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Musk lawyers subpoena Twitter whistleblower
Lawyers for Elon Musk have filed a subpoena for Peiter Zatko, Twitter's former security chief who recently came forward as a whistleblower alleging his former employer deceived regulators, per a new court filing.
Why it matters: Musk's legal team is trying to leverage the wrongdoings alleged by Zatko, who goes by the pseudonym "Mudge," in its defense of Musk's attempt to walk away from his $44 billion takeover bid.
Details: The subpoena, which was reported earlier by the New York Times, asks for "documents and communications" regarding a number of the alleged wrongdoings Zatko claims, including "Twitter's tracking and measurement of user engagement."
Yes, but: It's unclear whether or how the whistleblower's complaints will have any bearing on Musk's argument.
- Zatko's whistleblower complaint suggests the company misled regulators about its efforts to reduce spam and protect Twitter from security threats.
- Musk claims he was misled by Twitter's "miscounting" of the number of false and spam accounts and alleges that Twitter breached its merger agreement by stonewalling information requests. Twitter denies those allegations.
The big picture: Musk's defense team has subpoenaed roughly 100 people and groups in an attempt to convince a Delaware Chancery Court that he should be able to walk away from the deal.
- Musk argues Twitter misrepresented key user metrics, including monetizable daily active users.
- Twitter denies misrepresenting any user metrics and argues Musk's takeover agreement doesn't allow him to walk away from the deal over such an issue anyway. They allege Musk is using Twitter's metrics as an excuse to back away from a deal that Musk no longer finds suitable, now that the market has turned.
- Twitter declined to comment on the subpoena.
Go deeper: Nightmare scenarios from whistleblower's Twitter complaint | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/29/elon-musk-subpoena-twitter-whistleblower | 2022-08-29T17:43:58Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/29/elon-musk-subpoena-twitter-whistleblower | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Serena Williams' last dance
Make sure you're by a TV Monday night for Serena Williams' first-round match at the U.S. Open. It could be the last time we ever get to see the GOAT in action.
Catch up quick: Williams, 40, said earlier this month that she plans to "evolve away from tennis" after the U.S. Open. Thus, each match could be her last.
- Up first? World No. 80 Danka Kovinić of Montenegro (7pm ET, ESPN).
What they're saying: "When Serena was playing in the past, the atmosphere already was electric, so I can't imagine what it'll be out there now," said 17th seed Caroline Garcia.
By the numbers: Williams' dominance has been unmatched since winning her first of an Open Era-record 23 Grand Slam titles at this very tournament 23 years ago, when she was just 17.
- She first reached No. 1 three years later in July 2002 and most recently held that spot in May 2017 — the longest time ever between No. 1 rankings (man or woman).
- In the interim, she twice achieved the "Serena Slam," holding all four major titles at once. And after winning singles gold at the 2012 Olympics, she became the only player with a Career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles.
The big picture: Williams has been on a quest to pass Margaret Court's all-time record of 24 Grand Slam titles since winning the 2017 Australian Open. But despite reaching four finals since then, she remains stuck on 23.
- Matching Court at this juncture seems rather unlikely for the 413th-ranked Williams.
- Yes, but: If ever there were a place to write a storybook ending it would be the U.S. Open, where she's reached at least the semis in each of her last 11 appearances.
The bottom line: Win or lose tonight — or at any other point during this tournament — Williams' legacy is already set in stone. Now is the time to simply soak in the final moments of one of the greatest athletic careers we'll ever have the pleasure of witnessing. | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/29/serena-williams-us-open-retirement | 2022-08-29T17:44:11Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/29/serena-williams-us-open-retirement | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Alani Nu is among dwindling energy drink M&A targets
Alani Nu Energy could be in the M&A spotlight as strategics' thirst for energy drinks remains unquenched.
Why it matters: Mature beverage giants — from soda makers to brewers — need new products to drive growth.
- In addition to C4 Energy, Alani Nu is the only other acquisition target that makes sense for a large strategic acquirer like Keurig Dr Pepper, says Bang Energy CEO Jack Owoc.
- This year, energy drink sales are expected to hit about $68 billion and set to grow to nearly $99 billion by 2032, based on a CAGR of 7%, according to Future Market Insights.
Catch up fast: After nixing talks with Bang Energy, Keurig Dr Pepper may seek a new acquisition candidate in the category, Axios reported.
Details: Alani Nu, which sells a line of nutritional supplements and products in addition to energy drinks. was founded by social media influencer Katy Hearn.
- The company expanded into coffee and coffee protein drinks this year.
- Congo Brands lists Alani Nu among the portfolio businesses on its website, though it doesn't provide many details.
- Along with Alani Nu, Congo lists hydrating sports drink brand Prime, helmed by social media stars Logan Paul and KSI.
- Alani Nu and Congo Brands did not respond to requests for comments.
By the numbers: The company generated about $209 million in sales and grew nearly 570%, according to BevNet, which conducted a deep dive of the energy drink space.
State of play: Industry leader Red Bull, which generated nearly $8.9 billion in turnover in 2021, is owned by Austrian billionaire Dietrich Mateschitz, who took out a $765 million dividend last year.
- Monster, the other category leader, is publicly listed, though it was reported to be in merger talks with Corona brewer Constellation Brands this year.
- Monster also produces brands such as Reign, Full Throttle and Nos, the latter two of which were transferred to it by Coca-Cola, which took a 16.7% stake in the energy drink group.
Yes, and: PepsiCo already owns Rockstar and recently invested $550 million in Celsius.
- A Shoc raised a $29 million Series B round from investors including Keurig Dr Pepper, which produces and distributes the product, as well as drink brand Venom Energy.
- Xyience was acquired by Big Red, which was bought by Keurig Dr Pepper in 2018, according to PitchBook.
- Zoa, co-founded by Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, received investment from Molson Coors Beverages.
- Rip It is owned by La Croix maker National Beverages Corp.
- And Ghost has partnered with and attracted an investment from beer giant AB InBev via ZX Ventures last year.
The bottom line: With so many energy brands tied up with various investors and strategics, competition for unclaimed brands will heat up — and we wonder about a rollup opportunity in the category.
- Two other potential investment candidates include Uptime Energy and G Fuel, both fast-growth businesses not yet connected to a major strategic. | https://www.axios.com/pro/retail-deals/2022/08/29/alani-nu-dwindling-energy-drink-targets | 2022-08-29T17:44:29Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/pro/retail-deals/2022/08/29/alani-nu-dwindling-energy-drink-targets | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Westrock Coffee starts trading on Nasdaq
Westrock Coffee closed its SPAC deal with Riverview Acquisition, raising about $300 million in equity, and began trading on Nasdaq today, the company announced.
Why it matters: Armed to the teeth with cash, Westrock — which provides coffee and tea pods, brewing equipment and dispensers — could prove a formidable consolidator in the coffee and tea packaging space.
Deal details: In addition to the equity, Westrock secured a $175 million senior secured first lien term loan facility and a $175 million senior secured first lien revolving credit facility.
- Proceeds will pay existing debts as well as finance "organic and strategic growth initiatives," the company said.
- The company will trade on Nasdaq under WEST.
How it works: Westrock competes with Keurig and Nespresso, providing coffee and tea products for offices, convenience stores, grocery stores, universities, coffeehouses, and restaurants.
- The company exports its products through its subsidiary company.
The big picture: Though public markets are still choppy, demand for coffee products is strong. Nestle's Q2 results saw sales of coffee, including Nescafe and Starbucks brands, increase. In 2021, coffee was Nestle's largest contributor to organic growth. | https://www.axios.com/pro/retail-deals/2022/08/29/westrock-coffee-closes-spac-deal | 2022-08-29T17:44:36Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/pro/retail-deals/2022/08/29/westrock-coffee-closes-spac-deal | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The last remaining member of a Brazilian tribe that largely vanished decades ago was found dead in a hammock in the Brazilian rainforest, officials said.
Brazilian officials said the man was the only surviving member of his tribe for 26 years. He lived alone in the Amazon as officials kept tabs on him from afar.
Officials said it appeared the man died of natural causes as there were no signs of violence or a struggle.
Survival International said the man’s tribe disappeared due to a “genocide.” Survival International said the man had resisted contact from outsiders after members of his tribe were attacked in the 70s.
“No outsider knew this man’s name, or even very much about his tribe – and with his death the genocide of his people is complete,” said Fiona Watson, Survival’s research and advocacy director. “For this was indeed a genocide – the deliberate wiping out of an entire people by cattle ranchers hungry for land and wealth.
“He symbolized both the appalling violence and cruelty inflicted on Indigenous peoples worldwide in the name of colonization and profit, but also their resistance.” | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/man-who-remained-isolated-from-outside-world-for-26-years-found-dead-in-amazon | 2022-08-29T17:53:53Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/man-who-remained-isolated-from-outside-world-for-26-years-found-dead-in-amazon | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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DOVER, Del. - The Delaware Division of Public Health’s Office of Health Crisis Response on Monday announced it will begin including fentanyl test strips in Narcan kits it distributes to the public. The effort is part of a harm-reduction strategy aimed at preventing accidental overdoses due to fentanyl consumption.
Fentanyl is now the leading cause of drug overdose deaths in Delaware, found in more than 80% of fatal overdoses. According to Division of Forensic Science data, there were 515 overdose deaths in Delaware in 2021, an increase of 15% from 2020. Fentanyl was found in 83% of those deaths. Individuals can test marijuana, cocaine, meth, ecstasy, and other substances for the presence of fentanyl. The test strips are highly sensitive and will detect fentanyl down to 0.1 mcg/ml. Most overdoses are unintentional, and individuals using may not realize the strength of the drug they are using or that it contains fentanyl. Fentanyl is unable to be detected by sight, taste, smell, or touch.
“Including fentanyl test strips in Narcan kits, is part of a comprehensive strategy to reduce overdose deaths in the state,” said DPH Interim Director Dr. Rick Hong. “The test strips are a preventive measure. After a test strip detects fentanyl, an individual can choose not to use the drug based on the risk. However, if they choose to use, they can implement alternative harm-reduction strategies, like going slow, not using as much, or/and not using alone. Having Narcan in the same kit empowers family, friends, and neighbors to act in the event of an overdose. Those living with substance use disorder should designate someone trained in using Narcan to check on them. We will continue to discourage drug use and encourage people to seek treatment, but for persons with substance use disorder, we are using a compassionate approach to help raise awareness and empower friends and family to act in an emergency situation.”
In Delaware, testing strips were considered paraphernalia unless used for clinical purposes until June 3, 2021, when Senate Bill 76 was signed by Governor John Carney, which allows for distribution of fentanyl test strips to be used by lay individuals and organizations. Just prior to that, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced in April 2021, that they would permit state purchases of fentanyl test strips with Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) funding for the purpose of distributing to the public. OD2A supports jurisdictions in collecting high quality, comprehensive, and timely data on nonfatal and fatal overdoses and in using those data to inform prevention and response efforts. DPH is one of 66 jurisdictions that joined the OD2A cooperative agreement that focuses on surveillance and prevention strategies.
Fentanyl test strips are legal in Delaware, though laws may vary in other states. DPH also distributes 10-pack fentanyl test strip kits through a free mail-order program; details can be found at helpisherede.com/understanding-addiction/what-is-fentanyl.
To further enhance overdose prevention and education efforts, overdose response training is recommended for anyone who has a prescription opioid or knows of someone that has or is using illicit drugs. After the quick training, the individual will receive the overdose reversal medication, Narcan. For community training offerings and information on where you can get free Narcan, go to: https://www.helpisherede.com/overdose-prevention
If you or a loved one is struggling with addiction in Delaware, call DHSS’ 24/7 Crisis Hotline to be connected to treatment and recovery options. In New Castle County, call 1-800-652-2929. Or in Kent and Sussex counties, call 1-800-345-6785. For free 24/7 counseling, coaching, and support, as well as links to mental health, addiction, and crisis services call the Delaware Hope Line at 1-833-9-HOPEDE. To search online for treatment and recovery services in Delaware or nearby states, visit HelpIsHereDE.com. | https://www.wboc.com/news/delaware-division-of-public-health-launches-new-fentanyl-test-strip-distribution/article_ba887e36-27b5-11ed-a0b7-b3c34ac1f17d.html | 2022-08-29T18:02:02Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/delaware-division-of-public-health-launches-new-fentanyl-test-strip-distribution/article_ba887e36-27b5-11ed-a0b7-b3c34ac1f17d.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
An 11-year-old boy walking between subway cars had his arm severed in Queens on Monday morning, according to police and law enforcement sources.
The kid was with a group of pals on a northbound R train at the 74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue station in Jackson Heights around 10:25 a.m. when he slipped and ended up on the tracks and the tragedy occurred, cops and sources said.
The boy was taken to Bellevue Hospital.
As of noon, northbound M and R trains were bypassing 74th Street-Roosevelt Avenue station, the MTA said. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/29/11-year-old-boys-arm-severed-in-nyc-subway-accident/ | 2022-08-29T18:02:23Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/29/11-year-old-boys-arm-severed-in-nyc-subway-accident/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BAGHDAD — An influential Shiite cleric announced Monday he would resign from Iraqi politics, prompting hundreds of his angry followers to storm the government palace and sparking violent clashes with security forces in which at least three protesters were killed.
Medical officials said at least 15 protesters were wounded by gunfire and a dozen more were injured by tear gas and physical altercations with riot police in the protests that followed the announcement by Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
Iraq’s military announced a nation-wide curfew and the caretaker premier suspended Cabinet sessions in response to the violence.
Iraq’s government has been deadlocked since al-Sadr’s party won the largest share of seats in October parliamentary elections but not enough to secure a majority government. His refusal to negotiate with his Iran-backed Shiite rivals and subsequent exit from the talks has catapulted the country into political uncertainty and volatility amid intensifying intra-Shiite wrangling.
To further his political interests al-Sadr has wrapped his rhetoric with a nationalist and reform agenda that resonates powerfully among his broad grassroots base who hail from Iraq’s poorest sectors of society and have historically been shut out from the political system. They are calling for the dissolution of parliament and early elections without the participation of Iran-backed groups, which they see as responsible for the status quo.
During Monday’s violence, hundreds of protesters pulled down the cement barriers outside the government palace with ropes and breached the palace gates. Many rushed into the lavish salons and marbled halls of the palace, a key meeting place for Iraqi heads of state and foreign dignitaries.
An Associated Press photographer heard gunshots being fired and saw several protesters bleeding and being carried away. A senior medical official confirmed at least three protesters were killed by gunfire.
Protests also broke out in the Shiite-majority southern provinces with al-Sadr’s supporters burning tires and blocking road in the oil-rich province of Basra and hundreds demonstrating outside the governorate building in Missan.
Iran considers intra-Shiite disharmony as a threat against its influence in Iraq and has repeatedly attempted to broker dialogue with al-Sadr.
In July, Al-Sadr’s supporters broke into the parliament to deter his rivals in the Coordination Framework, an alliance of mostly Iran-aligned Shiite parties, from forming a government. Hundreds have been staging a sit-in outside the building for over four weeks. His bloc has also resigned from parliament. The Framework is led by al-Sadr’s chief nemesis, former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
This is not the first time al-Sadr, who has called for early elections and the dissolution of parliament, has announced his retirement from politics — and many dismissed the latest move as another bluff to gain greater leverage against his rivals amid a worsening stalemate. The cleric has used the tactic on previous occasions when political developments did not go his way.
But many are concerned that it’s a risky gambit and are worried how it will impact Iraq’s fragile political climate. By stepping out of the political process, al-Sadr is giving his followers, most disenfranchised from the political system, the green light to act as they see fit.
Al-Sadr derives his political power from a large grassroots following, but he also commands a militia. He also maintains a great degree of influence within Iraq’s state institutions through the appointments of key civil servant positions. His Iran-backed rivals also have militia groups.
Iraq’s military swiftly announced a nation-wide curfew beginning at 7 p.m. It called on the cleric’s supporters to withdraw immediately from the heavily fortified government zone and to practice self-restraint “to prevent clashes or the spilling of Iraqi blood,” according to a statement.
“The security forces affirm their responsibility to protect government institutions, international missions, public and private properties,” the statement said.
Iraq’s caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi demanded that al-Sadr call on his followers to withdraw from government institutions. He also announced Cabinet meetings would be suspended.
The cleric announced his withdrawal from politics in a tweet, and ordered the closure of his party offices. Religious and cultural institutions will remain open.
The U.N. mission in Iraq said Monday’s protests were an “extremely dangerous escalation,” and called on demonstrators to vacate all government buildings to allow the caretaker government to continue running the state.
It urged all to remain peaceful and “refrain from acts that could lead to an unstoppable chain of events.” “The very survival of the state is at stake,” the statement said.
Al-Sadr’s announcement on Monday appeared to be in part a reaction to the retirement of Shiite spiritual leader Ayatollah Kadhim al-Haeri, who counts many of al-Sadr’s supporters as followers.
The previous day, al-Haeri announced he would be stepping down as a religious authority for health reasons and called on his followers to throw their allegiance behind Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, rather than the Shiite spiritual center in Iraq’s holy city of Najaf.
The move was a blow to al-Sadr. In his statement he said al-Haeri’s stepping down “was not out of his own volition.” | https://nypost.com/2022/08/29/iraqi-shiite-cleric-muqtada-al-sadr-resigns-from-politics-sparking-violence-thats-left-3-dead/ | 2022-08-29T18:03:11Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/29/iraqi-shiite-cleric-muqtada-al-sadr-resigns-from-politics-sparking-violence-thats-left-3-dead/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A chilling Ring camera video shows the moment an Ohio homeowner shot and killed his daughter’s ex-boyfriend as he tried to break into the family’s home.
The fatal shooting took place in Sydney, Ohio, on July 31, resulting in the death of 22-year-old James Rayl.
Newly-released doorbell video, obtained by the station WHIO-TV 7, shows Rayl trying to open the door after being told by the family inside to go away.
Defiant, Rayl then appears to try and break down the wooden front door by slamming his shoulder against it.
At one point, you can hear his ex-girlfriend’s father, Mitch Duckro, warn Rayl that he is armed.
The door is eventually forced open and three gunshots ring out, sending Rayl fleeing, the clip shows.
The 22-year-old makes his way down the porch steps and walks a short distance, before collapsing in the middle of a sun-dappled pathway.
He was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders. An autopsy later found that Rayl sustained two gunshot wounds to the shoulders and a fatal wound to the back, according to a joint press release from the county prosecutor and the local sheriff, as cited by Sidney Daily News.
In a 911 audio recording from the incident, which has been obtained by WHIO-TV 7, a woman, who described the intruder as her ex-boyfriend, is heard telling her father that Rayl is trying to break down the door.
“Dad, is he trying to kill me?” the woman could be heard saying.
After Duckro shoots at Rayl, his daughter is heard telling him: “Dad, there’s nothing you could have done. You saved my life,” according to the station.
Earlier this month, a Shelby County grand jury voted 8-1 against indicting Duckro on charges related to Rayl’s killing, citing the state’s “Stand Your Ground” law, which says that a homeowner does not have a legal duty to retreat from their home before firing a gun.
Rayl’s family has reacted with an outrage to the news that Duckro will not be held accountable for the shooting and launched a Facebook page demanding justice.
“Mitch shot him in the back and killed him,” Rayls’ sister Jessica Colbert wrote in a recent post.
“I hope your days are more miserable than they’ve ever been. You’re a disgusting excuse of a human being along with your daughter.” | https://nypost.com/2022/08/29/video-shows-ohio-man-shoot-daughters-ex-during-break-in/ | 2022-08-29T18:04:30Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/29/video-shows-ohio-man-shoot-daughters-ex-during-break-in/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Many who think of the tiny west Kent village of Otford naturally picture the tranquil scenes of the River Darent, beautiful views of the North Downs and gorgeous historic architecture. But it is actually home to the remains of a relatively unknown jewel of Tudor design – Otford Palace.
Formerly one of the largest and most impressive palaces in Europe, it witnessed many of the key events during the turbulent reign of Henry VIII. Now all that remains is the ruins of the old tower, which stands just under 12 metres high and can still be visited to this day.
The palace, near Sevenoaks, covers an area of around two and a half acres and now occupies a combination of council-owned and private lands. In fact some of the palace's outer stone walls and Tudor brickwork remain in the front and back gardens of nearby houses, according to Historic England.
Read more: 21 beautiful Kent walking routes to try as autumn closes in
The first mention of the palace was in the Doomsday survey in 1086 when it was valued at £60. Over the course of the next 400 years, the original manor house grew in size, most notably re-imagined and re-modelled by William Warham in 1514. He completely redesigned Otford Palace, demolishing most of the existing structure and building a new lavish palace fit for a king. It is thought some inspiration was taken from the nearby Lullingstone Castle, built earlier, in 1497.
Warham's efforts had a huge impact on Tudor architecture and its influence can be seen even today in Hampton Court. Contemporary sources believed the total cost for reconstruction of Otford Palace to be more than £33,000. Staggeringly, in today's money that would equal around £36million.
The new palace, which incorporated ideas and designs imported from Renaissance Europe, was designed and laid out on such a scale that it rivalled some of the country's biggest stately homes. At more than 15,000 square foot it covered an estate greater than the moated area of Eltham Palace.
In 1519, Henry VIII stayed at Otford Palace with his court and hunted in the great Deer Park that was attached to the palace's grounds. It is thought he was very taken with the place, as the following year Henry and Catherine of Aragon, along with the royal court stayed there again on their way to France for the meeting between Henry and Francis, King of France, at the Field of Gold.
Between 1532 and 1533 Princess Mary, the future Queen of England stayed there as a refuge from the political and religious turmoil that was engulfing England after the end of her mother’s marriage to Henry. In 1537, the palace finally fell into royal hands after many centuries as one of the chain of houses belonging to the Archbishops of Canterbury.
This is how it gained its nickname, Archbishop's Palace. However by the reign of Elizabeth I, the Crown had lost interest and the site’s steady decline began. Sevenoaks Rural District Council – the forerunner to today’s district council – took responsibility for the remains in the 1950s. To this day, Otford Palace remains the only Grade I listed building in the district council’s care.
Though the ruins of an old tower are all that remains, you can still view this historic site, now a scheduled ancient monument, by taking the footpath that runs close by.
Conservation
Ownership of Otford Palace was transferred to a trust last year, saving it from becoming a housing development. The trust plans to make the site "self sustaining," by turning it into an education centre and using two floors of the tower as an exhibition and meeting space. The main source of revenue will be as a tourist attraction, charging people to enter the tower and facilitating school trips.
The trust's secretary, Nick Rushby, 71, of The Green, Otford, previously told KentLive. "It's an iconic building. In its day - about 500 years ago - it was slightly bigger than Hampton Court. It's a site of recognised historic interest. And it's one of the things that people associate with Otford."
Mr Rushby said the tower has been exposed to the elements "for over a hundred years" before the recent development spearheaded by Sevenoaks District Council in 2015 that saw £131,000 spent on renovations and protective measures.
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(The Hill) — Two people were fatally shot on Sunday night by a gunman who opened fire at an Oregon grocery store before he was found dead, authorities said.
Police responded around 7 p.m. to reports of a shooting at the Forum Shopping Center in the city of Bend, which is about three hours outside of Portland, according to the Bend Police Department.
Officials said the gunman, armed with an A-15-style rifle, began firing in the parking lot before entering a Safeway and fatally shooting a person at the entrance, adding that the gunman kept firing and killed a second person.
Bend officers arrived and heard more gunshots before finding the apparent gunman dead inside the grocery store, authorities said, noting that the rifle and other weapons were scattered nearby.
Police said the investigation is ongoing. The identity of the gunman was not released.
A witness told the Bend Bulletin the shooter walked down every aisle, spaying bullets at shoppers. She said she grabbed her handgun but ended up retreating through the back door, where employees were getting shoppers out of the building. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/2-fatally-shot-at-oregon-grocery-store-suspect-found-dead-authorities/ | 2022-08-29T18:07:21Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/2-fatally-shot-at-oregon-grocery-store-suspect-found-dead-authorities/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
INDIANAPOLIS (WXIN) – The Dutch Ministry of Defense has confirmed one of three Dutch soldiers shot in downtown Indianapolis over the weekend has died.
According to Dutch officials, the man died on Sunday night in an Indianapolis hospital with his family and colleagues at his side.
The Marion County Coroner’s Office identified the deceased as 26-year-old Simmie Poetsema.
The soldier was shot early Saturday morning outside of a Hampton Inn. Two other soldiers from the Netherlands were also shot in the same incident.
The three servicemen were off-duty at the time. Dutch officials say they are members of the Korps Commandotroepen (Commando Corps).
The other two soldiers are conscious and able to speak, however, the Dutch Ministry of Defense says their conditions are “unchanged.”
No arrests have been made in the shooting. The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department says the shooting likely stemmed from an altercation outside of the hotel.
The servicemen were visiting Indianapolis on their day off from training in southern Indiana. The Indiana National Guard said the Dutch special forces were training at the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center near Butlerville, Indiana. That facility is used for training by the U.S. Department of Defense as well as NATO allies. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/dutch-soldier-dies-after-shooting-in-downtown-indianapolis/ | 2022-08-29T18:07:34Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/dutch-soldier-dies-after-shooting-in-downtown-indianapolis/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MERRYVILLE, La. (AP) — Search crews found the body of a little boy Monday miles from the Louisiana sandbar where he was swept away by the Sabine River while playing in shallow water and three men drowned trying to save him, the sheriff said.
Beauregard Parish Sheriff Mark Herford did not release the boy’s name or age but described him as very young.
He identified the men who drowned trying to save him as Troy M. McCollough, who lived nearby in the Junction community, Kelly Bailey of Hornbeck, and Austin Scott of DeRidder. Bailey was engaged to the boy’s mother, the sheriff said, and Scott was his best friend. McCollough just happened to be there, Herford said.
“They’re heroes and should be remembered that way,” Herford said.
Herford says the child was playing in shallows by a sandbar near Merryville and was swept away by the river. His body was found Monday at a spot Herford estimated was several miles downriver.
The sheriff said he is working with the parish police jury to get warning signs posted.
“I’ve been with the sheriff’s office since ’92. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve stood in this exact same spot and worked drownings,” he said, adding: “That spot is deadly.”
The current and depth vary widely with power generation from Toledo Bend, and a week of rains made the current even stronger than usual, Herford said.
He said one man’s body was found late Saturday and the other two Sunday morning. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/young-boy-3-men-who-tried-to-save-him-die-in-river/ | 2022-08-29T18:08:07Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/young-boy-3-men-who-tried-to-save-him-die-in-river/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
More than $1.9 billion worth of cryptocurrency has been lost in hacks and exploits this year alone, and we still have one more quarter to go. Hackers continuously exploit security vulnerabilities across third-party wallets, hot wallets, exchanges, and cross-chain bridges, among other things.
Within the first six months of 2022, hackers targeted platforms like Crypto.com, Qubit Finance’s QBridge, the Solana-Ethereum bridge Wormhole, the IRA Financial Trust, Cashio, Axie Infinity’s Ronin Bridge, Beanstalk, Fei Protocol, Harmony Bridge, Nomad Bridge, and Solana’s Slope wallet, among others.
What is happening, and why are hackers targeting the crypto ecosystem? We sat down with Victor Young, the Founder and Chief Architect of Analog, a layer-0 blockchain, to get his perspective on the growing challenge of crypto hacks, why they happen, and what can be done to make blockchains and exchanges safer.
In the last few months, we heard about many ‘crypto hacks.’ Can you explain what it means when there’s a hack – what is being hacked, what is being stolen?
Victor: Blockchain technologies are designed to be tamper-proof, immutable, and democratic structures, with no single point of failure when it comes to recording transactions. The technology addresses security concerns through cryptographic primitives and decentralized consensus algorithms.
However, like all technologies out there, blockchain isn’t immune to hacks. For example, an attacker could take over the blockchain ecosystem by controlling most of the hash rate (blockchain’s computational power) in proof-of-work (PoW)-based networks such as Bitcoin and Ethereum in a so-called 51% attack or a double-spending attack (a strategy to transfer the coins to anonymous addresses by spending the same transaction more than once).
Besides 51% attacks and wallet hacks, we’re also witnessing a sharp rise in attacks targeting cross-chain bridges, which have much to do with the growing adoption of decentralized finance (DeFi). While these bridges allow users to transfer assets between heterogeneous chains, their centralized nature means they have a single point of failure with weak trust assumptions.
The most recent hack involved a “cross-chain bridge” – can you explain what this bridge is and why it’s so vulnerable to exploits?
Victor: A cross-chain bridge is an interoperability protocol that enables different heterogeneous chains to communicate with each other. Cross-chain bridges can connect separate chains, allowing users to transfer assets, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and arbitrary smart contract information across heterogeneous platforms.
Despite the new opportunities unlocked by cross-chain bridges, the design itself leaves room for vulnerabilities that hackers can exploit at the expense of users. For example, most current bridge architectures rely on trusted custodians to manage the process of locking/burning or unlocking/minting tokens.
Existing trust architectures cannot safeguard users’ funds, especially when large amounts of assets are involved. It’s too easy for an attacker or even malicious insiders to breach the permissioned network, take over the bridge, and steal users’ funds without any deposit. Custodians can also lose their private keys, rendering cryptos irrecoverable.
Additionally, the underlying smart contract can have flaws. In this regard, cross-chain bridges that use poorly written smart contracts are susceptible to malicious attacks, presenting an even more significant risk for users.
Why are there so many hacks in the blockchain universe? (Or you might say here that there aren’t that many compared to ‘traditional’ technology.)
Victor: I’m not surprised that there are so many hacks in the blockchain space. Blockchain ecosystems are particularly attractive to hacks because they store value, and where there is money, there is always a crime. Crypto hacking is a fast-growing enterprise, owing to the rise of the cryptocurrency economy and DeFi. When coupled with a sharp rise in the price of cryptocurrencies, such as BTC and ETH, the blockchain space provides criminals with lucrative opportunities.
However, the rise in cybercrime doesn’t only apply to blockchain ecosystems. Quite frankly, the current digital environment is also tough and challenging for businesses that operate in the web2 space. Recently, we’ve witnessed a sharp increase in cyber-attacks targeting traditional companies like Microsoft, Facebook, Yahoo, and Twitter, just to mention a few.
Is there something inherently flawed with blockchain technology that makes it more vulnerable? Is it that the technology is not mature enough, or is it that blockchain companies are rushing to release products and services before they are fully secure?
Victor: You’re correct in pointing out that the current blockchain implementations are flawed. It’s over a decade since the financial meltdown of 2008/2009 that ushered in blockchain technology. Yet, we haven’t learned anything from placing trust in a few centralized players, such as banks.
Current blockchains—whether PoW-or proof-of-stake (PoS)-based–aren’t entirely decentralized because of large barriers to entry. For example, in a PoW-enabled blockchain, the barrier to entry is the computational power/hash rate. At the same time, in a PoS-based network, you must stake a large sum of tokens to be able to participate in the consensus process.
As it stands now, each blockchain exists as an isolated island, preventing users and decentralized applications (dApp) builders from unlocking value. While numerous cross-chain bridges exist, their underlying designs and architectures have weak decentralization and trust assumptions.
Now I know that this would be a very big question, but – what can be done?
Victor: The increased number of crypto hacks in the blockchain space is a testament to the popularity of web3 markets and the interest levels of many stakeholders who have noticed the sector. We need to learn from the hacks and build robust protocols that can withstand any hack.
How is your company, Analog, aiming to make blockchain technology more secure?
