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More than almost any other time of year, the preseason is a time of hope for NFL franchises. Hope that a top draft pick hits their potential and hope that injured players come back stronger than ever. Nowhere was that hope more evident yesterday than in Nick Bosa’s post-practice comments about Javon Kinlaw.
“I think he brings an intimidation factor, for sure,” Bosa said, “I actually saw a really good rep from him today that I was happy to see. He’s got everything you could possibly need to be super dominant in this league. He just needs some reps to get used to it. He’s really important to our defensive line, and having him healthy is important. He’s gonna be a really important piece since we lost DJ [Jones].”
For reference, here’s the really good rep Bosa mentioned:
49ers Javon Kinlaw just ATE this Vikings OLineman pic.twitter.com/FJU6K8C6rv
— Brad (@Graham_SFN) August 17, 2022
If there’s one player on defense for the 49ers that would know what it takes to be “super dominant,” it’s Nick Bosa.
I do agree that the floor of a good season for Kinlaw this year has to be what Jones provided to the team last year (73.2 grade from PFF). There’s no reason to think that’s unreasonable. Javon Kinlaw was the 14th overall pick in the draft, so we know he has physical talent.
If Kinlaw is as healthy as he appears to be right now, just think about what that would do to the already formidable 49ers defensive front. Bosa would be terrorizing defenses from either edge, Arik Armstead would be back on the inside playing at a near-all pro level, and Kinlaw would be right alongside him, flattening any and everything going up the middle. Good luck finding any room to operate if all three guys click. Not to mention Samson Ebukam and/or Drake Jackson with one man to beat off the edge opposite Bosa.
A healthy Javon Kinlaw elevates an already stacked 49ers defensive line to other-worldly levels. So far from what we’ve seen in camp, we’re a lot closer to that than we are to the bust status that some have already bestowed upon him.
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Hibs player ratings: Deserved 9 for MOTM and three 8s in dramatic draw with Rangers
We give the Hibs players a mark out of ten for their performance against Rangers at Easter Road ...
David Marshall: Had very little do apart from pick the ball out of the net twice. 6
Chris Cadden: Bombed up and down the right flank tirelessly, but did find life difficult at times by Ryan Kent’s trickery. 6
Ryan Porteous: Picked up a booking but put in a good performance at centre-half and did not get involved in any of the drama that has sometimes caught him in Hibs-Rangers matches. 7
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Rocky Bushiri: Played pretty well but blotted his copybook with a silly tug on Antonio Colak that led to the penalty. 5
Paul Hanlon: Was having a decent enough game but was replaced in unusual circumstances on 26 minutes – presumably tactical given his reaction to Lee Johnson’s decision to substitute him. 4
Joe Newell: After a sub-standard performance at Livingston, he was right back at it today. Combative, pressed and passed well. Was clever with the ball when Hibs had numerical advantage. 8
Jake Doyle-Hayes: Restored to the starting XI, he was tidy enough in midfield and did not allow a first-half yellow-card to stymie his combative instincts. Came off for Lewis Miller in the latter stages on game. 6
Josh Campbell: Started off at left-back but was moved into midfield and that’s where he excelled. His clever pass set Elie Youan free to create the first goal and then he equalised late on with a marvellous strike. Wasn’t afraid to be physical either. A top performance. 9
Ewan Henderson: Had been slack with one or two passes and then picked up an early yellow card for a blatant bodycheck, and given the way the match was being officiated, Johnson decided he couldn't keep him on. Like Hanlon, made way before 30-minute mark. 3
Martin Boyle: Constantly harried and pestered the Rangers defence and timed his run well to score Hibs’ first goal. Makes Hibs so much more dangerous in the final third. 8
Elie Youan: His pace and trickery caused Rangers issues and he linked well with Boyle for the goal. 7
Substitutes: Christian Doidge (5) was one of the early replacements, but it never really happened for him in attack. Left-back Marijan Cabraja (8) also came on after 26 minutes and played well, was elbowed by Morelos and showed the heart of a lion by playing so soon after his father’s death. Lewis Miller (4) nearly scored with a header, while Momodou Bojang (n/a) appeared right at the end. | https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/hibs-player-ratings-deserved-9-for-motm-and-three-8s-in-dramatic-draw-with-rangers-3813434 | 2022-08-20T14:43:36Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/hibs-player-ratings-deserved-9-for-motm-and-three-8s-in-dramatic-draw-with-rangers-3813434 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK (AP) — Loudon Wainwright III points out that the first line of the first song on his first album, released when he was 23, is about aging: “In Delaware when I was younger.”
So it’s no stretch that the folk singer’s first album of new compositions in eight years, “Lifetime Achievement,” is loosely based on turning 75. It’s on sale Friday.
The new song “How Old is 75?,” where he sings, “in five years I’ll be 80. I’ll hear the fat lady,” is one of Wainwright’s signature mixes of humor and poignant observation. Three-quarters of a century is a milestone, not just because it’s a big number, but because he’s now lived longer than his father and mother.
“The aging thing has always been on all of my records,” he said. “But actually, it really applies to me now.”
Over the course of 15 songs, Wainwright sings about pieces of his life scattered in various locales, walking through an old lover’s town, imagining himself at the gates of hell and the perspective of a dog caught in the middle of a divorce.
The title cut’s narrator realizes that all of life’s momentary achievements mean little next to love — either from a partner or audience, depending on your interpretation.
And family. Always family.
Anyone who’s listened to the man that Rolling Stone called “the poet laureate of family dysfunction” knows about the competition with his father, his divorces from singers Kate McGarrigle and Suzzy Roche, the damage caused by the distant upbringings of son Rufus and daughter Lucy, both accomplished artists of their own.
Wainwright quips about “a couple of tense Thanksgiving dinners,” but is endlessly drawn to his own life for material, reasoning there will always be listeners who can relate.
“How could I not write about that?” he said. “What’s a better topic than that? I could write about imagining what it’s like to ride the rails or pick cotton. I’m just writing about what happened to me. That started at the very beginning; I wrote my first song about going to boarding school in Delaware.”
“Lifetime Achievement” is essentially Wainwright and his guitar — or banjo on “How Old is 75?” — with adornments added later. He usually performs alone, so starting alone is the approach that he feels fits best in the studio.
Wainwright “was something like an old man even when he was young, so he takes to the subject of aging with grace and insight,” music critic Stephen Deusner wrote in a review of the album for Uncut.
The singer grew up in the New York City suburbs of Westchester County and now lives on the eastern end of Long Island. He jokes about fitting in an interview along with “maintenance visits” to doctors in a trip to the city.
He can remember specifically what made him want to be a performer. At age 7, he sang a song to his mother and her sister, bathed in their adoration, and knew he wanted that feeling again.
Throughout his career, Wainwright has been able to toggle between humor and seriousness in a way uncommon to most songwriters.
The new “Fam Vac” is laugh-out-loud funny: the narrator wants a vacation from, not with, his family. At the same time, the way he sang of feeling adrift following the death of his mother in 2001’s “Homeless” is chilling in its naked emotion.
“I think of myself as a switch-hitter,” he said. “I can do funny, and I can do really down and depressing. I’m goofing on it now, but I can do very serious songs. I decided I can do both and I have done both.”
It can be a tough line to walk. When the novelty song “Dead Skunk” became his first hit in the early 1970s — his only hit, really — that briefly became a trap.
His record company was unenthused when Wainwright suggested his breezy “The Swimming Song” as a new single; they wanted another silly animal song. The last laugh: 50 years later, “The Swimming Song” has more than 17 million plays on Spotify; “Dead Skunk” is at 3.5 million.
Wainwright’s 76th birthday is coming up in a few weeks, right when he’s heading out on his first post-pandemic tour. He’s starting in England, where he generally draws larger audiences than at home.
“I’m so delighted when young people come up to me and say ‘my mom loved your records’ or ‘my grandfather loved your records,’” he said. “And then they say, ‘but I love your records, too.’ That, of course, is the most exciting thing. Then I feel like I’m 22.”
Wainwright never figured he’d be making music this long. While going out on the road is much harder, and Wainwright can see a deadline coming on that part of his career, he expects to write songs as long as inspiration strikes.
“When you start out in show business, or any business … you have your fantasies about how big it’s going to get, how famous you’re going to get, how much money you’re going to make,” he said. “I had all of those. I hoped that I would make a little more money than I have, but looking back, it’s been great. I got to do what I wanted to do.” | https://www.wspa.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/wainwrights-new-music-takes-inspiration-from-turning-75/ | 2022-08-20T14:57:31Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/wainwrights-new-music-takes-inspiration-from-turning-75/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A Sacramento, California, native and 2016 El Camino High School graduate is serving in the U.S. Navy aboard the Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville (CG 62).
This work, Sacramento, California, Native serves aboard USS Chancellorsville while conducting operations in the Philippine Sea, by PO2 Justin Stack, identified by DVIDS, must comply with the restrictions shown on https://www.dvidshub.net/about/copyright. | https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7380222/sacramento-california-native-serves-aboard-uss-chancellorsville-while-conducting-operations-philippine-sea | 2022-08-20T14:58:03Z | dvidshub.net | control | https://www.dvidshub.net/image/7380222/sacramento-california-native-serves-aboard-uss-chancellorsville-while-conducting-operations-philippine-sea | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Pence says he didn't take classified material when he left office
Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he didn't take any classified material with him when he left the White House, the Associated Press reports.
Why it matters: The FBI seized multiple sets of classified and top secret documents from former President Trump's residence in Mar-a-Lago earlier this month.
Driving the news: When asked by AP about taking any classified information with him, Pence said, “No, not to my knowledge.”
- Pence said he didn't want to "prejudge" the FBI's raid at Trump's home "until we know all the facts.”
- He added the search may have been politically motivated and called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to release more information.
What they're saying: "The concern that millions of Americans felt is only going to be resolved with daylight," Pence said.
- "I know that's not customary in an investigation. But this is unprecedented action by the Justice Department, and I think it merits an unprecedented transparency."
State of play: The comments come amid an uptick in threats to federal law enforcement in the wake of the Mar-a-Lago raid.
- Trump recently called for the "temperature ... to be brought down" after the FBI search.
- Pence previously said he had "deep concern" over the "unprecedented search" at Mar-a-Lago, Axios' Alayna Treene writes.
What we're watching: Pence made these comments from Iowa during a two-day trip. It's a part of a broader tour he's making to early voting states, a sign of a potential 2024 presidential run, per AP.
Go deeper: Trump's 2024 boost | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/20/mike-pence-classified-material-trump-raid | 2022-08-20T14:58:05Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/20/mike-pence-classified-material-trump-raid | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Supreme Court temporarily blocks Georgia law, ruling it harms Black voters
The Supreme Court sided with Georgia voters on Friday and reinstated a federal judge's ruling that the current system disadvantages Black voters in violation of a federal civil rights law, according to court documents.
Why it matters: It forced this year's election for the state's Public Service Commission to be postponed so that a new system could be created for electing commissioners, according to court documents.
The big picture: The ruling was a rare example of the conservative Supreme Court siding with voters over state officials, CNN writes.
- Typically, the courts refuse to make late changes to state election procedures even if those changes are necessary to address "illegal infringements of the right to vote," the New York Times writes.
But, but, but: But the exception was based on an unusual concession from state officials and may not have larger implications, the Times added.
- Lawyers for Brad Raffensperger, the secretary of state, had promised not to raise the Purcell principle, which discourages federal court actions that would disrupt election planning close to an election, if they lost.
Details: The Public Service Commission, which regulates public utilities in the state, has five commission seats and each commissioner must reside in a specific district.
- Black voters are a majority in one district, and voters from that area sued, saying that electing commissioners in state-wide elections violated the Voting Rights Act by diluting their power to elect candidates of their choice.
- “If everyone in the United States got to vote on who Georgia’s U.S. senators would be, I don’t think anyone would think that the system was fair to Georgians," Judge Robin Rosenbaum wrote in a dissent in a previous ruling. | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/20/supreme-court-blocks-georgia-law-harms-black-voters | 2022-08-20T14:58:08Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/20/supreme-court-blocks-georgia-law-harms-black-voters | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida utility has been fined $500,000 and placed on three years’ probation for a 2017 deadly explosion at a coal-fired power plant that killed five workers.
The U.S. Justice Department said in a news release Friday that Tampa Electric Co. also must adhere to a new safety compliance plan. The fine is the maximum allowed for willful Occupational Safety and Health Administration workplace rules violations such as this.
The explosion at TECO’s Big Bend plant near Tampa happened when an effort was made using high-pressure water to clear a slag byproduct that accumulates in tanks under the coal-fired furnaces. The workers died and several more were injured when they were sprayed with molten slag that came loose.
The sentencing came after TECO reached a plea agreement with federal prosecutors in which the utility admitted it did not conduct any briefings for employees about the work, including the potential hazards and necessary safety precautions, prosecutors said.
“The department takes this conduct very seriously, and accordingly pursued the maximum remedy available under the law,” said Todd Kim, assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division.
The agreement also notes that the company previously reached confidential civil settlements with the families of the victims and others injured by the explosion. | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/florida-utility-gets-500k-fine-probation-for-fatal-blast/ | 2022-08-20T14:58:14Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/florida-utility-gets-500k-fine-probation-for-fatal-blast/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The chief executive who oversaw the rapid expansion of Ulta Beauty will take over as CEO of Foot Locker during a period of significant transition for the chain.
Mary Dillon, one of only 31 women leading a S&P 500 company before stepping down as the top executive at Ulta early last year, will take over at Foot Locker for Richard Johnson, who retires next month.
Shares of Foot Locker jumped 20%, to $38.38, Friday.
Dillon takes control of the company next month with Foot Locker relying less on sales at malls, where foot traffic has plummeted, and moving away from one of its most dominant suppliers, Nike. Nike recently shifted aggressively to direct sales to customers.
Johnson, who has led the company since 2014, will continue as the board’s executive chairman through 2023.
Ulta’s market capitalization tripled under Dillon between 2013 to 2021 and doubled its number of stores and loyalty memberships. She created a partnership to get Ulta into a major retail chain and in front of potential customers who may have been unfamiliar with the brand.
Foot Locker posted its highest annual sales since 1994 in its last fiscal year as the pandemic eased, potentially providing momentum as it expands its online sales platforms while opening more stand-alone locations.
Foot Locker says it will maintain a presence in malls, where their referee-striped sales force has been ubiquitous for decades.
It is diversifying the products customers see on shelves. Foot Locker says that by the fourth quarter of this year it expects no vendor to to make up more than 55% of its product budget. Just two years ago, Nike products accounted for as much as 75% of Foot Locker’s product spending.
With Dillon’s arrival, it’s also diversified its leadership. When Dillon stepped down at Ulta in March 2021, the number of top female executives in the S&P 500 dropped to 30, or about 6%, according to The Conference Board and its data provider Esgauge.
That number remains low, and a woman holding the top job in any publicly traded company is uncommon. Dillon has served as the CEO of U.S. Cellular and held executive and leadership positions at McDonald’s and PepsiCo.
Foot Locker also posted strong second-quarter profits Friday that easily topped Wall Street expectations.
The New York company has 2,800 stores across 28 countries and reported $9 billion in sales last year. During the second quarter, it opened 34 new stores, remodeled or relocated 24 more and closed 50.
It also owns more than 500 Champs Sports stores and purchased West Coast shoe and athletic apparel retailer WSS in 2021 for $750 million. | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/foot-locker-names-former-ulta-beauty-chief-as-ceo/ | 2022-08-20T14:58:20Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/foot-locker-names-former-ulta-beauty-chief-as-ceo/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK (AP) — Friends and fellow authors spoke out on Salman Rushdie’s behalf during a rally Friday on the steps of the main branch of the New York Public Library, one week after he was attacked onstage in the western part of the state and hospitalized with stab wounds.
Rushdie’s condition has improved, and, according to his literary agent, he has been removed from a ventilator.
Jeffrey Eugenides, Tina Brown and Kiran Desai were among those who shared wishes for a full recovery, told stories of Rushdie as an inspiration and defender of free expression, and read passages from his books, essays and speeches, including from “The Satanic Verses,” the 1988 novel that was condemned by some Muslims as blasphemous.
Rushdie spent years in hiding after Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a 1989 edict, a fatwa, calling for his death, but had traveled freely over the past two decades.
The hourlong “Stand With Salman” gathering was presented in part by the library, by Rushdie’s publisher, Penguin Random House, and by the literary and human rights organization PEN America. Hundreds were in attendance, many affiliated with PEN, of which the 75-year-old Rushdie is a former president.
“He’s been a constant, indefatigable champion of words and of writers attacked for the purported crime of their work,” said the day’s first speaker, PEN CEO Suzanne Nossel. “Today, we will celebrate Salman for what he has endured, but even more importantly, because of what he has engendered — the stories, characters, metaphors and images he has given to the world.”
The rally did not include any new words from Rushdie, but Nossel said he was aware of the event and even made suggestions for what to read. Rushdie’s son Zafar Rushdie, who has been with his father, tweeted that “it was great to see a crowd gathered” outside the library.
“Stand With Salman” took place the day after a judge in Mayville, New York, denied bail to 24-year-old Hadi Matar, who has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and assault. While in jail, Matar told the New York Post that he disdained Rushdie as anti-Muslim and expressed admiration for the Ayatollah.
On Friday, other readers included the author and journalist Gay Talese, author and former PEN president Andrew Solomon, and the poet, lawyer and activist Reginald Dwayne Betts. Actor Aasif Mandvi read from Rushdie’s upcoming novel, “Victory City,” which he completed before the attack and includes the passage “I myself am nothing now. All that remains is the city of words. Words are the only victors.”
Eugenides, whose novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Middlesex,” remembered traveling to London in the early 1980s. Eugenides was 20 and Rushdie’s breakthrough novel “Midnight’s Children” had recently been published. He knew Rushdie lived there and decided he wanted to meet him. It was years before “The Satanic Verses,” and Eugenides found his name and address in the phone book.
“I took the tube out to his house. As it turned out, Salman wasn’t at home; he was in Italy, vacationing,” said Eugenides, who was greeted by Rushdie’s then-mother-in-law and left a note for the author.
“That was the world we used to live in,” Eugenides added. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/ap-us-news/authors-and-friends-rally-and-read-for-salman-rushdie/ | 2022-08-20T14:58:55Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/ap-us-news/authors-and-friends-rally-and-read-for-salman-rushdie/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge on Friday blocked county prosecutors from enforcing the state’s 1931 ban on abortion for the foreseeable future, after two days of witness testimony from abortion experts, providers and the state’s chief medical officer.
The ruling follows a state Court of Appeals ruling this month that county prosecutors were not covered by a May order and could enforce the prohibition following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade.
“The harm to the body of women and people capable of pregnancy in not issuing the injunction could not be more real, clear, present and dangerous to the court,” Oakland County Judge Jacob Cunningham said during his ruling Friday.
David Kallman, an attorney for two Republican county prosecutors, said an appeal is planned.
“The judge ignored all of the clear legal errors and problems in this case, it appears to me, simply because the issue is abortion,” Kallman told The Associated Press following the hearing.
Cunningham filed a restraining order against county prosecutors hours after the Aug. 1 appeals court decision and following a request from attorneys representing Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Although a majority of prosecutors in counties where there are abortion clinics have said they will not enforce the ban, Republican prosecutors in Kent, Jackson and Macomb counties have said they should be able to enforce the 1931 law. Macomb, which is just north of Detroit, and Kent, in western Michigan, are the state’s third- and fourth-most populated counties, respectively.
Cunningham listened to arguments Wednesday and Thursday in Pontiac before granting the preliminary injunction, which is expected to keep abortion legal throughout the state until the Michigan Supreme Court or voters could decide in the fall.
In his ruling, Cunningham found all three of the state’s witnesses “extremely credible” while dismissing testimony from the defense witnesses as “unhelpful and biased.”
The 1931 law in Michigan, which was triggered after the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, bans abortion in all instances except the life of the mother. The dormant ban was retroactively blocked from going into effect in May when Judge Elizabeth Gleicher issued a preliminary injunction.
The state Court of Appeals later said that the preliminary injunction only applied to the attorney general’s office, meaning that providers could get charged with a felony by some county prosecutors.
While Kallman said during closing arguments Thursday that granting a preliminary injunction isn’t how laws should be changed, attorneys representing Whitmer argued that allowing county prosecutors to decide whether to enforce the 1931 ban would cause confusion.
“I’m relieved that everyone in this state knows that it doesn’t matter what county you live in now, you are not as a provider going to be prosecuted,” Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald said following the ruling. Oakland is the second-most populated Michigan county. The prosecutor for Wayne County, which includes Detroit and is the state’s most populous, had also said she would not pursue such cases.
A ballot initiative seeking to enshrine abortion rights into the state’s constitution turned in 753,759 signatures in July and is expected to ultimately decide the status abortion access in Michigan. The amendment awaits final approval for the November ballot by the state’s Board of Canvassers.
“This court finds it is overwhelmingly in the public’s best interest to let the people of the great state of Michigan decide this matter at the ballot box,” Cunningham said Friday.
The status of abortion in Michigan is expected to drastically impact the battleground state’s November general election, where Whitmer and Attorney General Dana Nessel, also a Democrat, have made abortion rights a centerpiece of their reelection campaigns.
“Absent this preliminary injunction, physicians face a very real threat of prosecution depending on where they practice,” Nessel said in a statement issued following Friday’s ruling.
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Joey Cappelletti is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/ap-us-news/judge-prosecutors-cannot-enforce-michigans-abortion-ban/ | 2022-08-20T14:59:30Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/ap-us-news/judge-prosecutors-cannot-enforce-michigans-abortion-ban/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MIAMI (AP) —
Tropical storm warnings have been issued for a stretch of the lower Texas Gulf Coast and part of Mexico’s northeast shoreline amid forecasts that an offshore disturbance would become a tropical storm in coming hours.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft found top sustained winds reaching near 35 mph (55 kph) with higher gusts in the system. It was located in the Gulf about 400 miles (640 kilometers) south-southeast of the mouth of the Rio Grande river.
The center said slow strengthening is expected and the disturbance was expected to become a tropical storm by sometime Saturday. It said the system is moving to the northwest at 14 mph (22 kph) amid forecasts of an eventual weekend landfall in northeast Mexico, the Miami advisory said.
Mexico’s government issued a tropical storm warning for its Gulf coast from Boca de Catan northward to the mouth of the Rio Grande amid forecasts of eventual landfall in northeast Mexico. A tropical storm warning also is in effect for the lower Texas coast from Port Mansfield south to the mouth of the Rio Grande.
Forecasters said the potential tropical cyclone could produce total rain of 3 to 6 inches with isolated totals 8 inches along parts of Mexico’s eastern coast from northern sections of the state of Veracruz across the state of Tamaulipas.
Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches (2.5 cms to 7.5 cms) with isolated higher amounts are possible across far south Texas, the hurricane center advisory said. It said the rainfall may produce life threatening flash flooding and mudslides and extend into far south Texas. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/ap-us-news/tropical-storm-warnings-out-for-parts-of-texas-mexico-coast/ | 2022-08-20T14:59:58Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/ap-us-news/tropical-storm-warnings-out-for-parts-of-texas-mexico-coast/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin said he pays no attention to criticism or campaign donations when making decisions about what’s best for West Virginia.
Sounding somewhat exasperated when asked whether the dramatic bump in campaign contributions he’s received from oil and gas interests in recent months influenced his voting, the conservative Democrat said no.
During a roundtable discussion in Charleston on Friday, he said his office’s outsized role in drafting the sprawling economic package signed this week by U.S. President Joe Biden made him the target of the “far left,” environmental activists and the fossil fuel industry all at once.
“Nobody in their right mind would go through what I have gone through with my staff for the last eight months, taking all the crap we’ve taken from everybody in the country” if they weren’t doing what they believe is right, he said.
“I can be the hero and the villain all within a 24-hour shift,” he said. “The bottom line is, I make no excuses for what I think is right. I’ve always said this — If I can explain that, I can vote. I can take the criticism I know that goes with those votes. That’s part of the game.”
Manchin, who chairs the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, offered a key vote needed to pass the Democrats’ flagship climate and health care bill in the 50-50 Senate. The House used a party-line 220-207 vote to pass the legislation, which Biden signed Tuesday.
The law, which places caps on prescription drug prices for seniors and extends subsidies meant to help Americans pay for health insurance, contains billions in incentives for clean energy. Owing largely to Manchin’s influence, it also offers renewed support for traditional fuel sources such as coal and natural gas with steps such as subsidies for technology that reduces carbon emissions.
“I wasn’t sure that they would ever agree because of my friends on the far left, the environmental community, was totally committed to dispersing and basically eliminating fossil,” Manchin said of the law.
But Manchin said there is “no way you can get rid of fossil in any short period of time.”
“You can use it cleaner as you basically transition, but it’s going to be with us, and you got to do the best you can with it,” he said. “So, I wanted to make sure they understood that.”
On the other side, he said he’s “been criticized by all my friends in the coal industry” because they think the bill doesn’t go far enough to protect their interests.
“(They) for some reason think that this is going to be harmful,” said Manchin, whose family owns Enersystems, a coal brokerage company. “I think it basically is a pathway forward so we can continue to produce industry, provide energy that our country needs.”
Under an agreement with the Democratic leadership, Manchin proposed a separate list of legislation to speed up federal permitting and make energy projects harder to block under federal acts. He also specifically asked that federal agencies “take all necessary actions” to streamline completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a project long opposed by environmental activists.
The 303-mile (487-kilometer) pipeline, now mostly finished, would transport natural gas drilled from the Appalachian Basin through West Virginia and Virginia. Legal battles have delayed completion by nearly four years and doubled the pipeline’s cost, now estimated at $6.6 billion.
This election cycle, Manchin has received more campaign contributions from natural gas pipeline companies than any other member of U.S. Congress — contributions that have increased from $20,000 in 2020 to $331,910 in 2022, according to campaign finance records compiled by Open Secrets.
On Friday, he said his agenda in advocating for the pipeline was to bring down the cost for consumers by increasing the size of the market and creating jobs. He insisted the campaign money had nothing to do with it.
“I understand the cynical part of that. People look at it and they go, ‘Well, they’re just taking care of themselves,'” he said. “I’m sorry people, I have no idea who contributes. I don’t look at that, I don’t go out and advocate that at all.”
He said lawmakers need to “rise above” corporate and party pressure to deliver for their constituents.
“Politics has become a very, very nasty, destructive type of process … both sides are guilty of weaponizing the good of America for the good of the party — both sides, and it’s just not right for our country,” he said. | https://www.wspa.com/news/politics/ap-politics/manchin-dismisses-critics-embraces-hero-and-villain-role/ | 2022-08-20T15:00:26Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/politics/ap-politics/manchin-dismisses-critics-embraces-hero-and-villain-role/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Justice Department under Attorney General William Barr improperly withheld portions of an internal memo Barr cited in announcing that then-President Donald Trump had not obstructed justice in the Russia investigation, a federal appeals panel said Friday.
The department had argued that the 2019 memo represented private deliberations of its lawyers before any decision was formalized, and was thus exempt from disclosure. A federal judge previously disagreed, ordering the Justice Department to provide it to a government transparency group that had sued for it.
At issue in the case is a March 24, 2019, memorandum from the head of the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel and another senior department official that was prepared for Barr to evaluate whether evidence in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation could support prosecution of the president for obstruction of justice.
Barr has said he looked to that opinion in concluding that Trump did not illegally obstruct the Russia probe, which was an investigation of whether his campaign had colluded with Russia to tip the 2016 election.
A year later, a federal judge sharply rebuked Barr's handling of Mueller's report, saying Barr had made "misleading public statements" to spin the investigation's findings in favor of Trump and had shown a "lack of candor."
Friday's appeals court decision said the internal Justice Department memo noted that "Mueller had declined to accuse President Trump of obstructing justice but also had declined to exonerate him." The internal memo said "the Report's failure to take a definitive position could be read to imply an accusation against President Trump" if released to the public, the court wrote.
The Justice Department turned over other documents to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington as part of the group's lawsuit, but declined to give it the memo. Government lawyers said they were entitled under public records law to withhold the memo because it reflected internal deliberations before any formal decision had been reached on what Mueller's evidence showed.
Sitting presidents are generally protected from criminal charges on grounds it would undermine their ability to perform the office's constitutional duties. The Justice Department, like Mueller, "took as a given that the Constitution would bar the prosecution of a sitting President," the appeals court wrote, which meant the decision that Trump wouldn't be charged had already been made and couldn't be shielded from public release.
Had Justice Department officials made clear to the court that the memo related to Barr's decision on making a public statement about the report, the appellate panel wrote, rulings in the case might have been different.
"Because the Department did not tie the memorandum to deliberations about the relevant decision, the Department failed to justify its reliance on the deliberative-process privilege," wrote the panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Appellate judges also noted that their ruling was "narrow," saying that it should not be interpreted to "call into question any of our precedents permitting agencies to withhold draft documents related to public messaging."
Attorneys for the Justice Department didn't immediately respond to an email message seeking comment. The department can appeal the ruling to the full appeals court.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.klcc.org/npr-news/2022-08-20/the-doj-under-barr-wrongly-withheld-parts-of-a-russia-probe-memo-a-court-rules | 2022-08-20T15:01:13Z | klcc.org | control | https://www.klcc.org/npr-news/2022-08-20/the-doj-under-barr-wrongly-withheld-parts-of-a-russia-probe-memo-a-court-rules | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Here ye! Here ye!
When Riley Williams, who is accused of stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's laptop during the Jan. 6 insurrection, was released from jail last year, the judge ordered that Williams would only be able to leave home for work, court proceedings, and a handful of approved outings.
Now it appears the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire is one of those exceptions.
The 25-year-old has been granted permission to attend the Fairies & Fantasy themed fair for eight hours over the weekend, her lawyer Lori Ulrich told the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette.
"She is confined to her home 24/7 with exceptions. Every once in a while, if there is an activity that interests her, we ask if she can attend," Ulrich said.
This is not the first time the Mechanicsburg, Pa., resident has been allowed a reprieve from house arrest, Ulrich said. She noted that prosecutors are generally amenable to letting Williams go on day-long adventures.
This weekend, that might mean potentially partaking in some corseted cosplay, making preparations for a make-believe renaissance wedding, or enjoying a good ol' fashioned jousting competition. All of which sound like a nice break from the serious charges Williams faces.
