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Supermarkets have issued an urgent product recall over potentially dangerous products including one that poses a salmonella risk. Often product recalls are issued when ingredients are added to food items that are not listed on the labels.
This can cause a potentially life-threatening reaction for people with allergies and intolerances. But sometimes the product recalls are issued when they have been contaminated and carry deadly bacteria such as salmonella.
Salmonella is a common bacterial disease that affects the intestinal tract. Symptoms include diarrhoea, fever, as well as stomach cramps and the condition can be quite serious. Although rarely fatal, it can cause a significant risk to people with weakened immune systems such as the elderly, the very young, and those with cancer or HIV/AIDS.
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Below, we have a full list of product recalls from several leading supermarkets and other food companies. It is of vital importance that you return the affected items as soon as possible.
Morrisons
Product details
Morrisons Mango
Pack size: 240g
Best before: August 23, 2022
Morrisons Mango fingers
Pack size: 210g
Best before: August 22, 2022
This item has been found to contain Salmonella. The Food Standards Agency has issued an urgent recall, saying: "The presence of Salmonella in the products listed above. Symptoms caused by Salmonella usually include fever, diarrhoea and abdominal cramps.
"Morrisons is recalling the above products. Point of sale notices will be displayed in retail stores that are selling these products. These notices explain to customers why the products are being recalled and tell customers what to do if they have bought the products."
The FSA advised Morrisons shoppers: "If you have bought any of the above products do not eat it. Instead, return it to the nearest Morrisons store for a full refund."
Anyone with the product should not eat it and return it to the store. A receipt is not required and customers can expect a full refund on their purchase.
Listeria infected pancakes
Product details
Abra-ca-Debora 6 Original Dutch Pancakes
Pack size: 375 g
Batch code: 1000050799
Best-before date: 30 August 2022
Abra-ca-Debora 6 Original Dutch Pancakes
Pack size: 375 g
Batch code: 1000050800
Best-before date: 01 September 2022
Abra-ca-Debora 6 Sweet Dutch Pancakes
Pack size: 375 g
Batch code: 1000050803
Best-before date: 30 August 2022
Abra-ca-Debora 6 Sweet Dutch Pancakes
Pack size: 375 g
Batch code: 1000050804
Best-before date: 02 September 2022
Bakery firm Cerelia has been forced to recall packs of its Dutch pancakes. The product has been found to potentially contain Listeria monocytogenes in some packages.
Listeria is a serious infection caused by germs. Symptoms include fever, chills, muscle aches, nausea and diarrhoea.
Some people are more vulnerable to listeria infections, including those over 65 years of age, pregnant women and their unborn babies, babies less than one-month-old and people with weakened immune systems.
Asda - White Lasagne Sauce
Product details:
Asda White Lasagne Sauce
Pack size: 480 g
Best-before date: February 3, 2024
Asda is taking the precautionary action of recalling Asda White Lasagne Sauce because of a possible microbiological contamination risk due to a production fault. The issue only affects products sold at Asda stores in the North West of England, North Midlands and North Wales. This product may contain microbiological contamination and could be unsafe to eat.
Asda is recalling the above product from affected stores only. Point-of-sale notices will only be displayed in affected Asda stores. These notices explain to customers why the product is being recalled and tells them what to do if they have bought the product.
If you have bought the above product, do not eat it. Instead, return it to the Asda store from where it was bought for a full refund, no receipt required. If you would like any further information, please contact Asda Customer Relations on 0800 952 0101.
Asda Chicken & Bacon Pasta Bake
Asda is recalling its own-brand Italian Inspired chicken and bacon pasta bake due to undeclared mustard. The supermarket is removing the product as mustard was not mentioned on the label and this may pose a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to mustard.
The product details are:
Asda Italian Inspired Chicken and Bacon Pasta Bake
Pack size: 400g and 800g
Best before: 29 July 2022 and 30 July 2022
The FSA said: " If you have bought the above product and have an allergy to mustard, do not eat it. Instead return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund."
Sainsbury's
Sainsbury’s Cooked and Peeled Frozen Large King Prawns
Pack size: 180g
Best before: May 2023, June 2023, July 2023, August 2023, September 2023, and October 2023
by Sainsbury’s Cooked and Peeled Frozen Large King Prawns
Pack size: 400g
Best before: May 2023, June 2023, July 2023, August 2023, September 2023, and October 2023
The FSA said: "If you have bought any of the above products do not eat them. Instead, return them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund. If you have any questions or concerns, please visit Sainsbury’s website at Sainsburys.co.uk/help or contact their careline on 0800636262."
John West - Boneless Sardines in Sunflower Oil / Sardines in Olive Oil
Product details:
John West Boneless Sardines in Sunflower Oil
Pack size: 95 g
Batch code: 109, 110, 111, 112, 113
Best-before date: December 2026
John West Sardines in Olive Oil
Pack size: 120 g
Batch code: 109, 110, 111, 112, 113
Best-before date: December 2026
John West is taking the precautionary action of recalling John West Boneless Sardines in Sunflower Oil and John West Sardines in Olive Oil because of a possible microbiological contamination risk. These products may contain microbiological contamination and could be unsafe to eat.
John West is recalling the above products. Point of sale notices will be displayed in all retail stores that are selling these products. These notices explain to customers why the products are being recalled and tell them what to do if they have bought the products.
If you have bought either of the above products do not eat them. Instead, return them to the store from where they were bought for a full refund. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact consumercontact@john-west.com.
Tesco
Tesco Mixed Fruit and Nut
Pack size: 25g
Batch code: L2196H221
Best before: 13 January, 2023
A do not eat warning has been given out due to undeclared milk which could cause a possible health risk to customers. The supermarket's Mixed Fruit and Nut contains milk which is not mentioned on the label.
This means it is a potential risk to anyone with lactose intolerance. The notice reads: “We have been made aware that one batch code of Tesco Mixed Fruit and Nut 25g may contain milk which means that milk will not be declared on the packaging. The product could pose a safety risk to those people with an allergy to or intolerance to milk.
“Please do not consume this product if you have an allergy to milk, return the affected product to store where a full refund will be given. No receipt is required.”
Lidl
Eridanous Greek Style Smoked Mackerel Fillet with Olives and Oregano with Soy Oil
Pack size: 150g
Lot number: u000901063402062022
Best before: January 2023
The presence of Listeria monocytogenes has been found. This organism can cause symptoms similar to flu and include high temperature, muscle ache or pain, chills, feeling or being sick and diarrhoea.
In some cases the infection can be more severe and cause complications such as meningitis. Some people are more vulnerable to listeria infections, including those over 65 years of age, pregnant women and their unborn babies, babies less than one month old and people with weakened immune systems.
Linda McCartney 2 vegetarian 1/4lb burgers
Linda McCartney is issuing alerts for their pack of 2 vegetarian 1/4lb burgers. Retailers including Tesco and Ocado are recalling the product because it contains milk that is not mentioned on the label.
This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents. The product details:
Linda McCartney 2 vegetarian 1/4lb burgers
Pack size: 227g
Best before: January 2024
The FSA said: "If you have bought the above product and have an allergy or intolerance to milk or milk constituents do not eat it. Instead, return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund. Consumers can also contact Linda McCartney Consumer Care on 0800 0014409."
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Florida Man Creating Arabic 'In God We Trust' Signs in Response to Texas Law
Chaz Stevens told Inside Edition Digital that despite being in Florida, he felt compelled to act on this because “sometimes an act of stupidity requires an even greater act of stupidity.”
A Florida man is creating signs which read “In God We Trust” in response to a Texas law SB-797, which requires public schools to display donated signs containing the phrase “In God We Trust” and “may not depict any words, images, or other information other than [that].”
Chaz Stevens launched the GoFundMe page this week as he pointed out on the crowdfunding site, “law seemingly presumes these signs are written in English. Oopsie.”
SB-797 was authorized into law last year by Sen. Bryan Hughes and the Dallas Observer pointed out that “He penned the legislation with strict requirements but seemingly overlooked a large loophole.”
“Senator Bryan Hughes seems to confuse ‘words’ with language. Looks like a Florida political mischief maker is charged with schooling him up,” Stevens, who spoke to Inside Edition Digital via email, said.
Stevens took to Twitter to announce his campaign and show off what the signs in Arabic will look like.
Stevens told Inside Edition Digital that despite being in Florida, he felt compelled to act on this because “sometimes an act of stupidity requires an even greater act of stupidity.”
“Well, like the Ghostbusters, who you gonna call? Why, Chaz Stevens of course,” he added. “I’ve got decades of experience, so trolling the Texas legislature who themselves are trolling the First Amendment is right up my alley.”
As of press time, Stevens tells Inside Edition Digital he has raised over $31,000 on his GoFundMe page of his $250,000 goal.
“Seems to me, John and Jane Q. Public aren’t very happy with the Texas GOP. And interestingly, contributions are not limited to the Lone Star State,” he said of the total raised in less than a week. “Judging by the positive outcry, seems as if I have my finger on the pulse of Texas, all while the State of Texas has it thumb, well, you know where.”
Stevens says he is not doing anything offensive and just doing “exactly what the law requires” in creating signs that read “In God We Trust,” in Arabic.
“If somehow someone is bothered by that phrase in Klingon, well then maybe he or she needs to take a break and think about themselves for just one minute. I’m happy to wait,” he added.
Stevens also plans on creating signs in Hindi, Vulcan, Spanish, and other language signs as well as LGBTQIA+ inclusion, as “just merely using the Texas law as it was intended. Or perhaps, as it was unintended,” he tells Inside Edition Digital.
Despite the project raising awareness, Stevens did tell Inside Edition Digital that it all is “indeed [good fun] but it’s also silly.”
He then added that what he is doing might also be looked at as “tragic, as we’re allowing our elected officials to dilute the very American essence of this country's history. Pretty soon, all we'll have left is just an easily replaceable piece of red/white/blue cloth with no meaning or value behind its existence.”
Inside Edition Digital has reached out to Senator Hughes for comment on this story and has not heard back.
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Florida Man Lights His Own House on Fire, Killing One of His Dogs: Sheriffs
46-year-old Kevin Powell was charged with second-degree arson and animal cruelty.
A Florida man was charged with arson and animal cruelty after he allegedly set his home on fire and killed one of the family dogs, according to a statement from the Walton County Sheriff’s Office.
The Walton County Sheriff’s Office and Walton County Fire Rescue were dispatched to a home engulfed in flames where deputies worked to evacuate homes while firefighters fought the blaze for over an hour, according to WTVY.
The owner of the home, Kevin Powell, 46, was “behaving very erratically,” the sheriff's office statement said.
“At some point he was able to climb up on one of the fire apparatuses, take a tool off that fire engine, and started smashing the windows out of his own truck,” Lieutenant Bart Smith of the Walton County Sheriff’s Office told WJHG.
Powell, whose wife and son were not home, according to WTVY, allegedly admitted to sheriffs that he set his home on fire. According to the statement from the sheriff’s department, Powell said he spread ammunition around the inside of his home, locked two of his dogs in a closet and lit the floor outside of it on fire.
One of the dogs escaped from the home, the statement said.
The other dog was later found dead inside the home, WVTY reported.
Sheriffs detained Powell, who they said was verbally abusive and made repeated attempts to get out of his handcuffs.
Powell said that his erratic behavior was caused by his all-day intake of vodka, marijuana, and OxyContin, WTVY reported.
“I can’t wait to go back to my house and lay in bed and smell those dogs,” Powell reportedly told deputies according to WTVY.
Powell was charged with second-degree arson and animal cruelty and was transported to the Walton County Jail, according to the statement from sheriffs.
Powell’s bond has been set to $100,000, Walton County Sheriff’s Office told Inside Edition Digital.
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Officials Release Redacted Affidavit That Prompted FBI Search of Trump's Mar-a-Lago
A legal brief explaining the proposed redactions to the affidavit was also released Friday, revealing that officials were primarily concerned about protecting the identities of “a number of civilian witnesses."
The Justice Department has released a redacted search warrant affidavit that prompted the FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida earlier this month.
Mar-a-Lago Search Warrant Affidavit
The FBI argued in federal court that there was “probable cause to believe” that classified national defense information was stored at the Palm Beach property in an “unauthorized location,” according to the 38-page affidavit. They also alleged there was "probable cause to believe that evidence of obstruction will be found,"
Federal officials opened up the criminal investigation after the National Archives and Records Administration sent a referral to the Justice Department about receiving 15 boxes of records from Mar-a-Lago that contained “highly classified documents intermingled with other records,” the affidavit said.
The Justice Department said there were "184 unique documents bearing classification markings, including 67 documents marked as confidential, 92 documents marked as secret, and 25 documents marked as top secret.”
A legal brief explaining the proposed redactions to the affidavit was also released Friday, revealing that officials were primarily concerned about protecting the identities of “a number of civilian witnesses” and “the integrity of the ongoing investigation.”
Notice of Filing Redacted Memorandum
The Justice Department initially tried to block the release of the 38-page affidavit, but instead proposed redactions to U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart, who ordered its release.
"I did nothing wrong. It's a disgrace to our country. Our country's a wreck," Trump said on a radio show.
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Parents Speak Out After Attempted Kidnapping of 6-Year-Old Girl in Front Yard
"I just want people to know that they need to have talks with their children. They need to teach their children that this can happen if you're not careful enough," the girl's mom says.
A harrowing attempted kidnapping of a little girl was caught on camera outside her home in Hamilton, Ohio.
Ken'Adi Nash, 6, was taking out the trash as part of her chores, when a man walked up and inappropriately touched her. He started to walk away, then turned back, took hold of the child and apparently tried to haul her away.
The little girl let out a blood-curdling scream and was able to get away and run back inside.
Her dad, Ricky Nash, hopped in the car looking for the man, called police and confronted him at an auto body shop down the street.
"I went after him like he still had my daughter with him, because I didn't want him to go out here and do something to another kid," Ricky said.
Police arrested Deric McPherson and charged him with abduction and inappropriate touching.
Inside Edition security expert Steve Kardian says what happened to the girl is an important reminder for all parents and kids.
"She pretty much did everything right. She was verbal, she screamed, she attracted attention and she fought back, making him leave her there and go out for a softer target," Kardian said.
Ken'Adi’s parents are giving full credit to their brave daughter.
"She was super brave. She listened to what we have taught her and what she's seen on TV and she screamed and she got away, thankfully," Mandy Nash said.
"I just want people to know that they need to have talks with their children. They need to teach their children that this can happen if you're not careful enough," the mom continued.
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Washington Man Reports Being Kidnapped and Robbed by Woman From Dating App
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department is encouraging people to always do their research and trust their instincts.
A Washington state man called 911 on Aug 20 to report that he had been kidnapped and robbed after meeting a woman on the dating app Plenty of Fish, police said.
The 30-year-old man, who police did not identify, told deputies that he drove to an apartment complex to meet the woman who presented herself as someone of similar age, according to a statement by the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department on Facebook.
After just five minutes in her apartment, the man told police another man appeared, pointed a gun at him, and ordered him to take off his clothes, according to the statement.
The victim told police that the woman took photos of the nude victim.
After telling the victim to unlock his phone, the couple allegedly told him to use an app to transfer $6,000 to their account. The couple then forced the victim to attempt additional transactions using various apps once the first transfer was reported as fraudulent, deputies said.
Deputies said in the statement that the couple even pretended to be the victim over the phone in an attempt to unlock the account.
The couple held the man captive for three hours before releasing him, after threatening to send the nude photos to everyone on his contact list if he told anyone of the incident, according to deputies.
Deputies were called to the same residence the next day for a domestic violence assault.
Upon arrival, deputies allegedly found the man from the robbery and attempted to handcuff him but he reached for a gun inside his pocket.
Deputies were able to stop the man, according to the statement, and arrest the 22-year-old suspect and place him in the back of a patrol vehicle.
According to a camera in the patrol car, the man moved his handcuffs to the front of his body and was able to break the interior door panel and the top of his seat belt fastener in an attempt to escape, deputies said.
The man was charged with robbery, kidnapping, extortion, unlawful possession of a firearm, and malicious mischief, according to the statement. His bail was set at $125,000.
According to deputies, the man has multiple previous felony convictions, such as convictions for robbery, assault, residential burglary and unlawful possession of a firearm. Deputies also said he is also on supervision with the Department of Corrections.
The 19-year-old woman was also arrested and charged with robbery, kidnapping and extortion. Her bail was set at $50,000.
The Pierce County Sheriff’s Department encourages people to be extra cautious when meeting people from online dating sites and is urging parents to talk to their kids about the dangers of meeting people online.
“Always do your research and trust your instinct,” the statement wrote.
"What has been reported is horrible and we have banned the account from our platform. We are committed to the safety and security of our members and will fully cooperate with law enforcement's investigation,” Plenty of Fish told Inside Edition Digital in a statement.
“At POF, we have a Trust & Safety team that is solely focused on keeping our community safe by leveraging the right technologies and continually improving our systems. We also aim to educate our members and encourage them to follow our safety recommendations available online and through the app."
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PHOENIX (CN) — A federal judge in Arizona dismissed a suit Friday seeking to ban electronic voting machines ahead of the November midterm election, brought by Republican candidates who claim the machines may have security flaws.
In the suit, Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake and secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem claimed an injunction to stop the use of voting machines was necessary since the "voting system does not reliably provide trustworthy and verifiable election results." Former President Donald Trump — a frequent purveyor of baseless election fraud claims — has endorsed Lake and Finchem in their respective races.
Lake and Finchem claimed that voting on paper ballots and hand-counting those votes was the only efficient and secure method for proceeding in November.
In arguments, the pair contended that contractors found some concerns after completing a partisan audit of the 2016 presidential election. Chiefly, the contractors allegedly found cybersecurity best practices weren’t used, antivirus software patches were neglected, computer logs were cleared, and some files were missing from the election management system.
U.S. District Judge John Tuchi on Friday found the supposed evidence conjectural and not concrete.
“Ultimately, even upon drawing all reasonable inferences in plaintiffs’ favor, the court finds that their claimed injuries are indeed too speculative to establish an injury in fact, and therefore standing,” wrote Tuchi.
Tuchi wrote that in previous election fraud cases, courts have ruled in favor of the plaintiffs when actual fraud had occurred. In Curling v. Kemp, Georgia voting machines had been hacked and the secretary of state refused to act. Tuchi said the plaintiff’s case is nothing like that case.
“Here, as the secretary points out, a long chain of hypothetical contingencies must take place for any harm to occur— (1) the specific voting equipment used in Arizona must have “security failures” that allow a malicious actor to manipulate vote totals; (2) such an actor must actually manipulate an election; (3) Arizona’s specific procedural safeguards must fail to detect the manipulation; and (4) the manipulation must change the outcome of the election,” Tuchi wrote.
None of that has occurred, Tuchi found.
Additionally, Tuchi said if he had entertained the abstract claims for injunctive relief, he would violate the Purcell principle, barring courts from ordering changes to election rules in the period just before an election. The U.S. Supreme Court's 2006 ruling in Purcell v. Gonzalez established the principle.
“In applying Purcell, courts have made clear that it stands for more than just the proposition that federal courts should avoid changes in law that may cause voter confusion,” wrote Tuchi. “The county defendants are correct to assert that courts applying Purcell also ‘caution federal courts to refrain from enjoining election law too close in time to an election if the changes will create administrative burdens for election officials.’ The injunctive relief plaintiffs seek would not just be challenging for Arizona’s election officials to implement; it likely would be impossible under the extant time constraints.”
According to Scott Jarrett, an expert witness during oral arguments and the director of elections for Maricopa County, switching to a hand-only count would devastate the county’s ability to conduct business. The county would require thousands more workers even as they already struggle to maintain enough at a paltry wage. Jarrett also said they’d need much more real estate to conduct a hand count.
Tuchi additionally dismissed motions by the plaintiffs to supplement the record, post-arguments, with video allegedly showing unauthorized individuals accessing the electronic management server (EMS) room without authorization. According to the plaintiffs, the video would discredit expert testimony from Jarrett that the room was secure.
“The request is extraordinarily and inexcusably untimely, and in any event does not remedy the speculative nature of plaintiffs’ claims,” Tuchi wrote. “Plaintiffs initiated this action according to their preference. The court set the hearing by an order issued well in advance, and plaintiffs had ample time to prepare their evidence.”
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MEXICO CITY (CN) — After what Hidla Legideño and other relatives of the 43 victims of the Ayotzinapa massacre had been through over the last eight years, Friday’s downpour was no obstacle. They continued to march and chant as the rain fell in buckets halfway through their march.
Her son Jorge Antonio Tizapa Legideño was one of the students of the Ayotzinapa teacher’s college who was kidnapped and murdered in September 2014 in what the Mexican government finally admitted was a crime of the state last week.
The families march each month on the 26th, to commemorate the night their sons, brothers and nephews were forcibly disappeared in Iguala, Guerrero, but Friday’s march was the first since the indictment of former Attorney General Jesús Murillo Karam in relation to the case.
A federal judge Wednesday indicted Murillo on charges of torture, forced disappearance and crimes against the administration of justice, a move Legideño considered a step in the right direction.
“For us, it’s an advancement,” she said after addressing a crowd of around 300 rain soaked protesters, members of the media and current students from the Ayotzinapa teachers’ college.
Murillo fabricated what was called the “historic truth” of that night in September 2014, according to a report released last week by the Commission for the Truth and Access to Justice of the Ayotzinapa Case, an interdepartmental investigative committee created by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
“We hope he gives more information,” said Legideño. “Since he was attorney general and gave us the ‘historic truth’ that they made up, he should know what really happened to our sons.”
While she believed the government’s admission that the tragedy of that night was a crime of the state was also a positive development, it was also something of which she and other protesters were certain for years.
“The mothers and fathers need scientific proof,” she said. “We can’t accept preliminary studies that don’t fully clear up what happened to our sons.”
The sentiment was shared by others who have supported the families of the victims throughout the ordeal.
“We already knew that since the beginning,” said Javier Ramírez Espinosa, who came from neighboring México state to attend the march, as he has done since 2014. “We’ve been fighting against these administrations, and unfortunately, they never said anything. We hope they really find justice in this case, but there’s still a lot to do.”
Ten-year-old Alexander Morra Figeroa Nuñez expressed his support by dressing in army fatigues and carrying a sign reading, “It was the state.” He attended the protest with his grandmother Carmen Juárez.
“Those dogs disappeared my uncles,” he said, though he is not related to any of the victims.
“He calls them all his uncles,” said Juárez. “We hope they continue making arrests and that they bring Murillo to justice. If he’s being a detriment to justice, they have to carry through.”
The sentiment was echoed in a statement given to members of the media as the rain died down to a drizzle at the end of the march.
