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Working onboard a cruise ship is a tough life. So when crew members do get the chance to get off the ship for some time off, it’s great when there are designated facilities where crew members can spend some time.
To enable crew members to talk to their family back home, relax away from the vessel, and do what they want to do for a little while, Port Saint John in Canada has opened a state-of-the-art crew facility in the port.
New Port Facility Only for Crew Members in Saint John
Crew members who work for major lines such as Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line work approximately ten hours each day, seven days a week, for up to eight months in many cases.
So when they do get the chance to walk off the ship and spend some time for themselves, it helps to have the facilities to do so.
This is exactly what the people at Port Saint John thought when they decided to open a brand-new, world-class crew facility in the port, accessible only to crew members. Now, even if they have just a few minutes to spend ashore, crew members have all the space and facilities they need for some valuable ‘me-time.’
“We’re thrilled to be able to offer this special new space to visiting cruise ship crew members. We know they’re eager to relax and connect with loved ones when on shore leave. We think we’ve created a really welcoming and laid-back environment for them to enjoy,” says Natalie Allaby, Cruise Development Manager at Port Saint John
As part of the newly opened AREA 506 Waterfront Container Village development, the ‘Crew Lounge’ is ideal for the crew to kick back, relax, and connect with loved ones.
Constructed out of three recycled 40’ shipping containers, the lounge shows the welcoming nature and world-famous Canadian hospitality and is located adjacent to the Marco Polo Cruise Terminal.
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Besides free high-speed internet connections, which crew can use to download their favorite series, call loved ones back home, or just surf the internet, the facility also boasts several other cool features. There are two levels of comfortable seating, areas to charge their devices, all comfortable air-conditioned.
“The investment was an easy decision for the Port while we aim to broadly enhance and elevate the passenger experience at Port Saint John,” says Allaby. “Happy crew means great service, and great service means happy passengers. This investment just made sense for many reasons.”
Crew Welfare More Important Than Ever
It’s no surprise that the welfare of the crew working onboard cruise ships is more important than ever. In the last few years, cruise lines have become more and more aware of the need to treat crew members better than what has been the norm in the past.
To do so, nearly all cruise lines now employ designated Human resource officers that look into the welfare of the crew and have appointed crew welfare officers.
These staff members also ensure the various management positions onboard comply with the various working regulations implemented by governments and organizations worldwide, such as ILO working hours and mental health regulations.
A critical part of mental health and workplace enjoyment is being able to step ashore for some time once in a while. The choice by Port Saint John to build a world-class crew center is not just a nice thing for the crew; it is an essential step to recognizing the difficult working environments crew members deal with daily.
Read Also: Carnival Cruise Line Increases Internet Bandwidth for Crew Members
Cruise lines that visit Port saint John include Royal Caribbean, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line, Regent Seven Seas, Norwegian Cruise Line, and many others.
The port is especially busy during the New England and Canada cruise season, which runs from the end of August through the start of November. Through the end of the year, the port expects to handle 60 cruise ship calls. | https://www.cruisehive.com/carnival-royal-caribbean-and-norwegian-crew-get-new-lounge/80266 | 2022-09-01T03:28:42Z | cruisehive.com | control | https://www.cruisehive.com/carnival-royal-caribbean-and-norwegian-crew-get-new-lounge/80266 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
With the summer cruise season about to end in Europe, Royal Caribbean International has updated its protocols for eight different transatlantic crossings in the next two months. This includes information on vaccination requirements and pre-cruise testing, and other guidelines.
Updates for Transatlantic Sailings
As protocols for different cruise itineraries, embarkation ports, and destinations have been shifting rapidly in the past few weeks, guests booked on the upcoming transatlantic crossings from Europe to North America will be relieved to finally have updated guidance for their cruise travel.
Royal Caribbean International has been reaching out to booked guests to communicate these requirements, and the cruise line’s Healthy Sail Center informational page has also been updated with the latest protocols, but the cruise line does note that “protocols are subject to change and we are committed to keeping you informed if they do.“
The affected voyages are the following:
- September 4 – Voyager of the Seas from Copenhagen, Denmark to Boston, Massachusetts (14 nights)
- October 17 – Anthem of the Seas from Southampton, England to Cape Liberty, New Jersey (12 nights)
- October 25 – Jewel of the Seas from Barcelona, Spain to Orlando, Florida (12 nights)
- October 30 – Wonder of the Seas from Barcelona, Spain to Orlando, Florida (14 nights)
- October 31 – Odyssey of the Seas from Rome, Italy to Fort Lauderdale, Florida (13 nights)
- November 4 – Vision of the Seas from Barcelona, Spain to Fort Lauderdale, Florida (12 nights)
- November 5 – Brilliance of the Seas from Rome, Italy to Tampa, Florida (15 nights)
- November 8 – Rhapsody of the Seas from Barcelona, Spain to Bridgetown, Barbados (12 nights)
Vaccination Requirements
According to the updated protocols, all guests ages 5 and older are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to embarkation. The final dose of the primary vaccine series must be administered at least 14 days before sailing.
Only the following types of vaccines are acceptable for sailing on these voyages: Pfizer, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, and Nuvaxovid.
For guests to be considered “up-to-date” on their vaccinations, either the final dose of the primary series or the most recent booster shot must be no more than 270 days (9 months) before sailing. This will permit greater flexibility with the timing of pre-cruise testing, but guests should note that booster shots – while recommended – are not required for these cruises.
The cruise line will not accept a “Certificate of Recovery” in place of full vaccination for any transatlantic sailing at this time. Guests under the age of 5 are permitted to sail, regardless of vaccination status.
Testing Requirements
All guests for these sailings must submit a negative result from a pre-cruise COVID-19 test. Guests who are fully vaccinated and up-to-date on their vaccination, including the booster shot when their primary vaccine series was completed more than 9 months before sailing, may take a supervised PCR or antigen test up to three days before boarding.
Guests who are fully vaccinated but do not meet the up-to-date requirement may take a supervised PCR test no more than three days before sailing. If those guests opt for an antigen test, however, that test must be taken no more than 24 hours before sailing.
Unvaccinated guests do not need to take two tests, but must be sure their tests are administered within the appropriate time frame prior to embarkation to be valid.
No unsupervised self-test will be accepted for any pre-cruise testing, regardless of vaccination status or the timing of the test.
Other Protocols
All guests onboard transatlantic sailings are also required to complete a pre-cruise health status questionnaire.
Furthermore, guests aboard the Anthem of the Seas transatlantic sailing must also upload their documentation to the ArriveCan app prior to embarkation, due to the ship’s scheduled call in Halifax, Nova Scotia, on October 25.
All crew members onboard each Royal Caribbean ship are fully vaccinated, and receive booster shots as eligible.
Masks remain option on board all vessels, though different ports of call may have mask requirements. Guests must comply with local guidelines where applicable.
As with all guidelines during this ever-evolving situation, protocols and requirements are subject to change.
Royal Caribbean will seek to stay in touch with guests booked on upcoming sailings, and all prospective passengers should ensure their contact information is updated to receive the latest notifications. | https://www.cruisehive.com/royal-caribbean-updates-requirements-for-transatlantic-sailings/80283 | 2022-09-01T03:28:48Z | cruisehive.com | control | https://www.cruisehive.com/royal-caribbean-updates-requirements-for-transatlantic-sailings/80283 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LONDON, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquadrill LLC ("Aquadrill" or the "Company") has extended a charter hire agreement with a subsidiary of Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (the "Manager") to provide the Company's Vela rig, an MPD outfitted 7th generation drillship, for operations in the US Gulf of Mexico for a drilling contract with a minimum duration of 225 days, plus three market based options for an additional five to seven wells. The charter hire agreement will be extended if the optional term is exercised.
The terms of the charter hire agreement are consistent with the current management services agreements in place between the Company and the Manager. Further, the resulting financial benefits for the Company are as if the Company had entered into the drilling contract directly.
The total contract value for the firm 225 day minimum term of the drilling contract is expected to be $88 million with commencement expected in mid-January 2023.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This news release includes forward looking statements. Such statements are generally not historical in nature, and specifically include statements about the Company's plans, strategies, business prospects, contracts, agreements, changes and trends in its business and the markets in which it operates. The duration, timing (including both starting and ending dates) and total contract value of customer contracts and any related agreements are estimates only. The actual total contract value over the course of any given contract or agreement may be lower and could be substantially lower, depending on a number of factors (cancellation, suspension, delays, rig downtime, etc.). These statements are made based upon management's current plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs concerning future events impacting the Company and therefore involve a number of risks (some beyond the control of the Company), uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this news release. Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. When considering these forward looking statements, you should keep in mind the risks described from time to time in the Company's regulatory filings and periodic reporting. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for the Company to predict all of these factors. Further, the Company cannot assess the impact of each such factor on its business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to be materially different from those contained in any forward looking statement
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SINGAPORE, Aug. 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Silence Laboratories, a web3 focused cybersecurity startup, headquartered in Singapore and working on libraries for MPC and Proofs-based Decentralised Security-as-Service (DSaaS), has closed a $1.7 million round in a seed funding, led by Pi Ventures. Their core technology to support developer focused decentralised and high grade security for digital assets with functionalities of key management, distributed signature and authorization is built on top of a unique fusion of multi-party computation (MPC), sensing and intelligent signal processing.
The round also included participation from web3 centric funds such as imToken ventures and prominent angels like Daniel Ari Friedman, Mahin Gupta, CK Vishwakarma, Priyeshu Garg, Ashish Tiwari, and more. The startup plans to use this funding to further widen its product offerings towards developer centric decentralised security stack, strengthen its team and scale its go-to-market operations to help enterprises adopt state of the art authentication and authorization techniques.
Silence Laboratories (SL) is on a mission to build a developer focused cryptographic stack and is motivated to democratizing non-trivial libraries. SL has been working closely with several leading players, in the Web 3 ecosystem particularly, to develop the flagship products- Silent Shard and Silent Auth. They are designed to support varied demands of authentication and authorizations with very high degree of contextualization, be it for digital asset custodians with high risks, non-custodial digital wallets, semi-custodial phone based wallets, online exchanges with high expectations on usability, or web3-centric cloud service providers.
"Account takeover due to single point of failures of the private keys is on unparalleled rise and have been affecting enterprises and different sectors of Web3 businesses. Hence, the internet is witnessing a growing push towards distributed authentication protocols and signature schemes and Silence Laboratories is at the forefront of this revolution," says Jay Prakash, CEO and Co-Founder at Silence Laboratories. Wallet cloning, browser wallet extension hacks, phished DEX and CEX websites are all compromised examples of bad authentication practices in Web3. "We want Web3 folks to talk to us about fixing this. We're happy to make custom collaborations as needed, but we must do this together, as an industry", he said.
"Our cryptographic libraries hope to remove several active attack vectors prevalent in the industry today, " said Andrei Bytes, CTO and Co-Founder at Silence Laboratories. "In our pursuit to facilitate easier adoption of our libraries and helping enterprises develop together, we recently joined premier global alliances such MPC alliance and Decentralized Identity Foundation (DIF).
"Among others, SL's team integrated Silent Shard with MetaMask's Snaps which in itself is a great example of how MetaMask has opened the wallet design ecosystem. The Snap based designs will help to enhance wallet security and set benchmarks for MPC based wallets," says Jay Prakash.
"Issues with private key management have led to loss of Billions of dollars in 2022 alone. The holy trifecta of ironclad security, great user experience and developer-friendliness for Web 3 is yet to be cracked and we believe the team at Silence Laboratories is best placed to solve this. Jay and Andrei bring complementary skill sets and the early tractions are testament to their innovative solutions. We've been extremely impressed by the team at Silence Laboratories and are excited to back them in these times of constant hacks," said Shubham Sandeep, MD pi Ventures.
Silence Laboratories is working on setting up an Applied Cryptography and Web3 Security corporate R&D centre in South Asia, with local and international collaborations. The centre will attract some of the best talents globally to contribute in solving niche problems in usable security and MPC algorithms and set the backbone for several upcoming businesses and products.
Silence Laboratories is open to collaborators, and enjoys co-development and R&D calls with partners across the Web3 and hybrid Web2 industry. Their DMs on Twitter @SilentAuth are open and they can also be reached out to on info@silencelaboratories.com for a silently authenticated chat.
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Goalkeeper lives his dream with two goals as SMCC rolls over Flat Rock
Ain't too proud to beg.
How did goalkeeper Trent Zachel get a chance to move up front and score the first two goals of his St. Mary Catholic Central soccer career Wednesday?
Zachel took some advice from an old Rolling Stones song.
“I just kept begging,” Zachel said with a smile.
SMCC coach Nathan Olson finally relented and moved Zachel up to the front line for the second half against Flat Rock and he netted a pair of goals to help the Falcons to an 8-0 victory.
“It was like a miracle,” Zachel said. “It was a whole different feeling.”
Zachel is like an actor who gets type cast.
He is so good in net that coaches don't see him as anything else.
“I started playing goal in fifth grade,” he said. “Before that I was on defense.”
The junior has been SMCC's starting netminder ever since he joined the varsity team as a freshman.
The two goals tripled his career total at any level.
“I had one goal in CYO,” he said.
SMCC could afford to let Zachel live his dream because it played so well in the first half.
Scores by Carter Hoffman, Holden Kennedy and Will Shafer – two coming off assists from Seth Hendrick – staked the Falcons to a 3-0 lead at halftime.
Hoffman, Shafer and Hendrick added early tallies in the second half, then Zachel did the honors on the final two goals to end the game by mercy rule with 17:57 remaining.
Hoffman and Chaz Harrington were credited with second-half assists. Freshman Cameron Cole took Zachel’s place in net after the intermission and made several nice saves.
SMCC got off to a bad start to the season, managing just one tie over its first five games.
The Falcons finally tasted victory Monday, nipping Airport 2-1 in a game that was halted in the opening minute of the second half because of bad weather.
That led to a sunnier outlook coming into Wednesday’s match.
“It was like a weight lifted off of us,” Shafer said. “We felt good to go. … We were more motivated and had more energy. We had good passes and more movement.”
The slow start wasn’t a huge surprise to Olson.
“We had to get used to each other,” he said of his 2-4-1 team. “You don’t lose eight seniors and not have a void. We had to learn each other other and start to click.”
Olson said he never lost faith in his squad and the attitude of the players remained positive, but Monday’s win was a much-needed re-enforcement.
“That was a very important half,” he said. “We knew we had to come out fast. We had to dictate things. We said that to them again today.”
Flat Rock dipped to 1-6-1 and coach Sean Sturgeon was not happy.
“It’s going to be a long season if we don’t get it together,” he said.
The Rams were missing six starters because of injuries and several athletes opting to play junior varsity football instead of soccer, but Sturgeon refused to use that as an excuse.
“We definitely have a younger team, I get it,” he said. “But we were not aggressive. We were standing around watching.” | https://www.monroenews.com/story/sports/2022/09/01/goalkeeper-lives-his-dream-with-two-goals-as-smcc-rolls-over-flat-rock/65467223007/ | 2022-09-01T03:33:11Z | monroenews.com | control | https://www.monroenews.com/story/sports/2022/09/01/goalkeeper-lives-his-dream-with-two-goals-as-smcc-rolls-over-flat-rock/65467223007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MINNEAPOLIS (NewsNation) — A nearly 30-year-old cold case has finally been solved thanks in part to a tiny smudge of DNA found on a napkin.
Jerry Westrom, 56, was found guilty Thursday of first-degree premeditated murder and second-degree intentional murder for the killing of 35-year-old Jeanne “Jeanie” Childs.
“My condolences go out to the victim and her family. They have had to live without justice for her brutal murder for nearly three decades. I hope this brings some closure to them,” Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said in a press release.
Childs, who was a known sex worker, was found stabbed to death in her Minneapolis apartment back in June 1993. The crime scene was covered in DNA evidence, but technology could not trace it back to anyone at the time.
For 27 years, the case stayed stagnant, with no luck in proving Childs’ killer.
Then in 2018, investigators checked to see if DNA found at the scene matched any on a “commercial genealogy site,” similar to methods used in the Golden State killer case.
Westrom came back as a match.
A self-claimed Minneapolis farmer, officials said Westrom had several run-ins with the law, including instances involving prostitutes, around the time of Childs’ murder.
Investigators began tailing Westrom in 2019. While he was attending a hockey game with his daughter, he threw out napkins he used to clean his face after eating a hot dog.
Investigators dug the napkins out of the trash and were able to match DNA samples to the ones from the murder scene decades earlier.
Once the connection was made, Westrom was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, which holds a maximum sentence of 40 years if found guilty.
Westrom was later indicted in June 2020 for first-degree murder, which, if found guilty of, carries a mandatory life sentence under Minnesota law.
After just two hours of jury deliberation on Thursday, Westrom was found guilty and convicted of both charges in the killing of Childs.
Westrom now faces an automatic life sentence, without the possibility of parole. However, an official sentencing date has not been released. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/hot-dog-napkin-leads-to-guilty-verdict-in-29-year-old-cold-case-murder/ | 2022-09-01T03:38:04Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/hot-dog-napkin-leads-to-guilty-verdict-in-29-year-old-cold-case-murder/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Tade is a young Nigerian graduate who was posted to a state in a different region of the country for his National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program. He was excited about travelling and exploring the new environment and culture for the 12 months duration of the NYSC. He was assigned to a secondary school as his primary place of assignment (PPA). He gladly accepted the challenge because he had always enjoyed teaching and wanted to mentor young students. When Tade arrived at the school, he was warmly received and offered accommodation. Apparently, the school had lacked a teacher for his subject and they were very happy to have him. They didn’t want him uncomfortable so he wouldn’t decide to leave the school. But leaving was the last thing on his mind. He soon immersed himself in work and loved every minute of it.
Things became more difficult with the passage of time. He was struggling to cope with taking three sets of students (SS1 to SS3) while also providing intensive coaching for the SS3 final year class. He became severely stressed, anxious and was eating irregularly, feeling weak, having trouble concentrating, and generally struggled to cope with his duties. He went to the clinic, where he was treated for malaria but he didn’t feel any better afterwards. His Fiancee was worried and advised that he should see a mental health professional as he may be depressed. He was initially shocked but eventually accepted the suggestion. He was seen, commenced on medications and therapy and he soon returned to his usual self. The dark clouds dissipated and he was happy and reinvigorated again.
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Discussion
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines mental health as a “state of well-being in which the individual recognizes his or her abilities, can cope with normal life stresses, can work productively and fruitfully, and can contribute to the community,” while health itself is defined as the ‘state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing’. However, most of us pay close attention to our physical health but frequently neglect our mental and social wellbeing.
Let’s consider the following questions: How do you cope with your day-to-day stress?
What do you do to relax? When you are angry, frustrated and fed up, how do you deal? Who do you talk to when you feel down or tired? How often do you intentionally carry out self-care activities? How do you handle your meltdown?
After answering the questions above, would you say you are doing a good job in maintaining and promoting your mental health? If your answer is no, then the tips below can be of help:
Get good sleep.
Invest in human relationships.
Spend quality time with your family and loved ones.
Relax and enjoy life’s daily pleasure. They are usually simple and free.
Avoid drugs or substance abuse, as a coping strategy
Free your weekends; do what you love, and that is relaxing on weekends.
Engage in regular physical exercise, they help to de-stress and also lift your mood.
Develop your emotional intelligence and be kind to others. It not only helps others to feel good but it also makes you feel good too.
Be kind to yourself; do not be too self-critical.
Enjoy being alive and be grateful for the gift of each day, as well as small and big favors
Stay grounded and humble; no one is indispensable. Don’t hold on to grudges, real or perceived slights. They will make you feel miserable. Let go and free your mind.
Seek help from mental health professionals if and when needed; there is no shame in seeking help for your mental health, it is just as important as your physical health.
Where can I access mental health care, If I need it?
Mental health services can be accessed from departments of psychiatry at every Teaching Hospital, Federal Medical Centre, State Specialist Hospitals as well as from specialist Neuropsychiatric Hospitals present in every geopolitical region of Nigeria. And you can also reach out to helplines such as those of the Suicide Prevention Initiative in Nigeria (SURPIN): 09080217555, 09034400009, 08111909909 and 07013811143 or the Asido Foundation Helpline for persons with emotional distress: 09028080416.
