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There are hundreds of houses for sale right now in Kansas City. Only one of them — a blue, three-bedroom ranch in the Marlborough neighborhood in southeast Kansas City — is priced below market value and is only available to people whose income is 80% or less of the area’s median family income.
That’s possible thanks to the Marlborough Community Land Trust, which works to provide long-term affordable housing to low- and moderate-income people while stabilizing the neighborhood.
“We're trying to prevent displacement,” said Angela Martellaro, a board member with the land trust, and the listing agent for the house. “Other investors can come in and renovate a house and improve the quality and make it look nice, but then there's that concern of: ‘Is this gonna raise my property values? Are my taxes gonna go up?’ We're trying to remove the blight, improve the quality of housing, without having a negative impact on other residents.”
The land trust began in 2019, after years of research into the housing model by the nonprofit Marlborough Community Coalition.
“A lot of the homes had been lost to foreclosure during the 2008 financial crisis, there were a lot of predatory landlords and slumlords that weren't upkeeping the properties,” Martellaro said. “The community coalition saw a need for better quality housing in the neighborhood and more affordable housing, so the land trust arose out of that.”
Under the land trust model, the house and the land it sits on are separate entities. The buyer owns the house, and the land is held by the trust. The group then leases the land to a buyer for a small monthly rate, half of which goes into a maintenance fund for the buyer. This helps guarantee the house will continue to be affordable for future buyers, and less affected by an unpredictable housing market.
The Marlborough Community Land Trust takes extra measures to ensure the houses they sell are going to people who need them. Beyond the income limits, buyers must apply through the land trust and be pre-approved for a mortgage. Through a Capitol Federal Savings Bank community land trust loan program, some borrowers can get loans with no down payment.
The land trust accepts qualified buyers on a first-come, first-served basis, giving preference to those who live in the Marlborough neighborhood or have experiences there.Renovating and rehabbing
The house at 8336 Wayne Ave. will be the land trust’s third sale. Like the others, it took months of renovation.
Prior to being purchased by the land trust, the blue, ranch-style home was abandoned and dilapidated. The trust’s director of Community Development and Operations, Meghan Freeman, said clearing the house's title of outstanding liens took months longer than the remodeling itself.
“Until those liens are paid, you can't get a clean title to sell it to someone,” Freeman said. “We have a line of credit from Blue Ridge Bank and Trust, so we can borrow … to pay for the contractor. Then when we sell the house we can pay off the line of credit, but that means that we're limited to doing one or two houses simultaneously because that's just all the dollars we have.”
After five months of financial work, volunteers and contractors began rehabbing the house. They removed walls down to the studs, replaced framing, reworked plumbing, changed the floorplan, and put in new fixtures and appliances.
“This house was a lot of work and it's going to be a great home for whoever ends up buying it,” said Erin Royals, an urban planner and the land trust board’s vice president. “That's who we try to target with these homes, people who might not be able to afford something of this quality (without) making sacrifices in terms of the quality. But a house like this can check a lot of boxes for folks that maybe wouldn't have been otherwise able to get into a home of this caliber.”
After the complete remodel, Freeman said the house is in the best condition possible for the new owners. If something does need repairs, the homeowner has access to the maintenance fund set up through the land trust. After a year of payments, including a lump sum paid during the purchase of the home, they will have about $600 to go towards upkeep.
“Each house is different,” Freeman said. “For example, now we're looking at if the roof needs to be replaced. We want the individual who gets the home to be pretty set so that they are not facing any big expenses when they first move in, because they are earning below the area median income. They don't just have disposable income to fix (problems that arise).”
One of many solutions
The land trust has been a welcome development in the community, but Martellaro said it’s just one of many potential solutions to a housing crisis.
“I think it's important to recognize that we just need a greater variety of options for housing,” she said. “I believe that we should have more than two options for housing — you know, you can rent or you can own, and that's it. For some people that's fine, but for some people, we do need to have a third option that makes housing more accessible.”
As a realtor who primarily works with middle- or low-income buyers, Martellaro said some of her clients spend nearly a year searching for a house in their price range – a range that shifts as interest rates climb.
The land trust doesn’t work for everyone, but she said it exists to meet the needs of people for whom home ownership is just out of reach.
Royals noted there’s a large difference between people who make 80% of the area’s median income and people who make 30%.
“This is not the only answer,” Royals said. “But I think the more that we can come up with different solutions — you might fail, but at least you tried something different. I think the way that things are currently works for some people, (but) it doesn't work for a lot more people.”
Royals was also conscious of a larger debate about what is truly affordable housing. After the Kansas City Council’s recent decision to eliminate a requirement that property developers make at least 10% of units available to extremely low-income residents who make 30% or less of the family median income, the board has been thinking about what it can do to provide even more affordable housing.
She said other critics question why the group is purposefully pricing homes for people who otherwise couldn’t afford one.
“There is a lot of anti-poor sentiment in this country,” Royals said. “There's this idea that if you are in a position where you're not able to afford a house or you're struggling to pay your rent, somehow you did something to deserve that. I find that idea really offensive, because you can do everything right and still be in a position where you can't afford a house.”Looking to the future
With its third house on the market, the Marlborough Community Land Trust is beginning work on four other houses, all on vacant lots in the neighborhood. The group is also starting work on the Marlborough School, a 1927 building that has been vacant for 15 years.
Since it’s been abandoned, there’s a lot of work that needs to be done. The roof needs to be repaired, the interior cleaned out and broken windows scattered among the grounds need to be picked up. But land trust volunteers are no strangers to that kind of work.
The group made it a point to find out what neighborhood residents wanted out of the old school building. Royals said the community engagement changed the land trust’s plans. Now, options like child care, a bank, grocery store, small business incubator and event space – all things the neighborhood doesn’t currently have – are on the list of ideas.
No matter what the school turns into, Royals said the land trust is committed to turning it and any future homes into assets for the community. Demolition, speculation and eventual displacement are not options, she said.
“Another thing that we don't talk enough about here in Kansas City is how much of our neighborhoods we've lost to demolition, and demolition being that go-to solution (for blight),” Royals said. “Instead of looking to demolish, we're really trying to save these houses and save these buildings and give them a second life.” | https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-08-28/a-kansas-city-land-trust-is-working-to-reduce-blight-and-stabilize-a-disinvested-neighborhood | 2022-08-28T12:17:24Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/news/2022-08-28/a-kansas-city-land-trust-is-working-to-reduce-blight-and-stabilize-a-disinvested-neighborhood | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Join us on Saturday, September 3, for all movies, in all formats, for only $3
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- In partnership with the Cinema Foundation, Regal is proud to announce the inaugural National Cinema Day will take place on Saturday, September 3 at all Regal theatres. The one-day only event will feature all movie tickets for only $3, including all premium format screens.
National Cinema Day celebrates a summer of blockbuster moviegoing, inviting guests of all ages to enjoy a day at the movies at Regal. Along with special sneak peeks and exclusive previews, all movies are only $3, including the following premium screens:
- Pepsi 4DX, where the on-screen visuals of action-packed blockbusters are enhanced through special effects including motion-synchronized seats, wind, fog, rain, lightning, snow, bubbles, vibration and scents.
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"This day is for movie lovers across the US, celebrating how movies are meant to be seen, on the big screen," stated Ken Thewes, Regal's Chief Marketing Officer. "We are excited to be a part of National Cinema Day, offering our moviegoers the opportunity to see the latest blockbusters at Regal, no matter the format, for only $3!"
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Last week I talked with some school-age friends of mine, who every August are asked if they’re ready for school to start. As usual, there was a range of reactions from hangdog to happy-dance. Let’s celebrate with and reassure our young students with two new back-to-school picture books. It’s a good time for some extra read-aloud snuggles and giggles.
“Little Mole Goes to School” by Glenys Nellist opens with a worried Little Mole and Mama walking to school on the first day. He is afraid he won’t know the alphabet or be able to see and hear the teacher well. (Remember, moles live underground.) Mama encourages Little Mole to sit up front and learn along with his friends, sending him off with a hug.
The charming class of woodland animals begins the school day, but Little Mole compares himself to his classmates: “I wish I had eyes like that,” and “I wish I could sing like that.” Finally! Recess is a welcome break. The animals are frolicking in a “playground” in the woods when Little Squirrel finds a tunnel to explore.
It’s all great fun until the tunnel collapses. Here is where Little Mole’s skills save the day, digging out while the other animals use their unique abilities to help. Little Mole eagerly shares his excitement about his day with Mama singing their way home.
The end pages include a list of characteristics of each animal species in the story. There are notes on helping a child who is anxious about school from a family therapist, as well.
“Hurry, Little Tortoise, Time for School!” by Carrie Finison is a funny and energetic tortoise-and-hare story set on the first day of school in the tropics. Little Tortoise definitely does not want to be late, so she loads her lunchbox and dons her helmet, trying her best to take off lickety-split! As you would imagine, she hurries, but cannot keep up with cheetah, llama, lemur, pangolin and even snail (on a scooter).
Little Tortoise cries, left behind and alone. Then who arrives later than she? Her new teacher, Mr. Sloth! While the class argues over who arrived at school the fastest, Mr. Sloth greets them, declaring they were all on time. All except someone who overslept: Little Hare. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/explore_yakima/book-scene-a-couple-of-picture-books-to-start-school-off-right/article_bda963b4-249f-11ed-849c-673a9343a3d0.html | 2022-08-28T12:21:30Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/explore_yakima/book-scene-a-couple-of-picture-books-to-start-school-off-right/article_bda963b4-249f-11ed-849c-673a9343a3d0.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HollyAnna DeCoteau Littlebull sits in her backyard on a balmy August afternoon. She’s greeted by a front-row view of Ahtanum Ridge and is reminded of a time in her life when she would run up and down the hill for exercise. These days, she can barely run at all.
Littlebull is one of the possibly up to 23 million Americans who have long COVID. Since late 2020, when she was first diagnosed with COVID-19, Littlebull has been on an arduous path to recovery. It’s been a road filled with uncertainty.
“This is my spot,” Littlebull says, not breaking eye contact with the ridge. “When it’s warm enough and not too windy, I’ll come out here and paint, I’ll come out here and do my beadwork. Sometimes, I just come out here to sit. I’ll look at the ridge and think to myself, ‘Hmm, I used to be able to run that. One day, not today, I’ll run that ridge again.’ ”
The term long COVID first started appearing in Facebook groups and Twitter threads worldwide in the early days of the pandemic. The first wave of COVID-19 came and went, and reports of individuals who seemingly had not recovered weeks after an initial diagnosis became more common.
Long COVID remains misunderstood by both the public and some in the medical community. Aside from the state’s VA hospitals, only one clinic in Washington is dedicated to treating long COVID patients. For the nearly 530,000 people in the state and in Yakima County estimated to have long COVID, access to care, rehabilitation and even a diagnosis is often hours away.
Like much of the state, Yakima County doesn’t have long COVID specialists or clinics, but people from here are receiving treatment from UW Medicine’s clinic in Seattle.
Living with long COVID
Littlebull was diagnosed with COVID-19 in December 2020. At that point long COVID was new and there was still no agreed-upon name, definition or way to diagnose it. While symptoms like fatigue, shortness of breath and fever are common with long COVID, broader and more severe symptoms can extend deep into the body, potentially causing damage to one’s lungs, heart and brain.
Littlebull experienced respiratory issues, a severe case of vertigo, tinnitus and brain fog and that left her sitting in her car miles from home, not knowing where she was or how she got there.
Weeks after her diagnosis, Littlebull started having issues moving around. Her legs were losing strength.
“I couldn’t even sit down and stand up by myself,” she said. “My husband does shift work, so he wasn’t always here and I had to make sure I had a way to get out of bed by myself. I had to figure out how to get up from my couch by myself. I didn’t have the leg strength to sit or stand. That’s when I started getting really worried.”
Having spent much of her career in active roles as a wildland firefighter and later a police officer, the 54-year-old said she struggled with her new limitations.
Many of the activities in which she found solace day to day were now out of reach. Activities as simple as gardening became impossible.
“I couldn’t even garden. I was out here every day trying to make it mine before I had COVID. When spring came after I got sick, I couldn’t do it anymore,” Littlebull said.
By early 2021, problems with digestion, her sense of taste and flu-like symptoms had forced Littlebull into a diet of bland, light foods with minimal taste or smell. Bouts with cancer treatment in the past had taught her how to stay nourished while sick.
“I never thought I’d say this, but luckily I’d had cancer before,” Littlebull said. “I knew to freeze different drinks and crush up the ice to stay hydrated. I needed to stay hydrated and to get some protein in my system. I couldn’t eat ... I’d think to myself, ‘OK, It’s been three days since you had a meal.’ Some days I’d wake up, and my joints just ached so bad. My back hurt, my muscles hurt and I knew it’s because I wasn’t getting enough nutrition.”
Getting a diagnosis
By May 2021, long COVID was better known in the medical community. The University of Washington’s Harborview Medical Center had been operating a long COVID clinic for a year. They’d seen referrals jump from the single digits to the hundreds during that time. At the federal level, talks about long COVID being considered a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act had begun.
During that time, Littlebull was nearing six months of a sickness whose symptoms hadn’t subsided.
“I didn’t know for months why I was so sick. I couldn’t figure it out. To me, it was like this flu I couldn’t get rid of. It has just been this long, dragged-out fight where sometimes I have good days and others I don’t,” Littlebull said. “It’s like I was stuck on this rollercoaster of hell. There would be times where out of nowhere, I’d just start vomiting. It would feel like going through COVID all over again. There were times when I asked myself, “is this going to be what the rest of my life is going to be like?”
With her mom and sister’s help, Littlebull started looking into what could be causing her symptoms. It wasn’t until her mom sent her an article about other people with long COVID that she began to put it together.
“What came next was endless hours of me researching and looking goofy with my blue light glasses on, sitting at the computer and then finding out there were other people out there who were just like me or worse. That kind of set things in motion for me,” Littlebull said.
Through that research, Littlebull read about UW Medicine’s Post-COVID-19 Rehabilitation and Recovery Clinic. Littlebull reached out to her general practitioner to see if she could get a referral to the clinic.
Toward the end of May, Littlebull scheduled a telehealth visit with the clinic for late summer. In September, via video call, she was introduced to Dr. Janna Friedly, a post-COVID rehabilitation specialist and the clinic’s executive director.
Washington’s only long COVID clinic
Friedly has worked at the long COVID clinic since its early days in 2020. Over two years, she’s seen the clinic grow from one physician to around 15.
She didn’t discuss Littlebull’s case specifically, but spoke generally about the clinic’s work.
“At first, the clinic was focused on patients who were being discharged from the hospital and required some follow-up and rehab services,” Friedly said. “We expanded as we realized there was this whole population of people with initially milder or moderate COVID that weren’t hospitalized but were still having ongoing problems … We are seeing 150 to 200 new referrals per month and we know we are just skimming the surface of the patients out there that require care.”
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey from June 2022 estimated one in 13 adults have “long COVID” symptoms, defined as symptoms lasting three or more months after first contracting the virus, and that they didn’t have prior to their COVID-19 infection.
The CDC survey also found that older adults are less likely to have long COVID than younger adults, and women are more likely to have it than men (9.4% compared to 5.5%). Nearly 9% of Hispanic adults have long COVID, higher than non-Hispanic white (7.5%) and Black (6.8%) adults, and over twice the percentage of non-Hispanic Asian adults (3.7%).
The disease’s broad nature has complicated diagnosis and treatment for doctors.
“There’s reported over 200 different symptoms that people with long COVID are experiencing,” Friedly said. “On average, people with persisting symptoms after COVID are reporting an average of 10 or more different symptoms. It’s a clinical diagnosis, and the presentation can be fairly variable in terms of what people are presenting with.”
Because long COVID symptoms can be so varied, it can difficult for patients to determine what specialist they should see. It also can make it difficult for specialists to detect symptoms as part of long COVID rather than standalone conditions.
“What we see in our clinic is many of these patients with a lot of different symptoms will seek care from different specialists to understand those individual symptoms,” Friedly said. “If they have shortness of breath, they might see a pulmonologist. If they have palpitations, they’ll see a cardiologist. They may have cognitive issues, so they see a neurologist.”
Friedly said specialists will run specific tests to reach a diagnosis. When those tests show nothing wrong, patients are left frustrated, without answers and in pain. She added that this problem is a systemic one. It’s not one particular organ or system failing; it’s long COVID causing the body to react erratically.
The solution, Friedly said, is creating more interdisciplinary clinics like the one at Harborview, where different specialists can become more familiar with the way long COVID interacts with the body as a whole.
“One of the values we see in a multidisciplinary clinic … is that we’re able to help patients understand how each of these different symptoms is actually related to one another and they’re all part of the same problem,” Friedly said. “We are seeing lots of patients who have had extensive workups and oftentimes unnecessary workups because people don’t recognize the symptoms are part of a constellation of symptoms that all relate to long COVID.”
Friedly added that even now, more than halfway through 2022, there is no single diagnostic test for long COVID. Even the CDC’s definition of long COVID acknowledges the virus might not be present in a patient’s tests or lab work while they experience symptoms of long COVID.
“The challenge is that COVID is like lighter fluid; it sets everything on fire. For many people who have underlying conditions before COVID, they become ill, and then their underlying conditions become much worse, or they had a predisposition for something like diabetes or sleep apnea … and then they have COVID, and that sort of tips them over the edge,” Friedly said.
UW’s long COVID clinic treats patients across the state. Based on rough data collected over the past year and a half, Friedly said the clinic has treated about 69 Yakima County residents with long COVID.
“We are seeing many patients from Yakima County,” Friedly said. “I would echo that the patients that we have seen from Yakima have voiced frustration that they have not been able to access care in their area and that the providers there have not been as familiar with the symptoms and how to manage it. There is a great need for more of these types of clinics. There is a great need for more training of physicians in primary care to recognize long COVID and to treat it.”
What comes next
For Littlebull, long COVID treatment has come in the form of antihistamine therapy, which she said helps her body fight off some of her symptoms. Much of her work with the clinic has involved diagnosing her different symptoms.
Nearly two years after her initial COVID diagnosis and one year after her long COVID diagnosis, Littlebull is waiting on a referral for a cardiologist, pulmonologist and ultrasound therapist. She said the doctors at the long COVID clinic, including Friedly, suspect she could have gallbladder, lung and heart issues as well as damage to her muscle and nerve tissue.
“This is like the ultra-marathon of marathons,” she said. “I have to remind myself nobody knows anything about this. We’re all learning together, so I have to be patient.” | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/long-covid-resources-are-scarce-in-yakima-county-and-across-the-state/article_6d2f187c-24c0-11ed-8ec2-0b2e5dea627f.html | 2022-08-28T12:21:36Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/long-covid-resources-are-scarce-in-yakima-county-and-across-the-state/article_6d2f187c-24c0-11ed-8ec2-0b2e5dea627f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Triumph Treatment Services will host its sixth annual International Overdose Awareness Day event on Wednesday, Aug. 31.
The event will take place from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 31, at Sarg Hubbard Park in Yakima. Guest speakers at 3:30 p.m. will include Dr. Gillian Zuckerman, head of Community Health of Central Washington’s Connect opioid addiction program, Gerry Galindo of the Davis CANN program, and Jolene Seda, the Triumph CEO. The program includes a tribute to those who have died.
Speakers at 5 are Dr. Kelly Olson, a neuroscientist, who will present a new report on illicit drug use trends in Washington, and Yakima County Coroner Jim Curtice.
According to the report, Washington is ranked fourth in the country for fentanyl and heroin co-positivity, meaning drugs like heroin are often found with traces of fentanyl. It also shows Washington ranking in the top 10 for other drugs like methamphetamine and cocaine.
Drug overdoses in Yakima County have been rising for the last four years. Overdoses in the county more than doubled from 40 in 2018 to 98 in 2021, according to the Yakima County Coroner's Office.
Community members are invited. Pinwheels at the park will remember those lost. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/overdose-awareness-day-event-planned-on-aug-31-in-yakima/article_b9632796-255c-11ed-9adc-17c0d1d14c05.html | 2022-08-28T12:21:42Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/overdose-awareness-day-event-planned-on-aug-31-in-yakima/article_b9632796-255c-11ed-9adc-17c0d1d14c05.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
“Whether he represents an upgrade over Aaron Banks, Jason Poe or any other potential interior offensive lineman on the 49ers’ 80-man roster is certainly worth questioning. Only three times in his career has Miller earned a Pro Football Focus overall grade higher than their league-average mark of 60.0.”
Branch: 49ers’ game review: Why the offensive line might not be as bad as it looked (paywall)
“It was putrid, but some of the worst whiffs and breakdowns were committed by linemen likely to be backups in the season opener at Chicago.”
“The San Francisco 49ers have reached an injury settlement with wide receiver Austin Mack, removing him from the team’s injured reserve list, per the NFL transaction wire.”
Brock Purdy among PFF’s highest-graded 49ers players vs. Texans; Snap counts
“Below are Pro Football Focus’ five highest-graded 49ers players on offense against the Texans:
Kyle Juszczyk, FB, 86.9, 2 snaps
Ross Dwelley, TE, 79.5, 21 snaps
Brock Purdy, QB, 73.7, 32 snaps
Jeff Wilson Jr., RB, 73.0, 11 snaps
Jauan Jennings, WR, 70.4, 25 snaps.” | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/28/23325382/49ers-news-preseason-regular-season-nfl-injury-roster-cut-candidates-projections-53-man-brock-purdy | 2022-08-28T12:21:42Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/28/23325382/49ers-news-preseason-regular-season-nfl-injury-roster-cut-candidates-projections-53-man-brock-purdy | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Omicron booster shots are right around the corner
The first updated coronavirus vaccines — and likely the last one purchased by Uncle Sam — are about to become available across the U.S., and will ideally provide more targeted protection against the dominant strain that's circulating.
Why it matters: Although COVID and its risks have become a routine part of life for most Americans, the virus is still killing around 400 Americans a day. Staying up to date on vaccines could minimize these deaths.
What's happening: The updated vaccines will go through the regulatory approval process this coming week, and the shots are expected to become available soon after — likely the week after Labor Day, according to a senior Biden administration official.
- The federal government is expected to authorize them for everyone 12 and older, although only Pfizer's shot will be available for children under 18.
- "When available, new boosters are expected to help provide greater protection against the currently circulating strains. We encourage all who are eligible to consider a booster," FDA Commissioner Robert Califf tweeted Thursday.
The big picture: Being vaccinated and boosted is crucial for avoiding hospitalization and death, particularly for those with conditions that put them at high risk.
- But it's unclear how well the retooled vaccines will protect against infection and transmission.
- Although the original vaccines initially offered a high level of protection against infection, they're not nearly as effective against the Omicron variant. The question is whether a vaccine that's matched to the strain in circulation — which the new ones are — will be significantly better.
Between the lines: Americans don't seem to be very interested in boosters, at least not lately.
- Less than half of fully vaccinated Americans have received a first booster dose, per the CDC. Of people with a booster dose, only a third have received a second, although many Americans aren't yet eligible.
- Among people 65 and older, who are at higher risk for severe disease, 71% have received a first booster shot, and 41% of those people have received a second.
The intrigue: The FDA has prioritized speed — which is necessary if the goal is to keep up with the virus's mutations — over having all of the data on how the vaccines work in real life. Some experts warn that this risks dampening enthusiasm for the shot.
- The agency earlier this summer made the decision to target B.A.5, the strain that remains dominant in the U.S. today, as opposed to earlier Omicron strains.
- This means that Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna have been able to update their vaccines remarkably quickly, but we don't have complete real-world data on how they work in humans. Preclinical data suggests the shots elicit a strong neutralizing antibody response.
- The annual flu vaccine is updated using non-human data, so there's a precedent for the FDA's approach.
- "Bivalent and multivalent vaccines are very common and modifying a vaccine to include different virus strains often does not require a change in other ingredients. FDA has extensive experience with reviewing strain changes in vaccines, as is done with the annual flu vaccine," Califf tweeted.
What they're saying: "The FDA should be commended for wanting to take an aggressive, expedient approach," Eric Topol, executive vice president of Scripps Research, wrote on Substack.
- "But we also need to acknowledge the uncertainties about efficacy and the response from the public," he added.
What we're watching: Peter Marks, the top FDA vaccine official, told the New York Times that the FDA may recommend that people who recently received a vaccine dose wait "a few months" before getting a new shot, and the CDC may address whether recently infected people should also wait.
- And in the longer-term, we never know when the next variant will take over, or how well the existing vaccines will work against it. | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/28/coronavirus-omicron-booster-vaccines-fda | 2022-08-28T12:33:30Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/28/coronavirus-omicron-booster-vaccines-fda | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
1 hour ago - Science
NASA set to launch SLS Moon rocket for 1st time on Monday
NASA's Space Launch System rocket is set to lift off on an uncrewed journey to the Moon on Monday morning.
Why it matters: It will mark the first launch of the SLS and represents a major milestone for NASA as the space agency works to send people back to the lunar surface for the first time since the 1970s.
Artemis I launch time
The two-hour launch window opens on Monday at 8:33am ET.
- NASA is targeting the first part of that window for the launch, which will see the SLS loft an Orion capsule to space on a trip around the Moon and back to Earth.
How to watch the launch
- You can watch the run up to the launch and the launch itself live on NASA TV starting at 6:30am ET here. NASA's Spanish-language coverage of the launch starts at 7:30am ET here.
The big picture: NASA has plans to use the SLS and Orion for its Artemis program, which is expected to land people on the Moon in 2025.
- Unlike the Apollo program, NASA hopes that Artemis will be sustainable and long-lived — establishing a major presence on the Moon and a small space station in orbit that can act as a jumping off point down to the surface.
- The 2025 landing is expected to bring the first woman and person of color to the Moon.
Yes, but: With a big, new rocket like this, anything can happen, including unforeseen delays.
- While NASA is confident in its targeted launch time, Florida weather and technical issues could crop up at any time.
- At the time of publishing, there was a 70% chance of good weather at launch time. | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/28/nasa-artemis-launch-moon-mission | 2022-08-28T12:33:43Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/28/nasa-artemis-launch-moon-mission | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Campaigners are calling an emergency response to boost payments of Universal credit and legacy benefits over fears people will be driven into poverty. The energy cap increase has been confirmed to rise to £3,549 a year on dual fuel in an average household from October 2022.
This has added flames onto the so-called cost of living crisis as a result of lockdown costs, inflation, stagnant wages and the war in Ukraine driving up fuel and energy prices. In response to the historic crisis, the government announced an emergency benefit package worth billions.
But campaigners say UC and legacy benefits must be raised by at least £25 a week to help families through the cost of living crisis. A Universal Credit top-up of £20 a week was cut after being in place for 18 months, which equated to an extra £1,560 to help households reports Birmingham Live.
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People on three other benefits have gone to the Court of Appeal to try to win backpay equivalent to the same amount. Thomas Lawson, chief executive of national poverty charity Turn2us, said the "meteoric rise in the energy cap will cripple those of us in the UK already struggling to stay afloat." He added: "This is no longer a choice between heating and eating, but not being able to afford either.
"This is as big an emergency as the impact of Covid and needs a similarly confident government response. As one of the wealthiest economies, it’s simply not acceptable to consign more than a quarter of us into poverty."
Fuel poverty charity National Energy Action (NEA) estimates the rise will increase the number of UK households in fuel poverty from 4.5 million last October to 8.9 million this October. That's even when the Government's support package is taken into account.
Adam Scorer, National Energy Action (NEA) chief executive, said: "The scale of harm caused by these price rises needs to sink in. A warm home this winter will be a pipedream for millions as they are priced out of a decent and healthy quality of life.
"The Government needs to immediately upgrade the household support package it first announced back in May. Households need money in their pockets to weather this storm or we are going to see millions in dangerously cold homes, suffering in misery with unimaginable debt and ill health."
