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Cheyenne and Laramie County
Chancey Williams @ Frontier Park
– Aug. 25, 7 p.m. Free. In celebration of a successful Cheyenne Frontier Days, the CFD committee is hosting a free concert. Country musicians Chancey Williams and Josh Dorr will perform. B Stand, Frontier Park, 1230 W. Eighth Ave. 307-778-7200
New Frontier Cheyenne Gun and Western Collectibles Show
– Aug. 26, 12-5 p.m.; Aug. 27, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Aug. 28, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. This Western collectible and firearms show will have a large assortment of new and antique firearms, accessories, knives, edged weapons, cowboy and Indian artifacts, relics, Western memorabilia, antiques and jewelry. Laramie County Events Center at Archer, 3801 Archer Parkway. 307-633-4670
Fridays on the Plaza
– Aug. 26, 5:30 p.m. A weekly summer concert series featuring acts from around the country. This week’s headliner is Jocelyn & Chris, with an opening performance by The Patti Fiasco. Cheyenne Depot Plaza, 1 Depot Square. 307-637-6200
Cheyenne Farmers Market
– Aug. 27, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Local and regional vendors sell their produce, honey, jams, meat, bakery and specialty items, and much more. Proceeds benefit Community Action of Laramie County and its programs. B Parking Lot, Frontier Park, 4610 Carey Ave. 307-635-9291 or www.calc.net/farmers-market
End of Summer Foam Party
– Aug. 27, 10 a.m.-noon. Summer is over, and it’s time to go back to school. Join the library for outdoor games and sipping on lemonade as we enjoy the last rays of summer with a foam party. Performance Park, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
University of Wyoming Football Fest
– Aug. 27, 2-6 p.m. Prepare your best University of Wyoming football cheer, don your brown and gold, and get ready for game day at the library. Join fellow fans to watch the first game of the season as the Cowboys take on Illinois. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
New Frontier Cheyenne Gun and Western Collectibles Show Auction
– Aug. 27, 4 p.m. This year’s auction includes antique Native American and cowboy items, Old West memorabilia and eight special items worn on-screen by famous (now deceased) actor John Wayne. Laramie County Events Center at Archer, 3801 Archer Parkway. 307-633-4670
Edge Fest 2022
– Aug. 27, 5-11 p.m. Experience Tones & I, Claire Rosinkranz and Joe P at the seventh installment of this free outdoor music festival. There will be food and drink on site, as well. Civic Commons Park, Bent Avenue and 20th Street. info@edgefest.com
Tales Together
– Aug. 30-31, 10:15-10:45 a.m. An interactive early literacy class for preschool children and their caregivers. Practice new skills incorporating books, songs, rhymes, movement and more. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Open Mic Night at Blue Raven
– Aug. 31, 7-10 p.m. A musical open mic night, presented in collaboration with Wyoming Wave Studios. Blue Raven Brewery, 209 E. 18th St. 307-369-1978
Cheyenne First Friday Artwalk
– Sept. 2, 5 p.m. Free. The Cheyenne Artwalk is a monthly event that highlights a local gallery or studio on the first Friday of every month. This month, look for the mobile ArtHaus unit parked out front the Clay Paper Scissors, along with food trucks and live music. Cheyenne Artist Guild, 1701 Morrie Ave. 307-632-2263
Cheyenne Farmers Market
– Sept. 3, 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Local and regional vendors sell their produce, honey, jams, meat, bakery and specialty items, and much more. Proceeds benefit Community Action of Laramie County and its programs. B Parking Lot, Frontier Park, 4610 Carey Ave. 307-635-9291 or www.calc.net/farmers-market
VFW Craft and Flea Market Show
– Sept. 3, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Support local veterans by shopping for different crafts, including jewelry, crochet items, candles and more. Lunch will be available. VFW 1881, 2816 E. Seventh St. 307-632-4053.
Labor Day Pig Roast
– Sept. 5, 11:30 a.m. Free. American Legion Post 6 is sponsoring a free pig roast that is open to the public. There will be barbecue pork, hot dogs and hamburgers with fixings. American Legion Post 6, 2001 E. Lincolnway. 307-256-4138
Cheyenne Heritage Quilters Meeting
– Sept. 6, 7 p.m. Guest speaker Angela McPherson of Cheyenne will give a trunk show of art quilts. She will have an emphasis on the use of many mediums to create an art quilt, and will also talk about a class she will be teaching to create an art quilt on Oct. 15. First United Methodist Church, 108 E. 18th St. info@chquilters.org
Spanish Storytime (Hora de cuentos en español)
– Sept. 7, 6-7 p.m. In collaboration with the Hispanic Heritage Celebration, the library will be presenting a special Spanish Storytime. Come enjoy stories, songs, snacks and a craft, all in Spanish. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
– Sept. 7, 6-7 p.m. En colaboración con La Celebración de la Herencia Hispana, presentaremos una hora de cuentos en español. Disfrute de cuentos especiales, canciones, meriendas y manualidades – ¡todo en español! Biblioteca del condado de Laramie, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Capital City Car and Bike Club: Show and Shine
– Sept. 8, 5-8 p.m. Enjoy a free car show at the library before the club’s big event at the Cheyenne Hispanic Festival on Sept. 10. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
The Purple Society Meeting
– Sept. 8, 6-7 p.m. Join members of the LBGTQ+ and allies community. This group meets to chat about LGBTQ+ related issues, work on crafts and enjoy some snacks in a safe environment. This group seeks to offer understanding, support and acceptance. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Nonprofits: Introduction to Proposal Writing
– Sept. 8, 12:30–1:30 p.m. Are you new to proposal writing or wanting a quick refresher? This class will provide participants with an introductory overview of the nonprofit proposal writing process. RSVP for this event at lclsonline.org/calendar/. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Open Jam Night
– Sept. 8, 7 p.m. Free. The Lincoln Theatre is hosting its monthly Open Jam Night. Musicians are encouraged to bring their guitar, bass, etc., and come jam with other local musicians! Backline provided. A full bar will be available for those who just want to come and watch. The Lincoln Theatre, 1615 Central Ave. 307-369-6028
Ongoing
Americans and the Holocaust Exhibit
– Through Aug. 28, library hours. Laramie County Library is one of 50 U.S. libraries selected to host Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum that examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Righting a Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II
– Through Aug. 28, library hours. Smithsonian poster exhibition traces the story of Japanese national and Japanese American incarceration during World War II and the people who survived it. Laramie County Library, 2200 Pioneer Ave. 307-634-3561
Laramie and Greater Wyoming
Tails and Trails
– Aug. 26, 6-7 p.m. Bring your pups for a group hike on Stone Temple Circuit. This will be a great opportunity to meet others who like to hike with their pets. Curt Gowdy State Park, 1264 Granite Springs Road. 307-777-7878
7220’ Music Fest
– Aug. 27, 3-10 p.m. $20. A music festival to raise money for Albany County Search and Rescue and Laramie Chamber Business Alliance. There will be street vendors, food trucks and music. Bond’s Brewing Company, 411 S. Second St. 307-460-3385
307 Film Festival
– Aug. 27-28. $49 for weekend pass. A festival that celebrates films and filmmakers from across Wyoming, the United States and internationally. Studio City UW, 2422 Grand Ave. 307-460-1598
Fort Collins, Colorado
Off the Shelf: Contemporary Book Arts in Colorado
– Aug. 26-Dec. 18, museum hours. Free. This exhibit features artists that innovate and defy our conceptual framework of the book and its contents. The artist book, a medium spanning the public and private sphere of creators and viewers, reflects on issues intimate and grand. Colorado State University Gregory Allicar Museum of Art, 1400 Remington Street, Fort Collins, Colorado. 970-491-1989
World’s Biggest Pizza Party
– Aug. 27, noon-4 p.m. Fort Collins pizza maker Project Pizza Co. is hosting an event to beat the world record for the world’s biggest pizza party. There will be six pizza trucks making pizzas, a DJ and a celebration for pizza lovers in Fort Collins. City Park Fort Collins, 1500 W. Mulberry St. info@projectpizzaco.com
Boulder, Colorado
Hiatus Kaiyote @ Boulder Theater
– Aug. 31, 8 p.m. $39.50-$40. A performance by Melbourne-based, genre-transcending alternative band Hiatus Kaiyote. Boulder Theater, 2042 14th St., Boulder, Colorado. 303-786-7030
Denver
My Morning Jacket @ Red Rocks
– Aug. 26-27, 7:30 p.m.; doors at 6 p.m. A two-night performance from alternative-rock band My Morning Jacket. Red Rocks Amphitheater, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, Colorado. 720-865-2494
Nine Inch Nails @ Red Rocks
– Sept. 2-3, 7:30 p.m.; doors at 6 p.m. A two-night performance from critically acclaimed industrial/electronic/metal band fronted by Trent Reznor. Red Rocks Amphitheater, 18300 W. Alameda Parkway, Morrison, Colorado. 720-865-2494
Courtney Barnett & Japanese Breakfast @ Mission Ballroom
– Sept. 3, 5 p.m.; doors at 4 p.m. $52-$124. Courtney Barnett, as a part of her “Here and There Festival Series,” is stopping in Denver with indie outfit Japanese Breakfast, Arooj Aftab and Bedouine. Barnett is coming off the release of her third studio album, “Things Take Time, Take Time.” Mission Ballroom, 4242 Wynkoop St., Denver. 720-577-6884
Echo & The Bunnymen @ The Ogden
– Sept. 4, 9 p.m.; doors at 7 p.m. Legendary Liverpool band Echo & the Bunnymen are announcing their return to the U.S. for a tour in support of their 12th studio album and first since 2009, “Meteorites.” Ogden Theatre, 935 E. Colfax Ave, Denver. 303-832-1874
To submit an item to the events calendar, email ToDo@wyomingnews.com or call WTE features editor Niki Kottmann at 307-633-3135. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/todo/friday-calendar-8-25-22/article_7af2f476-23fb-11ed-bd49-4b03f9ea3724.html | 2022-08-25T16:30:23Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/todo/friday-calendar-8-25-22/article_7af2f476-23fb-11ed-bd49-4b03f9ea3724.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
From left, Nicholas Hoult, Courtney Eaton, Riley Keough, Charlize Theron and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in “Max Max: Fury Road.” Village Roadshow/Entertainment Picture/Zuma Press/TNS
Australian director George Miller has a new film out this weekend, his first since his action movie magnum opus “Mad Max: Fury Road” roared into theaters in 2015, and subsequently took the Academy Awards by storm. While that film’s prequel, “Furiosa” is still filming, Miller’s new project, a heady, fascinating tale about storytelling, desire and humanity, “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba, hits theaters this Friday.
This film is far more cerebral and philosophical than the diesel-fueled delights of the “Mad Max” movies, but Miller’s oeuvre is a delightfully varied one, not boxed in by genre or medium. He creates films that are wild, wacky and always deeply human. Inspired by “Three Thousand Years of Longing,” take a spin through the world of George Miller with the best of his films on streaming.
Miller is best known for his post-apocalyptic “Mad Max” films, starting with the 1979 “Mad Max,” which introduced us to the concept of the desert-based road warrior, speeding through the end of the world in leathers. Mel Gibson starred as Max Rockatansky in three of Miller’s films before Tom Hardy took over in “Fury Road.” The movies are known for their incredible stunts and of unique aesthetic and fashion, essentially setting the template for “post-apocalyptic chic” as we know it. Watch “Mad Max” on AMC+ or rent it everywhere, follow that up with “The Road Warrior” (1981) on HBO Max, and don’t forget to take in the resplendent Tina Turner in “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome” (1985), available to rent everywhere. “Mad Max: Fury Road” is available on HBO Max.
Between “Thunderdome” and “Fury Road” Miller branched out, directing the dark horror-inspired comedy “The Witches of Eastwick” (1987) starring Jack Nicholson, Susan Sarandon, Michelle Pfeiffer and the iconic Cher. He re-teamed with his “Eastwick” star Susan Sarandon on the 1992 real-life drama “Lorenzo’s Oil,” about a couple searching for a cure for their young son’s rare disease. Both films are available to rent on all platforms.
Miller also dabbled in more family-friendly fare, starting with the 1998 sequel to “Babe,” “Babe: Pig in the City” (Amazon Freevee or rent everywhere). He also directed the Oscar-winning blockbuster animated hit, “Happy Feet” (2006) as well as the sequel “Happy Feet Two” (2011) about a dancing penguin named Mumble. Both “Happy Feet” movies are available on HBO Max or to rent. This era also marks the start of his creative collaboration with his wife, editor Margaret Sixel, who has edited his films since “Babe: Pig in the City” and won the Academy Award for editing “Fury Road” (considered by many to be one of the best edited action films of all time).
So in preparation for Miller’s latest film, a trip through his body of work is always worth the watch, especially since there’s truly a film for every taste. But, when in doubt, “Mad Max: Fury Road” is always the number one Miller pick. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/todo/what-to-stream-take-a-drive-down-fury-road-with-the-best-films-from-director/article_1bbcf154-2339-11ed-a166-d7a5f3047a74.html | 2022-08-25T16:30:35Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/features/todo/what-to-stream-take-a-drive-down-fury-road-with-the-best-films-from-director/article_1bbcf154-2339-11ed-a166-d7a5f3047a74.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
With several projects catching the attention of Laramie City Council, the city continues a handful of improvement projects to local roads and signals.
City Council has given the go-ahead for a professional services agreement with Loveland, Colorado-based Altitude Signal to create a network outline for more than half the city’s traffic signals.
“Near each traffic signal we have a cabinet that houses the controllers and camera detection equipment,” Laramie Public Works Director Brooks Webb told the council during a meeting last week. “Basically, there’s a computer inside these cabinets that operates the traffic signals. This project wirelessly networks 13 of our 22 traffic signals.”
Creating a network to connect the 13 traffic signals would allow for remote repairs during late nights or in cases of severe weather where technicians may be in danger on the job. Council member Andrea Summerville said she’s concerned about cyber safety with the online network.
“(Cybersecurity) is definitely something we’ve talked about and we’re working with the city’s IT folks on firewalls and all the security. They’re aware of the system and have no concerns at this time,” said Webb.
A recent cybersecurity threat in downtown Laramie punctuates the point that in the virtual world, there isn’t anyplace too rural or off the beaten path to be a target.
A June 21 “swatting” incident closed several streets and prompted an evacuation of an area of downtown for more than two hours. Someone called the local dispatch center claiming to be armed with a rifle and threatening to shoot people at a business.
The male suspect also claimed he had planted an explosive device in a vehicle in the area.
Although the threats were ultimately determined to be unfounded, an investigation showed the suspect made the threat from afar after viewing a part of downtown through a public webcam.
City Council was unanimous in its approval of the road and signal work.
Additionally, the council heard the second public reading of a vacation notice between 14th and 15th streets on Lewis Street. Council member Bryan Shuster proposed an amendment on this agenda item, which would require the Willett entrance to the University of Wyoming Lab School to be at least 45 feet wide for parents to safely drop their children off.
Summerville seconded this amendment, but Mayor Paul Weaver said the council may not be the appropriate venue to propose traffic-related changes.
“I would advise against trying to amend an ordinance with details of changes that UW would agree to and that the council might like. I think that’s a very awkward way to do things,” said City Attorney Bob Southard.
He encouraged the council to speak to representatives from UW about those details.
Vice Mayor Jayne Pearce added that the area Shuster proposed the effort for does not belong to the city, and confirmed that UW representatives would be the necessary group to make these arrangements with. Summerville said that UW representatives had recommended a co-written letter instead of this amendment which would be signed by UW and the city.
Additionally, Summerville brought attention to the transportation needs of the UW Lab School and would bring more info to the council this week.
With these two projects, the city also posted an update on its construction project on 9th Street from Harney to Shield streets. Work in the neighborhood is expected to be completed sometime in mid to late September after reconstruction of the roadway, concrete improvements and limited utility adjustments are completed. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/laramie-moves-ahead-with-road-improvements/article_4d2517a2-1f20-11ed-be7d-33b725ae2845.html | 2022-08-25T16:30:48Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/laramie-moves-ahead-with-road-improvements/article_4d2517a2-1f20-11ed-be7d-33b725ae2845.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
JACKSON — To its former owners, Wyoming’s priciest listing was far more than a cash gem.
“It was our home,” said Julie Givens, describing a 233-acre plot on the banks of the Snake River that has been in her family for almost 40 years. Earlier this summer, Jackson Hole Ranch was listed for $35 million — the highest priced offering in the state when it was listed in July.
When Givens’ parents saw a Wall Street Journal article calling their 233-acre ranch “Wyoming’s Priciest Listing,” they cried.
“That’s not what this was about for them,” Givens said. “It was about this very special piece of land and protecting it.”
The ranch came under contract in two days and sold a month later.
With 96% of the 233 acres barred from development under a conservation easement through the Jackson Hole Land Trust, the listing represents one of the highest valuations of protected land ever seen in Jackson, according to listing agency Live Water Properties.
It could also be one of the highest prices for non-developable land in the nation, though Live Water’s founding partner Alex Maher said it’s difficult to differentiate the value of the protected acres from the opportunities to build.
“I think people have become more tolerant or more willing to buy property under easement than they were 10 years ago, or 15 or 20 years ago, absolutely,” he said.
Many naturalists view conservation easements as a win for ecology. Jackson Hole Ranch, for instance, abuts Grand Teton National Park and serves as a migratory corridor for 600 elk.
Buyers often see the protection as a limitation.
“People are used to placing structures wherever they would like within the confines of the property. And that’s not the case in these conservation easements,” said listing agent Latham Jenkins, who tries to educate and inform buyers about the less-obvious virtues of protected land.
“You think you’re buying a property that has restrictions on it that, in essence, distract from the value,” he said. “I would argue no, it actually increases the value. Because it will never change.”
Jenkins said people interested in Jackson Hole Ranch asked about installing a dirt bike track and helicopter pad. Another potential buyer wanted to hunt.
There was some interest from so-called “conservation buyers” looking to carry on a stewardship legacy. But most people had no idea what a conservation easement meant.
Givens said that when her father first bought land next to the Snake River he was approached by several interested buyers, including the Anheuser-Busch family, which offered him $10 million. Instead they chose to work with the Land Trust to put a conservation easement on the ranch to benefit wildlife.
Bill Givens ran a tech company in the printing industry and came to the Tetons to climb and backpack. Until recently he held the record for being the oldest person to ever complete the Grand Traverse, his daughter said.
She hoped Jenkins would find a similarly outdoor-loving steward to take over the ranch, rather than someone looking to add a “jewel” to their crown.
“My parents saw it as an honor to protect it. And I feel the same way,” Givens said. “You’re doing something good for the world by maintaining this land that has restrictions on it.
“Really, we should all think like that. You’re the steward of your own little backyard,” she said.
Jenkins wouldn’t disclose the buyers out of respect for their privacy.
“It’s raising what people are willing to pay per acre for protected land,” he said of the sale. “But in my opinion the mindset has turned to seeing the value of it being protected versus historically thinking of it having been stripped of its development entitlements, and someone else already got the tax benefits.”
One third of Teton County’s limited private lands are already conserved in some way. When landowners choose to put their property under voluntary easement, they receive a tax break.
Those purchasing land already under easement — like the buyer of Jackson Hole Ranch — don’t receive the tax incentive of the donation, but they are generally able to buy acreage at a cheaper price.
A similar deal also applies to ranching land on the market.
The Mead family is currently asking $40 million for 257 acres of the ranch that has been in the family for more than a century. Of those acres, 193 are protected by an easement through the Jackson Hole Land Trust.
The easement was originally secured in the early 2000s by Brad Mead’s grandfather, Cliff Hansen, a Wyoming governor from 1963 to 1967 and the state’s two-time U.S. senator, from 1967 to 1978.
Mead previously told the News&Guide easements have helped protect the remaining ranches in the area from the pressure of subdivision.
“A lot of the credit goes to the Land Trust, and the community which supported it,” he said.
The national Land Trust Alliance defines a conservation buyer as “a real-estate purchaser whose interest in the natural, agricultural, scenic, or historic attributes of a property steers them toward working with a land trust to protect these values in perpetuity.”
In mountain towns like Bend, Oregon, local land trusts are working with Realtors to attract conservation buyers and explicitly promote conservation easements. At a national level, The Nature Conservancy is working to leverage “increasing interest of the private sector to take part in conservation.”
And with a third of Teton County’s limited private land already shielded from development, buyers have become more willing to purchase protected land — not because of stewardship interest, but just because it’s the only plot available.
The limited supply has effectively meant that “people are willing to pay the same price for an encumbered piece of ground as they are for an unencumbered piece of ground,” said Max Ludington, president of Jackson Hole Land Trust since 2020.
The nonprofit is continuing to pursue easements, and Ludington said there will probably come a time when every parcel in the valley that can be developed will have a plan for development and “every piece of ground that can be conserved will be conserved.”
The Land Trust secured three new conservation easements in Teton County last year.
At the same time, Maher, of Live Water Properties, said high prices are merely a reflection of Jackson’s overall popularity.
“It’s a function of property values in general,” he said. “It’s not that land under conservation easement is appreciating faster than land not under conservation easement.
“There’s just a high demand for a very small supply, and then you’ve got all of these scenic and wildlife characteristics and airport accessibility, etc. That’s the reason our land is worth more than other places.”
Last year the median home value was $850,800 in Teton County, according to the Wyoming Economic Analysis Division. Median household income was $87,053.
Ludington said one of the most common complaints the Land Trust hears is actually a misconception.
People assume that conservation easements limit the possibility of affordable housing developments, he said, when in reality that restriction comes from local land development regulations, or LDRs.
“The focus of our work is not the amount of development, it’s the location,” he said.
Taking the location concept a step further, listing agent Jenkins said it doesn’t make sense to build affordable housing on a place like Jackson Hole Ranch. Instead, he said, a community housing fund should look at “downtown” properties that are in the transportation network.
He pointed to a $38.5 million, 50-acre parcel on Highway 22, right next to the Stilson parking area where skiers park to catch shuttles to Teton Village, which is now on the market.
“I think its highest and best use is to partner with Stilson and the metro center and build community housing there,” Maher said.
Asked if the Stilson lot could be a candidate for workforce housing, listing agent Ted Dawson said “1000% but the county doesn’t want anything to do with that.”
Current single-family and rural zoning allows only one home per 35 acres. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/high-ranch-prices-show-interest-no-longer-limited-to-stewards/article_0edccb1a-23e5-11ed-8e38-03068015914e.html | 2022-08-25T16:31:00Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/high-ranch-prices-show-interest-no-longer-limited-to-stewards/article_0edccb1a-23e5-11ed-8e38-03068015914e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Continental Divide Trail is a hiking path covering some 3,100 miles from Canada to Mexico. There’s also the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route spanning some 2,700 miles and following as close to the Continental Divide as possible.
It is the longest off-pavement bicycle route in the world and now has a Canada section that begins in Jasper and runs all the way to Mexico.
Both routes pass through Wyoming, with the CDT covering 550 miles from the Idaho border into Yellowstone, then exiting in the Sierra Madre Mountains at the Colorado border. The slightly shorter mountain bike route enters Wyoming just south of Yellowstone and rolls over mostly dirt and gravel roads for 475 miles.
The mountain bike version was developed and mapped by the Adventure Cycling Association in 1997. A year later, I was one of the early riders, pedaling the Wyoming section from Idaho to Colorado.
I retain many wonderful memories of that adventure. I went solo in a time well before cellphones and GPS receivers. I had paper maps and tried to find a phone whenever possible to let my husband know where I was and how I was doing.
Both the hiking route and the mountain bike route cross Wyoming’s Great Divide Basin. That’s about 120 miles of tree-free desert beginning at Atlantic City and ending in Rawlins.
It is where the Continental Divide separates briefly, with rain falling into the Basin and flowing neither east nor west, but just evaporating under the desert sun.
Water is the big issue whether crossing on foot or via bicycle. I solved it by carrying a lot of water as I left Atlantic City. It was so heavy I ended up pushing my bike on the steep climb out of town. When I crossed the Sweetwater River, I topped off my water supply. According to my map, the next reliable watering hole was A&M Reservoir about 80 miles away.
That evening I had an unexpected gift: a tailwind. I kept pedaling past sunset, wind at my back beneath a pink sky. Coyotes howled in stereo — one slightly south of me and the other slightly to the north.
I smiled, thinking maybe they were crooning about my passing. Pronghorn and wild horses stared at me, as if they couldn’t decide if I was friend or foe.
I decided to keep pedaling until I got to Antelope Creek. I arrived as stars began to appear.
Alas, rather than a flowing stream, it was a ribbon of sand. At least it provided a nice cushion where I rolled out my sleeping bag and, instead of pitching my tent, just relaxed looking up at the Milky Way as I nodded off.
In the nearly two days it took me to cross the Great Divide Basin, I saw the dust from one vehicle off in the distance until I joined the main highway heading into Rawlins.
Until then it was just me, the coyotes, pronghorn and wild horses. I feared running out of water, so I doled it out sparingly. As a result, I was eternally thirsty.
Fast forward 24 years. My work as a wildlife biologist takes me to the Great Divide Basin occasionally. Now I drive a cushy truck, although I hop on my mountain bike every morning to enjoy a little spin with my Australian shepherd, Dobby.
To my surprise, during every trip I see or meet trekkers, either on foot or mountain bike, along the CDT or GDMBR. The two routes intersect at the A&M Reservoir.
The popularity of both routes has risen considerably. Where I saw nary a soul back when I pedaled through, today there is a rather steady stream of trekkers.
On my most recent trip a couple weeks ago, I pulled alongside a couple from Germany. Their goal was to hike the entire CDT, ending up at the Canadian border eventually. A mile later I bumped into another hiker; this was a lone trekker from Texas.
About 15 minutes later I pulled in at A&M Reservoir. I noted two tents pitched on the far side of the reservoir with a couple of parked bicycles; more trekkers.
It was downright crowded out there – at least in comparison to my 1998 journey.
To those I saw on the trail, no matter what, I stopped and offered water.
“Do you need some water?” I ask every time. So far nobody has taken me up on the offer, but smile and thank me for asking.
I know back in 1998 I would have relished such an offer even though I made it to Rawlins with water to spare. Just talking to another human being, though, would have been a treat. It was a little lonely out there back then. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/local_news/continental-divide-trails-gain-in-popularity/article_59ac3898-2303-11ed-9b13-7b062cd697a0.html | 2022-08-25T16:31:06Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/local_news/continental-divide-trails-gain-in-popularity/article_59ac3898-2303-11ed-9b13-7b062cd697a0.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Regional Overview
The weather the rest of the week and into the weekend is ideal conditions for getting outside to toss a line, hike a trail or pedal some singletrack. It is not too hot and not too cold. There’s a chance for afternoon thundershowers, especially later in the week and heading into the weekend. Those thundershowers could be intense in localized areas, bringing wind and small hail. There were reports of a dusting of snow in the high country this past weekend, but the snow melted quickly and left nary a trace by mid-morning. Still, it’s a reminder that the season change is fast approaching. It’s best to get out now and enjoy the warm days; go prepared for cool nights.
Ranking Categories
H (One fish): To ensure fish dinner, go to the local grocery store
HHHHH (Five fish): Toss a line and get a fish; the fish aren’t picky
Granite, Crystal and North Crow reservoirs
The fishing is good at both Granite and Crystal reservoirs, but slow at North Crow. The Antelope Dash trail race takes off from the Aspen Grove trailhead starting at 8 a.m. Saturday, with runners opting for a 4- or 8-mile course. Cheer them on if you see runners out on the trail. There is a cyanobacterial bloom advisory at the west causeway of Granite Reservoir. It’s best to avoid that area for now.
Suggested bait, lures and flies:
Sloans and Absarraca lakes
The buzz: The fishing is good, especially early and late in the day.
Suggested bait, lures and flies:
Pole Mountain
The buzz: The beaver ponds continue to offer some excellent action. Some of the ponds are getting low, but those with good water levels offer lively fishing. Moss and other surface vegetation can be problematic in many of the ponds.
Suggested bait, lures and flies:
Laramie Plains lakes
The buzz: The fishing is fair to good across the basin. Fall is often one of the best times of year to cast a line in these lakes and reservoirs, so expect the action to pick up as temperatures continue to cool. The action at Alsop picked up, and is best late in the day. Twin Buttes and Meeboer are also fishing well. Avoid Leazenby Lake due to the cyanobacterial bloom advisory.
Suggested bait, lures and flies:
Laramie River
The buzz: The river is low, but the fishing is fairly good; aim for the deep holes.
Suggested bait, lures and flies:
Snowy Range
The buzz: The high country continues to offer good fishing, with nice action throughout the day. Rob Roy Reservoir is on the slow side, but best for those out in a boat. Lake Owen has lots of fish rising, but the catching is slow. Douglas Creek, as it exits Rob Roy, is a good bet this time of year. The first dusting of snow arrived at the higher elevations last weekend, but it all melted very quickly; still, it is a sign that the summer season is on the wane.
Suggested bait, lures and flies:
North Platte River and Encampment River – Saratoga Valley
The buzz: The upper reaches of the North Platte River are running low, as is the Encampment River. On the plus side, both have more flow than a year ago. Aim for the deeper pools, and it’s best to toss a line early or late in the day.
Suggested bait, lures and flies:
North Platte River – Grey Reef
The buzz: The fishing continues to be very good, but it has slowed recently. Moss is problematic in some areas. As overnight temperatures cool, the fishing should take off. The cooler weather signals the transitioning to streamer action, but there’s still plenty of dry fly activity in the mornings. Grasshoppers are the ticket in the middle of the day.
Suggested bait, lures and flies:
North Platte River – Miracle Mile
The buzz: The Mile is running clear, and the fishing is good to very good. The flow has been steady around 550 cubic feet per second, making for excellent wade fishing conditions.
Suggested bait, lures and flies:
Wheatland Reservoir No. 3
The buzz: The reservoir is quite low, but the boat ramp is still usable. There’s a cyanobacterial bloom advisory. It is not present along the entire reservoir, though, since it is a very large body of water. There’s still plenty of fishing, but anglers need to be aware of the possible hazard.
Suggest bait, lures and flies:
Black or olive woolly buggers
Glendo
The buzz: The fishing is slow, as is typical this time of year. Going into September, the fishing typically picks up with the cooler weather. Anglers going for perch are doing well.
Suggest bait, lures and flies:
Grayrocks Reservoir
The buzz: The fishing is good, and is best early and late. A few walleye and bass are also being taken in the middle of the day.
Suggest bait, lures and flies:
Worm harnesses with leeches
Nightcrawlers on worm harnesses (gold, silver, burnt orange blades)
Reservoir levels
River flows
North Platte River at Northgate: 136 cubic feet per second
North Platte River above Seminoe Reservoir: 300 cfs
North Platte River near Miracle Mile: 542 cfs
North Platte River at Grey Reef: 2,505 cfs
Encampment River near town of Encampment: 71 cfs
Encampment River at Hog Park: 38 cfs
Laramie River near Laramie: 39 cfs | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/outdoors/fishing-report-for-aug-25-2022/article_ce948c08-23b9-11ed-8a74-bff9ead30869.html | 2022-08-25T16:31:19Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/outdoors/fishing-report-for-aug-25-2022/article_ce948c08-23b9-11ed-8a74-bff9ead30869.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Moderate Republicans across the state are searching for an independent candidate to run in the general election for secretary of state.
Sources told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle the desire to find a challenger came in response to state Rep. Chuck Gray, R-Casper, defeating Sen. Tara Nethercott, R-Cheyenne, in the Aug. 16 Republican primary, but the deadline is quickly approaching.
An independent candidate for a statewide seat must file by Monday with the Secretary of State’s Office, as well as secure 5,418 valid signatures. Efforts to find a candidate to even consider putting their hat in the ring have remained unsuccessful.
“People are really leery of the political environment right now,” said Rebekah Fitzgerald, a local political consultant scouting candidates. “And frankly, it’s a really tall order to ask someone to stand up a campaign from scratch and run in 70 days.”
She runs Fitzgerald Strategies Group, which is a communications and political firm out of Cheyenne, and was approached by some Republicans seeking a contender to challenge Gray. (Fitzgerald also is a member of the Wyoming Tribune Eagle’s editorial board.)
Another individual searching for a second option is state Sen. Cale Case, R-Lander. He has been on his own mission separate from Fitzgerald, but has similar motivations. Gray faces no Democrat in the primary, and will otherwise take office in January unless a write-in candidate receives enough votes.
“The voters have spoken, and it’s regrettable that Cale Case is refusing to listen to their voice,” Gray said via text message to the Wyoming Tribune Eagle on Tuesday. “We are going to continue to reach everyone in Wyoming and listen.”
Gray received significant support during the primaries. He was publicly endorsed by former President Donald Trump just days before the election, and was backed by other Wyoming Republicans, such as the U.S. House GOP primary winner, Harriet Hageman.
Gray was announced the winner late Tuesday night, with 75,938 votes reported in the unofficial results from the Secretary of State’s Office. Nethercott received 63,044 votes, and 14,292 went to Republican contender Mark Armstrong. Dan Dockstader, who withdrew from the race to support Nethercott after his name was printed on ballots, received 3,465 votes.
