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Several middle Georgia organizations receive grants to support arts
Thanks to a grant from Georgia Council for the Arts, several middle Georgia organizations are getting the support to continue immersing the community in the arts.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Thanks to a grant from Georgia Council for the Arts, several middle Georgia organizations are getting the support to continue immersing the community in the arts.
The council awarded more than $1.3 million to several organizations across the state.
We spoke with two right here in middle Georgia.
While art can be a form of expression, it can also bring people together.
That’s what the Grand Opera House is hoping to do with its $5,000.
“This space belongs to everyone, and everyone is an artist, and there’s something everyone can do creatively themselves,” Julia Rubens said.
Rubens is the Arts Marketing and Community Engagement Director for Mercer University.
She says the funding from the council will help them put on the “Macon Arts Explosion” event for its second year.
This year, they’ll get to add more vendors and days to the mix.
Rubens says her favorite part is seeing “mini interactions” between people.
“So artists meeting other artists, individuals who had never done a painting class taking the plunge for the very first time,” she said.
Rubens says the goal is to open the eyes of the community to art and immerse people into new experiences.
The Otis Redding Foundation hopes to achieve a similar goal.
“We hope to service more kids in our community and get them involved in music and arts education, so we’re really excited about that,” Karla Redding-Andrews said.
According to Andrews, the organization’s $20,000 grant is a way to help her inspire the youth.
“We know if we have a larger space to service more kids, we can impact the lives of so many kids, which was a dream of my father’s,” she said.
The money will help add team members and create new programs for the organization’s new facility when it opens next year.
Middle Georgia State University was also awarded a grant. $6,000 will go toward its goal of hosting a Native American-themed festival next year. | https://www.41nbc.com/several-middle-georgia-organizations-receive-grants-to-support-arts/ | 2022-08-30T04:39:18Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/several-middle-georgia-organizations-receive-grants-to-support-arts/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Several middle Georgia organizations receive grants to support arts
Thanks to a grant from Georgia Council for the Arts, several middle Georgia organizations are getting the support to continue immersing the community in the arts.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Thanks to a grant from Georgia Council for the Arts, several middle Georgia organizations are getting the support to continue immersing the community in the arts.
The council awarded more than $1.3 million to several organizations across the state.
We spoke with two right here in middle Georgia.
While art can be a form of expression, it can also bring people together.
That’s what the Grand Opera House is hoping to do with its $5,000.
“This space belongs to everyone, and everyone is an artist, and there’s something everyone can do creatively themselves,” Julia Rubens said.
Rubens is the Arts Marketing and Community Engagement Director for Mercer University.
She says the funding from the council will help them put on the “Macon Arts Explosion” event for its second year.
This year, they’ll get to add more vendors and days to the mix.
Rubens says her favorite part is seeing “mini interactions” between people.
“So artists meeting other artists, individuals who had never done a painting class taking the plunge for the very first time,” she said.
Rubens says the goal is to open the eyes of the community to art and immerse people into new experiences.
The Otis Redding Foundation hopes to achieve a similar goal.
“We hope to service more kids in our community and get them involved in music and arts education, so we’re really excited about that,” Karla Redding-Andrews said.
According to Andrews, the organization’s $20,000 grant is a way to help her inspire the youth.
“We know if we have a larger space to service more kids, we can impact the lives of so many kids, which was a dream of my father’s,” she said.
The money will help add team members and create new programs for the organization’s new facility when it opens next year.
Middle Georgia State University was also awarded a grant. $6,000 will go toward its goal of hosting a Native American-themed festival next year. | https://www.41nbc.com/several-middle-georgia-organizations-receive-grants-to-support-arts/ | 2022-08-30T04:39:18Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/several-middle-georgia-organizations-receive-grants-to-support-arts/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Two injured in South Macon shooting
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Two people were shot Saturday in the area of Elkan Avenue in Macon. According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office the exact location of the shooting is unknown. The victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries and refused to cooperate with investigators. We’ll have more information on the story as it becomes available. | https://www.41nbc.com/two-injured-in-south-macon-shooting/ | 2022-08-30T04:39:24Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/two-injured-in-south-macon-shooting/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Two injured in South Macon shooting
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Two people were shot Saturday in the area of Elkan Avenue in Macon. According to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office the exact location of the shooting is unknown. The victims suffered non-life-threatening injuries and refused to cooperate with investigators. We’ll have more information on the story as it becomes available. | https://www.41nbc.com/two-injured-in-south-macon-shooting/ | 2022-08-30T04:39:24Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/two-injured-in-south-macon-shooting/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
United Way of Central Georgia celebrates 100 years of service
United Way of Central Georgia is celebrating 100 years of giving back to the community.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — United Way of Central Georgia is celebrating 100 years of giving back to the community.
Since its inception, the organization has worked to increase reading levels within schools through its volunteer-driven program known as “Read United,” which is now in five counties across middle Georgia.
The organization has also helped people get back on their feet at the Brookdale Resource Center.
To celebrate 100 years, United Way is asking donors to increase donations to help those still in need.
“The poverty rate in central Georgia is more than double the national average, so our goal with our programs and what we’re trying to lead is an effort to at least cut that in half,” President George McCanless said.
United Way says it’s working to launch a campaign to celebrate 100 years.
For more about the campaign, click here. | https://www.41nbc.com/united-way-of-central-georgia-celebrates-100-years-of-service/ | 2022-08-30T04:39:30Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/united-way-of-central-georgia-celebrates-100-years-of-service/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
United Way of Central Georgia celebrates 100 years of service
United Way of Central Georgia is celebrating 100 years of giving back to the community.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — United Way of Central Georgia is celebrating 100 years of giving back to the community.
Since its inception, the organization has worked to increase reading levels within schools through its volunteer-driven program known as “Read United,” which is now in five counties across middle Georgia.
The organization has also helped people get back on their feet at the Brookdale Resource Center.
To celebrate 100 years, United Way is asking donors to increase donations to help those still in need.
“The poverty rate in central Georgia is more than double the national average, so our goal with our programs and what we’re trying to lead is an effort to at least cut that in half,” President George McCanless said.
United Way says it’s working to launch a campaign to celebrate 100 years.
For more about the campaign, click here. | https://www.41nbc.com/united-way-of-central-georgia-celebrates-100-years-of-service/ | 2022-08-30T04:39:30Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/united-way-of-central-georgia-celebrates-100-years-of-service/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
UPDATE: Fort Valley Police make third arrest in teen shooting death
The Peach County Sheriff’s Office located and apprehended Daquavious Oliver. He is the last of the three (3) suspects wanted for aggravated assault in connection with the death of a 16-year-old on August 20.
UPDATE (8/29): The Peach County Sheriff’s Office located and apprehended Daquavious Oliver. He is the last of the three (3) suspects wanted for aggravated assault in connection with the death of a 16-year-old on August 20.
UPDATE (8/29) : The Fort Valley Police Department has made a second arrest in the August 20 shooting death of a 16-year-old.
In a post on Facebook, the department announced the arrest of Daquan Williams. Williams was wanted for aggravated assault in connection with the shooting. He was arrested at a home in the county by Peach County Sheriff’s Office deputies Sunday morning.
This is an ongoing investigation.
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Fort Valley Police announced an arrest Thursday in connection with the shooting death of a 16-year-old on Saturday, August 20.
Witnesses identified Keyshon Williams and two other males as the people who assaulted the juvenile and a relative before the shooting, which resulted in the victim’s death.
Williams was taken into custody at FVPD and is charged with aggravated assault in connection with the juvenile’s death.
Warrants for aggravated assault are active for the two other suspects, who remain at large.
Follow Tucker Sargent on Facebook and Twitter. | https://www.41nbc.com/update-fort-valley-police-department-announces-second-arrest-connection-shooting-death-teen/ | 2022-08-30T04:39:36Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/update-fort-valley-police-department-announces-second-arrest-connection-shooting-death-teen/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
UPDATE: Fort Valley Police make third arrest in teen shooting death
The Peach County Sheriff’s Office located and apprehended Daquavious Oliver. He is the last of the three (3) suspects wanted for aggravated assault in connection with the death of a 16-year-old on August 20.
UPDATE (8/29): The Peach County Sheriff’s Office located and apprehended Daquavious Oliver. He is the last of the three (3) suspects wanted for aggravated assault in connection with the death of a 16-year-old on August 20.
UPDATE (8/29) : The Fort Valley Police Department has made a second arrest in the August 20 shooting death of a 16-year-old.
In a post on Facebook, the department announced the arrest of Daquan Williams. Williams was wanted for aggravated assault in connection with the shooting. He was arrested at a home in the county by Peach County Sheriff’s Office deputies Sunday morning.
This is an ongoing investigation.
FORT VALLEY, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Fort Valley Police announced an arrest Thursday in connection with the shooting death of a 16-year-old on Saturday, August 20.
Witnesses identified Keyshon Williams and two other males as the people who assaulted the juvenile and a relative before the shooting, which resulted in the victim’s death.
Williams was taken into custody at FVPD and is charged with aggravated assault in connection with the juvenile’s death.
Warrants for aggravated assault are active for the two other suspects, who remain at large.
Follow Tucker Sargent on Facebook and Twitter. | https://www.41nbc.com/update-fort-valley-police-department-announces-second-arrest-connection-shooting-death-teen/ | 2022-08-30T04:39:36Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/update-fort-valley-police-department-announces-second-arrest-connection-shooting-death-teen/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
SEATTLE — There’s a neat little trick Ty France can do with his bat.
He uses four fingers, no thumb, to balance the bat on one hand, palm up, and then feverishly flips the bat over and over, faster and faster, in front of him in a circle. It’s something you’d expect to see at halftime of a college-football game or in a fight scene of a Marvel movie.
In this case, France was casually performing the routine as he waited his turn outside the batting cage at T-Mobile Park on Saturday afternoon, four hours before first pitch.
Players were given the afternoon off Saturday. No team batting practice was scheduled before the Mariners-Guardians game that night. Many of them showed up anyway for a 1 o’clock news conference announcing Julio Rodriguez’s contract extension, and by 3 o’clock France was the first on the field.
France, in the midst of the worst hitting slump of his career, had the pitching machine placed about 45 feet in front of the plate. He then took turns in the cage with teammate Dylan Moore.
“We turned the velocity up as fast as it could go,” he said later, “and just tried to get on time for it. When you turn the machine up that high, you don’t really have time to think about anything. Your body just gets in a good place and kind of just shows you when you’re taking good swings and when you’re not.”
France ended the weekend in a better place. He singled in his second at-bat Sunday to break and 0-for-21 slide and then homered in his next at-bat in the Mariners’ 4-0, series-clinching victory over Cleveland. Moore’s three-run homer in the fifth inning had given the Mariners the lead.
“After the first hit, it definitely felt like a weight was lifted off (his shoulders),” France said afterward.
For a Mariners offense that has been, generously, inconsistent this season, France’s turnaround is a necessity. The Mariners (70-58) begin a six-game road trip Tuesday in Detroit fighting to stay in the wild-card playoff race, and France found his swing just in time.
“The most exciting thing (for) anybody has been watching us all year long — we need Ty France’s bat back,” manager Scott Servais said Sunday. “So I’m really excited about that.”
France, a 34th-round pick in 2015, made his first All-Star team this season, slashing .308/.376/.470 (.846 OPS) with 11 homers and 49 RBIs in the first half of the season, and his 2.1 wins above replacement, per FanGraphs, ranked second among American League first basemen.
But he was hitting just .122 with 15 strikeouts in 74 August at-bats entering Sunday.
France had sat out four games at the beginning of the month because of a wrist injury, but he had insisted the wrist wasn’t the root of his struggles at the plate.
It got worse before it got better. He had to leave Thursday’s game after a collision at first base with Cleveland’s Jose Ramirez, and he was ejected on Saturday after arguing with home-plate umpire Lance Barrett.
“He’s a really bad dude when he’s in a slump,” Servais said.
After striking out in his first at-bat Sunday, France had a solid line-drive single to left field in the fifth inning, starting the Mariners’ first scoring opportunity. He led off the seventh inning and turned on a 1-0 fastball from Cleveland’s Aaron Civale, hitting it 398 feet off the facing of the second deck in left field.
It was his 15th homer of the season and first since Aug. 6.
“Hopefully this gets him going. We need him,” Servais said. “He’s been our best offensive player all year long. These things happen. … I’m glad it’s happening now and not Sept. 20. All these games are going to be big. So let’s get it out of the way and move forward.”
France was confident the turnaround would come, eventually.
“Every player in the game, they’re gonna go through their waves,” he said. “For me, it was one of those things where I knew I was gonna get out of it. It was just a matter of when. This is probably one of the longer ones I’ve ever had, but I knew I was gonna come out of it at some point, and hopefully today it was the start the climb.”
Evan White reinstated from IL
First baseman Evan White was reinstated from the 60-day injured list and optioned to Class AAA Tacoma on Monday, the team announced.
White, 26, was placed on the 10-day IL (sports hernia) on April 7 and transferred to the 60-day IL on April 28. In his most recent rehab assignment with Tacoma, he hit .250 (11-for-44) with four home runs, four doubles in 13 appearances.
In 2021, White appeared in 30 games with the Mariners, hitting .144 (14-for-97) with two homers and three doubles. He was placed on the injured list with a strained left hip flexor on May 14, 2021, and missed the remainder of the season. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/professional_sports/mariners/a-weight-was-lifted-for-mariners-ty-france-after-prolonged-slump/article_9450beae-27e2-11ed-9add-8bff88cdcd85.html | 2022-08-30T04:40:53Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/professional_sports/mariners/a-weight-was-lifted-for-mariners-ty-france-after-prolonged-slump/article_9450beae-27e2-11ed-9add-8bff88cdcd85.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
RENTON — The Seahawks’ plan to contend this season and begin building a foundation of new, young talent to carry the team through the post-Russell Wilson/Bobby Wagner era rests strongly on the nine-man 2022 draft class.
So, with training camp over and the regular season now two weeks away with the opener against Denver on Sept. 12, it’s a good time to take an updated look at each of the nine draft picks, how they performed in the team’s three preseason games and how their roles project going forward.
- Left tackle Charles Cross: Seattle’s first-round pick, taken No. 9 overall, looked the part in the preseason, starting all three games at left tackle and playing 122 snaps. Cross committed five penalties in game two against the Bears but didn’t have any in the other two games. Most important to Seattle, he performed well at what will be the most important task the team will ask of him — pass blocking. According to Pro Football Focus, he allowed just two pressures, one quarterback hit and no sacks in 80 pass block snaps. Still a long way to go. But early signs are promising that Seattle has indeed found its left tackle for the next decade.
- Running back Ken Walker III: Seattle unfortunately got just one look at Walker, the 40th overall pick in the preseason, with 13 snaps in the opener against the Steelers, before he was sidelined with a hernia issue that required surgery. Walker had 19 yards in five carries and one reception for 11 more before being sidelined. Coach Pete Carroll says there’s a chance Walker could be back for the opener. But the strong play of DeeJay Dallas and Travis Homer in the preseason means Seattle can feel more comfortable easing Walker back into things. Once healthy, Walker projects as the backup and complementary back behind Rashaad Penny.
- Linebacker Boye Mafe: A shoulder injury held Mafe, the 41st overall pick, out of the preseason finale. But he showed promise in 71 snaps in the first two games with two sacks and five tackles. He was also credited by Pro Football Focus with missing three other tackles. He’s listed second on the depth chart at one OLB spot behind Uchenna Nwosu, and the team will likely try to get him on the field in pass-rush situations as much as possible early on — he had 46 pass rush snaps to 23 in run defense in the preseason, with another two in coverage.
- Right tackle Abraham Lucas: Lucas, the 72nd overall pick out of WSU, appears to have won the starting right tackle job after a strong preseason in which he allowed three pressures but no sacks in 88 pass rush snaps, according to PFF.
Cornerback Coby Bryant: The 109th overall pick, Bryant was moved to the nickel spot early in camp and played there increasingly as the preseason progressed. Of his 138 snaps, 80 came in the slot. But that was more pronounced in the finale against Dallas when 49 of his 55 snaps came in the slot, indicating that for now he will be the backup there to veteran Justin Coleman — unless the team makes a move with Coleman. Bryant allowed eight receptions on 14 targets and one TD for a passer rating against of 101.2. He was second on the team with three pass breakups.
Cornerback Tariq Woolen: The 153rd overall pick was maybe the breakout rookie of camp, emerging as a starter at right cornerback for all three games with 120 snaps overall. Depending on the health/status of Artie Burns and Sidney Jones IV — listed as the two starting outside CBs throughout but who played only one combined game in the preseason (Burns against Dallas) — Woolen could start in the opener against Denver. Woolen allowed three receptions on nine targets in the preseason — but none on five targets in the last two games — for 38 yards, one touchdown and a passer rating of 84.5.
Linebacker Tyreke Smith: The 158th overall pick out of Ohio State did not play in the preseason due to a hip injury and his status for the regular season remains unclear. “I don’t know that yet,” Carroll said last week. “He’s going to have to have a really good week next week to make that happen.” Smith was listed fourth on the depth chart for the Dallas game at OLB.
Receiver Bo Melton: The 229th overall pick finished with seven receptions — tied for the most on the team — on 13 targets for 89 yards. But he was also credited with three of Seattle’s 11 drops by receivers in the preseason, via PFF, finishing with a passer rating when targeted of 75.5. He saw 29 of his 98 snaps playing in the slot. It was thought Melton might factor into the return game but he didn’t have a kickoff or punt return in the preseason. Based on the playing rotations at end of preseason Melton could be consigned to a practice squad role for 2022.
Receiver Dareke Young: The 233rd overall pick seemed like a good bet to make the roster at the end of camp based on here he was in the rotations. He finished with seven receptions (tied with Melton and Dallas for the most on the team) for 73 yards and one touchdown on 11 targets but had two drops with a passer rating of 113.1. Of Young’s 102 snaps, 17 came in the slot, via PFF. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/professional_sports/seahawks/where-seahawks-2022-draft-picks-stand-after-preseason/article_ccaf492e-27d7-11ed-b2f1-9f58f6899240.html | 2022-08-30T04:40:59Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/professional_sports/seahawks/where-seahawks-2022-draft-picks-stand-after-preseason/article_ccaf492e-27d7-11ed-b2f1-9f58f6899240.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LAS VEGAS — Round 1 goes to Noelle Quinn and the Storm who made all the right moves and converted just enough plays to beat Las Vegas 76-73 in the series opener of the WNBA semifinals.
“Vegas is trying to protect home and we’re trying to steal one on the road and possibly two,” the Storm coach said. “You understand what happens in a series. If you get another one on the road and you get in front of your home crowd, then things become different.”
Game 2 is 7 p.m. Wednesday in Las Vegas.
Here are three takeaways.
Playoff Tina is looking for a ring
Before her Seattle arrival, 12-year veteran Tina Charles was 6-9 in the playoffs with teams in Connecticut and New York that featured the 6-foot-4 center who is fourth all-time in the WNBA scoring list.
However, Charles doesn’t necessarily have to score for the Storm. In fact, her biggest contributions have been her rebounding and defense.
Take Game 1 for instance.
Seattle doesn’t win if Charles doesn’t collect a career-playoff high 18 rebounds, which set the franchise record.
“When I made the decision to come here, I’m here to try and fill in the holes,” Charles said. “I knew that was rebounding and being the third or fourth option scoring and just taking my shots when they come to me.”
In her 13th start with the Storm, Charles started aggressive offensively, but connected on just 1 of 6 shots in the first quarter. She attempted 18 shots — the most since joining the Storm — and sank six for 13 points.
“For me coming into this game, the thing that I could control was being on the boards,” said Charles who is now two wins away from her first WNBA Finals. “Watching their tendencies when they box out, I took it personal coming into this game to try to be on the boards. Start early outlets and get second-chance opportunities. I know those are always key come playoff time.”
Not all the stars showed up
There were seven former No. 1 overall WNBA draft picks and six players who participated in this year’s WNBA All-Star Game on the Michelob Ultra Arena court on Sunday.
Most of the stars performed as expected with the noticeable exception being A’ja Wilson.
The four-time WNBA All-Star who is a cofavorite along with Breanna Stewart to win the WNBA MVP award this season had a negligible impact on the game.
Wilson collected a team-high 12 rebounds and blocked three shots, but the Storm held her to just eight points on 3-for-10 shooting in 38 minutes. She was scoreless in the first and fourth quarters and had just two points in the second half.
“They really swarmed her every time she touched the ball,” Aces coach Becky Hammon said. “If they’re going to bring bodies like that, you have to be strong with the ball and the ball has to keep moving. The ball got sticky there and we lost some of our movement.”
The Storm rotated several players to slow down Wilson, but the initial defense began with Stewart, Charles and Ezi Magbegor off the bench. Seattle often sent an extra big defender at Wilson, which explains why Aces center Kiah Stokes attempted a season-high seven shots.
Quinn didn’t want to give away any secrets when asked about the strategy to defend Wilson. Still, she noted Seattle’s tendency to switch on ball screens prompts Aces guards to attack bigger defenders, which keeps the ball out of Wilson’s hands.
“We are preparing the next game A’ja is getting the ball more,’ Quinn said. “She only took 10 shots today. That’s not enough. So we understand that and we have to plan, scheme and adjust.”
It was the second lackluster playoff performance for Wilson, who also had eight points in Game 1 in the first round. She’s averaging 11 points in the postseason, which is 8.5 fewer than her regular-season average.
Bird is pushing the pace
Sue Bird put on a master class in how to run an offense Sunday and she scored just two points.
The WNBA’s all-time regular-season assists leader became the league’s all-time postseason assists leader with 12 dimes and zero turnovers while dissecting a Las Vegas defense with a handful of full-court passes.
Often, Bird connected with Loyd, who outran defenders, like a quarterback throwing a deep pass to a streaking receiver in the end zone for a touchdown.
Without Williams, who is the Storm’s secondary ballhandler, Bird put an emphasis on fast breaks, which explains why Seattle outscored Las Vegas 16-0 in transition points.
“In that third quarter, I felt that Vegas was a little gassed,” Quinn said. “So, taking advantage of those leak outs, eyes up, kick aheads, playing in the middle third (of the court) and playing in transition. We talked through this and prepared for that. … The third and fourth quarter hit, we go into a second gear and try to wear out teams and I saw that today.”
Bird’s counterpart Chelsea Gray, who had 21 points and five assists in Game 1, has the added burden to provide scoring, which detracts from her ability to make plays for teammates.
Kelsey Plum exploited a defensive mismatch against Bird while scoring 20 points. However, the former Washington Huskies star converted 8 of 23 shots, including 2 of 10 on 3-pointers.
“She’s the best point guard in our game for a reason,” Quinn said when asked about Bird. “You talk about how she thinks the game and how smart she is. Picking her spots and still able to be very effective on the floor.” | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/professional_sports/storm/analysis-here-s-what-we-learned-from-storm-s-game-1-win-over-aces/article_1633d398-27e8-11ed-a4ce-03f8484bc5d5.html | 2022-08-30T04:41:05Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/sports/professional_sports/storm/analysis-here-s-what-we-learned-from-storm-s-game-1-win-over-aces/article_1633d398-27e8-11ed-a4ce-03f8484bc5d5.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
HARDIN COUNTY, Iowa (WHO) – The Iowa State Patrol (ISP) is investigating a crash that claimed the life of one person Sunday night in Hardin County.
It happened around 9:21 p.m. at the intersection of Highway 65 and County Road D65, south of Hubbard, according to a crash report from the ISP.
A Volvo station wagon was traveling eastbound on D65 when it failed to stop at the intersection and was hit by a semi-truck traveling southbound on Highway 65.
The crash report said one person died at the scene of the incident and one person was transported to a hospital in Iowa Falls. No names have been released.
The Iowa State Patrol is continuing its investigation into the incident. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/iowa-news/1-person-killed-in-iowa-crash-between-semi-and-station-wagon/ | 2022-08-30T04:41:57Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/iowa-news/1-person-killed-in-iowa-crash-between-semi-and-station-wagon/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MERRYVILLE, La. (AP) — Search crews found the body of a little boy Monday miles from the Louisiana sandbar where he was swept away by the Sabine River while playing in shallow water and three men drowned trying to save him, the sheriff said.
Beauregard Parish Sheriff Mark Herford did not release the boy’s name or age but described him as very young.
He identified the men who drowned trying to save him as Troy M. McCollough, who lived nearby in the Junction community, Kelly Bailey of Hornbeck, and Austin Scott of DeRidder. Bailey was engaged to the boy’s mother, the sheriff said, and Scott was his best friend. McCollough just happened to be there, Herford said.
“They’re heroes and should be remembered that way,” Herford said.
Herford says the child was playing in shallows by a sandbar near Merryville and was swept away by the river. His body was found Monday at a spot Herford estimated was several miles downriver.
The sheriff said he is working with the parish police jury to get warning signs posted.
“I’ve been with the sheriff’s office since ’92. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve stood in this exact same spot and worked drownings,” he said, adding: “That spot is deadly.”
The current and depth vary widely with power generation from Toledo Bend, and a week of rains made the current even stronger than usual, Herford said.
He said one man’s body was found late Saturday and the other two Sunday morning. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/young-boy-3-men-who-tried-to-save-him-die-in-river/ | 2022-08-30T04:42:16Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/young-boy-3-men-who-tried-to-save-him-die-in-river/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
After a slight moderation in June and July, German consumer inflation is estimated to pick back up again in August. The annual reading is expected to come in higher at 7.8% and that is up from the 7.5% reading last month.
All this comes before another potential round of a jump in price pressures in September once government subsidies on fuel and rail tickets expire on 31 August. I talked about this at the start of the month here.
In any case, with inflation keeping elevated and energy prices soaring across the region, it is hard to see any of the developments be of much comfort for the ECB. Their window to tighten policy is closing and policymakers could look to rush to get rate hikes in before that happens - even if they say they will hike into a recession.
Here's the agenda for today:
0430 GMT - North Rhine Westphalia
0800 GMT - Brandenburg
0800 GMT - Hesse
0800 GMT - Bavaria
0800 GMT - Baden Wuerttemberg
0900 GMT - Saxony
1200 GMT - Germany national preliminary figures
Do note that the releases don't exactly follow the schedule at times and may be released a little earlier or later. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/heads-up-germany-states-cpi-readings-due-later-today-20220830/ | 2022-08-30T04:43:00Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/heads-up-germany-states-cpi-readings-due-later-today-20220830/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
On the month, inflation in Germany's industrial state is seen up 0.3% relative to July. This continues to reaffirm elevated price pressures and the annual reading fits with estimates of a higher print later when it comes to the national report. We'll see what the other state readings have to offer first before getting a better picture.
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Smyrna, De.--- This is what the Bear Swamp Pool in the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge used to look like. And this is what it looks like now. The refuge and surrounding areas are experiencing abnormally dry conditions. Kate Toniolo is the project leader for the coastal Delaware national wildlife refuge complex and she says the lack of tropical activity is to blame for these dry conditions.
"so drought conditions are not particularly rare it depends on the year," Toniolo said. "That we have, but a drought at the level, this is actually a rear occurrence to have the water be quite this low but there hasn't been a whole lot of rain or a lot of tropical activity this summer."
She also says the birds are benefitting from the more localized water.
"There's actually a lot of birds that are concentrated in smaller areas and that's because the fish are also being consecrated in these smaller areas," Toniolo said. "So this becomes an all-you-can-eat buffet for the birds."
This is good news for birdwatchers like Ryan Johnson and his dog Jax who visit the refuge.