Analysts at Cornwall Insight warn that October's energy rise isn't the end of it. They are forecasting that prices will rise from £3,549 in October to £5,387 in January when the next price cap review comes into effect, a 52 per cent increase, and then to £6,616 in April, up another 23 per cent. That would take the average monthly bill from £296 in October (already up from £164) to £449 in January and £551 in April.
Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has said the Government was "working flat out" to develop a new package of support for consumers. He said: "This will mean the incoming Prime Minister can hit the ground running and deliver support to those who need it most, as soon as possible."
The current cost of living measures from the Government include £650 for people on Universal Credit and six legacy benefits. You should get two lump sums of £326 and £324 if you get payments of any of the following:
- Universal Credit
- income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance (JSA)
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- Income Support
- Pension Credit
- Child Tax Credit
- Working Tax Credit
In addition, £150 is going to people on health and disability benefits this September.
A DWP spokesman said: "We recognise people are struggling with rising prices which is why we are protecting the eight million most vulnerable families with at least £1,200 of direct payments, starting with the £326 cost of living payment being distributed for the summer holidays.
"Through our £37billion support package we are saving the typical employee over £330 a year through a tax cut, allowing people on Universal Credit to keep £1,000 more of what they earn while 80 per cent of households are getting a £150 council tax rebate."
The Government has just announced when people receiving HMRC tax credits will get the first instalment of the £650 cost of living payment.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The death toll from an accident when a truck drove off a dike and slammed into a community barbecue in a village south of Rotterdam has risen to six, and police say a further seven people are in hospital, including one in critical condition.
Police spokeswoman Mirjam Boers said the truck driver, a 46-year-old Spanish man, is suspected of causing the accident that happened early Saturday evening in the village of Nieuw-Beijerland.
Boers said Sunday the driver was not under the influence of alcohol when his truck left a small rural road, careered down the bank of the dike and plowed into the village gathering.
The exact cause of the crash is under investigation. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national-news/dutch-police-6-dead-after-truck-hit-community-barbecue | 2022-08-28T12:48:57Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national-news/dutch-police-6-dead-after-truck-hit-community-barbecue | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The death toll from an accident when a truck drove off a dike and slammed into a community barbecue in a village south of Rotterdam has risen to six, and police say a further seven people are in hospital, including one in critical condition.
Police spokeswoman Mirjam Boers said the truck driver, a 46-year-old Spanish man, is suspected of causing the accident that happened early Saturday evening in the village of Nieuw-Beijerland.
Boers said Sunday the driver was not under the influence of alcohol when his truck left a small rural road, careered down the bank of the dike and plowed into the village gathering.
The exact cause of the crash is under investigation. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national-news/dutch-police-6-dead-after-truck-hit-community-barbecue | 2022-08-28T12:48:57Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national-news/dutch-police-6-dead-after-truck-hit-community-barbecue | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A man survived a roughly 100 feet fall off a California cliff edge that “crumbled” beneath him as he was walking on it, authorities said.
The man was walking at dawn along the cliff overlooking Moss Beach in San Mateo County, California, when the cliff collapsed, causing him to fall, CAL FIRE San Mateo tweeted.
A woman heard the man’s cries for help around 8:30 a.m. and dialed 911, CBS reported.
The rescue took approximately 22 minutes, authorities said. Video posted to the CAL FIRE San Mateo unit’s Twitter account captured more than a half-dozen firemen using a pulley system to bring the man up the steep cliff face to safety.
“Avoid cliff edges as they are unstable,” CAL FIRE warned in its tweet.
In May, a 25-year-old man died and three others were injured after the group plummeted from a roughly 300-foot ocean cliff in Palos Verdes Estates in Southern California. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/man-survives-100-foot-fall-off-cliff-in-california/ | 2022-08-28T12:58:17Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/man-survives-100-foot-fall-off-cliff-in-california/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Col. Martin A. Wohlgemuth, commander, Area Support Group – Kuwait, speaks with Kuwait Kuwait Sgt. Maj. Najah Zamel Alenezi and Sgt. Maj. Mona Mubarak Alhajeri during the Women’s Equality Day event at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Aug. 26, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Claudia LaMantia)
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Kuwait Army doctor, Lt. Col. Hussain Al-Saraf is accompanied by Area Support Group – Kuwait Army officers as they enter the hospital at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Aug. 26, 2022. Doctor Al-Saraf along with Sgt. Majs. Mona Mubarak Alhajeri and Najah Zamel Alenezi attended the Women’s Equality Day event and later toured the 531st Hospital Center. (U.S. Army photo by Claudia LaMantia)
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Kuwait Army doctors, 531st Hospital Center, and Area Support Group – Kuwait medical personnel pose for a picture at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, Aug. 26, 2022. (U.S. Army photo by Claudia LaMantia)
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U.S. Air Force Tactical Air Control Party specialist with Combined Special Operations Task Force - Levant and the 335th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron along with Joint Forward Observers with the Army and Naval Special Warfare conduct AC-130 and Fighter Integration at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, August 19th, 2022. In this exercise they designated targets and guided attacks from two F-15E Strike Eagles and an AC-130 gunship. Long exposure photos. (U.S. Air Force photo by: Tech. Sgt. Jim Bentley)
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Have you ever had a fantastic night’s sleep at a hotel and wished you could afford the same bedding at home? Right now, you can get a highly-rated down-alternative comforter on Amazon that might fit the bill.
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Some reviewers noted that if you don’t have a large-capacity washer, you may need to take it to a laundromat to avoid damaging the comforter. People who haven’t been as pleased in their write-ups have said the fibers shifted after washing, although that appears to be a rare occurrence based on the low percentage of negative reviews.
Depending on the color and size you choose, you can get this down alternative comforter for around $22. None of the queen comforters are over $30, and most king-size comforters are between $22-$40.
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A small gathering at Occoquan’s River Mill Park sat in silence Saturday, with only the soft sounds of the footbridge waterfall in the background, as the crowd remembered the widespread flooding, destruction and death that Hurricane Agnes wrought on Prince William County in late June 1972.
Earnie Porta, Occoquan mayor, recounted the massive rainfall, with 10 to 14 inches over broad areas of Northern Virginia, that submerged Mill Street and destroyed the one-lane bridge that brought traffic into town, where the footbridge now stands.
Officials on June 21, 1972, and through the evening evacuated the entire town to several nearby volunteer fire stations, Porta said. The Potomac News, the daily local newspaper, wrote of the loss of the Route 123 bridge, accompanied by dramatic images of its destruction.
“Disintegrating piece by piece, the newspaper accounted how it finally gave way at 10:30 a.m. on June 22,” Porta said. “Some of the most dramatic photographs we have in the Occoquan Historical Society's Millhouse Museum collection include photographs of the destruction of the bridge.”
Occoquan commissioned Taylor Rood, a blacksmith artist with Platinum Star Forge in Madison County, to create an artwork from one of the remaining bridge I-beams that had been pulled from the river and kept under the museum all these years. The 9-foot sculpture represents the twisted bridge and the rising of the water that created lasting change on this small riverside town.
Porta said the flood was a seminal event in the town’s history, one that changed its trajectory.
“Prior to its arrival, Occoquan had most of the types of businesses that were associated with a traditional American small town: grocery and hardware stores, banks, family-run restaurants, doctor’s offices and funeral homes, but the damage from Agnes was too much for many of them,” Porta added. “It was from that point forward that Occoquan started to remake itself into the eclectic mix of residences, restaurants, shops and historic sites that it is today.” | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/50-years-on-hurricane-agnes-remembered-in-occoquan/article_5500c09e-26b3-11ed-bbf8-2709b0dd28c4.html | 2022-08-28T13:36:32Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/50-years-on-hurricane-agnes-remembered-in-occoquan/article_5500c09e-26b3-11ed-bbf8-2709b0dd28c4.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
As Manassas officials aim to add density in and around the Mathis Avenue corridor, the city is working to maintain the green space around one of its historic assets.
The city’s planning and community development department is starting the rezoning process for the Liberia House property and an adjacent lot in the hopes of preserving a buffer between the 1825 home between Portner and Mathis avenues and potential future development next door.
Recommended by the Planning Commission, the rezonings would change part of the Liberia House property at 880 Mathis Ave. to single-family residential R-2 zoning. The 12.62-acre property on the historic grounds is currently undeveloped, and though no new development or changes to the historic site are under consideration, the proposal would “provide additional zoning protection to the historic site should the adjacent commercial property begin development,” according to the city’s staff report. In particular, it would ensure a 25-foot buffer between the historic site and possible development in the future.
On Mathis, the city is searching for funding to narrow and beautify the current commercial corridor in the hopes of drawing redevelopment that would add both commercial and residential uses. The city is also considering proposals that would allow for the residential projects to be built at higher densities than is currently allowed. The Liberia House plan is to ensure that the goals on Mathis don’t detract from the historic nature of the property, which is owned by the city and remains parkspace in the comprehensive plan.
The plantation house was built in 1825 by Harriett Bladen Mitchell Weir and her husband, William James Weir. Referred to as the “Brick House,” it was valued at $2,876 when it was constructed, according to the city’s tax records. With more than 90 enslaved people on the grounds, the plantation became one of the most commercially successful in the area, growing vegetables and grains while raising horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. One of those enslaved people was Nellie Naylor, who, according to the city, was given 12 acres of land following the Civil War. Some of Naylor’s descendants still live in the area.
During the war, the property was used as a headquarters for Confederate General P.G.T. Beauregard in 1861 before being taken by the Union army and General Irvin McDowell the following year. President Abraham Lincoln even came to visit with his commanders at the house during the war.
Afterwards, famed local brewer Robert Portner bought the house. | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/manassas-seeks-further-protection-for-liberia-house/article_017db382-26a4-11ed-a8df-f7f7a5077a01.html | 2022-08-28T13:36:38Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/manassas-seeks-further-protection-for-liberia-house/article_017db382-26a4-11ed-a8df-f7f7a5077a01.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Regular Season Finale: 25 racing events so far this year has produced 15 different winners in the series with the 26th and final event in regular season Chase Elliott has already clinched the regular season championship. Meanwhile, Kurt Busch who won previously this season is now out of the playoffs after suffering a concussion that’s kept him out of the car for several weeks and the team deciding it best to allow further recovery when they announced on Thursday that Kurt would miss the beginning of the playoffs and they would rescind their playoff eligibility waiver. Ty Gibbs will once again be in the seat this weekend at Daytona and next weekend at Darlington.
With Kurt now out this leaves open two spots that Martin Truex Jr. and Ryan Blaney had been going for prior when there once but one spot left. Both Blaney and Truex will need help and possibly a win to solidify their spot. Blaney for his part is the defending race winners coming into Daytona this weekend with his Team Penske teammate winning the season opener at Daytona. This is the third year in which Daytona has marked the regular season finale with Richmond and Indianapolis previously serving as the finish.
Clinch information provided by NASCAR Statistics:
Already Clinched
The following 14 drivers have clinched a spot in the 16-driver postseason field: Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson, Joey Logano, Ross Chastain, Christopher Bell, Kevin Harvick, Kyle Busch, William Byron, Alex Bowman, Daniel Suarez, Tyler Reddick, Denny Hamlin, Austin Cindric and Chase Briscoe.
Can Clinch Via Points
If there is a repeat winner or a win by a driver who cannot advance to the Playoffs this weekend at Daytona, the following drivers could clinch by being ahead of the third winless driver in the standings. The same point requirements listed below would hold true if a new win comes from among Ryan Blaney or Martin Truex Jr.
- Ryan Blaney: Would clinch regardless of finish
- Martin Truex Jr.: Would clinch regardless of finish
If there is a new winner from Erik Jones or another winless driver lower in the standings but still eligible to advance to the Playoffs, the following drivers could clinch by being ahead of the second winless driver in the standings.
- Ryan Blaney: Would clinch with 31 points
- Martin Truex Jr.: Could only clinch with help
Can Clinch Via Win
The following drivers would clinch on their win alone:
- Ryan Blaney (Average finish at Daytona 18.3)
- Martin Truex Jr. (21.9)
- Erik Jones (22.0)
- Aric Almirola (20.1)
- Austin Dillon (15.4)
- Bubba Wallace (12.5)
- Chris Buescher (22.0)
- Justin Haley (10.7)
- Michael McDowell (19.7)
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (20.0)
- Cole Custer (24.4)
- Brad Keselowski (22.6)
- Harrison Burton (39.0)
- Ty Dillon (19.7)
- Todd Gilliland (33.0) | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/72394-ncs-what-to-watch-for-in-today-s-coke-zero-400-at-daytona-international-speedway | 2022-08-28T13:40:02Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://www.speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/72394-ncs-what-to-watch-for-in-today-s-coke-zero-400-at-daytona-international-speedway | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Louis-Philippe Dumoulin and the #47 WeatherTech Canada | Groupe Bellemare team, were at Circuit ICAR on Saturday for the final stop on Quebec soil by the NASCAR Pinty's Series. With only two events left in the 2022 season, Louis-Philippe Dumoulin was hoping to score his first win on this track.
However, the Trois-Rivières native finished the “General Tire 125” in 6th position in an event tinged with surprises. The rain forced a reorganization of the schedule, as the cancelled practice and qualifying sessions requiring the NASCAR Pinty's Series officials to create a starting grid according to the current championship positions, with Louis-Philippe Dumoulin starting 7th.
This happened after the Dumoulin Competition team had worked hard as the car's engine and gearbox had to be changed quickly just before the series' only practice session. “The car finally hit the track with 20 minutes left in the session,” explained the driver of the #47 WeatherTech Canada | Groupe Bellemare car. We were still happy with our speed, although the car showed a little understeer. However, I thought that over a longer race runs it would give us an advantage late in the race.”
That was not a winning bet for Louis-Philippe Dumoulin. “We had a good start but having an understeering car didn't help us in the end. We didn't manage to make the required adjustments to the new gearbox as we were only able to do part of the practice session and that slowed down our progress.”
Louis-Philippe Dumoulin had a great run, moving up into the top 3 before having to give up his position after some close battles. “We fought for a top 5 finish, but at the end of the race I was too patient behind Andrew Ranger, and then (Alex) Guénette, and (Alex) Labbé took advantage of this slight tactical error to sneak by me.”
Louis-Philippe Dumoulin must therefore postpone his wish to finish on the top step of the podium at ICAR until next year. “It wasn't the result we wanted, but we will continue to work hard,” he concludes. Despite this, he is pleased with the event, as Dumoulin Competition did an excellent, fast and accurate job on their car in the face of adversity.
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Logan Roberson of Waynesboro, VA made his trip to Virginia Motor Speedway for some FASTRAK World Championship practice count, and in a big way. Roberson rocketed past Austin Hubbard of Bridgeville, DE for the lead on lap 21 and then pulled away from the field to go on to grab the win in the Victory Lap Pro Late Model 30 lap feature.
“It’s always great to get a win here, we feel really good about our chances in the upcoming $50,000 to win FASTRAK World Championship in September,” commented Roberson in Virginia Is For Racing Lovers victory lane.
Hubbard with his runner-up finish was crowned the 2022 Victory Lap Pro Late Model, his second at Virginia Motor Speedway.
Austin Hubbard jumped to the lead on the drop of the green flag and looked to have the race with Trevor Collins close in second. By lap 10 Logan Roberson had moved himself into second and was closing on the leader. It looked like Hubbard would have enough to hold off Roberson that was until lap 21 when Roberson rocketed past for the lead out of turn 2. Once out front, Roberson pulled away from the field and went on to score the win by 4.995 seconds. Rounding out the top 5 were Hubbard, Ray Love Jr., Trevor Collins, and Nick Davis.
In the Budweiser Modified 25 lap feature Joey Polevoy of Powhatan, VA led flag to flag to score his second win of the season. Polevoy jumped to the lead on the drop of the green flag with Lance Grady in tow. On lap 3 point leader Chase Butler had a bit of a scare spinning to bring out the first caution of the race. On lap 12 Bret Hamilton would take second from Grady and set out to catch the leader. Polevoy would hold off Hamilton for the win. Rounding out the top 5 were Chase Butler, Lance Grady, and Brent Bordeaux.
Rebounding from his lap 4 spin, Chase Butler of Mechanicsville, VA was crowned the 2022 Budweiser Modified Champion for the second year in a row. Butler was the only driver in the modified division to finish in the top 5 each race.
Davis Lipscombe of Mechanicsville, VA returned to the Truckin Thunder Sportsman division with one goal, to pick up the win. The division’s 2021 champion did just that getting by Matt Meads of Elizabeth City, NC on lap 10. With seven laps to go, Tim Shelton of Fredericksburg, VA had made his way to back to the runner-up spot. With five laps to go Shelton would try to get inside Lipscombe in turn 1 only to have Lipscombe to use the high-side to his advantage to hold on to the top spot. Lipscombe would go on to take the win and keep Shelton from matching his perfect record set in 2021. Rounding out the top five were Shelton, Matt Meads, Adam Breeden, and James Givens.
Shelton would be crowned the 2022 Truckin Thunder Champion finishing no worse than second during the 2022 season.
It took Johnny Brooks of Aylett, VA eight laps to work his way to the lead in the Collision One Limited Stock Car 20 lap feature from his sixth place starting position. Once out front Brooks would go on to score his third win of the season. Brooks would get by Ryan Hutchens on lap 8 with an inside move out of turn 2. Brian Maxey would close in on the leader with laps winding down, but would be involved in a caution ending his night. Brooks would go on to score the win over Ryan Hutchens, Cory Bradley, Jacob Buie, and Brandon Bowler.
Brian Maxey of King George, VA would be crowned the 2022 Collision One Limited Stock Car Champion.
The next event for the speedway will be the $50,000 to win FASTRAK World Championship presented by Dealer Group USA set for September 23-24, 2022. The highest paying Pro Late Model event will attract some of the top drivers in the country to the ½ mile speed plant located in Jamaica, VA.
The format for the event will include practice, qualifying, and heats on Friday, September 23 and B Mains and feature on Saturday, September 24. Any driver not making the feature will be entered into a drawing for a brand new GM 604 motor valued at $7500.
More details about the big weekend will be released in the coming week. A support class will be announced next week.
Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway is a ½ mile dirt oval track is located on U.S. Route 17, eight miles north of Saluda, VA and 25 miles south of Tappahannock, VA in Jamaica, VA. The speedway is just a short drive from Richmond, Fredericksburg, Southern Maryland and the Hampton Roads area.
Race fans can go to www.vamotorspeedway.com to view the complete schedule Virginia Motor Speedway’s 2022 season, find detailed event information, get the latest news, and get complete ticket and camping information. In addition, fans can get social with Virginia Motor Speedway by following @vamotorspeedway on Twitter, clicking "Like" at www.facebook.com/VaMotorSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/VaMotorSpeedway.
MEDIA CONTACT: DAVE SEAY (804) 758-1867 OR (804) 357-7223
RACE RESULTS FOR COLLISSION ONE CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT, SATURDAY AUGUST 27, 2022:
Victory Lap Pro Late Model (30 Laps): 1. 17R-Logan Roberson[4]; 2. 38B-Austin Hubbard[1]; 3. 08-Ray Love Jr[5]; 4. 72-Trevor Collins[3]; 5. 71-Davis Lipscombe[9]; 6. 96-Matthew Hildebrand[6]; 7. 8-Jeremy Pilkerton[8]; 8. 37-Bud Stinson[10]; 9. 28-Tyler Dettor[12]; 10. 36-Cody Dawson[2]; 11. 7-Curtis Hughes[13]; 12. 92-Nick Davis[7]; 13. 38-Nicolas Love[11]; 14. 17H-Charles Hale Jr[14
Fast Qualifier: Logan Roberson – 18.826 seconds
Truckin Thunder Sportsman (25 laps): 1. 71-Davis Lipscombe[4]; 2. 55-Tim Shelton[8]; 3. 23-Matt Meads[2]; 4. 01X-Adam Breeden[6]; 5. 8-James Givens[1]; 6. 47-Hunter Wright[7]; 7. 25-Tyler Shipp[3]; 8. 101-Tony Breeden[9]; 9. 74-Jim Grady JR[14]; 10. 57-Robert Miller[16]; 11. 89-Robert Jenkins[12]; 12. 16-Brett Adkins[5]; 13. 45-William Baker[10]; 14. 01-Tommy Upshaw[11]; 15. 1-Billy Adkins[15]; 16. 4-Doug Lincoln[13]
Fast Qualifier: Brett Adkins – 21.035 seconds
Budweiser Modified (25 laps): 1. 51-Joey Polevoy[2]; 2. 1ST-Bret Hamilton[3]; 3. 11-Chase Butler[4]; 4. 48-Lance Grady[1]; 5. 40-Brent Bordeaux[5]; 6. 75-Kelly Barricks[10]; 7. 55-Jason Sage[12]; 8. 44-Stephen Bryant[11]; 9. 72-Ronald Lamborgini[13]; 10. 11K-Robert Kramer[9]; 11. 21J-Curtis Mason[8]; 12. 814-Samuel Lamborgini[6]; 13. 7+7-Jeff Solinger[7]
Fast Qualifier: Chase Butler – 19.627 seconds
Collision One Limited Stock Car (20 laps): 1. 7-Johnny Brooks[6]; 2. 14H-Ryan Hutchens[2]; 3. 41-Cory Bradley[8]; 4. 21-Jacob Buie[7]; 5. 14-Brandon Bowler[12]; 6. 25-John Hankins Jr[11]; 7. 30-Zac Elliott[13]; 8. 55-Raymond Harper[3]; 9. 59-Adam Spelman[15]; 10. 37-Mike Harris[14]; 11. 5-Brian Maxey[5]; 12. 01-Trent Clemans[4]; 13. 10-Ernie Dettbarn[1]; 14. 85-WL Johnston[10]; 15. 92-Kacey Gordan[9]; 16. 18-James Slough[16]; 17. 08-Chad Champion[17]
Fast Qualifier: Johnny Brooks – 22.351 seconds
Lipscombe, Polevoy, and Brooks Score wins While Shelton, Butler, and Maxey Crowned Champions
Jamaica, VA – Logan Roberson of Waynesboro, VA made his trip to Virginia Motor Speedway for some FASTRAK World Championship practice count, and in a big way. Roberson rocketed past Austin Hubbard of Bridgeville, DE for the lead on lap 21 and then pulled away from the field to go on to grab the win in the Victory Lap Pro Late Model 30 lap feature.
“It’s always great to get a win here, we feel really good about our chances in the upcoming $50,000 to win FASTRAK World Championship in September,” commented Roberson in Virginia Is For Racing Lovers victory lane.
Hubbard with his runner-up finish was crowned the 2022 Victory Lap Pro Late Model, his second at Virginia Motor Speedway.
Austin Hubbard jumped to the lead on the drop of the green flag and looked to have the race with Trevor Collins close in second. By lap 10 Logan Roberson had moved himself into second and was closing on the leader. It looked like Hubbard would have enough to hold off Roberson that was until lap 21 when Roberson rocketed past for the lead out of turn 2. Once out front, Roberson pulled away from the field and went on to score the win by 4.995 seconds. Rounding out the top 5 were Hubbard, Ray Love Jr., Trevor Collins, and Nick Davis.
In the Budweiser Modified 25 lap feature Joey Polevoy of Powhatan, VA led flag to flag to score his second win of the season. Polevoy jumped to the lead on the drop of the green flag with Lance Grady in tow. On lap 3 point leader Chase Butler had a bit of a scare spinning to bring out the first caution of the race. On lap 12 Bret Hamilton would take second from Grady and set out to catch the leader. Polevoy would hold off Hamilton for the win. Rounding out the top 5 were Chase Butler, Lance Grady, and Brent Bordeaux.
Rebounding from his lap 4 spin, Chase Butler of Mechanicsville, VA was crowned the 2022 Budweiser Modified Champion for the second year in a row. Butler was the only driver in the modified division to finish in the top 5 each race.
Davis Lipscombe of Mechanicsville, VA returned to the Truckin Thunder Sportsman division with one goal, to pick up the win. The division’s 2021 champion did just that getting by Matt Meads of Elizabeth City, NC on lap 10. With seven laps to go, Tim Shelton of Fredericksburg, VA had made his way to back to the runner-up spot. With five laps to go Shelton would try to get inside Lipscombe in turn 1 only to have Lipscombe to use the high-side to his advantage to hold on to the top spot. Lipscombe would go on to take the win and keep Shelton from matching his perfect record set in 2021. Rounding out the top five were Shelton, Matt Meads, Adam Breeden, and James Givens.
Shelton would be crowned the 2022 Truckin Thunder Champion finishing no worse than second during the 2022 season.
It took Johnny Brooks of Aylett, VA eight laps to work his way to the lead in the Collision One Limited Stock Car 20 lap feature from his sixth place starting position. Once out front Brooks would go on to score his third win of the season. Brooks would get by Ryan Hutchens on lap 8 with an inside move out of turn 2. Brian Maxey would close in on the leader with laps winding down, but would be involved in a caution ending his night. Brooks would go on to score the win over Ryan Hutchens, Cory Bradley, Jacob Buie, and Brandon Bowler.
Brian Maxey of King George, VA would be crowned the 2022 Collision One Limited Stock Car Champion.
The next event for the speedway will be the $50,000 to win FASTRAK World Championship presented by Dealer Group USA set for September 23-24, 2022. The highest paying Pro Late Model event will attract some of the top drivers in the country to the ½ mile speed plant located in Jamaica, VA.
The format for the event will include practice, qualifying, and heats on Friday, September 23 and B Mains and feature on Saturday, September 24. Any driver not making the feature will be entered into a drawing for a brand new GM 604 motor valued at $7500.
More details about the big weekend will be released in the coming week. A support class will be announced next week.
Bill Sawyer’s Virginia Motor Speedway is a ½ mile dirt oval track is located on U.S. Route 17, eight miles north of Saluda, VA and 25 miles south of Tappahannock, VA in Jamaica, VA. The speedway is just a short drive from Richmond, Fredericksburg, Southern Maryland and the Hampton Roads area.
Race fans can go to www.vamotorspeedway.com to view the complete schedule Virginia Motor Speedway’s 2022 season, find detailed event information, get the latest news, and get complete ticket and camping information. In addition, fans can get social with Virginia Motor Speedway by following @vamotorspeedway on Twitter, clicking "Like" at www.facebook.com/VaMotorSpeedway and on www.youtube.com/VaMotorSpeedway.