Prosecutors say Williams stole Pelosi's computer from the speaker's office, which they say Williams boasted about on her own social media platform. The FBI was investigating whether Williams allegedly planned on selling the laptop to Russia's foreign intelligence agency.
"I took Nancy Polesis [sic] hard drives. I don't care. Kill me," authorities say she wrote on the social media site Discord.
At least 895 people across the country have been arrested in connection with the insurrection at the Capitol.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.klcc.org/npr-news/npr-news/2022-08-20/the-woman-accused-of-stealing-pelosis-laptop-gets-to-attend-renaissance-faire | 2022-08-20T15:01:19Z | klcc.org | control | https://www.klcc.org/npr-news/npr-news/2022-08-20/the-woman-accused-of-stealing-pelosis-laptop-gets-to-attend-renaissance-faire | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish police say two people have been wounded in a shooting at a shopping center in the southern city of Malmo.
A suspected was arrested after the shooting Friday afternoon at the Emporia shopping center, which police said appeared to be gang-related.
“Police are on site with big resources to map the incident by interviewing witnesses and going through material from surveillance cameras. The immediate danger to the public appears to be over,” Malmo police said.
Shootings by criminal gangs have become a growing problem in Sweden in recent decades, including in Malmo, the country’s third-biggest city. Gang violence is among the main campaign issues ahead of Sweden’s national election on Sept. 11.
Last month a gunman opened fire inside a shopping mall across the Oresund Strait in the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Three people were killed and four wounded. Police said the suspect in that shooting, a 22-year-old Dane, apparently selected his victims at random. | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/sweden-2-wounded-in-shopping-center-shooting/ | 2022-08-20T15:01:30Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/sweden-2-wounded-in-shopping-center-shooting/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Treasury Department official is set next week to make his first official trip to India since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Amid tensions over India’s neutral stance on the invasion that began in late February, the U.S. wants the meetings to focus on how to deepen ties with the South Asian nation.
Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo will travel to Mumbai and New Delhi for meetings that include Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office, the finance ministry, the Reserve Bank of India, and the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
And as India is set to lead the Group of 20 intergovernmental forum in 2023, Treasury says Adeyemo will “discuss key shared priorities such as bolstering energy security, addressing food insecurity globally, and combatting illicit financial flows.”
India hasn’t shunned Russia despite its membership in the regional Quad alliance with the U.S., Australia and Japan, Instead, it has maintained its business ties with Russia, depending on the Kremlin for energy and other exports.
The nation has boosted its purchase of Russian oil, buying roughly 60 million barrels in 2022 so far, compared with only 12 million barrels in all of 2021, according to commodity data firm Kpler.
The U.S. and Europe, however, are moving away from Russian energy — with Treasury officials promoting a price cap on Russian oil.
A Treasury statement says Adeyemo will meet with financial services and energy sectors executives in Mumbai and will speak about strengthening economic ties between the U.S. and India.
He will also underscore “our two countries’ deep economic, security, and cultural ties” and discuss ways to build “more resilient supply chains” through the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework that India joined as a founding member in May.
India is the world’s second-most populous country and largest democracy based on a population of 1.4 billion.
On Sunday, President Joe Biden issued a statement celebrating India’s 75th anniversary of independence, calling the U.S. and India “indispensable partners.” | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/us-treasury-official-to-visit-india-amid-ukraine-tensions/ | 2022-08-20T15:01:37Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/us-treasury-official-to-visit-india-amid-ukraine-tensions/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Helianthus Annuus has been grown and used for thousands of years by the peoples of North America and South America for food and construction. Helios in Greek mythology and religion meant the solar deity. Helios plus Annuus equals sunflower.
Greek mythology tells us that Apollo and Clytie were in love, but alas Apollo’s head was turned by another nymph and Clytie was scorned. Clytie told the nymph’s father that his daughter and Apollo were an item. The enraged father buried the nymph alive. When Apollo heard what Clytie had done he turned her into a heliotrope. Though Apollo’s rage did change Clytie’s form, it did not change her behavior. Clytie still followed Apollo’s every move, just as the sunflower bloom follows the sun all day.
In the early 1500s, at the time of Spanish world exploration, sunflowers were discovered in Peru. The indigenous people of Peru, the Inca, believed the sunflower reflected the image of their sun god, Inti. Incas wore discs around their necks that resembled sunflowers to honor their god. Francisco Pizarro is credited with bringing the seeds to Europe, but surely every explorer that landed in Peru took seeds back to Europe to show what they had seen: beautiful, huge flowers.
In 1672 Tsar Pyotr Alekseevich, “Peter the Great,” was born in Moscow. Peter ruled with his brother Ivan V from 1682 until Ivan’s death in 1696, when Peter was declared Sovereign of All Russia. Peter was a forward looking leader who wanted more for Russia than what it had. Peter visited Amsterdam several times to observe Dutch ship building abilities. While he was there Peter was introduced to sunflowers. He was taken with their beauty and hardiness, and took seeds home to Russia for cultivation. Everything points to a successful crop and sunflowers became a staple in Russia over time.
In the 1800s the Russian Orothodox Church issued a diktat on the various fats and oils that could not be consumed during Lent. Sunflowers and their oil were not on the list, so they were widely consumed.
By the late 1800s immigrants from Russia were coming to the American midwest and Canada to homestead. They brought sunflower seeds with them. In Russia at that time several millions acres of sunflowers were being grown. The seeds that the immigrants brought were the Russian Mammoth variety. They grew as well here as they did in Russia. The sunflower has an extensive root system and is drought tolerant. The plains regions on both continents could get very dry at times.
In the late 1960s, Vasilii Stepanovich Pustovoit, a Russian, successfully developed a sunflower seed that is very rich in oil. Pustovoit is credited for the high yield / high oil varieties that are available today.
By the 1970s Americans were becoming more health conscious. Sunflower oil was proven to be healthier than saturated fats. The switch to sunflower oil was on. There were not enough oil-producing sunflowers being grown to meet demand. Europeans were high demand users as well, but had European sources from which to get their oil.
About the varieties that we have today, they were a long time in coming. In order to hybridize, there had to be an understanding of the male-sterile and restore system that made hybrids feasible and of commercial interest to growers. In 1969, the French researcher known simply as Leclerq found the out to do the male-sterile part. In 1970, a U.S. Department of Agriculture scientist named Murray Kinman discovered how to restore the gene system, making hybrids possible. We enjoy their hard work now.
The sunflower is an amazing plant; there are so many different colors, bloom sizes and heights. Did you know that the sunflower is a hyperaccumulator of dangerous heavy metals? Sunflowers were planted at Chernobyl and Fukushima — nuclear power plant accident sites — to extract Cesium-137 and Strontium-90 from the soil along with other toxins.
There are so many good things that can be said about sunflowers. In flower language some of these words come up: adoration, loyalty, longevity, gratitude, happiness, optimism, honesty, peace, admiration. In the language of love, sunflowers are an expression of unwavering and unconditional love. While I cannot say what others feel, when I see sunflowers, I want to smile and I feel happy. Is there anything better than that?
While they are equated to Diana, not as princess but as “the People’s Flower,” for their easy ways and happy disposition, and also for nutrition to sustain us during hard times, sunflowers deserve our respect and certainly our enjoyment.
Garden on!
Master gardener Fredi Stangland resides in Medina. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/back-to-the-roots-helianthus-annuus-sunshine-in-the-form-of-a-flower/article_7653c5f6-1e7b-11ed-876d-df60d271c809.html | 2022-08-20T15:02:06Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/back-to-the-roots-helianthus-annuus-sunshine-in-the-form-of-a-flower/article_7653c5f6-1e7b-11ed-876d-df60d271c809.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In the 19th century when transportation and agriculture were so dependent on the use of animals, particularly horses, it was not uncommon for some people to abuse these creatures in order to get more work out of them than they could physically endure. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was founded in England in 1824, the first organization dedicated to ending abuse of animals. It was more than 40 years before an American SPCA was established in New York City on April 10, 1866.
In addition to the abuse of horses, the ASPCA targeted cockfighting and conditions in slaughterhouses. Less than two weeks after it was founded, the first animal anti-cruelty law was passed in New York City. A year later, Buffalo became the second city to form a chapter of the ASPCA. By 1888, almost every state in the union had enacted anti-cruelty laws to protect animals from abuse.
It was in that year that Arabella Peterson and a group of concerned citizens met at the YMCA in Lockport on October 16th to form the SPCA of Niagara County. Peterson was elected first vice president, a position she held until her death in 1929. Four other trustees were elected from Lockport to serve on the board.
The Lockport chapter of the ASPCA in Niagara County was incorporated on March 14, 1894 due in large part to the efforts of Peterson. The wife of Jesse Peterson, president of Indurated Fibre Company, she was active in many civic and cultural affairs in the city and had also founded the Niagara County chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. She was appalled at the abuse of horses that she witnessed every day while conducting her business in the city. She became well-known around Lockport as an advocate for animal rights and people were careful not to abuse their horses in her presence.
A Dec. 29, 1898 Lockport Union Sun article illustrated how much influence Peterson had: “Mrs. Jesse Peterson, of the SPCA, observed two farmers with two horses hitched to a heavy load of wood [that had] stalled several times. The farmers had whips out but as Mrs. Peterson was present did not use them. They finally threw off part of the load and drove away.”
By the late 1920s with fewer horses being used for transportation and farming, the local SPCA began to flounder. During the last few years of her life, Peterson was the only officer on the board. Her title was “acting president.”
For two years after Peterson’s death the society languished until it was reorganized in 1931 with a new board of 20 members representing all areas of the county. A shelter was opened at the corner of 11th Street and Whitney Avenue in Niagara Falls but that soon became overcrowded and a new shelter was built at 1410 Pine Avenue directly across from St. Joseph’s Church in 1935. Within two years that location was also deemed too small and the shelter moved out to more spacious quarters at 4201 Porter Avenue between Hyde Park Boulevard and Military Road. The shelter remained there until 1960 when it moved again, this time to 2050 Military Road. The property on Porter Road then became part of the Hyde Park Golf Course.
In 1960 the property on Military Road was still farmland but by the 1980s it was becoming a commercial area and the SPCA shelter was in the way of progress. Benderson Development bought the property in 1985 for expansion of the Fashion Outlet Mall. The SPCA was allowed to remain on Military until a new location could be found. In 1990 the shelter moved to its present location at 2100 Lockport Road in the Town of Niagara.
The SPCA also operated a location on Dysinger Road in Lockport for many years. That shelter closed in 1981. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/niagara-discoveries-arabella-peterson-animal-rights-activist/article_90b9f8ca-1e76-11ed-8565-3f15a06f20a3.html | 2022-08-20T15:02:06Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/niagara-discoveries-arabella-peterson-animal-rights-activist/article_90b9f8ca-1e76-11ed-8565-3f15a06f20a3.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
One hot July night, I woke up about 1 a.m. to the sound of a motor that seemed to be stuck. After looking out the window, I saw lights across the road back in a field. It was a combine. That field was 200 acres of peas. Remember, an acre is a football field with one endzone.
In doing research, I discovered that as soon as they are ready to harvest, peas need to be harvested. The harvest window is very narrow. In fact, a few hours can make a difference in quality.
Let’s go through the entire season of peas from planting to harvesting.
The first step is getting the land ready. This needs to be done as early in the season as is possible. The earlier, the better. Peas are usually planted in clay loams. If the soil is too sandy, the water will run away from the plants. One resource peas need in abundance is water. Sometimes, the peas are a rotation crop, planted after something that takes more tillage. Often the soil is plowed to work in the remains of the previous crop.
A field of peas can be planted by hand. You walk across the field and toss handfuls of pea seed as you go. If that seems to be inefficient, you are correct. The seeds are usually not spread evenly and it is time consuming. A grain drill can be pulled behind a tractor. In this case, the seeds are planted in even rows and the drill can be set to plant the seed as deeply as needed.
As with other fruits and vegetables, peas have their own variety list. Most peas are snap peas (the ones you take out of the pod) or snow peas (the ones where you eat the pod). The varieties within these two types take various times to grow and have other flavor and color qualities.
Peas, like other plants, are subject to various disease and insect damages. Therefore, most seed is pretreated so that it will be given a chance to germinate. Also, the farmers at times will protect the crop depending on the problems they encounter. Thus Integrated Pest Management is taken to another crop.
Peas take about two months to grow. Commercially, they are planted in blocks and the plants stay close to the ground.
Now, back to where I started: harvest. To harvest peas, a combine is used. You’ve probably seen this huge machine going down the road with giant forks on the front. The combine goes up and down the rows. The forks separate the peas (or beans or whatever) from the stems. Then, the peas are sent through an enclosed conveyor to a truck. When the truck is full, the peas are taken to be processed. The chafe is left in the field to be incorporated when it is next plowed. Depending on the variety and the season, about 1,000 to 1,500 pounds of peas will be harvested from an acre.
What happens to the peas after they are harvested? There are various processing plants throughout Western New York. Some peas are flash frozen and some are canned. While you may not know which are which in the grocery store, if you look for the COOL (country of origin label) and it says USA, it might just contain peas from Niagara County.
Margo Sue Bittner, a.k.a. Aggie Culture, has been involved in Niagara County agriculture for 40 years. She’s had experience in dairy farming, fruit production and, as the proprietor of the Winery at Marjim Manor, wine agri-tourism. Ask her any question about local agriculture and if she doesn’t know the answer herself, she knows who to get it from. Email margo@marjimmanor.com or call 716-778-7001. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/outstanding-in-her-field-from-planting-to-harvesting-all-about-peas/article_01115930-1cfe-11ed-8f33-536913015d5c.html | 2022-08-20T15:02:07Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/outstanding-in-her-field-from-planting-to-harvesting-all-about-peas/article_01115930-1cfe-11ed-8f33-536913015d5c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
They say it takes more muscles to frown than smile. I’m not sure if there is any evidence to support that, but I do know that smiling comes with some real-life benefits. In honor of “National Smile Week” I’m sharing some fun information about the benefits of smiling.
When you smile, your brain releases molecules called neuropeptides to help fight off stress, then other neurotransmitters like dopamine, serotonin and endorphins. The endorphins act as a mild pain reliever, while serotonin is an anti-depressant. One study even suggests that smiling can help us recover faster from stress and reduce our heart rate.
Did you ever notice that if you are in bad form or feeling a bit sad and you smile, it can actually make you feel instantly better? It might even be worth it to fake a smile. There’s evidence that forcing a smile can bring you a boost in mood and happiness level.
Turns out the benefits of smiling aren’t just limited to yourself — it can also affect those around you, too. Smiling is very contagious. It is very difficult not to respond in kind when somebody smiles at you.
I find smiling a lot works wonders around people with dementia, particularly those who may have lost their ability to clearly communicate verbally. A warm smile doesn’t need words and will make the person feel noticed, elevate the mood, and best of all, you usually get a smile back!
Smiling at others is a way of giving individual attention and creating social inclusiveness. Some people may feel lonely, invisible, maybe a bit confused. Your smile will show them that you see them as individuals and that you care.
Positive emotions invigorate human beings. So, next time you’re feeling like you could use a pick-me-up, try busting out a toothy grin and it could give you (and those around you) the lift you are looking for. And, happy “National Smile Week”. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/senior-spotlight-happy-national-smile-week/article_f00344ba-1e78-11ed-939c-4f5561bbae58.html | 2022-08-20T15:02:13Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/senior-spotlight-happy-national-smile-week/article_f00344ba-1e78-11ed-939c-4f5561bbae58.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
You’ve always looked up to your dad.
Sometimes it happened literally, like when you were a child and “up” was the only way to see his face hovering over yours. You’ve looked up at him in anger, embarrassment, dismissal, and yeah, you’ve looked up to him in the best ways, too — never forgetting, as in the memoir “Magic Season” by Wade Rouse, that sometimes, the hardest thing is seeing eye-to-eye.
Wade Rouse threw like a girl. He couldn’t catch a baseball, either, and he wasn’t much of a runner as a young boy. He tried, because his father insisted on it, but Rouse was better with words and books and thoughts. He was nothing like his elder brother, Todd, who was a natural hunter, a good sportsman and an athlete, and their father never let Rouse forget it.
And yet, curiously, Rouse and his dad bonded over baseball.
Specifically, their love of Cardinals baseball became the one passion they shared. The stats, the players, the idea that “Anything can happen,” the hope that there’d be a World Series at the end of every season, was the glue they needed. It was what saved them when Todd was killed in a motorcycle accident. When Rouse came out to his father, Cards baseball was what brought them back together after two years of estrangement.
In between games, though, and between seasons, there was yelling, cruelty and all the times when father and son didn’t communicate. Rouse accepted, but didn’t like, his father’s alcoholism or his harsh life-lessons; his father didn’t like Rouse’s plans for his own future. Rouse admits that he cried a lot, and he was surprised at the rare times when his father displayed emotion — especially since an Ozarks man like Ted Rouse didn’t do things like that. Until the time was right.
Love, Wade Rouse says, is “shaped like a baseball.” You catch it, throw it, or hit it out of the park, but “You don’t know where it’s going.”
Just be sure you never take “your eye off it, from beginning to end.”
Oh, my. Oh, my, but “Magic Season” is a ten-hankie book.
First, though, you’re going to laugh because Rouse is a natural-born humorist and his family is a great launching-pad for him despite the splinters and near-clawing despair of the overall theme of this book. That sense of humor can’t seem to let a good story go, even when it’s obvious that there’s something heartbreaking waiting in the bullpen.
Which brings us to the father-son-baseball triple-play. It may seem to some readers that such a book has been done and done again, but this one feels different. Rouse excels at filling in the blanks on the other, essential teammates in this tale and, like any big skirmish, readers are left breathless, now knowing the final score until the last out.
If you like your memoirs sweet, but with a dash of spice and some tears, right here you go. For you, “Magic Season” is a book to look up.
TERRI’S GRADE: A. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/the-book-nook-a-different-sort-of-father-son-baseball-triple-play/article_a7e263d6-1db1-11ed-872c-d7b2e00a8734.html | 2022-08-20T15:02:19Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/the-book-nook-a-different-sort-of-father-son-baseball-triple-play/article_a7e263d6-1db1-11ed-872c-d7b2e00a8734.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
As those big birds left the field each evening, my goal was to get some good, close flight shots as they headed back to the marshes. They were feeding almost every evening in a small field near the road. The field had oats in it earlier and had been harvested but apparently there were leftovers, and the geese and a particular pair of sandhill cranes had been going there to salvage what they could. The cranes seemed to show up some time after the geese in the evening but I had not been able to time their arrival.
After several evenings of “babysitting” these birds I observed that they seem to head back to the marshes shortly after 8 p.m. So I sat and kept my eyes on them, looking for the signs they were getting ready to depart (standing tall and “talking” a lot). They always took the same flight path when leaving but I messed up a couple of evenings by not being quite where I needed to be. They were aware of me so probably they were adjusting their departure a bit each night just to mess me up! When I thought I had it all worked out and was all ready for them several nights later, they took a very different exit and left me with no ready, good shots.
Then there were a few nights when they fed in the field opposite the oat field, again giving me no opportunity to photograph them. One evening when they returned to the oat field, my positioning was good but I messed up my camera settings and again failed to reach my goal.
One night there were four adult cranes in the field and of course I blew it again. I got good ground shots but it didn’t seem like I could get the flight shots right. What really got my attention was the fact that they were pretty much following a schedule, something I hadn’t noticed about sandhill cranes previously. Here I was getting some good opportunities and was not able to cash in on them.
Then the other night they were in the other big field, and not only was the lighting all wrong but they were too far away. Before their departure time the idea came to me to get out into another field along their route, fairly close to them and on the right side of the lighting. There was just such a place — a friend had a good lane out into the field where I needed to be — and so out I went. I waited and waited until it was way past their normal departure time and still no cranes came. Then about 45 minutes past their normal flight time I heard their calling and knew they were on the way. I quickly changed my camera’s ASA setting to its highest position, since sunset had passed and light was really low. This high setting would give me very grainy images, but I thought that was better than nothing.
Well, my location was good and they passed nearby making their “rattling” calls. I fired off a few shots and some were not too bad but nothing like what I’m used to getting. Very grainy images, but maybe tonight they will cooperate and I will get it right!
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Sandhill cranes are a relatively new species in this area. There are not a whole lot of them spending summers with us but I think that will change. I have seen more of them this year than ever before and have seen a number of pairs with young.
Generally sandhill cranes do not breed until about their fourth or fifth year. Nest sites vary but are usually on water, constructed with the aquatic vegetation that they are surrounded by. Both birds contribute to the building process, with the female standing in the center and building up the vegetation around her to form a cup-shaped nest above the water. They usually pick an area where there will be the least disturbance. One to three eggs are laid and incubation is between 29 and 32 days. The young, called colts, leave the nest with their parents one day after they hatch. The parents forage and feed their colts directly for the first 10 days, after which they learn to feed themselves. The colts start out with very short legs and look more like baby chickens but they grow quickly, up to an inch a day in height and reaching almost five feet in about three months with an approximately 6-1/2-foot wingspan.
One of the neat things I been able to witness on my “crane outings” is the pair bonding they perform when they stretch their wings, pump their heads, bow, leap into the air and call. Not only are these birds big, their calling is very unique. It is often described as a rattling-type call that can be heard from a long ways off.
Keep your eyes open for them in the farm fields where their height makes them really stand out.
Doug Domedion, outdoorsman and nature photographer, resides in Medina. Contact him at (585) 798-4022 or woodduck2020@yahoo.com. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/the-great-outdoors-nature-photographer-outwitted-by-sandhill-cranes/article_d952f7b2-1cff-11ed-8339-e3c91c32bfde.html | 2022-08-20T15:02:26Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/the-great-outdoors-nature-photographer-outwitted-by-sandhill-cranes/article_d952f7b2-1cff-11ed-8339-e3c91c32bfde.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Hello Toni:
I am turning 65 in October, self-employed and my income is over $250,000. Recently I received a letter from the Social Security Administration (SSA) telling me that my monthly Medicare Part B premium of $170.10 would be doubled to $340.20 per month due to 2020 reported income. That was no surprise, but Social Security also said that the monthly adjustment for prescription drug coverage would be an additional $51.70. What is this all about?
I am in excellent health and take NO prescriptions. What happens if I do not apply for a Medicare prescription drug plan? Do I still have to pay the “extra” $51.70?
What if a person goes the Medicare Advantage route instead of Original Medicare and a Medicare supplement? Do they get to avoid the additional $340.20 per month for Part B and the $51.70 per month extra premium for a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan?
— Mike from Oklahoma City, Okla.
Mike:
Sorry, Mike, but you cannot avoid the additional IRMAA (income related monthly adjusted amount) premiums if your income is above a certain limit no matter if you are enrolled in Original Medicare and a Medicare Supplement or a Medicare Advantage plan with prescription drug. It is going to happen anyway!
Social Security bases your income on both you and your spouse (if you are married), whether your spouse is Medicare age or not. The MAGI (modified adjusted gross income) amount that is reported on your yearly income taxes is what triggers the IRMAA increase.
The bottom line is if your income is over these amounts, and you have your Medicare prescription drug plan from either a Medicare Advantage with Prescription Drug Plan (Part C) or Stand-alone Medicare Prescription Drug plan (Part D), you will pay the additional IRMAA premium, whether you are deducting your premiums from your Social Security check or paying direct to Social Security (because you have not started receiving your Social Security check).
If you are not enrolled in a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan, whether stand alone or with a Medicare Advantage plan, you will not receive the addition Part D IRMAA (income related monthly adjusted amount) premium. It is not a wise decision, however, not to enroll in a Medicare Part D plan simply because you are not taking prescriptions at the time you enroll in Medicare.
Remember, if you are not enrolled in a Medicare Part D prescription drug plan at the right time, not only will you not have prescription drug coverage, but you will also receive a Part D late enrollment penalty if you sign up later.
That’s why at the Toni Says office, we advise everyone to enroll in a Part D prescription drug plan whether you are taking no prescriptions or a lot of prescriptions. No one wants an additional penalty.
Enrolling in a Medicare Advantage plan instead of Original Medicare with a Medicare Supplement/Medigap and a Medicare Part D plan does not keep Medicare or Social Security from charging the additional IRMAA premium for both Medicare Parts B and D. The IRMAA Medicare rule regarding the Medicare Part D additional IRMAA premiums went into effect on January 1, 2011.
Because the yearly Medicare and You Handbook is generally mailed out before October 1, the costs and premiums for Medicare for that specific year are not included. You should look for annual Medicare costs and premiums to be released around November 10.
Toni King is an author and columnist on Medicare and health insurance issues. For answers to Medicare questions, email: info@tonisays.com or call 832-519-8664. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/toni-says-will-a-medicare-advantage-plan-prevent-the-extra-part-d-premium/article_1ebd6f02-1f1d-11ed-a178-ef30d1c10cb3.html | 2022-08-20T15:02:32Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/toni-says-will-a-medicare-advantage-plan-prevent-the-extra-part-d-premium/article_1ebd6f02-1f1d-11ed-a178-ef30d1c10cb3.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
After most Republicans vociferously condemned the FBI’s raid on Donald Trump’s Florida estate, Fox News host Steve Doocy plaintively asked his guest, GOP Congressman Steve Scalise: “What ever happened to the Republican Party backing the blue?”
When Scalise protested that “rogue” elements of the FBI were responsible for the operation, Doocy shot back: “Steve, who went rogue? Who went rogue? They were following a search warrant.”
For the last half-century or more, Republicans have been very shrewd, and successful, at embracing the concept of “law and order.” Their candidates have campaigned relentlessly in front of supporters arrayed in any kind of uniform: police and firefighters, hard hats and Green Berets, EMTs and ER nurses. Meanwhile, they branded the Democrats as the party of disorder — of long-haired, pot-smoking, free-loving, flag-burning “counter-culture McGovernicks,” as Newt Gingrich put it long ago.
Doocy, normally a Trump loyalist, poses a good question: Who, exactly, went rogue? and here’s the answer: the Republican Party. The GOP has lost its moorings as a defender of conservative values and established authorities. It has replaced those honorable principles with a new one: the Rule of Trump. What’s good for The Donald is good for the party. That’s how “back the blue” became “defund the FBI.”
“I thought, in the old days, the Republican Party used to stand with law enforcement,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
“There are threats all over the place, and losing faith in our federal law enforcement officers, in our justice system, is a really serious problem for the country,” Maryland’s Republican governor, Larry Hogan, added on ABC’s “This Week.”
Republicans are not alone in attacking law enforcement for their own political purposes. It was leftist protestors in cities like Portland, Oregon, who made “defund the police” — perhaps the most misguided slogan in recent political history — their rallying cry.
Moreover, in the weeks leading up to the Mar-a-Lago episode, it was liberals who were attacking Attorney General Merrick Garland, complaining with increasing bitterness that he was too cautious in his approach and too slow to indict Trump for his role in igniting the insurrection of Jan. 6.
No one is above the law, not even a former president. But no one is beneath the law, either. Trump has rights that Garland is trying to protect, but the left wants the legal process to accomplish what they have not been able to do politically: Disqualify Trump from holding office again.
Still, this is not a case of “both-sidesism” or equal culpability. “Defund the police” is a fringe idea among Democrats, while perverting justice for political ends is a core tenet of Trumpism. As Michael R. Bromwich, a former Justice Department inspector general, told Peter Baker of The New York Times, “Trump simply doesn’t understand people like Garland and the top leadership of DOJ and the FBI because their values are so alien to him.”
Top Justice Department officials are appointed by the president, but the tradition is clear: They serve the law first, not the politician who picked them. Trump’s treatment of his own AGs and FBI directors are the best example of Bromwich’s point.
“After winning, Mr. Trump saw law enforcement agencies as another institution to bend to his will, firing FBI Director James B. Comey when he declined to pledge personal loyalty to the president or publicly declare that Mr. Trump was not a target of the Russia inquiry,” wrote Baker in the Times. “The president later fired Attorney General Jeff Sessions for recusing himself from that investigation and therefore not protecting Mr. Trump from it.”
Then there was Bill Barr, who succeeded Sessions as attorney general. “Donald Trump is a man consumed with grievance against people he believes have betrayed him,” writes ABC’s White House correspondent, Jonathan Karl, in his book “Betrayal.” and after Barr called Trump’s claims of election fraud “bulls--t” in an AP interview, Karl reports the following exchange between the two men:
“Did you say that?” asked Trump.
“Yes,” Barr responded.
“How the f- — could you do this to me? Why did you say it?”
“Because it’s true.”
The president, livid, responded by referring to himself in the third person: “You must hate Trump. You must hate Trump.”
There it is. In today’s Republican Party, everything is filtered through Trump. Is it good for him, or bad? Do you love him, or hate him? and if that fealty means trashing traditions like “backing the blue,” so be it.
Steven Roberts teaches politics and journalism at George Washington University. He can be contacted by email at stevecokie@gmail.com. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/trashing-republican-traditions/article_899f9eb2-1e8c-11ed-a17f-83c41f2573bf.html | 2022-08-20T15:02:38Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/trashing-republican-traditions/article_899f9eb2-1e8c-11ed-a17f-83c41f2573bf.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Adam Scott felt he was playing well enough that he should start seeing some better scores at some point. That moment appears to have arrived at just the right time.
Scott put together another tidy round Friday except for one hole — a double bogey on the 17th — for a 2-under 69 that gave him a one-shot lead going into the weekend at the BMW Championship.
Masters champion Scottie Scheffler opened with three straight birdies and then cooled for 67, while Jordan Spieth’s hopes for a bogey-free round ended by a few inches when his tee shot caught the sticky first cut instead of the fairway. His bogey gave him a 67.
They were one shot behind, along with Cameron Young (68) and Corey Conners (67).
Scott, who was at 8-under 134, wasn’t sure how much golf would be on is plate in August. He was No. 77 in the FedEx Cup, not assured of even making it to the BMW Championship, until a tie for fifth last week in the FedEx Cup playoffs opener.
That was enough of a spark, and now he’s looking to cash in as one of the top 30 players who make it to the FedEx Cup finale next week in Atlanta for the Tour Championship.
“I’m in great shape going into the weekend. I don’t even know when the last time I led a tournament was,” Scott said.
He won at Riviera in 2020. His last 36-hole lead was at Doral for a World Golf Championship in 2016, which he went on to win.
“I certainly haven’t had my best stuff for quite a while. It’s been a battle for sure,” he said. “But that’s how this game is. I’d like to make the most of this position now over the next 36 holes.”