"The massive size of this place I can't imagine birds are frequently this close to the road," Johnson said. "So having this many, hundreds if not thousands of birds even without binoculars it's almost identifiable from the road has to be, has to be pretty awesome. "
So with the peak of hurricane season right around the corner, the drought condition may soon be over. | https://www.wboc.com/news/bombay-hook-national-wildlife-refuge-is-experiencing-abnormally-dry-conditions/article_6dbd2c94-2807-11ed-bb34-c3cf0ee284f7.html | 2022-08-30T04:45:14Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/bombay-hook-national-wildlife-refuge-is-experiencing-abnormally-dry-conditions/article_6dbd2c94-2807-11ed-bb34-c3cf0ee284f7.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A respected and long-standing business owner in Tunbridge Wells and Tonbridge has warned the 400 per cent energy increases they are facing will make hospitality venues unviable. Alex Greig, who owns Fuggles Beer Cafe in both towns, has revealed the grim reality confronting those running pubs, bar, restaurants and other hospitality places.
Mr Greig has been canvassing other hospitality businesses to understand the extent of the problem. He said 100 per cent of owners told him their business would be "unviable" with the quadrupling of energy bills.
He also said all of the businesses said they had already raised prices this year and a further 60 per cent were planning to hike them further before the end of the year. Mr Greig, who pays around £25,000 a year for his energy, said he was looking at a renewal quote of around £100,000.
He is calling for a price cap of the commercial energy price and he has written to Tunbridge Wells MP Greg Clark, and Tonbridge and Malling MP Tom Tugendhat. He used the energy bill he was facing as an example to the MPs.
"Quite simply that puts the business in the ground. We just do not make that level of profit to be able to absorb it. In actuality, it will eat out of the project profit and probably more. We renew in April and even a doubling in our utilities will take away the headroom in the business. The likelihood is we'll just slowly rot away at best. My story is not unique and it's causing genuine panic amongst fellow businesses in the area," he told them.
He asked the MPs to get the topic "on the agenda as an urgent matter". He told them: "Put simply, many businesses, particularly independents, will fail. Jobs gone. Livelihoods gone. The high street recovery denied for the foreseeable future." He also told them he was grateful for their previous help to the sector but added "we're back here again I'm afraid".
Mr Greig told KentLive yesterday (August 29): "It’s varying degrees of ‘bad’. Some businesses have already been caught up in it, most are going to be in the coming months and there are some that are protected by their contacts until 2024. This is why I think the simplest way is to just cap the commercial energy price - it helps those that need and won’t waste money on those that don’t.
"Ultimately if the government don’t announce something very soon, many businesses will simply become unviable - particularly the smaller, independent businesses across all sectors, be it hospitality, retail or anything else," he said.
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'Come here': Man tried to kidnap 8-year-old girl on Chicago's West Side, police say
CHICAGO - Chicago police are looking for a man who tried to lure an 8-year-old girl to follow him in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Shortly before 4 p.m. on August 23, police say the girl was riding her bicycle in an alley in the 1500 block of North Kildare Avenue when she was approached by a male suspect.
The man began to wave at the girl and stated "come here" several times as he tried to get her to follow him, police said.
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The girl then ran into her backyard and told her mother what happened. The mother made contact with the suspect who then fled the scene, police said.
The suspect was described as a Black male, standing about 5-foot-5, weighing 120 pounds, and was around 32 years old.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Chicago police at 312-746-6554. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/come-here-man-tried-to-lure-8-year-old-girl-on-chicagos-west-side-police-say | 2022-08-30T04:59:59Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/come-here-man-tried-to-lure-8-year-old-girl-on-chicagos-west-side-police-say | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Dating app meetup gone wrong: Man robbed, ordered to take off his clothes in extortion attempt
PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. - Authorities are warning the public to be careful on dating apps after a man trying to meet up with a woman was kidnapped and robbed by two people in a Parkland apartment.
A 30-year-old man called 911 on Saturday to report that he had gone to an apartment complex to meet in person with someone he met on Plenty of Fish.
According to the Pierce County Sheriff's Department, when the man went inside the apartment, another man appeared and ordered him to remove his clothes and give him his money, keys and cell phone. A female suspect then took photos of the victim to use in an extortion attempt, investigators said.
Over the course of three hours, deputies said the suspects forced the victim to unlock his cellphone and attempt to transfer them money. A $6,000 transaction did not go through because it was flagged as fraudulent.
Before letting the victim go, the suspects threatened to send nude photos to everyone in his contacts if he told anyone what happened to him.
Deputies said they used social media to help identify he suspects in this case.
On Sunday, deputies were sent to the same apartment for a domestic violence assault and recognized the man as the males suspect from the robbery and extortion attempt.
Investigators said as deputies tried to handcuff 22-year-ol Jahmichael Anthony Jeter III, he attempted to reach for a gun in his pocket. Deputies kept him from drawing his weapon, handcuffed him and put him in the back of a patrol car.
"According to the patrol car’s rear-facing camera, the suspect moved his handcuffs to the front of his body and broke the interior door panel in an attempt to escape," deputies wrote in a news release. "He also broke the top of the seatbelt fastener and used it as a tool to aid in his escape efforts. The car had to be taken out of service until repairs can be made."
Prosecutors charged Jeter with first-degree robbery, first-degree kidnapping, first-degree extortion, first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm, and first-degree malicious mischief. He is being held in the Pierce County Jail with bail set at $125,000.
They said Jeter has multiple prior felony convictions ranging from second-degree assault to residential burglary.
Deputies also arrested 19-year-old Hydea Marie Tharpe. Prosecutors charged her with first-degree robbery, first-degree kidnapping and first-degree extortion. A judge set bail at $50,000.
The sheriff's department provided some safety tips for people who are dating online:
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Jansen homers, drives in winner in 11th as Jays beat Cubs
TORONTO - Danny Jansen hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning and singled home the winning run in the 11th as the Toronto Blue Jays overcame a four-run deficit to defeat the Chicago Cubs 5-4 on Monday night.
Jansen connected off Erich Uelmen for his 11th homer, then won it with a base hit to left field against Mark Leiter Jr. (2-6) that scored Matt Chapman from second base and ended Toronto’s three-game skid.
Toronto tied it 4-all in the eighth when Cavan Biggio hit a two-out double off Manuel Rodríguez and scored on Chapman’s single.
Cubs outfielder Ian Happ lined out to begin the 10th and shortstop Bo Bichette doubled automatic runner Nelson Velázquez off second base.
After Chicago intentionally walked Alejandro Kirk to start the bottom half, third baseman Christopher Morel turned a double play on Bichette’s grounder. Kirk was initially ruled safe at second, but the Cubs challenged and umpire Nick Mahrley’s call was overturned.
TORONTO (AP) — Danny Jansen hit a three-run homer in the seventh inning and singled home the winning run in the 11th as the Toronto Blue Jays overcame a four-run deficit to defeat the Chicago Cubs 5-4 on Monday night.
Jansen connected off Erich Uelmen for his 11th homer, then won it with a base hit to left field against Mark Leiter Jr. (2-6) that scored Matt Chapman from second base and ended Toronto’s three-game skid.
Toronto tied it 4-all in the eighth when Cavan Biggio hit a two-out double off Manuel Rodríguez and scored on Chapman’s single.
Cubs outfielder Ian Happ lined out to begin the 10th and shortstop Bo Bichette doubled automatic runner Nelson Velázquez off second base.
After Chicago intentionally walked Alejandro Kirk to start the bottom half, third baseman Christopher Morel turned a double play on Bichette’s grounder. Kirk was initially ruled safe at second, but the Cubs challenged and umpire Nick Mahrley’s call was overturned.
Pinch-hitting for Alfonso Rivas, Higgins greeted Mayza with a two-run double. The hit snapped an 0-for-13 slump and was Higgins’ second in his past 35 at-bats.
Making the second appearance of his career, Cubs right-hander Javier Assad allowed four hits, all singles, in five scoreless innings. He walked two and struck out one.
Assad escaped a bases-loaded jam in the first by getting Biggio to fly out.
Bichette singled to begin the fourth and Biggio walked, but Chapman popped to second, Raimel Tapia grounded out and Jansen popped to third.
Chicago catcher Willson Contreras opened the scoring with a fielder’s choice grounder in the third and Nico Hoerner made it 2-0 with an RBI single in the fourth.
After back-to-back hits by Nick Madrigal and Contreras put runners at second and third with one out in the fifth, Toronto turned a unique double play to end the threat. Happ struck out on a pitch that got away from Jansen, who threw to first to complete the strikeout. Madrigal broke for home on the throw, but Vladimir Guerrero Jr. threw back to Jansen, who got the tag down just in time.
STRO SHOW RETURNS
The Blue Jays welcomed Cubs right-hander Marcus Stroman back to Toronto with a pregame video. Stroman went 47-45 in six seasons with the Blue Jays and started the 2016 AL wild-card game against Baltimore. He was traded to the Mets in July 2019.
Stroman, who has the Toronto skyline tattooed across his left side, will make his first career start against his old team Tuesday. He acknowledged pulling for the Blue Jays to make a postseason push.
"If there’s one team I’m rooting for in the playoffs it’s Toronto," Stroman said.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Blue Jays OF Teoscar Hernández (left foot) was held out of the starting lineup. Hernández started in right field Sunday but appeared unable to run the bases at full speed. He left Friday’s game after fouling a ball off his left foot and did not play Saturday.
ROSTER MOVES
Cubs: Chicago put RHP Adrian Sampson and LHP Justin Steele on the restricted list and added LHP Brendon Little as a substitute player. Little was 3-3 with a 4.15 ERA in 29 relief appearances at Triple-A Iowa.
Blue Jays: Toronto claimed OF Bradley Zimmer off waivers from Philadelphia. Zimmer appeared in 77 games for the Blue Jays earlier this season but was designated for assignment Aug. 15. He’s expected to join the team when rosters expand Sept. 1.
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Scattered clouds with the possibility of an isolated thunderstorm developing during the afternoon. High 91F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 30%..
Wildcats head coach Don Roberts and quarterback Bryon Smiley talk over a play during a practice scrimmage on August. 14, 1984 as the team’s first season game neared.
Sneaking in from the one-yard stripe is Ray Carlisle (15) of the Benjamin Russell Wildcats. Carlisle’s touchdown during the game on Friday, Sept. 12, 1969 was one of two tallies the team cashed in that game that ultimately helped in the team’s victory over the Indians.
Junior quarterback Michael Hill winces as he takes a lick during a New Site afternoon practice in late August 1984. Warriors head coach Mike Boyd watches the action from behind.
As part of The Outlook’s ongoing coverage of Alexander City’s 150th anniversary, we are reflecting on important historical events that have defined our city. In this new series, The Outlook shares photos from the city's past.
With football season returning to Tallapoosa County this month, we highlight spectacular local sports through the decades.
1969: Winning streak
Benjamin Russell High School started the football season of 1969 strong and won its second straight match amid a jam packed crowd 53 years ago. It was the first home contest of the season for the Wildcats that year, with the team winning over the Wetumpka Indians, with a score of 13-12.
1978: Out of reach
This year, all eyes focused on Goodwater as the town’s high school quarterback Michael Harrison sped past the competition during the season opener.
Harrison dodged and weaved across the field, ultimately avoiding a tackle that became a play highlight. In avoiding the reach of the Yellow Jacket defenders, Harrison helped the Bulldogs put up a final score of 41-3.
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1984: Huddle up
This month nearly 40 years ago, the Wildcats prepared for their first challenger of the 1984 season. In this photo, Benjamin Russell High School head football coach Don Roberts trained his team for the season opener at Stanhope-Elmore.
Shooting for the stars: That same year, the New Site Warriors practiced with much optimism as 17 senior starters returned for the season, a player composition many believed at the time would carry the team to its first state playoff.
2012: Eyes on the ball
A decade ago this month, Dadeville High School celebrated its win over Holtville, marking the season with a 47-20 domination during the fall home game.
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Under the title “Alabama is a Big Front Porch,” made famous by the legendary Alabama storyteller, Kathryn Tucker Wyndham, I will continue to share some personal political stories with you this week.
As many of you know, I have been friends with our iconic, senior U.S. Senator, Richard Shelby, for close to four decades. History will reveal Senator Shelby as Alabama’s greatest U.S. Senator and folks, that is saying a mouth full because we have had some great ones. We have had a cadre of great Senators including Lister Hill, John Sparkman, John Bankhead, and Howell Heflin along with Shelby. As Chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Shelby has brought untold hundreds of millions of dollars home to Alabama. It would take a book or volumes of books to tell the story of Shelby’s prowess at bringing home the bacon to his beloved state. He is completing 36 years in the Senate this year.
Two of my favorite Alabamians and loyal friends are former Congressman and now University of South Alabama President, Jo Bonner and one of the finest ladies in the state, Dora James of Opelika. I visit with each of these two friends almost weekly. They graciously read the column and give me feedback.
Jo Bonner epitomizes the adage of being a true southern gentleman. He is admired and beloved all over the state, more than he can imagine.
Dora James epitomizes a true southern lady. She is admired and revered in Lee County. She is a true philanthropist and modest, kind and genuinely sweet person. About seven years ago, she hosted book signings for me at Auburn University and in Opelika that attracted several hundred folks at each, not because of me but because of her.
Speaking of memorable book signing events, the people of Jasper and Walker County hosted a large event at which Congressman Robert Aderholt was gracious enough to travel down from Washington to introduce me. Over the years, I have enjoyed a special closeness and connection to the folks in Jasper/Walker County, who read my column in The Daily Mountain Eagle. They have a rich political heritage with the Bankheads, Carl Elliott, Tom Bevill, and others.
To show how old I am getting and how long I have been writing this column, it seems that every state senator I know says, “Please do not write something bad about me because my mama reads your column religiously every week and has for decades.”
Speaking of books, I had the opportunity to meet and visit with the legendary author of To Kill AMockingbird, Nelle Harper Lee. Folks in Monroeville,who knew her well from their generation, called her “Nelle.” Even though she had an apartment in New York that she purchased when her book came out in the 1960’s, Nelle Harper Lee lived her entire life in Monroeville. She lived with her sister, Alice, who was a good bit older than Nelle. I am told that Alice was the first female lawyer in Alabama. She was one of the most prominent lawyers in Monroeville and lived to be over 100. Alice and Nelle were neither married.
Nelle Harper Lee’s novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, is one of the five most read and purchased books in history. I am told by Monroeville old timers that it is a total allegory. It is simply a story of Harper Lee growing up in Monroeville. All the characters are real, even Boo Radley.
One day a few years ago, Harper Lee sent word to me that she enjoyed and read my column, weekly, in the Monroe Journal and would like to meet me. I journeyed to Monroeville, and we exchanged greetings and she gave me a signed copy of her book. I thanked her and told her that it was bought and read by quite a few more people than mine. She was a person of very few words and renowned for her privacy and reclusiveness. The only thing she said to me, substantively, was, “You are taller than you look like in your picture.”
I thanked her for her time and the visit and book. When I got back into my car, I called my older daughter, who is a lawyer in Birmingham, and said, “I know when I die you are going to just pile up my books and throw them away, but there is one you might want to save.”
We will continue with more stories next week.
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It looks as though we will continue to get our share of heavy rains, but at least we are getting sunny breaks to do a few things.
We had to cut off our landline with AT&T after 31 years. The last five years had been full of troubles; we lost phone service during a bad storm at the end of May, and it was not repaired until July 16; now remember I was in Grandview Hospital for the month of June, so this was really bad news. The repairman said that our line had been cut and a new phone company had a cover put over it, then added that we were the only household on our road that still had a landline. Trying to get it cut off was a chore, I put it in writing to the Atlanta office, they called, left word that I had to call to cancel. I called back three different times, while they kept trying to re-instate me. So, when I got the next billing, it became the last straw. I called again, told them to record my words and hung up.
Luckily, we can get another fiber-optic landline through the electric co-op that serves us, and that should happen in the next month. If you live in the Nixburg area, you can also get the deal on fast internet, they guarantee no price increase, no hidden fees, and what they quote includes any taxes beating other providers on regular prices. Many years ago, the phone company installed fiberoptic cable along Highway 9, but it stopped when getting to the corner at Coosa 4; only including those areas that lead to lake homes, I remember feeling very disappointed. Now we can have all the high-tech avenues for our homes, thanks to the electric co-op working it all out with grants to include us country living folks. You can get these deals if you get electric service from the co-op; they are installing in sections.
I got the cutest card from my friend Eddie Hampton Nelson, on the front it had a shaggy dog’s face that could have been one if my own, I was so delighted to get such a thoughtful wish in the mail.
Remembering Dr. Sonny Odom on the August 22; then a special birthday wish goes out to our youngest grandson Jaxson Bartley Morgan in Opelika who will be turning 15 years old on August 29. He is thrilled to be getting one step closer to being able to drive. August 30 brings the 21st birthday to Colton Wayne Wright who lives on Coosa 4 with his grandfather. Happy greetings to everyone with birthdays this week.
Some of the things I missed this summer were sad things, like the passing of Dennis Nordlund, a fine fellow enjoying a good chat about life, loved his golf and helped at the Children’s Harbor Thrift store; he found peace in mid-July. Ron’s cousin John Moore of Alexander City died in August, he once was chosen to play for Bear Bryant at the University of Alabama. Sending deepest sympathies to these families.
I heard on local TV news that now children are not only going to be fed meals, getting book bags and all supplies; but get clothing for school too. This makes me wonder why so many families are not taking care of their own children appropriately, when those things should come first. Boy, things have changed since my son was in school, I had taken care of everything including items for his many projects. Must be a sign of our times.
National Dog Day is Sunday August 27; a great opportunity to do something extra kind for your dog, say a walk in the park, extra play time or a massage and brushing down. Or a planned visit to one of our local humane shelters to consider an adoption.
Locals here do try to buy local, and we are delighted to have a Dollar General just up the road off Highway 9; sometimes you can get extra good deals. We needed to buy gasoline after just leaving Rockford last week, thinking we’d get it at Quality Foods in Equality since theirs has no ethanol. The pump there is antiquated, and the gas was $4.68 per gallon and cash only — $1 more than others, so next time it will be Alexander City for our gas. I just wonder how we are getting some lower gas prices now after needing them for so many months.
Let’s enjoy the last of the summer flowers before the autumn winds blow in and bringing leaves, you know how time flies for some of us.
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Oh, this one is fun. Mr. McCutcheon was so enthusiastic about money from the American Rescue Plan Act and he stated that “your government and your legislature” will use that money to improve roads, bridges, projects, etc. but he failed to mention the money came from a Democrat! Yes, President Joe Biden and the Democrats in Congress approved this bill…not one Republican!
So, Mr. McCutcheon needs to thank Democrats for helping people while the Republican Conservatives only think about putting money “in their own pockets.” Neither one of Alabama Senators (Shelby or Tuberville) nor any Republican House members from Alabama voted for the people.
And, that is the definition of Conservative vs. Liberals. Money (Conservatives) vs. People (Liberals).
Oh, and guess what? The recently passed Inflation Act is going to help people who need help instead of the rich. The corporations that didn’t pay taxes will have to pay a fair share (15 percent) as well as those making over $400,000. People on Social Security usually don’t make that kind of money.
And I am so glad Medicare will be able to negotiate drug costs. This will help the elderly. I wish it was for all insurance, but money talks.
And, I might add, that the Inflation Act will bring in more money than it spends so the deficit should go down. Another interesting fact; Britain’s inflation rate is 10 percent Argentina’s inflation rate is over 60 percent and Turkey’s is over 75 percent so unless Biden is over the world, he isn’t at fault.
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You know when something has been dead for so long, it begins to rot, smell, and decompose. Back in 1994, writer Philip K. Howard published a book entitled “The Death of Common Sense”. Well, today Common Sense has begun to rot, smell and decompose. In this book he laid out truths in 1994 but have begun to decompose in 2022. Other current writers, (to include myself) have begun to smell this rot.
Here are some of the common-sense items that I think are decomposing at a rapid rate. And really do smell after introduction.
*For the past several political administrations, the party in power suffered gigantic loses in the mid-term elections. Possibly not in 2022. For the fear of one man, the republican party is satisfied to sit and rot/smell thinking that they will succeed in the mid-terms without drastically battling the “No common sense” Democrats.
*The US Army is in the worst/serious decline since the 1970s. Current Army leaders thought that discharging thousands of trained troops for not receiving a very questionable vaccination would be a bump in the road. Surprise- something smells in Washington. The recruiting command is in dire needs of troops to complete basic training to fill these slots. There are not enough volunteer soldiers to enlist, and when they do, they must undergo remedial training to even get ready for basic training. Even when they have been paid $50,000 enlistment bonuses. There are not enough Battalion commanders in the Reserve units, so the active Army must assign trained officers to Reserve slots to keep the Reserve operating. As many as 40,000 trans-gender troops cannot be deployed for lack of medical support in remote areas of the world.
Lack of common sense has now decomposed to ignorant rot.
*Because of increasing lack of common sense to the point of asinine thinking, cities and counties are defunding their police, or even disbanding the police department altogether because they cannot fire rogue cops. To go along with these drastic actions, the President of the United States has called a crime summit, to try and discuss/beg people to do better and help cut crime in the police missing streets of this nation. Completely decomposed!!
I very often say the following in today’s time, common sense has completely decomposed, and American Workmanship has dissolved. We see hiring posters all over our nation, but when you go into businesses, there are no customers – so why do they need employees??
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Scattered clouds with the possibility of an isolated thunderstorm developing during the afternoon. High 91F. Winds light and variable. Chance of rain 40%..
Parking for Benjamin Russell home games has changed at the Charles E. Bailey Sr. Sportplex for the 2022 football season.
Only one entrance to the Sportplex will be used for the duration of the season — the two lane access off of Elkahatchee Rd. No entrance will be permitted from Highway 22. A police officer will be stationed at the road to direct traffic to the entrance on Elkahatchee.
Both lanes will be used to flow traffic in one direction: in from Elkahatchee, and out onto Highway 22.
Reserved parking is still the same as any year in the past, along with general parking.
The traffic pattern has been created to increase pedestrian safety and maneuverability within the Sportplex on Friday nights.
Benjamin Russell opens up its home season this Friday with a regional contest with Calera. Gates open at 5:30 and kickoff is set for 7 p.m.
Henry Zimmer is sports editor for The Outlook and Dadeville Record. He may be contacted via email at henry.zimmer@alexcityoutlook.com.
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New Delhi: Economist Abhijit Sen, a former Planning Commission member and one of the country's foremost experts on rural economy, died on Monday night. He was 72.
"He suffered a heart attack around 11 pm. We rushed him to the hospital, but it was all over by the time we got there," said Dr Pronab Sen, his brother.
In a career spanning more than four decades, Abhijit Sen taught economics at New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University, and held several important government positions including the chair of the Commission of Agricultural Cost and Prices.
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New Delhi: Economist Abhijit Sen, a former Planning Commission member and one of the country's foremost experts on rural economy, died on Monday night. He was 72.
"He suffered a heart attack around 11 pm. We rushed him to the hospital, but it was all over by the time we got there," said Dr Pronab Sen, his brother.
In a career spanning more than four decades, Abhijit Sen taught economics at New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University, and held several important government positions including the chair of the Commission of Agricultural Cost and Prices.
