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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz raised the roasted turkey leg like a sword in his Iowa State Fair debut in 2014, the up-and-coming conservative joining a half-dozen other Republican presidential prospects in strolling the Grand Concourse.
Four years later, almost as many Democrats made the pilgrimage to the fair, including former U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julian Castro, who snaked his way past tables under the Iowa Pork Producer’s tent at the annual Midwestern tribute to overindulgence.
But as the 2022 fair entered its final weekend, the 2024 traffic was noticeably light.
It speaks to the careful dance that potential presidential candidates are attempting as Democrats remain uncertain about President Joe Biden’s political future and many Republicans avoid taking on former President Donald Trump. Several would-be GOP candidates have quietly made political inroads in the first-in-the-nation nominating state, but they’ve done so by campaigning with Iowa candidates, not by being so obvious as to stand on straw bales at a perennial stop for White House hopefuls.
“There’s a bit of a Trump effect going on. They are still coming here. But they know there needs to be that emphasis that they are here for Iowa Republican candidates,” said Michael Bousselot, a former top aide to Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds and now a Des Moines-area GOP state representative. “The fair is more in-your-face campaigning. If you’re too overeager, people might say, ‘Whoa, President Trump is still the guy.’”
That means the few who entered the gates on Des Moines’ working-class east side were doing so with little such concern.
Mike Pence, Trump’s estranged former vice president, visited the fair Friday, and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a prominent Trump critic, was there last week.
A cowboy-boot-wearing Pence was escorted by seven-term Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, as have countless White House prospects over the years. The former vice president was careful, however, to keep his political remarks focused on the November midterm election, when Grassley is on the ballot, and not on the 2024 presidential race.
“It’s an honor to be here at the Iowa State Fair with you,” he told Grassley, with the politicians surrounded by dozens of news reporters and photographers in the shadow of the century-old brick grandstand. “Iowa and America need six more years of Chuck Grassley.”
Pence later got caught in a fast-developing thunderstorm, which soaked him and his entourage as they sought shelter under the Iowa Pork Producers tent. Undeterred, Pence waded through the damp crowds of fairgoers and even got in a few bites of one of the fair’s signature hand-held caloric monstrosities.
As hail pummeled the roof, Pence sampled a “picnic in a cup” — pulled pork, coleslaw, baked beans and Fritos, topped with barbecue sauce and bacon.
Politicians’ food choices and attire at the Iowa State Fair are almost as important as the visits themselves.
In 2003, Democrat John Kerry memorably ordered a strawberry smoothie, notable for an event known for its celebration of meat and deep-fried foods. In 2007, Republican Fred Thompson was mocked for sporting Gucci loafers, which stood out among the more common flip-flops and cowboy boots of attendees.
Hogan more anonymously chowed down on a grilled pork chops — a rite of passage for any White House aspirant — as he meandered through the fair with Reynolds, his fellow governor.
Despite the smiles and laughter they shared, the pair painted an awkward political picture. Reynolds, heavily favored to win reelection in November, is backed by Trump and is a devoted supporter of the former president.
The dynamic reflects both the state GOP’s pro-Trump lean but also the lurking liabilities for him.
A majority of Iowa Republicans — 57% — said they hope Trump decides to run again for president in 2024, according to a July Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll. One-third of respondents said they hope he doesn’t.
Trump has enjoyed his kingmaker status over the past few months, boosting his endorsed candidates to victory in primary elections ranging from top of the ticket to state legislature. And while he faces a number of swirling investigations, including scrutiny from a U.S. Department of Justice search of his Florida home for classified documents, aides say it’s more a matter of when he announces his candidacy for president than whether he announces it.
Kevin Holmes, a Republican from central Iowa, would “absolutely” consider supporting an alternative to Trump in the 2024 caucuses.
“I’m just not happy with Trump’s character,” the 61-year-old retired police officer said while touring the fair with his wife. “He’s alienated an awful lot of people. If there were a viable alternative, I wouldn’t hesitate to get on board.”
While Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — a common Trump alternative mentioned by Iowa Republicans — has steered clear of Iowa as he seeks reelection in November, others such as Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and others have visited Iowa this summer to campaign for Reynolds, Grassley and others.
On Thursday, Cruz was in the northern Iowa summer resort town of Clear Lake, headlining a private fundraiser for Grassley.
Cruz, who won the 2016 caucuses and campaigned deep into that primary season, said this month he would wait to see what Trump’s plans were before he entertained a second presidential campaign. He also suggested a Trump candidacy would keep several prospects from entering the 2024 race.
With that in mind, Cruz was in and out of Iowa in one day, avoiding the fair by 110 miles. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/politics/trumps-long-shadow-keeps-2024-hopefuls-from-iowa-state-fair/ | 2022-08-21T19:16:49Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/politics/trumps-long-shadow-keeps-2024-hopefuls-from-iowa-state-fair/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
As singer-songwriter Mxmtoon reached the end of “Sad Disco” she looked, in contrast to her song’s title, absolutely delighted to be on stage at record label 88rising’s Head in the Clouds festival in Pasadena on Saturday.
“Being at this festival means so much to me,” the 22-year-old from Oakland told the crowd before her at the Double Happiness second stage. “I remember 88rising being such a huge part of my life.
“I remember hoping I could one day be up on a stage like that,” she said. “To be surrounded by people who are so proud of their culture. To be surrounded by people who love that music means so much to me.”
That sentiment felt true to performers and fans alike at Brookside at the Rose Bowl on Saturday, the first of two days of Head in the Clouds festival 2022. It’s wonderful to have this, they all said, because there is no other place like this.
88rising, which is sometimes referred to as a music collective, founded Head in the Clouds in 2018 as a festival to celebrate Asian musical artists from the United States and around the world.
Now in its fourth year, and second at the Rose Bowl, the festival also includes a wide range of Asian food, thanks to the curation of the 626 Night Market, which has its own fanbase from across the country and around the world.
As we wandered the festival grounds on a day that went from a sweltering mid-afternoon to comfortably breezy at night fall, these were the five things that caught our attention.
Laid-back grooves: The R&B singer Keshi wasn’t supposed to play Head in the Clouds this year, but when Indonesian star Niki had to drop out after contracting COVID, he took her spot on the bill and ended up drawing the biggest crowd of the day.
It’s easy to see why the Vietnamese-American singer had such an effect on fans. His music is lush and romantic, full of longing and love. And songs such as “Somebody” and “Beside You” had the crowd sang loudly along to every word. (That he is objectively a very handsome young fella surely doesn’t hurt either.)
Singer-songwriter Joji also often works in a mellow, lo-fi R&B groove. As the final act on Saturday, though, he debuted his Yebi Labs DJ set surrounded by a handful of lab partners.
The electronic dance jams gave the crowd their biggest jolt of energy of the day, and, to finish off his set, Joji walked out from behind the DJ decks to close the night with a handful of more mellow grooves including “Slow Dancing In The Dark.”
K-pop grads: While boy bands and girl groups were absent on the festival stages, a pair of graduates-gone-solo were on deck.
South Korean pop star Chungha, who was launched through a TV competition to form the girl group I.O.I, was a highlight early in the day. Her upbeat pop songs, crisp choreography with backing dancers, and attention to fans — twice she stopped to sign fans’ albums — hinted at the K-pop training she’d received in the past.
And she had some diehard fans in the crowd too, including one dude who lost his mind with each new song and walked away at the end of the set with tears streaming down his face.
Korean-American rapper Jay Park shared a similar background, having performed in the late aughts as leader of the boy band 2PM. Like Chungha, you could tell just by the quality and professionalism of his performance that he learned well from his time in the K-pop industry.
Rock ‘n’ rap: One of my highlights of the day arrived when Milli strutted on stage wearing a fluffy white cloud — hat? wig? — on her head. The Thai rapper was also part of 88rising’s showcase on the main stage at Coachella this year and for good reason: she’s got a fun, fresh style on stage and personality aplenty. Definitely one to watch.
Rapper Audrey Nuna and singer-songwriter Deb Never shared a set on the second stage, both of them backed by the same band. It was one of the hardest rocking performances of a day in which quieter grooves dominated and very fun to watch.
Singer-songwriter Yeek also fronted a band, and his set was another of the most enjoyable, though his crowd suffered by the competition from Jay Park on the main stage.
Good eats: Head in the Clouds featured all the usual festival food booths, but what made it special was the presence of 626 Night Market and a dozen or so of its favorite modern Asian food vendors, which thanks to my pal Richard Guzman’s preview led me to some delicious dishes.
I arrived planning to hit Tokyo Yakisoba but the line was ridiculous, the longest outside of the Boba Guys, which had a 30-minute wait. Chimmelier’s Korean fried chicken sandwich made for a tasty substitute, the fiery orange spices on the chicken mixed with a pop of purple from the pickled slaw for a day-glo delight.
It was a big ol’ sandwich too, so I swapped a chunk-a-chicken for one of photographer Drew Kelley’s pork belly sliders on bao buns from Tao’s Bao. Glazed in a red braising sauce with peanuts, pickled mustard green, and a garlic peanut sauce, it was another three bites of heaven.
Friends and fans: Photographer Drew and I were both struck by how friendly and laid-back the crowd at Head in the Clouds was on Saturday. Yes, it was hotter than my Korean fried sandwich, but people just chilled in the heat, having a good time, often in large groups of friends, some of which wore cute matching outfits.
Andie Pangan of Torrance and Corrine Parco of Tracy, roommates at Cal State Sacramento, from which they just graduated, posed for photos in front of one of a handful of giant inflatable cloud emojis on the festival grounds.
“We love seeing the representation,” Parco said of the artists on the bill, though the same might apply to the fans on the field.
“There’s a sense of belonging,” Pangan said of the music, though again, that fit the feeling all across the festival too.
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Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-Wyo.) strong signal that she may run for president has Democrats talking about what a pro-democracy, anti-Trump conservative candidate could do to President Biden’s political future.
Cheney, who lost the same House bid she easily won last time, delivered an impassioned concession speech about the dangers of reelecting the former Republican president in 2024. The next morning, she previewed her own possible prospects in a televised interview that added to the speculation that she may seek a White House term herself.
“It is something I’m thinking about, and I’ll make a decision in the coming months,” she told the Today show.
For Cheney, former President Trump and his strain of MAGA culture, as well as his defiance of the nation’s basic principles, is something she will do “whatever it takes” to stop, she told the network. For Democrats, however, her insistence offers something else: a big unknown to what’s already expected to be an unpredictable election cycle.
“I greatly admire what Liz has done. She’s sacrificed her congressional career to stand up to Trump,” Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-Pa.) told The Hill on Thursday. “As for 2024, it’s unclear to me if she ran as an independent that it would hurt Trump. There’s a danger she might inadvertently help Trump more than hurt him.”
Over at the White House, Biden reportedly called to congratulate the No. 3 Republican in the lower chamber after her double-digit defeat, an act of bipartisanship that’s second nature to the president but that has become rare in an increasingly polarized nation.
While many in the Democratic Party admire her service — the idea of “country over party” has been central to Biden’s own political life and what inspired much of his successful presidential bid — there’s no clear consensus on how a Cheney candidacy could shake out.
Some Democrats see the conservative congresswoman splitting the Republican vote, effectively breaking up the coalition around Trump and weakening him. In that scenario, these voices hope Cheney would hypothetically make Biden a stronger general election candidate, and her presence in the race would help make Trump a one-term president.
Others, however, like Boyle, have questions. They think she may chip off votes from Biden, who enjoyed a portion of support in 2020 from voters who disliked Trump and voted Democrat by default.
With another GOP or independent option, that choice may be complicated.
“If she actually wants to run and try to win — either a Republican primary or in the general as an independent — the people telling her to do this are delusional and/or handcuffed to a green room installed on an Acela train,” said Eddie Vale, a Democratic strategist. “The inevitable end result is her pulling anti-Trump votes from Biden.”
Democrats have seen Biden’s 2024 prospects as rocky through much of his first term. For months, his standing within his own party had sunk so low that many were all but calling the midterms a lost cause, and pinning the blame on the president who they viewed as incapable of following through on campaign promises and his bigger legislative agenda.
That sentiment started to shift this month, when he signed a historic tax, climate and health care bill after negotiations with two of his party’s most stubborn moderate senators, Joe Manchin (W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (Ariz.). The White House touted a high jobs number in August, and he also had a victory abroad, killing a major al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan. That comes on top of the earlier bipartisan infrastructure bill and COVID-19 improvements that the administration marked earlier in his term.
As a result, Biden’s previously anemic poll numbers have begun to tick upward.
The idea that Cheney could somehow deflate Biden’s momentum and put doubt into voters’ minds about reelecting him when presented with the possibility of another option has put some Democrats on edge.
But progressives, who remember the Cheney brand from her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney and his integral role in the Iraq War under George W. Bush, are taking her words less seriously. Some are even scornful of what they see as hubris.
“Some Democrats would rather see Liz Cheney in the Party than progressives,” Nina Turner, the former co-chair of Sen. Bernie Sanders’s (I-Vt.) presidential campaign and former House candidate in Cleveland, wrote on Twitter. “Shameful.”
Not only would many not vote for her, but others see her as essentially a nonfactor in a race that already has major figures like Biden and Trump in the conversation, and other Republicans and even some Democrats considering tossing their names into the mix. Some Republicans are already suggesting that Cheney would run as a Democrat.
“Liz Cheney has no chance at winning either party’s primary,” said Sean McElwee, who founded and runs the left-wing polling firm Data for Progress. “I’m happy to make a bet with anyone who disagrees.”
Asked for comment on the possibility of a 2024 run, Cheney’s spokesperson pointed to a portion of the concession speech she delivered in Wyoming on Tuesday night.
“So, I ask you tonight to join me,” Cheney said in part. “As we leave here, let us resolve that we will stand together — Republicans, Democrats, and Independents — against those who would destroy our Republic.”
Cheney has received national attention for her high visibility on the Jan. 6 committee, where the House has been investigating the insurrection on the U.S. Capitol, moving her away from the legacy of her family’s name and closer to her own brand of a principled conservative in a Republican Party that still considers Trump its leader.
Democrats see Trump’s moves, campaigning and endorsing down-ballot candidates and maintaining a war chest, as signs that he is looking to mount another bid. He essentially previewed that to New York Magazine last month, talking about the timing of a possible announcement instead of the overall idea of running.
The FBI search of his Mar-a-Lago residence has added another undetermined element to the election that is still two years away. Taken in context, Cheney’s moves — including the $15 million this cycle she built up during her made-for-TV House bid and a newly announced political action committee focused on stopping Trump — have some gaming out possible best- and worst-case scenarios.
“If her goal is to stop Trump, and is running to be a human wrecking ball every day to his dishonesty and assault on Democracy while in the primary, that is of course helpful,” Vale said, with a caveat: “If she then encourages anyone who doesn’t support Trump to vote for Biden in the general election.” | https://www.wspa.com/hill-politics/democrats-grapple-with-possibility-of-cheney-2024-bid/ | 2022-08-21T19:23:18Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/hill-politics/democrats-grapple-with-possibility-of-cheney-2024-bid/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A federal appeals court on Sunday granted Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) a reprieve, blocking a subpoena ordering him to testify before a Georgia grand jury probing former President Trump’s alleged interference into the 2020 election.
A three-judge panel with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily paused the subpoena, sending the case back to a district court to decide whether it should be partially quashed or modified, according to The Associated Press.
The panel agreed with Graham’s argument that the Constitution’s Speech and Debate Clause —which shields congressional members from testifying about legislative matters related to their work — prevents him from appearing before a grand jury in Fulton County.
The circuit court asked a U.S. District Court judge to look at whether the subpoena needs to be modified based on the Speech and Debate Clause.
Graham had been set to appear before the special grand jury on Tuesday following a decision from a U.S. District Court that rejected his request to quash the subpoena and forced the senator to testify in the interest of not delaying the investigation. The U.S. District Court judge also ruled that Graham does not have testimonial immunity based on the Speech and Debate Clause.
Graham appealed to the circuit court and on Sunday won his first victory in the legal wrangling since being called to testify last month about phone calls he allegedly had with state election officials after the 2020 election.
The Fulton County probe centers around a January 2021 phone call during which Trump pressured Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) to “find” enough votes to secure his victory in the state.
Graham reportedly called Raffensperger and his staff shortly after Election Day, inquiring about voter fraud and asking for a re-examination of absentee ballots to generate a more favorable outcome for Trump. | https://www.wspa.com/hill-politics/federal-appeals-court-blocks-graham-georgia-grand-jury-subpoena/ | 2022-08-21T19:23:18Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/hill-politics/federal-appeals-court-blocks-graham-georgia-grand-jury-subpoena/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SPRINGDALE, Utah (KTVX) – Zion National Park officials are searching for a missing hiker after flash flooding swept several people downstream late last week.
A spokesperson with Zion National Park, Jonathan Shafer, said park officials responded to the incident at 2:15 p.m. on Friday after receiving a report that “multiple hikers” had been “swept off their feet” by flash flooding in the Narrows at the Virgin River near the Temple of Sinawava.
The National Park Service sent park rangers to conduct a large-scale response.
An injured hiker was found near the Temple of Sinawava. That hiker, who had been swept downstream for several hundred yards, was taken to a nearby hospital, Shafer said.
When other rangers hiked further up, they found several people who were on high ground, separated by high water. The hikers were told to remain where they were until the water receded, at which point rangers helped them to safety.
More than 20 search and rescue team members were deployed along the Virgin River, officials say.
While speaking with visitors Friday evening, rangers said no members were reported missing. However, later that night, friends reported Jetal Agnihotri of Tucson, Arizona, was overdue from a trip to the Narrows.
Rangers monitored the Virgin River for Agnihotri, and conducted additional searches early Saturday. Authorities have not yet said if these searches have been successful.
The Narrows and Riverside Walk will remain closed, according to Zion National Park, as the search and rescue team searches for Agnihotri.
Zion National Park is the latest national park to be hit by flooding this summer.
On Saturday, roughly 150 people were stranded in Carlsbad Caverns National Park in southern New Mexico due to flash flooding, NewsNation reports. The park is closed Sunday due to flooding, officials say.
In early August, Death Valley National Park was hit by historic downpours from monsoonal thunderstorms, causing millions of dollars in damages. This summer’s active monsoon also damaged roads in the Mojave National Preserve and part of Joshua Tree National Park.
Historic flooding also forced Yellowstone National Park to close in June. Northern and northeastern entrances remain closed to vehicles.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/rangers-searching-for-missing-hiker-after-flash-flooding-hits-zion-national-park/ | 2022-08-21T19:24:00Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/rangers-searching-for-missing-hiker-after-flash-flooding-hits-zion-national-park/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
“Storytelling has always been a dance between the creators and the audience. Plots turn and twist, steering expectations and swaying emotions. But as filmed entertainment has grown on a near-exponential scale, encompassing interconnected franchises and expanding onto more platforms than ever before, audiences have begun to more actively engage with what they watch. They analyze, turning ambiguity into clarity, forging connections with fellow fans. As a result, storytellers have to do more than spin a satisfying yarn; they must contend with fans who are so involved, they’re practically racing them to the finish line. For TV shows in particular, the most passionate viewers have become a part of the writers’ room—not physically, of course, but as a looming presence, at least in the minds of those shaping seasons’ worth of plot.”
“The money that Democrats like to invest in clean power is largely spent in Republican districts.”
“In the late 1910s, a strange disease took the world by storm. Its cause remains a mystery to this day.” This is the real-life illness that the plot of Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman is based on.
“Everyone from NASA scientists to elementary school teachers knows that Uranus is the most giggle-inducing planet in our solar system.”
“The FBI is investigating an “unprecedented” number of threats against bureau personnel and property in the wake of the search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, including some against agents listed in court records as being involved in the recent search”.
RIP, Paul Burka, longtime Texas Monthly editor and Texas political journalist, creator of the iconic “Ten Best/Ten Worst Legislators” lists. I got to talk to him a couple of times back in the day. Good guy, very warm and welcoming, and he had a ton of good stories. His former colleague Mimi Swartz has a long reminiscence about him.
“We are asking for a commitment from the community of media outlets reporting on abortion to keep in mind the true danger that you present when interviewing anti-abortion extremists. You are giving the opportunity for dangerous lies to spread. You are, by way of asking them questions, legitimizing their answers. You are allowing hateful, dangerous harassers to build a base that encourages protesting at clinics, stalking and harming clinic staff and abortion providers, and online and in-person abuse of people who have abortions and those who support them in getting that care.”
“The first time Sacheen Littlefeather encountered the Academy, in 1973, she was booed onstage at the Oscars, heckled with mock ululations and so-called “tomahawk chops” offstage, and threatened with arrest and physical assault. Nearly half a century later, she will return to the Academy as an invited guest of honor for an evening of reflection at the Academy Museum, featuring something she never dared to imagine: a formal apology from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.”
“Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome”, tweets Very Serious Person Elon Musk. Sure, Jan.
“It’s not just that Joe Biden has succeeded while Donald Trump failed, it’s also that Biden succeeded where Trump failed.”
“The United States has made a small but significant move toward creating a public system to allow millions of Americans to file their taxes for free.”
“But there’s also a grating flip side to the bleating of Blackburn and the so-called thought leaders of the modern conservative movement. There’s no need to “imagine” what an oppressive police and carceral state can do to everyday American citizens. Just pick up a newspaper or surf the web and read the horror stories.”
RIP, Henry Engel, the 6-year-old son of NBC News chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel. Henry had a rare genetic condition called Rett syndrome, for which he had been treated at Texas Children’s Hospital. Researchers there hope to use Henry’s case to better treat others affected by Rett syndrome moving forward. You can support their research if you are so moved.
“Almost 100 years after its extinction, the Tasmanian tiger may live once again. Scientists want to resurrect the striped carnivorous marsupial, officially known as a thylacine, which used to roam the Australian bush. The ambitious project will harness advances in genetics, ancient DNA retrieval and artificial reproduction to bring back the animal.” | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106562 | 2022-08-21T19:26:21Z | offthekuff.com | control | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106562 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The year the Razorbacks went undefeated
1964 games attended by Fort Smith friends, and the '65 Cotton Bowl
On a Saturday night in October 1964 the voice of the Razorbacks cracked over the radio on the front yard of the Fort Smith home in the Sunnymede addition.
The year 1964 not just the year the Beatles came to America. It is remembered as the lone undefeated season with claims of a national championship year for Razorback fans.
That's what's remembered mostly around here, and especially for Fort Smith Hogs fans Mike Bock, 76, and his buddy Randy Cutting, 73.
Cutting has been on the board of the Fort Smith Razorback Club for 44 years. He's still one of about 250 members today. His great uncle Tom Cutting had been on the the committee that hired Coach Frank Broyles in 1957.
The modern-day Fort Smith club, once known as the Fort Smith Quarterbacks Club, meets this year at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 26 at the Hardscrabble Country Club with guest speaker Chuck Barrett, the 2022 play-by-play radio voice of the Hogs. The public is welcome.
Hopes are high for the 2022 Hogs, Cutting said.
'64 Texas game remembered
Cutting was 14 years old at his friend's house in Fort Smith to listen to the Hogs play rival Texas. He didn't go to away games until a few years later, so he was not in-person at the game in Austin, Texas Oct. 17, 1964.
That night game against Texas Oct. 17, 1964, was the one Cutting remembers the most, even though he wasn't there it lives forever in that radio field of imagination. He heard it broadcast on AM radio as he sat outside in Fort Smith.
Bud Campbell was the Razorbacks announcer. The station was either KFSA 950 AM or KWHN 1320 AM, Cutting said.
"Even though I wasn't in Austin for the game I do remember right where I was," Cutting said. "I was at David Walters in his front yard listening on his parents radio."
A player named Ken Hatfield would return a punt for a touchdown. An assistant coach under Broyles that year was named Barry Switzer. Jimmy Johnson was a nose guard. And there was Jerry Jones as a guard on the '64 team.
Back to the October night in Fort Smith, the biggest one of the year to date for Hogs fans in 1964. The airwaves delivered Razorbacks win that night, as they broke a 15-game losing streak to the Longhorns with a final score of 15-14. The Longhorns' 2-point conversion failed.
"When we won everybody in the neighborhood started honkin' their horn and screaming. It was about 10 at night," Cutting said. "We knew we were on a fast-path to the national championship."
Cutting's memory was assisted by Mike Bock in Bock's sunroom as they looked over photographs of the original Fort Smith Quarterbacks Club in the 1950s before it was changed about a decade ago to the Fort Smith Razorback Club.
Bock said, "The Texas game was unbelievable. I think it was at night too if my memory serves me right."
Cutting said, "It was."
Bock continued, "I remember we were down and they kicked to Kenny Hatfield and he broke probably five or six tackles if my memory serves me right. Everybody in my house stood up and cheered, we were listening to it on the radio and we were going nuts."
Bock, then 18 years old, went to Dallas to stay with relatives for the Cotton Bowl game against Nebraska. He bought a ticket outside the stadium for about $10 on the 30-yard line.
"We were so excited we were behind and made that last drive to win that ballgame, Nebraska was a lot bigger than us.
And the Razorbacks claimed a national championship that day on New Year's Day, 1965.
"When the game was over everybody on the Arkansas side was hugging each other and shaking hands. We knew that we won a national championship that year."
There was no playoff system in 1964 for football. Alabama was voted number one by the Associated Press before the bowl games, but the Crimson Tide lost to Texas in the Orange Bowl 21-17 and Arkansas beat Nebraska in Cotton Bowl 10-7 . The controversy remains in Razorback lore.
Cutting said he plans to attend all of the games this year in Fayetteville and he is expecting the team to build on last year's success. Bock stopped short of picking another national champion in 2022. But he expects at least nine wins from where he will be watching the his north Fort Smith sunroom this fall, and into the New Year, perhaps, with a little luck, he said.
Each year, the club gives the Chism Reed to an outstanding senior Razorback football or basketball player. | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/08/21/fort-smith-fans/10333993002/ | 2022-08-21T19:33:21Z | swtimes.com | control | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/08/21/fort-smith-fans/10333993002/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Pedestrian killed by hit-and-run driver in Fort Smith Sunday
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Fort Smith Times Record
Police are looking for the driver of a vehicle who fatally struck a pedestrian in Fort Smith Sunday.
The pedestrian was walking in the 5200 block of Towson Avenue about 4:20 a.m.
The pedestrian had not been identified Sunday morning, police reported.
Police investigated the case Sunday morning as traffic was detoured out of the area.