Conclusion
Promoting and preserving our mental health has to be an intentional undertaking. We simply cannot leave it to chance. There are simple steps that we can undertake to improve our emotional wellbeing as well as those of others around us. We all need one another and everyone needs a shoulder to lean on, from time to time. And if you or anyone you know is really struggling with their mood or mental health generally, please do not hesitate to encourage their seeking professional mental health services without delay. There is no health without mental health. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/how-can-i-promote-and-preserve-my-mental-health/ | 2022-09-01T03:38:29Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/how-can-i-promote-and-preserve-my-mental-health/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
One thing is certain, we cannot learn anything new from a dope; and those politicians who believe that democracy is nothing but exploitation are no better. That is why Abraham Lincoln warned many years ago that “And now, beware of rashness; but with energy and sleepless vigilance, go forward and give us victory”. To many of us, however, we can say categorically that there is no strong assurance of achieving any political victory in our country unless Nigerian citizens join hands together in 2023 to choose someone who is highly qualified for the office in which wisdom, intelligence, good character, and guts are the requirements.
The reason is simple. In a time like this, nothing is more important to hardworking Nigerian families than a government that can defend its defenders and protect its protectors! It is true that a leader may not be able to solve all the problems of the future; but he must be able to solve the problems of his generation. Failure to do that is a failure in the journey of life. And for seven years now, the present government in Nigeria has demonstrated just that failure by doing nothing to reckon with some of the black holes that threaten to swallow up our entire economy. Before the country is finally suffocated by lame duck politicians who think that poverty in Nigeria is just another casualty of capitalism, we must again remember what Abraham Lincoln said that “You can fool all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time”, and stop choosing those who were charged with the trust of holding Nigeria together but instead became a misfortune of the nation as our leaders.
Although, we can blame no man and no policy for their failure; circumstances have forced them upon Nigerian citizens since 1999. For example, while millions of innocent citizens are presently facing the grim problems of existence and equal numbers toil with little income, the political hypocrites in our midst are still denying the dark realities of this moment claiming that progress is taking place in the country. Whereas, our distress today is not from the absence of resources, and we are not stricken by any plague of locusts. Compared with many nations around the world, Nigeria has so much to be thankful for in terms of resources. But we have failed to reasonably utilize the resources simply because the custodians of our economy have failed as a result of incompetence. Theodore Roosevelt once said, “It is not what we have that will make us a great nation, it is the way we use it”.
Despite our enormous resources in Nigeria, it is so sad that the present lame duck administration in the country has failed the citizens for seven years – failed to give them good education, failed to give them security and failed to help them turn their lives around. Today, our education system is so bad that many students in our society cannot compete successfully with their counterparts elsewhere; which simply means that a Nigerian student who had spent four years in the university may return home with no additional knowledge than when he or she left home. And with the annual population growth rate in Nigeria increasing more than five times higher than the growth rate of developed countries, and millions of young children suffering from malnutrition when per capita income of Nigerian families has barely increased under the present administration, it is not surprising that Nigeria had been predicted to experience a catastrophic increase in poverty within the next one year.
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Racked by high inflation, a crumbling infrastructure, gargantuan debt, and abnormal economic policies that have stopped the nation’s development since 2015, the question now is: what then is General Muhammadu Buhari’s promise of change? In his inaugural address on March 4, 1885, former U.S. President Grover Cleveland advised that “It is the duty of those serving the people in the public places to closely limit public expenditures to the actual needs of the government because this bounds the right of the government to extract tribute from the earnings of labor or the prosperity of the citizens. And because the public extravagance begets extravagance among the people, we should never be ashamed of the simplicity which is best suited to the operation of a democratic form of government and most compatible with the mission of the people. Those who are selected to manage public affairs are still of the people and must do much by their example to encourage consistently with the dignity of their official functions. That plain way of life which among their citizens aids integrity and promotes thrift and prosperity.”
Unfortunately in Nigeria, what our own leaders don’t understand is that the country is too big, too complex and too diverse to be run in an ineffective style in the guise of a quasi – democracy. That is why we cannot afford to have another lame duck commander-in -chief in 2023 ; not a sycophant, not ‘disobedient’, and not even a prodigal, the ideological brother of Miyetti Allah!
Adeyeye, the proprietor of Crown Heights College sent this piece from Ibadan | https://tribuneonlineng.com/nigeria-before-sailing-off-into-the-abyss/ | 2022-09-01T03:38:42Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/nigeria-before-sailing-off-into-the-abyss/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In an effort to improve Nigeria’s global trading ecosystem, Welcome2Africa International in partnership with Zenith Carex International Limited will host the Nigeria Seaports Investment Forum (NSIF2022) on September 28 and 29, 2022.
With the theme, ‘Repositioning Nigeria’s Seaports for Investment and Trade Attractiveness,’ the forum would address major bottlenecks like congestion, technological advancement, infrastructural deficiency, dredging, port equipment, security, logistics and training that represent opportunities for investors at the seaports.
The maiden edition of the forum is set to drive investment interest into all the seaports in Nigeria including the Apapa Port, Tin Can Island Port, Calabar Port, the Delta Warri Port, Lekki Port, Rivers Port, and the Onne Port.
Partners of NSIF2022 include the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Nigerian Export Promotions Commission (NEPC), Ministry of Trade and Investment, AFEX, and Oneport365.
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The organisers said the program would cover issues on investments, security, infrastructure, technology, policy, international trade with Europe and the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), with sessions including technology and trade potential – the future of seaports in Nigeria; EU-Nigeria agro-commodities trade and expansion mechanism; and increasing trade through improving port safety and security in Nigeria.
The programme would bring together major stakeholders with speakers like the Executive Secretary/CEO, Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), Hajiya Saratu Umar; Executive Director/CEO, Nigerian Export Promotions Commission (NEPC), Dr Ezra Yakusak; MD/CEO, Zenith Carex International Limited, Dr Adelana Olamilekan; Managing Director, Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA), Adesoji Adesugba; Director-General, Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA), Prof. Eghosa Osaghae; co-founder and CEO, Convention for Business Integration (CBI), Soji Apampa: Secretary General, African Shipowner Association, Olufunmilayo Folorunso and Head of Foreign Trade Office, Polish Investment and Trade Agency, Justyna Sitarska.
The forum would provide an adequate opportunity for stakeholders to connect agro-producers, agribusiness, exporters and importers across Nigeria and Europe. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/welcome2africa-to-host-nigeria-seaports-investment-forum/ | 2022-09-01T03:38:55Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/welcome2africa-to-host-nigeria-seaports-investment-forum/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Liudmila Samsonova's sizzling summer continued on Wednesday night as she defeated last year's finalist, No.14 seed Leylah Fernandez, 6-3, 7-6(3) in the second round of the US Open. Here are some takeaways:
It's official -- Samsonova can absolutely hang with anyone: Samsonova is now riding high on a stunning 12-match winning streak. Just outside of the seedings at World No.35, Samsonova is in incredibly hot form right now, and she has not yet cooled off in Grand Slam atmosphere.
At the start of this month, Samsonova notched her second career WTA singles title on the hard courts of Washington, D.C. After a two-week break, Samsonova picked up exactly where she left off by zipping to another title in Cleveland. Her last seven wins, including over Fernandez, have all come in straight sets.
Despite racking up seven Top 20 wins in her career prior to this week, Samsonova had never beaten anyone within that echelon at a major. That all changed on Wednesday night with the 1-hour and 45-minute victory over 14th-ranked Fernandez.
Now that she’s beaten one of the Top 20 at a Grand Slam event, 23-year-old Samsonova should go into any match this fortnight with sky-high confidence.
Streaks intact:#CincyTennis champion Caroline Garcia is into the 3R to extend her winning streak to 10 (d. Kalinskaya). #CitiOpen & #TennisintheLand champion Liudmila Samsonova is also into the 3R to extend her winning streak to 12 (d. Fernandez)#USOpen pic.twitter.com/b0pLDeLN0A
— WTA Insider (@WTA_insider) September 1, 2022
Fernandez battled, but Samsonova too strong: Fernandez nearly summoned the magic which propelled her to a life-changing final last year in New York. The 19-year-old Canadian found some deft placement and outstanding reflex shots at key moments, and she was able to valiantly fend off 11 of the 13 break points she faced.
However, Samsonova’s power game was in full flight on Wednesday, as it has been all month. Samsonova served so well that she never faced a break point. Her impeccable returns forced Fernandez into six double faults. So, despite good play by Fernandez, the teen had limited chances to work her way in.
Fernandez's best hopes came at the very end, when she saved five match points at 6-5 before holding to queue up the second-set tiebreak. But after falling behind 0-2 in the breaker, Samsonova dominated from there to pick up yet another win and end Fernandez's 2022 US Open campaign.
Overall, Samsonova finished with 30 winners to 21 unforced errors, while Fernandez's 21 winners were outpaced by 26 unforced errors.
Samsonova will now face World No.96 Aleksandra Krunic in the third round, after Krunic upset No.23 seed Barbora Krejcikova 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.
If both Samsonova and Serena Williams can win their third-round matches, they would meet in a powerful Round-of-16 showdown.
A first Canadian in the third round of the #USOpen! 🤩@beccamarino90 defeats Daria Snigur in 1 hour 16 minutes ⏱
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All is not lost for Canada: Earlier in the day, though, Rebecca Marino flew the Canadian Maple Leaf, continuing her own sterling summer with a 6-3, 7-6(5) second-round win over Daria Snigur of Ukraine.
World No.106 Marino, who was completely off the tour for four years between 2014 and 2017, posted the best Grand Slam result of her comeback with the 1-hour and 16-minute victory over qualifier Snigur, who stunned Simona Halep in the first round on Monday.
Snigur could not make it two in a row as big-serving Marino rained 13 aces down during their clash. Snigur fought back from a late break down in the second set, but Marino eked out the tiebreak to seal a straight-sets win.
This month, Marino made the quarterfinals at both Washington D.C. and Granby, her first WTA quarterfinals since 2018. The 31-year-old kept her good form going by making the third round at a major for just the second time in her career -- the previous instance came 11 years ago at 2011 Roland Garros.
A win away from her first Grand Slam Round of 16, Marino has a stern test awaiting her when she faces World No.36 Zhang Shuai of China on Friday. Zhang beat Anna Karolina Schmiedlova 7-5, 6-1 on Wednesday. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2773148/takeaways-samsonova-topples-2021-finalist-fernandez-at-us-open | 2022-09-01T03:43:26Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2773148/takeaways-samsonova-topples-2021-finalist-fernandez-at-us-open | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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MINNEAPOLIS (NewsNation) — A nearly 30-year-old cold case has finally been solved thanks in part to a tiny smudge of DNA found on a napkin.
Jerry Westrom, 56, was found guilty Thursday of first-degree premeditated murder and second-degree intentional murder for the killing of 35-year-old Jeanne “Jeanie” Childs.
“My condolences go out to the victim and her family. They have had to live without justice for her brutal murder for nearly three decades. I hope this brings some closure to them,” Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said in a press release.
Childs, who was a known sex worker, was found stabbed to death in her Minneapolis apartment back in June 1993. The crime scene was covered in DNA evidence, but technology could not trace it back to anyone at the time.
For 27 years, the case stayed stagnant, with no luck in proving Childs’ killer.
Then in 2018, investigators checked to see if DNA found at the scene matched any on a “commercial genealogy site,” similar to methods used in the Golden State killer case.
Westrom came back as a match.
A self-claimed Minneapolis farmer, officials said Westrom had several run-ins with the law, including instances involving prostitutes, around the time of Childs’ murder.
Investigators began tailing Westrom in 2019. While he was attending a hockey game with his daughter, he threw out napkins he used to clean his face after eating a hot dog.
Investigators dug the napkins out of the trash and were able to match DNA samples to the ones from the murder scene decades earlier.
Once the connection was made, Westrom was arrested and charged with second-degree murder, which holds a maximum sentence of 40 years if found guilty.
Westrom was later indicted in June 2020 for first-degree murder, which, if found guilty of, carries a mandatory life sentence under Minnesota law.
After just two hours of jury deliberation on Thursday, Westrom was found guilty and convicted of both charges in the killing of Childs.
Westrom now faces an automatic life sentence, without the possibility of parole. However, an official sentencing date has not been released. | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/hot-dog-napkin-leads-to-guilty-verdict-in-29-year-old-cold-case-murder/ | 2022-09-01T03:52:18Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/hot-dog-napkin-leads-to-guilty-verdict-in-29-year-old-cold-case-murder/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ALBANY — The New York gun rights group that convinced the U.S. Supreme Court the state’s concealed carry rules were unconstitutional filed a lawsuit Wednesday seeking to overturn new legislation state officials say corrects the defects in the previous statute.
In legal briefs filed in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District, the New York Rifle and Pistol Association argued the new legislation called for by Gov. Kathy Hochul “replaces one unconstitutional, discretionary law with another unconstitutional, discretionary law.”
That legislation, dubbed the Concealed Carry Improvement Act, “contains a slew of burdensome and discriminatory requirements for obtaining a Handgun Carry License,” the lawsuit maintained. It charged that the new rules, which take effect today (September 1) violate a variety of federal constitutional protections, including the right to free speech, the right to bear arms and the right to due process and equal protection.
The lawsuit was filed the same day Hochul and New York City Mayor Eric Adams Eric Adams held a press conference in Manhattan. They displayed “gun free zone” signs being placed at hundreds of locations in New York City, including Times Square, a major tourist attraction.
State officials acknowledged New Yorkers who legally obtained their firearms and were approved for pistol permits by licensing authorities will face felony charges under the new law simply for entering a “sensitive” area designated as a gun-free zone.
Hochul said the onus is on gun owners to understand their responsibilities under the new legislation, adding the signs will serve as warnings and noting the effort to restrict guns will come with public education campaigns. Concealed carry permit holders and others who obtained firearms legally who enter a gun-free zone while possessing a firearm, even if they do so without knowing of the restriction, will face felony charges, the governor said.
“If you violate this law, you will be arrested. Simple as that,” warned State Police First Deputy Superintendent Steven Nigrelli.
The new gun legislation was one of several state initiatives Hochul cited later Wednesday in a new fundraising appeal for her campaign. Hochul, who replaced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo a year ago, is being challenged by Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-Long Island, a staunch supporter of gun rights and critic of the new gun measures.
Pistol permit applicants will now have to turn over a list of their current and past social media accounts over a three-year period and identify their spouse and other occupants of their homes.
To get a pistol permit, applicants must complete 16 hours of firearms safety instruction, and demonstrate they are proficient with the safe use of a firearm with two hours of live-fire training.
Under separate state legislation passed in June, beginning Sunday, New Yorkers must have a permit to buy semi-automatic rifles. Also that day, persons under 21 years of age will be barred from purchasing semi-automatic rifles. The state already requires persons to be at least 21 years old to possess handguns.
The new laws requiring state permits for semi-automatic rifles and having records kept of their ammunition purchases, also taking effect Sunday, has been causing a flurry of activity at the shops of New York gun dealers as consumers seek to stock up before those measures go on the books Sunday.
At his store, Gunner’s Dream in the Delaware County community of Sidney, U.S. Marine Corps veteran James Orezzoli, said he has had numerous customers buying semi-automatic rifles and ammunition in advance of the new laws taking effect.
“A big concern for many people is the ammunition registration and database,” Orezzoli said. “Our understanding is we are going to have to keep track of when people buy ammunition, and take down their name, address, which ammo they bought, the name of their employer, and then keep that information, and then eventually it gets turned into a database.”
Assemblyman Joe Angelino, R-Norwich, a critic of the new gun restrictions, said he sees no benefits to public safety from expansion of requirements to acquire pistol permits. He said he believes the state is trying to inhibit gun sales. He noted just a small number of independent firearms dealers he knows in the Norwich area provide local governments with a significant infusion of sales tax receipts.
Angelino said his message to those gun dealers is: “ Please don’t get discouraged. That’s what they want.”
The assemblyman, the former police chief for the city of Norwich, also argued the state won’t make any gains in fighting crime by targeting law-abiding gun owners.
But Hochul contended the new restrictions were necessary. She attacked the Supreme Court decision siding with the New York Rifle and Pistol Association as “negligent and reprehensible.”
New York City Mayor Eric Adams, top official in a metropolis plagued by gun violence, also lambasted the Supreme Court justices. He blamed them for making it necessary to have schools, subways, government buildings and churches declared “sensitive” areas where guns are prohibited.
“I never thought from the days of watching cowboy movies as a child that ‘leave your gun at the door’ would become reality in the state of New York,” said Adams. Like Hochul, Adams is a Democrat.
Tom King, president of the Rifle and Pistol Association, said Hochul’s repeated attacks on the Supreme Court justices were disturbing.
“I’m surprised Kathy Hochul would use this press conference as a method of attacking the Supreme Court justices tasked with determining the unconstitutionality of laws in the United States,” King told CNHI. “As an officer of the court and an elected official, she should realize what she’s doing is prohibitive of the rights of the people. She should look at herself in the mirror and say: ‘Am I really a non-partisan politician who’s here for the good of the people?’” | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/gun-rights-group-seeks-second-knockout-against-firearms-rules/article_3e434d44-2998-11ed-a0f5-238b1f2a7f2f.html | 2022-09-01T03:54:14Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/news/local_news/gun-rights-group-seeks-second-knockout-against-firearms-rules/article_3e434d44-2998-11ed-a0f5-238b1f2a7f2f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BENTON-FRANKLIN COUNTIES, Wash. -
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a booster for the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. The booster needs approval from the CDC before it can be administered to the public.
In a recent NBC article, the CDC reports less than half the population in the United States who are eligible to get their first booster shot have received one.
As the CDC will decide to approve the booster on Thursday making it available for the public as early as the day after Labor Day, I spoke with the Benton-Franklin Health District about the release of multiple boosters and how they're released.
"Compare it to the flu shot," says Communicable Disease Programs Manager for the Benton-Franklin Health District Heather Hill. "We don't test it every year on people. We change the formula because we know the technology, we know its safe, and we know it works."
I spoke with some people who live here in Tri-Cities about the upcoming booster and if people want to get it once a year like the flu shot, whenever the next booster is announced, or never again.
"I heard it's coming out and when it comes out I'll get that too," says Bill Watts whose received the vaccine and at least one booster shot. "I trust them. I think they're trying to do the best for the people."
Maura Mesinger, who has been vaccinated and received both booster shots, says she plans to get the booster because "it's just like the flu shots."
Suzie Murphy, who hasn't received any COVID-19 vaccines or boosters, says she does not plan to get the vaccine.
"Absolutely not," says Murphy. "I want to protect my health and the best way I can protect my health is through my own God-given immune system."
You can find the full interview with BFHD Communicable Disease Programs Manager Heather Hill below. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/coronavirus/public-opinion-about-getting-the-next-booster-shot/article_c435a658-2994-11ed-80c5-1f06321822fc.html | 2022-09-01T03:57:47Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/coronavirus/public-opinion-about-getting-the-next-booster-shot/article_c435a658-2994-11ed-80c5-1f06321822fc.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
If you lodged a complaint to an airline about its performance this year, you are far from alone.
New federal data show the number passenger complaints to U.S. carriers more than doubled in the first half of 2022, from January to June, compared with the first half of 2021 — with nearly six times more complaints about flight problems like cancellations, delays or missed connections.
The new crush of complaints came as airlines dramatically increased capacity to meet surging demand. The data show airlines increased their total flight volume, or airline operations, by 25%.
Still, the rate of passenger complaints climbed well beyond that figure, rising from 6,827 in the first half of 2021 to 15,955 during the same period this year. The number of flight-problem-related complaints soared from 1,035 to 5,569.
The same data show every major U.S. airline had worse on-time arrival rates in the first six months of 2022 compared with the same period in 2021.
For the second year in a row, Las Vegas-based Allegiant Air, which also has hubs in Los Angeles; Punta Gorda, Florida; Phoenix; and Asheville, North Carolina, finished the first half of 2022 with the worst on-time rate, at 61.63%. That's compared with an on-time rate of 74.29% during the same period last year, according to the data.
Allegiant was followed by JetBlue Airways, at 62.08% (versus 76.78% last year), and Frontier Airlines, at 64.5% (versus 81.14% last year).
Only Texas-based Envoy Air, with hubs in Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago and Miami, had a statistically insignificant change in its on-time arrival rate during the period, which fell from 80.9% to 80.7%.
Among the largest carriers, American Airlines' on-time rate fell from 82.85% in 2021 to 75.33% in 2022, United Airlines' fell from 85.19% to 77.38%, and Delta Airlines' fell from 89.67% to 81.03%.
Staffing shortages, unprecedented post-pandemic demand for air travel and wild weather have all played roles in disrupting flights this year. To help reduce delays, airlines have begun eliminating some routes from their schedules.