A brief look behind would remind him it won’t be easy, and the Australian knows this.
Spieth has looked solid over two days at Wilmington Country Club, with only one bogey in each round. He missed the cut last week and feels his postseason didn’t start until Monday when he arrived at Wilmington. That’s not just about trying to erase a bad memory.
Spieth headed to southern tip of Baja California after the British Open, wanting a break before the hectic finish to the season. One problem. Upon returning to Dallas, every course he plays was closed, and his only option was hitting from a stall in a practice facility.
Only when he arrived in Tennessee last week did he realize his swing had stayed on vacation, and his coach wasn’t available to join him until Delaware. He turned it around quickly.
“I feel like I’m doing everything good, nothing spectacular, but I feel like in every facet of my game, it’s trending and improving, and I know what to do to get it better and better,” Spieth said. “Certainly feels really good. Coming into the weekend, it’s a good opportunity to just have a lot of trust, focus on trying to win this golf tournament, not think about next week.”
Scheffler also missed the cut last week and joined Spieth and others at Pine Valley on Sunday. And then he opened with three short birdies, didn’t make too many mistakes the rest of the way and will be in the final group with Scott on Saturday.
Conner is at No. 29 and is in a great spot to protect his position for East Lake. Young seems to play great every week — twice contending in majors, five runner-up finishes for the season. One win would tick a lot of boxes on his list of goals.
Xander Schauffele holed out with a wedge on the 17th hole for an eagle and a 69, and he was in he group two shots behind that included defending champion Patrick Cantlay and Rory McIlroy, who chipped in for birdie on his final hole for another 68.
Scott didn’t get a finish quite that good. He was sailing along on a warm, breezy afternoon when he pushed his tee shot near a tree. The lie was clean, but his punch shot toward the fairway hung up in rough. From there he didn’t reach the green or get up-and-down, and all that meant a double bogey.
“It’s a good reminder for the weekend that I’ve really got to keep it under control and don’t want to have too many get off the map and get out of position around here,” Scott said.
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BEREA, Ohio (AP) — As Jacoby Brissett sat at a nearby table patiently waiting for his turn at the podium Friday, linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah wrapped up his interview session with some strong praise for his veteran teammate.
During chats sitting in front of their side-by-side lockers, Owusu-Koramoah has learned about life and football from Brissett.
“He’s the guy that we look to for that elder wisdom,” said Owusu-Koramoah. “The shaman.”
The Browns are going to need more than just knowledge from Brissett.
With Deshaun Watson’s suspension now official and slated for 11 games, Brissett, who has spent his NFL career as a fill-in quarterback, will try to keep Cleveland’s promising season afloat.
Brissett signed a one-year contract as a free agent with Cleveland in March — one day after the team traded for Watson — knowing there was a strong chance he would begin the season as the starter.
However, it wasn’t until Thursday, when W atson agreed to a settlement with the NFL to sit 11 games and pay $5 million for allegations of sexual misconduct made against him by two dozen women, that Brissett knew for how long.
Whether it was six games or 17, Brissett vowed to be ready and now he’s being called upon.
The Browns are placing their trust in Brissett, who has made 37 career starts with New England (2), Indianapolis (30) and Miami (5), to keep them competitive in the AFC North before Watson is eligible to return in late November.
It’s a tough ask for the 29-year-old, who is just 14-23 as a starter. But his teammates are confident he can handle it, and owner Jimmy Haslam, general manager Andrew Berry and coach Kevin Stefanski all offered their support after Watson’s suspension became known.
“I got to go out there and prove that every day, right?” Brissett said of the belief in him. “I’m just excited for the opportunity. I don’t take it lightly.”
The Watson suspension hasn’t changed Brissett’s approach, and he said he’s not concerned about outside chatter involving the Browns’ interest in trading for Jimmy Garoppolo or living up to Super Bowl expectations.
When Garoppolo’s name was mentioned as part of a question, Brissett cracked a smile.
“I could care less,” he said before the Browns practiced for the second day against the Philadelphia Eagles. “Here to do my job, do the best I can, lead, be the same guy, be a good teammate and then everything else will take care of itself.”
Brissett has won over teammates with his steadiness, work ethic and engaging personality. He prides himself on being consistent in everything.
Wide receiver Amari Cooper, another of Cleveland’s newcomers, has watched Brissett lead by example.
“We know Jacoby,” Cooper said. “We understand what he brings to the table. We see him practice every day, see how hard he works, so we 100% believe in him. He wouldn’t be back there if we didn’t.”
None of this is new to Brissett.
He made his debut as a rookie with the Patriots earlier than planned after Tom Brady was suspended for “Deflategate” in 2016 and Garoppolo was injured. The next season with the Colts, Brissett was thrust into the lineup when Andrew Luck suffered a season-ending injury.
And in 2019, he became Indy’s starter by default following Luck’s surprising retirement.
“It’s just given me experience in these situations,” Brissett said. “That’s been the key, and since I’ve gotten in the league it’s shown me how fast this league is in being the next man up and being ready whenever your number is called.”
Count Eagles coach Nick Sirianni among Brissett’s biggest fans.
Sirianni was Brissett’s offensive coordinator in Indianapolis, where he bonded with the QB, who made an impact on his entire family.
“He’s the best. My kids still ask, ‘How’s Jacoby doing?’ My wife still asks about him,” Sirianni said. “He’s just a great leader and a great guy to be around. Such a good teammate.”
And, as far as Sirianni’s concerned, an underrated player.
Mimicking Brissett dropping back to pass, he broke down a play in a 2019 game against Denver. Sirianni said after discarding sack specialist Vonn Miller at the start of a game-winning drive near his own goal line, Brissett scrambled and fired a 40-yard “tight rope” to receiver T.Y. Hilton.
“I just can’t say enough good things about Jacoby Brissett,” Sirianni said. “I love the man.”
NOTES: All-Pro Myles Garrett returned after missing four days while visiting an ill family member. Garrett did individual work but didn’t participate in any of the team sessions against the Eagles. … Browns LT Jedrick Wills had a rough few plays during the two-minute drill, getting called for at least two penalties before being pulled. … Stefanski said Josh Dobbs remains ahead of Josh Rosen to be Brissett’s backup.
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MADISON, Ill. (AP) — The focus in IndyCar is clearly on the seven-driver championship race as it heads into the final oval race of the season. But one more round racetrack also means a chance for Jimmie Johnson to grab his first series victory.
The seven-time NASCAR champion added the ovals to his schedule this year, his second since moving to IndyCar, and he’s steadily shown improvement. Johnson finished a career-best fifth last month on the Iowa Speedway oval, one spot higher than he did earlier in the season at Texas Motor Speedway.
Now he’s got a chance Saturday night at World Wide Technology Raceway, the a 1.25-mile oval outside St. Louis where Johnson has raced three times before.
Only problem? Johnson can’t remember two of those three races.
“I do remember my first race here in, I think ’98,” Johnson said Friday. “I do not remember being here two other times… which is kind of weird. I was in an argument with my social media team — ”I’ve only raced here once” and they said, “We have these stats that show you have been here three times.’”
All three of Johnson’s previous starts at Gateway came at the start of his career in what’s now called NASCAR’s second-tier Xfinity Series. He finished 15th in his debut race, then was 13th in 2000 and 14th in 2001.
But he has a valid reason for only remembering the 1998 race: It was the start of his NASCAR career and Johnson was desperate for his big break.
“Myself, Ryan Newman and Adam Petty were all fighting for that seat,” Johnson recalled. “Adam Petty was sitting in the stands watching me. We’re literally fighting for this ride. I have more memories of that experience than the other two.”
For the record, none of them got the ride. The seat instead went to Mike Dillon, father of current Cup drivers Austin and Ty Dillon, and it took Johnson more than a year to finally land a full-time ride.
He made it to the Cup Series in 2002 and never looked back, winning 83 Cup races and a record-tying seven championships.
Johnson moved to IndyCar in 2021 but skipped the ovals, even those tracks were his specialty in NASCAR. He added the ovals to run a full season this year and the tracks have unsurprisingly been site of Johnson’s strongest runs since making the switch.
He didn’t drive an Indy car on at Gateway until Friday’s first practice but had tested a Cup car at the track before it was repaved. So is he headed into Saturday night believing he can win?
“I want to. I don’t know if it’s fair to think that until I get out on the track, get an understanding of it,” Johnson said. “I think when I look at my oval performances, if there are multiple lanes, I seem to run well. Until I get out there, it’s hard to say.”
TIGHT RACE
Only 59 points separate the top seven drivers headed into Saturday night’s race, the first of three to decide the IndyCar championship. Mathematically, though, 11 drivers can still win the title.
The leaders believe the numbers are proof of IndyCar’s overall strength.
“There’s no series like it in the world,” said Will Power, who holds a six-point lead over Scott Dixon. “You’ve just got to look at qualifying every week, you’ve got to look at the time gap from first to last every week. There’s not a series as tight as this, as tough as this.”
The points lead has changed five times in the last 10 races and Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson controlled the point for six races following his victory. But consistency has been rewarded, as evidenced by Josef Newgarden, whose four wins are double any other driver in the field despite being fourth in the standings and not leading the points since April.
“In some ways it’s undercredited,” Newgarden said. “You can be with any team and have a shot at winning a race when you show up every single weekend. That’s not just a marketing line — it’s a reality. It’s just the best championship you will find on the planet with the top-line drivers of the world.”
KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS
With so much on the line, it will be imperative for title contenders to be aware of their surroundings and who is racing alongside them on Saturday night.
Reigning IndyCar champion Alex Palou learned firsthand last year how this race can disrupt a title run. He was wrecked out by Rinus VeeKay, and it cost him the points lead.
Although he recovered by winning the next race to retake the points lead and get his first title, Palou understands that few want to give an inch at Gateway.
“I would not race the championship contenders (hard) just because they are risking something and you’re not if you’re not a championship contender,” said Palou. “But I don’t expect people to treat us differently. The good thing is there’s so many cars that are still in the fight for this championship that everybody’s going to race the same way.”
Those out of the title hunt aren’t willing to concede anything.
“I think you’re more aggressive with them because you know they probably have to back out,” Alexander Rossi said. “At the same time, certainly you don’t want to be the guy that hits them. You’re almost more aggressive and more cautious. It’s hard to explain.”
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Kyle Larson attended last year’s Formula One season finale anticipating a behind-the-scenes look at the so-called best drivers in the world. Little did he know he’d soon be racing against a world champion.
NASCAR has a record seven different countries represented on the entry list for Sunday’s race at Watkins Glen International, and the headliner is 2007 F1 champion Kimi Raikkonen. The Finn ran two lower-level NASCAR races in 2011 during his one-year break from F1 but he never got a chance to enter the top Cup Series.
Now retired, Raikkonen will make his Cup debut on the Watkins Glen road course driving for TrackHouse Racing and its Project91 program designed to raise NASCAR’s international exposure. The Cup Series has raced four times so far on road courses, and TrackHouse drivers Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez have won on two of the circuits.
“Kimi being in a really good car should be able to adapt very well,” Larson said. “I’m looking forward to the opportunity to get to race against somebody like that who has strictly just basically road raced his whole life. I don’t know if there’s a Formula One Hall of Fame, but he’d probably be in someday.
“But I guess just to see how you stack up against like that. I know it’s a totally different race car, but his experience level is way more than mine on road courses. So just to see how you stack up and look at his data and see the kinds of things that a guy like that with an open-wheel background does differently behind the wheel. I think studying that stuff can make you become a better race car driver in the future.”
The field also includes its usual bulk of American drivers, as well as Suarez, who is Mexican. But Watkins Glen is also welcoming German road-racer Mike Rockenfeller, who will make his NASCAR debut for Spire Motorsports.
Kyle Tilley will represent England for Live Fast Motorsports and has four previous Cup starts. Loris Hezemans of Holland has made three Cup starts and will drive for Reaume Brothers Racing, and Daniil Kvyat is back for his second start with Team Hezeberg after the Russian made his debut last month at Indianapolis.
“Everyone loves racing where I am from,” Kvyat said at Indy. “Everyone likes to drive fast. In Europe, it can grow. The more F1 drivers who come to NASCAR, the more worldwide interest will grow.”
But there’s some skittishness over all the new faces. NASCAR has just two races remaining in the regular season and a playoff berth up for grabs. There have been 15 different winners so far who have claimed all but one of the 16 slots in the playoff field; Ryan Blaney and Martin Truex Jr. are in a tight fight for the final spot.
With so many newcomers on track Sunday and the inherent sloppiness of NASCAR drivers used to ovals trying to tackle a road course, those hoping to snatch that final playoff spot plan to be keenly aware of their surroundings. Although the newcomers Sunday are all experienced racers in their respective formulas, the Cup regulars don’t know any of them or their tendencies.
“There’s just a little bit of hesitancy when you get around cars that you don’t know,” said Chris Buescher, who needs to win in the final two races to earn a playoff spot. “Part-time drivers in our sport, they usually come around enough that we know who they are and what they’re like. That makes it a little bit different when we head into a race like this, where we’ve got first-timers. But at the same time, it feels wrong to put rookie stripes on some of the names.”
REGULAR-SEASON CHAMP
Chase Elliott can clinch the regular-season championship on Sunday by scoring just four points.
The 2020 Cup champion is so far ahead of second-place Ryan Blaney that a finish higher than 30th will wrap up the title with one race remaining. He’s got a 116-point advantage over Blaney, who is desperately trying to grab the final playoff spot.
Elliott has two career wins at Watkins Glen, in 2018 and 2019. He leads all active drivers with seven wins on road courses, which ranks him third on the overall list behind NASCAR Hall of Famers Jeff Gordon (nine) and Tony Stewart (eight).
ODDS AND ENDS
Chase Elliott is the FanDuel favorite to win Sunday. … Tyler Reddick will try Sunday to tie Kyle Larson as the only drivers to win three times in a season on a road course. Larson won last year at Sonoma, Watkins Glen and The Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Reddick has won so far at Road America and the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. … With 15 winners through 24 races, this season could set a record with another unique winner. Since the playoffs began in 2004, there have never been 16 or more winners through the 26-race regular season. This season is tied with the 2011 season for most different winners in a regular season.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Rather than break out, Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees were shut out.
Again.
Kevin Gausman and the Toronto Blue Jays became the latest team to blank the Yankees, holding the AL East leaders to four measly singles Friday night in a 4-0 win
The Yankees didn’t get a runner beyond second base as they lost for the 14th time in 18 games.
New York have been shut out three times in the last six games and five times in the last 13. Judge and his teammates were shut out just six times in their first 107 games.
“I feel like we’re pressing a little bit,” Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu said. “Ticked off, frustrated, all of it.”
New York saw its lead over second-place Toronto shrink to eight games, its smallest since June 13.
“We can talk about that — eight, nine, seven, 10 — we need to play better. If we play like this, it’s not going to matter anyway,” Yankees manager Aaron Boone said.
The Blue Jays won their third in a row. In that span, their starting pitchers have combined to allow only one earned run in 20 innings.
Gausman allowed four hits in seven innings, striking out seven with one walk. He pitched after Ross Stripling carried a perfect game into the seventh inning Wednesday and after Jose Berrios opened the Yankees series by giving up two runs in 6 2/3 innings.
“We say hitting is contagious, pitching can be, too,” interim manager John Schneider said. “You watch ‘Strip’ and you watch Jose and then Kevin’s about as good of a competitor as there is. So he kind of wanted to come out and kind of make a statement and keep the ball rolling.”
It was the third scoreless effort in four starts for Gausman (9-9), a span in which he has a 1.75 ERA.
“Kind of sounds bad to say, but we’re always trying to pitch better than the guy the night before,” Gausman said.
The right-hander issued a one-out walk to Judge in the first and gave up a two-out single to Josh Donaldson before retiring 10 in a row.
Gausman induced Isiah Kiner-Falafa to hit into a double play in between fifth-inning singles by Gleyber Torres and Oswaldo Cabrera and struck out Donaldson to strand Anthony Rizzo following a two-out single in the sixth.
“At times when the offense is struggling, we have a lot of guys who can put runs on the board with one swing, so I think at times we can get a little — I feel like we need to play the hero a little bit too much,” Yankees catcher Kyle Higashioka said.
Yimi Garcia threw a perfect eighth and Jordan Romano tossed a hitless ninth in a non-save situation.
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. had an RBI groundout in the third before Alejandro Kirk led off the fourth by singling against Jameson Taillon (11-4). Teoscar Hernandez followed with a long homer to left-center — the 14th surrendered in the last 11 starts by Taillon, who gave up just six homers in his first 12 starts.
Danny Jansen had a sacrifice fly in the ninth for the Blue Jays, who have outscored the Yankees and Baltimore Orioles 19-3 over the last three games.
Taillon allowed six hits and walked none with five strikeouts over five-plus innings. He has a 5.35 ERA since carrying a perfect game into the eighth inning against the Los Angeles Angels on June 2.
CABRERA’S BIG CATCH
Cabrera made an immediate impression in his first big league start in right field by leaping at the eight-foot wall and robbing Gurriel of a homer on the first pitch of the game by Taillon.
The rookie punctuated the catch by flexing and yelling before firing the ball back into the infield and exchanging an enthusiastic hand slap with Judge, the center fielder.
It was just the fourth professional start in right field for Cabrera, whose versatility — he is the first player in Yankees history to make his first three starts at three different positions, he started at third base and shortstop earlier this week — and energy has already impressed manager Aaron Boone.
VLADDY 500
Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who turned 23 on March 16, collected his 500th career hit by doubling to lead off the sixth. His Hall of Famer father had 305 hits prior to turning 24.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Blue Jays: OF/DH George Springer didn’t play after fouling a ball off his knee while going 5-for-5 in Thursday’s win. … LHP Tim Mayza (dislocated right shoulder) will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Buffalo Saturday. He was injured Aug. 6 following a collision at home plate with the Minnesota Twins’ Nick Gordon.
Yankees: OF/DH Giancarlo Stanton (left Achilles tendinitis) worked out prior to the game and is expected to begin a rehab assignment with Double-A Somerset on Saturday. Boone said Stanton could return as the Yankees’ DH as soon as Wednesday. … RHP Luis Severino (right lat strain) threw 30 pitches Thursday and is scheduled to throw again Saturday before throwing batting practice against Stanton on Tuesday.
UP NEXT
Blue Jays: RHP Mitch White (1-3, 3.72 ERA) will make his third start since being acquired from the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Yankees: RHP Gerrit Cole (9-5, 3.30 ERA) is 0-3 with a 4.35 ERA in five starts since the All-Star break.
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The excitement surrounding the San Francisco 49ers this season is reaching far beyond the Bay Area. On Friday’s episode of Get Up! on ESPN, NFL analyst Chris Canty made five bold predictions, the biggest of them all: the 49ers will reach the Super Bowl this season.
Canty had high praise for the Niners roster, saying they have a top-five rushing attack, group of skill position players, and defense. None of those statements are particularly controversial. In fact, the biggest question is probably about the rushing attack, where head coach Kyle Shanahan’s reputation alongside quarterback Trey Lance’s dynamic abilities as a rusher should allay concerns about a relatively unproven group of running backs.
Canty is not only high on the 49ers but also low on one of their biggest rivals. He also predicts the Los Angeles Rams will miss the postseason entirely, becoming the first Super Bowl winner to miss the playoffs the following season since the Denver Broncos in 2016.
It says a lot about the 49ers roster that national analysts are already so high on their prospects despite starting a quarterback who has appeared in just seven games over the past two years between college and the NFL. It also reinforces the high expectations in San Francisco and the subsequent pressure on the third-overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft to deliver.
Here’s Canty’s full quote and the video clip of the segment:
“The 49ers are going to the Super Bowl. They will represent the NFC in the Super Bowl. I believe in Trey Lance. More importantly, I believe in Kyle Shanahan’s ability to get the most out of the players on this team. They have a really good offensive line, a top-five run game, a top-five skill position corp, and a top-five defense. All of the pieces are in place for the 49ers not only to win their division, but to actually do damage once they get into the postseason.”
.@ChrisCanty99 gives us five BOLD predictions for the upcoming NFL season
— Get Up (@GetUpESPN) August 19, 2022
5. Eagles will win NFC East
4. Malik Willis will start for the Titans
3. This will be Brandon Staley's last season as Chargers head coach
2. Rams will miss playoffs
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(The Hill) – Former President Trump could be facing mounting legal troubles as new details emerge about the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation that prompted an FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago estate.
Trump has called for the release of more information tied to the search, an effort that corresponds with bashing the agency for what he claims is a politically motivated attack.
Meanwhile, the DOJ has fought to limit how much information will come out about an ongoing investigation with Trump as its target.
Here’s what we’ve learned this week.
Trump eyed for ‘willful’ violations of the Espionage Act
Although the most highly sensitive materials underlying the Mar-a-Lago search warrant remained under seal this week, the judge presiding over the case did make one court record newly available to the public. That document, known as a criminal cover sheet, provided additional insight into the nature of the crime under investigation, according to some legal experts.
It was already known that investigators believed the materials housed at Trump’s residence were linked to a likely violation of the Espionage Act, a WWI-era statute designed to help safeguard the country’s vital national security secrets. What the criminal cover sheet revealed, after it was unsealed Thursday, is that law enforcement had probable cause to think a “willful retention of national defense information” occurred.
That new detail appeared to lend further support to the theory — one that was already widely assumed — that Trump himself is the target of the investigation.
“This aligns with what we know so far from public media reporting, as well as the minimal information we have derived from the unsealed court filings,” Bradley Moss, a national security lawyer and partner in the law office of Mark S. Zaid, told The Hill in an email.
“All indications are that the government’s argument will amount to three things: (1) Trump took the properly marked classified records with him to Florida; (2) he left them in boxes in the basement; (3) when confronted about it, he willfully held onto records despite demands from NARA and later the FBI to return them,” he added, referring to the National Archives and Records Administration, which takes custody of White House records when a president leaves office.
DOJ appears to be investigating Trump’s claims around a ‘standing order’
In a sign the Department of Justice is not content to have simply secured the return of classified materials, its investigators appear to be contacting former Trump-era officials about his claims of having declassified the contents removed from his Florida home.
According to reporting from Rolling Stone, the FBI has thus far been conducting voluntary interviews with those who could have knowledge of such an order, including former staff on the National Security Council.
Shortly after the warrant was executed, Trump claimed the documents removed from his home were “all declassified.” He later elaborated in a statement to Fox News that he had “a standing order” to declassify any documents.
“If the DOJ was really focused on recovering the classified material and was not criminally investigating the former president, they would not be calling in former NSC officials to question them about Trump’s supposed “standing order” declassifying documents,” Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor, wrote on Twitter.
National security law experts who previously spoke with The Hill noted that while Trump would have broad powers as president to declassify documents, such a practice is usually done on a case-by-case basis, and also triggers notification to other agencies that hold classified information, so that they can reclassify them appropriately in their own system.
“Realistically, no one actually believes that Trump had such an order. It was not written down anywhere, doesn’t make a lot of sense (as some of his own appointees have pointed out), and was never raised by Trump’s lawyers during their communications with DOJ,” Mariotti continued.
Even if Trump did declassify documents, that isn’t a defense for the Espionage Act, one of the three statutes cited in the warrant. That law only requires mishandling national defense information to trigger a violation.
Trump wants it all released
Former President Trump and his allies have responded to the government’s desire for redactions with calls for the release of the full document.
“Pres. Trump has made his view clear that the American people should be permitted to see the unredacted affidavit related to the raid and break-in of his home. Today, magistrate Judge Reinhard rejected the DOJ’s cynical attempt to hide the whole affidavit from Americans,” Taylor Budowich, a spokesperson for the former president, said Thursday.
Trump separately posted on Truth Social, his social media platform, calling for the “immediate release” of the unredacted affidavit, citing the need for transparency. He also called for Reinhart to recuse himself from the case without giving a clear reason.
The former president and his allies have attacked the credibility of the FBI and DOJ ever since the search was executed earlier this month, pointing to the handling of the Russia investigation to allege it is the latest politically biased attack on Trump.
By calling for the unredacted affidavit to be released when the government opposes such a move, Trump will likely further fuel distrust in the Department of Justice among his supporters.
DOJ is working through redactions
The Department of Justice, however, does not want its affidavit for the warrant fully released.
The department argued that the affidavit should remain under seal in its entirety, saying the information it contained laid out a “roadmap” to its ongoing investigation, “highly sensitive information about witnesses,” and “specific investigative techniques.”
But a federal magistrate judge on Thursday dismissed efforts by the DOJ to maintain the affidavit entirely under seal.
“I find that on the present record the Government has not met its burden of showing that the entire affidavit should remain sealed,” Judge Bruce Reinhart said in a brief order.
Reinhart said there were parts of the affidavit that “could be presumptively unsealed,” The New York Times reported.
The DOJ has until noon Thursday to submit their proposed redactions, after which Reinhart, who approved the initial warrant, will review them — meaning a redacted version of the affidavit could be released as early as next week.
What it means for Trump and 2024
Casting a cloud over the entire proceeding is the fact that Trump is likely to announce a 2024 White House bid in the coming months, though he may wait until after the midterm elections.
Trump denied in an interview last month with New York Magazine that any presidential run would be a way to insulate himself from criminal consequences as he faces investigations over election interference in Georgia, business dealings in New York, the Capitol riots on Jan. 6, 2021, and now his handling of classified information.
And while some experts believe it’s unlikely Trump will ultimately be indicted over the documents he kept at Mar-a-Lago, the political consequences could still loom large over his desire to return to the White House.
A Reuters-Ipsos poll conducted this week found that 54% of Republicans believe the FBI behaved irresponsibly following the Mar-a-Lago search, compared to 23% who said the agencies behaved responsibly.
Comparatively, 71% of Democrats felt law enforcement had acted responsibly, as did 50% of independent voters. It is the latter category that bears watching in determining how the search could swing Trump’s political fortunes. | https://www.wspa.com/hill-politics/fbi-search-of-trumps-home-5-things-we-learned-this-week/ | 2022-08-20T15:10:20Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/hill-politics/fbi-search-of-trumps-home-5-things-we-learned-this-week/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
INDIANAPOLIS (WXIN) — So which takes the cake as the healthiest: ice cream or pizza?
A new study is ranking more than 8,000 foods in order from least healthy to the most healthful.
“Once you get beyond ‘eat your veggies, avoid soda,’ the public is pretty confused about how to identify healthier choices in the grocery store, cafeteria, and restaurant,” said the study’s lead and corresponding author, Dariush Mozaffarian.
The study, conducted by a scientific team at Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University, scores 54 different characteristics across nine domains. Using these scores, they were able to score all foods, beverages and even mixed dishes and meals.
Under the ranking, foods that score 100-70 are encouraged. Foods that score 69-31 can be eaten moderately. Those that score 30-1 should be minimized.
Across major food categories, study authors said the average score was 43.2. The lowest-scoring category was snacks and sweet desserts, while the highest-scoring category was legumes, nuts and seeds.
An ice cream cone with nuts and chocolate ice cream, for instance, gets a score of 37, while a fast food-style pizza with meat has a cautionary grade of 14.
“Consumers, policymakers, and even [industries] are looking for simple tools to guide everyone toward healthier choices,” said Mozaffarian, who is also dean of the Friedman School.
The study’s authors hope that by offering a consistent scoring of diverse items, people can compare combinations of food and beverages that could be sold and consumed together, such as an entire shopping basket, daily diet pattern or portfolio of foods sold by a company.
“With its publicly available scoring algorithm, Food Compass can provide a nuanced approach to promoting healthy food choices–helping guide consumer behavior, nutrition policy, scientific research, food industry practices, and socially based investment decisions,” said last author Renata Micha, who did this work as a faculty member at the Friedman School and is now at the University of Thessaly.
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(NewsNation) — City of Miami commissioners voted this week to pursue a pilot program to build a designated zone for people experiencing homelessness, despite some calling it a “bad idea” and “heartless.”
The program calls for the construction of 50 to 100 “tiny homes” on Virginia Key, an 863-acre barrier island.
The location is home to a summer camp for kids. A sewage plant is not too far away. And right across the water is one of the most expensive zip codes in the U.S.
Commissioners are calling the idea a “transition zone” and the plan would provide housing, food, showers, and even outreach services for some of Miami’s homeless population.
“In my opinion, this is not an encampment that is going to be a concentration camp,” said Commissioner Manolo Reyes. “Nobody’s forcing anybody.”
Florida has about 27,000 people who are experiencing homelessness, and the program would house only about 100, a small dent in the overall problem the Sunshine State faces.
Some commissioners framed the program as a solution to homelessness, but it’s also getting a lot of opposition.
Commissioner Ken Russell voted against the proposal.
“This is the opposite of a plan, this is a bad idea,” Russell said. “The answer is permanent supportive housing.”
Russell would instead like to turn the land into a soccer park for kids.
“It’s not about whether this location is right or that location is right, it’s about whether this is a good idea or a bad idea,” Russell said. “And this is a bad idea.”
In a statement to NewsNation, the Virginia Key Alliance said they were ignored in the selection process and wrote, in part, “Placing homeless on a small island with no residents, services or security to support their needs is heartless.”
Esther Alonso owns and runs the outdoor center on Virginia Key. She worries about what this plan will mean for her employees and the kids who come to the park.
“There are children here, this is a beach. And we’re going to bring a large population of primarily homeless men … and we’re going to put them next to a swimming beach where people are running around in swimsuits?” Esther Alonso said. “I don’t know that’s a good mix.”
According to Commissioner Russell, the plan doesn’t consider essential support infrastructure and services.
“They don’t even have access to anything here, even just groceries or a job,” he said. “That’s not within reach of this island. We are miles from anything here.”
Alonso also pointed out Virginia Key’s exposure to the elements and lack of infrastructure.
“This is a harsh environment. When it gets bad, when it gets really humid, or the heat is unbearable, or the mosquitoes are so thick, we can leave,” she said. “If you’re living here, you can’t. This is it. And it’s a two-mile walk out through a mangrove forest, with a road in between.”
“This is not the friendliest environment for residential accommodations,” she said.
The City of Miami has made efforts to clean up tent cities and encampments in recent years and the Virginia Key is only one of a few options on the table right now.
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(NEXSTAR) – One of the world’s largest known moths has been reported for the first time in the United States, and experts are now asking residents to report any other sightings of the insect.