Victor: At Analog, we believe complete decentralization and security are the keys to resolving the current challenges in which the sector finds itself. Analog is an omnichain interoperability network powered by a novel proof-of-time (PoT) consensus. Unlike PoW (proof of work) or PoS (proof of stake) protocols with large barriers to entry for validators, the PoT is completely trustless, and any validator can propose or confirm a block provided they have accumulated a ranking score.
Using ranking score as a parameter creates an open network where anyone can join and participate in the consensus without being restricted by computational resources or weighted stakes.
At a high level, the Analog network consists of a decentralized set of tesseracts and time nodes. Tesseracts act as decentralized “listeners” or “observers” on external chains and can reach consensus on relevant states and events on the connected blockchains through threshold signature schemes (TSS).
On the other hand, time nodes serve as decentralized nodes that validate the fetched event data on the Analog’s ledger, i.e., Timechain. In this regard, the network’s primary goal is accomplishing the above two functions without a single point of failure, i.e., in a trustless and permissionless manner. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/crypto-hacks-and-potential-solutions-interview-with-analogs-chief-architect-victor-young | 2022-08-29T18:14:04Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/crypto-hacks-and-potential-solutions-interview-with-analogs-chief-architect-victor-young | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Niche-based eCommerce player Etsy (ETSY) defied the odds with its remarkable second-quarter showing. It beat analyst estimates across both lines, despite the challenging economic situation. Moreover, with the acquisition of firms such as Elo7 and Depop, it continues to expand its addressable market. Hence, we are bullish on ETSY stock.
Etsy is a marketplace that specializes in handmade creations and unique items. According to its management, the company has a massive addressable market of over $100 billion and based on last year’s revenues, there is massive potential for expansion.
Moreover, its management has a brilliant track record of executing its plans and pulling the right levers for growth. Also, with its stock trading at multi-year lows, it’s a deal that investors can’t pass up now.
Etsy Reported Robust Second Quarter Results
Etsy’s second-quarter results came in much better than expected despite market headwinds. Etsy’s adjusted earnings per share of $0.51` beat estimates by $0.19, while revenues of $585 million beat estimates by $28.3 million. These results were a testament to Etsy’s robust business model, likely to evolve post-pandemic and sustain growth. Despite the drop in gross merchandise sales, Etsy’s second quarter results were encouraging.
The company is lapping tough comps with new headwinds and stabilizing buyer trends. Nevertheless, it was able to post a 3% margin improvement on a year-over-year basis regarding adjusted EBITDA numbers, which points to its ability to adjust variable expenses effectively.
The results are likely even better if we exclude the impact of its two new acquisitions in Depop and Elo7. These acquisitions will boost the company’s top and bottom lines in the future, allowing it to gain a stronger foothold in new markets.
Total active sellers were impressive during the quarter, down just 3.6% sequentially. Following an increase in its fees at the conclusion of the first quarter, it was imperative to see whether it impacted active sellers. Despite sellers’ concerns, the platform’s solid reputation gives it the edge over its competition and the ability to make pricing adjustments without losing its active buyers and sellers.
Etsy’s Ad Business Continues to Shine
Etsy has grown its advertising business exponentially over the past five years. Its platform provides incredible value to buyers and sellers. It has effectively carved out a niche in the eCommerce space focusing on handmade products. Moreover, it has effectively leveraged its growing active user base to expand its advertising business.
It continues to improve ad relevance for its sellers, which is why seller ad budgets are up by double-digit margins from the prior-year period. Etsy Ads sales have risen by a whopping 516% over the past five years, outpacing Etsy marketplace growth by more than 200%.
The company has done exceedingly well in applying new machine learning techniques and providing more relevant ad inventory for buyers without impacting conversion rates. Moreover, it has maintained listing relevance in line with organic search results. Additionally, seller budgets are up over 80% year-to-date as the platform continues to ramp up ad offerings.
Etsy’s network effects have proven to be vital for the company’s massive competitive advantage. Its underlying business continues to grow stronger as more users signup for the platform. Naturally, as more users signup on to any online platform, it facilitates the creation of a sticky ecosystem.
The same goes for Etsy’s ad business, as higher ad spending leads to greater competition, and more competition effectively leads to higher spending across the board. With more sellers using Etsy’s ad tools and pouring more money onto the platform, it becomes more valuable over time.
Is Etsy a Good Stock to Buy Now?
Turning to Wall Street, ETSY stock maintains a Moderate Buy consensus rating. Out of 17 total analyst ratings, 10 Buys, seven Holds, and zero Sells were assigned over the past three months. The average ETSY price target is $114.33, implying 9.7% upside potential. Analyst price targets range from a low of $83 per share to a high of $168 per share.
Conclusion: ETSY Stock Near Lowest Valuation despite Outstanding Quarter
Etsy stands out as an anomaly in the eCommerce realm. Despite the inconducive market conditions, it wrapped up another incredible quarter, where it handily beat analyst estimates. However, its stock trades near its lowest-ever historical valuation. Many had felt that the fee hike by Etsy would significantly impact its user base, but that hasn’t been the case. The transformation during the pandemic has led to an evolution in Etsy’s business, which is apparent from its strong results.
Though it faces some short-term headwinds, the long-term potential of the eCommerce market remains massive. Its differentiated eCommerce offering will continue to thrive and add value to its seller and buyer base. Moreover, its ads business continues to shine and boasts a massive growth runway ahead.
Therefore, there’s much to like about its capital-light, high-margin business model, which remains stronger than ever. As my colleague Chandrima Sanyal says, investors should look past the short-term pain and look at the bigger picture with ETSY. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/heres-why-were-bullish-on-etsy-stock-nasdaqetsy | 2022-08-29T18:14:10Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/heres-why-were-bullish-on-etsy-stock-nasdaqetsy | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
With prices of everything skyrocketing, being a commodity miner like Rio Tinto (RIO) would seem like a great thing. However, that doesn’t seem to be the case. While the company does have the advantage of producing commodities —specifically, copper, iron, uranium, diamonds, gypsum, and more — it also has some greater issues. Specifically, reports emerged that its copper mine near Bougainville now faces a major threat of flooding thanks to less-than-stellar infrastructure in and around said mine.
Much of the issues seem to trace back to a levee at the Jaba and Kawerong rivers, constructed decades ago.
While Rio Tinto is part of a larger growth industry right now, it may not be in the best position to take advantage of those gains. Nonetheless, I’m bullish on the company right now, but keep a close eye on it if you do get in.
Is RIO Stock a Buy, Hold, or Sell?
Turning to Wall Street, Rio Tinto has a Hold consensus rating. That’s based on two Buys, two Holds, and one Sell assigned in the past three months. The average Rio Tinto price target of $78 implies 30.8% upside potential.
Analyst price targets range from a low of $62 per share to a high of $92 per share.
Also, Rio Tinto currently has a Smart Score of 8 out of 10 on TipRanks, which puts it at the lowest level of “outperform.” That gives it good odds of doing better than the overall market.
A Great Industry, an Uncertain Company
There’s great news on hand for Rio Tinto investors right now. The industry Rio Tinto is in almost ensures great performance, even if Rio Tinto performs less than great. Its incredibly diversified array of mined minerals ensures access to success in good times and bad alike.
Granted, copper is likely to take a bit of a hit. After all, they don’t call copper “Dr. Copper” for no reason. Copper prices have long been used as a barometer of an economy’s overall health.
Since copper is vital for every electrical and electronic application around, it does well to measure several major economic points at once. Housing, commercial real estate, and electronics sales all have a direct connection to copper. Thus, copper prices can provide insight into overall economic health.
That’s actually a bit of a problem for Rio Tinto right now. Copper spent most of 2021’s second half and part of 2022, bouncing around $4.50 per pound. A slip in April took it to about $4.10. It recovered after that but started careening downward to close around $3.20 for the first time all year.
Copper prices are still up, overall, against the last five years, but they’re well off their highs seen earlier this year. It’s clear that the economy is starting to retract, but no one’s told copper prices this yet. They’re still significantly elevated from 2018 levels. The question is, how much of that elevation is due to economic activity, and how much of it is inflationary?
Leaving aside that question, this isn’t the first time we’ve heard of trouble for Rio Tinto. The mine in Bougainville actually poses a threat to the surrounding community, reports note, thanks to the mine’s instability overall.
Rio Tinto recently reached an agreement with the area around Bougainville to establish an “environmental and human rights impact assessment” for its Panguna copper mine.
Additionally, Rio Tinto’s attempt to pick up the Turquoise Hill Resources mining company (TRQ) isn’t going well either. Rio Tinto owns around 15% of the company as it stands, reports note, and it recently enhanced its offer to pick up Turquoise Hill. The revised offer isn’t likely to be accepted, and the same reports suggest Rio Tinto may sweeten that deal further.
While the potential for flooding in and around Bougainville will certainly hurt the company, Rio Tinto isn’t taking the matter lying down. The company put a reported $29 million into an aluminum recycling center at its Arvida Plant in Quebec.
The move will make Rio Tinto North America’s first primary aluminum producer to use recycled aluminum in its currently-produced alloys.
Such a move will definitely help; Rio Tinto ran the Bougainville mines back in the 1980s. Those were different times, after all, and Rio Tinto’s move into recycling can give it back some needed face.
Throw in its recent move to build an array of wind and solar farms to power aluminum operations in Queensland, and that should only help from there. Said array is projected to generate four gigawatts of power. That’s quite a bit of strain taken off the local grid.
Conclusion: Right Place, Right Time. Right Company? Maybe
Bougainville is going to be a serious problem for Rio Tinto, going forward. If anything goes seriously wrong for Rio Tinto, Bougainville will probably wind up being the focus of that problem. However, Rio Tinto is not taking the potential disaster of Bougainville lying down. It’s already inoculated itself, somewhat, with its greener initiatives like recycled aluminum use and wind and solar power generation.
A growing track record of environmental concern may allow Rio Tinto to handwave problems as part of “the old days.” Stepping in to reinforce that critical levee may also help matters, and studies are already underway to determine the best course of action.
Throw in the fact that, right now, Rio Tinto is attractively priced. It’s currently below even its lowest target.
That’s why I’m bullish on Rio Tinto. The company is in a fantastic economic position—specifically, a rising tide of inflation-driven commodities prices that will likely lift all boats. There are certainly troubles ahead. Notably, an economic downturn and possible supply-chain fixes may somewhat cut the inflation out of things.
There’s also the sword of Damocles that is Bougainville to be concerned about. However, Rio Tinto is a hard-working proposition in a major growth field. That makes it an attractive prospect. Still, it’s also a prospect to carefully monitor, going forward. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/rio-tinto-nyserio-takes-a-hit-on-infrastructure-troubles | 2022-08-29T18:14:16Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/rio-tinto-nyserio-takes-a-hit-on-infrastructure-troubles | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Inflation, interest rates, and recession – these are the bogeymen of investing, and they’ve been watching over our shoulders for the past several months. We all know the story by now, the rate of inflation is running at generational highs, the Federal Reserve is hiking rates in an attempt to push back against high prices, and we’re in a technical recession after two quarters of negative GDP growth. At a time like this, investors are showing a growing interest in finding strong defensive portfolio moves.
It’s a mindset that naturally turns us toward dividend stocks. These are the traditional defensive investment plays, offering steady payouts to shareholders that guarantee an income stream whether markets go up or down. The best dividend stocks will combine a high regular payout with a solid share appreciation potential, giving investors the best of both worlds when it comes to returns.
Wall Street’s analysts have been looking for just such investments, and have picked out several; using the TipRanks database, we’ve pulled up the details on two of these stocks – that are offering dividend yields of 13% or better. That’s more than enough, on its own, to assure a positive real rate of return, but each of these stocks also brings a double-digit upside potential to the table. Let’s take a closer look.
Angel Oak Mortgage (AOMR)
First up is Angel Oak Mortgage, a residential real estate financing company structured as a real estate investment trust (REIT) and focused on providing non-QM loans and other specialized mortgage solutions for brokers and borrowers who might otherwise have difficulty accessing the needed capital. The company uses a tech based application platform allowing for paperless submissions and easy tracking. Angel Oak is one of the largest non-bank, non-QM loan originators, and operates in 45 states.
The company’s revenues rose through Q1 of this year, but pulled back in Q2. The top line of $42 million was down 20% from Q1, but was up tremendously from the $1.9 million recorded in 2Q21. On earnings, the company reported a GAAP loss of $52 million, or $2.13 per diluted common share – but also reported distributable earnings of 90 cents per common share. That last number is important, as it supports the dividend.
The dividend here is generous. Angel Oak pays out 45 cents per common share, which annualizes to $1.80, is set for payment at the end of this month. At its current rate, the dividend yields 13.8%, well ahead of the inflation rate, most recently reported at 8.5%.
Wells Fargo analyst Donald Fandetti covers AOMR, and likes what he sees. Fandetti notes that distributable earnings came in well ahead of his own estimates, and writes of the company: “The non-QM loan market went through quite a difficult period in Q2, though it has improved a good bit over the past few weeks with the execution of several industry securitizations. While the economics on AOMR’s July securitization were weak, it’s a positive from a financing risk perspective. Fortunately, book value could rebound if credit spreads tighten in H2’22. While the credit markets remain uncertain… we see attractive secular growth in the non-QM mortgage market. And the dividend yield is [>13%], which we believe is sustainable despite the credit market pressures.”
Going along with these comments, Fandetti rates AOMR an Overweight (i.e. Buy), and his $15 price target suggests that a one-year gain of 18% lies ahead. Based on the current dividend yield and the expected price appreciation, the stock has ~27% potential total return profile. (To watch Fandetti’s track record, click here)
Overall, there are 3 recent analyst reviews on record for this stock, and they include 2 Buys and 1 Hold – for a Moderate Buy consensus rating. The stock is priced at $12.98 and its $16 average price target implies ~26% upside on the one-year horizon. (See AOMR stock forecast on TipRanks)
MFA Financial (MFA)
The second stock we’re looking at is MFA Financial, another specialty finance company in the real estate space. MFA is structured as a REIT, a class of company’s long known for their high-yielding dividends. MFA’s portfolio is composed mainly of residential whole loans, residential and commercial real estate securities, and MSR-related assets. At the end of 1H22, the company’s loan portfolio totaled well over $8 billion.
MFA saw a net interest income of $52.6 million in 2Q22, giving a reported GAAP net loss of $108.6 million for the quarter, or $1.06 per share. On the non-GAAP measure of distributable earnings, the company registered a positive $47.2 million, or 46 cents per common share. The distributable earnings supported MFA’s regular quarterly dividend.
In mid-June, MFA declared a 44-cent regular dividend, which was paid out at the end of July. This marked the third quarter in a row that the dividend has been paid out at that level, and continues the company’s post-COVID commitment to gradually increase the payment. MFA cut back its dividend to just 20 cents per share in the September 2020 quarter, and has raised it 3 times since then.
The current dividend payment annualizes to $1.76 per common share, and is fully supported by the distributable earnings per share. The annualized dividend yields an impressive 15.4%, far ahead of the current rate of inflation.
5-star analyst Stephen Laws, from Raymond James, sees the dividend as a key attraction for this stock, and writes, “We are increasing our 2022 distributable earnings estimate by $0.08 per share to $1.95 per share, primarily to reflect the 2Q beat as our 2H estimates are largely unchanged. For 2023, we are reducing our distributable earnings estimate by $0.18 per share to reflect more conservative portfolio leverage assumptions. We expect MFA to maintain the quarterly dividend of $0.44 per share.”
Laws’ comments back up his Outperform (i.e. Buy) rating on the shares, as does his price target of $15.50, which implies a solid 38% one-year upside potential. (To watch Laws’ track record, click here)
“Our Outperform rating is based on our outlook for attractive portfolio returns and increased focus on business purpose loans as well as the attractive risk-reward opportunity with shares current trading at ~70% of June 30 economic book value,” Laws summed up.
Overall, MFA receives a Moderate Buy rating from the analyst consensus. The stock has 5 recent reviews, including 2 Buys and 3 Holds. Shares have an average price target of $14.95, which suggests ~34% premium from the $11.19 share price. (See MFA stock forecast on TipRanks)
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Biden headed to Milwaukee, Pittsburgh on Labor Day
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to travel to the battleground states of Wisconsin and Pennsylvania on Labor Day, about two months before the election.
Biden will speak at Milwaukee’s Laborfest celebration and will go to Pittsburgh where other national labor leaders are appearing at that city’s Labor Day Parade, both the White House and labor unions said Monday. Biden plans to “celebrate Labor Day and the dignity of American workers,” according to the White House.
Biden is expected to tout the bipartisan infrastructure law passed last year, as well as the Inflation Reduction Act, which the president signed in August.
Both states have races for governor and U.S. Senate.
In Wisconsin, Democrats are trying to reelect Gov. Tony Evers and oust Republican U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson. His Democratic challenger, Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes, has highlighted his middle-class background and parents’ union membership. Evers faces Republican Tim Michels, who co-owns the state’s largest construction firm.
In Pennsylvania, Democrats are trying to hold on to the state’s open governor’s office and to flip the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey.
The AFL-CIO has endorsed the Democrats in both races: state Attorney General Josh Shapiro running for governor against state Sen. Doug Mastriano and Lt. Gov. John Fetterman running for Senate against heart surgeon-turned-TV celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz.
The AFL-CIO also has endorsed Evers and Barnes in the Wisconsin races.
Biden last came to Wisconsin in March and his stop in Milwaukee would be his fourth since his term began. Evers last week said he would welcome a visit from the president to the state and his campaign said he planned to attend the event with the president. Barnes also planned to participate in Labor Day events in Milwaukee, but his campaign spokeswoman did not say whether Barnes would join with Biden.
Fetterman planned to join Biden next week in Pittsburgh. Biden was also going to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday to discuss an initiative designed to reduce gun crimes.
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Flying this summer has meant plenty of flight delays and cancellations, but it has also meant high ticket prices.
Generally, high ticket prices subside in the fall, but travel booking platform Hopper said it will be more dramatic this year. Part of the reason is because of just how high the peak was.
The average cost for a flight this fall is expected to be near $300, more than $100 below the peak earlier this summer. Prices are still expected to be 20% higher than in 2019.
“With jet fuel prices incredibly high and no strong signals that they're going to return to 2019 levels anytime soon, airlines planning to be back at 100% of capacity next year, not this year, and overall demand for travel continuing to grow, those factors are going to keep airfare elevated at least into 2023,” said Hayley Berg with Hopper.
Berg recommends booking 3 to 5 weeks in advance this fall to get the lowest price. If you're traveling for Thanksgiving or a December holiday, plan to book by mid-October, she said.
Hopper expects holiday prices to be around $380. Berg said there are some other factors besides jet fuel prices that would bring prices down.
“Like low-cost carriers entering the market expanding their footprint (adds) more competition on routes,” Berg said. “Those are the key factors that outside of these macroeconomic drivers are going to help bring prices down. That's what drove prices down pretty much every year between 2015 and 2019.”
Hopper found that people who start tracking prices two or three months in advance of their trip end up saving about 30%. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/flight-prices-expected-to-drop-in-the-fall-but-some-factors-could-elevate-prices | 2022-08-29T18:15:33Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/flight-prices-expected-to-drop-in-the-fall-but-some-factors-could-elevate-prices | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Emotional support alligator enjoys splash pad at park
Published: Aug. 29, 2022 at 1:33 PM EDT|Updated: 42 minutes ago
PHILADELPHIA (CNN) - Philadelphia residents had an unexpected wildlife encounter on Friday.
Wally the alligator paid a visit to the city’s Love Park to cool himself in the fountains.
Wally, who is 7, is a TikTok star and a licensed emotional support animal.
It is legal to own an alligator as a pet in Pennsylvania, but it’s against state law to release them into the wild.
Wally lives at his owner’s home in York, Pennsylvania, and his go-to treats are cheese puffs and raw chicken.
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Georgia police officer killed in crash while driving home from work
SAVANNAH, Ga. (Gray News) – A police officer in Georgia was killed in a car crash on his way home from work early Monday morning.
The Savannah Police Department said Officer Reginald Brannan, 23, was driving home from work in his personal vehicle around midnight when his car collided with a tractor trailer on Highway 21.
Brannan died from his injuries. Georgia State Patrol is investigating the crash.
The Savannah Police Department said Brannan joined the department in December 2020.
“Our hearts are broken over the sudden and tragic loss of Officer Brannan,” Chief Lenny Gunther said. “He was a young officer just starting his career. We ask everyone to keep his family, friends and the SPD family in your thoughts and prayers as we mourn the loss of this member of our SPD family.”
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A heavily redacted federal affidavit reveals more about what led federal agents to believe they had no other choice but to search former President Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago estate.
In the 38-page heavily redacted federal affidavit, 24 pages are redacted in some way, and about a dozen pages are fully blacked out to the public.
But what is in plain view offers some additional insight into why FBI agents believed inside Donald Trump’s Palm Beach estate was "evidence, contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed" by the nation’s former President, according to the affidavit filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday.
According to the affidavit, the DOJ opened its criminal investigation back in February 2021 after being referred by the National Archives and Records Administration or NARA.
At the time, NARA had reported that within 15 boxes of records it had received back from the former President, they found newspapers, magazines, photos, presidential correspondence, and “a lot of classified records.”
“Of most significant concern,” the affidavit said, was that “the highly classified records were unfoldered, intermixed with other records and unproperly identified.”
NARA’s findings prompted the FBI to determine how “documents with classification marking were removed from the White House.” The affidavit states that agents had probable cause to believe “additional documents containing national defense information” remained at Mar-A-Lago.” They also cited probable cause to believe they would find “evidence of obstruction,” according to the court record.
According to the affidavit, NARA had been requesting missing Presidential records from the former President since May of 2021 and continued through the end of that year when “12 boxes” were found at Mar-A-Lago.
This past May, FBI agents reviewed the contents of all 15 boxes retrieved by NARA and found approximately “184 unique documents bearing classification markings.” Those documents included (67) marked as CONFIDENTIAL, (92) marked SECRET, and (25) documents marked TOP SECRET.
According to the affidavit, agents found the markings on some information and intelligence considered so secret its “disclosure could be expected to result in damage to national security.”
The affidavit also included a May 2022 letter from Trump’s attorney, M. Evan Corcoran. In it, Corcoran stated, in reference to the DOJ’s Presidential Records Investigation, “public trust in the government is low. It is critical, given that dynamic, that every effort is made to ensure actions by the DOJ that may touch upon the former President, or his close associates, do not involve politics.”
Corcoran also stated how Trump “readily and voluntarily agreed to transfer” boxes to the national archives. Then “leaks followed, and once DOJ got involved, leaks continued,” his attorney stated.
“Leaks about an investigation that involved the residence of a former President who is still active on the national political scene are particularly troublesome,” Corcoran stated.
On August 8, when federal agents executed a search warrant at Mar-A-Lago, among the items seized included 28 different boxes, including an unknown number of documents marked secret and top secret. | https://www.wtxl.com/features/insiders/184-classified-documents-were-found-in-january-according-to-trump-search-warrant-affidavit | 2022-08-29T18:17:17Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/features/insiders/184-classified-documents-were-found-in-january-according-to-trump-search-warrant-affidavit | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Have you seen any good movies lately? If it’s been a while since you caught a film at the theater or you simply love a great deal, you won’t want to miss National Cinema Day.
Saturday, Sept. 3, is National Cinema Day, and movie tickets at theaters just about everywhere will be just $3. Every movie, every showtime and every format will be part of this nationwide event at the vast majority of theaters in the U.S.
What Is National Cinema Day?
The Cinema Foundation, a nonprofit arm of the National Association of Theater Owners, created the one-day event. More than 3,000 locations will participate, with more than 30,000 screens.
Many theater chains are offering concession deals as well. For instance, AMC Theatres tweeted about its popcorn and beverage special on National Cinema Day.
“All tickets, including IMAX and Dolby Cinema, are only $3+tax, and our fountain drink and popcorn cameo combo is just $5+tax,” the chain wrote.
#NationalCinemaDay is Saturday, 9/3! All tickets, including IMAX and Dolby Cinema, are only $3+tax, and our fountain drink and popcorn cameo combo is just $5+tax. https://t.co/O6q3d38ats pic.twitter.com/e62sGqfmc7
— AMC Theatres (@AMCTheatres) August 28, 2022
Cinemark also shared its planned concession deals.
“$3 TICKETS FOR EVERY MOVIE + EVERY FORMAT!!! Join us Saturday, September 3 to celebrate Cinema Day,” Cinemark tweeted. “PLUS, enjoy:
– $3 Medium ICEE or Medium Fountain Beverage
– $3 Candy
– $3 Small Popcorn (or upsize to a large for $1 more!).”
$3 TICKETS FOR EVERY MOVIE + EVERY FORMAT!!! Join us Saturday, September 3 to celebrate Cinema Day.
PLUS, enjoy:
– $3 Medium ICEE or Medium Fountain Beverage
– $3 Candy
– $3 Small Popcorn (or upsize to a large for $1 more!): https://t.co/y1zTPR9luh pic.twitter.com/H1vJh8bSHy
— Cinemark Theatres (@Cinemark) August 28, 2022
Bolstering a Slower Season
People began returning to theaters in large numbers this summer. As a result, the summer box office season was only down 12% from the summer before the pandemic.
However, Labor Day weekend has traditionally been one of the slowest for theaters, and a lull in new movies between August and October is expected. In fact, Regal Cinemas Owner Cineworld announced plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, citing a dip in the box office this quarter and a lack of significant new releases to draw moviegoers.
“After this summer’s record-breaking return to cinemas, we wanted to do something to celebrate moviegoing,” Cinema Foundation president Jackie Brenneman said 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.”
To find out which theaters in your area are participating, you can go to NationalCinemaDay.org and type in your city or ZIP code.
Note that ticket pricing doesn’t include taxes or online ticketing fees.
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LEON COUNTY, FLa. — Leon County Emergency Medical Services (LCEMS) was recognized as a 2022 Capital Area Healthy Start Angel Award recipient due to improving infant safety in the local community.
The Angel Award is rewarded to a group or individual that embodies Capital Area Healthy Start's mission, which is reportedly to improve the lives of local babies and moms by working with the families and healthcare providers.
LCEMS was recognized for their work in assisting local families with infants by providing free infant Crdiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) classes this year, in partnership with Capital Area Healthy Start.
“Our EMS team cares about the lives of the people in this community from the oldest to the youngest,” said LCEMS Chief Chad Abrams. “The recognition of the hardworking men and women on our team is something we will never take for granted. We are grateful to be honored by Capital Area Healthy Start.”
LCEMS has reportedly held 15 classes, training more than 450 caregivers and parents in infant CPR. LCEMS has also trained more than 15,000 local residents with hands-on demonstration and intructions on how to correctly do CPR through its annual Press the Chest event.
“Our County paramedics know first-hand how difficult it can be for a parent or caregiver to give infant CPR but I am proud that our team is being hands-on in educating our community so that they have the confidence to respond,” said Leon County Administrator Vincent S. Long.
Leon County Commission Chairman Bill Proctor said one of the County's top priorities is the safety of the community.
Capital Area Healthy Start Coalition strives to connect both expecting or new moms and families with young children to community programs that will ensure they are provided with pregnancy and parenting assistance.
Those interested in infant CPR training can contact Capital Area Healthy Start Outreach and Intake Coordinator Danielle Brown, at (850) 488-0288 or Danielle@CapitalAreaHealthyStart.org. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/leon-county-ems-recognized-for-improving-infant-safety | 2022-08-29T18:17:29Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/leon-county-ems-recognized-for-improving-infant-safety | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has completed its review of potentially privileged documents seized from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate this month and has identified “a limited set of materials that potentially contain attorney-client privileged information,” according to a court filing Monday.
The filing from the department follows a judge's weekend order indicating that she was inclined to grant the Trump legal team's request for a special master who would oversee the review of documents taken during the Aug. 8 search of the Mar-a-Lago estate and ensure that any that might be protected by claims of legal privilege be set aside.
In revealing that the department had completed its review of potentially privileged communications, law enforcement officials appeared to be suggesting that the appointment of a third-party special master might now be moot. The department had been relying on a specialized team to filter out potentially privileged communications and said Monday that it had completed its review of those materials before the judge's order.
U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon said on Saturday that it was her “preliminary intent” to appoint a special master — which would be an early procedural win for the Trump legal team — but gave the department an opportunity to respond and scheduled a Thursday hearing to discuss the matter further.
The judge also directed the Justice Department to submit under seal a more detailed description of the materials that were seized from Trump's estate in Palm Beach, something the department on Monday said it would do. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national-news/us-review-of-possibly-privileged-trump-papers-already-over | 2022-08-29T18:17:47Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national-news/us-review-of-possibly-privileged-trump-papers-already-over | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Flying this summer has meant plenty of flight delays and cancellations, but it has also meant high ticket prices.
Generally, high ticket prices subside in the fall, but travel booking platform Hopper said it will be more dramatic this year. Part of the reason is because of just how high the peak was.
The average cost for a flight this fall is expected to be near $300, more than $100 below the peak earlier this summer. Prices are still expected to be 20% higher than in 2019.
“With jet fuel prices incredibly high and no strong signals that they're going to return to 2019 levels anytime soon, airlines planning to be back at 100% of capacity next year, not this year, and overall demand for travel continuing to grow, those factors are going to keep airfare elevated at least into 2023,” said Hayley Berg with Hopper.
Berg recommends booking 3 to 5 weeks in advance this fall to get the lowest price. If you're traveling for Thanksgiving or a December holiday, plan to book by mid-October, she said.
Hopper expects holiday prices to be around $380. Berg said there are some other factors besides jet fuel prices that would bring prices down.
“Like low-cost carriers entering the market expanding their footprint (adds) more competition on routes,” Berg said. “Those are the key factors that outside of these macroeconomic drivers are going to help bring prices down. That's what drove prices down pretty much every year between 2015 and 2019.”
Hopper found that people who start tracking prices two or three months in advance of their trip end up saving about 30%. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/flight-prices-expected-to-drop-in-the-fall-but-some-factors-could-elevate-prices | 2022-08-29T18:18:12Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/flight-prices-expected-to-drop-in-the-fall-but-some-factors-could-elevate-prices | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ATLANTA (AP) — A judge has ruled that Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp must testify before a special grand jury that’s investigating possible illegal attempts to influence the 2020 election in the state.
But the judge agreed to postpone the governor's appearance until after the November election.
Lawyers for Kemp had argued that immunities related to his position as governor protect him from having to testify.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney, who’s overseeing the special grand jury, disagreed and said the governor must testify.
But McBurney sided with Kemp's lawyers on their request to postpone his testimony until after the Nov. 8 election.
ABC News reported that Kemp is facing Democrat Stacey Abrams, who would become the nation's first Black woman to be governor if she wins.
Prosecutors have said they want to ask Kemp about contacts with former President Donald Trump and others in the wake of the 2020 general election.
McBurney also decided on Monday that lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who represented the Trump campaign, must testify before the special grand jury.
Chesebro is scheduled to appear Tuesday. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/judge-delays-gov-kemps-testimony-in-georgia-election-probe | 2022-08-29T18:18:18Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/judge-delays-gov-kemps-testimony-in-georgia-election-probe | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The last remaining member of a Brazilian tribe that largely vanished decades ago was found dead in a hammock in the Brazilian rainforest, officials said.
Brazilian officials said the man was the only surviving member of his tribe for 26 years. He lived alone in the Amazon as officials kept tabs on him from afar.
Officials said it appeared the man died of natural causes as there were no signs of violence or a struggle.
Survival International said the man’s tribe disappeared due to a “genocide.” Survival International said the man had resisted contact from outsiders after members of his tribe were attacked in the 70s.
