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A person’s talent is defined as a natural creative or artistic ability. A talent can be improved upon to unleash the best of the talent bearer.
Talents are connected to defining who or what we are or the person we eventually become. It is important to discover your talents early in life. Thus, the question is, how do you discover your talent so you can find out what and who you are?
1. Look within
In discovering your talent, you have to look within for what comes naturally to you. Look for activities you repeatedly do and love doing.
Some activities feel like reflex actions that you can do with ease. If you could find a pattern among those activities, it would lead to discovering your talents.
2. Explore
Thinking about what comes naturally to you alone might not yield any results. It’s time you experiment and explore. When you explore, you try out new skills and learn new skills. You can learn a vocational course, pottery, and so on.
Exploring is a good way to find what you are willing to improve at. You might want to improve at writing, accounting, and so on. Trying out something new will expose you to a different aspect of yourself and possibly help you discover your talent.
3. Past achievements
A closer look at your past achievements will help you identify your strengths and discover your talents.
Look for something you’ve been awarded for. It could be at your place of work or school. These achievements could be an indicator of the special abilities you possess.
4. Look for what you enjoy
There are instances where a person might have a lot of things he or she is great at, but there is one thing that person enjoys doing and is passionate about. Find a passion and follow it.
5. Find what you are great at among your peers
Another way you can discover your talents is by doing a little analysis of unique activities you perform among your peers.
In this one, you might have to consult your friends or family to tell you what activity you excel in better than anyone.
6. Find what activity takes your time
In discovering your talent, find the activity you go all out for with your time that makes you lose track of time and feel the happiest.
Your talent is not far from what absorbs your time and gives you pleasure.
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Ranchi: Amid the deepening political crisis in Jharkhand due to the uncertainty over Chief Minister Hemant Soren's fate as an MLA, Soren and ruling legislators were seen leaving for some unknown destination on three buses.
The three buses were occupied by the legislators of the ruling JMM-Congress-RJD coalition and guarded by security personnel.
Sources said the legislators are being shifted to a "friendly state", which could either be West Bengal or Chhattisgarh. Both states have non-BJP governments.
The development took place soon after a marathon third round of a meeting of legislators of the ruling alliance at the chief minister's residence to chalk out a strategy to deal with the emerging scenario.
The ruling MLAs took part in the meeting along with their luggage.
State Rural Development and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Alamgir Alam claimed the MLAs were going for a "picnic at Moments Resort in Latratu in neighbouring Khunti district".
Incidentally, Alam had on Friday said that the MLAs of the ruling alliance cannot be poached and will stay in Ranchi.
Another minister, Banna Gupta, also claimed that the MLAs were going to Latratu and would return by evening.
Congress legislator Deepika Pandey Singh said it was a "break for refreshment". Another MLA, Shilpi Neha Tirkey, said, "We will follow the directions of the party." A Congress source had earlier said that all arrangements have been made to park the coalition legislators in either Chhattisgarh or West Bengal.
The source said three locations in Chhattisgarh, including Barmuda and Raipur, and some places in West Bengal have been identified.
"All ruling MLAs will be sent to a single destination if the need arises," another source said. A JMM source said the option to take the legislators out of Jharkhand was open and all preparations have been made. In the rapidly changing political scenario, 'resort politics' is the need of the hour to keep the numbers of the ruling alliance intact, party sources asserted.
Earlier during the day, BJP's Godda MP Nishikant Dubey, known for his controversial remarks, tweeted: "According to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha sources, some MLAs reached Chhattisgarh at 2 am. Most of the MLAs are reluctant to go and are waiting for the orders of senior JMM leader Basant Soren. Some buses are parked in Ranchi for MLAs."
The ECI sent its opinion to Bais on August 25 on a plea seeking that Soren be disqualified as an MLA for violating electoral norms by extending a mining lease to himself.
Meanwhile, Raj Bhavan sources said the governor may take a call by evening on the ECI views on "disqualification" of the chief minister as an MLA and send the disqualification order to the commission.
The BJP, the petitioner in the case, has sought Soren's disqualification for violating Section 9 (A) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, which deals with disqualification for government contracts.
The clause states that "a person shall be disqualified if, and for so long as, there subsists a contract entered into by him in the course of his trade or business with the appropriate government for the supply of goods to, or for the execution of any works undertaken by, that government".
The issue was referred to the governor and by him to the EC, as Article 192 of the Constitution states that on rulings regarding an MLA's disqualification, the question shall be referred to the governor who in turn "shall obtain the opinion of the Election Commission and shall act according to such opinion".
The ruling coalition has 49 MLAs in the 81-member Assembly. The JMM, the largest party, has 30 MLAs, the Congress 18 legislators, and the RJD one. The main opposition BJP has 26 MLAs in the House.
The coalition partners had on Thursday claimed that there was no threat to the government. The JMM had exuded confidence that Soren will remain the chief minister for full term till 2024. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/08/27/jharkhand-political-crisis-hemant-soren.amp.html | 2022-08-27T13:17:03Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/india/2022/08/27/jharkhand-political-crisis-hemant-soren.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Heavy rains lashed the high ranges of Malappuram, Kozhikode, and Kannur districts in north Kerala on Saturday.
Flooding was reported at various places in the districts. However, no casualties have been reported yet.
At Nadapuram in Kozhikode, streams are overflowing while a bridge in Vilangad Town has submerged in the torrent that was reportedly caused by a landslide in the forest.
In the Malappuram district, the Olippuzha has breached its boundaries and a warning has been sounded at Karuvarakund, where residents of flood-prone localities have been asked to move to rehabilitation camps.
Flooding was also witnessed along the Mananthavady-Kuthuparamba Road. Similarly, the ghat road at Nedumpoil in the Kannur district is also flooded. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/27/flooding-rains-north-kerala-districts.html | 2022-08-27T13:17:21Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/27/flooding-rains-north-kerala-districts.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thiruvananthapuram: Shyam Kumar was showered with praises by ministers on their social media accounts for his efforts to help people displaced by the disastrous floods that marooned several parts of Kerala in 2018.
Now, he leads a miserable life with not enough money for his treatment as he suffers from chronic kidney disease. He even lost a leg in between.
Shyam’s right leg was in a folded state right from his birth. As his leg could not be unfolded, it was amputated through surgery at the age of 10. He has a major renal disease too.
Earlier, while in college, he had a catheter and urine bag attached to his body. As the disease aggravated, his studies had to be stopped.
He has undergone 14 surgeries so far. For 12 of the surgeries, he did not have to seek help. With the family’s financial situation getting worse, he had to borrow money. The family relies on the meagre income of his father, who is a daily wage labourer.
Shyam Kumar, son of Saralakumari and K Sreekumar of Sandhya Bhavan at Moongottu area of Peyad in Thiruvananthapuram district, was earlier assured support by government authorities for his medical treatment.
However, as time passed, the Government left him in the lurch despite all the assurances.
Shyam’s condition came to be known to the public initially through a Facebook post by T M Thomas Isaac who was the State Minister then.
Shyam was an active volunteer with the volunteer organisation named Green Army, an organisation under the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. He was active in the flood relief camps run by the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation.
With the Government assuring him of medical treatment, subsequently, Shyam met the then Health Minister K K Shailaja. The Government promised that the cost of surgery would be covered by the State as it is highly expensive.
After a while, the Government changed. When he met the present Health Minister Veena George, she also responded positively and assured him that help would be reached. Shyam has not got any help yet, even after 6 months.
Risky surgery
The doctors at the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital said that the surgery is highly risky as there are chances of an infection.
But, Shyam says he cannot continue to be with the tubes and urine bags on his body for many days.
As the surgery could not be done yet, three dialyses are needed every week: one costs Rs 5,000. Dialysis is currently being carried out using the money that reached his account after many helped on knowing about him during the flood and with the support of the volunteer organisation.
Many a time, he cannot even walk. Though Shyam has even cycled with his artificial limb earlier, as the disease aggravated, he has stopped using it for the last one-and-a half years.
Shyam says he had sought treatment in a private hospital after the Medical College doctors turned him down saying it is highly risky. They are ready for the surgery if the amount is paid.
But, even after the surgery, Shyam may not be able to go out and work, doctors say.
Shyam’s wish is to work while staying at home and earning for his family. You can help Shyam Kumar by contributing whatever you can. If you wish to transfer money, please note the following details:
Name: Syam Kumar SS
Bank account number: 67172487056
IFSC: SBIN0070040
Bank and branch: SBI, Kattakkada branch
Branch code: 70040
Google Pay: 7907424988. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/27/man-help-2018-kerala-floods-seek-funds-surgery.amp.html | 2022-08-27T13:17:28Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/27/man-help-2018-kerala-floods-seek-funds-surgery.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Georgia pastor Raphael Warnock won a seat in the US Senate in 2021 with the help of cheery campaign ads featuring a cute dog. Now Warnock's Republican opponent in the 2022 midterms, former football star Herschel Walker, is accusing him of lying about the nature of his connection to Alvin the beagle.
"If @ReverendWarnock is willing to lie about having a dog, what else is he hiding?" Walker, who has more than 745,000 followers on Twitter, tweeted on Monday. Walker's tweet included a satirical YouTube video that features text saying that "Alvin is missing" and that "Alvin disappeared on Tuesday, January 5, 2021," the day of the runoff election Warnock won.
Yes, this is a fact check about a dog. But it's also about a central issue in a tight race that could determine control of the Senate. Walker delivered his attack on Warnock's honesty as the Warnock campaign continued to call Walker's honesty into question, touting a television ad that highlights Walker's history of false claims about his own past.
This new Walker claim is false, too.
Facts First: Warnock did not lie about having a dog. CNN could find no evidence that Warnock ever claimed that Alvin was his own dog. Nor could the fact-checking website PolitiFact earlier this year. Warnock's campaign says he never made such a claim. And Walker's campaign did not respond to a CNN request to provide any evidence that Warnock did.
There is no sign that Warnock's campaign, let alone Warnock himself, ever lied about the ownership of the dog. A Politico article published two days before Election Day in the 2021 runoff noted that the dog belonged to a Warnock supporter. Politico received that information from a Warnock campaign official.
Less than three weeks after Warnock's victory, The New York Times published an article about the successful dog ads, featuring comments from the campaign's lead ad maker, that also noted that Alvin belonged to a Warnock supporter.
It is common for campaign ads to feature actors, staged scenes and fictional scenarios. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution noted this week that Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp ran an ad in 2018 featuring himself holding a shotgun next to an actor playing the role of, in Kemp's words, a "young man interested in one of my daughters."
The Warnock ads
The Warnock ads, which were released in late 2020, did not include any assertion that Alvin was Warnock's dog -- not even in the humorous tone of the Kemp ad.
The first Warnock ad took aim at the attacks he expected from his Republican opponent in that race, Kelly Loeffler. An over-the-top narrator intoned, "Raphael Warnock eats pizza with a fork and knife. Raphael Warnock once stepped on a crack in the sidewalk. Raphael Warnock even hates puppies." Warnock warned voters about coming Loeffler "lies" and said he would remain focused on using the government to help people. The ad then concluded with a clip of Warnock holding and petting Alvin as he said, in a voiceover, "And by the way: I love puppies."
A second ad featured Warnock walking Alvin around a suburban block as he denounced Loeffler's "smear ads" about his past remarks. Warnock said, "But I think Georgians will see her ads for what they are." He dropped a dog-poop bag in a trash bin, wordlessly completing the joke, and asked Alvin, "Don't you?" The ad ended with a shot of Alvin licking Warnock as he said, "I'm Raphael Warnock, and we approve this message."
The ads showcased Alvin's apparent fondness for Warnock, and it's certainly possible that some viewers assumed Alvin was his dog; at least a couple of articles identified the dog as "his." But other articles just called Alvin "a dog" or "a beagle."
Warnock has owned dogs in the past, The New York Times reported in 2021. As for the Walker campaign's jokey suggestion this week that Alvin is "missing": Alvin is a supporter's dog and still alive, the Warnock campaign told CNN on Thursday.
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International Overdose Awareness Day is observed across the globe on August 31st each year. The event was established as a means to help raise awareness of overdoses, while reducing the stigma of drug-related deaths across our communities.
Events that are held across the country help provide education about drug overdoses, as well as lend support and acknowledgment of the grief that is felt by family and friends of those who have died or sustained a permanent injury as a result of a drug overdose. The key takeaway intended for this date is that the tragedy of overdose death is preventable.
Drug overdoses can occur when an individual consumes too much of a medication. The drugs can be prescription or over-the-counter, legal or illegal. Drug overdoses can be accidental or they can be intentional. When a person takes more than the recommended amount of a medication, or enough that it produces a harmful effect on bodily functions, an overdose has occurred. Overdoses can lead to serious medical complications, including death. Severity of a drug overdose depends on the drug and the amount taken, as well as the physical and medical history of the person who overdosed.
An overdose on alcohol can also occur when someone consumes too much, leading to an excess of alcohol in the bloodstream.
In these instances, areas of the brain controlling basic life-support functions—such as breathing, heart rate, and temperature control—begin to shut down.
Depending on what drug a person has taken, the symptoms of an overdose will vary. It is not always easy to discern overdose symptoms from those of drug or excessive alcohol consumption. Some general symptoms associated with overdoses include chest pain, seizures, severe headaches, difficulty breathing, delirium, extreme agitation or anxiety.
In addition to these symptoms, other signs may occur, such as:
— Abnormal breathing.
— Fast, slowed, or irregular pulse.
— Deviations from normal body temperature (e.g., hyperthermia/hypothermia).
— Passing out or an unresponsive loss of consciousness.
— Skin color changes (e.g., pallor or bluish tint to skin if a respiratory depressant was used; ruddy or flushed after cardiovascular overstimulation).
In the context of illicit substance use, it is often difficult for individuals to know exactly how much of a drug they have consumed. The risk of overdose may be particularly high when intravenous drug use is at play. In these settings, the effects of the injected drug take action much more quickly than if the drug were swallowed.
An overdose might also happen accidentally. Individuals who take a regular dose of medication, but have a lower tolerance, may take a stronger dose than the body is accustomed to. Or, an individual may combine substances and accidentally become the victim of an overdose. Many overdoses are unintended. All overdoses are considered medical emergencies. Prompt medical attention can help prevent lasting health consequences or death.
On August 31st, Overdose Awareness Day, you can show your support by attending informational events. One will be held in the evening in Veteran’s Park in Lockport, just across the street from Eastern Niagara Hospital. You can also choose to wear or show signs of support, such as symbols. The symbols of International Overdose Day include the silver badge, the purple wristband, and purple lanyard. Together, they also help raise awareness of the detrimental effects overdoses have on those who suffer them, as well the people who are closest to them. Wearing these symbols is a demonstration of support for all who have experienced such loss. They are also an important reminder that every life is precious and holds meaning and value.
Jennifer Burdo, RN, is the director of Eastern Niagara Hospital’s Reflections Recovery Center. Eastern Niagara Healthlines is a special feature by the Eastern Niagara Health System’s community relations department. For more information, call 716-514-5502. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/eastern-niagara-healthlines-overdose-awareness/article_cef41fca-234a-11ed-9e87-3360418c6eb3.html | 2022-08-27T13:25:58Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/eastern-niagara-healthlines-overdose-awareness/article_cef41fca-234a-11ed-9e87-3360418c6eb3.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Sometimes readers of Niagara Discoveries will suggests topics for it. Recently I was asked to write about the history of opera houses in Niagara County. Information on four of them have been found. If anyone knows of others not included here, please let me know.
In doing the research, I found that the term “opera house” is a misnomer, as it was used to denote a space used for theatrical or musical performances as well as lectures and meetings. One newspaper writer questioned the name of one of these places and asked if it “ever hosted an opera.” Few, if any, of these small community “Opera Houses” actually staged an opera.
The first of the opera houses to be discussed here is the one that prompted the suggestion from the reader. The Somerset Opera House, still standing at Lake Road near Quaker Road, was built in 1885 by Dr. Irving Hotaling, a veteran of the Civil War. It is a one-story wooden building. According to a history of the building written in 1971 by then Somerset Town Historian Ruth Porter, “It was equipped with movable seats, a good-sized platform and a balcony…The Literary Society of Somerset staged home talent plays, and traveling stock companies staged dramas…The building was also used for dances, dinners, lectures and musical programs.”
Newspaper articles of the period highlight some of the happenings at the Somerset Opera House. On March 31, 1888, the Niagara Democrat reported on three events that had taken place or would take place there. The first was a meeting of the “electors of the town” who were opposed to the granting of [liquor] licenses, to be held on April 3rd “for the purpose of nominating an excise commissioner and for the transaction of other such business…” Next it was reported that the “troupe” which had performed the temperance drama “The Little Brown Jug” were invited to the “spacious and elegant residence of Mr. and Mrs. J.J. Haight…where they were right royally entertained by the genial host and hostess.”
Finally, a farcical trial was staged: “The Great High Court of Courts of the Mighty Province of Somerset or Turnover,” with “His Most August Judgeship” Loren Church presiding. It was about a case of chicken stealing, and the jury, “after listening to a long chain of evidence, returned a verdict of guilty.”
In 1903, another comical entertainment, “The Spinster’s Convention,” was presented by “The Single Blessedness Club of West Somerset.” It was reported that “it has been enthusiastically received…We hope the ‘spinsters’ will have good success.”
The Somerset Opera House was also the venue for the annual Memorial Day Service organized by the Barker Chapter of the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) until the Sons of Veterans Hall was built in Barker in 1908. After the opening of the new S.O.V. Hall, the Somerset Opera House was sold and over the last 100-plus years, it has been used for several different purposes but mostly for vehicle and boat storage. The sign on the building identifies it as “The Old Opera House.” The Sons of Veterans Hall, which had replaced it, was torn down in 1971.
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A few miles west along Lake Road and about a half-mile south on Lake Street, in the village of Wilson, stood the Albright Opera House. The structure started out as the Wesleyan Chapel next to the Methodist Church. In 1893, William Albright bought the building for his farm implement store. His two sons, Harold and John, created a small gymnasium, complete with a boxing ring, in the back of the store where they and their friends could compete with each other. A few years after purchasing the building, Albright raised the roof and added a full second floor, but was careful to keep the ornamental window from the former chapel intact. It was this space that became the Albright Opera House.
In 1982, William’s son Harold wrote a short recollection of his memories of the opera house. He remembered that it was originally lit by kerosene lamps which were later changed to electricity after the turn of the 20th century. The opera house had wings on either side of the stage, one for the piano and the other for the actors and for storage. Several painted backdrops hung behind the stage; these included scenes of the various seasons, parlors and other rooms and a streetscape of Holley, N.Y.
Like the Somerset Opera House, Albright’s had performances by both local and traveling theater groups. In one play that used live dogs in the show, the dogs ran off just before the first act started and a frantic search was made to find the dogs before their scene. Luckily they were found and the show went on as scheduled. “Medicine shows” were also done there. One time Harold Albright remembered seeing the “hucksters” filling the “medicine” bottles with water from the neighbor’s well.
After about 25 years of operating the opera house, William Albright closed it. By the 1920s, traveling troupes were skipping the small town theaters in favor of bigger venues and motion pictures were the new, novel form of entertainment. Over the next dozen years, the building was used as a “Ford (car) Agency” with a printing shop upstairs. According to Harold Albright, “a fire of undetermined origin” destroyed the building “in the early thirties.” An exact date could not be found.
The parking lot for the Wilson House Restaurant now covers the site of the Albright Opera House.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Thanks to Somerset Town Historian Peter DeVeaux for assistance with the history of the Somerset Opera House. Information on the Albright Opera House is from the booklet written by Harold Albright.
NEXT WEEK: The Middleport and Lewiston opera houses.
Ann Marie Linnabery is the assistant director of the History Center of Niagara. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/niagara-discoveries-opera-houses-of-old-in-niagara-county/article_8a722d6a-24ad-11ed-9b26-4f625d4431a4.html | 2022-08-27T13:26:05Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/niagara-discoveries-opera-houses-of-old-in-niagara-county/article_8a722d6a-24ad-11ed-9b26-4f625d4431a4.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Hot summer temperatures have been associated with an increase in heat-related symptoms and even death. Individuals receiving antipsychotic medications are at particular risk of heat stroke during periods of extreme heat. Children and the elderly are at increased risk.
In addition to monitoring individuals at risk, prevention is paramount. Symptoms may best be prevented by:
— heightened attention to the state of hydration of a person, particularly those at high risk (those on antipsychotic medications, the elderly, children and those with poor fluid intake);
— staying in cooler areas;
— monitoring for elevations of body temperature;
— avoiding direct exposure to sunlight or minimizing exposure;
— wearing protective clothing and using sunscreen.
If not recognized and treated early, heat stroke can be fatal. The symptoms of heatstroke include: elevated body temperature (temperature of 104 degrees F is the main sign of heatstroke); skin that’s hot and dry to the touch (this not present in all cases); altered mental state; nausea and/or vomiting; headache; rapid heart rate; and rapid respiration.
Discuss with your doctor how medications and/or chronic conditions may affect your body’s ability to manage heat. Take the heat seriously. and seek immediate medical attention when signs of heat stroke are present. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/senior-spotlight-know-the-signs-of-heat-stroke/article_a0276f1a-24d2-11ed-8cb2-83746dafbfa0.html | 2022-08-27T13:26:11Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/senior-spotlight-know-the-signs-of-heat-stroke/article_a0276f1a-24d2-11ed-8cb2-83746dafbfa0.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
I have heated my house with a soapstone wood burner ever since my wife and I bought the place in 1985. The original owners had a fireplace but I knew that wasn’t the way to heat with wood. Wood was a good idea for us because I had a cabin and 60 acres of woods in the Southern Tier — plus the house is in five acres of woods. For many years, collecting firewood was an annual event and we really enjoyed the warmth and atmosphere of wood fire.
Age has a way of sneaking up on you, however, and gathering that wood becomes more difficult. You know: shoulder problems, hip problems, decreasing strength and loss of endurance. Since my wife passed I have been burning less wood and using electric heat off and on. When it is really cold, or I’m just in the mood to watch and feel the comfort of a wood burner, I fire up the old soapstone stove.
In other words, I have been using firewood on-hand carefully in recent years. But, Mother Nature helped me out last year by taking down a big maple in my woods just a ways down the road. My neighbor, Bob Bracey, came down with his tractor and dragged that big old tree over to my back driveway. He even went to the trouble of cutting that big log into pieces that I could handle with my smaller chain saw. Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, I didn’t get that wood split and stacked. Then, a wind storm this past winter took out a big section of a large maple, dumping it on the back driveway. While it was a good-size section of tree, it didn’t prevent me from using the driveway, which leads to my barn, so that too went untouched.
After resolving some serious health issues recently, I decided it was time to get busy on those trees.
I dealt with the tree on the back driveway first. My two chain saws, one 12 inches and the other 16 inches, were just the ticket for the job. After a week of working on it, off and on, the tree was taken care of, its wood split and stacked in my firewood pavilion.
The other tree, that Bob had brought to me, was a different story. Even the sections he cut in half were really too big for me to handle, given my present strength and shoulder problems. I had to make those sections smaller, so I turned to steel splitting wedges and a heavy splitting maul.
I went easy at it the first day, to see how things went, and found this job didn’t seem to cause me any trouble. (I have learned, as I’ve gotten older, to work for a while and then take an hour to recuperate.) After a few weeks, most of the wood was split and stacked, and it looks like I will be in fine shape with firewood for the next few years.
I’m sure it won’t surprise you to know what I did during my breaks: I photographed hummingbirds off my back porch, of course! Just off the porch there’s a big plot filled with more than 100 big, beautiful, red cardinal flowers, and the hummers love them.
I put up a couple of feeders near that plot so that I could work various light conditions throughout the day — “training” the hummingbirds to pose for me by providing them with a perch or two in the spots they like, and learning their individual habits — and put up a makeshift photo blind on the porch, comfortable chair included.
On my wood splitting breaks, one of my goals was to “freeze” the hummingbirds’ wings, which beat between 75 and 200 times per second. Doing this requires strong sunlight, a fast shutter speed and a bit of luck getting them in focus.
Well, everything worked itself out and I am pleased with my results, both with the firewood and the hummers.
Hummingbirds give many of us great pleasure in the summer and come late September when they head south we are going to miss them. As much as I have observed and photographed these “speeding bullets” over the years, I believe I saw, and learned, much more about them during my latest photo project. Like the day the feeder went dry and a hummer came right into my blind to let me know he needed a refill. Or the day I fell asleep in the blind, with my head tilted back, and a hummer got right in my face, so close I could feel the wind power of his wings. (Wake up, Doug, I’m posing for you!)
In hot weather, do not let your feeders go more than five or six days without cleaning and refilling. Put your feeders close to windows where you can observe easily and see the hummingbirds’ interesting ways and beauty. Keep the feeders up until there is a chance of a freeze; you may help out a late traveler.
Treat the hummers well and, yes, they will be back next year to entertain you again. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/the-great-outdoors-preparing-for-winter-while-enjoying-a-gift-of-summer/article_90d5b728-225d-11ed-86fe-177f3436a76f.html | 2022-08-27T13:26:17Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/the-great-outdoors-preparing-for-winter-while-enjoying-a-gift-of-summer/article_90d5b728-225d-11ed-86fe-177f3436a76f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Toni:
Can you explain why a hospital employee from the medical claims division asked my husband Greg to sign a form stating that he is aware that he is now in his “Lifetime Reserve Days” while he is waiting for his lung/heart double transplant?
He went in the hospital in May for congestive heart failure only to discover that his heart and lungs can no longer support him. The wait for his double transplant is taking longer than expected. I am concerned that the hospital will send him home or to a nursing home to wait and he will not receive the correct medical care.
Please explain what Greg needs to do. He is covered by a Medicare Supplement, and he has had no issues with that plan.
— Thanks, Anna from Conroe, Texas
Anna:
The hospital staff had Greg sign the form about the “lifetime reserve days” because once he is past the initial 90 days covered per benefit period and has used his Inpatient Hospitalization 60 Lifetime Reserve days, then Medicare stops paying and the stay is his responsibility.
For 2022, Medicare Part A covers an inpatient hospital stay with a total deductible of $1,556 for days 1-60. (And yes, an inpatient hospital deductible of $1,556 can happen 6 times a year.) Medicare Part A will cover a semiprivate room and board, general nursing and miscellaneous services and supplies.
If your Part A-Inpatient Hospital stay is longer than 60 days, then for days 61 thru 90 Medicare pays all but $389 per day; and for days 91 and after, Medicare will pay all but $778 per day for up to 60 “lifetime reserve days.” These days do not re-set. If your stay is 95 days, then you will have 55 lifetime reserve days left. Once all 60 Medicare lifetime reserve days are used, there are not any more “inpatient hospital benefits.” You will pay all costs of the remainder of the hospital stay.
There is a notice in the summary of benefits for a Medicare Supplement plan only, and not a Medicare Advantage plan, regarding Medicare’s Lifetime Reserve Days. The notice states: “**NOTICE: When your Medicare Part A hospital benefits are exhausted, the insurer stands in the place of Medicare and will pay whatever amount Medicare would have paid up to an additional 365 days as provided in the policy's ‘Core Benefits.’ During this time, the hospital is prohibited from billing you for the balance based on any difference between its billed charges and the amount Medicare would have paid.”
Since he has a Medicare Supplement, Greg will have the additional 365 days of “inpatient hospital benefits” that only a Medicare Supplement insurance plan will pay. What a blessing that Greg has a Medicare Supplement so he and his doctors together can pick how and where to have his heart/lung transplant and which rehab/skilled facility he will select for recuperating.
Those enrolled in a Medicare Advantage plan should discuss “Lifetime Reserve Days” with that plan’s customer service representatives regarding extended in-patient hospital stays.
And if your Part D plan does not cover your new transplant prescription drugs, then who will pay? You will! Verify that your new prescriptions will be on your current Medicare Part D plan. Take your time and explore your Medicare prescription drug availability with your transplant physician’s office or transplant facility’s caseworker.
During a Medicare consultation, we at Toni Says are careful about personalizing your Medicare Part D planning because, once enrolled, you cannot change plans until the Medicare Annual Enrollment Period which is October 15th to December 7th. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/toni-says-the-ins-and-outs-of-medicare-s-lifetime-reserve-days/article_c1a9946e-24dd-11ed-91c1-efeec9624c92.html | 2022-08-27T13:26:23Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/toni-says-the-ins-and-outs-of-medicare-s-lifetime-reserve-days/article_c1a9946e-24dd-11ed-91c1-efeec9624c92.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WHITE SWAN — Timber Winnier, 17, held a bull thistle stalk up to the sunlight behind the Yakama Forest Products Log Office in White Swan after pulling it out of the ground. It’s a noxious weed that takes water from native plants, he said.
Over the past three months, students in the Yakama Forest Products Summer Program for young people have learned to identify native species and remove invasive ones, among other skills.
Trucks bring seeds into the mountains where the invasive plants then grow in old logging areas, Winnier said. Students cleared “truckloads and truckloads” of noxious weeds during the summer, said Virginia Yelechchin, 18, another student with the program, as she carried an armful of brush.
In about 10 minutes flat, Yelechchin, Winnier and four other students in the summer program cleared enough brush and weeds to park several cars near Simcoe Creek. They started work at 6 a.m., just as they have since the first week of June.
The goal of the summer program is to expose Yakama youths to possibilities for the future while teaching them about work ethic, job skills and their cultural landscape in the present. The program provides critical paid employment during the summer while also fostering professional opportunities. It is open to Yakama youths. This summer, it employed 20 students between the ages of 16 to 18.
“We all enjoyed having fun, learning a lot of new things,” Winnier said. “Most of our crew had never been up in the mountains, learning about their Indigenous foods, species of plants, trees. They learned a lot this summer.”
Students worked across the Yakama Reservation, cleaning campsites, clearing weeds and working at the YFP lumber yard. They learned to weld, identified local plants and toured colleges and museums. They also received basic first-aid certification.
Working and learning
Labor and education often went hand in hand.
“I’m always talking. They’re working, I’m talking, I’m working with them. Any time I think of something, I lay it on them,” said Nathan Hill, the youth program lead who has worked as a contractor and salmon fisherman on the reservation for most of his life. “Enforce the work ethics, get to work on time, be ready. Just the basic skills that you need to be employable.”
Hill works with the students on a day-to-day basis as their direct supervisor. The focus on teaching work ethic and creating employment opportunities has taught students a lot.
Yelechchin said that aspect of it — understanding the importance of employment — might be the most important thing she’s learned.
“The fact of growing up and learning responsibilities,” she said. “Having a job, being consistent. I feel like (learning) that is a pretty big part for everyone, just in general.”