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Austin Dillon took on the always unpredictable Daytona International Speedway race weekend with a win standing between the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet team and a spot in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) playoff field. With the task at hand, the 32-year-old North Carolina delivered; scoring not only his first win of the 2022 season, but shocking the field to take one of the two remaining spots in the 16-driver playoff field. “I have to thank my teammate Tyler Reddick, BREZTRI, Bass Pro Shops, everybody that makes this thing happen,” said Dillon. “Dow, who has been with me since my start. We have so many great partners. Chevrolet, Chevrolet, Chevrolet.” Dillon is no stranger to victory lane at the 2.5-mile Florida venue, adding a crown jewel win to his resume as the winner of the 2018 Daytona 500. Entering the race weekend as a strong contender for a playoff upset, the Chevrolet driver proved his superspeedway racing talent from the drop of the green flag. With looming weather heightening urgency throughout the field to get to the front, Dillon maneuvered his No. 3 Camaro ZL1 through a massive wreck in the lead pack on lap 138, taking the lead when the rain began that ultimately forced the race to undergo red flag conditions for over three hours. Restarting the race with a 15-lap dash to the finish, Dillon lost the lead, but powered back to the top spot with three laps to go with drafting help from fellow Chevrolet drivers Tyler Reddick and Noah Gragson. Dillon held off the field to take the checkered for the fourth time in his NCS career, holding off his teammate Reddick to give Richard Childress Racing a 1-2 finish. The bowtie brand went on to take four of the top-five finishing positions, with Landon Cassill, No. 77 Spire Motorsports Camaro ZL1, in fourth; and Noah Gragson, No. 62 Beard Motorsports Camaro ZL1, rounding out the top-five. “I felt like I had good Chevrolet teammates behind me,” continued Dillon. “If I could get the lead, the 2 (Austin Cindric) would not be able to hold onto the draft. We've done it in practice enough to know that you'll lose the tail and it's hard to get back to it. I'm so proud of these guys and I'm glad to be going to Victory Lane.” Since the competition debut of the Next Gen Camaro ZL1 at Daytona in February, Chevrolet has now made its way to victory lane for the 15th time in 26 races for NASCAR’s premier series. The winningest manufacturer in NASCAR history at Daytona, Dillon’s win extends the bowtie brand’s series-leading win record at the track to 49 points-paying wins, with 22 coming during the series’ summer race. The 2022 NCS playoff field is now complete, with 16 drivers set to compete for the coveted championship title. Dillon became the eighth Chevrolet driver to take a playoff position, giving the bowtie brand 50 percent of the playoff field as the manufacturer looks to make it three in a row in NCS Driver Championship titles. The Chevrolet playoff contenders come from three different teams, including: Hendrick Motorsports’ Chase Elliott, Kyle Larson, Alex Bowman and William Byron; Trackhouse Racing’s Ross Chastain and Daniel Suarez; and Richard Childress Racing’s Tyler Reddick and the series’ most recent winner Austin Dillon. “Congratulations to Austin Dillon and the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Camaro ZL1 team on winning the NASCAR Cup Series regular-season finale at Daytona and locking into the 2022 playoffs,” said Jim Campbell, Chevrolet U.S. Vice President, Performance and Motorsports. “It’s great to have regular-season champion Chase Elliott and seven other Chevrolet drivers in the playoffs this year. Now, Chevrolet and its teams will direct their focus on final preparation for the first race and the first round.” The 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs will get underway next Sunday, September 4, at Darlington Raceway with the Cook Out Southern 500 at 6 p.m. ET. Live coverage can be found on the USA Network, the NBCSports Gold App, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90. AUSTIN DILLON, NO. 3 BREZTRI CAMARO ZL1, Press Conference Transcript: THE MODERATOR: We'll go ahead and continue with our post-race media availability as we're joined with our race winner, Austin Dillon, driver of the No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet. Austin, made the Playoffs for the fifth time in your career. Won your way in. How does it feel? AUSTIN DILLON: Feels amazing. I prayed before, let God have all the glory and light shine through me. Today getting through that wreck, I mean, it was -- I don't know what you call that. We went from 15th to first. I know what it's called. It's called the good Lord was looking after us. It was cool to go through that whole cycle of thinking that the race was going to be called for rain. My first reaction when I got out of the car was, stay focused. I was just happy to be in the position that we were in, and I said that in my interview. I was, like, whatever happens from here, it's a win. We're in a good spot, and that's all you can ask for. You go in that room where they make you sit and put the camera on you forever, and it's like you're thinking in the back of your head that somebody is going to walk around the corner and say, Hey, congratulations, you've won, but you don't let your mind drift to that. You still have laps to go. And I knew after that second storm, had to get my mind right. If they didn't call it then, we were going back green. When they went back to replaying the race, I went to my bus and went over there and watched "Paw Patrol" with Ace because he needed a nap. He never went down. He is like me. He don't sleep. Just chilled with him and watched our Carolina Cowboys. I watched them up until the time I got in the car, and I knew they had won the game, so it was cool that we won and they won in Austin, Texas. Pretty sweet day. It's our first event win for the PBR team. They won and we did too. It's an amazing day. Thank you, Jesus. THE MODERATOR: Let's go ahead and open it up to questions. Q. I think it's safe to say one of the key moves after we got going again was the either contact or near contact with Austin Cindric running for the lead. I was wondering if you could walk me through what was your intention there, and how did that play out? AUSTIN DILLON: Laps are clicking down, and I knew I could get to the 2's back bumper pretty good. The 62 and the 8 did a good job of getting up through there, so I felt like three Chevys in a row was an advantage. In the back of my mind I knew that the 12 car was still out there, and before I didn't know where he was points-wise. If I waited until the white flag to make the move, possibly if he wrecks or someone wrecks back there, it could take our shot away. I wanted to make it before the white. Truthfully, that was -- it just kind of happened. I was kind of planning on getting a bigger run than that before and pulling out to the right. And I figured that the 2 was going to be a sitting duck because they were going to go with me, the Chevys would, and then we would race it out from there. He kind of got loose as I got to his back bumper into one, and I kind of have been giving him that same shove. I don't know if I just caught more momentum that lap than the others, but when he got free, I just kind of moved up the track. Then I got way out front. It's very hard to tell yourself to hit the brake pedal when you are driving away from the guys that are behind you to not give up that huge gap. When I saw Tyler got there and they were all splitting up, I was, like, Man, I can't let them go too big of a run. I knew Tyler would have my back. He has been a good teammate to me, and I enjoyed working with him. Hit the brake pedal. He got on my back bumper and from then on it was managing the gap to him in my mirror. We were able to bring it home. Q. As best you can tell, was there an actual impact between your bumper and Austin Cindric's? AUSTIN DILLON: No harder than I had been the last ten laps pushing and pushing. You see them flaps come up in the front. We're pretty much connected. I'm pushing him. It wasn't any more than what I had been, I felt like. Q. This is probably as close to a 'ball don't lie' moment in NASCAR in terms of it looked like you were going to get it, and then you had to still go out and earn it. Was there any sense of pride in pulling that off after the circumstances? AUSTIN DILLON: It definitely does feel like that. I say that a lot in our basketball league when I get fouled, and everybody in the league complains that I get fouled because I run the league. It's like when I knock down the free-throws, ball don't lie. For me it's one of those things that my wife, she was upset when I came back because I got mad at her. She was dancing on pit road during the rain delay. I didn't say anything to her personally, but I had Craven reach out and say stop that, we're probably going to go back out racing. She said, When you have faith, you don't -- you just -- you do. You enjoy those moments. That was a happy moment to be up front either way. It was kind of like, Okay, you're right. Have faith. Coming down to the choose, when I had to choose top or bottom, I knew the 51 had a clean car. Brandon and I discussed it with the 19. Is his car going to be better on the push? We didn't get going great, but I was able to get to second, and I think second was key right there because of everything going on behind me. I never got shuffled, and I could determine the lines and the pushes that were going on. So it was written. It was pretty awesome to just be behind the wheel today. I feel like it was a good day. Q. Austin, in 2019 you were leading this race, and then the big wreck happened that ultimately gave Justin Haley the win, just how full circle is the moment now three years later, you got the win because of a big wreck also in turn one? AUSTIN DILLON: That's actually very funny about Daytona, and I didn't even think about that. But I've always thought about I tore down the fence, probably one of the worst wrecks in NASCAR history, come back and win the Daytona 500. 2019 I did feel about as confident as you could feel out front leading that pack. Clint got a run to me and turned me in front of the field. And I looking back I made an aggressive move cutting left on him. It was like, Whose fault was it? Doesn't really matter. It's over now. It's cool how this place just -- I don't know. There's something about Daytona. When you pull through the tunnel, things just happen here. It's an exciting place. Always creates some kind of drama for sure. Q. Going into turn one, you're behind Austin. Was the intention of getting to his bumper and getting him loose? Were you going to move him? AUSTIN DILLON: Truthfully, it was trying to get him out there. Kept pushing him out. He would do a really good job of I think he was on the brake pedal because it wasn't getting him far enough out. The 62, he could kind of get to my back bumper and get a run, and we got a decent run through the tri-oval. My intention was to get the lead before the white, so it worked out the way I wanted it to. But I'm not going to just say that that was the time I really wanted it to happen. I was actually just trying to get him a little further out, and he got free right there into one. Q. Any concern, though? He gets a little loose or sideways? AUSTIN DILLON: I'm glad he didn't come back up the track at a high rate of speed. He did a good job saving it. It wasn't any more than what I had been doing. So I don't know if he just kind of was turning left as I was touching him and it made him get freer, but that was it really. Q. We were talking yesterday over at McDonald's, and saw you working through the drive-through. That was pretty cool. AUSTIN DILLON: Served some Coca-Colas in the drive-through at McDonald's. Q. As one of the Coca-Cola drivers, to win the Coke Zero 400, to put the 3 car in victory lane, you've won the Daytona 500, to win this race too, is this a great day or what? AUSTIN DILLON: The Lord has blessed me a lot of happy days. This is definitely going to be one of them. I will cherish it and thankful to have my son in victory lane and Whitney and my whole family here. We love Daytona. We come down early to enjoy this area. It was cool because my first win, Ace was too little. He was just born in Texas so he could not come. Here is his first time he got to go to victory lane. I don't know what he expected of it and seeing him thrown around a little bit of confetti. At first he was really tired because he hadn't napped, but he got the gist of it after a while, was and running around. I was terrified he was going to slip in all the champagne and Coke. He made it through. (Smiling). Q. Is there any extra satisfaction to winning it in kind of -- if they had called it, it would have been a little bit controversial. AUSTIN DILLON: Yes. Q. Is there any extra satisfaction to winning it kind of straight-up? AUSTIN DILLON: For sure. I've got four wins in the Cup Series. Each one of them mean something different to me for different reasons. But the Texas one where I had multiple restarts and had to win and cross the checkered flag was probably one, from the driver's standpoint, one of the most important wins to me. Then now this one, too. To go through all that and to be able to be, I guess, clutch in a moment that mattered is important. To us in all sports, right? To deliver when you have the opportunity to deliver... This year I've had some moments that were very close. Charlotte being one of them. I mean, I didn't sleep a lick after the 600 just knowing that we had put ourselves in a position with a tire advantage. I made a heck of a move, and everybody was, like, Man, that move was amazing, blah, blah, blah. I thought that I kind of gave that away in turn three because I overdrove it. I got loose. It hadn't done that the whole race, but I was carrying a lot more speed than I had the whole race. That one hurt me, and it kept me up a long time. I've always prided myself to finish races when I have the opportunity. Today it feels good to finish it off. Q. Tyler Reddick obviously was behind you there for the last few laps. Everyone knows what happened over the last month. Was there any concern of yours that he wouldn't play teammate at all? AUSTIN DILLON: No. When Tyler made his decision a couple of months ago, I called him and congratulated him. For me being an owner's son sometimes comes with caveats, and I wanted to make sure that I had nothing to do with the reasons that he was leaving. When I called him, I was, like, Hey, man, I just want make sure I've been a good teammate to you. He said, No, you have been an amazing teammate. Me and Alexa really enjoyed being around you guys. I said, Look, man, congratulations on your deal. Let's go try and win some races for RCR over the next year and a half. For me, I was in none of his negotiations, talks, or anything. So it was more like he has been in a way inspirational to me to pick up my game because he has so much speed, and he shows it constantly. Tyler has been good for me. Then I think I've been good for him in some consistency aspects. We've rubbed off on each other in different ways to really help. When he got to my back bumper, I knew that I could trust him. Now, earlier in the race he made a heck of a move getting on pit road, and I thought I beat, like, four or five people getting on pit road on the outside. That little fart drove around me and Stenhouse and somebody else and got himself in a good position. But I was, like, Dude, where were you going? Did you get scared at all about making pit road? He was, like, No, I felt good about it. That's just how Tyler is. It doesn't matter what position he puts himself, he is confident, and that confidence shows. I'm thankful that he has been my teammate for this long, and hopefully together both of us can keep progressing our share forward, and it feels good to have us both in the Playoffs. Q. What kind of or is there a validation to being a Playoff driver, or are you to the point with your career you've been in it enough that validation is going to come more in your mind with finishing top ten and being somebody like that as opposed to just getting in the Playoffs in some years? AUSTIN DILLON: I think every time you make the Playoffs it's validation to yourself that you're one of the guys. You know what I mean? I think somebody said we've made it five times now. I don't know how many years I've been doing this, but every time you're not in it, it doesn't feel good. You're not going to the banquet at the end of the year. You feel like you let your guys down, you let your company down. For me it's everything. It feels good to get a car that I felt like we should have been in earlier than this, but it doesn't matter how you get in, you got in. 15 winners or 16? 15? 15. That's a testament to this car and Next Gen and how competitive the field is. I don't think there's any other form of motorsport that has this type of competitiveness week in and week out. You go to qualify at Watkins Glen, and from first to 20th, you look at the time sheet, and you are holding your breath for a hundredth to move you up five spots. It's what the Cup Series is supposed to be. It's challenging. You never give up because that's kind of what this year has told me. Q. How do you do it? It's easy to get beat up? AUSTIN DILLON: I've got a great support him. We've done a lot this year. Having faith in our background, I talk about religion a lot because I feel like it's a big part of who I am, so for me the Lord has blessed me with a great family that can keep me grounded and I can lay back on something. Morals mean a lot to me. Coming back to that and having that support system is probably -- when you go through ups and downs and the wrecks like at Charlotte this year or Atlanta, I mean, I hit the wall a ton in Atlanta, twice. Sore neck every now and then. But I'm not going to complain because I've been around those cowboys that ride bulls. Those guys live hurt. I can tough it out. I'll be all right. It's a different type of tough when you get to go around those guys. I think they've been inspirational to me too. It's kind of drove me to have a little bit more fire just being around them. I did a training camp with them with some Navy SEALS, and I did the first day, and I had to leave for an appearance. Those guys are scrappy. They have to love what they do to do it to justify it. If you lose the love for your sport, you're not going to perform at the highest level. You've got to find why you're coming out here each and every weekend and doing it. For me it's family. Q. When you group this win with all the wins you've had over the last four years and Tyler's wins this year, when you look at it big picture-wise for RCR, is this the most significant that shows where your program is right now? AUSTIN DILLON: I think the next one is. You know, that's the next time -- this is a big win. It's, obviously, awesome, and I'm going to enjoy it and celebrate it and enjoy the fact that we're going to get to go compete with the top 16 drivers. But it's the next moment, right? You have to look forward to that next one to really see where the company is at because this sport, you just level yourself off of everyone constantly. You're constantly being judged against the guy next to you. So right now it feels really good. We came out on top, but we got ten more weeks of this. Q. When you are sitting back there in the room just waiting and they're parading competitors in there to do interviews in front of you, and you are sitting there alone waiting, what's the worst part about that? AUSTIN DILLON: I was cold. I didn't have a dry shirt for a little while, so that was getting to me. Then just kicking the back of my feet on the little wall there the whole time just trying to act cool, and inside you're just chilling, waiting. Q. Is that why you changed fire suits, because it was wet? AUSTIN DILLON: For sure. This one is actually a photo shoot fire suit, so I had to cut a hole in it for my water deal that we plug up to to keep ourselves cool. I didn't even realize it when I walked out there that it was, like, not ready. I had to take a box cutter and cut the side of it to let the hole out (Laughing). Q. You talked about this being a clutch moment. obviously, very big day for the team to win your way in. This race and the way that it unfolded with someone winning their way in is really what this format and what this race becoming the cutoff race is all about, right, so it's what the sport wanted. What is this moment like from an adrenaline standpoint, to be a part of that, like immediately afterwards to be, like, we did that because, again, it's what the sport wants, and everybody talks about coming down here and doing it, but we haven't seen it until today? AUSTIN DILLON: There's such a balance of harnessing adrenaline and staying in the moment because your mind plays tricks on you constantly. You're trying to stay focused on what's at hand and not get too excited. If you get too excited, you're going to make a mistake. You're trying to keep a level playing field in your mind of stay aggressive, make the right move when it counts. I felt really calm over those last couple of laps. Just the position we were in, I felt confident. You don't always feel that at speedways. There's certain moments when I feel really good out there, and I'm, like, Okay, I feel like I can control the momentum of the pack. That pack was a little bit smaller, obviously, but I have been in bigger packs and felt the same way. Xfinity racing, 2019 we had that car that was unbelievable, and it felt like I was in control of what was coming out on the track. It is so hard to not let your adrenaline get too high. You have to harness it and use it to your advantage as well. Q. Immediately after crossing -- AUSTIN DILLON: After crossing the finish line? Q. -- did it hit you? What was that like? AUSTIN DILLON: I don't feel like it yet. It's hard to, like, enjoy it. It's crazy because there's a constant, like, weight or pressure. Even though we've crossed the win, I'm going to enjoy it when I get out of here at some point. It's going to be, like, Ah. My adrenaline is still high right now, so I'm, like, trying to come down off of whatever that is that we get when we're running 200 miles an hour out there. Q. We've looked at the replay a dozen times, and you went to the apron immediately when the big wreck happened. AUSTIN DILLON: Yes. Q. Was that your only choice, or was it instinct? You know, it looked like you knew what you were doing. AUSTIN DILLON: I had no clue it was raining from where I was. I was just enough back from where you can see my end car, and there's some sprinkles, but I thought that was oil because the 99, when he kind of got turned and up in the air, I saw that. So my immediate reaction was get to the flat because I knew he was headed up the hill. You start to understand certain things of which way cars are going, momentum is going to take cars. So he is going up the track. The next thing that's going to happen is somebody is going to get clipped and turn back left. You are hoping you make it far enough forward before that car comes back across the apron or my direction change is really going to hurt when I get clipped and go up the hill. So the bottom is advantageous because you always have an out, but in the same sentence, some of the hardest hits you're going to take are when you get right-reared and shot into the fence. When I hit the apron, the first thing that goes through your mind is you're coming off of a ton of banking at a high rate of speed to a flat, so you're back-steering instantly as you hit the flat. I'm starting to decelerate ever so slightly because you can't carry that same amount of throttle. I made it to where I could see out of the peripherals. I didn't know it was the 4, but I knew a car was coming down the hill. He did a good job of not coming to the apron. The next thing I gassed up for a second to kind of clear him. The next part is the 21 is in front of me. For a split second, it was, like, Oh, I'm going to hit the 21, and I got to the brake pedal, and the car settled in just enough time to get the right front out of the 21's way and underneath it. Then, it was clear skies from there to kick the gas back up, down-shift, and keep your momentum up. Q. You say it's your fourth win in the Cup, and this means a lot to you, but how about for the whole family? Richard just said it that it's been a long time that one of the family members have won here in Daytona. AUSTIN DILLON: Yes, for sure. Any time I can bring Pop Pop a win, it feels good. He is the reason that RCR is where it's at. When you can go make the boss man happy, it feels good. He has been pushing me hard these last couple of weeks. Like, Hey, we have got to get in this Playoff race, We have to do what we can. Another point that I didn't bring up, that was all of our key alliance for Chevrolet are in the Playoffs. That's pretty cool for Chevrolet. Proud to be a part of that group that's in it for the Chevys. Q. Now that you're in the Playoffs, how do you feel about the first round? AUSTIN DILLON: Actually, the first round for history looking back has been a good round for us in the 3 team. We've done a good job of upsetting some teams in that first round. Darlington is a good place for me. So it's a great starting point. I think we finished second the last time I was in the Playoffs in that race. I feel good at Darlington. We've got to improve on what we took there earlier this year. That's a slow, slick place. When those long runs happen, I feel like that's some of the best driving I do is when the tires wear out. I don't know the next place off the top of my head because I was so focused on only getting in the Playoffs. I didn't even worry about the first round. Darlington, and Then what's next? Q. Kansas and Bristol. AUSTIN DILLON: Kansas and Bristol. Kansas was a decent track earlier this year. We're just going to have to go to work and really rely on the sim at Chevrolet and at RCR. It won't be from a lack of effort over the next three weeks to progress and try to get another win. Q. Austin, I don't know if you know this, but it's been 32 years since the last time a cup race here in the summer started at 10:00 a.m., 1990. Would you care to know who won that race? AUSTIN DILLON: Somebody already said it. Was it Earnhardt? Q. Yes. AUSTIN DILLON: That's pretty cool, 10:00. I'm telling you, this place has connections. It's crazy. Q. I wanted to kind of talk about the restart where the cars all kind of wrecked. Did you see any rain? Secondly, on that last lap move to Austin Cindric, did you do it for Dale? AUSTIN DILLON: (Laughing). No, it was more about just figuring out how to get to the front, and I was thinking about the teammates I had behind me. And I knew that if I made a move, that I was going to have a little bit of help. It just kind of played out that way. The restart I did not see the rain. My spotter told me immediately after we got through the wreck, it is pouring, and I was, like, Oh. I truthfully thought that the 99 got turned because that's all I could see from my perspective. Then I watched the replay, and I actually did have fluid. I thought it was probably -- it happened so fast that I didn't know that there was any fluid even. I was just going to the apron to miss the wreck. So I never really lost traction like those first guys that hit it did. That probably was an advantage too that when they hit it, it might have dried it up. When I got to the flat, it wasn't as wet when I got there. I didn't feel any dampness on the flat. I don't know. Q. Your last win here, you went out and I think there was a tattoo involved (Laughing). What are your plans? What special is going to happen here tonight? Didn't have you a golf tournament or something you were supposed to be playing in today? AUSTIN DILLON: I do. I have a golf tournament, and I was working on a plane flight the entire time because the plane I was going to use broke down. I was going to use my grandfather's plane. He said after it rains, I'm going home. Then I've been working on a flight, and my good buddy, Johnny Morris at Bass Pro Shop, that's where we're headed. We're going to Big Cedar to play Payne's Valley and it's for the Dilly Cup. It's a tournament that my dad and I started last year. It's just a fun Ryder Cup style format. It looks like Johnny has waited around for me, so we're going to possibly go there, I guess. I don't know. Are we not? Or we are? I guess we might be going there. I don't know. Q. That takes care of the post-celebration? AUSTIN DILLON: We'll have some good times there for sure. Q. No tattoo shops? AUSTIN DILLON: No tattoo shops in Big Cedar in Missouri. If there is one, we might find one. THE MODERATOR: Thanks for coming in, and good luck in the Playoffs. AUSTIN DILLON: Thank you, sir. JUSTIN ALEXANDER, CREW CHIEF, NO. 3 BREZTRI CAMARO ZL1; and RICHARD CHILDRESS, OWNER OF RICHARD CHILDRESS RACING, Press Conference Transcript: THE MODERATOR: We're going to get started with our post-race media availability. We are joined by crew chief Justin Alexander and car owner Richard Childress. Richard, we'll start with you. Two cars in the Playoffs this year. How does it feel? RICHARD CHILDRESS: Feels great. Our guys have worked so hard. Austin has been involved in several crashes, got him behind in the points. We knew this was our shot to be able to win a race. He has always been good here, and we knew if we could dodge all the bullets and be there, we could have a shot at the end to win with him. THE MODERATOR: That's great. Let's go ahead. Justin, let's go to you next. With all the damage to the car, quite a bit of mutilation to the cars out there today, how did your guys pull it through and get to the end? JUSTIN ALEXANDER: Teamwork. We didn't have a ton of damage. We got involved in incidents on pit road early and then got involved in another incident where we had fender damage. The guys did a good job taping it back up and getting the car fixed back up. I think we did a backwards pit stop at one point today, but it was good. It was just a good team effort, everyone on the team, the pit crew, all the guys and girls back at the shop that build these cars, just team effort. THE MODERATOR: We'll go ahead and open it up to questions. Q. At the end there you had Austin Dillon up near the front. You had Tyler Reddick, another RCR car, and you had Noah Gragson who is an RCR affiliate. Was there any communication between the teams about setting the 3 up for success when he needed the win the most? RICHARD CHILDRESS: I didn't hear it. They may have been listening more than I did. I was hoping it wouldn't. They're racing for the win as well. Tyler was in, and I know he helped push Austin some there. You know, I didn't hear any communication. JUSTIN ALEXANDER: Tyler is already in the Playoffs, and he knew we needed the win. He did a good job of staying on the bumper and helping out the guys behind us and helping out the guys behind us. Helping out the 62 as well. Hats off. Appreciate those guys helping us out. THE MODERATOR: Questions. Q. Richard, was there any sort of chip on your shoulder, the fact that they took three and a half hours and didn't declare you the winner to get back racing? First off, were you upset that they kept trying to dry the track? Does it make the win any sweeter the fact that they didn't call it, and yet you were able to still win it? RICHARD CHILDRESS: You take a win any way you can get it, but to come back and win it like that, it was special. It was a great team effort from everyone. It gave me time to go watch the PBR, and Carolina Cowboys won. Q. Richard, obviously it seems like there's been a little bit of tension since Tyler made his announcement, but here he played the loyal company guy and pushed Austin into the Playoffs to make sure he protected him. Does that help his standing at all within the walls of RCR? RICHARD CHILDRESS: I think I talked to all of those guys after his announcement, and I said we're going to give him 100% chance to win races and 100% chance at winning the championship. Now, we've got two in there, so we've got to give both of them the same advantage to try to win the championship. Q. Will Tyler be looked at more favorably at all that he didn't try to pull out a line; he did his job in pushing Austin? RICHARD CHILDRESS: They were all just working together, I think. I didn't talk to any of them. I didn't hear any communication on the radio. I was just standing up there, old heart beating fast and watching it. Q. Richard, from the outside people were looking at, are they going to race, are they going to not, and people are maybe looking at it from their personal point of view of, do I stay and watch the race, or do I go and do something else? For you this is a business, this is a financial situation. Can you kind of, I guess, explain maybe some of the financial implications of this, getting into the Playoffs, what can help you with the charter system, how one moment, one decision, one race there's so much wrapped up into it and what this could mean for RCR as a business entity? RICHARD CHILDRESS: Yeah, it is. It was really big to be able to get this car in the Chase. There's bonus points. There's other things that go along with winning. The financial aspect of it is a lot better than running second, for sure, and not making the Chase. So, again, just like Justin says, a great team effort. ECR Engines did a great job, and all of our guys back at the shop and the gals did a wonderful job, for sure. Q. Is it something like this could be worth $1 million down the road, particularly if you finish well or win the championship, that this could have been a million dollar day or $5 million day for the organization? RICHARD CHILDRESS: Yes, for sure. It can be for sure $1 million day. Just getting in the Chase, our drivers have bonuses by getting into the Chase, and crew chiefs. Justin, you made a little bit today too (smiling). I don't know how much I'll end up with after I get done paying all the bonuses, but it was worth it. It was worth it. Q. How has having an affiliation with Kaulig and a lot of the other teams helped with the engine program exactly? RICHARD CHILDRESS: It's good. We did a deal with Hendrick, HMS. We created an entity called HCD, which it's Hendricks and Childress, and we built a recipe for the engines and all of us have the same engines. Kaulig, RCE, the 43, the 42, today the 62. We did eight or nine engines and Hendricks had four or five, six in it, I think. Q. This question is for Richard. Your team has been linked with Kyle Busch, speculation that he could be a potential landing spot. Any comment on that? RICHARD CHILDRESS: Not really. Kyle is a great race driver. He and I have talked. We put all our differences behind us a while back, and he is a great race driver. He will land him a good ride somewhere for sure. Q. Could it be with you? RICHARD CHILDRESS: You said that, I didn't (Smiling). Q. Richard, you've been coming to Daytona for a lot of years, and you've got a lot of wins here. How does this one compare, with the rain delay, with everything that happened today? It's got to be a great day to see your grandson in victory lane here again at Daytona. Tell us a little bit about the history and the feeling about today. RICHARD CHILDRESS: Daytona has always been special. The first time I came here was 1965, and I slept in a tent out here on Nova Road. I was working another guy's car. Came back in '69 and ran a Grand American Race. Came back and raced myself here several races. Came back with Earnhardt and Ricky Rudd and Kevin Harvick. We've won three here. Earnhardt, which was a great win. Kevin had a great win right there at the end. To see Austin win 20 years later to the day was very special when family wins. Q. Richard, were you concerned at all that NASCAR was waiting a long time to either call it or what? I mean, it seemed like they don't generally wait over three hours for a rain delay. Did it bother you at all? RICHARD CHILDRESS: Well, I thought they would call it earlier. We had been here quite a while, and the race fans have been here quite a while, but I understand they wanted to really put the show on. You had two guys trying to get in the Chase, the 19 and the 12, and they wanted to give them a good, fair chance. I wanted to see us have a fair chance of getting in. We would have took it if it would have rained it out, but winning it like we did, hats off to Justin and his whole crew and the calls that they made to get us where he was. Q. Justin, can you give me a sense of the difference of being in the Playoffs and not being in the Playoffs? I'm guessing for most organizations when you are not in the Playoffs, suddenly you become the car that is the test car. Those teams still go to the race to win each week. How do you pick your guys up, what is it like being classified the B team and the test team and what that means and how that's different from what you guys get to do this year? JUSTIN ALEXANDER: There's only 16 guys that go to the Playoffs, so I think it's pretty special to get there. We knew we had to come in here and win to do it, and we did it. It's good. I mean, we know we get to run for a championship, just like the other 16 guys, or 15 guys with us. It's obviously, from our position, from the team position, from RCR, it's a great opportunity to have two cars that have a shot at winning the championship. So for us we're going to go back, and we're going to -- we've been prepared for Darlington, but we're going to go back and get ready and hopefully put on a show like we did a few years ago. I don't know. Obviously, it's much better to go to Darlington with a shot to win a championship than it is to go there as a guy that can finish 17th at best. We're going to go there and do our best and give it everything we've got. Q. Richard, Austin Dillon's move on Austin Cindric looked like a superspeedway version of the bump-and-run. As somebody who has a history of drivers who perform the bump-and-run, I kind of wanted to know what your reaction was at the time, especially with everything that was on the line. RICHARD CHILDRESS: He kept running up behind him. I think he was trying to get him loose. I didn't see that move. I don't know if he got so close, he got him loose, or if he bumped him a little to push him and got him sideways. When you are racing for the win, that's what all of them is going to be doing. Q. Justin, for you, how weird was it to watch those final 16 laps with just 15 or so cars in various states of condition just going all-out as much as they could for the win? How strange was that last 16 laps for you? JUSTIN ALEXANDER: Well, when you come to a place like Daytona or Talladega, it's not very strange. These races play out a little bit crazy sometimes. So we knew the 2 car was going to be strong, and we knew we had some Chevrolets and some guys that were going to help us that could help us. We knew it wasn't just going to be given to us. Austin had to go out there and drive, and Brandt spot and do their deal. We spent five minutes trying to figure out where we were going to line up on the top or the bottom on the restart and who was going to help push us. Without all the guys that are in there, it's certainly different, but certainly we had to battle just as hard as we would with 15 or 20 guys behind us. Just hats off to everyone. THE MODERATOR: Gentlemen, thank you for coming in, and congratulations. Good luck in Darlington. RICHARD CHILDRESS: Thank you. JUSTIN ALEXANDER: Thank you, guys. GM PR | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/72440-chevrolet-ncs-austin-dillon-takes-the-win-and-playoff-spot-at-daytona | 2022-08-30T05:34:26Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/72440-chevrolet-ncs-austin-dillon-takes-the-win-and-playoff-spot-at-daytona | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
That time of year is nearly upon us. The annual trek to Tulsa, Okla., for a shot at hoisting the Golden Driller, but before that happens, the race to enter comes first and early entry for the 38th annual Lucas Oil Tulsa Shootout, happening December 27, 2022, through December 31, 2022, open in less than a month.
