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Paul O'Hara and Alastair Forsyth tied at top in Scottish PGA at West Kilbride
Paul O’Hara and Alastair Forsyth are locked at the top of the leaderboard at the halfway stage of the Loch Lomond Whiskies Scottish PGA Championship at West Kilbride.
On a sun-soaked second day on the Ayrshire coast, the pacesetting duo finished on 11-under aggregates of 131, with Craig Lee lurking menacingly just a shot behind.
Forsyth, the leader after round one, cemented his place at the top with a five-under 66 while O’Hara, the national champion in 2019, bolstered his title tilt with a neatly assembled 65.
With just one bogey in two rounds, O’Hara is certainly in fine fettle and he made hay while the sun shone with a haul of six birdies on day two.
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“It was a good day for scoring and I was pleased to take advantage,” said O’Hara, who has three second place finishes in the Scottish PGA Championship as well as a win.
“I’m really looking forward to the next couple of days. It’s like a Sky Sports marquee group on the television with big Al and Craig. They are two great former main tour players and I’ll need to be at my best.”
After a slow start to his second circuit, Forsyth injected his round with fresh vigour with a mighty putt of some 50 feet on the seventh for an eagle.
He struggled to make any more inroads, however, until a late thrust which saw him pick up three shots on his last five holes. A birdie chance spurned on the last from six feet left him reflecting on what might have been. All in all, though, it was a good day at the office.
“It ended up better than it was looking early on,” admitted Forsyth, who won the national crown back in 2000. “It’s good to be in the mix. If you are going to win at this level you have to beat the likes of Paul and Craig. You have a good idea who will feature at the top in these events. If you finish ahead of Paul there’s a good chance you’ll win.”
Deeside’s Sam Kiloh is still very much in the mix on nine-under after a purposeful 65 that started with three birdies in his first four holes.
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A three-story building under construction collapsed Tuesday in northwestern Nigeria, trapping shoppers in a busy neighborhood. Emergency response workers told the Associated Press that at least eight people have been pulled from the rubble and they were searching for more.
The building in Kano state, northern Nigeria’s commercial hub, was being constructed as a business center though businesses were already operating on the ground floor, said Nura Abdullahi, head of Nigeria’s National Emergency Management Agency in Kano.
So far, “no casualties yet (and) eight people have been rescued” from the rubble with varying injuries, Abdullahi said, adding that the rescue operation was continuing. Abdullahi said authorities have not yet confirmed the number of people trapped inside the structure.
Videos apparently recorded at the scene showed a large crowd trying to catch a glimpse of the debris pile as rescue workers arrived with tools.
Resident Stephen Enoch told the AP the building crumbled just minutes after he left.
“Five minutes after I left there, I was under there, it just came down. I just thank God I am alive now,” said Enoch.
Rescue operations continued late Tuesday with excavators and assistance from dozens nearby.
On social media, Nigerians urged authorities to take action against the trend of building collapses across the country.
In the last year, there have been more than 10 building collapses in this West African nation, often with authorities being accused of failing to enforce building safety regulations. Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city, recorded five such collapses last year, including in November when more than 40 people died when a high rise still being constructed crumbled on workers. | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-building-collapses-in-nigeria-8-people-pulled-from-rubble/ | 2022-08-31T18:52:25Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/business/ap-business/ap-building-collapses-in-nigeria-8-people-pulled-from-rubble/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MIAMI (AP) — A Los Angeles attorney detained in Venezuela is pleading for help from the Biden administration, saying in a jailhouse message that he feels forgotten by the U.S. government as he faces criminal charges at the hands of one of the nation’s top adversaries.
Eyvin Hernandez, who has been detained for five months, describes in the recording how he has dedicated the past 15 years to public service as an employee of the Los Angeles County public defender’s office, seeking fair treatment for often penniless clients.
“No one should be abandoned at the time of their greatest need and when they’re most vulnerable,” he said in the almost two-minute recording, which was provided to The Associated Press by Hernandez’s family. “However, I don’t feel like my government feels that way about me.”
In a calm voice, Hernandez said he and other Americans imprisoned in Venezuela — there are at least 10, including five oil executives and three veterans — feel “like our government has abandoned us.”
Hernandez’s appeal comes as the Biden administration is under pressure to do more to bring home roughly 50 Americans it believes have been wrongfully detained by hostile governments around the world. Much of the focus is on Russia, where the U.S. has taken the unusual step of proposing a swap of a convicted arms dealer for WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner. U.S. officials have for months been quietly pursuing a separate deal with Nicolás Maduro’s socialist government in Venezuela, which holds the largest contingent of Americans suspected of being used as bargaining chips.
Henry Martinez said his brother sent him the voice message Aug. 21. A copy was also provided to the State Department, which has been weighing whether to turn Hernandez’s case over to the administration’s special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, Roger Carstens.
In the recording, Hernandez said it’s been months since he or any of his fellow Americans have seen a courtroom, nor do they have any hopes of getting a fair trial.
“This place is meant to break you psychologically and spiritually,” he said of confinement at a maximum security prison housing many of Maduro’s opponents. “We’re all innocent, yet we’re being charged and treated as terrorists.”
He said the uncertainty, isolation and human rights violations are taking a toll, with two Americans having already attempted suicide and a third on the brink with daily mental breakdowns.
“If you don’t get us out soon, then there might not be anyone left to save,” he said.
The AP was unable to verify Hernandez’s claims. But United Nations officials have long complained about the lack of independence for Venezuelan judges and prosecutors and about conditions at the facility where Hernandez and several other Americans are being held.
A State Department spokesman declined to comment on Hernadez’s case, citing privacy limitations, but said the agency continuously reviews the detentions of Americans overseas. He also noted that the U.S. government has issued an advisory warning Americans to avoid all travel to Venezuela due to the risk of wrongful detentions and threats from illegal armed groups, especially along the country’s porous borders.
Hernandez, who turned 44 in jail, was arrested March 31 along the Colombia-Venezuela border. His family says he traveled there from the city of Medellin with a Venezuelan friend who needed to get her passport stamped to resolve an issue with her migratory status in Colombia. His family said he never intended to enter Venezuela, and he was due to fly home three days later.
But the two apparently fell into the hands of criminal gangs.
Upon arrival by bus to the city of Cucuta, they hailed a taxi for the short drive to the Simon Bolivar International Bridge, according to an account Hernandez shared with his family. A fourth individual hopped in the front seat, purportedly offering his services as a guide who could help them navigate the confusion at the border, an area overrun by squatters, criminal gangs and a mass of people making their way back and forth in illegal crossings.
Before they knew it, the cab was stopped along a dirt path, and the two were ordered to get out and walk across the invisible border separating the two countries.
Once Hernandez realized his mistake, it was too late to turn back. A man carrying a rifle demanded he cough up $100, according to his family. When he protested that he didn’t have any cash, they put a hood over his head.
When his captors found his American passport, they told him he was in trouble and handed him over to security forces, who kept him incommunicado for weeks.
Adding to the Hernandez family’s anguish is the fact that he isn’t classified as wrongfully detained, a definition that covers Americans believed innocent or jailed for the purpose of exacting concessions from the U.S. Without such designation, a process that can take months, the U.S. government’s ability to push for his release is limited.
At least three of the 11 other Americans known to be detained in Venezuela are in a similar state of limbo. They include Jerrel Kenemore, a computer programmer arrested within a week of Hernandez, and two former Green Berets who took part in a blunder-filled beach attack in 2020 aimed at overthrowing Maduro.
Biden last month signed an executive order aimed at providing more information to families of Americans detained abroad and imposing stiff sentences on the criminals, terrorists and government officials holding them.
Maduro’s socialist government is a harsh critic of U.S. foreign policy. But more recently, as the Biden administration has shown a willingness to review the Trump-era policy of punishing Maduro with sanctions and calling for regime change, the outlook for a possible release has improved.
In March, the Maduro government freed two Americans following a surprise trip to Caracas by senior White House and State Department officials, including Carstens, who met with Hernandez in a subsequent wellness check on detained Americans in June. Maduro also vowed to resume negotiations with his opponents, although has so far failed to follow through.
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A man who was beaten and held down by Arkansas law enforcement officers during an arrest that was caught on a widely circulated video has filed a federal lawsuit against the officers.
Attorneys for Randal Worcester filed the lawsuit Monday over the Aug. 21 arrest outside a convenience store in the small town of Mulberry that’s prompted state and federal criminal investigations. A bystander’s video shows one officer hold Worcester down as a sheriff’s deputy repeatedly punches and knees the 27-year-old man in the head before grabbing his hair and slamming him against the pavement. At the same time, a third officer also kneed Worcester repeatedly.
All three officers — Mulberry Officer Thell Riddle and Crawford County deputies Zachary King and Levi White — are white. Worcester is also white, according to jail booking information.
Worcester’s lawsuit accuses the officers, all of whom have been suspended, of violating his constitutional rights. The lawsuit also names the city of Mulberry, its police chief, Crawford County and its sheriff as defendants.
“Any reasonable law enforcement officer should have known that his conduct violated clearly established federal law and was a direct violation of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution,” the lawsuit said.
Mulberry is a community of about 1,600 people that’s roughly 140 miles (220 kilometers) northwest of Little Rock, near the Oklahoma state line.
Crawford County Sheriff Jimmy Damante has said Worcester was being questioned for threatening a clerk at a convenience store in nearby Alma. Damante said Worcester had tackled one of the deputies and punched him in the head before what is seen on the bystander’s video. The deputy suffered a concussion, Damante has said.
Damante has said that before the arrest, Worcester handed over a knife and gave the officers a false name.
An attorney for the two deputies said he was not aware of the lawsuit.
“However, I will vigorously defend the lawsuit like I do every lawsuit against my law enforcement clients,” Russell Wood said in an email.
Damante and Mulberry Police Chief Shannon Gregory did not immediately respond to emails seeking comment Tuesday afternoon.
Policing experts have said that the video of Worcester’s arrest raises red flags about the officers’ actions, saying that blows to the head amount to a potentially deadly use of force that’s only justified when someone poses a current and serious threat.
Worcester was treated at a hospital before being jailed on charges including second-degree battery and resisting arrest. He was released the following day on a $15,000 bond. The lawsuit said Worcester has permanent injuries from the arrest and that he will need continued medical treatment for injuries to his face, body and head.
Worcester’s lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages, as well as money for medical bills and lost wages. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-lawsuit-filed-over-violent-arrest-outside-arkansas-store/ | 2022-08-31T18:53:23Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/ap-us-news/ap-lawsuit-filed-over-violent-arrest-outside-arkansas-store/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON — U.S. defense officials announced a Grand Rapids World War II soldier has been accounted for.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) says U.S. Army Pfc. Donald Hofman was 19 years old when he was killed in France in 1945.
We’re told Hofman was part of Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, which was assigned to help five others companies secure land close to Reipertswiller in January 1945 when German soldiers ambushed them.
The DPAA explains all companies were instructed to break out, saying only two soldiers manage to escape German forces. All others were captured or killed, according to defense officials.
Hofman was killed in the attempt but the fighting precluded efforts to recover his body, the DPAA says. He was deemed non-recoverable in 1951.
Historians researching missing soldiers from the Reipertswiller area determined remains interred at Ardennes American Cemetery in Neuville-en-Condroz, Belgium, may have belonged to Hofman, which the DPAA says was identified through dental and DNA analysis.
Hofman will be laid to rest in Byron Center at a later date, national defense officials say.
RELATED: Remains of WWII soldier from Battle Creek accounted for | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/grand-rapids/grand-rapids-soldier-killed-during-wwii-accounted-for | 2022-08-31T18:53:57Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/grand-rapids/grand-rapids-soldier-killed-during-wwii-accounted-for | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Rough & Pretty\nMy Dinner in America / My Little Sparks ...\nRoswell TMNT Box + New Cd - The ... New Vinyl Sweating Buldge (Raritie ... My Favourite Toy 3cd The Black Likkeliedjebuurtttjie H-2X RARITY\nMore VinayaWind Records Titles An Arizona man on the run since 2016 and was one of U.S. Marshals Service's 15 most wanted fugitives was captured in El Salvador on Monday, the agency announced.
The agency said 37-year-old Raymond McLeod was wanted for the alleged murder of his then-girlfriend, 30-year-old Krystal Mitchell, who was found dead in an apartment in San Diego, California, on June 10, 2016.
After the murder, McLeod, who was last seen with the victim, was charged by the San Diego District Attorney's Office, and a warrant was issued for his arrest, according to the news release.
In December 2016, local authorities asked the U.S. Marshals to join the search for McLeod, who they believed fled through Mexico to Central America, last spotted in Guatemala in 2017 and Belize in 2018, the agency said.
According to the agency, they received a tip that McLeod was teaching English at a school in Sonsonate.
“I am extremely gratified to hear the news of Raymond McLeod’s arrest without incident,” said U.S. Marshals Director Ronald Davis in a statement. “It is our sincere hope that his capture brings some sense of relief to Krystal Mitchell’s family, especially her mother, Josephine Wentzel, who has worked so diligently with law enforcement these past years to see this day of justice arrive.”
The news release said that a reward of $50,000 was offered for his capture, which the agency said is the highest ever bounty set for a fugitive.
The agency said the former Marine was added to its most wanted list in 2021.
According to the agency, he was arrested without incident by El Salvadoran law enforcement authorities.
The news release said McLeod would be deported to San Diego, but no date was given. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/arizona-man-considered-one-of-us-marshals-most-wanted-arrested-in-el-salvador | 2022-08-31T18:54:03Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/arizona-man-considered-one-of-us-marshals-most-wanted-arrested-in-el-salvador | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
VENUS, Fla. — An alligator attack has reportedly left the director of a wildlife park in Florida without his hand and part of his arm.
According to a post on the Florida Gator Gardens Facebook page, Greg Graziani was injured while interacting with the gator on Aug. 17.
The park said part of Graziani's arm was lost in the attack, but doctors reattached it during a 9-hour surgery.
However, he had another surgery about a week later to determine whether the traumatized tissue was still viable.
An updated post on the Florida Gator Gardens Facebook page says Graziani's hand was not salvageable and doctors had to perform a below-the-elbow amputation, preserving half of his forearm.
Graziani will have the option to be fitted for a prosthetic, according to the post.
The alligator involved in the attack was not injured and will remain at the wildlife park, according to Florida Gator Gardens. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/florida-wildlife-park-director-has-part-of-arm-amputated-following-alligator-attack | 2022-08-31T18:54:15Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/florida-wildlife-park-director-has-part-of-arm-amputated-following-alligator-attack | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The results of a new study might be another reason why some people do not prefer hotter weather.
According to a new analysis by Gallup in partnership with Citi, those who live where it is extremely hot could see their physical health and sense of well-being negatively affected than those who don't live in extreme heat.
Researchers said they surveyed 1.75 million people across 160 countries using temperature data from NASA over 15 years.
According to the study, before they interviewed respondents, researchers looked at high temperatures 30 days before interviewing people to compare their life ratings.
"Each time a person experiences a high-temperature day, their life evaluation drops by an average of 0.56%," researchers said in the study.
According to the study, those who are 65 and older saw a 1.11% drop in life evaluation, compared to a 0.48% drop among people younger than 65, the study said.
Researchers also found that those who live in poorer countries and developing economies with significant populations, including China and Brazil, see their well-being be more impacted by rising temperatures.
"Given climate projections, high-temperature days could decrease global wellbeing by an estimated 17% by 2030," researchers said. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/new-study-shows-extreme-heat-could-hurt-well-being | 2022-08-31T18:54:27Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/new-study-shows-extreme-heat-could-hurt-well-being | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MOSCOW (AP) — Before Mikhail Gorbachev came along, the Soviet Union seemed an immovable superpower in perpetual antagonism to the United States. With a breathtaking series of reforms, Gorbachev changed all that — and redirected the course of the 20th century.
Alongside Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, Gorbachev was a key protagonist in a global drama that many thought impossible and, for those who lived through it, seemed almost surreal.
Under Gorbachev, the Berlin Wall crumbled, thousands of political prisoners were released and millions of people who had known only communism got their first real taste of freedom. But he was unable to control the forces he unleashed — and ultimately waged a losing battle to salvage a crumbling empire.
Gorbachev died Tuesday at a Moscow hospital at 91.
Although little known outside Sovietologist circles before he became leader in 1985, he quickly became a dominant and charismatic figure on the world stage. The splotchy purple birthmark on his bald pate made him instantly recognizable, and his vigor stood in sharp contrast to the recent run of aged and barely articulate Kremlin leaders.
His vision of remaking the Soviet Union into a more humane and flexible country had the power of the epochal. By 1990, he had won the Nobel Prize for his “leading role” in ending the Cold War and reducing nuclear tensions.
But a mere year later, he was the sad and bewildered embodiment of failure. The country had fallen apart in his hands, and at home he was derided, despised and increasingly shunted aside as irrelevant.
His power hopelessly sapped by an attempted coup against him in August 1991, Gorbachev spent his last months in office watching republic after republic declare independence until he resigned on Dec. 25, 1991, and the Soviet Union wrote itself into oblivion a day later.
Many of the changes, including the Soviet breakup, bore no resemblance to the transformation that Gorbachev had envisioned when he became the Soviet leader in March 1985.
By the end of his rule, he was powerless to halt the whirlwind he had sown. Yet Gorbachev may have had a greater impact on the second half of the 20th century than any other political figure.
“I see myself as a man who started the reforms that were necessary for the country and for Europe and the world,” Gorbachev told The Associated Press in a 1992 interview shortly after he left office.
“I am often asked, would I have started it all again if I had to repeat it? Yes, indeed. And with more persistence and determination,” he said.
Russians blamed him for the 1991 implosion of the Soviet Union — a once-fearsome superpower whose territory fractured into 15 separate nations.
His run for president in 1996 was a national joke, and he polled less than 1 percent of the vote. In 1997, he resorted to making a TV ad for Pizza Hut to earn money for his charitable foundation.
His former allies deserted him and made him a scapegoat for the country’s troubles.
“In the ad, he should take a pizza, divide it into 15 slices like he divided up our country, and then show how to put it back together again,” quipped Anatoly Lukyanov, a one-time Gorbachev supporter.
Gorbachev never set out to dismantle the Soviet system. He wanted to improve it.
Soon after taking power, he began a campaign to end his country’s economic and political stagnation, using “glasnost,” or openness, to help achieve his goal of “perestroika,” or restructuring.
In his memoirs, he said he had long been frustrated that in a country with immense natural resources, tens of millions were living in poverty.
“Our society was stifled in the grip of a bureaucratic command system,” Gorbachev wrote. “Doomed to serve ideology and bear the heavy burden of the arms race, it was strained to the utmost.”
Once he began, one move led to another: He freed political prisoners, allowed open debate and multi-candidate elections, gave his countrymen freedom to travel, halted religious oppression, reduced nuclear arsenals, established closer ties with the West and did not resist the fall of communist regimes in Eastern European satellite states.
But the forces he unleashed quickly escaped his control. Long-suppressed ethnic tensions flared, sparking wars and unrest in trouble spots such as the southern Caucasus region. Strikes and labor unrest followed price increases and shortages of consumer goods.
In one of the low points of his tenure, Gorbachev sanctioned a crackdown on the restive Baltic republics in early 1991. The violence turned many intellectuals and reformers against him.
Competitive elections also produced a new crop of populist politicians who challenged Gorbachev’s policies and authority. Chief among them was his former protege and eventual nemesis, Boris Yeltsin, who became Russia’s first president.
“The process of renovating this country and bringing about fundamental changes in the international community proved to be much more complex than originally anticipated,” Gorbachev told the nation as he stepped down.
“However, let us acknowledge what has been achieved so far. Society has acquired freedom; it has been freed politically and spiritually. And this is the most important achievement, which we have not fully come to grips with, in part because we still have not learned how to use our freedom.”
There was little in Gorbachev’s childhood to hint at the pivotal role he would play on the world stage. On many levels, he had a typical Soviet upbringing in a typical Russian village.
But it was a childhood blessed with unusual strokes of good fortune.
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev was born March 2, 1931, in the village of Privolnoye in southern Russia. Both his grandfathers were peasants, collective farm chairmen and members of the Communist Party, as was his father.
Despite stellar party credentials, Gorbachev’s family did not emerge unscathed from the terror unleashed by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin: Both grandfathers were arrested and imprisoned for allegedly anti-Soviet activities. But, rare in that period, both were eventually freed.
In 1941, when Gorbachev was 10, his father went off to war, along with most of the other men from Privolnoye. Meanwhile, the Nazis pushed across the western steppes in their blitzkrieg against the Soviet Union. They occupied Privolnoye for five months. When the war was over, young Gorbachev was one of the few village boys whose father returned.
By age 15, Gorbachev was helping his father drive a combine harvester after school and during the region’s blistering, dusty summers. His performance earned him the order of the Red Banner of Labor, an unusual distinction for a 17-year-old.
That prize and the party background of his parents helped him land admission in 1950 to the country’s top university, Moscow State. There, he met his wife, Raisa Maximovna Titorenko, and joined the Communist Party.
The award and his family’s credentials also helped him overcome the disgrace of his grandfathers’ arrests, which were overlooked in light of his exemplary Communist conduct.
In his memoirs, Gorbachev describes himself as something of a maverick as he advanced through the party ranks, sometimes bursting out with criticism of the Soviet system and its leaders.
His early career coincided with the “thaw” begun by Nikita Khrushchev. As a young Communist propaganda official, he was tasked with explaining the 20th Party Congress that revealed Soviet dictator Josef Stalin’s repression of millions to local party activists. He said he was met first by “deathly silence,” then disbelief.
“They said: ‘We don’t believe it. It can’t be. You want to blame everything on Stalin now that he’s dead,’” he told the AP in a 2006 interview.
He was a true if unorthodox believer in socialism. He was elected to the powerful party Central Committee in 1971, took over Soviet agricultural policy in 1978 and became a full Politburo member in 1980.
Along the way, he was able to travel to the West, to Belgium, Germany, France, Italy and Canada. Those trips had a profound effect on his thinking, shaking his belief in the superiority of Soviet-style socialism.
“The question haunted me: Why was the standard of living in our country lower than in other developed countries?” he recalled in his memoirs. “It seemed that our aged leaders were not especially worried about our undeniably lower living standards, our unsatisfactory way of life, and our falling behind in the field of advanced technologies.”
But Gorbachev had to wait his turn.
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev died in 1982, and was succeeded by two other geriatric leaders: Andropov, Gorbachev’s mentor, and Konstantin Chernenko. It wasn’t until March 1985, when Chernenko died, that the party finally chose a younger man to lead the country. Gorbachev was 54.
His tenure was filled with rocky periods, including a poorly conceived anti-alcohol campaign, the Soviet military withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
But starting in November 1985, Gorbachev began a series of attention-grabbing summit meetings with world leaders, especially U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and George Bush, which led to unprecedented, deep reductions in the American and Soviet nuclear arsenals.
After years of watching a parade of stodgy leaders in the Kremlin, Western leaders practically swooned over the charming, vigorous Gorbachev and his stylish, brainy wife.
But perceptions were very different at home. It was the first time since the death of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin that the wife of a Soviet leader played such a public role, and many Russians found Raisa Gorbachev showy and arrogant.
Although the rest of the world benefited from the changes Gorbachev wrought, the rickety Soviet economy collapsed in the process, bringing with it tremendous economic hardship for the country’s 290 million people.
In the final days of the Soviet Union, the economic decline accelerated into a steep skid. Hyper-inflation robbed most older people of their life’s savings. Factories shut down. Bread lines formed — and popular hatred for Gorbachev and his wife grew.
But the couple won sympathy in summer 1999, when it was revealed that Raisa Gorbachev was dying of leukemia. During her final days, Gorbachev spoke daily with television reporters, and the lofty-sounding, wooden politician of old was suddenly seen as an emotional family man surrendering to deep grief.
Gorbachev worked on the Gorbachev Foundation, which he created to address global priorities in the post-Cold War period, and with the Green Cross foundation, which was formed in 1993 to help cultivate “a more harmonious relationship between humans and the environment.”
He took the helm of the small United Social Democratic Party in 2000 in hopes it could fill the vacuum left by the Communist Party, which he said had failed to reform into a modern leftist party after the breakup of the Soviet Union. He resigned from the chairmanship in 2004.
He continued to comment on Russian politics as a senior statesman — even if many of his countrymen were no longer interested in what he had to say.
“The crisis in our country will continue for some time, possibly leading to even greater upheaval,” Gorbachev wrote in a memoir in 1996. “But Russia has irrevocably chosen the path of freedom, and no one can make it turn back to totalitarianism.”
Gorbachev veered between criticism and mild praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been assailed for backtracking on the democratic achievements of the Gorbachev and Yeltsin eras. He said Putin had done much to restore stability and prestige to Russia after the tumultuous decade following the Soviet collapse.
He did, however, protest growing limitations on media freedom and in 2006 bought one of Russia’s last investigative newspapers, Novaya Gazeta, with a businessman associate.
“We should — this is one of our goals — promote the newspaper’s qualitative development in the interests of democratic values,” he said, tacitly criticizing the Kremlin’s efforts to bring Novaya Gazeta and other independent media outlets to heel.
Gorbachev ventured into other new areas in his 70s, winning awards and kudos around the world. He won a Grammy in 2004 along with former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Italian actress Sophia Loren for their recording of Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, and the United Nations named him a Champion of the Earth in 2006 for his environmental advocacy.
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TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday his ruling party will cut ties with the Unification Church following a widening scandal triggered by former leader Shinzo Abe’s assassination last month, and apologized for causing the loss of public trust in politics.
Widespread cozy ties between members of Kishida’s governing Liberal Democratic Party, many of them belonging to Abe’s faction, and the South Korean-born church have surfaced since Abe was shot to death while giving a campaign speech in July.
The suspect, Tetsuya Yamagani, who was arrested at the scene, allegedly told police he killed Abe because of his apparent link to the church. In a letter seen by The Associated Press and social media posts believed to be his, Yamagani said he believed his mother’s large donations to the church had ruined his life.
Some Japanese have expressed understanding, even sympathy, as details of the man’s life emerged, creating deep implications for the political party that has governed Japan virtually uninterrupted since World War II.
While religious groups must abide by law, “politicians are strictly required to be careful about groups with social problems,” Kishida said. Members of his Cabinet and other key posts have agreed to review their past links and cut ties with the church.
“As president of the LDP, I honestly express my apology” for causing the public’s doubts and concerns over the continuing revelations in media reports about the party’s extensive ties to the church, Kishida said.
The Unification Church, which was founded in South Korea in 1954 and came to Japan a decade later, has built close ties with a host of conservative lawmakers over their shared interests of opposing communism. Abe’s grandfather and former Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi was a key figure who helped the church’s political unit in Tokyo.
Since the 1980s, the church has faced accusations of problematic recruiting, sales of religious items and donations, which often lead to financial strains on the followers’ families and, according to experts, mental health of adherents’ children. The issues led to the government’s decision to cut ties with the church.
Abe sent a video message last year to the Universal Peace Federation, an international group affiliated with the church, which experts say may have motivated the suspect in Abe’s shooting. Abe had praised the federation’s co-founder Hak Ja Han Moon, who is also head of the church, for her effort in promoting traditional family values.
Experts and cult watchers also say that the church has promoted its key agendas such as the opposition to women’s advancement and same-sex marriage to influence policy.
Kishida shuffled his Cabinet earlier in August to purge seven ministers linked to the church. Among them was Abe’s younger brother Nobuo Kishi, who acknowledged that church followers volunteered in his election campaign. Dozens of LDP members have since come forward with their ties to the church and related organizations.
Kishida said at the news conference that he has instructed LDP Secretary General Toshimitsu Motegi to survey the party fully over any other members’ ties to the church. Kishida said he is rushing the effort but it may take time because the review will span decades.
Kishida apologized for the loss of public trust because of the scandal and his lack of explanation for organizing a state funeral for Abe, one of most divisive leaders in Japan’s postwar history.
The state funeral scheduled for Sept. 27 has split public opinion. The only other state funeral in postwar Japan was for former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida, who signed the San Francisco Treaty that restored ties with the Allies and ended the U.S. occupation of Japan.
Kishida’s Cabinet last week allocated at least a 250 million yen ($1.8 million) budget to invite about 6,000 guests for the funeral at the Budokan arena in Tokyo.
Kishida insisted that Abe deserved a state funeral because of his achievement in raising Japan’s global profile as its longest-serving postwar leader. He said Japan must respond with courtesy to “outpouring of condolences” from foreign leaders and legislations. | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-japan-pm-apologizes-for-partys-church-links-will-cut-ties/ | 2022-08-31T18:54:38Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-japan-pm-apologizes-for-partys-church-links-will-cut-ties/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BERLIN (AP) — Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the Soviet Union and for many the man who restored democracy to then-communist-ruled European nations, was saluted Wednesday as a rare leader who changed the world and for a time brought hope for peace among the superpowers.
But the man who died Tuesday at 91 was also reviled by many countrymen who blamed him for the 1991 implosion of the Soviet Union and its diminution as a superpower. The Russian nation that emerged from its Soviet past shrank in size as 15 new nations were created.
The loss of pride and power also eventually led to the rise of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has tried for the past quarter-century to restore Russia to its former glory and beyond.
U.S. President Joe Biden praised Gorbachev for being open to democratic changes. Gorbachev won the 1990 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the Cold War.
“After decades of brutal political repression, he embraced democratic reforms. He believed in glasnost and perestroika – openness and restructuring – not as mere slogans, but as the path forward for the people of the Soviet Union after so many years of isolation and deprivation,” Biden said.
Biden added that “these were the acts of a rare leader – one with the imagination to see that a different future was possible and the courage to risk his entire career to achieve it. The result was a safer world and greater freedom for millions of people.”
Although Gorbachev was widely feted abroad, he was a pariah at home. Putin acknowledged that Gorbachev had “a deep impact on the course of world history.”
“He led the country during difficult and dramatic changes, amid large-scale foreign policy, economic and social challenges,” Putin said in a short telegram sending his condolences to Gorbachev’s family.
Gorbachev “realized that reforms were necessary and tried to offer his solutions to the acute problems,” Putin said.
Reactions from Russian officials and lawmakers were mixed. They applauded Gorbachev for his part in ending the Cold War but censured him for the collapse of the Soviet Union.
Oleg Morozov, a member of the main Kremlin party, United Russia, said Gorbachev should have “repented” for mistakes that went against Russia’s interests.
“He was a willing or an unwilling co-author of the unfair world order that our soldiers are now fighting on the battlefield,” Morozov said, in a reference to Russia’s current war in Ukraine.
Lech Walesa, the leader of Poland’s pro-democracy Solidarity movement in the 1980s and the country’s president from 1990-1995, had a more nuanced view of Gorbachev. He said he “admired, even liked him, but did not understand (him).”
“He believed to the last that communism could be reformed, but I, on the contrary, did not believe it was possible,” Walesa told the Wirtualna Polska media.
Walesa added: “He knew that the Soviet Union could not last much longer and he was doing everything he could to prevent the world from bringing Russia to account for communism. And he was successful there.”
World leaders paid tribute to a man some described as a great and brave leader.
In Germany, where Gorbachev is considered one of the fathers of the country’s reunification in 1990 and is popularly referred to as “Gorbi,” former Chancellor Angela Merkel saluted him as “a unique world politician.”
“Gorbachev wrote world history. He exemplified how a single statesman can change the world for the better,” she said, recalling how she had feared that Russian tanks might roll into East Germany, where she lived, as the Berlin Wall fell in 1989.
Current German Chancellor Olaf Scholz praised Gorbachev for paving the way for his country’s reunification, though he also pointed out that Gorbachev died at a time when many of his achievements have been destroyed.
“We know that he died at a time when not only democracy in Russia has failed — there is no other way to describe the current situation there — but also Russia and Russian President Putin are drawing new trenches in Europe and have started a horrible war against a neighboring country, Ukraine,” Scholz said.
Other European leaders picked up on that contrast between Gorbachev’s fame for peace-making and Putin’s attack on Ukraine.
Outgoing British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that “in a time of Putin’s aggression in Ukraine, (Gorbachev’s) tireless commitment to opening up Soviet society remains an example to us all.”
Gorbachev’s “desire for peace, his opposition to an imperialist vision of Russia, earned him a Nobel prize,” Italian Premier Mario Draghi said. “They are messages that are even more relevant in the face of the tragedy of the invasion of Ukraine.”
Others in Europe challenged the positive recollections of Gorbachev.
Gabrielius Landsbergis, Lithuania’s top diplomat who is also the son of Vytautas Landsbergis, who led Lithuania’s independence movement in the early 1990s, tweeted that “Lithuanians will not glorify Gorbachev.”
Memories are still fresh in the Baltic country of Jan. 13, 1991, when hundreds of Lithuanians headed to the television tower in Vilnius to oppose Soviet troops deployed to crush the country’s bid to restore its independence. In the clashes that followed, 14 civilians were killed and more than 140 others were injured. Moscow recognized Lithuania’s independence in August that year.
“We will never forget the simple fact that his army murdered civilians to prolong his regime’s occupation of our country. His soldiers fired on our unarmed protesters and crushed them under his tanks. That is how we will remember him,” Landsbergis wrote.
But another Baltic leader, Latvian President Egils Levits, noted that Gorbachev’s policies enabled the eventual independence of the three Baltic countries.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Gorbachev “a one-of-a kind statesman who changed the course of history” and “did more than any other individual to bring about the peaceful end of the Cold War.”
“The world has lost a towering global leader, committed multilateralist, and tireless advocate for peace,” the U.N. chief said.
Gorbachev’s contemporaries pointed to the end of the Cold War as one of his achievements.
“Mikhail Gorbachev played a critical role in the peaceful end to the Cold War. At home, he was a figure of historical importance, but not in the way he intended,” said Robert M. Gates, who headed the CIA from 1991 to 1993 and later became U.S. defense secretary.
Calling Gorbachev “a brave leader and great statesman,” Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid said the last Soviet leader “opened the gates of the Soviet Union for the great wave of Jewish immigration to Israel in the 1990s.”
In Asia, Gorbachev was remembered as a leader with the courage to bring change.
China recognized Gorbachev’s role in healing relations between Moscow and Beijing. Gorbachev had been an inspiration to reformist thinkers in China during the late 1980s, and his visit to Beijing in 1989 marked a watershed in relations between the sides.
“Mr. Gorbachev made positive contributions to the normalization of relations between China and the Soviet Union. We mourn his passing and extend our sympathies to his family,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said.
However, China’s Communist Party leaders also regard Gorbachev’s liberal approach as a fatal display of weakness and his moves toward peaceful coexistence with the West as a form of surrender.
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Patrick Quinn reported from Bangkok. AP journalists around the world contributed to this report.
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Under Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch, the 49ers have built one of the NFL’s best rosters from top-to-bottom while making two NFC Championship game appearances and a trip to the Super Bowl.
I believe that none of these accomplishments represent their greatest strength as the brain trust of the 49ers. The duo’s greatest power is to be able to manage personalities and cultivate a team-first locker room culture in a league that features a growing number of egos and difficult personalities.