Doug Olney, a forestry team member who is part of the program in an advisory role, said he has taught students about ecology and land management. When students clear invasive species or head into the mountains, he imparts scientific knowledge about resources and how they’re changing.
“I try to instill good ecology in them,” Olney said. “We believe in good, sustainable forest practices.”
Olney emphasizes the importance of creating habitat and healthy forests while logging, especially in the face of climate change and weather disasters. Students worked with officials from Yakama Nation Fisheries on streamside projects to decrease erosion.
“We’ve made beaver dam analogs to help bring the water back,” Yelechchin said. “We want to get erosion out of it.”
That hands-on environmental science is career-building for Jayson Queahpama, 17.
“During or after high school, I want to study environmental engineering,” he said. “Two days ago, we were learning about insects that kill the trees and other viruses. It was pretty fun.”
Yakama Forest Products Resource Manager Cristy Fiander said they’ve incorporated some cultural education throughout the summer, as well. Most of the students are enrolled members of the Yakama Nation and organizers want students to learn more about their land.
“We try to teach them and expose them to is a little bit of our culture,” Fiander said. “We are Yakama Nation and we did involve some cultural activities.”
Fiander and Hill said students learned more about closed areas on the reservation, places which are only open to tribal members.
Path to employment
Another important reason for the program’s focus on youth is to literally become the future of Yakama Forest Products. The youth program is paid, which allows students to earn their own money, but the program also creates a pipeline for youth to get full-time jobs with YFP.
“The purpose of it is to get kids interested in these types of jobs because we’re having a shortage of millworkers, a shortage of different skilled laborers in maintenance,” Fiander said. “We’re just trying to get kids interested in these types of jobs that are available.”
In 2021, the program’s first year, two of the 15 students went on to work full-time at YFP. This year, three more will start full-time employment in White Swan. Their opportunities are plentiful, from wood stacking to security to working in the mill. The pay is solid, as are overtime and benefits.
Those new, full-time employees are helping with labor shortages that Yakama Forest Products has faced for the last several years. Organizers have given preference to family members of YFP workers and YFP contractors, hoping to bolster their staff. Students come out of the program ready to work.
“It keeps options open,” Winnier said. “We have the knowledge of learning it and knowing how this works and understanding how scaling works and machines run. So that will help us in the future.”
Winnier’s last day with the summer program was Friday. On Monday, he starts full-time with Yakama Forest Products.
More opportunities await
While the program is relatively narrow in scope — it serves 20 students, many of whom have family members who work with YFP — organizers hope it is a sign of more to come. It’s funded by profits from YFP’s business, said Olney, and other tribal enterprises are hoping to enact similar programs.
“It’s a good opportunity to open their eyes,” he said. “It’s something that will grow and we’ll build on in future years.”
Hill said Yakama Forest Products received more than 40 applications this year and he hopes Yakama youth can find similar employment opportunities soon.
“There’s projects to be done,” he said.
Fiander and Hill said the program also exposes students to educational opportunities. Summer program students toured the Burke Museum in Seattle and Heritage University in Toppenish, where several are now planning to take classes in the fall. There’s a balance struck for students who are choosing between college and a profession.
“There are opportunities out there, be it millwrights or electricians and stuff like that,” Hill said. “But we want to give them a taste of higher education, as well, because we totally support that.”
At the end of the summer, organizers want students to know that they have a lot of options if they work hard. They see students’ work, present and future, as a community benefit. In the meantime, students in the second cohort of the summer program enjoyed their summer laughing, living and making a little money.
“They’re all happy-go-lucky, all 20 of them,” Hill said. “It was awesome.” | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/lower_valley/young-people-get-experience-through-yakama-forest-products-summer-program/article_e97b589e-2567-11ed-b216-6f86d19e3da4.html | 2022-08-27T13:30:39Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/lower_valley/young-people-get-experience-through-yakama-forest-products-summer-program/article_e97b589e-2567-11ed-b216-6f86d19e3da4.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
1) Do all humans belong by birth in a church that claims exclusvie membership for all Christ' heirs, to rule in God name. That church would call Christ king over them, by claiming a superior law over our governor , president over, who has all civil civil authority (citing St. Louis Beradine ), and we would denude God his universal , general claim as judge over those without , to whom that church with superior claims makes more appe LANSING, Mich. — The Legislature is on their summer recess but Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist III is calling on lawmakers to return to Lansing and pass a tax holiday on school supplies. It’s an effort to reduce back to school costs that has just languished.
“We need the legislature to meet us at the table that we are already sitting at ready to negotiate to get this done and get it done quickly for Michigan families," said Gilchrist.
The move would temporarily remove Michigan’s 6 percent sales tax on school supplies.
“All total, we estimate this going to save Michiganders about $38 million. And that's a lot of money at a time when things are so expensive," he said.
Although the temporary relief would be welcome to Michiganders who are gearing up for the new school year, opponents of the legislation, like Republican candidate for governor Tudor Dixon, call the move "too little too late."
Despite the push from the lieutenant governor, the legislation is unlikely to pass unless lawmakers cut their summer recess short. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/lt-gov-garlin-gilchrist-pushes-lawmakers-to-pass-tax-holiday-on-school-supplies | 2022-08-27T13:33:16Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/lt-gov-garlin-gilchrist-pushes-lawmakers-to-pass-tax-holiday-on-school-supplies | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. — As the Colorado River shrinks, the seven states in the western United States that rely on it for water and power need to cut their use dramatically to keep the biggest reservoirs from getting critically low, according to federal analysts.
But a recent deadline for a plan to conserve an unprecedented amount of water came and went without many specifics from either the states or the federal government on how to achieve the cutbacks.
In June, federal officials gave leaders in the states the draw from the river — Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — a mid-August deadline to come up with a plan to conserve 2 to 4 million acre-feet of water across the Southwestern watershed. One acre-foot is more than 325,000 gallons. Federal officials said they wanted to see cuts from all seven states, from every sector.
With the deadline now passed, and lingering uncertainty about where those cutbacks will come, some of the region's leaders are calling for the federal government to take charge.
Water stored in the Colorado River's biggest reservoirs has declined during the past two decades due to climate change and overuse. The river and its tributaries provide drinking water to 40 million people, and irrigate millions of acres of cropland. In addition to the seven U.S. states, the river also crosses into Mexico and provides water supplies to cities and farmers in two Mexican states as well.
At Lake Powell, the nation's second-largest reservoir on the river, water levels are threatening to dip low enough that its dam would lose the ability to produce hydropower. That could come as early as November 2023. All but two boat ramps at the recreation hotspot are now closed due to its low level.
"We want to encourage [the states] to be doing as much as possible," said Tanya Trujillo, the Interior Department's assistant secretary for water and science. "There is an urgent requirement to be doing that. We're trying to explain the modeling information that we have paints a very, very urgent situation. We feel the urgency. They should feel the urgency."
Trujillo and other federal water managers said that if the states couldn't come up with a plan for those cuts by the August deadline, the federal government would take action to protect the river system. The possible actions the federal government has laid out start administrative processes to study how the river's large dams might be re-engineered or operated. They also plan to incentivize agricultural efficiency by offering additional funding.
The federal government also announced incremental increases in existing water cuts for Arizona, Nevada and Mexico, starting in January 2023. Those cuts were already agreed to, and it's still not clear what specific actions federal officials could or will take to prevent the reservoirs from declining to critically low levels.
"Our water users really would like to understand the federal government when they say, 'If you don't take action states, we will,' " said Andy Mueller, general manager of the Colorado River District, a water agency in rural Western Colorado. "Well, what are the actions being proposed?"
Even though the federal government has yet to deliver on its threat to intervene, it could still happen, Mueller said. The call for cuts was clear and came with specifics – 2 to 4 million acre-feet in cuts across the watershed. But the threat of what happens if the states can't get there remains unclear.
"If you don't know what that threat is, it's really hard to be motivated to take action," Mueller said.
Aversion to federal intervention runs deep along the Colorado River. Some state leaders say the federal government should simply run the dams, and not wade into policy-making. Others doubt the forcefulness of federal authorities to mandate cutbacks, most of which are entirely untested. As the river's scarcity crisis has deepened in recent years, others in the basin are beginning to crave federal leadership.
"There was a deadline that came. It passed. Nothing happened," said John Entsminger, general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, which serves the Las Vegas metro area. "I think it would be much more effective if the federal government actually, in writing, articulates a plan."
When it became clear the states were not going to reach an agreement ahead of the deadline, he pleaded with federal officials to take the reins and make hard decisions about where some of the cuts need to come from. This tension between the states and the federal government only works as a motivator when state leaders believe a federal crackdown might really happen, he said.
"The states have never accomplished anything meaningful without a credible federal threat," Entsminger said.
But it is not only the Biden administration applying pressure through the various federal agencies involved in the West's water management. Pressure from the city leaders, farmers and residents in the Southwest is mounting as well.
"I think the general public is aware of the real crisis that's developing in the Colorado River basin in a way they previously haven't," Entsminger said. "There's pressure building from constituencies across the basin to do something."
Members of Congress have begun to take notice as well.
U.S. Rep. Greg Stanton, an Arizona Democrat, called for the river's users to "share the sacrifice to solve this crisis," and called the federal threats to intervene, "hollow."
In Nevada, U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez-Masto gave federal officials her own deadline, asking to see firm plans on how to spend the $4 billion set aside in the Inflation Reduction Act to help solve the region's water-scarcity problems.
In response to the complaint that they should be doing more, federal water managers said they are going to continue working with states on a plan for cutbacks. No new deadline has been set.
Kathryn Sorenson, a water policy researcher at Arizona State University, said if the federal government were to take drastic action, it could alienate people in states that rely on the river.
"Certainty is just paramount," Sorenson said. "And the cities, the tribes, those who are depending on this water, they need to know what to expect. And right now, that's completely lacking."
But if the feds don't take action, she said, the risk falls on the reservoirs.
"No one wants to make this call, right? It's not enviable to be in a position of saying who gets water and who doesn't," Sorenson said.
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European sanctions on Russia have caused massive traffic back-ups along the Latvian border. The war has also put the region's inhabitants in the middle of two hostile power blocs.
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European sanctions on Russia have caused massive traffic back-ups along the Latvian border. The war has also put the region's inhabitants in the middle of two hostile power blocs.
Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.klcc.org/2022-08-27/long-lines-of-trucks-at-the-latvia-russia-border-show-immense-toll-of-war | 2022-08-27T13:39:50Z | klcc.org | control | https://www.klcc.org/2022-08-27/long-lines-of-trucks-at-the-latvia-russia-border-show-immense-toll-of-war | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MONSON, Mass. (WWLP) – With a longstanding history in western Massachusetts communities, Monson Savings Bank celebrates its 150th anniversary this year.
Springfield’s Healing Racism Institute received a $5,000 donation for their efforts to understand the root causes and effects of racism, as well as the institutional nature of racism. In a safe and engaging environment, the Institute’s two-day Healing Racism sessions provide valuable insights into the impact of racism on both the nation and community.
“Monson Savings Bank supports the Healing Racism Institute of Pioneer Valley and the important work that they are doing for our communities,” said Dan Moriarty, President and CEO of Monson Savings Bank. “We commend them for all of the work that they do to make the world a better place, specifically working to make the communities we live in a better place. Monson Savings is a local bank, meaning everyone who works at the Bank lives here. We are working, raising our families, and living in the communities that the Healing Racism Institute serves. The organization holds a special place in our hearts because they are making the places we live a better, more equitable place.”
To become self-sustaining within three years, Healing Racism Institute will build infrastructure and capacity with the contribution of Monson Savings Bank. Using the funds, the organization will hire staff, create a training center, increase the number of facilitators trained, and support scholarship programs. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/healing-racism-institute-of-pioneer-valley-receives-5k-from-monson-savings-bank/ | 2022-08-27T13:40:19Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/healing-racism-institute-of-pioneer-valley-receives-5k-from-monson-savings-bank/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Scott Simon talks with Cecilia Sottilotta, assistant professor of international relations at The American University of Rome, about far-right Italian politician Giorgia Meloni.
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Scott Simon talks with Cecilia Sottilotta, assistant professor of international relations at The American University of Rome, about far-right Italian politician Giorgia Meloni.
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Traffic is currently stopped on the M20 westbound between J9 for Ashford and J8 for Maidstone due to a verge fire. Emergency services are currently at the scene.
National Highways have warned there is 2 miles of congestion and motorists should allow for extra time. Details surrounding the scale of the fire are still emerging.
Travel site Inrix has said: "All traffic being temporarily held and queueing traffic due to accident and serious fire at the grass verge on M20 Westbound at J9 A20 / A251 (Ashford). Congestion to J10 Ashford South.!
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BREAKING: M20 Westbound now CLOSED
The M20 Westbound carriageway is now closed between J9 and J8. National Highways have deployed resources to assist with traffic management.
Further updates to follow
What do we know so far?
- All traffic being temporarily held and queueing traffic due to accident and serious fire at the grass verge on M20 Westbound at J9 A20 / A251 (Ashford).
- Congestion to J10 Ashford South.
- Emergency services are at the scene
- Miles of congestion already built up | https://www.kentlive.news/news/live-m20-traffic-fire-ashford-7518001 | 2022-08-27T13:46:17Z | kentlive.news | control | https://www.kentlive.news/news/live-m20-traffic-fire-ashford-7518001 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Significant moisture in our atmosphere keeps the possibility of afternoon and evening showers in our forecast. We will see a typical summertime pattern of isolated showers and highs in the low 90s as we close out our weekend and head into the work week.
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We are nearing the peak of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane season and currently tracking a few areas of low pressure in the Atlantic Basin. The tropical wave in the Eastern Tropical Atlantic has a low 10 percent chance of development over the next 48 hours and a 30 percent chance over the next five days.
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TV reviews : House of the Dragon (Sky Atlantic), State of Happiness (BBC4) and Mo (Netflix)
Well, which are you? Someone who’s thrilled House of the Dragon is finally here – or do you prefer House of the Dishwasher?
The latter is of course Marriage, the Nicola Walker-Sean Bean drama just ended on BBC1, which has been loved by some for the fact nothing much happens beyond domestic mundanity.
For others that show has been too close to home. They don’t want a mirror on real life, rather that TV takes them far, far away from it. House of the Dragon (Sky Atlantic) is the prequel to Game of Thrones, set 200 years before the original, so don’t worry, fantasy fans, there’s still more dismemberment than there are dishwashers.
Yet as the scene-setting begins I can’t get some all too current and all too real drudgery out of my head. The Targaryen dynasty is choosing a new leader, just like the Conservative Party. A thousand lords, playing the parts of the 1922 Committee, have whittled 14 candidates down to one man and one woman.
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For the throne room dripping with gold read No 10, also dripping with gold, thanks to Carrie Johnson’s wallpaper choices. For “ten adult dragons under its yolk” read the Prime Minister’s Cabinet. And so on and so on, right up to the voiceover’s payoff: “The only thing that could tear down the House of the Dragon was itself.”
The man wins – of course he does. But Viserys I (Paddy Considine) proves to be a pretty weak king and after some routine geysers of blood - from castrations and an unwatchable caesarean without anaesthetic, among other gruesomeness – there’s a second succession battle, this time between Viserys’ brother, Prince Daemon, and daughter Princess Rhaenyra.
If this was a Tory contest, Daemon would be the law and order candidate. He’s like Priti Patel with a flanged mace and a morning star (not to be confused with the Morning Star).
Daemon organises vicious night-time patrols to keep the peasants in check, returning with a cart full of limbs. He’s bored basically, which because he’s played by Matt Smith causes me to remember the actor’s portrayal of the young Prince Phillip in The Crown, a man who was also at a loose end for much of the time, but at least he didn’t go about loosening arms, legs and – yes – willies.
Rhaenyra is played by Milly Alcock. Asked her ambitions by her bestie, she says: “I want to fly with you on a dragon’s back, see the great wonders across the narrow sea and eat cake.” Maybe these were the ambitions of the young Princess Elizabeth all those years ago, until suddenly queenly duties were thrust upon her. Let’s see if Rhaenyra will do as good a job, although I fear we haven’t heard the last of the dastardly Daemon.
Games of Thrones wasn’t me. After the first few episodes I tended to fast-forward through recordings searching for the naughty bits – don’t lie, you did the same – but even got bored of that. House of the Dragon is just as big, which is as big as telly gets. All those candles, all that chainmail, all those extras, all those special effects. But, you know, the occasional joke wouldn’t go amiss.
House of the Dragon begins in the year 101AC, which stands for After Conquest. Some time hence – our 1970s – it is still difficult for women to get ahead, not least in the Norway of State of Happiness, back for a second season on BBC4.
The first was a cult lockdown gem, kind of Dallas with bobble hats rather than stetsons, as America plundered Stavanger for its oil. The town might have revived the “overpaid, over-sexed and over here” jibe of Brits towards the US from the Second World War as super-smart sheep farmer’s daughter Anna (Anne Regine Ellingsaeter) was stolen from her fiance by good ole Southern cowboy-booted, string-tied lawyer Jonathan.
A secretary last time, Anna is demonstrating a sharp economic brain as God-fearing, cod-loving Norway grapples with the complexities of its new bounty – but men are taking the credit for her insights.
If Anna is being patronised, then Toril is being squashed. No one lives by the good book quite like this poor girl’s mother who tried to force marriage on her daughter with a devout bore. Toril was bound to rebel this time, but no one expected her to take over a prayer house and turn it into a nightclub where she nips out from behind the bar to join in the chorus for the house-band’s rendition of Iggy Pop’s “Lust for Life”.
“Has the gas flame become our new Bethlehem star?” is the burning question in Stavanger. Then one of the rigs suffers a blowout. Holy mackerel. Red Adair is summoned to try and save the fish. State of Happiness may have lost some of its sweet surprise – unsurprisingly – but it’s still good.
Also good is Mo, the Netflix comedy about a Palestinian Muslim living on his wits in Houston, Texas since becoming a Gulf War refugee, and after 22 years still waiting on asylum being granted. It opens with him being laid off by a tech shop fearing an illegal immigrant crackdown, so he returns to selling knock-off handbags from the back of his car. It’s a warm, funny and moving tale thanks to stand-up Mohammed Amer drawing on his experiences in the US for the title role, with a quirkily-drawn support cast including smouldering Narcos: Mexico cartel queen Teresa Ruiz as his girlfriend.
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Fragmented rental market needs seismic change - Nick Freer
WeWork founder Adam Neumann was in the business news last week, with lofty venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz backing his latest venture, Flow, to the tune of $350 million - equating to the VC firm’s largest ever investment, and turning Neumann’s fledgling residential property play into an instant unicorn with a $1 billion valuation.
Renowned for being an extrovert party animal (just Google to find out more) and equally persistent businessman, Neumann founded WeWork in 2010, with the co-working behemoth going on to be valued at almost $50 billion ten years later in 2020. Today, its value sits at around $4 billion. In spite of a shocking decline in valuation, WeWork has played a central role in an area commonly described as the future of work.
Neumann’s new startup Flow aims to rethink the future of living by addressing the housing crisis in the States, and the fact that many cities are pricing out talent. Sound familiar? Flow already owns apartment blocks across the US, is expected to offer concierge type services to its tenants via an app, management services to third party landlords, and has plans to launch a digital wallet that can store cryptocurrency.
So, very much a bricks-and-mortar business, underpinned by technology, and playing to a well documented saying of Neumann’s: “As the world becomes a more digital place, we cannot forget about the human connection”.
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Neumann’s big name backer, Andreessen Horowitz principal Marc Andreessen famously penned an essay in 2011, “Why software is eating the world”, although in 2020 he had revised his thinking somewhat, saying it was “time to build”, with particular reference to schools, hospitals, and homes.
In the Scottish context, on the Edinburgh scene, we have an entrepreneur who has been building companies in a not dissimilar vein to Neumann, although with a character makeup that is much more agreeable.
Alex Watts is the CEO of Kingsford Group and Let Tech, with Kingsford running business and co-working space around the city, and Let Tech an emerging property technology startup that is digitising the whole letting journey.
Catching up with Alex this week, he reminded me that Kingsford was one of the very first Scottish operators of Build to Rent, a category of housing provision that is much more prevalent in the US and Europe. The 75 designer apartments Kingsford Residence operates at the former Broughton High School building on McDonald Road in Edinburgh, deliver a new way of living for professionals who demand an altogether higher level of service. It’s a demographic that Neumann describes as Generation R, with the ‘R’ being for rental.
As Alex puts it, “the fragmented rental market requires seismic change, the archaic status quo is ripe for rebooting and upgrade, and it’s such an important area when you consider that residential real estate is the single largest asset class there is.”
If you don’t know Alex Watts, in addition to his entrepreneurial acumen he also throws a great party. One of those happened this week, with an evening of bands playing live music at his Kingsford Business Club. Sadly, yours truly was on babysitting duty and had to miss what I gather was a good old fashioned knees-up.
Nick Freer is the founding director of strategic corporate communications agency the Freer Consultancy
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Monkeypox cases in Scotland increase amid ‘limited’ supplies of vaccine
Public Health Scotland (PHS) said there have now been 79 laboratory confirmed cases of the disease.
While it said anyone can get monkeypox, it stressed that “most cases in Scotland are in men who are gay, bisexual or have sex with men” and “primarily associated with recent travel to London or Europe”.
With a “limited global supply” of the smallpox vaccine, which can also protect against monkeypox, PHS medical director Dr Nick Phin said staff are working with others across the UK to boost stocks.
He said: “As we know, there is a limited global supply of the smallpox vaccine which offers protection against monkeypox, and remaining available doses are being administered at pace in Scotland as this gives the greatest opportunity to contain spread while numbers are still relatively small.
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“PHS continues to work with colleagues across the UK to ensure additional vaccinations are available, and is closely following the work of the pilot sites in England looking at the use of intradermal administration of the vaccine.”
He added: “If you are currently unvaccinated, please ensure you are aware of the signs and symptoms, take steps to reduce your risk of exposure to monkeypox and seek medical advice if you think you may have the infection.”
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Shetland actor Shauna Macdonald - from horror to history to helping the next generation
From horror to history to helping the next generation find their voice, the Edinburgh actor gives it her all
Shetland actor Shauna Macdonald arrives in a flash of colour, glamorous in a bright jacket and snakeskin print flares, quite a contrast to the wardrobe she dons in the BBC crime series, as Rachel Cairns, searching the beaches and bogs for her missing son Douglas Henshall’s final fling as Jimmy Perez.
“It’s Vonny’s,” she says, referencing her sartorially magnificent character in the BBC comedy The Scotts, of which she has just finished filming season two.
It’s been a busy couple of years for Macdonald, working on Outlander as well as The Scotts and Shetland, plus a short film called Broono and the animated feature film Wojtek the Bear.
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Known for The Descent, Nails, White Chamber, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Dangermouse, Filth, Spooks, The Cry, and more recently Outlander, the BAFTA winning actor is also co-director of Edinburgh Youth Theatre based in Portobello, where we meet to talk about her role in the long-running BBC crime series.
Finally getting the Shetland call was exciting for Macdonald who has auditioned in the past.
“I was thrilled. I was like ‘eventually!’ because I’ve gone for various parts - love interest, nuns, you name it. Shetland is one of those productions that’s of such a high standard so I was happy.”
On top of fulfilling an ambition Macdonald was pleased about her role.
“Rachel is layered and interesting and for her the stakes are extremely high. She is desperate to find her son and begins to take matters into her own hands. It’s nice to get a character that’s strong and not just the archetypal worried mother; you’ve got stuff to play.
“The instinct is just to go out, scream the child’s name and search. You don’t care what people think. But you may sabotage good work the police are doing quietly in the background.”
As a mother to three children aged 15, 12 and nine - being Squawkencluck chicken scientist imparted playground kudos - Macdonald is speaking from experience.
“My child got into bother during a swimming lesson when they were five so I dived in fully clothed and got them. You know your child, you know if they’re in trouble. I would rather do something then look very foolish than not do anything.”
“Just being a mum made it quite easy to go into being Rachel. She’s got something to actively do, find her son. She doesn’t sit and wait for information. She’ll go and ask. Also, as much as audiences love Perez, he keeps telling her to leave it with him. No way! You know your kids the best, so why would you let someone in authority tell you to sit and wait?”
With Henshall leaving at the end of the season, how he goes is the big question. On this, Macdonald’s is tight lipped.
“Nobody really wants to know the end yet so we’ll keep it a deep, dark secret.”
Does she find playing an emotionally draining role lingers after the cameras have stopped rolling?
“Well, Rachel’s kind of the emotional core of this series, and they’ve got to shoot that from several angles, so you do it again and again, and it can. I’m getting a bit older and you shake it off but sometimes if you’ve had all day crying your brain doesn’t know it’s pretend and you need to get some endorphins back.
“I did a horror film, Nails, where I was in a hospital bed the whole time because my character had a tracheotomy and couldn’t speak and was paralysed, and when they’d say ‘OK, lunch’ I’d tentatively get out of bed and people would come towards me to help because I’m staggering, then I’d think ‘what am I doing? I’m totally fine!’ She laughs.
Speaking of horror, why does Macdonald think she’s often cast in this genre?
“I think it’s because everybody loved The Descent. I tried to play Sarah realistically in that unrealistic setting. I’ve always tried to find the truth of the scene and react truthfully, not doing the archetypal screaming and running with the hands. I think some film-makers want their female leads, or scream queens - I don’t really like that term - to have substance. Luckily The Descent, which I shot when I was 23, which is crazy because I’m 41 now, has done me a massive favour by giving me such a platform and a bit of cool status.
While The Descent is a perennially popular horror film, it was the sci-fi horror White Chamber that won Macdonald a best actor BAFTA in 2018.
“Leading up to the BAFTA we were just scraping a living, very unglamorous. And shooting White Chamber was unglamorous too - shot in two weeks, staying in a Travelodge with the director taking me to the set in his car. But I really wanted to do it - well I had to do it financially - but I wanted to prove to myself I could be a lead again. Your career goes up and down and you have kids and take time out and forget who you are and I definitely lost a bit of oomph. I did it to have the process of making a film and being a lead in feature film again, and then it started to do well.
“Getting the BAFTA was great. It meant I’m not invisible as an older actor. I don’t need to retrain. I’m not mad in wanting to be a successful actor, do interesting roles. For a while it all dried up and I thought ‘oh god, am I just going to be this girl from The Descent?’ And the BAFTAS are voted by your peers, so that meant a great deal.”
“I’m just trying to work as hard as I can and do as good a job as I can for every single part and that’s all I can do.”
Since 2018 the parts have kept coming, not least Outlander, a positive experience for Macdonald, partly because of the character she played, Flora MacDonald.
“It’s quite hard to find information about her and I’m ashamed I didn’t realise she didn’t agree with the politics of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s cause, so she made a human rather than a political decision in helping this person fleeing for his life. She put herself physically at risk and could have been shunned, so she was incredibly brave. Because she’s been so romanticised and is on the shortbread tins, I thought she was a soft, almost meek person, but definitely not,” says the actor who does in fact own a shortbread tin depicting Flora MacDonald, “a really old one my granny had.”
Also, being part of the Outlander machine was an experience she enjoyed.
“Outlander’s massive with huge sets, cranes and green screens and it’s a different world. I got some incredible costumes, different wigs for different occasions, jewellery and dialogue to play, so yeah, that was a really fun ride. I’ve worked in lots of different genres, settings, with different budgets, and I love that I get to jump in between.”
It also brought the chance to reunite with old friends, particularly Sam Heughan, who she knows from her own youth theatre days.
“We’ve known each other since we were 17 and went to the Lyceum Youth Theatre, then RSAMD, so that helped me be grounded. But they’re all brilliant. Caitriona Balfe was just a goddess and the funniest, most lovely person, as was Maria Kennedy Doyle. And I was extremely lucky that my character didn’t have any night shoots in the forest.”
But she’s been in horror films…
“Exactly. I know what’s involved.”
This autumn Macdonald will be back on our screens flexing her comedy muscles with season two of The Scotts, by Robert Florence and Iain Connell, creators of another hit BBC Scotland comedy, Burnistoun.
“Yeah, Vonny is back. I love playing her. She is brutally honest, doesn’t really have a filter, but this series, without making her soft, she’s actively trying to cure her unhappiness, whereas the first one, happiness was at the bottom of the bottle. She’s trying to claw, with her red talons, out of this hole she’s got herself into.”
“Vonny’s trying to turn a troupe of really average dancers into a sensation so it’s about her journey from ‘I should be the star’ to facilitating someone else’s journey. I say to Iain and Robert, how much of Vonny is Shauna because what she does is put all her energy into her dance school, but they’re not letting on. So I’m maybe a hairline away from Vonny in a good way,” she laughs.
“She is great. She’s that outrageous pal who can be brutal but is so faithful to your friendship you could phone them at three in the morning and they’d be at your door. That’s the essence of Vonny.”
That and the fabulous wardrobe.
“Yeah, I’ve bought lots of it,” she says. “Four gowns, three suits and three jackets I think, so I’ve got an array of colourful, beautiful clothes. After I did Vonny I said I’m going to wear beautiful, colourful clothes and I do.
“My mum died in January and it’s been pretty awful, so I kind of wanted to wear clothes that looked joyous and happy even if I wasn’t feeling it. Honestly Vonny has been amazing for me. I was slightly dreading going back to work but Vonny has resurrected me, because she just attacks life. And looks fabulous when she does it.”
Macdonald joined the Edinburgh Youth Theatre group in her native Portobello in 2014 and now runs it with co-artistic director Jo Jeffries, reaching 230 kids a week at classes and more through free school drama projects. As well as teaching, she’s been able to enlist help from the acting world - from her own youth theatre days, her Filth co-star James McAvoy and Sam Heughan, and colleagues like Moyo Akandé, Jack Lowden and Kate Dickie.
“When I started doing EYT I was shy about asking industry pals to do something but you find everybody says yes because they were once that young person who had a teacher or went to a youth theatre and were supported and have gone on to grand things and they actually do really want to give up their time and pass it forward.”
Working with the youth theatre also feeds into her work as an actor.
“Young people often don’t know they’re doing something extraordinary and what you’re asking of them is quite difficult. They connect, they absorb and question in a really healthy way and it reminds you of the joyousness of creating something. That’s what youth theatre is all about, discovering things about the work or themselves or peers, creating something exciting and fun. And it’s just playing, because acting is playing, so I’m reminded whenever I set foot in here why I decided to be an actor.”
“For me telling stories really matters and giving young people skills and the opportunity to tell stories HUGELY matters.
