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The Texas Supreme Court on Friday rejected a Republican effort to remove a host of Libertarian candidates from the November ballot, saying the GOP did not bring their challenge soon enough.
In a unanimous opinion, the all-GOP court did not weigh in on the merits of the challenge but said the challenge came too late in the election cycle. The Libertarian Party nominated the candidates in April, the court said, and the GOP waited until earlier this month to challenge their candidacies.
On Aug. 8, a group of Republican candidates asked the Supreme Court to remove 23 Libertarians from the ballot, saying they did not meet eligibility requirements. The Republicans included Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and others in congressional and state legislative races.
State law requires Libertarian candidates to pay filing fees or gather petition signatures, the amount of each depending on the office sought. The Libertarian Party has been challenging that law in federal court, arguing it is unfair because the fees do not go toward their nomination process like they do for Democrats and Republicans.
Republicans also tried and failed to kick a group of Libertarian candidates off the ballot in 2020. In that case, the state Supreme Court said the GOP waited until after the deadline to challenge candidate eligibility. This time, the Republicans filed their challenge before that deadline but apparently still did not satisfy the court’s preference to deal with election challenges as soon as the alleged issues arise.
In its opinion Friday, the court suggested the “emergency timeframe” argued by the GOP “is entirely the product of avoidable delay in bringing the matter to the courts.”
See here for the background, and here for the Court’s opinion. Basically, SCOTx is saying that the GOP should have filed their challenge in or closer to April, when the Libertarians nominated their no-fee-paying candidates, and that claiming something is an emergency doesn’t make it one. They did not rule on the merits, as noted, so the question of whether this kind of challenge could be successful – so far, we haven’t seen a successful challenge, but in the prior cases that was due to timing and technical matters, so there’s still no precedent – remains unanswered. Maybe in 2024, if the federal lawsuit the Ls have filed doesn’t make it moot. The Chron has more. | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106740 | 2022-08-29T21:42:55Z | offthekuff.com | control | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106740 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The 2001 US Open women’s final was groundbreaking on a number of levels. It was the first time in the Open Era that two siblings contested a major final, the first time two African American players had ever reached that ultimate stage and the first time the women’s final appeared on primetime television.
All of those elements, seen through the lens of CBS on a Saturday night, served to raise the profile of women’s tennis.
“What I remember smiling over was the scoreboard. It just said: Venus and Serena. That was very cool,” broadcaster Mary Carillo said.
US Open: Scores | Order of play | Draw
The match itself -- older sister Venus was a 6-2, 6-4 winner, ripping off seven straight games after trailing 2-1 -- was anticlimactic. Still, Arthur Ashe, for whom the stadium was named, would have been thrilled. Certainly, the television executives were. The match drew an impressive rating of 6.8 -- higher than the Nebraska-Notre Dame college football game that ran opposite them.
“I feel OK,” Venus said afterward. “I don’t exactly feel like I’ve won. If I was playing another opponent, I’d probably feel more joyful.
“I just hate to see Serena lose, even against me.”
Certainly, it was a rare occurrence at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. In 20 appearances at the US Open, Serena has won 106 of 120 matches and six titles, including three straight from 2012-14.
As she prepares for her final run in New York -- she plays Danka Kovinic on Monday night in a first-round match -- we look back at the championship moments, starting with her first in 1999.
1999 final
All things considered, the first of Williams’ 23 Grand Slam singles titles might have been the most impressive.
Serena, at 17, beat five consecutive players who one day would be enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame: Kim Clijsters, Conchita Martinez, Monica Seles, Lindsay Davenport (all in three sets) and, in the final, Martina Hingis.
The 18-year-old from Switzerland had won five of the previous 11 majors -- and had beaten Venus earlier in the semifinals -- but Serena took her out in straight sets. She became the second African American woman, after Althea Gibson in 1958, to win a Grand Slam singles tournament and first of Open Era.
Carillo: “That is probably the toughest possible draw a teenager could have gotten. And she worked her way through it. That’s where you felt the heft of Richard Williams’ words. He used to tell his kids, `There is no ball you can’t run down.’ The fact that they believed him, that they trusted his words: `You’re both going to be champions, Serena, you’re going to be greatest of all time.’ It was like preordained.”
2002 final
Serena had already won at Roland Garros and Wimbledon and was contemplating a third consecutive major victory at the US Open. It might have been four -- and a calendar-year Grand Slam -- if she hadn’t sprained her right ankle in Sydney and been forced to miss the Australian Open.
Her opponent in the final was again sister Venus, who was working on a 19-match winning streak -- and a 20-win streak at the US Open, where she was looking for a third straight title.
With the No.1 ranking in play, Serena won 6-4, 6-3, defeating her sister in their third consecutive major final. When she won the title at the 2003 Australian Open, Serena would simultaneously hold all four major trophies.
Carillo: “These matches were events in themselves. You could make a list of the celebrities who became tennis fans because of Serena Williams. Your Beyonces, your Spike Lees, your Ben Stillers -- these were faces we weren’t used to seeing at any major. In terms of celebrities, I think it beats the Royal Box [at Wimbledon].
“I was in the bowels of the stadium and Serena’s agent, Jill Smoller, was walking by and she had a huge tangle of credentials for all of these world-famous people. It was the day of a Serena final. Jill saw me smile and said, `Living the dream.’”
2008 final
Williams didn’t have an impressive run-up to this one, retiring from a semifinal match at the Bank of the West Classic against qualifier Aleksandra Wozniak and falling in the quarterfinals of the Olympics, losing to eventual gold medalist Elena Dementieva.
She was ranked No.3 when she arrived in New York -- and started to play like it. But lurking in the quarterfinals was sister Venus, and they played a magnificent match. It went (barely) to Serena, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (7).
Dinara Safina fell in a straight-sets semifinal match and No.2-ranked Jelena Jankovic also went quietly in the final. Serena bested three top-10 players at the end, winning the third of her six US Open titles.
2012 final
It had been 13 years since a 17-year-old Californian had become the fourth-youngest US Open champion of the Open Era. On this occasion, a few weeks before her 31st birthday, Williams became the second-oldest woman to win the event.
She defeated No.1 seed Victoria Azarenka 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 -- and that 13 years in between major titles were the most in history. Pete Sampras, whose first and last major titles came in New York in 1990 and 2002, had the biggest previous gap.
“Three decades? The 90s, the 2000s, the 2010s?” Serena said afterward. “That’s kind of cool.”
Carillo: “Very cool. It was another example of her staying power. A new generation of players had come along, but like her opponents in her early days, they too fell.”
2013 final
Before that 2012 final, 16 consecutive US Open championship matches had been decided in straight sets, going back to 1995, when Steffi Graf went the distance to beat Monica Seles.
But Azarenka pushed Serena to the limit -- and then it happened again. The No.1-seeded Williams beat the two-time Australian Open champion 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-1 for her fifth US Open title and 17th major overall. Serena also became the first woman to clear $50 million in career earnings.
“She’s a champion, and she knows how to repeat that,” Azarenka said. “She knows what it takes to get there. I know that feeling, too. And when two people who want that feeling so bad meet, it’s like a clash."
Carillo: “And they were very good friends. Same thing the next year. She and Caroline Wozniacki were good buddies, too.”
2014 final
It had been a relatively disappointing year by Serena’s glorious standards; she failed to reach the quarterfinals of the three previous majors.
But at the US Open, she came alive to win her third consecutive title and sixth overall. The final was 6-3, 6-3 over Wozniacki and it punctuated seven straight matches without dropping a set -- or losing more than three games. In a larger context, it was her 18th Grand Slam singles title, tying Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert for the most by a woman in the Open Era. They joined her on court for the trophy ceremony.
“It is a pleasure for me to win my first Grand Slam here and then this No.18,” Serena said. “So I’m really emotional. I couldn’t ask to do it at a better place.”
Carillo: Tell me about it. I did the post-match ceremony. I was told beforehand, and Serena did not know it, that Martina and Chrissie were going to be on hand if she won it. And I have to tell you, the look on Serena’s face when she saw those two coming out there, was so … well, almost wondrous. She understood that moment so well. And Chrissie and Martina loved that moment, too. It was a very gracious triumvirate. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2768182/us-open-rewind-serena-williams-championship-runs-in-new-york | 2022-08-29T21:42:57Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2768182/us-open-rewind-serena-williams-championship-runs-in-new-york | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A slew of Top 10 players were in action on Day 1 of the 2022 US Open, including Maria Sakkari, Ons Jabeur, Daria Kasatkina and Anett Kontaveit. Here's how they fared.
US Open: Scores | Order of play | Draw
[3] Maria Sakkari (GRE) def. Tatjana Maria (GER) 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
Last year's semifinalist Maria Sakkari took on a familiar Grand Slam foe in her opener. She had already played Tatjana Maria in two of the year's majors, and both previous matches promised a tight contest third time round. Sakkari had edged Maria 6-4, 7-6(2) in the first round of the Australian Open, the German's first tour-level match since returning from her second maternity leave last August. In the third round of Wimbledon, it was Maria's turn to win 6-3, 7-5 en route to a first-time Grand Slam semifinal at the age of 34.
Indeed, their New York rematch was nip-and-tuck for much of its duration. Slow to get to grips with Maria's slice, Sakkari fell behind 4-1 -- but reeled off five straight games to take the first set, impressively gritting out two multi-deuce tussles from 4-4. But a catastrophic game from the Greek featuring four double faults put her behind in the next set; stellar serving and greater aggression from Maria, who conceded only six points behind her delivery in the second set, levelled the match.
But in the decider, Sakkari got to grips with Maria's wiles by countering them with her own. She headed to net when she got the chance and came up with some magic of her own, including a backhand slice winner down the line and a forehand slice winner reflexed off a full-power return.
Next up for Sakkari will be either Diane Parry or Wang Xiyu, both of whom have been WTA semifinalists this month -- Parry in Granby last week and Wang in Washington. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2768323/us-open-day-1-photos-roundup-of-the-top-10-players | 2022-08-29T21:43:03Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2768323/us-open-day-1-photos-roundup-of-the-top-10-players | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
I mean, what were we supposed to believe?
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton stunned election administrators across the state last week when he released an opinion that, in theory, would allow anyone to access ballots almost immediately after they were counted.
Records show that, as recently as five days before the office released that opinion, it was providing the exact opposite guidance to counties.
“The information at issue is confidential for at least 22 months after election day,” a public records opinion from the office, dated Aug. 12, reads. “Accordingly, the district attorney’s office must withhold the information at issue.”
Then, five days later, Paxton released his new opinion. “Members of the public” the new guidance read, are welcome to inspect “voted ballots during the 22-month preservation period.”
“What a difference five days makes,” said Chris Davis, elections administrator in Williamson County.
The record shows that Tarrant County did not receive the opinion telling it not to release the ballots until Aug. 22 — five days after Paxton issued his new opinion. This left the county unsure of how to proceed, and by that time, it had already challenged the new opinion in court. Paxton’s office did not respond to questions about what, if anything, changed in the five day period between the contradictory opinions.
[…]
Tarrant County’s court challenge to Paxton’s new opinion was filed as part of an ongoing records dispute. Citing yet another opinion issued to the office this summer, this one dated July 26 and also instructing the county not to release ballots, attorneys for the county’s election department asked the judge to find Paxton’s new opinion “erroneous.”
“On August 17, 2022, the Attorney General issued a formal opinion concluding for the first time in almost 40 years that voted ballots are not confidential,” they wrote. “The Attorney General’s most recent interpretation is erroneous, and the Court should not follow it.”
In addition to the opinions issued to Tarrant County and dated July 26 and Aug. 12, records provided to Votebeat show Paxton’s office provided identical advice in opinions dated June 16 and Aug. 1.
“We have two documents coming from the same office saying opposite things,” Tarrant County Elections Administrator Heider Garcia told Votebeat. “We’ve got to figure out what’s the path we’re going to walk to do our job.”
Garcia has clear reason to be concerned about the ruling. Earlier this year, after the 22 month window for the March 2020 primary lapsed, a group of activists spent weeks inside his office examining the 300,000 ballots cast by Tarrant County voters. The request took Garcia weeks to fulfill, and then required a dedicated room with videotaped surveillance and a staffer’s supervision.
“You want it as safeguarded as possible in case you actually do have a criminal investigation or some sort of proceeding where [ballots] become evidence,” Garcia said. “Ballots are really easy to alter. You just grab a Sharpie and draw a line on them and now how do you know if it’s been altered or not? Having absolute protection on the physical document, to me, is extremely important.”
See here for the background. I cannot think of a good reason for the sudden turnaround, not to mention the chaos caused by the out-of-order delivery of the contradicting opinions in Fort Worth. The simplest explanation is sheer incompetence. Which would be a surprise given that office’s track record – they’re evil, but they’ve been pretty effective at it. If you have a better idea, by all means say so.
I trust that the irony of Heider Garcia’s words in that last paragraph aren’t lost on anyone. The single biggest threat to the security of the ballots is the idiots that demand to “audit” them, who have to be watched like hawks to ensure they don’t accidentally or deliberately spoil them. I hope that the madness this all represents is helping to drive home the message that Republicans are a clear threat to democracy, as the January 6 hearings and confidential-document-theft-a-palooza have been doing. There are plenty of other things to be talking about as well, from guns to abortion to LGBTQ rights to climate change and renewable energy, but we can’t lose sight of this one. Whatever it’s going to take to convince people they can’t trust the Republican Party as it now exists, we need to be doing it. | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106743 | 2022-08-29T21:43:03Z | offthekuff.com | control | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106743 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK -- Along with Carolina Garcia, Simona Halep came into this US Open as one of the hottest players in tennis.
On Monday, after running into a 20-year-old from Ukraine playing only her third WTA-level match and first at a major, she is out of the draw. Qualifier Daria Snigur pulled off the Day 1 upset on Louis Armstrong Stadium, 6-2, 0-6, 6-4.
It was the first tour-level win for Snigur, and it couldn’t have come on a bigger stage.
US Open: Scores | Order of play | Draw
“I’m very happy,” she said, voice quavering. “I’m very, very, very nervous,” she said. “But I tried to do my best.”
After the self-described worst year of her career, Halep was finding that life at 30 was considerably better than it was at 29.
First appearance in a Grand Slam main draw sealed with an upset 🤩
— wta (@WTA) August 29, 2022
Qualifier Daria Snigur takes out No.7 seed Halep.#USOpenpic.twitter.com/4eaHSzpXlA
The loss to Snigur, a former junior No.2, would have been her 40th of the season -- something she hasn’t done in four years. After taking the title two weeks ago in Toronto, Halep had won 19 of her past 22 matches.
The US Open 2022's debuts: Snigur, Fruhvirtova, Bejlek and more
Snigur, whose most recent match had been at the ITF Bronx W60 event, knocked Halep off the court with a wildly unorthodox style, winning six of the first eight games. She dominated the two-time Grand Slam champion in every way possible.
Twenty-four minutes later, after winning 24 of 30 points and all six games, Halep was even.
In the third set, the momentum swung back toward Snigur as she channeled her first-set self, calmly striking winners and matching Halep’s scurrying defense. It was 5-1, when Halep began to come back -- and Snigur seemed to realize just where she was and what was happening.
Halep closed to 4-5, but Snigur served out the match, winning when a Halep backhand found the net. She put her hands to her eyes and when she pulled them down, her tears were evident.
Snigur broke Halep’s serve five times -- and forced 15 break points. She finished with 11 winners and 27 unforced errors. Halep, meanwhile, had 13 winners and an uncharacteristic 30 unforced errors.
It was another in a series of recent US Open disappointments for the Romanian.
The US Open has been a challenge for Halep since she reached the 2015 semifinals and the quarterfinals a year later. Her last four results: lost first round in 2017 and 2018, the second round in 2019 and the Round of 16 a year ago. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2768416/snigur-outlasts-halep-at-us-open-for-first-tour-level-win-of-career | 2022-08-29T21:43:09Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2768416/snigur-outlasts-halep-at-us-open-for-first-tour-level-win-of-career | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WTAF?
A federal court in Fort Worth on Thursday struck down a Texas prohibition that limited adults under 21 from carrying handguns.
Texas law bars most 18- to 20-year-olds in the state from obtaining a license to carry a handgun or carrying a handgun for self-defense outside their homes. Two plaintiffs, who fall within that age range, and the Firearms Policy Coalition Inc., filed a lawsuit against the state to challenge the statute. The suit says the Texas law prevented the plaintiffs from traveling with a handgun between Parker, Fannin and Grayson counties, where they lived, worked and went to school.
U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman wrote that the Second Amendment does not specify an age limit and protects adults under 21 years old.
“Based on the Second Amendment’s text, as informed by Founding-Era history and tradition, the Court concludes that the Second Amendment protects against this prohibition,” Pittman wrote in the ruling.
The order will not go into immediate effect. Pittman stayed the ruling for 30 days pending appeal.
I didn’t know this lawsuit existed; it was filed last November, apparently. The under-21 law is nothing new, I guess it was just a matter of someone deciding that now was the time to sue. I find the reasoning specious – if there’s no age limit in the constitution, then why allow the restriction for anyone under 18 as well? Sure, there are plenty of laws restricting other things that minors may want to buy, but if we are talking about Our Sacred God-Given Unalienable Right To Own Guns, then who cares about that? Eighteen is just as arbitrary as 21 when you get right down to it.
The ruling is on hold pending appeal, and I have questions about whether it actually will get appealed. Do you expect Greg Abbott and Ken Paxton to want to appeal this, and to have their hearts in it if they do? Color me suspicious. We’ll see what happens next. | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106746 | 2022-08-29T21:43:10Z | offthekuff.com | control | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106746 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK -- No.12 seed Coco Gauff opened her US Open campaign with a 6-2, 6-3 win Monday against France's Leolia Jeanjean in the first round.
Gauff will face either Granby finalist Daria Saville or Romania's Elena Gabriela Ruse next.
Here are three quick takeaways from the 18-year-old's first career win on Arthur Ashe Stadium:
Gauff's serve was impenetrable: Gauff has been vocal about her desire to transition her game from one built on counter-punching to a more attacking style. Building that pressure on her opponents begins with the serve and when Gauff's motion is clicking, she is tough to beat. It was clicking Monday.
Gauff fired 8 aces, won 91% of her first-serve points and did not face a single break point in the match. Her first serve topped out at a sizzling 118 mph.
"First win in Ashe."
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 29, 2022
TELL EM, @CocoGauff 😤 pic.twitter.com/3gkTrsnMhy
Gauff stayed aggressive off the ground: Buoyed by her routine service holds, Gauff controlled the match from the baseline. She finished the 80-minute match with 34 winners to 18 unforced errors while holding Jeanjean to just nine winners.
Gauff also backed herself when coming forward. The current doubles No.1 came into the net 22 times and won all but five.
Gauff benefits from Halep's early exit: As Gauff was put through her paces on Ashe Stadium, No.7 seed Simona Halep was struggling against Ukrainian qualifier Daria Snigur on Armstrong. Ranked No.124, Snigur pulled off a massive upset, ousting the Toronto champion in three sets.
With Halep's loss, Gauff is now the highest-ranked player in her section of the draw, which includes No.20 seed Madison Keys and No.30 seed Jil Teichmann.
Coco is here for the youths, confirmed ✍️😍 #USOpen pic.twitter.com/rORIIxgO4y
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 29, 2022
More to follow... | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2768421/three-takeaways-gauff-sizzles-in-us-open-opener | 2022-08-29T21:43:15Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2768421/three-takeaways-gauff-sizzles-in-us-open-opener | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is attempting for the second time to intervene in a legal fight over gender-affirming medical care at two Dallas hospitals.
In an appeal filed this month, Paxton said that a lower court judge erred in ruling the state could not intervene in Dr. Ximena Lopez’s lawsuit against Children’s Medical Center of Dallas.
Lopez sued in March to reverse the decision to halt certain treatments for new patients and remove the branding at Genecis, a program for transgender youth that Children’s ran with the University of Texas Southwestern until November. While the program itself remains dismantled, a lower court judge ruled in May that Lopez could treat new patients using puberty blockers and hormone therapy while her case is being litigated.
In his appeal, Paxton said the state has an interest in the case because Lopez is challenging his interpretation of Texas law and has accused the governor of pressuring the hospitals to make changes at Genecis. He added the state acted “through” UT Southwestern, a public university, to discontinue certain treatments for new trans patients at Genecis.
See here and here for the background. I got this from the Daily Kos pundit roundup on Saturday, so that’s all I’ve got. In May, the district court judge in Dallas County gave Dr. Lopez and Genecis an injunction through April of 2023 to continue their work. Paxton had petitioned to intervene in the case, since the Children’s Medical Center of Dallas did not pursue an appeal, and we denied at the district court. He’s now appealing to the Fifth Court of Appeals – the state appeals court, not the federal one – with the goal (I presume) to put a hold on the injunction as the litigation proceeds. That’s about all I can glean from this excerpt, so we’ll see what that court has to say. I would expect Paxton to continue on to SCOTx if he loses again. | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106755 | 2022-08-29T21:43:18Z | offthekuff.com | control | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106755 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK -- While Serena Williams has received the bulk of attention, older sister Venus has been a bit more coy about her future.
But we do know this for sure: On Tuesday, Venus will play Alison Van Uytvanck in a first-round match.
The Tuesday card is loaded with six of the top 11 seeds in action, plus four-time major champion Naomi Osaka and reigning Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina. A brief accounting:
Arthur Ashe Stadium: Noon ET Start
[WC] Venus Williams (USA) vs. Alison Van Uytvanck (BEL)
Second match
These two have never met, but this one is worth watching. Venus, now 42, has lost her past five matches, going back to Wimbledon and a defeat at the hands of Ons Jabeur. Van Uytvanck, a 28-yearold from Belgium, is ranked No.43 and already has won 20 matches this season. She won five of them at the WTA 125 in Gaiba, Italy.
US Open: Scores | Order of play | Draw
[19] Danielle Collins (USA) vs. Naomi Osaka (JPN)
Second night match
Osaka has an interesting pattern going here. She won the 2018 US Open, the 2019 Australian Open, the 2020 US Open and the 2021 Australian Open. You see the progression? Collins, who reached the Australian Open final earlier this year, is 0-2 since Roland Garros. She’s been fighting a neck injury. Collins is 0-3 against Osaka, most recently losing 6-2, 6-1 in the quarterfinals at Miami.
Louis Armstrong Stadium: 11 a.m. ET start
[1] Iga Swiatek (POL) vs. Jasmine Paolini (ITA)
First match
The head-to-head belongs to Swiatek, 1-0, going back to a Round of 16 quarterfinal win in Prague, 6-2, 6-1. Swiatek won the title at Roland Garros (her second), but since then, she’s won six of 10 matches.
Sloane Stephens (USA) vs. Greet Minnen (BEL)
Second match
The 2017 US Open champion is ranked No.51 but has struggled since reaching the quarterfinals at Roland Garros. Minnen defeated Garbiñe Muguruza in the first round at Wimbledon but is 0-4 since.
[11] Emma Raducanu (GBR) vs. Alize Cornet (FRA)
First night match
Raducanu, the defending champion here, produced a nice flurry in Cincinnati, beating Grand Slam champions Serena Williams and Victoria Azarenka before falling to Jessica Pegula in the Round of 16. Cornet, meanwhile, will set a WTA record with her 63rd consecutive appearance in a Grand Slam draw. She breaks a tie with Ai Sugiyama.
Grandstand: 11 a.m. ET start
[8] Jessica Pegula vs. (USA) Viktorija Golubic (SUI)
First day match
Pegula is 31-16 in 2022 and reached a career high of No.7 back in July. She made the semifinals in Toronto (losing to Simona Halep) and the quarterfinals in Cincinnati (falling to Caroline Garcia ) -- both eventual champions. These two have never played.
Court 17: 11 a.m. ET start
[4] Paula Badosa (ESP) vs. Lesia Tsurenko (UKR)
Third match
Badosa -- looking for her 30th victory of the season -- reached the semifinals in San Jose (losing to Daria Kasatkina), but went 0-2 in Toronto and Cincinnati. Tsurenko, ranked No.87, has never played Badosa.
Court 5: 11 a.m. ET start
First match
[9] Garbiñe Muguruza (ESP) vs. Clara Tauson (DEN)
Various injuries have combined to limit Muguruza’s effectiveness this year; she’s 9-14 and looking for some momentum. A year ago, she caught fire down the stretch and won the WTA Finals Guadalajara. This is their first match.
