were alive when they were found, but were suffering from starvation because they could not eat and had to be euthanized, officials from the Huntington Beach center said in a news release.
The birds were found during two separate incidents at Mile Square Park and had the same “dramatic and heart wrenching” injuries, officials said.
The first bird was taken to the care center on July 31, and the second was taken on Aug. 13.
Photos provided by the center “reveal the unfortunate reality that there are some in our community capable of horrific acts,” the news release read. “We are asking the public for any information that may lead to the person(s) who is doing this atrocious act.”
Anyone who witnesses animal abuse activity is urged to call 911. Residents who find an injured duck, or know details about the recent incidents, is asked to call Orange County Animal Care at 714-935-6848. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/atrocious-act-2-ducks-euthanized-after-being-found-with-severed-bills-at-california-park/ | 2022-08-19T14:47:37Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/atrocious-act-2-ducks-euthanized-after-being-found-with-severed-bills-at-california-park/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(NewsNation) — Americans are being warned not to travel to several states in Mexico because of the increased risk of crime and kidnapping.
The U.S. State Department reissued a travel advisory on Wednesday, recommending that U.S. citizens do not travel to six Mexican states: Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas. The last state was added this year in the annual advisory.
The State Department advised travelers to reconsider plans to go to seven other states, including Baja California, home to Tijuana. U.S. workers there were told to shelter in place last week following a string of violence in which vehicles were set on fire.
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar said in a statement the travel advisory underscores the binational work needed to improve security in Mexico.
“Without security, there is no prosperity,” Salazar said. “It is important to reaffirm our commitment to citizen safety by providing training and resources to Mexican justice and security institutions and deepening our cooperation. The United States will continue to work with our partners, friends and neighbors as we build a peaceful future together.”
He referenced the Bicentennial Framework, a plan outlined in January that seeks to improve cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico on public safety in the region. In July, Mexico also announced it would invest $1.5 billion in “smart” border technology to help stem the flow of migrants into the U.S.
For those traveling to Mexico, the State Department recommends a list of steps to stay safe, including:
- Keep traveling companions and family back home informed of your travel plans.
- Use toll roads when possible and avoid driving alone or at night.
- Exercise increased caution when visiting local bars, nightclubs and casinos.
- Do not display signs of wealth, such as wearing expensive watches or jewelry.
Three Mexican states were upgraded to safer levels on this year’s advisory, according to Salazar’s statement: Nayarit, Mexico State, and Coahuila. All are in the department’s Level 2 advisory, in which Americans are urged to exercise increased caution. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/us-warns-travelers-of-kidnapping-risk-in-areas-of-mexico/ | 2022-08-19T14:48:11Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/us-warns-travelers-of-kidnapping-risk-in-areas-of-mexico/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Becca Kearl is on a mission to help people engage in political conversations even when they don't agree.
She is the leader of Living Room Conversations, a nonprofit that tries to help people find meaning in the most difficult conversations.
The national group offers conversation guides and resources on how to approach divisive topics— from politics to race.
“We have this tendency to think anyone who doesn’t agree with me must just be stupid or irrational," says Ethan Adams, a third-party voter.
Adams was one of several voters, with different political outlooks, engaging in a conversation in Kearl's living room.
Tanei Henry, a progressive voter and mother of four, sat next to Adams.
"I see people putting up these signs for local and general elections and I think, "Oh my gosh, what are they, why would they put that sign up?' or I think, 'Yes, we are on the same team.'”
Kearl says people should set time aside to discuss political issues, have a list of questions to guide the conversation, put ground rules in place so people don't interrupt each other and approach the discussion ready to understand other viewpoints.
“I think that society has always come to the point where we’re pointing fingers and asking why aren’t they listening to me," said Debora Fletcher, a conservative voter.
Living Room Conversations also hosts talks over Zoom that people can join. It also provides resources on how people can effectively host their own conversations.
“We’re all faced with making political choices in an election year, so just try to understand how people approach that can be really helpful," Kearl says. | https://www.katc.com/news/national-politics/the-race/how-to-have-difficult-political-conversations | 2022-08-19T14:50:59Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national-politics/the-race/how-to-have-difficult-political-conversations | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LOGAN, Utah — One of Utah's favorite burger spots opened at a new location, and a father and son made sure they were first in line.
In-N-Out's new restaurant in Salem, Utah, held a grand opening on Wednesday morning with plenty of fanfare, including Chris and Carson Hickman who set up camp on Monday.
While the store officially opened at 10 a.m., employees opened a little early due to the line that was slowly building up around throughout the week.
For the Hickmans, the need to first inside sprouted from when Chris used to hang out with his own dad at In-N-Out's across California, and hopes to continue that tradition with his own family, including 14-year-old Carson.
"It was long and tiring, I got 2-and-a-half hours of sleep in the car," said Chris Hickman. "We do this because the burgers are good. We just love to be around these people. It's just a really cool culture that we enjoy being around and I just love it."
Carson said that while he was technically the second customer to order at the counter, he was on the same ticket order as his father.
"It was worth it; I slept like 15 minutes," said Carson, who runs an Instagram account dedicated to burger reviews and all things burgers. "It was definitely worth it."
As for the Hickman's order? They had grilled onions, mustard fries, a large coke and a chocolate shake. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/father-son-wait-in-line-for-3-days-to-be-in-n-out-restaurants-first-customers | 2022-08-19T14:51:12Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/father-son-wait-in-line-for-3-days-to-be-in-n-out-restaurants-first-customers | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
An off-duty Chicago police officer is facing charges for an incident in Park Ridge, Illinois. Michael Vitellaro was seen on video kneeling on a teenager who he thought stole his son’s bike, according to CNN.
Vitellaro allegedly forced the teen to the ground.
Video from area businesses indicated the teen was not the person who took bike.
“As J.N. touched the bicycle, defendant, who had exited his car shortly before, walked up to J.N., grabbed J.N.’s forearm and pushed J.N. to the ground,” said the complaint.
Vitellaro was charged with felony official misconduct and aggravated battery.
He has been with the Chicago Police since 2000. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/off-duty-officer-charged-with-kneeling-on-teen-in-illinois | 2022-08-19T14:51:18Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/off-duty-officer-charged-with-kneeling-on-teen-in-illinois | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Nearly 81 years since the day that lives in infamy, a sailor from Ventura, California, has officially been accounted for.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced on Wednesday, Aug. 17, that the remains of Navy Shipfitter 2nd Class Claude R. Garcia, who was killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, were officially identified on May 12, 2022. The agency waited until it briefed Garcia's family on his identification, which happened recently, before making the announcement public.
Garcia was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia, which was docked at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when Japanese aircraft attacked. The crew's quick counter-flooding measures stopped the ship from capsizing after several torpedoes hit it, according to DPAA's press release.
The USS West Virginia came to a rest on the shallow harbor floor. The Japanese attack killed 106 of the ship's crewmen, including Garcia, the release says.
Navy personnel at the time recovered the remains of at least 66 of the crewmen as they tried to salvage the USS West Virginia; however, many of the men couldn't be identified, including Garcia. Those men were interred as unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, which is also known as the Punchbowl.
The DPAA's mission to identify the crew members of the USS West Virginia dates back to June 2017. The agency worked with cemetery officials to disinter 35 caskets connected to the ship from the Punchbowl; those remains were transferred to the DPAA's laboratory for analysis.
The DPAA says its scientists used dental and anthropological analysis to identify Garcia's remains. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA analysis to confirm the remains as Garcia's.
Now that Garcia has officially been identified, a rosette will be placed next to his name at the Courts of The Missing located at the Punchbowl, showing that he has finally been accounted for all these years later.
Garcia will be buried in his hometown of Ventura at a later date, but that has yet to be determined, the release says.
You can learn more about Garcia by viewing his personnel profile at this link.
This article was written by Pat Mueller for KGTV. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/sailor-from-california-killed-at-pearl-harbor-identified-81-years-later | 2022-08-19T14:51:24Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/sailor-from-california-killed-at-pearl-harbor-identified-81-years-later | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A fire at a munitions depot near the Russian village of Timonovo has led to the evacuation of two villages in Russia’s Belgorod region on Ukraine’s northeastern border, an official said Friday. The blaze was the latest in a series of destructive incidents on Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine or inside Russia itself.
Roughly 1,100 people reside in the villages of Timonovo and Soloti, around 15 miles (25 kilometers) from the Ukrainian border. There were no casualties in the blaze late Thursday, Belgorod regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said.
The fire came days after another ammunition depot exploded on the Crimean Peninsula, a Russian-occupied territory on the Black Sea that was annexed by Moscow in 2014.
Last week, nine Russian warplanes were reported destroyed at an airbase on Crimea, demonstrating both the Russians’ vulnerability and the Ukrainians’ capacity to strike deep behind enemy lines. Ukrainian authorities have stopped short of publicly claiming responsibility.
But President Volodymyr Zelenskyy alluded to Ukrainian attacks behind enemy lines after the blasts in Crimea, which Russia has blamed on “sabotage.”
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said in televised remarks Friday that statements from Ukrainian officials about striking facilities in Crimea mark “an escalation of the conflict openly encouraged by the United States and its NATO allies.”
Ryabkov said Russian officials had warned the U.S. against such actions in phone calls with high-level members of the Biden administration, adding that “deep and open U.S. involvement” in the war in Ukraine “effectively puts the U.S. on the brink of becoming a party to the conflict.“
“We don’t want an escalation,” Ryabkov said. “We would like to avoid a situation where the U.S. becomes a party to the conflict, but so far we haven’t seen their readiness to deeply and seriously consider those warnings.”
Meanwhile, Kyiv and Moscow continued to accuse each other of shelling Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, stoking international fears of a catastrophe on the continent.
On Friday, Nikolai Patrushev, the secretary of Russia’s Security Council, accused the U.S. of encouraging Ukrainian attacks on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine. The facility has been controlled by Russian forces since shortly after the invasion began on Feb. 24.
“In case of a technological disaster, its consequences will be felt in every corner of the world,” Patrushev said. “Washington, London and their accomplices will bear full responsibility for that.”
Ukraine has accused Russia of storing troops and weapons at the Zaporizhzhia plant and using its grounds to launch strikes against Ukrainian-controlled territory. Ukrainian officials and military analysts say Moscow’s forces have cynically employed the plant as a shield, knowing that the Ukrainians would be hesitant to fire back.
Russia has denied the accusations and, in turn, accused Ukrainian forces of repeatedly shelling the plant.
Following a visit to Ukraine on Thursday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that Zelenskyy had asked him to ensure that Russia remove weapons stored at the plant as an “important step for world peace.”
“Zelenskyy asked this of us especially: that Russia remove all mines and similar (weapons) there and for the issue to rapidly cease to be frightening. Because it is a threat,” Erdogan said.
Erdogan, whose country has maintained close relations with both Ukraine and Russia, said he would discuss the issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying that “Russia must do its part in this regard.”
The Turkish president made the comments to a group of Turkish journalists on his return from a visit with Zelenskyy and U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres in Ukraine late on Thursday. His comments were reported by Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency and other media on Friday.
At that meeting in the western city of Lviv, far from the front lines, the leaders discussed expanding exchanges of prisoners of war and arranging for U.N. atomic energy experts to visit and help secure the nuclear power plant.
Yevgeny Balitsky, the Moscow-backed chief of temporary administration for the Russia-controlled part of the Zaporizhzhia region, said Friday that a mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency could approach the plant from Ukrainian-held territory, a shift in Moscow’s position which previously had suggested that the IAEA mission should travel to the plant from Crimea.
“I believe they may also come from the side of Ukraine,” Balitsky said in televised remarks. “We can safely bring them to the plant and show where the fire is coming from and who is shooting.”
Mikhail Ulyanov, the Russian envoy to international organizations in Vienna where the IAEA is based, said he believes a visit by the agency could realistically take place in early September.
IN OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:
— U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres visited a port in the coastal Ukrainian city of Odesa, where he praised ongoing efforts to maintain a shipping corridor on the Black Sea allowing for the export of vital Ukrainian grain shipments. Guterres said that 25 ships have departed from Odesa and other Ukrainian ports since Russia and Ukraine signed a four-month grain export deal in July. Those ships have carried over 600,000 tons of grain and other food supplies like wheat, corn, sunflower oil and soy beans, Guterres said, adding that getting more food and fertilizer out of Ukraine and Russia is crucial to further calm global commodity markets and lower prices. Gutteres also urged unimpeded access to global markets of Russian food and fertilizer, which aren’t subject to sanctions. “Without fertilizer in 2022, there may not be enough food in 2023,” he said.
— At least five people were killed and 10 others were wounded by the Russian shelling of towns and villages in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, according to regional authorities. The shelling damaged residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in the embattled region where Russian forces are pushing to overtake areas still held by Ukraine.
— At least one civilian died early Friday in Russian shelling of the city of Kharkiv, to the northwest of the Donetsk region, while Russian missiles in the southern port city of Mykolaiv again struck port facilities and a university building that was previously hit by shelling earlier this week. One person was wounded in the attacks, authorities said.
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(NewsNation) — Army recruits at Fort Jackson, South Carolina, may appear to be going through the motions of most beginner soldiers, but they’re part of a slightly different crop.
This group is made up of people who want to do the job and serve their country, but are just slightly below the army’s strict standards.
“I think we’ve realized that we need to be part of the solution for society, not only from the physical fitness side but also from the academic side, in untapping someone’s true potential here,” Brig. Gen. Patrick R. Michaelis told NewsNation.
This comes as the U.S. is in the midst of the worst military recruiting environment since the inception of the volunteer force in 1973, with only 23% of young Americans meeting academic and physical fitness requirements.
The Army is the first branch of the service to get creative in bringing recruits up to speed, implementing the Future Soldier Preparatory Course pilot program to compensate.
It started last week with a crop of 250 potential soldiers, who have 90 days to go through two tracks in the pilot program, academic and physical.
For those who have scored below a 31 on the Army entrance exam, the goal is to bring up their score in three months. The potential soldiers can then retest every three weeks and get out early.
When it comes to those falling short of the physical fitness standard — like missing the body mass index mark — the goal is to reduce body fat to standards.
The commanding general at Fort Jackson told NewsNation he believes they can get recruits up to standards both in the classroom and when it comes to fitness.
To demonstrate, the Army ran “Banfield” senior story editor Paula Froelich through a sample of physical drills potential recruits will go through in the prep course.
In doing so, NewsNation was able to speak to a potential recruit who said the program has already given her a confidence boost.
“I thought my dream … that I wasn’t going to achieve it,” the potential recruit said. “And when I got the phone call that this program had opened, it just brought that joy that I wanted in me, and I’m like, OK, let’s do it.”
And in a pre-course rehearsal round, they’ve already seen promising results.
“It really opened up the aperture and what she can do for the Army itself, and that’s what I think is unlocking people’s true potential,” Michaelis said.
This prep course, if the pilot proves successful, is said to have the capacity to bring in 8,000 to 10,000 soldiers a year.
Froelich said it wasn’t the hardest workout she’s ever done, but it certainly wasn’t easy.
Col. Kent Solheim told Froelich the program is “no longer enough to keep unfit people out. It’s on the military to help those who are willing to get in.”
“They’ve got to meet a threshold, right?” Solheim said. “We’ll meet them more than halfway. And then they’ve got to bring their game and finish it up. But it’s an exciting thing to watch.” | https://www.wpri.com/news/us-and-world/the-army-is-giving-ineligible-recruits-a-second-chance/ | 2022-08-19T14:52:24Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/us-and-world/the-army-is-giving-ineligible-recruits-a-second-chance/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In the opening paragraph of his memoir titled Joseph Anton, Salman Rushdie writes about first receiving the call from a BBC reporter asking for a response to what had happened. “How does it feel,” she asked him, “to know that you have just been sentenced to death by the Ayatollah Khomeini?”
He remembers thinking, I’m a dead man.
But the expected didn’t happen. Or not against him. His Japanese translator was killed. His Norwegian publisher was shot, and his Italian translator knifed. Then, last Friday, in upstate New York, just before a discussion about the United States serving as a refuge for writers, Rushdie was assaulted on stage by a 24-year-old stranger wielding a knife. This savage attack, which inflicted grievous wounds but mercifully didn’t prove fatal, had come 33 years after the fatwa.
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In February 1989, the Ayatollah’s act had introduced a new word, as Nobel laureate Nadine Gordimer noted, in the Oxford Dictionary of New Words: fatwa, “originally a generic term for any legal decision” made by a religious authority “but because of the particular context in which the West became familiar with the word, it is sometimes erroneously thought to mean ‘death sentence.’”
After that first call from the BBC reporter, Rushdie thought he had only a few days to live, “a single-digit number.” He left his home that day and didn’t return till years later, when it wasn’t even any longer his. He was required to have a code name so his cover wouldn’t be blown. He chose Joseph Anton. (For all those years, a fictional name, a combination of the names of two writers he admired: Joseph Conrad and Anton Chekhov.) Policemen from the Special Branch guarded him round the clock. He spent nine years in hiding.
What were his days like? The novelist Peter Carey, in a letter written to mark a thousand days of Rushdie’e exile, tried to imagine this life: “the fear, the loneliness of confronting your own face in God knows how many different mirrors in how many different safe houses, cleaning your teeth with a toothbrush a policeman has purchased for you, sleeping in strange beds with musty sheets, in old houses that make strange noise at night, new apartments with loud clocks, rattling refrigerators, heating that is too high or too low, and the distant voices of neighbors you will not meet.”