Many airlines increased the number of flights they offered in the first half of 2022 to meet demand, only to run into the staffing and weather issues, said Kathleen Bangs, a spokeswoman for the flight data group FlightAware.com. In an email, she said that in some cases, the airlines with the best on-time rates, like Envoy, kept their capacity expansions to a minimum.
By contrast, JetBlue increased its capacity by 60% year on year, while its on-time rate fell by 14 percentage points.
The Transportation Department is set to introduce a tool that clearly explains "the services or amenities that each of the large U.S. airlines provide" when delays or cancellations occur due to factors within carriers' control. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has called on airlines to do more to reduce disruptions. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/u-s-airlines-saw-massive-increase-in-customer-complaints-in-the-first-half-of-2022/article_9c666278-298c-11ed-a137-430a0f8e039f.html | 2022-09-01T03:57:53Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/u-s-airlines-saw-massive-increase-in-customer-complaints-in-the-first-half-of-2022/article_9c666278-298c-11ed-a137-430a0f8e039f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PEND OREILLE COUNTY, Wash. — Crews are currently responding to a fire caused by a lightning strike in Pend Oreille County.
According to the Pend Oreille County Sheriff's Office, the fire is located west of the Kalispel Casino. No evacuation alerts have been announced at this time and no structures are reported to be threatened.
This is a developing story and we will provide more updates as we receive them.
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BOISE, Idaho —
Lori Vallow's attorneys filed a motion on Tuesday requesting that cameras be banned from the courtroom.
Judges routinely grant media outlets to record and broadcast court proceedings. Media is typically restricted to the jury box or the front row of the spectator section of the court room.
However, in the motion, the attorneys said that during a hearing for Lori Vallow on August 16, Court TV set up multiple cameras and microphones out of the typical media locations. The attorneys said that the cameras repeatedly zoomed in on Vallow and could have potentially violated attorney-client privileges.
Due to the incidents during the hearing, the attorneys are requesting that cameras to be banned from the courtroom, or alternatively, only allow still camera photos without zoom features and restricted to the jury box or the front row of the spectator section of the courtroom.
Vallow will face trial in January 2023 in Boise with her husband Chad Daybell for the alleged murder of Daybell's ex-wife, Tammy, and Vallow's two children, JJ and Tylee. Vallow remained silent during her plea entry earlier this year, prompting an entry of a "not guilty" plea. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty due to what they call "aggravating circumstances" that contribute to the nature of the alleged crimes. A notice of intent to seek the death penalty in the case was filed on May 2.
In June 2020, investigators found the remains of JJ and Tylee outside of Rexburg, on the property of Chad Daybell, Vallow's fifth, and current, husband. The couple has been charged with murder and conspiracy to commit murder in the deaths of Vallow's kids, as well as Daybell's late wife, Tammy Daybell, who died in October of 2019.
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PULLMAN, Wash. — After leading WSU to a 3-2 record as interim head coach last season, Jake Dickert heads into his first full season as the man in charge of Washington State football.
The Cougs enter this season with a defense filled with players who earned All-Pac-12 preseason honors and a new look offense under new offensive coordinator Eric Morris and transfer quarterback Cameron Ward.
We spoke with Dickert about the team before the 2022 campaign begins and got his take on the return of the Battle of the Palouse. This is the first time both WSU and Idaho will face each other on the football field since 2016.
This Battle of the Palouse is extra special for Dickert, as he will be facing fellow first year head coach Jason Eck. Both Dickert and Eck coached together at Minnesota State, Mankato in 2014 and South Dakota State in 2016.
Watch the full interview with Dickert below:
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The talking head agenda from the Federal Reserve is light for today.
15:30 NY time (1930 GMT)
- Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic makes a presentation to the undergraduate finance class at Georgia Tech's Scheller College of Business
Ahead of that is a European Central Bank official:
06:30 NY time (1030 GMT)
- Mario Centeno speaks at conference in Estoril, near Lisbon, on Financial Capitalism & Sustainability
Bostic: | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/federal-reserve-speaker-on-thursday-1-september-2022-bostic-plus-an-ecb-speaker-20220901/ | 2022-09-01T04:00:03Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/centralbank/federal-reserve-speaker-on-thursday-1-september-2022-bostic-plus-an-ecb-speaker-20220901/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — A Speedway gas station was robbed at knife point on Sunday. The robbery occurred at the Speedway located at 6150 Stadium Drive at around 11:25 p.m.
According to the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Office, a white female believed to be in her 50s entered and exited the Speedway several times. She later went into the bathroom and returned with a knife. She then walked behind the counter and held the gas station’s clerk at knife point. The woman was then able to leave the Speedway with about $150.
The robber ran south across Stadium Drive behind Northwoods Nursing Home. Although Kalamazoo County conducted a K9 track, they were not able to locate the woman.
Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to contact the Kalamazoo County Sheriff's Office at 269-383-8748. Tips can also be sent to Silent Observer by calling 269-343-2100. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/kzoo-bc/kalamazoo/speedway-gas-station-in-kalamazoo-robbed-at-knife-point | 2022-09-01T04:07:34Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/local-news/kzoo-bc/kalamazoo/speedway-gas-station-in-kalamazoo-robbed-at-knife-point | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Florida sheriff's deputies got a call to remove a large alligator seen "loitering" in a Wendy's parking lot north of Tampa.
Police said they had to call in Florida Fish and Wildlife officers to come to remove the gator for the safety of customers.
Images posted to Facebook showed the gator being put into the back of a vehicle to be taken to another location out of the way of humans and domestic animals.
The Hernando County Sheriff's office said, "deputies were quickly dispatched to assess the situation."
It was unclear exactly where Florida Fish and Wildlife took the alligator. | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/police-called-to-remove-6-foot-alligator-from-wendys-parking-lot | 2022-09-01T04:07:40Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/news/national/police-called-to-remove-6-foot-alligator-from-wendys-parking-lot | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Ferris State to host Central Washington in opener
The defending national champion Ferris State football team will open the 2022 season at home Thursday night against Central Washington.
"I don't know if we raise a banner or do anything like that, nobody has talked to me about that," Bulldogs head coach Tony Annese joked. "We should probably raise a banner somewhere but I don't know if we have any walls to hang it on in here, but other than that it is the same approach we take coming to the practice field everyday, it's just going to be a game."
Thursday's game is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. at Top Taggart Field. | https://www.fox17online.com/sports/ncaa/ferris-state-opens-national-title-defense-at-home-on-thursday | 2022-09-01T04:07:52Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/sports/ncaa/ferris-state-opens-national-title-defense-at-home-on-thursday | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
GVSU preps for Mines
Grand Valley State will host Colorado School of Mines on Thursday night at Lubber Stadium to kickoff the 2022 football season.
The Orediggers were a national semifinalist last season and, just like the Lakers, begin the season ranked in the top five in that nation.
"Playing Grand Valley football, a physical brand with a lot of discipline, not beating ourselves," GVSU head coach Matt Mitchell said when asked about what he wanted to see from his team in game one. "We are going to give our best effort, we just can't beat ourselves. Turnovers, pre-snap penalties, post-snap penalties, assignment busts, we can't be soft. We're going to have to be really physical."
The game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. | https://www.fox17online.com/sports/ncaa/gvsu-starts-season-with-top-5-showdown-at-lubbers-stadium | 2022-09-01T04:07:58Z | fox17online.com | control | https://www.fox17online.com/sports/ncaa/gvsu-starts-season-with-top-5-showdown-at-lubbers-stadium | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A former Ohio schools superintendent was arrested in West Virginia for allegedly luring two children in his car, police said.
William J. Morrison III, 59, of Huntington, was charged with two felony counts of kidnapping, according to the Huntington Police Department.
The ex-school chief allegedly approached a 9-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl in his vehicle on Aug. 17 and offered each of them $20 to babysit his 4-year-old daughter, according to a criminal complaint.
The children hopped into the car and Morrison drove off, stopping at one point and asking the 9-year-old to get out of the vehicle to check the tires. When the boy got out, Morrison drove away with the 12-year-old girl still inside, the complaint said.
When the girl started sobbing, Morrison upped his offer to $100, cops said.
The girl was eventually able to open the passenger door and flee a few blocks later.
Neither of the children was injured.
Police executed two search warrants at Morrison’s residence in Huntington where he was arrested and at another apartment in nearby Barboursville. He is currently being held without bond at the Western Regional Jail.
Morrison was fired as superintendent of the Hamilton Local School District — just south of Columbus, Ohio — in 2017 when he plead guilty to a misdemeanor drug charge after police found crack cocaine in his car.
With Post Wires | https://nypost.com/2022/08/31/ex-ohio-schools-superintendent-william-morrison-charged-with-kidnapping/ | 2022-09-01T04:20:42Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/08/31/ex-ohio-schools-superintendent-william-morrison-charged-with-kidnapping/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BS Report: August 31st – The Dawgs are Still Strong
Georgia has given up quite a few players to the NFL, particularly on defense.
Georgia has given up quite a few players to the NFL, particularly on defense. Bill Shanks believes that the rising talent on the roster will be enough to give the Dawgs a solid season and a shot at another title. | https://www.41nbc.com/bs-report-august-31st-the-dawgs-are-still-strong/ | 2022-09-01T04:21:20Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/bs-report-august-31st-the-dawgs-are-still-strong/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BS Report: August 31st – The Dawgs are Still Strong
Georgia has given up quite a few players to the NFL, particularly on defense.
Georgia has given up quite a few players to the NFL, particularly on defense. Bill Shanks believes that the rising talent on the roster will be enough to give the Dawgs a solid season and a shot at another title. | https://www.41nbc.com/bs-report-august-31st-the-dawgs-are-still-strong/ | 2022-09-01T04:21:20Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/bs-report-august-31st-the-dawgs-are-still-strong/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Coroner: Donations help fund military funeral honors for homeless veteran
Thanks to the help of strangers, a homeless veteran found dead in Macon is laid to rest with full military honors.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Thanks to the help of strangers, a homeless veteran found dead in Macon is laid to rest with full military honors.
The Georgia Patriot Guard held a military honor funeral ceremony Tuesday for Air Force veteran Joel Kenneth Thomas.
His body was found on August 16. After being identified, Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones decided to raise donations to give Thomas a proper burial.
“I didn’t know this gentleman,” Jones said. “I didn’t know the other gentleman that we buried earlier this year. He was homeless and was found dead on Tom Hill Sr. Boulevard near Dollar Tree. I didn’t know him. I didn’t know these guys, but I know that they fought for our country. They fought for our freedom.”
A funeral service was held at Bentley Funeral Home on Tuesday. Thomas was laid to rest Wednesday at the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Milledgeville.
The Georgia Patriot Guard accompanied Thomas’ body with a rolling honor guard. Though Thomas had no known family, Assistant State Captain Sonny Luke says his brothers in arms were there to remember him for his service.
“It’s a great feeling every time we can honor our veterans for their service to our country,” Luke said. “It’s a great thing to do. We’re his family today.”
Coroner Jones says this is the second time this year funds were raised to provide a homeless veteran a military funeral. | https://www.41nbc.com/coroner-donations-help-fund-military-funeral-honors-for-homeless-veteran/ | 2022-09-01T04:21:26Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/coroner-donations-help-fund-military-funeral-honors-for-homeless-veteran/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Coroner: Donations help fund military funeral honors for homeless veteran
Thanks to the help of strangers, a homeless veteran found dead in Macon is laid to rest with full military honors.
MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – Thanks to the help of strangers, a homeless veteran found dead in Macon is laid to rest with full military honors.
The Georgia Patriot Guard held a military honor funeral ceremony Tuesday for Air Force veteran Joel Kenneth Thomas.
His body was found on August 16. After being identified, Macon-Bibb Coroner Leon Jones decided to raise donations to give Thomas a proper burial.
“I didn’t know this gentleman,” Jones said. “I didn’t know the other gentleman that we buried earlier this year. He was homeless and was found dead on Tom Hill Sr. Boulevard near Dollar Tree. I didn’t know him. I didn’t know these guys, but I know that they fought for our country. They fought for our freedom.”
A funeral service was held at Bentley Funeral Home on Tuesday. Thomas was laid to rest Wednesday at the Georgia Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Milledgeville.
The Georgia Patriot Guard accompanied Thomas’ body with a rolling honor guard. Though Thomas had no known family, Assistant State Captain Sonny Luke says his brothers in arms were there to remember him for his service.
“It’s a great feeling every time we can honor our veterans for their service to our country,” Luke said. “It’s a great thing to do. We’re his family today.”
Coroner Jones says this is the second time this year funds were raised to provide a homeless veteran a military funeral. | https://www.41nbc.com/coroner-donations-help-fund-military-funeral-honors-for-homeless-veteran/ | 2022-09-01T04:21:26Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/coroner-donations-help-fund-military-funeral-honors-for-homeless-veteran/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Houston County Habitat for Humanity receives grants to help with home repairs
"We weren't sure if our repairs program would qualify for that through the Governor's office, but we sent in our grant application anyway, and we were very fortunate to receive funding," Director Bill Goggin said.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Sometimes taking a chance pays off. It did recently for Houston County Habitat for Humanity.
According to Director Bill Goggin, the organization applied for a grant through Governor Brian Kemp’s office aimed at helping homeless shelters.
“We weren’t sure if our repairs program would qualify for that through the Governor’s office, but we sent in our grant application anyway, and we were very fortunate to receive funding,” Goggin said.
The grant totaled $200,000. The organization also received a $40,000 grant from the Home Depot Foundation. Goggin says the money from the Governor’s office is expected to help five families a year for the next four years.
“Repairs could be wheelchair ramps, roofing, HVAC units, bathroom modifications and accessibility modifications,” Goggin said.
Tiffany Dupree, the Program Services Coordinator for Houston County Habitat for Humanity, explains how the selection process works.
“The applications come in, I process them,we do a financial qualifications and a whole checklist of qualifications,” Dupree said. “I go from there selecting and coordinating the repairs.”
According to Dupree, the repair program helped 22 people this year. She says that’s the most they’ve ever helped.
“I think it will be able to go up even more, because we’re going to start bringing in more people to help with repairs,” she said. “And of course now we have the funds to continue to help more people.”
Applications for the repairs program will open on the organization’s website in January. | https://www.41nbc.com/houston-county-habitat-for-humanity-receives-several-grants-to-help-with-home-repairs/ | 2022-09-01T04:21:32Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/houston-county-habitat-for-humanity-receives-several-grants-to-help-with-home-repairs/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Houston County Habitat for Humanity receives grants to help with home repairs
"We weren't sure if our repairs program would qualify for that through the Governor's office, but we sent in our grant application anyway, and we were very fortunate to receive funding," Director Bill Goggin said.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Sometimes taking a chance pays off. It did recently for Houston County Habitat for Humanity.
According to Director Bill Goggin, the organization applied for a grant through Governor Brian Kemp’s office aimed at helping homeless shelters.
“We weren’t sure if our repairs program would qualify for that through the Governor’s office, but we sent in our grant application anyway, and we were very fortunate to receive funding,” Goggin said.
The grant totaled $200,000. The organization also received a $40,000 grant from the Home Depot Foundation. Goggin says the money from the Governor’s office is expected to help five families a year for the next four years.
“Repairs could be wheelchair ramps, roofing, HVAC units, bathroom modifications and accessibility modifications,” Goggin said.
Tiffany Dupree, the Program Services Coordinator for Houston County Habitat for Humanity, explains how the selection process works.
“The applications come in, I process them,we do a financial qualifications and a whole checklist of qualifications,” Dupree said. “I go from there selecting and coordinating the repairs.”
According to Dupree, the repair program helped 22 people this year. She says that’s the most they’ve ever helped.
“I think it will be able to go up even more, because we’re going to start bringing in more people to help with repairs,” she said. “And of course now we have the funds to continue to help more people.”
Applications for the repairs program will open on the organization’s website in January. | https://www.41nbc.com/houston-county-habitat-for-humanity-receives-several-grants-to-help-with-home-repairs/ | 2022-09-01T04:21:32Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/houston-county-habitat-for-humanity-receives-several-grants-to-help-with-home-repairs/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News
Top stories from August 31, 2022
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Sparta teen injured in deputy-involved shooting in Hancock Co.
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Donations help fund military funeral honors for homeless veteran
- Houston County Habitat for Humanity receives grants to help with home repairs
- For other stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News, click here. | https://www.41nbc.com/icymi-stories-you-may-have-missed-today-on-41nbc-news-135/ | 2022-09-01T04:21:38Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/icymi-stories-you-may-have-missed-today-on-41nbc-news-135/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ICYMI: Stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News
Top stories from August 31, 2022
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Sparta teen injured in deputy-involved shooting in Hancock Co.
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Donations help fund military funeral honors for homeless veteran
- Houston County Habitat for Humanity receives grants to help with home repairs
- For other stories you may have missed today on 41NBC News, click here. | https://www.41nbc.com/icymi-stories-you-may-have-missed-today-on-41nbc-news-135/ | 2022-09-01T04:21:38Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/icymi-stories-you-may-have-missed-today-on-41nbc-news-135/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Leadership Macon looking for nominations for 2023 class
Leadership Macon is looking for nominations for its 2023 class.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Leadership Macon is looking for nominations for its 2023 class.
The community leadership program started in 1979.
Each year, emerging leaders participate in the program and learn all about Macon. The program also looks at the strengths and challenges Macon faces. It encourages participants to get involved in the community to make it a better place to live.
Leadership Macon Director, Lynn Farmer, says they’re looking for people who want to be involved in Macon.
“Perhaps people who are already involved who want to meet like-minded community folks that they can work with, or who just want to know more about Macon and who all the leaders are,” she said.
Anyone can submit a nomination for someone. Nominations are open until October 10. You can submit a nomination at Leadership Macon’s website. | https://www.41nbc.com/leadership-macon-looking-for-nominations-for-2023-class/ | 2022-09-01T04:21:44Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/leadership-macon-looking-for-nominations-for-2023-class/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Leadership Macon looking for nominations for 2023 class
Leadership Macon is looking for nominations for its 2023 class.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — Leadership Macon is looking for nominations for its 2023 class.
The community leadership program started in 1979.
Each year, emerging leaders participate in the program and learn all about Macon. The program also looks at the strengths and challenges Macon faces. It encourages participants to get involved in the community to make it a better place to live.
Leadership Macon Director, Lynn Farmer, says they’re looking for people who want to be involved in Macon.
“Perhaps people who are already involved who want to meet like-minded community folks that they can work with, or who just want to know more about Macon and who all the leaders are,” she said.
Anyone can submit a nomination for someone. Nominations are open until October 10. You can submit a nomination at Leadership Macon’s website. | https://www.41nbc.com/leadership-macon-looking-for-nominations-for-2023-class/ | 2022-09-01T04:21:44Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/leadership-macon-looking-for-nominations-for-2023-class/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Macon VA hospital aims to help in fight against overdoses
As part of International Overdose Awareness Day, the Macon VA hospital handed out Narcan nasal spray.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – As part of International Overdose Awareness Day, the Macon VA hospital handed out Narcan nasal spray.
Narcan can be used to reverse the effects of opioid overdoses.
“So easy to use, you can use it within maybe one to two minutes,” pain clinical pharmacist Nieka Jackson said. “It comes in a little package. You don’t have to put it together. The medicine is already loaded in to the doses, so all they have to do is insert the nasal spray into the person’s nose and give them the dose.”
Jackson says opioid overdoses and accidental overdoses have risen across the globe since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Narcan is available for free to veterans at VA hospitals. | https://www.41nbc.com/macon-va-hospital-aims-to-help-in-fight-against-overdoses/ | 2022-09-01T04:21:50Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/macon-va-hospital-aims-to-help-in-fight-against-overdoses/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Macon VA hospital aims to help in fight against overdoses
As part of International Overdose Awareness Day, the Macon VA hospital handed out Narcan nasal spray.
MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – As part of International Overdose Awareness Day, the Macon VA hospital handed out Narcan nasal spray.
Narcan can be used to reverse the effects of opioid overdoses.
“So easy to use, you can use it within maybe one to two minutes,” pain clinical pharmacist Nieka Jackson said. “It comes in a little package. You don’t have to put it together. The medicine is already loaded in to the doses, so all they have to do is insert the nasal spray into the person’s nose and give them the dose.”
Jackson says opioid overdoses and accidental overdoses have risen across the globe since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Narcan is available for free to veterans at VA hospitals. | https://www.41nbc.com/macon-va-hospital-aims-to-help-in-fight-against-overdoses/ | 2022-09-01T04:21:50Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/macon-va-hospital-aims-to-help-in-fight-against-overdoses/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Monroe County Library celebrates 100 years of service
The Monroe County Library is celebrating 100 years of service.
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Monroe County Library is celebrating 100 years of service.