Early entry opens on Tuesday, September 20, 2022. The online portal at http://www.tulsashootout.
Starting Wednesday, November 30, 2022, the cost per class will be $125, and will close on Tuesday, December 13, 2022. After that, teams will have to enter at the event during check-in on Monday, December 26, 2022.
In addition to online entry, the entry blank will be sent to our database of competitors. Teams will also be able to enter by phone at (918) 838-3777, Monday-Friday, from 9:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. (CT).
A quick reminder to teams regarding car numbers.
We do not allow reflective numbers. If your numbers are borderline or not readable, you will need to fix them. You will be given one warning during practice to fix your numbers. Numbers not fixed by race time will result in disqualification, and you will not be allowed to enter the racetrack.
Non-Wing Classes must have a number on the nose of your car. The letter must be above the number and legible. Winged Classes must have numbers on both sideboards. All cars must have legible numbers on the tail tank. Car numbers are a max of three digits. That includes the use of a letter.
For example, a car can be No. 100, or No. 10x. Not No. 100x.
We have three people hand scoring because sometimes the transponder system does go down, they fall off the car, or just stop working. We need to be able to read all car numbers so you are not scored incorrectly and also to speed up time under caution. It also helps our infield crew to move cars around when a RACEceiver malfunctions. Contrast is important. Black on black with a hint of grey is not readable when a car is in motion, especially from a distance.
On Monday, December 26, 2022, all teams will be moved into the SageNet Center starting at 7:00 A.M. Practice will take place on Tuesday, December 27, 2022, with the first rounds of Heats taking the green around 7:00 P.M. (CT). Draw will close on Tuesday, December 27 at 11:00 A.M (CT). If you check-in after your class has completed practice, you will not get a session.
Racing will continue each day, starting at 9:00 A.M., with the race for the Golden Driller wrapping up on New Year’s Eve.
Featured classes at the 38th running of the “Mecca of Micros” include A-Class, Stock Non-Wing, Restricted, Outlaw, Non-Wing Outlaw, and Junior Sprints. Information regarding specific daily running orders will be established after entries open. Entry forms will be sent out late this year. Online entry will be available as well as entry by phone at (918) 838-3777.
Rules questions can be directed to Matt Ward, who is the director of competition for the Lucas Oil Tulsa Shootout. Contact for Matt Ward includes Cell Phone at (918) 995-1650 or the office at (918) 838-3777.
Fans not able to attend the 38th annual Lucas Oil Tulsa Shootout can see every lap of action on http://www.floracing.com.
The Lucas Oil Tulsa Shootout takes place at the Tulsa Expo Raceway, located inside the SageNet Center in Tulsa, Okla. More information on the event will be released as the event draws closer. All official rules, event information, and dates are online at http://www.tulsashootout.
Quick Notes:
Event: 38th annual Lucas Oil Tulsa Shootout
Where: SageNet Center – 4145 E 21st St, Tulsa, OK 74114
Parking: December 26, 2022 starting at 7:00 A.M.
Practice: December 27, 2022 starting at 8:00 A.M. Racing to follow
Event Dates: December 27, 2022 – December 31, 2022
Early Entry ($100/class entered): September 20, 2022 – November 29, 2022
Late Entry ($125/class entered): November 30, 2022 – December 13, 2022
At Race Entry ($125/class entered): December 26, 2022
Entries can be paid by Cash, Master Card, or Visa. No personal checks are accepted without prior approval. Entry includes Saturday Pit Pass.
Mail Entries To: Tulsa Shootout 1140 S. 83rd East Ave. Tulsa, OK 74112
Fax Entries To: (918) 836-5517
Call Entries To: (918) 838-3777
Enter Online At: http://www.tulsashootout.
Entries will NOT be accepted via social media.
**Rules for the represented classes can be found at https://www.tulsashootout.
All times and order of events are tentative and subject to change based on the number of entries. The number of races will be determined after check-in has closed.
Entry Information
Monday, December 26, 2022
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Tuesday, December 27, 2022: Practice/Racing
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All TIMES MAY VARY DUE TO VEHICLE COUNT
Wednesday, December 28, 2022: Racing
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Pit Passes sold at the North and South entrances only.
All TIMES MAY VARY DUE TO VEHICLE COUNT
Thursday, December 29, 2022: Racing
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Pit Passes sold at the North and South entrances only.
All TIMES MAY VARY DUE TO VEHICLE COUNT
Friday, December 30, 2022: Racing
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Pit Passes sold at the North and South entrances only.
All TIMES MAY VARY DUE TO VEHICLE COUNT
Saturday, December 31, 2022: Driller Day
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All LCQ's & A Features Following Opening Ceremonies
Pit Passes sold at the North and South entrances only.
All TIMES MAY VARY DUE TO VEHICLE COUNT
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2023 Class Lineup
Winged Outlaw
Non-Wing Outlaw
A-Class Winged
Stock Non-Wing
Restricted
Junior Sprints
Event Broadcast:
Live Online PPV: http://www.floracing.com
Tulsa Shootout Past Champions (Current Classes)
Winged Outlaw Keith Crawford (1990), Pete Frazier (1993), Pete Frazier (1994), Steve Frisell (1995), Chad Davenport (1996), Rick King (1997), Pete Frazier (1998), Lee Waldroop (1999), Paul Carbone (2000), Robert Richardson (2001), Dino Tomassi & Scotty Smith (2002), Bryan Clauson & Jacob Mosley (2003), Rodney Stealy (2004), Stan Yockey & Scotty Smith (2005) , Rodney Stealy (2006), Jerrod Wilson (2007), Brady Bacon (2008), Kevin Bayer (2009), Ryan Reeves (2010), Blake Hahn (2011), Heath Duinkerken (2012), Heath Duinkerken (2013), Frank Flud (2014), Michael Faccinto (2015), Brady Bacon (2016), Joe B. Miller (2017), Christopher Bell (2018), Ben Worth (2019), Emerson Axsom (2020), Mitchell Moles (2021), Craig Ronk (2022)
Non-Wing Outlaw Blake Hahn (2011), Brock Lemley (2012), Chris Andrews (2013), Steven Shebester (2014), Trey Marcham (2015), Chris Andrews (2016), Tristan Guardino (2017). Jason McDougal (2018), Zeb Wise (2019), Brady Bacon (2020), Kris Carroll (2021), Jeffrey Newell (2022)
Winged A-Class Willie Bewley (1988), Gary Edwards (1989), David Person (1991), Bubba Hunt (1992), Ryan McDonald (1993), Chris Crawford (1994), Kevin Bayer (1995), Jay Foote (1996), Darren Stewart (1997), Jerrod Wilson (1998), Shawn Wright (1999), Shawn Wright (2000), Brad Best (2002), Dex Eaton (2003), Brady Bacon (2004), Kevin Bayer (2005), Scott Sawyer & Jerrod Wilson (2006), Donnie Ray Crawford (2007), Jerrod Wilson (2008), Gary Taylor (2009), Donnie Ray Crawford (2010), Andrew Deal (2011), Kevin Bayer (2012), Chris Cochran (2013), Tucker Worth (2014), Giovanni Scelzi (2015), Miles Paulus (2016), Ayrton Gennetten (2017), Jason McDougal (2018), Jake Hagopian (2019), Kyle Spence (2020), Brian Carber (2021), Jake Hagopian (2022)
Stock Non-Wing Wendy Shear (1990), Jeff Dodd (1994), Paul Herdon (1996), Brady Courtney (1997), Rick Mercer (1998), Chebon Bruner (1999), Matt Walton (2002), Donnie Crawford (2003), Ronnie James (2004), Donnie Crawford (2005), Andrew Peters & Donnie Crawford (2006), Donnie Ray Crawford (2007), Rodney Stealy (2008), Riley Adair (2009), Chris Andrews (2010), Koen Shaw (2011), Chris Cochran (2012), Michael Faccinto (2013), Frank Flud (2014), Trey Marcham (2015), Jonathan Beason (2016), Frank Flud (2017). Jason McDougal (2018), Kyle Spence (2019), Alex Bright (2020), Brian Carber (2021), Emerson Axsom (2022)
Restricted 'A' Class Jonathan Beason (2001), Josh Pickle (2002), Jay Hunt (2003), Jack Dover (2004), Dalton Cole (2005), Tyler Edwards (2006), Tanner Mullens (2007), Sean Thompson (2008), Trent Carter (2009), Darien Roberts (2010), Dalton Seigler (2011), Dahne Lynn McKay (2012), Dahne Lynn McKay (2013), Alex Panella (2014), Kaylee Bryson (2015), Noah Gass (2016), Grady Mercer (2017), Corey Day (2018), Shawn Mahaffey (2019), Jade Avedisian (2020), Jaxton Wiggs (2021), Jett Nunley (2022)
Junior Sprints Dustin Rhodes (2004), Mitch Faccinto (2005), Blake Hahn (2006), Drew Marshall (2007), Chance Morton (2008), Grady Chandler (2009), Josiah Ribeiro (2010), Josiah Ribeiro (2011), Kameron Beard (2012), Jadon Rogers (2013), Cannon McIntosh (2014), Nikko Panella (2015), Ryder Laplante (2016), Caeden Steele (2017), Ryan Timms (2018), Austin Wood (2019), Jett Barnes (2020), Lucas Mauldin (2021), Lucas Mauldin (2022)
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After months of preparation and anticipation, the Solid Rock Carriers CARS Late Model Stock Car Tour will finally descend onto the historic North Wilkesboro Speedway this week for the Window World 125.
Wednesday’s Late Model Stock feature will be one of several events that will formally wrap up a successful month of racing at North Wilkesboro, with names like Ryan Newman, Bobby Labonte, Ryan Preece, Bubba Pollard and many more all getting an opportunity to compete at the facility.
Once the on-track action wraps up on Wednesday, North Wilkesboro’s pavement that has been in place since 1957 will be removed to create a temporary dirt track for more races in October. Fresh pavement will be put down on the track to go along with the current renovations that are expected to be completed before the start of the 2023 season.
A star-studded field for the LMSC Tour will send out the old surface at North Wilkesboro on Wednesday, as an even mix of auto racing veterans and promising rookies look to add their name to the track’s long and storied record books.
Event Notes:
Track: North Wilkesboro Speedway
Location: North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
Length: .625 mile
Laps: 125
CARS LMSC Tour races: 0 (debut event)
LMSC Entry List (30 cars): #03 Brenden Queen, #1 Andrew Grady, #2 Brandon Pierce, #2r Braden Rogers, #3 Dale Earnhardt Jr., #4 Hayden Swank, #4w Dylon Wilson, #5 Carter Langley, #8 Carson Kvapil, #8b Chase Burrow, #10 Janson Marchbanks, #12 Kaden Honeycutt, #14 Jared Fryar, #16 Chad McCumbee, #21 Stefan Parsons, #22 Bobby McCarty, #24 Mason Diaz, #28 Connor Mosack, #29 Bryan Reedy, #32 Zack Miracle, #34 Pat Rachels, #43 William Sawalich, #44 Conner Jones, #71 Katie Hettinger, #77 Connor Hall, #78 Corey Heim, #81 Mini Tyrrell, #87 Mike Looney, #91 Jonathan Shafer, #95 Jacob Heafner
The final night for North Wilkesboro’s old pavement will see the CARS LMSC Tour share the track with Street Stocks and Limited Late Models. Qualifying for the LMSC Tour will take place on Tuesday before the green flag for the Window World 125 flies the following night at 7:30 p.m.
For more information on the CARS Late Model Stock Tour and the CARS Pro Late Model Tour, visit www.carsracingtour.com. Be sure to stay active and social with the tour by liking “CARS Tour” on Facebook, following @CARSTour on Twitter and scrolling through photos on Instagram cars_tour.
Additional series information can be obtained by calling the CARS Tour series office, located in
Mooresville, NC, at 704.662.9212.
CARS Tour PR | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72444-solid-rock-carriers-cars-tour-event-preview-window-world-125-at-north-wilkesboro-speedway | 2022-08-30T05:34:45Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72444-solid-rock-carriers-cars-tour-event-preview-window-world-125-at-north-wilkesboro-speedway | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Racing at North Wilkesboro Speedway has been a family tradition for Dylon Wilson.
A fourth-generation competitor, Dylon will have the opportunity to finally turn laps at the historic facility himself on Wednesday evening. Dylon expects a surreal atmosphere at North Wilkesboro but is eager to participate in such a historic event for East Coast short track racing.
“This is a big deal for me,” Dylon said. “As soon as they broke the news, I wanted to be a part of the Late Model Stock race. It’s an honor to share the track with so many big names and I’m really looking forward to running with such a prestigious field.”
Dylon’s great uncle Charlie Combs was one of three people who were instrumental behind the construction of North Wilkesboro in 1947 alongside Enoch Staley and John Masden.
As North Wilkesboro continued to grow over the next several decades, Dylon’s family became intertwined with that development. His great grandfather Jack Combs ran several races around the facility before becoming its co-owner, passing down his love for the track to his son and Dylon’s grandfather Dean Combs.
Of the 60 victories Dean obtained during his career in the NASCAR Goody’s Dash Series, 14 of them came at his home track of North Wilkesboro. Dean’s son and Dylon’s father Eric Wilson, who also raced in the Goody’s Dash Series, competed in a Late Model Stock event at the track before its closure in 1996.
Watching North Wilkesboro deteriorate over the years was never easy for Dylon or anyone in his family. Now that the track has a more promising future ahead, Dylon is looking forward to making more new memories at North Wilkesboro as a driver just like his father, grandfather and great grandfather.
“I proposed to my wife on the frontstretch at the start-finish line,” Dylon said. “The main reason I did that was because it was a similar scenario to how my great grandfather proposed. I thought the track was going to be torn down, so I wanted to do it before that happened. I’m glad I was wrong though.”
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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.
TICKETS:
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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A record Du Quoin State Fair stock car pay day is in the sights of seventeen-year-old Jesse Love after victory in the Atlas Allen Crowe 100 ARCA Menard’s race at the Illinois State Fairgrounds. The second half of the Performance Seed Dirt Double is at stake, a $50,000 reward to the driver who can win both Illinois dirt events on the ARCA schedule. With a victory in the Rustoleum Automotive 100 on the Magic Mile, the Californian could pocket well more than $63,000. If so, it would be the richest stock car payday in Du Quoin history.
Love started on the pole and led every lap at the Illinois State Fairgrounds on August 21, in a race impacted by weather and a scheduled concert. Now that the first leg of the Performance Seed Dirt Double has been captured, the Venturini team turns its attention to the Sunday night of Labor Day Weekend and the picturesque mile dirt track on the south side of Du Quoin, Illinois and the Rustoleum 100 under the lights.
Just ten drivers have swept both events and the last came with Parker Kligerman in 2009. Even if the $50,000 isn’t distributed September 4, a guaranteed $5000 bonus is up for grabs to the ARCA driver posting the best finish in both dirt events, also courtesy of Performance Seed. Last year’s Rustoleum 100 was also run under the lights and 15-year-old Landen Lewis became the youngest race winner in Du Quoin State Fairgrounds history leading a record 104 laps in the process.
It’s all part of a Labor Day weekend full of racing which also includes the ARCA Menards Series on Sunday night and DIRTcar Modifieds both nights.
Practice for the USAC Silver Crown championship cars begins Saturday, September 3 at 5 p.m. with qualifying slated at 6:30 and the Ted Horn 100 presented by MiteXstream at 8:15 p.m. Sunday, September 4 event schedule will begin with practice at 4:15, qualifying at 6:00, and feature racing at 6:30.
Tickets will be available on raceday or by calling the Du Quoin Fair office at 618-542-1535. Info and tickets can also be obtained by calling the Track Enterprises office at 217-764-3200.
For more info, visit www.trackenterprises.com.
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Russell 2000 technical analysis and trade idea (Long)
Russell 2000 futures (RTY) is at the bottom band of a potential bear flag but we are in the green (0.3% up so far today, on 30 Aug, 2022) and buyers may protect this touch point, and buy, which would expedite the short covering. The stop loss would be close, in relation to the take profit target, making this area interesting for a bull. See the channels and the technical analysis logic with the following video:
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Shares of data-warehousing service provider Snowflake (SNOW) heated up last week, despite the recent market decline, after a solid quarter that caught many analysts and investors off guard. Undoubtedly, its usage-based revenue model caused some analysts to be more cautious. Though a recession can weigh on SNOW, I view the secular trends powering its growth as strong enough to give SNOW stock a “free pass” from the latest round of market punishment.
In a prior piece dated August 12, I stated that Snowflake did not “deserve to be grouped with the rest of its fallen speculative tech peers” and that “the stock had plenty of room to run.” Even after last week’s massive jump, I remain incredibly bullish on the stock.
Snowflake overshot to the downside during the worst of the first-half market sell-off. In addition, the shockingly good second quarter is also likely to bring forth a wave of analyst upgrades that can help Snowflake resume its recovery, even as its peers retest those ominous June lows.
Snowflake’s Second-Quarter Results Showed Strong Growth
With recessionary concerns taking a bite out of other enterprise software companies (look no further than Salesforce (CRM), which had to downgrade guidance), it’s remarkable that Snowflake was able to continue flexing its muscles. The company reported $497 million in revenue for Q2, up 83% year-over-year.
Though Snowflake still generated a GAAP loss of $0.70 per share, such losses were more than forgivable, given the magnitude of top-line growth posted in the quarter.
Looking ahead to the third quarter, the outlook calls for revenue to fall in the middle of its guidance. I still think that’s too conservative, given Snowflake’s growth could snowball into and out of a coming recession.
The usage-based revenue model seems to be a source of huge earnings surprises. Even with an IT spending slowdown on the horizon, I think Snowflake can pull off yet another extraordinary beat.
Snowflake: Expensive, but “Undervalued” Relative to Its Growth Potential
Many software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies have seen their multiples contract rapidly through the first half of the year. Indeed, such battered hyper-growth companies may prove “more undervalued” than some of the traditional value stocks these days. Though there are a sea of “cheaper” software companies out there, nothing quite stacks up to Snowflake. It’s a growth company that’s one of few that deserves to trade at a P/S multiple north of 20x.
At writing, shares of Snowflake trade at 36.2x sales. That’s incredibly expensive to those who don’t have a full grasp of the type of growth profile that Snowflake possesses.
The usage-based model seems like a huge inconvenience to those analyzing the company. However, the model is to the benefit of existing and prospective customers. Further, I’d argue that it’s also to the benefit of long-term investors, given such a light model doesn’t require as many overhead expenses to tie down new customers. With a recession potentially looming, the last thing enterprises want to do is to be locked into a contractual obligation.
I drove these usage-based model “pros” home in prior pieces covering Snowflake stock.
At the end of the day, Snowflake’s unique revenue model seems future-proof. It can help Snowflake win new customers without excessive expenditures in the beckoning process.
Snowflake: More M&A Moves May Prove Wise
As economic storm clouds move in, I’d look for Snowflake to get just a bit busier on the acquisition front. The ability to grow without excessive reinvestment will allow Snowflake to build up a nice cash cushion over time. The extra cash can be used in strategic M&A to beef up per-customer usage of the platform.
Such acquisitions may cause some analysts to scratch their heads, though. Snowflake’s Streamlit acquisition was a genius one, in my opinion, but there were a few critics who didn’t seem to understand the deal.
Paying a pretty penny ($800 million) for an open-source framework doesn’t seem to make a lot of sense on the surface. Streamlit was a startup that didn’t have much to show in terms of revenue growth. Given that, the deal did not seem to make a lot of sense.
Streamlit was not a revenue driver on its own. The tool, which helps customers more easily build data apps, does seem to be useful at inspiring existing Snowflake customers to up their usage.
Amid the implosion in tech startup valuations, Snowflake could tack on a handful of intriguing tools that can lead to greater usage. The more customers actually use the Snowflake platform, the more value they’ll stand to create for their own businesses.
By acquiring intriguing startup firms, Snowflake is effectively putting new tools in the hands of customers. My guess is that a big chunk of customers will explore new ways to use such tools.
What is the Price Target for SNOW Stock?
Turning to Wall Street, SNOW stock comes in as a Moderate Buy. Out of 31 analyst ratings, there are 22 Buys, seven Holds, and two Sells.
The average Snowflake price prediction is $204.37, implying upside potential of 9.6%. Analyst price targets range from a low of $125 per share to a high of $274 per share.
Conclusion: Snowflake Still Isn’t as Expensive as It Looks
Snowflake isn’t as expensive as it looks right now. Sure, the 36.2x sales multiple is offputting, and so are some of its prior M&A moves. Still, there’s no denying the power of the platform and the growth profile.
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Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) provider Zendesk’s (ZEN) investor Light Street Capital Management LLC has proposed a strategic alternative. The investor proposes that resuscitating the company as a standalone entity would be more beneficial for all stakeholders than having it become private. Light Street currently owns over 2% of Zendesk.
In June, Zendesk agreed to a $10.2 billion buyout by private equity firms Hellman & Friedman LLC and Permira. It was supposed to be the biggest private equity deal of the year.
What does Light Speed Capital Propose?
Earlier yesterday, there was news that Light Speed Capital was going to vote against the $10.2 billion buyout deal. Later in the day, Zendesk confirmed the receipt of an unsolicited non-binding recapitalization proposal from Light Street, giving details of the same in a shareholder letter.
As per the letter, Light Street suggested a $5 billion recapitalization plan. This included $2 billion in preferred equity, $2 billion in incremental debt facility, and the remaining $1 billion from the company’s balance sheet.
Light Street noted that this amount could be used for a tender offer for approximately 50% of ZEN stock at $82.50 per share. Following the deal, the preferred equity shareholders would control approximately 66% of Zendesk.
Furthermore, Light Street also seeks to refresh and expand Zendesk’s Board to ten members, including five independent directors. The firm also seeks to oust the current CEO, Mikkel Svane, who will continue to serve on the Board.
Light Street believes that a CEO who has a successful track record in the software business is required to steer the ship forward. Commenting on the same, the firm said, “The skills required to drive Zendesk to over $1 billion of revenue are different than the skills needed to drive Zendesk to $1 billion of operating profit over the next phase in its journey.”
Commenting on Light Street’s proposal, Zendesk notified shareholders that it would thoroughly review Light Street’s plan vis-à-vis the previously agreed upon buyout deal, and decide on a course, which is in the best interest of the company and its shareholders.
Meanwhile, Light Street founder Glen Kacher said, “With increased focus on driving meaningful operating margin expansion and fresh leadership, we believe that shareholders can realize private equity style returns in the public markets.”
Is Zendesk a Good Stock to Buy?
A lot is going on with Zendesk currently. Amid the chaos, Wall Street analysts prefer to wait on the sidelines until the dust settles. On TipRanks, ZEN stock has a Hold consensus rating based on 11 unanimous Holds. The average Zendesk price target of $77.94 implies 1.8% upside potential to current levels. Meanwhile, the stock has lost 26% so far this year.
Ending Notes
Zendesk provides software products related to customer support, sales, and other customer communications. In its latest second quarter Fiscal 2022 results, Zendesk posted solid results, beating both revenue and earnings expectations.
Zendesk has been dodging multiple strategies, including buying the Survey Monkey business last year and being bought by private equity firms this year. There does not seem to be any clarity on the company’s future. It would be ideal to wait and see what the company decides about Light Street’s proposal or whether it goes ahead with the private equity buyout. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/zendesk-stock-nysezen-investor-light-street-capital-proposes-alternate-strategy | 2022-08-30T05:51:54Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/zendesk-stock-nysezen-investor-light-street-capital-proposes-alternate-strategy | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Timmy Trumpet may get his shot.
Buck Showalter has been careful in his usage of Edwin Diaz this season, but with the shutdown closer not having pitched since Friday, he should be ready for action Tuesday night against the Dodgers if the Mets have a late lead. That would mean a live rendition of “Narco” at Citi Field, with Timmy Trumpet — one of the artists behind Diaz’s popular entrance song that has become a spectacle — set to be in attendance.
Diaz pitched on Thursday and Friday against the Rockies, but Showalter held off on using him for a save opportunity on Saturday — which would have been only the second time this season he had pitched on three straight days — instead going to Adam Ottavino to close out a 3-0 win.
“It would have been very easy to use Edwin [Saturday] night,” Showalter said before the Mets were off on Monday. “We live in a result-oriented society: It only is OK if Otto and those guys did the job. So is it the wrong decision if you give up three runs in the ninth inning [Saturday] night? That’s what you gotta ask yourself before you decide to do it or not: are you going to live with the results? That’s hard to do.
“That’s why I asked the question [Saturday]. ‘We have a one-run lead in the ninth inning … 42,000 people there and all of a sudden the gate opens and they’re not playing the trumpets.’
“I want to hear them play,” Showalter added with a grin. “I enjoy that. I think it’s pretty cool.”
Showalter said he made the decision to let Diaz know before Saturday’s game that he would not be pitching that night, “because [otherwise] the temptation is too great.”
Diaz’s 28 saves are two shy of Guardians closer Emmanuel Clase’s major league lead and his 99 strikeouts lead all relievers. But Diaz’s 51 appearances are tied for 45th and 51 ¹/₃ innings are tied for 40th among relievers, with Showalter making sure his closer remains healthy for when it matters most.
Former Yankee Joey Gallo will return to New York on Tuesday with the Dodgers, having received a new lease on his season. After being traded to Los Angeles at the deadline, mercifully ending a brutal Yankees tenure, Gallo entered Monday with a .884 OPS, three home runs, seven walks and 18 strikeouts in 16 games with the Dodgers. With the Mets set to start three right-handers in the series, the left-handed-hitting Gallo figures to be in the Dodgers’ lineup often at Citi Field.
High-A shortstop Shervyen Newton was named the South Atlantic League Player of the Week after batting .391 with three home runs and 10 RBIs for the Brooklyn Cyclones. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/30/mets-edwin-diaz-has-chance-to-get-live-intro-by-timmy-trumpet/ | 2022-08-30T06:06:14Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/30/mets-edwin-diaz-has-chance-to-get-live-intro-by-timmy-trumpet/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
What To Know Today
Racial and gender diversity of police officers reduces fear among Black Americans, study finds. Two years after the police murder of George Floyd, a team of researchers led by Professor Justin Pickett at the University at Albany found that, compared to their previous study, Black Americans are still disproportionately afraid of the police. They also found that Black Americans were less afraid of officers when they were non-white and female, using two different methodological experiments based on a nationwide sample of Black and non-Black respondents. The new research also found that civilians were less likely to fear officers when they were aware of body-worn cameras being used by police. The authors acknowledge that perception alone doesn’t automatically mean better policing. Still, they write that the combination of body-worn cameras and more diversity could “help to emotionally de-escalate police-civilian encounters.” From The Trace: The experience of Marilyn Thompson, a Black police officer in Arkansas.
ICYMI: Americans want stricter gun laws — and to own guns. We published a closer look at a survey published last week by the University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. It found that 71 percent of respondents said gun laws should be stricter, the highest share since the poll launched in October 2017. At the same time, a majority of respondents said it was important for people to own guns for personal protection. “Americans have a more sophisticated take that you see reflected in the political discourse,” John Roman, a senior fellow at NORC at the University of Chicago, told me. “But you also see the fear, which is that Americans are afraid that they’ll be the victim of gun violence, and they want to have their own weapons to defend themselves.”