You name the situation, and this 49ers’ regime has been able to manage it. Contract negotiations, hold-ins, star player trades, and all the quarterback “noise” from last season. This makes them uniquely well-equipped to handle the quarterback room of Trey Lance and Jimmy Garoppolo — along with any potential drama that may ensue in 2022.
Let’s make it clear: Trey Lance is the starting quarterback, and Kyle Shanahan went out of his way during Tuesday’s conference call with Bay Area media to make that clear. He also made it clear that Garoppolo was brought back on the deal that he’s the backup quarterback.
Similar to 2021, when Kyle Shanahan routinely iterated that Jimmy Garoppolo was the starter (and then stuck with it through the season), I predict that he’s going to stick by Trey Lance as the starter unless there’s an injury or the wheels really fall off of the 49ers’ season.
It feels like many people consider this latest move from the 49ers a “hedge” against Trey Lance in the event he struggles or doesn’t live up to his No. 3 draft status. I look at it as valuable insurance in the event of a Lance injury.
Let’s take a look at Shanahan’s history in 2018 and 2020. Two seasons that were essentially lost due to the injury of a starting quarterback. Given the roster that’s been put together in San Francisco this season, I don’t think Shanahan was willing to potentially risk sacrificing another season in the case something happened to Lance, and he couldn’t play.
This wasn’t Plan A by any means. As Shanahan and Lynch once again repeated on Tuesday, they fully expected to trade Garoppolo at the start of the new league year in March. But a shoulder surgery, paired with extensive rehab to combine with musical chairs at the quarterback position this offseason — Garoppolo was left standing when the music stopped.
Most organizations in the NFL wouldn’t even consider this as a possibility — either because they’ve botched the relationship with the player or the player does not want to return to the team in any capacity.
The 49ers’ refreshingly honest approach to handling business transactions may not always leave their players feeling happy — but certainly has earned them enough respect to be able to maneuver a unique situation like this.
While I say that, I also don’t think Shanahan and Lynch deserve all the credit for being able to piece this back together. It also takes high-character individuals like Garoppolo and Lance to be able to accept the situation and also thrive in it.
It seems like many are focused on potential drama that could ensue from this whole fiasco — myself included at times — but I think the 49ers’ ethos and culture is going to ultimately outshine any potential issues that could result, and I believe it’ll be a fruitful relationship for the 49ers. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/31/23329778/san-francisco-49ers-organizational-ethos-overcome-quarterback-drama-2022 | 2022-08-31T18:54:50Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/31/23329778/san-francisco-49ers-organizational-ethos-overcome-quarterback-drama-2022 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The 49ers cut their roster down to 53 players on Tuesday. However, there were a few surprises, the most notable of which was Jimmy Garoppolo sliding into the QB2 slot after agreeing to a restructure.
Amidst all of the moves the 49ers made to get to their final roster, a handful of transactions were made with a clear emphasis on the long-term instead of immediate impact in 2022. Among them was the 49ers’ decision to keep Brock Purdy on the final 53-man roster.
Upon hearing the news break about Garoppolo returning, I had to scrap an entire article I had prepared about why I thought Purdy had beaten out Nate Sudfeld for the QB2 spot. As good as Purdy was, there was no way he would make the roster over Garoppolo if they had only kept two quarterbacks, which is what I assumed they would do to prevent losing an impact player at another position.
At the time, I overlooked how much retaining Purdy on the final 53-man roster would benefit the 49ers in the long term. The 49ers appear to be quite fond of Purdy, and I can’t blame them after he put together an impressive preseason with reps like these.
I don’t care that it’s the preseason, this is an impressive throw pic.twitter.com/wm0cEaFBEK
— Jordan Elliott (@JLeeElliott) August 26, 2022
A couple of really nice throws by Brock Purdy on the same drive right before halftime
— Jordan Elliott (@JLeeElliott) August 22, 2022
Good placement here layering this throw over the hook defender to hit Malik Turner for a nice gain pic.twitter.com/sl4H9AXgB5
I would speculate that when the 49ers drew this up while putting together the quarterback room before OTA’s, they would have Sudfeld back up Trey Lance with Purdy developing on the practice squad. However, the combination of Purdy wowing them repeatedly in the time since then, as well as Garoppolo returning, threw a wrench into those plans.
That left the 49ers with a dilemma. They have Garoppolo for the 2022 season, which is objectively a better backup option than Purdy at this moment. But they also really like Purdy, and he has demonstrated that he can develop into a valuable asset who can be a more than capable backup moving forward.
So they decided to keep three quarterbacks on the active roster, even at the cost of losing a veteran depth piece like Kemoko Turay or Malik Turner. They did this even though Purdy will all but assuredly not be dressing on game days when Lance and Garoppolo are available.
So why risk losing depth elsewhere to retain a quarterback who not only won’t see action most likely but won’t even be suiting up on Sundays? The contract. Retaining Purdy on the final 53 keeps his rookie contract intact, giving the 49ers maintain four years of team control at an amicable cap number while also not subjecting Purdy to waivers where another team could have poached him.
Let’s assume the 49ers are thrilled with what they have seen from Purdy thus far and feel great about his ability to continue to develop moving forward. They now give themselves the luxury of having their backup quarterback position solidified on a team-friendly deal for the duration of Lance’s rookie contract. That kind of value is too good to pass up, even at the cost of losing depth at the edge position or in the wide receiver room. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/31/23330294/49ers-brock-purdy-53 | 2022-08-31T18:54:56Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/31/23330294/49ers-brock-purdy-53 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The 49ers sure know how to grab ahold of the national spotlight. On Tuesday, we spent nearly half an hour on a conference call with Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch talking about one position.
For a team with a handful of superstars, the quarterback position remains the primary talking point. However, I’m in the mindset that the talent on the roster elevates whoever is under center. Shanahan has hinted at that during the offseason.
There’s always a “what if,” though. Could Trey Lance be that far behind the learning curve that the Niners struggle so much that they miss the playoffs? ESPN’s Dan Graziano wrote an article where he went through a “don’t be surprised” segment with each team and had San Francisco’s season ending without a postseason run:
Don’t be surprised if ... they miss the playoffs.
What I’m hearing: Trey Lance could be a lot of fun to watch, but he’s also very likely to struggle to overcome the lack of experience he brings to the job. Even some of the 49ers’ recent public comments indicate they think as much. They have question marks at four of the five starting offensive line spots, which isn’t getting nearly enough attention amid the preseason hype. The defense looks championship-caliber, which could save them, but there are enough questions at key spots on offense to make you wonder if we’re assuming too much when we think they’ll just stay good.
Kyle Shanahan’s record as 49ers head coach is 39-42 (43-44 counting playoffs), and the team has failed to reach seven wins in three of his five seasons. So it wouldn’t be the first time people overrated the 49ers in the preseason. I think Lance ends up being good, but I think this season could be quite rocky.
For the Jaguars, it was if they make the playoffs.
It’s fair to question the offensive line, especially given how they performed during the preseason. In addition, Mike McGlinchey’s health is up in the air, which doesn’t help. Still, I think there’s too much being put on Lance’s inexperience.
Last year, the 49ers had training wheels on the offense for Garoppolo down the stretch. That’s been the case for a few years now. Jimmy is at his best in two-minute drills when the offense has to hurry up. Outside of that, you have to hold your breath when he drops back to pass.
Do the 49ers win when he’s under center? They do. If I were to ask you what was Jimmy’s best game last year, which came would you point to? Based on some of the decision-making, you’d think Garoppolo was inexperienced.
All that’s to say, Shanahan knows how to scheme around a quarterback. If he doesn’t believe Lance can run his offense, he’ll dumb it down. We’ll see Kyle move the pocket, use bootlegs to cut the field in half and make his reads easier, rely on Lance’s legs, and get the ball into his playmakers’ hands so they can do the work.
That wouldn’t be much different than what we’ve seen in recent years, save the quarterback running game. The Niners have had success offensively with multiple backup offensive linemen in the game. If anything, the preseason showed Lance is capable of running out of sacks and keeping the offense on schedule.
Whether it’s subpar QB play, turnovers, or inconsistent play in general, we have evidence of this team overcoming all of that and still winning. Yet, now we’re worried about it?
Using Shanahan’s record as a talking point omits all context. First, look at what he did with Nick Mullens. Now, look at what everyone else has done with Mullens. And that’s not to say this season won’t be rocky. Lance will struggle, but acting like he’ll be the only one, and if he does, it’ll cost the team, is naive.
The 49ers have a top-5 roster, supporting cast around the quarterback, play-callers on both sides, and defense. A lot has to go wrong for them not to play into the middle of January. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/31/23330784/49ers-espn-playoffs-surprise | 2022-08-31T18:55:02Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/31/23330784/49ers-espn-playoffs-surprise | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa faced a grilling by lawmakers in Parliament on Tuesday as they demanded answers on his handling of the theft of millions of dollars from his farm.
Ramaphosa faced loud heckling from opposition members who called for him to answer questions about the theft at his Phala Phala farm in Limpopo province. The parliamentary session was adjourned before he answered all questions on the matter.
The president is being investigated over allegations that he was holding foreign currency at his farm that had not been properly declared to financial officials. This has raised suspicion that Ramaphosa did not report the theft because the cash was being held illegally.
When questioned in Parliament about the allegations, Ramaphosa said he had been advised that he should not make any public statements about the matter until investigations have been concluded.
“I have responded, and will continue to respond, to all the questions that have been put to me by the relevant authorities with regards to the theft at my farm,” said Ramaphosa.
“It is important for me that due process is followed, including the process that is going to unfold in Parliament,” he said.
However, some opposition lawmakers insisted that Ramaphosa was obliged to answer questions on the matter as he has not been formally charged and the issue is not before a court of law.
At least three members of the leftist opposition party, Economic Freedom Fighters, were physically ejected from the chambers for shouting and disrupting order.
Parliament has agreed to form an independent panel of experts to look into the allegations against Ramaphosa regarding the money at his Phala Phala farm. The report will be referred to parliament’s intelligence committee.
The allegations against Ramaphosa come as he will be seeking re-election as leader of the ruling African National Congress party in December. He must be the party’s leader in order to stand as its presidential candidate to be reelected as South African president in the 2024 general elections.
The allegations are a blow to Ramaphosa’s carefully crafted image as a corruption-buster. He campaigned on promises to clean up South Africa’s rampant corruption in 2019 when he was elected president.
Not only is Ramaphosa confronted by heated criticism from opposition parties, he also has detractors within his African National Congress party. A large number of ANC officials and even Cabinet members are loyal to his predecessor, former President Jacob Zuma, despite the corruption charges against the ex-leader. They have called for Ramaphosa to step down until he is cleared of any wrongdoing in what is called the Phala Phala scandal. | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-south-african-president-hit-by-tough-questions-in-parliament/ | 2022-08-31T18:55:01Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/world-news/ap-international/ap-south-african-president-hit-by-tough-questions-in-parliament/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kyle’s update, 10:36 AM PT: Safety Tayler Hawkins plans to sign to the 49ers practice squad, per Matt Barrows. The Niners have nine more spots to fill.
Kyle’s update, 10:21 AM PT: WR Tay Martin has signed to the 49ers practice squad, per Aaron Wilson. Plus, the team is re-signing Tashaun Gipson, per Mike Garafolo.
The 49ers will look to finalize their practice squad and tweak their roster over the coming days. San Francisco claimed former Browns offensive lineman Blake Hance, who was an undrafted free agent in 2019 out of Northwestern. Hance started eight games for Cleveland last year. During the preseason, Hance played right guard and right tackle.
Hance allowed eight sacks in 347 passing snaps and had a blown block percentage of 4.7%. For reference, Tom Compton’s blown block percentage last year was 3.3%. Hance played both right and left tackle but is listed as a guard. The 49ers could view Hance as a potential swing option for either position.
The 49ers are re-signing Willie Snead to the practice squad and will bring UDFA Qwuantrezz Knight back to their practice squad. LB Marcelino McCrary-Ball is joining the practice squad as well.
Running back JaMycal hasty was claimed by the Jaguars. Sixth-round pick Tariq Castro-Fields was claimed by the Commanders.
We’ll keep updating this post as more practice squad moves come in. No other 49ers were claimed, so guys like Jason Poe can be brought back. By the sounds of it, Poe will be back. | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/31/23331029/49ers-claim-browns-ol-blake-hance | 2022-08-31T18:55:08Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/8/31/23331029/49ers-claim-browns-ol-blake-hance | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Which Fresh Step cat litters are best?
Whether you have an outdoor or indoor cat, you must deal with the litter at some point. Outdoor cats typically use a litter pan or tray less often, as they spend much of their day exploring the neighborhood.
But owners of indoor cats will attest that even after one use, a litter tray can quickly produce an odor that’s strong enough to alert the state’s hazardous materials removal team. However, cat litter isn’t just about containing the smell. There are several other aspects to consider, and most importantly, the comfort of your cat.
Clumping clay vs. crystals
There are several types of cat litter, but you’ll generally find the most common types in a cat owner’s house are clay or crystals.
- Clay: With a gray appearance, clay is an effective way of keeping cat waste contained. Within the clay category, there are clumping and nonclumping options. As the name implies, clumping is easier to clean, as the litter sticks together around the waste. You only have to scoop out the clumps to keep the tray odor-free. Nonclumping litter is easier for cats to kick off, potentially scattering litter outside the tray.
- Crystals: Whether scented or natural, crystal cat litter is often made from silica. The material is excellent at absorbing waste and liquids but is typically more expensive than clay. Even though crystals are dust-free, they can pose a hazard to cats if ingested frequently.
- Other litter options: While clay and crystals are the most common, cat owners have other options. The environmentally-conscience can opt for using biodegradable corn, wheat or soy. Cat litter can also be made from recycled pine wood scraps or recycled paper formed into pellets or granules.
Best Fresh Step cat litter
Fresh Step Multi-Cat Scented Clumping Clay
This 25-pound box of cat litter is the perfect size for a household with multiple cats and several litter trays. It is 99.9% dust-free, so tiny particles don’t fly away after use. The clumping clay is treated with Febreze scent and ammonia-block technology, dramatically reducing the smell of waste.
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Fresh Step Fresh Scented Non-Clumping Crystals
With premium silica crystals, this 8-pound bag has Fresh Step’s 30 days of odor control guarantee. For one cat, this back should last around two months. It is non-clumping, so you must take care to scoop up solid and liquid waste completely.
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Fresh Step Triple Action Scented Clumping Clay
This 42-pound pack is perfect for several months or multiple cats in your house. The clumping litter includes activated charcoal, ammonia-block technology and plant extracts to trap and eliminate odors and bacteria for up to 10 days.
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Fresh Step Lightweight Febreze-Scented Clumping Clay
Treated with Febreze scents, this clumping litter is best suited for cats that don’t need to go often or have smaller movements. It still uses Fresh Step’s extra-strength formula to help eliminate odors and easily clumps together for quick waste removal.
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Fresh Step Simply Unscented Clumping Clay
This unscented litter is best if your cat prefers to do business in a natural-smelling tray. It has no added fragrances or dyes and is 99.9% dust-free. The high-quality clay clumps quickly, making removal easy.
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Fresh Step Extreme Odor Control Febreze-Scented Clumping Clay
For the times when you need extreme odor control, this mountain spring-scented litter clumps quickly and efficiently. Fresh Step guarantees that it will block the smell of ammonia for up to 10 days. The 11-pound box is good for one cat for about two weeks.
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Fresh Step Clean Paws Multi-Cat Scented Clumping Clay
More cats mean more litter, but this box of four 9.4-pound bags is all you need. The clumping clay leaves behind a fresh scent and can’t easily be tracked throughout your house.
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Fresh Step Outstretch Concentrated Clumping Clay
This is an excellent option if you need to make your clumping clay litter last. With six times more activated carbon than other Fresh Step litters, it will last around 50% longer, meaning you’ll need to change it less often. It comes with a 15-day odor control guarantee.
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Fresh Step Summer Breeze Cat Litter Deodorizing Crystals
If you use crystal litter, these deodorizing crystals help to block unwanted odors. Simply sprinkle it on the litter in the tray or soiled area, and it contains the smell. You should always remove solid waste first before sprinkling.
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Fresh Step Soothing Lavender Litter Box Deodorizing Gel Beads
With the scent of soothing lavender, these deodorizing gel beads help combat the odor from a litter tray. Instead of pouring the beads into the litter, you simply place it close by. The 12-ounce jar should last for a few weeks.
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Which platform bird feeder is best?
A platform bird feeder attracts all kinds of birds, large and small, to your yard. Not only does this give you the pleasure of watching birds in your own outdoor space, but it’s also great for local wildlife.
You’ll need to consider your garden setup and determine what platform feeder is most suitable. If you have a pole or tree to hang it from, the Woodlink Going Green Platform Bird Feeder is an excellent option.
What to know before you buy a platform bird feeder
Types of platform bird feeders
Not all platform bird feeders are the same. You’ll find four main types: hanging, freestanding, ground and mountable.
- Hanging: Hanging platform feeders have cables attached to all four corners. These cables meet at the top, and you can hang them from a bird feeder stand or a suitable branch. This type of feeder is readily available and reasonably priced.
- Freestanding: Freestanding feeders have their own stands and sit around 3-4 feet off the ground. They’re usually made from wood and can have roofs.
- Ground: Ground platform feeders sit close to the ground. They’re great for attracting ground-feeding birds, such as cardinals and doves. However, they’re not the safest choice for birds if you have cats or other predators that frequent your yard.
- Mountable: Mountable feeders have a bracket that you can affix to a deck railing or a similar piece of fencing. These brackets fix in place without using tools, so they’re easy to install, but they’re only a good option if you have fencing or railings to attach them to.
Materials
Most feeders are made from either wood, plastic or metal. Each option has its pros and cons.
- Wood: Wooden feeders look good and have some natural weather resistance, but they will rot and warp over time.
- Plastic: Plastic feeders are often designed to look like wood. They’re weather-resistant, but many buyers prefer to avoid plastic.
- Metal: Metal platform feeders are usually made from mesh, which drains easily but isn’t highly durable.
What to look for in a quality platform bird feeder
Roof
Some feeders feature a large platform covered by a roof. This type is sometimes called a fly-through feeder. While it still features a large, flat feeding area, some don’t consider it a true platform feeder because it’s covered. It still gives all but the largest birds access to seed and keeps rainwater out.
Mesh base
The mesh base allows water to drain from the platform. Without this, it will become waterlogged when it rains.
Color
Some birds are attracted to bright colors, but others prefer feeders with a natural hue so that they’re more camouflaged with their surroundings. You’ll usually attract a greater range of birds with a natural-colored feeder.
How much you can expect to spend on a platform bird feeder
Standard platform feeders start at around $10-$20, while large and elaborate feeders can cost over $100. That said, most cost under $50.
Platform bird feeder FAQ
What kinds of birds come to a platform feeder?
A. The beauty of a platform feeder is that it attracts all kinds of birds, from tits and finches to big birds, such as crows and wood pigeons. As such, you’ll often see a greater range of birds on this feeder than on a smaller tube or hopper feeder.
However, this can pose a problem if larger birds start overrunning the feeder, blocking smaller birds. Some people choose to remedy this by placing various feeder types or choosing platform feeders with roofs.
If you want to attract a particular type of bird, consider putting out food they’re drawn to. For instance, goldfinches love Nyjer seeds, while peanuts will attract woodpeckers and northern mockingbirds.
How do you clean a bird feeder?
A. Regularly cleaning your bird feeder is essential to fight the buildup of bacteria and make sure you aren’t providing a breeding ground for bird diseases. While you can clean it with hot, soapy water, it’s better to use a solution of one part household bleach to nine parts water.
Scrub the feeder with a stiff-bristled brush and your cleaning solution. Pay particular attention to the corners of the platform surface, which can be overlooked and harbor bacteria and rotting food.
What’s the best platform bird feeder to buy?
Top platform bird feeder
Woodlink Going Green Platform Bird Feeder
What you need to know: This durable hanging feeder is made from recycled plastic.
What you’ll love: It’s easier to clean and is better at withstanding the elements than wooden feeders. The base is made from a metal screen, so water doesn’t pool. It’s simple to hang from a tree or a pole.
What you should consider: The coating of the metal screen can peel over time.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top platform bird feeder for the money
Wild Wings Cedar Tray Bird Feeder
What you need to know: This hanging platform feeder is naturally weather-resistant as it’s made from cedar.
What you’ll love: The perforated screen base allows water to drain and is removable to facilitate cleaning. The hanging cables are strong and secure. It holds up to 1.5 quarts of bird seed.
What you should consider: The holes in the screen are large enough for very small seeds to become stuck in or fall through.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Gray Bunny Ground Bird Feeder Tray
What you need to know: The compact platform feeder is perfect for birds who live to feed on the ground.
What you’ll love: It’s made from a wire mesh, so water drains easily, and you can hose it down. The legs keep it balanced and raise it slightly off the ground so it won’t get waterlogged.
What you should consider: It’s smaller than some buyers imagine, so check the dimensions to avoid disappointment.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Which quarter-zip sweatshirt is best?
A quarter-zip sweatshirt is an excellent compromise between a zip-up and a traditional pullover. It lets you maintain the ventilating benefits of zip-up without removing the option of a front pouch pocket to keep your hands warm. They also come with a wide variety of necklines and styles. The best ones look stylish and are built to last.
The Carhartt Women’s Clarksburg Half-Zip Hooded Sweatshirt is a top pick because it maintains an excellent combination of design, functionality and durability.
What to know before you buy a quarter-zip sweatshirt
What is a quarter-zip sweatshirt?
Quarter-zip sweatshirts have various silhouettes and necklines. They are much like a classic pullover but have a zipper at the front of the neck.
Instead of zipping down to the bottom, the zipper can only be lowered to the center of your chest. They are also commonly referred to as half-zip sweatshirts.
Sweatshirt vs. sweater
While sweatshirts and sweaters have similar shapes, they are made differently and serve different purposes.
A sweatshirt is a thick shirt that comes in various lengths and styles. Due to their durable, tight-knit and relaxed aesthetic, they are ideal for casual wear. They are great for the gym or anywhere that doesn’t have a dress code.
While a sweater can also be considered a type of thick shirt that comes in various lengths and styles, they are made from a looser knit or crocheted material that is far more fragile than a sweatshirt.
Due to their craftsmanship and the more delicate materials used to construct them, they are typically considered dressier than sweatshirts. Thus, they can be worn to work or more formal events when paired with other dressier pieces.
Sweatshirt materials
Quarter-zip sweatshirts are usually found in fleece and terry knits. Most are made from cotton, polyester or a blend of both with some added stretch from spandex or modal.
What to look for in a quality a quarter-zip sweatshirt
The right neckline
Quarter-zip sweatshirts come with various necklines. To get the one you want, you should know what styles exist. There are five common considerations:
- Hoodie: This style has a hood attached to the back of the neck.
- Collar: This has a loose neckline that lands high on the neck when zipped up and a wide lapel when zipped down.
- Cowl neck: This features a loose neckline that drapes around the neck and shoulders whether it is zipped up or not.
- Turtleneck: This has a tight collar that lands high on the neck and opens to a wide lapel.
- Mock neck: This neckline lands on the middle of the neck. When unzipped, it opens to a small lapel.
The right silhouette
Quarter-zip sweatshirts come in several styles that have various shapes. There are five standard silhouettes to consider:
- Pullover: This classic style is loose through your midsection and lands at your hips.
- Oversized: This silhouette is like a pullover but much larger for a cozier look and feel.
- Cropped: This youthful design is much like a regular pullover, but its bottom hem can land anywhere between your low chest and your navel.
- Fitted: This design hugs your body and shows off your shape. It is an excellent option for those who want the warmth of a traditional sweatshirt but don’t want the added bulk.
- Tunic: This silhouette resembles a classic sweatshirt, but its bottom hem lands at your hips or high on your thighs.
Pockets or a pouch
Pockets can make your life easier. They let you take your essentials, such as your keys and wallet, on the go without needing a bag. You can typically find pockets at the hips or on the front in the shape of a pouch. The best quarter-zip sweatshirts have a separate pocket for your phone to keep your device safe and secure.
How much you can expect to spend on a quarter-zip sweatshirt
Depending on the brand, style and details added to the sweatshirt, prices range from $15-$100.
Quarter-zip sweatshirt FAQ
What is the best way to wash your quarter-zip sweatshirt?
A. It is always good to check with your sweatshirt’s wash instructions on the label first. However, when you wash your clothes inside out with like colors on a delicate cycle and dry them on low heat, they tend to last longer.
Can you get rid of pilling on your sweatshirts?
A. Yes. Consider investing in a fabric shaver that quickly and efficiently removes excess fuzz, lint and pilling.
What’s the best quarter-zip sweatshirt to buy?
Top quarter-zip sweatshirt
Carhartt Women’s Clarksburg Half-Zip Hooded Sweatshirt
What you need to know: This is a well-made sweatshirt that is comfortable and built to last.
What you’ll love: It’s made from heavyweight fleece to keep you warm. It has a pouch pocket in the front and a hidden media pocket to secure your phone. It comes in three colors and sizes XS to 2XL.
What you should consider: This sweatshirt might be a little too pricey for some people.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top quarter-zip sweatshirt for the money
Daily Ritual Women’s Relaxed-Fit Quarter-Zip Sweatshirt
What you need to know: This is a classic, comfortable zipped pullover with a flattering fit.
What you’ll love: This is a slightly flowy but classic-fit sweatshirt with a mock neck. It’s made of a soft terry knit, and its hem lands at the hip. The zipper is durable, and it has pockets at the sides. It also comes in six colors and sizes XS to 2XL.
What you should consider: The material might be a little too thin to keep you warm in cooler months.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Carhartt Men’s Quarter-Zip Mock-Neck Sweatshirt
What you need to know: This smart sweatshirt isn’t just for looks; it’s also ultradurable.
What you’ll love: This traditional pullover has a mock neck with inner ribbing. It is made with sweat-wicking material to keep you cool and dry. It is also stain resistant, has a front pouch pocket and comes in sizes S to 4XL in three colors.
What you should consider: Some might prefer a sweatshirt that has individual pockets placed at the hips.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Which Fisher-Price toys are best?
Traditional toys may appear to be taking a back seat to technology like tablets and smartphones, but they’re much more practical in developing cognitive and motor skills. Fisher-Price is a top toy brand, offering a broad range of fun learning toys.
You can find a Fisher-Price toy of nearly any design, but there are some things to consider before buying your child a new toy.
What to consider before buying a Fisher-Price toy
Your child’s age
Most Fisher-Price toys are geared toward younger children, usually under 8 years old. If your child is any older, they may find them dull or uninspiring. Fisher-Price toys are designed to help children learn and develop essential cognitive and motor skills, so they’re often very simplistic. To determine whether a toy is appropriate for your child, check the product description for an age range.
Playsets vs. plush toys
Playsets are excellent for children ages 2 to 8 as they provide a fun way to learn. However, playsets have many removable parts, so they’re typically unsuitable for younger toddlers.
Plush toys don’t offer as many learning modes, but they make for great nighttime companions. They can comfort your child and engage a baby’s senses with colorful designs and textured surfaces.
Your child’s favorite activities
Fisher-Price makes many playsets with a specific theme. For example, there are cooking, sports, hairdressing and farming playsets. If your little one likes to pretend to cook and make meals, a kitchen play set is a suitable set, so it’s best to determine what they’re into before buying a toy.
What to look for in a quality Fisher-Price toy
Lights, sounds and phrases
Lights, sounds and phrases can help engage your child’s senses and make learning fun. Many toys have built-in parts that deliver catchy phrases, play music and fun sounds. It’s an interactive way for children to engage with their toys while simultaneously learning.
Durability
Fisher-Price is a trusted brand, but it’s best to ensure that any toy you buy for your child can withstand hard impacts and offer at least minimal resistance to spills and splashes. Most Fisher-Price toys are made of plastic, making them safe to use near water. However, some toys with internal electrical parts shouldn’t be used near water and are suitable for older children only.
The best Fisher-Price toys
Best toys under $30
Fisher-Price Laugh and Learn Slice of Learning Pizza
This learning pizza is an excellent toy to help young children learn counting, opposites and shapes. It has a spinning function and built-in lights and sounds, making learning fun for any child.
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Fisher-Price Cuddle and Snuggle Hedgehog Plush Toy
This super-soft and cuddly hedgehog makes for an adorable bedtime companion for your baby. It has eight different textures, a squeaky nose, loops for attaching other plush toys and jingles with music tones when shaken.
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Fisher-Price Thomas and Friends TrackMaster Motorized Toy Train
Inspired by the classic children’s series, this Thomas and Friends toy has a built-in motor and is compatible with other TrackMaster train sets. The switch on top of the train activates the engine and sends it on its way down the tracks.
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Fisher-Price Laugh and Learn Smart Stages Tablet
Instead of handing your phone over to your toddler, this tablet is durable and helps them learn through three smart levels. It has over 100 songs and 28 app buttons for activating multicolored lights, sounds and phrases.
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Fisher-Price Drillin’ Action Tool Set
Your little one will love this drilling tool set that can help them develop motor and early engineering skills. It comes with a toolbox, a drill, three drill bits, three screws and two toy pieces of toy wood that children can put together.
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Best toys $30-$60
Fisher-Price Little People Sit and Stand Skyway
This play set can be set up as a small town or a skyway where cars can zip down spiral ramps. It has a multicolored palette, stands just over 34 inches tall and comes with two Wheelie cars.
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Fisher-Price B.B. Hoopster Motorized Electronic Basketball Goal
Help your little one develop into a young basketball star early on with this motorized basketball goal. It has four interactive play modes, and any time a basket is made, it lights up and delivers announcer-style phrases.
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Fisher-Price Little People Surprise and Sounds Home
Full of several learning activities for developing motor skills, this playhouse has a cute pink and white exterior and can deliver over 50 songs, sounds and phrases. Kids can open the oven or flush the toilet to hear fun and silly sounds.
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Fisher-Price Deluxe Kick and Play Piano Gym
This piano gym offers four fun ways for your child to learn as they grow from a baby to a toddler. It has three smart stage learning levels, a bonus piano play mode with authentic music notes and five light-up keys.
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Fisher-Price Laugh and Learn Grow-the-Fun Garden to Kitchen
This two-sided interactive play set has 30 play pieces, colorful light and fun music. It’s suitable for children between 18 and 36 months and has adapting smart stages for learning the alphabet, shapes, colors and more.
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Best toys over $90
Fisher-Price Laugh and Learn Servin’ Up Fun Food Truck
If your little one has the makings of a future chef, they’ll love this toy food truck featuring an interactive food prep area and over 20 removable parts. It’s toddler-friendly and has a music playlist of fun learning songs.
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Fisher-Price Power Wheels Jurassic Park Jeep Wrangler Ride-On Vehicle
This ride-on car can go up to 5 miles per hour and has a stylish paint job inspired by the Jurassic Park films. It has dinosaur sounds, chase sound effects and a light bar with a spacious storage area.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Maybe it makes sense that Emma Raducanu would try to find something positive from becoming only the third woman in the professional era to lose in the U.S. Open’s first round one year after winning the championship.
Maybe, too, it seems like a bit of a stretch.
Still, whether she was trying to convince others or herself, that was how Raducanu spoke about moving on from bowing out 6-3, 6-3 against Alizé Cornet on Tuesday night in her opening match at Flushing Meadows in 2022 following that remarkable run to the trophy as an unseeded 18-year-old qualifier in 2021.
“It is a clean slate. I can just start again. I don’t know what my ranking will be. Probably pretty low down,” Raducanu said. “With perspective, actually, as a 19-year-old, I’ve had not a bad year. To be top 100, if you told me that a year ago, I’d take it. But, like, I think it would be nice, in a way, to kind of just start over, start fresh.”
The other defending champions who went home this quickly at the American Grand Slam tournament were Svetlana Kuznetsova, who won it in 2004, and Angelique Kerber, who won it in 2016 (and lost in the first round in 2017 to Naomi Osaka, who had yet to win any of her four major trophies).
Raducanu said she was disappointed to join that small group.
She also sounded somewhat relieved.
“I mean, in a way,” said the British player, who is 15-19 since her triumph in New York, “the target will be off my back slightly.”
Raducanu dealt with blisters on her racket-holding right hand, as she had earlier this year, and took a medical timeout after the first set for treatment from a trainer.
She also was simply outplayed by Cornet, a 32-year-old from France who beat past major champions Simona Halep at the Australian Open, Jelena Ostapenko at the French Open and Iga Swiatek at Wimbledon, ending the No. 1-ranked woman’s 37-match winning streak at Wimbledon.
“This year I’m kind of the upset girl. I pull out an upset on every Slam,” the 40th-ranked Cornet said after disrupting her opponent with a constantly shifting mix of defense, strokes that pushed Raducanu deep behind the baseline and well-placed drop shots. “I was like, ‘OK, I did it on the three previous Grand Slams, so why not this one?’”
Now add Raducanu to the list.
“I’m sorry, guys. I know you really like Emma,” Cornet told the crowd at Louis Armstrong Stadium. “She’s a great player and a great person.”
A year ago, at age 18, Raducanu arrived at Flushing Meadows ranked 150th to participate in only the second major tournament of her nascent career. She wound up making it through qualifying and winning 10 matches in a row — all in straight sets — en route to becoming the first qualifier to win a Grand Slam title, defeating another unseeded teen, Leylah Fernandez, in the final.
Raducanu came into the U.S. Open seeded 11th after second-round losses at each of the first three majors of 2022.
“She didn’t win a Slam for nothing,” Cornet said. “I know how she can play.”
Cornet is playing in her record-setting 63rd consecutive Grand Slam event. She’s only reached the quarterfinals at one of them — this year’s Australian Open.
But she also owns six victories over opponents ranked in the top 20 this season.
“I’m handling my emotions better,” said Cornet, who actually was angered when the Armstrong roof was closed during the course of play early in the second set. “I guess I’m getting old. I’m getting mature. … It’s good, because I’m 32. I guess it’s better late than never.”
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA will try again Saturday to launch its new moon rocket on a test flight, after engine trouble halted the first countdown this week.
Managers said Tuesday they are changing fueling procedures to deal with the issue. A bad sensor also could be to blame for Monday’s scrapped launch, they noted.
The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket — the most powerful ever built by NASA — remains on its pad at Kennedy Space Center with an empty crew capsule on top.
The Space Launch System rocket will attempt to send the capsule around the moon and back. No one will be aboard, just three test dummies. If successful, it will be the first capsule to fly to the moon since NASA’s Apollo program 50 years ago.
Proceeding toward a Saturday launch will provide additional insight, even if the problem reappears and the countdown is halted again, said NASA’s rocket program manager, John Honeycutt. That’s better “than us sitting around scratching our heads, was it good enough or not.”
“Based on what I’ve heard from the technical team today, what we need to do is continue to pore over the data and polish up our plan on putting the flight rationale together,” he said.
