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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.
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.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/mickey-mantle-card-breaks-record/507-29448c6d-f4c4-43e6-8a0c-40ec2a28cf98 | 2022-08-28T16:58:43Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/nation-world/mickey-mantle-card-breaks-record/507-29448c6d-f4c4-43e6-8a0c-40ec2a28cf98 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 6 Castrol Ford Mustang – “Somebody wrecked in front of me. I’m not really sure exactly what happened, but there were just a bunch of cars wrecking in front of me. I didn’t have anywhere to go and couldn’t slow down in time, so I hate it for our team. We had a really fast race car. We were working our way to the front, but we’ll cheer on Chris Buescher now, I guess.”
DID THE ACCIDENT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE TIME OF THE RACE? WAS THE TRACK SLICKER THAN USUAL? “Maybe, maybe not. I didn’t actually see what happened. I just know that they wrecked in front of me and I could slow down and ran into it. We beat the front end up and weren’t able to get it fixed. It’s a bummer for everybody on the RFK No. 6 with Castrol on board. We had a good car and a shot to win today if we could just not get wrecked and to get wrecked so early on in the race, we never had a chance to show it. It’s a big bummer.”
WHAT’S THE MISSION THE NEXT 10 WEEKS? “To win a race.”
SO YOU FELT CONFIDENT IN YOUR CAR? “Yeah, we were pretty good. We had a shot to run for it today and never got a chance to show it.”
CAN YOU GET MORE AGGRESSIVE THE NEXT 10 WEEKS AND TRY SOME THINGS? “Not really. We’re doing all the same things. There’s no aggression left that we haven’t shown.”
HOW FRUSTRATING IS IT TO BE OUT SO EARLY? “It’s frustrating, but whenever your season is down to one race you’ve got a lot more going on than just that one race. Our team put a lot of effort into getting this car ready. They brought a great car, so I hurt for them that we didn’t get a chance to show it.”
THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2013 YOU WON’T BE IN CHAMPIONSHIP MODE. “I’m not thinking about it that way. I’m just focused on getting better with our own team every day.”
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CHASE BRISCOE, No. 14 Mahindra Tractors Ford Mustang – “Down on the back straightaway off of two, Joey decided to go to the bottom, so I felt like following him was probably my best decision there. We got such a big run that I kind of shoved him out that I felt like if I could get up, I could maybe take the lead. Looking back on it, I should have just stayed behind and shoved him. He’s just really good around this place and is always there at the end. When I got up in front of the 48 he started shoving me pretty hard through three and four and was getting me loose. He got to my left-rear and that was a little bit on me just being lazy covering it and not knowing and whenever we lost the banking out of four it just spun me around. It’s unfortunate for my Mahindra Tractor guys. We kind of just rode around early in the race just trying to get to the end and then once we got our track position was just gonna try to maintain it. I don’t have a lot of experience leading races here and that’s what happens whenever you aren’t aggressive enough making moves, so I just have to put it in the notebook and go onto Darlington next week to start the playoffs and hopefully start a good run.”
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — A fundraiser was held on Sunday for a grandmother who died earlier this month while saving her two grandsons from their burning home.
On Wednesday morning, Aug. 10, a fire broke out at a home on Ballston Avenue in Pawtucket
The victim, later identified as 71-year-old Maria Cadenas, was injured while helping the two boys escape the flames. She died two days later.
“After Fire Victims Outreach”, a non-profit, volunteer group, held a fundraiser for her at the corner of Broadway and Central Avenue.
Todd Brown, the Executive Director of AFVO, says the organization helps families get back on their feet after house fires, and many of the members are former or current first responders.
Brown said Cadenas’ family reached out to him for help with funeral and burial expenses, as there was no life insurance in the grandmother’s name.
“The community, so far, has been very, very supportive of us, the donations are coming out left and right,” he said.
“It’s not a pleasant world we live in right now, a lot going on in the world, and to see everybody come together to help a family in need is very nice. Everything is going to be taken care of, we’ve been supporting the family through this and we’ll continue to support them after this.”
Brown said their goal was to raise $4,000 to 5,000 for the family today. | https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/blackstone-valley/fundraiser-held-for-grandmother-who-died-after-house-fire/ | 2022-08-28T17:17:53Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/local-news/blackstone-valley/fundraiser-held-for-grandmother-who-died-after-house-fire/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA’s new moon rocket remained on track to blast off on a crucial test flight Monday, despite a series of lightning strikes at the launch pad.
The 322-foot Space Launch System rocket is the most powerful ever built by NASA. It’s poised to send an empty crew capsule into lunar orbit, a half-century after NASA’s Apollo program, which landed 12 astronauts on the moon.
Astronauts could return to the moon in a few years, if this six-week test flight goes well. NASA officials caution, however, that the risks are high and the flight could be cut short.
In lieu of astronauts, three test dummies are strapped into the Orion capsule to measure vibration, acceleration and radiation, one of the biggest hazards to humans in deep space. The capsule alone has more than 1,000 sensors.
Officials said Sunday that neither the rocket nor capsule suffered any damage during Saturday's thunderstorm; ground equipment also was unaffected. Five lightning strikes were confirmed, hitting the 600-foot towers surrounding the rocket at NASA's Kennedy Space Center. The strikes weren't strong enough to warrant major retesting.
“Clearly, the system worked as designed,” said Jeff Spaulding, NASA's senior test director.
More storms were expected. Although forecasters gave 80 percent odds of acceptable weather Monday morning, conditions were expected to deteriorate during the two-hour launch window.
On the technical side, Spaulding said the team did its best over the past several months to eliminate any lingering fuel leaks. A pair of countdown tests earlier this year prompted repairs to leaking valves and other faulty equipment; engineers won't know if all the fixes are good until just a few hours before the planned liftoff.
After so many years of delays and setbacks, the launch team was thrilled to finally be so close to the inaugural flight of the Artemis moon-exploration program, named after Apollo's twin sister in Greek mythology.
“We're within 24 hours of launch right now, which is pretty amazing for where we've been on this journey,” Spaulding told reporters.
The follow-on Artemis flight, as early as 2024, would see four astronauts flying around the moon. A landing could follow in 2025. NASA is targeting the moon's unexplored south pole, where permanently shadowed craters are believed to hold ice that could be used by future crews.
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Q. You’ve written about ageism and age discrimination in several of your columns. What are we learning? I am a 70-year-old woman and have a vested interest in the topic. S.D.
A. Your question is very timely. Becca Levy, psychologist, epidemiologist and professor at the Yale School of Public Health recently wrote the book “Breaking the Age Code: How Your Beliefs About Aging Determine How Long & Well You Live” (William Morrow, 2022). Levy presents compelling evidence that ageism and age discrimination do more than just hurt your feelings.
Take the following true-false quiz and be ready for some surprises, based on Levy’s research.
1. Senior moments specifically have to do with “seniors” and “old age”
False. The term first appeared in print in 1997 when a columnist quoted an older vacationing banker who forgot the score of his ongoing tennis match and said he had a “senior moment.” That was the beginning; the words have become part of our working vocabulary. According to Levy, brief memory lapses are not just for older folks; they occur at any age. And with age, there is great variability in how each person’s brain functions. Fortunately, the brain compensates for lapses by forming new neural connections. Think of a senior moment as the time older adults transfer information to younger folks as part of tradition and legacy. That’s truly a senior moment!
2. How you view aging affects your memory
True. Here is one of Levy’s experiments. Researchers primed older participants facing a screen with both positive and negative words associated with aging. Examples of positive words were “wise,” “alert” and “learned.” Negative words were “Alzheimer’s,” “senile” and “confused.” Participants had their memory tested before and after these sessions. Those exposed to the positive words for just 10 minutes improved their memory performance while those exposed to the negative words for the same amount of time saw a decline. One more study to make the point. Levy looked at data from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging that began in 1958. People who had positive beliefs about aging at the beginning of the study did better on memory tests by 30 percent compared to those with negative beliefs.
3. Beliefs about aging affect physical performance
True. Levy randomly assigned participants to a group who were exposed to either positive age-related words or negative words. Those exposed to positive words for 10 minutes immediately showed faster walking speeds and balance compared to those exposed to negative words. In another survey, Levy found that over an 18-year period, again, those with positive age-related beliefs had much better functional health which refers to everything responsible for your physical ability to move.
4. Beliefs about aging have limited effect on recovery from injuries
False. Levy asked about 600 participants to name the first five words they thought of when thinking about an older person. Some were positive; others were negative. Over a period of 10 years, she and her team checked in monthly to determine if the individuals experienced any new injuries or illnesses and if so, did they partially or fully recover? By now you might guess the results. Those who began the study with positive age beliefs were significantly more likely to recover from injuries over the next 10 years. Furthermore, they had a 44 percent greater likelihood of complete recovery from severe disability.
5. Beliefs about aging have minimal impact on longevity
False. Researchers asked residents from a small Ohio town who were age 50 and older this question: “Do you agree or disagree that as you get older you are less useful?” Levy tracked these folks from middle age forward. The results: Those with the most positive views of aging were living, on average, seven and a half years longer than those with negative views. These positive age beliefs added almost eight years to their lives which was a greater advantage than having low cholesterol and blood pressure, low body mass index or avoiding smoking. These findings have been replicated in 10 countries.
There is so much more. For example, older people with positive views of aging perform better on hearing tests and are less likely to develop psychiatric illnesses like anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal thoughts.
Levy and others have clearly demonstrated that our attitudes and beliefs about aging indeed affect our longevity and how we function both mentally and physically. Note, we all are stakeholders and never will have control. What we do have is influence over how long we will live and how well we will age.
Thank you, S.D., for your important question. Stay well everyone and remember kindness is everything.
Helen Dennis is a nationally recognized leader on issues of aging and the new retirement with academic, corporate and nonprofit experience. Contact Helen with your questions and comments at Helendenn@gmail.com. Visit Helen at HelenMdennis.com and follow her on facebook.com/SuccessfulAgingCommunity
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There’s currently a push by some Americans to hold a “convention of the states” for the purpose of altering or even rewriting the Constitution.
Well, there’s always been such a push on, by some, and I agree that we shouldn’t be afraid as such of doing so when the need arises.
While we bow down, and properly so, to the best Constitution that’s ever been written, there have been 27 amendments to the Constitution since it was written, some of them good, some of them absolutely appalling — Prohibition, anyone? — proving that everything is a work in progress.
The process of doing so is onerous, and properly so. But it can be done. An amendment may be proposed by a two-thirds vote of both Houses of Congress, or, if two-thirds of the states request one, by a convention called for that purpose.
What one conservative group is now calling for in this proposed convention has backing in 19 different states. As Nicholas Riccardi of the Associated Press has reported, it recently became an issue in a South Dakota election, in which a longtime Republican member of Congress lost her race for re-election apparently out of her opposition to her state joining the cause and becoming the 20th state; 34 states are needed to make it happen.
“I knew they were angry at me, but I had no idea this was going to be coming during my primary campaign,” Riccardi quotes Mary Duvall as saying. She ended up losing her race by 176 votes. Even the challenger who beat her says this isn’t his issue “at all.” None of the amendments that have been made have done so through a convention since the Constitution was ratified in 1788.
“The Convention of States group is … vague on its goals, stating that it seeks a gathering that could pass amendments only to ‘limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, impose fiscal restraints, and place term limits on federal officials,’” Riccardi reports.
Problem is, for the conservatives, that some liberal groups would also like to get into the game if such a convention were called. It’s the law of unintended consequences, and that’s why plenty of conservatives who aren’t affiliated with the group are worried about the outcome.
Progressives would be champing at the bit to get language in about gun control, for instance, and campaign spending limits.
“Lots of things can happen that we can’t predict” if there’s a constitutional convention, Walter Olson, a senior fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. told the AP. “A lot of Republicans are temperamentally conservative and don’t like taking large leaps into the unknown, and they are going to be seen as dragging their heels.”
I’m temperamentally conservative, too, even if as it happens I’d like to see a Constitution that was clearer about the right to be protected from random acts of mass violence through more gun control, and would like to see more limits on campaign spending. But I happen to read the Constitution we already have as very much allowing for more limits on the kinds of weapons Americans can carry — you can’t tote a bazooka or an atom bomb around town, everyone agrees. The idea that election spending by a corporation, or a dark-money nonprofit, or a union, is “free speech” is poppycock, and at some happy future point, we’ll have a Supreme Court that again agrees with those ways of reading the Constitution we already have.
As ousted five-term Rep. Mary Duvall notes, even her South Dakota Legislature has repeatedly declined to support a convention of the states. “The majority of my constituents I’ve talked to say, ‘No, this is a bad idea and dangerous,’” Duvall said.
Be careful what you wish for, wannabe conventioneers.
Larry Wilson is a member of the Southern California News Group editorial board. lwilson@scng.com.
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(The Hill) – Republican worries of a midterm flop are growing heading into the critical post-Labor Day campaign season, with analysts who had previously predicted massive GOP gains shifting their forecasts toward Democrats.
Rick Tyler, a Republican strategist and analyst, said the environment looks “not even close” to a red wave election year.
“The enthusiasm is just not there,” Tyler said. “Last time Republicans had a good year, they were six points ahead in the generic poll. Now we’re barely two points ahead. So it’s definitely not going to happen.”
RealClearPolitics averages of polls measuring whether voters would prefer Republican or Democratic control of Congress show the GOP slipping from a 4.8-point advantage in late April to less than a point as of Friday. At around this point in 2010, when Republicans saw historic gains in Congress, generic polls showed a four- to-six-point advantage for the GOP.
Punctuating the narrowing polls was the result in a special election on Tuesday. New York’s 19th Congressional district — which includes suburban areas and went for former President Trump in 2016 but President Biden in 2020 — is representative of the kind of battleground districts that Republicans are hoping to flip across the country.
But while Republican Marc Molinaro stuck to the party’s points about inflation and the economy, topics that Republicans have repeatedly said are top-of-mind for voters, Democrat Pat Ryan narrowly won the seat after focusing heavily on abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this summer.
Former GOP Sen. Rick Santorum (Pa.) said on Newsmax Thursday that after the special election, “Republicans have to start paying attention.”
“The problem is, where Republicans have to pick up in order to win the Congress is in districts like that,” Santorum said. “If you look at the national polls, if you look at a lot of these races like in my home state of Pennsylvania — if this is a red wave year, the polls are not showing it right now.”
Democrats celebrating the win in New York also point to recent special House elections in Minnesota and Nebraska as evidence of enthusiasm. Candidates there overperformed historical trends in GOP-leaning districts, even though they ultimately lost those races.
And in wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision and the controversy surrounding Trump over Jan. 6 and the FBI seizing classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Democrats are aiming to emphasize negatives on Republicans rather than make the election a referendum on Biden or Democratic leadership.
“MAGA Republicans hope voters ignore their dangerous extremism, but NY-19 shows us that voters will reject their extreme agenda,” Democratic National Campaign Committee spokesperson Tommy Garcia said in a statement.
Top Republicans have already started tempering expectations of taking back the evenly divided Senate as GOP nominees who were boosted by Trump show signs struggling.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said last week that the House is more likely to flip control than the Senate, citing “candidate quality.”
Tyler blamed Trump for the shifting dynamic.
“Donald Trump has turned this campaign from a referendum on Joe Biden, inflation, high food prices, high gas prices and affordable housing into a referendum on him,” he said.
Weaknesses for GOP candidates along with results from recent elections have led election analysts at Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics and the Cook Political Report to shift several forecasts for key congressional midterm races toward Democrats. Cook revised its expected GOP gain in the House from 15-30 seats to 10-20 seats, and its Senate outlook from Republicans having an edge to a toss-up.
That marks a stark contrast from nine months ago, when House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) predicted that 2022 could be even more of a Republican wave than in 2010, when Republicans won a staggering 63 seats.
Republicans have since warned House members not to measure the drapes early and that the election will be tough, but GOP lawmakers are still largely operating on the assumption that they will win control of the chamber.
A Senate loss and only a small GOP majority in the House would “lead the media to say, ‘You know, this was a split decision,’” Tyler said. “No mandate, no red wave, no rejection of Biden’s policies. That’s a disaster for the Republican Party.”
Other GOP operatives downplay those fears, saying that the New York special election was an outlier case complicated by high Democratic turnout in primaries happening the same day, and noting that there are still months to go before the midterms.
“Anyone who thought retaking the majority was going to be easy needs to buck up,” National Republican Congressional Committee Communications Director Michael McAdams said in a statement. “Majorities are won in November not August and we look forward to prosecuting the case against Democrats’ failed one-party rule.”
Sarah Chamberlain, president and CEO of Republican Main Street Partnership, cautioned against looking at the New York special election as an indication for what may happen in November. Many voters did not even know the election was happening, she said, or were on vacation.
“I would not red flag it yet. We’re going to wait to see and do some more polling, but I think things are fine,” Chamberlain said.
Republicans have beat expectations before. Despite Democrats having more than a six-point edge on the generic ballot in 2020, Republicans gained House seats and squeezed Democrats into the slimmest majority in the lower chamber in a century.
Democrats are also spending millions on defending seats rather than being offensive in their House map, a GOP strategist noted, with the record number of Democratic House members retiring rather than running for reelection this year helping the GOP expand its pickup opportunities.
Kyle Kondik, managing editor at Sabato’s Crystal Ball, said that weaknesses in GOP Senate and gubernatorial candidates, as well as many Republicans’ position against abortion, has given Democrats the opportunity ”to make the election more of a choice than a referendum.” But he cautioned against fully reevaluating the midterm environment before Labor Day, and that Republicans could still flip both chambers even if they fall below expectations of a “red wave.”
“It is possible that the Democrats’ addition of more college-educated voters, at the expense of losing more non-college voters, has skewed some of these special elections, as the college cohort is a more reliable voting bloc,” Kondik said. “That said, if the GOP had some big enthusiasm edge over the Democrats — and if it was bringing a lot of lapsed GOP voters back into the fold — one would think they’d be doing better than they are.” | https://www.wwlp.com/hill-politics/red-wave-hits-breaker-gop-midterm-worries-rise/ | 2022-08-28T17:33:35Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/hill-politics/red-wave-hits-breaker-gop-midterm-worries-rise/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The year’s largest new lease is also the scariest to some market analysts. While KPMG’s commitment to 450,000 square feet at Two Manhattan West is great news for Brookfield Properties, it’s a different story for Rudin Management’s 345 Park Ave. and 560 Lexington Ave., and for SL Green’s 1350 Sixth Ave. — three Midtown towers where KPMG will leave behind a total of 800,000 square feet when it moves out next year.
Pundits quoted elsewhere predicted gloomy times ahead for the Manhattan market where several other companies are also drastically cutting their floor space. HSBC Bank, for example, is chopping its footprint here by half when it moves to Tishman Speyer’s Spiral next year.
Reflecting a modest countervailing trend, law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US signed for 180,000 square feet at Silverstein Property’s 3 World Trade Center — an expansion from its current 110,000 square feet at BXP’s 601 Lexington Ave.
But although KPMG is giving up more space than Freshfields is adding, the moves have something in common that bodes well for Manhattan’s future despite space givebacks driven partly by work-from-home.
Many top dealmakers argue that the larger issue than how much space is being absorbed or abandoned is the kind of space that’s increasingly in demand.
That means new space, of course — and the newer, the better. It’s good news for developers and for the construction industry, and for the city’s tax base which has already been hurt by the decline in commercial values.
Two Manhattan West and Three World Trade belong to the marquee league of towers that handily outclass towers that opened as recently as 20 years ago. Their success in luring top-tier tenants echoes the situation at Related’s Hudson Yards, Silverstein’s and the Durst Organization’s other World Trade Center Buildings, Tishman Speyer’s Spiral, SL Green’s One Vanderbilt and L&L Holding Company’s 425 Park Avenue.
All managed to fill most or all of their expensive floors. Robust early leasing at Olayan Group’s 550 Madison Ave. and Brookfield’s 660, both of which were so completely redesigned as to make them effectively new, suggests they’re on their way to full occupancy as well.
CBRE tristate CEO Mary Ann Tighe, who was part of Silverstein’s leasing team at Three World Trade and is the chief leasing agent for 550 Madison, argued that the market is much too large and complex to jump to facile generalizations.
“The reality of the situation is that it isn’t one solution fits all. It’s so nuanced and particular to every company,” she said.
“The one thing that emerges from all [the recent lease signings] is that new buildings and older ones that were gut-renovated fit the profile” of where tenants want to go, whether they’re growing or shrinking.
Tighe made the distinction between “21st century buildings” which can already be 23 years old by the time new leases take effect and “those built in the last decade.”
JLL tristate president and chairman Peter Riguardi, who wasn’t involved in either transaction, said that downsizing firms are “doing it strategically to be in better buildings. They’re more attractive to talent and more conducive to bringing people back to offices.”
Using less space lets companies enjoy the advantages of new construction — such as better floor plates, more advanced electronic and mechanical infrastructure and in-building amenities — “without increasing their average yearly occupancy cost.”
KPMG communications director W. Scott Horne said of his firm’s move, “Our real estate strategy is centered on creating offices that embody our culture, attracting and retaining the best talent and redefining the workplace experience.”
Horne said, “We short-listed buildings that met these criteria, and Two Manhattan West emerged the unanimous choice.”
But what about obsolescent, older buildings that can only be improved to a certain extent?
Not to minimize the challenges their owners face, but they are more easily converted to residential uses than modern ones are. And in any event, work-from-home might not be as permanent and universal as it now seems.
As The Post first reported, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon is quietly but forcefully cracking down on remote work. He has a new headquarters skyscraper going up at 270 Park Avenue — and he doesn’t intend to use it for Zoom meetings. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/lease-deals-at-marquee-nyc-towers-signals-shift-to-new-space-race/ | 2022-08-28T17:36:09Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/lease-deals-at-marquee-nyc-towers-signals-shift-to-new-space-race/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Woman arrested in LaSalle vehicle theft attempt
LaSALLE TOWNSHIP -- A 40-year-old Newport woman was arrested on charges of larceny and attempting to steal a vehicle.
The Monroe County Sheriff's Office reported the incident occurred around 12:30 a.m. Saturday. Deputies Melissa Henderson, John Dyda, and Art Parran responded to a residence in the 12000 block of S. Telegraph Road on a report of an unknown female illegally entering multiple vehicles parked in the driveway.
When confronted by the homeowner, the suspect fled on foot. Deputy Parran deployed his police service dog, Max, and initiated a search. Max quickly led the deputies to a nearby residence and located the suspect hiding inside a truck. She was taken into custody without incident.
The Newport woman was lodged in the Monroe County Jail on charges of larceny from motor vehicles and attempted vehicle theft. Her name is being withheld pending arraignment in First District Court.
Sheriff Troy Goodnough praised the efforts and quick action of the deputies for locating the suspect beforeshe was able to steal a vehicle and flee the area.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Deputies Henderson or Dyda of the sheriff’s Uniformed Services Division at (734) 240-7571. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/crime/2022/08/28/woman-arrested-in-lasalle-vehicle-theft-attempt/65460513007/ | 2022-08-28T17:36:43Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/crime/2022/08/28/woman-arrested-in-lasalle-vehicle-theft-attempt/65460513007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Pedestrian killed near White Cottage
WHITE COTTAGE − A key fact about fatal pedestrian accident on Saturday afternoon is unknown; the name of the victim.
Around 1:30 pm on Saturday afternoon, a pickup truck was westbound on Limestone Valley Road near the village when it rounded a curve and came across a pedestrian in the middle of the road. The woman was struck by the truck and died at the scene.
The woman "reportedly was standing on the centerline of the road, started toward the edge and turned around and walked back into the path of the Chevy pickup truck," said Trooper Jordan Butler of the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
Butler said there is uncertainty surrounding the victim. "We are still under investigation what her identity is. We have not figured that out yet," Butler said.
Once the report is complete, it will be presented to the Muskingum County Prosecutor's Office to determine possible charges, but Butler said he did not anticipate any charges.
Also on scene were Newtown Township Fire Department and the Muskingum County Coroner's Office. | https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/news/local/2022/08/28/pedestrian-killed-near-white-cottage/65460578007/ | 2022-08-28T17:37:50Z | zanesvilletimesrecorder.com | control | https://www.zanesvilletimesrecorder.com/story/news/local/2022/08/28/pedestrian-killed-near-white-cottage/65460578007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BERLIN (AP) — Cases of people hoarding cats, dogs and other living creatures in Germany reached a ten-year high in 2021, the country’s Animal Protection Association said Thursday
The association said it counted 68 cases of hoarding involving 4,218 animals in Germany last year, the highest since it began systematically collecting data a decade ago. Rescued animals are often found in unsanitary conditions and neglected by owners who struggle to care for them, it said.
The biggest share of animal hoarding cases recorded since 2012 involved cats, followed by dogs. Small animals, such as rabbits, constituted the largest group of victims, with more than 10,000 rescued from hoarders over the past decade. The association said instances of horse hoarding after also increased and made up almost 15% of all reported cases in 2021.
Nina Brakebusch, the association’s expert on animal hoarding, said it was unclear whether the threefold increase in recorded cases since 2012 was due to authorities and the public becoming sensitized to the issue, or an actual worsening of the problem.
But Brakebusch said people often begin to hoard animals after their own personal circumstances worsen, such as after the death of a loved one or when they experience financial or psychological distress. The coronavirus pandemic and rising cost of living could be contributing to the problem, she said. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/international/german-group-animal-hoarding-cases-hit-10-year-high-in-2021/ | 2022-08-28T17:49:06Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/international/german-group-animal-hoarding-cases-hit-10-year-high-in-2021/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(KTLA) – A man opened fire inside a crowded bar in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights early Sunday morning, leaving one person in critical condition and wounding five others.
The shooting occurred around 12:45 a.m. at the Holiday Bar located at 2471 Whittier Blvd.
Witnesses tell police a fight had broken out between several individuals when a man pulled out a gun and fired into the crowd.
“It is unknown who he was arguing with,” Lt. Letisia Ruiz with Los Angeles Police said. “When he produced the handgun he shot into the crowd and that’s when individuals got struck by gunfire.”
The chaos spilled onto the street as bar patrons ran for safety, witnesses said.
In total, six people, four men and two women, were wounded, including one victim who was in critical condition.
The suspect, said to be a 25-year-old man, was taken into custody. His name was not immediately released.
Whittier Boulevard between Soto Street and Fickett Street was closed Sunday morning due to the investigation. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/gunman-opens-fire-inside-crowded-los-angeles-bar-6-wounded/ | 2022-08-28T17:49:46Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/gunman-opens-fire-inside-crowded-los-angeles-bar-6-wounded/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(The Hill) – The White House is rushing ahead to roll out a new COVID-19 booster shot campaign in early September, but is facing an uphill battle to ensure it is successful.
The vaccines being used in the campaign are the first ones that have been manufactured to specifically target the subvariants of omicron that are currently causing the most infections, and administration officials have indicated they’re preparing to start offering the shots shortly after Labor Day.
Immunity from the initial round of vaccines is waning and health officials said they want to ensure the public is protected as much as possible against another wave of infections in the fall and winter. Right now, close to 450 Americans are dying every day from the virus, and there’s concern the numbers could rise as people move indoors.
Both Pfizer and Moderna have asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use authorization for booster shots that target the omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants. Pfizer’s vaccine will be for everyone aged 12 and older, while Moderna’s will be meant just for adults aged 18 and older.
Administration officials say these new vaccines will be key to controlling a potential fall surge, but they will need to convince an increasingly checked-out public to get the shots.
White House COVID-19 response coordinator Ashish Jha has been front and center trying to promote the reformulated boosters, saying recently that “all the data suggests [they] should be highly effective against the new variants.”
“The big picture bottom line is these are substantial upgrades in our vaccines in terms of their ability to prevent infection, to prevent transmission. Certainly to prevent serious illness. And so it’s going to be really important that people this fall and winter get the new shot.” Jha said during a U.S. Chamber of Commerce event on Aug. 16.
During an interview with the radio program “Conversations on Health Care,” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky said the administration wants to provide people with the broadest possible protection.
“So the strategy now is to tailor vaccine for giving us the largest breadth of response, ideally one that would have less waning over time,” Walensky said. “I believe it is best to use a vaccine that is tailored for the variant that we have right now.”
But despite the administration’s optimism, the effort is likely to face major hurdles. Chief among them is a lack of interest from the public. Only about two-thirds of the U.S. population have been vaccinated with a primary COVID-19 vaccine series, while less than half of that group has received even a first booster.
The vaccination rate among children is even lower. According to the CDC, less than 4 percent of eligible kids under the age of 2 have received at least one dose, and only 6 percent of kids between the ages of 2 and 4 have received a single dose.
Rupali Limaye, a vaccine expert at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said she doesn’t expect the retooled boosters will do much to convince the under-vaccinated population to get another shot.
The same people who rushed to get the initial vaccine series and then the first round of boosters will be the ones to receive the omicron-specific shots, she said, and mixed messages from health officials are partly to blame.
The most recent update to the CDC’s guidance emphasized living with the virus, and downplayed many of its previously recommended mitigation strategies. That doesn’t necessarily mesh with the idea that the public urgently needs to get an updated vaccine.
“I think for the most part, the majority of the public has sort of moved on, if you will. And the messaging has been that this is going to now be with us,” Limaye said. “Why do I need a new vaccine related to a virus that essentially my government has told me is no longer an issue?”
Rather than a broad rollout of the updated vaccines for the general public, Limaye and other scientists have suggested a more targeted approach, tailoring vaccine recommendations to the elderly and immunocompromised.
John Moore, a virologist at Weill Cornell Medicine, said it’s not clear how much extra protection the new shots would provide against infection, but predicted they won’t be much better than the first round of boosters.
The protection is likely “somewhere between mediocre and reasonable. I mean, we just don’t know,” Moore said. “A booster will give some additional protection against infection for, you know, a few months before it wanes again.”
Moore said it’s important that health officials provide the public with realistic messaging, and don’t oversell the benefits of the shots.
“It’s not like they’re a magic bullet that gives you super strong protection,” Moore said. “If the public thinks they’re getting something that is really, really against infection, then they might change their behavior and increase the risk of exposure. That’s counterproductive.”