“Edinburgh Youth Theatre is all about creating confidence, getting through the obstacles of why someone might not participate in the performing arts and making sure young people know they have a voice that should be listened to but also giving them skills to do that whilst having loads of fun, making pals, all that amazing stuff. When I’m not doing my showbizzy stuff, I’m doing this, and often both at the same time. I’m really proud of it.”
Next up Macdonald is linked to Pandemonium, a feature film adapted from Christopher Brookmyre’s gory thriller.
“It’s directed by Gabriel Robertson who I think is going to be the next big horror film director. Filmed and shot in Scotland with a Scottish cast, I’m very excited to be part of it.”
But Macdonald isn’t content to sit and wait for jobs to arrive and is active in creating them for herself.
“When I came out of drama college it was kind of an open secret that if you hadn’t made it by 26 as an actress, forget about it. As I’ve got older there are more parts for female presenting older actors, but it’s still not the same as for male actors, so I’ve started to write a film which very much can only be played by me. Also I’ve got all the five other female actors of The Descent saying that they would be in a horror film if I wrote it.
However The Descent gang reunion film was put aside when her mother died earlier this year.
“I felt I didn’t want to write anything about blood and guts so I’m in the midst of another film about an ageing horror queen who gets herself in a bit of bother. It’s very much a nod and a wink to me but it’s essentially a mother and daughter relationship where the mother decides to train her daughter to be the next Iron Man star. I want it to be funny and tragic, in the same way as Little Miss Sunshine, where they’re throwing everything into something and have this crazy family dynamic. Then I’ll write the horror film and get the six of us back together again.”
As well as Wojtek the Bear, Macdonald has also just completed Broono, a short film with Gerald Rapowlski, set in 1970s Glasgow about an off-beat friendship between a bereaved 11-year-old and the local bully, also starring Adam Kerr, Marcquis Foster and Elaine C Smith.
“It’s a coming of age story of this boy whose father has died and I play his mother, very much in the midst of her grief. I wasn’t sure because when my mum died I went off acting completely and didn’t want to show my truth because I wasn’t sure I could close it all up again. But I’m really glad I did it because - I should have known - it was all about the young people which was fantastic. It was this mad four days filming, in a flat in a high rise in the Gorbals that’s about to be torn down, converted with amazing Seventies wallpaper and props, and it was superb. It slowly edged me out of grief and then Vonny came in and just tore it all apart!” she laughs.
As a teacher as well as performer gives it her all and is in a position to both give and take advice.
“My agent tells me to have a sense of humour about things! I know what she means and it helps.
“For the young people I think I’ve become a parody of myself, or the drama teacher character in Summer Heights High, Mr G, and tell them: ‘Leave everything on the stage! Don’t come off regretting that you’ve held yourself back’.
"Sometimes you’ve got to just throw yourself out there. Then you come off knowing I did everything I wanted, tried everything. I felt really scared and threw myself off anyway. It’s corny, but, ‘Leave everything on the stage!’
Shauna Macdonald plays Rachel Cairns in Shetland, Wednesdays, 9pm, BBC One and iPlayer.
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Olivia Pratt-Korbel: Second murder arrest over shooting
The arrests of two men on suspicion of murdering a nine-year-old girl shot dead in her home in Liverpool are said to have brought a sense of hope and relief to the area.
A 33-year-old man, from Dovecot, was arrested by armed officers on Friday, a day after a 36-year-old man, from the Huyton area, was held after an operation also involving armed officers.
Olivia Pratt-Korbel was shot on Monday night after a gunman chased his intended target, who has been named as convicted burglar Joseph Nee, into the family home in Dovecot, also injuring her mother Cheryl, 46.
Assistant mayor of Liverpool, Harry Doyle, said people have come forward with information because they “want to see justice” for the little girl and her loved ones.
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He told BBC Breakfast: “Our community is still obviously extremely shook by what’s took place.
“There’s certainly a sense of hope and relief, with the announcements of the two arrests made so far.
“But the community really has pulled together this week.”
On Saturday, Merseyside Police reiterated their appeal for people to come forward with names, warning “silence is not an option”.
The force tweeted: “A simple request – share this far and wide, to everyone you know, and ask them to share if further still, so that there’s no hiding place for anyone involved in the murder of little Olivia.
“We need names. Silence is not an option.”
The 33-year-old suspect was arrested in Lunsford Road on Friday on suspicion of Olivia’s murder and two counts of attempted murder.
Merseyside Police released aerial footage of the moment the 36-year-old was arrested – on suspicion of Olivia’s murder and two counts of attempted murder – by armed officers on Thursday.
In the clip, officers can be seen leading the man away due to heat signature technology.
It came after neighbours described seeing armed police “all in black with balaclavas on and machine guns” descend on a block of flats.
The force has also released an image of a black Audi Q3, which they believe is the same car used to take 35-year-old Nee to hospital.
The car has been seized and detectives are appealing for information from witnesses who saw it in the days leading up to the shooting, or have information about its movements afterwards.
Olivia’s family have urged people to “do the right thing” and said: “If anyone knows anything, now is the time to speak up. It is not about being a ‘snitch’ or a ‘grass’, it is about finding out who took our baby away from us.”
A £500,000 package of support announced by the Home Office “doesn’t touch the sides” and what the community affected in Liverpool needs is “long-term solutions”, Mr Doyle said.
Some £350,000 will be used to expand a pilot scheme as part of efforts to tackle organised crime in Merseyside, while £150,000 will provide trauma and mental health support in the Liverpool and Knowsley areas, the Government announced.
Mr Doyle said budgets had been “decimated over the years”, including those for youth grants.
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'Friend or foe': Dear Liz Truss, the jury is not out on France's Emmanuel Macron. He is a natural ally of the UK – Scotsman comment
In times of crisis, it’s good to know who your friends are, assuming you actually have any.
As energy bills soar to levels that many will simply be unable to pay, unless the government takes action, the cost-of-living crisis in the UK is only going to get worse.
Furthermore, Russia’s war on Ukraine, which has done so much to drive up oil-and-gas prices, means the UK must increase its military capabilities as part of a defence strategy that, of necessity, relies on support from its Nato allies.
Those allies include the only other western European country with nuclear weapons, France – a country that also has a considerable number of nuclear power stations capable of supplying vast amounts of electricity to Britain.
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It is a liberal democracy that, unlike the dictatorial regimes of Vladimir Putin and co, observes the rule of law, while the UK and France share a concern about ruthless people-traffickers involved in sending migrants across our mutual maritime border.
Therefore, The Scotsman would suggest that, of all the countries in the world, this near neighbour should surely be one of the UK’s closest friends and certainly not, in any way at all, a “foe”.
It was, therefore, concerning to hear Liz Truss (the Foreign Secretary, aka Britain’s “chief diplomat”) say the “jury is out” on being asked whether French President Emmanuel Macron was a “friend or foe”.
Her rival for the Conservative leadership, Rishi Sunak, said “friend”, while even Boris Johnson awoke from his slumbers to say Macron was a “tres bon buddy” of the UK.
Asked about Truss's remark, Macron thought for a while, then said “it's never good to lose your bearings too much in life… if, between us as French and British people, we aren't able to say if we're friends or foes – the term isn't neutral – we're heading towards serious problems”.
He added that the UK was a “friendly, strong, ally nation, regardless of its leaders, and sometimes in spite of and beyond its leaders, or any potential slip-ups they make when playing to the gallery”.
To the woman who would be Prime Minister, we humbly offer some advice: please try to be a bit more diplomatic. And to the French President, we can only say: Cher Macron, The Scotsman est vraiment désolé.
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Energy price cap: Councils 'paralysed by inaction' as public sector waits on government intervention around energy prices
Scottish councils have been left “paralysed” by a lack of clarity around the scale and speed of potential government intervention to mitigate the energy price spike, with key decisions about support yet to be made.
Local authorities across Scotland have been discussing the possibility of ‘warm rooms’ for several months, but decisions on the scale of the provision of support for those hardest hit by price rises have yet to be taken.
Many councils, when asked by The Scotsman, said reports on winter support were set to be discussed by councillors during September.
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These decisions will likely take place as either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak gets established in Number 10 as the new prime minister and without full understanding of a potential emergency budget to tackle the cost-of-living crisis.
Ofgem on Friday announced a 80 per cent rise in the cap on energy prices, which will send the bill for the average household bill from £1,971 to £3,549 from October.
However, families will pay more if their usage is higher than average.
It comes as Scottish Power chief executive Keith Anderson warned the price cap rise would be “truly catastrophic” for millions, while Nicola Sturgeon claimed the spike was “simply unaffordable”.
Mr Anderson stressed only a big solution could “shelter people from the worst this winter”.
Net zero Cabinet secretary Michael Matheson labelled the crisis a “public emergency” and said the “only acceptable course of action” was intervention from the UK Government in the form of a cancellation of the increase for all households.
But Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi suggested households needed to look at how they were using energy as he said the UK Government was working to develop more options to support households.
The revised price cap was confirmed as leading energy consultancy Auxilione delivered a further grim forecast, warning the energy price cap could top £7,000 by April next year.
The prediction is based on the current cost of buying energy on global markets and also sees bills hitting £5,405 in January.
Local authorities across Scotland have said they are still considering whether support such as ‘warm banks’ are appropriate for the coming winter.
‘Warm banks’, where public buildings are opened up to vulnerable people or those struggling to heat their homes, could yet be implemented across Scottish councils in coming months.
Susan Aitken, SNP leader of Glasgow City Council, where almost half of the population live in the 20 per cent most deprived communities in Scotland, said the local authority was “doing what we can with the resources we have”.
She said the council was “supporting citizens with fuel top-up payments” to putting in place plans for “warm banks” in libraries, community centres and other public buildings. "But these are sticking plasters, not solutions,” she said.
Other councils considering the implementation of ‘warm banks’ include Edinburgh, Dumfries and Galloway, and Perth and Kinross. However, no council has finalised plans.
Fife Council said a “full report” on the introduction of support measures for winter and tackling poverty would be considered by councillors in September, including whether a ‘warm spaces’ scheme should go ahead over autumn and winter.
Many local authorities, however, are yet to make final decisions on winter provision despite the rise in energy bills set for October.
Highland Council declined to comment on their planned provision due to the matters having not yet been considered by councillors.
A spokesperson for Falkirk Council also raised concerns about ‘warm banks’ stigmatising those who are struggling with fuel costs.
South Lanarkshire Council complained about a lack of funding from the Scottish Government.
Cleland Sneddon, the council’s chief executive, said: “The Scottish Government has told us to expect a flat cash settlement in terms of our grant, despite inflation driving our own costs up by 10 per cent, and rising.
"This inevitably will limit what we can do as we continue to support our residents and we would urge all local politicians to help us make the case for a fair settlement for local government, to properly fund the vital services we provide and ensure we can pay our staff a wage that reflects the current cost-of-living crisis.”
Scottish Labour local government spokesperson Mark Griffin said: “Councils are crucial to helping people through this cost-of-living crisis, but the lack of leadership from SNP and Tory governments has left them paralysed.
“With bills soaring and winter fast approaching there is no time to waste, but both of our governments are still missing in action.
"Every layer of government should be working together and using the powers they have to stave off this looming catastrophe – but councils are working with one hand tied behind their backs.”
Councils are not expected to see immediate significant budgetary impacts from energy price rises due to pre-purchasing of energy, but could see sharp increases the longer high prices continue.
However, Edinburgh City Council have estimated a potential budget pressure of £9m rising to £15m by 2023/24 if prices continue to increase.
Highland Council made a budget provision for an additional £3.1m for this year in March. The authority said it estimated a 60 to 70 per cent increase in energy costs when its existing contract expires in two years’ time.
Health boards were also asked what they were doing to plan for the coming combined crises of winter, Covid-19 and a cost-of-living crisis.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said such work was “well underway” and involved “factoring in the potential impact of the current situation around cost-of-living and additional winter pressures caused by Covid-19”.
Craig Cunningham, NHS Lanarkshire’s winter planning lead, said: “Every winter brings pressures on our health services with potential increases in norovirus, colds and flu and other winter illnesses. This year will be even more challenging having to deal with any potential increase in the number of Covid-19 cases.
“We are currently working on our winter plan to ensure we are as well prepared as we possibly can be and to ensure a rapid and effective response to the periods of greatest pressure.”
NHS Grampian warned the coming months would be a “tough winter” and work was ongoing to “build our resilience”.
Asked about the potential of increased costs for health boards, a Scottish Government spokesperson said: “Increased energy costs are just one of a range of cost pressures NHS boards need to manage, and no NHS buildings will close as a result of this.
"Our NHS Climate Emergency and Sustainability Strategy will support boards to implement energy efficiency measures and generate on-site renewable electricity.
"We are investing at least £200m in our Green Public Sector Estate Decarbonisation scheme to increase public sector energy efficiency and reduce emissions and energy costs.
“We also need meaningful action by the UK Government to address the problem at source and stem this crisis.”
The sixth and final episode of the brand new limited series podcast, How to be an independent country: Scotland’s Choices, is out now.
It is available wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
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Ukraine conflict: Russia increasing efforts in Donbas amid speculation of 'major counter-offensive'
Russian forces are increasing efforts in the Donbas region amid speculation of 'major counter-offensive' from Ukrainian troops according to the Ministry of Defence.
Russian forces have fired missiles and artillery on Ukrainian-held areas across the river from Europe’s largest nuclear power station, authorities said.
It comes as concern persists about safety at the Russian-controlled station after it was temporarily knocked offline.
Grad missiles and artillery shells hit the cities of Nikopol and Marhanets, each about six miles and across the Dnieper River from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station, said Valentyn Reznichenko, governor of Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region.
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Russian forces occupied the nuclear complex early in the war in Ukraine, while Ukrainian workers have kept it running.
Each side has repeatedly accused the other of shelling the complex, raising fears the fighting could trigger a catastrophe.
The Ministry of Defence in an intelligence update stated that the move may be to try and neutralise a rumoured counter attack from Ukrainian forces.
An update from the MoD read: “Over the last five days, there has probably been an increase in the intensity of Russian assaults along the Donetsk sector of the Donbas. North of Donetsk city, there has been intense fighting near the towns of Siversk and Bakhmut.
"Pro-Russian separatist militia have probably made some progress towards the centre of the village of Pisky, near Donetsk Airport. However, overall, Russian forces have secured few territorial gains.
"There is a realistic possibility that Russia has increased its efforts in the Donbas in an attempt to draw in or fix additional Ukrainian units, amid speculation that Ukraine is planning a major counter-offensive.”
On Friday, authorities began distributing iodine tablets to residents who live near the station in case of a radiation leak.
The move came a day after the station was temporarily knocked offline because of what officials said was fire damage to a transmission line.
Recent satellite images from Planet Labs show fires burning around the complex over the last several days.
The UN’s atomic energy agency has been trying to send a team in to inspect and help secure the station.
Officials said preparations for the visit are underway, but it remains unclear when it might take place.
Ukraine has claimed Russia is using the power station as a shield by storing weapons there and launching attacks from around it.
Moscow, in contrast, accuses Ukraine of recklessly firing on the complex.
Elsewhere in Ukraine, one person was killed and another hurt in Russian attacks in the Mykolaiv region, local government officials said.
Mykolaiv city is an important Black Sea port and shipbuilding centre.
The governor of the eastern Donetsk region, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said on Saturday that two people were killed when Russian fired on the city of Bakhmut, a significant target for Russian and separatist forces seeking to take control of the parts of the region they do not already hold.
The war in Ukraine has surpassed six months of fighting with significant casualties on either side as Putin’s forces continue the illegal invasion. | https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/ukraine-conflict-russia-increasing-efforts-in-donbas-amid-speculation-of-major-counter-offensive-3821841 | 2022-08-27T13:58:56Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/ukraine-conflict-russia-increasing-efforts-in-donbas-amid-speculation-of-major-counter-offensive-3821841 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou reveals what will determine "opportunity" for late signings
The constant drive from Ange Postecoglou to revitalise his Celtic squad could yet see further arrivals - plural - in the closing stages of the transfer window, which shuts at the end of Thursday [September 1].
The Australian, who made a seventh signing of the summer in tying up a deal for attacker Sead Haskabanovic on Thursday, has stated that any further moves will be dependent on freeing up spaces in his pool. There is the possibility of two slots opening up as a result of interest in out-of-favour striker Albian Ajeti and Mikey Johnston. On the latter, Postecoglou is keen to see the injury-troubled winger earn regular game time on loan. If any players do leave, the 56-year-old appears keen to retain current senior numbers. “There are a few days and there is the potential for a couple of outgoings which might give us the opportunity to bring more in,” said the Celtic manager. “I don’t expect that there will be a lot of activity but it just depends on how things go over the next few days.”
The next few days could also determine when the Celtic support are given their first sighting of Haksabanovic. Recruited in a cut-price £1.7m from Ruban Kazan because of Russia’s international isolation over their on-going war in Ukraine, the 23-year-old Montenegro international won’t feature in Sunday’s encounter away to Dundee United. But with that followed by the long trek to Dingwall for the opening of their Betfred Cup defence against Ross County on Wednesday, the tie could be an occasion to include the player on the bench.
“He can play a number of roles in the front half and I think he’ll fit in with the way we play our football,” said Postecoglou. “I held discussions with him and he’s been determined to join the club. He has said this is where he wants to be, which is a good indicator for me he’s here for the right reasons. We’ll quickly get him up to speed and he will be a good asset for us. It’s hard to say how long it will take him. I don’t want to put a timeline on it as he hasn’t played a game for a while. He’s been training individually for a while. But he trained with the group this morning and we’ll track how he’s going. He’s keen to get going as quickly as possible and I’m keen to get him involved. But we need to make sure enough work is done to put him in there.”
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Hearts Europa Conference League fixture dates revealed - details of Fiorentina, Istanbul Basaksehir and RFS ties
The fixture dates and kick-off times for the 2022/23 Europa Conference League group stages have been set, with Hearts starting off with mouthwatering home match.
Robbie Neilson’s men were put into Group A of Europe’s newest competition alongside Istanbul Basaksehir of Turkey, Italian giants Fiorentina and RFS of Latvia.
UEFA have spent the past 36 hours fine-tuning the fixture list and Hearts supporters can now start planning their midweeks up until November.
Hearts will welcome Istanbul Basaksehir to Tynecastle on Thursday, September 8 (kick-off 5.45pm) before their first away match of the group against RFS on Thursday, September 15 (kick-off 8pm).
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Hearts are then at home to Fiorentina on Thursday, October 6 (kick-off 8pm) and then away to the Italians on Thursday, October 13 (kick-off 5.45pm).
Their last two matches are against RFS on Thursday, October 27 (kick-off 8pm) and then away to Istanbul Basaksehir on Thursday, November 3 (3.30pm).
All matches will be broadcast live by BT Sport, who hold the rights for the tournament in the UK.
The top two teams in the group progress to the knock-out stages of the tournament. | https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/hearts-europa-conference-league-fixture-dates-revealed-details-of-fiorentina-istanbul-basaksehir-and-rfs-ties-3821754 | 2022-08-27T13:59:35Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/hearts-europa-conference-league-fixture-dates-revealed-details-of-fiorentina-istanbul-basaksehir-and-rfs-ties-3821754 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Hearts have real belief they can compete at Conference League level
Barrie McKay believes Hearts’ dominant first-half performance against FC Zurich on Thursday can stand them in good stead for their Europa Conference League adventure.
The Jambos had the Swiss champions on the ropes at Tynecastle before Jorge Grant’s sending off early in the second half took the sting out of their bid to overturn a 2-1 first-leg deficit in their Europa League play-off.
The Jambos parachute into the Conference League, where they were pitted alongside Serie A outfit Fiorentina, Turkish side Istanbul Basaksehir and Latvian club RFS in Friday’s group-stage draw.
“It was a good occasion, the fans got right behind us from the start and players fed off that energy,” said McKay. “You could see that in the first-half performance especially.
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“We were brilliant, it’s probably one of the best performances we’ve had.
“Going into the next set of European fixtures, it gives us real belief that we can compete at that level, create chances and do really well.”
It was confirmed on Saturday morning that Hearts would kick off their Conference League campaign at home to the Turks on September 8, with the glamour double-header against Fiorentina taking place over back-to-back weeks in October.
Robbie Neilson’s side return to cinch Premiership action on Sunday when they host St Johnstone.
Influential defender Stephen Kingsley faces a fitness check after a hamstring issue which made him “touch and go” for Thursday’s game forced him to go off in the closing stages. Toby Sibbick and Alex Cochrane are suspended.
Meanwhile, Callum Davidson is hoping Hearts’ European exertions can help St Johnstone cause “a little upset” at Tynecastle.
The Saints boss has been impressed with the sustained improvement his Jambos counterpart Robbie Neilson has overseen at the Edinburgh club over the past couple of years.
However, he intends to try to capitalise on any physical or mental fatigue in the Hearts ranks after their agonising Europa League play-off defeat at the hands of FC Zurich on Thursday.
“Robbie’s done a fantastic job,” said Davidson. “I really like the way they play football. They’ve got a lot of players with good individual ability and as a collective they’re really good.
“All credit to Robbie and his backroom team. It will be a really tough game. We’ll make sure we’re organised and hard to play against but we need to make sure we pose a threat to them going forward and hopefully we can cause a little upset.
“It’s a tough time when you have a game after playing in Europe on the Thursday and hopefully we can take advantage of that.”
The Jambos are likely to make changes to freshen things up, but Davidson insists Saints will be prepared for whatever team and formation Hearts send out.
“Robbie plays a couple of different formations so we’ll plan for those and make sure we’re ready for whatever comes our way,” he said. “We’ve got to make sure we do something a little bit different to try and catch them with a surprise too.” | https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/hearts-have-real-belief-they-can-compete-at-conference-league-level-3821857 | 2022-08-27T13:59:42Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/hearts-have-real-belief-they-can-compete-at-conference-league-level-3821857 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
74-year-old man reported missing, last seen in Lincoln Park
CHICAGO - Ivory Phinisee, 74, was reported missing Friday night, according to Chicago police.
Police say the man was last seen in the 2700 block of North Clark Street in Lincoln Park.
Phinisee is 5'9, 180 lbs., he has brown eyes and gray hair.
If located, contact the Chicago police Area 3 SVU at 312-744-8266. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/74-year-old-man-reported-missing-last-seen-in-lincoln-park | 2022-08-27T14:03:54Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/74-year-old-man-reported-missing-last-seen-in-lincoln-park | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
East Garfield Park crime: Man in critical condition after being shot in arm multiple times
CHICAGO - A 26-year-old man was standing outside in East Garfield Park when he was hit by gunfire.
Police say the victim was in the 3900 block of West Monroe Street when he was struck multiple times in the arm around 8:50 p.m. Friday.
He was taken to Mt. Sinai Hospital in critical condition.
The victim was unable to provide further details of the incident and there is no one in custody.
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Man shot in face on South Side drove himself to police station for help
CHICAGO - A 48-year-old man is in serious condition after being shot in the face on Chicago's South Side early Saturday.
The victim was in an alley located in the 10500 block of South Yates in South Deering around 12:11 a.m. when he was shot in the face, Chicago police said.
The victim drove to the 4th District police station where he asked for help.
The victim was then transported to University of Chicago Medical Center where he is listed in serious condition.
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Man shot twice, seriously injured following shooting on North Side
CHICAGO - A 47-year-old man was shot twice in the wrist on Chicago's North Side Saturday morning.
Chicago police say the man was outside around 1:30 a.m. in the 1900 block of West Howard Street in West Rogers Park when he was hit.
The victim was taken to St. Francis Hospital where he is listed in critical condition.
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Meet the new leader of Cranbury School
CRANBURY – Jennifer K. Diszler is the new chief school administrator and principal of Cranbury School.
Diszler, who starts Sept. 1, follows Susan L. Genco, who is retiring from the post after 11 years with the district. Assistant Principal Michele Waldron also is retiring after 14 years.
Diszler, who was the Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction and Administration for the South Brunswick school district, was chosen from among dozens of qualified applicants during a comprehensive and extensive search, said Board of Education President Pramod Chivate. The board said it was Diszler's "demonstrated strength in curriculum and technology development and her passionate vision for advancing learning" which made her the strongest candidate.
"I am both honored and humbled by this opportunity and I am looking forward to dedicating myself to the Cranbury School District," Diszler said. "I am truly excited to be joining such a highly regarded district where students are at the forefront of every decision."
Diszler began her education career as a middle school math teacher in Somerset County and taught for 10 years at both the elementary and middle school levels. While teaching, she earned her master’s degree in Educational Leadership at Rider University in 2006 and soon after began her administrative career as an instructional strategies specialist for Innovative Designs for Education, an education consulting group in Ramsey. There she worked with teacher cohorts in various school districts to develop learner-active, technology-infused classrooms at the elementary, middle and high school levels.
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Diszler transitioned back into the school setting in 2010, joining the South Brunswick school district as the middle school supervisor for Math and Science. In 2012, she was named the director of professional development and oversaw coordination of all professional learning for the district, including evaluation system, mandated policy, technology infusion, character education and content-specific training.
From 2015 to 2017, Diszler served in the North Brunswick school district as director of curriculum, instruction, and technology before returning to South Brunswick in 2017. During her tenure as assistant superintendent in South Brunswick, Diszler worked collaboratively with her team to assure fidelity, high-quality, and transparency to all content and curricular components. Additionally, she was instrumental in bringing the most current instructional technologies to the district, launching the first Career Academy for the high school, and implementing a reflective practice alternative to the evaluation model for tenured teachers.
In 2021, Diszler earned her doctorate in Educational Leadership at Rider University where her research was in the area of teacher reflection.
"We were looking for a school leader who would build upon our successes and inspire a culture of high expectations for all students and staff, and we found that and more," school board president Chivate said. "In addition to her vast experience in curriculum, technology and meaningful professional development, Dr. Diszler has a positive energy and collaborative nature that we believe will resonate with our community. We are thrilled she will be joining us."
Cranbury School has approximately 500 students in grades K-8. Students in grades 9 and up attend Princeton High School.
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North Hunterdon football dominates Hunterdon Central to open 2022 season
FLEMINGTON - North Hunterdon High School’s football team looked impressive for most of Friday night’s game against Hunterdon Central. Imagine if they had played a cleaner game.
The Lions dominated from the start in their 29-8 season-opening triumph powered by senior back Kente Edwards who scored a 72-yard touchdown on the second play from scrimmage and had 153 yards at the half. He finished with 232 yards and two touchdowns on 29 carries.
He juked, danced, bounced outside. But he did most of the damage from inside. He also had a 71-yard TD wiped out by two penalties late in regulation.
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But coach Kevin Kley has work to do as the Lions fumbled away two great chances for touchdowns. They recovered a pooch kick after their first TD, then drove to the Central 11 but turned the ball over on a fumble. The Lions fumbled away another opportunity after driving to the Central 6 in the third quarter.
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/nj-high-school-football-north-hunterdon-central-week-0/65457083007/ | 2022-08-27T14:04:44Z | mycentraljersey.com | control | https://www.mycentraljersey.com/story/sports/high-school/football/2022/08/27/nj-high-school-football-north-hunterdon-central-week-0/65457083007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Cpt. Philip Leyshon, enroute critical care nurse (ECCN) with 7th General Support Aviation Battalion, 158th Aviation Regiment, 11th Combat Aviation Brigade (CAB), transporting a military working dog at an undisclosed location in the U.S. Central Command area of operations, 2022. The U.S. Army attaches ECCNs to Army aviation MEDEVAC units deployed to combat zones like 11th CAB, mobilized as Task Force Eagle, in support of the Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve mission to advise, assist and enable partnered forces in the enduring defeat of Da’esh, the common Arabic term for IS or ISIS, within designated areas of Iraq and Syria. (Courtesy Photo)
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He’s still looking to punch people out.
The 20-year-old accused of throwing the fatal punch that killed a 52-year-old taxi driver in Queens threatened to pummel a Post reporter on Thursday at Rikers Island.
During a jailhouse visit, Austin Amos flew into a rage after hearing that his visitor was a journalist.
“I can’t believe y’all are doing this s–t!” shouted Amos, dressed in a jail-issued beige shirt and pants. He shook his head from side to side in frustration.
“You’ve got to the count of five!” he said after standing up and balling up his fist.
Correction officers keeping watch outside the metal visiting pen shouted to the reporter to quickly get out.
One correction officer later said Amos was “young” and “a real hothead.”
Amos was a part of a group of five passengers that, around 6:30 a.m. on Aug. 13., tried to rob cabbie and married father of four Kutin Gyimah, police said.
After Gyimah dropped off the group near Arverne Boulevard and Beach 54th Street in Far Rockaway, the group ran off without paying. The driver chased down the passengers to collect the fare, but they brutally beat him.
Amos, who allegedly delivered the fatal swing that caused the driver to fall and hit his head on the sidewalk, was charged with manslaughter and assault, as well as gang assault and theft of services.
Also charged with gang assault and theft of services were Nickolas Porter, 20, an unnamed 13-year-old girl arrested Tuesday, and an unnamed 15-year-old girl.
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A 37-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man were killed in seprate Bronx shootings overnight that left three others injured.
In the latest deadly incident, three men were shot following a dispute at the corner of East Burnside Avenue and the Grand Concourse at 3:50 a.m. Saturday, police said.
Joshua Thomas, 22, died from a gunshot wound in the head, while another 22-year-old male was shot in the torso and a 25-year-old man was shot in the left leg, the NYPD said.
The three victims were taken to St. Barnabas Hospital, where the surviving 22-year-old was in critical condition and the 25-year-old was listed in stable condition, cops said.
“A 22-year-old person of interest was taken into custody with charges pending,” an NYPD spokesman said. “No firearm has been recovered at this time. The investigation remains ongoing.”
Earlier, at 12:20 a.m., a 37-year-old woman and a 43-year-old man were ambushed in the vicinity of East 170th Street and College Avenue in Claremont while sitting in their car, authorities said.
The woman, who was in the driver’s seat, was fatally shot in the head, while the man, in the front passenger seat, was shot in the left leg, police said. EMS transported the doomed woman to St. Barnabas Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The “uncooperative” 43-year-old was taken to Lincoln Hospital in stable condition, the NYPD said.
There are no arrests and police are investigating. An NYPD spokesman said the 43-year-old “is known to the department” and has a lengthy rap sheet.
Blood also spilled on East 131st Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem early Saturday when a 19-year-old woman was slashed in the right hand by another woman she knew from the neighborhood, police said.
“Words were exchanged and the verbal turned physical,” an NYPD spokesman said.
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PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A sheriff’s office in Florida has released footage of a woman who performed “multiple ballet and Irish folk dance moves” during a roadside field sobriety test in late April.