Court 10: 11 a.m. ET start
[6] Aryna Sabalenka vs. Catherine Harrison (USA)
First match
Sabalenka is coming off a semifinals performance in Cincinnati, where she fell to eventual champion Caroline Garcia. She has never played the American qualifier.
Court 12: 11 a.m. ET start
[25] Elena Rybakina (KAZ) vs. Clara Burel (FRA)
Second match
Rybakina, the Wimbledon champion, lost a second-round match in Toronto to Coco Gauff and fell in the Cincinnati quarterfinals to Madison Keys. They’ve never played. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2768441/day-2-us-open-order-of-play-venus-swiatek-take-the-court | 2022-08-29T21:43:21Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2768441/day-2-us-open-order-of-play-venus-swiatek-take-the-court | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It’s kind of amazing, actually.
Texas banned 10 financial firms from doing business with the state after Comptroller Glenn Hegar said Wednesday that they did not support the oil and gas industry.
Hegar, a Republican running for reelection in November, banned BlackRock Inc., and other banks and investment firms — as well as some investment funds within large banks such as Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan — from entering into most contracts with state and local entities after Hegar’s office said the firms “boycott” the fossil fuel sector.
Hegar sent inquiries to hundreds of financial companies earlier this year requesting information about whether they were avoiding investments in the oil and gas industry in favor of renewable energy companies. The survey was a result of a new Texas law that went into effect in September and prohibits most state agencies, as well as local governments, from contracting with firms that have cut ties with carbon-emitting energy companies.
State pension funds and local governments issuing municipal bonds will have to divest from the companies on the list, though there are some exemptions, Hegar said.
“The environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) movement has produced an opaque and perverse system in which some financial companies no longer make decisions in the best interest of their shareholders or their clients, but instead use their financial clout to push a social and political agenda shrouded in secrecy,” Hegar said in a written statement on Wednesday.
New York-based BlackRock, which has publicly embraced investing more in renewable energy, criticized Hegar’s decision.
“This is not a fact-based judgment,” a spokesperson for the company said in a written statement. “BlackRock does not boycott fossil fuels — investing over $100 billion in Texas energy companies on behalf of our clients proves that.
“Elected and appointed public officials have a duty to act in the best interests of the people they serve,” the spokesperson added. “Politicizing state pension funds, restricting access to investments, and impacting the financial returns of retirees, is not consistent with that duty.”
The other nine companies banned completely are: BNP Paribas SA, a French international banking group; Swiss-based Credit Suisse Group AG and UBS Group AG; Danske Bank A/S, a Danish multinational banking and financial services corporation; London-based Jupiter Fund Management PLC, a fund management group; Nordea Bank ABP, a European financial services group based in Finland; Schroders PLC, a British multinational asset management company; and Swedish banks Svenska Handelsbanken AB and Swedbank AB.
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Texas energy experts said the intent of the law, and Wednesday’s announcement, was to punish financial firms that don’t want to invest in the backbone of Texas’ economy — oil and gas.
“But at the end of the day, it’s all about a rate of return,” said Ed Hirs, an energy economist at the University of Houston. “Quite honestly, fossil fuel companies, in particular oil and gas companies, have not been great performers in the (stock market) prior to this year.”
The Lone Star Chapter of the environmental group Sierra Club said Hegar’s “climate-denying publicity stunt will be costly for taxpayers.”
“Major financial institutions like the ones on this list are beginning to recognize that investments in fossil fuels bring significant risk in the face of an inevitable clean energy transition, and that addressing the financial risks of the climate crisis is essential to good business,” said Sierra Club Fossil-Free Finance Campaign Manager Ben Cushing. “The fact that the Texas Comptroller has arbitrarily picked a handful of companies that, despite their climate commitments, continue to have massive fossil fuel investments, shows that this is nothing more than a political stunt at Texas taxpayers’ expense.”
We’ve already determined that Comptroller Hegar is math-challenged, so this shouldn’t come as a surprise. We’ve also seen the Lege make similar laws to protect gun manufacturers and the country of Israel, about which more in a minute. I suppose one could make a protectionist case for this kind of legislative cherry-picking, and as someone old enough to remember the efforts to divest from South Africa in order to pressure it to abandon apartheid, there is certainly a moral case for this kind of law, if not for these specific ones. But if you’re going to go that route, you need to be clear about what you’re aiming at.
The firms on Hegar’s list are BlackRock, UBS Group, BNP Paribas, Credit Suisse Group, Danske Bank, Jupiter Fund Management, Nordea Bank, Schroders, Svenska Handelsbanken, Swedbank, and UBS Group.
Of the six firms that responded to the Houston Chronicle’s inquiries by press time, four deny that they are “boycotting” the oil and gas industry, even if they admittedly have some investments that reflect the growing influence of — and consumer and investor interest in — the environmental, social and governance (ESG) movement.
“As we noted in our response to the Texas Comptroller, Credit Suisse is not boycotting the energy sector as the bank has ongoing partnerships and strong client relationships in the energy sector,” said a spokesperson for Credit Suisse, based in Zurich. Spokespeople for BlackRock, UBS Group, and Schroders made similar points in disputing the comptroller’s “boycotting” label.
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This is a different approach than the one taken by BlackRock, for example, which had $287 billion in assets invested in energy companies globally as of June, $108 billion of which is invested in Texas energy companies, a spokesperson said.
There are “many similarities” between BlackRock’s approach to investing in the fossil fuel industry and that of other major firms, such as JP Morgan, didn’t make the list, said Andrew Poreda, senior vice president and senior ESG Research Analyst at Sage Advisory Services, an investment firm based in Austin.
A “frequently asked questions” document prepared by Hegar’s office, raises questions itself about the state’s methodology, Poreda said. For example, the comptroller’s initial criteria included whether a firm had made public pledges to the Net Zero Banking Alliance or Net Zero Asset Managers Initiative, which call for net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, nearly three decades from now.
That’s not exactly radical territory. Oil and gas companies are openly talking about plans for the energy transition — including getting to net-zero emissions.
“Envisioning a different world in three decades hardly classifies as a boycott, and at this point is so far away that it is largely aspirational,” Poreda argues.
It doesn’t have to make sense, it just has to make the base think they’re owning the libs. That’s Republican policy in a nutshell these days.
To bring it back to the Israel example for a minute, that law has been mostly blocked by a federal judge, who ruled that an engineering firm that couldn’t get a contract with the city of Houston had its free speech rights violated by the Texas law. I Am Not A Lawyer, but it sure looks to me like the laws banning “boycotts” of fossil fuels and gun manufacturers are at least in the same neighborhood as the anti-Israel boycott law is. Credit Suisse and Blackrock probably don’t need the state of Texas’ business, but other red states are adopting similar laws, and at some point it does start to cost them real money. When that happens, the lawyers usually get involved. I don’t know what happens from there, but I won’t be surprised if that’s where it goes. The Chron has more. | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106762 | 2022-08-29T21:43:26Z | offthekuff.com | control | http://www.offthekuff.com/wp/?p=106762 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Paratroopers assigned to the 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, conduct operations at Malemute Drop Zone with support from 62nd Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster IIIs, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, August 23, 2022. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Patrick Sullivan)
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Barren County dairy wins Gold Medal Awards at Kentucky State Fair
HISEVILLE, Ky. (WBKO) - Legacy Dairy won Gold Medal Awards for both their white and chocolate milk at this year’s state fair.
This is the 4th generation of the Jones Family on their farm in Hiseville. Doug and Genelle, and their children Ally and Jagger, started marketing their milk in March 2020, and now offer their Gold Medal Award-winning milk to 20 area counties. Doug is a diagnostic medical sonographer and Genelle is a kindergarten teacher. Ally acts as the office manager at Legacy Dairy and Jagger is a senior at Glasgow High School.
They are passionate about their consumers knowing where their milk comes from, and they are grateful for all the support they have received over the past the last two-and-a-half years.
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(The Hill) — The Department of Justice (DOJ) has completed an initial review of potentially privileged materials seized at Mar-a-Lago, the agency informed the court Monday, as former President Donald Trump seeks to block the department from examining evidence collected at his home.
The acknowledgment that the government has already reviewed and set aside items that may be covered by attorney-client privilege could undermine an effort from Trump to stall the investigation.
The notice comes as Trump has sought to obtain a so-called special master — a third party who would review the materials collected to screen for personal property or any privileged material that may have been swept up in the search.
But the Justice Department began that work in the two weeks before Trump brought his suit, using a filter team of employees not assigned to the case to review the evidence collected during the search.
That team “identified a limited set of materials that potentially contain attorney-client privileged information,” U.S. Attorney Juan Antonio Gonzalez wrote in a filing Monday.
A functioning filter team could make it harder for Trump to argue a special master is necessary, and a judge in the case has already asked the former president’s legal team to expand on the legal reasoning in its initial filing requesting the court’s intervention.
The filing comes after the Justice Department complied with a court order in a separate case Friday by releasing the affidavit used to seek the warrant to search Trump’s Florida home, revealing that documents recovered from an initial retrieval in January included 184 classified documents, including those dealing with human intelligence sources.
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(The Hill) – The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued notices to 15 states for failure to submit plans for air pollution reduction, four months after a lawsuit on the matter from a coalition of environmental groups.
In the lawsuit, originally filed in April, four organizations charged that the EPA had neglected to enforce the Clean Air Act’s Regional Haze rule by failing to notify states that had missed the deadline to submit an air pollution reduction plan. Plaintiffs included the Sierra Club, the Center for Biological Diversity, the Environmental Defense Fund and the National Parks Conservation Association.
In a series of notices last week, the agency alerted the states that they had missed the deadline, officially starting the clock on a two-year window to either submit a late plan or accept an EPA-written plan.
The EPA rule requires all states to develop a plan to reduce air pollution that has an impact on visibility in wildlife refuges or national parks. In 2017, the deadline was extended to July 2021, meaning the states hit the six-month failure-to-submit threshold on Jan. 31.
The states receiving notices are Alabama, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia.
“The air pollution that causes haze in our national parks originates from sources that are often in the middle of communities that have suffered from decades of environmental injustices,” Holly Bender, senior director for energy campaigns at Sierra Club, said in a statement.
“EPA Administrator Regan saw these facilities and heard from these communities during his Journey to Justice. Enforcing environmental laws, and stepping in where states have failed to step up, is an important way for Administrator Regan to keep his commitment to these communities.”
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What Sam Pittman hopes Arkansas football is 'bringing to the party' against Cincinnati
Arkansas football's Week 1 depth chart is set, and while coach Sam Pittman has named his starters for the season opener against Cincinnati, he knows how much he doesn't yet know.
Arkansas' clash with Cincinnati on Saturday (2:30 p.m. CT, ESPN) will be a trial by fire for the Razorbacks. Whereas last season began with an easier test against Rice, the 2022 season kicks off with a Top-25 matchup and could set the tone for the rest of Arkansas' challenging schedule. It will be a learning experience, and the Razorbacks have to learn fast.
Whereas Arkansas has a solid number of veterans back for this season, Cincinnati is having to replace plenty of star power outside of its experienced offensive line. In terms of game prep, that means uncertainty.
"I think the first couple series are gonna be really important to figure out what you're bringing to the party," Pittman said. "Some guys bring sweet tea, and some guys bring liquor."
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Pittman doesn't know what Cincinnati's proverbial beverage of choice will be. He has a good idea what his team will be bringing, but he also outlined a long list of questions about and goals for his team ahead of Saturday's game. For one thing, Pittman wants Arkansas to stick to the strengths it identified last season, namely running the ball. He also noted the need to improve on third down, particularly in short-yardage situations. Last season, Arkansas converted 37% of its third downs.
On a more individual level, Pittman highlighted the wide receiver corps. The wideouts have been a concern all offseason with the loss of star Treylon Burks. Although Arkansas returns veteran Warren Thompson and gained two talented transfers, Matt Landers and Jadon Haselwood, it remains to be seen how those receivers can make up for the production lost with Burks. Saturday will be everyone's — Pittman included — first look at that possibility.
Among Pittman's other concerns for the offense is how the running backs will fare without Dominique Johnson. Johnson is still recovering from an injury he suffered in the Outback Bowl and is expected to return soon, but won't be available in Week 1. For a team that wants to run the ball well, it will be important that feature back Raheim Sanders lives up to his potential.
As for the defensive personnel, Pittman said he's looking to see how Alabama transfer linebacker Drew Sanders will do. Sanders is a fast linebacker with excellent pass-rush ability, but Pittman wants to see just how good he is against unknown competition.
"When it comes to first games," Pittman said Monday, "You really don't know who's good and who's not."
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Most vocal cat breeds: 10 of the loudest and chattiest cute breeds of cat
These 10 breeds of beautiful cat are sure to keep you company with their chatty nature.
It is really no surprise that one of the most majestic creatures on the planet, cats, are adored the world over by pet owners.
As attested by many through the decades, once you have been in the company of these beautiful and cuddley kitty cats, it’s easy to become quite obsessed!
Did you know, is it reported that the average cat owner actually owns a minimum of two cats – though we are sure you may know some with many more.
However, if you are looking to add a cat that will keep you company and make sure you know you’re loved with the love of a cat chat, then these 10 beautiful and bold breeds are sure to suit your needs, according to Purina.
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THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MIND Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MIND) announced today that it will release financial results for its fiscal 2023 second quarter ended July 31, 2022 after the market closes on Monday, September 12, 2022. In conjunction with the release, the Company has scheduled a conference call, which will be broadcast live over the Internet, for Tuesday, September 13th at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time / 8:00 a.m. Central Time.
For those who cannot listen to the live call, a replay will be available through September 20, 2022 and may be accessed by dialing (201) 612-7415 and using pass code 13732406#. Also, an archive of the webcast will be available shortly after the call at http://mind-technology.com/ for 90 days. For more information, please contact Dennard Lascar Investor Relations at MIND@dennardlascar.com.
About MIND Technology
MIND Technology, Inc. provides technology to the oceanographic, hydrographic, defense, seismic and security industries. Headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, MIND has a global presence with key operating locations in the United States, Singapore, Malaysia, and the United Kingdom. Its Seamap and Klein units, design, manufacture and sell specialized, high performance, marine sonar and seismic equipment.
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Scotland bin strikes: Decontamination work may be needed in bin strike clear-up to guard against deadly bugs
Decontamination work may have to be carried out on the streets of Edinburgh and other places hit by bin strikes in a bid to protect citizens from potentially lethal bacteria in rotting rubbish and invasions of vermin attracted by food scraps.
The refuse problem is not just ugly and smelly, it could also cause illness and diseases, according to bosses at Public Health Scotland (PHS).
The organisation has warned a build-up of organic waste, which includes food scraps and animal and human excrement from nappies and dog-poo bags, “can become a risk to human health”.
It advised that councils may have to carry out ‘decontamination’ of areas where bins have spilled out into public areas.
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In a statement, PHS said: “Strike action involving local authority waste management staff has resulted in an accumulation of waste in public areas, within people’s homes and other premises.
“It is anticipated that further strikes may take place across Scotland, resulting in more widespread waste accumulation.
“The impact of waste on health is varied and may depend on numerous factors, including the nature of the waste and weather conditions that may accelerate decomposition of waste.”
According to research, rubbish bins are major breeding grounds for a whole host of bacteria, which cause debilitating stomach upsets.
These include the likes of salmonella and Legionella, which are relatively common, as well as more dangerous ‘superbugs’ like E.coli, Clostridium and Listeria.
These bacteria can cause gastroenteritis, but can also result in more severe infections – such as septicaemia and even meningitis.
Fungal spores known to cause chronic lung and ear infections have also been found in litter. Candida Albicans, a bacteria found in the human gut, but which can survive outside the body, has also been found in bins.
It can lead to minor ailments such as thrush, but also the potentially fatal systemic candidosis.
Foxes, seagulls, rats and other vermin are also attracted to rubbish, potentially picking up and spreading diseases.
Overflowing bins and growing mountains of trash have been attracting particular attention in Edinburgh, with industrial action coinciding with the city’s annual arts festival extravaganza.
The 12-day period of industrial action in the capital is due to end on Tuesday, but strikes have also begun in other councils across Scotland.
Actions will be decided “on a case-by-case basis” in Edinburgh once rubbish collections get started and debris is cleared away.
The city has said additional resources will be rolled out to assist with the clear-up.
Residents are being asked to put their bins out as normal on their scheduled collection day, when extra waste will be collected if it is bagged.
Decontamination could include work such as pressure-washing pavements, deploying pest control services or spraying areas with disinfectants.
PHS has set out a list of simple precautions people can take to reduce the possible health impacts of waste: always wash hands thoroughly when handling rubbish; organic or medical waste should be stored in containers if possible or double-bagged; and avoid contact with refuse in public areas.
The agency has also warned the risk of fire may be heightened due to accumulation of waste.
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House of the Dragon: Why the Rhaenyra Targaryen plot line in Game of Thrones prequel makes no sense
House of the Dragon is out now, and people are already arguing about the series’ depiction of sexual violence against women.
Warning: This article contains some spoilers for House of the Dragon and the ending of Game of Thrones.
The new show, which is a prequel to the enormously popular Game of Thrones, will include plot lines involving rape and abuse of women.
This has reopened old wounds about its predecessor’s inclusion of graphic rape scenes, including some not even in the source material, and has raised the issue of how the brutal treatment of women will be portrayed in the new HBO series.
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People often defend the misogyny in Game of Thrones in one of two ways. They either argue it is realistic in a Medieval-style society for women to be treated this way – gruesomely raped in conflicts or by their husbands, and only able to wield some power through their sexuality and cunning.
Or some point towards the complex, fully-formed and often flawed female characters in the books and TV show. Cersei, Arya, Sansa, Daenerys, Margaery Tyrell, Lady Olenna, Missandei, Ygritte. These are all “strong” characters whose desires and actions are both complicated and understandable. Out of that list, two women survive – Arya and Sansa Stark.
By the end of Game of Thrones, Arya, the traumatised assassin, becomes an “explorer” of distant lands, while Sansa becomes ‘Girl Boss of the North’. These are wins for women, right?
It didn’t remove the bitter taste in my mouth when Daenerys Targaryen, a rape survivor, was stabbed to death by Jon Snow as he kissed her. Of course, she had to be put down because of her genocidal – and a little out of character – actions in the previous episode. Her character complexity evaporates in the season eight finale, when she shows absolutely no remorse for killing innocent civilians she had spent eight seasons claiming to defend.
But, this is all OK because female characters are just as flawed as male characters in the Game of Thrones universe, and if you wanted a happy ending you haven’t been paying attention – right?
Which brings us to Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy), a sort of mirror of her descendant Daenerys.
Episode one of House of the Dragon encourages this association, opening with the words “172 years before...Daenerys Targaryen.” Rhaenyra even utters Daenerys’ catchphrase, “Dracarys", during the episode, commanding her dragon to breathe flame.
And, like Daenerys, she has a birth-right. The young princess is very publicly named heir to the Iron Throne by her father, King Viserys (Paddy Considine).
But, there’s a problem: she’s a *gasp* woman. A woman has never sat on the Iron Throne up until now, and a major council meeting involving Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best) previously set the precedent for skipping over women in the line of succession.
But, is there a reason a woman wouldn’t be allowed to rule in this universe? Returning to the idea that Westeros is like Medieval Europe, there are a few major differences. First of all, the dragons. These fire-breathing weapons of mass destruction are the sole reason the Targaryen house has so much power which simply cannot be challenged.
And, in this world, women can ride dragons. Just as well as men, it seems. When Aegon the Conqueror – the first Targaryen king – brought Westeros to its knees with his dragon Balerion the Black Dread, it was besides his two dragon-riding sisters Visenya and Rhaenys.
In Game of Thrones, Daenerys becomes the leader of the highly patriarchal Dothraki tribe because she is a dragon rider. Women in the Targaryen family wield just as much power as men. Why, then, would it be so outlandish for a woman to sit on the Iron Throne?
The true villain of this universe is the baffling system of hereditary patriarchal monarchy. But the only person who ever seeks to challenge this, to “break the wheel”, is transformed into a mass-murdering extremist in the Game of Thrones finale.
Art does reflect reality, and female suffering is as old as time. But what do shows like Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon actually say about it?
It’s not enough to show horrific birth scenes, rapes and sexist power systems if you don’t have anything significant to say about.
And, in an unlimited fantasy world, with dragons and zombies – why did it have to be one which is so relentlessly violent and unjust for women? We get enough of that in the real world.
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All Business Units Achieve Record Revenue Totaling $6.88 Million
YOY Revenue Growth of 163% and Adjusted
EBITDA Improvement of 33%
TORONTO, LOS ANGELES and MUMBAI, India, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - QYOU Media Inc., (TSXV: QYOU) (OTCQB: QYOUF) a company operating in India and the United States producing and distributing content created by social media stars and digital content creators, is reporting final financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022. Highlights include as follows:
- Record Breaking Quarterly and YOY Revenue Growth: For the three months ended June 30, 2022 revenue was $6,883,363 representing a year over year increase of 163% and the highest revenue mark in company history.
- Improved Adjusted EBITDA*: For the three months ended June 30, 2022 compared to the same period prior year, adjusted EBITDA loss was $1,348,082 representing an EBITDA improvement of $666,223 or 33% driven by the revenue growth offset by higher operating expenses related to the growth of the business across all operating business units.
- Net Loss: Net loss for the quarter is $3,297,014, an increase of 7% or $210,362 driven by revenue growth across all business units offset by the launch of new channels and programming. In addition to the EBITDA loss, the Net loss includes income tax provisions of $35,760 and non-cash losses from share based compensation, marketing credits and amortization of $1,913,172.
- Cash Balance: The Company concluded the three months ended June 30, 2022 with cash of $4,181,414 (compared to March 31, 2022 cash of $5,082,637).
QYOU Media CEO and Co-Founder, Curt Marvis commented, "We are obviously thrilled with the continued strong growth of our business in India and the US in Q2 2022. This is particularly significant in light of the very small contribution to revenue coming from our new channels that were launched last quarter. As these channels mature and grow their audience and monetization potential they should further push overall revenue growth heading into Q4 and 2023."
To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"), we present Earnings Before Interest Tax Depreciation and Amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA") which is a non-IFRS financial measure. The presentation of non-IFRS financial measurement are not intended to be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, or superior to, operating loss or net income (loss) or any other performance measures derived in accordance with IFRS or as an alternative to net cash provided by operating activities or any other measures of cash flows or liquidity.
We define earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization ("Adjusted EBITDA") as revenue minus operating expenses excluding non-cash and or non-recurr operating expenses of stock-based compensation, marketing credits, depreciation and amortization (interest and taxes are not included in the Company's operating expenses). Adjusted EBITDA is used as an internal measure to evaluate the performance of our operating segments. We believe that information about this non-IFRS financial measure assists investors by allowing them to evaluate changes in operating results of our business separate from non-operational factors that affect operating income (loss) and net income (loss), thus providing insights into both operations and other factors that affect reported results. A limitation of the use of Adjusted EBITDA as a performance measure is that it does not reflect the periodic costs of certain amortizing assets used in generating revenue in our business. Furthermore, this measure may vary among companies; thus Adjusted EBITDA as presented herein may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.
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Hearts youngster Lewis Neilson welcomes John Souttar comparison and insists he is ready to face Mesut Ozil in Europe
Hearts defender Lewis Neilson has welcomed comparisons with John Souttar but insists he wants to make a name for himself following an impressive debut in the 3-2 win over St Johnstone on Sunday.
The 19-year-old made the move from Dundee United this summer - just as Souttar did at the same age six years ago - and the similarities appear to extend beyond the same career path as his Tynecastle predecessor.
Neilson's assured performance on his first start for the club displayed many of the qualities that saw Souttar develop into a commanding ball-playing centre-back for Hearts and Scotland before earning a transfer to Rangers.
Manager Robbie Neilson admitted afterwards that his namesake reminded him of a young Souttar - a resemblance the former Tannadice teenager was only to happy to accept.
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“To hear the gaffer saying that is nice as John is a brilliant role model and someone I look up to," Neilson said.
“He has came from Dundee United to Hearts, the same as me, played first-team football and now has a move to Rangers. Hopefully he does well there.
“It’s great to be compared to him but I want to be my own player.
“I want to be the full package as a centre-half, be good with the ball and without it.
“I want to kick on in my career and play at the very top level that I can.