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Woodlawn man facing murder charge after shooting 2 men in June
CHICAGO - A 34-year-old Woodlawn man is facing a murder charge related to an incident that occurred on June 2.
Colby Aiknes appeared in Central Bond Court Sunday for one charge of murder, attempted murder, two weapons charges and resisting/obstructing.
Chicago Police said Aiknes was arrested in Woodlawn on Friday after he was identified as the man who shot a 41-year-old man multiple times, as well as a 39-year-old man in Park Manor on June 2.
The 39-year-old died from his injuries.
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The suspect was placed into custody and charged accordingly.
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Cueto sharp for 8 2/3 innings, White Sox blank Guardians 2-0
CLEVELAND - Johnny Cueto scattered five hits over 8 2/3 innings and José Abreu had an RBI double, sending the Chicago White Sox over the Cleveland Guardians 2-0 on Saturday night.
Cleveland leads the AL Central by one game over Minnesota, while the White Sox moved within 2 1/2 games of the Guardians. Chicago had lost three in a row.
"Every time I pitch now is kind of like a playoff game because we’re in the race," Cueto said. "I know what I have and I like to compete."
Cueto (6-5) posted his 10th consecutive quality start, the first double-digit string by the White Sox since Carlos Rodón in 2016. The right-hander struck out two and walked one in beating Cleveland for the fifth time in five career decisions.
Manager Tony La Russa pulled Cueto for Liam Hendriks with one on and two outs in the ninth after 113 pitches. Hendriks struck out rookie Oscar Gonzalez for his 28th save.
The 36-year-old Cueto nearly pitched his first shutout since 2016 with San Francisco.
"Cueto is an artist and he was clutch for us," La Russa said. "He looked the same at the end as he did at the beginning, but the only guy he wasn’t going to face was Gonzalez. Liam is happy that we shared the wealth."
Shane Bieber (8-7) had his four-start winning streak snapped, allowing two runs on five hits in 6 1/3 innings. The 2020 AL Cy Young Award winner struck out four in his first loss since July 24 at the White Sox.
Abreu opened the scoring in the sixth by doubling to straight-away center, driving in Luis Robert. Chicago only had one hit off Bieber entering the inning.
"Johnny has been a great arm for a long time," Bieber said. "But obviously it sucks to come out on the other end of a game like this."
Elvis Andrus extended the White Sox’s lead to 2-0 on an unusual play in the seventh, scampering home after Will Benson’s throw from right field bounced and struck catcher Luke Maile on his mask.
Benson caught Josh Harrison’s flyout, but was charged with an error when the ball dislodged Maile’s mask and bounced away from him. Reliever James Karinchak was unable to retrieve it before Andrus touched the plate.
"(Andrus) is a hell of a threat and he takes pride in his baserunning," La Russa said. "He still has his legs."
White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal injured his left knee while attempting to score from second base in the seventh. Grandal, who was thrown out by Myles Straw, was unable to put any weight on his leg as he was helped off the field.
Grandal was on crutches in the clubhouse and said he wouldn’t know the specifics of his injury until undergoing tests. La Russa said he will be placed on the injured list Sunday.
Andrus went 1 for 4 in his second game with the White Sox. The 33-year-old shortstop signed as a free agent after being released by Oakland.
Oscar Gonzalez had two of Cleveland’s hits, along with its lone walk, and rookie Steven Kwan, Josh Naylor and Maile each had one.
The Guardians have won 10 of their last 14 and are 23-14 since July 10.
The first pitch was delayed by 2 hours, 55 minutes due to rain and started at 9:05 p.m. Cleveland has played an MLB-high 10 doubleheaders and had 11 games postponed, including three against Chicago.
"A three-hour rain delay isn’t good to begin with, but I think it’s even harder on starting pitchers," Bieber said. "That’s why Johnny and I gave each other a look when we finally got out there."
Robert started for the first time in eight games after spraining his left wrist sliding into second base on Aug. 12.
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Five years ago, Mike Noel was newly retired from his manufacturing job in Rhode Island and had just gone through a rough divorce.
"I hooked up my boat and headed down here, without having a place to live," he recalls in the living room of his home near Vero Beach, Fla.
Noel used most of his modest retirement savings to buy the house at Heritage Plantation, a mobile home park 20 minutes from the ocean. The homes here look more like conventional houses than what you might think of as a mobile home. They're up on foundations and have yards and driveways.
"I thought I was moving to paradise – you know, beautiful weather and being able to fish 12 months a year."
His new place wasn't like the large house he owned in Rhode Island, and the floor needed repairs. But the price was affordable and it offered the promise of a new start.
And then it started to rain.
"I'm talking about those typical Florida thunderstorms you get, where you get a 15- to 20-minute downpour."
When those rains came, Noel found out the streets in the park flooded, for hours or sometimes days. At first he didn't worry too much about it. "But by the tenth time it flooded, I had started reaching my limits," he says, because at times the water was a foot deep, sometimes even two. "It was like, holy crap," he remembers, "this is not good!"
Floods and a slimy residue
Residents in the park say the streets have been flooding after normal rainfall for 20 years, due to an antiquated and broken stormwater drainage system.
They say the water has damaged their homes and is often deep enough that people get trapped in their houses. Some are elderly. They say emergency vehicles have refused to respond to calls due to the flooding.
"The people across the street are in their 90s," says Noel. "I know people that couldn't get to their chemotherapy appointments."
To make matters worse, residents say when the water eventually recedes it leaves behind a slimy residue that people slip and fall on.
"The slime never goes away," says Stanley Paxton, a 79-year-old resident who slipped on the street in 2018 and landed in the hospital for shoulder surgery. "I was just walking my dog," he says. "Next thing I know my left foot goes out from underneath me... and I hit the pavement with my shoulder."
Mobile homes are one of the last options for affordable home ownership
Residents say there have been other problems beyond the broken drainage system– electrical wiring issues, potholes, and bad lighting that's caused people to trip and get hurt on the park's dark roads at night.
A group of residents have now organized and filed a lawsuit detailing all these problems against the park's owner, a company called Equity Lifestyle Partners, or ELS. The group alleges that ELS has ignored their complaints over the years, and failed to fix the broken stormwater drainage system. ELS denies wrongdoing.
What these residents say they are dealing with may be part of a bigger problem that goes far beyond any one park or landlord.
Millions of Americans live in mobile home parks – one of the nation's last options for affordable homeownership.
But in recent years, big companies have been buying up mobile home parks. And critics say some are making hundreds of millions of dollars in profits collecting and raising rents on their typically lower-income residents, without spending enough money on even basic maintenance and upkeep.
Allegations from residents at parks around the country, owned by ELS or other companies, have ranged from persistent sewage backups to drinking water and power outages. Other claims include aggressive eviction policies and unfair business practices.
Mobile in name only: Once installed mobile homes are hard to move
"They're taking advantage of a group of people that really don't have the resources to fight against it," says Beth Fegan, an attorney representing the residents at the park in Vero Beach.
Feeling they were running out of options, residents started looking for a lawyer. They found Fegan.
She was known for fighting a different kind of battle – the harassment and assault cases that became the "Me too" movement.
Among her clients were victims of Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
But, she took the residents' case and sued ELS in federal court. Fegan says the company's failure to fix the stormwater system violates the promise it makes in the park's prospectus for residents. And she says the problems here go beyond this individual case.
"We're trying to right a wrong that we see that is systemic in an industry, and really use it as an example," she says, "To let the industry know we're going to come after them."
While buying a manufactured home offers the promise of home ownership, residents of mobile home parks don't have the same independence and economic power that owners of traditional homes do.
For one thing, the homes are mobile in name only. Once they're trucked in and assembled, it's difficult and expensive to move them. It can also be prohibitively expensive to find another place to live. Manufactured housing households had a median income of less than $35,000 in 2019, according to the American Housing Survey.
"The park knows that they cannot pick up their home and leave," Fegan says. "And so these complaints have really just gone ignored."
Since the homeowners don't own the lot the home sits on, that can leave them vulnerable to the decisions of their landlords when it comes to maintenance, rent increases and even eviction.
ELS says homeowners are free to sell their homes, and many do
Basically Fegan describes it as a classic David vs Goliath power imbalance. On the one side are lower-income residents, while their landlords are often big businesses.
ELS is a multi-billion dollar, publicly traded company that lists about 200 mobile home parks in its portfolio. It also owns RV parks and marinas. Its net income was about $263 million last year.
Fegan says if corporate landlords decide to squeeze out more profits by, as she sees it, neglecting their residents, they need to be held accountable.
"If they don't put the money in to maintain the infrastructure in these parks," she says, "we're willing to take on that fight."
The manager at the ELS park said she couldn't talk to NPR reporters. And no one from the company would agree to an interview. But ELS spokeswoman Jennifer Ludovice says in a statement to NPR that the lawsuit misrepresents conditions at the park and that the company, "invest[s] in the maintenance of the community to ensure it remains a desirable neighborhood."
Ludovice says homeowners are free to sell their homes if they want to and often do.
The company also says the suit, "involves only three out of approximately 650 residents in the community." But that's not really true.
Technically, there are three plaintiffs, but documents show 27 residents signed court papers in support of the lawsuit getting class action status. Fegan says more than 75 answered questionnaires to help her with the case.
There are, though, some residents who question the lawsuit.
Mixed views on the lawsuit
"I'm not an advocate, per se, for ELS," says Dick Bruce, a former head of the park's homeowners' association. "I'm just going to say that they're not as bad as what some folks will make it sound like."
Bruce and his wife, Jean, who are retired, worry that if they force the company to spend a lot of money fixing the flooding problems, it will raise their lot rents more than it otherwise would.
"I'm not saying I don't want the flooding fixed, but we need to be aware of what we are asking for and what we may get," Jean Bruce says, "We're on a fixed income, but we've seen our rent go up every year."
And the Bruces say ELS more recently has been making some major repairs to its stormwater system.
Company spokeswoman Ludovice says the company has spent more than $300,000 improving the stormwater system over the last three years and that three former homeowners association officers are on the record saying the system functions as it should.
But Fegan sent NPR photos of flooded streets which she says were taken recently, in July, after a hard rain.
Some residents say there's still a flooding problem and that it seemed to them that major repairs only started after the homeowners began organizing and meeting with lawyers.
Black mold, rotted beams and floorboards
Residents also say that over the years the flooding has caused a lot of damage.
"The ground here is very wet in this place, it's soaked, it never goes away," says Michael Frawley. His mother lived in a home in the park for 23 years. She just passed away a few months ago.
Frawley says he had to replace her floors twice, with pressure treated plywood, because they rotted out.
"The plywood, the beams, everything was eaten up from moisture," Frawley says. "And then there was black mold everywhere."
The cost of doing business
From an investor standpoint, choosing an industry where maintenance and overhead costs are relatively low, is, as they say, not a bug but a feature.
ELS says as much in its annual report. "Compared to other types of real estate companies, our business model is characterized by low maintenance costs and low customer turnover costs," the report says.
Former ELS board member and current shareholder Michael Torres agrees. "It's just basically resurfacing roads and having a shared community center. You don't own walls and roofs."
Residents have to fix their own roofs or floors, or pretty much anything else that needs repair in their homes because they own them. Torres says that's one of the things that makes investing in mobile home parks, "the gold standard of investing in property."
Torres manages more than $2 billion in investments through his company, Adelante Capital Management. Mostly, he invests in real estate investment trusts (REITs), like ELS. And he does not seem to have much sympathy for the homeowners at the park in Florida.
"Streets flood,"Torres says. "You chose that community - buyer beware. It's like people that move next to a school and complain about the noise. To me there's no story here."
He goes further: "Unfortunately, it's called landlord for a reason," he says. "You're not told you have to live there."
With regard to the lawsuit against ELS, he says he doesn't know all the facts and he's not speaking on behalf of the company, but he's not concerned about it as an investor. "It's a nuisance," Torres says. "It's just part of the cost of doing business."
A smoking gun?
Heritage Plantation isn't the first ELS park to find itself in the crosshairs of a lawyer representing residents. The company has been the subject of numerous legal proceedings. Perhaps the most notable one began in 2009.
Then, California attorney Jim Allen sued the company over conditions at California Hawaiian Mobile Estates, a park in Salinas. He alleged that the electrical system was shot, power would go out to the homes regularly, sewage backed up in some houses.
"They had a lake and the lake basically stunk," Allen says. "It was putrid."
There were kids in that park, and he says the playground was dangerous. "It had sharp edges, it had a slide you couldn't use." he says.
Allen says there are so many mobile home parks neglecting residents that representing residents is now the heart of his law practice.
As the California ELS case played out, Allen says he uncovered what to him seemed to be a smoking-gun reason for the neglect.
He argued in the trial that ELS had an employee bonus structure that incentivized managers to squeeze out more profits by forgoing maintenance.
"So what happens is, you want to get your bonus, so you don't authorize repairs," says Allen.
An attorney for ELS during that trial said that staying within the maintenance budget was just one factor in determining a bonus.
After a legal fight that dragged on for years, a jury sided with the residents and awarded them $111 million. ELS successfully challenged the award and the case ended with a settlement of close to $10 million. The company maintains to this day that the suit was without merit and that the park was and remains a desirable community.
With regard to the bonus structure, ELS said in a statement that it encourages park managers to act in the best interest of the property and residents. Park budgets, "are not written in stone," ELS' Ludovice wrote to NPR. She says Heritage Plantation's manager received her full bonus last year despite the property being over budget.
Catfish swimming in the roads
Back in Florida, Ann, a former ELS manager at another of the company's mobile home parks, told NPR that her community also had a stormwater problem.
"We would have constant flooding," she says. "There were catfish swimming in the roads."
Ann says she worked at that ELS park for several years about 5 years ago. She says residents there would get trapped in their homes too because the water was too deep to drive through.
"They wouldn't be able to leave," she says.
She didn't want her full name used, fearing retribution from ELS or others in the industry.
Ann says she repeatedly asked ELS management to fix the flooding problem, but the company didn't. She says ELS did do some basic maintenance such as fixing potholes.
"They had a cap of how much they were willing to spend."
"Do the right thing"
At the Heritage Plantation park, the local government has gotten involved. Frustrated residents called officials with Indian River County, only to be told that they too, had limited power over ELS. The park, they noted, is private property.
But, county officials say that, in addition to the flooding, the stormwater system appeared to have another problem.
"Their storm water is going in our sewer system," says County Commissioner Joe Earman.
He says the county ordered ELS to fix that problem, but even after fining the company $100 a day for several years, it remains unfixed. As of mid July, the fines had reached $157,700.
"When they make no effort to contact us and (they) owe you $150,000 in code enforcement fines and don't ever reach out to us about it, that kind of sends a red flag up to us," Earman says.
ELS says it has in fact fixed that problem and is now in the process of resolving the issue with the county.
Still, Earman says it shouldn't take twenty years for the flooding problems residents have been struggling with here to get fixed.
"It's frustrating to me as a county commissioner," Earman says. "How about you just do the right thing?" And that, Earman says, is for ELS to fix the flooding problems in the park. "I think they can afford it."
NPR researcher Julia Wohl contributed to this report.
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We’re getting closer and closer to the start of the 2022 Marquette men’s soccer season! If you haven’t already checked out our rundown on everybody coming back from last season’s team that finished 7-8-1 and closed out the year with a win over #1 ranked Georgetown, you should go do that! There’s an awful lot of talent coming back from that team, and all of those guys lend context to what we’re going to talk about today. Specifically: The new guys! There’s seven freshmen on the roster this fall along with three transfers. Two of those transfers are listed as graduate students so maybe, just maybe, those guys might be expected to do a thing or two this year. We’ll get into it as we go, so let’s just get started!
FORWARDS
Let’s start by trying to unpack what’s going on with this entire position group. Remember: Lukas Sunesson and Beto Soto are forwards on this roster, so you would have to presume that both guys are going to get a chance to play a whole bunch. However, all three of Marquette’s inbound transfers are also forwards, and two of them are graduate student transfers. I presume those guys aren’t coming to Marquette on the short term to just sit on their hands.
One of those grad transfers is Ben Barkley, and he might have the chance to make the biggest immediate impact on Marquette. That has more to do with the fact that he’s transferring in from Tulsa, which happens to be MU’s first opponent of the regular season. Call him Student Assistant Coach Barkley, if you catch my drift here. Barkley had three goals for the Golden Hurricane last season and led the team in assists with seven with one of those helpers coming on Tulsa’s only goal in their 1-0 win over MU last season. That’s not just goof off points either, as Tulsa ascended as high as #2 in the country at one point and reached the Sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament, too. He is listed as a forward/midfielder on the roster, so perhaps there’s space for him in the middle of the park instead of up top to help drive the offense.
We’ll circle back to the other grad transfer in a second, but let’s chat about Abdoul Karim Pare first. He’s coming to Marquette from LSU Shreveport, which is an NAIA program. He had 11 goals on 45 shots along with two assists for the Pilots last year, and he’s listed as a sophomore this season. Now, there’s a big difference between NAIA college soccer and Big East “here, play against this national championship contender” college soccer, so maybe that shooting prowess doesn’t quite translate. Still, Lukas Sunesson (26.1%) was the only guy with more than five shots last season who shot better than 17%, and Pare was at 24.4%. If he can succeed at even 75% of that, he’s a better shooter than anyone else Marquette had last year. We have to note that Pare did get a chance to start in MU’s exhibition opener, so we’ll see if that’s a “let’s see what we have” situation or a “he’s one of our best” setup.
Brooklyn Merl, the other grad transfer, and true freshman Lucas Nesthus round out the group here. Merl comes to MU after spending time playing in his native Germany, including helping FC Duren win a German fifth division title in 2021-22. That’s neat, but also his Marquette bio doesn’t mention if he was actually doing any scoring for them. That generally gives me an eye twitch for forwards, and he was a late addition to the roster as well. We’ll have to wait and see what happens with him. Nesthus scored 33 goals and added 14 assists last fall for Pewaukee High School, which I believe would qualify him for “Noted Problem” status. Does that translate to immediate minutes for Marquette this year, or is he going to have to wait for playing time to open up for him?
MIDFIELDERS
Both Mitrar Mitrovic and Tristan Ronnestad-Stevens provide something not otherwise found in Marquette’s midfield: Size. Both men stand 6’2” according to the roster, and with Zyan Andrade rising three inches taller than Edrey Caceres and seven above Alan Salmeron, you can see how the freshmen might be able to do some different things on the field for Marquette. Mitrovic, who was born in Serbia, spent his youth time with the Indiana Fire and Chicago Fire Academies. Ronnestad-Stevens hails from Australia where he most recently competed with Sorrento FC on the western side of the country. Neither man has anything about scoring ability in their official Marquette bio, but with midfielders, that’s sometimes not a surprise. If both or either man can provide the Golden Eagles with some advantage on the defensive end, that could lead to early playing time for them. That side of the field seems to have been MU’s biggest problem last year, and while there are returning guys with experience, that doesn’t mean things can’t be improved.
With that said, Ronnestad-Stevens scored one of MU’s three goals in their exhibition opener against Northern Illinois, and did so by running down a free kick from Edrey Caceres. Is that a sign of more up the field play from him or just positioning on a ball that was going to turn into a scoring chance right away? From a look at the list of starters, it certainly looks like he was playing defense in the formation.
GOAL!!
— Marquette Soccer (@marquettesoccer) August 15, 2022
Tristan Rønnestad-Stevens connects on a set piece from Caceres in the final minute of the first period. MU 1 - NIU 0.#WeAreMarquette pic.twitter.com/YGNftAJdYM
DEFENDERS
As always, I never quite know what to make of freshman defenders as it’s hard to get a read on their official team bios and figure out if they’re a big deal or not. I will say that it’s quite fascinating to see that both Kyle Bebej and Diegoarmando Alvarado played together for the Chicago Fire Academy. They won a MLS Next Cup together, and Alvarado scored three times and added two assists just in tournament play. Bebej was most recently playing with the Fire U23 team, and again: He’s a freshman in college this fall. That’s playing with guys a few years older than him, so he’s experienced with collegiate size and speed. Alvarado started in Marquette’s exhibition opener, and when you realize that he was training with the Chicago Fire MLS squad before coming to Milwaukee, that’s not terribly surprising. Alvarado has US Youth National Team training experience, although that hasn’t turned into national team appearances for him.
As I alluded to in the midfielder discussion, Marquette needs to be better on defense this fall. If either Alvarado or Bebej can provide that, they deserve all the minutes they can get. Harvey Read didn’t start in that exhibition, so we’ll have to wait to see if that was the coaches putting out the best 11 they could or if they were mixing up their deck to see how well different guys play together.
GOALKEEPERS
The most interesting starting note from Marquette’s exhibition win over Northern Illinois was Ludvig Malberg getting the call in net for the Golden Eagles. The 6’4” Swede was the team MVP and school athlete of the year at Tingsholmgymnasiet in Ulricehamn, and that’s not nothing. Malberg has played with the youth development teams as part of the IF Elfsborg program, although I’m not sure what “helped the team” means when you’re a keeper and there’s no stats to go with that. Then again, they were 2021 U21 and 2020 U19 runner-ups, so that’s something one way or another. If he’s going to be an improvement over Chandler Hallwood, then that means good things for the Golden Eagles in the defensive third.
Ryan Koschik is Marquette’s other freshman netminder, giving the Golden Eagles four keepers on the roster but only one with any collegiate playing time. While he lists Chicago as his hometown and has your standard issue American prep/club history, including captain of Hinsdale Central’s team last fall, Koschik also has international experience. It appears, at least according to his MU bio, that after finishing up high school, he headed to spain to play with Malaga City’s U19 squad. Sure, it’s Spain’s fifth division, but getting that chance isn’t anything to sneeze at either. I’d be fascinated to hear the story of how he ended up there if any enterprising person over at the Marquette Wire is listening. | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/8/21/23314163/marquette-golden-eagles-mens-soccer-season-preview-transfers-freshmen-barkley-pare-malberg-alvarado | 2022-08-21T19:58:24Z | anonymouseagle.com | control | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/8/21/23314163/marquette-golden-eagles-mens-soccer-season-preview-transfers-freshmen-barkley-pare-malberg-alvarado | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In preparation for the next phase of pilgrimage to the holy land of Israel, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), via the Christian Pilgrims Welfare Board has come out to say it is engaging the services of security operatives to ensure that all Pilgrims that embarked on pilgrimage on its platform are all accounted for, without any record of abscondment.
The Director of the Board, Dabara Audu Vingo, during a chat with newsmen in Abuja, over the weekend said the Board has among other measures, engaged the services of several security operatives who mount intelligent surveillance on the Pilgrims at all points, to prevent Pilgrims from absconding and embarking on human trafficking.
Vingo said: “This last pilgrimage was very successful. We went and came back with the same numbers of Pilgrims.
“We achieved this through our pilgrimage activities. Even if you have the money and we give you the package cost, we don’t just accept your money and allow you to go. We subject all intending Pilgrims to rigorous screening.
“Once an intending Pilgrims submit their filled forms, we start screening to determine their intents, even in their absence.
“We have operatives from the Department of State Security ( DSS) the Police, Civil Defense, the Immigration and other relevant agencies that will investigate the persons,” he stated.
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DESPITE the rising number of music artistes dotting the music space in the country and beyond, rising music star, Oluwatobiloba Ernest Odiase, otherwise known as Waveboii has stated that his passion and talent for the craft will take his career to new heights.
Waveboii, who said this in a recent interview added that while he appreciates the huge deposits of
music talents in Nigeria, giving his career the best shot with relatable music and contents will give an edge above others.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that the mode of transmission of results remains electronic.
INEC made the clarification in a statement issued by Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education for INEC on Sunday.
The statement reads in part, “The attention (of INEC) has been drawn to a misunderstanding arising from a recent short interview granted to a national newspaper on the procedure for result management during elections.
“Some have interpreted the explanation on result management procedure to mean that the Commission has jettisoned the electronic transmission of result and reverted to the manual process.
“This is not correct.
“For clarity, the procedure for result transmission remains the same as in recent governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun States.
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“There will be no change in all future elections, including the 2023 General Election
“We wish to reassure Nigerians that the electronic transmission of result has come to stay. It adds to the credibility and transparency of the process when citizens follow polling unit-level results on the INEC Result Viewing (ReV) portal on real-time on Election Day. There will be no change or deviation in subsequent elections.
“The entire gamut of result management is provided for in Sections 60, 62 and 64 of the Electoral Act 2022 In line with the provision of the law, the Commission, in April this year, released a detailed clarification of the procedure for transmission, collation and declaration of result which was shared with all stakeholders and uploaded to our website.
“We appeal to all Nigerians to avail themselves of the provisions of the Electoral Act and the Commission’s detailed explanation of the procedure and not reach a conclusion on the basis of media headlines.” | https://tribuneonlineng.com/inec-says-result-transmission-for-2023-elections-remains-electronic/ | 2022-08-21T19:58:54Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/inec-says-result-transmission-for-2023-elections-remains-electronic/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Gunmen suspected to be cultists over the weekend killed an aide to the Oshodi Local Government Chairman, Francis Oguntulu, and injured other people.
The deceased who was until his death the Chief Of Staff to the council boss was attending a social function at Adeyemi Street when gunmen invaded the area and started shooting at the guests.
It was not clear at the time of filing this report if the deceased Oguntulu was the target or if he was hit by stray bullets.
The information available to the Nigerian Tribune has it that the yet-to-be-identified gunmen just invaded the venue of the social function and opened fire on guests.
Confirming the incident, Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman, Gbenga Soloki, said the three injured persons are currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital.
He said: “Oguntulu with some of his friends were at a birthday party when he was attacked, hacked and shot to death by his assailants.
“The gunmen shot sporadically in the air and in the process three residents sustained gunmen wound.
“After the attack, Oguntulu and other victims of the attack were rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead by the doctor.”
Council chairman, Hon Kehinde Oloyede, described the death of his former aide as shocking.
When contacted, the image maker in charge of the state police command, Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the incident to the Nigerian Tribune.
He however could not ascertain the actual number of people who were killed and injured in the incident.
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Withholding $60m trapped funds can affect foreign investment in Nigeria ― Airlines rep
Tension is presently reigning amongst stakeholders across the country’s aviation sector over the $600 million funds belonging to the foreign airlines operating in Nigeria which got trapped in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
Some of the key players who have accused the foreign carriers of playing the victims’ card are saying that rather than accuse Nigeria of owing them, it was actually the foreign carriers that have been ripping Nigeria off through the almost-free operations they enjoy in Nigeria without the payment of royalties as stated in the Bilateral Air Service Agreements (BASAs) existing between them and Nigeria.