MEDIA CONTACT: DAVE SEAY (804) 758-1867 OR (804) 357-7223
RACE RESULTS FOR COLLISSION ONE CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT, SATURDAY AUGUST 27, 2022:
Victory Lap Pro Late Model (30 Laps): 1. 17R-Logan Roberson[4]; 2. 38B-Austin Hubbard[1]; 3. 08-Ray Love Jr[5]; 4. 72-Trevor Collins[3]; 5. 71-Davis Lipscombe[9]; 6. 96-Matthew Hildebrand[6]; 7. 8-Jeremy Pilkerton[8]; 8. 37-Bud Stinson[10]; 9. 28-Tyler Dettor[12]; 10. 36-Cody Dawson[2]; 11. 7-Curtis Hughes[13]; 12. 92-Nick Davis[7]; 13. 38-Nicolas Love[11]; 14. 17H-Charles Hale Jr[14
Fast Qualifier: Logan Roberson – 18.826 seconds
Truckin Thunder Sportsman (25 laps): 1. 71-Davis Lipscombe[4]; 2. 55-Tim Shelton[8]; 3. 23-Matt Meads[2]; 4. 01X-Adam Breeden[6]; 5. 8-James Givens[1]; 6. 47-Hunter Wright[7]; 7. 25-Tyler Shipp[3]; 8. 101-Tony Breeden[9]; 9. 74-Jim Grady JR[14]; 10. 57-Robert Miller[16]; 11. 89-Robert Jenkins[12]; 12. 16-Brett Adkins[5]; 13. 45-William Baker[10]; 14. 01-Tommy Upshaw[11]; 15. 1-Billy Adkins[15]; 16. 4-Doug Lincoln[13]
Fast Qualifier: Brett Adkins – 21.035 seconds
Budweiser Modified (25 laps): 1. 51-Joey Polevoy[2]; 2. 1ST-Bret Hamilton[3]; 3. 11-Chase Butler[4]; 4. 48-Lance Grady[1]; 5. 40-Brent Bordeaux[5]; 6. 75-Kelly Barricks[10]; 7. 55-Jason Sage[12]; 8. 44-Stephen Bryant[11]; 9. 72-Ronald Lamborgini[13]; 10. 11K-Robert Kramer[9]; 11. 21J-Curtis Mason[8]; 12. 814-Samuel Lamborgini[6]; 13. 7+7-Jeff Solinger[7]
Fast Qualifier: Chase Butler – 19.627 seconds
Collision One Limited Stock Car (20 laps): 1. 7-Johnny Brooks[6]; 2. 14H-Ryan Hutchens[2]; 3. 41-Cory Bradley[8]; 4. 21-Jacob Buie[7]; 5. 14-Brandon Bowler[12]; 6. 25-John Hankins Jr[11]; 7. 30-Zac Elliott[13]; 8. 55-Raymond Harper[3]; 9. 59-Adam Spelman[15]; 10. 37-Mike Harris[14]; 11. 5-Brian Maxey[5]; 12. 01-Trent Clemans[4]; 13. 10-Ernie Dettbarn[1]; 14. 85-WL Johnston[10]; 15. 92-Kacey Gordan[9]; 16. 18-James Slough[16]; 17. 08-Chad Champion[17]
Fast Qualifier: Johnny Brooks – 22.351 seconds
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It was full of excitement with three different leaders but Terry Reed won the 7th Annual John Osman Memorial Presented by FloRacing at Macon Speedway on Air King night. The 47-lap race for $2,000-to-win was enough for race fans to get their fill for more than 30 minutes with drama and destruction. The destruction started early with one favorite to win--Jeremy Nichols--who got tangled with Zane Reitz early and left the track broken and mangled. As Terry Reed began the race from the front row with Reitz, Reed led the opening laps. Friday night Osman Memorial race winner Tanner Sullivan pulled ahead on lap five and then looked to be solid enough to keep it. That changed in a puff of smoke.
As Sullivan was running with the lead, his 51 Bistro Street Stock started smoking from the back of the car. He began slowing which allowed Reed and Bobby Beiler to pull ahead and two Macon Speedway favorites were battling for the lead in a seesaw, back-and-forth situation. Beiler would run over an infield tire that messed up his steering and drifted back in the field which allowed Reed to once again take the lead back. All while being in the lead, Reitz was directly behind him looking for a single opportunity to capitalize on the current points leader. That opportunity never came and Reed came through the finish line with the Midwest Big Ten Series event win.
Andy Zahnd finished third after having a restart begin him at the back for creating a caution earlier in the race. Just proves that racers can make a comeback with laps remaining.
That leads right into the Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Models where Colby Sheppard carried the checkered flag after a grueling 20-lap A-Main race. It didn't look good for Sheppard early who was sent to the back for creating a wreck within the first few laps. But Sheppard got through the traffic and on the white-flag-lap made two passes to get from third to first to secure his third feature win at Macon Speedway in 2022. The passes were against two solid drivers in Chase Osterhoff and Braden Johnson.
Jacob Steinkoenig went back-to-back with feature wins in the BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds class. Steinkoenig waited out Nick Justice from the open and then raced solidly in front of Rodney Standerfer and Guy Taylor for his fourth checkered flag feature win of the year.
Guy Taylor couldn't get around Kevin Crowder in the Pro Modified heat race which allowed Crowder to enjoy a victory but Crowder couldn't find a way to get past Taylor in the feature race as he notched his eighth-straight checkered flag in the division and 12th overall in the Pro Modified class in 2022.
John Barnard from Sherman climbed out of his Micro Sprint to get his second win of the year. The young driver has led the division points for much of the season as well as being discussed as a Rookie of the Year in the POWRi Micro Sprint series. After getting ahead of the 12-car field, Barnard and Daryn Stark whipped around quick laps and eventually got away from Stark as well as a charging Aarik Andruskevitch for his second Micro Sprint Presented by Bailey Chassis feature race.
The Hornets made up a feature from last week when rain hit the track and prematurely put an end to the program. Five of the nine scheduled cars were in attendance to race the 12-lap event that was won by a fast Billy Mason. Mason had not won a Macon Speedway feature since Opening Night back in April. For Mason, the win would be short to enjoy as he needed to get his car ready for the regularly-scheduled feature of the night. Mason again was quick but Tristan Quinlan, who was passed in both the make-up feature and the nightly heat race, would get the last laugh for the night and score his second win of the season. Quinlan took home an extra $100 bonus, courtesy of Rocco’s Bar in Decatur.
Macon Speedway will return to life quicker this week with the 44th Annual Herald & Review 100 featuring a $5,000-to-win, 100-lap feature race for the Super Late Models. The BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds will also compete for a $1,500-to-win top prize. The race will be quiet next Saturday night as Track Enterprises crew members will work at the DuQuoin State Fair which includes Saturday & Sunday races with the USAC Silver Crown, ARCA Menard's Series and UMP Modifieds all racing. The next Saturday event at Macon will lead into the final three races of the season featuring 98.1 GRIZ-FM Night and the Vintage Racing of Illinois cars and other stock car classes.
FEATURE RUNDOWNS (Top 10’s)
Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Models
- 27-Colby Sheppard[Williamsville, IL]; 2. 130-Chase Osterhoff[Kankakee, IL]; 3. 14J-Braden Johnson[Taylorville, IL]; 4. 10C-Colby Eller[Taylorville, IL]; 5. 11-Ryan Miller[Lincoln, IL]; 6. 27E-Kyle Mixon[Alton, IL]; 7. T22-Curtis Eller[Taylorville, IL]; 8. 64-Donny Koehler[Macon, IL]; 9. 18CC-Cameron Reynolds[Farmer City, IL]; 10. (DNF) 10-Blake Damery[Macon, IL]
BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds
- 24S-Jacob Steinkoenig[Highland, IL]; 2. 28-Rodney Standerfer[Summerfield, IL]; 3. 4T-Guy Taylor[Springfield, IL]; 4. 87C-Alan Crowder[Elwin, IL]; 5. 71-Jeff Graham[Stonington, IL]; 6. 8UP-Zach Taylor[Springfield, IL]; 7. 98-Shawn Vaughn[Springfield, IL]; 8. 78-Maxx Emerson[Taylorville, IL]; 9. 4M-Clint Martin[Ramsey, IL]; 10. 88C-Marshall Call[Springfield, IL]
DIRTcar Pro Mods
- 4T-Guy Taylor[Springfield, IL]; 2. 78-Maxx Emerson[Taylorville, IL]; 3. 15C-Kevin Crowder[Argenta, IL]; 4. 8UP-Zach Taylor[Springfield, IL]; 5. 7B-Brian Burns[Bethany, IL]; 6. 24M-Matt Milner[Chatham, IL]; 7. 27X-Joel Irvin[Harristown, IL]; 8. 6-Billy Adams[Shelbyville, IL]; 9. J13-Justin Coffey[Stonington, IL]; 10. Z24-Taryn Page[Decatur, IL]
Midwest Big Ten 51 Bistro Street Stocks (John Osman Memorial)
- 11-Terry Reed[Cerro Gordo, IL]; 2. 55-Zane Reitz[Veedersburg, IN]; 3. 2Z-Andy Zahnd[White Heath, IL]; 4. 22-Darrell Dick[Monticello, IL]; 5. 46-Randy Huffman[Maroa, IL]; 6. 20-Tanner Sullivan[Pontiac, IL]; 7. 08-Brian R Dasenbrock[Decatur, IL]; 8. J98-Jordan Smith[Argenta, IL]; 9. 25-Greg Osman[Eureka, IL]; 10. 21R-Dustin Reed[Decatur, IL]
DIRTcar Hornets
- 95Q-Tristin Quinlan[Decatur, IL]; 2. 357-Billy Mason[Brownstown, IL]; 3. 20B-Bridget Fulton[Marissa, IL]; 4. 04-Steve Stine[Stonington, IL]; 5. 98-Ken Reed[Decatur, IL]; 6. (DNF) 20-Casey Eskew[Springfield, IL]
Micros By Bailey Chassis
1. 8B-John Barnard[Sherman, IL]; 2. 55S-Daryn Stark[Springfield, IL]; 3. 21-Aarik Andruskevitch[Riverton, IL]; 4. 87-Collin Shain[Sullivan, IL]; 5. 00-Joe Taft[Dawson, IL]; 6. 1X-John Plotner[Decatur, IL]; 7. 14-Kade Ballinger[Lovington, IL]; 8. 7F-Nolan Bartley[Hammond, IL]; 9. N1A-Shania Alexander[Humboldt, IL]; 10. 30R-Lance Rockwell[Jacksonville, IL]
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Late-breaking data presented at ESC Congress 2022 and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine confirms implant procedure safety and defibrillation success
DUBLIN and BARCELONA, Spain, Aug. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Medtronic plc (NYSE: MDT), a global leader in healthcare technology, today announced that its investigational EV ICD™ System – a first-of-its-kind defibrillator with the lead placed under the breastbone, outside of the heart and veins – achieved a defibrillation success rate of 98.7% and met its safety endpoints in a global clinical trial. Findings from the Extravascular Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (EV ICD) Pivotal Study were presented as late-breaking science today at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2022 in Barcelona and simultaneously published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Worldwide, the EV ICD system is investigational and not yet approved for sale or distribution.
The Medtronic EV ICD system is designed to treat dangerously fast heart rhythms that can lead to sudden cardiac arrest (SCA), while avoiding certain risks of traditional, transvenous ICDs because its lead (thin wire) is placed outside the heart and veins, under the breastbone (sternum) using a minimally invasive approach. Placing the lead in this location is designed to help avoid long-term complications that may be associated with leads in the heart and veins, such as vessel occlusion (narrowing, blockage or compression of a vein) and risks for blood infections.
The lead is connected to a device that is implanted below the left armpit (in the left mid-axillary region). Clinical trial participants received the same therapies provided by traditional ICDs, including defibrillation, anti-tachycardia pacing (ATP), and back-up pacing therapies with this single implanted device that is similar in size, shape, and longevity to traditional ICDs.
"We are very encouraged by the high defibrillation effectiveness and strong safety profile of the EV ICD system seen in the study, as we look to deliver less-invasive treatment options for patients at risk of sudden cardiac arrest," said Ian Crozier, MB, CHB, M.D., Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand, who presented the results at ESC Congress 2022. "These results demonstrate the potential for this novel technology to be used as a safe, successful approach for patients with life-threatening arrhythmias."
Study Results: Effectiveness
In the study, the device's effectiveness in delivering defibrillation therapy at implant was 98.7% (298 of 302 patients), surpassing the prespecified performance goal of 88%. These results reflect a greater defibrillation efficacy for the EV ICD than historical transvenous ICD studies;1-4 comparable efficacy to the subcutaneous ICD despite EV ICD's smaller device size;5 and a predicted increase in longevity compared to the subcutaneous ICD. Additionally, all discrete spontaneous arrhythmias were successfully treated (18 of 18, 100%).
Further, the efficacy of ATP – which paces the heart to interrupt and terminate a dangerous rhythm, potentially avoiding a defibrillation shock – in the EV ICD study was comparable to ATP efficacy in transvenous defibrillators.6,7 In total, 33 shocks were avoided by having ATP programmed "on."
Study Results: Safety
The study also exceeded its safety endpoint: at six months, 92.6% of patients (Kaplan-Meier estimate) were free from major system and/or procedure-related major complications such as hospitalization, system revision, or death (compared to the performance goal of 79%; p<0.001). There were no major intraprocedural complications, nor any unique complications observed related to the EV ICD procedure or system (compared to transvenous and subcutaneous ICDs).
At six months, 25 major complications were observed in 23 of 316 patients who underwent an implant attempt (7.3%). Twenty-nine patients experienced inappropriate shocks (9.7%, average 10.6 months follow up), most commonly due to P-wave oversensing, which was more frequent in patients implanted early in the study and less frequent among patients implanted later in the study.
"These pivotal data mark the start of a new era in ICD therapy for patients who are at significant risk of dangerously fast heart rhythms," said Alan Cheng, M.D., chief medical officer of the Cardiac Rhythm Management business, which is part of the Cardiovascular Portfolio at Medtronic. "Today's findings are an important clinical milestone toward our goal of delivering a one-system, one-procedure extravascular ICD solution that prevents sudden cardiac arrest while improving the patient experience with a smaller device and moving the lead out of the veins and placing it under the breastbone. The EV ICD system retains the benefits of a completely extravascular system while providing ATP, pause prevention pacing and low defibrillation energy."
The EV ICD Pivotal study is a prospective, multicenter, single-arm, non-randomized, pre-market clinical study that assessed the safety and effectiveness of the Medtronic EV ICD system for patients at risk of sudden cardiac death. The EV ICD Pivotal study enrolled 356 patients at 46 sites in 17 countries in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Medtronic has received FDA approval for a Continued Access Study while the agency reviews the company's EV ICD pre-market application.
About Medtronic
Bold thinking. Bolder actions. We are Medtronic. Medtronic plc, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, is the leading global healthcare technology company that boldly attacks the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people across 150 countries. Our technologies and therapies treat 70 health conditions and include cardiac devices, surgical robotics, insulin pumps, surgical tools, patient monitoring systems, and more. Powered by our diverse knowledge, insatiable curiosity, and desire to help all those who need it, we deliver innovative technologies that transform the lives of two people every second, every hour, every day. Expect more from us as we empower insight-driven care, experiences that put people first, and better outcomes for all. In everything we do, we are engineering the extraordinary. For more information on Medtronic (NYSE:MDT), visit www.Medtronic.com and follow @Medtronic on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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2Pires LA, Johnson KM. Intraoperative testing of the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator: how much is enough? J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 2006;17:140-5.
3Michowitz Y, Lellouche N, Contractor T, et al. Defibrillation threshold testing fails to show clinical benefit during long-term follow-up of patients undergoing cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator implantation. Europace 2011;13:683-8.
4Healey JS, Hohnloser SH, Glikson M, et al. Cardioverter defibrillator implantation without induction of ventricular fibrillation: a single-blind, non-inferiority, randomised controlled trial (SIMPLE). Lancet 2015;385:785-91.
5Weiss R, Knight BP, Gold MR, et al. Safety and efficacy of a totally subcutaneous implantable-cardioverter defibrillator. Circulation 2013;128:944-53.
6Gasparini M, Lunati MG, Proclemer A, et al. Long Detection Programming in Single-Chamber Defibrillators Reduces Unnecessary Therapies and Mortality: The ADVANCE III Trial. JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2017;3:1275-82.
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Nothing is off-lmits when it comes to challenging sterotypes and celebrating non-mainstream areas that Black folk have been blazing a trail in for decades
They are found in every part of society if you just know where to look.
However, counterculture and subculture Black people are often hidden in plain sight and not always front and center in mainstream media.
Yet in the celebration of all things Blackness, the unique elements of cultures within a culture can bring a greater sense of solidarity in movements while bringing the ever-important message home that not all Black folks look or act the same.
From Afrofuturism — a movement that features futuristic or science fiction-style elements while dropping elements of Black history and culture — think Black Panther or Janelle Monáe to even non-mainstream spirituality, nothing is off-limits when it comes to challenging stereotypes and celebrating the non-mainstream areas that Black folk have been blazing a trail in for decades.
In the book “Assembling a Black Counter Culture,” writer and musician DeForrest Brown Jr. delves into the origins of techno music in Detroit and elsewhere, and he shines a light on the history and analysis of techno (and similar electronic music like house and electro) and explaining showing how the genre has been cultivated over time by a Black American musical sensibility.
Brown goes back to Detroit’s 1980s techno scene to delve into this genre’s unique history from a Black theoretical perspective, according to his book that connects the dots between movements in Black electronic music while surviving the status quo created by mainstream America.
Decades later in the here and the now, many have noted how even the Black Lives Matter movement is a counterculture in some pockets of society, according to national reports.
In a book titled “Black Futures,” authors Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham delved into how Black people are not only not a monolith but a whole experience that cannot be contained on pages. They wanted to find out, “What does it mean to be Black and alive right now?”
“We sought to make sense of our unique paradox: We have never been more empowered and yet, in many ways are still so disenfranchised,” they noted in their book. “Blackness is infinite — a single book cannot attempt to contain the multitude and multiverse…. we are in a continuum of those who came before and those who will come after.”
The book also celebrates the strides Black people have made today and in yesteryear.
“This is not an art book, this is not a scholarly journal; this book is a series of guideposts for current and future generations who may be curious about what our generation has been creating during a time defined by social-cultural economic and ecological revolution,” the authors noted.
Detroit resident and social media influencer Ashanti (Om Shanti) Barber, 31, told the Michigan Chronicle previously that she is doing things her way when it comes to carving out a lane for herself in the spirituality and wellness world as a rising TikTok and Instagram influencer. She teaches her followers on the history and meaning behind various spiritual practices that can be traced back to ancient African faith and religion, according to a press release. To her surprise, many people took to her messages. Barber added it took her “quite a while” to put herself out there and say, “This is who I am and this is what I do. I never knew there was a thirst for authentic knowledge.”
With nearly 85,000 followers on TikTok and over 28,000 followers on Instagram, Barber continues to build a strong presence on social media that her followers look to for credible advice in a space that’s becoming increasingly popular.
“I’m not going to lie — I thought I was a weirdo, so to speak,” she said. “I was widely accepted. [People] really, really quickly took to me.”
For Brittani Hodges, 28, of Royal Oak, who attended diverse Troy High School and moves to the beat of her own drum, she said that she has lived her experiences as a Black teenager learning to celebrate her Blackness while championing others in the different social circles she hung in.
“A lot of cultures went to that school,” she said adding that she bounced around friend groups and was always “intrigued by other people.”
“I never wanted to just stick to like one group … I just was having fun with each group,” she said adding that growing up, she is interested in anime and Japanese culture.
“I was taking Japanese for two years in high school, then it was mainly focused on the Asian culture I found fascinating as far as fashion, the language…stuff like that,” she said, adding that her parents introduced her and her siblings to Asian food, African food and other foods. “My dad played a huge part in opening us up to different cultures in that aspect as well.”
Hodges, who runs a bridal makeup business, Beautifulli Flawed, (@hodgesxbrittani) said that she hopes to venture to Japan one day and enjoy the culture in a more immersive way. She encourages other people to explore life to the fullest and celebrate their uniqueness and Blackness.
“Just have the confidence to do what your heart says to do,” she said. “It’s okay to be curious and venture out and explore.… We all have our journey of figuring out who we are and that looks differently to each person.”
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ST. LOUIS — Former Board of Aldermen President Lewis Reed and former Ward 22 Alderman Jeffrey Boyd have pleaded guilty in connection with a federal bribery investigation.
The pair changed their pleas to guilty in federal court Friday, days after former Ward 21 Alderman John Collins-Muhammad also pleaded guilty in the bribery investigation.
All three former aldermen, accused of accepting cash bribes in exchange for supporting property tax abatements, previously pleaded not guilty to the charges. They will be sentenced on Dec. 6.
A judge permitted them to remain out on bond until their December court hearings. They also must pay restitution for the bribes and gifts they received.
Boyd pleaded guilty to bribery and racketeering after admitting he accepted money to help an informant buy city property below market value and inflate construction costs to receive a tax abatement.
Boyd also pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud relating to a January incident in which he falsified insurance documents claiming three cars wrecked in the informant's lot were actually on his lot. He faces a maximum of 55 years in prison.
Later Friday, Reed pleaded guilty to a count of bribery and another count of racketeering. He faces a maximum of 15 years in prison.
The maximum sentence for Collins Muhammad could include up to 35 years in prison and up to $750,000 in fines.
Reed and Boyd resigned from the Board of Aldermen in the days following their June indictment. Collins Muhammad resigned in May ahead of the indictment.
According to the 66-page indictment released in June, Reed met with local businessman Almuttan at his campaign headquarters and discussed plans to redraw the ward map to protect Collins Muhammad from activists who wanted to recall him from office.
The charges claim Reed asked Almuttan for $20,000 in campaign cash.
"If you can do five ($5,000) today, or something like that, that would be a huge help," Reed said, according to the indictment.
Collins-Muhammad accepted a free 2016 Volkswagen CC sedan, a new Apple iPhone 11, and at least $3,000 in campaign contributions, along with several cash payments throughout a lengthy process as he tried to steer legislation through the city council that would benefit Almuttan's gas station development project, the indictment said.
In May 2021, Collins-Muhammad discussed plans to approve a construction permit for Almuttan's gas station.
"DON'T START CONSTRUCTION UNTIL THIS PASSES! Otherwise taxes are going to be high," Collins-Muhammad warned Almuttan in a text message quoted in the indictment.
Boyd accepted a total of $9,500 in cash from Almuttan related to a project, and Almuttan also made free repairs worth $1,611 to Boyd’s 2006 Chevrolet Impala and $733 to his Kia van, the indictment alleged.
The indictment also alleged Boyd and Almuttan agreed to split the proceeds of insurance fraud related to an accident that occurred on Almuttan's used car lot on Jan. 21, 2021.
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David Gura speaks with New Jersey teacher Christa Delaney about teaching climate change in the classroom now that the state has officially included the subject in its curriculum.
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David Gura speaks with New Jersey teacher Christa Delaney about teaching climate change in the classroom now that the state has officially included the subject in its curriculum.
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Updated August 28, 2022 at 9:17 AM ET
CAIRO — Militias patrolled nearly deserted streets in Libya's capital Sunday, a day after clashes killed over 30 people and ended Tripoli's monthslong stretch of relative calm.
The fighting broke out early Saturday and pitted militias loyal to the Tripoli-based government against other armed groups allied with a rival administration that has for months sought to be seated in the capital.
Residents fear the fighting that capped a monthslong political deadlock could explode into a wider war and a return to the peaks of Libya's long-running conflict.
Libya has plunged into chaos since a NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. The oil-rich county has for years been split between rival administrations, each backed by rogue militias and foreign governments.
The current stalemate grew out of the failure to hold elections in December and Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah's refusal to step down. In response, the country's east-based parliament appointed a rival prime minister, Fathy Bashagha, who has for months sought to install his government in Tripoli.
Saturday's fighting centered in the densely populated city center and involved heavy artillery. Hundreds were trapped and hospitals, government and residential buildings were damaged.
The Health Ministry said at least 32 people were killed and 159 wounded in the clashes.
Among the dead was Mustafa Baraka, a comedian known for his social media videos mocking militias and corruption. He was shot reportedly while live-streaming on social media. It was not clear whether he was targeted.
The Associated Press spoke to dozens of residents and witnesses. They recounted horrific scenes of people, including women and children, trapped in their homes, government buildings and hospitals. They also spoke of at least three motionless bodies that remained for hours in the street before an ambulance was able to reach the area. They asked not to be identified for fear of reprisal from the militias.
"We see death before our eyes and in the eyes of our children," said a woman who was trapped along with many families in a residential apartment. "The world should protect those innocent children like they did at the time of Gadhafi."
Militias allied with Tripoli-based Dbeibah were seen roaming the streets in the capital early Sunday. Their rivals were stationed at their positions in the outskirts of the city, according to local media.
Much of the city has suffered nightly power outages. Several businesses were closed Sunday and he state-run National Oil Corp. ordered its employees to work remotely Sunday.
Residents were still weary of potential violence and most stayed in their homes Sunday. Many rushed to supermarkets when the clashes subsided late Saturday to stock up on food and other necessities.
"It could be triggered in a flash. They (the militias) are uncontrolled," said a Tripoli school teacher who only gave a partial name, Abu Salim. "Our demand is very simple: a normal life."
Dbeibah's government claimed the fighting began when a member of a rival militia fired at a patrol of another militia in Tripoli's Zawiya Street. It said the shots came amid a mobilization of Bashagha-allied groups around the capital. The claim couldn't be independently verified.
Militia clashes are not uncommon in Tripoli. Last month, at least 13 people were killed in militia fighting. In May, Bashagha attempted to install his government in Tripoli, triggering clashes that ended with his withdrawal from the city.
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WSPA) – Asheville Outlets announced Thursday that a Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store will open at their location in November.
According to the outlets, Polo Ralph Lauren Factory Store is known for its timeless design and impeccable quality. The store will showcase a variety of sophisticated, designer offerings for men and women.
The outlets mentioned the store will also offer premium lifestyle products including accessories and home decor. The 6,073-square-foot store will be located across from the RH outlet in suite 348.
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The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has released new details regarding a helicopter crash that claimed the lives of two law enforcement officers.
Officials with the TBI say the two men were looking for marijuana but shifted to help with the search for a missing person.
According to the TBI, the assignment was the normal operation of the Governor's Task Force on Marijuana Eradication, but then two officers then changed routes to pursue a lead on the Marion County missing person.
What began as an aerial mission looking for marijuana with THP trooper Lee Russell and Marion County Detective Matt Blansett ended in a deadly crash- the two men lost their lives on the job.
"That morning was to do the marijuana extraction, but Matt was asked by another detective to divert off and check the Whiteside of the area to look for this missing person," said Marion County Sheriff Bo Burnett.
The TBI said they were searching for a missing person at the time the helicopter crashed.
"The lead detective spoke with Detective Blansett and asked (them) to fly over the Whiteside area just to see if they could spot anything," said Sheriff Burnett.
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) told Local 3 News the Bell 206 helicopter hit a power line on I-24 and crashed in a wooded area of Aetna Mountain near the Whiteside community at around 3 pm.
"We keep thinking for the best but just like I said it just didn't turn out that way," said Sheriff Burnett.
As for the missing person?
"He has been located," said Sheriff Burnett.
Visitation for Detective Matt Blansett will be Saturday from 3-5 pm at South Pittsburg High School.
Following that there will be a celebration of life service at the High School gym at 5 pm.
His family asks instead of flowers to consider donating to the Marion County Sheriff's Department Christmas for Kids Fund.
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Mickey Mantle card breaks record, as sports memorabilia soar
NEW YORK (AP) — A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6 million Sunday, blasting into the record books as the most ever paid for sports memorabilia in a market that has grown exponentially more lucrative in recent years.
The rare Mantle card eclipsed the record just posted a few months ago — $9.3 million for the jersey worn by Diego Maradona when he scored the contentious “Hand of God” goal in soccer’s 1986 World Cup.
It easily surpassed the $7.25 million for a century-old Honus Wagner baseball card recently sold in a private sale.
And just last month, the heavyweight boxing belt reclaimed by Muhammad Ali during 1974′s “Rumble in the Jungle” sold for nearly $6.2 million.
All are part of a booming market for sports collectibles.
Prices have risen not just for the rarest items, but also for pieces that might have been collecting dust in garages and attics. Many of those items make it onto consumer auction sites like eBay, while others are put up for bidding by auction houses.
Because of its near-perfect condition and its legendary subject, the Mantle card was destined to be a top seller, said Chris Ivy, the director of sports auctions at Heritage Auctions, which ran the bidding.
Some saw collectibles as a hedge against inflation over the past couple years, he said, while others rekindled childhood passions.
Ivy said savvy investors saw inflation coming down the road — as it has. As a result, sports memorabilia became an alternative to traditional Wall Street investments or real estate — particularly among members of Generation X and older millennials.
“There’s only so much Netflix and ‘Tiger King’ people could watch (during the pandemic). So, you know, they were getting back into hobbies, and clearly sports collecting was a part of that,” said Ivy, who noted an uptick in calls among potential sellers.