“I would love to go south and play in the English Premier League. I know that’s a big ambition but I have to produce it here first if I want to achieve that.
“I look at it one game at a time and I am fully focused on Hearts and stay in this team first.
“The dream is long in the future but everyone has to be ambitious.”
Injuries to Craig Halkett and Stephen Kingsley may have been behind his inclusion, but Neilson insists he is ready to step up and start games more regularly, with a particular eye on making his European bow when the Conference League group stages kick off at home to Istanbul Başakşehir next week.
“I would love to make my European debut but it doesn’t matter who it is against, I will do my own thing," he said.
“If it is Mesut Ozil and Basaksehir, if it is St Johnstone, if it is Celtic, or whoever I will play the same way and give it my all.
“When we saw the draw it went down well and I think we have a good chance to go through and I believe we can take points off of teams.
“We have some really exciting away days with Istanbul, Florence and Riga, so they will be good trips.
“I have watched Ozil on Match of the Day over the years and he has been a very good player for a number of years.
“When he was in his prime at Arsenal he was great and I would love to play against him.
“It will be exciting to play against him but we have to go toe to toe with them.
“We are confident enough that we can do that against all the teams we will face.
“You don’t think about the names or anything, you play against your opponent and try to win the game.”
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Forecast updated on Monday, August 29, 2022, at 4:40 PM by WBOC Meteorologist Dan Satterfield (AMS-CBM).
DELMARVA FORECAST
Tonight:Mostly clear, and humid. Low 72°. Wind: S 2-8 mph.
Tuesday: Mostly sunny and hot. Still muggy. High 91-92° inland with temps. near 82° PM on the beaches. Wind: SW 6-12 mph. Winds SE 9-14 mph PM on the beaches.
Tuesday Night: Partly cloudy with showers and a passing thundershower possible. Rain chance 45%. Low 70°. Wind: W 3-8 mph.
Wednesday: Mostly sunny and not as hot. Noticeably less humid by afternoon. High 88-89° inland with temps. near 85° on the beaches. Wind: NW 9-17 mph. Winds N 11-18 mph PM on the beaches.
Forecast Discussion:
Look for fair skies tonight, as a weak high pressure area remains over the area. Winds will be light from the south with lows near 71 degrees. It will be muggy and warm.
Tuesday will be hot and humid again with a SW wind at 8-12 mph in the afternoon. Tuesday night will bring clouds, and some passing showers or a thunderstorms, as a cold front passes. Winds will turn to the west overnight.
Wednesday will be sunny and it will still be warm, but the humidity will drop. Look for temps. to reach near 89 degrees in the afternoon, but dew points will drop into the 50's by later in the afternoon. Winds will be from the NW at 11-17 mph by afternoon. Wednesday night will be cooler with lows back to around 64 degrees. Meteorological summer ends at Midnight Wednesday.
In the long-range, it will not be as hot Thursday and Friday as a drier early fall air mass settles over the area. Look for afternoon highs from 84-87 and lows will dip to the lo w60's. The air will be dry with a fall feel to the air. The weekend will be warmer with highs in the upper 80's but it will still not be that humid. Temperatures will generally be above normal from Saturday to Monday with little or no rain expected.
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John Williams’ E.T. Score Gets a 40th Anniversary Vinyl Pressing From Mondo
Everybody has their favorite John Williams score, but on the average top-10 list, it’s a safe bet that E.T. the Extra Terrestrial ranks pretty high. The legendary composer had already worked on five films with Steven Spielberg by the time the director’s groundbreaking sci-fi classic came along. But even to this day, E.T. remains one of their best collaborations. And with the film celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, fans can add a new pressing of Williams’ soundtrack to their record collections. Mondo has announced plans to release the E.T. score on 180-gram colored vinyl. You can check out the artwork below.
In the years since E.T.’s release, Williams’ music has proven to be just as iconic as the movie itself, with many fans able to hum its themes from memory just as easily as they can recite its most quotable lines. The main title in particular is one of the most recognizable cues in Williams’ entire catalog, alongside his themes for Star Wars, Jurassic Park, and Indiana Jones. Unsurprisingly, even Academy voters took notice. The film netted Williams his fourth Oscar for Best Original Score in 1983.
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The new edition of the album features cover art by Dan McCarthy and liner notes by Mike Duquette. Bruce Botnick, who produced the original soundtrack with Williams, also produced the reissue alongside Mike Matessino. Collectors have three different colors to choose from. The two colored options are “Full Moon” and “Heartlight” vinyl. Plus, the album will be available to own on standard black vinyl as well.
Pre-orders for Mondo’s E.T. soundtrack will officially go live this Wednesday, August 31 at 12pm CT. The album retails for $40 and can be found here.
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MTSU Mondays: Deadline to register for Girls in STEM conference; Freecycle event
Here is the latest news from Middle Tennessee State University.
Girls in STEM
MTSU will host the 26th annual Tennessee Girls in STEM Math and Science Conference from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 24 and deadline to register is Thursday, Sept. 1.
The conference — which focuses on science, technology, engineering and math — is for girls in fifth through 12th grade. There is a $20 registration fee, but financial assistance is available. To register and for more details, visit mtsu.edu/TGIS/.
Tennessee Girls in STEM, or TGIS, helps young women investigate science and mathematics careers, hear from women in math and science, participate in hands-on workshops and meet other girls interested in STEM.
Barbara Turnage, interim dean for the College of Behavioral and Health Sciences, will be the keynote speaker. She will discuss “the importance of finding a career that fits their skillset and their interests.”
Key points in her talk will include the difference between a career and a job, balancing work and life, the importance of money to live and not selecting a career because of the money associated with it and more, plus fielding audience questions.
Turnage is a past recipient of the John Pleas Faculty Award, presented to a Black faculty member who has demonstrated excellence in teaching, research and service.
Freecycle
MTSU student Zofia Zagalsky had an eye on one specific item: “I really was wanting the lamp I got to help mitigate some of my electric power usage,” she said following the first-ever Free Cycle event recently on campus.
Throughout July the MTSU community has been in a collection frenzy to bring in new, used and gently used items university students need and can use.
A yard-sale format featuring free “recycled” donations from the campus community and drew 200 students.
“We amassed a mountain of household goods. Everything was free to students,” said Laurie Witherow, associate vice provost for Admissions and Enrollment Services.
It was so popular, Free Cycle is being considered for an annual event.
“They took whatever they could use. We had grateful visitors from every walk of student life come to take advantage of the event. We were amazed and humbled by the outpouring of both volunteers and items collected," Witherow said.
There were 20 volunteers from nearly a dozen campus departments who participated in the collection and distribution.
About 50 students also befitted from visiting the MTSU Student Pantry.
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MTSU baseball coach Jim Toman resigns; Jerry Meyers to take helm in 2022-23
Middle Tennessee State head baseball coach Jim Toman resigned Monday, Blue Raider athletic director Chris Massaro announced.
Toman, who guided the Blue Raiders for four seasons, was charged with driving under the influence on Aug. 8.
“After much reflection, I am resigning my position to focus on getting better and putting my life back on a more positive track,” Toman said in a release. “I have enjoyed my time at MTSU and truly love all my players and wish them the very best.”
"We want to wish Coach Toman well in the future and appreciate all the hard work and dedication he put into our program,” said Massaro, in the release. “The team was getting better every year under his reign and last season they won seven of 10 C-USA series, finished 68th in the country in RPI, representing the highest for the program in the last 10 years.
Associate head coach Jerry Meyers will take over as the Interim head coach for the 2022-23 academic year.
“I have tremendous confidence in Coach Meyers’ leadership and in assistant coach Kevin Nichols," Massaro said. "We will move quickly to fill the vacant assistant coach position to give our team the best chance to build on its success from last season.”
Toman, who took over the Blue Raider program in June, 2018, saw MTSU win its most games since 2015 after a 29-26 finish in 2022. The Blue Raiders made the Conference USA tournament for the second consecutive year and had five all-conference players.
He was 78-102 in his four seasons at MTSU.
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VOTE: Who was the Murfreesboro area high school boys athlete of the week for Aug. 22-27?
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Who was the Murfreesboro area high school boys athlete of the week for Aug. 22-27?
You can vote below.
Nominees are Oakland's Kade Hewitt, Riverdale's Braden Graham, Blackman's Justin Brown, Siegel's Tarrion Grant, Stewarts Creek's Javarian Otey, Rockvale's D.J. Thornton, Smyrna's Thomas Jones, MTCS' Eli Wilson and Eagleville's Kaleb Snitzer.
The poll will close at 2 p.m. Thursday.
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VOTE: Who was the Murfreesboro area high school girls athlete of the week for Aug. 22-27?
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Murfreesboro Daily News Journal
Who was the Murfreesboro area high school girls athlete of the week for Aug. 22-27?
You can vote below.
Nominees are Rockvale's Adison Winterbauer and Aryn King, Oakland's Elise Fries and Leah Krugh, Central Magnet's Reily Gusman and Mia Finley, Stewarts Creek's Amanda Carr, Eagleville's Bella Bain, Siegel's Madison Lansdown, Riverdale's Emma Baxter, MTCS' Haley Hudson and PCA's McKenna Shotwell.
The poll will close at 2 p.m. Thursday.
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Biden calls Afghan war vets ahead of withdrawal anniversary
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday called the leaders of two U.S. veterans groups assisting Afghans who have fled from the country on the eve of the one-year anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Biden spoke to the leaders of the veterans-led #AfghanEvac and Honor the Promise groups to express his appreciation for their work resettling Afghan allies in the United States since the U.S. ended the 20-year war in Afghanistan.
“They discussed the substantial efforts that have been undertaken by the U.S. government, veterans, and by so many Americans of all stripes to welcome nearly 90,000 Afghans to our country over the past year and the U.S. government’s ongoing efforts to build a sustainable model to support relocation efforts and honor our commitments,” National Security Council spokeswoman Adrienne Watson said.
Tuesday marks the one year anniversary of Biden declaring an end to the war. The final weeks of America’s longest war were chaotic as the U.S.-backed Afghan government collapsed, a grisly bombing killed 13 U.S. troops and 170 others, and thousands of desperate Afghans descended on Kabul’s airport in search of a way out before the final U.S. cargo planes departed.
Biden continues to face criticism from immigrant refugee advocates that the administration has fallen short in resettling Afghans who assisted the U.S. war effort.
As of last month, more than 74,000 Afghan applicants remained in the pipeline for special immigrant visas that help military interpreters and others who worked on government-funded contracts move to the United States and pave the way for them to receive a green card. That total counts only the principal applicant and does not include spouses and children. More than 17,000 of that pool of applicants had received a critical chief of mission approval, according to White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre Monday.
John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, said the administration is continuing efforts to approve the visa process.
“We understand the frustration by many,” Kirby said. “Quite frankly, we share that frustration and we try as hard as we can to to streamline the process.”
Shawn VanDiver, a Navy veteran and founder of #AfghanEvac,” said on Twitter after his call with Biden that he was “glad to hear him say that this issue matters to him and that he recognizes the impact this has had on #Afghans, our volunteers, and the world.”
Days after the unexpected fall of Kabul last year, national security adviser Jake Sullivan promised the White House would “conduct an extensive hot wash” and “look at every aspect” of the withdrawal from top to bottom.” The administration has not said when the review might be released to the public.
Biden last week issued a statement honoring 13 U.S. troops who were killed in the final days of the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan at Kabul International Airport as they assisted with the evacuation of Afghans who assisted the American war effort.
Jean-Pierre said she did not have any details on how Biden would mark Tuesday’s anniversary. The president is scheduled to travel to Wilkes Barre, Pa., on Tuesday to deliver a speech on his efforts to reduce gun crime in the U.S.
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Associated Press White House correspondent Zeke Miller contributed reporting.
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Biden to deliver prime-time speech on ‘battle’ for democracy
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will deliver a prime-time address “on the continued battle for the soul of the nation” Thursday outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, the White House announced Monday.
Billed as a major address just over two months before the midterm elections, Biden, the White House said, will discuss how the nation’s standing in the world and its democracy are at stake.
“He will talk about the progress we have made as a nation to protect our democracy, but how our rights and freedoms are still under attack,” the White House said. “And he will make clear who is fighting for those rights, fighting for those freedoms, and fighting for our democracy.”
Biden has increasingly sought to portray the November elections as a choice for voters between “ultra-MAGA Republicans” — a reference to former President Donald Trump’s “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan — and Democrats. He told supporters last week that they had “to vote to literally save democracy once again” — and labeled some Republican ideology as “semi-fascism.”
NBC News was first to report on Biden’s plans for the address.
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LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Pain Consortium (APC) is pleased to announce their latest expansion with the opening and accreditation of their Ambulatory Surgery Center in Lafayette, IN. The addition of the Lafayette Surgery Center increases the total number of Indiana surgery centers to three and creates access to interventional pain management locally in Lafayette. Together with the Center for Pain Management (CFP), APC is dedicated to providing exceptional, individualized patient care by world-class, interventional pain physicians.
The Lafayette Surgery Center is led by Dr. Joseph Rutledge who is fellowship trained and board certified in Anesthesiology with added qualifications in Pain Management through the American Board of Anesthesiology. He is a member of the North American Neuromodulation Society and the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
Dr. Rutledge's expertise includes injections and other minimally invasive procedures to achieve better pain control, which is now available locally to the patients and residents of Lafayette. He has extensive experience in neuromodulation, spinal stimulation, MILD, Vertiflex, nerve ablations, Intrathecal Pain Pumps, and other minimally invasive procedures.
These procedures can now be performed locally at the Lafayette Surgery Center, which allows patients access to same-day surgeries and the ability to recover at home instead of a hospital. The addition of the ASC effectively provides access to quality care while decreasing healthcare costs by eliminating the need for hospital stays.
The Lafayette Surgery Center has been awarded accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. This is an important milestone in continuing growth and success of our healthcare organization. Pursuing accreditation demonstrates our commitment to providing the highest levels of quality care to our patients, and the same high level of quality in our business practices. Achieving AAAHC Accreditation is proof that Lafayette Surgery Center, Center for Pain Management, & APC have met the rigorous standards of a nationally recognized third party.
All APC supported locations, including the Lafayette location, offer patients comprehensive treatments for a diverse range of painful conditions. Patients can find resources to confront common sources of chronic pain including back or neck pain, degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis, neuropathic pain, complex regional pain syndromes (CRPS), and more. Additionally, treatments for patients suffering from other musculoskeletal related sports injuries, work accidents, and other injuries can be found here.
The new Lafayette Surgery Center ASC will provide comprehensive pain management inclusive of minimally invasive procedures locally. This is in addition to the holistic pain management, physical therapy, and psychological services offered at the CFP clinic.
Center for Pain Management receives essential support provided by American Pain Consortium. APC supports a growing network of interventional pain management practices and pain-focused ambulatory surgical centers (ASC) that provides state-of-the-art, patient-focused support services to comprehensive pain management practices in Indiana and Ohio.
Center for Pain Management is now accepting new patients at the Lafayette location.
Schedule your visit at www.indypain.com or call 765-807-2780.
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GREEN RIVER – The Green River High School Wolves lost their season and home opener on Friday, Aug. 26, to the school from Uintah, Utah, 42-7.
After the game, Green River head coach Kevin Cuthberson showed his displeasure with the Wolves’ performance, but was understanding that it was his team’s first game compared to his opponent’s third.
We did some good things and we did some things that we need to improve on. At the end of the day, we just need to get better. We made some first-game mistakes,” said Cuthberson, adding that the squad and coaching staff will study film and execute better in their next game against Lander High School on Friday, Sept. 2.
Around the 7:57 marker in the first quarter, the Wolves got their only touchdown of the game when senior running back Jackson Mitchell charged through the defense from the 2-yard line.
A big gain set up the scoring play. Green River senior quarterback Caleb Lake found wide receiver Skyler Lee for a big chunk of yardage.
The school from Uintah, Utah, controlled the remainder of the game en route to the blowout victory.
The Wolves showed flashes of excellence, however, especially in the running game, which features senior running back Bracken Miller.
Cuthberson said that Miller will be the focal point of the offense this season.
“Bracken did some good things for us,” he said after the game. “He’s our workhorse.”
The Wolves are scheduled to play Lander at home on Friday, Sept. 2, at 7 p.m. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/wolves-drop-season-opener-to-uintah-utah/article_85e6effa-27c9-11ed-a49a-3bd7ff19c78f.html | 2022-08-29T21:56:56Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/wolves-drop-season-opener-to-uintah-utah/article_85e6effa-27c9-11ed-a49a-3bd7ff19c78f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Crime Branch will question PC George's son Shone George in connection with a case over setting up a fake WhatsApp group for spreading false information to assist actor assault case-accused, Dileep.
Shone will be quizzed at the Kottayam Crime Branch SP Office on Tuesday. The Crime Branch had, last Thursday, raided his residence.
As per the case against Shone George, he created a WhatsApp group to spread false information on the survivor in the 2017 actor assault case.
The alleged activity came to light when investigators checked the mobile phone of Dileep's brother Anoop in connection with a conspiracy case. They stumbled upon the fake WhatsApp group named 'Dileepine Pootanam' (Dileep must be trapped).
It is understood that the profiles in the group -- including that of Dileep's ex-wife and leading Malayalam actor, Manju Warrier and DGP B Sandhya -- were fake.
It is alleged the chats in the WhatsApp group were manufactured to create an impression that Dileep was framed in the conspiracy case. Shone was suspected of creating the WhatsApp group.
PC George, whose residence was raided by the Crime Branch earlier this month, in connection with case, had said the phone mentioned by the investigators had gone missing in 2019.
Shone had said the Crime Branch seized three mobile phones and tab from his residence. He had claimed that though he knows Dileep well, he was not close to the actor's brother Anoop. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/29/crime-branch-shone-george-fake-whatsapp-group-actor-dileep-case.amp.html | 2022-08-29T21:57:00Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/29/crime-branch-shone-george-fake-whatsapp-group-actor-dileep-case.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Millions of Germans are worried about efforts to wean the country off of Russian natural gas and possibly not having heat this winter. But energy experts say German industry should be more concerned.
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Millions of Germans are worried about efforts to wean the country off of Russian natural gas and possibly not having heat this winter. But energy experts say German industry should be more concerned.
Copyright 2022 NPR | https://www.klcc.org/2022-08-29/germanys-energy-options-are-dwindling-as-it-tries-to-break-ties-with-russia | 2022-08-29T21:57:12Z | klcc.org | control | https://www.klcc.org/2022-08-29/germanys-energy-options-are-dwindling-as-it-tries-to-break-ties-with-russia | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
All educational institutions in Pathanamthitta district will be closed today in the wake of a yellow alert issued by the India Meteorological Department.
District Collector Divya S Iyer said the holiday was declared after taking into account the isolated heavy rain in the district, flooding, possibility of landslides and the rising water levels in rivers. However, scheduled university examinations will take place.
In Kottayam district, the schools that have been turned into temporary relief camps will be closed on the day. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/30/kerala-rain-schools-holiday-pathanamthitta.html | 2022-08-29T21:57:19Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/30/kerala-rain-schools-holiday-pathanamthitta.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WillemHolleeder was one of the most notorious criminals inAmsterdam. He was convicted of murdering five people including one of his accomplices in the infamous kidnapping of Alfred “Freddy” Heineken. Holleeder may never have been sentenced to life in prison if it wasn’t for his sister Astrid’s cooperation with the authorities.
“He would go after me and I would go after him,” she told journalist Patrick Radden Keefe. “I’m not going to sit around and wait while he is killing everybody.”
Keefe tells Astrid’s story and more in “Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks.” It’s a collection of 12 stories he’s written for The New Yorker over the past 12 years.
It includes a profile of infamous Mexican drug lord Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera or “El Chapo.” He asked Keefe to ghostwrite his memoir.
Keefe includes a retrospective on the career of television producer Mark Burnett who’s credited with launching former President Donald Trump’s television career through “The Apprentice.”
We talk to Keefe about those who live on the fringes.
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Noted musician John P Varkey (51), popular for the soundtracks in Malayalam blockbuster, 'Kammattipaadam', is no more.
The popular rock guitarist collapsed and died at his residence on Monday.
John had shot to fame with the band Jigsaw Puzzle and also made a mark as part of the band Avial. Later, he performed for the Thrissur-based band, The Slowpedalers.
John gave music to the songs 'Para... Para' and 'Chingamaasathile' in Kammattipaadam. Besides, his music was also heard in Frozen, Eeda, Unnam and Olipporu. He was the music director of Telugu movie Idi Sangathi and Kannada film Karthik.
His work in Frozen, an Indian drama released in 2007, was recognised with the best music award at the Madrid Imagine India Film Festival. John also did the background score for the movie Neythukaran.
He leaves, wife Baby John and children Job John and Joseph John. The funeral will be held later. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/30/musician-john-p-varkey-dies.amp.html | 2022-08-29T21:57:25Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/08/30/musician-john-p-varkey-dies.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DALLAS, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sunoco LP (NYSE: SUN) ("SUN" or the "Partnership") today announced that its 2021 Schedule K-3 reflecting items of international tax relevance is available online. Unitholders requiring this information may access their Schedules K-3 at www.taxpackagesupport.com/sunocolp.
A limited number of unitholders (primarily foreign unitholders, unitholders computing a foreign tax credit on their tax return and certain corporate and/or partnership unitholders) may need the detailed information disclosed on Schedule K-3 for their specific reporting requirements. To the extent Schedule K-3 is applicable to your federal income tax return filing needs, we encourage you to review the information contained on this form and refer to the appropriate federal laws and guidance or consult with your tax advisor.
To receive an electronic copy of your Schedule K-3 via email, unitholders may call Tax Package Support toll free at (844) 289-8131.
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Even with the upgraded 988 mental health hotline, there are still some callers who need to be connected with in-person services. In rural areas especially, those resources remain few and far between.
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Even with the upgraded 988 mental health hotline, there are still some callers who need to be connected with in-person services. In rural areas especially, those resources remain few and far between.
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Updated August 29, 2022 at 4:52 PM ET
Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke said Sunday he is taking a break from the campaign trail after contracting a bacterial infection and will hold two virtual campaign events Monday.
O'Rourke said he began feeling sick on Friday and was diagnosed with the infection at the Methodist Hospital in San Antonio, where he received antibiotics.
"While my symptoms have improved, I will be resting at home in El Paso in accordance with the doctors' recommendations," he tweeted Sunday.
O'Rourke, who is running against Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in the November election, said he will have to postpone some events due to his illness, but will be back on the campaign trail as soon as possible.
O'Rourke recently made headlines while on the campaign trail in North Texas when he swore at a heckler during a campaign rally. He was speaking to a crowd in Mineral Wells, Texas, about the mass shooting in Uvalde, where a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers, when a member in the audience began to laugh, NPR member station Houston Public Media reported.
O'Rourke quickly spun around and pointed at the heckler and said, "It may be funny to you, motherf*****, but it's not funny to me, OK."
The crowd immediately began cheering in support of O'Rourke's snappy interjection.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.klcc.org/npr-politics/npr-politics/2022-08-28/beto-orourke-turns-to-virtual-campaigning-due-to-a-bacterial-infection | 2022-08-29T21:58:20Z | klcc.org | control | https://www.klcc.org/npr-politics/npr-politics/2022-08-28/beto-orourke-turns-to-virtual-campaigning-due-to-a-bacterial-infection | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It has been a year since the U.S. withdrew its troops from Afghanistan. Some of the United States' strongest allies were vocal in their criticism, but how do they view the U.S. today?
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It has been a year since the U.S. withdrew its troops from Afghanistan. Some of the United States' strongest allies were vocal in their criticism, but how do they view the U.S. today?
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In June 2021, NPR profiled Gloria Majiga-Kamoto of Malawi, who saw goats dying after eating plastic bags and decided to take on her nation's plastic industry. Cheap, single-use plastic is such a problem in Malawi that in 2015 the government instituted a thin plastic ban. But before the ban could go into effect, the country's powerful plastic industry filed an injunction. That's until Majiga-Kamoto, who works for a local environmental organization, came along, organizing protest rallies and marches. In 2019 the nation's High Court finally ruled in favor of the ban. In 2021 she won the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize for her work. So what's happened to her in the last year?
Gloria Majiga-Kamoto says in the past year she's become – in her words – "the plastic girl." We reached her in Blantyre, the financial capital of Malawi, to get an update on the thin plastic ban, and hear about her new tactics for fighting plastic pollution around the world. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
What does being 'the plastic girl' mean?