During Monday’s launch attempt, readings showed that one of the four main engines in the rocket’s core stage could not be chilled sufficiently prior to the planned ignition at liftoff. It appeared to be as much as 40 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) warmer than the desired minus-420 degrees Fahrenheit (minus-250 degrees Celsius), the temperature of the hydrogen fuel, according to Honeycutt. The three other engines came up just a little short.
All of the engines appear to be fine, according to Honeycutt.
The chilling operation will be conducted a half-hour earlier for Saturday afternoon’s launch attempt, once fueling begins that morning. Honeycutt said the timing of this engine chilldown was earlier during successful testing last year, and so performing it sooner may do the trick.
Honeycutt also questioned the integrity of one engine sensor, saying it might have provided inaccurate data Monday. To change that sensor, he noted, would mean hauling the rocket back into the hangar, resulting in weeks of delay.
Already years behind schedule, the $4.1 billion test flight is the opening shot in NASA’s Artemis moon-exploration program, named after the twin sister of Apollo in Greek mythology. Astronauts could strap in as soon as 2024 for a lap around the moon and actually attempt a lunar landing in 2025.
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Charging off is when a creditor decides to remove an unpaid debt from their reporting books. This can happen for any number of reasons, and understanding them all will help you understand your credit score and improve it if necessary and this guide will get you there.
What is a credit card charge-off?
A credit card charge off is a negative entry on your credit report and can affect your ability to get approved for future loans.
According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, a charge-off occurs when a creditor writes off an account as uncollectible. The creditor does this because it has decided that there is no longer any chance of receiving payment from you (or anyone else). Usually, this happens when the debt is at least 90 days past due.
If you have multiple accounts with more than one creditor, these companies will work together in order to agree on how much to write off each account. After they do that, they’ll send each other reports about the balances and payments for each one of these debts so that all of them agree about what amount should be written off for tax purposes or whatever other reasons are relevant here (like whether or not there’s enough money left over after paying everyone back).
How long will a charge-off remain on your credit report?
If you’ve been charged off, it’ll remain on your credit report for seven years from the date of delinquency. That’s the good news. The bad news is that if you don’t pay off or remove your charge-off after seven years, it will stay on your report for up to 10 years.
“A charge-off will also be noted on your credit report. The original creditor may close your account and report the payment status as “collection” or “charge-off,” both derogatory marks on a credit report” as commented by SoFi professionals.
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You may also be able to have a charge-off removed sooner than seven years by paying off what’s owed and making at least one monthly payment toward the account each month during those seven years. This is known as putting yourself back into good standing with the creditor (or debt collector).
Does a charge-off mean you no longer have to pay the debt?
While it’s true that a charge-off can mean you no longer have to pay the debt, there are still ways for you to be sued for it. You might be sued by your creditor or their collectors for that debt. It could also be sold to another creditor who will then sue you for payment.
Should you agree to a settlement on a charged-off debt?
If you agree to a settlement on your debt, it doesn’t mean that the amount of the debt is forgiven. You will still be liable for the full amount owed and can still be sued by your creditor.
Also, creditors don’t have to report any payments made on charged-off accounts as long as they are in collections. So if you make a payment on a charged-off account after it has been charged off and then stop paying again, this may not be reported as delinquent by the credit reporting agencies.
If you’re facing a charge-off, the best thing to do is call your creditor and negotiate. You may be able to arrange a settlement that allows you to pay off the debt over time, without accruing any additional interest. If not, consider calling an attorney who can represent you in court or arbitration if necessary. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-credit-card-charge-off/ | 2022-08-31T18:59:41Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-credit-card-charge-off/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Kogi State Government will generate not less than N4 billion annually as revenue if the Matrimonial Bill is passed into law according to non-governmental organisations.
Mr John Amabi the Executive Director of Foundation for Enhancement and Promotion of Family Life made the assertion in an Agenda Media Review of Matrimonial Bill for Kogi at NUJ Secretariat Lokoja.
He said that the bill which is awaiting third reading at the Kogi House of Assembly would not only help generate revenue for the state but would bring about peace and harmony in homes as well as security in communities.
He described as very unfortunate the lack of one standard for marriage processing in Nigeria as the government left everything in the hands of religions and traditions.
The executive director also said that the bill would go a long way in checkmating divorce.
“We believe that once this matrimonial bill is passed into law in Kogi it will help instil the desired morals in homes and the society in general as well as create a peaceful and secure atmosphere.
“It is a fact that when there is peace and security in homes and communities the society will indeed be better in terms of development. Besides, it s estimated that each of the 21 local government areas of the state can generate more than N2 million as revenue annually from the processes involving marriage,” he stated.
Amabi expressed concern about the delay in the passage of the 2020 bill which he said was largely due to a lack of funds to facilitate its passage.
The executive director called on the state government, the legislators and stakeholders to support the organisation to ensure that the bill is passed into law for the growth and development of Kogi state.
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- Kogi to generate N4b as revenue from matrimonial law annually ― NGO | https://tribuneonlineng.com/kogi-to-generate-n4b-as-revenue-from-matrimonial-law-annually-%E2%80%95-ngo/ | 2022-08-31T18:59:54Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/kogi-to-generate-n4b-as-revenue-from-matrimonial-law-annually-%E2%80%95-ngo/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BEIJING (AP) — China says a key congress of the ruling Communist Party at which leader Xi Jinping is expected to be granted a third five-year term will open on Oct. 16.
Such congresses are held every five years and usually bring in a new slate of leaders, particularly on the party’s all-powerful seven-member Politburo Standing Committee.
Xi, who is also head of state and chief of the powerful military, broke with convention in 2018 by amending the party constitution to remove all term limits on the presidency, essentially making him leader for life.
Xi’s past two predecessors had both served two five-year terms, but Xi has shown no sign of relinquishing power, while taking control over the economy and other fields previously assigned to the premier and others.
The party brooks no political opposition and has increasingly been cracking down on independent actors in the economy, civil society and religious circles.
Xi has also mounted an increasingly assertive foreign policy, raising concerns about a possible confrontation with the U.S., possibly over the self-governing democracy of Taiwan.
He has also waged a wide-ranging anti-corruption campaign that has targeted political rivals, cracked down on democracy and civil liberties in Hong Kong, overseen the detention of more than 1 million members of minority Muslim groups in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, and pursued a hard0line “zero-COVID” policy on the mainland that has exacted a growing economic and social cost.
Xi’s accumulation of power has drawn comparison’s to former dictator Mao Zedong, with his political theories written into the constitution and his cultivation of a cult of personality superseding all other current top Chinese officials.
The official Xinhua News Agency said the date of the congress was announced Tuesday at a meeting of the party’s Politburo.
The congress is “of great significance to be convened at a crucial moment, as the whole Party and the entire nation embark on a new journey toward building a modern socialist country in all respects, and advance toward the Second Centenary Goal,” Xinhua said, referring to a long-standing economic development target.
“The congress will thoroughly review the international and domestic situations, comprehensively grasp the new requirements for the development of the cause of the Party and the country on the new journey in the new era, as well as the new expectations of the people,” it said. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/ap-china-sets-oct-16-opening-date-for-communist-party-congress/ | 2022-08-31T19:01:36Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-international-news/ap-china-sets-oct-16-opening-date-for-communist-party-congress/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Pennsylvania cannot keep a cache of weapons seized from the parents of a gunman who killed one state trooper and permanently disabled another eight years ago, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.
The parents of Eric Frein sued after authorities refused to return 25 rifles, 19 pistols and two shotguns that were taken from their home in September 2014, days after Frein ambushed the troopers outside a state police barracks in the Pocono Mountains.
Eugene Michael Frein and Deborah Frein were not charged in their son’s crime — for which he was convicted and sentenced to death — and none of their weapons were used in his deadly late-night assault.
The Pike County district attorney, who was named as a defendant in the parents’ suit, had argued that authorities had the right to hold the seized weapons, saying they might be needed as evidence during Eric Frein’s state and federal appeals.
The Philadelphia-based 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed, saying in its ruling Tuesday that state authorities never used Michael and Deborah’s guns as evidence at their son’s trial and violated the parents’ constitutional rights by holding onto them indefinitely.
Curt Parkins, the Freins’ attorney, called the seizure a “terrible case of government overreach.”
“It’s really the government being vindictive,” Parkins said in a telephone interview. The Freins, he said, were “punished for being the parents of Eric Frein.”
State police declined to comment on the ruling, which overturned a lower court decision to dismiss the parents’ lawsuit. A message was sent to the district attorney seeking comment.
The state seized the Freins’ property without compensation in violation of the Fifth Amendment, and hindered their ability to keep firearms in violation of the Second Amendment, the appeals court said.
“The police understandably seized the parents’ guns in 2014 while a killer was still at large. But he has long since been captured and convicted, and his conviction has been affirmed,” the panel wrote in its decision. “The judicial warrant does not authorize keeping the guns past this point.”
The state would have to get another warrant to justify keeping the parents’ property, which the district attorney’s office conceded was unlikely because of a lack of probable cause, the court said.
Prosecutors have said Eric Frein was hoping to start an uprising against the government when he opened fire with a rifle on the Blooming Grove barracks. Cpl. Bryon Dickson II, a Marine veteran and married father of two, was killed in the late-night ambush, and Trooper Alex Douglass was left with devastating injuries.
Frein was captured after a 48-day manhunt. He was convicted and sentenced to death, though Pennsylvania has a moratorium on executions. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-national-news/ap-court-pennsylvania-cant-keep-guns-in-trooper-ambush-case/ | 2022-08-31T19:02:05Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/ap-national-news/ap-court-pennsylvania-cant-keep-guns-in-trooper-ambush-case/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK (AP) — Charlbi Dean, the South African actor and model who had a breakout role in “Triangle of Sadness,” which won this year’s top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, has died at age 32.
Dean died Monday at a hospital in New York from a sudden unexpected illness, her representatives said Tuesday.
Dean also had a recurring role as the assassin Syonide on the DC Comics television series “Black Lightning,” which aired on the CW from 2018 to 2021.
She was born Charlbi Dean Kriek in Cape Town, where she was also raised.
Dean began modeling as a child, making frequent appearances on fashion runways and magazine covers in the decades that followed.
She survived a near-fatal car accident in 2009.
She made her acting debut in the 2010 film “Spud,” an adaptation of a popular South African novel about a boys’ boarding school starring Troye Sivan and John Cleese. She reprised her role in a 2013 sequel.
In “Triangle of Sadness,” the first English-language film from Swedish “Force Majeure” director Ruben Östlund, Dean and Harris Dickinson play a celebrity fashion-model couple on a cruise for the ultra-rich that descends into chaos. It also stars Woody Harrelson as the ship’s captain.
The film won the Palme D’Or at Cannes in May and opens in the U.S. and most of Europe in October.
At the festival before the film won the award, Dean told The Associated Press, “For me, I’m like, I’ve already won. I’m already at Cannes with the movie. That’s so unbelievable. Anything is just a cherry on top at this point for me, you know?” | https://www.wwlp.com/news/entertainment/ap-entertainment/ap-triangle-of-sadness-actor-model-charlbi-dean-dies-at-32/ | 2022-08-31T19:02:58Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/entertainment/ap-entertainment/ap-triangle-of-sadness-actor-model-charlbi-dean-dies-at-32/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh is considering asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review the order from the state’s highest court that convicted Beltway sniper Lee Boyd Malvo must be resentenced for his six Montgomery County murders.
Raquel Guillory Coombs, director of communications for the Maryland Office of the Attorney General, told WTOP no decision has made as to whether the state will ask the Supreme Court to hear the case. An appeal to the Supreme Court would likely center on whether Maryland’s courts correctly interpreted and applied Supreme Court decisions on constitutional protections for juvenile offenders. Malvo was 17 at the time of the 2002 sniper rampage that terrorized the region. This October will mark 20 years since the attacks.
Maryland’s Court of Appeals last Friday ruled Malvo must be resentenced for his Montgomery County convictions. In 2006, a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge sentenced Malvo to six life sentences without the possibility of parole for his Maryland crimes, after Malvo pleaded guilty for his role in the killing of six people in Montgomery County.
The victims in Montgomery County were James Martin, James Buchanan, Premkumar Walekar, Sarah Ramos, Lori Ann Lewis-Rivera and Conrad Johnson.
Malvo is currently serving four life terms in Virginia. According to the panel’s opinion, Malvo’s resentencing may be an “academic question” since he would have to be granted parole in Virginia before beginning to serve his consecutive life sentences in Maryland.
As WTOP reported Monday, Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy suggested he’s not certain Malvo will ever be resentenced in Maryland: “We would not see him, likely, for resentencing, until after he finishes his sentences in Virginia.”
A juvenile can no longer be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, unless the sentencing judge reflected “permanent incorrigibility.”
The Court of Appeals ruling, by a 4-3 majority, overturned the Montgomery County sentencing because the trial judge didn’t specify that Malvo’s crimes were based on “irreparable corruption.”
This would not be the first time Malvo’s case was argued before the Supreme Court.
On Oct. 16, 2019, Virginia prosecutors argued before the Supreme Court justices for the constitutionality of Malvo’s four life sentences without the possibility of parole. However, the case was dismissed in February 2020, after then-Virginia governor Ralph Northam signed a law that created the possibility of parole for juvenile offenders serving sentences of 20 years to life.
In addition, Malvo has a parallel — but paused — federal case in Maryland’s District Court challenging the constitutionality of his six life sentences without the possibility of parole.
Malvo’s federal case was filed in 2013, the day after the Supreme Court ruled mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for juveniles violated the Eighth Amendment’s prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
In 2017, federal judge Peter Messitte stayed Malvo’s suit while state appeals proceeded. The case is still active, although the last status report was filed in 2020.
Over three weeks in October 2002, John Allen Muhammad, 41, an expert marksman, and Malvo drove around parts of Maryland, D.C. and Virginia and randomly shot people from the trunk of a 1990 Chevy Caprice using a Bushmaster .223-caliber rifle. Ten people died in the attacks.
The shootings started on Oct. 2, 2002. The FBI arrested Muhammad and Malvo on Oct. 24.
Muhammad was sentenced to death and was executed in Virginia in 2009. | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/maryland-weighs-appeal-to-supreme-court-over-beltway-sniper-resentencing/article_08c339ae-294d-11ed-b6be-7719e9aa0da4.html | 2022-08-31T19:03:02Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/maryland-weighs-appeal-to-supreme-court-over-beltway-sniper-resentencing/article_08c339ae-294d-11ed-b6be-7719e9aa0da4.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Army said Tuesday it has grounded its fleet of about 400 Chinook cargo helicopters after fuel leaks caused a “small number” of engine fires.
Army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said the Army has identified the cause of the leaks and is working to resolve the problem. Smith said that some aircraft may not requires the fix, so they may be able to return to flight soon.
The fleet was grounded during the past weekend. Smith said there were no injuries or deaths associated with the fires but the Army temporarily grounded the fleet out of an abundance of caution.
The Chinook is the Army’s key heavy-lift helicopter, used to transport troops and equipment, and was a familiar sight in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/ap-army-grounds-fleet-of-chinook-helicopters-after-engine-fires/ | 2022-08-31T19:03:06Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/political-news/ap-politics/ap-army-grounds-fleet-of-chinook-helicopters-after-engine-fires/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Apartment renters in Arlington, typically, are still paying the highest rates in the Washington region, and prices keep on heading higher.
The median rental prices of $2,151 for a one-bedroom unit and $2,573 for two bedrooms in Arlington were the highest in the metro area, according to monthly data reported Aug. 30 by Apartment List.
Arlington’s year-over-year rate of appreciation stood at 9.7 percent, 45th nationally albeit slightly lower than the national increase of 10 percent.
Despite an initial drop in prices at the onset of the pandemic in the spring of 2020, Arlington apartment-rental rates now stand nearly 12 percent higher than February 2020 figures.
Apartment List reports seven straight months of increases for the Arlington market, which have maintained the county’s place at the price-wise peak among jurisdictions throughout the Washington region. Looking at comparable communities, median rents for two-bedroom units stood at $2,350 in Rockville, $2,280 in Bethesda, $2,190 in Alexandria and $2,020 in Silver Spring.
Nationally, the median two-bedroom apartment rental of $1,354 for August was up 0.5 percent, a slowing pace. So far in 2022, rents are up 7.2 percent from August 2021, about half the 14.8-percent increase recorded between August 2020 and August 2021.
Rents increased in 79 of the nation’s 100 largest urban areas in August, according to Apartment List analysts, but in 68 of those 79 cities, rent growth was slower in August than in July.
“Annual rent growth remains elevated (15+ percent) in Florida, as well as a handful of major metropolitan areas, including San Diego and New York City,” analysts noted.
“Major markets throughout the Sun Belt have experienced virtually uninterrupted rent growth since the start of the pandemic, but over the past six months, the fastest growth has been occurring in two types of cities: pricey coastal markets as well as Great Lakes metros,” they added.
And the August data finally did what had been anticipated for several months, showing that San Francisco (which saw a huge dropoff in apartment-rental prices at the onset of the pandemic) finally is back to its pre-pandemic levels. It was the last of the 100 urban areas in the survey to reach the pre-pandemic level.
After bottoming out at 4.1 percent in October 2021, Apartment List’s national apartment-vacancy rose to 5.1 percent in August and has shown nearly one full year of continued, albeit slow, easing.
“Rental vacancies are heavily dependent on housing availability in the for-sale market, and it’s possible that spiking mortgage rates have kept the rental-vacancy rate from rebounding quickly post-pandemic,” analysis noted.
“High interest rates can sideline potential first-time homebuyers and keep them in the rental market longer. Two years of sustained rent inflation may also be incentivizing renters to stay put and renew existing leases, rather than looking for new ones.”
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For the recently released Arlington report, see the Website at https://www.apartmentlist.com/va/arlington#rent-report.
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Arlington Independent Media (AIM) will resume in-person instruction in the coming month, after a shutdown that began with the pandemic’s arrival in 2020.
“We’re thrilled to welcome our community back into AIM this fall,” the organization said in announcing a series of courses, with more to come.
Among the classes scheduled for fall are studio production, field production, on-air radio broadcast and producing.
Registration is set to open Sept. 1. For information, see the Website at www.arlingtonmedia.org.
[https://sungazette.news provides content to, but otherwise is unaffiliated with, InsideNoVa or Rappahannock Media LLC.] | https://www.insidenova.com/news/arlington/arlington-independent-media-returning-to-in-person-classes/article_6976cb62-2952-11ed-8b39-6fdfe0970fee.html | 2022-08-31T19:03:14Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/news/arlington/arlington-independent-media-returning-to-in-person-classes/article_6976cb62-2952-11ed-8b39-6fdfe0970fee.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
What will a million smackeroos buy someone in the local region’s real-estate market? A home slightly smaller than comparable for million-dollar properties nationally.
That’s according to a new analysis from Zillow, which found that a home sold for $1 million in the Washington market contains a median 2,572 square feet, compared to 2,624 square feet as the national median.
More than twice as many $1 million-plus homes were sold nationally this spring than in the spring of 2019, according to the Zillow data, and homes that sold at or near $1 million contracted nearly 500 square feet, from a peak of 3,021 in the middle of 2020 to a valley of 2,530 in early 2022, according to floor-plan data for Zillow listings. Home size bounced back before July and is now 2,624 square feet, though still down 397 square feet from the 2020 peak.
“Buyers with seven-figure budgets shopping for homes during the pandemic were doing so coming off the longest period of economic growth in U.S. history and with the help of historically low interest rates,” said Anushna Prakash, an economic-data analyst at Zillow. “Sales for expensive homes soared, while buyers in the heat of competition accepted smaller layouts.”
The typical home in the $1 million range shrank in nearly every major metropolitan area. The largest declines were found in Phoenix – down 1,116 square feet from 2019 to 2022 – and Nashville, where these homes lost 1,019 square feet. Floor plans grew in just two major metros: by a closet in Minneapolis (36 square feet), and by at least a room and a half in St. Louis (406).
Sales for homes priced at $1 million or more rose from 43,421 in the second quarter of 2019 to 90,110 in 2022, a new record volume. These once-rare digs also constitute a much greater portion of the total market. As home values skyrocketed across the country, the share of single-family homes that sold for $1 million or more has more than doubled, moving from 2.7 percent in 2019 to 2.5 percent in 2020 to 6.4 percent today.
Portland, Ore., led major metros in sales volume increase: The number of $1 million-plus sales soared by 253 percent since mid-2019. Austin, where home values are up 71 percent since mid-2019, saw sales jump by 220 percent. The only metro that witnessed a decline in the volume of transactions with a $1-million-plus price tag was Boston, where the share fell by 32 percent.
Boston and other major East Coast metros had relatively low appreciation over the past three years compared to other regions.
One million dollars in San Jose will buy just three bedrooms, two bathrooms and just shy of 1,400 square feet of living space – about $715 per square foot, the highest amount among major metros. By contrast, Washington-area residents buying a million-dollar home spent a median $389 for every square foot, just slightly higher than the national figure of $381.
Those looking for the most bang for their million bucks should head to Hartford, Conn., then to the Midwest. Among the 50 major metros included in the study, Hartford has the lowest price per square foot at $205, followed closely by Indianapolis, Oklahoma City, Kansas City and Cincinnati. Though options in that range are limited in these areas, it’s hard to deny the opulence afforded by the expense, with square footage upward of 4,500.
[https://sungazette.news provides content to, but otherwise is unaffiliated with, InsideNoVa or Rappahannock Media LLC.] | https://www.insidenova.com/news/arlington/data-confirms-1-million-aint-what-it-used-to-be-in-housing-market/article_44130cd2-2952-11ed-8ae3-eb9206699dea.html | 2022-08-31T19:03:21Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/news/arlington/data-confirms-1-million-aint-what-it-used-to-be-in-housing-market/article_44130cd2-2952-11ed-8ae3-eb9206699dea.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Police are looking for a man accused of burning a 23-year-old woman he knows with a cigarette and spraying her with pepper spray after grabbing her 3-year-old son at a Manassas-area playground Tuesday night.
The victim got into an argument with the suspect , identified as Abraham Cinto Jr., in the 8300 block of Barrett Drive about 9:10 p.m., Prince William County police Master Officer Renee Carr said. He first took her property, then took the boy without permission and began to walk away.
"The victim attempted multiple times to get her child from the accused and each time she was physically prevented," Carr said. "During the attempts, the accused burned the victim with a cigarette, sprayed her with pepper spray and grabbed her by the neck before the victim separated from the accused and contacted the police."
While responding, officers were informed a family member of the victim had found Cinto and the boy at the playground and took the child from him.
Cinto fled before police arrived.
The victim reported minor injuries and the boy was not physically harmed. He was returned to his mother's custody.
Police have obtained warrants charging 27-year-old Cinto with abduction, assault with a caustic substance, assault and battery and petty larceny, Carr said. Attempts to located him have been unsuccessful.
Cinto, of no fixed address, is Hispanic, 5’4” and 171 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. | https://www.insidenova.com/news/crime_police/man-wanted-for-assaulting-woman-grabbing-her-3-year-old-son-outside-manassas/article_b6f1f414-2954-11ed-822a-7f9ef8a0ce4f.html | 2022-08-31T19:03:27Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/news/crime_police/man-wanted-for-assaulting-woman-grabbing-her-3-year-old-son-outside-manassas/article_b6f1f414-2954-11ed-822a-7f9ef8a0ce4f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana abortion clinic operators filed a lawsuit Tuesday seeking to block the state’s ban on abortions before it takes effect in about two weeks. .
The lawsuit filed in a Monroe County court claims the ban, which includes limited exceptions, “strips away the fundamental rights of people seeking abortion care” in violation of the Indiana Constitution. It asks for a judge to block the law from going into effect on Sept. 15, arguing the ban “will infringe on Hoosiers’ right to privacy, violate Indiana’s guarantee of equal privileges and immunities, and includes unconstitutionally vague language.”
Indiana’s Republican-dominated Legislature approved the tighter abortion restrictions during a two-week special legislative session that ended Aug. 5, making it the first state to do so since the U.S. Supreme Court eliminated federal abortion protections for abortions by overturning Roe v. Wade in June.
The Indiana law includes exceptions, allowing abortions in cases of rape and incest, before 10 weeks post-fertilization; to protect the life and physical health of the mother; and if a fetus is diagnosed with a lethal anomaly.
The question of whether the Indiana Constitution protects abortion rights is undecided.
Ken Falk, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, which filed the lawsuit, pointed to a 2004 state appeals court decision that said privacy was a core value under the state constitution that extended to all residents, including women seeking an abortion. But the Indiana Supreme Court later upheld a law mandating an 18-hour waiting period before a woman could undergo an abortion while not deciding whether the state constitution included a right to privacy or abortion.
The leader of Indiana’s most prominent anti-abortion group argued the state constitution protects life as among the “inalienable rights.”
“We are confident the state will prevail and pray the new law is not blocked from going into effect on September 15, knowing that any delay will mean the indiscriminate killing of unborn children will continue at abortion clinics across Indiana,” Indiana Right to Life CEO Mike Fichter said in a statement.
Jennifer Drobac, an Indiana University law professor, said she believed the argument that the state constitution prohibits lawmakers from stripping legal privileges from some residents that are available to others is a strong argument against the abortion ban.
“When you look at people who become pregnant, their medical care is being regulated in a way that the medical care of people who do not become pregnant is not being regulated,” she said. “Men, for example, can access the full panoply of available medical resources in a health situation.”
Under new Indiana law, abortions could be performed only in hospitals or outpatient centers owned by hospitals, meaning all abortion clinics would lose their licenses. Any doctors found to have performed an illegal abortion would be stripped of their state medical licenses and could face felony criminal charges punishable by up to six years in prison.
Indiana’s ban followed the political firestorm over a 10-year-old rape victim who traveled to the state from neighboring Ohio to end her pregnancy. The case gained wide attention when an Indianapolis doctor said the child came to Indiana because of Ohio’s “fetal heartbeat” ban.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of abortion-rights supporters including Planned Parenthood, which operates four of Indiana’s seven licensed abortion clinics, along with groups that operate two of the other clinics and a doctor who performs abortions.
It will be heard by a judge in southern Indiana’s Monroe County, which includes the liberal-leaning city of Bloomington and Indiana University’s main campus. All nine of the county’s nine judges are Democrats, while all other counties with abortion clinics have judges who’ve either been elected as Republicans or been appointed by Republican governors.
The ACLU’s Falk said the suit was filed in Monroe County because an abortion clinic is located there but did not respond to a question about whether the group was seeking a friendly judge.
Drobac said she believed filing in the complaint in Bloomington could be where the ban opponents “have the greatest opportunity for success.”
Republican legislative leaders said they believed the abortion restrictions would be upheld by the courts.
“We set out to pass a bill in the special session that would protect life and support mothers and babies, and that’s what we did,” Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray said in a statement. “It was always our intent to draft a bill that could withstand a constitutional challenge, and I hope to see that will be the case.”
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Arleigh Rodgers is a corps member for the Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues. Follow Arleigh Rodgers on Twitter at https://twitter.com/arleighrodgers
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This story has been corrected to show that Ken Falk, legal director for the American Civil Liberties Union of Indiana, cited past state court that left undecided the legal question of whether the state constitution includes a right to privacy or abortion, rather than saying the issue is unclear. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-indiana-abortion-clinics-sue-to-block-states-near-total-ban/ | 2022-08-31T19:03:27Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/ap-indiana-abortion-clinics-sue-to-block-states-near-total-ban/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis police arrested a man Tuesday in connection with a shooting over the weekend that left one Dutch soldier dead and two wounded.
Shamar Duncan, 22, of Indianapolis, was arrested on a preliminary charge of murder, the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said.
Duncan was being held in jail and will not be eligible for release from jail while the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office reviews the case, police said.
Duncan’s arrest did not appear in online court records, and it wasn’t clear whether he has an attorney who might comment on the case.
A 26-year-old member of the Dutch Commando Corps, identified by U.S. authorities as Simmie Poetsema, died of his injuries “surrounded by family and colleagues,” the Dutch Defense Ministry said in a statement Monday.
The shooting occurred Saturday in downtown Indianapolis.
“IMPD detectives want to thank members of the community for their cooperation during this investigation,” IMPD spokesman Shane Foley said. “During the investigation, multiple individuals spoke with detectives and provided detectives with video connected to the investigation.”
Dutch Defense Minister Kajsa Ollongren expressed concern Tuesday about gun violence in the United States in the aftermath of the shooting.
“We do many trainings of our servicemen in the United States, and we really don’t expect this to happen. So it’s very, very concerning for us.” Ollongren told The Associated Press at a meeting of European Union defense ministers in Prague.
Poetsema and the two other soldiers were shot after what Indianapolis police believe was a disturbance outside the hotel where they were staying about 3:30 a.m. Saturday near several downtown bars and nightclubs, authorities said. The soldiers were in the U.S. for training exercises at a southern Indiana military base.
Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett said Monday that the soldiers had returned to the hotel after a “scuffle” at a bar and were outside when the gunfire came from what he called “a drive-by shooting.”
Indianapolis police declined to confirm Hogsett’s account Tuesday or release more information on the circumstances or the investigation of the shooting.
Ollongren declined to comment on the shooting while investigations continue. She said there is “good contact” between Dutch military police and authorities in Indianapolis.
“We have read things in the media, we have heard what the mayor said but we feel it’s very important to have a real thorough investigation. So we’re waiting for that until we comment on what actually happened,” she said.
Ollongren said U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin contacted her Monday “to express his regrets and his condolences.”
Hogsett said he believed the city’s downtown area was safe and that city officials were working to reduce violence.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA will try again Saturday to launch its new moon rocket on a test flight, after engine trouble halted the first countdown this week.
Managers said Tuesday they are changing fueling procedures to deal with the issue. A bad sensor also could be to blame for Monday’s scrapped launch, they noted.
The 322-foot (98-meter) rocket — the most powerful ever built by NASA — remains on its pad at Kennedy Space Center with an empty crew capsule on top.
The Space Launch System rocket will attempt to send the capsule around the moon and back. No one will be aboard, just three test dummies. If successful, it will be the first capsule to fly to the moon since NASA’s Apollo program 50 years ago.
Proceeding toward a Saturday launch will provide additional insight, even if the problem reappears and the countdown is halted again, said NASA’s rocket program manager, John Honeycutt. That’s better “than us sitting around scratching our heads, was it good enough or not.”
“Based on what I’ve heard from the technical team today, what we need to do is continue to pore over the data and polish up our plan on putting the flight rationale together,” he said.
During Monday’s launch attempt, readings showed that one of the four main engines in the rocket’s core stage could not be chilled sufficiently prior to the planned ignition at liftoff. It appeared to be as much as 40 degrees Fahrenheit (5 degrees Celsius) warmer than the desired minus-420 degrees Fahrenheit (minus-250 degrees Celsius), the temperature of the hydrogen fuel, according to Honeycutt. The three other engines came up just a little short.
All of the engines appear to be fine, according to Honeycutt.
The chilling operation will be conducted a half-hour earlier for Saturday afternoon’s launch attempt, once fueling begins that morning. Honeycutt said the timing of this engine chilldown was earlier during successful testing last year, and so performing it sooner may do the trick.
Honeycutt also questioned the integrity of one engine sensor, saying it might have provided inaccurate data Monday. To change that sensor, he noted, would mean hauling the rocket back into the hangar, resulting in weeks of delay.
Already years behind schedule, the $4.1 billion test flight is the opening shot in NASA’s Artemis moon-exploration program, named after the twin sister of Apollo in Greek mythology. Astronauts could strap in as soon as 2024 for a lap around the moon and actually attempt a lunar landing in 2025.
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Which storage basket with lid is best?
Professional organizers know storage baskets are a great way to reduce clutter. Baskets with lids keep everything out of sight but close at hand for when you need them. While many are strictly utilitarian, well-designed and well-crafted storage baskets with lids add warmth and character to any room.
Every room and every set of items that need to be stored is different, so think about what you want to store and where you want to store it before shopping. If you’re looking for a set of storage baskets for keeping smaller items organized, take a look at the Areyzin Set of Six Plastic Storage Baskets with Lids.
What to know before you buy a storage basket with lid
From large storage
ottomans to small clear food storage bins, boxes and containers, we have many ways to store things. A basket is a lightweight container made of interwoven material, usually strong, flexible grasses.
What do you want to store in your basket?
Choose the sizes best suited for the things you want to store.
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Small baskets are the choice for storing a few small items such as socks, toiletries, sewing materials and trinkets. They are small and light enough to hold in one hand.
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Medium baskets are good for magazines, books, end pillows and board games. The lid should open easily because you’ll use it often. This size needs two hands, but can be moved about with ease.
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Large baskets are so big that you rarely move them. Larger sizes are good for bulky items such as blankets, towels and bed linens.
Materials
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Wicker is lightweight and great for holding items that like to breathe, such as towels, linens and clothing.
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Jute is a long, soft fiber that can be spun into coarse, strong threads and is often used to make rope.
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Fabric storage baskets are the lightest and flimsiest of all and usually fold for easy shipping. They have very thin walls and are used to store things such as pillows, scarves and gloves.
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Plastic baskets are often made to appear as if they were woven from natural fibers.
What to look for in a quality storage basket with lid
Lids
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Mount type: Some lids are separate pieces while others are hinged on the back side. Look for hinged lids that are attached securely and separate lids that fit snugly.
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Fit: Hinged lids should open and close easily. Separate lids should cover the entire top of the basket and be easy to remove.
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Closure: Most baskets with hinged lids close with a simple loop and toggle. If you choose round baskets, make sure the handle at the top is easy to grasp and comfortable in your hand.
Handles
You may not plan to move your storage baskets around much, but handles are always welcome for the times you do. Make sure they are firmly attached to the storage basket or to the frame underneath it, if it has one. Handles should be strong enough to support your basket’s weight when it’s full.
Stackability
Square and rectangular storage baskets lend themselves to stacking only if they have metal frames inside or if the side panels are made of rigid material. Avoid flimsy and irregularly shaped baskets that won’t stack properly.
How much you can expect to spend on a storage basket with lid
Small- and medium-sized baskets with lids cost $5-$20 each and often come in sets of two, three and four. Large ones cost $20-$60 each.
Storage basket with lid FAQ
What is a basket weave?
A. It is the interlacing of horizontal and vertical strands to form a checkered or diamond pattern. The first basket weavers used reeds found along the river and wove them together to make strong but lightweight baskets they used to carry and store things.
Why would I want a lid?
A. You want to keep what’s inside close at hand, but you want it to stay out of sight until you need it. You may want to keep dust and dirt away from what’s inside. You might also want to stack your storage baskets on top of each other.
What’s the best storage basket with lid to buy?
Top storage basket with lid
Areyzin Set of Six Plastic Storage Baskets with Lids
What you need to know: These ventilated baskets with lids are perfect for organizing closets and home offices.
What you’ll love: Made of food-grade plastic, these baskets measure 10.6 by 7.5 by 5.1 inches. This size is great for organizing and storing small items in the kitchen and bath or as containers for arts and crafts projects for the kids.
What you should consider: The lids do not fit snugly.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top storage basket with lid for the money
Denja Set of Two Round Jute Baskets with Lids
What you need to know: Made from natural jute rope, this pair of storage baskets is attractive enough to be displayed anywhere.