“Murillo Karam conducted a shady, irregular investigation plagued with torture, manipulation and planted evidence, thus constructing a lie that impeded the knowledge of the whereabouts of our sons,” the statement read. “It is important to not allow the illegal actions of such civil servants to go unpunished, which is why we’ll be watching the penal process of this person closely.”
While Murillo’s arrest and the publication of the commission’s report put some wind in their sails, Legideño and the others will continue to do what they have been doing since 2014.
“We haven’t had peace since they disappeared our sons,” she said. “It helps that we’re seeing advances, but the main goal is to know about our children, and unfortunately, we still don’t.”
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(CN) — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a final Environmental Impact Statement on Friday recommending the removal of the four lower Klamath River Dams along the border of Oregon and California. The dam removal project will be the largest such project in U.S. history second to the 2012 removal of the Elwha Dam on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula.
“Restoring the impounded reaches to a free-flowing river would have significant beneficial effect on restoring salmon runs, access to traditional foods, Tribal cultural practices, and a characteristic fluvial landscape,” read the environmental impact statement.
Additionally, dam removal is expected to improve water quality and fisheries along with terrestrial and aquatic resources used by nearby Tribes. “These benefits would aid in the continuation and restoration of Tribal practices and traditions that have been adversely affected.”
“It has been more than a century since our people have seen c’iyaals (salmon) in our rivers and streams,” said Klamath Tribes’ Chairman Clayton Dumont in statement. “So FERC’s quick pace completing the comprehensive review of dam removals will be sweet news for our community,”
According to the Yurok and Karuk press release, the final draft comes nearly 20 years after a massive fish kill that left over 60,000 salmon rotting along the banks of the Klamath River in 2002, leaving salmon returns less than 5% of its historical abundance by 2005.
“We applaud the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff for issuing the final EIS ahead of schedule and for validating license surrender and dam removal as the right thing to do,” said California Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Charlton Bonham in statement. “While we continue to review the document, we welcome this critical milestone and look forward to advancing what will be the largest dam removal project in U.S. history and restoration of 400 miles of the Klamath River for the benefit of salmon, Tribes and communities in the basin.”
Friday’s announcement appears to have come early, as some did not expect the final draft until September.
“We expect to see the final EIS in September,” said Karuk Tribe natural resources consultant Craig Tucker on Aug. 24. “That puts us on the track of having dam removal activities in January.”
“We’re trying to make these fish hang in there,” said Tucker regarding the surviving populations affected by recent illegal water diversions in the Shasta River that decreased water flows by 37% and a wildfire-produced mudslide that killed tens of thousands of fish in a 60-mile reach of the Klamath River. “Even with dam removal on the main stem of the Klamath, we still need healthy tributaries. But relief is on the way for these fish.”
Five FERC commissioners will consider the final staff recommendations of the FEIS when they issue a final ruling on dam removal later this year. The project is estimated to cost about $500 million.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's defense minister said Friday it was important to maintain capabilities for “defensive and offensive purposes” as he met with a senior U.S. official to reiterate Israel's opposition to an emerging nuclear deal with Iran.
Israel is staunchly opposed to efforts by world powers to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement and says it will not be bound by the accord currently being discussed. Neither Israel nor the United States have ruled out military action to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz, meeting with U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, said Israel opposes the emerging agreement, which has not yet been finalized or released to the public.
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Gantz “emphasized the importance of maintaining and advancing operational capabilities for both defensive and offensive purposes in (the) face of Iran’s nuclear program as well as its regional aggression,” a Defense Ministry statement said.
“This is regardless of the discussion surrounding the agreement,” it added.
A U.S. statement said the two officials discussed the “U.S. commitment to ensure Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon, and the need to counter threats from Iran and Iran-based proxies.”
Israel is widely believed to have acquired nuclear weapons decades ago but has never acknowledged having them.
Iran insists its nuclear program is for purely peaceful purposes. Under the 2015 agreement with world powers, it curbed its nuclear activities and allowed expanded monitoring of its facilities in exchange for the lifting of economic sanctions.
Then-President Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew the U.S. from the deal in 2018 and restored crippling sanctions on Iran, which then began ramping up its nuclear activities.
Experts say Iran has enriched enough uranium up to 60% purity — a short technical step from weapons-grade levels of 90% — to make one nuclear weapon should it decide to do so. However, Iran still would need to design a bomb and a delivery system, which would likely take months.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — By a unanimous 3-0 vote, Justice Patricia Guerrero was confirmed Friday to take her place as the next chief justice of the California Supreme Court.
The hearing saluted Guerrero's achievements while paying tribute to her predecessor, Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye.
“I’m honored to be living in a state where a little girl grew up in the Imperial Valley raised by immigrant parents from Mexico could grow up, follow her dreams and become the first Latina associate justice on the California Supreme Court,” Guerrero said. “And there has never been a Latino or a Latina to serve as chief justice until now. I am proud to be the first. And I look forward to the second, the third and the fourth.”
The sacrifices of family and the historic weight of Guerrero’s ascension to the state’s highest court were prevailing themes throughout the hearing.
Fourth Appellate District Presiding Justice Manuel Ramirez, who sat on the Commission for Judicial Appointments panel, recited a favorite quotation of the late Supreme Court Justice John Arguelles, who died in April at age 94.
Ramirez said the quote could be found inscribed above the curtains of the auditorium at Garfield High School in Los Angeles and made a deep impression on Arguelles, who grew up during the Great Depression.
“I think he wanted me to share these words with you,” Ramirez said. “I ask the fathers and the mothers who love their children, who prize the freedom of American opportunity, to strike at this idea that only the rich and only the powerful, the sons and daughters of the great, can serve the state. It is true now, and I believe it will be true hereafter, that the humblest son and the humblest daughter of the humblest citizen, born in the humblest surroundings, can lift his eyes toward the star of hope.”
Ramirez said Guerrero’s story, one of a bright and hard-working daughter of immigrant parents from Mexico, will similarly inspire. “You are that star of hope,” Ramirez said. “With your background, that is you.”
Guerrero joined the high court five months ago as an associate justice, replacing the departing Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar. She previously served on the Fourth Appellate District, and before that, she was a family law judge in San Diego County Superior Court.
Guerrero started her legal career as an assistant U.S. attorney and then as an associate at Latham and Watkins, where she quickly distinguished herself as a rising star and a highly competent administrator — skills she’ll need to oversee a sprawling judicial branch with more than 2,000 trial judges in 58 county courts, six courts of appeal, and a $5 billion annual budget.
"Justice Patricia Guerrero is the right person at the right moment who can lead the judicial branch into the 21st century,” Justice Martin Jenkins said of Guerrero, who he described as humble, compassionate, and an effective leader who will continue Cantil-Sakauye’s legacy as a consensus-builder on a bench already regarded for its collegiality.
Jenkins opened his remarks with an homage to Cantil-Sakauye, who will be retiring at the end of the year. “It is as a result of your leadership that the judicial branch today is vibrant, is on sound fiscal footing, and is empowered to meet our mission to provide al Californians with equal access to our courts. By any measure you’ve more than exceeded your goals despite encountering a pandemic along the way.”
Guerrero also praised Cantil-Sakauye’s decade-plus of service on the court, saying “The judicial branch is stronger than it was before you started.”
Guerrero recalled a pivotal moment in Cantil-Sakauye’s early life that resonated with her own experience. “The chief has spoken in the past about her mom taking her to see the first Filipina attorney in her community and she elbowed her, as I understand, and told her, 'You could do that.' Boy was she right,” Guerrero said. “I hope to continue to improve the administration of justice. And in doing that, I hope like the chief, to serve in a way that would have made my mother proud, and will make my father proud. But also to serve as a role model for other children out there whose parents are also elbowing them and telling them now that they can do this too.”
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WASHINGTON (CN) — Already in the bloodstream of 99% of Americans, two chemical compounds used for decades in countless consumer products earned the hazardous substances designation under federal Superfund law Friday.
The designation “is based on significant evidence that PFOA and PFOS may present a substantial danger to human health or welfare or the environment,” the Environmental Protection Agency said Friday.
PFOA and PFOS are part of part of a wider class of chemical called PFAS, short for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, that used since the 1940s in the manufacturing of everything from Teflon pans, waterproof jackets and carpets to makeup, sunscreen and shampoo.
In 2016, after reviewing several peer-reviewed studies, the EPA said that a lifetime of exposure from drinking water whose PFOA and PFOS content exceeds 70 parts per trillion may result in adverse health effects, including birth defects, cancer and damage to the liver, thyroid and immune system.
While U.S. manufacturers elected to voluntarily phase out the chemical from their products, PFAS chemicals feature a unique molecular makeup that makes them from breaking down in normal environmental settings. On the manufacturing end, this resulted in products resistant to heat, oil, stains, grease and water. But left to build up in the soil and drinking water over the years, it is estimated that PFAs exists in the blood streams of 99% of Americans.
The Biden administration announced its roadmap to confront forever chemicals last fall, putting forth a timeline to set enforceable drinking water limits and to review past actions relating to PFAS taken under the Toxic Substances Control Act.
Friday's designation of the chemicals hazardous substances under Superfund law means that federal, state or tribal officials must be informed when certain levels of PFOA and PFOS are released into the environment. The EPA has the authority to require cleanups from the parties responsible or, if no parties can be identified, to use EPA funds for a Superfund cleanup.
“This important step will allow communities to pursue polluters — from manufacturers to irresponsible polluters — and hold them accountable for the damage done,” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, said Friday.
Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania echoed this sentiment, saying the classification safeguards American health.
"I am proud to support this action and look forward to the continued implementation of the PFAS Strategic Roadmap,” Fitzpatrick said.
Other Republicans pushed back, however.
“Property owners, farmers, employers, essential utilities and individuals may be liable for unknowingly having PFAS on their land, even if it was there years or even generations prior to ownership and came from an unknown source,” Senator Shelley Capito of West Virginia said in a statement Friday.
In a similar vein, the American Chemistry Council trade group called the EPA’s remediation proposal “expensive, ineffective and unworkable,” saying that categorizing the chemicals under Superfund law could put groups like fire departments or airports at risk.
“The proposed (Superfund) designation would impose tremendous costs on these parties without defined cleanup standards,” the council said in a statement.
For environmental activists, the measure is long overdue.
“For decades, polluters dumped toxic PFOA and PFOS into scores of communities across the country with impunity," said Ken Cook, president of the Environmental Working Group. "Today’s proposal will give the EPA and those communities critical new tools to finally hold those polluters accountable and force them to clean up their mess."
While there are more than 5,000 chemicals that belong to the PFAS subset, the EPA has thus far only administered health advisories on two: PFOS, used in Teflon, and PFOA, formerly an ingredient in 3M Scotchgard fabric protectors.
The EPA also noted Friday it plans to propose rules for PFAS in drinking water by the end of 2022.
“Communities have suffered far too long from exposure to these forever chemicals. The action announced today will improve transparency and advance EPA’s aggressive efforts to confront this pollution, as outlined in the Agency’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap,” EPA administrator Michael Regan said in a statement Friday. “Under this proposed rule, EPA will both help protect communities from PFAS pollution and seek to hold polluters accountable for their actions.”
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FORT WORTH, Texas (CN) — A Texas jury began deliberations Friday evening into whether a former cop was justified in killing a woman during a welfare check when he fired on her charging dog, with attorneys arguing over the victim’s culpability in keeping the animal unleashed.
Ravi Singh, 29, did not testify in his own defense. He was a rookie with the Arlington Police Department when he shot and killed Margarita “Maggie” Brooks, 30, after responding to reports of a person lying on the grass on Aug. 1, 2019, near North Collins Street. He resigned three months after the shooting.
Singh is charged with one count of criminally negligent homicide and faces up to two years in state prison and a fine of $10,000 if convicted.
In viral bodycam footage played for jurors on Tuesday, Singh is walking down an alley during daylight and asks a seated Brooks if she is all right.
An unleashed dog begins running at Singh, who steps backward and unholsters his gun while Brooks is heard calling out “down” at the dog. Singh fires three times at the dog and Brooks is immediately heard screaming “what the fuck.”
“Oh my God,” Brooks screamed. “The police shot me.”
She later died from a gunshot wound to the upper torso, while her dog was grazed by a bullet. Brooks was the mother of three children.
Defense attorney Rafael Sierra told jurors during closing arguments that Singh is a former Marine and jailer who was just beginning his dream job as a police officer. He said the unleashed dog was running at Singh at 18 miles per hour.
“The whole incident when he fired three times, took 0.53 seconds,” Sierra said. “Ladies and gentlemen, you have no time to think.”
Defense attorney Kathy Lowthorp expressed sympathy to Brooks’ family for her death, but said Singh was not being “selfish” shooting at the unleashed dog to prevent being injured.
“I hate to say it but Ms. Brooks was negligent,” she told the jury. “I want to remind you that those jaws are powerful.”
Prosecutors began closing arguments by playing for the jury Singh’s bodycam footage of when firemen arrived at the scene after the shooting. They described the “befuddled look” on the face of a fire lieutenant when Singh told him Brooks was “caught in the crossfire.” Prosecutors told jurors that Singh’s fear of the 40-pound dog was not reasonable, calling the animal “the Cujo he was so deathly afraid of.”
Before the jury entered the courtroom, both sides argued loudly over the defense’s request for self defense to be included in the jury instructions. Singh’s attorneys told Tarrant County District Judge Ryan Hill that Brooks was negligent in not leashing the animal, so she “absorbs the actions” of the dog. They argued Brooks “was a casualty in his use of self-defense.”
Tarrant County Assistant District Attorney Tim Rodgers forcefully pushed back, dismissing the defense as relying on a “ridiculous nexus for self-defense.”
“She lacked mens rea [criminal intent] when she was unconscious,” Rodgers said. “I’m sorry, but that is absurd.”
Forensic consultant Ron Marinelli testified for the defense Friday morning. He said deadly force was the only viable choice for Singh given the circumstances. His testimony contradicted expert testimony for the prosecution earlier in the week that concluded deadly force was not necessary or reasonable with a person so close to the target.
Under Texas criminal law, criminally negligent homicide is the least serious charge of the state’s four criminal homicide offenses — the other three being manslaughter, murder and capital murder.
Brooks’ family have since sued Singh and the city of Arlington for over $1 million in actual and punitive damages for wrongful death and for violations of her 14th Amendment rights.
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Affidavit used in Trump Mar-a-Lago search warrant made public, with redactions
The U.S. government on Friday posted a redacted version of the affidavit used by the FBI to gain court approval for the search of former President Donald Trump’s south Florida resort home, Mar-a-Lago.
Covid-19 vaccine companies wage legal patent war
Two major players in developing the coronavirus vaccine are facing off in federal court: Moderna filed a lawsuit Friday accusing Pfizer of copying its proprietary technology.
Election interference investigation closes in on Trump’s inner circle
The district attorney investigating potential criminal interference in Georgia’s 2020 presidential election filed new petitions Thursday to seek testimony from former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell and others next month.
Wall Street takes a bath as Fed chairman keeps the burners on high
The hawkish tone from the Federal Reserve showed no sign of tempering as stock markets plunged on Friday, eating further into the last month’s gains.
Ringleader of NBA health plan fraud strikes plea deal
Identified by federal prosecutors last year as the “lynchpin” of a scheme that defrauded an NBA players’ association health plan out of $4 million, former Louisville star player Terrence Williams copped a deal and pleaded guilty on Friday.
Regional
Caltrans cleared to sweep Oakland’s largest homeless encampment
Dissolving an extended temporary restraining order Friday, a federal judge gave the California Department of Transportation the green light to begin sweeping an Oakland encampment which may have 200 residents.
Justice Patricia Guerrero confirmed as California’s next chief justice
By unanimous 3-0 vote, Justice Patricia Guerrero was confirmed Friday to take her place as the next chief justice of the California Supreme Court.
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Escalation of war near Ukraine nuke plant raises red flags
Fears of a radiation leak hung over Europe on Friday as fighting threatened a massive nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine now in danger of losing its power supply.
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Chipmaker stocks have certainly had their ups and downs over the years, but this year, they’ve been heading mostly down, creating the potential for investors to pick and choose the cream of the crop at a discount. In this piece, we used TipRanks’ Comparison Tool to evaluate two popular semiconductor stocks — Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and NVIDIA (NVDA). A closer look reveals why AMD deserves a bullish view, while a bearish view may be more accurate for NVDA.
Advanced Micro Devices and NVIDIA have both benefited from cryptocurrency mining and other trends that drove increases in semiconductor sales.
Meanwhile, the semiconductor industry has had a difficult time since the early days of the pandemic as shortages squeezed supplies of everything from cars to smartphones and tablets.
However, the recently signed CHIPS and Science Act should give the chipmaking industry a boost. It’s aimed at bolstering the semiconductor supply chain and promoting R&D on advanced technologies in the U.S. Some chipmakers are likely to benefit from this law more than others.
The State of the Semiconductor Industry
In the U.S., one trend that’s sure to drive growth in the chip industry is the CHIPS and Science Act. Unfortunately, neither AMD nor NVIDIA is expected to benefit from that law, which is aimed at driving domestic semiconductor production. Although both companies are based in the U.S. and design their own chips, they contract third-party companies like Samsung (GB: SMSN) and TSMC (TSM) to manufacture their semiconductors.
As a result, they can’t benefit from the $52 billion the federal government has earmarked for companies to build new fabrication plants in the U.S. However, there are other effects to consider when looking at AMD and NVIDIA.
The pandemic opened a lot of people’s eyes to the importance of computer chips. Many industries were put on hold due to the widespread shortages of semiconductors. Deloitte estimates that the global semiconductor industry will be worth about $600 billion this year.
The firm also estimates that chip shortages during the pandemic likely cost more than $500 billion in lost sales, including $210 billion in lost auto sales. Deloitte sees the trend line of semiconductor sales as “steeper than ever before as we enter a period of robust secular growth.” As a result, there should be plenty of sales available to the chipmakers that take the necessary sales to attract them.
Advanced Micro Devices
On that note, reviewing AMD’s and NVIDIA’s earnings results is very revealing. In Q2, AMD reported adjusted earnings of $1.05 per share on $6.55 billion in revenue. Analysts had been expecting earnings of $1.03 per share on $6.53 billion in revenue.
The chipmaker’s total revenue rose 70% year-over-year on the back of growth in all segments and the addition of sales from the recent Xilinx acquisition.
As a result, the slowdown in crypto mining due to the Ethereum (ETH-USD) blockchain’s switch from proof-of-work to proof-of-stake shouldn’t drastically reduce AMD’s sales.
It should also be noted that AMD’s gross margin for the June quarter declined only two percentage points year-over-year to 46% — despite this year’s soaring inflation. The chipmaker’s non-GAAP gross margin actually increased, rising six percentage points year-over-year to 54%. AMD also posted record non-GAAP operating income of $2 billion or 30% of revenue, a 24% increase year-over-year, and record non-GAAP net income of $1.7 billion.
There are other things to like about Advanced Micro Devices. For example, the company’s cash and equivalents stood at $6 billion at the end of June, while debt was less than half of that at $2.8 billion. The chipmaker also repurchased $920 million in shares during the quarter and reported record cash from operations of $1.04 billion. Free cash flow rose to $906 million.
All in all, the Q2-earnings report was a strong showing, given macroeconomic challenges. However, AMD did disappoint with its guidance, as it expects $6.7 billion in sales for the current quarter, plus or minus $200 million. Analysts had been looking for $6.83 billion.
Additionally, AMD’s P/E is low relative to its history at 40x. The chipmaker’s P/E has been declining since it peaked at ~270x in January 2020. Although AMD’s P/E is high compared to others, like Intel (INTC), the robust earnings and sales numbers suggest a premium could be warranted.
In fact, Hold-rated Intel has been struggling with execution, which is another reason AMD’s numbers have been better than Intel’s. With AMD shares down about 37% year-to-date due to the tech-focused sell-off, this could represent an attractive entry point.
Is AMD Stock a Buy?
Turning to Wall Street, Advanced Micro Devices has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on 19 Buy ratings, eight Hold ratings, and one Sell rating over the last three months. At $123.17, the average AMD price target implies upside potential of 35.1%.
NVIDIA
An analysis of NVIDIA’s latest earnings report reveals general weakness compared to AMD. It certainly seems as if the economic slowdown and soaring inflation have taken a bigger bite out of NVIDIA’s numbers.
The chipmaker reported adjusted earnings per share of $0.51 on $6.7 billion in revenue. Analysts had been expecting EPS of $0.50 on $6.7 billion in sales. While AMD’s sales soared compared to last year, NVIDIA’s revenue rose only 3%. Its gross margin fell 21.3 percentage points year-over-year, falling to 43.5%, compared to AMD’s largely-stable gross margin.
While AMD posted several record numbers, NVIDIA reported declines virtually across the board. Non-GAAP net income fell 51% year-over-year to $1.3 billion, while adjusted operating income fell 57% year-over-year to $1.3 billion.
NVIDIA cited “challenging market conditions” in its Gaming segment for the earnings disappointments. The chipmaker also reported write-downs on some of its Data Center inventory, while AMD had reported an 83% year-over-year increase in sales from its Data Center business.
For the October quarter, NVIDIA guided for $5.9 billion in sales, plus or minus 2%. That compares to the consensus of $6.9 billion, a significantly larger disappointment than AMD’s guidance.
With so many disappointments, NVIDIA surely deserves a lower P/E than AMD, but its ratio stands at 43.6X. In fact, the company’s stock rose more than 1% the day after its most recent earnings report, although it’s down 45% year-to-date.
Is It Good to Buy Nvidia Stock? Analysts Weigh In
Turning to Wall Street, NVIDIA has a Strong Buy consensus rating based on 23 Buys, seven Holds, and zero Sell ratings over the last three months. At $215.18, the average NVIDIA price target implies upside potential of 32.3%.
Conclusion: AMD Looks Cheap Relative to NVIDIA
Aside from the P/E ratios and earnings numbers that make AMD look cheaper than NVDA, one other thing that should be considered when comparing the companies is AMD’s acquisition of Chinese chipmaker Xilinx. It’s unclear just how much that acquisition boosted the company’s latest earnings results because it did not break down Xilinx’s contributions.
However, Xilinx reported about $1 billion in sales for the quarter it reported in January. Thus, based on that amount, the chipmaker could have added about 37% of the sales increase AMD reported in the most recently completed quarter. If that estimate is accurate, then AMD is still growing organically on top of the Xilinx acquisition, although it’s difficult to know just how much organic growth the company is enjoying.