Being 'the plastic girl' is being that one person that everybody sends pictures to if they see plastic pollution anywhere. [Laughs] Or they're tagging me in everything. So it's a bit mortifying because it also sort of reminds you how little progress you're actually making. The thing with policy is, when it's in place, you almost think everything is just going to magically work out, right? But it's very slow progress and sometimes, to be sort of stuck in the moment, the slow motion, it's a bit frustrating. You want to wake up today and know that things are so different. That's been a bit overwhelming for me personally. I think it's given me more of a sense of responsibility to say, 'What more can I do?'
The point of the law was to ban the manufacturing of thin plastic in Malawi. But it seems there are still thin plastic producers operating in the country. What's going on with you and your supporters?
We've now gone back to the courts. There's been a judicial review application by one of the [plastic] companies with the commercial courts, which is crazy because this issue was resolved in the Supreme Court.
What [the plastic companies] are contesting is the list of the plastics that have been banned. So because that list is [being] reviewed [the government] cannot target the companies. Right now the government can only target the distributors and the users of plastic, which is a very difficult thing to do because these are just local Malawians.
We've been calling for the president to take action because we can't keep on using the courts. [Earlier this month] we had the national cleanup day for civil society organizations. We took a stand and said, 'We're not participating in the cleanup because we cannot keep cleaning up somebody else's mess." The whole point of the ban, the whole point of setting up the cleanup initiative, was to say that once the ban is in place, we come together as a country and clean up.
But if we continue to produce plastics and then we still say people should come out and clean up, it's not fair because we are cleaning up somebody else's mess and [the manufacturers are] making a profit off of it!
So you're now not participating in government-sponsored cleanups and demonstrations as a symbol of your frustration with the government.
Yes. As of now we've actually refused to take part in the national cleanup campaigns, from this month until the president makes a very clear statement on the need for the judiciary to address this issue once and for all. We need him to make a directive on the implementation of the ban.
You don't want the government greenwashing, basically.
No. [Laughs] You know, we're done.
I feel like, if you're 'the plastic girl', people around the world look to you for guidance on how to combat plastic pollution in their countries. So I'm wondering, can you give people some ideas about what you've learned?
We organized a cleanup with support from the Goldman Prize funds. And what we did was when we gathered all the plastics, we took them straight to a plastic company, because we said, 'We don't know what to do with this waste. So you tell us what to do with it. You continue producing it, so take it back!'
We'll do that for every single cleanup. We're taking it back to the plastic manufacturers because we don't want it. And we don't know what to do with it. Don't give us the task of writing proposals to come up with projects that are going to recycle, because we can't. You have to do something about it. And I think that [taking plastic waste back to the plastic companies] showed them that we're watching and we're waiting to see what's going to happen.
I know globally, there's been a campaign to break free from plastic. We're not the only country facing this challenge. This is a very huge sector. It's got huge profits. They've got money, they've got more than we will ever have. But we have got the power and I think that's the most important lesson of all.
So when you gave them back the plastic, did they take it?
They were so reluctant, but we went there with media and then they had to take it back. We don't know what they did with it, but it was such a strong statement.
I think their fear was that if they take it, then everybody starts taking all of their plastic to them on the cleanups. And that's exactly what we want! [Laughs.]
So we've been trying to tell people that if you're doing a cleanup, you need to have a plan for your plastics because you can't throw it at the landfill. That kind of pressure is showing [the thin plastic manufacturers] that we're not backing down.
It's kind of showing the hypocrisy, how you really can't recycle a lot of plastic.
Exactly.
What is your next target?
We still have work to do in plastics. I mean, even [if] the ban comes back into full effect, there will still be a lot of work trying to get people to change. We are working on a program for TV called Waste Talk, it should go live on air next month. It's just 10 minutes every day, a conversation on the types of waste that you experience. Get people to understand what waste is, how they can manage it better, who they can actually take it to, and the incredible people that are managing our waste on our behalf.
So you're focusing on human behavior in addition to targeting manufacturers.
I feel like one of the challenges we have is a disconnection — once you throw [plastic] in the bin you get disconnected from it.
So I always ask people, if we're in a meeting and they have a plastic bottle, I say, "After you use that bottle, can you imagine ever meeting that bottle again? Like if you had your name on that and you met it inside an animal or, you know, in the most awkward place, in a fish, in a beautiful lake when you're swimming with your family and then you see your bottle just wash up on the shore toward you. How would you feel?" So getting people to be aware that waste has a life-cycle and we are part of that life cycle to the end of it.
Julia Simon is a regular contributor to NPR's podcasts and news desks, focusing on climate change, energy and business news.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.klcc.org/npr-science-environment/2022-08-29/whatever-happened-to-the-malawian-anti-plastic-activist-inspired-by-goats | 2022-08-29T21:58:38Z | klcc.org | control | https://www.klcc.org/npr-science-environment/2022-08-29/whatever-happened-to-the-malawian-anti-plastic-activist-inspired-by-goats | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The federal government is putting a pause on sending free COVID-19 testing kits to Americans starting in September, due to a lack of funding.
"Ordering through this program will be suspended on Friday, September 2 because Congress hasn't provided additional funding to replenish the nation's stockpile of tests," the ordering website says.
However, the program is still accepting orders before Sep. 2.
The White House first began sending out the kits in January. By last May, the White House said 350 million tests had been given away to 70 million households, more than half of the households in the U.S.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.klcc.org/npr-top-stories/npr-top-stories/2022-08-29/the-government-will-no-longer-be-sending-free-covid-19-tests-to-americans | 2022-08-29T21:59:03Z | klcc.org | control | https://www.klcc.org/npr-top-stories/npr-top-stories/2022-08-29/the-government-will-no-longer-be-sending-free-covid-19-tests-to-americans | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
European Central Bank remarks out of Jackson Hole were on the hawkish side:
- 4 ECB speakers over the weekend: concerns expressed on low EUR, & Sept rate hike forecast
- Money markets now expect a more aggressive ECB rate hike next week as well
This from Danske on what they expect at the European Central Bank meeting (September 8):
- “We now expect ECB to hike 75bp next week, which will be followed by 50bp in October and 25bp in December, but acknowledge the increased uncertainty on the two latter hike size expectations. This is +25bp for our previous rate hike expectations at both the September and the October meetings, respectively, and we now see the endpoint of the ECB deposit rate at 1.5%.”
“We believe the euro area will face a recession and ECB will hike into that, however, we also acknowledge that even without the ECB tightening, the European economy was in a severe situation to begin with a worsening energy crisis.” | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/ecb-meeting-next-week-danske-bank-expect-a-75bp-rate-hike-20220829/ | 2022-08-29T22:02:14Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/ecb-meeting-next-week-danske-bank-expect-a-75bp-rate-hike-20220829/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The decision to call the special session comes after the governor vetoed bills relating to these two issues during the 2022 legislative session.
Opponents of Parson's tax cuts say federal funds have been responsible for Missouri's current budget surplus and that cutting taxes would be irresponsible. Conversely, Parson believes that, amidst inflation, giving tax relief to Missourians would be a better way forward.
KCUR's Up To Date was joined by Traci Gleason of the Missouri Budget Project and Republican State Sen. Tony Luetkemeyer to argue their differing opinions on Parson's agenda.
- Traci Gleason, director of communications and public engagement at the Missouri Budget Project
- State Senator Tony Luetkemeyer (R-Parkville) | https://www.kcur.org/podcast/up-to-date/2022-08-29/missouri-special-legislative-session-on-income-tax-cuts-to-begin-after-labor-day | 2022-08-29T22:06:35Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/podcast/up-to-date/2022-08-29/missouri-special-legislative-session-on-income-tax-cuts-to-begin-after-labor-day | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Kansas City Current is giving fans a lot to be excited about this season. With Sunday's home win over the North Carolina Courage, the Current is on a 12-game undefeated streak. That record of 8-4-5 puts them third in the National Women's Soccer League standings.
"It's currently the second longest unbeaten streak in the history of NWSL," says Dani Welniak, the Current's executive director of communications. "So not only are we making history here in Kansas City, but from a bigger perspective, this team is also making history in the NWSL and making a push for the playoffs."
They've broken an attendance record, had players called up to the U.S. Women's National Team and made some key trades. And the U.S. Women’s National Team is practicing this week at the Current’s training facility in Riverside ahead of a friendly match against Nigeria on Sept. 3 at Children’s Mercy Park.
"It's really fun and exciting for what the team has been able to accomplish," Welniak said, "especially since it's only the franchises' second year."
- Dani Welniak, Kansas City Current's executive director of communications | https://www.kcur.org/podcast/up-to-date/2022-08-29/the-kansas-city-currents-undefeated-streak-is-generating-excitement-about-womens-soccer | 2022-08-29T22:06:41Z | kcur.org | control | https://www.kcur.org/podcast/up-to-date/2022-08-29/the-kansas-city-currents-undefeated-streak-is-generating-excitement-about-womens-soccer | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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Newport man arrested for armed robbery
A 24-year-old Newport man was arrested Sunday night after allegedly producing a pistol and demanding money from a 28-year-old woman.
The incident occurred shortly before 9 p.m. Sunday in the Kimberly Estates Mobile Home Community in Newport, according to a press release issued by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.
The victim was reportedly visiting a residence when the suspect produced a pistol and demanded money. The victim was robbed of an undisclosed amount of currency before fleeing the residence unharmed and calling 911.
Sheriff's deputies arrived on scene and located the suspect at the residence. The money stolen from the victim, along with other evidence of the crime, was also reportedly located at the scene.
The suspect was lodged at Monroe County Jail and booked for Armed Robbery. His name is being withheld, pending formal arraignment in First District Court.
The incident remains under investigation by Deputies Skyler Riffle and Shawna Hester of the Uniformed Services Division, along with Detectives Robert Blair and Joshua Motylinski of the Detective Bureau. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Sheriff's Office Detective Bureau at 734-240-7530. | https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/newport-man-arrested-for-armed-robbery/65462719007/ | 2022-08-29T22:10:07Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/news/local/2022/08/29/newport-man-arrested-for-armed-robbery/65462719007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Dixmoor water woes: Old infrastructure leads to more water main breaks
DIXMOOR, Ill. - Two suburban schools had to cancel classes Monday after water service was disrupted by a water main break.
Crews are still working on the main, but school on Tuesday is still up in the air.
Crews in Dixmoor are working around the clock after four mains broke this weekend and another one Monday morning at 147th and Hoyne.
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Over the past several months, there have been leaks, breaks and broken pumps, which for residents means boil orders and sometimes no water at all.
The reason for these breaks? Old infrastructure. Some of the pipes that busted are 100 years old and can’t handle full pressure.
In the spring, the village received $2 million from the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers and Cook County for a new water main, but that money wasn’t "given" to the village.
"The funds does not come directly to us. It goes to the people that's doing the project. So Army Corps of engineer, they're going to do a project on the other side of town. That's the side that feed the business and the trailer parks the mobile homes," said Fitzgerald Roberts, Dixmoor village president.
Roberts applauds that project, but adds they need millions of dollars more because with 100-year-old pipes, this is going to keep happening.
He’s asked Governor JB Pritzker and state and local leaders to pitch in. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dixmoor-water-woes-old-infrastructure-leads-to-more-water-main-breaks | 2022-08-29T22:14:40Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dixmoor-water-woes-old-infrastructure-leads-to-more-water-main-breaks | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Protesters work to stop luxury Chicago housing development
CHICAGO - A protest in Uptown on the North Side is now stretching into its second week.
The goal is to stop the groundbreaking for a luxury housing building.
"We won't go without a fight. Housing is a human right," protesters chanted Monday.
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Activists and homeless people are occupying a former parking lot near Weiss Memorial Hospital, calling their tent city Rise Uptown.
They're protesting the planned development of a 12-story, 314 unit building where rent would start at $1,700 for a one bedroom.
The group argues the community needs truly affordable housing instead. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/protesters-work-to-stop-luxury-chicago-housing-development | 2022-08-29T22:14:52Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/protesters-work-to-stop-luxury-chicago-housing-development | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Watch: Bull runs into rodeo crowd after escaping from pen at Florida State Fairgrounds
TAMPA, Fla. - A bull escaped from its pen into a crowd at a rodeo event at the Florida State Fairgrounds, causing a panic over the weekend.
Christopher Thornton recorded video of the incident that happened on Saturday, August 27. Thornton said the bull escaped during the bull riding performance.
Staff at the event were trying to rearrange two bulls in their gates when one of them squeezed out of its own and into another, according to Thornton. That's where it then "bucked off one of the side panels of the gate, and was able to run loose."
Video from the incident shows the bull running around the stadium as a person over a loudspeaker tells screaming guests to stay calm.
The bull was eventually pulled back into the arena after a cowboy was able to rope the bull. The bull did return to a holding pen after staff coaxed it back in.
FOX 13 has reached out to the Florida State Fairgrounds for comment, but has not yet received a response. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/watch-bull-runs-into-rodeo-crowd-at-florida-state-fair-after-escaping-from-pen | 2022-08-29T22:15:04Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/watch-bull-runs-into-rodeo-crowd-at-florida-state-fair-after-escaping-from-pen | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BEND, Ore. — The Sunday evening shooting at a Safeway in Bend ended just four minutes after police were called, and one of the two deceased victims was an employee who attempted to disarm the shooter and likely prevented further violence, Bend police said at a news conference Monday afternoon.
At an initial news conference Sunday evening, police said a man carrying an assault-style rifle came from an adjacent residential area and began shooting in the parking lot of the Forum Shopping Center at around 7 p.m. Sunday.
He then headed into the Safeway, shooting and killing one person near the front of the store and another toward the back. Police entered the store and found the suspect dead, with an AR-15 style rifle and a shotgun near him.
At the Monday news conference, police identified the two victims as 84-year-old Glenn Edward Bennett and 66-year-old Donald Ray Surrett Jr., both of whom were Bend residents.
Bennett was a customer and was the victim killed near the front of the store, police said; Surrett Jr. was an employee and was the victim killed near the rear of the store. Surrett was unarmed, police said, and physically attacked the shooter to try to disarm him.
Surrett "acted heroically" and "may very well have prevented further deaths," Bend Police Department communications manager Sheila Miller said.
At least two other people suffered injuries that were not life-threatening, she said.
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Police began receiving calls reporting a shooting at 7:04 p.m., Miller said, and officers arrived at the scene two or three minutes later and entered the Safeway immediately from the front and rear. Shots could still be heard coming from inside the building when police entered, she said.
Officers found the shooter in the produce section at 7:08 p.m., she said, dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound. Police did not fire any shots during the incident.
Police received multiple reports of a second shooter and of shootings in other places in Bend Sunday evening, Miller said, but they investigated all the leads and found no evidence of any other shooters or shootings. Police believe there is no further threat to the community, she said.
Police identified the shooter as 20-year-old Ethan Blair Miller, and said he was a resident of the Fox Hollow apartment complex, located across the street to the rear of the Safeway.
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Police obtained a warrant to search the alleged shooter's apartment, according to Bend police chief Mike Krantz, but had to wait to execute it because they learned of possible explosives at the site, so the Oregon State Police bomb squad had to be called in first. The apartment complex was evacuated in the interim.
Miller said police found three Molotov cocktails and a sawed-off shotgun in the suspect's car and spare ammunition and "digital devices" in his apartment. She said police don't yet know whether the shooter obtained his firearms legally, but added that he had no criminal history in the area.
Investigators are expected to remain on the scene throughout Monday and Tuesday, Miller said.
Krantz and Miller also said police have not yet determined how many shots the shooter fired or how many people were in the store at the time, although Krantz described the parking lot as very busy Sunday evening, and said police continued to speak to witnesses throughout the night.
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They acknowledged that there have been discussions on social media in the past 24 hours about an online account allegedly belonging to the shooter and the possibility that he posted a manifesto beforehand and may have initially planned to attack a school.
However, Krantz declined to comment on the information in the online discussions, and said police are still investigating and it was too soon to release any official information about the shooter's motives.
Miller said that a community support center would be set up at Pilot Butte Middle School from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday for anyone who needs support.
Anthony Boardman, mayor pro-tem of Bend, also briefly spoke at the news conference and urged the community to "guard against the cynicism" of coming to think of these sorts of shootings as regular and unavoidable events.
"I won't accept that," he said. "I know the community of Bend won't accept that." | https://www.krem.com/article/news/crime/bend-police-safeway-shooting-update/283-312ca0ab-b249-4a42-b8ec-ac2bd59d8eb9 | 2022-08-29T22:18:51Z | krem.com | control | https://www.krem.com/article/news/crime/bend-police-safeway-shooting-update/283-312ca0ab-b249-4a42-b8ec-ac2bd59d8eb9 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
When the NASCAR Playoffs arrive at Texas Motor Speedway on Sept. 24-25 for the Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 doubleheader weekend, get prepared for plenty of fire, flips, bone-jarring hits and danger slithering around every corner.
And that isn’t even on the high-banked 1.5-oval that will play host to the Xfinity Series Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 on Saturday, Sept. 24, or the Cup Series Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 on Sunday, Sept. 25.
It will all take place in the Fan Zone as another edition of the Texas Motor Speedway Sideshow will delight fans of every age with a wide array of thrilling and fun off-track entertainment throughout the race weekend. The Fan Zone stretches from entrance gates 3-6 of Texas Motor Speedway and is absolutely free.
The Flippenout Extreme Trampoline Show (above) is sure to draw its share of fans with world-class acrobats utilizing two Olympic trampolines for their performances. The group will launch themselves 25 feet in the air and use their amazing skills for twisting triple flips, world-record belly drops and synchronized moves. To add to the degree of difficulty of their stunts, they also will utilize skis, snowboards and other props on the trampolines.
The Flippenout Extreme Trampoline Show, located between Gates 4 and 5, will have three 20-minute performances Saturday and Sunday at 9:50 a.m., 11:20 a.m. and 1:50 p.m.
If you are craving a Vegas-style act, look no further than daredevil cirque performer Grace Good (left). She has toured internationally with Cirque Dreams, appeared nationally on multiple major TV networks and has become a social media darling with more than three million followers, including 2.8m on TikTok. She will bring an exciting mix of circus entertainment, cirque skills and fiery acts, including flamethrowers and the Ring of Fire.
Grace Good, who will perform at the Trackside Live stage, will have three 20-minute performances Saturday (10:20 a.m., 11:35 a.m., 1:25 p.m.) and Sunday (10 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 12:45 p.m.)
If your preference is seeing a flying atomic elbow off a turnbuckle, you want to visit the Midget Wrestling Warriors (right). Some of the best male and female wrestlers under 5-foot-2 from the U.S., Canada and Mexico will tangle in an 18’x18’ ring.
With several sporting various exotic outfits, masks and nicknames, pick your favorite among the men’s roster featuring Short Sleeve Sampson, Rob The Giant, Astrolux, Demus, Dan Macchio, “Golden Boy” Brandon Bowman, Potro Romano, Mini Halcon, Eric Smalls, Mach 10, Aaron Pen, Mascarita Sagrada and Micro Tiger. The women’s side will bring it as well with Zoey Skye, Little Mean Kathleen, Valentina, Diosa Quetzal, Hannah, Brittany Blake, Reina Dorada, Leslie La Muneca and Kiyoko The Fallen Flower.
The Midget Wrestling Warriors will tangle on a ring set up near Gate 5 and have two 45-minutes matches Saturday and Sunday (10:30 a.m., 1 p.m.)
If you like dance moves over wrestling moves, be sure to check out Funkanometry, an extremely talented synchronized dance duo out of Canada. The TikTok stars dazzled the judges with their moves on the current season of the hit show “America’s Got Talent” and also previously performed on “World of Dance.”
Funkanometry will perform on the Trackside Live stage and will have three 10-minute routines Saturday (10 a.m., 11:10 a.m., 1 p.m.) and two on Sunday (10:25 a.m., 12:30 p.m.) along with a surprise appearance after the first racing stage break.
If you are more into slithering moves, the Fan Zone also will play host to the West Texas Rattlesnake Show. Watch the wrangler stand among the rattlers at his feet, educate the audience about the species and how to safely handle venomous snakes, and see a rattlesnake strike and pop a balloon at lightning speed. The West Texas Rattlesnake Show will be at Gate 6 and have three performances Saturday and Sunday (9:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 1:30 p.m.).
If you think wood carving is going to be a quiet area in the Fan Zone, forget it. It will actually be the loudest. The Bear Hollow Wood Carvers from French Lick, Ind., take this art to the extreme by using chain saws to create incredible wood-carved artwork. The Bear Hollow Wood Carvers will be at work all day Saturday and Sunday at Gate 3. They also will have an auction for their completed art approximately two hours prior to each day’s race (12:30 p.m.) to benefit Speedway Children’s Charities – Texas.
The Fan Zone will also be chock full of additional things to see and experience, including team and driver souvenir trailers and displays from long-time Texas Motor Speedway partners Chevrolet, The Texas Lottery, and O’Reilly Auto Parts.
Click here for a full public schedule of race weekend events.
Texas Motor Speedway will play host to the 2022 NASCAR Playoffs on Sept. 24-25. The weekend will be highlighted by the NASCAR Xfinity Series Andy’s Frozen Custard 300 on Saturday, Sept. 24 (2:30 p.m. CT on USA Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Ch. 90, and PRN), and the NASCAR Cup Series Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 on Sunday, Sept. 25 (2:30 p.m. CT on USA Network, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Ch. 90, PRN, and 95.9 The Ranch).
The newly renovated Lil’ Texas Motor Speedway 1/5-mile dirt track will kick off the weekend of racing with the inaugural C. Bell’s MICRO MANIA. The four-day event (Sept. 21-24) features practice on Wednesday (Sept. 21), qualifying races Thursday and Friday (Sept. 22-23) and mains and finals Saturday (Sept. 24). Micro Sprints are smaller versions of full-sized sprint cars with side-mounted 600cc motorcycle engines that can generate 140 horsepower with similar chassis and body styles to the larger versions. NASCAR stars currently confirmed to participate include Christopher Bell, two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Busch and his son, Brexton.
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For ticket information for the September 24-25 NASCAR Autotrader EchoPark Automotive 500 weekend, including individual day tickets for C. Bell’s Micro Mania, please visit www.texasmotorspeedway.com.
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The stakes are high. The drama will be higher.
One final night of racing remains in South Boston Speedway’s 2022 points season. Twin races are on the schedule. A three-way battle looms for the South Boston Speedway NASCAR Advance Auto Parts Weekly Series Late Model Stock Car Division championship between Layne Riggs, Peyton Sellers, and Jacob Borst. A tight battle for the NASCAR national championship between Riggs and Sellers that grew closer this past weekend adds to the pressure.
Saturday night, Sept. 3 will be one of the most impactful nights of the season as South Boston Speedway hosts the Halifax County Farm Bureau Championship Night event.
Riggs, of Bahama, North Carolina, is the current South Boston Speedway and NASCAR national points leader. Sellers, a Danville, Virginia resident, is the defending South Boston Speedway and NASCAR national champion. He trails Riggs by 20 points in the track point standings entering the twin 65-lap NASCAR Late Model Stock Car Division races that will headline the seven-race Halifax County Farm Bureau Championship Night event.
Borst of Elon, North Carolina, last season’s South Boston Speedway points runner-up, sits in third place in the track point standings, two points behind Sellers and 22 points behind Riggs.
In the NASCAR national points chase, Riggs’ lead over Sellers had shrunk to 16 points entering last weekend’s action. That margin is likely to drop into single digits as Sellers won the twin races at Dominion Raceway last weekend, while Riggs had finishes of eighth and second.
While there is a true sense of urgency among Riggs, Sellers and Borst, none of them are admitting they are facing a lot of pressure heading into the twin 65-lap NASCAR Late Model Stock Car races Saturday night at South Boston Speedway.
Riggs says he does not pay attention to points.
“That’s something as a driver I don’t pay attention to,” he remarked. “I just pay attention to my car, my strategy and keeping my focus and my head about me. We’re going to keep doing what we’ve always been doing. I’m keeping my head down, being smart behind the wheel, and just trying to chip away and get a win everywhere we go.”
Sellers, who has six career South Boston Speedway NASCAR track championships under his belt, says the path to a record-tying seventh career South Boston Speedway title is a tough one, and he is not going to change his approach for the Sept. 3 twinbill.