The other concern among some scientists is that the government is moving too quickly to authorize the vaccines. Neither Moderna nor Pfizer has clinical trial data for the vaccine. Instead, their requests are based on data from a booster targeting an earlier version of omicron, as well as preclinical data from mice.
But health officials maintain they don’t need additional data, because vaccine manufacturers are essentially making a minor update to the existing vaccine, which has an established track record of success.
“There’s always a question here of being too slow versus too fast, and I think one of the challenges is if we wait for those data to emerge in human data, not just mice data, in human data, we will be using what I would consider to be a potentially outdated vaccine,” Walensky said. “I believe it is best to use a vaccine that is tailored for the variant that we have right now.” | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/white-house-effort-to-stave-off-fall-covid-surge-with-new-boosters-faces-uphill-battle/ | 2022-08-28T17:50:09Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/national-news/white-house-effort-to-stave-off-fall-covid-surge-with-new-boosters-faces-uphill-battle/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Maritime forces from Iraq, Kuwait and the United States conducted a joint patrol, Aug. 25, in the Arabian Gulf.
Ships from the Iraq Navy, Kuwait Naval Force, Kuwait Coast Guard, U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard participated in maneuvering exercises and maritime security drills.
U.S. ships included patrol coastal ship USS Sirocco (PC 6) and fast response cutter USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141). Sirocco and Charles Moulthrope are forward-deployed to Bahrain where U.S. 5th Fleet is headquartered.
“Trilateral engagements like this demonstrate the shared commitment of partner nations to safeguarding the seas,” said Capt. Robert Francis, commander of Task Force 55 whose staff oversees operations for U.S. 5th Fleet surface forces.
Cooperation among regional partners at sea helps ensure maritime security and stability in nearby waters, he added.
The U.S. 5th Fleet operating area includes 21 countries, the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman, Red Sea, parts of the Indian Ocean and three critical choke points at the Strait of Hormuz, Bab al-Mandeb and Suez Canal.
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Do we get more bitter and cynical as we get older?
Our personalities can change over time.
You’re alluding to an unkind stereotype of older people, but does it have any truth to it? In personality terms, the evidence shows that, on average, the older we get, the more closed-minded we tend to become. We are less willing to see alternative perspectives or explore new experiences.
Importantly, however, another way that our personalities tend to mature in old age is that our neuroticism decreases and our agreeability increases. That is, older people tend to be calmer, warmer, friendlier and more trusting than they were when they were younger – which is hardly consistent with the stereotype of an ageing curmudgeon. In fact, a Swiss study of people over 80 years old noted their remarkable composure and nonchalance toward old age – a trait the researchers called ‘senior coolness’.
Another perspective comes from the Danish-American psychoanalyst Erik Erikson, whose eight-stage theory of life development described the final stage – from roughly 65 years old and upwards – as a psychological battle between integrity and despair.
If older people view their lives with disappointment and regret, he said, then despair will win, thus fuelling bitterness. In contrast, older people who recognise they did the best they could and see their lives with acceptance and a sense of meaning, then they avoid bitterness and get to enjoy feelings of wisdom instead.
Maybe that’s the ‘coolness’ the Swiss researchers observed!
Read more:
- Why does time speed up when you get older?
- Do we fart more as we get older?
- What happens in my body as I age?
- Am I turning into my mother?
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Armed person barricades themselves in Chicago suburbs
NAPERVILLE, Ill. - A person armed with a weapon barricaded themselves at a residence in Naperville Saturday evening.
Around 6:39 p.m., the Naperville Police Department responded to the 400 block of East Bailey Road for a domestic incident call.
The incident then changed into a barricaded subject with a weapon which required more law enforcement on scene. The barricade lasted into the early hours of Sunday morning.
The suspect was taken into custody without incident and a firearm was recovered.
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Bicyclist killed after being hit by SUV driver in Bridgeport
CHICAGO - A bicyclist was killed after a driver struck him Saturday in Bridgeport.
The 55-year-old man was traveling westbound in the 400 block of West 26th Street at about 3:35 p.m. when an SUV driving in the same direction hit the rear of his bicycle, Chicago police said.
The man fell off the bicycle and was pinned underneath the car, police said.
He was transported to Stroger Hospital, where he died around 4:20 p.m., according to police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
The driver of the SUV, a 60-year-old woman, was cited for failure to stop at a stop sign, police said.
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On 67th anniversary of Emmett Till’s death, a look back at his case this past year
On Aug. 28, 1955, Emmett Till, a Black teen from Chicago, was abducted from his uncle’s home in Money, Mississippi, by two White men after he had supposedly whistled at a White woman. He was found brutally slain three days later.
The 14-year-old’s killing galvanized the civil rights movement after Till’s mother insisted on an open casket, and Jet magazine published photos of his brutalized body.
If he were alive, Till would have turned 80 last summer, on July 25, 2021.
Stories about the events that led to Till’s killing have varied through the years, but the woman known at the time as Carolyn Bryant was always at the center of it, having made the accusation Till made improper advances.
Now known as Carolyn Bryant Donham, Donham is still alive and is in her late 80s. It is unclear where she currently lives or if she has an attorney. Her last known address was in Raleigh, North Carolina.
From renewed investigations to an unpublished memoir to Hollywood retellings, Till’s name and story have been in the news a number of times over the past year.
Here’s a look at some of the instances:
What happened to Emmett Till?
As the U.S. Department of Justice calls it, Till’s death is one of the most infamous acts of racial violence in our country’s history.
In the summer of 1955, the 14-year-old Till traveled from Chicago to Money, Mississippi, to visit relatives. He stayed with family members in their home just east of Money.
On Aug. 24, 1955, Till and approximately six other youths drove to a store in Money. A witness indicated that Till bought some items in the store and left with one of his companions without incident. According to this witness, the woman then left the store, unhurried and undisturbed, at which time Till whistled at her. Till’s companions hurried to get Till away.
A few days later, in the early morning hours of Aug. 28, Roy Bryant, his half-brother John William (J.W.) Milam, and at least one other person abducted Till from the home of his relatives. Three days later, a teenager fishing in the Tallahatchie River discovered Till’s brutally beaten body floating in the river. Till’s assailants had weighed him down with a 75-pound cotton gin fan, which they tied to his body with barbed wire.
State officials charged Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam with murder; they were tried the following month and acquitted by an all-White jury.
During the trial, the woman at the store testified under oath, but not in front of the jury, that Till had propositioned her and physically touched her hand, arm and waist while they were both inside the store.
Following their acquittals, both Roy Bryant and J.W. Milam confessed to kidnapping and murdering Till in an account published in Look magazine in January 1956.
Department of Justice reopens, closes Emmett Till investigation
The Department of Justice reopened Till’s case in 2017 after a professor alleged in a book he had written that the woman who was a witness at the store had recanted her previous accounts of those events. In response, the department and the FBI examined whether the woman had recanted and, if so, whether she had information that would allow prosecution of any living person.
In December of 2021, the Department of Justice announced it was closing the case after the four-year investigation and that no additional charges were being filed. The FBI could not ascertain if the witness had lied.
The decision was a blow to Till’s family, who had been hoping to finally see a prosecution come to fruition.
"Today is a day we will never forget," Till’s cousin, the Rev. Wheeler Parker, said during a news conference in Chicago. "For 66 years we have suffered pain. ... I suffered tremendously."
Congressional Gold Medal
Weeks later, in January 2022, the Senate passed a bill to award Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley, the Congressional Gold Medal posthumously.
Till-Mobley died in 2003. She worked tirelessly for decades in the fight for justice for her son.
Lynching becomes a federal hate crime
In March 2022, President Joe Biden signed a bill that makes lynching a hate crime, over 100 years after such legislation was first proposed. The bill was named after Emmett Till.
Congress first considered anti-lynching legislation over 120 years ago but failed to pass anti-lynching legislation nearly 200 times, starting with a bill introduced in 1900 by North Carolina Rep. George Henry White, the only Black member of Congress at the time.
In the early 1920s, the NAACP began its efforts to pass an anti-lynching bill. Federal hate crime legislation eventually was passed in the 1990s — decades after the civil rights movement.
A 2020 version of the bill set the maximum sentence for lynching at 10 years. The bill Biden signed came with 30 years in prison and fines for anyone conspiring to commit an act of lynching that causes death or injury.
Carolyn Bryant Donham arrest warrant
In June 2022, a team searching a Mississippi courthouse basement for evidence related to Till’s case found an unserved warrant charging Donham in Till’s kidnapping.
Till’s family knew the warrant had existed and had previously called for authorities to act on the warrant, as they do not expire. But the location of the warrant had been previously unknown.
The warrant was dated Aug. 29, 1955, and listed "Mrs. Roy Bryant" on the document, charging her and then-husband Roy Bryant and brother-in-law J.W. Milam in Till’s abduction.
The discovery led Till’s family to renew their calls for authorities to serve the warrant and prosecute Donham on kidnapping charges.
A relative of Till said it’s long past time for someone to arrest Donham in connection with Till’s kidnapping, if not for the slaying itself. Several weeks later, Mississippi’s attorney general said the state had no plan to prosecute Donham, despite the unserved warrant and new information coming from her unpublished memoir.
Carolyn Bryant Donham’s memoir
Carolyn Bryant and Juanita Milam (1927-2014), the wives of Roy Bryant and John William Milam, who stand accused of the kidnap and murder of Emmett Till, sitting in their husbands' lawyer’s office across the street from the courthouse, reading newspap
In July 2022, in the same weeks following the discovery of the unserved warrant, the Mississippi Center For Investigative Reporting published damning details from Donham’s unpublished memoir.
The MCIR obtained a copy of the 99-page manuscript, which remains sealed in the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill until 2036, according to the agency.
Historian and author Timothy Tyson has said he obtained a copy of the memoir from Donham while interviewing her in 2008. Tyson had placed the manuscript in an archive at the University of North Carolina with the agreement that it not be made public for decades, though he said he gave it to the FBI during their most recent investigation.
Tyson said he decided to make the memoir public following the discovery of the arrest warrant.
"The potential for an investigation was more important than the archival agreements, though those are important things," Tyson told The Associated Press. "But this is probably the last chance for an indictment in this case."
In the memoir, Donham says she attempted to help Till once he’d been located by her husband and brother-in-law and brought to her in the middle of the night for identification.
"I did not wish Emmett any harm and could not stop harm from coming to him, since I didn’t know what was planned for him," Donham says in the manuscript compiled by her daughter-in-law. "I tried to protect him by telling Roy that ‘He’s not the one. That’s not him. Please take him home.’" She claims in the manuscript that Till spoke up and identified himself.
Donham adds that she "always felt like a victim as well as Emmett" and "paid dearly with an altered life" for what happened to him.
"I have always prayed that God would bless Emmett’s family. I am truly sorry for the pain his family was caused," she says at the end of the manuscript, which is signed "Carolyn" but indicates that it was written by her daughter-in-law Marsha Bryant.
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The memoir is remarkable not only because it’s the most extensive account of the sensational episode ever recorded by Donham, but also because it contains contradictions that raise questions about her truthfulness through the years, Dale Killinger, a retired FBI agent who investigated the case more than 15 years ago, told The Associated Press.
For instance, Donham claims in the memoir to have yelled for help after being confronted by Till inside the family grocery store in Money, Mississippi, yet no one ever reported hearing her screams, Killinger said. Also, Donham never previously mentioned that she and Roy Bryant chatted about the abduction. In the manuscript, she says they did.
Grand jury indictment
Earlier this month, a Mississippi grand jury declined to indict Donham — a move that likely now closes the case for good.
Despite the unserved arrest warrant and unpublished memoir, Leflore County District Attorney Dewayne Richardson said the grand jury determined that there was insufficient evidence to indict Donham on charges of kidnapping or manslaughter.
The Rev. Wheeler Parker, Jr., Till’s cousin and the last living witness to Till’s abduction, said the announcement was "unfortunate, but predictable."
"The prosecutor tried his best, and we appreciate his efforts, but he alone cannot undo hundreds of years of anti-Black systems that guaranteed those who killed Emmett Till would go unpunished, to this day," Parker said in a statement.
"The fact remains that the people who abducted, tortured, and murdered Emmett did so in plain sight, and our American justice system was and continues to be set up in such a way that they could not be brought to justice for their heinous crimes."
Emmett Till TV series and movies
Renewed interest in Till’s case this past year has once again brought his story to the big screen.
Earlier this year, the ABC limited series "Women of the Movement" showcased the story of Till’s mother as she devoted her life to seeking justice. The series is available to watch now on Hulu.
Later this year, the movie "Till" is set to debut at the 60th New York Film Festival in Lincoln Center. MGM studios released the film’s trailer in July.
The film stars Whoopi Goldberg, Frankie Faison, Haley Bennett and Sean Patrick Thomas. It will be in theaters in October.
The influential 2007 documentary "The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till", which led to a previous FBI reopening of Till’s case, is also available to stream now on select platforms.
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SNAP, EBT outages reported across the country
Published: Aug. 28, 2022 at 12:51 PM CDT|Updated: 22 minutes ago
(Gray News) - An outage affecting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program has been reported across the country, according to Down Detector.
The program, known as SNAP, provides nutrition benefits to supplement the food budget of low-income families so they can purchase healthy food. Electronic Benefits Transfer, known as EBT, is an electronic system similar to a debit card that allows a SNAP participant to pay for food using SNAP benefits.
This story is developing and will be updated.
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WILLIAM BYRON, NO. 24 AXALTA CAMARO ZL1 – Sidelined by damage sustained in an accident on lap 103.
“It just looked like they checked up in front of us. I don’t know exactly what happened in the front of the line. I hadn’t checked up and was just going to keep rolling straight through, but they came across me from the top.
It's just unfortunate. We had just gotten our No. 24 Axalta Camaro ZL1 a little bit better. I felt like we were in a good spot. I was happy with how the car was handling and it felt good to be in the mix.”
ROSS CHASTAIN, NO. 1 JOCKEY CAMARO ZL1 – Sidelined by damage sustained in an accident on lap 103.
“I’m proud of the effort by our No. 1 Jockey Chevrolet team and Trackhouse Racing. It’s been an incredible 26 weeks. Now we can reset and be ready for 10 weeks of experiencing something I’ve never experienced with the Playoffs; my crew chief, my spotter and my team haven’t experienced.”
JUSTIN HALEY, NO. 31 CELSIUS CAMARO ZL1 – Sidelined by damage sustained in an accident on lap 137.
AS YOU WENT OFF INTO TURN ONE, WAS THERE JUST NO GRIP?
“Yeah, it was raining for a good lap before we got into turn one my spotter said. Coming out of (turn) two the previous lap, it was raining and we just lost traction. It’s pretty unacceptable.
I thought we did a good job all day with our Celsius Chevrolet and we put ourselves in position. Brett Griffin (spotter) and Trent Owens (crew chief) called that; we stayed out hoping for rain earlier. It’s just tough. I fight for my ride, fight for my life, every day. We take these small opportunities and try to make something of it.”
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Colgan High School snapped its 17-game losing streak Friday with a 42-12 non-district win over host Osbourn Park.
The Sharks scored touchdowns in a variety of ways for first-year head coach Reggie Scott. Scott replaced Steve Baudindistel as Colgan’s head coach. Baudindistel stepped down at the end of last season. He was Colgan's first coach when the school opened in 2016.
Scott was Osbourn Park’s head coach last season. Colgan went 0-10 in 2021.
Senior Devon Grant returned a punt for a touchdown, while junior Tyler Henry returned a kickoff for a 75-yard touchdown. For the game, Grant had five returns for 144 yards.
Seniors Thomas Pullen and Ryan Westhoff, who played at Osbourn Park last season, each ran for a touchdown. Pullen finished the game with six carries for 32 yards, while Westhoff totaled two carries for 17 yards. Westhoff was 4 of 17 passing for 60 yards and two touchdowns.
Defensively, senior linebacker Andrew Byrd totaled 13 tackles and returned a fumble recovery 43 yards for a touchdown. Senior linebacker Chris Stone added 16.5 tackles and junior linebacker Ethan Norah 11 tackles.
Senior kicker Nick Maloney was 6 for 6 in point-after attempts.
Potomac players get a motivational speech from their head coach Jajuan Johnson prior to the team's season opener against home-standing Battlefield on Friday, August 26, 2022.
It didn't take long for Battlefield to take charge of an eventual 35-0 win over visiting Potomac as returner Bryce Banning returns the opening kickoff for a touchdown on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Battlefield's Bryce Banning gets ready to celebrate in earnest after he essentially scored the winning touchdown for his team on an opening kickoff return against visiting Potomac on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Battlefield kicker Maddux Tennent boots through his first PAT of the night en route to his team's 35-0 shutout of visiting Potomac on opening night for both teams on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Battlefield quarterback Braden Boggs gets tackled by Potomac defender Quswarrah “Guzzy” Kayed during the teams' season opener on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Battlefield wideout Damier Minkah fakes a handoff from his quarterback during the team's 35-0 season-opening win at home over Potomac on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Battlefield gets on the board again on this quarterback run into the end zone by Braden Boggs during the team's 35-0 shutout of Potomac on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Battlefield's Brodie Carroll goes on the offensive from his running back spot during his team's 35-0 win over visiting Potomac on opening night on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Potomac's Andre Persons looks to take a handoff from his quarterback during the team's season opener on the road against Battlefield on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Battlefield defensive lineman Ty Gordon is spotlighted during his team's 35-0 shutout of visiting Potomac in the season opener for both squads on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Perhaps Potomac's best chance at scoring was on this long pass attempt downfield that just missed its mark against Battlefield on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Following an interception that would set up Battlefield's fourth of five touchdowns during a 35-0 shut out of visiting Potomac, players celebrate by ringing the bell for the crowd on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Potomac players get a motivational speech from their head coach Jajuan Johnson prior to the team's season opener against home-standing Battlefield on Friday, August 26, 2022.
It didn't take long for Battlefield to take charge of an eventual 35-0 win over visiting Potomac as returner Bryce Banning returns the opening kickoff for a touchdown on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Battlefield's Bryce Banning gets ready to celebrate in earnest after he essentially scored the winning touchdown for his team on an opening kickoff return against visiting Potomac on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Battlefield kicker Maddux Tennent boots through his first PAT of the night en route to his team's 35-0 shutout of visiting Potomac on opening night for both teams on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Battlefield quarterback Braden Boggs gets tackled by Potomac defender Quswarrah “Guzzy” Kayed during the teams' season opener on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Battlefield wideout Damier Minkah fakes a handoff from his quarterback during the team's 35-0 season-opening win at home over Potomac on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Battlefield gets on the board again on this quarterback run into the end zone by Braden Boggs during the team's 35-0 shutout of Potomac on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Battlefield's Brodie Carroll goes on the offensive from his running back spot during his team's 35-0 win over visiting Potomac on opening night on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Potomac's Andre Persons looks to take a handoff from his quarterback during the team's season opener on the road against Battlefield on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Battlefield defensive lineman Ty Gordon is spotlighted during his team's 35-0 shutout of visiting Potomac in the season opener for both squads on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Perhaps Potomac's best chance at scoring was on this long pass attempt downfield that just missed its mark against Battlefield on Friday, August 26, 2022.
Following an interception that would set up Battlefield's fourth of five touchdowns during a 35-0 shut out of visiting Potomac, players celebrate by ringing the bell for the crowd on Friday, August 26, 2022.
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Updated August 28, 2022 at 1:11 PM ET
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.
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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Three people are hospitalized after a shooting at a Sikh temple in Stockton, California, police said.
The shooting happened during an event at the temple around 6:42 p.m. (9:42 p.m. ET) Saturday, Stockton police spokesperson Joseph Silva said.
The three male victims -- ages 32, 28 and 27 -- were taken to a hospital with what appeared to be non-life-threatening injuries, Silva said.
Police believe the two male suspects, who were still at large Sunday, are also Sikh.
"A disturbance broke out between the suspects and victims which resulted in an exchange of gunfire," Silva said.
It's not clear what led up to the disturbance and shooting.
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Bystanders had an up-close and personal encounter with an alligator in Philadelphia's Love Park.
But the reptile isn't a wild beast: It's the emotional support animal of a Philadelphia man who runs several social media accounts documenting his loving relationship with Wally the alligator.
Several visitors to the park, as well as Wally's owner, Joie Henney, posted images and videos of the affable alligator on a leash, greeting visitors and wandering through the water sprayed by the fountain.
Henney told CNN that he acquired Wally six years ago. A longtime reptile rescuer who has worked with alligators for 30 years, Henney was contacted by a friend working in Florida.
"There was an overabundance of gators in that area," Henney said.
In Florida, so-called "nuisance alligators" must be either euthanized or transferred into captivity, he explained.
Wally was removed from a lagoon in Florida, said Henney. His friend brought the baby gator, then just 20 inches long and a little over a year old, to Pennsylvania.
Thus began a unique relationship between man and alligator.
"Wally has been quite different than any alligator I've ever dealt with in the past 30 years," said Henney. "He doesn't show anger. He doesn't show aggression. He hasn't since the day he was caught. We never could understand why.
"He's just loveable. He sleeps with me, steals my pillows, steals my blankets. He's just awesome."
Wally's easygoing personality led Henney to have the gator licensed as an emotional support animal, he said. The alligator has provided comfort for him as he has undergone radiation treatments for cancer.
Most people who see Wally are "really excited and happy to see him," said Henney.
Henney isn't concerned about the possibility of the alligator biting someone, he said. "Wally is the only gator I've ever been around that refuses to bite," he said. "It's mind-boggling -- just hard to believe."
Their visit to the Love Park came after the odd pair visited Philadelphia to film a news segment, accompanied by his close friend Mary Johnson and her children, said Henney. Johnson helps film content for Wally's TikTok and Instagram, and her family is "super special to me," Henney added.
"They just had a blast," said Henney. "People came as soon as they heard Wally was there to get a hug and get a photo with him."
Henney hopes that Wally's story can help encourage people to "be nice to other people." He's proud that Wally can help "put a smile on people's faces -- this world is rough enough."
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(The Hill) – Republican worries of a midterm flop are growing heading into the critical post-Labor Day campaign season, with analysts who had previously predicted massive GOP gains shifting their forecasts toward Democrats.
Rick Tyler, a Republican strategist and analyst, said the environment looks “not even close” to a red wave election year.
“The enthusiasm is just not there,” Tyler said. “Last time Republicans had a good year, they were six points ahead in the generic poll. Now we’re barely two points ahead. So it’s definitely not going to happen.”
RealClearPolitics averages of polls measuring whether voters would prefer Republican or Democratic control of Congress show the GOP slipping from a 4.8-point advantage in late April to less than a point as of Friday. At around this point in 2010, when Republicans saw historic gains in Congress, generic polls showed a four- to-six-point advantage for the GOP.
Punctuating the narrowing polls was the result in a special election on Tuesday. New York’s 19th Congressional district — which includes suburban areas and went for former President Trump in 2016 but President Biden in 2020 — is representative of the kind of battleground districts that Republicans are hoping to flip across the country.
But while Republican Marc Molinaro stuck to the party’s points about inflation and the economy, topics that Republicans have repeatedly said are top-of-mind for voters, Democrat Pat Ryan narrowly won the seat after focusing heavily on abortion rights after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this summer.
Former GOP Sen. Rick Santorum (Pa.) said on Newsmax Thursday that after the special election, “Republicans have to start paying attention.”
“The problem is, where Republicans have to pick up in order to win the Congress is in districts like that,” Santorum said. “If you look at the national polls, if you look at a lot of these races like in my home state of Pennsylvania — if this is a red wave year, the polls are not showing it right now.”
Democrats celebrating the win in New York also point to recent special House elections in Minnesota and Nebraska as evidence of enthusiasm. Candidates there overperformed historical trends in GOP-leaning districts, even though they ultimately lost those races.
And in wake of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision and the controversy surrounding Trump over Jan. 6 and the FBI seizing classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Democrats are aiming to emphasize negatives on Republicans rather than make the election a referendum on Biden or Democratic leadership.
“MAGA Republicans hope voters ignore their dangerous extremism, but NY-19 shows us that voters will reject their extreme agenda,” Democratic National Campaign Committee spokesperson Tommy Garcia said in a statement.
Top Republicans have already started tempering expectations of taking back the evenly divided Senate as GOP nominees who were boosted by Trump show signs struggling.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said last week that the House is more likely to flip control than the Senate, citing “candidate quality.”
Tyler blamed Trump for the shifting dynamic.
“Donald Trump has turned this campaign from a referendum on Joe Biden, inflation, high food prices, high gas prices and affordable housing into a referendum on him,” he said.
Weaknesses for GOP candidates along with results from recent elections have led election analysts at Sabato’s Crystal Ball at the University of Virginia Center for Politics and the Cook Political Report to shift several forecasts for key congressional midterm races toward Democrats. Cook revised its expected GOP gain in the House from 15-30 seats to 10-20 seats, and its Senate outlook from Republicans having an edge to a toss-up.
That marks a stark contrast from nine months ago, when House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) predicted that 2022 could be even more of a Republican wave than in 2010, when Republicans won a staggering 63 seats.
Republicans have since warned House members not to measure the drapes early and that the election will be tough, but GOP lawmakers are still largely operating on the assumption that they will win control of the chamber.
A Senate loss and only a small GOP majority in the House would “lead the media to say, ‘You know, this was a split decision,’” Tyler said. “No mandate, no red wave, no rejection of Biden’s policies. That’s a disaster for the Republican Party.”
Other GOP operatives downplay those fears, saying that the New York special election was an outlier case complicated by high Democratic turnout in primaries happening the same day, and noting that there are still months to go before the midterms.
“Anyone who thought retaking the majority was going to be easy needs to buck up,” National Republican Congressional Committee Communications Director Michael McAdams said in a statement. “Majorities are won in November not August and we look forward to prosecuting the case against Democrats’ failed one-party rule.”
Sarah Chamberlain, president and CEO of Republican Main Street Partnership, cautioned against looking at the New York special election as an indication for what may happen in November. Many voters did not even know the election was happening, she said, or were on vacation.
“I would not red flag it yet. We’re going to wait to see and do some more polling, but I think things are fine,” Chamberlain said.
Republicans have beat expectations before. Despite Democrats having more than a six-point edge on the generic ballot in 2020, Republicans gained House seats and squeezed Democrats into the slimmest majority in the lower chamber in a century.
Democrats are also spending millions on defending seats rather than being offensive in their House map, a GOP strategist noted, with the record number of Democratic House members retiring rather than running for reelection this year helping the GOP expand its pickup opportunities.
Kyle Kondik, managing editor at Sabato’s Crystal Ball, said that weaknesses in GOP Senate and gubernatorial candidates, as well as many Republicans’ position against abortion, has given Democrats the opportunity ”to make the election more of a choice than a referendum.” But he cautioned against fully reevaluating the midterm environment before Labor Day, and that Republicans could still flip both chambers even if they fall below expectations of a “red wave.”
“It is possible that the Democrats’ addition of more college-educated voters, at the expense of losing more non-college voters, has skewed some of these special elections, as the college cohort is a more reliable voting bloc,” Kondik said. “That said, if the GOP had some big enthusiasm edge over the Democrats — and if it was bringing a lot of lapsed GOP voters back into the fold — one would think they’d be doing better than they are.” | https://www.wpri.com/hill-politics/red-wave-hits-breaker-gop-midterm-worries-rise/ | 2022-08-28T18:24:27Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/hill-politics/red-wave-hits-breaker-gop-midterm-worries-rise/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(KTLA) – A man opened fire inside a crowded bar in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights early Sunday morning, leaving one person in critical condition and wounding five others.
The shooting occurred around 12:45 a.m. at the Holiday Bar located at 2471 Whittier Blvd.
Witnesses tell police a fight had broken out between several individuals when a man pulled out a gun and fired into the crowd.
“It is unknown who he was arguing with,” Lt. Letisia Ruiz with Los Angeles Police said. “When he produced the handgun he shot into the crowd and that’s when individuals got struck by gunfire.”
The chaos spilled onto the street as bar patrons ran for safety, witnesses said.
In total, six people, four men and two women, were wounded, including one victim who was in critical condition.
The suspect, said to be a 25-year-old man, was taken into custody. His name was not immediately released.
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Rocky Mount chase results in drug and impaired driving charges
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. (WITN) - Saturday evening around 8:30 P.M. Sheriff Keith Stone observed a Toyota Camry in the parking lot of TJ Maxx in Rocky Mount, driving recklessly and saw the vehicle nearly strike a pedestrian who was walking in the parking lot.
Sheriff Stone attempted to conduct a vehicle stop on the vehicle once the driver turned on to Highway 301 South.
The driver, Darius High, refused to stop and continued to run from Law Enforcement in the vehicle.
While approaching May Drive on Highway 301 South, a Chevrolet SUV attempted to merge over due to the lights and siren coming up behind it.
Darius High hit the vehicle as it was merging over to the shoulder, which caused his vehicle to swerve across the median.
High abandoned the vehicle and took off on foot, but was taken into Custody by Sheriff Stone after a brief chase on foot and was transported to UNC Nash Hospital where he was medically cleared.
He was charged by the North Carolina Highway Patrol for Driving While Impaired. He was also charged with felony fleeing to elude arrest, carless and reckless driving, possession of schedule I controlled substance (heroin), and possession of drug paraphernalia by the Nash County Sheriff’s Office
Hight also had an outstanding warrant from Edgecombe County.
He is being held at the Nash County Detention Center under a $25,000 bond for the Nash County charges, and a $10,000 bond for the outstanding warrant in Edgecombe County.
His First Appearance in court will be on August 29th.
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These are NJ students’ favorite colleges | College Connection
New Jersey is known for its “brain drain” − about 30,000 high school graduates head out of state for college each year, leaving behind about 25,000 to attend in-state colleges and universities, according to federal data.
Where do migrating students go? The Chronicle of Higher Education found that most students are attracted to schools in nearby states. The University of Delaware is always high on the list. In neighboring Pennsylvania, students are attracted to a host of universities including Penn State, Drexel, Villanova, Temple, St. Joseph’s and Lehigh.