Add to that interest from wealthy overseas collectors and you have a confluence of factors that made sports collectibles especially attractive, Ivy said.
“We’ve kind of started seeing some growth and some rise in the prices that led to some media coverage. And I think it all it all just kind of built upon itself,” he said. “I would say the beginning of the pandemic really added gasoline to that fire.”
Before the pandemic, the sports memorabilia market was estimated at more than $5.4 billion, according to a 2018 Forbes interview with David Yoken, the founder of Collectable.com.
By 2021, that market had grown to $26 billion, according to the research firm Market Decipher, which predicts the market will grow astronomically to $227 billion within a decade — partly fueled by the rise of so-called NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, which are digital collectibles with unique data-encrypted fingerprints.
Sports cards have been especially in demand, as people spent more time at home and an opportunity arose to rummage through potential treasure troves of childhood memories, including old comic books and small stacks of bubble gum cards featuring marquee sports stars.
That lure of making money on something that might be sitting in one’s childhood basement has been irresistible, according to Stephen Fishler, founder of ComicConnect, who has watched the growing rise — and profitability — of collectibles being traded across auction houses.
“In a nutshell, the world of modern sports cards has been going bonkers,” he said.
The Mantle baseball card dates from 1952 and is widely regarded as one of just a handful of the baseball legend in near-perfect condition.
The auction netted a handsome profit for Anthony Giordano, a New Jersey waste management entrepreneur who bought it for $50,000 at a New York City show in 1991.
The switch-hitting Mantle was a Triple Crown winner in 1956, a three-time American League MVP and a seven-time World Series champion. The Hall of Famer died in 1995.
“Some people might say it’s just a baseball card. Who cares? It’s just a Picasso. It’s just a Rembrandt to other people. It’s a thing of art for some people,” said John Holden, a professor in sports management law at Oklahoma State and amateur sports card collector.
Like pieces of art that have no intrinsic value, he said, when it comes to sports cards, the worth is in the eye of the beholder — or the pocketbook of the potential bidder.
“The value,” Holden said, “is whatever the market’s willing to support.”
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. - A Virginia Beach drone services company and the sole drone partner of the world’s largest retailer announced plans to expand its headquarters and create a research and training facility outside Petersburg, adding 655 new jobs. The Virginian-Pilot reports that DroneUp, which has been working with Walmart since late 2021, announced plans to spend $27.2 million to expand in Virginia Beach and Dinwiddie County. The company will spend $7 million expanding its Newtown Road headquarters, which it says will create 510 new jobs. DroneUp also plans to establish a new testing, training, research and development center for drone operators at Richard Bland College in Petersburg, creating 145 more new jobs.
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The Jets and Giants play their annual preseason game Sunday afternoon.
Gang Green opened up close to a touchdown favorite, but as of Saturday that number had dipped to 4.5 at BetMGM.
The Jets’ starters could play the entire first half. Giants head coach Brian Daboll has been more tight-lipped about his starters’ playing time, but they should play at least a quarter.
The thing I’m watching in this game is how the teams use their quarterbacks. If Giants starter Daniel Jones struggles early this season, Daboll will likely have a quick hook and go to backup Tyrod Taylor. For that reason, Daboll might not want to risk the veteran Taylor getting injured in a meaningless preseason game.
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Even if Jones and Taylor don’t play much, the Jets are in a similar boat with Joe Flacco. With Zach Wilson already injured, I find it hard to believe the 37-year-old Flacco will play an entire half of a preseason game. It feels like an unnecessary risk for a guy the Jets may need to depend on early in the season.
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Bottom Line: This game will be a battle of the backups in the second half, with Mike White and Davis Webb at quarterback. These two teams typically play close games in the preseason. I think that trend continues, so I’ll grab the G-men getting over a field goal.
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Kristina Forest is an author of romance books for teens and young adults. The New Jersey native has penned several books, which include I Wanna Be Where You Are and Now That I’ve Found You which are books with heartfelt, swoon-worthy plots and happily ever afters.
Forest’s latest young adult novel, Zyla & Kai is a captivating book about teenage love. The love story unfolds giving the reader both sides of the love connection from Zyla and Kai’s perspectives.
Forest took a few minutes to speak with Blackbookstore.com about her latest YA Book Zyla & Kai
What inspired you to write Zyla & Kai?
I wanted to write a story about first love and how wonderful and scary, yet thrilling, it can be to fall in love for the first time. I was thinking about star-crossed lovers and how I could capture the essence of that trope in a contemporary story.
What is the story behind the title?
The title was originally I Got You Babe, like the Sonny and Cher song, but the further along I got in the draft, I realized how well Zyla and Kai’s names sounded together, so I decided to change the title to Zyla & Kai.
What did you like best about writing this book?
This is definitely the easiest book I’ve written. Every character and detail came to me so quickly. That was the best part about writing this book. I also enjoyed writing the romantic scenes between Zyla and Kai. One of my favorite scenes is when they’re dancing together at homecoming.
A great book has what?
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comments regarding the central bank’s intention to curb inflation even if it causes “some pain” spooked the markets on Friday. And according to Ari Wald, Head of Technical Analysis at Oppenheimer, there are other worrying indicators.
“The S&P 500’s rejection from its 200-day average is a bearish warning because September seasonals are especially poor when the index’s trend is down,” Wald explained.
With September at the gate, then, Wald’s advice is to heed caution, although promisingly, he thinks that things bode well for further down the line. “Against near-term trading concerns,” the analyst explained, “we still believe June’s reset suggests a longer-term bottom is forming.”
With this in mind, let’s take a look at 2 stocks Wald’s analyst colleagues at the investment firm think are ripe for the picking even in an environment which requires investors to be especially discerning. We ran the pair through the TipRanks database to see what the rest of Wall Street has in mind for these names. Here are the details.
The Pennant Group (PNTG)
Let’s start with home health care services provider The Pennant Group. This holding company has several subsidiaries operating under its umbrella, all providing healthcare solutions to 89 home health and hospice agencies and 48 senior living communities. These are spread out across the U.S. in various states, including California, Wisconsin, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Texas and Colorado, amongst others. Each Pennant business operates independently, boasting its own management, employees and assets.
Earlier this month, Pennant released its 2Q22 report, in which it met Street expectations; the company delivered revenue of $116.3 million, amounting to a 5.4% year-over-year increase and coming ahead of the Street’s forecast by $4.02 million. Adj. EPS of $0.14 hit the analysts’ target. Promisingly, the company also stuck to its 2022 annual guidance for total revenue between $450 million and $460 million.
Elsewhere, Pennant has been regularly busy on the M&A front; after acquiring 15 companies in 2020, it purchased 11 home health and hospice agencies last year. There has been some activity in recent times too; during mid-August, the company announced it had acquired Central Valley, Palm Springs, and San Diego, California-based hospice care and palliative service provider Ardent Hospice and Palliative Care.
The M&A aspect partly informs Oppenheimer’s Michael Wiederhorn’s bullish take.
In his initiation note, the 5-star analyst said, “Overall, we believe PNTG has an attractive opportunity for growth due to the favorable industry dynamics, enhanced by its decentralized organization, local-leader model, and M&A opportunity. Furthermore, given some of the shorter-term industry concerns, we believe the stock is particularly compelling at current prices. As a result, we would be long-term buyers of PNTG.”
Accordingly, Wiederhorn rates the stock as Outperform (i.e., Buy) while his $22 price target suggests shares will climb 36% higher over the one-year timeframe. (To watch Wiederhorn’s track record, click here)
Looking at the consensus breakdown, 2 other analysts join Wiederhorn in the bull camp while two others remain on the sidelines, all providing this name with a Moderate Buy consensus rating. Going by the $19.4 average target, the shares will see 20% growth in the months ahead. (See Pennant Group stock forecast on TipRanks)
Microvast Holdings (MVST)
Let’s pivot away from healthcare now and enter the realm of energy storage. Microvast is a designer and manufacturer of batteries, and these are intended to power electric vehicles and stationary systems. With the aim of improving battery performance and reducing material use, the company touts it “cutting-edge” cell technology and its vertical integration abilities; Microvast develops modules and packs and also offers battery components (cathode, anode, electrolyte, and separator).
The growing need for eco-friendly energy solutions is a real plus for companies such as Microvast and this was reflected in its latest quarterly statement – for 2Q22.
Even with its main export hub in Shanghai in lock down mode during Q2’s first half, the company put in a strong showing; revenue rose by 93% from the same period last year to reach $64.41 million. The company also reiterated its 2022 outlook for 35% to 45% year-over-year revenue growth.
Margins are also on the up again following a drop in 2021; Gross profit reached $4.8 million in Q2 vs. the gross loss of $6.8 million in the same period a year ago, amounting to a 27.8 percentage point uptick in gross margin from -20.3% in 2Q21 to 7.5% in 2Q22.
For Oppenheimer’s Colin Rusch it is the potential of Microvast to be a “pure play” on battery material optimization.
“We believe a crucial challenge of increased electrification and emissions reduction in the power, heat, and transportation sectors is availability of battery materials,” the 5-star analyst explained. “We believe MVST addresses this challenge in key ways: its gradient cathode technology optimizes cost/total material used; cell and pack expertise helps extend cycle life; and the safety profile of its platform helps derisk downstream applications.”
All the above forms the basis for Rusch’s Outperform (i.e., Buy) rating while his $8 price target makes room for one-year gains of an impressive 225%. (To watch Rusch’s track record, click here)
Rusch has some big expectations but elsewhere on Wall Street, it’s all rather quiet on the MVST front; over the past 3 months no other analysts have chimed in with reviews of this stock. (See Microvast stock forecast on TipRanks)
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Kittitas Valley Fire Chief John Sinclair calls it the trifecta: changing climate, unhealthy forests and a push for a greater wildland-urban interface.
These are the factors that are increasing fire danger in his Ellensburg-area fire district and in many districts throughout the central part of the state, including throughout the Kittitas and Yakima valleys.
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., met with Sinclair and other first responders and emergency management personnel from Yakima and Kittitas counties Thursday to hear what resources the departments need for fire response and prevention.
Murray said she recently advocated to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, which included about $5 billion in grants to support fire resilient forests, conservation, drought and fire resistant agricultural practices.
“We all know that we’re seeing more wildfires, more intense wildfires, drought seasons that contribute to that and other things, and the federal government has to step up with its response,” she said during the discussion Thursday.
Fire mitigation, funding
Sinclair’s Fire District 7 is growing more populated, its forests are unhealthy and fire seasons are getting longer and more intense.
“It is important to note that conditions are worsening, the population is growing and we need to actively manage the forest,” Sinclair said. “We’ve got distressed forests, we’ve got insect infestation, we’ve got drought conditions, and so we’re seeing an increased amount of dead trees.
“At the same time, we’ve got people going out and plopping homes in the middle of those diseased forests.”
For Sinclair, the way to address these concerns as they relate to fire includes fuel mitigation efforts, grazing, prescribed fire, and even logging if it’s done in an ecologically friendly way, he said.
Funding options through the federal government and U.S. Forest Service are useful, he said, but he encouraged more funds going directly to local responders.
“It would be very helpful to get direct pass-through money down to the local level where we can go out and do the most good with the areas that we’re seeing,” Sinclair said.
He said the Fire Management Assistance Grants available through the Federal Emergency Management Agency are difficult to incorporate because they must be awarded county by county. Several fires in recent years, including the September 2020 Evans Canyon Fire and the August Cow Canyon Fire, crossed county lines, Sinclair said.
Yakima Valley Emergency Management Director Tony Miller said the FEMA grants are especially difficult to apply in rural areas that might not meet the changing (often more restrictive) requirements.
With the Evans Canyon Fire, Miller said about 110 homes were evacuated, but his agency didn’t qualify for FEMA funds because the minimum evacuation number was 120.
“A hundred and twenty homes is a lot of homes in a rural area,” he said.
Murray said making FEMA more accessible to rural communities is something she is looking at now.
“The wildfires that we’re seeing now weren’t there 30 years ago when FEMA was first really looking at resource management,” she said. “We’ve got to make FEMA updated, and I’m working on several pieces of legislation to do that. I think that is critically important.”
Nicole Parpat, grant writer and coordinator with Yakima Valley Emergency Management, said many other funding sources have restrictions that make qualifying for funding challenging. In her role, she applies for funding to support fire equipment and PPE purchases, as well as staffing.
“I’m just really looking for more opportunities for grants out there,” Parpat said.
Miller also encouraged support for mitigation efforts across various responding agencies.
“There’s always the challenge of where federal land ends and state land begins, or vice versa. You can tell the difference in the fuels real quick,” he said. “We just need to work with the state, work together on that property where they meet up and work toward helping get other areas mitigated.” | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/central-washington-fire-officials-emphasize-fire-mitigation-funding-during-talk-with-sen-murray/article_82cb90a6-24cb-11ed-b107-03812c1c2369.html | 2022-08-28T14:21:27Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/central-washington-fire-officials-emphasize-fire-mitigation-funding-during-talk-with-sen-murray/article_82cb90a6-24cb-11ed-b107-03812c1c2369.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WAPATO — Customers seeking just about anything for their vehicle, from batteries to spark plugs to windshield wipers, have a new spot to find it in Wapato.
O’Reilly Auto Parts has a new store in a new building at 708 W. First St., just off U.S. Highway 97. Manager Raul Orosco said the store has been busy since it opened June 18.
“It’s been nice. We’re here to serve the community, and a lot of people already have stopped in,” said Orosco, who grew up in Wapato and has worked more than two decades in the automotive business.
The business has eight employees, all of whom live in the Wapato and Toppenish area, Orosco said. It is located across the street from Fiddle’s Coffee House.
A grand opening celebration lasts through Tuesday, Aug. 30, O’Reilly officials announced in a news release. A donation to Noah’s Ark Homeless Shelter will be made on behalf of the entire company.
O’Reilly Auto Parts was founded in 1957 and is one of the largest specialty retailers of automotive parts, tools, supplies, equipment and accessories, with more than 5,600 stores across the United States.
The Wapato store is open 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, and 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays. Call the store at 509-877-9358 or visit oreillyauto.com for more information.
New owners for downtown Holiday Inn
Renovations in the lobby, restaurant and banquet rooms are among the changes as the downtown Yakima Holiday Inn at 802 E. Yakima Ave. is under new ownership.
Kristie Holestine, assistant general manager, said the hotel was sold in May to the BAP Group LLC of Lynden.
“Our banquet rooms have been renovated and are available for meetings,” Holestine said Wednesday. “There have been renovations and upgrades throughout the hotel.”
The hotel, located kitty-corner from the Yakima Convention Center, includes a pool, outdoor patio area and the Eighth Street Bistro restaurant. Open to both guests and the public, it offers breakfast and dinner, with lunch possibly being added in the future, Holestine said.
For reservations or more information, call 509-494-7000.
Fiddle’s Juice Bar to open in Yakima
A popular Wapato eatery offering coffee, juice and food items is planning to open a second location on Nob Hill Boulevard in Yakima.
Co-owners Fidel Negrete and Efrian Martinez opened Fiddle’s Coffee House in 2019 at the southeast corner of U.S. 97 and First Street in Wapato, and they are opening a new juice bar next month at 806 W. Nob Hill Blvd. in Yakima.
“The new location will have a soft opening in a few weeks,” Negrete said Wednesday behind the counter of his Wapato restaurant. “It will be a juice bar, with all our bottled juices, smoothie bowls and fresh cold press juice available.”
An adjacent lunch counter is planned for a late October opening, Negrete added.
Fiddle’s at 721 W. First St. in Wapato features coffee and iced coffee, teas, fruit juices, sandwiches, wraps, salads and breakfast items. A complete menu is available at fiddlescoffee.com. Hours are 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.
For more information, call 509-823-5970 or visit their Facebook page.
Business tidbits
- Looks like Napa Auto Parts will be the tenant next to the new Ace Hardware store at 40th Avenue and Tieton Drive. A banner for the retailer was put up this past week, and work has begun on the interior of the store.
- A city building permit was issued July 28 for interior renovations at 2402 Fruitvale Blvd., a unique-looking set of buildings that previously housed The Village Shoppe antique and gift store. Interior walls will be added in one of the pointy-roofed buildings to create individual rooms for a spa/massage business.
- Another building permit was issued July 25 for a commercial building at 1220 S. First St., Suite 100, in Yakima. Some existing walls will be removed and new, non load-bearing walls installed to create a Jiu Jitsu studio in a portion of the existing building, which is located behind the Sherman Williams paint store just north of Nob Hill Boulevard.
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nstruction is underway as the former Gateway Hotel at 9 N. Ninth St. in downtown Yakima is converted into apartments. Building A will contain 129 studio apartments; Building B will have 49 studio apartments. Commercial businesses may be ad
- ded later.
- The Xochimilco Tequila Bar and Restaurant at 2304 W. Nob Hill Blvd. is temporarily closed. The other Xochimilco locations at 5110 Tieton Drive and in the Valley Mall in Union Gap remain open. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/the-current-new-o-reilly-auto-parts-opens-in-wapato/article_2cecd758-2403-11ed-9c57-7f438aa5d628.html | 2022-08-28T14:21:33Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/the-current-new-o-reilly-auto-parts-opens-in-wapato/article_2cecd758-2403-11ed-9c57-7f438aa5d628.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
If you are going through a divorce and have assets or children to fight for, it seems there is no way around it; your relationship with your spouse will be adversarial.
One attorney put it best when he said the only thing you can win in a divorce is resolution. However, based on what I have seen over the past 30 years, some divorcing clients fair better than others.
If you want to minimize the tax and financial damage of your divorce, you should temporarily set aside all the negative emotions and determine objectively how complicated your divorce process should be. This will reveal your strategy and the appropriate type of professional assistance you will require.
First, ask yourself these questions:
1. Are there significant assets to split? Assets can include your home, retirement plans, businesses, investments, and personal property (including everything from pets to frozen embryos).
2. Was I in a long-term marriage (generally over 10 years)?
3. Are there minor children involved?
4. Do I expect to pay or receive spousal support?
A long-term marriage with assets, income inequality and children will require more legal and financial help. It does not matter how poorly your spouse treated you or how much you want revenge. California and 18 other states are “no-fault” divorce states, so the court will not care how they did you wrong. Do not waste time or money on legal fees if there are no assets or children to fight over. Remember, the goal is resolution with the least damage.
Next, you want to gather your financial information and keep it in a safe place, preferably not at your residence. In her WMM article on August 14th, Teri Parker covered the documents to organize in “How to Navigate Combined Finances During a Divorce.” Even if you are on the best of terms with your spouse, essential documents and files have a habit of disappearing, so you really needed to do this yesterday.
If you have assets, hire the best attorney possible, even if your spouse has control of the checking account. (Assume your spouse has already hired someone.) If you are worried about how to pay the retainer, petition the court to receive an advance on your equitable distribution portion at the beginning of a divorce to pay attorney’s fees.
Plan to interview a few attorneys to find the right one. If an attorney does not answer your questions clearly, is dismissive, seems disorganized, is too busy to return phone calls, or even if you get a bad feeling about them, move on to a second, third, or even fourth attorney. You and your family law attorney (and they should only practice family law) will be a team. Hire the best.
Next, listen to your attorney and do as they say. It is healthier to accept upfront that your relationship with your spouse will be awful while going through this process. After all, you are both fighting over your future quality of life. If you minimize interaction and allow your attorneys and accountants to argue on your behalf, your negotiations will go smoother, your legal fees will be less, and you will have a better relationship with your ex-spouse at all those future graduations and weddings.
It may come as a surprise when your trusted CPA expresses they have a conflict of interest and will no longer be able to complete your tax returns because of the divorce. Hire a new accountant and a financial adviser familiar with divorces early in the process.
You may also want to hire a forensic accountant specializing in family law to help you determine (and prove, if necessary) if some of your assets are separate property that do not need to be split with your spouse. With the help of a private investigator, they can also help find hidden assets if you believe your spouse has been dishonest.
You will want to cooperate with your spouse on taxes because, if you can coordinate filing, you will have more of the after-tax marital estate to divide. If you ignore the impact of taxes, it can cost you significant tax liabilities down the road. Here are some of the issues your tax accountants can work together on:
—Timing of when to finalize the divorce and choice of filing statuses.
—Keeping both spouses on the title to the primary residence to double the home sale exclusion.
—Splitting (instead of cashing out) retirement assets and the proper handling of a qualified plan vs. an IRA.
—Using a trust as an alternative to direct alimony payments.
—Planning who claims the children to maximize child, childcare, and educational credits.
Also, if you have less income than your spouse, use cooperation to help minimize your spouse’s tax bill as a bargaining chip.
It is OK if you do not know what a QDRO is or the details of how your spouse keeps their books. If issues arise during negotiations that you do not understand or that seem complicated, don’t just ignore them. For example, the ex-husband of one of my retired clients was receiving one-third of her teacher pension, even though she worked for 35 years, and they had only been married for 10 years.
The teacher did not understand that the QDRO (qualified domestic relations order) she signed recognized that her former spouse was entitled to receive a predefined portion of her retirement plan assets. As a result of her signing something she did not understand, she could not afford to stay in her home.
Generally, you only get one shot at this. You do not want to feel “shoulda, coulda, woulda” or what I call “divorce remorse” later, wishing you had paid more attention or fought more for what was important to you. Take the emotions out of it, pick your battles, ask as many questions as needed, and stay mentally engaged until it is finalized.
Michelle C. Herting, CPA, ABV, AEP, specializes in tax planning, trust administrations, and business valuations. She has three offices in Southern California.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to be president of the United States, so he’s using his office to prove to Americans outside of California — the voters he’ll need to win in 2024 — that he’s actually a centrist. His grand ambition is providing welcome relief to Californians.
In a series of recent policy moves, Newsom has shocked his progressive fans and delighted his critics. For instance, when it became clear that his “clean energy” policies create devastating blackouts, Newsom backtracked on decades of progressive ideology: he called on the California Public Utilities Commission to delay the closure of the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. At the same time, the governor signed off on — likely authored — Assembly Bill 205. That bill will allow state energy officials to run gas and diesel generators to fill the massive gaps in the state’s stupid, bungled, utopian electric grid.
Confronted by these blasphemies, progressives and environmentalists are tearing at their own hair and have donned burlap sacks and poured ashes over their heads.
Then there’s Newsom’s newfound affection for what real moderates — including our own Edward Ring — call “water abundance.” Instead of allowing environmentalists to turn California into a desert in which the thirsty will envy the dead, water abundance calls for a return to common sense storage, recycling and desalination.
Speaking of desalination, the governor’s recent and surprising support for a desal plant in Huntington Beach led to howls of protest — and a no vote at the powerful Coastal Commission. The commissioners argued we didn’t need the extra water. As Los Angeles County bans outdoor watering, Newsom will soon look like the only reasonable California Democrat in the state.
Early this week, Newsom took on progressives in the area of drug addiction. State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-Toon Town, crafted Senate Bill 57 to establish “safe-injection” sites in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Oakland. But how’s it going to look to moderate American voters when they learn that in Newsom’s California the government is — call it what you will — helping addicts get high? Newsom sent the bill back to the state Senate unsigned, the kindest sort of “drop dead” a governor can offer.
Similarly, when Lyft announced that it had qualified Proposition 30 for the November ballot, Newsom said he opposed it. Prop. 30 proposes raising the top marginal tax rate on Californians with annual incomes over $2 million in order to subsidize electric vehicles. Why would Newsom oppose a bill to fund the clean energy programs he adores by taxing the wealthy? Because California’s high-income families already pay the nation’s highest income taxes. As a result, they’re leaving the state in such staggering numbers that they’re beginning to ding the state’s tax base. Raise their taxes further and stand back at wealthy Californians stampede for the exits. That exodus is bad for a man with his eyes fixed firmly on the Oval Office.
Newsom’s most interesting challenge is just days ahead. Assembly Bill 257, now moving through the state Senate, is the California union movement’s latest attempt to force fast-food workers into a union. Having failed to persuade them to sign up voluntarily, AB 257 will force them into something more Stalinist than a union: if Newsom approves it, a 13-person commission of political appointees represent fast-food workers in negotiations with their managers.
Never mind that the fast-food industry in California is one of the most remarkable engines of prosperity in the most prosperous nation on the planet. Never mind that its workers — most often members of marginalized communities — earn more on average than similar workers in unionized industries; or that its workers can move from high school to the front counter and then management with a speed that stands out globally; or that franchise owners are more often than almost anywhere else to be American immigrants who have risen into the ownership class.
Will Newsom roll into the 2024 presidential season as an enemy of such entrepreneurial energy? Will he hand the likes of Ron DeSantis the stick with which to beat the stupid out of him? Or will Newsom risk ticking off Big Labor by refusing to sign AB 257?
This is the beauty of American politics. Perhaps you think (as a Democratic consultant told me) “this moderate Gavin Newsom is the real Gavin Newsom.” Or maybe you believe this is pure political cynicism. Whatever you’re seeing, the short-term impact on Californians is a kind of liberation. The longer Newsom daydreams about life in the most powerful chair in the world, the longer we’ll get to live the California Dream.
Will Swaim is president of the California Policy Center, and cohost with David Bahnsen of National Review’s Radio Free California podcast.
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“Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln, how did you enjoy the play?”
That famous one-liner is a joke about about a self-centered theatrical producer so obsessed with his own success that the assassination of President Lincoln in the audience was a mere distraction from his main concern.
President Joe Biden has Lincoln’s job and he’s doing it with the producer’s self-centeredness.
With reckless abandon and without Congress, Biden announced Wednesday that he is canceling some student debt for some people, $20,000 for borrowers who received Pell Grants and $10,000 for borrowers who didn’t, in families with up to $250,000 in annual income. He’s also extending the expiring “pause” on loan repayments for another four months, cutting future monthly payments in half, and ending interest charges for any borrower who stays current on payments.
So far, the reviews of this production have not been great.
“We should focus on making higher education and technical schools more affordable in the first place,” said one lawmaker.
“Target loan forgiveness to those in need, and actually make college more affordable for working families,” said another.
“This is a one-time Band-Aid that doesn’t get to the root of the problem,” said a third.
And those are the Democrats. Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and Rep. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan are all in tough races for re-election, and Biden’s unilateral student debt cancellation has apparently made them tougher.
Such are the perils of being self-centered. Unable to see beyond the glaring eyes of the activists who lobby him, Biden seems to have entirely missed the volcanic reaction by everybody else – all the people who did not borrow more for college than they could pay back; or who did not take out loans at all even if it meant they wouldn’t go to their first-choice university; or who worked long and hard to repay the student loans they incurred for themselves or their kids, denying themselves a lot of fun things they could have done with that money.
Just wait until all those voters find out how much they’re paying for other people’s student loan debts, especially when some of the debtors graduated from Harvard Law School and some of the taxpayers are charging groceries to their credit cards.
And it gets still worse. This is only the start of student loan forgiveness, according to the chair of the left-of-the-left Congressional Progressive Caucus. Rep. Pramila Jayapal lobbied Biden hard to cancel $50,000 in student loan debt per borrower. She called the president’s plan “a step” in the right direction.
Or it’s a step right off the cliff.
The White House was vague about the total cost of the program but some analysts calculated that it could run $300 billion to $600 billion, depending on how many people take the money. Let’s guess. All 43 million of them.
That’s the White House’s estimate of eligible student loan borrowers. Not everyone qualifies. Individuals who earn more than $125,000 and couples that earn more than $250,000 will not get debt forgiveness, and neither will all the students who borrowed from private financial institutions. Only student loan debt held by the U.S. Department of Education qualifies to be canceled.
Biden’s plan will surge roughly half-a-trillion dollars of government-printed money into the economy with no products or services to show for it. The name for this policy is “inflation,” and it’s probably going to lead to higher and higher interest rates, including on the credit cards people are using to pay for groceries.