Deputies with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office said the suspect, identified as a 38-year-old woman from Madeira Beach, had rear-ended another vehicle roughly one mile from her home on April 27. When deputies arrived, they said the driver showed several signs of impairment including bloodshot, glassy eyes and dilated pupils.
When asked to walk the line, the woman “struggled to follow instructions, and was unsteady on her feet almost falling,” arrest documents said.
In the newly released video, the deputy administering a field sobriety test can be heard giving the suspect instructions. At one point, the woman responds, “Yeah, well, you sound like my ballet coach.”
The woman then took five steps along the line before transitioning into a ballet sequence.
“That wasn’t the exercise that I was demonstrating,” the deputy says.
Without responding, the woman then leaps into what appears to be an attempt at folk dancing mixed with ballet.
The sheriff’s office said the 38-year-old woman later refused testing, which marked the second time she refused to test after a separate incident in Pinellas County on March 3, 2019.
Deputies also said they found a white foam cup containing a light yellow liquid that smelled of alcohol in the center cup holder of the woman’s car.
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(NEXSTAR) – After months of anticipation, the Biden administration will soon begin forgiving millions of dollars in student loan debt. Up to 43 million borrowers are expected to receive relief, according to estimates from the White House.
How much you’ll receive, and when you’ll see relief, depends on a few factors.
Here’s what we know.
Loan type matters
The type of student loan (or loans) you have is important.
The Biden administration is only able to forgive federal student loans, not any loans from private lenders. Simply, if your loans aren’t “held by the Department of Education” through a federal lender – Nelnet, Great Lakes, and FedLoan are among the most common (you can see a full list here) – you don’t qualify for this forgiveness.
Student loan debt for both undergraduate and graduate education qualify for forgiveness, as long as your loans are held by the Education Department.
While forgiveness will cover federal student loans, including Parent PLUS Loans, some will not be eligible for relief. FFEL loans, or Federal Family Education Loans, that were not eligible for the payment freeze started in 2020 will not qualify for this forgiveness, according to The New York Times.
The income cap
As expected, the Biden administration is limiting student loan forgiveness based on income.
According to the White House, borrowers “with annual income during the pandemic of under $125,000 (for individuals) or under $250,000 (for married couples or heads of households)” will be eligible for relief, according to the U.S. Department of Education. Borrowers under the same income caps who received a Pell Grant in college will be eligible for up to twice as much in debt cancellation.
If your annual income exceeds either income threshold, you won’t qualify for the relief outlined by the Biden administration.
Federal student loans received after June 30, 2022, do not qualify.
How much forgiveness will you get
If you meet previous requirements – having federal student loans and fall under the income cap – you can expect to see debt relief.
The Biden administration says borrowers earning less than $125,000 (for individuals) or $250,000 (for married couples or heads of households), will be eligible for up to $10,000. Pell Grant recipients (here’s how to know if you are one) meeting the same thresholds are eligible for up to $20,000 in cancellation.
But what does that “up to” mean?
It’s pretty simple – your debt forgiveness is limited to how much you still owe. For example, if you’re a Pell Grant recipient making less than $125,000, and you have a balance of $12,000 left, you will only receive $12,000. You don’t get to collect the surplus $8,000.
Interest is included in your overall balance for this relief.
How soon will you see the debt relief?
When and how student loan forgiveness will be distributed hasn’t yet been made clear.
According to the U.S. Department of Education, nearly 8 million borrowers may qualify for relief automatically based on the income data the department already has. If the Education Department doesn’t have your income data, or you’re unsure if the agency has it, there isn’t much to do right now.
Instead, you’ll need to wait for the Biden administration to launch an application process, which will be available “in the coming weeks.” The application will be available before the student loan repayment pause ends on Dec. 31.
You can register to be notified when the application is available through the Department of Education by filling out this form.
What else should I know?
One of the biggest concerns borrowers have had is that this loan forgiveness will be taxable. The White House said Wednesday that, thanks to the American Rescue Plan, that will not be the case. Congress eliminated taxes on loan forgiveness through 2025.
Student loan forgiveness will also have an impact on your credit score. In a statement to Nexstar, the Consumer Data Industry Association – the trade association representing national credit bureaus like Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion – said, “Credit scores take many factors associated with a consumer’s credit report into consideration, including the number of accounts, balances, payment history, and amounts paid down, among others. Removing or pausing student loan information from credit reports will impact consumers’ credit scores uniquely, depending on each individual’s credit history related to each of these factors.”
A spokesperson did not immediately respond to Nexstar’s request for additional details.
If your entire loan balance won’t be erased – which is likely for some 23 million borrowers – President Biden has extended the payment pause through the end of the year. But, come Jan. 1, 2023, interest will begin accruing again, and regular payments will resume. He has indicated the pause will not be extended again.
If you’ve voluntarily made payments since March 2020, when payments were paused, you can request a refund for those payments, according to the Federal Office of Student Aid. Contact your loan servicer to request a refund.
The White House could face lawsuits over this forgiveness plan, because Congress has never given the president the explicit authority to cancel debt. The Biden administration is tying its authority to the coronavirus pandemic and to a 2003 law aimed at providing help to members of the military. We don’t know yet how any legal action might impact the timetable for student loan forgiveness.
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PICO RIVERA – Vicente Fernández performed many times at the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, drawing legions of fans to hear and watch in person the man whose voice echoed through generations of households across Southern California.
What was once Pico Rivera Sports Arena Drive is now Avenida Vicente Fernández.
More than 130 people were present at the street-naming ceremony on Friday, serenaded throughout by live mariachi, conjuring up the classics, and the memories of “El Chente” donning his trademark charro outfit and wide sombrero.
“Volver Volver,” one of Fernández’ most iconic songs, roused an audience that included Fernández’ son, Vicente Jr.
It was a moment to pay tribute to the “international ambassador of Mexican music,” said City Councilman Gustavo Camacho.
Avenida Vicente Fernandez sign is unveiled by Vicente Fernandez Jr., and his wife, Mariana Gonzalez, right, with Pico Rivera councilman Erik Lutz, left, mayor Dr. Monica Sánchez, third from left, and congresswoman Linda Sanchez, second from left, during a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
Vicente Fernandez Jr., right, and his wife, Mariana Gonzalez listen to mariachi latino during a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
Vicente Fernandez Jr., center, listens to promoters Leonardo Lopez, left, and Lopez’s son Fernando, right, before a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
Avenida Vicente Fernandez sign is unveiled by Vicente Fernandez Jr., and his wife, Mariana Gonzalez, right, with Pico Rivera councilman Gustavo Camacho, center, with mayor Dr. Monica Sánchez, left, during a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
Vicente Fernandez Jr. speaks during a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
Pico Rivera Mayor Dr. Monica Sánchez, second from left, Councilman Erik Lutz, left, and Gustavo Camacho, second from right, present Vicente Fernandez Jr., right, a replica of the sign that is posted during a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
Vicente Fernandez Jr., left, greets Senator Bob Archuleta during a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
Vicente Fernandez Jr., left, takes a photo with Senator Bob Archuleta, in front of a photo of Vicente Fernanez, with a certificate of recognition, during a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
Mariachi Latino band member sings during a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
Congresswoman Linda Sanchez leads the crowd in a yell, “El Grito,” during a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
Mariachi Latino band members play in front of a duplicate of the Vicente Fernandez sign during a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
Mariachi Latino band member plays with jewelry displayed on his charro pants during a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
Mariachi Latino band member plays during a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
A photograph of Vicente Fernandez is displayed while mariachi band plays on during a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
Mariachi Latino band member sings during a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
A photograph of Vicente Fernandez is displayed while mariachi band plays on during a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
Mariachi Latino band members play in front of a duplicate of the Vicente Fernandez sign during a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
Mariachi Latino band member plays with jewelry displayed on his charro pants during a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
Overall view of the crowd during a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
Mariachi Latino band member plays during a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
Promoter Fernando Lopez, left, walks with Vicente Fernandez Jr. in front of a poster displaying Vicente’s brother Alejandro Fernandez before a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
Vicente Fernandez Jr. gives thanks to everyone involved during a ceremony to rename the primary entrance to the Pico Rivera Sports Arena, to Avenida Vicente Fernández, in a tribute to the international ambassador for Mexican music, in Pico Rivera, on Friday, August 26, 2022. (Photo by Alex Gallardo, Contributing Photographer)
“Vicente Fernandez was one of the most influential artists of Mexican culture,” Camacho said. I”m honored to recognize him and make sure people remember him for who he was.”
During his lifetime, Fernández sold more than 65 million albums worldwide, appeared in more than 30 films, and won three Grammys and nine Latin Grammys.
Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Norwalk, said Fernández was important to the immigrant experience.
“For many of us here, including myself, Vicente and his music were the soundtrack to our childhood in Southern California,” Sanchez said.
“His words went through our home as we did chores, our parents cooked dinner, and there were family gatherings or birthdays, barbecues and first communions,” she said. “As we got older, this music was an important connection to our immigrant roots.”
Pico Rivera Planning Commissioner Vanessa Martinez also remembered listening to Fernández while growing up.
“It was more of a background music which was always played in the house by our elders,” Martinez said. “It was always part of our lives and our upbringing.”
In February, the L.A. City Council approved renaming Bailey Street, from First Street to Pennsylvania Avenue in Boyle Heights, as “Vicente Fernández Street.”
But the move did not come without opposition.
David Silvas, the Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council’s vice president and chair of its Planning and Land Use Committee, submitted a letter to the City Council’s Public Works Committee to oppose the motion, citing a comment Fernández made during an interview in which he said he refused a liver transplant because he didn’t know if the donor was homosexual or addicted to drugs.
Silvas also noted reports of Fernández being accused of inappropriately touching women.
In his letter, Silvas said naming the street for Fernández would be “insulting and denigrating to the LGBTQ+ community and anyone facing the struggles of addiction” as well as “victims of sexual abuse.”
Fernández retired from the stage in 2016. He died in Guadalajara, Mexico, where he was also born. His death followed months of health issues and an August 2021 injury at his ranch in Guadalajara.
The naming of a street on Friday wasn’t the last act for a Fernández in Pico Rivera.
Fernández’ other son, Alejandro, is scheduled to perform on Sept. 18 at the Sports Arena.
And none of this was lost on Vicente Jr., who paid tribute Friday to his father’s mark on the city, where the newly minted Avenida marks the primary entrance road to the 5,000- to 6,200-seat arena.
“I am very glad to see the name of my father on the street, because I remember my father work in this place every year,” Fernandez said.
Mike Sprague has worked in the newspaper field since July 1977, beginning with the Huntington Park Daily Signal, and later moving to Southern California Publishing Co. where he was sport editor and editor of the Pico Rivera News. Mike began at the Whittier Daily News in April 1984. Since then, he has covered every city in the Whittier Daily News circulation area, as well as political and water issues. He has a bachelor's degree in communications and a master's degree in political science, both from Cal State Fullerton.
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(The Hill) – Since the first photos debuted from NASA’s new James Webb in July, a steady stream of breathtaking images have been released by the groundbreaking telescope.
The $10 billion James Webb telescope, which replaced the aging Hubble telescope and launched into space in December 2021, has captured distant galaxies, blazing stars light years away and a new image of Jupiter.
Here are five of the most stunning photos taken by James Webb to date.
Southern Ring Nebula
One of the most widely circulated across the web is of the Southern Ring Nebula, which was among the first Webb photos released on July 12.
Webb captured the remains of a white dwarf — the remnant of a star that has burned up all its nuclear fuel and expelled its outer shell into a planetary nebula.
The telescope collected the images in infrared light. Compared to Hubble, the James Webb telescope can capture space in the infrared with much more power, “providing never-before-seen vistas of the universe,” NASA officials wrote on the agency’s website.
NASA released an image of the Southern Ring Nebula in near-infrared light (NIRcam) and mid-infrared (MIRcam), with the former closer to a visible wavelength the normal human eye can see, making its images more colorful and high-resolution.
The MIRcam, however, can pick up objects in more detail. For example, the mid-infrared image of Southern Ring Nebula shows a clearer image of a bright star, gleaming in the background just beyond the white dwarf.
Cosmic Cliffs
Another popular image is the Cosmic Cliffs, the edge of a forming star region that NASA compared to “craggy mountains on a moonlit evening.”
The young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 is more than 7,000 light years away in the Carina Nebula. NASA’s photos of this spot in the universe reveal a massive, gaseous cavity on the edge of NGC 3324 in a collage of orange and blue.
“The cavernous area has been carved from the nebula by the intense ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds from extremely massive, hot, young stars located in the center of the bubble,” officials wrote on the website.
In NIRcam, viewers can see hundreds of stars hidden from the normal human eye, as well as numerous galaxies shimmering in the background.
NGC 3324 was first recorded by astronomer James Dunlop in 1826.
Cartwheel Galaxy
This Aug. 2 photo of the Cartwheel Galaxy bears similarity to a bright red, galactic ferris wheel in space.
The Cartwheel Galaxy formed about 400 million years ago, the result of high-speed collisions. Webb captured it forming in a “transitory phase,” because images of the universe light-years away are peering into the past, due to the time it takes to reach and record them.
This spiral galaxy is composed of two rings, a brighter inner ring and a colorful outer ring, according to NASA. Inside the cartwheel are spokes, or bright red streaks created by glowing, hydrocarbon-rich dust.
Jupiter
Webb’s newest image released this week is a gorgeous image of Earth’s neighbor in the solar system.
A composite of three filters, the image of Jupiter reveals “hazes swirling around the northern and southern poles” of the gaseous planetary giant.
It also highlights the Great Red Spot, a storm so large that it that would swallow Earth, in a large white band around the gas giant.
Imke de Pater, a professor emerita of the University of California, Berkeley, who co-led the observations of Jupiter, said the team was surprised by the details of the planet.
“We hadn’t expected it to be this good,” Pater said in a statement on NASA’s blog. “It’s really remarkable that we can see details on Jupiter together with its rings, tiny satellites, and even galaxies in one image.”
Galaxy cluster SMACS 0723
While appearing a bit cluttered, this image is stunning because it shows thousands of galaxies in a distant cluster known as SMACS 0723.
This image, among the first photos released by Webb on July 12, is the first deep-field image from the telescope.
In the center of the image is a bright, white elliptical galaxy that outshines the rest, stretching its pointed arms in five directions. Surrounding it are galaxies of all shapes and sizes, flooding the image and demonstrating just how massive the universe is.
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German Shepherd Puppy Names: These are the 10 most popular puppy names for intelligent and brave German Shepherd dogs 🐶
If you’re poised to get a new German Shepherd pup but can’t decide what to call it, here’s some inspiration from the global family of dog owners.
A huge number of us decided to welcome new puppies into our homes in the last two years – according to Kennel Club figures dog ownership soared by nearly eight percent and post-lockdown demand for four-legged friends remains high.
There are a whopping 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, alongside numerous crossbreeds, so there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your family’s latest addition.
But even when you’ve settled on a type of dog, there’s still the tricky task of choosing a name.
If you’ve opted for an adorable German Shepherd then personalised gift site yappy.com can help – they’ve surveyed thousands of their customers to come up with the most popular names people choose for their loveable German Shepherd.
Here are their top 10 German Shepherd names.
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Here are the 10 breeds of dog best avoided by the more elderly owner - including the energetic Border Collie 🐶
With demand for puppies continuing to soar post-lockdown, here are the dog breeds that it’s best to steer clear of when looking for a pet for senior owners for a number of reasons
While every person has different needs, for older dog owners it can be worth looking for a dog with a particular range of attributes.
The last couple of years have seen many of us welcome a new four-legged friend into our homes, as the Kennel Club saw dog ownership rise by nearly eight per cent over the global pandemic.
But with 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your perfect pup – whether you want a large dog, family-friendly dog, or crossbreed.
Breeds needing less in the way of grooming and exercise are easier to care for by those with mobility issues, while dogs with the right easy-going temperament make loyal and loving companions for people living alone.
Meanwhile other types of dog, while still making excellent pets for those with specific needs and lifestyles, are just not generally going to be suitable for owners in their more advanced years – although there are, of course, always exceptions.
Here are 10 of the breeds that should probably be discounted if you're looking for a pet for a pensioner.
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Most Clever Dogs: Here are the 10 most intelligent breeds of adorable dog that are brainy as they are beautiful - including the loving Labrador 🐕
As demand for puppies continues to soar post-lockdown, here are the breeds that have both brains and beauty – our list of genius dogs.
If you, like many of us, want to welcome a new four-legged friend into our homes, there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your perfect pup, with 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from. You should consider what matches well with your way of life.
For example, those with active lifestyles might want to consider a larger dog, while somebody with allergies will be looking for a hypoallergenic dog.
If you are looking for a dog that’s as smart as it is adorable though, there’s scientific research into the subject that can guide you. Psychologist Stanley Coren’s book ‘The Intelligence of Dogs’ is a landmark piece of canine literature, judging breeds’ relative IQs by looking at instincts, obedience, and the ability to adapt.
So these are – officially – the top 10 brightest breeds of pooch.
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Names For Border Collie Names: These are the 10 most popular puppy names for adorable Border Collie dogs 🐕
If you’re poised to get a new Border Collie pup but can’t decide what to call it, here’s some inspiration from the global family of dog owners.
Border Collies are a hugely popular pet – and you can see why! Fluffy coats and big beautiful eyes make for a dream dog. But what about naming your new canine pal?
A huge number of us decided to welcome new puppies into our homes last year – according to Kennel Club figures dog ownership soared by nearly eight percent – and post-lockdown demand for four-legged friends remains high. There are a whopping 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, alongside numerous crossbreeds, so there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your family’s latest addition.
But even when you’ve settled on a type of dog, there’s still the tricky task of choosing a name. If you’ve opted for an adorable Border Collie then personalised gift site yappy.com can help – they’ve surveyed thousands of their customers to come up with the most popular names people choose for their loveable Border Collie.
Here are their top 10 Border Collie names.
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Sensitive Eared Dogs: Here are the 10 breeds of adorable dog that have the best sense of hearing - including the loving Labrador Retriever 🐕
Some breeds of dog have the most amazingly sensitive ears – able to hear a pin drop at 100 yards.
There are a whopping 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from when it comes to choosing a canine pal, alongside numerous crossbreeds, so there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your family’s latest addition.
It’s no wonder then that a huge number of us decided to welcome new puppies into our homes in the last couple of years – Kennel Club figures show dog ownership soared by nearly 8 percent when the pandemic hit and post-lockdown demand for four-legged friends remains high.
One thing to consider is that some pups have a significantly more sensitive sense of hearing than others – an important attribute if you are looking for a watchdog to alert you to visitors. So, here are the 10 breeds of dog that have the best hearing.
Read more: | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/sensitive-eared-dogs-here-are-the-10-breeds-of-adorable-dog-that-have-the-best-sense-of-hearing-including-the-loving-labrador-retriever-3521482 | 2022-08-27T14:33:23Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/sensitive-eared-dogs-here-are-the-10-breeds-of-adorable-dog-that-have-the-best-sense-of-hearing-including-the-loving-labrador-retriever-3521482 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Top Police Dogs: Here are the 10 breeds of adorable dog that make amazing police dogs - including the loving Labrador Retriever 🐶
It takes a special combination of canine attributes to make it as the ultimate police dog – and these are the breeds that have the right stuff.
A big number of us decided to welcome new puppies into our homes in the last couple of years – Kennel Club figures show dog ownership soared by nearly eight percent when the pandemic hit and post-lockdown demand for four-legged friends remains high.
There are a whopping 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, alongside numerous crossbreeds, so there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your family’s latest addition.
Of course, dogs don’t just make great pets – they also carry out a range of jobs, including working for law enforcement services.
The perfect police dog is intelligent, dedicated, hard working and able to understand and act on commands quickly and effectively.
In fact, they have a range of attributes that also make them a positive addition to any family home – as well as police station.
So, here are the 10 breeds of dog that make the best police dogs.
Read more: | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/top-police-dogs-here-are-the-10-breeds-of-adorable-dog-that-make-amazing-police-dogs-including-the-loving-labrador-retriever-3529973 | 2022-08-27T14:33:43Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/top-police-dogs-here-are-the-10-breeds-of-adorable-dog-that-make-amazing-police-dogs-including-the-loving-labrador-retriever-3529973 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Velcro Dogs: Here are the 10 breeds of adorable dog likely to stick to their owner like glue - including the clingy Labrador Retriever 🐶
Certain breeds of dog are prone to being incredibly clingy and often a little needy when it comes to their owners, earning them the nickname ‘velcro dogs’. Here are the top 10 clingy breeds.
A huge number of us decided to welcome new pups into our homes over the last couple of years – according to Kennel Club figures dog ownership soared by nearly eight percent over the global pandemic.
There are a whopping 221 different breeds of pedigree dog to choose from, alongside numerous crossbreeds, so there’s plenty of thinking to do before you select your family’s latest addition.
There’s even academic guidance to seek out, with Psychologist Stanley Coren’s book ‘The Intelligence of Dogs’ ranking breeds by instincts, obedience, and the ability to adapt.
One thing to take into consideration is that some dogs are well-known for their propensity to turn into so-called ‘velcro dogs’.
These are pets that tend to stick to their owners like glue, becoming anxious even if separated for a short period of time.
In one way this can be good – making you feel utterly loved by your pooch, who will be eager to please and would be highly unlikely to ever run away or get lost.
But it can also be exhausting if your dog is never content to curl up by itself for a few hours while you get on with other parts of your live.
Of course not all pup from a breed that are prone to this personality will turn out to be so needy, but it’s worth nothing that they are ones likely to be most clingy.
So, here are the 10 breeds of pup prone to becoming ‘velcro dogs’.
Read more: | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/velcro-dogs-here-are-the-10-breeds-of-adorable-dog-likely-to-stick-to-their-owner-like-glue-including-the-clingy-labrador-retriever-3540621 | 2022-08-27T14:33:55Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/velcro-dogs-here-are-the-10-breeds-of-adorable-dog-likely-to-stick-to-their-owner-like-glue-including-the-clingy-labrador-retriever-3540621 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Edinburgh crime news: Child assaulted in Dalkeith Country Park and hunt for gang of five who attacked man in Livingston
An unprovoked attack in Livingston left a 51-year-old man with serious injuries this week.
The victim was left in a state after he was set upon by five men.
A description of the assailants was released by officers in the area as they appeal for witnesses to come forward.
Detective Sergeant John Bowerbank, from Livingston CID, said: "This appears to have been an entirely unprovoked attack by a group who singled out the victim and caused him significant injuries.
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"Our inquiries have established that patrons from a nearby premises came to the victim's aid, as the suspects ran from the area, and we're asking for anyone with information to please come forward.”
Another appeal for witnesses was launched after an incident in Dalkeith Country Park on Sunday.
After an altercation took place between two children in the play area, an adult intervened and a child was assaulted.
Officers are now looking to speak to a man in his 60s who has been described as approximately 5’7”, heavy set, balding, wearing jeans and a green top.
In a statement online, Police Scotland added: “Anyone with information is asked to call Police Scotland via 101, quoting incident number 1880, 26 June 2022."
Tragedy struck in Edinburgh after a man died in a crash on the M8 near Hermiston Gait.
He was later named as James Murray, 54, from Armadale in West Lothian.
His wife Julie Murray said: “There are no words that can truly describe the devastation and pain our family feels just now.
“James was my life and a fantastic dad to Lauren and Jamie and also a wonderful son. It’s so hard to comprehend what has happened and to think we will never see his smile or hear his laughter again.”
On Thursday, a dad spoke to the Edinburgh Evening News after his son reported that a man had made racist monkey gestures at him during a game.
Lucas MacDonald was playing in a game between Edinburgh City 2009s and Currie Star 2009s at Malleny Park in Balerno on Sunday morning when he said an adult made “a monkey gesture” from the touchline.
His dad Jamie said that, at the time, Lucas had kept playing and he hadn’t been aware of any trouble but that the situation came to a head after the final whistle.
"All the boys went in to shake hands. There was a commotion in the middle,” he said.
"Lucas was crying his eyes out. It was one of the other players who ran over to tell me.”
Police Scotland has confirmed that they are investigating the incident.
Also on Thursday, a teenager was arrested by officers after they spotted suspicious behaviour on Gorgie Road.
A Police Scotland spokesperson confirmed: “A 17-year-old male youth was arrested and charged in connection with drug offences and due to appear at Edinburgh Sheriff Court on Thursday, 25 August, 2020.” | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/edinburgh-crime-news-child-assaulted-in-dalkeith-country-park-and-hunt-for-gang-of-five-who-attacked-man-in-livingston-3821065 | 2022-08-27T14:34:21Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/crime/edinburgh-crime-news-child-assaulted-in-dalkeith-country-park-and-hunt-for-gang-of-five-who-attacked-man-in-livingston-3821065 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Hats off to rescuers who saved truly beautiful wee bat – Hayley Matthews
I've had bats in my garden for a good few years. Just as the sun sets each night they start fluttering about gracefully as they begin their evening. They're truly beautiful.
Many a time I've stood out trying to connect with them or get a better glimpse to see how big they are. However, it's difficult after a few glasses of wine and in the dark!
I've been worried about them in the heat recently, so when I saw a post on Facebook mentioning a rescue mission that the team at East Coast Organics had taken on, I was delighted.
They'd found a tired little guy, given him some water and popped him in a box for a rest. How lovely that they helped the little soul in his time of need, recognising that he wasn't quite right.
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The story proved to have a happy ending because, after a while, the team reported he seemed pretty energetic as he crawled up one of the girl’s arms onto her shoulder. I have to admit, I'm incredibly jealous of their experience.
Seeing the bat so close up, they could see he was tiny and thought he was a pipistrelle. These wee guys are the UK’s smallest species of bat, another good reason to help them out.
So a huge ‘well done’ to the five-strong team of girls who took him to a tree nearby so he could crawl up, hanging upside down as bats do, and then continue on his journey. East Coast Organics – you are all an amazing group who clearly go above and beyond for all your customers, and your winged night-time visitors too. | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/hats-off-to-rescuers-who-saved-truly-beautiful-wee-bat-hayley-matthews-3820539 | 2022-08-27T14:34:37Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/hats-off-to-rescuers-who-saved-truly-beautiful-wee-bat-hayley-matthews-3820539 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
War in Ukraine: Cockerel jug gifted to Boris Johnson goes on display in Edinburgh
A cockerel-shaped ceramic jug gifted to Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Kyiv has gone on display to delegates at the Edinburgh International Culture Summit.
The jug, which has become a symbol of Ukrainian resistance, is being displayed at the biennial event to demonstrate the ongoing international solidarity with Ukraine following the illegal invasion of the country by Russia.
The Prime Minister and his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky received a pair of matching jugs from a woman in Kharkiv while walking through Kyiv in April.
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This type of jug became emblematic of Ukraine’s resistance against the invading Russian forces after photographer Elizaveta Servatynska captured an image of a similar jug sitting undamaged on a kitchen cabinet in a high-rise apartment block in March. The building, in Borodyanka, had been badly hit by Russian bombing.
Arts minister Lord Parkinson said: “As we meet in Edinburgh, this jug will serve as a powerful reminder of Ukraine’s unflagging strength and resistance in the face of Russia’s barbaric invasion.”
The item went on display as Mr Johnson condemned Russia’s “cultural vandalism” in Ukraine, saying invading forces were trying to erase Ukrainian culture in areas they had taken over.
The Prime Minister said the UK would fund “cultural protection measures” in Ukraine as well as continuing to donate civil and military aid.
He also praised Eurovision winners Kalush Orchestra and said he was proud the UK would be holding Eurovision next year on Ukraine’s behalf.
Mr Johnson made the comments in a video message to the Edinburgh International Culture Summit, which is being hosted at the Scottish Parliament.
The summit brings together culture ministry delegations from around the world and has a particular focus on Ukraine this year.
Mr Johnson said: “Throughout history, we’ve seen what happens when aggressors try to oppress and to eliminate culture.
“We saw it with the Nazis in the Second World War, the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, the Taliban in Afghanistan.
“Today, the world is once again witnessing unforgivable acts of cultural vandalism, this time in Ukraine.”
He continued: “Much of [Vladimir] Putin’s twisted rationale for his invasion rests on the vile assertion that Ukraine is somehow not a real country.
“This is a lie that he seeks to make true by systematically erasing all traces of the centuries-old Ukrainian culture.” | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/world/war-in-ukraine-cockerel-jug-gifted-to-boris-johnson-goes-on-display-in-edinburgh-3821286 | 2022-08-27T14:35:17Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/world/war-in-ukraine-cockerel-jug-gifted-to-boris-johnson-goes-on-display-in-edinburgh-3821286 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Orestis Kiomourtzoglou close to Hearts move after fee agreed with Heracles Almelo
German midfielder Orestis Kiomourtzoglou is close to joining Hearts for a six-figure fee from Dutch club Heracles Almelo.
Tynecastle officials have agreed a deal worth £350,000 for the 24-year-old and hope to complete his signing in the final few days of the summer transfer window.
Kiomourtzoglou operates as a central midfielder and Hearts believe he will strengthen that department by competing for a first-team place. He is expected to sign a three-year contract provided there are no unexpected hitches.
A product of the youth system at German fourth division side SpVgg Unterhaching, Kiomourtzoglou moved to Heracles in 2019 and quickly became an established name at the Dutch second divison side.
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He came to Hearts’ attention when scouts were tasked with finding a combative central midfielder earlier this summer. Kiomourtzoglou carries a physical presence at 6ft 1in tall but is also a composed passer of the ball with the required energy to get around the middle of the pitch.
He is expected to arrive in Edinburgh over the weekend if all goes to plan and will become Hearts’ seventh summer signing. Defenders Kye Rowles, Lewis Neilson and Alex Cochrane, plus midfielder Jorge Grant, winger Alan Forrest and striker Lawrence Shankland all arrived earlier in the window.
The club also remain keen to agree a loan deal for Nottingham Forest attacker Alex Mighten. Talks are ongoing regarding that move.
The transfer window closes on August 31 and the final few days could be reasonably busy for a number of cinch Premiership sides. | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/orestis-kiomourtzoglou-close-to-hearts-move-after-fee-agreed-with-heracles-almelo-3821357 | 2022-08-27T14:35:57Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/orestis-kiomourtzoglou-close-to-hearts-move-after-fee-agreed-with-heracles-almelo-3821357 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Stephen Kingsley explains Hearts pride, mindset and expectations ahead of Conference League and St Johnstone
Stephen Kingsley says Hearts have nothing to fear in the Conference League after proving to themselves that they can mix it with with elite European opponents.