This is what writers do, imagine other lives. Give voice to our experience and the experience of others on God’s not-so-green-any-longer earth. When I was 24, the same age as his assailant, Rushdie was magically imagining my life and making it real. Or so it felt. I was new immigrant in the United States, and in essay after essay, later collected in Imaginary Homelands, Rushdie offered me a language to recognize myself as an individual in the West. He had always asked, How does newness enter the world? It was a migrant’s question. Rushdie also pitilessly excoriated the examples of Raj nostalgia being marketed in films and TV; I would hungrily watch those shows, but there was the writer teaching me how to view them in a political way. Against oversimplification and stereotyping, he emphasized complexity and history.
“Now of course The Far Pavilions is the purest bilge,” Rushdie wrote. “The great processing machines of TV soap opera have taken the somewhat more fibrous garbage of the M. M. Kaye book and pureed it into easy-swallow, no-chewing-necessary drivel. Thus, the two central characters, both supposedly raised as Indians, have been lobotomized to the point of being incapable of pronouncing their own names.” In reading such lines dismissing “a false Orient of cruel-lipped princes and the dusky slim-hipped maidens,” I was attracted by the political stance, of course, but I was also stirred by the language itself. For me, a young man from a provincial town in India, to read Rushdie was to lose one’s timidity when using English, the language of our former rulers. We could now declare our independence in the use of the language itself, flaunt it like he did, and suddenly appear bold and flamboyant.
Years passed. I also became a writer; it was the realization of a dream I had carried inside me so long. At literary festivals, I would cross paths with Rushdie. We had our political differences, too, because we were changing, and so was the world around us. In 2012, en route to the Jaipur Literature Festival, I was excited to learn that I would see Rushdie there. But there was trouble. On my first day at the festival, the newspapers reported that hired assassins from the Mumbai underworld were on their way to assassinate Rushdie and that this visit had been called off. (The intelligence reports were later revealed to be fiction. Cops as magical realists.)
When the time came for my fellow writer Hari Kunzru and I to read from our work, we decided to protest Rushdie’s absence by reading instead from The Satanic Verses, a book banned in India since its publication in 1988. The book was banned, yes, but we could download it on the internet. Our reading caused an immediate furor; the police arrived, and we were asked to leave the country. But what I want to say here is that I felt a great sense of freedom—a liberation from fear—as I read Rushdie’s words out in public in the country of his birth.
All the inventiveness and joy of his fiction was there in the section of The Satanic Verses that I read out at the festival, when Gibreel Farishta considers the advantages of magically transforming London into a tropical city: “Religious fervor, political ferment, renewal of interest in the intelligentsia. No more British reserve; hot-water bottles to be banished forever, replaced in the fetid nights by the making of slow and odorous love. Emergence of new social values: friends to commence dropping in on one another without making appointments, closure of old folks’ homes, emphasis on the extended family. Spicier food; the use of water as well as paper in English toilets; the joy of running fully dressed through the first rains of the monsoon.”
It had been important to do this, to remind readers of the pleasures of the book, even as outside there were calls for book burnings and the author’s head.
Albert Camus believed that a writer’s work is nothing but a slow trek to rediscover through the detours of art those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his or her heart first opened. The importance that Rushdie holds in our hearts—I mean here writers close to his age, like Hanif Kureishi, or from succeeding generations, like Kiran Desai, Raj Kamal Jha, Suketu Mehta, Ayad Akhtar, Téa Obreht, and Zadie Smith—is that there is a fundamental gesture or stance in our own writing that can be traced to what he accomplished in a book like Midnight’s Children. What is true of writers is also, of course, true of readers: We all carry the memory of our encounters with books and their impress on our minds and our lives.
In my case, I have never forgotten Rushdie’s declaration, back in the early 1980s, that “the modern world lacks not only hiding places, but certainties.” He was saying there is no safe haven of religious belief or political quietism. Everything was open to question and revision. In his essay “Outside the Whale,” he declared “we are all irradiated by history, we are radioactive with history and politics; we see that it can be as false to create a politics-free fictional universe as to create one in which nobody needs to work or eat or hate or love or sleep.” I have found this credo inspiring when writing my fiction.
Has Hadi Matar, the young man who so cruelly stabbed Rushdie multiple times, ever read the man he attacked? Would he know that soon after the fatwa, in a short poem that Rushdie published in Granta, he wrote of wanting to “sing on, in spite of attacks, / to sing (while my dreams are being murdered by facts) / praises of butterflies broken on racks”? That image of butterflies broken on instruments of torture is so striking and so powerful that I see at once why the great literary critic Edward Said once commented that Rushdie represented “the intifada of the imagination.”
Ten years after the fatwa, in a piece in The New Yorker titled “My Unfunny Valentine,” Rushdie had stated that he was now going to write only of love. “Love feels more and more like the only subject. At the center of my life, of my new work, of my future plans, I now find nothing else.” When I reread these words this past weekend, I thought of Hadi Matar in his jail cell. Acting in the spirit of Rushdie’s words, I wanted to address Matar as a fellow human being and offer him an invitation, an invitation to read. I grew up in India’s poorest state, and if I hadn’t found the path of reading, I could have ended up being killed—or, pity the thought, a killer.
I wanted to say to Matar that like the man he tried to kill, I, too, am a writer. As my life has been given over to reading and writing books, I hold on to the belief that if we read widely and deeply, we will encounter people and places unlike ourselves. This sense of difference, its pleasures and challenges, will perhaps steer us away from intolerance. Many people in this country, including Malcolm X, discovered reading in prison—and were transformed. I hope that Matar, too, will find a similar liberation in learning.
One further point. We have seen the universal outpouring of grief and concern for Rushdie over the past week. People have been posting his lines on social media, they are discussing the influence of his work. Over the past few days, I have read nothing but his words in essays, novels, and interviews. (My son, only 12, has declared his interest in reading The Satanic Verses. I think he should wait.) The reading we have done has been a great consolation. Hadi Matar’s attack has failed—as any act of violence, and in such circumstances, inevitably would—because he has succeeded only in returning us to Rushdie’s words. May literature live forever.
Amitava Kumar is the author of several works of fiction and nonfiction. His novel Immigrant, Montana was on the best of the year lists at The New Yorker and The New York Times, and on President Obama’s list of favorite books of 2018. Kumar’s new novel, A Time Outside This Time, was described by The New Yorker as “a shimmering assault on the Zeitgeist.” He teaches writing at Vassar College.
PEN America, the free expression advocacy group of which Rushdie served as president; Penguin Random House, his publisher; the New York Public Library, and House of SpeakEasy will host:
STAND WITH SALMAN: DEFEND THE FREEDOM TO WRITE
Selections from his books and writings will be read by authors close to Rushdie including: Paul Auster, Reginald Dwayne Betts, Tina Brown, Kiran Desai, Andrea Elliott, Amanda Foreman, Roya Hakakian, A.M. Homes, Siri Hustvedt, Hari Kunzru, Colum McCann, Andrew Solomon, and Gay Talese.
Friday, August 19, 2022 | 11:00 am – 12:00 pm ET
New York Public Library – Stephen A. Schwarzman Building
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As the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to expand its governance, it announced Thursday that it has added two trustees to its board. Helene Gayle, president of Spelman College, and Ashish Dhawan, founder and CEO of the Convergence Foundation in India, will join the three other outside board members named in January: Strive Masiyiwa, Baroness Nemat (Minouche) Shafik, Thomas J. Tierney. The foundation’s CEO, Mark Suzman, is also a board member. Along with Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates, they will oversee the $70 billion philanthropy, which was recently enlarged when Bill Gates announced he was pumping $20 billion into the fund.
The philanthropy world has been eagerly awaiting news about new board members ever since last year when the foundation announced plans to expand the number of trustees. The first four outside board members were appointed in January.
Melissa Berman, chief executive of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, says she thinks the Gates officials’ decision to bring on two or three new trustees at a time rather than a larger number all at once is good strategy.
“It helps build a better board culture and makes it easier to transition people in,” says Berman.
The new trustees were appointed after some changes among the foundation leaders. Bill Gates’s father, William Gates, was a longtime trustee; he died in 2020. And Warren Buffett, who has donated a significant chunk of his fortune to the Gates fund, resigned from the foundation’s soon after Bill and Melinda French Gates announced their divorce.
Gayle has experience with the foundation, where she oversaw its grant making on HIV, tuberculosis, and reproductive health. She began her career at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, where she spent 20 years focusing primarily on HIV/AIDS prevention and global health.
Before becoming president of Spelman College, Helene Gayle was CEO of the Chicago Community Trust and spent nearly a decade as president and CEO of the international humanitarian organization CARE.
“Gayle is a remarkable leader who knows a lot and is going to be a real asset to the board,” says Berman. “She’ll be able to translate the inner workings of the foundation and bridge the gap between the ‘back of the house’ of the Gates Foundation and the trustees.”
Dhawan’s foundation is focused on accelerating India’s economic growth and development and is chairman of Ashoka University, a leading liberal-arts university in India, and Central Square Foundation, a nonprofit foundation working to improve the quality of education for all children in India.
He is based in New Delhi, where the Gates Foundation has been working in collaboration with the Indian government and other partners since 2003 on health care, sanitation, gender equality, agricultural development, financial empowerment, and other issues.
The addition of Gayle and Dhawan brings the number of trustees to eight people. Whether the board will continue to grow isn’t yet known, but Berman says she and many others in the philanthropy world are eager to see how the board’s size develops in the future.
Says Berman: “I and many others are wondering what the optimal size of the board is going to be.”
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This article was provided to The Associated Press by the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Maria Di Mento is a senior reporter at the Chronicle. Email: maria.dimento@philanthropy.com. Stacy Palmer is the editor of the Chronicle. Email: stacy.palmer@philanthropy.com. The AP and the Chronicle receive support from the Lilly Endowment for coverage of philanthropy and nonprofits. The AP and the Chronicle are solely responsible for all content. For all of AP’s philanthropy coverage, visit https://apnews.com/hub/philanthropy. | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/gates-foundation-adds-gayle-dhawan-as-independent-trustees/ | 2022-08-19T14:52:28Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/gates-foundation-adds-gayle-dhawan-as-independent-trustees/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The bliss you feel when you RSVP “nope” so you can binge-watch The Crown? Instagrammers and wellness experts call that JOMO; short for the joy of missing out, the term captures the relief that comes with nixing activities and social engagements that stress you out—and can ultimately hurt your health.
The goal of JOMO is to be intentional about how you spend your time and energy, says Sophie Lazarus, PhD, a clinical psychologist at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. She and Ashley Whillans, an assistant professor of business administration at the Harvard Business School, provide expert advice for declining invitations, and freeing up your schedule.
Don’t answer right away.
"A knee-jerk yes may be more comfortable in the moment, but it can lead to commitments you’ll later resent," says Lazarus. "Taking even a few minutes to consider your options can help you proceed in a way that jibes with your priorities and values. If the situation calls for an immediate answer, say you have to check your schedule."
Notice where you’re spending your time.
"Every so often, take inventory of how you are spending your time," says Lazarus. "If you think about your time as a pie chart, see how much you are devoting to different domains of your life (e.g., work, hobbies, friends, community, spirituality) and how this aligns with your ideal balance. These moments of reflection are opportunities to recalibrate.
"Consider the current balance of wants versus musts in your life," she continues. "If your plate is already full of nonnegotiable commitments, this could be an important time to say no to more—so you can say yes to things that feel good, like connecting with friends, hitting the gym, or sleeping in." Says Lazarus, "We all have many competing priorities, and they cannot all be number one all of the time. Know that just because one is taking precedence right now, does not mean it has to be that way forever. There can be a time for saying no and prioritizing yourself and a time for saying yes and extending yourself for others."
Ease the blow of a no.
"Cushioning your refusal with an affirmation can make it sound less like a rejection," says Lazarus. (Try: "I would normally love to drive you to the airport because you’re important to me, but I can’t do it this time.") Giving a specific reason you're declining as opposed to a vague "I don’t have time" can avoid hurt feelings, says Whillans. "We all have 24 hours in a day,” she says, “so when we say we can’t do something because we don’t have enough time, it seems like we are not prioritizing our relationship with the person who invited us." So, if you have preexisting commitments that are consuming your time, say so. "If you have family obligations, mention those," continues Whillans. "If you are busy at work, don’t be shy to confess about your looming deadline. The more the reason illustrates that the constraint is outside of your control and unexpected, the more likely people are going to respect your decision to decline the invitation.” And if you don’t have a specific reason for turning down an invite, besides the fact that you just don’t want to accept, Whillans says research suggests that saying "I don’t have enough energy" is a response that won't offend.
Be a role model.
"Know that as difficult as it may be to forgo that invitation to do something more meaningful with your time, your behavior demonstrates something important to those in your life," says Lazarus. "Being deliberate about your commitments shows that you value your time and communicates to others that this is okay for them, too."
Savor it.
"If you do say no, be sure to make the most of it," says Lazarus. "Throw yourself into your decision fully and be intentional about how you spend your time so that it is most nourishing. This includes doing your best to let go of other things you could/should be doing, and savor the moment."
Jane Burnett is the Assistant Multimedia Editor at Oprah Daily, where she writes a variety of lifestyle content for both the editorial and video teams. She's a journalist with a pop culture sweet tooth—when she isn't catching up on celebrity news, she's usually listening to a podcast! Jane previously worked for Thrive Global, Ladders News, Reuters, and CNBC. She is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ). Follow her on Twitter. | https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/a40896642/rsvp-no-joy-of-missing-out/ | 2022-08-19T14:52:36Z | oprahdaily.com | control | https://www.oprahdaily.com/life/a40896642/rsvp-no-joy-of-missing-out/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CHONGQING, China (AP) — Ships crept down the middle of the Yangtze on Friday after China’s driest summer in six decades left one of the mightiest rivers barely half its normal width and set off a scramble to contain the damage to a weak economy in a politically sensitive year.
Factories in Sichuan province and the adjacent metropolis of Chongqing in the southwest were ordered to shut down after reservoirs that supply hydropower fell to half their normal levels and demand for air conditioning surged in scorching temperatures.
River ferries in Chongqing that usually are packed with sightseers were empty and tied to piers beside mudflats that stretched as much as 50 meters (50 yards) from the normal shoreline to the depleted river’s edge. Smaller ships sailed down the middle of the Yangtze, one of China’s biggest trade channels, but no large cargo ships could be seen.
Normally bustling streets were empty after temperatures hit 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) in Chongqing on Thursday. State media said that was the hottest in China outside the desert region of Xinjiang in the northwest since official records began in 1961.
“We cannot live through this summer without air conditioning,” said Chen Haofeng, 22, who was taking pictures of the exposed riverbed. “Nothing can cool us down.”
The disruption adds to challenges for the ruling Communist Party, which is trying to shore up sagging economic growth before a meeting in October or November when President Xi Jinping is expected to try to award himself a third five-year term as leader.
The world’s second-largest economy grew by just 2.5% over a year earlier in the first half of 2022, less than half the official target of 5.5%.
The drought’s impact in Sichuan is unusually severe because the province gets 80% of its power from hydroelectric dams.
Thousands of factories that make processor chips, solar panels and auto components in Sichuan and Chongqing shut down this week for at least six days.
Some announced there was no disruption in supplies to customers, but the Shanghai city government said in a letter released Thursday that Tesla Ltd. and a major Chinese automaker were forced to suspend production.
The city government of Chengdu, the Sichuan provincial capital, told households to conserve power by setting air conditioning no lower than 27 C (80 F). Another city, Dazhou, earlier announced rolling three-hour daily power outages for neighborhoods.
The Yangtze basin, covering parts of 19 provinces, produces 45% of China’s economic output, according to the World Bank.
Low water levels in rivers also forced halts to cargo shipments.
A canal that connects Wuhan on the Yangtze with the city of Anqing to the northeast in Anhui was closed because it was too shallow for vessels to move safely, the Shanghai news outlet The Paper reported.
The national impact of shutdowns is limited because Sichuan accounts for only 4% of industrial production, while other provinces use more coal-fired power, which hasn’t been disrupted.
The government says China’s two main state-owned power companies, State Grid Ltd. and Southern Grid Ltd., are moving power from 15 other provinces to Sichuan.
A member of the Communist Party’s seven-member ruling Standing Committee, Han Zheng, promised official support to ensure power supplies during a visit Wednesday to State Grid, according to the official Xinhua News Agency.
China suffered similar disruptions last year when a dry summer caused hydropower shortages and shut down factories in Guangdong province in the southeast, a global manufacturing center. Other regions suffered blackouts due to coal shortages and mandatory power cuts to meet official energy efficiency targets.
This year is unlikely to be so severe, according to Larry Hu of Macquarie Group.
“If the power rationing in Sichuan only lasts a few weeks, the impact on the industrial production at the national level should be very limited,” Hu said in a report.
Xuguang Electronics Co. in Chengdu said the six-day shutdown would reduce its output by 48,000 electronic circuits. The company said it expected to take a 5 million yuan ($600,000) hit to its annual profit.
BOE Technology Group Co., which makes electronic displays, said a Sichuan subsidiary would suspend production. BOE promised in a statement issued through the Shenzhen Stock Exchange to “fully guarantee delivery of customers’ products.”
News reports said producers in Sichuan of solar panels and lithium for electric cars also shut down, but no companies announced disruptions in supplies.
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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — After working as an overnight security guard at a church in Harare’s impoverished Mabvuku township, Jeffrey Carlos rushes home to help his wife fetch water to sell.
Prolonged water shortages mean most residents of the capital city of more than 2.4 million must source their own water. Carlos is lucky because the property he rents has a well and his family can haul up buckets of water to sell to neighbors.
“This is our gold,” he says of the well water.
“If we are lucky, we can sell up to 12 buckets of water (per day) for $2,” said the 50-year-old father of three. That’s about enough money to buy the family’s food for the day, he said.
Rising prices and a fast depreciating currency have pushed many Zimbabweans to the brink, reminding people of when the southern African country faced world-record inflation of 5 billion% in 2008. With inflation jumping from 191% in June to 257% in July, many Zimbabweans fear the country is heading back to such hyperinflation.