New York is also a popular college destination, with New Jersey students particularly attracted to New York University and Syracuse University.
New Jersey doesn't lack colleges. It has 19 public community colleges where many high school graduates choose to begin their higher education and strive to earn an associate degree without accumulating substantial student debt.
New Jersey is also home to 11 public four-year colleges and universities, with Rutgers University enrolling about 65,000 students spread over campuses in New Brunswick, Piscataway, Newark and Camden. Also, New Jersey boasts 14 private colleges and universities, including Princeton University, which is often ranked as the premiere college in the country.
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Why does this brain drain exist? New Jersey is a small state, making it easy for students to cross the border to attend college while remaining close to home. Also, New Jersey is an expensive state. The high cost of attending college in New Jersey − even the public universities − makes out-of-state schools extremely attractive when they offer substantial grant, or scholarship funds.
Colleges in neighboring states actively recruit New Jersey students because they view the Garden State as having many stellar schools and strong applicants.
Colleges and universities that round out the list of top schools with the most New Jersey students include the University of Maryland, Towson (Maryland), University of Rhode Island, University of Scranton (Pennsylvania), James Madison (Virginia), Boston University (Massachusetts), University of Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), University of Michigan, Cornell University (New York), George Washington University (Washington, D.C.), Pace University (New York), Johnson & Wales University (Rhode Island), Quinnipiac University (Connecticut), West Chester University (Pennsylvania), Northeastern University (Massachusetts) and Loyola University (Maryland).
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Tips for harvesting and storing summer vegetables | Gardener State
This is an exciting time of the year to be a gardener as many summer vegetables are at peak ripeness and ready to harvest. There is nothing like slicing into a vine ripened Jersey tomato or enjoying an ear of sweet corn that was picked that day.
Whether you grow your own vegetables or purchase them from a local farmer, it is important to know when and how to pick vegetables at the right time, so they are at their highest quality. Once you have harvested your vegetables, or brought them home from the market, they must also be stored properly so they retain their freshness for as long as possible.
With these tips for picking and storing summer vegetables, you can be eating Jersey Fresh all throughout the harvest season.
Tomatoes
For the best flavor, tomatoes should be allowed to ripen on the vine. This means that their full color has developed before they are picked. While most of the time we are talking about a red tomato, there are also many varieties of tomatoes that are different colors such as yellow, orange, pink and even striped! Once the tomato has turned color, gently grasp the fruit (yes, a tomato is a fruit) and twist it away from the plant. Be careful not to damage the skin of the tomato when you are picking them or when you are bringing them home from the market because this can cause them to rot prematurely. Try not to stack too many ripe tomatoes on top of one another in your harvest basket either, as this can also damage them.
Tomatoes should not be refrigerated and store best at temperatures over 50degrees. Don’t wash tomatoes until you are ready to eat them and if you must store a tomato that has already been sliced, then you can put it in an airtight container and put it in the refrigerator. Remember, this is the only time that a tomato should go in the refrigerator as they will get soft, and their quality will decline rapidly.
Corn
It can be tricky to choose the best and ripest ears of sweet corn. The silks at the top of the ear will turn brown and die back when the ear is mature and ready to harvest. If you wrap your hand around the ear, it should feel plump, and you should be able to feel the individual kernels through the outer husk. If you are picking sweet corn in the field and you have identified a fully ripened ear, grab the ear in your hand and twist it away from the plant in a downward motion. It should break off from the stalk easily and you will now be holding some of the best that Jersey has to offer.
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The husk should not be removed until you are ready to cook and eat sweet corn because it protects the kernels and prevents them from drying out. Corn can be stored in the refrigerator, but it will have the highest quality if it is eaten on the same day that it was picked. If corn is stored for too long, then the sugars in the kernels start to turn to starch and it will not be as sweet.
Melons
Cantaloupes and other melons must be allowed to ripen on the vine to develop their full sugar content and flavor profile, so it is important not to get impatient and attempt to harvest your melons before they are ready. The skin of a cantaloupe will turn from green to yellowish orange when they are ripe, and the fruit should slip easily off the vine. They will also smell sweet and fragrant like floral honey when they ripen, so don’t be afraid to use your nose. Ripe melons can be stored in the refrigerator for a short time but should be eaten within a week of harvest.
Watermelons will not necessarily slip off the vine the way that cantaloupes do, and they do not give off a heavy fragrance, but there are other clues that we can use to determine when they are ready. Look for ripe watermelons to have a yellow spot on the bottom, where the fruit was in contact with the ground. Those with a trained ear also say that if you tap on a ripe watermelon it should sound “hollow” when you put your ear up to it. Watermelons have a longer shelf life than other melons and should be refrigerated, especially after they are cut.
If you are looking for Jersey Fresh vegetables this harvest season, be sure to check out Cook’s Market every Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Rutgers Gardens, 130 Log Cabin Road in New Brunswick.
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(KTLA) – A man opened fire inside a crowded bar in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Boyle Heights early Sunday morning, leaving one person in critical condition and wounding five others.
The shooting occurred around 12:45 a.m. at the Holiday Bar located at 2471 Whittier Blvd.
Witnesses tell police a fight had broken out between several individuals when a man pulled out a gun and fired into the crowd.
“It is unknown who he was arguing with,” Lt. Letisia Ruiz with Los Angeles Police said. “When he produced the handgun he shot into the crowd and that’s when individuals got struck by gunfire.”
The chaos spilled onto the street as bar patrons ran for safety, witnesses said.
In total, six people, four men and two women, were wounded, including one victim who was in critical condition.
The suspect, said to be a 25-year-old man, was taken into custody. His name was not immediately released.
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'Scottish Government should not be commentators during energy crisis', says Anas Sarwar
The Scottish Labour leader has said the Scottish Government has powers and responsibilities to improve the energy situation for many households across the country.
Mr Sarwar said he has struggled to contain his anger over the last week following the price cap hike as he added “Where the hell is our government?”
Talking about the council strikes, Mr Sarwar said he supports a flat rate similar to what workers are getting in England to “target support” for the lowest earners.
Both the Scottish Labour leader and Keir Starmer are in “unanimous agreement” that there will be no coalition between Labour and the SNP, according to Mr Sarwar as he said there is a current “interim arrangement” between Labour and SNP in Dumfries and Galloway.
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His comments come after OfGem announced the energy price cap will result in the typical household energy bill reaching £3,549 a year from October 1.
Speaking to BBC’s Sunday Show, Anas Sarwar, Scottish Labour leader, said: "They should be out there right now cancelling this increase and making sure we are supporting families across the country and they should also be giving more support to businesses who have no cap at all meaning lots of businesses will go bust, employment risks going up, families getting pushed into destitution. This is a crisis moment and both our governments have the moral duty to act. So we are making a demand on the UK Government that they immediately cancel the increase that would save families over a £1,000.
"We need more support for businesses and whilst I accept that the big part here is for the UK Government that would also help bring down inflation which helps with pay disputes but what I’m saying to the Scottish Government is yes make demands of the UK Government but recognise you aren’t commentators in a crisis, you have powers and responsibilities too and that’s why we’ve proposed an emergency cost of living act.”
The Act proposed by Scottish Labour looks at bringing down the cost of commuting by having rail and bus fares capped, introducing a winter eviction ban and freezing rent prices as well as writing off school meal debt.
Tracy Black, CBI Scotland director, said both governments need to step in to prevent business from closing and to encourage economic growth.
Ms Black said: “Raw materials have become more expensive, freight costs are more expensive so there’s real pressure on businesses and it’s not set to get better over the coming months.
CBI Scotland has asked the government to commit to business rate freezes and flexibility in paying loans with a pandemic loan scheme expanded.
The body has also asked for the industrial energy transformation fund to be expanded to help businesses use less energy and help households with bills.
Mr Sarwar wants to impose a windfall tax to use “record profits” made from energy companies to put “money back into people’s pockets”.
Defending the introduction of windfall tax after critics suggested this would cut investment in renewables, Mr Sarwar said he does not “buy it”, adding: “They would still make the investment because these companies if they want to survive recognise they have to transition to a green future but secondly the windfall tax we are talking about is on the unexpected profits as a result of the crisis.
"I think anyone looking at the pay increases these bosses are getting, looking at the profits these companies are making...no one can see any justification for not having a windfall tax.”
He added: “The Scottish Government has over £200 million of un-allocated money already as a result of partly reserves but also increased tax receipts they’re expecting. That alongside a meaningful budget review where we cut government waste, cut the pet projects and the wasting of tens if not hundreds of millions of pounds and let’s put everything we can into support families across the country.”
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Scotland on Sunday readers' letters: Scottish Greens are alienating most of the population
What are the Greens in Scotland playing at? The scorching temperatures this summer and the wildfires across Europe have shown clearly that climate chaos is not a distant threat but a present reality. Green politicians all over the world are demanding action to avert climate disaster.
So why have the Greens in Scotland chained themselves to the SNP, whose chief aim is to split up the UK? The Greens here are alienating 55 per cent of the population for no good reason and are stuck on a tiny percentage of the vote.They claim their strategy is working but the reality is that Scotland is burning more fossil fuel than ever before, particularly since Hunterston nuclear power station closed, only to be replaced by burning more gas.
The same will happen when Torness closes, only worse. The Greens need to get their priorities right. There are more important things than photo opportunities with the First Minister.
Les Reid, Edinburgh
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Keeping UK afloat
Regarding the latest GERS publication, it’s a reminder that no devolved Scottish government has ever "overspent” on devolved responsibilities. And that 37 per cent of spending and 74 per cent of revenue in the GERS figures are reserved by the UK Government.
As a result, Scotland, as part of the UK, is (apparently) performing much worse than other Western European countries of similar size but with fewer natural resources. That aside, last week's GERS figures showed that Westminster is fully reliant on Scotland's natural resources to keep it afloat, rather than the other way around.
Independence supporters love the fact that GERS repeatedly prove that the “union” with Westminster isn't working for Scotland – and we thank the annual reports that remind us.
Ian Waugh, Dumfries & Galloway Indy Hub
Water bonus
Scottish Water is a public company accountable to Scottish ministers and the Scottish Parliament. Recently the Scottish public were told that they have to stop wasting water. However, Scottish Water has a massive leakage of 30.2 per cent of its total water supply. The 24 water companies in England also have leakages but not on this scale.
The average for them is 17.5 per cent. Perhaps the Scottish Government would care to explain why CEO Douglas Millican was handed a £92,000 bonus on top of his £267,000 salary and chief operating officer Peter Farrer was paid £68,000, in addition to his £197,000 salary.
Clark Cross, Linlithgow
Line of duty
In relation to your letter (Scotland on Sunday, August 21) by Martin Redfern on the abuse of BBC journalists, surely it is their line managers who can do most to eradicate this problem? If, as suggested, BBC journalists are routinely subjected to abuse, then their bosses have a duty to protect them. That will involve making representations to political parties and others to try and exert influence and put a stop to it.
The best way for the BBC to address these issues is to report them in their news coverage. If they get political objection to this, then they can exert their editorial duty to decide what is news and what is not. The tactics used by nationalist spin doctors are an open secret. The BBC need to stand against this. There is no point in blaming someone else.
Victor Clements, Aberfeldy, Perthshire
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Celtic set new Scottish top flight record with 9-0 win over Dundee United
Celtic have set a new record for the biggest away win in the Scottish top flight after a remarkable 9-0 win over Dundee United at Tannadice.
Ange Postecoglou’s side were in devastating form, scoring at will against a United side utterly bereft in confidence following a dismal start to the season that also included a 7-0 reverse away at AZ Alkmaar in the Europa Conference League.
Celtic were 5-0 ahead at half-time after a Kyogo Furuhashi hat-trick was followed by strikes from Liel Abada and Jota.
Abada added a further two goals after the break to complete his own treble while Josip Juranovic and Carl Starfelt were also on the scoresheet as the Hoops piled the misery on Jack Ross’ hapless outfit.
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The 9-0 win eclipsed the previous record held by Celtic for the biggest away win since the formation of the Scottish Premier League, now known as the Scottish Premiership, in 1998, namely an 8-1 win over Dunfermline at East End Park in 2006.
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Hearts plan 'more aggressive' final week of transfer window after trio of injuries in win over St Johnstone
Hearts signing plans may have to be cranked up a notch after another three first team players were forced off injured as the Gorgie side got back to winning ways with victory over St Johnstone.
The 3-2 triumph took them back to third place in the Premiership but it came at a cost as defenders Kye Rowles and Nat Atkinson hobbled off, while forward Liam Boyce left the pitch on a stretcher.
“We will need to wait and see [the extent of the injury]. They will get scanned tonight or tomorrow and then we’ll get the feedback,” boss Robbie Neilson said.
“They could be out for a day, it could be nine months.
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“We are speculating on what it could be. Liam felt pain in his knee but the good thing is he is walking about on crutches so fingers crossed it’s not as bad as first feared.
“For any player, particularly Liam, having had that injury on his other knee, you fear the worst. But as I said we are just speculating and he will get it scanned and it could just be jarring. We just have to hope it’s fine.
“Kye has a problem with his metatarsal that will have a scan - he got stood on - and Atkinson felt his groin go tight so again until we get the scan results back we won’t know.”
The club are already without Craig Halkett and Beni Baningime, leaving them in need of reinforcements despite the fact Alex Cochrane and Toby Sibbick will return from suspension and young Lewis Neilson impressed on his first competitive start.
They have also added midfielder Orestis Kiomourtzoglou to the ranks, but have to wait for the German, who has been playing for Heracles Almelo, to get his visa, and Neilson knows that he needs further additions.
“It’s down to the Home Office. He has been training and playing with his club so he is ready to go, he just needs his visa. He is away back to Holland just now to try and get it.
“We know we need to get a couple in. We got Kio in just there but maybe we need another one or two. Today might mean we are a bit more aggressive in chasing them.”
And, although his team managed to overcome injuries and suspensions to bounce back from Thursday’s European adventures by collecting all three points against St Johnstone, the way the squad was stretched so thin will rule out too many departures.
“It depends on what comes in to be honest but I would like to keep most of the squad together because we are down to our bare bones. We need to go again on Wednesday, then Saturday, then the European games kick in. So we probably can’t afford to let many go.”
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Hearts show key trait in win over St Johnstone as need for reinforcements highlighted
There are some who have questioned Hearts’ ability to retain their status as third best team in the country, while also attempting to prove themselves at European level.
It will require some reinforcements if they are to reprise this level of resilience each and every week as the season grows older but they showed that they have an appetite for the challenge and a degree of back up.
It wasn’t just whether they had enough in the tank, mentally and physically, following the exertions when they went down to nine men at Celtic Park and then 10 men for even longer against FC Zurich. It wasn’t even just the rat-a-tat nature of the fixtures, which are coming at them thick and fast at the moment, it was the additional injuries and rejigging required during this match, having given their opponents a one-goal head start.
Manager Robbie Neilson was already without the influential Beni Baningime, Craig Halkett and Steven Kingsley through injury while Alex Cochrane and Toby Sibbick were missing through suspension. Trying to manage his squad, he also dropped Jorge Grant and opted to rest Lawrence Shankland, Barrie McKay and Alan Forrest, who started on the bench but were soon called upon as enforced changes and St Johnstone’s obvious desire for points demanded.
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But, with young Lewis Neilson already in the line-up for his first competitive start, there was more chopping and changing as the men who scored Hearts’ opening two goals, Kye Rowles and Liam Boyce were replaced, the latter reappeared on the sidelines on crutches, diagnosis not yet known.
They were joined on the lengthening injury list by Nat Atkinson later in the second half.
But by the time they all left the field, they had helped prove that Hearts might just have what it takes to battle on all fronts this term.
St Johnstone had made things tough for them by taking an early lead. If that was a surprise, given their respective starts to the season - Saints have just one win, Hearts just one defeat - the fact that it came from an uncharacteristic Craig Gordon mistake was even more of a shocker.
A poor clearance from the Scotland goalkeeper was pounced on by Graham Carey who quickly sent a swerving shot into the empty goal with the outside of his left boot.
Saints had been rattled by the early loss of captain Melker Hallberg with a head knock, and Hearts were the more attacking side. Pressing their visitors, they dominated possession for large parts and conjured up 27 shots to Saints’ nine over the course of the match but with nine minutes to go it was all to play for. Headers from Rowles and Boyce had the Gorgie side in front before the interval but Andrew Considine had responded in the 54th minute.
But as time was starting to run out Hearts threw everything at Callum Davidson’s men. Having hit the crossbar and come close on a few occasions, they were denied by rivals who defended heroically. Right up until the 81st minute when they allowed their host to quickly turn defence into attack.
The swift transition led to a penalty when McKay was caught as he glided into the box and fellow substitute Shankland sent Remi Matthews the wrong way to prove Hearts resilience.
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US Open: Ten years on, Andy Murray's ambitions are different at Flushing Meadows - 365 days on, are Emma Raducanu's?
It is ten years since Andy Murray stood in the gents at Flushing Meadows, stared at himself in the mirror and told himself that he could do this; he could beat Novak Djokovic and win his first grand slam title.
So much has happened in those intervening years but now, a metal hip, two further grand slam titles, two Olympic gold medals, a knighthood and four children later, he is back. His ambitions are slightly different these days – that tin hip has seen to that – but he is basically the same Murray he always was.
He will launch his 16th US Open campaign on Monday against Francisco Cerundolo of Argentina. They have never played before and despite the fact that Cerundolo is ranked 22 places higher than Murray at No 27, on paper, it is a winnable match for the Scot. But many matches have looked like that over the last year or so – and they have not always worked out according to plan.
The cramping issues that have blighted his progress recently are still being investigated by the medics while on court, he is still able to create opportunities for himself but converting them seems to be harder than it used to be. These days, the focus of British attention has swung away from Murray and settled on Cam Norrie, the Wimbledon semi-finalist, and Emma Raducanu, the defending US Open champion.
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Even without Djokovic in the draw, the next two weeks will be tough going for any potential champion. They list of contenders is long and it is stuffed tight with proven winners but, even so, Murray believes that Norrie will have his chances.
“I think the draw is definitely open, or more open, this year,” Murray said. “I would imagine that some of the guys that you would expect to go deep will do. Like your Medvedevs; I would expect Rafa to have a really go tournament. Alcaraz, Tsitsipas – these guys. But I do think there is going to be an opportunity there for Cam. He’s definitely got a chance of a good run. Obviously when it's hot and humid, that can help his game in some ways.”
And then there is Raducanu. She has had a torrid year since she lifted the trophy last September but in the last couple of weeks there have been signs of a return to form. Her run past Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka in Cincinnati was the first hint of the Raducanu of last summer.
“I think she played really well last week,” Murray said. “I watched a couple of her matches and she was playing so much better. I think the balls that use over here help – they’re a lot lighter. That allows her to get a little bit more on her shots, on her serve. She seemed like she enjoyed the conditions there and I would imagine, with them being quick here in New York, she’ll enjoy them.”
Yet is a certain weariness about Raducanu. For most players, the idea of defending a title brings a little extra stress while defending their first title can be positively daunting. But the first title she is defending is the US Open – and, by the sounds of it, she cannot wait for it to be over.
“I think it will be nice, whatever happens this week,” she said. “I’m just going to be like OK, it’s 365 weeks later, pretty much, on the calendar tour and I think like whatever happens it’s going to be like a fresh start: you’ve taken it, you close a chapter and you start a new one. The only way is to look back at what worked, what didn’t work and take that forward as to what you’re going to use for the coming months, the coming years on the tour.”
If she loses to Alize Cornet on Tuesday night, her ranking will plummet from her current position of No 11 to around No 84 or No 85, not that she seems too bothered. After all, she bowled up to the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center last year an 18-year-old rookie ranked No 150 and was chauffeured away again three weeks later as the champion. Anything is possible. But that success came at a cost.
“I am really, really fortunate and have a lot of amazing opportunities that come my way,” she said, “but for sure that comes with a certain trade-off where you don’t have any time to switch off or be alone or do things that you want to do. You’re constantly on guard. But it also comes with what I’ve done, what I’ve achieved and I wouldn’t trade that for anything.”
Her life is not her own anymore; she is surrounded by people guiding her and helping her but she is never left to her own devices. She can never just be Emma the teenager like she was a year ago.
“In a lot of ways I do feel like a different person,” she said. “I’m probably not going to be the same 18-year-old that is just swinging, no one knows who she is. Of course I miss that person. There are moments in the year when I did lose that person and I got very caught up in certain things. But I’m still young at the end of the day. I’m 19, going on 20 at the end of the year. It’s just going to happen. Anyone is going through things at this sort of age. It’s all normal so I’m fine with that.”
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Aaron Rodgers is talking about vaccination again.
The Packers quarterback, whose refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccine became a national story last year, was on “The Joe Rogan Experience” Saturday when the topic came up. Rodgers, who told reporters he was “immunized” last year, admitted that the phrasing was intentionally misleading.
“I’d been ready the entire time for this question and had thought about how I wanted to answer it,” Rodgers said. “And I had come to the conclusion, I’m gonna say, ‘I’ve been immunized.’ And if there’s a follow-up, then talk about my process.
“But, thought there’s a possibility that I say, ‘I’m immunized,’ maybe they understand what that means, maybe they don’t. Maybe they follow up. They didn’t follow up. So then I go [into] the season them thinking, some of them, that I was vaccinated.”
Rodgers was referring to homeopathic medicine he took as a means of immunization, but he further contributed to the perception that he was vaccinated by speaking maskless at press conferences when only vaccinated players were allowed to do so.
When Rodgers eventually tested positive for COVID, the story blew up.
“I knew at some point if I contracted COVID or if word got out, because it’s the NFL and there’s leaks everywhere, it was possible I’d have to answer the questions,” Rodgers said. “And that’s when the s–tstorm hit because now I’m a liar, I’m endangering the community, my teammates, all these people. And the attempted takedown of me and my word and my integrity began.” | https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/aaron-rodgers-makes-immunized-admission-on-joe-rogan-podcast/ | 2022-08-28T19:07:01Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/aaron-rodgers-makes-immunized-admission-on-joe-rogan-podcast/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Russian rockets and artillery strikes hit areas across a river from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, officials said Sunday, heightening fears of radiation leaks and possible catastrophe.
Zaporizhzhia, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, was captured by Moscow soon after the war began six months ago. Russia also holds adjacent territory along the left bank of the wide Dnieper River, while Ukraine maintains control of the right bank, including two cities, Nikopol and Marhanets, which are each about six miles from the plant.
Periodic blasts have damaged the power station’s infrastructure, according to Ukraine’s nuclear power operator.
“There are risks of hydrogen leakage and sputtering of radioactive substances, and the fire hazard is high,” Energoatom said Saturday.
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba claimed the entire continent is at risk over Russia turning the plant into a military base.
“For decades, nuclear safety has remained Ukraine’s top priority, especially given our tragic past. Russian invaders turned Zaporizhzhya NPP into a military base putting the entire continent at risk,” he said on Twitter. “Russian military must get out of the plant — they have nothing to do there!”
Residents who live near the plant began receiving iodine tablets last week in case they are exposed to dangerous radiation.
If the plant’s cooling system for the nuclear reactors fail, it could lead to a nuclear meltdown. The plant was briefly knocked offline Thursday due to fire damage to a transmission line, officials said.
The US State Department said Sunday that Moscow refused to acknowledge the risk at the plant and blocked a nuclear non-proliferation draft agreement because that risk was mentioned.
While Russia occupies the plant complex, Ukraine workers have continued to run it. Both countries have pointed the finger at each other for sustained attacks near the complex.
Igor Konashenkov, a Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson, said Sunday that Ukraine shelled the plant twice over the last day, with some of the shells falling near buildings that store reactor fuel and radioactive waste.
Meanwhile, fighting in the area overnight led to parts of the Ukrainian city of Nikopol without electricity, said Valentyn Reznichenko, governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Rockets also damaged roughly a dozen homes in Marhanets, said Yevhen Yevtushenko, the administration head for the district that includes the city.
About 25 miles upriver from the nuclear plant, the city of Zaporizhzhia also faced fire during the night, leaving two people injured, according to Anatoliy Kurten, a city council member.
Downriver from the plant, the Kakhovka hydroelectric plant and nearby city were struck by Ukrainian rockets three times Sunday, according to Vladimir Leontyev, a Russia-installed local administration head.
The plant’s dam is a crucial roadway across the river and possibly a key supply route for Russian forces.
Shelling hit the cities of Kramatorsk and Slovyansk in eastern Ukraine as Russian and separatist forces are trying to take over that area. No casualties were reported, said Pavlo Kyrylenko, governor of the Donetsk region.
One Slovyansk resident told the Associated Press as he was falling asleep, an explosion blew out his apartment windows.
“I opened my eyes and saw how the window frame was flying over me, the frame and pieces of broken glass,” said Konstiantyn Daineko.
Much of the Donetsk region is held by Russian and separatist forces. It is one of two regions in Ukraine that Russia sees as sovereign states.
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The Giants suddenly have a big concern at backup quarterback.
Tyrod Taylor was carted off the field during Sunday’s preseason finale against the Jets after taking a hit from Micheal Clemons. Though Taylor initially jogged off the field, he was carted away after a trip to the medical tent. The Giants called him questionable with a back injury.
Davis Webb is the third-string quarterback for the Giants.
Taylor, formerly a starting quarterback in Buffalo, Cleveland, Los Angeles and Houston, is considered one of the better backups in the league behind Daniel Jones. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/giants-tyrod-taylor-carted-off-after-hit-by-jets-micheal-clemons/ | 2022-08-28T19:07:25Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/giants-tyrod-taylor-carted-off-after-hit-by-jets-micheal-clemons/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Bills may not have known about the allegations hanging over punter Matt Araiza when they drafted him, but at least two other teams had an inkling that something had happened.
According to the Associated Press, executives from two different NFL teams became aware that Araiza had been involved in an incident in the lead-up to the draft, though they didn’t know the extent of the allegations. Araiza, who was released by the Bills on Saturday, was accused of being involved in the gang rape of a 17-year-old, with details coming to light after a lawsuit was filed in San Diego County Superior Court accusing Araiza and two of his teammates at San Diego State.
The Bills, though, were aware that Araiza was the subject of a police investigation when they released Matt Haack — his competition for the starting punter job — on Monday. The victim’s lawyer, Dan Gilleon, said the Bills also ignored his warnings about Araiza in late July.
“The Buffalo Bills had no choice but to cut their young punter after so badly botching their response to our claim,” Gilleon said in a statement, per the AP. “They ignored us, [when] I warned them [what] would happen could be avoided if they just kept their heads in the sand. This is what enablers do.”
Araiza denied the allegations in a statement released by his agent on Friday, but has not spoken publicly himself.
“I am sure he is very upset and disappointed that his career with the Bills ended not because he played poorly but because of false allegations leveled against him by a young lady and her attorney,” Araiza’s lawyer, Kerry Armstrong, told the AP. “I hope he is back in the NFL soon.”
Asked about the decision not to contact Gilleon, Bills GM Brandon Beane said in a press conference that Kathryn D’Angelo, the team’s attorney, “heard what he had to say and that’s when we began our process.”
“We’re not perfect. But I can tell you, we just tried to do what was right,” Beane said. “In our heart of hearts, I can lay my head down at night knowing that I’ve tried to do what’s right.” | https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/two-nfl-teams-had-matt-araiza-red-flags-before-draft/ | 2022-08-28T19:07:37Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/two-nfl-teams-had-matt-araiza-red-flags-before-draft/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — From fire departments to governments, from school districts to corporations, from local utilities to grassroots organizers around the world, Twitter at its best is a tool to get a message out quickly, efficiently, directly.
It's also a constant risk-and-reward calculation.
A recent bombshell whistleblower report from Twitter’s former head of security alleges that the social media company has been negligently lax on cybersecurity and privacy protections for its users for years. While worrisome for anyone on Twitter, the revelations could be especially concerning for those who use it to reach constituencies, get news out about emergencies and for political dissidents and activists in the crosshairs of hackers or their own governments.
“We tend to look at these companies as large, well-resourced entities who know what they’re doing — but you realize that a lot of their actions are ad hoc and reactive, driven by crises,” said Prateek Waghre, policy director at the Internet Freedom Foundation, a digital rights nonprofit in India. "Essentially, they’re often held together by cello tape or chewing gum.”
Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, who served as Twitter’s security chief until he was fired early this year, filed the complaints last month with federal U.S. authorities, alleging that the company misled regulators about its poor cybersecurity defenses and its negligence in attempting to root out fake accounts that spread disinformation. Among Zatko’s most serious accusations is that Twitter violated the terms of a 2011 FTC settlement by falsely claiming that it had put stronger measures in place to protect the security and privacy of its users.
Waghre said the allegations in the complaint about India — that Twitter knowingly allowed the Indian government to place its agents on the company payroll where they had “direct unsupervised access to the company’s systems and user data” — were particularly worrisome. He also pointed to an incident earlier this month where a former Twitter employee was found guilty of passing along sensitive user data to royal family members in Saudi Arabia in exchange for bribes.
The consequences of privacy and security lapses can range from inconvenience and embarrassment — such as when an Indiana State Police account was hacked and tweeted “poo-poo head" earlier this year — to much worse. In October 2021, a Saudi humanitarian aid worker was sentenced to 20 years in prison because of an anonymous, satirical Twitter account that the kingdom says he ran. It's possible that the case is linked with the men accused of spying on behalf of the kingdom while working at Twitter.
As an advocate for dissidents and others detained in Saudi Arabia, Bethany Al-Haidari has been concerned for years about Twitter’s user privacy safeguards. The new whistleblower allegations make her all the more worried.
“Given what we know about how social media is used around the world, that is incredibly problematic,” said Al-Haidari, who works for The Freedom Initiative, a U.S.-based human rights group. The possibility of hackers or governments exploiting the alleged cybersecurity lapses at Twitter to get users’ identities, private messages or other personal information “is quite disturbing to me,” she said.
Chinese-Australian artist and activist Badiucao, who regularly publishes art that criticizes the Chinese Communist Party, expressed concern about the whistleblower’s allegations, noting that many users provide their phone numbers and emails to Twitter.