In a sharp response, the President of the Association of Foreign Airlines Representatives in Nigeria (AFARN), Mr Kingsley Nwokoma, has described the key player’s position as a mere distraction from the issue of the trapped funds which he said should be on the front burner.
Nwokoma in a chat with the Nigerian Tribune while reacting to the notion that the foreign carriers were only hiding behind the trapped funds’ story to swindle Nigeria through their refusal to pay royalties, declared that “this is just a distraction instead of addressing the issue on the front burner.
“The question is, which royalties have the foreign airlines been asked to pay and have not been paid for, let them tell us. BASA captures all payments, and frequency agreements. Impossibility to remit the foreign airlines’ funds could affect further investments in Nigeria.”
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According to the foreign airlines’ representative, it is the responsibility of the federal government to fathom a way out even as he insisted: “Nigeria owes the foreign airlines money, they offered services based on laid down rules. Distraction is not what we need now but negotiations.”
The reaction from the foreign airlines’ president is coming after some key players at the weekend argued that Nigeria did not owe the foreign airlines anything.
One of the key players who said the foreign carriers should either wait until Nigeria has the funds to pay them or quit operations as Emirates did, called for an end to what he called the arm-twisting.
Still challenging the foreign carriers, the key player declared: “Would it be fair for them to go and announce that the government owes them? Instead of saying that the government has dishonoured a commitment to exchange their funds at a certain rate, they chose to announce that the government owed them. Is it good? The narrative these airlines are selling to the world is simply uncomplimentary and disturbing.”
While insisting that rather than the claims of the foreign carriers that they were the ones that actually owed the federal government over N1 billion from royalties emanating from the Bilateral Air Service Agreement (BASA). | https://tribuneonlineng.com/withholding-60m-trapped-funds-can-affect-foreign-investment-in-nigeria-%E2%80%95-airlines-rep/ | 2022-08-21T19:59:46Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/withholding-60m-trapped-funds-can-affect-foreign-investment-in-nigeria-%E2%80%95-airlines-rep/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Hot Toys Calls in Obi-Wan Kenobi’s Grand Inquisitor
He has a history of striding into a new Star Wars show all cool and badass, then appearing to meet his demise much sooner than expected so that the true villain can be revealed. Nonetheless, we still love the Grand Inquisitor, who has the power to cure stomach impalements with pure hatred. That’s a resilient foe. Formerly of Rebels, this Jedi hunter made his live-action debut on the Disney+ Obi-Wan Kenobi series. From there, it was just a matter of time before Hot Toys brought his realistic design into screen-accurate three dimensions.
Per the official description, this figure “is meticulously crafted featuring a newly developed head sculpt with stunning likeness, skillfully tailored outfit, light-up chest armor light, luminous reflective effect on the belt, LED light-up double-bladed lightsaber, interchangeable lightsaber blades emulating the weapon in motion, a Darth Vader hologram and holoprojector, and a display base.”
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Surprisingly, given the LEDs, he comes in at a lower-than-usual Hot Toys price of $260. As always, Sideshow Toys makes payment plans available. Expect this Pau’an punisher to ship approximately 14-17 months from now.
Take a look through the gallery below to see the figure in multiple action poses and closeups. Will he come inquiring to your home? Let us know in comments.
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Rising Progressive American Flat Track star Dallas Daniels (No. 32 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT) passed the ultimate test of nerves and skill to win the Mission SuperTwins presented by S&S Cycle Main Event in Saturday night’s Mission Legendary Sacramento Mile powered by Law Tigers at Cal Expo in Sacramento, California.
Daniels grabbed the holeshot from pole, putting him directly in the sights of defending Mission SuperTwins king Jared Mees (No. 1 Indian Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance FTR750) with two-time champ Briar Bauman (No. 3 Indian Motorcycle/Progressive Insurance FTR750) right in tow.
The Sacramento Mile has long favored experience over youth, and Mees called on every bit of the experience he’d gained in winning the last four Sacramento Miles to challenge Daniels. The factory Indian ace applied heavy pressure throughout, showed his front wheel on a handful of occasions, and then rehearsed a finish-line strike as the clock ticked down. But none of it was enough to force the unflappable rookie into a costly error on circuit where such a mistake could have come all too easily.
All the while, Bauman remained in their draft, never quite close enough to attempt a move, but close enough to take advantage should either Daniels or Mees bobble. The eventual third-place finish was Bauman’s fifth consecutive podium finish, although Mees’ runner-up allowed him to stretch his advantage out to nine points over Bauman (229-220). Daniels, meanwhile, drew nearer with his triumph, now just 16 points back at 213.
Daniels said, “It was definitely tough. These guys are so good. The talent in this class is insane. Leading that whole race was stressful. I was riding super tight and struggling really bad in Turns 3 and 4. I knew those guys were right on me.
“Me and the boss – (Tommy) Hayden – went over a little strategy to use at the end that I think played well. I don’t have a lot of experience out here, so I’m trying to learn as much as I can. This is great for me – learning how to lead a whole Mile race. At the Red Mile, I was able to follow Jared and see what he was doing. But I had to set the pace tonight, and it was tough – really tough. It wasn’t easy by any means. Sacramento is such a legendary track – I’m so pumped to win here.”
Any hopes for a four-rider clash for victory were extinguished from the start; JD Beach (No. 95 Estenson Racing Yamaha MT-07 DT) just didn’t have the pace to battle with his title rivals on this night, instead falling into a scrap with Brandon Robinson (No. 44 Mission Roof Systems Indian FTR750) for fourth.
Beach eventually shook free of the Mission Roof Systems runner to come home clear in the position and up his championship tally to an even 200.
Behind Robinson, sixth-place went to a lonely Davis Fisher (No. 67 Bob Lanphere’s BMC Racing Indian FTR750) while Ben Lowe (No. 25 Rackley Racing/Mission Foods Indian FTR750), Jesse Janisch (No. 33 Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson XG750R), Cameron Smith (No. 34 Thee Cathy Gray/Al Barker Yamaha MT-07), and Andrew Luker (No. 11 Rackley Racing/Keeran Racing Indian FTR750) rounded out the top ten.
Mission Production Twins presented by Vance & Hines
Jesse Janisch (No. 33 Vance & Hines Harley-Davidson XG750R) took another huge step in his march toward the ‘22 Mission Production Twins presented by Vance & Hines throne.
The Wisconsin native had been all but unstoppable over the past five races, a trend that’s carried over from Half-Mile to TT to Mile alike. And again, it was the now familiar story on Saturday night, as the Vance & Hines ace topped practice, both qualifying sessions, and his Semi – and typically by significant margins – ahead of the Main Event.
Once there, however, Janisch found himself pushed to the limit by a hugely motivated Mikey Rush (No. 15 Helipower Racing/Las Vegas Harley-Davidson XG750R), who was desperate to win in front of his home-state fans.
The two powered away off the start and soon became embroiled in a tense all-XG750R struggle for the victory. Both riders took their turn at the front before Janisch finally eked out a bit of breathing space just as he opened the final two laps.
He was then forced to navigate one final potential pitfall, encountering a pair of lappers as he tiptoed around Turns 3 and 4 for the final time. With that out of the way, Janisch put his head down to reel in his sixth win of the season.
“I was just trying to be smooth,” Janisch said. “The track was getting brutal out there. It was super technical, and Mikey was showing me some lines out there. I tried to latch on to him and follow him and learn where I could be a little bit better. I’ll be honest – I thought he was going to be there at the end, so I tried to get ahead of him and slow him down a little bit.
“The Vance & Hines guys brought me one heck of a horse today. It was awesome and gives me some good confidence going into two Miles at Springfield.”
Cameron Smith (No. 34 Thee Cathy Gray/Al Barker Yamaha MT-07) made Janisch’s night that much better. Smith won out in a three-rider melee for the final spot on the podium, edging defending class champion Cory Texter (No. 1 G&G Racing/Yamaha Racing Yamaha MT-07) for the position with Nick Armstrong (No. 60 Competitive Racing Frames/Lessley Brothers Yamaha MT-07) just behind in fifth.
As a result, Janisch boosted his title advantage to 24 points (264-240. With just four races to go, that strips Texter of control over his own destiny as four runner-ups would now be enough to seal the championship for Janisch even if Texter managed to win out from here.
Parts Unlimited AFT Singles presented by KICKER
The streaking Trevor Brunner (No. 21 Estenson Racing Yamaha YZ450F) made it three straight Parts Unlimited AFT Singles presented by KICKER wins in Sacramento, picking right back up where he left off at Cal Expo a season ago, despite swapping his Turner Racing Honda for an Estenson Racing Yamaha in the meantime.
Brunner married his Sacramento Mile success with his spectacular ‘22 midseason form and proved more than a match for the rest of the field. He sent a bold overtaking maneuver around the outside of early leader Kody Kopp (No. 12 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 450 SX-FFE) and went on to register a commanding victory
Despite getting his campaign off to something of a rocky beginning, Brunner has now logged two wins, a second, and a third in his last four outings.
After chalking up a 2.138-second margin of victory, he said, “This team is amazing to ride for. We were way back in qualifying, and they tweaked it, and it made a world of a difference for the Semi. They tweaked it a little more, and it got a little better for the (Al Lamb’s Dallas Honda) Challenge. They tweaked it a little more, and it was just phenomenal in the Main Event. It really is a pleasure to ride for Estenson Racing Monster Energy Yamaha. These guys work their tails off for me, and I can’t thank them enough.”
By contrast, second-place was heated affair, featuring Kopp and Dalton Gauthier (No. 79 American Honda/Progressive Insurance CRF450R) early and then Max Whale (No. 18 Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 450 SX-FFE), Brandon Kitchen (No. 80 Vance & Hines/Husqvarna Motorcycles FC450), and Trent Lowe (No. 48 Mission Foods/Al Lamb’s Dallas Honda CRF450R) late.
Kitchen, who looked to be Brunner’s biggest threat coming out of the Semis, fought his way back from a poor start to finally blast into second. But his charge then reversed, with Whale countering to take back the runner-up spot and hold it over Kitchen by a scant 0.003 seconds at the stripe.
Lowe finished another 0.108 second back in fourth with Kopp rounding out the top five.
Second-ranked Morgen Mischler (No. 13 American Honda/Progressive Insurance CRF450R) finished one position behind teammate Gauthier in seventh, but it could have been much worse. Mischler was forced to use his provisional start after a rear brake issue spoiled his Semi. He then snaked his way up to seventh from the fifth row in an admirable effort to minimize the damage done to his championship position.
Kopp remains well clear in front, now 48 points up on Mischler (257-209). However, the race for second is officially on, with Brunner (204), Gauthier (198), and Whale (193) all firmly in the hunt.
The Mission Legendary Sacramento Mile powered by Law Tigers will premiere on FS1 on Saturday, August 27, at 2:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. PT, including exclusive features, cutting-edge aerial drone and onboard footage, and expert commentary.
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Progressive AFT continues its late-season run of fabled Miles with a Labor Day Weekend doubleheader. The Mission Springfield Mile I & II will take place on September 3-4 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Illinois. Visit https://store.americanflattrack.com/ebooking/ticket/view/id/3668 to reserve your tickets today.
You can catch the livestream of all the weekend’s racing activities on FansChoice.tv. FansChoice.tv provides free-to-view livestreaming of Practice and Qualifying. FansChoice.tv subscribers will then be able to watch the drama unfold from Opening Ceremonies through the Semis, Main Events, and podium celebrations. FansChoice.tv offers two subscription options, granting unlimited access to premium AFT content. Monthly subscriptions start at just $7.99, while a six-month subscription is available for $44.99.
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FOX Sports and FansChoice.tv are the official homes for coverage of Progressive American Flat Track. For the 2022 season, all races will premiere in one-hour telecasts on FS1 during highly desirable weekend time slots. The complete schedule can be viewed at https://www.americanflattrack.com/events-foxsports. FansChoice.tv provides livestreaming coverage of every Progressive AFT round at http://www.FansChoice.tv. | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72227-unbreakable-daniels-wins-sacramento-mile | 2022-08-21T20:13:44Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72227-unbreakable-daniels-wins-sacramento-mile | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kris Thorne turned in another fantastic performance during his 2022 season in the FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon, driving to the victory in the D-Wagon NHRA Pro Mod Shootout specialty race on Saturday at Brainerd International Raceway.
It marked the first-ever specialty race for the NHRA Pro Mod category and Thorne, who is also the points leader in the class on the strength of three victories, claimed another memorable moment, beating two-time world champion Stevie “Fast” Jackson in the final round. Thorne’s run of 5.762-seconds at 250.88 mph in his ProCharger-powered Camaro was easily enough to knock off Jackson, who got loose early in the run.
Thorne claimed more than $11,000 for winning the shootout as his 2022 continues to be one to remember.
“Everything went according to plan and the team did a great job,” Thorne said. “I want to thank the D-Wagon folks for putting this on for the Pro Mod class. My guys did a great job getting the car down the track, giving me a car that could win. We had a good tune-up in the car against Stevie and I just had to make sure I was on my game.”
Thorne knocked off Khalid AlBalooshi, Mike Thielen and Justin Bond, who won last weekend in Topeka, to reach the final round of the shootout. He was also great on the starting line through all four rounds, turning in a .020 reaction time in the final round. His pass of 5.725 at 250.41 in the second round on Saturday also gave Thorne the No. 1 qualifier position for Sunday’s NHRA Pro Mod race, which is powered by Stinar in Brainerd, as he looks to claim two victories in one weekend.
“We’ve had really good success so far this season and it’s been a great weekend already in Brainerd,” Thorne said. “We won the shootout and if we can take the money on Sunday, too, we would be really fortunate.”
Jackson reached the final round thanks to wins against Lyle Barnett and Mike Castellana. He also qualified second with a run of 5.734 at 253.33.
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Salvador De Alba, from Guadalajara, Mexico, drove to an accomplished victory in this afternoon’s VP Racing Fuels Oval Challenge of St. Louis at World Wide Technology Raceway. It was his second win of the season for the Jay Howard Driver Development team but the first time De Alba had actually seen the checkered flag and received the plaudits in Victory Lane, as his earlier triumph on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Grand Prix road course had come at the expense of teammate Braden Eves, whose car failed post-race technical inspection.
Nolan Siegel, from Palo Alto, Calif., finished second for DEForce Racing, while Eves, from New Albany, Ohio, came home in third despite falling back to 10th in the early stages of the all-green 55-lap race.
De Alba was the man to beat from the moment the cars ventured onto the challenging 1.25-mile oval yesterday for a couple of test sessions. The 22-year-old veteran of the NASCAR Peak Mexico Series, in his very first season of open-wheel racing, continued his fine form by snaring his first Cooper Tires Pole Award in qualifying this morning, posting a two-lap average of 138.560 mph, and was never seriously challenged in the race.
He soon began to edge clear of Siegel, who vaulted from fourth to second on the opening lap, and never looked back. De Alba cemented his authority by posting the fastest race lap just eight laps from the finish before easing off on the final circuit to cement victory by 5.9398 seconds. The Mexican’s fine performance ensured a third PFC Award of the season for Jay Howard as the winning car owner.
All eyes instead were on the battle for second place. Siegel extended his own margin over third place to as much as 1.8 seconds after 14 laps but was then steadily tracked down by Josh Green (Turn 3 Motorsport), from Mount Kisco, N.Y. By lap 22, the margin between them was virtually nothing. Championship leader Louis Foster (Exclusive Autosport), from Basingstoke, England, also was in the thick of the battle, and by the halfway point, Eves, too, had joined in the fun after storming through the pack following a tardy opening lap.
Siegel and Green exchanged positions several times during the middle stages of the race before Siegel regained the upper hand with 10 laps remaining. Shortly afterward, a big slide between Turns One and Two sent Green high into the marbles, which allowed Eves, who had stormed past Foster on the 37th lap, through into third. Foster also took advantage of Green’s slip.
Siegel narrowly held off the charging Eves at the finish with Foster hot on their heels in fourth.
Green slipped back a little in fourth but still finished well clear of Reece Gold, from Miami, Fla., who ran a lonely race ahead of Juncos Hollinger Racing teammate Enaam Ahmed, from London, England.
Ahmed was chased by Australian rookie Marcos Flack, who impressed on his debut with Jay Howard Driver Development, and Yuven Sundaramoorthy (Pabst Racing), from Delafield, Wis., who picked up the Tilton Hard Charger Award after working his way from 15th on the grid.
Foster’s fourth-place finish enabled him to extend his championship lead to a commanding 77 points over Gold with just a single triple-header event remaining at Portland International Raceway on September 2/3. Depending on the number of starters, Foster likely will need only to start each of the three races to ensure himself of a scholarship valued at $614,425 to graduate into Indy Lights, the top step of the Road to Indy Presented by Cooper Tires, in 2023.
Provisional championship points after 15 of 18 rounds:
1. Louis Foster, 377
2. Reece Gold, 300
3. Nolan Siegel, 291
4. Enaam Ahmed, 278
5. Braden Eves, 268
6. Josh Green, 265
7. Salvador De Alba, 247
8. Kiko Porto, 237
9. Yuven Sundaramoorthy, 213
10. Jack William Miller, 209.
Salvador De Alba (#6 Group Indi/Mecano/Sidral Aga-Jay Howard Driver Development Tatuus PM-22): “We managed to put everything pretty much perfect. We have been on top of the board all weekend, both myself and Braden. Our cars were definitely one of the best on track. Starting on pole was a huge advantage the first couple of turns. I had about five car lengths which gave me a lot of advantage and then I was pulling off a little more advantage lap by lap from Nolan. The car was pretty much on rails and I think I did my fastest lap around Lap 50. I am very grateful to all the team for making this possible and, of course, to all of my sponsors.”
Nolan Siegel (#8 Towne Ford/Race for RP-DEForce Racing Tatuus PM-22): “It was a good race. Josh (Green) was quick behind me. He had made the high line work, I think, so he was able to follow quite close. Once he got by me, I had the pace behind him as well and I was able to run high and we were kind of going back-and-forth, we were side-by-side for a while. It was great to get back by and finish on the podium.”
Braden Eves (#4 CCFI/Huston Insurance/Addison Holdings-Jay Howard Driver Development Tatuus PM-22): “This is definitely one of my favorite races of the year. Every time I come here I just seem to move forward throughout the weekend. As soon as the race gets going, I seem to move forward. I’m not really too sure why. The car was super fast and the team did a great job. Congrats to Salvador on the win. When I moved back, I was pretty confident that I could still get back up to second, but Nolan was just too fast there at the end and I came up just short.” | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72230-de-alba-dominates-on-the-oval-for-jay-howard | 2022-08-21T20:13:56Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72230-de-alba-dominates-on-the-oval-for-jay-howard | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
McMurry ‘Cuts Out the Middleman’ in Acura GTP Development
Adam Sinclair
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Wickens, who returned to racing this year after a crash in an IndyCar Series race at Pocono Raceway in 2018, won at Watkins Glen International and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park with the system and stands third in driver points in the series’ Touring Car (TCR) class in the No. 33 BHA Elantra he co-drives with Wilkins.
Johnson, who was injured in an accident during a motorcycle race when he was 12 years old, has been using similar systems since he returned to racing in 2007 in a go-kart with hand controls developed by Alex Zanardi, who lost both legs in a 2001 IndyCar crash.
Johnson had been using a similar system in a BHA Hyundai Veloster N TCR he drove in 2021, but the Elantra hand control system is slightly different, mostly by way of throttle paddles and the feel of the brake ring.
The system’s superiority shows in the results. Johnson and Simpson are fifth in TCR driver standings following runner-up finishes at Lime Rock Park and Road America in the No. 54 Michael Johnson Racing with BHA Elantra.
“The way I get feedback from it is a lot better, especially with the improved brake ring and the throttle paddles we have instead of the big ring I had on the front of the steering wheel in previous years,” Johnson said. “I like this system way better. I don’t want to say it’s easier, but it’s a much better user experience.”
As they prepare for the Virginia Is for Racing Lovers Grand Prix on Aug. 27 at VIRginia International Raceway, Johnson and Wickens are working with Brown and Gormley to find the sweet spot on the brakes.
“At some tracks we don’t need a ton of brake pressure, but other tracks we do,” Johnson said. “That’s something we’re always trying to play around with. There’s so much adjustability that you can sometimes get lost. That comes down to the feedback I get when I’m on track. That part can always be improved, so that’s what we’ve been working on. That’s always something that will be a work in progress.”
Brown agrees. The device isn’t complete. Rather, it’s constantly being upgraded and tweaked, a never-ending experiment in racing with hand controls.
“We sort of came up with it as we went along,” Brown said. “We tackled the problems and came up with solutions, experimented with it a bit and asked whether we liked it and what we could improve.”
It is, in a word, groundbreaking. | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72233-how-robert-wickens-and-michael-johnson-get-around-the-racetrack | 2022-08-21T20:14:15Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72233-how-robert-wickens-and-michael-johnson-get-around-the-racetrack | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Progressive American Flat Track announced today the addition of the Mission Volusia Half-Mile Finale presented by Daytona Dodge to the Progressive Triple Crown.
The Progressive Triple Crown is a unique multi-race challenge that rewards mastery over the sport’s three oval disciplines by paying the Mission SuperTwins presented by S&S Cycle rider who collects the most points at three designated event weekends a $25,000 prize.
The Progressive Triple Crown was originally slated to consist of the Progressive Laconia Short Track at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire on June 11, the Progressive Black Hills Half-Mile at Black Hills Speedway in Rapid City, South Dakota on August 6, and the Mission Springfield Mile Doubleheader at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Illinois on September 3-4.
However, since the premier-class Main Event at the Progressive Black Hills Half-Mile was called complete shortly after its start and every rider who qualified for the race awarded a single point due to inclement weather, it was decided to designate the Mission Volusia Half-Mile Finale at Volusia Speedway Park in De Leon Springs, Florida on October 15, to stand in as the Progressive Triple Crown’s test of Half-Mile supremacy.
As a result, the already high-profile event will now serve as both the finale to the Progressive AFT season and Progressive Triple Crown, only upping the stakes in what’s taken shape as an incredibly competitive championship fight.
That fight continues this weekend at Cal Expo, in Sacramento, California, with the Mission Legendary Sacramento Mile powered by Law Tigers on Saturday, August 20. Click here to reserve your tickets today.
The Mission Sacramento Mile will premiere on FS1 on Saturday, August 27, at 2:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m. PT, including exclusive features, cutting-edge aerial drone and onboard footage, and expert commentary.
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Mortara controlled the race once he hit the front via a stunning dummy that saw him complete a successful switchback on Julius Bär Polesitter António Félix da Costa (DS TECHEETAH) on Lap 3. From there, he managed the gap and his usable energy perfectly to sign off his and Venturi’s campaign in style – the Monegasque outfit taking second in the Teams’ running ahead of DS TECHEETAH, and Mortara third in the Drivers’ Championship.
Jake Dennis (Avalanche Andretti) drove to a strong third position, despite a tough-to-take five second penalty following a coming-together with da Costa.
Robin Frijns (Envision Racing), Oliver Askew (Avalanche Andretti), and Jean-Éric Vergne (DS TECHEETAH) rounded out the top six, with Evans coming home an eventual seventh – a strong drive with little else he could have done. Nobody won more than Evans' four races this season, but it was Vandoorne's consistency - just one non-score and the record eight podiums - that sealed the deal.
Season 8 was the biggest to date in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship with 16 races on street circuits in 10 world cities: Diriyah, Mexico City, Rome, Monaco, Berlin, Jakarta, Marrakesh, New York City, London and Seoul – both Jakarta and Seoul were debuts for Formula E.
The dawn of the Gen3 era in Season 9 will see Formula E go bigger and further than ever before with a provisional calendar featuring 18 races in 13 cities. The season begins on January 14, 2023 in Mexico City and continues in Diriyah, Hyderabad, São Paulo, Berlin, Monaco, Seoul, Jakarta, Rome and London. Three E-Prix host cities will be announced later this year, while Hyderabad and São Paulo are both debut venues.
McLaren Racing will be entering Formula E for the first time, taking over the triumphant Mercedes-EQ team, while Maserati will be making a return to motorsport for the first time in decades. ABT will also be returning to the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship.
STOFFEL VANDOORNE, MERCEDES-EQ FORMULA E TEAM, #5 said: “World Champions; wow! It's just the best feeling ever. Just look at the season we've had - the consistency and the car has been amazing, and the team has done an incredible job. I think every single one of us deserves it. What we've accomplished is something special. Mitch has pushed me all the way along - the same with Edo - they were there all the time. It was really about the consistency in the end, they all have more wins than me, but I have the most podiums I think. It was difficult to focus because the pace at the end was so high, I knew Jake had a five-second penalty, so I had to stay close enough to him to secure P2. It was an awesome day, a lot of concentration. I am drained after this year, it has been a lot of effort, the effort I have put in and the team has put in - it is incredible."
EDOARDO MORTARA, ROKiT VENTURI RACING, #48 said: "Today was extremely positive, I still feel extremely frustrated because we didn't manage to secure any points in the last two race weekends - I have so much frustration from that. But I am so thankful to the team for giving me such a strong car, we had a fantastic season and to finish like this is really what I needed and what we needed. We are normally better at racing than we are qualifiers, so I knew if I could manage to take the lead, we are normally pretty good at managing the races. From the front also helped us manage the temperatures, which were extremely hot. So yes, great day." | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72236-formula-e-season-8-world-championship-titles-go-to-vandoorne-and-mercedes-eq-mortara-wins-final-race-at-seoul-e-prix | 2022-08-21T20:14:34Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72236-formula-e-season-8-world-championship-titles-go-to-vandoorne-and-mercedes-eq-mortara-wins-final-race-at-seoul-e-prix | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
USF Juniors to Join Road to Indy Fall Combine
Adam Sinclair
Adam has been a race fan since the first time he went through the tunnel under the Daytona International Speedway more than 30 years ago. He has had the privilege of traveling to races all across the state of Florida (as well as one race in Ohio), watching nearly everything with a motor compete for fame and glory, as well as participating in various racing schools to get the feel of what racecar drivers go through every week.
Adam spent several years covering motorsports for Examiner.com., where he had the opportunity to see the racing world from behind the scenes as well as the grandstands. He invites everyone to follow him on Twitter, Facebook, and Google Plus, and looks forward to sharing his enthusiasm for all things racing with the readers of SpeedwayDigest.com.