“We can’t change what we’re doing,” Sellers pointed out. “We’re just going to try to win races, try to get our car the best we can, and the pieces will have to fall in place. He (Riggs) will have to have bad luck.”
Borst said he is going to give it his best shot in Saturday night’s twinbill. While he can possibly win the championship, he may have a better shot at second place in points, the spot where he finished last season.
“I’d love to win the championship, but Layne has a pretty good lead, and it’s going to be very hard to catch up to him,” Borst noted. “We’re going to go out there and try to do our best. If luck plays into our favor great, if it doesn’t, it’s just a part of racing. We’re going to go out there like nobody has any points and try to get the wins. We’ll take it like we do every weekend and just worry about ourselves and run our race.”
A seven-race card will fill the Sept. 3 Halifax County Farm Bureau Championship Night event. In addition to the twin 65-lap NASCAR Late Model Stock Car Division races, there will be twin 30-lap races for the Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division, a 25-lap race for the Southside Disposal Pure Stock Division, a 20-lap race for the Virginia State Police HEAT Hornets Division and a 20-lap race for the Mills Family Practice Champ Karts.
Track championships will be riding on the outcome of the Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division twinbill as well as on the outcome of the Southside Disposal Pure Stock Division and the Virginia State Police HEAT Hornets Division races.
Kyle Barnes of Draper, Virginia holds a 30-point lead over Jason Myers of Hurt, Virginia in the chase for the Budweiser Limited Sportsman Division title, with Myers still having a shot at the title with the division’s twin races.
Four drivers are in the hunt for the Southside Disposal Pure Stock Division title. Scott Phillips of Halifax, Virginia holds an eight-point lead over Johnny Layne of Halifax, Virginia entering the race. Jimmy Wade of Halifax, Virginia, who is having the best season of his career in the division, is only 23 points out of the lead, and B.J. Reaves of South Boston, Virginia is only 26 points out of the top spot.
In the Virginia State Police HEAT Hornets Division, Jason DeCarlo of Chase City, Virginia holds a seven-point lead over former division champion Kevin Currin of Chase City, Virginia. Dillon Davis of Nathalie, Virginia, the winner on August 20, is in third place, just 13 points out of the lead.
The Sept. 3 Halifax County Farm Bureau Championship Night race-day schedule has practice starting at 3:30 p.m. Grandstand gates will open at 5:30 p.m., qualifying begins at 6 p.m. and the first race of the night will get the green flag at 7 p.m.
Advance adult general admission tickets are priced at $10 each and may be purchased online on South Boston Speedway’s website, www.southbostonspeedway.com, through Friday night, Sept. 2. Advance tickets may also be purchased by calling the speedway office at 434-572-4947 or toll free at 1-877-440-1540 during regular business hours.
Tickets at the gate on race night will be $15 each. Seniors ages 65 and older, military, healthcare workers, and students (with ID) can purchase tickets for $10 each at the gate on race night.
Fans and competitors can find the latest updates and news on the speedway’s website, southbostonspeedway.com, and through the track’s social media channels. Information may also be obtained by phoning the speedway at 434-572-4947 or toll free at 1-877-440-1540 during regular business hours.
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Fetterman calls on Biden to decriminalize marijuana
Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor and Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate John Fetterman is calling on President Biden to deschedule marijuana before his scheduled visit to Pennsylvania next week.
Why it matters: Biden is slated to visit Pittsburgh on Labor Day, and the Fetterman campaign says the Democratic nominee will speak with Biden about decriminalizing cannabis even though he won't appear at another event in northeastern Pennsylvania with Biden on Tuesday.
What we're watching: “It’s long past time that we finally decriminalize marijuana,” Fetterman said in a statement.
- “The president needs to use his executive authority to begin descheduling marijuana, I would love to see him do this prior to his visit to Pittsburgh. This is just common sense and Pennslyvanians overwhelmingly support decriminalizing marijuana."
- As Lieutenant Governor, Fetterman in 2019 traveled around Pennsylvania on a marijuana listening tour, and released a report concluding that a substantial majority of Pennsylvania residents favored legalization.
What they're saying: “The president supports leaving decisions regarding legalization for recreational use up to the states, rescheduling cannabis as a Schedule 2 drug so researchers can study its positive and negative impacts,” White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters Monday.
- “At the federal level, he supports decriminalizing marijuana use and automatically expunging any prior criminal records,” she added.
Biden told reporters in June that he was preparing plans to free people incarcerated for marijuana-related crimes, saying he doesn't believe “anyone should be in prison for the use of marijuana.”
- In April, Biden granted clemency to over 70 people convicted of cannabis-related crimes though the White House has not taken any significant action to reschedule or reform cannabis regulation.
The big picture: Biden previously opposed legalization before moving away from that position when he became the Democratic nominee for president in 2020.
- In Congress, the House voted in April to decriminalize cannabis on the federal level and allow for the expungement of some marijuana convictions.
- Efforts to decriminalize cannabis have stalled in the Senate, even though Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has championed marijuana legislation. | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/29/fetterman-biden-decriminalize-marijuana | 2022-08-29T22:19:01Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/29/fetterman-biden-decriminalize-marijuana | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
With all the spam people receive in their mailboxes, it’s no surprise people treat offers of money with suspicion.
That’s what VERIFY reader Benjamin did when he got a postcard in the mail that said he could claim money as a result of a settlement between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and a company called On Point Global.
“This is a scam, right?” Benjamin asked VERIFY. “Or is it one of those real settlements that seems like a scam?”
THE QUESTION
Is the On Point Global settlement with the Federal Trade Commission real?
THE SOURCES
THE ANSWER
Yes, the On Point Global settlement with the Federal Trade Commission is real.
WHAT WE FOUND
At the time the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) initiated its lawsuit, On Point Global was the umbrella company for an operation that included 52 known companies. These companies ran deceptive, scammy websites meant to trick consumers into thinking they were providing government services.
In August 2022, the FTC announced consumers who had paid money for services from websites run by On Point Global were eligible for a refund thanks to an $85 million lawsuit filed against the company by the FTC.
“The company responsible for managing the refund process sent emails and postcards to people who are eligible,” the FTC said.
The second URL on the postcard, ftc.gov/OnPointDMV, redirects users to the FTC’s announcement. The FTC’s “file your claim” link takes consumers to onpointclaimform.com, the first URL mentioned on the postcard.
All eligible claimants received an email notifying them with a link to their proof of claim form, according to onpointclaimform.com, the website responsible for managing this settlement’s claims.
Consumers do not need to submit any documentation in their proof of claim, the FTC says.
Eligible claimants will receive a full refund for the amount they paid to On Point Global, including any processing fees but minus any amount already returned or refunded.
Consumers who did not pay On Point Global but provided personal information may receive money based on the amount of personal information they gave On Point Global and the amount of people who submit claims. These consumers will receive $15 at most.
The FTC says claimants may choose to receive their payment by Venmo, Paypal or by check.
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According to the complaint the FTC filed in 2019, On Point Global is responsible for operating more than 200 websites designed to lure consumers into submitting payment and personal information.
The websites were presented in a way that made them appear to be legitimate state or government websites, referencing driver’s licenses, hunting and fishing licenses, car registrations or passports in many of the sites’ URLs, according to a document the FTC submitted alongside its complaint.
On Point Global’s websites featured links offering government services, including license renewal, according to the FTC’s complaint, but consumers instead ended up paying for PDFs of publicly available information about those government services. None of On Point Global’s websites were actually capable of completing any of these services.
An archived version of one such website, dmvdriverlicenses.org, shows the extent of personal information a person would have to submit to “get [their] Texas driver license application and checklist.” It includes the personal information one would need to submit to many state DMVs to get their actual driver’s license — such as home address, birth date, phone number and email — as well as information about the consumer’s vehicle.
Only some Texas driver’s licenses can actually be renewed online, and those applications are submitted through a Texas.gov website.
The FTC says consumers who paid one of these websites between January 2017 and December 2019 are eligible for a refund, as long as they have not already gotten their money back from On Point Global. The agency says the deadline to apply for a refund is Sept. 7, 2022.
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Enormity of Pakistan floods viewed from space
The scope and severity of the flooding in Pakistan from two months of unusually heavy monsoon rains is drawing comparisons to the devastating rains of 2010. In some respects, it may exceed that benchmark.
The big picture: The flooding is especially severe in Sindh and Balochistan provinces in the country's south, where the Indus River has swelled well beyond its banks.
- International aid groups are mobilizing to provide support to millions displaced by the floodwaters, and the Pakistani military has been called into action. More than 1,000 people have been killed, according to officials.
- Pakistani officials have tied the flooding to human-caused climate change. Studies show that extreme precipitation events are becoming more intense and longer-lasting as global temperatures increase.
Zoom out: Satellite images capture the enormity of the challenge facing Pakistan — home to about 220 million people — in responding to this disaster. | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/29/pakistan-floods-satellite-images-destruction | 2022-08-29T22:19:08Z | axios.com | control | https://www.axios.com/2022/08/29/pakistan-floods-satellite-images-destruction | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(WGHP) — Colin Kaepernick, the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, is officially a dad.
On Sunday, Kaepernick’s partner Nessa Diab, better known simply as “Nessa,” took to Instagram to announce that the couple became parents “a few weeks ago” when their child was born.
“I thought long and hard about sharing our life changing news today,” Diab said. “I decided to do so because today is the first day in a few weeks where I stepped out for work with a new life title – MOM!”
Kaepernick and Diab have been together since 2015, according to People. The two co-founded Know Your Rights Camp, a nonprofit, and Ra Vision Media, a media company. Both projects are dedicated to supporting Black and brown communities.
“Recovering after delivery has been a journey (more on that later) and honestly I wasn’t going to share anything because this is sooooo personal to us and I realized I’m a complete mama bear!” Diab said. “Colin is the most amazing dad and I’m soooo grateful that he is by our side for every moment of this journey.”
Kaepernick last played in the NFL during the 2016 season, when he finished with 2,241 yards passing, 468 yards rushing, 16 touchdowns and four interceptions in 11 starts, going 1-10 in those starts.
More notable than his on-field performance that season was Kaepernick’s controversial decision to take a knee during the playing of the national anthem before games in protest of police brutality. The protest sparked a wide range of reactions, from overwhelming support to strong condemnation, most notable of which was from then-President Donald Trump, who suggested that the NFL should “fire” any player who protested during the national anthem.
Kaepernick has failed to make it back into the league since the 2016 season.
Diab got her start as host of MTV’s “Girl Code” before going on to host other programs such as “The Real World,” “Teen Mom,” “Snooki & J Woww” after-show specials and “The Challenge” reunions, according to People. She hosts “Nessa On Air” at the New York City radio station Hot 97, a program that is syndicated across more than 15 markets. | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/colin-kaepernick-nessa-diab-announce-birth-of-first-child/ | 2022-08-29T22:19:32Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/colin-kaepernick-nessa-diab-announce-birth-of-first-child/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(The Hill) – The acting head of the National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) pushed back on accusations that the agency is corrupt or conspiring against former President Trump in its actions over his presidential records.
“The National Archives has been the focus of intense scrutiny for months, this week especially, with many people ascribing political motivation to our actions,” Debra Steidel Wall, the acting archivist, wrote in the a memo to employees sent Wednesday.
“NARA has received messages from the public accusing us of corruption and conspiring against the former president, or congratulating NARA for ‘bringing him down,’” she continued. “Neither is accurate or welcome.”
The memo was made public under the Freedom of Information Act and was previously reported by The Washington Post.
The National Archives had attempted to recover presidential records stored at Trump’s Florida home for months, dating back to last year. Officials retrieved 15 boxes from Mar-a-Lago in January, including at least 700 pages of classified materials, and asked the Justice Department to examine the former president’s handling of records.
The investigation ultimately led the FBI to execute a search warrant at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence earlier this month, when agents seized 11 sets of classified documents. The DOJ is probing whether Trump violated the Espionage Act or two other federal statutes.
The search led to a flurry of criticisms against the involved agencies by Trump and his allies, who allege the probe and related actions are politically motivated.
Wall’s memo references some of those criticisms, including Trump’s unfounded claim on his social media platform that former President Obama “kept 33 million pages of documents, much of them classified.”
The Archives debunked that claim in a statement, saying it keeps classified Obama records in a government facility outside of Obama’s control.
“Our fundamental interest is always in ensuring that government records are properly managed, preserved and protected to ensure access to them for the life of the republic,” Wall wrote. “That is our mission, and what motivates us as we seek to uphold the public trust.”
Wall also thanked employees for their professionalism and integrity. “We will continue to do our work, without favor or fear, in the service of our democracy,” she wrote. | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/national-archives-head-says-anti-trump-accusations-not-accurate-or-welcome/ | 2022-08-29T22:19:51Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/national-archives-head-says-anti-trump-accusations-not-accurate-or-welcome/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(NewsNation) — Alabama Pastor Michael Jennings was asked by his neighbor to water their flowers while they were away from their home. Jennings was doing just that when police arrested him.
Police can be seen on body camera footage approaching Jennings in late May while he was watering the flowers, telling him he “wasn’t supposed to be” there, then placing him under arrest in an incident Jennings told NewsNation he knows was racial profiling by the Childersburg, Alabama, police.
Police said they were responding to a report of a “suspicious vehicle.” Jennings did not have his ID but did tell the officers who he was and why he was there, he told Nexstar’s WIAT in the days after the incident.
The original neighbor who called police told officers that she made a mistake and begged them not to arrest Jennings once she realized it was her friend and neighbor. The woman’s account is detailed in the incident report.
Jennings was arrested for obstruction.
According to the police incident report obtained by WIAT, officers claimed Jennings was belligerent and walking away from police and threatened a lawsuit for racial profiling. The longtime clergy leader admitted he was not happy, but said none of his actions warranted an arrest.
“It’s outrage, it’s shame,” Jennings said on “NewsNation Prime.” “I felt dehumanized with what happened to me. It’s embarrassing, humiliating and everything else because of what they did.”
Jennings had an idea the police were going to approach him when he saw their car driving very slowly on a road behind the house.
“I don’t think they were trying to stop anything, they were trying to catch something,” Jennings said. “When they approached me and started talking to me, it seemed surreal. … Is this really going to happen over flowers?”
Charges against Jennings were dropped a week later. Still, the incident left Jennings hurt.
“As a person, it hurt my feelings, it was an insult to me, it dehumanized me,” Jennings said. “I would like for people just to be aware of the society and the state of mind that people are in now. Racism is at its highest. It is just ludicrous and ridiculous the way people are treating other people for no reason.”
Jennings is still considering a racial-discrimination lawsuit against Childersburg Police. He told NewsNation Prime that he is seeking justice.
WIAT’s Drew Taylor and Michael Clark contributed to this report. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/alabama-pastor-calls-arrest-while-watering-flowers-racial-profiling/ | 2022-08-29T22:23:12Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/alabama-pastor-calls-arrest-while-watering-flowers-racial-profiling/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Virginia’s Supreme Court has rejected the Loudoun County School Board’s request to file its appeal under seal, as the school system seeks to overturn a ruling that let a special grand jury investigation continue.
Two weeks ago, WTOP reported the board filed an appeal to Virginia’s highest court, asking it to reverse a Loudoun County Circuit Court judge’s decision. Last month, the judge ruled against the board’s lawsuit to halt a special grand jury convened by Attorney General Jason Miyares, to look into how the school system handled two sexual assaults by the same high school student last year.
The basis of the school board’s appeal hasn’t been clear, because it was filed under seal.
WTOP has been seeking details on the appeal from the school board’s attorneys, John Cafferky, Robert Scully and Juli Porto. A school system spokesperson told WTOP on Aug. 18 that the issue of whether an attorney general has the authority to conduct a special grand jury investigation has wide-ranging implications for all school boards and local government bodies in Virginia.
Monday, Virginia’s Supreme Court ruled “additional sealing is unwarranted” and ordered Loudoun County’s School Board to file a redacted copy of its appeal within eight days.
Also Monday, Miyares’ office filed its redacted opposition to the school board’s appeal.
“The School Board is not immune from criminal investigation and prosecution. The School Board makes the extraordinary argument that the mere existence of the grand jury investigation usurps its sole authority to supervise LCPS” under the state constitution, according to the newly filed opposition.
“The investigation involves potential criminal misconduct, as well as ‘conditions that involve or tend to promote criminal activity,'” according to the filing by Solicitor General Andrew Ferguson. “The grand jury’s investigative authority includes the power ‘to inquire into all information that might possibly bear on its investigation until it has identified an offense or has satisfied itself that none has occurred.”
The promise to investigate the Loudoun County school system was a major premise of Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s campaign. On his first day in office, he issued an executive order directing Miyares to begin the investigation. Miyares opened it the next day, and convened the grand jury in April.
WTOP is seeking comment about the Supreme Court’s ruling from the school board’s attorney and the school system | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/state-high-court-denies-loudoun-school-board-request-to-file-appeal-under-seal/article_7aab6eee-27d9-11ed-b025-e341d44d7eaf.html | 2022-08-29T22:23:21Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/state-high-court-denies-loudoun-school-board-request-to-file-appeal-under-seal/article_7aab6eee-27d9-11ed-b025-e341d44d7eaf.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HOLLAND, Mich. — It’s a strange story, but it’s a good one. It begins with main characters Jay and his kids, who took a Sunday to enjoy the playground behind North Holland Elementary School when his daughter made an interesting discovery.
“We let the kids play and then when we went to throw our trash away, she lifts it up and she goes dad, there’s a bunch of books in here,” said Jay, who only wanted his first name used in this story. “I’ll admit, I thought we’d see just a few books. No, the dumpster was full of books.”
Jay’s first question was an obvious one.
“My first thought was why,” he said, “why are we throwing these away?”
Jay estimates there were hundreds and hundreds of mostly elementary school titles in the bin. But the receptacle, bearing the words ‘Paper Gator’ and a grinning cartoon alligator on the front, isn’t a bin for trash.
“Although it may resemble a trash dumpster, it is actually a receptacle that is used by schools for recycling paper products and generates money that goes back into our schools,” said Brad Corpe, a spokesman with West Ottawa Public Schools, who explained the school was undergoing a common process known as ‘weeding’ – making way for new books by recycling old ones.
Corpe said some of the books included in the weeding were in rough shape, or in some cases, hadn’t been checked out in over a decade.
“As a part of this weeding process these weeded books were first given to teachers for classroom libraries and students, and the last remaining books were moved to the Paper Gator,” Corpe continued.
And though the reasons for the books ending up in the bin were innocent enough, the story has another chapter. After Jay found the books, he posted pictures on Facebook telling people where to find them. And they certainly did.
“Within just a couple hours of me posting that, we had everybody out here going through it,” Jay said. “They had books lined up all on the fence, taking what they wanted for their family, their friends, their neighbors.”
By Monday afternoon, the entire bin had been cleared out. Once overflowing with books, only a few paper scraps and other recyclables were left in the Paper Gator in a little over 24-hours’ time.
“It’s awesome the somebody found them and is making good use of them, so that’s kind of a happy end to this story too,” said Kirsten Stannis, a retired teacher who spent nearly half of her fifteen years in the classroom at Holland Public Schools.
Stannis saw Jay’s post and was also curious about the discovery. But in the comments, she tried to tamper some of the more incendiary comments suggesting the weeding was a waste of taxpayer money, and a good reason to vote ‘no’ on future funding millages.
“A lot of the day-to-day books that kids are handling, a lot of those are owned by teachers,” said Stannis, mentioning that teachers often find their books second-hand at garage sales or from family and friends.
She says because funding is so short, she was discouraged by some comments suggesting the school doesn’t need more money through public funding.
“People are really quick to say like ‘oh when there’s a millage I’m voting against it,’” Stannis said. “There shouldn’t really be a correlation, in my mind as a teacher, between books in a dumpster and voting for a millage or a bond or whatever. We need those strong schools, and that’s a little petty.”
As for the book’s fate – that’s undeniably a happy story ending. West Ottawa Public Schools, Stannis, and Jay and his family – who did snag a few books from the bin Sunday – are happy they found new shelves to grace.
“We are happy that the books have found a safe home,” said Corpe. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/lakeshore/ottawa/how-hundreds-of-books-ended-up-in-a-recycling-bin-behind-a-holland-school | 2022-08-29T22:27:52Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/lakeshore/ottawa/how-hundreds-of-books-ended-up-in-a-recycling-bin-behind-a-holland-school | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Damage from Monday’s storms have caused multiple power outages throughout West Michigan.
According to Consumers Energy, about 146,682 customers have been affected by 1,353 power outages. However, Consumers Energy also reports that 92.3% of customers still have power.
In Grand Haven, wind speeds were reported at 45 mph. Holland reported that wind speeds were at 66 mph and Ottawa reported it at 56 mph. Wind speeds at the Grand Rapids Regional Airport were reported at 58 mph. Kalamazoo reported wind speeds at 53 mph and Portage reported 53 mph. In Jamestown, wind speeds were reported at 56 mph and Vickburg reported 50+ mph winds.
In Kalamazoo, multiple trees are reported as down, and are blocking roads. A church in Kalamazoo was also damaged.
Calhoun reports that multiple trees and power lines are down as a result of the storm. Three Rivers reports that trees are down cross the city.
In Holland, branches are reported down across the city, including the Hope College campus. Trees are also down on Waverly and Chicago Drive. On Butternut Drive, there is a down high voltage line. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/mondays-storm-damage-causes-multiple-power-outages | 2022-08-29T22:27:58Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/mondays-storm-damage-causes-multiple-power-outages | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Free at-home COVID-19 tests that first began being shipped out in January will be placed on pause on Friday because of lack of funding.
According to a banner on the top of the COVID.gov website, orders would be suspended on Friday "because Congress hasn’t provided additional funding to replenish the nation’s stockpile of tests."
NPR reported that orders will still be accepted until Friday.
The website was launched mid-January after the Biden administration faced criticism for test shortages as the omicron variant surged nationwide.
According to the White House, 350 million tests had been delivered to households nationwide as of last May. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/shipping-of-free-at-home-covid-tests-to-be-paused-due-to-lack-of-funding | 2022-08-29T22:28:10Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/shipping-of-free-at-home-covid-tests-to-be-paused-due-to-lack-of-funding | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
OCONEE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – An Oconee County man is accused of soliciting a minor for sexually explicit images.
According to the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office, a school resource officer took a report Friday from a teenager who sent a sexually explicit photograph to 43-year-old Shane Adam Burdette.
Investigators said Burdette had solicited explicit pictures of the victim on August 22.
Burdette was arrested and charged with Criminal Solicitation of a Minor.
He is being held in the Oconee County Detention Center on $50,000 bond. | https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/oconee-co-accused-of-soliciting-explicit-images-of-minor/ | 2022-08-29T22:29:58Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/oconee-co-accused-of-soliciting-explicit-images-of-minor/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MEDINA — Twenty-nine members of the Medina High School class of 1957 got together for their 65-year class reunion at the Shirt Factory Cafe on Aug. 26. The cohort may have dwindled in number, but not in school spirit.
Class members have met every five years since graduation and many of them have attended nearly every reunion, according to organizer Barbara Clark. A number who reside in the local area were getting together for lunch once a year at Darrell's Place in Middleport, until the Covid pandemic started. They enjoy the camaraderie and catching up on old times.
“Mostly, we talk about our ailments,” Clark said. “We’re just happy to be together.”
Of 100 original class members, 56 are deceased.
The only surviving class officer is president Lee Schrader of Lockport, who has attended most of the reunions.
Among the classmates are lawyers, ministers and pilots. Ron Felstead of Medina learned to fly the year he graduated and got his pilot’s license the following year. He went on to a successful teaching career, while advancing his flying ambitions. He became a certified FAA instructor, and a few years ago he received the prestigious Wright Brothers Master Pilot’s Award from the government for 50 years of safe flying with no accidents or incidents.
Felstead took advantage of the reunion to catch up with classmates, including Rich Manley of Rochester and Edgar Wilkins of Albion.
Clark said she received correspondence from classmates in several other states, including Florida and Texas, who were not able to attend.
She presented each reunion attendee with a magnet bearing a photograph of the old high school and the words “65th class reunion 1957.” | https://www.lockportjournal.com/community/mhs-57-classmates-reunited/article_a197aa96-27dd-11ed-a795-7793d919c51d.html | 2022-08-29T22:41:46Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/community/mhs-57-classmates-reunited/article_a197aa96-27dd-11ed-a795-7793d919c51d.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MEDINA — A longtime tradition at Orleans Community Health is being reinstated after a seven-year absence.