To prevent a return of such economic disaster, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government last month took the unprecedented step of introducing gold coins as legal tender. The country’s central bank, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, said that because the value of the one-ounce, 22-carat coins would be determined by the international price of gold they will help tame the runaway inflation and stabilize the nation’s currency.
The glitter of the gold coins is hard to see for Zimbabweans struggling each day to eke out a living. The government sees things differently and is pleading for time.
Although expensive at an average price of just below $2,000 per coin, central bank governor John Mangudya said the coin will have a trickle-down effect that will eventually help average folk.
“The ordinary man will benefit more from the stability (provided by) these gold coins. Where there is stability, money will have value and stability in prices,” said Mangudya ahead of the launch. He said the central bank plans to introduce smaller denominated gold coins in November to allow ordinary people to also use them as a saving mechanism. The smaller coins will be half an ounce, a quarter of an ounce and 10% of an ounce, he said.
But many such as Carlos say they can hardly afford a meal, let alone earn enough to save.
“Where will I get the money to buy the gold coins? It is for them, the rich. Poor people like me do not see any difference. Things continue to be hard in this country,” he told The Associated Press between trips to the well to pull up buckets of water.
“Gold coins are a scheme for the elite. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer,” said Gift Mugano, an economics professor during an online roundtable debate titled: “Is there gold in the coins?”
With so many Zimbabweans scrambling to get food to eat each day, there are questions if the gold coins will help them.
“People are struggling. They are living from hand to mouth so most people may not actually have the money to save in the first place. Most people are in survivalist mode because of inflation,” said Prosper Chitambara, a Harare-based economist.
To get by, many are forced to take up multiple jobs.
Carlos, in Mabvuku, says he gets about $100 dollars a month from his job as an overnight security guard for a church and the bar next door. That’s hardly enough to pay rent, school fees and other basic needs. Sometimes, he exchanges water for food items.
“If we fetch water for someone but they don’t have money, so we get tomatoes, vegetables, beans or maize. That’s how we get food,” he said.
His wife, Christwish, 43, prepares the day’s evening meal — the staple maize (corn) meal and vegetables plucked from a small home garden — over a wood fire. Because of Zimbabwe’s lengthy power cuts, the children do their homework by a candle, although their parents press them to use it sparingly.
“The firewood costs a dollar for a small bundle enough (to cook) for a single meal. The candles are also expensive,” lamented Christwish, who supplements the family income by doing household chores for better-off families in exchange for money or food items.
Items previously regarded as basics are now out of reach, she said.
“We last ate bread with margarine on Christmas Day,” she said. “Now we just see these things in the shops and leave them there.” | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/zimbabweans-hit-by-soaring-inflation-will-gold-coins-help/ | 2022-08-19T14:52:49Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/zimbabweans-hit-by-soaring-inflation-will-gold-coins-help/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — President Joe Biden will host a White House summit next month aimed at combating a spate of hate-fueled violence in the U.S., as he works to deliver on his campaign pledge to “heal the soul of the nation.”
The White House announced Friday that Biden will host the United We Stand Summit on Sept. 15, highlighting the “corrosive effects” of violence on public safety and democracy. Advocates pushed Biden to hold the event after 10 Black people were killed at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket in May, aiming as well to address a succession of hate-driven violence in cities including El Paso, Texas, Pittsburgh and Oak Creek, Wisconsin.
“As President Biden said in Buffalo after the horrific mass shooting earlier this year, in the battle for the soul of our nation ‘we must all enlist in this great cause of America,’” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement. ”The United We Stand Summit will present an important opportunity for Americans of all races, religions, regions, political affiliations, and walks of life to take up that cause together.”
Biden will deliver a keynote speech at the gathering, which the White House says will include civil rights groups, faith leaders, business executives, law enforcement, gun violence prevention advocates, former members of violent hate groups, the victims of extremist violence and cultural figures. The White House emphasized that it also intends to bring together Democrats and Republicans, as well as political leaders on the federal, state and local levels to unite against hate-motivated violence.
Biden, a Democrat, has frequently cited 2017’s white supremacist protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, with bringing him out of political retirement to challenge then-President Donald Trump in 2020. He promised during that campaign to work to bridge political and social divides and to promote national unity, but fulfilling that cause remains a work in progress.
Sindy Benavides, the CEO of League of United Latin American Citizens, said the genesis of the summit came after the Buffalo massacre, as her organization along with the Anti-Defamation League, the National Action Network and other groups wanted to press the Biden administration to more directly tackle extremist threats.
“As civil rights organizations, social justice organizations, we fight every day against this, and we wanted to make sure to acknowledge that government needs to have a leading role in addressing right-wing extremism,” she said.
The White House did not outline the lineup of speakers or participants, saying it would come closer to the event. It also would not preview any specific policy announcements by Biden. Officials noted Biden last year signed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act and released the nation’s first National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism.
Benavides said Biden holding the summit would help galvanize the country to address the threats of hate-inspired violence but also said she hoped for “long-term solutions” to emerge from the summit.
“What’s important to us is addressing mental health, gun control reform, addressing misinformation, disinformation and malinformation,” she said. “We want policy makers to focus on common sense solutions so we don’t see this type of violence in our communities. And we want to see the implementation of policies that reduce violence.”
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The new school year is right around the corner and it’s time to start your back-to-school shopping.
Deidre Davis, MSUFCU Chief Marketing Officer, shares a few budget-friendly tips to help you save money on all of the essential school supplies this season.
What is the best strategy to prepare for back-to-school shopping?
Back-to-school shopping costs can add up quickly, but there are several ways to improve and in some cases cut down on your spending.
To start, get a school supply list from your child’s teacher. You want to make sure you aren’t buying anything you don’t need or may already have. Then, you will be able to create a budget for the items listed. Once you have your list and budget created, the search for the best deals can begin.
What are some specific ways to save on school supplies this year?
One creative way to save on back-to-school shopping is by splitting bulk deals. If you have multiple children at home who all need similar school supplies, buying in bulk can save you more than buying each item separately. You can even get other friends or family members on board and split these bulk deals between families.
Another saving tip is to find and use coupons. Many retailers will be holding special sales during the back-to-school season. Take advantage of these deals with paper and online coupons instead of paying the full prices. A quick search through your local ads or on websites can help you cut down on costs and increase your savings.
Lastly, make sure you’re saving as much money as possible by comparing prices. Different stores may have different prices on the same items. To avoid these unnecessary expenses, there are many apps and tools that can check real-time prices across multiple retailers.
How can MSUFCU help?
To build your back-to-school savings MSUFCU offers several types of savings accounts to help get you started. Using the MSUFCU Mobile app or online account management system you can open up sub-savings accounts and name them after your savings goals.
You may also want to consider using a cashback rewards credit card for your back-to-school shopping. MSUFCU offers two cash-back credit card options including the MSUFCU Platinum Plus Visa Credit Card, where members receive 1 percent cash back on all purchases, and the MSUFCU Visa Signature Credit Card, where members receive 3 percent cash back on groceries, 2 percent cash back on gas and travel purchases, and 1 percent cash back on everything else.
To learn more money-saving tips or to find a branch near you, visit msufcu.org.
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Becca Kearl is on a mission to help people engage in political conversations even when they don't agree.
She is the leader of Living Room Conversations, a nonprofit that tries to help people find meaning in the most difficult conversations.
The national group offers conversation guides and resources on how to approach divisive topics— from politics to race.
“We have this tendency to think anyone who doesn’t agree with me must just be stupid or irrational," says Ethan Adams, a third-party voter.
Adams was one of several voters, with different political outlooks, engaging in a conversation in Kearl's living room.
Tanei Henry, a progressive voter and mother of four, sat next to Adams.
"I see people putting up these signs for local and general elections and I think, "Oh my gosh, what are they, why would they put that sign up?' or I think, 'Yes, we are on the same team.'”
Kearl says people should set time aside to discuss political issues, have a list of questions to guide the conversation, put ground rules in place so people don't interrupt each other and approach the discussion ready to understand other viewpoints.
“I think that society has always come to the point where we’re pointing fingers and asking why aren’t they listening to me," said Debora Fletcher, a conservative voter.
Living Room Conversations also hosts talks over Zoom that people can join. It also provides resources on how people can effectively host their own conversations.
“We’re all faced with making political choices in an election year, so just try to understand how people approach that can be really helpful," Kearl says. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national-politics/the-race/how-to-have-difficult-political-conversations | 2022-08-19T14:53:49Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national-politics/the-race/how-to-have-difficult-political-conversations | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Nearly 81 years since the day that lives in infamy, a sailor from Ventura, California, has officially been accounted for.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency announced on Wednesday, Aug. 17, that the remains of Navy Shipfitter 2nd Class Claude R. Garcia, who was killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, were officially identified on May 12, 2022. The agency waited until it briefed Garcia's family on his identification, which happened recently, before making the announcement public.
Garcia was assigned to the battleship USS West Virginia, which was docked at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when Japanese aircraft attacked. The crew's quick counter-flooding measures stopped the ship from capsizing after several torpedoes hit it, according to DPAA's press release.
The USS West Virginia came to a rest on the shallow harbor floor. The Japanese attack killed 106 of the ship's crewmen, including Garcia, the release says.
Navy personnel at the time recovered the remains of at least 66 of the crewmen as they tried to salvage the USS West Virginia; however, many of the men couldn't be identified, including Garcia. Those men were interred as unknowns at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, which is also known as the Punchbowl.
The DPAA's mission to identify the crew members of the USS West Virginia dates back to June 2017. The agency worked with cemetery officials to disinter 35 caskets connected to the ship from the Punchbowl; those remains were transferred to the DPAA's laboratory for analysis.
The DPAA says its scientists used dental and anthropological analysis to identify Garcia's remains. Additionally, scientists from the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System used mitochondrial DNA analysis to confirm the remains as Garcia's.
Now that Garcia has officially been identified, a rosette will be placed next to his name at the Courts of The Missing located at the Punchbowl, showing that he has finally been accounted for all these years later.
Garcia will be buried in his hometown of Ventura at a later date, but that has yet to be determined, the release says.
You can learn more about Garcia by viewing his personnel profile at this link.
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BERLIN (AP) — Berlin police have opened a preliminary investigation against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas over his comments this week that Israel had committed “50 Holocausts” against Palestinians.
The remarks, during a news conference in Berlin alongside German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, sparked outrage in Germany, Israel and beyond.
Police confirmed a report Friday by German daily Bild that Abbas was being investigated for possible incitement to hatred after receiving a formal criminal complaint. Downplaying the Holocaust is a criminal offense in Germany, but the opening of an preliminary inquiry doesn’t automatically entail a full investigation.
Germany’s Foreign Ministry said that Abbas — as a representative of the Palestinian Authority — would enjoy immunity from prosecution because he was visiting the country in an official capacity.
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Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is the second-oldest U.S. first lady ever. On Thursday, she turned 95, but she and her husband, former U.S. president Jimmy Carter, 97, celebrated on Saturday with a visit to see some butterflies.
Mrs. Carter has been fascinated by the pollinators since she was a young child. Several years ago, she decided to take action after learning about the declining population of monarch butterflies. And the Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail, in Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia, was born.
After establishing a garden comprised of native milkweed, the only host plant for monarch butterflies, at the Carter’s home, Mrs. Carter’s longtime friend and neighbor Annette Wise planted another garden nearby that the public could visit. The garden led to the butterfly trail, which features 76 public and private gardens around rural Plains.
Here’s a recent image of a monarch caterpillar chomping up the milkweed on the trail.
On Aug. 13, the Carters attended the dedication of a new butterfly sculpture on the property next to her childhood home, which is part of the trail. At sunset, Mrs. Carter turned on a light that illuminated the sculpture.
The trail, a nonprofit organization, shared a post in honor of its founder’s birthday.
“In honor of Mrs. Carter’s upcoming birthday, the Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail partnered with a number of organizations across the state and has worked to establish more habitat for pollinators with an emphasis to include native milkweed for Monarchs,” the Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail wrote in a Facebook post. “Mrs. Carter’s love for Monarch butterflies began when she was a young girl. In 2013, she learned of the declining number of Monarchs and decided to have native milkweed included in her garden in Plains so Monarch caterpillars would thrive. That garden was the inspiration in establishing the Rosalynn Carter Butterfly Trail. We now have public, private as well as school gardens registered on the trail.”
Bess Truman, the wife of President Harry Truman and first lady from 1943 until 1953, died in 1982 at age 97 as the longest-living former first lady. Jimmy Carter, who will turn 98 on Oct. 1, is the oldest former president. The dedication marked a rare public appearance for the Carters.
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BERLIN (AP) — Authorities in Germany warned of heavy rainfall in the south Friday and put air rescue services on high alert, after severe storms killed at least 12 people elsewhere in Europe a day earlier.
Two girls, ages 4 and 8, were killed when sudden strong winds toppled trees late Thursday at a lake in the Lavant Valley of southern Austria. Officials said 13 people were injured, two of them seriously. Many of the victims were vacationers visiting the tourist region.
Austrian President Alexander Van Der Bellen called the children’s deaths “an unfathomable tragedy.” The mayor of the nearby town of Wolfsberg, Hannes Primus, said the area looked “like a battlefield.”
In Lower Austria, three women were killed when lightning struck a tree near the central town of Gaming, causing it to fall over.
Fierce storms also killed at least seven people in France and Italy on Thursday. French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said Friday during a visit to Corsica that five people were killed on the island – correcting a figure of six dead he had given a day earlier.
Germany’s national weather service DWD warned of “extremely abundant, prolonged rain” along the edge of the Alps could drop as much as 140 liters of water per square meter (5.5 inches) over a 48-hour period that could cause flooding.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Nicaraguan police on Friday raided the residence of a Roman Catholic bishop who is an outspoken critic of President Daniel Ortega’s government, apparently detaining the senior clergyman and several other priests who had been holed up inside for two weeks after police set up a cordon.
The pre-dawn raid came after Nicaraguan authorities had accused Matagalpa Bishop Rolando Álvarez of “organizing violent groups” and inciting them “to carry out acts of hate against the population.”
President Daniel Ortega’s government has moved systematically against voices of dissent. Dozens of political opposition leaders were arrested last year, including seven potential candidates to challenge him for the presidency. They were sentenced to prison his year in quick trials closed to the public.
The congress, dominated by Ortega’s Sandinista National Liberation Front, has ordered the closure of more than 1,000 nongovernmental organizations, including Mother Teresa’s charity.
Early Friday, the Matagalpa diocese posted on social media, “#SOS #Urgente. At this time the National Police have entered the Episcopal rectory of our Matagalpa diocese.”
In a video message, Pablo Cuevas, a lawyer with the nongovernmental Permanent Committee on Human Rights, condemned Álvarez’s detention but said it was not unexpected.
“What was obviously going to happen has happened, the arbitrary and abusive arrest of Monsignor Álvarez,” Cuevas said.
Edwin Román, a Nicaraguan parish priest exiled in the United States said via Twitter: “MY GOD! How outrageous, they have taken Monsignor Rolando Álvarez, with the priests who were with him.”
Police said Aug. 5 that the investigation would also target a number of people who won’t be allowed to leave their homes during the probe.
Álvarez has been a key religious voice in discussions of Nicaragua’s future since 2018, when a wave of protests against Ortega’s government led to a sweeping crackdown on opponents.
“We hope there would be a series of electoral reforms, structural changes to the electoral authority — free, just and transparent elections, international observation without conditions,” Álvarez said a month after the protests broke out. “Effectively the democratization of the country.”
At the time, a priest in Alvarez’s diocese had been wounded in the arm by shrapnel while trying to separate protesters and police in Matagalpa.
He has kept up such calls for democracy for the past four years, infuriating Ortega and Murillo.
Friday’s arrests follow weeks of heightened tensions between the church and the government.
Ortega has had a complicated relationship with Nicaragua’s predominant religion and its leaders for more than four decades. The former Marxist guerrilla infuriated the Vatican in the 1980s, but gradually forged an alliance with the church as he moved to regain the presidency in 2007 after a long period out of power. Now he appears to once again see political benefit in direct confrontation.
Ortega initially invited the church to mediate talks with protesters in 2018, but has since taken a more aggressive position.
Days before last year’s presidential elections which he won for a fourth consecutive term with his strongest opponents jailed, he accused the bishops of having drafted a political proposal in 2018 on behalf “of the terrorists, at the service of the Yankees. … These bishops are also terrorists.”
In March, Nicaragua expelled the papal nuncio, the Vatican’s top diplomat in Nicaragua.
The government had previously shut down eight radio stations and one television channel in Matagalpa province, north of Managua. Seven of the radio stations were run by the church.
The Aug. 5 announcement that Álvarez was under investigation came just hours after the first lady and Vice President Rosario Murillo criticized “sins against spirituality” and “the exhibition of hate” in an apparent reference to Álvarez.
The Archdiocese of Managua had earlier expressed support for Álvarez. The conference of Latin American Catholic bishops decried what it called a “siege” of priests and bishops, the expulsion of members of religious communities and “constant harassment” targeting the Nicaraguan people and the church.
The Vatican remained silent about the investigation of Álvarez for nearly two weeks, drawing criticism from some Latin American human rights activists and intellectuals.
That silence was broken last Friday when Monsignor Juan Antonio Cruz, the Vatican’s permanent observer to the Organization of American States, expressed concern about the situation and asked both parties to “seek ways of understanding.”
The Vatican again offered no comment Friday and didn’t report the news immediately on its in-house media portal. While staying mum, apparently in hopes of not inflaming tensions, the Vatican has been publishing regular expressions of solidarity from Latin American bishops in recent days on its Vatican News site.