The defender believes the first-half team performance against Zurich was the best 45 minutes he has been involved in as a Hearts player. A little bit of quality in the final third to convert a chance was all that was missing, but Kingsley is confident that will come in the Conference League group stage matches to come against İstanbul Başakşehir, Fiorentina and Latvian champions FK RFS.
“It’s an exciting time,” said the 28-year-old. “We have the Conference League group stage to look forward to and lots of new challenges. If we reflect on that first 45 minutes against Zurich, we have to take positives and know that we can take on these teams and not be fearful. We just need that extra bit of quality and hopefully we get that next time.
“I’m very proud of that first-half performance. We were absolutely outstanding. It is probably up there with one of the best 45-minute performances since I joined the club.
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“It is a tie that got away, but we reflect on it in a positive light in terms of where we have come from.
“I joined this club two years ago when we were in the Championship and going to places like, no disrespect, Queen of the South away. Now we are playing like we did in that first 45 minutes against the champions of Switzerland.
“We’re going into the Conference League knowing we can compete with these teams and that’s what that first 45 minutes has done for us. We know we can play like that. We just need that composure in the final third.”
Kingsley had no qualms about playing as a right-sided centre-back against Zurich, even though it is a position he isn’t accustomed to. With Craig Halkett out injured, it may be a role he has to fulfil for another few games yet.
“I feel like I’m versatile enough to play in different positions and I feel comfortable enough to play anywhere really,” he explained. “If the gaffer wants me to play right back or right centre-half I’m happy to play there and give a good performance.
“It is a new position, but it doesn’t bother me. I just crack on as normal. We have myself, Kye [Rowles] and Alex [Cochrane] as well as Andy [Halliday who can cover in there as well. So we have a lot of left footers. But I feel comfortable with my right foot as well. It’s not just for standing on.
“I felt, even though I was playing at right centre-back, that the shape of the team in the first half against Zurich was very good, especially in possession. We moved the ball around very well.”
Amid the excitement of Europe, Kingsley explained that the players themselves will be demanding of each other going into Sunday’s cinch Premiership match against St Johnstone.
“There’s a massive expectation from us, inside the dressingroom, to now go and get a result on Sunday,” he explained. “It is a game we are expected to win. We can’t allow any lag. We need to be at it and pick up the win because that is our bread and butter.” | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/stephen-kingsley-explains-hearts-pride-mindset-and-expectations-ahead-of-conference-league-and-st-johnstone-3821248 | 2022-08-27T14:36:10Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/stephen-kingsley-explains-hearts-pride-mindset-and-expectations-ahead-of-conference-league-and-st-johnstone-3821248 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Hibs' Jake Doyle-Hayes speaks on VAR, John Lundstram challenge, and when team will click
For such a tenacious midfielder, Hibs’ Jake Doyle-Hayes is quite softly spoken when it comes to media duties. But the Irishman perks up when asked about his challenge on John Lundstram in last weekend’s 2-2 draw with Rangers.
The Cavan man was booked for catching the former Sheffield United man late in the first half, only for his Light Blues counterpart to be dismissed for a similar challenge on Martin Boyle in the second half.
"You see them most weeks, someone taking a player down on the breakaway. There was no intent to hurt a player, on my side or Lundstram’s side, so I think they’re both just yellow cards,” he says.
“The referee got it wrong but that happens.”
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A fair assessment from Doyle-Hayes, who insists that at no point did he think Willie Collum was going to produce a red card for his challenge – which made the official’s Lundstram decision all the more surprising. That red card was overturned on appeal but it naturally sparked another conversation bout VAR, which is due to be introduced to Scottish football midway through the season.
Asked about the prospect of in-game reviews, Doyle-Hayes is pragmatic – unless it concerns his preferred team, Liverpool: “If it gets the correct decisions then I suppose it’s something that will help the game.
“You can see it both ways. You don’t want the flow of the game to be disrupted, but if it gets decisions right then that’s what you want, you want the right decisions in the game.
“If I’m watching Liverpool and they get a goal from it then I suppose I’m happy. You can see it both ways, but if you get good decisions, or the right decisions, then that’s what you want.”
Doyle-Hayes has played in every league match for Hibs so far, but the visit of Rangers was his first start of the campaign, having come on as a substitute in the previous matches against St Johnstone, Livingston, and Hearts.
His display against Giovanni van Bronckhorst’s side should see him hold onto his starting berth for the trip to Paisley against former employers St Mirren where he could come up against former Easter Road colleague Alex Gogic, who signed a permanent deal with the Buddies after a loan spell in the second half of last season.
Although Doyle-Hayes concedes that Hibs are yet to put in a complete performance, he doesn’t believe the team is too far away from everything clicking into place – and the comeback from injury of some key players such as Kyle Magennis and Kevin Nisbet can be a big help, as can Martin Boyle’s return.
“There are obviously some injuries and those boys are going to be a big boost when they come back,” Doyle-Hayes points out.
“And getting Boyley back is a big boost for any team; any team in the league would be delighted to have him.
“Even the boys the manager has brought in this season, they’re really adding something to the team.
“So, I don’t think we’re far away at all from everything clicking into place.
“We just need to put it all together. We’ve had time to gel now so we need to put it into a performance on the pitch.” | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/hibs-jake-doyle-hayes-speaks-on-var-john-lundstram-challenge-and-when-team-will-click-3820425 | 2022-08-27T14:36:16Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/hibs-jake-doyle-hayes-speaks-on-var-john-lundstram-challenge-and-when-team-will-click-3820425 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Hibs sign Ryan Schofield but face anxious wait to learn if goalkeeper can join squad for St Mirren trip
Hibs have signed Huddersfield goalkeeper Ryan Schofield as injury cover for Kevin Dabrowski.
The 22-year-old has signed on loan until the end of the 2022/23 campaign and will provide cover and depth for Lee Johnson’s side following injury to backup ‘keeper Kevin Dabrowski.
The Polish shot-stopper damaged ligaments in his shoulder during a training-ground incident and has been ruled out for at least two months, adding to the club’s injury concerns.
With third-choice goalkeeper Murray Johnson on loan at Airdrieonians, Hibs stepped up the search for a new goalie ahead of Saturday’s trip to Paisley.
It remains to be seen if clearance will be received in time for the Englishman to be named in the matchday squad.
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Schofield joined his boyhood team in 2008 and has been with them ever since, making 35 appearances to date since his debut in October 2019.
He has also spent time on loan at FC United of Manchester, AFC Telford United, and most recently Livingston, whom he joined in January 2020.
Schofield is a former England youth international, being capped at under-18, under-19, and under-20 level, being part of the squad that won the Toulon Tournament in 2017.
Welcoming the addition of Schofield, Johnson said: "After Kevin's injury, it was important that we brought in another good young 'keeper to add extra competition in the goalkeeping area.
"Ryan is someone that has experience of the Scottish league, has performed well in the English Championship, and has a lot of ability. Not only that, but he's also another good character to add to the dressing room.” | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/hibs-sign-ryan-schofield-but-face-anxious-wait-to-learn-if-goalkeeper-can-join-squad-for-st-mirren-trip-3821646 | 2022-08-27T14:36:23Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/hibs-sign-ryan-schofield-but-face-anxious-wait-to-learn-if-goalkeeper-can-join-squad-for-st-mirren-trip-3821646 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WGHP) — The University of South Carolina Gamecocks are renaming their longtime live mascot.
The live rooster, affectionately known as Sir Big Spur, is being forced to change its name due to a dispute between the bird’s former and current owners.
In summary, the dispute boils down to the old owners being upset with how the new owners are presenting the rooster. As explained in detail by The Post and Courier, the old owners used to trim the rooster’s comb — or the red protuberance on the top of its head — to make it look more like a bird bred for fighting (aka, a “gamecock”). The new owners say trimming the comb is unnecessary, and may have consequences for the rooster’s health.
The old owners, however, retain the rights to the name “Sir Big Spur” and now refuse to renew their contract, claiming that a rooster with an intact comb is not representative of a “gamecock.”
As a result, the rooster’s name will need to be changed. In the meantime, the official Twitter handle for the “live mascot of the University of South Carolina” has been changed simply to “uofscmascot.” There, fans can also find plenty of recent pictures of the mascot with its comb intact.
The State, a South Carolina newspaper, has since suggested several new names for the mascot, including “Cluck Norris,” “Brooster” and “Cock-a-doodle-dude,” among others.
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After years of lobbying by advocates, Anaheim finally designated its Arab-American enclave as "Little Arabia" on Tuesday.
In a statement, Anaheim's spokeswoman told CNN the city plans to follow up the designation with in-depth research.
"The Little Arabia designation recognizes an area of our city we've always celebrated as part of what makes Anaheim great," said Erin Ryan, the city spokeswoman, in a statement shared with CNN. "We now turn our focus to an in-depth study that will help us lift up the Little Arabia community and all businesses along Anaheim's Brookhurst Street."
The designation covers an area on Brookhurst Street, from Ball Road to Broadway, that is home to multiple Arab-American businesses. California has the largest Arab-American population in the country: The state is home to close to 400,000 Arab-Americans, according to research from the Arab American Institute Foundation. The largest portions of the population have Egyptian and Lebanese roots, according to U.S. Census data, but the state's Iraqi and Syrian populations are also growing.
The Arab-American Civil Council, a nonprofit based in Anaheim, has long advocated for the official recognition of "Little Arabia." The idea started in 1990s with a group of Arab-American entrepreneurs, the council said in a statement on Thursday.
"The decision to designate Little Arabia was a historic moment for us as a community. Over the years, Arab Americans have transformed Brookhurst Street into a thriving cultural and business destination," Rashad Al-Dabbagh, the council's executive director, said in the statement.
"This is the beginning of a partnership with the City of Anaheim to work together on expanding and improving Little Arabia."
Amin Nash, a research fellow at the council, also commented on the importance of the designation.
"This is a community that has felt 'visibly invisible' for a very long time," Nash said in the statement. "Now, Anaheim is saying they see the community, and are giving the community a place to showcase their humanity."
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Ukraine nuclear agency warns of hydrogen, radioactive leaks at Zaporizhzhia plant
Ukraine's nuclear agency warned there's a risk of hydrogen and radioactive leaks at the Zaporizhzhia plant after suffering shelling damage, Reuters reports.
Why it matters: Both Ukraine and Russia have been warning that continued shelling could cause a radioactive disaster at the plant, which is the largest nuclear power station in Europe.
Driving the news: "As a result of periodic shelling, the infrastructure of the power plant has been damaged, there are risks of hydrogen leakage and sputtering of radioactive substances, and the fire hazard is high," the agency Energoatom said in a statement, per Reuters.
- Energoatom said it thought Russia, which is currently in control of the power plant, was planning a "large-scale provocation" at the site.
- The agency accused Russia of shelling the plant Friday, per the New York Times.
- Russia, meanwhile, said Ukraine had started at a "provocation" there.
The big picture: Ukraine and Russia have been accusing each other of preparing a "false flag" attack on the plant. The countries also blamed each other for shelling around the plant.
- On Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of a near "radiation accident" at the power plant.
- Multiple countries condemned the recent military activity near Zaporizhzhia, demanding Russia remove its military presence there.
State of play: The Zaporizhzhia power plant was recently reconnected to the Ukrainian power grid after it temporarily lost connection, which triggered the emergency protection systems for the plant's two reactor units, Axios' Jacob Knutson reports.
- Zelensky said in an address Friday that "the situation remains very risky and dangerous."
- "Any actions by Russia that could trigger the shutdown of the reactors will again put the plant one step away from disaster," he said.
What's next: Zelensky called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to inspect the plant as soon as possible. The agency plans to inspect the plan next week.
- According to the New York Times, Energoatom said Russia was putting pressure on the plant's staff before the IAEA's visit “to prevent them from disclosing evidence about the crimes of the occupiers at the plant and its use as a military base.”
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Issic Alonzo, 13, (blue) faces off against Alejandro Vasquez, 14, (red) during the Centennial Square Boxing Show outside of Pasadena City Hall on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
during the Centennial Square Boxing Show outside of Pasadena City Hall on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Boxing trainer, Fausto De La Torre, right, embraces Marvin Gomez, 14, after winning his fight during the Centennial Square Boxing Show outside of Pasadena City Hall on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Jade Thompson, 30, (blue) raises an arm after defeating Monique Paul, 23, (red) during the Centennial Square Boxing Show outside of Pasadena City Hall on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The city of Pasadena and Villa Park Boxing Club hosted the second annual Centennial Square Boxing Show outside of Pasadena City Hall on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The city of Pasadena and Villa Park Boxing Club hosted the second annual Centennial Square Boxing Show outside of Pasadena City Hall on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Marvin Gomez, 14, (red) fights Jared Gasper, 13, (blue) during the Centennial Square Boxing Show outside of Pasadena City Hall on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The city of Pasadena and Villa Parke Boxing Club hosted the second annual Centennial Square Boxing Show outside of Pasadena City Hall on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Jared Gasper, 13, (blue) faces off against Marvin Gomez, 14, (red) during the Centennial Square Boxing Show outside of Pasadena City Hall on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Marvin Gomez, 14, (red) fights Jared Gasper, 13, (blue) during the Centennial Square Boxing Show outside of Pasadena City Hall on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The city of Pasadena and Villa Parke Boxing Club hosted the second annual Centennial Square Boxing Show outside of Pasadena City Hall on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Boxing trainer, Fausto De La Torre, right, coaches Marvin Gomez, 14, in between rounds during the Centennial Square Boxing Show outside of Pasadena City Hall on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
The city of Pasadena and Villa Parke Boxing Club hosted the second annual Centennial Square Boxing Show outside of Pasadena City Hall on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Marvin Gomez, 14, of Pasadena celebrates after winning a fight during the Centennial Square Boxing Show outside of Pasadena City Hall on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Monique Paul, 23, (red) fights Jade Thompson, 30, (blue) during the Centennial Square Boxing Show outside of Pasadena City Hall on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Classic cars line up outside of Pasadena City Hall for the Centennial Square Boxing Show on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Boxing trainer, Fausto De La Torre, during the Centennial Square Boxing Show outside of Pasadena City Hall on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Issic Alonzo, 13, warms up before his match during the Centennial Square Boxing Show outside of Pasadena City Hall on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Alejandro Vasquez, 14, (red), faces off against Issic Alonzo, 13, (blue) during the Centennial Square Boxing Show outside of Pasadena City Hall on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Classic cars line the street in front of Pasadena City Hall during the 2016 Centennial Square Boxing show hosted by the city in conjunction with the Villa Parke Boxing Club. (Photo courtesy of city of Pasadena Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department)
Issic Alonzo, 13, (blue) faces off against Alejandro Vasquez, 14, (red) during the Centennial Square Boxing Show outside of Pasadena City Hall on Friday, Aug. 26, 2022. (Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer)
Fausto De La Torre had over 200 amateur boxing matches, yet when it was time to make a decision whether to turn pro or become a trainer, he chose the latter.
That moment came over a quarter of a century ago, after his longtime trainer Eddie Johnson died from emphysema. Johnson started the boxing program at Villa Parke Community Center in Pasadena and De La Torre, who was volunteering there, decided to follow in Johnson’s footsteps rather than become a prize fighter.
“So I committed myself to some of the kids there and they relied on me after a while and so I said, ‘Do I resume my career, or do I go into this new venture of training these kids?’ ” said De La Torre, who’s in his 26th year as head trainer at Villa Parke. “Here I am, 26 years later, I’m still coaching because I made a choice to give back … and not do it for myself.”
Indeed, he does it for those young boxers coming up through the amateur ranks, boxers who themselves could eventually turn pro. Some of his charges were in the ring Friday night at the annual Centennial Square boxing event outdoors in front of Pasadena City Hall.”
During an interview Thursday, De La Torre was asked why he keeps coming back for more.
“It’s honestly a commitment to the community,” said De La Torre, 48.
He said he had a moment of reassurance Tuesday when he took some of his boxers to get in some sparring ahead of Friday’s show.
“I’ve been working with these kids through the pandemic and for some odd reason, sometimes you doubt yourself as to, ‘Am I teaching these kids the right thing?’” De La Torre said. “And for some weird reason, that night for two of my kids, everything fell into place.
“I was just like the happiest, proudest dad in the world, witnessing that everything that I have taught them, that everything that we have been working on, they’re able to apply it. It was skillful and it was just great to see it being put into action. I was just a proud coach/dad because it was just an amazing feeling.”
He conveyed those feelings.
“I went over and I told the parent, I said, ‘Your kids just continue to inspire me to continue to do what I do because they just gave me a reassurance that I know what I’m doing,’ ” De La Torre said. “So it was just an amazing, amazing feeling to get that because it’s been a while since I’ve felt that.
“You know, you teach kids all the time. But when you see that twinkle, when you see that sparkle in a kid, you say, ‘Man, this kid could be a world champion, this kid could be the next gold medalist.’ I had that feeling Tuesday night.”
The Centennial Square boxing event was held for the first time since 2019 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It drew amateur boxers from as far away as Santa Maria, Fresno and Stockton.
The free show was sponsored by the city of Pasadena’s Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department in conjunction with the Villa Parke Boxing Club.
There were food vendors, a DJ and classic cars on display.
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Sometimes, the big idea is to make something small.
Launched by Joshua Rothes in 2019, independent Seattle publisher Sublunary Editions initially sent new work out to readers in the mail each month. The project has now grown to publish books the website describes as “small volumes of exciting literature” edited and designed by Rothes, an archival series of books, as well as a quarterly magazine called “Firmament.”
“It was attractive to Josh, the idea of publishing small books, because he was able to find short pieces that were absolutely compelling enough and appealing in the format,” says Jacob Siefring, who translated Sublunary’s first book and who is now the co-editor of Sublunary’s Empyrean series, an archival line that includes older, often public domain, works by writers such as Gertrude Stein, Thomas De Quincey and Laurence Sterne.
“We try not to specialize. I think we’re interested in the oddities of literary history and just trying to expand our own notion as readers of what are the great neglected works,” says Siefring. “The first books in the Empyrean series were based on the idea of making this tiny book you can really fit in your pocket and doesn’t weigh anything at all.”
Sublunary’s slim, pocket-sized paperbacks are undeniably appealing: Small, well-designed works, often of translated literature, the books can be as brief as Julio Cortazar’s 40-page “Letters From Home” or as comparatively robust as the 140-page “Disembodied” by Christina Tudor-Sidiri.
For a reader, a work so bite-sized can seem like a welcome respite, one strangely attuned to shortened attention spans.
And the books can pack a punch: The 90-page “A Friend of the Family” by Yves Ravey (translated Emma Ramadan and Tom Roberge) delivers a creepy, Hitchockian noir about a widowed single mother who tries to get the authorities to listen to her concerns about her husband’s cousin, a convicted sex offender she believes will act again after he shows up at her door following his unexpected release from prison.
This summer, Sublunary announced it will be publishing a “lost” Henry Miller work. Miller composed handwritten and illustrated works – “long intimate book letters,” according to the publisher – to writers such as Lawrence Durrell and Anaïs Nin. The upcoming publication, “The Book of Conversations with David Edgar,” is said to have been in private hands and never before published.
“He apparently wrote four or five or six of these little books to friends during this era in Paris,” says Siefring. “It has some beautiful watercolor drawings in the book – it is a single-artist presentation book – and I think the book will incorporate some of the artwork.”
As the Sublunary moves forward, they continue to experiment – such as Siefring’s occasional live readings on Twitter that can include anything from Baroque spiritual writing to occasional interruptions from his children.
So as the imprint evolves, will these delightful editions remain pocket-sized? Siefring suggests some growth may be on the horizon.
“We have a book coming out in the fall that’s over two volumes,” he says. “It’s 800 pages.”
Looks like we may need a bigger pocket.
Just last week, I mentioned a bit of book-related serendipity, and this week we have some more (and I’m not even including the two books I read back to back this summer – novels written decades apart on different continents – that both referenced Warren Zevon’s 1978 song “Werewolves of London”).
Ah-hoo, er, anyhoo, here’s something interesting about the way inspiration works: In the main Books section this week, we featured Stuart Miller’s interview with Rasheed Newson, whose novel set in New York City during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s “My Government Means to Kill Me” uses footnotes, a technique Newson says was inspired by Mark Z. Danielewski’s “House of Leaves.”
“I think of it as an editor writing the footnotes,” Newson says. “I read a book called ‘House of Leaves’ [by Mark Z. Danielewski] in college and I almost failed out because I started reading during finals and I could not put this book down. There was a character named the editor who would come in and correct what was being told to you and I loved that.”
We also ran Diya Chacko’s conversation with R.F. Kuang about her new book, “Babel: Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution.” The novel is a dark historical fantasy about magic, translation and academia…and it uses footnotes inspired in part by “House of Leaves,” according to Kuang.
“‘House of Leaves’ by Mark Z. Danielewski. It’s a very long book that involves a lot of wordplay in footnotes and textual experimentation,” says Kuang, who explains more in this week’s book Q&A below.
Have you read “House of Leaves,” and if not, are you now thinking about it?
Do you have any questions or book suggestions to share? Please send them to epedersen@scng.com and they might appear in the column.
Thanks, as always, for reading.
Why R.F. Kuang has a ‘Bangers Only’ rule for reading
R.F. Kuang is the author of “Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution,” out August 23 from HarperCollins, as well as The Poppy War trilogy. For more from Ms. Kuang, read Diya Chacko’s interview with her about the novel, translation and more.
Q. Is there a book or books you always recommend to other readers?
It’s so reader dependent. I try to only give people recommendations I think they’ll like, but a book that I really love and recommend to most of my friends is Elif Batuman’s “The Idiot” and the sequel, which are just some of the funniest, sweetest and incisive campus novels I’ve ever read.
Q. What are you reading now?
I’m trying to finish “Pale Fire” by Vladimir Nabokov.
Q. How do you decide what to read next?
I have a “Bangers Only” policy. “Bangers Only” refers to books that I know will have a strong payoff, which means I end up reading a lot of classics.
It’s because I have so little time to read for fun, given how much I have to read for coursework and how much time I have to spend writing. So I used to try to struggle through books, even if I wasn’t that interested in them. But now if I’m not immediately gripped by something within like 10 pages, I just won’t read it.
Q. Is there a book you’re nervous to read?
“House of Leaves” by Mark Z. Danielewski. It’s a very long book that involves a lot of wordplay in footnotes and textual experimentation. I really love texts that push the boundaries of what storytelling can do, and what you can do with words on a page in terms of how they were arranged – just new ways to manipulate the reader beyond the conventional sentence.
So I keep trying to finish it, and I keep getting halfway through, but there’s just this creeping horror that comes on. It’s a very bad book to read when you’re alone, especially at night, and it always gets me and I’m unable to finish.
Q. What’s a memorable book experience – good or bad – you’re willing to share? (A book you loved or hated, or a book you read in a memorable situation)
This summer, I hadn’t picked up any fantasy books that I really liked. Then Neil Gaiman’s “Sandman” adaptation just came out on Netflix. I went back and started re-reading the comics again, and I’ve just been obsessed for the last two weeks. They’re all I want to read.
I’m thinking a lot about why Neil Gaiman’s particular way of doing fantasy was so enticing, and I think it’s because he is not bound to genre whatsoever. He takes whatever conventions he likes from different stereotypes, mysteries, thrillers, psychological horrors. He just plays around with them, and he breaks all the rules.
As somebody who’s been writing fantasy for so long, and was getting a little bit jaded about the genre and feeling like nothing was interesting, going back to these comics written decades ago and feeling the sense of freshness and excitement is really cool. So I’m just sitting with that for now, and trying to understand how Neil does what he does and wondering how I can possibly replicate it.
Footnotes and history
TV writer Rasheed Newson says his novel, set in the early AIDS era, is “a call to action.” READ MORE
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Embracing ‘Acceptance’
Emi Nietfeld, who went public about harassment at Google, tells her story. READ MORE
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Summer flashback
Revisit our interview with Taylor Jenkins Reid about her novel “Malibu Rising.” READ MORE
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The week’s bestsellers
The top-selling books at your local independent bookstores. READ MORE
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What’s next on ‘Bookish’
The next free Bookish event is Sept. 16 with guests Barbie Latza Nadeau, Andy Borowitz and Ron Shelton joining host Sandra Tsing Loh.
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What if I told you there was a garden you could plant which, when mature, never needed to be watered yet did not include a single cactus or succulent species? Moreover, what if I told you that this was a colorful garden that included plants with a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and textures, that a number of them added a dramatic touch, and that some were powerfully fragrant as well?
If you are wondering what kind of garden I might be talking about, consider conifers. A conifer is any plant that forms cones. We are talking about pines, cedars, cypresses, and junipers of course, but sequoias are conifers too.
There is a caveat or two that must be conveyed: When I say “never needs watering,” there is an assumption that some rain will fall every now and then. Even California native oak trees may die in a prolonged drought. Of course, covering the ground wall to wall with plants – so no soil water can evaporate – or keeping the soil covered with several inches of mulch at all times, will make “never needs watering” much more feasible. Finally, during the first two years of growth of any garden plant, observation for water stress must be constant and water applied when necessary.
Pines. If you have ever visited Wrightwood in the San Gabriel Mountains, you might be inspired upon returning home to tear out everything and plant nothing but pine trees around your home. It is impossible to match the sweet resinous scent that wafts through a forest of pines.
One of the most attractive pine trees is the California native pinyon pine (Pinus monophylla). It has a symmetrically domed growth habit, an attractive blue-green color and a manageable height of only 30 feet. It’s referred to as monophylla (meaning one-leaved) because its leaves or needles uniquely occur singly, as opposed to other pine trees where needles are found in bundles of two or more.
A bonus of growing pinyon pines is their production of large pine nuts, which is just another term for the edible seeds of pine trees. Most pine nuts commercially sold in the United States come from the two-needle pinyon pine (Pinus edulis), which reaches only 20 feet tall and shares its habitat with the single-needle pinyon mentioned above.
Japanese black pine (Pinus thunbergii) grows 20 feet tall, 10 feet wide, and is sometimes called a natural bonsai tree on account of its sparse habit of growth and clumping needle bundles that are spaced along its branches. No one who looks at this tree can deny its appeal.
Frequently encountered pine tree species in our area, some of them more than a half-century old, include Canary Island, Aleppo and Afghan pine.
Within their first 10 years in the ground, each of these species will grow up to 20 feet or more in height and ultimately reach 60 to 100 feet.
Canary Island pine (Pinus canariensis) is the easiest to identify because of its uncompromisingly vertical growth habit and, for this reason, is sometimes used as a parkway or street tree, clearly visible as such when driving on Coldwater Canyon Boulevard just north of Beverly Hills.
Aleppo pine (Pinus halapensis) and Afghan pine (Pinus eldarica), the latter with its unmistakable pyramidal form, are the fastest growing pines for our area. They are both native to the Middle East and are resistant to drought. Just make sure you give them well-drained soil and plenty of room in order for them to thrive.
Incidentally, to pine — as to long for something or someone — has nothing to do with the tree but is derived from Latin and Greek words for “penalty,” the idea being that the suffering you feel is a penalty for putting distance between yourself and the object of your desire. Still, if you grew up with a pine tree in your backyard and miss it, pining for your pine may be one of your greater longings until you plant a pine tree of your own.
When you think of the oldest trees on earth, Sequoias naturally come to mind and there are, in fact, specimens of those mighty trees that are more than 3,000 years old. However, some bristlecone pines, also native to California , have been on earth for more than 4,000 years. They are not afraid of heights, growing at an elevation of 8-12,000 feet in the White Mountains above Death Valley, although they grow no more than 50 feet tall.
The Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) can teach us something about the conditions that favor the longevity of plants. This species survives more wind and cold than any other full-sized tree on earth, yet it outlives them all.
The soil in which bristlecone pines grow is rocky and low in fertility. In its high-altitude habitat, the snow may not melt until summer, and the growing season is never longer than four months. Yet somehow these pines endure, probably because the soil they grow in is so poor that no other plants can live in it. Thus, there is no competition for water and minerals, limited as these resources may be.
Bristlecone pine’s short growing season may also have something to do with its success since it is not captive to the frenetic and enervating growth rate, as well as the long growing season, of shorter-lived species. Species that have a long growing season allow pests and disease organisms many opportunities for taking up residence within their stems, leaves, or roots.
Ultimately, though, botanists point to the wood of this tree as the key to its longevity. The wood of bristlecone pines is extremely dense and resin rich, making it all but impossible for insect pests and pathogenic fungi or bacteria to gain entrance.
Bristlecone pines are seldom seen in nurseries, even California native nurseries, but you can procure 15 seeds of this most ancient of plants on eBay for around three dollars. Bristlecone pine is an extremely slow grower so you will probably want to keep it in a container for its first decade or two of life.
Finally, dwarf mugo pine (Pinus mugo) is a cute and cuddly ornamental. Depending on variety, a mugo pine can remain a low mound of three feet or grow up to a height of 10 feet. Locate it near an entrance or other high-visibility spot where its charms can be fully appreciated.
Junipers. My favorite juniper goes simply by the name of common juniper (Juniperus communis), yet there is nothing common about it. Foliage is silvery blue and soft-textured. I first encountered it in the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens as a densely growing arboreal shrub that was around 20 feet tall. Yet there are cultivars of common juniper to meet every garden designer’s desire, whether selecting tree, hedge, shrub, or groundcover. There is even a prostrate type known as mountain juniper (Juniperus communis var. montana) that grows no more than six inches tall, yet has a spread of six feet.
Rocky mountain juniper (Juniperus scopulorum var. Blue Weeping) is silvery-blue with a dramatically pendulous habit of growth and a mature height of 20 feet. Install a recirculating waterfall or water wall – which is not a particularly water-needy feature – in your garden to enhance the effect of any weeping tree.
You can make a multi-colored carpet of green, gold, and blue from low-growing, horizontally directed junipers. Juniperus chinensis var. Daub’s Frosted has blue-green foliage crowned in gold, growing 15 inches tall and five feet wide. Juniperus squamata var. Blue Star is a compact shrub with soft silver-blue foliage; at maturity, it is 2-3 feet tall and 3-4 feet wide. Juniperus sabina var. Monard is a handsome mounding juniper in green that reaches only one foot in height with a spread of six feet. Monrovia nursery grows 55 juniper varieties, most of them suitable for Southern California gardens. To find nurseries near you that carry Monrovia plants, visit monrovia.com and click “Find a garden center” on the home page.
Last but not least, I must mention the Hollywood juniper (Juniperus chinensis var. Torulosa) with its sculpturesque, if memorably contorted, branching structure.
It is critical to keep juniper leaves, known as scales, dry. Wet scales bring on disease. Therefore, it is highly recommended that a drip system be installed when planting junipers.