“Once that personal information is leaked, it could be used to trace your identity,” he said. Badiucao said he regularly receives death threats and propaganda from what appears to be bot or spam accounts.
But the artist plans to keep using Twitter, saying it's probably the best option Chinese-speaking activists and artists have for a "shelter for free speech.”
Twitter says the whistleblower claims present a “false narrative” about the company and its privacy and data security practices, and that the claims lack context. “Security and privacy have long been company-wide priorities at Twitter and will continue to be,” the company said in a statement.
Despite the heightened concerns sparked by Zatko's claims, none of the groups The Associated Press spoke to this week plan to stop using Twitter. Security experts say while the whistleblower's claims are alarming, there's no reason for individual users to delete their accounts.
High-profile Twitter users and world governments may be at greater risk than average users, experts say. In 2020, for instance, Twitter suffered an embarrassing hack by a teenager who accessed the accounts of then-President Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and a number of tech billionaires including Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Musk is currently embroiled in a battle with Twitter as he tries to back out of a $44 billion deal to buy the company.
Yet another security incident raised alarms for Jennifer Grygiel, a Syracuse University communications professor who follows Twitter closely. In 2017, a Twitter customer support worker deactivated then-President Donald Trump’s account for a few minutes during their last day on the job. While the account was restored quickly, Grygiel said, the incident showed how vulnerable Twitter was when it comes to governments, heads of state and military branches that use the platform.
“Am I surprised and shocked by the whistleblower’s allegations? I’m not,” said Trav Robertson, chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party, which uses Twitter to communicate with about 18,700 followers. But he argues that it's especially important for people not to assume that “the constant attacks on our emails, our databases, our Twitter accounts, our Facebooks” are the new normal. "When we become desensitized to it, we fail to be proactive,” he said.
At the City of Denver’s fire department, public information officer JD Chism acknowledges concern over security issues. But the department has to weight that risk against the way Twitter has become integral to communicating emergencies to the public. The department’s Twitter feed hosts real-time updates on fires and consequent road closures and injuries, alongside retweets from other agencies warning of dangers such as flash floods.
For now, the department will keep using Twitter as it always has, Chism said, “It’s good for taking care of people, and that’s what we are here for.” | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national-news/tape-or-chewing-gum-twitters-lapses-echo-worldwide | 2022-08-28T19:08:22Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national-news/tape-or-chewing-gum-twitters-lapses-echo-worldwide | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
All lanes of I-65 South near Fairgrounds closed due to accident
Published: Aug. 28, 2022 at 2:57 PM EDT|Updated: 21 minutes ago
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - All lanes of I-65 South near the Fairgrounds are closed due to an accident.
According to Metro Safe, the call for a vehicle collision came in around 2:30p.m. Sunday.
Police, Fire and EMS are on scene of the crash.
Traffic is being rerouted to Crittenden Drive. Drivers are asked to avoid the area if possible.
There is no word on when the lanes will reopen.
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(Motor Authority) — Self-driving cars are part of an uncertain future, but automakers have signaled they are constantly moving to a day when at least some of us won’t drive at all.
Along the way, automakers will offer various levels of self-driving capability. Just what are those levels and how are they defined? We are here to help.
While the levels of self-driving sophistication can vary significantly from one brand to another, the defined bounds of those levels are relatively set.
In 2014, the Society of Automotive Engineers adopted a common taxonomy for self-driving cars that defined six levels—from Level 0 to Level 5—of automated driving. The boundaries are pretty obvious. Level 0 was no assistance and Level 5 was fully autonomous. The SAE updated their tiers in 2021, and while Level 5 remains fully autonomous, Level 0 has changed to include some active safety features that have become in the last few years.
It’s important to note that automakers have described some self-driving functions as being “fully autonomous” or “Level 5” (notably Tesla), but fully self-driving cars are outlawed on virtually every road in the U.S., and the terms and levels aren’t interchangeable. Most self-driving functions on cars hover around Level 2 or Level 3, but the road to Level 4 and Level 5 remains unclear. Fully autonomous, Level 5 cars are decade away at least—and it’s entirely possible that they won’t be initially available to consumers when they arrive, if ever.
So what do these levels mean?
Level 0: No self-driving functions at all. Drivers are responsible for controlling steering, throttle, and braking. They’re also responsible for monitoring everything around the car. Level 0 has been updated to include features that provide warnings and temporary assistance, including automatic emergency braking, blind-spot monitors, and lane-departure warnings. The vast majority of cars on the road today fall into this category.
SAE levels of driving automation, from none to fully self-driving
Level 1: Some driver assistance is allowed. In cars equipped with Level 1 automation, the car can take control of the steering or the throttle/brake in certain situations, but it relies on the driver to immediately take over if those systems fail. Many newer cars are equipped with adaptive cruise control that can slow the car to a stop, which falls into this category. Some cars are equipped with active lane control (also known as lane-departure prevention) systems that allow for limited periods of hands-off driving.
Cadillac’s Super Cruise system undergoing testing.
Level 2: More driver assistance. Level 2 automation differs from Level 1 automation in how many systems are used to assist drivers, but the two levels are identical in requiring drivers to immediately take over if those systems fail or stop operating. Level 2 allows for the use of adaptive cruise control and active lane control at the same time. Several automakers offer systems that will take control of the throttle/brake and steering for a limited time, but require driver interaction or those systems stop, usually with several warnings to the driver. (What happens when they shut off is important in distinguishing between Level 2 automation and higher levels.) Some of today’s most sophisticated systems can handle all the controls at full speed on the highway but still require the driver to monitor the road ahead. The best of them is GM’s Super Cruise. Ford’s Bluecruise and Tesla’s Full Self-Driving also qualify here.
Volvo Drive Me autonomous car pilot project in Gothenburg, Sweden
Level 3: Level 3 remains theoretical. It consists of conditional automation. Many automakers have said that they’ll skip Level 3 automation because it may be dangerous to immediately hand all driving functions back to a human that isn’t required to pay attention to the road. Level 3 automation can handle all driving situations in certain situations and constantly monitors the road, unlike Level 2 cars. Limited testing has shown that these systems may not be safer than no automation at all, but most experts stop short of saying Level 3 cars should be prohibited. While SAE’s chart says “traffic jam chauffeur” qualifies for this level, no car on the road has it, even cars with systems labeled traffic-jam assist. Those systems, which typically handle the controls in low-speed traffic-jam situations, still require the driver to monitor the system.
Level 4: Nearly self-driving. Most automakers are targeting Level 4 automation for several reasons. First, it’s likely to be cheaper because Level 4 self-driving cars may not require driver controls such as a steering wheel, throttle, or brake pedals—building a car with redundant controls for both the driver and autonomous systems would be costly and complicated. Second, Level 4 differs from Level 3 primarily because it doesn’t require human intervention if self-driving systems fail. GM’s Cruise Automation is one of several entities that operates limited local fleets of driverless cars that fall into this category.
Level 5: Fully self-driving. This may seem like a logical small step from Level 4, but for most automakers, Level 5 autonomy is a giant leap for self-driving cars. Level 5 cars would be self-driving, all the time, everywhere. Considering most of the nation’s roadways aren’t pencil-straight interstates on a sunny day, the final SAE level would require extensive testing for sensors that can’t yet read road lines in bad weather, low light, on dirt roads, or countless other variable circumstances. Although having a steering wheel and pedals wouldn’t preclude a car from being Level 5, to achieve the designation those controls would be useless: Level 5 cars aren’t driven by humans in any circumstance. | https://www.wspa.com/automotive/self-driving-cars-a-primer/ | 2022-08-28T19:21:32Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/automotive/self-driving-cars-a-primer/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Cinema’s biggest stars just seem to shine a bit brighter at the Venice International Film Festival, which begins this week in the Northern Italian city.
Think of Lady Gaga, a woman who has never shied away from a grand entrance, somehow topping even herself delicately perched over the edge of a moving water taxi and vamping for the cameras like a classic screen siren. Or Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck evoking old Hollywood glamour to make their official debut as a couple just last year.
Whether you’re a celebrity gliding down the red carpet in front of hundreds of flashing cameras or an onlooker an ocean away daydreaming about Timothée Chalamet’s crystal-studded Haider Ackermann suit, or that electric moment between non-couple Jessica Chastain and Oscar Isaac, it is the kind of occasion that ignites the imagination. And that’s all before you even step inside the theater.
For director and actor Olivia Wilde, the dream of Venice was woven into the fabric of her new film, “ Don’t Worry Darling.” Ending up at the festival became a shorthand for the type of movie she wanted to make.
“We had several studios and streamers who wanted to make this film and I sat down with all of them and I said, ‘The path that I see leads us to Venice. Which one of you understands what kind of movie were making based on that dream?’” Wilde said. “To me, a Venice film is a film that really embraces everything that is ambitious and romantic and beautiful about cinema. And this film is truly a love letter to movies.”
Wilde went with New Line and Warner Bros. and her wish came true: The stylish psychological thriller starring Florence Pugh and Harry Styles as a picture-perfect couple in an experimental postwar community will have its world debut out of competition on Sept. 5.
Styles, Pugh and Wilde are just some of the stars expected to pose on the docks outside of the opulent Hotel Excelsior and grace the red carpet outside of the Palazzo del Cinema. Their presence, alongside lifetime achievement recipient Catherine Deneuve, Hugh Jackman, Tilda Swinton, Penelope Cruz, Chalamet and many others, helps transform the Lido, the laid-back beach town across the Venetian Lagoon from St. Mark’s Square, into a bastion of glamour, fantasy and cinema on the Adriatic.
This year’s festival is stacked with highly anticipated films and performances in the main competition slate: Ana de Armas is making her debut as Marilyn Monroe in Andrew Dominik’s “ Blonde ”; Brendan Fraser’s turn in Darren Aronofsky’s new film “The Whale” is already being hailed as an awards-worthy comeback; and Cate Blanchett is playing a renowned conductor in “ TÁR,” director Todd Field’s first film in over 15 years.
“Todd Field is as major a film artist as has ever been,” said Peter Kujawski, the chairman of Focus Features. “And what Cate is doing with the character, without saying too much, is just something you don’t see executed on this level very often.”
The festival, which began in 1932 and is heading into its 79th edition, officially begins Wednesday night with the premiere of Noah Baumbach’s adaptation of Don DeLillo’s seminal novel “ White Noise,” starring Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig.
“White Noise” is one of four high-profile Netflix films hoping to make a splash at the festival, which is an important platform not just for the streaming service, but for all Oscar hopefuls. Baumbach’s last Venice film, “Marriage Story,” went on to get six Oscar nominations and win one for Laura Dern, who is also returning this year in Florian Zeller’s “The Son.” It’s the first of many fall festivals that will refine the awards conversation for the rest of the year.
Field, Baumbach, Aronofsky and Zeller are also among a slew of filmmakers with good Oscar track records who are making their first stop at Venice in competition: There’s also Martin McDonagh’s Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson friendship drama “The Banshees of Inisherin”; Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s comedy “Bardo, or False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths”; and Luca Guadagnino’s cannibal romance “ Bones and All,” which reunites the Italian director with Chalamet.
There are also two narrative debuts from documentarians Frederick Wiseman (“A Couple”) and Alice Diop (“Saint Omer”) that are among the 23 films vying for the Golden Lion. The coveted award will be decided on by a jury led by Julianne Moore and presented at the festival’s close on Sept. 10.
Participant Media CEO David Linde, a 30-year veteran of the festival, wanted Venice specifically for the debut of two high-profile documentaries: Oscar-winner Laura Poitras’ “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” about photographer Nan Goldin’s fight against the Sackler family, which is playing in competition, as well as Steve James’ “A Compassionate Spy,” about nuclear physicist Ted Hall.
“The opportunity to bring people to the festival is something I treasure,” Linde said. “This is really about three great American artists coming to Venice: Laura, Nan and Steve.”
Venice may not always produce the best picture winner, though there are some like “Birdman,” “Spotlight,” “The Shape of Water” and “Nomadland,” and many more nominees. But it has become a reliable launching pad for the eventual best director winner, claiming nine in the past decade alone including Silver Lion winner Jane Campion earlier this year.
The films go beyond Hollywood too, of course, with the entire slate boasting works from some 59 countries including several Oscar hopefuls, like Santiago Mitre’s “ Argentina, 1985 ” and Romain Gavras’ “ Athena.”
The festival is putting a spotlight on both the war in Ukraine, with a devoted day and the premiere of Evgeny Afineevsky’s documentary about the war, as well as plight of persecuted directors around the world, like imprisoned Iranian director Jafar Panahi whose film “No Bears” is among the competition titles.
And the slate is not without some potential controversy either: They will also host the premiere of “Call of God,” from the late South Korean filmmaker Kim Ki-duk, a past Venice-winner who was also accused of sexual assault.
But after two scaled back editions, it is mostly excitement in the air. The Venice Film Festival is the kind of place that enchants whether you’re a first-timer or an industry veteran.
Maybe it’s the romanticism of Northern Italy or the sense of occasion that comes with being part of the world’s oldest film festival. It could be the desire to step it up a notch to bid farewell to the bombast of the summer movie season and welcome in the more adult fare of the fall. Or perhaps it’s the delightful unpredictability of a festival that one year awards its top prize to “Joker,” helping establish Todd Phillips’ big studio comic book film as a serious awards contender, and another year to “Happening,” a small French drama about abortion.
“You go in both with a sense of purpose and excitement for whatever film you’re bringing, but I think all of us in in the community share the other aspect of it that you also just go in giddy as a fan. Every single thing you might sit down and watch is going to be a thoughtful, meaningful, truly wonderful moviegoing experience,” Kujawski said. “That’s the magic of Venice.”
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(The Conversation) – Move over bacon and ranch dressing. There’s a new hot flavor in town.
A pickle craze is sweeping the nation, with dill pickle toppings and seasonings in such high demand that they’re appearing on popcorn, chewing gum, seeds and nuts.
The pickle obsessed can now order a pickle pizza with a side of pickle potato chips and wash it down with a pickle beer.
Need dessert? Choose from pickle cotton candy, pickle ice cream and pickle marshmallows. Or you can head over to your local Sonic Drive-In and order a Pickle Juice Slush.
Yet for all the hoopla, pickles remain an acquired taste that some are never able to appreciate. Part of the reason may be rooted in your personality. But if you’re able to get over that initial aversion, pickles can become perfect complement to any dish.
A cornerstone of civilization
In the U.S., pickles tend to be associated with the cucumber, but they can come from any fruit or vegetable preserved in an acidic solution or brine.
Having preserved food available regardless of the season allowed populations to grow and civilizations to develop. With their long shelf life, pickles helped humans traverse the world by foot, animal and boat; helped feed troops fighting in wars; and were also touted for various benefits such as preventing scurvy.
The popularity of the dill pickle – which many in the U.S. consider “the” preeminent pickled fruit or vegetable – is attributed to two sources. Dutch farmers started growing cucumbers in Brooklyn in the 17th century that were eventually pickled and sold. Then, in the late 1800s and early 1900s, surges of Eastern European Jewish immigrants brought kosher dill pickles to New York City.
Yet as chefs and teachers, we’re not surprised that Burger King’s famed jingle, “Have it Your Way,” begins with the omission of the pickle: “Hold the pickles / Hold the lettuce / Special orders don’t upset us…”
For all there is to love about pickles – they can be crunchy, sweet and acidic – they possess certain qualities that can make some people squeamish.
Sour and slimy can be a turnoff
For one, they’re sour.
Most pickles are sour because they soak for a long time in a salty brine. This long soak causes acetic acid bacteria known as acetobacter to grow and multiply. In a sense, pickles create their own vinegar, and that makes them sour.
The ability to detect a sour taste in foods likely came from our aquatic ancestors, who acquired the ability to determine the safety of their environment by detecting abnormalities in acidity.
There are also some evolutionary advantages for enjoying the mouth-puckering sensation. The same lactic fermentation necessary for early pickles also served as a green light for omnivores that a food was safe to consume, as lactic acid limits the reproduction of harmful bacteria.
This might explain why some have developed a taste for it and others haven’t.
In one study of children, their mothers, their ability to detect sour and their preferences for the taste, virtually all could accurately determine and rank acid levels in gelatin. However, some children preferred the highest concentration of acid levels – in other words, the most sour foods. Others blanched at it.
The authors indicate that it is unclear why this phenomenon occurs. They hypothesized that an affinity for sour flavors could be related to a child’s propensity for adventure. And there does seem to be a strong correlation between the aversion to sour in both children and adults and their unwillingness to try new foods.
Preservation methods also change food textures, and food aversions are rooted in texture as much as flavor or smell. The texture of a pickle can be off-putting for some people; foods described as “slippery” or “slimy” are ranked at the top for adult picky eaters. Both words could be used to describe a pickle.
A ‘new dill’ for the American people
But if you can grow to appreciate the texture and taste, there’s a world of possible pickle pairings.
Pickles work well in so many dishes because the leading flavors in most main dishes are fat, umami, salt, something creamy and frequently something sweet. Pickles add acidity and crunch and balance out the dish. Burger King may sound eager to hold the pickle upon request, but a burger with a pickle – from a sensory perspective – is a better burger.
Seen this way, the pickle’s incorporation into pretty much everything starts to make more sense. Take, for instance, its surging popularity as a pizza topping. Much like that burger, pizza has yeasty bread, tomato sauce for acid and sweetness, mozzarella for fatty, rich, and creamy textures, and then all the other toppings you choose to put on to suit your needs.
In the case of the pickle pizzas, the most popular kind is served with a white sauce or olive oil, which adds even more fat and richness to an already-cheesy dish, giving the pie an unbalanced flavor profile. But pickles restore the flavor balance by introducing acidity and adding a texture that wasn’t there before. You’re also adding the temperature contrast and flavors of garlic, dill and subtle spice.
Dill pickle flavoring is versatile because of the combination of salty, sour and sweet, which allows it to complement so many items.
Take, for instance, potato chips or sunflower seeds. These are traditionally salty snacks with a relatively neutral flavor, which is why they so often have flavors added to them. Pickle flavoring adds sour and sweet – which are a classic, balanced duo – to the salty profile.
Pickle-flavored foods are everywhere because the profile works well with almost anything. But if you want to avoid offending your friends with your pickle breath, you might want to avoid the pickle flavored mints after dinner. | https://www.wspa.com/entertainment-news/whats-behind-americas-pickle-craze/ | 2022-08-28T19:22:12Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/entertainment-news/whats-behind-americas-pickle-craze/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK (AP) — 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.
“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.”
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.
Organizers of National Cinema Day described the event as a trial that could become an annual fixture. While some other countries have experimented with a similar day of cheap movie tickets, the initiative is the first of its kind on such a large scale in the U.S.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — From fire departments to governments, from school districts to corporations, from local utilities to grassroots organizers around the world, Twitter at its best is a tool to get a message out quickly, efficiently, directly.
It’s also a constant risk-and-reward calculation.
A recent bombshell whistleblower report from Twitter’s former head of security alleges that the social media company has been negligently lax on cybersecurity and privacy protections for its users for years. While worrisome for anyone on Twitter, the revelations could be especially concerning for those who use it to reach constituencies, get news out about emergencies and for political dissidents and activists in the crosshairs of hackers or their own governments.
“We tend to look at these companies as large, well-resourced entities who know what they’re doing — but you realize that a lot of their actions are ad hoc and reactive, driven by crises,” said Prateek Waghre, policy director at the Internet Freedom Foundation, a digital rights nonprofit in India. “Essentially, they’re often held together by cello tape or chewing gum.”
Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, who served as Twitter’s security chief until he was fired early this year, filed the complaints last month with federal U.S. authorities, alleging that the company misled regulators about its poor cybersecurity defenses and its negligence in attempting to root out fake accounts that spread disinformation. Among Zatko’s most serious accusations is that Twitter violated the terms of a 2011 FTC settlement by falsely claiming that it had put stronger measures in place to protect the security and privacy of its users.
Waghre said the allegations in the complaint about India — that Twitter knowingly allowed the Indian government to place its agents on the company payroll where they had “direct unsupervised access to the company’s systems and user data” — were particularly worrisome. He also pointed to an incident earlier this month where a former Twitter employee was found guilty of passing along sensitive user data to royal family members in Saudi Arabia in exchange for bribes.
The consequences of privacy and security lapses can range from inconvenience and embarrassment — such as when an Indiana State Police account was hacked and tweeted “poo-poo head” earlier this year — to much worse. In October 2021, a Saudi humanitarian aid worker was sentenced to 20 years in prison because of an anonymous, satirical Twitter account that the kingdom says he ran. It’s possible that the case is linked with the men accused of spying on behalf of the kingdom while working at Twitter.
As an advocate for dissidents and others detained in Saudi Arabia, Bethany Al-Haidari has been concerned for years about Twitter’s user privacy safeguards. The new whistleblower allegations make her all the more worried.
“Given what we know about how social media is used around the world, that is incredibly problematic,” said Al-Haidari, who works for The Freedom Initiative, a U.S.-based human rights group. The possibility of hackers or governments exploiting the alleged cybersecurity lapses at Twitter to get users’ identities, private messages or other personal information “is quite disturbing to me,” she said.
Chinese-Australian artist and activist Badiucao, who regularly publishes art that criticizes the Chinese Communist Party, expressed concern about the whistleblower’s allegations, noting that many users provide their phone numbers and emails to Twitter.
“Once that personal information is leaked, it could be used to trace your identity,” he said. Badiucao said he regularly receives death threats and propaganda from what appears to be bot or spam accounts.
But the artist plans to keep using Twitter, saying it’s probably the best option Chinese-speaking activists and artists have for a “shelter for free speech.”
Twitter says the whistleblower claims present a “false narrative” about the company and its privacy and data security practices, and that the claims lack context. “Security and privacy have long been company-wide priorities at Twitter and will continue to be,” the company said in a statement.
Despite the heightened concerns sparked by Zatko’s claims, none of the groups The Associated Press spoke to this week plan to stop using Twitter. Security experts say while the whistleblower’s claims are alarming, there’s no reason for individual users to delete their accounts.
High-profile Twitter users and world governments may be at greater risk than average users, experts say. In 2020, for instance, Twitter suffered an embarrassing hack by a teenager who accessed the accounts of then-President Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and a number of tech billionaires including Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Musk is currently embroiled in a battle with Twitter as he tries to back out of a $44 billion deal to buy the company.
Yet another security incident raised alarms for Jennifer Grygiel, a Syracuse University communications professor who follows Twitter closely. In 2017, a Twitter customer support worker deactivated then-President Donald Trump’s account for a few minutes during their last day on the job. While the account was restored quickly, Grygiel said, the incident showed how vulnerable Twitter was when it comes to governments, heads of state and military branches that use the platform.
“Am I surprised and shocked by the whistleblower’s allegations? I’m not,” said Trav Robertson, chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party, which uses Twitter to communicate with about 18,700 followers. But he argues that it’s especially important for people not to assume that “the constant attacks on our emails, our databases, our Twitter accounts, our Facebooks” are the new normal. “When we become desensitized to it, we fail to be proactive,” he said.
At the City of Denver’s fire department, public information officer JD Chism acknowledges concern over security issues. But the department has to weight that risk against the way Twitter has become integral to communicating emergencies to the public. The department’s Twitter feed hosts real-time updates on fires and consequent road closures and injuries, alongside retweets from other agencies warning of dangers such as flash floods.
For now, the department will keep using Twitter as it always has, Chism said, “It’s good for taking care of people, and that’s what we are here for.”
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Associated Press Writers Krutika Pathi in New Delhi; Jesse Bedayn in Denver; Jennifer Peltz in New York; James Pollard in South Carolina; Zen Soo in Hong Kong; Margaret Stafford in Kansas City; Russ Bynum in Savannah, Georgia; Jay Reeves in Birmingham, Alabama; Amy Taxin in Orange County, California; Rebecca Santana in New Orleans; Jonathan Mattise in Nashville, Tennessee; and Michael Goldberg in Jackson, Mississippi, contributed to this story. | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-tape-or-chewing-gum-twitters-lapses-echo-worldwide/ | 2022-08-28T19:23:08Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-tape-or-chewing-gum-twitters-lapses-echo-worldwide/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — As a former ski resort executive, New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu knows something about navigating slippery slopes. But recent controversy at a county-owned ski area has raised questions about his grip on the Republican Party heading into the November elections.
Sununu, who is seeking his fourth term, recently inserted himself into a power struggle over Gunstock Mountain Resort, siding with staff who quit en masse and forced a two-week shutdown last month. Pushing back against anti-government activists who want to privatize the ski area, Sununu also called for the ouster this fall of three Republican legislators with an oversight role of the resort.
“These individuals have made bad decisions, and until they are removed from their positions and replaced with good people who recognize the wonderful asset that Gunstock is, the county will continue to suffer,” he wrote in an open letter to area residents.
Sununu’s intervention was seen by many as a rebuke of the Free State Project, a 20-year-old political experiment that promotes a mass migration of 20,000 libertarians to New Hampshire. Fewer than 6,500 have arrived so far, but they have made inroads everywhere from school boards to the legislature. What that means for Sununu, the Republican Party and the state overall is uncertain. But so-called Free Staters are clearly shaking things up.
“In my view the governor is barely holding on to his party in the lower chamber, and some of the crazy things they have tried to pull have damaged his reputation in the state,” said Linda Fowler, professor emirata of government at Dartmouth College.
In 2003, Fowler dismissed the project as a gimmick, saying it was unlikely that even 20,000 people could have a significant impact. But she also did not foresee Donald Trump’s election as president in 2016 or the coronavirus pandemic.
“Both, I think, have contributed to the fact that the Free Staters are now a negative influence on the state’s politics and that their behavior has become an election issue,” she said.
Conceived by a Yale graduate student in 2001, the Free State Project picked New Hampshire — with its low taxes, easy entry into politics and “Live Free or Die” motto — as its destination two years later. By 2016, 20,000 people had promised to pack their bags within five years. That hasn’t happened, and the group’s past president now says the pledge model has fallen by the wayside.
But it hasn’t taken huge numbers to get results.
About 45 Free Staters have been elected to the legislature since 2008; more than 20 serve now. While that is a small fraction of the 424-member legislature, it’s enough to influence policy given the GOP’s slim majority in the House.
The group counts the House majority leader as one of its own, and members often team up with dozens of other lawmakers who make up the wider “freedom caucus,” securing victories on legislation related to school choice, vaccines and limiting the governor’s power during emergencies.
One Free State stronghold is Belknap County, which owns the Gunstock ski area. After months of tension, top managers abruptly resigned last month, then returned after two commissioners were ousted. Sununu’s letter targeted both the commission members and three of the Republican lawmakers who appointed them, saying they had lost the public’s trust.
The governor later described their handling of the ski area as “just the latest episode of their craziness,” noting that one of the three — Rep. Michael Sylvia — supports having New Hampshire secede from the United States. But Sununu said he doesn’t consider them representatives of either the Free State movement or the Republican Party.
“I don’t have any problem with Free Staters,” he said. “These are not Free Staters.”
Sununu also rejected the notion that the rise of the Free State movement poses a long-term problem for his political career or his party, saying voters will reject the most extreme candidates.
“Voters are very smart,” he said. “When they see that kind of extremism, they tend to move it along on both the Republican side and the Democrat side.”
Sununu’s involvement in the Gunstock dispute could signal a turning point, said political consultant Scott Spradling.
“There was, I think, a fine line between Republicans and Free Staters. Now there’s a battle line,” he said. “Gunstock could very well be a high watermark, putting warning lights around the Free State movement for New Hampshire voters who are now going to associate their identity with this controversy.”
Either side could make the other’s lives politically miserable, Spradling said. But Sununu has credibility and popularity on his side.
“Long term, I would put my money on the establishment right, on the Sununu side of the aisle, because his politics appeals to a far broader audience,” Spradling said.
Sununu, who surprised political watchers by seeking reelection instead of running for U.S. Senate, faces five largely unknown opponents in the Sept. 13 primary, and polls show him with a wide lead over the Democratic candidate, state Sen. Tom Sherman. Even Rep. Norm Silber, one of the lawmakers Sununu wants ousted, expects Sununu to be reelected and will vote for him again if he is the nominee. But he contends that it’s Sununu who has strayed from the GOP.
“Running as a Republican with a long family history of supporting the Republican Party, I thought for sure that he would be a real Republican,” Silber said. “And he has, in my view, pandered to non-Republicans in an effort to build a base of support.”
Silber said he is not a Free Stater, but he’s being called one by Democrats hoping to flip seats in November by painting all Republicans with a Free State brush. The ski area controversy has spurred the creation of a political action committee to back candidates from both parties to defeat the “extremist Free State agenda” in Belknap County.
“People on the left, or people who don’t like fiscally conservative Republicans, have a tendency to refer to people they don’t like as Free Staters,” he said.
Carla Gericke, past president of the Free State Project, agreed.
“When there’s something positive, people laud that, but on the flip side, we’ve also become the boogeyman whenever it’s convenient,” she said. “We’re at the stage where we are successful enough that we’re just being used as a pawn between the two parties. And we just do our own thing.”
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NEW DELHI (AP) — Two high-rise apartment towers in India were leveled to the ground in a controlled demolition on Sunday after the country’s top court declared them illegal for violating building norms, officials said. They became India’s tallest structures to be razed to the ground.
More than 1,500 families vacated their apartments in the area more than seven hours before the nearly 100-meter- (328 feet) tall towers crumbled inward by the impact of the implosion. The 32-story and 29-story towers, which were being constructed by a private builder in Noida city on the outskirts of New Delhi, were yet to be occupied.
“Largely, everything is OK,” said Ritu Maheshwari, a government administrator, after the demolition. “It happened as expected.”
The demolition was completed within seconds but followed a 12-year court battle between residents in the area and the builder, Supertech Limited.
The razing of the towers occurred after the Supreme Court found that the builder, in collusion with government officials, violated laws prohibiting construction within a certain distance from nearby buildings.
The Supreme Court said the construction of the two towers also was illegal because the builder did not receive mandatory consent from other apartment owners in the area.