The president of Nicaragua’s Episcopal Conference did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The huge street protests across Nicaragua in 2018 called for Ortega to step down. Ortega maintained the protests were a coup attempt carried out with foreign backing and the support of the church.
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LONDON (AP) — Britain’s public health leaders appealed to the government on Friday to urgently tackle soaring energy prices, warning that the steep rise in household bills will lead to more people falling sick and increase the number of annual deaths linked with cold homes.
In a letter sent to government officials, the National Health Service Confederation said surging costs mean many people will have to choose between skipping meals to heat their homes or living in cold and damp conditions this winter.
The group’s chief executive Matthew Taylor said health leaders took the step to make an “unprecedented intervention” and write to the government because the U.K. was “facing a humanitarian crisis” due to the public health risks linked to rising fuel costs.
The average U.K. household fuel bill has risen more than 50% so far in 2022 as Russia’s war in Ukraine squeezes global oil and natural gas supplies. A further increase is due in October, when the average bill is forecast to hit 3,500 pounds ($4,300) a year. Official figures this week showed that U.K. inflation hit a new 40-year high of 10.1% in July.
Taylor said inability to heat homes and afford food will “lead to outbreaks of illness and sickness around the country and widen health inequalities, worsen children’s life chances, and leave an indelible scar on local communities.”
He warned that this will compound pressure on hospitals and public health services, which are already under stress and are bracing for a difficult winter.
“Health leaders are clear that, unless urgent action is taken by the government, this will cause a public health emergency,” he said.
The government has faced widespread calls to freeze bills or help people with their finances, but ministers have said no action will be taken until the Conservative Party selects a new prime minister to replace Boris Johnson. The winner of the Conservative leadership contest will be announced on Sept. 5.
Authorities say they have set aside billions of pounds to support people in need with state subsidies. Most households will also receive 400 pounds ($474) over the winter to help with energy bills.
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — U.S. Sen. Edward Markey, who was once banned from the Philippines by former President Rodrigo Duterte, on Friday met a long-detained Filipino opposition leader, whom he says was wrongfully imprisoned under Duterte and should be freed.
Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, and a group of U.S. legislators met former Sen. Leila de Lima for more than an hour in her high-security detention cell in the main police camp in Metropolitan Manila, according to her lawyer, Filibon Tacardon, and police.
Details of their court-authorized meeting were not immediately available.
Duterte had banned Markey and two other American legislators from traveling to the Philippines after they called for de Lima’s release and raised alarm over human rights violations under his presidency. Duterte’s turbulent six-year term ended in June.
The former president’s brutal anti-drugs crackdown, which left thousands of mostly poor suspects dead, has sparked an investigation by the International Criminal Court.
Duterte was succeeded by Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who took office on June 30 following a landslide election victory with his vice-presidential running mate Sara Duterte, the former president’s daughter.
Markey and his delegation met Marcos Jr. at the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila on Thursday. After the meeting, Marcos Jr. said he looked forward “to continuing our partnership with the U.S. in the areas of renewable energy use, agricultural development, economic reform, and mitigation of drug problems.”
A top critic of Duterte, the 62-year-old de Lima has been locked up for more than five years and has accused the former president and his then-deputies of fabricating the non-bailable drug-linked charges that landed her in jail in February 2017. Her arrest and detention effectively stopped her at the time as a senator from investigating the widespread killings under Duterte’s campaign against illegal drugs.
Duterte had insisted on her guilt, saying witnesses testified that she received payoffs from imprisoned drug lords. Several witnesses, however, have recently recanted their allegations against her, re-igniting calls for the Marcos Jr. administration to free her.
De Lima told The Associated Press in March in her first court-authorized jail interview since her arrest that she “cried every day, especially at night, in the first few weeks not really out of self-pity but for my family and out of disbelief.” She said she later settled down and continued to fight for human rights and the rule of law from behind bars.
She issued more than 1,200 handwritten daily statements from detention, mostly her critical thoughts on Duterte’s governance and reaction to breaking news like the 2020 U.S. electoral triumph of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, which she welcomed as a victory of democracy over “fabricated populism,” and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which she called “an act of madness” that has put the world on edge.
She filed more than 600 proposed Senate bills and resolutions from jail, many aimed at strengthening human rights and government accountability and easing poverty. She ran for re-election in the May 9 elections under the main opposition bloc but a trial court banned her from joining online campaigning and debates.
Locked away from the campaign trail, de Lima sent a cut-out photo of herself to appear in her place. Amid her detention, de Leila lost her re-election bid.
Markey, chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations East Asia and Pacific Subcommittee, renewed deep concerns over human rights conditions under then-outgoing President Duterte in a joint statement in June with two other U.S. senators.
They said then that the incoming administration of Marcos Jr. provided an “opportunity to reject the repression of the past, release Sen. Leila de Lima and embrace policies that support the rule of law and a vibrant free press in the Philippines.”
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FILE – A demonstrator holds a placard reading “Scammer, thief, killer, Pfizer” during a protest against the vaccine pass and vaccinations to…
FILE – A demonstrator holds a placard reading “Scammer, thief, killer, Pfizer” during a protest against the vaccine pass and vaccinations to protect against COVID-19 in front of the Pfizer headquarters, in Paris, on Jan. 29, 2022. An anti-vaccine group that has harassed doctors and public officials in Italy and France is still active on platforms like Facebook despite efforts to rein in their abuse and misinformation. The organization, known as V_V, bombards its victims with dozens, hundreds or even thousands of abusive posts. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
Anti-vax group in Europe thrives online, thwarts tech effort
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Troubled by the number of unvaccinated COVID-19 patients showing up at his hospital, the French doctor logged on to Facebook and uploaded a video urging people to get vaccinated.
He was soon swarmed by dozens, then hundreds, then more than 1,000 hateful messages from an anti-vaccine extremist group known as V_V. The group, active in France and Italy, has harassed doctors and public health officials, vandalized government offices and tried to disrupt vaccine clinics.
Alarmed by the abuse of its platform, Facebook kicked off several accounts tied to the group last December. But it didn’t stop V_V, which continues to use Facebook and other platforms and, like many anti-vaccine groups around the world, has expanded its portfolio to include climate change denialism and anti-democratic messaging.
“Let’s go and get them at home, they don’t have to sleep anymore,” reads one post from the group. “Fight with us!” reads another.
The largely unchecked nature of the attacks on the indisputable health benefits of the vaccine highlight the clear limits of a social media company to thwart even the most destructive kind of disinformation, particularly without a sustained aggressive effort.
Researchers at Reset, a U.K.-based nonprofit, identified more than 15,000 abusive or misinformation-laden Facebook posts from V_V — activity that peaked in spring 2022, months after the platform announced its actions against the organization. In a report on V_V’s activities, Reset’s researchers concluded that its continued presence on Facebook raises “questions about the effectiveness and consistency of Meta’s self-reported intervention.”
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, noted in response that its 2021 actions were never meant to eliminate all V_V content but to take down accounts found to be participating in coordinated harassment. After The Associated Press notified Facebook of the group’s continued activities on its platform, it said it removed an additional 100 accounts this week.
Meta said it’s trying to strike a balance between removing content from groups like V_V that clearly violate rules against harassment or dangerous misinformation, while not silencing innocent users. That can be particularly difficult when it comes to the contentious issue of vaccines.
“This is a highly adversarial space and our efforts are ongoing: since our initial takedown, we’ve taken numerous actions against this network’s attempts to come back,” a Meta spokesman told the AP.
V_V is also active on Twitter, where Reset researchers found hundreds of accounts and thousands of posts from the group. Many of the accounts were created shortly after Facebook took action on the program last winter, Reset found.
In response to Reset’s report, Twitter said it took enforcement actions against several accounts linked to V_V but did not detail those actions.
V_V has proved especially resilient to efforts to stop it. Named for the movie “V for Vendetta,” in which a lone, masked man seeks revenge on an authoritarian government, the group uses fake accounts to evade detection, and often coordinates its messaging and activities on platforms such as Telegram that lack Facebook’s more aggressive moderation policies.
That adaptability is one reason why it’s been hard to stop the group, according to Jack Stubbs, a researcher at Graphika, a data analysis firm that has tracked V_V’s activities.
“They understand how the internet works,” Stubbs said.
Graphika estimated the group’s membership to be 20,000 in late 2021, with a smaller core of members involved in its online harassment efforts. In addition to Italy and France, Graphika’s team found evidence that V_V is trying to create chapters in Spain, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Brazil and Germany, where a similar anti-government movement known as Querdenken is active.
Groups and movements such as V_V and Querdenken have increasingly alarmed law enforcement and extremism researchers who say there’s evidence that far-right groups are using skepticism about COVID-19 and vaccines to expand their reach.
Increasingly, such groups are moving from online harassment to real world action.
For instance, in April, V_V used Telegram to announce plans to pay a 10,000 Euro bounty to vandals who spray painted the group’s symbol (two red Vs in a circle) on public buildings or vaccine clinics. The group then used Telegram to disseminate photos of the vandalism.
A month before Facebook took action on V_V, Italian police raided the homes of 17 anti-vaccine activists who had used Telegram to make threats against government, medical and media figures for their perceived support of COVID-19 restrictions.
Social media companies have struggled with responding to a wave of misinformation about vaccines since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this week, Facebook and Instagram suspended Children’s Health Defense, an influential anti-vaccine organization led by Robert Kennedy Jr.
One reason is the tricky balancing act between moderating harmful content and protecting free expression, according to Joshua Tucker of New York University, who co-directs NYU’s Center for Social Media and Politics and is a senior advisor at Kroll, a tech, government and economic consulting firm.
Striking the right balance is especially important because social media has emerged as a key source of news and information around the world. Leave up too much bad content and users may be misinformed. Take down too much and users will begin to distrust the platform.
“It is dangerous for society for us to be moving in a direction in which nobody feels they can trust information,” Tucker said.
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Man accused of being involved in the shooting death of TikTok star’s son, authorities say
PRICHARD, Ala. (WALA) – Authorities in Alabama have charged a 20-year-old in connection to the death of a TikTok star’s son, according to the district attorney’s office.
Reuban Gulley is accused of being involved in the shooting death of Randon Lee, 18, at a gas station in June, just days before his 19th birthday, WALA reports.
Investigators said Lee, the son of TikTok star Ophelia Nichols, was shot after he met up with two people to sell them marijuana.
Nichols turned to social media after her son’s death to plead for answers.
“I have never asked y’all for anything -- but I need your help with this, there’s almost 7-million people that follow me -- somebody’s got to know something,” said a tearful Ophelia Nichols, known as Mama Tot on TikTok (account: ‘shoelover99′). “He was just 18 years old -- that’s the best part of somebody’s life. And I know they’re out there in my town -- they’re out there.”
While Gulley was charged with murder, it’s unclear if investigators believe he was the shooter or getaway driver.
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Heights group advocating for another bayou pedestrian bridge
Community organizers in the Heights are hoping someone will foot an estimated $3.6 million bill to construct an additional pedestrian bridge over White Oak Bayou.
What's happening: A small but vocal group called A Tale of Two Bridges is advocating for a pedestrian bridge that runs north from Patterson Street over the bayou.
- The group wants it to be constructed in conjunction with another bridge over White Oak less than a mile away that is already in the works through the Texas Department of Transportation.
- While the Patterson Street bridge is on the Houston Bike Plan, there are currently no plans to install a crossing.
Why it matters: The Patterson Street bridge would more easily connect cyclists, pedestrians and those who use wheelchairs from the White Oak Trail to the Heights Hike and Bike Trail to the north, advocates say.
- The other pedestrian bridge planned nearby will connect the White Oak Trail to Rutland Street to the north, which also connects to the Heights Hike and Bike Trail.
Yes, but: The group has no funding source and hopes to convince Houston endowments, nonprofits and government agencies to pitch in.
Flashback: At an Aug. 10 community meeting hosted by the group, Mayor Sylvester Turner signaled his support but did not indicate the city would pursue the project when asked by Axios.
- "Push us to do more," Turner told the crowd that night. "Encourage us. Push us. Be a little disruptive. There's nothing wrong with that because from that, good things will happen in our city."
What we're watching: The group yesterday kicked off a new initiative asking the public to email their government representatives to support the project's development.
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For a year, Kirsten (Matilda Lawler) and Jeevan (Himesh Patel) have only had each other. A flu pandemic has wiped out most of humanity, and these two strangers—an eight-year-old child actor who’s been separated from her parents, and the drifting writer who found her before it was too late—have survived together, first in a Chicago high-rise with Jeevan’s brother, Frank (Nabhaan Rizwan), and then after Frank’s death, out in the snowy wilderness. There is great love between them and great pain, an intensity of emotions that can shift the mood from moment to moment.
This is the way of Station Eleven, HBO Max’s epic limited series that serves as a grand tapestry of humanity in a postapocalyptic landscape. Its pandemic-era resonance has remained undeniable since its January finale, clearly sticking around long enough to earn notice from the Television Academy, which bestowed the series with seven Emmy nominations. Among those recognized were lead actor Patel, and showrunner Patrick Somerville for writing.
The penultimate episode, “Dr. Chaudhary,” marks the height of their particular collaboration. And this moment of the show—which finds Kirsten and Jeevan winding up for a heated argument after he has callously tossed her beloved book, Station Eleven, out into the woods—represents the show at its most emotionally true and devastating. (Watch the scene below.) The big scene of the episode is peppered with odd details, like a VHS copy of Pretty in Pink playing as a lead-up to the characters’ heartbroken cries. It also leads to something pivotal—Jeevan leaves in a huff, only to be attacked by a wolf. Later, he is rescued by people who will take him away from the only person he knows and loves in this new world, but also give him an unexpected second chance.
“That’s what the show is all about,” Patel says over a Zoom conversation alongside Somerville. “It’s about these people finding themselves in a dark situation.”
Patrick Somerville: This cabin that we found, we could only scout in the fall. We didn’t know what it was going to be like in the dead of winter. It happened to be buried in snow, but the truth is, it was perfect. The grips hung this amazing gel on the walls to create that ice feeling and the art department created giant icicles hanging down, and Steve Cosens, our DP, lit only naturally inside of that place. When it comes to this argument, it’s a new feeling. It’s orange and dark and flickery. It never looks like this in the show again as it does at night in the cabin with the fire going. And the costumes are unlike any other costumes in any other episode, which made it special.
Himesh Patel: The costume was a tipping point for me because obviously Jeevan has to get dressed quickly and walk out the door at the end there. We’d already shot the outside bit, so it had to match what we cut to. I’m in the middle of this hugely emotionally important moment and then I have to put this jacket on. It was a coat within a coat.
Somerville: It had to be the Doctor Eleven coat from episode seven, so [Jeevan’s rescuers] could mistake him as a doctor down the road. But it was Himesh’s idea, actually, to have the coat lying on the couch a few moments earlier when he says, “I’m a doctor,” and he kind of glances up and sees the coat. Himesh, I remember you coming to me being like, “Why am I saying I’m a doctor?” I gave a long-winded writery answer, and Himesh was like, “Can we just have the coat lying on the couch, please? I need something to play with.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/awards-insider-making-a-scene-station-eleven-himesh-patel | 2022-08-19T15:11:13Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/awards-insider-making-a-scene-station-eleven-himesh-patel | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Bad Sisters should have been titled The Prick. That’s what the Garvey sisters call their brother-in-law, John Paul Williams—and for good reason. JP (Claes Bang) is a darkly handsome shell encasing a spirit of pure malevolence. His one true joy in life seems to be devising ever more deviously creative ways of shitting on his nearest and dearest. Favorite targets include his slavishly loyal wife Grace (Anne-Marie Duff) and her four ornery Irish siblings: Becka (Eve Hewson), Bibi (Sarah Greene), Ursula (Eva Birthistle), and Eva, who raised her sisters after their parents died in an accident. Eva is played by Sharon Horgan, the mastermind behind the edgy dramedy Catastrophe, who also wrote and produced Bad Sisters.
Although Bad Sisters is adapted from the Belgian series Clan, Horgan’s sensibility— sharp-tongued, fiery, playfully raunchy—suffuses this AppleTV+ mash-up of mystery, black comedy and family drama. The very first time we glimpse JP, he’s lying in a coffin, where Grace tries to hide his posthumous boner with a bit of her embroidery. As the sisters watch his corpse being carted away, Ursula wonders why Grace chose to dress him in pajamas. “She wants to make eternal damnation more comfy for him,” Bibi cracks.
Who killed JP? His gruesome death is ruled an accident, but there’s no shortage of potential motives and culprits. The ten episode series quickly reveals itself as a quirky whodunnit, filed somewhere between Only Murders in the Building and Dead to Me, with a touch of Fleabag’s rumpled charm. Clicking through the past like slides in a children’s Viewmaster toy, Bad Sisters shows us key moments in recent history when JP manipulated or abused each sister (and some of the men in their lives too). He knows how to rub salt in psychic wounds—taunting Eva about her inability to have children, fat-shaming his teenage daughter, screwing with Becka’s business—and gleefully resorts to blackmail and reputation-smearing.
For Eva and her sisters, the worst part is the way JP treats Grace: calling her “Mammy,” undermining her fragile confidence, restricting her movements and generally reducing her to a ghost of her youthful self. At one point he brings her champagne in the morning just so that he can declare that she’s too drunk to drive—effectively banning her from meeting her sisters for their traditional winter swim in the Irish Sea. Despairing at Grace’s absence, the Garvey women start jokily musing about how they’d kill JP. Feed him to the neighbors’ pigs? Tamper with his beloved car? “Kill the prick!” they shout, laughing joyfully.