“No outsider knew this man’s name, or even very much about his tribe – and with his death the genocide of his people is complete,” said Fiona Watson, Survival’s research and advocacy director. “For this was indeed a genocide – the deliberate wiping out of an entire people by cattle ranchers hungry for land and wealth.
“He symbolized both the appalling violence and cruelty inflicted on Indigenous peoples worldwide in the name of colonization and profit, but also their resistance.” | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/man-who-remained-isolated-from-outside-world-for-26-years-found-dead-in-amazon | 2022-08-29T18:18:24Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/man-who-remained-isolated-from-outside-world-for-26-years-found-dead-in-amazon | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MADISON, Wisc. — A Wisconsin airport is celebrating the return of its pet therapy dogs.
CBS affiliate WISC-TV reported that the Dane County Regional Airport in Madison had to put its program on pause during the pandemic.
But on Friday, which was also National Dog Day, the airport announced the program's return.
"We're so excited to welcome the therapy dogs back to MSN Airport on National Dog Day! Travelers at our airport take great comfort in the interactions they have with the dogs before flying, and we're proud to continue offering this amenity," the airport said on its Facebook page.
The news outlet reported that pet therapy dogs are trained, credentialed, and qualified to provide stress relief.
"There's some stress inherent to traveling; long lines, sometimes delays," said the airport's communications director Michael Riechers. "We tell our volunteers, 'If the weather's bad, come into the airport,' because there might be some flight delays or something due to weather. It's a good time to, again, get a smile on your face with the dogs."
The news outlet reported that dogs also play an important role in airport security.
The airport said a K9 from the Dane County Sheriff's Office works at the airport full-time.
The airport added that each dog has its own trading card that is available on its website. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/therapy-dogs-return-to-wisconsin-airport | 2022-08-29T18:18:54Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/therapy-dogs-return-to-wisconsin-airport | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Renovations in the lobby, restaurant and banquet rooms are among the changes as the downtown Yakima Holiday Inn at 802 E. Yakima Ave. is under new ownership.
Kristie Holestine, assistant general manager, said the hotel was sold in May to the BAP Group LLC of Lynden.
“Our banquet rooms have been renovated and are available for meetings,” Holestine said Wednesday. “There have been renovations and upgrades throughout the hotel.”
The hotel, located kitty-corner from the Yakima Convention Center, includes a pool, outdoor patio area and the Eighth Street Bistro restaurant. Open to both guests and the public, it offers breakfast and dinner, with lunch possibly being added in the future, Holestine said.
For reservations or more information, call 509-494-7000. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/business/new-owners-new-look-for-downtown-holiday-inn-in-yakima/article_47c87592-258d-11ed-8ed7-ffdbf44de46e.html | 2022-08-29T18:19:25Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/business/new-owners-new-look-for-downtown-holiday-inn-in-yakima/article_47c87592-258d-11ed-8ed7-ffdbf44de46e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Prosser linebacker Neo Medrano’s athleticism and tackling prowess made avoiding him whenever possible a top priority for CWAC opponents last season.
The Mustangs hope to make that goal even more difficult this year with a new scheme built around the league’s reigning defensive MVP. Coach Corey Ingvalson and his staff plan to put Medrano into a hybrid role somewhere between middle linebacker and defensive back, allowing him to do what he does best and make plays all over the field.
“It gives me more freedom to go after tackling, to go after the ball because I have less responsibility,” Medrano said. “It just frees up a lot of the movement for the defense.”
He’s setting expectations even higher after helping Prosser win its fourth straight district title and reach the 2A quarterfinals. The Mustangs held three opponents under 10 points and went unbeaten in league play again to extend their winning streak against CWAC teams to 22 games.
Medrano scored Prosser’s first touchdown of the season on a 65-yard interception return, and he picked off at least three more passes in his junior season. But Ingvalson said the wrestler who finished second at state excels the most when giving an opportunity to wrap up opposing ball carriers.
“He’s probably our most physical player,” Ingvalson said. “He’s fast. He knows pursuit angles and from wrestling he knows how to get guys to the ground.”
The third-year starter added track to his resume last spring, improving quickly to become the CWAC’s best triple jumper. He became faster while earning a spot on Prosser’s 4x100 meter relay team and finished 11th at state in the triple jump despite posting a mark more than two feet below his season-best.
This season Medrano wants to spend more time in the film room so he’s prepared to lead an experienced defense, and he’ll help Jax Gray take over the middle linebacker spot. Ingvalson said Medrano sets the standard through his work ethic and accountability, key values he’s committed to promoting as a captain.
“I think it’s just being a good role model for everyone,” Medrano said. “I wouldn’t say I’m a very big vocal leader so I try to show by example a lot.”
He’s earned the authority to call audibles for the defense, and he’s worked with coaches to learn how to read opposing offenses. Generally, Medrano said that’s something he does at most four times a game, when the Mustangs need to react to a quick adjustment by their opponents.
Ingvalson wants to use Medrano’s unique blend of speed and athleticism more on offense as part of Prosser’s running back rotation. He could be especially dangerous if he can catch the ball in the open field on screen passes.
“He’s a tremendous athlete,” Ingvalson said. “I put him up there with some of our rare guys that have had so much success in multiple sports. I expect him to have a tremendous, tremendous year in the fall.”
For Medrano, that won’t be possible without team success, so he’s set his sights on another league title and a return to the 2A playoffs. He learned from a 54-20 quarterfinal loss after a long trip to Lynden how important it is to be ready for anything and always stay positive, no matter the circumstances.
Another great year might be enough to give Medrano a chance at the next level, something he’s eager to do if given the opportunity. Thanks to the Mustangs’ new-look defense, Medrano could be set to showcase his talent more than ever. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/prep_sports/kickoff/defensive-changes-give-prossers-medrano-chance-to-shine-even-brighter/article_bb580dd2-1e72-11ed-9d46-7b32aafd8c1c.html | 2022-08-29T18:19:31Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/prep_sports/kickoff/defensive-changes-give-prossers-medrano-chance-to-shine-even-brighter/article_bb580dd2-1e72-11ed-9d46-7b32aafd8c1c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It’s tempting to think the graduation of a prolific quarterback might make it easier to knock Prosser down from its perch atop the CWAC.
To be sure, replacing the production of league MVP and three-year starter Kaiden Rivera won’t be easy, not to mention the loss of one of his top targets, AJ Gonzalez. Still, few programs in the Yakima Valley bring back more talent and have a better record of reloading than the Mustangs.
“I think they have an opportunity if they keep working,” coach Corey Ingvalson said of his team. “We have a lot of experience back.”
Four straight league titles and two consecutive state quarterfinal appearances make Prosser the clear CWAC favorite and the No. 4 team in Scorebook Live’s preseason 2A rankings. But Ingvalson sees plenty of strength throughout the league and he knows keeping alive the Mustangs’ 15-game CWAC winning streak won’t be easy, as they discovered last year when they won their final four games by seven points or less and went to double overtime twice.
Rival Ellensburg seemingly always finds a way to contend, and both Othello and Ephrata bring back plenty of talent. Then there’s Selah, which went 3-3 a year ago but never lost by more than a touchdown and missed beating the league’s two state qualifiers —Prosser and Othello — by just a couple plays.
PROSSER: The Mustangs’ pass-heavy attack means just how far they can go may depend on Kory McClure, a junior basketball standout ready to step in behind center. Ingvalson said McClure has grown significantly and shown an impressive ability to learn the playbook, setting himself up for success.
He’s spent plenty of time working with first team all-league wide receiver Isaac Kernan, plus Medrano, Erik Delgado and Anthony Martin give the Mustangs a formidable backfield. Of course, Medrano’s primary role figures to be leading a defense that includes first-team defensive lineman Trey Webb and second-team linebacker Brennen Carey.
OTHELLO: The Huskies made a statement with a 28-0 win over Ellensburg and took an early lead against No. 6 Steilacoom before falling 30-13 in the first round of the 2A playoffs. Sonny Asu ran 80 yards for a touchdown to open the scoring in that game and the first-team all-CWAC running back figures to be the focal point of the offense in his final year.
First-team selections David Alegria, Mason Perez and Terrill Freeman all return for a defense that gave up a combined 26 points in its last four regular-season games, including two shutouts.
EPHRATA: An impressive 17-3 win at Othello preceded a frustrating final month of the season and showed the potential of a Tigers team that brings back plenty of experience. First-team all-CWAC running back Travis Hendrick leads the way on offense. He also earned first-team honors as a linebacker along with fellow senior Weslee Kriete.
ELLENSBURG: The Bulldogs lost significant talent to graduation, including first-team tight end Elijah Ihrke, first-team defensive end Caleb Menzel and two-way all-league quarterback and safety Ryker Fortier. Coach Jeff Zenisek does still return first-team cornerback Darius Andaya and a talented offensive tackle, junior Henry Joyce, from a team that won three of its last four games.
Early nonleague games against Zillah and Davis figure to be good measuring sticks for an inexperienced team that will undoubtedly still carry high expectations.
SELAH: A strong finish to the season created some positive momentum Selah hopes will carry over, even though graduation hit the Vikings hard. Senior running back Clayton Westfall returns and so does center David Tormala, an honorable mention all-league selection.
EAST VALLEY: The Red Devils hope to bounce back from a rough season with the help of some significant experience, highlighted by senior quarterback Garin Gurtler and second-team wide receiver Carson Knautz. Several other seniors provide a strong group of targets for Gurtler, who earned honorable mention recognition last season.
GRANDVIEW: New coach Alex Jeffrey brings back three juniors who earned all-league honorable mention last season — two-way lineman Mathew Magana, offensive guard Joshua Ochoa and outside linebacker Alejandro Garcia. The Greyhounds must open league play against the trio of Prosser, Ellensburg and Othello as they search for their first league win since 2019. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/prep_sports/kickoff/loaded-prosser-looks-to-be-class-of-the-cwac-once-again/article_990642ec-2108-11ed-bd20-531e1f62b247.html | 2022-08-29T18:19:37Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/prep_sports/kickoff/loaded-prosser-looks-to-be-class-of-the-cwac-once-again/article_990642ec-2108-11ed-bd20-531e1f62b247.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Handing Toppenish its first loss since joining the SCAC West won’t be easy this fall.
The Wildcats bring back plenty of talent ready to continue the seven-game league win streak they began after dropping down from 2A to 1A prior to the 2020-21 school year. They’re ranked No. 6 in Scorebook Live’s preseason poll and eager to build on a trip to the 1A quarterfinals last November.
Of course, it would be a mistake to count out Zillah, a perennial powerhouse looking to extend its streak of consecutive state tournament appearances to seven. The Leopards lost to the league champs by a single touchdown in each of the last two years, including a physical 14-7 Toppenish win last season.
That final game of the regular season decided the league title, and it could happen again with Zillah set to travel to Toppenish on Oct. 28.
As usual, Connell and defending champion Royal loom as the favorites to host winner-to-state crossover games from the top-heavy SCAC East. That puts a premium on the SCAC West’s top two spots and the accompanying home games for a chance to reach the playoffs.
The Leopards and Wildcats didn’t shy away from nonleague tests, highlighted by showdowns with Royal for both schools. Zillah will take on Ellensburg and CWAC favorite Prosser in their first two games, while Toppenish’s schedule features 2A Washougal and a rematch of the 2A first-round game against Mt. Baker that Toppenish won 34-29.
TOPPENISH: Despite losing offensive player of the year and dynamic first-team all-league safety Jason Grant, Toppenish returns a host of proven seniors at the skill positions. None will be more important than second-team all-league quarterback Josh Perez, and he’ll have some quality targets in first-team wide receiver Shane Rivera and first-team running back Timmy Torres, among others.
Linebackers Seth Ordaz and Joshua Luna will be back for their senior season to anchor a somewhat less experienced yet still talented defense, but the major question will be at the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball. The Wildcats lost two offensive lineman preparing to play in college this fall and they lost just about all their starters other than Luna, a first-team selection on the offensive line.
Perez and coach Jason Smith expect some growing pains up front but believe they’ll still find ways to thrive with so much firepower elsewhere on the field.
ZILLAH: The Leopards graduated their top three playmakers, quarterback Clay Delp, first-team wide receiver/return specialist Owen Avila and first-team running back Braydon Flood, the league’s defensive player of the year who moved under center when Delp went down due to injury. Four other first-team defensive players moved on as well.
That leaves a difficult task for Ryan Watson, who said sophomore Jayden Salme beat out two older players last spring to earn the starting quarterback job. Jon VanCleave, first-team safety Cash Laymon and Nakea John provide three quality wide receiver options, and Alex Martinez appears to be the leader of a group of sophomore running backs.
Zillah also possesses a valuable weapon in first-team all-league kicker Jorge Espinoza, who’s nearing the school record for points scored.
NACHES VALLEY: Replacing first-team all-league quarterback Grant Osborn and his favorite targets, Julian Rodriguez and Garren Gooler, won’t be easy. First-team linebacker Mitchell Helgert gives the Rangers a strong leader on defense and Jesse Benge offers some experience on the offensive line.
LA SALLE: A heavy reliance on youth last season could pay off for La Salle, with all-league players like junior defensive lineman Justus Barker and sophomore linebacker Johan Valladares ready to keep improving.
WAPATO: Former Toppenish offensive coordinator Ray Reyes clearly brought some enthusiasm back for Wapato football, drawing more than 60 players out to fall camp. Only one of the Wolves’ nine seniors played last season and all but 16 players on the roster are freshmen and sophomores, including sophomore running back Aiden Badonie.
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2023: DSS promises to curb insecurity before election
The Department of State Security Services (DSS) has assured Nigerians that the current state of insecurity in parts of the country will be curbed and a tranquil environment ushered in before the end of the year in readiness for the 2023 general elections in the country.
The Director General of the service, Alhaji Yusuf Magaji Bichi, who gave the assurance while speaking with the leadership of the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) during the week in his office in Abuja, said the optimism derived from increased tempo and the progress being recorded by the nation’s security agencies in the war against terrorism, armed banditry, kidnapping and other forms of insecurity.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Special Assistant on Media to the IPAC Chairman, Ayuba Ahmad.
Alhaji Magaji Bichi pointed out that while members of the public may not be aware of the “impressive mileage covered so far”, the security agencies have been working assiduously in collaborative efforts with the results that the various armed groups, insurgents and other violent criminals “have been severely decapitated to near position of total annihilation.”
The DSS boss stated that the Service has been alive and living to its bidding in the performance of its primary, statutory mandate of surveillance, intelligence gathering, detection, prevention and arrest of persons whose actions pose danger to the public or national security.
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While calling on the general public to be patriotic by being alert to their civic responsibilities of vigilance, law-abiding and supportive of efforts of security agencies in the war against criminals and criminality, he noted that “the cooperation of citizens is very critical in checking the menace of bad eggs in the society.”
On the specific objective and desire for a conducive atmosphere for the conduct of the elections next year, Alhaji Magaji Bichi emphasised the role of the political parties, their candidates and supporters who he said, must embark on peaceful, issue-based campaigns instead of stoking the “embers of insecurity, anarchy and violence by whipping up divisive sentiments of religion, ethnicity, regional and other fault lines.”
Earlier in his address, the National Chairman of IPAC, Engineer Yabagi Sani, said the visit was informed by the “rising and frightening ” incidents of insecurity in parts of the country which he noted, must be contained “very urgently and comprehensively” in order to stave off the palpable danger posed to the nation’s progress on the path of democracy.
According to the IPAC Chairman, the leadership of the platform for all the registered political parties in the country is very worried and concerned because, “beside the calamities of death, disruption of the nation’s economy and the devastating social dislocations presently on the rampage across the country, the monstrous phenomenon of insecurity palpably portends the capacity of reversing the gains Nigeria has made in the entrenchment and consolidation of democracy by aborting the coming elections in 2023.”
To buttress the grounds for the apprehensions of IPAC, Engineer Yabagi Yusuf Sani drew attention to the scenario where some of the terrorist bands, especially in the north of the country, are reported to have taken over and established quasi-governments in some parts of the states in the region and, “some of them have grown so strong and emboldened to the level of targeting formations and convoys of security agencies.”
He called on the State Security Department to be actively engaged in the task of fighting the menace of massive hemorrhage and thefts in the nation’s oil industry which he noted, “has reached an alarming proportion that is frightfully threatening the very foundation and survival of the country.”
Making reference to reports of a daily loss of about 400, 000 barrels of crude oil by the country as a result of activities of thieves, Engineer Yabagi Sani observed that, the loss ” of such a humongous source of income, inevitably has a tangential impact on the economy.”
He said that the criminals responsible for the massive stealing in the oil industry “are known to the government and the relevant security agencies” and thus the appeal by IPAC to the DSS to, as a matter of national exigency, embark on a frontal campaign of cleansing the rot in the oil sector by going for the unpatriotic elements and their foreign collaborators that are bleeding and asphyxiating the country.”
The IPAC Chairman said that the general dire situation of insecurity demands an urgent review in the strategies and approach of the Department of State Security and the other relevant security agencies “especially, in view of the 2023 general elections that must be conducted under a secured and peaceful atmosphere to enhance the prospects of the survival and growth of the nation’s democracy.”
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Sixty-three days after, the abducted senior police officer, Chief Superintendent of Police with the Kaduna State Police Command, Muhammad Gyadi Gyadi, is yet to be released.
Gyadi Gyadi who was abducted on June 27 by bandits somewhere around Buruku village along Birnin Gwari highway on his way to assume duty as the Divisional Police Officer (DPO).
A source revealed that the DPO was transferred to Birnin Gwari from Kubau Local Government Area of Kaduna State and was looking forward to reporting to duty when the sad incident happened.
However, it was learnt that his predicament worsen after his abductors initially demanded a whooping sum of N200 million as ransom.
It was further gathered that after a series of negotiations, the abductors finally settled for N20 million.
According to the source, “Some of us came together to rally round for the amount because he is from a poor family, and the family members largely depend on him.
“As we speak, we were only able to raise N5.6 million; N5 million was raised through contributions from colleagues here, and we got N600,000 from Pambegua, his last duty post.
“We know the government has a policy of not paying for ransom, but I think this is an exceptional case because everyone knows Oga Gyadi-Gyadi to be very committed to his job.
He added that “abandoning him at this crucial point, is sending a very bad signal to some of us in service,”
At the time of filing this report, the Kaduna Police Command or the state government are yet to react to the development.
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Mother Teresa, the Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun who died a saint, left more than her graceful actions. She strung together unusual letters and left immortal words. In moments of anger, I always remember her counsel: “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” For unkind words, the same happens – they rarely ever get forgotten. The president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Emmanuel Osodeke, Thursday last week used the word ‘quack’ to describe state universities that do not agree with his union, its leadership and its ways. I heard him live and gasped. It was an activist’s version of the president of Nigeria saying a vital part of his country was “a dot in a circle.” You remember that leak? My dictionary defines ‘quack’ as a fraudulent or ignorant pretender to a particular skill. “A person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to skill, knowledge or qualifications he or she does not possess; a charlatan.” As an adjective, it describes someone “who complicates everyone’s problems.” So, how does that word collocate with ‘university’ in the context of a strike?
You have heard of the Renaissance of the 14th century, the transition from darkness to light; a period of rebirth in science, arts and culture. You’ve also read of the Reformation of the 16th century. Its political, intellectual and cultural upheavals strengthened the universities and cleaned the gutters of politics and freedom in Europe. This age we live in in Nigeria is the opposite of those eras – it is anti-intellectual, anti-learning, anti-culture. Education here and now is proclaimed as a scam. You have a horde of online and offline minions who belch “to hell with certificates and degrees.” That is why you’ve ended up with election candidates who inspire in 2022 what the Renaissance overthrew 700 years ago. You have one candidate whose two university degrees (as claimed in 1999) have shrunk to one in 2022. You have another with a Masters without a first degree. You have another with a terminal degree. You have hundreds who claim attendance at universities but contest elections with primary school certification. You have them all assisting the incumbent to pick his teeth while our youths waste away as universities remain shut for a whole academic session. It is the reason we must save our universities and ASUU from the toxins of arrogant anger.
Someone warned that you should never let bad moods choose words for you. It was a very unnecessary self-directed shot fired by Osodeke. The ASUU president was asked to comment on the trouble in the house of his union. Some state universities are not part of his strike – or have pulled out. Then, like Sango the unruly god of thunder released fire, mouth and nostrils: “When you are providing data, look at the background. Kwara State University is not a member of ASUU, Osun State University was suspended for its behaviour, you can check. LASU, you mentioned. We are in court with LASU because they sacked all our executives five years ago, so they are not part of this struggle; and Ekiti State University’s government has the right to say we have reopened, just as it has happened in Gombe State University, Yobe and Kaduna State University. So, don’t cite those examples as they are irrelevant. Talk about the issue; is the University of Ibadan on strike? Is the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) on strike? Is Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) on strike? Is Bayero University, Kano (BUK) on strike? Is the University of Maiduguri on strike and the University of Lagos? Let’s talk about important universities, not those quacks.” That last sentence ‘killed’ his leadership.
An uproar followed that incautious, poisonous fart. Victims of ASUU’s ill-words reacted. They demanded a retraction and an apology from the advocate of good governance who leads a union of idealists. There is a word called ‘remorse’; its synonyms include: compunction, contrition, penitence, and repentance; the simplest is regret. The ASUU president does not sound like he has ever come across any of those words; he attacked his own people and is carrying on as if he has finally snatched victory from the jaws of Buhari’s lion. “Sometimes, the mistake is not the problem; the lack of remorse is the real mistake.” That is from Michael Bassey Johnson, author of ‘The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes.’ The ASUU president used a bad word for his own people. Let us assume that the odious fart escaped from his anus in a moment of anger. But, shouldn’t he say sorry now that the fouled air is suffocating his union and all it stands for? He has insulted a vital part of his constituency; he has de-marketed them in a most unfair, cavalier manner. A leader should take responsibility for his actions – good, bad, deliberate or unintentional. The ASUU president did not. The man, instead, made a U-turn and did what Jews did, slaying a scapegoat to wash away his shitty sins: “There is nothing like that. It is a lie. I have told myself that I will not talk to the press again because they always misrepresent things. I have found out that the Nigerian press is specialized in manipulating interviews, reporting what someone did not say just to create confusion in the system. They won’t report things the way it is.” This ASUU president’s misdirected attack on the media is a mortal sin against his union’s historical, critical partner in all its struggles. There are consequences for unprovoked aggression. The disgraceful attempt by this ASUU man to blame the press for what he clearly said is a subversion of truth and decency. I watched the television interview live; millions of others did. The video is everywhere floating online. In your culture, what is that name you call the one who denies the truth?
The cracks in the wall of ASUU widen. Osodeke’s indiscretion has worsened it. Ugly lizards and slithering snakes are keying in their hideous bodies and intentions into the crevices. He should be prepared to explain soon how the demands that have shut the universities for almost a year would benefit state universities. Students and lecturers of state universities will ask what share they have in the house of ASUU and its protracted divorce from work. The president of ASUU is Emmanuel; he should have no problem understanding those who asked the question about their portion in David and their “inheritance in the son of Jesse.” This one should not end in “To your tents…” Osodeke should be preparing his answers to save the union. ASUU deserves to live; it is the very last bastion of resistance to the evil of Nigeria and its ways.
Since February 2022, Nigeria has had the dubious blessing of maintaining universities without students. What are the issues involved in the ASUU vs Federal Government bout? I asked a friend, a young member of ASUU who agonises as the union loses the sympathy of critical segments of the Nigerian society. The issues, he told me, are basically: “A renegotiation of the 2009 agreement which affects matters such as salaries and wages which have been the same since then even as we’ve had two new national minimum wage reviews. Yar’Adua promised us it would be reviewed in 2012, then again in 2015, but 13 years down the line, we still earn the same wage. Buhari started renegotiation in 2017, with Wale Babalakin as committee chair. Babalakin resigned after being humiliated as pro-Chancellor of UNILAG. After the strike of 2020, the Federal Government replaced him with Prof Munzali Jubril. Agreement was reached in May 2021. All relevant agencies of government participated. The Federal Government refused to sign the agreement. When this strike started in February, our initial demand was for the Federal Government to sign that agreement. They came back after several weeks to say that they could not sign that agreement, and we should start the negotiations all over again. After a few weeks of objection, ASUU agreed. That birthed the third committee led by Professor Nimi Briggs. He has also submitted his report. We have seen enough signs that the Federal Government does not want to sign this as well.
“There’s the recurring issue of revitalisation funds. Under Jonathan, a study commissioned by the Federal Government said our universities needed an immediate infusion of N1.3 trillion to come to the minimum standard. Jonathan said he saw the needs, but didn’t have the money. ASUU suggested the intervention should be made in tranches of N200 billion a year, for six years, and N100 billion for the seventh year. Jonathan said that was more than fair. In 2014, he released the first tranche, which was for 2013. He didn’t pay for 2014 intervention year before leaving. Buhari came in and said the country was broke. Between 2015 and 2022, Buhari hasn’t completed the release of the 2014 tranche. I think he’s paid around N85 billion or less in three installments. So, we have outstanding interventions for 2015-2022, not factoring in the rising inflation and currency devaluation that has made the amounts far lesser in value than they were in 2014.
“ASUU wants out of IPPIS. It is fraudulent and inefficient. Now the Federal Government has admitted much after subjecting it to stress tests. UTAS, produced by ASUU free of charge, scored 99.3, according to the National Information Technology Development Agency. It will ensure transparency in our universities, without eroding autonomy. The Federal Government will still have control, through the National Universities Commission, not the office of the Accountant-General. ASUU wants a review of the modalities for setting up public universities, especially by states. The idea these days is to set up a university as a constituency project, and then wait for ASUU strike to bring the funds for infrastructural development. Any state that cannot put in place guaranteed funding for a given period of time should not set it up. Payment of earned academic allowances, with arrears of about six years, is still outstanding. (There is the) release of visitation panel reports to federal universities. ASUU had to force the Federal Government to conduct the visitations in 2020. They usually don’t like doing it because it exposes the mismanagement of universities by the vice chancellors and the councils appointed on the basis of patronage. Now that they’ve done it, they don’t want to release the report.”
In those three paragraphs, my ASUU friend from LASU has said what his president could not say without pulling down the roof. True, ASUU has a case. We must save the universities and save ourselves. The government that we have is a very unusual one. It is never afraid to misbehave knowing that it has the anointing to serially commit blue murder and get away with it. It has that record. It is committed to nothing that is not about power and money. The universities can remain closed till the next century; the regime lives by this saying of the street: ‘What concerns me in the death and burial of Adele’s mother? Let Adele himself die, who cares?’ Already, we are reading about “cynically fabricated falsehood against critical parties” in the Federal Government/ASUU renegotiating committee. A statement signed by the government’s own team with that title ‘showed face’ in the media a few days ago. It points fingers at elements in the government as conspiring against their own resolution plan.
Unfortunately, the divisive rhetoric of the ASUU president has helped to strengthen the hand of the enemy. If the man of anger does not know, with his own mouth, he has rechristened his own union as one of quacks. There are elements who think Osodeke’s outburst was a Freudian slip about his colleagues and our universities – without exception. There are people who think lecturers become professors and get themselves rocking chairs. They say lecturers get paid for lazing about, teaching nothing, researching nothing. If you called your dinnerware a potty, the world would deem it fit only for disgusting shit. The incontinent men of this government will soon hold a festival of insults for recalcitrant universities and their lecturers. Their ass will serve poo to varsity workers and their mouths of hunger. We, their friends, will be helpless when that starts happening. The government has got that franchise of abuse from the president of ASUU who looked straight and pronounced his own home as full of charlatans.
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THE Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, on Sunday arrived at the Aminu Kano International Airport after some days in London.
Atiku’s arrival in the state is in anticipation of the formal defection of Kano Central senator and former governor of the state, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau, and his supporters to the PDP from the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) today.
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Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has supervised the enrollment of over 7,000 out-of-school children into schools in the Northern part of the state where Boko Haram insurgents displaced thousands of residents.
The governor disclosed this to newsmen on Monday in Monguno where he said “today we are here in Monguno for only one purpose, to enrol the out-of-school children into schools”,
According to him, most of the children enrolled in schools are orphans whose parents were killed during the Boko Haram insurgency in northern parts of Borno State.
He added that “the children, aged between 6 and 13 years were enrolled into primary and junior secondary schools, depending on their academic statuses before they were displaced by insurgents from communities in Monguno, Kukawa, Guzamala and Marte Local Government Areas, all in northern Borno”.
“After numerous attacks on communities in the aforementioned LGAs since 2014, residents including thousands of children escaped to Monguno town to live in IDP camps for years, with many children missing school.”
The governor applauded parents and guardians for the large turnout to present their children and wards for mass enrollment.
Zulum also visited and assessed the ongoing construction and renovation works at a site he had approved for the Federal Polytechnic in Monguno.
The Governor directed the construction of an additional hostel, staff quarters and admin block at the Federal Polytechnic.
Zulum had previously approved and released N100m to enable the school to take off soon after it was approved by President Buhari in January 2021.
Meanwhile, visiting the polytechnic, the Governor inspected the ongoing construction of zonal office of a newly created monitoring and evaluation unit from which some trained officials will be monitoring government establishments such as schools and hospitals.
Governor Zulum travelled to Monguno in the company of the commissioner of education, Engr Lawan Abba Wakilbe, Barrister Mohammed Tahir Monguno who is the Chief Whip of the House of Reps and APC’s senatorial candidate for northern Borno. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/borno-govt-enrols-7000-out-of-school-idp-children-orphans-in-schools-%E2%80%95-zulum/ | 2022-08-29T18:21:03Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/borno-govt-enrols-7000-out-of-school-idp-children-orphans-in-schools-%E2%80%95-zulum/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
EFFECTIVE from September 1, 2022, lending rates on all Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) intervention loans would be raised from five per cent to nine per cent.
This is in compliance with a recent circular by the apex bank mandating Nigerian Banks to raise the lending rates.
Intervention loans are long-term loans lent by the CBN to banks (at a subsidised rate of two per cent) for onward lending to various priority sectors in the economy (like agriculture, power, etc.).
Following the outbreak of COVID-19, the CBN mandated banks to reduce the lending rate on these facilities from nine per cent to five per cent.
The subsidised rate was initially introduced for 12 months. However, this was extended by a year further in March 2021 and March 2022.
Given the recent 12-month extension in March, analysts at an African-focused financial and investment advisory company, Hermes Advisory, said they found the sudden reversal by the CBN surprising as the economy remains in a precarious position.
According to them, based on disclosures amongst Nigerian banks, “We think the biggest beneficiaries of the higher lending rates could be Access and Zenith, while the impact on FBNH and UBA will be negligible.”
The analysts found the timing of these two reversals surprising, given the precarious economic conditions and the continued low real interest rates in the economy.
For instance, the 364-day T-bill was issued at a yield of 7.45 per cent during the primary market auction on August 10 vs. an annual inflation of 19.6 per cent in July.
“While we find it surprising, we think these developments in conjunction with two consecutive rate hikes during the past two monetary policy meetings could be yet further evidence that the CBN is gradually normalising the policy environment.
“We think further normalisation of monetary policy resulting in higher lending rates and potential refund of banks’ excess CRR deposits could be a significant positive for banks and a catalyst for re-rating,” the analysts stated in an emailed note.
In a separate circular, the CBN also mandated banks to increase the minimum savings deposit rate from 10 per cent to 30 per cent of the Monetary Policy Rate (currently 14 per cent), effectively increasing it from 1.4 per cent to 4.2 per cent.
The savings rate was reduced from 30 per cent of MPR to 10 per cent in September 2020 in response to declining trends in market interest rates.
According to the aforementioned article, the CBN cites a “return to full normalcy” of economic activity as the key reason for re-adjusting the savings rate back to 30 per cent.