What you’ll love: Jute is a fiber spun into coarse, strong threads that are woven together to make rope. The baskets and lids are lightweight and sturdy, and the wide leather tab handle is easy to use and lies flat when not in use. The larger basket is 11 by 6.5 inches and the smaller one is 9.2 by 5 inches.
What you should consider: These soft-sided baskets have no interior frame.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Yangqihome Set of Four Woven Natural Seagrass Storage Baskets with Lids
What you need to know: These handcrafted rectangular baskets are made in four sizes that are stackable and nest inside each other, too.
What you’ll love: The seagrass surfaces are mounted on iron frames that keep their shape and are sturdy enough to stack one on the other even when they are full. These baskets are 9, 10, 12 and 14 inches long and have proportionally sized tops hinged at the back.
What you should consider: Only store dry items in these baskets. Avoid moisture.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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NEW YORK (AP) — Timmy Trumpet was all set to horn in on this most notable season for the New York Mets.
The Australian-born musician was at Citi Field with trumpet in hand Tuesday night, ready if needed to pop onto the diamond and blare his song “Narco” live if Mets closer Edwin Díaz emerged from the bullpen.
Díaz never got into the game as the Dodgers won 4-3 in a matchup of NL division leaders. Instead, Mets fans had to be content to sing along as Trumpet played a more muted version of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” from just outside the Los Angeles dugout during the seventh-inning stretch.
But minutes after attending his first major league game, Trumpet tweeted he’d back Wednesday night, hoping again to play Díaz’s wildly popular entrance song in person when the Mets hosted the Dodgers.
“SEE YOU TOMORROW FOR ROUND 2 NYC,” he posted. “We got this!!”
Hours before Tuesday night’s game, Trumpet put the instrument to his lips and blasted the instantly recognizable first notes of “Narco.”
A blown song, not a blown save, in the mostly empty ballpark.
“It’s actually really cool to be in a stadium where you can hear it echoing around like that. I’ve never been in a stadium this big before,” he said.
Born Timothy Smith, he became fast friends with Díaz earlier this season after Trumpet reached out to the pitcher when the song went viral.
With the crowd applauding Tuesday, the 40-year-old musician put on a jersey with Díaz’s No. 39 and the name Trumpet on the back and threw out the first ball, an arcing toss to Mets outfielder Tyler Naquin that barely reached the plate.
“I hope I come into the game tonight,” Díaz, wearing a shirt with a blue-and-orange “Edwin” pictured above a trumpet, said before the first pitch. “Because he’ll perform for me and the fan base.”
Díaz actually began using “Narco” — which Trumpet recorded with the Dutch DJ duo Blasterjaxx in 2017 — during his final season with the Seattle Mariners in 2018. He pivoted to “No Hay Limite” by Miky Woodz upon being traded to the Mets prior to the 2019 season, when he posted a 5.59 ERA and blew seven saves.
He returned to “Narco” in 2020, when the Mets played to empty stadiums during the COVID-19 pandemic. But it took his dominance this season — Díaz is 3-1 with a 1.40 ERA, 28 saves and 99 strikeouts in 51 1/3 innings — to vault the song into the rarefied air of all-time closer entrance songs alongside the likes of “Enter Sandman” (for Mariano Rivera) and “Hells Bells” (for Trevor Hoffman).
The lights at Citi Field dim and the scoreboard goes dark as Díaz walks from the bullpen mound to the door. Upon his first step onto the field, the song starts and tens of thousands of people leap to their feet and begin clapping and miming trumpet actions as mascots Mr. and Mrs. Met pretend to play their own plastic trumpets.
“I think what I like most so far is the fans — the people in the crowd, watching the video of them reacting to the track that Díaz picks is just insane, they’re wild,” Trumpet said. “It looks like a huge party and that was the intention of this song when we wrote it in the first place. So it’s a huge honor.”
Mets manager Buck Showalter said earlier this month he delayed a trip to the bathroom to watch Díaz’s entrance. And his teammates have been among those sending “Narco” into the top five at Spotify, the Internet streaming service.
“We all get excited for it, too,” Mets reliever Adam Ottavino said. “For whatever reason — the simplicity of it, just with the trumpets and everything, people really respond to that. You can see why it’s spread. I found myself searching for the song on Spotify at some point.”
“It’s just pretty cool. The great ones have had iconic songs at times — Mariano and Trevor Hoffman, stuff like that — so this is really cool that he has that going,” he said.
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts, a longtime friend and teammate of Hoffman’s in San Diego, said his favorite entrance song remains “Hells Bells.” He said he was aware of the sensation “Narco” has become.
“Hopefully we don’t hear it over the next three days,” Roberts said with a grin. “Hopefully we can stand him up and he can just be here and not have to entertain tonight.”
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NEW YORK (AP) — The welcome and support for Venus Williams in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday afternoon were not the same as they were for her sister, Serena, a night earlier. Nor was the result.
Venus, who turned 42 in June, has not made any pronouncements about her future in tennis, unlike her younger sibling, and while she has been successful and influential, too — a seven-time Grand Slam champion; a Black woman in a predominantly white sport — the fanfare and attention are not the same.
Playing in front of thousands of empty blue seats in an arena quite silent at the start, although growing louder later, Venus bowed out in the first round of the U.S. Open for the second consecutive appearance, losing 6-1, 7-6 (5) to Alison Van Uytvanck.
“She means so much to female tennis. Tennis, in general,” Van Uytvanck said. “She’s a legend.”
This was the 23rd trip to Flushing Meadows for Venus, who made it to the final in 1997 as a teen then won the trophy in 2000 and 2001, and her record 91st time participating in a major tournament.
Venus had never lost in the opening round at the U.S. Open until 2020, then was absent last year.
Asked what keeps her motivated these days, she answered: “Three letters: W-I-N. That’s it. Very simple.”
At night, Emma Raducanu became only the third defending U.S. Open champion to lose in the first round, eliminated by Alizé Cornet 6-3, 6-3. And yet another past champ bowed out in straight sets when Naomi Osaka, who won two of her four Grand Slam titles in New York, was eliminated by Australian Open runner-up Danielle Collins 7-6 (5), 6-3 in a match that ended after midnight.
Osaka, a former No. 1, also lost in the first round of the French Open this year and has slid to 44th in the rankings. She had been 3-0 head-to-head against Collins, but this fun-to-watch, hard-hitting matchup went the other way.
“When you lose to somebody three times,” said the 19th-seeded Collins, who has struggled with injuries this season, “you have nothing to lose, so I tried to go for it and hope for the best.”
Raducanu, who was 18 and ranked 150th when she won the title as a qualifier a year ago, was bothered by hand blisters — she took a medical timeout for treatment after the first set — and was outplayed by Cornet, a 32-year-old from France who also upset No. 1 Iga Swiatek at Wimbledon.
“Obviously really disappointing. Really sad to leave here. It’s probably my favorite tournament. But also, I mean, in a way, (I’m) happy, because it’s a clean slate,” Raducanu said. “I’m going to drop down the rankings. (Will) climb my way back up.”
Also playing under the lights was 22-time major champion Rafael Nadal, who returned to the U.S. Open for the first time since 2019 and beat 21-year-old Rinky Hijikata 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-3. Nadal did not show any serious lingering issues with the torn abdominal muscle that forced him out of Wimbledon in July.
Venus was off the tour in singles entirely from August 2021 until less than a month ago and is now 0-4 since her return. Her ranking — which 20 years ago was No. 1 — is 1,504th this week.
“It was definitely the longest time I have been away from tennis and been without a racket in my hand. So it was a completely new experience for me, getting a racket back in my hand and trying to acclimate as quick as possible to be ready for the U.S. Open, which was not easy,” she said. “Definitely playing lots of great points, but in the end, it’s just rust. There is nothing you can do about that except for, you know, not be rusty at some point.”
It was Serena who announced to the world on Aug. 9 that she was getting ready to step away from her playing career, leaving unclear exactly when the end would be, although she hinted it could come at the U.S. Open. So her first-round match Monday fell into the category of a must-see happening, drawing a record crowd of more than 29,000 to the tournament grounds, including more than 23,000 in Ashe — and the atmosphere was uproarious and electric from start to finish of her 6-3, 6-3 victory over Danka Kovinic.
Now Serena, who won six of her 23 Grand Slam singles titles in New York, will move on to a matchup against No. 2 seed Anett Kontaveit in Ashe on Wednesday night.
And then she and Venus will join forces in doubles on Thursday, teaming up for the first time anywhere since 2018 this week.
When a reporter wanted to know whether retirement has been on Venus’ mind, she replied: “Right now, I’m just focused on the doubles.”
So how did that reunion of a pairing that has earned 14 Grand Slam titles in that event come about?
“It was Serena’s idea. She’s the boss, so I do whatever she tells me to do,” Venus said. “We have had some great wins. It would be nice to add some more.”
Van Uytvanck now meets Clara Burel, who eliminated Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina 6-4, 6-4.
In other action on a humid and windy Day 2 at the hard-court tournament, women’s winners included 2017 champion Sloane Stephens, No. 1 Iga Swiatek, No. 6 Aryna Sabalenka, No. 8 Jessica Pegula, No. 9 Garbiñe Muguruza, No. 13 Belinda Bencic — whose opponent, Andrea Petkovic, said she is retiring from pro tennis — and No. 22 Karolina Pliskova, the 2016 runner-up in New York.
Men who advanced included 2014 champion Marin Cilic, No. 3 Carlos Alcaraz, No. 7 Cam Norrie, No. 8 Hubert Hurkacz, No. 9 Andrey Rublev, No. 11 Jannik Sinner, No. 15 Marin Cilic, No. 17 Grigor Dimitrov and No. 28 Holger Rune, who meets John Isner next.
Neither Williams attended the other’s first-round singles match; Venus said she watched Serena on TV but was not there in person because of her own early start the next day.
Their mother, Oracene, and sister, Isha, were in the guest box each time. On Tuesday, they saw Venus struggle from the outset, particularly with her used-to-be-feared serve and groundstrokes that were not calibrated correctly. So many into the net. So many landing long.
After some of her 25 unforced errors, Venus would wince or fiddle with her racket strings or tug on the brim of her visor.
Ten of those miscues came on backhands, far outnumbering her two winners on that side.
There were a half-dozen double-faults, just three aces. She faced 12 break points and dropped four of her 10 service games.
Just 20 minutes in, there was a 4-0 lead for Van Uytvanck, a 28-year-old from Belgium who is ranked 43rd and came into the day with a 1-8 career mark at the U.S. Open.
Venus did make a bit of a stand, breaking to open the second set and holding for 2-0. But that would be her only break of the match and soon enough, Van Uytvanck was putting away a volley winner to close out the win.
A night earlier, Serena was feted during a post-match ceremony that included a video tribute from Oprah Winfrey and a lengthy on-court interview. After this match, Venus simply slung her red equipment bag over her left shoulder, carried her racket in her right hand, and quickly walked off toward the locker room.
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LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is urging major tech companies to take further action in protecting users’ personal information.
The Michigan governor’s office says Governor Whitmer issued a letter to executives at Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Alphabet asking them to take measures that better protect against data theft, including theft of health data.
The state says there are those who seek to use women’s health information in an effort to bring about criminal charges against workers who provide reproductive healthcare.
“Every Michigander deserves privacy and control over their data, which includes so much personal information about our health, habits, and lives,” says Governor Whitmer. “Without adequate protections, that data could be used to go after women seeking reproductive health care or to prosecute nurses and doctors for doing their jobs. Amid an ongoing assault on women’s bodily autonomy by extremists who do not hesitate to use location and health data to target Michiganders, we must do more to protect everyone’s fundamental right to privacy.”
We’re told Governor Whitmer also asked the aforementioned tech companies to offer greater transparency on who sees user data.
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A flight surgeon attached to Training Squadron (VT) 35 of Training Air Wing Four recently earned his Wings of Gold, the first Aeromedical Dual Designator (AMDD) to transition from flight surgeon to pilot in 20 years.
Lt. Danny Xu, a native of New York, was joined by friends and family at the Catalina Club aboard Naval Air Station Corpus Christi as he received his wings designating him a naval aviator. Xu earned his undergraduate degree in biology from City College of New York where he was accepted into the Health Professions Scholarship Program, graduating in 2016.
Xu attributes his drive to pursue a medical degree to his parents, who are both doctors. He also had many friends from high school who enlisted in the Navy, which made him curious about following that as a career path.
“I always thought about aviation and wanted to fly, but I didn’t know how to fly and no one around me knew, so I always kept it in the back of my mind,” Xu said. “After talking to a recruiter, I was made aware of the medical scholarship program and ultimately decided to apply to med school.”
His first duty station was Portsmouth Medical Center for his first year of residency in general surgery, where he applied and was accepted for the flight surgeon program. Following training in Pensacola, Florida, he graduated in May 2018, earning his wings as a Naval flight surgeon.
His first official flight surgeon tour brought him to NAS Corpus Christi to serve as flight doc to the “Rangers” of Training Squadron (VT) 28. The time he spent with the students and instructor pilots of VT-28 was pivotal in his growing interest in aviation and would ultimately give him a unique perspective as a future flight student.
“When I decided to pursue the dual designator path and transition to flight school, I was fortunate to be a flight surgeon for the first two years and met so many student pilots going through training,” Xu said. “I was able to see their side of training with an outsider’s perspective and utilize that to further help my classmates once I started flight school by being a resource to their training.”
“As a flight surgeon, I had already seen what made a student successful and what they were struggling with and how to overcome those challenges. I used my capacity as their doctor to help them with study-skills management and lifestyle management. It gave me a deeper understanding of what flight school entails having the perspective of a physician, a hidden perk of the dual designator.”
Fiercely dedicated to his fellow aviators, Xu attributes the camaraderie between students as a large contributing factor to individual success.
“That’s what makes us special in this community, having a true understanding of both fields. From here moving forward, I can provide better service to the people I’ll be taking care of, whether that’s student pilots or in the fleet. I think it’s a great way to build a foundation here and grow as a physician, too.”
That insider’s viewpoint has shown Xu the positive and negative aspects of training and he offers his observations to current and future aviation students.
“Flight school, as much as it’s challenging, is designed to teach you how to fly. There’s an inherent fear of not making it, of washing out,” Xu said. “But the simple fact that you were selected to come to flight school shows you’ve already been through a rigorous selection process, so you have the aptitude and knowledge to be successful. If you are motivated and enjoy what you do and have a deep passion for aviation, the people here are willing to help you grow. If you have an underlying passion for flying, that makes a student even more successful. It comes down to how much you enjoy what you do.”
“There will be bad days when you fly, but at the end of the day, you come back and you realize, hey, I got to fly and that was fun. If you have that attitude, you’ll be fine.”
Xu’s time with the “Stingrays” of VT-35 gave him exposure to a wide range of aviation platforms and pilot experiences.
“Because I don’t have fleet experience or deployment experience, a benefit from this tour is hearing the experiences of the instructor pilots here,” Xu said. “I get to hear their personal accounts of deployment and flying experience. Having a broad understanding of the Naval aviation enterprise at a single location is one of the biggest perks I take away from the CNATRA mission. I had access to pilots from every Navy platform, fixed wing, rotary, jet. All the talents come back here to teach.”
Xu received guidance through this transition process from his mentor, Capt. Roderick Borgie, Commander, Naval Air Force Reserve Force Surgeon and chair, aeromedical dual designator advisory group. Borgie was the last AMDD from flight surgeon to pilot in 2000 and Xu is the first to follow that path since. He explains that the aeromedical dual designator program most commonly sees pilots who complete their line tours and subsequently train as flight surgeons.
“Although more rare to be a pilot after becoming a flight surgeon, that path has been traveled quite a bit,” Borgie said. “Famous astronauts Sonny Carter and Dave Brown each joined the Navy as flight surgeons and were selected for pilot training.”
Of note, Borgie’s first solo flight in a T-34C Turbomentor was scheduled for late morning on Sept. 11, 2001 and had to be cancelled, necessitating a re-check ride a week and a half later.
Borgie sees the qualities needed for serving successfully as a dual designator in Xu.
“Danny has been a competent and compassionate doctor who has done well in the aviation lane through flight surgery school with an aptitude for flying,” Borgie said. “He gets the big picture of health in naval aviation, the camaraderie and trust he builds with aircrew, and using his team player attitude to advance the lethality of our Sailors.”
Xu selected to fly the CMV-22 Osprey and both he and Borgie see many practical applications for both designations in the tilt-rotor platform.
“Danny was uniquely chosen to pursue the tilt-rotor platform for many reasons. It is a relatively new platform and is the only platform without a dual designator,” Borgie said. “The V-22 will be tasked with a part of the medevac system as a strategy is developed for medical care involving long distances in the Pacific. Having a subject matter expert in the aircraft platform capabilities who is also a subject matter expert in medevacs and enroute care will be crucial to informing future policies and decisions in this arena.”
Xu sees the CMV-22 Osprey as the ideal platform for accomplishing his professional goals as a dual designator. The Osprey is the replacement aircraft to the C-2 Greyhound and will primarily be carrier transport, personnel, cargo and patient transport. Whereas the Greyhound requires a catapult shot and arrested landings, the Osprey does not have those requirements.
“En route care is one of the biggest interests I have,” Xu said. “With Navy medicine shifting to focus on blue-water warfare in the Pacific, medical teams will have to be split up. There are two big hospital ships on each coast, but they can’t keep up with smaller units scattered around. The CMV-22 is the answer to how we keep up with casualty care and transporting from point of injury to palliative care.”
Xu is a presence around the flight line, greeted by nearly every instructor pilot and student who walks past because they have met him either as a flight doctor or flight student. His impact at VT-35 was significant during the challenging time that COVID mitigation created for flight production.
“Lt. Xu did an incredible job of maintaining a balance between being a flight student at VT-35 and assisting at the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi Medical Clinic during a time of severely reduced manning,” said Marine Capt. David Snell, VT-35 assistant student control officer. “His efforts ensured Training Wing Four instructor and student pilots could fly by completing required annual flight physicals and handling other medical requirements as they arose. As a lieutenant going through flight school, he was also looked to for mentorship and guidance by his fellow students. He will be missed here at VT-35 and TW-4, but we are confident he is going to accomplish great things in the fleet.”
Xu’s training will continue at his fleet replacement squadron in Marine Corps Air Station New River, North Carolina, to receive training in the MV-22 Osprey.
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Tough-guy actor Danny Trejo has taken down some of moviedom’s toughest foes in such blockbusters as “From Dusk ’til Dawn,” “Machete” and “Once Upon a Time in Mexico.”
But there’s one villain the Los Angeles icon doesn’t mess with: Heat. And he’s aligned himself with canines for a new crusade that’s particularly poignant during the record-shattering heat that’s gripping the Southland.
The Echo Park-born entertainer, in partnership with animal advocates PETA Latino, last week put up a billboard near his Trejo’s Coffee & Donuts shop urging Southern Californians not to leave their pets in their cars when temperatures rise. The top-billed stars of the campaign: Trejo, his four pooches and and his beloved 1965 Buick Riviera.
“Heatstroke sets in so fast for dogs in hot cars that even a quick donut run could end in tragedy,” said Trejo. “Please, never take chances with your dog, your ride or die. They’re counting on us to protect them.”
Of course, you also shouldn’t leave a child, an elderly person or other pets including cats, in your car during hot weather.
But not everyone knows that dogs are particularly susceptible to extreme heat. They can only sweat through their footpads and cool themselves by panting. In extreme heat, dogs can go into shock, vomit blood, urinate, suffer diarrhea, and can experience multi-organ failure, cardiopulmonary arrest, fluid buildup in the lungs, muscle tremors and seizures.
According to PETA statistics compiled from media reports, in 2021 at least 59 dogs have died from heat-related causes and another 145 animals were reportedly rescued from potentially deadly situations. On a 75-degree day, the temperature inside a parked car can soar to 94 degrees in 10 minutes, and on a 90-degree day, it can rise to 109 degrees just as swiftly.
Trejo — actor, author, comedian, entrepreneur, restaurateur and general do-gooder — is an apt spokesperson for the campaign. He’s gone from crime, addiction and prison to widely admired Southern California icon, and is a seemingly always available force for good.
He’s pretty much the face of L.A. these days. And what a face — it even adorns the walls of a famed Pacoima mural.
Trejo’s film career began when he trained actor Eric Roberts to box in the film “Runaway Train” in 1985, and during that time he was given an acting role.
In the 1990s, Trejo started working with director Robert Rodriguez, how pretty much his partner in crime flicks. Their collaborations include “Desperado,” “From Dusk Till Dawn” and “Spy Kids.”
More recently, the actor became a local employer. Last year he celebrated the fifth anniversary of Trejo’s Tacos, a taco cafe chain with seven Los Angeles-area locations. He also owns a music studio in Sherman Oaks.
Through it all, he’s been a proud pal of pets, and for years has cared for a pack of pooches of his own. The current crew includes The Duke, John Wesley Hardin, Penny Lane and Sgt. Pepper, all rescue animals.
His warnings about hot cars during hot weather are a reminder that this week, and next, it’s going to be tough stretch for pets and folks who vulnerable in extreme heat. Southern California will continue to bake under sweltering conditions that are expected to stretch through the Labor Day weekend — with excessive heat warnings kicking in or continuing today for some areas.
The protracted heat wave began pushing up temperatures Tuesday, and is expected to bring a weeklong period of oppressive heat conditions.
It’s prompted warnings from numerous experts, including accuweather.com, that people take precautions against heat stroke. Accuweather warns, “Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstance. … Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke … Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 911.”
The extreme heat and low humidity could also mean elevated fire weather conditions in the region, NWS forecasters said.
Temperatures rose a few degrees Monday and were spiking even more Tuesday — with more of the same in the forecast for Wednesday and beyond.
“The abnormally long-duration heat wave remains on target. Excessive heat warnings will go into effect on Wednesday for all areas inland of the beaches, and last through Monday,” the National Weather Service said.
Cooling centers are available throughout Southern California, with some allowing pets in carriers. For a list of cooling centers that allow pets in the Los Angeles area, call 311 or visit emergency.lacity.org. Contact your local government agency for more information on local cooling centers that welcome pets.
Pasadena Humane offered these tips this week for helping pets cope with the heat wave:
- Keep your pets hydrated with plenty of cool water.
- Provide shade and water, if your pet is outside.
- Avoid exercising pets during peak hours. Exercise them early morning or later in the evening.
- Pets exhibiting signs of heat exhaustion (e.g., excessive panting, heavily salivating, and/or immobile) should be taken immediately to a veterinarian for assessment.
- A dog’s paw pads can burn easily when walking on asphalt, artificial grass, cement or other similar surfaces. Walk them later in the evening or early in the morning when it’s cool.
- Apply sunscreen on your dog’s nose, ears and belly to prevent sunburn. Ask your veterinarian what brand you should use.
- For rabbit owners: Place a two-liter frozen bottle of water in your rabbit’s hutch. This acts as a natural air-conditioner.
- For cat owners: Place your cat in a sink or bathtub with a few ice cubes to play with. This way your cat can have fun and stay cool at the same time.
- For dog owners: Fill a wading pool with shallow water and let your dogs play around in it. Make sure to supervise your dogs while they play.
- And, of course, do not leave your pet in the car.
And “Machete” concurs.
City News Service contributed to this report
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Sam’s Club is raising its entry-level membership fee for the first time in nine years.
The retailer’s basic club membership will cost $50 as of Oct. 17, up from the current price of $45, Sam’s Club Chief Executive Officer Kath McLay said Wednesday in a message to members. The plus membership fee will rise to $110 from $100, the first increase since it debuted in 1999.
Sam’s Club, Walmart’s warehouse store, is raising the price of membership as customers flock to warehouse stores, which offer wholesale quantities of goods to everyday shoppers, amid the highest US inflation in four decades. To soften the blow, the retailer will return the extra cost to members in the form of Sam’s Cash, its rewards program, for renewals made through mid-October 2023.
“We are mindful of the financial pressure on wallets right now,” McLay said in the letter.
Comparable sales at Sam’s Club rose 9.5% excluding fuel in the fiscal second quarter, outpacing the 6.5% advance at US Walmart stores. By the same yardstick, Costco Wholesale Corp. has also been making headway, with a 5.8% increase at its US stores in July after double-digit gains the previous two months.
Speculation has abounded that Costco is poised to ratchet up its fees, which are currently $60 for basic membership, while the premium upgrade costs an extra $60. The company last increased the price in June 2017 and Costco has typically raised its fees approximately every five and a half years, Chief Financial Officer Richard Galanti said in March. He didn’t say when company would raise the fee again.
CNBC first reported the fee increase.
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(CNN) — The Monkees’ only surviving group member, Micky Dolenz, has filed a lawsuit against the FBI for any records that may involve him, his late bandmates, or the band itself.
The Monkees were investigated by the FBI for alleged anti-Vietnam war activities in 1967 related to a concert in which they flashed pictures and messages in protest against the conflict, according to the complaint filed by Dolenz.
The bandmates were also investigated for another matter that has been redacted, the complaint states.
A portion of the FBI file on the band was released to the public a little over a decade ago, but, Dolenz, now 77, wants to see the complete case file.
“References to the band appear in two places in FBI files: a 1967 Los Angeles Field Office memorandum on anti-Vietnam war activities and a second document redacted entirely,” the FBI website states.
A Freedom of Information Act request he filed in June failed to get a response from the FBI, according to the Dolenz complaint.
“This lawsuit is designed to obtain any records the FBI created and/or possesses on the Monkees as well as its individual members,” the suit states. “Mr. Dolenz has exhausted all necessary required administrative remedies with respect to his [Freedom of Information Act/Privacy Act] request.”
CNN has reached out to the FBI and the Department of Justice for comment.
The Monkees had a record-breaking four No. 1 albums in 1967, along with their popular television sitcom that ran from 1966 to 1968.
The others were:
- Michael Nesmith. He died of heart failure in December 2021 in Carmel Valley at age 78.
- Peter Tork. He died of cancer in February 2019 at age 77.
- Davy Jones. He died of a heart attack in February 2012 at age 66.
Bob Rafelson, who helped create the band for the television project, died last month at 89. He went on to produce and direct high-profile Hollywood movies including “Easy Rider” and “Five Easy Pieces.”
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The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized updated Covid-19 vaccine booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer. This is the first time updated Covid-19 vaccines have received emergency use authorization in the United States.
Both are bivalent vaccines that combine the companies' original vaccine with one that targets the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sublineages. Both companies submitted applications to the FDA for emergency use authorization for their updated vaccines last week.
Pfizer's updated vaccine is a 30-microgram dose authorized for people age 12 and older. Moderna's updated vaccine is a 50-microgram dose authorized for people age 18 and older.
The shots can be administered after they're recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC's vaccine advisory group is scheduled to vote Thursday on whether to support recommending the boosters for use. Then, the CDC director must sign off on the recommendation.
The moves signal updated boosters could be administered within days.
Booster shift
The updated vaccines do not replace shots for the primary series, but they do replace the booster people older than 12 receive.
"With today's authorization, the monovalent mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are not authorized as booster doses for individuals 12 years of age and older," the FDA said.
Individuals ages 12 and up are eligible for the Pfizer bivalent booster if they have received their primary series and it has been at least two months since their last vaccine dose. Individuals ages 18 and up are eligible for Moderna boosters on the same schedule.
People too young to receive an updated booster can still be boosted with the earlier vaccine.
The FDA said it will "work quickly" to evaluate future submissions for authorization of bivalent boosters for younger people. Pfizer said in a news release it expects to submit an application for authorization of its updated booster for children ages 5 through 11 in early October, and it's working to prepare an application for children ages 6 months through 4 years.
"We want to make sure that adults and the adolescents covered by this authorization are able to get the most up-to-date version of a booster vaccine, and that's why we are no longer authorizing the monovalent -- the original -- booster for administration as a booster dose to those populations," Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said during a news briefing.
About two-thirds of the total US population is vaccinated against Covid-19 with an initial series, according to data from the CDC. But less than half of those with their initial series -- and less than a third of the total population -- has also gotten a booster.
There's no plan yet to phase out the earlier vaccines used in the primary series, Marks said, but this is a "transitional year," when people need to make sure they have a "good base upon which we build ... which will help protect us against the unknown."
"If you've not yet received a booster dose, or it's been several months since your last booster dose, now's the time to consider getting one," Marks said.
Officials defend swift authorization
On Wednesday, FDA officials defended their swift emergency use authorization of the updated Covid vaccine booster. Pfizer and Moderna submitted for authorization last week.
"The public can rest assured that a great deal of care has been taken by the FDA to ensure that these updated boosters meet our rigorous safety, effectiveness and manufacturing quality standards for emergency use authorization," Marks said.
The agency has authorized these boosters after studies in mice, but ahead of the results of clinical trials in humans.
This is similar to the way annual flu vaccines are tested each year, but it's a first for Covid-19 vaccines. The approach has generated some controversy among vaccine experts. In making the authorization, the agency did not call a new meeting of its independent vaccine advisers, who often weigh in on vaccine changes; the advisory group had offered its insight on updating the original vaccine in meetings over the summer.
"We have been planning for and gathering input on our approach to updated boosters since earlier this year," FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf said during the news briefing. "The FDA has extensive experience with evaluating strain changes for influenza vaccines and is confident in the data supporting these latest booster authorizations."
In addition to the animal data, the FDA said it was basing its decision on more than a year of experience with hundreds of millions of doses of mRNA vaccines given around the globe. They are also relying on human clinical trials of different bivalent vaccines that target the original Omicron strain. That vaccine has been authorized in the UK, but will not be available in the US. More than 1,400 participants were enrolled in clinical trials of the Pfizer and Moderna bivalent vaccines against BA.1.
Human studies of the bivalent boosters, which combine the companies' original vaccine with one that targets the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sublineages, have started, Marks said on Wednesday. Data from those studies is expected in another month or two.
Vaccine milestone
"America is the first country in the world that has authorized a bivalent vaccine where the bivalent vaccine targets the viruses out there," Dr. Ashish Jha, who is leading the White House Covid-19 response, said in a phone interview with CNN on Wednesday.
"We try to do this every year for the flu. We almost never hit it on the mark. This has taken a lot of work by FDA. It's been about leaning into the science, leaning into some very good modeling. And then really demanding from the companies that they produce vaccines that are going to be that are going to be matched."
The Omicron BA.5 subvariant has dominated transmission in the United States for more than two months. Last week, it caused 89% -- nearly 9 out of 10 -- new Covid infections in this country, according to the latest estimates from the CDC.
A recent offshoot of the BA.4 variant, BA.4.6, has slowly grown in prevalence to claim second place. Across the country, it caused about 8% of new infections last week, but it has taken off more in the Midwest -- Kansas, Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska -- causing an estimated 17% of new infections there.
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DOVER, Del. - The Delaware Division of Public Health on Wednesday announced the state's first human case of West Nile Virus of the year, in a 78-year-old Sussex County man. West Nile Virus is a mosquito-borne illness that can cause serious health problems.
In addition to the first human WNV case, there also have been confirmed cases in a horse in New Castle County, and in 19 sentinel chickens in outdoor-caged and humanely tended stations maintained throughout the state by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. Delawareans should be aware that mosquitoes that cause WNV bite primarily during the evening and morning hours; or dusk and dawn. However, mosquitoes that cause other diseases such as chikungunya, dengue fever, and Zika can bite during the day. It is important to protect yourself by wearing insect repellent whenever you go outdoors.
WNV is transmitted by mosquitoes, generally in summer and fall, with a peak period for disease transmission from mid-August to mid-October. Nearly 80 percent of people infected with WNV will not become ill. Less than 20 percent of those infected with the virus will develop mild symptoms such as fever, headache, body aches, a skin rash on the chest or back, and swollen lymph glands. Approximately one in 150 people infected will develop severe infection which may include headache, high fever, stiff neck, tremors or convulsions, muscle weakness, encephalitis or meningitis, all possibly leading to hospitalization and very rarely death. The elderly and those with weakened immune systems are most at risk to contract WNV from mosquitoes. Anyone who experiences any of these severe symptoms should immediately seek medical assistance.
To avoid mosquito bites and reduce the risk of infection, individuals should:
- Use Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-registered insect repellents. Follow the manufacturer's instructions for reapplication times.
- If using sunscreen, apply it first and insect repellent second.
- Adults taking precaution with children against biting mosquitoes should spray insect repellent onto their hands and then apply it to the child's face. Do not apply insect repellent onto a child's hands, eyes, mouth, or on cuts or irritated skin.
- Do not use insect repellent on babies younger than two months of age.
- When outside during periods of mosquito activity, wear light-colored long-sleeved shirts and long pants.
- Dress children in clothing that covers arms and legs.
- Consider using mosquito netting, which offers protection to the face and neck and also protects infants in carriages, strollers and playpens.
- Use permethrin (an insecticide) to treat clothing and gear (such as boots, pants, socks, and tents), but do not apply to the skin.
- Prevent mosquitoes from entering the house by using screens and tightly sealed windows and doorways.
DNREC’s Mosquito Control section announced WNV in sentinel chickens for the first time in July 2021. Mosquito-transmitted virus detections in DNREC’s sentinel chickens are unrelated to Delaware’s poultry industry. The possibility of contracting mosquito-transmitted diseases, including WNV and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), will continue until colder autumn temperatures in mid-October or later.
- To report suspected cases of human WNV, call the DPH Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology at 1-888-295-5156.
- For more information about mosquitoes and mosquito-borne illnesses, use the following resources:
- For mosquito biology/ecology and control, contact the DNREC Mosquito Control section office in Dover at 302-739-9917.
- For requests for mosquito relief in upstate areas from Dover north, contact Mosquito Control’s Glasgow field office at 302-836-2555.
- For requests for mosquito relief in downstate areas south of Dover, contact Mosquito Control’s Milford field office at 302-422-1512.
- Contact the Delaware Department of Agriculture’s Poultry and Animal Health Section for animal health questions at 302-698-4500.
- To report suspected cases of human WNV, call the DPH Office of Infectious Disease Epidemiology toll-free at 1-888-295-5156.
For more information on West Nile Virus or Eastern Equine Encephalitis, visit https://dhss.delaware.gov/dhss/dph/epi/wnv.html.
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The Rebellion Rises in Lucasfilm’s Newest Andor Poster
Up until earlier this month, Andor was supposed to premiere its first two episodes on Disney+ last night at midnight. But even though the series is arriving a bit later than expected, Lucasfilm isn’t leaving Star Wars fans empty-handed today. With three weeks to go until the show’s debut, the studio has released a brand new Andor poster, gathering all of the Rebel Alliance’s major players (and even a few Imperial adversaries) in one place. You can check it out for yourself below.
As the star of the show, Diego Luna appears most prominently as Cassian Andor, reprising his fan-favorite role from Rogue One. Taking place five years before the events of the movie, the series will reveal how Cassian Andor went from being a common thief to one of the Rebels’ most invaluable agents. Along the way, Cassian will also get an assist from several other key allies like Luthen Rael (Stellan Skarsgård) and Bix Caleen (Adria Arjona) who help mold him into the man he was in Rogue One.