Bad Sisters knots together a tangle of conflicts and resentments which gradually unravel like a skein of knitting yarn. Adding to the suspense is the arrival of Thomas Claffin (Brian Gleeson), a local insurance agent determined to prove foul play so he doesn’t have to pay out JP’s $875,000 policy. Claffin gatecrashes the wake, styling himself as a bumbling wannabe Columbo who asks the mourning widow, “One quick question: Where were you the night your husband died?” while stealing a load of sandwiches for the road. Thomas’s half-brother Matthew (Daryl McCormack, fresh off his star turn in Good Luck to You, Leo Grande) is far more charming and considerate. Yet he inadvertently gets emotionally entangled with exuberant massage therapist Becka, a relationship that will create problems for both of them.
The show’s title sequence is a Rube Goldberg-type contraption—a sort of murder machine made out of rolling glass eyes, hatchets, and burning matches—that sets the Gothic tone perfectly. So does PJ Harvey’s baleful rendition of the Leonard Cohen song “Who By Fire,” itself a list of fatalities and methods of dispatch: “Who in her lonely slip, who by barbiturate?... Who by avalanche, who by powder?... Who by his own hand?” The show blends the atavistic and the fully contemporary: witchy bonfires and taxidermy (an echo of creepy Norman Bates) jostle with pussy pics and a Lizzo concert. Much of the fun of Bad Sisters lies in the fantasizing of intricate assassinations. At one point, Bibi suggests trying to kill JP at the office where he works with Eva. “We work in an open plan architectural firm,” Eva points out. “What are we gonna do: paper cut him to death?”
As scheme after scheme gets thwarted or backfires, the show hurtles forward with a manic propulsiveness. Bad Sisters delivers what contemporary streaming demands: narrative franticity and cliffhangerism of the sort that compels viewers to binge. Yet I spent a lot of the ten episodes thinking that I would happily watch a slower-paced and stripped-down show about the Garvey sisters without these Clue elements. It’s not their wicked plans but the clannishness of these five irrepressible women that holds your attention and even makes you feel a little envious. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/bad-sisters-tv-review | 2022-08-19T15:11:19Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/bad-sisters-tv-review | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Prince William is bringing his second annual Earthshot Prize stateside, visiting New York City next month ahead of this year's award ceremony hosted in Boston.
The royal will begin the countdown to this important conservation event taking place at the end of the year by traveling to Manhattan in September to make an appearance at the Eathshot Prize Innovation Summit. The Earthshot Prize and Bloomberg Philanthropies are co-hosting this day-long conference where the finalists and winners of last year's inaugural prize ceremony will gather to share their ideas and findings with the public. Prince Williams is also scheduled to address guests alongside Michael R. Bloomberg, a member of the prize committee that serve as global advisors to the winners of the Earthshot Prize, helping them to scale and replicate their climate change solutions.
The trip is all part of the lead up to the prize ceremony itself which the Duke of Cambridge previously announced would take place in Boston this December. In a video posted to Twitter last month, he said, “In 2022, we're back and bringing Earthshot to the USA where we'll award the next five winners of the Prize.” The footage then cuts to Red Sox player Xander Bogaerts standing in the outfield of Fenway Park, who adds, “And we will be doing it right here in Boston.”
In January of this year, William said that while he was proud of the enormous accomplishments and insightful ideas already generated by the winners of the inaugural Earthshot Prize, he still wants to go even further with this year's innovative climate change solutions. The royal said in a statement, “The 2021 Winners and Finalists have set the bar incredibly high. As the nominations for 2022 open, I can’t wait to see what solutions the Prize helps to champion this coming year.” He added, “In 2022, we are determined to go further by seeking even more nominations from every corner of the world, ensuring that we spotlight and scale the very best ideas and innovations that will put our planet on a sustainable path and protect our world for generations to come.”
This year, the Duke also expanded the prize’s nomination network to include 300 organizations and people from around the world. Out of all these nominees, five winners will ultimately be chosen and given $1.4 million each to execute their proposals. Both the winners and an additional ten finalists will also be given mentorships to help scale their projects, which last year tackled issues from plastic pollution to ocean degradation. When announcing the initiative for the first time late last year, William called it “the most prestigious global environment prize in history” with the goal of inspiring collective action to “innovate, problem solve, and ultimately repair the planet.” In the introduction to Earthshot: How to Save our Planet, the authoritative book on this new endeavor, the royal writes, “I have seen people all over the world face what seem like insurmountable challenges yet come together with collective ambition, and a can-do-spirit, to find solutions to them. I strongly believe that change is possible, when you put your mind to it. I started thinking about what to do to change the equation to something else: urgency + optimism = action.”
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Pro Tip: The Best Setting Powders, According to Makeup Artists, Musicians, and Fashion Insiders
The very mention of setting powder carries a whiff of an earlier era, when jeweled compacts in tiny evening bags allowed for discrete touch-ups. But in a world where “glazed donut” is the internet’s shorthand for the ultimate skin, is powder still on the menu? The answer, of course, is yes. Less a ladylike pre-requisite, more a secret weapon against the elements, a good setting powder can be a tool deployed with subtlety, tamping down shine in select zones while ensuring your makeup (even the most minimal) stays in place all day.
The key is stealth. A well-chosen powder is something of a silent knight, going unnoticed while gallantly safeguarding your makeup into the evening. But “powders can be so challenging to get right,” says makeup artist Mary Greenwell, who knows a thing about high-stakes execution, having worked with Princess Diana and lately such red-carpet talents as Jessica Chastain, Cate Blanchett, and Amanda Seyfried. The powders that earn a spot in her kit are ultra-delicate. “They have to be so finely milled [that] they feel featherlight and appear completely sheer on the skin,” she says, echoing the gold standard that defines next-generation formulations.
While powder as a category has proved its staying power in the beauty industry, early versions reveal a problematic history. Toxic ingredients, including arsenic, mercury, and lead, found their way into some 19th-century formulas, in part by acting to physically lighten skin tone. Powder connoted more than a polished appearance; the quest for pallor, linked to race and class hierarchies, led to the perpetuation of damaging beauty standards for Black and brown women, not to mention a product landscape that long overlooked deeper shade ranges. The latest powders address that need for inclusivity, at the same time furthering a movement toward innovative, ingredient-conscious formulas. While working to keep makeup in place and perspiration at bay, they can also address a variety of skin concerns, including rosacea, excess oil, and sun exposure.
Ultimately, the best powder is highly personal, as seen in these real-world recommendations from people across creative fields. Whatever the aim—encouraging the glow, keeping pores unclogged, catering to all skin tones (and undertones!), and avoiding the dreaded flashback—there is truly something on the market for everyone.
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Bone broth has created quite a stir because it’s believed to offer significant health benefits. But what makes it any different than your typical chicken or vegetable broth?
Bone broth is made from simmering animal bones and connective tissue for several hours. It’s often used as a base for soup, sauces and gravies, but lately, people have been drinking it on its own. Celebrities like Gwenyth Paltrow and Shailene Woodley have been known to drink it by the glass.
Sometimes referred to as stock, bone broth can be made from the bones of nearly any animal, but chicken and beef are the most popular. (Marrow and other connective tissues, like feet or gizzards, can also be used.) It’s almost the same thing as traditional stock, but it can be a bit thicker.
How the Best Bone Broth Is Made
Bone broth as a beverage dates back to prehistoric times when hunter-gatherers would transform inedible animal parts into something consumable.
Unlike stock, bone broth is usually made without vegetables and also sees vinegar added, which helps release the gelatin and nutrients from the bones. The longer the bones simmer, the more gelatin gets released, which is what causes bone broth to thicken. (This is the same ingredient used to texture Jell-O, which is why that jiggly dessert isn’t considered vegan or even vegetarian.)
While you can purchase premade broth from the store, some claim the best bone broth is always homemade. You can make your own with a gallon of water, two pounds of animal bones and two tablespoons of vinegar.
According to Cedars-Sinai, bone broths can increase hydration and be beneficial to balancing electrolytes that have gotten out of whack after you’ve been ill or excessively sweating. It can also add variety to those following a liquid diet. While it’s not a source of substantial calories or protein, it can be high in sodium, especially canned bone broth.
Is Bone Broth a Cure-All?
Since it’s a low-calorie drink, some people claim bone broth can help you slim down. Despite what celebs tout, bone broth is not a magic wand for weight loss or a miracle cure for any type of health issue. Health experts seem to agree there is little evidence available to back up all the hype because there’s no real data to show it restores collagen or heals inflammation.
As far as fueling weight loss goes, bone broth can satisfy hunger, which could be a small help in addition to other steps taken. It can also flavor a dish without adding many calories.
While bone broth might provide vitamins and enzymes, most are likely to be denatured from the heat during simmering, which makes them less beneficial to the body. Since each batch is different, it’s hard to say how rich bone broth is in collagen and certain minerals in general.
However, it’s unlikely to harm you unless you drink it in large quantities. Studies have found small amounts of lead in broth. This is because animal bones are known to contain trace amounts of toxic metals and minerals, and lead can be released during the cooking process.
While sipping on the best bone broth you can find can physically warm you up or replace electrolytes lost from illness, it’s not a panacea.
What might be advantageous about the bone broth craze, however, is that it’s helping people move back to eating at home, preparing whole foods to nourish their bodies. The more thoughtful we are about what we consume the better.
Have you ever tried drinking bone broth on its own for weight loss or other potential health benefits?
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The Museum of Florida History will temporarily close as part of ongoing renovations at the R.A. Gray Building beginning Sept. 6.
“As Florida’s official state history museum, we take great pride in preserving our artifacts and sharing them with the public,” said Secretary of State Cord Byrd. “Artifacts in the Museum’s collection are an important part of Florida’s irreplaceable heritage. They will be removed from the exhibit galleries as a precautionary measure and will be back on display for the public when the museum reopens.”
According to a statement from the Florida Department of State, the renovations are part of a repair project on the plaza level above the museum's exhibit gallery.
The reopening date has not been set yet.
The department said that certain areas will remain open through Labor Day, including Florida's First People, the Waterways exhibit featuring the recreated steamboat, Grandma's Attic, and the special temporary exhibit The Lure of Florida Fishing. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/museum-of-florida-history-to-temporarily-close-for-renovations | 2022-08-19T15:13:23Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/museum-of-florida-history-to-temporarily-close-for-renovations | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A woman was shot at the Marathon gas station on Tennessee Street at 3 a.m. Friday morning.
According to reports, an occupied vehicle entered the business parking lot at 2259 W. Tennessee St., and numerous shots were fired.
One victim inside the vehicle was shot and she sustained life-threatening injuries. She's been taken to the hospital.
This is an open and active investigation. Detectives ask anyone who may have witnessed the shooting but did not speak to an officer on scene to call TPD at (850)891-4200. Callers can remain anonymous by calling Crime Stoppers at (850) 574-TIPS. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/woman-sustains-life-threatening-injury-in-early-morning-shooting | 2022-08-19T15:13:24Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/woman-sustains-life-threatening-injury-in-early-morning-shooting | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LOGAN, Utah — One of Utah's favorite burger spots opened at a new location, and a father and son made sure they were first in line.
In-N-Out's new restaurant in Salem, Utah, held a grand opening on Wednesday morning with plenty of fanfare, including Chris and Carson Hickman who set up camp on Monday.
While the store officially opened at 10 a.m., employees opened a little early due to the line that was slowly building up around throughout the week.
For the Hickmans, the need to first inside sprouted from when Chris used to hang out with his own dad at In-N-Out's across California, and hopes to continue that tradition with his own family, including 14-year-old Carson.
"It was long and tiring, I got 2-and-a-half hours of sleep in the car," said Chris Hickman. "We do this because the burgers are good. We just love to be around these people. It's just a really cool culture that we enjoy being around and I just love it."
Carson said that while he was technically the second customer to order at the counter, he was on the same ticket order as his father.
"It was worth it; I slept like 15 minutes," said Carson, who runs an Instagram account dedicated to burger reviews and all things burgers. "It was definitely worth it."
As for the Hickman's order? They had grilled onions, mustard fries, a large coke and a chocolate shake. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/father-son-wait-in-line-for-3-days-to-be-in-n-out-restaurants-first-customers | 2022-08-19T15:13:52Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/father-son-wait-in-line-for-3-days-to-be-in-n-out-restaurants-first-customers | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The EURUSD has dipped to a new session low. The low price has reached 1.0041. That took out the London morning session low at 1.00449.
Yesterday, sellers took the price below the low end of the swing area that confined the trading from mid July to early August (see red box).
Apart from a small move above the lower end toward the end of day yesterday, sellers have leaned against the area keeping the sellers in firm control A lower swing area between 1.0071 and 1.00739 was also broken and stayed below. That is a close risk level for shorter term traders. | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/eurusd-trades-to-a-new-low-looks-toward-parity-20220819/ | 2022-08-19T15:14:10Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/eurusd-trades-to-a-new-low-looks-toward-parity-20220819/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Bandits kill lawyer in Zamfara
Suspected bandits have killed a lawyer, Mr Benedict Azza on his way to his house in Gusau, the Zamfara State capital.
Late Barrister Azza was a principal partner of BT Azza & Co. Chambers based in Gusau and was shot dead while returning to his residence at around 8 pm on Thursday.
Confirming the incident in a statement issued to newsmen on Friday, the Zamfara State branch Chairman of the (Nigerian Bar Association) NBA, Mr Junaidu Abubakar said their colleague and friend, Benedict Torgee Esq has died.
The statement reads in parts: “This is to confirm to you that our colleague and friend, Benedict Torngee Azza Esq is dead.
“B.T Azza died yesterday Thursday 18th day of August 2022 at about 2200 – 2230hrs.
“While I was in my house, I received three different phone calls from our colleagues informing me that B. T. Azza Esq. was shot dead by unknown gunmen and his body was lying on the roadside along Byepass near FRSC office, Gusau.
“Immediately after receiving the information, I rushed to the scene where I met our colleagues, Abdullahi Ibrahim Esq. and Ibrahim Sani Gusau Esq. with many numbers of security personnel (police and soldiers).
“I saw BT Azza’s dead body lying in cold blood on the shoulders of the road, I also saw his accident vehicle (Lexus Jeep) by the roadside.
“According to the information, BT Azza was shot dead by 2 unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers who came on a motorcycle.
“The information has it that, the gunmen wanted to kidnap him at his house situated at Saminaka Area, Behind Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Headquarters, Byepass Gusau.
“The gunmen pursued him and shot him dead.”
When contacted the Zamfara State police command public relations officer SP Mohammed Shehu confirmed the incident.
He added that “The state police command has since drafted its personnel to pursue the culprits with a view to apprehend them.”
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The NASDAQ index is trading down around -221 points or -1.7% at 12744. That has taken the index below its 100 hour moving average at 12754.76.
Back on July 26, the price briefly dipped below the 100 hour moving average only to gap higher the next day. The break intraday today, gives sellers the opportunity to increase their bearish bias with more momentum.
Sellers are making a play. Can they keep the momentum going? | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/nasdaq-index-dips-below-its-100-hour-moving-average-20220819/ | 2022-08-19T15:14:16Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/nasdaq-index-dips-below-its-100-hour-moving-average-20220819/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The U.S. Forest Service is looking at something different — very different — to improve situational awareness at big wildfires: high altitude balloons.
The Forest Service and NASA have teamed up to evaluate the use of remote controlled balloons that can loiter high above fire scenes. The federal agencies are working to finalize a contract with South Dakota-based Aerostar, which has decades of experience flying uncrewed balloons for scientific and military missions.
Earlier this month, Aerostar piloted its huge Thunderhead Balloon system over a large wildfire in central Idaho – the Moose Fire – in a demonstration. The balloon controllers adjusted the stratospheric altitude a little up or a little down to catch different wind directions to hold station over the target for 11 days. The helium balloon carried a solar-powered sensor and transmitter package with visual and thermal cameras that could see through smoke. It hovered between 60,000-70,000 feet.
"Folks in the area of the Moose Fire may have noticed a strange, reflective object in the sky last week," a Salmon-Challis National Forest spokesperson wrote in a Facebook post. "It wasn't a bird or a plane, and it wasn’t exactly a weather balloon, either. It was STRATO, or Strategic Radio and Tactical Overwatch, a new technology."
In the future, Aerostar said the balloon could also act as a remote cell tower and it could relay location tracking signals between front line units and incident command. Existing cellular and radio communication are spotty in the rugged mountains of central Idaho where the Moose Fire continues to burn, a common problem at Western wildfire scenes.
This gets at what one firefighting insider blog called "the Holy Grail" of wildland fire safety — namely, giving fire commanders a real-time view of where the flames are burning in relation to where firefighters are deployed.
"Lacking this information has led to at least two dozen firefighter fatalities," wrote Bill Gabbert on the Fire Aviation website Thursday.
"We see stratospheric balloon technology being the key to cost-effective, scalable wildfire surveillance," Aerostar communications director Lisa McElrath elaborated to Gabbert.
The Aerostar balloon is one of several high-altitude, long endurance drone technologies under evaluation by the federal wildfire research and development division. More flights with the balloon are planned. Last summer, Aerostar piloted its balloon on the company's own initiative over four different large wildfires in Montana, Idaho, Washington and California in one long 70-day flight mission.
Another platform under evaluation is the spindly-looking, solar-powered Swift HALE UAS drone, designed by California-based Swift Engineering. This winged aircraft can provide continuous remote sensing from an altitude between 55,000 and 70,000 feet for up to 30 days at a time.
Federal and state wildland firefighting agencies have previously run trials above active fires with a civilian version of the smaller ScanEagle military reconnaissance drone made by Boeing subsidiary Insitu in the Columbia River Gorge.
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I found myself in Costco this past weekend, wandering every aisle per usual, and found myself aimlessly submerged in the back-to-school section. While I’ve been out of school for a few years, there’s still a sense of magic to the season. I was fortunate and lucky to grow up in a home that valued education, and my parents always created this reinvigorating excitement about returning to the classroom every fall. Now, each year, despite not returning to school, late August always brings a feeling of growth, inspiration, and creativity. Today’s top five Instagram accounts each visually emit the childlike excitement that stems from this time of year.