“Based on our banks’ disclosures, the banks most negatively impacted by the higher deposit rates are Zenith, FBNH, and GTCO, while Stanbic IBTC will likely be the least affected,” Hermes Advisory stated.
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Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed a suit filed by the Federal Government seeking to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari to the United States of America (USA).
The trial Judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo held in the judgment that the extradition request filed by the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami (SAN) on behalf of the Federal Government lacked merit and was liable to be dismissed by the court.
The Federal Government filed the extradition charges against Kyari to pave way for his extradition to the United States of America (USA) to answer fraud allegations in relation to his alleged link with the suspected international fraudster, Ramon Abbas, also known as Hushpuppi.
Justice Ekwo however, held that the Federal Government has no basis to file the extradition request having put Abba Kyari on trial in Nigeria in relation to the allegations against him in America
The Judge specifically held that the Federal Government’s request for extradition was “strange, incompetent and bereft of merit.
“Malami, being the Chief Law Officer of the country, ought to be aware that the Extradition Act, forbids the surrendering of a defendant that is already facing trial before a competent court in the country”, Justice Ekwo held and wondered why the AGF approached the court with the extradition application when he was equally the one that issued fiat to the National Drug Law Enforcement (NDLEA) to prosecute DCP Kyari on drug-related charges.
“The AGF could not say that he was not aware of the pending proceeding against the defendant which was entered against him by the NDLEA”, Justice Ekwo held and added that the law was clear that Kyari, having been put on trial before a court of competent jurisdiction in the country, “shall not be surrendered until such case has been discharged either by his conviction or acquittal”.
Consequently, the court held that the extradition request was incompetent and deserved to be dismissed.
Justice Ekwo had on June 3, reserved the matter for judgment, after he heard from the Federal Government’s lawyer, Mr Pius Akutah, and that of Kyari, Mr Nureni Jimoh (SAN).
While the Federal Government maintained that it had met all conditions precedent for the suspended DCP to be extradited to the USA to answer to a criminal charge that is pending against him, on the other hand, Kyari, challenged the legal competence of the extradition request against him.
Kyari, who is being remanded in prison custody for drug-related charges, had told the court that contrary to the allegation against him, he had some months before Hushpuppi was arrested, sent a letter to both the AGF and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), notifying them that he had opened a channel of communication with the suspected internet fraudster, in furtherance of an ongoing investigation.
Kyari is wanted in the U.S. to stand trial for conspiracy to commit wire fraud, money laundering and identity theft.
A grand jury had on April 29, 2021, filed an indictment against him with the approval of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, after which a warrant was issued for his arrest.
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DisCos’ takeover: How CBN saved commercial banks, power sector from collapse
Following the takeover of five electricity Distribution Companies (DisCos) by banks, stakeholders have backed Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) support for the move.
This was even as they stated that the move would ensure that shares are successfully transferred to new investors as this remained a leeway for the financial and power sector in the country.
According to sector’s experts, without the action, DisCos’ indebtedness would have led to total collapse of some banks as well as the power sector.
Backed by the apex bank, Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) had taken over five DisCos due to poor performance and inability to pay back loans.
The development was already putting some banks on the edge of collapse.
In what has been described as poor financial performance, Abuja, Ibadan, Kano, Kaduna, and Benin DisCos have been at loggerheads with the banks in a takeover move backed by the CBN, Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) and Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE).
This is coming amidst a fresh $500 million loan by the apex bank to improve the capacity of the distribution companies and also at a time where FG’s intervention in the sector currently stands at N2.9trillion.
Adetayo Adegbemle, power sector analyst, noted that the CBN roles was imperative stressing that the indebtedness of the power sector to the bank would have led to banks’ collapse.
“I love the fact that CBN came into the power sector, not just to save the power sector, don’t forget even though they have roles to play in the sector, they came in to save their own banking sector.
“The loans that the power sector took from the banks have become bad and if you do not do anything it is going to be on the books of the banks. So CBN backing the banks to take-over the shares is a good thing for CBN,” he said.
Similarly, a report by CSL Stockbrokers Limited, (CSLS) titled; “The continued rise of bank loans to power sector”, had last week stated that the power sector owed N836.08 billion to Deposit Money Banks (DMBs).
It said DisCos are indebted heavily despite huge stimuli from the FG and interventions from the CBN.
Prior to takeover, CBN had directed theDeposit Money Banks to take charge of the collection of electricity bill payments.
In a circular signed by Hassan Bello, director of banking supervision, it said the move was basis on the recommendation of the Power Sector Coordination Working Group to improve payment discipline in the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI).
Also, the Director-General of the BPE, Alex Okoh had last week disclosed that it was working with CBN to ensure that banks, which took over the DisCos exit in six-month as they were not expected to hold the shares in perpetually.
“In fact, in conjunction with the CBN, we have given them a deadline of six months within which to sell those shares to credible operators approved by the BPE and NERC and should they not be able to meet that deadline, they can be given a maximum extension of another six months. So in one-year maximum, they should be out of the DISCOs.”
That said, President of the Nigerian Consumer Protection Network, Kunle Olubiyo in his contribution, said the takeover has helped in averting massive job losses and prevented imminent collapse of the banking industry due to what he described as toxic loans.
According to him, pioneer investors in the DisCos are Nigerian, who meant well but lack the requisite technical requirements of the original financial bidding benchmarks and technical bidding benchmarks originally set out as thresholds for financial diligence.
“What is most important is our ability as a nation to rally round indigenous investors with the right financial muscles, who in turn can put together an assemblage of individual’s professionals with collective cognate experiences of working in the business of management of power generation, transmission and distribution value chain to apply and take over.
“I am quite sure that in the next one, the present crop of receivers’ managers would have learnt a lot from the multifaceted sector wide learning curves,” he said.
Also, a partner, Nextier Power, Emeka Okpukpara, noted that the initiatives by the apex bank is reducing financial liquidity in the sector, thus introducing transparency, which enabled players in the sector to have access to information.
According to him, aside from offering visibility to the sector’s finance, the efforts ensured payment of debts as first-line charges.
Okpukpara said “The financial discipline allows visibility of what DisCos are collecting. It allows debts such as generation, services, and other charges to be settled first before operating expenses.
“Transparency, in most cases, increases trust in a system. Therefore, I would recommend that the collection figures are made public since DisCos are custodians of market funds, rather than the owners.”
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Edo govt gives Sept 9 ultimatum for morgue operators to register
Edo State Government on Monday gave a September 9 ultimatum to all morgue operators operating without a licence in the state to get approval from the state’s Ministry of Health.
The State Commissioner for Health, Obehi Akoria, handed down the ultimatum at a press briefing, held alongside security operatives among others, to give an update on the suspected ritual shrine recently uncovered by the security agencies in Benin City.
Akoria equally urged owners of mortuary homes who had earlier registered to present their proof of registration to the ministry by Friday, September 30.
“The Edo State Ministry of Health is using this opportunity to reach out to all persons who own or operate mortuaries or embalmment homes to come to the Ministry of Health, Directorate of Regulation and Monitoring, with evidence of due registration if they are duly registered latest by September 30.
“However, for those who are not duly registered, we are giving till the close of business on September 9, for them to present themselves to the Ministry of Health, where we will give them the basic requirements for operation of mortuaries or embalmment homes in the state”, she directed.
On his part, Olawore Oluwole, the officer in charge of the Criminal Investigative Department, Edo State Police Command, said in the course of investigation, there was interface with medical personnel, lawyers, members of the public, representatives of the Benin Traditional Council, families of those who deposited corpses as well as a pathologist.
“Following investigations by the Command’s team and health personnel led by the Commissioner for Health, some documents were recovered portraying it to be an approved location from the Ministry of Environment and Sustainability. However, the principal suspect, Gabriel Otu, later reported and made statements, and some other hospitals and mortuaries were equally visited and the following facts emerged.
“The principal suspect didn’t acquire formal training but only worked at different mortuaries as a mortuary attendant. The principal suspect doesn’t have the certificate to practice as a mortician or any certification from the traditional board, ministry of health, ministry of environment or any other appropriate certification.
“The building utilised by him was not certified nor approved by the ministry of health or environment. Other facts revealed is that the mortuary is not a layout for a trado-medical institution,” Oluwole said.
He added that “23 embalmed corpses, as well as a dismembered mummified body without a skull, were found and it depicts an unlawful possession and violates section 329 of the criminal code.
“There were also sacrilegious effigies found at the scene; some inside while others were outside. These depict criminal elements in his possession and against section 213 of the criminal code. Some specimens were extracted and have been sent to experts for forensic analysis”.
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The Edo State Police Command, on Monday, paraded two suspects, Nosa Iyere (62years) who sold a nine days-old-baby girl for N400,000 to Juliet Agbonifo (45years) at Ogida, Benin City.
Parading the suspects, the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Chidi Nwabuzor, said that the 62 years old Iyere, a retired nurse, who operates a maternity clinic by the name: Uyiosa Maternity, sold the baby to Agboifo, a petty trader, at the cost of N400,000.
“The Command, in an attempt to fight crime and criminality and make peace and tranquillity reign in Edo State, has made some achievements, which is the recovery of a nine-day-old baby stolen and sold by two suspects.
“The Divisional Police Officer of the Ogida Division, acting on credible information that a certain woman, by name, Juliet Agboifo, 45, was about to procure a child at the Teachers House, Ogida, moved to the scene, arrested the woman, who led the detective to the seller, Wilfred Nosa Iyere. The two have been arrested,” the PPRO disclosed, assuring that he said the suspects would be charged to court in earnest.
Explaining his involvement Iyare, claimed to operate a maternity clinic, and said that he had a lady, who delivered a baby girl in their facility.
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“We have a lady who delivered in our facility by the name Prosper Peter and said she doesn’t need the baby, they linked with one of my nurses and they sold the baby to the woman at the cost of N400,000. I have been calling the mother, who said she was coming but I have not seen her,” he explained
Also, the buyer, Mrs Juliet Agbonifo, said she bought the baby at the cost of N400,000 and also paid N20,000 for the discharge of the baby.
“I bought the baby from Nosa for N400,000 and paid for the discharge of the baby for N20,000, I have only one son, so I wanted to buy the girl to make it two,” she added.
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To appreciate its loyal customers and business partners under the Business-to-Business (B2B) category, Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc (FMN) has given out 22 trucks, ranging from one tonne truck to 20 tonnes utility truck.
At the presentation ceremony held at the company corporate headquarters in Lagos, the managing director, Foods Division, Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc. (FMN), Devlin Hainsworth, reaffirmed the company’s commitment to its trading partners through investments and collaboration for growth.
Hainsworth, while addressing the awardees noted that partnership remained key in driving the business forward despite the challenging business and economic clime.
“It’s really only because of the special relationship the partnership that we have with our key dealers, that we can fulfill our purpose of feeding the nation every day and the length and breadth of the country is because of this partnership, and the capability and the commitment of our dealers that we can honor our purpose and we can make sure that golden Penny products are indeed available,” he said.
Hainsworth also noted that the awards was a way of investing back into the business as it is believed that the trucks will go a long way in promoting the customers’ business in the area logistics and prompt delivery of their produce.
In his remark, Paul Udochi, FMN’s Head of Sales, B2B, emphasize that FMN Plc is customer-centric organisation which had always in the past, remained consistent in rewarding its customers under different cateogy.
He explained that the 22 awardees were customers and partners under the Bread Flour segment of the B2B category, who are selected based on their outstanding performance.
The rewards include five one-tonne TATA Truck; six 3.5-tonnes TATA Truck; 12-tonnes Ashok Leyland 1718; three 15-tonnes SINO Truck and one 20-tonnes Daewoo Prima 3428 Truck.
One of the awardee, Badejo Adegboyega, MD of Felicia Modupeoluwa Trading Company Ltd, noted that FMN PLC had always being supportive to their distributors, while appreciating the company for the rewards.
Adegboyega, who had been a partner for 32 years said the company has good products and keep to their promises, thus engendering his good relationships with the company over the years. He therefore encourage the company not to rest on its oars but to keep being the best in food production sector in the country.
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Gas explosion: Two injured, four tankers burnt in Ogun
Two persons were reportedly injured in a gas explosion that occurred on Monday in the Mowe area, near the Redemption Camp, in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State.
It was gathered that four tankers were equally burnt in an incident that happened at about 10.30 am, at a gas plant.
Tribune Online learnt that people scampered to safety as a result of the explosion which caused panic among the residents.
The combined efforts of operatives of the Federal Fire Service, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), put the situation which lasted about three hours under control.
Information gathered had it that a gas tanker loaded with content collided with another tanker within the premises which triggered the explosion.
When contacted the Public Relations Officer of the Federal Fire Service, Ogun State Command, Oluwasegun Ayansiji, confirmed the incident.
Ayansiji explained that the explosion did not occur within the Redemption Camp as being speculated by members of the public
He said: “There was no casualty, but about two people were injured and they have been taken to the hospital.
“The explosion occurred at a gas plant called, SON contractors and it is not inside RCCG has been speculated, but it is close to RCCG.
“A tanker loaded with gas wanted to offload its product inside the company.
“As it was trying to reverse to park well so as to offload, it had a collision with some empty tankers parked and this resulted in the explosion.
“As at this moment everything is calm and under control.
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“Three empty gas tankers that were parked were burnt in the compound. The explosion happened right inside the compound of the company.”
The Zonal Public Relations Officer of NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye, said no death was recorded in the fire outbreak.
Farinloye said: “The operation just ended a few minutes ago, but nobody died and nobody was injured.”
Meanwhile, the Ogun State government has sealed off the plant for further investigation by necessary bodies.
The Commissioner for Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs, Mrs Olufemi Ilori-Oduntan, disclosed this while addressing journalists at the scene of the incident.
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DAIRY brand, Hollandia, recently partnered with the Association of Community Pharmacists of Nigeria (ACPN) and the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to raise awareness on issues, regarding lactose intolerance, while highlighting the unique benefits of using lactose-free milk, such as Hollandia Lactose Free Milk, for those with lactose sensitivities.
Speaking at the 41st ACPN Annual National Scientific Conference, and the Annual General Meeting & Scientific Conference of the NMA (Lagos Chapter), recently, Health Development, Wellness, and Human Capital Development Consultant, Dr. Bisi Abiola, recommended a lactose-free milk for patients, experiencing symptoms such as bloating, diarrhoea, nausea, cramps, stooling, and flatulence after consuming dairy products.
She stated that while many consumers experience lactose intolerance, the inability of the body to digest lactose, the sugar present in milk, most of them can still not connect the symptoms they experience after consuming dairy products to lactose intolerance.
“Those who are aware of this condition may avoid milk altogether thereby losing out on the beneficial nutrients contained in milks such as calcium, proteins, and vitamins which their bodies need.
“Interestingly, Hollandia Lactose Free Milk is an easy solution that could help eliminate many of the unpleasant symptoms of milk consumption,” she said.
The Marketing Director, CHI Limited, Mrs. Toyin Nnodi, thanked the ACPN and NMA for the partnership, aimed at drawing more attention to the challenge of lactose intolerance.
“We are delighted with the platforms offered by two of the most respected health associations in Nigeria (ACPN and NMA) to drive awareness on lactose sensitivities and showcase the unique benefits of Hollandia Lactose Free Milk as a solution to helping people living with lactose intolerance,” she added.
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IATA commends FG over release of $265million trapped funds
•Says gesture will encourage airlines to continue operations in Nigeria
International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global clearing house for over three hundred airlines has commended the Nigerian government over the release of $265million being part of the over $600 million funds belonging to the foreign airlines that hot trapped in the country.
While commending Nigeria, the IATA’s Regional Vice President, Africa & Middle East, Kamil Alawahdi said the international body will continue to engage the Nigerian government on the need to release the remaining trapped funds.
According to Alawahdi “IATA welcomes the Nigerian Government’s release of $265m of airlines’ blocked funds. We will continue to engage with it on expediting the release of the remaining amount so that airlines can continue providing the connectivity Nigeria requires without disrupting and harming its economy and jobs.
“We encourage other countries, in Africa and elsewhere, that are blocking the repatriation of foreign airlines’ funds, to follow Nigeria’s example and release the money they are withholding. Without it, airlines cannot afford to serve those countries. This would be detrimental to the people and businesses that depend on the market connectivity those airlines provide.
“IATA speaks and leads the industry on matters of common interest. While IATA cannot speak for individual airlines, we hope the release of blocked funds with assurances and safeguards to prevent a recurrence, will persuade affected carriers to continue serving Nigeria.”
Following the release of the $265 million of the funds, Nigeria still has an outstanding of over $300 million to pay the foreign carriers.
As previously reported by IATA, other African countries that are still indebted to the foreign carriers include Zimbabwe $100m, Algeria $96m, Eritrea $79m and Ethiopia $75m.
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Imo election: Ihedioha suffered brazen daylight robbery, Dogara declares
FORMER Speaker of the House of Representatives, Honourable Yakubu Dogara, has again thrown another bombshell in continuation of his fight against the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) which he belongs to, by declaring that Honourable Emeka Ihedioha was robbed of his victory as the elected governor of Imo State.
Dogara declared that Ihedioha suffered 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, spoke at the thanksgiving service to celebrate the 90th birthday of Ihedioha’s mother, Dame Dorothy Ihedioha, at St James Anglican Church, Asokoro, Abuja, on Sunday.
Dogara noted with delight that the stolen electoral mandate of Ihedioha did not in any way break his spirits, adding that “he has moved on with life.”
He then praised Ihedioha’s resilience and courage, attributes he said came from the upbringing he received from his mother.
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He said: “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.
“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, Honourable Emeka Ihedioha. “He has supported me and one of the meetings that led to my emergence as Speaker was held in his Guest House.”
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 thank God that he didn’t bend or become depressed.
“And I believe it is his faith in God that kept him and he must have contacted this grace from our mother.”
Turning to the celebrant, 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 the 120 years in good health and in prosperity.
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THERE are anticipations of bearish money market action as financial sector liquidity may come under increased strain due to the limited maturing treasury and Open Market Operation (OMO) bills.
Last week, the funding rate hovered around double-digit all week in the absence of any major inflows. At the close of trading on Friday, the interbank rates fell slightly.
The Open Repo rate (OPR) declined to 13.50 by -7.98 per cent (W-o-W) and the overnight rate (O/N) fell to 13.67 by -8.87 per cent (W-o-W).
Despite the selloffs all week, dealers said the Nigerian treasury bill closed slightly bullish on Friday. The average benchmark yield fell marginally by -0.12 percent (W-o-W) to 8.21.
Like the NTB market, the OMO bill’s closed bullish with the average benchmark yield declining by -0.19 per cent (W-o-W) to settle at 10.35
The market moved bearish during all trading sessions last week with the average benchmark curve pivoting outward.
On Friday, the average benchmark yield rose by 125bps (W-o-W) to 13.18 per cent from 13.02 per cent recorded in the previous week.
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Chairman, Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (MDCAN), University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, Dr Olusola Ibiyemi says in the last seven years, Nigeria has not been producing enough doctors to replace the ones lost to greener pastures due to the incessant strike by ASUU and NASU in the education sector.
Dr Ibiyemi, who spoke at a media briefing to mark the commencement of the association’s annual general meeting in Ibadan on Monday, said that this had further worsened the current exodus of highly skilled Nigerians, most especially doctors to greener pastures due to insecurity, inadequate funding, poor salary and unconducive working environment among other factors.
Ibiyemi, flanked by Dr Gbolahan Obajimi, Dr Oluseyi Akande, Mr Omobolaji Iyun, Dr Dare Olulana and other MDCAN executive members, at the briefing stated that Nigeria currently has a deficit of 315,426 medical doctors it requires to cater for the health needs of its teeming population.
He stated that the government’s refusal to pay health professionals the budgeted hazard allowance was also not helpful in boosting the morale of health workers to continue to want to offer their services in the country.
According to him, “Between 2021 and 2022, about 727 Nigerian doctors migrated to the UK, a country with over 9000 Nigerian doctors also working.
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“Last week, doctors in some institution like Federal Medical Centre, down tools to press home their request for government to address understaffing and its stress on provision of healthcare services.
“Currently at UCH, Ibadan, if you ask the resident doctors, they will tell you that they don’t know if the next person they are talking with is actually on his way to the airport to leave for another country to work.
“The Health Minister coming out to say that we have enough doctors and other healthcare workers is a political one; the exodus of doctors out of Nigeria is so high.
“One of our assignments as MDCAN is to provide training. When ASUU is on strike, it affects the teaching of medical students. And that is why we are joining our voice to that of well-meaning Nigerians to ask that the government should find an amicable solution to the stroke.
“We already have doctors moving out of the country, now we have a situation where we are not producing doctors to replace them; that is where we have found ourselves in the last 7 years.”
Dr Obajimi, MDCAN UCH branch’s vice chairman said the attrition of specialist doctors in the country is also low and other doctors also leave Nigeria under the excuse of wanting to have professional training abroad.
He added, “In my department, Obstetrics and gynaecology, we have about 11 senior registrars and almost all of them have applied for training as registrars in the UK. The issues are how do we mitigate this to keep Nigerian doctors in Nigeria. We certainly cannot influence people’s choices; anybody is free to live in any part of the world.” | https://tribuneonlineng.com/nigeria-not-producing-enough-doctors-worsening-exodus-of-doctors-mdcan/ | 2022-08-29T18:24:52Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/nigeria-not-producing-enough-doctors-worsening-exodus-of-doctors-mdcan/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Kogi State chapter, has said that the Kogi State Reference Hospital, Okene and the remodelling of Kogi State Specialist Hospital (KSSH), Lokoja will definitely solve medical health challenges in the state and the nation in general.
A statement by the State’s Chairman of NMA, Dr Olusola Baoku, on behalf of the State Officers Council (SOC), who felicitated with Governor Yahaya Adoza Bello, on the 31st Anniversary celebration of the creation of Kogi State, commended the Governor’s for his great achievements in the state’s health sector.
The statement which was made available to journalists by the NMA PRO, Dr Aiyevbomwan Peter, eulogised the governor for the infrastructural development in the health institutions across the state.
”On behalf of the State Officers Council (SOC) and the entire NMA Kogi State, I congratulate His Excellency, Governor Yahaya Bello and his Deputy, Chief Edward Onoja, on the 31st-anniversary celebration of the creation of Kogi State.
”We thank the governor for the construction of a beautiful edifice, the Kogi State Reference Hospital, Okene, remodelling of Kogi State Specialist Hospital (KSSH), Lokoja, as well as renovation and revitalization of various cottage hospitals across the state, among several other health infrastructure developments,” he said.
The NMA further appreciated the governor’s efforts towards improving the health care delivery to the people of the state, and for making Kogi safe for all and sundry.
Baoku emphasised that the remarkable achievements of the governor in the health sector would go a long way in enhancing quality healthcare delivery for the residents of the state.
”We believe the giant stride achieved in form of infrastructural development in the health sector of the state will go a long way to serve the people. We appreciate His Excellency’s landmark achievements.”
”NMA-Kogi sincerely appreciate His Excellency for embarking on construction, renovation, upgrading and equipping of various healthcare institutions across the state.
The chairman assured the commitment of the association to give the governor full support towards achieving universal health care coverage for the people of Kogi State, and the welfare of NMA members.
The Association prayed to God to grant the Governor the wisdom to continue to pioneer the affairs of the state to greater and enviable heights.
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A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor assigned to the 43d Fighter Squadron at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, approaches a KC-10 Extender to receive fuel over the Eastern Gulf of Mexico, Aug. 16, 2022. Air-to-air refueling is a part of the F-22 pilot basic course to ensure pilots are proficient in the intricate process of connecting the F-22 to the boom of a KC-10 Extender in minimal available lighting as the two aircraft fly within close range of each other. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Anabel Del Valle)
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ORGANISERS of the annual Consumer Value Awards have explained that the decision to introduce the Awards into the nation’s integrated marketing communications space stemmed from the need to make brands and brand custodians more accountable to their consumers.
The Chairman of Consumers Value Broadcasting, Chief Adedayo Ojo, noted that the Awards had become imperative since the average Nigerian consumer is always under siege of too much hype, publicity and promotions, most of which are not usually approved by the relevant regulatory authorities.
“It is therefore our mission to provide the required guiding light and deliver value that will make brands, products and services more accountable to consumers,” he stated.
According to him, one of the unique selling points of the awards remains the fact that the 25 brands that emerged winners at the event were picked by consumers in various sectors of the nation’s economy, while the role of the organisers was just to facilitate the conversation between products, services, brands and consumers.
In his goodwill message at the event, the Director General of the newly-rechristened Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON), Dr Lekan Fadolapo, stressed the need for brand promises to always match consumers’ experiences of such brands.
He therefore commended the organisers of the Awards for providing a feedback platform for brand custodians, service providers and manufacturers.
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The National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP), in conjunction with the Niger State government and Society for Family Health (SFH) as well as other development partners, has concluded plans to flag off the 2022 mass distribution of treated mosquito nets to over three million households across the 25 local government areas of the state.
The Director/Campaign Manager of NMEP, Mr. John Ocholi, who made the disclosure during a courtesy call on the wife of the Niger State governor, Dr. Amina Abubakar Bello in Minna ahead of a media orientation in Minna, hinted that the nets would be distributed through a door-to-door approach to households across 275 wards in parts of the 25 local government areas in the state in September.
Ocholi explained further that the mass distribution campaign is meant to ensure that for every two persons in a household in Niger, one treated mosquito net is available for protection from mosquitoes bite that spread malaria.
He said, “the distribution will be done using Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT-4D) to capture households information.”
The campaign manager stressed that household registration and distribution of the nets would run from September 1 to September 12 emphasising that households must make someone available at home within the period of the treated mosquito nets distribution exercise to provide accurate information to the mobilisation and distribution teams, as well as the collecting of the nets.
Ocholi, who announced at the occasion that the President, Dangote Group of Companies, Alhaji Aliko Dangote is 2022 net Ambassador for Nigeria while the wife of Niger State governor, Dr. Amina Bello is the net Ambassador for Niger State
In her acceptance speech shortly after her investiture as the net Ambassador for Niger State, Mrs Bello expressed delight to stand in their midst as the net Ambassador for Niger State, just as she appreciated the Federal Ministry of Health, through the National Malaria Elimination Programme in collaboration with the Niger State Ministry of Health and the Roll Back Malaria Partners for choosing her as the net Ambassador for Niger State.
Mrs Bello, a consultant gynecologist and founder of a non-government organisation (NGO), Raise Foundation, said: “I wish to extend my regards to the government and Roll Back Malaria Partners for providing free insecticide treated nets to all households in Niger State to protect us and our families from mosquito bites.
“Malaria, being the most common public health problem in Nigeria, affects almost all Nigerians, especially children under five years of age and pregnant women. It should be taken seriously.”
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President Buhari assents 8 bills passed by National Assembly
President Muhammadu Buhari has assented to 8 Bills recently passed by the National Assembly.
This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen on Monday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters, Hon. Nasiru Baballe Ila.
According to the statement, they are the Civil Aviation Act, 2022, Nigerian Methodological Agency (Establishment) Act, 2022, Pharmacy Council of Nigeria, (Establishment) Act, 2022 and the Nigerian Council For Management Development Act. 2022
The rest are the National Institute of Credit Administration (Establishment) Act, 2022, Chartered Institute of Social Work Practitioners (Establishment) Act 2022, Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria, Act 2022 and Counseling Practitioners Council of Nigeria Act 2022 respectively.
It stated that the Civil Aviation Act, 2022 repealed the Civil Aviation Act, No. 6, 2006 and enacted the Civil Aviation Act, 2022 to provide for an effective legal and institutional framework for the regulation of civil aviation in Nigeria in order to promote aviation safety and security, ensure that Nigeria’s obligations under international aviation agreements are implemented, and consolidate the law relating to civil aviation regulation in Nigeria.
Provide an effective legal and institutional framework for the regulation of civil aviation in Nigeria in conformity with the standards and recommended practices set by the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), and establish rules of operation and divisions of responsibility within the Nigerian civil aviation system in order to promote aviation safety and security.
To ensure that Nigeria’s obligations under international aviation agreements are implemented, and to consolidate the laws relating to the regulation of civil aviation in Nigeria.
According to it, the Nigerian Methodological Agency (Establishment) Act, 2022 ” repeals the Nigerian Metrological Agency (Establishment, etc.) Act, No. 9 of 2003 enacts the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (Establishment) Act, to provide for a comprehensive legal and institutional framework for the regulation of meteorology in Nigeria.
Advise the Federal Government on all aspects of meteorology; project, prepare and interpret government policies in the field of meteorology; and issue weather forecasts for the safe operation of air-crafts, ocean-going vessels and oil rigs in accordance with the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) and World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Standard and Recommended Practices (SARPs);
“The Agency is empowered by this Act as the sole authority to approve, licence, certify and regulate the establishment of meteorological stations for meteorological observations, the operators and operating personnel at a fee to be prescribed by the agency and where necessary, make regulation in this regard, save for aeronautical meteorological services,”
It added that the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria Act “repeals the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria Act Cap. P17 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and enacts the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (Establishment) Act, 2022 charged with the responsibility, amongst others, of regulating and controlling the education, training and practice of pharmacy and related matters in Nigeria”
According to it, the Nigerian Council for Management Act, “repeals the Nigerian Council for Management Development Act, Cap. N99, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and the National Centre for Economic Management and Administration Act, Cap. N14, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and enacts the Nigerian Council for Management Development Act, 2022.
It further explained that the National Institute of Credit Administration Act “establishes the National Institute of Credit Administration to regulate the credit management practice and set standards and skills to be attained by persons seeking to become professional credit managers in Nigeria by providing a range of services and programmes aimed at keeping Nigerian credit managers and their executives up-to-date by developing their professional skills, elevating their status and inculcating ethics in their service of managing credit for their employers, among others.”
Also, the Chartered Institute of Social Work Practitioners Act “establishes the Institute of social work practitioners charged with the responsibility for training and registration of persons aspiring to become social work practitioners in Nigeria and determine the standards of knowledge and skill to be attained by persons seeking to become registered as chartered social work practitioners, and raise the standards as circumstances may permit; secure, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the establishment and maintenance of the register of corporate members, fellows, associates, honorary fellows, and the publication of the list of registered members; build professional capacities and provide professional guidance to members for enhanced service delivery in the chosen area of the Institute’s professional practice.
It will also “create and advance consciousness in the professional practice of social work, provide a forum for the interaction of practising social work practitioners and collaborate with individuals, groups and corporate bodies with interest in social work practice with the aims of sharing professional and technical skills, experiences, benefits and research findings for advancement of professional social work.
It will also provide professional proficiencies and guidance to members in practice and to persons who shall practice as social work practitioners; and issue code of conduct booklet to serve as catalyst guiding the professional behaviour of the members of the Institute.”
The Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria ” repeals the Advertising Practitioners (Registration, etc.) Act, Cap. A7, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 and enacts the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria Act, 2022 to establish a Council for advertising, advertisements and marketing communications as the apex regulatory authority for the Nigerian advertising industry, make provision for the regulation and control of advertising, ensure the protection of the general public and consumers, promote local content and entrench the best international practices, it added.
It further explained that the Counseling Practitioners Council of Nigeria Act “establishes the Counselling Practitioners Council of Nigeria charged with the responsibility of advancing the study, training and practice of counselling profession.
Determine the standard of knowledge and skill, to be attained by persons seeking to become registered members of the Counselling Profession and review the standard as circumstances may require; establish and maintain, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, a register of certified members of the Profession and the publication of the list of such members.