Be sure to tune in for his sports talk program, Thursday Night Thunder, where he discusses the latest in motorsports news with drivers, crew members, and fans. The show takes place (almost) every Thursday at 8:00 pm EST on the Speedway Digest Radio Network.
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- Formula E Season 8 World Championship Titles Go to Vandoorne and Mercedes-EQ; Mortara Wins Final Race at Seoul E-Prix | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72237-usf-juniors-to-join-road-to-indy-fall-combine | 2022-08-21T20:14:40Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72237-usf-juniors-to-join-road-to-indy-fall-combine | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SPOKANE, Wash. — One person was shot by a Spokane County Sheriff's deputy early Sunday morning near Pittsburg and Lyons in Northeast Spokane.
According to the Spokane County Sheriff's office the suspect is in serious condition and is being treated at a local hospital.
The shooting occurred around 7 a.m. Sunday, after two deputies tried to locate the suspect wanted on a felony warrant for a stolen vehicle and a misdemeanor warrant for an arrest. The suspected was located at a storage complex.
According to the Sheriff's office, the deputies made initial contact with the suspect. In the confrontation, one deputy approached the suspect and pulled up to the suspect's pickup. The suspect did not comply with the deputy, then hopped into his truck.
The suspect then put the car in gear and reversed it towards the deputy who was behind the truck, blocking an escape. Shots were fired and the suspect was injured.
There is no indication that the suspect shot at the deputies. No deputies were injured in the shooting. The person shot has not been identified at this time.
According to the Sheriff's office one deputy has been placed on administrative leave, as a part of the investigation process. the other is a witness officer.
A special investigation into the shooting will be managed by the Spokane Police Department and Washington State Patrol.
This is a developing story. Check back here for more information.
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SPOKANE, Wash. — The South Hill Grill posted an official announcement on Facebook and addressed rumors surrounding its closing.
In a Facebook post, the South Hill Grill said, “To all of our loyal long term customers, we know there is a lot of talk going around about us closing at the end of the month. This is NOT accurate, we still have till the end of October before Chick-fil-A demolishes our building.”
According to the post, they are currently looking for a new location to establish themselves before the October deadline. The South Hill Grill said they will continue to keep customers in the loop on their Facebook page for updates on their situation.
Plenty of customers have been showing their love on the restaurant’s page, commenting on their support for the restaurant and its staff, all while praising the restaurant's food.
“Until then just keep showing your love and please also your patience while we continue to navigate through these tough times! We love you all and we are so sorry this is happening!”
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Rotary club Isolo offers interest-free loan of N1m to 50 beneficiaries
• As monarch, others laud efforts of District
The Rotary Club Isolo has offered an interest-free loan of N1m to 50 beneficiaries.
The gesture, especially the leadership style of its President, Dr Atilade Femi Oshoniyi, has been commended by the District Governor, Rotary International, District 9110, Lagos and Ogun States, Rotarian Omowunmi Lawson, President Lagos Chamber of Commerce, Rotarian Michael Olawale-Cole and Osolo of Isolo, Oba Oba Kolawole Alani Sehu Tijani.
They commended the President for his selfless disposition to human empowerment and the general good of society.
The trio commended Oshoniyi and entire members of Isolo Rotary Club, saying, “Despite the fact that the Chief Executive Officer of Sparta Construction Company, is currently residing in the United State, he never for once ceased to continue to add value to his country through humanitarian services.”
Lawson, while speaking during her official visit to Rotary Club of Isolo at Isolo city hall, Lagos also showered encomiums on Oshoniyi for excellent performance.
The district governor said despite the distance between Oshoniyi and his club, “It is very evident that Isolo Rotary Club is a club to be reckoned with. The club has done so much today that I lost counting.”
The club’s interest-free micro-credit facility of N1 million was disbursed to 50 market women with widows in focus, who were empowered with the sum of N25,000 each to be repaid within one year.
Then, free cervical and prostate cancer tests; free eye tests, donation of free eyeglasses; tree planting at Isolo General Hospital, and inspection of the massive cervical centre edifice inside the hospital by the club.
The construction of the cervical hospital started last year under the leadership of immediate past female President, Rotarian Taiwo Raji, and it is scheduled to be completed before June next year under Oshoniyi.
The club in collaboration with Rotaract Club and Inner Wheel Club, also trained fashion designers, hair stylists, and hairdressers and as well empowered them.
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Lawson noted that the amazing thing is that despite the fact that Oshoniyi is not in the country “all these were achieved seamlessly, which are proof of his collaboration with the club’s board.”
The district governor added that Oshoniyi stunned her with his passion to complete the cervical centre structure with his personal contribution of N2 million, aside from raising sponsors over there in Atlanta, United States of America. “What a sense of commitment,” she said.
She continued: “Virtually the event right from the beginning, he stayed all through even at the time of the board meeting, making his contributions and answering questions.
“He also introduced two new members in the Diaspora, Mr Toye Ajulo and Mr Tunji Abudu with the third person here in Nigeria, Mr Adetola Olumide.”
Lawson said Oshoniyi, the board, and Isolo club members deserved a pat on the back, as she also urged them to continue to do more.
Prior to the commencement of the projects, the club visited Oba Tijani, who acknowledged the impact of the organisation to his community.
In his remark, Olawale-Cole said the 40-year-old club will continue to grow in leaps and bounds as he expressed optimism that Lawson and Oshoniyi would have an excellent tenure.
Oshoniyi, who spoke virtually, applauded Lawson, giving the assurance that he would continue to do his best, not only for the club but also for humanity generally.
The Vice President and President-elect, Rotarian Abimbola Oseni lauded the support of her club members with Oshoniyi, which according to her culminated in the success of the district governor’s visit.
Beneficiaries of training and empowerment are Mrs Ndifreke Kelechi, a tailor; Biliki Folorunsho, a hairdresser; Labeebah Abdul-Hakeem, a tailor and Adegboyega Barakat Temitope, a hairdresser. They all went home with their equipment of two sewing machines and two hairdressing equipment, both training and equipment costing about N380,000.
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New Life in Christ Interdenominational Church (NLIC) has awarded $19,000 in scholarships to nine Metro East high school graduates and one college student who is currently enrolled in seminary school.
The scholarships were recently announced during the O’Fallon, Illinois church’s Annual Celebration of Education program, which was also streamed live to others via New Life’s various social media channels.
Bishop Geoffrey V. Dudley, New Life’s senior pastor, says the educational challenges and uncertainties faced by graduates and students during the pandemic, has also prepared them to overcome life’s challenges they may face in the future.
“You’ve been shaped by this moment and shaped by the pandemic,” said Dudley.
“Take all that you have learned, apply it and show your shape to the world because God’s grace will carry you through.”
The Celebration of Education event recognizes New Life in Christ members who are graduating from high school, college, and graduate school as well as those transitioning from elementary and middle school levels. The New Life in Christ Scholarship program supports its commitment to promote educational success. Since the program was established in 2003, it has provided $305,000 in financial assistance.
For 2022, the church is awarding 10 scholarships, which includes three new awards:
The Allen Dorsey, Jr. Memorial Scholarship bears the name of New Life in Christ’s former scholarship chair. It is awarded to an African American student who plans to study business.
The Rev. John B. Nurse, Jr. Memorial Scholarship, which is given to a theological student, and
The Anne Robinson Nurse Memorial Scholarship which is awarded to a student studying cosmetology.
Scholarship recipients are chosen based on their high academic achievement and their ability to demonstrate a love for serving others as well as their communities. All applicants submit written essays on specific topics provided by the church and are then interviewed by members of New Life’s scholarship committee. Those receiving the highest scores are awarded the scholarships which range from $1,000 to $4,500.
The 2021 New Life in Christ Scholarship recipients are:
Mariah May, Belleville Township High School East, Bishop Geoffrey V. Dudley, Sr. Pastoral Scholarship of Excellence, $4,500
Kelly Miller II, O’Fallon Township High School, John H. McCants Hope Scholarship, $3,500
Kennedi Machlin, Belleville Township High School West, Bishop Leamon & Ida Dorothy Dudley Memorial Scholarship, $2,500
Kayla Conklin, O’Fallon Township High School, Minister Sheila Renee Swygert Memorial Scholarship, $2,500
Seth Hunter, Belleville Township High School East, NLICIC Life Changer Scholarship, $2,000
Olivia Mitchell, Belleville Township High School East, NLICIC Life Changer Scholarship, $2,000
Kaylee Jackson, O’Fallon Township High School, Chyriell Drain Hill Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
Jalil Roundtree, Edwardsville High School, Allen Dorsey Jr. Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
Naomi Williams, Grand Canyon University Theological Seminary, Rev. John B. Nurse Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
Stevee Eskridge, East St. Louis Sr. High School, Anne M. Robinson Nurse Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 | https://www.stlamerican.com/new-life-in-christ-program-celebrates-graduates-with-scholarships/article_ba4efc1c-2182-11ed-b734-ab95c2b27bcd.html | 2022-08-21T20:26:31Z | stlamerican.com | control | https://www.stlamerican.com/new-life-in-christ-program-celebrates-graduates-with-scholarships/article_ba4efc1c-2182-11ed-b734-ab95c2b27bcd.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
“Where there is no vision, the people perish…” Proverbs 29:18
Having a God-given vision for your life is critical. Vision is a powerful asset that we must learn how to tap into and deploy. God has a specific vision for your life. It’s a vision that God designed in eternity and birthed with your entry into the physical realm. It’s a powerful vision, one God is committed to achieving through you.
A vision board is a physical collection of items such as pictures, magazine clippings, words and quotes that visually affirm your goals and dreams. Vision is defined as “the faculty or state of being able to see, ability to think about or plan the future with imagination or wisdom, and the act or power of seeing.”
A vision is a supernatural appearance that conveys a revelation. Visions are known to emerge from spiritual traditions and could provide a lens into human nature and reality. Prophecy is often associated with visions. Vision establishes godly priorities and breaks the spirit of lack. Vision is prophetic and boldly declares God’s will. Vision relies on God.
The Pulpit Commentary provides an awesome illumination on Proverbs 29:18. It states: “Where there is no vision, the people perish; rather, cast off restraint, become ungovernable, and cannot be reined in. ‘Vision’ (chazon), prophecy in its widest sense, denotes the revelation of God’s will made through agents, which directed the course of events, and was intended to be coordinated with the supreme secular authority.”
The Pulpit Commentary goes on to say: “The prophets were the instructors of the people in Divine things, standing witnesses of the truth and power of religion, teaching a higher than mere human morality. The fatal effect of the absence of such revelation of God’s will is stated to be confusion, disorder, and rebellion; the people, uncontrolled, fall into grievous excesses, which nothing but high principles can restrain.”
There are two points I want to leave you with as it relates to the power of vision and an excellent way to answer the question: “What’s On Your Vision Board?” These two points are revelation and restraint.
First, let’s explore revelation. The revelation (vision) in mind here is not the spontaneous word from a purported prophet. It is God’s great revelation, God’s revealed word through God’s Hebrew prophets and later the apostles and prophets who gave us the New Testament. No vision equals no instruction in God’s truths, which was by the prophets, through visions.
Finally, it should be easier to see why no vision leads to no restraint, our second point of exploration. When God’s word is unavailable or rejected, the people (we) cast off restraint. We no longer have a standard greater than our own feelings or current opinions. In essence, the people (we) are deprived of moral restraints. And when we are deprived of moral restraints or have no vision for our lives beyond mere existence or depravity, we have the tendency to move aimlessly and ultimately, we run amok.
So, what’s on your vision board? What revelations have you received from God concerning your life and how to live up to your fullest God-given potential? What dreams (visions) are you deferring, waiting for the right moment to happen or all the proverbial stars to line up? God is speaking right now. The question is are you listening? And if so, what’s on your vision board?
Dr. Preston T. Adams III is senior pastor at Amazing Grace Christian Church in Indianapolis. | https://www.stlamerican.com/religion/local_religion/what-is-on-your-vision-board/article_dc04ee72-2103-11ed-9730-2f97dd7dd5c2.html | 2022-08-21T20:26:38Z | stlamerican.com | control | https://www.stlamerican.com/religion/local_religion/what-is-on-your-vision-board/article_dc04ee72-2103-11ed-9730-2f97dd7dd5c2.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Caroline Garcia has won more matches than any other player on tour since June, and now she has another WTA 1000 title to show for her blistering form.
France’s Garcia defeated Petra Kvitova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 6-4 in the Western & Southern Open final on Sunday, winning her third title of the year and a milestone 10th Hologic WTA Tour singles title overall.
World No.35 Garcia took 1 hour and 42 minutes to topple 28th-ranked Kvitova, becoming the first qualifier to win a WTA 1000 title since the tier was created in 2009.
Game. Set. GARCIA 🇫🇷
— wta (@WTA) August 21, 2022
A SENSATIONAL week for @CaroGarcia as she wins the Cincinnati title 🏆#CincyTennis pic.twitter.com/RhWEvYXGHb
Stellar summer: Garcia’s ranking fell as low as No.79 this year, but since Roland Garros, no one has been hotter on the circuit. The former World No.4 has won 27 main-draw matches since June, leading all players during that timeframe.
Garcia claimed a grass-court title at Bad Homburg and a clay-court title at Warsaw this summer, and she now adds the prestigious hard-court title in Cincinnati to her 2022 exploits.
It is an incredible return to the winner’s circle at WTA 1000 events for Garcia, who claimed the first two WTA 1000 titles of her career in back-to-back weeks at Wuhan and Beijing in 2017.
With 33 match-wins on the year in total, only Iga Swiatek (50), Simona Halep (39) and Ons Jabeur (38) have more victories this season than Garcia.
Two of the nicest on Tour 🥰@CaroGarcia | @Petra_Kvitova pic.twitter.com/FvLydvHX7K
— wta (@WTA) August 21, 2022
Stat corner: During her sterling run this summer, Garcia became the ace leader for the season, surpassing Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina. Garcia added 11 aces in Sunday's final to increase her total for the year to 286.
The big-serving power game especially paid dividends for Garcia when down break point. The Frenchwoman saved all eight of the break points she faced in the championship match, as she extended her excellent win-loss record in WTA singles finals to 10-3.
Key moments: Garcia leapt to a 4-0 lead in the opener en route to the one-set lead. Both players had more winners than unforced errors in the first set, but Garcia went 2-for-3 on break points while Kvitova was 0-for-4.
Garcia grabbed an immediate break in the second set before Kvitova took a medical time-out for her leg at 2-0. Kvitova regrouped and nearly pulled back on serve with a 0-40 lead at 3-2, but powerful serving by Garcia helped her stave off that peril and maintain her break lead.
Two aces at 5-4 brought Garcia to double championship point, and she converted her first opportunity after another solid serve forced a short Kvitova return.
More to come... | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2754663/garcia-soars-past-kvitova-in-cincinnati-to-claim-10th-career-title | 2022-08-21T20:28:50Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2754663/garcia-soars-past-kvitova-in-cincinnati-to-claim-10th-career-title | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Axios has the report, citing unnamed U.S. and Israeli officials:
The Biden administration in recent days has been seeking to reassure Israel that it hasn’t agreed to new concessions with Iran and a nuclear deal isn’t imminent Axios add a 'what to watch ahead':
The White House and the State Department are still reviewing and studying the Iranian response to the EU draft agreement. It is not clear when the U.S. will give its response in private and in public. ----
The background to this is that The US is speaking with Iran over a return to the disbanded nuclear deal. EU negotiations have been acting as go-betweens. Its of interest to oil traders as the thinking is that if a nuke deal can be agreed to it then more Iranaian oil will return to global markets, eventually.
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The euro (EUR) is the official currency of the European Union (EU) and 19 of 27 member states at the time of writing. It is the second most-traded currency worldwide in forex markets after the US dollar.The euro was originally introduced back on January 1, 1999, having replaced the European Currency Unit. Banknotes and physical euro coins subsequently entered circulation only in 2002.Upon its adoption, the euro replaced domestic currencies in participating EU member states. The rise in its value since then and importance in the global market has helped solidify its status as one of the most important currencies in the FX market today.Together with the USD, the currency pair is easily among the most important for forex, given its exposure into the two main economic blocs. What Factors Affects the EUR?There are several factors that affect the euro. Like most currencies, monetary policy is the most influential, which in this case refers to the European Central Bank (ECB).The ECB is responsible for regulating the monetary policy, money supply, interest rates, and relative strength of the euro. Forex traders of the euro are routinely tuned into any decision or announcements from the ECB for this reason.With 19 sovereign member states, the euro is particularly vulnerable to political developments. Recent examples include Greece’s debt crisis and Brexit, among others, which can seriously impact the euro.Finally, economic data from the bloc or from key member states such as Germany, France, Spain, and others are also closely eyed. This includes retail sales, jobless claims, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and others.
The euro (EUR) is the official currency of the European Union (EU) and 19 of 27 member states at the time of writing. It is the second most-traded currency worldwide in forex markets after the US dollar.The euro was originally introduced back on January 1, 1999, having replaced the European Currency Unit. Banknotes and physical euro coins subsequently entered circulation only in 2002.Upon its adoption, the euro replaced domestic currencies in participating EU member states. The rise in its value since then and importance in the global market has helped solidify its status as one of the most important currencies in the FX market today.Together with the USD, the currency pair is easily among the most important for forex, given its exposure into the two main economic blocs. What Factors Affects the EUR?There are several factors that affect the euro. Like most currencies, monetary policy is the most influential, which in this case refers to the European Central Bank (ECB).The ECB is responsible for regulating the monetary policy, money supply, interest rates, and relative strength of the euro. Forex traders of the euro are routinely tuned into any decision or announcements from the ECB for this reason.With 19 sovereign member states, the euro is particularly vulnerable to political developments. Recent examples include Greece’s debt crisis and Brexit, among others, which can seriously impact the euro.Finally, economic data from the bloc or from key member states such as Germany, France, Spain, and others are also closely eyed. This includes retail sales, jobless claims, Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and others.
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China's Sichuan province ordered all factories to shut down for six days last week.
That order has been extended now to Thursday.
The shut downs are in order to ease a power shortage in the region due to heatwave impacts.
Sichuan is a key manufacturing location for the semiconductor and solar panel industries and is also China's lithium mining hub. Factories shut include those belonging to Apple supplier Foxconn and Intel.
Sichuan is one of China's largest provinces with 84 million people.
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China's economy is also being slammed by the property market debt implosion and ongoing folling lockdowns in response to COVID outbreaks. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/sichuan-province-in-china-have-extended-power-cuts-factories-remain-closed-20220821/ | 2022-08-21T20:32:48Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/sichuan-province-in-china-have-extended-power-cuts-factories-remain-closed-20220821/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — 21 powerful and inspiring women competed in west Michigan for the title of Ms. Wheelchair America.
READ MORE: Ms. Wheelchair America contest comes to Grand Rapids this weekend
Ali Ingersoll of Raleigh, North Carolina was crowned the winner after the week-long competition.
Ali broke her neck in 2010 while diving in the Bahamas, where she lived for most of her life.
She is paralyzed from the chest down, with little strength in her hands.
Now, she’s a day trader and assists people in becoming self-advocates while navigating the frustrating process of insurance appeals.
Ali decided to take her story to and spread her message on social media under the name “Quirky Quad.” Now, there’s a documentary being made about her.
Ms. Michigan, Sarah Nassar of Dearborn, took second place with Ms. South Carolina, Ms. Arizona and Ms. Pennsylvania rounding out the top five.
To watch Saturday night’s Crowning Gala, check out this video Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation livestreamed.
Congratulations to all the wonderful women who competed! | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/grand-rapids/ms-michigan-crowned-ms-wheelchair-america-runner-up | 2022-08-21T20:36:28Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/grand-rapids/ms-michigan-crowned-ms-wheelchair-america-runner-up | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Motorists face long delays on the M25 this evening after three lanes were forced to close for repair work. National Highways says the anti-clockwise carriageway between junction 5 and 6 has lane restrictions.
Traffic cameras from the motorway show long delays on the major route. And highways officials say drivers can face an hour on top of their usual journey times.
Lanes one, two and three are closed. Resurfacing work is expected to take place overnight.
Read more: Woman and four teenagers arrested in Tonbridge murder investigation
A National Highways spokesman said: "There are currently 3 (of 4) lanes closed on the M25 in Kent anti-clockwise between J6 and J5 due to a carriageway defect. Traffic Officers and Contractors are in attendance.
"There are 60 minute delays on approach to the scene, if this closure impacts on your planned route, please allow extra journey time. Plan ahead, you may wish to re-route or even delay your journey."
This is an unfolding incident. We will bring more as we get it in the feed below.
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Traffic England latest
Traffic England, a service from National Highways, says normal traffic conditions are expected between 10.30pm and 10.45pm.
Update from traffic monitoring service INRIX
Three lanes closed and queueing traffic due to emergency repairs and roadworks being put in place on M25 anticlockwise from Clacket Lane Services to J5 M26.
Lanes one, two and three (of four) are closed as lane one is being resurfaced overnight, affecting traffic heading from J6 (Godstone). | https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/m25-traffic-live-three-lanes-7492574 | 2022-08-21T20:36:32Z | kentlive.news | control | https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/m25-traffic-live-three-lanes-7492574 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Amber Alert issued for 3-year-old Texas girl
(Gray News) - An Amber Alert has been issued for a 3-year-old Texas girl.
Lincy Guitry was last seen on Sunday at around 2:00 a.m. at her parents’ apartment complex in the 12800 block of North Borough Drive, Houston, Texas, according to the alert.
Lincy is described as having black hair and brown eyes, and is 3-feet tall. She was last seen wearing purple pajamas.
Authorities have identified the suspect as 50-year-old Holman Hernandez, according to the alert. He has black hair, brown eyes and is 5-feet, four-inches tall.
The Houston Police Department tweeted that the suspect was believed to be in a 2007 gray Nissan Xterra with Texas license plate number NKD7882.
Houston TV station KPRC reports that Hernandez’s vehicle has been located in Houston, though Lincy and Hernandez have yet to be found.
Anyone with information regarding the case is asked to immediately call the Houston Police Department at 713-308-3600 or dial 911.
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(NewsNation) — An alarming new study has found no rainwater anywhere on Earth is safe to drink anymore, as “forever chemicals” are appearing around the globe.
Those forever chemicals – known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – stem from products including fast food containers and wrappers, cleaning products, water-resistant clothing, and personal care products such as shampoo. There are thousands of PFAS known to man, none of which are naturally occurring and many of which can take decades to degrade.
Ian Cousins, a professor of environmental studies at Stockholm University, said the results of the study, which he helped author, were startling.
“I was surprised that even in the remotest areas on Earth, that the levels in rainwater, for example in Antarctica and on the Tibetan plateau, are above the recently set U.S. EPA health advisories for drinking water,” Cousins said.
The reduced effects of vaccines in children has been the main driver of the EPA standards for rainwater being lowered, Cousins said. Severe impacts like cancers and liver enlargement occur at much higher levels of exposure to the forever chemicals.
“The safe levels have dropped over the last 20 years as we’ve gradually gotten a better understanding of the toxicity of these substances,” Cousins said. “The safe levels keep dropping with time.”
The problem of chemicals in drinking water is one Cousins says society will have to live with for the foreseeable future.
“I don’t think any of us can avoid this low-level exposure,” Cousins said.
PFAS are used in nonstick frying pans, water-repellent sports gear, stain-resistant rugs and countless other consumer products. The chemical bonds are so strong that they don’t degrade or do so only slowly in the environment and remain in a person’s bloodstream indefinitely.
Scientists at Northwestern University say they have devised a method for breaking apart some of the infamously unbreakable toxins. Using low temperatures and inexpensive reagents, scientists have found they can break down two major classes of PFAS, while leaving behind only harmless byproducts.
The Associated Press and The Hill’s Sharon Udasin contributed to this report. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/forever-chemicals-taint-all-of-earths-rainwater-study-finds/ | 2022-08-21T20:38:06Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/forever-chemicals-taint-all-of-earths-rainwater-study-finds/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Sports Accountability Project (ASAP) announced today that Rev. Al Sharpton, who has previously impressed upon the National Basketball Association (NBA) to work with greater urgency and transparency concerning the ongoing investigation into extensive reports of racism, sexism and abuse by Robert Sarver, sent a letter today to PayPal CEO Dan Shulman calling on the company to end its relationship with Mr. Sarver. As the NBA's investigation, now in its 10th month, has proceeded, PayPal announced a ground-breaking, international partnership with Mr. Sarver and entities under his ownership, including the Phoenix Suns, the Phoenix Mercury, and Real Club Deportivo Mallorca.
Rev. Sharpton's letter, which was published as a full-page ad in the AZ Central newspaper today, reads as follows:
Dear Mr. Schulman,
I am writing to demand that PayPal cease doing business with any entity owned or associated with Robert Sarver, including the Phoenix Suns, the Phoenix Mercury, and Real Club Deportivo Mallorca. Mr. Sarver's leadership has been riddled with credible allegations of racism, misogyny, and harboring a toxic work environment. As you may be aware, ESPN published a detailed investigative piece on these complaints last November, and Mr. Sarver is currently under investigation by the NBA.
In June 2020, in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, Paypal was one of many companies to announce a significant investment in fighting institutional racism and advancing diversity and inclusion. In total, PayPal announced it would commit $535 million toward these causes. Yet, PayPal has continued to do business with Robert Sarver, who is a known perpetrator of racism and hate, and is now expanding its business relationship with Mr. Sarver internationally.
In light of these commitments, PayPal cannot simply ignore Mr. Sarver's transgressions. As someone who has dedicated my life to fighting injustice and speaking out against hate in all its forms, it is my duty and responsibility to call out such hypocrisy and to call on PayPal to uphold the values for which it proclaims to stand.
It is time for PayPal to put its money where its mouth is. Issuing a press release and writing a big check two years ago is not equivalent to doing the hard work that is required to achieve real change. I reiterate my call for PayPal to end its relationship with Robert Sarver and help hold him accountable for his egregious behavior.
Sincerely,
Rev. Al Sharpton
President and Founder
National Action Network
For more information, please visit: www.AmericanSportsAccountabilityProject.com or contact press@americansportsaccountabilityproject.com.
About the American Sports Accountability Project (ASAP)
The American Sports Accountability Project (ASAP) is a group of individual advocates, community-based organizations, civil rights leaders, and sports fans who are committed to bringing accountability to perpetrators of hate speech, abuse, and harassment within the leadership of the American sports industry. There is zero tolerance for abuse of any kind in today's society. ASAP demands action in response to misconduct and a future where our arenas, fields and stadiums can be free from racism, sexism, and bigotry.