Shiori Tamura | @tamshio_illust
While I’d never been one to feel inspired by crayon art, my opinions changed after seeing the work of Shiori Tamura, an illustrator and graphic designer based in Tokyo, Japan. Tamura’s account is filled with crayon-inspired sketches with funky colors, playful subjects, and a sense of mischief that perfectly aligns with back-to-school season. The drawings of elephants, flowers, koalas, robots, and more feature a consistent signature look that brings a smile to my face for various reasons.
Elizabeth Haidle | @ehaidle
Portland illustrator Elizabeth Haidle is the art and editorial director at Illustoria Magazine, a publication full of colorful pages that honor comics, stories, and DIY projects. It makes perfect sense that Haidle’s Instagram feed feels just as visually expansive, with posts that inspire the same sense of wanderlust as exploring a library. While Haidle’s illustrations look like they could be found in illustrated children’s books, the concepts behind each piece are thought-provoking enough to appeal to all ages.
Juli Tudisco | @tudi.juli
Juli Tudisco’s Instagram feed is filled with delightfully delicate, yet immersive illustrations. Each piece of art Tudisco creates is full of emotion and often depicting moments of softness, such as a mermaid hugging a dolphin, and the two women entangled in a blissful hug. There’s so much color, texture, and empathy in each work that it’s hard to look away.
manabu himeda | @himedamanabu
Admiration and exhilaration are the two emotions that come to mind when I think about Manabu Himeda’s Instagram account. The bright colors, charming illustrations, and beautifully distinctive subjects are highly hypnotic. Himeda uses glowing colors and a playful sensibility to create witty, optimistic, and precious work.
HONGAMA | @hongama56
Upon first glance, Hongama’s Instagram feed is just eccentric and lovely, but closer inspection of the images reveals amusing takes on typical cliches. Think sad clowns, crying tulips, and a person with pizza splattered all over them. Each piece is sort of like a visual riddle, an entertaining mystery that spurs a sense of curiosity and encourages the viewer to explore even more. | https://www.printmag.com/illustration-design/five-playful-instagrams-that-make-us-nostalgic-for-back-to-school-shopping/ | 2022-08-19T15:24:17Z | printmag.com | control | https://www.printmag.com/illustration-design/five-playful-instagrams-that-make-us-nostalgic-for-back-to-school-shopping/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
- Still a lot of time until decision needs to be made on size of September rate hike
- Fed will need to move rates to restrictive territory, but will take signal from economy on how high that needs to be
- a lot of recent declining core inflation Inflation Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is measured by the level of the total money supply of a specific currency, for example the US dollar, which is constantly increasing. However, an increase in the money supply does not necessarily mean that there is inflation. What leads to inflation is a faster increase in the money supply in relation to the wealth produced (measured with GDP). As such, this generates pressure of demand on a supply that does not increase at the same rate. The consumer price index then increases, generating inflation.How Does Inflation Affect Forex?The level of inflation has a direct impact on the exchange rate between two currencies on several levels.This includes purchasing power parity, which attempts to compare different purchasing powers of each country according to the general price level. In doing so, this makes it possible to determine the country with the most expensive cost of living.The currency with the higher inflation rate consequently loses value and depreciates, while the currency with the lower inflation rate appreciates on the forex market.Interest rates are also impacted. Inflation rates that are too high push interest rates up, which has the effect of depreciating the currency on foreign exchange. Conversely, inflation that is too low (or deflation) pushes interest rates down, which has the effect of appreciating the currency on the forex market. Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is measured by the level of the total money supply of a specific currency, for example the US dollar, which is constantly increasing. However, an increase in the money supply does not necessarily mean that there is inflation. What leads to inflation is a faster increase in the money supply in relation to the wealth produced (measured with GDP). As such, this generates pressure of demand on a supply that does not increase at the same rate. The consumer price index then increases, generating inflation.How Does Inflation Affect Forex?The level of inflation has a direct impact on the exchange rate between two currencies on several levels.This includes purchasing power parity, which attempts to compare different purchasing powers of each country according to the general price level. In doing so, this makes it possible to determine the country with the most expensive cost of living.The currency with the higher inflation rate consequently loses value and depreciates, while the currency with the lower inflation rate appreciates on the forex market.Interest rates are also impacted. Inflation rates that are too high push interest rates up, which has the effect of depreciating the currency on foreign exchange. Conversely, inflation that is too low (or deflation) pushes interest rates down, which has the effect of appreciating the currency on the forex market. was due to volatile items
- at this point underlying demand seems stronger than it did as of the last Fed meeting
- Fed is now balancing urge to get where it needs to go on rates against uncertainty over impact on the economy
Let's face it, the Fed is sticking his finger in the air and feeling which way the breeze is blowing. The Federal Reserve Federal Reserve The Federal Reserve System, more commonly known as the Fed, represents the central banking system of the United States. Like other central banks globally, the Fed is responsible for monetary policy, in this case in the US.The Fed is one of the most watched and followed entities for forex traders, given its material impact on the US dollar. Founded initially in 1913, the Fed was created to perform a wide range of functions. This includes stabilizing and maintaining flexible monetary policy in the US while buttressing a financial system for the country. Its general duties are setting and guiding monetary policy and overseeing effective economic operation, both of which are at the service of the public interest.How the Federal Reserve Affects ForexThe Fed can materially impact the US dollar by virtue of the interest rate it sets, measured by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The current interest rate and the expectations of future interest rate changes can influence the value of the US Dollar. For example, if traders anticipate a change in interest rates based on announcements from the Board of Governors, this can cause the US dollar to appreciate or depreciate in value against other currencies.Forex traders should always be aware of meetings and announcements from the Fed and should keep track of developments within the central bank.Ultimately, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) holds eight regular meetings per calendar year, where policies and interest rates are discussed and agreed upon. The best course of action is to keep up with news ahead of these meetings as a forex trader to make predictions about interest rates, and whether to buy or sell the US dollar. The Federal Reserve System, more commonly known as the Fed, represents the central banking system of the United States. Like other central banks globally, the Fed is responsible for monetary policy, in this case in the US.The Fed is one of the most watched and followed entities for forex traders, given its material impact on the US dollar. Founded initially in 1913, the Fed was created to perform a wide range of functions. This includes stabilizing and maintaining flexible monetary policy in the US while buttressing a financial system for the country. Its general duties are setting and guiding monetary policy and overseeing effective economic operation, both of which are at the service of the public interest.How the Federal Reserve Affects ForexThe Fed can materially impact the US dollar by virtue of the interest rate it sets, measured by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. The current interest rate and the expectations of future interest rate changes can influence the value of the US Dollar. For example, if traders anticipate a change in interest rates based on announcements from the Board of Governors, this can cause the US dollar to appreciate or depreciate in value against other currencies.Forex traders should always be aware of meetings and announcements from the Fed and should keep track of developments within the central bank.Ultimately, the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) holds eight regular meetings per calendar year, where policies and interest rates are discussed and agreed upon. The best course of action is to keep up with news ahead of these meetings as a forex trader to make predictions about interest rates, and whether to buy or sell the US dollar. has a slew of PhD economists who are pouring over data in making judgments as far as the economy goes. The reality is the wave of the economy is still being influenced by all the Covid and Russian aggression imbalances. That has impacted consumers and their spending patterns. It simply is not predictable nor anywhere near a certainty. | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/more-barkin-still-a-lot-of-time-until-decision-needs-to-be-made-on-size-of-september-hike-20220819/ | 2022-08-19T15:27:01Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/more-barkin-still-a-lot-of-time-until-decision-needs-to-be-made-on-size-of-september-hike-20220819/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MASON, Ohio -- The quarterfinals are set at the Western & Southern Open, and No.6 seed Aryna Sabalenka and No.7 seed Jessica Pegula are leading the way. On a day that saw the top half of the draw lose No.1 Iga Swiatek and Wimbledon finalist Ons Jabeur, here is how the bottom half is shaping up.
No.6 Aryna Sabalenka d. Shelby Rogers, 6-4, 6-7(2), 6-4
Sabalenka and Rogers combined for a total of 23 aces over their 2-hour and 35-minute showdown, but it was Sabalenka who overcame a wobble in the second set to edge the American for the win. Sabalenka improved her record to 2-0 against the American and advanced to her seventh WTA 1000 quarterfinal and second in Cincinnati.
Highlights: Sabalenka d. Rogers
Rogers came into the match with an outstanding 3-1 record against Top 10 opposition this season, but her two losses this year will have come at the hands of Sabalenka. Despite out-acing Sabalenka 13 to 10, Rogers was broken six times in the match.
Zhang Shuai d. No.2 Anett Kontaveit, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
Zhang stellar week at the Western & Southern Open continued with a win over No.2 seed Anett Kontaveit to advance to her first WTA 1000 quarterfinal since 2018 Beijing. It is the second marquee win for Zhang after ousting former No.1 Naomi Osaka in the first round. Zhang will face Sabalenka next.
After dropping the opening set, Zhang methodically leveled the match by managing her service games while increasing her return pressure. Kontaveit faced break points in her first two service games of the second set before Zhang finally earned the only break of the set for a 4-3 lead and closed out the set. The two traded blows in a tight deciding set that saw four consecutive breaks of serve before Zhang broke Kontaveit for the fifth and final time to lead 5-4. She closed out the win after 1 hour and 59 minutes.
Caroline Garcia d. Elise Mertens, 6-4, 7-5
No player has won more tour matches since the beginning of June than Caroline Garcia. Over that span, the Frenchwoman picked up titles on the grass in Bad Homburg and clay of Warsaw. Now ranked No.35, Garcia came through qualifying in Cincinnati and followed up her win over No.4 seed Maria Sakkari by defeating Elise Mertens to advance to her first WTA 1000 quarterfinal since 2018.
Garcia will face No.7 seed Jessica Pegula next.
Three takeaways: Pegula beats Raducanu to advance to fourth WTA 1000 quarterfinal of 2022 | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2749146/photos-sabalenka-survives-rogers-zhang-ousts-no-2-kontaveit | 2022-08-19T15:31:17Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2749146/photos-sabalenka-survives-rogers-zhang-ousts-no-2-kontaveit | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Getting sick from COVID-19 is bad enough. What if you're one of the unlucky people who experience what is called long COVID? It's a medley of symptoms that can occur months -- and even years -- after recovering from COVID, according to a new study of more 1 million people from eight countries.
Adult risk of developing seizure disorders, brain fog, dementia and other mental health conditions remain high two years after recovering from COVID-19, the study found.
"These are important findings, but they shouldn't lead to panic," said coauthor Paul Harrison, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Oxford in the UK. "We're not talking about things that are 10 or 100 times more common. I think the worst odds ratio is sort of two or three."
Children had an increased risk of being diagnosed with epilepsy or seizures, encephalitis and nerve root disorders, which can cause pain, weakness or loss of sensation in an arm or a leg. There was also a small, but worrisome risk of being diagnosed with a psychotic disorder such as schizophrenia or delusional thinking.
"This is an extremely robust and well conducted study, using data from a large sample, and across multiple nations," said Rachel Sumner, senior research fellow at Cardiff Metropolitan University in the UK, who was not involved in the study.
"The findings are alarming and are critically important in our current context of unmitigated COVID spread," she added via email.
The study's conclusions match the clinical experience of Dr. Aaron Friedberg, a clinical assistant professor of internal medicine who works in the Post-COVID Recovery Program at Ohio State University's Wexner Medical Center in Columbus.
"I just talked to someone who had been originally diagnosed more than two years ago with COVID, but they're only seeing a post-COVID specialist today," said Friedberg, who was not involved in the study. "That doesn't necessarily mean they're getting those symptoms two years later. It means they are just being diagnosed with them."
Friedberg also said he sees people suffering severe symptoms two years after diagnosis.
"They can't think, they can't breathe. I have one person whose disease is so severe, they basically can't get out of bed," he said. "I saw a person recently who is still not working because of COVID symptoms two years later."
Good and bad news
Two years of hospital data for both adults and children pulled from the TriNetX electronic health records network was analyzed for the study, published Wednesday in the journal Lancet Psychiatry. TriNetX is an international network of data without any identifying factors from hospital, primary care and specialist providers. About 89 million patients are in the data pool.
The study looked at 1.25 million patients two years after their COVID-19 diagnosis and compared them with a closely matched group of 1.25 million people who had a different respiratory infection.
"We compared those two groups of patients in terms of 14 major neurological and psychiatric disorders in the two years after the COVID-19 or respiratory infection," said coauthor Maxime Taquet, an academic clinical fellow in psychiatry at the National Institute for Health and Care Research's Biomedical Research Centre in the UK.
The research team looked at the following conditions: anxiety disorders; mood disorders; psychotic disorder; insomnia; cognitive deficit (a composite of codes to capture so-called brain fog); dementia; epilepsy or seizures; encephalitis; intracranial hemorrhage; stroke; parkinsonism; Guillain-Barré syndrome; nerve, nerve root and plexus disorders; and neuromuscular and muscle disease. Researchers also looked at deaths from any cause.
Most of the patients were from the United States, but the study also included people from Australia, the UK, Spain, Bulgaria, India, Malaysia and Taiwan.
The study could not tell if people had experienced ongoing symptoms for the full two years since a COVID-19 diagnosis: "That might be the case, it may not be the case," Taquet said. "This data is only looking at the number of new diagnoses being made, not the persistence or the duration of the symptoms."
The news was both good and bad.
For adults, the risk of developing "brain fog, dementia, psychotic disorders, and epilepsy and seizures remain elevated throughout the two years" when compared with people with other respiratory conditions, Taquet said.
Adults over the age of 65 had a 1.2% increase in the risk of being diagnosed with dementia, the study said. While "it's very clear that this is not a tsunami of new dementia cases, equally (I think) it's hard to ignore it, given the severity of the consequences of dementia diagnosis," he said.
There was some good news for adults, Taquet added: "Risk of some disorders -- in particular anxiety and mood disorders -- disappeared within two to three months, with no overall excess number of cases over the two years."
Effect on children
There was also good news for children: "The risk of brain fog in children was transient -- there was no overall risk," Taquet said. Nor were children at any greater risk of being diagnosed with anxiety and depression after COVID-19, "even in the first six months," he said.
But there were disturbing findings when it came to other conditions. For example, children had a "twofold increased risk of epilepsy and seizures," Taquet said, and a "threefold increased risk of a psychotic disorder diagnosis in two years after having COVID compared to those diagnosed with another respiratory tract infection."
In the study of 10,000 children with a COVID-19 diagnosis, 260 had developed epilepsy and seizures within two years, compared with 130 out of 10,000 children diagnosed with another respiratory tract infection, which was a "twofold increased risk," Taquet said,
There was a threefold increased risk of a psychotic disorder diagnosis in children two years after a COVID-19 infection, Taquet said. Yet "the absolute risk remains quite low," he said, with 18 diagnosed cases of psychosis out of 10,000 children.
"I think we need to be careful in the interpretation of the reported small increases in dementia and psychosis," said Paul Garner, an emeritus professor in evidence synthesis in global health at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine in the UK. Garner was not involved in the study.
"These are, in my opinion, more likely to be related to the societal upheaval and dystopia we have been living through rather than being a direct effect of the virus."
A long-term impact
Overall, evidence from the study is "particularly worrisome," Cardiff's Sumner said, because even COVID-19 variants considered to be milder appear to have the same long-term consequences.
In addition, "some of these disorders will continue to have delay in diagnosis and treatment with healthcare systems that are struggling to deal with both COVID infections and backlogs of patient waiting lists," Sumner added.
That reality matches the clinical experience of doctors such as Friedberg, who has been treating long COVID patients since not long after the pandemic began.
"I've got severe post-COVID (patients) from the ancestral strain from March 2020, and I've got the same in people who developed it a few months ago. So I think it can be equally severe with any of these variants," he said.
Yet Friedberg told CNN there have been "zero public policy decisions" about what happens after COVID-19.
"The idea that maybe there's this terrible thing that's happening that we won't appreciate until months or years later isn't being addressed adequately," Friedberg said.
"Say kids just can't run as much as they used to, or have seizure disorders now, or adults just can't handle as many tasks of work or have trouble caring for their kids at home because they've just got brain fog, they've got chronic shortness of breath.
"If that starts happening to, let's say, 5% of the population each time there's a COVID wave, that starts to add up."
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The Hamilton County Veterans Service Office honored a World War II veteran who never received the Bronze Star he earned for his service.
During a ceremony at the McDaniel Building in Hamilton County, 96-year-old Master Sargent Cletus Bailey was finally given his Bronze Star for his actions in February 1945 while serving with the U.S. Army’s 84th Infantry Division.
Master Sargent Bailey was also honored for his service during the Vietnam conflict. | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/local-wwii-veteran-finally-receives-bronze-star-earned-in-february-1945/article_03b66bf0-1fd1-11ed-aa79-f35df5b5b9eb.html | 2022-08-19T15:32:44Z | local3news.com | control | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/local-wwii-veteran-finally-receives-bronze-star-earned-in-february-1945/article_03b66bf0-1fd1-11ed-aa79-f35df5b5b9eb.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Regal Cinemas owner Cineworld is preparing to file for bankruptcy as movie theaters struggle to win back audiences after the pandemic ravaged the business, according to a report.
Cineworld, which owns Regal, the second-largest US movie theater chain, has engaged lawyers from Kirkland & Ellis LLP and consultants from AlixPartners to advise on the bankruptcy process, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing unnamed sources.
The London-headquartered Cineworld is expected to file for chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US and is mulling filing an insolvency proceeding in the UK, according to the report.