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A few other familiar characters from Rogue One can be seen on the new poster as well. Mon Mothma (Genevieve O’Reilly) appears to Luna’s left, dressed like an Imperial senator while secretly plotting to bring the Empire to its knees as one of the Alliance’s primary architects. Forest Whitaker also shows up as Clone Wars veteran Saw Gerrera. Viewers can also spot a few of the series’ antagonists, including Imperial officers Dedra Meero (Denise Gough) and Syril Karn (Kyle Soller).
The poster doesn’t shy away from highlighting the Empire’s threat, whether by showing a fleet of Imperial vessels or an ominous cloud of smoke in the background. But if you look past the danger, there’s also a message of hope, indicating that from the ashes of the Republic, a revolution will rise.
Andor will premiere its first three episodes on Disney+ on Wednesday, September 21.
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Human-driven climate change is expected to cause about 110 trillion tons of ice to melt off Greenland’s ice shield — and even the most drastic preventive measures can’t stop it, according to a study published in Nature Climate Change this week.
The result of the melt could be up to a foot of global sea level rise, which would have severe global consequences on both coastal and inland regions.
David Bahr is a glaciologist at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado, Boulder. He joins Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd to talk about the study and the consequences of its findings.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Violence erupted in the Northern Ethiopian region of Tigray late last weekend, ending a period of five months of peace. The ruling government and a rebel militia in the Northern region have been at war for two years, but the recent ceasefire had brought hope of resolution and aid for those in desperate need in the area.
Simon Marks is a journalist and expert on Ethiopia who was expelled last year from the country by the government. He joins Here & Now‘s Lisa Mullins for the latest from neighboring Kenya.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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Experts are warning that travel cancellations and delays caused by extreme weather conditions will become the norm in future years as the climate crisis worsens and natural disasters become more common.
Is there anything that can be done by the government or airlines to combat this? And what are airlines doing now to curb their carbon footprint?
Here & Now‘s transportation analyst Seth Kaplan has the latest with host Peter O’Dowd.
This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
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A self-described "showgirl at its finest," Lizzo initially thought she'd be a classical flautist. Though rap and pop won out, she still brings the flute into her music. Originally broadcast in 2019.
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A self-described "showgirl at its finest," Lizzo initially thought she'd be a classical flautist. Though rap and pop won out, she still brings the flute into her music. Originally broadcast in 2019.
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In 2010, Jay-Z reflected on growing up in Brooklyn surrounded by drugs and violence. "One day, your best friend could be killed. The day before, you could be celebrating him getting a brand-new bike."
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In 2010, Jay-Z reflected on growing up in Brooklyn surrounded by drugs and violence. "One day, your best friend could be killed. The day before, you could be celebrating him getting a brand-new bike."
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In 2010, Jay-Z reflected on growing up in Brooklyn surrounded by drugs and violence. "One day, your best friend could be killed. The day before, you could be celebrating him getting a brand-new bike."
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In 2010, Jay-Z reflected on growing up in Brooklyn surrounded by drugs and violence. "One day, your best friend could be killed. The day before, you could be celebrating him getting a brand-new bike."
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Suárez will be featured prominently in the opening episode as the Cup Series ventures out to Los Angeles in February to hold its first race at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
The series will give a behind-the-scenes look at the elite drivers and teams competing in the NASCAR Cup Series.
Documenting the lives of the sport’s best on and off the track, viewers will get a rare glimpse of what it takes to balance personal relationships with the pressure to perform. Packed with action, heart and drama, this exhilarating series will offer up a taste of what it’s really like to partake in the world’s top level of stock car racing. Watch as the drivers are pushed mentally and physically to their limits, navigating a NASCAR season unlike any other – with a new car, new tracks and new challenges – for their chance to make history.
Over 10 episodes, “Race for the Championship” will tell the story of the 2022 NASCAR Cup season and playoffs.
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It’s Playoff time for the NASCAR Cup Series as they take on the Labor Day Classic at Darlington Raceway along with the NASCAR Xfinity Series. The ARCA Menards Series has its last race of the season on dirt, while the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series runs its biggest event of the season – the U.S. Nationals – in Indianapolis
NASCAR National Series – NCS | NXS
Toyota Playoff drivers… Denny Hamlin, Christopher Bell and Kyle Busch have qualified for the Cup Series Playoffs as they look to extend Toyota’s record as the only OEM to have earned at least one spot in the Championship 4 since this points format begin in 2014. Hamlin has earned a Championship 4 berth each of the last three seasons, while Busch was Toyota’s last NCS champion in 2019. Bell is looking for his first Championship 4 berth in just his third full-time season in the Cup Series.
Hamlin lone double… Hamlin will compete in his only NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series weekend at Darlington, at what has become an annual affair for the Virginia-native. Hamlin has earned five of his 17 Xfinity Series victories at the track ‘Too Tough to Tame.’ He also has four Cup Series victories at the track, with two in the last two seasons (May 2020, September 2021)
Bell closing in on 100… Bell is closing on his 100th career start as the Oklahoma-native will run his 99th Cup Series event this weekend. The second-time Playoff driver earned his best Darlington finish in the spring race as he led Toyota with a sixth-place finish.
Gibbs running two… Ty Gibbs will continue to substitute for Kurt Busch in the NASCAR Cup Series as the 19-year-old will run his seventh Cup Series event. Gibbs is running his third NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Darlington Raceway on Saturday after starting first and leading 18 laps there in the spring.
Nemechek returns… Before the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series returns at Kansas, John Hunter Nemechek will return to the No. 26 Toyota GR Supra for Sam Hunt Racing. Nemechek had the team’s best result of the season in the spring race as he was running second in the closing laps before a late-race caution resulted in a fourth-place finish. Nemechek has Xfinity Series starts scheduled for both Toyota organizations still this season. He will be back to defend his win at Texas Motor Speedway with Joe Gibbs Racing in September, before returning to Sam Hunt Racing at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in October.
NASCAR Regional Series – ARCA
Love wants the dirt bonus… Jesse Love earned his first win of the season on the Springfield dirt two weeks ago and is now looking for a big money pay out. If he can sweep the dirt events in ARCA competition this season, Love and his team will earn a $50,000 bonus.
Smith closes in on two titles… After another victory in Milwaukee on Sunday, Sammy Smith is closing in on two ARCA titles. With one race remaining on the ARCA East schedule, Smith holds a 33-point advantage over second, while on the Sioux Chief Showdown championship battle, the 18-year-old is 23 points up with two races to go. Both championships will be decided at Bristol Motor Speedway in September.
NHRA – Top Fuel | Funny Car
Countdown Fields set… The NHRA will set their Countdown playoff fields this weekend, and all of Toyota’s full-time drivers are currently set to earn automatic berths by being in the top-10 in points. In Funny Car, all three – Ron Capps, Alexis DeJoria and J.R. Todd – have already clinched their spots, with Justin Ashley and Steve Torrence locked in the Top Fuel field. Shawn Langdon, sixth in points, should clinch by qualifying for the U.S. Nationals, while eighth-place Doug Kalitta and ninth-place Antron Brown are looking to solidify their spots in the field by going rounds on Monday.
Callout returns… The U.S. Nationals will also feature the all-star Pep Boys Callout. In Top Fuel, Ashley and Torrence are part of the final four, while Capps and DeJoria are in the final eight. The Top Fuel Callout is part of Saturday’s on-track action, while the Funny Car portion will run on Sunday.
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Kaulig Racing and Ed Morse Automotive Group will team up for two NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) races, as Noah Gragson will pilot the No. 16 Ed Morse Automotive Group Camaro ZL1 at Texas Motor Speedway and Homestead-Miami Speedway. The kick-off to the partnership will be at Texas Motor Speedway on Sunday, September 25 for the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 500.
“This is the next evolution of our growing brand in the automotive world. As we enter the NASCAR universe, it is an absolute honor to partner with such a devoted and hungry racing team like Kaulig Racing,” said Teddy Morse, Chairman and CEO of Ed Morse Automotive Group.
Amid its first, full season in the NCS, Kaulig Racing continues to develop new partnerships and welcome them to the highest level of motorsports. The Ed Morse Automotive Group is headquartered in Delray Beach, Florida, and has been family-owned for over 75 years. It proudly operates 35 dealerships, 75 franchises, 39 locations, and 25 automotive and motorcycle brands.
“We are super thrilled to welcome Ed Morse Automotive Group into our Kaulig Racing family,” said Chris Rice, president of Kaulig Racing. “Just as Teddy maintains such high standards in a family run business, Kaulig Racing has always possessed a family atmosphere, something that is rare in NASCAR teams today. Ed Morse Automotive Group does more than just sell cars, it gives back to the community as well, and we share many of those same values at Kaulig Racing.”
So far in the 2022 NCS season, Noah Gragson has earned a top five and three top-20 finishes. He continues to help grow Kaulig Racing in its first, full season in NASCAR’s top series, as he carries the bulk of the remaining races in the No. 16 Camaro ZL1 that he shares with teammates AJ Allmendinger and Daniel Hemric.
“I couldn’t be more excited to have Ed Morse Automotive Group onboard the No. 16 Camaro,” said Gragson. “Teddy Morse and everyone at Ed Morse Automotive Group truly loves cars and cares about their customers, employees and community. At the end of the day, we both want to do what we love, so I’m looking forward to sharing our passions with each other and growing a partnership.”
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NASCAR Cup Series
Next Race: Cook Out Southern 500
The Place: Darlington Raceway
The Date: Sunday, September 4
The Time: 6 p.m. ET
The Purse: $7,823,733
TV: USA, 5 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 501.3 miles (367 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 115),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 230), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 367)
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Next Race: Sport Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200
The Place: Darlington Raceway
The Date: Saturday, September 3
The Time: 3 p.m. ET
The Purse: $1,208,129
TV: USA, 2:30 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 200.8 miles (147 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 45),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 90), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 147)
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Next Race: Kansas Lottery 200
The Place: Kansas Speedway
The Date: Friday, September 9
The Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
The Purse: $648,530
TV: FS1, 7 p.m. ET
Radio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR (Channel 90)
Distance: 201 miles (134 Laps); Stage 1 (Ends on Lap 30),
Stage 2 (Ends on Lap 60), Final Stage (Ends on Lap 134)
NASCAR Cup Series
NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs get underway at ‘The Track Too Tough To Tame’
The 2022 season marks the third year the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs has opened at Darlington Raceway (2020-2022) and the competitors vying for this season’s title are ready for the challenge the Cook Out Southern 500 on September 4 (6 p.m. ET on USA Network, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) is going to bring.
Darlington Raceway is the fourth different track to host the first race of the NASCAR Cup Series postseason. New Hampshire Motor Speedway hosted the first race of the Playoffs from 2004–2010, then Chicagoland Speedway held the first race of the Playoffs from 2011–2017 and Las Vegas Motor Speedway hosted the first event of the Playoffs from 2018-2019.
Prior to the 2020 season, Darlington Raceway had hosted just one other Playoff race, the penultimate event in the inaugural Playoffs in 2004. The race was won by seven-time series champion and former Hendrick Motorsports driver Jimmie Johnson.
The winner of the opening race of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs has gone on to win the title that same season four times. In 2004 (inaugural Cup Playoffs), Kurt Busch won the opening race of the Playoffs at New Hampshire and went on to win the title. In 2011 (race was delayed until Monday due to rain), NASCAR Hall of Famer Tony Stewart won his first race of the season at Chicago to open the Playoffs. Stewart went on to set the record for the most wins in a Playoff run with five victories and the title – a feat Kyle Larson matched last season. In 2012, Brad Keselowski won the Playoff race at Chicagoland Speedway and went on to win the title. And in 2017, Martin Truex Jr. won the Playoff race at Chicago to open the Playoffs and went on to win the championship that same season.
The worst finish in the opening race of the Playoffs by a driver that went on to win the NASCAR Cup Series title was Jimmie Johnson’s 39th-place finish at New Hampshire Motor Speedway to open the 2006 postseason. The worst finish in the opening Playoff race at Chicago for a driver that went on to win the title was Jimmie Johnson’s 12th-place finish in 2016. The worst finish in the opening race of the Playoffs at Las Vegas by a driver that went on to win the title was Kyle Busch’s 19th-place finish in 2019. And the worst finish in the opening race of the Playoffs at Darlington Raceway by a driver that went on to win the championship was Chase Elliott’s 20th-place finish in 2020. Last season, Kyle Larson finished second at Darlington Raceway to open the Playoffs and went on to win the title.
No non-Playoff driver has ever won the opening race of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.
Since the inception of the elimination-style format of the Playoffs in 2014 (last eight seasons), entering the Playoffs as the No. 1 seed has been the most successful seeding, producing four championships among three drivers – Kyle Busch (2015, 2019), Martin Truex Jr. (2017) and Kyle Larson (2021). Hendrick Motorsport’s driver Chase Elliott enters this season’s Playoffs as the No. 1 seed with 40 Playoff points at his side.
The deepest seed that an eventual champion has started the Playoffs was seventh, by Kevin Harvick in 2014 and Joey Logano in 2018.
Historically iconic Darlington Raceway is a contest unto itself for the competitors
Darlington Raceway is the perfect stage for 2022 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs opener, the Cook Out Southern 500 (Sunday, Sept. 4 at 6 p.m. ET on USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). The historic 1.366-mile, egg-shaped, paved oval has hosted 122 NASCAR Cup Series races dating back to 1950, and with its rich tradition of history it has become one of the most iconic tracks on the schedule.
Originally, the raceway was built as a 1.25-mile paved superspeedway in 1949-1950 and hosted the first 500-mile race in NASCAR history and the first on asphalt on September 4, 1950. A total of 75 cars competed in the inaugural event and Curtis Turner won the pole at 82.034 mph, and the race was won by Johnny Mantz (Plymouth, 75.250 mph). The race took 6 hours, 38 minutes, and 40 seconds to complete. This weekend’s race will be exactly 72 years since the inaugural event held in 1950.
Since then, Darlington Raceway has undergone some changes through the years. In 1953, the track was re-measured to 1.375-miles. Then in 1970, the track was re-configured to 1.366-miles following the spring race of that season. The track was repaved in 1995 and then again prior to the 2008 season. Over the years the historic facility has become known amongst its competitors as ‘the track too tough to tame’.
In total, the 122 NASCAR Cup Series races has produced 52 different pole winners and 52 different race winners. NASCAR Hall of Famer David Pearson leads the series in poles at Darlington with 12 (1967, ’70, ’72, ’73 sweep, ’75 sweep, ’76 sweep, ’77, ’78 and ’82). Pearson’s 12 Darlington poles are tied with NASCAR Hall of Famer Cale Yarborough (12 poles at Daytona) for the second-most poles all-time at a single track in the NASCAR Cup Series. Pearson also holds the NASCAR Cup Series record for most poles at a single track with 14 poles at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
A total of five of the 52 NASCAR Cup Series pole winners at Darlington Raceway are active this weekend, led by Kevin Harvick (2014, 2017) with two poles.
NASCAR Hall of Famer David Pearson also leads the NASCAR Cup Series in victories at Darlington Raceway with 10 wins (1968, ’70, ’72, ’73, ’74, ’76 sweep, ’77, ’79, 80); followed by fellow Hall of Famers Dale Earnhardt with nine wins and Jeff Gordon with seven. Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin leads all active NASCAR Cup Series drivers in victories at Darlington Raceway with four triumphs (2010, 2017, 2020, 2022). Of the 52 NASCAR Cup Series Darlington Raceway race winners, 28 have multiple wins and seven are active this weekend.
This weekend’s Cook Out Southern 500 will be 367 laps (501.3 miles) and will be broken up into three stages. The first stage will be 115 laps, the second stage will be 115 laps and the final stage will be 137 laps.
A total of 20 different starting positions on the grid at Darlington Raceway have resulted in victories in the NASCAR Cup Series. The first starting position is the most proficient starting position in the field, producing more winners (21) than any other starting position at Darlington Raceway in the NASCAR Cup Series. The outside front row (second-place) has produced the second-most wins (18). The front row starting positions combined have produced 31.9% of the race winners at Darlington Raceway with 39 wins coming from the two spots. A total of 12 different drivers have won from the pole at Darlington Raceway in the NASCAR Cup Series. NASCAR Hall of Famer David Pearson leads the NASCAR Cup Series in wins from the pole at Darlington Raceway with four wins (1971, 1972, 1976 sweep). Kevin Harvick (2014) and Joey Logano (2022) are the only active drivers to win from the pole at Darlington Raceway. The deepest in the field that a race winner has started at Darlington is 43rd by Johnny Mantz in 1950 – the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series event held at the historic raceway.
Quick Rundown: NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs
The NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs format is competed over the final 10 races and includes 16 drivers and four rounds – the Round of 16, the Round of 12, the Round of 8 and the Championship 4.
An overview:
- A victory in the first 26 races all but guarantees a berth in the 10-race Playoffs.
- The number of Playoff drivers in contention for the championship will decrease after every three Playoff races, from 16 to start; 12 after race No. 3; eight after race No. 6; and four after race No. 9.
- The first three races (27-29) will be known as the Round of 16; races 30-32 will be known as the Round of 12; races 33-35 will be Round of 8; and race No. 36 will be the Championship 4 Round.
- A win by a championship-eligible driver in any Playoff race automatically clinches the winning driver a spot in the next Playoff round.
- Four drivers will enter the Championship Race with a chance at the title, with the highest finisher among those four capturing the prestigious NASCAR Cup Series championship.
Eligibility For The NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs
- The top 15 drivers with the most wins over the first 26 races will earn a spot in the Playoffs – provided they have finished in the top 30 in points and attempted to qualify for every race (except in rare instances).
- The 16th Playoff position will go to the points leader after race No. 26 if he/she does not have a victory. In the event that there are 16 or more different winners over 26 races, the only winless driver who can earn a Playoff spot would be the points leader after 26 races.
- If there are fewer than 16 different winners in the first 26 races, the remaining Playoff positions will go to those winless drivers highest in points. If there are 16 or more winners in the first 26 races, the ties will first be broken by number of wins, followed by points.
- Prior to the start of the Playoffs, all Playoff drivers will have their points adjusted to 2,000, with all Playoff points added to their total. Those Playoff points will stay with the driver as long as he/she remains in the Playoffs (except for the Championship 4 Round race).
Playoff Structure
The NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs are an elimination-style format that is broken up into four rounds. After the third Playoff race, there will be 12 drivers. After the sixth Playoff race, the field will drop to eight drivers, and following the ninth Playoff race, only four drivers will remain in championship contention.
- Round of 16: The first round (races 27-29 at Darlington, Kansas, Bristol) is the Round of 16. If a Playoff driver wins a race in this round, the driver automatically advances to the next round (Round of 12). The remaining available positions 1-12 that have not been filled based upon wins will be based on points. Each driver will then have their points reset to 3,000, with any awarded Playoff points added.
- Round of 12: The second round (races 30-32 at Texas, Talladega, Charlotte RC) is the Round of 12. Likewise, if a driver in the top 12 in points wins a race in this round, the driver automatically advances to the next round (Round of 8). The remaining available positions 1-8 that have not been filled based upon wins will be based on points. Each driver will then have their points reset to 4,000, with any awarded Playoff points added.
- Round of 8: The third round (races 33-35 at Las Vegas, Homestead, Martinsville) is the Round of 8. If a driver in the top eight in points wins a race in this round, the driver automatically advances to the next round (Championship 4). The remaining available positions 1-4 that have not been filled based upon wins will be based on points. Each will then have their points reset to 5,000.
- Additionally, drivers who are eliminated in the Round of 16, Round of 12 and Round of 8 will have their points readjusted. Each eliminated driver will return to the Playoff-start base of 2,000 with any awarded Playoff points and any accumulated points starting with race No. 27 added. This will allow all drivers not in contention for the title to continue to race for the best possible season-long standing, with final positions fifth-through-16th still up for grabs.
Championship Finale
- The 36th and final race of the season will be the Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway, which will feature the Championship 4 Round. Simply stated, the highest finisher in that race among the remaining four eligible drivers will win the NASCAR Cup Series title.
- Playoff points for stage wins will not apply in the season finale, so the official finishing position alone will decide the champion.
- Note: All rules outlined above also apply to the owner championship structure.
Scouting the Playoff field at Darlington
Darlington Raceway is set to kick off the 19th running of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs (2004-2022) in this Sunday’s Cook Out Southern 500 at 6 p.m. ET on USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
Since the inception of the postseason in 2004, 46 different drivers have qualified for the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs; including this season’s 16-driver field. Four drivers this season are making their Playoff career debuts in the NASCAR Cup Series – Austin Cindric, Chase Briscoe, Ross Chastain and Daniel Suárez. Veterans Denny Hamlin and Kevin Harvick are making their NASCAR Cup Series record 16th Playoff appearance – the most all-time.
In total 10 different drivers have won the championship since the inception of the Playoffs in 2004. This season, five former NASCAR Cup Series champions make up the 16-driver Playoff field (active champions in the Playoffs are bolded in the chart below); Joe Gibbs Racing’s Kyle Busch is the only active competitor with multiple NASCAR Cup Series championships (2015, 2019).
Six different organizations are represented in this season’s NASCAR Cup Series Driver Playoffs – Hendrick Motorsports, Trackhouse Racing, Joe Gibbs Racing, Richard Childress Racing, Stewart-Haas Racing and Team Penske.
All three NASCAR Cup Series official engine manufacturers have qualified for the Playoffs as well, led by Chevrolet with eight entries into the postseason, followed by Ford with five and Toyota with three.
Looking ahead to Darlington Raceway, six former winners are entered in the race this weekend; led by Denny Hamlin (2022 2020, 2017, 2010) with four wins. Kevin Harvick is the only other Playoff driver this season with multiple wins at Darlington Raceway with three (2020-3, 2020-1, 2014).
Driver listed below are by seeding heading into Darlington:
Chase Elliott (No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet) heads to Darlington Raceway as the Regular Season Champion and the No. 1 seed in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with 2,040 points – up +33 points on the Round of 12 cutoff – in his seventh consecutive postseason appearance (2022, '21 '20, '19, '18, '17, '16). Elliott has made 11 series starts at Darlington Raceway, amassing three top fives and five top 10s. His average finish at the 1.366-mile track is 17.3.
Joey Logano (No. 22 Team Penske Ford) heads to Darlington Raceway as the No. 2 seed in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with 2,025 points – up +18 points on the Round of 12 cutoff – in his ninth postseason appearance (2022, '21 '20, '19, '18, '16, '15, '14, '13). Logano returns to the ‘Lady In Black’ as the most recent winner, taking home the trophy earlier this season from the pole position. Logano has made 17 series career starts at Darlington grabbing a pole, one win (2022), five top fives and nine top 10s. His average finish at Darlington is 13.5.
Ross Chastain (No. 1 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet) rolls into Darlington Raceway as the No. 3 seed in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with 2,020 points – up +13 points on the Round of 12 cutoff – in his first career postseason appearance. Looking to Darlington, Chastain has made six series starts at the egg-shaped track accumulating one top-five and one top-10 finish. His average finish at Darlington is 22.1
Kyle Larson (No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet), last season’s NASCAR Cup Series champion, heads to Darlington Raceway as the No. 4 seed in the Playoffs with 2,019 points – up +12 points on the Round of 12 cutoff – in his sixth postseason appearance (2022, '21, '19, '18, '17, '16). Larson has made nine series starts at Darlington, posting five top fives and seven top 10s. His average finish at 1.366-mile facility is 8.8 – second-best among Playoff contenders.
William Byron (No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet) heads to Darlington Raceway as the No. 5 seed in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with 2,014 points – up seven points on the Round of 12 cutoff – in his fourth consecutive appearance in the postseason (2022, '21 '20, '19). Byron has made eight series starts at Darlington amassing two top fives and two top 10s. His average finish at the 1.366-mile track is 19.8.
Denny Hamlin (No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) heads to Darlington Raceway as the defending winner of this Playoff race last season and the No. 6 seed in this season’s Playoffs with 2,013 points – up six points on the Round of 12 cutoff – in his record setting 16th postseason appearance (2022, '21, '20, '19, '18, '17, '16, '15, '14, '12, '11, '10, '09, '08, '07, '06). Hamlin has made 20 series starts at Darlington Raceway, putting up one pole, four wins (series-most among active drivers: 2010, 2017, 2020, 2021), 11 top fives and 15 top 10s. His average finish at Darlington is 7.7 – best among the Playoff contenders.
Ryan Blaney (No. 12 Team Penske Ford) heads to Darlington Raceway as the No. 7 seed NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with 2,013 points – up six points on the Round of 12 cutoff – in his sixth postseason appearance (2022, '21 '20, '19, '18, '17). Blaney is the only Playoff contender without a win this season and earned his spot on points at Daytona last weekend. Blaney has made 11 series starts at Darlington, posting one top-10 finish (eighth). His average finish at the South Carolina track is 19.0.
Tyler Reddick (No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet) arrives at Darlington Raceway as the No. 8 seed in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with 2,012 points – up five points on the Round of 12 cutoff – in his second career appearance in the postseason (2022, ‘21). Reddick has made six series starts at Darlington Raceway posting one top-five and two top-10 finishes. His average finish at Darlington is 12.5.
Kevin Harvick (No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford) starts off the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs as the No. 9 seed with 2,012 points – up five points on the Round of 12 cutoff – in his record setting 16th career postseason appearance (2022 '21, '20, '19, '18, '17, '16, '15, '14, '13, '12, '11, '10, '08, '07, '06). Harvick has made 29 series starts at ‘the track too tough to tame’ grabbing three wins (2014, 2020-1, 2020-3), 13 top fives and 18 top 10s. His average finish at Darlington is 12.1.
Christopher Bell (No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) heads to Darlington Raceway as the No. 10 seed in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with 2,011 points – up four points on the Round of 12 cutoff – in his second postseason appearance (2022, ’21). Bell has made six series starts at Darlington Raceway, collecting one top-10 finish (sixth). His average finish at Darlington is 18.1.
Kyle Busch (No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) arrives at Darlington Raceway as the No. 11 seed in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with 2,010 points – up three points on the Round of 12 cutoff – in his 15th postseason appearance (2022, '21 '20, '19, '18, '17, '16, '15, '14, '13, '11, '10, '08, '07, '06). Busch has made 21 series starts at Darlington posting one win (2008) six top fives and 13 top 10s. His average finish at the 1.366-mile track is 12.9.
Chase Briscoe (No. 14 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford) rolls into Darlington Raceway as the No. 12 seed in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with 2,009 points – up just two points on the Round of 12 cutoff in the final transfer spot on points – in his first appearance in the postseason. Briscoe has made three series starts at Darlington posting a best finish of 11th in May of 2021. His average finish at Darlington is 16.6.
Daniel Suárez (No. 99 Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet) land at Darlington Raceway as the No. 13 seed in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with 2,007 points – two points back from Chase Briscoe in the 12th and final transfer spot on points to the Round of 12 – in his first appearance in the NASCAR Cup Series postseason. Suárez is the first Mexican-born driver to earn a spot in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs (all-time). Suárez has made nine series starts at Darlington putting up one top-10 finish (10th earlier this season). His average finish at the historic track is 22.3
Austin Cindric (No. 2 Team Penske Ford) skips into Darlington Raceway as the No. 14 seed in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs with 2,006 points – three points behind the Round of 12 cutoff – in his first appearance in the postseason. Cindric is the fourth different Sunoco rookie to earn a spot in the Playoffs; joining Denny Hamlin (2006), Chase Elliott (2016) and Christopher Bell (2020). Cindric made his series track debut at Darlington earlier this season; he started 19th and finished 18th.
Alex Bowman (No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet) will start the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs as the No. 15 seed with 2,006 points - three points behind the Round of 12 cutoff – in his fifth-straight appearance in the postseason (2022, '21 '20, '19, '18). Bowman has made 10 series starts at Darlington Raceway putting up one top five and two top 10s. His average finish at the egg-shaped track is 19.2.
Austin Dillon (No. 3 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet) is climbing off of Cloud-9 this week after winning his way into the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs by taking the checkered flag in the regular season finale at Daytona. Now the North Carolina native heads to Darlington Raceway as the No. 16 seed with 2,005 points – back four points from the Round of 12 cutoff – in his fifth postseason appearance (2022, '20, '18, '17, '16). Dillon has made 12 series starts at Darlington posting two top fives and five top 10s. His average finish at Darlington is an 11.9.
For additional Playoff driver bio information, please visit the following link on NASCARMedia.com:
NCS Playoff Media Content Hub.
NASCAR Cup Series has produced some great competition this season
The 2022 NASCAR Cup Series regular season (first 26 races) has been deemed one of the best and the numbers certainly match the eye test. The first 26 races were phenomenal from a statistical standpoint – record-breaking, even.
Series-Most Race Winners (16) Through 26 Races: The 2022 season is tied with the 2003 season for the series-most NASCAR Cup Series winners through 26 races (1949-2022) with 16 different winners each.
Most Average Leaders Since 2011; Up 9.7% Year-Over-Year: A total of 38 different drivers have led laps in the NASCAR Cup Series through the first 26 races of the season with an average of 10.04 leaders per race; up from last season’s 9.2 (+9.7%) – The 2022 season has produced the most average leaders per race since 2011 (12.77) over a decade ago.
Most Green Flag Passes For The Lead Through A Regular Season (26 Races): The 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season has produced the series-most (1,162) green flag passes for the lead (GFPL) through the first 26 races of a season since the Loop Data statistic was initially tabulated in 2007 (the last 16 seasons).
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The NASCAR Foundation’s Speedy Bear Brigade Powered by Kaulig Giving Expands Across the United States and Mexico - NASCAR-themed teddy bears named ‘Speedy Bear’ are being delivered to children in hospitals across the United States and Mexico as The NASCAR Foundation and Kaulig Giving join together for the sixth annual “Speedy Bear Brigade”. This year’s program expands into Mexico bringing the cumulative total to more than 8,000 Speedy Bears delivered over six years to help comfort children during their hospital stays.
The NASCAR Foundation’s Speedy Bear Brigade began delivering Speedy Bears to children earlier this week with stops in Monterrey, Mexico and Charlotte, North Carolina. NASCAR volunteers assisted with the deliveries, including representatives from the NASCAR Mexico Series who joined efforts for the first time.
“We are thrilled that our Speedy Bear Brigade continues to grow and impact more children each year,” said Nichole Krieger, The NASCAR Foundation executive director. “Support from donors like Kaulig Giving, the NASCAR Mexico Series and all of our wonderful NASCAR fans are so important in making this program a success as we help deliver cheer and positivity to children in hospitals everywhere.”
This year’s efforts mark the biggest to date with nearly 70 hospitals participating in race markets across the United States and Mexico. The initiative culminates on National Teddy Bear Day on Friday, September 9, with events in Akron, Ohio, home to Kaulig Giving headquarters and during NASCAR’s Kansas Speedway race weekend.
NASCAR Cup Series Featured Matchups: Cook Out Southern 500 – Below is a close look at the featured matchups fans can bet on heading into this weekend’s event.
Austin Dillon vs. Austin Cindric - Austin Dillon’s magical win at Daytona catapulted himself into the Playoffs in dramatic fashion. With both Richard Childress Racing cars in the Playoffs, it will be interesting to see what kind of noise they can make. Team Penske has all three cars in the Playoffs, but Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric is the only rookie in the field. In this battle of Daytona winners, both Austin’s will try to tame the “Lady in Black”. Dillon holds the lead in driver rating with a 73 to 66 advantage, but at Darlington, anything can happen as drivers attempt to manage tire wear.
Chase Elliott vs. Denny Hamlin - Two of the championship favorites finally begin their quest to win it all this week at Darlington. While Denny has two wins in his last seven races at Darlington, Chase only has two top fives and holds a 92.3 driver rating compared to Denny’s 105.1. Although historically Hamlin has fared better at Darlington, Elliott bested him earlier this year, finishing fifth while Hamlin finished 21st. Both Denny and Chase have tons of experience at Darlington and will look to use that knowledge to start their championship run off on the right foot.
Kyle Larson vs. Kyle Busch - It’s been a rough summer for Kyle Busch, but amid his contract controversy, he currently sits 11th in the Playoff standings. If the #18 team finds its stride, there is no doubt that Busch can win his third championship. He’s looking for his first win in his last seven races at Darlington, as is his counterpart Kyle Larson, who had three straight runner-up finishes at Darlington prior to the spring race. Larson will start fourth in the standings when the green flag waves on Sunday, as he looks to defend his 2021 championship. It should be a great battle between these two on Sunday when the 2022 Playoffs get underway.
Kevin Harvick vs. Tyler Reddick - It’s been an up-and-down year for both Kevin Harvick and Tyler Reddick, but both have had a blistering hot summer. Harvick won back-to-back races at Michigan and Richmond, silencing the doubters who didn’t think he would find Victory Lane this year. Tyler Reddick won at both Indianapolis and Road America this year and has cemented himself as a serious Playoff contender. These two are neck-and-neck in the Playoff standings, sitting in eighth (Reddick) and ninth (Harvick) with 12 Playoff points. Harvick returns to one of his favorite tracks, where he owns two wins and six top fives in his last seven races at Darlington. Reddick hasn’t had as much fortune at Darlington, with only one top five in six races. Earlier this year, however, Reddick finished as the runner-up to Joey Logano. At a track like Darlington where experience is crucial, Reddick showed that he’s learning what it takes to tame the “Lady in Black”.
Rising Country Music Sensation Josiah Siska to Sing the National Anthem at Darlington - Darlington Raceway announces rising country music entertainer Josiah Siska to sing the National Anthem in advance of the first race of the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, the 73rd running of the Cook Out Southern 500 on Sunday, Sept. 4.
“We are proud to welcome one of the rising stars in country music, Josiah Siska, to share the National Anthem prior to the crown jewel Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway,” said Kerry Tharp, Darlington Raceway President. “Before the green flag waves to start the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs, we look forward to our loyal race fans uniting to honor our nation with Josiah.”
“I am thrilled to get to sing the national anthem for NASCAR’s playoff race at the Cook Out Southern 500 on Labor Day weekend in Darlington,” said Siska. “It’s gonna be incredible. I’ve never been before and I’m so excited that I’ll get to see the race! I love America, I love our freedom, and I can’t wait to sing our country’s national anthem for everybody on race day.”
NASCAR Xfinity Series
Onto Darlington Raceway after a wild Daytona weekend
Daytona International Speedway has historically been known as a place of surprises and this past weekend’s Wawa 250 Powered by Coca-Cola was no exception. As if a rain delay wasn’t enough, Friday night’s Xfinity Series race went into not double, but triple overtime and sent a different winner into Victory Lane – Jeremy Clements.
Clements took the win under caution over Timmy Hill, AJ Allmendinger, Brandon Brown and Sage Karam who rounded out the top five. This win marked the second of Clements’ NASCAR Xfinity Series career. His first was at Road America in 2017 after working his way up from the 24th position.