Cypress. A golden Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa var. Donard Gold) has a lemony fragrance to match its color and a symmetrically conical growth habit; it reaches 30 feet tall with a width at the bottom of eight feet. By the way, the conventional Monterey cypress that is often sold as a living Christmas tree due to its classic form is not recommended for planting outdoors in our area. It grows rapidly but within 10 years, at most, it will be ravaged by devastating bark beetles. The Arizona cypress (Cupressus arizonica), on the other hand, is famous for its icy blue foliage and contrasting cinnamon bark. It is suitable both as a specimen tree and for a windbreak.
Sequoia. Yes, you can grow redwood trees in Southern California. I have seen them dotted around the San Fernando Valley, from Granada Hills to Sherman Oaks to Hidden Hills. They are also thriving in Griffith Park and in Franklin Canyon, just south of Mulholland Drive. You can grow both the giant sequoia (Sequoia gigantea) and the coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in your garden, although the latter may need some sun protection, especially in its initial years, in order to thrive. Most often these trees will not grow more than a hundred feet tall in our area, as opposed to more than 300 feet in their habitat, and frequently do not grow more than 50 feet tall locally. Sequoias are famously pest- and disease-free and their fresh forest fragrance is much prized.
California native of the week: The California incense cedar (Calocedrus/Libocedrus decurrens) is an excellent tree for partial or full-sun exposure. In its high elevation forest habitat, it is accustomed to growing initially in the shade of mature trees but welcomes full sun once it increases in height. The incense cedar is endowed with a perfectly conical shape, has unusual, flattened, lush green scales for leaves, and a wonderful fragrance. It can grow up to a hundred feet tall and 15 feet wide in its habitat, but I have never seen it exceed 30 feet tall locally. It will struggle in the garden unless given plenty of room to grow and, under confined conditions, is subject to fungus rust with gooey sap excretions and bacterial canker. Although it is extremely tolerant of dry soil, the ongoing drought increases its susceptibility to disease.
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The commercial real estate market has an entirely new feel these days. Gone are the buyer-fueled bidding wars brought about by too few buildings chased by too many occupants – the classic supply-demand imbalance.
We were clipping along at warp speed for the first five months of 2022 when bam! We hit a massive speed bump named the Federal Reserve.
You see, to tamp down rampant inflation, the Fed raised interest rates — some would opine too aggressively. Buyers felt emboldened to behave, well, like buyers. Personally, our team has felt the impact as we’ve had three deals canceled at the alter. Jilted indeed.
Our latest divorce, a terminated transaction, involved a private investor in his search for a suitable up-leg purchase. He sold a property in June and now must redeploy the proceeds to defer capital gains taxes.
As we scoured the universe of available leased buildings, we settled on single tenant net leased industrial buildings ideally in Southern California. What we found in our search area were many sale-plus-leasebacks. After all, net leased real estate is created by one, an investor believing now is the time to sell, or two, an occupant who needs the equity from her owner-occupied facility. The latter was the genesis of our deal implosion.
Therefore, I thought it would be column-worthy to review the sale-leaseback and some things to consider when pursuing them. So here it goes.
I’ve advised a number of my clients recently to consider selling their commercial real estate and striking a three- to 10-year lease with the investor that buys it. A few have listened.
This structure, in our parlance, is known as a sale-leaseback. Different than a straight lease and not a short-term lease that accommodates a purchase, a sale-leaseback allows an owner-occupant the chance to sell at today’s high prices and remain in the building — albeit as a tenant — and avoid a move.
It’s a slick arrangement when the correct motivations are involved.
But let’s also discuss the downside of a sale-leaseback.
The message it sends: When a sale-leaseback is listed and marketed for sale, the buyer’s questions range from, “why is she selling?” to “is her company leaking at the gills and needs cash to survive?”
Generally, there is a story and it’s critical to understand the story: Why is the seller selling and how will the financials present? Our challenge recently was the creditworthiness of the occupant and the seas of red ink we were asked to navigate. In the end, we said “next” and moved on.
Rent: Value is determined by taking the rent a company is willing to pay and packaging that payment as a return on investment. Simply put, if the business pays $10,000 per month or $120,000 per year, and the return is 5%, the resulting value is $2.4 million. Easy, yes?
Now the fun begins. Where is $10,000 per month in relation to what other comparable buildings achieve in rent? It’s either above or below or at par. If it’s par or below, you’re golden. Above and you’re scrambling. You see, an investor looks at the worst-case scenario: If the occupant spits the hook after a year and can’t pay the rent — or worse files bankruptcy — then you’re stuck with a building you can’t rent for the same amount she was paying. Thus was our conclusion in the failed deal.
The operating company is strapped: One of the benefits of owner-occupied real estate is the flexibility when times get tough.
As an example, we own the office building we occupy. We’re the owner and the tenant. When our revenues dipped in 2009 and 2010, we simply reduced our monthly payments to ourselves. Once an arms-length investor enters the fray, you’re simply a tenant and the flexibility evaporates.
In our canceled scenario above, the rent was inflated in order to get the most dollars out of the sale. The problem was the rent was unsustainable.
The tax consequences: As we’ve discussed, selling appreciated commercial real estate comes with a heavy tax consequence, unless a tax-deferred exchange is employed. Yes, equity is fed but at a significant cost, in some cases up to 35%. You may be wondering why this matters. Unless the seller has carefully thought through these consequences, the deal can screech to a halt.
Fortunately, we still have the engagement and are proceeding to the second possibility. This time the seller is arms-length from the company. So we’ll see.
Allen C. Buchanan, SIOR, is a principal with Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate Services in Orange. He can be reached at abuchanan@lee-associates.com or 714.564.7104.
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Four turnovers and a blocked punt that was returned for a touchdown were too much for the Marshall Statesmen to overcome as the high-school football team lost to the host Washington-Liberty Generals, 27-7, Aug. 25 in the opening game of the season for each squad.
The Statesmen also had an 82-yard touchdown run by Nakia Wilson nullified because of a holding penalty.
Marshall trailed 14-0 in the second quarter.
The Statesmen’s touchdown came with 43 seconds left in the second quarter on a Jeff Ryder to Christos Proctor flanker screen pass. The score, cutting the lead to 14-7 after a Derek Lenert extra point, was set up by a fumbled snap on a W-L punt attempt, with the Statesmen taking over on the W-L 8-yard line.
Ryder enjoyed considerable success passing the ball, going 17 for 37 for 194 yards despite having receivers drop multiple passes. Samuel Morales had 12 catches for 155 yards, with Proctor having two for 16 and Wilson two for 11.
Wilson was held to just 22 yards rushing, with Ryder running for 18 yards and Owen Lebkisker gaining 14.
On defense for Marshall, Owen Buhrman batted down a pass and made multiple tackles.
* Among other high-school football season openers involving teams from the Sun Gazette’s coverage areas of Fairfax County, the Langley Saxons and Oakton Cougars were victorious the night of Aug. 26.
Langley downed the visiting and defending Liberty District champion Yorktown Patriots, 34-28, in a league game, and visiting Oakton blanked the Lewis Lancers, 39-0, in non-district play.
Also, the host Madison Warhawks lost their opener, 17-16, to the Stone Bridge Bulldogs on a 35-yard walk-off field goal, and the McLean Highlanders fell to the host West Potomac Wolverines, 47-13.
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BATTLEFIELD 35, POTOMAC 0: Jelon Johnson ran 25 times for 154 yards and one touchdown and Braden Boggs was 14 of 19 for 178 yards passing and two touchdowns as the host Bobcats claimed their season-opener with a non-district win Friday.
Boggs, Battlefield’s first-year starter at quarterback, also ran nine times for 33 yards and one touchdown.
Both of Boggs’ touchdown passes went to Braden Binkowski for 30 and 9 yards. Binkowski finished the game with a team-high seven receptions for 106 yards.
It’s easy to misjudge Ty Gordon.
Bryce Banning scored Battlefield’s first touchdown off a 75-yard kickoff return to start the game.
First-year kicker Maddux Tennant was 5 for 5 in extra-point attempts.
For the game, Battlefield totaled 365 yards of offense. The Bobcats led 21-0 at halftime.
Defensively, they recorded three interceptions (Damier Minkah, Caleb Woodson and Josh Lazor).
FREEDOM 62, BROOKE POINT 3: Jeffery Overton Jr. ran for 234 yards and three touchdowns on eight carries as the visiting Eagles won their season-opener Friday.
Tristan Evans added 132 rushing yards on six carries and one touchdown and Isaiah Perry 76 yards on four carries.
Evans, Freedom's first-year starting quarterback, was 11 of 19 passing for 131 yards, three touchdowns and two interceptions.
Aaron Duncan, JuJu Preston and Perry each caught a touchdown pass.
Defensively, Overton had one sack, five tackles and a 40-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown.
TJ Bush recorded three sacks and six tackles for loss. Devin Reeves led Freedom with eight tackles and Isaiah Harper had six tackles and one interception. Jewel Harris and EJ Reid each had an interception and Mark Errina had three tackles for loss and one forced fumble.
OTHER LOCAL SCORES
Colgan 42, Osbourn Park 14
Patriot 51, Hylton 6
Unity Reed 25, Westfield 14
South County 34, Woodbridge 13
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Colgan High School snapped its 17-game losing streak Friday with a 42-12 non-district win over host Osbourn Park.
The Sharks scored touchdowns in a variety of ways for first-year head coach Reggie Scott. Scott replaced Steve Baudindistel as Colgan’s head coach. Baudindistel stepped down at the end of last season. He was Colgan's first coach when the school opened in 2016.
Scott was Osbourn Park’s head coach last season. Colgan went 0-10 in 2021.
Abingdon 47, John Battle 6
Senior Devon Grant returned a punt for a touchdown, while junior Tyler Henry returned a kickoff for a 75-yard touchdown. For the game, Grant had five returns for 144 yards.
Seniors Thomas Pullen and Ryan Westhoff, who played at Osbourn Park last season, each ran for a touchdown. Pullen finished the game with six carries for 32 yards, while Westhoff totaled two carries for 17 yards. Westhoff was 4 of 17 passing for 60 yards and two touchdowns.
Defensively, senior linebacker Andrew Byrd totaled 13 tackles and returned a fumble recovery 43 yards for a touchdown. Senior linebacker Chris Stone added 16.5 tackles and junior linebacker Ethan Norah 11 tackles.
Senior kicker Nick Maloney was 6 for 6 in point-after attempts.
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Ford engineers in Europe are testing headlights able to project various shapes on the road as a way to reduce distraction.
Head-up displays already project vital information within the driver’s line of sight, so engineers tried to do the same with a vehicle’s headlights. Ford’s prototype system can cast light to denote directions, speed limits, or weather information onto the road ahead.
This can help drivers keep their eyes on the road instead of glancing at screens, Ford said, adding that even briefly looking away from the road at normal speeds means covering a significant distance blind.
Using headlights to project information rather than simply relying on a head-up display could also benefit other road users. A crosswalk could be projected onto the road visible to both the driver and pedestrians, or the headlights could show a safe path around cyclists, the automaker suggested.
The technology could also be used to warn drivers of snow, fog, or ice ahead, Ford said. The automaker also suggested it could connect the lights to the navigation system to show upcoming turns, like a more advanced version of the augmented reality navigation available in some Mercedes-Benz models, or project the width of the vehicle so drivers can judge whether they’ll fit through a gap or into a parking space.
Ford isn’t the first automaker to experiment with shape-projecting headlights. In 2018, Mercedes demonstrated something similar with the digital headlights in its Maybach S-Class luxury sedan. At the time, Mercedes said these programmable million-pixel lights could project pathways through construction or use arrows to highlight pedestrians, among other things.
The hardware needed to project shapes onto the road was only recently legalized in the U.S. A previous law dating to 1967 required headlights to have separate high-beam and low-beam elements, effectively banning setups like Mercedes’ digital headlights. Use of these headlights was formally approved earlier this year by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which was instructed to do so in the infrastructure law passed in late 2021.
Ford has not discussed plans to commercialize its own shape-projecting headlights for any market, but at least the door is now open to offer the technology for U.S. shoppers.
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Ford engineers in Europe are testing headlights able to project various shapes on the road as a way to reduce distraction.
Head-up displays already project vital information within the driver’s line of sight, so engineers tried to do the same with a vehicle’s headlights. Ford’s prototype system can cast light to denote directions, speed limits, or weather information onto the road ahead.
This can help drivers keep their eyes on the road instead of glancing at screens, Ford said, adding that even briefly looking away from the road at normal speeds means covering a significant distance blind.
Using headlights to project information rather than simply relying on a head-up display could also benefit other road users. A crosswalk could be projected onto the road visible to both the driver and pedestrians, or the headlights could show a safe path around cyclists, the automaker suggested.
The technology could also be used to warn drivers of snow, fog, or ice ahead, Ford said. The automaker also suggested it could connect the lights to the navigation system to show upcoming turns, like a more advanced version of the augmented reality navigation available in some Mercedes-Benz models, or project the width of the vehicle so drivers can judge whether they’ll fit through a gap or into a parking space.
Ford isn’t the first automaker to experiment with shape-projecting headlights. In 2018, Mercedes demonstrated something similar with the digital headlights in its Maybach S-Class luxury sedan. At the time, Mercedes said these programmable million-pixel lights could project pathways through construction or use arrows to highlight pedestrians, among other things.
The hardware needed to project shapes onto the road was only recently legalized in the U.S. A previous law dating to 1967 required headlights to have separate high-beam and low-beam elements, effectively banning setups like Mercedes’ digital headlights. Use of these headlights was formally approved earlier this year by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), which was instructed to do so in the infrastructure law passed in late 2021.
Ford has not discussed plans to commercialize its own shape-projecting headlights for any market, but at least the door is now open to offer the technology for U.S. shoppers.
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MALACKY, Slovakia (AP) — Poland and Czechia signed an agreement Saturday to protect Slovak airspace as Slovakia gives up its old Soviet-made MiG-29 jets.
The protection is to last until Slovakia receives new F-16s from the United States, something expected to happen in 2024.
The agreement was signed at a Slovak airbase by defense ministers Mariusz Blaszczak of Poland, Jana Cernochova of Czechia and Jaroslav Nad of Slovakia.
Slovakia has a fleet of 11 MiG-29 jets, and last month Nad said Slovakia may consider donating them to Ukraine under certain conditions.
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HOUSTON (AP) — The faded and weathered construction permits still taped to Houston resident Mal Moses’ front door are reminders of the difficulties he faced in trying to get his mold-infested walls and leaky roof repaired after Hurricane Harvey in 2017.
But living in his neighborhood of Trinity-Houston Gardens has always been hard, Moses said. His family endured racial slurs and harassment as some of the first Black residents to move in during the late 1960s. When white residents left, he said, it seemed resources such as consistent trash collection or a properly working drainage system fled as well.
So after Harvey, Moses, 65, expected to be denied government help. And he certainly wasn’t surprised by federal officials’ conclusion this year that the state had discriminated against minorities, particularly Black residents, in how it distributed flood relief money from the hurricane.
“It was just another example (of discrimination) for me. … I wasn’t shocked that it was being done because I experienced it firsthand growing up,” said Moses, who ultimately got help from local nonprofit West Street Recovery to repair his home.
Texas had faced a Friday deadline to enter into a voluntary agreement to address an investigation by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development that in March found the state had violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by causing there “to be disproportionately less funding available to benefit minority residents than was available to benefit white residents” in how it distributed more than $2 billion to fund flood mitigation projects after Harvey. That deadline passed without any resolution to the dispute.
The Texas General Land Office, or GLO, which is in charge of distributing the funding, says its actions were not unlawful. In a letter sent Thursday to HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott said he did not plan to force the GLO to enter into any agreement because HUD had not proven that the state agency had discriminated based on race or national origin.
“HUD should close this case without following through on the threats made in your letter, which would only slow funding for Texans who truly need disaster mitigation,” Abbott said.
HUD has threatened to refer the matter to the Justice Department for possible legal action.
“We are considering our options and have no further comment at this time,” HUD spokesman Michael Burns said in an email Friday.
The deadline passed amid the five-year anniversary of Harvey, which inundated the Houston area with torrential rain for days, flooding more than 150,000 homes and 300,000 vehicles. The storm, which first made landfall more than 200 miles (321 km) southwest of Houston near Corpus Christi on Aug. 25, 2017, killed 68 people and caused an estimated $125 billion in damage in Texas. Many residents still have not recovered.
In an April letter to HUD, the land office’s attorneys defended how the funds were awarded, saying of the 108 projects that received money, 59% served minority-majority populations and of the 1.5 million Texans benefiting from the projects, more than 1 million were Hispanic.
“HUD’s objections are politically motivated and are factually and legally baseless. GLO did not engage in discrimination,” the land office’s attorneys said.
Many Houston-area residents and officials were outraged when they learned the land office’s initial distribution of $1 billion didn’t include one cent for their hard-hit communities. Other cities with large minority populations also flooded by Harvey, including Beaumont, Corpus Christi and Port Arthur along the Texas Gulf Coast, also got no funding.
A Houston Chronicle investigation found the land office’s initial $1 billion distribution disproportionately flowed to inland counties with less damage than coastal communities that bore the brunt of Harvey.
Where the money was spent is “so clearly not where the harm was done and where the risk is for future disasters,” said Ben Martin, research director for Texas Housers, an Austin-based nonprofit that joined Houston group Northeast Action Collective in filing the initial complaint with HUD.
After bipartisan criticism of the lack of funding for the Houston area, the land office awarded $750 million to Harris County, home to the nation’s fourth-largest city, but still nothing for Houston.
Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner on Wednesday urged HUD to enforce its ruling against the state, saying the federal agency’s integrity “is on the line.”
Moses, who is part of the Northeast Action Collective, said that after Harvey, he had to live in his home, full of mold and dust, while it was repaired and as he underwent treatment for lung cancer. During the two-year repair process, his mother, who shared the house with him and adored it, had to live elsewhere.
She died four days after she was finally able to return in 2020.
While his house is in fairly good shape now, Moses said many of his neighbors are still struggling to fully restore their homes or recover financially from repairs they paid for themselves. They also worry if enough has been done to protect them from the next storm.
“I’m just holding on, holding on … and I’m hoping that the (federal) government steps in … and makes sure the money gets appropriated correctly,” Moses said.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two decades after her release from prison, Teresa Beatty feels she is still being punished.
When her mother died two years ago, the state of Connecticut put a lien on the Stamford home she and her siblings inherited. It said she owed $83,762 to cover the cost of her 2 1/2 year imprisonment for drug crimes.
Now, she’s afraid she’ll have to sell her home of 51 years, where she lives with two adult children, a grandchild and her disabled brother.
“I’m about to be homeless,” said Beatty, 58, who in March became the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the state law that charges prisoners $249 a day for the cost of their incarceration. “I just don’t think it’s right, because I feel I already paid my debt to society. I just don’t think it’s fair for me to be paying twice.”
All but two states have so-called “pay-to-stay” laws that make prisoners pay for their time behind bars, though not every state actually pursues people for the money. Supporters say the collections are a legitimate way for states to recoup millions of taxpayer dollars spent on prisons and jails.
Critics say it’s an unfair second penalty that hinders rehabilitation by putting former inmates in debt for life. Efforts have been underway in some places to scale back or eliminate such policies.
Two states — Illinois and New Hampshire — have repealed their laws since 2019.
Connecticut also overhauled its statute this year, keeping it in place only for the most serious crimes, such as murder, and exempting prisoners from having to pay the first $50,000 of their incarceration costs.
Under the revised law, about 98% of Connecticut inmates no longer have to pay any of the costs of their incarceration after they get out, said state Rep. Steve Stafstrom, a Bridgeport Democrat and a sponsor of the repeal legislation.
The state retained its ability, though, to collect some prison debts already on the books before the law changed. It’s unclear whether the change in the law, made after Beatty sued, will be enough to keep her in her home. That will be decided in court.
Her lawyers have asked a federal judge to block the state from enforcing the law against anyone, saying it remains unfair even after the amendments.
Beatty acknowledges she was guilty of selling and possessing drugs, but said nobody told her when she went to jail that every day behind bars would cost her more than a night at a fine hotel.
“It just drags you back to despair,” said Beatty, who has had other brushes with the law over drug possession since her release from jail, but has also become a certified nursing assistant. “That’s where I feel like I’m at. I feel like no hope. Where do I go? All of this work and it feels like I’ve done it in vain.”
Pay-to-stay laws were put into place in many areas during the tough-on-crime era of the 1980s and ’90s, said Brittany Friedman, an assistant professor of sociology at University of Southern California who is leading a study of the practice.
As prison populations ballooned, Friedman said, policymakers questioned how to pay for incarceration costs. “So, instead of raising taxes, the solution was to shift the cost burden from the state and the taxpayers onto the incarcerated.”
Laws vary from state to state. Many, like Connecticut, only go after inmates for the cost of incarceration if they come into money after leaving prison. A few, such as North Carolina, have laws on the books but almost never use them, Friedman said.
Connecticut’s partial repeal went into effect July 1. The state is projected to collect about $5.5 million less per year from ex-prisoners because of the change.
State Sen. John Kissel, the top Republican on the legislature’s Judiciary Committee, said he opposed the repeal passed by the Democratic majority, but might support reforms like allowing inmates to pay off debt in installments.
Kissel said that while Beatty’s situation tugs at one’s heartstrings, “Everybody has issues.”
“The policy is to make one appreciate that your incarceration costs money,” he said. “The taxpayers footed the bill. They didn’t do anything wrong. And knowing that one has to pay the state back a reasonable sum on a regular basis is not a bad policy.”
Connecticut used to collect prison debt by attaching an automatic lien to every inmate, claiming half of any financial windfall they might receive for up to 20 years after they are released from prison, said Dan Barrett, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut. That included things like insurance settlements, inheritances and lottery winnings.
The state even collected money awarded to inmates in lawsuits over alleged abuse by prison guards.
Former Connecticut inmate Fred Hodges, who served more than 17 years in prison for killing a man while trying to retrieve his son’s stolen bicycle, came into $21,000 after his car was totaled in a 2009 traffic accident. The state claimed half of that, he said. After paying his lawyer, he was left with about $3,000.
“I have seven grandchildren and the money could have helped them. It could have helped me,” said Hodges, who works for a nonprofit that helps other inmates reenter society. “You’d be surprised at the effect it can have on you psychologically when they tell you you owe them $249 a day. I was locked up for 17 1/2 years. At $249 a day, how are you going to come up out of that?”
Beatty’s lawsuit, which is seeking class-action status, argues that the pay-to-stay seizures violate the excessive fines clause of the Constitution.
Da’ee McKnight, who works with Hodges as a coordinator for an organization called Family ReEntry, said the state took an insurance settlement from him, even though he served most of his sentence before the law was on the books.
“Here, I’m being penalized for something that I was not even made aware of at the time I was sentenced, because it did not even exist,” he said.
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Associated Press writer Dave Collins contributed to this report. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-at-249-per-day-prison-stays-leave-ex-inmates-deep-in-debt/ | 2022-08-27T15:13:39Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-at-249-per-day-prison-stays-leave-ex-inmates-deep-in-debt/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ISLAMABAD (AP) — Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains across much of Pakistan have killed nearly 1,000 people and injured and displaced thousands more since mid-June, officials said Saturday.
The new death toll came a day after Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif asked for international help in battling deadly flood damage in the impoverished Islamic nation.
The monsoon season, which began earlier than normal this year, has lashed Pakistan with particularly heavy rains and rescuers have struggled to evacuate thousands of marooned people from flood-hit areas. The crisis forced the government to declare a state of emergency.
In northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, flooding destroyed the gates of a major water control system at the Swat River, leading to flooding in the districts of Charsadda and Nowshera, said Sania Safi, a top administrator in Charsadda.
“We preempted the situation and warned and forced hesitating residents to leave their homes for safety and move to relief camps established at government buildings in safe places,” she said.
Safi said there was concern of further rising of the Swat and Kabul rivers, adding to the misery of residents who have already suffered the loss of lives and property.
In Nowshera district, local administrator Quratul Ain Wazir said flood waters submerged streets before the gushing waters headed toward low-lying areas.
“Our administration has evacuated many people and taken others to relief camps where government provided beds and food in safe buildings,” she said. … “We will use police to force those hesitant to leave their homes.”
Khushal Wahab, who lives in a neighborhood in Nowshera submerged in water, said residents recalled catastrophic flooding that took place 2010 and many evacuated fearing similar danger. “People are scared,” he said.
Information Minister Maryam Aurangzeb said soldiers and rescue organizations were helping people to reach safety in many districts of southern Sindh, northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, eastern Punjab and southwestern Baluchistan provinces.
“Government has sanctioned sufficient funds to financially compensate the affected people and we will not leave our people alone in this tough time,” she said.
Aurangzeb asked wealthy people and relief organizations to come forward with aid to help flood-affected Pakistanis.
In response to Sharif’s appeal for international aid, the United Nations planned a $160 million flash appeal for donations, according to Foreign Ministry spokesman Asim Iftikhar. He said in his weekly briefing Friday that the appeal will be launched Aug. 30.
The picturesque Kalam Valley in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province is one of the areas most affected by the rains and flooding. Waters from overflowing rivers swept away entire buildings, including an iconic hotel.
“The situation is pretty serious as we don’t have any road link left with the rest of the province, we don’t have electricity, gas and communications network and no relief is reaching here,” said Muzaffar Khan, whose grocery store was swept away along with many other shops.
Thousands whose homes were swept away now live in tents, miles away from their inundated villages and towns, after being rescued by soldiers, local disaster workers and volunteers, authorities said.
In Baluchistan, Asadullah Nasir, a spokesperson at the provincial disaster management authority, said all 34 districts of the impoverished province were badly affected by heavy rain and flooding. He said road networks were destroyed and bridges washed away and relief was only possible by deploying helicopters, which are not often able to operate because of bad weather. He said provincial officials have confirmed 235 deaths but the number was expected to increase significantly after communications are restored.
In eastern Punjab province, the Rajan Pur district appeared to be the hardest hit along with the district of Dera Ghazi Khan. Thousands of mud and brick houses were inundated by water, most of them completely demolished or at least partly destroyed.
Residents made homeless by the flood took shelter on higher ground, where they waited for relief goods and other help.
Rahim Hasan, 52, said he lost his home and two children — a daughter and a son ages 14 and 16, respectively.
“I have nothing left in life, my home was destroyed and my children swept away by gushing water and now we are lying helpless on this road under open sky where soldiers are feeding us,” he said.
The National Disaster Management Authority in its latest overnight report said 45 people were killed in flood-related incidents from Friday to Saturday. That brought the death toll since mid-June to 982 with 1,456 injured.
Monsoon rains were expected to continue this week, mainly in the south and southwest. The season usually runs from July to mid September in Pakistan.
Heavy rains and subsequent flash floods have damaged bridges and road networks across Pakistan, disrupting the supply of fruit and vegetables to markets and causing a hike in prices.
Much of neighboring Afghanistan was also hit by heavy rain and flooding. Mohammad Nasim Haqqani, spokesman for the country’s National Disaster Management Ministry, said at least seven people were killed in eastern Nangarhar province over a 24-hour period, and more than 600 others were rescued by Defense Ministry helicopters. The seven in addition to 182 fatalities announced dead earlier in the week.
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Associated Press reporters Riaz Khan in Peshawar, Abdul Sattar in Quetta and Asim Tanveer in Multan, Pakistan and Rahim Faiez in Islamabad contributed to this report. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-deaths-from-flooding-in-monsoon-drenched-pakistan-near-1000/ | 2022-08-27T15:13:53Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-deaths-from-flooding-in-monsoon-drenched-pakistan-near-1000/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
RAYONG, Thailand (AP) — The Irrawaddy dolphin calf — sick and too weak to swim — was drowning in a tidal pool on Thailand’s shore when fishermen found him.
The fishermen quickly alerted marine conservationists, who advised them how to provide emergency care until a rescue team could transport the baby to Thailand’s Marine and Coastal Resources Research and Development Center for veterinary attention.
The baby was nicknamed Paradon, roughly translated as “brotherly burden,” because those involved knew from day one that saving his life would be no easy task.
Irrawaddy dolphins, considered a vulnerable species by International Union for Conservation of Nature, are found in the shallow coastal waters of South and Southeast Asia and in three rivers in Myanmar, Cambodia and Indonesia. Their survival is threatened by habitat loss, pollution and illegal fishing.
Officials from the marine research center believe around 400 Irrawaddy dolphins remain along the country’s eastern coast, bordering Cambodia.
Since Paradon was found by the fishermen July 22, dozens of veterinarians and volunteers have helped care for him at the center in Rayong on the Gulf of Thailand.
“We said among ourselves that the chance of him surviving was quite low, judging from his condition,” Thanaphan Chomchuen, a veterinarian at the center, said Friday. “Normally, dolphins found stranded on the shore are usually in such a terrible condition. The chances that these dolphins would survive are normally very, very slim. But we gave him our best try on that day.”
Workers placed him in a seawater pool, treated the lung infection that made him so sick and weak, and enlisted volunteers to watch him round the clock. They have to hold him up in his tank to prevent him from drowning and feed him milk, initially done by tube, and later by bottle when he had recovered a bit of strength.
A staff veterinarian and one or two volunteers stay for each eight-hour shift, and other workers during the day handle the water pump and filter and making milk for the calf.
After a month, Paradon’s condition is improving. The calf believed to be between 4 and 6 months old can swim now and has no signs of infection. But the dolphin that was 138 centimeters long (4.5 feet) and around 27 kilograms (59 pounds) on July 22 is still weak and doesn’t take enough milk despite the team’s efforts to feed him every 20 minutes or so.
Thippunyar Thipjuntar, a 32-year-old financial adviser, is one of the many volunteers who come for a babysitting shift with Paradon.
Thippunya said with Paradon’s round baby face and curved mouth that looks like a smile, she couldn’t help but grow attached to him and be concerned about his development.
“He does not eat enough but rather just wants to play. I am worried that he does not receive enough nutrition,” she told The Associated Press on Friday as she fed the sleepy Paradon, cradled in her arm. “When you invest your time, physical effort, mental attention, and money to come here to be a volunteer, of course you wish that he would grow strong and survive.”
Sumana Kajonwattanakul, director of the marine center, said Paradon will need long-term care, perhaps as much as a year, until he is weaned from milk and is able to hunt for his own food.
“If we just release him when he gets better, the problem is that he he won’t be able to have milk. We will have to take care of him until he has his teeth, then we must train him to eat fish, and be part of a pod. This will take quite some time,” Sumana said.