Contact: press@americansportsaccountabilityproject.com
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Ahead of the NASCAR Brickyard Primary, Daniel Suarez teamed up with B.R.A.K.E.S. Teen Pro-Active Driving School and Freeway Insurance on a video series to promote safe teenage driving. Suarez will be driving through the course and providing insight on how to curb the more than 2700 teen deaths from car crashes in 2020 alone.
Recently, we had a chance to sit down with Daniel Suarez and talk more about his work with B.R.A.K.E.S. , his entry into the NASCAR playoffs, and more.
- How did you get involved with the BRAKES program?
- This is one of many projects started by Freeway Insurance. Freeway began a program this summer to stop all street racing and was looking to make a difference in the lives of drivers. I think it was a natural progression to see the work Doug Herbert is doing with B.R.A.K.E.S and want to be part of it.
- What is the most important fact people should take away after watching your videos?
- I think it is to arm yourself with the knowledge and skills, so you don’t panic no matter what happens when you are driving a car. That’s especially true for teen drivers who are just starting out. This program teaches them what to do so when something does happen, they are prepared and won’t panic.
- What kind of driver were you as a teenager?
- I learned to drive very early in Mexico. I think I was pretty good.
- Did you learn anything by working with BRAKES that will help you as a competitor and everyday commuter?
- Just the thought process of knowing the right thing to do and having the confidence to do it. That happens before you get in a race car or passenger car. If you put in the work ahead of time, educate yourself then you are ready when something unexpected happens.
- Do you feel that you have become more recognizable since your win earlier this season?
- Yes, I see more No. 99 shirts and hats at the racetrack. That’s a good feeling I hope we keep seeing more and more and I think we will.
- How has working with Pitbull changed your career?
- I admire Pitbull. He came from humble beginnings and now he dedicates his life to making everything better for everyone.
- Do you think that your recent successes will bring more Hispanic fans into NASCAR?
- I do. I want to show them that they are welcome at NASCAR races. There is a place for them. When I won at Sonoma, we had a bunch of people from Daniel’s Amigos as guests and they had such a good time. It’s going to take a while, but I think we are making progress. Once you get someone to the track and they see the speeds, hear the sounds, see the whole thing they are hooked for the rest of their lives.
- What has been your favorite thing about working with Freeway Insurance?
- Freeway does a great job of helping people out with their insurance needs. They make the process simple and affordable, and they like to have some fun along the way. They are great friends of mine and a company who really supports racing. | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/72241-daniel-suarez-gets-serious-about-unsafe-driving-winning-and-pit-bull | 2022-08-21T20:39:39Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/72241-daniel-suarez-gets-serious-about-unsafe-driving-winning-and-pit-bull | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
With F1 in it's mid-season break, VegasInsider caught up with former Williams and McLaren driver Juan Pablo Montoya who commented on the situation at Ferrari and who should shoulder the blame.
Here's a summary of what he said:
- Everybody blames Mattia Binotto but he's not the one
"Mattia (Binotto) is not the guy with the strategy. Everybody blames him, but he is not the one.”
“I don’t think he would be the one saying, oh let’s put the hard tyre on. That is why you have strategists, and that is why you pay top people to make those decisions.”
“In Red Bull, it is not Adrian Newey, or Christian Horner making the decisions. It is the strategists that are making the decisions."
- The TV makes us think Mattia Binotto, or Toto Wolff or Christian Horner have the final say in everything - it's not
“But, it is not Mattia’s fault. It is whoever is in charge of strategy."
"You know, that is the problem, in all these sports, you know, they look at Toto on the TV, they look at Christian Horner on the TV, and so on. They look at Mattia, but they are not the guys making the final decision of what tyre goes on the car.
"You know, they run the team as a whole.”
“It is like when you own, I don’t know, let’s call it a soda company, and you are not in charge of putting the cap on every bottle. And if a couple of caps come out wrong, you are going to get blamed for it, but it doesn’t mean you did it.”
- I don't think Mattia Binotto will rejig his strategy team midway in the season
“Yeah, long-term, it is his responsibility. During the weekend it is not.”
“But, the people that are there are his responsibility 100%, or whoever he assigned to be responsible for.”
“No, I think they will have a good talk about it, I don’t think he is going to change the personnel mid-season.”
“I think the big thing there for me, is how they are going to address it, and how it is going to change.”
“I think they need to stop being so timid with their decisions and be a little more aggressive.”
Montoya was speaking to VegasInsider, and you can find the entire interview here. | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72240-juan-pablo-montoya-everybody-blames-mattia-binotto-but-he-is-not-the-one | 2022-08-21T20:39:51Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72240-juan-pablo-montoya-everybody-blames-mattia-binotto-but-he-is-not-the-one | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
On the calendar ahead of the session is the key loan prime rate (LPR) from the PBOC. Due at 0115 GMT.
Both one- and five-year interest rates will be set.
- The 1-Year Loan Prime Rate is currently at 3.70%
- The 5-Year Loan Prime Rate is currently at 4.45%
Expectations are high for a rate cut to either, or both given last week the People's Bank of China cut the rate on its (semi) rollover of the maturing medium-term lending facility (MLF):
PBOC Governor Yi Gang | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/economic-calendar-in-asia-22-august-2022-includes-the-peoples-bank-of-china-rate-decision-20220821/ | 2022-08-21T20:45:45Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/economic-calendar-in-asia-22-august-2022-includes-the-peoples-bank-of-china-rate-decision-20220821/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
- The technical analysis for Etheruem (ETHUSD) shows that we are at a junction to buy, as detailed in the video below:
- The current sentiment for crypto tends to be bearish but I tool a Long position, which is, possibly a contrarian bet that will work out.
- Daily timeframe shows a channel, which is also a bull flag. Formations known as bullish flags may be spotted in financial assets (including crypto) that are already in strong uptrends and are regarded as reliable continuation patterns. In this case, it would be to continue the bullish move since mid of June
- But if a 4 hour candle closes below 1575, then it could be a fold, for the less risk appetite traders. A close below $1475 should definately be a fold for the Long position.
- All in all, it is an interesting time to buy Ethereum, where the risk is low (the stop is close to the entry) and the reward is much higher. But this only works if one is disciplined to exit when the move goes against her or him, and reaches the stop limit.
- Trade crypto at your own risk and visit ForexLive for technical analysis | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/crypto-technical-analysis-interesting-spot-to-buy-ethereum-here-20220821/ | 2022-08-21T20:45:58Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/crypto-technical-analysis-interesting-spot-to-buy-ethereum-here-20220821/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
7-Day Weather Forecast for Clarion County
The 7-day weather forecast for the Clarion County area is brought to you by Redbank Chevrolet and DuBrook.
Today – A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. High near 80. South wind 6 to 9 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Tonight – Showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 2am. Low around 62. Southeast wind around 5 mph becoming calm in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.
Monday – A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 8am. High near 78. Light and variable wind. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Monday Night – Showers and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 8pm and 2am. Low around 61. Calm wind. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday – A chance of showers and thunderstorms, then showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm after 2pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 78. Calm wind becoming west around 6 mph in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Tuesday Night – Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm before 8pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 58. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms.
Wednesday – Mostly sunny, with a high near 82.
Wednesday Night – Mostly clear, with a low around 57.
Thursday – Sunny, with a high near 84.
Thursday Night – Partly cloudy, with a low around 60.
Friday – Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.
Friday Night – Partly cloudy, with a low around 58.
Saturday – Mostly sunny, with a high near 83.
7-Day Weather Forecast, brought to you by Redbank Chevrolet and DuBrook.
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All American Awards and Engraving Soldier Spotlight: Vietnam War Veteran Dick Shilling
Dick Shilling served our country in the United States Army.
Name: Richard L. (Dick) Shilling
Born: December 16, 1946
Died: March 21, 2021
Hometown: New Bethlehem, Pa.
Branch: United States Army
Dick proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Vietnam War.
The Walter W. Craig Post # 354 of New Bethlehem American Legion honored their fallen comrade during his funeral service.
He was laid to rest at the St. Charles Catholic Cemetery.
Click here to view a full obituary.
All American Awards and Engraving is located on Route 322 in Shippenville. The company specializes in Embroidery, Screen Printing, all kinds of awards, trophies, engraving, unique gifts and more. As the company motto says, We can put “Almost Anything on Almost Everything”.
They can be found online at www.allamericanhq.com, by calling toll free 1-877-402-9273 and ask for Jim Carroll, or visit them here www.facebook.com/AllAmericanAwardsandEngraving
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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. KC Higer, veteran, and Lance Cpl. Luis Garcia, veteran, congratulate one another during the 2022 DoD Warrior Games in Orlando, Fla. on Aug. 21, 2022. Higer won first place in the shooting 2 category and Garcia won second. The annual event celebrates the resiliency and dedication of wounded, ill, and injured U.S. Service Members and veterans. (U.S. Marine Corps Photo by Cpl. Mitchell Johnson)
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Birthday Wishes: Cooper Turns 4!
Sunday, August 21, 2022 @ 12:08 AM
A birthday wish, brought to you by The Haskell House.
Happy Birthday, Cooper Kossman!
Cooper turned four today, Sunday, August 21.
Cooper is the son of Chris and Kelly Kossman and is the little brother of Kendall Kossman.
To submit a birthday announcement, email [email protected]
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Clarion County Photo of the Day
Sunday, August 21, 2022 @ 12:08 AM
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Clarion County Recipe of the Day: Double Chocolate Espresso Cheesecake
Every slice of this creamy cheesecake is a standout!
Ingredients
1-1/2 cups crushed vanilla wafers (about 45)
1/4 cup butter, melted
1/4 teaspoon instant espresso powder
Filling:
1 cup sour cream, room temperature
1/4 cup half-and-half cream, room temperature
1 cup 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate baking chips, melted
1-1/2 teaspoons instant espresso powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 packages (8 ounces each) of cream cheese, softened
1-1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
5 large eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten
Topping:
1 cup coffee liqueur
1 tablespoon half-and-half cream
1 cup heavy whipping cream
2 tablespoons confectioners’ sugar
1/2 cup 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate baking chips, chopped
16 chocolate-covered coffee beans
Directions
-Preheat the oven to 350°. Place a greased 9-in. springform pan on a double thickness of heavy-duty foil (about 18 in. square). Securely wrap foil around the pan.
-In a large bowl, combine the wafer crumbs, butter, sugar, and espresso powder. Press onto the bottom and 1 in. up the sides of the prepared pan.
-In a small bowl, stir together sour cream, half and half, and melted chocolate until blended; set aside. In a second bowl, combine espresso powder and vanilla extract; set aside.
-In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and sugar; add chocolate mixture, cocoa, and flour until smooth. Stir in the espresso mixture. Add eggs; beat on low speed just until combined. Pour into crust. Place springform pan in a large baking pan; add 1 in. of hot water to larger pan.
-Bake until the center is just set and the top appears dull 60-70 minutes. Remove springform pan from water bath. Cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully run a knife around the edge of the pan to loosen; cool 1 hour longer. Refrigerate overnight. Remove sides of the pan.
-In a small saucepan, combine liqueur and half-and-half. Bring to a boil; cook until liquid is reduced by half. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, beat whipping cream until it begins to thicken. Add confectioners’ sugar; beat until stiff peaks form.
-Drizzle cheesecake with coffee syrup; garnish with whipped cream, chocolate, and coffee beans.
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Featured Local Job: Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
Clarview Nursing & Rehabilitation Center currently has openings for Part-time and Per diem Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs).
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Clarview, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation center is located at 14663 Route 68, Sligo, PA 16255. Country Springs, a personal care community, is also part of the Clarview family. For more information, visit www.clarviewnursing.com.
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SPONSORED: Kalyumet Fore Fun Is the Entertainment Spot for the Entire Family – Rain or Shine!
LUCINDA, Pa. (EYT) – Rain or shine, Mark and Becky Wineman have the entertainment spot for the entire family: Kalyumet Fore Fun and Kalyumet Campground!
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“There is something for everyone here,” Becky Wineman told exploreClarion.com.
Owners Mark and Becky Wineman opened what they call the “Big Building” in 2008. It consists of a state-of-the-art kitchen and an arcade. This means you can order your favorite pizza or wings while playing your favorite arcade games.
Over 24 flavors of soft-serve ice cream are also served in the Big Building.
The Redemption Arcade Center is perfect for rainy days.
There is a wide array of classic favorites and newer redemption games. Since it is the largest arcade in the Cook Forest area, the entire family can spend the day competing with family and friends for the most tickets. After players have collected all of their tickets, they can redeem them, choosing from hundreds of prizes.
On sunny days, individuals have their choice of Outdoor Laser Tag or Miniature Golf at Kalyumet Fore Fun.
Outdoor Laser Tag is played on a three-acre wooded field. The game can be played by beginners with an open range or by more experienced gamers who prefer strategy, teamwork, and a variety of scenarios.
The 18-hole family-friendly course is complete with challenging greens, a fountain pond, and a waterfall. It is also wheelchair accessible.
Mini-golf and Outdoor Laser Tag packages for groups are available.
Kalyumet Fore Fun is located at 8630 Miola Road in Lucinda and can be reached at 814-744-8768.
For more information, visit their website here.
Families will have so much fun in the “Big Building” that they will want to stay the night at Kalyumet Campground which is located right down the road. It offers full utility hookups for RVs and tents.
Call 814-744-9622 to reserve a spot.
More information about the campground can be found on their website at www.kalyumet.com.
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Pennsylvania Great Outdoors: List of Greats! Clarion County
CLARION CO., Pa. – There are lots of great things to discover in the Pennsylvania Great Outdoors region!
(Pictured above: Courtesy Rail 66 Country Trail Facebook.)
Pennsylvania Great Outdoors continues its series of great things to see and do in each of the five counties that make up PAGO’s region and Cook Forest State Park.
Here is a list of 10 great things to do in Clarion County:
A Great Place to Golf…
Foxburg Country Club enables golfers to play on a very historic course, in fact, the oldest continuously running course in the USA.
A Great Place to Hike…
Rail 66 Country Trail is a four-season, non-motorized trail that extends 20 paved miles through scenic northern Clarion County. It is very popular with cyclists.
A Great Place for Entertainment
Allegheny Riverstone Center for the Arts in Foxburg provides enriching and stimulating professional music programs and art exhibits at Lincoln Hall, Red Brick Gallery, and Riverstone Farms. Lincoln Hall is home to the “Mighty McKissick Wurlitzer” theatre organ. It is one of only twenty-four built in this style and size.
A Great Place to Explore
Cook Forest State Park is home to the picturesque Wild & Scenic Clarion River, the Forest Cathedral of ancient pines, panoramic views at Seneca Point and from atop the fire tower. Countless opportunities for outdoor adventure make Cook Forest one of the top state parks in the nation.
A Great Place to take in the view…
Brady’s Bend Overlook near East Brady offers visitors a spectacular eight-mile panoramic view of the magnificent bend in the mighty Allegheny River.
A Great Place for History…
Helen Furnace is a cold-blast charcoal stone furnace and iron works built in 1845 with eight-foot bosh 32 feet high. Originally called “Hieland” or “Highland” in Scottish.
A Great Place for Art…
The Gallery at New Bethlehem Town Center features a wide variety of American art for sale in the heart of downtown along the Redbank Valley Trails.
A Great Place to Shop…
Fryburg Old Treasurer Depot offers a wide variety of antiques, collectibles, furniture, jewelry, books, and items by local artisans.
A Great Place for Boating
Pool #9 in East Brady is the most upriver pool on the Allegheny River. Boaters can enjoy nine miles of deep-water unlimited horsepower boating fun.
A Great Place for Star Gazing
Peirce Planetarium at Clarion University features a 40-foot dome with precision-engineered star ball that combines optical and electro-mechanical technology to provide an accurate view of the night sky and its motion.
Find more fun things to do, see, and experience in Pennsylvania’s Great Outdoors region online at VisitPAGO.com.
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SPONSORED: The Korner Restaurant Is Serving Stuffed Chicken Breast Today, Other Daily Specials Throughout the Week
RIMERSBURG, Pa. (EYT) – The Korner Restaurant is offering Stuffed Chicken Breast as their special on Sunday, August 21st!
There are also daily specials and homemade soup throughout the week.
Sunday, August 21 – Stuffed Chicken Breast
Monday – August 22 – Hamburger Steak or Chili Dogs
Wednesday – August 24 – Stir Fry, Fish Sandwich, or 4 pc. Chicken Dinner
Thursday – August 25 – Spaghetti, Chicken Parmesan, Lasagna, or Roast Beef Dinner
Friday – August 26 – Baked or Deep-Fried Fish, Shrimp, or Ribeye
Saturday – August 27 – Cook’s Choice
The menu is subject to change.
Be sure to check the Korner Restaurant’s Facebook Page for other specials and their menu.
You can even get pies to go! Call to order; please call the day before you need the pie.
Quarts of soup are available for $5.00.
Call in your to-go orders at 814-473-8250.
Individuals can also place an order at the ice cream window.
The Korner Restaurant is open:
Monday through Saturday: 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Sunday: 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Don’t forget about dessert!
Fresh Homemade pies and desserts are baked daily.
Korner Restaurant is located at 626 Lawsonham Road, Rimersburg, PA 16248.
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Woman With PFA Order Accused of Providing False Information to Purchase Pistol in Redbank Township
REDBANK TWP., Pa. (EYT) – A 43-year-old woman is facing charges for allegedly providing false information to purchase a firearm at a Redbank Township sporting goods store.
According to court documents, Clarion-based State Police filed criminal charges against 43-year-old Jennifer Lynn Robinson, of Summerville, in Magisterial District Judge Jeffrey C. Miller’s office on Monday, August 15, 2022.
The incident allegedly occurred around 4:57 p.m. on December 23, 2020, in Redbank Township, Clarion County.
According to a criminal complaint, on April 1, 2022, a Clarion-based State Trooper was assigned to conduct a firearms violation investigation in which Jennifer Lynn Robinson attempted to purchase a CZ P10C pistol at a Redbank Township sporting goods store.
Robinson is a person prohibited from purchasing such firearm, the complaint indicates.
According to the complaint, while completing ATF form 4473, Robinson checked the “No” box for question 21(c) “relating to having been convicted in any court of a felony or any crime for which the judge could have imprisoned you for more than one year, even if you received a shorter sentence” and question 21(h) “being subject to any court order, restraining them from harassing, stalking, or threatening a child or intimate partner.”
Robinson was denied the purchase due to having a conviction of simple assault (Misdemeanor 2) on March 11, 2003, which carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison. Robinson is also a subject of an active Protection from Abuse Order out of Jefferson County, Pa., the complaint states.
The state trooper was able to verify that Robinson did have an active PFA order entered on April 18, 2019, and expiring on April 18, 2022, at the time of this incident, the complaint notes.
On April 12, 2022, the above-mentioned sporting goods store provided the state trooper a copy of the ATF form 4473 completed and signed by Robinson which showed the “No” blocks for questions 21(c) and 21(h) checked, according to the complaint.
On July 14, 2022, Jennifer Robinson was interviewed.
According to the complaint, Robinson reportedly indicated that she was aware of going to the above-mentioned sporting goods store to purchase a firearm. She was asked if she was aware of why she was denied the purchase, and she said not at the time, but she knows now. The state trooper informed Robinson about the PFA, and she said she was unaware she had a PFA against her. She said she became aware of it after she was denied and she spoke with the Jefferson County Sheriff’s office who informed her of it.
The trooper asked Robinson if she received any paperwork regarding a PFA, and she informed him that she didn’t, but her mother may have been given something, the complaint continues.
The trooper then asked Robinson about her conviction of simple assault in 2003 and on question 21(c) in which she answered “No” for being convicted of a felony or a crime in which she could have been sentenced to imprisonment for more than one year, even if she received a shorter sentence, including probation. Robinson advised the trooper that when she filled the paperwork out, she read that section, and when she saw the word felony, she didn’t read any further. Robinson explained that “she has no idea what a felony or misdemeanor is. She said she was sentenced to probation for that conviction and no one explained to her what she could have been sentenced to,” the complaint states.
She has been charged with the following offenses:
– Sell or Transfer of Firearm – False Written Statement, Felony 3
– Statement Under Penalty, Misdemeanor 3
According to court documents, she is awaiting a preliminary hearing.
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Gerrit Cole was ready to go after Aaron Judge got hit by a pitch from Blue Jays starter Alek Manoah on Sunday afternoon.
With first base open and a runner on second in the bottom of the fifth, Manoah hit Judge in the shoulder with a 92 mile-an-hour sinker, which Judge clearly believed to be intentional. Manoah missed in the same spot to Judge earlier in the game, nearly hitting him in the first inning.
Judge walked toward the pitcher’s mound talking to Manoah, then Cole came out of the dugout, followed by other teammates. Judge waved them off, but the game was temporarily halted as everyone calmed down and Judge went to first. Manoah also came over to first and appeared to talk to Judge, helping defuse the situation.
The bench didn’t clear completely and a brawl was averted. But with emotions running high for the Yankees amid a severe losing skid over the last six weeks, they didn’t seem to have much patience for the Blue Jays, who are gaining ground fast in the AL East standings.
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When Joey Thomas opened 180V Barber Salon, now just off of 18th and Vine, in 2008, he knew he wanted to make an impact on the community. That year, he began the Fresh Cut Fresh Start program to help the youth in his community look and feel their best.
“We wanted to cut hair for kids going back to school because, on behalf of myself and other barbers, we remembered that feeling of getting a fresh haircut for back-to-school,” Thomas said. “So, that was our whole goal. I think we was like, ‘If we could do 25 heads, that'd be great.’ We ended up doing 27 heads. So we surpassed it and from there we just been rolling.”
For the past 14 years, Thomas has run Fresh Cut Fresh Start through his nonprofit, The Know Joey? Foundation – a 501(c)(3) he formed specifically to host events for underserved youth. Sunday’s event featured haircuts, back-to-school supplies and a vaccine station courtesy of the Kansas City Health Department.
Thomas admits that some years he doubts whether Fresh Cut Fresh Start is still meaningful. But he’s never failed to put on the event, and it always draws large crowds. He said he wants every kid to be able to put their best foot forward at the start of school – sometimes, it’s the only haircut they get each year.
“One year, a young man was inside the shop, getting his haircut. He had braids in his hair, but underneath the braids, it looked like about three to four inches of new growth hair,” Thomas said. “So I go to the young fella, I laugh and joke with him. I'm like, ‘Hey man, when the last time you got a haircut?' He looked me dead in my eyes and was ‘like last year at Fresh Cut Fresh Start.’ Here I am trying to be funny and crack a joke here and there, but the only time he receiving a haircut is at this event. That moment has always stuck out to me as a reminder of what we really do this for.”
A needed break for parents’ wallets
This year, Rose Nail went to the event with her three children, who are going into kindergarten, fifth and sixth grades. With inflation putting a strain on the family’s finances, she came to the event to make sure her kids got the school supplies they needed.
“Times are a bit tough right now, and we've seen the event where they do haircuts and back to school supplies, backpacks and whatnot,” Nail said. “So we're pretty excited to get some help. It's like a hundred dollars in school supplies for each child, and we can't afford that right now.”
Nail’s daughter Isabella is going into sixth grade in the Independence School District. She said the school supplies and backpack are helping calm her nerves about going to a new school. Her brother, Joseph, is going into fifth grade. He’s excited to get a top fade before school starts Monday.
For Marquita Sanders, the Fresh Cut Fresh Start event was a way for her and her three sons to get all the last-minute school preparation done in one place.
“It helps out a lot,” Sanders said. “It helps financially because then I don't have to spend so much on school supplies and then with immunizations, I can just make sure they're healthy. This was the last piece to the puzzle, to get immunizations and haircuts.”
Sanders tried to get her kids — two of whom are going into eighth grade and one into his senior year — the state-required Tdap and MCV vaccines at a clinic before Sunday, but the lines were too long.
Eighth graders Marquan and Demarion, two of her kids, said they’ve been coming to Fresh Cut Fresh Start for years. According to Marquan, the haircuts help offset the pain of the vaccines he has to get.
“I just don't want more than two shots because I'm scared of needles,” Marquan said. “[But] I haven't had a haircut in a long time. I'm getting a taper – I’m just gonna cut these sides off.”
Seeing people like Marquan and Demarion year after year is gratifying to Thomas. He tries to use Fresh Cut Fresh Start as a way to mentor people and show others how much he cares about the community. Even with all 12 of his barber chairs full and hundreds of people in line, he looks for ways to establish a short relationship with each client — no matter how brief.
“Fourteen years later, you get kids that once was a kid 14 years ago, but now they’re married and have children of their own and maybe even invited their kid down to events,” Thomas said. “So that kind of stuff is pretty fun and surreal.”
This year, Thomas and his team at 180V are joined by eight other barbers volunteering their time for the event.
“I know at times it might seem like nobody's there to really reach out, nobody's there to really give back,” he said. “We want to dispel those myths. Fresh Cut, Fresh Start is a very small piece of what it takes when it comes to community development. It's a small taste of what we can truly do when we all just work together for a common goal. As far as the youth, from a big homie to a little homie, I just let them know, ‘Hey man, we got you.’”
After hours of cutting hair, Thomas is already looking forward to next year and thinking of ways to make year 15 of Fresh Cut Fresh Start bigger and better than the last. He said he’s thinking of starting an entrepreneur development program to further support the people who come to the back to school event each year. | https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-08-21/kansas-city-barber-gives-free-haircuts-for-first-day-of-school | 2022-08-21T20:58:49Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-08-21/kansas-city-barber-gives-free-haircuts-for-first-day-of-school | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. (WTXL) — The Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce’s Community Conference featured speakers this weekend at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.
During the conference’s final day Sunday, Leon County sheriff Walt McNeil gave an address.
According to the Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, McNeil noted that crime cannot be reduced by only law enforcement, but reducing crime requires community-wide engagement.
The sheriff also discussed the partnership between his office, the Leon County Schools District and the city of Tallahassee on the mentorship program aimed to help at-risk young males.
Other speakers Sunday included Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare president and CEO Mark O’Bryant and Ed Murray, Jr. of NAI TALCOR.
O’Bryant — It’s about creating community support platforms, a place where people can be comfortable. #TLHACC22
— Vicki Bradley (@VickiMarie31) August 21, 2022
Florida State University president Richard McCullough spoke Saturday.