A Service of Remembrance was a tradition at the hospital for 18 years, until its organizer retired.
The service, started by former nurse Debbie Cook, honored loved ones who died at Medina Memorial Hospital during the prior year or had been dialysis patients in one of the hospital’s two dialysis units.
When Cook retired seven years ago, the service kind of retired with her, said Scott Robinson, director of marketing, communication and outreach at Community Partners.
A year ago, Randi Ingersoll was hired as social worker, and while going though files and records, she found information on the remembrance services.
“I found minutes on the planning committees and news articles that had been written about the services, and it was intriguing to me,” Ingersoll said.
The annual service was held at a local church and featured a keynote speaker and a memorial reading by Cook. Each family member who attended was given a candle to light as their loved one’s name was read. Family members were also invited to a reception after the service.
“A couple of months ago, I reached out to Deb and asked if she minded if I brought the tradition back, and asked if she would help me,” Ingersoll said. “She said she would be happy to help.”
Ingersoll set up a committee, consisting of two members from the hospital, staff of Orleans Community Health and a private duty nurse. Cook will help when she’s available or by phone.
“A lot of community members remember when we had the service or had a relative who was remembered,” Ingersoll said.
The service has been scheduled for 3 p.m. May 7, 2023, at Oak Orchard Assembly of God church. Although it’s nine months away, Ingersoll wants to get the word out.
“I want the service to be just like it was before, to show the community we remember their loved ones who passed away,” she said. “Deb was amazed I even knew what the service was and that I wanted to bring it back. I think Day of Remembrance is Deb’s legacy. She spent 18 years of her life honoring patients of the hospital who were lost.” | https://www.lockportjournal.com/community/service-of-remembrance-returning-at-medina-hospital/article_71dae646-27d4-11ed-8d61-578c84d738c8.html | 2022-08-29T22:41:52Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/community/service-of-remembrance-returning-at-medina-hospital/article_71dae646-27d4-11ed-8d61-578c84d738c8.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Most Americans who travel to their nation's capital as tourists come happily oblivious of the hectoring scolds who insist that American history is a long story of shortcomings. The visitors come for cheerful immersion in celebrations of the national story, as narrated by marble monuments, the Capitol, the White House and museums. Many tourists, however, take time for less-than-pleasant moments.
The inspiriting Air and Space Museum is a tourist favorite, but the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, which gives visitors the stern gift of an excruciating understanding, has received more than 47 million visitors since it opened in April 1993. And now there is a new museum where Americans can stare into the dark sun of totalitarian evil — and can take pride in their nation's record of ongoing resistance to it.
In a portion of an elegant Beaux-Arts building put up many decades ago for a posh club in downtown Washington, the Victims of Communism Museum opened in June. It is small. What it commemorates is enormous: 100 million dead.
And the carnage continues. Nicholas Eberstadt of the American Enterprise Institute has written:
"At its zenith — just before the 1989-91 collapse of Eastern European socialism, and the Soviet Union — the reach of Communist-style governments stretched across Eurasia from Berlin and Prague to Vladivostok and Shanghai, and from the frozen Siberian tundra down to Indochina; additional Communist outposts could be found in the New World (Cuba) and in sub-Saharan Africa (Ethiopia). In 1980, the world's 17 established Marxist-Leninist states presided over roughly 1.5 billion subjects (out of a total world population of approximately 4.4 billion). At that apogee, over a third of humanity lived under regimes that professed the 'communist' intent."
Today, the global population is approximately 8 billion, and still about 1.5 billion suffer under communism. Aside from in the ramshackle states of North Korea and Cuba, communism is a China problem, one compounded with genocide (concentration camps, forced abortions, linguistic and other cultural erasures) and domestic surveillance far beyond Stalin's low-tech dreams.
The Victims of Communism Museum is small because an aphorism widely but unconvincingly attributed to Stalin is right: "One death is a tragedy, a million deaths a statistic." Our modern sensitivity — actually, our desensitized condition — challenges the museum. The 1770 Boston Massacre involved five deaths. The 1937 German bombing of the town of Guernica during the Spanish Civil War, which shocked the world and elicited Picasso's "Guernica," produced an estimated 1,600 deaths. How does a museum present the 100 million deaths?
By using small things: e.g., a slice of the black bread that merely prolonged starvation. There are also paintings from survivors of the gulags and recorded narratives of communism's arc of suffering. Before the museum's planners could have known how dreadfully timely it would be, they included something big: the Soviet-engineered famine, complete with cannibalism, that killed at least 4 million Ukrainians.
Communism, the theory of which is that ideas are mere reflections of material conditions, is a uniquely murderous idea. Leon Trotsky, who created the army that secured Lenin's subjugation of Russia after 1917, had undoubted intelligence, substantial political skills and no respect for reality. In his 1924 book "Literature and Revolution," he wrote that under communism "man will become immeasurably stronger, wiser and subtler; his body will become more harmonized, his movements more rhythmic, his voice more musical. The forms of life will become dynamically dramatic. The average human type will rise to the heights of an Aristotle, a Goethe, or a Marx."
Such thinking — fervor in the service of insanity — has been a recipe for 100 million deaths. So far.
The foundation operating the museum was chartered by Congress in 1993 but has never received government funding. It has been turned into a reality by an implacable advocate who will be 90 in December. Lee Edwards has been a fixture in the conservative movement since he helped found Young Americans for Freedom at William F. Buckley's Sharon, Connecticut, home in 1960. Edwards was a senior communications official for Barry Goldwater's 1964 presidential campaign.
Most of the 27 million Americans who voted for Goldwater, winner of just six states, are gone. One of them, however, has planted a reminder of the Arizona senator's anti-totalitarian legacy at the corner of 15th and I streets in Washington, D.C. There, anti-communism, which was and is the duty of this nation conceived in liberty, is made vivid.
Visitors to the museum will experience a wholesome immersion in the nation's anti-communist success. And they will be reminded that this work is unfinished. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/d-c-s-new-victims-of-communism-museum-tells-a-vital-unfinished-tale/article_75b63868-27c2-11ed-9b1b-c70159bf0b46.html | 2022-08-29T22:41:58Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/d-c-s-new-victims-of-communism-museum-tells-a-vital-unfinished-tale/article_75b63868-27c2-11ed-9b1b-c70159bf0b46.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DETROIT — A 19-year-old man suspected of randomly killing three people on Detroit streets over roughly two hours may have been emboldened when he didn't encounter police after the first shooting, the mayor said Monday.
The victims included a single mother of five children who was waiting for a bus Sunday. Lari Brisco was planning to move this week to a suburb closer to her job as a medical assistant at an allergy clinic.
“You never expect gun violence to hit close to home. You always hear about shootings, but it’s never someone you know until it is," said her boss, Dr. Kathleen Dass.
Police still were sorting out details while a suspect who may have a mental illness remained in custody. The man was peacefully arrested at home after a 12-hour search Sunday, following a tip from someone close to him.
He “terrorized our community,” Chief James White said.
Mayor Mike Duggan said no one called 911 when the first victim, a 28-year-old man, was shot before dawn, less than two miles from a police station.
“At 4:45 on a Sunday morning, not a lot of people are up. Some people might have thought they were hearing firecrackers," Duggan said. “I think there's a strong probability he expected to get caught. ... And then 35 minutes later he shoots and kills a second individual and proceeds from there.”
The first incident occurred at 4:45 a.m. The suspect shot a man without provocation, walked away and then returned to fire more shots, White said.
About 30 minutes later and three blocks away, police got their first 911 call for a woman in her 40s shot on a sidewalk. Brisco, 43, was the third victim, shot multiple times while waiting for a bus a short distance away.
Dass said her clinic had planned to give Brisco a cake to celebrate her move to a new home.
“My patients loved her because she treated them all like they were her family," the doctor said.
A fourth shooting occurred at 7:10 a.m. while an 80-year-old man was walking his dog, said Michael McGinnis, major crimes commander. He survived.
A gun found by police matched the bullet casings at the shooting scenes, McGinnis said.
Bishop Daryl Harris of Total Life Christian Ministries said he could “feel the panic” in his congregation when he informed people that an active shooter was at large Sunday.
“Many of our members were distraught as they ran out of the sanctuary to try to call their loved ones and families,” he said.
Duggan described the victims as “innocent people going about their lives on a Sunday morning.”
He lamented that Detroit has limited use of ShotSpotter, a gunshot-detection technology. It's used in some precincts but not in the area where the shootings occurred. The City Council in June postponed a vote on expansion.
“Every single detective who came to the command center said the same thing: If we had had ShotSpotter, there was an excellent chance we would have arrested him by five in the morning,” the mayor said. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/man-suspected-of-killing-3-terrorized-detroit-chief-says/article_96985838-27d4-11ed-971f-f3fc1a23012a.html | 2022-08-29T22:42:05Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/man-suspected-of-killing-3-terrorized-detroit-chief-says/article_96985838-27d4-11ed-971f-f3fc1a23012a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — NASA called off the launch of its mighty new moon rocket on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard Monday after a last-minute cascade of problems culminating in unexplained trouble related to an engine.
The next launch attempt will not take place until Friday at the earliest and could be delayed until mid-September or later.
The mission will be the first flight in NASA's Artemis project, a quest to put astronauts back on the moon for the first time since the Apollo program ended 50 years ago.
As precious minutes ticked away Monday morning, NASA repeatedly stopped and started the fueling of the Space Launch System rocket because of a leak of highly explosive hydrogen, eventually succeeding in reducing the seepage. The leak happened in the same place that saw seepage during a dress rehearsal in the spring.
The fueling already was running nearly an hour late because of thunderstorms off Florida’s Kennedy Space Center.
Then, NASA ran into new trouble when it was unable to properly chill one of the rocket's four main engines, officials said. Engineers struggled to pinpoint the source of the problem well after the launch postponement was announced.
Mission manager Mike Sarafin said the fault did not appear to be with the engine itself but with the plumbing leading to it.
Complicating matters, as engineers were trying to troubleshoot that problem on the launch pad, yet another hydrogen leak developed, this one involving a vent valve higher up on the rocket, Sarafin said.
“This is a very complicated machine, a very complicated system, and all those things have to work, and you don’t want to light the candle until it’s ready to go," said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson.
Referring to launch delays, he said: “It’s just part of the space business and it’s part of, particularly, a test flight.”
The rocket was set to lift off on a flight to propel a crew capsule into orbit around the moon. The six-week mission was scheduled to end with the capsule returning to Earth in a splashdown in the Pacific in October.
The 322-foot (98-meter) spaceship is the most powerful rocket ever built by NASA, out-muscling even the Saturn V that took the Apollo astronauts to the moon.
The dummies inside the Orion capsule were fitted with sensors to measure vibration, cosmic radiation and other conditions during the shakedown flight, meant to stress-test the spacecraft and push it to its limits in ways that would never be attempted if humans were aboard.
Asked about the possibility of another launch attempt on Friday, Sarafin said, “We really need time to look at all the information, all the data. We’re going to play all nine innings here.”
Even though no one was on board, thousands of people jammed the coast to see the rocket soar. Vice President Kamala Harris and Apollo 10 astronaut Tom Stafford were among the VIPs who arrived.
Assuming the shakedown flight goes well, astronauts will climb aboard for the second Artemis mission and fly around the moon and back as soon as 2024. A two-person lunar landing could follow by the end of 2025.
The problems seen Monday were reminiscent of NASA's space shuttle era, when hydrogen fuel leaks disrupted countdowns and delayed a string of launches back in 1990.
Later in the morning, NASA also officials spotted what they feared was a crack or some other defect on the core stage — the big orange fuel tank with four main engines on it — but they later said it appeared to be just a buildup of frost in a crevice of the insulating foam. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/nasa-scrubs-launch-of-new-moon-rocket-after-engine-problem/article_243579aa-27d5-11ed-84f2-e789f6892df2.html | 2022-08-29T22:42:11Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/nasa-scrubs-launch-of-new-moon-rocket-after-engine-problem/article_243579aa-27d5-11ed-84f2-e789f6892df2.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Zombie ice from the massive Greenland ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10 inches (27 centimeters) on its own, according to a study released Monday.
Zombie or doomed ice is ice that is still attached to thicker areas of ice, but is no longer getting fed by those larger glaciers. That's because the parent glaciers are getting less replenishing snow. Meanwhile the doomed ice is melting from climate change, said study co-author William Colgan, a glaciologist at the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland.
“It’s dead ice. It’s just going to melt and disappear from the ice sheet,” Colgan said in an interview. “This ice has been consigned to the ocean, regardless of what climate (emissions) scenario we take now.”
Study lead author Jason Box, a glaciologist at the Greenland survey, said it is “more like one foot in the grave.”
The unavoidable ten inches in the study is more than twice as much sea level rise as scientists had previously expected from the melting of Greenland’s ice sheet. The study in the journal Nature Climate Change said it could reach as much as 30 inches (78 centimeters). By contrast, last year’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report projected a range of 2 to 5 inches (6 to 13 centimeters) for likely sea level rise from Greenland ice melt by the year 2100.
What scientists did for the study was look at the ice in balance. In perfect equilibrium, snowfall in the mountains in Greenland flows down and recharges and thickens the sides of glaciers, balancing out what’s melting on the edges. But in the last few decades there’s less replenishment and more melting, creating imbalance. Study authors looked at the ratio of what’s being added to what’s being lost and calculated that 3.3% of Greenland’s total ice volume will melt no matter what happens with the world cutting carbon pollution, Colgan said.
“I think starving would be a good phrase,” for what’s happening to the ice, Colgan said.
One of the study authors said that more than 120 trillion tons (110 trillion metric tons) of ice is already doomed to melt from the warming ice sheet’s inability to replenish its edges. When that ice melts into water, if it were concentrated only over the United States, it would be 37 feet (11 meters) deep.
This is the first time scientists calculated a minimum ice loss -- and accompanying sea level rise -- for Greenland, one of Earth’s two massive ice sheets that are slowly shrinking because of climate change from burning coal, oil and natural gas. Scientists used an accepted technique for calculating minimum committed ice loss, the one used on mountain glaciers for the entire giant frozen island.
Pennsylvania State University glaciologist Richard Alley, who wasn’t part of the study but said it made sense, said the committed melting and sea level rise is like an ice cube put in a cup of hot tea in a warm room.
“You have committed mass loss from the ice," Alley said in an email. ”In the same way most of the world’s mountain glaciers and the edges of Greenland would continue losing mass if temperatures were stabilized at modern levels because they have been put into warmer air just as your ice cube was put in warmer tea."
Although 10 inches doesn't sound like much, that's a global average. Some coastal areas will be hit with more, and high tides and storms on top of that could be even worse, so this much sea level rise “will have huge societal, economic and environmental impacts,” said Ellyn Enderlin, a geosciences professor at Boise State University.
Time is the key unknown here and a bit of a problem with the study, said two outside ice scientists, Leigh Stearns of the University of Kansas and Sophie Nowicki of the University of Buffalo. The researchers in the study said they couldn't estimate the timing of the committed melting, yet in the last sentence they mention, “within this century,” without supporting it, Stearns said.
Colgan responded that the team doesn’t know how long it will take for all the doomed ice to melt, but making an educated guess, it would probably be by the end of this century or at least by 2150.
Colgan said this is actually all a best case scenario. The year 2012 (and to a different degree 2019 ) was a huge melt year, when the equilibrium between adding and subtracting ice was most out of balance. If Earth starts to undergo more years like 2012, Greenland melt could trigger 30 inches (78 centimeters) of sea level rise, he said. Those two years seem extreme now, but years that look normal now would have been extreme 50 years ago, he said.
“That’s how climate change works,” Colgan said. “Today’s outliers become tomorrow’s averages.” | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/zombie-ice-from-greenland-will-raise-sea-level-10-inches/article_133b7c70-27d6-11ed-ac82-276ce29108e5.html | 2022-08-29T22:42:17Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/zombie-ice-from-greenland-will-raise-sea-level-10-inches/article_133b7c70-27d6-11ed-ac82-276ce29108e5.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
South Louisiana Community College and Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office have partnered to provide a welding technical degree program as a second chance for offenders.
The partnership began back in 2017 as an effort to reduce recidivism by providing inmates with the education and skills to step into a high-wage, high-demand field upon release yielding more stability in their lives.
SLCC vice chancellor for institutional advancement and external relations, Lana Fontenot said, "Education is really a critical gateway for economic and social mobility. Unfortunately it’s an opportunity that is denied to so many of our citizens that are currently incarcerated."
There were seven graduates in the program's fifth cohort this year. Five of the graduates are still incarcerated and will be transferred to parishes with work-release programs to begin using their welding skills.
Lafayette's transitional work program was initiated in 2019 in efforts of broader downsizing and and layoffs.
Read more about the second chance SLCC- Lafayette Sheriff's welding program on our partners at The Acadiana Advocate website by clicking here. | https://www.katc.com/news/around-acadiana/slcc-and-lpso-partnership-provides-offenders-with-second-chance-graduate-program | 2022-08-29T22:49:16Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/around-acadiana/slcc-and-lpso-partnership-provides-offenders-with-second-chance-graduate-program | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PALMER, Mass. (WWLP) – The Palmer Fire Department along with the American Red Cross are offering free smoke and carbon monoxide alarms to residents.
Residents can get the free alarms along with installation if their home was built before 1975 and the current smoke alarms in the house are 10 years old or older.
If you are eligible and interested, you can contact the Palmer Fire Department at 413-283-3861. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampden-county/free-smoke-co-alarms-for-qualified-palmer-residents/ | 2022-08-29T22:49:22Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampden-county/free-smoke-co-alarms-for-qualified-palmer-residents/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Lafayette Utilities System’s (LUS) Customer Service location at 2701 Moss Street will only have the drive-thru open to customers on Tuesday, August 30, and Wednesday, August 31, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Payments can also be made by mail, online at www.lus.org [lus.org], and by telephone at (337) 291-8280.
The Customer Service Center at 1875 W. Pinhook Road is open to walk-in customers. Both customer service locations have a drop-box available for check or money order payments (LUS strongly suggests that you do not drop off cash).
LUS Customer Service Call Center will be available to answer any customer questions. | https://www.katc.com/news/lafayette-parish/lus-closes-moss-street-center-to-walk-ins-tuesday-and-wednesday | 2022-08-29T22:49:41Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/lafayette-parish/lus-closes-moss-street-center-to-walk-ins-tuesday-and-wednesday | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Free at-home COVID-19 tests that first began being shipped out in January will be placed on pause on Friday because of lack of funding.
According to a banner on the top of the COVID.gov website, orders would be suspended on Friday "because Congress hasn’t provided additional funding to replenish the nation’s stockpile of tests."
NPR reported that orders will still be accepted until Friday.
The website was launched mid-January after the Biden administration faced criticism for test shortages as the omicron variant surged nationwide.
According to the White House, 350 million tests had been delivered to households nationwide as of last May. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/shipping-of-free-at-home-covid-tests-to-be-paused-due-to-lack-of-funding | 2022-08-29T22:49:43Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/shipping-of-free-at-home-covid-tests-to-be-paused-due-to-lack-of-funding | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Starbucks fans, rejoice. The company's favorite fall beverage, pumpkin spice latte, is returning this week.
On Monday, Starbucks announced that the drink would be available at stores nationwide beginning Tuesday.
According to the coffee giant, this marks the 19th year of the famous drink, which combines the company's signature espresso and includes steamed milk, cinnamon, nutmeg, and a pumpkin clove topped with whipped cream and pumpkin pie spices.
But this year, customers will be paying a bit more for the drink.
According to CNN, the drink price, which comes hot, iced, or blended, will increase by 4% compared to last year.
CNN reported that the drink could cost $5.45 to $5.95 depending on where you're located.
CNN reported the cost increase is due to inflation, which has caused many companies to raise prices to keep up with supply costs.
Starbucks added other favorites returning to its menus, including the pumpkin cream cold brew, apple crisp macchiato, and apple crisp oatmilk macchiato. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/starbucks-bringing-back-its-pumpkin-spice-latte-but-itll-cost-a-bit-more | 2022-08-29T22:50:01Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/starbucks-bringing-back-its-pumpkin-spice-latte-but-itll-cost-a-bit-more | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
While the chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms won't be going away anytime soon, the risk of activity through mid-week should be a little lower than what it has been for Acadiana of late.
Rain chances look to be more confined to the afternoon/early evening hours with probabilities in the 40-50% range (still above normal for the time of year).
In turn, with fewer storms earlier in the day, temperatures should rise back into the lower 90s Tuesday and perhaps Wednesday before any activity gets kicking in the afternoon.
Deeper tropical moisture and more atmospheric instability are anticipated later this week and into the weekend, raising rain chances back up to near 70-80% by Friday continuing into the weekend.
See the latest KATC 10 Day Forecast.
There could be some good news down the line...but tempered by the lack of accuracy of long range models, however both the GFS and Euro are hinting at our first half way decent cool front by mid-September!
While 16 day forecasts are generally horrible, it is a sign that we are just a few weeks away from the time of year when brief breaths of fresh air try to make it to the Gulf Coast.
Meanwhile in the tropics, while there are areas of interest in the Tropical Atlantic, at this time there's not a whole lot threatening the Gulf of Mexico over the next week other than tropical waves keeping the moisture high across portions of the region.
One system of interest that looks to develop in the near-term in the mid-Atlantic is currently expected to make the turn into the open Atlantic before threatening any land areas.
And given we're entering September in a couple of days, we should be seeing multiple areas of concern in the weeks ahead.
Historically August 29th has been a notorious in Louisiana hurricane history with Katrina, Isaac, and Ida all making landfall on this date.
Ida was a very high end Category 4 at landfall with 150 mph winds...and this damaging winds (and Pontchartrain surge) penetrated all the way toward the I-10/I-12 corridor.
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10-Year-Old Boy Rescues Mom Having Seizure in Backyard Pool, Saving Her From Drowning
The remarkable rescue was captured on surveillance video in Kingston, Oklahoma. “Proud isn’t even enough a word for it,” the mom tells Inside Edition.
Any mom would be proud when her son is publicly hailed a hero. But for Lori Keeney, this award is extra special — because her son’s in the spotlight for saving her life.
Surveillance video shows 10-year-old Gavin Keeney diving into the family pool to save his mom, who was having an epileptic seizure at their home in Kingston, Oklahoma.
Gavin lifted his mom’s face out of the water, just like a trained lifeguard would do. Then he clung to the ladder while supporting his mom’s head to keep her from drowning.
His grandfather realized what was happening and rushed to help. Mom threw her arms around him and the family embraced in relief.
Gavin tells Inside Edition he has never been taught how to save someone from drowning.
Yet he was still able to save his mom, who says she’s amazed when she watches the video of the rescue.
“Proud isn’t even enough a word for it,” Lori said.
Remarkably, Gavin actually saved his mom's life once before when she was choking.
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Britney Spears Says 2008 Psychiatric Hold Was 'Premeditated' And 'Pure Abuse' in New Audio Recording
“I honestly deserve an award for acting like I was OK everyday. I thought they were trying to f*****g kill me,” the pop star said in a now-deleted audio recording.
Britney Spears is shedding new light about what she says led up to her 2008 psychiatric hold, along with claims her family abused while she was under conservatorship.
“They literally killed me. They threw me away,” the pop singer said in a 22-minute audio recording posted to YouTube.
Spears says that right before she was hauled away in 2008, her mom, Lynne Spears, gave her a cryptic warning.
“She said, ‘We've heard people are coming here today to talk to you. We should probably go, you know, to a hotel or something,’” Spears said. “Then four hours later, there were over 200 paparazzi outside my house videotaping me through a window of an ambulance holding me down.”
Spears says the entire incident was a set up.
“I know now it was all premeditated, and a woman introduced the idea to my dad, then my mom actually helped him follow through and made it all happen. There was no drugs in my system, no alcohol, nothing. It was pure abuse,” Spears said.
In the years that followed, and throughout her conservatorship, Spears says she was constantly scared.
In 2019, Spears announced her Las Vegas residency was canceled because her father’s health was failing. She now says that was all a lie.
“I went to one of the rehearsals and I said ‘no’ to a dance move. The next day, I was told that I had to be sent away to a facility, and I was supposed to say on my Instagram, the reason why is because my dad is sick and I need treatment,” Spears said.
As the “Free Britney” movement picked up steam, Spears says she can't believe her mom and sister, Jamie Lynn Spears, didn’t step up to help.