Ahead of the demolition, the towers were surrounded by scaffolding, fences, barricades and special covers to block dust from the approximately 88,000 tons of debris that would be generated, officials said. Disposing all of the debris will take three months.
Residents are expected to return to the area Sunday evening after experts examine the impact of the demolition. Some apartments are located just nine meters (29.5 feet) away from the blast site, and the required safe distance is 20 meters (65.6 feet).
“It would come in the top five demolitions in the world in terms of height, volume, steel and tightness of the structure,” said Utkarsh Mehta, a partner with Edifice Engineering, which brought down the building in collaboration with Jet Demolition from South Africa at a cost of 180 million rupees ($2.25 million).
Mehta said 3,500 kilograms (7,716 pounds) of explosives were drilled into thousands of holes in the columns and shears of the towers. Experts used the waterfall method of demolition in which one story collapses on the next.
Joe Brikmann, director of Jet Demolition, said earlier he was confident no harm would come to the buildings adjacent to the demolished towers.
“The buildings in this area are in a high seismic zone (zone IV) and built to experience earthquakes which are much stronger than vibrations from an implosion. We are confident that the implosion of the towers will not cause any damage to properties,” The Times of India newspaper quoted him as saying.
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The first time I dropped my daughter off at kindergarten, I was allowed to walk with her to the classroom. I managed to hold back the tears until I left, slapping on my sunglasses the minute I turned my back because I could feel my composure dissolving.
Just as I thought I was going to be able to make it to my car unobserved for a good hard cry, I heard, “Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.” Everyone in the hallways stopped and put their hands over their hearts. I was trapped, standing in a hallway with tears streaming down my cheeks from under my dark lenses as I listened to what felt like the slowest recitation ever of the Pledge warble out of every classroom in the tiny treble of enthusiastic elementary school students’ voices.
As the student body promised to uphold liberty and justice for all, a teacher’s aide standing near me smiled and said, “Don’t worry, mom. We’ve got this.”
After two years of COVID, this year’s return to school is a return to normal for students, teachers and parents, complete with first-time moms and dads shedding a few tears as they put little ones on buses or drop them off in person.
This rite of passage has been disrupted or altered for so long that a return to normal may feel like a bit of time travel to some, while it may appear like a new frontier for others who have only experienced school during a pandemic. Either way, the year will be different than it has been in a long time for a lot of schools.
Teachers and administrators have spent the past few years undertaking the herculean task of providing our community’s children with an education under unprecedented conditions. There is a temptation to view successes solely through the lens of test results and achievement scores, but that would be a mistake.
Historian and folklorist Henry Glassie said, “History is not the past but a map of the past, drawn from a particular point of view, to be useful to the modern traveler.” The same could be said of test scores – they are a snapshot of one aspect of the whole and are useful in particular ways to schools moving forward.
When the world turned upside down, our teachers invented, reinvented, altered and modified the modern American classroom over and over again as conditions changed.
Now that we are returning to normal, there may be a temptation to push teachers to go back to the way things were before the pandemic, but, to paraphrase Glassie, that might be asking them to follow a map of the past that is no longer useful to the modern traveler. Teachers must be allowed to use the same innovative spirit that got them through the pandemic, and we must expect that the new normal will be different and that different can be better.
Likewise, we must recognize and compensate teachers as the professionals they are. Because everyone was once a student and schools are the most used government service, it can be tempting to take for granted the people who keep the system running.
Teacher wish lists and donation programs should not be normalized. Rare is the person who wouldn’t look for a new job if the only way they could be successful at their current job is to spend their salary on the tools needed to do the job. Yet, this is seen as a standard operating procedure for teachers.
As parents are doing this year, when I dropped my daughter off at school, I wasn’t just entrusting her education to her teacher – I was trusting her teacher to help shape who my daughter grew up to be. We should give teachers the respect and support they deserve and trust them when they tell us, “We’ve got this.”
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — Deaths from widespread flooding in Pakistan topped 1,000 since mid-June, officials said Sunday, as the country’s climate minister called the deadly monsoon season “a serious climate catastrophe.”
Flash flooding from the heavy rains has washed away villages and crops as soldiers and rescue workers evacuated stranded residents to the safety of relief camps and provided food to thousands of displaced Pakistanis.
Pakistan’s National Disaster Management Authority reported the death toll since the monsoon season began earlier than normal this year — in mid- June — reached 1,061 people after new fatalities were reported across different provinces.
Sherry Rehman, a Pakistani senator and the country’s top climate official, said in a video posted on Twitter that Pakistan is experiencing a “serious climate catastrophe, one of the hardest in the decade.”
“We are at the moment at the ground zero of the front line of extreme weather events, in an unrelenting cascade of heatwaves, forest fires, flash floods, multiple glacial lake outbursts, flood events and now the monster monsoon of the decade is wreaking non-stop havoc throughout the country,” she said. The on-camera statement was retweeted by the country’s ambassador to the European Union.
Flooding from the Swat River overnight affected northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where tens of thousands of people — especially in the Charsadda and Nowshehra districts — have been evacuated from their homes to relief camps set up in government buildings. Many have also taken shelter on roadsides, said Kamran Bangash, a spokesperson for the provincial government.
Bangash said some 180,000 people have been evacuated from Charsadda and 150,000 from Nowshehra district villages.
Khaista Rehman, 55, no relation to the climate minister, took shelter with his wife and three children on the side of the Islamabad-Peshawar highway after his home in Charsadda was submerged overnight.
“Thank God we are safe now on this road quite high from the flooded area,” he said. “Our crops are gone and our home is destroyed but I am grateful to Allah that we are alive and I will restart life with my sons.”
The unprecedented monsoon season has affected all four of the country’s provinces. Nearly 300,000 homes have been destroyed, numerous roads rendered impassable and electricity outages have been widespread, affecting millions of people.
Pope Francis on Sunday said he wanted to assure his “closeness to the populations of Pakistan struck by flooding of disastrous proportions.’’ Speaking during a pilgrimage to the Italian town of L’Aquila, which was hit by a deadly earthquake in 2009, Francis said he was praying “for the many victims, for the injured and the evacuated, and so that international solidarity will be prompt and generous.”
Rehman told Turkish news outlet TRT World that by the time the rains recede, “we could well have one fourth or one third of Pakistan under water.”
“This is something that is a global crisis and of course we will need better planning and sustainable development on the ground. … We’ll need to have climate resilient crops as well as structures,” she said.
In May, Rehman told BBC Newshour that both the country’s north and south were witnessing extreme weather events because of rising temperatures. “So in north actually just now we are … experiencing what is known as glacial lake outburst floods which we have many of because Pakistan is home to the highest number of glaciers outside the polar region.”
The government has deployed soldiers to help civilian authorities in rescue and relief operations across the country. The Pakistani army also said in a statement it airlifted a 22 tourists trapped in a valley in the country’s north to safety.
Prime Minister Shabaz Sharif visited flooding victims in city of Jafferabad in Baluchistan. He vowed the government would provide housing to all those who lost their homes.
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Opposition parties in Serbia and international rights groups on Sunday denounced a decision by populist President Aleksandar Vucic to cancel next month’s pan-European LGBTQ EuroPride event because of what he said were threats from right-wing extremists.
Most of the groups said that they would ignore the ban announced Saturday by Vucic and go ahead with the Sept. 12-18 events scheduled in the capital, Belgrade.
Vucic said that a political crisis with Serbia’s former breakaway province of Kosovo, which declared independence in 2008, and economic problems facing the country amid Russia’s war in Ukraine were among the reasons why the Balkan nation’s authorities couldn’t handle EuroPride.
The U.N. office in Serbia said it was concerned about the announced ban, saying it would jeopardize “the right to freedom of assembly as guaranteed by the Serbian Constitution.”
“The EuroPride is also an opportunity to celebrate the foundations of a strong and progressive society based on social equity, equality of all rights, solidarity, friendship and love,” U.N. Resident Coordinator in Serbia Francoise Jacob said.
Members of the European Pride Organizers Association chose Serbia’s capital three years ago to host the annual event, hoping it would represent a major breakthrough for a Slavic country that is traditionally conservative and under a strong influence from the Orthodox Church.
Serbia is formally seeking European Union membership, but has for years been moving closer to Russia’s political orbit. The Balkan country has voted for U.N. resolutions condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but has refused to join Western sanctions against Moscow.
In a protest called before the cancellation of the pride event, thousands of right-wing church supporters marched through the Serbian capital Sunday evening in a procession they said was “to save Serbia.” They were led by the Serbian branch of the Night Wolves, the Russian biker group that is considered close to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The Civic Democratic Forum opposition party accused the Serbian president of “playing dictator” by modeling himself after Putin, and trying to ban the Belgrade pride event.
Civic Democratic leader Zoran Vuletic said in a statement that the party wanted to remind Vucic “that he cannot cancel an event that he did not schedule and that he cannot, according to the constitution, prohibit the gathering of people.”
Vucic on Saturday announced the decision to cancel the EuroPride celebration during a news conference where he also proposed extending the term of Serbia’s prime minister, Ana Brnabic, who is a lesbian.
Brnabic has been frequently accused by Serbia’s gay rights groups of doing nothing to help their status is Serbia during her first two terms in the government. She joined Vucic in supporting the cancellation of the EuroPride event.
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HERNING, Denmark (AP) — Defending champion Canada trounced Japan 9-0 at the women’s world ice hockey championship on Sunday with eight players contributing goals in the one-sided encounter to rejoin the United States at the top of the Group A standings.
The record 11-time tournament winners wasted little time in getting off the mark when Victoria Bach opened the scoring in the second minute of the game with a power-play marker. Marie-Philip Poulin and Emma Maltais also scored in the first period to open a comfortable lead.
Blayre Turnbull added a fourth early in the second before the floodgates opened. Poulin got her second of the game at 33:09 with Ella Shelton and Jamie Lee Rattray also scoring within the next five minutes.
Japan was overmatched from the start and didn’t register a shot on goal until the dying seconds of the second period when already down 7-0.
Sarah Potomak and Sarah Fillier rounded out the scoring in the third period to complete Canada’s 17th straight victory, a stretch that spans the 2021 worlds, the Winter Olympics and now three games at the current tournament.
It was the second meeting of the teams at a world championship and represents an improvement of sorts for Japan, which lost the first in 1990 18-0.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler returned to East Lake on Sunday morning looking every bit like the No. 1 player, pulling away with four birdies in six holes to complete the third round with a 4-under 66 that gave him a six-shot lead in the Tour Championship.
Scheffler was delivering a steady diet of pars that put him in a tight battle with Xander Schauffele until a second stoppage due to lightning in the area Saturday. At the time, he was one shot ahead.
And then he was gone.
Scheffler holed birdie putts from about 5 feet on the 13th and 15th holes. He stuffed his approach to 2 feet on the 17th and then made a superb escape from the left rough over the water that left him a long pitch he nearly holed on the par-5 18th.
He tapped in to reach 23-under par. That left him one round away from the $18 million prize for winning the FedEx Cup.
Rory McIlroy birdied his last two holes for a 63 and will be in the final group with Scheffler. He was at 17 under along with Schauffele, who also had good looks for birdie and didn’t make any of them Sunday morning.
Defending champion Patrick Cantlay (66) and Sungjae Im (66) were seven shots behind.
Scheffler is the No. 1 seed in the FedEx Cup and was rewarded with a two-shot lead at 10-under par before the tournament started. He is 13 under for his raw score, which is tied for McIlroy for the best this week. McIlroy, however, was the No. 7 seed and began six shots behind.
Schauffele missed an 8-foot birdie putt on the 13th hole when they resumed the round. He sent his next tee shot so far to the right that he had to hit a provisional in case it was out-of-bounds. He found it, but wound up missing a 10-foot par putt to fall three behind.
And then on the par-3 15th, Scheffler hit his tee shot to 5 feet to a front left pin over the water. Schauffele also hit a good one to 10 feet and missed again.
Scheffler already has won four times this year, including the Masters, to reach No. 1 in the world and is considered a shoo-in for PGA Tour player of the year.
He won just over $14 million in the regular season — already a record, and not surprising given the steady rise in prize money. He won a $4 million bonus from the “Comcast Business Tour Top 10” for leading the FedEx Cup in the regular season, along with a $1 million bonus for winning the Aon Risk-Reward Challenge.
A victory Sunday afternoon would equate to a $37 million year for the 26-year-old Texas grad.
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The Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Kozhikode has planned a host of activities to create awareness about fitness on the occasion of National Sports Day which is celebrated on August 29.
One of the main events planned for the day is with disabled children. "We will be conducting various fun games for the children. The message for this year's National Sports Day is to make sport a part of life and we decided to involve everyone around us in this celebration," said Lijo E John, Centre in-charge, SAI, Kozhikode.
Olympian athlete Noah Nirmal Tom and several state and national level athletes will participate in the celebrations that are jointly hosted by St Joseph's College, Devagiri.
Besides fun games for children, the SAI will also be conducting events in athletics, yoga, and traditional games for the public.
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The Sports Authority of India (SAI) centre in Kozhikode has planned a host of activities to create awareness about fitness on the occasion of National Sports Day which is celebrated on August 29.
One of the main events planned for the day is with disabled children. "We will be conducting various fun games for the children. The message for this year's National Sports Day is to make sport a part of life and we decided to involve everyone around us in this celebration," said Lijo E John, Centre in-charge, SAI, Kozhikode.
Olympian athlete Noah Nirmal Tom and several state and national level athletes will participate in the celebrations that are jointly hosted by St Joseph's College, Devagiri.
Besides fun games for children, the SAI will also be conducting events in athletics, yoga, and traditional games for the public.
The National Sports Day is held annually on August 29 to commemorate the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/other-sports/2022/08/28/national-sports-day-kozhikode-centre-sports-authority-india.html | 2022-08-28T19:39:19Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/sports/other-sports/2022/08/28/national-sports-day-kozhikode-centre-sports-authority-india.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
From electronic line calling to live in-match statistics, the robots have been taking over in tennis over the past decade. And if authorities want to go a step further, they could do with getting Fernanda Contreras Gomez on the line.
The No.200-ranked Mexican player, who qualified for her third major of the year at the US Open this week and will face former Roland Garros champion Barbora Krejcikova in the first round, graduated from Vanderbilt University in 2019 with a degree in mechanical engineering. This involved a mechatronics class in which Contreras Gomez had to design and build a robotic circuit. Naturally, it was tennis-themed.
"We made a robot that would pick up our tennis balls," says Contreras Gomez. "Because we were spending so much time picking them up ourselves. We just wanted it to do it for us. If the robot saw a white line, it would turn around, so in that way it covered the whole court.
"It had two designs. One, if it saw the line it would turn around; the second was just to follow a certain direction. It was quite fun and we did quite well in that project. When we took it home and accidentally turned it on, it started picking up the trash by itself."
Viva Mexico!
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 27, 2022
🇲🇽 Fernanda Contreras Gomez has qualified for her first #USOpen main draw. pic.twitter.com/NosaqCtlRV
Indeed, Contreras Gomez is quite the renaissance woman, and consequently the 24-year-old is one of the most interesting conversationalists on tour. The concept of the lockdown novel became something of a meme in 2020, but Contreras Gomez actually went ahead and wrote one. It's a thriller in the style of Dan Brown and Ken Follett, and its working title is The Rise of the Darkness.
"My aunt, who I completely adore, was an English teacher when she was younger," says Contreras Gomez. "She told me to just write, to write for fun, as a cool new hobby. In engineering you don't really write, especially creative writing. It's very theoretical, very concise and precise. So at first it was just a fun little hobby I had, then it started transforming into something bigger.
"It was inspired by museums. I'm an art nerd, so I love visiting museums. I went on a little Euro tour in 2019 to celebrate my sister's Masters graduation [from the University of Manchester]. We went to the British Museum, which I love, and the prologue of the book is set there. When I went there the plot just started flowing in my head. Then I went to the Prado in Lisbon, and it started flowing again. All the characters started coming together.
"But then I couldn't go on an adventure or even leave the house in 2020 - so the adventure came to my head. It's inspired by museums but also by travel, a lot of little histories - it's a current events book, but mythological and fictional. I was able to adapt what was happening in my world to what was happening in the characters' world."
Contreras Gomez's aunt and parents have given the book their seal of approval, and the next litmus test is her friends. Two of them have copies, and their response will determine whether Contreras Gomez approaches a publisher. In the meantime, she's enjoying writing for fun so much that she's already got under way with the sequel.
"For book two I have the first two chapters written and the next five in my head. I just need time to write it now!"
It's not surprising that time is harder to come by in 2022. Amidst all this, Contreras Gomez has managed to play a bit of tennis, and this year it's been taking off. She's certainly picked her spots to perform. Contreras Gomez is unbeaten in Grand Slam qualifying so far -- indeed, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and the US Open comprise her first three tour-level main draws. She partly ascribes her success at the majors to a risk she took in January that did not seem to pay off at the time, travelling to Australia but ultimately missing the qualifying cut.
"My coach, Christo van Rensburg, and I were debating what to do about Australia. I ended up going just because he wanted me to get the experience, even though I was five or six out. He wanted me to see what a Grand Slam was like, to experience the smells, the sights, the pressure, everything. He told me to go see this person play, go do that. So when I got to Roland Garros I didn't feel as overwhelmed. I felt like I'd been there before, even though I hadn't competed."
First Slam main draw feeling 🥳
— Roland-Garros (@rolandgarros) May 20, 2022
Congratulations, Fernanda Contreras Gomez 🇲🇽#RolandGarros pic.twitter.com/9NR035Wa6v
After sealing each main-draw place, Contreras Gomez did a lap of honour, the Mexican flag wrapped around her, leading fans in a chant of "ME - XI - CO! ME - XI - CO!". This celebration was slightly more successful in Paris and New York than Roehampton, though she laughs about the buttoned-up Wimbledon crowd's perplexed but polite response to her passion.
"Growing up in Mexico, I had the opportunity and the honour and the privilege of really learning about our culture and following our traditions," says Contreras Gomez. "I bleed green, white and red. The food, the society, the family, I love it."
Family is also at the root of her unique game style. Contreras Gomez is one of a handful of players keeping the one-handed backhand alive on the Hologic WTA Tour; she learned it from her grandfather Francisco Contreras Serrano, who competed at the Grand Slams in the 1950s and went on to captain the Mexican Davis Cup team, and her father Javier Contreras, a former ATP No.298 in 1984.
Doing her country proud 🇲🇽
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 23, 2022
Just weeks after playing on grass for the first time, Fernanda Contreras Gomez is through to the main draw at #Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/bmSWYGm9rP
"I grew up watching my dad and my grandfather play, and they played old-school tennis with one-handed backhands, slices, serve-and-volley," says Contreras Gomez. "I actually never hit a two-handed backhand until I was in college, when I tried it for fun. I was teaching my team one-handers, they taught me a two-hander. But my two-handed backhand was quite horrible. I'm sticking with one.
"People doubted all the time, though. They would say I needed more power, I had to change my game style. But part of me kept believing. Because I'm quite slender, so I have to rely a lot on movement instead of power, but that hasn't deterred me."
When Contreras Gomez was a child, it wasn't tennis -- or engineering, or writing -- that she dreamed of. Her first ambition was to be an astronaut, before she learned about the side-effects of space on the human body. (Now, she laughs at the irony of choosing to be a professional athlete instead.) But staying on Earth hasn't limited her scope in life.
"I like gravity, and I like the ground," she says. "But there are so many opportunities. The world, Earth, is your oyster." | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2767014/from-robots-to-novels-fernanda-contreras-gomez-showcases-talents-beyond-tennis | 2022-08-28T19:44:00Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2767014/from-robots-to-novels-fernanda-contreras-gomez-showcases-talents-beyond-tennis | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Snowpack in the Cascade Mountains is smaller and melting out nearly a month earlier on average in areas burned by wildfire, according to a study published this month in the American Geophysical Union.
That can mean longer and more severe drought seasons for Oregon communities and ecosystems that rely on a slow, steady melting of mountain snow to meet water needs during the dry summer.
“The fact is that so much of our water supply comes from snowmelt, so that’s going to be a huge issue moving forward,” said Jeremy Giovando, a research civil engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, who co-authored the study.
Giovando’s team used years of pre- and post-fire data from snow telemetry or SNOTEL stations across the American West to measure the average change in melt-out date and peak snow-water equivalent after major fires.
Snow-water equivalent is a measurement of how much water is contained in snowpack when it melts. Melt-out date is the day when snow-water equivalent at a SNOTEL station reaches zero.
According to the study, SNOTEL stations in the Oregon Cascades saw some of the most dramatic swings in peak snow-water equivalent and melt-out date after fire of dozens analyzed across the American West and Alaska.
The findings add to a growing body of evidence that Cascades snowpack is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
The analysis found that snowpack melted out 26 days earlier on average at SNOTEL stations in the Cascades after they burned. Peak snow-water equivalent was also about 17% smaller after a fire. On the eastern slopes of the Cascades, snowpack was about 36% smaller and melted out about 20 days earlier in areas that burned.
“Any sort of change is important, but something of that magnitude really makes a difference for water managers and water users and everyone that would depend on that runoff,” Giovando said.
When fire tears through tree canopy, it exposes snowpack to more direct sun. Charred debris can also fall onto snow, darkening it and causing it to absorb more sunlight.
Kelly Gleason, an assistant professor of ecohydrology at Portland State University, co-authored a similar study in 2021. She said the adverse effects of wildfire on snowpack can last for years in a burned area and some forests may not grow back to their pre-fire conditions.
Gleason said with more data, scientists could assemble models that help identify where snowpack is most vulnerable to fire — especially as blazes become more frequent and intense because of climate change. Those models could give resource managers a better idea of water availability after fires.
“We have these interacting challenges, threats to the future with climate change and increasing forest fires,” she said. “I think it’s really important that we understand the process, why it’s happening, how it varies in space and time, and so we can plan for it. So we’re not left blind.”
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HOUSTON — Everything old is new again at NASA as they prepare to launch the unmanned Orion spacecraft to the moon. The first in a series of missions, NASA said the Artemis 1 mission will provide a foundation for human deep space exploration.
It's a critical test drive, of sorts, to check out Orion's systems in a spaceflight environment and how it performs on its re-entry, splashdown and recovery. NASA said a successful mission will demonstrate its capability to "extend human existence to the moon and beyond."
By "beyond," they mean Mars.
"When we think about Artemis, we focus a lot on the moon," said chief astronaut Reid Wiseman. "But I just want everybody in this room and everybody watching to remember our sights are not set on the Moon. Our sights are set clearly on Mars."
Artemis 1 launch details
- Launch date: Aug. 29, 2022; window opens at 7:33 a.m. Central time
- Mission duration: 42 days, 3 hours, 20 minutes
- Total distance traveled: 1.3 million miles
- Re-entry speed: 24,500 mph (Mach 32)
- Splashdown: Oct. 10, 2022
Next Monday, Orion will launch on board the "most powerful rocket in the world and fly farther than any spacecraft built for humans has ever flown," according to NASA. The SLS rocket will produce 8.8 million pounds of thrust during liftoff as it launches the nearly six-million-pounds Orion to orbit.
"Our teams have been working extremely hard for a very, very long time to get to this point and this is very special and we’re extremely excited,” said Artemis I flight director Rick LaBrode.
Unlike the Apollo missions to the moon in the late 60s and 70s, Orion will travel thousands of miles beyond the moon during the four to six-week mission.
“This is a mission that truly will do what hasn’t been done and learn what isn’t known,” said Mike Sarafin, Artemis I mission manager at NASA Headquarters in Washington. “It will blaze a trail that people will follow on the next Orion flight, pushing the edges of the envelope to prepare for that mission.”
To the moon and back
As Orion continues on its path from Earth orbit to the moon, it will be propelled by a service module provided by the European Space Agency. On future missions, the module will provide housing, air and water for astronauts.
To talk with mission control in Houston, Orion will communicate through the Deep Space Network.
The outbound trip to the moon will take several days. During this period, it will collect data and allow mission controllers to assess its performance.
After four to six weeks and a total distance traveled exceeding 1.3 million miles, the mission will end with a test of Orion’s capability to return safely to the Earth.
The spacecraft will splash down off the coast of Baja, California. Divers from the U.S. Navy and operations teams from NASA will approach in small boats from a recovery ship. The divers will inspect the spacecraft for hazards and hook up tow lines, and then engineers will tow the capsule into the recovery ship for its journey home.
What's next?
The second flight of Artemis will carry a crew on a different trajectory and test Orion’s critical systems with astronauts aboard.
Future exploration missions with crew aboard Orion will assemble and dock with a Gateway. NASA and its partners will use the gateway for deep-space operations "to extend human exploration farther into the solar system than ever before."
With the Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the moon with plans to eventually establish the first long-term presence on the moon.
With the experience and knowledge they gain from lunar exploration, NASA said it will be ready to take the next giant leap by sending the first astronauts to Mars. | https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/artemis-moon-mission/285-af46a3c7-da9a-4c3b-b938-fe9cc8d8e130 | 2022-08-28T19:52:34Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/artemis-moon-mission/285-af46a3c7-da9a-4c3b-b938-fe9cc8d8e130 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SEASIDE, Ore. — The 40th running of the Hood to Coast Relay wrapped up on Saturday with thousands of runners crossing the finish line in Seaside.
Around 19,000 people were divided among 12-person teams tackling 36 legs of the 198-mile race. It takes guts and a heart with something to prove which is exactly what team Forrest Stump had.
“We're all a team of people with disabilities, various disabilities from all over the united states,” said runner Travis Ricks, who lost a leg as a teenager.
Another teammate Jamie Brown was born without a fibula. They have running prosthetics now but like so many kids today they couldn't afford one when they were younger.
Forrest Stump is starting a legislative effort called "So Kids Can Move" in hopes of changing that.
“Most insurance companies deem running prosthetics as a luxury item,” said Brown. “As we see them now it's more of a necessity or a lifestyle for us and we want to make sure that every kid has the opportunity to be given a running leg where insurance companies cover it like a regular walking leg, so as not to take any opportunity for a kid to be a kid.”
KGW News fielded its own Hood to Coast Team called "Running Footage". Participants included general manager Steve Carter and reporters Alma McCarty and Evan Watson.
“My legs need a day off!” said Watson, after finishing his third leg of the relay. “It was just really fun. It was a great time and it was cool to see all the comradery and just this encouraging spirit out here as well.”
KGW had help filling its team roster from sister station, KUSA in Denver. KUSA producer Ally Heath brought her running legs and a personal story that made her effort extra meaningful.
Heath's great grandmother summited Mt. Hood three times — twice before Timberline Lodge was even built. Sixteen years ago, Heath and her family scattered her great grandmother's ashes on Mt. Hood and in other areas between the mountain and Seaside. This was her first time back.
“I could see Mt. Hood pretty much the whole time I was running and it just kind of felt like she was there cheering me on which felt awesome,” said Heath. “She always said, ‘The one thing I can give you is courage and the strength to keep going on,’ and every time I felt like I was slowing down a little bit, I just looked over and there she was, up on Mt. Hood. It kind of felt like a little light shining down on me to keep going.”
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SEATTLE (AP) — Ichiro Suzuki was inducted into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame on Saturday night, giving his entire 16-minute speech in English while reflecting on his career.
Suzuki became the 10th member of Seattle's Hall of Fame, joining former teammates Ken Griffey Jr., Edgar Martinez, Jamie Moyer, Jay Buhner and Dan Wilson who had previously been honored by the club. All but Buhner were in attendance.
Suzuki's speech was one of the few times he's spoken extensively in English in a public forum. The ceremony also included video messages from several baseball stars including Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani, Albert Pujols and Daisuke Matsuzaka.
Baseball Hall of Fame president Josh Rawitch was also in attendance. Suzuki will be eligible for induction into Cooperstown in 2025.
Griffey and Suzuki sat next to each other during the ceremony. The pair were teammates in Seattle during the 2009-10 seasons.
"There is a guy I like to call George. You know him as Ken Griffey Jr. He was my idol even before I came to America, but in 2009 he returned to Seattle and I finally got to be his teammate," Suzuki said. "Yes, he's a jokester. But for me, he's also a true professional. He helped me in more ways than I can express. Being his teammate is truly one of my career highlights."
Suzuki spent the first 11 seasons of his major league career with the Mariners before getting traded to the New York Yankees midway through the 2012 season. Suzuki played parts of three seasons with the Yankees, three more in Miami before returning to Seattle to close out his career.
His final appearance came at the beginning of the 2019 season which Seattle opened with two games in Japan. Suzuki announced his retirement after the second game. He's spent the past several years as a special assistant to the chairman for the Mariners and regularly is in uniform and working with players or fielding balls during batting practice.
"I was 27 years old when I came to Seattle. I could never imagine my career in America would last 19 seasons and that I would still be in Seattle today," Suzuki said. "With that in mind, I would like to say to the current players your future has possibilities that you cannot imagine as well. So embrace it by giving your best without imposing limits on yourself.
"If a skinny, undersized guy from Japan can compete in this uniform, and then stand before you tonight to accept this honor. Then there's no reason you cannot do it either." | https://www.krem.com/article/sports/mlb/ichiro-expresses-gratitude-entering-mariners-hall-of-fame/281-04b1750b-5fbf-4f04-aca5-50a39e1019ec | 2022-08-28T19:52:46Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/sports/mlb/ichiro-expresses-gratitude-entering-mariners-hall-of-fame/281-04b1750b-5fbf-4f04-aca5-50a39e1019ec | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TORONTO — Andrew Velazquez is trying to finish on a high note.
The Angels shortstop has been impressive with his glove, but for much of the season he’s struggled to produce anything at all with the bat. The Angels were forced to still play him because of the overall lack of depth.
Now, Velazquez is hitting again.
His homer on Saturday was his second in as many games, and it capped a 40 at-bat stretch in which he has hit .375 with a 1.025 OPS.
That’s brought his season average up to .201 with a .552 OPS, which are both still well below acceptable levels.
His recent performance, he said, is the result of a change in approach.
“I’d say I’m focused on being on top of the ball,” Velazquez said. “That results in more balls in play, so you get a little more cheap hits and then when you run into one, sometimes they go out.”