At the end of the day, NVIDIA’s higher P/E doesn’t appear warranted when comparing the two chipmaker’s earnings results. It seems many analysts may believe NVIDIA will have turned the corner by the time the earnings report for the October quarter comes out, but there is no certainty on that. Thus, NVIDIA currently looks riskier than AMD. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/amd-vs-nvda-why-amd-stock-seems-more-attractive | 2022-08-27T04:50:32Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/amd-vs-nvda-why-amd-stock-seems-more-attractive | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
EUNICE— Despite social media rumors, Opelousas Police say there was no shooting. The incident proved to be a fight between juveniles.
KATC spoke to Eunice High School football coach, Andre Vige, who says they did not have a chance to enter the field for the 3rd game.
Due to an emergency at the Donald Gardner Stadium this evening, the games have been stopped.
At the end of the 2nd game the stadium was evacuated just before the 3rd game began.
Officials say everyone is leaving safely.
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EUNICE— Despite social media rumors, Opelousas Police say there was no shooting. The incident proved to be a fight between juveniles.
KATC spoke to Eunice High School football coach, Andre Vige, who says they did not have a chance to enter the field for the 3rd game.
Due to an emergency at the Donald Gardner Stadium this evening, the games have been stopped.
At the end of the 2nd game the stadium was evacuated just before the 3rd game began.
Officials say everyone is leaving safely.
As information becomes develops, we will update the story here. | https://www.katc.com/news/st-landry-parish/donald-gardner-stadium-evacuated-on-jamboree-friday-night | 2022-08-27T04:54:35Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/st-landry-parish/donald-gardner-stadium-evacuated-on-jamboree-friday-night | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Coached by Fausto Scolari, having formerly worked with Antonio Di Paolo; trains at Italian Tennis Federation at Formia (between Rome and Naples)
Born in Ancona, Italy, went to school on the opposite coast in Cecina and now resides in nearby Fermo
Mother is Jessica, father is Piero and younger brother is Alessandro
Introduced to tennis at the age of six by her parents
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Finalist (1): 2020 - Palermo (w/Trevisan).
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Italian Fed Cup Team, 2018, 2020.
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2019 - Fell 1r on WTA debut at Rome (as WC, l. to Anisimova); also fell 1r on one other occasion; won three singles and one doubles title on ITF Circuit.
2018 - Won one singles title on ITF Circuit.
2017 - Made professional debut on ITF Circuit in Italy.
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MUSKEGON, Mich. — East Kentwood at Muskegon
Muskegon hosted East Kentwood Friday night, with the Big Reds coming off a 9-2 season in 2021.
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Muskegon 20, East Kentwood 14
After a tough-fought battle, Muskegon will head into week two 1-0 with the 20-14 victory over East Kentwood.
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Thiruvananthapuram: In another daring attack, stones were pelted at the District Committee Office of the ruling Communist Party of India Marxist (CPM) in the wee hours of Saturday.
According to the police, six bike-borne miscreants threw stones at the office. Thiruvananthapuram CPM district secretary Anavoor Nagappan's car was damaged in the attack.
Another vehicle parked in front of the office was also pelted with stones.
The police has started an investigation into the incident.
The CCTV camera installed in front of the office is likely to have captured the miscreants in action, the police said. However, this footage has not been released to them yet.
This is the second attack to befall CPM offices in the city. On June 30, another set of miscreants had hurled firecrackers at AKG Centre, the CPM's state office.
The police is yet to nab the accused despite having received the footage and it being almost two months since the incident. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/27/cpm-district-office-thiruvananthapuram-attacked.amp.html | 2022-08-27T04:56:15Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/27/cpm-district-office-thiruvananthapuram-attacked.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HARTLY, Del. (AP) - A woman who died in a two-car collision this week at a Delaware intersection was a former General Assembly candidate.
Delaware State Police announced on Friday that Catherine Samardza, 67, of Hartly, died from Wednesday's accident after she was taken to a local hospital. Samardza ran unsuccessfully for a state Senate seat in 2012 as an independent candidate, The News Journal of Wilmington reported.
Troopers who came to the accident scene intersection late Wednesday afternoon near Hartly found Samardza - the driver of one car - and her passenger badly injured, and the driver of a pickup truck slightly hurt.
Police said their investigation determined that Samardza initially stopped at a stop sign before for “unknown reasons" she left and drove into the truck's path.
Samardza's passenger was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, while the pickup truck driver was treated at the scene for minor injuries, according to police. | https://www.wboc.com/news/ex-legislative-candidate-dies-in-delaware-crash/article_5a97dd02-24cf-11ed-9ee4-538a75d74962.html | 2022-08-27T04:57:51Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/ex-legislative-candidate-dies-in-delaware-crash/article_5a97dd02-24cf-11ed-9ee4-538a75d74962.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CHEYENNE – Gov. Mark Gordon’s education initiative has completed its statewide listening sessions and is currently preparing a series of policy recommendations.
Building on the momentum of a statewide survey that garnered in excess of 7,000 responses, the Governor’s Reimagining and Innovating the Delivery of Education (RIDE) Advisory Group hosted 17 listening sessions with more than 200 attendees. Participants included parents, students, employers, district employees and community members.
Some of the most common feedback received during the listening sessions included support for more individualized approaches to learning, including more flexibility for students to move at their own pace, according to a news release.
Attendees also advocated for addressing standards and expanding options that prepare students for careers and life, approaches which align well with the "Profile of a Graduate" work that the State Board of Education is completing. Additional topics that were emphasized included an increase of focus on the early years before third grade, including pre-kindergarten; increasing mental health support for students and educators; and teacher preparation, retention and recruitment.
“We asked our citizens how they would improve Wyoming’s education system so we can better prepare students for successful careers in our changing world,” Gordon said in the release. “We heard a consistent message in both our small and large communities – they support their local teachers and want to maintain control. But we can do more to address challenges such as teacher retention, student engagement and the mental health of both students and staff members.”
The RIDE Advisory Group is currently identifying opportunities for innovative approaches based on implementation methods that are achievable and sustainable in order to equip Wyoming students for success in a rapidly changing world. RIDE’s work will include reviewing innovations within Wyoming, as well as other states and nations while conferring with experts and the State Board of Education to examine how these approaches might fit in Wyoming. A summary of policy recommendations will be available for public review later this fall.
“It is abundantly clear that we need to appreciate the uniqueness of each student; and to promote an educational system centered on preparing each student for a productive and fulfilling future consistent with that student’s dreams and abilities,” RIDE Chairman John Masters said.
More information on the RIDE Advisory Group is available at ride.wyo.gov. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/governor-s-education-initiative-prepares-recommendations-for-review/article_64d323d0-25b0-11ed-bb5f-c34152de881d.html | 2022-08-27T05:06:01Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/news/local_news/governor-s-education-initiative-prepares-recommendations-for-review/article_64d323d0-25b0-11ed-bb5f-c34152de881d.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The man accused of killing six people at the Waukesha, Wisconsin Christmas parade last year was escorted out of court Friday after going on a tirade during a pretrial hearing.
Darrell Brooks, 39, went from sleeping at the defense table to yelling at Judge Jennifer Dorow and sheriff’s deputies Friday morning, according to footage published by WISN-TV.
“I don’t care about no livestream. Just like y’all don’t care. All this political,” the man accused of plowing into paradegoers with an SUV last November yammered at Dorow.
“You sit up here and act like you know me. People like you, y’all don’t know nothing about where I come from,” he continued as the judge stood at her bench, arms folded.
Brooks then tussled with a deputy as Dorow asked him to stop interrupting the proceedings, according to the station.
“Don’t push me dog,” he was heard on the footage warning a deputy.
“Don’t push back then. Don’t push back,” the deputy replied.
“Push me again,” the suspect reportedly threatened.
Brooks was held in contempt of court and escorted out of the courtroom, the outlet reported.
He returned after a lunch break and sat calmly before reportedly telling Dorow he was not feeling well and wanted to return to his cell.
The judge granted his request and the hearing continued without him, according to the article.
Dorow dropped six counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle and allowed the state to use footage of his interrogation in the hours after the attack as evidence during two days of hearings, WISN said.
Brooks faces six charges of first-degree intentional homicide in addition to a slew of other charges and faces a life sentence.
His trial is slated to begin in October. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/26/waukesha-parade-mass-shooting-suspect-darrell-brooks-removed-from-court-following-outburst/ | 2022-08-27T05:09:20Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/26/waukesha-parade-mass-shooting-suspect-darrell-brooks-removed-from-court-following-outburst/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Football Friday Night: 8-26-22
Published: Aug. 26, 2022 at 11:18 PM CDT|Updated: 53 minutes ago
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - Mohammad Ahmad and Ana Medina are joined by Lauren Floyd as they make the rounds around another action-packed night of high school football.
Final:
Franklin-Simpson 13
Greenwood 36
Final:
McCracken County 7
Bowling Green 42
Final:
Christian County 6
Logan County 49
Final:
Russellville 6
Glasgow 48
Final:
Grayson County 0
Barren County 36
Final
Edmonson County 6
Butler County 35
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Goal-line stand sets tone for Whiteford in season opener
OTTAWA LAKE – Whiteford had a lot of time to think about it.
Blissfield picked up a first down at the Whiteford 4-yard line the final play of the first quarter Friday night.
In the break between quarters the Bobcats did a lot of talking and thinking.
They knew their slender 8-0 lead was in jeopardy.
Photo Gallery:Blissfield at Whiteford Football
They knew that a season when many are picking them to be a state title contender was in danger of getting off to a rocky start.
But mainly they knew they needed to make plays.
“Determination,” star linebacker Jake Iott said when asked the key to a goal-line stand. “You just have to keep your eye on the ball.”
The Bobcats set the tone for the game and perhaps the season by stuffing Blissfield, then immediately drove the length of the field for a touchdown got them rolling toward a 36-20 win in their season opener Friday night.
“It was awesome,” said former defensive coordinator Todd Theiken, who stepped up to take over Whiteford when Jason Mensing left during the offseason to take over at Westland John Glenn. “The kids stepped up and made a stand. That turned the game around.”
“That was really clutch,” said junior Ryin Ruddy, who made one of the biggest plays in the stand. “We needed that big time. It was a huge momentum shifter.
Blissfield first tried to run the ball in from the 4.
But after a pair of plays on the ground, the Royals had lost a yard.
Next, they turned to the air, but a pass fell incomplete.
On fourth-and-goal from the 5, Blissfield left the offense on the field.
Quarterback Jack Deatrick took the snap and surveyed the field. It looked like he might be able to scramble into the end zone, but Whiteford’s Ryin Ruddy came flying up from his safety position with a jolting hit that popped the ball loose.
Stepan Masserant recovered in the end zone for the Bobcats, who used that momentum to drive 80 yards for a touchdown that put them up 14-0.
Iott had a huge night for Whiteford.
He’s been key player for the Bobcat defense ever since he joined the varsity as a freshman in 2020. But this year he is getting more playing time on offense.
“He has such great instincts on both sides of the ball,” Thieken said. “Defensively, he’s never going to come off the field. We just kind of needed him to be in position to stay on the field (on offense).”
Iott carried 10 times for 104 yards and scored on runs of 1, 31 and 25 yards. He also ran for a trio of 2-point conversions.
Iott likes his expanded role.
“It’s going good,” he said. “I am getting more confidence running the ball and knowing I can go both ways.”
He hasn’t slowed down one bit on defense, racking up a team-high 14 tackles and recovering a fumble Friday.
“He’s amazing,” Ruddy said. “He scored three touchdowns and probably had 15 tackles.”
Ruddy was second for Whiteford with 7 tackles Friday and also scored the first points of the night. He caught a 42-yard touchdown pass from his brother, senior Shea Ruddy, on the Bobcats’ first possession.
“To be really honest, the sun was out so I couldn’t see it,” he said. “All I could see was the outline.”
Luckily the pass was right where it needed to be.
“It was right on the money,” Ruddy said. “It’s probably the best pass he’s ever thrown.”
Masserant also scored a touchdown on a 15-yard run, Hunter DeBarr ran for 117 yards on just 10 attempts and Drew Knaggs ran for 69 yards on offense and recovered a fumble on defense.
Blissfield coach Ron Estes, a former Summerfield basketball coach, was impressed with Whiteford.
“They’ve got state (championship) potential,” he said.
Whiteford faces a stern test Thursday when it visits Ida.
First Quarter
W − Ryin Ruddy 42 pass from Shea Ruddy (Jake Iott run)
Second Quarter
W − Iott 1 run (run failed)
B − Jack Deatrick 2 run (Aaron Stalker kick)
W −Stephon Masserant 15 run (Iott run)
Third Quarter
W − Iott 31 run (Iott run)
W − Iott 25 run (run failed)
Fourth Quarter
B −Elliot Strahan 4 pass from Deatrick (Stalker kick)
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing: Hunter DeBarr, W, 10-117; Jake Iott, W, 10-104; Shea Ruddy, W, 5-70; Drew Knaggs, W, 8-69; Jack Deatrick, B, 11-50; Ethan Stines, B, 5-48; Kassidy Lenz, B, 13-36; Stepan Masserant, 4-27; Luis Trijo, W, 5-22.
Passing: Jack Deatrick, B, 11-17-102; Brayden Fetzer, B, 2-2-68; Shea Ruddy, W, 1-2-42.
Receiving: Trey Bris-Bois, B, 1-64; Ty Cantrell, B, 3-60; Ryin Ruddy, W, 1-42; Eliot Strahan, B, 5-23; Landon Duval, B, 3-14; Tyler Ganun, B, 1-9. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/sports/2022/08/27/whiteford-blissfield-fb/65459409007/ | 2022-08-27T05:28:16Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/sports/2022/08/27/whiteford-blissfield-fb/65459409007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Around 300 Florida A&M students will spend the next week living in hotels as Florida A&M University works to fumigate the Palmetto Phase III Dorm.
For Sapphire Williams and her friends having to relocate after just moving in a week ago is tough.
"Everything needs to be off our floors, everything needs to be off our beds, everything off our walls, everything has to go," said Williams.
For others like freshmen CJ Mitchell, the biggest challenge, having to depend on a shuttle to get back and forth to campus.
While only for a week she's expecting it to be a big inconvenience as she works to get to and from campus.
"We only get three unexcused absences for the year, and they're not excusing us if we miss class today," said Mitchell.
Dr. Jennifer Wilder, Associate Director of Student Housing says, this all started during move in week when one student noticed a cockroach at Palmetto Phase III.
Since then, there have been multiple complaints causing them to shut down the dorm as they work with pest control companies.
"In an ideal world, this is not what we would be doing," said Dr. Wilder. "But when you continue to get complaints about one particular issue, then you have to try and get to the next level."
This recent issue, coming on the heels of FAMU's on-campus housing shortage where around 700 students were left without on campus housing.
Now through continued efforts, FAMU says they are now down to around 300 students still searching for housing.
One of those helping out during the housing shortage AND the relocation process, Casa Bella Inn & Suites and Seven Hills Suites, owner Justin Ford says they always try to do what they can to help out local students.
"FAMU has been there for over a hundred years," said Ford. "FSU has been there a very long time. We like to build relationships and we've become a source for them over the long term." | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/over-290-florida-a-m-students-relocated-due-to-temporary-closure-of-palmetto-phase-iii | 2022-08-27T05:41:56Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/over-290-florida-a-m-students-relocated-due-to-temporary-closure-of-palmetto-phase-iii | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Three current or former San Diego State University football players, including the Buffalo Bills' newly drafted punter Matthew Araiza, are accused of gang-raping a then-17-year-old girl at a Halloween party last year, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by the attorney for the plaintiff identified in court documents as Jane Doe.
Araiza, Zavier Leonard and Nowlin "Pa'a" Ewaliko were part of the San Diego State University football team at the time of the alleged incident last October.
Araiza said in a statement issued through his attorney that, "The facts of the incident are not what they are portrayed in the lawsuit or in the press. I look forward to quickly setting the record straight."
Earlier, his attorney, Kerry Armstrong, told CNN his client didn't rape the accuser.
"He never used any force against her. She was not visibly intoxicated. He did not hand her a drink with anything in it," Armstrong added.
Araiza "hopes it does not affect this career with the Buffalo Bills. He really likes the team and hopes he can stay with them," said Armstrong.
Jane Doe says she attended a party in the San Diego area with friends, but was separated from them when she met Araiza, according to the lawsuit. The claim further asserts that Araiza "could observe that Doe was heavily intoxicated" and "handed her a drink anyway."
"Doe informed Araiza that she attended Grossmont High School. Araiza, who was 21 years old, knew or should have known that Doe was a minor," the complaint says.
The woman says Araiza led her to a bedroom where "there were at least three other men already in the bedroom," including Leonard and Ewaliko, who were both at least 18 at the time, according to the court document. Shortly after Doe entered the bedroom, the men allegedly began engaging in sex acts with her, the lawsuit claims.
"Doe was raped for about an hour and a half until the party was shut down. Doe stumbled out of the room bloody and crying," said the complaint.
Doe reported the alleged incident the next day to the San Diego Police Department and underwent a rape examination at a local hospital, according to the lawsuit. Days later, detectives arranged "pretext" calls between Doe and the men they had determined as her alleged attackers, said the claim.
"During the call, Araiza confirmed having sex with Doe, even telling her that she should get tested for STDs," said the claim but when she pressed him about their encounter, "Araiza immediately changed his tone, saying, 'This is Matt Araiza. I don't remember anything that happened that night,' at which time he terminated the pretext call by hanging up on Doe," the complaint alleges.
Ewaliko's lawyer, Marc Carlos, told CNN in a phone interview that he sees some issues with Doe's credibility and the circumstances under which she reported the event. "The filing of the civil suit is clearly an attempt to put pressure on the DA to file a case," he said.
Ewaliko is not enrolled at San Diego State this semester, according to Carlos.
Leonard's attorney, Jamahl Kersey, said: "We are aware of the lawsuit that was filed yesterday and we respectfully decline to comment." He said he could not comment on his client's status as a San Diego State student or player.
The police department has submitted its investigation to the San Diego County District Attorney's Office and is being reviewed, the DA's office said, though officials did not indicate when a charging decision might be made.
CNN has also requested comment from police.
The university released a statement saying it "takes allegations of sexual assault seriously." but was not able to release specific details on the case due to privacy concerns stating the allegations were still under "active university investigation." The statement said further that a violation of the university's student code of conduct could potentially result in "suspension, dismissal or expulsion."
"We were recently made aware of a civil complaint involving Matt from October 2021," a Buffalo Bills spokesperson said. "Due to the serious nature of the complaint, we conducted a thorough examination of this matter. As this is an ongoing civil case, we will have no other comment at this point."
Araiza didn't play during Buffalo's 21-0 loss in a pre-season game to the Carolina Panthers on Friday. "At the end of the day I didn't feel like it was right," said coach Sean McDermott.
Questioned after the game about the allegations, McDermott described it as an "extremely serious" situation. "We want to find the truth and figure this out the right way and do the right thing."
NFL spokesperson Brian McCarthy said in a statement league officials are aware of the matter but had no additional comment.
An NFL player cannot be suspended for conduct before joining the league. But if a person is investigated for actions that occur while an NFL player, prior conduct can factor into potential discipline, according to the NFL's personal conduct policy.
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$8K being offered in Warner Robins unsolved homicide
The Warner Robins Police Department says in March of 1987, officers responded to a home on Crawford Street in reference to a person down.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— An eight thousand dollar reward is being offered for an arrest and conviction in a unsolved homicide.
The Warner Robins Police Department says in March of 1987, officers responded to a home on Crawford Street in reference to a person down. That’s where they found 59-year-old Evelyn Springer unconscious with a head injury.
Springer died from her injuries later that year in September.
If you have any information about this incident, call the Warner Robins Police Department at (478) 302-5380.
To leave an anonymous tip, call or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
Reward money is only given for a tip that leads to an arrest and conviction. | https://www.41nbc.com/8k-being-offered-in-warner-robins-unsolved-homicide/ | 2022-08-27T05:44:44Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/8k-being-offered-in-warner-robins-unsolved-homicide/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
$8K being offered in Warner Robins unsolved homicide
The Warner Robins Police Department says in March of 1987, officers responded to a home on Crawford Street in reference to a person down.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— An eight thousand dollar reward is being offered for an arrest and conviction in a unsolved homicide.
The Warner Robins Police Department says in March of 1987, officers responded to a home on Crawford Street in reference to a person down. That’s where they found 59-year-old Evelyn Springer unconscious with a head injury.
Springer died from her injuries later that year in September.
If you have any information about this incident, call the Warner Robins Police Department at (478) 302-5380.
To leave an anonymous tip, call or Macon Regional Crimestoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
Reward money is only given for a tip that leads to an arrest and conviction. | https://www.41nbc.com/8k-being-offered-in-warner-robins-unsolved-homicide/ | 2022-08-27T05:44:44Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/8k-being-offered-in-warner-robins-unsolved-homicide/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News
Top stories from August 26, 2022
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Peach County High School implements new security measures at athletic events
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Peach County High School implements new security measures at athletic events | https://www.41nbc.com/icymi-stories-you-may-have-missed-today-on-41nbc-news-132/ | 2022-08-27T05:44:50Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/icymi-stories-you-may-have-missed-today-on-41nbc-news-132/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News
Top stories from August 26, 2022
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Peach County High School implements new security measures at athletic events
- For other stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News, click here.
Peach County High School implements new security measures at athletic events | https://www.41nbc.com/icymi-stories-you-may-have-missed-today-on-41nbc-news-132/ | 2022-08-27T05:44:50Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/icymi-stories-you-may-have-missed-today-on-41nbc-news-132/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Local organizations debunk warnings on sex trafficking
Mason Mourning, School Manager with Traffick Jam, says don't believe everything you read on social media.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Social media can connect us with friends and family we don’t see on a regular basis. It can also spread misinformation.
A warning about zip ties on cars is making the rounds on TikTok, saying it’s a signal to sex trafficking.
Mason Mourning, School Manager with Traffick Jam, says don’t believe everything you read on social media.
“If you see something like that happen or you suspect you’re being followed take every precaution possible. If you’re at a store and someone is freaking you out or you see a zip tie on your car after the store, go in and talk to the management,” Mourning said. “Call the police, do whatever you need to protect yourself.”
Officer Greg Martin with the Warner Robins Police Department, says their office hasn’t gotten any calls about zip ties on cars.
He says many sex trafficking warnings end up not being true.
“We actually found out those are social media phenomenons going around that have no factual basis or anything like that, as far as being watched for or being potential victims of sex trafficking,” Officer Martin said.
According to Mourning, most trafficking starts in troubled homes.
“It’s a mental manipulation kind of thing. One of the things you can look for in students is if they’re skipping classes, if they’re sneaking out late,” he said. “If their behavior just changes radically something’s not right there and it could be trafficking.”