So far, the risks of Biden’s debt-cancellation action are the potential loss of fragile Democratic seats in the House and Senate, a volcanic reaction by voters who think they’re getting screwed for being responsible, a worsening of already crisis-level inflation, and whining by progressives that it’s still not enough.
Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln …
But wait, there’s more. Many Democrats in Congress and even in the White House previously said the president didn’t have the power to cancel student debt. However, that was before intermission. In the second act, the president suddenly develops the power to cancel student debt because A) the post-9/11 HEROES Act allowed the Department of Education to grant relief from student loan requirements during a national emergency, and B) COVID.
That’s a stretch that could throw your back out.
Another problem is what economists call “moral hazard.” That’s the limitless risk that’s added to our society when irresponsible actions are bailed out and expectations reset to anticipate that bailouts will recur again and again.
Once introduced into the system, moral hazard warps decision-making everywhere. University administrators can set tuition rates screamingly high, and students can cheerfully borrow as much as they need, secure in the belief that later they can just call Washington and describe how burdened they are by student loan debt. If there are enough of them, it will magically disappear shortly before an election.
There was a hint of this effect in a June survey of 1,000 student borrowers who took out loans after President Biden was elected. The poll by Intelligent.com found that 86% of borrowers said Biden’s campaign promise to forgive student debt played a role in their decision to take out a student loan. Almost a third said they’d drop out of school if the debt forgiveness didn’t come through.
President Biden seems oblivious to the seismic rumblings, focused entirely on his own re-election. It’s enough that some pollsters have said student loan forgiveness plays well with a key Democratic constituency. More and more, the administration’s guiding principle seems to be, “By any means necessary.”
Put another way, “Other than that, Mrs. America, how did you enjoy the first term?”
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Members of the 341st Missile Security Operations Squadron tactical response force practice clearing a room during training Aug. 18, 2022, at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. The renovations provide defenders with a place to train without disrupting the active mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Heather Heiney)
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You logged on at the right time, as the HP Labor Day sale is just now booting up.
Starting today, the HP Labor Day sale is officially here, offering amazing deals on top tech and devices. Think laptops, desktop monitors, gaming computers, printers and more, now on sale.
The timing couldn’t be better, as Labor Day falls right before many head back to school, hopefully with a brand new laptop and tech accessories in their backpacks.
This is also when a lot of offices around the country are changing up their work-from-home policies, meaning you may need a tech upgrade of your own for the office.
Shop the sale right now, as the savings won’t last long. Need some help curating your list? Read on for top product callouts and bestselling devices, marked down for Labor Day 2022.
1. 15-inch HP Laptop, $550, original price: $800
Start the sale off right with a laptop for more than $300 off. The HP brand laptop is a 15-inch one, perfect size for taking to and from work or leaving in your home office.
2. HP Chromebook x2, $370, original price: $570
Go Chrome this holiday weekend with a great deal on a new Chromebook. The HP brand laptop is now $200 off for a limited time, great for a back-to-school gift or a back-to-office treat for yourself.
3. HP Pavilion x360 2-in-1 Laptop, $570, original price: $800
No need to decide between a laptop or a tablet when you can now have both. The HP Pavilion is a two-in-one device that converts between the two with ease, now on sale for more than $200 off.
4. HP 27mq 27-inch Monitor, $240, original price: $330
Enhance your tech set up with a brand new monitor while it’s on sale. The 27-inch screen is a great upgrade, now just under $100 off.
5. HP V28 4K 28″ Monitor, $225, original price: $380
Want something a bit bigger? The 28-inch HP monitor has a stunning 4K display, and is now on sale for Labor Day at $155 off.
6. OMEN 25L Gaming Desktop, $950, original price: $1,400
Get your head in the game and your computer setup too. The OMEN gaming desktop is a high-powered device, letting you stream with super fast speeds for less than $1,000 while supplies last.
7. OMEN by HP 45L Gaming Desktop, $1,850, original price: $2,700
Add some color and speed to your gaming with this fun and functional gaming desktop. The OMEN 45L is a great option, with fun rainbow LED details and a price tag below $2,000 for a limited time.
8. HP Reverb G2 Virtual Reality Headset, $400, original price: $600
Let your mind escape into the world of VR with this HP Reverb G2 headset. The virtual reality headset is now $200 off as well — that part is real, so long as supplies last.
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Some purchases you can avoid to save money, but things like groceries, home goods, and prescriptions don’t go away. If you can’t cut something out, you look for the best deal you can find, and many of those deals may just be at Sam’s Club. With deals on food, home supplies, and so much more, Sam’s Club is the place to go for great prices on essentials, and for a little while longer, even getting through the door is cheaper. It’s your last chance to grab a one-year Sam’s Club Membership for only $14.99, and it comes with a $10 Sam’s Club e-gift card.
Everything you need under one roof
Normally $45, this discounted Sam’s Club Membership gives you access to some incredible deals. Where else could you grab a month’s worth of groceries, the kitchen gadgets to cook them, the fridge to store them, and get gas on the way out? Many Sam’s Club locations even have a pharmacy and jewelry counters. Get your ring polished while you wait for a prescription to be filled. While you’re at it, you could also check out the huge selection of TVs, computers, and other electronics.
Sam’s Club Membership, $15, original price: $55
Buy NowIf you get a little peckish while you’re shopping, Sam’s Club has plenty of options for you. From free samples around the store (at certain times) to the freshly made pizza, pretzels, and hotdogs that you could likely smell the second you walked in the store. You could even hit the bakery for some in-house baked goods.
If you prefer remote shopping, Sam’s also has a huge selection online, and you could get started shopping with the $10 E-Gift Card that’s included with your membership. Arrange store pickup or get them delivered!
You could save every time you shop
Saving money on essentials is hard, but it might be easier if you do your shopping at Sam’s. It’s your last chance to get a one-year Sam’s Club Membership plus a $10 e-gift card for only $14.99.
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During a blackout, it can be fun to light a few candles and play some board games with the family, but what if the power stays out for hours, days, or even weeks during a disaster? In those cases, it’s a good idea to have a backup power source that could charge electronics and operate a few essential appliances.
That’s why you get a solar-powered generator. Stay connected during an emergency with the Geneverse Solar Generator: HomePower ONE and SolarPower ONE portable solar panel. This backup power station could make all the difference during a disaster, and it’s on sale for $1499 (Reg. $1597).
A Highly-rated generator with a low price
The Geneverse Solar Generator is a compact emergency power supply that can store 1,002Wh on a single charge. That charge could come from your car, an AC outlet, or the included SolarPower ONE foldable solar panel. Basically, if you’ve got sunlight to recharge, you have a way to have electricity in your home.
Geneverse Solar Generator: HomePower ONE + SolarPower ONE, $1,499, original price: $1,597
Buy NowAs one Amazon reviewer found out, having the Geneverse can help keep you comfortable and connected during a blackout: “Got the chance to use this the other night during a thunderstorm and power outage. I under-utilized it, but it still ran my TV, cable, and internet for several hours, and about 5 minutes of a griddle that was already hot when the power went out . . . When the electricity came back on, it was still at 85%.”
The Geneverse has three AC outlets, two USB-C outputs, two USB-A outputs, and one car outlet. There’s a lot you could plug into it, and it holds a charge for quite a while when you’re not using it. Another Amazon reviewer writes, “I charged this product as soon as I received it. One month later our power went out and remained out for 22 hours. The Generac was still at 100% when I attached it to my refrigerator. It kept my full-size refrigerator running for the full 22 hours and had 24% of battery charge left when I disconnected it.”
When the battery does get low, just plug in the SolarPower One to start recharging. This monocrystalline solar panel has a 50% higher conversion efficiency than traditional panels, and it’s super simple to set up. You can also use it separately from the power station and plug USB-C and USB-A devices directly into it.
A backup plan during an emergency
When the power goes out, you probably want a way to keep your food fresh, a few lights on, and keep yourself busy. This solar-powered generator could do all that and more. Highly rated on Amazon but cheaper right here, get the Geneverse Solar Generator: HomePower ONE + SolarPower ONE on sale for $14.99 (Reg. $1597).
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Tom Brady stepped on the field for the first time this preseason on Saturday, playing one series against the Colts and addressing reporters afterward for the first time since his 11-day leave of absence.
“It’s all personal,” Brady said. “Everyone’s got different situations they’re dealing with. We all have really unique challenges to our life. I’m 45 years old, man. There’s a lot of s–t going on.”
The reasons for Brady’s absence were widely speculated, including that he was on “The Masked Singer,” but Tampa Bay never seemed to be worried that it would extend into the regular season. Of course, it didn’t.
“I’m ready to go,” Brady said. “I feel good. I’ve played football for a long time. I’m pretty good at it. Doesn’t take long for me to remember how to play it.”
Brady also restated his loyalty to the Bucs, saying he picked “the right place for me” after leaving the Patriots.
“I’m very grateful to everybody for allowing me to come down here and experience this part of my football life, which I look back and probably would be incomplete, having not had it,” Brady said.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Labor Day weekend is next weekend which means you may want to move fast on that end of summer vacation.
If you're looking to go up north for the weekend, My Michigan Beach may have what you're looking for.
If you're looking to escape the city, consider heading north to Empire. You can hike the Sleeping Bear Dunes and see some of the best sunsets on Lake Michigan.
If you're thinking of a weekend camping adventure, consider Tahquamenon Falls in the Upper Peninsula. It's the largest waterfall east of the Mississippi River. The accessibility of the waterfall makes it perfect for the whole family.
If you're looking to hit some dunes without heading north, consider heading to Silver Lake Sand Dunes. You can climb the dunes, do some off-roading or ride in a dune buggy, all while staying near Lake Michigan.
If you've always wanted to walk on the Mackinac Bridge, the Mackinac Bridge Walk is happening the morning of Labor Day. It’s the only day pedestrians can walk on the bridge. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/last-minute-getaways-from-my-michigan-beach | 2022-08-28T14:41:56Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/last-minute-getaways-from-my-michigan-beach | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
On-air challenge: I'm going to give you some categories. For each one, take the last two letters, reverse them, and use those as the starting letters to name something in the category.
Ex. Direction --> NORTH
1. Vitamin
2. Dutch Master
3. Car part
4. Native American
5. Young animal
6. Toy
7. European nation
8. Deadly gas
9. Dress material
10. Party snack food
11. Large breed of dog (2 wds.)
Last week's challenge: This challenge comes from listener Rawson Scheinberg, of Northville, Mich. Think of an eight-letter noun composed phonetically of two consecutive names traditonally given to girls. Remove the sixth letter and rearrange the result. You'll get an event where you might hear the thing named by the original noun. What words are these?
Answer: Clarinet (Claire, Annette) --> recital
Winner: Gary Clements of Chapel Hill, North Carolina
This week's challenge: The challenge comes from listener Paula Egan Wright. Name a well-known island. Move the last letter six spaces later in the alphabet. Read the result backward. You'll get where this island is located. What island is it?
If you know the answer to the two-week challenge, submit it here by Thursday, September 1 at 3 p.m. ET. Listeners whose answers are selected win a chance to play the on-air puzzle. Important: Include a phone number where we can reach you.
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David Gura speaks with William Ripple, professor of ecology at Oregon State University, about his proposal to "re-wild" the American West by reintroducing beavers and wolves to public lands.
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David Gura speaks with William Ripple, professor of ecology at Oregon State University, about his proposal to "re-wild" the American West by reintroducing beavers and wolves to public lands.
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NPR Top Stories Inflation fight will take more time, says IMF deputy managing director By David Gura Published August 28, 2022 at 4:59 AM PDT Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 5:39 David Gura talks with Gita Gopinath of the International Monetary Fund about the role that central banks will play in bringing down inflation. Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.klcc.org/npr-top-stories/npr-top-stories/2022-08-28/inflation-fight-will-take-more-time-says-imf-deputy-managing-director | 2022-08-28T15:07:51Z | klcc.org | control | https://www.klcc.org/npr-top-stories/npr-top-stories/2022-08-28/inflation-fight-will-take-more-time-says-imf-deputy-managing-director | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
220828-N-IL330-1065 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Aug. 28, 2022) – Chief Damage Controlman Brandon Holst, from Palm Dale, California, conducts training during a damage control drill aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), Aug. 28, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Austyn Riley)
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220828-N-IL330-1090 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Aug. 28, 2022) – Hull Maintenance Technician 1st Class William Murphy conducts training on how to use primary air supply pack during a damage control drill aboard amphibious assault carrier USS Tripoli (LHA 7), Aug. 28, 2022. Tripoli is operating in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations to enhance interoperability with allies and partners and serve as a ready response force to defend peace and maintain stability in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Austyn Riley)
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29-year-old man found shot on porch in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood
CHICAGO - A 29-year-old man is good condition after being shot on a porch in Chicago's Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Around 11:46 p.m. Saturday, the victim was shot in the abdomen.
Chicago police say the victim was very uncooperative with officers about the incident and refused to answer any questions.
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He was taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition. No one is in custody and Area Four detectives are investigating. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/29-year-old-man-found-shot-on-porch-in-chicagos-humboldt-park-neighborhood | 2022-08-28T15:14:50Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/29-year-old-man-found-shot-on-porch-in-chicagos-humboldt-park-neighborhood | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
6 killed across Chicago since Friday evening, 12 others wounded
CHICAGO - Six people were killed and 12 others have been wounded in shootings since Friday evening across Chicago.
- About 9:20 p.m., a 50-year-old man was shot and killed in Humboldt Park while inside a restaurant in the 2700 block of West Division Street, Chicago police said. Someone outside of the restaurant shot him through the window, striking him once in the neck. He was taken to Stroger Hospital, where he died.
- Two hours earlier, Randal Wilson, 65, was standing near the front of a residence about 7:20 p.m. in the East Garfield Park neighborhood’s 400 block of North Hamlin Avenue when someone shot him in the chest, Chicago police said. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
- Early Saturday, an 18-year-old man was shot to death while on a front porch of a residence in Chatham on the South Side. A resident of the home found the man with multiple gunshot wounds to the body and head after hearing "a loud disturbance" from outside around 1:30 a.m. in the 500 block of West 87th Street, police said. He was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where he died.
- A 26-year-old man was found dead a little more than an hour later in Bridgeport. He was found about 2:50 a.m. in the 2900 block of South Poplar Avenue with a gunshot wound to the head. Circumstances of the incident were unknown, but detectives were investigating the death as a homicide.
- Saturday evening, two men were fatally shot in South Chicago on the South Side. About 3:15 p.m., responding officers found the men lying in the street in 8300 block of South Paxton Avenue. Both had been shot multiple times and were taken to University of Chicago Medical Center for treatment, where they were later pronounced dead. No one was in custody.
- A woman was shot just after midnight Saturday on a CTA Red Line train in the Loop. The 30-year-old was on the train about 12:10 a.m. in the 100 block of North State Street when a "verbal confrontation" began and someone opened fire, police said. She was shot once in the knee, but her condition was not available.
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Man found dead in Grand Canyon after falling 200 feet from North Rim
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK - Rangers at Grand Canyon National Park say they have recovered the body of a man who fell from the North Rim on Friday.
The 44-year-old visitor had reportedly fallen 200 feet from the rim west of Bright Angel Trail.
"The visitor was off trail when he accidentally fell off the edge," officials said.
His name was not released, and the National Park Service is investigating the incident.
Grand Canyon NPS released the following safety tips for hikers on the canyon:
- Stay on designated trails and walkways and always keep a safe distance of at least six feet (2 m) from the edge of the rim.
- In areas where there is a railing or fence, do not climb over the barrier.
- Keep an eye on all the people in your group, especially small children. Make sure that your travel companions have both feet firmly planted on pavement or developed trails.
- Know where the edge is. Watch foot placement and look for trip hazards.
- Do not run, jump, or perform physical stunts near the rim.
- Do not back up without first looking where you are going.
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- Seeing yellow? Caterpillar migration swarms Phoenix-area neighborhoods
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CARLISLE, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania GOP gubernatorial nominee Doug Mastriano, three years before retiring from the U.S. Army, posed in a Confederate uniform for a faculty photo at the Army War College.
The photo, which Reuters said Friday it obtained after a request under the Freedom of Information Act, shows Mastriano in the uniform in a 2013-14 portrait for the Department of Military Strategy, Plans and Operations, where he worked until he retired in 2017. Reuters said it was told that faculty at the time were given the option of dressing as a historical figure, and while a few did so, only Mastriano is shown wearing a Confederate uniform.
The Army War College said in a statement that a team in 2020 had reviewed all art, text and images displayed at the Carlisle barracks for alignment with Army values and the college’s educational philosophies, but it missed the faculty photo, which “has since been removed because it does not meet AWC values.”
Mastriano, a Pennsylvania state senator, has spread Donald Trump’s lies about widespread election fraud in the 2020 presidential election and was a leading proponent in Pennsylvania of Trump’s drive to overturn the result. He was also in the crowd outside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack by Trump supporters after attending the “Stop the Steal” rally nearby.
Mastriano did not immediately respond to requests for comment but retweeted a comment by Jenna Ellis, a senior legal adviser to his campaign, who said “Media MELT DOWN that Mastriano apparently once posed as a civil war historical figure for a photo. And? He has a Ph.D in HISTORY.
“The left wants to erase history. Doug Mastriano wants us to learn from it,” Ellis tweeted.
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Josh Shapiro accused Mastriano of wearing “the uniform of traitors who fought to defend slavery,” calling it “deeply offensive” and saying his opponent was “unfit to be governor.”
Mastriano served for three decades in the Army, retiring as a colonel after serving in Europe, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
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Man robbed, stabbed on CTA Red Line platform in the Loop: Chicago police
CHICAGO - A 44-year-old man was attacked on a CTA Red Line platform on State Street in the Loop early Sunday morning.
About 2:30 a.m., Chicago police say the victim was approached by four men. One of the offenders stabbed the victim with a sharp object.
The men then stole the victim's property and fled the scene, police said.
The victim has multiple stab wounds on the right side of his torso.
He was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition. No one is in custody and Area Three detectives are investigating.
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The attack comes just one day after a woman was shot in the knee on a CTA Red Line train, also in the Loop.
Not including Sunday's attack, there have been at least 6 other incidents on the Red Line this month.
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National Cinema Day: $3 movie tickets coming to a theater near you
For one day, movie tickets will be just $3 in the vast majority of American theaters as part of a newly launched "National Cinema Day" to lure moviegoers during a quiet spell at the box office.
The Cinema Foundation, a non-profit arm of the National Association of Theater Owners, on Sunday announced that Sept. 3 will be a nationwide discount day in more than 3,000 theaters and on more than 30,000 screens. Major chains, including AMC and Regal Cinemas, are participating, as are all major film studios. In participating theaters, tickets will be no more than $3 for every showing, in every format.
Labor Day weekend is traditionally one of the slowest weekends in theaters. This year, the August lull has been especially acute for exhibitors. Cineworld, which owns Regal Cinemas, cited the scant supply of major new releases in its recent plans to fill for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
But, if successful, National Cinema Day could flood theaters with moviegoers and potentially prompt them to return in the fall. Before each showing, ticket buyers will be shown a sizzle reel of upcoming films from A24, Amazon Studios, Disney, Focus Features, Lionsgate, Neon, Paramount, Sony Pictures Classics, Sony, United Artists Releasing, Universal, and Warner Bros.
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"After this summer’s record-breaking return to cinemas, we wanted to do something to celebrate moviegoing," said Jackie Brenneman, Cinema Foundation president, in a statement. "We’re doing it by offering a ‘thank you’ to the moviegoers that made this summer happen, and by offering an extra enticement for those who haven’t made it back yet."
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After more than two years of pandemic, movie theaters rebounded significantly over the summer, seeing business return to nearly pre-pandemic levels. Films like "Top Gun: Maverick,""Minions: Rise of Gru,""Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness" and "Jurassic World Dominion" pushed the domestic summer box office to $3.3 billion in ticket sales as of Aug. 21, according to data firm Comscore. That trails 2019 totals by about 20% but exhibitors have had about 30% fewer wide releases this year.
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The NASCAR Cup Series race at Daytona International Speedway was rained out Saturday night and rescheduled for Sunday.
The 400-mile race, the regular-season finale that will decide the last two playoff spots, will now begin at 10 a.m. EDT. It will air on CNBC. Weather forecasts call for 40% chance in the morning, increasing to 70% in the afternoon.
Fifteen drivers remain in the hunt for the postseason. Two spots are still open, although one of them will go to Ryan Blaney or Martin Truex Jr.
Aric Almirola, Chris Buescher, Harrison Burton, Cole Custer, Austin Dillon, Ty Dillon, Todd Gilliland, Justin Haley, Erik Jones, Brad Keselowski, Michael McDowell, Ricky Stenhouse Jr. and Bubba Wallace need to win to get into the 16-driver playoff field.
Blaney and Truex can advance without winning at Daytona. If Blaney or Truex wins at Daytona, the other automatically gets in on points. If one of the 14 drivers already locked into the postseason lands in victory lane, both Blaney and Truex would make it based on points. If there’s another new winner Sunday, whoever ends the race with more points between Blaney and Truex would advance.
This will be the third summer race at Daytona in recent years delayed a day. Events in 2014 and 2019 were postponed because of weather.
NASCAR officials moved the Daytona summer race from July to August in 2020 partly in hopes of avoid summer thunderstorms. The Xfinity race that started Friday night was delayed three hours before Jeremy Clements managed to avoid four late multicar crashed and reach victory lane for the first time since 2017 and second time in 421 races.
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ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish pop star Gulsen has been arrested on charges of “inciting hatred and enmity” with a joke she made about Turkey’s religious schools, the country’s state-run news agency reported.
The 46-year-old singer and songwriter, whose full name is Gulsen Colakoglu, was taken away from her home in Istanbul for questioning and formally arrested late Thursday. She was then taken to a prison pending trial.
The arrest sparked outrage on social media. Government critics said the move was an effort by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to consolidate support from his religious and conservative ahead of elections in 10 months.
The charges were based on a joke Gulsen made during an April concert in Istanbul, where she quipped that one of her musicians’ “perversion” stemmed from attending a religious school. A video of the singer’s comment began circulating on social media recently, with a hashtag calling for her arrest.
Gulsen — who previously became a target in Islamic circles due to her revealing stage outfits and for unfurling an LGBTQ flag at a concert — apologized for the offense the joke caused but said her comments were seized on by those wanting to deepen polarization in the country.
During her questioning by court authorities, Gulsen rejected accusations that she incited hatred and enmity, and said she had “endless respect for the values and sensitivities of my country,” the state-run Anadolu Agency reported.
Her request to be released from custody pending the outcome of a trial was rejected.
Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of Turkey’s main opposition party, called on Turkey’s judges and prosecutors to release Gulsen.
“Don’t betray the law and justice; release the artist now!” he wrote on Twitter.
The spokesman for Erdogan’s Justice and Development party, known by its Turkish acronym AKP, appeared however, to defend the decision to arrest the singer, saying “inciting hatred is not an art form.”
“Targeting a segment of society with the allegation of “perversion” and trying to polarize Turkey is a hate crime and a disgrace to humanity,” AKP spokesman Omer Celik tweeted.
Erdogan and many members of his Islam-based ruling party are graduates of religious schools, which were originally established to train imams. The number of religious schools in Turkey has increased under Erdogan, who has promised to raise a “pious generation.”
Among those calling for Gulsen’s release was Turkish pop star, Tarkan, best known internationally for song “Kiss Kiss.”
“Our legal system, which turns a blind eye to corruption, thieves, those who break the law and massacre nature, those who kill animals and those who use religion to polarize society through their bigoted ideas – has arrested Gulsen in one whack,” Tarkan said in a statement posted on Twitter. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/international/turkish-pop-star-jailed-over-joke-about-religious-schools/ | 2022-08-28T15:19:19Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/international/turkish-pop-star-jailed-over-joke-about-religious-schools/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
At least four people were killed and two people were injured early Sunday morning after a man dressed in all black set fire to a building and then shot at people fleeing, Houston Police chief Troy Finner said in a news conference.
Among the four killed was the suspect, Finner said. The victims, all men, range in age from 40-60.
Police and fire personnel received multiple calls around 1:07 a.m., Finner said. One call was about "a person down," one call came in as a shooting and another call came in as a fire call.
"This suspect, unfortunately, and very sadly, and very evilly, set fire to several residents," Finner said. The suspect then "laid in wait for those residents to come out and fired upon them," he said.
The incident occurred at a multiroom rental facility near 8020 Dunlap St., Finner said. The fire department arrived at the scene first to fight the fire, but had to retreat from the gunman upon arrival, he said.
"The suspect began to fire. I don't know if he was firing in their direction, but they had to take cover," Finner said.
Shortly after, a Houston police officer arrived and found the suspect in a parking lot just across the street from the multiroom rental facility, Finner said.
The suspect, an African American male, was dressed in all black and was about 40 years old, Finner added.
An officer, a 7-year veteran, engaged in gunfire with the suspect, who is now dead, Finner said. The officer is now on administrative leave, per department protocol.
"I'm very proud of him," Finner said. "Who knows, that suspect probably would have tried to shoot somebody else."
The district attorney's office is investigating the incident, and the Houston police department is conducting its own investigation, Finner said.
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At least four people were killed and two people were injured early Sunday morning after a man dressed in all black set fire to a building and then shot at people fleeing, Houston Police chief Troy Finner said in a news conference.
Among the four killed was the suspect, Finner said. The victims, all men, range in age from 40-60.
Police and fire personnel received multiple calls around 1:07 a.m., Finner said. One call was about "a person down," one call came in as a shooting and another call came in as a fire call.
"This suspect, unfortunately, and very sadly, and very evilly, set fire to several residents," Finner said. The suspect then "laid in wait for those residents to come out and fired upon them," he said.
The incident occurred at a multiroom rental facility near 8020 Dunlap St., Finner said. The fire department arrived at the scene first to fight the fire, but had to retreat from the gunman upon arrival, he said.
"The suspect began to fire. I don't know if he was firing in their direction, but they had to take cover," Finner said.
Shortly after, a Houston police officer arrived and found the suspect in a parking lot just across the street from the multiroom rental facility, Finner said.
The suspect, an African American male, was dressed in all black and was about 40 years old, Finner added.
An officer, a 7-year veteran, engaged in gunfire with the suspect, who is now dead, Finner said. The officer is now on administrative leave, per department protocol.
"I'm very proud of him," Finner said. "Who knows, that suspect probably would have tried to shoot somebody else."
The district attorney's office is investigating the incident, and the Houston police department is conducting its own investigation, Finner said.
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Three people are hospitalized after a shooting at the Sikh temple in Stockton, California Saturday evening.
The incident occurred at approximately 6:42 p.m. (9:42 p.m. ET), according to Joseph Silva, spokesperson for Stockton Police Department.
When officers arrived, they located three victims. Silva said there was an event taking place at the temple when the shooting occurred.
The victims were transported to a hospital with what appear to be non-life-threatening injuries.
Both the suspect and the victims are Sikh, according to authorities.
A motive for the shooting is unknown.
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Fresh off winning his party's nomination for governor, Rep. Charlie Crist had a sobering message for Democrats across the country: Send money to Florida or you may end up with President Ron DeSantis someday.
"It is the Democrats' last chance to stop him and it's going to be a lot cheaper to do it in Florida than it would be in 50 states," Crist said on CNN the morning after his victory and while repeatedly plugging his campaign website. "If you want to help (President) Joe Biden get a second term, we need to shut Ron DeSantis down in Florida."
Crist's plea for cash was perhaps as creative as it was nakedly desperate. After exhausting most of the $14 million his campaign and political committee raised to defeat Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried in the primary, Crist started the 11-week sprint to the general election nearly from scratch. Meanwhile, DeSantis has been waiting for Crist with $132 million on hand, a record sum for a governor's race.