McCullough discussed multiple topics during his address.
With the increased demand for student housing in Leon County, McCullough noted that FSU had enough housing for all first-year students and the university needs a couple more dorms to house all the students that want to live on campus.
McCullough disclosed that Florida State University is looking at building more housing.
He noted the amount of interest to attend the university with more applicants than slots available.
Per the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce, McCullough noted the university has hired a number of people to hold important leadership positions during his first year as president.
He acknowledged a key factor in growing Tallahassee's economy is by growing FSU's research capacity. McCullough wants to secure more funding from the National Institutes of Health for research projects.
McCullough noted FSU is working to help grow start-up companies in the area that partner with them and the avenues entrepreneurs can take with the university.
@PresMcCullough says there are a lot of ways for entrepreneurs to engage with @FloridaState to start or grow a new company. The University is helping grow the number of start-ups that partner with FSU. pic.twitter.com/JpDZtJzQI5
— Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce (@TalChamber) August 20, 2022
The president expects $1 billion in construction done by the university during the next three years and additional construction beyond that.
McCullough also discussed the impact the Florida State University football program has on the economy of Tallahassee, Leon County and the region.
McCullough claimed that the FSU football team brings $100 million to the region each college football season and that out-of-town fans bring in $50 million in direct spending to Leon County.
He added that 65% of fans travel more than 3 1/2 hours to attend a game at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee.
Per the chamber of commerce, McCullough discussed the FSU athletics department's conference affiliation.
The Florida State University athletics department is a member of the NCAA's Atlantic Coast Conference.
"It's something I'm spending a lot of time on and we're getting a lot of help. We're trying to do anything we can to think about how we remain competitive. Florida State is expected to win. We're going to be very aggressive," McCullough said.
For the past 10-plus years, there has been a climate of conference realignment among NCAA Division I member college athletic programs across the country because of media rights fees paid to conferences by media companies to broadcast and/or stream athletic events; most notably football and men's basketball games. | https://www.wtxl.com/community/2022-greater-tallahassee-chamber-of-commerce-community-conference-concludes-with-speakers | 2022-08-21T21:03:21Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/community/2022-greater-tallahassee-chamber-of-commerce-community-conference-concludes-with-speakers | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
At a time when the country’s biggest film market is digging deep into the past for monolithic motifs which often fail to impress with their overloaded political bias, the smaller industries have, for long, been on a quest to explore newer themes.
Stories from the rainbow world of LGBTQIA+ are among such themes filmmakers with a fresh perspective and an empathetic psyche dabble with. Director Vishnu Sivaprasad’s ‘Mike’ is one such tale, with empathy at the core of its plot.
‘Mike’, produced by Bollywood hero John Abraham, is an addition to a new genre of movies that look upon LGBTQIA+ spectrum through the lens of equality and normality – though the way it has handled the subject could be subject to conflicting views.
The film goes through a complex stage in the lives of both Sarah (Anaswara Rajan), a free-spirited young girl who believes she is a man trapped in a woman’s body, and Antony (Ranjith Sajeev), a young man who has counted his own days at the peak of depression.
While Sarah, who calls herself Mike, hopes to reboot her life with a sex reassignment surgery, Antony sees no hope about life after the tragic loss of his mom. A journey, during which they share some ‘spirit’ of friendship, connects them, setting the stage for a steady flow of the film.
Antony’s exuberant past – so filmy with dance, music, stunts and an emotional downfall – dominate the narrative then on before the focus is shifted to Sarah’s crisis of a lifetime. While the proven young talent Anaswara Rajan comes up with a subdued performance as the complex Sarah, the film turns out to be a strong launchpad for Ranjith.
The sequences are arranged in such a manner that the film exploits optimum use of his talents as a flexible dancer and a promising action hero. Melancholy is the dominant mood of his character and he manages to convey it when the situation demands.
Anaswara Rajan deserves applause for morphing into the character with consummate ease.
The film’s script veers to cliched situations and sloppy characters at times.
Amateurism in some performances is also exposed. Ashique Akbar Ali has done the script while Renadive’s frames capture the mood of the film. Hridayam fame Hesham Abdul Wahab has composed the music and a few tracks, including the title one and certain stretches of the BGM, are beautiful.
While the crew can be proud of pulling out a subject which could have been taboo until the recent past and placing it onto the mainstream, it is also possible that they may encounter some criticism for apparently reinforcing certain societal notions, despite their earnest attempt in educating. | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/2022/08/19/mike-movie-release-john-abraham-ranjith-sajeev-anaswara-rajan-review.html | 2022-08-21T21:07:01Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/2022/08/19/mike-movie-release-john-abraham-ranjith-sajeev-anaswara-rajan-review.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DETROIT — For all that has gone wrong for the Angels this season, their Double-A team has provided some hope for the future.
The Rocket City Trash Pandas, who play in Madison, Ala., are 65-48, with a roster dotted with the Angels’ top prospects.
On Saturday night, the Trash Pandas trailed by five runs at the seventh-inning stretch. They came back to win 8-7 on a three-run homer by Preston Palmeiro in the bottom of the ninth, just after many of the players had helped get the tarp on the field in time to keep the game from ending prematurely.
Even before that game, Angels general manager Perry Minasian said he’s happy to see how well the team has played because of the value that could eventually have to the big league team.
“That’s important for us, absolutely,” Minasian said during the Angels series in Detroit. “I believe in winning at all levels. Now, there’s a development aspect to it too. There’s a balance. But winning is definitely important.
“I think when you’re in winning situations, you learn how to play the game. There are small things that make big differences. When there are close, tight games, when you’re a team that’s in every game, that has a chance to win every game, you experience more on an individual basis.”
The Angels have most of their top prospects playing in Double-A, including newly acquired No. 1 prospect Logan O’Hoppe, the catcher who came from the Philadelphia Phillies in the Brandon Marsh trade.
Shortstop Zach Neto, the Angels’ first-round pick in last month’s draft, is also playing at Double-A. Pitching prospects Ky Bush, Sam Bachman, Chase Silseth and Ben Joyce are also there.
Other than O’Hoppe, none of those players had played even one full pro season before getting assigned to Double-A.
“We’ve challenged a lot of a lot of our players, putting them in places that are difficult to play, especially at the ages or the experience they have,” Minasian said. “We’ve done that, one, for the environments and two, because of the makeup of the players. We think that they can handle it. And so far we’re pretty happy with the results.”
NOTES
Michael Lorenzen (shoulder strain) was scheduled to start for Triple-A Salt Lake on Sunday. Lorenzen said earlier this week that he expected to make two starts in the minors and then be activated …
Manager Phil Nevin moved David Fletcher back to the leadoff spot and dropped Shohei Ohtani to the No. 3 spot, behind Mike Trout. Nevin had put Ohtani in front of Trout in the first two games after Trout came back from the injured list …
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WXIN/WTWO) — Three Indiana State University students died in a crash Sunday morning, the university announced.
According to Terre Haute Police, there were five people total in the car. All passengers are believed to be ISU students, including some football players.
“This is a terrible tragedy,” ISU President Dr. Deborah J. Curtis said. “As we are waiting on additional details from authorities investigating this accident, our hearts go out to the families and friends of the students involved.”
According to the Vigo County Sheriff’s Department, deputies responded to the crash around 1:34 a.m. on State Road 46 at Main Street in Riley, about 70 miles southwest of Indianapolis. Results of the initial investigation showed the vehicle left the roadway and struck a tree before catching on fire, Nexstar’s WTWO reports.
Two passengers were able to be freed from the vehicle and were transported to a nearby hospital for treatment of serious injuries.
“Unfortunately, the driver and two other occupants were pronounced deceased on the scene,” Sheriff John Plasse said.
Authorities have not yet identified those involved in the crash.
ISU women’s soccer game originally set for Sunday is being rescheduled due to the crash. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/indiana-state-university-football-players-among-victims-in-deadly-crash/ | 2022-08-21T21:16:30Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/indiana-state-university-football-players-among-victims-in-deadly-crash/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – One thing that local consumers can breathe a little easier on is the price of gas.
The average price for a gallon of regular continues to dip. Nationally, the average price now sits at $3.90 per gallon, down 5 cents from a week ago, and down more than 50 cents from last month.
Things are a bit pricier in Massachusetts, at around $4.17 a gallon. The western part of the state is seeing a bit more relief though. Hampden and Franklin county both averaging gas prices lower than $4. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/gas-prices-continue-downward-trend/ | 2022-08-21T21:17:14Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/gas-prices-continue-downward-trend/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
While the majority of the 49ers starters did not suit up for this one, there was still plenty to take away from the 49ers
1. There are going to be tough decisions at the running back position.
There is no clarity right now about how the 49ers backfield is going to shake out. Elijah Mitchell is a lock for a final spot and likely gets the nod as the number one back if he is healthy by week one, but even that is not a given at this point.
Jeff Wilson Jr. missed his second consecutive preseason game but also is a player who provides the 49ers with a strong veteran presence at the position, something that is coveted by Kyle Shanahan. Despite his absence from these preseason contests, I expect Wilson to be among the players on the final 53.
Beyond that is where things really get dicey. Trey Sermon was a top 100 pick a little over one year ago, but if it weren’t for the capital invested in him, it would be hard to make a case for him being more deserving of a roster spot over the other players on the bubble.
Back to this game, where Ty Davis-Price and Jordan Mason both had strong showings against the Vikings. Davis-Price had ten carries for 41 yards and showed off a level of physicality that would indicate he is a strong candidate to be the battering ram at the position in games where the 49ers will be running the ball to milk clock with a lead.
Jordan Mason looked fantastic, averaging 6.3 yards per carry on nine rushing attempts while showing off the ability to run with conviction and finish through contact. It’s more than the power with Mason, though, he has a great feel for when to make decisive cuts in this zone running scheme, and if roster spots were given out solely based on performance, he would be all but a lock given how he has performed in the training camp and preseason.
JaMycal Hasty had a receiving touchdown as well, running an excellent choice route out of the backfield to beat the linebacker in coverage. Generally, the 49ers keep five running backs on the final roster, with one of those spots being reserved for Kyle Juszczyk.
The 49ers might have to consider keeping six this year because there will be at least one, if not two, talented backs who get left out if they stick to the status quo at five. I don’t like their odds of stashing a player like Mason on the practice squad either. I would not risk betting that he makes it through waivers.
Either way, there are going to be some tough calls to make. At this point, maybe you do field some calls on Sermon if another team is interested, but I would be genuinely surprised if they outright cut a player they invested so heavily in just one season ago. Hopefully, the third preseason game provides some much-needed transparency with the entire situation.
2. Javon Kinlaw flashes his pro bowl ceiling
It was one sack in a preseason game, so I don’t blame anyone for rolling their eyes at the aforementioned subheading. But allow me to explain why. Kinlaw is a player who has immense physical talent and has leaned heavily on those athletic traits early on in his NFL career.
My take with Kinlaw has always been that he will have a rapid ascent once he gets more reps in the league and can improve on things like hand placement, pad level, etc. We got a great example of the development that had come with more reps when he sacked Kellen Mond on a 3rd & 7 late in the first quarter.
Kinlaw was able to beat the right guard to the inside with a club move, striking the guard on their inside shoulder and using his superhuman strength to move the guard laterally before charging through the A gap to bring Mond down.
This was a great example of Kinlaw being able to tie in his elite athleticism and raw power together with sound technique in regards to his hand placement, and the result was him absolutely demolishing an interior offensive lineman en route to a sack in the backfield.
These are the kind of plays Kinlaw is capable of, and they are going to come in greater numbers the more comfortable he gets in his role going forward. Remember, he missed a huge chunk of his first two years due to some unfortunate injuries, and the time missed stole a large portion of the time he would have spent developing early on in his NFL career.
Kinlaw is a special player, and there is a reason why the 49ers drafted him where they did. He showed you a glimpse into what he is capable of in this league with that sack against the Vikings, and it will be interesting to watch how the narrative around Kinlaw shifts now that he is healthy and going into the season looking like someone who is playing with a weight lifted off their shoulders.
Drake Jackson was an absolute steal
There is no reason Drake Jackson should have still been on the board when the 49ers took him late in the second round of the 2022 NFL draft. Maybe teams were concerned with his weight being down or didn’t have the patience to develop someone who has great traits but appeared to possibly need a semi-redshirt year to start out.
Whatever the reason was, it’s not good enough to justify Jackson falling into the 49ers' lap, where they already had an embarrassment of riches on the deepest defensive line in the league. However, through two preseason games, Jackson has shown that he not only has a high ceiling that can be reached through a methodical development plan, but he also is ready to make a contribution right away.
His ability to operate in space, fill run fits, and just be a disruptive presence overall is extremely encouraging for a player who is still far away from reaching their physical potential. Jackson has the ability to develop into an above-average starter in this league, and that might come much sooner than expected.
Pair that with an already talented 49ers defensive front and the future remains bright for the position group that is the engine that makes this squad go.
4. The backup quarterbacks look good
Nate Sudfeld and Brock Purdy combined to go 27/40 for 230 yards, one touchdown, and zero interceptions. While I wouldn’t put too much stock into a preseason game against second and third-stringers, you also can only play who is in front of you.
Besides a mishap near the goal line by Purdy, I thought the pair of quarterbacks did what they needed to in this game. Both clearly look comfortable operating in this offense and have displayed an ability to get the ball to where it needs to go within their progressions at a level that is encouraging for players that will be buried behind Trey Lance on the depth chart.
While it won’t garner the same level of excitement as the discussion around QB1, having a capable backup on the roster can be the difference between being a playoff team or missing the cut, as 49ers fans have seen over the last couple of seasons. The 49ers have a pair of guys who both fit that mold.
Robbie Gould and Mitch Wishnowsky have strong games
I can imagine someone reading this saying “how much of a snoozer was this game for special teams to be a standout in a preseason game.” While I wouldn’t push back too hard on that assessment, I also think the specialists deserve recognition with performances like that, regardless of whether it being an exhibition game or not.
Robbie Gould was 3/3 on the day, drilling kicks from 49, 46, and 28 yards, respectively. Gould continues to be one of the most reliable legs in the sport and is a massive asset to this 49ers team with championship aspirations. Having a kicker like Gould, who has shown he has ice water in his veins in big moments, is something that should never be overlooked.
Mitch Wishnowsky had himself a day as well, booting four punts for a net total of 210 yards, with a long of 59. Two of these punts landed inside the Minnesota 20-yard line, including a ball that was downed inside the Vikings' one-yard line. Very strong day from the 49ers specialist group, and I also have to give a quick nod to long snapper Taybor Pepper for his role in the success of the special teams unit in Minnesota. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/21/23314946/49ers-vikings-takeaways-preseason | 2022-08-21T21:17:40Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/21/23314946/49ers-vikings-takeaways-preseason | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(NewsNation) — Employers are struggling to fill 10.6 million job openings and may be missing a key demographic for their efforts: those with long COVID.
New research shows as many as 4 million “long haulers” have left the workforce, said Katie Bach, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Her upcoming report examines the policy implications of long COVID on the workforce.
Many others have reduced hours or changed fields entirely due to a lingering group of symptoms including fatigue, brain fog, pain, shortness of breath, nausea and heart and lung damage.
“It’s like front page news when we see like a 0.5 percentage point drop in labor force participation, and I’m talking about something that’s a lot higher than that,” Bach said, estimating the lost wages approach $200 billion a year. “Every company needs to be cognizant of this.”
If managers want to get these workers back, they need to be more flexible about where, how and when employees work, said Linda Batiste of the Job Accommodation Network (JAN), a free resource on disability-related employment issues.
“Employers are sometimes concerned that making accommodations is going to be costly … (or) that providing accommodations will negatively affect coworker morale,” Batiste wrote to NewsNation in an email.
Yet an annual JAN survey of thousands of employers has shown the benefit of making accommodations outweighs the cost — usually under $500.
Two months after making a workplace accommodation, 90% of employers reported retaining the employee, 68% reported workers were more productive and 57% of reported staff took fewer days off, according to the 2021 survey.
‘The walking wounded‘
Kayla Hake ran out of breath while she walked up the steps talking on the phone. A few minutes prior she’d caught her 2-year-old daughter tripping down the last few steps — but her pulse wasn’t slowing.
“My heart rate is still at 137 right now. I mean, just doing that,” the former hospice worker said. “I’ve gotten to the point where I’ve kind of had to accept it — that I’m not going to be able to go back to work and do what I was doing previously.”
Hake faced two bouts of COVID-19 that worsened her heart condition. She says she’s now driving for DoorDash because she can make more money and needs flexible hours.
Employers need to be malleable where they can, said Dr. Ezra Teitelbaum, who specializes in treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.
Post-COVID fatigue is due to an “energy crisis” he explained, made worse by overexertion and stress. But often there aren’t physical signs of illness, which may make it harder for managers to understand.
“The walking wounded are coming into work, and they’re doing the best they can,” Teitelbaum said, adding that long COVID affects more women than men.
Finding the right accommodations
Allowing people to work remotely, asynchronous work hours and offering more breaks within the day have been shown to help fatigue sufferers stay in their jobs.
Other accommodations can include more ergonomic chairs or desks, handicap access, making a workplace quieter or less bright, and time off for medical appointments.
“Long Covid Podcast” host Jackie Baxter said the best accommodation she heard of was an office that created a nap space in an unused office.
“We’ll talk about pacing — you can only do so many things in a day, and if you go over that, then it’s not going to be good,” Baxter said. “If you have to do three tasks, for example, rather than doing boom, boom, boom, you do one task, rest, one task, rest.”
Ultimately, it’s about working with the employee — and helping them understand they have rights under the American Disability Act, Batiste said.
Employers should keep in mind that these accommodations may not be permanent, Baxter added. Some research indicates extra rest in the first few months of long COVID may reduce the likelihood of it becoming a long-term disability.
“How can the HR people help? They can offer that, ‘I know that you’re really sick and I will help you as best I can,’” Teitelbaum said. “If you’re looking for employee loyalty in a day where it’s hard to find … if you are there for them, they’re going to be inclined, more likely, to stick around for you.”
Bach said as long as employers view accommodations as a preference — and not an accommodation — companies will continue to struggle to hire enough people. And because the implications for the larger economy are stark, she says the government needs to expedite disability benefit applications as well.
“If there’s any hope that it will help them recover and get them back to work, that’s an obvious investment for the government to make,” Bach said. “Frankly, if we’re talking about a $200 billion cost in lost wages alone, there aren’t many interventions that wouldn’t be worth it.” | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/long-covid-with-as-many-as-4m-out-of-work-how-can-they-come-back/ | 2022-08-21T21:24:26Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/long-covid-with-as-many-as-4m-out-of-work-how-can-they-come-back/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A group of DC-area universities have formed an initiative to combat gun violence. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the presidents of two participating schools: Gregory Washington and Patricia McGuire.
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A group of DC-area universities have formed an initiative to combat gun violence. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the presidents of two participating schools: Gregory Washington and Patricia McGuire.
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Amber Alert canceled after 3-year-old Texas girl found safe
Published: Aug. 21, 2022 at 4:21 PM EDT|Updated: 7 minutes ago
(Gray News) - An Amber Alert issued Sunday for a 3-year-old Texas girl has been canceled after the girl was found safe, authorities said.
The Houston Police Department tweeted late Sunday afternoon that Lincy Guitry was located safe and the suspect in the case, identified as 50-year-old Holman Hernandez, was arrested.
At the time of the Amber Alert, Lincy had last been seen on Sunday at around 2:00 a.m. at her parents’ apartment complex in the 12800 block of North Borough Drive, Houston, Texas, according to the alert.
Copyright 2022 Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.wave3.com/2022/08/21/amber-alert-issued-3-year-old-texas-girl/ | 2022-08-21T21:33:03Z | wave3.com | control | https://www.wave3.com/2022/08/21/amber-alert-issued-3-year-old-texas-girl/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(NewsNation) — Employers are struggling to fill 10.6 million job openings and may be missing a key demographic for their efforts: those with long COVID.
New research shows as many as 4 million “long haulers” have left the workforce, said Katie Bach, a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Her upcoming report examines the policy implications of long COVID on the workforce.
Many others have reduced hours or changed fields entirely due to a lingering group of symptoms including fatigue, brain fog, pain, shortness of breath, nausea and heart and lung damage.
“It’s like front page news when we see like a 0.5 percentage point drop in labor force participation, and I’m talking about something that’s a lot higher than that,” Bach said, estimating the lost wages approach $200 billion a year. “Every company needs to be cognizant of this.”
If managers want to get these workers back, they need to be more flexible about where, how and when employees work, said Linda Batiste of the Job Accommodation Network (JAN), a free resource on disability-related employment issues.
“Employers are sometimes concerned that making accommodations is going to be costly … (or) that providing accommodations will negatively affect coworker morale,” Batiste wrote to NewsNation in an email.
Yet an annual JAN survey of thousands of employers has shown the benefit of making accommodations outweighs the cost — usually under $500.
Two months after making a workplace accommodation, 90% of employers reported retaining the employee, 68% reported workers were more productive and 57% of reported staff took fewer days off, according to the 2021 survey.
‘The walking wounded‘
Kayla Hake ran out of breath while she walked up the steps talking on the phone. A few minutes prior she’d caught her 2-year-old daughter tripping down the last few steps — but her pulse wasn’t slowing.
“My heart rate is still at 137 right now. I mean, just doing that,” the former hospice worker said. “I’ve gotten to the point where I’ve kind of had to accept it — that I’m not going to be able to go back to work and do what I was doing previously.”
Hake faced two bouts of COVID-19 that worsened her heart condition. She says she’s now driving for DoorDash because she can make more money and needs flexible hours.
Employers need to be malleable where they can, said Dr. Ezra Teitelbaum, who specializes in treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia.
Post-COVID fatigue is due to an “energy crisis” he explained, made worse by overexertion and stress. But often there aren’t physical signs of illness, which may make it harder for managers to understand.
“The walking wounded are coming into work, and they’re doing the best they can,” Teitelbaum said, adding that long COVID affects more women than men.
Finding the right accommodations
Allowing people to work remotely, asynchronous work hours and offering more breaks within the day have been shown to help fatigue sufferers stay in their jobs.
Other accommodations can include more ergonomic chairs or desks, handicap access, making a workplace quieter or less bright, and time off for medical appointments.
“Long Covid Podcast” host Jackie Baxter said the best accommodation she heard of was an office that created a nap space in an unused office.
“We’ll talk about pacing — you can only do so many things in a day, and if you go over that, then it’s not going to be good,” Baxter said. “If you have to do three tasks, for example, rather than doing boom, boom, boom, you do one task, rest, one task, rest.”
Ultimately, it’s about working with the employee — and helping them understand they have rights under the American Disability Act, Batiste said.
Employers should keep in mind that these accommodations may not be permanent, Baxter added. Some research indicates extra rest in the first few months of long COVID may reduce the likelihood of it becoming a long-term disability.
“How can the HR people help? They can offer that, ‘I know that you’re really sick and I will help you as best I can,’” Teitelbaum said. “If you’re looking for employee loyalty in a day where it’s hard to find … if you are there for them, they’re going to be inclined, more likely, to stick around for you.”
Bach said as long as employers view accommodations as a preference — and not an accommodation — companies will continue to struggle to hire enough people. And because the implications for the larger economy are stark, she says the government needs to expedite disability benefit applications as well.
“If there’s any hope that it will help them recover and get them back to work, that’s an obvious investment for the government to make,” Bach said. “Frankly, if we’re talking about a $200 billion cost in lost wages alone, there aren’t many interventions that wouldn’t be worth it.” | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/long-covid-with-as-many-as-4m-out-of-work-how-can-they-come-back/ | 2022-08-21T21:34:20Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/long-covid-with-as-many-as-4m-out-of-work-how-can-they-come-back/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas edged world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev 7-6(6), 3-6, 6-3 in an absorbing semifinal at the Cincinnati Open on Saturday to set up a summit clash with Borna Coric after the Croatian's 6-3, 6-4 win over Cameron Norrie.
Tsitsipas saved a set point in the opening tie-break to take the lead but collapsed in stunning fashion in the second set, falling behind 5-0 before narrowly avoiding a bagel.
But the Greek, who had just two wins in nine matches against Medvedev coming into the encounter, raised his game in the decider and broke the US Open champion at 3-2 before comfortably serving out the match with some exquisite net play.
"I felt like the ball wasn't really flying off his racquet," Tsitsipas, who later withdrew from the doubles semifinals alongside Holger Rune, told reporters.
"I felt like he was trying too hard, and that's when I knew that I pushed him there, and it was something that I did over many consecutive rallies, a lot of physical effort. I knew that was my opportunity to go and strike."
Sunday will be Tsitsipas' first final appearance in Cincinnati and his fifth overall in 2022.
"I'm prepared for it," said the former Roland Garros finalist. "I know it's not an easy task playing against him. You know, he's coming back from an injury, he's playing great tennis, and he's going to work very hard for it."
Coric reached his second ATP Masters 1000 final - and first since undergoing shoulder surgery last year - with a commanding performance against Norrie, who offered little resistance against his opponent's heavy hitting from the baseline.
British ninth seed Norrie started brightly and raced into a 3-1 lead before Coric found his groove to win five straight games and secure the opening set.
"It was a very tough day, a very long day as well," said Coric after both men's semifinals were delayed due to rain.
"At the beginning I was not there, I was not feeling the ball very well. Then I did find my rhythm. I started to serve better, I started to play much better and I think that was the key to the match."
Coric, who struck 22 winners in all, kept up the momentum in the second set, clinching eight straight points to take a 4-2 lead before closing out the match to set up a third career meeting with Tsitsipas.
Meanwhile, Petra Kvitova overcame a sluggish start and 10 double faults to beat Madison Keys 6-7(6), 6-4, 6-3 and advance to the women's singles final, where she will face Caroline Garcia, the first qualifier to reach the final of a WTA 1000 tournament.
In a match twice hit by lengthy rain delays, Garcia was able to keep her focus to see off sixth-seeded Belarusian Aryna Sabalenka 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.
After battling her way through qualifying, the resurgent Frenchwoman has notched up wins over three top 10 world-ranked opponents, Maria Sakkari (4), Sabalenka (7) and Jessica Pegula (8).
In the day's first match on a muggy Centre Court, a misfiring Kvitova had trouble getting into gear. But she produced some of her best tennis when it mattered by breaking the American favourite to start the third set and again to clinch a spot in Sunday's final.
It will mark the 40th WTA Tour singles final for the 32-year-old Czech but first in Cincinnati.