Officer Martin urges people to go with their gut. Not only to stay safe, but to also identify if someone else is in trouble.
“Don’t be afraid to call,” he said. “The least that can happen is we come out there and check it and see if it’s a real situation or not.”
If you think you’ve seen a victim of sex trafficking, don’t approach them. Instead, get a detailed description of what they look like and who they’re with. Then call the National Sex Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888. | https://www.41nbc.com/local-organizations-debunk-warnings-on-sex-trafficking/ | 2022-08-27T05:44:56Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/local-organizations-debunk-warnings-on-sex-trafficking/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Local organizations debunk warnings on sex trafficking
Mason Mourning, School Manager with Traffick Jam, says don't believe everything you read on social media.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Social media can connect us with friends and family we don’t see on a regular basis. It can also spread misinformation.
A warning about zip ties on cars is making the rounds on TikTok, saying it’s a signal to sex trafficking.
Mason Mourning, School Manager with Traffick Jam, says don’t believe everything you read on social media.
“If you see something like that happen or you suspect you’re being followed take every precaution possible. If you’re at a store and someone is freaking you out or you see a zip tie on your car after the store, go in and talk to the management,” Mourning said. “Call the police, do whatever you need to protect yourself.”
Officer Greg Martin with the Warner Robins Police Department, says their office hasn’t gotten any calls about zip ties on cars.
He says many sex trafficking warnings end up not being true.
“We actually found out those are social media phenomenons going around that have no factual basis or anything like that, as far as being watched for or being potential victims of sex trafficking,” Officer Martin said.
According to Mourning, most trafficking starts in troubled homes.
“It’s a mental manipulation kind of thing. One of the things you can look for in students is if they’re skipping classes, if they’re sneaking out late,” he said. “If their behavior just changes radically something’s not right there and it could be trafficking.”
Officer Martin urges people to go with their gut. Not only to stay safe, but to also identify if someone else is in trouble.
“Don’t be afraid to call,” he said. “The least that can happen is we come out there and check it and see if it’s a real situation or not.”
If you think you’ve seen a victim of sex trafficking, don’t approach them. Instead, get a detailed description of what they look like and who they’re with. Then call the National Sex Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888. | https://www.41nbc.com/local-organizations-debunk-warnings-on-sex-trafficking/ | 2022-08-27T05:44:56Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/local-organizations-debunk-warnings-on-sex-trafficking/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
National Black Growers Council holds Model Farm Field Day
"It's an awesome opportunity to come and engage with current and future producers, but there's a whole host of information out there to help and support our producers."
MONTEZUMA, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)– The National Black Growers Council partnered with the USDA to speak with farmers in Macon County about the advances in agriculture in Georgia.
Executive Director of the USDA Farmer’s Service Agency, Arthur Tripp, spoke to row crop producers about the different resources they can use.
“It’s an awesome opportunity to come and engage with current and future producers, but there’s a whole host of information out there to help and support our producers,” Tripp said. “They don’t know about the disaster program, they don’t know about a micro loan versus an operating loan versus a equipment loan so it’s great to be able to unpack that and just walk our producers through.”
State Representative Patty Bentley also spoke to the farmers. As a member of the agriculture committee for the Georgia House of Representatives, she says it’s important for farmers to be connected to resources that they need.
“This event was a great opportunity to bring farmers in the same place to provide them with information that can help them continue to be farmers in the State of Georgia,” said Representative Bentley.
To learn more about what resources producers can use, you can visit www.fsa.usda.gov. | https://www.41nbc.com/national-black-growers-council-holds-model-farm-field-day/ | 2022-08-27T05:45:02Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/national-black-growers-council-holds-model-farm-field-day/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
National Black Growers Council holds Model Farm Field Day
"It's an awesome opportunity to come and engage with current and future producers, but there's a whole host of information out there to help and support our producers."
MONTEZUMA, Georgia(41NBC/WMGT)– The National Black Growers Council partnered with the USDA to speak with farmers in Macon County about the advances in agriculture in Georgia.
Executive Director of the USDA Farmer’s Service Agency, Arthur Tripp, spoke to row crop producers about the different resources they can use.
“It’s an awesome opportunity to come and engage with current and future producers, but there’s a whole host of information out there to help and support our producers,” Tripp said. “They don’t know about the disaster program, they don’t know about a micro loan versus an operating loan versus a equipment loan so it’s great to be able to unpack that and just walk our producers through.”
State Representative Patty Bentley also spoke to the farmers. As a member of the agriculture committee for the Georgia House of Representatives, she says it’s important for farmers to be connected to resources that they need.
“This event was a great opportunity to bring farmers in the same place to provide them with information that can help them continue to be farmers in the State of Georgia,” said Representative Bentley.
To learn more about what resources producers can use, you can visit www.fsa.usda.gov. | https://www.41nbc.com/national-black-growers-council-holds-model-farm-field-day/ | 2022-08-27T05:45:02Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/national-black-growers-council-holds-model-farm-field-day/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Senator Jon Ossoff pushing for military facility upgrades
He says military members need these upgrades for themselves and their families.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Senator Jon Ossoff and Senator from Texas, John Corryn, are pushing to get upgrades to military barracks, daycare centers, and other facilities.
They hope to accomplish this by looking at the bill that funds the Department of Defense, increasing resources for those facilities.
Senator Ossoff says he spoke with junior enlisted personnel, and listened their concerns about the living conditions on bases in Georgia. He says military members need these upgrades for themselves and their families.
“They need upgraded barracks,” Senator Ossoff said. “They need daycare centers with enough capacity and to a high enough standard to feel comfortable sending their kids there. That’s why I’m leading this effort. I’ve brought together about 15 senators, Democrats, and Republicans. Uniting the two political parties to say we can do better by those who serve and their families.”
The legislation is expected to be on the senate floor in the Fall. Senator Ossoff says if they succeed in their efforts, Georgia bases could see improvements as soon as next year. | https://www.41nbc.com/senator-jon-ossoff-pushing-for-military-facility-upgrades/ | 2022-08-27T05:45:08Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/senator-jon-ossoff-pushing-for-military-facility-upgrades/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Senator Jon Ossoff pushing for military facility upgrades
He says military members need these upgrades for themselves and their families.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)— Senator Jon Ossoff and Senator from Texas, John Corryn, are pushing to get upgrades to military barracks, daycare centers, and other facilities.
They hope to accomplish this by looking at the bill that funds the Department of Defense, increasing resources for those facilities.
Senator Ossoff says he spoke with junior enlisted personnel, and listened their concerns about the living conditions on bases in Georgia. He says military members need these upgrades for themselves and their families.
“They need upgraded barracks,” Senator Ossoff said. “They need daycare centers with enough capacity and to a high enough standard to feel comfortable sending their kids there. That’s why I’m leading this effort. I’ve brought together about 15 senators, Democrats, and Republicans. Uniting the two political parties to say we can do better by those who serve and their families.”
The legislation is expected to be on the senate floor in the Fall. Senator Ossoff says if they succeed in their efforts, Georgia bases could see improvements as soon as next year. | https://www.41nbc.com/senator-jon-ossoff-pushing-for-military-facility-upgrades/ | 2022-08-27T05:45:08Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/senator-jon-ossoff-pushing-for-military-facility-upgrades/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: GMC hosts ACE
The Bulldogs were trying to get to 1-1 on the season after losing last week. The Gryphons were looking to stay undefeated after a Week 1 victory over Crawford County.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The GMC Bulldogs welcomed the ACE Gryphons Friday night.
The Bulldogs were trying to get to 1-1 on the season after losing last week. The Gryphons were looking to stay undefeated after a Week 1 victory over Crawford County.
Check out the highlights from Davenport Field: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-gmc-hosts-ace/ | 2022-08-27T05:45:15Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-gmc-hosts-ace/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: GMC hosts ACE
The Bulldogs were trying to get to 1-1 on the season after losing last week. The Gryphons were looking to stay undefeated after a Week 1 victory over Crawford County.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The GMC Bulldogs welcomed the ACE Gryphons Friday night.
The Bulldogs were trying to get to 1-1 on the season after losing last week. The Gryphons were looking to stay undefeated after a Week 1 victory over Crawford County.
Check out the highlights from Davenport Field: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-gmc-hosts-ace/ | 2022-08-27T05:45:15Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-gmc-hosts-ace/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Houston County hosts Perry in our Game of the Week
The Bears were coming off an opening season victory against Sumter County 41-7. This was the Panthers' first game of the season.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Houston County Bears welcomed the Perry Panthers to Freedom Field on Friday night.
The Bears were coming off an opening season victory against Sumter County 41-7. This was the Panthers’ first game of the season.
Check out the highlights: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-houston-county-hosts-perry-game-of-week/ | 2022-08-27T05:45:21Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-houston-county-hosts-perry-game-of-week/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Houston County hosts Perry in our Game of the Week
The Bears were coming off an opening season victory against Sumter County 41-7. This was the Panthers' first game of the season.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Houston County Bears welcomed the Perry Panthers to Freedom Field on Friday night.
The Bears were coming off an opening season victory against Sumter County 41-7. This was the Panthers’ first game of the season.
Check out the highlights: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-houston-county-hosts-perry-game-of-week/ | 2022-08-27T05:45:21Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-houston-county-hosts-perry-game-of-week/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Howard travels to Central
The Huskies were looking to stay unbeaten after defeating Southwest 45-12 last week. The Chargers were coming off a loss to Westside and looking for their first win this season.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Howard Huskies and Central Chargers met at Ed DeFore Sports Complex Friday night.
The Huskies were looking to stay unbeaten after defeating Southwest 45-12 last week. The Chargers were coming off a loss to Westside and looking for their first win this season.
Here are the highlights: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-howard-travels-to-central/ | 2022-08-27T05:45:24Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-howard-travels-to-central/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Howard travels to Central
The Huskies were looking to stay unbeaten after defeating Southwest 45-12 last week. The Chargers were coming off a loss to Westside and looking for their first win this season.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Howard Huskies and Central Chargers met at Ed DeFore Sports Complex Friday night.
The Huskies were looking to stay unbeaten after defeating Southwest 45-12 last week. The Chargers were coming off a loss to Westside and looking for their first win this season.
Here are the highlights: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-howard-travels-to-central/ | 2022-08-27T05:45:24Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-howard-travels-to-central/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Northside visits Peach County
The Trojans were looking to start the season 2-0 after beating Baldwin. The Eagles lost their opening season game to Jones County.
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Peach County Trojans hosted the Northside Eagles on Friday night.
The Trojans were looking to start the season 2-0 after beating Baldwin. The Eagles lost their opening season game to Jones County.
41NBC’s Tucker Sargent has highlights from Trojan Stadium: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-northside-visits-peach-county/ | 2022-08-27T05:45:30Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-northside-visits-peach-county/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Northside visits Peach County
The Trojans were looking to start the season 2-0 after beating Baldwin. The Eagles lost their opening season game to Jones County.
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Peach County Trojans hosted the Northside Eagles on Friday night.
The Trojans were looking to start the season 2-0 after beating Baldwin. The Eagles lost their opening season game to Jones County.
41NBC’s Tucker Sargent has highlights from Trojan Stadium: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-northside-visits-peach-county/ | 2022-08-27T05:45:30Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-northside-visits-peach-county/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Stratford travels to Westfield
The Wesfield Hornets welcomed the Stratford Eagles to Marvin Arrington Stadium Friday night.
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Wesfield Hornets welcomed the Stratford Eagles to Marvin Arrington Stadium Friday night.
The Hornets were 0-1 after losing to Deerfield-Windsor 45-28 last week. This was the Eagles’ season opener.
Check out the highlights below: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-stratford-travels-to-westfield/ | 2022-08-27T05:45:36Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-stratford-travels-to-westfield/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Stratford travels to Westfield
The Wesfield Hornets welcomed the Stratford Eagles to Marvin Arrington Stadium Friday night.
PERRY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Wesfield Hornets welcomed the Stratford Eagles to Marvin Arrington Stadium Friday night.
The Hornets were 0-1 after losing to Deerfield-Windsor 45-28 last week. This was the Eagles’ season opener.
Check out the highlights below: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-stratford-travels-to-westfield/ | 2022-08-27T05:45:36Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-stratford-travels-to-westfield/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Westside faces Southwest
The Seminoles came in 1-0 after beating Central 39-12. The Patriots were looking to get to .500 after losing 45-12 to Howard last week.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Westside Seminoles and the Southwest Patriots squared off at Henderson Stadium Friday night.
The Seminoles came in 1-0 after beating Central 39-12. The Patriots were looking to get to .500 after losing 45-12 to Howard last week.
41NBC’s Bill Shanks has the highlights: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-westside-faces-southwest/ | 2022-08-27T05:45:42Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-westside-faces-southwest/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE END ZONE HIGHLIGHTS: Westside faces Southwest
The Seminoles came in 1-0 after beating Central 39-12. The Patriots were looking to get to .500 after losing 45-12 to Howard last week.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Westside Seminoles and the Southwest Patriots squared off at Henderson Stadium Friday night.
The Seminoles came in 1-0 after beating Central 39-12. The Patriots were looking to get to .500 after losing 45-12 to Howard last week.
41NBC’s Bill Shanks has the highlights: | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-westside-faces-southwest/ | 2022-08-27T05:45:42Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-highlights-westside-faces-southwest/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Having spent literally my entire life in Kent, it really is quite amazing that I’ve barely visited one of our major coastal towns. Throughout my entire life, I could count on one hand the number of times I’ve been to Dover, primarily for class trips to the castle back in my school days.
Barring those visits, my most recent venture to the town took place a few years ago when I spent all of 20 minutes at Dover railway station after leaving my jacket on the train while heading to Canterbury, resulting in a trip to the end of the line to collect it. It's safe to say I really didn’t get much sense of how the area has changed over the years during this fleeting visit. For the latest Dover news and views, sign up to the MyDover newsletter here.
Now I’m an adult and over a decade has passed since I last properly went to Dover, so I felt it was high time I ventured back to see just what the area has to offer these days. Here’s how I got on.
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Initial impressions
After disembarking from the train, I was greeted with warm weather and clear skies as the sun sank behind the horizon, so the trip was off to a very pleasant start. Immediately the first thing that I spotted was Dover Castle, impressively looming over the whole town from its hilltop perch.
This was something I found throughout the trip, it seemed that no matter where you went in the area, the castle would always be within eyeshot which I thought was so fascinating. Given that my only memories from Dover come from visiting the castle, more specifically impatiently waiting the entire trip to visit the gift shop, it felt rather nostalgic to see it again, even from afar.
Throughout my exploration, I came to see a number of impressive and ancient looking buildings, which really gave the town its own unique feel. Perhaps the landmark that stood out the most however were the Dover Rings.
This impressive looking water feature within the market area immediately caught my eye, as it dispersed a fine mist over its surroundings. Given that the weather had turned rather humid at the time of my visit, taking a stroll through these rings was a fantastic way to cool down, even if it did weirdly feel like I was going through some strange outdoor decontamination process.
Having arrived rather late on a weekday, the town centre wasn’t overly lively, but I had expected this to be the case. However, there were a number of pubs and bars dotted around the town centre that were all occupied with a moderate volume of patrons.
So while it might not have been party central, there was still certainly some nightlife to be enjoyed. I had a feeling that this would be a town that definitely shone more during the daytime instead, and given that I would be staying the night, I was eager to test this theory.
Exploring during the day
As I predicted, venturing out during the day was a greatly different experience. Now, the town centre was well and truly alive with people, shops were busy with customers and the character of the area certainly shone through much more.
I found myself really enjoying the main high street area, and while I have definitely been to towns with a better array of shops, there was still plenty worth poking my head into. What I loved checking out, and what I’m already planning my return to, was the St James Retail Park.
Complete with a great range of shops, eating and drinking options plus a cinema, this is definitely one to come back to for a full day trip. Undeniably the highlight for me was the inclusion of a Taco Bell here, a franchise we really just don’t have enough of in Kent. I then ventured through the colourfully decorated underpass, toward the seafront which is where Dover really left an impression. While I didn’t get up close, I could still see the iconic and striking White Cliffs from where I stood.
Laying eyes on them in person for the first time in my life was really something I have to say. Nearby and also hard to miss was the Port of Dover, which was rather interesting to again see for myself, particularly given how often the port ends up in the news. Before calling it a day, I stopped along the beach and took in the gorgeous coast for a while, which looked particularly magnificent on this summer's day. It really was peaceful and practically empty when I came along, making it the perfect way to cap off my trip.
Verdict
It’s safe to say I’m eager to come back and fully explore the spots that caught my eye during my whistle stop tour of Dover. I would also be very curious to see how the town changes on a Friday night or over the weekend, to see just what nightlife in the area is truly like. Overall, I’d really recommend a visit to the area if, like me, you’ve not been for some time, and especially if you’ve never been at all. I think it's safe to say that there's a little something for everyone to enjoy here, whether you're after a day out with the family, or a spot to enjoy a drink or two along the coast.
I know I’ll be back to really delve into all Dover has to offer, and to potentially take a return trip back to Dover Castle. No one can stop me from getting as many wooden swords from the giftshop as I want now, and that’s incentive enough.
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Bandits stole my chickens, cut off my arms —Zamfara man
A victim of a bandits attack, Ismail Mohammed, has explained how his life took a turn for the worse with the loss of his arms.
Mohammed, who is in his 30s and lives in a community in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State, relived his nightmare in an interview with Saturday Tribune.
He said the bandits had stormed his neighborhood to steal goats but they attacked and cut off his arms on the assumption that he was the owner of the goats and was going to challenge them.
He said: “On that fateful day, I was returning home and just a few meters to my house, I saw some hoodlums coming out of our house with our chickens in their hands. The bandits had earlier visited the community and rustled our animals.
“On sighting the men, I asked them why were they stealing our chickens but instead of talking to me, they left hurriedly. But unknown to me, that was the beginning of my ordeal with the bandits.
“As I approached the entrance of the house, I came face to face with a bandit who thought I was talking to him. I didn’t know that the bandits were still around and they had rustled some goats.
“A moment later, another bandit surfaced with an AK47 rifle. He asked the other bandit what I had said and that one just lied that I was trying to challenge them. The one carrying a gun then asked his colleague ‘what are you waiting for?’
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“The man suddenly brought out a long knife and cut off my right arm. My brother who was now around was also attacked. One of the bandits hit his head and he fell down. I think they thought he died and so they came back to continue their attack on me.
“As the attack unfolded, I was praying very hard to God to let me survive the ordeal.
“They were not done with me until the other bandit brought out another sharp object and chopped off my other arm. They left me in a pool of my own blood.
“After these hoodlums were gone, our neighbours came out and rushed me and my brother to the hospital.”
Mohammed, who said he was healing gradually as of the time of Saturday Tribune’s interview with him, said he was grateful to the doctors, nurses and other staff of the hospital for saving his life and taking good care of him.
He thanked God that he was alive to tell the tale.
Mohammed, who said he was a mason by profession, also thanked the general public for their support.
He said: “Since I came to the hospital, people have been trooping in to pray for me or offer one form of assistance or the other.
“I leave those who put me in this condition in the hand of Allah who is the ultimate judge. I have accepted my fate. There was nothing I could have done to prevent this. I am a Muslim and I believe in destiny.
“But I want the state government to assist me with the provision of artificial arms. I would not like to be a liability to my immediate family and society. I want to be wearing my clothes by myself. I want to be able to do things by myself. That is my wish.” | https://tribuneonlineng.com/bandits-stole-my-chickens-cut-off-my-arms-zamfara-man/ | 2022-08-27T06:06:31Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/bandits-stole-my-chickens-cut-off-my-arms-zamfara-man/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Award-winning international music diva and cultural ambassador, Adeniyi Jemiriye, popularly known as Jemiriye has not stopped to be at her best in projecting the African culture through her music. In this interview by SEYI SOKOYA, the Nigerian Idol star speaks about her new project and career. Excerpts:
You are in the news lately with a new craft; could you let us know what it is all about?
I am glad to be out with a new work again. Recording Tambele was an interesting experience. When the inspiration to record came, I reached out to my producer, Olatunde Obajeun, who was in France at the time and I in the USA. I gave him an idea of the song and he said I should give him about a week. He worked on the beat when he got back to Nigeria, and I recorded my vocals at the Hot box studios, Pittsburgh PA USA. I had a few corrections to make on the beat, so I reached out to him again, and this time, he was in Amsterdam, so we kept going back and forth for a while, and I was preparing for the Picklesburgh festival (the biggest specialty Food Festival in America), at the same time.
It was very tight but I was not ready to rush the process. I love taking my time when recording, because I only want to give my best. So, we finally finished recording Tambele and then I had to catch my flight to Paris the day after for the Figas Festival. Thereafter, I had to coordinate with my team to get the master and finalise the entire recording process while in Paris. In summary, Tambele was worked on in four different countries and three continents, USA, France, Amsterdam and Nigeria.
What inspired the song Tambele?
The song came as a succour at a time of personal grief. The month of July was really tough for me. Firstly, I lost my beautiful, beloved goddaughter, Funmilola to sickle cell anaemia. It was painful for me as she was 20-years-old already.
I also lost my godmother, Mama K, same month. Then I travelled from the USA to France and Croatia, trying to distract myself from the pains. I finally found some answers in my soon to be released music entitled, “Tambele”. This song is for you, and for me. I choose happiness, I’m still broken, but amidst all, I choose to rise above my situation, and I hope you feel the same strength the song has given me.
Also, the inspiration for ‘Tambele’ came to me as result of what the world is going through right now. The post-Covid era brought about so much depression and mental health crisis. I was working on something entirely different, then I found myself singing Tambele bele bela be lamba. I didn›t know what I was saying, but I noticed I was smiling and excited while singing the song. So, I picked up my phone and started recording the new sound. Tambele means ‘happiness is free’. In my personal dictionary, Tambele is aimed at making you smile, dance and forget about your problems. I just want to see people genuinely happy; I want the song to help heal the depressed. The lyrics is a compilation of short funny stories about a small city where the people had their plenty issues that were solved by something as simple as palm wine and the new dance, Tambele.
What were the challenges like creating and recording the song?
The fact that the beat of the song was created in three different continents was a major challenge. Time differences was one of the major issues, communicating what I want exactly to my producer that was thousands of miles away was another, then working with my American studio engineers that are not 100 per cent inclined in Afropop. But we made it work perfectly at the end of the day. All their expertise and diversity brought the uniqueness to Tambele.
Are there plans for the visuals of the song?
We are currently working on the storyboard for the visual of Tambele, and we will be filming as soon as everything is finalised. Let me say in a month or so. And yes, I have other songs ready to be released, then the album follows. I’m excited.