But Crist's pitch was also born out of a difficult reality Democrats face in Florida. After 20-plus years of watching devastating and narrow defeats in the Sunshine State, many Democratic donors this cycle are so far taking a break from Florida. The prevailing narrative heading into the fall is that Florida has become too red and DeSantis too powerful for donors to make an investment here.
It doesn't help Florida's case that control of the 50-50 Senate hangs in the balance of these midterms and that there are incumbent Democratic governors in states like Wisconsin and Michigan that the party has prioritized to date over the Florida governor's mansion. Donors are also more motivated to help Democrat Stacey Abrams challenge Republican Gov. Brian Kemp in neighboring Georgia, one Florida-based Democratic fundraiser told CNN.
"Charlie has a better chance of getting a large check from the tooth fairy under his pillow than he does from national donors," the fundraiser said. "I just don't think they're focused on Florida's governor race. I think they're focused on winnable seats in states where Democrats already hold the governor's mansion or it's an open seat."
Democratic Party officials are quick to insist they remain committed to Florida. Sam Newton, spokesman for the Democratic Governors Association, called Florida a "competitive battleground in 2022" and he noted the investments that the organization already made to the state party to help build the infrastructure needed to orchestrate a turnaround here.
"That's the same strategy we used to beat Republican incumbents in tough states like (Wisconsin's) Scott Walker, (North Carolina's) Pat McCrory, and (Kentucky's) Matt Bevin -- and look forward to working hand-in-hand with the Crist campaign to keep aggressively holding Ron DeSantis accountable," Newton said.
Still, the DGA has not matched the $1 million it deposited into the political committee for Andrew Gillum a day after he won the Democratic nomination for Florida governor in 2018. From Gillum's nomination through Election Day of that year, the DGA dropped $7.5 million into Florida. Few are expecting that kind of investment in 2022, though Newton did not rule it out.
"We're constantly evaluating the best ways to ensure we deploy resources when they have the biggest impact," he said.
Rick Wilson, a former Republican strategist now with the Lincoln Project, said Democrats will regret it in 2024 if they don't view Florida's governor race as an opportunity to slow DeSantis' rise. DeSantis is the only Republican that polls consistently suggest would be competitive in a GOP primary against former President Donald Trump. And while Democrats know how to beat Trump, Wilson said, DeSantis could present a new and more difficult challenge.
"They will absolutely wonder, 'What the f— were we doing?'" Wilson said. "'Why didn't we bloody him up? Why didn't we nuke him? Why didn't we make him spend $50 million?' They don't know how to fight."
That may be a tough sell for donors who don't typically think that far ahead, the Florida fundraiser said.
"I think voters care more about pocketbook issues and whether they can decide what to do with their own body or can they afford gas than if Ron DeSantis is going to run for president in 2024," they said.
Major donors haven't shown up this year
Other major donors in 2018 have not yet said if they're financially committed to Florida this cycle. The national labor unions that contributed seven-figure sums to Gillum's effort declined to share their plans for the fall.
"While we don't comment on dollars, you better believe we are going to support candidates who put working people first as opposed to political extremists who opposed the president's agenda to lower prescription drug prices and are hellbent on taking away people's rights and freedoms," said Nick Voutsinos, spokesman for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees. AFSCME donated $1.5 million to Gillum's effort.
The American Federation of Teachers donated $500,000 to Crist's political committee earlier this month — half what the union gave Gillum in his race. A spokesman for the organization wouldn't say if it will deploy another half million dollars here.
West Palm Beach businessman Daniel Abraham, a frequent Democratic donor who contributed $1 million to Gillum's political committee, wouldn't discuss his political giving, a representative said. Attempts to reach Donald Sussman, a megadonor for the Clintons who gave Gillum $1.5 million, were unsuccessful, but he has not yet made a contribution to Florida Democrats this cycle.
Orlando trial lawyer John Morgan, a longtime Democratic donor, said he thinks Crist has "$100 million worth of name recognition," and therefore won't need the kind of resources other candidates might to mount a serious challenge to DeSantis. Crist was first elected to the state legislature in the 1990s and is a former Republican governor who was the Democratic nominee for governor in 2014 before winning three terms to the US House.
Morgan gave Gillum $250,000 four years ago, but he doesn't know if he'll cut a check for Crist, who he once employed at his law firm.
"I don't know what I'm going to do," Morgan said. "I think Charlie has a very, very tough road to hoe. And I've pissed money away before."
One major donor is certainly on the sidelines this cycle. NextGen America, the progressive organization funded by billionaire Tom Steyer, donated $2.8 million to Gillum in 2018. But NextGen has since halted donations to individual candidates, said president and executive director Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez. The organization also does not intend to help register and mobilize voters in Florida, as it did four years ago.
"It's more just a question of resources," she said. "We'd like to be in every state, but we knew we had done good work in Florida and needed to be invested in other critical senate races in other states."
Among all the other headwinds Democrats face here is the reality that Florida — a state of 21 million people divided into 10 media markets, some of which require advertising in Spanish — is a notoriously expensive state to run a statewide campaign.
A particularly brutal redistricting process also left Florida with few competitive House and state legislative races that can drive donor interest in helping flip a state, said Alexandra Acker-Lyons, a political consultant who advises Democratic donors.
"Races are won and lost by 1 percent in Florida but sometimes it takes $100 million to get that 1 percent," Acker-Lyons said. "But we can't write off Florida. That's a suicide mission as a party."
Can the DeSantis name raise money for Democrats, too?
By framing the race around bruising DeSantis ahead of a potential race for president in 2024, the Crist campaign hopes to convince donors to jump back into Florida. DeSantis has become one of the most recognizable political figures in the country and few Republicans seem to get under the skin of Democrats more than Florida's executive.
After Crist secured the nomination, the DGA sent out a mass message to its donor list centered around defeating DeSantis. It raised more money than any post-primary fundraising email this cycle, according to a source with knowledge of the party's finances.
The Crist campaign believes their early pitch has worked. More than $1 million in donations flooded his campaign in the 24 hours after his primary victory. California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday also pledged $100,000 to "make Ron DeSantis a one-term governor," and he encouraged his supporters to get in the fight.
Crist's team also notes that DeSantis only defeated Gillum in 2018 by 32,000 votes out of 8.2 million ballots cast. They don't believe the state has dramatically shifted to the right in the four years since, even as registered Republicans now outnumber Democrats here by approximately 200,000, a total reversal from the last decade.
"In the last 22 years, the governor's mansion has been won by low single digits," Crist strategist Joshua Karp told CNN. "That's not to say we don't have a burden to prove we have a game plan to win. That's what we're trying to do and we believe it's working."
But while the razor-thin race seemed to solidify Florida's status as a perennial swing state, it also suggested that Democrats here lack the killer instinct to push a competitive race over the top. Indeed, some Democratic donors feel snakebitten by Gillum's narrow defeat after helping him raise $53 million, Acker-Lyons said.
"Florida being the red dot in our happy blue dance was hard for people," she said.
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(NerdWallet) – When making your travel budget, don’t assume that lodging and airfare will be your biggest expense. Now, more than ever, rental cars are shaping up to be one of the biggest — and stubbornly high — aspects of people’s vacation budgets.
While airfare and lodging prices are certainly near all-time highs, rental cars are among the biggest price increases of all travel expenses. When comparing prices for July 2022 versus July 2019 (the last normal summer pre-pandemic), hotel prices are up 7%, according to the latest set of Consumer Price Index data released in August 2022. Airfares are up 16%. But rental cars are up a whopping 48%.
When did rental car prices get so high
Like most travel costs, rental car prices sharply dropped in April and May 2020 as people began calling off vacations to stay at home. But things began to turn around at the beginning of 2021 when prices began increasing every month, building up to a record high set in July 2021.
Road trips were especially hot that summer (thus high demand), but other factors — including a global semiconductor shortage and tourism industry labor shortages — contributed to low supply. In fact, leisure and hospitality sector employment remains 7.8% below pre-pandemic levels, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data from the U.S. Travel Association.
Prices have slightly dipped from the July 2021 record, but they are still far above pre-pandemic pricing.
How to find affordable rental cars
NerdWallet conducted an analysis of 360 rental car reservations to better understand the cheapest ways to rent. Some of the findings may help you save on your next rental car. Among the rental car companies in the analysis, Enterprise is usually the cheapest, while National is most expensive. The analysis also found that last-minute rentals are typically cheaper than those booked months in advance. And you’ll almost always save by booking at an off-site rental car location versus at the airport.
That knowledge can help you better understand the cheapest places to book, but sometimes booking from a specific location or company might be non-negotiable with the nature of your trip. These other tricks can still help you save:
Use travel credit cards: Some travel credit cards offer rental car insurance as part of their benefits, though it may exclude certain types of expensive cars or rentals in some countries. When it is applicable though, it can save you money on the extra insurance you might have otherwise signed up for at the counter.
Join rental car loyalty programs: Benefits vary based on your level of elite status, though some levels can include free upgrades and waived fees. You might even get automatic status through a credit card. Yet even the entry-level, free-to-join tiers can include perks like priority lines.
Reserve now and pay at the counter: Many rental car companies give you the option to pay at the counter. Paying upon pickup has two major benefits versus paying upfront: First, should you need to cancel your trip, you remove the headache of trying to get a refund since you won’t have put down any money anyway. Second, if rates drop, you can always cancel and rebook at a lower rate.
How to save money on road trips
Throw in high gas prices, and road trips might be one of the most expensive ways to travel these days. Here are some ways to cut back on costs.
Use apps to find cheap gas: Apps like GasBuddy track local gas prices and can help you find the cheapest gas stations along your route.
Consider an electric vehicle: With an electric car, you’ll avoid paying for gas entirely. While you may still have to pay to charge it, some hotels offer free electric vehicle charging as a guest benefit.
Plan a budget-friendly route: If you’re open-minded to location, consider driving through states with lower gas prices. During the last week of July, the three states with the lowest gas prices were Georgia, South Carolina and Texas, according to AAA data.
Why trip planning should start with rental car prices
Before you get too caught up in the excitement of a road trip, make sure you can afford it. With prices so much higher than they were two years ago, you don’t want to get caught off guard. Hold off on booking your flights or hotels until you’ve compared rental car prices and included it in your trip budget. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/this-major-travel-cost-is-up-50-since-before-the-pandemic/ | 2022-08-28T15:20:03Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/this-major-travel-cost-is-up-50-since-before-the-pandemic/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The pretty, cloudless blue skies over perfectly manicured lawns represent an ugly reality for California's Las Virgenes Municipal Water District as it grapples with the historic megadrought ravaging the American West.
Despite a lack of any measurable rain in months, the carpet of lush, green grass likely means homeowners are either not getting the message about the dire need for water conservation, or they are ignoring the warnings.
But now, the water district has found a way to get customers' attention. When customer service representatives are working in the different neighborhoods, they keep an eye out for any water restriction violations. And for repeat offenders, officials are trying something new: adding water restrictors to the pipes, which sharply reduce the home's water supply.
Lawns of the rich and famous
The District covers some of the most sought-after real estate in Southern California, northwest of Hollywood and Beverly Hills, including areas along the Ventura Freeway.
Las Virgenes imports all of its water from the State Water Project, which pipes runoff from the northern Sierra Nevada mountains to Southern California. However, at the end of winter, the snowpack was just 4% of normal, forcing unprecedented restrictions. Las Virgenes is only getting 5% of its requested water supplies this year.
"We're having to supplement the water that we have been getting from the State Water Project," said Mike McNutt, public affairs and communications manager for Las Virgenes, who added the district is pulling water from its Las Virgenes Reservoir, its stash for emergency needs, just south of Thousand Oaks.
Right now, McNutt confirmed it is 72% full; at full capacity, it is a six-month supply. "We've had to take significant measures to curb water usage in order for us to ensure that there's long-term water reliability meaning moving into the fall and winter," McNutt noted.
Nearly all of California is in severe or worse drought (the highest three designations), per the latest US Drought monitor. Several severely deficient years of rain and snow have punctuated a 20-year long megadrought scientists say is being fueled by warmer and drier conditions brought on by climate change.
When the grass being greener isn't a good thing
In light of the shortage and the prolonged drought, Las Virgenes has mandated residents cut their outdoor watering by half as required by the unprecedented order from its distributor, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
Outdoor watering makes up 70% of most customer's water usage, the water district says, so cutting down on irrigation can have a huge impact on conservation.
"They are only allowed to water one day a week outside, Tuesdays and Thursdays, depending on whether your address ends with an odd number or even number," McNutt explained. On top of that, each set of sprinklers can only be on for eight minutes. "It helps maybe keep some of the grass alive if people want to still continue to have lawns, but they are brown."
CNN rode along with Las Virgenes senior field customer service representative Cason Gilmer as he looked for wasted water. When he and his team drive around the coverage area, they keep an eye out for water where it shouldn't be -- on sidewalks and running down streets into gutters -- or outdoor irrigation on when it should be off.
"When it's in our face and the sprinklers are going off at noon on Wednesday, it's an easy target for us," Gilmer, who noted most customers seem to be doing their part now. "This street in particular was very, very green two months ago."
Along the ride, the number of homes with vibrant green grass were outnumbered by brown lawns. Some lawns have been replaced with turf and others have been painted green.
Neighbors can rat on each other, celebrities included
If anyone from the water district spots water waste, they can leave a door tag to let the homeowner know they are not in compliance and what they need to do. They also send mailers. The water district also fines abusers, resulting in charges which can reach thousands of dollars depending on the size of the infraction.
But the affluent haven of Calabasas, inside the water district's territory, is home to many A-listers with deep pockets. Some of those household names -- celebrities, musicians and athletes -- have used far more water than they should have, according to recent data.
People like Kevin Hart, Dwyane Wade, and according to the Los Angeles Times, Kourtney Kardashian, as well as sister Kim.
None replied to CNN's request for comment. However, in a statement to the Times, Wade and his wife, actress Gabrielle Union, said they have "taken drastic steps to reduce water usage in accordance with the new city guidelines and have since we moved into our home."
Las Virgenes said all of those celebrities are in good standing now.
"Those specific celebrities have been working very closely with the district. They do want to do the right thing ... in order to achieve a much more efficient water usage tier," McNutt said.
And when fines are not enough, it's time to bring in the restrictor
With so many wealthy residents, Las Virgenes has learned some customers respond more to losing water than they do losing money.
"We try to get public education and notification and stuff about drought out there, but a lot of people throw the mailers away. They ignore it," said Gilmer, who created a simple, yet effective way to get users' attention one gallon at a time. "I call it a bit of a last resort."
The water restrictor is a slim circle of food grade stainless steel with a small hole in the middle, which fits right into the offending customer's water meter, which technicians can usually access right on the street since the meters are district property.
"This particular restrictor will give you around one gallon a minute. Normally, a three-quarter-inch meter is 25 to 30 gallons a minute. So at 25 to 30 gallons a minute, you can run your dishwasher and run your sink and have somebody in the shower and maybe even have your irrigation on and nobody knows the difference," Gilmer explained. "With the restrictor in ... your sink works fine. Your shower works OK. Your irrigation will not work. It just won't supply the amount of water that's demanded."
Gilmer even tried it at his own house to see what it was like having his water restricted.
"The big part was that you can't do two things at once. So if I was in the shower and my wife tried to do dishes, my shower was done. I just got out," Gilmer said with a slight smile. "My wife demanded I take it off after a day and a half."
California drought could cut state's hydropower in half this summer
After a customer uses more than 150% of their water allocation four times, they will be in line to get the flow restrictor installed. Las Virgenes says about 1,600 connections, or just more than 7% of its customer base falls into this category.
"It's not meant to be punitive," McNutt said. "It's meant to tell people ... this drought is incredibly serious and what we need you to do is do your part."
McNutt added Las Virgenes is leading by example in California as it is "using these flow restriction devices for conservation purposes."
"We're kind of leading this charge moving forward of how do we get people to stop using so much water with the advancement of climate change."
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Thousands of people on DWP benefits could escape the energy price cap that is projected to cause misery for people this winter. From October the energy price cap will rise by 80% to £3,549 per year.
This means higher bills for 24 million households for gas and electricity. But, the latest guidance from the Department for Work and Pensions has confirmed that anyone who pays for their household energy via deductions from their benefits will not be affected by the price cap changing, Birmingham Live reports.
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It has stopped suppliers from asking for higher amounts to be taken out of benefit payments up until April 2023. This affects people on the following benefits:
- Income Support
- income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance
- Pension Credit
- income-related Employment and Support Allowance
- Universal Credit
Under the DWP's Fuel Direct policy, claimants who are in debt with their gas and electricity can face deductions that come straight out of their benefit payments to clear off the arrears. Previously, suppliers could also demand extra amounts to cover a claimant's current energy usage but this has been stopped because of the cost of living crisis.
The DWP said in a new update: "From 1 April 2022 to 1 April 2023, DWP introduced a temporary change to Fuel Direct to protect claimants given unprecedented energy prices. During this period, energy suppliers can no longer request new deductions or increased payments from a claimant’s benefit to pay for ongoing fuel consumption.
"For claimants who pay for their ongoing fuel usage directly from their benefits, the amount they pay was not automatically increased if their bill went up in April 2022 and will not automatically increase when the price cap changes in October 2022.
"If claimants use Fuel Direct and feel they are able to pay their increased bills, they should contact DWP to amend their existing arrangement.
"Universal Credit claimants can use their Universal Credit Journal to make this request or call 0800 328 5644. Income Support, Jobseeker's Allowance and Employment and Support Allowance claimants can call 0800 169 0310. For Pension Credit, claimants can call 0800 99 1234."
What deductions can be taken from my benefits?
The DWP can deduct a fixed amount towards arrears under Schedule 9 of the Social Security (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1987. The amount is taken out of the individual's benefit at source and paid directly to the supplier until the debt is cleared.
Claimants can also ask for an additional amount to be deducted to cover current consumption costs. This is to prevent further debt accruing and to help the claimant with budgeting. Where someone pays for their energy with a pre-payment meter, only an arrears deduction may be taken.
Once a debt is paid off, the deduction will usually end. But in some cases where the individual "repeatedly mismanages their money", a deduction may continue to cover ongoing costs.
Where there is more than one debt, the DWP can take a maximum of three deductions at any one time. DWP will apply a priority order when more than three applications are made for money to be taken out of someone's benefits.
The priority order reflects the degree of risk to the individual or their family by the enforcement action that may result from non-payment, the DWP said. The order is:
- housing costs for specific mortgage arrears
- miscellaneous accommodation costs; care homes, private hospitals
- hostel charges
- rent arrears, including service charges
- mains fuel costs; gas and electricity
- water charges; water then sewerage if two debts
- Council Tax and community charge arrears
- fines
- Child Support Maintenance under the old scheme
- refugee integration loans
- eligible loans
Most third-party deductions are imposed but there are some occasions where consent is needed from the individual. This applies where the total amount of all deductions (including any amounts to cover current costs) exceeds 25 per cent of the main benefit, including any Child Tax Credit and Child Benefit. Consent is only needed for the following debt types:
- housing cost arrears not covered by the Mortgage Interest Direct scheme
- rent and service charges
- fuel costs
- water charges
- integration loans
- eligible loans
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The cry for more clothes shops in Tunbridge Wells has been answered by one store which is opening very soon in the town. Urban Outfitters will sell men's and women's clothes, which will give shoppers a bit more choice in the town.
The multi-national lifestyle company will be right in the heart of the town centre, as Kent Live revealed in May. It is taking over the large units previously occupied by Topman and Topshop in Calverley Road precinct until 2021.
Urban Outfitters started in America and now has 200 stores - selling clothes, vintage clothes and lifestyle. Founded in 1970 in Pennsylvania, Urban Outfitters now operates more than 200 stores in the United States, Canada and Europe.
It said it offers a "well-curated mix of on-trend women’s and men’s clothes" and shoes, hats and bags. It also sells beauty products, lingerie, swimwear and a collection of handpicked vintage clothing known as Urban Renewal.
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Hoarding has been in front of the shop for some time and work is well underway behind them. The store is opening in October.
Urban Outfitters will feature its distinctive signage and branding. Shoppers have been calling for more clothing shops for adults for many years, and for children's and young people's clothes stores.
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(NerdWallet) – When making your travel budget, don’t assume that lodging and airfare will be your biggest expense. Now, more than ever, rental cars are shaping up to be one of the biggest — and stubbornly high — aspects of people’s vacation budgets.
While airfare and lodging prices are certainly near all-time highs, rental cars are among the biggest price increases of all travel expenses. When comparing prices for July 2022 versus July 2019 (the last normal summer pre-pandemic), hotel prices are up 7%, according to the latest set of Consumer Price Index data released in August 2022. Airfares are up 16%. But rental cars are up a whopping 48%.
When did rental car prices get so high
Like most travel costs, rental car prices sharply dropped in April and May 2020 as people began calling off vacations to stay at home. But things began to turn around at the beginning of 2021 when prices began increasing every month, building up to a record high set in July 2021.
Road trips were especially hot that summer (thus high demand), but other factors — including a global semiconductor shortage and tourism industry labor shortages — contributed to low supply. In fact, leisure and hospitality sector employment remains 7.8% below pre-pandemic levels, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data from the U.S. Travel Association.
Prices have slightly dipped from the July 2021 record, but they are still far above pre-pandemic pricing.
How to find affordable rental cars
NerdWallet conducted an analysis of 360 rental car reservations to better understand the cheapest ways to rent. Some of the findings may help you save on your next rental car. Among the rental car companies in the analysis, Enterprise is usually the cheapest, while National is most expensive. The analysis also found that last-minute rentals are typically cheaper than those booked months in advance. And you’ll almost always save by booking at an off-site rental car location versus at the airport.
That knowledge can help you better understand the cheapest places to book, but sometimes booking from a specific location or company might be non-negotiable with the nature of your trip. These other tricks can still help you save:
Use travel credit cards: Some travel credit cards offer rental car insurance as part of their benefits, though it may exclude certain types of expensive cars or rentals in some countries. When it is applicable though, it can save you money on the extra insurance you might have otherwise signed up for at the counter.
Join rental car loyalty programs: Benefits vary based on your level of elite status, though some levels can include free upgrades and waived fees. You might even get automatic status through a credit card. Yet even the entry-level, free-to-join tiers can include perks like priority lines.
Reserve now and pay at the counter: Many rental car companies give you the option to pay at the counter. Paying upon pickup has two major benefits versus paying upfront: First, should you need to cancel your trip, you remove the headache of trying to get a refund since you won’t have put down any money anyway. Second, if rates drop, you can always cancel and rebook at a lower rate.
How to save money on road trips
Throw in high gas prices, and road trips might be one of the most expensive ways to travel these days. Here are some ways to cut back on costs.
Use apps to find cheap gas: Apps like GasBuddy track local gas prices and can help you find the cheapest gas stations along your route.
Consider an electric vehicle: With an electric car, you’ll avoid paying for gas entirely. While you may still have to pay to charge it, some hotels offer free electric vehicle charging as a guest benefit.
Plan a budget-friendly route: If you’re open-minded to location, consider driving through states with lower gas prices. During the last week of July, the three states with the lowest gas prices were Georgia, South Carolina and Texas, according to AAA data.
Why trip planning should start with rental car prices
Before you get too caught up in the excitement of a road trip, make sure you can afford it. With prices so much higher than they were two years ago, you don’t want to get caught off guard. Hold off on booking your flights or hotels until you’ve compared rental car prices and included it in your trip budget. | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/this-major-travel-cost-is-up-50-since-before-the-pandemic/ | 2022-08-28T15:41:05Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/this-major-travel-cost-is-up-50-since-before-the-pandemic/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Dubai: India won the toss and opted to field against Pakistan in their Asia Cup opener here on Sunday.
Virat Kohli will be playing his 100th T20 International and is second player in world cricket after Ross Taylor to complete a century of international appearances.
Dinesh Karthik was picked ahead of Rishabh Pant in the playing eleven while Avesh Khan was picked as third pacer alongside Arshdeep Singh and Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Pakistan pacer Naseem Shah will be making his T20I debut.
Teams
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Suryakumar Yadav, Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Avesh Khan, Yuzvendra Chahal, Arshdeep Singh.
Pakistan: Babar Azam(c), Mohammad Rizwan, Fakhar Zaman, Iftikhar Ahmed, Khushdil Shah, Asif Ali, Shadab Khan, Mohammad Nawaz, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Shahnawaz Dahani. | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/08/28/asia-cup-india-versus-pakistan.amp.html | 2022-08-28T15:45:31Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/cricket/2022/08/28/asia-cup-india-versus-pakistan.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TAJBank to kick off N100bn Sukuk bond issuance, lists benefits
TAJBank Limited, Nigeria’s leading non-interest lender, has formalised the kickoff of the bank’s N100 billion Sukuk bond issuance with the signing of all the parties for issuance of the first-ever non-interest private Sukuk bond offer in the nation’s capital market.
The bank has secured all regulatory approvals required for opening the Sukuk to the general public and the bond will be listed on the Nigerian Exchange.
Speaking during the epoch-making event at the bank’s headquarters in Abuja, the bank’s Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Mr Hamid Joda, described the bank’s latest investment initiative as a very important milestone in the annals of Nigeria’s capital market development and assured investors of good returns on their investment in the TAJBank Sukuk bond.
He explained: “The Sukuk bond issuance by TAJ Bank is a very important milestone in the history of Nigeria’s capital market. I believe that after this issuance, we will see a number of companies in the Nigerian market coming out to issue Sukuk bonds and that will lead to deepening of the non-interest market and eventually economic development of Nigeria.
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“My message to the investing public is to take advantage of the opportunity in view of its potential for good returns. The instrument is coming out at an expected rate of 15 per cent. It is also an ethical instrument and there are very few ethical instruments out there and I believe a lot of investors are looking for instruments that have an ethical leaning,” Joda said.
In his remarks, the bank’s Executive Director, Mr Sheriff Idi, also stressed the importance of the Sukuk bond to the TAJ Bank’s operations, capacity to provide financial support to needy enterprises with the attendant positive implications for the nation’s economic growth.
The non-interest banking expert clarified: “In the last two years of the bank’s operations we have raised additional capital apart from the Sukuk we are issuing now. With the Sukuk bond issuance, we wanted to raise TAJ Bank’s capital base to about N30 billion by the end of the year and that means we can now finance those sectors that probably some initially thought we cannot provide funding support. That is the essence of this Sukuk bond issuance.”
The bank’s Chairman, Alhaji Tanko Isiaku Gwamna, further clarified: “The funds raised through the Sukuk bond and innovative deployment to needy sectors of the economy will help to create jobs, boost economic activities and improve the non-interest banking sub-sector’s contributions to the nation’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in the years ahead.”
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Verve, Africa’s leading payment technology and card brand has announced a partnership with global sportswear brand, PUMA, for the fifth edition of the annual VerveLife fitness event.
Inaugurated in 2017 with the aim of encouraging a healthy lifestyle among Verve cardholders and fitness enthusiasts in general, Verve Life has quickly grown to be regarded as West Africa’s biggest fitness platform, attracting thousands of fitness enthusiasts from Nigeria and beyond each year.
Highlights of the Verve Life fitness platform include exciting workout sessions and dance routines led by renowned fitness experts and dance instructors, fitness challenges and immersive masterclasses on nutrition, mental health, and other related topics, all in addition to a multi-city train of satellite fitness events pan-Nigeria, touching over seven cities this year. The collaboration with PUMA arose from both brands’ shared passion for fitness and is expected to numerous benefits for members of the VerveLife and PUMA communities including free PUMA merchandise, product discounts, access to exclusive events and brand equity consolidation, among other benefits.
Speaking on the collaboration with PUMA, Cherry Eromosele, Executive Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Interswitch Group, reiterated VerveLife’s focus on promoting fitness, healthy living, and wellness.
According to her “We are pleased to welcome PUMA on board as one of our partners for VerveLife 5.0. Last year, we successfully delivered an extraordinary event that left attendees demanding more. This year, we are set to up the ante, working with key partners like PUMA as we jointly advocate for a healthy lifestyle for Nigerians.”