With some pep in his step, the South Carolina native, Clements, will head to his home track - Darlington Raceway - in hopes of once again putting on a show. The No. 51 Jeremy Clements Racing Chevrolet driver has been making his way to Darlington in the Xfinity Series for 12 years. In his 14 starts, he has posted three top 10s and two of those top 10s were in the 2021 season.
The Xfinity Series was at Darlington Raceway earlier this year for the Mahindra Roxor 200. JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier won the event and Jeremy Clements finished in the 29th position.
Show me the stats: Darlington edition
After a rain-delayed, triple overtime race this past weekend in Daytona, the NASCAR Xfinity Series sets its eyes on Darlington Raceway for the Sports Clips Haircuts VFW Help a Hero 200 on Saturday, September 3 at 3 p.m. on USA Network, the NBC Sports App, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR radio.
This will be the second trip to Darlington, South Carolina this season. The first race in May saw JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier take the win over his JRM teammate Noah Gragson in runner-up by a margin of victory of .259 seconds. If Allgaier wins again this Saturday, he’ll become the ninth different driver to post back-to-back wins at the track, following Ron Bouchard (1984 sweep), Darrell Waltrip (1985, 1986), Dale Earnhardt (1986, 1987), Harry Grant (1989, 1990), Dale Jarett (1990, 1991), Mark Martin (1993, 1994 sweep, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000 sweep), Jeff Burton (2001, 2002 sweep) and Denny Hamlin (2006, 2007).
Heading into this weekend, this will be the 65th Xfinity Series race at ‘the track too tough to tame.” The previous 64 races have produced 35 different race winners and 30 different pole winners. NASCAR Hall of Famer Mark Martin sits as the track’s winningest driver with eight trips to Victory Lane. He also leads with most poles (eight), top fives (14), top 10s (18) and laps led (972).
The track has been a place of “firsts” for a few drivers. Justin Ashburn (2003), Denny Hamlin (2004) and John Jackson (2011) got their first Xfinity Series starts at The Lady in Black while Kyle Busch (2004) and Ross Chastain (2018) each won their first poles here. There is yet to be a driver to post their first career Xfinity Series win at Darlington Raceway.
The on-track action will begin with practice on Saturday, September 3 at 10:05 a.m. ET followed by qualifying at 10:35 a.m. ET. Both practice and qualifying can be streamed on the NBC Sports App.
Xfinity Playoff picture shapes up with three races to go
Daytona International Speedway has always been known as a place where everyone has a chance to win and that theory proved to be true last Friday when Jeremy Clements took the checkered flag. Although Clements posted the win, he will not be making an appearance in the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs due to a L2-level penalty being issued to the No. 51 team Tuesday afternoon. With that said, the current Playoff picture goes as follows:
Already Clinched
The following seven drivers have clinched a spot in the 12-driver postseason field: AJ Allmendinger, Ty Gibbs, Justin Allgaier, Noah Gragson, Josh Berry, Austin Hill, Brandon Jones.
Can Clinch Via Points
If there is a repeat winner or a win by a driver who cannot advance to the playoffs, the following drivers could clinch by being 111 points above the fourth winless driver in the standings. The same point requirements listed below would hold true if a new win comes from among Riley Herbst, Sam Mayer or Daniel Hemric.
- Riley Herbst: Could only clinch with help
- Sam Mayer: Could only clinch with help
If there is a new winner from Landon Cassill or another winless driver lower in the standings but still eligible to advance to the playoffs, the following drivers could clinch by being 111 points above the third winless driver in the standings.
- Riley Herbst: Could only clinch with help
Can Clinch Via Win
The following drivers would clinch on their win alone: Riley Herbst, Sam Mayer, Daniel Hemric, Landon Cassill, Ryan Sieg, Sheldon Creed, Anthony Alfredo, Brandon Brown
The following drivers could clinch with a win:
- Myatt Snider: Could only clinch with help
- Jeb Burton: Could only clinch with help
Denny Hamlin running double duty at Darlington
In the last few years, it has seemed that Cup Series regular Denny Hamlin only joins in on Xfinity Series fun once per season – Darlington Raceway weekend. In his 14 starts, he’s posted five wins (2006, 2007, 2010, 2015 and 2017), 10 top fives and 12 top 10s. Every one of his wins has been won from the pole or first starting position.
Hamlin has created quite the buzz around himself at Darlington in the Xfinity Series, currently leading all active drivers in poles (five), wins (five), top fives (10), top 10s (12) and laps led (629). He’s also the most recent driver to have won a Xfinity Series Darlington race from the pole or first starting position (2017).
His Cup Series Darlington stats don’t fall too far behind. In his 20 starts, he’s posted four wins (2010, 2017, 2020 and 2021), 11 top fives and 15 top 10s.
Hamlin will be making his first Xfinity Series start of the 2022 season behind the wheel of the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, but he won’t be the only Cup Series driver entered in this weekend’s Sports Clips haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 Ty Dillon, Kyle Larson, and Ross Chastain will also be getting some extra track time in this weekend.
Dillon will be piloting the No. 02 Our Motorsports Chevrolet for his fourth Xfinity Series start of the season. He’s posted seven Xfinity Series starts at Darlington with three top 10s and a best finish of seventh in 2017.
Larson will be driving the No.17 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports. This will be his third Xfinity Series start of the season and if all goes like the last two, he could very well find himself in Victory Lane. His first start was at Road America where he finished runner-up and his most recent start was at Watkins Glen where he took home the checkered flag. He’s posted four Xfinity Series starts at Darlington Raceway and racked up one top five and four top 10s.
Chastain will be teaming up with Big Machine Racing to drive the No. 48 Chevrolet for his fourth Xfinity Series start of the 2022 season. In his six Xfinity Series starts at Darlington, he’s posted one top five and three top 10s.
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Sunoco Rookie of the Year update – The regular season is starting to wrap up and Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill has really separated himself from the rest of the rookie class. Going into this weekend’s race at Darlington, he leads the group with 703 points.
RCR teammate Sheldon Creed comes in next with 493 points. He has posted two top fives and nine top 10s this season.
Kyle Sieg sits in third with 190 points and Jesse Iwuji slides in next with 84 points.
Ryan Ellis to honor Jeff Gordon with a throwback paint scheme – Alpha Prime Racing announced that Keen Parts/ CorvetteParts.net will be running a throwback paint scheme on Ryan Ellis’ No. 44 Chevrolet this weekend at Darlington Raceway to honor NASCAR Hall of Famer Jeff Gordon. It’ll be the iconic flames scheme that Gordon drove for many years.
“Jeff was definitely my favorite driver growing up, so it’s really cool to be able to run this scheme with Keen Parts,” said Ellis. “I had so much ‘24’ apparel and dressed up as Jeff for Halloween, so it’ll be really meaningful to put a similar looking fire suit on and strap into the CorvetteParts.net Chevy at Darlington Raceway.”
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
CRAFTSMAN® returns as NASCAR Truck Series Title Sponsor in 2023
NASCAR and Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK), the world’s largest tool company and a leader in outdoor equipment, announced last week at Daytona International Speedway that American tool icon CRAFTSMAN® will return as the title sponsor of the NASCAR Truck Series beginning in 2023. After serving as the series’ title sponsor from its inception in 1995 to 2008, the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series will make its homecoming at Daytona International Speedway on February 17, 2023.
In addition to the Truck Series title sponsorship, Stanley Black & Decker will further expand its presence in the sport, entering into a multi-year partnership designating the company and its iconic brands as the “Official Tools Partner of NASCAR” and “Official Tools” of all NASCAR-owned and operated tracks.
“We celebrate the return of the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series with our customers, distribution partners and employees,” said Doug Redpath, President of Hand Tools, Accessories and Storage for Stanley Black & Decker. “From proud homeowners and homebuilders to auto enthusiasts and master mechanics, CRAFTSMAN has been the brand generations have trusted to get the job done. The Truck Series represents authentic, bold and proud drivers and fans, which embody the same characteristics of our CRAFTSMAN brand. We look forward to our return in Daytona in 2023 to reunite with our loyal fans as we begin this new chapter in NASCAR history.”
NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series title sponsorship includes exclusive brand integrations on vehicles, crew uniforms, tracks and more in addition to the branding of the Triple Truck Challenge and Championship Race entitlement. It will also serve as a platform to support the launch of new products, amplify seasonal promotions, and highlight the many ways CRAFTSMAN is building pride.
Clinch Scenarios: As Kansas Speedway approaches
The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series will return to action next weekend at Kansas Speedway on Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. ET on FS1, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. A lot will be on the line as the competitors return to action as Kansas will be the cutoff race for the Round of 10 and only eight Playoff drivers will advance to the next round.
Only two drivers have clinched spots in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Playoffs’ Round of 8 – GMS Racing’s Grant Enfinger (Indianapolis winner) and Kyle Busch Motorsports’ Chandler Smith (Richmond winner) – which means six other positions that are still open with one race to go. Below are the clinch scenarios heading into the Round of 10 finale at Kansas Speedway on September 9, 2022.
Already Clinched
The following two drivers have clinched a spot in the eight-driver field of the next round: Chandler Smith, Grant Enfinger.
Can Clinch Via Points
If there is a repeat winner or a win by a driver who cannot advance to the next round, the following drivers could clinch by being ahead of the seventh winless driver in the standings. The same point requirements listed below would hold true if a new win comes from among Zane Smith, John Hunter Nemechek, Ty Majeski, Stewart Friesen, Ben Rhodes or Matt Crafton.
- Zane Smith: Would clinch with 10 points
- John Hunter Nemechek: Would clinch with 13 points
- Ty Majeski: Would clinch with 20 points
- Stewart Friesen: Would clinch with 25 points
- Ben Rhodes: Would clinch with 34 points (needs 35 points if Crafton wins)
- Matt Crafton: Would clinch with 53 points
- Carson Hocevar: Would clinch with 55 points (needs help if Crafton wins)
- Christian Eckes: Could only clinch with help
If there is a new winner from Carson Hocevar or Christian Eckes, the following drivers could clinch by being ahead of the sixth winless driver in the standings.
- Zane Smith: Would clinch with 13 points
- John Hunter Nemechek: Would clinch with 16 points
- Ty Majeski: Would clinch with 23 points
- Stewart Friesen: Would clinch with 28 points
- Ben Rhodes: Would clinch with 38 points
- Matt Crafton: Could only clinch with help
- Carson Hocevar: Could only clinch with help
- Christian Eckes: Could only clinch with help
Can Clinch Via Win
The following drivers would clinch on their win alone: Zane Smith, John Hunter Nemechek, Ty Majeski, Stewart Friesen, Ben Rhodes, Matt Crafton, Carson Hocevar and Christian Eckes.
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23XI Racing announced today that Bubba Wallace, driver of the No. 23 Toyota Camry TRD, will switch car numbers for the final 10 races of the season and run the No. 45 as the organization pursues the Owner’s Championship. Wallace will remain paired with his crew chief, Bootie Barker. The move will best position 23XI Racing and the No. 45 car for the strongest run in the playoffs for the Owner’s Championship.
Ty Gibbs will continue to serve as 23XI’s substitute driver and will now drive the No. 23 Toyota Camry TRD with Billy Scott remaining as the crew chief. Aside from the number being different, there will be no changes to the primary partners on either car.
With the No. 45 team in the Owner’s Championship but not the Driver’s Championship, the opportunity arose to look at different options to give the organization the best chance for the highest possible finish at the end of the season. This situation marks the first time in the Modern Era of the Cup Series that a team has been in one championship but not the other.
“After consulting with NASCAR, we made this decision in the best interest of the entire organization and for all our employees who helped earn a spot in the playoffs for the Owner’s Championship through their hard work,” said team president Steve Lauletta. “While Ty has done a great job for us in the No. 45 car, we feel that Bubba’s experience in this car, at the upcoming playoff tracks and his recent momentum will give 23XI the best chance at maximizing our points each weekend. We recognize that this is a unique opportunity in the Cup Series, and we’re grateful to our employees and partners for standing with the team and supporting this decision.”
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No. 20 Yahoo! Toyota Camry TRD News and Notes:
- BELL AT DARLINGTON RACEWAY: Christopher Bell will make his seventh NASCAR Cup Series (NCS) start at Darlington Raceway in the No. 20 Yahoo! Toyota Camry TRD on Sunday. Bell had a strong run going earlier this year when an issue on pit road cost his track position, he raced his way back through the field to finish sixth. In 2021, Bell had strong runs going in both races, in the spring race of last year he had to pit under green with five laps remaining for a flat tire and in the fall race he started second in the final stage but had to pit for a loose wheel under green.
- BELL NXS AT DARLINGTON: Bell has two NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) starts at Darlington Raceway. Bell narrowly missed qualifying on the pole for each start, qualifying second both times and in 2019 he crossed the finish line fourth.
- DAYTONA RECAP: Bell started lined up fifth at Daytona after rain washed out qualifying and the weather ultimately postponed the Saturday night race into a Sunday morning event. Bell spent most of stage one inside the top five and was running inside the top 10 with a few laps remaining when he was collected in an accident. The damage was too severe to continue, resulting in a 36th-place finish.
- ON THE CAR: Bell will carry the iconic purple colors of Yahoo! Sunday at Darlington. This is Yahoo!’s fourth race on the No. 20 Toyota Camry TRD and they will be featured on the car one more time in 2022 at Bristol.
- JGR AT DARLINGTON: JGR has claimed 10 NCS victories at Darlington. In 112 combined starts at the 1.366-mile oval, the organization has tallied 34 top-five finishes, 67 top-10s and 2,379 laps led. The championship-winning organization has two pole awards with an average start of 13.8 an average finish of 11.7.
- RACE INFO: The Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington begins at 6:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, September 4, 2022. The race will be broadcast live on USA, Sirius XM 90, and MRN Radio.
From the Cockpit:
Christopher Bell: “Darlington was a really good race for me in the spring, I was in position to win it and the yellow came out in the middle of mixing up pit strategies and then we had a bad pit stop but ran really well there and I’m excited to go back. Our pit crew has been performing really well the second half of the season so I’m feeling really positive about it. I really enjoy Darlington, typically you get long green flag runs which is right up my alley, it’s a fun racetrack and my results in the past don’t tell the whole story. My results have been terrible but I’ve run really well there.”
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Louis-Philippe Montour is aiming for a top 5 finish in the WeatherTech 200 this Sunday at the Canadian Tire Motorsport Park. The driver of the #13 Kamloop | GL Électricité-Automatisation | Gestion Or Concept car is looking to end his NASCAR Pinty's season on a high note at the Bowmanville track, one that holds no secrets for him.
“Our goal is to finish our season as we started it, with a top-5 finish,” said Louis-Philippe Montour. Indeed, in his first race of the season, he did finish in the top 5 after an impressive drive during which he had to reel in the pack from his 21st starting spot over the 51-lap race.
He continued; “Dumoulin Competition and I have learned to work together over the season. It is now time to put what we have learned to good use in our final race of the season.”
Jean-François Dumoulin, the general manager of Dumoulin Competition, looks back positively on the season that will end this Sunday with this 5th race for Louis-Philippe Montour as part of the eponymous team. “We received the car late in May, so we had a few teething problems at the start, but the season went well. As Louis-Philippe Montour says: “It's been a great learning curve.”
Louis-Philippe Montour will be on track on Saturday, September 3, for a practice session at 1:00 p.m., followed by qualifying at 5:05 p.m. On Sunday, fans will be able to meet all the NASCAR Pinty's drivers at the series hauler at 11:00 a.m., before the WeatherTech 200 start scheduled for 1:05 p.m. The event will be 51 laps, and pit stops are allowed, an element that adds spice and strategy to road course events.
Dumoulin Competition can count on support from Kamloop to keep the team healthy throughout the season.
In addition to the on-track partnership, Louis-Philippe Montour and Dumoulin Competition also work together on the team's logistics. In fact, Kamloop products will allow the team to optimize the food-related processes and provide even fresher nourishment during the events. You can read the full article here.
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The summer break is over for Thomas Nepveu as the USF2000 driver will be back behind the wheel of his car after a month and a half hiatus. This weekend, it will be a tripleheader at Portland International Raceway (PIR).
"I would like to finish the season with podiums," said Thomas, driver of the #10 Evirum|Cromwell | Pétrole Bélanger | Home Hardware | Karting Excellence car prepared by DEForce Racing. "However, I've never been to Portland International Raceway, so I'll have to learn this new track. I've been doing my homework and reviewing videos of past races, just like I did before Toronto."
Discovering a new track, especially late in the season, can be a challenge, "I enjoy learning tracks and being able to add them to my pedigree. This track seems to present exciting racing and allows for some good overtaking, given the speed we can reach. I'm looking forward to Corner 1!
Thomas is currently sitting 6th in the Road to Indy USF2000 standings. "I think winning the championship will be difficult this year, given our bad luck that has prevented us from scoring points. However, fifth or even fourth place is not unattainable."
Only 8 points separate him from 5th place and 44 points from 4th. Coming off a 2nd place finish in Toronto last July, Thomas will be looking to keep the momentum going in Portland.
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Thomas Nepveu is proud to announce his partnership with the Quebec-owned Parro Sim Racing A1 Simulation. Assembled from the best components on the market, their racing simulators are ready to use products, almost entirely customized.
Unique and highly immersive, these simracing machines are suitable for both amateur and professional drivers wishing to train rigorously
"I am delighted with this partnership," says Thomas, "this is a local company that I have been following for a long time. The simulators they offer are turnkey and tailored to the driver's needs. Their attention to detail is impressive."
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NASCAR-themed teddy bears named ‘Speedy Bear’ are being delivered to children in hospitals across the United States and Mexico as The NASCAR Foundation and Kaulig Giving join together for the sixth annual “Speedy Bear Brigade”. This year’s program expands into Mexico bringing the cumulative total to more than 8,000 Speedy Bears delivered over six years to help comfort children during their hospital stays.
The NASCAR Foundation’s Speedy Bear Brigade began delivering Speedy Bears to children earlier this week with stops in Monterrey, Mexico and Charlotte, North Carolina. NASCAR volunteers assisted with the deliveries, including representatives from the NASCAR Mexico Series who joined efforts for the first time.
“We are thrilled that our Speedy Bear Brigade continues to grow and impact more children each year,” said Nichole Krieger, The NASCAR Foundation executive director. “Support from donors like Kaulig Giving, the NASCAR Mexico Series and all of our wonderful NASCAR fans are so important in making this program a success as we help deliver cheer and positivity to children in hospitals everywhere.”
This year’s efforts mark the biggest to date with nearly 70 hospitals participating in race markets across the United States and Mexico. The initiative culminates on National Teddy Bear Day on Friday, September 9, with events in Akron, Ohio, home to Kaulig Giving headquarters and during NASCAR’s Kansas Speedway race weekend.
“We’re honored to team up with The NASCAR Foundation to deliver cheer, positivity, and comfort to children in hospitals across the country through the Speedy Bear Brigade program,” said Matt Kaulig, team owner of Kaulig Racing and founder of Kaulig Giving. “Our partnership with The NASCAR Foundation continues to grow on and off the track and is a priority for us. All of us share the incredible goal of impacting the communities we love by helping children in need live happier, healthier lives.”
NASCAR fans are encouraged to join the Speedy Bear Brigade by making a $25 donation to The NASCAR Foundation to sponsor a Speedy Bear and send an inspirational message to a child in the hospital. As an additional incentive, Kaulig Giving will match all contributions made at NASCARfoundation.org up to $25,000.
Locations supported by The NASCAR Foundation’s Speedy Bear Brigade powered by Kaulig Giving include:
- Akron, Ohio – Akron Children’s Hospital
- Birmingham, Alabama – Children’s of Alabama
- Braselton, Georgia - Northeast Georgia Medical Center
- Charlotte, North Carolina - Hemby Children’s Hospital and Levine Children’s Hosptial
- Cleveland, Ohio - Cleveland Clinic
- Concord, North Carolina - Jeff Gordon Children’s Hospital
- Darlington, South Carolina - McLeod Children’s Hospital
- Daytona Beach, Florida - Halifax Health
- Homestead, Florida – Homestead Hospital
- Indianapolis, Indiana – Riley Children’s Hospital
- Jackson, Michigan - Henry Ford Allegiance Health
- Louisville, Kentucky – Nationwide Children’s Hospital
- Monterrey, Mexico - Hospital Materno Infantil de Alta Especialidad
- Nashville, Tennessee – Monroe Carell Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt
- Phoenix, Arizona – Phoenix Children’s Hospital
- Pocono, Pennsylvania – Lehigh Valley Health Network
- Richmond, Virginia – Children’s Hospital at VCU
- Rochester, New York – Golisano Children’s Hospital
- Sebring, Florida – AdventHealth Sebring
- Shawnee Mission, Kansas – AdventHealth Shawnee Mission
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Bill McAnally Racing and the ARCA Menards Series West will finish its three-race slate of road courses on the 2022 calendar, competing at Portland International Raceway in Saturday’s Portland 100.
This will be the second visit to Portland for the series, with BMR bringing a pair of Chevrolet SS machines back to the Pacific Northwest stop on the tour.
The NTT IndyCar Series will also be racing during the busy weekend on the 1.967-mile, 12-turn circuit. Weather forecasts call for highs in the 80s and partly cloudy, a stark contrast to the monsoon-like conditions during the June visit to the venue.
Clearer skies could lead to a clearer run towards the top of the championship for Granite Bay, California’s Cole Moore – driving the No. 99 Adaptive One Chevrolet SS. He finished 11th on the wet Portland track in June. In last year’s Portland event, he led 10 laps, after qualifying fifth fastest – but was caught up in an incident on the final lap and finished 12th.
He enters Saturday’s race within striking distance of the championship, while having some unfinished business on the road course events in the series. He also challenged for the victory at the winding Sonoma Raceway in June. In the most recent series race, Moore led 60 laps at Evergreen Speedway in Monroe, Washington.
His rookie teammate, Landen Lewis, has also shined turning left and right. Lewis qualified on the outside pole at Sonoma Raceway in June, then led the way for seven laps. He will be making his Portland debut, driving the No. 16 NAPA AUTO PARTS Chevrolet SS. Lewis finished sixth at Evergreen, boosting his 2022 mark in the series to four starts, one win, two top-five, and three top-10 finishes.
Guests from NAPA Portland will be in attendance and will enjoy VIP experiences, such as garage tours and suites at the track. BMR will participate in a special event at the Wilson’s NAPA AUTO PARTS store in Tualatin, Oregon on Friday. Team owner Bill McAnally will be accompanied by Lewis and Moore, who will greet guests and sign autographs. BMR race cars and transporters will be on display and lunch will be served to guests.
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For a car or motorcycle enthusiast, there’s nothing more exciting than seeing a vehicle up close that starred in a favorite movie. During Charlotte Motor Speedway’s Sept. 8–10 Charlotte AutoFair, fans will have a chance to spend time with the only DC-licensed jet-powered Batmobile; cars and bikes from Ghost Rider, Animal House, and Leatherheads; and a trio of big-screen big-rigs.
In Hollywood’s early decades, studios had a habit of abusing (or sometimes just throwing away) cars and motorcycles after they were driven by beloved movie characters. Anything before the 1960s that survived this neglectful practice did so purely by chance. Today, there is a thriving collector community whose members preserve (or, as is often the case, create accurate replicas of) such iconic vehicles. The Sept. 8–10 Charlotte AutoFair will pay tribute to such rides as:
- Jet-powered 1966 Batmobile This licensed replica of the world’s most famous crimefighting car is authentically powered by a working Boeing T-50 jet turbine engine.
- Ghost Rider motorcycles A movie vehicle collector is bringing a Harley-Davidson Sportster and Buell motorcycle that were featured in the 2007 Nicolas Cage superhero adaptation.
- Animal House Corvette Actor Tim Matheson drove a 1959 Corvette in the 1978 film Animal House, after which the desirable sports car just vanished for 40 years. It has been located in original condition with only 37,000 miles on the odometer—a true barn find!
- Leatherheads scene stealers A Carolinas car collector will be displaying two of his vintage cars that appeared in the 2008 George Clooney movie Leatherheads. The 1931 DeVaux Coupe is so rare that you are unlikely to see one outside of the film or AutoFair. The 1925 Packard has a fascinating history in that it served early in its life at the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, where it was converted into a pickup for the gardener to use.
- A bevy of big-rigs The 1970 Mack truck whose driver went by the CB handle “Rubber Duck” in the 1978 film Convoy headlines a trio of tough trucks. Replicas of Snowman’s 1973 Kenworth from Smokey and the Bandit and the 1960 Peterbilt from Duel will no doubt provide selfie backgrounds for thousands of spectators during AutoFair.
The jet-powered Batmobile, Ghost Rider bikes, Animal House Corvette, Leatherheads cars, and big-screen big-rigs will be displayed in the Showcase Pavilion during the Sept. 8–10 Charlotte AutoFair at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Other show highlights include an 18-cylinder Chevrolet pickup truck, a trio of Sept. 11 tribute cars, a half-dozen of Oldsmobile’s finest performance machines, and an array of beautiful rides from the Xquisite Car, Truck, and Jeep Club.
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The Charlotte AutoFair features more than 50 car club displays and more than 10,000 vendor spaces offering an array of automotive parts and memorabilia. More than 1,500 collectible vehicles of all makes and models will be available for sale in the car corral that rings the 1.5-mile superspeedway throughout the three-day show. Hours for the Sept. 8–10 Charlotte AutoFair are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Thursday through Saturday.
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Single-day tickets are $10 on Thursday and $15 on Friday and Saturday for adults. Admission is FREE for children 12 and under with an adult. To buy tickets, AutoFair attendees can shop online at CharlotteMotorSpeedway.com, purchase at the gate, or call 800-455-FANS (3267).
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Delta Speedway presented by Valley Strong Credit Union hosts the annual Dual at Delta during Labor Day Weekend on Saturday and Sunday in Stockton. Both nights feature complete points races for the Micro Sprint racers, with four divisions competing on the 1/7th mile dirt oval.
All seats are general admission, priced at $10 for adults, juniors ages 6-12, seniors, and military are $5, while kids 5 & under are FREE! Pit passes are $20. Tickets can be purchased through MyRacePass or at the gate. Drivers meetings will be one hour later each night due to high temperatures forecasted. The drivers meeting will be at 5:30pm each night with hot laps and qualifying to follow. Fans who cannot attend can also see flag-to-flag coverage on The Cushion, the speedway’s Pay-Per-View partner this year.
The Super 600 points battle is unchanged after round ten in August, with Stockton’s Nikko Panella still enjoying a 14-point cushion over Medford’s Ashton Torgerson. Austin Torgerson is 29-points out of the championship lead for the winged 600cc competitors. Eight-time track champion Caden Sarale of Stockton won the most recent feature for the division. Sacramento’s Austin Wood and Stockton’s Alex Panella continue to round out the top-five in the standings. Both nights of Super 600 at the Dual feature 30-lap features paying $500-to-win.
The Non-Wing title fight has closed to a single digit margin, however. Austin Torgerson leads Nikko Panella by just four points after Nikko scored his fourth wingless win on August 20. Ashton Torgerson has drifted to 44 points in arrears and will need a big performance during the Dual to stay within arms length of the $1,000-to-win title. Jeffrey Pahule, Jr. of Brentwood ranks fourth. A pair of top-five finishes has propelled Red Bluff’s Carsen Perkins into fifth in his rookie Micro Sprint campaign. Non-Wing also races for 30-laps each night in $500-to-win events.
Castro Valley’s Andrew Smith denied Lucas Mauldin of Rancho Murieta another trip to victory lane in round ten. Mauldin still has a commanding 127-point lead in the Restricted championship. The balance of the top-five have just 22 points separating them. Brentwood’s Adrianna DeMartini, Manteca’s Brody Rubio, Pleasanton’s Kellan Harper, and Tracy’s Kyle Fernandez are wrestling for the number two spot. They will have 25-lap main events each night to continue their battles, with each paying $300-to-win.
Briggs Davis of Manteca grabbed win number three of the year in the Jr. Sprints to extend his points lead to 32-points. The battle for second in the order is a dead heat as Jackson Tardiff of Vacaville and Heston Stepps of Oakdale are tied with 548 points each. Maya Mauldin of Rancho Murieta and Haven Sherman of Citrus Heights round out the top-five.
Twin qualifying heat races and a 20-lap feature for $200 to win await the youngest drivers at Delta Speedway on each night of the Dual at Delta.
Courtesy of C&P Promotions, all member drivers in Juniors and Restricted who race at least 12 of 14 events will be eligible for drawings for a new Yamaha engine core and a new PMP chassis 600 frame and body.
Delta Speedway Stockton thanks Valley Strong Credit Union, Hoosier Tire, Scully’s Air, Kludt Oil and Propane, Interstate Truck Center, Papé Kenworth, Van De Pol Petroleum, Hostile Wheels, Genova Bakery, Winner’s Bingo, Solari’s Backhoe Service, and PMP Chassis for their support of the 2022 racing season. Race fans are encouraged to check out Dave Royce and Royce Farms Barbeque for the best racing food on the planet. Come thirsty as adult beverages are now available as well! RacingJunk.com is the official classifieds website of Delta Speedway.
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Aug. 30
• Joshua Jay Mitchell, 38, of Roanoke was arrested for failure to appear.
• Harassment was reported in Alexander City.
• An animal bite was reported in Alexander City.
• Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.
• Harassment was reported in Alexander City.
Aug. 29
• Harassment was reported in Alexander City.
Aug. 28
• Gabriel Kane Latham, 42, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence.
• Brodrick Jarbar Smith, 35, of Alexander City was arrested for interference with a domestic violence emergency call.
• Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.
• Theft was reported in Alexander City.
• Burglary and theft was reported in Alexander City.
• Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.
• Sexual misconduct was reported in Alexander City.
• Criminal mischief was reported in Alexander City.
• Criminal mischief was reported in Alexander City.
• Interference with a domestic violence emergency call and domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.
• Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.
Aug. 27
• Jasmine Danielle Davis, 21, of Alexander City was arrested for bail jumping.
• Courtney Deshawn Alvies, 27, or Alexander City was arrested for failure to appear, possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance, distribution of a controlled substance and sale of stolen property.
• Animal running at large and dog presumed to be vicious was reported in Alexander City.
• Second-degree rape was reported in Alexander City.
Aug. 26
• Brian Glenn West, 49, of Birmingham was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
• Marcus Anthony McNeal, 39, of Alexander City was arrested for attempting to elude a police officer and theft.
• Possession of marijuana and possession of a controlled substance was reported in Alexander City.
• Driving under the influence of alcohol was reported in Alexander City.
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• Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.
• Domestic violence and interference with a domestic violence emergency call was reported in Alexander City.
• Attempting to elude a police officer was reported in Alexander City.
• Theft was reported in Alexander City.
Aug. 25
• Ronald Cozart II, 38, of Alexander City was arrested for public intoxication.
• Terrance Audrae Golden, 36, of Alexander City was arrested for bail jumping.
• Laura Tamika Chillous, 46, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence.
• Ladarien Rahiem Culpepper, 24, of Alexander City was arrested for domestic violence.
• Leaving the scene of an accident was reported in Alexander City.
• Public intoxication was reported in Alexander City.
• Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle and theft was reported in Alexander City.
• Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.
• Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.
• Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.
• Forgery was reported in Alexander City.
• Robbery was reported in Alexander City.
• Harassment was reported in Alexander City.
• Harassing communications was reported in Alexander City.
• Harassing communications was reported in Alexander City.
• Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.
• Unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle and domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.
Aug. 24
• Theft was reported in Alexander City.
• Criminal mischief was reported in Alexander City.
• Possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia was reported in Alexander City.
• Domestic violence was reported in Alexander City.
• Burglary was reported in Alexander City.
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The first full week of classes officially began for Tallapoosa County Schools last week. As students return to school in Dadeville, city leaders have safety on their minds.
Community leaders inquired about safety measures during a city council meeting on Tuesday, August 23. City attorney Robin Reynolds specificallyrequested that Dadeville police update city leaders and the public regarding the department’s security procedures going into the new school year.
“Since school has just come back into session, could you explain to the public what your procedures will be for school crossings in the morning and school resource officers for schools,”Reynolds said.
Police Chief Jonathan Floyd, who attended the meeting, elaborated on the department's protocols.
“We will have a school resource officer in the schools everyday and every morning at drop-off time and every evening at pick-up,” he said.
The police department will assign several police officers to traffic duty, with one police officer assigned to Dadeville Elementary School, and two officers at Dadeville High School.
Overall,Floyd concluded that in terms of safety, the first week of school started off well, and that school leaders have done a good job of controlling access to the campuses early in the morning.
“The new construction is going to cause a little bit of disruption to how things are being done,” Floyd said. “But so far, we haven't had any hiccups.”
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Dadeville’s own Wickles Pickles is making a splash in the burger scene. Jack’s and Wickles Pickles have partnered together to bring a limited time menu item named “Jack’s Wickles Pickles Bacon Burger.”
The limited-time burger is available now until Tuesday, Oct. 4 at every Jack’s location in the Southeast.
The new Jack’s Wickles Pickles Bacon Burger features beef burger topped with bacon, french fried onions and Wickles Pickles.
“Nothing says ‘All About the South’ quite like two local companies coming together to bring some of the best in Southern taste to our fans,” said Jack’s Family Restaurants CEO Todd Bartmess. “We are thrilled to share Wickles Pickles with our guests across all the communities we serve.”
According to a press release on the burger, the partnership started with a chance introduction of company representatives at a high school athletic event and evolved through a shared love of great Southern food, a commitment to high-quality, handmade ingredients and a sincere care for doing things the right way for brand fans and consumers alike.
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“As Jack’s fans ourselves, we are excited to partner with another Alabama original and bring our flavors to life together through this new menu item,” said Trey Sims, who since 1998 has helmed Wickles Pickles alongside his brother, Will, and Andy Anderson.
“Having two community-loved brands of this Southern caliber together on a menu is truly unique and exciting, and we look forward to the positive feedback we are confident we will receive,” added Will Sims.
In honor of this limited-time menu offer, Jack’s will launch a special run t-shirt design, provide online giveaways and align with well-known Southern influencers for campaign collaborations.
The Wickles Pickles Bacon Burger is available to order in-store or for pick up at eatatjacks.com or on the app.
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Week three is upon us. Most area teams did not compete last week, and are coming into this week fresh. Here are all five area matchups for this Friday:
Friday, September 2
Calera at Benjamin Russell
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Charles E. Bailey Sr. Sportplex, Alexander City
Series: Benjamin Russell leads 3-1
Synopsis:
Benjamin Russell is on a roll to start the year. The Wildcats boast a high-flying offense and a defense that has only allowed three touchdowns all year (two if you do not count the late score by Central Clay last Friday.) Calera looks to be the opposite. The Eagles have only put up 20 points through two games, compared to Benjamin Russell’s 74. Calera took the game against the Wildcats last season, so this is a bit of a revenge game for the home team. The last time Benjamin Russell started 3-0 was in 2017, when Danny Horn took the team to 4-0 in his final season. Benjamin Russell holds all the momentum headed into this game.