Jemiriye is a vocal powerhouse that cannot be put in a box, what should fans expect from your album?
The album is scheduled for the end of the year. I’m super excited to share my body of work with the world. It has been about 20 years of recording. I can’t wait to share the album with the entire world.
How would you define your kind of music?
My kind of music is unique, I get inspired by personal experiences, sometimes a random smile from a child can make me pick my pen to write and put sounds together. My music is rooted in the African Highlife music, Afrobeat, Afropop, afrojazz, afrosoul, traditional Yoruba music and so on. I call it Afroclassic. It is a blend of so many experiences from my musical journey.
As a well travelled musician, how has your experience been and your thoughts on music from Africa?
Traveling around the world has been my biggest real life education. It helped me realise that there is no box, the only box is in your heart. The world is yours to conquer. Music from Africa is globally loved, it is very pleasing to my heart whenever I am in some parts of the world. I enjoy nice dinner or wine at nice restaurants, stores, events, radio and TV stations, then African music keeps coming up, and it feels just natural and beautiful, and my heart is filled with joy. Recently, I did two shows in Croatia on an Island in Dubrovnik and I was amazed at the reception of my music, the sing along and dances by my audience thrilled me.
Do you think the direction of music globally has changed in this post Covid era?
Yes, it has. The world became smaller without walls. Any music can trend and nobody cares where the music is coming from, people just want to be happy, and dance to tunes and I›m loving it.
How was growing up like and your passion for music?
I grew up in a home where music was part of our day to day activities. We wake up to pray every morning, and during morning devotions we have to sing before anything. My dad also had some interesting music collections from Jazz to RnB, Juju, Fuji, Afrobeat, Highlife, e.t.c. And I had my church choir experiences since I was age five. I always had my imaginary one million crowd and my pet bottle as a microphone in front of the mirror as a child, and I will perform for real.
Your fashion is unique and seems to be an extension of your music and personality; can you tell us more about it?
I love my root. I’m an African woman. I love to look good. I love luxury. I love jewelry, I love beads, I love to smell good, I love big and headwrap, I love to make a statement, so I always take my time to give my audience a show, not just music, but a total package, l don’t know how not to dress up.
What has been your memorable moments so far as a musician?
Singing at the baseball game, and becoming the first African to sing the baseball anthem at a live show at the Citizens Bank Park Stadium in Philadelphia in 2015, singing at the Pan African Women’s conference in South Africa with the legendary Winnie Mandela in attendance in 2005, having my song “Knocking on Heaven’s Door,” played at the World cup in Rio Brazil, singing at the legendary Ms Naomi Barbara King’s 90th birthday celebration and so on. Every stage is special to me.
How has your foundation put smiles on the faces of young people globally?
My foundation EWA Global initiative has touched the lives of so many youths and women across Africa, and we are working to do more to support young girls. We’re getting ready to go to Togo, Ivory coast, Nigeria, and Senegal for some outreach. EWA Global initiative is aimed at supporting youths and women in Africa. Helping the youth stay out of trouble by creating an enabling self-esteem for them to thrive and building their self esteem. We also give some incentives to African women to start a trade and support their families.
What is on your bucket list?
I want to travel the entire world.
What are three things people don’t know about you?
I love to cook. I’m a shy person and I’m very bad with roads, I use the GPS to drive to the same place for months.
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My husband accused me of immorality, arrested me with police —Wife
•She’s dating our neighbour, always chatting with him online —Husband
An Igando Customary Court, Lagos, Lagos State, has dissolved the union between Nurudeen Salami and Nimota Salami on grounds of infidelity, absenteeism and negligence to marital obligations.
The court president, Mr Adeniyi Koledoye, ordered that the couple should go their separate ways without any further bickering.
He ordered Nurudeen to pay his wife the sum of N250, 000 as severance package.
Nurudeen, a business man who resides at No 5b, Osunba Street, Igando, had approached the court seeking the dissolution of his marriage with Nimota.
He claimed that his wife had left their matrimonial home on three occasions and once stayed away from the family for about two months.
Nurudeen said that Nimota was involved in an extramarital affair with their neighbour who she spent quality time with online.
“The last time she left the house, she didn’t return for a long time. When she eventually returned, it was to pack her belongings.
“I am fed up with her neglect of marital obligations and threats. I need peace of mind,” he said.
In her response, Nimota told the court that she left the house because Nurudeem had the habit of beating her at the slightest provocation.
She said that Nurudeen had also severally denied her access to the house whenever she returned home late.
Nimota said that the allegation of infidelity was untrue and an attempt to portray her in bad light.
“He is short tempered. He accuses me wrongly of infidelity. He has even arrested and locked me up in police cell.
“I am comfortable with the dissolution of the marriage. I am tired of being beaten. I am tired of the allegations, ” she said.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) - The Rainbow Warriors will go up against the Vanderbilt Commodores at the Clarence T.C. Ching Stadium. This is the first sold-out home game in 15 year with almost 10,000 people attending.
Super fan, Wayne Coito, said he has been to 73 UH football games – home and away consecutively since 2015. He hasn't missed a home game since 2006 with exceptions to games during the pandemic.
"This commitment has required me to go to Australia and Michigan back to back and flying over the whole creation to see Hawaii football. It’s a part of my life schedule,” said Coito.
Coito said he hopes to make it to 100 straight games which he believes will take him another three years to accomplish. He said UH Football is a part of his family's tradition and that his 91-year-old grandfather, John Ferreira, sat in the stands of the first game at the Aloha Stadium in 1975.
"I’ve been a fan for so long. I believe since before Larry Price and all the other coaches at that time," said John Ferreira.
University officials warn there will be heavier traffic in surrounding neighborhoods in both directions of the H-1 Freeway. Some also believe there will be traffic in various parts of island because many residents will be celebrating at restaurants, bars, parks and so on.
"There are a lot of people here that have been involved with UH football since the 80s, even earlier. They’ve seen coaching changing here and dealt with the pandemic. There is a really rabid group ready to crank out," said Dave Kawada, executive director, football booster club UH Manoa.
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A nursing mother, Hassana Shehu has dragged her husband, Abubakar Dauda to a Sharia Court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, Kaduna State over lack of food.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the petitioner said that her husband had not provided adequate food and care for her and their baby since she was delivered a few months ago.
“He didn’t bring firewood that would be used to boil water which my baby and I would use for our bath. He has also provided no food, ”she stated.
The respondent was not in court but asked his brother, Shuaibu Dauda, to represent him.
Shuaibu also failed to appear in court because he was unwell.
He, therefore, prayed the court to adjourn the case by a week when the defendant would be fit to be in court.
The judge, Mallam Murtala Nasir, granted his prayer and adjourned the case for hearing.
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HAWAII (KITV)- Thera was an attempted kidnapping on Friday. Parents received a letter from Ka'o-hao Public Charter School in Kailua saying a student biking home was approached by two men in a white truck near Kailua Beach Park. The student turned around and biked to a friend's house. The truck also tried to turn around but stopped after a bystander called the police. There's been no arrests at this time.
A Ring doorbell camera captured the attempted abduction of a 6-year-old girl from the front …
Stories like this and an attempted abduction in Ohio has some parents concerned about their own child's safety in Hawaii. Eli Dennis is doing what he can to keep his son safe. He's telling him at an early age about the dangers of child abduction. "The earlier he learns about it the better. Because in today's climate is not a safe as it was when we were kids. I don't want my son ending up in someone's van. I don't want him playing around in the wrong streets, going on the wrong roads, and someone end up taking him," said Dennis.
A national story has come out detailing a 6-year-old's alleged escape from an abductor in Ohio. Dennis says he teaches his son to be vigilant. "He has to be cognizant and focused on who he encounters, and what he's doing. How he's going from Point A to Point B. We have those conversations all the time," said Dennis.
"Kids just need to be aware of their surroundings. If you can manage distance from whoever is trying to grab them, then half of the battle is won already before contact," said child trafficking expert Katherine Alamea-Xian. She says in today's climate, it's important to talk to kids early. The girl in Ohio got away from her alleged attacked by struggling and screaming, and she's only six years old.
"I teach my daughter not to talk to strangers. And we tell her if anything that happens that she should scream very loud," said Tiffany Bernades. Her daughter is 5 and she's wants her to know what to do, if she's grabbed.
"When kids are in this situation they should scream, scratch them or kick them to get them out of the way, just to release them," said Evelyn Barut who is Program Executive for the Youth Department at the YMCA of Honolulu.
Barut says the YMCA uses specific protocols to prevent abduction. "They need a picture ID if the parents are going to have someone else pick up their child. here is also a passcode that the parents need to identify and know what it is before they authorize someone to pick up the child," said Barut.
As for being on the street, a child trafficking expert recommends parents tell kids to stay alert for vehicles moving slow, stopping, or following them. And to stay away from individuals with no reason for being at a location. " The effects of someone trying to kidnap you last a lifetime. You suffer PTSD, nightmares, flashbacks and you never have a sense of safety without long term therapy. It's a life altering event," said Alamea-Xian.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- City officials don't want patients or emergency personnel to be afraid of going into an ambulance, following Wednesday's fatal explosion that killed an elderly man and critically injured Oahu paramedic Jeff Wilkinson.
The Honolulu City Council is planning a special hearing with the head of Honolulu Emergency Services Department to figure out what changes may need to be made to ensure public safety.
"If we need to do more inspections to make sure that it's safe, that's what we'll have to do," said council chair Tommy Waters. "Not just for folks who call for the ambulance, but the people who drive the ambulance and work in the ambulance and for their families as well to have some comfort."
The United Public Workers union, representing more than 300 emergency personnel, is also calling for EMS to do daily vehicle inspections -- even on rigs with no signs of defect.
The union's asking members to immediately report any workplace safety issues.
"I think people in our department are all saying, 'that could have been me,'" said Dr. Jim Ireland, director of the Honolulu Emergency Services Department. "No one's more eager than me to find out what the cause of this was and I think it will reassure our workforce, our paramedics, the public to have some answers."
Once preliminary information reveals the cause of the fire, Ireland said EMS will make changes to improve safety.
"We know fires happen in medical settings. In operating rooms across the country there's anywhere from maybe 90 to 100 fires a year where they use flammable anesthetics or oxygen," Ireland said. "In ambulances in other instances we've known oxygen has been involved in other ambulance fires on the mainland."
The Hawaii Fire Fighters Association has already directed its members not to accompany patients in ambulances until the cause of Wednesday's fire is determined.
However, a Honolulu Fire Department spokeswoman told KITV4 fire fighters will continue assisting paramedics with patient care in the ambulance.
Kristen joined KITV4 in March 2021 after working for the past two decades as a newspaper reporter. Kristen's goal is to produce meaningful journalism that educates, enlightens and inspires to affect positive change in society. | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/ambulance-safety-questioned-on-oahu-following-deadly-explosion-in-kailua/article_6d94e046-25b8-11ed-9479-c332d5890845.html | 2022-08-27T06:07:25Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/ambulance-safety-questioned-on-oahu-following-deadly-explosion-in-kailua/article_6d94e046-25b8-11ed-9479-c332d5890845.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PACIFIC NORTHWEST — Since Governor Jay Inslee and Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash.) released the final draft report regarding proposals to breach the Snake River Dams, numerous organizations and groups from across the Pacific Northwest have responded. In the report, Inslee and Murray argue that benefits provided by the dam should be replaced before the dams are breached. Their plan is meant to keep the salmon and orca species’ in mind.
The report was well-received by the Sierra Club, a nonprofit organization focused on environment and climate conservation, the NW Energy Coalition, a nonprofit focused on clean energy, Earthjustice, the Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association, the Association of Northwest Steelheaders, the National Wildlife Federation, Trout Unlimited, the Save Our wild Salmon Coalition, Idaho Rivers United, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Idaho Conservation League.
“The Snake River is the single best opportunity to restore salmon abundance on the West Coast, help our orca, and begin to address long neglected treaty rights responsibilities to the tribes…” said Sierra Club Chair Bill Arthur. “We call on the Northwest delegation to join with Senator Murray, Governor Inslee, and the Biden Administration to put the investments in place as expeditiously as possible to replace the services and breach the dams to avoid extinction and secure abundant salmon recovery.”
The Executive Director of NW Energy Coalition, Nancy Hirsh, thanked the legislators for the efforts in their report, commending the urgency that was stressed.
“While the path forward toward a decarbonized energy system will have its challenges, the region must lean into comprehensive planning and implementation now, so that we can begin to acquire the suite of clean energy resources that will maintain an affordable, clean, and more reliable energy grid,” said Hirsh.
The Executive Director of Northwest Sportfishing Industry Association, Liz Hamilton, also expressed gratitude for the legislators and their recognition.
“Our industry has paid the price for the decimation of Snake River stocks, and we are eager to get to work with other leaders in the region to modernize our power, irrigation and transportation systems,” said Hamilton. “Leadership that brings us together for solutions will bring salmon, steelhead and our industry back from the brink. But we need to start today in order to preserve these iconic fish runs and the communities that depend upon them.”
Collin O’Mara, President and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation called inaction the greatest ally of extinction, supporting the report and highlighting the need to act on the commitments. Many organizations felt similarly, noting the plan is helpful, but action is necessary.
“Mile-for-mile, the Snake River basin contains the coldest, most undistributed stream habitats in the Lower 48,” said Trout Unlimited Chief Scientist Helen Neville. “The bottom line is that if we are going to make major investments in wild fish recovery, the Snake is the place to put our money. Restoring a free-flowing Snake River is the most significant action we can take for Pacific salmon and steelhead in the contiguous United States.”
The Defenders of Wildlife Northwest Representative Kathleen Callaghy did not respond to the legislators specifically, instead only highlighting the need to continue this momentum.
“Defenders urges policymakers to take swift actions to make the infrastructure investments necessary to enable dam removal,” said Callaghy. “With Southern Resident orcas increasingly reliant on Columbia River Basin salmon, restoring these runs to abundance is absolutely critical to preventing their extinction. With only 73 whales left, there is no time to waste.”
The Salmon and Steelhead Associate for the Idaho Conservation League, Mitch Cutter, said the report outlines necessary steps, but should be followed up with a concrete timeline.
“We agree that the dams’ most important services can and must be replaced, but time is of the essence,” said Cutter. “If we actually want to restore salmon and steelhead, Murray and Inslee must establish a concrete timeline for completing necessary studies and infrastructure improvements, deauthorizing the dams, and restoring the lower Snake River. Across the Northwest, people are recognizing that the status quo is unsustainable, irresponsible, and unjust. It’s time to act and deliver a future that makes all communities whole, including those who’ve been left behind for far too long.”
However, the Columbia Riverkeeper opposed the concepts outlined in the report.
“Governor Inslee and Senator Murray claim that salmon extinction and the status quo are unacceptable,” said Miles Johnson, Senior Attorney for the Columbia Riverkeeper. “But today’s recommendations will have tribes, salmon, orcas, and the communities that rely on them getting their pie in the sky (if they still exist), after we spend decades showering powerful interests with federal money. This sounds suspiciously like the status quo.” | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/many-nonprofits-support-final-snake-river-report-want-more-action/article_2d1fd8c6-25c3-11ed-bf8a-5765ebee57d4.html | 2022-08-27T06:11:39Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/many-nonprofits-support-final-snake-river-report-want-more-action/article_2d1fd8c6-25c3-11ed-bf8a-5765ebee57d4.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Chiawana football program has a storied history, even if it isn't as long as some others.
So missing the state playoffs in 2021, especially after making it 3 of the previous 4 years, was a pretty big disappointment.
Coach Scott Bond says the goals at Chiawana are simple, but lofty.
“The goal is always to win a state championship. If you don't start in August with that goal, you're doing it for the wrong reasons. There are a lot of little goals in-between that, but that's what the ultimate goal is.”
To avoid the heat, the team has been practicing at 6:00 a.m., with the coaching staff also hoping it will help push the team to excellence.
The Riverhawks were one of two MCC teams to receive votes in Scorebooklive's preseason rankings and were recently ranked as one of the top 30 teams in the state regardless of classification.
“The expectation at Chiawana is give the best product we can on the field every Friday,” said Coach Bond. “It's been a good year, a good spring and summer for that.”
Chiawana is coming off a 5-5 season, going 5-3 in the MCC, losing to Gonzaga Prep in the crossover.
This year, they're starting off with one of the potential games of the year, against defending MCC champ Kamiakin on September 2nd at Lampson Stadium.
They play rival Pasco September 16th. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/sports/chiawana-football-starts-season-with-goals-in-mind/article_aca70b56-25c7-11ed-a594-bb61734737b4.html | 2022-08-27T06:11:45Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/sports/chiawana-football-starts-season-with-goals-in-mind/article_aca70b56-25c7-11ed-a594-bb61734737b4.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In March and May of this year, pedestrians on South Transit Street were struck and killed by passing motorists.
Both the tragedy and the aftermath in the death of Richard Howes III have been highly publicized as the two drivers accused in the hit-and-run were charged with manslaughter. Howes was struck by two vehicles as he crossed South Transit at High Street on March 18.
The second hit-and-run incident, in which an unnamed male was struck by two vehicles at South Transit and Nicholls streets at 5:44 a.m. May 5, remains under investigation, Lockport Police Chief Steve Abbott said on Friday. One of the drivers is known to us, Abbott said, the other is not and it continues to be a case that is under investigation.
Abbott also said, to his knowledge, that the name of the victim has not been announced and he would not divulge the identity as of Friday.
Upon the second fatality, Mayor Michelle Roman said the city’s traffic advisory board would gather and analyze information about accidents and conditions on South Transit Street between Main Street and Ruhlmann Road.
At the same time, the New York State Department of Transportation disclosed its ongoing traffic study on Route 78 in Niagara County. The study was begun in 2020 and was due to be wrapped up in September. That study was still in progress as of Friday, according to Susan Surdej, DOT regional public information officer.
While the DOT study was not related to the deaths — a NYSDOT representative, Joseph Morrissey, wrote in May that the location was selected based on data from the agency’s Office of Traffic Safety and Mobility — it does evaluate crash data, field conditions and alternatives and countermeasures to prevent future accidents.
Upon request of the Union-Sun & Journal, the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office released information about motor vehicle accidents on South Transit Road / Route 78 as it exits the city and continues south:
— From January 2020 to the present, 20 accidents were documented between Robinson Road and Millersport Highway.
— Two of the collisions occurred in 2020, in May and December, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
— In 2021, six collisions occurred at a variety of times and dates, three between May and July, and all between noon and 8 p.m.
— This year, to date, one collision occurred, at 6472 South Transit, about 11:30 a.m. Feb. 26.
The city traffic advisory board is expected to meet next month to review its data, in conjunction with the DOT findings, according to Mayor Michelle Roman. Once that’s done, the city may request that DOT make certain adjustments, such as creating a delayed stop light at High and Transit where both lights are red for an extended period.
Meanwhile, Abbott offered some suggestions for drivers and pedestrians.
For drivers, he said: “Don’t assume (pedestrians) see you. Assume something, or someone, will jump out.”
And for pedestrians: Don’t wear dark clothing while walking outdoors, especially at night; wear a reflective vest or other reflective clothing when walking at night; and walk on the sidewalk or road shoulder whenever possible. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/traffic-safety-along-south-transit/article_68dd2d1c-2575-11ed-8011-7bd0947248bf.html | 2022-08-27T06:19:21Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/traffic-safety-along-south-transit/article_68dd2d1c-2575-11ed-8011-7bd0947248bf.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Wilson Village Mayor Arthur Lawson has called for an emergency meeting of the Wilson Village Board for Tuesday to readdress the application of a Water Infrastructure Improvement Act grant of $2.4 million for the village’s wastewater sewage connection plan.
The original measure was voted down by the three newest members of the board during the most recent monthly meeting on Aug. 18.
Lawson, who is in support of the measure, says that he plans to provide more context to why he believes applying for the grant is a good idea, and hopes to convince the rest of the board to support the measure.
“The board needs to understand the complexity of this project,” he said. The wastewater treatment REDI project has been approved, is ready to go and bid, but I can’t clear the funding hurdle without the approval of this resolution.”
The village was awarded a state REDI grant in 2019 to shut down its wastewater treatment facility and redirect it to the facility in the Town of Newfane.
“The economic situation between October of 2019, and August 2022 has drastically changed,” Lawson said. “The project costs have now risen from $4.461 million to about $6.8 million. We need a resolution to complete some grants that will allow me to close this gap in the funding.”
Lawson is concerned that stopping the progress that’s been made on the project could jeopardize future opportunities for the village to get state grants for infrastructure projects. He also said that it must be approved with a resolution before Sept. 19.
“Since we signed a legally binding contract, the state gave us taxpayer money of $4.461 million, and the village has already used $500,000 toward this project,” Lawson said. “If we lose this, the village will have to pay back that $500,000.”
Completion could also give Wilson the opportunity to be placed higher on further grant applications due to it already having a strong intent score with New York state.
“I’m willing to take a look at it but I’m not guaranteeing a positive vote because there’s other extenuating circumstances, and we have questions,” said Trustee Gary Darnell. “What are the costs to the taxpayer of the Village of Wilson? That’s my major concern.”
This sentiment was similarly held by Trustees Greg Martin, and Mike McAvoy.
The board meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday Aug. 30 at Wilson Village Hall. Public attendance is allowed. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/wilson-village-to-readdress-infrastructure-grant/article_80842322-258d-11ed-abf7-db45010bee09.html | 2022-08-27T06:19:28Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/wilson-village-to-readdress-infrastructure-grant/article_80842322-258d-11ed-abf7-db45010bee09.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Donald Trump’s third try for the White House will pose “a major professional dilemma for American journalism,” writes Marvin Kalb, whose political reporting earned him a cherished place on Richard Nixon’s enemies list.
“How will Trump be covered?” Kalb asks in an essay for the Brookings Institution. “Editors know Trump makes news. He is outrageously controversial, and, though no one knows yet, he may actually be indicted for criminal activity relating to the 2020 election and his personal finances. How do you cover such a presidential candidate, who has been widely accused of undermining American democracy?”
The answer is that journalists need to be vigorous and rigorous, tough and tenacious, relentlessly calling out Trump’s falsehoods and fabrications and his systematic attempts to destabilize the electoral process. But journalists must also be as careful and accurate as possible.
Since Trump regularly derides the media as “scum” and “enemies of the people,” it’s understandable that many journalists deeply despise the man. But that human reaction should not poison their professional performance.
The press can’t be anti-Trump. It has to be pro-truth. and there is a big difference.
I covered the Reagan White House for The New York Times, and I have taught journalistic ethics at George Washington University for more than two decades, so I’ve been watching closely as Trump altered the basic relationship between the press and the presidency.