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Commenting on the collaboration with Verve, Ladun Bamgbose, the Marketing Coordinator of PUMA Nigeria said “This partnership allows PUMA to promote the brand in what is arguably Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest annual fitness event. We believe that fitness and sports have the power to transform and empower individuals and societies at PUMA, which is why Verve life 5.0 is an ideal partner for us as their ‘Never Stop’ theme aligns with our brand mantra, Forever Faster.”
Similarly, Tomi Ogunlesi, Group Head, Brands and Communications at Interswitch Group, said Verve’s partnership with PUMA underscores its determination to treat members of the VerveLife community to an enriching experience. He said, “The partnership complements our efforts to deliver the best VerveLife experience year-on-year, exceeding the expectations of our growing community.”
The buildup of events for VerveLife 5.0 kicked off recently, with satellite events in Uyo and Asaba. Other Nigerian cities billed to host VerveLife satellite events include Enugu, Port Harcourt, Benin, Ibadan, and Abuja, ahead of the highly anticipated grand finale in Lagos on November 5.
The fitness event is also expected to make its debut on the Kenyan scene, with its first event in Nairobi scheduled to hold in October.
Beyond the provision of seamless, secure, and innovative payment solutions, Verve continues to support the lifestyle needs of Nigerians by nurturing their appetite for fit and healthy living.
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LONDON (AP) — A car driven by Princess Diana in the 1980s sold for 650,000 pounds ($764,000) at auction Saturday, just days before the 25th anniversary of her death.
Silverstone Auctions said there was “fierce bidding” for the black Ford Escort RS Turbo before the sale closed. The U.K. buyer, whose name was not disclosed, paid a 12.5% buyer’s premium on top of the selling price, according to the classic car auction house.
Britain and Diana’s admirers worldwide are preparing to mark a quarter century since her death. She died in a high-speed car crash in Paris on Aug. 31, 1997.
Diana drove the Escort from 1985 to 1988. She was photographed with it outside boutique shops in Chelsea and restaurants in Kensington. She preferred to drive her own car, with a member of her security team in the passenger seat.
The RS Turbo Series 1 was typically manufactured in white, but she got it in black to be more discreet. Ford also added features for her security, such as a second rear-view mirror for the protection officer.
The car has just under 25,000 miles on it.
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Kneeling in a patch of yellow wildflowers, a Chechen soldier carefully attaches an explosive device to the bottom of a small drone. Seconds later, it is released. It explodes next to two old storefront mannequins set up 200 meters (yards) away, one with a Russian-style military hat on its head.
After this and other training outside the Ukrainian capital, the Chechen soldiers, in assorted camouflage footwear and protective gear, will be heading to the front lines in Ukraine, vowing to continue the fight against Russia that raged for years in their North Caucasus homeland.
Fighters from Chechnya, the war-scarred republic in southern Russia, are participating on both sides of the conflict in Ukraine.
Pro-Kyiv volunteers are loyal to Dzhokhar Dudayev, the late Chechen leader who headed the republic’s drive for independence from Russia. They form the “Dudayev Battalion” and are the sworn enemies of Chechen forces who back Russian President Vladimir Putin and joined Russia in the months-long siege of Ukraine’s key port of Mariupol and other flashpoints in eastern and southern Ukraine.
One group of new Chechen arrivals, many of whom live in Western Europe, was being trained at a makeshift firing range outside Kyiv before heading east. At a training session Saturday, the new recruits ‒ all Muslim men ‒ shouted “Allahu akbar!” (“God is great!”), holding their rifles in the air before being handed military ID cards that are issued to volunteers.
Ukrainian officials say the Chechen battalion currently numbers several hundred who fight alongside the country’s military but are not formally under the national command.
Instructors teach the new battalion members combat basics, including how to use a weapon, assume a firing position and how to work in teams. Trainers include veterans of wars in Chechnya that ended in 2009, some joining up in Ukraine after the fighting against Russia-backed separatists started in Ukraine in 2014.
Tor, a volunteer who asked only to be identified by his battlefield nickname, said he sees no difference between the two conflicts.
“People have to understand we don’t have a choice,” he said speaking in English and with his face covered. “If they (Russian forces) win this war, they will continue. They never stop. I don’t know. The Baltic countries will be next, or Georgia or Kazakhstan. Putin openly, absolutely, says he wants to rebuild the Soviet empire.”
Russia launched two wars to prevent Chechnya, a mostly Muslim province, from gaining independence after the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union. The first conflict erupted in 1994.
The second Chechen war began in 1999 and culminated in a siege by Russian troops of Grozny, the Chechen capital, which was devastated by heavy Russian bombardment. After years of battling an insurgency, Russian officials declared the conflict in Chechnya over in 2017.
Muslim Madiev, a veteran fighter of the Chechen conflicts, identified himself as an adviser to the volunteer battalion in Ukraine. He joined the soldiers Saturday in shooting practice, taking aim at a plastic bottle held up on a stick. Bullet casings flew from his automatic rifle onto a field already littered with bullets, shotgun cartridges and cardboard target sheets.
“We’re going to win this war. The whole world is already standing up for us,” he says, speaking in Russian.
“We were the only ones who fought for ourselves (in Chechnya). No one stood with us. But now the whole world is behind Ukraine. We must win, we must win,” he declared. ___ Follow AP’s coverage of the war in Ukraine at https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine | https://www.wpri.com/news/breaking-news/ap-top-news/ap-rival-chechen-fighters-take-war-to-battlefields-of-ukraine/ | 2022-08-28T15:48:40Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/breaking-news/ap-top-news/ap-rival-chechen-fighters-take-war-to-battlefields-of-ukraine/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DUBLIN (AP) — Scott Frost isn’t calling plays on offense this season.
However, the embattled Nebraska coach still made the biggest decision in Saturday’s 31-28 loss to Northwestern in Ireland.
He ordered an onside kick and it didn’t work. Now, he’s facing even more pressure with Nebraska’s losing streak at seven games.
“You’ve got to win in this business to keep your job,” said Frost, who is in his fifth year at the helm. “That’s the way it is. I love the state of Nebraska. I love these fans that sacrificed to come over here. We’ve got to get this turned around.”
Ryan Hilinski threw for 314 yards and two touchdowns to help Northwestern rally to a victory in the season opener before 42,699 fans at Aviva Stadium in the Irish capital.
Frost took the blame for a failed onside kick that changed the momentum of the game in the third quarter.
“I made that call so that’s on me,” Frost said of the decision after the Huskers took a 28-17 lead. “At that point in the game, I thought all the momentum was on our side. I thought if we got it, we could end the game.
“You can’t really foresee them scoring 14 straight and us sputtering after we played well to start the second half on offense. Again those are excuses. If I had (to do) it over, I wouldn’t make the call.”
The Wildcats finished with 528 yards and gained a measure of revenge after their humiliating 56-7 loss to the Huskers last October. Nebraska hasn’t won since then.
Following a 3-9 season, Nebraska was looking to bounce back with a revamped offense under new coordinator Mark Whipple — who took over play-calling duties from Frost — but the team and its many fans who made the trip are headed home disappointed.
Quarterback Casey Thompson had a big game in his Huskers debut, throwing for 355 yards, but a fourth-quarter mistake was costly. Cameron Mitchell intercepted Thompson’s pass and returned it almost 40 yards. Six plays later, Evan Hull ran it in from the 4 to give the Wildcats a 31-28 lead. Hull finished with 22 carries for 119 yards.
Xander Mueller picked off a pass that bounced off receiver Wyatt Liewer’s hands with 1:27 to play and the Wildcats sealed the win.
Anthony Grant rushed for two third-quarter scores, including a 46-yarder to put the Huskers ahead 28-17. He ran it in from 3 yards on the previous drive to get Nebraska in front after the Wildcats went into halftime with a 17-14 lead. Grant had 19 carries for 101 yards.
Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald called the onside kick “a huge momentum swing” in the game.
“We went down and punched it in,” he said of Cam Porter’s 3-yard touchdown run on a direct snap to close the gap to 28-24.
Nebraska still led at that point, Frost pointed out.
“You don’t win a lot of games in the Big Ten giving up 31, so we have some things to answer on defense,” he said.
The Huskers had built a 14-3 lead after Thompson threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to fellow transfer Isaiah Garcia-Castaneda and then punched it in from 1 early in the second quarter. Garcia-Castaneda finished with 120 yards on four receptions.
But Hilinski capped a terrific first half by finding Donny Navarro at the back of the end zone for a 6-yard scoring strike to give the Wildcats a 17-14 lead with 25 seconds left in the half.
Earlier, Hilinski hit a wide-open Raymond Niro III on a play-action pass for a 41-yard score.
After Niro’s touchdown, Nebraska was driving again when linebacker Greyson Metz ripped the ball from Garcia-Castaneda after a 24-yard completion to the Northwestern 11- yard line.
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Frost said he wouldn’t consider stepping down: “Absolutely not. … I’m going to fight with the guys, as long as I can fight.” His record as Nebraska’s coach is now 15-30.
PREMIUM PROTECTION
Hilinski credited the offensive line with protecting him — he wasn’t sacked.
“When I can sit back there and be patient with the ball, and see the field, as a quarterback, that is the best feeling,” he said. “Today, I felt so calm in the pocket. I felt like I could see the whole field.”
THE TAKEAWAY
Northwestern: The Wildcats look as if they’ve found a quarterback in Hilinski, who completed 27 of 38 passes.
Nebraska: More questions for Frost. The Huskers lost all their games by single digits last season, and now another one. Despite the two interceptions, Thompson made big plays. On their first scoring drive of the third quarter, he scrambled left on a third-and-8 and heaved a pass to Garcia-Castaneda for a 58-yard gain.
FREE BEER
Concession stands gave out free beer at one point during the game when they lost the internet connection at the stadium. Aviva Stadium is cashless, so they opted to not turn away thirsty fans. Ronan McGowan said he waited 40 minutes in long lines and missed portions of the game, though added: “They did the right thing.”
UP NEXT
Nebraska hosts North Dakota on Saturday in the first of four consecutive home games, including a matchup with Oklahoma on Sept. 17.
Northwestern is off next weekend and hosts Duke on Sept. 10 in the first of three straight games at Ryan Field.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Justin Thomas was a tap-in away from polishing off a 7-under 63. And then the horn sounded Saturday signaling a stop in play because of storms near the Tour Championship.
He had to wait until Sunday to not only finish, but to figure out where it left him in pursuit of the FedEx Cup and its $18 million prize.
Scottie Scheffler was still in the lead, barely. Xander Schauffele was still on his heels, even tying him ever so briefly. They were on the 13th hole and among 10 players who have to return Sunday morning for what could be a sprint toward a pile of cash.
Scheffler was at 19-under par, even par for the round on a hot, steamy day at East Lake with soft green and very little wind, always the recipe for low scoring.
Schauffele was 1 under for for a wild round of back-to-back birdies, back-to-back bogeys and back-to-back birdies during a six-hole stretch on the front nine.
The average score for the incomplete round was 67.
That’s what Jon Rahm said he needed — another low round, and Scheffler to not have is best stuff. He got only the second part right. Rahm, coming off a 63, had four bogeys to go along with five birdies and wasn’t making up much ground.
Those who didn’t finish had to return at 9:45 a.m., and only then would the FedEx Cup finale have any clarity.
Sungjae Im was three shots behind at 16 under. Assuming Thomas makes his putt, he would be at 15 under. Rory McIlroy also was at 15 under, and he two holes to play, including the par-5 closing hole.
Rahm, Patrick Cantlay and Sepp Straka were at 14 under and still had to finish.
The third round was scheduled to finish an hour later, and then lightning in the area stopped play for an hour. And when the second batch of lightning arrived in the area, there was no chance to finish.
Hideki Matsuyama posted the low round of the day at 63, and he was still six shots behind.
Scheffler started Thursday at 10-under par and with a two-shot lead as the No. 1 seed in the FedEx Cup, with Cantlay two shots behind. Scheffler, already a four-time winner and a lock to be voted PGA Tour player of the year, opened with rounds of 65-66 and at times has threatened to turn the Tour Championship into a runaway.
He stalled Saturday, and all that did was expand the possibilities.
British Open champion Cameron Smith is a three-time winner and would have needed to win to make it a race for player of the year. He had a 68 and was 11 shots behind amid another round of reports that he is leaving for LIV Golf.
Those announcements are expected early next week. First up is a finish to a long and disruptive season with $18 million on the line for the winner.
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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Hye-Jin Choi shot a 5-under 66 to join fellow South Korean rookie Narin An atop the leaderboard Saturday in the Canadian Pacific Women’s Open.
Choi matched second-round leader An at 16-under 197 at Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club. In July in Michigan, An and Choi teamed to finish sixth in the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational.
“Obviously, we’re both focusing on our individual play when we played together today, but I hope we both play well tomorrow and put up a good score,” Choi said.
An had a 68.
“In general, I didn’t like my play today as much as I did yesterday and two days ago,” An said. “But I think not making any big mistakes is a positive to take away.”
First-round leader Paula Reto of South Africa was a stroke back after a 67.
Third-ranked Nelly Korda (68) and Sarah Schmelzel (66) were 14 under. Korda is coming off her first victory of the year in the Aramco Series on the Ladies European Tour, where she rallied from seven shots back against sister Jessica.
“We always say this is like our sixth major,” Korda said. “The crowds are amazing. I feel like so many proud Canadians come out and support us. It’s a big event. It would be nice to be on that champion’s list.”
Maddie Szeryk was the top Canadian, shooting a 69 to get to 9 under.
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Police are appealing for help to find a pensioner reported missing from Maidstone. Kent Police said Keith Gentleman may appear to be confused.
The 75-year-old was last seen on Sunday afternoon (August 28). He was in the Hermitage Lane area at around 12.30pm.
Police have issued a photo of Mr Gentleman, along with a CCTV image of him from today. They have also given further details of his last known movements and are appealing for anyone who knows of his whereabouts to call 999.
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Mr Gentleman is white and around 5ft 8ins tall and of a medium build. He has greying hair and when last seen was wearing a green t-shirt and brown trousers.
Kent Police added: "It is believed Keith walked in the direction of Barming train station and that he may appear to be in a confused state. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is urged to call 999 quoting reference 28-0661."
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A man who jumped to his death from a Manhattan apartment window last week was well-known NYC art critic Charlie Finch, police sources confirmed Sunday.
Finch, 68, fell from his fifth-floor window at a pre-war co-op building on East 12th Street near Second Avenue in the East Village around 11:45 p.m. Wednesday, the sources said.
At the time, police said they believed the man was terminally ill.
Finch, who was known as a cranky critic, co-authored the book “Most Art Sucks.”
Walter Robinson — a well-regarded artist/critic who was also Finch’s longtime friend and editor — posted on Instagram that Finch died by “defenestration” and mentions his East 12th Street apartment.
ArtNews.com posted an obituary for Finch.
If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts or are experiencing a mental health crisis and live in New York City, you can call 1-888-NYC-WELL for free and confidential crisis counseling. If you live outside the five boroughs, you can dial the 24/7 National Suicide Prevention hotline at 1-800-273-8255 or go to SuicidePreventionLifeline.org. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/art-critic-charlie-finch-identified-as-nyc-suicide/ | 2022-08-28T16:04:30Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/art-critic-charlie-finch-identified-as-nyc-suicide/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CASS COUNTY, Mich. — Three people were injured in a collision after a car pulled out in front of another vehicle.
At 8:59 a.m. Saturday, Cass County Sheriff's Department deputies responded to a report of a crash with injuries at the intersection of Dailey Road and Pokagon Highway. The investigation showed that Jordan Hanifan, 32, of Dowagiac was southbound on Dailey Road when he stopped at a stop sign at Pokagon Highway, proceeded into the intersection, failed to yield and struck a vehicle driven by Theresa Schultz, 60, of Fort Wayne, Ind., that was westbound on Pokagon Highway.
Both vehicles were pushed off the roadway.
Hanifan had three passengers in his vehicle — Samantha Hanifan, 28, Lavender Hanifan, 9, and Alec Hanifan, 7. Jordan and Samantha Hanifan were transported to South Bend (Ind.) Memorial Hospital where no condition reports were available Sunday.
Schultz was transported to Borgess Lee Memorial Hospital in Dowagiac where no condition reports were available Sunday.
Deputies said all occupants were wearing seatbelts and that alcohol did not appear to be a factor in the crash.
The Cassopolis Fire Department, Pride Care Ambulance and Southwest Michigan Community Ambulance Services assisted the Cass County Sheriff's Department at the scene.
The accident remains under investigation by the Cass County Sheriff's Department. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/south-mi/3-adults-hurt-in-cass-county-crash | 2022-08-28T16:04:30Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/south-mi/3-adults-hurt-in-cass-county-crash | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Andria Hautamaki is an independent photo and print journalist from the United States who is based in Southern Chile. Her personal work focuses on the intersection of agriculture, the environment, and rural life.
Andria Hautamaki is an independent photo and print journalist from the United States who is based in Southern Chile. Her personal work focuses on the intersection of agriculture, the environment, and rural life. | https://www.afar.com/authors/andria-hautamaki | 2022-08-28T16:04:32Z | afar.com | control | https://www.afar.com/authors/andria-hautamaki | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A 51-year-old man was fatally shot multiple times in the chest in a Brooklyn building lobby, cops said Sunday.
The man, whose identity wasn’t immediately released, was gunned down in the lobby at 250 Wortman Avenue in the Linden Houses around 9:40 p.m. on Saturday, according to police.
He was rushed to Brookdale Hospital where he died, police said.
There were no arrests.
Four shell casings were found on the scene. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/man-fatally-gunned-down-in-nyc-building-lobby-nypd/ | 2022-08-28T16:04:48Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/man-fatally-gunned-down-in-nyc-building-lobby-nypd/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Salt Lake City Police Department on Friday released body-camera footage showing officers restraining an unarmed man who died roughly an hour later.
A 911 call placed on Aug. 14 reported that a man in underwear had attempted to steal beer from Fisher Brewing in the city’s Granary District neighborhood and attacked a person at their door. The man, 35-year-old Nykon Brandon, fled the store and proceeded to run into the road.
“He’s running around crazy, very erratic,” the caller said. “He just jumped in and out of the road. He’s throwing stuff.”
According to an SLCD press release, officers were dispatched at 3:16 p.m. local time. In a roughly six-minute video of footage from an officer’s body-cam, Brandon is in grey boxers and can be seen darting around on the street while trying to avoid police officers. As police order the man to stop and attempt restrain him on the side of the road, Brandon can be seen flailing and appears to grab at an officer’s holstered gun.
Video shows officers eventually restraining Brandon facedown in the gravel with his hands behind his back in handcuffs and whimpering.
At one point, according to an SLCPD press release, Brandon is reported to have had a medical incident. Officers administer several doses of the anti-overdose medication Narcan and perform chest compressions.
Brandon was taken to a hospital and later died, FOX 13 reported.
The department said it was notified Brandon died at 4:16, although “the exact time of death is unknown.”
The 911 caller noted that the man “definitely mental health issues going on so…if you’ve got mental health resources send them.”
KUTV reported that just before the late afternoon call on Aug. 14, South Salt Lake police officers earlier in the day had responded to a 911 report involving Brandon.
Officers had been dispatched in response to a report of a man “acting confused and scared,” the station reported. They took him to a Salt Lake City detox facility and cited him for public intoxication, but because the facility is not a detention center, he was free to leave at his own choosing.
In a statement following the release of the body-cam footage, SLCPD Chief Mike Brown said: “We are committed to carefully reviewing the investigative findings in this case. As a forward-thinking department, we will use those findings to evaluate our policies, training, and procedures to continue ensuring we are making our city safer.” | https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/salt-lake-city-pd-release-footage-of-death-of-restrained-man/ | 2022-08-28T16:05:06Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/salt-lake-city-pd-release-footage-of-death-of-restrained-man/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Everything is fast in New York -- that’s how they came up with the phrase: In a New York minute.
Appropriately, the United States Tennis Association wasted no time in releasing its Day 1 schedule, which features the outgoing Serena Williams versus Danka Kovinic in a 7 p.m. ET Monday match. The announcement came 77 hours before the fact.
And with good reason. This US Open, Williams says, will be the final event for the 23-time Grand Slam champion. Her tennis colleagues, of course, will be watching Arthur Ashe Stadium in primetime right along with the rest of us.
US Open: Scores | Order of play | Draw
“Honestly, like, for me it’s still pretty surreal when I see her,” said Iga Swiatek, the Hologic WTA Tour’s No.1-ranked player. “I still feel like I’m just a kid who's watching. I watch her my whole life.
The six-time @usopen champ will take on the World No.80.#USOpen pic.twitter.com/8XwLhhpQ21
— wta (@WTA) August 25, 2022
“I think it’s great that we have somebody like that in our sport who cleared the path and show us that you can do anything. The sky’s the limit.”
This is technically true for all 64 players in action from the bottom half of the draw.
Williams and Kovinic have never met, so it’s difficult to know what to expect. Although she lost two of three matches in Toronto and Cincinnati after an extended absence, Williams has looked good in practice on the grounds of the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.
Not only does Day 1 feature perhaps the greatest women’s player ever, but also the World No.2 (who could be Williams’ second-round opponent), a teenage finalist from last year’s US Open, another teenager that was a finalist at Roland Garros, and two of the hottest players in the game coming off titles in Cincinnati and Toronto.
A snapshot at some of Monday’s marquee matches:
Arthur Ashe Stadium: Noon ET start
No.12 Coco Gauff versus qualifier Leolia Jeanjean
Second match
Gauff lost to Halep in Toronto’s quarterfinals before retiring from her first-round match in Cincinnati with a mild ankle sprain. Jeanjean, 27 and from France, is ranked No.149. She reached the third round at Roland Garros this year, stunning No.8 seed Karolina Pliskova along the way.
Coco Gauff recalls the first time she met Serena Williams
Louis Armstrong Stadium: 11 a.m. ET start
No.7 Simona Halep versus qualifier Daria Snigur
Second match
Halep ran the table in Toronto, vaulting back into the Top 10. The two-time Grand Slam singles champion withdrew after winning a first-round match in Cincinnati with a right thigh injury. Snigur was the 2019 Wimbledon junior champion and is ranked No.125.
No.14 Leylah Fernandez versus Oceane Dodin
Second night match
Fernandez, who fell to Emma Raducanu in last year’s US Open final, has played only three matches since suffering a foot injury at Roland Garros. These two have never played.
Grandstand: 11 a.m. ET start
No.3 Maria Sakkari versus Tatjana Maria
First match
Remember that terrific run at Wimbledon by Maria -- Tatjana, that is? Sakkari certainly does. The World No.3 was bounced in the third round by the 35-year-old 6-3, 7-5. Maria eventually reached the semifinals, falling there to Ons Jabeur. Sakkari has struggled since, losing three of four matches on North American hard courts.
Bianca Andreescu versus Harmony Tan
Second match
The 2019 US Open champion Andreescu has been dogged by injuries and doubts, but back home in Toronto, she won a couple of matches, beating Alize Cornet and No.11 seed Daria Kasatkina, before losing to 19-year-old Zheng Qinwen. Tan, however, understands the big stage. The 24-year-old from France beat Serena Williams in her comeback match at Wimbledon.
Court 17: 11 a.m. ET start
Caroline Garcia versus lucky loser Kamilla Rakhimova
First match
Garcia has won more matches than any woman since the start of June and two weeks ago in Cincinnati, she became the first qualifier to win a WTA 1000 event. Garcia won eight matches in nine days. Rakhimova, 20, is coming off a win at the ITF/USTA $60,000 event in the Bronx.
No.2 Anett Kontaveit versus Jaqueline Cristian
Fourth match
Kontaveit reached the quarterfinals in Prague but lost two of three matches in the recent WTA 1000s. Cristian, a 24-year-old from Romania, hasn’t played since sustaining a serious knee injury in Doha back in February. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2766430/us-open-day-1-order-of-play-serena-williams-headlines-night-session | 2022-08-28T16:09:13Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2766430/us-open-day-1-order-of-play-serena-williams-headlines-night-session | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Not only is Martina Navratilova an advanced student of the game, but she’s a bit of a fanatic, too. The 18-time Grand Slam singles champion, talking earlier this month from Cincinnati, was scrolling through the Hologic WTA Tour rankings, rapidly assessing their games.
“It’s crazy,” she said. “The winner will be whoever gets hot. Could be Emma Raducanu again. I wouldn’t put it past her.”
US Open: Scores | Order of play | Draw
Navratilova will be in New York, working as a studio analyst for Amazon’s Prime Video coverage. While much of the attention will be on the retiring Serena Williams, there is an actual tournament in play as well. Here are some thoughts from Navratilova:
In the past 10 majors since the start of the 2020 season, there have been five first-time champions, including Iga Swiatek (who won her first two), Sofia Kenin, Barbara Krejcikova, Emma Raducanu and, at Wimbledon this year, Elena Rybakina. Will this US Open produce another surprise winner?
Navratilova: This time, I don’t think we’ll have a surprise winner, but maybe another first-time [major] winner. Like Madison Keys, who made the semifinals in Cincinnati. It’s the best she’s played since the start of the season. Could be Coco Gauff, the way she’s playing, too.
NYC is just around the corner 🗽
— wta (@WTA) August 27, 2022
Our roundup of the best soundbites from @Iga_Swiatek, @LeylahFernandez and more from US Open media day ⬇️
Simona Halep, coming off the worst season of her career, wins Toronto. And seems to be confident again. Thoughts?
Navratilova: She’s hitting the ball well, but the courts here are fast. She’s struggled in New York with the crowd, that whole New York vibe. She more of a quiet person, suited to Wimbledon or the French Open. Yeah, she’s definitely a possibility, there’s no doubt.
US Open Day 1 order of play: Serena Williams headlines night session
Emma Raducanu struggled after winning the US Open, but looked better in Cincinnati, beating Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka handily. How much credit goes to her new coach, Dmitry Tursunov?
Navratilova: This is a good coaching situation for her. I hope she sticks with it. If I had that many coaches in a year, I would be struggling, too. Too many points of view, too many philosophies -- too much information. When you get information from one coach you can kind of sift through that, figure it out. But when you’re getting it from so many different people, how are you supposed to process all that?
hello again @usopen 🙇🏻♀️😜 pic.twitter.com/AqI80oWBg0
— Emma Raducanu (@EmmaRaducanu) August 27, 2022
Thoughts on Jessica Pegula, the highest-ranked player from the United States and the leader in WTA 1000 hard-court wins the past two years with 24?
Navratilova: She flies under the radar, and I think it’s because she doesn’t have a big weapon. She’s very consistent. The way she played in Toronto [semifinals] and Cincinnati [quarterfinals], was something. She was hitting the ball really deep. Moving really well.
Maria Sakkari, the No.3 player in the world, made two Grand Slam semifinals last year, at Roland Garros and the US Open. This year it’s been more difficult for her. Why?
Navratilova: She’s fighting hard, but because she’s fighting so hard, she’s getting too tight. Not just emotionally but physically. She wants it so badly. Tennis is such a dichotomy; you have to be intense but free and relaxed at the same time. The body and the mind. Sprint and stop. Quiet. Sprint and stop.
Any dark horses you think might do some damage?
Navratilova: Daria Kasatkina, maybe? Jil Teichmann, she’s dangerous. Petra Kvitova, she played well in Cincinnati, but it hasn’t been that humid. She struggles in the humidity, so we’ll see what it’s like in New York. And Cincinnati champion Caroline Garcia. She’s been playing great. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2766495/navratilova-s-us-open-preview-halep-on-the-rebound-and-more | 2022-08-28T16:09:19Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2766495/navratilova-s-us-open-preview-halep-on-the-rebound-and-more | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK — A mint condition Mickey Mantle baseball card sold for $12.6 million Sunday, blasting into the record books as the most ever paid for sports memorabilia in a market that has grown exponentially more lucrative in recent years.