It added that the Act also empowered the council to secure the professional status and do all such things as may be necessary to promote the interest of its members and the advancement of the art and science of counselling knowledge and efficiency in counselling management and administration in the public and private sectors of the Nigerian economy.
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Pyrates Confraternity backs ASUU, blasts FG over disdain for education, prolonged strike
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We have observed that the simultaneous occurrence of the sleep-wake cycle and night-day cycle is not a mere coincidence. The primary factor that underlies the simultaneous occurrence is the darkness-light cycle. Whether you prefer sleeping in the dark or with light, we will learn which preference ensures quality sleep.
According to Quality Sleep and Healthy Living with Vitafoam Nigeria PLC, a chemical in the brain, melatonin, plays role in the brain sleep switch. It causes disruption of some continual message transmissions in the brain and cuts off the alertness messages in the brain to induce sleep.
The brain is a mesh of wire-like tiny strands of various lengths, called nerve cells, well-arranged in bundles. The strands continually transmit messages similar to electric current among themselves to control the functions of the brain itself and the entire body.
The strands are connected to each other at gap junctions, by having their ends very close to each other, where the message-sending strand releases chemicals that will act on the nearby message-receiving strand to achieve message transmission or disruption.
The melatonin is also released at these junctions, but specifically causes message disruption with resulting alertness cut-off.
Night-time darkness and brain fatigue cause plenty of melatonin release, and it gets cleared from the brain by exposure to daylight and brain freshness. The natural night-day cycle generates this melatonin release and clearance to cause a natural sleep-wake cycle.
This ensures that the brain and the body it controls take repeated programmed momentary breaks to rest and recoup for further work.
All these followed the discoveries made between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries about the roles of the brain in the sleep process including the fact that sleep is a brain-generated state of rest where both the body and the brain are shut down for a sleep-rest-reset setting.
Quality sleep helps to repair our brain and body, allow muscle recovery, fight illnesses and chronic conditions, put up a better mood and help children grow.
Not getting enough quality sleep results in the body and mental ill-health and poor function.
Meanwhile, stimulations from external perceptions of sound, touch, light, taste and smell provoke the continual message transmissions and counter the alertness cut-off, causing brain alertness arousal and poor sleep quality.
When we’re exposed to lights at night, our brain produces less sleep-inducing melatonin, and our body’s sleep-wake cycle is disrupted. This can disturb falling and staying asleep, or sleeping well with the attendant consequences. Over time, the brain adapts to the adoption of abnormal sleep habits.
Sleeping with the lights on may be beneficial if you’re for a quick nap and don’t want a deep sleep. Nightlights may be helpful for young children who are afraid of the dark. As children get older, they would be weaned off of the nightlights to guarantee better sleep. Overall, the problems of sleeping with the lights on outweigh any possible benefits.
While some children prefer to have a light on, many adults are guilty of keeping lights on or looking at their television, computer, phone or tablet. Therefore, it’s time for them to start sleeping without the lights. It’s usually difficult to sleep without lights when you’re used to having them on due to the adopted abnormal sleep habit. You can start by using a small red-emitting nightlight, and then once you’re used to the darkness, get rid of that by using room-darkening blinds, lowering the room lights, keeping electronics out of your bedroom, and checking on an electronic device with blue light-blocking glasses. It’s also important to incorporate the following healthy sleep habits into your routine so you won’t notice the lack of lights:
– SAFE exercises (physical activities)
– Healthy diet and weight management
– Healthy social habits – avoid smoking, stimulants and excess alcohol
– Adequate stress management
– Adequate rest and leisure (regular sleep schedule)
– Adequate body function raw materials (water, oxygen, sugar, etc.)
– Safe drug use – NO drug abuse, USE prescribed sleeping drugs ONLY.
– Quiet, dark and cool sleep environment with relaxing routines
Finally, make sure your mattress and pillows are conducive sleeping surfaces for supportive posture, following expert-trusted and expert-verified pillow and mattress recommendations.
Let us remember that where you sleep, when you sleep and how you sleep affect your mental health, physical wellbeing and living a healthy life. We all need quality sleep to be set for more productivity in our endeavours.
Do you need further information on the above subject? Are you looking for the best way to maintain quality sleep for general wellbeing and healthy living? Are you currently facing any sleeping difficulty? Remember, a doctor is an appropriate person to offer relevant advice for maintenance of quality sleep and solution to sleep difficulties. Do you want to contact the Orthopaedic Sleep Consultant, Dr Charles Uzodimma, kindly send your request to sleepinfo@vitafoam.com.ng
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NIGERIA’s tertiary educational institutions have in the last four decades or so become theatres of incessant and debilitating strikes by the various trade unions in the institutions. Of all the cornucopia of strikes that had taken place, those by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have grown from being a sporadic action to a constant rhythmical phenomenon. According to a statistics given by a faction of the union, ASUU has between 1999-2022 embarked on strikes for about 1,417 days. One fact that has emerged from this trend is that ASUU has embarked on strike under every government in power during both military and civilian eras. This being the case, it can be further deduced that for ASUU strike to have continued till date, it means that ASUU’s demands and strategies are yawning for a critical review without completely absolving the government of inactions and poor responses.
Forgetting that ASUU has been having issues with every successive Nigerian government, ASUU chairman, Professor Emmanuel Sodeke, in an interaction with the press, enjoined ASUU members to vote out the APC in the 2023 general election, believing that the new government will accede to the union’s demands. But the question is, which new government of which leading political party? Is it the PDP-led government that had governed before and whose presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku, has in guile promised to devolve powers to states, including on education? Or Peter Obi who was evasive when asked what he had up his sleeves for resolving the perennial ASUU strike? What this portends is that ASUU has reached a juncture where it has to address the realities of its predicament, review its demands, purify its strategies and language of engagement possibly as randomly delineated here below:
One, it is high time ASUU reviewed and categorised its demands along with the strategies to pursue them. As I had written in previous intervention, the union should focus much more on the welfare of its members or their conditions of service while issue of revitalisation of the institutions, for example, should be largely left for university administrators to deal with. Over welfare matters, ASUU can justifiably declare trade dispute and sparingly go on strike and for a short period in the national interest. Even the matter of keying into the IPPS ought to have been pushed to the Governing Councils and the administrators of the universities. For matters of paying those on sabbatical, adjunct lecturers, visiting lecturers and other ad hoc staff are under the purview of university authorities and not that of the union.
Much has also been said about university funding in Nigeria in the public space. While it is generally agreed that the present level of funding is a far cry from what it ought to be, ASUU should come to terms with the reality that our model of funding universities has not keyed into international best practices in which the universities are almost self-financing in payment of staff salaries and execution of capital projects. Even in the developed climes, most times, government support is not only infinitesimal, but is also usually research-focused and must be accounted for. The truth is that given the dynamics of the global economy, Nigeria’s public universities cannot continue to live on the feeding bottle system of funding. True university autonomy consists in academic, administrative and financial independence. The height of the quiet heist going on in our tertiary institutions today is so tall because government still leads in their funding. If ASUU is advocating that Nigerian academics should be treated like their counterparts abroad, ASUU should ipso facto be open to international personnel best practices which partly consists in engagement of teaching staff on adjunct, contract, tenure and permanent basis, with a reward system that is based on research output and productivity as against our current model which rewards the indolent and the productive equally. This also goes with the issue of no work no pay which has worked elsewhere.
Whenever any Nigerian government moves to apply this rule, it is often rejected by unions, not ASUU alone, because they believe that government is often the cause of every strike The question is: which union will ever indict itself? Which union will ever admit it has overdone strikes? Yet, the truth of the matter is that the promotion of the rule of law and the task of building strong institutions rest on both the government and the governed. Getting paid without work should certainly leave a moral dent in the consciences of the beneficiaries to contend with. This line of thinking I will dove tail into the issue of nationalizing ASUU strike when Nigeria runs a federal system of government and the proprietors of federal and state universities are different. One finds this very strange and contradictory as most ASUU members are also critical of the suffocating centralised federalism we are running. In a situation where proprietors are different, ASUU should have allowed for creative federalism by allowing each state branch to take up their employer based on their peculiarities rather than imposing uniformity in demands and actions.
The consequences of this in the main are: state universities that are doing fairly well are unfairly railroad into national strike. Two, states that are capable of running their universities better than the federal authority are rarely allowed to distinguish themselves. If a state university does not have issues with its proprietors over which it could declare trade dispute why should its national body drag it into a national strike and still expected to be paid? ASUU in its tactics also usually denigrates the Nigerian university system as the worst in the world even before the global audience. Certainly, our university system needs surgery and cleansing. Yet, for national image and international burnishment, don’t we think it is not absolutely correct to wash our dirty linen in public? Is some measure of patriotism not required? Can’t we be critical without being self denigrating? Agreed, there are things we need to get right, yet we must not be oblivious of the fact that, it is the same system we condemn to high heavens that produces the doctors, nurses, teachers, lawyers, computer programmers, architects and other professionals we export to Africa under the technical aid corpprogram and those who are voluntarily migrating to other parts of the globe and are doing well. Furthermore, ASUU has been complaining of excess workload due to over admission of students into courses.The question is: whose fault is this?
The answer should indeed be found within the university system that cannot keep to its carrying capacities and side-tracks the synergy between the National Universities Commission and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. ASUU also needs to take a second look at its demand that state governments should be legally handcuffed not to establish more universities. For one, access to university education in a huge population could not but be addressed by establishment of more unirsities.If we put establishment of more universities in abeyance now, when do we know will be the right time to expand? Methinks it is better we tolerate the current expansion and allow it to generate its own antithesis and then synthesis. Third, ASUU will be doing the practice of federalism and the constitution of Nigeria a death blow by insisting that the federal government should regulate on a matter that is on the concurrent list over which both can constitutionally legislate upon. All said, it is very obvious that, the Nigerian university system needs glasnost and perestroika– open reform conference and restructuring– which can steer us away from the present archaic model of running our university system and bring us to the level of a modern model or international best practices. This no doubt, requires the cooperation of all stakeholders, huge sacrifice, sturdy political will and speaking the truth and standing by the truth across party divides. It is only by doing this that we can rest ASUU strike in peace.
- Dr. Adebisi writes in from Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Ikeji-Arakeji, Osun State.
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The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began to do and teach…. (emphasis mine) – Acts of Apostles 1:1
It had been a long trek in the sweltering heat of the dessert sun. The shepherd knew that he needed to get his sheep to a watering spot or chance on an oasis as soon as possible if the lives of his sheep would not be at risk from dehydration. However, he was not worried. He knew the route and the rote. Very soon, they would arrive at the well which was the rallying point for all the shepherds in the region after a long day of grazing. He had to make this daily journey with his flock through the dry patch to access the green field on the other side of it for pasture, at least until the rains would come to make the situation in his region better. By the time he arrived at the well with his flock, there were other shepherds with hundreds of sheep waiting. All the animals co-mingled and it was near-impossible to tell which belonged to who. The shepherds took turns to draw water into the watering trough while the animals drank. When they were done, the shepherds filled their own water bags and got up to start the final lap of the homeward journey. As if on cue, as each shepherd rose up and gave the signal, his sheep, from wherever they were in the midst of other sheep, got up and followed him. Not one was missing or followed another shepherd. Each instinctively knew its shepherd.
In our culture, Jesus’ statement in John 10:2 that His true sheep hear his voice and they follow him, would sound a little strange because usually, pastoralists in our environment come behind the flock or herd. In the Mediterranean culture in which Jesus lived, shepherds usually go ahead while the sheep follow. The relationship between the sheep and the shepherd is usually tested by what happens at the watering spot as described above.
Leadership is not just about knowing the way others should go or showing others the way. Great leadership is about going the way. Great leaders lead from the front. If you say you are a leader, who is following you? John Maxwell, the leadership guru, once said that a leader without a follower is simply a man on a lone stroll!
In today’s social media-driven world, the internet has produced many leadership pundits who have not lived through what they teach. I know a young man whose monthly salary was less than twenty thousand Naira and who could not afford to pay his rent but who was “teaching” people on the internet how to make millions online. You probably have run into one of them at a bus stop, train station or by the roadside in heavy traffic. I am talking about some shabbily dressed, unkempt and haggard-looking guy shoving a book at your face titled “50 Businesses That will Make you a Millionaire in 30 Days” or something like that which he had written or is selling. What went through your mind as he tried to pitch the sale of that book to you with a mouth running faster than the water in a flushed toilet? I know your answer.
The leader’s experience of what he is teaching others is what makes him authentic and believable. Before you lecture anyone on the efficacy of a particular medication, have you, in all good conscience or anyone you know, ever used it? The highest level of demonstrating leadership in any given direction is by example. Those who lead by example signpost possibilities and make dreams attainable. Exemplary leadership places an unwritten demand on the conscience of followers and reinforces their faith in the collective destination. People may be attracted to your charisma or oratorical prowess. But when the rubber meets the road, and a demand is placed on your capacity to deliver leadership value, they hold you to the standards you have set with your utterances.
Role-modeling is the highest level of leadership. People are not inspired by what you say or teach as they are by what they see you do. There is no cleric who does not preach against sexual immorality and other forms of debauchery. Yet, we are daily inundated with reports of imams and bishops who defile or impregnate under-aged children or who routinely sleep with members of their congregation. What shall we say about a philandering father who is a chain smoker and heavy drinker sermonizing to his son about chastity?
A leadership role places the searchlight on you and all that you claim to represent. For any leader to be effective, two things are fundamentally crucial. They are VISION, which is a resolute conviction of a desired and desirable destination and why it is necessary to get there. Second is RESPONSIBILITY to pay the necessary price and do the work to get there. When you accept a leadership role, you instantly set yourself up for higher standards of evaluation. The world can sometimes be very unforgiving when you are seen to blatantly fall short of the very standards you unwittingly set by your utterances. Role-modeling remains the best way to pass across a message that is sustainably transforming.
Why do many leaders fall far short of what they try to teach others? Because they have not become what they teach! You cannot effectively exemplify what you have failed to internalize. Learning only makes sense when it alters behaviour. The transformed mind is the foundation for a transformed life. When a leader’s words hardly match his actions, he creates a cognitive dissonance in his followers. This disconnect leaves his followers confused and wondering if the collective vision is worth pursuing.
This is not to say however, that leaders are infallible. Like their followers, leaders are themselves “work in progress”. The issue is not whether or not they can make mistakes – either of judgment or character – but their willingness to eat humble pie, admit the error, take responsibility for the outcomes and take proactive measures to reassure everyone around them that the gaffe is not a reflection of a lifestyle. The key words here are transparency and sincerity. Countless leaders continue to fall on account of an over-bloated ego that has become bigger than the body corporate and the collective destination.
Leadership is a heavy burden for the simple reason that it is a divine trust. It must become a disposition before it is manifested in a position. In the language of lawyers, “nemo dat quod non habet” which translates, “no one can give what he does not have”.
The greatest lessons anyone can learn from a leader is not in countless lectures or seminars. It is in the picture of a life lived as an open book. In the words of the Chinese, “I know you are talking to me but I cannot hear you because I don’t see what you are saying!”
Remember, the sky is not your limit, God is!
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The incident occured at about 4 pm at Ika Ogboyaga of Ankpa Local Government killing two young men involved in local mining.
In a statement signed by DCC. NKOM Samson Katung, Head of Solid Minerals, for
Comdt Oyinloye JK of the NSCDC, Kogi State Command who confirmed the incident said the corpse have been dug out and buried according to Islamic rites.
The NSCDC said an investigation is on to ascertain the owner of the site, adding that he has directed the Divisional Official of NSCDC to liaise with the traditional ruler not to allow further illegal activities in that community for now until the investigation is completed.
The names of the deceased were given as Amodu and Attah.
Meanwhile, the Kogi State Government through the Ministry of Solid Minerals and Natural resources has directed the total stoppage of illegal mining in the state.
According to the statement signed by the Kogi State Commissioner For Solid Minerals and Natural Resources, Engr. Bashiru Gegu, the ministry said all legal operators should henceforth register with the Ministry of Solid Minerals and Natural resources to enhance peace and criminal-free sites.
The statement the government is worried about the activities of some unknown operators in mining sites, however, advising them to register with the Ministry of Solid Minerals and Natural resources so as to ascertain the genuine Miners.
The Statement said failure to adhere to the directive, the State Government will close down the erring mining operators and sites.
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Daytona Drama: Blaney In, Truex Out After The Coke
By Deb Williams | Senior Writer
RacinToday.com
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Dale Earnhardt won 19 NASCAR Cup and Xfinity races at Daytona International Speedway piloting a Chevrolet sporting the No. 3, and on Sunday it was the number three that once again carried the magic.
Austin Dillion drove his No. 3 Chevrolet to victory in the rain-delayed Coke Zero Sugar 400 and into the playoffs, putting two Richard Childress Racing teams into the post-season for the first time since 2017.
Ryan Blaney squeaked into the playoffs by a mere three points over Martin Truex Jr. That made Blaney the only driver to reach the 16-team post-season without a victory and snap Truex’s string of seven consecutive years in the playoffs.
Even Childress acknowledged the No. 3 magic, telling crew chief Justin Alexander when they entered the media center for their post-race interviews that he was given the No. 3 microphone on Saturday for a press conference, and he wanted the No. 3 microphone again on Sunday.
However, it was four multi-car crashes that played a key role in the dramatic 160-lap race that was interrupted by rain for 3 hours 19 minutes 57 seconds.
To set the stage, Blaney entered the regular season finale with a 25-point advantage over Truex. He was third in the standings while Truex was sixth. Since there had been 15 different winners this year, that left only one position open heading to Daytona. However, three days before the scheduled race, Kurt Busch rescinded his medical waiver, thus making two playoff positions available. That meant two drivers could enter the playoffs on points if there was a repeat winner or only one would make it on points if there was a new victor. That put Blaney and Truex into a point battle while also contending for the victory.
Lightning struck Blaney first on lap 31 when he was involved in a six-car wreck on the backstretch. That left him 34th, one lap down with a severely damaged race car when Stage 2 started.
“The right-front tire was broke. The toe-link was broke. The hood’s flying off of it,” Blaney said about his Team Penske Ford. “Suspension, body, you name it. It was pretty rough. So we spent a lot of money on bear bond today.”
With Truex finishing second in Stage 2 and Blaney running outside the top 30 multiple laps in arrears, the point advantage switched to the Joe Gibbs Racing driver.
However, an eight-car backstretch crash involving Truex on lap 102 breathed new life into Blaney’s playoff hopes. Truex, however, never lost a lap in the race that was delayed a day by rain.
Meanwhile, Dillon was involved in a six-car crash on lap 125 that sent his car backwards down pit road.
With rain approaching, the race for the lead became furious and intense. Spotters could see the rain moving closer to the track but as the field charged down a dry frontstretch, the rain hit turn one with 21 laps remaining and triggered a 14-car melee. Dillon escaped the carnage by diving onto the apron to take the lead at the beginning of the lengthy rain delay. A dozen cars were sidelined by the crash and that, once again, revived Blaney’s playoff hopes.
When the race restarted under yellow, Dillon was leading, Truex was fourth and Blaney was 29th, seven laps down. Austin Cindric secured the No. 1 position when the race returned to green flag conditions with 16 laps remaining. His intention was to help Blaney by keeping a new winner from victory lane. That also would help Truex by allowing two drivers into the playoffs via points. Truex tried to help Cindric maintain his position, but his damaged Toyota couldn’t keep up with the potent Ford.
“The only chance I had was when they would get side-by-side and start checking up the line and I could get back to them, but just way too much damage to have the speed at the end to do anything at all,” said Truex, who maintained a point advantage over Blaney until the final five laps when he dropped to eighth.
With four laps remaining, Cindric still led Dillion. Then on lap 158, Dillion moved Cindric out of the way with a bump to his rear.
“I got hit by a car that was going 200 mph when I was going about 190,” Cindric said. “I’m just glad I saved the car.”
That move put RCR driver Tyler Reddick directly behind Dillon.
“I knew Tyler would have my back,” Dillon said. “He has been a good teammate to me.”
When the checkered flag waved, Truex and Blaney had nursed their injured cars to eighth- and 15th-place finishes, respectively. Truex had made up 22 points on Blaney, but it wasn’t enough.
“I’m gonna go home and crack open a beer and relax a little bit because that was a stressful day,” Blaney said. “I’m definitely mentally drained, so it will be nice to relax a little bit.”
The 16-driver playoffs begin next weekend at Darlington Raceway. In addition to Dillon, Blaney, Reddick and Cindric, those vying for the 2022 championship are Chase Elliott, Joey Logano, Ross Chastain, Kyle Larson, William Byron, Denny Hamlin, Kevin Harvick, Christopher Bell, Kyle Busch, Chase Briscoe, Daniel Suarez, and Alex Bowman. The average age of the playoff field: 30.3.
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NASCAR Cup Series Race – 64th Annual Coke Zero Sugar 400
Daytona International Speedway
Daytona Beach, Florida
Saturday, August 27, 2022
- (21) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 160.
- (6) Tyler Reddick, Chevrolet, 160.
- (14) Austin Cindric #, Ford, 160.
- (35) Landon Cassill(i), Chevrolet, 160.
- (37) Noah Gragson(i), Chevrolet, 160.
- (33) Cody Ware, Ford, 160.
- (36) BJ McLeod(i), Ford, 160.
- (13) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 160.
- (34) David Ragan, Ford, 160.
- (22) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 160.
- (30) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 159.
- (3) Joey Logano, Ford, 158.
- (23) Ty Gibbs(i), Toyota, 158.
- (10) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 156.
- (16) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 154.
- (15) Cole Custer, Ford, 153.
- (11) Erik Jones, Chevrolet, DVP, 148.
- (25) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, Accident, 144.
- (29) Harrison Burton #, Ford, DVP, 140.
- (7) Kevin Harvick, Ford, Accident, 139.
- (27) Aric Almirola, Ford, Accident, 138.
- (20) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chevrolet, Accident, 138.
- (32) Todd Gilliland #, Ford, Accident, 138.
- (4) Daniel Suarez, Chevrolet, Accident, 137.
- (19) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, Accident, 137.
- (28) Daniel Hemric(i), Chevrolet, Accident, 137.
- (8) Chris Buescher, Ford, Accident, 137.
- (18) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, Accident, 137.
- (2) Chase Elliott, Chevrolet, Accident, 137.
- (31) Corey LaJoie, Chevrolet, 137.
- (26) Chase Briscoe, Ford, Accident, 124.
- (9) Michael McDowell, Ford, Accident, 101.
- (12) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, Accident, 101.
- (17) William Byron, Chevrolet, Accident, 101.
- (24) Brad Keselowski, Ford, DVP, 31.
- (5) Christopher Bell, Toyota, Accident, 30.
- (1) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, Engine, 14.
Average Speed of Race Winner: 138.942 mph.
Time of Race: 2 Hrs, 52 Mins, 44 Secs. Margin of Victory: 0.128 Seconds.
Caution Flags: 7 for 30 laps.
Lead Changes: 39 among 19 drivers.
Lap Leaders: K. Larson 0;C. Elliott 1-21;E. Jones 22-23;C. Elliott 24-26;E. Jones 27-30;C. Elliott 31-34;J. Logano 35-36;C. LaJoie 37-40;B. Wallace 41-42;E. Jones 43;C. LaJoie 44-45;E. Jones 46-50;C. Buescher 51;E. Jones 52-58;W. Byron 59;E. Jones 60-62;A. Bowman 63;D. Hamlin 64-76;J. Logano 77-78;B. McLeod(i) 79-80;C. Elliott 81;T. Reddick 82-85;C. Elliott 86-87;K. Busch 88-89;T. Reddick 90-91;K. Busch 92-96;M. Truex Jr. 97;T. Dillon 98;M. McDowell 99-100;J. Logano 101-106;T. Reddick 107-108;J. Logano 109;T. Reddick 110-114;A. Bowman 115-124;J. Logano 125-127;J. Haley 128-135;D. Suarez 136-137;A. Dillon 138-144;A. Cindric # 145-157;A. Dillon 158-160.
Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Lead, Laps Led): Chase Elliott 5 times for 31 laps; Erik Jones 6 times for 22 laps; Joey Logano 5 times for 14 laps; Austin Cindric # 1 time for 13 laps; Tyler Reddick 4 times for 13 laps; Denny Hamlin 1 time for 13 laps; Alex Bowman 2 times for 11 laps; Austin Dillon 2 times for 10 laps; Justin Haley 1 time for 8 laps; Kyle Busch 2 times for 7 laps; Corey LaJoie 2 times for 6 laps; BJ McLeod(i) 1 time for 2 laps; Bubba Wallace 1 time for 2 laps; Michael McDowell 1 time for 2 laps; Daniel Suarez 1 time for 2 laps; Ty Dillon 1 time for 1 lap; Martin Truex Jr. 1 time for 1 lap; Chris Buescher 1 time for 1 lap; William Byron 1 time for 1 lap.
Stage #1 Top Ten: 22,9,21,18,19,7,23,47,43,34
Stage #2 Top Ten: 18,19,11,22,23,38,8,4,47,3
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Releasing a new song and topping music charts with the song has become synonymous with Georgia-based Nigerian singer, Chinedu Emmanuel, also known as Topboy Chizzy.
Regarded as one of the newest music exports from Nigeria holding it down in Georgia, Chizzy, a native of Ika North/East Local Government Area of Delta State, Nigeria is fast becoming the delight of many music lovers.
Chizzy has in recent times released a few singles that went viral on social media, and he didn’t fail to raise the bar again with his recent song, Majo, which he released on August 25.
With the single already making waves across streaming and social media platforms, the song according to him was dropped to re-introduce his brand to the Nigerian music market.
To mark his birthday today, he has decided to release the song officially in Nigeria. Majo is a blend of pop and afrobeat and it has all it takes to become a hit.
Chizzy added that he wants to carve a niche for himself in the competitive afrobeat market in Nigeria, across Africa and worldwide.
Hear him, “this is my debut even if I’ve been releasing songs. I’m sure I’ll hit the industry and gain that mainstream recognition.”
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Director-General, National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies ( NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, Plateau State, Professor Ayo Omotayo, has said that working in collaboration with the National Lottery Trust Fund ( NLTF) will enhance national development.
He said the NIPSS would close ties with the NLTF, particularly in the areas of education and intellectual development.
Omotayo said this when he led a delegation from the Institute on a visit to the Executive Secretary of NLTF, Dr Bello Maigari, in Abuja.
A statement made available to newsmen in Yola on Sunday by the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of NLTF, Mr Auwal Mohammed Adam, quoted Professor Omotayo as saying, “I am here today with my management team to strengthen and seek for strong partnership with the NLTF in areas of needs that will assist us to build a better society.
“We find NLTF an excellent organisation that we will partner with in areas of education and promoting national intellectuals, to move the country forward.
He noted that Nigeria has a lot of intellectual people who are currently idle, and expressed hope that the partnership would help to bring those critical intellectuals to the NIPSS for the betterment of Nigeria.
“Moving Nigeria to greater heights is not a task for an individual, but it is a job that needs collective efforts,’’he added.
Responding, Maigari said that about 30 universities and other institutions of higher learning across Nigeria had sent in requests for educational intervention from the NLTF.
Maigari noted that such requests stemmed from the fact that many of the institutions were lacking social amenities and conducive learning environment.
“So far, we have received almost 30 requests from universities and other higher institutions of learning across the country requesting for educational intervention .
“And most of these institutions lack social amenities, and so, some of them had requested for upgrading of their laboratories and other projects which are key to acquiring skills and expertise.
“I assure you, certainly, of a collaborating effort that would concretise learning and research in the NIPSS.”
Maigari further assured NIPSS of the Fund’s support to help the institute achieve its mandate of impacting knowledge, developing intellectuals’ capacity for the promotion of a peaceful environment and coexistence among Nigerians.
NLTF also pledged its cooperation to the efforts aimed at ensuring sustainable development that would bring solution to Nigeria’s many challenges.
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Rawlins page plan, Aug. 31 Aug 29, 2022 Aug 29, 2022 Updated 1 hr ago Comments Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save RAWLINS page plan for WEDNESDAY, Aug. 31 A1 (send color)Vol. 133, Issue 70Tease 1:EYE ON ENERGY Court rulings threaten to hasten Wyo coal’s demise, Page A3Tease 2:COWBOYS CORRALLED UW opens season with blowout loss at Illinois, Page B1Tease 3: ONLY 2 TEASES TODAY, PLEASE________________________________________________________MAIN PACKAGE: Balance of power on the line, WNE (photos)TOP STORY: Corner crossers: Ranch owner broke access law, WNE (file photos) -- strip across topMission im-paws-ible: Rawlins opens new dog park, Staff (photos)Major changes to state elections are considered, WTE (file photos)Jumps to A6 and A3 A2 (send color)Worth noting briefsA3 (send color)Court rulings threaten to hasten Wyo coal’s demise, WNE (file photo)Jumps from A1A4 OPINION (send B&W)Syndicated cartoonA Gray day dawns for Wyoming’s future elections (Wyoming voices)Hunt column (Wyoming voices)Lowry column (Other voices) A5 (send color)ObitsMore liquor license changes considered, WTE (file photo) – can cut to fit if neededAs harvest approaches, farmers become weather-watchers, WNE (file photo) – if you need A6 (send color)New WDE program targets teacher morale, WNE (file photo)Jumps from A1 B1-B2 SPORTS (send both color)UW opens season with blowout loss at Illinois, Josh (photos)Keys to success for Wyoming football in 2022, Josh column (photos)UW soccer drops match at Oregon State, StaffBoise State looks for rebound after surprising down season, AP (photos)Falcons’ quest: Air Force chases MW title, stadium turns 60, APFamily matters: Nepotism a hurdle to diversity in coaching, AP (photos)Knight proclaims USA is best entering women’s hockey worlds, AP (photos)Whatever else AP you need to fill (if you need)B3-B4 COMICS/PUZZLES (send B&W)NOTE: They didn’t dummy a puzzles page; there will be only 2 Class pages and B4 will be puzzlesB5-B6 CLASSIFIEDS (send color) Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Recommended for you Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus. comments powered by Disqus Trending Now Hoss Woodard is doing all he can to give Cheyenne a 'Little Taste of Texas' Cheyenne day care worker to appeal manslaughter conviction Republicans search for independent candidate to challenge Gray Police blotter 8-24-22 Crumbl Cookies opens location in Cheyenne Latest Special Section 2022 UW Football Preview To view our latest Special Section click the image on the left. Latest e-Edition Wyoming Tribune Eagle To view our latest e-Edition click the image on the left. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlins-page-plan-aug-31/article_dca4a41e-27b4-11ed-b72c-7b1bae9d00b8.html | 2022-08-29T18:28:47Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlins-page-plan-aug-31/article_dca4a41e-27b4-11ed-b72c-7b1bae9d00b8.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A group of volunteers, city officials and dog owners gather at the new Rawlins Dog Park located at Key Club Park. Although other amenities are still being installed, fencing is complete.
A group of volunteers, city officials and dog owners gather at the new Rawlins Dog Park located at Key Club Park. Although other amenities are still being installed, fencing is complete.
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This map outlines where in Key Club Park the new Rawlins Dog Park is located.
With fencing in place, the Rawlins Dog Parks is open for residents and their four-legged pals to play and exercise.
The park, located at Key Club Park, opened Saturday, a milestone moment for a project more than two years in the making. What began with $9,800 in initial seed money set aside from Wyoming Community Gas in 2020 and another $10,200 the next year, the park grew in scope to $45,000.
While the city of Rawlins continues to work on adding amenities to the park, with fencing complete it can open to the public, the city says in a press release.
A pair of town hall meetings were held to gather feedback on what people want from their new dog park and more feedback will be sought as the city mulls final additions to the area.