Entomologists in Washington state confirmed the discovery of an atlas moth in Bellevue, located west of Seattle, earlier this month. The Washington State Department of Agriculture said the moth, found on the side of a garage, was reported by a University of Washington professor in early July.
After confirming the species with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, experts now believe this is the first time the moth has been detected in the U.S.
The atlas moth is a native of Asia, primarily from India to the Philippines and south to Indonesia, according to the California Academy of Sciences. Its wingspan of 10 inches is second only to the white witch moth of Central and South America, which has a wingspan of 14 inches.
Its wings are also mesmerizing to some and serve as protection from birds looking for a snack. When open, the atlas moth’s wings may appear to instead be two cobra heads, deterring predators.
Despite its size, the atlas moth doesn’t live long. As London’s Natural History Museum explains, the moth’s proboscis – what butterflies and moths use to drink nectar – is very small and unusable. Because it has no way to eat, the moth typically lives only one to two weeks.
The moth gains much of its sustenance as a caterpillar. During this phase, they will eat leaves of cinnamon, citrus fruit, guava, and Jamaican cherry trees. Moth caterpillars produce silk, and the cocoons they leave behind are sometimes used as purses, according to the Museum.
The atlas moth is a federally quarantined pest in the U.S., according to Washington State officials. This means it is illegal to have or sell live atlas moths, regardless of their stage in life, without a permit from the USDA.
This is the only atlas moth reported in Washington so far, meaning there is no evidence a population has been established in the state. Without a known way to trap the moth, officials are now relying on reports from the public to determine if there are more in the state.
Officials haven’t explained how the moth may have found its way to the U.S.
Because it is a tropical species, Sven Spichiger, managing entomologist for the state’s Department of Agriculture, says its unclear whether the atlas moth could even survive the conditions of the Pacific Northwest.
“USDA is gathering available scientific and technical information about this moth and will provide response recommendations, but in the meantime, we hope residents will help us learn if this was a one-off escapee or whether there might indeed be a population in the area,” Spichiger said in a statement.
If you spot this mesmerizing moth, you are encouraged to take a photo of it, note where you spotted it, and notify your state or local agriculture department.
This rare sighting comes as officials on the other side of the country are warning residents to kill a stunning but invasive bug that could drastically impact certain trees and even grape and wine industries.
Measuring about one inch in size, the spotted lanternfly, with its spots and pair of bright red wings, was first detected in the U.S. in 2014. It has since spread to 11 states, primarily across the Northeast. The spotted lanternfly is a native of China and feasts off of fruit, ornamental, and woody trees, especially the tree of heaven, a fellow invasive species native to China, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
If allowed to spread, experts say the spotted lanternfly “could seriously impact the country’s grape, orchard, and logging industries.”
The Department of Agriculture considers most states at risk of being impacted by the spotted lanternfly. Using the department’s Pest Tracker, you can determine if your state could be a suitable home for the invasive bug, as well as 20 other “targeted Hungry Pests.” | https://www.wspa.com/news/one-of-the-worlds-largest-moths-has-been-spotted-in-the-us-for-the-first-time/ | 2022-08-20T15:10:53Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/one-of-the-worlds-largest-moths-has-been-spotted-in-the-us-for-the-first-time/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(iSeeCars) – Reliability is important when you’re selecting a vehicle. Even if you don’t plan on keeping your car until you can’t drive it anymore, it’s comforting to know that your vehicle could outlast other cars on the road. After all, the cars with the best long-term reliability remain on the road because their drivers can depend on them and don’t want to give them up.
Whether you want an efficient compact car or a hard-working truck, there are a number of vehicles to choose from with varying degrees of reliability. So how can car buyers find a reliable vehicle they can depend on? Automotive research firm iSeeCars analyzed over 14.9 million used vehicles to determine the reliable cars with the best long-term staying power based on their ability to reach 200,000 miles. Of the longest-lasting cars, we have the reliability champions by segment to help you find the right car to suit your needs.
Most Reliable Car Brands
If you’re looking for a reliable car, a good place to begin is by choosing a reliable brand. Here are the top 3 most reliable car brands:
1. Toyota
Toyota vehicles are known for their dependability and reliability, and they are proven to remain on the road longer than any other brand. From the compact Toyota Corolla to the Toyota Tacoma pickup to the Toyota Sienna minivan, there’s a reliable Toyota to suit any driver.
2. Honda
Another Japanese brand, Honda , earns the second spot on the list of most reliable automakers. From SUVs like the compact Honda CR-V and the midsize Honda Pilot , to traditional cars like the Accord and Civic sedans, Honda vehicles are proven to go the distance for their drivers. Honda vehicles also offer practicality, provide a suite of safety features, and have above-average fuel economy.
3. GMC
GMC ranks third. GMC ’s high ranking on the list can be attributed to the longevity of the GMC Yukon full-size SUV, its larger variant the GMC Yukon XL , and the GMC Sierra 1500 pickup truck. GMC also ranks above-average for value retention and provides refinement as the upscale variant of Chevrolet.
View our Most Reliable Car Brands article for the complete list.
Most Reliable Cars
Whether you want an efficient small car or a large SUV, we’ve compiled a list of vehicles with the highest reliability ratings by segment. Here are the most reliable passenger cars across all size categories.
Most Reliable Small Cars
1. Honda Civic
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 9.1
Average New Car Price: $22,994
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $27,043
The Honda Civic is the most reliable small car. The Civic has more passenger and cargo space than what’s typical for its class, and it provides a comfortable ride with brisk acceleration and sporty handling.
The versatile vehicle is available as a hatchback, as its formerly-available coupe body style was discontinued for the 2021 model year. Civics come with a suite of safety features such as forward collision warning, lane keep assist, lane departure warning, and automatic high-beam headlights.
2. Toyota Corolla
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.5
Average New Car Price: $22,950
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $21,360
The Toyota Corolla is the runner-up in the Best Reliable Small Car category. Known for its reliability and longevity, it also maintains more of its value than its competition. The Corolla boasts excellent fuel economy, making the compact car a practical option as a daily driver, and is also among the top of its class for safety scores.
3. Subaru Impreza
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.0
Average New Car Price: $23,610
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $23,238
The Subaru Impreza offers standard all-wheel drive, impressive interior and cargo space, and a fun ride. The Impreza achieves Subaru’s characteristic high safety score and includes standard safety features such as adaptive cruise control, lane keep assist, forward collision warning, and automatic emergency braking.
Check out our Most Reliable Sedans guide for the complete list.
Most Reliable Midsize Cars
1. Honda Accord
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 9.0
Average New Car Price: $31,435
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $28,671
The Honda Accord is fun-to-drive and its spacious cabin provides more passenger room than most of its competitors. The Accord also has an upscale interior that has the feel of a luxury car. It has multiple engine options, including its base 1.5-liter turbocharged four-cylinder that produces 192 horsepower. The Accord’s base engine gets 30 mpg in the city and 38 mpg on the highway, which is above-average for its class.
2. Toyota Camry
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.9
Average New Car Price: $30,406
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $27,295
The Toyota Camry midsize sedan almost ties the Honda Accord as the most reliable midsize sedan. The Camry offers a comfortable ride and comes with plenty of legroom and headroom. The Camry’s base engine is a 2.5-liter four-cylinder with 202 horsepower, with a more powerful 3.5-liter V6 offered on higher trims. It also comes with a suite of safety features.
3. Mazda Mazda6
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.4
Average New Car Price: $30,422
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $25,659
The Mazda6 is praised for its driving dynamics and has an upscale interior that rivals a luxury vehicle. Its base engine is a powerful 187-horsepower 2.5-liter four-cylinder that offers swift acceleration. A turbocharged four-cylinder that produces up to 250 horsepower is available on higher trims. The Mazda6 includes plenty of standard safety features like automatic high-beam headlights, lane keep assist, pedestrian detection, and rain-sensing windshield wipers. The Mazda6 was discontinued for the 2022 model year.
Most Reliable Large Cars
1. Toyota Avalon
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 9.8
Average New Car Price: $42,832
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $37,791
The Toyota Avalon is the most reliable full-size sedan. It has ample passenger and cargo space, and has an interior that feels like a luxury car. It comes with a suite of standard safety features such as blind spot monitoring, rear cross traffic alert, and LED automatic high-beam headlights to name a few. The Avalon also takes top honors on the Consumer Reports list of Best Sedans.
2. Dodge Charger
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.1
Average New Car Price: $39,931
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $42,070
The runner-up for the Best Used Large Car is the Dodge Charger. The Dodge Charger is a versatile and spacious large sedan with many powerful engine choices ranging from a standard V6 to a potent supercharged V8. It is the perfect choice for drivers wanting the utility of a roomy sedan with a little bit of muscle.
3. Nissan Maxima
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.6
Average New Car Price: $41,377
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $30,049
The Nissan Maxima full-size sedan ranks third. A JD Power award winner in initial quality, the Maxima has a powerful 300-horsepower 3.5-liter V6 engine to appeal to drivers who want a powerful sedan with the characteristics of a sports car. It comes standard with a touch screen infotainment system, AppleCarPlay, Android Auto, and Bluetooth connectivity. The Maxima’s standard safety features include automatic high-beam headlights, rear cross traffic alert, pedestrian detection, traffic sign recognition, and rear door alert.
Most Reliable Luxury Cars
Small Luxury Cars
1. Lexus IS 350
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.9
Average New Car Price: $48,532
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $42,806
The most reliable compact luxury car is the Lexus IS. The IS is known for its premium materials and comfortable ride. It also has a perfect 5-star safety rating and comes standard with the Lexus Safety System+ suite of features, including lane departure warning, lane keep assist, pre-collision system, automatic high-beam headlights, and pedestrian detection. A new Lexus IS costs between $36,748 and $47,859, and a three-year-old used Lexus IS costs between $24,931 and $33,997.
2. Volvo S60
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.7
Average New Car Price: $45,359
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $35,654
The compact Volvo S60 has a sophisticated cabin with soft-touch materials and comfortable seats. It comes with a suite of standard safety features typical of the Volvo brand, including road departure mitigation, lane keeping assist, and traffic sign recognition to name a few. The S60 also includes standard infotainment features like Apple CarPlay and Android auto. It comes standard with a 250-horsepower turbocharged four-cylinder engine, and two additional engines are available, including a 316- horsepower supercharged four-cylinder and a 400-horsepower plug-in hybrid variant. The plug-in-hybrid version gets 69 MPG -equivalent when using only electric power and 30 combined mpg when using electric and gasoline (hybrid) power.
3. BMW 3 Series
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 7.0
Average New Car Price: $50,102
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $42,224
The BMW 3-Series is among the top performing cars in its luxury small car class, and its sporty handling and comfortable seating make it a popular choice for those entering the luxury car market. The sports sedan also comes with three powertrain options, including the standard turbocharged four-cylinder engine, a turbocharged six-cylinder, and a plug-in hybrid that combines a turbo 2.0-liter engine and an electric motor.
Most Reliable Luxury Midsize Cars
1. Lexus ES 350
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.9
Average New Car Price: $47,830
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $42,058
The Lexus ES 350 luxury midsize car ranks first. As Toyota’s luxury brand, Lexus has a reputation for being the most reliable brand among luxury automakers. The ES has a spacious and luxurious interior as well as a long list of standard safety features, including forward collision warning, adaptive cruise control, lane departure warning, road sign detection, and automatic high-beam headlights. It comes with two engine options: a four-cylinder that offers all-wheel drive (AWD), which was new for the 2021 model year, and a front-wheel drive V6.
2. BMW 5 Series
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 7.0
Average New Car Price: $61,941
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $46,175
The BMW 5-Series is among the best luxury midsize cars in its class thanks to its powerful engine, impressive fuel economy, and near-ideal balance of smooth ride and confident handling. It also comes loaded with standard safety and entertainment features, including a 12.3-inch touchscreen infotainment system. Engine choices start with a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder making 248 horsepower and continue with five additional powertrain options. The most powerful is a 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 engine with 617 horsepower.
3. Mercedes-Benz E-Class
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.5
Average New Car Price: $84,285
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $83,610
The third most reliable midsize luxury sedan is the Mercedes-Benz E-Class. The E-Class provides a comfortable ride and has the upscale cabin characteristics one expects of the Mercedes brand. It’s base engine is a powerful turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder with 255 horsepower. The 2020 E-Class earned the highest Top Safety Pick+ designation from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, and it comes with standard safety features including Mercedes Pre-Safe (rolls up windows and tightens seatbelts in advance of a collision), forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, and pedestrian detection.
Most Reliable Large Luxury Cars
1. Mercedes-Benz S-Class
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 7.0
Average New Car Price: $138,073
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $99,989
The most reliable large luxury sedan is the Mercedes-Benz S-Class super luxury car. It is one of the most opulent sedans on the market, as reflected by its six-figure starting price. The full-size S-Class has luxurious features, including 16-way power-adjustable front seats with an available message feature, a two-foot long high-tech dashboard with a side-by-side digital instrument gauge and infotainment screen, along with park assist technology. The S-Class’ base engine is a 362-horsepower 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged V6, and its most powerful engine is a twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8 with 603 horsepower.
2. BMW 7 Series
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 7.3
Average New Car Price: $108,717
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $75,965
The BMW 7 Series super luxury car ranks second. It comes standard with a 335-horsepower turbocharged six-cylinder, and middle trims have a twin-turbocharged V8. The top-trim M760i has a 600-horsepower V12. It comes with a full list of standard safety features including driver drowsiness monitoring, forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, blind spot monitoring, and lane departure warning.
3. Audi A8 L
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.7
Average New Car Price: $92,700
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $80,647
The Audi A8 L superluxury car ranks third. It has a sophisticated cabin with ample passenger room. The long wheelbase version of the A8 is the only version of the sedan available for sale in America. The luxurious vehicle features 22-way adjustable front seats and a dual-touchscreen infotainment system and comes standard with a 335-horsepower turbocharged V6 engine.
Most Reliable Sports Cars
1. Mazda MX-5 Miata
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.6
Average New Car Price: $32,414
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $31,038
The most reliable sports car is the Mazda MX-5 Miata two-seat roadster. The Miata project began as an effort by the Japanese automaker to build an affordable sports car in the European tradition. The Miata has excellent fuel economy for its class at 26 mpg city and 35 mpg highway. It has a 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine with 181 horsepower and 151 pound-feet of torque. While it does not measure up to its competition for power, the MX-5 Miata makes up for this with nimble, responsive handling and low weight.
2. Ford Mustang
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.5
Average New Car Price: $49,128
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $36,338
The Ford Mustang uses a simple rear-wheel drive platform and has multiple engine options with a proven history of reliability. It comes standard with a 2.3-liter turbocharged four-cylinder with 310 horsepower and 350 pound-feet of torque. There are three V8 engine choices, including two 5.0-liter V8s with 460 horsepower or 480 horsepower and a 5.2-liter supercharged V8 with 760 horsepower offered in the Shelby GT500.
3. Chevrolet Camaro
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.0
Average New Car Price: $51,646
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $40,151
Known as “everyman’s sports car,” the Chevrolet Camaro ranks third. The Camaro has four engine choices ranging from its standard turbocharged four-cylinder engine with 275 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque to a 6.2-liter supercharged V8 with 650 horsepower and 650 pound-feet of torque. The Camaro is praised for its responsive steering and swift acceleration. The iconic Chevy Camaro is available as a convertible or coupe and has a starting MSRP of $25,000, making it among the most affordable sports cars on the market.
Check out our Most Reliable Sports Cars article for the complete list.
Most Reliable Hybrid Car
Toyota Prius
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 8.9
Average New Car Price: $29,481
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $25,233
The most reliable hybrid is none other than the Toyota Prius, which is the car that put hybrids on the map. Its hatchback design gives it more cargo space than its competitors and makes it an attractive choice for drivers who want an efficient family vehicle. The Prius gets up to 58 mpg city and 53 mpg highway, among the highest fuel-efficiency ratings for its class.
Most Reliable Electric Car
Tesla Model S
iSeeCars Reliability Score: 9.4
Average New Car Price: $167,229
Average 3-Year-Old Used Car Price: $89,895
The Tesla Model S is an electric vehicle with sedan practicality and the performance of a sports car. It offers rapid acceleration and can go from 0 to 60 in 2.3 seconds. The base Model S can travel 390 miles on a single charge, which is the best in its class. It also offers cutting-edge technology features that can remain current thanks to over-the-air software updates.
A new Tesla Model S starts at $69,420 and its most expensive trim, the Plaid+ costs $149,990. A three-year-old used Tesla Model S costs between $46,470 and $79,403.
Bottom Line
Whether you are buying a new vehicle or a used vehicle, you can find a reliable car in every segment. These vehicles are proven to go the distance for their owners, and you might end up keeping them for longer than you intended because they are so dependable. If you want a durable vehicle you can rely on, turn to the vehicles on this list. For vehicles from additional automakers like Hyundai, Kia, Jeep, and Volkswagen, check out our full lists of Best Cars.
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(NEXSTAR) — A new school year means many U.S. cities will soon see more people coming in to catch college football games. Ahead of the fall season, Airbnb released its list of the college towns outpacing others for bookings for upcoming stays.
Airbnb’s full list of college town getaways include:
- Ocean City, New Jersey
- Bella Vista, Arkansas
- Oxford, Mississippi
- Santa Ana and La Mesa, California
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Ann Arbor, Michigan
- Lubbock, Texas
- Lexington, Kentucky
- Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Many of these cities are home to (or in the vicinity of) some of college football’s biggest teams.
Lubbock, in west Texas, outpaced other Texas cities in Q1 2022 Airbnb bookings, the company says. The city is home to the Texas Tech Red Raiders, who begin their season Sept. 3.
Fans of the Ole Miss Rebels (University of Mississippi’s football team), flock to Oxford, which is about 75 miles south from Memphis. In addition to Rebels games, the city’s also home to many historical sites — including the Lyric Theater music venue, which was previously owned by the family of native author William Faulkner.
Ann Arbor, meanwhile, is home to the University of Michigan Wolverines, whose home games are held at Michigan Stadium. Also known as “The Big House,” it’s the largest stadium in the U.S. and the second largest stadium in the world, according to the Olympics.
Football season is a boon for many short-term rental owners, with University of California San Diego researchers noting that home games alone amounted for over 60% of total rental income between the August and December football seasons in both 2014 and 2015. | https://www.wspa.com/news/these-are-airbnbs-top-college-towns-for-football-season/ | 2022-08-20T15:11:05Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/these-are-airbnbs-top-college-towns-for-football-season/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It is a Jewish custom, when someone dies, to say, “May his/her memory be for a blessing.”
We were lucky to have my mother with us until she was 101. In honor of her 105th birthday, I am sharing one of my favorite Mom stories. For a Jewish woman from the Bronx, raising her children in the South, she could become surprisingly inventive in a crisis.
Here’s what happened during a grocery shopping trip with my mother:
As I came out of the supermarket, a car came screeching to a stop and grazed me, sending the groceries from my sack sprawling down the boulevard. My mother, still inside the supermarket, heard the noise and came running with my baby brother in tow.
Maternal instinct, she would tell me later, told her the tires she heard were screeching for me.
I had taken the first grocery bag and left mom in the market, still shopping, while I started the 10-block walk home to study for my junior high final exam the next day.
Lying in the street, I remember seeing the milk carton on its side and thinking the milk would go bad in the sun. I watched an orange roll under a passing car.
In the back of a police car en route to the hospital, Mom put one arm around me and held my 3-year-old brother with the other.
I was crying more from being scared than actually being in pain. But I was shocked out of my tears when my ladylike mother belted out, “You Ain’t Nothin’ but a Hound Dog…”
To say my mother was not an Elvis fan would be an understatement, but she knew her daughter well enough to know what would soothe her.
“What’s the next verse?” Mom asked. Minutes later, her bruised preteen daughter is singing, “Well, you ain’t never caught a rabbit and you ain’t no friend of mine!”
The nice policeman driving the car was laughing. My baby brotherwas asking for the candy bar that Mom left in the shopping cart when she raced out of the market. And I was joining my mother in a duet about a hound dog.
“Let’s see what we can do to make you feel better young lady,” the ER doctor smiled at me.
“She likes Elvis music,” my mother offered.
I recovered from my hip contusions (and even learned what a contusion is) and was Queen of the May for the next few days. Mom, newly minted rock star, pampered me with Elvis music on my 45 RPM record player and my favorite meals in bed. And, I’m pretty sure I heard her singing in the kitchen while she cooked, “You ain’t nothin’ but a hound dog…”
Your memory continues to be a blessing, Mom.
Email patriciabunin@sbcglobal.net and follow her on Twitter @patriciabunin
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In November, Californians will vote on Proposition 1, which would amend the California Constitution to read: “The state shall not deny or interfere with an individual’s reproductive freedom in their most intimate decisions, which includes their fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and their fundamental right to choose or refuse contraceptives.”
Proposition 1 was put on the ballot by the California Legislature rather than by voters’ signatures, to counter the June ruling by the United States Supreme Court that the U.S. Constitution did not create a right to abortion. States, rather, were free to regulate abortion as each state wished.
Banning abortions entirely, permitting abortions with the restrictions the U.S. Supreme Court had allowed before the June decision, or allowing abortions without restriction were alternatives now open to the states. With Proposition 1, Californians would be choosing the third option.
The proponents of Proposition 1 claim they did not intend that result. However, many supporters of a woman’s right to choose objected to restrictions on abortion rights that the U.S. Supreme Court had, over the years, allowed states to impose, like forcing a woman to wait several days after her initial consultation, or to read literature urging her not to have an abortion, before being allowed to proceed.
The words of Proposition 1 accord with a widespread belief among pro-choice advocates that abortion should be a decision left to the woman, not the government. That’s what Proposition 1 accomplishes.
It is naïve to believe its drafters did not intend what it plainly says. Rather, they are “not letting a good crisis go to waste.” Outrage against the U.S. Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade is palpable in California. If there is a time to enshrine an absolute right to an abortion, their reasoning goes, it is now; and voters might not focus on the fine print.
The Democratic supermajority in the Legislature claim they didn’t intend to prevent any restrictions on abortion. Rather, they claim, a woman’s “fundamental right to choose to have an abortion” means as that right was construed by the U.S. Supreme Court before this June, including the restrictions then allowed.
They argue that’s what the California Supreme Court has said in construing the existing right to privacy in the current state constitution. Less than two years after Roe, California added “privacy” to the list of fundamental rights guaranteed under the same section of the California Constitution now proposed for amendment. In interpreting that phrase, the California Supreme Court quoted liberally from Roe v. Wade. They noted that a woman’s “privacy” diminishes when another person is involved. The voters who put “privacy” into California’s constitution in 1974 could have said “abortion.”
Instead, they used a term that allowed the woman’s right to be restricted as the state’s interest in preserving potential or actual life grew with the number of months of gestation.
If that’s what they meant to protect, Proposition 1’s drafters could have written that the California Constitution protects a woman’s right to “abortion up to viability of the fetus.”
Indeed, they could have not offered Proposition 1 at all and stuck with the concept of “privacy.”
There is no emergency; abortion is not about to be outlawed in California. It is protected under state law and California Supreme Court precedent.
Instead, they chose the word “abortion,” as somehow preferable to “privacy.”
Applying the California Supreme Court’s logic, the only difference is that “privacy” would allow some state restrictions. Evidently, the proponents did not want that.
If California imposes any restrictions on abortion in years to come, we can expect the California Supreme Court to strike them down, if Proposition 1 passes.
The Legislature can withdraw Proposition 1 and offer an alternative that protects the right to an abortion up to viability — current state law, in other words. The absolute position is not what Californians want — and not what the proponents claim they want, either.
Tom Campbell is a professor of law and of economics at Chapman University. He served five terms in Congress and two years in the California state Senate, where he earned a 100% rating from the pro-choice California Abortion Rights Action League.
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I had a very good reason for semi-stripping in the middle of the school run – Hayley Matthews
After I parked outside the school the other day, close to an overgrown hedge that spills out onto the pavement, I jumped out the car, opened the back door, grabbed my rain jacket off the back seat and swung it round my back to put it on.
What I didn't notice was the swarm of angry wasps pinging out the hedge like something from Angry Birds.
I also didn't notice the few I scooped up in my jacket whilst putting it on until they started stabbing me in the back with their little stingers.
If you've never been stung by a wasp before, trust me you will know when it happens! It's a stabbing, piercing, burning pain that sends you into a bit of a panic.
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As I saw them flying past my face, I realised it was wasps and without giving it a second thought, proceeded to strip my handbag, jacket and t-shirt off over my head, whilst screaming in the middle of the road.
Suddenly I realised that, in the shock of the moment, I'd taken off almost all of my clothes (except a bra top and leggings).
I'd been so desperate to make sure a wasp wasn't up my T-shirt that I semi-stripped amid the parent stampede towards the school gates.
Mortified! What makes this harder to take is I've always been in "team pollinators", saving the bees and wasps, going about with a mobile sugar-water unit to keep them hydrated in the warm weather.
Well that was until they literally stabbed me in the back. So I'll carry on saving the bees but think I’ll be bodyswerving the wasps in future! | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/i-had-a-very-good-reason-for-semi-stripping-in-the-middle-of-the-school-run-hayley-matthews-3812675 | 2022-08-20T15:22:45Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/i-had-a-very-good-reason-for-semi-stripping-in-the-middle-of-the-school-run-hayley-matthews-3812675 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Pence says he didn't leave office with classified material
Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he didn’t take any classified information with him when he left office.
The disclosure — which would typically be unremarkable for a former vice president — is notable given that FBI agents seized classified and top secret information from his former boss's Florida estate on Aug. 8 while investigating potential violations of three different federal laws. Former President Donald Trump has claimed that the documents seized by agents were "all declassified."
Pence, asked directly if he had retained any classified information upon leaving office, told The Associated Press in an interview, "No, not to my knowledge."
Despite the inclusion of material marked "top secret" in the government’s list of items recovered from Mar-a-Lago, Pence said, "I honestly don’t want to prejudge it before until we know all the facts."
Pence was in Iowa on Friday as part of a two day-trip to the state, which hosts the leadoff Republican presidential caucuses. It comes as the former vice president has made stops in other early voting states as he takes steps toward mounting a 2024 White House campaign.
Former Vice President Mike Pence speaks at "Politics & Eggs" at the New Hampshire Institute Politics at St. Anselm College on August 17, 2022 in Manchester, New Hampshire. (Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
Pence also weighed in on Republican U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney's primary defeat earlier in the week to a rival backed by Trump. Cheney, who is arguably Trump's most prominent Republican critic, has called the former president "a very grave threat and risk to our republic" and further raised his ire through her role as vice chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
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"My reaction was, the people of Wyoming have spoken," said Pence, who was targeted at the Capitol that day by angry rioters, including some who chanted, "Hang Mike Pence!" "And, you know, I accept their judgment about the kind of representation they want on Capitol Hill."
Pence said he has "great respect" for Cheney's father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, who served two terms under President George W. Bush.
"And I appreciate the conservative stance Congresswoman Cheney has taken over the years," Pence continued. "But I’ve been disappointed in the partisan taint of the Jan. 6 committee from early on."
Pence's aides said the committee contacted his legal team months ago to see if he would be willing to testify. Although Pence has said he would give "due consideration" to cooperating, he was adamant that the historic nature of such participation must be warranted and agreed upon.
"Beyond my concerns about the partisan nature of the Jan. 6 committee, there are profound constitutional issues that have to be considered," he said. "No vice president has ever been summoned to testify before the Congress of the United States."
Speaking further about the search of Mar-a-Lago, the former vice president raised the possibility, as he has previously, that the investigation was politically motivated and called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to disclose more details on what led authorities to conduct the search.
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"The concern that millions of Americans felt is only going to be resolved with daylight," Pence said Friday. "I know that's not customary in an investigation. But this is unprecedented action by the Justice Department, and I think it merits an unprecedented transparency."
The Jan. 6 insurrection marked the first in a number of public breaks between Trump and his once devout No. 2. But Pence has been careful not to alienate Republicans who have supported Trump but might be looking for another candidate in the 2024 election. Despite his reluctance to criticize the former president, Pence has occasionally spoken out against Trump, criticizing the attack at the U.S. Capitol and more recently urging his fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at the FBI over the search of Mar-a-Lago.
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"The Republican Party is the party of law and order," Pence said Wednesday at a political breakfast in New Hampshire. "Our party stands with the men and women who stand on the thin blue line at the federal and state and local level, and these attacks on the FBI must stop."
Pence said Friday that he would make a decision early next year about whether to run for the White House, a move that his aides have said will be independent of what Trump decides to do.
Having visited the Iowa State Fair on Friday afternoon, Pence also headlined a fundraiser earlier in the day for Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley and was scheduled to speak to a Christian conservative group and a northern Iowa county Republican Party fundraiser before leaving Saturday. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/mike-pence-classified-material-donald-trump | 2022-08-20T15:27:27Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/mike-pence-classified-material-donald-trump | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Woman, 19, shot in Little Village
CHICAGO - A woman was shot and wounded Friday night in the Little Village neighborhood.
The 19-year-old was outside around 10:38 p.m. in the 2600 block of West 23rd Place when gunfire broke out and she was struck in the thigh, police said.
She was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital where she was listed in fair condition, police said.
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Empowerment materials worth a total of N150 million were on Saturday distributed to 1,000 women and youths in Alkaleri and Kirfi LGAs of Bauchi State under the Kaura Economic Empowerment Programme (KEEP) being implemented by the state government aimed at improving the living standard of the people of the state through employment creation.
While flagging off the distribution of the materials in the two LGAs, Bauchi State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir said that the Economic Empowerment Programme is all about making the people of the State self-reliant.
He explained that this is being done by providing the beneficiaries with the wherewithal and conducive environment to be economically productive and employers of labour.
The Governor added that the programme was designed to boost economic activities in order to address the problem of unemployment and alleviate poverty among the people, especially the youths and women who are regarded as most vulnerable.
According to the Governor, his administration has continued to palace a high premium on empowerment through job creation as a testimony of its commitment to poverty alleviation.
Bala Mohammed pointed out that his government has put in place the Bauchi State Microfinance Institution Building Programme (MIFIN) to complement the Kaura Economic Empowerment Programme (KEEP).
He stressed that “The aim of this programme is to develop and strengthen Microfinance Institutions and establish linkages among the institutions and other financial institutions in order to create a viable and sustainable microfinance system.”