The rare Mantle card eclipsed the record just posted a few months ago — $9.3 million for the jersey worn by Diego Maradona when he scored the contentious “Hand of God” goal in soccer's 1986 World Cup.
It easily surpassed the $7.25 million for a century-old Honus Wagner baseball card recently sold in a private sale.
And just last month, the heavyweight boxing belt reclaimed by Muhammad Ali during 1974's “Rumble in the Jungle” sold for nearly $6.2 million.
All are part of a booming market for sports collectibles.
Prices have risen not just for the rarest items, but also for pieces that might have been collecting dust in garages and attics. Many of those items make it onto consumer auction sites like eBay, while others are put up for bidding by auction houses.
Because of its near-perfect condition and its legendary subject, the Mantle card was destined to be a top seller, said Chris Ivy, the director of sports auctions at Heritage Auctions, which ran the bidding.
Some saw collectibles as a hedge against inflation over the past couple years, he said, while others rekindled childhood passions.
Ivy said savvy investors saw inflation coming down the road — as it has. As a result, sports memorabilia became an alternative to traditional Wall Street investments or real estate — particularly among members of Generation X and older millennials.
“There’s only so much Netflix and ‘Tiger King’ people could watch (during the pandemic). So, you know, they were getting back into hobbies, and clearly sports collecting was a part of that,” said Ivy, who noted an uptick in calls among potential sellers.
Add to that interest from wealthy overseas collectors and you have a confluence of factors that made sports collectibles especially attractive, Ivy said.
“We’ve kind of started seeing some growth and some rise in the prices that led to some media coverage. And I think it all it all just kind of built upon itself,” he said. “I would say the beginning of the pandemic really added gasoline to that fire."
Before the pandemic, the sports memorabilia market was estimated at more than $5.4 billion, according to a 2018 Forbes interview with David Yoken, the founder of Collectable.com.
By 2021, that market had grown to $26 billion, according to the research firm Market Decipher, which predicts the market will grow astronomically to $227 billion within a decade — partly fueled by the rise of so-called NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, which are digital collectibles with unique data-encrypted fingerprints.
Sports cards have been especially in demand, as people spent more time at home and an opportunity arose to rummage through potential treasure troves of childhood memories, including old comic books and small stacks of bubble gum cards featuring marquee sports stars.
That lure of making money on something that might be sitting in one's childhood basement has been irresistible, according to Stephen Fishler, founder of ComicConnect, who has watched the growing rise — and profitability — of collectibles being traded across auction houses.
“In a nutshell, the world of modern sports cards has been going bonkers,” he said.
The Mantle baseball card dates from 1952 and is widely regarded as one of just a handful of the baseball legend in near-perfect condition.
The auction netted a handsome profit for Anthony Giordano, a New Jersey waste management entrepreneur who bought it for $50,000 at a New York City show in 1991.
“As soon as it hit 10 million I just turned in. I couldn’t keep my eyes open anymore,” Giordano, 75, said Sunday morning. His sons monitored the auction for him. “They stayed up and called me this morning bright and early to tell me that it reached where it reached.”
The card was one of dozens of sports collectibles up for auction. In all, the items raked in some $28 million, according to Derek Grady, the executive vice president of sports auctions for Heritage Auctions.
“Sports collectibles are finally getting their due as an investment,” Grady said. “The best sports items are now starting to rival artwork, rare coins and rare artifacts as a great investment vehicle.”
The switch-hitting Mantle was a Triple Crown winner in 1956, a three-time American League MVP and a seven-time World Series champion. The Hall of Famer died in 1995.
“Some people might say it’s just a baseball card. Who cares? It’s just a Picasso. It’s just a Rembrandt to other people. It’s a thing of art for some people,” said John Holden, a professor in sports management law at Oklahoma State and amateur sports card collector.
Like pieces of art that have no intrinsic value, he said, when it comes to sports cards, the worth is in the eye of the beholder — or the pocketbook of the potential bidder.
“The value," Holden said, "is whatever the market’s willing to support.” | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/mickey-mantle-card-breaks-record-as-sports-memorabilia-soar/article_4692bce8-26da-11ed-9230-a7e3b26aa8d3.html | 2022-08-28T16:12:52Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/lifestyles/mickey-mantle-card-breaks-record-as-sports-memorabilia-soar/article_4692bce8-26da-11ed-9230-a7e3b26aa8d3.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Traditional ways and Yakama-influenced art combine with modern technology in the art of Lorelei Kruger.
Kruger was born and raised on the Yakama Reservation and is a Yakama Nation tribal member. She is married, a mother of five, and a digital artist. Her culture heavily influences her art, which she began creating 10 years ago.
She started screen printing images and phrases on clothing as a hobby and, after learning about copyright law, started to design her own images for clothing and accessories.
“I veered away from what other creators were doing and went to traditional art,” Kruger said. “This is what I know, and this is what I see lacking in the community: people wearing Yakama artwork.”
Starting with a pencil and Sharpie, Kruger evolved in 2017, purchasing an iPad Pro and teaching herself how to create digital art. Using the iPad and software was easy; the drawing came over time. Kruger prefers geometric designs. People and animals take time, and she’s still developing her technique on those.
Kruger grew up in a traditional Yakama household, and her artwork reflects the influences of her mother.
“I just wanted to reflect the way I was brought up in my work,” Kruger said.
Kruger’s mother makes beaded jewelry and sews wing dresses for her family to wear at the longhouse. Her techniques and designs influenced Kruger’s creative drive.
“My goal is to share some of our culture through my art,” Kruger’s website says.
Lucky Arrow Creations is Kruger’s brand name.
“I wanted to have Arrow in the name because arrows propel forward. Growing up on the reservation, we have to carry our traditions and remember everything we are taught, while steadily moving forward at the same time,” Kruger said.
Kruger’s artistic process begins with an idea for a design, and then she starts sketching. The design grows and builds with each stroke of the pen. But it isn’t always that straightforward.
“Sometimes I don’t really have a design in mind, though, and I start out with doodling and just drawing random shapes. Then it only takes a little while for something to pop into my head,” Kruger said. “Those are the designs that seem to flow a little easier and have more detail like the “Flourish” design.”
When Kruger began the “Flourish” image, she wasn’t sure what direction she was going with it. She knew she wanted a woman as the focus, and implied movement. The background began as geometric designs that eventually turned into a floral halo surrounding a Native woman. There’s a simplicity to “Flourish,” but with each glance, a new detail catches the eye.
The Lucky Arrow Creations website is Kruger’s main point of sales, but she has set up shop at holiday bazaars and arts and craft shows at the Yakama Nation Cultural Center. Kruger sells T-shirts with her designs on them but is now expanding her wares.
Many of her geometric designs work well with laser cutting and engraving.
“Earrings are a big commodity on the reservation — big, beaded earrings in any Native community across the nation. I haven’t seen a lot of Native acrylic earrings like on Etsy,” Kruger said. “Crafters have been making laser cut and engraved earrings, and with my designs I figured it’s just like creating T-shirts.”
The earrings Kruger has been creating are made of acrylic and wood, both engraved and cut by laser.
Kruger has been focusing her time and energy on her earrings. She will continue to make T-shirts, but right now the lucky arrow’s path is leading her toward jewelry.
A full-time mom, Kruger has her own crafting room, packed with her equipment and supplies. Lucky Arrow Creations isn’t a side hustle, though. It’s a creative outlet and she enjoys creating.
Kruger’s art has been on display at Collaboration Coffee, 18 S. First St. She displayed eight pieces on canvas in her first gallery show.
The show was titled “Scorpio,” based on a self-image Kruger made of herself.
“Scorpio is an image that I made to feel empowered and try to make other people feel the same. I wanted a strong image and something that, you know, I could reflect out to the world as a strong Native woman,” Kruger said.
Kruger said she’d love to do another gallery show. She liked meeting new people and wants to share what it’s like living on the Yakama Reservation with communities off the reservation.
“I’ve been sharing glimpses into our ways. At the end of the day, it’s a big reason why I want to get my art out there. I really enjoy doing it and it makes me happy to see people enjoying and learning, too,” Kruger said. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/explore_yakima/artist-of-the-month-lorelei-kruger-combines-yakama-traditions-and-modern-technology-in-her-artwork/article_72569cfa-234c-11ed-9f80-9bd6280fc57b.html | 2022-08-28T16:15:28Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/explore_yakima/artist-of-the-month-lorelei-kruger-combines-yakama-traditions-and-modern-technology-in-her-artwork/article_72569cfa-234c-11ed-9f80-9bd6280fc57b.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Colorado Secretary of State says "extreme" GOP might strip voting rights
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold, who is seeking re-election, warned in an interview with the Guardian published Sunday that Americans need to pay close attention to secretary of state races across the country in order to safeguard voting rights.
Why it matters: Democrats have been sharpening their focus on secretary of state races in order to ensure the results of the 2024 presidential election aren't overturned.
- There are 27 secretaries of state contests on U.S. ballots this year — for 13 offices held by Democrats, 13 held by Republicans and one — in North Dakota — held by an independent, Axios' Alexi McCammond writes.
- A number of Republican candidates for secretaries of state have echoed former President Donald Trump's unfounded claims about the 2020 election.
What they're saying: “What we can expect from the extreme Republicans running across this country is to undermine free and fair elections for the American people, strip Americans of the right to vote, refuse to address security breaches and, unfortunately, be more beholden to Mar-a-Lago than the American people,” Griswold, who chairs the Democratic Association of Secretaries of State, told the Guardian.
- “For us, we are trying to save democracy," she said.
- “The country could lose the right to vote in less than three months," she added, warning that Trump-backed candidates could use their posts to subvert election results or raise doubts about elections their party loses.
- “We must reject that it is partisan to protect the right to vote. It’s not,” Griswold said. “It’s the most American and democratic thing you can do.” | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/28/jena-griswold-us-voting-rights-republicans | 2022-08-28T16:18:47Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/28/jena-griswold-us-voting-rights-republicans | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(NerdWallet) – When making your travel budget, don’t assume that lodging and airfare will be your biggest expense. Now, more than ever, rental cars are shaping up to be one of the biggest — and stubbornly high — aspects of people’s vacation budgets.
While airfare and lodging prices are certainly near all-time highs, rental cars are among the biggest price increases of all travel expenses. When comparing prices for July 2022 versus July 2019 (the last normal summer pre-pandemic), hotel prices are up 7%, according to the latest set of Consumer Price Index data released in August 2022. Airfares are up 16%. But rental cars are up a whopping 48%.
When did rental car prices get so high
Like most travel costs, rental car prices sharply dropped in April and May 2020 as people began calling off vacations to stay at home. But things began to turn around at the beginning of 2021 when prices began increasing every month, building up to a record high set in July 2021.
Road trips were especially hot that summer (thus high demand), but other factors — including a global semiconductor shortage and tourism industry labor shortages — contributed to low supply. In fact, leisure and hospitality sector employment remains 7.8% below pre-pandemic levels, according to an analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data from the U.S. Travel Association.
Prices have slightly dipped from the July 2021 record, but they are still far above pre-pandemic pricing.
How to find affordable rental cars
NerdWallet conducted an analysis of 360 rental car reservations to better understand the cheapest ways to rent. Some of the findings may help you save on your next rental car. Among the rental car companies in the analysis, Enterprise is usually the cheapest, while National is most expensive. The analysis also found that last-minute rentals are typically cheaper than those booked months in advance. And you’ll almost always save by booking at an off-site rental car location versus at the airport.
That knowledge can help you better understand the cheapest places to book, but sometimes booking from a specific location or company might be non-negotiable with the nature of your trip. These other tricks can still help you save:
Use travel credit cards: Some travel credit cards offer rental car insurance as part of their benefits, though it may exclude certain types of expensive cars or rentals in some countries. When it is applicable though, it can save you money on the extra insurance you might have otherwise signed up for at the counter.
Join rental car loyalty programs: Benefits vary based on your level of elite status, though some levels can include free upgrades and waived fees. You might even get automatic status through a credit card. Yet even the entry-level, free-to-join tiers can include perks like priority lines.
Reserve now and pay at the counter: Many rental car companies give you the option to pay at the counter. Paying upon pickup has two major benefits versus paying upfront: First, should you need to cancel your trip, you remove the headache of trying to get a refund since you won’t have put down any money anyway. Second, if rates drop, you can always cancel and rebook at a lower rate.
How to save money on road trips
Throw in high gas prices, and road trips might be one of the most expensive ways to travel these days. Here are some ways to cut back on costs.
Use apps to find cheap gas: Apps like GasBuddy track local gas prices and can help you find the cheapest gas stations along your route.
Consider an electric vehicle: With an electric car, you’ll avoid paying for gas entirely. While you may still have to pay to charge it, some hotels offer free electric vehicle charging as a guest benefit.
Plan a budget-friendly route: If you’re open-minded to location, consider driving through states with lower gas prices. During the last week of July, the three states with the lowest gas prices were Georgia, South Carolina and Texas, according to AAA data.
Why trip planning should start with rental car prices
Before you get too caught up in the excitement of a road trip, make sure you can afford it. With prices so much higher than they were two years ago, you don’t want to get caught off guard. Hold off on booking your flights or hotels until you’ve compared rental car prices and included it in your trip budget. | https://www.wspa.com/news/this-major-travel-cost-is-up-50-since-before-the-pandemic/ | 2022-08-28T16:19:47Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/this-major-travel-cost-is-up-50-since-before-the-pandemic/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Superico holds Sunday brunch to celebrate launch of low alcohol spirit
Twenty has been created by a former bartender
Edinburgh’s Superico restaurant is hosting the launch of a new light spirit drink, Twenty, which has also been created in the capital.
The Twenty Light Spirit Social Brunch event will take place on May 29, with various sittings from 11am until 3pm, and the menu consists of four new Sunday brunch dishes, designed for sharing and created by Superico’s new head chef, Calum Ralston.
These include beef cheek hash with romesco ragu, smoked cheddar and fried egg; frittata with potato, egg, spinach, tomato and manchego, and waffles with fruit salad.
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They will be teamed with the Floradora cocktail made with raspberry, lime and ginger ale, and a take on a classic Grasshopper with cacao and creme de menthe, as well as two other drinks. All contain a measure of Twenty, which features botanicals including juniper, grapefruit, chestnut, dandelion root, milk thistle seed, sweet orange, orris and coriander seed. Its ABV is 20 per cent, compared to the usual 40 per cent.
“We think Superico’s new Sunday brunch experience offers the perfect setting and timing for us to launch Twenty in Scotland. Sunday brunch is all about relaxing and socialising. Twenty creates an option to enjoy the whole social experience and enjoy some delicious drinks at the same time”, says the drink’s creator, Grant Neave. “Both brands are modern, fresh and offer people a refreshing new way to enjoy spending time with the people they care about”.
83 Hanover Street, www.superico.comTickets are £20, see www.opentable.com | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/food-and-drink/superico-holds-sunday-brunch-to-celebrate-launch-of-low-alcohol-spirit-3705655 | 2022-08-28T16:24:39Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/lifestyle/food-and-drink/superico-holds-sunday-brunch-to-celebrate-launch-of-low-alcohol-spirit-3705655 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Author and creator of the Harry Potter universe J.K. Rowling spoke on the record for the first time about her lack of appearance on the much-ballyhooed HBO Max Harry Potter 20th Anniversary: Return to Hogwarts special that debuted at the beginning of the year. The 57-year-old writer, who also served as producer on the final two Harry Potter films, was notably absent from the television event.
While promoting her latest “Robert Galbraith” mystery, The Ink Black Heart with Graham Norton in an interview for Virgin Radio UK, the host referenced her “being excluded” from the show. The author quickly corrected him, saying “I wasn’t, actually—I was asked to be on that, and I decided I didn’t want to do it. I thought it was about the films more than the books, you know? Quite rightly, as that is what the anniversary was about, so, no one said ‘don’t come.’”
Norton followed up, asking if she still has a relationship with “the young actors,” to which she said “yes, I do, some more than others, but that was always the case. Some I knew better than others.”
In the two decades since Daniel Radcliffe’s Boy Who Lived first leapt onto Platform Nine and Three Quarters, Rowling has become a divisive personality due to her vocal views about gender. The controversy has brought much dismay to many deeply involved in Harry Potter fandom.
While those who were close watchers of Rowling’s tweets were already aware of what many call “gender essentialist” opinions, the issue grew more prominent in June 2020, after the author mocked use of the term “people who menstruate.” Soon thereafter, Radcliffe responded, voicing support for the transgender community in an essay published on The Trevor Project’s website. Emma Watson also made it clear she disagreed with Rowling on Twitter. Facing backlash, Rowling wrote a 3,700 word essay explaining her position.
Days before the HBO Max special aired, Rowling’s team told EW that the author declined participation, and stated that the controversy over trans rights was not part of the decision-making. However, the Norton interview is the first official statement. Rowling was represented on the reunion show via archival footage. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/jk-rowling-explains-absence-from-harry-potter-reunion | 2022-08-28T16:35:18Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/08/jk-rowling-explains-absence-from-harry-potter-reunion | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis suspended four elected Broward County school board members, following the recommendation of the grand jury asked to review the Parkland school’s safety guardrails after the 2018 mass shooting.
“It is my duty to suspend people from office when there is clear evidence of incompetence, neglect of duty, misfeasance or malfeasance,” said Governor DeSantis in a statement. These board members “have shown a pattern of emboldening unacceptable behavior, including fraud and mismanagement,” the statement continued.
The grand jury found that the board members mismanaged a multimillion-dollar bond, which was approved by voters in 2014, for improving school safety and renovations. The governor’s statement alluded to the grand jury’s finding that students continue to learn in “unsafe, aging, decrepit, moldy buildings that were supposed to have been renovated years ago” in its explanation for the suspensions.
The grand jury’s final report also stated that a safety-related alarm at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School could have saved lives in the 2018 tragedy, but “was and is such a low priority that it remains uninstalled at multiple schools.”
DeSantis is ousting four board members: Patricia Good, Donna Korn, Ann Murray and Laurie Rich Levinson. Rosalind Osgood was also mentioned, but is no longer a school board member, and “therefore not subject to the Governor’s executive suspension authority,” the statement clarified.
On Friday, Levinson called the suspension “political retribution” by DeSantis: “What country is this? What Governor DeSantis did is un-American and undemocratic. He doesn’t care about democracy and overturned the will of the voters.”
DeSantis appointed four new school board members to fill the vacant positions; a move, which Politico said, would give “Florida’s Republican governor new allies in a Democrat-leaning area.”
On February 14, 2018, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire at his former high school in Parkland, Florida, with a semi-automatic rifle, murdering 14 students and 3 staff members and injuring 17 others. In October, Cruz pleaded guilty to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder. His trial began on July 18—a jury has not yet determined whether he will face the death penalty or life in prison.
The grand jury was empaneled in February 2019, one year after the massacre. The grand jury finished the report in April 2021, but it was kept under seal until last week. | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/desantis-suspends-four-school-board-members-parkland-shooting-report | 2022-08-28T16:35:24Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/08/desantis-suspends-four-school-board-members-parkland-shooting-report | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The McLean Project for the Arts has announced plans for its 60th-anniversary celebration, which will feature “Illusion of Depth,” an augmented-reality installation by Arlington artist Joseph Cortina.
The installation “will explore the illusion of depth,” Cortina said, serving as “a reflection on the meanings of depth, from seeing into and beyond the obvious limits.”
“We are thrilled for it to be a highlight of our 60th-anniversary year,” said McLean Project for the Arts’ executive director, Lori Carbonneau.
The event will take place on Sept. 16 at Capital One Hall in Tysons. In addition to a cocktail reception, the gala will include live music and dancing.
For tickets and information, see the Website at www.mpaart.org.
[https://sungazette.news provides content to, but otherwise is unaffiliated with, InsideNoVa or Rappahannock Media LLC.] | https://www.insidenova.com/mclean-project-for-arts-gala-to-feature-art-installation/article_fac2d3a2-26de-11ed-9292-6729ec74bf43.html | 2022-08-28T16:39:26Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/mclean-project-for-arts-gala-to-feature-art-installation/article_fac2d3a2-26de-11ed-9292-6729ec74bf43.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Alden Theatre of the McLean Community Center opens its 2022-23 season with a free concert featuring Sons of Mystro performing reggae classics and American pop songs on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 5 p.m. at McLean Central Park.
The brother duo learned to play violin while in school in Florida, and today use their instruments to interpret 10 different genres of popular music.
The community is invited.
[https://sungazette.news provides content to, but otherwise is unaffiliated with, InsideNoVa or Rappahannock Media LLC.] | https://www.insidenova.com/news/fairfax/sibling-violinists-to-kick-off-alden-theatres-2022-23-performance-series/article_7bad2328-26df-11ed-aa13-93173e494ffb.html | 2022-08-28T16:39:32Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/news/fairfax/sibling-violinists-to-kick-off-alden-theatres-2022-23-performance-series/article_7bad2328-26df-11ed-aa13-93173e494ffb.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Marion County community is mourning the passing of detective Matt Blansett and Sergeant Lee Russell who tragically died earlier this week in a helicopter crash.
Local 3 is continuing to learn who Detective Blansett was behind the badge.
He was loved by many who said he was always just a phone call away. People in the community describe him as a true family man.
Saturday, the community gathered at South Pittsburg High school for a visitation.
Blansett had a long career in Marion County, working for the Sheriff’s Office and serving on the county commission.
He leaves behind a wife and two sons.
John Uselton Jr., a neighbor of the Blansett’s said when his home was broken into, Detective Blansett responded.
Uselton said within just 4 hours, he had a suspect in custody.
"He was an excellent investigator,” Uselton said. “He's probably best law enforcement officials ever in this county without a doubt.”
If you knew Blansett, the message was always the same. They describe a man who was self-less and went the extra mile to ensure those around him were okay.
While, he was a native of South Pittsburg, people in surrounding counties say his reputation proceeded him.
Tony Thorpe, a local resident, said he was on his way to Kentucky when he heard of Blansett’s passing. He said he made the drive back to pay his respects.
“All I can say is, if we are measuring life in the amount of people that we've touched,” explained Thorpe. “This young man touched so many lives."
No matter which side of the law you were on the good or the bad. Detective Blansett was known for treating everyone with compassion. | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/the-community-of-marion-county-remembers-the-life-and-legacy-of-detective-matt-blansett/article_6e8a439a-2682-11ed-aabb-0fb6f10809b9.html | 2022-08-28T16:51:08Z | local3news.com | control | https://www.local3news.com/local-news/the-community-of-marion-county-remembers-the-life-and-legacy-of-detective-matt-blansett/article_6e8a439a-2682-11ed-aabb-0fb6f10809b9.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A video has emerged of retired Supreme Court justice Indu Malhotra alleging that the communist governments in India are taking over Hindu temples eyeing its revenue.
Justice Malhotra who was in state to attend various events, including the platinum jubilee celebrations of the Trivandrum Medical College, was heard making the controversial remark in public.
"They (communist governments) want to take over (temples) just because of the revenue. Their problem is the revenue. All over they have taken over only Hindu temples. So Justice Lalit and I said, no, we will not allow it," Justice Malhotra is heard in the video that was widely shared on social media.
She was referring to 2020 Supreme Court case on the Padmanabhaswamy Temple, the verdict of which was delivered by herself and Justice Lalit, who is the present Chief Justice of India.
The apex court had then ruled that the Travancore royal family shall have the rights to maintain and manage the centuries-old temple in Thiruvananthapuram.
Justice Malhotra was also part of a five-judge constitution bench that in 2018 ruled in favour of women entry to Sabarimala.
Incidentally, Justice Malhotra's was the sole dissenting verdict while the other four justices had said banning the entry of women to the Lord Ayyappa Shrine was gender discrimination.
On her dissent in the Sabarimala verdict, Justice Malhotra had said "issues of deep religious sentiments should not be ordinarily interfered by the court". She had maintained that the religious practices at the hill shrine, where women of menstrual age are barred from entering, cannot by tested on the basis of Article 14 (equality before law). | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/28/justice-indu-malhotra-communist-governments-taking-over-hindu-temples-remark.amp.html | 2022-08-28T16:55:17Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/28/justice-indu-malhotra-communist-governments-taking-over-hindu-temples-remark.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A video has emerged of retired Supreme Court justice Indu Malhotra alleging that the communist governments in India are taking over Hindu temples eyeing its revenue.
Justice Malhotra who was in state to attend various events, including the platinum jubilee celebrations of the Trivandrum Medical College, was heard making the controversial remark in public.
"They (communist governments) want to take over (temples) just because of the revenue. Their problem is the revenue. All over they have taken over only Hindu temples. So Justice Lalit and I said, no, we will not allow it," Justice Malhotra is heard in the video that was widely shared on social media.
She was referring to 2020 Supreme Court case on the Padmanabhaswamy Temple, the verdict of which was delivered by herself and Justice Lalit, who is the present Chief Justice of India.
The apex court had then ruled that the Travancore royal family shall have the rights to maintain and manage the centuries-old temple in Thiruvananthapuram.
Justice Malhotra was also part of a five-judge constitution bench that in 2018 ruled in favour of women entry to Sabarimala.
Incidentally, Justice Malhotra's was the sole dissenting verdict while the other four justices had said banning the entry of women to the Lord Ayyappa Shrine was gender discrimination.
On her dissent in the Sabarimala verdict, Justice Malhotra had said "issues of deep religious sentiments should not be ordinarily interfered by the court". She had maintained that the religious practices at the hill shrine, where women of menstrual age are barred from entering, cannot by tested on the basis of Article 14 (equality before law). | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/28/justice-indu-malhotra-communist-governments-taking-over-hindu-temples-remark.html | 2022-08-28T16:55:23Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/28/justice-indu-malhotra-communist-governments-taking-over-hindu-temples-remark.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A speech delivered by a young Congress MLA in Kerala assembly recently has caught the imagination of the young generation of the state where migration triggered by a perceived underemployment has become the new normal.
The speech by Mathew Kuzhalnadan, who represents Muvattupuzha constituency in Ernakulam district, has attracted millions of views on social media, including Instagram. A short video of the address has got 2.5 million views from just one Instagram handle. The video has been shared by over 3.6 lakh people from the profile. Rarely does a political speech create such a storm on Instagram.
Kuzhalnadan, a first-time MLA and former state president of the All India Professionals Congress, highlighted the saddening picture of underemployment in the state and called for drastic policy changes to address the situations that force the young generation to migrate to other countries for higher education and highly-paid jobs. The speech was delivered on Wednesday during a discussion on the finance bill.
“Which section of society in Kerala is happy today? How much is the average salary the students who have completed courses including engineering and MBA are getting? I have to say it’s as meagre as Rs 10,000 to Rs 14,000. Students are dumping the campuses here. They don’t want to stay here. Why doesn’t their homeland inspire them? There are several social, economic and political reasons which have to be addressed. Instead of addressing them, we cannot blame those who leave the country,” Kuzhalnadan says in the viral speech.
Many, in social media comments, have thanked the MLA for raising the issues which are often unaddressed.
Asked about the overwhelming response to the speech, Kuzhalnadan said it reflected how deeply disappointed are the youth in the state. “We often say that the young generation is not interested in political discourses and especially assembly proceedings. However, when we mentioned an issue that affect their lives directly, their response to it as overwhelming. Such a response has motivated me to address their issues in a rigorous manner again,” he told Onmanorama.
“Policies are not framed keeping in view of the existing challenges that youngsters are facing. Policy making and legislative procedures have not been giving due consideration for the problems faced by the youth,” he said. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/28/mathew-kuzhalnadan-viral-assembly-speech-underemployment.html | 2022-08-28T16:55:35Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/28/mathew-kuzhalnadan-viral-assembly-speech-underemployment.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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