The Forsyth Women’s Club opened the library in August 1922 after noticing a need for it.
“The Masonic hall actually let the library use one of their rooms downstairs in the old Masonic hall,” librarian Kimberly Smothers-Clayton said. “So it was actually a huge community effort to establish the library.”
As part of the celebration, the library is burying a time capsule featuring some of today’s biggest pop culture references. It’s set to be opened in 25 years.
John Weatherly was visiting the library for the first time since 1985. He spoke about the important services the library provides for the community.
“People who don’t have it [internet] at home, they can come here, get on the computer if they don’t want to spend the money or the finances to get a computer, a laptop, whatever, they can come here and research,” he said.
The Monroe County Library is located on West Main Street.
It’s open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. | https://www.41nbc.com/monroe-county-library-celebrates-100-years-of-service/ | 2022-09-01T04:21:56Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/monroe-county-library-celebrates-100-years-of-service/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Monroe County Library celebrates 100 years of service
The Monroe County Library is celebrating 100 years of service.
FORSYTH, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – The Monroe County Library is celebrating 100 years of service.
The Forsyth Women’s Club opened the library in August 1922 after noticing a need for it.
“The Masonic hall actually let the library use one of their rooms downstairs in the old Masonic hall,” librarian Kimberly Smothers-Clayton said. “So it was actually a huge community effort to establish the library.”
As part of the celebration, the library is burying a time capsule featuring some of today’s biggest pop culture references. It’s set to be opened in 25 years.
John Weatherly was visiting the library for the first time since 1985. He spoke about the important services the library provides for the community.
“People who don’t have it [internet] at home, they can come here, get on the computer if they don’t want to spend the money or the finances to get a computer, a laptop, whatever, they can come here and research,” he said.
The Monroe County Library is located on West Main Street.
It’s open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. | https://www.41nbc.com/monroe-county-library-celebrates-100-years-of-service/ | 2022-09-01T04:21:56Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/monroe-county-library-celebrates-100-years-of-service/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Scattered storms return Thursday
Highs will warm to the low 90s Thursday, before widespread showers and storms start popping up in Middle Georgia
A stalled cold front has been keeping rain and storms mainly in our southern counties this evening.
Our break from widespread showers and storms will be short lived as more moisture moves in from the Atlantic Thursday.
A few storms tomorrow afternoon could contain heavy rain and gusty winds.
Highs tomorrow have the potential to warm into the low 90s, with cooling behind any showers.
By Friday the stationary boundary will start to creep north, keeping rain chances in the area.
Clouds and rain in the area will keep highs limited to the upper 80s through the day.
As far as timing is concerned we are looking at mainly afternoon hours, with potential to linger into high school football time.
The forecast for the weekend keeps showers and storms around the southeast.
Highs will be a bit cooler than normal (mid 80s) throughout the weekend.
We are not forecasting severe storms, but we could see some heavy rain and gusty winds.
Labor Day will be another typical summer day with afternoon showers and storms.
More of that pattern continues for much of next week. | https://www.41nbc.com/scattered-storms-return-thursday-2/ | 2022-09-01T04:22:02Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/scattered-storms-return-thursday-2/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Scattered storms return Thursday
Highs will warm to the low 90s Thursday, before widespread showers and storms start popping up in Middle Georgia
A stalled cold front has been keeping rain and storms mainly in our southern counties this evening.
Our break from widespread showers and storms will be short lived as more moisture moves in from the Atlantic Thursday.
A few storms tomorrow afternoon could contain heavy rain and gusty winds.
Highs tomorrow have the potential to warm into the low 90s, with cooling behind any showers.
By Friday the stationary boundary will start to creep north, keeping rain chances in the area.
Clouds and rain in the area will keep highs limited to the upper 80s through the day.
As far as timing is concerned we are looking at mainly afternoon hours, with potential to linger into high school football time.
The forecast for the weekend keeps showers and storms around the southeast.
Highs will be a bit cooler than normal (mid 80s) throughout the weekend.
We are not forecasting severe storms, but we could see some heavy rain and gusty winds.
Labor Day will be another typical summer day with afternoon showers and storms.
More of that pattern continues for much of next week. | https://www.41nbc.com/scattered-storms-return-thursday-2/ | 2022-09-01T04:22:02Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/scattered-storms-return-thursday-2/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
The End Zone Game of the Week Preview: Northside vs. Warner Robins, Pt. 2
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, September 2, at 7:30 p.m. at McConnell Talbert Stadium.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — In just two days, the intense rivalry between the Northside Eagles and the Warner Robins Demons will go down as our End Zone Game of the Week.
The Demons are coming off of back-to-back GHSA 5A state titles but began their 2022 campaign with a rare 27-10 loss to Lee County, the second-ranked team in the 6A according to MaxPreps.
The Demons had a bye week right after their loss, which wasn’t ideal for head coach Marquis Westbrook.
“I think it does help, but I don’t like having a bye after the first week. I mean, nobody likes it, you know. Nobody’s really injured. Get ready to get back out there and play, but it is what it is. We got to go play,” said Westbrook.
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, September 2, at 7:30 p.m. at McConnell Talbert Stadium. | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-game-of-the-week-preview-northside-vs-warner-robins-pt-2/ | 2022-09-01T04:22:09Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-game-of-the-week-preview-northside-vs-warner-robins-pt-2/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
The End Zone Game of the Week Preview: Northside vs. Warner Robins, Pt. 2
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, September 2, at 7:30 p.m. at McConnell Talbert Stadium.
WARNER ROBINS, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) — In just two days, the intense rivalry between the Northside Eagles and the Warner Robins Demons will go down as our End Zone Game of the Week.
The Demons are coming off of back-to-back GHSA 5A state titles but began their 2022 campaign with a rare 27-10 loss to Lee County, the second-ranked team in the 6A according to MaxPreps.
The Demons had a bye week right after their loss, which wasn’t ideal for head coach Marquis Westbrook.
“I think it does help, but I don’t like having a bye after the first week. I mean, nobody likes it, you know. Nobody’s really injured. Get ready to get back out there and play, but it is what it is. We got to go play,” said Westbrook.
The End Zone Game of the Week is scheduled for Friday, September 2, at 7:30 p.m. at McConnell Talbert Stadium. | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-game-of-the-week-preview-northside-vs-warner-robins-pt-2/ | 2022-09-01T04:22:09Z | nbc.com | treatment | https://www.41nbc.com/the-end-zone-game-of-the-week-preview-northside-vs-warner-robins-pt-2/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Between blitz-happy coordinator Wink Martindale, No. 5-overall pick Kayvon Thibodeaux and Azeez Ojulari, a year off setting the rookie franchise record for sacks, the Giants came into this preseason thinking their pass rush would be a definitive strength.
That still might be the case.
They also might be without Thibodeaux and Ojulari for Week 1 in Tennessee, as both are dealing with injuries picked up during training camp. Coach Brian Daboll described both as day-to-day on Wednesday, but there’s still little clarity on their status for Sept. 11, when the games start to count. Regardless, though, the Giants will at least still have Martindale and his scheme — and that gives them confidence they can pressure Ryan Tannehill whether their star edge rushers are playing or not.
“That’s gonna work,” defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence said following Wednesday’s practice. “Blitzing’s gonna work regardless of whoever’s in there. I don’t think that has to do with specific players. It’s all about scheming.”
There’s some logic in that — sending six players against five linemen is a numbers advantage. If it were a universal truth, though, then edge rusher wouldn’t be such a coveted position, and no one would think twice about blitzing all the time.
No matter how often they blitz, the Giants will need to find a way to get pressure with a four-man rush, and to do that, they’ll need something from the edge. That equation gets a lot more challenging if they are down Nos. 5 and 51.
“What gives me confidence is just seeing everybody throughout camp, throughout OTAs,” defensive tackle Leonard Williams said. “X-man [Oshane Ximines] and [Tomon] Fox and a lot of those guys that are gonna stand in place for [Thibodeaux and Ojulari] for however much time they miss. I don’t know how much time they’re gonna miss, but whoever’s in there, I have confidence that they know what they’re doing and they’re gonna execute their job.
“And I think me and Dex are gonna be able to do a good job of helping lead whoever’s up there rushing.”
If Ximines does record a sack this season, it will be his first since 2019. Fox, an undrafted free agent who made the team out of North Carolina, passed Lawrence Taylor’s career mark in sacks with the Tar Heels and will be a name to watch as the early part of the season unfolds.
Both Williams and Lawrence, who were named captains this week, saw a noticeable drop in their pass rushing numbers last season. Williams went from 11.5 sacks in 2020 to 6.5 in 2021, Lawrence from 4.0 to 2.5.
The hope is that Martindale can help those numbers recover.
“It’s hard to pinpoint one thing that goes into sack numbers or pass rushing numbers,” Williams said. “Sometimes if you’re in the second half or you’re down by a few scores, the [opposing] team is gonna run the ball. … I’m confident with coach Wink’s defensive scheme and confident in myself that I’m gonna execute it. I think those numbers are gonna go up.”
Lawrence said he loves the defense’s “fight” adding that the group has displayed strong accountability and communication.
All good qualities. All hard to substitute for high-end talent.
The Giants will hope it doesn’t come to that, which still seems possible right now.
But if it does?
“I feel pretty confident in the next two guys that step up behind them,” Lawrence said. “Rushing, you’re rushing as a whole unit. It’s not just the end, it’s the front, it’s the tackles, the DBs, the linebackers, it’s all of us buying into a rush plan. We gotta put pressure, they gotta cover.”
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PASADENA — San Rafael Elementary Elementary School Principal Rudy Ramirez will return to campus “in the near future,” officials said this week, quelling concerns that the popular principal would be fired over his reaction to the arrest of a school janitor at the campus weeks ago.
Superintendent Brian McDonald announced the decision Tuesday following weeks of conversations – in the community and among district leaders – centering on Ramirez’s words after Pasadena police responded Aug. 14 to a non-emergency call that resulted in the local janitor being briefly handcuffed.
The issue galvanized the school community, sparking support and criticism of the principal, and it rippled into City Hall, where even the city’s mayor criticized the tone and words used by Ramirez.
The detainment sent Ramirez on what authorities called a “rant,” in which he couched the incident in racial terms, saying that the janitor would not have been treated as he was, and cuffed, if he were White. In a recording of the interaction, Ramirez is also heard discussing interactions with a neighbor and parent at his school, using a derogatory term about Mexican people. And a report noted his expletive-laced words about neighbors who would call the police over such an incident.
Pasadena’s Community Police Oversight Commission is set to discuss the police department’s response to the matter at 6 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 1.
In the meantime, district leaders and San Rafael parents continue ongoing conversations about the future employment and previous actions of San Rafael’s beloved principal.
Pleas to save Ramirez’s job were prevalent last week before the Board of Education headed into closed session to discuss the discipline, dismissal, or release of a principal.
“Without Mr. Ramirez, San Rafael will lose its spark,” according to a letter sent to Mayor Victor Gordo, McDonald and the district’s Board of Education on behalf of San Rafael parents, who asked that district leaders allow Ramirez to remain as principal at the local elementary school.
“The dedication and work he has put into the school and making it one of the best in Pasadena is why it is in such great demand,” the letter states. “We urge you not to let a momentary lapse in judgment be the end of a lifelong commitment to public education.”
However, some have alleged that Ramirez’s past actions fit what was seen and heard on the recent recording of his reaction.
After examining the matter in depth though, McDonald said in his communique that Ramirez will remain assigned to the school “while corrective action is being taken to ensure that there is no repeat of his actions,” the statement reads. “An acting principal is on campus, but Principal Ramirez will return in the near future.”
Pasadena Unified would not provide any further details, according to the statement, citing restrictions on personnel matters.
“As most of you know, Principal Ramirez has apologized publicly,” McDonald writes. “Now, we must refocus on student learning.”
This is a big ask for some in the San Rafael community, particularly those who say they have been affected by Ramirez’s comments firsthand.
Nicole Moore’s daughter attended San Rafael Elementary from Kindergarten through fourth grade. Moore said her daughter generally had a good experience at the school, but she said her daughter faced a “growing, extremely hostile,” experience under Ramirez.
“We felt very isolated,” Moore said, noting her family thought they were alone before she removed her daughter from the district in Spring 2018.
But, Moore added, “we have learned that our experience is not isolated.”
Moore argued the district needs to establish clear standards of conduct to prevent such a catastrophe in the future.
District leaders said they intend to “begin a facilitated dialogue at the school and with neighbors to strengthen relationships so that students and staff can continue learning and thriving,” according to McDonald’s letter.
“Our goal now is to foster a climate of civility, collegiality, tolerance, and reasoned debate, embracing our diversity as a strength that adds vibrancy and creativity to our perspectives, deliberations, and decisions,” McDonald said. “We must work together as members of one community for the benefit of our students and families. The best education for our students continues to be our top priority.”
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ANAHEIM — The MVP showdown between Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge lived up to its billing.
A night after Judge put away a New York Yankees victory with a three-run homer, Ohtani delivered a three-run blast to give the Angels the lead in their 3-2 victory on Wednesday night before a sellout crowd of 43,555 at Angel Stadium.
Both players homered on Monday night, but Ohtani’s homer was a two-run blast and Judge hit a solo homer, so the Angels won by a run.
The Angels took two of three from the Yankees after sweeping three games from the Toronto Blue Jays, the best stretch of baseball the Angels have played since before their season went to pieces with a 14-game losing streak in early June.
Ohtani’s homer on Wednesday night was his 30th of the season, and it came at the expense of Yankees ace Gerrit Cole.
Cole and the Yankees had a 2-0 lead in the sixth. David Fletcher opened the inning with an infield single, and he took second on a bad throw by third baseman Josh Donaldson. Mike Trout then hit a routine grounder to shortstop Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who booted it.
Cole then fell behind Ohtani, 2-and-0, and he grooved a 97.9 mph fastball right over the heart of the plate.
Ohtani hammered it to straightaway center, and then he stood and admired the shot as it sailed into trees beyond the center field fence. The ball traveled 427 feet and left his bat at 107.3 mph.
Ohtani had barely missed a two-run homer in the first, when center fielder Aaron Hicks robbed him with a leaping catch at the fence.
After Ohtani’s homer put the Angels ahead, left-hander Patrick Sandoval then returned to the mound and pitched a 1-2-3 shutdown inning, completing a brilliant seven-inning performance in a matchup of former Orange County high school pitching stars.
Sandoval gave up two runs on three hits, with two walks and seven strikeouts. He needed just 82 pitches. Sandoval mostly breezed through the Yankees’ lineup, with just a fifth-inning hiccup that wasn’t entirely his fault.
Through the first four, Sandoval struck out six and faced just one hitter over the minimum. Sandoval needed just 44 pitches to get through four, and an astounding 52 percent of them were swings and misses or called strikes.
In the third inning, Sandoval struck out Andrew Benintendi, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton on 11 pitches.
In the fifth, Donaldson led off with a chopper down the third base line. Matt Duffy went to backhand the ball and it skipped under his glove, as Donaldson went into second with a double.
Gleyber Torres then hit a fly ball to right center. Mike Trout didn’t get a good jump on the ball, and it landed just a few feet away from him, for a run-scoring double.
Neither play was routine, but both were makable.
The Yankees scored the second run of the inning when Torres scored on a deep fly ball from Hicks.
Sandoval then tacked on two more scoreless innings. Left-hander José Quijada held the narrow lead through the eighth, then Jimmy Herget escaped in the ninth after walking Judge and Stanton.
More to come on this story.
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CARIBBEAN SEA - (Aug. 11, 2022) – Gunnery Sgt. Jason Hollander, a force protection liaison with U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Southern Command, dons an immersion suit designed to prevent hypothermia aboard the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Burlington (T-EPF-10) during abandon ship drills, Aug. 11, 2022. Burlington is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support expeditionary maintenance to deployed littoral combat ships operating in the region and conduct theater security cooperation engagements to maintain access, enhance interoperability and build enduring partnerships in the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brendan Mullin/Released)
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CARTAGENA, Colombia - (Aug. 16, 2022) –The Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport ship USNS Burlington (T-EPF-10) moors to the pier in Cartagena, Colombia during a port visit, Aug. 16, 2022. Burlington is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support expeditionary maintenance to deployed littoral combat ships operating in the region and conduct theater security cooperation engagements to maintain access, enhance interoperability and build enduring partnerships in the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brendan Mullin/Released)
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CARTAGENA, Colombia - (Aug. 17, 2022) – Chief Operations Specialist Timothy Weier, right, assigned to the Spearhead-class expeditionary fast transport vessel USNS Burlington (T-EPF-10), plays soccerwith Colombian sailors, U.S. Marines and fellow Sailors while the ship is inport Cartagena, Colombia, Aug. 17, 2022. The soccer match was held to develop camaraderie between the U.S. and Colombian personnel. Burlington is deployed to the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations to support expeditionary maintenance to deployed littoral combat ships operating in the region and conduct theater security cooperation engagements to maintain access, enhance interoperability and build enduring partnerships in the Caribbean, Central and South America. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brendan Mullin/Released)
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Oak Street beach hosts pro beach volleyball tournament
CHICAGO - Professional volleyball hits Oak Street Beach this weekend.
The AVP Gold Series Chicago Open is back with some of the top stars competing.
Pro beach volleyball player and Olympian Casey Patterson is playing in the tournament — making it his last Chicago playing appearance before he retires.
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"As a kid growing up, I used to watch it on TV, record on a VHS and say, 'One day I want to be a pro like those guys,’" said Patterson. "So this is a very like historically like traditionally very cool spot for the tour. And it's usually one of the season ending spots. Like last year, our gold tour, this was the last one, and it always has a special place in our hearts as players."
Patterson says after he retires from beach volleyball, he might get into pickleball next. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/olympian-casey-patterson-to-play-in-beach-volleyball-tournament-this-weekend | 2022-09-01T04:37:47Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/olympian-casey-patterson-to-play-in-beach-volleyball-tournament-this-weekend | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Pickleball tournament happening in Highland Park this week
CHICAGO - A major pickleball tournament is happening this week in Highland Park.
The APP Chicago runs from now until Sept. 4 at Danny Cunniff park.
More than 700 players are expected to participate in the event.
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A $50,000 grand prize is at stake.
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Parker scores 22, Sky beat Sun 85-77 to even the series
CHICAGO - Candace Parker scored 22 points and the Chicago Sky evened the semifinal series with an 85-77 win over the Connecticut Sun in Game 2 of the WNBA playoffs Wednesday night.
Chicago coach James Wade said pregame that Chicago was "going to make shots" Wednesday after a lackluster 35.3% shooting performance in Game 1. The Sky responded by hitting six of 10 shots to open the game, and finished the night 32 of 63 (50.8%). All five starters scored in double figures for Chicago.
Game 3 is in Connecticut on Sunday.
Jonquel Jones scored a team-high 23 points for the Sun on 10 of 17 shooting, adding seven rebounds and two blocks.
The Sun never led after Jones hit a 3 on the first possession of the game.
Forward Emma Meesseman found her rhythm with back-to-back baskets in the opening minutes after a 4 of 11 shooting performance in Game 1. The 6-foot-4 forward finished with 14 points on an efficient 6 of 8 shooting clip to go along with seven rebounds, three assists, and a pair of steals.
Jones and Odyssey Sims keyed a 6-0 Connecticut run early in the second quarter, but Chicago responded and pushed the lead to 10 on Courtney Vandersloot’s layup. The Sky carried a 47-32 lead into the half after hitting 19 of 31 shots.
Sun point guard Natisha Hiedeman added 14 points on 6 of 10 shooting with most coming in the second half.
DeWanna Bonner went 0 for 6 from the field and finished with two points after leading the Sun with 15 points in Game 1.
Parker capped her scoring contributions with a turnaround jumper near the baseline and a 3 at the 6:17 mark which gave Chicago a 76-56 cushion.
Parker hit three shots while drawing fouls in the first half, including a 3, but missed the and-one free throw on each occasion.
Vandersloot scored 10 points and tallied a game-high eight assists and Allie Quigley went 3 of 6 from long range to finish with 13 points.
NOT SO FREE THROWS
Connecticut shot just 8 of 16 at the free throw line. Chicago hit 15 of 22 (68.2%) of its free throw attempts.
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Reyes, Hoerner help Cubs beat Blue Jays 7-5, avoid sweep
CHICAGO - Franmil Reyes homered, Nico Hoerner drove in a pair of runs and the Chicago Cubs beat the Toronto Blue Jays 7-5 on Wednesday night to avoid a three-game sweep.