He added that “The ultimate goal is to enhance access of the poor to financial services so as to boost the productivity of micro and small scale enterprises, thereby reducing poverty”
The Governor further said that “Since the commencement of the Kaura Economic empowerment Programme in the Local Government Areas, an average of N75 million in both cash and kind has been distributed to some selected beneficiaries in each of the Local Governments where the programme has so far been launched”
He pointed out that, ” Selected beneficiaries of the programme in Alkaleri and Kirfi Local Government Areas would therefore today be given the following items which include the provision of starter packs”.
He also said that “N50,000 cash for 500 persons per Local Government, Provision of three motorcycles in each of the wards of the 20 Local Governments, Provision of N100,000.00 cash to women leaders and youth leaders in each of the 20 Local Governments and the Provision of five buses to each of the 20 Local Governments. The beneficiaries are Ward PDP Chairmen, Ward Coordinators and Ward Youth leaders”.
Bala Mohammed then appealed to the beneficiaries of the Kaura Economic Empowerment Programme to make good use of the opportunity by properly managing the cash and items given to them to boost their economic status and assist others who may not have access to the largesse, adding that his government will continue to explore more ways and means of poverty alleviation.
Earlier in her opening remarks, State Commissioner for Cooperatives, Small and Medium Enterprises, Hajiya Sa’adatu Bello Kirfi, Commissioner urged the beneficiaries to put the items given to them into judicious use with a high level of determination and dedication.
The items distributed in the two local government areas were 105 motorcycles, 41 grinding machines and 149 sewing machines while others were six buses, groundnut processing equipment, goats to encourage animal husbandry and cash gifts, among others.
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1,000 women, youths benefit from N150m empowerment programme in Bauchi | https://tribuneonlineng.com/1000-women-youths-benefit-from-n150m-empowerment-programme-in-bauchi/ | 2022-08-20T15:36:11Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/1000-women-youths-benefit-from-n150m-empowerment-programme-in-bauchi/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
2023: South-East group seeks support for Tinubu
•Says time for Ndigbo to partake in mainstream politics
Ahead next general elections, a socio-cultural group Omaluegwuoku Progressive Initiative has urged the people of the southeast region to abandon opposition parties and join the ruling All Progressives Congress.
The group made the call at the weekend at a press briefing in Abuja.
The National Coordinator of the group who incidentally is a Federal Commissioner, Federal Character Commission (FCC), Hon. Ginika Florence Tor, who spoke on behalf of the group declared that the electorate and politicians in the southeast region must galvanize support for APC presidential candidate, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu to win the presidential race.
He said: “It is time for Southeast to get to the mainstream of Nigerian politics. “We cannot be in Zone A and expect to reap from Zone B. We need to be involved in Nigerian politics to stop the perceived marginalisation.
” We must realise that power is not given free of charge, it must be earned. We have to be deeply involved to be reckoned with and be given the trust to lead the country.”
Tor who confessed that they were supporting a presidential aspirant of Igbo extraction said the group has since pledged its loyalty to Tinubu after his emergence as a presidential candidate.
“Before the emergence of Sen. Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the APC Presidential Flag Bearer, the record has it that Omaluegwuoku Progressive Initiative advocated for Southeast Presidency under the platform of APC but Bola Ahmed who is in no doubt a man of capacity, credibility and competency emerged, a man that can be referred to as tested and trusted, We were left with no choice but to give our full support.
” It is in the light of this that we call on our people to team up with the Tinubu/Shetimma presidency and position ourselves for the proper integration into national politics.”
Speaking in similar vein, Honourable Jude Idimogu a member representing the Oshodi/Isolo II constituency in the Lagos State House of Assembly, who is also the deputy national coordinator of Omaluegwuoku Progressive Initiative said the southeast geopolitical zone has a very bright future under the presidency of Asiwaju Tinubu.
Citing the various appointees from the south-east in the cabinet o Lagos State since 1999, Idimogu said the southeast zone “has to come out of our political cocoon and interact with other regions and be fully involved in national politics.”
The group then announced plans to commence a nationwide campaign under the auspices of Igbo Kwenu for Asiwaju/Shettima in the 36 States of the country as soon as the formal campaign flags off next month.
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Hot and breezy today with temps near triple digits.
Breezy conditions this afternoon with windspeeds around 10-15 mph and gusts near 20 mph.
Slight chance of dry, isolated thunderstorms in the Blues and the east slopes of the Cascades around 2 p.m. this afternoon.
Breezy conditions will persist through Monday afternoon with a second round of dry, isolated thunderstorms around 5 a.m. Monday.
Sunny and hot over the next seven days as we keep our daytime highs in the mid to upper 90s, near triple digits.
"Cooling down" to the mid 90s on Tuesday but will climb back into the triple digits for Tri-Cities on Thursday.
If thunder roars, head indoors! Very high fire danger with the dry breezy conditions and the slight chance of lightning could start a fire very easily.
Stay fire-wise and stay hydrated while we stay hot and dry. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/weather-forecast-for-august-20/article_60ad8f7e-2093-11ed-944a-0f54557c60d9.html | 2022-08-20T15:57:40Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/weather-forecast-for-august-20/article_60ad8f7e-2093-11ed-944a-0f54557c60d9.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Eight students were injured after their school bus crashed on Friday in Chesterfield County, South Carolina, says the school district.
The bus was carrying students from New Heights Middle School and Jefferson Elementary School when it crashed at 4:00 p.m. in the Jefferson area, according to a Facebook post from the Chesterfield County School District.
The eight injured students were transported to the hospital.
A total of 24 students were on the bus at the time of the crash, according to the school district.
The cause of the accident and the condition of the injured are unknown at this time.
Chesterfield County is located in the northern part of South Carolina, along the North Carolina border.
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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has warned airlines that his department could draft new rules around passenger rights if the carriers don’t give more help to travelers trapped by flight cancellations and delays.
Buttigieg is asking airline CEOs to, at a minimum, provide lodging for passengers stranded overnight at an airport and give out meal vouchers for delays of three hours or longer when the disruption is caused by something in the airline’s control.
The Transportation Department on Friday released a copy of the letters, which it said were sent to CEOs of 10 U.S. airlines including the major ones, their regional affiliates, and budget carriers.
A spokeswoman for Airlines for America, a trade group whose members include American, United, Delta and Southwest, said airlines “strive to provide the highest level of customer service.” She said the airlines are committed to overcoming challenges including a tight labor market.
Buttigieg’s agency recently proposed rules around refunds for passengers whose flights are canceled or rescheduled. He told the CEOs the department is considering additional rules “that would further expand the rights of airline passengers who experience disruptions.”
Buttigieg has been sparring with the airlines since late spring over high numbers of canceled and delayed flights. In his latest salvo, he told airline CEOs he appreciates that airlines have stepped up hiring and trimmed schedules to better match the number of flights they can handle.
“Still, the level of disruption Americans have experienced this summer is unacceptable,” he wrote.
The head of another airline trade group took issue with Buttigieg’s praise of schedule cuts. Faye Malarkey Black, president of the Regional Airline Association, said those cutbacks are being driven by a pilot shortage and are especially harmful to people who use smaller airports.
“There is a lot of responsibility to go around in this crisis and solving (the pilot shortage) means solving it for the long term, not just trimming back capacity until the only people with air service are those traveling between the large urban centers,” Black said.
So far this year, airlines have canceled about 146,000 flights, or 2.6%, and nearly 1.3 million flights have been delayed, according to tracking service FlightAware. The rate of cancellations is up about one-third from the same period in 2019, before the pandemic, and the rate of delays is up nearly one-fourth.
Federal officials have blamed many of the disruptions on understaffing at airlines, which encouraged employees to quit after the pandemic started. The airlines have countered by blaming staffing problems at the Federal Aviation Administration, which hires air traffic controllers. | https://www.wwlp.com/business/ap-business/buttigieg-warns-airlines-to-help-travelers-or-face-new-rules/ | 2022-08-20T16:17:43Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/business/ap-business/buttigieg-warns-airlines-to-help-travelers-or-face-new-rules/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Wayfair is cutting about 870 employees, or 5% of its global workforce, as part of a plan previously announced by the home goods company to manage operating costs and realign its investment priorities after the pandemic.
With millions sheltering at home in 2020, the Boston company reported 55% sales growth as families spent heavily to furnish living rooms and other parts of the house. Last year, as more people ventured out, sales at Wayfair declined 3.1%.
Wayfair Inc. expects costs related to the job cuts to run between $30 million and $40 million in the third quarter, mostly related to employee severance and benefits.
The company said that it’s also in the process of making substantial cuts to third party labor costs as well.
Shares tumbled 13% in Friday morning trading. | https://www.wwlp.com/business/ap-business/wayfair-cutting-about-870-jobs-or-5-of-global-workforce/ | 2022-08-20T16:18:26Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/business/ap-business/wayfair-cutting-about-870-jobs-or-5-of-global-workforce/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Federal prosecutors said Friday they have arrested the attorney general in Mexico’s previous administration on charges he committed abuses in the investigation of the 2014 disappearances of 43 students from a radical teacher college.
Prosecutors also announced they had issued arrest warrants in the case against 20 army soldiers and officers, five local officials, 33 local police officers and 11 state police, as well as 14 gang members.
The roundup included the first arrest of a former attorney general in recent history, and one of the biggest mass arrests ever by civilian prosecutors of Mexican army soldiers.
Jesús Murillo Karam served as attorney general from 2012 to 2015, under then President Enrique Peña Nieto. The office of the current attorney general, Alejandro Gertz Manero, said Murillo Karam was charged with torture, official misconduct and forced disappearance.
In 2020, Gertz Manero said Murillo Karam had been implicated in “orchestrating a massive media trick” and leading a “generalized cover-up” in the case.
The arrest came a day after a commission set up to determine what happened said the army bore at least partial responsibility in the case. It said a soldier had infiltrated the student group involved and the army didn’t stop the abductions even though it knew what was happening.
Corrupt local police, other security forces and members of a drug gang abducted the students in the city of Iguala in Guerrero state, although the motive remains unclear eight years later. Their bodies have never been found, though fragments of burned bone have been matched to three of the students.
Murillo Karam, under pressure to quickly solve the case, announced in 2014 that the students had been killed and their bodies burned at a garbage dump by members of a drug gang. He called that hypothesis “the historic truth.”
But the investigation included instances of torture, improper arrest and mishandling of evidence that has since allowed most of the directly implicated gang members to walk free.
The incident occurred near a large army base, and independent investigations have found that members of the military were aware of what was occurring. The students’ families have long demanded that soldiers be included in the investigation.
On Thursday, the truth commission looking into the case said one of the abducted students was a soldier who had infiltrated the radical teachers’ college, yet the army did not search for him even though it had real-time information that the abduction was occurring. It said the inaction violated army protocols for cases of missing soldiers.
The defense ministry has not responded to a request for comment.
The soldiers and officers being sought under Friday’s warrants — and the other officials, police and gang members — face charges of murder, torture, official misconduct, criminal association and forced disappearance
It was not immediately clear whether all the suspects faced all the charges or if the suspects were among dozens previously arrested and charged during previous investigations.
Prior to reforms in Mexican law, the army had long been allowed to refer soldiers accused of wrongdoing to separate military courts. But soldiers must now by tried in civilian courts, if their offenses involved civilians.
The soldiers being charged served at the base near where the abduction occurred in 2014.
The Institutional Revolutionary Party, which both Murillo Karam and Peña Nieto belonged to, wrote in its Twitter account that Murillo Karam’s arrest “is more a question of politics than justice. This action does not help the victims’ families get answers.”
Mexican federal prosecutors previously issued arrest warrants for members of the military and federal police as well as Tomás Zeron, who at the time of the abduction headed the federal investigation agency, Mexico’s detective agency.
Zeron is being sought on charges of torture and covering up forced disappearances. He fled to Israel, and Mexico has asked the Israeli government for help in his arrest.
Gertz Manero said that in addition to Zeron’s alleged crimes connected to the case, he is alleged to have stolen more than $44 million from the Attorney General’s Office budget.
The motive for the students’ abduction remains a subject of debate.
On Sept. 26, 2014, local police from Iguala, members of organized crime and authorities abducted 43 students from buses. The students periodically commandeered buses for their transportation.
Murillo Karam claimed the students were turned over to a drug gang who killed them, incinerated their bodies at a dump in nearby Cocula and tossed the burned bone fragments into a river.
Later investigations by independent experts and the Attorney General’s Office, and corroborated by the truth commission, have dismissed the idea that the bodies were incinerated at the Cocula dump.
There has been no evidence that any of the students could still be alive. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/mexico-arrests-ex-attorney-general-in-missing-students-case/ | 2022-08-20T16:18:55Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/mexico-arrests-ex-attorney-general-in-missing-students-case/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ROME (AP) — The Vatican cardinal accused in a class-action lawsuit in Canada of sexual assault against a woman on Friday denied any inappropriate behavior and said he would vigorously fight the “false” and “defamatory” accusations if the case proceeds.
Cardinal Marc Ouellet issued his own statement via the Vatican press office a day after the Holy See said a preliminary church investigation into the woman’s allegations determined the case didn’t warrant further investigation or canonical trial.
The back-to-back statements were responding to lawyers in Quebec who recently filed a class-action compliant by 101 alleged victims accusing 88 prelates of sexual abuse and assault over decades.
Ouellet, who headed the Quebec archdiocese from 2002-2010, was accused by a woman identified only as “F” of several alleged incidents of unwanted touching, including sliding his hand down her back and touching her buttocks at a 2010 event in Quebec City.
In the statement, Ouellet termed the accusations “false.”
“I firmly deny having made inappropriate gestures against her person and consider the interpretation and diffusion of these accusations as sexual aggression to be defamatory,” he said. If the lawsuit proceeds “I intend to actively participate so that the truth is established and my innocence is recognized.”
In 2010, Ouellet became prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Bishops, which is in charge of the world’s bishops. In that job, he oversees church investigations into allegations of sexual misconduct involving bishops or cardinals with adults. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/vatican-cardinal-terms-assault-allegations-false-defamatory/ | 2022-08-20T16:19:09Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/vatican-cardinal-terms-assault-allegations-false-defamatory/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK (AP) — Friends and fellow authors spoke out on Salman Rushdie’s behalf during a rally Friday on the steps of the main branch of the New York Public Library, one week after he was attacked onstage in the western part of the state and hospitalized with stab wounds.
Rushdie’s condition has improved, and, according to his literary agent, he has been removed from a ventilator.
Jeffrey Eugenides, Tina Brown and Kiran Desai were among those who shared wishes for a full recovery, told stories of Rushdie as an inspiration and defender of free expression, and read passages from his books, essays and speeches, including from “The Satanic Verses,” the 1988 novel that was condemned by some Muslims as blasphemous.
Rushdie spent years in hiding after Iran’s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini issued a 1989 edict, a fatwa, calling for his death, but had traveled freely over the past two decades.
The hourlong “Stand With Salman” gathering was presented in part by the library, by Rushdie’s publisher, Penguin Random House, and by the literary and human rights organization PEN America. Hundreds were in attendance, many affiliated with PEN, of which the 75-year-old Rushdie is a former president.
“He’s been a constant, indefatigable champion of words and of writers attacked for the purported crime of their work,” said the day’s first speaker, PEN CEO Suzanne Nossel. “Today, we will celebrate Salman for what he has endured, but even more importantly, because of what he has engendered — the stories, characters, metaphors and images he has given to the world.”
The rally did not include any new words from Rushdie, but Nossel said he was aware of the event and even made suggestions for what to read. Rushdie’s son Zafar Rushdie, who has been with his father, tweeted that “it was great to see a crowd gathered” outside the library.
“Stand With Salman” took place the day after a judge in Mayville, New York, denied bail to 24-year-old Hadi Matar, who has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and assault. While in jail, Matar told the New York Post that he disdained Rushdie as anti-Muslim and expressed admiration for the Ayatollah.
On Friday, other readers included the author and journalist Gay Talese, author and former PEN president Andrew Solomon, and the poet, lawyer and activist Reginald Dwayne Betts. Actor Aasif Mandvi read from Rushdie’s upcoming novel, “Victory City,” which he completed before the attack and includes the passage “I myself am nothing now. All that remains is the city of words. Words are the only victors.”
Eugenides, whose novels include the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Middlesex,” remembered traveling to London in the early 1980s. Eugenides was 20 and Rushdie’s breakthrough novel “Midnight’s Children” had recently been published. He knew Rushdie lived there and decided he wanted to meet him. It was years before “The Satanic Verses,” and Eugenides found his name and address in the phone book.
“I took the tube out to his house. As it turned out, Salman wasn’t at home; he was in Italy, vacationing,” said Eugenides, who was greeted by Rushdie’s then-mother-in-law and left a note for the author.
“That was the world we used to live in,” Eugenides added. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/entertainment/ap-entertainment/authors-and-friends-rally-and-read-for-salman-rushdie/ | 2022-08-20T16:19:52Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/entertainment/ap-entertainment/authors-and-friends-rally-and-read-for-salman-rushdie/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK (AP) — Sex toys and shoes? Try, sex toys IN shoes.
A little streetwear label has partnered with a giant in the adult toy industry to create a shoe derived in part from unused, defective amusements that come off the manufacturing line as misfits.
Looking a lot like Merrell’s popular Hydro Moc or Yeezy’s Foam Runners, Plastic Soul is about 15% sex toy. The rest is non-bleach EVA, a petroleum-based foam that’s difficult to recycle.
The shoe is the brainchild of David Teitelbaum, founder of Rose in Good Faith, and Chad Braverman, chief operating officer for Doc Johnson, the adult toy company his father founded in 1976.
More than two years in the making, Plastic Soul has yet to create the buzz of a Yeezy or the kicks of other titans in sneaker culture. And it doesn’t particularly live up to its own marketing hype as a major sustainable option, but the two Los Angeles businessmen are proud nonetheless.
“Personally, I love shoes. So it was a cool product, a really interesting way to get Doc Johnson on board with something that I would never ever do,” Braverman said from the company’s headquarters in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Teitelbaum is a collaboration king with elevated Ed Hardy, Lil Peep and Juice Wrld hoodies, T-shirts and other merch under his belt. Before the pandemic, he was looking for something new. He met with an adult film company, which put him on to Doc Johnson.
Braverman isn’t sending a lot of sex toys to landfills and is able to reuse some of the base material from his manufacturing rejects, but he was happy to figure out what to do with the rest. He said he took on the shoe collaboration not as a garden variety publicity stunt but to promote sex positivity through fashion and innovation. That’s fine with Teitelbaum.
“Something like 28% of the sales are going to women,” Teitelbaum said. “We’re hitting an interesting narrative. I think there’s a deeper connection.”
The shoes were introduced in white last month and weren’t a sold-out-in-seconds phenom online or in several retail stores around the world. Next up is a black colorway.
Braverman and Teitelbaum are grinding down the sex toy defects into millimeter-sized cubes of thermoplastic elastomer, a mix of rubber and plastic that lends itself to injection molding. That’s how the $130 slip-on shoes are made. Teitelbaum, who designed the shoe, added a natural cork insole for extra support.
Teitelbaum plastered LA with cheeky advertisements to start. To promote exclusivity, the two are making limited batches, but a rollout of more colors is planned. A month after introduction, the first iteration of 1,600 pairs had yet to sell out.
The online feedback has been mixed, Teitelbaum said.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he didn’t take any classified information with him when he left office.
The disclosure — which would typically be unremarkable for a former vice president — is notable given that FBI agents seized classified and top secret information from his former boss’s Florida estate on Aug. 8 while investigating potential violations of three different federal laws. Former President Donald Trump has claimed that the documents seized by agents were “all declassified.”
Pence, asked directly if he had retained any classified information upon leaving office, told The Associated Press in an interview, “No, not to my knowledge.”
Despite the inclusion of material marked “top secret” in the government’s list of items recovered from Mar-a-Lago, Pence said, “I honestly don’t want to prejudge it before until we know all the facts.”
Pence was in Iowa on Friday as part of a two day-trip to the state, which hosts the leadoff Republican presidential caucuses. It comes as the former vice president has made stops in other early voting states as he takes steps toward mounting a 2024 White House campaign.
Pence also weighed in on Republican U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney’s primary defeat earlier in the week to a rival backed by Trump. Cheney, who is arguably Trump’s most prominent Republican critic, has called the former president “a very grave threat and risk to our republic” and further raised his ire through her role as vice chair of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
“My reaction was, the people of Wyoming have spoken,” said Pence, who was targeted at the Capitol that day by angry rioters, including some who chanted, “Hang Mike Pence!” “And, you know, I accept their judgment about the kind of representation they want on Capitol Hill.”
Pence said he has “great respect” for Cheney’s father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, who served two terms under President George W. Bush.
“And I appreciate the conservative stance Congresswoman Cheney has taken over the years,” Pence continued. “But I’ve been disappointed in the partisan taint of the Jan. 6 committee from early on.”
Pence’s aides said the committee contacted his legal team months ago to see if he would be willing to testify. Although Pence has said he would give “due consideration” to cooperating, he was adamant that the historic nature of such participation must be warranted and agreed upon.
“Beyond my concerns about the partisan nature of the Jan. 6 committee, there are profound constitutional issues that have to be considered,” he said. “No vice president has ever been summoned to testify before the Congress of the United States.”
Speaking further about the search of Mar-a-Lago, the former vice president raised the possibility, as he has previously, that the investigation was politically motivated and called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to disclose more details on what led authorities to conduct the search.
“The concern that millions of Americans felt is only going to be resolved with daylight,” Pence said Friday. “I know that’s not customary in an investigation. But this is unprecedented action by the Justice Department, and I think it merits an unprecedented transparency.”
The Jan. 6 insurrection marked the first in a number of public breaks between Trump and his once devout No. 2. But Pence has been careful not to alienate Republicans who have supported Trump but might be looking for another candidate in the 2024 election. Despite his reluctance to criticize the former president, Pence has occasionally spoken out against Trump, criticizing the attack at the U.S. Capitol and more recently urging his fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at the FBI over the search of Mar-a-Lago.
“The Republican Party is the party of law and order,” Pence said Wednesday at a political breakfast in New Hampshire. “Our party stands with the men and women who stand on the thin blue line at the federal and state and local level, and these attacks on the FBI must stop.”
Pence said Friday that he would make a decision early next year about whether to run for the White House, a move that his aides have said will be independent of what Trump decides to do.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Treasury Department official is set next week to make his first official trip to India since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Amid tensions over India’s neutral stance on the invasion that began in late February, the U.S. wants the meetings to focus on how to deepen ties with the South Asian nation.
Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo will travel to Mumbai and New Delhi for meetings that include Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office, the finance ministry, the Reserve Bank of India, and the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.
And as India is set to lead the Group of 20 intergovernmental forum in 2023, Treasury says Adeyemo will “discuss key shared priorities such as bolstering energy security, addressing food insecurity globally, and combatting illicit financial flows.”
India hasn’t shunned Russia despite its membership in the regional Quad alliance with the U.S., Australia and Japan, Instead, it has maintained its business ties with Russia, depending on the Kremlin for energy and other exports.
The nation has boosted its purchase of Russian oil, buying roughly 60 million barrels in 2022 so far, compared with only 12 million barrels in all of 2021, according to commodity data firm Kpler.
The U.S. and Europe, however, are moving away from Russian energy — with Treasury officials promoting a price cap on Russian oil.
A Treasury statement says Adeyemo will meet with financial services and energy sectors executives in Mumbai and will speak about strengthening economic ties between the U.S. and India.
He will also underscore “our two countries’ deep economic, security, and cultural ties” and discuss ways to build “more resilient supply chains” through the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework that India joined as a founding member in May.
India is the world’s second-most populous country and largest democracy based on a population of 1.4 billion.
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Adam Scott felt he was playing well enough that he should start seeing some better scores at some point. That moment appears to have arrived at just the right time.
Scott put together another tidy round Friday except for one hole — a double bogey on the 17th — for a 2-under 69 that gave him a one-shot lead going into the weekend at the BMW Championship.
Masters champion Scottie Scheffler opened with three straight birdies and then cooled for 67, while Jordan Spieth’s hopes for a bogey-free round ended by a few inches when his tee shot caught the sticky first cut instead of the fairway. His bogey gave him a 67.
They were one shot behind, along with Cameron Young (68) and Corey Conners (67).
Scott, who was at 8-under 134, wasn’t sure how much golf would be on is plate in August. He was No. 77 in the FedEx Cup, not assured of even making it to the BMW Championship, until a tie for fifth last week in the FedEx Cup playoffs opener.
That was enough of a spark, and now he’s looking to cash in as one of the top 30 players who make it to the FedEx Cup finale next week in Atlanta for the Tour Championship.
“I’m in great shape going into the weekend. I don’t even know when the last time I led a tournament was,” Scott said.
He won at Riviera in 2020. His last 36-hole lead was at Doral for a World Golf Championship in 2016, which he went on to win.
“I certainly haven’t had my best stuff for quite a while. It’s been a battle for sure,” he said. “But that’s how this game is. I’d like to make the most of this position now over the next 36 holes.”
A brief look behind would remind him it won’t be easy, and the Australian knows this.
Spieth has looked solid over two days at Wilmington Country Club, with only one bogey in each round. He missed the cut last week and feels his postseason didn’t start until Monday when he arrived at Wilmington. That’s not just about trying to erase a bad memory.
Spieth headed to southern tip of Baja California after the British Open, wanting a break before the hectic finish to the season. One problem. Upon returning to Dallas, every course he plays was closed, and his only option was hitting from a stall in a practice facility.
Only when he arrived in Tennessee last week did he realize his swing had stayed on vacation, and his coach wasn’t available to join him until Delaware. He turned it around quickly.
“I feel like I’m doing everything good, nothing spectacular, but I feel like in every facet of my game, it’s trending and improving, and I know what to do to get it better and better,” Spieth said. “Certainly feels really good. Coming into the weekend, it’s a good opportunity to just have a lot of trust, focus on trying to win this golf tournament, not think about next week.”
Scheffler also missed the cut last week and joined Spieth and others at Pine Valley on Sunday. And then he opened with three short birdies, didn’t make too many mistakes the rest of the way and will be in the final group with Scott on Saturday.
Conner is at No. 29 and is in a great spot to protect his position for East Lake. Young seems to play great every week — twice contending in majors, five runner-up finishes for the season. One win would tick a lot of boxes on his list of goals.
Xander Schauffele holed out with a wedge on the 17th hole for an eagle and a 69, and he was in he group two shots behind that included defending champion Patrick Cantlay and Rory McIlroy, who chipped in for birdie on his final hole for another 68.
Scott didn’t get a finish quite that good. He was sailing along on a warm, breezy afternoon when he pushed his tee shot near a tree. The lie was clean, but his punch shot toward the fairway hung up in rough. From there he didn’t reach the green or get up-and-down, and all that meant a double bogey.
“It’s a good reminder for the weekend that I’ve really got to keep it under control and don’t want to have too many get off the map and get out of position around here,” Scott said.
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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — A Little League World Series player who seriously injured his head when he fell out of his top bunk in dorms at the world series complex has FaceTimed with his coach and continues to improve, the coach said Friday.
Mark Ence, the manager for Snow Canyon, Utah, said he told his 12-year-old player, Easton Oliverson, that he loved him and Easton said he loved the coach back.
“It was great to hear his voice,” Ence said.
Easton has been recovering in the hospital since the accident Monday. His MRI on Wednesday night came back normal, he has begun walking and walked to the bathroom on his own Friday morning, Ence said.
“I’m not familiar with the recovery process of that sort of injury,” Ence said. “But he definitely is improving and the family wanted to let everyone know that they are grateful for the thoughts and prayers and they feel like the prayers are working.”
Ence spoke with reporters hours before Utah, representing the Mountain Region, played its first game of the tournament against Tennessee from the Southeast Region.
With Easton’s condition improving so quickly, his father, Jace was back in the dugout to resume his role as an assistant coach. In addition, Easton’s younger brother Brogan was added to the team’s roster.
“You’re allowed to have 14 on a roster,” Ence said. “We had 13 and we were able to get Easton’s little brother Brogan to come and be with our team, so he arrived yesterday. The family is extremely excited. I think it’s going to be huge for the family in terms of the healing process to have Brogan be there.”
Easton was remembered during warmups. Utah did not send a player out to left field, Easton’s position, and Tennessee took the field in Utah ballcaps.
During pregame introductions, Brogan received rousing applause from a big crowd at Lamade Stadium. When Utah received commemorative medals for participating, Jace received Easton’s medal on his behalf to a standing ovation.
In the bottom of the fifth, Brogan pinch hit to a rousing cheer from the entire stadium that lasted about 30 seconds. Following the 10-year-old’s at bat, he once again received applause from fans as he made his way back to the dugout.
“It gives you a good feeling that people can cheer for an opponent like little Brogan,” Ence said. “Even though you’re playing against them, there’s things bigger than baseball.”
Utah lost 11-2, but even in defeat the coaching staff and parents have worked to keep their players’ attention on upcoming games and enjoying the Little League World Series experience.
“Being kids they bounce back pretty quick. They’ve enjoyed it here and stayed busy,” Ence said. “It’s definitely been more stressful for the parents, but the kids are doing great.”
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Jake Starr is a journalism student at Penn State. | https://www.wwlp.com/sports/injured-utah-little-leaguer-recovering-has-call-with-coach/ | 2022-08-20T16:23:54Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/sports/injured-utah-little-leaguer-recovering-has-call-with-coach/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SOTOGRANDE, Spain (AP) — Jessica Korda extended her lead to six shots going into the final day of the of the Aramco Team Series in Sotogrande and also won the team event Friday.
Korda shot a 4-under 68 in the second round, a day after carding an 11-under 61 that broke the course record and equaled the lowest round in relation to par ever made on the Ladies European Tour.
She was six shots ahead of Pauline Roussin of France (68), while Nelly Korda — Jessica’s sister — was another shot back in third after a 69.
In the 36-hole team event, the quartet including Jessica Korda, Tereza Melecka, Noora Komulainen and amateur Malcolm Borwick won by one shot after finishing on a total of 33-under over two rounds.
“I think we just really had a good vibe out there,” Korda said. “We tried to keep it as light as possible. It was a lot harder today. The wind was definitely up, so it was a bit tough, but everyone played and contributed. When somebody was out, another person had their back – the beauty of team golf.”
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Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps is one of my absolute favorite racetracks. In fact, I’d even go so far to say that I like it a tiny bit more than the Nürburgring Nordschleife.