The initial phase of construction includes:
An “any dog area” of about 1.5 acres featuring natural landscapes and various elevations.
A small (less than 30 pounds) and elderly dog area of about 0.5 acres. This allows owners to separate their dogs from large or younger, rambunctious animals if they choose.
Signage outlining park regulations, sponsors and a link to a survey to track usage and ask for feedback on future amenities (additional signage coming soon).
Two picnic tables and six park benches.
Multiple doggy waste stations and trash cans.
Two portable toilets.
Human and canine drinking fountain, which will be installed in the next two weeks. This features a bowl for the dogs at the bottom and a traditional drinking fountain above. Excess water from the fountain will be used for new trees in the park.
Parking in the lot at Key Club Park is limited, so parking along Colorado Street is encouraged. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/news/local/mission-im-paws-ible-rawlins-opens-new-dog-park/article_e4ce91a4-27aa-11ed-b4ca-b75a4ba9e4c3.html | 2022-08-29T18:28:53Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/news/local/mission-im-paws-ible-rawlins-opens-new-dog-park/article_e4ce91a4-27aa-11ed-b4ca-b75a4ba9e4c3.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LARAMIE – The University of Wyoming volleyball team opened the season with a pair of hard-fought home losses Friday against quality opponents for the first day of Rumble in the Rockies at the UniWyo Sports Complex.
UW lost in five sets to the Wichita State Shockers after coming back from two sets down, losing 25-15, 25-22, 15-25, 29-31, 15-8. The Cowgirls closed the day with a four-set loss to the Iowa State Cyclones 19-25, 25-20, 25-19, 26-24.
Corin Carruth paced the Cowgirls offense in both matches, tallying 15 kills off the bench and hitting .306 against the Shockers. She then notched a career-high 23 kills against ISU and hit .432. She also set a career-best with five total blocks against the Cyclones and chipped in with eight digs.
Against Wichita, KC McMahon and Naya Shimé hit double-figure kills with 12 and 10, respectively. In her first action as a Cowgirl, Kasia Partyka recorded a pair of double-doubles with 45 assists and had 10 digs against WSU. She then had 41 assists and 10 digs against Iowa State.
Hailey Zuroske, making the first two starts of her career at the libero spot, led UW in both matches with 12 and 14 digs, respectively.
The Cowgirls were out-hit by Wichita State, as the Shockers hit .207 to Wyoming’s .176. Against Iowa State, Wyoming hit .250, while the Cyclones hit .230. But the Cyclones had a 10-3 advantage in the service game and also had a 9-6 edge in team blocks.
UW freshman Tierney Barlow also helped spark the Cowgirls in the two losses. She had eight kills and hit .313 against Wichita State, and tallied six kills on just 10 swings against Iowa State. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/sports/cowgirls-drop-a-pair-of-season-opening-matches/article_d543fbaa-27a7-11ed-9ec6-230e96fa8e85.html | 2022-08-29T18:28:59Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rawlinstimes/sports/cowgirls-drop-a-pair-of-season-opening-matches/article_d543fbaa-27a7-11ed-9ec6-230e96fa8e85.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
University of Wyoming junior quarterback Andrew Peasley, left, reacts to a referee’s call during the Cowboys’ 38-6 loss to Illinois on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Ill. DJ Johnson/Special to WyoSPorts
University of Wyoming defensive tackle Jordan Bertagnole jumps to try to bat down a pass from Illinois quarterback Tommy DeVito during the Cowboys' 38-6 loss Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Ill. Troy Babbitt/UW athletics
University of Wyoming junior quarterback Andrew Peasley, left, reacts to a referee’s call during the Cowboys’ 38-6 loss to Illinois on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Ill. DJ Johnson/Special to WyoSPorts
University of Wyoming defensive tackle Jordan Bertagnole jumps to try to bat down a pass from Illinois quarterback Tommy DeVito during the Cowboys' 38-6 loss Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Champaign, Ill. Troy Babbitt/UW athletics
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – A blowout loss to Illinois on Saturday showcased a shortcoming that has become all too familiar for the University of Wyoming since Josh Allen left campus after the 2017 season.
At least for the first game of 2022, the Cowboys continued to lack consistent production at the quarterback position. Starting his first game since transferring from Utah State this offseason, Andrew Peasley went 5 of 20 for 30 yards, no touchdowns and an interception in a 38-6 defeat, while at least another two potential picks were dropped by Illini defenders.
Peasley did show playmaking ability with his legs – rushing for 76 yards on eight carries, with a 37-yard scamper on a designed run marking UW’s longest play from scrimmage. But for the fifth consecutive season, it appears that the pass attack could continue to be a significant source of concern for the run-heavy offense.
“I’m not going to overreact,” UW coach Craig Bohl said when asked if there would be continued competition for the starting quarterback job. “We’re going to have to take a hard look ... Andrew did some nice things in the run game, obviously, and they neutralized that. They brought their safety down, and some of our other answers weren’t there.
“There were some decisions Andrew made that were good, and there were some decisions that were poor. I was pretty pointed with him on the sideline about that, and he’s a tough competitor. A decision like that, you need to take a pretty full-measured view of the tape.”
Recent history seems to indicate these struggles aren’t solely on the shoulders of Peasley. Last year’s 54.5% completion rate, which ranked 10th in the Mountain West, was the Pokes’ only season in which they completed more than half of their pass attempts since Allen’s departure.
Turning points
Despite being outgained by 265 yards, the Cowboys found themselves on the verge of remaining competitive at a couple different moments in the game.
The first came late in the first quarter following a defensive stand that caused a potential touchdown drive to turn into a missed Illinois field goal attempt. Junior running back Titus Swen started the drive with an 11-yard run to the right, and Peasley kept a bootleg back to the other side of the field for 17 yards on the next play. Two plays later, the Pokes motioned Swen across the field, and Peasley took a designed run 37 yards in the other direction to set UW up with a first-and-goal inside the Illinois 10.
The Cowboys weren’t able to capitalize, though, with a pair of rush attempts going for little gain and a potential game-tying touchdown pass to junior tight end Treyton Welch being ruled incomplete. As a result, the eight-play, 70-yard drive ended in a field goal.
“We held onto our momentum for a little bit after that,” Welch said. “We didn’t give up, we just didn’t play Cowboy tough football like we had been with that momentum. It’s just a matter of continuing to stay in the fight, no matter what.”
The Pokes had a chance to seize momentum again early in the second half. They cut the gap to 11 points with a field goal on the first drive of the quarter, and the defense delivered a three-and-out during its first trip back on the field. The wheels fell off on both sides of the ball after that, however.
Wyoming’s next two offensive possessions resulted in a punt and turnover on downs near midfield, while the defense allowed back-to-back touchdown drives that put the game out of reach.
“When we were in the locker room, we were talking about how quickly games can turn,” sophomore linebacker Easton Gibbs said. “We had really good energy coming out. We had the three-and-out, and the offense went and did their thing. We were really looking forward to getting back out there, and I think some guys looked at that drive and maybe took a step back.
“We just have to put drives together. We had a three-and-out, we just have to put more of those together. With drives like that, we can’t be complacent with having a three-and-out. We just have to keep the gas down and keep pushing.”
Swen suffers possible setback
Outside of being handed a 32-point loss in their first test of 2022, the Pokes may have suffered an additional setback early in the fourth quarter. Swen limped off the field after being tackled with 11:45 remaining, and did not return.
Bohl did not have much information to share immediately after the game on the potential nature of the injury, but did note that “it may be something with his ribs.”
Josh Criswell{span} covers the University of Wyoming for WyoSports. He can be reached at jcriswell@wyosports.net or 307-755-3325. Follow him on Twitter at @criswell_sports.{/span}
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – After expressing optimism throughout training camp, the University of Wyoming football team was brought back down to earth with a lopsided loss to begin its 2022 campaign.
The Cowboys were outmatched across the board in a 38-6 loss at Illinois on Saturday, coming up unsuccessful on their first 12 third-down attempts, while getting outgained 477-212. The Illini jumped ahead less than a minute into the contest, and would lead for the rest of the way.
UW coach Craig Bohl says this loss will test a group that has been vocal about their increased chemistry and cohesiveness. The Pokes will also look to avoid a hangover effect in next weekend’s home-opener against Tulsa.
“Just to say, ‘Oh yeah, this is no big deal,’ this is a big deal,” Bohl said. “A lot of times, you can learn a lot from a loss, (even though) they’re not fun to go through. Sometimes you can let one team beat you twice, and it’s going to be important for us as coaches to make sure that doesn’t happen.
“They are close, but a lot of times everything can be going good when you’re winning and are undefeated. Then, all of a sudden, you go out there. We got took to the woodshed. It’s going to test us.”
It took the Illini just 41 seconds and two plays from scrimmage to take a lead they wouldn’t surrender.
Senior defensive back Peyton Vining returned the opening kickoff 43 yards to near midfield, and junior running back Chase Brown broke away for a 38-yard run on the first snap of the game. Brown hauled in a 14-yard touchdown catch from senior quarterback Tommy DeVito on the ensuing play to put Illinois up 7-0 in the opening minute.
The Cowboys shored things up defensively for the rest of the quarter, and after a slow start on the other side of the ball, began to gain some traction during their third possession of the game. A 37-yard designed run by junior quarterback Andrew Peasley brought Wyoming down to the Illinois 9-yard line amid an eight-play, 70-yard drive.
The Pokes thought they had a game-tying touchdown two plays later, as junior tight end Treyton Welch went up for a jump ball in the corner of the end zone. However, the official closest to the play determined that the Illini defender separated the ball from Welch before he was able to secure possession.
UW gained just 2 yards on a rush attempt on third-and-goal from the 8-yard line, and settled for a 22-yard field goal by John Hoyland.
“I wish they would’ve reviewed it,” Welch said. “I thought it was maybe a Julian Edelman (in the 2017 Super Bowl) situation, where I grabbed it, and if it touched the ground, it touched the ground, but I thought I grabbed it before it did again. If I didn’t even get two feet in the end zone, I was down anyways before it popped. But that’s a play that I can’t even make it a 50-50 review play. I just have to be able to catch it and move on.”
Illinois dominated the second quarter, outgaining the Cowboys by 100 yards, while stretching its lead to 17-3 with an 11-yard touchdown run by Brown and a 27-yard field goal from Caleb Griffin.
Despite an underwhelming first half, though, the Cowboys seemed to briefly capture momentum as the third quarter got underway.
Junior running back Titus Swen opened the second half with a 25-yard run to the right that sparked a seven-play, 47-yard scoring drive, which was capped by a career-long, 46-yard field goal by Hoyland. UW’s defense then forced a three-and-out, with Easton Gibbs and Cole Godbout teaming up to stop Chase Brown on third-and-short to get the ball back.
Trailing by 11 with a chance to make it a one-score game, however, UW’s offense stalled out after a 10-yard rush by Swen to start the next drive. The Cowboys ran into eight Illinois defenders in the box on a third-and-3 near midfield, and were stopped short of the first-down marker. They elected to punt the ball away, and the Illini responded with an 11-play, 78-yard touchdown drive – capped by a 6-yard pass from DeVito to Pat Bryant – to stretch their lead to 24-6.
The Pokes picked up a first down on the next drive, as Illinois was called for a defensive holding penalty, but they weren’t able to do anything beyond that. They proceeded to throw an incomplete pass, followed by a pair of handoffs for nine yards, before going for it on fourth-and-1 from their 44-yard line. Peasley was stopped for no gain on a quarterback keeper, and Brown rushed for a 5-yard touchdown – his third score of the game – on the first play of the fourth quarter to stretch Illinois’ lead to 25.
“I definitely thought that was a big momentum swing,” junior defensive tackle Cole Godbout said. “I think we had a turnover (on downs) right after that, and I think it killed our team’s momentum. I just think if we want to be a better team, a great team like we talk about, we just need to be able to see past one turnover and continue playing our best ball.”
Quarterback play was a source of concern for a sputtering offense, as Peasley completed just 5 of 20 passes for 30 yards, zero touchdowns, an interception and a passer rating of 27.6 in his first game since transferring from Utah State.
“I stuck to my game plan and my reads,” Peasley said. “I think I was inaccurate on a few balls, and then I just don’t think things went our way all around. I wish I could go back and make the throws that I missed.”
Swen was a bright spot for the offense, rushing for 98 yards on 17 carries, while Peasley added 76 yards on eight carries. Sophomore Joshua Cobbs was the Pokes’ leading receiver with two catches for 14 yards.
Brown led the way for the Illinois offense, racking up 151 yards on an average of 7.9 yards per carry. DeVito, who was playing his first game for the Illini since transferring from Syracuse, was 27 of 37 for 194 yards, two touchdowns and zero interceptions.
“At the end of the day, I think we defeated ourselves, and the guys understand that,” Godbout said. “We just didn’t execute, and they took us for a ride.”
Wyoming will look to bounce back next Saturday against Tulsa. Kickoff is set for 1:30 p.m. at War Memorial Stadium.
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Tips for Fighting Impostor Syndrome in Academe
If you have experienced such fears once, you’ll probably confront them again as your career advances, writes Angela Fowler, who recommends having a set of tools that will assist you in overcoming them.
The dictionary defines impostor syndrome as “the persistent inability to believe that one’s success is deserved or has been legitimately achieved as a result of one’s own effort or skills.” In other words, impostor syndrome is the feeling that you know you are a fraud and eventually other people will figure it out, too.
When I was in graduate school, I never heard the term, but I definitely experienced it. As a first-generation nontraditional student who completed my bachelor’s degree at a small liberal arts college, I felt like an impostor. It seemed as if everyone else had specialized educations and experiences to better prepare them for graduate school, while I was struggling to keep my head above the water and catch up to everyone. I did not feel like I belonged, and I thought it was only a matter of time before someone else realized the same thing and kicked me out of the program. It was not until I was a postdoc that I would learn the term “impostor syndrome,” which perfectly described what I had experienced.
Impostor fears are common in academe, especially for people with historically marginalized identities and even more so for those with intersecting ones. While change is occurring to make academe more supportive, it is happening extremely slowly and not without pushback. So, what can you do to begin to fight your impostor fears? You can find tools and mechanisms to help you. Most likely if you have experienced such fears once, you will experience them again even as your career advances. Having a set of tools will assist you when you need to overcome even the worst impostor syndrome days.
- Build confidence. It’s one of the best ways you can tackle impostor syndrome. What helps you build confidence? It might be something small or large, but even small steps can help you work toward being confident and experiencing fewer impostor fears. It does not have to be academic or work related. For me, it started as asking questions in seminars. Although it was terrifying at first, I slowly realized that my questions were similar in quality to the professors’ questions, which made my confidence grow.
- Get a little help from your friends (and family). When we are in our feelings, it is hard for us to use logic to get out of them. So, share your concerns and fears with people you trust. They will usually see angles you cannot and help you realize that you are not an impostor but rather truly amazing. And they do not need to be in academe to be supportive. In fact, they are more likely to see your wins if they are outside higher education, which can lead to more confidence and reduce impostor fears.
- Practice. Practice builds your confidence. Find someone you trust to practice with. Are you worried about an upcoming interview? Do a dry run with someone you know and trust or a career development professional, if your institution has one. Concerned about your upcoming dissertation defense or job talk? Again, practice. If the idea of practicing with others makes you more nervous, start by practicing by yourself out loud. Then try with someone you are comfortable with who you know will not make you nervous. Being aware of your needs on how best to practice can make you more comfortable.
- Learn. Perhaps your impostor fears come from the unknown. It is common for fears and anxiety to come from not knowing about something. In graduate school and academe, so many things are not well-known or discussed. So how can you learn about them? Talk to people who have experienced them (bonus points for also increasing your network, which is always a good thing). Join Twitter and follow people to see threads and discussions about different issues and ideas. Talk to people you know who have gone through the stages you are concerned about.
- Problem-solve. Do you feel more like an impostor in certain situations? If so, consider what you can do to make those situations less fearful and stressful for you. For example, if you are worried about your dissertation defense, set it up for the time of day when you are your best self. If you are a morning person, schedule an early-morning time. If you are a night owl, look for afternoon availability. Choose an outfit that you feel good in. Some things may be completely out of your hands, but controlling the things you can might make a difference.
- Don’t compare yourself to others. Even if we are at the same career stage, we are all on different journeys. Some fields are quick-paced, and publication of your work can occur fast. Other fields have extremely slow timelines and it can take longer for you to publish. Some people have to teach during graduate school, reducing the amount of time available for research. Other people have families to care for and different levels of personal demands. Comparing yourself to others will only lead to feelings of inadequacy.
- Find trusted mentors. Mentors can be anyone. They can be your advisers, committee members, peers or someone you have yet to meet. Good mentors are important to have and will help build you up. They will not make you feel bad about yourself. It is good to have multiple mentors for various reasons including having a good support system and getting a variety of perspectives. Additionally, they will point out why you belong and that you are not an impostor.
- Succeed out of spite. Chances are you probably had someone at some point say something to you that made you feel less than stellar or as if you did not belong. By succeeding, you are proving them wrong. Every successful move you make and achievement you reach proves it. Using that proof to propel yourself forward and fight those inner fears is a completely valid thing. You should not use it as the only thing to battle your fears, but if you need to use it, go for it.
- Keep an accomplishments document or folder. Keep track of any accomplishments you have, big and small. When you feel like you are an impostor, revisit it. It might not completely absolve your fears, but hopefully it makes you realize that you are the smart and accomplished person you are. Plus, it will assist you in writing your CV or résumé when the time comes. And you never know: sometimes that one student evaluation that says you are the bee’s knees could be just what you need to read on a bad day.
- Seek professional assistance. Getting mental health support is not always easy, but it is vital in many cases. Find out what your health insurance covers and seek out a therapist and/or psychiatrist who will be a good fit. Make sure you have outside support from friends and family while you seek out a therapist or psychiatrist, as finding someone who is a good fit can be taxing by itself. Sometimes we need outside assistance, and there is nothing wrong with seeking it from trained professionals.
Last but definitely not least, remember you are smart and capable. They admitted you to the program or hired you because they saw something special in you. You would not be where you are today if you were an impostor. You are a skilled and brilliant person that can bring your own distinct experience and expertise to whatever you choose to do. You belong. You are not an impostor.
Angela Fowler is the director of the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs at the Indiana University School of Medicine, where she also assists graduate students and postdoctoral scholars with career development. She has a background in virology and viral immunology, and she is a member of the Graduate Career Consortium, an organization providing an international voice for graduate-level career and professional development leaders.
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Eat your leafy greens. In today’s Academic Minute, Edith Cowan University’s Catherine Bondonno discusses the link between staying healthy and eating green. Bondonno is a research fellow in the Institute for Nutrition Research at Edith Cowan. A transcript of this podcast can be found here.
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Confessions of a Community College Dean
In which a veteran of cultural studies seminars in the 1990s moves into academic administration and finds himself a married suburban father of two. Foucault, plus lawn care.
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Thoughts on Loan Forgiveness
I’ll give it a qualified yes.
Having spent the latter part of last week focusing on getting The Girl settled in college, I didn’t immediately jump on the news about planned student loan forgiveness. Now that she’s safely ensconced, a few thoughts.
My overarching impression is that it will likely get struck down by the courts. Technically, to bring a suit, someone has to prove standing, or a right to sue based on harm they’ve suffered themselves. In this case, it’s hard to show who would have standing to bring the issue to court. (Simply objecting to a policy is not enough to confer standing.) No standing, no suit. But given how cavalierly the courts are treating laws they don’t like, I expect they’ll find a way to let someone attack it, then grant an injunction and finally strike it down. That’s true regardless of the merits of the case, which is a harrowing statement in itself. The judiciary isn’t supposed to be an unelected and unaccountable super-legislature, but here we are.
For the sake of argument, though, let’s say it survives a court challenge. Is it a good idea?
I’ll say, “Mostly, yes.”
The best argument for it, in my view, is that the highest default rates are among the borrowers with the lowest balances. This is the point the mainstream press misses entirely. Cardiologists with six-figure debts do just fine. The borrowers who are struggling are the ones who dropped out of college after a semester or two with nothing to show for it but debt. They usually owe a few thousand dollars, but if they’re on the margins of the economy, that’s often beyond what they can pay. Wiping away small debts will mean setting thousands of low-wage workers free from student loans entirely. That’s a very big deal, and an excellent idea. And the impact to the Treasury is likely small, since many of those loans were unlikely ever to be repaid anyway. Businesses routinely write off certain bad debts; this is consistent with business practice.
I also like that students who received Pell Grants are eligible for larger write-offs. Pell Grants only go to low-income students in the first place. They aren’t a perfect index of need, of course, but they’re pretty good and they have the virtue of already existing.
The income caps for loan forgiveness strike me as tricky. For traditional-age students, the loan will be in the student’s name, but the income measured is (presumably) the parents’. For current students of traditional age, that could lead to some awkward situations. (I assume that for older students and/or those for whom college is in the past, the income measured would be that of the borrower.) As it stands, my son would have the equivalent of a year of loans wiped out, even as he starts another year now. That’s not a complaint, but I would recommend taking a close look at the anomalies that could pop up with students who are still enrolled.
I find the “sanctity of contracts” argument unpersuasive, given how widely loan forgiveness has been extended to, say, business owners. If we assume that the pandemic was not students’ fault—which seems reasonable—then holding them responsible for loans, while giving business owners a free pass, seems like a double standard. And that’s before even addressing why student debts are immune to bankruptcy declarations, unlike most other debts. Debt forgiveness is a historical practice of long standing; anyone who doubts that is invited to investigate the biblical meaning of the term “jubilee.”
The most compelling objections, to my mind, are twofold. The first is that student debt isn’t the only kind of debt: what about other debts? The second is the “now what?” problem.
The “what about other debts?” objection makes some sense in a vacuum, but less in context. Most other debts are dischargeable through bankruptcy; student loans are not. And the student loans in question were issued by a single lender; consumer debts are issued by all sorts of different lenders. That makes the implementation of forgiveness at scale much harder. (It also limits the real-world impact of forgiveness; many students or their families also have private loans, which are unaffected.) To the extent that higher education is a public good, I see an argument for the public to resume offsetting more of the cost, like it did for earlier generations.
The “now what?” argument is the one with some sting. I’ll use my kids as examples. My son started college in 2019; he gets some debt forgiven. My daughter started college in 2022; she does not. I would expect her, and others similarly situated, to ask why not. It’s a fair question. From a macro perspective, one could argue that a one-time write-off amounts to bailing out the tub while the water is still running. A few years from now, we’ll likely have a whole new crop of students and former students with debt, wondering why other people got a break and they didn’t.
To my mind, the easy and obvious response to the “now what?” objection would be to allow existing borrowers to refinance at zero percent interest, and to issue the loans from now on at zero percent. Eliminating the interest but maintaining the principal is probably more consistent with many people’s moral intuition: you have to pay back every penny you borrowed, but no more than that. Every dollar repaid would whittle down the remainder. The best part would be equity across cohorts; my son and my daughter would be eligible for the same deal. Representative Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) has introduced a bill to do this; it could make a real, lasting and sustainable difference.
Of course, there’s another way to look at the “now what?” objection, which is that subsequent cohorts should press not only for loan forgiveness, but for greater public support of higher education in the first place so we can get away from student loans entirely. Regular readers know that I’m a fan of the idea of greater public support for higher education. That said, if even this much help required working around Congress, I can only imagine the obstacles to something much more ambitious. That’s a political calculation rather than an argument on the merits, but if something like this offers immediate help while setting the table for a better approach later, I’ll take it.
Assuming the courts don’t kill it, the net impact should be to help some folks who really need it, and to set a precedent that could lead to a more sustainable system. It’s not perfect, and I would have approached it differently, but it’s a net positive. Here’s hoping it survives.
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MOOCs and beyond.
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The Transformative Potential of Museum-University Partnerships
Exciting ways for the academy to take its expertise outside the ivory tower and connect to a much broader public.
Are you old enough to remember The Reader’s Digest’s most popular feature: “The Most Unforgettable Character I Ever Met”?
When I was a callow 19, I had the incredible good fortune met three truly unforgettable geniuses: Arna Bontemps, Aaron Douglas, and Georgia O’Keeffe
I had embarked on a senior thesis on Jean Toomer, the recently reclaimed Harlem Renaissance poet and author. Raised largely by his grandfather P.B.S. Pinchback -- who, for 30 days during Reconstruction was this nation’s first Black governor (of Louisiana) -- Toomer later forswore racial identities and embraced the philosophy of the mystic Georges Gurdjieff.
That year was in many respects my annus mirabilis, a truly magical opportunity to work in the Fisk University archives, live with incredible Fisk dormmates including a Fisk Jubilee singer, and spend my spare time with Arna Bontemps, the poet, novelist, and biographer, who shared his memories of Langston Hughes and other Harlem Renaissance figures, and with Aaron Douglas, the muralist (some of whose great works were hidden behind sheetrock in Fisk’s administration building), who talked at length about his mystical beliefs.
Then, it was absolutely thrilling when Georgia O’Keeffe, the greatest of American modernist painters, invited me to visit her New Mexico ranch. For over half a century no one had mentioned Toomer’s name, and that she’d welcome the chance to speak about him.
Since I was too young to rent a car, I hitchhiked from Santa Fe to Abiquiu. When I arrived, scruffy and unkempt, the then 85-year-old artist met me at her door with the words: “A lot of stray things used to wander in. I see they still do.”
For all the marvels of my later life -- attending the Watergate hearings and listening to the rich, deep resonant voice of Barbara Jordan or studying at the epicenter of Deconstruction during its formative years – few experiences outside of family life would truly match the wonders of my 19th year.
Still, out of the many unforgettable characters I’ve had the enormous privilege of interacting with, one who stands out was the late Peter Marzio, who directed the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, for nearly thirty years. A born impresario, he believed in his heart and soul that his museum should serve as the city’s cultural heart. To that end, he displayed high school students’ art, held dance parties in the museum’s foyer, and allowed community groups to host receptions at the museum at no charge.
Anything but a standard-issue museum director, he was a former high school football playe headed down the wrong path, who was saved by the religion of art. Donors invariably took out their check books as he evangelized, drawing on his experience along his road to Damascus.
Unlike many museum directors, he wasn’t an art historian. He was a history Ph.D. who had studied under Daniel Boorstin, who was later Libarian of Congress and author of a bookshelf full of volumes that spoke to a vast popular readership. But Marzio was a visionary, who established what is probably the nation’s leading center for the study of Latin American art and photography.
He had many opportunities to leave Houston, but like the late Dominique de Menil, the heir to the Schlumberger oil equipment fortune, who financed the Black Image in Western Art project, supported the careers of activist politicians like the late Mickey Leland, and whose Menil Collection includes many of the masterwork of surrealism, Marzio was, for reasons known but to God, a Bayou City loyalist.
Most striking of all was his willingness to work hand-in-glove with a group of faculty members and myself and our students at the University of Houston. He was the rare sort of museum director who’d invite us to come by his office and see close up one of the great Rembrandt portraits, his 1633 Portrait of a Young Woman, which was on inspection. But more significantly, he allowed the students and faculty to create educational websites to accompany the museum’s exhibitions.
If you have a chance, take a peek at one example, The Grandeur of Viceregal Mexico, which compares and contrasts contemporaneous items from the Museo Franz Mayer and Ima Hogg’s Bayou Bend’s collection of American decorative art. Other teaching resource sites were created around exhibitions featuring the works of John Biggers, Chuck Close, Jessica Stockholder, and James Surls, all masterminded by my colleagues and friends Sara McNeil and Benard Robin.
I say all this to urge you to forge similar partnerships with local cultural institutions.
Maybe this involves creating exhibit-connected websites, but maybe something else:
- Perhaps your campus might partner with local art, history, natural history, and science museums to create a museum ambassador outreach program, through which college students reach out to their classmates and K-12 schools, and serve as museum guides who lead tours, answer questions, and provide context.
- Perhaps you and your students might participate in the brainstorming sessions that play an critical role in planning and designing exhibitions.
- Perhaps you might create courses linked to specific museum exhibitions that not only draw upon the exhibits’ resources, but which create educational projects that can accompany the displays, art works, and artifacts.
So what are my take-aways?
Individual internships are great, but group projects can be even more transformative.
By working collaboratively on public-facing projects, students learn what it is like to be a practicing professional. It’s not simply that the students engage in the kinds of tasks performed by designers, developers, and professional writers, but they learn what it’s like to work on a deadline, receive pointed feedback, and create something that a broad public will make use of.
Make sure you and your students have something to offer.
These partnerships shouldn’t involve make-work projects, like all too many internships. They need to results in a meaningful outcome of genuine value, The Houston students were quite rightly expected to create websites of museum quality. Therefore, it was essential that their work be impressive in terms of design, content, thoroughness, and interactivity.
Do what academic institutions do best: Create instructional and educational resources.
How about producing traveling panel exhibitions that can be displayed in schools, at libraries, or elsewhere? Or teaching resource packets filled with engaging, useful, and hands-on materials to distribute to schools and classrooms? Or compendiums of relevant sources material made widely available online?
Serve as genuine partners.
Conduct research that will enhance exhibitions. Participate in the planning and curating of exhibitions. Be present and available in the galleries. Bring artists, curators, and other museum professionals to campus. ViVA, which offers virtual visiting artists and emphasizes women, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and social justice themes, offers an exciting model for university-artist collaborations.
Work jointly with museums to expand professional development opportunities
I’ve always been fond of Stewart Brand’s aphorism, “information wants to be free,” even though I also realize that the reality is complicated. After all, when people can access information freely, the information’s producers either get paid little or nothing or else make money by monetizing their viewers’ data. But certainly academics should do all we can to share our knowledge and expertise, and one way to do that is to partner with museums to offer professional development for teachers.
Many of highpoints of my academic career have involved working in partnership with museums. One example was an exhibit on teenage New Jersey in collaboration with the New Jersey Historical Society. Take my word for it, the Garden State was the birthplace of the modern teenager. It was there that many of those who defined this life stage were born or lived, including Frank Sinatra, Rickie Nelson, Bruce Springsteen, Queen Latifa, and many others. This project offered a fantastic opportunity to connect a later generation with its predecessors, despite profound differences in their demographics.
I especially enjoyed my chance to work with the New-York Historical Society, and its exhibition on Slavery in New York Exhibition, its Dimenna Children’s History Museum, and its 17-minute orientation film. Projects like these exemplify what scholarship and education ought to involve: Brainstorming with scholars, community representatives, museum professionals, archivists, designers, and many others who argue passionately in the service of a common goal – to illuminate, excite, provoke, educate, elucidate, and maybe even elevate.
The conception of the academy as an ivory tower, a walled garden and place apart, where contemplation and study can take place apart from the bustle and stresses of the everyday and free from political interference is extremely valuable ideal, especially today. But let’s not forget: Many more people learn about art or history or nature or science outside of college than inside it.
If we truly want our scholarship to have impact and if we really want to expose our students to exciting possibilities that can be found in the real world, we need to venture outside the academy’s ivy-covered wall and meet the public where it is.
Steven Mintz is professor of history at the University of Texas at Austin.
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New Programs: Executive Ph.D., Internet of Things, Supply Chain Management, Podcasting
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- Bentley University has launched an executive Ph.D. program that allows business leaders to enhance their industry expertise through an intensive research-based curriculum.
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- La Salle University, in conjunction with POLIMI Graduate School of Management, in Italy, will begin a program in which students will earn a master of science in supply chain analytics from La Salle and a master of supply chain management from POLIMI.
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Fall’s Mask Mandate Outlook
COVID-19 masking policies for fall are all over the place. Disability advocates worry about what it all means for diversity and inclusion, though U of Pittsburgh has negotiated a new way to accommodate high-risk faculty members.