He lies continuously, never corrects his errors or apologizes for them, and assiduously discredits any person or institution that tries to hold him accountable. In reaction, journalists have taken a far more aggressive — even adversarial — posture toward Trump than toward previous administrations.
“We are much tougher about calling out falsehoods from (this) president,” Elisabeth Bumiller, the Times’ Washington bureau chief, told me during Trump’s administration. “In the old days, we would say, ‘The president said this, but Democrats said this.’ We don’t do that anymore. ... You can’t just say, ‘He said.’ You have to say, ‘He falsely said.’ Trump has uttered so many falsehoods, so often, that to just report what he said, like we have covered other presidents, seems like a falsehood in itself.”
In my 25 years at the Times, I never wrote words like “He falsely said,” but I think the change is essential, and it comes down to the difference between facts and truth. If a reporter writes, “President Trump said yesterday that the 2020 election was stolen,” that’s stating a fact. Trump said it. But the fact is not true; it demands correction — clearly and immediately.
Another positive journalistic shift is the widespread rejection of both sides-ism or false equivalency. President Biden occasionally gets facts wrong. For Trump, deception is doctrine, part of his core being. To simply call both men “liars” conveys a profoundly inaccurate impression.
In his previous campaigns, Trump was masterful at commanding free coverage of his live events by media outlets that loved the ratings he produced and the ad revenue that followed. and since fact-checking Trump, or any politician for that matter, in real time is very difficult, his strategy of manipulation and misinformation flourished.
Today, the networks — including Fox — are far more wary of playing into his hands. Margaret Sullivan, the outgoing media critic of The Washington Post, made this point about future campaign coverage: “One thing is certain. News outlets can’t continue to do speech, rally and debate coverage — the heart of campaign reporting — in the same old way. They will need to lean less on knee-jerk live coverage and more on reporting that relentlessly provides meaningful context.”
All true. But there are major counter-pressures coming from the left, urging the mainstream media to join the “resistance” to Trump, to take sides, to accept his worldview that there is no such thing as independent, verifiable reality, just partisan and subjective posturing.
As Dean Baquet, who recently retired as editor of the Times, once put it, “our readers and some of our staff cheer us when we take on Donald Trump, but they jeer at us when we take on Joe Biden. They sometimes want us to pretend that he was not elected president, but he was elected president. and our job is to figure out why, and how, and to hold the administration to account. If you’re independent, that’s what you do.”
As I warn my ethics students, one of the most dangerous pitfalls is wanting a story to be true, allowing confirmation bias to infect your reporting, twisting your professional standards to fit your personal prejudices.
Be fierce. But be fair.
Steven Roberts teaches politics and journalism at George Washington University. He can be contacted by email at stevecokie@gmail.com. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/be-fierce-but-fair/article_20b72e18-255f-11ed-9b5f-73cb318c3e76.html | 2022-08-27T06:19:34Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/be-fierce-but-fair/article_20b72e18-255f-11ed-9b5f-73cb318c3e76.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CHEER: We bid a warm and fond adieu to Jose and Elsa Jo Santiago, the Salvation Army majors who are leaving Lockport for a new “tour of duty” in Puerto Rico. Everyone’s invited to an 11 a.m. Sunday farewell service and reception at the Lockport citadel. The Santiagos have been doing God’s work in Lockport for the past eight years and they’re leaving it a better place. Smart, compassionate services and programs for people in need — such as “Bridging the Gap” to help young people who had their first brush with the law earn record expungement, and the generational poverty cycle disrupting “Pathway to Hope” — are one of the hallmarks of their service. Making the downtown citadel a safe place for children to have “Friendship, Fun, Fellowship and also Food” is another. Whoever succeeds the Santiagos here has big shoes to fill.
CHEER: A long vacant parcel on the edge of downtown Lockport will be returned to the tax rolls with its purchase and redevelopment by Zeton International, a global technology solutions company that has a local footprint in Market Street-based Chemical Design Inc. The old Dussault Foundry property at the northernmost end of Washburn Street hasn’t been the site of any work or other vital activity, save for brownfield remediation, since the mid 1990s. Now that it’s cleaned up, it’s a place “to build fresh,” as Mayor Michelle Roman put it, which is a unique circumstance in a mature and otherwise built-out business district. The pending sale of the property for reuse is a credit to the City of Lockport, Niagara County and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, which worked together to get it cleaned up. Brownfield reclamation does seem to be one of the better, smarter uses of our tax dollars.
JEER: New York’s grand plan for rolling out retail cannabis dispensaries epitomizes the nanny state. The first 100 or so dispensary licenses are to be granted to individuals with “social equity status” — women, members of minority groups, veterans, distressed farmers and those charged with marijuana offenses prior to pot’s legalization. Applicants for a license will need to have some experience overseeing a business, but they won’t be subject to a credit check. That’s not necessary, since the licensees will have access to a $200 million “Social Equity Cannabis Fund” as well as turnkey storefronts being built out through the state Dormitory Authority. This is the Empire State’s showy way of righting past wrongs while establishing a monopoly in potentially the world’s biggest marijuana market. There’s just so much wrong with government picking winners and losers in business — if a state-subsidized and -directed enterprise can even be called that. Just as bad (and sad) is it cashing in on “sin” solely for the tax and other revenue and claiming that’s economic development. Is it really? | https://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/our-view-cheers-jeers/article_83e2cf48-257c-11ed-85b8-1f4bcfcf23fc.html | 2022-08-27T06:19:40Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/our-view-cheers-jeers/article_83e2cf48-257c-11ed-85b8-1f4bcfcf23fc.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Football, we missed you.
Friday Night Football made it's return for 2022, with Jamborees taking place across the Acadiana Area over the last 2 days.
This week also served as our FNF Jamboree Preview Special, as we get you prepared for the new coaches, best players and biggest contenders in Acadiana entering the 2022 season.
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Football, we missed you.
Friday Night Football made it's return for 2022, with Jamborees taking place across the Acadiana Area over the last 2 days.
This week also served as our FNF Jamboree Preview Special, as we get you prepared for the new coaches, best players and biggest contenders in Acadiana entering the 2022 season.
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It’s a new day for the FOX 17 Weekend Morning News team.
The newscast has a new team in place starting Saturday morning.
Lauren Kummer will anchor the newscast and be joined by Isabella Hulsizer of the FOX 17 Weather team.
Kummer spent the past couple of years as a reporter for FOX 17 and previously worked in Nebraska. She grew up just across the river from Detroit near Windsor, Ontario.
“It has been such a wonderful experience over the past two years being able to connect with our viewers, tell local stories, and relay breaking news at Fox 17. I am extremely grateful to step into this new role as weekend anchor and look forward to the opportunity to continue to grow as a journalist here in West Michigan,” Kummer said.
Hulsizer joined the FOX 17 Weather Team in July and previously forecast the weather at a station in LaCrosse, Wisconsin. She is originally from Arizona.
“I’m so excited to be joining such a great team. I look forward to meeting our viewers and informing them when weather will impact their lives. West Michigan is beautiful and I can’t wait to start tracking storms and lake effect snow events,” Hulsizer said.
You can catch FOX 17 Weekend Morning News on Saturdays and Sundays from 5-9 a.m. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/fox-17-debuts-weekend-morning-news-team | 2022-08-27T06:31:47Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/fox-17-debuts-weekend-morning-news-team | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Alen H. Janisch, 78 Aug 26, 2022 1 hr ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Alen Hilman Janisch, 78, of Yakima died Wednesday, Aug. 24.Arrangements are by Langevin El Paraiso Funeral Home, Yakima, lepfuneralhome.com. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save × Add your entry Posting As Emoticons [smile] [beam] [wink] [sad] [cool] [innocent] [rolleyes] [whistling] [lol] [huh] [tongue] [love] [sleeping] [yawn] [unsure] [angry] [blink] [crying] [ohmy] [scared] [sleep] [sneaky] [tongue_smile] [thumbdown] [thumbup] [censored] [happybirthday] [ban] [spam] [offtopic] [batman] [ninja] [pirate] [alien] Comment Text CAPTCHA × Your entry has been submitted. Guest × Report ×Reported ×There was a problem reporting this. × Watch the guestbook. Stop watching this guestbook. Watch this discussion Get an email notification whenever someone signs the guestbook. Notifications from this guestbook will end. (0) entries Sign the guestbook Log in Add your entry Submit An ObituaryFuneral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. Go to form LOCAL FLORISTS John Gasperetti's Floral Design Findery Floral Jenny's Floral & Gifts Blossom Shop Flrsts Amy's Wapato Florist FUNERAL HOMES AND SERVICES Brookside Funeral Home Colonial Funeral Home Keith & Keith Funeral Home Langevin - El Paraíso Funeral Home Merritt Funeral Home Midstate Monuments Prosser Funeral Home Rainier Memorial Shaw & Sons Funeral Home Smith Funeral Homes & Crematory Steward & Williams Tribute & Cremation Center Terrace Heights Memorial Park Valley Hills Funeral Home West Hills Memorial Park
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Elmer R. Beddingfield, 81 Aug 26, 2022 49 min ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Elmer R. Beddingfield, 81, of Yakima died Thursday, Aug. 25.Arrangements are by Smith Funeral Home, Sunnyside, funeralhomesmith.com. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save × Add your entry Posting As Emoticons [smile] [beam] [wink] [sad] [cool] [innocent] [rolleyes] [whistling] [lol] [huh] [tongue] [love] [sleeping] [yawn] [unsure] [angry] [blink] [crying] [ohmy] [scared] [sleep] [sneaky] [tongue_smile] [thumbdown] [thumbup] [censored] [happybirthday] [ban] [spam] [offtopic] [batman] [ninja] [pirate] [alien] Comment Text CAPTCHA × Your entry has been submitted. Guest × Report ×Reported ×There was a problem reporting this. × Watch the guestbook. Stop watching this guestbook. Watch this discussion Get an email notification whenever someone signs the guestbook. Notifications from this guestbook will end. (0) entries Sign the guestbook Log in Add your entry Submit An ObituaryFuneral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. Go to form LOCAL FLORISTS John Gasperetti's Floral Design Findery Floral Jenny's Floral & Gifts Blossom Shop Flrsts Amy's Wapato Florist FUNERAL HOMES AND SERVICES Brookside Funeral Home Colonial Funeral Home Keith & Keith Funeral Home Langevin - El Paraíso Funeral Home Merritt Funeral Home Midstate Monuments Prosser Funeral Home Rainier Memorial Shaw & Sons Funeral Home Smith Funeral Homes & Crematory Steward & Williams Tribute & Cremation Center Terrace Heights Memorial Park Valley Hills Funeral Home West Hills Memorial Park
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Willis E. Noble, 95 Aug 26, 2022 1 hr ago 0 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Willis Earl Noble, 95, of Grandview died Thursday, Aug. 25.Arrangements are by Smith Funeral Home, Sunnyside, funeralhomesmith.com. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save × Add your entry Posting As Emoticons [smile] [beam] [wink] [sad] [cool] [innocent] [rolleyes] [whistling] [lol] [huh] [tongue] [love] [sleeping] [yawn] [unsure] [angry] [blink] [crying] [ohmy] [scared] [sleep] [sneaky] [tongue_smile] [thumbdown] [thumbup] [censored] [happybirthday] [ban] [spam] [offtopic] [batman] [ninja] [pirate] [alien] Comment Text CAPTCHA × Your entry has been submitted. Guest × Report ×Reported ×There was a problem reporting this. × Watch the guestbook. Stop watching this guestbook. Watch this discussion Get an email notification whenever someone signs the guestbook. Notifications from this guestbook will end. (0) entries Sign the guestbook Log in Add your entry Submit An ObituaryFuneral homes often submit obituaries as a service to the families they are assisting. However, we will be happy to accept obituaries from family members pending proper verification of the death. Go to form LOCAL FLORISTS John Gasperetti's Floral Design Findery Floral Jenny's Floral & Gifts Blossom Shop Flrsts Amy's Wapato Florist FUNERAL HOMES AND SERVICES Brookside Funeral Home Colonial Funeral Home Keith & Keith Funeral Home Langevin - El Paraíso Funeral Home Merritt Funeral Home Midstate Monuments Prosser Funeral Home Rainier Memorial Shaw & Sons Funeral Home Smith Funeral Homes & Crematory Steward & Williams Tribute & Cremation Center Terrace Heights Memorial Park Valley Hills Funeral Home West Hills Memorial Park
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It only took two games for head coach Shundell Russaw to pick up his first win.
Russaw and Central Coosa traveled to Talladega County Central and won 34-22, behind a full team effort.
“My players are starting to believe in themselves and me as a coach,” Russaw said. “This win gives us momentum and confidence going into our first region game next week.”
In a complete turn-around from last week’s loss to Verbena, the Cougars moved the ball effectively and dominated on defense.
Cassidy Howard led the team on the ground, with 13 carries for 108 yards and a score. Elisha Hayes was right behind him with 65 carries on six touches and a score.
Hayes also got it done in the receiving game, snagging two balls for 66 yards and another touchdown.
Quarterback Antoneo Grant did not play favorites, as he got the ball to anyone with a Coosa jersey on.
LaCorrian Thompson caught three passes from Grant for 78 yards and a score. He also added six rushes for 54 yards.
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Defensively, Coosa players were flying all over the field. Not wanting to allow a repeat of last week’s loss, Alex Williams put the defense on his shoulders with a team-leading 13 tackles.
“Alex was all over the field,” Russaw said.
Junior defensive back Elijah Richardson broke up four passes and played “great defense” according to his coach.
Elated for his first win, Russaw still has to keep his team level and constantly improving to keep the victories coming.
“We have to improve on how we start the game,” Russaw said. “Our mental preparation has to improve, because we started slow the last two games.”
Even with a slow start on Friday, Coosa was able to get a victory. Next up for the Cougars is a conference date with Vincent, at home.
“We got a good Vincent team coming to Coosa next Friday,” Russaw said. “We need to show out and play our butts off.”
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All it took was two plays for Benjamin Russell to get on the board. The rest was history.
After an incompletion by quarterback Gabe Benton to start the night for the Wildcat offense, Benton reloaded and found wide receiver Corri Milliner for a 60-plus yard score. Milliner went untouched the whole way.
Benjamin Russell rode the touchdown to a wire-to-wire win 33-14.
Benton and Milliner’s score is the fourth of the season between the pair.
“We take what the defense gives us,” head coach Smitty Grider said. “When we can be two dimensional with the run game, we are going to be really dangerous.”
Clay Central followed the Milliner score with one of its own, but never took the lead.
Malcolm Simmons, another star-studded Wildcat, found the end zone in the second quarter on Benjamin Russell’s famous “rhino” play, where the Wildcats loaded up the offense with their biggest bodies and let Simmons take the wildcat snap.
Simmons took the ball, went left and found no room. The junior then reversed field and tucked his shoulder and ran hard through defenders to the promised land.
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The do-it-all Simmons also had an interception in the end zone to save a touchdown as time winded down to halftime.
“He had a good night,” Grider said. “He is a really good player and that is not a surprise. We expect big things out of him always. We will get him more and more involved in the offense as we go.”
Milliner almost housed a second score, which would have been good for 80 yards, but was stopped just shy of the end zone. The speedster, along with his whole team, were shocked someone was able to come from behind and stop him.
“That was a big play for us,” Grider said. “That got us in touchdown range and we were able to stick it in.”
It did not take long, however, for another Wildcat to find the end zone, this time on a scramble by Benton.
Milliner snagged a pick late and Simmons punched in another score. The dynamic duo certainly helped lead the charge, but Grider said it takes a whole team to truly be successful.
“It is a team effort every game,” Grider said. “Those two are special but we have a lot of great guys that helped us tonight.”
Benjamin Russell comes home for the first time all year, with a contest next Friday against region opponent Calera.
“The real season starts next Friday,” Grider said.
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After suiting up for the Jets just once last season, Lamarcus Joyner wasn’t about to start playing games in free agency.
“It was either the Jets or I was going to retire,” Joyner said after practice Friday. “I love this organization that much.”
You might expect a franchise icon to give that kind of market restriction to his agent, but not Joyner, whose first season with the Jets in 2021 was over almost before it started. He tore his triceps muscle just nine defensive snaps into his Week 1 start at safety and soon underwent season-ending surgery.
Combined with his two previous frustrating seasons with the Raiders — he was playing out of position and looking to be “rejuvenated” — the injury nearly drove Joyner out of the NFL. Until he came to see his bad fortune as a blessing in disguise.
“I was able to step away from the game and get back mentally and spiritually right with myself,” Joyner said. “I did everything I could to come back in tip-top shape. … It was a lot of personal stuff, but the Jets were very supportive. My wife, my family, everyone was very supportive, so that gave me that extra push that I needed.”
The Jets still believed in Joyner, 31, and signed him to a one-year, $2.6 million contract just before free agency opened. Joyner’s return offered some stability — with the eventual move from Marcus Maye to free-agent acquisition Jordan Whitehead at the other safety spot — and a chance for second-year backup Jason Pinnock to ease into his move from cornerback.
“He’s a calming force in the back end,” head coach Robert Saleh said of Joyner. “He does a great a job communicating. Him and Jordan make a really cool team. You can tell he’s got some fresh legs. Excited to see him in game action on Sunday, and I’m really happy that he’s back.”
It was actually Saleh’s presence that lured Joyner back. A mutual respect gained over years on opposite sides of the Rams-49ers rivalry increased when they were inside the same facility.
“I love his mentality, I love his standards and I love his defensive scheme,” Joyner said. “[The defense] is complex, but it’s simple enough to, once you read your keys, you can fly around. You never want to be in a defense that makes you think too much.”
Joyner isn’t looking at 2022 as his retirement tour.
“It’s not one of those one-foot-in, one-foot-out [situations],” Joyner said. “I’m all-in until I decide to walk away from the game. That’s the way I desire to end it — and I don’t see it any time soon with the way I feel.”
The Jets’ defense ranked last in the NFL last season, but could be set up for a big turnaround with seven new starters — young and old — if Joyner and Carl Lawson (zero games played) are included.
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From Hever Castle to Canterbury Cathedral, a visitor to our great county is spoilt for choice, when it comes to historical monuments. The good weather this summer has also no doubt brought people flocking over the holidays and so it's a good thing they'll be spolit for choice.
One family friendly place which doesn't quite hit the headlines is Scotney Castle in Lamberhurst. It is a 14th-century moated castle with romantic formal gardens in the valley of the River Bewl in Lamberhurst, near Tunbridge Wells. The earliest record of the estate suggests it was first owned by Lambert de Scoteni in 1137.
The castle wasn't built until some 200 years later between 1378 and 1380, by Roger Ashburnham. Construction of the castle began as a rectangular fortified house with towers in each corner but it is believed the original plan was not finished - and by 1558 only the southern tower remained.
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In 1580 the south wing was rebuilt in Elizabethan architecture style and fifty years later in 1630, the eastern range was rebuilt as three stories. The Elizabethan wing was a bailiff's residence until 1905 but the entire eastern range was dismantled when the new house was built in 1843 - leaving the ruin as a garden feature. The castle hides its own fascinating secrets. One of its owners, Thomas Darrell, actually hid a priest in the castle while he ministered to Roman Catholics between 1591 and 1598 when Catholicism was illegal in England.
When the authorities raided the property, the priest managed to escape. The Darrell family owned the estate for around 250 years before Edward Hussey purchased it in 1778 and his grandson built the 'new' castle - as we know it today. The new castle was constructed from a sandstone quarry and the hollow it has left was developed into the current Quarry Garden. Quarry Garden itself has an exciting 100-million-year-old impression of a dinosaur's footprint.
The National Trust took over the estate after it was left to them, following the death of Hussey's son in 1970. Several apartments in the castle were rented out by the Trust, with notable tenants including Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who occupied the Belfry flat for a time during the 1970s and 1980s. The former Prime Minister used the apartment for a weekend escape, to allow her to relax from her busy weeks at Westminster. The estate also has significant cultural value - having played host to numerous Shakespeare productions, and featuring as the location for the video to the Squeeze song Some Fantastic Place.
Visitors are spoilt as it's not just the castle which is a site to behold. Although, the central features of the estate are the Medieval moated manor house, Scotney Old Castle, which is on an island on a small lake, and the Tudor Revival style Scotney New Castle, which is situated at the top of the garden, the grounds are also a thing of beauty. From the early 18th century, British landscape gardeners had been creating gardens inspired by pictures, but by 1800 a backlash had set in.
Critics considered the grassy vistas too smooth and tidy - Scotney's garden is one of the last examples of this style of gardening. The lake is surrounded by sloping, wooded gardens with fine collections of rhododendrons, azaleas and kalmia for spring colour, summer wisteria and roses, and spectacular autumn colours.
The gardens, which are a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a celebrated example of the Picturesque style, are also open to the public. From the early 18th century, British landscape gardeners had been creating gardens inspired by pictures, but by 1800 a backlash had set in. In fact, the landscape is so picturesque that the National Trust describes them as being like a landscape painting with drama and romance.
Their website states: "The garden has naturalistic planting which is seemingly untouched by human hand and its cloud-like planting of rhododendrons and azaleas creates a fairytale feel, with the ruins of the Old Castle at its centre. Wisteria and old English roses adorn its sandstone walls, whilst the surrounding herbaceous beds are always throwing out new colours throughout the seasons."
There is plenty of parking and although it does cost to enter, if you are a National Trust member you enter for free. The house is open from 11am - 4.30pm, whilst everything else including the gardens is open from 10am-3pm, The weather might be hot, but even on the hottest days, the sun cannot ruin, the fairytale spirit of Scotney Castle's stunning properties and gardens.
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As the war in Ukraine has passed the six-month mark, US and European officials say Ukraine has successfully used a method of resistance warfare developed by US special operations forces to fight back against Russia and bog down its vastly superior military.
The Resistance Operating Concept was developed in 2013 following Russia's war with Georgia a few years earlier but its value was only realized after Russia's invasion of Ukraine's Crimean peninsula in 2014. It provides a blueprint for smaller nations to effectively resist and confront a larger neighbor that has invaded.
Russia's nearly bloodless takeover and annexation of the occupied territory stunned Ukraine and the west, intensifying a study of how to build a plan for total defense that included not only the military, but also the civilian population.
But Putin's wider war on Ukraine launched in February has been its proving ground.
The doctrine, also known as the ROC, provides an innovative and unconventional approach to warfare and total defense that has guided not just Ukraine's military, but also involved the country's civilian population as part of a concerted resistance against Russia's army.
"It's all hands on deck in terms of the comprehensive defense for the government of Ukraine," said retired Lt. Gen. Mark Schwartz, who was commander of Special Operations Command Europe during the doctrine's development. "They're using every resource and they're also using some highly unconventional means by which to disrupt the Russian federation military."