In California, nearly a third of red flag law orders came from San Diego County. That’s according to data released by state Attorney General Rob Bonta, who said that 31 percent of the gun violence restraining orders across the state last year — or 435 of 1,384 total — came from areas under the jurisdiction of San Diego City Attorney Mara Elliott. That compares to 483 orders in 2020 — or 37 percent of the state’s total. Suggesting that the state red flag law is underused in many other counties, Bonta pointed to San Diego’s example. Elliott and Bonta said last week that Elliott’s office has used more than 900 red flag orders since its first one in January 2018, resulting in over 1,500 gun seizures and 50 cases involving mass shooting threats. From The Trace: In 2019, we reported on Elliott’s widespread use of the orders and how she has become a national advocate for red flag laws.
Families of Uvalde shooting victims travel to Texas Capitol to call for gun reform. The small group traveled some three hours from Uvalde — along with survivors and family of victims of the 2018 mass shooting in Sante Fe, Texas, and other advocates for gun reform. They gathered to press for a special legislative session on gun policy and call for raising the minimum age to purchase semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21. Governor Greg Abbott has so far resisted calls to call such a session.
Sandy Hook families ask bankruptcy court to force Alex Jones to hand over control of his company. In a filing in the federal court late last week, families of nine victims of the 2012 shooting alleged the far-right conspiracy theorist “systematically transferred millions of dollars” out of the parent company of his media empire while claiming he was bankrupt. The case comes as Jones faces two more defamation damages trials in Texas and Connecticut after being ordered by a Texas jury to pay more than $49 million in damages to a Sandy Hook family earlier this month.
Boogaloo extremist sentenced to life in prison for the second of two murder convictions. Steven Carrillo, an Air Force veteran and anti-government extremist linked to the ideological movement, was previously sentenced to 41 years after pleading guilty to the 2020 death of a federal security officer after a Black Lives Matter event in Oakland in May 2020. On Friday, he was sentenced to life for fatally shooting another man, Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Deputy Damon Gutzwiller, in June 2020. Carrillo also pleaded guilty to attempted murder of five other officers.
‘Things that I haven’t seen before’: Man shoots residents fleeing from a fire he started. The horrific scene occurred early on Sunday morning in Houston, where authorities said a man started a fire at a rental residence he had recently been evicted from before he fatally shot three people and wounded two others. The suspect was later killed by a responding officer.
Data Point
10 — the number of mass shootings over the weekend across the country, leaving a total of 13 people dead and 42 injured, seven at a private event in Lexington, Kentucky. The Houston shooting was the deadliest. [Gun Violence Archive] | https://www.thetrace.org/newsletter/police-diversity-body-camera/ | 2022-08-30T06:07:06Z | thetrace.org | control | https://www.thetrace.org/newsletter/police-diversity-body-camera/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TRI-CITIES, Wash. -
Little Lives Small Animal Rescue is the only type of small animal rescue in the Tri-Cities. They rescue birds, rodents and reptiles from abandonment and abuse.
Most people know where to go when they find a stray dog, but what about a stray sugar glider? Parrot? Chameleon?
Little Lives cares for almost any small exotic animal.
This is Little Lives first time participating in Clear the Shelters. So far they already have 17 animals rescued then adopted this month.
Little Lives volunteers say they hope joining Clear the Shelters will bring awareness that there are other animals, besides dogs, that need saving.
Lisa Ronning-Dickson, a Little Lives volunteer, says "You can't really take a chameleon to a dog and cat shelter. they're not going to be able to take care of them."
Since the Little Lives rescue doesn't have a physical shelter building, it relies on volunteers and fosters to care for the animals before adoption. All of the animals are kept at foster homes.
Once Little Lives rescues an animal, they make sure they are medically healthy before finding a foster. They make sure to educate the foster family so they know how to care for the animal before they are ready to be adopted.
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If you choose an animal from Little Lives and you're not sure it fits into your family, they provide an foster to adopt program. This allows a trial period with the pet to see if it fits your lifestyle.
"We rely on people, we rely on donations," says Little Lives Board Member Rena Beck.
"We are 100% foster and donation based, so all of the donations we get goes towards medical help for our animals."
Ronning-Dickson says a lot of the small animals they care for are found dumped into the wild.
"Especially at the end of the fair, we have a lot of animals that are found in the local area and we have to try to catch them," says Ronning-Dickson.
She encourages people to reach out to Little Lives instead of dumping their pets because they will not survive in the wild. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/clear_the_shelters/clear-the-shelters-but-not-just-cats-and-dogs/article_9c5539d2-281d-11ed-80fc-4f06eac165f9.html | 2022-08-30T06:17:53Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/clear_the_shelters/clear-the-shelters-but-not-just-cats-and-dogs/article_9c5539d2-281d-11ed-80fc-4f06eac165f9.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BENTON COUNTY, Wash. —
UPDATE: 9 p.m.
Power has been entirely restored.
UPDATE: 8:58 p.m.
There are 59 customers still without power, according to the Benton PUD. Restoration is expected to take one or two hours.
AUGUST 29. 2022 7:48 p.m.
A large fire north of Grandview caused a power outage in Benton County on August 29, according to Yakima County Fire District 5. Crews are putting out a big pile of bins that caught fire around the 4000 block of N County Line Road. The road will be closed for several hours, according to YCFD5.
The power outage affected all of Prosser and parts of Benton City for about 15 minutes, according to the Benton PUD. The Cold Creek area is still without power and crews are working to restore it. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/fires/bin-pile-causes-fire-power-outage-north-of-grandview/article_3ed1a30e-280e-11ed-90ab-d76799f1f3b3.html | 2022-08-30T06:17:59Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/fires/bin-pile-causes-fire-power-outage-north-of-grandview/article_3ed1a30e-280e-11ed-90ab-d76799f1f3b3.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kennewick, Wash. Trooper Thorson of the Washington State Patrol posted a tweet about finding an unsecured load - a liquid container - on the Columbia Drive, State Route 395 roundabout in Kennewick. Whoever lost the container will have to contact Washington State Department of Transportation East Region to reclaim.
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CLARKSTON, Wash. – According to the Walla Walla District Corps of Engineers, winter hours for the Lower Granite Lock and Dam will start September 4th. The crossing will open daily at 7:00 A.M. and close at 5:00 P.M. It will close on November 24 for Thanksgiving, as well as Christmas and New Years.
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West Richland, Wash. - Desert Sky Elementary held its ribbon cutting ceremony as part of their first day of school - ever - from 3 to 3:15 p.m. on August 29th. Students and families also had the opportunity to visit with faculty, including the Principal and tour classrooms of the new facility.
The building at 2100 West Sunshine Avenue - now officially called Desert Sky Elementary - first opened in 2019, first serving students of Tapteal Elementary and later Badger Mountain while those schools underwent construction.
Principal Nicole “Nicki” Blake took over as Desert Sky’s first principal in the spring of 2022 and she and the school’s leadership team have since prepared to welcome the school’s own students.
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Wondering how to get the most of your garden harvest, plus successfully extend your growing season? In this hands-on workshop located at the new Teton Valley Community Garden, participants will learn best practices and food safety protocols for crop harvest, as well as various and economical season extension techniques to help you reap your garden awards well into the fall. The workshop will take place on Wednesday, September 14 from 9 a.m. to noon at the fairgrounds in Driggs. Participants may also have the bonus of bringing home harvested produce and/or perennial plants after the workshop.
Class will be taught by Jennifer Werlin, Extension Educator and Amelia Lohrenz, Horticulture/ Small Farms Assistant for the University of Idaho Extension. The workshop will be located at the Teton Valley Community Garden at the Teton County, Idaho Fairgrounds (1413 N Hwy 33, Driggs, ID 83422). The garden is located just to the north of the fairgrounds building.
All are welcome. Class fees are subsidized by USDA-NIFA Grant 2019-49400-30034; donations welcome ($10 suggested from public; free for Idaho Master Gardeners and Teton Valley Community Garden plot members). Please leave pets at home. Please register no later than September 12 for the workshop at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/407002043067. Questions? Please contact our UI Extension office at 208-354-2961 or teton@uidaho.edu. | https://www.tetonvalleynews.net/freeaccess/university-of-idaho-extension-to-offer-harvest-and-season-extension-horticulture-workshop/article_0727e73e-232b-11ed-aa6e-efee914fc7ff.html | 2022-08-30T06:22:12Z | tetonvalleynews.net | control | https://www.tetonvalleynews.net/freeaccess/university-of-idaho-extension-to-offer-harvest-and-season-extension-horticulture-workshop/article_0727e73e-232b-11ed-aa6e-efee914fc7ff.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Male Dolphins Form Lifelong ‘Friends’ That Help Them Find Partners, Fight Competitors
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Cooperation is what defines our society: humans are known for their strategy, alliances, a deliberate sense of collaboration that helps us socially and culturally function. But this complex social system isn’t unique to us. Dolphins, who otherwise have quite the reputation in marine circles for their curiosity and endearing personalities, are also incredibly social. Male dolphins form lifelong (decade-long, in their cases) friendships with others. These cliques of sleek animals help each other mate with female dolphins, and even fend off enemies who may try to “steal” potential mates.
These are “alliances of alliances of alliances, really,” said Richard Connor, a behavioral ecologist at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
Connor, along with other researchers, studied 202 Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins found in Western Australia’s Shark Bay between September and November, which is the dolphins’ peak mating season. Over a period of five years, the researchers observed the dolphins’ social habits, watching and listening to their whistles that function as unique communication patterns. Then, they focused exclusively on male dolphins and how their social circles operate: how alliances are formed, how long they last, what purpose they serve.
The researchers published their findings in PNAS on Monday. What they observed was a social bond previously never confirmed in non-human animals: male dolphins relied on alliances with two or three other male dolphins — this could also increase to 14 — for breeding and protection reasons. These unspoken but understood alliances are long-term, stable, and critical to their life duration in the waters.
“It’s a significant investment that starts when they’re very young – and these relationships can last their entire lives,” said Stephanie King, professor in animal behavior at Bristol University and one of the authors of the study. King explained these males have clearly laid out loyalty.
“What happens as a male, you might be in a trio, herding a female. And if someone comes to take that female, the other males in your team and your second-order alliance come in and help you.” The researchers found the dolphins were connected to as many as 22 other dolphins (even 50 in some cases), a network that comes to help as a larger team if they sense any risk to their safety or breeding capacity.
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These are fascinating patterns of sociability within the male dolphin network. More so because up until now, the idea of cooperation and social alliances as a necessity for survival was thought to be unique to humans. Our motives, mechanisms, and even desires are rich and complex. But what the new research shows is that both “dolphins and humans have converged in the evolution of between-group alliances – an incredibly complex social system. And it’s astonishing because we are so different from dolphins,” Connor noted.
Social structures between dolphins bear an uncanny resemblance to human counterparts due to anatomy. There is something called the “social brain” hypothesis — a theory that assumes human brains evolved to process factual information about the world and manage large social systems. According to the hypothesis, even the present trait of having complex, multilevel social relationships is reserved only for mammals with large brain sizes.
And like humans, cooperation comes with competition at different levels too. Unrelated male dolphins were found to form three alliance levels — also called as “orders” — while competing over female dolphins for mating. There were alliances within the same friendship group (called first- and second-order) and between-group alliances (third-order), “based on cooperation between two or more second-order alliances against other groups,” the study noted. “Individual males may expand their strategic options by maintaining social familiarity with males outside of their three-level alliance network, possibly leading to the formation of new alliance relationships. Thus, each male navigates a multilevel alliance network of strongly differentiated social relationships.”
And arguably, this social bond among male dolphin networks is critical to their breeding function and the eventual survival of the species. The more well-knit, stronger the group, the more success they have in attracting females. Even male dolphins that are more socially connected with third-order allies had more success “consorting females.”
These dolphin societies are built around ideas of friendship, cooperation, and kinship — a network that is socially continuous. Tracing their patterns can also help us understand how humans too evolved socially and cognitively.
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I joined cult to learn ‘Yahoo’ methods from a friend in order to fend for my mum, siblings —Aiye Confraternity leader
Twenty-two-year old Okosun Pascal, the leader of Aiye Confraternity in Ekpoma, Edo State, has opened up on how he was initiated into the cult, saying that it was a condition given to him before he would be shown how to become a Yahoo guy.
The graduate of English in the Faculty of Education, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, confessed that his group was in possession of two AK-47 rifles and three pump action guns, but said it had never had any clash with rival cults.
Pascal and 10 other suspected cultists, who were among other suspects paraded last Wednesday by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, were arrested by the Intelligence Response Team operatives in Ekpoma, Edo State, following reports on their nefarious activities within the area.
According to the FPRO, the suspects confessed to belonging to an unlawful society, specifically the Black Axe Confraternity (aka Aiye).
CSP Adejobi gave the names of the other suspects as Michael Ehineboh (24), Aneto Israel (22), Uhomogiwan Destiny (24), Bello Sunday (20), Eramoh Akhere (27), Osagie Adamson (22), Okoruwa Christian (24), Edoghogho Wellington, from Esan Local Government Area, as well as 20-year-old Momoh Kingsley from Estako West LGA and Chukwu Chukwuemeka, aged 24, from Nkanu West LGA in Enugu State.
Except Pascal who is already a graduate, 20 others were said to be undergraduates in the university.
Recovered from them were two AK-47 rifles, three pump action guns, a locally-made pistol, two AK-47 magazines, 22 rounds of 7.62mm live ammunition, 17 rounds of 5.56mm K2 ammunition and three live cartridges.
In an interview with the Nigerian Tribune, Pascal, who had his convocation ceremony in July, said: “It is true that I’m a cultist. I joined Neo Black Movement of Africa, known as Black Axe/Aiye Confraternity, in 2020. There were some guys senior to me in Ekpoma. I approached one of them who was very nice to me.
“I noticed he was a Yahoo guy. I told him I wanted to be like him, that he should show me the way. But he replied that I would need to join Black Axe Confraternity before he could let me know how to go about the Yahoo thing. Of course, I accepted his proposal so that I can learn from him.”
When asked why he decided to be a Yahoo guy knowing that it is against the law, Okosun replied: “That was the only way I could take care of my family. My father and mother had been separated for close to 10 years and I’m the first child and first son, so Yahoo was the only thing I could do to take care of my mother and siblings.”
How I was initiated
“I was taken into the bush where I met different people that I had never seen before. We were very many but I couldn’t count because they didn’t want us to know what was going on. It was in March, 2020, at about 12 midnight.
“They told us black life history; how the whites made the blacks to suffer. They tortured us by flogging us with horsewhip. There were lacerations on us but no blood covenant. I had no choice other than to go through all, moreso they didn’t tell us what they were going to do to us before the initiation. Since I joined, I have never been involved in any clash with rivals.”
How I got into police net
“I was arrested on my graduation day. There was a friend of mine, Daniel, who had been arrested before my graduation. During the ceremony, we were discussing outstanding issues among ourselves when Daniel brought police to my graduation to arrest me. He had said he would arrest the people aligning power. By then , I was Number One, the head of the Confraternity in our area because I was an indigene of the town. As I graduated, I called for volunteers to come for my graduation.”
How we got guns recovered from us
“They were handed over to us by our past leaders. Personally, I didn’t have any gun but we have five in our cult – two AK-47 rifles and three pump action guns.”
Another suspect, Destiny, who is from Uromi and in the Faculty of Agriculture in the same university, also spoke with the Nigerian Tribune.
According to him, ”I joined cultism when I was in my second year and became the Secretary General of my faculty. That was when members of Aiye cult group came to me, saying that I was intelligent and I could become the president.
“They told me that I would follow them to a party and later become a full member, but I later discovered that it was not a party but a group of boys in the bush for initiation. There was no way I could reject because there was serious torture throughout the night.
“At the beginning, I was just a member until I got to second semester in year four and they made me Number Three. They gave me the guns to keep in the bush.”
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IN line with its vision to develop 1,000,000 homes across Africa by year 2041, LIFEPAGE, is set to begin operations in the United States of America from September 2022.
This move, according to a statement made available to the Nigerian Tribune on Monday, is part of plans to reposition the company as a global brand and to connect diasporas of African descents to business and investment opportunities within the region and vice versa.
The statement reads in parts: “LIFEPAGE recently marked its 10th anniversary and as a result of our remarkable growth over the last ten years, we are expanding! This expansion signals a great start into the new decade we have just begun.
“For us, our focus in the next 10 years and beyond is for global positioning, while we continue to empower entrepreneurs and executives in their crafts and respective enterprises, we will also be connecting them to business and investment opportunities around the world.
“As a company with its root in Nigeria, we have stayed true to our brand promise against all odds and we will continue to fulfill this promise year in year out. “One thing we place premium on as an organisation is our name. As much as we will make money, we will not do so at the expense of our name.
“We are excited to announce this major and big move. The commencement of LIFEPAGE operations in the United States only marks the beginning of our global positioning and opportunities for our stakeholders both within and outside of Africa going forward.
“This will be an avenue to connect Nigerians and people of African descent to opportunities in Africa, and also to connect Africans to opportunities in America.
“Africa is an emerging market with loads of opportunities. However, its development lies mainly with Africans.
“As a company, our vision to develop 1,000,000 homes across Africa and the mission to help people create and retain wealth – primarily through real estate investments remain unchanged.”
LIFEPAGE began and still runs as a human capital and business development company and has since evolved. LIFEPAGE Nigeria started full operations in 2012 and LIFEPAGE America is next in line.
With over 10,000 stakeholders from all over the world, LIFEPAGE has hosted over 200 conferences, webinars, seminars, bootcamps and masterclasses where incredible insights, strategies, and opportunities for creating and retaining wealth were shared.
LIFEPAGE has completed and is currently working on more than 35 projects in cities such as Lagos, Abuja, Ogun, and Port Harcourt.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Business Employment Dynamics, only about 30 percent (less than one-third) of all small businesses survive after 10 years. It is quite an accomplishment for us to have reached and surpassed the 10-year milestone. It’s therefore time for anyone who is in touch with this vision to come with us as we develop Africa.
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Presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Bola Tinubu, has said the next general elections provides ample opportunity to turn around the fortunes of Nigerians.
He said if given the mandate, he was prepared to walk his talks on socio- economic emancipation of Nigerians.
The APC candidate gave the pledge on Monday in a tweet on his official handle.
He revealed that his administration would not do what is comfortable but what is right for Nigerians.
“We are not here to do what is comfortable. We are here to do what is right for our people and our country.”
“We are here to answer to a greater, higher calling. That calling is the love of Nigeria.
“We dare not miss this chance because we cannot be sure of another.”
Meanwhile, the Minister of State for Transportation, Prince Ademola Adegoroye, has said Tinubu would salvage the country’s economy if elected as president in 2023.
Adegoroye who gave the assurance during a stakeholders’ meeting of the Akure South local government chapter of the APC in Akure, the Ondo State capital, promised Nigerians that Tinubu will use his vast experience to bring more prosperity and development to the country.
The minister said the meeting was designed to unite the party members in the local government ahead of campaigns, to ensure victory for the party and Tinubu.
He said Tinubu has all it takes to engineer growth and development to the country as former lawmaker, governor and the national leader of the progressive party in the country.
“Senator Bola Tinubu is a thoroughbred politician who understands what the people need. He knows the grassroots and identifies with the masses.
“Tinubu understands what the people wants and I can assure you that it won’t take him long to settle down to work,” Adegoroye said.
In the same vein, the South-South Movement for Tinubu/Shettima (SSMTS) in a communique issued at the end of the meeting, said presidential and vice presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, are the answer to Nigeria’s multifaceted challenges.
The group called on South southerners to rally round Tinubu’s presidential quest, stating that he is a perfect representative of the yearnings for a president of southern Nigeria extraction in 2023 as expressed in the Asaba Declaration of Tuesday May 11, 2021 by the 17 southern governors.
Reading out the communiqué, the National coordinator and secretary of the group, Besidone Samuel Eyengho and Dr Emem Wilcox Wills, described Tinubu as the best choice and a pan-Nigerian who has raised leaders across the country.
They urged Nigerians to shun campaigns of calumny against Tinubu and his running mate, describing such trend as part of the antics of desperate politicians.
The communique knocked fears about Tinubu’s health, declaring him as hale and hearty.
The communique read in part: “”Tinubu is hale and hearty, agile and fit to tackle the challenges and demands of governance. Stakeholders in the South South should embrace the ticket to guarantee a prosperous Nigeria.
“Sincere and concerted efforts should be made to return the region fully into mainstream national politics in order to ensure meaningful and accelerated development.
“The romance with the PDP since 1999 has failed to attract the much-needed development to the region.
“Tinubu/Shettima will return the country on the path of sustainable peace, socioeconomic growth and development.”
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Integrated Health Programme (IHP), United States Agency for International Development (USAID)- funded project, has assured that it will continue to partner Bauchi State government in the area of proper health financing for development.
IHP Health Financing Advisor, Khalid Kasimu, said this during the opening of Budget Tracking Workshop for members of Bauchi State Accountability Mechanism for MNCH (BaSAM) and Journalists for Public Health and Development Initiative (J4PD), at the Chartwell Hotel, Misau.
Kasimu said that effective budgeting in health is critical to the growth and development of the sector, stressing that the sector needs prompt attention.
The IHP Health Financing Advisor added that if health budgeting and financing is got right, every other aspect of the health sector will fall in place which will in turn lead to growth and development of the sector.
He urged members of BaSAM and J4PD to concentrate on the workshop in order to have something to hold onto as they engage stakeholders on the need for effective health financing for service delivery in the sector.
On his part, the co-chairman of BaSAM, John Abu Yusuf, said that, “The budget is the second most important document of any state, the first most important is the Constitution as a government document, so we cannot overemphasise its importance.”
He said that, “Irrespective of how beautiful the Constitution of a country is, if the budget is faulty, there is no way the lofty provisions of the Constitution can be achieved, that is the reason we are particular about the budget, especially we at BaSAM”.
“That is the only way we can ensure that the people feel the existence of the government. We are not just here for ourselves, just for the sake of our jobs, but we are here for the sake of those who do not have the opportunity to be here and have this knowledge to help them track the budget”.
“We are to ensure effective implementation and ensure that the everyday life of the unseen Nigerian are served.”
Also speaking, the coordinator of J4PD, Elizabeth Nange Kah, said that, “We need this budget tracking workshop because we need evidence to be able to report issues concerning health and development accurately, issues that will generate debate among our various stakeholders,”
“So, how else can we do this rather than to partner with agencies because we are also trying to coordinate the engagement of the development partners on issues, on external workings and so, we need to work together as a team, every partner working on issues that affect women, children health and the environment,” she added.
“This is necessary because if we don’t have a healthy environment, we cannot have good health, so these are areas we are working in. We are meeting BaSAM for the first time and we hope that this will be the beginning of the partnership.”
“Budgeting is one of areas and as you all know, last week, we tried to engage government partners, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and the media on pre-budgeting validation in the state”.\
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U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. David Wolfe, Pacific Air Forces command chief, talks with Airmen from the 35th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment, during a PACAF leadership visit to Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 24, 2022. The U.S. Air Force posture in the Pacific provides lethal capabilities that deter adversary aggression and enhance regional peace and security. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Leon Redfern)
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U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. David Wolfe, Pacific Air Forces command chief, discusses the base campus plan reconstruction with Samantha Trimble, 35th Force Support Squadron project manager, during a PACAF leadership visit to Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 24, 2022. During the visit, Airmen and leadership across base discussed strategic capabilities, operations tempo and future plans for Misawa Air Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Leon Redfern)
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U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. James Jacobson, center, Pacific Air Forces deputy commander, listens to a brief from Staff Sgt. David Corona, left, 35th Maintenance Squadron aircraft metals technology craftsman during a PACAF leadership visit to Misawa Air Base, Japan, Aug. 24, 2022. The U.S. Air Force posture in the Pacific provides lethal capabilities that deter adversary aggression and enhance regional peace and security. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brieana E. Bolfing)
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It's looking like it'll be a fairly dry week for those in Kent, with highs of 23C in the coming days before rain makes a return. Despite some odd showers earlier in the week, most parts of the county will likely see rainfall on Sunday (September 4) and Monday (September 5).
The south east region, which is in desperate need of rain following weeks of dry weather, will likely have to wait a little longer compared to northern parts of the country before downpours begin. BBC weather forecaster Matt Taylor said: “As we see out summer and head into the meteorological autumn there is a very familiar story particularly as far as rainfall is concerned.
"This chart shows the amount of rainfall expected over the next five days and notice there are huge swathes of the UK where there is no blue, it stays dry, but there could be a few changes later in the week and into the weekend.
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“Notice this dip in the jet stream just to the south of Iceland, within that we are going to start to see a developing area of low pressure which will sink its way southwards and eastwards, combine forces with low pressure developing across France and Iberia and it’s this which into the weekend could at last, in the south and the west, bring a bit more in the way of significant rain,” as the Mirror reports.
Before that though and the outlook is for more dry weather on Tuesday although there will be some rain and wind in the east and north of the country. There will also be sunshine, possibly more than Monday and highs of 24C.
It is a similar situation for Wednesday and Thursday where it will be a touch warmer with highs of 25C, along with some isolated showers and winds. The change starts to come, though, on Thursday night with low pressure from the south and west moving in.
“We should have some warmer air, a few showers breaking out in the west in particular but more significant rain arriving in towards Ireland late in the day, temperatures more widely into the low and mid 20Cs," continued Mr Taylor.
"Then as we head into the weekend the area of low pressure starts to become more of a feature. Strong winds on the northern edge of it. So after a week of fairly quiet winds across Scotland, Northern Ireland, northern England, the breeze will pick up here and we will see some outbreaks of rain, heavy and thundery in places, fairly showery so fairly hit and miss to begin with, more likely across western areas.”
He added that rain will start to affect more of England and Wales especially as we go into the start of next week.
Outlook for south east
Today:
Mostly cloudy through the morning, but some brighter spells likely at times. Many places dry, though a few light showers around. Similar this afternoon, but brightening up towards the evening. Warm inland, but fresher and breezier at the coast. Maximum temperature 24C.
Tonight:
Dry and largely clear across the region overnight. Some patchy cloud affecting eastern parts. Winds falling light away from the coast. Minimum temperature 11C.
Wednesday:
Dry with frequent sunny spells, though a little cloudier around the middle of the day. Warm again inland, but breezier, fresher towards the coast, especially in the south. Maximum temperature 24C.
Outlook for Thursday to Saturday:
Largely dry Thursday and Friday with sunny spells and winds easing. More changeable, breezier conditions by Saturday. Showers developing, some heavy and possibly thundery. Temperatures warm or rather warm.
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The Canadians on tour had an undefeated Day 1 at the US Open, with 2019 champion Bianca Andreescu, 2021 finalist Leylah Fernandez and resurgent veteran Rebecca Marino picking up first-round wins.
US Open: Scores | Order of play | Draw
Andreescu, who defeated Serena Williams in the 2019 US Open final, overcame upset-minded Harmony Tan 6-0, 3-6, 6-1. Andreescu took 1 hour and 39 minutes to improve to 11-1 overall at the US Open.
She likes us, she really likes us.
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 29, 2022
🇨🇦 Bianca Andreescu improves her #USOpen win rate to 92%. pic.twitter.com/ckZiU9dwka
"I think I started off very, very well, and then [Tan] kind of came back," Andreescu said. "She changed her game style. I felt like she was playing more aggressive, coming to the net.
"I was a bit thrown off guard, and then I had to regroup in the third set, because I know if I didn't, then I'm sure she could have won that third set. But I'm just happy with how I dealt with it at the end."