With colleges and universities now starting their third pandemic-era fall term, COVID-19 safety precautions—and faculty members’ thoughts on them—are very much a mixed bag.
Take two Pennsylvania institutions, the University of Pittsburgh and Temple University, for instance. At Pitt, the faculty union and the administration reached an agreement that creates a new process by which professors can request adjustments to their working arrangements if they or anyone in their household are at high risk for COVID-19 complications. In exchange, the faculty union agreed to Pitt’s stance on face masks, which is to mandate them indoors only when community transmissions levels are high, per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. At Temple, meanwhile, the faculty union continues to ask the administration to break with Philadelphia’s mask-optional policy and mandate masks indoors, or at least allow individual professors to require them.
A New Accommodations Process
Pitt’s new United Steelworkers–affiliated faculty union filed an unfair labor practice claim with the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board in March, saying that Pitt went mask optional that month without first negotiating with professors. The new, legally binding agreement on special accommodations resolves that complaint. It details a way—independent of the university’s disabilities accommodation process—for professors to request and receive “reasonable” adjustments to their work if they have a particular need for additional protections against COVID-19.
Each request will be considered on a case-by-case basis, meaning that the policy doesn’t guarantee that a professor with a specific health concern will be allowed to, say, teach every class remotely. The agreement does commit Pitt to making a good-faith effort to meet reasonable requests.
Tyler Bickford, professor of literature at Pitt and chair of the union’s bargaining committee, said that “when the mask mandate was lifted in March, there were a wide range of views among the faculty about that. But our biggest concern was that there weren’t new protections for the most vulnerable faculty, or faculty with vulnerable household members. So, from the beginning, that’s really been our priority. And I think that our agreement with the administration does create really important new protections that didn’t exist before and that really directly address health and safety environments during a pandemic.”
He added, “The Americans With Disabilities Act is a really key set of rights and protections. But it also is limited in an infectious disease environment.”
The ADA, for instance, applies to individual employees and not their households. And across academe, numerous professors have reported being denied disability accommodations for health conditions that still put them at high risk for COVID-19.
Another problem professors have faced during the pandemic is differing accommodation standards throughout their institutions: one department will agree to what another won’t. To address this, Pitt’s new process includes a procedure for appealing departmental decisions about work adjustments, as well as a structure for ensuring uniform decisions. Applicants are not asked to disclose sensitive health or personal information unless they’re appealing an initial denial of their request by their supervisor to the Office of the Provost.
On office hours, Pitt’s pandemic policy has been to allow individual faculty members to hold them virtually or in an alternative location when masking is not required. The new agreement affirms this as a standard, so that all professors feel comfortable following it.
Pitt is now also working with the union to share more data on filtration and ventilation in faculty workspaces.
“I think it’s very reasonable, and I think I’m optimistic that it will be implemented in ways that are fair and appropriate,” Bickford said of the new process. Pitt’s administration, he added, “also deserve a lot of credit for honestly being innovative here as academic leaders.”
Pitt said in a statement that it’s “looking forward to an in-person fall term, made possible by a highly vaccinated community and a strong record of compliance with health and safety guidelines. Pitt’s mask rules will, at a minimum, be consistent with CDC guidance, which relies on community COVID-19 levels to determine when indoor masking is required. Additionally, Pitt affiliates on all campuses are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or have an approved exemption.”
Per CDC guidance, Pitt is no longer telling students to quarantine following a COVID-19 exposure, regardless of vaccination status. Instead, they’re advised to wear a mask for 10 days around others when indoors and get tested five days after exposure, or upon developing symptoms. Pitt is also pausing a mandatory testing program for those with vaccine exemptions, though it will require arrival testing for students living in residence halls.
Divided Over Mask Mandate
Temple recently announced that masks will continue to be required in health-care and clinical spaces, but they are now optional elsewhere. The American Federation of Teachers–affiliated faculty union there publicly objected to this change, saying in a statement that the decision “was made without meaningful consultation with our faculty or staff. Given the ongoing threats to the health and safety of our students, faculty, staff, and North Philadelphia neighbors, we demand that the university follow science—and common sense—as classes resume.”
At the time, Philadelphia was experiencing high community transmission rates. The CDC recommends masking at that level, and Jeffrey Doshna, professor of city planning and union president, said that as “a research university, it is particularly irresponsible for Temple to ignore the science.”
As of the weekend, community transmission levels in Philadelphia had fallen to medium.
Doshna said in a statement that at the very least, Temple should “follow the example” of several other area institutions and allow individual instructors to require masking in their classrooms and other teaching spaces, such as by including it in their course syllabi. Villanova University policy, for instance, says that “Faculty may require students to wear masks in their classes, laboratories or offices, and students must comply with this request. Students and staff may ask the same of one another when meeting or getting together.” Temple’s guidance, meanwhile, encourages everyone to continue to carry a mask and be willing to wear one if asked.
Librarians and academic professionals “should be able to stay safe in their workspaces as well,” Doshna said.
Steve Orbanek, university spokesperson, said via email that like other area institutions, Temple “will be mask-optional to start the fall semester, and we continue to follow the city’s best practices and guidance related to COVID-19. When it comes to masking, we encourage all members of the Temple community to make the best decision for themselves, taking into consideration all factors, including COVID-19 transmission levels, the indoor setting and their own health, while respecting the decisions of others to protect themselves.”
The city of Philadelphia dropped its indoor mask mandate in April but continues to require that all college and university students, faculty and staff members receive the original vaccine series or an approved exemption. Temple recommends but doesn’t require booster shots. The university plans to offer asymptomatic testing this fall but phase it out later in the term.
Elsewhere: A Variety of Approaches
According to an unofficial list regularly updated by COVID Safe Campus, a coalition of disabled students, faculty and staff members, more than 50 campuses now have some sort of mask mandate for settings other than health care and transit. The University of Illinois at Chicago, for example, continues to require masks in classrooms, research labs and the libraries; instructors and lecturers may take off their masks to speak when greater than six feet away from students or audience members.
Citing the BA.5 subvariant of Omicron, a highly transmissible strain of COVID-19 that is driving the current surge in cases, Rutgers University announced that face coverings will still be required in all indoor teaching spaces, libraries and clinical settings. And at Georgetown University, masks are required in indoor instructional spaces but not in “informal” gatherings in libraries and study spaces. Vaccinated and single-boosted speakers and instructors may remove their masks to address others when six feet away or more.
At Duke University, masking is required in classrooms when community transmission rates are high, as they are currently. When local transmissions rates fall to low or medium for two consecutive weeks, masking will no longer be required in class. Unvaccinated people are still required to wear a mask in all indoor settings, including libraries.
In yet another approach to masking, a few institutions, including the University of Delaware, have announced two-week mask mandates for fall to curb transmission rates at the start of the new semester.
The University of California, Los Angeles, meanwhile, this month said that it’s dropping its indoor mask mandate. Bill Kisliuk, university spokesperson, said that “UCLA’s protocols in regard to masking are developed in close coordination with public health experts, include UCLA Health epidemiologists and the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Compliance with our protocols has been strong and has helped UCLA achieve a level of COVID-19 safety generally better than the region as a whole.” Individual instructors at UCLA are not permitted to require masks in their classrooms, unless masks are required in that setting by local public health officials, such as in clinical settings. The campus also is ending its daily symptom-monitoring survey. Vaccination or an exemption is still required.
The Los Angeles Daily News reported that a group of UCLA and University of Southern California doctors had argued against the mask mandate in a letter to the L.A. County Board of Supervisors earlier this year, and some of the same physicians published an opinion piece in the Orange County Register this summer arguing against the reimposition of a mask mandate in Los Angeles amid the current surge.
Michael J. Beck, administrative vice chancellor, and Megan McEvoy, professor of microbiology, immunology and molecular genetics, co-chairs of UCLA’s COVID-19 Response and Recovery Task Force, said in an announcement that as “the pandemic evolves and the severity of illness seems to be waning, we are adjusting our campus protocols to better align with current public health conditions in line with the transitions that have already occurred at other academic institutions, and within the county and state.”
John Branstetter, a lecturer in political science at UCLA and unit co-chair of the university system’s AFT-affiliated lecturers’ and librarians’ union, said the end of the mask mandate is “definitely the source of a lot of discussion in our union.” There remains particular “frustration with the limited accommodations made for folks who are at higher risk due to age, pre-existing conditions or having a compromised immune system,” he said.
In another surprising decision, Hudson Valley Community College said this earlier this summer that it was ending its vaccine mandate, in order to “increase access and remove a barrier to higher education after an extraordinarily difficult time for many students.” The college backtracked last week, however, saying it would follow the State University of New York’s policy on vaccination instead, which is that a primary series is required and that boosters are encouraged. HVCC says that 85 percent of fall students have submitted proof of vaccination thus far.
Eiryn Griest Schwartzman, COVID Safe Campus’s founding executive director, said that the group strongly advocates mask mandates because masks are a simple, inexpensive preventative measure, relative to some other COVID-19 mitigation practices. As for the apparent debate surrounding the efficacy of mask mandates, Schwartzman cited a preprint (not yet peer reviewed) comparative study of mask mandate policies in greater Boston–area school districts finding that case rates were significantly higher in districts that removed masking requirements than in those districts that kept them.
While “there definitely has been a rollback on requirements and a lot of places are optional,” Schwartzman said recently, “it’s really hopeful that in this past week, even the past few days, we have seen several schools reinstate mask mandates, even in limited spaces.” Still, COVID Safe Campus argues that masks shouldn’t just be required classrooms, but in any indoor spaces where campus community members may need to be, including libraries.
Beyond mask mandates, or lack thereof, Schwartzman said that many institutions continue to remove their COVID-19 dashboards ahead of the semester, “which really makes it hard for people to make informed decisions, and also really eliminates the transparency needed for accountability.” The end of dashboards is tied to the mass scaling back of testing requirements seen since spring, Schwartzman also said.
“Now that testing is pretty much voluntary, it’s really difficult to understand what’s happening and also difficult to arrange data-driven decision-making.”
In addition to students and staff members, Schwartzman said COVID Safe Campus worries about faculty members with disabilities and high-risk conditions being pushed out of their jobs over COVID-19 safety concerns.
“Their perspectives are critical to diversity, equity and inclusion, and losing out on that is a big loss,” Schwartzman said.
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College Marching Bands Go Digital
College marching bands are ditching sheet music for smartphone apps in an effort to save time, money and the environment.
In the three years Colton Williams has been playing bass drum in the Emory & Henry College marching band, he has seen reams of sheet music and performance notes tossed at the end of each season.
But now his band is joining several others across the country that have replaced paper with smartphone apps to save money and be more sustainable.
“It’s really nice having everything in your pocket at all times,” said Williams, a junior who serves as the drum-line captain. “It seems like every year we are getting more technologically savvy, and I honestly love it.”
The biggest plus of ditching paper is feeling like the band is doing its part for the community and the environment, he said.
Emory & Henry band director Matthew Frederick said he decided to make the switch to paperless this summer after hearing from colleagues about the benefits other bands have reaped. Using an app called Ultimate Drill Book has enabled marching band members to more quickly and efficiently learn their parts for the on-field drills they perform during football games.
Created by two brothers who worked with the University of Texas Longhorn Band, the app details different parts of the complicated performances—showing where each band member should stand on the field, the required spacing between members and the different steps involved. Students also can animate the movements they need to make, which is especially beneficial for visual learners.
Since it launched in 2017, the Ultimate Drill Book has seen a steady increase in use by college marching bands, owner Luke Gall said.
So far, the Emory & Henry band has only moved the drill instructions to students’ phones, but Frederick said he is planning to make all the music paperless by early next month. The investment is already paying off, he said.
“From a pedagogical standpoint, it’s fantastic,” he said. “We were able to cover way more than what we initially thought we would be able to because the students were coming up with really awesome, intuitive ways to make it even better, so that was really fun for us.”
Through the app, instructors can update the drill directions with the push of a button—changes that are then reflected on students’ phone screens. Before, Frederick said, a staff member or student would have had to print out the changes, copy them and then distribute the new pages.
“It gives them a lot of intricate details that help them to really learn quickly,” Frederick said. “It really has elevated our teaching ability.”
Olivia Cochrane, a junior music education major and section leader for the band’s trumpets, said using the app has given her ideas about how to use technology in the classroom after she graduates. It’s also helped in her current role teaching her section the drill steps.
In the app, she can see her section and how each member should move. Before, drill instructions were on sheets of paper the size of a hand, and Cochrane said she couldn’t easily see how her section fit in with the overall band or what the performance was supposed to look like.
“It was a lot more guesswork,” she said.
In order to make the switch, Frederick said the band purchased several charging stations and licenses for the app, which costs about $20 per student. Band members can use an iPad or opt for paper if they don’t have a smartphone.
Other marching bands that have gone paperless purchased clamps so students can mount phones on their instruments, similar to a traditional flip book.
Frederick thinks apps like Ultimate Drill Book are the future of college marching bands, though he’s also seen interest from high school ensembles.
“We are certainly not the first nor will we be the last,” he said, adding that it’s a recruiting advantage. “We’re using technology in the best way possible for our students.”
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The Marching Illini at the University of Illinois were among the earliest adopters of a paperless approach. Band director Barry Houser is a big advocate of going digital, and he has shared information about the technology at conferences.
“We’re seeing more collegiate ensembles going this way than ever before, which is great to see,” Houser said. “But there are so many out there that are printing paper drill and they’re printing music.”
He said going paperless has changed how they teach and students learn, improving the band’s overall performance.
“We’re able to achieve a higher level of success,” he said.
Before making the switch, the band was spending $35,000 a year on paper, toner, equipment and staff time to print the music and make paper folders for the band’s nearly 400 students, he said.
The time saved benefits students by enabling more efficient rehearsals, while the money saved has allowed band members to download the technology at no cost.
Houser and Frederick said using available technology for marching band is another way to meet students where they live. As an added bonus, music doesn’t get wet or left at home.
“So many of our students are constantly on their phone or tablet or laptop,” Houser said. “We’re taking something that they’re used to being on and that they’re accustomed to, and we’ve adapted our learning structure and our teaching structure to fit in this mode of understanding that they’re already well connected to rather than fighting them.”
Williams said using his phone at band practice was a big change, but a positive one. He carries a battery pack with him to make sure his phone doesn’t lose power.
“I like how easy it is to access everything, and if they make a change to drill, they can just tell us to download or update the songs, and that way they don’t have to like print out 15 million more copies of music for us to relearn,” he said.
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Teacher Education Programs Desperately Seek Students
Education colleges and teacher preparation programs are creating new incentives to lure students, hoping to reverse years of enrollment declines and fill classroom vacancies.
As the school year gets underway, a national teacher shortage has K-12 districts scrambling and job boards lengthening. The president of the National Education Association called the lack of classroom teachers a “five-alarm crisis.” Some students are returning to full-time in-person learning only to find their instructors teaching through screens, often from hundreds of miles away. Many teachers are overburdened by large classes, and in some cases, they are teaching without a degree. Some districts will start the school year with a four-day week to accommodate a lack of staff.
The flow of new teachers through the pipeline has slowed to a trickle, in part due to years of declining enrollment in education programs. Now higher education institutions are looking for ways to reverse what has become an alarming national trend.
Between 2008 and 2019, the number of students completing traditional teacher education programs in the U.S. dropped by more than a third, according to a 2022 report by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education. The report found that the steepest declines were in degree programs in areas with the greatest need for instructors, such as bilingual education, science, math and special education.
Jacqueline King, an AACTE research, policy and advocacy consultant and co-author of the report, said teacher shortages and enrollment declines at teaching programs are “certainly correlated.” Both are closely linked to the devaluation of teaching as a profession, she added, epitomized by decades of stagnant pay, onerous workloads and political demonization.
“The wages of teachers have been absolutely flat, and the gap between them and other college-educated workers has grown,” she said. “That has contributed, over a long period of time, to declining interest in teaching as a field, both in entering degree programs and in employment.”
In some states, the enrollment drop-off for traditional teacher programs has been far steeper than the national average of 35 percent. A 2019 report by the left-leaning think tank the Center for American Progress found that from 2010 to 2018, enrollment in education programs fell by 60 percent in Illinois, nearly 70 percent in Michigan and 80 percent in Oklahoma.
Bryan Duke, interim dean of the College of Education and Professional Studies at the University of Central Oklahoma, said that while he believes the CAP report is exaggerated, institutions across his state have seen a significant enrollment dip, which he acknowledges has contributed to the current teacher shortage. Over 3,500 teacher positions in the state were unfilled as of June, according to the Oklahoma Education Association. In January, Oklahoma City University phased out its early childhood and elementary education programs due to low enrollment.
“When people consider what they study, they have that end goal in mind of what the workforce will look like, and the conditions of our schools have become unattractive to most young students,” Duke said. “When I started my career 32 years ago, we had 50, 60, 100 applications for every position at schools in the metro area. What we see now is schools will post positions and not have even one application.”
More Incentives, Fewer Barriers
To address the problem, education and teacher preparation programs at colleges and universities are experimenting with a smorgasbord of initiatives, often at the same time.
Programs are investing in expedited degree pathways for paraprofessionals already working in schools, scholarships and stipends to bolster compensation for student teachers, and enhanced partnerships with school districts and community colleges to drive up interest among potential teaching candidates.
The University of Central Oklahoma’s college of education is trying all those measures and more to attract students. Duke said that by increasing outreach to nontraditional students and offering more scholarships, the state is slowly building interest among prospective teachers. Still, the road to recovering pre-recession numbers is long.
“We are seeing results,” he said. “But—and this is really sad—we have to measure our success right now not on turning the corner on growth, but on mitigating the decline.”
State policy makers are also exploring ways to lower the barriers for students looking to enter education programs, or to qualify for a license after graduating. In May, Oklahoma axed a general competency exam for teacher candidates holding a bachelor’s degree in any subject. Iowa governor Kim Reynolds signed a law in June eliminating the requirement that teaching candidates pass the Praxis, a pre-professional skills test that was previously mandated for licensure. A similar bill passed the state Legislature in New Jersey this summer and is awaiting the governor’s signature.
Proponents of these measures say that standardized exams like the Praxis, which tests for competency in a range of subjects including math and English, are unnecessarily challenging barriers to entry to education programs and to teaching licensure.
The exams can pose an especially high hurdle for candidates of color. A 2019 report from the National Council on Teacher Quality found that 43 percent of candidates of color passed the exam on their first try, compared with 58 percent of white candidates, and that 30 percent of candidates of color didn’t retake the exam after failing the first time.
Mark McDermott, associate dean of teacher education and student services at the University of Iowa’s College of Education, said he’s looking to make degrees more accessible for students while ensuring that graduates are prepared to enter the classroom.
“It’s important to recognize barriers and to minimize those to the extent possible. But we feel teaching is really important, and it’s not an easy thing to learn to do,” he said. “We’re not just preparing teachers to be licensed; we’re preparing them to be retained and stick with teaching longer term.”
King said that while exit exams might be overly burdensome on candidates, some kind of licensure test should be required to ensure candidates are ready to enter the classroom. But, she added, the case for entrance exams to win admission to education programs is less clear.
“Given that we have this shortage, why would you set up an additional hurdle for students to get into the teacher preparation program?” she said.
‘Filling a Leaky Bucket’
Education program leaders are even more concerned by other solutions being pursued outside higher education, particularly by state officials desperate to fill teaching vacancies. Last week Florida governor Ron DeSantis announced plans to allow military veterans without college degrees to teach in public schools while they work toward earning certification. And a new Arizona law makes current undergraduate students eligible to be primary classroom teachers.
Christopher Koch, president and CEO of the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation, said that shortage or no, these measures are indicative of a broader disrespect for teaching.
“I don’t know why we’re willing to do that for teacher shortages and not for shortages in the medical professions or other professions,” he said. “It sends the wrong message about a profession where, on the one hand, we say it’s one of the most important there is, and on the other hand we say anything goes.”
Henry Tran, co-author of How Did We Get Here? The Decay of the Teaching Profession (Information Age Publishing, 2022), said that disregard for the difficulty and importance of teaching is what’s truly at the heart of the current shortage—a problem that runs deeper than higher education solutions can reach.
“There has been an overarching feeling of disrespect for the profession, both at a macro and a micro level, that leads people to leave the profession and is a barrier for entry,” said Tran, who is also a professor of educational leadership and policies at the University of South Carolina.
That feeling of disrespect has material roots. There has long been a “pay penalty” associated with teaching, compared to professions that require similar levels of education. Adjusted for inflation, teachers’ average weekly pay has increased by just $29 since 1996, according to a new report from the Economic Policy Institute; by comparison, other college graduates have seen an average increase of $445 per week over the same period. Low wages and high stress have led to a resurgence of labor organizing and militancy among teachers, including upcoming strikes planned in large districts like Columbus, Ohio, and Philadelphia.
Tran said he’s concerned that many of the proposed higher education solutions to the teacher shortages—especially lowering thresholds for licensure, like Iowa has—are “Band-Aid fixes” that won’t produce a teaching workforce with staying power.
“Ninety percent of the teacher shortage demand comes from turnover. So when you have all these solutions that are lowering standards or aiming at bringing new people in, my question is, what’s going to keep them from leaving just like the last batch?” he said. “You essentially have a leaky bucket that you’re constantly trying to fill. At some point, you’re running out of water to fill the bucket.”
King agreed that retention is a major cause of the teacher shortage. She said that whatever success teacher education programs have in increasing enrollment will be insufficient unless pay and working conditions improve.
“We’re not just going to recruit our way out of this problem,” she said. “It’s got to be a two-pronged approach.”
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2 Bomb Threats in Less Than 72 Hours at Howard U
Howard University received a bomb threat Tuesday evening, swiftly followed by another bomb threat early Friday morning, DCist reported. Students evacuated the residence halls after both threats, but no devices were found.
The first threat was made against Cook Hall, a residential building, at approximately 10:25 p.m. on Tuesday, according to the Metropolitan Police Department. Around 2:30 a.m. Friday, the second threat targeted the East and West Towers, also residential buildings. The Metropolitan Police Department and Howard Police responded and ultimately issued all-clear messages in both cases.
“It was difficult for me to witness in person students sitting in Banneker Park and heading to trailers on Sherman Avenue and crossing Georgia Avenue on their way to Blackburn Center in their pajamas and sleepwear,” Howard University president Dr. Wayne A. I. Frederick said in a statement. “This is terrorism, and it must stop.”
Historically Black colleges and universities across the country have been targeted by repeated threats since January, prompting an ongoing federal investigation. Howard has received a total of eight bomb threats this year, including three just this month.
“I want to be clear about the university’s position on the narrative of these threats,” Dr. Frederick said. “This isn’t about resilience and grit. We require extra resources from all law enforcement agencies directed towards solving this ongoing threat and bringing those who perpetrate its negative effects to full justice under the law.”
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AU Reaches Agreement With Staff Union After Weeklong Strike
American University reached a tentative contract agreement with the union representing academic, clerical and technical staff on Friday, the culmination of nearly a year and a half of bargaining. The deal came after a weeklong strike held during student move-in week.
The full terms of the new contract—the first inked since the union was formed in 2020—were not immediately available. In a statement released by the union, Roshan Abraham, a first-year adviser, called it “a tremendous victory.”
“I am proud to have stood arm-in-arm with my colleagues over the past few days,” he said. “The gains we have made through the agreement are life-changing.”
Workers had previously asked for a 4 percent raise in the first year of the contract and a 5 percent raise the next, in a bid to ensure that no member was paid less than $40,000 a year, which the union said was the minimum threshold required to live comfortably in Washington, D.C. Administrators and the union had previously reached an impasse when the university refused to meet those demands, instead offering a 2.5 percent increase in the first year and a 1.5 percent increase to a “performance pay pool” for merit-based raises.
Tensions rose throughout the week of the strike leading up to the agreement. Staff picketed outside dorms, pitching their cause to students and slowing down move-in. Marchers also chanted slogans outside university president Sylvia Burwell’s residence, accusing her of hiding from confrontation with the strikers, and inflated a giant blow-up of Scabby the Rat, a common union tactic to communicate bitterness with management.
On Thursday night, AU provost and chief academic officer Peter Starr sent an email to faculty members disinviting them from the university’s convocation ceremony, an event that caps off Welcome Week in which administrators and, usually, faculty formally welcome students to campus. The email offered no explanation, but some faculty mused that the university was worried they would publicly refuse to cross the picket line outside the venue, Bender Arena, where strikers were planning to gather.
As it turns out, faculty weren’t the only group administrators had to worry about. In the middle of the convocation ceremony Friday, hundreds of students stood up and walked out of the arena, holding signs and chanting slogans in solidarity with the strikers.
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By the end of the day, a tentative agreement was inked, ending the strike. The bargaining session also led to an agreement between the university and its adjunct faculty, who had been in contract negotiations of their own.
“I know this has been a challenging week,” Burwell wrote in a statement following the agreement. “I want to thank our community for their patience, resilience, and dedication to our students and our mission.”
Union members will vote to ratify the new contract this week.
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Brigham Young Apologizes, Bans Fan After Racist Incident
Brigham Young University has apologized and banned a fan from attending its events after a Duke University player was harassed with a racial slur during a women’s volleyball game Friday, The News & Observer reported.
“To say we are extremely disheartened in the actions of a small number of fans in last night’s volleyball match in Smith Fieldhouse between BYU and Duke is not strong enough language,” said a statement from Brigham Young. “We will not tolerate behavior of this kind. Specifically, the use of a racial slur at any of our athletic events is absolutely unacceptable and BYU athletics holds a zero-tolerance approach to this behavior.”
The match, at Brigham Young, was part of BYU’s doTERRA Classic. Duke announced Saturday that its match with Rider University, originally scheduled to be at Brigham Young on Saturday, would be moved to another gym in Provo. The game was played at a local high school.
“First and foremost, our priority is the well-being of Duke student-athletes,” Duke athletics director Nina King said in a statement. “They should always have the opportunity to compete in an inclusive, anti-racist environment which promotes equality and fair play. Following extremely unfortunate circumstances at Friday night’s match at BYU, we are compelled to shift today’s match against Rider to a different location to afford both teams the safest atmosphere for competition.”
Duke sophomore Rachel Richardson, who is Black, was the target of the slur, according to Lesa Pamplin, who said she is Richardson’s godmother. On Twitter, Pamplin said Richardson was called the N-word “every time she served.”
Brigham Young said the fan who used the slur is not a student.
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Central Methodist Football Player Killed by Roommate
August 29, 2022
A Central Methodist University football player was shot and killed last week, The Fayette Advertiser reported.
Kundarrius Taylor fatally shot his roommate, Torrance Evans, on Thursday evening. Taylor is a former student at Central Methodist.
Central Methodist canceled classes Friday. Taylor told authorities he hadn’t been getting along with Evans.
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DeSantis Ally Recommended for Florida System Chancellor Post
A search committee for the Florida Board of Governors has recommended hiring outgoing state senator Ray Rodrigues, an ally of Republican governor Ron DeSantis, as the next chancellor of the State University System of Florida.
Rodrigues—who has sponsored legislation to require intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity surveys and to reshape tenure—announced in June that he would not seek re-election to Florida’s State Senate. He applied for the CEO opening in July, touting 16 years of higher ed experience, all at Florida Gulf Coast University, where he is currently the director of interagency partnerships.
Rodrigues, who was one of two finalists interviewed, is being recommended over fellow finalist Lori Cromwell, the chief business officer of Emory University’s Candler School of Theology, to replace retiring chancellor Marshall Kriser.
“I am gratified that we had two highly qualified candidates to engage with today. The conversation was robust, the candidates well prepared,” Brian Lamb, chair of the Board of Governors, said in a Friday news release announcing the recommendation. “I am excited to advance Mr. Rodrigues to the next phase of this process. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to Florida’s higher education system that I believe will serve our students, faculty, staff, and institutions well.”
The full board will consider the recommendation at its next meeting on Sept. 14.
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Fisk U Decides to Change Presidents After Less Than 2 Years
Fisk University has switched presidents after less than two years, the Associated Press reported.
No reason was given for Vann R. Newkirk’s departure as president, which was immediate. Before he was president, he was provost of the institution.
The chair of the board, Frank L. Sims, will serve as acting president while a committee conducts a search for a permanent replacement.
“The Board of Trustees is charged with ensuring that Fisk University continue to excel as a leading academic institution and that our future is defined by a shared vision and set of values,” Sims said in a statement. “The board unanimously agreed that the next chapter in the Fisk future calls for new leadership.”
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Furor Over Mascot at U of South Carolina
Sir Big Spur is the name of the rooster who has attended University of South Carolina athletics events since 1999. Actually there have been six Sir Big Spurs, who have been brought to games by Mary Snelling, and her husband, Ron Albertelli.
An article in The Post and Courier discusses their anger over Beth and Van Clark, who have succeeded them in providing a rooster. They use roosters with their combs, a red crest on the rooster's head.
“We raised these gamecocks to be mascots. The mascot needs to be, I feel, branded with the university,” Van Clark said. “We also want the birds to be as healthy as possible. When the combs are off, they can’t handle heat as well."
But Albertelli said: "A chicken is a chicken but a fighting gamecock is something different. This is dumbing down the Gamecocks..... “I don’t know what culture in our day and age means, but if it means making a gamecock look like a chicken, or not hurting him because it might make the chicken feel good, it’s not preserving what we’ve built. This is dumbing down our culture.”
The university is permitting the Clarks to use the roosters with their combs. But they will need a new name. Snelling and Albertelli own the name Sir Big Spur and they are not giving it up.
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Leafy Greens and Heart Disease: Academic Minute
August 29, 2022
Today on the Academic Minute: Catherine Bondonno, research fellow in the Institute for Nutrition Research at Edith Cowan University, discusses the link between staying healthy and eating green. Learn more about the Academic Minute here.
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Marquette Convocation Called Off Due to Black Student Protest
Marquette University called off a student convocation Thursday because of a protest by the Black Student Council of Marquette.
Prior to when the convocation was supposed to take place, the Black Student Council said on Instagram, “The fact that they eliminated the entire Office of Engagement and Inclusion (OEI) without stating why is unacceptable. The fact that Urban Scholars, a program with majority Students of Color, now has over 100 students and one full time staff member and the university is not looking to hire anyone until Summer 2023 is absurd … We implore you all to take a stand and not attend today’s Convocation.”
The group added, “We are constantly under appreciated, watched, socially abused and forgotten by the administration.”
The university issued a statement that said in part, “We are deeply committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion on campus. As a result of our ongoing efforts, 30 percent of our incoming first-year class identifies as students of color and we believe our overall diversity this fall will be at an all-time high, along with the most faculty and staff of color in our history as well. We are proud of this progress and remain committed to initiatives that will continue to further DEI goals shared by the university … Marquette has grown its Urban Scholars program for first-generation and financially disadvantaged students from the Milwaukee area, and has already committed to hiring another full-time staff person for the program in 2023. Marquette has not closed the Office of Engagement and Inclusion. Supporting the Office of Engagement and Inclusion and the Division of Student Affairs remains a priority as the university actively recruits to refill positions left open due to resignations. Many of these positions are posted online with interviews underway. These roles are expected to be filled this semester.”
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Professor Emeritus Charged With Meth Distribution
August 29, 2022
A professor emeritus of voice and opera at the University of Iowa has been indicted on charges of distributing methamphetamine, causing the death of one person and possessing child pornography, The Iowa City Press-Citizen reported.
John Muriello is being held in jail, and his trial in federal court will begin Dec. 5.