Criticisms of Gray
Despite securing the Republican spot in the general election, Gray has been criticized by fellow party members for his stances on election security and his leadership qualifications. Former Republican Secretary of State Max Maxfield also filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission at the beginning of August, voicing his concern over Gray’s income reports during his U.S. House campaign.
Maxfield endorsed Nethercott, and is hoping to have an independent candidate to vote for in the wake of her loss. Maxfield said he believes Gray lacks the professional experience to manage the office, and he objected to the doubts Gray cast on some positions related to the office.
Maxfield said to come out and argue there were cases of voter fraud in previous elections, and to advocate for the removal of absentee ballot drop boxes and reverting to paper ballots is ridiculous.
“I watched the process of the election, and saw the kind of campaign that Mr. Gray ran, and looked at his qualifications and looked at his personal views toward the second-highest office in the state,” Maxfield told the WTE. “It concerns me enough that I want to support someone else.”
These criticisms of the Republican primary winner were echoed by candidate seekers.
Case said he would not be comfortable with a secretary of state who has claimed the 2020 election was stolen being in charge of the Elections Division.
“There’s concerns with his FEC filing and the paperwork, and how his assets may or may not align, and then there’s just the concerns about his fitness and aptness to do the job,” Fitzgerald said. “He has been in the Legislature for a period of time now, and he hasn’t gotten many bills passed, and so that makes me question and others question his ability to work with others.”
She said since the responsibilities of secretary of state are largely administrative, there are significant consequences if the work is done incorrectly. She is worried employees may not want to work in the environment created by Gray, and that would lead to difficulties executing elections or working with small businesses.
Although there are doubts regarding his capability, Fitzgerald said this doesn’t translate to doubting the results of the election. She said it was fair and based on the ballots cast, and Gray was the clear winner.
Disinterest among candidates
The reason Fitzgerald has hope an independent candidate could win is because of the close to 63,000 votes Nethercott received, but it has been an uphill battle to find a contender. Fitzgerald said she doesn’t want to reveal the names of individuals considered so far due to the nature of the race, but they’ve expressed their weariness.
A candidate Case has been vying for openly turned down the opportunity to challenge Gray. Laramie County GOP vice-chairman Nathan Winters told the WTE he has received an extraordinary number of calls asking him to consider running, but his focus lies in other areas.
“We are in a very pivotal moment of bringing a charter school to Cheyenne that would be an affiliate of Hillsdale College, and we are one of only seven in the United States that was selected this year,” he said. “We are actually standing before the State Loan and Investment Board in just a few weeks, so this is important.”
Winters is also the president and executive director of the Family Policy Alliance of Wyoming, and doesn’t want to step down from that position.
He said he has spoken with Gray in recent days and expressed his support for the Wyoming Secretary of State’s Office. He said he believes the Republican primary winner will be successful if he works closely with the longtime employees.
“The staff that has been built up over the last number of years is one of the very best in the state of Wyoming,” he said he told Gray. “Secondly, (current Secretary of State) Ed Buchanan has made election integrity one of the foremost things that he has fought for over the last four-and-a-half years.”
He said he agreed with U.S. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., in her belief that there were major questions raised regarding other states in the 2020 election, but he knows there were strong efforts that went into ensuring secure elections in Wyoming.
Although Gray has cast doubt on the election process in this state, Winters said he will support the most conservative candidate in the general election, and right now it is the Republican primary winner.
Uphill battle
Despite Winters telling Case he didn’t want to run against Gray, the state senator moved forward with trying to get the 5,418 signatures needed for Winters before Monday. Case hoped seeing the encouragement from residents would convince Winters to run.
Case sent a letter to Kai Schon, Elections Division director at the Secretary of State’s Office, arguing the petition could be circulated without pre-approval by the possible candidate. Case wrote that he agreed with Wyoming Statute 22-5-301 (a) in that the proposed candidate needed to approve the submission it was presented to the Secretary of State’s Office, but disagreed that the petitions couldn’t be sent out across the state if there was no such authorization.
“These petitions beforehand are not binding and have no effect. Only with the candidate’s signature do they become binding,” Case said. “Your existing policy prohibits a draft where people can express their support for a candidate. It is a free speech issue and a bureaucratic encumbrance of a process that has no effect on your office until the signatures are submitted with the candidate’s approval and countersignature.”
Case followed up with the WTE and said the Secretary of State’s Office would not accept his interpretation of the statute as of Tuesday.
Winters was the most viable candidate Case wanted to run, because he said others don’t have the name recognition or strong qualifications.
“I served with Nathan Winters in the Wyoming Legislature. He is a very honorable, thoughtful and kind person. He is very conservative and holds immense faith in our savior,” Case said in his testimonial. “No one ever will be able to tag him as a RINO.”
Facing the Wyoming GOP
The difficulty in finding a candidate doesn’t just revolve around a sprint campaign being unappealing, or the laws the Secretary of State’s Office must follow.
Both Fitzgerald and Case said some don’t want to put themselves in the crosshairs of the Wyoming Republican Party.
Fitzgerald said she believes leadership and members of the party showed support exclusively for Hageman. She said this, in turn, benefited Gray, who was backed by the U.S. House candidate.
“It’s clear the large majority of the state party was supporting her efforts there, and I think that just speaks more to the current environment of Wyoming politics and the Wyoming GOP,” she said.
The political consultant said she knows the state party and others have been careful not to host events endorsing specific candidates, but there has been a lot of bleed-over where voters might have had a hard time telling what was an independent event versus what was a county or state GOP-sponsored event.
“The messaging was blurred, and that may have been intentional to only invite certain people to certain events,” Fitzgerald said. “But the rules are very clear that the party has to remain neutral in the primary, and I think a lot of people are questioning whether that really happened.”
Case is a Republican who believes the GOP has overstepped its bounds when it comes to showing support for candidates. He pointed to the Save Wyoming Rally, which only hosted one Republican candidate in each statewide race, including Gray. Wyoming GOP Chairman Frank Eathorne attended the event, as well as the Hageman campaign rally in Casper over Memorial Day weekend attended by Trump and her campaign party on primary election night.
“We need to restore a fair primary, which Frank Eathorne didn’t give us,” Case said. “And if you just look at the attendees at the Lander rally, you tell me that the Republican Party wasn’t up to their ears behind the scenes for that, even though they said they weren’t. They only invited one candidate from each slot, and they put all their efforts behind that.”
Case argued it was another reason Winters decided not to run against Gray. Winters said he cares very deeply about the Republican Party and conservative principles, and would never run for office without the letter “R” following his name.
“I don’t blame him for saying no, because you’re up against the Republican Party leadership now, and you don’t want to buck that,” said Case. “That’s what he would be doing.”
Wyoming GOP National Committeeman Corey Steinmetz said in a statement the state party didn’t support a specific candidate in the primary race for secretary of state. He said they neither campaigned nor advertised for or against any candidate in the race.
He said the party congratulated all Republican primary winners, and it looks forward to continuing its work in support of those who represent Republican values, as expressed in the party’s platform.
“The voters have spoken in the primary, Representative Gray was elected with a margin of over 13,000 votes,” Steinmetz said. “Senator Case has the freedom to do whatever he feels he should, however ... the handpicked candidate by Mr. Case has said clearly that he is not interested in running for the office of secretary of state.”
Both Case and Fitzgerald said the hunt will continue for a contender over the next five days. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/republicans-search-for-independent-candidate-to-challenge-gray/article_be3354fa-23d4-11ed-9fbc-13b8f4d779b5.html | 2022-08-25T16:31:32Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/republicans-search-for-independent-candidate-to-challenge-gray/article_be3354fa-23d4-11ed-9fbc-13b8f4d779b5.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Wyoming health officials are again warning of dangerous summer blooms in lakes, ponds and reservoirs, blooms that can kill dogs and make people ill.
As of publication, only three lakes or reservoirs have toxin advisories listed: Goshen Hole Reservoir, Leazenby Lake and Eden Reservoir. Many additional bodies of water have bloom advisories.
Harmful cyanobacterial blooms vary in appearance, usually ranging from bluish-green to green or brown in color. Blooms can look like floating mats, grass clippings, cottage cheese, discolored water, scum or spilled paint and can last up to months, according to the Department of Environmental Quality.
Suspected cyanobacteria blooms can be reported to the DEQ. Related illnesses can be reported to the Wyoming Department of Health.
The DEQ saw harmful cyanobacterial blooms as late as November last year, Kelsee Hurshman, HCB coordinator at the agency, said.
At low concentrations, in which they occur naturally, cyanobacteria can be harmless, and sometimes they don’t produce toxins at all. In warm, stagnant and nutrient-rich water, however, they can accumulate to dangerous levels.
“Multiple toxin types may be produced by a single species and cyanotoxins can persist in the ecosystem after a bloom subsides with length of time varying between toxin type and environmental conditions,” University of Wyoming Ph.D. student Ashleigh Pilkerton told WyoFile via email. “As a scientific community, we still have much to learn about cyanotoxins and why they are produced.”
Cyanobacteria aren’t all bad. Scientists even believe they provided the oxygen leading up to the “Great Oxidation Event” of Earth’s atmosphere over two billion years ago, paving the way for the evolution of multicellular organisms.
Because awareness, reporting and monitoring of blooms have improved, it can be difficult to tell if blooms are getting worse or just drawing more attention. Sam Sillen, a graduate student at UW, looked at satellite imagery dating back to 1984 to address that question.
Sillen used the images to predict concentrations of chlorophyll a in lakes around the state. Chlorophyll is a green pigment used in photosynthesis, and chlorophyll a is just one form of the substance. Also present in algae and plants, it isn’t a perfect indicator for cyanobacteria but can still act as a helpful proxy.
“Looking at the chlorophyll a predictions over this 40-year timespan, what we find is a lot of lakes have a history of either being relatively eutrophic or having a high chlorophyll a concentration, and few lakes are rapidly increasing in terms of their chlorophyll a, likely leaning towards this historical baseline of a lot of algal blooms in Wyoming,” Sillen said. “On the other hand, there is a subsection of lakes that are becoming more eutrophic or increasing in chlorophyll a.”
Eutrophic refers to bodies of water with excessive nutrients and an overabundance of photosynthetic organisms. Sillen is working to understand what factors are driving changes in that subsection of lakes.
Another portion of Sillen’s research is to evaluate the remote sensing tool used by the DEQ to monitor blooms. He is comparing results from samples to the remote sensing estimates gathered from satellite images.
Pilkerton’s research focuses on the ecological consequences of harmful cyanobacterial blooms including impacts on other microbial communities, effects on zooplankton species and changes in fish diets.
People should avoid cyanobacteria blooms and keep their animals away too, Hurshman said. Anglers should only eat fillets from their fish. If humans or animals are exposed to a cyanobacteria bloom, WDH advises to rinse with clean water and seek medical attention if symptoms arise.
While contact with skin can be harmful, ingestion poses the greatest health risks, Lindsay Patterson, the DEQ’s water quality standards supervisor, said. Treatments like filtration and boiling do not remove toxins, according to WDH.
Dogs and other animals can die as a result of ingesting bloom materials, and while more uncommon, humans can also get seriously ill from exposure.
Sometimes called “blue-green algae,” the toxin-producing organisms that proliferate across Wyoming’s waters around this time of year are instead a type of photosynthetic bacteria, distinct from algae in both their evolution and cellular biology.
Cyanobacteria blooms can be distinguished from algae and aquatic plants because “individual cyanobacteria are small and do not form long, filamentous networks.” Because of that, scums or mats of the dangerous cyanobacteria can be easily broken apart, according to the DEQ. Their FAQ site suggests simple tests using a stick or jar to help distinguish a cyanobacteria bloom.
In addition to looking for visual evidence of cyanobacteria, Wyoming recreationists can check an advisories map of the state to see where toxin and bloom advisories are listed and those that are still under investigation. WDH issues advisories based on data provided by the DEQ.
The map provides information about the types and concentrations of cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins that have been tested for, as well as sampling dates and locations.
A water body may have a bloom advisory but no toxin advisory because samples are still being analyzed or because sampling demonstrated elevated cyanobacteria levels but not elevated toxin levels. However, this doesn’t necessarily mean that the waters are safe.
“The conditions of cyanotoxin concentrations on the water body can change very quickly,” Hurshman said.
Routine monitoring for harmful cyanobacterial blooms in the state occurs through both on-the-ground sampling and via satellite imagery processed by the Environmental Protection Agency’s Cyanobacteria Assessment Network and evaluated by Hurshman.
“There’s a number of water bodies that blooms occur on every single summer, pretty much like clockwork, so to speak,” the DEQ’s Patterson said. “Then there’s a handful that we’ll be made aware of.”
Before 2021, the DEQ only investigated for cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins in response to reports of blooms or as prompted by the CyAN satellite imagery. Last year the agency implemented an additional monthly monitoring system for 25 high-priority bodies of water with heavy recreation use and where harmful blooms are common.
Every month, the DEQ conducts visits to high-recreation locations at each water body on the list, investigates for signs of cyanobacteria blooms and collects samples for analysis where blooms appear.
While the routine monitoring program has already helped the DEQ figure out where elevated levels of cyanotoxins occur frequently, Patterson and Hurshman are hoping that it will also help them better understand the conditions that lead to toxin production and whether blooms are becoming more or less toxic.
Hurshman reviewed last year’s data but didn’t discover any trends. Information from this year will be added to the dataset for further analysis.
Nutrient availability is an important factor, and “nitrogen and phosphorus are the two most important nutrients” for driving harmful blooms, Pilkerton said.
The DEQ is collaborating with the Wyoming Nutrient Work Group, a diverse stakeholder group, to tackle nutrient pollution in Wyoming waters. The group will work to “identify water bodies where there are excess nutrients and then develop restoration plans for those water bodies,” Patterson said.
One of those is Boysen Reservoir, where the group is already coordinating with stakeholders to reduce nutrient inputs and resulting blooms.
Nutrient sources can include stormwater and agricultural runoff, lawn fertilizers, septic tanks, wastewater treatment plants, industrial discharges, atmospheric deposition, and lake turnover, Patterson said.
This story is supported by a grant through Wyoming’s Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) and the National Science Foundation. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/toxic-blooms-again-prompt-health-worries-warnings/article_154a8730-22fa-11ed-a741-7b05d4843a9b.html | 2022-08-25T16:31:38Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/news/toxic-blooms-again-prompt-health-worries-warnings/article_154a8730-22fa-11ed-a741-7b05d4843a9b.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Epoxy striping work may cause highway delays
Crews with S&L Industrial and the Wyoming Department of Transportation has started applying epoxy striping in various locations around the region, weather permitting.
Epoxy striping work may cause highway delays
Crews with S&L Industrial and the Wyoming Department of Transportation has started applying epoxy striping in various locations around the region, weather permitting.
Epoxy striping is more durable than traditional striping, especially in high-traffic areas, the WDH says in a press release.
Work includes mobilizing and minor work in intermittent locations around Rawlins. Next week, crews will focus on a portion of U.S. Highway 287 in Laramie. Finally, they will address various locations around Cheyenne, including a section on Interstate 80 near Pine Bluffs.
This will be a mobile work zone with slow-moving striping equipment. Motorists are encouraged to drive slowly and obey all traffic control. Avoid passing the heavy equipment where epoxy is still wet as it can be hard to remove if it gets on a vehicle. Cones will be in place to help indicate where epoxy may still be wet.
Crews will be working in other areas throughout the duration of the project, with locations varying based on traffic levels, weather, material availability and other factors. Stay alert for work zones along your travels and plan to give yourself a little extra time to reach your destination.
‘Offensive’ sign protected as free speech
PINEDALE (WNE) — A Big Piney resident’s large sign fastened to the front fence that says “F– Biden” is protected free speech, even if neighbors are concerned about the “offensive” F word.
That was the consensus of the town’s attorney Doug Mason and Sheriff KC Lehr, which they presented to the Big Piney Town Council, at its Aug. 16 meeting.
Town clerk Kristi Gray said five or six callers complained to town staff, and the sheriff said a deputy reportedly went to the house to check it out.
The sign reads: “F– Biden and F– you if you voted for him.”
Mayor Tyler Maxfield brought up the possibility of an ordinance, which Mason said would have “to be narrowly tailored” to avoid violating the sign poster’s freedom of speech.
Maxfield said he hoped the resident might understand that the language offends some people.
“I haven’t spoken with Deputy Winer yet,” Lehr said of the sign. “It’s worth a try. That’s a sticky one” because posting the F word is not a crime.”
“Even if he can X out the words,” Maxfield said. “See if he’ll reason with us.”
The sign was still in place Friday afternoon, legible from the church parking lot across the street.
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Some observations before the afterglow from our exciting time in the national spotlight fades and we go back to being flyover country hayseeds.
POLITICAL REPORTERS were drawn to Jackson Hole in their coverage of the Cheney-Hageman race because the anticipated concession speech by Liz would happen there.
But the constant reporting from Jackson – a rare county where Cheney was stronger than Hageman – created the impression that the Tetons and the Jackson Town Square represent all of Wyoming.
It’s a nice image to project, but anyone who thinks all of Wyoming looks like the view from Moran Junction has never been to Wamsutter. Or Bill. Or Tie Siding. Or Hubbard’s Mountain Cupboard.
Outsiders sometimes assume that Cheyenne looks like Jackson, not realizing that the Tetons are a very long day’s drive from Cheyenne.
Like coastal elites who figure that if you visit Denver, you’ve logically spent an afternoon taking in the Grand Canyon. Geography eludes many coastal elites, and it’s not worth their precious time to learn about gomers like us.
Whatever!
For a while there, we were like the girl with a half-dozen guys asking her to the prom. Every newscast included fresh takes on what was going on in Wyoming, and our least populated state was on everyone’s mind. We were the belle of the ball.
For a moment.
ON THE WAY TO JACKSON, a Fox political correspondent reported from downtown Cheyenne, and (obligatory) rodeos in Laramie and Wheatland, where the take on Liz was either that she’s feisty Wyoming gal with grit or a politician gone hopelessly D.C. native in her relentless pursuit of former President Donald Trump.
Unless Liz opens the “Captain Ahab Institute for the Pursuit of The Great White Donald Trump Whale” in Jackson Hole (because she says pursuing the evil Trump is now the most important job she has ever had) I predict our news media appeal will quickly fade.
It will be like that old song “You Don’t Send Me Flowers Anymore.”
My wife (pretty smart) says that’s probably a good thing, because people who don’t live in Wyoming don’t understand Wyoming.
And never will.
I KEPT SEEING a video on TV of House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy with Jackson Hole Ski Area trams in the background and wondered what the ding-dong heck he was doing in Jackson, where there are precious few GOP votes.
Turns out McCarthy was in pursuit of the only thing more precious than votes: dollars. He was there for a fat-cat fundraiser, at which even the biggest fat cat of all, Elon Musk, was in attendance.
I don’t know about you, but the prospect of McCarthy as speaker of the House come January does not fill me with confidence. (No surprise that Liz agrees.) I think he lacks the heft of a Newt Gingrich. But he would be far better than that State-of-the-Union-speech-ripping embarrassment Nancy Pelosi.
In the words of Mick Jagger, “You don’t always get what you want.”
That goes double in politics.
TWO OLD FRIENDS – one from Cheyenne, the other from Casper, both lifelong residents of Wyoming – laughed when I asked if Liz Cheney could hold onto her seat in Congress with the help of Democrats crossing over to vote in the Republican primary. Both found the concept patently ridiculous in Wyoming, where Democrats are roughly as plentiful as black-footed ferrets.
Right they were.
ANOTHER LIFELONG RESIDENT, this one from charming Rawlins, told me she wrote to Liz awhile back telling her that she had never written to a politician before, but that she was writing to say she would never vote for Liz again.
In the words of pop star Taylor Swift: “Ever, ever, ever.”
One of the endearing things about lifelong Wyoming residents is their crustiness.
TUCKER CARLSON reported on election night that Liz Cheney’s net worth is now $43 million, up from $7 million when she took office six years ago. So we don’t have to worry about her living on the street somewhere in northern Virginia.
And there will be plenty of seed money for the Captain Ahab Institute in Jackson. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/opinion/contributed_columns/capt-ahab-institute-coming-to-jackson/article_1e697e8c-2306-11ed-a0ff-4b3e35a1d34a.html | 2022-08-25T16:31:50Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/laramieboomerang/opinion/contributed_columns/capt-ahab-institute-coming-to-jackson/article_1e697e8c-2306-11ed-a0ff-4b3e35a1d34a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Last week’s primary election revealed many things about the current state of politics in Wyoming – some good, some bad.
Let’s start with some good news. Regardless of your party affiliation, this week’s primary once again showed that the state’s election process is trustworthy, and our county clerks and their staff are dedicated to preserving its integrity. Not only did we hear no complaints of voting irregularities, results are canvassed by independent boards at the county and state levels to certify that was the case.
That’s unlikely to silence those like Republican Secretary of State primary winner Chuck Gray, however, who have parroted the false election fraud claims coming from former President Donald Trump and his supporters ever since the 2020 election results didn’t go his way. We just hope this week and another well-handled election in November will cause Mr. Gray and others to stop sowing seeds of distrust about a system in Wyoming that clearly works well.
The next post-election takeaway isn’t that surprising, but should concern anyone who had hopes the Legislature would stop wasting time on highly partisan, mostly far-right boilerplate legislation. With an economy desperately in need of diversification, a K-12 education funding crisis, tens of thousands of residents without health insurance and many other top-shelf issues facing them, lawmakers shouldn’t be wasting their time on the pet issues of the American Legislative Exchange Council and other groups.
Yet, based on the results, it seems many of the state’s Republican voters either don’t care or failed to do their homework about certain candidates. For example, in Natrona County, Casper developer Bob Ide narrowly defeated former Senate President Drew Perkins. Of course, we have no evidence of how he will perform as a lawmaker, but the fact Mr. Ide was photographed with state GOP Chairman Frank Eathorne at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, gives us some indication.
Rural eastern Wyoming, especially, is growing ever more conservative. In Goshen County, Rep. J.D. Williams lost his seat to Allen Earl Slagle, and Rep. Shelly Duncan lost her seat to Scott Smith. And in Converse County, Rep. Aaron Clausen narrowly lost his seat to Tomi Strock, who encouraged her campaign Facebook followers to attend a Chuck Gray-sponsored screening of “2000 Mules” because “it is trully (sic) an eye opening documentary” about the 2020 election.
All of this sets up the 67th Wyoming Legislature to be even more radical than the one that wasted hundreds of thousands of dollars on a special session about vaccine mandates.
Which brings us to a key point: If more people don’t start doing their homework, asking questions of candidates and voting, this radicalization of our political system will continue. And, sorry, folks, we hate to say it, but there’s really no excuse for this other than simple laziness.
Today, thanks to the internet and social media, there are more ways than ever to find out where each candidate stands on the key issues. In addition to stories and news briefs in publications like the Wyoming Tribune Eagle, there are candidate questionnaires on our website, WyomingNews.com, and answers to online surveys by other organizations.
Not plugged in? There’s still the old-fashioned method of picking up the phone and calling those you’re wondering about (yes, the phone numbers can be found on the Secretary of State and Laramie County Clerk’s Office websites, but we’ll soon be publishing a list of all of the phone numbers and email addresses they provided when they filed to run for office).
Another disturbing lesson to be learned from this year’s primary field is that some people seem to want to get elected so they can destroy the system from the inside. While we certainly hope that isn’t the case with Mr. Gray and Republican U.S. House nominee Harriet Hageman, we saw evidence of this trend from people like current State Superintendent of Public Instruction Brian Schroeder, gubernatorial candidate Rex Rammell, U.S. House candidate and current state Sen. Anthony Bouchard and others.
Thankfully, many of these folks failed to advance to the general election, but some did. And with all of the noise made lately at school board meetings here and across the state about books in school libraries and district mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic, voters must be extra careful to vet trustees candidates this fall.
Of course, with the attention placed on the race between Ms. Hageman and incumbent Rep. Liz Cheney, it would be easy to say that the days of Wyoming going unnoticed on the national political scene are over. We’re not sure, though.
Certainly, the high-profile battle between Ms. Cheney and Mr. Trump drew the attention of journalists and political insiders from the Beltway and across the country. It also generated a lot of attention from average residents nationwide with an opinion about Ms. Cheney and her service on the congressional committee investigating the 1-6-21 Capitol riot. That attention led to millions of dollars from outside the state pouring into Ms. Cheney’s campaign account, as well as Mr. Trump endorsing in down-ballot races.
We can’t help but wonder if this is a one-time blip on the radar, however. How likely is it that, once the current battle of wills fades away, the least-populated state in the union will continue to garner such attention? As is the case with Alaska other than when Sarah Palin’s on the ballot, we think it’s pretty unlikely.
Of course, the most obvious takeaway is that the former president still has a lot of influence in the Equality State. Ms. Hageman’s landslide victory over Ms. Cheney is all the evidence we need to see that. Unlike the attention that came with it, that likely will take much longer to fade into the past, especially if the Republican Party continues to be the Party of Trump.
OK, that’s enough looking back. With less than 80 days to go until the general election, it’s time to grab a notebook, make a list of candidates to research and get to work.
Wyoming Tribune Eagle
Aug. 20
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There are two types of emerging markets: Commodity importers and commodity exporters.The first category is headed for trouble.
They're stuck using falling currencies to pay for higher commodity imports and chewing through reserves to defend those currencies as the bills increase for food and fuel. Inflation is high locally and allowing the currency to depreciate risks a rout and political instability.
Emerging markets are experiencing the biggest drawdowns in foreign currency reserves since 2008 according to JPMorgan. We saw what happened with Sri Lanka earlier this year and now JPM is warning about Pakistan, Egypt, Turkey and Ghana.
Brad Setser, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations highlights vulnerabilities in countries that borrowed to fund currency reserves rather than buying them during the good times. He highlights Egypt, Pakistan, Argentina and Turkey.
These cases are generally well known but WSJ highlights other emerging problem countries, including Czechia and Hungary. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/a-slow-burn-towards-an-emerging-market-currency-market-crisis-is-unfolding-20220825/ | 2022-08-25T16:32:01Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/a-slow-burn-towards-an-emerging-market-currency-market-crisis-is-unfolding-20220825/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Laramie Boomerang
LARAMIE – The University of Wyoming will make a supplemental budget request of $54.65 million to the Wyoming Legislature for unforeseen financial needs this academic year.
If approved, UW officials says the additional money will account for gaps in the university budget created by inflation, and help address low wages for university staff and faculty members.
“This is very much in line with what you may have seen in previous years,” UW spokesperson Chad Baldwin said of the request.
He said it’s normal for the university to make supplemental budget requests because it is difficult to know exactly how much money will be needed at the time the Legislature makes its budget allocations.
The requests also are tailored to the amount of money and programs the Legislature has in any given year. This year, Gov. Mark Gordon noted that budget requests should be emergency in nature, with some flexibility in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing issues with inflation.
The request includes more than $13 million to go toward capital construction projects that have been impacted by inflation. The projects include buying scientific equipment for the new Science Initiative Building and building a roundabout at 22nd Street.
An additional $4.3 million is requested to help with inflation in other areas, such as campus utilities, insurance premiums and operating costs of UW extension centers.
The largest chunk of the request, $14.5 million, is earmarked for increasing salaries of university staff and faculty. If approved, the university will increase wages to a minimum of $15 per hour, as well as provide relative increases for higher-paid employees.
“We understand that there is some movement in the Legislature for a possible second round of salary increase funding, and we want to make sure they’re considered,” Baldwin said.
The request comes at a time when staff at the university have voiced concerns over issues with low wages and overwhelming workloads during UW Board of Trustees meetings.
There are now several hundred employees at the university who make less than $15 per hour, Baldwin said.
While the university announced base pay raises for employees in May, the increases were more of a “Band-Aid” fix than a change that adequately addresses issues of inflation and increased housing costs, UW Staff Senate President Tim Nichols told trustees during a meeting in July.
The newest round of raises will only be given if the supplemental budget request is approved, and would go into effect in the upcoming fiscal year, Baldwin said.
The proposal will be discussed with the governor in September or October and go before the Joint Appropriations Committee in December, according to UW Board of Trustees documents. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/uw-wants-another-54m-from-legislature/article_1d21c05c-240a-11ed-8daf-43b30b057a8e.html | 2022-08-25T16:32:09Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/uw-wants-another-54m-from-legislature/article_1d21c05c-240a-11ed-8daf-43b30b057a8e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Today/tomorrow Aug 25, 2022 Aug 25, 2022 Updated 56 min ago Comments Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Today in Wyoming history: In 2010, Gov, Dave Freudenthal signed an executive order increasing protected sage grouse habitat by a net of 400,000 acres.Tomorrow in Wyoming history: In 1980, Guernsey State Park was added to the National Register of Historic Places.(Thanks Wyoming Historical Society and On This Day) Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tags Dave Freudenthal Wyoming Executive Order Sage Grouse Habitat Park Society Recommended for you Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. comments powered by Disqus Trending Now Laramie County DA declines to charge woman arrested in stabbing death Hageman beats Cheney, will face Grey Bull in November First Wyoming case of monkeypox identified in Laramie County Kozak wins sheriff primary, Hackl presumptive DA WDE social media hacked, shares school choice survey Latest Special Section Cheyenne Frontier Days To view our latest Special Section click the image on the left. Latest e-Edition Wyoming Tribune Eagle To view our latest e-Edition click the image on the left. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/today-tomorrow/article_90df1266-2486-11ed-bfe7-939173ec8724.html | 2022-08-25T16:32:40Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/today-tomorrow/article_90df1266-2486-11ed-bfe7-939173ec8724.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
University of Wyoming running back Dawaiian McNeely, center, carries the football during the Cowboys’ annual Brown and Gold scrimmage Saturday at War Memorial Stadium in Laramie. Michael Smith/For the Wyoming Tribune Eagle
LARAMIE – In an age of college football when high-octane passing attacks have become commonplace, Saturday’s season opener between the University of Wyoming and Illinois will feature two teams that pride themselves of physicality and setting the tone at the line of scrimmage.
Both teams possess offenses that are predicated on establishing the run. The Cowboys ranked among the top 10 in the FBS with rushing attempts accounting for more than 60% of their offensive plays last season, while the Illini weren’t far behind with a rushing play percentage above 57%.
UW linebacker Easton Gibbs believes the physical nature that both teams like to play with will make this a quality starting point for the Pokes to see where they stand, with their Mountain West opener against Air Force – which has boasted the nation’s top rushing attack each of the last two seasons – just over three weeks away.
“It’s going to be a challenge, and it’ll be a good challenge to start the year and see where we are at,” Gibbs said. “It will definitely set the tone. It’s a tone-setting game, so we’re just excited to get out there and get after it. It’s kind of both of our brands of football, so it should be a good one.”
Illinois has what is expected to be one of the nation’s top running back tandems in Chase Brown and Josh McCray, who combined to rush for 1,554 yards and seven touchdowns in 2021. Brown is seeking to become just the third running back in Illinois history to rush for 1,000 yards in back-to-back seasons.
Wyoming has a talented running back of its own, however, in Titus Swen. The junior rushed for 785 yards and a team-high seven touchdowns last season, while ranking second among MW running backs with an average of 5.9 yards per carry.
Swen showcased all-conference potential last November in rivalry wins over Colorado State and MW champion Utah State, during which he racked up 335 yards and two touchdowns on an average of 9.3 yards per attempt. Defensive tackle Cole Godbout believes going up against the Cowboys’ feature back during practice has prepared the defense to face any rushing attack that comes their way.
“I think he’s one of the best in the country, if not the best in the country,” Godbout said. “He gives us the best possible look we can get, so it’s been very helpful going up against him every day.”
The run-heavy approach of each team will challenge defensive lines that return two key pieces – Godbout and Jordan Bertagnole for Wyoming, and Keith Randolph and Jer’Zhan Newton at Illinois – but have some unknowns outside of that, at least in terms of having made significant contributions to their respective programs.
Adding to the uncertainty for the Cowboys is the fact that defensive end Sabastian Harsh, who worked with the first-team defense for much of the offseason, is sidelined with an injury. However, Godbout is confident in the progress that DeVonne Harris, Braden Siders and Oluwaseyi Omotosho have made since the end of last season.
“I think the sky is the limit,” Godbout said. “They control what they can control, and they all have shown great improvement from last year. I’m just really excited to see them play and see what they can do on the field.”
Wyoming is currently listed as a 10- to 11-point underdog, depending on the sportsbook, for this weekend’s game. There is also the perceived notion that the Illini will have an advantage in the size and talent departments, given that they play in a Power Five conference.
UW offensive tackle Eric Abojei has heard the chatter, and is looking forward to the opportunity to prove the Cowboys’ doubters wrong.
“Everyone is looking at it as, ‘They’re a Big Ten team, so they have a lot more to bring to the table,’ but for us, on both sides of the ball, we’ve put in a lot of work,” Abojei said. “It’s just kind of been one of those things where we go at it with each other, and it shows our toughness within ourselves, but also as a team.
“I’m sure that will be one of the things that shows out on Saturday, especially on the offensive line. We’ve been preaching being tough and pushing through blocks, and making sure guys are in the right fits and putting the defenders on their butts.”