Vincent at Central Coosa
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Keith Bullard Stadium, Rockford
Series: Vincent leads 3-1
Synopsis:
Central Coosa is coming off its first win of the year, and its first win under head coach Shundell Russaw. It is hard to get a better wave of momentum, especially headed back to your home stadium for a divisional game. Vincent will be a tough opponent for Coosa, as the Yellow Jackets are touting an explosive offense. Through two games, Vincent has put up 97 points while only allowing 26. The last time these two teams met was in 2019, with Vincent winning 51-8. It would be hard to imagine that Friday will yield a score even close to that, as Coosa’s offense seemingly has found its stride. Quarterback Antoneo Grant’s performance against Talladega County Central earned him a spot as a candidate for The Outlook’s Player of the Week.
Dadeville at Weaver
When: 7 p.m.
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Where: Bill Bryan Stadium, Weaver
Series: 0-0
Synopsis:
The beginning to Dadeville’s season has been a bit of a mixed bag. A dominant Week one victory saw Dadeville matched up with Reeltown in Week two. Rain canceled that game, so the Tigers earned an unexpected bye week. Rust could be a factor here, but Weaver has not had a great start to its season. The Bearcats are 0-2, after only having won one game the year prior. Defense is not the strong suit of Weaver, while offense is the strong point for Dadeville. This one may start out slow like the Comer game, but Dadeville should manage to pull through on the road.
Lanett at Horseshoe Bend
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Generals Stadium
Series: Lanett leads 15-1
Synopsis:
Traditionally, this series is incredibly lopsided. The last time the Generals won against Lanett was in 2010, and it was only by two points. Horseshoe Bend gets the luxury this year of starting the season 1-0, and having a whole bye week to prepare for the Panthers. So far this year for the visitors, they have pitched a shutout and also been shutout. While Horseshoe Bend may not have a super explosive offense, the Generals’ defense could be able to take advantage of the volatility of this year’s Lanett team. This year’s contest will absolutely be a revenge game for Horseshoe Bend, looking to redeem itself from a 50-point loss last season.
LaFayette at Reeltown
When: 7 p.m.
Where: Nix-Webster-O’Neil Stadium, Reeltown
Series: Reeltown leads 9-5
Synopsis:
Reeltown has not started its 2022 campaign the way many would have thought. The Rebels lost opening night to rival Tallasee 37-13, and then got rained out for a date with rival Dadeville. By the time this game kicks off, Reeltown will be playing its first game in over two weeks. Safe to say, rust will be a factor here as it is for Dadeville. LaFayette is 0-2 to start its year, and have lost two straight in this series. Reeltown needs a win in the worst type of way, and at home against an ailing Bulldogs team, the Rebels could finally put a number in the win column. | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/sports/week-3-football-previews/article_9dcb042a-2941-11ed-971b-ebd5d815c020.html | 2022-08-31T19:48:55Z | alexcityoutlook.com | control | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/sports/week-3-football-previews/article_9dcb042a-2941-11ed-971b-ebd5d815c020.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
'I'm so lost.' Wellington woman's dogs killed, injured in Monday night attack
Larimer County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help in investigating a brutal attack on two dogs in Wellington Monday night.
One of the dogs, Jax, was killed in the attack while the other, Diesel, suffered serious injuries but is recovering, according to his owner. County officials said the dogs suffered cuts and stab wounds in the attack involving an unidentified man.
The attack happened between 10:30-11:10 p.m., Monday, according to a press release from the sheriff’s office. Yadhira Morales, Jax and Diesel’s owner, said she was out of town when the attack took place. Morales told the Coloradoan via Facebook Messenger that her daughter found the dogs afterward.
“I feel devastated,” Morales said. “This will stay in my memory as one of the worst memories I’ve ever had. I’m so lost.”
Morales said she adopted Jax and Diesel at a time when she was dealing with severe depression and that they were helping her to cope.
“Jax specifically knew how to support me,” Morales said. “He would force me to take him to the park, like he was taking me out of my sadness. What am I going to do now without him?”
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Morales said her other dog, Diesel, is shy and noticeably sad now. “We both need him,” she said about Jax. She said she hopes to have a memorial for him.
Several Wellington residents in a community Facebook page offered to help cover Diesel’s medical bills. Morales said she’s shy when it comes to asking for help, but she does need it after paying for Diesel’s care with her credit card.
Sheriff's officials are looking for any information from the public on the man who attacked the dogs. The sheriff’s office said they are looking for a white man between 5-foot-8 and 6-foot-2 who was wearing a dark-colored T-shirt and light-colored pants. He is also believed to drive a motorcycle with an Arkansas license plate.
Morales said in a Facebook post she has cameras in her yard that captured the man attacking her dogs. She told the Coloradoan the man walked past the fence several times and she thinks he was trying to get her dogs to trust him enough to approach him near the fence. Once they did, he attacked them.
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Morales’ yard faces Sixth Street, across from the McDonald's in Wellington, off of Interstate 25. Last week, a Wellington resident who was in the McDonald's drive-thru posted a photo in a Wellington Facebook group showing a group of kids on bikes near Morales’ fence, saying they saw the kids throw spitballs at the dogs. Morales commented on the post and said that she put cameras in her backyard as a result.
An image from security footage taken Monday night was included in the sheriff’s office press release and shows the man walking away from the scene, carrying a bag.
Sheriff’s office officials did not say whether they were investigating any connection to a 2019 case where a dog was found dead on the railroad tracks in Wellington after an apparent attack.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA is targeting 2:17 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Sept. 3, for the launch of Artemis I, the first integrated test of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, Orion spacecraft, and the ground systems at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. There is a two-hour launch window for the next attempt.
The Artemis I flight test is an uncrewed mission around the Moon that will pave the way for a crewed flight test and future human lunar exploration as part of Artemis.
Live coverage of events will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency's website at:
The launch countdown will resume Saturday, Sept. 3, at the opening of a planned 2.5 hour built in hold, which will begin at 4:37 a.m.
Managers waved off the first launch attempt Aug. 29 when launch controllers were unable to chill down the four RS-25 engines, with one engine showing higher temperatures than the other engines. Teams currently are analyzing data, updating procedures, and checking out hardware to address the issues.
A limited number of seats inside the auditorium at Kennedy will be available to on-site journalists previously credentialed on a first-come, first-served basis. The deadline has passed for media accreditation for in-person coverage of this launch.
To participate by telephone, media must RSVP no later than two hours before the start of each briefing to: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
Media and members of the public may also ask questions on social media using #Artemis. Audio only of the news conferences will be carried on the NASA "V" circuits, which may be accessed by dialing 321-867-1220, -1240, -1260 or -7135.
NASA's media accreditation policy for virtual and on-site activities is available online. More information about media accreditation at Kennedy is available by emailing: ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov.
Full launch coverage is as follows. All times are Eastern, all events will air live on NASA TV, and the information is subject to change based on real-time operations. Follow NASA's Artemis blog for updates.
Thursday, Sept. 1
6 p.m.: NASA will hold a prelaunch media briefing following a mission management team meeting with the following participants:
- Mike Sarafin, Artemis mission manager, NASA Headquarters
- Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director, Exploration Ground Systems Program, Kennedy
- John Honeycutt, SLS program manager, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
- Melody Lovin, weather officer, Space Launch Delta 45
Friday, Sept. 2
9 a.m. – NASA will hold a prelaunch media briefing on the status of the countdown with the following participants:
- Jeff Spaulding, Artemis senior NASA test director, NASA Kennedy
- Melody Lovin, weather officer, Space Launch Delta 45
Saturday, Sept. 3
5:45 a.m.: Coverage begins with commentary of tanking operations to load propellant into the SLS rocket.
12:15 p.m.: Full coverage begins in English. Launch coverage will continue through translunar injection and spacecraft separation, setting Orion on its path to the Moon.
1 p.m.: Launch coverage begins in Spanish on NASA's Spanish-language YouTube account and will continue approximately 15 minutes after liftoff. Mission coverage updates will be posted on the NASA en español social media channels.
6 p.m.: Coverage of the postlaunch news conference will follow approximately one hour after the live launch broadcast ends. Coverage start time is subject to change, based exact liftoff time. The postlaunch news conference will include the following participants:
- Bill Nelson, NASA administrator
- Mike Sarafin, Artemis mission manager, NASA Headquarters
- Mike Bolger, Exploration Ground Systems Program manager, Kennedy
- Howard Hu, Orion Program manager, NASA's Johnson Space Center
- John Honeycutt, Space Launch System Program manager, Marshall
- Emily Nelson, chief flight director, Johnson
9:45 p.m.: Coverage of Orion's first outbound trajectory burn on the way to the Moon. Time of coverage start time is subject to change, based on exact liftoff time.
10:15 p.m.: Coverage of first Earth views from Orion during outbound coast to the Moon.
NASA Television coverage of additional events throughout the mission is available online.
NASA Launch Coverage in English
Briefings and launch coverage will be available on the NASA website. Coverage will include live streaming and blog updates. On-demand streaming video and photos of the launch will be available shortly after liftoff.
Follow countdown coverage on NASA's Artemis blog at:
https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis
Live NASA TV coverage leading to launch will begin with commentary of tanking operations at 5:45 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, followed by launch coverage beginning at 12:15 p.m. Launch coverage will stream on the NASA website, as well as Facebook, Twitch, NASA YouTube, and in 4k on NASA's UHD channel.
For NASA TV downlink information, schedules, and links to streaming video, visit:
On launch day, a "clean feed" will be carried on the NASA TV media channel featuring views of the rocket and audio from a commentator in the Launch Control Center throughout and a single channel of mission audio beginning 15 minutes before launch. On launch day, countdown activities with audio of the launch control commentator will be available starting at 5:45 a.m. by dialing 1-844-467-4685; Passcode: 557460; listeners will hear a single channel of mission audio beginning 15 minutes before launch. Full audio from the launch broadcast will begin at 12:15 p.m. and will be carried on 321-867-1220, -1240, -1260 or –7135.
Launch also will be available on local amateur VHF radio frequency 146.940 MHz and UHF radio frequency 444.925 MHz, FM mode, heard within Brevard County on the Space Coast.
NASA Launch Coverage in Spanish
NASA's broadcast of the launch in Spanish will include interviews with Hispanic members of the mission and live commentary.
The show, which will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, will be available on NASA en español's YouTube account, and will continue approximately 15 minutes after liftoff. Mission coverage will then follow on the NASA en español social media channels.
Media and educational institutions interested in sharing the stream of the show can contact María José Viñas at: maria-jose.vinasgarcia@nasa.gov.
Attend Launch Virtually
Members of the public can register to attend the launch virtually. NASA's virtual guest program for the mission includes curated launch resources, notifications about related opportunities or changes, and a stamp for the NASA virtual guest passport following a successful launch.
Watch, Engage on Social Media
Stay connected with the mission and let people know you are following the launch on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram with #Artemis. Follow and tag these accounts:
Twitter: @NASA, NASAArtemis
Facebook: NASA, NASAArtemis
Instagram: NASA, NASAArtemis
Through Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar exploration and serving as a steppingstone to send astronauts to Mars.
For more information about the Artemis I mission, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-i
Para obtener información sobre cobertura en español en el Centro Espacial Kennedy o si desea solicitar entrevistas en español, comuníquese con Antonia Jaramillo at: antonia.jaramillobotero@nasa.gov or 321-501-8425.
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ATLANTA, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Newsy, the nation's only 24/7 TV news network available for free over the air, will devote hundreds of hours of airtime to special programming on mental health, beginning in September, in a series called "America's Breakdown: Confronting Our Mental Health Crisis." Through hyper-personal and thoughtful storytelling, Newsy will focus on how differently people may experience issues based on demographics and geography.
Special programming produced by Newsy, the Scripps national news team and Scripps Local Media will air across day- and night-time hours and include dozens of produced reports devoted to mental health, four weekly deep-dive specials, an original documentary and a 30-second PSA directing viewers to additional resources, all culminating in a town hall event with high-profile guests.
Newsy will compile all of its special programming, including mental health resources on Newsy.com. The reports will be available to view online after they air.
"A new study found rates of anxiety, depression and other mental health disorders have increased since the beginning of the pandemic. That results in the need to deeply examine how the country is dealing with the mental health crisis," said Kate O'Brian, Head of the News Group, Scripps Networks. "Newsy has committed hundreds of hours to this issue, which impacts the lives of every American, through relentless reporting. The result is a whole lot of stellar journalism."
Newsy packages include:
Mental health barbershops
Newsy spotlights an organization that equips barbers in shops across the country with mental health-related skills and resources to help clients, many of whom fear the stigma of going to therapy and asking for help.
Mental health and TikTok
TikTok has become a major platform for both mental health professionals and people seeking mental health guidance. Newsy speaks to Dr. Courtney Tracy, a psychotherapist and licensed social worker with 1.8 million followers on TikTok, about why she started making videos to talk about mental health from a professional and personal standpoint.
Classified workers
Intelligence community insiders are unable to discuss personal mental health issues to outside family or therapists due to classified nature and fear of stunting career growth. Newsy speaks to one former CIA officer about his alcoholism and sobriety.
Indigenous mental health care
Thousands of Native American children were forced to attend boarding schools created to strip them of their culture. Newsy speaks to a mother with PTSD who opens up about her abuse experience. Her daughter who cares for her feels generational trauma as a result. Newsy also talks to a psychiatrist about an indigenous approach to mental health care in this community.
Young shooters
Newsy speaks to a 16-year-old male, who tells Newsy he was almost a school shooter and takes viewers through the emotions and circumstances that drove him to buy a gun and nearly go on a rampage.
COVID and mental health
Newsy shares new research on how to treat neurological impacts of long haul COVID, including symptoms like fatigue, brain fog and cognitive impairment.
Opioid pellet treatment
Newsy speaks to "Growing Pains" actor Jeremy Miller, who shares his journey to overcome alcohol addiction and victory, after implanting an experimental pellet into his body to reduce alcohol cravings. Newsy will also give viewers a look at the race to make a long-lasting version of the pellet, designed to attack opioid addiction.
Newsy is owned by The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP).
Learn more about how to tune into Newsy here.
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Newsy (@Newsy) is the nation's only free 24/7 broadcast news network, serving viewers opinion-free national news from 14 news bureaus across the U.S. Newsy is available to more than 94% of U.S. television homes free and over the air with a digital antenna, on mobile with the Newsy app and online at Newsy.com. It is also carried on an expanding array of streaming devices and services, including Samsung TV Plus, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Pluto TV, Apple TV, Sling, Vizio and Xumo. Newsy is part of The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP).
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MURRAY, Utah, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- R1 RCM Inc. (NASDAQ: RCM) ("R1"), a leading provider of technology driven solutions that transform the patient experience and financial performance of healthcare providers, announced an agreement to be the exclusive provider of revenue cycle management services for Emergency Physicians Professional Association (EPPA), a physician group providing high-quality emergency medicine and urgent care across Minnesota.
The partnership is expected to optimize clinical, financial, and operational performance for EPPA, while bolstering the patient experience and service for its patients. R1's model hardwires best practices and processes into its proprietary technology platform while leveraging intelligent automation, advanced data analytics and technical expertise to streamline workflows, improve efficiencies and drive superior outcomes.
Headquartered in Bloomington, MN, EPPA has been providing expert medical care in Minnesota communities for more than 50 years; it is one of the oldest and most respected independent emergency physician groups in the country. EPPA is independently owned and governed by its physician shareholders and serves more than 600,000 patients every year across its 11 hospitals and medical centers and three Urgency Room locations.
"I'm excited to partner with R1 as our resource for revenue cycle management," said Tom Klassen, MHA, executive vice president, and chief operating officer at EPPA. "We believe this partnership will create positive outcomes and solutions for our group, while giving us the ability to deliver a more unified, patient-centric experience to those we serve."
"We look forward to collaborating with EPPA to deliver a comprehensive, enterprise revenue cycle solution. This partnership will not only improve their financial performance and patient experience, but also support their long-term growth objectives while fulfilling EPPA's vision of delivering excellence in emergency and urgent care medicine," said Gary Long, executive vice president and chief commercial officer at R1.
R1 is a leading provider of technology-driven solutions that transform the patient experience and financial performance of hospitals, health systems, and medical groups. R1's proven and scalable operating models seamlessly complement a healthcare organization's infrastructure, quickly driving sustainable improvements to net patient revenue and cash flows while reducing operating costs and enhancing the patient experience. To learn more, visit: r1rcm.com.
Emergency Physicians Professional Association (EPPA) was founded in 1969. EPPA's mission is to provide an innovative, stable, and supportive platform to practice acute care medicine as an independent group. This framework allows EPPA health professionals the best opportunity to align with EPPA partners in delivering world-class care for EPPA patients.
The group is comprised of more than 300 board-certified emergency physicians, family practice physicians and advanced practice clinicians (APCs) including physician assistants and nurse practitioners. EPPA providers staff hospital emergency departments across the Twin Cities, St. Cloud and rural Minnesota and owns and operates three stand-alone Urgency Room locations. For more information about the EPPA, visit eppahealth.com.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control is hiring anyone looking for a career in protecting the environment and people’s health.
DHEC is recruiting for onsite wastewater inspector openings statewide.
The position entails work in DHEC’s Bureau of Environment Health Services to carry out inspections and evaluations of sites for permitting septic systems and assuring they are compliant with state regulations, the agency said.
“The maintenance and upkeep of a septic system is the responsibility of the owner, but DHEC has an essential role in assuring these systems are properly permitted to begin with and that the permittees or owners have the information and resources they need to keep them functioning for years to come,” said David Vaughan, Director of DHEC’s Division of Onsite Wastewater, Rabies Prevention, and Enforcement.
Rapid hire events will take place in Spartanburg, Florence, and Columbia for over 20 open wastewater inspector positions.
The hiring events are planned at the following locations and times:
- Spartanburg: 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 1, DHEC’s Environmental Affairs Spartanburg Office, 151 East Wood Street, Spartanburg
- Florence: 10 a.m. Friday, Sept. 9, DHEC’s Environmental Affairs Florence Office, 145 East Cheves St., Florence
- Columbia: 10 a.m., Friday, Sept. 15, DHEC’s Environmental Affairs Columbia Office, 8500 Farrow Road, Columbia
Applicants will take part in pre-screening questions and have to use a manual auger to bore a hole, so they are urged to dress accordingly. On-the-spot conditional job offers will be given to qualified applicants.
Candidates are encouraged to apply ahead of time for either the Environment Health Manager II or Natural Resource Technician III positions.
Required qualifications for the openings include a high school degree and relevant work experience. Preferred qualifications are an associate’s degree or bachelor’s degree in a related field.
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Ahead of the union’s election scheduled for December this year, the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Oyo State council, has inaugurated a five-man committee saddled with the responsibility of organising a hitch-free election.
The committee members whose nomination by the state executive council was subjected to ratification by the congress were adopted by the congress, during the monthly meeting of the union which was held at the Oyo NUJ council secretariat, Iyaganku GRA, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Wednesday.
Mr Olamide Adeniji of the Information Chapel moved the motion for the adoption, while Mr Dapo Ibikunle of Inspiration FM Chapel seconded the motion.
The committee will be chaired by Comrade Dupe Fehintola of the BCOS Chapel, Comrade Nurudeen Alimi of the Tribune will serve as secretary, while Comrade Remi Afonja of the NTA Chapel, Comrade Temilola Akarah of the Information Chapel and Comrade Khalid Imran of the Oke-Ogun Information Chapel will serve as members.
While performing the official inauguration of the committee, a Trustee of the national body of the union, Mr Bayo Akamo, called on members of the committee to discharge their duties without bias, adding that their appointment is a true test of their integrity which must not for whatever reason be dented.
Charging the committee members, Chairman, Oyo NUJ, Comrade Ademola Babalola, urged them to be diligent while carrying out the task before them, stating that all eyes are now on them to put together a credible, free and fair election.
Reacting on behalf of other members of the committee, the chairman, Comrade Dupe Fehintola, pledged total commitment to the effective delivery of the task before, stating that the confidence repose in the committee will not be taken for granted, while also assuring members of the union of fair and equal treatment of all aspirants.
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Video games have been around for decades, and over the years, the market has seen many game makers come and go. In this piece, we used TipRanks’ Comparison Tool to evaluate three video game stocks — Roblox (RBLX), Take-Two Interactive (TTWO), and Activision Blizzard (ATVI). Recently, metaverse play Roblox has been putting up a fight against game makers ATVI and TTWO. However, a closer look reveals reasons to be bullish on Activision Blizzard, neutral on Take-Two Interactive, and bearish on Roblox.
For some companies in the space, video games are everything to them, while others have their fingers in enough pies that they don’t live and die on what happens to their next video game release.
The State of the Video Game Industry
Some companies, like Microsoft (MSFT), have staying power because video games aren’t their entire business, while others, like Capcom (CCOEY), survive only due to the strength of their video game brands. Of course, Microsoft also benefits from the strength of its Xbox line of gaming consoles.
Overall, the global gaming market is expected to be worth $268.8 billion in 2025, an increase from $178 billion in 2021. In-game purchases are expected to be $74 million of that 2025 total. Believe it or not, the video game sector is bigger than the music and movie industries combined.
The pandemic may have played a role in the growth of video games over the last two years, as most people were stuck at home in the early months of the pandemic, leaving them with nothing to do. The growing popularity of e-sports may also be playing a role in video game adoption.
Of course, the strongest video game makers will be those that can adapt to changing technologies and the whims of gamers. The next big thing in video games is the metaverse, which could be why investors think Roblox is a good play. However, it’s always best to read between the lines when picking long-term holdings.
Roblox
The first thing it’s important to realize about Roblox is that it isn’t profitable, and Wall Street is dumping unprofitable companies, at least for now. All that euphoria that led investors to greedily snap up shares of money-losing companies is over now, which puts names like Roblox out in the cold, despite the metaverse connection.
In addition to losing money, Roblox has also been missing earnings estimates. For the June quarter, it reported losses of $0.30 per share on $639.9 million in revenue compared to the $0.25 per share losses on $626.2 million in revenue that had been expected. In the previous quarter, the game maker reported losses of $0.27 per share on $631.2 million in revenue, compared to the consensus of $0.22 per share in losses on $646.2 million in revenue.
Because it’s losing money, Roblox can’t be valued using a P/E ratio and is down 44% since its initial public offering in March 2021. Year-to-date, the game maker is off more than 60%. Turning to Roblox’s balance sheet, it had $3.075 billion in cash and equivalents at the end of June.
Roblox’s total debt, sitting at $1.44 billion, is low relative to its cash, as it’s been paying off its debt. Still, Roblox’s total liabilities continue to mount, climbing to $4.4 billion in June. Although the game platform marker generated positive free cash flow in previous quarters, it shifted into the red for the June quarter.
The question investors should ask now is whether Roblox was a fad that’s starting to pass. Even insiders have sold $5 million worth of the company’s shares over the last three months, and hedge funds have shed 3.8 million shares.
With negative momentum, return on equity, and technicals, it’s hard to find anything to like about Roblox. Just about the only thing that could boost the game maker’s shares is a short squeeze, as 8% of the float is sold short, while the off-exchange short volume ratio stands at 46%.
We’ve already seen some of the effects of a short squeeze in the stock, with Bloomberg even labeling it a battleground stock for bears and growth investors. However, Roblox shares were quick to reverse and continue their downtrend.
What is the Price Target for RBLX Stock?
Roblox has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on eight Buys, seven Holds, and two Sells assigned over the last three months. At $43, the average Roblox price target implies upside potential of 10.2%.
Take-Two Interactive
While Roblox makes a single platform that launches many games, including many from amateur game makers, Take-Two Interactive is known for its Rockstar Games Brand, which publishes the Grand Theft Auto series, among other titles. The company also owns 2K Games, which publishes names like BioShock.
Take-Two Interactive has been profitable for a long time, although it did miss earnings estimates for its most-recently-completed quarter, posting $0.71 per share on $1 billion in revenue. Those numbers compare to the consensus of $0.87 per share on $1.1 billion in sales.
The company’s P/E stands at 83.7x, which is rich compared to Activision Blizzard and other profitable game makers like Electronic Arts (EA). As a result, a neutral rating may be appropriate, given its profitability but high P/E. The stock is down over 30% year-to-date but only 7% in the last month.
What is the Price Target for TTWO Stock?
Take-Two Interactive has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on 13 Buy ratings, seven Hold ratings, and zero Sell ratings assigned over the last three months. At $164.58, the average Take-Two Interactive price target implies upside potential of 34.1%.
Activision Blizzard
The most important point about Activision Blizzard is that a long position on the company is a bet that the Microsoft acquisition will go through. Microsoft plans to pay $95 per share for Activision Blizzard unless regulators block the deal, so the current price of less than $80 is quite attractive if the transaction is completed.
Regulators in Saudi Arabia were the first to approve the deal, but Microsoft is a long way from completing it. Interestingly, the Xbox maker is downplaying Activision Blizzard’s game portfolio. In a recent filing, it told New Zealand regulators that the company doesn’t produce any “must-have games.”
Microsoft added that there’s “nothing unique about the video games developed and published by Activision Blizzard.” Of course, Grand Theft Auto and Call of Duty players would beg to differ, but time will tell whether regulators from other countries buy the argument.
Of course, the decisions from U.S., UK, and European regulators could greatly impact decisions from other regulatory bodies around the globe. The key question they must answer is whether the acquisition will significantly reduce competition in the video game space, so they could end up allowing it, blocking it, or forcing the two companies to shed some of their intellectual property in order for the deal to go through.
With Activision shares trading so far below the $95 per share price set by Microsoft, it looks like the market expects regulators to block the transaction. However, Warren Buffett’s team seems to expect the deal, as his Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) (BRK.B) boosted its position in the stock recently.
What is the Price Target for ATVI Stock?
Activision Blizzard has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on four Buys, four Holds, and zero Sell ratings assigned over the last three months. At $93.43, the average Activision Blizzard price prediction implies upside potential of 18.8%.
Conclusion: Bearish on RBLX, Neutral on TTWO, Bullish on ATVI
Investors might see Roblox as the hippest of these three gaming stocks, at least partially because of the metaverse connection. After all, wouldn’t it make sense to grab up shares of a company that plays in one of technology’s hottest spaces? However, valuations and fundamentals make it clear that a bullish view is appropriate for the stalwart Activision Blizzard, pending its acquisition by Microsoft. On the other hand, a neutral take is apt for Take-Two Interactive, while the money-losing Roblox deserves a bearish view. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/rblx-vs-ttwo-vs-atvi-which-gaming-stock-is-better | 2022-08-31T20:04:58Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/rblx-vs-ttwo-vs-atvi-which-gaming-stock-is-better | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thinking in the long term is one of the golden rules for patient investors – so we have picked two British financial stocks that could be a good bet for the long haul.
Payments solutions company, Network International Holdings (GB:NETW) and the insurance group, Prudential (GB:PRU) are two companies whose stocks have been trading down in the last year. However, aggregated ratings from TipRanks suggests the potential for more than than 60% growth in share prices with ‘Strong Buy’ ratings.
We have used the TipRanks Stock Screener tool to list stocks in the financial sector and select two which might make good long-term investments.
Let’s discuss the stocks in detail.
Network International
Network International provides a full range of technology-based payment solutions to the market in the Middle East and Africa. The company is witnessing high growth as these regions transition from cash to digital payments.
The company reported its half-year results this month, which were in line with expectations. The total revenue increased by 31% to $205 million, with its African business witnessing a growth of 55.8%. Among its business segments, merchant solutions grew by 53%, driven by strong demand for digital products in the Middle East and Africa.
The profit during the period increased by a whopping 112.7% to $31 million. The company’s higher revenues and better cost savings helped push profits along with a sale of a 70% stake in Mercury Payments Services.
Looking at the numbers, the company is confident in achieving revenue growth of 27-29% for the full year of 2022.
The stock surged by more than 15%, as the company also announced a buyback program for up to $100 million. Overall though, the stock has fallen by around 39% in the last year.
Network International share price forecast
According to TipRanks’ analyst rating consensus, Network International stock has a Strong Buy rating, based on four buy recommendations.
The NETW target price is 393.75p, which represents a 63.6% change in the price from current price level. The price has a low and high forecast of 305p and 470p, respectively.
Prudential
Prudential PLC is an insurance company with a long history in Britain which now operates in Asia and Africa.
In a similar fashion to Network International, Prudential’s business growth is driven by the huge growth opportunities in the markets of Asia and Africa.
The company continued its growth momentum with its half-yearly results for 2022. Its APE (a sales measure of new business used by insurance companies) sales were up by 9% to $2,213 million. The company benefited from its diverse business operations and products.
But new business profit was hit by high-interest rates and was down by 5% to $1,098 million.
Over the last few years, the company has shown the strength to face economic challenges. Even though operations were hit by COVID-19 and it is still recovering in some of the markets, the company is optimistic about the market opportunities due to the growing need for health and savings among the customers in the markets it caters for.
The stock has been trading down by 36% in the last year, but analysts believe the price will recover in the long term.
Prudential share price forecast
According to TipRanks’ analyst rating consensus, Prudential stock has a Strong Buy rating, based on seven buy recommendations.
The PRU price target is 1,507.4p, which has an upside potential of 66.5% from the current price level. The price has a high forecast of 1,687p and a low forecast of 1,275p.
Conclusion
Both companies have reported solid results reflecting business growth. These companies are well-positioned to drive more revenues from growing markets in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
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Amber Alert issued for missing Pennsylvania 13-year-old
Published: Aug. 31, 2022 at 3:33 PM EDT|Updated: 39 minutes ago
(Gray News) - The Pennsylvania State Police issued an Amber Alert on Wednesday for a 13-year-old girl believed to have been abducted.
Reading City police are searching for Janae Kalia-Henry, 5 feet 1 inches tall and approximately 106 pounds. She was last seen in the area of Schuylkill Avenue in Reading City, Berks County at around 2 a.m. wearing a red shirt with pink and purple pants.
She was abducted by an unknown male who placed her into a silver Chevrolet Traverse with an unknown Pennsylvania registration, police said.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Reading Police Department at 610-655-6116 or call 911.
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IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- American Healthcare REIT, Inc., a self-managed, publicly registered, real estate investment trust, announced today the appointment of Scott A. Estes to the company's board of directors, effective August 30, 2022. Estes will serve as one of the company's independent directors and as a member of the audit committee. Following the appointment of Estes, the company's board of directors will be comprised of 10 directors, seven of whom are independent.
"We are pleased to welcome Scott Estes to the American Healthcare REIT board," said Danny Prosky, president, chief executive officer and director. "Scott's extensive experience in the healthcare real estate space as the former chief financial officer of Welltower, the largest publicly traded healthcare REIT in the country, as well as his lengthy service as a member of the boards of two other NYSE-listed real estate investment trusts will prove invaluable to American Healthcare REIT as we grow our business and pursue our strategic plan on behalf of our fellow stockholders."
Estes served as chief financial officer of Welltower Inc., an S&P 500 constituent real estate investment trust focused on healthcare infrastructure, for more than a decade, from March 2006 to October 2017. His 14-year tenure with the company began in 2003 as vice president of finance. Estes was significantly involved in the management of capital allocation in support of Welltower's rapid growth, with direct oversight of capital markets transactions which raised more than $14 billion of equity capital and $10 billion of unsecured debt capital.
Prior to joining Welltower, Estes served as a senior equity research analyst and vice president with Deutsche Bank Securities, a leading financial services firm, with primary coverage of the healthcare REIT and healthcare services industry sub-sectors. Additionally, Estes served as a vice president in Bank of America Securities' equity research department from January 1998 through December 1999, covering the healthcare REIT and seniors housing sectors, as well as an associate analyst and assistant vice president in Morgan Stanley's equity research department from March 1994 through December 1997, covering the healthcare REIT and healthcare services industry sub-sectors.
Since July 2017, Estes has served as a member of the board of trustees and audit committee chairman of JBG SMITH Properties, an NYSE-listed REIT that owns, operates, invests in and develops a dynamic portfolio of mixed-use properties in the high growth and high barrier-to-entry submarkets in and around Washington. D.C. Additionally, since June 2018, he has served as an independent director and audit committee chairman of Essential Properties Realty Trust, an NYSE-listed REIT that acquires, owns and manages a portfolio primarily comprised of single-tenant properties that are net leased on a long-term basis to companies operating service-oriented or experience-based businesses.
"Our board selected Scott to serve as a director based on his impressive financial and business expertise, particularly in his capacity as chief financial officer of one of the largest publicly traded healthcare REITs in the world," said Jeff Hanson, chairman of the board. "We believe his experience in the oversight of financial reporting, capital markets and capital raising, corporate finance and accounting, treasury, tax and audit functions, as well as his previous service on the boards of directors of two other NYSE-listed REITs, will deliver significant value to our company and stockholders, particularly in his role as a member of our audit committee."
American Healthcare REIT, Inc., a self-managed, publicly registered, healthcare real estate investment trust, owns and manages a diverse portfolio of healthcare real estate assets totaling approximately 19.5 million square feet, with a gross investment value of approximately $4.3 billion. As of June 30, 2022, this international portfolio includes 313 buildings comprised of medical office buildings, senior housing communities, skilled nursing facilities, and other real estate-related investments across 36 states, the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man. For more information, please visit www.AmericanHealthcareREIT.com.
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Now made with real fruit juice, new campaign features fruit flies as unexpected stars to illustrate portfolio optimization
BOSTON, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Truly Hard Seltzer, a leader and innovator in the hard seltzer category, today announced the rollout of a sweeping product optimization of its entire portfolio, making its best flavors even better with the addition of real fruit juice. With more than 30 unique flavors, Truly has more flavors now made with real fruit juice than any other hard seltzer on the market.
Optimized over a year-long research and development process to increase sessionability for a cleaner, more refreshing taste profile, Truly original mix packs including Citrus, Berry, and Tropical made with real fruit juice are rolling out now. The effort is on par with Truly's successful reformulation in late 2019 which contributed to more than two years of share gains.
A new multi-channel campaign from Goodby, Silverstein & Partners includes "Our Best Flavors," a splashy, catchy spot featuring flavors from each pack, a trending track, and of course, real fruit, to queue fun and refreshment in the 15-second spot to air on linear TV nationally starting August 22. Out-of-home, social, influencer, and digital extensions will be live through the fall.
A complementary, 30-second online video disturbingly romanticizes the newest fans of Truly now made with real fruit juice: fruit flies. The twisted, tasty film and a behind-the-scenes video is available online at trulyhardseltzer.com/realfruitjuice.
"Truly fans crave easy-drinking hard seltzers to match the flavorful lives they live," says Matt Withington, Sr. Director of Marketing, Truly Hard Seltzer. "To capture the flavor optimization, we wanted to highlight Truly bursting with real fruit juice in a bold – and yes – buzzy way."
A love story between a fruit fly and Truly made with real fruit juice? It's bold all right. In a behind-the-scenes video from the campaign shoot, Truly highlights the realness of the fruit fly's attraction to the optimized flavors. With the addition of real fruit to every can, not even fruit flies can resist the refreshing taste of Truly. Don't believe us? Just ask professional fruit fly wrangler, Tyler DeTrude. "Fruit flies live to consume and break down fruit," says DeTrude. "That's why you find them in your kitchen every once in a while. And so, with Truly using real fruit juice, it was fun to watch the fruit flies become fans of Truly."