Paradon’s caregivers believe the extended tender loving care is worth it.
“If we can save one dolphin, this will help our knowledge, as there have not been many successful cases in treating this type of animal,” said veterinarian Thanaphan. “If we can save him and he survives, we will have learned so much from this.”
“Secondly, I think by saving him, giving him a chance to live, we also raise awareness about the conservation of this species of animal, which are rare, with not many left.” | https://www.wwlp.com/science/ap-science/ap-sick-dolphin-calf-improves-with-tube-fed-milk-helping-hands/ | 2022-08-27T15:14:37Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/science/ap-science/ap-sick-dolphin-calf-improves-with-tube-fed-milk-helping-hands/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kent has been ranked the 13th most expensive place for a holiday cottage rental in England by Which? but it is cheaper than Hampshire, Gloucestershire and Berkshire. The ratings have been released with the consumer champion's annual holiday cottage survey.
The average price of a mid-sized cottage for a week in August in Kent is £1,067. Kent was more expensive than Sussex, Norfolk and Yorkshire among others. This year, Which? piloted a new method for ranking places, which are mostly counties.
It gathered the prices and availability of more than 17,000 cottages from three major providers for a peak week, August 17 to 30, every week for 12 weeks from April. The Which? study found more than 11,000 cottage holidays still available in England in August, with ‘staycation fatigue’ contributing to average price drops of around 11 per cent, compared to bookings made in April.
Read more:Why this town in Kent is the almost perfect place for a mini-break
Guy Hobb, editor of Which? Travel, said: “The UK has a wealth of unique properties on offer for a memorable stay and our research shows that thousands of properties have come down in price over the course of the year as people opted to brave the travel chaos and head for sunnier climes.
“Readers told us they value the personal touches, hand-picked properties and excellent customer service you get from smaller companies, which triumphed over the household names." For those still looking to bag a bargain break, analysis by Which? said it "really is all about location, location, location" with further savings on offer depending on region.
The survey found Cornwall and Shropshire had the most properties still available. Those wanting a walking break, going on holiday in the Peaks could save as much as £354 a week compared with a stay in the Lake District, with the average cottage rental at £829.
The Lake District was the fastest selling region in England this year, with prices to match: on average a week’s stay in a cottage would cost around £1,183. Cornwall tops the charts for most expensive rental region, with average prices of £1,401.
While swapping a Cornish holiday for a trip to Devon could save around £118 a week, with an average cost of £1,283. Holidaymakers seeking a coastal retreat might want to consider Northumberland, with the region offering unspoilt beaches and fewer crowds than resorts in the South West, plus accommodation at an average week’s stay coming in at around £872.
The Which? England price ranking of the average price of a mid-sized cottage for a week in August.
Cornwall £1,401
Greater London £1,396
Isle of Wight £1,362
Devon £1,283
Hampshire £1,280
Oxfordshire £1,279
Dorset £1,264
Lake District £1,183
Surrey and Berkshire £1,151
Cotswolds £1,136
Beds, Bucks, Herts £1,112
Gloucestershire £1,090
Kent £1,067
Sussex £1,060
Somerset £1,016
Suffolk £1,014
Cheshire £977
Norfolk £972
Northumberland £972
Essex £947
Worcestershire £936
Wiltshire £918
Derbyshire £906
Midlands £901
Shropshire £899
Yorkshire £894
Cumbria £894
Lancashire £877
Herefordshire £875
Cambridgeshire £872
County Durham/Tyne and Wear £864
Lincolnshire £848
Peak District £829
Staffordshire £811
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Monroe Schools: Summer Semester a spectacular success
Special to The Monroe News
Monroe Public Schools reported the largest and most successful summer program in the district’s history.
Officials with the district reported that more than 1,400 students participated in the 2022 MPS Spectacular Summer Semester.
The summer learning program utilized a fun and engaging camp format, supporters said. The camps helped students develop skills in literacy, math and other core academic areas while focusing on activities that match student interests.
In addition to an extensive array of camps held onsite at school buildings, MPS partnered with the Knabusch Math and Science Center and the River Raisin Centre of the Arts for activities held there.
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Top Notch Jason Hotch wins inaugural Insane Rumble
Pro wrestling fans were insane at Insane Wrestling Revolution's IWR 14 - The Insane Rumble.
Hundreds of IWR fans witnessed the Inaugural Insane Rumble at the Robert A. Hutchinson FOP Lodge in Monroe, which ended with IWR and Impact Wrestling Superstar, Top Notch Jason Hotch, outlasting 20 other IWR superstars to emerge victorious and earn a shot at any IWR title of his choosing.
Hotch chose to call out the undefeated IWR United States Champion, Trey Miguel, challenging him to a rematch for his title.
Other winners at IWR 14 include The Perminator Sam Beale w/ Ox over The Rodragous Rod Lee; The Bachelor Ben Boone and his tag team partner, The Amazing N8 Mattson, defeating The Drag Tag; and The Process MM3 winning a hard-fought match over Ace Evans.
During the first intermission, IWR fans gave a less-than-warm welcome to The Ohio State University collegiate wrestler and new IWR superstar, Buckeye Sam, in an exhibition match. On the main card, IWR World Heavyweight Champion Dread King Logan and IWR superstar Shogun Jackson Stone fought with ladders, garbage cans, steel chairs and the cinder block walls of the House of Insanity until Dread King Logan got the pin to retain his title.
Death Threat Army finally defeated their nemesis and IWR Tag Team Champions, The GameChangers, to become the new tag team title holders, and IWR United States Champion Trey Miguel was taken to the wire by IWR newcomer Damien Chambers but still managed to retain his title in a hard-fought victory.
Miguel and Hotch will square off on October 27 during IWR 15 - Insane Halloween Havoc. Tickets are available now online at www.purplepass.com/IWR15. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/27/top-notch-jason-hotch-wins-inaugural-insane-rumble/65458050007/ | 2022-08-27T15:23:07Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/27/top-notch-jason-hotch-wins-inaugural-insane-rumble/65458050007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The sumac is turning red. Have you noticed? Maples are starting to change color. The air has changed. Can you feel it? Even the hot days feel different somehow. Maybe it’s because the nights are cooler, maybe it’s something else. I don’t know how to describe the change, but it’s beginning to feel like fall.
Today as I was shopping, I realized how impending fall is. A plethora of fall decorations festooned the store shelves. I even purchased some fall ribbon to tie to my corn shock when the time comes … and it’s coming soon. My daughter’s pumpkins are huge and yellow. She explained they are about to transform to a beautiful orange color. Fall is rapidly approaching.
Then there is the shift of activities: School supplies are rapidly disappearing from the store shelves. Friends are taking their grandkids shopping. My grandkids who don’t live in Minnesota have started school. Although summer technically holds on until Sept. 22, here in Minnesota, fall is well underway by that time. Typically, we associate fall with the beginning of the new school year. But even now we can feel it in the air. Or at least we think we can.
Soon we will have Labor Day, the holiday honoring the hard-fought battle in the United States for the fair labor practices we take for granted today. But for me growing up, Labor Day meant getting the work done because “school starts tomorrow!” No matter how I presented my case that Labor Day was a holiday and we shouldn’t have to do housework, mom never agreed. Finally, I grew up enough to understand that there was no use debating the situation. There was work to be done.
Prior to Labor Day, however, we went clothes shopping. It most likely happened after the last payday in August. As a young child I remember going to Montgomery Wards, a store on the east end of Lincoln Avenue. My brother and I would both get two or three new outfits, since everything from last year was too small. We also got new underwear, socks/anklets and shoes. The first pair of school shoes I remember were black oxfords with a small black patent leather decoration on the sides. It was necessary to learn how to tie those shoes before school started! A few years later I was the proud owner of a pair of black and white saddle shoes! Little girls of the early 60’s wore mostly cotton dresses with full gathered skirts. I have first grade pictures of wearing a tan and white plaid dress with a white collar and a little black bow. I think our school must have been progressive because I had two pairs of corduroy slacks: red and black. We didn’t have to wait for winter to wear them.
One year I remember going to Anoka to visit our cousins. From there mom and dad took us to Minneapolis to shop for school. Now that was a big event! I was pretty proud of my big city purchases. The list of clothes changed very little; it was still pants, skirts, shirts, shoes and of course new underwear.
The other thing I remember about school starting is that once I learned to sew my own clothes, I always made a new dress. When other kids were out shopping for clothes, I was sewing up a storm. Patterns, fabric, sewing machine and the ironing board took up residence in one end of the living room as I designed and made the perfect outfit for that first day. Well, maybe not so perfect. One year I showed up with a navy-blue jumper and red blouse. A friend from my 4-H group who was a year younger turned up on that day with the same jumper of the same fabric that she had also made! What are the odds of that happening? It took all the fun out of that outfit.
In ninth grade, I worked diligently to create a special dress for the first day in the new school. It was a simple short shift style dress with long sleeves. That fall the temperatures were unusually hot, but no worries, the new school was air-conditioned, hence the long sleeves. We arrived all dressed up to celebrate attending classes in a brand-new school. Unfortunately, we found that many classrooms did not have enough chairs, or no chairs at all. Add to that the fact that the air conditioning was not yet working. Needless to say, my ensemble was less than perfect. Long story short, I found myself sitting on the floor in a short, long-sleeved dress in a very hot and stuffy classroom. Mortified, I don’t remember if I ever wore the dress to school again!
These memories return each year as school is preparing to start and families begin to prepare for school to start. It’s a busy time. From mid-August until the day after Labor Day, families find themselves up to their eyeballs in preparations for school, new schedules and new routines. Making one’s clothing is an activity of the past, but there is a new list of things to attend to. It’s an exciting time, a time treasure. For those of us who no longer have children at home, a time to take a backward glance at our experiences of the coming of fall and those first days of school. | https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/opinion/fall-is-in-the-air-can-you-feel-it/article_51084e9c-2499-11ed-8172-5b279f531883.html | 2022-08-27T15:32:15Z | fergusfallsjournal.com | control | https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/opinion/fall-is-in-the-air-can-you-feel-it/article_51084e9c-2499-11ed-8172-5b279f531883.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
As I write this column, on Tuesday, Aug. 23, we look forward to making our way to the state fairgrounds on Saturday, Aug. 27. Our last state fair was in the pre-covid year of 2019.
This is the time of year when youth 4-H members from Otter Tail County take their exhibits to the state fair in St. Paul. For many 4-H members, they follow in the footsteps of their parents and grandparents who also participated at what’s known as “The Great Minnesota Get Together.”
For livestock exhibitors, entering an animal in the state fair takes a lot of planning. Where to eat and sleep is a big priority. In previous years bunks were provided in animal barns, the 4-H building and various on-site campgrounds near Snelling Avenue in St. Paul.
For young people in Otter Tail County and across Minnesota, one of the first experiences with the Minnesota State Fair is through 4-H. Over the years many adults, in addition to the youths, also arrived at the state fair for their first time as 4-H volunteers or chaperones.
4-H stands for Head, Heart, Hands and Health.
The program is a community of young people from Otter Tail County and Minnesota’s other counties who learn leadership, citizenship and life skills. This phrase is a product of the 4-H program itself, developed by youth members’ opinions of what 4-H means to them.
The presence of 4-H members allows older people the opportunity to recall their own experiences at state fairs past. Youth participation also helps to forge a new bond between the young and the old that often does not exist the rest of the year.
Many young people who participated in state fairs were far removed from the rural farm setting of the traditional fairgoers. Encouraged by their parents’ fond memories, young people living in towns such as Fergus Falls, Underwood and Ashby also joined 4-H and participated with classmates who lived on farms.
Newspaper museum attracts fairgoers
This is the ninth year of the Minnesota Newspaper Museum hosting visitors at the state fair in its new home. The museum is now located adjacent to the 4-H building in the northeast section of the fairgrounds.
From 1987 to 2013 the newspaper museum was located at Heritage Square, just north of the midway. That area is now used by the state fair’s West End Market.
This year, as in previous years, the newspaper museum is expected to attract thousands of visitors. Guests are able to see old-time newspaper veterans operate 1930s letterpress equipment.
Kids visiting the newspaper museum at the state fair this year with their parents will marvel at how the letterpress method in prior decades compares to the computerized world they live in, today.
Children and adults alike will leave the newspaper museum with mementos such as newspaper hats, souvenir newspapers printed during the state fair with use of linotypes, drawings of old newspaper equipment, bookmarks and memo pads.
The editor’s office is a main attraction at the Minnesota Newspaper Museum adjacent to the 4-H building.
Letterpress printing is experiencing a huge resurgence in popularity, according to newspaper museum volunteers. Fairgoers are encouraged to come and see how type is set for newspapers.
“We offer insight into the importance of Minnesota community newspapers,” says Chad Koenen, president of the Minnesota Newspaper Association and publisher of newspapers in Henning, New York Mills and Frazee-Vergas.
“The newspaper museum also provides insight about the impact that newspapers have on their communities, along with highlighting the importance of freedom of the press.”
The newspaper museum at the state fair is open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day of the state fair. | https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/opinion/heading-back-to-the-state-fair/article_7e60cc1c-2493-11ed-b4c9-7b955d7d2f8a.html | 2022-08-27T15:32:21Z | fergusfallsjournal.com | control | https://www.fergusfallsjournal.com/opinion/heading-back-to-the-state-fair/article_7e60cc1c-2493-11ed-b4c9-7b955d7d2f8a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Recently Wallethub.com released a report detailing the most equitable school districts across the nation. According to the report Minnesota has the eighth most equitable school districts in the U.S. overall and that is good news. However, some districts within the state are fairer than others. To find out where school funding is distributed most equitably, WalletHub scored 329 districts in Minnesota based on two metrics: average household income and expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools per pupil and here is what it revealed.
The most equitable school district in the state is Cannon Falls and the least equitable is Nett Lake. In looking over the full report to see how schools in our area scored it shows Rothsay is the second most equitable followed by Alexandria 76th, Frazee-Vergas 92nd, Underwood 94th, Battle Lake 138th, Pelican Rapids 157th, Detroit Lakes 162nd, Perham 174th, Breckenridge 237th and New York Mills 282nd. I know by now you are wondering where Fergus Falls is on this list and it was a surprise to me to find it at number 310. That is out of 329 total school districts in the state.
For some reason our local school district is one of the least equitable in the state. What does this mean for the students in Fergus Falls? It means that funding at the school is not spent equally based on the metrics used for the report. Again, there are two metrics they looked at, average household income and expenditures for public schools per pupil. For comparison I think we can compare Fergus Falls to Alexandria in terms of size etc. Alexandria came in at 76th which is a pretty good ranking. Why is Fergus Falls coming in so high and how can we improve this ranking? Why are some schools more equitable than others? These are good questions and I am sure they are not easily answered.
The data used by Wallethub to create the rankings were collected from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Education Statistics.
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SATURDAY FORECAST: Partly cloudy with scattered afternoon thunderstorms
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Saturday: Winds SW 5-10 kts. Seas 2-3 feet.
Sunday: Winds E 5-10 kts. Seas 2 feet.
DELAWARE BAY
Saturday: Winds NW 5 kts. Seas 2 feet.
Sunday: Winds E 5-10 kts. Seas 2 feet.
CHESAPEAKE BAY
Saturday: Winds NW 5-10 kts. Seas 2 feet.
Sunday: Winds E 5-10 kts. Seas 1-2 feet. | https://www.wboc.com/weather/marine-forecast-for-august-27-2022/article_a39c0914-260b-11ed-988d-db5141bd92b2.html | 2022-08-27T15:32:43Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/weather/marine-forecast-for-august-27-2022/article_a39c0914-260b-11ed-988d-db5141bd92b2.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(The Hill) – Since the first photos debuted from NASA’s new James Webb in July, a steady stream of breathtaking images have been released by the groundbreaking telescope.
The $10 billion James Webb telescope, which replaced the aging Hubble telescope and launched into space in December 2021, has captured distant galaxies, blazing stars light years away and a new image of Jupiter.
Here are five of the most stunning photos taken by James Webb to date.
Southern Ring Nebula
One of the most widely circulated across the web is of the Southern Ring Nebula, which was among the first Webb photos released on July 12.
Webb captured the remains of a white dwarf — the remnant of a star that has burned up all its nuclear fuel and expelled its outer shell into a planetary nebula.
The telescope collected the images in infrared light. Compared to Hubble, the James Webb telescope can capture space in the infrared with much more power, “providing never-before-seen vistas of the universe,” NASA officials wrote on the agency’s website.
NASA released an image of the Southern Ring Nebula in near-infrared light (NIRcam) and mid-infrared (MIRcam), with the former closer to a visible wavelength the normal human eye can see, making its images more colorful and high-resolution.
The MIRcam, however, can pick up objects in more detail. For example, the mid-infrared image of Southern Ring Nebula shows a clearer image of a bright star, gleaming in the background just beyond the white dwarf.
Cosmic Cliffs
Another popular image is the Cosmic Cliffs, the edge of a forming star region that NASA compared to “craggy mountains on a moonlit evening.”
The young, star-forming region called NGC 3324 is more than 7,000 light years away in the Carina Nebula. NASA’s photos of this spot in the universe reveal a massive, gaseous cavity on the edge of NGC 3324 in a collage of orange and blue.
“The cavernous area has been carved from the nebula by the intense ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds from extremely massive, hot, young stars located in the center of the bubble,” officials wrote on the website.
In NIRcam, viewers can see hundreds of stars hidden from the normal human eye, as well as numerous galaxies shimmering in the background.
NGC 3324 was first recorded by astronomer James Dunlop in 1826.
Cartwheel Galaxy
This Aug. 2 photo of the Cartwheel Galaxy bears similarity to a bright red, galactic ferris wheel in space.
The Cartwheel Galaxy formed about 400 million years ago, the result of high-speed collisions. Webb captured it forming in a “transitory phase,” because images of the universe light-years away are peering into the past, due to the time it takes to reach and record them.
This spiral galaxy is composed of two rings, a brighter inner ring and a colorful outer ring, according to NASA. Inside the cartwheel are spokes, or bright red streaks created by glowing, hydrocarbon-rich dust.
Jupiter
Webb’s newest image released this week is a gorgeous image of Earth’s neighbor in the solar system.
A composite of three filters, the image of Jupiter reveals “hazes swirling around the northern and southern poles” of the gaseous planetary giant.
It also highlights the Great Red Spot, a storm so large that it that would swallow Earth, in a large white band around the gas giant.
Imke de Pater, a professor emerita of the University of California, Berkeley, who co-led the observations of Jupiter, said the team was surprised by the details of the planet.
“We hadn’t expected it to be this good,” Pater said in a statement on NASA’s blog. “It’s really remarkable that we can see details on Jupiter together with its rings, tiny satellites, and even galaxies in one image.”
Galaxy cluster SMACS 0723
While appearing a bit cluttered, this image is stunning because it shows thousands of galaxies in a distant cluster known as SMACS 0723.
This image, among the first photos released by Webb on July 12, is the first deep-field image from the telescope.
In the center of the image is a bright, white elliptical galaxy that outshines the rest, stretching its pointed arms in five directions. Surrounding it are galaxies of all shapes and sizes, flooding the image and demonstrating just how massive the universe is.
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(The Hill) – T-Mobile will partner with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and use the company’s Starlink satellites to provide mobile networks for cellphone users in remote areas, both companies announced at an event Thursday.
At SpaceX’s Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Musk and T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert said the rollout would have a huge impact on enhancing cellphone service in rural, hard-to-reach areas.
Before they spoke, the company executives previewed a video featuring mobile phone users who voiced concerns about the lack of cellphone reception in rural, remote regions of the U.S. Some explained how their lives could be endangered in the event an accident occurs and they are unable to call for help.
Sievert said expanding network coverage into those remote areas is “important for safety, important for connectivity” and “important for all of us.”
“We have all — every single one of us — driven down that windy, country road through the hills and dales, beyond the reach of any cellular network,” the T-Mobile CEO said. “This partnership is about imagining a different future … where if you have a clear view of the sky, you are connected on your mobile phone.”
T-Mobile will enter a beta phase in late 2023 with Starlink strictly for messaging and texting apps, but the effort will eventually phase into more cellular services. T-Mobile also announced its intention to spread the service to rural areas across the globe.
Musk’s Starlink satellites are designed to connect high-speed internet to rural areas. The company has around 2,000 satellites currently in orbit above Earth.
Providers like T-Mobile generally use cell towers to provide network service to cellphones, so the technology of linking satellites for mobile network coverage is entirely new.
On Thursday, Musk said T-Mobile’s network coverage will be powered by a second-generation Starlink satellite with large, “extremely advanced” antennas. The satellites will only connect to cellphones when they enter a dead zone not covered by a cell tower.
T-Mobile, which recently acquired Sprint and is the second-largest carrier in the U.S., said the satellite service will be included for free in most plans provided by the company.
Musk said the goal of both companies was to save lives and ensure there are “no more dead zones” across the world.
“I hope the public understands the magnitude of the announcement,” the SpaceX CEO said. “This is a really massive game changer.” | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/t-mobile-partners-with-spacex-to-use-starlink-satellites-for-mobile-network-access/ | 2022-08-27T15:42:16Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/t-mobile-partners-with-spacex-to-use-starlink-satellites-for-mobile-network-access/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(NEXSTAR) – Is your state among those with the most “credible” bigfoot sightings in the nation?
Yes, we know how that sounds. But bear with us.
Bigfoot, a furry two-legged beast long purported to roam the woods of North America, is largely believed to be a mythological creature, with sightings widely attributed to confusion or outright hoaxes. But there’s a pretty big community of believers who claim they’ve seen one, or are otherwise convinced of its existence despite a lack of conclusive evidence.
The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, founded by Matt Moneymaker in the mid-1990s, includes 500 people who review reported sasquatch sightings throughout North America. Moneymaker said the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO) has received nearly 75,000 reports of bigfoot sightings over the years, but only considers between 5,000 and 6,000 of those to be “credible.”
“A lot is based on the strength of the actual sighting,” said Moneymaker, who also hosted “Finding Bigfoot” on Animal Planet. He explained that the BFRO’s investigators favor reports from adult eyewitnesses and even folks who were skeptical of sasquatches before their sighting — rather than, say, an amateur bigfoot hunter who goes out with the intention of spotting one.
The BFRO also doesn’t consider secondhand accounts (like those presented on podcasts) in their official count. BFRO investigators must speak with an eyewitness before they can determine whether a reported sighting makes the list.
That said, the BRFO has recorded roughly 5,500 “credible” reports since the mid-90s, with sightings in every U.S. state aside from Hawaii.
Of course, some places are more “squatchy” than others. These are the states with the most sightings since the BFRO’s inception, according to the organization:
- Washington: 708
- California: 459
- Florida: 337
- Ohio: 318
- Illinois: 302
- Oregon: 257
- Texas: 253
- Michigan: 225
- Missouri: 166
- Georgia: 139
Certain other states, meanwhile, have had drastically fewer sightings. The states with the least, according to the BFRO, include Hawaii (0), Connecticut (5), Delaware (5), North Dakota (6) and Nevada.
But with thousands of “credible” sightings across the U.S. alone, it would stand to reason that there should be more conclusive video evidence, or remains, or DNA, or even whole specimens. Especially considering that wildlife researchers are still discovering and classifying thousands of new, often rare species each year, as reported by The Smithsonian.
To that, Moneymaker and the BFRO counter that bigfoots, apparently being both nocturnal and intelligent, are difficult to photograph and very adept at “thwarting” attempts at capture. If one were to come face-to-face with a bigfoot, like Moneymaker alleges he once did, “all you’re going to be doing is s—-ing your pants,” he told Nexstar.
The BFRO also claims that no remains of the modern bigfoot have ever been catalogued because “they will be exceedingly rare, because these animals are rare to begin with, and only a tiny fraction of that population will die in locations and soils that will preserve bones somehow,” according to its website.
Scientists, however, offer another explanation: Bigfoot likely isn’t real.
Since the mid-1970s, prominent paleontologists and primatologists have repeatedly reached the conclusion that a creature which fits with witness descriptions of bigfoot does not exist. Darren Naish, a British paleontologist and self-described wannabe-Bigfoot-believer, had written in 2016 that modern evidence — which relies heavily on “innumerable witness accounts” and even fur samples (which have since been identified as being of deer origin by the FBI) — are not enough to support its existence.
Instead, Naish feels the notion of sasquatches roaming the woods of North America can be attributed to people “seeing all manner of different things, combining it with ideas, memes and preconceptions they hold in their minds, and interpreting them as encounters with a monstrous, human-like biped,” he wrote in an article published with Scientific American.
Some people have even admitted to fabricating bigfoot evidence — like John Crane, a zoologist in Washington who told USA Today in 1996 that he managed to convince people of bigfoot’s existence when he was in college, by creating fake footprints for “fun.”
“No data other than material that’s clearly been fabricated has ever been presented,” Crane stated in 1996. (it’s worth noting that Crane’s colleague, an anthropologist at Washington State University, was “absolutely convinced” of bigfoot’s existence at the time.)
Moneymaker, on the other hand, feels witness testimony provides more than enough proof for him and the multitudes of alleged eyewitnesses he’s interviewed.
“If [skeptics] ignorantly say they don’t believe in bigfoots, what they’re really saying is that every credible witness, thousands of them, are all lying,” he said. | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/these-states-have-more-credible-bigfoot-sightings-than-others-according-to-bigfoot-investigators/ | 2022-08-27T15:42:22Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/these-states-have-more-credible-bigfoot-sightings-than-others-according-to-bigfoot-investigators/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
After a rocky 2021 campaign in which the University of Wyoming went 2-6 in Mountain West play following its first 4-0 start this century, coach Craig Bohl took a hard look at himself.
“After the year, the first place you look at is yourself to see where you can improve,” Bohl said back in February in his first public comments of the offseason. “One of the things I felt like I needed to get better at was connecting more with our players ... I needed to get more engaged, and let players know where they stood and where we were going.”
Fast-forward six months later, and these words appear to have been put into action.
Multiple UW players have noted that, while Bohl wasn’t absent last year, he has been more engaged as the 2022 season approaches. He’s made an emphasis on joining players at meals throughout the off-season and discussing topics that go beyond football, such as family and what’s going on in their lives away from the team facilities.
“He'll come down and sit with us at meals and just have a normal conversation with us, which is always nice to have when you see your head coach cares about that,” sophomore defensive tackle Jordan Bertagnole said. “That's definitely the biggest way I've seen him come around, and he's been coming around with a different energy than he has in the past. It's a good energy, and it's somebody you love to be around.”
With Titus Swen set to take on the feature back role in the offense this fall, there’s been steady communication between him and his head coach. In addition to discussing how to exploit opposing defenses, though, some of these conversations have been of a much more personal nature.
Swen’s father is currently back in Liberia – where the junior was born, before coming to the United States as a refugee around the time he was 5 years old – working to provide clean water to residents of their home country. Bohl has made a point to check in and see how this is going.
When asked about his coach’s presence this off-season, Swen described it as “an old uncle type of energy” – something that’s made him feel even more connected to the program.
“He's around, and you know you can go talk to him, if you need to,” Swen said. “Whether it's at lunch or dinner or breakfast, he's always sitting with you – and he's not only talking about football. When you meet with a coach outside of it, it's usually, 'How's football going?' or whatever, but he's in-depth (about things like) your family.
“He asked me how my family is and how they're doing. My dad is back in Africa right now, so he's engaged with that and seeing how he's doing. It makes me feel like I'm part of a team even more than just being the running back.”
In addition to these mealtime conversations, players also note Bohl has a slightly different demeanor on the practice field.
“He's bringing the energy, so it picks us all up,” sophomore linebacker Easton Gibbs said. “You see him out there bouncing around, and you want to play for him. ... We're all coming out excited, and so is he, and it's good to see.”
One area Bohl placed importance on earlier this year was providing players with feedback, noting that “even if it's negative feedback, they want to know that they matter.” This is something that junior tight end Treyton Welch has particularly appreciated since the end of last season.
Whether it’s providing positive remarks after a play in practice, or correcting errors as they occur, Welch notes this communication has helped the team grow as a whole – both on the field and in terms of cohesion within the program.
“It'll hurt your feelings a little bit sometimes, but that's a good thing, because we come back stronger,” Welch said. “It's really good that we get to hear it from him, especially because he is our head coach, and he spent time recruiting us from the beginning.
“This is my fourth year now, and what he says now matters even more than what he said before. It's just continuing to grow that relationship with him, and being able to build off what he says.”
While outside expectations for UW are modest – they were picked to finish fifth in the Mountain Division in the MW preseason poll, a year removed from being voted second – the Cowboys feel confident with where they are as the season-opener at Illinois approaches.
Part of this optimism stems from the arrival of potential impact players from the transfer portal, as well as growth from those who were with the team last season. Improved team chemistry has also been a significant factor, however, something sophomore running back Dawaiian McNeely says Bohl has played a big part in.
“We're all clicking, so it's going to be a good year,” McNeely said.
Josh Criswell covers the University of Wyoming for WyoSports. He can be reached at jcriswell@wyosports.net or 307-755-3325. Follow him on Twitter at @criswell_sports. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyosports/university_of_wyoming/craig-bohl-brings-different-energy-into-2022/article_0f67397a-2607-11ed-ad72-6f2be2e68477.html | 2022-08-27T15:43:23Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyosports/university_of_wyoming/craig-bohl-brings-different-energy-into-2022/article_0f67397a-2607-11ed-ad72-6f2be2e68477.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
University of Wyoming sophomore linebacker Easton Gibbs recorded 89 total tackles, 49 solo stops, two sacks and four pass deflections in his first season as a full-time starter.
Ever since University of Wyoming coach Craig Bohl announced in March that Easton Gibbs would be stepping into the Cowboys’ coveted middle linebacker role, the sophomore can’t seem to escape an interview or news conference without being asked about the All-American NFL draft picks – Logan Wilson and Chad Muma – who came before him.
The converted weakside linebacker, who recorded 89 total tackles, 49 solo stops, two sacks and four pass deflections in his first season as a full-time starter, has no problem with this.
“It's definitely a compliment,” Gibbs said. “Those guys couldn't have asked for a better career, so any time you're compared to two guys like that, I definitely take it as a compliment.”
Obviously, high expectations come along with the territory of filling the shoes of two of the greatest to ever play the position at UW. Similar to answering questions that can seem like a broken record at times, though, the added weight of his new role isn’t something he views in a negative light.
“It’s more excitement than pressure,” Gibbs said. “There's obviously that lurking thing behind it with this spot that those two guys have played in, because they were amazing players. But I'm just excited to get out there and prove I belong out there, as well.