Josh Criswell{span} covers the University of Wyoming for WyoSports. He can be reached at jcriswell@wyosports.net or 307-755-3325. Follow him on Twitter at @criswell_sports.{/span}
Josh Criswell covers the University of Wyoming for WyoSports. He can be reached at jcriswell@wyosports.net or 307-755-3325. Follow him on Twitter at @criswell_sports. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyosports/university_of_wyoming/football/wyoming-set-for-physical-first-test-against-illinois/article_a04a39d8-23fa-11ed-a6ff-03ced1802e1c.html | 2022-08-25T16:33:05Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyosports/university_of_wyoming/football/wyoming-set-for-physical-first-test-against-illinois/article_a04a39d8-23fa-11ed-a6ff-03ced1802e1c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It was a bubbly at the beach sort of day Wednesday for Ayesha Curry, as she and husband Steph Curry continued their offseason getaway.
In a post shared with her 7.8 million Instagram followers, the mother of three is seen rocking a cutout orange swimsuit as she holds a glass of champagne beside the Golden State Warriors superstar, who won his fourth NBA championship earlier this year.
“Overcast with a chance of Champagne,” Ayesha, 33, captioned the playful post.
Ayesha, who recently celebrated her 11th wedding anniversary with Steph, 34, has been sharing photos of the couple’s tropical vacation on Instagram this past week. On Monday, she posted a cozy snap of the couple by the water as they soaked up the sun.
It’s been a summer filled with celebrations for the Currys, who toasted to Golden State’s championship title in June after the Warriors topped the Celtics in Game 6 of the NBA Finals.
“Proud of mi likkle family yuh see! So much love, so much hard work, so much strength, so much energgggyyy! Thank you God for our little tribe and all of the blessings you have bestowed upon us,” Ayesha gushed on Instagram at the time.
Steph, who was also named this year’s Finals MVP, continued his victory lap in July when he hosted the 2022 ESPY Awards. The eight-time All-Star was supported by Ayesha during the show, along with daughters Riley, 10, and Ryan, 7.
The couple is also parents to son Canon, who turned 4 in July. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/25/ayesha-curry-cozies-up-to-steph-curry-during-tropical-getaway/ | 2022-08-25T16:34:24Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/25/ayesha-curry-cozies-up-to-steph-curry-during-tropical-getaway/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Former Astros GM Jeff Luhnow allegedly deleted call logs and emails, among other data, from his phone before it was searched by MLB as part of the sign-stealing investigation against Houston.
The revelation, which was first reported by The Athletic’s Evan Drellich in an excerpt from his upcoming book “Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball’s Brightest Minds Created Sports’ Biggest Mess,” also includes that Luhnow told members of the organization that MLB was confiscating phones so they would be “comfortable” with the contents of their devices.
“I had pictures on my phone of my wife giving birth to our son, and I deleted those at her request prior to handing over my phone,” Luhnow told Drellich in a statement. “When asked by the investigators, I told them about this. Not one work related item was deleted and every email and text I ever sent was available to MLB and the Astros through my work computer.”
Still, MLB investigators reportedly found that Luhnow’s phone didn’t have standard call logs, nor could they find email exchanges that were on the devices of others. He reportedly told the league that he didn’t trust MLB, thus deleted data.
“In addition to submitting to two interviews by the Commissioner’s Office, the Astros and MLB had complete unfettered access to every text message I sent or received during the relevant time period,” Luhnow said. “MLB never identified a single text that suggested I had any involvement in the matter — and the League had plenty of texts to make its case. In fact, the investigation uncovered 22,000 text messages from the alleged actual participants in the sign stealing. The alleged participants openly texted in real time about sign stealing activity — and not a single communication implicated me, directly or indirectly, in any way, shape or form. I was not mentioned in these contemporaneous texts because I was not party to sign stealing activities.”
The reporting at hand, though, suggests that Luhnow is — at best — stretching the truth. MLB apparently found traces of nine messages between Luhnow and Tom Koch-Weiser, the Astros’ director of advance information at the time, between March and August of 2019 that it could not recover on either person’s device.
In a letter on Jan. 2, 2020, commissioner Rob Manfred wrote that Luhnow — who was later fired after a full-season suspension — that he had damaged his credibility in the investigation.
“Your credibility is further impacted by the fact that you permanently deleted information from your phone and its backups in anticipation that my investigators would seek to search your phone,” Manfred wrote. “You did not tell my investigators that you had done this until they confronted you about it in your second interview. While you explained that you were simply deleting sensitive personal photographs, I have no way to confirm that you did not delete incriminating evidence.” | https://nypost.com/2022/08/25/ex-astros-gm-jeff-luhnow-i-deleted-wifes-birth-photos-not-data/ | 2022-08-25T16:35:06Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/25/ex-astros-gm-jeff-luhnow-i-deleted-wifes-birth-photos-not-data/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Chennai: Actress and producer Radhika Sarathkumar has lighted candles and offered prayers at the famous Lourdes church in France for the well-being of legendary Tamil director Bharathirajaa, who has now been hospitalised.
Taking to Instagram, actress Radhika posted a video clip of her lighting huge candles at the church, even as she offered prayers for director Bharathiraja's well-being.
She wrote, "En iniya director Bharathiraja avargaley (My sweet director Bharathiraja sir) , my special prayers to you at the Lourde church, France. Get well soon, want to see you soon, hale and healthy. Miss talking to you."
In the video clip, Radhika is heard saying, "For the director who lit a lamp in my life -- Bharathirajaa sir, I am lighting this candle in Lourdes church, offering heartfelt prayers for his well-being. Please bless him."
It was Bharathirajaa who introduced Radhika as an actress in the Tamil film 'Kizhakke Pogum Rail' in the year 1978. The film was an overwhelming success and ran in theatres for an entire year! Radhika shot to stardom and went on to become an iconic actress in Tamil cinema. | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/08/25/radhika-sarathkumar-lourdes-church-france-prayers-bharathiraja-hospitalised.amp.html | 2022-08-25T16:37:46Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/08/25/radhika-sarathkumar-lourdes-church-france-prayers-bharathiraja-hospitalised.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(NewsNation) — Faced with inflation, some consumers have chosen to hold back discretionary purchases, but Starbucks drinkers have remained loyal.
Coffee sales at grocery stores performed well at the onset of the pandemic in 2020, spiking in mid-March. By September, Americans had reduced buying in supermarkets by 15%, according to a report from Reuters at the time.
In 2021, coffee outperformed other spaces in the dining sector for much of the year, but foot traffic halted in step with the omicron surge, the retail analysis company Placer reported.
Demand for Starbucks has remained steady, and consolidated net revenues were up 9% to a quarterly record $8.2 billion.
“This is a company that buys a lot of ingredients so they’re able to negotiate a very good deal,” said Bruce Clark, an associate professor of marketing at Northeastern University. “In fact, in a time of supply chain disruptions, they may actually have better access to supplies than some others.”
Interim CEO Howard Schultz said during a recent quarterly earnings call that despite inflation, “… we are not currently seeing any measurable reduction in customer spending…” attributing the company’s success to customer loyalty and engagement.
The coffee chain hasn’t been immune to growing costs and raised its prices about 5% within the past year, Schultz reported in the call.
Demand is likely to remain strong as the company prepares to launch a seasonal favorite.
The Pumpkin Spice Latte has become a cultural harbinger of the fall and a boon for Starbucks — one that’s likely to withstand penny-pinching brought on by inflation, Clark said.
“My sense is it may well be recession-proof,” Clark said. “… People are going to still buy them. I think the big question is whether people are going to buy them in the same amount and frequency that they might have done in the past.”
What some analysts reference as a “pumpkin-spice economy” generates between $350 and $500 million in annual sales, Clark said. That includes pumpkin-flavored coffee from Starbucks and other coffee shops, baked goods, alcoholic drinks, and pumpkin-spice-flavored chicken sausage.
The average cost of a Starbucks tall (small) latte in the U.S. is $2.75, according to an analysis by LendingTree company Value Penguin. Prices vary, though. At the world’s largest Starbucks in Chicago, a latte runs between $7.50 and $8.25.
“They are seeing some supply increases, but clearly not enough to break the bank,” Clark said. “For a latte, that’s an expensive drink, the dollar profit margin on a latte will be high.”
For some, lattes are an “affordable luxury” that people are willing to pay for, even during economic hardship.
“There is also evidence that sweets tend to do well in tough economic environments — candy, chocolate, things like that,” Clark said. “And there’s a lot of sugar in lattes so I think there are a lot of reasons to expect that the Pumpkin Spice Latte will hold up pretty well in the presence of inflation and economic uncertainty.”
“There are a lot of emotions and feelings tied up in Pumpkin Spiced Latte coming into the fall,” Clark said.
Not all favor the “PSL,” but the usual polarized takes on pro- versus anti-pumpkin-spice are likely to bring in business, Clark said.
“It’s a way of generating news,” he said. “It’s a way of bringing traffic into restaurants late in August, when restaurant traffic may be pretty low. People are still on vacation. (They) hope to bring more people to the store. (They) hope while they’re in the store, they’ll buy more stuff.” | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/is-starbucks-pumpkin-spice-latte-inflation-proof/ | 2022-08-25T16:42:39Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/is-starbucks-pumpkin-spice-latte-inflation-proof/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LOUISVILLE, Ohio (WJW) — A police chief in Stark County said, “I am at a loss to explain this one.”
The comment comes after a fire hydrant that had been previously knocked over was stolen.
The unusual crime was caught on a doorbell camera.
Police have now released that video hoping someone can help them identify the two suspects.
According to a police report, the incident happened at about 1 p.m. on Aug. 6 in the 1300 block of Baier Avenue.
“Why one would think they could do it in the middle of the afternoon?” questioned Chief Andrew Turowski, who also noted the neighborhood is busy at that time of day.
The video shows two women loading the fire hydrant into the trunk of a gold Chevy.
The car had a dog, which appears to be a German Shepard, in the back seat.
Anyone with information on the suspects is asked to contact Detective Jill Pilla at 330-875-2871 or e-mail at Jpilla@louisvilleohio.org. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/stolen-fire-hydrant-the-odd-crime-caught-on-video/ | 2022-08-25T16:42:45Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/stolen-fire-hydrant-the-odd-crime-caught-on-video/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
EASTON, Mass. (WPRI) — Police arrested a Rhode Island man early Monday morning after a woman reportedly found him asleep — and nearly naked — on the floor in the back seat of her car.
The woman noticed the man in her back seat after driving from Providence to Easton, Massachusetts, for work, according to Easton Police Chief Keith Boone.
The distance between Providence and Easton is roughly 30 miles, a trip that takes a little over a half-hour.
The woman said she believes the man, later identified by police as 21-year-old Jose Osorio, must have sneaked into her vehicle after she had started it in her driveway Sunday night. The woman explained that she had left her car unlocked and the engine running while she briefly went back inside her home.
The woman had been listening to a podcast and didn’t notice Osorio was in the back until she pulled into the parking lot around midnight, according to the police.
The victim told officers she did not know Osorio and had never seen him before. He was still sleeping when officers arrived.
Police said Osorio’s shorts were wrapped around one of his legs and his shirt was wrapped around one of his arms. The remainder of Osorio’s body was uncovered, police added.
Osorio later told police through an interpreter that he was under the influence of alcohol and marijuana when he got into the victim’s car and fell asleep.
The woman told officers Osorio didn’t threaten her, nor did he injure her. Osorio was arrested and charged with breaking and entering into a vehicle during the nighttime.
Osorio also had a warrant out for his arrest in Cranston, Rhode Island, for breaking and entering. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/woman-unknowingly-drives-30-miles-to-work-with-nearly-naked-man-asleep-in-her-car/ | 2022-08-25T16:42:57Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/woman-unknowingly-drives-30-miles-to-work-with-nearly-naked-man-asleep-in-her-car/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Making plans on everything from for Hallowed Ground to comedy nights
Check out things to do in Murfreesboro this week. Find events for the ladies, just the kids or something fit for the whole family. Murfreesboro has a lot to offer and a variety of it as well. From monthly markets to comedy shows, find something to do almost every night for everyone.
Black Murfreesboro Market
Support Black-owned businesses in Murfreesboro and surrounding areas on Saturday, Aug. 27, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The BMM is held on the last Saturday of each month through October, so everyone will have a chance to visit and peruse what is for sale. At Cannonsburgh Village, 312 S. Front Street, support locally owned businesses, stop by a food truck and listen to music as everyone shops.
Music from Joe Hooper
Hank's Honky Tonk bar and grille, 2341 Memorial Blvd., persists with good times with a "Hank's regular and a local favorite," according to the bar and grille. Joe Hooper has spent years touring with regional and national bands before moving to Murfreesboro. On Saturday, Hooper will perform live on stage from 5:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m.
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Girl's Night! Dinner and Comedy Show
Ladies, looking for a night with just one another? Look no further. The Abbey Public House, 215 N.Church Street, is hosting a girl's night dinner and comedy show. So on Saturday, grab the girls and join them for a night filled with food and, hopefully, laughs from 6 until 9 p.m. Tickets are available for preorder for $15 on Eventbrite.
Hallowed ground
Join a park ranger for a lantern tour of Stones River National Cemetery, 3501 Old Nashville Highway. Walk by lantern light as veterans and civilians share their stories by reading the letters they wrote and received during conflicts. Reservations are required and begin on 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 27, preceding the program on Eventbrite.
Live Band Karaoke
Join Hank 2 Doors Down, 2333 Memorial Blvd., for a unique experience on Aug. 30, from 6:30 until 10 p.m. Perform karaoke on stage with a live band, The Entertainment. Specialized in backing karaoke, The Entertainment is "Nashville's premier live band karaoke experience," according to the band.
Krystal King
On a roll, Hank's Honky Tonk bar and grille, 2341 Memorial Blvd., will showcase Krystal King on Sept. 1. From North Carolina, King has always wanted to be a county singer. She now plays guitar and sings in neighboring Nashville. However, fans can catch her show from 6 until 9 p.m. in Murfreesboro.
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Oaklands Mansion Presents
Oaklands Mansion, 901 N. Maney Ave., will unveil a new addition on Sept. 1, at 6:30 p.m. According to Oaklands, questions concerning mid-Victorian bathing customs and hygiene are popular among guests. Join them in the front parlor of the mansion to find out the answers. Tickets can be reserved on Eventbrite.
Friday Night Market
Murfreesboro hosts a market every Friday night until October. Bring the whole family to enjoy food, shopping, music and more at Cannonsburgh Village, 312 S. Front St., from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. | https://www.dnj.com/story/life/2022/08/25/things-do-murfreesboro-week-black-market-comedy-shows-music/7886293001/ | 2022-08-25T16:42:59Z | dnj.com | control | https://www.dnj.com/story/life/2022/08/25/things-do-murfreesboro-week-black-market-comedy-shows-music/7886293001/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Another algorithmic stablecoin looks like it is giving up
It's probably the end of the line for another algorithmic stablecoin, fei. Either way, it is almost certainly the end of the road for the decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) that runs it, TribeDAO.
Why it matters: Crypto projects seldom completely disappear, but we're watching a DAO unwind itself in real time right now as the creators of the project propose a plan to break it up. This could end up being something of a historic moment in decentralized finance, as founders pioneer a shutdown.
- Remember that, by their design, DAOs have no central authority. We haven't seen founders of these decentralized finance (DeFi) DAOs walk away much — but when they have, they have typically left it for the community to run if they want to.
What they're saying: The project's creator, Fei Labs, is not getting very specific about its motivations for proposing the end.
- Why now? When asked by Axios, Fei's creator, Joey Santoro, wrote over Twitter direct message: "It isn't interesting. The truth is what we have said publicly. The risks are too high, hacks etc. This is simply the right thing to do."
The official line in the dissolution proposal is that the DAO is in a "suboptimal state" and that "any of the mounting technical, financial, and future regulatory risks could cause the project to be far worse off than it is now."
- Fei Labs has already passed a vote to return its unvested tokens. Pools of tokens like these serve as the business model for projects with no revenue.
Flashback: Fei Labs first revealed itself with news of a $19 million fundraise in March 2021, with backing from all the bigshots: Coinbase, a16z, Framework, Naval Ravikant and others.
- The protocol launched the next month, in early April, as users gave it $1.3 billion of ether to get the first fei stablecoins, pegged to $1 each. They did it so they could dump that fei into Uniswap, a decentralized exchange, and earn generous early distributions of Fei's governance token, tribe (which was given to early supporters).
Of note: The fei model was seen as innovative, because people didn't stake ETH for FEI. They exchanged it. The protocol itself owned the ethers given to it. Fei Labs called it "protocol controlled value" — that became a whole thing in 2021.
- The smart contracts used incentives for buyers and sellers to help the token hold its $1 peg — but the fei token had a hard time reaching that peg right out of the gate.
- By around May, it got the gears and motors aligned correctly and started holding, although it had to shed about a billion dollars in market cap to get there.
The intrigue: Late in 2021, the Tribe DAO acquired Rari, a lending protocol. Shortly thereafter, Rari lost $80 million in a hack on its Fuse lending pools.
- Most of the attention to this dissolution proposal has been directed toward a dispute about how far it should go to pay back the victims of that hack.
If it all works, fei the stablecoin will continue, but the smart contract that runs it will stop changing. It won't have a DAO; governance will switch off. Who knows if anyone will want it then.
- Holders of Fei's governance token, tribe, will split up its remaining assets after fei holders get dai in exchange, at a 1:1 rate (the DAO currently has about $222 million in assets).
- And that will be that.
Of note: Tribe, is up 64% on news that the end is near.
The bottom line: The hack aside, though, that's not how this moment will be remembered. It will be remembered for the lessons it teaches about ending a DAO. Already we can see that TribeDAO, while it's debatably decentralized, is anything but autonomous.
- TribeDAO is made up of people, and the people want out. | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/25/algorithmic-stablecoin-tribedao-fei | 2022-08-25T16:43:02Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/25/algorithmic-stablecoin-tribedao-fei | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
How many wins for MTSU football this season? Here are our game-by-game predictions
Middle Tennessee State football kicks off the season on Sept. 3 and the Blue Raiders are riding the momentum of a 7-6 record and Bahamas Bowl win last season.
Here are our predictions for every game in the 2022 season.
Sept. 3 at James Madison
Time: 5 p.m.
The Dukes are in their first year as an FBS program after being one of the top FCS teams (including two national championships) in the country and reaching the semifinals last season. Seven starters return on offense, but they will have a new quarterback and also lost star wide receiver Antwan Wells, who transferred to South Carolina. Colorado State transfer Todd Centeio is expected to step in at quarterback. JMU opened as a seven-point favorite, but MTSU has the talent to escape with the win.
Prediction: MTSU 31, JMU 28.
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Sept. 10 at Colorado State
Time: 3 p.m.
A slew of Nevada transfers, including QB Clay Millen and WR Tory Horton (who joined first-year coach Jay Norvell in the move), should make for a high-powered passing offense. But the Rams allowed 377 yards and 28 points a game on defense last season. This game could come down to who has the ball last.
Prediction: MTSU 37, Colorado State 35.
Sept. 17 vs. Tennessee State
Time: 6 p.m.
Following last year's 5-6 season, second-year coach Eddie George and the Tigers are picked fourth in the Ohio Valley Conference and have eight preseason all-conference players. Among them are 2021 All-OVC selections Robert Lacey (OL), James Green (OLB) and return specialist Dayron Johnson. Linebacker K'Vaughn Pope, an Ohio State transfer, is also a player to watch. The two teams last played in 2019, a 45-26 win by the Blue Raiders.
Prediction: MTSU 41, TSU 20.
Sept. 24 at Miami (Florida)
Time: TBA
The two teams have only played twice, and not since 1931. The Hurricanes, the lone Power 5 opponent on the MTSU schedule, are coming off a 7-5 season. First-year Hurricanes coach Mario Cristobal has a returning QB in sophomore Tyler Van Dyke, who threw for almost 3,000 yards and 25 TDs after stepping in as an injury replacement early in the season.
Prediction: Miami 45, MTSU 16.
Sept. 30 vs. UTSA
Time: 6:30 p.m.
The defending C-USA champions are loaded again, including returning quarterback Frank Harris (3,200 yards, 27 TDs). The Roadrunners lost the league's top rusher to the NFL Draft, but added Arkansas transfer Trelon Smith, who ran for 710 yards and five TDs last season. Returning WRs Zachari Franklin, De'Corian Clark and Joshua Cephus combined for more than 2,500 yards and 25 TDs.
Prediction: UTSA 38, MTSU 27.
Oct. 8 at UAB
Time: 2:30 p.m.
The Blazers return a lot of talent from a 9-4 (6-2 in C-USA) team. Quarterback Dylan Hopkins returns after throwing for more than 2,200 yards and 18 TDs and rushing for five more TDs on an offense that averaged almost 400 yards and 30 points a game. DeWayne McBride rushed for more than 1,300 yards and 13 TDs last season. The league's top defense also returns a wealth of talent, including one of the strongest secondaries in C-USA.
Prediction: UAB 28, MTSU 21.
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Oct. 15 vs. Western Kentucky
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Gone is the program's most prolific single-season passer in Bailey Zappe and most of his top receivers. But the up-tempo offense under second-year coordinator Zach Kittley is still there, and the Hilltoppers hope West Florida transfer Austin Reed can pick up where Zappe left off. WKU will need to run the ball better than it did in 2021. The Hilltoppers return a strong secondary.
Prediction: MTSU 41, WKU 35.
Oct. 29 at UTEP
Time: 8 p.m.
The Miners had easily their best season under fifth-year coach Dana Dimel last season (7-6, 4-4 conference) and have some talent to build on that success. Ronald Awatt (854 yards, 5.4 per carry) will have an experienced and talented in front of him and junior QB Gavin Hardison will try to improve on 13 interceptions from 2021. He threw for 3,200 yards and 18 TDs. UTEP has eight starters back from a defense that was second in C-USA at 349 yards per game.
Prediction: UTEP 27, MTSU 24.
Nov. 8 at Louisiana Tech
Time: 2 p.m.
There's a lot of improvement to be made for a team that went 3-9 last season, but first-year La Tech coach Sonny Cumbie brings a high-powered passing philosophy with him. Matthew Downing, who played for Cumbie in 2020, will start the season as the top QB. While the offense could be better, the defense (ranked 106th last season) could be a major question mark.
Prediction: MTSU 42, Louisiana Tech 31.
Nov. 12 vs. Charlotte
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Last year's game was a shootout (42-39 win by 49ers) and a coming-out party for MTSU quarterback Chase Cunningham, who threw five TDs in his first start of the season. Despite the potent offense, Charlotte went just 5-7, thanks to a defense that allowed 465 yards a game. A lot of the offense is back, including QB Chris Reynolds and the team's top two rushers. The defense lost three of its top four tacklers.
Prediction: MTSU 45, Charlotte 35.
Nov. 19 vs. FAU
Time: 2:30 p.m.
The Owls hope to improve on last year's five-win season with QB N'Kosi Perry (more than 2,700 yards, 20 TDs) returning behind an experienced offensive line. The offense is led by former MTSU coordinator Brent Dearmon. The FAU defense will have to improve, particularly in pressuring the quarterback. The secondary struggled last season, a by-product of the lack of pass rush.
Prediction: MTSU 35, FAU 22.
Nov. 26 at FIU
Time: 5 p.m.
Arguably the worst team in the conference last season (1-5, 1-11 overall), but first-year FIU coach Mike McIntyre hopes to duplicate the rebuilds he accomplished at both San Jose State and Colorado. The Panthers' offense averaged 368 yards a game and the defense allowed a league-worst 492 last season.
Prediction: MTSU 45, FIU 17.
MTSU season prediction: 8-4, bowl game. | https://www.dnj.com/story/sports/college/mtsu/2022/08/25/mtsu-blue-raiders-football-game-predictions-preview/7845865001/ | 2022-08-25T16:43:03Z | dnj.com | control | https://www.dnj.com/story/sports/college/mtsu/2022/08/25/mtsu-blue-raiders-football-game-predictions-preview/7845865001/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A beginner's guide to the Fed's big Jackson Hole conference
The financial headlines right now are dominated by talk of Jackson Hole, shorthand for an annual gathering of central bankers in Wyoming that inevitably makes big-time economic news. We're on our way there now: Neil for his ninth time, and Courtenay for her first.
- To set the scene, here are the basics you need to know about the event and what makes it special.
What is this thing? The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City has hosted its annual economic symposium in a lodge in Grand Teton National Park since 1982. It's a gathering of central bankers from around the world, academics, other influential economic thinkers, policymakers and journalists.
- The meat of the event consists of a series of papers on important economic ideas related to the year's topic. This year, it is "Reassessing Constraints on the Economy and Policy."
- Details on the papers to be presented won't be released until Thursday evening, but it has been confirmed that the symposium will begin with a speech by Fed chair Jerome Powell first thing Friday morning (8am local time, 10am EDT)
What will Powell say? If we knew, we would have already reported it! But traditionally, the Fed chair uses their Jackson Hole speech to deliver a particularly important and long-range message.
- Traders worldwide will scrutinize the text for signals of what the Fed will do next month, but Powell has seen this venue as a chance to lay out an intellectual framework for policy in the years ahead rather than tactical signaling of his next policy moves.
- For example, his 2018 "Guided by the Stars" speech has been perhaps his most memorable as chair. It outlined how he thinks about important but unmeasurable variables like the natural rate of interest (R-star) and natural rate of unemployment (U-star).
Why Jackson Hole? In the early 1980s, the Kansas City Fed leaders learned that the best way to ensure Fed chairman Paul Volcker would accept an invitation was to locate the event somewhere with good fly fishing in late August. Jackson Hole it was.
- Four decades later, the symposium has become entrenched as the premier event on the Fed's annual calendar, in no small part through network effects. Influential policymakers and thinkers want to be there because they know other influential policymakers and thinkers will be there.
- It also helps that the setting is gorgeous, the weather is usually great, and the Kansas City Fed has done an excellent job over the years of curating the topics, papers and guest lists.
What's the scene like? The event does not take place in some luxury resort. Rather, it is at a lodge in a national park that remains open to the public, and features a big grizzly bear taxidermy in the lobby. The rooms are decidedly rustic.
- It's not uncommon to see powerful economic policymakers from Europe or Asia wandering the hotel lobby, amid American tourists who pulled up on motorcycles or in RVs.
- Some attendees fully embrace the Western vibe, wearing cowboy boots, hats, and the like. Others stick to more traditional business casual attire.
- Behind closed doors at the symposium itself, things are considerably more intimate than at many economic conferences. The guest list, constrained by the size of the ballroom where the gathering takes place, is a bit over 100.
- After a long day of economy talk and maybe an afternoon hike, attendees usually go to a Friday dinner with Western-themed entertainment, such as a live show by a horse whisperer.
Who's there? The list of attendees this year has not yet been released, but in the past, the lineup has typically included:
- Most Fed governors and reserve bank presidents
- The governor or a top deputy from dozens of other global central banks
- Top economists from international organizations and the current U.S. administration
- Leading academic and private sector economists
What will make news? The biggest headlines are likely to come from Powell's speech, but the papers presented and the discussions they spur can create their own fireworks.
- The Kansas City Fed publishes the papers on its website.
- The presentations and discussions are not broadcast (except for Powell's speech this year), but the proceedings in the room are on the record, and economics journalists are on hand to report what they hear.
What are some historical highlights? Here are a few:
- In 1990, central bankers from former Soviet bloc countries attended — a vivid signal of global economic unity amid the end of the Cold War.
- In 1994, Fed vice-chair Alan Blinder gave a talk about the importance of the Fed keeping unemployment low, which gave some economic commentators apoplexy and created the appearance of a rift between him and chair Alan Greenspan. (If that sentence sounds bizarre to you, it should).
- The 2005 symposium became a celebration of Greenspan as he approached retirement, a high water mark for the Great Moderation, the era of solid growth and low inflation over which he presided.
- In 2007, chair Ben Bernanke started a pivot toward emergency footing in the early days of what would become the Global Financial Crisis. (This was Neil's first year there).
- In 2010, Bernanke began the push toward a new round of quantitative easing, which became a Fed policy signature over the years that followed.
- In 2014, European Central Bank president Mario Draghi indicated that he was worried about inflation falling persistently too low, laying the groundwork for Europe's version of QE.
What makes this year unique? A few things!
- It is the first in-person symposium in three years, following pandemic-forced remote gatherings in 2020 and 2021.
- It is the final year of Kansas City Fed president Esther George acting as host of the event, as she faces a mandatory retirement age and is set to step down in early 2023. She has led the bank, and the symposium, for 11 years.
- It is the first time really since the beginning of the event that inflation has been so high as to be a national crisis, which will surely shape the tone of the discussions.
So why is this gathering "special?" Maybe this is just Neil's nostalgia for his youth, when he was a cub Fed reporter with a lot less gray hair.
- But there is something unique about the beauty of the setting and the repetition of seeing many of the same people, in the same place, year after year.
- Most importantly, there is a sense that it is where important moments in modern economic history have taken place. It's cool to be in the room when history happens. | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/25/jackson-hole-fed-guide | 2022-08-25T16:43:08Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/25/jackson-hole-fed-guide | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(The Hill) — Authorities say they are investigating a 911 call that claimed a shooting was taking place at Georiga Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R) home early Wednesday morning.
The Rome Police Department said in a statement that officers responded to a 911 call at 1:03 a.m. claiming an individual was shot multiple times at Greene’s house.
“She assured the officers there was no issue, and the call was determined to be a false call commonly known as ‘swatting,’” the statement read.
Officials said they received a second call from the suspect, who was using a computer-generated voice, saying they were upset about Greene’s view on transgender youth rights.
The lawmaker has been an outspoken opponent of transgender rights and last week introduced a bill to make gender-affirming care a felony.
The Rome Police Department said they are investigating the incident alongside the U.S. Capitol Police. Capitol Police did not immediately return a request for comment.
Greene first revealed the incident in a tweet on Wednesday morning.
“Last night, I was swatted just after 1 am,” she tweeted. “I can’t express enough gratitude to my local law enforcement here in Rome, Floyd County. More details to come.”
When asked for further comment, Greene’s office called it a “political attack.”
“Right now, Congresswoman Greene’s safety is our number one concern,” her office said in a statement. “Late last night, she was a victim of a political attack on her family and home. Whoever who committed this violent crime will face the full extent of the law.”
Kandiss Taylor, a Georgia Republican who received 3.4 percent of the vote in the state’s May gubernatorial primary, also said she was swatted last month. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/police-investigating-swatting-call-directed-at-marjorie-taylor-greenes-home/ | 2022-08-25T16:43:10Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/police-investigating-swatting-call-directed-at-marjorie-taylor-greenes-home/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The PGA Tour is ready for battle with LIV
PGA Tour leaders delivered a strong message to LIV Golf ahead of the Tour Championship, which teed off Thursday: we're not backing down.
State of play: On the heels of last week's players-only meeting led by Tiger Woods, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan on Wednesday announced some major changes coming to the Tour as part of a broader strategy to avoid losing more golfers to LIV.
- Beginning next season, the Tour's top-20 players as determined by the year-old Player Impact Program have committed to playing together in at least 20 events, including 13 "elevated" events with purses between $15 million and $20 million.
- The Player Impact Program itself, which rewards the players who drive the most engagement, is also changing: It will award $100 million to the top 20 players instead of $40 million to the top 10.
- One day earlier, the Tour announced an expanded field and increased purse for its annual season-opening Tournament of Champions in Hawaii.
Plus: Woods and Rory McIlroy, another of the Tour's staunchest defenders, announced a new virtual golf league launching in 2024 in partnership with the PGA Tour. Its intro video is unmistakably firing shots at LIV.
Why it matters: The PGA Tour, and those who wish to see it remain atop the world of professional golf, are not going quietly into that good night.
What they're saying: McIlroy explained the importance behind these changes:
"When I tune into a [Bucs] game, I expect to see Tom Brady. ... When I tune into a Formula 1 race, I expect to see Lewis Hamilton. Sometimes what's happened on the PGA Tour is we all act independently."
"We've all made a commitment to get together more often to make the product more compelling."
Between the lines: One place that certainly won't be short on top players competing together is Atlanta's East Lake Golf Club, hosting the Tour Championship for the 19th straight year.
- Field and payouts: 29 golfers — down from 30 after Will Zalatoris withdrew with a back injury — are competing for an $18 million grand prize. The entire top 10 earns at least $1 million, and even last place walks away with $500,000.
- Format: There are no cuts, but players begin with different scores based on their FedEx Cup standing. No. 1 Scottie Scheffler starts at -10, No. 2 Patrick Cantlay at -8, all the way down to the final five golfers teeing off at even par. | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/25/pga-tour-ready-battle-liv | 2022-08-25T16:43:28Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/25/pga-tour-ready-battle-liv | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant disconnected from power grid
Ukraine's state nuclear company said Thursday that the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station was fully disconnected from Ukraine's power grid "for the first time in the history of the plant."
Why it matters: Energoatom said the final transmission line linking Zaporizhzhia's two operating reactors to the power grid "was cut-off twice" from "fires at ash pits" near the plant.
- The company said the plant's three other transmission lines were damaged from previous Russian shelling.
- The plant, Europe's largest nuclear station, has been occupied by the Russian military since March.