While the ‘Ring is great and all, given its sheer size it’s not easy to get around the track on foot as a spectator or a photographer. Spa, being 7 kilometers long, is not by any means short, but you’re still able to comfortably make your way around the track a few times in a day and see all the great viewing spots it has to offer.
Combine that with a bunch of race cars from the 1960s to 2000s going all-out and you’ve got the recipe for a great weekend. And that’s exactly what the 2022 Spa Summer Classic was – an amazing weekend of classic racing on this legendary automotive rollercoaster in Belgium’s Ardennes region.
Spa-Francorchamps has recently undergone some big changes in order to modernize the track and bring it up to FIA/FIM spec for endurance motorcycle racing. What this boils down to is expanded run-off areas and the installation of gravel traps. There have also been some changes made to the track’s infrastructure, the most obvious being the removal of the original covered grandstand along the old start/finish straight. That’s now been replaced with a more modern grandstand closer to La Source, Spa-Francorchamps’ first corner.
While I quietly mourn the loss of the old grandstand, which provided incredible, ear-shattering acoustics, there’s an even bigger change that I am very excited about. The newly-built grandstand next to the Raidillon, just above Eau Rouge, is hard to miss. This is a great addition, as it provides a truly spectacular view of the cars on this iconic section of the circuit.
It’s where I found myself on Saturday morning of the Spa Summer Classic.
Having made the hour-long drive from home to the racetrack, I trekked by foot towards the new grandstand. One of the best things about Spa is the accessibility you have for photo-taking with plenty of options at every corner, so I grabbed shots wherever I could as I slowly made my way around the track.
One of my favorite spots is the Bruxelles bend, where you can catch the cars braking into the corner, and then as they navigate the almost-180-degree bend, it feels like they are swinging around you as their anchor point.
Some of the cars – and especially the E30 M3s – seemed to lift their inner front tire at this corner during braking, which made the wheel lock up in the air for a split-second. It’s a bit surreal when there’s a car blasting past you with a front wheel completely still.
It’s also a spot where you can catch some great braking duels on corner approach. And let me tell you, although these cars are old, their drivers don’t hold back. It almost brought tears of joy to my eyes to see some of my hero cars, including a Nissan Primera Super Tourer and a DTM Mercedes-Benz 2.5-16 Evo 2 battling it out.
Speaking of the Primera, I had a chance to check it out briefly in the paddock and I was absolutely in awe. It’s such a stunning machine, and it looked even cooler with some battle scars from the race.
Another moment that nearly made me cry was finally seeing a Ford Capri RS in its ultimate form – the 1974 spec – on track during the Belcar Historic Cup races. The wide arches, the aggressive front spoiler and rear duck bill, along with the screaming sound of its highly-strung V6 – what a treat.
Some incredibly close racing happened when the Roadster Pro Cup took to the track. This is a field made up entirely of Lotus Super 7s and Mazda MX-5s, and some of these cars seemed glued to each other as they zipped through the corners as a pack.
Saturday culminated in the Spa 3 Hours race – 180-minutes of non-stop racing into the sunset. My favourite entry was this Ferrari 308, not something you see on the track often.
After the race ended I headed back home, only to do the same thing all over again the next day. It was a good thing I returned to Spa-Francorchamps on Sunday too, otherwise I wouldn’t have seen one of my ultimate hero cars absolutely tearing up the track. As someone who grew up in the ’90s and ’00s, I am of course talking about the Dodge Viper.
The Viper missed the first two Sunday races of the NRCC & CSCC Sports & Slicks category, but its performance in race three more than made up for it. Although it started in 3rd place, the Dodge had fallen back to 35th by the second lap, so what followed was an unbelievable mad dash to make up positions. With each lap the Viper quickly gained back ground, even achieving the fastest lap of the race with a 2:28.068, four seconds faster than any other car. By the end of the race it was back in second position, sitting just behind a dominating Mosler MT900R.
During the Historic Monoposto race it started raining, which resulted in quite a few pace car-led laps. The rain didn’t really let up until halfway through the next race, which was the NK GT & TC category.
Seeing a BMW 3.0 CSL in full M livery charging through the water spray is a memory I’ll cherish for a long time.
I can’t wait for my next chance to hunt some speed at Spa again. I feel right at home there, as I’m sure every Speedhunters reader would too.
Bastien Bochmann
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www.bastienbochmann.de
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SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (KCAU) — A new program to see how the Norfolk local government works will begin in September.
According to a release from the City of Norfolk, residents will be able to see the city’s snow plows, the city jail, and hear from Norfolk Mayor Josh Moenning. The free program will be held every Tuesday evening starting on September 20, 2022, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
“Norfolk 101 is a great way for citizens to get a behind-the-scenes look at city management and operations,” said Mayor Moenning, “We encourage anyone interested in our city’s growth and progress to participate.”
The release stated that attendees will be able to meet city managers who will speak about the divisions they work for and tours that are offered at various city locations. Participants must be 18 or older, and forms and schedules can be found here. Finished applications can be emailed to nstevenson@norfolk.gov or mailed to Norfolk 101 at 309 N. 5th Street, Norfolk, NE 68701. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/norfolk-101-program-teaches-residents-about-city-government/ | 2022-08-20T16:32:18Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/norfolk-101-program-teaches-residents-about-city-government/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — Drivers are getting some relief as gas prices go down. AAA says the national average for a gallon of gas is now just below $4.
As we roll into election season, the Biden administration hopes drivers are pumped by the drop in prices.
“65 consecutive days of decline, so yes a bit of much needed breathing room,” White House economic adviser Jared Bernstein said.
Bernstein says President Joe Biden has worked hard to bring costs down for drivers. He points to efforts like the release of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and a waiver that allows more widespread use of gasoline mixed with ethanol, made from corn not crude oil.
“It’s hard to bend a global price. I think we’ve done a lot in that regard,” Bernstein said.
The president’s team wants to see the downward trend continue, but experts say a number of things could send prices back up.
AAA spokesman Andrew Gross says there are two main things impacting the cost of gas in the U.S.
“The driving habits of Americans as well as the global price of oil. And you really can’t impact what’s going on somewhere else around the world,” Gross said.
He also tells people they should keep an eye on the sky, as many American oil refineries are clustered along the Gulf Coast.
“We’re heading into the heart of hurricane season and hurricane season can do a lot of disrupting,” Gross said.
He maintains that leaders like Biden typically can’t do much to control the ups and downs of gas prices. But barring any unexpected global events or hurricane related problems he says drivers should feel cautiously optimistic.
“We should continue to see these moderating gas prices and gasoline fall into a more normal range,” Gross said. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/experts-say-drivers-can-be-cautiously-optimistic-about-falling-gas-prices/ | 2022-08-20T16:32:37Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/experts-say-drivers-can-be-cautiously-optimistic-about-falling-gas-prices/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(KRON) — With an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Napa County, California, and cases also reported in San Jose, the infection joins COVID-19, monkeypox and even polio as a major health concern.
But just what is Legionnaires’ disease and how can you keep yourself safe from it?
What causes Legionnaires’ disease?
Legionnaires’ disease is caused by an infection with the Legionella bacteria. The bacteria is naturally occurring in fresh water but can infest manmade water sources when present.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, several water sources can become sources of contagion, including:
- Faucets and shower heads
- Cooling towers
- Hot tubs
- Decorative fountains
- Hot water tanks and heaters
- Plumbing systems
It’s worth noting that home and auto air-conditioning units are not a risk for bacterial infestation because they don’t use water to cool their environments, but windshield wiper units containing water instead of fluid are.
Human infection can happen with the bacteria is breathed in through droplets in the air. If water containing the bacteria “goes down the wrong pipe” into the lungs, this can also cause infection. While it’s possible to spread the bacteria from person to person, this generally doesn’t happen, the CDC reports.
Who’s at greatest risk?
Not everyone who is infected with Legionella bacteria will develop a serious illness, but the CDC says some people can.
The most at risk are:
- People ages 50 and older
- Current and former smokers
- People with a chronic lung disease, such as COPD or emphysema
- People with weak immune systems, or who take drugs that weaken the immune system, such as after chemotherapy or a transplant
- People with cancer
- People with diabetes, kidney or liver failure, or other underlying illnesses
What are the symptoms of Legionnaires’ disease?
The symptoms of Legionnaires’ disease are similar to other pneumonias: shortness of breath, coughing, head and muscle aches, and fever. Diarrhea, nausea and confusion are less common. Symptoms begin between two days and two weeks after exposure.
Infection with the bacteria can also cause Pontiac Fever, which is less serious and includes the above symptoms that are not related to the respiratory system.
How is Legionnaires diagnosed and treated?
A urine test or a phlegm sample can confirm the presence of the Legionella bacteria. It’s treated with antibiotics.
Even healthy people are often hospitalized.
“About one out of every 10 people who gets sick with Legionnaires’ disease will die due to complications from their illness,” the CDC states.
How was Legionnaires discovered and named?
Legionnaires’ disease was discovered in 1976, when 182 people became sick and 29 died after being at or near the American Legion’s annual convention at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia in commemoration of the U.S. bicentennial.
The following year the CDC isolated the bacterial agent that caused the disease, named legionella after the veterans’ organization.
The bacteria had spread through the hotel’s air conditioning system and the discovery prompted major changes in heating and air systems worldwide. A prior probable outbreak in the same hotel two years earlier was identified.
The number of cases reported to the CDC has been on the rise for the last two decades, with 10,000 in 2018 alone. The real incidence of the disease is believed to be up to 2.7 times higher than reported incidences. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/what-is-legionnaires-disease/ | 2022-08-20T16:33:27Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/what-is-legionnaires-disease/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CHICAGO (WGN) — A fun day on Lake Michigan turned to trauma for Lana Batochir when the captain of a nearby boat reversed into the raft she was on with a friend.
The boat’s propeller severed Batochir’s feet, and she has since needed three surgeries to amputate both legs ten inches below the knee. In the days that followed, Batochir hired attorney Francis Patrick Murphy to investigate what went wrong.
“They were enjoying a beautiful afternoon,” Murphy said of Batochir and her friend, who, on Aug. 13, were at an area of Lake Michigan known as “The Playpen,” a hot-spot where boaters congregate. “Lana and her girlfriend were knocked off of the raft and underneath the back of the boat.”
Murphy said Batochir, a 34-year-old mother of two, is continuing to recover in the hospital. He’s also got plenty of questions following the incident.
“Was there a problem with the transmission?” Murphy asked. “Was there a problem with the throttle, or was it simply just a reckless act by a captain who did not look behind him before backing up?”
Batochir has since set up a GoFundMe to help pay for medical expenses. It had raised over $140,000 of its $250,000 goal as of Saturday morning.
“The boat’s propeller struck me, leaving me with unimaginable pain,” she wrote on GoFundMe. “I thought I was dying.”
Batochir said her husband managed to pull her from the water, at which point she realized the extent of the damage.
“As I was getting pulled onto the boat I glanced at my legs and realized that both my legs were gone,” she said.
Since the accident at the Playpen, three people have died on Lake Michigan and another is missing. This cluster of incidents had police and fire officials sounding the alarm on Thursday.
“We want to make sure everybody stays safe and enjoys themselves,” said Chicago Fire Department Deputy District Chief Jason Lach.
Murphy said that once Batochir leaves the hospital, she will continue her recovery at the Shirley Ryan Ability Lab, where she’ll learn to walk again with prosthetics. Thankfully, Murphy says, she survived.
“She could have easily drowned,” he said. “She could have easily bled to death.” | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/woman-hit-by-boat-propeller-on-lake-michigan-loses-lower-legs-unimaginable-pain/ | 2022-08-20T16:33:34Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/woman-hit-by-boat-propeller-on-lake-michigan-loses-lower-legs-unimaginable-pain/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(NEXSTAR) — Love Trader Joe’s, or just a fan of autumnal treats? You could be the perfect candidate for the opportunity to try all of Trader Joe’s new fall products — and get paid $1,000 for it. It goes without saying that you must love pumpkin, of course.
FinanceBuzz, a financial tips and recommendations site, is now hiring a “pumpkin spice pundit” to undertake a fall feast of Trader Joe’s items like pumpkin-centric ravioli, samosas and waffles. Desserts like cinnamon rolls and apple cider donuts are also on the menu, FinanceBuzz says.
Applicants must be at least 18 years old, based in the U.S. and live near a Trader Joe’s location for in-person shopping. As the tester, you’d be tasked with writing out your impressions of each food or drink item and rating them based on several factors.
FinanceBuzz explains the aim of the review is to find which items are the “best” ones and to “decide which foods to budget for and which to skip.”
While the “side gig” isn’t affiliated or endorsed by Trader Joe’s, the selected taster will receive a $500 gift card to cover costs of test items.
Applications are due by 11:59 p.m. ET on August 28 and the chosen candidate will be notified by Sept. 2, FinanceBuzz says. The selected pumpkin pundit will complete their task by Sept. 18.
Paid to taste
Professional taste testing may sound like silly fun but it’s a real business and valuable market research to food companies.
Earlier this month, the Canadian Candy Funhouse company opened hiring for a “chief candy officer” — a position that entails trying over 3,500 pieces of candy each month. The position paid about $77,786 USD per year to help the company decide which products it will carry.
In July, the Washington Post reported Hershey would begin its search for a part-time “sensory panelist,” a role requiring six months of training with the company’s research and development team. | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/get-paid-1k-to-taste-trader-joes-fall-products-heres-how/ | 2022-08-20T16:38:16Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/get-paid-1k-to-taste-trader-joes-fall-products-heres-how/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Hibs' take on red cards and Rangers decisions as 'biblical' teamtalk revealed and tears for Marijan Cabraja
Lee Johnson praised the resilience and character of his team after they channelled the sense of injustice prompted by a first half penalty award to battle back and grab another stoppage-time goal and force Rangers to share the spoils.
However, choking back emotion, he singled out Marijan Cabraya.
The Croatian left-back attended his father’s funeral on Thursday but travelled back in time for the clash with Rangers.
Although he didn’t start, he was thrown into the fray when the manager changed to a back four in the 28th minute and, having produced a solid performance, he broke down in tears at full time.
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"Amazing effort, amazing resilience, amazing character – he pulled the lads together in the dressing-room afterwards and I don't know how he managed to speak,” said Johnson. “I am welling up now, to thank them from his family for all the support he's had. Those situations bring you together, closer as a Hibs family.”
It had been a different address at half-time as Johnson demanded more of his men. It had the desired effect.
"We had a biblical, blooming team talk at half-time to get us going. The boys delivered in the second half and that was what created the incidents, the equaliser, good pressure, good counter-attack. Lundstram's sending off is probably a yellow, a tactical foul in my eyes, but I didn't think it was a penalty for Rangers and [Rocky] Bushiri should have had a penalty in the first half for us.
“There were a lot of incidents but we created that by our pressure in the second half.”
That included a second red card for the visitors, when substitute Alfredo Morelos was sent off in the 75th minute.
“I don't think it's a proper ‘I’m going to break your nose’ kind of elbow. Only he knows whether he meant it. I have no idea what VAR would give in that scenario.
“But, I’m not happy, we need to do more. I’m not going to sugar-coat where we are, we've got spirit and fitness but I want to deliver these fans high-tempo, front foot football. What we need is a complete performance.
"We have picked up a point against one of the Old Firm teams by being aggressive, if that's not proof we need to press aggressively I don't know what is.” | https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/hibs-take-on-red-cards-and-rangers-decisions-as-biblical-teamtalk-revealed-and-tears-for-marijan-cabraja-3813460 | 2022-08-20T16:41:26Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/hibs-take-on-red-cards-and-rangers-decisions-as-biblical-teamtalk-revealed-and-tears-for-marijan-cabraja-3813460 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Trump wants "special master" to review evidence taken from Mar-a-Lago: Attorney
Former President Donald Trump is considering filing a motion that calls for a "special master" to review the evidence seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago, his attorney said on Mark Levin's radio show.
Driving the news: Trump's attorney Jim Trusty told Levin that there needs to be a "special master" who can review the evidence as a third party to help "vindicate the Fourth Amendment rights of the president."
- "We have privilege issues that are extremely important here," Trusty told Levin. "We do think that one of the benefits of the special master, if the master agrees with us, is we can stop DOJ in their tracks when it comes to inspecting these documents."
- He said the special master "won't be the answer to everything."
Zoom in: Trump plans to object to the entire search warrant with the new motion, Trusty said.
- The motion will claim that the FBI's seizure of classified documents was "overbroad" and not narrow as the Fourth Amendment requires, Trusty said.
- He said the warrant had language that said the FBI could take any classified documents and any boxes around them, which suggests it is a more general search warrant and that there is "no limit" to the scope of the warrant.
Flashback: Trump hinted at a potential motion in a post on Truth Social.
- "A major motion pertaining to the Fourth Amendment will soon be filed concerning the illegal Break-In of my home, Mar-a-Lago, right before the ever important Mid-Term Elections," Trump wrote on Truth Social.
What's next: The filing could come before Monday morning, Trusty said.
- "It's probably going to be more like hours," Trusty said Friday night. "It's coming very soon."
Go deeper: What we know — and don't know — about Trump and the FBI | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/20/donald-trump-fourth-amendment-motion | 2022-08-20T16:42:22Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/20/donald-trump-fourth-amendment-motion | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese chemical tanker ship crashed into a cargo ship off the coast of southwestern Japan, the coast guard said Saturday.
No one was injured among the six Japanese crew members aboard the tanker Ryoshinmaru and 14 Chinese crew members aboard the Belize-registered cargo ship Xin Hai 99.
Early Saturday’s crash was under investigation and both ships were anchored in the area, about 3.5 kilometers (2.2 miles) off the coast of Wakayama prefecture, according to a Kushimoto Coast Guard official.
Some oil leaked from the engine area of the cargo ship, which initially started to sink, but it was brought under control, the official said.
The tanker had left Kobe port to pick up chemicals from another Japanese port and did not have any chemicals on board at the time of the accident.
Divers were sent to the scene and GPS records pursued to determine the cause of the accident. The Chinese crew told the coast guard the tanker had suddenly veered toward them, the official said. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/chemical-tanker-cargo-ship-crash-near-southwestern-japan/ | 2022-08-20T16:56:53Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/chemical-tanker-cargo-ship-crash-near-southwestern-japan/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(NerdWallet) – Rising prices (i.e., inflation) are everywhere you look — on the news, at the pump and in the grocery store. We notice these changes when we reach for our wallets, but it’s difficult to grasp what an extra dollar here or several dollars there mean over the course of several weeks, months or an entire year.
With prices up 8.5% year over year, household spending — that’s yours and mine — stands to rise by several thousand dollars. Even with the Federal Reserve’s attempts to control inflation through interest rate increases, it’s unlikely these prices will fall dramatically. This climb isn’t just a tank of gas or a few additional dollars at the store. For some people, it could be an entire paycheck every month.
Using inflation and annual spending data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, we looked at how spending in 2022 will differ from 2020, the last full year when inflation was relatively stable. We chose a handful of categories that many, if not most, Americans spend money on, such as food and electricity. The inflationary impact is remarkable.
Household expenditures could rise by $11,500
In all of 2020, American households spent $61,300, on average. This number includes everything we spend our money on: housing, food, entertainment, clothing, transportation and everything else. In 2022, it stands to reach $72,900, a difference of more than $11,500 if consumers want to maintain the same standard of living. Keep in mind, this is an average, a number that represents an approximation across all Americans, but one that’s exact to a very few. Those who earn (and therefore spend) more will see more dramatic dollar increases. Those who earn less may see less dramatic dollar jumps, but the impact of these rising prices could be more significantly felt.
It’s worth calling out — spending was a bit unusual in 2020. People spent less on commuting, child care and entertainment, for example, and more on home improvements. It’s a safe assumption that people will spend less in certain categories this year too, if for no other reason than avoiding high prices. This is primarily why we think spending in 2022 will be more similar to 2020 than 2019, for example, another year for which such spending data was available.
We can all likely agree that $11,500 is a lot more money to spend in a single year, but grasping what big numbers like that mean in practice can be difficult. Per month, you’re looking at close to $1,000 more. For many people, this is an entire extra rent or mortgage payment.
Across all the spending categories we examined, groceries, shelter and gas stand to rise the most. Throughout all of 2022, if inflation doesn’t slow considerably, we can expect to spend $1,200, $1,400 and $2,500 more on these categories, respectively.
Click here for a table of all anticipated spending changes.
How this situation plays into the recession conversation
The Fed is attempting to bring prices down gently. By raising the interest rate at which banks borrow money, it can control demand in the economy, and with cooler demand comes lower prices. However, these changes can also trigger not-so-great effects such as higher unemployment and slowing the economy too much. It’s a balancing act.
Though a recession may sound scary (and a deep one is), a downturn may be necessary to get prices under control. And as tough as it is to stomach, that part is a good thing.
How to handle high prices and recession talk
Look at the big picture
As explained above, there is a silver lining to an economic downturn or recession — prices fall. While the Fed attempts to achieve this outcome with a minimally negative impact, doomscrolling news websites and listening to overly simplified hot takes on social media will do absolutely nothing to protect you. Keep calm. Bolster your emergency savings if you’re able, see if you can tighten up your budget and sit back. Even when it comes to your long-term investments, sometimes the best advice is to relax and do nothing.
Expect to see the effects of rising rates
If you were planning on buying a house or a car in the near future, expect to pay far more for those items if you’re taking out a loan. Banks and creditors pass along their increased rates from the Fed to you, the consumer. Monthly payments will be bigger (perhaps by hundreds of dollars) due to the one-two punch of higher prices and higher interest.
Don’t forget about credit cards — interest rates will climb here too. Now more than ever, do your best to pay off your balances each month. The compounding interest of credit card debt is already high enough to try to avoid, when possible.
Budget more for necessary goods and services, temporarily
Revisiting your budget in the current climate doesn’t only involve cutting things out, but figuring out how to accommodate spending more in certain categories. After all, you can’t go without things like groceries. In order to maintain the same volume of groceries you had last year or the year prior, you’ll need to find the extra money. If you didn’t have much wiggle room in your budget to begin with, consider what items you can go without or cut back on. Maybe you can get another year out of that winter coat or cut out one or two streaming services. Framing these as temporary sacrifices makes losing them easier.
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Some category definitions differ slightly from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index to the Consumer Expenditure Survey. Care was taken to select the most comparable categories when exact matches weren’t available. For example, the CES measure of gasoline includes motor oil whereas the CPI does not.
Spending is based on the 2020 CES, the last year for which this spending data is available. The 12-month rate of inflation began its climb in April 2021, so comparing baseline 2020 spending to 2022 will best capture the effects of rising prices.
August through December 2022 spending estimates are based on available CPI data through July 2022, averaging the monthly changes in the first seven months of the year to arrive at a conservative estimate for the remainder of the year.
Monthly spending is based on an average flat rate throughout the year rather than estimated spending (with seasonal fluctuations) from month to month.
Consumer price indices were not available for the “household operations” category during the months of December 2021 through March 2022, and July 2022.
Spending data is from the Consumer Expenditure Survey based on questions asked of households for the 2020 year. When numerous people answer $0 for any single expense/category on the survey, the data is skewed and the average amount seems low. The selected categories in this analysis were chosen with this in mind, and they represent categories that most people spend money in. This survey is asked of “consumer units,” not individuals. This means, in most cases, that the expenses are attributed to a single person in the household, regardless of how many adults are present. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/got-an-extra-11500-youll-need-it-to-keep-up-with-2022-prices/ | 2022-08-20T16:57:05Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/got-an-extra-11500-youll-need-it-to-keep-up-with-2022-prices/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kolkata: Former Indian football team captain Samar 'Badru' Banerjee, who led the country to a historic fourth-place finish in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, died here in the early hours of Saturday after a prolonged illness.
He was 92. Banerjee is survived by his daughter-in-law.
Banerjee was a striker and was fondly known as 'Badru Da'.
He was suffering from Alzheimer, Azotemia and high-blood pressure related ailments, and was admitted at the M R Bangur Hospital after testing positive for COVID-19 on July 27.
"As his health deteriorated he was shifted to the state-run SSKM Hospital under the supervision of state Sports Minister Arup Biswas. He breathed his last around 2.10 am," Mohun Bagan secretary Debasish Dutta told PTI.
His body was brought to the club as the members and fans paid their last respects.
The Indian football teams have competed in three Olympics so far and till date, the performance by the Banerjee-led 1956 side remains the best, when they finished fourth after losing to Bulgaria 0-3 in the bronze medal play-off.
Having got a walkover in the first round, the Syed Abdul Rahim-coached side that also had the likes of P K Banerjee, Neville D'Souza and J 'Kittu' Krishnaswamy, defeated Australia 4-2 with D'Souza scoring a hat-trick.
The team went down 1-4 to Yugoslavia in the last-four stage.
Stellar record
Besides guiding Bagan to several trophies including their first ever Durand Cup (1953) and Rovers Cup (1955) triumphs, Banerjee also won the Santosh Trophy twice as a player (1953, 1955) and once as coach (1962). He also served as the national selector.
With his demise, Maidan has lost another footballing great after the death of P K Banerjee, Chuni Goswami, Subhas Bhowmick and Surajit Sengupta in less than three years.
Born on January 30, 1930, Banerjee's footballing journey started with some local clubs in Bally as a school-going kid.
His father, Sasanka Sekhar Banerjee, was a strict disciplinarian and wanted him to become a doctor, enrolling him in RG Kar Medical College.
"My father was very strict. He would scold me a lot for ignoring my studies," Banerjee would recount in an interview to the Mariners' website after he was conferred the 'Mohun Bagan Ratna'.
"But, in spite of that, I would go there and listen to the elders talking about Mohun Bagan, East Bengal, Mohammedan Sporting, and various other clubs of the Maidan. I was shoved away many times, but my attention would always be there," he added.
At a time when there was little incentive for a sportsperson, an 18-year-old Banerjee chose to become a footballer and went on to represent Bally Protiva, a third division club in the Calcutta Football League.
Having impressed with his skills, there was no looking back as he was roped in by Bengal Nagpur Railway, better known as BNR, the nurturing ground for the state football then, before going on to make a mark at Mohun Bagan during an excellent eight-year stint. There, he had formed a deadly combination up front with Kesto Pal.
Banerjee won the IFA Shield in his debut season with the green-and-maroon brigade in a controversial final against Rajasthan Club.
He then guided the club to their first ever Durand Cup next season, with key goals in the semifinal and final.
Banerjee again hogged the Maidan limelight in 1954 when they secured another first, a double with the CFL and IFA Shield titles, as he went on to cement his place in the Indian side under coach Rahim.
In between he also toured with the club to East Africa, with the likes of PK.
In 1958, he was made Mohun Bagan captain. | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/football/2022/08/20/former-indian-football-captain-samar-banerjee-passes-away.amp.html | 2022-08-20T16:58:23Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/football/2022/08/20/former-indian-football-captain-samar-banerjee-passes-away.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
INGLEWOOD — Here’s what we learned from the Rams’ 24-20 preseason loss to the Houston Texans on Friday night at SoFi Stadium:
Perkins making a push for No. 2 QB
Rams quarterback Bryce Perkins delivered another impressive preseason performance and now might be closing the gap on John Wolford for the No. 2 quarterback job behind Matthew Stafford.
Perkins was accurate – he completed 11 of 13 passes for 123 yards – and executed the Rams’ best offensive possession with a 13-play, 75-yard drive that ended with a 7-yard touchdown run from running back Trey Ragas to give the Rams a 20-17 lead with 5:11 in the fourth quarter.
Wolford started the game, but he spent most of the first half running from the Texans, who played most of their defensive starters. He was 14 of 22 for 142 yards before Perkins took over in the second half.
Perkins dazzled in the preseason opener last week against the Chargers while Wolford received that night off along with Stafford. Rams coach Sean McVay said earlier in the week that he wanted Wolford to play against the Texans so he could knock off some rust, but now it might be more than that.
“You’re always evaluating,” McVay said when asked if there’s a No. 2 quarterback competition. “I was pleased with John. I thought he did what he could, based on some of the circumstances and surrounding parts.
“For Bryce to lead that scoring drive, he’s just a playmaker. Good things happen and he instills that belief with guys around him, so it’s definitely something that we’re continuing to evaluate.”
Wolford was also asked about the potential quarterback battle: “That’s a question for Coach McVay. But this sport, this league, you’re always competing whether it’s with Bryce or it’s with another guy on another roster who’s doing a good job in the preseason. Nothing new there.”
Wolford also had his good moments and flashed chemistry with wide receiver Lance McCutcheon, despite rarely playing with him during training camp. McCutcheon had another standout preseason performance with five catches for 96 yards.
“If you focus on you, that’s how you play better,” Perkins said about competing with Wolford. “I think a lot of times people when they see somebody else do something they’re like, ‘Oh, I gotta make this play. I gotta do this, I gotta do that.’ Which then, at times, prevents them from actually doing it.
“John is my guy and I’ve been blessed to be with him for two years and learn from him and watch him. It was fun seeing him go out there and make plays.”
What they said about Bruss
McVay said he didn’t have an update on Logan Bruss’ right knee injury after the preseason loss to the Texans, but he provided an observation.
“It looked like he was in a right knee brace when I saw him at the end,” McVay said. “It didn’t look like it was good, though.”
Bruss, the team’s 2022 third-round pick, started the game at right guard, but he spent the second half on the bench with his right leg wrapped.
What comes next
The Rams travel to Cincinnati next week for joint scrimmages and the preseason finale against the Bengals. The last time these two teams saw each other was for Super Bowl LVI at SoFi Stadium.
It will be a critical week for McCutcheon, who is battling for a roster spot in a crowded wide receivers group. The backup offensive linemen had a rough outing against the Texans and McVay mentioned that he wanted to see more competition from that group.
“Obviously, you guys know the approach that we take,” McVay said. “A lot of the guys that we’re going to see being instrumental parts of what we’re doing on September 8th have not played. So there’s a premium on those practice opportunities, really looking forward to getting to Cincinnati next week on Wednesday and Thursday.
“But I think we are developing the total roster right now. You’re getting a chance to really get a lot of guys and accumulate some snaps that I think will serve them well, whether it’s early in the year or at some point later on like we saw last year.”
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Q: We have two 30-year-old sago palms that we transplanted to our yard last October. The fronds they had then died so we trimmed those off. This sago threw a beautiful male bloom and is now fading. We finally see some growth at the bottom of the sago but so far, no new growth at the top. Should we pop the pups off so the energy will force its way to the main part of the plant? Or should we leave the pups? Is the main sago part done for? What do you say? It’s getting watered every other day. Help!