Cineworld and Alix Partners declined to comment. Kirkland did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The already struggling movie theater industry had been dealt a near-deadly blow during the pandemic, which forced many screens to temporarily dim. When COVID restrictions began to ease, theaters reopened but with a dearth of new films as Hollywood, too, had ground to a halt at that time.
Even now with more big films in theaters like Brad Pitt’s “Bullet Train,” Tom Cruises’ “Maverick” and the animated flick “DC League of Super-Pets,” moviegoing isn’t as strong as it used to be.
Cineworld, which blamed a limited slate of blockbuster titles, said on Wednesday that it was “evaluating various strategic options” in the face of lackluster attendance.
“Despite a gradual recovery of demand since re-opening in April 2021, recent admission levels have been below expectations,” the company said in an update. “These lower levels of admissions are due to a limited film slate that is anticipated to continue until November 2022 and are expected to negatively impact trading and the Group’s liquidity position in the near term.”
November happens to be when Marvel’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” hits the big screen, and until then, big, buzzy movies will be lacking.
As a result, Cineworld is currently negotiating with its lenders to fund the cost of the bankruptcy process, The Journal added.
Regal’s parent company narrowly escaped bankruptcy in 2020 when its nearly 800 movie theaters were temporarily closed due to the pandemic. The company got a $750 million lifeline from its creditors to avoid bankruptcy.
AMC, the largest movie theater chain in the world, has faced similar problems linked to the pandemic, but it has managed to raise more than $2.2 billion of equity to stay afloat, thanks to its meme-stock status. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/19/regal-cinemas-owner-cineworld-preps-for-bankruptcy-filing/ | 2022-08-19T15:34:16Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/19/regal-cinemas-owner-cineworld-preps-for-bankruptcy-filing/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In the world of stock legends, George Soros stands out. While his political activities have been a lightning rod for controversy, no one can doubt his financial acumen. After all, he’s the ‘man who broke the Bank of England,’ and made a billion dollars in one day when he shorted the Pound Sterling back in 1992.
His hedge fund, Soros Fund Management, showed three decades of sustained gains, averaging 30% annual returns through the year 2000. During this time, and today in the management of his personal fortune, Soros has taken a risk-tolerant stance toward his investments, and hasn’t hesitated to trade based on news and reports of global events.
Soros once notably commented, “We [at Soros Fund Management] use options and more exotic derivatives sparingly. We try to catch new trends early and in later stages we try to catch trend reversals. Therefore, we tend to stabilize rather than destabilize the market. We are not doing this as a public service. It is our style of making money.”
So, when Soros makes a move, it is only natural for investors to sit up and take notice. With this in mind, we decided to take a look at two stocks his fund has recently loaded up on. Soros is not the only one showing confidence in these names; according to the TipRanks database, Wall Street’s analysts rate both as Strong Buys.
Las Vegas Sands (LVS)
First up is a new position for Soros, Las Vegas Sands. This casino and resort company has a storied name in its hometown – but no longer any entertainment and resort venues in Vegas. While still based in Las Vegas, Sands has now turned its focus to the international leisure scene, and owns 6 properties – one in Singapore and 5 in the city of Macao on China’s southern coast.
The company’s financial reports, however, show that pandemic-related restrictions are continuing to put pressure on the bottom line. This is particularly relevant since most of Sands’ properties are located in Macao – and Chinese authorities have not been hesitant about locking down cities and restricting movement. Even so, Sands has reported $1.05 billion in net revenue in the most recent quarter, 2Q22. This was down from the $1.17 billion reported in the year-ago quarter. The company also showed a net loss from continuing operations of $414 million, compared to $280 million in 2Q21.
Despite the overall losses in Q2, Sands did see a doubling of its revenue from its Singapore property. The Marina Bay Sands, located in the city, saw EBITDA of $319 million, based on net revenues of $679 million. This compared to net revenues of $327 million in the year-ago quarter.
The results for 2Q22 are the first quarterly release for Sands since it completed the sale of its US assets. That sale was finalized in February of this year, to VICI Properties and Apollo Global Management, for a total of $6.25 billion.
As noted, this stock is a new position for Soros, and in the last quarter he bought a total of 220,000 shares. At current pricing, this stake is now worth some $8.26 million.
Credit Suisse analyst Benjamin Chaiken lays out a comprehensive case for the bulls on LVS, writing of the stock: “LVS has held up well YTD and we think it should continue to outperform. Singapore is accelerating, Macau can’t get much worse (casinos closed), the balance sheet is in great shape, and the Singapore rebound (faster than we expected) could provide some insight into what an eventual Macau recovery could look like (maybe)… We think the stock should have a lot of support around $30, where we would argue you are embedding zero Macau value.”
Unsurprisingly, Chaiken puts an Outperform (i.e. Buy) rating on LVS shares, and his 12-month target price of $59 suggests a gain of 56% lies in store. (To watch Chaiken’s track record, click here)
Judging by the breakdown of the analyst ratings, the bulls are clearly in the majority. Of 9 recent reviews, 8 have come down as Buys – against a single Sell. Overall, this gives LVS shares their Strong Buy consensus rating. The stock is selling for $37.72 and its $47.78 average price target implies a 26% one-year upside. (See LVS stock forecast on TipRanks)
Salesforce, Inc. (CRM)
For the next stock we’ll turn to the tech and marketing world, where Salesforce has long been an industry leader. The company gets its ticker, CRM, from its main product, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software packages. These are offered as cloud-based solutions through the popular SaaS subscription format. Salesforce’s enterprise clientele use the products to manage and solve front-end marketing issues.
Later this month, Salesforce will release its Q2 results for fiscal year 2023, but we can look back at the company’s fiscal first quarter, and its recent trends, to get an idea of where it stands now.
In its fiscal 1Q23, Salesforce reported $7.41 billion at the top line, a 24% gain from the prior year’s Q1, and the highest revenue result in the past two years. The company also saw a strong year-over-year gain of 14% in operating cash flow for the quarter, to a total of $3.68 billion.
On a negative note, the company’s reported non-GAAP diluted EPS came in at 98 cents per share, down from the $1.21 reported one year earlier.
Looking forward to fiscal 2Q23, we should note that Salesforce has guided toward revenue of $7.69 billion to $7.70 billion, or a 20% increase year-over-year. For fiscal year 2023 as a whole, Salesforce is guiding toward a top line in the range of $31.7 billion to $31.8 billion. Again, this would translate to a 20% y/y revenue gain.
This is a stock that Soros was already holding a position in – and in the last quarter, he expanded that position by 138%. He first bought into CRM in 1Q21, and his most recent acquisition added 364,209 shares to his stack. Soros’ now owns 627,509 shares of Salesforce worth over $115.24 million.
Soros isn’t the only one giving this tech stock some love. 5-star analyst Keith Weiss, of Morgan Stanley, describes Salesforce as ‘the most attractive risk/reward in software.’ and goes on to say: “We believe unique exposure to the broadest of Digital Transformation initiatives focused around driving further automation and efficiencies will prove to be a more durable demand driver for Salesforce than expected. Further, partners have indicated early signs of potential consolidation of IT budgets — a trend which plays to Salesforce’s strengths given the breadth of its platform… We believe a slowdown in the business — whether organic or macro-related — is already more than priced in at current levels.”
In line with these comments, Weiss rates CRM stock an Overweight (i.e.Buy) and his $273 price target points toward 49% upside in the next 12 months. (To watch Weiss’s track record, click here)
Overall, Salesforce is a major company, with a market cap of $182 billion, and it has picked up plenty of Wall Street attention. There are 32 analyst reviews on record here, and they include 27 Buys, 4 Holds, and 1 Sell for a Strong Buy consensus rating. The stock has an average price target of $240.70 and a current trading price of $183.33, pointing toward an upside of ~31% in the next 12 months. (See CRM stock forecast on TipRanks)
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McDonald’s testing chicken Big Mac in the US
Published: Aug. 19, 2022 at 10:53 AM EDT|Updated: 42 minutes ago
(CNN) – McDonald’s is looking to spread its wings – with chickens.
The fast-food giant is testing a chicken version of its legendary Big Mac.
This sandwich, which has been available in the United Kingdom for part of this year, comes with special sauce, shredded lettuce, American cheese, pickles and a sesame seed bun – just like the Big Macs that have been sold since 1968.
But instead of beef, these sandwiches feature a pair of tempura chicken patties.
These chicken Big Macs will be served in Miami-area restaurants soon.
Company officials said if sales and reviews are good, they could eventually be sold nationwide.
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‘Poor, broke, busted and disgusted’: Pastor berates congregation for not getting him luxury gift
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) – A pastor went viral online after a video was posted of him chastising his congregation for not getting him a luxury gift.
The Rev. Carlton Funderburke of the Church at the Well in Kansas City was recorded telling his churchgoers how upset he was that they had not bought him a Movado watch, which typically costs several hundred dollars.
The video shared on TikTok shows Funderburke describing his congregation on Aug. 7 as “poor, broke, busted and disgusted.”
He asked them, “I’m not worth your McDonald’s money? I’m not worth your Red Lobster money? I’m not worth your St. John Knits? Y’all can’t afford it no how. I ain’t worth y’all Louis Vuitton? I ain’t worth your Prada? I’m not worth your Gucci?”
The video has accumulated more than 590,000 views.
“You can buy a Movado watch in Sam’s. And y’all know I asked for one last year, here it is the whole way in August, I still ain’t got it,” he said.
Funderburke posted a video apologizing for his comments, saying they do not reflect his view of people nor what is in his heart.
“No context could erase the words I used. I apologize to all who have been hurt, angered or in any way damaged by my words,” he said.
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Study says risk of long COVID remains high 2 years after initial infection
(CNN) - A study found the risk of a medley of symptoms called long COVID-19 remains elevated two years after recovering from the initial infection.
Researchers analyzed two years of hospital data for adults and kids from an electronic health records network.
The study was published Wednesday in the journal Lancet Psychiatry.
They looked at 1.25 million patients two years after their COVID diagnosis and compared them with a closely matched group of people who had a different respiratory infection.
They found the risk of adults developing seizure disorders, brain fog, dementia and other mental health conditions remain high two years after recovering from COVID.
They also discovered kids had an increased risk of being diagnosed with epilepsy or seizures, encephalitis and nerve root disorders.
There was also a small but worrisome risk of kids being diagnosed with a psychotic disorder such as schizophrenia or delusional thinking.
The study could not tell if people had experienced ongoing symptoms for the full two years since their COVID diagnosis.
It is important to note, the actual risk of any of these conditions following COVID-19 remains low.
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A monkeypox case reported in the Bay Area adds to the growing evidence that people can contract the virus in multiple ways — and raises questions about just how easy it is to get infected during casual encounters with others.
A case investigation released on Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control reveals that a man in his 20s who sought care at Stanford Hospital tested positive for monkeypox even though he hadn’t recently engaged in sexual activity. Epidemiologists have long thought the virus is primarily being transmitted through close skin-to-skin contact.
The case also highlights the trajectory of the virus and whether it could make a jump from the LGBTQ community — which has been disproportionately affected by the virus — to the broader population via public spaces. Though it is not the first time a case has been reported that didn’t involve sexual contact — two toddlers in the state have tested positive — the CDC report offers an in-depth look into what sort of activities the Stanford man was doing before he contracted monkeypox.
“There’s been concern from the very beginning: Do we really know about other means of transmission besides intimate contact?” asked John Swartzberg, an epidemiologist from UC Berkeley. “This case reinforces that this virus can transmit in other ways.”
According to the CDC report, the man started developing monkeypox lesions on his body roughly two weeks after he attended four crowded outdoor gatherings in the United Kingdom. The man told case investigators that the events involved dancing, that many people were wearing sleeveless t-shirts and shorts, and that the gathering was not exclusively for the LGBTQ community.
Nobody had any lesions at the event, the man said, and nobody appeared ill. The man also traveled on crowded trains and took two flights back to the U.S. Lesions appeared on the man’s hands, lips, chest and back, but none were reported on or near his penis. Symptoms went away almost a month after lesions first appeared.
The report states that fomites — inanimate objects that can transmit a virus, like sheets or doorknobs — may be a vector in which monkeypox can spread but requires further investigation.
For his part, Swartzberg said that there simply isn’t enough data out there to get a conclusive sense of whether the virus is transmitted through fomites or even other ways, such as respiratory droplets, which tend to spread about six feet before landing on the ground. Researchers are also investigating whether monkeypox is spread through semen.
Despite the case being an anomaly at the moment in terms of transmission, Swartzberg said it shouldn’t raise major alarm bells for the general public.
“I would not worry about going into a grocery story and somebody next to me having monkeypox,” he said. “This one case, I don’t think it changes how we conduct our daily lives.”
Art Reingold, another epidemiologist at UC Berkeley, said he wasn’t surprised by the report.
“I think one could have predicted we’d see some cases like this,” he said. “We knew that there were going to be cases of non-sexual transmission.”
In a statement, Santa Clara County’s health department said it wouldn’t comment on specific patients but said, “It is possible, but far more rare, to get monkeypox through contact with respiratory secretions and shared surfaces such as clothes, towels, or bedding.”
The Stanford incident comes as cases across the Bay Area continue to tick upwards. The Bay Area is currently reporting 921 cases, with San Francisco clocking in the highest number at 600. Santa Clara County has 106 cases, Alameda 132, San Mateo 31, Contra Costa 41 and Marin 11.
On Wednesday, Santa Clara County announced that it was following new federal guidelines from last week that help stretch the limited supply of monkeypox vaccine, known as JYNNEOS. Previously, health officials were utilizing a shot for each person; the recent recommendation now allows for a single dose to be shared among five people.
Other Bay Area counties have not yet announced whether they will follow the new guidance.
Contra Costa County on Wednesday said that its vaccine supply had increased, and residents can now make an online appointment instead of having to send in a request.
In San Francisco, where the monkeypox outbreak remains the highest, vaccine supply also appears to be increasing. According to the city health department, Zuckerberg S.F. General Hospital has been able to serve hundreds of walk-in requests since Aug. 9 and not turn anyone away after receiving 10,000 doses earlier this month.
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Inflation: Why we can’t have general salary review now – Buhari
•Says huge security investment pulling resources from other sectors •Civil service is no dumping ground for job seekers
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday acknowledged the imperative nature of a general salary review for federal civil servants due to rising worldwide inflation, noting however that revenue constraints have become a hindrance to the ability of the government to meet obligations to all sectors.
The President, was responding to a request for salary review for civil servants due to problems of high inflation amidst general economic disruption, made by Dr Tommy Okon, President of the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN) during a visit to its central working committee to him at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, pleaded with them to understand the situation of government due to revenue constraints.
While noting the request, he said: “However, I wish to urge you to appreciate the revenue constraints being presently faced by the government which is caused mainly by the activities of unscrupulous citizens through the theft of our crude oil, a major contributor to our revenue base.
“This is compounded by the global economic downturn as a result of the ongoing Russian – Ukrainian war, which has led to price increases not just in the costs of goods and services globally, but also in the transportation of these goods and services across the globe.
“You are also aware of the enormous burden placed on our finances by the COVID-19 pandemic.”
President Buhari explained that investment in security assets had been at a huge cost, after several decades of negligence, saying: “Furthermore, let me note the significant investment we have had to make in security over the last seven years, which means other sectors of the economy have not been able to receive as much funding as we would have liked.
“Only when our country is secured, that we are able to proceed and take on other aspects of our economic challenges.”
Speaking further, he said: “However, my confidence in the Nigerian Armed forces is unshaken, and I have tasked the Chief of Defense Staff and his service chiefs to take the war to these criminals who have made life difficult for many Nigerians.
“Recent reports have shown the message is now being heard and the dividends of our seven years of investments are now maturing. I implore our forces to continue with the current effort and determination until we rid our land of these miscreants.
“I also wish to reiterate that we will not allow a few criminals to have unfettered access to the nation’s crude oil supply hence I have directed our security agencies to speedily bring to a halt the activities of these vandals in the Niger Delta.”
According to a statement issued by Femi Adesina, Special Adviser to the President (Media and Publicity), the President said that criminal activities on seas, where large vessels seek to hide in neighbouring countries will be checked, stressing that “there should be no hiding place for such criminals, and our cooperation with neighbouring countries in halting these crimes is being strengthened and tightened.’’
Buhari observed that the public service remains the engine room of government, and should attract the “best and brightest’’ that will fuel policies with fresh ideas, while assuring that the Orosanye White Paper Report will be implemented, after review.
He added: “I have directed that the Orosanye white paper report be subjected to immediate review to enable the Government to take the most appropriate decision on its general recommendation.”
“I am aware that the review is about to be completed. While some may complain about the length of time it has taken thus far, the outcome of the various review teams would lead to some fundamental changes in the structure of our civil service and as such it must be subjected to rigorous review and scrutiny before presentation and implementation,’’ he added.
The President said that the Secretary to the Government of the Federation will submit the harmonized white paper once it has been concluded.
He assured that the administration remains focused on strengthening the service and ensuring it helps the government fulfil its objectives.
The President noted that the government understands the role of the civil service in policy formulation and implementation towards the provision of socio-economic and political benefits to our citizens, adding that it is not a dumping ground for job seekers but should attract the best brains
“This administration remains focused on strengthening the service and ensuring it helps the government fulfil its objectives. The civil service must not be seen as a dumping ground for job seekers, but must attract the best and the brightest who will contribute fresh ideas and a determination to solving our socio-economic problems,’’ he added.
President Buhari appreciated civil servants for their role in realizing the targets of the administration, saying: “The role and importance of the civil service cannot be over emphasized. A strong civil service is a bedrock on which good governance, policy execution and pathways for the delivery of democratic dividends can be achieved.