What they're saying: "There are currently no comments on the operation of automation and safety systems. Start-up operations are underway to connect one of the power units to the grid," Energoatom said in the statement.
- The plant is still receiving power from Ukraine's grid from another transmission line, its statement added.
- NetBlocks, a network disruptions and shutdowns observatory, confirmed Thursday that there was "a major disruption to communications at Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant."
The big picture: Ukrainian officials warned last week the Russia was planning a "false flag" attack on the plant; Russia levied the same accusation against Ukraine.
- The countries have also blamed each other for the shelling of areas around the plant.
- Numerous countries and international organizations have condemned the recent military activity near the plant and called on Russia to remove its military personnel and weaponry from the plant.
- President Emmanuel Macron's office said last week that Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to allow a team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect the plant's condition.
Go deeper: The Ukraine war, six months on | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/25/russia-ukraine-nuclear-plant-disconnect-power-grid | 2022-08-25T16:43:35Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/25/russia-ukraine-nuclear-plant-disconnect-power-grid | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(NEXSTAR) – Millions of Americans will soon have some or all of their federal student loan debt forgiven following a Wednesday announcement by the Biden administration. But one big question remains: how will you receive your loan forgiveness if you qualify?
While the White House says 43 million borrowers can expect to receive relief – roughly 20 million of those are expected to have their remaining federal student loan balance completely erased – it’s not exactly clear how borrowers will apply for the forgiveness.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, nearly 8 million borrowers may qualify for relief automatically based on the income data the department already has.
If the Education Department doesn’t have your income data, or you’re unsure if the agency has it, there isn’t much to do right now.
Instead, you’ll need to wait for the Biden administration to launch an application process, which will be available “in the coming weeks.” The application will be available before the student loan repayment pause ends on December 31.
You can register to be notified when the application is available through the Department of Education by filling out this form.
On Wednesday, President Biden announced “targeted student debt cancellation” to help “borrowers at highest risk of delinquencies or default once payments resume.”
Forgiveness is restricted based on income. Borrowers “with annual income during the pandemic of under $125,000 (for individuals) or under $250,000 (for married couples or heads of households)” will be eligible for up to $10,000 in relief, according to the Department of Education.
Borrowers under the same income caps who received a Pell Grant in college will be eligible for up to $20,000 in debt cancellation. Not sure if you have a Pell Grant? Here’s how to find out.
In addition to student loan forgiveness, the Biden administration extended the payment pause on loans until the end of 2022, proposed a new rule to change to create a new income-driven repayment plan that will substantially reduce future monthly payments for lower- and middle-income borrowers, and proposed long-term changes to the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/what-we-know-about-applying-for-student-loan-forgiveness/ | 2022-08-25T16:43:51Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/what-we-know-about-applying-for-student-loan-forgiveness/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Real estate fintech Reali winds down
Reali, a home buying and lending platform, is shuttering operations.
Why it matters: The move shows how quickly the fates of fintechs can change. A year ago, it raised $75 million in Series B equity funding.
Driving the news: "Due to the challenging real estate and financial market conditions and unfavorable capital-raising environment, Reali determined the best course of action is to close," a company press release stated.
Flashback: Launched in 2016, Reali attracted investors like Zeev Ventures, Akkadian Ventures and Signia Venture Partners. It has raised over $100 million in funding since its launch.
- Its business — which replaced the traditional broker's commission with flat fees — sought to make it easier for consumers to buy a home and sell their old place in one transaction.
The big picture: Amid rising interest rates and high inflation, the housing market has cooled, with northern California slowing faster than the rest of the nation (Reali is heavily focused on the state).
- Shares of real estate tech startup Opendoor are down about 85% since their 2021 peak, while Redfin is over down 90%.
Of note: Reali plans to lay off most of its employees Sept. 9, and is now seeking to sell off parts of its business, including mortgage origination, title and escrow, and power buying. | https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2022/08/25/reali-winds-down-fintech-proptech | 2022-08-25T16:43:53Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/pro/fintech-deals/2022/08/25/reali-winds-down-fintech-proptech | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Instant commerce enters next leg of growth
Rapid delivery, or instant commerce, is entering its next inning of growth — and investors looking to keep momentum will need to evaluate new revenue opportunities.
Why it matters: The global market potential for instant commerce players is poised to reach over $350 billion by 2026, or account for about 10% of total e-commerce spending, Coresight Research projects.
What they’re saying: The rapid delivery industry has proven "challenging and unable to accommodate a large number of competitors," the report says. (See our report on the food tech shakeout from June.)
- Instant commerce players looking to win market share would do well to offer items like apparel, consumer electronics, hardware or DIY products and small household appliances, Coresight says.
- "Those that prevail will be able to acquire new consumers in markets beyond their urban core and enhance their selections by leaning into both loyal consumers’ and new consumers’ expressed interests in apparel, consumer electronics and home products,” Coresight says.
- The move allows companies to expand their market while "keeping a tight grip on the assortment needed to make their business model run efficiently,” the report says
State of play: A February survey found that 12% of US consumers use an instant commerce platform.
- Those consumers skew younger, more affluent and tend to dwell in densely populated urban areas.
- Yet about a third are pretty frequent users, turning to the platforms a few times a month, the survey found.
Yes and: Cultivating loyalty among these customers represents an opportunity for quick delivery players because of their “lifetime value,” Coresight says.
- While these customers typically use rapid commerce services to supplement their regular shopping trips, they also stand to make it a habit.
Be smart: Quick delivery players have had it tough in this market due to worsening macroeconomic conditions that have made tapping new financing harder.
- Gopuff has instituted a few rounds of layoffs in parts of its global workforce and closed dozens of its so-called dark stores. Delivery app Getir had also cut staff.
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Manhattan’s South Street Seaport has come a long way from its roots as a Native American trading place; as the leading U.S. port for trade with Europe and China; and as the one-time home of the legendary Fulton Fish Market, which in its heyday in the 1920s sold a quarter of all seafood in the nation. After Superstorm Sandy wrought devastation to this historic neighborhood in 2012—flooding basements, cutting power and phone lines, and destroying stores’ inventories and restaurant dining rooms and kitchens—real estate developer Howard Hughes Corporation brought the seaport back to life, completely transforming Pier 17, the center of the neighborhood. This sits on the East River and is now known for its spectacular views of the Brooklyn Bridge and summer concerts on the water.
Today the seaport has morphed into a spot where locals go for brunch at Sunday in Brooklyn, for a casual bite at Mister Dips, for a more upscale, waterfront seafood dinner at the Fulton, and for shopping and dining at Jean-Georges’ new, 53,000-square-foot culinary marketplace, the Tin Building.
Here’s how to make the most of your visit to one of New York’s most delightful neighborhoods, a wonderful place to wander on a summer or fall day.
Best things to do in South Street Seaport
South Street Seaport Museum
Within the historic Schermerhorn Row of 12 brick warehouses built in 1811, the South Street Seaport Museum will fill you in on this neighborhood’s fascinating past. Among exhibits on display is the charming, interactive Seaport Discovery: Exploring Our Waters with Eric Carle, which looks at the children’s book illustrator’s use of color and pattern through immersive murals and hands-on activities (on display through spring 2024). Don’t miss tours of the museum’s 1908 lightship, Ambrose, and its tall ship, the Wavertree. If you time it right, you can also participate in special painting parties, vinyasa yoga sessions, and sea chantey sing-alongs on the Wavertree.
25 Fulton Street
The Birth of Punk, an exhibit on display through August 31 at a pop-up gallery at 25 Fulton Street, calls itself “a journey through the rise of Punk and the city that helped forge it.” It’s illustrated through period black-and-white photos of Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Debbie Harry, and Lou Reed, among others; album covers; videos; and an audio guide with a punk soundtrack.
Clipper City
Not surprisingly, there are multiple sailing options here. Among the most diverse are those offered by Clipper City, a replica of a 19th-century lumber schooner. These include daytime cruises past the Statue of Liberty; sunset sails of the harbor with drinks served at a full bar; a harbor lights sail with New York’s nothing-like-it skyline on full display; and craft beer, wine and jazz, and burlesque cruises.
The Rooftop at Pier 17
With panoramic views of the Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan’s skyline, the Rooftop at Pier 17 is one of the most scenic spots in the city for outdoor concerts through late October. Upcoming performers include Jason Isbell and The 400 Unit (September 1 and 2) and Zach Bryan (September 27), among others.
IPIC Fulton Market
The seaport location of the IPIC movie theater chain offers à la carte, in-theater dining, everything from burgers and pizzas to fish and chips, plus a separate cocktail bar.
Hester Street Fair
Named after a Lower East Side street settled by Eastern European Jewish immigrants, the Hester Street Fair holds weekend outdoor markets through early November. Vendors bring their best vintage thrift and denim, smoking accessories, personalized jewelry, kids’ eyewear and streetwear, and baked goods, among other sundries.
Where to eat and drink at South Street Seaport
Pier 17 has multiple dining and drinking options, starting on its rooftop, where the restaurant the Greens has an all-day menu. You can also book a 10-foot-by-10-foot mini-lawn, which can accommodate up to eight and comes with a sun umbrella and lawn chairs to better enjoy your red velvet specialty cocktail, slow roasted brisket sandwich, and DJ or live music.
The ground floor of Pier 17 has a veritable smorgasbord of restaurants and bars. Malibu Farm New York, the local outpost of the California restaurant, specializes in farm-to-table cuisine. Try the cauliflower pizza; pan-seared chicken with aji verde sauce and chili oil; and the Malibu vegan, a salad—composed of seasonal greens, tomatoes, squash, cucumber, haricots verts, and avocado, topped with red wine vinaigrette—that is almost too gorgeous to eat.
Award-winning, Korean American chef David Chang moved his East Village restaurant Momofuku Ssäm Bar to Pier 17 last year. It’s a buzzy spot (it helps that there are private karaoke rooms) with a patio and indoor dining, featuring tabletop grills where diners can cook their own Korean barbecue. We highly recommend the hamachi appetizer; runner bean salad with buttermilk, horseradish, and duck yolk; and sizzling bavette steak.
Also on the ground floor is the Fulton, the first seafood restaurant of Jean-Georges Vongerichten, the French-born, New York–based chef whose empire spans multiple restaurants in 12 countries worldwide.
Dante Seaport, adjacent to the Fulton, is the waterside location of West Village bar Dante, rated best bar in the world in 2019 by The World’s 50 Best Bars. Check out the Negroni bar, serving 10 variations of this iconic aperitif.
Chef Andrew Carmellini has two outposts at Pier 17: Carne Mare, an Italian chophouse, and Mister Dips, which serves griddle burgers, waffle fries, and seasonal dairy dips.
Sunday in Brooklyn—a hot Williamsburg eatery—has two restaurants at 19 Fulton Street. One serves American staples, such as pancakes with hazelnut maple praline, steak and eggs, and a hot chicken sandwich; the other, the outdoor Makitiki, offers Japanese hand rolls and tropical cocktails through the fall.
Where to shop at South Street Seaport
By far the biggest retail—and dining—news at the seaport this summer is the opening of the Tin Building. This 53,000-square-foot culinary marketplace from Jean-Georges occupies a reconstruction of the 1907 home of the Fulton Fish Market, which moved to the Bronx in 2005 after operating on Fulton Street since 1822. The marketplace has more than 20 restaurants, bars, and fast-casual dining spots, as well as an Asian retail market, specialty grocery, and purveyors of fresh seafood and confections. Almost 40 percent of retail items are produced locally. The Tin Building is now in preview Thursday through Sunday, from noon to 5 p.m.
Funny Face Bakery
This cheeky bakery at 6 Fulton Street makes amazing meme-inspired and custom-portrait cookies, as well as a “City Slicker Starter Pack,” with cookies depicting the Statue of Liberty and other New York treasures.
McNally Jackson
This branch of the independent bookseller has more than 65,000 titles on two floors in Schermerhorn Row, plus a bar and café.
Bowne and Co.
Established in 1775, Bowne is New York’s oldest-operating business under the same name—a gift emporium and letterpress print shop operated by the South Street Seaport Museum in an 1839 cast-iron stove warehouse at 211 Water Street. In 1975, it partnered with the museum to open its shop, which sells paper goods, books, museum merchandise, and house-designed notecards and broadside posters. It also does letterpress printing on-site, using seven historic presses from the museum’s collection.
Where to stay at South Street Seaport
Mr. C Seaport
Mr C. Seaport is the 33 Peck Slip location of the Mr. C Hotels brand, launched by fourth-generation members of the Cipriani family, legendary Venetian purveyors of hospitality. This luxury hotel, with 66 guest rooms and suites, features a Bellini Restaurant, named after Cipriani’s signature cocktail; a lobby lounge and bar; and a fitness center. One unexpected treat for guests in certain suites: views from the bathtub of the Brooklyn Bridge.
AC Hotel New York Downtown
This modern hotel at 151 Maiden Lane has an undulating facade inspired by the seaport’s waters and sleek, white decor in its 274 guest rooms. The AC—a Marriott brand that originated in Madrid in 1999—offers a European-influenced breakfast, a lounge serving tapas and Spanish wines, and a 24-hour fitness center.
Visitors to the seaport for dining, shopping, and sightseeing should check opening hours before heading there. The South Street Seaport Museum, for example, is open Wednesdays through Sundays 11 a.m.–5 p.m., while Momofuku Ssäm Bar serves lunch Friday through Sunday 11:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m. and dinner Tuesday through Sunday 5–10 p.m. | https://www.afar.com/magazine/what-to-eat-see-and-do-in-south-street-seaport-nyc | 2022-08-25T16:44:13Z | afar.com | control | https://www.afar.com/magazine/what-to-eat-see-and-do-in-south-street-seaport-nyc | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On September 9th, Richard Beavers will open the doors to his new SoHo gallery with Dark Fiction: Flowers & Frogs by internationally recognized artist Hebru Brantley. The show's general opening will be Friday, September 9th from 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. and will run September 9 – October 22. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, noon – 6:00 p.m. Richard Beavers Gallery SoHo is located at 14 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10013.
This exhibition explores the perception of the Black body – how it is presented, seen, and how it survives. In this work, Brantley finds a correlation between the beauty of flowers and the Black body, home to beauty that is precious and vulnerable, often commoditized in the same way flowers are clipped for instant gratification, causing them to wither and die once removed from their soil.
"Flowers are also personal to me as I recollect my mother in the garden," says Brantley. "I have memories of helping her tend the garden as a child and learning the delicate and precious nature of the various plants she was cultivating. A correlation is also drawn between a tended garden and a community or household in the same context of the black body, embodying both themes of nature and nurture, together."
The opportunity to showcase Brantley's work coincides with the opening of Brooklyn-based Richard Beavers Gallery's SoHo location. A long-time collector and advocate of contemporary African-American art, Beavers has long been drawn to cultural and visual representations that reflect the reality of people of color. He recognized a great lack of representation in those who were selling the work of these artists.
In 2007, Beavers opened Richard Beavers Gallery in Bed-Stuy, pushing against the norm. Through his gallery, Beavers focuses on emerging and mid-career artists, community, and youth education.
The success of the Brooklyn gallery has led Richard to bring the same mission of representation to SoHo. Here, he will continue to strive to be a pioneer for contemporary African American art.
"Hebru's work depicts our historical legacy, everyday challenges, and successes which is in alignment to the mission of RB Gallery," says Beavers. "His characters and subjects are nostalgic, but more importantly, represent clarity, power, and hope."
RICHARD BEAVERS GALLERY, established in 2007, is a contemporary fine art gallery. Our collection primarily consists of artists whose work depicts various aspects of life in an urban environment through a multitude of genres. The artwork is inspired by the culture of these communities and addresses the many social and political issues on the forefront of society. RB Gallery aims to educate, inspire, and stir consciousness – whether you are a seasoned collector, art appreciator, or merely have an interest in art.
Recognized internationally, HEBRU BRANTLEY has exhibited in Chicago, Tokyo, Hong Kong, London, San Francisco, Atlanta, Miami, Seattle, Los Angeles, and New York including Art Basel Switzerland, Art Basel Miami, Art Basel Hong Kong, and Frieze London. Brantley has been recognized in publications including CNN, the Chicago Tribune, Forbes, WWD, HypeBeast, Complex Magazine, the Chicago Sun-Times, and the New York Post. Collectors of his work include LeBron James, Jay-Z and Beyonce, Lenny Kravitz, George Lucas, and Rahm Emanuel, among others. Brantley has collaborated with brands like Nike, Hublot, and Adidas.
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- Golden Nugget Online Gaming completes the online sports betting platform lineup for Boot Hill Casino & Resort -
OLATHE, Kan., Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Butler National Corporation (OTCQB: BUKS), through its wholly-owned subsidiary that manages Boot Hill Casino & Resort in Dodge City, Kansas, has entered into an agreement with Golden Nugget Online Gaming, LLC (GNOG), a subsidiary of DraftKings, Inc. (NASDAQ: DKNG), that could bring GNOG's online interactive sportsbook to Kansas, subject to receipt of licenses and regulatory approvals.
Butler National is a recognized provider of professional management services in the gaming industry and a leader in special mission aircraft modifications. As the Boot Hill Casino manager for the State of Kansas, the new sports betting law allows Butler National's subsidiary, subject to regulatory approvals, to contract with three sports wagering platform providers, in addition to offering sports wagering at a retail sportsbook in the Boot Hill Casino facility located in Dodge City.
"We are working diligently with regulators to bring sports betting to Kansans by September 1, 2022. We're pleased with the regulatory efforts by the State of Kansas to implement sports wagering in Kansas," added Stewart.
Upon the launch of sports wagering in Kansas, anyone legally permitted within the geographical boundaries of Kansas will be able to place bets directly from their mobile devices or computers by accessing a participating sports book or visiting a lottery gaming facility.
"Golden Nugget Online Gaming is a recognized and established brand within the gaming industry. We're thrilled our customers may soon experience all the excitement that online sports betting has to offer with this popular platform," added Stewart. "In addition, we're excited for DraftKings, as the parent company of Golden Nugget Online Gaming, to be able to bring Kansans a seamless, safe and premium sports betting experience through its Golden Nugget Online Gaming branded sportsbook, subject to receipt of requisite regulatory approvals."
GNOG's mobile sportsbook would offer eligible Kansans a robust, interactive suite of sports betting solutions and Kansas City fans will recognize the "Golden Nugget Online Gaming" brand as a trusted and legacy provider of gaming entertainment.
"We are looking forward to driving new tourism and revenue for the State of Kansas into Dodge City," said Stewart. "Sports betting at Boot Hill Casino will give guests another exciting reason to visit Dodge City."
Butler National Corporation has been a recognized provider of professional management services in the gaming industry for more than 25 years. Following the enactment of the Kansas Expanded Lottery Act (KELA), Butler National competed for a contract to manage a Lottery Gaming Facility for the State of Kansas. In 2008, Butler National Service Corporation (a Butler National Corporation subsidiary) proposed and was awarded a contract to manage the Boot Hill Casino & Resort in Dodge City. When Boot Hill Casino opened in 2009, it was the first state-owned and operated casino in Kansas. In addition to its gaming division, Butler National manufactures, sells and services support systems for private, commercial and military aircraft.
Boot Hill Casino & Resort, managed by BHCMC, LLC and Butler National Service Corporation, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Butler National Corporation (OTCQB: BUKS), features over 500 electronic gaming machines, 14 table games, and a 150-seat casual dining restaurant known as Firesides at Boot Hill.
The $90 million Boot Hill Casino project opened in December 2009. The lottery facility games at Boot Hill Casino & Resort are owned and operated by the Kansas Lottery. The Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission provides regulatory oversight for the casino. For more information about Boot Hill Casino & Resort, please visit us at www.boothillcasino.com, or call us at 1.877.906.0777.
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From August 24-28, Decentraland will present the 3rd iteration of Metaverse Art Week, Curated in part by David Cash on behalf of Decentraland, featuring Nick Knight, Damian Hirst, and Krista Kim.
TORONTO, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Decentraland, the world's largest user-owned and operated virtual social world, just launched the third edition of Metaverse Art Week. Exhibitions will include some of the largest-scale and highest fidelity works ever seen in the Metaverse. Curator David Cash has brought this year's theme "The World is Made of Code" to life with 3D sculptures and video works by industry leaders including Krista Kim, legendary image-maker Nick Knight, and Lady Gaga's creative Director Nicola Formichetti. These pieces will be exhibited alongside works from featured galleries, including Artnet, Sotheby's, and others.
According to David Cash, curator for the Decentraland Foundation:
"At this point in metaverse history, artists and curators are constantly battling between fidelity and how many users can experience a virtual space simultaneously. During the third edition of Art Week, we have the chance to witness the best of both worlds, presenting several artworks at a massive scale at their full resolutions. I'm excited to see how this experimental yet new realm of technical possibilities will inspire artists to create works beyond their wildest dreams."
Additionally, the "Cash Labs Gallery" will be launching its permanent collection this Art Week. The gallery will feature four different shows:
The first floor will be comprised exclusively of pieces from David Cash's personal NFT collection curated under the theme "From Physical to Digital," highlighting NFT artists who have transitioned their practices from the physical to the digital realm. This floor includes works by Damien Hirst, Laurel Charleston, Justin Aversano, and several others. This collection will focus on works that include intangible elements, including performance art practices and heavy input of a "human hand" in their creations.
The second floor will also be comprised of pieces from Cash's collection under the theme "Art for the Metaverse," highlighting digitally native art practices. This floor features works by Krista Kim, Bryan Brinkman, IX Shells, and others.
The third floor will feature a takeover by SHOWstudio highlighting the first-ever NFT collection by legendary image-maker Nick Knight featuring collaborations with over 40 Web3 natives.
The fourth floor will feature an art film festival on the current state of moving images as art.
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- Since future generations will shape the world, the Council of Igniters aims to improve Globant to evolve as a company
- This first edition's advisory board members were selected for their leadership among young communities and for being rising stars in various topics such as innovation, sustainability, education, and diversity
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Globant (NYSE: GLOB), a digitally native company focused on reinventing businesses through innovative technology solutions, launched its "Council of Igniters," the first-ever corporate advisory board comprised entirely of Centennials or Gen Zers (those born between 1996 and 2012). The new advisory board will bring a fresh and innovative perspective to support Globant constant reinvention, towards designing the future of organizations and attracting the next generation of top global talent.
The Council of Igniters will provide Globant executives with their perspectives on diverse Company initiatives and top global issues such as climate change, entrepreneurship and the transformation of work, diversity and inclusion, education, gaming & entertainment, and music. The Council of Igniters will reconvene with the aim of obtaining different insights and uncovering new goals. The kick-off happened last week at Globant's Headquarters in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
"Globant believes that diverse teams are better at problem-solving because they bring innovative perspectives and life experiences to devise disruptive solutions," said Patricia Pomies, Chief Operating Officer, Globant. "Generational Diversity is a key pillar of our BeKind Initiative: giving voice to people of different ages is a must to discussing key issues, particularly in today's era of rapid and constant technological transformation. We are excited to keep reinventing and to be the first company to create this one-of-a-kind council of advisors."
"One of our central values is to seek reinvention in everything we do. To stay relevant, we need to remain open to different perspectives to provide great reinvention paths for our clients and ourselves as a leading global organization," said Martin Migoya, Co-founder and CEO of Globant. "The challenges and ideas that will come out of the Council of Igniters will complement the input of our employees and customers across the globe, and will enhance Globant's understanding of societal new horizons. This understanding is fundamental to our ability to keep building a unique culture for global talent, providing relevant solutions to our customers, and being champions of disruption in the technology space."
First Meeting of Council of Igniters Outcomes
During the past week in Buenos Aires, six influencers from Latin American countries (including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico) gathered with Globant's Top Management and leaders of different expertise, in the first Globant's Council of Igniters meeting. Through in-depth analysis and discussions, they contributed their points of view, suggestions, and life experiences in their different areas of expertise. Some interesting takeaways that emerged from the workshops include:
- Blockchain and Gaming are the future: In a world where the economic gap between social groups is increasingly widening, Igniters see technology as an ally to help reduce this problem – and specifically blockchain technology. They also identify gaming technologies as essential for companies to attract the attention of their generation.
- Technology is the strongest tool to combat the gender gap: Although it is a widespread social problem, Igniters agree that the technology industry appears to be one of the key areas in which companies can take action to reduce the gender gap by using more inclusive programming language, product designs, and more.
- Sustainability and the environment connect everyone: Organizations that help improve the environment and prioritize sustainability are allies of the new generation. Igniters value, are interested in, and immerse themselves in these initiatives, and are more inclined to support companies that also reflect and take action toward these principles.
- The Metaverse is the new 90s internet: For them, the Metaverse is similar to how the internet was in the 1990s, in that they are unsure of what potential it has. But, they believe organizations should be making it a priority to find out. Additionally, they consider the metaverse to be where their generation can digitally claim their authentic identities. Beyond all of the remaining questions that surround this technology, something is certain: virtual spaces like the metaverse motivate many people to express themselves as they are.
- The transformation of work is flexible and purpose-driven: Igniters confirmed that new generations need a flexible workplace to be able to express their creativity and an organization that provides professional development opportunities which will help them grow beyond their perceived limits. To develop professionally in a company, they believe it is important that the company shares its purpose openly and how this links to young people's goals and desires.
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- We were named a Worldwide Leader in CX Improvement Services by IDC MarketScape report.
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- We are a member of The Green Software Foundation (GSF) and the Cybersecurity Tech Accord.
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Changes Name to Koha Health with a Focus for Expansion on Orthopedic, ASC, and Musculoskeletal Practice Financial Health
MERRIMACK, N.H., Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Koha Health, an innovative revenue cycle management company focused on supporting orthopedic practices to achieve total financial health today announces they have renamed the company and rebranded from PRL to Koha Health. Koha provides an expanded solution suite – adding strategic advisory services to traditional revenue cycle management services.
Koha Health is positioned for growth on a national scale, reaching beyond its New England roots. Koha has a focus on orthopedic, ASC, and musculoskeletal practices; helping them achieve total financial health. This includes maximizing reimbursement, improving the patient financial experience, and building practice value.
"After almost 40 years we are excited to take what has been a successful family business to a national footprint," says Brian Hall, president, and chief operating officer. "What we've developed in New England has tremendous value for orthopedic practices nationwide, especially at this challenging economic period."
The name Koha Health was chosen specifically for its deep and impactful meaning – a gift, gratitude, or sage advice. Koha is more than a name to the team, it speaks to the culture of shared values, inclusion, and mutual respect that has been carefully cultivated.
Orthopedic, ASC, and musculoskeletal practices who wish to remain independent or are building for the future need comprehensive support to optimize and secure their financial position. Koha Health is that partner. They have an innovative approach and expansive service offering ensuring each practice makes steady progress toward total financial health and achievement of personal goals.
"Offering such an expansive list of services that touch on every aspect of practice value is exciting after years of focus on the revenue cycle," says Amy Cerruti, chief growth officer. "We look forward to partnering with orthopedic practice owners to achieve their personal and professional goals."
Koha Health supports independent orthopedic, ASC, and musculoskeletal practices in achieving total financial health by addressing both the revenue cycle and strategic concerns that impact organizational value. A Koha Health partnership offers practices access to revenue cycle expertise, patient engagement optimization and strategic advisory services. With almost 40 years of experience, Koha Health is steeped in understanding best practice processes, and has the training and regulatory knowledge necessary to maximize financial performance and build practice value. Through robust tech-enabled services delivered by a global team that makes real investments in culture, Koha Health liberates physicians and owners from the stress of practice management allowing them to achieve their personal and professional goals. To learn more visit KohaHealth.com.
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Heather Rivenburg, Account Executive
heather@punchingnungroup.com
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EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I., Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantic™ Electronics ("Quantic"), a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management ("Arcline"), today announced that it will exhibit at the 2022 Defense Innovation Days, hosted by the Southeastern New England Defense Industry Alliance ("SENEDIA") in Newport, Rhode Island, August 29th-August 31st. Representatives from Quantic and its businesses Quantic Evans, Quantic TRM, Quantic ECI, Quantic Ohmega, Quantic BEI, Quantic Paktron, Quantic UTC, and Quantic Eulex will be in attendance.
Defense Innovation Days is an annual event dedicated to fostering collaboration, bringing together companies across the defense industry supply chain with the policymakers directing the national defense strategy.
"Defense Innovations Days presents a distinct opportunity for meaningful dialogue between industry leaders, policy makers, and DOD leadership, which leads to improved alignment of efforts to support our warfighters," said Colin McClennan, General Manager, Quantic Evans.
Quantic offers a broad and rapidly expanding portfolio of RF/MW, sensing and power products serving a diverse set of mission critical applications. Featured products on display at the event will include high-power capacitors, encoders and accelerometers, resistive foils, magnetics, filters, converters, amplifiers, crystal oscillators, phase shifters and power dividers.
To schedule a meeting, or to learn more, please contact Quantic at inquiries@quanticnow.com
Quantic is an electronic component company focused on defining and delivering the future of mission-critical electronics. We have over a century of combined experience as reliable problem-solvers and trusted partners in military, aerospace, industrial and commercial markets. For more information, visit www.quanticnow.com.
Arcline is a growth-oriented private equity firm with $4.4 billion in cumulative capital commitments. Arcline seeks to invest in technology-driven, meaningful to the world industrial businesses that enable a better future. For more information visit www.arcline.com.
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HONOLULU, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LongevIQ™ brings groundbreaking longevity and wellness research mainstream, by enabling clinicians, researchers, writers, and journalists across all domains to collaborate and share their expertise with the general public.
LongevIQ today announced the launch of its longevity and anti-aging evidence-based community that brings to light new insights with the potential to completely redefine the current understanding of what healthy aging means.
After years of collaboration with some of the world's leading experts in longevity, anti-aging, integrative, and functional medicine, the company believes the insights gained through these partnerships can bring longevity and wellness to a new level that has never been seen before. With evidence of potential benefits to slow or even reverse cellular aging and optimize all levels of health and wellness, the company has an open call to clinicians, researchers, health & wellness influencers, writers, and journalists to share their expertise and help educate the public about these life-changing discoveries.
"We are bringing to awareness new aspects of aging and wellness that were shown to affect not only the way we age but also the kind of life we can all have," said Amir Ginsberg, the founder of LongevIQ. "Human beings are complex and can't be reduced to just one or two aspects. The real secret to longevity must consider multiple crucial elements that despite being extensively studied, were only known in limited circles. Our mission is to bring this powerful evidence-based knowledge mainstream, so that anyone, anywhere can benefit from this collective intelligence. That's literally what LongevIQ means – the collective wisdom or IQ for longevity."
Since its early launch in Q2 2022, the company has already published initial insights on its website and public databases. The data is expected to triple by Q1 2023, including releasing collaboratively created longevity protocols and anti-aging products.
In addition to educating the general public, the company's flexible platform enables health professionals, researchers, and writers to run on-demand queries and gain access to research-based insights they can use to support their work.
See: LongevIQ Writer's Resources Query
"We are connecting remarkable people with exceptional talent and expertise involving all of the pillars of health and wellness, across many domains," said Dr. Patti Shelton, MD, LongevIQ's medical communications officer. "Through our focus on objectiveness, diversity, transparency, and communication, we see new life-changing insights every day. Together, we are helping people everywhere benefit from cutting-edge science along with the wisdom of a huge, well-educated community. This collaborative work brings us much closer towards a unified holistic view of aging and wellness. We are formulating today what may become tomorrow's common knowledge of how to live a long, healthy, and happy life."
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With new inventory of more than half a million short-term listings, Zumper diversifies offerings to meet consumer demand for flexibility, all on one purpose-built platform
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Zumper, North America's largest privately owned rental marketplace, launches their short-term rental product. Raising $178M to date, the latest Series D funding extension of $30M was earmarked for expansion into short-term rentals at a time when consumers demand, if not require, flexibility in housing choices. Work from anywhere has prompted a cultural shift in day-to-day life and is just one example of how the pandemic accelerated macro trends in alternative accommodation. Zumper found that ⅓ of users were interested in flexible rentals* and data from Zumper's 2021 survey* of short-term rental users dictates that beyond the trendy use cases for short-term rentals, whether digital nomads or consumers with the unfettered means to travel and live a flexible lifestyle, short-term rentals are a means for a myriad of situational stays, such as a gap in housing, migratory work and even a stepping stone to building rental history, credit and more. The survey also revealed that 74 percent of users are booking 1-2 monthly rentals annually and 49 percent remain in one unit between two and six months. Short-term rentals are therefore not just an option for how people vacation, but how they live.
"Our brand is aspirational yet grounded," said Shalin Amin, Chief Experience Officer of Zumper. "We're not just for trendsetters and digital nomads but for those in-between leases or those trying to build a rental history. We're a solution for many people looking for temporary housing in a growing workforce of migratory workers, like traveling nurses, construction crews, and disaster response teams. Our users play a critical role in making the communities and cities they relocate to thrive."
In Zumper's 2022 survey* of monthly renters, 12.3 percent of respondents said they use short-term rentals for nomad life, while 35.2 percent said they use them to accommodate a temporary gap in housing, by far the most common use. Monthly renters also use them for work travel, as 21.3 percent said that was why they used short-term rentals. Think of a traveling nurse or someone whose job is location-specific but at multiple locations. Rounding out the use cases were people scouting locations before a move (19.4 percent) and students who didn't want to commit for an entire year (8.1 percent).