Although that seems to go against the modern “launch angle” approach, it seems to be working better for Velazquez than when he was approaching the ball more from below.
Manager Phil Nevin, who had Velazquez when he was the New York Yankees’ third base coach last season, said he believes one of the keys to his recent improved hitting is that Velazquez is actually playing less. Since David Fletcher returned from the injured list, the Angels have been able to give Velazquez more days off.
Now, Velazquez grudgingly admits that he has worn down from playing so much, and it’s something he wants to correct.
“Now seeing it, I kind of agree,” said Velazquez, who is listed at 5-feet-9, 170 pounds. “I think being fresh, especially at my stature and weight, that’s something to think about for next season. Maybe gain some weight, while maintaining my speed.”
THREE CATCHERS
Nevin said Matt Thaiss will be the catcher on Monday, which will be the sixth straight game in which the Angels start a different catcher than the previous game.
Nevin said he’s going to continuing rotating Max Stassi, Kurt Suzuki and Thaiss. He won’t necessarily keep pitcher-catcher combinations together, with the exception of keeping Stassi with Shohei Ohtani.
“I think they’re all really good,” Nevin said. “They take great pride in what their craft is. Their main focus is working with the pitcher that day. Offense is a part of their game, sure, but they don’t take their at-bats on the field. You see that same care with Thaiss, working with Zuk and Stass side by side.”
Each of the three catchers has caught a shutout on this nine-game trip. Suzuki caught Patrick Sandoval’s complete game on Aug. 19 in Detroit. Thaiss worked with Reid Detmers and four relievers on Friday, and Stassi handled Ohtani and Jimmy Herget on Saturday.
NOTES
Nevin said the Angels are still determining when Ohtani will make his next start. If they keep him pitching every sixth day, he would start on Friday at home against the Houston Astros. They could also give him an extra day because the team has an off day on Thursday, which would push Ohtani’s start to Saturday …
The Angels have scheduled Mike Mayers for a second consecutive start on Tuesday against the Yankees. Mayers had not made a traditional start — excluding games as an opener — in six years before he pitched five scoreless innings against the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday …
By winning the first two games of the series in Toronto, the Angels clinched their first road series win against a team with a winning record since they took two of three in Houston, April 18-20.
UP NEXT
Angels (LHP José Suarez, 4-6, 4.19) vs. Yankees (RHP Frankie Montas, 4-10, 3.84), Monday, 6:38 p.m., Bally Sports West, 830 AM
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A man was shot and at least three suspects made off with an unknown amount of cash during a home invasion early Sunday in Temple City, where two people were zip-tied and a baby was in the residence, authorities said.
The gunshot victim, taken to a hospital by private vehicle, was expected to survive his wounds, said Lt. R. Van Hoosen of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Temple City station.
The robbery occurred around 4:30 a.m. in 9700 block of Longden Avenue, said Van Hoosen, adding it was not immediately known how the suspects gained entry into the home.
Authorities had no suspect descriptions and it was not known if the suspects fled the scene in a vehicle or on foot.
The sheriff’s Temple City station urged anyone with information regarding the crime to call them at 626-285-7171.
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This is how it ends: LCD Soundsystem on stage at This Ain’t No Picnic Festival, racing through a set packed with almost all its best-loved songs to beat the 11 p.m. curfew on Saturday in Pasadena.
“Where are your friends tonight?” James Murphy sings in “All My Friends,” the last of 10 songs in the dance-funk rock band’s hour and 15 minute set. “If I could see all my friends tonight.”
Suddenly bright lights erase the darkness of the field, illuminating thousands of fans dancing, jumping, waving hands over heads.
It’s an indelible scene, and on the first day of This Ain’t No Picnic at Brookside at the Rose Bowl, the perfect ending to a day both hot — August in Pasadena, yo — and cool, with all the terrific music played on three stages throughout the day.
Here, from the end of the day to our mid-afternoon arrival, are the things we loved most about This Ain’t No Picnic.
The irresistible LCD Soundsystem
LCD Soundsystem celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and it shows in the tight musicianship and polished show this New York City outfit always delivers.
Singer James Murphy said he wasn’t going to talk much because the band wanted to get through as many songs as it could during its headlining spot, which is tough given how much LCD loves to establish a groove and build up to a cathartic, explosive finish.
“Yr City’s a Sucker” and “I Can Change” opened the set in just that fashion. Highlights midway through included the always beautiful “Someone Great” and the lyrical journey of “Losing My Edge.” And by the final pair of songs, “Dance Yrself Clean” and “All My Friends,” very few in the crowd weren’t singing loudly, dancing wildly, or both.
Bonjour, Le Tigre
After LCD Soundsystem’s first song, Murphy told the crowd he hoped they’d caught Le Tigre. The dance-punk trio played just before his band and he noted that he used to do their sound.
He’s right, too: You really missed out if you skipped this rare reunion appearance by Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill, a Pasadena resident these days, Johanna Fateman and J.D. Samson.
This was the first full set by Le Tigre since 2007, but other than a quick restart of their opening song, “The The Empty,” there were no signs of rust as the band raced through 16 songs in an hour.
Le Tigre was always a leftist, feminist, activist band, as Hanna wryly shared how the issues that inspired the group to form — right-wing politics, white supremacy, misogyny and racism among them — are still issues 23 years after Le Tigre started. But they always tried to tackle them from an upbeat, positive place.
“You can only (bleepin’) fight as hard as you can celebrate,” she said.
Highlights included such raucous romps as “TKO,” “Hot Topic,” “What’s Yr Take on Cassavettes” and set-closer ,”Deceptacon,” the most joyous, dancey song of their show.
Old school punks
The oldest band on the bill Saturday had to be Circle Jerks. The Los Angeles hardcore band formed in 1979 and — as singer Keith Morris noted at the start of the show — a band whose ties with Goldenvoice, the promoter of This Ain’t No Picnic, go back to its very beginning with Goldenvoice’s founder borrowing a PA system from Circle Jerks’ guitarist Greg Hetson.
Morris and Hetson are both original members, and bassist Zander Schloss has been in the band almost as long (drummer Joey Castillo is the new guy). So it wasn’t surprising to see a lot of well-worn punks in a crowd, a few of them holding toddlers wearing sound-muffling headphones.
The setlist taped to the stage ran at least four pages long, a factor of many very short songs and the need for large fonts for the 60-something punk singer’s eyesight. The band was great, and Morris was as funny as ever.
“We do have a request,” he said before the show started. “And that is you create the biggest dirt cloud, dust cloud you possible can. So it flies over these hills and it lands in David Lee Roth’s front yard.”
Moments later, the mosh pit exploded, the dirt cloud arose, and somewhere on Sunday, David Lee Roth probably had to wash his car.
Bits and pieces
Covering a multi-stage, day-long festival means you consume your musical meal like you’re eating at a pre-pandemic all-you-can-eat buffet (RIP, Souplantation). Still, we got plenty of tasty bites by the end of the Picnic.
The British electronic funk band Jungle had the misfortune of playing opposite Le Tigre. They opened with “Keep Moving,” a fantastic tune, yet we had to literally keep moving on.
Australian singer-guitarist Courtney Barnett is a terrific songwriter, writing witty lyrics she delivers in a deadpan vocal style. She and her two bandmates roused the overheated late-afternoon crowd with songs including “Avant Gardener,” “Pedestrian At Best” and “Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go to the Party.”
Laid-back singer-songwriter Mac DeMarco had the biggest crowd of the sunset hours, displaying his goofy sense of humor in his banter, laying a big ol’ kiss on his bassist, and singing fan favorites such as “Salad Days” and “The Stars Keep Calling My Name.”
Rap acts were also popular throughout the day. The Ying Yang Twins drew a large crowd, all of whom were happy to sing, “Booty, booty, booty, booty, rockin’ everywhere,” when the duo performed “Ms. New Booty.” Isaiah Rashad and Earl Sweatshirt also had enthusiastic crowds for their sets, but unfortunately, we were rockin’ our booty to other stages during most of their performances.
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Elon Musk's College Girlfriend Auctioning Off Old Photos and Mementos
The auction items are online now, and bidding ends Sept. 14.
What's it like to date the world's richest man? Elon Musk's college sweetheart has never talked, until now, and is sharing what Musk was like before his rise to fame.
“He was my type — tall, blond and nerdy,” Jennifer Gwynne told Inside Edition.
The former couple dated while they were both attending the University of Pennsylvania.
“He was sweet, he was kind, he was smart, he was engaging. He was not into PDA in public, not a big hand holder,” Gwynne said.
Now she’s auctioning off mementos from the relationship, including a necklace Musk once gave her.
“He gave it to me, and he said that it was from his dad's emerald mine,” Gywnne said.
Also being auctioned off is a birthday card signed by Musk.
Musk and Gwynne haven’t spoked since their breakup 27 years ago.
“I definitely loved him. He was my first serious adult love,” Gywnne said.
The auction items are online now, and bidding ends Sept. 14.
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(Motor Authority) — Self-driving cars are part of an uncertain future, but automakers have signaled they are constantly moving to a day when at least some of us won’t drive at all.
Along the way, automakers will offer various levels of self-driving capability. Just what are those levels and how are they defined? We are here to help.
While the levels of self-driving sophistication can vary significantly from one brand to another, the defined bounds of those levels are relatively set.
In 2014, the Society of Automotive Engineers adopted a common taxonomy for self-driving cars that defined six levels—from Level 0 to Level 5—of automated driving. The boundaries are pretty obvious. Level 0 was no assistance and Level 5 was fully autonomous. The SAE updated their tiers in 2021, and while Level 5 remains fully autonomous, Level 0 has changed to include some active safety features that have become in the last few years.
It’s important to note that automakers have described some self-driving functions as being “fully autonomous” or “Level 5” (notably Tesla), but fully self-driving cars are outlawed on virtually every road in the U.S., and the terms and levels aren’t interchangeable. Most self-driving functions on cars hover around Level 2 or Level 3, but the road to Level 4 and Level 5 remains unclear. Fully autonomous, Level 5 cars are decade away at least—and it’s entirely possible that they won’t be initially available to consumers when they arrive, if ever.
So what do these levels mean?
Level 0: No self-driving functions at all. Drivers are responsible for controlling steering, throttle, and braking. They’re also responsible for monitoring everything around the car. Level 0 has been updated to include features that provide warnings and temporary assistance, including automatic emergency braking, blind-spot monitors, and lane-departure warnings. The vast majority of cars on the road today fall into this category.
SAE levels of driving automation, from none to fully self-driving
Level 1: Some driver assistance is allowed. In cars equipped with Level 1 automation, the car can take control of the steering or the throttle/brake in certain situations, but it relies on the driver to immediately take over if those systems fail. Many newer cars are equipped with adaptive cruise control that can slow the car to a stop, which falls into this category. Some cars are equipped with active lane control (also known as lane-departure prevention) systems that allow for limited periods of hands-off driving.
Cadillac’s Super Cruise system undergoing testing.
Level 2: More driver assistance. Level 2 automation differs from Level 1 automation in how many systems are used to assist drivers, but the two levels are identical in requiring drivers to immediately take over if those systems fail or stop operating. Level 2 allows for the use of adaptive cruise control and active lane control at the same time. Several automakers offer systems that will take control of the throttle/brake and steering for a limited time, but require driver interaction or those systems stop, usually with several warnings to the driver. (What happens when they shut off is important in distinguishing between Level 2 automation and higher levels.) Some of today’s most sophisticated systems can handle all the controls at full speed on the highway but still require the driver to monitor the road ahead. The best of them is GM’s Super Cruise. Ford’s Bluecruise and Tesla’s Full Self-Driving also qualify here.
Volvo Drive Me autonomous car pilot project in Gothenburg, Sweden
Level 3: Level 3 remains theoretical. It consists of conditional automation. Many automakers have said that they’ll skip Level 3 automation because it may be dangerous to immediately hand all driving functions back to a human that isn’t required to pay attention to the road. Level 3 automation can handle all driving situations in certain situations and constantly monitors the road, unlike Level 2 cars. Limited testing has shown that these systems may not be safer than no automation at all, but most experts stop short of saying Level 3 cars should be prohibited. While SAE’s chart says “traffic jam chauffeur” qualifies for this level, no car on the road has it, even cars with systems labeled traffic-jam assist. Those systems, which typically handle the controls in low-speed traffic-jam situations, still require the driver to monitor the system.
Level 4: Nearly self-driving. Most automakers are targeting Level 4 automation for several reasons. First, it’s likely to be cheaper because Level 4 self-driving cars may not require driver controls such as a steering wheel, throttle, or brake pedals—building a car with redundant controls for both the driver and autonomous systems would be costly and complicated. Second, Level 4 differs from Level 3 primarily because it doesn’t require human intervention if self-driving systems fail. GM’s Cruise Automation is one of several entities that operates limited local fleets of driverless cars that fall into this category.
Level 5: Fully self-driving. This may seem like a logical small step from Level 4, but for most automakers, Level 5 autonomy is a giant leap for self-driving cars. Level 5 cars would be self-driving, all the time, everywhere. Considering most of the nation’s roadways aren’t pencil-straight interstates on a sunny day, the final SAE level would require extensive testing for sensors that can’t yet read road lines in bad weather, low light, on dirt roads, or countless other variable circumstances. Although having a steering wheel and pedals wouldn’t preclude a car from being Level 5, to achieve the designation those controls would be useless: Level 5 cars aren’t driven by humans in any circumstance. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/automotive/self-driving-cars-a-primer/ | 2022-08-28T20:06:29Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/automotive/self-driving-cars-a-primer/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
GRAND CANYON, Ariz. (KTVX) – A man is dead after falling from the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, authorities have confirmed.
Friday afternoon, the Grand Canyon Regional Communications Center received a report of a visitor who fell from the rim west of the Bright Angel Point Trail on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
Responding rangers located the body of a 44-year-old man approximately 200 ft. below the rim. The visitor was reportedly off the trail when he accidentally fell off the edge.
The man has not yet been identified, and additional details have not yet been released. An investigation into the incident is being conducted by the National Park Service and the Coconino County Medical Examiner’s Office.
Rangers say visitors should remain on designated trails and walkways, staying a safe distance from the edge of the rim.
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THE NASCAR RACE TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP DOCUMENTARY COMES OUT NEXT WEEK, WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO BE A PART OF THAT?
“Yeah, honestly, I haven’t had to do a whole lot with it. I think they came to my house one morning and followed us around to Millbridge (Speedway) one night. Other than that, I think they have been collecting stuff behind the scenes and like from a distance. So, it’s been nice that it hasn’t been like in our face all the time, so honestly, I don’t even know what they have captured. I am excited to see it next week and I think it will turn out really good and I hope all the fans will really enjoy it.”
HOW WAS TIME AWAY FROM THE TRACK WITH THE FAMILY?
“We always go to Disney in February and I have been gone so much and away from the family so much the last couple of months that I wanted to spend some time with them. I forgot how hot Florida is this time of year, so I think we were all dying yesterday. But I was happy that qualifying got rained out so I could stay there and spend more time with them. Had a really fun time but not sure I will go back ever again in August, but I look forward to getting back in February.”
WHAT ARE YOUR EXPECTATIONS FOR THE RACE WITH SO MUCH ON THE LINE FOR OTHER DRIVERS?
“I am not sure. The only way for those guys to make it in the playoffs that aren’t currently in the playoffs is to win. So, with that, I think the first couple of stages could be pretty tame. Just because a lot of those drivers are just trying to get to the end of the race to have a shot. But then it could be crazy and wild all race long. So, I am not really sure what to expect. No matter how it is, I hope we are in front of the craziness. I know at the end of the race, as it always does, whether it’s the cutoff race or not…..at Daytona or Talladega it always gets wild. We will see and it will be kind of interesting to follow along and see what guys are fast and if there are going to be a couple of big crashes to wipe out guys that could shake things up a lot. We will see.”
DO YOU TAKE A SPECIFIC APPROACH TO IT?
“Yeah, I think for us and in my position….we are second in the regular season points right now and I think there are maybe four of us that are really close to finishing second. Because of that, I feel like we need to go after stage points to do our part to finish second. Our plan is to race the whole time and just stay up front and get some points.”
IF YOU END UP NOT RACING TONIGHT AND YOU RACE TOMORROW AFTERNOON, HOW DOES IT CHANGE THE STYLE OF THIS RACE IF AT ALL?
“Yeah, good question, I am not sure. This place, the handling will be more of a factor for sure during the day than at night. I mean just the whole track is slicker, but I feel like turn four gets really tight. So, I don’t know and I don’t remember us being on track earlier this year with the sun out. In Talladega, handling is not a big deal there. The cars drove really good there gripped up. So, yeah, I am sure it will play a factor as it always does. As far as the race, I am not really sure.”
NOW THAT YOU HAVE HAD FOUR SUPERSPEEDWAY RACES WITH THIS CAR, WHAT KIND OF UNDERSTANDING DO YOU BRING HERE TONIGHT?
“I don’t know. I am not sure. I don’t think it feels way different than the other stuff. You have to hit your marks on stuff like green flag cycles getting on pit road and getting off pit road even more than the other car. When you are in a big pack, it is not as easy to lose the pack, but as soon as you get to shaking things up with green flag stops its kind of strung out for a lap or two and it seems really easy to lose the draft in that sense. You need to be on your game for that type of thing. Other than that, I don’t think it races way different.”
CAN YOU DESCRIBE A LAP AROUND DAYTONA AS FAR AS BEING IN THE PACK OR BEING IN OPEN AIR?
“Well, in open air, any of you could do it. In the middle of the pack it gets really hectic and your car doesn’t necessarily do its own thing, but you can feel the air more. The disturbance of the air. You can feel runs and you feel runs stall out a lot. When you get out to the lead you feel like you are going really slow, even though you are going just as fast as the guys behind you. When you are in the middle pack, you feel like you are going fast. It’s a lot quieter out front, but its just when you get out front your car obviously handles a lot better with clean air on it. You are not really looking out the windshield as much and you are looking in the rear view mirror a lot of the time. I haven’t seen the lead on a superspeedway very often but its definitely a little quieter and less going on out front and like I said, your car handles better.”
HOW DO YOU MAKE SURE YOU ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AS FAR AS BALANCING FOCUS AND EMOTION IN THE PLAYOFF SEASON?
“For a superspeedway race…..I don’t really get too emotional anyway, so that’s not a problem for me. Staying focused sometimes and making sure you are trying to make the right moves is tough to do a lot of times because runs are happening quick. The gaps are really small that you are trying to get into. Trying to stay focused on risk versus reward but also trying to position yourself for the end of the race is important. I mean a little bit of that goes into each race and race by race. Especially in the playoffs in putting yourself in the right spot at the right time and weighing risk versus reward. Just trying to maximize your day and trying to get as many points as you can like you would at any other speedway race.”
AT THIS POINT LAST YEAR YOU HAD ALREADY HAD FIVE WINS AND IT WAS A DOMINANT SEASON, THIS YEAR YOU HAVE TWO. DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO THE NEXT GEN CAR AND MORE PARITY?
“I think definitely a little bit of parity, but you still see a lot of the same good guys running up front. With us, its really just been a lack of execution I would say most weekends. We have really only had a few, like less than five, really clean races where nothing happened and we finished where we deserved. Whether it be just bad restarts or bad pit stops or a missed call for strategy…..something that we just haven’t executed the best. Last year we had a fast car and that makes everything execution wise a lot easier with pit calls, pits stops, and restarts and all that. Yeah, the parity probably pays a big role in it but just us as a team, until recently, haven’t done the best jobs a lot of time. And that is an area where we have tried really hard all season long. Its just hard to do sometimes. But like I said, I feel like lately we have been getting out stuff together. Last week was a great week to get a win and roll on into the playoffs with some momentum hopefully.”
WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO HAVE A BETTER PERFORMANCE AT DARLINGTON THIS TIME AROUND?
“Yeah, we had a really fast car last time before we blew up. So the first round has a lot of really good tracks for us. I think it is Darlington, Kansas and Bristol maybe. So those are honestly three of my best racetracks. I really like that round and hopefully we can do well in it and get some wins and get some bonus points would be nice. I have always run really well at Darlington, but have not gotten a win there yet. I finished second three times in a row before we blew up this year, so would love to be one spot better there and finally get that Darlington win that I have been close to getting.”
TALLADEGA IN THE SPRING WAS A REALLY CLEAN RACE FOR YOU. DOES ANYTHING STAND OUT FROM THE RACE IN THE SPRING THAT YOU CAN USE HERE?
“Not really anything happened. We had great track position the whole race and I never once left the bottom lane. I think that if there is anything that I learned is that you can’t go into any superspeedway race with the mindset and say you are going to be patient, but with us being up front the whole time at Talladega, I stayed patient the whole time. And I literally did not move off the bottom the whole time until I did and that is what lost me the race. So yes, I guess I have that same mindset in going into tonight’s race, but like I said it could be way different. This track is narrower, the importance of this race for a lot of other drivers is way different compared to Talladega earlier this year. You can’t show up to every race with the same mindset and have the same results throughout the whole race. But I will say, since it worked last time, that is my mindset right now. But it could change early on.”
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KYLE BUSCH, No. 18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry TRD, Joe Gibbs Racing
“Hold on, first I have an announcement to make. Everybody ready? Ok, there is no announcement. Good? We all good, we clear? Moving on.”
How was your experience to be part of this new NASCAR documentary and what do you hope is the result of the piece coming out?
“Yeah, I mean, to me, I feel like it's just another level of humanizing us. Athletes, drivers, families, things like that of what we do outside the sport. Obviously, there's a lot to be filmed and a lot of things that go on behind the scenes and the things that aren't on broadcast television each and every week. And so, to kind of showcase a little bit of that, obviously, there's a storyline, a huge development of lives and situations that are outside of just the broadcast. And so I feel like they're trying to do the best they can and showcase some of that and get some of those storylines out there. You know, one with us is just our family life and racing and Brexton racing and that sort of stuff, where how hectic it kind of is and what we do, outside of just being here every Saturday and Sunday.”
At any point in contract negotiations, did Joe Gibbs Racing offer you a contract that you turned down?
“What did I just say? I said there was no update. This is not the place to start airing any dirty laundry. Just trust me, in time things will work out. And what happens, happens. Again, answering that question could either be positive for me or detrimental for me. So it's fair to say I cannot answer those sorts of questions in your apologize. Or I don't, not sure which.”
Is there any one thing you hope people take away about Kyle Busch from the documentary?
“Yeah, I mean, to me, I guess the humanizing the villian, let's say, okay, so I'd like to be known by a heck of a lot more than just what is on broadcast television each weekend or not on broadcast television, but to me, you know, I'm a husband, I'm a father, I'm a racer. And that's all I’ve really known. I've grown up doing that. I've come from a blue collar family from Las Vegas where my dad was a Mac Tool, man and didn't come up from a lot but obviously trying to instill those same traits into my kids and how we go about what we do each and every week to go to the race track. So, for me, I would like to think that just, you know, again, showing the human side, humanizing myself and what is important to me, not just at the race track, but away from the race track.”
What do you expect from tonight’s race?
“So yes, if somebody wins to knock themselves in, right, so that to me is where the storyline is so you're going to have legit, you know, the rest of the guys that want to go race for a win as well too. All of us we want to go race for a win and with the unknown predictability of Daytona and what all of that is here just lends itself into the perfect storm of opportunity of guys to win and knock themselves in. So you know, I think there's going to be a big race up front. And, you know, I'd love to be in that. I need bonus points just as the other guys do. I need regular points. You know, we've fallen far enough it'd be nice to I think we have a legit shot for getting one or two spots back where we're at right now. So that's two more Playoff points that we have a shot for. So it'd be nice to not lose those. But you also I do know, at the end of the day, you got to be in it to win it. And so if you're not there at the end of this race, then you don't have a shot to win. So you know that that obviously plays a role as well.”
How do you approach this race for yourself?
“Knowing all of that, I don't know I'm still on the fence about it. I want to go out there and race because you know, when you go out there and race you're around people at the front of the pack for much of the day, and they get a chance to be around you see how you run see how fast your car is if they can work well with you. But on the flip side of that is if you're around them and then you're wiped out or they're wiped out and you weren't there in the beginning of the race. There's new contenders at the end of the race, so yeah, I don't know. If I could guarantee myself a lead lap spot, stay on the lead lap by being a half a lap down the whole race, I would probably take that. And then what restart do you go on? Do you go on the restart ten to go do you go on the recent the third overtime restart, which one do you go on? I don't know. And the other thing too is like once you get two wide, it's going to be hard to make moves and go up the middle and get up towards the front so you kind of need to put yourself in a spot or get yourself worked into a good spot before that final pit stop. So if that answered any questions, I have no idea good luck. That's how I feel like people are telling me tonight. I don't know, good luck.”
Have you spoken to Kurt Busch and how is he doing after the news from this week?
“I’m not speaking for Kurt Busch. Same as though I'm not speaking for Kyle Busch either. So, a few of you got that, good work, all right. So yeah, he's, I mean, he's down right, like he wants to be here. He wants to go out there. He wants to race he wants to put a helmet on again and he wants to get back in that race car, as I would expect. I've been around him for all of my 37 years. And so, you know, he's a talented and driven individual who wants to go out there and do what he loves to do. So, I respect his decision and his news that he gave earlier this week for relinquishing a Playoff spot. I think that's mighty strong of him to do and obviously I feel like it's also -- he's not he's not sacrificing himself for a spot or taking a spot from the rest of the field. Right. Like he's relinquishing that spot for others to be able to go out there and race with his unknown status at this time. So I think that was very strong with him. And yeah, I think that's going to bode well.”
From the family side, are you worried about Kurt’s recovery?
“You're always worried about your family, right? You know, certainly want the best for him and whatever that is, but obviously his health needs to be first and he's going through the exercises and the things that he's told to do in order to make sure that he can please the doctors to get back in that race car. So you know, this Kurt Busch not being in the race car is not Kurt Busch's decision. It's someone else's. So that's what stinks to but also that's what keeps us from ourselves and going out there and racing hurt is those around the sport and the doctors in which he has to deal with. Yeah, it's tough for sure. It's not easy, but he's fine. He's I don't know how to say this politely. But he's not knocked himself stupid. He's, he's very well aware of the decisions and the repercussions of those that he's making. So I give him full vote, or full credit for making those.”
How do you try to help your Toyota teammates tonight with the 19 holding a Playoff spot and the 23 trying to get into the Playoffs?
“If I'm coming off a turn four the 23 (Bubba Wallace) and the 19 (Martin Truex Jr.) are side by side in front of me and I'm the next one, I'm lifting. So if I know I can't win, I am out. Just give me the points. So yeah, that's kind of how I look at it. Obviously, you don't necessarily, again, the 13 other car numbers you’ve got to figure out that are in the picture that you don't want to push to a win if Martin's the last one on points. You know, same thing like you, you obviously, you know, if there's the 9 (Chase Elliott) car is on the bottom, and there's, name one, the 43 (Erik Jones) on the outside, and I'm following the 43 like, the 100% rule comes into effect, right? What do you do? You obviously don't want to knock a teammate out.”
Do you need give-and-take to win a championship?
“Absolutely. Yes you do, you need give and take to win a championship.”
Will Ross Chastain get benefit of the doubt when it come to the Playoffs with other drivers?
“Absolutely not, no way, no chance. I don’t think people are paying him back yet, they’re waiting for the right time. Denny (Hamlin) got really tight off turn one in Pocono. I know how tight these cars can get.”
Have you had your Toyota meeting yet and have you talked about different scenarios?
“Yes. Just what I said before, if the 19 (Martin Truex Jr.) and the 23 (Bubba Wallace) or side by side I'm out. That's what I said. You know, like I said, obviously, it's the 13 other car numbers that you don't need to be behind pushing to the checkered flag to score a win. If you know the 19 is on the edge. So yeah, I mean all that's been laid out.”
How will aggression with this new race car in the Playoffs impact the racing when everyone gets to Darlington?
“Yeah, I think the biggest thing with this car is people are seeing it take little hits a bit more racing hits, you know, knocking each other out of the way pushing on each other a little bit leaning on the bodies. The bodies are way, for sure, more durable in that aspect, but the chassis components still have a tick of weakness to them, you know, you can bump on the fence or somebody else and bend a front or rear tow rod. And so those are the things that that you're cautious of or more cautious of is those wheel hits. But the body stuff, yeah, everybody's taking full advantage of that and leaning on everybody a little bit more, which I think we all kind of saw was going to be an opportunity with this car with the composite body we see an opportunity a little bit. And you know, as you said the parity plays a piece in that too because these cars are more similar to the same speed. I mean, you look at Martinsville tests, they ran 300 and some laps and the whole field was within three tenths you know, so yeah, like passing at a road course. You know, you have to bomb it off in there and you know, you're not going to make the corner you know, you're going to lean on the guy and push him out of the groove in order to make a pass like that's how it's done now, just because there is, I don't have any better breaks than the next guy because they're all bought from the same place.”
Does it change how the 19 is viewed in the Playoffs if he can only compete for the driver’s championship and not the owner’s championship within the Joe Gibbs Racing organization?
“No, I don't think it changes anything. I think Joe (Gibbs) looks at it as if it's in. I don't think there's any difference, any separation in that. You want to talk about contracts, let's talk about contracts. I don't know what's in his contract with Toyota and TRD or his sponsors if the car isn't what the driver is, or if it's even in there and spelled out, I don't know. Mine would say that if I'm in, I get what I'm supposed to get, you know what I mean? So I don't know how that works otherwise, but I probably gave you guys a whole other topic to go down the rabbit hole on. I'm sorry, Joe. So anyway, they won't look any different than 19 car will still be a normal player for us as the Playoffs progress.”
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Those eager to identify the last two drivers to qualify for the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff—including the 15 eligible drivers themselves—will have to wait another day.
Persistent rain forced postponement of Saturday night’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway until 10 a.m. Sunday. The race will be broadcast on CNBC, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
Kyle Larson will lead the field to green in the final regular-season race, an event that will set the 16-driver Playoff field. Ryan Blaney and Martin Truex Jr., both winless this season, currently hold the final two Playoff berths on points—with Blaney holding a 25-point edge over Truex—but any one of 13 winless drivers below Truex in the Playoff standings could steal a Playoff spot by winning.