"I expected it to be tough but I didn't expect it to be that tough," said Kvitova, who will return to the top 20 of the world rankings on Monday. "I don't really care about the ranking."
"Being in the final is of course more important, that is why I play tennis to be in the final and fight for the trophy." | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/tennis/2022/08/21/cincinnati-open-titsipas-edges-medvedev-to-meet-coric-in-final.amp.html | 2022-08-21T21:37:32Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/tennis/2022/08/21/cincinnati-open-titsipas-edges-medvedev-to-meet-coric-in-final.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Supreme Court on Friday sided with Black voters who challenged Georgia's system of electing members to the state's Public Service Commission, which regulates public utilities in the state.
The move was a rare example of the conservative court siding with voters over state officials in disputes regarding election rules, especially when the court is asked to act on an emergency basis.
The Supreme Court restored a district court ruling requiring that this year's election for two of the commission seats be postponed so that the legislature could create a new system for electing commissioners.
The unsigned order from the Supreme Court left the door open for the state's Republican officials to try again to get Georgia's rules for electing the commission revived for November's election. However, later Friday, Georgia indicated in a court filing that it would not ask again for the appeals court to halt the trial judge's order before November's election while the appeal on the merits played out.
Nico Martinez, a partner at Bartlit Beck LLP who represented the challengers, said the Supreme Court's order was an "important step toward ensuring that this November's PSC elections are not held using a method that unlawfully dilutes the votes of millions of Black citizens in Georgia."
"We look forward to presenting the merits of our case on appeal and are confident the district court's well-reasoned decision will ultimately be upheld," Martinez said in a statement.
The commission is Georgia's regulator for investor-owned utilities like power plants and telecommunications. Among its duties is setting residential, commercial and industrial utility rates.
Each of the five commission seats is assigned a specific district where the commissioner must reside, but the commissioners themselves are elected in state-wide elections on a staggered six-year calendar.
The district court judge ruled the at-large system for electing members to the commission diluted Black political power in violation of the federal Voting Rights Act.
But the judge's ruling was then put on hold by the US 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, prompting the voters to seek the Supreme Court's intervention this week.
Arguments in the appeal have focused, in part, on the so-called Purcell principle, which discourages federal court actions that would disrupt election planning close to an election.
The Supreme Court said that the 11th Circuit should not have used the principle to justify halting the trial judge's order. The voters challenging the election rules had pointed out that Georgia officials said the principle would not come into play if they appealed any ruling against the current election system for the commission.
The Supreme Court order comes after a string of cases in which the justices broke down along ideological lines on whether lower court rulings in favor of voting rights advocates should be put on hold because of upcoming elections.
In redistricting cases out of Alabama and Louisiana, the conservative majority reversed lower court rulings that would have required maps found to be illegal to be redrawn before the November elections. (The high court did decline to disturb certain rulings in which a state supreme court, rather than federal courts, had ordered the maps redrawn).
Similarly, during the 2020 election, the Supreme Court put on hold several lower court rulings that would have made it easier to vote during the pandemic.
Many of those orders have been handed down without explanation from the majority, but on a few occasions, conservative justices have written to emphasize that their moves were motivated by adherence to the Purcell principle.
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Bicyclist killed in crash that closed Trilby/Taft Hill intersection for 5 hours
Fort Collins police are working to determine the cause of a crash that killed a bicyclist and closed the intersection of Trilby and Taft Hill roads for 5½ hours Saturday.
Police said in a news release that a 2012 Chevrolet Impala and a gas-powered bicycle collided after the bicycle crossed in front of the Impala, which was traveling northbound on Taft Hill. Taft Hill traffic has the right of way at the intersection, while cross-traffic on Trilby is controlled by a stop sign.
The bicyclist died at an area hospital after the crash.
Police said investigators are working to determine whether the bicycle failed to stop at the sign or failed to yield right of way after stopping. Potential alcohol impairment by the bicycle rider is being investigated as a factor in the crash.
The identity of the bicyclist was not immediately available.
More:New law to increase the safety of drivers and cyclists alike
Anyone with information about the crash who has not already spoken with police is asked to call officer David Kaes at 970-416-2229. | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2022/08/21/bicyclist-killed-in-crash-closed-intersection-sw-fort-collins-police/65412743007/ | 2022-08-21T21:46:01Z | coloradoan.com | control | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2022/08/21/bicyclist-killed-in-crash-closed-intersection-sw-fort-collins-police/65412743007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Hearts fans react: 'Decent', Stewart 'somehow brilliant'; Halliday and Ginnelly 'impressive'
What the fans said about the performance in the 2-0 cinch Premiership defeat by Celtic in Glasgow.
@HeartsTillWeDie: “Weird game. Think it’s fair to say everyone predicted a pumping especially with the 11 named. Stewart was somehow brilliant. Atkinson had his moments, good and bad. Halliday was solid. Rowles decent too.
No complaints over Sibbick and Cochrane’s second yellows.”
@McTubzzz: “Played well considering where we were playing, who we were playing and a weakened team. Ross Stewart had some really good saves and Halliday was brilliant. Onto Thursday night.”
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@dazhmfc: “Overall a good performance, Atkinson, Sibbick, Halliday all with better than expected performances, C Smith done well when on as well. More fight in that performance with half a team. Hopefully that gets people off Stewart’s back he’s a back up and on his game more than good enough.”
@BigDB88: “Decent performance for who started. Halliday and Ginnelly impressive. Can hold our heads fairly high. Impressive it takes 2 red cards for parkhead to be audible.”
@jockburnett: “Despite the defeat a few good performances. If we'd kept 11 on the park we might have nicked a draw.”
@Josh_5_1: “Nowhere near as bad as it could have been. Look at the amount of cash Celtic spend on these players. And we shut them out most of the game with half our team rested. Robbie and the boys need to show that it was worth it on Thursday.”
@tonymurray51: “Thought we played well – just no consistency in the refereeing but that’s what you expect a Parkhead. Can’t fault the effort from the players.”
@dougie_mckinnon: “Changed days, turn the clock back 10 years and getting beat at Parkhead would have been seen as a major setback, now Hearts (and et al) are going there mainly to keep the defeat to a respectable level. 4 games into the season and it's basically all over. Very depressing.”
@RonCashman: “All over? Get a grip! Hearts rightly saved players for Thursday and still put on a decent show. Hearts can get the three points back against Celtic at home. Open your eyes, take a deep breath and appreciate the good things that are happening at Tynecastle.” | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/hearts-fans-react-decent-stewart-somehow-brilliant-halliday-and-ginnelly-impressive-3814011 | 2022-08-21T21:50:22Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/hearts-fans-react-decent-stewart-somehow-brilliant-halliday-and-ginnelly-impressive-3814011 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Hibs 'felt goal was coming' says David Marshall as he hails 'incredible' Marijan Čabraja and gives take on Rangers penalty
In four league games for Hibs, David Marshall has witnessed three late, late goals from the opposite end of the pitch – but he insisted the whole team felt the equaliser against Rangers was coming.
Josh Campbell cracked home a fine half-volley in the second minute of injury time as Hibs left it until the last moment for the second game in a row at Easter Road after goals from James Tavernier and Tom Lawrence had given the visitors a 2-1 lead, with Martin Boyle on target for the hosts in between.
And the captain hailed his side’s character as they kept fighting until the bitter end.
"It was a bit of a weird one, because they were down to nine men, but you felt it was coming. We were just waiting for the break of the ball,” Marshall said afterwards.
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"It’s a good result for us. Yes, we should be getting something from nine men, but it says something about our character that we don’t give up, we don’t get frustrated, that we kept our composure and managed to get the goal and the result.
"That’s three in four games now where we’ve scored late. It would maybe be handy if we started games better, but I do think it says something about our personality that we can pull it out like that.”
Marshall has been in the game long enough to know a penalty when he sees one and he had no complaints over the spot-kick awarded for Rocky Bushiri’s foul on Antonio Čolak.
"You can’t argue really, can you? Rocky’s got his hands on the striker so, yeah, there’s no argument. Put it this way, if it’s not given, I don’t think Rangers are up in arms, but it’s still hands on the player.
"I think we are in a different era now; you have to realise these things can happen and you have to defend smarter.
"Obviously, we’ve got VAR coming in, so these things will get picked up. It’s a contact sport, and anyone who has been watching football for years knows that maybe ten years ago that was never a penalty. But, like I say, it’s a changed game now.”
The veteran shot-stopper also had words of praise for Marijan Čabraja, who was a first-half replacement for Paul Hanlon despite attending his father’s funeral in Croatia on Thursday. The full-back broke down in tears at the final whistle with his team-mates quick to console him after a mammoth effort in getting back to Scotland and playing more than an hour of the match.
“It’s incredible. He spoke to the lads in the dressing after the game and it was pretty emotional,” Marshall revealed.
"I can’t believe he played – I think he just got back on Friday – and it puts everything into perspective a wee bit.
“He has been superb since he came to the club but to go back and have to deal with that bereavement, and then come back and be thrown on like that and play the way he did… fair play to him.
"He was thanking the boys, but we should be thanking him, because we didn’t expect him to be anywhere near the country, but he did amazingly well.” | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/hibs-felt-goal-was-coming-says-david-marshall-as-he-hails-incredible-marijan-cabraja-and-gives-take-on-rangers-penalty-3813527 | 2022-08-21T21:50:29Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/hibs-felt-goal-was-coming-says-david-marshall-as-he-hails-incredible-marijan-cabraja-and-gives-take-on-rangers-penalty-3813527 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Russia plans to close down the Nord Stream gas pipeline for three days between August 31 and September 2.
For 'maintenance'. Once maintenance is complete Russia says gas flow will be restored to the current level of 33mn cubic metres per day. This is circa just 20% of Nord Stream’s capacity.
The closure will strangle the European gas market once again, continuing Russia's undeclared war on Europe.
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The reasons for EUR/USD to hold above parity are diminishing further with this news. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/russia-to-shut-down-nord-stream-completely-for-three-days-from-august-31-20220821/ | 2022-08-21T22:00:17Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/russia-to-shut-down-nord-stream-completely-for-three-days-from-august-31-20220821/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
More than $30,000 has been raised to help cover the cost of Kyle Honore’s funeral.
Cayla Smart, Kyle’s cousin, organized a fundraiser for the Honore family through GoFundMe. Smart said they needed to raise at least $30,000 to cover the necessary costs to return Kyle home and for the funeral arrangements.
Smart posted an update Sunday to let people know they had exceeded their goal. As of early Sunday evening, $32,972 money had been raised through 446 donors.
No funeral arrangements have been announced yet, but Smart said on her post that they will be posted as soon as they are finalized.
Kyle, a 2022 Potomac High School graduate and standout basketball player, died August 16 after being hit by a train near the entrance of Wingate University (N.C.), according to local police.
Kyle was a freshman at the school, which is located 30 miles southeast of Charlotte. Kyle was dropped off at Wingate Aug. 14 by his parents.
Potomac High School graduate Kyle Honore died Tuesday after being hit by a train near the entrance of Wingate University (N.C.), according to …
Wingate Police Chief Craig Bradshaw said in a news release Aug. 17 that Kyle was hit by an eastbound train just before 10:45 p.m. Aug. 16 at a crossing along North Camden Street. Kyle was taken to the hospital, but died while being transported there, Bradshaw said.
The Wingate police department issued an update August 18 saying it has found "no evidence of foul play," but that the investigation is still going on.
On Sunday, Keith Honore, Kyle's father, sent a message via Twitter on behalf of his family thanking everyone for their support.
"On behalf of my children, Brandon, Keijon and Kam and my wife Nichole, I would like to thank everyone for their thoughts and prayers during this unimaginable time.
Our immediate family as well as our extended family, and close friends have received an overwhelming amount of calls and texts from the community. Please accept our apologies if we have not responded or answered. Right now we need both time and privacy to grieve and heal.
Thank you all for understanding
#ForeverKH11
Kyle was a first-team, all-state basketball selection this past season along with being the Class 6 Region B and Cardinal District Player of the Year in playing for his father. Keith Honore led Potomac for 17 seasons before retiring after this season as the Panthers' head boys basketball coach.
One reason Keith Honore decided to step down so he could see Kyle play in college. Keith Honore pulled double duty when another son, Keijon, competed closer at Virginia Wesleyan in Norfolk. But even doing both in-state stretched him.
Kyle was also all-state as a sophomore and junior.
Kyle was a four-year varsity player and three-year starter at point guard for Potomac who tallied 1,003 career points. Kyle averaged 19.3 points a game this past season. He signed with Division II Wingate after the high school season was over. | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/prince_william/donations-pour-in-to-cover-kyle-honore-s-memorial-service/article_74cec312-2195-11ed-8a2c-93e1c34b7635.html | 2022-08-21T22:07:50Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/prince_william/donations-pour-in-to-cover-kyle-honore-s-memorial-service/article_74cec312-2195-11ed-8a2c-93e1c34b7635.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Sheriff Tommy Romero and the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office is requesting assistance from the public in locating runaway juvenile Peyton Durocher .
Peyton is a 16 year old, male and last seen on August 20, 2022 at approximately 10:00 p.m. at his parent’s home located in the 1300 block of L. Dubois Road in Iberia Parish. Peyton Durocher is 5’ 9” tall, brown hair, blue eyes and weighs approximately 140 lbs. He was last seen wearing black sweatpants, black an white Nike tennis shoes and no shirt.
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of Peyton Durocher are urged to contact the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Office at 337-369-3711. Or you can submit a tip on the Iberia Sheriff’s App. | https://www.katc.com/news/iberia-parish/deputies-looking-for-runaway-new-iberia-teen | 2022-08-21T22:09:31Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/iberia-parish/deputies-looking-for-runaway-new-iberia-teen | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Texas mandates donated "In God We Trust" displays in schools
Texas schools have started receiving posters of the national motto "In God We Trust" which they will be required to display in accordance with a new state law.
The big picture: Advocates are sounding the alarm about the law, arguing it imposes religion on students and flies in the face of the expectation that schools be secular.
The law, which was passed last year, says elementary and secondary schools must "display in a conspicuous place in each building of the school or institution a durable poster or framed copy of the United States national motto" if the signs were donated to the school district or bought with private donations and given to the district.
What they're saying: "We just felt like it was a great opportunity to display our national motto in our public schools," state Rep. Tom Oliverson (R), who co-authored the bill, told KHOU.
- "This was an idea I had after seeing something similar happen in a couple different states."
The other side: “These posters demonstrate the more casual ways a state can impose religion on the public,” Sophie Ellman-Golan of Jews For Racial & Economic Justice (JFREJ) told the Guardian.
- “Alone, they’re a basic violation of the separation of church and state. But in the broader context, it’s hard not to see them as part of the larger Christian nationalist project.”
The community group Southlake Anti-Racism Coalition issued a statement after the Carroll Independent School District received posters to put in each school there, per CNN.
- "SARC is disturbed by the precedent displaying these posters in every school will set and the chilling effect this blatant intrusion of religion in what should be a secular public institution will have on the student body, especially those who do not practice the dominant Christian faith," the group wrote.
Worth noting: Several states have passed similar laws requiring the display of the motto in recent years. | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/21/texas-in-god-we-trust-schools | 2022-08-21T22:12:48Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/21/texas-in-god-we-trust-schools | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WTI and Brent futures are both down by around a dollar or more.
Equity futures; S&P500, NASDAQ, Dow are all lower also. Not a lot in it really.
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The Sunday evening session in the US is a time of low liquidity of course. But, just an update.
Meanwhile Bitcoin had a steady-to-higher weekend and is seeing a bit of a wobble now: | https://www.forexlive.com/news/us-futures-open-for-the-week-oil-sp-nasdaq-all-lower-20220821/ | 2022-08-21T22:17:09Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/us-futures-open-for-the-week-oil-sp-nasdaq-all-lower-20220821/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PARIS, Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Prada announces the worldwide launch of Prada Paradoxe, the new women's fragrance that celebrates the multi-dimensionality of a woman impossible to frame. The campaign features Emma Watson, who plays both the starring role in the film short and makes her directorial debut in realising the film.
To view the Multimedia News Release, please click:
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The campaign celebrates the myriad unique elements of every woman that come together to create an authentic, ever-evolving whole: a woman that is never the same, yet always herself.
Starring award-winning actor and UN Women Goodwill Ambassador Emma Watson as the conductor of her own symphony of dimensions – the performer, the activist, the actor, the woman – in a dynamic, revelatory short capturing the empowered spirit of Prada Paradoxe.
"I think it was serendipitous that Prada came to me with this project. It was around the time when I had really made a decision in my heart and my head that I wanted to direct – and I found the concept of being a woman who is a paradox so compelling. I hope that the values behind Prada Paradoxe give women a little more space to celebrate themselves, to know that it's ok to be complex and to explore the different facets of themselves that make them the fullest expression of who they are." – Emma Watson, Actor, Director, Activist
"It is an honour to work with Emma Watson, not simply in the capacity of her acting talent, but in her directorial debut. Prada Paradoxe is inspired by the infinite and empowering facets that make every woman unique and Emma wholly embodies this. Her multiple dimensions and ability to speak to highly engaged generations make her the perfect embodiment of Prada Paradoxe." - Yann Andrea, Prada Beauty International General Manager
The Prada Paradoxe film campaign launches worldwide across television, digital channels and outdoor media from August 22nd.
Talent and Film Director: Emma Watson
Music: "Lord It's a Feeling" by London Grammar
Contact
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'Best in the World': World record organizer talks about this week's jump plans at Skydive Chicago
OTTAWA, Illinois - Starting Monday morning, 200 skydivers will be at Skydive Chicago in Ottawa to try to set a new world record.
"We've assembled a team that's the best in the world," said Rook Nelson of Skydive Chicago. "The skill and experience here is the greatest."
The goal is to create a 200-person "head-down vertical" formation. This will require ten aircraft flying at 19,000 feet, which will give them 60 seconds to complete the formation. They have to lock arms in a pre-assigned pattern.
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"I'm a third generation skydiver and I just like doing fun things with like-minded people," Nelson said. "As the sport starts to grow, more people get interested. I's fun to put a goal in front of people."
Tryout camps started in November 2021, he said. The hardest thing is telling people they are not making the cut.
"I've learned that you can't make everybody happy," he said. "Everybody has a bad day, where they're not performing at their best. We have a bench. We rotate people in and out based on their performance. It's not the funnest job to say, ‘Hey man maybe you should sit this one out,’ but it keeps everyone skydiving at their highest level." | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/best-in-the-world-world-record-organizer-talks-about-this-weeks-jump-plans-at-skydive-chicago | 2022-08-21T22:20:52Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/best-in-the-world-world-record-organizer-talks-about-this-weeks-jump-plans-at-skydive-chicago | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
USA Mullet Championships: Wisconsin teen, boy win first prize in separate divisions
The votes are in and America has at least two winners in the USA Mullet Championship.
Winners were announced in the teens and kids division Sunday.
Emmitt Bailey from Menomonie, Wisconsin took home the prize in the kids division while Cayden Kershaw from Wausau, Wisconsin, took home the top prize in the teen division.
"I think it's cool. I really do. Some of the coolest people in the world, athletes and rock stars, they have mullets, so I mean, it's pretty cool," said Emmitt's father Eric Bailey previously told FOX 9.
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Titles for second and third places were also announced.
The USA Mullet Championship has grown from a local Michigan competition in 2020 to a national event among all states.
The championship is divided into several categories: men’s, "femullets" (female mullets), teens and a kids division.
RELATED: The 2022 US men’s mullet championship is open
The men’s division mullet championship is open for submissions. If more than 500 applications are received, there will be an elimination round offline prior to the first round vote on Facebook which will begin Sept. 12-14. There will then be a second round vote, also on Facebook, of the top 100 mullets between Sept. 19-21 and then a third and final round vote of the top 25 mullet submissions with a date still undetermined.
The first prize winner will receive the Mullet Mega Money Pot of $2,500 and the second and third prizes will consist of Mullet Champs Gift Sets, according to the championship website.
"Long before it was popularized by actors and rock stars in the 1980’s, the Mullet has been traced back to warriors in Ancient Greece. Today mullet style and mullet culture is back, bro’, and in a big way. Think you’ve got what it takes to ride the wave to Mullet Fame? Enter today and find out," the website reads.
Register before August 31 at www.mulletchamp.com and may the best mullet win.
There will also be a host of in-person live competitions in different locations across the U.S. for mullet fans to "show their flow." Click here for more information.
Catherine Stoddard contributed to this report. This story was reported from Los Angeles. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/usa-mullet-championships-wisconsin-teen-boy-win-first-prize-in-separate-divisions | 2022-08-21T22:21:00Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/usa-mullet-championships-wisconsin-teen-boy-win-first-prize-in-separate-divisions | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK, Aug. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Sports Accountability Project (ASAP) announced today that Rev. Al Sharpton, who has previously impressed upon the National Basketball Association (NBA) to work with greater urgency and transparency concerning the ongoing investigation into extensive reports of racism, sexism and abuse by Robert Sarver, sent a letter today to PayPal CEO Dan Shulman calling on the company to end its relationship with Mr. Sarver. As the NBA's investigation, now in its 10th month, has proceeded, PayPal announced a ground-breaking, international partnership with Mr. Sarver and entities under his ownership, including the Phoenix Suns, the Phoenix Mercury, and Real Club Deportivo Mallorca.
Rev. Sharpton's letter, which was published as a full-page ad in the AZ Central newspaper today, reads as follows:
Dear Mr. Schulman,
I am writing to demand that PayPal cease doing business with any entity owned or associated with Robert Sarver, including the Phoenix Suns, the Phoenix Mercury, and Real Club Deportivo Mallorca. Mr. Sarver's leadership has been riddled with credible allegations of racism, misogyny, and harboring a toxic work environment. As you may be aware, ESPN published a detailed investigative piece on these complaints last November, and Mr. Sarver is currently under investigation by the NBA.
In June 2020, in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd, Paypal was one of many companies to announce a significant investment in fighting institutional racism and advancing diversity and inclusion. In total, PayPal announced it would commit $535 million toward these causes. Yet, PayPal has continued to do business with Robert Sarver, who is a known perpetrator of racism and hate, and is now expanding its business relationship with Mr. Sarver internationally.
In light of these commitments, PayPal cannot simply ignore Mr. Sarver's transgressions. As someone who has dedicated my life to fighting injustice and speaking out against hate in all its forms, it is my duty and responsibility to call out such hypocrisy and to call on PayPal to uphold the values for which it proclaims to stand.
It is time for PayPal to put its money where its mouth is. Issuing a press release and writing a big check two years ago is not equivalent to doing the hard work that is required to achieve real change. I reiterate my call for PayPal to end its relationship with Robert Sarver and help hold him accountable for his egregious behavior.
Sincerely,
Rev. Al Sharpton
President and Founder
National Action Network
For more information, please visit: www.AmericanSportsAccountabilityProject.com or contact press@americansportsaccountabilityproject.com.
About the American Sports Accountability Project (ASAP)
The American Sports Accountability Project (ASAP) is a group of individual advocates, community-based organizations, civil rights leaders, and sports fans who are committed to bringing accountability to perpetrators of hate speech, abuse, and harassment within the leadership of the American sports industry. There is zero tolerance for abuse of any kind in today's society. ASAP demands action in response to misconduct and a future where our arenas, fields and stadiums can be free from racism, sexism, and bigotry.
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Chicago White Sox-Cleveland Guardians rained out, makeup game on Sept. 15
CLEVELAND, Ohio - The AL Central-leading Cleveland Guardians and Chicago White Sox had their game postponed due to unplayable field conditions caused by early morning rain.
No precipitation fell for more than three hours before the game was called following a delay of 2 hours, 56 minutes.
Play never began as the groundskeepers kept the tarp on the infield from Saturday night.
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The game has been rescheduled for Sept. 15, a mutual off-day, at Progressive Field.
It was the Guardians' 12th postponement this season, 10 of them at home.
Cleveland has played an MLB-high 10 doubleheaders.
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KING ABDULLAH SPORTS CITY, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Oleksandr Usyk kissed the blue-and-yellow flag of Ukraine and looked to the Saudi Arabian sky as he waited to discover if he had honored his war-torn country by retaining his world heavyweight titles.
When he heard the winning words “and still,” an emotional Usyk raised his left arm and pulled the flag over his face.
Six months ago, he was patrolling the streets of Kyiv with an automatic rifle and defending Ukraine from the invading Russians.
Here, inside the ring at King Abdullah Sport City arena, the still-undefeated Usyk had lived up to his billing as the sporting pride of Ukraine by beating Anthony Joshua in a closely fought rematch on Saturday to keep his WBA, WBO and IBF belts.
“I devote this victory to my country, to my family, to my team, to all the military defending this country,” the 35-year-old Usyk said through a translator. “Thank you very, very much.”
After a grueling five-month training camp, Usyk entered the arena in a blue-and-yellow top carrying the words “Colors of Freedom” and supported by words of encouragement from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his nightly video address to the nation.
“We stick together,” the president said. “We help each other. We restore what was destroyed. We fight for all our people. And we cheer for those who represent Ukraine, today — definitely for Usyk, our guy!”
And Usyk started as the favorite after outclassing Joshua in the first fight in London in September last year.
However, the British challenger, a former two-time champion, came into the rematch with a new game plan from his new trainer Robert Garcia: Attack Usyk’s body and keep the pressure on.
And it nearly worked, with Usyk taken to the limit in the ninth round as he was chased around the ring by Joshua, who landed combinations and targeted Usyk’s ribs.
Usyk took a deep breath at the bell, then came out hard in the 10th round, hurting Joshua with an early right hook and forcing him onto the ropes for the first time in the fight.
The battering of Joshua was sustained in the 11th while the 12th was evenly fought, the fight ending with both fighters — clearly exhausted — falling to their knees in front of each other on the canvas.
They embraced and Joshua appeared to offer his help to the plight of Ukraine.
Then, in an expletive-laden speech inside the ring after grabbing the microphone, Joshua — who moments earlier was seen picking up two of Usyk’s belts and throwing them to the canvas — hit back at his critics before praising Usyk for fighting so well in the circumstances.
“I was studying Ukraine and all the champions from your amazing country,” Joshua said. “I’ve never been there. What’s happening there, I don’t know but it’s not nice. For Usyk to be champion, under those circumstances, please raise your hands.”
Usyk was complimentary about Joshua, too.
“This is already history,” he said. “Many generations are going to watch this fight, especially the round when someone tried to beat me hard. But I stood up to it and turned it in a different way.”