In Zumper's 2021 survey*, almost 50 percent said they're not sure where to even find monthly rentals, suggesting that there's a need for a go-to platform that caters to these renters.
By expanding inventory to now offer short-term options, Zumper directly addresses renter pain points by giving consumers the flexibility to find their forever or for now residence. Zumper's short-term listings can be booked at no additional fee to the guest, which is traditionally upwards of 15% or more on other short-term rental sites such as Airbnb. Conversely landlords can now opt to list their properties short-term to meet demand with the ability to advertise their short-term and monthly rentals in front of Zumper's over 178M annual visits.
"With the traditional short-term rental industry, fees are too high and consumers need to look at a multitude of different websites to find the right listing," said Zumper co-founder and CEO Anthemos Georgiades. "We want to build the most comprehensive rental platform that enables our renters to easily find the best short-term, monthly or long-term rentals with a product designed for today's far more flexible world."
Zumper's short-term product has been designed and built to:
- Deliver a larger selection of choice
- Aggregate inventory from multiple short-term partners
- Offer a digital rental concierge to help find tailored listings that meet a renter's needs
- Provide tools like Saved Search and Alerts to put the renters in control
- Allow for an all-in-one seamless app experience
For more information visit: https://www.zumper.com
For property owners interested in listing a short-term rental visit: https://www.zumper.com/str
*Data from Zumper's 2021 & 2022 short-term rental surveys
Zumper is the largest privately owned rental platform in North America with more than 178 million site visits a year. Zumper is on a mission to make renting an apartment as easy as booking a hotel.
Named a 2021 Best Startup Employer by Forbes and a 2021 Best Place to Work by BuiltIn SF, Zumper is headquartered in San Francisco with hubs in Los Angeles, Scottsdale, Chicago, Miami, and Providence. To date, Zumper has raised over $178 million from Kleiner Perkins, Goodwater Capital, Headline, Dawn Capital, and the Blackstone Group. Learn more at www.zumper.com or email press@zumper.com.
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The Overlook at Johnstown Farms: Now selling from the low $500s
JOHNSTOWN, Colo., Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Century Communities, Inc. (NYSE: CCS), a top 10 national homebuilder and industry leader in online sales, is excited to announce the Grand Opening of The Overlook at Johnstown Farms, the company's new offering in Johnstown, CO. Now selling from the low $500s, the community boasts a versatile lineup of single- and two-story floor plans with striking architecture, designer finishes, included smart home technology and more.
Residents will also love an idyllic location, offering a small-town feel with quick access to I-25 and surrounding Northern Colorado hubs like Fort Collins, Greeley, Longmont, and Loveland. In addition, the area features close proximity to educational institutions—like Colorado State University, the University of Northern Colorado, and Front Range Community College—along with outdoor recreation at popular destinations like Carter Lake, Boyd Lake State Park, and Horsetooth Reservoir.
Learn more and view available homes at www.CenturyCommunities.com/JohnstownFarms.
More About The Overlook at Johnstown Farms:
- 121 homesites
- 6 ranch and two-story floor plans with brand-new, exclusive exterior designs
- 2 to 4 bedrooms, 2 to 3 bathrooms, 2- to 3-bay garage
- 1,661 to 2,410 square feet
- Front yard landscaping, Whirlpool® appliances, Century Home Connect® smart home package and more included
- Optional basement on select floor plans
Sales Center:
528 Crestone Street
Johnstown, CO 80524
For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 303.268.8364.
DISCOVER THE FREEDOM OF ONLINE HOMEBUYING:
Century Communities is proud to feature its industry-first online homebuying experience on all available homes in the Colorado market.
How it works:
- Shop homes at CenturyCommunities.com
- Click "Buy Now" on any available home
- Fill out a quick Buy Online form
- Electronically submit an initial earnest money deposit
- Electronically sign a purchase contract via DocuSign®
Learn more about the Buy Online experience at www.CenturyCommunities.com/online-homebuying.
About Century Communities
Century Communities, Inc. (NYSE: CCS) is a top 10 national homebuilder, offering new homes under the Century Communities and Century Complete brands. Century is engaged in all aspects of homebuilding — including the acquisition, entitlement and development of land, along with the construction, innovative marketing and sale of quality homes designed to appeal to a wide range of homebuyers. The Colorado-based company operates in 17 states and over 45 markets across the U.S., and also offers title, insurance and lending services in select markets through its Parkway Title, IHL Home Insurance Agency, and Inspire Home Loans subsidiaries. To learn more about Century Communities, please visit www.centurycommunities.com.
For information, contact:
Alyson Benn
Century Communities, Inc.
303-558-7352
Alyson.Benn@centurycommunities.com
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NFT Genius to use funds to make investing in NFTs accessible to all, placing a sharp focus on the consumer in sports, entertainment, art, and culture
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NFT Genius (www.nftgenius.com), a company developing world-class experiences and marketplace technology (www.ongaia.com) to the NFT market, announced today a $150M valuation following the close of a $10.5M Series A funding round led by Dapper Labs, Spartan Labs, Commonwealth Asset Management (CWAM), and Fundamental Labs. Spartan, One Football, and Unibanco also participated in the round.
NFT Genius was founded by Jeremy Born, Kurt Braget, and Karl Meier. The company developed Gaia and has the largest NFT marketplace on Flow. Gaia serves as the leading secondary market for sports, entertainment, art, and culturally relevant digital collectibles with an emphasis on creating access for all and ease of use for the consumer.
"We're not just bucking the trend in terms of securing funding during this challenging time in the market, but we are the first in the industry to put the consumer front and center in a big way when it comes to investing in Web3," says Jeremy Born. "Our ultimate goal is to make investing in Web3 so easy and streamlined that anyone with a credit card can do it and reap the huge financial benefits."
NFT Genius will also be using the funds to move beyond sports and back major entertainment and culture deals and scale out the Gaia marketplace to support thousands of companies and brands reaching the mainstream consumer.
The Flow ecosystem hit an all-time-high in transaction volume and active accounts in June 2022. The Dapper Wallet is an onramp for mainstream users into Web3 and is at the center of Gaia.
Over the past year, NFT Genius has also partnered on NFT deals with top athletes and artists such as Shareef and Shaquille O'Neal, golfer Bryson DeChambeau, WNBA's Kelsey Plum, and Miami Heat's Duncan Robinson.
NFT Genius also created some of the most popular and valuable NFT collections in the market including Ballerz. Ballerz features 10,000 Generative Basketball NFTs and debuted on November 8, 2021. The collection sold out in one hour and is available on the secondary market. Ballerz properties include team, number, role, jersey, body, hair, accessories, dunks, shooting, playmaking, and defense. Fans can collect their favorite teams and jersey numbers and can show everyone they're a true baller. Ballerz is is in the top five sports NFT projects on Flow
NFT Genius continues to defy current NFT trends demonstrating incredible growth going from a valuation of $18 million in June 2021, following the company's initial seed round, to a current valuation of $150 million, only one year later.
Anuke Ganegoda, Head of Ventures at Dapper Labs will join NFT Genius as a Board Observer.
"We have worked with Jeremy and the NFT Genius team for many years now and have witnessed first hand how they are able to build world-class products and communities," says Mik Naayem, Chief Business Officer and co-founder at Dapper Labs. "We are excited to closely partner and scale out the Gaia marketplace to reach billions of mainstream consumers"
"We are super excited to lead this investment round in a company that holds a significant piece of the NFT infrastructure within the Dapper Ecosystem," says Henry Love, Managing Partner, Fundamental Labs. "We are ready to support more extensive integration of intellectual property into the NFT world and provide fans and collectors with world class digital art and collectibles that will transform how we interact with our favorite sports, movies, stories, and more."
Previously, Mark Cuban, Anthony Pompliano, Sound Ventures, and HOF Capital backed NFT Genius during the company's seed round.
To learn more about NFT Genius, Gaia marketplace and current NFT collections please visit NFTGenius.com.
About NFT Genius
NFT Genius is a team of storytellers, technologists, and innovators focused on delivering world-class digital experiences and marketplace technology to the NFT market. Founded in 2020, NFT Genius has created some of the most popular and valuable NFT collections globally including Ballerz, a basketball-themed NFT collection that sold out in one hour. NFT Genius has partnered with top athletes and artists such as Shareef and Shaquille O'Neal, golfer Bryson DeChambeau, WNBA's Kelsey Plum, and Miami Heat's Duncan Robinson. NFT Genius is funded by some of the industry's leading Web3 investors including Dapper Labs, Commonwealth Asset Management, Fundamental Labs, Spartan, One Football, and Unibanco.
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New identity supports growing solutions that meet customer needs as complex convenience ecosystem undergoes transformation
ATLANTA, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PDI, a global leader delivering powerful solutions and insights that serve as the backbone of the convenience retail and petroleum wholesale ecosystem, today announced it is rebranding to PDI Technologies. This update also includes a new logo and website (pditechnologies.com) that reflect the organization's ongoing commitments and investments in support of industry transformation.
Founded almost 40 years ago and previously known as Professional Datasolutions, Inc., the company has grown from 1,200 associates in early 2020 to nearly 2,000 associates in August 2022. This growth stems from the company expanding its global footprint, accelerating product investments, and acquiring new solutions—including adding significant enterprise offerings in payments, promotion and offer engagement; security; point of sale (available outside the United States); sustainability; advanced insights; and more. PDI also owns and operates two widely recognized consumer initiatives—the Fuel Rewards® program and GasBuddy®—which connect more than 20 million active users to the broader convenience ecosystem.
"In recent years, we've made significant investments in growing our organization through innovation, client collaboration, and strategic mergers and acquisitions," said Jimmy Frangis, Chief Executive Officer at PDI Technologies. "The new PDI Technologies name and brand continue our legacy of decades of trusted experience, with an eye toward a broader range of solutions designed to support customers as they grow their businesses."
Convenience retailers, petroleum wholesalers and carriers, and CPG and consumer brands today face many challenges—from labor shortages to supply chain constraints, cybersecurity threats, changing consumer preferences, and more. By providing integrated solutions to help them increase productivity, securely connect data and operations, and leverage actionable insights, PDI is "Connecting Convenience" across the globe.
"In the four decades since its story began, this business has progressively transformed itself—like the convenience retail industry it serves—as it continues to build new capabilities to serve a rapidly evolving channel," said Dan Munford, industry influencer and Managing Director of Insight Research and Global Convenience Store Focus. "It sits at the heart of customers' businesses as they strive to satisfy new consumer needs efficiently and profitably. What PDI Technologies has become is a massive achievement, and I look forward to seeing what's next."
Today, PDI supports customers in more than 50 countries and provides solutions and services to over 200,000 convenience and petroleum wholesale sites. The company remains dedicated to strengthening its current customer relationships, as it looks to additional growth in the years to come.
"The story of PDI is an exciting one with a rich history," said Linnea Geiss, Chief Operating Officer at PDI Technologies. "Our new brand milestone is about launching a conversation with our broader ecosystem and sharing a vision for the future that builds on our reputation for deep service to this industry. To continue leading as this dynamic market evolves, PDI Technologies will transform together with our customers, associates, and shareholders."
To learn more about PDI Technologies and its new brand, visit the "Our Story" section on the new pditechnologies.com.
About PDI Technologies
With 40 years of industry leadership, PDI Technologies, Inc. resides at the intersection of productivity and sales growth, delivering powerful solutions that serve as the backbone of the convenience retail and petroleum wholesale ecosystem. By "Connecting Convenience" across the globe, we empower businesses to increase productivity, make informed decisions, and engage faster with their customers. From large-scale ERP and logistics operations to loyalty programs and cybersecurity, we're simplifying the industry supply chain for whatever comes next. Today, we serve over 200,000 locations worldwide with solutions like the Fuel Rewards® program and GasBuddy®, two popular brands representing more than 20 million active users. pditechnologies.com
For more information, contact:
Kelly O'Brien, kelly.obrien@pdisoftware.com
Keri Callaghan, PDI@peppercomm.com
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New York (AP) — President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program announced on Wednesday aims to provide $10,000 in student debt cancellation for millions of Americans.
But for federal Pell grant recipients, that amount is even higher: $20,000
So what exactly is a Pell grant? And why is there a special benefit for people who got one?
Created by the Higher Education Act in 1965 as a way to promote access to education, federal Pell grants are special scholarships reserved for undergraduates and certain other students with the most significant financial need. The grants generally don’t need to be paid back, but they often don’t cover the full cost of college — so recipients take out additional loans.
The Biden administration is targeting Pell grant recipients for additional forgiveness “to smooth the transition back to repayment and help borrowers at highest risk of delinquencies or default once payments resume,” according to the Department of Education.
Roughly 27 million recipients of Pell grants will now be eligible for loan forgiveness. But for some, the $20,000 will hardly made a dent.
Lynn Hunt, a data analyst in Portland, Oregon, is a Pell grant recipient who borrowed somewhere around $45,000 to $50,000 to attend the University of Wisconsin and has paid back about $15,000 but still owes $70,000 because of interest.
“I know (Biden) mentioned, you know, $20,000 for Pell grants, but the people that had Pell grants had to take out the most loans,” Hunt said. “So $20,000 isn’t helping most of those people in any substantial manner. And the thing that happens every time when we get one of these half measures is, the can gets kicked for another decade.”
For Yaneth Peña, however, the money will make a difference. Peña graduated from North Carolina State University in 2014. She obtained about $4,000 in grants and approximately $25,000 in federal loans. Under Biden’s forgiveness plan, her debt would be whittled down to $5,000.
Relieved of the financial burden, Peña said she could now seriously pursue a graduate degree — something she said she hesitated to consider in the past because of her loans.
“This could like really change everything,” Peña said.
Pell grant recipients typically experience more challenges repaying their debt, the Department of Education notes. In the academic year of 2020-21, around 30% of all students that enrolled in undergraduate programs in the United States were awarded Pell grants and nearly every recipient came from a family that made less than $60,000 a year.
Almost all Pell grant recipients are independent students or dependent students from the bottom half of the income distribution, according to a report from the Urban Institute on college affordability.
Through the program, lower-income Americans can currently receive up to $6,895 annually for roughly six years.
If you’re not sure if you received a federal Pell grant, review any financial aid award letters administered through Office of Federal Student Aid.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Brown University has acquired a trove of records, writings and artwork from Mumia Abu-Jamal, a political activist and journalist who spent decades on death row for the shooting death of a Philadelphia police officer in the 1980s.
The Ivy League university in Providence, Rhode Island, says the collection documents Abu-Jamal’s trial, prison and death row experience, which gained him global recognition as a face of the movement against the death penalty.
Abu-Jamal is serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole after Philadelphia prosecutors agreed to drop their death penalty case in 2011.
But the former Black Panther Party member has for decades maintained his innocence in the killing of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner, who witnesses testified was fatally shot by Abu-Jamal as he was arresting his brother during a traffic stop.
Brown University says that the collection was acquired through a trust and that the purchase price is confidential. It includes more than 60 boxes of materials spanning the years 1981 to 2020.
Among its items is a pair of glasses Abu-Jamal wore for years; journals filled with his personal thoughts, poems and legal arguments; and part of the visitor list Abu-Jamal is still required to maintain, the university said.
Brown has also obtained related personal papers from Johanna Fernández, a Brown graduate and longtime advocate for Abu-Jamal whom he has entrusted with storing his papers.
Together, the materials will anchor a new collecting focus at the university’s John Hay Library called “Voices of Mass Incarceration.”
The university says the effort will help researchers understand how the “expanding carceral system has transformed American society” by giving them “unprecedented access” to first-person accounts of incarcerated people.
“This collection will give scholars a rare chance to peer inside prison walls and understand how incarcerated people live, think and advocate for themselves,” said Kenvi Phillips, director of library diversity, equity and inclusion at Brown. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-national-news/ap-brown-u-acquires-trove-of-mumia-abu-jamals-prison-papers/ | 2022-08-25T17:00:38Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-national-news/ap-brown-u-acquires-trove-of-mumia-abu-jamals-prison-papers/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A strike by teachers in Ohio’s largest school district entered its third day Wednesday — the first day of school for some 47,000 students, with some of those students and their parents rallying to their sides.
Parents, students, teachers and other employees gathered at schools across the Columbus School District with plans to picket for hours, advocating for safer buildings, better heating and air conditioning, smaller class sizes, and a more well-rounded curriculum that includes art, music and physical education. It’s the union’s first strike in the district since 1975.
Picketers blasted music on the sidewalks outside Whetstone High School in Columbus and waved to honking drivers. Some held up signs reading, “Columbus schools deserve working air,” “a history lesson in progress” and “my feet hurt but I’ll walk as long as it takes.”
The school district and the union resumed bargaining Wednesday afternoon. The school board said its offer to the union put children first.
“We offered a generous compensation package for teachers and provisions that would have a positive impact on classrooms,” the board said in a statement.
Eva Tweneboagh, a senior at Whetstone High School, picketed alongside her teachers, her friends and friends’ parents on the sunny Wednesday morning. She said it’s strange to start off with another disrupted school year, especially since she “hasn’t had a normal school year” through high school.
While she’s worried about the strike continuing and affecting things like college scholarships and her grades, she said, her teachers shouldn’t be backing down.
“What they’re asking is reasonable,” Tweneboagh said. The school district and teachers “should be able to come together,” she said.
The Ohio Education Association said more than 94% of the Columbus Education Association members voted to reject the school board’s final offer late Sunday. The union represents more than 4,000 teachers, librarians, nurses and other employees, though it isn’t clear how many of those 4,000 members were not on the job Wednesday.
The tens of thousands of students in the district are now starting the school year with remote education, made up of lesson plans and videos they can access through their schools without a teacher to guide them. It’s a start that has some parents concerned. Remote learning has contributed to students falling behind academically and to mental health and behavioral challenges.
Mayor Andrew J. Ginther announced in a news release that the city is partnering with recreation centers and area nonprofit organizations to open “support centers” with reliable internet service for students affected by the teacher strike.
The centers began operating Wednesday and are providing spaces for students to access online lessons, however, they are “not intended to serve as a substitute for in-person academic instruction.”
Starting Thursday, some school locations, recreation centers and nonprofits will provide meals.
Whitney Price, mom to a first grader at Columbus Spanish Immersion School, said that while she supports teachers, she wished these negotiations between the teachers and the school district had gotten done earlier, when it wouldn’t have affected kids in school.
Price showed up at the Linden Community Center with her son, seeking internet and meals for his first day of school.
Price, a restaurant server, said the idea of continuing to be a mom and worker, as well as a teacher and counselor after effectively doing so during the pandemic, makes her anxious.
“But we just roll with the punches,” said Price, giving her 6-year-old a squeeze in the recreation center lobby. “Whatever I have to be, I’ll do it.”
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The state of Utah and two Republican-leaning rural counties sued the Biden administration on Wednesday over the president’s decision last year to restore two sprawling national monuments on rugged lands sacred to Native Americans that former President Donald Trump had downsized.
The lawsuit over Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante, the two southeastern Utah monuments, alleges that President Joe Biden’s action violates a century-old law that allows presidents to protect sites considered historically, geographically or culturally important and outlines the rules governing when they can do so.
The fate of the monuments is among the United States’ most prominent battles over public lands and how they’re managed. Federal land management decisions often become politically charged throughout the rural West, where Republican-leaning ranching communities skeptical of federal overreach are often pitted against conservationists and tribes who argue robust federal protections are needed as a bulwark against development or industries like mining or logging.
The new lawsuit is the latest twist in a yearslong debate spanning three presidential administrations. Its arguments revisit familiar legal and political debates and touch on points Republicans have for years repeated in court and in campaign speeches about federal land grabs and advantages of local land management.
The challenge from Utah and two right-leaning rural jurisdictions, Kane and Garfield counties, had been expected since Biden restored the lands in October 2021. At that time, Biden called Bears Ears “a place of reverence and a sacred homeland to hundreds of generations of native peoples.”
The monuments, which together are nearly the size of Connecticut, contain canyons surrounded by pink ribbons of limestone, dramatic red rock mesas and buttes, juniper forests and Native American artifacts including ancient cliff dwellings and petroglyphs.
In a Wednesday joint statement in support of the lawsuit, Gov. Spencer Cox and Utah’s entire congressional delegation accused the federal government of not properly managing the land and blamed the expanded monuments for “unmanageable visitation levels.”
“We now challenge this repeated, abusive federal overreach to ensure that our public lands are adequately protected and that smart stewardship remains with the people closest to the land,” said the group, whose signatories included U.S. Sens. Mitt Romney and Mike Lee.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the administration had no comment about the lawsuit.
The lawsuit brings the battle over these lands back to the courtroom, similar to what happened in 2017 after Trump made his move to shrink the monuments. At that time, lawsuits were filed by outdoor company Patagonia and a coalition of tribes including the Hopi, Ute Indian, Ute Mountain Ute, Zuni tribes and Navajo Nation to restore the monuments.
“The tribes have been fighting for decades, and really centuries, to protect these lands,” Matthew Campbell, deputy director of the Native American Rights Fund, said Wednesday. “It looks like they will have to continue that fight.”
The part of southeastern Utah where the two monuments are located has been at the center of some of the country’s most heated land management debates since President Bill Clinton designated Grand Staircase a national monument in 1996.
Bears Ears, which was designated a National Monument by President Barack Obama, is unique because land management decisions are made by a commission jointly governed by federal agency officials and representatives from five tribal nations. The commission was reestablished this past June, five years after it and an Obama-era joint governance plan was scrapped when the Trump administration downsized the monuments in 2017.
That decision opened parts of the monuments up for mining, drilling and other development. Low demand and high production costs led to minimal interest from energy companies in the lands that became unprotected when Trump downsized the monuments, including a large coal reserve found in the lands cut from Grand Staircase or uranium on lands cut from Bears Ears.
Utah’s lawsuit argues the Biden administration interpreted the 1906 Antiquities Act in an overly broad manner and disregarded its original intent: protecting particular historical or archaeological sites. It cites provisions of the act that say designations should encompass “the smallest area compatible” with preservation goals.
Democratic presidents have argued designating large swaths of land is needed to protect certain areas and in his October 2021 proclamation, Biden called the Bears Ears designation “the smallest area compatible with the proper care and management of the objects of historic and scientific interest.”
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The conviction of two men for conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer shows that jurors in a deeply divided nation can still reach agreement in politically charged cases, according to experts.
But it leaves unanswered questions about the potential for violence by extremists with a vendetta against government and law enforcement, they say.
“I hope it will be a deterrent in the future, but we need to see some softening of the rhetoric before we can accurately predict that,” said Michael Edison Hayden, spokesman for the nonprofit Southern Policy Law Center, which monitors hate groups.
A federal jury in Grand Rapids, Michigan, returned guilty verdicts Tuesday against Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. on two counts of conspiracy. Two others in the plot, Kaleb Franks and Ty Garbin, pleaded guilty earlier. Franks’ sentencing hearing is set for Oct. 6, Fox’s for Dec. 12 and Croft’s for Dec. 28. Garbin is serving a six-year term, but prosecutors Wednesday asked a judge to cut that to three due to his “remarkable” assistance to the government.
Prosecutors said they planned to grab Whitmer at her vacation home and blow up a bridge to stop police from responding.
A different jury in April deadlocked on Fox and Croft while acquitting two other men. That outcome prompted worries that the overheated political landscape was hampering jurors’ ability to put aside biases, particularly when the FBI — a frequent target of right-wing activists and commentators — was involved.
Some legal observers criticized the government’s handling of the case and questioned the wisdom of retrying it. Barbara McQuade, a former federal prosecutor, said refusing to do so would have been “the coward’s way out.”
“We’re seeing an escalation of threats of violence against public officials,” McQuade said. “The only way to stop that is by holding people accountable when they engage in acts like this, threatening to harm public officials.”
The case unfolded against a backdrop of nationwide polarization.
Whitmer, a rising Democratic star, had exchanged barbs with former President Donald Trump and was unpopular with conservatives, including over her policies early on during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Trump and other Republicans had accused the FBI of being a tool of Democrats. He described the Whitmer kidnapping plan as a “fake deal.” Jury selection in the retrial of Fox and Croft happened the day after federal agents searched Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate for classified documents. During the trial, a man apparently angered by the search tried to breach the FBI’s Cincinnati office and was killed.
Even so, the jury in Michigan’s Western District — a blend of urban, suburban and rural areas representing a broad political spectrum — delivered “a real statement that citizens of our country aren’t going to put up with violent actions against public officials,” said Mark Chutkow, a former Detroit federal prosecutor.
Less clear is what, if any, effect the case will have on anti-government extremism and white-hot partisanship. Following the verdict, Whitmer renewed her call to “lower the temperature.”
“This is about every American who is serving the public, who’s dealing with threats, whether it’s an election worker or it is a police officer or a teacher,” she told reporters Wednesday after a back-to-school event in suburban Detroit. “This continued political rhetoric that is aimed at inspiring people to hurt their fellow Americans is dangerous.”
The convictions of Croft and Fox could be another rallying cry for far-right extremists, although likely not as potent as 1990s sieges in Waco, Texas, and Ruby Ridge, Idaho, said Jon Lewis, a research fellow with George Washington University’s program on extremism.
“It’s possible that individuals in anti-government spaces could leverage this as an example of continued tyranny, abuse of the rights of Americans,” Lewis said.
A more concerning outcome could be an increase in lone-wolf attacks as extremist groups become more wary of the potential for infiltration by undercover operatives, he said.
“It’s much harder with the lone actor,” Lewis said. “He doesn’t tell anyone his plans, he has legal access to firearms.”
The George Washington program is tracking cases against 49 people charged with “offenses related to the boogaloo movement,” a loose confederation of believers in a second civil war, he said.
Far-right paramilitary groups were gleeful about the first trial’s outcome and probably are unhappy with the convictions, said Mark Pitcavage, senior research fellow with the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism. But history suggests guilty verdicts are less likely to incite violent reactions than arrests perceived as unjust, he said.
It’s equally doubtful that the case will bring about a calmer tone in politics, Pitcavage said.
“We’re in such a heavily polarized society right now and few people seem to want to step back from the brink,” he said.
The most significant ripple effect, he said, might be what was avoided: another defeat and further damage to the FBI’s credibility.
Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor in California who has followed the Michigan case and criticized the government’s performance in the first trial, said the convictions vindicated the bureau’s investigation.
“Obviously there are folks who are always going to distrust the FBI,” he said. “But this is a big win.”
The convictions may boost public understanding of the FBI’s tactics in combating domestic terrorism, particularly use of undercover operatives, said Dennis Lormel, president of the Society of Former FBI Agents.
“I understand the concerns about overreaching, especially with the rhetoric about the FBI being politicized,” Lormel said. “But the opportunity to insert FBI employees or cooperating witnesses is critically important. If we lose that, we will be in a lot of trouble, we’ll see more terrorist attacks.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Police said two people were killed and three others injured Wednesday in a shooting in front of a senior citizens center and near several schools in the nation’s capital.
The Metropolitan Police Department said Wednesday’s shooting happened in the Truxton Circle neighborhood of Washington in front of a residence for senior citizens and near several high schools.
The shooting happened just before 1 p.m. when a black SUV pulled up in front of the senior residence and two men hopped out and opened fire, Executive Assistant Police Chief Ashan Benedict said. The men fired at least seven shots before returning to their vehicle and driving away.
A total of five men were shot. Two died at the scene and three others were taken to area hospitals and were being treated Wednesday afternoon for their injuries.
Benedict said police were still trying to collect evidence at the scene and working to identify a definitive motive, but he said the area is known to officers as “an open-air drug market.”
Officers routinely make arrests there for the sale of narcotics, and investigators believe the shooting was related to those drug sales, he said.
“This is an ongoing problem,” Benedict said.
The shootings, which took place about one block from a school, continue a violent trend for the nation’s capital. Homicides have risen for four years straight; the 2021 murder count of 227 was the highest since 2003, and the city is on pace to exceed that this year. Mayor Muriel Bowser, who is seeking reelection for a third term this fall, spent much of the Democratic primary race fending off charges that she was mishandling the violent crime situation.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Police said two people were killed and three others injured Wednesday in a shooting in front of a senior citizens center and near several schools in the nation’s capital.
The Metropolitan Police Department said Wednesday’s shooting happened in the Truxton Circle neighborhood of Washington in front of a residence for senior citizens and near several high schools.
The shooting happened just before 1 p.m. when a black SUV pulled up in front of the senior residence and two men hopped out and opened fire, Executive Assistant Police Chief Ashan Benedict said. The men fired at least seven shots before returning to their vehicle and driving away.
A total of five men were shot. Two died at the scene and three others were taken to area hospitals and were being treated Wednesday afternoon for their injuries.
Benedict said police were still trying to collect evidence at the scene and working to identify a definitive motive, but he said the area is known to officers as “an open-air drug market.”
Officers routinely make arrests there for the sale of narcotics, and investigators believe the shooting was related to those drug sales, he said.
“This is an ongoing problem,” Benedict said.
The shootings, which took place about one block from a school, continue a violent trend for the nation’s capital. Homicides have risen for four years straight; the 2021 murder count of 227 was the highest since 2003, and the city is on pace to exceed that this year. Mayor Muriel Bowser, who is seeking reelection for a third term this fall, spent much of the Democratic primary race fending off charges that she was mishandling the violent crime situation.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — First lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 again in an apparent “rebound” case, after she tested negative for the virus over the weekend.
President Joe Biden, who spent three days with his wife at their Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, vacation home, continues to test negative, the White House said. He also suffered a rebound case earlier this month after an initial recovery from the coronavirus.
Jill Biden first tested positive for the virus on Aug. 15, when she and her husband were vacationing in Kiawah Island, South Carolina. She isolated in the beach town until she received two negative tests and was cleared to meet the president in Delaware on Sunday.
Biden’s deputy communications director Kelsey Donohue said the first lady “has experienced no reemergence of symptoms, and will remain in Delaware where she has reinitiated isolation procedures.” Donohue said the White House Medical Unit has notified individuals who were in close contact with the first lady.
Jill Biden, 71, and her husband, 79, have been twice-vaccinated and twice-boosted with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. She had been prescribed the antiviral drug Paxlovid, which has proven to be highly effective at preventing serious disease and death among those at highest risk from COVID-19, but a minority of those prescribed the drug have experienced a rebound case of the virus a few days after their initial recovery.
The first lady has been in Rehoboth Beach since Sunday and will remain there while she continues to isolate.
The White House said the president was considered a close contact, and would wear a mask “for 10 days when indoors and in close proximity to others” in accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance. The White House will also increase the frequency of his COVID-19 testing.
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The US and Israeli governments have shared key details of unrelated cyberattacks on their infrastructure -- one from suspected pro-Russia hackers and the other from possible Iranian hackers -- as part of heightened efforts in recent months to bolster cyber defense between the two allies, a senior US Treasury official told CNN.
The exchange of the intelligence, enabled by a finalized agreement the Treasury Department will announce Thursday, underscores the value both governments place in tapping data gathered by their private sectors to guard against an array of hacking threats from governments and cybercriminals alike.
It also shows that, despite the revelation in February that Israeli-made spyware had allegedly been used against US diplomats, Jerusalem and Washington are still in lockstep on some cyber-related issues.
One of the hacking incidents, which hasn't been previously reported, involved hackers unsuccessfully trying to overwhelm the US Treasury Department's computer servers and knock them offline in February and March, around the time that Russia waged war in Ukraine and the US slapped sanctions on the Kremlin, according to Todd Conklin, deputy assistant Treasury for cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection.
The malicious cyber activity -- known as a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack -- did not impact Treasury operations, Conklin said, but it was significant enough that US officials passed detailed information on it to their Israeli counterparts so they could check their systems for the threat. Officials did not pinpoint the culprit but Conklin said he suspected hackers sympathetic to Russia may have been responsible.
In a separate incident, the Israeli government in March was hit by a DDoS attack that temporarily knocked some government websites offline, a hack that some Israeli press reports suggested originated in Iran.
The Israelis shared technical information on the attack with the US Treasury, Conklin said, which passed it along to American financial firms that are no stranger to Iranian attempts to disrupt their systems.
Both of the hacking incidents are examples of how the new agreement to rapidly trade threat data is supposed to work in practice, according to Conklin. There are other means for the two governments to share cyberthreat data, including between defense and homeland security agencies.
But the new agreement means officials in the Israeli finance ministry and the US Treasury will have a formal means -- rather than an ad hoc arrangement that relies on personal relationships -- of rapidly sharing hacking threats to their respective financial sectors. The agreement could also lead to more cyberattack drills involving big US financial firms and their Israeli counterparts, Conklin said.
"Israel has a really strong public-private partnership in this space," Conklin told CNN. "So they have access to a lot more real-time vulnerability data impacting ... not only government systems, but also their broader private sector."
The US and Israel have a long and complicated history of collaborating in cyberspace that has been at times strengthened -- and tested -- by their shared foe in Iran. US and Israeli operatives were reportedly behind a 2009 and 2010 operation to hack sensitive computer systems and destroy uranium-enrichment centrifuges at an Iranian nuclear facility.