Ian Happ and Zach McKinstry each had two hits as the Cubs snapped a five-game losing streak north of the border. Chicago went 15-15 in August, its first non-losing month this season.
Alejandro Kirk hit a three-run homer and Cavan Biggio connected for a two-run shot for the Blue Jays, who are in position for an AL wild card but had their first losing month, going 13-14 in August.
Reyes homered off Blue Jays right-hander Mitch White in the fifth inning, his 13th.
White (1-5) allowed six runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings, his third loss in five starts with Toronto.
Cubs right-hander Luke Farrell made his second start and third appearance of the season, giving up two runs and two hits in two-plus innings. Farrell retired the first six batters in order but Teoscar Hernández singled to begin the third and Biggio followed with a drive into the second deck, his fourth.
Farrell is the son of former Blue Jays and Red Sox manager John Farrell. His older brother Shane is Toronto’s amateur scouting director.
Manuel Rodríguez (1-0) replaced Farrell and retired all six batters he faced.
Mark Leiter Jr. pitched one inning, Erich Uelmen got two outs, Michael Rucker got three and Brandon Hughes worked 1 1/3 innings before Rowan Wick, the seventh Chicago pitcher, worked the ninth for his ninth save in 13 chances.
Happ opened the scoring with an RBI single in the first and Cubs catcher Yan Gomes made it 2-0 in the second, scoring from third when Alfonso Rivas attempted a two-out steal of second. Rivas was thrown out.
Hoerner hit a two-run double in the third and scored on Rafael Ortega’s bloop single to left.
Kirk cut it to 6-5 when he connected off Uelmen in the sixth, his 13th. McKinstry pushed the lead back to two runs with an RBI single off right-hander David Phelps in the seventh.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Cubs: C Willson Contreras (left ankle) was held out of the starting lineup. Contreras left Tuesday’s game in the sixth inning.
MINOR MOVES
In a swap of minor league players, Toronto acquired C Karl Ellison from Philadelphia for RHP Vinny Nittoli. In a separate transaction, Toronto acquired minor league C Edward Duran from Miami to complete an Aug. 2 trade.
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Cubs: RHP Adrian Sampson (1-4, 3.97 ERA) will be activated off the restricted list to start at St. Louis Friday. LHP Jordan Montgomery (7-3, 3.28) goes for the Cardinals.
Blue Jays: Toronto has not named a starter for Friday’s game at Pittsburgh, but RHP Alek Manoah (12-7, 2.60 ERA) is next in line. The Pirates have not named a starter. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/reyes-hoerner-help-cubs-beat-blue-jays-7-5-avoid-sweep | 2022-09-01T04:38:17Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/sports/reyes-hoerner-help-cubs-beat-blue-jays-7-5-avoid-sweep | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thiruvananthapuram: Widespread heavy rains with lightning are likely to pound several parts of Kerala till Sunday, according to the warning issued by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD).
Very heavy rains are likely in isolated places of the state on Thursday, it said.
Incessant rains may continue to lash the state in the coming days due to the formation of a strong cyclonic circulation over Tamil Nadu and nearby areas and a low-pressure belt in regions from Tamil Nadu to Madhya Pradesh. Fishers have been asked not to venture into the sea due to the possibility of winds blowing with speeds reaching 40 to 50 kmph along the Kerala, Karnataka, and Lakshadweep coasts till Sunday.
An orange alert was issued in Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, and Thrissur districts, and a yellow alert for Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Kannur and Kasargod districts for today.
An orange alert means very heavy rains from 6 cm to 20 cm of rain and a yellow alert indicates heavy rainfall between 6 and 11 cm.
Yellow alert in 10 districts tomorrow
A yellow alert has been issued in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Malappuram, and Kozhikode districts for Friday.
Similarly, a yellow alert has been given in Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Palakkad, and Malappuram districts for Saturday and in Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Kottayam, Ernakulam, Idukki, Thrissur, Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasargod districts for Sunday. | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/01/kerala-rain-alert-weather-update-live.amp.html | 2022-09-01T04:44:20Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/01/kerala-rain-alert-weather-update-live.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Thiruvananthapuram: Mayor Arya took to Facebook to announce her wedding date.
Requesting those who might have been missed to be invited to consider the post as an invite, she asked all to join with their family for the wedding. She said, the couple has invited most people in person.
Arya has clarified that the couple would not accept any gift. Balussery MLA Sachin Dev too has posted a similar invite on his FB page.
"Those who wish to give gifts may instead contribute to the Corporation’s old age homes, facilities for the destitute or towards the Chief Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund," she added.
Mayor Arya Rajendran’s post on Facebook originally in Malayalam, read …
Dear all,
We are getting married on September 4, 2022, at 11 am, at AKG Hall Thiruvananthapuram.
We have tried to invite most people in person. In case we have missed inviting anyone, please consider this post as an invite and join us for the wedding with your family.
We are not taking any kind of gift for the wedding. Please consider this a request.
If anyone wishes to give such gifts as tokens of love, we wish you contribute the same to the Corporation old-age homes, homes for the destitute or towards the Chief Minister’s Disaster Relief Fund. Kindly bless the wedding function with your presence.
Greetings,
Arya, Sachin | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/01/mayor-arya-rajendran-balussery-mla-sachin-dev-wedding-date-sept-4.amp.html | 2022-09-01T04:44:33Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/news/kerala/2022/09/01/mayor-arya-rajendran-balussery-mla-sachin-dev-wedding-date-sept-4.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reach Kerala on Thursday as part of his two-day visit to the state. His agenda includes the inauguration of Phase I A of the Kochi Metro and commissioning of the country's first indigenously built aircraft carrier, INS Vikrant.
The Prime Minister would arrive here on Thursday evening, address a public meeting and visit the Adi Shankara janmabhoomi kshetram (temple) at Kalady -- the birthplace of the Hindu saint -- official sources said on Wednesday.
He would lay the foundation stone of the Phase II of the Kochi Metro project at 6pm on Thursday and inaugurate the phase-1A, first stretch from SN Junction to Vadakkekotta.
11.2 km and 11 stations
The proposed Phase-II corridor of Kochi Metro from JLN Stadium to Infopark, Kakkanad, would cover 11.2 km and have 11 stations.
Phase-I extension is the first stretch of work directly taken up by Kochi Metro Rail Limited (KMRL). With the inauguration of Phase I-A, Kochi Metro would cover at least 27 km with 24 stations.
The revenue operations of both the stations would begin at 7 pm soon after Modi dedicates the stations to the people of Kochi. The Commissioner of Metro Rail Safety had given approval for the revenue operations of the Petta-SN Junction stretch after inspections.
The work on Vadakkekotta, SN Junction stations and Panamkutty bridge was started on October 16, 2019 and continued even during the COVID-19 pandemic. Vadakkekotta is the biggest among the metro stations with an area of 4.3 lakh square feet. Unlike other metro stations, large commercial spaces have been created on both inside and outside the new facilities, KMRL sources said.
Vadakkekotta station depicts Kerala's role in the freedom struggle as its theme, while the theme of SN Junction is Ayurveda and its modern approaches. On completion, the combined Phase-I and Phase-II metro network would link major residential and commercial hubs in the city with major transit hubs such as railway stations and bus-stands, thus reinforcing the concept of multi-modal integration and first/last mile connectivity, a KMRL statement said. With the SN Junction and Vadakkekotta stations open for revenue operations, KMRL expects to transport an average of 1 lakh commuters per day.
The Kochi Metro said its foundation-laying ceremony would be held at CIAL trade fair and exhibition centre.
Commissioning INS Vikrant
On Friday, PM Modi will commission the INS Vikrant at the Cochin Shipyard Limited and also "unveil the new naval ensign (Nishaan) thereby doing away with the colonial past," the PMO said in a statement.
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — Almost 300 FAMU students will have to wait a bit-longer to move back into their on-campus apartments.
Students living at the Palmetto Phase III apartments were relocated to hotels Friday following an influx of pest complaints.
The Office of University Housing says pest control crews completed treating all the apartments on Saturday.
Students were supposed to be able to return Thursday, Sept. 1, but Wednesday, Director of Housing Jennifer Wilder went on a walk through of the apartments, and says more minor issues were discovered.
Now, students will have to wait an additional 24 hours to move back on Friday, Sept. 2 at 1 p.m.
"This is not the experience we wanted any of our students to have but we are trying to manage it as best we can and hopefully this is the last time that we have to do this," Wilder said.
Students at phase III can drop off belongings Thursday at 5 p.m., but cannot stay overnight.
Wilder says the other 128 students that were relocated from Polking-horne Village West last week due to water damage should be able to move back on Saturday.
Students in both housing complexes who need help moving back from their hotel can fill out a form with the Office of University Housing. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/displaced-florida-a-m-student-residents-of-palmetto-phase-iii-apartments-to-return-friday | 2022-09-01T04:46:59Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/displaced-florida-a-m-student-residents-of-palmetto-phase-iii-apartments-to-return-friday | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — In the Big Bend, local agencies are remembering the lives lost most recently to a rash of fentanyl overdoses and deaths in Gadsden County.
Local organizations in the Big Bend are serving as a resource for anyone struggling with substance abuse.
In the past two months the big bend has seen hundreds of drug overdoses.
The common theme, fentanyl.
It's a synthetic opioid that people are using to cut different drugs.
Disc Village in Tallahassee is doing their best to be a resource for anyone struggling with substance abuse.
"The people that we serve are a part of our local community and what impacts the person beside us also impacts us," said Adrienne Ayers, Leon County adult services supervisor.
Adrienne Ayers, Leon County adult supervisor with disc village said the main priority is providing information to the communities in need.
Disc Village has been an active outlet for 50 years throughout the Big Bend.
Providing counseling, case management, and everything needed for a successful recovery.
Disc Village also has Narcan available.
The medication helps resuscitate patients who overdosed by blocking the effects of opioids.
"When you talk to the family members that go through this experience having this type of option available to bring that loved one back changes lives," said Jordan Cowart, Chief Operations Officer with Disc Village.
Cowart said that's why having Narcan available to the community can give families a second chance.
Over at North West Florida Health Network, they're working on communicating with at-risk communities about what happens when you take a chance with using drugs.
"Fentanyl does kill. That its not something to mess around with and often time you may come into contact with fentnayl without realizing it," said Watkins.
Watkins said continuing to be a voice in the community can change the outcome of a decision.
Disc Village provides services in eight counties surrounding the Big Bend. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/tallahassee-organizations-are-reminding-the-community-that-resources-are-available-for-substance-abuse | 2022-09-01T04:47:05Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/local-news/tallahassee-organizations-are-reminding-the-community-that-resources-are-available-for-substance-abuse | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LITTLE AMERICA – A traveler’s retreat, tucked away off of I-80 in southwest Wyoming, has been accommodating millions of visitors since 1952.
Representatives from Little America hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Aug. 30 to celebrate the opening of its new RV Park, located off I-80 near Green River and Rock Springs.
Tony O’Brien, Little America’s Wyoming area manager traveled from Cheyenne to kick off the celebration with Spencer Riggs, Little America Wyoming’s general manager, among others including the Mayor of Green River, Pete Rust, Green River Chamber of Commerce and Jenissa Meridith, CEO of Sweetwater County Travel and Tourism to formally open the park.
“We’re very excited to add another amenity to Sweetwater County and provide something else people can do as a destination in Little America,” said Tony O’Brien, area manager for Little America Hotel and Resorts.
The RV Park in Little America has 42 spacious sites. Each RV site has a picnic table. The premiere back-in RV spaces have private fire pits with an extended seating area. A new basketball court is on-site as well. Next to the basketball court is a sandbox for children, an area for cornhole and a community fire-pit.
About a dozen unused hotel rooms have been converted to changing/shower rooms, which are open 24 hours a day.
Riggs was “very instrumental in adding the amenities,” according to O’Brien.
Riggs has been with Little America for 15 years.
“Every year, we discussed having an RV park and every year, it was pushed back but in the past year, we got serious about it and now it’s here,” said Riggs.
“We have so many high-end facilities in the same place, making this an ideal getaway,” O’Brien pointed out. “We’re not stopping yet. We’re going to keep upgrading and making this better over the years.”
Riggs said that there was a need for an RV park at Little America after seeing so many RV’s driving down the interstate.
“The RV parks are packed,” Riggs noted. “We’re here to serve people and that’s the kind of service we want to provide.
“We got a lot done this year and we’re heading to bigger and better times. The future of Little America is only progressing.”
Riggs mentioned that when they closed the original restaurant, residents in Sweetwater County were worried about the future of Little America.
“People asked if we were closing and I said, ‘Absolutely not.’ This is the beginning of a strong future for this area, both for the travelers and the locals.”
Riggs added, “The restaurant is open. Little America is back and it’s better than it’s been.”
“The cool thing about Sweetwater County is it’s a gateway to all the other areas in Wyoming,” O’Brien said. “We can be a one-stop shop for over-the-road travelers and we’re a good ‘jumping off point’ to all kinds of activities.”
Riggs shared some history about Little America, which is known to most Southwest Wyoming natives, during his speech.
Stephen Mack Covey was a young sheepherder in the 1890s.
One January night, he got lost in the middle of a raging blizzard and had to stay in an unnamed area, which is now known as Little America.
With 50-mile-an-hour winds and the temperature dropping to below 40, Covey wished he was sitting next to a fireplace with food and blankets.
Years later, he saw pictures of Admiral Richard Byrd’s “Little America” in Antartica. Byrd’s isolation reminded Covey of that cold night. It was then he wanted to build Little America in 1934. It started out as a small gas station with a motel and a café.
“It’s truly a historic day here in Little America,” Riggs said of the RV park. “This has been a long time coming. Tradition of service is what we are. Since the 1930s, this company has grown into such a large, incredible thing, offering world-class properties, the best meals and the best rooms anywhere in the world.”
Daniel Ramirez, maintenance manager of Little America, hired Wyoming contractors to add the new amenities to the property.
“It’s important to keep it local,” said Ramirez. “It’s a good step in the right direction.
“It’s going to benefit the property for many years to come.” | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/little-america-is-only-progressing-sweetwater-county-celebrates-new-rv-park/article_6cb5ef14-29a3-11ed-968f-0f047adc258e.html | 2022-09-01T04:48:28Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/rocketminer/little-america-is-only-progressing-sweetwater-county-celebrates-new-rv-park/article_6cb5ef14-29a3-11ed-968f-0f047adc258e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
BATON ROUGE — LSU is 4 days away from kicking off their season with Florida state in the Caesars Superdome.
Head coach Brian Kelly plans to not reveal the starting quarterback until game day.
Players say that both Garrett Nussmeier and Jayden Daniels are still splitting first team reps in practice and claim even they don't know who will start Sunday.
The difference in 2 quarterbacks can sometimes mean two different sets of plays and game plans but the pair both feature similar skill sets.
"There's some great similarities between the two of them in terms of what they're able to do", says Kelly. "They both run extremely well. There's not a dramatic difference between the two when it comes to play calling. You can imagine that when talking about both quarterbacks, it's 1A and 1B, it's not a 1 and 2."
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HONOLULU-HI (KITV-4) The Hawaiʻi Abortion Collective and State legislators held a press conference on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol to launch the first official abortion guide for Hawaiʻi. In the wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade, the group hopes to make access to abortion across Hawaiʻi a reality for all.
And an organizer says she personally needed the guide so she could get an abortion.
HONOLULU (KITV-4) The Hawaiʻi Abortion Collective and state legislators held a press conference on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol to launch the first official abortion guide for Hawaiʻi. In the wake of the reversal of Roe v. Wade, the group hopes to make access to abortion across Hawaiʻi a reality for all.
And an organizer says she personally needed the guide so she could get an abortion.
Khara Jabola-Carolus has been helping women for more than 10 years as the Executive Director of the State Commission on Status of Women. When Jabola-Carolus discovered she needed to get an abortion about a week ago, she realized the stark lack of resources.
"When I found out that I needed to have an abortion I didn’t know much about how to get one," says Jabola-Carolus. "When you find out you are pregnant, and need an abortion -- its one of the hardest moments of your life. And what makes it so hard, you feel so lonely. Because we’re not supposed to talk about it. There’s no one you can run to and tell you it will be ok. But finally Hawaii has created a place like that and that is what this guide is about. And if I helped me so much I can’t imagine how much comfort it’s going to bring to women and girls across the islands. “
Faith leaders also joined to end the social stigma of abortion access. Rev Malia Galindo, United Church of Christ says, “I am a Christian and I support abortion rights. Accessing life saving health care is not a sin.”
"What we are hearing from healthcare providers is panic and confusion in our community," says Rep. Linda Ichiyama (D).
Many of the questions people have: "What is a woman’s legal rights in Hawaii? How do I access reproductive health care and what does that mean in terms of cost transportation and child care? And this guide is an all in one access in one place so that people people can readily find this information. And make an informed decision.”
Dr. Tracy Chen, Queen’s Medical Center, “That is why we will fight to keep abortion legal and safe in Hawaii we hope that this guide put together by the Hawaii Abortion Collective helps combat the misinformation that is so prevalent online and in the community so that everyone knows that abortion in Hawaii is legal safe and available.
Representative Ichiyama says lawmakers will work on possible protective orders that might be necessary if local health care providers are asked to treat out of state patients.
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Maui residents are invited to complete surveys regarding those who provide elderly care, care for those disabilities, and aging care.
One survey is for individuals over the age of 55 living in Maui, both current and part-time residents.
A second survey is for caregivers, who care for those over the age of 55 (currently or within the past 6 months), or provide care to disabled adults 18+, or a grandparent raising a grandchild.
Public input is being sought by the Maui County Office on Aging, and the online surveys will be available from September 1 through December 1, 2022.
All responses to the surveys will remain anonymous.
County and state survey data will help with the development of statewide plans -- as well as Maui County’s Area Plan on Aging regarding federal funding from Oct. 1, 2023 through Sept. 30, 2027. These plans address issues as described in the Older Americans Act and helps those who are the most in need, socially and financially.
For questions about these surveys, the Maui County 4-Year Area Plan on Aging, or to request printed copies of the survey, contact James Mariano at (808) 270-7349. | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/maui-county-residents-and-caregivers-invited-to-complete-surveys-on-elderly-and-aging-care-experiences/article_9a8f65ca-29ab-11ed-a822-2f784cb7e268.html | 2022-09-01T04:53:28Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/local/maui-county-residents-and-caregivers-invited-to-complete-surveys-on-elderly-and-aging-care-experiences/article_9a8f65ca-29ab-11ed-a822-2f784cb7e268.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Since moving away from Oahu last month, four-year-old Indy Rose Wyatt has had unexplained seizures every two weeks.
She's also had to take more medicine for her thyroid condition her mother says she never had before drinking the contaminated water.
Since moving away from Oahu last month, four-year-old Indy Rose Wyatt has had unexplained seizures every two weeks.
She's also had to take more medicine for her thyroid condition her mother says she never had before drinking the contaminated water.
"One of the scariest things is that so many people are having so many neurological issues and they don't know how to help us," said Indy's mother, Ariana. "It's sad, it's not fair. So I'm hoping the Navy takes accountability." >
The young girl is among the dozen people listed in a federal lawsuit detailing health problems -- including seizures, gastrointestinal disorders and neurological issues.
It's the first lawsuit against the U.S. government by four military families claiming they've suffered severe health problems after being poisoned from the Navy's Red Hill water system.
"This completely changed the course of our life, she's four and she started preschool here and it's so hard to like watch the other little kids play and I have to go check her out of school to go get blood draws done," she said.
The attorneys for the families say the government made the suffering worse by first denying -- and then dismissing -- the health concerns.
"It's one thing to cause the contamination that poisoned people, but it's another thing to look at sick families and say, 'you're not sick,'" said Kristina Baehr, attorney for the plaintiffs. "And that is what the Navy continues to do today. They continue to say that there is no long-term health consequences from the exposure. That's not true."
The Navy admits jet fuel leaked from its Red Hill storage facility and pledged to defuel Red Hill by the end of 2024. But Hawaii officials say that's too long because the fuel is putting Oahu's entire water system at risk.
The Navy released a statement saying in part, "Nothing is more important than the health, safety, and well-being of our people, their families and our community neighbors."
But for Wyatt, she worries every day about the consequences of drinking the water as little Indy Rose's health deteriorates.
"It's absolutely ... terrifying, it's terrifying," she said.
The military families want compensation for their illnesses and disruption to their lives. Hundreds of additional claims are expected to be added to the lawsuit in the future.
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It's not a good look to start the day for risk sentiment with S&P 500 futures seen down 27 points, or 0.7%, currently. Nasdaq futures are down 1.1% while Dow futures are down by 0.4% as we look towards European morning trade. This comes after another day of selling in Wall Street with the early gains faltering into the close once more. It is but another episode of how stocks are failing to find any lasting relief in trading this week.