Wildcard Tan had already grabbed a famous first-round win at a major this year when she outlasted Serena Williams at Wimbledon. Tan backed that victory up by making it all the way to the Round of 16 in London.
But after being pushed into a third set by Tan on Monday, Andreescu rolled through the decider, where she won 13 of her 14 first-service points and converted both of her break points.
happy Bibi 🤗@Bandreescu_ | #USOpenpic.twitter.com/Nh6e1NM1xp
— wta (@WTA) August 29, 2022
Andreescu will now face in-form No.15 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia of Brazil in the second round. Haddad Maia, who has won two WTA 250 titles this season and reached the WTA 1000 final in Toronto earlier this month, cruised past Ana Konjuh 6-0, 6-0 on Monday.
"[Haddad Maia is] playing really, really well," Andreescu said. "I know I played her but it was back in 2016. ... It wasn't an easy match, and I'm sure Wednesday definitely won't be an easy match, as well.
"She's playing really well. But I'm also playing really well, so I think it's going to be a great matchup."
A straight sets win for @beccamarino90 at the @usopen👏
— Tennis Canada (@TennisCanada) August 29, 2022
See you in round 2! 🇨🇦
Presented by @nationalbank. pic.twitter.com/bqMC3eAmZ8
Marino joined Andreescu in the second round with a quick 6-2, 6-3 win over Poland's Magdalena Frech. Marino continues her solid hard court summer, where she reached her first WTA quarterfinals since 2018 in both Washington and Granby.
World No.106 Marino, who has made a comeback after four years off tour between 2014 and 2017, had 19 winners to Frech's 10. The 31-year-old Marino is now into the US Open second round for the first time since her tournament main-draw debut back in 2010.
Marino will now take on Daria Snigur in the second round. Ukrainian qualifier Snigur pulled off a massive shocker on Monday by toppling Simona Halep in the first round.
Our 2021 finalist is moving 🔛 pic.twitter.com/iiFhe3L4fV
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 30, 2022
In the last match of the day, No.14 seed Fernandez kicked off her 2022 campaign with a 6-3, 6-4 win over France's Oceane Dodin. Last year's runner-up to Emma Raducanu needed just an hour and 12 minutes to clinch her victory at 11:30 p.m. on Louis Armstrong Stadium.
To polish off the undefeated day for Canada, Fernandez fired 26 winners in her first meeting with Dodin, while giving up just nine unforced errors.
Fernandez will now have to face one of the hottest players of the summer when she takes on big-serving Liudmila Samsonova in the second round. Samsonova, who won titles in Washington and Cleveland this month alone, beat 16-year-old Czech qualifier Sara Bejlek 6-3, 6-1. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2768514/canadians-andreescu-fernandez-marino-claim-us-open-first-round-wins | 2022-08-30T06:55:52Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2768514/canadians-andreescu-fernandez-marino-claim-us-open-first-round-wins | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK -- Serena Williams' first-round match at the US Open was electric. Playing her final tournament, the six-time US Open champion came through a gritty effort to defeat Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3 to advance to the second round. She faces No.2 Anett Konteveit on Wednesday.
Opening night on Arthur Ashe Stadium began with a beautiful rendition of "One Moment in Time" by the Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York. After Broadway star Anika Noni Rose wowed the crowd with the National Anthem, Williams and Kovinic took to the court.
The queen of Queens. pic.twitter.com/WipNUcGL5q
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 29, 2022
Now that is an entrance, @serenawilliams.#USOpen pic.twitter.com/vpdNSWcTes
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 29, 2022
The crowd is READY. pic.twitter.com/OOF2LfE6EO
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 29, 2022
Vintage Serena 🤩 pic.twitter.com/ytZkglejpi
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 29, 2022
That winning feeling. #Serena pic.twitter.com/xJ4YUdi1Fj
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 30, 2022
Like mother, like daughter ❤️
— ESPN (@espn) August 29, 2022
Olympia channeled @serenawilliams at the #USOpen pic.twitter.com/pOxGbWYB4o
With her family in her supporter's box and stars and icons of industry littered throughout the record-breaking sell-out crowd, Williams rode the wave of love and support to victory.
Queen ❤️ https://t.co/k2FPYttvwH
— Ons Jabeur (@Ons_Jabeur) August 30, 2022
"I really want to watch this match," said No.5 Ons Jabeur after her opening win on Day 1. "I'm supporting Serena. I have to. She's really amazing. I hope she could win as many matches as she can. It's just amazing."
This is why you’re the 🐐 my friend. Well done @serenawilliams
— Grigor Dimitrov (@GrigorDimitrov) August 30, 2022
we here. watching the 🐐. I love you @serenawilliams pic.twitter.com/VGMBT3LbUN
— Coco Gauff (@CocoGauff) August 29, 2022
Coco Gauff initially thought she would be taking in the match from her hotel room. Then she had a change of heart.
"I was stretching, and, I was like, I have been coming to the US Open since I was eight years old, every year, haven't missed a year," Gauff said after posting her first ever win on Ashe. "Went from watching to playing, which is cool. We only really came to see Serena or Venus, to be honest.
"So then I was like this is her final match. I feel like eight-year-old me would want to see this. Because I'm in the tournament usually I don't like to stay at the site but this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. So I said, I've gotta go and I heard that something special is going to happen."
Here's the best from social media to encapsulate a night to remember:
The celebs are out for #Serena pic.twitter.com/aYh2Verchx
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 30, 2022
— Allyson Felix (@allysonfelix) August 30, 2022
👑 x 👑#SerenaWilliams #USOpen pic.twitter.com/R9gwfwZCht
— wta (@WTA) August 30, 2022
Living their I-was-there moments 🙌#Serena #USOpen pic.twitter.com/oAgRgr3IxU
— wta (@WTA) August 30, 2022
All the emotion from #SerenaWilliams inside Arthur Ashe Stadium tonight. pic.twitter.com/GvMPzdviiC
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 30, 2022
An icon speaks on an icon@Oprah says what we're thinking on this night. Thank you, Serena. pic.twitter.com/IMNWUD0xP9
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 30, 2022
We ❤️ Serena#USOpen pic.twitter.com/MJCCWgrzDT
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NEW YORK -- She had lost three of four matches since coming back to play at Wimbledon after a year’s absence. But on Monday night, she was back home at the US Open.
Four weeks shy of her 41st birthday, Serena Williams, playing in her final career event, defeated Danka Kovinic 6-3, 6-3.
US Open: Scores | Order of play | Draw
Williams has now won 107 matches in New York, and 102 of them have come in Arthur Ashe Stadium, nearly half of them at night.
She’s already scheduled to play doubles later this week with older sister Venus, but Serena has managed another singles date -- with No.2 seed Anett Kontaveit on Wednesday. The anticipation, like Williams’ legacy, will be enormous.
The roaring, sometimes soaring crowd at sold-out Ashe, which set an all-time night-session attendance record for an opening night with 29,402 fans, were with her every step of the way. Williams became only the fourth woman in the Open Era to win matches as a teenager, as well as in their 20s, 30s and 40s, joining Martina Navratilova, sister Venus and Kimiko Date. For the record, she’s 21-0 in the first round at the US Open, dropping only two sets versus Nicole Pratt in 1998 and Anca Barna in 2001.
Day 2 US Open order of play: Venus, Swiatek take the court
In today’s world of short attention spans, let that one sink into your consciousness for a moment. There’s more: Serena turned professional more than two dozen years ago and won the first of her 23 Grand Slam singles titles 23 years ago. No wonder the current issue of Time Magazine features Williams on the cover with the headline: “The Greatest.”
The whole thing felt like a championship boxing bout.
NOT DONE YET 🗣@serenawilliams defeats Kovinic 6-3, 6-3 to advance to Round 2 in New York!#SerenaWilliams #USOpenpic.twitter.com/tIGG2E8gIX
— wta (@WTA) August 30, 2022
The evening kicked off with a video tribute voiced by Beyonce and, like so many Serena productions, it was theatrical and meticulously organized. She was covered in glitter, literally from head to toe. Her Nike-designed dress, inspired by figure skating, featured six layers -- to commemorate her six US Open titles. Her Nike shoes sported a diamond-encrusted swoosh, comprised of 400 handset diamonds.
And there was this thoughtful piece of symmetry -- 4-year-old daughter Olympia, cheering from her team box, was wearing the same kind of white beads that Serena had in her hair when she won her first US Open title as a 17-year-old. Among the other faces in the crowd: Spike Lee, Bill Clinton, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Hugh Jackman and Gladys Knight.
Williams began tentatively, losing three of the first four points, two on double faults. But in typical Serena fashion, she stroked two aces to get even and took the opening game when a Kovinic forehand found the net. She bagged the second game with a terrific get on a ball that nicked the net and followed up with a thundering overhead winner.
And then Kovinic came back to win three straight games. But Williams surged to a 5-3 lead and found herself serving for the set. It was the best game of the match and she was forced to save four break points before converting her second set point with an unreturnable serve. The crowd cheered wildly but you could hear Willliams' sharp-pitched scream above it as she pumped her fists.
Overall, she was moving considerably better than she had in losses in Toronto and Cincinnati earlier this month. Williams was down 2-1 in the second set but held serve and broke Kovinic to create the decisive advantage. Down the stretch her greatest weapon, the serve, looked eerily vintage.
The post-match ceremony, hosted by Gayle King, was a big thank you from the United States Tennis Association.
“You taught us to use our voices -- and dream big,” Billie Jean King said. “Especially for women, and women of color."
An icon speaks on an icon@Oprah says what we're thinking on this night. Thank you, Serena. pic.twitter.com/IMNWUD0xP9
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 30, 2022
Oprah Winfrey narrated a video montage. And then Williams spoke.
“I always feel so comfortable on this court,” she said. “When I step on the court I just want to do the best I can. The crowd was crazy. It really helped pull me through.
“It’s been such a hard decision. Because when you’re passionate about something, love something so much it’s hard to walk away. I was just like all right, now’s the time. There’s other chapters in life.
“It’s going to be Serena 2.0.”
She’s won four more US Open titles than next active players -- Venus and Naomi Osaka, who have two each.
“I haven’t seen Serena play like this in five years,” Evert said during ESPN’s telecast. “I really haven’t.”
Credit to Kovinic, the 27-year-old from Montenegro, who handled the scene with aplomb. Appearing in her fifth main draw at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center, she hadn’t won since a third-round run at Roland Garros three months and three days ago, losing all five matches and 10 sets.
That winning feeling. #Serena pic.twitter.com/xJ4YUdi1Fj
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 30, 2022
When it was over, after Kovinc stroked a backhand into the net, Serena smiled. To be honest, she looked relieved. As the crowd cheered, she did her trademark 360-degree spin.
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Updated August 29, 2022 at 9:23 AM ET
NASA's hopes for a Monday launch of the massive Space Launch System rocket from the Kennedy Space Center on a test flight to the moon are on hold for at least a few days after engineers were unable to resolve an engine problem.
One of the four SLS core-stage engines failed to reach the proper temperature for launch, prompting the Artemis I mission's launch director to scrub the planned Monday morning liftoff.
With just 40 minutes left on the countdown, scheduled as early as 8:33 a.m. ET, flight controllers had called a hold while engineers evaluated the problem.
Engineers were dealing with a series of issues in the runup to the planned launch. First, lightning strikes at the pad on Saturday initially caused some concern, but officials later said there was no damage to the vehicle, the capsule or ground equipment. Then came a 45-minutes weather delay early Monday morning that slowed the procedure for filling the core stage with its hydrogen fuel. A leak was also discovered, but resolved.
"We don't launch until it's right," NASA administrator Bill Nelson said after Monday's decision to scrub.
Putting the flight on hold was "illustrative that this is a very complicated machine, a very complicated system, and all those things have to work," he said.
"You don't want to light the candle until it's ready to go," Nelson, himself an a former space shuttle astronaut, said.
The next launch opportunity for the uncrewed Artemis I launch is Friday. The flight is meant as an initial step in eventually returning humans to the surface of the moon — a flight that could take place as early as 2025.
The 30-story-tall SLS rocket, topped by an uncrewed Orion spacecraft, was rolled out earlier this month to the same historic launch complex used by the mighty Saturn V during the Apollo moonshots that ended in 1972.
This first mission of Artemis — named after the twin sister of Apollo — is a trial run of hardware needed to go back to the moon for longer stays and more science.
"It is an incredible step for all of humankind," NASA astronaut Nicole Mann told NPR's All Things Considered. "This time going to the moon to stay. And it's really the building blocks for our exploration to Mars."
The Artemis program, expected to have an ultimate price tag of $93 billion, promises to refocus NASA's long-term human space-flight goals, paving the way for eventually establishing a crewed base near the moon's south pole and crewed missions to Mars.
But one key piece of the program — the vehicle that will actually land on the moon's surface — will not be part of the first Artemis mission. Elon Musk's SpaceX has been contracted to build a lunar variant of its Starship to take astronauts to the surface. The vehicle has yet to be tested in orbit. Another component of the original Artemis program, Gateway, a sort of deep-space way station for astronauts to and from a future moon base, is also still under development.
It's a modern mission with a retro look
The SLS sports stretched versions of the solid-rocket boosters used by the space shuttle, which last flew more than a decade ago, as well as four RS-25 engines that were refurbished and are being reused after previously flying on shuttle missions. The rocket's upper stage will be powered by a type of engine first developed in the late 1950s.
Boeing is the prime contractor for the SLS core stage and upper stage. Boeing's chief engineer for the SLS program, Noelle Zietsman, says that in building the giant rocket, engineers drew from the "foundations and fundamentals" of the Saturn V and space shuttle years.
"We've got our missions that we're focused on right now to the moon," she says. "But [the SLS] is for deep space exploration. ... So, the capability is much greater and larger beyond just the moon landing."
The cone-shaped Orion spacecraft, which will take up to four astronauts into lunar orbit on future missions, resembles the Apollo-era "command module." Finally, a European service module, attached to Orion, is comparable in function to Apollo's service module and will provide propulsion, electricity, water, oxygen and climate control to future crews.
The six-week Artemis I test flight will send Orion into what is known as a distant retrograde orbit, an oblong circuit that will take it just 62 miles from the moon's surface at one point and well beyond the moon at another.
Artemis I's Orion will fly without some life support systems and crew support items or a docking system, which won't be needed on the first flight, says Mike Hawes, Orion program manager for Lockheed Martin, which is building the capsule.
Instead, three mannequins equipped with radiation and vibration sensors will sit in. "Getting the radiation profile and having a long exposure in this unique lunar orbit is really important to us as we get ready to fly crew," Hawes says.
NASA is planning to fly four astronauts aboard Artemis II in 2024, with Artemis III set for the program's first landing a year later. The space agency says the program will eventually put the first woman and first person of color on the moon.
But delays and cost overruns have plagued Artemis, and its predecessor, Constellation, for years. A NASA Inspector General report issued last year predicted that the space agency would "exceed its timetable" for the first Artemis moon landing "by several years."
After liftoff, Artemis I will enter low-Earth orbit, where Orion's service module will unfurl solar panels before boosting itself into a higher orbit in preparation for a four-day trip to lunar orbit.
Artemis could be key in getting to Mars
On a future landing, NASA hopes to be able to mine water ice that has been confirmed deep in polar craters that never see sunlight — a critical resource for drinking, breathable oxygen and to eventually produce rocket fuel. A lunar base could prove an invaluable stepping stone for crewed flights to Mars, where the moon's low gravity would make such missions easier to launch.
NASA recently announced 13 sites near the moon's south pole as candidates for the Artemis III surface mission a few years from now. Those locations have been chosen for ease of landing, exposure to sunlight so that a spacecraft can generate solar power, and their nearness to possible permanently shadowed ice deposits.
"The lunar south pole is an absolutely extraordinary geologic terrain," says David Kring, a lunar geologist at the Center for Lunar Science & Exploration in Houston, Texas. "We are going to learn so much about the evolution of the moon."
"When we better understand the evolution of the moon, we are going to be better understanding the evolution of our own planet Earth," he adds.
A polar mission, however, will be something new. It represents a departure from Apollo, which placed a dozen astronauts at sites all nearer the moon's equator.
"The topography looks a bit more remarkable at the south, just because the sun angle is so low," says Bethany Ehlmann, associate director of the Keck Institute for Space Studies at the California Institute of Technology.
Ehlmann leads a team responsible for Lunar Trailblazer, a robotic mission set for next year that will produce detailed maps of those permanently shadowed crater regions that could contain ice.
At the south pole, "the terrain is comparable" to the Apollo landing sites nearer the equator, she says. "And frankly, landing systems are better now than in the 1970s."
Brendan Byrne of member station WMFE, contributed to this story from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Safaricom Kicks Off Operations in Ethiopia's Second Biggest City: "This is an important milestone"
Safaricom PLC has launched a large-scale customer operation in Ethiopia's second largest city Dire Dawa.
This came after the telco staged its service in the country's capital Addis Ababa.
Safaricom operation in Ethiopia
Dire Dawa boast of an estimated population of half a million, which Safaricom targets ahead of its October 2022 official launch.
According to the East African, this is part of the company's plan to roll out operations in Ethiopia's city-to-city.
The city residents now have access to the 07 prefix SIM cards and access 2G, 3G and 4G networks.
Safaricom Ethiopia Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Anwar Soussa said the move is significant to the company's growth.
"This is an important milestone as we bring services closer to our customers. The pilot will enhance testing of our services ahead of the official launch," said Soussa.
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HONOLULU (KITV)- No charges for Honolulu police officers in an officer involved shooting case from 2019. Plainclothes officers shot and killed Michael Kahalehoe at a gas station in Kapolei. An independent investigation of the incident ramped up a year ago. The results of that investigation were revealed on Monday.
“The use of deadly force that resulted in the death of Mr. Kahalehoe was justified,” said Honolulu Prosecutor Steve Alm. He says three officers who opened fire on Kahalehoe at the Shell Gas Station in Kapolei in 2019 did so to protect themselves and others.
That investigation, completed by the prosecutor's office, the Kahalehoe family attorney objects to. “It's biased to start. If they really want an independent investigations, hire some outside expert and have them give their opinion,” said attorney Eric A. Seitz who represents the Kahalehoe family.
According to the investigation report, November 12th, 2019, officers in Makakilo spotted a Subaru that was used in 4 armed robberies. Officers later tracked the vehicle to the gas station where Melvin Spillner, one of the men they were looking for in the robberies, was pumping gas. That's when plainclothes officers rolled into the location.
“Officers tackled and apprehended him no shots were fired,” said Alm. Their attention then turned to Kahalehoe who was in the driver's seat of the Subaru.
“He was revving the engine loudly. Multiple officers gave the command for Kahalehoe to turn the engine off and his hands up. And told them they were Police,” said Alm.
“They were not in uniform and we do not believe they identified themselves properly. Everything that ensued is on them,” said Seitz.
According to security footage from the gas station several officers were wearing bulletproof vests with police on the back. One officer tapped his gun on the front window and said something. The car reversed and then moved forward. Two officers fired into the car missing, while three other officers put 12 shots into Kahalehoe. Five of those shots killed him.
“Several officers shot into the vehicle at the same time. The officers behind the vehicle and to the side of the vehicle all shot into the vehicle at the same time. We're saying because he was turning the car back and driving back toward the officers, they were all justified in taking the shots,” said Alm.
“"Basically to the extent that say the car was about to take off and jeopardize their safety, they are trained to avoid that. They are given absolute training to not to put themselves in jeopardy. If they if they claim they were in danger, they did that to themselves,” said Seitz.
The Kahalehoe family filed a civil lawsuit against the City and County of Honolulu in connection with this case. That lawsuit is still pending.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) – Many technicians say the mechanic shortage skyrocketed during the pandemic -- and they hope the uptick in students enrolling in trade schools translates into more mechanics in the field.
“This is the foundation for everything. You need people to fix cars, build buildings, and do plumbing. That was the industry that stayed alive during the pandemic. This is a demanding and secure job for people here,” said Robert Silva, automotive technology professor.
According to a 2021 college and career report conducted by the Hawaii Department of Education and the University of Hawaii, the rate of students going to college decreased from 55% to 51% during the pandemic.
Officials at the Transportation and Trades Department at Honolulu Community College said the number of students are consistent. One automotive technology class currently has 18 students, close to the capacity of 20 students.
"I feel like I have the same amount of skills than people who went to college. I also think I got lucky because compared to them I saved a lot more," said Christian Peebles, a fifth-semester automotive student.
The HCC Automotive Technology program is five semesters long and instructors said their students are guaranteed a job after completion.
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Revealing the grave realities of the paradise most visitors only see through rose-colored glasses is a mission Kyle Kajihiro takes to heart.
He's hoping to affect social change at a critical time in history as Native Hawaiians are being priced out of their own homes and natural resources are being destroyed by the millions of people each year shuffling through the islands.
"The dangers is Waikiki is underwater. We can't feed ourselves. We have fires and floods, droughts," he said. "We've already seen the symptoms of climate change and it will only get worse. So we really need to take this as an emergency."
He's part of the Hawaii Detour Project -- geared mostly towards college and high school students, community groups and activists -- sharing the stories of the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom and the ways the military is jeopardizing Oahu's water supply at Red Hill.
"The military economy is like an addiction and we keep investing in more and more militarism," Kajihiro said. "We've seen the cost of that disaster at Red Hill. This is an existential threat to our life on this island."
Kajihiro's among a growing movement seeking change before it's too late.
The Hawaii Tourism Authority is also marketing the islands in a different way -- in hopes of getting fewer, but higher-spending tourists here so not to tax our natural resources and to ease overcrowding.
"For over 100 years, Hawaii has been portrayed as a playground and those times are pau," said HTA spokesman Ilihia Gionson. "This is our home. And you'll see that sentiment reflected in a lot of the work of the Hawaii Tourism Authority, and the messaging that we send out to potential visitors."
Activists say social media has made it even easier for visitors to desecrate ancestral lands -- with many tourists feeling entitled because they pay to come here.
"It certainly created some new challenges in terms of managing tourism," he said. "Everybody with a cell phone in their pocket is now a media producer and is able to share things that frankly, are not theirs to share."
HTA is encouraging visitors to learn the concept of aloha and respect for the 'aina by observing rules that are meant to keep people safe and protect the environment.
And Kajihiro's hoping to reverse the Hawaii previously marketed to the world as a place with unrestricted access -- one educational tour at a time.
"You know you don't go to someone's house without an invitation. You don't go empty handed. You don't go there to just kind of use them and then leave," Kajihiro said. "You should adopt that mindset rather than think of it as just I paid my my fees and I can go and play and do anything I want."
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The Boys Scouts of America have "confirmed the death of a BSA registered youth in the Aloha Council in the State of Hawaii due to a reportedly accidental discharge of a firearm while involved in a Troop activity at Camp Honokaia," according to a BSA statement.
"The Hawaii Police Department is conducting a coroner’s inquest and the Aloha Council is fully cooperating. The investigation is ongoing. The BSA will have further comment as the investigation confirms details of this tragedy.
The Boy Scouts of America extends its sincere condolences to the family of the victim, Troop members and the Aloha Council."
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KAPAAU, Hawaii (KITV4) -- Police on the Big Island are investigating after a child was killed in an apparent shooting accident at Camp Honokaia Boy Scout Camp, near Honokaa, Sunday afternoon.
Officers were sent out to the camp just before 2:30 p.m. on a report of an unconscious child following a “shooting incident.” Investigators say they found the child “lifeless,” suffering from a single gunshot wound near the rifle range.
Due to the extent of his injuries, the child was not transported for rescue. He was instead taken to Hilo Medical Center where he was pronounced dead around 8 p.m.
The victim’s age and identity are being withheld pending notification of next of kin. Investigators have only said the victim was a pre-teen boy and a Hilo resident. Investigators say the victim was not carrying a weapon at the time of the shooting.
Police say they are interviewing all of the children and adults that were present at the camp. Foul play is not suspected and no arrests have been made, authorities said.
This incident remains under investigation and is classified as a coroner’s inquest. An autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday to determine the exact cause of death.
Hawaii County Mayor Mitch Roth issued the following statement on this incident:
“It was with heavy hearts that we learned of the tragic passing of one of our young Boy Scouts yesterday in Honokaʻa. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family in their time of grieving, as we remain hopeful that they will one day find peace. No family should have to suffer the pain of losing a child, and we hope this incident can help increase firearm safety awareness so that other families will not have to suffer the same tragedy. With that, we’d like to ask all of our residents to keep the young man’s family in their thoughts as they face a new journey ahead.”
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police department’s non-emergency number at 808-935-3311, or Detective Jeremy Kubojiri of the Area I Criminal Investigation Section, at 808-961-2378 or email him at Jeremy.Kubojiri@hawaiicounty.gov.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Do you know what is covered, if you are hurt on the job? We took a look at Hawaii's workers' compensation law.
In the last year the state issued workers comp data, there were more than 20,000 workers' comp cases reported. Twice that amount were processed because of additional older claims.
All of those cases added up to more than $382,454,127 in workers' compensation costs.
When you think of who needs workers' compensation, you may imagine a construction worker getting injured lifting heavy materials on the job. That is just one of nearly 20 industries that have workers' comp claims, ranging from retail to accommodation and food service along with public administration - which has the highest number of claims.
According to state statistics, back injuries, especially sprains and strains, are the most common injury making up nearly 1/4 of the new claims.
Once someone is injured on the job, What is covered by workers' comp? All medical treatment, including surgical and hospital services and supplies. An injured employee can also choose the treating physician.
That coverage continues until the injured employee recovers. Workers are also entitled to 66.6% of lost wages while they are out of work.
But there is a cap: the average weekly wage of the entire covered workforce. For 2019, that meant the maximum an injured worker would receive was $899 a week.
There are also permanent disability benefits if an employee can't return to work, is disfigured or killed.
Vocational training can also be paid for by the plan, if an employee can work again but not at a prior job and has to be trained with new skills.
If workers are hurt on the job, under Hawaii's workers comp law, employees can't sue their employers.
But workers are able to sue someone else who hurts them while working.
For example, a road construction worker injured by a driver while paving a road can't sue his company, but could sue the driver of the car that hit him.
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Serena Williams, playing in what is likely the final tennis tournament of her storied career, opened singles play with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Danka Kovinić in the first round of the US Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium.
Williams will open doubles play with her sister Venus on Wednesday.
Williams will face world No. 2 Anett Kontaveit of Estonia in the singles round of 64, also on Wednesday. It will be their first career meeting.
After early struggles with her serve Monday evening, Williams took 10 of the final 13 games against Kovinić, a 27-year-old from Montenegro who is ranked 80th in the world.
After the match, during a ceremony celebrating her tennis career, Williams said she got a boost from the vocal crowd of almost 24,000 people. "The crowd was crazy," she said.
Williams double-faulted twice in the first game but eventually upped her first serve percentage to 66%. She won 33 of 43 first serve points.
A key moment came in the sixth game of the first set when Kovinić appeared on the verge of a 4-2 lead. But a Williams shot that looked long and wide was neither, nipping the back of the baseline and outside edge of the singles sideline. It was the first of 11 straight points for Williams as she coasted the rest of the way.
It was Williams' third match since announcing she will "evolve away from tennis."
"I have never liked the word retirement. It doesn't feel like a modern word to me. I've been thinking of this as a transition, but I want to be sensitive about how I use that word, which means something very specific and important to a community of people," Williams said in a Vogue article published earlier this month.
"Maybe the best word to describe what I'm up to is evolution. I'm here to tell you that I'm evolving away from tennis, toward other things that are important to me," she said.
At her post-match news conference, she was asked if this is definitely her last tournament.