Usyk also claimed the Ring Magazine belt with the win. There’s only one heavyweight title that Usyk doesn’t own — the WBC one that is about to be vacated by Tyson Fury, who says he is retired.
When asked about Fury, Usyk said: “I am sure Tyson Fury is not retired yet. I am sure Tyson Fury wants to fight me. If I’m not fighting Tyson Fury, I’m not fighting at all.”
Two judges gave it to Usyk, one 115-113 and the other 116-112. The other gave the fight to Joshua, 115-113.
Joshua, a two-time heavyweight champion, fell to his third loss in 27 fights and his career is at a crossroads.
Where Usyk goes from now appears to depend on Fury.
Saudi state television published photographs showing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attending the fight. The 36-year-old son of King Salman, the crown prince has pushed for sporting events to come to the kingdom even as U.S. intelligence agencies believe he ordered the beheading and dismemberment of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi.
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The Micro Museum is Kent's only museum of vintage computers and video games and its visitors love it. The museum showcases the owners personal collection gathered over 45 years.
Curators of the museum in RamsgateMike and Carol Deer have a collection of 100s of vintage personal computers, calculators, games and micro electronics collected over more than four decades. At the heart of the collection are displays of computers, games consoles and more from the 1970s and 80s.
Visitors to the museum can take a step back in time and discover the ideas and inventions that led to the digital world that we have today. Going as far back as Victorian Times, you can discover the story of people such as Charles Babbage, an English polymath who originated the concept of a digital programmable computer, and Ada Lovelace and English mathematician and writer.
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There is fun for all ages, the older generations can indulge in a bit of nostalgia and have fun searching the collection to find their first computer, and all the family can enjoy playing on the many classic games, consoles and computers that are in the collection.
The Micro Museum is open now until the last weekend of September, on weekends only, from 1-4pm. During the month of August the website states that the museum is also open on Wednesdays.
Visitors are advised to check the website for updates, as dates may be subject to change at short notice. Admission for adults and children is £5 and a group or family of four is £15, and the admission cost includes the games play.
The museum has a 5/5 rating on Tripadvisor, based on 247 reviews, here is what some of the visitors have to say:
"The Micro Museum was a great trip down memory lane for me. I had a BBC micro as a young teenager in 1983, followed by by other Acorn computers. My friends had a variety of other home computers, and it was great to see all the old home computers again."
"Visited with my son whilst on holiday in Margate, Ramsgate being a 10 minute drive. Was fantastic visiting a place where he can experience many of the games from the 80’s and 90’s, but his favourite was the original 70’s pong game."
"The museum boasts a wonderful collection of vintage and retro computers and devices including a number of working examples of microcomputers and consoles to play on or with."
"Retro heaven, I came with my 11 year old son and had an amazing time. A real trip down memory lane, with working exhibits from the 70’s, 80’s, 90’s to the modern day. Super friendly curators who are amazingly knowledgeable about everything on show."
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Tom Weiskopf, former professional golf player and winner of the 1973 British Open, has died at the age of 79, the PGA Tour announced Sunday.
Weiskopf died at his home in Montana on Saturday from pancreatic cancer, the Tour said.
Weiskopf won on the PGA Tour 16 times between 1968 and 1982, including the 1973 British Open at Royal Troon, his one major championship. He also finished in second place at the Masters four times and tied for second at the 1976 US Open.
"The PGA TOUR is saddened at the passing of Tom Weiskopf, a towering figure in the game of golf not only during his playing career but through his accomplished work in the broadcast booth and golf course design business," Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said in a statement.
After Weiskopf's retirement, he became an announcer and an architect of golf courses. He designed TPC Scottsdale's Stadium Course, which has hosted the WM Phoenix Open since 1987, and La Cantera, which hosted the Valero Texas Open from 1995-2009.
"Tom is leaving behind a lasting legacy in golf," Monahan's statement read. The beautiful swing he showcased during his 16 career PGA TOUR victories is still being emulated today, while his golf courses remain as testaments to his love for the game. Our hearts and deepest sympathies are with the entire Weiskopf family during this time."
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WEST RICHLAND, Wash.-
Ruppert Road in West Richland is closing Monday, August 22-Wednesday the 24 for a utility installation.
The road is closing between Van Giesen and Keene Rd. so be sure to plan ahead and give yourself some time when heading that direction. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/road-closure-ruppert-road-closed-august-22-24/article_dafd3f94-218e-11ed-8670-df703ac6ca96.html | 2022-08-21T22:45:57Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/road-closure-ruppert-road-closed-august-22-24/article_dafd3f94-218e-11ed-8670-df703ac6ca96.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MILTON-FREEWATER, Wash.-
Just after midnight on August 20, Officers from Milton-Freewater Police Department were dispatched to reports of shots fired in the area of 115 SW 1st Ave.
When officers arrived, they found multiple shots had been fired and several people had gunshot wounds.
Several agencies responded to the scene from Oregon and Washington, including Umatilla/ Morrow Major Crimes team and the Oregon State Police Crimes Lab.
Members of Umatilla District Attorney's Office were on scene as well to help process any evidence.
The victims were transported to St. Mary Medical Center in Walla Walla.
This is a developing story, which means information could change. We are working to report timely and accurate information as we get it. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/several-people-in-the-hospital-after-shots-fired-in-milton-freewater-friday-night/article_ac464ba4-218a-11ed-bc3e-c3046febf15b.html | 2022-08-21T22:46:03Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/several-people-in-the-hospital-after-shots-fired-in-milton-freewater-friday-night/article_ac464ba4-218a-11ed-bc3e-c3046febf15b.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
YAKIMA, Wash.-
Several law enforcement agencies from Yakima will be at the Fred Meyer at 1206 N40th Ave. for a Cop on Top Event.
The event will benefit the Washington Special Olympics. Stop by on Monday the 22nd.
Washington State Patrol, Yakima County Sheriff's Office Yakima Police Department and more will be there to meet the community and help raise money.
For those attending, you can take a picture with a cop and if you donate $25 or more, you get the chance to soak a cop with a squirt gun.
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Estate surveyors seek decongestion of cities, to tackle quacks, fraudsters
President Nigeria Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), Mr Johnbull Amayaevbo, has expressed the need for functioning urban infrastructure with thousands of people across the country moving to urban areas daily
Amayaevbo, who stated this during the investiture ceremony of Mr Oloruntoba Idris as the 15th Chairman of the Ondo State Branch of the institution and the inauguration of the 2022/2024 executive committee, sought decongestion of cities through rural transformation.
The NIESV president appealed to both federal and state governments to extend infrastructural development to rural communities across the country in order to decongest the cities.
He advised that the most appropriate way to prevent cities from being overpopulated by those in search of greener pasture was to ensure that institutions, and industries among others thrived in communities outside the cities.
Amayaevbo disclosed that the institution had been making moves to partner with the government on how the decongestion process can be achieved seamlessly, stressing the need for functioning urban infrastructure
He said: “Take, for instance, a country like South Africa, if you have been to Sun City, it was a bush, but some people came up and did a proposal. Sun City is one of the best cities in South Africa today.
“So we will partner and collaborate with the state governments to extend infrastructural facilities out of the cities to decongest the cities.
“If we have good infrastructure outside the cities, if we have higher institutions outside the cities, if we have good industries outside the cities and if there is power, many people will not come into the city and start dragging for nothing.
“So we will advise the government and we have been doing that but we will not be tired of doing it to make sure that they take our proposal and I know that this state governor (Akeredolu) listens a lot and most other governors too.
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“So we will collaborate with government to ensure that infrastructural provision is key and we will give them more technical advise and report on how to achieve the decongestion of our cities in collaboration with other professional bodies.”
He also disclosed that the institution had put in place some measures to tackle quackery within its fold, and said “we are doing a lot of advocacy right now to let the public know who the quacks are and who the estate agents are.
“Currently, we are part of those sponsoring a bill at the National Assembly regarding estate agency law in Nigeria. On the last visit we had with the Chairman of EFCC, he was very much interested.
“We are doing everything as a professional body to bring across the country agents, train them and asked them to belong to that association so that if anything is done wrongly by them, they can be traced. As it is, you hardly can trace them.
“We will work closely with the state government to stop fraud and quackery in estate development and management, mortgage negotiations, sale of land and property, among others.”
While pledging that the general interests of the profession will be the focus of his executives, the new state Chairman advised that the public and government should rely on the professional body on policy formulation, valuation as well as land administration.
“The Executive Committee members have met and wish to let you know that we have hit the ground running knowing that two years sis such a short time.
“We have made up our minds to leave the branch much better than we met it. We wish to let you know that we have a number of strategies in place which we shall strive to execute.”
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, who was represented by the Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Mr Raimi Aminu, said his administration will continue to provide enable environment for the institution.
He said “as part of our capacity building for the land service department, our administration has recruited about 15 graduates of Estate Management into the public service to beef up the manpower needs of the Land Service Department.
“As a key player in the land administration management your professional competence will always be required and also you should practice according to the ethics of the profession.” | https://tribuneonlineng.com/estate-surveyors-seek-decongestion-of-cities-to-tackle-quacks-fraudsters/ | 2022-08-21T22:47:57Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/estate-surveyors-seek-decongestion-of-cities-to-tackle-quacks-fraudsters/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello, during the weekend, held brief for President Muhammadu Buhari, when he presented grains worth over N100 million to the people of Adamawa State as part of the Federal Government’s efforts to provide agricultural commodities to Nigerians pending the commencement of the harvest season in earnest.
Speaking in Yola during the presentation of the food items which consist of 3600 fifty Kilogramme bags of maize, 1850 fifty kilogramme bags of sorghum, 1200 fifty kilogramme bags of millet and 1200 fifty kilogramme bags of garri, Malam Bello delivered the best wishes of President Muhammadu Buhari to the people of Adamawa State.
Bello said: “The purpose of our gathering here is for me to deliver the message of His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari to all of you. He sends his greetings and well wishes as well. In addition to that. he said that since we are now in the middle of the rainy season when our populace are on the farms and the new crops have not started getting into the markets yet, President Buhari felt that there was a need to take grains from the strategic grains reserve of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to deliver it to our people, especially the needy.”
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While handing over the grains to Senator Abdul-Aziz Nyako and other political and community leaders in the State, Malam Bello urged them to do everything humanly possible to ensure that the grains were distributed to the vulnerable and indigent members of the communities in the State.
Accepting the grains on behalf of the community leaders, Senator Abdul-Aziz Nyako, expressed their appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for the kind gesture which he said was quite timely. He also thanked the FCT Minister, for ensuring that the grains were delivered to the State as directed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Senator, also pledged on behalf of the community leaders, to ensure the equitable distribution of food items to the vulnerable and needy. Similarly, the Deputy Chairman of the APC in Adamawa State, Hon. Samaila Tadawus said the party will also ensure the transparent distribution of the grains.
Present at the event were Hon Titsi Ganama, APC deputy gubernatorial candidate for Adamawa State, Engr Adamu Ismaila, APC Senatorial Candidate in the State, Hon Abuzzari Ribadu, APC candidate for the AMAC/Bwari Federal Constituency in the FCT as well as other political and community leaders.
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The Ogunsua of Modakeke, Oba Joseph Olubiyi Toriola, on Friday, in his palace, at Modakeke, Osun State installed the spokesperson of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state, Prince Kolawole Olabisi, as the Mogaji of IleAgun, Isale Agbara compound.
Oba Toriola said his decision to elevate Olabisi was informed by his visible contributions to the social and economic growth of the Modakeke community.
The installation was graced by traditional rulers, chiefs, descendants of Ile-Agun, friends, including families of Olabisi.
With this installation, Olabisi has joined the succession line of Ogunsua of Modakeke.
In his address, Oba Toriola lauded the impacts of Olabisi in the development of the town, which according to him, earned him the traditional titles, noting that the community has challenged Olabisi to do more for the ancient town and its people.
He stated: “What we are expecting from you is huge and this title has called for more responsibilities. We don’t expect you to go and stick to Osogbo, you must ensure you pay regular visits to our town which is your hometown.”
Appreciating the entire Ile-Agun for their enviable records of service, Oba Toriola called on the sons and daughters of Modakeke to always put the interest of the town at heart and to ensure they come home regularly.
During an interview with journalists, shortly after his installation, the new Olabisi expressed his happiness over the conferment, describing it as recognition of his past services to the community.
He appealed to the natives and residents to always embrace peace and contribute their quota to the steady development of Modakeke, assuring that the new chieftaincy title would spur him to redouble his efforts in sustaining the glory of the historical town.
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Thugs Attack Osun Governor’s Wife
OSUN State governor’s wife, Mrs Kafayat Oyetola, narrowly escaped death on Friday evening when armed thugs attacked her convoy in Owode-Ede area of the state. The incident, which happened at the market square of the town, reportedly led to injuries inflicted on some security operatives attached to the governor’s wife…
Modakeke traditional leader installs Osun APC spokesperson, Olabisi, as Mogaji of Ile-Agun
Bandits Now Kidnap Farmers, Force Them To Work As Slaves In Farms
BANDITS operating in Zamfara now kidnap farmers in various communities in the state and make them to work as slaves, Sunday Tribune can exclusively report.…
Modakeke traditional leader installs Osun APC spokesperson, Olabisi, as Mogaji of Ile-Agun | https://tribuneonlineng.com/modakeke-traditional-leader-installs-osun-apc-spokesperson-olabisi-as-mogaji-of-ile-agun/ | 2022-08-21T22:48:10Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/modakeke-traditional-leader-installs-osun-apc-spokesperson-olabisi-as-mogaji-of-ile-agun/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(The Hill) – Former NBA star Dennis Rodman reportedly said he is traveling to Russia to help secure the release of WNBA player Brittney Griner, who was recently sentenced to nine years in a Russian prison for possessing cannabis oil cartridges.
Rodman, who previously inserted himself into US-North Korea diplomacy, told NBC News on Saturday he secured permission to travel to Russia and is “trying to go this week.”
The U.S. State Department has a do not travel advisory in effect for Russia, which also warns Americans in the country to leave immediately.
The Hill has reached out to the State Department for comment on Rodman’s plans.
The Biden administration is currently negotiating the release of Griner and former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, having reportedly proposed an exchange involving Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
Rodman, a hall-of-famer who played for several NBA teams, including time with the Chicago Bulls alongside Michael Jordan, has visited Russia before and once called Russian President Vladimir Putin a “cool guy.”
In 2014, Rodman took credit for the release of Kenneth Bae from North Korea, a nation he visited multiple times despite high tensions with the U.S. Rodman once called North Korean leader Kim Jong Un a “friend.”
The former NBA player told NBC News on Saturday that he “knows Putin well” and was confident he could negotiate with the Russian leader.
Griner was arrested by Russia in February as tensions between the Russian government and the U.S. spiked over the pending invasion of Ukraine. The US has officially declared Griner as being wrongfully detained.
The WNBA star pled guilty to carrying the cannabis oil cartridges, but argued she packed them into her suitcase by mistake and had no criminal intent.
Griner has appealed the nine-year sentence a judge handed down this month. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/dennis-rodman-says-he-is-heading-to-russia-in-push-to-release-brittney-griner/ | 2022-08-21T23:05:32Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/dennis-rodman-says-he-is-heading-to-russia-in-push-to-release-brittney-griner/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MALDEN, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts charter school where an 8th grade student was written up for a uniform infraction for wearing a hijab says it understands its “handling of the situation came across as insensitive.”
A family member of the Mystic Valley Regional Charter School student posted on social media a picture of the “School Uniform Compliance Form” the student received from a teacher for the hijab on Thursday. In the description of the infraction, the headscarf worn by Muslim women was misspelled as “jihab.”
The school said in an emailed statement that it allows students to wear religious attire “as an expression of their sincerely held beliefs,” but asks students to provide a letter “expressing this desire from a member of their clergy.”
School Superintendent Alex Dan said there were no consequences given to the student and that the form sent home was meant to start the conversation with the family about obtaining a religious accommodation. But Dan acknowledged that the situation was mishandled.
“While we would like to reiterate that the well-respected staff member overseeing the process should bear no responsibility for what has transpired, we understand how our handling of the situation came across as insensitive and look forward to using this moment as a learning opportunity to improve our policies and procedures,” the school’s statement said.
The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations says its lawyers are representing the student’s family and are investigating the situation. The student is now wearing a hijab at school, the group said.
CAIR-Massachusetts Executive Director Tahirah Amatul-Wadud said wearing a hijab or other religious attire shouldn’t require families to seek an accommodation.
“I would like never for that student have to justify what she is wearing,” she said Sunday. “I don’t want them to ever have to justify that this requires an accommodation.”
The Mystic Valley Regional Charter School also came under fire in 2017 for a policy of banning hair braid extensions. The parents of then-15-year-olds said their twin daughters, who are Black, were punished for wearing extensions while white students hadn’t been punished for violations of hairstyle regulations.
After intense criticism, including from Democratic Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, the school abandoned the policy.
In July, Republican Gov. Charlie Baker signed a law prompted by that incident to ban discrimination based on natural and protective hairstyles — such as Afros, cornrows or tightly coiled twists — in workplaces, school districts and school-related organizations in the state. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/massachusetts-student-receives-uniform-violation-for-hijab/ | 2022-08-21T23:05:38Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/massachusetts-student-receives-uniform-violation-for-hijab/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
More than half of registered voters believe a host of investigations involving former President Trump — from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol to his pressure campaign to overturn his 2020 election defeat — should continue, according to a new survey.
An NBC News poll revealed 57 percent of voters think the investigations should continue “because if there is wrongdoing by Donald Trump, he needs to be held accountable just like anyone else.”
Forty percent, on the other hand, think the investigations should not continue “because they are politically motivated against a former president and divide the nation.”
Just 21 percent of Republican voters think the investigations should go forward, compared with 92 percent of Democrats and 61 percent of independents, according to the poll.
The FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents from Trump’s residence when it executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago earlier this month, and recently unsealed records suggest investigators are looking into potential violations of the Espionage Act and other laws.
Trump also pleaded the Fifth earlier this month before the New York attorney general probing his business and finances — and former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani was told last week that he’s a main focus of a Georgia special grand jury investigating attempts by Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election results in the state.
The former president is also a main focus of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S Capitol, and lawmakers on the committee have pressed the Justice Department to criminally investigate Trump over his role.
Half of respondents in the NBC News poll said they thought Trump was solely or mainly responsible for the Jan. 6 riot. Sixteen percent thought Trump was only somewhat to blame, and 33 percent thought he was “not really responsible” for the incident.
More than half of voters reported having “somewhat negative” or “very negative” feelings toward the former president at 54 percent. Just under half of voters reported having negative feelings toward the Republican Party in general at 49 percent.
Forty-two percent of voters expressed they had “a great deal” or “a fair amount” of faith that the House select committee is conducting a fair and impartial probe. Thirteen percent reported “only some” confidence, 41 percent reported “very little” and 4 percent reported none.
Conducted Aug. 12 to Aug. 16, shortly after the Mar-a-Lago search, the poll surveyed 1,000 registered voters. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/hill-politics/most-voters-in-new-poll-say-investigations-into-trump-should-continue/ | 2022-08-21T23:19:54Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/hill-politics/most-voters-in-new-poll-say-investigations-into-trump-should-continue/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(The Hill) – The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday cleared Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in adolescents, paving the way to expand eligibility for the fourth shot available in the United States.
The two-dose regimen utilizes protein-based technology previously leveraged in vaccines to combat other viruses, offering an alternative for Americans skeptical of Pfizer and Moderna’s mRNA technology.
Providers can begin administering the vaccine to people aged 12 through 17 after a sign off from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has already authorized the vaccine’s use for adults. The two doses are given three weeks apart.
“Having more vaccine options for use in both adults and adolescents, like the Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine, Adjuvanted will hopefully help increase vaccination rates, particularly as we prepare for ongoing surges of COVID-19 with the start of fall and the back-to-school season,” Novavax President Stanley Erck said in a statement.
“We hope that our vaccine, developed using an innovative approach to recombinant protein vaccine technology, may have a special role in adolescent vaccination based on parents’ and caregivers’ familiarity with protein-based vaccines used in other disease areas,” he added.
The FDA granted emergency use for adolescents after the company said its trial of 2,247 adolescents showed a primary efficacy of 78 percent.
But Novavax conducted the trial last year, when the Delta variant was predominantly circulating in the United States. The White House has continued urging Americans to get vaccinated and boosted amid the spread of the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of omicron, but questions remain as to how the mutations could impact the vaccine’s efficacy.
The FDA authorized Novavax’s vaccine for adults last month, which was followed by the CDC’s blessing nearly a week later.
White House coronavirus response coordinator Ashish Jha said on Wednesday that regulators are expected to approve updated COVID-19 vaccine doses in “a few short weeks” for everyone over the age of 12. The shots are designed to target the two omicron subvariants currently circulating.
Novavax’s COVID-19 shot helps prevent severe illness by injecting the human body with doses that contain the coronavirus spike protein.
The company inputs genetic code that creates the spike protein into an insect virus, which replicates after infecting moth cells. The manufacturer then purifies and extracts the replicated spike proteins and injects them into humans.
The process only requires regular refrigeration, compared to Pfizer and Moderna’s mRNA vaccines which require storage in colder temperatures. Those vaccines contain genetic instructions for human cells to create the spike protein and defend against future infections. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/fda-authorizes-novavax-covid-vaccine-for-adolescents/ | 2022-08-21T23:20:06Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/fda-authorizes-novavax-covid-vaccine-for-adolescents/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PHILAE was equipped witihn cameroes which captured pictures (clicking one opens this in a higher density (about 91% or the normal view\n3% to 57%) The following three figures shows PIL and PIL 6 frames respectively The images which come along are also visible by rotating a thomography image using mouse drag action The right column of the navigation contains these\nimages as indicated: Pil (or pilot) or images are GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The closure of one west Michigan pool means one of the biggest parties of the year for local dogs.
The Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Department hosted its fifth “Wag ‘n’ Wade” free dog swim at Richmond Park Pool Sunday.
This free event takes place at the pool after it closes for the season.
Organizers told FOX 17 they saw around 800 pups between the four, one-hour open swim sessions.
The first was for small dogs, fewer than 35 pounds.
Then, there were two sessions for large dogs who weigh more than 35 pounds, followed by a senior session, for the pooches eight-years-and-older.
The parks department supplied tennis balls and drinking water for the dogs, along with waste cleanup bags.
While organizers said the dogs are not allowed on the slide, they were allowed to show off their skills on the diving board.
Dog owners were able to enter the zero-depth area to their knees with their pets.
The parks department also invited local pet vendors, who provided giveaways, information and additional activities.
Organizers told FOX 17 that the only complaint they get from dog owners is that they don’t do this more often.
“It’s just a great time. I love taking pictures of them. The dogs, I swear you can see smiles on their faces when they’re running around. I think honestly, they look forward to it because when they get here, they get excited and they kind of know what’s happening because they’ve been here before, so just seeing the joy on their faces and the families.’ It’s just great to see,” Sawyer Johnson, the marketing and communications coordinator for the Grand Rapids Parks and Recreation Department, told FOX 17.
Johnson added that the pool gets drained after this event before it’s thoroughly cleaned and shut down for the season. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/grand-rapids/wag-n-wade-free-dog-swim-draws-hundreds-of-pups-to-richmond-park-pool | 2022-08-21T23:21:38Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/grand-rapids/wag-n-wade-free-dog-swim-draws-hundreds-of-pups-to-richmond-park-pool | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WEST MICHIGAN — A beach hazard statement has been issued for all lake shore counties in West Michigan for Sunday evening. There is also a small craft advisory in effect from St. Joseph to Manistee. Muskegon County to the north expires at 10 P.M. Ottawa, Allegan and Van Buren Counties expire Monday morning at 5 A.M. Lastly, Berrien County expires Monday at 2 P.M.
Along Lake Michigan winds are increasing from the North at 10-15 miles per hour. These strong winds are increasing wave heights at Lake Michigan beaches. Wave heights as of 6 P.M. were 2.5 feet in Muskegon, in Holland, 3.5 feet. In South Haven waves have peaked at 2 feet. Wave heights expected overnight upwards of 4 feet.
According to the National Weather Service of Grand Rapids, winds could reach as high as 25 miles per hour. Gusts along these beaches have already reached 20 miles per hour. Strong currents and dangerous swimming hazards are expected. Piers may be heavily swamped by waves. It is best to avoid swimming in Lake Michigan this evening and early Monday morning. After Monday, Lake Michigan water conditions look favorable for all activities at the beach.
Stay tuned with FOX 17 for up to date lake shore forecasts. | https://www.fox17online.com/weather/high-beach-hazard-at-lake-michigan-sunday-evening | 2022-08-21T23:21:44Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/weather/high-beach-hazard-at-lake-michigan-sunday-evening | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — The Alzheimer's Project was started at St. Paul's United Methodist Church.
They provide respite care or daily activities for those facing dementia or Alzheimer's. They do a lot of crafts, they have 30 minutes scheduled for yoga, and they even play games with their guests.
"My husband Cliff was diagnosed with dementia in 2008, and it was a devastating diagnosis for the whole family," Lee Hinkle said.
Hinkle lost her husband Cliff in 2018, however, she says after his diagnosis of dementia in 2008 - The Alzheimer's Project provided her entire family with the resources - and the help they needed - to make the diagnosis less terrifying.
"It was a once weekly opportunity for me to be able to bring him to the program, and I could run errands or do what I needed to do," Hinkle said.
The Florida Department of Elder Affairs says there has been a 35% increase in Alzheimer's from 2009 to 2019 in Leon County.
The Alzheimer's Project expects the increasing trend to continues.
They offer daily activities to stimulate the brains of seniors living with Alzheimer's in Leon Gadsden, Wakulla, Jackson and Gulf counties.
Claire Sand and Mindy Towler are with the project.
"After they have had a couple of weeks of a day to themselves, they start to relax a little bit, and that helps their care partner, their care receiver, to relax a little bit," Towler said.
Saturday, they got more than $26,000 from the 100 + Women Who Care of Tallahassee to continue their work that works.
Glass is with 100 + Women Who Care of Tallahassee.
Furthering a mission that Hinkle says she hopes can help other families.
As more families across the nation cope with this disease. | https://www.wtxl.com/community/the-alzheimers-project-receives-donation-from-100-women-who-care-of-tallahassee | 2022-08-21T23:22:42Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/community/the-alzheimers-project-receives-donation-from-100-women-who-care-of-tallahassee | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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