The S&P 500 chart exemplifies the downside momentum currently and a break below the 50.0 Fib retracement level at 3,982 spells further danger for risk trades ahead of the US jobs report tomorrow.
Be mindful that it is going to be a long weekend in the US and perhaps softer employment data tomorrow may help to provide a bit of a cushion in the short-term. The key economic data release before the FOMC meeting this month is the US consumer inflation report though and that will only come on 13 September.
I fear that given the recent mood in markets, stocks will still continue to struggle ahead of that even if there might be a light reprieve tomorrow. But another hot set of non-farm payrolls numbers may very well put fuel on the fire for stocks and we could start to talk about the June lows pretty soon in that instance. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/equities-fail-to-find-any-lasting-relief-so-far-this-week-20220901/ | 2022-09-01T04:56:48Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/equities-fail-to-find-any-lasting-relief-so-far-this-week-20220901/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
First ever drop in mathematics, largest drop in reading in 30 years
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The reading and mathematics scores of 9-year-old students fell between 2020 and 2022, according to results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) long-term trend (LTT) assessment released today by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
"These are some of the largest declines we have observed in a single assessment cycle in 50 years of the NAEP program," said Acting NCES Associate Commissioner Daniel McGrath. "Students in 2022 are performing at a level last seen two decades ago."
The new results represent the first report with a nationally representative sample of students comparing achievement from before the pandemic to now. NCES conducted a special data collection of the long-term trend assessments in early 2022 to measure changes in 9-year-olds' achievement over the first two years of the disruptions to learning caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The prior LTT reading and mathematics assessments were administered in 2020, shortly before the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a worldwide pandemic. NCES is releasing these data on an accelerated schedule, just months after the data collection concluded.
Overall, the average mathematics score declined seven points since 2020. The mathematics scores for lower-performing 9-year-old students (students at the 10th and 25th percentiles) declined 12 points and 11 points, respectively, over that period. Mathematics scores also declined for students at the 50th (eight points), 75th (five points), and 90th (three points) percentiles.
The average reading score for 9-year-olds declined five points between 2020 and 2022. The reading scores for lower-performing 9-year-old students (students at the 10th and 25th percentiles) declined 10 points and 8 points, respectively, over that period. Reading scores also declined for students at the 50th (four points), 75th (three points), and 90th (two points) percentiles.
"During the pandemic, NCES continued and enhanced other data collections on education challenges, and they paint a sobering picture," said NCES Commissioner Peggy G. Carr. "School shootings, violence, and classroom disruptions are up, as are teacher and staff vacancies, absenteeism, cyberbullying, and students' use of mental health services. This information provides some important context for the results we're seeing from the long-term trend assessment."
The 2022 LTT results for 9-year-olds are the only nationally representative data available to measure student achievement pre-pandemic to early 2022, when students returned to in-person learning on a more consistent basis. There will be a deeper and more comprehensive look at student achievement with the release of main NAEP results later this year. Then, NCES will report on mathematics and reading student achievement at grades 4 and 8 for the nation, states, and for 26 urban school districts.
Student group performance and score gap changes since 2020
Scores declined for White, Black, and Hispanic 9-year-olds in both mathematics and reading between 2020 and 2022.
Mathematics scores declined five points for White students, 13 points for Black students, and eight points for Hispanic students. The larger decline for Black students compared to White students increased the score gap by eight points. White, Black, and Hispanic students also showed declines in the 10th, 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles. Black students also showed declines at the 90th percentile in mathematics while Asian students showed a decline at the 10th percentile.
Reading scores declined six points for White, Black, and Hispanic students. In reading, both Black and White lower-performing students declined, while higher-performing students across all racial and ethnic groups showed no change in scores.
The changes in mathematics and reading scores for Asian/Pacific Islander students, American Indian/Alaska Native students, or students who were two or more races were not statistically significant, compared to 2020.
Geographically, mathematics scores declined for students in every region of the country, compared to 2020. Scores fell eight points in the Northeast, nine points in the Midwest, seven points in the South, and five points in the West. Mathematics scores declined nine points for schools located in suburbs, seven points for schools located in towns and cities, and five points for rural schools.
In reading, scores fell seven points in the Northeast, seven points in the Midwest, and six points in the South; the average score was not measurably different in the West when compared to 2020. Reading scores declined eight points for schools located in suburbs and nine points for schools located in towns; scores were not measurably different for city and rural schools. During this time, the score gap between city and suburban schools grew smaller by eight points.
Learning Opportunities During the Pandemic
As part of the special data collection, NCES collected information on how the pandemic affected student learning experiences and opportunities.
- Seventy percent of students recalled learning remotely at some point during the 2020-2021 school year.
- Eighty-two percent of Asian students recalled learning remotely at some point during the 2020-2021 school year. This was higher than the percentage of Black students (72 percent), Hispanic students (67 percent), White students (69 percent), and the percentage of students who are two or more races (72 percent).
- Of those learning remotely:
Results by Subject
Reading
- The average reading score (215) for 9-year-old students was five points lower in 2022 than in 2020, but seven points higher than the average score in 1971.
- Reading scores declined for students at all five selected performance percentiles, compared to 2020.
- Reading scores also declined for several student reporting groups broken down by race/ethnicity compared to 2020:
- Both male and female 9-year-old students scored lower in reading compared to 2020, but scored higher compared to 1971. Reading scores declined by five points for both males and females since 2020.
- Reading scores fell five points for students attending public schools compared to 2020.
- Reading scores fell seven points in the Northeast, seven points in the Midwest, and six points in the South since 2020; scores were not measurably different in the West.
- Reading scores declined eight points for schools located in suburbs and nine points for schools located in towns; scores were not measurably different for city and rural schools.
- Reading scores for all major student groups with reportable results have improved since 1971.
Mathematics
- The average mathematics score (234) for 9-year-old students was seven points lower in 2022 than in 2020, but 15 points higher than the average score in 1978.
- Mathematics scores declined for students at all five selected performance percentiles, compared to 2020.
- Mathematics scores also declined for several student reporting groups broken down by race/ethnicity compared to 2020:
- Both male and female 9-year-old students scored lower in mathematics compared to 2020 but scored higher compared to 1978. Mathematics scores declined eight points for females and seven points for males since 2020.
- Mathematics scores declined eight points for students attending public schools compared to 2020.
- Mathematics scores declined for students in every region of the country. Scores fell eight points in the Northeast, nine points in the Midwest, seven points in the South, and five points in the West since 2020.
- Mathematics scores declined nine points for schools located in suburbs, seven points for schools located in towns and cities, and five points for rural schools.
- Mathematics scores for all major student groups with reportable results have improved since 1978.
How Results Are Reported
Student performance on the LTT assessments is reported in several ways: scale scores, percentile scores, performance levels, student group scores, and score gaps.
Scale scores represent the average performance of students on a scale of 0 to 500. Scores are reported at the national level and for groups of students based on race/ethnicity, gender, and other demographic characteristics.
Performance levels provide another perspective for interpreting LTT results. Changes in the percentages at or above each performance level reflect changes in the proportion of students who demonstrated the knowledge and skills associated with that level in responding to assessment questions. The performance-level descriptions used on the NAEP LTT assessment are different from the achievement-level descriptions in the main NAEP reports.
About the Assessment
Since the 1970s, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has monitored student performance in reading and mathematics through the long-term trend (LTT) assessments. These assessments measure students' educational progress over long time periods to look for and monitor trends in performance. The LTT assessment is age-based, rather than grade-based, and assesses 9-year-old, 13-year-old, and 17-year-old students.
The LTT measures basic reading and mathematics skills to gauge how the performance of U.S. students has changed over time. At age 9, reading was first assessed in 1971 and mathematics in 1973. The LTT reading assessment asks students to read short texts and answer mostly multiple-choice questions, though there are a few questions requiring short or extended answers. For mathematics, students are given three 15-minute sections of mostly multiple-choice questions related to basic math facts, computations, formulas, and real-life applications.
The 2022 long-term trend assessments were administered between January and March of 2022. The National Assessment Governing Board amended the long-term trend assessment schedule so NCES could collect, analyze and report on 9-year-old students during the 2021-22 school year, in a special data collection, to begin assessing student achievement since the COVID-19 pandemic began.
Visit https://www.nationsreportcard.gov/ to view the report.
The National Center for Education Statistics, a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, is the statistical center of the U.S. Department of Education and the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education in the U.S. and other nations. NCES fulfills a congressional mandate to collect, collate, analyze, and report complete statistics on the condition of American education; conduct and publish reports; and review and report on education activities internationally.
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a congressionally authorized project sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. The National Center for Education Statistics, within the Institute of Education Sciences, administers NAEP. The commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics is responsible by law for carrying out the NAEP project. Policy for the NAEP program is set by the National Assessment Governing Board, an independent, bipartisan board whose members include governors, state legislators, local and state school officials, educators, business representatives and members of the general public.
CONTACT:
Grady Wilburn, NCES, grady.wilburn@ed.gov, (202) 245-8159 OR
Kathleen Manzo, Hager Sharp, KManzo@hagersharp.com, (240) 274-9800
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MILTON, De. - On Tuesday, a Superior Court Judge denied Delaware State Auditor Kathy McGuiness' request for a new trial on three misconduct in office charges. The judge also overturned a conviction on one misdemeanor count, while upholding two other misdemeanors.
McGuiness spoke to WBOC on Wednesday while campaigning in Sussex County.
"They did not prove that my daughter had any special privilege, nor did she," she said.
"Very pleased that the judge threw out the count on structuring which as we said all along it did not happen. Disappointed that one stuck, as you know conflict of interest for hiring is not illegal," she continued.
Should it become inevitable that lawmakers or the Governor would remove McGuiness from office, McGuiness says she would keep the door open to leaving on her own.
"We would cross that bridge when we get to it, they're entitled to their opinion. I'm not sure if this is the fourth or fifth time they've called for my resignation, I've lost track," she said.
Removing McGuiness is an action that her fellow Democrats in the General Assembly are still interested in.
In a statement to WBOC, Delaware Senate Democrats said "Delawareans have had enough."
"Kathy McGuiness owes it to the people of Delaware to do what is right and step down before she is forced out of the elected office that the Attorney General, a jury and a Superior Court Judge all agree she used to violate the public's trust," the statement continued.
The Delaware Democratic Party chose to endorse McGuiness' opponent Lydia York in the September 13 primary for Auditor. But McGuiness says her focus is not on the endorsement of the political class, but of the needs of the voters.
"The majority of people don't care or they can see through it. And they're like keep fighting for us Kathy," she said.
Governor John Carney's office tells WBOC the Governor cannot see how McGuiness can continue to perform her job with confidence given the circumstances.
The Governor has said he will not entertain using his power to remove McGuiness until her sentencing.
That sentencing has not yet been scheduled. McGuiness faces up to two years in prison on the remaining official misconduct and conflict of interest charges. | https://www.wboc.com/news/embattled-delaware-auditor-kathy-mcguiness-campaigns-rejects-calls-for-her-resignation/article_d9295474-29a8-11ed-96d6-fff9cf4dd83f.html | 2022-09-01T05:04:27Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/embattled-delaware-auditor-kathy-mcguiness-campaigns-rejects-calls-for-her-resignation/article_d9295474-29a8-11ed-96d6-fff9cf4dd83f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Non-formal learners incorporated into formal schools, Oyo SUBEB commends initiative
The Oyo State Better Education Service Delivery for All programmme (BESDA) under its Intensive Literacy Initiative has enrolled some non-formal learners into formal schools in the state..
Meanwhile, the Oyo State Government has expressed its pleasure about the development.
This was just as the executive chairman of the Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr Nureni Aderemi Adeniran, lauded the recent development while on a verification tour to all the 21 Local Government Areas in the state that had adopted the initiative.
While noting that the students were evaluated before admission to the schools, he stated that the innovation was a sort of achievement for both the teachers and the government in the state.
“This is a big plus for us in Oyo State. It shows that BESDA is working for us. Though we do not have the actual figure yet, some non-formal learning centres we visited in certain local governments affirmed that some of their learners have been mainstreamed,” Adeniran boasted.
He added that “the Oyo State Government wants to see the majority of students receiving non-formal education admitted into elementary schools.”
In her remarks, the BESDA consultant, Oyo State, Professor Modupe Adelabu, who also oversaw the verification process in some Local Government Areas in the state, appreciated the remarkable turnout made by the BESDA programme.
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Cost of living crisis: UK faces a humanitarian disaster as energy becomes a luxury – Poverty Alliance and Energy Action Scotland
Holding political power is a weighty and momentous thing. With it, comes the moral responsibility to use that power to make people’s lives better, or at the very least to prevent people’s lives from getting worse.
Yet since Friday’s announcement by Ofgem that the energy price cap will rise by a further 81 per cent to £3,549 a year for the average household on 1 October, those with the greatest power to protect the country from an almost unprecedented level of hardship have singularly failed in their duty.
Almost three-quarters of households in Scotland could end up in fuel poverty as a result of this and further expected energy price cap increases. The hardship that this will inflict is almost unthinkable, and yet utterly real.
Instead of responding to this looming catastrophe with the kind of action needed to shield people from being pulled under, most of those with the ability to take action have instead been notable only by their inaction. UK ministers have known that this moment was coming for months, and yet have put almost nothing in place to prevent this unfolding humanitarian disaster.
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Where we have needed decisive interventions at a UK level, we have so far been presented with warm words and inadequate actions. Where we have required a recognition of the magnitude of the crisis, we have instead seen inertia. And when we have demanded compassion for the households across the country who simply do not know how they will heat their homes this winter, we have been confronted by a callous reluctance to act.
People who are already living on low incomes, people with essential medical needs, older people, disabled people, people with serious and underlying health conditions, and smaller households will feel the greatest impact.
People who were already struggling to heat their homes and stay afloat will now find themselves pulled even deeper into stress, anxiety, illness and poverty. Even before the Covid pandemic, more than a million people in Scotland were living in the grip of poverty. For them, the cost-of-living crisis has magnified – not caused – the hardship that they were already experiencing.
Community-based member organisations of both the Poverty Alliance and Energy Action Scotland have told us that the scale of hardship that is being experienced in communities right now – and the hardship that looks to be around the corner – is significantly higher than that witnessed during the pandemic. They have told us of the rising tide of debt, distress, and destitution that they are having to attempt to support people through.
But, despite their incredible efforts, they can only do so much, and risk being overwhelmed by the demands being placed upon them. Foodbanks are reporting unprecedented demand but their donations are drying up. Advice services are telling us of being underfunded and feeling helpless in the face of such crisis. And individuals experiencing poverty are speaking of their overwhelming fear at what more is to come.
This is an unfolding disaster that threatens to inflict even more poverty than the Covid pandemic. While policies like the furlough scheme and the £20 Universal Credit uplift took some of the roughest edges off the impact of the pandemic, no such policies of that scale have so far been implemented by the UK Government.
But it is not too late. The tide can be turned. The inadequacy of the social security system is not new, but in the current context the urgency with which it must be fixed is enormous.
We need a new, targeted emergency package of support that gets cash into the pockets of people on low incomes fast. That means significantly increasing low-income benefits like Universal Credit, as well as new payments to reflect growing need.
There is also more that the Scottish Government can do, like bolstering the Scottish Child Payment, Scottish Welfare Fund, Child Winter Heating Assistance and maximising the impact of its soon-to-be=delivered Low Income Winter Heating Assistance.
There is much to admire in the framework created to respond to fuel poverty in Scotland.
The Warmer Homes Scotland programme helps people in the most difficult circumstances but, with more than 700,000 households in extreme fuel poverty, it simply isn’t of the scale necessary. Social landlords have improved the levels of efficiency in the social rented sector; however, there has been little success in the private rented sector.
Insulation programmes for homeowners have slowed, reaching fewer and fewer homes. Our homes are amongst the poorest quality anywhere in Europe, our winter deaths amongst the highest. Now is the time to sweep away the barriers and ramp up the rate of improvement.
This is a moment of decision for government, and for all of us. Decades of falling wage values and cuts to social security have left people under constant pressure to make ends meet. We need to seize this moment and start to redesign our economy and rebuild our social security system, so that people have the incomes they need to live in dignity and security.
Failing to take the required action will not just be a political failure. It will be a colossal and catastrophic moral failure that will impact people’s lives for years to come. More than that, it will lead to a decline in people’s mental health and wellbeing that will take years to recover, and will lead directly to deaths this winter.
That such a thing could even be possible in 2022 in a wealthy country like the UK is grotesque. Energy should not be a luxury for the wealthy few. It is the duty of those with power, particularly whoever soon gains power in No 10 Downing Street, to prevent it from being so.
Peter Kelly is director of the Poverty Alliance and Frazer Scott is chief executive of Energy Action Scotland
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Scotland ferries scandal: Ministers warned of 'serious risk' that could see troubled ferries delayed again
The delivery of a lifeline ferry by Ferguson Marine is at risk of being delayed again after Scottish ministers were warned of “serious risks” relating to the construction of one of the delayed and over-budget vessels.
Ministers have been advised the construction of hull 801, named the Glen Sannox, is “still behind schedule”, with an update report warning of several “serious risks” to the project.
However, CMAL and Ferguson Marine continue to assure ministers the planned delivery dates for the Glen Sannox is still considered “achievable” despite ongoing problems.
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Critics said the update was “disappointing”, but “hardly a surprise”, with calls for individual ministers to resign if islanders face further delays.
The report, dated July 29, details the ongoing work at the shipyard on the two ferries, which are more than five years late and more than £150 million over-budget.
Their construction has been at the centre of ongoing political controversy due to the delays and the decision to award the contract to Ferguson Marine in 2015 without a full builder’s refund guarantee.
This decision opened the Scottish Government up to significant financial risk, which was compounded when the yard went into administration and eventual nationalisation in 2019.
Hull 801 and hull 802 are destined to serve the Clyde and the Hebrides networks when they enter service.
The report warns: “The project is still behind schedule due to the slow turn-around of outstanding design detail, completion of background outfitting and high levels of rework caused by inconsistent working practices.”
Despite this, CMAL states the delivery dates for hull 801 remains between March and May next year and between October and December next year for hull 802, something they claim is still “achievable”.
The submission by CMAL to ministers states the rate of electrical cable installation on hull 801 remains “significantly lower than what could be achieved if long-standing design issues were addressed earlier in the work”.
The ferry infrastructure body said work to reinstall cables, which were removed in February this year due to being too short, was underway, but warned “progress is slow”.
They added: “It remains to be seen whether the installation contractor can meet the program’s objectives.
"The overall completion achievement currently reported as 16 per cent overall should be seen as a significant ongoing risk.”
Ministers have also been warned that changes to the design, brought about due to the need to meet regulatory or contracted specification requirements, also remain “a significant risk to the project”.
A total of 45 Owner Observation Reports, used to highlight problems with safety, quality, specification or poor design, quality or production problems, remain unresolved.
However, this is an improvement on the 71 which were awaiting resolution in May.
Ministers have also been warned about a “worryingly low” frequency of call out inspections, which verify completed production at the yard, on the as-yet unnamed hull 802.
The report also details around £64.2m has been spent on hull 801 since Ferguson Marine was nationalised in 2019, with a further £30.8m spent on hull 802.
Scottish Conservative transport spokesperson Graham Simpson said: “Now CMAL says there is a ‘serious risk’ to the delivery of the hugely over-budget ferries that were commissioned more than five years ago. And they are still running behind schedule.
“It may be disappointing, but it’s hardly a surprise.
"The SNP’s handling of this whole business has been abysmal from the start. Huge sums of public money have been wasted, and islanders have been left without their most important service, thanks to a series of inept decisions by ministers.”
Scottish Labour’s transport spokesperson Neil Bibby called for the end of “buck-passing” by ministers. He urged First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to take “direct ministerial responsibility for delivery”, and said it would be “time up” for those in government if the delivery dates were not met.
Mr Bibby said: “I have spoken to business owners on Arran this summer about their real concerns over the future of the island economy following Covid, the cost-of-living emergency and the existing ferries fiasco. They will greet this latest development with nothing short of despair.
“SNP ministers unveiled the latest timetable and cost less than six months ago. If there is any suggestion that the timetabling and costs that was outlined to Parliament are not to be met, then it will be time up for those ministers.
"This fiasco has dragged on long enough before any more delays. Islanders have already been waiting years while taxpayers have picked up the tab for millions of pounds of overruns.”