Larson described the difference between racing during the day versus night at Daytona.
“This place, the handling will be more of a factor for sure during the day than at night,” the reigning Cup champion said. “I mean just the whole track is slicker, but I feel like Turn 4 gets really tight.
“So I don’t know, and I don’t remember us being on track earlier this year with the sun out. In (sister track) Talladega, handling is not a big deal there. The cars drove really good there gripped up. So, yeah, I am sure it will play a factor, as it always does.” | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/72393-coke-zero-sugar-400-at-daytona-postponed-by-rain-until-sunday | 2022-08-28T20:16:36Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/72393-coke-zero-sugar-400-at-daytona-postponed-by-rain-until-sunday | 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)
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BRAD KESELOWSKI, No. 6 Castrol Ford Mustang – “Somebody wrecked in front of me. I’m not really sure exactly what happened, but there were just a bunch of cars wrecking in front of me. I didn’t have anywhere to go and couldn’t slow down in time, so I hate it for our team. We had a really fast race car. We were working our way to the front, but we’ll cheer on Chris Buescher now, I guess.”
DID THE ACCIDENT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE TIME OF THE RACE? WAS THE TRACK SLICKER THAN USUAL? “Maybe, maybe not. I didn’t actually see what happened. I just know that they wrecked in front of me and I could slow down and ran into it. We beat the front end up and weren’t able to get it fixed. It’s a bummer for everybody on the RFK No. 6 with Castrol on board. We had a good car and a shot to win today if we could just not get wrecked and to get wrecked so early on in the race, we never had a chance to show it. It’s a big bummer.”
WHAT’S THE MISSION THE NEXT 10 WEEKS? “To win a race.”
SO YOU FELT CONFIDENT IN YOUR CAR? “Yeah, we were pretty good. We had a shot to run for it today and never got a chance to show it.”
CAN YOU GET MORE AGGRESSIVE THE NEXT 10 WEEKS AND TRY SOME THINGS? “Not really. We’re doing all the same things. There’s no aggression left that we haven’t shown.”
HOW FRUSTRATING IS IT TO BE OUT SO EARLY? “It’s frustrating, but whenever your season is down to one race you’ve got a lot more going on than just that one race. Our team put a lot of effort into getting this car ready. They brought a great car, so I hurt for them that we didn’t get a chance to show it.”
THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2013 YOU WON’T BE IN CHAMPIONSHIP MODE. “I’m not thinking about it that way. I’m just focused on getting better with our own team every day.”
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Every week, Oprah is setting an intention exclusively for Oprah Daily Insiders, with reflections on topics like letting go, forgiveness, coming into your own, and more. Come back to this page each day for inspiration related to this week’s theme: Embracing What's Next
Hello, Insiders.
So, we're here at the farm with my dear, dear friend Ava DuVernay, who just turned 50. You all know, I've said this for so many years, that when I turned 50 Maya Angelou said to me the 50s are everything you've been meaning to do.
There's so many of you, I know, who already are 50, are gonna turn 50, past 50, and you know that it is such a vital age because you let so many other things go. So, what are you looking forward to for this next decade?
Ava DuVernay: I'm looking forward to taking care of myself.
Oprah: Oooh! That's what it's about.
AD: I [am] very intentionally walking towards taking better care of me.
OW: Wow.
AD: 'Cause the early years you're worried about everybody else—some of us. I have been.
OW: This is just lemonade, by the way, because this girl doesn't drink a drop of alcohol.
AD: So, yeah, that's what I'm looking forward to, and this is the start of it, look what you've done for me here.
OW: One of the things that's been so joyful for me is to see your family and your friends just surround you and embrace you with so much love. It's like an intervention of love. It's like when people are in trouble and everybody gathers around to try to save them. But there's no saving, there's just an offering.
AD: That's a beautiful way to think of it. The beautiful thing that you've done with this is allowed me to bring people from different parts of my life together. And, you know, everyone will have this in their own life: Some people are your work friends, some people are your high school friends, some people are your family friends. But, to see everyone together, interacting and enjoying each other you think, Oh, they all have something in common, right? There's something that you love in all of them. You just meet them in different walks of life. That's been such a joy to see the combos with people. Like, Those two are talking. Oh yeah they'd enjoy that.
OW: You know what else, the 50s are like—because listen, that menopause thing is gonna come, it's gonna happen...
AD: Not yet.
OW: No but you can't avoid it.
AD: Maybe I'm the first.
OW: You will not avoid it.
AD: Maybe it'll be light.
OW: A change is gonna come, and for many of us I know turning 50 felt like kind of a new beginning. Do you sense that for yourself?
AD: I sense that for myself and I've been feeling it as I've been walking towards 50. One of the things I feel fortunate about is that I haven't been fearing 50.
OW: Fantastic.
AD: I haven't been thinking about it, I haven't been like, "Oh, when I get there," just never had that issue with age. So now it just feels like, "Oh." All I've been saying is, "I'm 50, I'm 50," all day.
OW: Yeah, I never feared it either, because I had Maya as a role model and I watched her move through the 60s and 70s and on into the 80s and so, nothing to fear. [It's] just everything you've been meaning to be.
AD: I like it!
OW: I like it!
AD: You're that for me. So I can see, I mean look, it's not looking like a sad thing here. Looking fabulous! Okay!
OW: Alright! Go well.
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MICHAEL MCDOWELL, No. 34 Horizon Hobby Ford Mustang – “I’m not really sure what happened. Obviously, we were all racing pretty hard there knowing that there’s weather coming and we’re past halfway. I just have to go back and look at it. I don’t want to say anything silly, but felt like I had a good push from the 8 and had a run on the 22 and pulled out. I’m not sure if the 8 got me a little bit or if the 22 just blocked a little bit too hard. It’s superspeedway racing trying to get ourselves locked into the playoffs in our Horizon Hobby Ford Mustang. We were going for it. You can see the weather is right there, so it’s unfortunate. We fought so hard to put ourselves in position to have a shot at making the playoffs. I felt like that was our shot. We had to go for it and it didn’t work out, but if I’d have lifted and the rain would have came and finished second, I would have been pretty upset with myself.”
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CHASE BRISCOE, No. 14 Mahindra Tractors Ford Mustang – “Down on the back straightaway off of two, Joey decided to go to the bottom, so I felt like following him was probably my best decision there. We got such a big run that I kind of shoved him out that I felt like if I could get up, I could maybe take the lead. Looking back on it, I should have just stayed behind and shoved him. He’s just really good around this place and is always there at the end. When I got up in front of the 48 he started shoving me pretty hard through three and four and was getting me loose. He got to my left-rear and that was a little bit on me just being lazy covering it and not knowing and whenever we lost the banking out of four it just spun me around. It’s unfortunate for my Mahindra Tractor guys. We kind of just rode around early in the race just trying to get to the end and then once we got our track position was just gonna try to maintain it. I don’t have a lot of experience leading races here and that’s what happens whenever you aren’t aggressive enough making moves, so I just have to put it in the notebook and go onto Darlington next week to start the playoffs and hopefully start a good run.”
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CHRIS BUESCHER, No. 17 Fifth Third Bank Ford Mustang – “We saw rain. Our Fifth Third Bank Mustang was really fast. Everybody did their jobs and I felt like I was doing mine fairly well up there and had a run. We were definitely in a good spot and it was raining when we got to turn one and we all wiped out. We wiped out all the lead cars, so whoever wins this race wasn’t even in contention. It’s just ridiculous from my point of view.”
ARIC ALMIROLA, No. 10 Smithfield Ford Mustang – “A few things didn’t work out. I was in position and there was maybe a move I could have made differently to try and get to the lead, but my help that was pushing me – the 17 – wasn’t clear, so I didn’t take the run. Looking back on it, maybe I wish I would have, but I would have just been in the lead and I would have been the first one to the rain, so I feel like I would have wrecked either way. I just hate it. I obviously wanted to win so we could get our team into the playoffs, but we’ve still got a lot of racing left to do this year and proud of everybody on our race team. I’m just thankful to Smithfield and Ford and everybody that supports this program. We’ll go race hard for 10 more weeks and get ready for next year then.”
TODD GILLILAND, No. 38 First Phase Ford Mustang – “Track conditions seemed fine, I guess, up until they weren’t right there. I was obviously at the back of that pack. I’ve never seen everyone spin out that quick, so I guess the track was probably pretty wet. That sucks, for sure. I felt like we had a good First Phase Ford Mustang today. We got sixth place in the second stage. We were racing up there with the guys that were supposed to be. Overall, I felt like our car was OK. That kind of sucks to end it like that, but it was typical Daytona,.”
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ORLANDO, Fla. (Aug. 28, 2022) Team Air Force and Team Ukraine congratulate each other after their sitting volleyball game at the 2022 DoD Warrior Games. The Warrior Games are composed of over 200 wounded, ill and injured service members and veteran athletes, competing in 12 adaptive sporting events Aug. 19-28, 2022 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Angel Heraldez)
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T. Taylor Warren, whose famous photograph of the 1959 Daytona 500 finish helped determine the winner of the race, has been named the recipient of the 2023 Squier-Hall Award for NASCAR Media Excellence. He is the first photojournalist to win the prestigious award named after Ken Squier and Barney Hall, the first two recipients.
Warren began photographing race cars at the Milwaukee Fairgrounds in 1948 and was hired by Bill France Sr. to photograph the Daytona Beach Road Course in 1952. He went on to become the track photographer at Daytona International Speedway, where he worked every Daytona 500 until his death in 2008.
“While T. Taylor Warren was best known for his photo of the 1959 Daytona 500 finish, his photographs brought NASCAR to our fans for nearly six decades,” said NASCAR Chairman and CEO Jim France. “Through his work for NASCAR, race tracks and countless motorsports outlets, his images were often the only way for fans to see the action from the race track. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and when it comes to NASCAR photography, no one was more prolific than T. Taylor.”
In addition to his work for NASCAR and tracks, Warren shot photos for several racing magazines, most notably Southern MotoRacing
Warren has been honored with several prestigious awards. In 2006, he became the first photographer to win the International Motorsports Hall of Fame's Henry T. McLemore Award for achievement in journalism. He posthumously won the National Motorsports Press Association (NMPA) Myers Brothers Award in 2008 for outstanding contributions to the sport of stock car racing. He was also inducted into the NMPA Hall of Fame in January of 2009.
Warren will be honored during NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony festivities on Jan. 20, 2023 and featured in an exhibit in the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Tickets to the Induction Weekend events are available at NASCARHall.com.
The other seven nominees for the award were:
Russ Catlin, one of the best-known early racing writers and historians; editor of Speed Age Magazine
George Cunningham, long-time beat writer for The Charlotte Observer, Atlanta Constitution and NASCAR Scene; is the namesake for the annual NMPA award for Excellence in Writing
Shav Glick, covered motorsports for the Los Angeles Times for 37 years bringing NASCAR coverage to the West Coast
Mike Harris, spent 30 years as the lead motorsports writer for the Associated Press
Bob Montgomery, co-founder and announcer for the Universal Racing Network
Bob Moore, spent more than 20 years as a NASCAR beat writer including stints with the Daytona Beach News-Journal and The Charlotte Observer
Deb Williams, the first woman to receive the American Motorsports Media Award of Excellence.
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Just three weeks after they outdistanced the USAC/CRA 410 sprint car field in the main event at Santa Maria, Brody Roa will be teaming with car owner Jayson May for Saturday’s USAC West Coast Sprint Car race at the Ventura Raceway. It will be the first appearance of the year for Roa in the series that he was champion of in 2016.
Roa, who lives in Garden Grove, California, will be making his second appearance of the year at Ventura on Saturday. On June 11th, he drove his own #91R to the second-place finish in the USAC/CRA main event there. On that night, he dogged the winner the entire race and was glued to his tail at the end. Roa was clearly the faster driver, but the track was one groove on the bottom. The 31-year-old’s only option to win the race would have been to knock the leader out of the way. Unlike many drivers, Roa raced the leader clean and ended up second.
Saturday’s appearance at Ventura will be Roa’s third time in May’s car in 2022. In addition to the win at Santa Maria, he drove in two races at the Central Arizona Speedway in February. The first night, he had a big lead in the yellow flag-plagued main event when he ran out of fuel late in the race and dropped to fifth. Twenty-four hours later on the same track, he placed second in the feature.
“That thing rips,” Roa told the crew of the Dirt Tracks and Rib Racks podcast last Sunday when referring to May’s car. “Obviously, it beat the 410s at Santa Maria. That place was rough on both ends. Sticky as can be in three and four and slick and dusty in one and two. Kind of tricky. Kind of proved how good that 360 runs.”
Roa comes into this week’s action following what can best be described as a rough Saturday in last week’s USAC/CRA Series race at Perris Auto Speedway. As he put it to the cast on the podcast, “I would like to pretend last night did not happen.”
Coming into the night off two straight series wins, Roa was the defending champion of the California Racer’s Hall of Fame Night. In qualifying, he turned in a time of 16.903. That was six fastest of the 21 cars on hand. It also gave him a good shot at starting on the front row of the main event. However, it ended up being the only bright spot on the night.
Being the second fastest car in his 10-lap heat race, Roa was starting fifth. All he had to do was finish one spot ahead of where he started to assure himself a spot on the front row of the main event. He took the coveted fourth position going into turn three on the first circuit. However, it all started to unravel from that point!
Going into turn three on the third lap, Roa was going by the third-place car. Suddenly that car slid up the track and pushed Roa into the wall. Both of Roa’s right side wheels were on the top of the crashwall. Somehow, he managed to steer the car off the wall, and while he lost territory to the third-place car, he did not lose a position.
After gathering it back in, Roa had reeled in the top three by lap five and was racing on the wide line. Suddenly, the leader came to a near stop in Roa’s line. With nowhere to go, Roa got his car wooed down just as the other car took off. Simultaneously, the yellow came out. One lap into the restart the same car that slowed in the cushion slowed again directly in front of Roa leaving him nowhere to go. Roa got into the back of the slowing car and ended with a flat right front tire. Mercifully, his heat from heck ended before the crew could finish changing the tire.
Roa still had a good starting spot for the main in eighth. Sadly, it was just one of those nights. On lap two, a car slid across the track in turn four and knocked Roa into the fence. The clash damaged the front end of the #91R and knocked it out of the race. That ended the nightmare of a night and left Roa with a frustrating 19thplace finish.
If you wish to hear the aforementioned Dirt Tracks and Rib Racks podcast with Roa, you can do so at the following link https://spoti.fi/3cjQrLL.
Roa has a busy month of September on tap. He will be back in May’s car for two West Coast Series races. The first will be at Bakersfield on the 10th and two weeks later on the 24th at Ventura. Sandwiched in between, he will be back at Perris in the #91R for the USAC/CRA Glen Howard Memorial on the 17th.
In 2022, Roa is racing in the USAC/CRA, USAC National, and other select events, in his #91R BR Performance/HD Industries Eagle. He will also drive the #8M for May Motorsports in select USAC West Coast events. The 2019 USAC Southwest and 2017 USAC West Coast champion is always open to discussing other driving opportunities.
Roa and the team want to thank the following sponsors for making the 2022 season possible. HD Industries, Burris Racing, Sander Engineering, Inland Rigging, Caltrol, “Biker” Bruce Fischer, Competition Suspension, ALR Virtual Services, K-1 Race Gear, Molecule, Rod End Supply, Driven Racing Oil, Baldwin Filters, and NGK Spark Plugs. In addition, the veteran driver offers thanks to RDM Mechanics, Fastenal, Coopers Propane, Ten West Towing, Ten West Environmental, TJM Distribution, and Westco International for sponsoring the #8M he will pilot for Jayson May on 10 occasions in 2022.
If you or your company would like to jump on board and receive recognition as a team partner throughout the 2022 racing season, please give the two-time USAC champion racer a phone call or drop him a note at the contact information on the top of this release.
Fans can learn more about Roa and the team at https://www.brodyroa.com/. Fans can also check out the team news at Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/
To keep up with May Motorsports, please check out and “like” its Facebook page. https://www.facebook.
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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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Team Air Force serves the ball to Team Ukraine at the 2022 DoD Warrior Games, August 28, 2022. The Warrior Games are composed of over 200 wounded, ill and injured service members and veteran athletes, competing in 12 adaptive sporting events Aug. 19-28, 2022 at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida.(U.S. Army photo by Spc. Giselle Gonzalez)
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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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Manteca brothers Eric and Ethan Nascimento each visited victory lane during Saturday’s MAVTV-televised Late Model action at the Madera Speedway. Eric Nascimento won a dramatic and exciting Lunkerdaddy Pro Late Model 80-lap feature while Ethan Nascimento led all but the opening lap to take the 70-lap 51FIFTY Jr. Late Model triumph.
Eric Nascimento led the 20 starters to the green flag in the Pro feature. Outside pole sitter Jay Juleson of San Jose fell backwards in the early laps. Incoming points leader Jadan Walbridge ran as low as ninth in the first ten laps as well. The first caution flew on lap nine for Monty Tipton of Mill Valley stalling on the backstretch in his series debut.
Napa’s Dylan Zampa charged from fifth to second on the restart while three-wide action took place around the seventh position. The top-six cars ran bumper to bumper in a narrow line around the bottom of the one-third mile speedway. Tyler Herzog of Fresno and Atwater’s Jason Aguirre made contact on the backstretch which led to Aguirre stopping in turn four for a caution on lap 29.
Nascimento chose the inside on the restart and led lap 30 by a nose over Zampa. Zampa then cleared Nascimento on lap 31 around the outside for the lead. Las Vegas’ Kyle Keller peeked inside Nascimento for second to kick off many laps of battling between the pair. Zampa led Nascimento, Keller, Sean Hingorani, and Ethan Nascimento into the lap 50 break for adjustments. All three Nascimento Motorsports cars required attention to their front brakes. Ethan Nascimento had to give up fifth and restart 18th after entering the pits again for additional repairs before the green flag flew.
Zampa chose the outside over Eric Nascimento to hold the lead on the restart. Hingorani drove past Nascimento for second on lap 56. Ethan Nascimento’s went up in sparks with apparent brake issues, slamming the turn three wall for a caution on lap 66.
This restart saw Zampa choose the inside against Hingorani. Hingorani had a big run off turn two and tried to cross to the inside on the backstretch to no avail. They collided on lap 70 into turn one, sending Zampa spinning and relegating both drivers to the rear of the field.
Utilizing an open motor combination against the GM 602 crate engines, Eric Nascimento inherited the lead and picked the outside to fully capitalize on the power under the hood. Juleson and Washington’s Kasey Kleyn crashed in turn three on lap 72 while battling for seventh. Their caution led to a series of brief and minor cautions on lap 72.
The race finally got underway with an eight lap run with Keller attempting to drive underneath Nascimento for the win. They went side-by-side down the backstretch on the final circuit. Keller dove inside and got up alongside Nascimento exiting the final corner.
They never touched and Nascimento cleanly topped Keller by a scant .191 second margin at the checkered flag. Walbridge preserved his points lead by outfoxing Eagle, Idaho’s Jacob Smith for third. Herzog came back to snare fifth from Bakersfield’s Kercie Jung over the final run as well. Walbridge will enjoy a small lead of roughly five points over Keller with two rounds to go in the series.
Manteca’s Ethan Nascimento won his third consecutive 51FIFTY Jr. Late Model Series feature, tightening the championship fight with Washington’s Kasey Kleyn and points leader Robbie Kennealy of Madera.
Kenna Mitchell of Loomis drove around the outside of Nascimento to lead lap one by .003 seconds before a little bit of backstretch contact between the two of them. Nascimento led lap two while Mitchell drifted backwards to sixth on the outside line. Drivers in positions third through sixth ran on top of each other throughout the first 40-lap segment. Joey Kennealy drove away from the quartet in the final ten laps of the opening stage. Nascimento led Kleyn, Joey Kennealy, Monty Tipton of Mill Valley, and incoming points leader Robbie Kennealy into the break.
Emerging from the break for adjustments and MAVTV interviews, Nascimento charged ahead with the lead. Joey Kennealy got sideways in turn two and fell back to sixth. His brother Robbie Kennealy used the close battling to advance past Tipton for third.
Mitchell followed suit and the race was on between Mitchell and Robbie Kennealy for the third position. Mitchell used the front bumper to lean her way past Kennealy with two laps to go. Kennealy answered back with hard contact into turn one on the final lap. Both drivers were relegated to the end of the lead lap in the final finishing order. Tipton avoided the fracas to finish third for his career-best finish.
Nascimento topped Kleyn by nearly four seconds. Tipton, Joey Kennealy, and a career-best fifth place finish for Bakersfield’s Caden Cordova were the balance of the top-five.
Lincoln’s Brody Manning avoided a collision between Kellen Keller of Las Vegas and Madera’s Skyler Schoppe to win the INEX Bandolero 20-lap feature. Manning’s win came in his debut at the speedway. Schoppe was scored second over Keller.
Ten NCMA Sprint Cars put on a ground-pounding battle. David Dias led the first four laps before Folsom’s Jerry Kobza took over in his LS-powered machine. August 6 winner Justin Kawahata tried a few attempts to pass Kobza. A caution flew on lap 16 for Dr. David Goodwill of Napa stopping in turn three. Kawahata seized the lead on the restart with the decisive maneuver for the win. Pat Goodwill drove past Kobza on the 30th and final lap for second. Tracy’s David Burchett finished fourth followed by series president Mark Amador.
Madera Speedway resumes on September 17 with the MAVTV televised race #8 of the Lunkerdaddy Pro Late Model Series plus the 51FIFTY Jr. Late Model Series 70 laps, INEX Bandoleros, and Challenge Cup.
For more information about the Madera Speedway including how to advertise with a race team on MAVTV please visit www.racemadera.com or call the race office at 209-356-1968.
The 2022 season would not be possible without the support of Lunkerdaddy Fishing Lures, 51FIFTY LTM, Mission Foods, 805 Beer, Race 2B Drug Free, Competition Carburetion, Hoosier Tires, and Sunoco Race Fuel.
Madera Racing on MAVTV airs Monday nights at 3:00pm Pacific and 6:00pm Eastern.
2022 MADERA MAVTV LATE MODEL SCHEDULE
March 5 - $5,000-to-win
April 2
April 30
May 21 – Military Tribute Night
June 25 – Reverend Ron Spencer Red, White Blue Classic
July 30 - $5,000-to-win Summer SpeedFest
August 27
September 17
October 15 - $10,000-to-win Short Track Shootout
October 29 – Pumpkin Cup Open (Non-Points)
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Ray Swinehart of Boyertown, Pa. was able to withstand the challenges of Jeff Strunk of Boyertown, Pa. and Brett Kressley of Orefield, Pa. in the closing stages of the 30-lap T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modified feature, and race home to his first win of the season and 32nd of his career on Saturday night at Grandview Speedway.
The three drivers held the top three positions for the final seventeen laps of the feature race, which saw the final nineteen laps run caution free. However, it was in the final seven circuits that the race really heated up in lapped traffic, with all three running together practically under a blanket to the finish in an entertaining duel.
For the veteran Swinehart, it has been a long and storied career at Grandview, as the veteran driver scored his first win at the track on June 10, 1978, and his most recent win prior to Saturday was September 12, 2020. The now 70-year old driver showed that if the car is right, he still has what it takes to get the job done!
Brian Hirthler of Green Lane, Pa., the current point leader in the T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman division, grabbed the lead from Mark Mohr of Northampton, Pa. on lap 17 and raced home to his fifth victory of the season and 17th of his career on Saturday night in the division’s 25-lap main event.
The feature race winners each received bonus money from T.P. Trailers and Truck Equipment, who every week provide both winners (Modified $300, Sportsman $200) with the bonus money, in the race program that was part of the NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Racing Series.
The Outlaw Racing Series Vintage Racers were on hand on Saturday, with Kenny Gilmore (Modified) and Kevin Kuser (Sportsman) scoring wins in their respective classes in the 12-lap Vintage feature event.
The T.P. Trailer Modified feature got off to a very slow and rocky start. On the initial green, Joe Funk of Coopersburg, Pa. slowed with mechanical problems in turn four drawing a caution flag and resetting the field. The restart proved no better, as following the green the field made it as far as turn three, when Justin Grim of Orefield, Pa. ended up getting into the wall and turning over, causing a red flag.
Following these two issues, the drivers got down to the business of racing with Ron Haring Jr. of Alburtis, Pa. leading the opening lap before Ray Swinehart motored into the lead on lap two. Strunk was on the move early after starting in fourteenth position, and found himself already into the third position by lap eight.
During these early laps a good battle was on up front between Haring, Dan Waisempacher of Springtown, Pa., Mark Kratz of Pennsburg, Pa., and Bobby Trapper Jr. of Scranton, Pa., when Strunk joined this action for position. Not far behind Strunk was Kressley, as he was also quickly moving through the field, and arrived in the fourth position by lap nine.
A caution for a slowing Bobby Gunther-Walsh of Allentown, Pa. occurred on lap eleven, and turned out to be the final slowdown of the race. Following the restart, Strunk would move by Haring taking over second, with Kressley following a lap later taking over third, and setting up a fantastic race for the number two position.
The two drivers battled each other very hard, with Strunk up top and Kressley really putting on the pressure on the bottom lane, for nearly ten laps. Swinehart was enjoying a small but comfortable lead while the battle raged behind him, until encountering lapped traffic in the closing stages.
In the final seven laps, Swinehart’s lead would shrink, as Strunk would change lanes in traffic, and quickly closed in on the leader, putting on serious pressure for the lead, with Kressley right behind him. The three would challenge each other while darting around lapped cars at the same time. The last three laps, Strunk would throw many challenges at Swinehart, but the savvy veteran was able to make the right choice to pick his lanes on the track, and use the lapped traffic to his advantage, blocking off Strunk’s efforts, to race home with his first win of the season and first since September 5, 2020.
Following Swinehart to the finish in another thrilling feature event were Strunk with his sixth second place of the season, Kressley, a late charging Jared Umbenhauer of Richland, Pa., Craig Von Dohren of Oley, Pa. who reached the top five with just two laps to go, Haring Jr. with his best effort of the season, Trapper Jr., Duane Howard of Oley, Pa., Brett Gilmore of Kutztown, Pa. and Tim Buckwalter of Douglasville, Pa.
Qualifying heat race winners for the 35 car field were Haring Jr., Swinehart and Gilmore with Dylan Swinehart of Fleetwood, Pa. winning the consolation.
The T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman also got off to a rocky start, with a red flag, three yellow flags and only one lap scored, and Mark Mohr taking the early lead.
After all the craziness early on, officials called for a single file restart at this point, and it proved to be a great help, as the race ran the final 24 laps caution-free. Hirthler found himself into the top five by lap two after starting in 15th, and quickly went to work.
A three car duel developed between Keith Haring of Alburtis, Pa., Zach Steffy of Sinking Spring, Pa. and Hirthler for the top five spots, soon joined by Parker Guldin of Fleetwood, Pa. and Mike Myers of Alburtis, Pa. making for a fantastic race for the fans to watch.
Meanwhile a tough battle was on going for top ten positions between Matt Clay of Sinking Spring, Pa., Adrianna Delliponti of Norristown, Pa., Joey Vaccaro of Reading, Pa., Steve Young of Collegeville, Pa., the later three who all were charging back through the field after being involved in earlier mishaps.
After reaching second, Hirthler took off after Mohr, finally catching him, and the race was on for the lead. After pressuring Mohr for many laps on the bottom to no avail, Hirthler went to the top and pulled off a pass for the lead on lap 17 in turn one to take command.
Hirthler would maintain the lead to the finish, although Mohr would close in again as the two hit lapped traffic in the final five laps. At the checkered it was Hirthler in for his season leading fifth win, and 17th career Grandview victory, one win shy of the division’s top spot on the all-time win list.
Following Hirthler across the finish line were Mark Mohr for his career best finish, Guldin, Myers, Clay, Vaccaro, Delliponti, Young, Nathan Mohr of Reading, Pa. and Dylan Hoch of Mertztown, Pa.
Qualifying heat races for the 37 cars on hand were won by Jesse Landis of Gilbertsville, Pa., Mark Mohr, BJ Joly of Oley, Pa. and Steffy with the twin consolations won by Hoch and Jimmy Leiby of West Milford, NJ.
The Outlaw Racing Series Vintage feature saw the Modified and Sportsman driver’s race together in the 12-lap feature race. Kenny Gilmore, the 2021 Sportsman division Champion at Grandview now out of weekly racing action, started sixth in the Vintage feature, moved to the front quickly, and took the lead from Mike Stofflet, a lead he would not surrender to the finish. Lapped traffic would come into play in the late stages, but Gilmore worked the traffic to perfection to score the popular win. Kevin Kuser was the first Sportsman across the finish line, and had to work hard for his position, battling in the late stages with Gage Phillips and Joe Medaglia to secure his victory.
The final top five at the finish were Gilmore, Stofflet, Brett Peters, Todd Lapp and Wes Cassel.
Racing next weekend on the Grandview Speedway schedule will be Saturday, September 3, featuring the T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modifieds and the T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman in another NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Racing Series program that will also see the Wingless Super Sportsman Racers joining the show starting at 7:30 pm.
Pit gates will open at 4 pm. with grandstand gates opening at 5:30 pm. warm-ups will be starting at 6:15 pm. Adult grandstand admission is $20, while children ages 11 and under are admitted free of charge.
Friday, September 2 will feature Round 8 with the Outlaw Racing Series Enduro and Outlaw Racing Series Vintage Cars in action starting at 7 pm. Pit gates open at 2 pm., Grandstand gates open at 6 pm. Grandstand admission will be $10, with children ages 12 and under admitted for free. Pit admission is $30 for the Friday event.
The 52nd annual Freedom 76 Modified Championship is the next big event on the schedule, coming up on Saturday, September 17. Lap sponsorships at $20 per lap are now available by contacting Tina Rogers, Tommy Kramer or announcer Jeff Ahlum at the track on race night.