“I've been talking to both of them, and they're always so helpful. They're just telling me to stay locked in, stay the course and use the tools I've had. I've watched them and took tools out of their bag, and learned from them as much as I can. I couldn't have been behind two better guys.”
UW’s coaching staff recognized about this time last year that Gibbs would be called upon to step into a new role as the quarterback of the defense in 2022. After Muma returned a pair of interceptions for touchdowns amid a dominant two-week stretch in nonconference play, it became abundantly clear the Butkus Award finalist was headed to the NFL after the season ended.
UW linebackers coach Aaron Bohl says that learning behind Muma and Wilson, as well as former All-Mountain West honoree Cassh Maluia, helped Gibbs learn what was necessary in order to thrive in his new role.
“He knows how to get ready for a game,” Bohl said. “He knows how to take notes in meetings. He knows that he needs to pay attention all the time, because there might be a rule we cover in fall camp that's going to show up Week 6, whenever, we don't even know that they're going to come out in this formation, and he needs to remember it.
“Whenever you're the guy everyone is going to be looking to, you have to have an ultra work ethic, and he's been doing a great job of that. People gravitate toward him, so we're really excited about where he's at.”
Those close to Gibbs have always recognized leadership traits in the Temecula, California native. Typically, though, this has come in the form of leading by example with his actions.
Becoming more vocal was admittedly a change for him this offseason, and one that’s taken his leadership abilities to the next level.
“The thing is, you can see it throughout the whole team,” Bohl said. “When you're around him, he was always that way with the guys he was close with. The guys he was friends with, he was always a leader to them and everything like that, but he didn't have to be a leader for the whole team.
“You knew he was going to be able to do it, it just wasn't his time yet. Now it is, so it's been good to see him embracing that spot.”
Added Shae Suiaunoa, who is slated to take over Gibbs’ spot at weakside linebacker: “His leadership has taken another step. I came in here with him my freshman year, so me and him have grinded together. Seeing him excel into the person and football player he is today is amazing to see.”
In addition to embracing his enhanced leadership role, Gibbs has placed an emphasis on bulking up over the past few months.
He dropped down to around 215 pounds midway through last season, and noticed the toll the wear and tear of being a full-time starter took on his body. Gibbs says he weighs in the neighborhood of 230 pounds now, with almost all of these gains being in the form of muscle mass – something he hopes will help keep him healthy throughout what is shaping up to be a rigorous 2022 campaign.
More than anything, though, he’ll be leaning on what he learned from Muma, Wilson and Maluia as he looks to excel as the centerpiece of the UW defense.
“The guys that came before me led me in a way where I can look at it and almost step right in seamlessly, because I've been trying to imitate and watch them do it for so long now,” Gibbs said. “It's been really nice. You just have to accept it and run with it.”
Josh Criswell covers the University of Wyoming for WyoSports. He can be reached at jcriswell@wyosports.net or 307-755-3325. Follow him on Twitter at @criswell_sports. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyosports/university_of_wyoming/easton-gibbs-embraces-chance-to-be-next-great-wyoming-lb/article_a48aced2-2606-11ed-a30b-a3988208c2c2.html | 2022-08-27T15:43:29Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyosports/university_of_wyoming/easton-gibbs-embraces-chance-to-be-next-great-wyoming-lb/article_a48aced2-2606-11ed-a30b-a3988208c2c2.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
University of Wyoming running back Titus Swen is no stranger to overcoming the odds, something he hasn’t forgotten on his way to college football stardom.
So, as he readies himself to become the focal point of a rushing attack that’s recently ranked among the most productive in the country, he has a message for those in situations similar to the ones he’s all too accustomed to.
Live life, regardless.
It’s the tagline for Swen’s clothing company – he planned to launch a website in August, after making sure he’s not crossing any lines regarding NIL rules, and was donning a bucket hat emblazoned with the motto across the front at Wyoming’s media day. But it’s also a mantra the former refugee lives his life by, and one he hopes can inspire others as he steps even further into the spotlight.
“I just made it really because there are a lot of refugees or people who are less fortunate and don't have the opportunities to do the things I'm doing,” Swen said. “I just encourage them to live their life, regardless of the situation that's at hand, and just live life to the fullest.”
It hasn’t been an easy path for Swen in getting to where he is today, something that’s a driving force in his desire to be a source of inspiration.
Born in war-torn Monrovia, Liberia, Swen and his family fled to Sierra Leone for a few years, before coming to the United States as part of the United Nations’ refugee program around the time he turned 5 years old.
The Swen family landed in Texas, first in Abilene, then Arlington, before settling in Fort Worth. Poverty was a common theme of their early days in America, and Swen credits the decision to pick up football at age 8 as a pivotal moment that has opened doors to him that he once never could’ve imagined possible.
“It's been a big opportunity,” Swen said. “When we first came to America, we were set in low-functioning housing, and there was a lot of crime and stuff. Playing football got me out of the streets and got me involved with the right people, instead of being involved with the wrong people.”
One of these positive influences was Carlos Codie, a well-known speed coach in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
Codie recognizes similar traits in Swen as other special players he’s trained. NFL draft pick and former Texas Tech receiver Erik Ezukanma and Notre Dame defensive lineman Nana Osafo-Mensah come to mind in particular.
“The thing that has impressed me the most is his willingness to continue to learn,” Codie said. “Titus has always been so far ahead of kids his age. Just to see him continue to want to get better and learn has been the most impressive thing I've seen from probably any athlete I've trained, and I've been with that kid since he was 14. He comes home, and he calls me, 'Coach, can you open the gym? Coach, can you do this? Coach, can you do that?'
“You don't get that from a lot of collegiate athletes. I have a few of them like that. One is in the NFL, and one will be in the NFL next year, and Titus is probably on his way, as well.”
Swen – who ranked second in the Mountain West last season with 5.9 yards per carry, in addition to rushing for 785 yards and a team-high seven touchdowns – isn’t satisfied, either.
He acknowledges he must continue to develop as an all-around back if he is going to fulfill his dream of playing in the NFL, with pass blocking and receiving being two areas of emphasis he’s been working on. UW running backs coach Gordie Haug notes he’s already seen significant progress in this department.
“Just the importance of understanding being a complete back,” Haug said of the biggest difference he’s seen in Swen over the past year. “Not just running the football, but understanding the pass game and protection part. We've been putting him in different situations, and him truly just learning the game of football and our offense is pretty impressive.
“It’s just the mindset he has in trying to be the best he can be this year, and taking advantage of that. Then, also becoming a leader and leading the young guys. That's important, too, is just maturing.”
In addition to becoming a more well-rounded player, Swen has also developed as a person over the past year.
Knowing that he has an entire team relying on him to carry the load for the offense, he says he’s worked on controlling his emotions and staying calm on the field. With a running back room that, outside of sophomore Dawaiian McNeely, hasn’t gotten meaningful snaps at the college level, he’s also placed an emphasis on being a role model and leader for the younger players at the position, a sentiment echoed by McNeely and veteran offensive lineman Frank Crum.
None of this surprises Codie, who noticed leadership traits in Swen at a young age.
“He's always been a leader,” Codie said. “You could tell sometimes when he was younger, you would look at him and explain something to him, and he's looking at you like a deer in the headlights, and you're thinking he's not understanding. But he has to process everything before he actually speaks, which was pretty impressive to be that age and do that.
“With being an inspiration, he started a clothing line when he was in high school, and his parents are very inspirational. They don't take it easy. They don't let him follow the trends. Texas is a big state, and there was a transfer portal in Texas before there was a transfer portal in college. When stuff was going wrong in high school ... his dad told him, 'No, you don't run from your problems. You face them.' He did, and now he's at Wyoming. You won't find anybody to say anything bad about him – and if they do, they don't know him.”
For now, Swen’s focus is on finding ways to improve on a daily basis, as he looks to help bring UW its first MW championship. This doesn’t mean that he hasn’t looked ahead to the future, though.
Swen is well aware of the platform that playing in the NFL would bring, and is excited about the opportunity to give back to those less fortunate.
“It would mean the world to me,” Swen said. “My dad is back in Africa right now, trying to get reusable water to the neighborhoods and cities that are less fortunate. Doing what I can to raise money and send it back over there means a big deal to me.” | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyosports/university_of_wyoming/titus-swen-aims-to-inspire-others-as-uw-s-feature-back/article_edae4964-2605-11ed-bf46-f7cf67d07ab3.html | 2022-08-27T15:43:35Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyosports/university_of_wyoming/titus-swen-aims-to-inspire-others-as-uw-s-feature-back/article_edae4964-2605-11ed-bf46-f7cf67d07ab3.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kaden Abbas had himself an opening night in Ackley on Friday. The junior erupted for 140 yards and two touchdowns on the ground and booked six tackles and an interception to help AGWSR take a 36-8 win over the Belmond-Klemme Broncos.
In the early going of Friday’s home and season opener in Ackley, one thing was painfully apparent – neither team was at their mid-season best. Still, the AGWSR Cougars cleaned things up enough to walk away with a 36-8 season and home-opening win over the Belmond-Klemme Broncos.
The two squads combined for 20 penalties worth 151 yards. Nine of those, for 51 yards, in a scoreless first quarter.
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Iowa Falls-Alden Quarterback Ethan Bartlett was stripped of the ball during a fourth down play at Cadet Field. Visiting Clear Lake rolled to a 42-0 season opening win over the Cadets.
The two primary fundamentals of football are blocking and tackling, but Iowa Falls-Alden did not grade well in either category during a frustrating season opener at Cadet Field.
Behind a five touchdown performance from Titan Schmitt, Clear Lake ran through the Cadets and dominated all areas of the contest in a 42-0 victory.
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HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Two decades after her release from prison, Teresa Beatty feels she is still being punished.
When her mother died two years ago, the state of Connecticut put a lien on the Stamford home she and her siblings inherited. It said she owed $83,762 to cover the cost of her 2 1/2 year imprisonment for drug crimes.
Now, she’s afraid she’ll have to sell her home of 51 years, where she lives with two adult children, a grandchild and her disabled brother.
“I’m about to be homeless,” said Beatty, 58, who in March became the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the state law that charges prisoners $249 a day for the cost of their incarceration. “I just don’t think it’s right, because I feel I already paid my debt to society. I just don’t think it’s fair for me to be paying twice.”
All but two states have so-called “pay-to-stay” laws that make prisoners pay for their time behind bars, though not every state actually pursues people for the money. Supporters say the collections are a legitimate way for states to recoup millions of taxpayer dollars spent on prisons and jails.
Critics say it’s an unfair second penalty that hinders rehabilitation by putting former inmates in debt for life. Efforts have been underway in some places to scale back or eliminate such policies.
Two states — Illinois and New Hampshire — have repealed their laws since 2019.
Connecticut also overhauled its statute this year, keeping it in place only for the most serious crimes, such as murder, and exempting prisoners from having to pay the first $50,000 of their incarceration costs.
Under the revised law, about 98% of Connecticut inmates no longer have to pay any of the costs of their incarceration after they get out, said state Rep. Steve Stafstrom, a Bridgeport Democrat and a sponsor of the repeal legislation.
The state retained its ability, though, to collect some prison debts already on the books before the law changed. It’s unclear whether the change in the law, made after Beatty sued, will be enough to keep her in her home. That will be decided in court.
Her lawyers have asked a federal judge to block the state from enforcing the law against anyone, saying it remains unfair even after the amendments.
Beatty acknowledges she was guilty of selling and possessing drugs, but said nobody told her when she went to jail that every day behind bars would cost her more than a night at a fine hotel.
“It just drags you back to despair,” said Beatty, who has had other brushes with the law over drug possession since her release from jail, but has also become a certified nursing assistant. “That’s where I feel like I’m at. I feel like no hope. Where do I go? All of this work and it feels like I’ve done it in vain.”
Pay-to-stay laws were put into place in many areas during the tough-on-crime era of the 1980s and ’90s, said Brittany Friedman, an assistant professor of sociology at University of Southern California who is leading a study of the practice.
As prison populations ballooned, Friedman said, policymakers questioned how to pay for incarceration costs. “So, instead of raising taxes, the solution was to shift the cost burden from the state and the taxpayers onto the incarcerated.”
Laws vary from state to state. Many, like Connecticut, only go after inmates for the cost of incarceration if they come into money after leaving prison. A few, such as North Carolina, have laws on the books but almost never use them, Friedman said.
Connecticut’s partial repeal went into effect July 1. The state is projected to collect about $5.5 million less per year from ex-prisoners because of the change.
State Sen. John Kissel, the top Republican on the legislature’s Judiciary Committee, said he opposed the repeal passed by the Democratic majority, but might support reforms like allowing inmates to pay off debt in installments.
Kissel said that while Beatty’s situation tugs at one’s heartstrings, “Everybody has issues.”
“The policy is to make one appreciate that your incarceration costs money,” he said. “The taxpayers footed the bill. They didn’t do anything wrong. And knowing that one has to pay the state back a reasonable sum on a regular basis is not a bad policy.”
Connecticut used to collect prison debt by attaching an automatic lien to every inmate, claiming half of any financial windfall they might receive for up to 20 years after they are released from prison, said Dan Barrett, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Connecticut. That included things like insurance settlements, inheritances and lottery winnings.
The state even collected money awarded to inmates in lawsuits over alleged abuse by prison guards.
Former Connecticut inmate Fred Hodges, who served more than 17 years in prison for killing a man while trying to retrieve his son’s stolen bicycle, came into $21,000 after his car was totaled in a 2009 traffic accident. The state claimed half of that, he said. After paying his lawyer, he was left with about $3,000.
“I have seven grandchildren and the money could have helped them. It could have helped me,” said Hodges, who works for a nonprofit that helps other inmates reenter society. “You’d be surprised at the effect it can have on you psychologically when they tell you you owe them $249 a day. I was locked up for 17 1/2 years. At $249 a day, how are you going to come up out of that?”
Beatty’s lawsuit, which is seeking class-action status, argues that the pay-to-stay seizures violate the excessive fines clause of the Constitution.
Da’ee McKnight, who works with Hodges as a coordinator for an organization called Family ReEntry, said the state took an insurance settlement from him, even though he served most of his sentence before the law was on the books.
“Here, I’m being penalized for something that I was not even made aware of at the time I was sentenced, because it did not even exist,” he said.
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JERUSALEM (AP) — A group of artists has filled a Palestinian area of east Jerusalem with paintings of large, wide-open eyes. The murals are a reminder that all eyes are on the neighborhood of Silwan, a flashpoint where Palestinians say Israeli forces and settlers are working to drive them out of their homes.
The eye murals are so giant that they make you feel they are watching you wherever you walk in the neighborhood. Many are painted on the walls of decaying Palestinian homes alongside national symbols.
“The staring eyes say to people that we see them and they should see us too,” says Jawad Siyam, director of Madaa-Silwan Creative Center.
“We want to say that we are here — we love our land and our home.”
Since 2015, the center has worked with U.S. artists to create the murals and maintain them. In total, they have made about 2,000 feet of graffiti and paintings.
The “I Witness Silwan” art project depicts the eyes of Palestinian and international leaders and influencers. It also features symbols such as the goldfinch and poppy, which Palestinians call their national flower.
Organizers say the art project aims at drawing attention to the displacements the Palestinians face in this neighborhood near the Old City of Jerusalem.
Israel occupied Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war and annexed the holy city as its indivisible capital. The Palestinians claim the eastern part as the capital of their future state. Peace talks between the two sides ground to a halt years ago.
The Silwan project says it aims to counter Israeli settler groups that work to boost the Jewish presence in predominantly Arab or Palestinian areas of the contested holy city.
Palestinian residents of east Jerusalem face Israeli arrests, home raids, demolitions, and the threat of evictions. Israeli rights group B’Tselem says Israel is “enjoying far-reaching powers with no accountability for their actions” in running the lives of Palestinians in the area. | https://www.wpri.com/news/breaking-news/ap-top-news/ap-giant-eye-murals-bear-witness-to-palestinians-in-jerusalem/ | 2022-08-27T15:46:39Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/breaking-news/ap-top-news/ap-giant-eye-murals-bear-witness-to-palestinians-in-jerusalem/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
VATICAN CITY (AP) — With a solemn ceremony to create new cardinals, Pope Francis was poised Saturday to formally expand the ranks of churchmen now eligible to vote for his successor in case he dies or resigns — the latter a step he has said he’d consider if the need arises.
Of the 20 churchmen being raised to the rank of cardinal in St. Peter’s Basilica, 16 are younger than 80 and thus eligible to participate in a conclave — the ritual-shrouded, locked-door assembly of cardinals who cast paper ballots to elect a new pontiff.
By now, the 85-year-old Francis has named more than half of the elector cardinals. That bolsters the prospects that whoever becomes the next pontiff will share his vision for the future of the church.
In choosing San Diego Bishop Robert Walter McElroy, Francis passed over U.S. churchmen leading traditionally more prestigious dioceses, including San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone.
McElroy has been among the few American bishops who questioned why the U.S. bishops conference insists on identifying abortion as its “preeminent” priority. Echoing the pope’s concerns, he has questioned why greater prominence isn’t given to poverty, immigration and climate change.
He is also among a minority of U.S. bishops opposed to a campaign to deny Communion to Catholic politicians who support abortion rights. Cordileone has said he’d no long allow U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to receive Communion for her defense of abortion rights.
While staunchly against abortion as a grave sin, Francis has also decried what he calls the weaponization of Communion.
McElroy last year was among a small group of U.S. bishops signing a statement expressing support for LGBTQ youth and denouncing the bullying that is often directed at them.
Francis has tried to make gay Catholics feel welcome in the church, whose teaching holds that same-sex intercourse is a sin.
Among those selected to be among the newest cardinals is Bishop Richard Kuuia Baawobr from Wa, Ghana. He has spoken out against LGBTQ rights.
Asked by The Associated Press about such contrasting views, McElroy replied that “there are always cultural differences within the life of the church as there is within in the human family. And different cultures approach these questions in different ways.”
McElroy added: “My own view is that we have an obligation in the church to make the LGBT persons feel equally welcome in the life of the church, as everyone else. And that is the mandate we have, so we have to find a way of doing that.”
Archbishop Ulrich Steiner of Manaus, Brazil, was tapped to be the first cardinal from the Amazon, the vast, environmentally-vulnerable region in South America on the Argentine-born pontiff’s home continent. In remarks to The AP, Steiner expressed concern about increasing violence in the Amazon —- “not only in terms of the environment, but also because of drugs.”
“But this violence was not born there, it came from outside,” Steiner said. ”It is always violence related to money. Concessions, deforestation, also with the mines, also with the fishing.”
Increasingly, more of the cardinals are coming from Asia and Africa, while fewer are coming from Europe, where the number of rank-and-file Catholics has dwindled in recent years. After the consistory, those from Europe will account for 42% of the College of Cardinals, compared to 52% in 2013, when Francis’ pontificate began.
At 48, the youngest member among the cardinals’ ranks is an Italian missionary in Mongolia. Archbishop Giorgio Marengo, as the apostolic prefect of Ulaanbaatar, ventured that the tiny size of his flock there — Catholics in that Asian country number about 1,300 — factored in the pope’s selection of him. Francis “knows how important it is supporting these little communities.”
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SEATTLE (AP) — Julio Rodríguez and the Seattle Mariners are set on a long-term relationship in the Pacific Northwest, agreeing to a $209.3 million, 12-year contract starting next season that would be worth $469.6 million over 17 years if he wins two MVP awards.
The deal announced Friday for the 21-year-old All-Star outfielder includes seven seasons. a five-year player option, an eight-year club option with award escalators and the possibility the option could extend to 10 years.
If the club option is execised, the deal would be worth $309.3 million for 12 years. If Rodríguez earns two MVP awards by 2028 or finishes among the top five in voting four times, the deal would boost to $469.6 million, including postseason award bonuses.
If Seattle turns down a one-time team option for 2030-37 — which must be exercised after the 2028 World Series — there is a mutual option that could be exercised after the 2029 Series calling for $168 million from 2030-36. There also is a player option that guarantees $90 million from 2030-34.
“Julio is among the most exciting players in the game and has only scratched the surface of what’s to come,” Seattle president of baseball operations Jerry Dipoto said in a statement.
“We feel the uniqueness of this deal befits the person. His infectious personality and ability on the field are only surpassed by his character away from it. We are thrilled that generations of Mariners fans will have the privilege of watching him play in T-Mobile Park for many years to come.”
Rodríguez’s contract is baseball’s 26th for $200 million or more. The deal for the All-Star rookie includes a $15.3 million signing bonus payable within 60 days and salaries of $4 million next year, $10 million and $18 million annually from 2025-29. He gets a full no-trade provision.
Seattle’s option calls for $25 million annual salaries from 2030-37. Rodríguez has a player option that could be exercised after the 2029 World Series, a provision calling for $18 million annually from 2030-34. There is a mutual option that could add $168 million from 2030-36.
His salary as a rookie is the $700,000 minimum.
“He’s learned a lot over the last 4 1/2, five months about Major League Baseball and things he needed to work on and continue to improve upon,” Seattle manager Scott Servais said Friday. “Really good teammate. I mean, you can go on and on describing where he’s at. But there’s a lot of baseball, really good baseball ahead of him and I know that’s what excites me and the organization.”
Rodríguez has become a star in his first season with the Mariners. He blossomed from starting spring training as the possible opening day starter in center field to an All-Star in his first season.
Rodríguez is hitting .267 with 20 home runs, 64 RBIs, 23 stolen bases and an OPS of .793. When he homered on Wednesday, Rodríguez became the fastest player in American League history to reach the mark of 20 homers and 20 stolen bases, surpassing Mike Trout.
Rodríguez is the leading candidate for the AL Rookie of the Year and has helped Seattle be in playoff position entering the final stretch of the regular season with a chance to end the longest postseason drought in major pro spots
“I was fortunate enough, I worked for the Angels a little bit when Mike Trout was coming on board there and Mike’s the greatest player in the last decade without a doubt,” Servais said.
“Julio has got a lot ahead of him, but they’re similar. Personalities are much different but on the field they’re very similar talents They’re five-tool players. They can run, throw. They have power. … I’m just looking forward to having him as part of the organization for a long, long time.”
If Rodríguez wins two or more MVP awards and finishes among the top five in MVP voting in four years, the salaries for the club option years would increase to $35 million and the option would extend to cover the 2038 and 2039 seasons. For one MVP award along with one additional top five finish or three top five finishes, the option salaries would increase to $35 million without the 2038 and ’39 seasons triggered.
For four top 10 MVP finishes, the option prices would increase to $32.5 million and the for two top 10 finishes, the option price would go up to $30 million.
If the club option is declined, the deal includes a mutual option that could be exercised after the 2029 World Series and call for $24 million annially from 2030-36.
If both the team option and mutual option are turned down, Rodríguez has a player option that could be exercised after the 2029 World Series, a provision callng for $18 million annually from 2030-34.
The player option salaries would escalate to $25 million annually for one MVP award and two All-Star selections or elections, $22 million for 10 combined All-Star elections or selections and Silver Slugger wins, and $20 million for eight combined All-Star elections or selections and Silver Slugger wins.
Rodríguez has yearly award bonuses of $150,000 for MVP, $100,000 for World Series MVP, $50,000 each for League Championship Series MVP, Silver Slugger and Gold Glove, $50,000 for All-Star election and $25,000 for All-Star selection.
Rodríguez already was a burgeoning star with his performance in the first half of the season, but broke out on a national stage during the Home Run Derby at the All-Star Game in Los Angeles. Rodríguez reached the final where he lost to Juan Soto, but had a memorable first two rounds where he hit 63 total home runs and beat Corey Seager and Pete Alonso.
On top of his pure talent, Rodríguez’s demeanor and charisma on the field have only added to what’s could be a special season for the Mariners. His smile and joy for the game has been reminiscent of a past center fielder for the Mariners and some of the same characteristics Ken Griffey Jr. showed early in his career.
Rodríguez was part of some controversial comments made by former Mariners team president Kevin Mather that came to light in early 2021. Mather’s comments were made to the Bellevue, Washington, Breakfast Rotary Club in February 2021 and included disparaging comments about the English of Rodriguez and former Seattle pitcher Hisashi Iwakuma. Mather resigned within days of his comments becoming public.
Servais praised Rodríguez’s English on Friday as part of handling the attention that’s come his way at age 21.
“I’ve said this often, his ability to command the English language at such an early age has really helped,” Servais said. “It’s not easy. If any of you have gone to a foreign country and tried to pick up the language there, it’s really challenging. For him to do that at such an early age, it’s really helped him. It’s helped him on the field. It’s helped him off the field and in relationship building and everything else.”
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Kansas Football redshirt junior wide receiver Trevor Wilson is out of jail. Wilson was charged with aggravated assault with the use of a deadly weapon which is a level seven felony on Friday.
Kansas Football redshirt freshman wide receiver Tanaka Scott was released from jail as it was determined there was no probable cause to charge him with a crime.
Wilson was released on a $5,000 O.R. bond, meaning he does not have to pay unless he fails to show up for trial.
Wilson appeared in court from the Douglas County Jail on Friday via Zoom before Judge Blake Glover in the Pro Tem division. During the hearing, the prosecuting attorney, Senior ADA Seth Brackman, requested an electronic GPS, a $25,000 O.R. bond and a no-contact order with the victim.
The court declined to order the electronic GPS monitor, saying that there was no need while there was no exclusion zone or an area where Wilson would not be allowed.
A preliminary trial for Wilson is scheduled for August 30 at 10 a.m.
On Thursday, Lawrence police were called to a QuikTrip on 23rd Street. A man told police that Wilson drove up next to him, got out of the car, said a few words and displayed a weapon. Wilson allegedly got back in the car and drove away.
Scott allegedly drove past the same man in a separate car, and displayed a separate weapon.
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Team SOCOM competes in the wheelchair rugby bronze medal match against Team Army at the DoD Warrior Games on Aug. 23, 2022 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. Team USSOCOM is comprised of thirty-three elite-level athletes from the various service components who will compete for medals in eleven different adaptive sports, from archery to wheelchair rugby at the 2022 Warrior Games from Aug. 19-28, 2022 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. (Photo by U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Eric L. Alabiso II)
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U.S. Army General Richard Clarke, commander, United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) meets with U.S. Army General Paul Funk, commander, Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) during the wheelchair rugby bronze medal match at the DoD Warrior Games on Aug. 23, 2022 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. General Clarke is making his last visit as SOCOM commander to the DoD Warrior Games to show his support for Team SOCOM and all participants in the games before he relinquishes command on Aug. 30, 2022. (Photo by U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Eric L. Alabiso II)
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U.S. Army General Richard Clarke, commander, United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) presents medals to Team SOCOM winners at the DoD Warrior Games on Aug. 23, 2022 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. General Clarke is making his last visit as SOCOM commander to the DoD Warrior Games to show his support for Team SOCOM and all participants in the games before he relinquishes command on Aug. 30, 2022. (Photo by U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Eric L. Alabiso II)
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Step back in time with this Historic Homes Tour sneak peek of featured Fort Collins homes
Ready to step back in time?
Fort Collins homes rich in history and unique in architectural style will be on display Sept. 17 for the Poudre Landmarks Foundations' annual Historic Homes Tour.
The tour will include seven stops, with regular favorites like Mountain Avenue's 1879 Avery House and the city's historic 1883 Water Works building on North Overland Trail. But this year will also mark a hop into the middle of the 20th century, with a handful of midcentury homes, a pair of 1950s and 1960s Airstream trailers and a 1920 Southern mansion-turned-fraternity-house that was saved in the 1970s and moved from College Avenue to a quiet Fort Collins subdivision.
Tickets are $25 in advance or $30 on the day of the tour. They are available for purchase at poudrelandmarks.org or at the following locations: Ace Hardware of Fort Collins, 1001 E. Harmony Road; Downtown Ace Hardware, 215 S. College Ave.; The Cupboard, 152 S. College Ave.; Josephs' Hardware and Home Center, 2160 W. Drake Road, or The Perennial Gardener and Sense of Place, 154 and 160 N. College Ave.
Here are a few of the stops featured on this year's tour.
The Shaw House, 1508 Buckeye St.
Southern antebellum architecture meets a 1960s Fort Collins subdivision with The Shaw House — a stately two-story classical revival house complete with Doric columns in the Prospect Estates neighborhood. So why is this classic home tucked off of an unassuming subdivision street? Well, it wasn't always there. The 1920 house was originally built at 1325 S. College Ave. by attorney M.H. Shaw, with its architecture serving as a nod to his wife's Southern roots. After changing hands a few times, the home was eventually sold to the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity in 1948 and served as the chapter's home into the early-1970s. Though it came close to demolition in 1974, local couple Harry and Evie McCabe stepped in to purchase and move the home to its current location.
Source: Bill Whitley and the Poudre Landmarks Foundation
The Johnston House, 1432 Meeker Drive
Billed as a "midcentury mashup," this tri-level home was built by Mr. and Mrs. Dick Johnston in 1964. But despite its midcentury construction date, Poudre Landmarks Foundation points out that tri-level homes originated in the 1930s as architects looked to design more compact housing on smaller plots of land. After World War II, the tri-level took off in the U.S., serving as an anchor home design in subdivisions across the country. While home to some modern updates, the Johnston House still has some vestiges of its original design — including its two-sided 1960s fireplace and exterior geometric brick designs.
Source: Robin Stitzel and the Poudre Landmarks Foundation
The Riffenburgh Residence, 1424 Meeker Drive
The Johnston House isn't the only midcentury offering on this year's Historic Homes Tour. In fact, it isn't even the only featured home on Meeker Drive — there are actually four. The Riffenburgh residence was designed and built at 1424 Meeker Drive for attorney Waldo Riffenburgh — the namesake of nearby Riffenburgh Elementary School — and his wife, Pearl, in 1963. After several modifications were made in the 1980s and 1990s, the home's current owners have worked to return it to its midcentury roots.
Source: Jodie Chamberlain and the Poudre Landmarks Foundation
Airtream trailers
A pair of Airstream trailers will also be on display as part of this year's tour. Janell Prussman's 1950 Flying Cloud Airstream and 1961 Tradewind Airstream serve as little midcentury time capsules. While the 1950 trailer has been refurbished and the 1961 one has also seen some updates, Prussman still has written documentation from the 1961 trailer's first owner, including a typewritten journal of his travels across the country. | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/life/2022/08/27/fort-collins-history-sneak-a-peek-of-historic-homes-ahead-of-tour/65418655007/ | 2022-08-27T16:10:54Z | coloradoan.com | control | https://www.coloradoan.com/story/life/2022/08/27/fort-collins-history-sneak-a-peek-of-historic-homes-ahead-of-tour/65418655007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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