A Scottish Government spokesperson said: “CMAL recently made clear that it is confident that outstanding issues can and will be rectified and the vessels completed to enter service.
“Installation of cabling is behind schedule. The yard’s senior management team is monitoring progress and is in regular discussion with its cabling contractor to rectify this issue as swiftly as possible.
“The Scottish Government has been clear on its expectations from Ferguson Marine around delivery of the vessels and making the business competitive.”
Ferguson Marine and CMAL were contacted for comment.
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday night that immigrants will be bussed from the Lonestar State to Chicago in the latest iteration of his controversial bussing program.
The first busload of immigrants arrived at Chicago’s Union Station Wednesday night as the Windy City becomes the third destination city for asylum-seeking immigrants who are being bussed from Del Rio, Texas, Abbott’s office said.
He has already sent migrants to Chicago, Washington, D.C., and New York City.
“To continue providing much-needed relief to our small, overrun border towns, Chicago will join fellow sanctuary cities Washington, D.C. and New York City as an additional drop-off location,” said Abbott.
“Mayor Lightfoot loves to tout the responsibility of her city to welcome all regardless of legal status, and I look forward to seeing this responsibility in action as these migrants receive resources from a sanctuary city with the capacity to serve them.”
In April, Abbott started bussing immigrants from the border to Washington, D.C. Immigrants started arriving in New York City in June.
Abbott’s bus program, which uses both taxpayer money and private donations, has racked up a price tag of $12 million, or about $1,300 per immigrant bused to the east coast so far.
The immigrants who are part of Abbott’s program are not illegal immigrants. They have cleared the first step of seeking asylum and have been granted legal permission to remain in the country while the federal government decides if they qualify for asylum or not.
The Post traveled to the US-Mexico border to witness first-hand how asylum-seekers from countries like Venezuela and Cuba board the buses in Del Rio, Texas after being screened by federal immigration authorities.
The governor’s office has maintained that the bus program is voluntary and that immigrants can get off the bus anytime they want, however, immigrants aboard a Texas to Big Apple bus called 911 after they say they weren’t allowed to get off the bus in Tennessee.
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WASHINGTON — At the end of a seven-hour flight on Aug. 30, 2022, a pilot decided to get a little creative with their flight path.
On FlightAware, the pilot of a Piper Navajo aircraft is shown to flip the bird to Washington state through their flight path. The flight took off at 9:15 a.m. and landed at 4:09 p.m. at Bellingham International Airport.
The motives behind the pilot's actions are unknown at this time, but the stunt has been garnering a lot of attention on social media, most notably Reddit.
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WASHINGTON — Math and reading scores for America’s 9-year-olds fell dramatically during the first two years of the pandemic, according to a new federal study — offering an early glimpse of the sheer magnitude of the learning setbacks dealt to the nation's children.
Reading scores saw their largest decrease in 30 years, while math scores had their first decrease in the history of the testing regimen behind the study, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, a branch of the U.S. Education Department.
The declines hit all regions of the country and affected students of most races. But students of color saw some of the steepest decreases, widening the racial achievement gap.
Much of the nation's standardized testing didn't happen during the early days of the pandemic, so the findings released Thursday gave an early look at the impact of pandemic learning disruptions. Broader data is expected to be released later this year as part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, also known as the Nation’s Report Card.
“These are some of the largest declines we have observed in a single assessment cycle in 50 years of the NAEP program,” said Daniel McGrath, the acting associate commissioner of NCES. “Students in 2022 are performing at a level last seen two decades ago.”
The study reflects two years of upheaval in American education as schools shut down for months at a time amid COVID-19 outbreaks. Many students spent a year or more learning from home, and virus outbreaks among staff and students continued the disruption even after kids returned to the classroom.
In math, the average score for 9-year-old students fell 7 percentage points between 2020 and 2022, according to the study. The average reading score fell 5 points.
The pandemic's upheaval especially hurt students of color. Math scores dropped by 5 percentage points for white students, compared with 13 points for Black students and 8 points for Hispanic students. The divide between Black and white students widened by 8 percentage points during the pandemic.
Decreases were more uniform in reading: Scores dropped 6 points for white, Black and Hispanic students.
For Asian American students, Native American students and students of two or more races, there was little change in reading or math between 2020 and 2022, the study found.
Geographically, all regions saw decreases in math, but declines were slightly worse in the Northeast and Midwest compared with the West and South. Outcomes were similar for reading, except that the West had no measurable difference compared with 2020.
Although it marks a sharp drop since 2020, the average reading score was 7 points higher than it was in 1971, and the average math score was 15 points higher than in 1978, the study found.
Overall, the results paint a “sobering picture” of schooling during the pandemic, said Peggy Carr, commissioner of the NCES.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Stoked by the largest surplus in state history, Missouri’s Republican-led Legislature devised a $500 million plan to send one-time tax refunds to millions of households. In a shock to some, GOP Gov. Mike Parson vetoed it.
Parson’s objection: He wanted a bigger, longer-lasting tax cut.
“Now is the time for the largest income tax cut in our state’s history,” Parson declared as he called lawmakers back for a September special session to consider a $700 million permanent tax reduction.
Upon its likely approval, Missouri will join at least 32 states that already have enacted some type of tax cut or rebate this year — an astounding outpouring of billions of tax dollars back to the people. Idaho lawmakers are convening Thursday to consider more tax breaks, and Montana lawmakers also are weighing a special session for tax relief.
Flush with federal pandemic aid and their own surging tax revenue, states have cut income tax rates for individuals and businesses, expanded tax deductions for families and retirees, pared back property taxes, waived sales taxes on groceries and suspended motor fuel taxes to offset inflationary price spikes. Many also have provided immediate tax rebates.
Republicans and Democrats alike have joined the tax-cutting trend during a midterm election year.
Yet divisions have emerged about how far to go. While Democrats generally have favored targeted tax breaks and one-time rebates, some Republicans have pressed for permanent income tax rate reductions that could lower tax bills — and state revenue — for years to come. Parson describes it as “real, lasting relief.”
Some budget analysts warn that permanent tax cuts could strain states during a future recession. The U.S. economy has shrunk for two straight quarters this year, meeting one informal sign of a recession.
“Quite simply, relying on the current surplus to fund permanent tax changes isn’t fiscally sustainable, or responsible, and will ultimately require cuts to state services,” said Amy Blouin, president and CEO of the Missouri Budget Project, a nonprofit that analyzes fiscal policies.
For some states, the current surpluses are unlike anything they’ve previously seen.
The 2022 fiscal year, which ended June 30 for most states, marked the second straight year of large growth in tax collections after economic shutdowns triggered declines early in the coronavirus pandemic. Many states reported their largest-ever surpluses, according to the National Association of State Budget Officers.
“I don’t think there’s been a time in history where states are better equipped to ride out a potential recession,” said Timothy Vermeer, senior state tax policy analyst at the Tax Foundation, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank. “A majority, if not all, of the rainy day funds are in a really healthy position.”
Income tax rate cuts have passed in 13 states this year, already equaling last year’s historic total, according to the Tax Foundation. Republicans control the legislatures in all of those states except New York, where Democrats who wield power accelerated the timetable for a previously approved tax rate reduction.
Republican-led Arkansas was the most recent to take action during an August special session. A new law will speed up a gradual income tax rate reduction enacted last year and provide a one-time inflationary tax credit. Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson described the $500 million package as “a transfer of wealth from the government to the taxpayer” that “could not have come at a more important time.”
Nationwide, inflation is at a 40-year-high, raising prices on most good and services and squeezing incomes.
At least 15 states have approved one-time rebates from their surpluses, including 10 led by Democratic governors and legislatures, four by Republicans and one — Virginia — with split partisan control.
Democratic-led California, which posted a record $97 billion surplus, is sending rebates of between $200 and $1,050 to individuals earning less than $250,000 annually and households earning less than $500,000.
All four GOP-controlled states providing rebates — Georgia, Indiana, Idaho and South Carolina — also made permanent income tax rate cuts.
Though often popular, tax rebates do little to fight inflation and “may actually be counterproductive” by enabling additional consumer spending on items in scarce supply and thus contributing to higher prices, said Hernan Moscoso Boedo, an economist at the University of Cincinnati.
Still, big surpluses coupled with inflation make rebates a tempting option for politicians, especially during an election year.
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp, a Republican facing a re-election challenge from Democrat Stacey Abrams, has been among the most aggressive tax-cutters. He signed legislation gradually reducing the income tax rate from 5.75% to 4.99%. He also signed a measure providing a $1.1 billion tax rebate, with up to $250 for individuals and $500 for couples. He has proposed an additional $2 billion in income and property tax rebates. and after a law temporarily suspending the state’s gas tax expired in May, Kemp extended the gas tax break through mid-September.
“We’re trying to help Georgians fight through this tough time,” Kemp said.
In Colorado, legislative staff estimate it will cost $2.7 million to carry out legislation expediting an income tax refund of $750 for individuals and $1,500 for couples. The constitutionally mandated refund of surplus revenue was originally due to be paid next year but is being distributed now — along with a letter from Democratic Gov. Jared Polis touting it as inflation relief.
Polis, who is up for re-election in November, had been a previous critic of the automatic refund provision. His Republican challenger, Heidi Ganahl, is accusing him of “hypocrisy.”
Idaho Gov. Brad Little, a Republican, has called the Legislature back for a special session starting Thursday to consider more tax breaks.
He’s proposing to use part of the state’s projected $2 billion budget surplus for a $500 million income tax rebate this year. He also wants to cut more than $150 million annually by creating a flat 5.8% income tax rate starting next year. That comes after the state reduced the top tax rate each of the last two years.
“Folks, this is conservative governing in action,” Little said while asserting the tax cuts still would leave enough money to boost education funding by hundreds of millions of dollars.
Montana lawmakers are weighing whether to convene a special session later in September to provide tax breaks from a budget surplus. A proposal calls for giving $1,000 rebates to homeowners who paid property taxes during the past two years. It also would provide income tax rebates of $1,250 for individuals and $2,500 for couples.
Montana’s Republican House and Senate majority leaders said in a joint statement that the rebates would offer help “as soon as possible with expenses such as gas, groceries, school supplies and so much more.” But some lawmakers, including term-limited GOP Rep. Frank Garner, have expressed reluctance.
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For a person like myself — who likes to be on the water in my aluminum boat, fishing, listening to the oldies on my waterproof radio, with a cold beverage or two on hand to wash down the two-year-old cans of Vienna sausage and moldy peanut butter crackers I sometimes find under a wadded-up, worm-stained, paper towel in the bottom of my tackle box — it’s been a better than average summer this year. And, fortunately, I’m still enjoying the good life here on the St. Lawrence River, albeit with a mild stomach ache.
This year, I’ve gotten to fish with some family members, namely grandchildren Jack, Emma and Owen, son Paul and daughter Melissa. Also at the river this year were Paul’s wife, Jeanne, son Eric and his wife Laura, and you can toss in grandchildren Madison and Dominic too. Only Tyler and Lydia didn’t make it to the St. Lawrence River Valley this year. Thank you for picking up on that.
It was icing on the cake when the family caught some big bass. and I’m talking huge! “HUGE” I say, with all due respect to the late Billy Fuccillo and the late Tom Park. I just found out, by the way, when I looked online for the correct spelling of the Fuccillo dealership, about Park’s passing in June. That’s sad. He seemed like a nice guy. (Please ignore the extraneous thinking-out-loud thoughts that you may encounter throughout this read.)
OK, as long as I touched on the car dealership thing, let me veer off on my weekly tangent. Like I mentioned, I listen to the radio while I’m out in the boat. and considering the fact that I’m right on the border, it’s no surprise that there are a lot of Canadian radio stations in the area, eh.
Anyhow, I heard an ad for a Canadian car dealership and at first I thought the dealership was just using a cutesy way of saying “Canada” in their name. They pronounced it “can-nada.” (“Nada” as in nothing, zilch, zero.) But I was flabbergasted, more or less, when I learned while looking up how to spell that dealership’s name … yes, again … that there’s actually a town, village, whatever in Ontario with the name Kanata. I did not know that. and that’s where the “flabbergasted” part came in. (I’ve got to be honest with you: I’m not happy with that description, but it’s all I’ve got with a newspaper deadline staring me in the face. Thinking out loud again, sorry.)
Originally, I was going to point out why it was a boneheaded move to put a twist on the pronunciation of Canada for reasons which should be evident shortly, but obviously, that’s no longer in the equation. However, it doesn’t change the fact that the dealership is a Ford dealership. and even though I’ve been stripped of the full impact of my point … the dealership is named …. Kanata Ford. Get it?
On the radio, you obviously can’t see how it’s spelled, you just hear it, so at first blush, I wondered, who’d be enticed to buy a car from an auto dealer who’s telling you right out of the gate that you can’t afford it? LOL. Come on, give it up! That’s hilarious!
No, you say? Dang it. It seemed like such a surefire bit when I first thought of it. Let’s move on.
If you’re still with me: a couple of things happened while I was out fishing this summer. The words of legendary Buffalo Bills coach Marv Levy often come to mind as I sit in the glory of the mighty St. Lawrence: “Where would you rather be than right here, right now?!”
So one day, a couple of hours before the Bills’ first preseason game, I took a picture of where I was in the river and sent it along with Marv’s quote to good friend Mike Mullane. Mike just happens to be the spotter/right-hand man for Bills play-by-play extraordinaire John Murphy. Mike supplies Murph with players’ names as the action unfolds.
Mike promptly sent me back some pics of himself and Murphy in the booth, readying themselves for the game. How cool is that?! By the way, one of Mike’s brothers is none other than Paul Mullane. Guess what Paul did for a living. Yup, he owned a car dealership. Mullane Motors. But you knew that. By the way, the spelling? That one I didn’t have to look up.
For more stories about my fishing escapades this summer, involving people such as Nick Benedetti, Bob Halpin and Pat Accetta, join me right here next week in an article titled “People like Nick Benedetti, Bob Halpin and Pat Accetta”, or another one, “If you demand transparency then why did you plead the fifth 440 times?” It’s all right here. Make sure you don’t fail to miss it.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — The final day of the 2022 legislative session in California saw a flurry of bills sent to Governor Gavin Newsom, many affirming his visions for handling homelessness, climate change and abortion.
Ahead of Wednesday's midnight deadline, the Democrat-controlled chambers pushed bills like Assembly Bill 1279, the California Climate Crisis Act. It codifies policy to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045, and ensure that by the same year human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 85% below 1990 levels.
Senate Bill 1020, called the Clean Energy, Jobs and Affordability Act of 2022, also passed to the governor. It makes the California Air Resources Board responsible for monitoring and regulating sources that greenhouse gases, planning for “maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions” and conducting public workshops — including for communities of color and low-income communities. It also sets interim targets to reach 100% carbon neutrality by 2045 — with goals to reach 90% neutrality by 2030 and 95% by 2040.
Lawmakers also pushed through a significant bill among several designed to increase protections and support for people seeking abortions and reproductive health care in California. Assembly Bill 1242, sponsored by state Attorney General Rob Bonta, would protect digital information about reproductive health handled by companies in California and prevent turnover of information in an investigation of any abortion legally performed in the state.
It would prohibit arresting anyone for aiding or performing a lawful abortion in California and blocking state law enforcement from sharing information or assisting in an investigation of a lawful abortion with out-of-state agencies. The bill would require out-of-state law enforcement agencies seeking records from California to prove the investigation does not involve any crime related to an abortion that is legally sought in California.
“We are forced to choose whether to stay complicit or stand up for women’s rights in California,” the bill’s author, Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, a Democrat from Orinda, said on the Assembly floor Wednesday. “We will do everything here in California to stand up.”
The bill passed without any Republican support.
"California will not stand idly by as anti-choice states across the nation take radical action to criminalize reproductive rights. Abortion is fully legal in California and we'll fight to protect all who access reproductive healthcare in our state," Bonta said in a statement Wednesday.
On the criminal justice front, Assembly Bill 2632 will limit how long an incarcerated person can be kept in solitary confinement, making the maximum period 15 consecutive days, and at most 45 total days within a 180-day period. The bill would prohibit prisons from keeping people in isolation if they have mental or physical disabilities, or if they are under 26 or over 50 years old.
Republicans like state Senator Jim Nielsen of Tehama opposed, saying those placed in isolation are “the greatest problems within the institution.”
“This is not about cruelty to well-intentioned individuals, or even who made an error in their lives and are now paying the price,” he said. “They’re individuals who cannot even behave by society's rules in custody.”
State Senator Nancy Skinner, a Democrat from Berkeley who carried the bill, said it follows standards set by the United Nations called the "Nelson Mandela Rules," to prevent unlawful cruelty to people who are incarcerated.
“Beyond that, the U.N. has indicated that it is torture and should be outlawed,” Skinner said.
The Legislature also passed Senate Bill 1338, codifying Newsom’s CARE Court framework for addressing homelessness and requiring people to get medical treatment. It creates a system to hold local governments accountable for not complying with court-ordered treatment plans, while connecting people in crisis with court-ordered care — including short-term stabilization medications and connection to wellness support and social services like housing — for up to a year.
California will invest $14.7 billion in funding for housing and homelessness support and more than $11.6 billion annually in mental health.
“Today’s passage of the CARE Act means hope for thousands of Californians suffering from severe forms of mental illness who too often languish on our streets without the treatment they desperately need and deserve,” Newsom said in a statement. “CARE Court is a paradigm shift: providing housing and services in the community, where people can heal – and not behind locked walls of institutions and prisons.”
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(CN) — Democrat and Alaska Native Mary Peltola is the likely winner of Alaska’s special U.S. House race to fill the seat of the late Republican Don Young, defeating former Republican Governor Sarah Palin.
Peltola led Palin Wednesday after ballots were tallied in the initial special and primary elections held Aug. 16. It was the first use of Alaska’s new ranked choice voting system.
Because none of the candidates carried 50% of the vote, the election extended to include all mail-in ballots, that deadline being Aug. 31. The mail-ins plus a count of eliminated candidates second choice rankings, to include redistribution of votes from third-place GOP candidate Nick Begich III, gave Peltola the boost she needed.
Peltola, a Yup’ik former state lawmaker who calls Bethel home, is now slated to be the first Alaska Native and woman to hold Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat. A fitting birthday present for Peltola who turned 49 on the same day as the count.
“I’m spending my 49th birthday running for the 49th state,” a recent post on Peltola’s Facebook campaign page stated.
While a substantial share of Begich’s voters marked Palin as their second choice, it was not enough to push Palin over the top. Peltola won with 51.5% of the vote to Palin’s 48.5%. Results are expected to be confirmed later this week by the state review board.
Peltola will succeed Young, who held the office since before Peltola’s birth. Known as “Dean of the House,” Young held the office for nearly five decades.
Palin is the first Republican to lose to a Democrat in a state-wide election since 2008, when Democrat Mark Begich, third place contender Nick’s uncle, won one term in the U.S. Senate until the seat flipped back to Republican Dan Sullivan.
“Mary Peltola's victory is a clear message from AK voters that they will not compromise their values or their rights at the ballot box,” Begich tweeted minutes after the unofficial results were broadcast.
“Mary is a pro-choice, pro-fish, common sense leader who knows what it takes to protect and create AK jobs. On to November!,” Begich added.
Palin’s run for Congress was her first campaign for elected office since quitting as governor in 2009 and as vice presidential candidate on the failed 2008 Republican presidential ticket alongside then-Senator John McCain of Arizona.
Palin has been a vocal critic of the new ranked choice voting system. She told the Anchorage Daily News that she did not rank anyone other than herself.
“I do not believe in this system. It should not be embraced by enthusiastic participation when we know it’s not right,” she said. However, she did say she will accept the results whichever way they decide.
“I’m not going to be a stinker about this. I respect the will of the people. I will certainly ask a lot of questions on behalf of Alaskans who are concerned, but I don’t have any intention of muddying the waters and crying foul if there is not obvious proof that anything was afoul,” she said. “I’m not going to just accuse anybody of nefarious actions.”
The vote will be certified on Friday, with Peltola likely be sworn in the week of Sept. 12, when the House reconvenes after its summer recess. Peltola will be in office until at least January, when the term ends. Meanwhile, she, Palin and Begich will keep stumping for the votes ahead of the November general election to fill the next full Congressional term.
This is a developing story.
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LOS ANGELES (CN) — The creator of software and milling machines that allows people to build their own firearms, including AK-47 assault riffles, went to court to fight two new California laws that criminalize the use of its equipment to make so-called ghost guns and make challenges to the state's gun laws potentially more costly.