Planning a national resistance
Outnumbered, outgunned, and outmanned, Ukraine has nevertheless fought back against a Russian military that thought it would romp through the vast majority of the country within a matter of weeks, if not days.
"This is a way to turn the tables on a first world power," said Schwartz. "It's just incredible to watch that despite the unbelievable loss of life and sacrifice, what the will to resist and the resolve to resist can do."
In a series of recent attacks and explosions at Russian positions in Crimea, Kevin D. Stringer, a retired Army Colonel who led the development team for the resistance concept, sees signs of its use.
"Since you can't do it conventionally, you would use special operations forces, and those [forces] would need resistance support -- intelligence, resources, logistics -- in order to access these regions."
A Ukrainian government report shared with CNN acknowledged Ukraine was behind the attacks on Russian bases and an ammunition depot. The attacks, far behind enemy lines, were beyond the range of the weapons the US and others have publicly sent to Ukraine, and videos of the explosions did not appear to show any incoming missile or drone. Russia blamed sabotage or detonating ammunition for the explosions.
"High probability would say it's very plausible that [the ROC] principles are playing out in actual warfare right now," Stringer said.
In early-April, Gen. Richard Clarke, the commander of US Special Operations Command, told a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that the US had helped train resistance companies in Ukraine embedded with special forces over the past 18 months. When asked if he was seeing some of the success of that training in the current conflict, Clarke was direct in his answer.
"Yes, Senator, we are."
Resistance in Ukraine
Early in the conflict, the Ukrainian government created a website that explains different ways to resist. The site describes ways of using of nonviolent actions, including boycotting public events, labor strikes, and even how to use humor and satire. The goal is to disrupt the ability of pro-Russian authorities to govern while reminding the population of Ukraine's rightful sovereignty. The resistance doctrine suggests violent actions as well, including using Molotov cocktails, deliberately starting fires and putting chemicals in gas tanks to sabotage enemy vehicles.
The doctrine also calls for a broad messaging campaign to control the narrative of the conflict, prevent an occupier's message from taking hold, and keeping the population united. Videos of Ukrainian strikes against Russian tanks, often to a soundtrack of pop music or heavy metal, have gone viral, as have clips of Ukrainian soldiers rescuing stray animals. Whether intentional or not, it becomes part of the resistance, allowing Ukraine to frame the headlines in western media in their favor and often humanizing Ukrainian service members in ways the Russian military has abjectly failed to do.
At the forefront of the resistance is Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky, who has not let the conflict fade out of sight with nightly speeches and frequent international appearances. His visits near the front-lines make news around the world, while Russian President Vladimir Putin is rarely seen outside the Kremlin or the resort of Sochi.
The ongoing messaging barrage has spurred a groundswell of overseas support and successfully increased on western governments to supply more arms and ammunition to Ukraine.
Resilience and Resistance
Overall, the resistance concept provides a framework for increasing a country's resilience, which is its ability to withstand external pressures, and planning for resistance, defined as a whole-of-country effort to re-establish sovereignty in occupied territories.
"Resilience is society's strength in peacetime that becomes resistance in wartime against the aggressor," explained Dalia Bankauskaite, a fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis who has studied resistance planning in Lithuania.
Instead of providing each country the same set of plans, the doctrine is designed to be tailored to each country's population, abilities, and terrain. It is not intended to create or support an insurgency; its goal is to establish a government-sanctioned force that will carry out activities against a foreign occupier with the goal of restoring sovereignty.
At first, only Estonia, Lithuania, and Poland expressed real enthusiasm about the new doctrine. But after Russia's nearly bloodless takeover and annexation of Crimea stunned Ukraine and the west in 2014, interest in the resistance method rapidly grew.
Since its inception, at least 15 countries have taken part in some form of training on this resistance doctrine, according to Nicole Kirschmann, a spokeswoman for Special Operations Command Europe, where this was developed.
In mid-November, as the Biden administration was sounding the first public warnings about the potential for a Russian invasion of Ukraine, Hungary hosted a conference about the Resistance Operating Concept. The commander of Ukraine's Special Operations Forces was at the conference, Kirschmann told CNN, as well as nearly a dozen other countries.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has only increased interest in the concept.
"Baltic states, in particular, are actively talking in their parliaments about implementation of ROC at a national level," according to a US official.
Resistance in the Baltics
In May, nearly three months into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Lithuania's parliament adopted a new strategy for civil resistance that is much broader than strictly resistance against occupation.
Martynas Bendikas, a spokesman for the country's Ministry of National Defence, said that preparing for resistance includes developing the will to defend the country, improving citizens' military and non-military knowledge and skills, and more as part of a national defense.
The existence of the resistance doctrine and parts of the planning around resistance is intentionally public, explained Stringer, intended to act as a deterrent against a potential attack, one more aimed at Russia's favored hybrid warfare instead of traditional military and nuclear deterrence. But the details of the plans and the organization within a country are tightly held.
For Estonia, a country with a population of about 1.3 million people bordering northwest Russia, civil resistance has always been a part of the defense plan.
"There's no other option for every Estonian," said Rene Toomse, a spokesman for the volunteer Estonian Defense League. "Either you fight for independence if someone attacks you - if Russia attacks you - or you just die."
Estonia regularly updates and develops its defense plans, integrating its standing military with its general population and its volunteer forces, which Toomse said have seen a surge in applications since the beginning of Russia's invasion.
Estonian officials have studied the war in Ukraine to learn lessons about what has worked well against Russia, and where Ukraine's resistance could improve. Toomse says Estonians remember Soviet rule well, and those too young to remember are taught in school.
Ukraine has excelled at winning the information campaign, Toomse points out, using media posts across multiple platforms, a president who has become a vocal international figure, and a steady stream of information about how well Ukraine's forces are fighting, "even if they're not emphasizing their own losses."
But Toomse insists Estonia, if it faced invasion, would be more active in any occupied territory, using small, well-armed and well-trained units. "I imagine that we can do much more damage behind enemy lines than Ukraine has done," Toomse said. "All the logistics, all the convoys, are going to be constantly under attack."
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LA HABRA — Season after season, La Habra plays the most difficult nonleague schedule of any Freeway League team.
So being under .500 against nonleague competition is never indicative of how the Highlanders will play once league play begins.
That’s one reason La Habra coach Frank Mazzotta had nothing but praise for his team after Bishop Amat defeated the Highlanders, 42-7, in a nonleague Friday at La Habra High School.
“I don’t have any concerns,” Mazzotta said. “Our kids … they played hard. We’re a little outmatched in certain positions. We’ve got about five or six transfer kids who are going to get cleared in the next week or so and it will change our dynamic. I like my chances throughout the rest of the year.”
Bishop Amat improved to 2-0.
The defeat was the seventh in a row for the Highlanders (0-2) against nonleague opponents.
La Habra went 0-5 against nonleague teams last season before going 5-0 in the Freeway League to win the league title for the 14th time in the past 15 years.
La Habra avoided what would have been a rare shutout when quarterback Justin Gill connected with Jacob Apodaca for a 20-yard touchdown with just under five minutes remaining in the game.
By rule, when a team is winning by at least 35 points, the fourth quarter is played with a running clock.
Over the years, La Habra has played many fourth quarters with running clocks after building huge leads but the Highlanders found themselves on the other end of the 35-point deficit against the Lancers.
“All that does is make you tougher,” Mazzotta said. “If football is supposed to help young men become men, then you take your lumps and you show up and go to work.”
The Highlanders fumbled the ball away on the game’s opening kickoff return, giving the Lancers possession on the La Habra 43.
Bishop Amat quarterback Richie Munoz connected with Stacy Bey on the ensuing drive to give the Lancers a 6-0 lead about one minute and 30 seconds into the game.
The Highlanders drove to the Lancers’ 1 on the ensuing possession but were turned away on fourth when Gill was stopped when trying to score on a quarterback sneak on fourth and goal from the 1.
La Habra’s three second-half possessions resulted in a turnover on downs, a punt and a touchdown.
Munoz connected with six different receivers in the game. He completed 14 of 17 passes for 211 yards and three touchdowns.
Bishop Amat’s standout receiver Delano Franklin managed to get open throughout the game and finished with seven receptions for 117 yards and a touchdown.
“We’re playing a private school that has done a flip-flop in their philosophy,” Mazzotta said. “Their philosophy is to go out and get all the kids.”
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MANHATTAN BEACH — It was wild. It was exhilarating. It was an instant classic.
St. Francis rallied for a thrilling 52-48 nonleague victory at Mira Costa on Friday night, beating the Mustangs for the sixth time in seven seasons, though most of the high-scoring matchups have been hotly contested and gone down to the wire.
“It felt good to come together like that as a team,” said St. Francis quarterback Jack Jacobs, who threw for 379 yards and five touchdowns on 19-of-34 passing. “Every time with them, it’s a nail-biter. I’m proud of how we responded.”
Down 10 points with 6:10 left, Mira Costa scored a pair of touchdowns, grabbing the lead when Matthew Kraskouskas capped a 78-yard drive with a 2-yard touchdown run with one minute left. Reese Leonard then caught a two-point conversion pass from sophomore quarterback Nico De La Cruz for a 48-45 lead.
“When you put up 48 points on the board, you really can’t ask for anything more,” Kraskouskas said. “That’s a lot of points. It hurts to be on the other end of it.”
Jacobs rallied St. Francis.
Jacobs connected with Jeff McCullough for a 52-yard pass to move the ball to the Mira Costa 13.
Then Jacobs and McCullough connected again, and McCullough stretched just enough for the end zone with 20.2 seconds left to give St. Francis (1-1) the improbable victory.
“The receiver ran a great route, and the O-line did a great job blocking,” said Jacobs, who has nine touchdown passes in his first two games. “I just threw the ball, and the receiver did the rest.”
Mira Costa (0-1) tried to put together one final drive and got the ball to the St. Francis 48 before running out of time.
“You battled and battled and battled and battled – I’m proud of the effort,” Mira Costa coach Don Morrow said.
De La Cruz, a sophomore, put together an impressive debut for Mira Costa, throwing for 478 yards and four touchdowns on 32-of-51 passing.
Cole Crotty was his favorite target, finishing with 13 catches for 219 yards and two touchdowns, including a 53-yard touchdown that shaved the deficit to 45-40 with 4:28 left.
“We don’t go away. We fight until the end,” Crotty said. “I thought we had it, but we have to learn not to let off the gas.
“Our quarterback put up 48 points in his first varsity start. I’m proud of him. He showed me he is a baller. We’ve just got to clean up some stuff and continue to grow.”
Kraskouskas rushed for 72 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries and added five catches for 70 yards and a 14-yard touchdown catch in which he broke six tackles in the first half.
Leonard finished with eight catches for 90 yards and a touchdown.
Charlie O’Connor added three catches for 65 yards and a touchdown for Mira Costa, which hosts Mayfair next week.
St. Francis had its share of heroes.
Adam Sandoval had three catches for 150 yards and a touchdown.
Hank Foley had four catches for 68 yards. Antonio Merlos had four catches for 59 yards and two touchdowns. John Calmette had 16 carries for 81 yards and added three catches for 35 yards and a touchdown.
Tyler Cofre had a 35-yard interception return for a touchdown that gave St. Francis a 45-34 lead with 6:10 left.
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Expanded monitoring in Oregon’s Siuslaw National Forest would protect the health of two scenic tributaries.
The final draft of a new conservation plan was released Wednesday. It targets the Franklin and Wasson Creeks, homes to significant beaver and fish populations. In 2019, Congress designated the sites as Wild and Scenic Rivers.
Trevor Robinson is with the US Forest Service.
“It's a really great back-country setting. Very wild, very rugged. It feels like you're in a whole ‘nother world.”
Robinson said the creeks are doing well, but he’s concerned about invasive plant species and the impact of human recreation. The plan would monitor water quality, water flow and species health, directing officials to intervene if conditions degrade.
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A school district in southwestern Missouri decided to bring back spanking as a form of discipline for students — if their parents agree — despite warnings from many public health experts that the practice is detrimental to students.
Classes resumed Tuesday in the Cassville School District for the first time since the school board in June approved bringing corporal punishment back to the 1,900-student district about 60 miles (100 kilometers) southwest of Springfield. The district had dropped the practice in 2001.
The policy states that corporal punishment will be used only when other forms of discipline, such as suspensions, have failed and then only with the superintendent's permission.
Superintendent Merlyn Johnson told The Springfield News-Leader the decision came after an anonymous survey found that parents, students and school employees were concerned about student behavior and discipline.
"We've had people actually thank us for it," he said. "Surprisingly, those on social media would probably be appalled to hear us say these things, but the majority of people that I've run into have been supportive."
Parent Khristina Harkey told The Associated Press on Friday that she is on the fence about Cassville's policy. She and her husband did not opt-in because her 6-year-old son, Anakin Modine, is autistic and would hit back if he were spanked. But she said corporal punishment worked for her when she was a "troublemaker" during her school years in California.
"There are all different types of kids," Harkey said. "Some people need a good butt-whipping. I was one of them."
Morgan Craven, national director of policy, advocacy and community engagement with the Intercultural Development Research Association, a national educational equity nonprofit, called corporal punishment a "wildly inappropriate, ineffective practice."
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1977 that corporal punishment is constitutional and left it up to states to set their own policies. Craven said 19 states, many in the South, have laws allowing it in schools. The most current data from 2017-18 shows about 70,000 children in the U.S. were hit at least once in their schools.
Students who are hit at school do not fare as well academically as their peers and suffer physical and psychological trauma, Craven said. In some cases, children are hurt so badly that they need medical attention.
"If you have a situation where a kid goes to school and they could be slapped for, you know, some minor offense, it certainly creates a really hostile, unpredictable and violent environment," Craven said. "And that's not what we want for kids in schools."
But Tess Walters, 54, the guardian of her 8-year-old granddaughter, had no qualms about signing the corporal punishment opt-in papers. She said the possibility of being spanked is a deterrent for her granddaughter, who has attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
"I've read some some people's responses on Facebook recently, and they're just going over the top like, 'Oh, this is abuse, and, oh, you're just going to threaten them with, you know, violence.' And I'm like, 'What? The child is getting spanked once; it's not beatings.' People are just going crazy. They're just being ridiculous," Walters said.
Mitch Prinstein, chief science officer with American Psychological Association, said decades of research shows corporal punishment will not reduce inappropriate behavior and is likely to increase aggression, rage, hostility and could lead to depression and self-esteem problems.
Prinstein said better methods for eliminating undesirable conduct including problem-solving training; rewarding positive behavior, such as with extra recess; and providing extra attention in the classroom.
"Parents are experts on what works for their own children," Prinstein said. "But it's important for parents to be educated on very substantial science literature demonstrating again that corporal punishment is not a consistently effective way of changing undesirable behavior."
Sarah Font, an associate professor of sociology and public policy at Pennsylvania State University, coauthored a 2016 study on the subject. Her research found that districts using corporal punishment are generally in poor, Republican-leaning rural areas in Southern states. Font said Black children are disproportionately subjected to it.
The disparity frustrates Ellen Reddy, of the Nollie Jenkins Family Center, which advocates on issues such as corporal punishment and special education.
"Look at the history of violence against Black and brown bodies," said Reddy, who described herself as a Black mother of sons and a grandson. "Since we've been in this country, there's been violence perpetrated against our children, our families, our foreparents. So when do we stop that kind of violence?"
Disabled students also are more likely to be subjected to corporal punishment, said Elizabeth Gershoff, a professor of human development and family sciences at the University of Texas at Austin. She said that led four states — Tennessee, Oklahoma, Mississippi and Louisiana — to ban using it for those students.
She noted that overall, corporal punishment is on the decline, with the numbers dropping steadily since the federal government started tracking it in the late 1970s.
"Most schools are realizing, 'You know what, we can discipline children, we can guide their behavior without hitting them,'" said Gershoff, who authored the 2016 study with Font.
Cassville School District spokeswoman Mindi Artherton was out of the office Friday and a woman who answered the phone in her office suggested reading the policy. She said staff had already done interviews. "At this time, we will focus on educating our students," she added, before hanging up.
The policy says a witness from the district, which is in a county that is around 93% white, must be present and that the discipline will not be used in front of other students.
"When it becomes necessary to use corporal punishment, it shall be administered so that there can be no chance of bodily injury or harm," the policy says. "Striking a student on the head or face is not permitted."
In Missouri, periodic efforts to ban corporal punishment in schools have failed to gain traction in the Legislature. The state does not track which districts allow spanking because those decisions are made at the local level, a spokeswoman for Missouri's K-12 education department said.
U.S. Sen. Christopher Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, is pushing for a ban on the use of corporal punishment in schools that receive federal funding. He has called it a "barbaric practice" that allows teachers and administrators to physically abuse students.
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WHITE SWAN, Wash. -- A wind-driven brush fire started out as 100 acres then escalated to more than 1,000 in a few hours on Friday. The brush fire burned a few homeless encampments, but no injuries have been reported, said Yakima County Fire District 5.
Yakima County Emergency Management teams lifted all evacuation orders for the area. The brush fire is 70 percent contained. Multiple fire crews, three airplanes and a helicopter fought the brush fire.
Level three evacuations, go now, were in place for about two-and-a-half hours for North Medicine Valley Road and West Hawk Road. Some nearby residents said big brush fires aren't anything new.
"I'm pretty close, at least they're getting the fire out though so it's nothing to be worried about," said a freshmen at White Swan High School, Davaughn Paul.
Paul visited his grandma who lives on Medicine Valley road. He said his family was staying despite level three evacuation orders.
The White Swan Longhouse Church was open for evacuated residents.
"I love helping the people, that's why I do what I do," said a church member, Debra Coscello. "I wanted to open the home for everyone to come even through the night if their homes are too smoky."
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Prep Roundup: Summerfield, Mason win big; SMCC stymied
PETERSBURG − Summerfield's football team got off to a great start in Friday's season opener.
Senior Brandon Thompson scored twice in the first quarter and the Bulldogs' defense was pitching a shutout.
It was never going to be that easy.
"We had a good first quarter, but second quarter we kind of laid an egg," Summerfield coach Alex Lipka said. "We started seven kids who hand't started on varsity yet, but we addressed it as a team and got after it after halftime."
Summerfield's stumble was brief.
The Bulldogs quickly pulled it all back together and rolled to a 40-12 win over Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes.
Our Lady got on the board with a pick-six in the second quarter. That seemed to get the ball rolling for the Lakers. They scored again before the intermission to pull within 14-12.
"They made a really good play on the pick-six," Lipka said. "It was just a good football play, you can't take anything away. We just really shot ourselves in the foot. It was a lot of growing pains."
Thompson halted Summerfield's skid with a 4-yard TD run in the third, and quarterback Bryce Kalb made up for his earlier miscue with a heads-up 43-yard rushing touchdown to make it 33-12.
"It was supposed to be a pass play, but the pocket collapsed and he just tucked it and ran," Lipka said. "One of our receivers, Tyler Dafoe, took their receiver for a ride on a block and that set up a nice touchdown for Bryce."
Thompson added his fourth TD of the game with a 5-yard rush in the fourth. He also scored in the first quarter on a 35-yard run and a 57-yard pass from Kalb.
Thompson finished with 11 carries for 117 yards and 3 TDs, and 4 catches for 124 yards and a score.
"He's just a playmaker," Lipka said of Thompson. "There's no quit in that kid. His motor's always going."
Dakota Kohn closed out the scoring with a 50 yard run to the end zone.
Kalb was 6-for-17 passing for 135 yards and added 10 carries for 80 yards and a TD. Kohn had 7 carries for 90 yards and a TD and a team-high 12 tackles on defense.
Jake Wadsworth (9 tackles), Thompson (8 tackles), Logan Keane (7 tackles, fumble recovery), and Mason Hall (7 tackles, sack) also played well.
"I saw some nice things. I saw some things we need to work on," Lipka said. "But we're really young and there was a lot of growth from last week's scrimmage to this week. The things we need to fix, we'll fix."
First Quarter
S - Brandon Thompson 35 run (Jake Wadsworth kick)
S - Thompson 57 pass from Bryce Kalb (Wadsworth kick)
Third Quarter
S - Thompson 4 run (kick failed)
S - Kalb 43 run (Wadsworth kick)
Fourth Quarter
S - Thompson 5 run (kick failed)
S - Kohn 50 run (Wadsworth kick)
Erie Mason 50, Saranac 14
ERIE − Erie Mason coach Steven Bowers felt there was a strong connection between quarterback Vaughn Brown and receiver Korbin Herrera. It was nice to see that feeling confirmed Friday.
Brown and Herrera connected on four touchdown passes to lead Mason to a big win in its season opener. Herrera caught touchdowns of 61, 35, 35, and 40 yards.
"They did a good job connecting in our 7-on-7s this summer and they were committed through the offseason. They had big plans to have big junior seasons," Bowers said. "It's definitely something we hoped to highlight this season, so it see it in the first game is definitely good."
Most of the Eagles' offense came in the passing game. Brown had three touchdown passes in the first quarter and five more in the second.
Trent Herrera added TD catches of 40 and 29 yards, Michael Narew had a 5-yard scoring catch, and Xavier Wise wrapped up the scoring in the second quarter with a 9-yard touchdown reception.
Mason led 50-14 at halftime and had a running clock for the rest of the game.
"We had a lot of big scores; long plays for touchdowns," Bowers said. "We probably outmatched them with our speed and athleticism. They came out and were physical and smashed us in the mouth a little early on, but I don't think they could run with our receivers as much as they would've liked to."
First Quarter
EM - Korbin Herrera 61 pass from Vaughn Brown (pass failed)
EM - K. Herrera 35 pass from Brown (pass failed)
EM - Michael Narew 5 pass from Brown (run failed)
Second Quarter
EM - Trent Herrera 25 pass from Brown (pass failed)
EM - K. Herrera 35 pass from Brown (run failed)
EM - T. Herrera 40 pass from Brown (T. Herrera pass from Brown)
EM - K. Herrera 40 pass from Brown (run failed)
EM - Xavier Wise 9 pass from Brown (pass failed)
Warren Michigan Collegiate 28, SMCC 3
WARREN − St. Mary Catholic Central twice had the ball inside the 15-yard line Friday night at Warren Michigan Collegiate.
But the Falcons only came away with 3 points.
"Missed opportunities," SMCC coach Adam Kipf said. "That was the story."
It all started well.
SMCC blocked a punt on Collegiate's opening drive and started on the Cougars' 20. A fumble on fourth and 3 from the 13 cost the Falcons the end zone.