“I am further delighted to note your acknowledgement of the giant strides this administration has made since its inception in repositioning the federal civil service for greater productivity and enhanced performance. I take note of the various milestone achievements you have listed which symbolize our commitment to the Civil Service in spite of the many challenges that we encountered from the beginning of this journey.”
President Buhari told the Central Working Committee of ASCSN that the request for restoration of the payment of gratuity to public service employees was one of the landmark provisions addressed in the 2004 Pension Reform Act.
He added: “Therefore, implementing your request for the payment of a bulk sum of gratuity to retired civil servants would negate the intent and provisions of the Act.
“It should be acknowledged that a change in the implementation of the Act would require an amendment by the National Assembly. But more importantly, the Pension Reform Act is a better designed and robust system that allows for the safety of pensioners funds and its payment.’’
On the harmonization of salary in the Public Service, the President said a Committee was set up for that purpose, under the Minister of Finance who was still working.
According to President Buhari: “A report is being expected, to be submitted at the conclusion of its assignment, which would be studied for appropriate action.’’
The President said the Head of Service of the Federation had been directed to liaise with other relevant government agencies to see how the 2023 budget estimates can accommodate an increase in the budget of the Federal Government Staff Housing Loans Board.
“Let me thank you once more for this visit and to reassure you that this administration would not tolerate any policy that would destabilize the service. I, therefore, implore you to always acknowledge your very important role as the engine room of government no matter the political party that is in power. This is the main reason why you must remain non-partisan in the discharge of your duties,’’ he said.
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, said members of ASCSN had been supportive in actualizing programmes and policies of the administration, describing the leadership as mostly public servants that were vast in civil service procedure, “so when you negotiate with them it is easy and when you make the right point they know.’’
In his remarks, the President of ASCSN, Dr Okon, noted that the administration had been “worker-friendly’’ with the implementation of far-reaching reforms, which include regular payment of salaries and allowances, an increase in the minimum wage, the extension of the retirement age for some workers, like teachers, and sustenance of the size of public service in spite of constraints of financing.
He called for an increase in salaries of civil servants, following increasing cost of living, restoring full payment of gratuity at retirement, harmonization of public service salaries and allowances, and an increase in the budget of the National Housing Fund.
Okon said the increasing cost of living had made it difficult for many public servants to carry on in spite of the minimum wage review, advising that the benefits of all public servants should also be harmonized for fairness.
“There should be equal pay for jobs of equal value,’’ he added.
The President of ASCSN commended President Buhari for ensuring access and inclusivity in governance, noting that it was the first time the Association was meeting with a President of the country.
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Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State, on Friday, received Mr Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra State and presidential candidate of the Labour Party at the Governor’s Lodge, Amawbia.
Obi’s visit to Soludo was made known to newsmen in Awka, in a statement by the governor’s Press Secretary, Christian Aburime.
According to the statement, both leaders had a mutual discussion behind closed doors. Afterwards, Mr Peter Obi commended Governor Soludo highly for the great job he is doing in Anambra State.
Governor Soludo on the other hand welcomed Mr Peter Obi to Anambra as a prominent son of the State and wished him well on his presidential bid as the presidential candidate of the Labour Party.
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‘Poor, broke, busted and disgusted’: Pastor berates congregation for not getting him luxury gift
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) – A pastor went viral online after a video was posted of him chastising his congregation for not getting him a luxury gift.
The Rev. Carlton Funderburke of the Church at the Well in Kansas City was recorded telling his churchgoers how upset he was that they had not bought him a Movado watch, which typically costs several hundred dollars.
The video shared on TikTok shows Funderburke describing his congregation on Aug. 7 as “poor, broke, busted and disgusted.”
He asked them, “I’m not worth your McDonald’s money? I’m not worth your Red Lobster money? I’m not worth your St. John Knits? Y’all can’t afford it no how. I ain’t worth y’all Louis Vuitton? I ain’t worth your Prada? I’m not worth your Gucci?”
The video has accumulated more than 590,000 views.
“You can buy a Movado watch in Sam’s. And y’all know I asked for one last year, here it is the whole way in August, I still ain’t got it,” he said.
Funderburke posted a video apologizing for his comments, saying they do not reflect his view of people nor what is in his heart.
“No context could erase the words I used. I apologize to all who have been hurt, angered or in any way damaged by my words,” he said.
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Faced with a slowdown in online shopping, Amazon has canceled, closed or delayed the opening of 49 delivery processing facilities across the U.S., representing more than 50.2 million square feet of warehouse space, according to logistics consultant MWPVL International.
Of those, nine facilities are in California — including two in Southern California and five in the Bay Area — accounting for more than 4.4 million square feet of space in the Golden State.
Amazon plans to scale back operations in West Covina, Oceanside, Hayward, San Leandro, Santa Rosa, Sonoma, Salinas and Bakersfield, MWPVL figures show.
Despite the cutbacks, Amazon is moving forward with development of several new, fully automated fulfillment centers like the 4.1-million-square foot warehouse now under construction in Ontario, the biggest in the company’s galaxy of delivery processing sites.
Here’s a breakdown of facilities facing cuts, based on a recent MWPVL report:
West Covina: Canceled the opening of a 177,000-square-foot delivery station, due to public protests.
Oceanside: Canceled the opening of a 143,000-square-foot delivery station, due to a failure to obtain a permit.
Hayward: Subleased the opening of a 507,000-square-foot delivery station, due to a failure to obtain a permit.
San Leandro: Subleased two delivery stations, one a 294,000-square-foot facility, the other with 137,000 square feet. Amazon had leased both sites but never opened either one.
Santa Rosa: Canceled a 181,000-square-foot delivery station.
Sonoma: Canceled a 250,000-square-foot delivery station.
Salinas: Canceled a 2.8-million-square-foot fulfillment center due to the high cost of construction.
Bakersfield: The startup of a completed 128,000-square-foot delivery center has been placed on hold.
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1. With draconian rationing or complete shut-off of water for outdoor use looming, mulching is essential to minimize evaporative water loss from the soil. Surround your plants with a layer of mulch at least two inches thick. Corral a tree trimmer, ask him to dump his load of trimmings on your driveway and compensate him for the work. Then hire some neighborhood kids (or pay your own) to spread it around for you. If you don’t have a wheelbarrow, your trash bins can be laid on their sides, filled half-way with mulch, and wheeled over to where mulch is needed; if trash bins are too full, they will be difficult to raise back up. Trust me; I have personal experience mulching in this manner. Just keep the mulch several inches away from trunks and stems. If you live in Burbank, where water for exterior landscaping will be banned from September 6-20 due to pipeline repairs, you can pick up free mulch at three locations. For more information, go to burbankca.gov and, when you get there, type “mulch program” into the search box. Free mulch is available in many communities. Search the internet for distribution areas near you. Cover your shower floor with buckets to collect water. Access Internet videos with instructions on how to re-pipe so you can collect laundry and sink water, too.
2. When plants are stressed in hot weather, they are increasingly prone to disease and insect pest infestation. Never use leaves tainted by pests or disease for mulch. Virtually any plant problem can be attributed to inadequate conditions for healthy growth. That is why application of pesticides, even when organic, often misses the point. With your average plant, distress sets in when too much or too little water is being applied, too much sunlight or not enough of it is available, or fertilizer needs are not being properly addressed — either through too much fertilizer applied in the case of vegetables, leading to leafy growth with few crops, or insufficient fertilizer being applied to container plants, especially orchids and other tropical species grown indoors.
3. Plant fava beans (Vicia faba) which thrive in Southern California gardens throughout the year. They have a reputation for being the tastiest of all beans. Moreover, they produce prolifically, reaching a height of seven feet when properly trellised. Their black and white flowers are aesthetically pleasing and self-pollinating although bees may pollinate them too. Before they can be eaten, fava beans need to be blanched. Blanching involves boiling a pot of water and then adding salt until water is as salty as the ocean. Drop your fava beans into the intensely briny brew, cook for one minute, and drain. The next step is to submerge your beans into ice water and let them cool for five minutes. You will now be able to easily remove the bright green fava beans from their husks, at which point you can either eat them as is or add a culinary touch by sautéing or marinating them, or turning them into puree. Important note: Some individuals have an allergic reaction to fava beans, so be aware before eating or offering to guests. This reaction is most pronounced in people who come from Mediterranean countries. A bonus of growing fava beans is the nitrogen added to the soil. Where soil has been depleted by cultivation of heavy feeders such as asparagus, corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, melons, peppers, or squash, fava beans are sown as a leguminous cover crop to replenish soil nitrogen in addition to the flavorful vegetable that they provide.
4. Harvest your crops in the morning, as early as possible. Or better yet, a few hours before sunrise. Research has demonstrated that the inside temperature of freshly picked, fully ripened fruits and vegetables determines their shelf life. In the pre-dawn hours, the fruit will have cooled to the maximum after losing the heat of the previous day, while the sun that will heat it up again has yet to shine. A fully ripened tomato, for example, if harvested when the outside temperature is 70 degrees, will store in the refrigerator six days longer than a ripe tomato harvested at 80 degrees; if harvested at 60 degrees, it will store for 12 days longer than the 80-degree harvested fruit. This rule applies only to those fruits that can ripen completely on the plant, which would exclude avocadoes, for example.
5. It would be advisable to install a drip and/or gray water recycling system now in the face of unpredictable watering restrictions to come. After England experienced its hottest July in more than 80 years, for example, a ban on the use of hoses for any purpose was just instituted in several parts of that country. In the event of another dry California winter, I have heard that the water pressure reaching our homes could be reduced; the flow of water at the tap would be weaker due to a decrease in our current water pressure of 50-70 psi. Even if this pressure were cut in half, however, drip irrigation would probably still be operative since it requires only 25 psi to function properly.
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As we head into September, it seems like the presidential campaign is seriously getting underway.
Oops! Looks like that statement is two years early. Or is it?
Gov. Gavin Newsom, who won 56% of the June primary vote, still needs one more ratification at the polls, where he won election in 2018 and easily beat back a recall almost exactly one year ago.
But his Republican opponent this fall took just under 18% of the primary vote, so Newsom does not exactly have a fight on his hands. That’s why he was able to head out of state for a week over the July 4 holiday and take other family vacations in places like Cabo San Lucas, Mexico and some Central American points.
That’s also why he was able to spend well over $100,000 in campaign funds donated to his gubernatorial fund on television commercials and newspaper ads in Florida and Texas, essentially bagging on those states’ GOP governors, Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott, for things like banning some books from public schools, making it hard for elementary school teachers to discuss gender roles and doing what they can to make abortions as illegal as possible.
“Freedom,” said Newsom, hair slicked back as usual and wearing an open-necked Western-style shirt as he faced the TV camera in his spots, “it’s under attack in your state. Republican leaders, they’re banning books, making it harder to vote, restricting speech in classrooms, even criminalizing women and doctors. I urge all of you…to join the fight. Or join us in California, where we still believe in freedom — freedom of speech, freedom to choose, freedom from hate and the freedom to love.”
This was Newsom using his campaign war chest, which topped $23 million at midsummer, with no need to spend much at home, in a campaign to become the de facto leader of the national Democratic Party.
Sure, he drew derision from Republicans, including DeSantis, who correctly took Newsom’s ad as an attack on him. The Florida governor, who has targeted California’s Walt Disney Co., whose Disney World resort outside Orlando is Florida’s largest employer with more than 62,000 workers, for extra taxes ever since the firm opposed his restrictions on talking to schoolchildren about gays.
DeSantis lashed back at Newsom, blasting “soul-crushing COVID lockdowns that lasted years in California” and calling California “the most over-regulated, overbearing, overtaxed state in the Union.”
Of course, the COVID lockdowns he excoriated spared at least 40,000 California lives during the first two years of the pandemic, compared to what the death toll here would have been if Newsom had used a “keep everything open” approach like Florida’s.
The question is whether saving businesses and employees some great inconvenience would have been worth all those lost lives.
Newsom’s ad was actually a continuation of his effort last spring to fire up national Democrats, who he portrayed as lethargic after the early release of a draft of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to end federal abortion rights.
Newsom pushed hard for a state constitutional amendment guaranteeing abortion rights in California, on the ballot this fall as Proposition 1, and lambasted his own party almost as strongly as he criticized Republicans for rubber-stamping the three Donald Trump high court appointees behind that ruling.
Given the low approval poll ratings for President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, he might be all his party has if it wants to avoid a second term of Trump or a Trumpist figure like DeSantis in the White House. He stands a chance of towering over the Democratic field after this year’s mid-term elections.
Going after DeSantis let him promote himself while still denying he’s running for president. It’s clear one of his pitches in any presidential run would be that Republicans are “pro-government-mandated birth, not pro-life.” He notes they consistently oppose funding for pre-natal care, early education and the Affordable Care Act — better known as “Obamacare.”
“They’re pro-birth, and then you’re on your own,” he said, adding that “I can’t take any more of this. Why aren’t we standing up more firmly, calling this out? Where’s the counteroffensive?”
Newsom’s own counteroffensive, and his 2024 campaign, may have begun with his summertime ads.
Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com.
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Q: The president of our homeowner association decided she was overwhelmed with responsibilities and there was a need for a paid on-site manager. There was no mention, notification or discussion for the next meeting agenda in regards to the on-site manager hiring.
The minutes following the next association meeting, which came two months after the board meeting, notified members the board had hired the president as a paid on-site manager.
Since she has become onsite manager, every vendor except the management company has been replaced, including the pool man, plumber, trash company and gardener. Isn’t there something unethical, wrong and possibly liable about these ongoings? — M.H., Pasadena
A: Your president wears too many hats, and probably is not qualified to manage an HOA. Even if she were truly qualified, the conflicts of interest are huge. More importantly for her, she is almost certainly not protected from liability by the business judgment rule and by the volunteer director errors and omissions insurance.
She is not a volunteer (since she is being paid) and is not acting as a director but as a manager. Hiring homeowners is a bad idea and such arrangements rarely work in the long term. Encourage your board to hire a credentialed professional manager from a mainstream HOA management company.
Q: Our president has closed all our clubhouses to the owners for an indefinite period of time. A year ago it was for Covid, now nothing; she feels like it. What do we do????? — E.A., San Jacinto
Q: The board president chose a management company without getting three bids and the approval of the owners. — J.K., San Diego
A: The president is only one vote on the board of directors. The president should not be taking actions such as closing clubhouses or hiring a vendor without express board approval, which is recorded in the minutes.
No one position on the board has a weightier vote than any other, and the president of a nonprofit HOA is much less powerful than the business CEO or president. In the HOA world, the board is the “boss,” not the president. Rein in your president, and make sure the board makes decisions.
Q: In our HOA, the same person gets “elected” president year after year. In this year’s election, the ballots were submitted to the president who announced the “winners” of the three board positions. The president will not disclose how many votes each candidate received. He simply announces who won, and then determines who will take each of the three officer positions. Is this whole process even legal? Why cannot a homeowner see the ballots and confirm the count for each candidate? — G.C., San Juan Capistrano.
A: This is wrong on many levels. The Inspector of Elections, a volunteer or vendor appointed or hired by the board, opens and counts ballots and announces the results – not the president. The president does not select the officers, the board appoints officers in an open meeting of the board. Lastly, any member of the association has the right to inspect the ballots pursuant to Civil Code Section 5125. This president’s unilateral actions are jeopardizing the legitimacy of your HOA elections.
Kelly G. Richardson, Esq. is a Fellow of the College of Community Association Lawyers and Partner of Richardson Ober DeNichilo LLP, a California law firm known for community association advice. Submit questions to Kelly@rodllp.com.
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Q. Is it legal to park your own car, on a public street, in a position that blocks your own driveway?
– Kathleen Leichtfuss, Villa Park
A. No.
Certainly doesn’t mean you will get cited – and the vehicle towed – but in theory it could lead to that.
Your town is patrol by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department as you know, Kathleen. How the scenario is handled is up to the deputy or the agency’s community-service officer who sees it.
“The deputy or CSO will generally attempt to contact the vehicle’s owner and get compliance to move the vehicle,” Sgt. Scott Steinle told Honk in an email.
“However, based on the (California) Vehicle Code and the tow authority Vehicle Code, a vehicle parked in front of a residential driveway may be cited and may be towed,” he said.
Those are state laws, albeit police agencies for other communities may handle things differently.
Q. I recently saw a truck with a vanity license-plate number that was scary. I thought license-plate numbers were screened for inappropriate messages. I stayed away from that vehicle. Has the state changed the criteria?
– Helen Morris, Torrance
A. The big picture remains the same: The Department of Motor Vehicles is to block offensive license-plate sequences that touch on:
- Sexual connotation
- Vulgarity, prejudice or hostility
- Profanity or obscenity
- Misrepresentation of a police agency
Getting an approval by the DMV doesn’t ensure that a personalized license-plate sequence will be out there on the roads forever.
If someone perceives a license-plate number is offensive, he or she can file a complaint with the DMV. The agency would again consider if there is a message that doesn’t meet the state’s standards and could ask that the plates be returned.
Helen, you can report an offensive plate by writing to:
Department of Motor Vehicles, Policy Division, P.O. Box 825393, Sacramento, Calif. 94232-5393.
Now, what is offensive?
To the DMV, “COYW” was indeed offensive. It stands for “Come On You Whites.”
But Jonathan Kotler, a USC media-law associate professor, was just pulling for his Fulham soccer team out of London. That acronym is a cheer for the team that wears white jerseys.
The case went to federal court and, in a settlement The Associated Press reported in 2020, he was allowed to have the plate sequence.
(Full disclosure: Honk had his terrific class decades ago.)
Recent lawsuits, such as Kotler’s, have helped prompt the DMV to refine its guidelines so “decisions are viewpoint neutral” in compliance with court rulings, a DMV representative told Honk.
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