The US is currently seeking to revive the 2015 agreement with Iran to set limits on Tehran's nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. Iranian hacking operations sometimes ebb and flow in response to geopolitical events, according to analysts. There have been no public reports of a shift in Iranian cyber activity around the latest nuclear-deal negotiations.
But the new agreement with Israel, however, "would offer an opportunity as a first-alert-type mechanism for us" if there was any new Iranian hacking activity aimed at the US or Israel, Conklin said.
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The Republican nominee for US Senate in Washington both touted her "pro-life" anti-abortion view and asserted her opposition to a federal abortion ban in a new ad on Thursday, as Republican congressional candidates in tough races across the country attempt to defuse an issue that could cost them.
The new direct-to-camera ad from Tiffany Smiley counters warnings from Washington Democratic Sen. Patty Murray's campaign head-on after Murray's camp had warned that Smiley would support Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell and ban abortion nationwide if elected.
"Patty Murray has spent millions to paint me as an extremist," said Smiley. "I'm pro-life, but I oppose a federal abortion ban."
"Patty Murray wants to scare you," added Smiley at the end of the ad. "I want to serve you."
After the Supreme Court decided in June that there was no longer a constitutional right to an abortion, overturning a nearly 50-year precedent, Republican candidates have struggled to figure out how to retain conservative voters while appealing to the country's sizable majority that supports abortion rights. A pro-abortion rights Democrat won a special election Tuesday for a swing House seat in New York, surprising some political observers who thought that President Joe Biden's unpopularity would sink the down-ballot candidate.
Some Republican candidates have tried to avoid the issue, focusing instead on appealing to Americans upset with rising consumer costs and crime. But Smiley and some other Republican candidates have taken a different tack by also trying to diminish a potentially powerful motivating issue for Democrats.
In Colorado, a Senate Republican candidate Joe O'Dea recently said that abortions should be legal through 20 weeks of pregnancy, and allowed afterward only in certain cases: rape, incest or when the life of the mother is at risk.
In Nevada, Senate Republican candidate Adam Laxalt wrote an op-ed this month stating he would not support a national abortion ban but would support limiting abortion to the first 13 weeks of pregnancy.
And in Arizona, Senate Republican candidate Blake Masters appeared to take a more congenial tone on the hot-button issue after he won his party's primary in an interview with the Arizona Republic, calling the state's 15-week law "a reasonable solution." He previously called abortion in America a "genocide" and expressed support for stronger restrictions.
Democrats in swing states have hammered Republicans over abortion. According to AdImpact data, campaigns and groups have spent about $73 million referencing abortion since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on June 24; Democrats have accounted for about $57 million, or about 78%, of the spending. Like other Democrats, Murray has made the Supreme Court decision central to her campaign.
Months before Washington's August 2 primary, Smiley signaled her support for Texas' near-total ban on abortion, and said it'd be "awesome" to have former President Donald Trump's support.
But in her ad, Smiley tried to undermine Murray's effort tying her to Trump, who lost Washington state in 2020 by 19 points to Biden, as well as make clear her position on a federal abortion ban. Smiley explained that a picture of her and Trump used in Murray campaign advertising was for an event promoting advocacy for veterans health care -- and aired another photo of her and Murray standing together.
"She shows you this picture of me and Trump, but doesn't show you this one," said Smiley.
Even though Democrats face a poor midterm environment as the party in power, Murray is the favorite in her race this fall. Washington last voted for a Republican for Senate in 1994, and Murray, a member of the Senate Democratic leadership and chair of the committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, is seeking a sixth term.
Smiley worked as a triage nurse until her husband Scotty, a military veteran, was blinded while serving in Iraq. The mother of three then helped him become the Army's first blind active-duty officer.
"This ad reflects what this campaign will be about: The vision of a veterans advocate and nurse vs. the record of a career partisan politician," said Smiley spokesperson Elisa Carlson.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota ethics board’s finding that Gov. Kristi Noem may have engaged in misconduct by intervening in her daughter’s application for a real estate appraiser license isn’t likely the last word on the matter. But exactly how much more comes out on the episode may be up to the Republican governor herself.
The state’s Government Accountability Board appears to be letting Noem decide whether to defend herself in a public hearing or simply accept an “appropriate action” that the board hasn’t detailed. It presents Noem with a choice: Stick to her defense that she has done nothing wrong and fight the allegations in a public hearing or let the matter quietly die while accepting the board’s action.
How Noem handles the matter may not dent her prospects for reelection this year in a race where she’s heavily favored to win a second term. But it may be important down the road for a politician who has methodically positioned herself to move up in national politics, including for a potential 2024 presidential run.
So far, Noem has chosen to fight — at least in the public sphere. Her reelection campaign spokesman, Ian Fury, lashed out at the board after it moved against her Monday, calling the board’s action “illegal” and portraying the complaints against her as the work of an embittered political enemy. They were filed last year by Jason Ravnsborg, the former Republican attorney general, as he faced pressure from Noem to resign after he struck and killed a pedestrian with his car in 2020.
But neither her office nor her campaign has answered questions on whether she will fight the allegations through a contested case hearing before the board, which was created in 2017 and has never handled a case like Noem’s. Such a proceeding would allow the board’s three retired judges to publicly scrutinize how she took a hands-on role in a state agency while it was evaluating her daughter’s application for an appraiser’s license.
As first reported by The Associated Press, Noem held a meeting in July 2020 that included her daughter, Kassidy Peters, and key decision-makers in Peters’ licensure just days after the agency had moved to deny a license. After the meeting, Peters got another opportunity to demonstrate she could meet federal standards and was ultimately awarded the license.
By accepting the board’s action, Noem could avoid a public hearing over an episode that has drawn condemnation from government ethics experts, her political rivals and even some Republican lawmakers. Ravnsborg has said that it was concern from lawmakers that prompted him to send the complaint to the board.
“We’ll have to wait until the governor’s office makes a decision,” said Gene Kean, a current member of the Government Accountability Board who was appointed after serving more than two decades as a state circuit court judge and chairing the state Judges Association. “That’s sort of a linchpin in this thing.”
But giving up the fight also could have political fallout for Noem, said Alex Conant, a GOP strategist who previously worked as the communications director for Marco Rubio’s 2016 presidential campaign.
“If she doesn’t have a good explanation or is unable to pivot, it could be something that follows her,” Conant said.
The board hasn’t publicly said what action it may take against the governor. Its options in state law allow for a reprimand, a directive to do community service or coursework, as well as other “informal” resolutions that the governor would have to agree to. Statutes don’t describe what the community service or “coursework” might be.
John Pelissero, a scholar at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics at Santa Clara University, said it’s “unusual” for an ethics board not to publicly announce the action it takes against an accused official.
“It lacks transparency if they do not announce the level of accountability,” he said. “That has the potential to undermine the public’s confidence in the accountability board and in state government generally.”
Meanwhile, the ethics board took another action Monday that holds the potential of not just a finding of ethical misconduct, but illegality. The board asked the state’s attorney general to investigate Noem’s practice of flying on state airplanes to gatherings hosted by political groups like the Republican Jewish Coalition and the National Rifle Association. State law bars the aircraft from being used for anything other than state business, though Noem has said she was acting as an ambassador for the state.
Noem’s gubernatorial challenger, Democratic state Rep. Jamie Smith, pounced on the issue Tuesday and called for Attorney General Mark Vargo to recuse himself and appoint a special prosecutor.
Vargo played a prominent role in the conflict between Noem and Ravnsborg earlier this year by leading the impeachment prosecution against Ravnsborg in the Senate over his actions and accounting of the 2020 crash that killed a pedestrian. After senators convicted Ravnsborg on charges including one that alleged he misled investigators, and removed him from office, Noem — who had pressed for impeachment — named Vargo as interim attorney general.
Vargo said this week he hadn’t made the decision on whether to recuse himself from the state airplanes probe, even as he issued a statement saying any investigation would remain confidential.
Pelissero, the ethics expert, agreed, saying that there was already a perception of a clear conflict of interest. And David Cleveland, a professor at the University of Minnesota Law School who specializes in legal ethics, referred to rules of professional conduct that ban lawyers from cases where they have a conflict of interest or stand to gain personally.
Even some Republican lawmakers said Vargo should recuse himself.
“I personally think it’s only appropriate for him to immediately recuse himself and appoint a special counsel,” said Republican Rep. Scott Odenback. “So that there’s a continued faith and trust in the process that you are held accountable no matter who you are.” | https://www.wwlp.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/ap-sd-gov-kristi-noem-weighs-response-to-ethics-complaints/ | 2022-08-25T17:03:13Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/ap-sd-gov-kristi-noem-weighs-response-to-ethics-complaints/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
OKLAHOMA CITY.-
In a news release today, the Oklahoma City Thunder announced that rookie Chet Holmgren has sustained a Lisfranc foot injury in his right foot and will miss the entire 2022-23 NBA season.
Holmgren sustained the injury in an exhibition game in Seattle over the weekend, while guarding LeBron James.
Thunder General Manager Sam Presti released the following statement following Holmgren's diagnosis.
"One of the things that most impressed us during the process of selecting Chet was his determination and focus. We expect that same tenacity will carry him through this period of time as we work together and support him during his rehabilitation." | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/former-gonzaga-star-holmgren-to-miss-season/article_9bc2ea12-2491-11ed-ae6e-2b732ec3a5fe.html | 2022-08-25T17:03:20Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/former-gonzaga-star-holmgren-to-miss-season/article_9bc2ea12-2491-11ed-ae6e-2b732ec3a5fe.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
KENNEWICK, Wash.-
Columbia Industries is partnering with J. Bookwalter Winery to host its first annual Sunset Soirèe Benefit Dinner on Thursday, September, 22nd, from 6-9 p.m. in John Dam Plaza in Richland.
Guests will be treated to a four-course dinner, prepared by Opportunity Kitchen, wine will be provided by J. Bookwalter Winery.
"Bookwalter winery has worked with Columbia Industries for over two decades, as we firmly believe in the work they are committed to in providing resources and opportunities to those with disabilities and other challenges," said John Bookwalter, President of J. Bookwalter Winery.
Funds raised at the benefit will provide scholarships for students enrolled in the Opportunity Kitchen program, which is free of charge for individuals facing barriers to employment. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/sunset-soir-e-benefit-coming-to-richland/article_1c583bde-2486-11ed-b984-03c2bd770f97.html | 2022-08-25T17:03:27Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/sunset-soir-e-benefit-coming-to-richland/article_1c583bde-2486-11ed-b984-03c2bd770f97.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Which cooling pad for dogs is best?
As we continue to see record-high temperatures all over the world, it’s ever important that your dog can stay cool. Since their only methods of cooling are panting and releasing heat through their paws and nose, it’s much harder for them to cool off.
The best way to help them is through the use of a cooling pad, such as the Green Pet Shop Dog Cooling Mat. It doesn’t need to be refrigerated, and it comes in several sizes to fit any dog.
What to know before you buy a cooling pad for dogs
Cooling pad types
There are three types of cooling pads for dogs.
- Gel pads are the most common. They’re the easiest to use and maintain. They use a special gel with a cooling effect that’s activated by the pressure of your dog laying down, so you don’t need to pre-cool them. If your dog has been on it for a few hours, you’ll likely need to give the pad about a break for 15 to 30 minutes.
- Water pads are another options, which you need to fill with cold water right before you use them. These can be messy, especially if punctured, and you shouldn’t freeze them.
- Ice pads are a third option, which you can freeze. However, they can be too cold when you remove them from the freezer, so you should place an insulating layer such as a towel or blanket on top of it before your dog lays down.
Size
Cooling pads for dogs come in many sizes, so you can get one that fits your dog. Some cooling pads use weight ranges as a guide for what size pad to buy.
Depending on your dog, you may not be sure which size is best. However, in these situations, know that it’s always better to get a pad that’s a little too big than one that’s too small.
Color
Most cooling pads for dogs are blue. However, if you look long enough, you can find other colors, such as pink or gray.
What to look for in a quality cooling pad for dogs
Cooling time
The best cooling pads for dogs have long cooling times, and most pads offer cooling times of around two to four hours. However, these times can be affected by a variety of factors, such as where you’re using the pad and how old it is.
Ease of cleaning
Dogs get dirty, and they also have accidents. As such, the best cooling pads are machine-washable.
Nonslip base
Chances are your dog won’t gently step onto and off the cooling pad. As such, a pad without a nonslip base can slide around. This can be annoying for your dog and may even cause them to stumble and fall. However, you can always weigh it down or buy a nonslip pad to put under it.
How much you can expect to spend on a cooling pad for dogs
They can cost as little as $5 or as much as $100. Pads for under $20 usually aren’t great for more than occasional use. Better pads for small-to-medium-sized dogs cost up to $40-$50, while big-sized cooling pads typically start around $50.
Cooling pad for dogs FAQ
Can I use a cooling pad outside?
A. Most cooling pads can be safely used inside and outside. However, using them outside lowers their efficiency as the pad absorbs the heat around it and is even less effective if it’s placed in direct sunlight. Additionally, if it’s hot enough outside that your dog needs to be on a cooling pad to be safe, it’s probably too hot for it to be outside at all.
What do I do if my dog won’t use the cooling pad?
A. If your dog refuses to use it, there’s not much you can do. You can use positive reinforcement to reward them for laying on it, like treats or praise. But if it doesn’t respond to this, you’ll likely need to command it to use it, especially if it doesn’t naturally go to it when hot.
What is the best cooling pad for dogs to buy?
Top cooling pad for dogs
The Green Pet Shop Dog Cooling Mat
What you need to know: This is one of the simplest and most effective cooling pads out there.
What you’ll love: The gel works to naturally pull heat away from your dog. The cooling effect can last for up to three hours, and it recharges in as little as 15 to 20 minutes. It comes in five sizes.
What you should consider: If it isn’t used regularly enough, the gel can harden, rendering it useless. Dogs with sharp nails may puncture it.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon, Chewy and PetSmart
Top cooling pad for dogs for the money
What you need to know: This is an excellent budget pad for occasional use.
What you’ll love: The exterior has self-cooling ice silk fabric, and the interior absorbs heat. The cooling pad is machine-washable, and the interior is absorbent, so it can double as a potty pad. It comes in three sizes and three colors.
What you should consider: There are no anti-slip features, so it slides around easily; some customers placed weights on the corners to keep it still.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Snagle Paw Self-Cooling Mat for Dogs
What you need to know: If you need to cover a lot of space, order one of these cooling pads.
What you’ll love: It uses ice silk cotton for the cooling effect. The inner layers are absorbent and hold up to 10 cups worth of liquid, plus it’s machine-washable for easy cleaning. It comes in 60- by 48- or 60- by 72-inch sizes.
What you should consider: Some purchasers found it didn’t cool as effectively as it should, and they considered it more of a potty pad with a bonus cooling feature.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Thursday morning, Leon County Government, the Friends of the LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library and the Knight Creative Communities Institute (KCCI) unveiled the first installment of the Fully Booked placemaking project at Pedrick Pond Park outside the Leon County Eastside Branch Library.
The Fully Booked project merges nature, art and literacy and includes a Wander & Wonder Story Trail, three book benches, and a hammock garden. The project was envisioned by the 2022 KCCI Community Catalyst team.
“The county is proud of our continued partnership with KCCI to bring creative projects like the Wander & Wonder Story Trail into the community for all to enjoy,” said Leon County Chairman Bill Proctor. “Reading is the foundation for learning, and this story trail is an opportunity for families to build literacy skills together while exploring the great outdoors.”
Located at Pedrick Pond Park, the Wander & Wonder Story Trail is a place where families can read a book together while walking a scenic .4-mile trail.
Along the path, guests can relax on book-themed benches or lounge in the hammock garden. Hammocks are now available for check out inside the Eastside Branch Library using a library card or guests can bring their own.
“The Fully Booked project is a unique opportunity for residents to experience the County’s trails while exploring what’s available at the County’s beautiful Eastside Library,” said Leon County District 5 Commissioner Kristin Dozier. “From relaxing hammocks to artistic book benches, residents of all ages will find something to love along the trail at Pedrick Pond Park.”
The books along the trail will be updated periodically with new titles for families to enjoy. The first book to be featured at Pedrick Pond Park is "Señorita Mariposa" by Ben Gundersheimer.
With colorful, captivating illustrations and text in both English and Spanish, the book takes readers on an exciting journey with monarch butterflies during their annual migration from Canada to Mexico.
“The County’s ongoing partnership with KCCI continues to bring creative and engaging projects like the new Wander and Wonder Story Trail to life,” said Leon County Administrator Vincent S. Long. “By incorporating art, nature, and a good book, this project connects citizens to the community while promoting literacy and outdoor adventure.”
To help connect readers to each other and the world around them, the panels include questions that help bring the book to life. Each platform also features a plant or animal that can be found in the area.
“The Fully Booked project will inspire residents to get outdoors, get reading and get moving,” said Betsy Couch, KCCI Executive Director. “The LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library System will manage changing out the books on the Wander & Wonder trail so there will be ever changing reasons to read, walk and explore.”
Two additional Wander & Wonder trails will be opened in September:
- Thursday, September 8 at 10 a.m. outside the Leon County Fort Braden Branch Library.
- Thursday, September 22 at 10 a.m. outside the Leon County J. Lewis Hall Sr. Woodville Park and Recreation Complex.
“People think libraries are for rainy days, but now I think a beautiful sunny day is the perfect time to visit. Come in and check out a book, then stretch out in a hammock or take it with you on a hike. You’ll be glad you did,” said Dale Grigas, president of the Friends of the LeRoy Collins Leon County Public Library.
More information about the Wander & Wonder Trail can be found at LeonCountyLibrary.org/WanderAndWonder.
“Tallahassee is home to some of the most beautiful parks in the region,” said Ericka McKibbin, KCCI Catalyst. “We are excited to welcome the community to discover not only our parks but also our libraries in a new way.”
For more information about KCCI and past KCCI Community Catalyst projects, visit KCCITallahassee.com. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/leon-county-kcci-unveil-first-fully-booked-installment | 2022-08-25T17:07:34Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/leon-county-kcci-unveil-first-fully-booked-installment | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A Belgian-British teenager becomes the youngest person ever to fly around the world solo in a small aircraft.
On Wednesday, Guinness confirmed the record after Mack Rutherford landed in Sofia, Bulgaria.
The 17-year-old, who received his pilot's license only a year ago, began the journey in March when he was just 16, NBC affiliate KTUU reported
According to Guinness, he's flew over 52 countries across five continents.
Guinness said that Rutherford, who turned 17 while flying, also broke two additional world records during his journey.
Guinness said that those records were the youngest man to travel the globe by aircraft solo and the youngest man to travel the world in a microlight plane.
Rutherford's feat also rachets up a bit of sibling rivalry, KTUU reported.
According to Guinness, his older sister, Zara, held the previous record. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/17-year-old-pilot-becomes-youngest-to-fly-solo-across-the-globe | 2022-08-25T17:07:35Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/17-year-old-pilot-becomes-youngest-to-fly-solo-across-the-globe | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Teachers in Ohio's largest school district might be heading back to the classrooms after a tentative agreement was reached early Thursday morning that could end a strike.
On Twitter, the Columbus Education Association confirmed that the Columbus City Schools district and union members had reached a "comprehensive conceptual agreement" just after 2:30 a.m.
BREAKING: COMPREHENSIVE CONCEPTUAL AGREEMENT REACHED AT 2:38 A.M! CEA Members: Do not report to picket sites in the morning, check your email for further instructions. pic.twitter.com/bXcndRk7HJ
— Columbus Education Association (@ColumbusEA) August 25, 2022
CBS News reported that the union said negotiations took about 14 hours before a deal was struck.
"While the details cannot yet be disclosed, the contract recognizes the Board's commitment to improving our student outcomes, the essential work of the (Columbus Education Association) members, and strengthening our learning environments," Board of Education President Jennifer Adair said in a statement.
More than 4,000 teachers and other education professionals hit the picket lines after union members voted on Sunday to strike.
The union listed reasons why they were striking in a notice of intent on Aug. 11, which included smaller class sizes, full-time art, music, and P.E. teachers at the elementary schools, and functioning heating and air-conditioning in classrooms.
The school year started Wednesday as planned, but with teachers on strike, students took classes online, which were led by substitutes, CNN reported.
The district said on its website that classes would remain online until Friday, with plans for students to return to their classrooms on Monday. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/conceptual-agreement-reached-in-ohio-teachers-strike | 2022-08-25T17:07:49Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/conceptual-agreement-reached-in-ohio-teachers-strike | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ATLANTA — One year ago, we launched an ambitious plan. We wanted to travel the country to share stories that expand the America we know by illuminating the America we might not. We called it "Two Americas."
I cannot encompass a year’s worth of stories into a few minutes of summary. But I can tell you what intertwines seemingly every trip we take, every path we profile.
At a time of immense challenges and not-always-immense hope, we have found those who, regardless, push forward. Sometimes it’s individuals taking things upon themselves. Jammella Anderson saw how lack of grocery stores keeps down her community in Albany, N.Y., so she organized free food fridges all over town. Kani Ilangovan worried about the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, so she kick-started an effort to mandate AAPI curriculum in her state of New Jersey.
Location has never mattered. In Milwaukee, we learned of a night market that takes over downtown once a month and brings diversity to one of America’s most segregated cities. In Tucson, we found a support group for kinship caregivers: those raising nieces, nephews, or grandchildren in the absence of the children’s parents. In South Dakota, the state with the highest rate of LGBTQ+ depression, we discovered a center for transgender individuals inside a church.
Often, those working on solutions want to help those who can’t often find them. Veterans often resist or reject traditional mental health services. Guitars 4 Vets is one of many programs that offer a path. We found them in Richmond. In Phoenix, we found a college program designed for those with developmental disabilities, one of three of its kind in all of Arizona. And just north of Charlotte, we found one of a handful of programs in the country for those with severe traumatic brain injury. Each effort had three things in common: strong funding, stable services, and the desire of all involved to aid those in need.
We discovered that desire even in the deepest of despair. After tornadoes leveled homes and businesses in Mayfield, Kentucky, we came across volunteer firefighters who drove hours to help chop trees. After a mass shooting in a grocery store devastated the East Side of Buffalo, New York, we found nonprofit leaders, inundated with demands, who stepped up to meet them.
It is easy to feel down. It is important to be concerned. We aim, in our stories, to show an honest look at the America you know and the America you may not. But we also look to show, that wherever we go in America, you can always find someone wanting to make their community, make their country, and make the world better. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/two-americas/theres-always-connection-lessons-learned-from-a-years-worth-of-stories-from-two-americas | 2022-08-25T17:08:01Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/two-americas/theres-always-connection-lessons-learned-from-a-years-worth-of-stories-from-two-americas | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NIKOPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainians are once again anxious about the fate of a nuclear power plant after its operator said the facility has been cut off from the electrical grid.
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, Europe's largest, has been occupied by Russian forces since the early days of the war, and continued fighting near the facility has heightened fears of a catastrophe that could affect nearby towns in southern Ukraine — or potentially an even wider region.
On Thursday, the plant was cut off from the power grid for the first time after fires damaged the only working transmission line, according to Ukraine’s nuclear power operator. It was not clear if the plant had been reconnected. As long as it remains off the grid, it will have to rely on emergency diesel generators to run cooling systems that are essential for the safe operation of the reactors.
The cutoff underscored concerns about the plant, which the government in Kyiv alleges Russia is essentially holding hostage, storing weapons there and launching attacks from around it. Moscow, meanwhile, accuses Ukraine of recklessly firing on the facility, which is located in the city of Enerhodar.
“Anybody who understands nuclear safety issues has been trembling for the last six months,” Mycle Schneider, an independent policy consultant and coordinator of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report, said before the latest incident at the plant.
Ukraine cannot simply shut down its nuclear plants during the war because it is heavily reliant on them, and its 15 reactors at four stations provide about half of its electricity. Still, an ongoing conflict near a working atomic plant is troubling for many experts who fear that a damaged facility could lead to a disaster.
That fear is palpable just across the Dnieper River in Nikopol, where residents have been under nearly constant Russian shelling since July 12, with eight people killed, 850 buildings damaged and over the half the population of 100,000 fleeing the city.
Liudmyla Shyshkina, a 74-year-old widow who lived within sight of the Zaporizhzhia plant before her apartment was bombarded and her husband killed, said she believes the Russians are capable of intentionally causing a nuclear disaster.
Fighting in early March caused a brief fire at the plant’s training complex that officials said did not result in the release of any radiation. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia’s military actions there amount to “nuclear blackmail.”
No civilian nuclear plant is designed for a wartime situation, although the buildings housing Zaporizhzhia’s six reactors are protected by reinforced concrete that could withstand an errant shell, experts say.
The more immediate concern is that a disruption of electricity supply — like the one nuclear power operator, Energoatom, reported Thursday that meant two remaining reactors at the plant were disconnected from the grid.
The operator said it couldn’t immediately comment on the operation of safety systems at the plant, where emergency diesel generators are sometimes unreliable.
External power is essential not just to cool the two reactors still in operation but also the spent radioactive fuel stored in special facilities onsite — and only one of the plant's four power lines connecting it to the grid has been operational.
“If we lose the last one, we are at the total mercy of emergency power generators,” said Najmedin Meshkati, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Southern California.
Another concern about the fighting nearby is that pools where spent fuel rods are kept to be cooled also are vulnerable to shelling, which could cause the release of radioactive material.
Kyiv told the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog, that shelling earlier this week damaged transformers at a nearby conventional power plant, disrupting electricity supplies to the Zaporizhzhia plant for several hours.
The atomic agency's head, Rafael Mariano Grossi, said Thursday he hopes to send a mission to the plant within “days.”
Negotiations over how the mission would access the plant are complicated but advancing, he said on France-24 television after meeting in Paris with French President Emmanuel Macron, who pressed Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call last week to allow the U.N. agency to visit the site.
“Kyiv accepts it. Moscow accepts it. So we need to go there," Grossi said.
At a U.N. Security Council meeting Tuesday, U.N. political chief Rosemary DiCarlo urged the withdrawal of all military personnel and equipment from the plant and an agreement on a demilitarized zone around it.
He and Schneider expressed concern that the occupation of the plant by Russian forces is also hampering safety inspections and the replacement of critical parts, and is putting severe strain on hundreds of Ukrainian staff who operate the facility.
“Human error probability will be increased manifold by fatigue,” said Meshkati, who was part of a committee appointed by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences to identify lessons from the 2011 nuclear disaster at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant. “Fatigue and stress are unfortunately two big safety factors.”
If an incident at the Zaporizhzhia plant were to release significant amounts of radiation, the scale and location of the contamination would be determined largely by the weather, said Paul Dorfman, a nuclear safety expert at the University of Sussex who has advised the British and Irish governments.
The massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the Fukushima plant destroyed cooling systems which triggered meltdowns in three of its reactors. Much of the contaminated material was blown out to sea, limiting the damage.
The April 26, 1986, explosion and fire at one of four reactors at the Chernobyl nuclear plant north of Kyiv sent a cloud of radioactive material across a wide swath of Europe and beyond. In addition to fueling anti-nuclear sentiment in many countries, the disaster left deep psychological scars on Ukrainians.
Zaporizhzhia's reactors are of a different model than those at Chernobyl, but unfavorable winds could still spread radioactive contamination in any direction, Dorfman said.
"If something really went wrong, then we have a full-scale radiological catastrophe that could reach Europe, go as far as the Middle East, and certainly could reach Russia, but the most significant contamination would be in the immediate area,” he said.
That's why Nikopol's emergency services department takes radiation measurements every hour since the Russian invasion began. Before that, it was every four hours.
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While stocks are running softer lately, after a bear market rally that started, not every expert is convinced that investors are trapped on a downward slope.
Investment strategist Jim Paulsen, of Leuthold Group, believes that better times are ahead of us – and in the near-term. Paulsen bases his upbeat outlook on recent improvements in the trend of inflation and forward earnings estimates.
“I think inflation is clearly headed south and it’s going to continue to do that. And every time we get out a few more months, it’ll be lower than it is today. I think that’s going to be more and more optimistic for stocks in general… If earnings hold together [and] inflation keeps coming down, I think the rally will regain footing yet in the balance of this year,” Paulsen opined.
Whether Paulsen is right or wrong, one thing is certain: investors have a chance to get in at discount prices. Plenty of sound stocks are trading at prices too cheap to ignore.
We’ve used TipRanks’ platform to pull up the latest scoop on two such stocks; both are ‘Strong Buy’ stocks with recent positive reviews from the Street and plenty of upside potential. Here’s a closer look, alongside the analyst commentary.
PetIQ, Inc. (PETQ)
First up is PetIQ, a manufacturer and distributor of health and wellness products for the cats and dogs that share our lives. The company operates in 42 of the lower 48 states, and offers a wide range of products and services, including flea and tick controls, dental treatments, and training aids, as well as a network of affiliated veterinary clinics. That latter services include the VetIQ pet wellness centers, located in partnering Walmart and Meijer stores, as well as a 41-state network of stand-alone community clinics.
In the recently reported second quarter for this year, PetIQ reported declines at the top line, with revenue falling 7% year-over-year, from $271 million to $252 million. This included a near-10% drop in product segment net sales, which was partly offset by y/y growth in manufactured products (28%) and services (17%).
While revenue was down in Q2, net income rose to $4.7 million, or 16% year-over-year. This translated to a diluted EPS of 16 cents, up from 14 cents in the year-ago quarter.
PetIQ stock has lost 50% this year. What this comes down to, is a stock that investors need to pay more attention to – in the view of Truist analyst Bill Chappell.
“The Product segment (85% of total sales) saw a slowdown this quarter, primarily from reduced volume due to delayed onset of the flea and tick season from cold weather and some consumer trade down to cheaper brands, while the company scaled back its wellness center initiatives, in its services segment, once again because of labor shortages,” Chappell noted.
Looking forward, however, Chappell sees a clear path for the company, and adds, “Overall we view the weather issue as transitory and in line with commentary from other seasonal businesses in our coverage, and thus we believe the story is bottoming out and PETQ is now pivoting toward becoming more of a product oriented company — something that we believe will be better understood by investors as we head into FY23.”
To this end, Chappell sets a $30 price target on the stock, indicating his faith in a robust 165% one-year upside, and rates the shares a Buy. (To watch Chappell’s track record, click here)
Overall, this small-cap retailer has picked up 4 recent analyst reviews – and they are all positive, collectively supporting a Strong Buy consensus rating. The stock is selling for $11.35 and its $27 average price target implies ~138% upside in the coming 12 months. (See PetIQ stock forecast on TipRanks)
Perficient (PRFT)
For the second stock, we’ll move to the digital world and look at Perficient, a global digital consultant firm that helps major brands connect with customers and manage business. Perficient brings experience, agility, and speed to its consultancy, and can boast that it has more than 300 Fortune 1000 firms among its clients, a 90% repeat business rate, and annual revenues upwards of $760 million. The firm works with its clients on a wide range of issues, including information tech, management consulting, marketing and digital strategy, mobile apps and creative services, and platform implementations.
On revenues, Perficient saw steady gains at the top line from 2020 through the first quarter of 2022 – but revenues flattened out in 2Q22. The top line in that most recent quarter came to $222.7 million, up 21% y/y but nearly identical to the $222.1 million from Q1. Earnings showed a better gain, with net income rising an impressive 68% from $16.6 million to $27.8 million. Non-GAAP adjusted EPS rose 26% to $1.06.
Shares in Perficient have been volatile this year, but the falling-off is clear – the stock is down 37% year-to-date, and is trading near its 52-week low.
5-star analyst Mayank Tandon, of Needham, describes the risk/reward on PRFT as ‘favorable,’ and writes: “While we are disappointed that elevated cancellations and delays are weighing on revenue, we remain positive on PRFT given the steady profitability outlook and healthy bookings momentum… The shares are trading at a FY23 P/E multiple of ~19.5x, a discount to a peer group of IT services stocks. We believe this creates a favorable risk-reward for small-cap GARP investors…”
In line with this stance, Tandon rates the shares a Buy, and his $120 price target implies a 48% upside for the next year. (To watch Tandon’s track record, click here)
All in all, the Strong Buy consensus rating on this stock is supported by 8 recent analyst reviews, which include 6 Buys and 2 Holds. The stock is selling for $81.08 and its $115.25 average price target suggests it has room for 42% share appreciation going forward. (See PRFT stock forecast on TipRanks)
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Shares in leading consumer health goods company Reckitt Benckiser (GB: RKT) are performing well, and are up by 24% in the last year.
The company’s biggest competitor, Unilever (GB:ULVR) stock was trading up by 1.3% during the same time.
Reckitt’s shares gained further momentum after the company raised its guidance number in its half-yearly results reported in July 2022.
What are Reckitt Benckiser products?
Reckitt Benckiser owns some of the best brands loved across the globe, ranging from health to hygiene to nutrition.
Some of the iconic brands include Dettol, Durex, Harpic, Gaviscon, Strepsils, Mortein, Enfamil, Vanish, Lysol, and many more.
On track for full-year results
After the company reported solid first-half results in July 2022, it remains optimistic about the full year’s results. The company has raised its guidance numbers, and is now expecting net revenue growth of 5-8% rather than the previously reported 1-4%.