The University of Iowa received an anonymous complaint against Muriello in April 2020 from the parents of a freshman. They said their son attended a party at Muriello’s Iowa City residence, where the professor allegedly provided meth and used gamma hydroxybutyrate, known as a common date-rape drug, to “drug party goers to have sex with them.”
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Make Community Colleges More Joyful
The focus on incentivizing full-time enrollment has left many students’ needs unaccounted for and their college experiences lacking in joy and meaning, Robin G. Isserles writes.
During a January visit to Bergen Community College in New Jersey to champion the American Rescue Plan’s $198 million competitive grant for community colleges, First Lady—and community college professor—Jill Biden commented on a common challenge for many students:
“You know, it’s hard to express what it’s like to have a bright, engaged student—someone who has so much passion and potential—fade out of my class because they can’t find a babysitter. They start missing lectures … they fall behind and just can’t catch up. Or the cost of childcare just gets to be too much, and they have to choose between extra shifts at work and pursuing the degree that will help them earn more money.”
Biden’s description is all too familiar to those of us who teach and work at any of the nation’s 936 public community colleges. Thanks in large part to the terrific research and advocacy of places like the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, we are much more aware of students’ struggles to meet basic needs, including childcare and food and housing needs.
Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona recently called attention to these challenges in his appeal to expand our visions of student success: “We have students who are hungry, you have students who are housing insecure, you have students who struggle from mental health needs,” Cardona said earlier this month. “If you think college completion doesn’t involve that, you are missing the point.”
Many of us who make our professional home in the public community college sector are trying to make sense of the enrollment declines of the last two years, recently reported as a loss of more than 827,000 students since the pandemic began. As we attempt to better understand these trends, it is important to remember, as Biden and Cardona’s words above suggest, that the challenges our community college students experience were well in place prior to COVID-19.
In fact, before our world was turned upside down, community college students were carrying a great many obligations outside school, beyond those of being students. And many of them, depending on life circumstances—family illness, job loss, job demands, housing challenges, parenting, etc.—withdrew from a class or two or sometimes more. For the majority of community college students, their identity as students is not distinct from other important identities that shape who they are. As such, many enter higher education through community college already with a tenuous positionality, making decisions to withdraw, slow down, attend part-time and/or stop out more normative and more necessary.
In my book, The Costs of Completion: Student Success in Community College (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021), I argue that recent innovations designed to address the “completion crisis” do not fully appreciate who community college students are and the lives they live inside and outside the classroom. Consequently, college-going has become more difficult and far less enjoyable, especially for those who are on the academic and economic margins. As we attempt to respond to the enrollment declines of the last two years, I suggest we do so by learning more about the impact that so many of the initiatives are having on the lives of our students, and the choices they make as a result.
In response to the high rates of noncompletion, and building on research finding that full-time students graduate at higher rates, community colleges have sought to encourage more and continuous coursework. Inspired by the theory of academic momentum, the overriding belief is that the more integrated students are academically, the more likely they are to persist and graduate. This has meant adopting initiatives to push students who were enrolling in the minimum number of credits to be considered full-time (12 credits) to take on additional credits, especially if they receive federal Pell Grants. Just one example I discuss in the book is students receiving a pop-up during the online registration process reminding them that they can enroll in an additional class that is covered by their Pell Grant. That this is done without discussing with a student whether this additional class meshes with their personal and work life outside school is setting too many students up for failure.
While carrying 15 credits with additional intensive courses during the winter and summer may work for some students, it is not a terribly good model for most community college students. Sixty-five percent of community college students enroll part-time, in many cases because they have to. Full-time coursework and compressed winter/summer intensive semesters are just not possible for them.
Secondly, this model of college-going on hyperspeed creates the conditions where college becomes something to “get through.” As a result, students take too many classes, far more than they have time for. They’ve internalized this as “consumers” of their education with some predictable consequences. Those who stick it out experience a great deal of stress and often settle for lower grades as they juggle too many classes, and too many assignments, with their already time-pressed lives. Others withdraw from a class (or more), often having to repeat the class so their grade point average is not compromised, slowing down their progress. Rather than offering a first introduction to college as an inspiring, challenging experience, they are instead introduced to college as akin to a job, something that they must “do”—clock in, complete tasks, but little more than that. This further diminishes their already material-driven weak attachment to their identity as a student, making stopping or dropping out a more rational calculus.
In this way, college-going is devoid of the joy around the learning and discovery process—what makes higher education so transformative. Students who attend community college should get this, too, especially since many are en route to a bachelor’s degree or beyond.
To reduce student success to that of retention and completion, not to mention to tie public funding to these same metrics, has meant that it is the students who serve the institutions, rather than the other way around. This is not to suggest we shouldn’t be supporting students to persist and attain a degree or credential, but that this concern should not be limited to quantifying outcomes. These metrics—while important—should not blind us to how we can create meaningful experiences for our community college students, who comprise almost 40 percent of all undergraduate students.
If we are really committed to the social justice mission of community colleges—a feature of community college mission statements across the country—the focus should be to create community colleges that are “student ready” as we think about ways to respond to the current enrollment declines. Here are some questions to consider:
First, how can we better support the ways in which students have to attend college—whether it be part-time or flexing between full- and part-time when their lives demand? How do we help students who hold jobs that offer just-in-time work schedules also keep up with their academics? How do we bolster our financial aid programs (federal and state) so that there are fewer penalties for part-time attendance, class withdrawals and slower progress? Rather than punishing students at open-access institutions for low grades through the punitive practices of probation or dismissal, how might we support those students who are failing, which is often a result of the complicated lives they live as they try to attend college? True, too, we should find a way for our students who are deeply invested in the lives of their families and work obligations to remain so without making them feel as if they must choose one over the other. Current prescriptions of student success force them to do this, perhaps unwittingly.
Secondly, as much as our COVID world has expanded virtual opportunities, community colleges must reinvest in creating more opportunities for human connections. Of course, one of the ways in which public colleges have responded to diminishing state budgets over the last several decades has been an overreliance on software technologies—for advisement, or for course selection and scheduling. But what this means is that we are supplanting real human interactions with technologies around fundamental aspects of college-going.
Another casualty of defunding public higher education, of course, has been the overreliance on contingent faculty, many of whom are part-time, whose livelihoods are precarious and their capacity to advise and counsel their students deeply diminished. According to the American Association of University Professors’ 2021 annual report, 79 percent of the faculty members at community colleges are contingent.
For first-generation college students, enrolling in their first semester in college, these two trends contribute to an environment that does not seem particularly supportive. The human connection— even if some of that is remote—is necessary and cannot be adequately supplied by pop-up menus, chat bots or faculty and staff who cannot offer more time because they simply do not have it.
One way of increasing human connections would be to draw on the academic coach model that is gaining traction at many colleges to support students who are struggling academically early on. This intervention, where academic coaches meet with students to discuss academic, personal and career challenges and goals, has been found to positively affect credit-hour completion, especially when conducted one-on-one, in-person and regularly.
True, too, peer mentor programs are important not only to support students, but to make them feel as if they belong—a key piece to the enrollment/retention/completion puzzle. Additional mental health practitioners and academic advisers would also go a long way in supporting community college students. And increasing the opportunities for paid internships and work-study assignments (like childcare) on community college campuses would help, too. These are just some ideas for reinvesting in human connections in creating institutions that serve their students.
We will need some time to better understand the current enrollment declines. We should continue to study this and be sure to ask the right questions, especially of the students themselves. It may be worth exploring to what degree some of the current enrollment decline is an unintended consequence of the momentum-inspired initiatives that have made college-going for so many students so fraught. We need to continue to learn more about who our students are, why and how they enroll, and how they think about themselves as college students. If going to college is devoid of joy and engagement, and competing against a whole host of other obligations, college is likely going to be interrupted and/or delayed. Thus, our task moving forward should be working toward creating community colleges that are more welcoming, meaningful and, yes, joyful places for our students.
Robin G. Isserles is a professor of sociology at Borough of Manhattan Community College in the City University of New York and author of The Costs of Completion: Student Success in Community College (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2021).
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Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson files lawsuit to stop closure of voting precincts
CHICAGO - Chicago mayoral candidate Willie Wilson filed a lawsuit Monday against the Chicago Board of Elections.
The suit, filed in federal court, is seeking an injunction to stop the board from eliminating 779 Chicago voting precincts.
Wilson said the closures violate the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He said he's worried most about senior citizens not knowing where to vote.
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"They live off a fixed income. For them to move the poll, let’s say a mile away or five or six blocks, has been unfair to our number one voters, alright. In the whole city of Chicago, and Cook County, state of Illinois and around this country. I think it's wrong," Wilson said.
The proposed precinct cuts come just months before the midterm election in November.
The Chicago Board of Elections said it has not received a copy of the lawsuit yet, but said it is "performing its duties as required by recent state legislation that increased the size of election precincts all throughout the State of Illinois."
It said that law increased the size of new precincts to include up to 1,800 registered voters. The Chicago Board of Elections said it implemented the law below that requirement, to total 1,165 voters.
The board also said the overall number of polling locations in Chicago will not be greatly affected for the next three elections.
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"The Chicago Board of Elections is performing its duties as required by the recent state legislation that has increased the size of election precincts all throughout the State of Illinois. For Cook County and the City of Chicago, that law increased the size of new precincts to contain up to 1,800 registered voters. The Chicago Board of Elections implemented the law below that requirement, with the average number of registered voters per precinct now totaling 1,165. The overall number of polling locations in Chicago will not be greatly affected for the next three elections. Every voter in Chicago continues to have an assigned precinct and polling place for Election Day, as well as continued options to Early Vote and Vote By Mail weeks ahead of every election, in addition to all Early Voting sites being open on Election Day for all Chicago voters, no matter where they live in the city." | https://www.fox32chicago.com/election/chicago-mayoral-candidate-willie-wilson-files-lawsuit-to-stop-closure-of-voting-precincts | 2022-08-29T18:34:17Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/election/chicago-mayoral-candidate-willie-wilson-files-lawsuit-to-stop-closure-of-voting-precincts | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Chicago police take aim at street racing and drifting after chaotic weekend
CHICAGO - More details are coming out about street racing incidents that happened throughout Chicago this weekend.
At a Monday morning news conference, police addressed the issue of drag racing and drifting that affected a number of neighborhoods throughout the event that was clearly organized on social media.
Hundreds of people descended on various locations in the city for drag racing and car stunts, blocking intersections and fueling unruly crowds. The scenario has been increasing over the past couple of years.
Last month, the Chicago City Council passed an ordinance allowing police to seize vehicles involved in those activities and hold them pending a $10,000 fine.
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CPD Supt. David Brown said at this point, nine people have been arrested and seven vehicles were seized over the weekend.
He said the department continues to study surveillance videos and pictures taken by police at the scene at some of those events. Brown said they have enough information to impound another 22 cars when they find them.
Beyond the public safety issue, in several cases, participants threw rocks and bottles at police and police cars. Chief Brian McDermott said they have now organized a special task force to deal with the issue.
"The Chicago Police Department will enforce the recently passed ordinance which holds those participating in drag racing and drifting accountable," McDermott said.
Brown said social media will continue to be monitored to identify street racing participants.
"One of the things that these groups do is that they highlight their drag racing on social media, but that's evidence for us to tow their car at a later date…. To those trying to sensationalize drag racing: Thank you, because we're going to charge you and tow your car with up to a $10,000 fine," Brown said.
Ald. Brendan Reilly (42nd), who represents the downtown ward where this has been a problem and was a problem over the weekend, said he is frustrated with the city’s response.
In a text to FOX 32’s Dane Placko, Reilly said: "I've used menu money to add barricades and islands to lower Wacker to make it harder to drift cars. I've tried everything I can to put an end to this problem, but at the end of the day, it comes down to aggressive enforcement. I helped write the laws. That's my role. We need the superintendent to take this seriously and allocate the resources necessary to stamp it out."
When he was read that text at Monday's news conference, Brown said the department is taking his concerns seriously, and they may be going to the City Council to ask them to toughen the existing laws.
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Colin Kaepernick is a dad! He and partner announce birth of 1st child
SAN FRANCISCO - Former 49er quarterback Colin Kaepernick and his long time partner, Nessa Diab, are now celebrating the birth of their first child.
The couple made the big announcement Sunday and posted a photo on Instagram.
Diab wrote that she's thrilled to be a mom and that her recovery has been "a journey."
They did not say when the baby was born and did not share the baby's name.
Kaepernick last played in theNFL with the 49ers in 2016.
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'No More Sagging' campaign offers free belts to high school students with sagging pants
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. - A program promoting self-respect and the importance of making a good impression by simply wearing a belt is taking off at a South Carolina high school.
The "No More Sagging" campaign encourages teens to dress appropriately by pulling up their pants using a free belt that’s offered to them.
This initiative was started by Thomas Ravenell and Charles Tyler three years ago, WCIV-TV reported last week. The belt giveaway is taking place at North Charleston High School in North Charleston, South Carolina, where Ravenell serves as a mentor.
FOX Television Stations reached out to Ravenell Monday for comment about the program.
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Ravenell told the WCIV on Aug. 22 that the goal of the program is to teach young men about "manhood" and "carrying themselves with "respect." He shared with the local media outlet that students returning to school purchased new clothes and shoes but they didn’t have a belt to wear with them.
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Ravenell and Tyler have given away more than 30 belts within the first few days of school at North Charleston High School, according to WCIV.
The saggy pants trend caught the attention of a South Carolina town which took a more drastic approach to discourage people from wearing their pants hanging too low.
In 2016, Timmonsville, South Carolina officials passed an ordinance that would fine people for wearing them. Mayor Pro Tem William James, Jr. said at the time the ordinance is about "integrity and respecting yourself."
Under the ordinance, a first violation would be a verbal warning from authorities. The second infraction is a written warning for the person and their name listed in a law enforcement registry. But if a third violation happens, the individual is issued a citation and a $100-$600 fine which is left to a judge’s discretion.
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(CNN) — The federal government is ending its free at-home COVID-19 test program this week, citing a lack of funding and an effort to preserve supply ahead of an anticipated fall surge in cases, a White House official told CNN.
Both the White House and the website where people can claim their tests blamed Congress for failing to provide additional funding for the program, which allowed up to 16 free tests per household since the beginning of the year. The rapid antigen tests, in batches of four, were mailed upon request.
“Ordering through this program will be suspended on Friday, Sept. 2, because Congress hasn’t provided additional funding to replenish the nation’s stockpile of tests,” the COVID.gov website reads.
The administration launched the initiative in January amid a wave in omicron variant cases and limited testing availability. Officials have warned for months that, absent additional funding from Congress, the administration would be forced to roll back its Covid-19 response efforts.
One White House official said the administration would “expeditiously resume distribution of free tests” if and when Congress allocates additional funding, but “until then, we believe reserving the remaining tests for distribution later this year is the best course.”
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Good Monday morning. It’s a big day in the American League MVP race, with the contenders on the same field when the Angels host the Yankees. We’ll discuss that after a quick catch-up on the sports headlines.
- Columnist Mirjam Swanson gets us fired up for Serena Williams’ bid for a fitting ending at the U.S. Open.
- Lots of wins yesterday for L.A. teams: Mookie Betts and the Dodgers stayed hot.
- The Angels capped their best weekend in recent memory.
- The Galaxy and Angel City FC improved their chances of making the playoffs.
- In other news, UCLA beat out USC to land a 4-star basketball recruit from the area.
The American League MVP debate will intensify with the Angels facing the Yankees, meaning Shohei Ohtani facing Aaron Judge, for three games starting tonight at the Big A.
All I know for sure about this debate is that it’s going to produce some, well, interesting arguments, as might any MVP discussion involving Ohtani for years to come.
I swear I heard an analyst on an out-of-town game last week say that what Ohtani does by excelling as both a hitter and pitcher is almost like “cheating” in the MVP campaign.
I couldn’t tell how much he was joking.
The same analyst, I think it was, said that if Ohtani gets the award this year because of his unique versatility, he’ll have to get it every year.
As if that’s a bad thing.
There wasn’t much resistance in 2021 when Ohtani’s two-way success made him the unanimous pick by the baseball writers voting for AL MVP. But Ohtani’s batting numbers are slightly worse in 2022 (he’s merely sixth in baseball in OPS) while his overall pitching numbers have improved this season. And the wow factor has diminished as he makes the astonishing feel routine.
Judge, fourth in MVP voting last year, looks like the front-runner going into September, leading the league in home runs (49), RBI (109), slugging (.655) and OPS (1.048), with a chance to enter Yankee lore by matching to topping Roger Maris’ 61 homers and Babe Ruth’s 60.
In betting on AL MVP, Judge is -900 (that is, 1-9 odds) this morning, Ohtani is second at +550 (5-½-1) and nobody else is less than +8000 (80-1). That makes it a two-man race. Or maybe a one-man race.
From here, it feels closer than that between Judge and Ohtani, Ohtani and Judge.
Under the traditional reasoning that an MVP should come from a team that he has helped to put in contention for a pennant, a Yankee has a big edge over an Angel this season.
But what if Ohtani has been helping his team to win just as often as the guy with more talent in his lineup? That might be the case, although I’ve got onlysome back-of-an-envelope stats to back it up.
I counted the number of times each man’s hitting has produced two or more runs (runs plus RBI minus homers) in a game his team won. For Judge, it’s 34 times this year. For Ohtani, it’s 22.
Now, add in the number of times Ohtani’s pitching has allowed two runs or fewer (two under the league average) in five-plus innings in an Angels win. It’s 11.
Add it up, and by our very rough measure, Judge has contributed directly to Yankees wins 34 times, Ohtani to Angels wins 33 times. By the way, Ohtani is getting double credit for five games in which he produced two or more runs and allowed two or fewer. Is that, you know, “cheating,” or more proof of his greatness?
As I said, the race feels closer than you might be hearing.
Too bad Ohtani isn’t scheduled to pitch in this Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday series, so he won’t have a chance to improve on his head-to-head performance against Judge, who had a single and homer when they met at Yankee Stadium in June.
But seeing them on the same field for the last three times this season makes this the start of the MVP stretch drive.
The debate could get even more interesting.
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- Dodgers start Tony Gonsolin (16-1) in the series finale at Miami (3:40 p.m., SNLA) before moving on to three games against the Mets that could be an NLCS preview.
- Angels, winners of three in a row, will have their momentum tested when they open a three-game series against the Yankees in Anaheim (6:38 p.m., BSW).
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After Arte Moreno announced he’s trying to sell the Angels, I asked newsletter readers: What qualities should the next owner have?
- Linda Winslow emailed to say she hopes a new owner will be willing to spend more money on the roster. And, she says, “Maybe change the name back to Anaheim Angels,” as they were called from 1997 to 2004.
- Al Campagnone wants to a name change, from Los Angeles Angels back to California Angels, their name from 1965 to 2006. Al emailedto say: “It’s a big disconnect with L.A.”
- Bill Ficks has been reading Forbes’ valuation of the Angels franchise, and he sounds like kind of a smart aleck: He says the most important quality for a new owner, is “He must have at least 2.2 billion dollars.”
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With so many new restaurants opening up that serve Nashville-style chicken, one might wonder if there is room for a different flavor.
Makers of Korean-style fried chicken think there is.
“I definitely think Korean fried chicken is going to be something that’s a household name and take over like Nashville fried chicken,” said Christina Hong, owner of Seoulmates, a new restaurant in Los Angeles.
Fans of Korean chicken say it’s incredibly crispy and lighter than American style. It is fried low heat, cooled, and then fried again at a higher temperature.
“It makes the outside really craveable and crunchy and keeps the inside really moist,” said Flynn Dekker, chief executive officer of Bonchon, a growing chain that serves chicken and other Asian dishes.
Here and there
Korean chicken doesn’t have the same penetration as Nashville chicken in Southern California, but it isn’t new. According to Dekker, it dates from the 1950s.
“Fried chicken went over to Korea during the Korean War. They put their own spin on it, and now it’s coming back. It started here, went there and now it’s come back in a new, different form.”
It can be found in neighborhoods such as Koreatown, a few blocks between Western and Vermont avenues in Los Angeles, and in places where foodies gather, such as food halls and food trucks. In Riverside County, where home kitchens can be licensed, it is served out of people’s homes.
South Korea is reported to have 36,000 fried chicken restaurants, and a few of them have crossed over. Pelicana Chicken, founded in 1982 in Daejeon, has what it calls a flagship store in Buena Park. Other locations are in Los Angeles, Artesia, Downey, the City of Industry and Rancho Cucamonga.
Bonchon was founded in 2002 in Busan, where it maintains a global kitchen. Dekker said the garlic soy and spicy sauces it uses to baste its chicken are still made there.
The brand came to the United States in 2006. It began as full service but began opening smaller fast casual restaurants as well in 2021.
The chain is in growth mode. It has 386 restaurants worldwide. More than 115 locations are in the United States, according to Bonchon’s latest financial report in July. It plans to open 120 more.
In opening new restaurants, the chain follows what Dekker called an “inside out strategy.”
“We start at the urban center and then we can work our way out into the suburbs.”
Most of Bonchon’s 23 California restaurants are in the Bay Area. In Southern California, it has locations in San Gabriel, Artesia, Fountain Valley and Costa Mesa. Dekker said it is planning on opening more.
“We have several stores scheduled to be built in Los Angeles County. We need to develop more in Riverside County. We’re having conversations with some folks there. Over the coming years, we’ll continue to fill out on the East and West coasts, but we’re really focused now on developing the Midwest.”
In July’s report, Bonchon stated its year-over-year sales increased 12 percent.
Chicken restaurants in general are doing well. According to research firm IBISWorld, fast food chicken franchises are a $40.6 billion industry and expected to grow 4.5 percent in 2022.
Bonchon added crunchy chicken bowls to its menu nationwide in mid-August, saying in a news release, “There is something for every chicken lover to enjoy at our restaurants.”
Wherever Bonchon goes in the United States, there’s a taste for the product, Dekker said.
“At the end of the day we serve a comfort food that Americans are comfortable with and enjoy, fried chicken. I don’t know too many people who don’t like that. On top of that, we’ve really taken it to another level, if you will.”
Part of the Korean Wave
There is more to these restaurants than chicken.
Other Korean dishes are finding their way onto American menus, such as rice bowls called bibimbap; fermented vegetables called kimchi; and bulgogi, thinly sliced marinated beef that Bonchon serves it as a main dish with rice and in wraps, soup and sliders.
Bolgogi helped Christina Hong of Seoulmates establish her business. She serves a fusion sandwich called a Bulghoagie.
“It has the sweet-savory flavor to it. Then it has provolone on top, wonton crisps for that nice crunch and texture and then the kimchi remoulade for that sour sweentess, and then a pickled cucumber. And then slaw just kind of ties it together.”
Hong also serves bulgogi as well as fried chicken and short ribs in tacos, which she said gives familiar foods a Korean twist.
“I like to use the tagline ‘Korean barbecue in a taco.’ I think that’s the most simplified way to put it. You have a lot of rich flavors with those Korean meats.”
Hong is from Chicago. She was introduced to the restaurant industry when her parents, who are Korean immigrants, opened a Charleys Philly Steaks franchise. She came to Los Angeles to open her own restaurant, only to be slowed down by the novel coronavirus pandemic. But she started a pop-up called Bulghoagie that was able to provide food service on the patios of bars in Glendale and West Hollywood during lockdown.
Now she has her own space near the Beverly Center, where she said her Korean fusion menu stands out.
“I eat Korean food pretty regularly, but in order to do that a lot of times I either had to order from K-Town or go all the way to K-Town. I live five minutes away from the restaurant. There aren’t any other Korean spaces around here. I do know that it’s very commercialized, where it’s something that people are looking for.”
Bonchon links the popularity of Korean food to the global rise of South Korean pop culture. The phenomenon is called hallyu, or Korean Wave. It can be seen in the popularity of bands such as BTS and Blackpink; the Emmy-nominated Netflix series “Squid Game“; and “Parasite,” which in 2020 became the first foreign language film to win an Oscar for best picture.
Korean pop culture has its own convention, KCON, recently held at Crypo.com Arena in Los Angeles before a U.S. tour.
“I definitely think it’s Korean culture foods’ time to shine,” said Hong. “It’s honestly crazy to think how much things have evolved. … I was surprised how many people knew what bulgogi was.”
Bonchon is focused on international growth, not just the United States.
“We opened up Australia just this past year. We’ll open up France this year. And then we will start filling in the rest of the company and ultimately moving into Mexico and beyond,” Dekker said.
“It’s this really meaningful, purposeful intent of South Korea to import culture. You’ve got movies, TV and music. We feel like the sky’s the limit as far as we can go, and part of it is we have this wave of culture following behind us.”
Bonchon
Information: bonchon.com
Pelicana Chicken
Information: pelicanausa.com
Seoulmates
Where: 8320 W. Third St., Los Angeles
Hours: 11 a.m.-9 p.m. daily
Information: seoulmatesla.com
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Our system of justice has long been defined by mass incarceration, wasteful taxpayer spending and racial disparities. So how did we get here? In short, sentencing policy in California and beyond has long been dictated by rare, outlier cases rather than data and science, and when policy decisions are made based on the extremes the public gets stuck with bad policy.
For example, in 1978, California brought back the death penalty and instituted life without parole. Both policies were heavily tied to news that Charles Manson and his cult followers could one day walk free. The public was gripped by fear amidst a media spectacle every time Manson appeared in front of the parole board, but he was never freed. Charles Manson died in prison in 2017, but his impact on California sentencing policy can still be felt nearly a half century later.
Like Manson, many who are eligible for parole will never be released. However, evaluations conducted by the California Department of Corrections show that 95% of people sentenced to prison from Los Angeles County who’ve served 20 or more years are “low-risk” to reoffend, and fewer than .05% of individuals sentenced to life who are paroled commit new violent felonies. It’s among the lowest rates of recidivism in our entire criminal justice system. Yet there are at least 5,000 people serving sentences of life without parole in California’s prisons who have no opportunity for release.
In 1992 a 12-year-old girl was abducted and murdered in Petaluma, California. Her name was Poly Klaas. The subsequent search for the young girl and her kidnapper — along with his ensuing arrest and prosecution — unfolded across virtually every news channel. The nation was glued to their televisions, transfixed by a gruesome crime in a safe, American suburb.
The fear and panic that spread was palpable. If it could happen to this family in safe, sleepy, Northern California — it could happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. It was an outlier tragedy, but the reaction from lawmakers was swift and expansive. California passed one of the nation’s first three strikes laws, and the impacts were felt quickly.
In 1990 California’s prison population was approximately 94,000. Three strikes became law in 1994, and five years later California’s prison population ballooned to over 160,000 people. Three strikes — a cleverly branded but drastic shift in sentencing policy — promised to improve public safety, but no such gains were achieved. The only tangible implications were an explosion in taxpayer spending on policing, prosecution, and prisons alongside the racial disparities that have come to define the criminal justice system as we know it today.
In 2020, Klaas’ sisters wrote, “we don’t want unjust laws to be her legacy … many of the people who ended up with life sentences under three-strikes laws were convicted of nonviolent crimes — things such as stealing a bicycle, attempting to forge a check, breaking a church window or using drugs.”
But this unjust law is not Polly Klaas’ legacy. It’s a legacy of how rare, outlier crime stories have dictated sentencing policy in California and beyond.
This dynamic, which led to our harsh sentencing practices, also presents the greatest threat to efforts to reform our system of justice.
In 2019, following decades of research showing bail reform enhances public safety, New York enacted sweeping changes to its bail system. Yet after a series of high-profile crimes were effectively blamed on bail reform, legislators faced intense pressure to change course. A 2019 study later concluded that “inaccurate” reporting of the historic bail reforms contributed to the rapid rollback. Reforms that make us safer were undone due to misplaced fear.
Nationally, in June 2020, protests roiled the nation following the murder of George Floyd. At the time, 25% of Americans said police spending should be decreased. But then, as some categories of violent crime spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, the public was inundated with headlines like “A violent crisis” and “Coast-to-coast crime crisis.” Some types of crime were up, yet so many reports simply failed to mention that overall violent crime rates remained at historic lows not seen since the 1960s.
The damage was done. By October 2021, the number of individuals calling for reductions in police spending fell to 15%. Observers were quick to quip that the reform movement that swept the country in the aftermath of the summer of protests was over. Fear won once again, and the pendulum swung the other way.
How do we fix this?
It’s important that we all maintain awareness about how singular, horrific incidents have the tendency to warp our perceptions. Journalists also have an increasingly important role in a world of click-bait blog posts and TikTok videos that promise to explain complicated topics in mere seconds. Modern media is forced to keep up and tell a compelling story, often one that embraces conflict and draws you in with immersive gritty details. With just 90 seconds or 500 words at their disposal, nuance is often lost, and mistakes are often made that undermine reforms proven to enhance safety and justice.
In April, a mass shooting in Sacramento took the lives of six people. The Sacramento Bee broke a story including a serious error, suggesting that the alleged shooters were released from custody early due to recent reforms in the governor’s parole policy. This was false, but the misinformation spread like wildfire and was picked up by an endless stream of news outlets. Members of the public turned to social media to share their frustrations about problems in parole policy that never were. A few weeks later, the Los Angeles Times opined that “truth is one of the casualties of the Sacramento shooting.”
The criminal justice system is complex and crime reporting is difficult. That often leads to mistakes, and even more often an absence of crucial context. “If it bleeds it leads” has long driven views and clicks while leaving viewers to draw warped conclusions from singular incidents rather than overarching trends. To achieve greater safety, we must implement policies based on facts rather than misplaced fear. Many journalists wield this power responsibly, but others wield it wildly.
So today the Prosecutors Alliance is launching a public education campaign called “Context Is Key.”
The idea is that traditional crime reporting can have serious, negative ramifications for our community by warping our perception of the world we live in, making us more fearful while reinforcing our biases. The goal is to support good journalism and hardworking journalists, and to help ensure the public and our elected officials alike focus on solutions rooted in data and science, rather than misplaced fear. Join us at: prosecutorsalliance.org/ContextIsKey
Cristine Soto DeBerry is the founder and executive director of the Prosecutors Alliance of California (prosecutorsalliance.org). Maxwell Szabo is a communications strategist who advises the Prosecutors Alliance.
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Monroe County Sheriff's office searching for man who fled traffic stop
The public is being asked to help identify a man who fled a traffic stop Sunday morning, and who is believed to be involved in a series of crimes committed in the western portion of Monroe County over the past month.
According to a press release issued by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, deputies stopped a newer model, charcoal gray Dodge Ram 2500 quad cab pick-up truck in the area of M-50 and US-23 at approximately 6:30 a.m. Sunday. The vehicle and its driver are believed to be involved in the theft of multiple snowmobiles and enclosed trailers from a storage facility in Dundee Township.
After a brief interaction with police, the driver reportedly fled the scene in the vehicle, which had an invalid Michigan Dealer plate of 03D455 attached to the rear bumper. During the stop, the driver reportedly provided false identification. He was last seen driving at a high rate of speed along southbound Petersburg Road, near Brewer Road in Dundee Township.
The truck has chrome rims, a hard bed cover, diesel engine, and a dark-colored plastic cover over the rear license plate. The driver is described as a middle-aged male with dark hair and a full beard. He was last seen wearing a dark colored baseball-style hat and a dark t-shirt.
Anyone who recognizes the suspect or his vehicle is asked to contact the Monroe County Central Dispatch at 734-243-7070, or the Monroe County Sheriff's Office Detective Bureau at 734-240-7430. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/sheriffs-office-searching-for-man-who-fled-traffic-stop/65461706007/ | 2022-08-29T18:36:48Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/sheriffs-office-searching-for-man-who-fled-traffic-stop/65461706007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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