There may be several things going on here.
Transplanting, especially a 30-year-old plant, can be rough on any plant. No matter how carefully you do it, you’re going to damage the roots and make the plant unhappy. This is probably why the old fronds all died. If the main plant is not producing any new fronds, it may still be mad at you for moving it (or it might be fixing to die).
Luckily, you’ve got babies! I would carefully cut the pups away from the main plant (make sure you don’t cut away their roots) and pot them up.
Sago palms, although relatively easy to grow, can be touchy about overwatering and drainage. If the plant’s new location is not as well drained as its previous location, you will want to cut back on watering. Don’t let the soil get soggy since that can quickly lead to root rot and kill your plant. They are also heavy feeders, so fertilize regularly.
Important note: Sago palms should never be planted where children or especially pets can get to the leaves. Every part of this plant is poisonous!
Q: I have a mature avocado tree that flowers and appears healthy but stopped bearing fruit during the time our house was being rented. Is there a way to jumpstart its potential? Other trees in a 2-block radius, planted about same time, are still producing abundantly.
Are you sure it stopped producing while the house was a rental? Your tenants may have harvested all the fruit and neglected to tell you (diabolical, I know). If not that, it may just need some fertilizer and TLC. It also may have been getting less water if your tenants weren’t watering enough or decided that they didn’t want to pay a big water bill. This is the most likely issue.
Many fruit trees tend to fall into alternate-year bearing. One year it produces lots of fruit, then the following year not so much. This is perfectly normal. Everybody needs a break occasionally, fruit trees included.
If there are numerous avocado trees in your neighborhood, I don’t think pollination is an issue. Make sure that you’re giving it fertilizer and water on a regular basis and plant some flowers to bring in more pollinating insects. Although you may have to wait another year, you should be making guacamole in no time!
Looking for more gardening tips? Here’s how to contact the Master Gardener program in your area.
Los Angeles County
mglosangeleshelpline@ucdavis.edu; 626-586-1988; http://celosangeles.ucanr.edu/UC_Master_Gardener_Program/
Orange County
ucceocmghotline@ucanr.edu; 949-809-9760; http://mgorange.ucanr.edu/
Riverside County
anrmgriverside@ucanr.edu; 951-683-6491 ext. 231; https://ucanr.edu/sites/RiversideMG/
San Bernardino County
mgsanbern@ucanr.edu; 909-387-2182; http://mgsb.ucanr.edu/
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Largest Pet Retail Franchise Gifts $15,000 Worth of Prizes to Winners Nationwide, Donates $5,000 of Merchandise to Jacksonville Humane Society
LIVONIA, Mich., Aug. 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Supplies Plus, the largest and most trusted pet retail franchise in the United States, launched the addition of OptimPlus™ to their roster of private brand offerings in June. In conjunction with this launch, Pet Supplies Plus sponsored a "Feed Great, Feel Great" sweepstakes for pet parents nationwide with nearly $15,000 worth of prizes.
Out of more than 60,000 entrants, the grand prize winner was a Los Angeles area-resident who will receive a Pet Supplies Plus pet care gift basket valued at $250, a $1,000 Pet Supplies Plus gift card, a one-year supply of OptimPlus and a $500 Spa Finder gift card. Twenty-five additional winners nationwide each received a $100 Pet Supplies Plus gift card, a $100 Vitamin Shoppe gift card and a three-month supply of OptimPlus.
As part of the new brand launch, Pet Supplies Plus also conducted a nomination-based contest on their social platforms. The contest was tied to "Feed a Rescue Pet Week" and neighbors were encouraged to nominate a local animal shelter or rescue to win $5,000 worth of products, including OptimPlus food, to help support their organization. Of the more than 4,000 nominations received, the selected winner is the Jacksonville Humane Society (JHS), who cares for thousands of dogs and cats each year, and offers a variety of programs including adoption, lost pet resources, training classes and more.
"This donation came at the very best time," said Denise Deisler, CEO of the Jacksonville Humane Society. "JHS is proud to support many families every week with our pet food pantry, but we can also do so with the generous support of friends like Pet Supplies Plus. Sometimes the difference between a pet entering a shelter and staying with their family is just one bag of food. This donation will help keep pets happy, healthy and at home!"
"I'd like to congratulate all of the sweepstakes winners and Jacksonville Humane Society as the winner of our 'Feed a Rescue Pet Week' social media giveaway," said Chris Rowland, Chief Executive Officer of Pet Supplies Plus. "We are honored to be able to gift $15,000 worth of prizes to neighbors nationwide and make a donation to JHS to support their food pantry. Pet Supplies Plus is excited about the positive response surrounding the OptimPlus launch and will continue to provide quality, affordable options to pet parents everywhere."
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Kochi: The murder of a youth inside a flat near the Infopark in Kakkanad was committed by the accused, KK Arshad without any assistance, the police said.
ACP PV Baby told mediapersons here on Saturday that Arshad had also by himself stuffed the body of the deceased, Sajeev Krishnan, into a duct, where it had been discovered by friends and neighbours the other day.
The accused was taken to the scene of crime on Saturday evening. The police said that Arshad murdered Sajeev using a knife.
Now, the police is probing the drug dealings -- possible cause of the crime -- that reportedly took place at the flat.
Arshad and a friend, K Aswanth were taken into custody from Kasaragod and produced before the First-Class Magistrate Court earlier on the day.
They were found in possession of drugs during arrest and hence were first remanded in a special jail before being brought to Kochi.
It is alleged that drug deals and consumption took place at the flat. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/20/kakkanad-flat-murder-accused-arshad-killed-by-himself-police.amp.html | 2022-08-20T17:07:05Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/20/kakkanad-flat-murder-accused-arshad-killed-by-himself-police.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Most of the people reading this entry probably were not invited to witness Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez as they follow their Las Vegas elopement with a more elaborate second wedding. (Full disclosure: I was…also not invited.) But it seems not to matter much whether any of us will be there in person: entertainment journalists are right on top of it!
First of all, this is not merely a wedding: guests are going to Savannah, Georgia (near Affleck’s 87-acre private island) for a three-day extravaganza. An insider tells People that the couple “have an extraordinary weekend of celebrations planned”: “They will have a pre-wedding party, a ceremony and have lots of fun lined up.” Part of the “fun” for Lopez involved a trip to Savannah’s Glow Med Spa—apparently no relation to Glow By J. Lo.
Unfortunately, the weekend has already been marred by a bloody accident!!! …Okay, it’s not that serious: Affleck’s mother, Christopher Anne Boldt, fell off a dock on Affleck’s estate on Friday, cutting her leg badly enough to require an ambulance trip to nearby Liberty County Medical Center so that she could get stitches. Judging by the photos of Boldt leaving the facility in a wheelchair, she may want to consider a loose palazzo pant for the ceremony.
If your next question was when Affleck’s longtime friend, producing partner, and frequent co-star Matt Damon would touch down in Georgia for the festivities: worry not, because he landed at a private airfield on Friday. Page Six had the exclusive on paparazzi photos of Damon, keeping it casual for the flight in chinos and a black buttondown (looks like a microfiber golf shirt to my eyes, but this is unconfirmed); Damon arrived with his wife, Luciana Barroso, much more fashion-forward in a white belted jumpsuit and cheetah-print sneakers. Is Damon there to serve as Best Man? A report from OK! says no, but since it’s from before the Lopez and Affleck’s Las Vegas wedding last month, we probably shouldn’t put too much stock in it.
Considering that Affleck and Lopez’s friends, former co-stars, employees, and exes probably number in the thousands, E!’s estimate of “up to 100 guests” seems low? At least one of those exes is definitely not coming: Affleck's first wife Jennifer Garner is working in Texas, but has wished the couple well. Other than Damon, Jennifer’s close friend and Second Act co-star Leah Remini will also be there; while we don’t know yet what Lopez’s gown will look like—though it has been reported that it’s a Ralph Lauren—let’s hope Remini’s outfit doesn’t resemble it at all or we might have a hard time telling them apart. And speaking of Lopez’s wedding look: place your bets now on how many costume changes she’ll make on the day. I put the over-under at three. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/ben-affleck-jennifer-lopez-prepare-for-wedding-extravaganza-in-georgia | 2022-08-20T17:30:04Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/ben-affleck-jennifer-lopez-prepare-for-wedding-extravaganza-in-georgia | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In an era when most stories fail to remain in the news cycle for more than a few hours before getting swept out by the next scandal, The Slap has had remarkable staying power—so much that you knew exactly which one I was referring to without naming either of the people involved, right? We’ve been apprised of every twist since Will Smith slapped Chris Rock on the stage at the Oscars back in March: Smith apologized. Smith resigned from the Academy. Smith was banned from the Oscars ceremony for 10 years. Four months after the incident, Smith apologized again, this time in a YouTube video, shortly after which a source told People that Rock had “moved on” and didn’t “need to talk” to Smith about it, so: sorry to anyone who hoped the two would take it to the Red Table (though Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith’s wife and the subject of the Rock joke that set off Smith on Oscar night, has discussed the incident there).
It’s been a few weeks since any of the principals involved have broken their silence about it, so we were due, and Smith has filled the vacuum: though Smith has only used his Instagram account twice since the Oscars—both times to apologize for slapping Rock—he returned Friday evening with a gag.
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Over a video of a juvenile gorilla tentatively poking an adult until the latter gets annoyed enough to chase it, Smith added the caption, “Me trying to get back on social.”
Has Smith served enough time in social media jail to justify an attempted return to the ’gram? I guess we’ll have to wait until either Rock (or a source speaking on his behalf) weighs in. Let’s all stake out Rock’s online presence to see if he makes an official response via Condescending Wonka or “Is He Though?” Thor. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/will-smith-returns-to-instagram-with-a-joke | 2022-08-20T17:30:10Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/will-smith-returns-to-instagram-with-a-joke | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Former Vice President Mike Pence said that he did not take any classified material with him when he left the White House, unlike his former boss Donald Trump.
When asked if he possessed any classified information after leaving office, Pence told the Associated Press on Friday: “No, not to my knowledge.” On August 8, the FBI seized 11 sets of classified documents from Trump’s residence, Mar-a-Lago.
Since leaving office, Pence seems to be toeing a fine line between distancing himself from Trump while also not cutting ties to the former president, or his supporters, entirely.
Pence has maintained a relatively neutral stance regarding the Mar-a-Lago search. Despite the “top secret” markings on the seized documents, Pence said: “I honestly don’t want to prejudge it before until we know all the facts.”
He called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to provide Americans with more information regarding the search of the former president’s estate: “This is unprecedented action by the Justice Department, and I think it merits an unprecedented transparency.” By the same token, earlier this week, Pence also urged fellow Republicans to stop harassing the FBI after a wave of threats targeted federal law enforcement in the wake of the Mar-a-Lago search: “The Republican Party is the party of law and order…These attacks on the FBI must stop.”
This week, Pence also said, if formally asked, he would give “due consideration” to testifying before the January 6 committee—a move that could anger the former president. Trump recently called the select committee’s investigation “the persecution of Donald Trump.”
“Beyond my concerns about the partisan nature of the Jan. 6 committee, there are profound constitutional issues that have to be considered,” Pence said. “No vice president has ever been summoned to testify before the Congress of the United States.” (Many former vice presidents, from Abe Lincoln to Gerald Ford, have voluntarily testified before Congress, CNN reported.)
Capitol rioters chanted, “Hang Mike Pence!” on January 6, after the former vice president refused to block the certification of the 2020 election. Rather than putting an end to the clamor, Trump allegedly told White House chief of staff Mark Meadows that Pence deserved it.
On Friday, Pence said that he would make a decision in early 2023 as to whether he would run for president. | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/pence-says-he-did-not-leave-office-with-classified-information | 2022-08-20T17:30:16Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/pence-says-he-did-not-leave-office-with-classified-information | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
So much for his dream job.
Administrators at a Bronx hospital forced a veteran anesthesiologist to quit because of his sleep apnea, he claims in a lawsuit.
Montefiore Medical Center demanded Sheldon Goldstein start working nights last year despite his sleep apnea, a potentially serious disorder in which a person’s breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep, according to his Manhattan Federal Court filing.
Goldstein, of The Bronx, started working at Montefiore in November 2013 and by 2020, was on pace to qualify for a promotion, he said in legal papers.
But his fortunes went south In April 2021, when Matthias Eikermann became chairman of the anesthesia department.
Eikermann told Goldstein “go on the rotation for overnight call,” and “insisted” the anesthesiologist do the shifts even after he asked for an accommodation because of his sleep apnea, which required that he keep “a regular sleep-and-wake pattern,” according to the court papers.
Even a July 2021 doctor’s note didn’t persuade Eikermann, who objected when Montefiore’s Human Resources department later granted Goldstein the accommodation, according to the lawsuit against the supervisor and the hospital.
After that, Eikermann allegedly excluded Goldstein from a promotion and boasted that he’d done so; repeatedly asked for reviews of Goldstein’s work while ignoring errors made by his colleagues; and regularly made negative comments about the anesthesiologist in front of others, Goldstein claimed in the discrimination lawsuit.
Eikermann also allegedly told Goldstein, who is seeking unspecified damages, that he was not permitted to make complaints to
Montefiore’s Human Resources Department.
By Feb. 13, Goldstein was fed up, and resigned, charging Eikermann’s behavior had become “intolerable” and was causing him health problems.
Neither Montefiore Medical Center nor Goldstein’s attorneys returned messages. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/20/sleep-apnea-disorder-cost-nyc-hospital-worker-his-job-lawsuit/ | 2022-08-20T17:34:37Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/20/sleep-apnea-disorder-cost-nyc-hospital-worker-his-job-lawsuit/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Bibb deputies: 18-year-old woman dies after Friday night shooting
An 18-year-old woman is dead after a Friday night shooting.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – An 18-year-old woman is dead after a Friday night shooting.
According to a Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release, the shooting happened near the corner of Dellwood Drive and Dellwood Court just after 11:30.
Deputies were told 18-year-old Jamaya B. Warner of Macon was driving on Dellwood Court when “unknown subjects” fired shots at the car. Warner was struck by gunfire.
Warner and a 21-year-old male passenger then drove to the Circle K located at 5602 Thomaston Road. That’s where Deputy Coroner Luann Stone pronounced Warner dead.
The 21-year-old passenger was not injured.
There is no information on the suspects or what led to the shooting.
Call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68-CRIME if you have additional information. | https://www.41nbc.com/bibb-deputies-18-year-old-woman-dies-friday-night-shooting/ | 2022-08-20T17:39:12Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/bibb-deputies-18-year-old-woman-dies-friday-night-shooting/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Bibb deputies: 18-year-old woman dies after Friday night shooting
An 18-year-old woman is dead after a Friday night shooting.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – An 18-year-old woman is dead after a Friday night shooting.
According to a Bibb County Sheriff’s Office news release, the shooting happened near the corner of Dellwood Drive and Dellwood Court just after 11:30.
Deputies were told 18-year-old Jamaya B. Warner of Macon was driving on Dellwood Court when “unknown subjects” fired shots at the car. Warner was struck by gunfire.
Warner and a 21-year-old male passenger then drove to the Circle K located at 5602 Thomaston Road. That’s where Deputy Coroner Luann Stone pronounced Warner dead.
The 21-year-old passenger was not injured.
There is no information on the suspects or what led to the shooting.
Call the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office at (478) 751-7500 or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68-CRIME if you have additional information. | https://www.41nbc.com/bibb-deputies-18-year-old-woman-dies-friday-night-shooting/ | 2022-08-20T17:39:12Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/bibb-deputies-18-year-old-woman-dies-friday-night-shooting/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Tattnall Square hosts Schley County
The Trojans were coming off a 9-2 season last year. The Wildcats were ranked #1 in A-Division II.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The Tattnall Square Trojans welcomed the Schley County Wildcats to Jack Baynes Field Friday.
The Trojans were coming off a 9-2 season last year. The Wildcats were ranked #1 in A-Division II.
41NBC’s Tucker Sargent has the highlights: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-tattnall-hosts-schley-county/ | 2022-08-20T17:39:18Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-tattnall-hosts-schley-county/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Tattnall Square hosts Schley County
The Trojans were coming off a 9-2 season last year. The Wildcats were ranked #1 in A-Division II.
MACON, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT) — The Tattnall Square Trojans welcomed the Schley County Wildcats to Jack Baynes Field Friday.
The Trojans were coming off a 9-2 season last year. The Wildcats were ranked #1 in A-Division II.
41NBC’s Tucker Sargent has the highlights: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-tattnall-hosts-schley-county/ | 2022-08-20T17:39:18Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-tattnall-hosts-schley-county/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted economies around the world.
Here in the United States, the economy is moving forward with an increase in employment and wages. But, prices for everything from consumer goods to housing, to energy, are also on the rise.
As the summer ends, people who are still struggling economically, especially in colder northern states, are concerned about how they’ll survive the winter.
This week on 22News InFocus we’ll be talking with energy expert Michael Lynch, President of Strategic Energy and Economic Research about how the energy sector impacts our economy and your personal finances.
Watch 22News InFocus this Sunday at noon. You can also view the program here on WWLP.com. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/infocus/infocus-economic-impact-of-energy-costs/ | 2022-08-20T17:40:15Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/infocus/infocus-economic-impact-of-energy-costs/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MOSCOW (AP) — A key Russian natural gas pipeline will shut down for three days of maintenance at the end of this month, the state-owned energy company Gazprom announced Friday, raising economic pressure on Germany and other European countries that depend on the fuel to power industry, generate electricity and heat homes.
The latest shutdown will come a month after Gazprom restored natural gas supply through the pipeline to only a fifth of its capacity after a previous shutoff for maintenance.
Russia has blamed the reductions through the pipeline on technical problems but Germany has called the shutoffs a political move by the Kremlin to sow uncertainty and push up prices amid the conflict in Ukraine.
Natural gas prices rose on Friday after the announcement, and are now more than twice as high as a year ago.
In a statement posted online, Gazprom said the planned shutdown from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 is for “routine maintenance” at a key compressor station along the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which links western Russia and Germany.
Natural gas prices have surged as Russia has reduced or cut off natural gas flows to a dozen European Union countries, fueling inflation and raising the risk that Europe could plunge into recession.
Germany’s Economy Ministry said in an email to The Associated Press that it had taken note of Gazprom’s planned downtime for Nord Stream 1.
“We are monitoring the situation in close cooperation with the Federal Network Agency” that regulates gas markets, the ministry said. “Gas flows through Nord Stream 1 are currently unchanged at 20%.”
The newly announced maintenance shutoff raises additional fears that Russia could completely cut off the gas to try to gain political leverage over Europe as it tries to boost its storage levels for winter.
Germany recently announced that its gas storage facilities had reached 75% capacity, two weeks before the target date of Sept. 1. Germans have been urged to cut gas use now so the country will have enough for the winter ahead.
Gazprom said once the work is completed, the flow of gas through Nord Stream 1 will resume at its prior level of 33 million cubic meters, or just 20% of the pipeline’s capacity.
The routine maintenance will be carried out jointly with Siemens specialists, Gazprom said, in a reference to its German partner, Siemens Energy.
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Follow the AP’s coverage of the war at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/russias-gazprom-to-shut-gas-pipeline-to-europe-for-3-days/ | 2022-08-20T17:50:37Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/russias-gazprom-to-shut-gas-pipeline-to-europe-for-3-days/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 25 |
MOSCOW (AP) — A key Russian natural gas pipeline will shut down for three days of maintenance at the end of this month, the state-owned energy company Gazprom announced Friday, raising economic pressure on Germany and other European countries that depend on the fuel to power industry, generate electricity and heat homes.
The latest shutdown will come a month after Gazprom restored natural gas supply through the pipeline to only a fifth of its capacity after a previous shutoff for maintenance.
Russia has blamed the reductions through the pipeline on technical problems but Germany has called the shutoffs a political move by the Kremlin to sow uncertainty and push up prices amid the conflict in Ukraine.
Natural gas prices rose on Friday after the announcement, and are now more than twice as high as a year ago.
In a statement posted online, Gazprom said the planned shutdown from Aug. 31 to Sept. 2 is for “routine maintenance” at a key compressor station along the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which links western Russia and Germany.
Natural gas prices have surged as Russia has reduced or cut off natural gas flows to a dozen European Union countries, fueling inflation and raising the risk that Europe could plunge into recession.
Germany’s Economy Ministry said in an email to The Associated Press that it had taken note of Gazprom’s planned downtime for Nord Stream 1.
“We are monitoring the situation in close cooperation with the Federal Network Agency” that regulates gas markets, the ministry said. “Gas flows through Nord Stream 1 are currently unchanged at 20%.”
The newly announced maintenance shutoff raises additional fears that Russia could completely cut off the gas to try to gain political leverage over Europe as it tries to boost its storage levels for winter.
Germany recently announced that its gas storage facilities had reached 75% capacity, two weeks before the target date of Sept. 1. Germans have been urged to cut gas use now so the country will have enough for the winter ahead.
Gazprom said once the work is completed, the flow of gas through Nord Stream 1 will resume at its prior level of 33 million cubic meters, or just 20% of the pipeline’s capacity.
The routine maintenance will be carried out jointly with Siemens specialists, Gazprom said, in a reference to its German partner, Siemens Energy.
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Follow the AP’s coverage of the war at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/russias-gazprom-to-shut-gas-pipeline-to-europe-for-3-days/ | 2022-08-20T17:50:37Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/russias-gazprom-to-shut-gas-pipeline-to-europe-for-3-days/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 25 |
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart, the nation’s largest employer, is expanding its abortion coverage for employees after staying largely mum on the issue following the Supreme Court ruling that scrapped a nationwide right to abortion.
In a memo sent to employees on Friday, the company said its health care plans will now cover abortion for employees “when there is a health risk to the mother, rape or incest, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage or lack of fetal viability.”
Previously, the company’s benefits plan had covered abortion only in cases “when the health of the mother would be in danger if the fetus were carried to term, the fetus could not survive the birthing process, or death would be imminent after birth,” according to a copy of the policy viewed by The Associated Press but not confirmed by Walmart.
Donna Morris, the retailer’s chief people officer, said in the memo to staff that the new policy will also offer “travel support” for workers seeking abortions covered under its health care plans — as well as their dependents — so they can access services that are not available within 100 miles of their locations.
Walmart employs nearly 1.6 million people in the U.S. In Arkansas, where the company is based, abortion is banned under all circumstances unless the procedure is needed to protect the life of the mother in a medical emergency. There are no exceptions for rape or incest. That means under the revised policy, Walmart employees can travel out of the state — or any other state that bans abortion for rape and incest — to obtain the procedure through the retailer’s health plans.
Several companies — including Meta, American Express and Bank of America — have said they will cover travel costs for their employees in the aftermath of the high court ruling that tossed out Roe v. Wade, including elective abortions. But a Walmart spokesperson did not immediately reply for a request for comment on whether any of the company’s revised policy will cover elective abortions as well.
“It’s a step in the right direction, but it’s simply not far enough for a company that employs that many women,” said Bianca Agustin, director of corporate accountability program for United for Respect, a group that advocates for Walmart workers. She said the organization will be incorporating “safe abortions” for employees in their list of demands pressing the company for better pay and benefits.
Meanwhile, many other corporations, and organizations that represent some of the nation’s most powerful companies, have continued to stay quiet on the issue.
The careful expansion of Walmart’s abortion policy shows it is attempting to balance different pressures and opinions from employees, investors and other stakeholders, said Vanessa Burbano, a professor at Columbia University’s business school who researchers how companies take social stances.
“It’s much trickier than a lot of people initially think it is,” Burbano said. “It’s not like all of their stakeholders are of the same opinion on any of these issues, which is what makes it so challenging. They’re trying to figure out how to thread that needle.”
In the memo sent Friday, the company said it will also launch a center that provides fertility services to employees, such as in vitro fertilization. Additionally, it vowed to add surrogacy support and increase its financial aid for adoptions from $5,000 to $20,000. In June, Walmart said it would expand its offering of doulas — or people who assist women during pregnancies — to address racial disparities in maternal care. | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/walmart-expands-abortion-coverage-for-employees/ | 2022-08-20T17:50:50Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/walmart-expands-abortion-coverage-for-employees/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 33 |
NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart, the nation’s largest employer, is expanding its abortion coverage for employees after staying largely mum on the issue following the Supreme Court ruling that scrapped a nationwide right to abortion.
In a memo sent to employees on Friday, the company said its health care plans will now cover abortion for employees “when there is a health risk to the mother, rape or incest, ectopic pregnancy, miscarriage or lack of fetal viability.”
Previously, the company’s benefits plan had covered abortion only in cases “when the health of the mother would be in danger if the fetus were carried to term, the fetus could not survive the birthing process, or death would be imminent after birth,” according to a copy of the policy viewed by The Associated Press but not confirmed by Walmart.
Donna Morris, the retailer’s chief people officer, said in the memo to staff that the new policy will also offer “travel support” for workers seeking abortions covered under its health care plans — as well as their dependents — so they can access services that are not available within 100 miles of their locations.
Walmart employs nearly 1.6 million people in the U.S. In Arkansas, where the company is based, abortion is banned under all circumstances unless the procedure is needed to protect the life of the mother in a medical emergency. There are no exceptions for rape or incest. That means under the revised policy, Walmart employees can travel out of the state — or any other state that bans abortion for rape and incest — to obtain the procedure through the retailer’s health plans.
Several companies — including Meta, American Express and Bank of America — have said they will cover travel costs for their employees in the aftermath of the high court ruling that tossed out Roe v. Wade, including elective abortions. But a Walmart spokesperson did not immediately reply for a request for comment on whether any of the company’s revised policy will cover elective abortions as well.
“It’s a step in the right direction, but it’s simply not far enough for a company that employs that many women,” said Bianca Agustin, director of corporate accountability program for United for Respect, a group that advocates for Walmart workers. She said the organization will be incorporating “safe abortions” for employees in their list of demands pressing the company for better pay and benefits.
Meanwhile, many other corporations, and organizations that represent some of the nation’s most powerful companies, have continued to stay quiet on the issue.
The careful expansion of Walmart’s abortion policy shows it is attempting to balance different pressures and opinions from employees, investors and other stakeholders, said Vanessa Burbano, a professor at Columbia University’s business school who researchers how companies take social stances.
“It’s much trickier than a lot of people initially think it is,” Burbano said. “It’s not like all of their stakeholders are of the same opinion on any of these issues, which is what makes it so challenging. They’re trying to figure out how to thread that needle.”
In the memo sent Friday, the company said it will also launch a center that provides fertility services to employees, such as in vitro fertilization. Additionally, it vowed to add surrogacy support and increase its financial aid for adoptions from $5,000 to $20,000. In June, Walmart said it would expand its offering of doulas — or people who assist women during pregnancies — to address racial disparities in maternal care. | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/walmart-expands-abortion-coverage-for-employees/ | 2022-08-20T17:50:50Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/business-news/ap-business/walmart-expands-abortion-coverage-for-employees/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 33 |
Suspected drunk driver crashes into Illinois State Police car
KANKAKEE COUNTY, Ill. - A man was charged with driving under the influence after crashing into an Illinois State Police car, injuring a state trooper and another driver Saturday morning in Kankakee County.
An Illinois state trooper was outside his squad car talking with a driver involved in a prior crash around 2:34 a.m. on Route 45 at 5152 S. Road, police said.
A Chevrolet Trail Blazer was traveling southbound on Route 45 and failed to yield, striking the rear of the squad car, according to Illinois State Police.
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The trooper and the driver of the previously crashed vehicle suffered minor injuries and were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, officials said.
Austin M. Gray, 24, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and violating Scott's Law, improper passing of an emergency vehicle causing injury.
Gray's driver's license will be suspended for at least six months. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/suspected-drunk-driver-crashes-into-illinois-state-police-car | 2022-08-20T17:51:22Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/suspected-drunk-driver-crashes-into-illinois-state-police-car | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – Strippers who would normally be entertaining patrons inside a Los Angeles topless bar were instead outside on the sidewalk picketing Friday.
For the last five months, picketing has become a common occurrence outside North Hollywood’s Star Garden Topless Dive Bar. But now, with the backing of a major national union, they are one step closer to making history.
The dancers, alongside union members from the Actors Equity Association, gathered for a rally Friday as they make strides toward their goal of becoming the only unionized exotic dancers in the country.
“Many of us keep this profession a secret but today is a day of reckoning for this outdated modality,” said a speaker and dancer who identified herself as “Reagan.”
More than 50 supporters showed up to back the dancers with signs, buttons and chants.
Joel Cohen of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE Local 800) attended the rally to support the union effort.
“Everybody has the right to unionize and come together and request decent living standards and wages,” Cohen said.
Actors Equity Association (AEA) President Kate Shindle said the workers will soon vote to be represented by the AEA now that paperwork has been filed with the National Labor Relations Petition Board.
“We win the election, then comes the work of actually negotiating the contract,” Shindle said.
The union represents more than 51,000 actors and stage managers in live theaters, but for the first time, strippers could be included.
“We have things in common and those things are really important. (They are) for example, contract provisions that we know we already have in other contracts that can protect these workers,” Shindle said.
The dancers have accused the club’s management of taking money and allowing strippers to perform in unsafe working conditions. A dancer who goes by the name “Velveeta” believes performers won’t mind paying dues for better protection.
“It’s worth the 3%,” she said. “We are paying 50% right now.”
As noted by Deadline, this wouldn’t be the first time a group of dancers had attempted to become a union, or even succeeded at it. Strippers at the Lusty Lady in San Francisco formed a union in 1996 by becoming affiliated with the Service Employees International Union, though the Lusty Lady eventually closed in 2013, the outlet reported.
Now, the dancers at Star Garden could become the only unionized dancers in the country if they gain representation by the AEA.
Shindle feels the eventual vote will pass and the dancers will be back on stage, but this time with the union’s backing.
“[Management] work so hard to break solidarity,” Shindle said. “Fortunately this is a really powerful and passionate group of workers. I think they are going to have some things to say about that.” | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/los-angeles-strippers-could-become-only-unionized-dancers-in-nation/ | 2022-08-20T17:51:55Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/los-angeles-strippers-could-become-only-unionized-dancers-in-nation/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York state trooper should have been disciplined for getting romantically involved with then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s adult daughter while serving on the Democrat’s security detail, the state inspector general said in a report.