The company’s first half revenue grew by 8.6% on a like-for-like basis. The revenues were well supported by all segments and geographies. The operating margins increased by 290 bps to 25.6% as a result of more products and improved productivity. The company also remains on track to achieve its medium-term goal of achieving adjusted operating margins in the mid-20s.
The company’s cash-generating ability is high and the FCF for the first half was £727 million, up from £520 million in 2021. Its dividend yield of 2.6% is above the sector average of 1.6%. But its dividends are fully covered by profits and are increased regularly, which makes the stock more attractive.
A solid pile of cash also allows the company to clear off its debt and fund more acquisitions that add value to the brand.
A perfect smart score
Reckitt’s stock scores a perfect 10 on the TipRanks Smart Score tool. This indicates that the company has the potential to outperform the market and generate higher returns for shareholders.
The Smart Score is derived after evaluating the stock on eight different parameters such as analyst ratings, news sentiment, fundamentals, technical analysis, insider transactions, etc.
Investors can use this tool to select stocks and maximise their returns.
Is Reckitt Benckiser a good investment?
According to TipRanks’ analyst rating consensus, Reckitt Benckiser stock has a Moderate Buy rating. The company has a total of 14 ratings, including 11 Buy, two Hold, and one sell recommendation.
The RKT target price is 7,639.3p, with a high and a low forecast of 9,500p and 6,100p, respectively. The price target implies around 15% of the upside potential.
Analyst comments
Matt Britzman, an analyst from Hargreaves Lansdown, commented, “Reckitt’s resilient performance so far this year continues to impress. Price hikes were all but guaranteed given the double-digit inflation in certain costs the group was seeing, but impressively, volumes are still growing. That’s testament to the defensive nature of Reckitt’s portfolio; cleaning and hygiene products are hardly going to be the first things left off shopping lists when wallets are stretched.”
Conclusion
Without a doubt, the rising cost of inflation at this level is a source of concern for the company. But with premium brands, pricing power comes naturally to these companies, which helps in an inflationary economy.
Overall, the sentiment is bullish for Reckitt’s shares based on its stable brand portfolio that is driving profits for the company. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/reckitt-benckiser-stock-a-good-choice-for-healthy-returns | 2022-08-25T17:11:05Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/reckitt-benckiser-stock-a-good-choice-for-healthy-returns | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Dollar General and Dollar Tree both reported earnings today. Both companies operate as discount retailers, which in a world of high inflation tend to perform well. However, Dollar General’s report was easily better than that of Dollar Tree’s.
Dollar General (DG)
Adjusted earnings per share came in at $2.98, which beat analysts’ consensus estimate of $2.94 per DG share. In the past nine quarters, the company has beaten estimates eight times.
In addition, same-store sales increased 4.6% year-over-year, beating estimates of a 3.9% increase. As a result, Dollar General raised its same-store-sales growth outlook for Fiscal Year 2022 from a range of 3%-3.5% to a range of 4%-4.5%.
Furthermore, the gross profit margin expanded from 31.6% to 32.3%, which was driven by higher prices despite a slowdown in demand for discretionary items.
A quick look at TipRanks’ website traffic tool would’ve provided clues that could’ve helped investors anticipate the strong quarterly performance. As per the image below, you can see that Dollar General saw a solid increase in unique visitors, which highlights the shift in consumer spending trends as inflation cuts into spending power.
Is DG Stock a Buy or Sell?
Dollar General has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on 11 Buys and four Holds assigned in the past three months. The average DG stock price target of $270.46 implies over 10% upside potential.
Dollar Tree (DLTR)
Adjusted earnings per share came in at $1.60, which was in line with analysts’ consensus estimate of $1.60 per DLTR share. In the past nine quarters, the company has beaten or met estimates each time. In addition, same-store sales increased 4.9% year-over-year, but that missed estimates of a 5% increase.
However, the problem with Dollar Tree’s report was that the company lowered its profit guidance for Fiscal Year 2022. Previously, the company had projected an EPS figure in the range of $7.80 to $8.20. Now, the expectation is for EPS to fall somewhere between $7.10 to $7.40.
The driver of this downbeat forecast is price cuts at its Family Dollar stores, as competitors such as Target (TGT) and Walmart (WMT) offer deep discounts in order to clear their inventory levels.
When looking at Dollar Tree’s website traffic, it has a similar pattern to Dollar General. However, there’s a noticeable difference in the increase of unique visitors, as Dollar Tree took much longer to pass its December peak and barely did so. Therefore, investors who compared the website traffic of the two companies could have also anticipated that Dollar General would perform better than Dollar Tree.
Is DLTR Stock a Buy or Sell?
When it comes to Dollar Tree, Wall Street has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on eight Buys, five Holds, and one Sell assigned in the past three months. The average DLTR stock price target of $173.15 implies over 16% upside potential.
Takeaway – Dollar General is Better than Dollar Tree
It would appear that Dollar General is currently a better operator than Dollar Tree. While Dollar Tree is lowering guidance, Dollar General is raising its forecast while expanding its gross margins. A quick look at the website traffic of each could have helped investors anticipate these results.
Thus, readers should check out the top 10 most visited retail websites. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/dollar-stores-report-earnings-why-one-stock-is-better-than-the-other | 2022-08-25T17:11:17Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/dollar-stores-report-earnings-why-one-stock-is-better-than-the-other | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Shares of cannabis retailer Aurora Cannabis (ACB) (TSE: ACB) are trending upwards today after it acquired a majority stake in Bevo Agtech, which provides propagated vegetables and ornamental plants. The company has a distribution network in Canada and the U.S. In sync with this transaction, Bevo is acquiring ACB’s Aurora Sky unit in Alberta. Over the year ended June, Bevo generated $39 million in revenue and adjusted EBITDA of $9 million. This can help ACB reach profitability.
The CEO of Aurora Cannabis, Miguel Martin, commented, “We expect this investment and collaboration between industry leaders will drive significant shareholder value and synergies for both parties. We are also excited about Bevo repurposing Aurora Sky and the potential to expand the scale and scope of their business and saving significant costs previously expected in connection with the wind-down and sale of the facility.”
Importantly, with this move, Aurora gets a growing and profitable business that can drive shareholder value in the long term. In turn, Bevo expands its addressable market with entry into Alberta. Further, this also boosts Bevo’s production capacity, shipping range, and access to regional demand.
Aurora paid a consideration of $45 million for the transaction with further financial milestone payments of $12 million to selling investors of Bevo. In turn, Aurora could receive milestone payments of up to $25 million from Bevo.
Is Aurora Cannabis Stock a Buy, Sell, or Hold?
Turning to Wall Street, analysts see another 31.5% potential upside in the stock based on a Moderate Buy consensus rating and an average price target of $2.11. There have been one Buy and two Holds assigned in the past three months.
Concurrently, hedge funds, too, have increased their ACB holdings by 30,100 shares in the last quarter. Particularly, Joel Greenblatt’s Gotham Asset Management has upped its Aurora holdings by 153.9% recently.
Conclusion: ACB is Focused on Achieving Profitability
Despite yesterday’s price gain, Aurora shares are down over 70% so far this year and aren’t too far from their 52-week low of $1.21. Additionally, a short interest of nearly 10% means the stock could drop further. In such a scenario, its Bevo move points to a focus on achieving profitability in the coming periods. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/will-aurora-cannabis-nasdaqacb-bevo-acquisition-improve-its-profitability | 2022-08-25T17:11:24Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/will-aurora-cannabis-nasdaqacb-bevo-acquisition-improve-its-profitability | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Laura Orr, Director of Education and Darcy Sink, Volunteer Coordinator at the Hampton Roads Naval Museum, provide an orientation for area Chief Petty Officers in preparation for the museum’s CPO Heritage Days training event scheduled for September 19-21, 2022. The museum’s CPO training event is the largest and longest running event of its kind in the Hampton Roads, Virginia area for newly selected Chief Petty Officers and is held aboard the Battleship Wisconsin and the Nauticus campus in Downtown Norfolk, Virginia. (US Navy Photo by Max Lonzanida/Released).
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After two years lost to the pandemic, the Brown Sugar Music Festival is back in New Iberia.
This year's return is set for September 24 on the Martin Luther King Jr. Expressway (also known as Hopkins Street) between Field and Roberson streets. The event begins at noon and lasts until 9 p.m.
The festival is free and family-oriented.
Organizers are looking for sponsors now, and selling t-shirts so everyone who enjoys the event can support it.
To find details on the shirts, click here or here.
Coming soon are announcements about artists who will appear and other planned activities; you can keep up with festival happenings on their Facebook page here. | https://www.katc.com/news/iberia-parish/brown-sugar-festival-is-back-happening-in-new-iberia-on-september-24 | 2022-08-25T17:12:00Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/iberia-parish/brown-sugar-festival-is-back-happening-in-new-iberia-on-september-24 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Second Harvest Food Bank's Makin' Groceries Mobile Market will be visiting Jeanerette Friday morning.
The market will be parked between 9 a.m. and noon in the parking lot of Mac's Sugar City Market, 1001 E. Main Street.
Shoppers will have access to freshly stocked seasonal produce like okra and other affordable food items such as meat and dairy, while supplies last.
The Makin’ Groceries Mobile Market is part of Second Harvest’s community initiative to tackle food deserts across Acadiana by providing access to affordable, healthy foods. Bringing the mobile market to the City of Jeanerette is an effort to support residents in response to Mac’s Sugar City Market, the only supermarket in Jeanerette, shutting down due to fire.
In addition, the rising cost of food due to high inflation has many families struggling to put food on the table, while many others lack transportation to travel to supermarkets outside of the city. With the mobile market, residents will now have easy access to fresh produce, meat, and dairy food items, as well as free wellness services.
Currently, Second Harvest plans to operate the Makin’ Groceries Mobile Market once a month in the City of Jeanerette. | https://www.katc.com/news/iberia-parish/second-harvest-mobile-market-will-be-in-jeanerette-tomorrow | 2022-08-25T17:12:12Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/iberia-parish/second-harvest-mobile-market-will-be-in-jeanerette-tomorrow | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Teachers in Ohio's largest school district might be heading back to the classrooms after a tentative agreement was reached early Thursday morning that could end a strike.
On Twitter, the Columbus Education Association confirmed that the Columbus City Schools district and union members had reached a "comprehensive conceptual agreement" just after 2:30 a.m.
BREAKING: COMPREHENSIVE CONCEPTUAL AGREEMENT REACHED AT 2:38 A.M! CEA Members: Do not report to picket sites in the morning, check your email for further instructions. pic.twitter.com/bXcndRk7HJ
— Columbus Education Association (@ColumbusEA) August 25, 2022
CBS News reported that the union said negotiations took about 14 hours before a deal was struck.
"While the details cannot yet be disclosed, the contract recognizes the Board's commitment to improving our student outcomes, the essential work of the (Columbus Education Association) members, and strengthening our learning environments," Board of Education President Jennifer Adair said in a statement.
More than 4,000 teachers and other education professionals hit the picket lines after union members voted on Sunday to strike.
The union listed reasons why they were striking in a notice of intent on Aug. 11, which included smaller class sizes, full-time art, music, and P.E. teachers at the elementary schools, and functioning heating and air-conditioning in classrooms.
The school year started Wednesday as planned, but with teachers on strike, students took classes online, which were led by substitutes, CNN reported.
The district said on its website that classes would remain online until Friday, with plans for students to return to their classrooms on Monday. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/conceptual-agreement-reached-in-ohio-teachers-strike | 2022-08-25T17:12:36Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/conceptual-agreement-reached-in-ohio-teachers-strike | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ATLANTA — One year ago, we launched an ambitious plan. We wanted to travel the country to share stories that expand the America we know by illuminating the America we might not. We called it "Two Americas."
I cannot encompass a year’s worth of stories into a few minutes of summary. But I can tell you what intertwines seemingly every trip we take, every path we profile.
At a time of immense challenges and not-always-immense hope, we have found those who, regardless, push forward. Sometimes it’s individuals taking things upon themselves. Jammella Anderson saw how lack of grocery stores keeps down her community in Albany, N.Y., so she organized free food fridges all over town. Kani Ilangovan worried about the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes, so she kick-started an effort to mandate AAPI curriculum in her state of New Jersey.
Location has never mattered. In Milwaukee, we learned of a night market that takes over downtown once a month and brings diversity to one of America’s most segregated cities. In Tucson, we found a support group for kinship caregivers: those raising nieces, nephews, or grandchildren in the absence of the children’s parents. In South Dakota, the state with the highest rate of LGBTQ+ depression, we discovered a center for transgender individuals inside a church.
Often, those working on solutions want to help those who can’t often find them. Veterans often resist or reject traditional mental health services. Guitars 4 Vets is one of many programs that offer a path. We found them in Richmond. In Phoenix, we found a college program designed for those with developmental disabilities, one of three of its kind in all of Arizona. And just north of Charlotte, we found one of a handful of programs in the country for those with severe traumatic brain injury. Each effort had three things in common: strong funding, stable services, and the desire of all involved to aid those in need.
We discovered that desire even in the deepest of despair. After tornadoes leveled homes and businesses in Mayfield, Kentucky, we came across volunteer firefighters who drove hours to help chop trees. After a mass shooting in a grocery store devastated the East Side of Buffalo, New York, we found nonprofit leaders, inundated with demands, who stepped up to meet them.
It is easy to feel down. It is important to be concerned. We aim, in our stories, to show an honest look at the America you know and the America you may not. But we also look to show, that wherever we go in America, you can always find someone wanting to make their community, make their country, and make the world better. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/two-americas/theres-always-connection-lessons-learned-from-a-years-worth-of-stories-from-two-americas | 2022-08-25T17:12:49Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/two-americas/theres-always-connection-lessons-learned-from-a-years-worth-of-stories-from-two-americas | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WEWS) — A back-to-school festival on Aug. 20 could have turned into a tragedy for Cleveland Police Sgt. Ray O’Connor after he was stung by bees.
O’Connor and his partner attended the festival to meet and interact with children from the neighborhood, according to police.
O’Connor was playing football with a few kids when he was stung by bees. He notified his partner that he was deathly allergic to bees but left his EpiPen at the station. As his partner began to render aid, Tomika Johnson ran home to get her son’s EpiPen.
Once Johnson was back with the EpiPen, the medication was administered to O'Connor, who was unconscious. O'Connor was then transported to St. Vincent Hospital, where he was provided medical attention.
The officers met Johnson and her family Wednesday to thank them for going above and beyond.
Johnson and her son Zaire will be recipients of the "Citizen Award" at the City of Cleveland’s Fourth District Awards Ceremony on Oct. 6.
This story was originally reported by AJ Smith on news5cleveland.com. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/woman-saves-police-officers-life-after-bee-attack | 2022-08-25T17:13:01Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/woman-saves-police-officers-life-after-bee-attack | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A woman drove from Rhode Island to Massachusetts before realizing a naked man was passed out in the back of her vehicle, authorities said.
According to CBS News, the man got in the vehicle after the woman started it at her home and then went back inside.
Police said the man fell asleep on the rear seat floor.
The woman reportedly drove about 30 miles to work before discovering the man.
CBS News reports the woman called 911. When officers arrived, they woke the man up. They said he had consumed a large amount of alcohol and marijuana earlier in the day.
According to WPRI, a CBS affiliate in Rhode Island, the woman said the man never threatened or injured her. He was arrested and charged with breaking and entering. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/woman-unknowingly-drives-to-work-with-naked-man-passed-out-in-back-of-vehicle | 2022-08-25T17:13:07Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/woman-unknowingly-drives-to-work-with-naked-man-passed-out-in-back-of-vehicle | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NORFOLK, Va. (August 25, 2022) --Three Military Sealift Command civilian teammates and three supervisors recently participated in MSC’s Civilian Rotation Training Opportunity (CRTO) program.
MSC’s CRTO program provides a formal process which allows civilian teammates to gain professional knowledge and development through temporary assignment to positions outside their normal employment.
“The CRTO program enhances personal, professional, and organizational growth for employees,” said Mike Kishbaugh, MSC Human Resource Training Administration Branch Director. “These opportunities increase institutional knowledge transfer and retention of information, promote ongoing learning and development, and create continuity of organizational culture.”
“The CRTO is a unique opportunity that can be tailored to the specific needs of the individual, Kishbaugh added.” CRTO is a win-win-win program where the individual, host department and the Command all win by sharing knowledge, fostering collaboration therefore increasing understanding across and throughout the Command.”
The following MSC Teammates and Supervisors recently participated in MSC’s CRTO program:
Employees
Maria Spikes (served with MSC Europe and Africa, Naples)
Tanya Delpriore (served with N8)
Perry Corbett (served with N7)
Supervisors who hosted CRTO
Thomas Giudice (MSCEURAF hosted MSC’s first CRTO Maria Spikes)
Chellsia Broughton-Ford (hosted Tanya Delpriore)
Steven Midas (N7 hosted Perry Corbett)
Perry Corbett, MSC Occupational Safety and Health Specialist/Manager and recent CRTO program participant provided some insight about their experience with the temporary position rotation.
“During my CRTO rotation I was assigned to assist branch heads within MSC Ship Material and Readiness Testing (SMART) Program, MSC Environmental Protection, Damage Control Programs and MSC Safety Management System (SMS) Program,” according to Corbett. “My primary reason for taking advantage of MSC CRTO was to broaden my tunnel vision view of other roles shore employees provide in assisting the fleet as they service the warfighters and other customers.”
“This experience allowed me to not only expand my knowledge but allowed me to understand other functions that goes into ship readiness,” Corbett added. “This opportunity also provided a period for me to step away from day to day safety duties and allowed me to experience other supervisors/managers approach and styles in reaching departmental and MSC goals in a positive manner.”
MSC Human Resource Specialist Michele Sandifer provided guidelines for the command’s teammates in regards to CRTO.
“CRTOs are not to exceed 120 days however, many can be held in shorter timeframes such as 3-4 weeks or even completed part-time such as 1-2 days per week,” Sandifer said. “CRTOs are open to permanent MSC civilian General Schedule (GS) employees and external federal employees rotating within MSC.”
“Applicants must have at least one year of service with MSC,” Sandifer added. “Applicants’ last performance rating must be Fully Successful (or equivalent) or higher. Rotation training opportunities should not involve the performance of higher level duties which would constitute a promotion.”
Sandifer directed MSC teammates interested in participating in the CRTO program begin the process by talking with their supervisor. They will be required to complete and submit a CRTO Request Form and SF-182 and submit the documents to their supervisor.
For more information about MSC’s CRTO program please contact Michele Sandifer at michele.l.sandifer.civ@us.navy.mil or call (757) 341-6507.
MSC supports opportunities for civilian General Schedule (GS) employees to rotate to other MSC positions or external federal agencies, with chain of command approval, and to provide guidance to assist external federal employees rotating within MSC in order to improve individual and organizational performance. This is done in an effort to support the goals of Chief of Naval Operations and MSC, and to provide a mission-ready workforce by developing and retaining highly skilled employees to meet current and projected performance requirements essential to maintaining optimum readiness.
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Capt. Micah Robbins, company commander of the Liberty (Mo.) Army Recruiting Company, and Jodi Vickery, Armed Forces Bank director of military consumer lending, signed a memorandum of agreement to recognize Armed Forces Bank/Academy Bank as a partner in the U.S. Army Partnership for Your Success (PaYS) Program during a ceremony Aug. 18 at Armed Forces Bank on Fort Leavenworth.
The PaYS Program guarantees service members transitioning into civilian careers an interview with national business partners such as Armed Forces Bank. The program enters participants into a database in which they can monitor employment opportunities with up to five participating partners. Upon application, service members can continue to network with the partner to find potential positions valuable to themselves and PaYS partners. PaYS began in 2000 as an enlistment incentive and scaled to service Reservists, cadets and the National Guard.
During his remarks, Robbins welcomed those in attendance and said it was an honor to be present for the signing. He said recruiting those in uniform and service members seeking civilian careers are challenging; the partnership sets a solution in motion.
“With the privilege comes opportunity. (In this) event today, we’re stamping a sense of approval on what we see as being an enduring workforce partnership and relationship moving forward,” Robbins said.
He said he believes the partnership closes a resource gap between Armed Forces Bank and the military while translating skills between organizations for service members.
Vickery also thanked those in attendance and the staff at Armed Forces Bank for their efforts in forging the partnership and ceremony.
“Becoming a PaYS partner is a meaningful way that Armed Forces Bank and our sister bank, Academy Bank, can act on our deep commitment to supporting the men and women of the military.” Vickery said.
She said the company has valued finding opportunities to support service members and their families since its inception in 1907. Vickery said military-affiliated employees comprise about 85 percent of personnel at Armed Forces Bank retail branches.
“We know — and first-hand value — the strength of character, the leadership, values, the work ethic, and the many other intangible elements that a service member can bring to the table to offer a civilian employer,” Vickery said. “These characteristics add significant value to our organization, and so the opportunity today to solidify that, becoming a PaYS partner, is just a natural next step for us to take.”
She said she understands the importance of the PaYS program as the spouse of a retired service member who has experienced the challenges of hiring during a transition out of the military. She said Armed Forces Bank can quickly hire high caliber, valuable employees by understanding a soldier’s military experience and the translation of skills learned in occupational specialties. She said the bank offers a series of occupations to continue the professional development of service members as it has done in the past through industry training and spouses’ programs.
“We couldn’t be more pleased today to officially add this PaYS partnership with the U.S. Army to these things and other ways we engage in support of the community that we are just privileged to serve on a day-in and day-out basis. We look forward to interviewing, mentoring and hiring future candidates at both of our banks that will no doubt be sent our way through the PaYS program.”
Teresa Ascencio, chief people officer at Academy Bank, shared her enthusiasm for the opportunity to hire service members transitioning into civilian careers through the program. She compared the skills shared by bankers and soldiers, specifically a heart for service.
For more information about the PaYS program, visit https://www.armypays.com/GENERAL%20INFORMATION.html
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Since the announcement that Sex Education's Ncuti Gatwa would play the next Doctor was made public, rumours have been flying about who will be the young actor's companion. Doctor Who has been making firsts with both the current and upcoming Doctors, as Jodie Whittaker became the first female Doctor in 2018 and Ncuti will become the first Black Doctor.
One rumour that has now been squashed is whether Rose Ayling-Ellis, who comes from Folkestone and Hythe, will join the Doctor Who cast as a companion. Speaking to Sky News at the Edinburgh TV Festival, the Strictly winner said there is "no truth" to the rumours.
One confirmed member of the cast is Heartstopper's Yasmin Finney, who will play a character called Rose. She will make her show debut in 2023.
Read more:Strictly and Olympic star Adam Peaty announces split from girlfriend
"I think it was a rumour which started on Twitter, and it just got bigger and bigger and now it's everywhere," said Rose Ayling-Ellis. The former Eastenders star went on to confirm that it's not actually happening.
Nonetheless, if the Doctor Who casting directors did want to offer it to her, the actress said that "it sounds like a great job!" Perhaps there's still a chance!
If Rose were to become part of the show, she would be the first companion with a disability to appear in the show. The 27-year-old made similar history last year on Strictly Come Dancing, becoming the first deaf participant and then the first deaf winner - of the dancing show.
Since then, Rose has gone on to continue activism for deaf people. She has worked with Barbie to launch the very first doll with hearing aids from the brand.
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A crash temporarily closed a section of the A2 on Thursday (August 25). The crash happened on the London bound section of A2 shortly before 5pm. Queues formed shortly before the M2 junction after a lorry crashed into the central reservation. Congestion also built up on the A2 Boughton Bypass as a result of the collision and resulting road closure.
Kent Police has said that nobody is thought to have been injured in the collision. It is unknown what caused the lorry to leave the carriageway and hit the reservation.
Pictures from the scene show the extent of the damage. The road's central reservation has been knocked down by the lorry causing the inside lane of the opposite carriageway to be closed whilst debris was on the surface.
READ MORE: Sevenoaks driver's rare car destroyed after being rear-ended by BMW in M25 crash
Queues formed behind the stranded lorry whilst Kent Police undertook their required recovery work whilst one motorist, who was stuck in the resulting queues, said: "It's damaged about 6 cars on the other side. Down to one lane. Took us 30 mins to past."
A statement issued by Kent Police has said: "Kent Police was called at 5.02pm on Thursday 25 August 2022 to a report of a collision involving a lorry on the London bound A2 near Faversham. No serious injuries are believed to have been reported.
"Officers are at the scene and road closures are in place. Traffic is heavier than usual and motorists are advised to avoid the area if possible."
Traffic site INRIX said at around 5:30pm : "All traffic being temporarily held and delays due to accident, a lorry involved on A2 London bound from Canterbury Road (Dunkirk) to Canterbury Road (Dunkirk / Boughton, Boughton Under Blean). A lorry has gone into the central reservation."
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A trailer for Sam Mendes's Empire of Light - filmed in Margate - has been released. The clip posted on Twitter by Searchlight Pictures shows actress Olivia Colman in different locations in the seaside town while Toby Jones describes the magic of cinema.
The film, which will be released on December 9, portrays a love story in the 1980s and is set in the iconic Dreamland cinema. As well as Colman and Young, it also stars Colin Firth, Tom Brooke and Michael Ward.
The movie's producers transformed the cinema into a snowy wonderland, as seen in pictures earlier this year. Filming started in February and continued until the summer.
READ MORE:Thanet: Release date revealed for Sam Mendes' Empire of Light filmed in Margate
In the trailer, Toby Young's character describes what happens in a cinema, saying: "Film: it's just static frames with darkness in between. But there's a little flaw in your optic nerve, so if I run the film at 24 frames per second it creates an illusion of motion. An illusion of life.
"So you don't see the darkness. Out there they just see a beam of light. And nothing happens without light."
As he speaks we see what appears to be a love story taking place between Colman and Ward.
Twitter users were quick to share their excitement under the video. One said: "I'm getting emotional for a 1 minute teaser... I'm not going to survive this film am I?"
Another commented: "So...this year's Oscars now has a front runner," while a third added: "I'm already crying. Oh, and Olivia Coleman is a goddess."
Earlier this year, producers of the film set off over 1,000 fireworks as part of the production. Pictures also showed Colman battling some artificial weather conditions as part of the filming - and we can now see the effects of that work in the trailer, as the actress is shown walking along the snowy seafront.
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Cosmos joins the Fox 17 Morning Mix to talk about his new book, "Once We Were Here," and how the story has ties to Grand Haven.
"Once We Were Here" is available in hardcover, ebook, and audiobook. The paperback release will be on September 6.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Teachers in Ohio's largest school district might be heading back to the classrooms after a tentative agreement was reached early Thursday morning that could end a strike.
On Twitter, the Columbus Education Association confirmed that the Columbus City Schools district and union members had reached a "comprehensive conceptual agreement" just after 2:30 a.m.
BREAKING: COMPREHENSIVE CONCEPTUAL AGREEMENT REACHED AT 2:38 A.M! CEA Members: Do not report to picket sites in the morning, check your email for further instructions. pic.twitter.com/bXcndRk7HJ
— Columbus Education Association (@ColumbusEA) August 25, 2022
CBS News reported that the union said negotiations took about 14 hours before a deal was struck.
"While the details cannot yet be disclosed, the contract recognizes the Board's commitment to improving our student outcomes, the essential work of the (Columbus Education Association) members, and strengthening our learning environments," Board of Education President Jennifer Adair said in a statement.
More than 4,000 teachers and other education professionals hit the picket lines after union members voted on Sunday to strike.
The union listed reasons why they were striking in a notice of intent on Aug. 11, which included smaller class sizes, full-time art, music, and P.E. teachers at the elementary schools, and functioning heating and air-conditioning in classrooms.
The school year started Wednesday as planned, but with teachers on strike, students took classes online, which were led by substitutes, CNN reported.
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The Associated Press reported that James Coddington was executed by lethal injection and was pronounced dead at 10:16 a.m. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
The news outlet reported that Coddington, then 24, was convicted of the 1997 murder of 73-year-old Albert Hale, who he beat to death with a hammer.
During his trial, the news outlet reported, Coddington killed Hale because he didn't give him money to buy cocaine.
Earlier this month, the Associated Press reported that during his clemency hearing, Coddington apologized to the Hale family, telling the five-member Pardon and Parole Board that he was a changed man.
“I’m clean, I know God, I’m not ... I’m not a vicious murderer,” Coddington said, the AP reported. “If this ends today with my death sentence, OK.”
The five-member board voted 3-2 to recommend Coddington for clemency, the Associated Press reported.
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Jeffrey Dean Morgan Joins the Cast of The Boys Season 4
The Boys showrunner Eric Kripke has been teasing the possibility of Jeffrey Dean Morgan joining the series’ cast for at least two years. But now, the moment has finally arrived. Deadline is reporting that Morgan has booked an undisclosed role in the show’s fourth season, which began production earlier this week.
Morgan previously worked with Kripke on The CW’s Supernatural, where the actor made several recurring appearances as John Winchester. And thanks to his ruthless portrayal of Negan on AMC’s The Walking Dead, he’s always seemed like a natural fit to join the no-holds-barred universe of The Boys. Kripke originally floated the idea of Morgan coming aboard the series in 2020, when he publicly offered him a role on Twitter several months before season 2 premiered on Amazon Prime. Kripke later revealed that he had a specific role in mind for Morgan to play in season 3. Unfortunately, they couldn’t work out a schedule in time, and it’s unclear if the character he’s playing in season 4 is the same one Kripke was thinking about beforehand.
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Earlier this year, Morgan wrapped production on the final season of The Walking Dead. However, he isn’t saying goodbye to Negan anytime soon. Morgan will also co-headline an upcoming spinoff series with Lauren Cohan, which finished shooting its pilot episode this month. The new show is expected to premiere sometime in 2023.
Amazon still hasn’t announced a release date for The Boys season 4.
Who do you think Morgan could play in the series? Tell us your ideas in the comment section below!
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According to CBS News, the man got in the vehicle after the woman started it at her home and then went back inside.
Police said the man fell asleep on the rear seat floor.
The woman reportedly drove about 30 miles to work before discovering the man.
CBS News reports the woman called 911. When officers arrived, they woke the man up. They said he had consumed a large amount of alcohol and marijuana earlier in the day.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The nightmare season for Jared Walsh has gotten even worse, and now it may be over.
The Angels’ first baseman was placed on the injured list Thursday with thoracic outlet syndrome, which could lead to season-ending surgery. Head athletic trainer Mike Frostad said they aren’t sure how serious it is. Walsh will be re-evaluated next week.
Walsh mentioned the issue to trainers last week, Frostad said. When the team arrived in Florida this week, they sent him for further tests, which revealed the condition. The condition occurs when blood vessels or nerves are compressed between the collarbone and first rib.
Frostad said thoracic outlet syndrome can affect any athlete who makes an overhead motion. It’s more serious for pitchers, who obviously have to throw more often and with more intensity than a position player.
It does happen with position players, though.
Tampa Bay Rays catcher Mike Zunino was diagnosed with thoracic outlet syndrome in June. The Rays spent a month trying to treat it without surgery, but he ultimately needed surgery. Zunino told Rays reporters on Thursday that he’s expecting to be ready for the start of spring training.
Without Walsh, the Angels brought up first baseman Mike Ford, who is with his fourth organization of the year.
Ford appeared in 101 games with the New York Yankees from 2019 to 2021 – when Phil Nevin was the Yankees’ third base coach – and this year he’s been with the San Francisco Giants, Seattle Mariners and Atlanta Braves.
A left-handed hitter, Ford has a career .192 average with a .695 OPS, which is actually higher than Walsh’s .642 OPS this season.
“Very talented with the bat,” Nevin said. “Hits a lot of balls hard. Plays a good first base. He’s an athletic guy. You look at him, you might not say that, but very athletic dude, he was a two-way player at Princeton, very intelligent.”
The Angels opened a 40-man roster spot for Ford by designating Phil Gosselin for assignment. Gosselin hit .098 with a .269 OPS in 22 games with the Angels.
The Angels also brought up catcher Matt Thaiss, who takes Walsh’s spot on the roster. Nevin said Thaiss would play some first base and also catch one of the games this weekend in Toronto.
Nevin said he was hoping the new hitters could breathe some life into an Angels team struggling at the plate.
“The at-bats have to be better,” Nevin said. “These guys have been taking really good at-bats down there. These (new) guys will get some looks.”
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The Angels did not announce which players will not be traveling with the team to Toronto because they are unvaccinated, but they had three other players in the clubhouse who were inactive Thursday.
Outfielder Ryan Aguilar and right-handed relievers José Marte and Gerardo Reyes were there. Marte has already been up with the Angels a couple times this season.
This weekend will be the major-league debut for Aguilar, an Anaheim native and product of Esperanza High. He came from Double-A, where he was hitting .280 with 15 homers and a .944 OPS.
Reyes, 29, will be making his Angels debut, but not his major-league debut. He pitched in 27 games with the Padres in 2019, and then the Angels acquired him in a 2020 trade for Jason Castro. Reyes got hurt in spring training 2021 and required Tommy John surgery.
This season at Triple-A, he has a 3.69 ERA in 39 innings, with 52 strikeouts and 28 walks.