“I’m honestly more angry at my mom, because I heard when reporters would call her, she would go innocently hide in the house and she wouldn’t speak up. It was always like, ‘I don’t know what to say. I just don’t want to say the wrong thing. We’re praying for her,’” Spears said.
“I honestly deserve an award for acting like I was OK everyday. I thought they were trying to f*****g kill me,” the pop star continued.
The recording, which has since been taken down, clearly touched a nerve with Spears’ mother. Lynne Spears hit back saying she loves her daughter, but their issues should be talked about eye-to-eye by just the two of them in private.
Her father, Jamie Spears, has previously said that he has always acted in his daughter's best interest.
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Live Like Royalty in This $2.5 Million Dollar Michigan Castle
This castle in Michigan features a waterfall, drawbridge, secret rooms and more!
Ready to ditch the peasant life and live out your dream of being in a fairy-tale? For $2.5 million a castle in Michigan can give you that chance.
Everyone dreams of escaping to live like royalty one day and for one lucky person, that dream can come true. A recent “castle” has just been listed for sale and is looking for its next owners.
This home features everything one is looking for in a Medieval castle, including a moat, waterfall, drawbridge, secret rooms, hidden doors and passageways, a wine cellar, an iron fence, two gated towers, and many more fun features.
While the exterior and interior decor definitely give the old-timey castle feel, no expense was spared in ensuring the owner still has access to modern day luxuries. You could buy another small house in what was spent on the upgrades alone. $100K was put into window and door upgrades and $20k in updating the electrical system. The home also has an elevator, six new furnaces and air conditioners, and five fireplaces to enjoy.
This home was first built in 1990 for $10 million and offers five bedrooms, five bathrooms, and a four-car garage.
Along with the living quarters, the estate features over six acres of land. With that much land this home is sure to provide you with your own private getaway.
If this castle is too cheap for your liking just take a look at the other listings in the area and you’ll be sure to find your own multi-million dollar home.
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Matt Araiza Accuser Says Gang Rape at College Party Left Her 'Covered in Blood' And Bruises
Matt Araiza was fired from the Buffalo Bills after the allegations came to light. In a civil suit, a woman identified as Jane Doe accuses Araiza and two other San Diego State University football players of raping her at a party, allegations the men deny.
A woman says she was left bloodied and bruised after being violently raped by Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza, along with two other football players, during a college party, when the men attended San Diego State University.
The woman, identified only as Jane Doe in a civil suit against her alleged rapists, says she was a 17-year-old high school senior when she went to a Halloween party with some friends at a house off campus.
When she arrived, she was already intoxicated, the accuser says. According to her complaint, Araiza saw that she was drunk and handed her another drink anyway.
She alleges he brought her to a secluded spot in the backyard where they had sex, then led her inside the house and took her to a bedroom.
“I was pushed onto the bed face first and started going in and out of consciousness. It gets really hazy. Basically, several guys were taking turns assaulting me,” Doe said.
She says the assault went on for an hour and a half. She was left bruised and bleeding, and the piercings on her nose, belly button and ears were ripped out.
“My costume was covered in blood. I had bruises all over my legs, my arms. It was very aggressive. It was really, really violent,” Doe said.
The next day, she says she went to the police and an investigation was launched. But 10 months later, no charges have been filed.
“She feels let down by the police. She feels let down by the university,” said her attorney, Anna Yum, who filed a civil suit accusing Araiza and his former teammates, Zavier Leonard and Nowlin Ewaliko, of gang rape.
The three men deny the allegations.
The Buffalo Bills had high hopes for Araiza, when he was drafted in April after a stellar college career, where he earned the nickname, “The Punt God.”
But on Sunday, he was fired.
“It’s the best move for everyone to move on from Matt,” Bills general manager Brandon Beane said.
“I’ve been trying to get them to be held accountable. I've been trying to get them to face the necessary consequences. Him losing his job, it felt like a win,” Doe said.
The Bills were reportedly made aware of the accusations against Araiza last month, only after he was drafted.
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Missouri School District Reinstates Paddling to Discipline Students
Spanking would only be done as a last resort, the school board said, and only with permission from the parent.
A Missouri school district has revived corporal punishment of students as "a last resort" and only with the permission of parents.
The Cassville R-IV School District began classes for its 1,900 students last week, and informed parents that spanking students, which was abandoned in 2001, had been reinstated following a June decision by the school board.
The punishment would allow certified individuals to "use physical force as a method of correcting student behavior" to maintain "discipline and order in schools," according to the policy, which has been posted online by the board.
Parents have the option to agree with the punishment, or to opt out, the board said. During a recent open house, families were given forms to fill out that specified whether they authorized the school to use a paddle on their child.
Corporal punishment would be used only after "all other alternative means of discipline have failed" the policy said, and only "upon the recommendation of the principal." Spanking "should never be inflicted in the presence of other students," and must be carried out "in the presence of a witness who is also an employee."
Reactions from parents were mixed, with some strenuously objecting to their children being hit with a wooden paddle, to others saying physical punishment as a last resort was a suitable disciplinary measure.
Missouri mother Miranda Kraft Smith told Inside Edition Digital Monday that she isn't opposed to spanking, but thinks it should not be done at school by school employees.
"I do not believe that other people, teachers, counselors, or principals, should be putting their hands on our children," she said.
"If my child has done something wrong, they have tools they can use for discipline at school, and if we decide at home that a spanking is what is needed, then that is up to us," the mother said.
Merlyn Johnson said he did assume the position of Cassville school superintendent one year ago with the intention of reinstating corporal punishment.
"My plan, when I came to Cassville, wasn't to be known as the guy who brought corporal punishment back to Cassville. I didn't want that to be my legacy and I still don't," he told the Springfield News-Leader last week. "But it is something that has happened on my watch and I'm OK with it."
Parents had approached school officials about bringing back physical punishment, the superintendent said.
"Parents have said 'Why can't you paddle my student?' and we're like 'We can't paddle your student, our policy does not support that,'" Johnson told the local paper. "There had been conversation with parents and there had been requests from parents for us to look into it."
District spokeswoman Mindi Atherton declined to answer questions from Inside Edition Digital Monday. "We have done several interviews," she said when reached by phone. "We are just focusing on bringing our kids back."
The policy states that paddling would be used with "no chance of bodily injury or harm," and that "striking a student on the head or face is not permitted."
An estimated 19 states still use paddling, usually administered with a wooden paddle on the buttocks of students. Those states include Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Oklahoma.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1977 that physical punishment in schools does not violate the Constitution, and left decisions on whether to use it up to individual states.
The practice is highly controversial, with some child mental health experts decrying paddling as abusive, and asserting that striking a child only worsens anxiety and depression that may be affecting children with behavioral issues.
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'Pickleball for All': New Book Highlights Sport's Growing Popularity 57 Years After It Was Invented
Like with any sport, pickleball is also seeing its fair share of injuries, including ankle, knee and shoulder sprains, wrist fractures and concussions from falling.
With its accessibility and ease of play, pickleball is exploding in popularity across the country, according to Rachel Simon, author of the new book “Pickleball for All.”
“You can start playing without needing to buy a lot of expensive equipment or take really intense lessons,” Simon said.
Pickleball was invented in 1965 by three guys on a badminton court, using ping pong paddles and a plastic baseball. It was named after the dog of one of the founders, Simon said.
But the sport became more widespread during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We were outdoors, we were social distanced. People came from all over to get out of their homes, play, have fun,” pickleball player Jill Lesnick said.
Another bonus is the social aspect.
“One of the things I discovered while writing the book is how many players at different levels have met their best friends or their partners,” Simon said.
It’s also especially easy on the bodies of older folks. Inside Edition spoke to a group made up of people over the age of 50.
“I used to play a lot of racquetball, and that was really hard on my body. Pickleball is not quite as hard, but I still get a good work out,” player Mike Tenebaum said.
Like with any sport, pickleball is also seeing its fair share of injuries, including ankle, knee and shoulder sprains, wrist fractures and concussions from falling.
“We always recommend stretching before you play, getting the body loose and warm,” said Joey Sardinas, pickleball director at Centercourt.
Protective glasses are also a good idea.
An excerpt from “Pickleball for All,” can be found here.
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Where Is Tito the Otterhound? Rare Dog Escapes Just Minutes After Arriving at New St. Louis Home
The large and very rare purebred Otterhound bolted just minutes after arriving at his new home in St. Louis, his owner said.
Dozens of searchers are combing the greater St. Louis area, looking for a very big and very rare dog that has been on the run since Friday, according to its owner.
The dog is named Tito and is an Otterhound that had been bred and shown by AKC Breeders of the Year Andrea “Andy” and Jack McIlwaine of Ohio.
After being flown to St. Louis, he arrived at his new home and managed to break out less than 15 minutes after he got there, said his new owner Mason Miller.
The giant dogs, weighing more than 100 pounds and standing more than 30 inches tall, were bred for the now-illegal hunting of otters. There are currently only an estimated 600 Otterhounds left on the planet, according to the American Kennel Club.
They have an extremely strong sense of smell and can track animals through water for more than three days. They have webbed feet and two coats, allowing them to quickly move through cold water.
It's those skills that are worrying Miller, who said the dog may be travelling more than 10 miles a day as he runs loose.
Hundreds of fliers have been posted for the missing Tito, and he has been sighted several times, but has eluded searchers. If you spot him, please text Miller at 859-475-8418 with his exact location.
Miller advises people to not to try to capture Tito, but to instead follow the dog calmly and keep Miller advised.
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Wisconsin Woman Charged in Connection to Woman Set on Fire After Dying From Overdose on Reservation
Kayla Childs is the 2nd out of 4 individuals charged to be sentenced after her involvement in a scheme to cover up a drug overdose.
Following involvement in a woman being set on fire after dying from a drug overdose, Kayla Childs has been sentenced to two years and six months in federal prison, according to local reports.
On August 19, 2020, Stephanie Greenspon’s body was found in an abandoned, burnt-out vehicle on the Menominee Reservation in Wisconsin, according to authorities.
Three others — Emerson Reed, Timothy Snider, and Keith Wilbert — were also charged in relation to the incident, according to an affidavit in support of a criminal complaint filed in federal court.
This document includes the testimony of an FBI agent who helped investigate the death of Greenspon. “The investigation revealed an attempt by Timothy Snider, Jr. to conceal evidence of the death of a woman resulting from his distribution of a controlled substance,” the document states.
“The investigation further reveals that Snider arranged for Emerson Reed, Keith Wilber, Jr., and Kayla Childs to take steps to conceal his actions.”
According to local outlet WLUK, Childs pled guilty in March to the charge of misprision, or concealment, of a felony — understood as a crime that occurs when someone knows a felony has been committed but fails to inform the authorities about it — relating to her involvement in logistics around concealing the body.
Prosecutors say that Snider allegedly provided Greenspon with heroin about two weeks before her body was found.
According to the affidavit, investigators obtained Greenspon’s Facebook and cellphone records, confirming that she and Snider had a conversation about a heroin deal on August 3, 2020.
Witnesses told investigators Greenspon overdosed on heroin at Snider’s residence in Brown County, and Wilber and Reed also said that they received heroin from Snider, according to outlets WBAY and WLUK.
According to the affidavit, Reed told police Snider asked him to help get rid of the car and her body. Reed then contacted Wilber for help. Reed, Childs, and Wilber then assisted Snider in concealing Greenspon’s death.
Allegedly, this included moving the vehicle with her remains, then moving it again before setting it on fire.
“Reed, Wilber and Childs then moved the vehicle and [Greenspon’s] remains to a second location on the Menominee Indian Reservation, where Reed and Wilber used accelerants to set the vehicle and remains on fire,” reads the affidavit.
“Reed stated once they arrived at the final location, he and Wilber doused the interior and exterior of the Tiburon with a fluid and set it afire. Reed said he then left in the Jeep and Wilber and Childs left in Wilber’s truck.”
Reed was charged with misprision, or concealment, of a felony and arson in connection with a federal felony. After pleading guilty, Reed was sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to the outlet.
Wilber was charged with misprision of a felony and arson in connection with a federal felony, but died in July 2021, prior to the case’s completion, and his charges were formally dropped, according to local outlets WBAY and WLUK.
Snider is being charged with distribution of controlled substance, use of a communication facility in furtherance of a narcotics offense, and obstruction of justice conspiracy, according to the affidavit. According to local reports, Snider will be sentenced November 10.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — “Grades are just not going well,” says Dr. Dinur Blum.
Author of student athletes’ study ‘Sports, Study, or Sleep,’ Dr. Blum shares how academic probation is caused by student athletes being unable to meet certain academic standards. This results in players being ineligible to play.
“They are going to have to meet a certain grade point threshold,” says Blum.
A 2.3 grade point average in core courses or higher.
However, this is not the HBCU’s first run in with ineligibility. Back in 2019 the university faced a series of penalties from the NCAA after they discovered student-athletes were unqualified to compete in their designated sports. Resulting in a 5-year probation, a $5,000 financial penalty, and 3% of FAMU’s total athletics’ budget.
On average the typical compliance officer manages student athletes’ eligibility with financial aid, playing, and practice season. Blum suggests adding more to help with the load.
“It’s tough to keep track of so many student athletes and so much paperwork,” says Blum.
Dr. Blum goes on to say academic probation is not super uncommon, but expectations should ultimately remain on students graduating. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/experts-say-adding-more-compliance-officers-can-help-with-famus-probation | 2022-08-29T23:09:09Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/experts-say-adding-more-compliance-officers-can-help-with-famus-probation | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Tesla has been hit with a lawsuit from a California owner of a Tesla Model 3, and a potential class action suit was proposed over a braking issue with the vehicles.
The Model 3 owner claims that the car's driver-assisted feature dealing with braking causes their vehicle to suddenly stop for no apparent reason, for obstacles that don't exist, according to court documents, Reuters reported.
In the proposed class action lawsuit, the text called the issue a "frightening and dangerous nightmare."
In an August report from Vox, long waits and missing parts were just some of the details that customer complaints to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) show, including for owners of Tesla's Model 3.
Over 1,000 complaints regarding Tesla have come to FTC officials about service problems, delays, and getting parts to fix the vehicles, the report said, citing documents obtained through public records requests.
In the report, it details how one customer posted a photo on social media and tagged the company, alleging that after waiting 51 days for their model S to be fixed, they found that some parts where duct-taped together.
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TUCSON, Ariz. — "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection" hauls 13 games from the 1980s and 90s from the arcade, NES, Super Nintendo, Game Boy, and Sega Genesis.
Many of the games were used as inspiration for the fantastic "TMNT: Shredder's Revenge," which was released earlier this year.
Phil Villarreal: I grew up with all of these games. Going back through them was a rush of good and bad childhood memories. The two arcade beat-em-up games were among my favorites, and the ability to continue with a simple tap of the "start" button was a relief.
Revisiting the 1989 NES version — truly one of the worst and most difficult games I've ever played — was a little traumatic.
I adore the depth and breadth of this collection. It would have been easy to overlook the Game Boy games, but they made the cut. Revisiting the split-pea soup monochrome button-mashing platformers was an oddball treat.
Sean, as someone who's somewhat new to these older games, which stood out to you?
Sean Newgent: As a fan of classic beat-em-up games, I immediately hopped onto the four-player co-op arcade brawlers "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" and "Turtles in Time."
The games are difficult, quarter-munching adventures that perfectly capture that little moment of gaming history where every cartoon and movie needed to be accompanied by a game where you walk down the street, and everyone wants to beat the tar out of you. These games inspired "Shredder's Revenge", which we both really enjoyed, Phil. But that said, I almost feel like these two games needed to be included as a part of that title, not just as context, but because everything else on this collection is of lesser quality.
The infamous NES game is probably more famous for raising "The Angry Video Game Nerd's" ire than anything else. Then a slew of old-school Game Boy games and even a "Street Fighter 2" clone that, while competent, doesn't feel like anything I, as a modern gamer, need to revisit.
There are modern concessions, some online matchmaking, and many "Game Genie"-esque ways to enhance the games to make them more palatable to the modern, challenge-challenged gamer. But some toggles can make the already nightmarishly difficult games that much more insurmountable.
What additions did you enjoy, Phil, and do you think the collection missed any games?
Phil Villarreal: I appreciated the comic panel-style menu system that lets you quickly scroll through the baker's dozen games and shows you how many players each can support.
I would have loved to have seen four-player support on some of the other brawlers, such as "Turtles in Time" and "The Hyperstone Heist."
More unlockables might have spiced things up as well. The ability to substitute the Japanese versions on the arcade versions was welcome, and the addition of online play — at least for the multiplayer titles — is a godsend.
This game feels as though it were geared specifically to players like me, with little awareness or care for those like you. Our differing reactions make sense. To me, this collection is a brilliant time capsule of the Pandora's Box that were the TMNT games of yore. I choose to embrace the good and look back with a wince and smirk at the bad.
Final thoughts, Sean?
Sean Newgent: I have fond memories of a few of the TMNT games of the PS2 era when the series had a windfall, thanks to a pretty successful cartoon. That was my introduction to the series that I've since realized was a parody of comic books that turned into a kid-friendly toy-peddling franchise. So in some ways, this collection is interesting because you get to see that period where the turtles were going from hard-edged parody to parent-approved raditude. That comes out in the comic panels and all the included extras, a treasure trove of high-quality scans of comics, manuals, and other materials that fans will enjoy.
But the rest of the package didn't enthuse me as a gamer in 2022. We've covered a lot of time capsule collections this summer, and part of my issues with the game may be burnout from that. But also, in comparison to many of those collections, this one doesn't have the games to back it up. Nothing here is a certified classic, so your mileage with this package will come down to whether or not you grew up with the games and whether you like "TMNT." As I'm not in either category, it leaves this collection less a necessity and more a curiosity.
Plus, for the $40 asking price, there are more modern, interesting games for which to shell out your cash.
The publisher provided codes. Phil played on Xbox Series X. Sean played on PS4.
Past game reviews by Sean and Phil:
Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy
Diablo II Resurrected
NEO: The World Ends with You
Rainbow Six: Extraction
King of Fighters XV
WWE 2K22
Weird West
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga
TMNT: Shredder's Revenge
Capcom Fighting Collection
Capcom Arcade: 2nd Stadium
Stray
Digimon Survive
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Becky Nissen has worked at the Yakima School District for more than two decades, where she has served as payroll director, director of financial services and is now the executive director of finances.
An accountant by training, Nissen has worked for Educational Service District 105 and YSD since 1989. She has seen superintendents come and go and has enjoyed working for Yakima County’s largest school district, which she helped guide through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nissen’s service to YSD and its students has been applauded throughout the state. Nissen and her team at YSD received a rare Stewardship Award from the state auditor on Aug. 1 for its exemplary work.
She will retire at the end of August, two months shy of 22 consecutive years with the school district. The Yakima Herald-Republic interviewed Nissen about her work and accomplishments.
What persuaded you to work in education, to take these roles? What made that appealing?
When I graduated from college in 1987, I went to work in private accounting. Things happened within that company. I needed to leave. I saw the job opening for Yakima and it looked interesting. Retirement specialist? Cash accountant? That’s right up accounting.
Once you start working for K-12 and you’re using your expertise, you’re supporting people who are closest to the students: teachers and students. What better place to work and use your expertise?
What was the Yakima School District like when you started and how do you feel it’s changed in more than two decades?
When I first started back in 1989, I don’t know all the federal laws that were in place, but I do know the district was under a mandate to balance schools racially. They had a superintendent that they had for many years, he was very, very personable. The superintendent retired, they hired a new one, completely different personality from the one before. They started what was called magnet schools. They started trying to attract kids to different magnet schools. Those have since gone bye-bye. That’s kind of what was happening in the district at the time.
Fast forward to 2000. In 1997-98, the district experienced a double levy failure. I wasn’t here, I was at the (Educational Service District) then, so I came back right after they were in recovery from the double levy failure. Things were getting back to quasi-normal. When you lose levy funding in a district like ours, you also lose what’s called local effort assistance money. They had suffered a great loss when the voters didn’t pass the levy, but they were in recovery mode and things were getting back up and running. Since that time, the voters have absolutely supported our levies. We have four-year levies now.
We’ve had one, two, three, four superintendents since I came here back in 2000. We’ve had four superintendents, with Dr. (Trevor) Greene now leading the charge. Anytime you have leadership changes, different initiatives come about and things change. In the world of finance, we’ve always been somewhat stable as a district.
There was a time when the district gave us money to exchange for state money because the state was experiencing trouble. I think that was back in maybe 2006. The initiative from the top, the superintendent level, was to save all jobs. So we did. We went to work on making sure that we braid funding sources together to keep all our jobs. We did not lose any jobs during that time. It was a tumultuous time for a lot of districts, but we were pretty solid and were able to keep going.
We’ve always done that, including with the pandemic. We’ve been the recipient of a lot of ESSER (Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief) dollars and we’ve been able to keep people employed and that’s a real feather in the cap, if you will, for Yakima School District. We care about the staff and we care about their money and their lives and keeping them employed.
You’re now the executive director of finance; you’ve worked with several superintendents. What do you think makes someone a good leader in your experience?
Caring about the people who support you, your team. Just caring about them as individuals is probably one of the highest things that you can do for people. Supporting them wherever their careers might take them. It may not always be with the Yakima School District, but wherever they land I’m happy to support them. I’ve had that along my career and I’m ever grateful to people who have supported me.
What’s your job like?
As the executive director, I sit at the superintendent cabinet level, helping be a teammate at that level and to support Superintendent Greene and all the assistant superintendents. As the person who knows the funding streams and knows all the initiatives, laws, rules and regulations, I can help sort through new initiatives they want to implement for the district and make sure that those things have a funding source available or that we start figuring those things out.
Here in the finance and payroll office, we do everything from paying all the staff, paying all the bills, doing the grants claiming, running all the purchasing. We do all the budget, the year-end closing, the year-end financials.
Have there been times when there are ideas on the table and you’ve helped bring those to fruition?
Long-range curriculum planning ... working with Dr. Jenny Rodriguez on teaching and learning, understanding her long-range plan that she developed and how we set aside the funds so that the funds are available when it comes time to do the adoption of the curriculum. Ensuring that those funds are safeguarded. It’s critical, making sure that the funds are driven toward student learning and making sure that those are available for the students. We don’t exist without students coming in our doors, so making sure that the funding goes toward the buildings and the students and teaching and learning and those initiatives.
Can you speak about the pandemic and the challenges you faced then?
We had no idea what we would need to do. We had to switch to student one-on-one laptops, we had to get the teachers onto a platform that they could teach kids while they were at home. We had to get hot spots for people who didn’t have internet — lots of money, lots of expenditures, clean the buildings, buy all the supplies.
Thankfully, we had some assistance from FEMA (through the CARES Act) to do that, which was an interesting navigation. Ultimately, along that way, we were awarded more ESSER dollars — ESSER II and ESSER III. ESSER II was to open your buildings safely and get your kids back in school if you could. There’s a portion of ESSER III that’s for learning recovery. As time marched forward, all these things came up. Kids were experiencing severe mental health issues, being away from school was reported as a negative. Not to mention pivoting our financial processes.
We’re fortunate to have the ESSER funds, but it’s also given us a false sense that we have a lot of money to help us. We do, but that will come to a close.
We have some positives, like kids coming back into the schools this year, which is good. We opened a K-5 online to support the younger grades. We still have kids who are taking school online, parents aren’t ready to send them back.
We have a lot of initiatives that we’ve been able to with the ESSER funds, like opening up our health co-op downtown, the Howie Center. I think Yakima School District has made some really good decisions with the ESSER money to help support the schools during that pandemic time.
Are those expiring ESSER funds the biggest challenge facing the Yakima School District from a financial perspective?
The biggest challenge, yes, but even more, I think, is the enrollment declines — finding out where those kids are and getting them back in school if they’re still here in the community. Maybe they’ve moved out. That’s a challenge. We’re not anywhere close to the west side in terms of loss of student enrollment, but it does impact the finances.
There won’t be any replacement dollars at this point for ESSER depletion from the state government. It will be interesting to see what happens when our legislators come back into session, the impact to schools. They have done a House bill to give more mental health supports phased in over time. That’s really critical funding that’s coming forward to the schools to get more mental health nurses, counselors in for our kids.
As long as they don’t take money away, I think Yakima is going to be fine. We’ve tried to create with the 2022-23 budget a slope, instead of a cliff. They always talk about a funding cliff when funding is going to go away, so we’re very conscientious of that.