"Yeah, I've been pretty vague about it, right?" she said with a smile. "I'm going to stay vague because you never know."
But earlier on the court, Williams, 40, said it was a difficult decision to move on.
"I think when you're passionate about something and you love something so much, it's always hard to walk away," she said. "Sometimes I think it's hard to walk away than to not. That's been the case for me."
When asked by Gayle King what winning will be for her in the future, Williams pointed to her venture capital company and also said she wants to work on her spiritual life.
Williams' singles win was witnessed by her husband, Alexis Ohanian, and their daughter, Olympia, with the youngster wearing white beads in her hair, reminiscent of Williams' look when she won the first of her six US Open titles as a teenager in 1999.
"I look forward to waking up and just being like, OK, I don't have to run to the court today," Williams said. "I look forward to just being a mom. She's such a good girl. I just want to be a good mom to her."
Also on Monday, Daria Snigur of Ukraine, who won qualifying matches to get into the tournament, upset No. 7 seed Simona Halep of Romania in three sets 6-2, 0-6, 6-4.
"This match for Ukraine, for my family, for all fans who supported me. I want to say thank you all," an emotional Snigur said.
It was Snigur's first-ever Grand Slam match at this level. She won the Wimbledon girls' singles title in 2019.
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German officials launched what they say is the world’s first fleet of hydrogen-powered passenger trains Wednesday, replacing 14 diesel trains that previously operated on unelectrified tracks in the state of Lower Saxony.
The 14 trains use hydrogen fuel cells to generate electricity that powers the engines. The German government has backed expanding the use of hydrogen as a clean alternative to fossil fuels.
State governor Stephan Weil said the €93 million (US$92 million) project was an “excellent example” for Lower Saxony’s efforts to make its economy greener.
The trains manufactured by French company Alstom are operated by regional rail company LNVG on routes between the northern towns of Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervoerde, and Buxtehude.
Alstom says the Coradia iLint trains have a range of up to 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) and a maximum speed of 140 kph (87 mph). By using hydrogen produced with renewable energy, the trains will save 1.6 million liters (more than 422,000 gallons) of diesel fuel a year.
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Greensboro, NC (August 29, 2022) – United Way of Greater Greensboro (UWGG) continues to celebrate its centennial campaign and is inviting the community to attend its annual Community Speaker Series, September 12, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Grandover Resort and Spa featuring renowned author, Stephanie Land. Tickets to the event are $100 and include lunch.
Inspired by her personal experiences, Land wrote the critically acclaimed memoir, Maid to expose systemic issues related to poverty and challenge readers to open their eyes to the often-unseen struggles people face.
Maid was named as a Notable Book of the Year by The New York Times and The Washington Post, among others, and was listed among President Obama’s summer reading list for 2019.
Land’s story served as the inspiration for Netflix’s Golden Globe and Emmy Award-nominated original series Maid.
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Pieology Celebrates Labor Day with Special Deal
Pieology says leave the work to us this Labor Day weekend with special discounts for friends, fans and hungry pizza lovers. From September 3rd - 5th all locations are offering $5 off any $30 or $10 off any $50 order both in-store and online using these codes at check out: 5OFF30NOW or 10OFF50NOW.
Committed to serving creativity and delicious innovation, Pieology has your long holiday weekend cravings covered.
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Pieology Celebrates National Cheese Pizza Day with a Double the Dough, Double the Deal, Online Promo
Pieology is celebrating National Cheese Pizza Day this year by launching two PieRise® Cheese Pizzas for a special price online for a very limited time - from Sept. 5th-19th.
Guests can visit Pieology.com to place an order.
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Using only the freshest ingredients along with signature sauces and crusts, award-winning Pieology offers hand-crafted, personally-inspired pizzas in unlimited flavor combinations that are stone oven fired in ten minutes or less. Founded in 2011, Pieology was created from the simple idea to turn America's most craveable food into an affordable and interactive experience. Pieology's mission is to inspire individual creativity in a positive atmosphere where guests can gather with family and friends, while enjoying their delicious pizza creations. Along with providing great food and a memorable dining experience, Pieology is committed to making a positive difference in the communities it serves, one pie at a time. | https://www.yesweekly.com/foodanddrink/pieology-celebrates-labor-day-with-special-deal/article_66ca814a-27d8-11ed-a7e1-4353744d3f67.html | 2022-08-30T07:28:44Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/foodanddrink/pieology-celebrates-labor-day-with-special-deal/article_66ca814a-27d8-11ed-a7e1-4353744d3f67.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Seventh annual Festival for the Homeless Sept. 10, 2022
Living Is Finally Enjoyable W-S, Inc., will present the seventh annual Festival for the Homeless 2-6 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, at Gateway Commons Park, 1580 Oak St., Winston-Salem.
Services that will be provided to the homeless population during the festival include showers, food, bags with useful items to take away, and entertainment. The Forsyth County Health Department is providing COVID-19 vaccinations. The Winston-Salem State University Mobile Health Care Unit will be on site to do vital signs testing and provide health-care information. V-tae McMillan will once again run the Kids’ Zone.
Please leave the food and services for our homeless guests. The entertainment is for everyone!
Ronald Reginald King, the Voice of the Festival for the Homeless, will be the Master of Ceremonies. King is a retired battalion chief of the City of Asheville Fire Department, an announcer with WBMU.net, entrepreneur, novelist, poet, playwright, activist against domestic violence, and more.
Saundra and Car Ross, the O.S.P. Band, Community Service, Signature Soundz, and Terrance “DJ Bebop” Matthews will perform throughout the afternoon.
Constantly in demand, Saundra Ross' vocal talents have taken her around the world – from the Caribbean to the Middle East. Singing since childhood, Ross has a wealth of experience in all forms of music. Although classically trained, she and her band concentrate on jazz and R&B stylings in the mode of Jill Scott, Chaka Khan, Dianne Reeves, Etta James, and Anita Baker. Ross will be appearing with Car Ross Sr., her husband.
The O.S.P. Band, (Old School Players) is a high-energy, Winston-Salem-based cover band. Winner of the 2014 Forsyth Entertainment Award For Best R&B, O.S.P. counts Cameo, Van Halen, and the Bar-Kays among their influences.
Community Service is a high-octane, vocal-centered band performing mostly original songs and a few select, well-crafted covers, including an eclectic mix of power pop, blues, and rock ’n’ roll.
Terrance “DJ Bebop” Matthews is a popular deejay and producer from Winston-Salem. A DJ for nearly 40 years, Matthews is president and founder of the 12-member Legend DJs.
EJ Production will provide sound production, and Best Western-Plus on University Parkway will give discounts to those traveling to the Festival for the Homeless.
The link to book is https://www.bestwestern.com/en_US/book/hotel-rooms.34181.html?groupId=W54IA7F3 .
Please join us to support and get to know your Winston-Salem community better – both the housed and the unhoused.
The mission of L.I.F.E. W-S, Inc., is to provide transitional housing and additional resources to families who lack shelter so that they can be safe and secure while in the process of obtaining affordable housing. We believe that all families in Winston-Salem deserve the security, stability, and dignity of having a home.
Admission to the event is free. Donations (not yet tax deductible) to support the Festival and to help L.I.F.E. W-S, Inc., continue its mission may be sent to Living Is Finally Enjoyable W-S, Inc., P.O. Box 1, Winston-Salem, NC 27102.
L.I.F.E. W-S, Inc., is working to get its 501c3 status as a not-for-profit service organization. The founder is Kimberly Hinton-Robinson. Current board of directors comprise Stuart Russell, chair; Dr. Mark Oliver, vice chair; Saundra Ross, Tina Flowers, Van Cundiff, Allan Younger, and Lynn Felder, secretary. For more information, call 336-843-0522. | https://www.yesweekly.com/music/seventh-annual-festival-for-the-homeless-sept-10-2022/article_c29583e8-27d4-11ed-8e89-d3956a8f7fcf.html | 2022-08-30T07:28:50Z | yesweekly.com | control | https://www.yesweekly.com/music/seventh-annual-festival-for-the-homeless-sept-10-2022/article_c29583e8-27d4-11ed-8e89-d3956a8f7fcf.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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(CN) — A type of female beetle uses an ingenious method of storing and then moving important bacteria to keep it safe during metamorphosis.
Scientists detail these new findings in the journal Frontiers in Physiology and explain how this type of female beetle uses a special pocket on its back to store and move the bacteria.
The studied beetles come from the genus known as Lagria, which carry helpful bacteria in a pair of glands that are used to coat the outside of the surface of laid eggs. This is done because the bacteria produce antibiotics that protect the eggs, larvae and pupae of the beetles against fungi prior to their final adult life stage.
The studied beetles are known as holometabolous insects, and their metamorphosis process consists of four life stages. First there’s the egg stage, then larva, followed by pupa until the insect finally reaches adulthood.
However, the bacteria need to be kept safe during the stages of metamorphosis because of the beetle goes through an overall body reorganization during the pupae stage.
To keep the bacteria alive, it is stored in specialized pockets on the beetles’ back and then, as they emerge as adults, friction moves the bacteria onto their genitals.
“Here we show how an insect can maintain beneficial microbial partners despite the drastic rearrangements of body structures that occur during metamorphosis,” said corresponding author Laura Flórez, a researcher at the University of Copenhagen’s department of plant and environmental sciences. “By modifying unique ‘pockets’ on their backs, Lagria beetles manage to keep their protective symbionts and facilitate their relocation during pupation to newly developed adult organs.”
The researchers point out that these back pockets are rather unique, as they are not seen in the larvae and pupae of other insects. The pockets are present but not utilized on the body of male beetles of the same kind.
Once all the bacterial shuffling has concluded, the symbionts live inside special glands of the female beetle where it will be stored until used on a set of eggs, starting the cycle over.
This entire process was summarized by first author of the research Rebekka Janke, a doctoral student at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz.
“The symbionts go from the highly exposed egg surface to colonize the pockets on the back of the larvae and pupae. Finally, they end up in specialized glands associated with the reproductive system of adult females,” said Janke.
Knowing that the adult female beetles held onto the bacteria throughout metamorphosis, the researchers needed to figure out how it survived such a dynamic process.
To figure this out, the researchers spread tiny fluorescent beads across beetles in the pupae stage, and observed that a large portion of the beads, like the bacteria, emerged on the tip of the abdomen of the beetle.
Researchers were able to determine that the bacteria were moved towards the genitalia of the beetle by friction during the emergence process where the insect reaches the adult stage of its life cycle.
“In the adult stage, the main purpose of the symbiotic organs seems to be to enable successful transmission onto the egg stage and to the next generation, and not for defense against microbes. Since only females lay eggs, male adults do not need to carry these potentially costly symbionts and are a dead-end for the bacteria,” said Flórez.
Last author Martin Kaltenpoth, a professor at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, pointed forward to the further questions that need to be answered to better understand the beetles and their symbionts.
“To better understand how beneficial symbionts are transmitted and maintained within and across generations, we’ll need to identify which host and symbiont factors regulate symbiont establishment,” Kaltenpoth said. “For example, does the host select for specific symbionts? And through which mechanisms can immotile symbionts colonize the symbiotic organs?”
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — Following the veto of a previous iteration this past week, California lawmakers on Monday moved closer to passing a bill to protect farm workers who vote in union elections.
Farmworkers spent the last several weeks marching across more than 300 miles up the Central Valley in grueling summer heat, calling for the Legislature to pass Assembly Bill 2183. This bill proposes protections for agricultural workers who wish to vote in union elections, including giving them options for mail-in ballot voting. It returned to lawmakers Monday after Newsom's veto.
The governor’s office said Newsom wants to expand representation of agricultural workers and supports changes to state law to make it easier for these workers by requiring employers to abide by rules that guarantee union access with enforceable protections to ensure fair elections.
“If employers fail to abide by those rules, they would be subject to organizing under a card-check process,” Newsom's office said in a statement. “However, we cannot support an untested mail-in election process that lacks critical provisions to protect the integrity of the election, and is predicated on an assumption that government cannot effectively enforce laws.”
The card-check process replaces secret ballot elections with a process that requires only signature cards, allowing unions to save time and money.
As amended, this bill would authorize a labor organization to act as the exclusive representative for unions in either a labor peace election or a non-labor peace election, without using existing polling place processes. A labor peace election — using a compact to prevent employers from taking action to discourage employees from voting in favor of union representation — would be a mail ballot election. A non-labor peace election would take place if an employer does not agree to a labor peace compact, allowing agricultural employees to go through a card-check union process. Employers could then respond to petitions with a list of employees, with a timeline set to indicate whether they agree to a labor peace compact.
The bill also allows labor organizations to see whether a specific agricultural employer has agreed to a labor peace election campaign. Any agricultural employer who commits an unfair labor practice would face civil penalties, and if they appeal for a writ of review involving backpay or other monetary awards to employees, they would be required to post an appeal bond.
State Senator Maria Durazo — a Democrat from Los Angeles who carried the bill — told the state Senate on Monday the revisions satisfy Newsom's issues with the original. "This bill in this form gives farmworkers a chance to fix a system that has not worked for a very long time," she said.
Durazo explained that in 1975, when the original Agricultural Labor Relations Act became law, 14% of California’s farmworkers were in the United States illegally.
“Eighty-six percent back then were like me and my family,” she said. “We were not vulnerable to the fear of deportation. Today, 70% of farmworkers are undocumented and completely vulnerable to deportation and fears of deportation.”
State Senator Shannon Grove, a Republican from Bakersfield, opposed because she said the bill is actually designed to force farmworkers to vote for unionization, and would hurt farmers who employ them.
“This bill takes away the ability of farmworkers to vote privately,” Grove claimed. “This bill stacks the deck against farmers to post unreasonable bond if they want to challenge the cards. This bill desperately tries to revive a failed union that has failed to unionize workers in the Central Valley.”
Durazo pushed against Grove’s statements, saying she knows the needs of the farmworker community well because “I am connected to that community all over California.”
“I worked in those fields, I organized workers,” she said. “I know exactly what they feel, what they go through. All they want is the freedom to vote, the freedom to not face intimidation, the freedom from deportation.”
State Senator Andreas Borgeas, a Republican from Fresno, called it “a political paradox” to pass a bill that has special protections for union election voting.
“We have made sure we have gone after suppressive measures that discourage people from voting,” he said. “I don't understand how we can, as a body, put forward policies that go against suppressive practices that still allow for card-check (processes). How do you reconcile your positions on this?”
The bill passed through the Senate despite 10 no votes. If the Assembly signs off on the revisions, the bill will again head to Newsom.
This week, the group of farmworkers began a vigil outside the state Capitol in Sacramento and continue to demand that the governor sign the bill into law. United Farm Workers posted on Twitter “We won’t rest until AB 2183 becomes law. Sí, se puede.”
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(CN) — The Department of Justice said Monday that a “limited set” of materials potentially containing information covered by attorney-client privilege was found among the 20 boxes of documents seized earlier this month from former President Donald Trump’s south Florida home, Mar-a-Lago.
News of the development came in the department’s court-ordered response to Trump’s lawsuit seeking to appoint a neutral third party known as a special master to independently oversee the government’s privilege review of the seized materials.
Trump’s counsel filed the 27-page motion for judicial oversight on Aug. 22 and wrote four days later in a supplemental filing that they want U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon to appoint a special master to oversee the government review “and/or to enjoin any further review of those materials by the Government until a Special Master is appointed.”
Cannon, who is a Trump appointee, issued an order over the weekend that directs the Department of Justice to publicly respond to Trump’s federal suit in the Southern District of Florida. In its filing Monday, however, the department notes that its privilege-review team already identified potential attorney-client privileged materials ahead of Cannon's order.
The privilege-review team “completed its review of those materials,” the department said Monday, “and is in the process of following the procedures set forth in … the search warrant affidavit to address potential privilege disputes, if any.”
According to the affidavit used in the search warrant application, which U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart approved on Aug. 5, the department describes the privilege-review team as law enforcement personnel “not participating in the investigation of the matter” who are on hand to assist if “a procedure involving potentially attorney-client privileged information is required.”
The team was also specifically assigned to search the “45 Office” at Mar-a-Lago on Aug. 8, according to the affidavit, which was partially unsealed last week.
The department pointed out in Monday’s filing that it is also working with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence on a classification review of the seized materials.
Meanwhile, two days ago, national intelligence chief Avril Hanes told Congress that her office is leading a community intelligence assessment regarding “the potential risk to national security that would result from the disclosure of these materials,” according to the filing.
But Trump’s counsel insists in the suit that the department’s privilege team is insufficient, and there are several red flags that implicate the 45th president’s Fourth Amendment rights “and cry out for judicial intervention by way of Special Master monitoring and discovery assistance.”
Because the seized documents were created while Trump was still the president, Trump’s counsel argues they are “'presumptively privileged’ until proven otherwise.’”
“With the conclusion that the materials seized from the Movant are all presumptively privileged, it is unreasonable to allow the prosecutorial team to review them without meaningful safeguards,” Trump’s counsel wrote.
The complaint points to a 2019 Fourth Circuit opinion involving a Baltimore Law Firm, in which the circuit found that a federal magistrate approved a filter protocol without conducting “appropriate adversarial proceedings, which would have allowed the defense to advocate for proper safe guards.”
Trump’s counsel suggests that “here, too,” Magistrate Reinhart approved the government’s filter protocol “without input from the defense.”
“The result is a protocol that is plainly ineffective — it simply does not ensure that prosecution team members will not access or become aware of privileged materials particularly as the filter team's leader is a deputy to the lead prosecutor in this matter,” the complaint states.
When the issue at hand implicates not only the former president’s constitutional rights “but also the preservation of executive privilege," Trump’s counsel calls it unacceptable to implement “merely adequate safeguards.”
The Department of Justice said it will provide more detail about the review for the court in another supplemental filing ahead of Thursday’s hearing.
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HOUSTON (CN) — A Connecticut trial against Alex Jones and his company Free Speech Systems over false statements the conspiracy theorist made about the Sandy Hook school shooting may proceed thanks to an agreement announced Monday in Free Speech Systems' bankruptcy case.
Shortly after jury selection started on Aug. 2 in the Connecticut case — in which 15 people connected to the 2012 massacre of 20 first-graders and six educators in Newtown are suing Jones and Free Speech Systems — the defendants' lawyer filed a notice of removal to bankruptcy court in the District of Connecticut, stating that court had jurisdiction because Free Speech Systems had filed for bankruptcy in the Southern District of Texas.
The July 29 bankruptcy filing triggered an automatic stay of Free Speech System’s involvement in the Connecticut case.
The case will determine how much Jones and his company owes the Sandy Hook families and an FBI agent who responded to the shooting. Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis found Jones and Free Speech Systems liable by default for not sitting for depositions or disclosing financial documents in accord with her pretrial orders.
Jones has admitted in court that for years on his Austin, Texas-based radio and internet shows — broadcast through his Infowars media company — he lied to his millions of followers that the Sandy Hook shooting was a hoax perpetrated by actors in cahoots with a federal government bent on curtailing Americans’ gun-ownership rights.
Counsel for Free Speech Systems and the Connecticut plaintiffs announced Monday, in a downtown Houston hearing before U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Christopher Lopez, they had agreed to lift the stay to allow the Connecticut case to proceed to a final judgment. Opening statements in that case are scheduled for Sept. 13.
Lopez thanked the attorneys who reached the deal, including counsel for the Office of the U.S. Trustee, the portion of the Department of Justice that helps manage bankruptcy cases.
“This is extraordinary relief in the first 30 days of a [bankruptcy] case and I know a lot of hard work went into it,” Lopez said.
He noted that the Connecticut plaintiffs will have to pursue collection of any judgment through Free Speech Systems’ bankruptcy case.
Lopez also approved agreements for Free Speech Systems to pay counsel for the Connecticut case.
Pattis & Smith of Newhaven, Connecticut, will be paid a flat fee of $100,000 per month for three months, starting with August. Jones will cover 40% and Free Speech Systems 60% of those costs.
Jones and Free Speech Systems will evenly split the $50,000 cost of retaining the Reynal Law Firm of Houston. Its principal, Andino Reynal, will support Norm Pattis, the defendants’ lead counsel in the Connecticut case, as a “non-appearing counsel."
Given there are 15 plaintiffs in the Connecticut case, the monetary damages they will be awarded is expected to dwarf the $49.2 million in compensatory and punitive damages a Texas jury awarded Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis early this month.
Reynal represented Jones and Free Speech Systems in the Texas case.
Heslin and Lewis, whose 6-year-old son Jesse Lewis was killed in the elementary school shooting, claimed Jones and Free Speech Systems’ comments about the massacre had defamed them and caused them emotional distress.
Like the Connecticut case, Judge Maya Guerra Gamble in Austin skipped straight to the damages phase after entering a default judgment against Jones and Free Speech Systems for disregarding her pretrial orders to turn over documents to the Sandy Hook parents.
A second set of Sandy Hook parents making similar claims, Leonard Pozner and Veronica De La Rosa — whose son Noah was the youngest child shot to death at the school — also sued Jones and Free Speech Systems in Austin and won a default judgment against them. They are awaiting a damages trial before Judge Guerra Gamble.
Due to harassment from conspiracy theorists, Pozner and De La Rosa have reportedly moved 10 times since the shooting.
Meanwhile, Jones is facing another defamation case in Austin involving the estate of Marcel Fontaine, who died at age 29 in an apartment fire in May.
Fontaine said in a lawsuit that Infowars had falsely identified him as the gunman who killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in February 2018 in Parkland, Florida, and posted his photo on their website.
All four of the defamation cases were filed in 2018.
Counsel for the Sandy Hook families claim Free Speech Systems’ bankruptcy filing, where it declared it had $14 million in assets and $79 million in liabilities, was Jones’ latest ploy to avoid trial in the Connecticut case.
While Jones initially cited the First Amendment as a defense against the defamation cases, any hopes of raising that argument was nixed by his failure to comply with discovery orders.
For instance, Judge Guerra Gamble ordered Infowars and Jones to pay more $125,000 in sanctions in the Heslin-Lewis case before it went to trial.
Judge Bellis, in Connecticut, also sanctioned Jones after he offered $1 million for the head of Christopher Mattei, the Connecticut families’ attorney, on his Infowars show.
Lawyers representing all the Sandy Hook families in Free Speech Systems’ bankruptcy asked Judge Lopez in a filing Thursday to place management of the company’s finances in the hands of a trustee, and to appoint a tort claimants committee to represent the interests of it creditors, due to its alleged fraudulent transfers to PQPR Holdings, a business owned by Jones and his parents that supplies diet supplements to Free Speech Systems.
Jones, who with Free Speech Systems has an estimated net worth between $135 and $270 million, purportedly makes most of his money from selling Brain Force Plus and Super Male Vitality supplements.
The families say “a centerpiece of Jones’s plan to avoid compensating them” is the claim that Free Speech Systems owes PQPR $65 million in loan and interest payments.
But they say the timing of the loan debts is fishy because PQPR did not post a notice of them in financing statements until November 2020, after adverse rulings were entered against Jones and Free Speech Systems in the Texas and Connecticut litigation.
They allege that as default judgments were entered in the Texas cases in summer 2021, Free Speech Systems was transferring between $11,000 per day and $11,000 per week, plus 60 to 80% of its revenue, to PQPR for the benefit of Jones and his parents.
They first made these accusations in a fraudulent transfer lawsuit they filed against Jones, Infowars LLC, Free Speech Systems, PQPR and several more of Jones’ companies in April 2022 in Travis County District Court in Austin.
“FSS’s testimony in the Sandy Hook Cases confirms the claimed debt is a cover for Jones to pay himself out of FSS’s profits, while claiming FSS is insolvent,” the families state in their bankruptcy filing.
Lopez, the bankruptcy judge, on Monday denied the families’ push for him to address these allegations on an expedited basis.
But he added, “I don’t want to wait a long time on this. I don’t want this to get pushed to October because there’s some serious allegations made in there. And I want to know what’s going on.”
He indicated he will set a hearing on the matter for Sept. 13 or 20.
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OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — The Port of Oakland won a stipulated permanent injunction against two protesting truck drivers who last month disrupted operations at the state’s third largest port over a new state contractor law.
The Port of Oakland filed the lawsuit in Alameda County last month claiming protesters unlawfully disturbed its business and operations. For about one week, protesters — largely independent drivers — gathered around the port after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to take up hear the California Trucking Association’s case against Assembly Bill 5, a state worker classification law making it more difficult for workers to be independent contractors. AB 5 was passed in 2019, but an injunction prevented the law from being enforced on motor carriers until the Supreme Court’s recent decision.
Truckers in California say AB 5 will hurt their ability to earn a living and provide for their families by forcing them to become company employees and take pay cuts. They said they hoped to make a statement by shutting down cargo movement at the port, which moves about 10,000 containers every day. Long delays in movement for import and export containers temporarily halted the supply chain.
In July, the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association wrote Governor Gavin Newsom to seek answers about how the law will be enforced. They asked the governor to delay enforcement of AB 5 “until the state fully considers how the law will affect small-business truckers and provides remedies to ensure independent contractors are not forced to be reclassified as employees.”
As truckers protested and called for exemption, the port shut down some gates and terminals. After several warnings from the Port of Oakland director, the protests ceased. Now, officials have sought a restraining order and injunction to stop protesters from blocking access to the port, stopping or delaying traffic and trespassing in the future.
The port requested a permanent injunction, on the grounds that the protesters were causing a public nuisance by blocking the streets. They successfully negotiated with two of the defendants, Navdeep Ngill and Filmon Teklehaimanot.
“Defendants have violated these laws as part of a carefully planned and orchestrated campaign intended to block traffic, create life safety hazards for persons intending to work and/or do business on plaintiff’s property and prevent vital interstate and international commerce from being conducted on and through plaintiff’s property,” the port’s attorneys said. They acknowledged the protesters have protected rights to protest under the First Amendment, but said they are not permitted to prevent people and vehicles from entering the public rights of way "in the hopes of securing a captive audience or drawing media attention to their cause.”
On Aug. 2, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Delbert Gee granted the port’s request for a temporary restraining order. Now, Gee has granted a stipulated judgment to permanently block further disruptive protesting.
He heard from one of the defendants in court Monday, Prudencio Umana, who said he did not understand why it was illegal to protest.
“I did go to this protest, I’m not going to deny that, but I did not make any attempts to block the entrances of the longshoremen,” Umana told the judge. “I did not attempt to block any entrance or any trucks.”
The court told Umana that although First Amendment rights to protest are protected, it is still against the law and dangerous to stand in the street and block people and vehicles.
Gee signed off the port’s proposed order for a preliminary injunction against Umana. He told Umana to file a response to the complaint, adding, “I can’t urge you enough to please seek legal counsel if you do intend to go forward and litigate it.”
“I don’t have the money to be hiring counsel,” Umana said.
“The Port of Oakland is likely to succeed on the merits of their claim with regard to the protest,” Gee responded. “They have submitted enough proof to the court for me to impose a preliminary injunction, to protect the safety of the people at the port as well as your safety.”
Gee agreed to the port’s request to draft a new preliminary injunction to use in Umana’s case, using the language negotiated in the stipulated permanent injunction.
“To my view, it's a little more defendant-friendly,” said the port’s attorney, Richard Elder. He said this injunction will be filed by Tuesday. Negotiations with other defendants will continue.
Per the stipulated permanent injunction agreement approved Monday, Ngill and Teklehaimanot and other protesters aligned with them will not intentionally block or impede people or vehicles trying to enter or come from Port of Oakland facilities.
Another port attorney, Ashar Ahmed, said the stipulation "reflects the parties' mutual agreement." Attorneys for the defendants did not respond to requests for comment by press time.