Players who are unable to travel to Canada because of their vaccination status are placed on the restricted list and don’t receive their salaries for those days. A team can replace them with players who aren’t on the 40-man roster, and then those players can be removed from the 40-man roster without being designated for assignment.
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Editor’s note: This is the Thursday Aug. 25 edition of the “Game Day with Kevin Modesti” newsletter. To receive the newsletter in your inbox, sign up here.
Good morning. For the Angels, it’s the second day of the rest of their lives. We’ll get to more Arte Moreno analysis in a moment.
Here’s the other pro sports news:
- A jury awards $16 million to the widow of Lakers legend Kobe Bryant.
- The Lakers are trading for ex-Clippers guard Patrick Beverley.
- LeBron James and Kevin Durant see the limits of “player empowerment,” writes Kyle Goon.
- The Dodgers bruise the Brewers again.
- Rams tight end Brycen Hopkins wins a job.
In college sports
- Eric Gentry catches the eye at USC practice.
- Carl Jones Jr. tries to do the same at UCLA camp.
- And columnist Jim Alexander wonders when college sports will turn into pro sports.
And here’s a high school sports item: The CIF Southern Section sent a note to schools about NIL rules. Look to our papers’ websites for football score updates tonight and tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the Angels remain the talk of Southern California sports after Moreno’s announcement Tuesday that he is looking to sell the team.
On the field, the Angels were owned by the Rays again, blowing three leads and losing in extra innings.
As for their future: Baseball columnist J.P. Hoornstra has a smart analysis of what a new owner will have to do with the Angels, namely allowing the team’s baseball people to create an identity, a plan, an approach, a philosophy, a style of play, something they certainly had when they won the 2002 World Series with Mike Scioscia as manager and Bill Stoneman as GM. Read J.P.’s prescription here.
Plus, Angels beat writer Jeff Fletcher took to Twitter Spaces yesterday and answered questions from SCNG assistant sports editor James Williams and listeners. You can listen to it here.
Among Fletcher’s points:
• One surprise about Moreno’s announcement is that it was a surprise to Mike Trout, who said he learned about it like everyone else when the news release came out.
“You would think that somebody of that stature, that they would give him a little heads-up, to say, ‘Hey, look, I’m thinking of selling the team. Just wanted to let you know before you find out about it like everybody else,’ “ Fletcher said of the center fielder whose 12-year, $426.5 million contract runs to 2030. “I was a little surprised that he didn’t know about it. It was interesting.”
A listener comes away thinking this, along with Moreno’s poor relations with the press and Angels “alumni,” is evidence of a communication problem at the top.
• Decisions about Shohei Ohtani’s future likely will be left to the new owner, Ohtani’s 2023 salary could be subject to arbitration, and then he’s eligible for free agency. Arguably, Moreno could raise the price tag for the franchise by hurrying to either sign the two-way star to a long-term deal or trade him for prospects.
“The conversations could have started right when the (2022) season ended about that, but now I think that’s all going to be on hold because that decision is best left to the next owner,” Fletcher said. “I think most likely what’s going to happen is nothing is going to happen with Ohtani until there’s a new owner to decide what he or she wants to do.”
• Supply and demand could drive the sale price higher – much higher – than the Angels’ $2.2 billion valuation by Forbes.
“If you get a couple of people that are interested in getting into a bidding war, then it could get up to $3 billion or something like that,” Jeff said, adding with what sounded like a straight face: “I was thinking of buying the team for $2 billion, but I can’t handle $3 billion, so I’m probably going to have to step away.”
• A timetable for the ownership change is unclear.
“It can go anywhere from four months to two years,” Fletcher said. “I think the Angels would love to get it all buttoned up in four to six months. I think the reason they’re announcing this now is to give themselves a head start and hopefully get a new owner in place by the start of next season.
“I guess the best-case scenario is that this is all over in December-January, and the worst case is that we’re still talking about this a year from now.”
• Angels fans are excited about a change. But you knew that.
“I think they might be a little too excited, just because you don’t know what you’re going to get (next),” Fletcher said. “But I think people have just been so disappointed by the way the Angels have gone over the last seven or eight years. Rightly or wrongly, a lot of the blame goes to Arte Moreno. I don’t think he deserves all of it, but certainly he deserves some of it. I think people just want something different.”
Fletcher, author of the new book “Sho-Time: The Inside Story of Shohei Ohtani and the Greatest Baseball Season Ever Played,” has covered the Angels for The Orange County Register and SCNG papers for a decade. Follow his writing in the paper here and in the free Angels In The Inbox newsletter by signing up here.
TODAY
• Angels try to get one win from their four-game series with the Rays in St. Petersburg (10:10 a.m, BSW). Starters Patrick Sandoval and Drew Rasmussen have August ERAs of 0.93 and 1.57.
• In college soccer, the 23rd-ranked UCLA men host UC Irvine (7 p.m., Pac12N) and the sixth-ranked Bruin women host Cal State Northridge (4 p.m., Pac12N).
• Del Mar’s eight-race card (2 p.m.) starts a racing week that features Saturday’s Pat O’Brien Stakes. Sign up for our free Ponies Express newsletter here to get the consensus box emailed to you, with picks by Bob Mieszerski, Art Wilson, Eddie Wilson and Terry Turrell.
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The town of Midnight Falls is opening its gates once again as the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride returns to Griffith Park in Los Angeles on Sept. 23 and runs select evenings through Oct. 31.
It’s always Halloween in Midnight Falls and guests can expect to see the self-appointed mayor, Monte Revolta, roaming the streets and leading the nightly Town Square performances with his Band of The Living Dead. While exploring the creepy little town, patrons can embark on the traditional wagon hayride, run through various scare zones and walk-thru mazes including returning favorites: Trick or Treat and Midnight Mortuary, as well as the newly revamped (S)Laughterhouse.
The discounted ticket presale begins at noon on Aug. 25; The general public on sale begins at noon Sept. 1 and tickets start at $39.99. Fans can sign up for additional discounted tickets, while supplies last, and will receive a text message or email when more go on sale. To sign up for discounted tickets and for more information, go to losangeleshauntedhayride.com.
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SALISBURY, Md. - Police have arrested a Salisbury man accused of using his home for the purpose of drug dealing and prostitution.
The Wicomico County Sheriff's Office said Thursday that over the past couple of years, its Community Action Team continually received complaints about drug activity occurring at a home the 1500 block of Woodridge Drive in Salisbury.
The sheriff's office said an investigation determined that 51-year-old Kevin Beeman had been maintaining a common nuisance at the home for drug dealing and prostitution activity.
On July 13, the Salisbury City Police TAC team served a search warrant at the home and Beeman was located inside. The sheriff's office said members of its Criminal Investigation Division and CAT conducted a search of the home and throughout the home located a large amount of paraphernalia indicative of controlled dangerous substance usage and distribution.
The sheriff's office said further investigation revealed that Beeman was maintaining a common nuisance for the purpose of distribution/administration of narcotics and prostitution. Beeman was originally arrested, charged with drug-related offenses, and transported to the Wicomico County Detention Center. He was then released on his own recognizance.
On Aug. 22, the facts of this case were presented to the Wicomico County Grand Jury. The grand jury returned an indictment for 13 criminal offenses.
On Aug. 25, members of the Capitol Area Regional Task Force and CAT arrested Beeman on the open indictment and transported him to the Wicomico County Detention Center.
Beeman is charged with:
- Maintaining a common nuisance to distribute a narcotic
- Two counts of maintaining a common nuisance to administer a narcotic
- Maintaining a common nuisance to administer CDS
- Possession of narcotic production equipment
- Possession with intent to distribute a narcotic
- Possession of equipment to administer CDS
- Three counts of possession not marijuana
- Two counts of prostitution
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RICHMOND, Va. - The Virginia Department of Health on Thursday announced it is expanding eligibility for JYNNEOS, the monkeypox vaccine, to align with the current vaccination criteria laid out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In Virginia, as of Thursday, Aug. 25, there were 295 cases of monkeypox, 183 of those in the Northern Health Region consisting of the counties of Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William.
The expanded criteria for vaccination include Virginia residents who meet one of the following:
- People, of any sexual orientation or gender, who have had anonymous or multiple (more than one) sexual partners in the past two weeks; or
- Sex workers or any sexual orientation or gender; or
- Staff, of any sexual orientation or gender, at establishments where sexual activity occurs, such as bath houses, saunas and sex clubs.
Virginia has received a limited supply of JYNNEOS vaccine. If you are eligible, visit your local health district website to learn about how you can access the vaccine. You may use this locator tool to determine which local health district you reside in.
As of Aug. 23, VDH had received 15,282 vials of the JYNNEOS vaccine, redistributed 8,899 vials to the state’s 35 health districts and administered 5,875 vials through local health departments and other healthcare providers. JYNNEOS is a 2-dose vaccine. VDH manages the supply to ensure second doses are available.
Monkeypox is a contagious rash illness caused by the monkeypox virus. In most cases it resolves without treatment. It is spread by close contact with an infected person. Close contact includes touching skin lesions, bodily fluids, or clothing or linens that have been in contact with an infected person. Spread can also occur during prolonged, face-to-face contact.
While anyone can catch monkeypox if they have close contact with someone with monekypox, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation, many of those affected in the current global outbreak are gay, bisexual, or men who have sex with men. While this level of monkeypox activity is unexpected, the risk to the general population is low. People with monkeypox in the current outbreak generally report having close, sustained contact with other people who have monkeypox.
Health officials said the highest risk activity currently is having sex with multiple or anonymous partners; avoiding these activities greatly reduces one’s risk of catching or spreading monkeypox. Monkeypox does not spread from person to person from walking past someone who is infected or through casual conversation with someone who is infected.
Initial symptoms of the disease often include flu-like symptoms, such as fever, headache, muscle aches, and swollen lymph nodes, followed by skin lesions. However, some people have a rash without other symptoms. Although the majority of cases don’t require hospitalization, it is contagious and can be painful. If you have a rash that resembles monkeypox, talk to your healthcare provider about whether you need to get tested. Treatment is available for those at risk of severe illness.
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NEW YORK — Novak Djokovic will not play in the U.S. Open, as expected, because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and thus is not allowed to travel to the United States.
Djokovic announced his withdrawal from the year’s last Grand Slam tournament on Twitter on Thursday, hours before the draw for the event was revealed.
“Sadly, I will not be able to travel to NY this time for US Open,” Djokovic wrote, wishing luck to his fellow players, and said he would “keep in good shape and positive spirit and wait for an opportunity to compete again.”
Play is scheduled to begin at Flushing Meadows on Monday.
Djokovic is a 35-year-old from Serbia who owns 21 major championships, one behind Rafael Nadal for the men’s record. Three of Djokovic’s Slam trophies came at the U.S. Open, in 2011, 2015 and 2018.
He also was the runner-up there a half-dozen times, including last season, when his pursuit of the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men’s tennis since 1969 ended with a loss in the final to Daniil Medvedev.
Foreign citizens who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 are currently unable to enter the U.S or Canada, and Djokovic has said he won’t get the shots, even if that prevents him from playing in certain tournaments.
The U.S. Tennis Association has said all along it will follow government rules about vaccination status for this year’s Open. There is no vaccine mandate at the tournament for players or their support teams — meaning that an unvaccinated American would be allowed to compete — and spectators will not be required to wear masks.
“Novak is a great champion and it is very unfortunate that he will be unable to compete at the 2022 U.S. Open, as he is unable to enter the country due to the federal government’s vaccination policy for non-U.S. citizens,” said Stacey Allaster, the U.S. Open tournament director. “We look forward to welcoming Novak back at the 2023 U.S. Open.”
Djokovic missed the Australian Open in January after a protracted legal saga ended with his deportation from that country because he isn’t vaccinated against COVID-19. He also sat out four significant tournaments in North America in 2022, including in Montreal and Cincinnati recently.
He did play in the French Open, where he lost in the quarterfinals to Nadal, and at Wimbledon, where Djokovic won the title.
After beating Nick Kyrgios in the Wimbledon final on July 10, Djokovic said he “would love” to participate in the last Grand Slam tournament of the year at Flushing Meadows, but he also acknowledged, “I’m not planning to get vaccinated.”
About three weeks later, Djokovic posted on social media that he was holding out hope of getting the chance to play in the U.S. Open, writing: “I am preparing as if I will be allowed to compete, while I await to hear if there is any room for me to travel to US. Fingers crossed!”
Djokovic has spent more weeks at No. 1 than anyone else in the history of the ATP rankings. He is No. 6 this week, in part because no rankings points were awarded at Wimbledon this year.
Among the other players who will not be at the U.S. Open for various reasons are No. 2-ranked Alexander Zverev, the 2020 runner-up in New York; 2016 champion Angelique Kerber; 2019 French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova; Gael Monfils and Reilly Opelka.
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On "Know Mercy with Stephen A. Smith," Smith will go beyond the world of sports to offer his trademark, unfiltered commentary on broad cultural topics and social issues, and sit down with notable guests
NEW YORK, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading premium podcast studio, Cadence13, an Audacy company, today announced that it has partnered with media giant Stephen A. Smith for his first-ever podcast, Know Mercy with Stephen A. Smith, a three-times-a-week show on which he'll bring his trademark insight and analysis and explore a wide range of topics and issues, beyond the world of sports.
On Know Mercy with Stephen A. Smith, the outspoken veteran journalist and host of ESPN's First Take will pull back the curtain and offer his unfiltered insights and perspectives on the day's headlines, including politics, entertainment, social issues, criminal justice, and business. Smith will regularly be joined on Know Mercy by a wide range of notable guests and thought leaders.
Know Mercy with Stephen A. Smith will launch on Monday, September 26, 2022, on the Audacy app and everywhere podcasts are available. Beginning September 26, new episodes will be released Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
"It's hard to put into words how excited I am about this opportunity. Although my love for sports will never fade, neither has my zest for expanding my interest beyond the court or field of play. I love news. I love entertainment. Above all else, I love attaching myself to, and touching on, things that are percolating in the minds of the masses — with no inhibitions," said Stephen A. Smith. "Regardless of subject matter, to have the opportunity to do so with a podcast I personally own, with content I personally control, is an adventure I've waited to tackle head-on for my entire career. Well, it's here now, and I'm excited to do it with Cadence13. I'm ready. I hope everyone is, too, for what's coming. Buckle up!"
"Stephen A. Smith is a larger-than-life talent and force of nature whose indelible passion, wit, and candor ignite every conversation he's a part of, engaging millions of fans along the way," said Chris Corcoran, Chief Content Officer and Founding Partner, Cadence13. "We could not be more thrilled to add his singular, powerful voice to the Cadence13 lineup, and to bring 'Know Mercy' to the world."
Stephen A. Smith is represented by WME.
Stephen A. Smith rose from a reporter on high school sports at The New York Daily News and college and NBA beat reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer to become one of ESPN's most prominent and popular commentators and a leading voice in the industry. He is the star of the #1-morning sports talk show, First Take; a premier analyst on NBA Countdown throughout the NBA season; and the host and producer of the podcast "K[no]w Mercy with Stephen A. Smith." Smith has more than 12 million followers across social media platforms, and his opinions on sports make daily headlines. Follow him on Twitter @StephenASmith. He is a 1991 HBCU graduate from Winston-Salem State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mass communication. He is a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity and Brand Ambassador for the HBCU Week Foundation. Stephen A has helped enroll over 2,000 high school students into HBCUs and raised over $12 million in scholarships to assist students who want to attend HBCUs.
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The featured image above pictures Jeff Shelton’s El Jardin, photographed by Jason Rick.
Just about 40 years ago, architect Jeff Shelton was overcome by an unshakable urge to build a giant pencil.
Shelton was a senior in the School of Architecture at the University of Arizona at the time, fast-approaching graduation and the great unknown outside of college. “I’ve had an obsession with the pencil my whole life,” he shared in a blog post on his website about the project. “As far as I’m concerned, all ideas seep from the tip of a pencil. In 1983, my pencil fever spiked, and a voice inside me said I HAD TO BUILD A GIANT PENCIL.”
Shocking to no one familiar with his character, Shelton did exactly that. Along with some architect buddies and his future wife, Karin, he constructed a 72-foot long replica of a No. 2 Ticonderoga pencil and then hung it up from the ceiling of the Centrum at the School of Architecture. “We put a lot of love into that,” he told me over the phone, four decades later. “My wife and I used our bed as the eraser— we folded it up!”
The Giant Pencil is emblematic of the audacious architect Shelton would become. “I just get obsessed quickly, and do stuff without asking questions,” he said with a cheeky grin I could feel through the receiver. This attitude has served him well over the 30 or so years he’s worked in his hometown of Santa Barbara, California, where he’s designed 61 buildings.
Shelton grew up in the hills of Santa Barbara as the youngest of four boys in a family of artists. His dad was a jazz musician who played the piano and trumpet every day at home. “It was always an improvisation of something,” said Shelton. “I guess that sort of passes on. Whatever I do, it’s not unusual— it’s just what we do as a family. We all do something odd.”
Over the years, Santa Barbara has evolved from Shelton’s home into his playground, as he’s never ventured too far for his work. “I’ve kept it local. Early on, I had two little kids, so I didn’t really want to leave, and I kept getting jobs right next to my office. There was really no reason not to stay here. I was fortunate,” he told me. He’s fully embraced the idiosyncrasies of the city, including the Spanish revival design requirements of downtown, put in place to honor its origins.
“The whole so-called ‘Spanish history’ here is interesting. First it was the Chumash that were here, then the Spanish took over, then the Mexicans took over, and then the Americans stole it. Everyone’s stolen from somebody,” explained Shelton. “A lot of architects here complain about the design requirements, and I say, ‘Well, you’re in the wrong town then.’ What bothers me about the way some people treat it is they try to copy some Spanish thing. They usually just beige it all out and turn it into this boring thing. I love Southern Spain, but what’s so great about those buildings is that they were built by hand. They were mainly built by non-architects; just by people putting up these villages. You can see everybody’s handiwork in every one of those buildings, and there’s tile and ironwork. So I take those elements and keep them alive. I don’t just copy something, I keep things going forward. We’re not Spain. That’s bullshit.”
In addition to the influence of his creative home environment and the history of Santa Barbara, Shelton told me that the sensibilities of his free-spirited neighbors made a lasting impression on him as well. “I got turned on by the beatniks and hippies living right next to us who were building houses out of bottles, mud, adobe, and used materials,” he said. “That idea of creating a nest for your family was really inspiring.” This handmade, human element permeated Shelton’s personal aesthetic, and is infused within each and every detail of his many impressive projects.
“My question is, why isn’t this exciting to everybody? Humans building nests; humans building homes,” Shelton said of his affinity for that handcrafted look and feel. “All my drawings are done with either ink or pencil, and that shows. It comes out of a human, onto the paper; it’s delicious. We strive to build it the way it ends up on paper, and it’s built by hand— it’s not a catalog building. People put their heart and soul into it, just as I do into the drawings and ideas.”
Preserving the human touch in his work is central to Shelton’s ethos as an architect. There’s an indelible warmth and playfulness imbued into his designs as a result, from every organic archway to each loopy staircase railing. “This architecture is a reflection of humanity,” he said. “We’re getting so animated and specialized that we forget there’s a human. I strive to make sure that in the shadows or the color, there is some sort of celebration of life. And it all comes from a pencil to me; that ends up reflecting the whole way through.”
Shelton understands that his philosophies are unique, and maybe even relics of the past, but that’s what makes his work all the more important. Modern architecture is too often crisp, eerily precise, and laser-cut. “Some people might say, ‘Come on, luddite, get with the system.’ Well, look at the buildings that are done without that thought process,” he said. “You can feel it— or you can’t feel it. It ends up destroying a town or a city. Things can be sharp and well-done modern, absolutely. They need to be seductive though. They need to be done in a grand way, to entice people and encourage people to live and celebrate life. I happen to be doing it this way, but there are many other ways of doing it.”
In a sea of cookie-cutter mediocrity, the refreshingly raw and whimsical quality of Shelton’s work has captivated many. “People see stuff that I believe they’re starved for,” he explained. “I think that’s some of the reaction to my work. It’s like, ‘Wow, I’ve been starving for all of these years. Look at the crap architecture that I’ve been fed in these malls and this urban planning.’ There’s great stuff out there, don’t get me wrong, but in general a lot of crap gets put up that doesn’t care about your moment.”
“I liken it to listening to an over-produced album, but then you go and hear the same person live, acoustic in a little coffee shop,” he continued. “My god, you can’t repeat that! That one moment, the crispness of it, the one take. So I call my work the acoustic version— let’s keep things acoustic here!”
Another way Shelton is able to build such distinct, fully-realized worlds within his projects is by exclusively using his own creations for the other design elements in the spaces. “Everything you see, we design,” he told me. This includes original light fixtures, textiles, tiles, and even iron work that his brother David helps bring to life. “All that crazy stuff, that doesn’t get done without my brother,” said Shelton. “I would still have fun architecture, but it wouldn’t look like this if it weren’t for my brother, because I wouldn’t attempt certain things.”
Tile design became one of Shelton’s many obsessions, thanks to his fascination with repeatable patterns, tessellations, and triangles. His tiles are asymmetrical, and designed so that each one can be laid out in any direction. “The patterns are alive,” he said. “If I gave you forty tiles, you would lay them differently than someone next door.”
True to form, Shelton is adamant on ensuring that the lines of his tile designs are handmade, and not over-refined at any point in the production process. “Early on, when I started having my tile designs made for buildings, I would get phone calls from the manufacturer, asking me if it was okay to ‘straighten out and fix my patterns.’ I would tell them, ‘Whatever you do, do not fix anything. Make it like it is when I send it to you.’”
In this way, Shelton harnesses complete control over every last detail of his projects, never compromising his vision by accepting a limitation. “I can sit here, and if I need a new design, I just sketch it up, send it out to our manufacturer, and tell them not to straighten the lines out,” he said. “It’s easier that way; I don’t have to go to stores.”
Shelton offered me advice at the end of our conversation. “Don’t let inspiration go once you’ve got it,” he said. “You’ve gotta write it down fast, no matter where you are, or what the timing might be. You’ll catch up to everything else, but this idea might slip away if you don’t at least sketch it out and get it going.” | https://www.printmag.com/designer-interviews/jeff-shelton/ | 2022-08-25T17:25:23Z | printmag.com | control | https://www.printmag.com/designer-interviews/jeff-shelton/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
- High yields 3.13%
- Tail -2.8 bps
- WI level 3.158%
- Bid to cover 2.65X versus six with average of 2.46X
- Directs 15.7% versus six month average of 21.8%
- Indirects 75.72% vs 6 month average of 64.2%
- Dealers 8.85% versus six month average of 13.9%
Auction Grade: A
In contrast to the 2 and 5 year auction, the buyers came in to support the 7 year.
The tail of -2.8 bps shows strong demand. The demand came from international buyers who took nearly 11% more than the 6-month average. Admittedly, the domestic demand was less but bid to cover was still comfortably above the 6 month average (2.65x vs 2.46x average).
Dealers were saddled with much less than average at just 8.85%.
The overseas investers own this auction.
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Inflation
Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is measured by the level of the total money supply of a specific currency, for example the US dollar, which is constantly increasing. However, an increase in the money supply does not necessarily mean that there is inflation. What leads to inflation is a faster increase in the money supply in relation to the wealth produced (measured with GDP). As such, this generates pressure of demand on a supply that does not increase at the same rate. The consumer price index then increases, generating inflation.How Does Inflation Affect Forex?The level of inflation has a direct impact on the exchange rate between two currencies on several levels.This includes purchasing power parity, which attempts to compare different purchasing powers of each country according to the general price level. In doing so, this makes it possible to determine the country with the most expensive cost of living.The currency with the higher inflation rate consequently loses value and depreciates, while the currency with the lower inflation rate appreciates on the forex market.Interest rates are also impacted. Inflation rates that are too high push interest rates up, which has the effect of depreciating the currency on foreign exchange. Conversely, inflation that is too low (or deflation) pushes interest rates down, which has the effect of appreciating the currency on the forex market.
Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is measured by the level of the total money supply of a specific currency, for example the US dollar, which is constantly increasing. However, an increase in the money supply does not necessarily mean that there is inflation. What leads to inflation is a faster increase in the money supply in relation to the wealth produced (measured with GDP). As such, this generates pressure of demand on a supply that does not increase at the same rate. The consumer price index then increases, generating inflation.How Does Inflation Affect Forex?The level of inflation has a direct impact on the exchange rate between two currencies on several levels.This includes purchasing power parity, which attempts to compare different purchasing powers of each country according to the general price level. In doing so, this makes it possible to determine the country with the most expensive cost of living.The currency with the higher inflation rate consequently loses value and depreciates, while the currency with the lower inflation rate appreciates on the forex market.Interest rates are also impacted. Inflation rates that are too high push interest rates up, which has the effect of depreciating the currency on foreign exchange. Conversely, inflation that is too low (or deflation) pushes interest rates down, which has the effect of appreciating the currency on the forex market.
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The US treasury will auction $37 billion a seven year notes at the top of the hour.
The auction is the final of the three note auctions this week. The two and five year note auctions did not go over very well as domestic and international buyers backed off. Both issues had high yields above the WI level at the time of the auction. The domestic and international demand was also less than the six-month averages.
What are the major component six-month averages for the seven year issue?
- Bid to cover 2.46X
- Tail 0.3 basis points.
- Directs (a measure of domestic demand) 21.8%
- Indirects (a measure of international demand) 64.2%
- Dealers (they take the rest) 13.9%
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Inflation
Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is measured by the level of the total money supply of a specific currency, for example the US dollar, which is constantly increasing. However, an increase in the money supply does not necessarily mean that there is inflation. What leads to inflation is a faster increase in the money supply in relation to the wealth produced (measured with GDP). As such, this generates pressure of demand on a supply that does not increase at the same rate. The consumer price index then increases, generating inflation.How Does Inflation Affect Forex?The level of inflation has a direct impact on the exchange rate between two currencies on several levels.This includes purchasing power parity, which attempts to compare different purchasing powers of each country according to the general price level. In doing so, this makes it possible to determine the country with the most expensive cost of living.The currency with the higher inflation rate consequently loses value and depreciates, while the currency with the lower inflation rate appreciates on the forex market.Interest rates are also impacted. Inflation rates that are too high push interest rates up, which has the effect of depreciating the currency on foreign exchange. Conversely, inflation that is too low (or deflation) pushes interest rates down, which has the effect of appreciating the currency on the forex market.
Inflation is defined as a quantitative measure of the rate in which the average price level of goods and services in an economy or country increases over a period of time. It is the rise in the general level of prices where a given currency effectively buys less than it did in prior periods.In terms of assessing the strength or currencies, and by extension foreign exchange, inflation or measures of it are extremely influential. Inflation stems from the overall creation of money. This money is measured by the level of the total money supply of a specific currency, for example the US dollar, which is constantly increasing. However, an increase in the money supply does not necessarily mean that there is inflation. What leads to inflation is a faster increase in the money supply in relation to the wealth produced (measured with GDP). As such, this generates pressure of demand on a supply that does not increase at the same rate. The consumer price index then increases, generating inflation.How Does Inflation Affect Forex?The level of inflation has a direct impact on the exchange rate between two currencies on several levels.This includes purchasing power parity, which attempts to compare different purchasing powers of each country according to the general price level. In doing so, this makes it possible to determine the country with the most expensive cost of living.The currency with the higher inflation rate consequently loses value and depreciates, while the currency with the lower inflation rate appreciates on the forex market.Interest rates are also impacted. Inflation rates that are too high push interest rates up, which has the effect of depreciating the currency on foreign exchange. Conversely, inflation that is too low (or deflation) pushes interest rates down, which has the effect of appreciating the currency on the forex market.
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AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With schools back in session, the Propane Council of Texas wants to remind communities and school districts that there is an economic, environmental, and domestic fuel source to power their school buses right here in Texas. That is propane autogas. Quiet, efficient, and clean-burning propane school buses transport over 1.3 children to school daily across America, including Texas.
While electric school buses are attractive to some school districts and may offer a clean and quiet ride, their high upfront investment can significantly impact strained school district budgets. That can mean less money for what matters most, education.
School buses powered by clean-burning propane autogas offer many of the same environmental benefits as electric, but at a fraction of the cost. Propane school buses cost 1/3 less than an electric bus, go the distance, refuel more quickly, and even have a smaller carbon footprint when you factor in the grid generation, transmission, and distribution to power electric buses.
Additionally, scalable, and affordable propane autogas refueling stations give school districts the energy security they need to operate grid-free with propane backup generation.
Propane is also America's most widely used alternative fuel for school buses, helping schools run bus routes without worrying about recharging. In fact, a propane school bus can drive up to 400 miles after one refueling.
Lower total cost of ownership, energy security, and clean performance make propane school buses the ideal solution for schools to add to their transportation mix.
Talk to your school district about modernizing their school bus fleet and upgrading your district's school buses to propane, the energy for everyone. Learn more at www.propanecounciloftexas.org.
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The USDCHF fell below the 100 hour MA and the rising trend line earlier today, but could not get to the next target at the swing area between 0.9591 to 0.9604. Yesterday and on Tuesday, the price did move closer to those levels and found buyers. ON Monday, the price high reached the high of that area but stalled before breaking higher.
WIth the Jackson Hole risk, the 100 hour MA /trend line are job 1 for sellers. The swing area is job 2 for the sellers. The rising 200 hour MA is job 3 (currently at 0.95717).
Conversely on the topside, the 100 day MA at 0.9657 is the first target, followed by the highs reached on Tuesday and Wednesday near 0.9688-90. Those highs reached the 61.8% of the move down from the July high at 0.96881 (not shown).
IN summary, what we are seeing in the pair is consolidation within what has been an up and down range over the last 3 or so days of trading. On the upside the 61.8% is stalling the rally. On the downside a swing area is holding support. IN between up and down price action. Move outside and look for a shove in the direction of the break. | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/usdchf-fails-on-the-break-lower-today-traders-still-looking-for-the-next-shove-20220825/ | 2022-08-25T17:28:49Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/technical-analysis/usdchf-fails-on-the-break-lower-today-traders-still-looking-for-the-next-shove-20220825/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Fourteen people were displaced after a fire early Thursday morning in Dale City.
Fire crews were called to the 13000 block of Langstone Drive at 1:07 a.m. and arrived to find heavy fire and smoke emitting from the rear of a home. The fire was discovered by one of the occupants who alerted the others, said Prince William Fire and Rescue Assistant Chief Matt Smolsky.
The house sustained severe damage. Another house to the rear of the address had minor radiant heat damage. No injuries were reported.
County building officials declared the home unsafe to occupy displacing seven adults and seven children, who are being assisted by the American Red Cross. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Fire Marshal’s Office. | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/seven-adults-seven-children-displaced-after-dale-city-house-fire/article_bfb3bfd6-248d-11ed-bcbf-4f58010e69a6.html | 2022-08-25T17:33:26Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/seven-adults-seven-children-displaced-after-dale-city-house-fire/article_bfb3bfd6-248d-11ed-bcbf-4f58010e69a6.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
State police are looking for the gunman who fired on another driver along Interstate 495 in Fairfax County early Thursday.
The victim called police about 4:50 a.m., saying his vehicle was shot at as he and another driver were traveling north on I-495 approaching Exit 52B at Little River Turnpike.
"Both vehicles pulled off onto the Exit 52B ramp, at which time the shooting suspect exited his vehicle and fired multiple shots at the victim," state police spokeswoman Corinne Geller said in a news release.
The shooting suspect then got back into his vehicle and drove away. The victim was not injured.
Troopers immediately responded to the area and began preliminary investigation. State police is following up on leads at this time and the criminal investigation remains ongoing, Geller said.
Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to call the Virginia State Police by dialing #77 on a cell or 703-803-0026 or to email us at questions@vsp.virginia.gov. | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/state-police-searching-for-gunman-after-driver-shot-at-on-i-495/article_18390d54-2494-11ed-9c6b-6bb4c7285279.html | 2022-08-25T17:33:33Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/state-police-searching-for-gunman-after-driver-shot-at-on-i-495/article_18390d54-2494-11ed-9c6b-6bb4c7285279.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SPOKANE, Wash. — Three teens and one adult were injured in an early morning shooting at a West Central Spokane park on Thursday. Spokane police is continuing to investigate into the afternoon.
Just before 3 a.m. on Thursday, Spokane Police Department (SPD) patrol officers responded to Dutch Jake Park following reports of a shooting. Officers found one person who was shot and provided medical aid to that person until EMS arrived.
Three other people arrived at local hospitals shortly after and all were suffering from gunshot wounds, according to police.
Police said initial information shows a large group of people was at the park at the time of the shooting. None of the injuries appear to be life-threatening.
Three of the people injured were teenagers and one was a 40-year-old, according to police. It is not known who was located at the park and who arrived at the hospital later in the morning.
SPD’s Major Crimes Unit is investigating the incident. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Crime Check at (509)-456-2233, reference incident 2022-20149268.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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To report a typo or grammatical error, please email webspokane@krem.com. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/crime/dutch-jake-park-shooting/293-3c04f670-9166-49b8-8756-c766420a4205 | 2022-08-25T17:37:58Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/crime/dutch-jake-park-shooting/293-3c04f670-9166-49b8-8756-c766420a4205 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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