The watchdog report released Friday comes two years after the relationship — and the trooper’s apparent banishment to a post near the Canadian border — became the subject of newspaper headlines.
There was public speculation at the time that Cuomo had personally ordered the trooper transferred to a post about 150 miles (240 kilometers) north of the governor’s mansion because he was upset about the relationship.
The report by Inspector General Lucy Lang does not address whether the governor requested the trooper’s transfer. Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi said Friday that he had no role in it.
The report also does not say which of Cuomo’s three daughters was involved.
A top aide to Cuomo told the commander of the governor’s security detail about the relationship on May 22, 2020, the day after the governor found out from his daughter, according to the inspector general’s report.
Word of the relationship was then passed up to Kevin Bruen, who is now the superintendent of the state police but at the time was the first deputy. Bruen told a colleague at the time that the governor was “very upset.”
The trooper who was involved with Cuomo’s daughter, Dane Pfeiffer, told state police that the relationship began about two months earlier and that he never physically interacted with her while on duty. He described his actions as “professional.” But Bruen thought Pfeiffer was “compromised.”
“You can’t be in this position and have that kind of a relationship with one of the protectees,” Bruen told the inspector general’s investigators. “You might be … at a particular assignment, and if there’s a fire in the house, you run to your beloved. Right. But that’s not your job.”
Bruen declined to formally discipline Pfeiffer for a consensual relationship but wanted him removed from the protective services unit. Pfeiffer soon afterward requested a transfer to a troop in northernmost New York. Pfeiffer told inspector general investigators he didn’t actually want to go but was “voluntold” to change assignments.
“On paper I volunteered, but no, I don’t want to go up there, never want to go there again,” Pfeiffer testified.
Pfeiffer was promoted to sergeant in November and had reportedly been posted to New York City.
The inspector general’s report does not conclude Cuomo did anything wrong but faulted state police for not following their own procedures after finding out about the relationship.
The inspector general concluded that Pfeiffer should have been disciplined. The report notes that regulations require officers to refrain from activities that could “interfere with the proper, impartial, and effective performance of official duties.”
In contrast, the report noted that Bruen decided to discipline Pfeiffer’s supervisor for failing to notify superiors upon learning about the relationship. The supervisor, a sergeant, chose to retire.
The troopers’ union, the New York State Troopers Police Benevolent Association, said it was “shocked and appalled” by the conclusion that the trooper should have been disciplined.
The union said he had engaged in “off-duty conduct that was personal in nature and had nothing to do with his duties or responsibilities.”
State police said in an emailed statement the protective services unit was overhauled last year “and we are already working with the Inspector General to ensure the recommendations in the report are implemented.”
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish police say two people have been wounded in a shooting at a shopping center in the southern city of Malmo.
A suspected was arrested after the shooting Friday afternoon at the Emporia shopping center, which police said appeared to be gang-related.
“Police are on site with big resources to map the incident by interviewing witnesses and going through material from surveillance cameras. The immediate danger to the public appears to be over,” Malmo police said.
Shootings by criminal gangs have become a growing problem in Sweden in recent decades, including in Malmo, the country’s third-biggest city. Gang violence is among the main campaign issues ahead of Sweden’s national election on Sept. 11.
Last month a gunman opened fire inside a shopping mall across the Oresund Strait in the Danish capital, Copenhagen. Three people were killed and four wounded. Police said the suspect in that shooting, a 22-year-old Dane, apparently selected his victims at random. | https://www.wpri.com/news/us-and-world/sweden-2-wounded-in-shopping-center-shooting/ | 2022-08-20T17:53:11Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/us-and-world/sweden-2-wounded-in-shopping-center-shooting/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Which modern bed skirt is best?
Functional and stylish, a bed skirt can give your bed a tidy, sophisticated look while concealing any items stored underneath. Bed skirts are often called dust ruffles, but for those who find elaborate designs and patterns too formal or old-fashioned, modern bed skirts provide a sleek, minimalistic alternative that can accentuate almost any decor. The best is the Lux Hotel Tailored Style Bed Skirt — durable, functional and stylish.
What to know before you buy a modern bed skirt
Material
The most popular modern bed skirts are made from cotton or polyester microfiber, making them easy to launder. Linen is another option but is often found in high-quality bed skirts that lack a modern aesthetic.
Since bed skirts are not included in all sheet sets, some people try to match the material to their bed sheets or comforter. This isn’t a priority, though, since a bed skirt doesn’t come in contact with your body when sleeping.
Attachment
There are two types of bed skirts, and they differ in how they attach to your bed or mattress.
- Full bed skirt: These resemble a sheet and are placed between the mattress and the box spring. When properly centered, all sides hang evenly over the edge.
- Detachable bed skirt: Also known as Velcro bed skirts, these are convenient and easy to put on and take off, but are often lower-quality than full bed skirts.
If you want to make your bed skirt as secure as possible, consider investing in bed skirt pins that add a touch of style, while preventing the skirt from sliding.
Length
You want to purchase a bed skirt to match the size of your bed, be it twin, full, queen, king or California king. However, you also must consider how high your bed is off the ground, because that measurement can differ.
The drop measurement is the space between the floor and the top of the box spring. The average bed skirt drop is 15 inches, but if your bed is higher off the ground, you want a longer bed skirt, and they are available up to 21 inches.
What to look for in a quality modern bed skirt
Design
While you can find bed skirts with ruffles, pleats, eyelets and lace trim, modern bed skirts are known for their simplicity. They are often flat, making them easier to launder and iron while creating a tidy, minimalistic look that completes the bed.
Color
Modern bed skirts don’t draw attention to themselves, making white a popular choice. Other solid colors can work, too, if they match your bedding and the room’s color scheme. There are many colors, so you should have no trouble finding one that fits your taste.
Sides
You can find bed skirts with all four sides, so the skirt completely wraps around the entire bed. Three-sided ones are also popular. They are missing the side at the head of the bed, which is often not visible because it’s up against a wall.
How much you can expect to spend on a modern bed skirt
Bed skirts can range from $15-$50 depending on the material, design, brand and size of the mattress and bed.
Modern bed skirt FAQ
Should a bed skirt touch the floor?
A. You want a bed skirt to kiss the floor. You don’t want to leave too much space between it and the floor, and you don’t want it to appear bulky. This creates a polished look while hiding the items under your bed.
Can I put my bed skirt in the washing machine?
A. It depends on the fabric, and you always want to follow the manufacturer’s care instructions, but most bed shirts are machine-washable. It’s best to wash them on the delicate cycle in cold water and then tumble dry.
How often should I launder my bed skirt?
A. As long as you don’t accidentally walk on it, and your bed isn’t in an area that collects dirt, you should wash your bed skirt twice a year. A good trick is to regularly vacuum or clean the floor near and under the bed to remove any excess dirt.
What’s the best modern bed skirt to buy?
Top modern bed skirt
Lux Hotel Tailored Style Bed Skirt
What you need to know: Featuring a contemporary tailored design, this bed skirt can give your bedroom a luxurious update while hiding anything you wish to store under the bed.
What you’ll love: Made from top-quality preshrunk polyester microfiber, this durable bed skirt is fade-resistant and wrinkle-free. It features box pleats on each corner of the bed to give your room a polished, elegant look.
What you should consider: The packaging can cause wrinkles, and the bed skirt may need to be ironed or steamed before use.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top modern bed skirt for the money
Amazon Basics Lightweight Pleated Bed Skirt
What you need to know: Available in 16 colors, three sizes and corresponding sheet sets, this polyester bed skirt has a classic look with a modern twist.
What you’ll love: This hypoallergenic, wrinkle-free, stain- and fade-resistant bed skirt is made in a factory that ensures the highest safety and environmental standards. It’s machine-washable, which makes cleaning it a breeze.
What you should consider: It doesn’t have pleats on all four sides.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
What you need to know: Available in 20 colors, this can help add a fashionable pop of color to the room or blend in to cover the items under the bed.
What you’ll love: It’s made from hypoallergenic material, which makes it great for those with sensitive skin or allergies. It’s compatible with most standard-size beds and has a 14-inch drop, so it should graze the floor.
What you should consider: There are no pleats or drapes on the headboard end of the bed skirt.
Where to buy: Sold by Wayfair
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Which HP Envy printer is best?
You might be surprised to learn that printers are still a valuable gadget to have in your home. Even though most things have shifted to the paperless internet, many people still have a printer in a small home office.
Not all things can be paperless. There are times when you must print out an invitation, calendar or a spreadsheet. To decorate your home, you might also want to hang up some family photos — easily done with a photo printer.
But if you want a gadget that can handle images and text, the HP Envy Inspire 7955e Wireless Color All-in-One Printer is an excellent choice.
What to know before you buy an HP Envy printer
Document printing vs. photo printing
One of the most important considerations in choosing a printer comes down to what you’ll primarily use it for. There are certain printers that excel in photo reproduction, while others are better suited for office documents.
- Laser printers use dry toner and electrostatically charged dots. Because of their high accuracy in producing text, they are best used as document printers. They can, however, print color images, but it’s not as high quality as inkjet printers.
- Inkjet printers use liquid to produce the required image by spraying tiny drops of ink on the page. However, some HP printers use thermal inkjet technology, which applies a dry, wax-based pigment onto the page. The superior image quality and vibrant colors are best suited for printing photos or detailed graphics.
Multiple device connections
Printers no longer require a cable from the device to the computer. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections let you pair the gadget with multiple devices for quick printing. While you can still use a cable with your computer, Bluetooth enables the printing of photos and documents directly from mobile devices. There is no need to email the attachments to a computer first.
Consider an HP-plus subscription
It’s no secret that the price per gallon of printer ink makes it one of the most expensive liquids on the planet. So naturally, if you can save up to 50% on ink costs, it’s a good deal. In addition, an HP-plus subscription includes six months of automatic ordering when your ink gets low and it gets delivered at your door.
What to look for in a quality HP Envy printer
Automatic feeder tray
Nobody has time to manually put in every sheet of paper when scanning or copying. That’s why a good-quality HP Envy has an automatic document feeder tray at the top that does it for you. Just place your paper stack on the tray and watch it carefully load into the device, get scanned and pop out underneath.
Two-sided and borderless printing
A function that few users know is available is two-sided printing. This lets you half your paper consumption by printing two pages on both sides of one paper. Not only does it reduce waste, but it’s easier to handle fewer pages than a stack of one-sided papers.
Additional functions
Depending on the model, many Envy printers have additional functions that come in handy for a home office. Scanning photos or documents are made easy with a flatbed scanner, and you can quickly scan multiple documents with the automatic feeder. The same function lets you make document copies and some models let you fax, too.
How much you can expect to spend on an HP Envy printer
The average price of an HP Envy printer depends on the additional functions. An entry level monochrome printer costs $100-$150, while a wireless color printer costs $200-$400. The average price of ink also varies depending on the model. A black ink cartridge costs $15-$40, while the tri-color cartridges cost $25-$45.
HP Envy printer FAQ
What does “self-healing Wi-Fi” mean on an Envy printer?
A. Printers can be notoriously fickle with network connections. Many HP Envy printers have a feature called “self-healing” connections. This means that the printer can automatically detect and resolve connectivity issues without you having to intervene.
Does Envy Inspire work with Chromebooks?
A. Yes, it does and the HP Envy Inspire is actually the first printer certified as “Works With Chromebook.” This means the printer meets Chromebook’s compatibility standards so that you can easily connect to it and print without any hassles.
What’s the best HP Envy printer to buy?
Top HP Envy printer
HP Envy Inspire 7955e Wireless Color All-in-One Printer
What you need to know: This printer is an excellent choice if you need a multi-function gadget that can print, scan and copy with ease.
What you’ll love: Not only does it come with six months of Instant Ink through HP-plus, but it has a separate tray for photo paper. It can also automatically turn over pages for double-sided printing, connects to multiple devices and has a customizable touchscreen.
What you should consider: Some of the premium features on the HP Smart app are only available with a monthly HP-plus subscription.
Where to buy: Sold by HP and Amazon
Top HP Envy printer for the money
HP Envy 6055e All-in-One Wireless Color Printer
What you need to know: An affordable printer that is perfect for work documents and the occasional color presentation.
What you’ll love: Unlike most other printers, this one automatically goes into a single-cartridge mode when you run out of color ink. It can connect to devices through Bluetooth, USB and Wi-Fi, and can print 10 black-and-white pages per minute.
What you should consider: It comes with a free, six-month subscription to HP-plus, but you must manually cancel it to prevent being automatically billed for it.
Where to buy: Sold by HP and Amazon
Worth checking out
HP Envy 6455e All-in-One Wireless Color Printer
What you need to know: Printing from multiple devices including cloud services such as DropBox or Google Drive is only a button press away.
What you’ll love: It features a 35-page auto document feeder which makes scanning easier, is capable of automatic two-sided printing and has a contextual control panel that lights up when you need it. The inkjet printer can produce 10 black-and-white pages per minute and supports glossy photo paper in addition to regular paper and envelopes.
What you should consider: Some users have indicated that it can be relatively complex to set up the printer and connect it to a Wi-Fi network.
Where to buy: Sold by HP and Amazon
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ROYAL OAK, Mich. (WXYZ) — Television host, comedian and writer Jay Leno unveils vehicle inspired by Sam Walton at this years Woodward Dream Cruise.
The vehicle, a labor of love, is rooted in Leno’s love of Detroit’s automotive legacy and American manufacturing.
“One thing I like the most about (Detroit) is, if you go to California you meet one or two guys who have a lot of cars. Here, you meet a lot of people who have one car and there’s usually a connection to Detroit. You know, their dad worked the line or their mom worked in the factory or some reason why they have a bond with General Motors or Ford or Chrysler,” Leno said about what he likes most about the Motor City.
“And, it’s American. I like American manufacturing. It’s great to see it coming back. I find that really, really exciting.”
Even as more modern vehicles continue to roll off of factory's and into the hands of consumers, Leno says he favors older vehicles with a strong, solid structures and no-frills.
“Obviously, a basic design. You know, cars have a posture in the same way people have a posture. If a car just sits right, there’s just something I like about that. It’s hard to explain. A lot of the time you see a car and it’s sagging on one side, Leno said.
“I’ve got a ’66 Hemi Coronet, the first year of the Hemi. It just sits right and its got the little dog dish hubcaps. There’s nothing fancy about it. It was before they had GTX and stripes. It was just a basic, big engine, drum brakes, no power steering. Just a big, dumb, fast car! And, I love that thing.”
For Leno, cars from the 60s represent his childhood and American automotive excellence.
“I like the blue collar aspect of it. When you got to Los Angeles, you see a lot of Ferrari’s and Lamborghini’s and those are nice. Sometimes you just want to see a ’68 Dodge Dart. Just something from your childhood, something you can relate to. Because in the real world, that’s what most people relate than Ferrari’s and Lamborghini’s,” said Leno.
At this year’s Dream Cruise, Leno revealed a secret project inspired by businessman and founder of Walmart and Sam’s Club, Sam Walton.
“What we involved is mostly outside the vehicle. We haven’t done anything structural or powertrain-wise,” Leno said about the secret project inspired by Walton.
”This was Sam Walton’s very first truck… We’re trying to honor that legacy.” | https://www.fox17online.com/jay-leno-unveils-vehicle-inspired-by-sam-walton-at-the-woodward-dream-cruise | 2022-08-20T17:55:28Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/jay-leno-unveils-vehicle-inspired-by-sam-walton-at-the-woodward-dream-cruise | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Gunmen have killed an auto mechanic identified as Valentine Enwerem in Owerri, the capital of Imo State.
The incident ocurred on Friday evening when thebgunmen stormed the the popular U- turn after Nkwo Orji market along Owerri Okigwe road and killed artisan.
Information has it that after Enwerem was shot dead, the gunmen kidnapped the three persons that were in a vehicle.
The development caused panic in the area as the gunmen shot continuously as they made their way out of the scene.
The deceased’s colleagues told our correspondent at his workshop at the Orji Mechanic Village on Saturday, that his killers drove towards the Okigwe end of the road after killing him and abducting the occupants of his vehicle.
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One of his colleagues said: “They said they didn’t come for him and asked him to cooperate with them. They later shot him dead and zoomed towards the Okigwe end of the road after kidnapping the people in the vehicle.”
According to his colleagues, the deceased hails from the Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State and his wife sells things besides his workshop.
They described the incident as very unfortunate and painful as they are highly embittered by the loss.
In another development, two chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Imo State were the same Friday evening kidnapped at two different locations in the Isiala Mbano LGA of the state.
One of the party members was kidnapped in his community while another politician cum businessman was kidnaped at a pharmaceutical shop at Amaraku.
The development caused panic in the areas as people ran inside their houses and closed for the day.
A source who does not want to be mentioned said that a chairmanship aspirant for the upcoming LG election has been kidnapped.
“As they approached Amaraku, they saw a Tundra vehicle parked in front of a pharmaceutical shop, they stopped, went there and kidnapped a party member and released multiple gunshots as they made their way out of the environment. The area is panicking. Government should do something.”
The Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Michael Abattam, when contacted, could not be reached on his mobile phone as at the time of filling the report. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/mechanic-killed-two-apc-chieftains-kidnapped-by-gunmen-in-imo/ | 2022-08-20T17:59:48Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/mechanic-killed-two-apc-chieftains-kidnapped-by-gunmen-in-imo/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Sgt. Rodrigo Arreola, an armored vehicle crew member assigned to 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, reunites with his family during one of several welcome home ceremonies at Fort Stewart, Georgia, Aug. 16, 2022. The 1st ABCT Soldiers deployed to Germany in support of NATO allies to deter Russian aggression while also supporting a range of other requirements in the area. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Rakeem Carter, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team)
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U.S. Army Capt. Juan Torres Valenzuela participates in a track and field practice at ESPN Wide World of Sports, Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando, Florida during the 2022 Department of Defense Warrior Games, Aug. 19, 2022. The DoD Warrior Games will be conducted August 19 – 28, hosted by the U.S. Army at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. Men and Women from the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and U.S. Special Operations Command are joined in competition by athletes with the Canadian Soldier On organization for a variety of adaptive sports ranging from archery to wheelchair rugby. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Alexander Johnson)
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U.S. Army Sgt. Nicole Crane participates in a track and field practice at ESPN Wide World of Sports, Walt Disney World Resort, Orlando, Florida during the 2022 Department of Defense Warrior Games, Aug. 19, 2022. The DoD Warrior Games will be conducted August 19 – 28, hosted by the U.S. Army at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida. Men and Women from the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and U.S. Special Operations Command are joined in competition by athletes with the Canadian Soldier On organization for a variety of adaptive sports ranging from archery to wheelchair rugby. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Alexander Johnson)
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Chennai: One of India's most popular music directors, Anirudh, has officially announced his first-ever India concert tour. The music director, who has delivered several chartbusters including the worldwide sensational hit 'Why this Kolaveri', has announced this tour in celebration of his tenth year in the film industry.
While the dates are yet to be revealed, the concerts are planned at Chennai and Coimbatore during the months of September and October 2022.
While the Coimbatore concert has been planned as a Live-in concert, the Chennai show will be a first-of-its kind experience with the entire concert being live streamed on the OTT platform Disney+ Hotstar as well.
Music lovers and hardcore fans of Rockstar Anirudh from other cities will have the opportunity to experience and join the concert live from their devices, streamed with top-notch visual and sound clarity.
Anirudh, one of the country's leading music directors and a heartthrob rockstar for millions, recently revealed the plans for his concert on social media, sending fans into an excited frenzy. | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/08/20/music-composer-why-this-kolaveri-di-10-year-milestone-cinema.amp.html | 2022-08-20T18:04:00Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/08/20/music-composer-why-this-kolaveri-di-10-year-milestone-cinema.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Mumbai: Bollywood superstar Salman Khan shared a picture flaunting his long hair while shooting for a new film in Leh Ladakh. Taking to Instagram, Salman shared a picture posing with a motorbike, with his back towards the camera and captioned it as "Leh Ladakh".
However, the actor did not share details about the film or what is he shooting for. He will next be seen in the third installment of 'Tiger' franchise alongside Katrina Kaif. It is all set to release on April 21, 2023. He also has 'Kabhi Eid Kabhi Diwali', which stars Pooja Hegde.
Salman will reportedly make a cameo in Shah Rukh Khan-starrer 'Pathaan', which also stars Deepika Padukone. He will also be seen alongside Jacqueline Fernandes in 'Kick 2'.
Very recently, one of the actor's ex-girlfriend accused him of being a woman-beater and urged his fans and followers to stop worshiping the actor. Though she had posted it on Instagram, the post was later not available for viewing. | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/08/20/salman-khan-long-hair-looks-tiger-katrina-kaif-leh.html | 2022-08-20T18:04:19Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/08/20/salman-khan-long-hair-looks-tiger-katrina-kaif-leh.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
This Week's No. 3 Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Off Road Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 at Watkins Glen International … Austin Dillon has made seven career starts in the NASCAR Cup Series at Watkins Glen, posting a career-best 15th-place finish in August 2021. Dillon has made four appearances at Watkins Glen in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, securing his best finish of 12th in 2013. He also finished 12th in a NASCAR K&N Pro Series East Division race at Watkins Glen in 2008.
Tracker Off Road ... Dillon’s No. 3 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 prominently features TRACKER ATVs, a game-changing new line of all-terrain vehicles and side-by-sides offering breakthrough performance, service and value in the off-road industry. TRACKER OFF ROAD was born out of a powerhouse partnership formed between Bass Pro Shops and TRACKER founder Johnny Morris and Textron Specialized Vehicles, bringing together the undisputed world leader in boating with a global leader in innovation and technology.
Bass Pro Shops ... Bass Pro Shops is North America's premier outdoor and conservation company. Founded in 1972 when avid young angler Johnny Morris began selling tackle out of his father's liquor store in Springfield, Missouri, today the company provides customers with unmatched offerings spanning premier destination retail, outdoor equipment manufacturing, world-class resort destinations and more. In 2017 Bass Pro Shops acquired Cabela's to create a "best-of-the-best" experience with superior products, dynamic locations and outstanding customer service. Bass Pro Shops also operates White River Marine Group, offering an unsurpassed collection of industry-leading boat brands, and Big Cedar Lodge, America's Premier Wilderness Resort. Under the visionary conservation leadership of Johnny Morris, Bass Pro Shops is a national leader in protecting habitat and introducing families to the outdoors and has been named by Forbes as "one of America's Best Employers." Bass Pro Shops has a long relationship with NASCAR, dating back to 1998. For more information, visit http://www.basspro.com/.
AUSTIN DILLON QUOTES:
How do you prepare for a racetrack like Watkins Glen International?
“A lot of time in the simulator, going over notes and watching old races. We try to make sure we are putting in the work beforehand. We’ve been working really hard on our road course program the last few years. Watkins Glen is a really fast, aggressive track. You can gain a lot by getting after it on the braking zones and it’s just a high-speed place with all of the grip in the pavement.”
We're at another road course race this weekend, is this another wild card?
“Yeah, for sure. The road courses have turned into wildcard races. Taking care of your stuff, trying to make it to the end of these things becomes a demo-derby out there. This is going to be one of those ones that if you stay on track, you’re going to have a pretty good run. I have a lot of optimism going into Watkins Glen this year, though, because our road course program has been solid and we’ve put a lot of work in during the off season.”
This Week’s KCMG Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 at Watkins Glen International…Tyler Reddick will be making his second NASCAR Cup Series start at Watkins Glen International this weekend. Reddick scored a 10th-place finish in his first Cup start at the 2.45-mile road course in 2021. He has two NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at Watkins Glen, scoring a fifth-place finish in the 2019 event.
Road Course Prowess ... Reddick has more wins (2, at Road America and the Indianapolis Road Course) and more top-fives (3) than any other driver in the Cup Series on road courses this season. Reddick dominated the weekend at Indy, winning the pole position, leading the most laps (38 of 86) and winning the race. His average running position at Indy was a sizzling 3.69, best of all drivers.
KCMG and Reddick No Strangers to Success on the Track … KCMG celebrated their first NASCAR win in 2019 when Tyler Reddick drove to victory lane at Michigan International Speedway enroute to his second consecutive NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship. KCMG and Richard Childress Racing first partnered together in 2017 with the goal of introducing KCMG into the NASCAR industry as a new motorsports parts manufacturer.
About KCMG … KC Motorgroup Ltd. (KCMG) is an international motorsport services group established in 2007 by Dr. Paul Ip. The group, with its headquarters located in Hong Kong, has operations reaching across Europe and the Asia Pacific region. KCMG operates closely with many partner companies and racing organizations around the world to provide unrivalled Motorsport Services, Equipment, Team Management and quality distributorship in the Automotive Industry. 2013 saw KCMG become the first Chinese outfit ever to race at the world famous Le Mans 24 Hours in its 90-year history and participate in the FIA World Endurance Championship. The Hong Kong-based team later on took an historic LMP2 victory at Le Mans and was Vice Champion in FIA WEC in 2015. With years in the motorsport industry, KCMG has been involved in a wide range of Formula, GT and Le Mans prototype endurance racing series across the globe. For more information please visit www.kcmg.com.hk or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
TYLER REDDICK QUOTES:
What doe you think about Watkins Glen International?
“Watkins Glen is what I would call the mile-and-a half of road courses so it’s going to be a bit different than Road America and Indianapolis. You can’t take one thing and apply it to every road course. Watkins Glen has a lot of grip and the speeds are going to be really high. Qualifying is important at a lot of these road courses but I think this will be the most important qualifying session on a road course this year. Aero is really going to come into play. We’re going to have to be on our A-game with our KCMG Chevrolet and really execute our qualifying lap. It’s a tricky track with a lot of grip. We’re going to be going through the Bus Stop faster than ever before. I’m excited about it because our speed has been good this season. We’ll see how it stacks up.”
Does Watkins Glen lend itself to the same kind of aggression as Indianapolis or Circuit of the Americas?
“It definitely doesn’t because the minimum speeds are much higher at Watkins Glen. The corners at Indy or Turn 5 at Road America and COTA, a lot of those corners are sharper and the speeds are a lot lower. We kind of seen with this Next Gen car you really couldn’t move someone out of the way with how this diffuser affects the air of the car behind you when you try and bump somebody. I think people will be diving in there on each other to get position door-to-door, but I don’t think it’s going to play out like it did at Indy. Indy is kind of unique situation because of the shape of that first corner.”
This Week’s Whelen Engineering Chevrolet Camaro SS at Watkins Glen International ... Sheldon Creed will make his first NASCAR Xfinity Series start at Watkins Glen International on Saturday. The 2.450-mile New York road course will mark the fifth road-course race so far in 2022. Creed had a strong showing at the first road-course race at Circuit of the Americas, starting sixth and finishing 10th. At Portland International Raceway, Road America and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, Creed was running in the top 10 when he was involved in on-track incidents. At Road America, Creed suffered an engine issue. Creed finished third last season at Watkins Glen in the Truck Series after starting 19th.
Whelen Celebrates 70 Years … From a small garage workshop in Connecticut in 1952 to a worldwide leader in emergency warning equipment today, Whelen Engineering continues to push the boundaries of innovation. As we mark our 70th anniversary, we’re proud to continue our founder’s mission of making it safer for those who serve and protect. Whelen has been manufacturing in America for 70 years—we never left, and we’re here to stay.
About Whelen ... Whelen Engineering is a family-owned company with a pioneering spirit and a passion to protect the lives of those who protect and serve others. The company mission is to provide industry-defining safety solutions around the world, while creating a community of problem-solvers who are inspired to push boundaries and continue our legacy of delivering ground-breaking innovation. As a global leader in the emergency warning industry, Whelen has been trusted to perform since 1952, when George Whelen III invented the first rotating aviation beacon. Whelen now encompasses two state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Connecticut and New Hampshire with over 750,000 square feet of engineering and manufacturing space and the largest design staff in the industry. Every part of every Whelen product is proudly designed and manufactured in America. We embrace quality as our foundation, we celebrate innovative engineering in every product we produce.
SHELDON CREED QUOTE:
We're heading to Watkins Glen this weekend. Are you looking forward to the challenge?
“I actually can’t wait to get to Watkins Glen. It’s one of my favorite road courses. I finished third there last season in a truck and I have always really like the track. My biggest challenge heading into this weekend will be qualifying well because track position is so important at a road course like Watkins Glen. My team and I will have a good plan heading into qualifying because we know the importance of a strong starting spot. We’ve qualified decent and we’ve had fast cars, we have just got caught up in some messes in the last few weeks. I’m looking forward to getting to The Glen and showing what our 2 team is capable of.”
This Week’s Bennett Transportation & Logistics Chevrolet Camaro SS at Watkins Glen International ... Austin Hill will make his first NASCAR Xfinity Series start at Watkins Glen International on Saturday. The 2.450-mile New York road course will mark the fifth road-course race so far in 2022. Hill has had very positive results at every road course so far this season. At Circuit of the Americas, Hill started eighth and finished runner-up; he went on to start second and finish third at Portland International Raceway. At Road America, Hill started 10th and finished fourth and most recently, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, he started ninth and finished in the same position. He has never finished outside of the top 10 at a road course this year and is currently on an eight-race top-10 finish streak, including his second win of the season at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Hill won at Watkins Glen last season in the Truck Series. He started on the pole and led 35 of 61 laps en route to the victory.
About Bennett Family of Companies ... McDonough, Ga.-based Bennett Family of Companies is a woman-owned, Women’s Enterprise Business Council (WBENC) certified, diversified transportation and logistics company. Through its 12 affiliated operating companies, the Bennett Family of Companies delivers integrated transportation and supply chain management solutions worldwide. The company will use race experiences to recruit and retain hundreds of truck drivers for their organization in 2022. For more information, visit www.Drive4Bennett.com.
AUSTIN HILL QUOTE:
You’ve been really strong at road courses this season. Are you excited to get to Watkins Glen this weekend?
“I can’t wait to get to Watkins Glen this weekend, it’s one of my favorite tracks. I’ve just always run really well there, especially back in my K&N days. I came close to winning a couple times, but something always happened. I finally got the win last season in the Truck Series. It’s a fast track that you have to keep your momentum up at. My team has been so close to a win at every road course this season so we’re going to keep doing what we’ve been doing and hopefully we’ll park it in Victory Lane. I had a nice off-weekend with the family but I’m more than ready to get back to the racetrack. The momentum couldn’t be any higher as we are approaching the Playoffs. Road courses have been a strength of mine this season so I’m really excited.”
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