"We were clear sailing to get the first down and then some, but we fumbled the handoff," Kipf said. "They got the ball back, marched down the field and scored. We should've been up 7-0 and instead we were down 6-0. It was a 12-13 point swing there and we just didn't take advantage of the situation.
"Collegiate was very good and they imposed their will on us tonight. They played physical and stepped it up."
SMCC later drove down to Collegiate's 9-yard line before stalling out again. Patrick Lipford kicked a field goal for the Falcon's only points.
Lipford shined all over the field, Kipf said.
"Patrick had a good night," he said. "He was fast and aggressive and was in on several tackles. He also ran the ball a couple times and looked pretty good. He stood out. He played with a lot of energy."
Collegiate won 11 games last season and played in the state championship game. It was a good test for the Falcons.
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WEST MICHIGAN — The forecast from FOX 17 Meteorologist Isabella Hulsizer: Warm and sunny today! Temperatures begin to downturn in September, so enjoy our sunny and 80 degree days before we're shivering! Today we'll have mostly sunny skies with highs topping the low 80s. Tomorrow mugginess builds in, as highs rise to the upper 80s. The chance for rain develops late Sunday night, extending into Monday and Tuesday. To kick off your work week we'll see chances of scattered showers and thunderstorms, however behind the precipitation, cooler temperatures await. The beginning of September starts off with mid 70s and partly cloudy skies. Stay up to date with the latest forecast by downloading our FOX 17 Weather App!
TODAY: Mostly sunny to partly cloudy. Highs in the lower 80s. Winds are light and variable out of the east southeast.
TONIGHT: Clear and seasonable. Lows in the lower 60s. Winds out of the southeast between 5 to 10 mph.
SUNDAY: Partly cloudy and warm. Rain develops late at night. Highs in the mid/upper 80s.
MONDAY: Mostly cloudy with the chance for showers and storms. Highs in the mid 80s.
TUESDAY: Another mostly cloudy day with chances for showers and storms. Highs in the upper 70s.
WEDNESDAY: Mostly sunny skies with highs in the upper 70s.
THURSDAY: More of the same! Mostly sunny skies with highs in the mid 70s.
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The Western Army band of the Japan Ground Self Defense Force performs the Japan and U.S. national anthem during the opening ceremony of Orient Shield 22 at Camp Kengun, Japan, Aug. 27, 2022. Orient Shield 22 is the largest U.S. Army and Japan Ground Self-Defense Force bilateral field training exercise being executed in various locations throughout Japan to enhance interoperability and test and refine multi-domain and cross-domain operations. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Wyatt Moore, 28th Public Affairs Detachment)
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Colonia football jolts New Brunswick to kick off 2022 season
There’s always a lot to look forward to at the beginning of the high school football season.
Rivalries renewed, new players and coaches wanting to make a name for themselves, teams looking to rekindle past successes, others looking to stave off a spiral, and so much more. That’s why the Week 1 matchup between Colonia and New Brunswick was so appealing.
Colonia returns just two starters from a successful 2021, but one is now the new starting quarterback and there’s still excitement surrounding the new, youthful starting group. New Brunswick made the playoffs last season for the first time since 2016, and is looking to ride that high into this year with a crop of creative players who can play in several different types of schemes.
Only one could start off 1-0 and that was Colonia, which controlled everything on Friday night. The Patriots put forward a stifling defensive performance on one end, then played through the poise of new junior starting quarterback Jaeden Jones, who threw for a touchdown and 150 rushing yards to the tune of a 17-7 opening night victory.
Jones got some help early from junior wide receiver Casey Chiola, who ran back a 90-yard kickoff in the second quarter for the Patriot’s first score of the night. Senior wide receiver Pat Miller then gave the Patriots their first lead of the night with a 30-yard field goal right before halftime. Jones scored on a 14-yard in the third quarter in what was the final score of the night.
New Brunswick did not help itself, committing 14 penalties, most on illegal offensive motions, that took away scoring opportunities.
“Very happy with the result tonight,” Colonia coach Tom Roarty said. “It was a tough game, hot night. [New Brunswick is] a good team. Luckily, we had some more bodies that we could throw in there and we were able to outlast them. We had two turnovers in the first half but we made up for it and came back. It’s just great to be back and get a win. It’s been a long time since we’ve had an opening week win.”
What it means
Colonia opens the season with a win for the first time since 2017.
“We’re going to go week to week," Roarty said. "We’ve got a tough schedule. We were a little deeper which helped us on a hot night tonight but we’ve got a tough Scotch-Plains team next week. So we’re going to enjoy this tonight and then start planning for next week. Like anything, we’ve got the talent but we also have to play the game.”
Key plays
One play into the second quarter, Jones completed a pass near the right side to Miller that would’ve given Colonia a first down, but Miller fumbled and New Brunswick recovered the ball, taking it down to the Colonia 42-yard-line.
Later in the quarter, after forcing a three-and-out, Chiola muffed a punt and gave it right back to New Brunswick in their own end of the field. The muffed punt and a defensive pass interference penalty eventually led to a 12-yard touchdown pass for New Brunswick. With 6:44 left until halftime, the Zebras led 7-0.
The lead only lasted one play though, as Chiola took the ensuing kickoff back 90-plus yards for a touchdown.
They said it
Roarty on Jones’ first game at quarterback: “There wasn’t an easy yard out there for him. They did a great job defensively. They were big up front and we didn’t get a lot of movement. He’s going to be the guy. We’re putting a lot on him and he responded. He made some big plays with both his legs and arm. He’s only going to get better.”
Roarty on going into halftime with the lead: “That was really key. Those three points right at halftime, Pat hitting that field goal, was huge. If we go in tied they still have some momentum so I think us scoring there took a bit of air out of them. Then we came out and were able to go up by 10 and that forced them to rush. They were making some big plays but they hurt themselves with lots of penalties also.”
Roarty on the influx of new players to Colonia: “Seeing them get a chance to play, it’s what it’s all about. We’ve never graduated this many players and to bring the amount of new players on that we did and to see some like [freshman wide receiver] Aidan Derkack have some big catches tonight was awesome. The whole line is new and they’re still coming together. It really makes it fun to see them grow. When you go back and think how I’m a little aggravated now with how some things went tonight, but to see those players have fun and to start off with a win, it’s big.”
What’s next
Colonia will look to pick up a second straight win when it hosts Scotch-Plains Fanwood next Friday night.
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New Providence football rolls past Governor Livingston to open the 2022 season
NEW PROVIDENCE — Charlie Who?
With Charlie Barth and his 27 touchdowns and 2,000 rushing yards having graduated, the New Providence High School football team has quite a void to fill this fall.
Enter junior Ben Gullo, who torched Governor Livingston for 263 yards and two touchdowns on 24 carries as the Pioneers opened the season with a 29-9 triumph on Friday evening.
Gullo scored on runs of 35 and 88 yards as New Providence struck for four consecutive touchdowns after the Highlanders took a 3-0 lead on a 32-yard field goal by Liam Quigley in the final minute of the first quarter.
Junior quarterback Jackson Zarinko ran for the Pioneers’ other two scores and a two-point conversion, before Gov. Livingston reached the end zone on the game’s final play on a 23-yard pass from Lucciano Santamaria to Colin Ryan.
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What it means
The victory is New Providence’s fourth in a row in the series, which had been staged on Thanksgiving since 2001, for an overall 30-8-2 edge in the rivalry.
The Pioneers also won their opening game for the fifth year in a row.
Key play
New Providence was trailing, 3-0, when it made its first excursion into the red zone early in the second quarter. On 1st-and-goal from the 3-yard line, Zarinko fumbled the snap -- his first crisis as the starting quarterback. Zarinko didn’t panic, he calmly picked up the ball and darted through a crease on the left side into the end zone, giving the Pioneers the lead for keeps.
By the numbers
Gullo’s heroics led a New Providence rushing attack that amassed 297 yards on 38 carries. Gov. Livingston ran 29 times for 155 yards, but earned just 46 on 11 first-half rushes.
Game ball
Gullo, obviously. He also had a 26-yard reception which led to New Providence’s third touchdown and extended the lead to 22-3, and he last touched the ball with three minutes remaining in the third quarter.
Zarinko had an excellent debut as well, completing four of five passes for 70 yards, and running six times for 14 yards and two scores.
Junior Michael Geertsma had a quality turn in his debut as quarterback for Governor Livingston, completing eight of 18 passes for 88 yards and running 15 times for a team-leading 90 yards.
They said it
“Definitely big shoes to fill but I see it as an opportunity,” Gullo said referring to Barth, who was on the sideline for the contest. “I’m learning every day from practice and I’m really excited to show what I’ve done. We started slow but we picked it up.”
“We’ve been very fortunate since I’ve been here, we have had great running backs and Ben is no exception,” said New Providence coach Chet Parlavecchio Jr. “We don’t ask him to be Charlie, we ask him to be Ben, and that’s pretty darn good. Defensively, we bent but we didn’t break and that said a lot about our team”
“You couldn’t ask for more in the first behalf, we moved the ball up and down the field and picked up some points early,” said Pete Ramiccio, Gov. Livingston’s first-year coach. “We’re still working, we got gassed and (New Providence) is very good at what they do.”
Up next
Gov. Livingston travels to Clark to take on Johnson on Thursday.
New Providence, which opens the campaign with a three-game homestand, hosts St. Thomas Aquinas on Thursday.
GOV. LIVINGSTON (0-1) 3-0-0-6-9
NEW PROVIDENCE (1-0) 0-14-15-0-29
SCORING SUMMARY
GL - Quigley FG 32
NP - Zarinko 3 run (Verbaro kick)
NP - Gullo 35 run (Verbaro kick)
NP - Zarinko 7 run (Zarinko run)
NP - Gullo 88 run (Verbaro kick)
GL - Ryan 23 pass from Santamaria (no kick)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing - GL: Geertsma 15-90, Chait 8-31, Daily 4-28, Santamaria 1-6, Kyi 1-0; NP: Gullo 24-263, Reilly 5-15, Zarinko 6-14, Verbaro 1-4, Arcadia 1-1, O’Day 1-0.
Passing - GL: Geertsma 8-18-88-0, Santamaria 1-1-23-0; NP: Zarinko 4-5-75-0.
Receiving GL: Fajardo 2-40, Shaffer 2-27, Fabio 2-14, Bade 1-6, Honey 1-1; NP: Gullo 1-26, Dowden 1-20, Verbaro 1-16, Donnelly 1-13. | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2022/08/27/football-new-providence-rolls-by-governor-livingston-in-the-season-opener/65457115007/ | 2022-08-27T08:08:12Z | mycentraljersey.com | control | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2022/08/27/football-new-providence-rolls-by-governor-livingston-in-the-season-opener/65457115007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
North Hunterdon football dominates Hunterdon Central to open 2022 season
RARITAN TOWNSHIP- The North Hunterdon High School football team looked impressive for most of Friday night’s game against Hunterdon Central. Imagine if it had played a cleaner game.
The Lions dominated from the start in their 29-8 season-opening triumph powered by senior back and Navy-commit Kente Edwards, who scored a 72-yard touchdown on the second play from scrimmage. He had 153 yards at the half and finished with 241 yards and two touchdowns on 31 carries.
Edwards did lose a yard on the first play of the game.
“From the first play with that loss of one I read it wrong, I made a mistake, but it’s not about the mistakes it’s about how you bounce back,” said Edwards. “I lose a yard, let me get a touchdown and you forget about the one-yard loss.”
FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: All your Week zero results in the Big Central Conference
He juked, danced, bounced outside. But he did most of the damage from inside. He also had a 71-yard TD wiped out in the fourth by two penalties late in regulation.
Coach Kevin Kley has work to do as the Lions fumbled away two great chances for touchdowns and took more than a few penalties.
North went 5-5 last season – all five setbacks came by two scores or less. One came in overtime to 11-1 North 2, Group 3 champion Cranford, one point to powerhouse Woodbridge, a five-point loss to Colonia, and a pair of two-score defeats to Morris Knolls and Middletown South. North was tied or in striking distance late -- the latter in the opening-round of the playoffs.
“I told them to enjoy the weekend but be ready for Monday,” said Kley. “I’ll leave it as that. Last year we struggled finishing games. We finished this game, we won, that’s awesome. But it wasn’t the way we wanted.”
Senior Derek Vaddis recovered a pooch kick after the Lions’ first TD. North drove to the Central 11 but turned the ball over on a fumble. The Lions fumbled away another opportunity after driving to the Central six in the third quarter.
Alex Uryniak had 82 yards and touchdown on 12 carries. Vaddis returned an interception 41 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter to break the game open.
THEY SAID IT
‘Touchdown. Onside kick. Recovery. We had the ball going in and we fumbled. That is everything. The whole off season has been ‘finish, finish, finish.’
- North coach Kevin Kley.
GAME BALLS
North Hunterdon’s offensive line opened holes and created creases for Edwards and Uryniak throughout the night: Hunter Vos, Tyler Guidetti, Greg Rayl, Alex Moore and Jack Clancy.
WHATS NEXT
North Hunterdon plays at Cranford next Friday in the Cougars season opener. Cranford beat North in overtime last season erasing a 16-point deficit in the fourth quarter to win 43-37. Hunterdon Central is at Piscataway Friday night The Chiefs went 0-8 last season. | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2022/08/27/high-school-football-north-hunterdon-dominates-hunterdon-central-in-the-season-opener/65459685007/ | 2022-08-27T08:08:18Z | mycentraljersey.com | control | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2022/08/27/high-school-football-north-hunterdon-dominates-hunterdon-central-in-the-season-opener/65459685007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
FOOTBALL RESULTS: Big Central Conference and area roundup for Week 0
Watchung Hills 31, Bayonne 0: Dylan Kelly threw a touchdown pass and ran in another, and Joe Vechio highlighted a shutout effort by the defense and Watchung Hills opened with a convincing victory at Bayonne. Niro Garcia chipped in a rushing score, while Jack Clintock caught a touchdown pass for the Warriors. Riley McCann added a field goal in the win.
Manville 30, Keyport 20: Senior quarterback Danny Wildgoose threw two touchdown passes and ran in another, and Shawn Purcell caught two TD passes, ran in another and blocked a punt that went for a safety and Manville avenged a 2016 playoff loss. The Mustangs led 23-7 before Keyport struck twice to pull within 23-20. Purcell put it away with an 8-yard scoring run.
Montgomery 29, Robbinsville 6: Chris Eubanks rushed 20 times for 198 yards and a touchdown, and Michael Schmelzer connected with Matt Davino on two scoring strikes as Montgomery rolled. Brady Post chipped in a 5-yard TD run for the Cougars, adding 14 tackles to pace the defense. Keith Holloway grabbed an interception in the win.
Scotch Plains-Fanwood 38, North Plainfield 16: Anthony Tittanegro rushed for 200 yards and a touchdown, also grabbing a scoring pass, and Weston Fischer threw for 150 yards and three scores, adding a TD on the ground, and Scotch Plains-Fanwood cruised to an opening-night home win. Tim Paprocki also caught a touchdown pass in the win.
Irvington 20, Woodbridge 7: Dean Fiore returned an interception for a Woodbridge touchdown in the third quarter, but that’s all the offense the Barrons could find as they fall to the state-ranked Knights.
Bernards 21, Overbrook 6: Nicky Kouflie scored a touchdown and grabbed an interception, and Danny Furgeson grabbed two picks and Bernards grabbed a home win opening night. Tommy Hanratty and Aidan Laverty also scored touchdowns for the Mountaineers.
Old Bridge 40, Trenton 6: Old Bridge’s Brady Cavallaro and his teammates had a big opening home win in Matt Donaghue’s debut as head coach. The senior quarterback threw for 281 yards and four touchdowns on a 15-for-17 night in the non-conference victory. Tommy McAleavey snagged two of those scores and had five receptions for 104 yards. Adding touchdown receptions were Ben Lomicky (3 catches for 65 yards) and Luke Triantafillou (2 catches for 65 yards). On the ground, Dan Hennessey rushed for 86 yards and a scored and Jordan Greco rambled for 64 yards and a TD.
Carteret 29, J.F. Kennedy 6: Jeremiah Serrano scored twice and the Ramblers got a couple big interception returns in an opening home win at “The Pit.” The junior Serrano caught a 5-yard score from Tyrece Parrott and ran in the ensuing 2-point conversion. Serrano added a 1-yard TD run and Parrott connected with Jahad Thompson for the 2-point pass for a 16-0 Ramblers lead. Later, Eric Thompson intercepted a pass and streaked 75 yards for the score. Jahad Thompson completed Carteret’s scoring with a 60-yard INT return. Napoleon Williams kicked the extra point.
FULL GAME STORIES
North Hunterdon has no trouble with Hunterdon Central in lopsided win
New Providence dominates rival Governor Livingston
Bridgewater-Raritan falls at state power Passaic Tech
St. Thomas Aquinas falls to Timber Creek
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St. Thomas Aquinas football honors late coach Brian Meeney, nearly completes comeback
EDISON – Following Timber Creek’s 26-21 win over St. Thomas Aquinas, head coach Brian Wright addressed both teams as they listened in a circle.
“The way you guys fought to the very end – that’s Brian Meeney," he said. "You guys have a lot to be proud of. Keep fighting for each other."
And that summed up Meeney in a nutshell, someone who oozed that fighting spirit, getting impressionable teenagers to always keep going and molding players to their fullest potential on and off the field.
Meeney, who coached St. Thomas Aquinas the past three seasons, died unexpectedly in March at 46. A few days before he died, Wright said they spoke for about two hours and discussed having a game or scrimmage. (Wright and Meeney were friends and teammates at Rowan University.)
Once he died, the South Jersey squad just had to travel 80 miles to open in Middlesex County.
Friday, St. Thomas Aquinas honored Meeney in a pregame tribute with poignant comments from athletic director Jerry Smith, who coached Meeney at J.F. Kennedy-Iselin in the early 1990s. On hand, was Meeney’s wife Randi and two daughters.
When the action started, Timber Creek seized an early lead and led 19-0 at halftime. Down 26-7 in the fourth quarter, St. Thomas Aquinas rallied with two touchdowns and nearly scored in the final minute.
First, STA’s Jayden Young connected with Sherief Guinyard for a long pass to Timber Creek’s 6-yard line. Two plays later, Young bolted ahead for a 1-yard score with 8:47 left to make it 26-14.
With just under 9 minutes remaining, Isaiah Marelis forced a fumble that Steve Coghan recovered in Timber Creek territory. Joel Marelis rambled in a 4-yard score with 5:59 remaining to make it 26-21.
After a short Chargers punt, St. Thomas Aquinas had one last chance and faced a fourth-and-goal from the 11-yard line with 33 seconds left. Young scrambled away from a heavy rush, but his pass went out of the end zone as Timber Creek held on for the win.
What it means
Despite the loss, St. Thomas Aquinas and their veteran team showed they’re going to be a force in the Big Central Conference United Gold Division.
Game balls
St. Thomas Aquinas’ Najee Lovejoy had two interceptions, while Timber Creek had four turnovers.
Chase Conway recovered a fumble and snagging interceptions were Marcus Upton and Zyheem Coleman Frazier, who made a diving catch in the end zone on an overthrown pass in the third quarter.
On the last play of the first half, the 6-foot, 155-pounder leapt to catch a TD pass, keeping one foot in on the left side of the end zone from a Victor Oquendo throw to make it 19-0 heading into intermission.
Nasir Reason Dallas rushed for a 14-yard TD to give Timber Creek a 6-0 lead midway through the first quarter.
For St. Thomas Aquinas, Young confidently directed the offense and threw a 5-yard touchdown to Benjamin Bussiere on the opening drive of the third quarter to make it 19-7.
Key plays
After Reason Dallas’s score, Timber Creek recovered a fumble on the kickoff near midfield. The Chargers drove to the 25-yard line when Lovejoy stepped in front of the receiver for the interception just outside the 10-yard line.
St. Thomas Aquinas seemed to have the momentum, but Timber Creek forced a punt. Coleman Frazier took the punt on the left side, zigzagged across midfield and finished on the right side for the touchdown return of over 80 yards to give his team the 12-0 lead with 2:39 left in the quarter.
The Trojans’ Israel Bey intercepted the pass on the two-point conversion attempt.
They said it
Wright on playing Meeney’s team, “They took on his persona. Even though he wasn’t here physically you could see them playing Brian Meeney-style football. I could hear him in my head laughing at me at the end of the game, like ‘You know it wasn’t going to be easy. We’re going to fight till the end.’ Now that it’s over and we have the win, it is a little bit emotional just seeing how those kids battled the whole way.”
St. Thomas Aquinas coach Tarig Holman on the team dealing with Meeney’s passing, “It’s an emotional roller coaster for these kids. The one thing that you always look at is how kids grieve. You also have to keep their mind. It’s not just about creating healthy bodies, but we have to make sure everybody’s mental health is straight, too. It’s difficult for kids to have to deal with something like that. So I thought our kids really handled what was a really, really difficult situation in a good way.
“They took something that was negative and made it to a positive. Wonderful tribute to a great coach who built a foundation here. We just want to continue to try to build this program and make it the best that we could be.”
Holman on playing Timber Creek and the team’s comeback, “One of the things that we’re trying to do with our program is to be the best. And if you want to be the best, you got to play the best. To have an opener against a team like Timber Creek that is a powerhouse in South Jersey, always has been, says a lot about who we are. … I thought our kids showed a lot of character and a lot of heart the way they fought tonight, so I’m definitely proud of them.”
What’s next
St. Thomas Aquinas travels to New Providence next Thursday for a 7 p.m. Big Central Conference crossover divisional game. Friday, Timber Creek goes to Camden Catholic. | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2022/08/27/st-thomas-aquinas-honors-former-coach-nearly-completes-late-comeback/65457109007/ | 2022-08-27T08:08:30Z | mycentraljersey.com | control | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2022/08/27/st-thomas-aquinas-honors-former-coach-nearly-completes-late-comeback/65457109007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
OAKLAND, Calif. — Jose Trevino was removed from the Yankees’ 3-2 win over the A’s on Friday night after being drilled on the right big toe by a pitch in the top of the eighth.
Trevino initially stayed in the game and caught the bottom of the eighth, but was replaced by Kyle Higashioka in the ninth.
Aaron Boone said X-rays were negative.
“That’s a big exhale,’’ Boone said. “Hopefully it’s something we can deal with. We’ll see how he is [Saturday]. You fear the worst when you see it, but hope for the best”
If Trevino is unavailable, shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa could be used as an emergency catcher. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/27/yankees-jose-trevino-exits-game-after-getting-hit-on-toe/ | 2022-08-27T08:12:13Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/27/yankees-jose-trevino-exits-game-after-getting-hit-on-toe/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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