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DEAR ABBY: I have a close friend who was diagnosed with skin cancer. She had surgery a few days ago, and she will know within the next two weeks if it is gone. I am devastated. I don’t know what to do, to say or how to act.
I check in several times a day with her to ask what I can do. We usually talk about everything, but now she’s talking about death and dying. My heart is broken and I tear up when I think about it. I’d like to tell her what I’m feeling and how much I think of her but I don’t know how. — LOST IN THE EAST
DEAR LOST: If you feel you can’t get out what you need to communicate to your friend without breaking down, put it in a letter to her. Take your time writing it, and when you’re done, put it aside for a day or two, and then reread it before sending or giving it to her. It couldn’t do any harm to let her know how much you love and value her, the things you most admire about her and how important she IS (not was) in your life. If she lives decades more, which I sincerely hope, that love letter will be a treasured keepsake.
DEAR ABBY: Fifteen years ago, my husband’s sister told him their brother “Brad” had molested her when she was young. She had repressed it until revealing it to a therapist. Brad admitted doing it, but said it was because a parish priest showed him pornography. Brad gave her money to pay for her therapy.
My husband has pretty much dismissed it and remains very close to Brad. I have never been able to look at Brad in the same way, and I prefer to not be around him. My husband wants me to pretend it’s in the past and let it go, but I’m having trouble doing that. My aversion to Brad has grown more intense over the years. His sister still has issues, and I believe they stem from his abuse. I don’t know what to do. Help, please. — COMPLICATED IN ILLINOIS
DEAR COMPLICATED: It is probable that the priest who showed Brad the pornography sexually abused him, too. Brad has tried to make amends by paying for his sister’s therapy. (I wonder if he had any himself.) I think you should talk to your sister-in-law about this, and take your cues from her.
DEAR ABBY: I am in my late 60s. When I am approached by people who know me, I can’t remember them. It’s embarrassing to ask them who they are. I may have worked with them or met them somehow, but although they look familiar, I draw a blank. I have spoken to several friends who have the same problem. I sometimes recognize people I haven’t seen for a while and have to remind them who I am. What would be the polite way to ask, “Who are you?” — DON’T KNOW IN PENNSYLVANIA
DEAR DON’T KNOW: A polite way to manage it would be to be honest. Simply say, “Forgive me, but I think I’m having a ‘senior moment.’ Where do we know each other from?” It’s effective, and as you stated, you are NOT the only one. It also happens to people who are younger than you.
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The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) is firing on all cylinders to accelerate organic growth by boosting its business segments. The company has recently bagged a deal with the International Cricket Council (ICC), which should increase the subscribers of its international streaming brand, Disney Star. The media and entertainment company is also focusing on increasing the profitability of theme parks by raising prices and charging for services that were free earlier. These initiatives are expected to help drive Disney’s top-line growth and provide support to its beaten-down stock, which is in the red so far this year.
Coming to the ICC deal, Disney Star has won broadcasting rights for Indian TV and digital rights of global cricket events through the end of 2027. Although the financials of the transaction have not been released, Disney has won the deal by quoting a significant upside to the previous cycle’s rights fee in a single round and sealed-bid procedure.
Further, Disney is also aiming to increase revenues from its Parks, Experiences, and Products division. Despite keeping the number of visitors below the pre-pandemic level, Disney is seeing rising profits from its theme parks, as it is focusing on better yield management.
Eliminating or charging for some free services, launching a smartphone-app feature called Genie+, and raising the reservation cost for main attractions, food and other services are helping the company to rake in solid profits.
Is Disney Stock a Buy, Sell or Hold?
Disney seems like a good stock to grab now. As per TipRanks, the Street is highly confident about DIS stock, which enjoys a Strong Buy consensus rating based on 16 Buys and three Holds.
TipRanks data shows that financial bloggers are 87% Bullish on Disney stock, compared to the sector average of 71%. Further, retail investors seem to be bullish about Disney stock. They have increased their holdings in DIS stock by 2.6% in the last 30 days.
Is Disney Stock Expected to Rise?
Although shares of the company have declined 27.2% so far this year, Disney’s average price forecast of $139.28 signals that DIS stock may surge nearly 22.7% from current levels. This is because Disney’s latest initiatives are brightening up its prospects.
Further, the new streaming rights could help Disney grow its subscriber base globally. Also, the change in strategy to focus on increasing the visit cost at its amusement parks seems to be working in the favor of the media and entertainment giant.
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Athletic wear company Lululemon Athletica Inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) is scheduled to release its second-quarter results after the market closes on September 1. Data from TipRanks’ Website Traffic Tool suggests that the company is likely to report a decent quarter.
LULU stock, which has lost 20.7% so far this year, recently gained momentum. It has grown more than 5% in the last three months. Now, it remains to be seen how the upcoming results will boost the shares of Lululemon Athletica.
What Does Lululemon Do?
Headquartered in the Canadian city of Vancouver, Lululemon manufactures and sells athletic clothing, footwear and accessories. The company has 570 stores spread across 17 nations and a workforce of more than 25,000 people.
Website Traffic Hints at a Strong Q2 Show
TipRanks’ Website Traffic Tool, which uses data from SEMrush Holdings (NYSE:SEMR), the world’s biggest website usage monitoring service, offers insight into Lululemon’s second-quarter performance.
According to the tool, LULU’s website traffic registered a 42.2% rise in global visits during the second quarter, compared to the first quarter. While website visits on the desktop declined 5.7% quarter-over-quarter, an 82.1% surge in traffic to the company’s mobile app made up for the loss. Learn how Website Traffic can help you research your favorite stocks.
The tool’s data is in line with the Street’s earnings expectation of $1.86 per share, compared to $1.65 reported in the corresponding quarter last year. Meanwhile, LULU expects adjusted EPS to lie between $1.82 and $1.87 and revenues to range from $1.750 billion to $1.775 billion in the second quarter of 2022.
However, ahead of the quarterly results, Randal Konik of Jefferies (NYSE:JEF) downgraded the rating on LULU stock to Sell from Hold on the belief that Lululemon Athletica will have to lower “its long-term projections in the coming quarters as competition rises, end markets weaken.”
“It is clear macro issues are more severe across Europe and in Asia than in the U.S. which could pressure LULU’s ability to meet lofty projections,” the analyst said in a note to investors. Konik has provided a price target of $200 (35% downside potential) on Lululemon stock.
On August 26, William Blair analyst Sharon Zackfia reiterated an Outperform rating on LULU but refrained from offering a price target. The analyst expects the company to report solid second-quarter results.
Is LULU a Good Stock to Buy?
On TipRanks, Konik is the only analyst with a Sell rating on the stock. Fifteen analysts have a Buy rating on LULU stock, and six analysts want to Hold the stock. LULU’s average price target of $372.57 implies 21.2% upside potential.
Additionally, LULU stock scores a “Perfect 10” on TipRanks’ Smart Score rating system, suggesting that it has strong potential to outperform market expectations. Hedge funds and corporate insiders are also bullish on Lululemon and have increased their stakes in the company in the last three months. Finally, financial bloggers are 80% Bullish on the stock, compared to the sector average of 64%.
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Stock traders in London are returning from holiday today, following losses in Europe on Monday – and still processing the fallout from Friday’s bankers meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where Fed Chair Jerome Powell announced plans to follow through with interest rate rises even if they “bring some pain to households and businesses”.
British Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi has travelled to the U.S. this week – in what could be his final week in his job – to discuss solutions to the cost-of-living crisis with U.S. bankers and officials.
Zahawi faced criticism from Labour for his decision to travel to an “international chinwag”.
Zahawi said, “These global pressures must be overcome through global efforts. I’m determined, here in the US, to work closely with my allies on the common challenges we face to create a fairer and more resilient economy at home and abroad.”
Soaring inflation in Britain is driving the pound to less than four U.S. cents away from its weakest since 1985, amid fears that the UK is headed for an imminent recession.
British business supplies distributor (GB:BNZL) has raised its group operating margin outlook on news of a 12% rise in half-year adjusted profit.
Meanwhile, London-listed pharma giant AstraZeneca (GB:AZN) had good news as Japan’s health minstry approved sales of its COVID-19 preventive treatment Evusheld.
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The Chair of the London Stock Exchange (GB:LSEG) has warned that London could lose its status as a global financial hub and urged rapid reforms to loosen red tape around stock listings.
In a submission to the Financial Conduct Authority, Michael Findlay wrote that that without “essential modernisation”, London’s status risks diminishing to “that of a regional exchange” and called for rules to be watered down to allow London to compete with exchanges such as New York, Shanghai and Tokyo.
Findlay called for loosening of rules around IPOs and other regulations.
London Stock Exchange ‘in race with rivals’
Findlay wrote, “We are in a foot race with our competitors, and we cannot afford to be ignorant of that or complacent about what we need to do if we want to stay relevant.
“It means that we as a jurisdiction cannot and should not continue to assume that the ‘gold plating’ that we currently have in place in regulatory terms is necessarily fit for purpose for our markets if we want to keep them relevant in the coming years.
“It was relevant in the past couple of decades, but it is unlikely to be in the coming two decades unless we are satisfied with slipping gently into being a relatively mid-market, regional capital market.”
What is the London Stock Exchange called?
The London Stock Exchange is known as LSE, and is a profitable company: adjusted profit for the first half of 2022 increased by 21.9% to £1.06 billion.
Findlay called for “radical reforms”, saying that Britain has a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” post-Brexit.
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- Eurostoxx +0.3%
- Germany DAX +0.4%
- France CAC 40 +0.3%
- UK FTSE -0.2%
- Spain IBEX +0.3%
UK stocks are playing catch up to the drop from yesterday upon returning from the long weekend. Meanwhile, the mood elsewhere is mirroring that seen in US futures with S&P 500 futures mostly. S&P 500 futures are up 0.3%, Nasdaq futures up 0.4%, and Dow futures up 0.3% currently but it comes off the back of another poor showing yesterday. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/european-equities-a-little-higher-to-start-the-day-20220830/ | 2022-08-30T07:45:58Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/european-equities-a-little-higher-to-start-the-day-20220830/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
American electric vehicle (EV) maker Lucid Group (LCID) filed a Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the additional offering of securities worth up to $8 billion.
Lucid hasn’t specifically mentioned which type of securities it will issue in the future. The company did note that the additional issue could include “common stock, preferred stock (including in the form of depositary shares), warrants, debt securities (including convertible debt), purchase contracts, and/or units (which are typically a combination of two or more types of securities).”
Furthermore, the company noted that it will describe the type and nature of the offering via a prospectus supplement at the time of issuing the additional securities.
Although the company hasn’t mentioned the reason for the additional offering, a Reuters report suggests that the company will use the proceeds toward the working capital requirement. Most EV makers are facing part shortages owing to supply chain bottlenecks and rising costs of input materials.
In its second quarter Fiscal 2022 results, Lucid posted mixed results, beating earnings but missing revenue expectations. Moreover, the company upset investors with a 50% production cut for the full year of Fiscal 2022. At the time, Lucid’s CEO Peter Rawlinson blamed supply chain snarls and logistics challenges as the primary issues for the drag in production volume.
Is Lucid a Buy, Sell or Hold?
Lucid’s first EV, the Lucid Air, has won customers’ support. Lucid has seen the demand for Lucid Air rise manifold this year. However, the company is unable to meet the growing demand due to supply issues. This has made analysts cautiously optimistic about the stock.
On TipRanks, LCID stock has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on one Buy versus one Hold rating in the past three months. The average Lucid Group price forecast of $23 implies 42.2% upside potential to current levels. Meanwhile, the stock has lost a whopping 60.5% so far this year.
Moreover, even retail investors are fleeing the stock. TipRanks’ Stock Investors tool shows that investor sentiment is currently Very Negative on Lucid Group, with 1.9% of portfolios tracked by TipRanks decreasing their exposure to LCID stock over the past 30 days.
Parting Thoughts
Lucid is struggling to keep its production plans on schedule due to supply chain issues. Raising additional capital will surely provide the necessary cushion to ramp up production by efficiently managing the logistics line. Notably, the EV industry is poised for exponential growth in the future. Though short-term headwinds put LCID stock in a spot, its long-term potential and performance will surely bring the limelight back to the company. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/lucidnasdaqlcid-files-for-an-additional-8b-offering | 2022-08-30T07:46:02Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/lucidnasdaqlcid-files-for-an-additional-8b-offering | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Shares of UK-based software company Micro Focus (GB:MCRO) jumped by almost 94% in the wake of takeover news by a Canadian software company, Open Text Corp. (Nasdaq:OTEX).
Micro Focus is one of the few remaining London-listed technology companies, and the deal is the latest in a series where British tech firms have been bought by overseas interests.
OpenText will acquire the entire share capital at 532p per share. OpenText, a leading provider of cloud-based information management solutions, reported that this is their largest acquisition to date.
Greg Lock, chairman of Micro Focus, said, “The premium offered demonstrates the significant progress we have made in transforming the business.”
In the last few years, Micro Focus has been struggling to maintain its profitability with declining revenues. In its interim results for 2022, the company reported a 6.8% decline in its revenue to $1.3 billion. The company is targeting flat or slightly better revenue growth by 2023.
Stephanie Price, the analyst from CIBC, commented on the deal, “We expect Micro Focus to be a multiyear turnaround story. We see upside if Open Text is able to turn the Micro Focus business around faster than expected.”
What does Micro Focus International PLC do?
Micro Focus is a UK-based IT company that provides software and consultancy services to Fortune Global 500 companies, helping companies to strengthen and run their operations smoothly.
The company’s services include cloud solutions, IT transformation, modernising core applications and strengthening cyber security, etc.
Micro Focus stock forecast
Prior to the deal, according to TipRanks’ analyst rating consensus, Micro Focus stock had a Moderate Sell rating based on one Sell and one Hold recommendation.
The MCRO target price was 392.5p, with analyst price targets ranging from a low of 255p to a high of 530p.
Conclusion
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Man accused of attacking 3 with machete after trying to buy guns
PATCHOGUE, N.Y. (News 12) - A New York man accused of attacking three people with a machete at Dick’s Sporting Goods now faces attempted murder charges.
The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office revealed surveillance video of people running out of the store Aug. 12 in Patchogue, New York, after hearing that a man inside was being attacked with a machete. The attack was also caught on camera, though partially blocked by store shelves.
Prosecutors say 22-year-old Treyvius Tunstall can be seen beating the store manager on the head with a machete, fracturing the victim’s skull and severing tendons in his arms and wrist.
“The defendant then stopped…walked away from the manager, then returned and resumed his attack while the victim was still on the floor,” said District Attorney Ray Tierney.
The manager, who is still suffering from his injuries, had nothing to say in court Monday. Prosecutors say his injuries are so severe he may not be able to regain full use of his fingers.
Prosecutors say after Tunstall attacked the manager, he swung the machete at a customer inside the store, then ran out of the store with the machete and attacked a third person in the parking lot.
“Given the nature of this attack and their injuries, they’re doing remarkably well. We hope that continues, and we will continue to support them,” Tierney said.
Detectives say the incident started when Tunstall walked into a Dick’s location in Bay Shore earlier in the day and asked to buy a rifle. Employees told him that store doesn’t carry guns, so instead, he purchased a machete, knife and backpack.
Tunstall then went to the Dick’s location in Patchogue, which does sell guns. The employee there asked for identification, but the suspect quickly took it back when he heard there would be a background check. He walked away from the counter, and that’s when police say he started the attacks, which were random and unprovoked.
Customers at Dick’s were relieved to hear the charges against Tunstall were upgraded to attempted murder.
“You attack someone with a machete, that’s deserving,” said Chris Robinson, of Holtsville.
Tunstall is being held on $1 million cash bail. If convicted of attempted murder, he could be sentenced up to 25 years in prison.
He is scheduled to return to court in September.
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‘House of the Dragon’ Undermines the Centrality of Women in Narratives About Power
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Stories about power aren’t just nothing without women driving them. They’re boring — and that’s the worst offence of all. Women’s anger, injustice, and machinations give power politics their edge — and without edge, fantasy stories are just testosterone-fuelled sword swinging contests, a fate that could well befall House of the Dragon.
In the world of Westeros (and beyond), women and girls have often been moved around like chess (or cyvasse, if you will) pieces. Rarely have the women themselves moved the pieces, even if they occupy seats of power; this has been the preserve of king (or queen) makers who, inevitably, are men in small councils, where the power really resides. The intrigue of Game of Thrones (in the early seasons) was in the way the women understood and leveraged soft power — leading to secret plots, bloodlines, prophesies, and betrayals that kept the wheels turning. Recall Cersei Lannister’s unforgettable quip: “Tears aren’t a woman’s only weapon. The best one’s between your legs.” It’s not the most feminist thing to say, but it’s what makes her TV’s most compelling villain, because it understands how women leverage power to move the pieces themselves.
In a bid to make feminist statements, stories attempt to blandly fit women within pre-existing structures of power. Any promise that a woman might make to break those structures rings hollow — given how this turned out in Game of Thrones. In House of the Dragon, there are many women who are involved in these masculine power games, but just one single girl with any self-recognized agency to speak of so far. It’s a disservice, then, to a story so invested in power at its core, to have so few women even speaking — let alone speaking about it.
If women are essential to chart the fate of kingdoms, there ought to be more dialogue shown to be taking place between them. Not only that, there ought to be more attention paid to their interior worlds — and less hesitation in exploring vindictiveness, resentment, jealousy, and revenge-fuelled death drives in women. With the way history and its players have treated them, it should be surprising if even one of them isn’t consumed by some version of this anger, leading to machinations against the grain of what’s expected. But in the second episode of House of the Dragon, there’s much rumination over power and duty, but a glaring absence of plots involving those who are arguably most central to power: women.
“Men would sooner put the realm to the torch than see a woman ascend to the Iron Throne,” a disgruntled Rhaenys Targaryen tells Rhaenyra, whom we left in the previous episode as the named heir to the Iron Throne. Rhaenys is her aunt who was deprived of the same opportunity, having lost out to a younger cousin, Rhaenyra’s father, who secured the top job on account of being a man. This should have caused narrative tension. A scene from the premiere set up a moment where Rhaenyra is referred to as the “Queen who never was” in front of an entire tourney audience — but there’s never any visible pay-off from this moment. This one-liner is the only memorable moment of hers two episodes into the season — a wasted opportunity for a character rich with potential to drive forward the plot with suspense, intrigue, and most importantly, stakes.
Despite the public slight Rhaenys makes no moves to act upon it. There’s a case to be made for her having become too bitter, cynical, and disillusioned about politics to even bother with it all. But where House of the Dragon falls short is in realizing that political strategizing and alliances aren’t just the domain of robed men behind closed doors; the best-laid plans are indeed undone by the women kept out of the rooms and out of power. So far, Rhaenys appears to be a passive side character more than a formidable player in the game. She simply accepts her fate as the queen who never was, just as she accepts her twelve-year-old daughter being bartered with King Viserys in exchange for securing a direct bloodline to the throne.
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And yet, the second episode is full of power negotiated over women’s bodies. King Viserys is offered a prepubescent girl to strengthen the realm; his brother Prince Daemon makes a manipulative power-grab by falsely announcing his marriage to his favored prostitute and her pregnancy; Alicent Hightower, the daughter of the Hand of the King, Otto Hightower, is nudged by her own father into the King’s bedroom; and finally, a treacherous alliance is forged over the “Sea Snake” being betrayed by the King, when the latter passed over his (might we emphasize, twelve-year-old) daughter for a slightly older girl. All of these moves determine the fate of the kingdom and its people. When Viserys chose one girl over another, the consequences he set in motion are the Westerosi equivalent of near nuclear-war thanks to a spurned Master of Ships egging the episode’s titular “rogue prince” on to prove himself by using his dragon.
A better show may have understood that when women’s bodies are traded to forge alliances and draw battle lines that determine the fate of millions, more than one woman is bound to do something about it. But there’s just one — the protagonist — who does. In a scene laced with tension that cuts, Rhaenyra disobeys her father to arrive at Dragonstone on dragon-top to negotiate with her uncle without bloodshed. She does so through mutually assured destruction — a dragon for a dragon, and countless lives — that act as a deterrent. It’s a rewarding scene, especially when she walks away from it with a victory, having proven that violence can be avoided when it is strategically deployed.
But there is no other woman who is equal to her yet — and if there are, they haven’t yet shown themselves. When they speak, it’s usually to drive forward the plot of men, not the plot itself. Alicent Hightower is visibly sad and fragile for being made to seduce a grieving older man to secure her House’s place. Rhaenys is disillusioned but largely indifferent to her daughter’s trade (“like a broodmare,” as Cersei bitingly notes in Game of Thrones). And Laena (the daughter in question) is twelve and uncomfortably states that she wouldn’t have to “bed” the King until she was fourteen. There are more than two unnecessary expository scenes with the King taking marital advice from his small council members — individually. It’s essentially the same conversation had many times over, adding nothing to the plot, characterization, or atmosphere. Think what a scene between Rhaenys and her daughter Laena could have been like instead — where both characters’ trepidation, dissatisfaction, and even fear could have added substance, risen the stakes, and critiqued power from within. The lack of this and other such scenes shows how House of the Dragon forgets that the most riveting stories are the ones about how those who operate from positions of powerlessness — mostly women — negotiate with power anyway.
In none of the existing scenes with the women/girls do we understand whether any of them have conflicts and inner schemes of their own. The trailer of the show offers promise on that front — there are clear lines of separation between Alicent, on the one hand, and Rhaenyra, on the other, with both women holding clashing interests over the throne. Rhaenys seems to whisper into the former’s ears to prevent her niece’s succession — but in the hullaballoo over which woman can plausibly sit on the throne, the narrative forgets to account for women negotiating with power in ways that don’t merely make them aspire to men’s roles, but to also subvert power in the ways that only women can.
In other words, having women compete for the throne in the same way that men do doesn’t make for particularly engaging lore. It may look feminist at the outset to have women aspire to power that wasn’t meant for them — but it’s a shallow reading of women’s stories to assume that their aspirations are just as staid and predictable as any other man’s.
There’s a single moment of tenderness, foreshadowing the tragedy of forged kinship between girls being rent apart by power-play and politics. It’s between Alicent and Rhaenyra, who talk in a sept lit up by prayer candles. “Mine own father does not understand the language of girls either. When I wish to talk with him, I know that I must make the effort,” says Alicent, when her friend laments not being taken seriously. But the “language of girls” in question isn’t fleshed out beyond the one reference to it. What does it mean for girls — and women — to speak to and in the language of power? Does power itself reside in the language of girls, and are men yet to understand? These are questions that remain unanswered — all in the bid to find out if women can find a place in power as it’s been defined and written by men. | https://theswaddle.com/house-of-the-dragon-undermines-the-centrality-of-women-in-narratives-about-power/ | 2022-08-30T07:59:02Z | theswaddle.com | control | https://theswaddle.com/house-of-the-dragon-undermines-the-centrality-of-women-in-narratives-about-power/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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WICHITA, Kansas — On the first day of school at Enterprise Elementary, Kasey Curmode gathered her second-graders on the carpet and posed a question: “What makes a good classmate?”
Someone who shares, one student said.
Someone who says, ‘You’re really nice,’ said another child, or ‘You can do it!’
Someone who doesn’t lie, or say mean words, or take other people’s stuff.
Curmode’s first lesson of the day — and of the school year — focused on feelings.
“It really helps these students … get into a positive mindset,” she said. “Some of them don’t know how to regulate their emotions. So even 20 minutes a day is going to help them tremendously.”
Social-emotional learning — often referred to by its acronym, SEL — existed in Kansas classrooms ever since the one-room schoolhouse. Teachers have long encouraged children to try hard, set goals, control their anger and treat others with respect.
But now it’s an explicit thing for teachers to teach. Social-emotional growth is one of five priorities for the Kansas Department of Education and included as part of the standards the state uses to measure students and schools.
It’s also the latest flash point in the classroom culture wars. Schools — their teachers, their administrators, the companies that sell them pre-made lesson plans — see SEL as a smart and nurturing way to make kids more empathetic and resilient. The same curriculum strikes conservatives as a back-door way for secularists to promote gay rights, racial guilt and something that blurs fundamental differences between boys and girls.
Conservatives took control of two seats on the Kansas Board of Education this month, in part by saying schools should focus on basic academics and leave the social and emotional upbringing to parents.
“A lot of people are concerned about indoctrination instead of education,” said Dennis Hershberger, who ousted incumbent Ben Jones in the Republican primary and is unchallenged in November. “Teachers … deal with things in the classroom that are much more about creating a society that most parents don’t agree with.”
Cathy Hopkins, who beat incumbent Jean Clifford in western Kansas, said on her campaign website that she wants to “protect our children from liberal education standards handed down to our schools by Washington, D.C., liberals” and to “return our local schools back to academics.”
Hershberger and Hopkins say social-emotional learning in public schools should be opt-in, meaning it would be taught only to students whose parents specifically OK it. They also oppose surveys, for instance, that ask students about their personal relationships or mental health.
During a recent Kansas Board of Education meeting, board member Michelle Dombrowsky voiced concerns about some SEL materials and reminded parents that they have the right to opt their children out of any activity that goes against their personal beliefs.
“Whether it be suicide awareness — I may take them for ice cream that day. They’re not going to be involved in that,” Dombrowsky said. “If it’s somebody coming in from the outside and discussing that. … Sometimes, if they’re young enough, it’s putting things in their mind.”
Earlier this year in the Kansas Legislature, some supporters of a proposed Parents’ Bill of Rights said classroom lessons are being “weaponized” and that social-emotional and diversity programs are training young children to become activists.
Child psychologists and experts in social and emotional learning say it’s being misunderstood.
“If you ask a parent, ‘Would you like your child to work well with others? Would you like them to develop strong communication skills? Have employability skills?’ … The answer, unequivocally, is yes,” said Jessica Lane, a specialist in education counseling at Kansas State University. “It’s just that the terminology has, for whatever reason, sparked a lot of controversy.”
Wichita, the state’s largest school district, spends about $100,000 a year for a program called Second Step for students in kindergarten through eighth grade.
Lessons for young students feature posters, songs, and hand-puppets like Slow-Down Snail, who encourages children to pause and take a breath if they feel angry or upset. Older students learn to recognize symptoms of depression and how to deal with test-related anxiety.
A school district in Utah suspended its Second Step program last fall, following pushback from parents who said schools were teaching objectionable material about sex.
The parents said Second Step had pointed middle-schoolers to a website, loveisrespect.org, which offers information about dating and sex. Pop-up windows on the website tell visitors how to quickly exit the site and clear their browsing histories, which opponents said was an affront to parental oversight.
Counselors and social workers say lessons on consent and domestic abuse are important for older adolescents. But the bulk of social-emotional programs focus on basic character building that has nothing to do with sex.
Erin Yosai, director of the Center of Psychoeducational Services at the University of Kansas, says more than 20 years of research shows that students who feel safe and learn self-control not only behave better in the classroom — they also get higher grades and test scores.
“Our reading, our writing, our arithmetic, all of our other subjects are impacted and interrelated with our ability to have positive social experiences, knowing how to regulate ourselves in different areas,” she said.
A study published in 2015 showed that boosting social skills in kindergarten can predict a child’s success more than 20 years later. Children with more developed social and emotional skills had better attendance and were more likely to graduate from high school on time and to earn a college degree.
“The fact that people are saying you can extricate (social-emotional learning) from academics – really, we wouldn’t want to,” Yosai said. “These two things go hand in hand.”
Suzanne Perez reports on education for KMUW in Wichita and the Kansas News Service. You can follow her on Twitter @SuzPerezICT.
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Lt. Gen. James Jacobson, left, Pacific Air Forces deputy commander, listens to Capt. Robert
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