"Truly told us their hard seltzer is now made with real fruit juice. So we said: let's prove it!," said Jeff Goodby, Co-Chairman and Partner of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners. "We released dozens of real fruit flies around Truly and watched them with a microscopic lens. Think the flies had the best day of their very short lives. The result is a little gross but 100% authentic! Doesn't get any more real than that."
Truly original mix packs now made with real fruit juice from concentrate (Citrus, Berry, and Tropical) have a hint of flavor, an all-new look, and new flavors rolling out now including Watermelon Breeze and Strawberry Lime. Truly's bold, flavorful favorite packs like Lemonade, Margarita, Punch, and Tea have always included real fruit juice but have been improved to give drinkers the juicy, refreshing experience they're looking for.
"Constantly innovating, we've proven that hard seltzer drinkers react favorably to product improvements," says Lesya Lysyj, Chief Marketing Officer, Boston Beer Company. "With this rollout of even better-tasting flavors, we're reminding consumers why they came to hard seltzers in the first place – for a refreshing, easy drinking, variety-filled and fun experience that few other alcoholic beverages can provide."
To see what the buzz is all about and find optimized Truly near you, visit trulyhardseltzer.com/realfruitjuice.
Since its inception in 2016, Truly has been the most innovative brand in the category, breaking the boundaries of what consumers expect from hard seltzer. Truly believes no one is just one flavor, which is why it is available in 31 total flavors: 12 delicious original flavors, plus five flavors of Truly Lemonade, four flavors of Truly Iced Tea, four flavors of Truly Punch, two flavors of Truly Extra and now four flavors of Truly Margarita. At just 100 calories and 5% ABV, Truly is perfect for any occasion from beach days to backyard barbecues and beyond. To learn more about Truly, visit www.trulyhardseltzer.com.
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VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WAT Medical is thrilled to introduce its latest innovative technology that would help the millions of people who suffer from nausea and vomiting, the EmeTerm Plus, while also developing an eco-friendly roadmap that would benefit future innovations. The original anti-nausea wristband, EmeTerm, received its FDA clearance in 2018. It has entered the U.S. market for four years as an effective and reliable device to manage nausea-induced vomiting. EmeTerm has also received the iF Design Award for in recognition for its innovative design and usability.
EmeTerm uses neuromodulation, a clinically proven technique to alter the electrical signals within the body. The electric current is sent via the P6 acupuncture point on underside of the wrist. The electric pulses are delivered to targeted areas in the brain and precisely block the signals of nausea and vomiting from brain to stomach.
Focusing on environmental protection, WAT Medical developed EmeTerm PLUS, (pre-order on www.emeterm.com). The new design features enhanced electric pulse transfer from device to skin. No conduct gel is needed, which could improve affordability to consumers.
With an improved battery life of 30+ hours, IP67 waterproof grading, along with a number of other upgrades, EmeTerm PLUS becomes even more user-friendly and effective than its predecessor. Less frequent charging is needed, the wristband is firm and comfortable to wear, and the new electrode material enhances the electrical stimulation. Lastly, EmeTerm PLUS use natural materials and medical silicon rubber to reduce the carbon footprints and will not cause allergy.
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Kanye West is starting another feud — this time with Gap.
West is slamming the clothing retailer, claiming they leave him out of meetings and are copying his designs from the Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga collection.
“Gap held a meeting about me without me?” Ye wrote in a caption for an image posted on Instagram Tuesday.
The 45-year-old rapper then followed up with his hostility toward the retail giant in a new Instagram post on Wednesday, sharing a screenshot of direct messages with someone accusing Gap of copying his collection on a standard shirt.
In the same post, he told his followers that Gap canceled a photo shoot with his kids.
“But they canceled the photo shoot with my kids in Japan without me knowing,” the caption read.
While the Yeezy Gap Engineered by Balenciaga collection has been successful, selling out at multiple locations, it hasn’t come without controversy.
His new collection is being displayed in large black bags that resemble trash bags, saying he was inspired by the “homeless.”
Ye refused to apologize for the display, saying it “is not just a celebrity collaboration … this is my life.”
“I’m an innovator, and I’m not here to sit up and apologize for my ideas,” he said in an interview earlier this month. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/31/kanye-west-goes-after-gap-for-copying-yeezy-gap-x-balencia/ | 2022-08-31T20:17:43Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/31/kanye-west-goes-after-gap-for-copying-yeezy-gap-x-balencia/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Drum roll, please.
Republican nominee for governor Rep. Lee Zeldin offered a David Letterman-like “Top 10 list” of gripes against Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul ahead of the Nov. 8 election.
“Whether it’s cashless bail, the HALT Act, rogue District Attorneys who fail to enforce the law, and so much more, time and again Kathy Hochul refuses to protect innocent law-abiding New Yorkers,” Zeldin said in announcing the list Wednesday.
It underscores how the Long Island Republican aims to overcome Hochul’s advantages with fundraising, political party enrollment in New York and polling through a heavy focus on rising crime and purported progressive excess under one-party rule by Democrats in Albany.
Making the list were reforms backed by Hochul to cash bail, discovery laws, solitary confinement and parole violations alongside alleged pay-to-play schemes involving the governor, who has built a record war chest since replacing disgraced ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo last year.
Other items making the list concerned topics where Hochul has declined to take clear public stands, including replacing controversial Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, parole board decisions, “victims’ rights” and proposed legislation to repeal “qualified immunity” for cops.
Nine out of 10 items overall concerned public safety in Zeldin’s comedy-free rendition of the Top 10 list format popularized by the longtime “Late Night” host.
“Hochul refuses to even listen to members of her own party like New York City Mayor Eric Adams who have asked her to call a special session to address this issue,” Zeldin said about calls by the Democratic mayor for Hochul to call state lawmakers back to Albany to tweak bail reform.
Hochul has cast Zeldin as the state-level avatar of national Republicans while blasting his record and past statements on abortion rights, gun control and his votes against certifying the Electoral College results from certain states in the 2020 presidential election.
The state Democrats, too, opted for drama rather than comedy in a top 10 list released by the state party in March that outlined a case against Zeldin that was more broad by topic area than her Republican opponents’ crime-centric list.
Zeldin’s congressional votes against Democrat-backed bills aimed at confronting COVID-19, infrastructure spending and a commission to investigate the Jan. 6 assault on the US Capitol all made her list along with his issues like guns and abortion.
“Led by none other than Trump’s top defender and ally, Lee Zeldin, the New York GOP Convention was a full-blown embrace of Donald Trump and his support for right-wing extremism, abortion bans, and election conspiracies,” reads a March press release outlining the 10-item list.
The Hochul campaign did not immediately comment on whether she has updated her list since then. | https://nypost.com/2022/08/31/lee-zeldin-top-10-list-of-kathy-hochul-grievances-is-no-joke/ | 2022-08-31T20:17:55Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/31/lee-zeldin-top-10-list-of-kathy-hochul-grievances-is-no-joke/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CHEYENNE – Even as he prepares to leave the office in mid-September, Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Buchanan said he is confident in the state’s election process without him, he told the Wyoming Tribune Eagle on Wednesday.
In July, Gov. Mark Gordon appointed Buchanan to serve in Goshen County as a district court judge in Wyoming’s Eighth Judicial District. Buchanan has indicated, including in an earlier interview with the WTE, that he might leave following last month's primary election and before the Nov. 8 general election.
On Wednesday, Buchanan said he expects his last day in his current position will be around Sept. 19. The judiciary wanted him to start by Oct. 1, and he has to balance the responsibilities of both positions.
“I have to take into account the schedule of the retiring judge, and a docket that is ever-growing. You can’t expect people to pick up the slack forever waiting for you to take the bench,” he said. “And so, I’ve got some SLIB (State Loan and Investment Board) matters that are coming up in the middle of September, and after those are done, I think it’s a good time to make a transition.”
Buchanan has no predictions for who might temporarily replace him, nor is he concerned with them being under-qualified to serve in his absence. He said they will be in the office for such a short period of time that they will have few responsibilities, even as the general election approaches.
“Your county clerks are the ones that run elections. We at the Secretary of State’s Office play a role in supporting that, and we have a great relationship with the county clerks. We work very well together as a team,” he told the WTE. “The county clerks have the latest and greatest when it comes to physical and cybersecurity, and they have the expertise to get your elections done.”
He said election staff will be in the office the night of the general election, just as they always have been, to receive and verify the results. He said it's a matter of waiting for the process to complete itself, and he has 100% confidence that no matter what happens, the general election will go smoothly.
Election commission
Buchanan weighed in on another election issue that has been discussed by lawmakers in the past week, and warned that any efforts to take elections away from the Secretary of State’s office must be thoughtfully discussed and considered. He doesn’t believe the office is too overwhelmed or incapable of handling the responsibilities, and said they have done it successfully for decades.
Rep. Dan Zwonitzer, R-Cheyenne, brought forward a motion last Thursday at the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Committee to create an election commission, which would create a separate operating agency in charge of elections.
“We have a 2024 presidential election coming up that’s going to very contentious, and I do have some concern that the most likely person that will be our next chief elections officer, secretary of state, has alleged that there may be nefarious activities in the ballot box, which I don’t agree exists,” said Zwonitzer. “I think our elections are safe and secure, probably more than any other state in this country.”
The motion to draft a bill to formulate the agency was passed, but there was pushback from Sen. Charles Scott, R-Casper. He said the county clerks are going to preserve the integrity of the election system, and the voters who wanted primary election winner, Rep. Chuck Gray, R-Casper, in office would be insulted. He didn’t believe they should take away a significant portion of the responsibilities.
“The Legislature has the ability to shape the duties of certain state offices, including Secretary of State,” he said. “That's not my decision, and I'm not going to weigh in on whether or not they should or shouldn't. I just think if they entertain that discussion, they should do so very, very carefully.”
Among other presentations at the committee meeting, Elections Director Kai Schon told lawmakers the new-post election audit pilot was successful and showed the primary results were 100% accurate. Buchanan said it was one of the projects he plans to complete as much as possible before he leaves the office, and it was implemented well for the primary.
According to a LinkedIn post, Schon is among the staff in the Secretary of State’s Office who may be leaving.
Leadership transition
There has been speculation as to whether other members of staff will resign after Buchanan takes the bench, but the secretary of state said there are always concerns after an election because you don’t always know who you are going to get.
“When I came into office, my message to the people that were here was very simple: we’re going to give 110% customer service and we will have a zero fail mission,” he said. “That speaks for itself.”
He said whoever comes into the office next has to recognize that in large part, they are a member of a team now, whether it be in the office or on a state board. Buchanan added that the ultimate goal is to serve the best interests of the citizens of Wyoming, and hopefully they won’t lose staff if they have that mindset.
“Hopefully, they will instill confidence in their abilities to lead this office,” he said. “And that’s the best way to approach coming into any new office.”
Interim Secretary
However, Buchanan leaving early means the office will work under two new secretaries of state in the upcoming months. The governor is required to choose an appointee to take Buchanan's place until the winner of the general election is sworn into office.
Once Gordon receives the official resignation notice from Buchanan, the governor will notify the chairman of the Wyoming GOP Central Committee, Frank Eathorne, and the selection process for a replacement will begin. Gray won the GOP primary to succeed Buchanan as secretary of state, though he likely wouldn't start until early next year, and he still must win the general election.
A state central committee meeting will be called no later than 15 days after Eathorne is made aware of Buchanan's resignation, and committee members will choose three candidates from which the governor will select one. It cannot be any member of the Legislature, including Gray, due to state statute.
Gordon has five days to make the decision following their selection.
“I can’t over-emphasize, honestly, what a tremendous honor and privilege it’s been to serve the state in this capacity,” Buchanan said. “That’s why it wasn’t an easy decision, because I’m going to miss everyone that I’ve worked with.”
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NASA is targeting 2:17 p.m. EDT on Saturday, Sept. 3, for the launch of Artemis I, the first integrated test of NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket, Orion spacecraft, and the ground systems at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. There is a two-hour launch window for the next attempt.
The Artemis I flight test is an uncrewed mission around the Moon that will pave the way for a crewed flight test and future human lunar exploration as part of Artemis.
Live coverage of events will air on NASA Television, the NASA app, and the agency's website at:
The launch countdown will resume Saturday, Sept. 3, at the opening of a planned 2.5 hour built in hold, which will begin at 4:37 a.m.
Managers waved off the first launch attempt Aug. 29 when launch controllers were unable to chill down the four RS-25 engines, with one engine showing higher temperatures than the other engines. Teams currently are analyzing data, updating procedures, and checking out hardware to address the issues.
A limited number of seats inside the auditorium at Kennedy will be available to on-site journalists previously credentialed on a first-come, first-served basis. The deadline has passed for media accreditation for in-person coverage of this launch.
To participate by telephone, media must RSVP no later than two hours before the start of each briefing to: ksc-newsroom@mail.nasa.gov.
Media and members of the public may also ask questions on social media using #Artemis. Audio only of the news conferences will be carried on the NASA "V" circuits, which may be accessed by dialing 321-867-1220, -1240, -1260 or -7135.
NASA's media accreditation policy for virtual and on-site activities is available online. More information about media accreditation at Kennedy is available by emailing: ksc-media-accreditat@mail.nasa.gov.
Full launch coverage is as follows. All times are Eastern, all events will air live on NASA TV, and the information is subject to change based on real-time operations. Follow NASA's Artemis blog for updates.
Thursday, Sept. 1
6 p.m.: NASA will hold a prelaunch media briefing following a mission management team meeting with the following participants:
- Mike Sarafin, Artemis mission manager, NASA Headquarters
- Charlie Blackwell-Thompson, Artemis launch director, Exploration Ground Systems Program, Kennedy
- John Honeycutt, SLS program manager, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
- Melody Lovin, weather officer, Space Launch Delta 45
Friday, Sept. 2
9 a.m. – NASA will hold a prelaunch media briefing on the status of the countdown with the following participants:
- Jeff Spaulding, Artemis senior NASA test director, NASA Kennedy
- Melody Lovin, weather officer, Space Launch Delta 45
Saturday, Sept. 3
5:45 a.m.: Coverage begins with commentary of tanking operations to load propellant into the SLS rocket.
12:15 p.m.: Full coverage begins in English. Launch coverage will continue through translunar injection and spacecraft separation, setting Orion on its path to the Moon.
1 p.m.: Launch coverage begins in Spanish on NASA's Spanish-language YouTube account and will continue approximately 15 minutes after liftoff. Mission coverage updates will be posted on the NASA en español social media channels.
6 p.m.: Coverage of the postlaunch news conference will follow approximately one hour after the live launch broadcast ends. Coverage start time is subject to change, based exact liftoff time. The postlaunch news conference will include the following participants:
- Bill Nelson, NASA administrator
- Mike Sarafin, Artemis mission manager, NASA Headquarters
- Mike Bolger, Exploration Ground Systems Program manager, Kennedy
- Howard Hu, Orion Program manager, NASA's Johnson Space Center
- John Honeycutt, Space Launch System Program manager, Marshall
- Emily Nelson, chief flight director, Johnson
9:45 p.m.: Coverage of Orion's first outbound trajectory burn on the way to the Moon. Time of coverage start time is subject to change, based on exact liftoff time.
10:15 p.m.: Coverage of first Earth views from Orion during outbound coast to the Moon.
NASA Television coverage of additional events throughout the mission is available online.
NASA Launch Coverage in English
Briefings and launch coverage will be available on the NASA website. Coverage will include live streaming and blog updates. On-demand streaming video and photos of the launch will be available shortly after liftoff.
Follow countdown coverage on NASA's Artemis blog at:
https://blogs.nasa.gov/artemis
Live NASA TV coverage leading to launch will begin with commentary of tanking operations at 5:45 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, followed by launch coverage beginning at 12:15 p.m. Launch coverage will stream on the NASA website, as well as Facebook, Twitch, NASA YouTube, and in 4k on NASA's UHD channel.
For NASA TV downlink information, schedules, and links to streaming video, visit:
On launch day, a "clean feed" will be carried on the NASA TV media channel featuring views of the rocket and audio from a commentator in the Launch Control Center throughout and a single channel of mission audio beginning 15 minutes before launch. On launch day, countdown activities with audio of the launch control commentator will be available starting at 5:45 a.m. by dialing 1-844-467-4685; Passcode: 557460; listeners will hear a single channel of mission audio beginning 15 minutes before launch. Full audio from the launch broadcast will begin at 12:15 p.m. and will be carried on 321-867-1220, -1240, -1260 or –7135.
Launch also will be available on local amateur VHF radio frequency 146.940 MHz and UHF radio frequency 444.925 MHz, FM mode, heard within Brevard County on the Space Coast.
NASA Launch Coverage in Spanish
NASA's broadcast of the launch in Spanish will include interviews with Hispanic members of the mission and live commentary.
The show, which will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, will be available on NASA en español's YouTube account, and will continue approximately 15 minutes after liftoff. Mission coverage will then follow on the NASA en español social media channels.
Media and educational institutions interested in sharing the stream of the show can contact María José Viñas at: maria-jose.vinasgarcia@nasa.gov.
Attend Launch Virtually
Members of the public can register to attend the launch virtually. NASA's virtual guest program for the mission includes curated launch resources, notifications about related opportunities or changes, and a stamp for the NASA virtual guest passport following a successful launch.
Watch, Engage on Social Media
Stay connected with the mission and let people know you are following the launch on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram with #Artemis. Follow and tag these accounts:
Twitter: @NASA, NASAArtemis
Facebook: NASA, NASAArtemis
Instagram: NASA, NASAArtemis
Through Artemis missions, NASA will land the first woman and the first person of color on the Moon, paving the way for a long-term lunar exploration and serving as a steppingstone to send astronauts to Mars.
For more information about the Artemis I mission, visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis-i
Para obtener información sobre cobertura en español en el Centro Espacial Kennedy o si desea solicitar entrevistas en español, comuníquese con Antonia Jaramillo at: antonia.jaramillobotero@nasa.gov or 321-501-8425.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A 20-year-old is dead after he was shot and killed early Tuesday by a Columbus police officer attempting to serve an arrest warrant on him. Body camera footage shows that the man, who was Black, was unarmed and sitting in bed next to what may have been a vape pen.
The footage was publicly revealed Tuesday afternoon, hours after the shooting, in a media briefing attended by Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther. The victim was identified as Donovan Lewis, and court records show officers were serving a warrant for improperly handling a firearm, assault, and domestic violence.
“A mother has lost her son today in the city of Columbus,” Ginther said.
Below is an edited and redacted version of the body camera footage. Some may find its contents disturbing.
Officers went to an apartment building in the 3200 block of Sullivant Avenue to serve the warrant. The footage shows them knock on an apartment door for eight to 10 minutes before a man answers and was taken into custody. Officers saw another man inside the entrance of the apartment and detained him as well.
They asked both occupants if anyone else was inside, and neither would say. Police then yelled to warn anyone inside they were releasing a K-9, with no response.
The video shows the dog move to the kitchen and start barking at a back bedroom door. The dog’s handler, Officer Ricky Anderson, moved to hold the dog back and open the door, while another officer followed him. Both had their guns drawn and pointed in the direction of the door.
Within one second of opening the door, Anderson shot Lewis as he sat up in a bed against the back corner of the room. Police said Anderson shot Lewis while he was wrangling the K-9.
Anderson, a 30-year veteran of the force, was placed on leave pending an investigation of the shooting.
Chief Elaine Bryant said Anderson fired his gun when Lewis appeared to raise a hand with something in it. Moving frame-by-frame through the video showed the man raising his right hand toward officers, while he put his left hand back toward a pillow.
“There was, like, a vape pen that was found on the bed right next to him,” Bryant said.
After the shooting, the footage shows officers putting Lewis in handcuffs while he was on the bed and then carrying him out of the apartment. Police haven’t specified where on his body he was shot, but video recorded outside the apartment shows police appear to try to treat the left side of his chest and also pull his pants off.
After trying to treat his gunshot wound at the scene, medics took him to the hospital. He was pronounced dead at 3:19 a.m.
“Donovan Lewis lost his life,” Bryant said. “As a parent, I sympathize and grieve with his mother. As a community, I grieve with our community, but we’re going to allow this investigation to take place.”
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation said it is leading the investigation, as it does on any shooting involving Columbus police based on an agreement between the agencies.
“Every day, officers are put in compromising potentially life-threatening situations in which we are required to make split-second decisions,” Bryant said. “As the chief, it is my job to hold my officers accountable, but it’s also my job to offer them support.”
“When our officers have done the right thing, we’re going to stand with them,” Ginther said. “And when they do the wrong thing, we’re going to hold them accountable. We can’t do either of those things right now until this investigation is complete.”
The shooting comes less than two years after a Columbus police officer shot a Black man who turned out to be unarmed. In that case, Officer Adam Coy apparently mistook Andre Hill’s phone for a possible gun. Hill was 47 when Coy responded to a nonemergency call and found Hill in a neighboring driveway.
Following that shooting, Ginther moved to bring in an outsider to run Columbus’ police department, selecting Bryant as chief in June 2021. Coy also lost his job. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/man-shot-and-killed-by-ohio-police-may-have-had-vape-pen-not-gun/ | 2022-08-31T20:19:16Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/man-shot-and-killed-by-ohio-police-may-have-had-vape-pen-not-gun/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating a fatal building collapse at the Martin’s Potato Roll Company near Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday.
Pennsylvania State Police confirmed Wednesday morning that one person died in the accident. During construction work on the property, multiple concrete walls collapsed. The remains of a 30-year-old contractor who was declared missing after the collapse were found Tuesday night.
OSHA is now investigating the employers, High Company LLC and High Structural Erectors, which both have no prior OSHA inspection history.
Julie Martin, one of the company’s owners, said the collapse happened in a new area not connected to their production building.
She said no Martin’s employees were injured and heavy rain in the area caused issues at the scene.
State Police said Wednesday that an investigation into what caused the collapse was ongoing.
Martin’s Famous Pastry Shoppe, Inc. is a family-owned and operated company headquartered in Chambersburg that produces bread shipped across the country. Their most recognizable products are their potato bread and rolls.
The Chambersburg location includes a bakery, corporate headquarters, and Golden Roll Visitor center, according to the Martin’s website. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/martins-potato-roll-building-collapses-kills-1/ | 2022-08-31T20:19:23Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/national/martins-potato-roll-building-collapses-kills-1/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NEW YORK, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
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Food is a key part of any cruise experience, and guests interested in the ultimate gastronomic experience will have amazing opportunities aboard several upcoming Holland America Line sailings.
These “Culinary Cruises” will feature special guests from the cruise line’s Culinary Council offering exclusive insights, cooking demonstrations, tastings, and more on these unique voyages.
Culinary Cruise Experts
Holland America Line’s Culinary Council is a collection of elite chefs who bring global influence to the dining experience across the fleet, creating exceptional tastes and exclusive menus for guests to enjoy.
“Holland America Line’s culinary program is guided by some of the world’s foremost talents, and no other cruise line has this level of experience from such a team of experts,” said Michael Stendebach, Holland America Line’s vice president of food, beverage and guest services.
It is these experts who will be featured aboard the five planned “Culinary Cruises” – each of which will offer exclusive opportunities for guests to know more about menu preparation, cooking techniques, and unique insights into the distinctive tastes of Holland America Line.
Each of the cruises is planned aboard a different ship and visiting a different destination, giving guests a variety of options to choose from to suit their individual tastes. From Alaska to Mexico to the Caribbean, these unique cruises will explore a global menu of delicious dining options.
“It’s not every day you learn a recipe directly from the famous chef who created it and hear their secrets to success in the kitchen,” said Stendebach. “We have been eager to reengage our talented Culinary Council chefs to come back on board and offer guests this exclusive level of access.”
Multiple Sailing Opportunities
Ethan Stowell, named one of the Best New Chefs in America by Food & Wine magazine and one of the Best New Chef All-Stars, will be featured aboard Westerdam during the roundtrip 7-night Alaskan Explorer sailing from September 11-18, 2022.
Stowell incorporates Pacific Northwest flavors on ships in that region, using fresh, sustainably sourced Alaska seafood. His fare also is featured at New York Pizza and Lido Market across the fleet, making his dining influence very familiar and popular among Holland America Line cruisers.
French-trained master chef and artisan chocolatier, Jacques Torres guides chocolate desserts as well as the Chocolate Surprise Dessert Parade on board. His decadent tastes and dessert expertise will be featured aboard the 9-night Atlantic Coast sailing aboard Zaandam October 1-10, as the ship repositions from Montreal to Fort Lauderdale.
Holland America Line’s master chef and Culinary Council chairman, Rudy Sodamin oversees all aspects of shipboard dining across the fleet. Sodamin’s Sel de Mer is his namesake French seafood brasserie on board and is a favorite among seafood aficionados.
Sodamin will be offering his personal culinary insights aboard Koningsdam on a 7-night roundtrip Mexican Riviera sailing from November 12-19.
David Burke enhances the menu at Pinnacle Grill with contemporary flavors. During the pandemic, his #FeedtheHeroes program provided 100,000 meals to frontline workers and charities, and he has been featured on “Iron Chef America” and “Top Chef Masters.” Burke will be deliciously delighting guests aboard Nieuw Amsterdam on a 7-night Eastern Caribbean from Fort Lauderdale, December 4-11.
Andy Matsuda is the culinary force behind delicious sushi available at Nami Sushi, Tamarind, and Lido Market. At the forefront of sushi trends and techniques, he also teaches aspiring chefs and professionals about sushi and Japanese cuisine.
Matsuda will bring his expertise aboard Nieuw Statendam on the December 17-27 10-night roundtrip Southern Caribbean sailing from Fort Lauderdale.
Aboard each cruise, the guest chefs will offer cooking demonstrations complete with recipes to share, as well as their own expert insights to food preparation, culinary trends, and more. Each activity is complimentary, with the exception of an intimate, reservation-only dinner.
The cost, menu, and location of each dinner will vary based on the chef’s expertise and available venues. | https://www.cruisehive.com/holland-america-line-introduces-culinary-cruises-for-2022/80236 | 2022-08-31T20:21:52Z | cruisehive.com | control | https://www.cruisehive.com/holland-america-line-introduces-culinary-cruises-for-2022/80236 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MSC Cruises ensures it leaves no stone unturned on its newest US flagship, MSC Seascape. On August 31, the cruise line released details on the first robotic arm amusement ride at sea.
ROBOTRON, as the ride will be called, will offer guests the thrills of a ride fit for land-based amusement parks while at sea. MSC also unveiled plans for two new VR-based experiences and other high-tech entertainment options for thrill seekers.
ROBOTRON, the First Robotic Arm Ride at Sea
MSC Seascape will be packed with exciting entertainment options when she sets sail on Saturday, November 19. The swiss cruise company revealed details today on its newest creation, ROBOTRON.
The amusement ride, which has three seats suspended from a robotic arm, will propel guests in all directions and flip them upside down while flying at 175 feet above sea level hanging over the edge of the deck.
You can see what the ride is like in the video below:
Riders can select their own thrill level and speed, from family-friendly fun to the ultimate high-intensity thrills. Guests can also set the mood with their choice of music, lights, and much more.
Behind them will be a giant video screen where the rhythm and bass are visualized while the robotic arm bounces and twists with the music.
Rubén A. Rodríguez, President, MSC Cruises USA, said: “We are excited to give our guests more access to cutting-edge experiences, which is why MSC Cruises’ is committed to bringing our newest ships to the U.S. We’re the first cruise line to offer something like ROBOTRON at sea, and we can’t wait for thrill-seekers to discover the ride of their life surrounded by the beauty of the Caribbean.”
More Thrill Rides Announced
Cruise lines are doing their best to increase the thrill levels of the onboard activities, from slides and go-kart races, such as onboard Norwegian Prima, to a roller coaster on Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ships.
MSC Cruises announced even more thrill rides besides ROBOTRON, focusing on virtual reality, 3D, and simulation-type games.
Rubén A. Rodríguez continued: “Our new virtual reality motorcycles and flight simulator – plus fan favorites like the MSC Formula Racer and XD Cinema – will also feature truly immersive experiences, providing the most exhilarating line-up of rides we’ve ever offered.”
The flight simulator will be a 360-degree virtual reality ride, more like a rollercoaster than anything else. Riders can choose from various worlds and go for the ride of their life. The VR Motorcycles will be a VR experience where guests can ride a motorbike, complete with special effects such as wind and water splashes.
An old favorite for many, in the MSC Formula Racer, guests sit down in a replica Formula 1 car and drive around the world’s most famous tracks, such as Monaco, Miami, or Monza.
MSC Seascape will also feature an Immersive XD 3D Cinema. Guests put on their 3D glasses and dive into alternate worlds where players will battle it out against zombies, skeletons, and more.
MSC Seascape Sailing November 19
MSC Seascape will be setting sail on Novemer 19 from Civitaveccia, Italy. Her first cruise will be a 17-night Grand Voyage, stopping in Spain, Portugal, and Bermuda before arriving in New York City for her inauguration.
On December 7, MSC Cruises has planned a glittering ceremony where the newest cruise ship in the fleet and the official US flagship will be named.
From New York, the ship will sail south to her home port of Miami, where she will operate eastern and western Caribbean cruises. The eastern Caribbean voyages will call at Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve and Nassau, San Juan, and Puerto Plata.
In the western Caribbean, MSC Seascape will visit Cozumel, Mexico; Georgetown, Cayman Islands; and Ocho Rios, Jamaica. Each voyage will also visit Ocean Cay MSC Marine Reserve in the Bahamas. | https://www.cruisehive.com/msc-cruises-reveals-first-ever-robotic-arm-ride-at-sea/80237 | 2022-08-31T20:21:52Z | cruisehive.com | control | https://www.cruisehive.com/msc-cruises-reveals-first-ever-robotic-arm-ride-at-sea/80237 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
After the first launch attempt of the Artemis 1 mission was scrubbed for technical issues, NASA has announced the next launch date for Saturday, September 3, 2022.
The launch window will open at 2:17 p.m., and heavy traffic may significantly impact cruise debarkation and embarkation for the four ships at Port Canaveral that day.
Port Canaveral Expecting Heavy Traffic on Saturday
Four ships from three cruise lines will be in port on Saturday: Carnival Cruise Line’s Carnival Freedom and the line’s flagship, Mardi Gras; Royal Caribbean International’s Mariner of the Seas; and Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Fantasy.
Combined, the three vessels have a passenger capacity of roughly 15,300. When accounting for both debarking and embarking guests, more than 31,000 cruise travelers may be moving through Port Canaveral on Saturday.
While this is less than the 36,000 cruise passengers moving to and from the port during the first launch attempt on Monday, August 29, increased local weekend traffic is expected to impact driving times in the area.
Other visitors may also take advantage of the Saturday afternoon launch window to visit the area in hopes of seeing Artemis 1, the most powerful rocket ever built, lift off. Local authorities predicted 100,000-200,000 visitors in the area for the first launch attempt, and just as many – or more – may be present for Saturday’s attempt.
Impact on Cruises
Guests booked on September 3 sailings for any of the ships from Port Canaveral should be aware of potentially lengthy delays traveling to and from the port. This can be true even for short distances, such as from beachside hotels near the port, as local traffic and pedestrians can clog roadways.
This may make shuttle bus transit times much longer than expected to and from the cruise terminals, and passengers should plan accordingly to be sure they have plenty of time to reach airports if debarking the ships, or to reach the cruise port on time for embarkation appointment times.
Booked guests have already begun reaching out to their cruise lines with concerns about possible delayed embarkation. Carnival Cruise Line brand ambassador John Heald clarified that the cruise line’s leadership team is aware of the issue and will be considering alternatives if necessary.
“They are working through this at the moment and will in the coming days send everybody an email who is booked on these cruises with any changes or considerations made to embarkation and sailing times,” Heald said.
Because the launch window will extend to 4:17 p.m. and both Mardi Gras and Mariner of the Seas are scheduled to depart the port at 4 p.m., it is possible there may be some delays with setting sail to be sure no ship interferes with the hazard area as the rocket may be underway.
Passengers debarking any of the ships should have less difficulty since the launch window does not open until 2:17 p.m. If guests leave their cruise ships early, while they may still encounter heavy traffic or snarls caused by accidents or breakdowns on the roadways, they should reach airports in good time.
Orlando International Airport is 45 miles from Port Canaveral, and usually takes 45-60 minutes to drive in typical traffic. Saturday’s traffic, however, may be far from typical.
Guests embarking for their cruise vacations on Saturday may encounter greater difficulties, particularly closer to the launch window or immediately after a successful launch. Traffic across local bridges and causeways may be particularly tight, especially if there are accidents.
Local authorities will be monitoring traffic conditions, as well as directing cruise traffic to the appropriate parking structures and drop off points.
As with the previous launch attempt, Port Canaveral officials still recommend extra travel time for Saturday: “Cruise guests, vendors, and employees heading to the Port for any ship sailings that day should plan for extra driving time with higher-than-normal traffic volumes expected on all roadways in and around Port Canaveral.”
At this time, there have been no changes to local traffic plans and parking restrictions. The same plans are in place as were applicable to the previous attempt.
Seeing Artemis 1
Guests embarking cruises on Saturday may have some of the best possible views of the launch from their respective ships. Because the two-hour launch window opens at 2:17 p.m., guests already onboard can find a north-facing spot on a balcony or outside deck to watch for the rocket.
The rocket will be launched from Launch Complex 39B at the Kennedy Space Center, less than 15 miles north of the port.
Tuning in to NASA’s livestream of the event will also alert interested guests about launch delays or a possible scrub if necessary. Because cruise ships will not yet have left port during the majority of the launch window, guests could use their own cell phone service to tune in, rather than needing onboard WiFi access. | https://www.cruisehive.com/new-launch-attempt-to-impact-weekend-port-canaveral-traffic/80262 | 2022-08-31T20:21:54Z | cruisehive.com | control | https://www.cruisehive.com/new-launch-attempt-to-impact-weekend-port-canaveral-traffic/80262 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The month is closing down for all the major indices, and the major indices are also closing down for the 4th consecutive day.
A look at the major indices for the day are showing:
- Dow industrial average -279.8 points or -0.828% at 31511.08
- S&P index -31.13 points at -0.78% at 3955.02
- NASDAQ index -66.92 points at -0.56% at 11816.21
- Russell 2000-11.480 points or -0.62% at 1844.11
For the calendar month
- Dow industrial average fell -4.07%
- S&P fell -4.,26%
- Nasdaq fell -4.64%
- Russell 2000 fell -2.24%
Today communication services was the only sector that moved higher and that was by the smallest of margins (+0.01%).
The biggest decliner was materials which fell -1.21%. Consumer discretionary fell -1.06% and Energy fell -0.94% | https://www.forexlive.com/news/stocks-close-lower-for-the-4th-day-in-a-row-20220831/ | 2022-08-31T20:22:27Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/stocks-close-lower-for-the-4th-day-in-a-row-20220831/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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