The T. P. Trailer Modified and T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman drivers will be using the final point race events of the summer season to prepare for the big Freedom weekend of racing in September. The T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman will compete in the Freedom 38 on Friday, September 16, and the T.P. Trailer Modifieds will compete in the 52nd annual Freedom 76 Championship on Saturday, September 17. Race info is available on the track website under the Freedom 76 tab at www.grandviewspeedway.com.
Since the 1960’s, Grandview Speedway has been presenting exciting wheel to wheel NASCAR stock car racing every Saturday Night starting in April and running through September, plus special events. Grandview Speedway is located at 43 Passmore Road, Bechtelsville, Pa. 19505, just off Route 100, ten miles north of Pottstown, Pa.
Information is always available at www.grandviewspeedway.com or on Facebook, or by telephone at 610.754.7688.
T.P. TRAILER NASCAR MODIFIED FEATURE FINISH (30 laps): RAY SWINEHART, Jeff Strunk, Brett Kressley, Jared Umbenhauer, Craig Von Dohren, Ron Haring Jr., Bobby Trapper Jr., Duane Howard, Brett Gilmore, Tim Buckwalter, Doug Manmiller, Michael Storms, Kevin Hirthler, Ryan Grim, Dan Waisempacher, Jesse Leiby, Kevin Graver Jr., Kyle Lilick, John Willman, Mark Kratz, Nate Brinker, Dylan Swinehart, Ryan Beltz, Bobby Gunther-Walsh, Mike Lisowski, Craig Whitmoyer, Justin Grim, Joe Funk
DID NOT QUALIFY: Brad Arnold, Cory Merkel, Addison Meitzler, Brad Grim, Ron Kline, Steve Swinehart, Carroll Hine III
T.P. TRUCK EQUIPMENT NASCAR SPORTSMAN FEATURE FINISH (25 laps): BRIAN HIRTHLER, Mark Mohr, Parker Guldin, Mike Myers, Matt Clay, Joey Vaccaro, Adrianna Delliponti, Steve Young, Nathan Mohr, Dylan Hoch, Jimmy Leiby, Kyle Smith, Cody Manmiller, Decker Swinehart, Mark Gaugler, Keith Haring, Zach Steffy, Zane Roth, Logan Bauman, BJ Joly, Bryan Rhoads, Nathan Horn, Kenny Bock, Ryan Graver, Dakota Kohler, Mike Schneck Jr., Michael Burrows, DNS – Jesse Landis
DID NOT QUALIFY: Josh Adams, Wayne Rotenberger, Weston Mensch, Nicholas Hamm, Hunter Iatalese, Chris Esposito, Katelyn Bailey, Kyle Hartzell, Jesse Hirthler
OUTLAW RACING SERIES VINTAGE FEATURE FINISH (12 laps): KENNY GILMORE, Mike Stofflet, Brett Peters, Todd Lapp, Wes Cassel, KEVIN KUSER (first Sportsman), Gage Phillips, Joe Medaglia, Curt Neiman, Myron Haydt, Bill Carr, Steve Hahn, Andy Cassel, DNS – Bill Gerhart, Scott Schaeffer
UPCOMING EVENTS –
Friday, September 2 – Outlaw Racing Series Enduro and Outlaw Racing Series Vintage – 7 pm.
Saturday, September 3 – T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modifieds, T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman, Wingless Super Sportsman – 7:30 pm.
Saturday, September 10 – CHAMPIONSHIP NIGHT - T.P. Trailer NASCAR Modifieds, T.P. Truck Equipment NASCAR Sportsman – 7:30 pm.
Friday, September 16 – 9th annual FREEDOM 38 CHAMPIONSHIP for T.P. Truck Equipment Sportsman $2000 to win, plus Modified practice – 7:30 pm.
Saturday, September 17 – 52nd annual FREEDOM 76 MODIFIED CHAMPIONSHIP for T.P. Trailer Modifieds – 7 pm.
Saturday, September 24 - Outlaw Racing Series Enduro and Outlaw Racing Series Vintage – 7 pm. (Rain date for Freedom 76)
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What started over three hours after its original start time due to rain plaguing the track for most of the afternoon. When the Wawa 250 got underway from Daytona AJ Allmendinger would lead the field to green and take control of the race early on before turning the race lead over to Noah Gragson who started on the outside pole on lap four.
With halfway to the stage one caution break Sammy Smith out spin out of turn four and making contact the inside wall to bring out the first caution of the night. Unfortunately for Smith it would also end his night early in the event.
The race would get back underway with the two Monster Energy cars of Gibbs and Herbst swapping the lead for a couple laps before Gibbs would clear away with the lead just as Kyle Sieg blew a tire in turn two the bring out the second caution of the night.
As the race resumed Gibbs and Herbst would once again go at it for the lead swapping aggressively before Brandon Jones would get to the bumper of Gibbs to shove him out to the lead with help from AJ Allmendinger for a three car break away.
Stage one would end with Gibbs using the block to keep the field behind him, Hill, Creed, Allmendinger and Berry would round out the top-five as the stage came to an end.
Just as halfway went up on the board Anthony Alfredo and Justin Allgaier would start swapping the lead as Alfredo would clear away for the lead as Gragson would once again enter the picture for the lead diving deep under Alfredo to take the lead away with four laps remaining in stage two.
Stage two would end with Gragson taking home the stage win over Alfredo, Herbst, Mayer and Berry. However, Creed who was racing with Alfredo for second place would get turned down the back by Allgaier spinning across the skid pad yet keeping himself off the wall to gather it back up to keep the stage green.
Caution would once again fly for the fourth time of the night when Herbst broke loose off turn three as his tire went down sliding through the grass but kept it going and off the wall to make it back to pit road.
Chaos would ensue with just 18 laps remaining when Nemechek, Graf and Creed would get together on the back for the sixth caution of the night when Brandon Brown would get into the back bumper of Nemechek to start the chain reaction ending the night of Nemechek, Creed and Graf.
As 10 to go went in the air it would be short lived as AJ Allmendinger would spin off the nose of Allgaier that would collect Mayer, Berry, and Snider spinning behind them. Mayer would end up stuck in the grass ending his night.
With just two laps remaining and the white flag coming Hemric would come down on Gragson shooting him back up the track and in the path to collect Jones, Starr, Allgaier Burton, Alfredo, Karam, Mills and Herbst for the eighth caution of the night to setup a NASCAR overtime attempt.
Once NASCAR overtime engaged it wouldn’t last a half lap when Herbst would get into the back of Brown with a hard push going into turn three turning Brown in front of the field collecting a total of 13 cars.
NASCAR overtime take two would end no better when AJ Allmendinger with a hard run down the back got into the back of Gragson who came down the track shooting him back up into the outside way destroying the No. 9 machine but collecting Snider, Cassill, Gibbs, Mills and others to bring out the 10th caution of the night.
When it was all over with Jeremy Clements driving for a small family owned team would take the white and checkered flag as Herbst spun behind him and stopping to bring out the final caution of the night.
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220827-N-FM230-1121 IONIAN SEA (Aug. 27, 2022) Rear Adm. Dennis Velez, commander, George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group (GHWBCSG), Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 10, center, has a conversation with Rear Adm. Paul Spedero, Jr., commander, Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG), CSG-8 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), Aug. 27, 2022. The GHWBCSG is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Richard Rodgers)
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7th
13th
"Man, we had a fast Whelen Chevrolet tonight. RCR and ECR brought an amazing car. Not the way we wanted it to end. That was probably one of the hardest hits I’ve taken. I’m not really sure what happened. It was a hard hit. I think the 68 got the 26 and spun him down the track there. I caught him and thought I was going to be okay. And then once I went back up the racetrack, I knew I was in trouble. I’m glad I was able to walk away from that. I do still want to see what happened earlier in the race with the No. 7 car. We spun, but I haven’t been able to see a replay yet. I want to thank my guys. We had a really fast Whelen Chevy. I just wish we could have finished.”
-Sheldon Creed
Austin Hill and the No. 21 United Rentals Chevrolet
Team Suffer Electrical Issue While Leading Third
NASCAR Overtime Attempt at Daytona
14th
14th
6th
"That one really hurts, we were so close to getting our second win at Daytona this season. We had a really fast United Rentals Chevrolet but it was an up and down day to start. We started 14th because qualifying was canceled and then we had an early incident on pit road that gave us some damage and we had to pit a second time for repairs. That set us back but we were able to make up some ground and make it to the next caution for more repairs. My spotter, Derek Kneeland, helped me navigate through a lot of cautions and we were in the right place at the end. I felt pretty confident during the first two NASCAR Overtime attempts. Unfortunately, during the final attempt, we suffered an electrical issue and I couldn't keep my lead. Really tough ending to our day but this team never gives up and has worked really hard to bring strong racecars. We'll regroup and focus on winning at Darlington.”
-Austin Hill
RCR PR | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/xfinity-series-news/72388-rcr-nxs-post-race-report-daytona-2 | 2022-08-28T20:19:03Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/xfinity-series-news/72388-rcr-nxs-post-race-report-daytona-2 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Edo OPC factional leaders sheathe swords after Omo N’Oba’s intervention
Following the intervention of the Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Aklolokoolo, Oba Ewuare II, Oba of Benin, aggrieved leaders of the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) have agreed to sheathe their swords and embrace peace in the interest of the socio-cultural group.
Leaders of the two factions led by its Presidents, Aare Prince Osibote and Otunba Wasiu Afolabi, arrived at the consensus when they met separately with the Oba of Benin in his palace in Benin City, where they expressed appreciation to the Oba for promoting friendliness among the ancient City of Benin and Ile-Ife.
Addressing the Benin throne during his visit, Osibote said: “We are your subjects and your sons; there is nothing that we can do without Benin, as far as Oodua is concerned.”
Also speaking, Afolabi who gave a background of how OPC began a few years ago, said, “I really appreciate your own comments. We will call the few people that are outside together. We are really glad for your goodwill.
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“Next time, we will be here as you have directed. We will make sure that we reach out to all aggrieved members and those who still harbour grudges,” he said.
After listening to the submissions of the two groups, Oba Ewuare II cautioned OPC leaders against teeing up mistrust for partisan interests and sued for unity, welfare and cultural values of the people.
While reiterating the need for attitudinal change, the Oba of Benin charged members of the socio-cultural organisation to shun partisan politics and form a formidable force to reckon with.
He promised to reach out to Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi; (Ọjájá II) for further talks on the matter. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/edo-opc-factional-leaders-sheathe-swords-after-omo-nobas-intervention/ | 2022-08-28T20:24:59Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/edo-opc-factional-leaders-sheathe-swords-after-omo-nobas-intervention/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Imo guber election: Ihedioha suffered daylight robbery, Dogara declares
Politically embattled former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has again thrown another bombshell in continuation of his fight against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) which he belongs to declare that Hon Emeka Ihedioha was politically robbed of his victory as elected Governor of Imo state.
Yakubu Dogara unequivocally declared that Emeka Ihedioha suffered a daylight robbery when his election as Governor of Imo State was nullified by the Supreme Court in January 2020.
The former Speaker according to his Media aide was speaking at the Thanksgiving Service to celebrate the 90 birthday of Ihedioha’s mother, Dame Dorothy Ihedioha at St James Anglican Church, Asokoro, Abuja, on Sunday.
Yakubu Dogara frankly noted with delight that the stolen electoral mandate of Emeka Ihedioha did not in any way break his spirit as he has moved on with life.
He then praised Emeka Ihedioha’s resilience and courage, which attributes, he said came from the upbringing he received his from mother.
According to him, “We want to thank God for the gift of life and more importantly the gift of longevity. As it is said that the impact of life is not measured by the quantum of years you live but by how impactful one’s life is.”
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He stressed that: “We have seen the impact of your life in the Church, the community and in the lives of your children as represented by my wonderful brother, His Excellency Rt. Hon Emeka Ihedioha.
“He has supported me and one of the meetings that led to my emergence as Speaker was held in his Guest House,” he further decided.
The former Speaker added that “I want to say this with all humility that our brother here (Ihedioha) suffered a brazen daylight robbery, and I can be quoted but I thanked God that he didn’t bend or became depressed.
“And I believe it is his faith in God that kept him and he must have contacted this grace from our mother,” he added.
Turning to the celebrant, Yakubu Dogara said, “Mama we thank God for your life and we pray you will continue to age in grace and by His Grace you will reach 120 years in good health and in prosperity.”
He concluded by praying, “And we will be here to celebrate with you because you are ahead of us so we will come too.” | https://tribuneonlineng.com/imo-guber-election-ihedioha-suffered-daylight-robbery-dogara-declares/ | 2022-08-28T20:25:12Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/imo-guber-election-ihedioha-suffered-daylight-robbery-dogara-declares/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Niger SSG harps on unity in Mashegu LG APC
Secretary to Niger State Government (SSG), Ahmed Ibrahim Matane, has called on members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Mashegu Local Government Area on the need to work in unity in order to win the forthcoming 2023 general elections in the country at all levels.
The SSG made the appeal at the Mashegu Local Government APC stakeholders meeting held in Kontagora at the weekend.
Matane tasked members of the party in the area to always deploy patience and wisdom in resolving intra-party differences among members, adding that this would also strengthen the party’s unity in the area.
Considering the objective of every political party to win elections and to form a government, the SSG urged party executives to take their roles and responsibilities seriously and be determined to pursue them with decency.
He said intra-party wranglings are not only threats to democratic consolidation but also stability of the party, hence the need for aggrieved members of the party in the Area to sheathe their swords and work towards making the party emerge victorious in the 2023 elections.
Matane further revealed that government would soon embark on the rehabilitation of Kawo-Mashegu-Kaboji and Adogon Malam-Babugi-Pellegi roads.
The SSG stated further that the regeneration of the network of roads in the area is a testimonial of the Governor Bello-led administration’s commitment to ensure that Mashegu Local Government feels the dividends of democracy.
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In his remarks, the Mashegu Local Government APC Chairman, Alhaji Aliyu Mohammed Danmasani appealed to members of APC in the Area to continue to have faith in the leadership of the party and ensure that all hands are on deck in order to achieve the objective for which the party was established.
In his address, the Executive Chairman, Mashegu Local Government Council, Alhaji Alhassan Isah Mazakuka announced that Mashegu Local Government under his leadership has employed 250 health workers while arrangements have been concluded to employ 300 teachers, these, he said, is part of the dividends of democracy.
The council Boss however enjoined the aggrieved party members to forgive each other and forge ahead for the progress of the party and development of the area as well as for the party to thrive in the 2023 polls.
Meanwhile, the Stakeholders in their separate remarks called on the aggrieved and other members of the party to come together so that the party can be formidable once again.
The stakeholders thereby resolved to deliver all APC candidates victorious in the forthcoming general elections. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/niger-ssg-harps-on-unity-in-mashegu-lg-apc/ | 2022-08-28T20:25:19Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/niger-ssg-harps-on-unity-in-mashegu-lg-apc/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Market men and women traders union in Ogbomoso land have passed a vote of confidence on Governor Seyi Makinde’s administration and thereby endorsed him for a second term in office as the governor of Oyo state.
The decision was taken at a gathering of all the traders at Town Hall, Oja Igbo, in Ogbomoso at the weekend.
The endorsement, according to them, is in appreciation of the state government’s business policies and infrastructure development, which support their trades.
It was added that the endorsement was a sign of widespread support for his administration’s initiatives to expand Oyo State and boost the reputation of the state for good governance.
The occasion had in attendance the Commissioner for Information, Wasiu Olatunbosun, who stood in for the acting governor of Oyo state, Barrister Bayo Lawal.
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He thanked the traders in Ogbomoso for their support for Governor Seyi Makinde’s re-election.
He said that the ceding of LAUTECH to Oyo State, including free education, free books, primary health centres across all local governments and primary healthcare, and Omituntun free health nation every three months are part of the governor’s promises in 2019.
Olatubosun went on to mention many roads that were being built throughout Oke Ogun, including Fapote to Iseyin, Under G Road, numerous roads in Ibadan, and the light-up Oyo.
He continued by saying that the governor has been taking care of pensioners and paying their gratuities despite the challenging economic conditions the federal government had put the nation through. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/second-term-of-makinde-receives-boost-as-ogbomoso-traders-give-nod/ | 2022-08-28T20:25:26Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/second-term-of-makinde-receives-boost-as-ogbomoso-traders-give-nod/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Managers can be the difference between success and failure. A great manager can motivate a team to do things they never thought they could do. Becoming a better manager does not magically happen overnight. You have to invest in improving your managerial skills. Good skills take patience, wisdom, and experience.
Managers play an important role in improving employee engagement in the workplace. Developing your leadership and management skills can make a big difference. In this article, you will find six tips to help you become a better manager.
1. Know your team
To become a better manager, you have to start by knowing your team better. Knowing your team goes beyond memorising their names. No matter what type of team you have, whether large or small, you must understand them well.
Understanding them includes their backgrounds and their current roles. The best way to get to know your team is to have a one-on-one conversation with them.
2. Motivate your team
To be a better manager, you must encourage your team no matter what. You must encourage and motivate because you never know what your team members might be feeling on any particular day.
When you motivate your team members, you send a strong positive message to them, which reinforces their faith in their work and drives them to complete it with their best effort.
3. Improve your communication skills
There is no substitute for good communication in becoming a better manager. You need to communicate more effectively if you want to be respected and taken seriously by your team.
Every activity you do comes down to how you communicate. Your tone should be helpful and motivating, and should be able to resolve any problem.
4. Appreciate your team
To become a better manager, you need to realise that your job as a leader is not just to make sure your team delivers tasks but also that they get appreciated for what they do.
When you know who is contributing what, you must go ahead and appreciate them for their part. This sends a positive message and makes them feel valued.
5. Give honest and constructive feedback
Apart from appreciating a team member in a group, you might have times when you have to share something critical related to their job.
The best approach you can give as a manager is to speak one on one with your team members and tell them honestly how they could have done the job better. You should give constructive feedback to motivate your team.
6. Ask for feedback
As important as giving feedback is, receiving feedback is also important. To become a better manager, you should hear from your employees about your performance.
Have honest and open communication with your employees. You can try asking them to fill out surveys and anonymous forms that will help you understand your role better and ways you can improve them.
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Princess Diana's car auctioned as 25th anniversary of her death nears
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.
A packed auction room to see the 1985 Ford Escort RS Turbo previously owned by Diana, Princess of Wales, go under the hammer at Silverstone Classics at the Silverstone Race Circuit near Towcester, Northamptonshire, as it sells for £650,000. Picture d
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.
Last year, another Ford Escort that Diana used sold at auction for 52,000 pounds ($61,100). | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/princess-dianas-car-auctioned-as-25th-anniversary-of-her-death-nears | 2022-08-28T20:32:34Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/princess-dianas-car-auctioned-as-25th-anniversary-of-her-death-nears | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The rumors are becoming reality.
British Open champion Cameron Smith’s long-rumored defection to LIV Golf is expected to happen after the conclusion of the Tour Championship, according to ESPN. Smith will reportedly be joined by Marc Leishman, Harold Varner III, Joaquin Niemann, Camero Tringale and Anirban Lahiri, ESPN reports. A Golf Channel report confirmed the first four of those names and added Mito Pereira to the list of defectors.
It’s expected that all of those players will compete at the next LIV Golf event in Boston next weekend, per ESPN.
While the PGA Tour wraps up its season with the Tour Championship at East Lake this weekend, this represents the latest blow dealt by Greg Norman and LIV Golf, which has lured away a number of high-profile stars with massive payouts.
The PGA announced earlier this week that it would be making a series of changes to accommodate top players starting next year, including 13 elevated events with large prize money and a doubling of the Player Impact Program bonus.
Still, the PGA doesn’t have pockets deep enough to compete with the Public Investment Fund, which is essentially an extension of the Saudi Arabian state and funds LIV Golf.
Though Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods have been at the forefront of defending the PGA, including spearheading the changes announced this week, the cast of stars around them continues to diminish. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/the-pga-tour-players-expected-to-join-liv-golf-with-cameron-smith/ | 2022-08-28T20:39:10Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/the-pga-tour-players-expected-to-join-liv-golf-with-cameron-smith/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Coming soon to a theater near you!
Select US movie theaters will offer $3 movie tickets next Saturday in honor of National Cinema Day.
The one-day event was announced by The Cinema Foundation in an effort to reinvigorate interest in filmgoing after box office numbers dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic, reports Variety.
“After this summer’s record-breaking return to cinemas, we wanted to do something to celebrate moviegoing,” said Cinema Foundation President Jackie Brenneman.
“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.”
The foundation said the event is scheduled for September 3rd and will include nearly 3,000 theaters across the country.
National Cinema Day arrives on the silver screen shortly after the lowest box office opening week with a meager $52.7 million in grosses.
Major chains, including AMC and Regal Cinemas, are participating in the event as well as all major film studios.
“This day is for movie lovers across the US, celebrating how movies are meant to be seen, on the big screen,” Regal Cinema’s chief marketing officer Ken Thewes in a statement.
The event coincides with the release of an extended edition of “Spiderman: No Way Home.”
Organizers of the event described National Cinema Day as a trial run that they hope will become an annual event.
A complete list of theaters participating in the event can be found on the National Cinema Day’s event website.
Regal Cinemas sweetened the deal even more by including their premium screens — IMAX, Pepsi 4DX, ScreenX, and the Regal Premium Experience — within the National Cinema Day experience. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/us-movie-theaters-to-offer-3-tickets-for-national-cinema-day/ | 2022-08-28T20:39:16Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/28/us-movie-theaters-to-offer-3-tickets-for-national-cinema-day/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MONTICELLO, Fla. (WTXL) — According to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office on Sunday, former Jefferson County sheriff Kenneth Fortune has died.
During his law enforcement career, Fortune was a Florida Highway Patrol trooper before becoming the sheriff of Jefferson County in 1984.
Fortune was sheriff until his retirement in 2004. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/former-jefferson-county-sheriff-fortune-passes-away | 2022-08-28T20:52:46Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/former-jefferson-county-sheriff-fortune-passes-away | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(The Car Connection) — For the 2022 model year, more automakers built their cars to better withstand and avoid crashes, according to the latest ratings announced Thursday by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
More than 70 models earned a 2022 Top Safety Pick+ designation, which is considered the most rigorous independent safety rating in the automotive industry. Last year at this time, 49 models earned the accolade. Another 37 models in 2022 testing earned the next highest rating of Top Safety Pick, bringing the total to 108 models out of about 223 tested.
Every 2022 Volvo and Genesis model earned a TSP+, marking a rare sweep for the brands, though it’s easier to accomplish with lineups that consist of only five key models. Hyundai Motor Group, the parent company of Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis, earned the most total safety picks, with 11 TSP+ and 10 TSP awards.
Only seven domestic models out of 71 earned a 2022 TSP+, while two pickup trucks, the Ram 1500 and Ford F-150, picked up TSP nods.
Much like the five-star NCAP safety ratings overseen by the NHTSA, the TSP designations are meant to streamline safety tests to give car shoppers a standardized baseline when assessing cars. The ratings also encourage automakers to make safer cars.
“Our awards make it easy for car buyers to find models that will protect them in a crash and increase the odds they’ll never be in one,” IIHS President David Harkey said in a statement. “By shooting for Top Safety Pick+, automakers are showing that they’re committed to the same goal.”
To earn a TSP+, vehicles must earn top “Good” ratings in all six crash tests, including the driver’s side and passenger’s side tests that simulate hitting a stationary object like a light pole head-on. Side impact, overall front impact, head restraints, and rollover tests round out that portion of testing.
IIHS Top Safety Pick testing
“Our tests are designed around the types of crashes happening in the real world that may not be reflected by the government’s crash tests,” Joe Young, director of media relations for the IIHS, explained in an interview. “The original IIHS side crash test was designed due to concerns that the government’s side crash test was not capturing all the side crashes that occur in the real world. A big part of that was the changing vehicle fleet, with taller vehicles becoming more popular. IIHS’s barrier was designed to replicate an SUV or pickup striking a vehicle, rather than a shorter car.”
The IIHS is a nonprofit agency funded by the insurance industry, which has a business case for minimizing the incidence and intensity of car crashes.
There are other distinctions in ratings between the two crash-test agencies. Unlike the NHTSA safety assessments, the IIHS rates the efficacy of automatic emergency braking systems and headlight visibility.
“The need for headlight testing emerged due to current regulations allowing too broad a range of headlight performance,” Young said.
Automakers initially had a tougher time meeting the headlight criteria launched in 2016, but compliance has increased even as the standards have become more rigorous. To qualify for a TSP+, cars must have standard headlights that rate at “Acceptable” or “Good” in IIHS testing.
IIHS Top Safety Pick testing
Additionally, a TSP+ car must earn either “Advanced” or “Superior” ratings in significantly slowing down or avoiding crashes with vehicles and pedestrians in 12-mph and 25-mph tests. An effective automatic emergency braking system minimizes impacts from rear-end collisions, the most common crash, and more sophisticated systems slow or stop cars from hitting objects peripherally, such as a child darting from between parked cars into a street or a car speeding through a perpendicular intersection.
The IIHS predicts the standard technology will prevent 42,000 crashes and cut in half the number of rear-end crashes by 2025. The major automakers made a voluntary commitment to equip at least 95% of new cars sold with AEB as standard by September of this year. To avoid penalizing automakers before the deadline, the IIHS doesn’t mandate AEB as standard equipment to earn a TSP+.
That’s changing next year, however. The IIHS will add a nighttime pedestrian crash prevention component to the AEB rating, and “Advanced” or “Superior” ratings will be required for a TSP+ designation. Pedestrian crash fatalities have increased 51% since 2009, according to the IIHS. Additionally, headlight ratings must be at least “Acceptable” across the board to earn any TSP award.
IIHS Top Safety Pick testing
The IIHS continually resets the safety bar as more automakers meet or exceed the requirements for TSP awards. In 2021, it updated the side crash test for the first time in nearly 20 years. Simulating a T-bone crash, the test is conducted at higher speeds and with a heavier barrier to reflect larger SUVs and trucks proliferating on roadways in the past two decades. Beginning in 2023, a “Good” rating on the new test will be required to earn a TSP+.
Expect some TSP growing pains in the name of ever-evolving safety standards.
“We expect to see a drop in the number of vehicles earning our awards in 2023,” Young said.
But it should make cars safer overall.
“Automakers have consistently responded when we introduce new tests and strengthen our award criteria,” Young said. “We expect to see them continue to improve crashworthiness, front crash prevention systems and headlight options as they strive to earn our safety awards under the tougher criteria in 2023.”
IIHS Top Safety Pick testing
The full list of 2022 winners is below, and will be updated throughout the year:
TSP+
Small cars and SUVs
Chevrolet Trailblazer
Ford Bronco Sport
Honda Civic sedan and hatchback
Honda Insight
Hyundai Tucson
Mazda 3 sedan and hatchback
Mazda CX-5
Mazda CX-50
Mitsubishi Outlander (built after June 2021)
Nissan Rogue
Toyota Corolla sedan and hatchback
Toyota Corolla Cross
Toyota RAV4 Prime
Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid
Subaru Forester
Volkswagen Tiguan
Volvo C40 Recharge
Volvo XC40 and XC40 Recharge
Cars
Honda Accord
Kia K5
Kia Stinger
Nissan Altima
Nissan Maxima
Subaru Legacy
Subaru Outback
Luxury cars
Acura TLX
Audi A6 and A6 Allroad
Audi A7
Genesis G70
Genesis G80
Genesis G90
Lexus ES 350
Lexus IS
Mercedes-Benz E-Class
Tesla Model 3
Volvo S60 and S60 Recharge
Volvo S90 and S90 Recharge
Volvo V60 Cross Country
Volvo V90 Cross Country
SUVs
Ford Explorer
Hyundai Palisade
Hyundai Santa Fe (built after July 2021)
Mazda CX-9
Nissan Murano
Subaru Ascent
Toyota Highlander
Volkswagen ID.4
Luxury SUVs
Acura MDX
Acura RDX
Audi E-Tron and E-Tron Sportback
Audi Q5 and Q5 Sportback
Cadillac XT6
Genesis GV70
Genesis GV80
Hyundai Nexo
Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class
Tesla Model Y
Volvo XC60 and XC60 Recharge
Volvo XC90 and XC90 Recharge
Minivans
Chrysler Pacifica
Honda Odyssey
Toyota Sienna
TSP
Small cars and SUVs
Buick Encore GX
Ford Escape
Honda CR-V
Hyundai Elantra
Hyundai Venue
Kia Seltos
Kia Soul
Kia Sportage
Lexus UX
Lincoln Corsair
Nissan Sentra
Subaru Crosstrek (with CVT)
Subaru Impreza (with CVT)
Toyota C-HR
Toyota RAV4
Toyota Venza
Cars
Hyundai Sonata
Toyota Avalon
Luxury cars
Audi A4
Audi A5 Sportback
BMW 2-Series Gran Coupe
BMW 3-Series
SUVs/Minivans
Ford Edge
Ford Mustang Mach-E
Hyundai Santa Cruz
Kia Carnival
Kia Sorento
Kia Telluride
Luxury SUVs
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The 49ers return to the practice field Sunday afternoon. We can expect a flurry of cuts over the next couple of days as the team has to get their roster to 53 by 1 PM PT on August 31.
The first cut is cornerback Ka’Dar Hollman, per Aaron Wilson. Hollman got off to a strong start and even rotated in with the starters when Charvarius Ward and Emmanuel Moseley were sidelined with injuries.
Hollman‘s preseason didn’t get off to a great start as he gave up a 33-yard touchdown pass against the Packers. The former sixth-round pick of the Green Bay Packers, and college teammate of Samuel Womack, was also penalized that game. Hollman saw his snap count drop from 42 to 25 in the second game before that number dipped all the way to 12 against the Texans.
Ward is set to return to practice Sunday. The coaching staff has also had positive comments about Deommodore Lenoir, all likely leading to the release of Hollman. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/28/23325839/49ers-hollman-release | 2022-08-28T21:00:42Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/28/23325839/49ers-hollman-release | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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