If I had a magic wand, I would wave it and our state would step up and always support the schools, but we are dependent, in Washington, on the vote for levies and bonds. We can’t build a building without the taxpayers approving a bond. If I had a magic wand, it would go away and the state would have a funding source for schools. We wouldn’t have to beg our community.
But I’m confident. Our voters have always supported the district. We’ve done some great things. I refunded three bond initiatives that built our new high school — Eisenhower, Stanton, remodeled Davis. We recently refunded some of those issues and took advantage of low interest rates, saving our taxpayers over $8 million.
I love that we were able to do that and that our board supports that kind of activity here from the finance office. It’s a lot of work, but it’s worth it, in the end, if you can be a good steward of the taxpayer dollars. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/education/community-q-a-ysd-finance-director-becky-nissen-retires-after-more-than-two-decades-of/article_7e989138-27c2-11ed-a955-1f9a2a1404f6.html | 2022-08-29T23:10:37Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/education/community-q-a-ysd-finance-director-becky-nissen-retires-after-more-than-two-decades-of/article_7e989138-27c2-11ed-a955-1f9a2a1404f6.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Yuyi Tsai, electronics engineer with the Self Defense Test Ship (SDTS) Remote Control System team at Naval Surface Warfare Center, Port Hueneme Division (NSWC PHD), demonstrates the wear and tear on the rear cables of the Forward Looking Infrared (FLIR) camera, part of the ship’s Compact Tracking Mount, during the Repair Technology Exercise (REPTX) at NSWC PHD. The ship’s team asked some of the additive manufacturing portable labs on site for the REPTX event to come up with a removable cover design that would protect the wires and cords so they don’t fray when the Compact Tracking Mount’s canvas cover is regularly removed and reinstalled. (U.S. Navy photo by Dana Rene White/Released)
Naval Sea Systems Command’s (NAVSEA) Naval Systems Engineering and Logistics Directorate Technology Office (NAVSEA 05T) is sponsoring REPTX 2022 and selected 65 technologies to participate.
NSWC PHD is a field activity of NAVSEA and is located at Naval Base Ventura County in California.
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TRI-CITIES, Wash.-
Movie fans are invited to celebrate the first-ever National Cinema Day on Saturday, September, 3rd.
Tickets for all movies will be $3 for the holiday. Medium drinks, candy, and popcorn will also be $3 each.
Over 3,000 movie theaters across the country will participate in this one day event. Regionally, theaters from Walla Walla to Yakima are participating.
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KING COUNTY, Wash. — The Washington State Patrol has issued a Missing Indigenous Person Alert for 25-year-old Monica Jackson, who was last seen in King County on August 26. She is in a mental health crisis and considered at-risk, according to the King County Sheriff’s Office. No vehicle is associated with Jackson and she is reported to be on foot.
Jackson is described as weighing 135 pounds, standing at 5’7”. She has brown eyes and her black hair is currently extremely short, cut at about a half inch.
She has not been seen since around 5 p.m. on August 26 in the Skyway area. Anyone who sees her should call 9-1-1 immediately. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/missing-at-risk-indigenous-person-monica-jackson/article_7d775276-27ea-11ed-b2ec-1bb4c0270675.html | 2022-08-29T23:13:57Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/missing-at-risk-indigenous-person-monica-jackson/article_7d775276-27ea-11ed-b2ec-1bb4c0270675.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
KENNEWICK, Wash.-
KPD Officer Markley and Deputy Benitez of the Benton County Sheriff's Office contacted a man, later identified as James West, slumped over the steering wheel of his car in the Circle K parking lot on W. Deschutes and N. Columbia Center Blvd.
According to the SIU report, West exited his car and ran north from the Circle K. Sergeant Melone with the Kennewick Police Department chased West and deployed his Electronic Control Device (ECD). This failed to stop West, and as the foot chase continued, it became apparent that West had a gun.
Pursuing Officers heard the gun discharge as the chase entered the parking lot of the Village at Grandridge apartment complex.
At that point Deputy Benitez discharged his gun towards West.
West was not injured and was taken into custody. He was medically cleared at Trios Hospital and transported to the Benton County Corrections facility.
According to court documents, West was arraigned on Friday, August, 26th on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm (a felony), and physical control of a vehicle under intoxicating liquor ( a gross misdemeanor). | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/siu-reports-on-kennewick-officer-involved-shooting/article_880ff828-27d1-11ed-8f4e-4b9a816883a2.html | 2022-08-29T23:14:03Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/siu-reports-on-kennewick-officer-involved-shooting/article_880ff828-27d1-11ed-8f4e-4b9a816883a2.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
YAKIMA COUNTY, Wash.-
The Washington State Patrol is investigating a non-traffic fatal collision near Grandview on Saturday, August, 27th.
According to the State Patrol, the single vehicle, was travelling westbound on I-82 near milepost 72, a mile west of Grandview, when the female passenger, Carina Rodriguez Elizondo, 33, of Sunnyside exited the vehicle while it was in motion.
She was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center where she died from her injuries.
Charges are pending against the driver of the car, a 29 year old Sunnyside man.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This press release provides shareholders of Cohen & Steers Infrastructure Fund, Inc. (NYSE: UTF) (the "Fund") with information regarding the sources of the distribution to be paid on August 31, 2022 and cumulative distributions paid fiscal year-to-date.
In March 2015, the Fund implemented a managed distribution policy in accordance with exemptive relief issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The managed distribution policy seeks to deliver the Fund's long-term total return potential through regular monthly distributions declared at a fixed rate per common share. This policy gives the Fund greater flexibility to realize long-term capital gains throughout the year and to distribute those gains on a regular monthly basis to shareholders. The Board of Directors of the Fund may amend, terminate or suspend the managed distribution policy at any time, which could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Fund's shares.
The Fund's monthly distributions may include long-term capital gains, short-term capital gains, net investment income and/or return of capital for federal income tax purposes. Return of capital includes distributions paid by the Fund in excess of its net investment income and net realized capital gains and such excess is distributed from the Fund's assets. A return of capital is not taxable; rather, it reduces a shareholder's tax basis in his or her shares of the Fund. In addition, distributions from the Fund's investments in MLPs are attributed to various sources, including net investment income and return of capital. The amount of monthly distributions may vary depending on a number of factors, including changes in portfolio and market conditions.
At the time of each monthly distribution, information will be posted to cohenandsteers.com and mailed to shareholders in a concurrent notice. However, this information may change at the end of the year because the final tax characteristics of the Fund's distributions cannot be determined with certainty until after the end of the calendar year. Final tax characteristics of all of the Fund's distributions will be provided on Form 1099-DIV, which is mailed after the close of the calendar year.
The following table sets forth the estimated amounts of the current distribution and the cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year-to-date from the sources indicated. All amounts are expressed per common share.
You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's managed distribution policy. The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates, are likely to change over time, and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The amounts and sources of distributions year-to-date may be subject to additional adjustments.
*THE FUND WILL SEND YOU A FORM 1099-DIV FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR THAT WILL TELL YOU HOW TO REPORT THESE DISTRIBUTIONS FOR FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES.
The Fund's Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return for fiscal year 2022 (January 1, 2022 through July 31, 2022) is set forth below. Shareholders should take note of the relationship between the Year-to-date Cumulative Total Return with the Fund's Cumulative Distribution Rate for 2022. In addition, the Fund's Average Annual Total Return for the five-year period ending July 31, 2022 is set forth below. Shareholders should note the relationship between the Average Annual Total Return with the Fund's Current Annualized Distribution Rate for 2022. The performance and distribution rate information disclosed in the table is based on the Fund's net asset value per share (NAV). The Fund's NAV is calculated as the total market value of all the securities and other assets held by the Fund minus the total liabilities, divided by the total number of shares outstanding. While NAV performance may be indicative of the Fund's investment performance, it does not measure the value of a shareholder's individual investment in the Fund. The value of a shareholder's investment in the Fund is determined by the Fund's market price, which is based on the supply and demand for the Fund's shares in the open market.
Fund Performance and Distribution Rate Information:
Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expense of the Fund carefully before investing. You can obtain the Fund's most recent periodic reports, when available, and other regulatory filings by contacting your financial advisor or visiting cohenandsteers.com. These reports and other filings can be found on the Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR Database. You should read these reports and other filings carefully before investing.
Shareholders should not use the information provided here in preparing their tax returns. Shareholders will receive a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year indicating how to report Fund distributions for federal income tax purposes.
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About Cohen & Steers. Cohen & Steers is a leading global investment manager specializing in real assets and alternative income, including real estate, preferred securities, infrastructure, resource equities, commodities, as well as multi-strategy solutions. Founded in 1986, the firm is headquartered in New York City, with offices in London, Dublin, Hong Kong, and Tokyo.
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Accordingly, there are or will be important factors that could cause actual outcomes or results to differ materially from those indicated in these statements. The company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
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MILFORD, Conn., Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Splash Car Wash, headquartered in Milford, Connecticut, today announced the acquisition of 4 Seasons Car Wash, a Liverpool, New York operation with two sites serving the market. One location is an express wash while the other currently operates in a self-service capacity which will be converted to an express format over the next few months. This acquisition brings Splash's total wash count to 54, 38 of which are located in New York with the remainder in CT and VT.
"We're excited to welcome 4 Seasons to the Splash Family," stated Jeff Arnold, co-founder of Classy Chassy, an upstate New York car wash chain acquired by Splash in 2021 and a current development partner for the company. "We look to further expand in the upstate New York region through additional acquisitions and continued greenfield site development."
Mark Curtis, CEO of Splash added, "Splash has started construction on two new Splash Express washes located in Oswego and Leray, New York, and has a total of 22 projects in various stages of development. We have additional sites approved in Vermont and will be entering two new markets in Massachusetts and New Jersey."
Splash announced that two new Connecticut sites, one located in Milford and the other in Derby, broke ground this week and are expected to open during the first quarter of 2023. Both the locations will operate as express exterior washes.
Splash Car Wash was started in 1981 by Mark Curtis and Chris Fisher with a single location in Greenwich, Connecticut. Since that time, Curtis & Fisher, along with their experienced team and partners, have developed over 50 locations, and currently operate carwash tunnels in Connecticut, Vermont, and New York. Many sites include detailing operations, six locations provide oil change services, and one location has a laundromat.
Splash has been named "Best Carwash" by numerous publications over 40 times and has been recognized as a "Top Workplace in Connecticut" this year by Hearst Publications. Four General Managers employed by Splash have been recognized as "Most Valuable Carwasher" by Professional Carwash & Detailing Magazine. Splash has been awarded the US Chambers of Commerce prestigious "Blue Chip Enterprise Award" and has been inducted into the Connecticut Business Hall of Fame.
Palladin Consumer Retail Partners is a private equity firm with extensive experience investing in and building leading consumer brands. Founded in 1998, the firm prides itself on working closely with management teams to create value through strategic and operational initiatives. Its principals have previously held CEO and other senior executive roles at several wholesale, retail, and financial services companies, and have invested in, financed, or managed over 100 public and private companies. Palladin partnered with Splash in 2018. Other current and former investments include Southeast Mechanical, Tailwind Hospitality, Leapfrog Brands, Decowraps, PB Metro, KT Tape, Nic+Zoe, InMotion Entertainment, J. McLaughlin, Things Remembered, Restoration Hardware, Spencer Gifts, Jamba Juice, Worldlynx, Multi-Flow, and Kwik-Tek.
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Patricia Donnelly
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LAURENS COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) — South Carolina Department of Transportation leaders said they’re replacing hundreds of bridges statewide as a part of their 10-year plan.
Work will soon start on a new project in Laurens County.
DOT leaders said Golden Acres Road will close on September 12 so crews can begin to replace the bridge over Millers Fork Creek.
“You always wonder if it’s going to fall in when you go across it,” said Michael Lawson, who lives near the bridge on Golden Acres Road.
Lawson said he’s excited to see the bridge replaced.
“I’ve been here 22 years. It’s been there ever since I’ve been here, they haven’t ever done anything to it,” said Lawson.
DOT leaders said this project is a part of their 10-year plan to improve roads and bridges statewide. They said the new bridge will be wider and have updated guardrails to make it safer.
There will also be no weight restrictions on the new bridge.
“I’m glad the bridge is being fixed, but I don’t want the trucks coming up through here,” said Lawson.
Neighbors said with no weight restriction on the bridge, more trucks will likely drive past their homes.
“If they’ve got a big bridge to go across, they’re going to use it,” said Lawson.
Lawson said he lives on a quiet road and said children who live nearby are often outside playing.
“The kids out here ride golf carts and stuff up and down the road, and it’s kind of scary with that curve down here,” said Lawson.
While he’s glad crews are replacing the bridge, he said when the bridge re-opens, it could create problems for neighbors and drivers.
“There have already been a couple wrecks on this road and if any big trucks are flying up through here, they don’t do the speed limit, they go wide open when they come up through here,” Lawson said. “I’m scared there’s going to be wrecks out here, you’re trying to pull out of your driveway and they come out that curve right there.”
DOT leaders said the bridge is expected to reopen in March.
People can see the full list of projects in the Department of Transportation’s 10-year plan online. | https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/laurens-co-bridge-closing-in-2-weeks-as-scdot-works-to-replace-it/ | 2022-08-29T23:22:13Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/laurens-co-bridge-closing-in-2-weeks-as-scdot-works-to-replace-it/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Megan Thee Stallion Will Cameo in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law
Only two episodes of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’s nine-episode run have debuted, which means there’s still a host of supporting players who have yet to be introduced. Many of these are cameos from other Marvel characters, including Charlie Cox’s much-talked-about return as Daredevil. However, one of these cameos comes straight from the real world. A new profile in The Cut reveals that rapper Megan thee Stallion has a role in an upcoming episode of She-Hulk.
Megan is currently basking in the success of her sophomore LP, Traumazine, which was released earlier this month, making her She-Hulk appearance a perfect cross-promotional opportunity. It’s unclear if Megan is making an appearance as herself on the show or if she’s playing a fictional character. Regardless, this isn’t the first time that Marvel has pulled from the world of pop music when casting its film & TV projects. Most recently, Harry Styles showed up as Eros/Starfox in a post-credits scene from Eternals. Other MCU actors like Zendaya (the Spider-Man trilogy) and Hailee Steinfeld (Hawkeye) have singing careers as well.
Regardless, this won’t be Megan thee Stallion’s first acting credit. She has previously guest-starred on episodes of NBC’s Good Girls and Starz’s P-Valley. Earlier this year, she was cast opposite Nathan Lane, Bowen Yang, and Megan Mullally in F***ing Identical Twins, an R-rated musical comedy from A24.
RELATED: Meet Jen’s Family In a New Clip From She-Hulk Episode 2
Technically, this isn’t the first time we’ve heard about Megan’s looming induction into the MCU. Rumors about her She-Hulk involvement began making the rounds last year. In an episode of his Everything Always video podcast, host Michael Roman claimed that the rapper would have a “recurring” role in the show. But time will tell if she sticks around for more than one episode.
The third episode of She-Hulk: Attorney at Law hits Disney+ this Thursday, September 1.
Are you excited to see Megan thee Stallion appear in the series? Who do you think she’s playing? Tell us your theories in the comment section below!
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Recommended Reading: She-Hulk by Soule & Pulido: The Complete Collection
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Barbiecore
If you've been seeing an influx of hot pink, well, everywhere, there's a reason. In honor of the new Barbie movie set to come out next summer, the bright hue is having its time in the limelight. However, if you're not into pink, Sonya Belakhlef, a celebrity nail artist, says the trend is more about bright colors than a specific hue. "Most people think of Barbiecore as bright pink, but I see it as any bright neon shades, from highlighter greens and yellows to bright oranges and corals," they say. "The best part of Barbiecore is that these shades are universal and complement any skin tone, so anyone can rock it." It also doesn’t require any fancy nail art or techniques, just a pigmented and bright neon shade. | https://www.oprahdaily.com/beauty/skin-makeup/g38636205/nail-trends-2022/ | 2022-08-29T23:24:52Z | oprahdaily.com | control | https://www.oprahdaily.com/beauty/skin-makeup/g38636205/nail-trends-2022/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
After announcing her impending retirement from tennis, Serena Williams is officially playing in what will presumably be her final U.S. Open. This year will be Williams’s 21st time playing in the tournament—she’s won the singles championship six times. “I don't know if I will be ready to win New York,” Williams writes of the possibility of grabbing a seventh title in the Vogue essay where she announced her retirement. “But I’m going to try.”
In celebration of Williams’s iconic career—and to cheer her on as she heads into the U.S. Open—we’re rounding up her most relatable and surprising moments. That includes a few special ones we found in the archives of The Oprah Winfrey Show. Let’s just say she’s a lady of many skills and talents beyond the world of sports: William even knows how to give a professional-grade pedicure.
Beyond that, though, is Williams’s decades-long dedication to being strong, honest, and empowering. She has simultaneously raised the bar for women everywhere and made it easier for us to demand equal treatment. Below, read some of the moments where Serena Williams made us feel seen.
For Williams, the struggle between balancing career and family is real—and relatable.
In her Vogue essay, Williams is straightforward about the difficulty of being a working mom. “I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family,” she writes. But she loves being a hands-on mom. Williams is fortunate enough, like many celebrities, to have lots of help in child-rearing, but she still struggles with the balancing act of raising a family and pursuing her career. “In five years, Olympia has only spent one 24-hour period away from me,” she writes. “I want to teach her how to tie her shoes, how to read, where babies come from, and about God. Just like my mom taught me.”
Even with the help she receives, Williams is keen on not missing those moments. She’s also honest about the realities of growing another human. “I definitely don’t want to be pregnant again as an athlete,” she writes. Williams revealed that she was actually two months pregnant with Olympia when she won her last Grand Slam title in 2017. And playing through that time was hard: “I went from a C-section to a second pulmonary embolism to a Grand Slam final. I played while breastfeeding. I played through postpartum depression.”
I never wanted to have to choose between tennis and a family.—Serena Williams
Williams has talked openly about the sexism and double standards she faces as a female tennis player.
Williams drew major attention at the 2018 U.S. Open when she received three violations and ultimately lost the match to her opponent, Naomi Osaka (who thus won her first Grand Slam title). After processing her experience, Williams wrote about it in a 2019 essay for Harper’s Bazaar. “So often, in situations similar to mine, when men fight back against the referees, they’re met with a smile or even a laugh from the umpire,” she says, referring to the fact that, in the 2018 match, she smashed her racket and argued with the ref after he falsely accused her of cheating. “I’m not asking to avoid being penalized,” she writes. “I am asking to be treated the same way as everyone else.”
The double standard is something Williams has talked about since. “When guys are saying, ‘Come on’ and pumping their fists, it’s ‘pretty exciting’—but for me, it’s ‘aggressive,’’ Williams tells Meghan Markle in the first episode of Archetypes, Markle’s new podcast.
In her retirement announcement, Williams also notes the double standard as it applies to having children. “If I were a guy, I wouldn’t be writing this because I’d be out there playing and winning while my wife was doing the physical labor of expanding our family,” she writes.
After losing to Osaka, she continued to support her fellow female athlete.
During that 2018 U.S. Open match, the crowd shouted and booed because Williams was being treated unfairly. Unfortunately for Osaka, that meant hearing boos when she was receiving her first Grand Slam title. Even through Williams’s frustration with the experience, she was gracious to Osaka and offered apologies after the fact. “In the end, my opponent simply played better than me,” Williams writes in her essay. “I am, was, and will always be happy for you and supportive of you,” she writes in an apology to Osaka. “I would never, ever want the light to shine away from another female, specifically another Black female athlete.”
Williams has since shown more support for Osaka. When Osaka withdrew from the 2019 French Open for mental health reasons, Williams told reporters: “I wish I could give her a hug because I know what it’s like. I’ve been in those positions.”
After her harrowing near-death birth experience, Williams has been an inspiration for speaking up for yourself.
In a 2022 essay from the collection Arrival Stories, Williams detailed how she nearly died while giving birth. Having learned in 2010 that she has a high risk for blood clots, Williams was understandably nervous about them returning. She had already given birth through C-section when she asked the nurse about starting her heparin drip (a drug that reduces the risk of blood clots). Unfortunately, the nurse didn’t take notice. Meanwhile, Williams was paralyzed: “I was in excruciating pain. I couldn’t move at all—not my legs, not my back, nothing,” she writes in her essay. “No one was really listening to what I was saying.”
Williams then began to violently cough, which burst her C-section stitches. What ensued was a series of surgeries: Turns out, Williams had an embolism in an artery and a hematoma in her abdomen. Eventually, Williams told the nurse that she needed a CAT scan of her lungs, knowing that she could have a dangerous blood clot. Once again, the nurse did not listen. “She said, ‘I think all this medicine is making you talk crazy.’ I said,
‘No, I’m telling you what I need: I need the scan immediately,’” Williams writes. The nurse continued to say Williams just needed rest. “But I persisted,” Williams writes, and eventually, she got the CAT scan. “Lo and behold, I had a blood clot in my lungs, and they needed to insert a filter into my veins to break up the clot before it reached my heart,” she writes.
Luckily, Williams finally got the surgery she needed and recovered from the near-death experience. Now she uses the ordeal to promote advocating for oneself. “Being heard and appropriately treated was the difference between life or death for me,” she writes. “In the U.S., Black women are nearly three times more likely to die during or after childbirth than their white counterparts.... I know those statistics would be different if the medical establishment listened to every Black woman’s experience.”
Williams experiences mom guilt just like every other parent does.
Williams also revealed to Markle that she once stayed up the entire night before a match because Olympia had broken her wrist. “She fell out of her high chair...and she was on my watch. And I was just, basically, devastated,” Williams says. “I literally couldn’t think. I felt so guilty.” Taking Olympia to the hospital and caring for her through the night meant Williams slept about 30 minutes before heading into her match. “I remember holding her the whole night and just rocking her to sleep,” she tells Markle. “I just didn't let her out of my sight at that point because I’m already hard on myself, and I’m a little bit of a perfectionist. But I was so mad at myself for even allowing that to happen.”
But, Williams being the GOAT and all, she ended up winning (read: the 2018 French Open—in her iconic black catsuit). Yet the ordeal forced her to think about the burden moms carry. “I was so emotionally spent.... Moms do a lot,” Williams tells Markle.
She has fun with fashion—and it makes her feel confident and empowered.
Williams has spoken several times about her desire to look nice, especially on the tennis court. She even told Oprah about it way back in ’02, when Serena and Venus paid a visit to The Oprah Winfrey Show. In the two decades since, Williams has continued to rock her sporty style—and has cultivated quite the red carpet game, too. It’s not something superficial, though: “If you don’t look good, you won’t play well,” Williams tells Oprah on TOWS.
Williams has many obvious talents (and some surprising secret hobbies).
In 2010, Williams paid another visit to TOWS and surprised Oprah by—wait for it—giving her a pedicure. And a professional-grade one, at that. Oprah’s shock was real: “I can’t believe Serena Williams is actually filing my big toe,” she says in the video. During the spa session, Williams revealed to Lady O that she actually used to want to do nails as a career. In fact, Williams consistently told her sister Venus that she’d go to school to train as a nail technician. Better yet—Williams actually did attend class, and her fellow students kept telling her that she looked like Serena Williams.
After giving Oprah the pedicure, Lady O asked the question that was on everybody's mind: How much longer would Williams play tennis? Williams, naturally, had a funny response at first—but then went on to say that she’d like to play the sport as long as she can.
Even though Williams’s decision to retire is a sad one, her impact on tennis, women in sports, and women’s empowerment is monumental. “I’d like to think that thanks to opportunities afforded to me, women athletes feel that they can be themselves on the court,” Williams writes in her retirement essay. “They can play with aggression and pump their fists. They can be strong yet beautiful. They can wear what they want and say what they want and kick butt and be proud of it all.”
Cassie Hurwitz (she/her) is Oprah Daily’s assistant editor, where she covers everything from culture to entertainment to lifestyle. She can typically be found in the middle of multiple books and TV shows all at once. Previously, Cassie worked at Parents, Rachael Ray In Season, and Reveal. Her love language is pizza (New York slices, Chicago deep dish, and otherwise). | https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a40981007/serena-williams-us-open-2022-retirement/ | 2022-08-29T23:25:02Z | oprahdaily.com | control | https://www.oprahdaily.com/entertainment/a40981007/serena-williams-us-open-2022-retirement/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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