Defense Distributed, a Texas nonprofit business that sells the "Ghost Gunner" milling machine, said in a complaint filed Wednesday in Los Angeles that the restrictions on its products violate the Second Amendment, which according to the company implicitly includes the right to acquire and manufacture firearms.
The business, backed by the Second Amendment Foundation, also claims that a provision in one of the new California laws, SB 1327, which was modeled on Texas's controversial abortion law and which makes a plaintiff liable for the state's legal costs in defending an unsuccessful challenge to its gun laws, violates the First Amendment.
"California’s inclusion of Section 2—and its passage of SB 1327 more generally—was nothing more than an ill-advised political ploy designed to manufacture a proxy war with the state of Texas," Defense Distributed said, referring to the provision entitling the state to attorneys fees if it prevails in Second Amendment lawsuits.
Representatives of California Attorney General Rob Bonta had no immediate comment on the lawsuit.
California lawmakers passed a slew of gun laws in recent months to address what they said was an epidemic of ghost guns involved in violent crime. One of the bills, SB 1327, is modeled after Texas’s abortion law that gives every citizen the right to sue abortion providers if they perform an abortion after detecting a heartbeat. The California law allows private citizens to sue gun manufacturers and sellers for dealing illegal assault weapons and ghost guns.
“Alarmingly, we are finding that more and more, no region or demographic is exempt from gun violence – our hospitals, grocery stores, schools, and even places of worship, are no longer safe," Democratic Assemblymember Mike Gipson said last month. "The proliferation of ghost guns, which are intentionally untraceable weapons to evade law enforcement, has only worsened the issue."
Ghost guns are sold in parts without serial numbers or background checks to be assembled by the user. The unserialized weapons have been increasingly used in lethal shootings in California and have been identified by city and district attorneys and law enforcement leaders up and down the Golden State as a top concern.
In a statement following the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in May that left 19 students and two teachers dead, Bonta called for more legislation to regulate unserialized, DIY ghost guns.
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OMAHA, Neb. (CN) — The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday reversed a preliminary injunction barring the Nebraska Secretary of State from enforcing a provision of the Nebraska Constitution that a pro-medical-marijuana organization argues is unconstitutional.
The provision requires someone seeking to place an issue on a ballot to collect supporting petition signatures from at least 5% of registered voters in two-fifths of Nebraska’s 93 counties.
Plaintiffs Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana, also known as NMM, and Crista Eggers of Omaha, a paid contractor and campaign manager for NMM, sought to stop Nebraska Secretary of State Robert Evnen from enforcing the requirement. They filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for Nebraska in May.
Nearly half of Nebraska’s nearly 2 million inhabitants are concentrated in two counties in the eastern third of the state — Douglas and Lancaster — that are home to its two largest cities, Omaha and Lincoln. The organization argued that the requirement gives disproportionate influence to the state’s sparsely populated counties. Twelve counties in the Cornhusker State have fewer than 1,000 residents.
The lawsuit is still in progress.
"The Secretary of State’s office will continue to enforce that Nebraska Constitutional provision pending the final outcome of the case,” Evnen said in an emailed statement Wednesday.
But the results of the petition drive were not promising. Last week the Secretary of State’s Office announced it did not qualify and would not appear on Nebraska’s November ballot. There were two initiatives on the issue, each falling short of both in the number of valid signatures and the number of counties the 5% threshold was met in.
The office agreed two days later to review some of the disqualified signatures but predicted to supporters that the outcome would not change. Cindi Allen, a spokesperson for the Secretary of State’s Office, said Wednesday the review was still in progress.
Plaintiffs say a similar ballot initiative in 2020 garnered support from 48 counties, but the Nebraska Supreme Court found it violated the state’s single-subject rule, so medical marijuana was not on the ballot that year.
For Eggers, the ruling by the St. Louis based court was yet another setback for the cause. But she said Nebraskans for Medical Marijuana will keep fighting.
“We respectfully disagree with most of the opinion,” Eggers told Courthouse News on Wednesday. “As to what happens in the future, I’m not certain. But for today this is another challenge that we are up against. We are continuing to move forward and we don’t give up.”
In the opinion, U.S. Circuit Judge Raymond W. Gruender, a George W. Bush appointee, wrote the plaintiffs needed to show the signature requirement could not survive a rational-basis scrutiny.
“The weight of the State’s interest in lawfully managing its elections and the fact that the signature distribution requirement appears not to violate the plaintiffs’ legal rights tip the balance of the equities in the Secretary’s favor and render an injunction contrary to the public interest,” Gruender wrote.
Daniel Gutman, a contract attorney for the ACLU representing NMM on this case, said NMM believes the same protections for voting also apply to initiative petitions. In an election it wouldn’t matter what counties in Nebraska the votes came from. If enough people voted for something, it would get enacted.
“The 8th Circuit disagreed with that and they said, basically, that the federal Constitution does not apply with as much force when you are signing an initiative petition as when you are voting in a voting booth,” Gutman told Courthouse News on Wednesday.
The way the provision is written, he said, organizers could qualify Arthur County, with a population of 428, with only 18 signatures. Whereas Douglas County, the state’s most populous, would take more like 18,000, Gutman said. Two or three people withdrawing their signatures in Arthur County could switch it from qualified to unqualified.
“It puts immense power in the hands of a very small handful of people in rural areas. Their signatures are worth so much more than people in urban areas,” he said. “Our point is that everybody’s signature should be worth the same.”
Gutman said organizers believe the provision is unconstitutional for everyone, not just NMM. On Wednesday supporters filed an amended complaint that lists State Sen. Terrell McKinney as a plaintiff. McKinney is a sponsor of a ballot initiative that seeks to gradually boost Nebraska's minimum wage to $15 per hour.
U.S. Circuit Judge Jane Kelly, a Barack Obama appointee, dissented from Wednesday's ruling, writing, “…any harm to the Secretary in having to accept a petition that satisfies all conditions but the signature distribution requirement is minimal. Overall, the factors strongly support the district court’s ruling.”
What’s next for the NMM effort wasn’t clear Wednesday. Gutman said they may ask for an en banc review of the decision.
Eggers, who got into the medical marijuana effort after her now-8-year-old son Colton was diagnosed with a form of epilepsy with seizures that cannot be controlled with traditional medicine, vowed to persist in what has proved a long and difficult fight.
“We have not been successful, but I can tell you that is not for lack of support,” she said. “There’s a lot of stories just like ours out there. So I’ll keep on going no matter what.”
U.S. Circuit Judge David Stras, a Donald Trump appointee, rounded out the panel.
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Self‑Harm Behavior Online Is Linked to Rise in Suicidal Thoughts: Study
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The internet is a modern miracle that has made communication easier, and also benefitted several groups of people struggling with physical communication. The comfort of anonymity that the internet provides also helps those uncomfortable with sharing their identity and data in the public domain. However, as it happens with most good things, this anonymity can be misused for phishing and other financial scams. A bigger, and far more dangerous misuse of online anonymity, though, is its facilitation of online bullying and harassment.
In the recent past, researchers have observed that this sort of online bullying may not just be carried out against others, but against the self as well. This phenomenon, of one targetting one’s own self to anonymous hate or cyberbullying, is called “digital self-harm.” Now, a new study published in the journal Child and Adolescent Mental Health, has found a link between digital self-harm and suicidal thoughts among pre-teen and teenage adolescents.
There may be several reasons behind people engaging in digital self-harm — including a desire to attract attention from peers and adults, gaining sympathy and support from others in their daily struggles, getting others to validate their insecurities, showing they’re strong by displaying their ability to “take it,” and at times, also starting a fight.
Recent data indicate that the occurrence of suicidal thoughts and suicidal ideation among the youth has increased substantially in recent years, and that coming across self-harm content online may further trigger suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young people.
Some studies in the field have suggested links between the use of social media and declining mental health. However, there haven’t been any specific studies on the impact of digital self-harm on the mental health of the youth. This acted as a motivation for this current research.
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For their study, the researchers carried out digital surveys of close to 5,000 middle-and-high-school-going students in the U.S. Questions in these surveys asked respondents whether they had ever engaged in digital self-harm, whether they struggled with suicidal thoughts in the last year, and if they had attempted to die by suicide in the past year. Once these responses were collected, the data was analyzed using statistical regression models.
On interpreting the data, the scientists found that close to 9% of adolescent respondents reported posting cruel and unwanted content about themselves on social media. About 8% reported experiencing suicidal thoughts, and 5.3% admitted to having attempted suicide in the past year. Further, the data suggested that those engaging in digital self-harm were significantly more likely to struggle with suicidal thoughts, and attempt to die by suicide.
These numbers indicate a strong link between digital self-harm and suicidal thoughts and behaviors among the young online population. “It is clear that those youth who participate in digital self-harm are much more likely to think about or attempt suicide when compared to peers who do not engage in digital self-harm,” Dr. Sameer Hinduja, a researcher who looks into criminal justice and cyberbullying, and one of the authors of the study, said in a press release.
Interestingly, the researchers also noted a higher incidence of engaging in digital self-harm among students who identified as non-heterosexual. Non-heterosexual adolescents were also twice as likely to have attempted suicide, and almost six times as likely to report suicidal ideation, compared to heterosexual children.
The researchers cautioned, though, that the study merely suggests a correlation –and not causation — between digital self-harm and suicidal ideation. Moreover, as the study relies solely on the personal recollections of the respondents, there is also the possibility of some of them recalling incorrect information. Memory can be an unreliable source, and there’s no way to determine whether people may have willingly provided false information either.
However, despite these caveats, the research is significant in being the first ever to look into relations between digital self-harm and suicidal ideation among youth. With more detailed studies in the field, researchers and mental health practitioners might be able to come up with clearer ideas on the impact of digital self-harm on the mental health of adolescents.
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NEW YORK -- Vice President Kamala Harris led the cheers for Serena Williams as the 23-time major champion extended her stay at the US Open with a spirited 7-6(4), 2-6, 6-2 win against No.2 Anett Kontaveit in the second round. Williams will face Wimbledon quarterfinalist Ajla Tomljanovic next.
The celebrity set in Arthur Ashe Stadium ranged from Zendaya to Gigi Hadid, Jared Leto to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, and one notable addition to Williams' player box: Tiger Woods.
"He's one of the reasons I'm here, one of the main reasons I'm still playing," Williams said when asked about Woods. She credits the golfing great for talking her into retaking the court this summer. "So we talked a lot. He was really trying to get me motivated. There's a few people, but we were like, 'OK, we can do this together, you know?'
"It was good, because I didn't know what I wanted to do. I was just lost, so many questions. When you can rely on someone like that, I mean, my goodness, he's Tiger Woods, it was really helpful to get clarity."
Here's a roundup of the social media buzz around Williams' big win:
Thank you @SerenaWilliams for inspiring people around the world with your talent, grace, and determination both on and off the court. We celebrate all that you have been, all that you are, and all that is to come.
— Vice President Kamala Harris (@VP) September 1, 2022
Not done yet @serenawilliams 🙏🏽
— Stephen Curry (@StephenCurry30) September 1, 2022
It was a privilege to watch greatness. Congrats @serenawilliams
— Tiger Woods (@TigerWoods) September 1, 2022
🐅 ✘ 🐐 @TigerWoods with a classic fist pump for @serenawilliams 💪 #USOpen pic.twitter.com/egoBoC96Ch
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) September 1, 2022
🐐🐐🐐 #Serena
— Patrick Mahomes II (@PatrickMahomes) September 1, 2022
SERENA!!!!!
— Elena Delle Donne (@De11eDonne) September 1, 2022
Never seen anything like what Serena Williams is doing!!! EVERYBODY EVERYWHERE is cheering for her and watching every moment!! I’m a fan and enjoying every minute!!! @serenawilliams 🐐🐐🐐 #USOpen2022
— Chris Paul (@CP3) September 1, 2022
SERENA!!!!!@serenawilliams
— Russell Wilson (@DangeRussWilson) September 1, 2022
Never underestimate the heart of a GOAT…..NEVER!! @serenawilliams we are loving it!
— dawnstaley (@dawnstaley) September 1, 2022
Serena! Amazing! #USOpen
— Manu Ginobili (@manuginobili) September 1, 2022
.@Zendaya in the building 🤩 pic.twitter.com/c86vjVxr7U
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) August 31, 2022
serenaaaaaaaaa 🔥
— Ja Morant (@JaMorant) September 1, 2022
Let’s go Rena!! @serenawilliams !! Proud of you. Way to get it done! 🐐
— Ciara (@ciara) September 1, 2022
Onward pic.twitter.com/xlSuds7eEM
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NEW YORK - 2019 champion Bianca Andreescu advanced to the third round of the US Open after defeating No.15 seed Beatriz Haddad Maia 6-2, 6-4 to close out Day 3. Unseeded and ranked No.48, the 22-year-old Canadian put in a vintage performance to set up an exciting third-round clash with France's Caroline Garcia.
Coming off an up-and-down three-set win over Harmony Tan in the first round, Andreescu played a physical and disciplined match to defeat the surging Brazilian. Haddad Maia has been in fantastic form during the summer, winning back-to-back titles in Nottingham and Birmingham and making the biggest final of her career in Toronto. She earned her first main-draw win at the US Open in the first round with a dominating 6-0, 6-0 win over Ana Konjuh.
But Andreescu's champion's mettle was on display in their first meeting at the tour level. She went unbroken in the match, saving all five break points she faced while breaking Haddad Maia three times. Andreescu finished the match with a tidy 11 winners to 14 unforced errors, while Haddad Maia hit 20 winners to 30 unforced errors.
"I know that she's been doing really well so I knew I had to bring my A-game today. If I didn't it could have gone differently. I was in a very positive mind frame and I fought until the end. I know the second set was a bit tighter but I hung in there and I'm really happy."
Having beaten the player with the second-most wins since the start of July, Andreescu will now face the winningest: Cincinnati champion Garcia. Ranked No.18, Garcia extended her winning streak to 10 matches with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Anna Kalinskaya. Into the third round at the US Open for the fifth time in her career, Garcia is bidding to make the Round of 16 for the first time in New York.
Friday's showdown will be a rematch of the Bad Homburg final in July. Garcia edged Andreescu on the grass, 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4, to win the first of her three titles this season.
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Edinburgh bin strike: Why plastic Marxists' complaints that tidying up was strike-breaking were ridiculous – John McLellan
Scabs! Even picking up a sweetie paper ran the risk of strike-breaking accusations as passions simmered amidst the mounting piles of rotting rubbish on Edinburgh’s streets.
Worst of all was the vandalism of Biddy Mulligan’s pub because staff had the temerity to try to keep their little bit of the Old Town clean for their customers during the waste workers stoppage, but social media was alive with fury at the slightest suggestion of anyone trying to deal with the growing health hazard.
For some reason, the Grassmarket graffiti artists did not make their way to Bute House where First Minister Nicola Sturgeon not only has ultimate control of the purse-strings which can settle the dispute but is also the beneficiary of a private refuse contractor.
Essential Edinburgh, the business improvement organisation to which New Town and West End companies pay an extra levy to keep their area spick and span, received pelters from keyboard warriors even though trade waste is not handled by council staff. If only the Old Town had such a scheme.
It got to the stage where practical proposals to deal with a health emergency, such as those tabled and accepted by the city’s Conservative group, were attacked as an unacceptable attempt to beat the strike.
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Apparently beyond the pale was the proposal for non-waste staff to help with the clear-up, as if leaving rotting food and dog waste on the streets as long as possible is a positive contribution to industrial relations.
Even just entering the City Chambers if a protest is going on outside is seen as an affront to the strikers, the most preposterous of the wannabe revolutionaries being Leith Green councillor Chas Booth (whose default level of sanctimony makes Pope Francis sound like Jerry Sadowitz) in attacking Labour, Lib Dem and Conservative councillors for attending a licensing meeting.
Unfortunately for him, the posturing rebounded when it resulted in a social media pile-on to condemn the hypocrisy of his participation by video.
The supposed ideological purity of these extremists is the political equivalent of rigid Sabbatarianism, where keeping your part of the world tidy is an insult to struggling workers just as going to the shops on a Sunday is an affront to God.
So where does public-spiritedness end and scabbing begin? Is taking your rubbish home and putting it in your landfill bin really that different to bar staff sweeping up outside their pub?
And when, as is highly likely, strike action spreads to schools, is home schooling the act of a responsible parent or is someone who wants to minimise the impact on their kids undermining the industrial action?
Supporting low-paid workers struggling to make ends meet isn’t the same as just accepting you must wade knee-deep through garbage to do your job, or that you have to tolerate a risk to your livelihood because public sector unions are flexing their muscle.
Without the benefit of any price controls, the energy crisis threatens to wipe out thousands of small businesses and the jobs they support, and 77.8 per cent of workers are in the private sector. As much as it might pain the plastic Marxists, the economy relies on a thriving private sector to generate the taxes to keep the public sector afloat.
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Hibs transfer state of play: Will Easter Road side bring in much-needed reinforcements on deadline day?
Given the nature of football, there’s a very good chance that parts of this article might be out of date by the time you read them.
We’re all familiar with the phrase, ‘a week is a long time in politics’ but it’s an eternity in Scottish football.
At 6pm on Saturday night Hibs striker Christian Doidge was speaking to the media after a disappointing defeat by St Mirren in Paisley. Fewer than four days later he had joined Kilmarnock on a season-long loan.
Shortly before Doidge addressed the press pack, Easter Road boss Lee Johnson had appeared to play down the chance of it being a busy transfer deadline day. Since then his side have been continuously linked with moves for Swindon Town forward Harry McKirdy. More recently QPR striker Macauley Bonne and Burton Albion’s Louis Moult, have also been mentioned as possible targets.
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With the clock ticking down towards the window slamming shut™ at midnight on Thursday, will Hibs prove that they aren’t quite done in the market just yet – despite already bringing in 13 first-team players on a mixture of loan and permanent deals this summer?
New arrivals
Johnson and the recruitment team have been busy since the former Sunderland and Bristol City boss arrived in Edinburgh. Goalkeeper David Marshall’s return to Scotland had already been worked on with the new manager rubber-stamping the deal, while centre-back Rocky Bushiri and playmaker Ewan Henderson arrived on permanent deals after loan spells during the second half of last season and attacker Aiden McGeady reunited with his ex-boss at the Stadium of Light.
Defensive midfielder Nohan Kenneh pitched up from Leeds United, sold on the prospect of first-team football and was quickly followed by winger Jair Tavares as Johnson finally acquired a player who had been on his radar for quite some time. Young centre-back Kyle McClelland was signed after leaving Rangers, initially as a development-squad prospect.
Loan deals were struck for forward pair Momodou Bojang and Élie Youan while the defensive ranks were bolstered by the capture of Lewis Miller and Marijan Čabraja, the latter replacing Josh Doig after his £3 million move to Hellas Verona.
A sensational return for Martin Boyle was secured in early August shortly ahead of the first Edinburgh derby of the season while goalkeeper Ryan Schofield was brought in following long-term injury to Kevin Dąbrowski.
Outgoings
In terms of exits, goalkeeper Matt Macey returned to England with Luton Town and Doig sealed his move to Serie A.
Other departures included young forward Connor Young joining Rangers while a raft of players from last season moved on – Scott Allan eventually joined Arbroath, Jamie Murphy and Drey Wright joined St Johnstone, Alex Gogic rejoined St Mirren on a permanent deal and Paul McGinn moved to Motherwell.
Goalkeeper David Mitchell signed for Partick Thistle, and Sean Mackie joined Falkirk.
Defence, attack, but no midfielder?
Ideally Hibs would like to bring in a centre-back, given Bushiri is sidelined for at least two months, and a striker following Doidge’s temporary exit. That is easier than said than done, of course. Easter Road chiefs will be hoping to avoid a repeat of the final day of the January transfer window last season when a proposed move for Manchester City youngster Morgan Rogers fell through at the last moment, with Hibs working against the clock to bring in another attacker in Sylvester Jasper.
It could be argued that these two positions should really have been sorted quite some time ago. Even without Bushiri’s injury the club could have done with another body in the heart of defence, with semi-retired veteran stopper Darren McGregor named in the matchday squad for all five league games so far and McClelland, signed as a development player, required for first-team games. Paul Hanlon being sidelined until game three didn’t help either.
It remains to be seen if Hibs will get their priority signings before the deadline and even if they do, supporters will likely agonise at the lack of midfield reinforcements. But with Dylan Tait still a possibility to leave on loan, it’s clear that Hibs believe they are covered in midfield.
Josh Campbell, Jake Doyle-Hayes, Ewan Henderson, Nohan Kenneh, Joe Newell, and Lewis Stevenson can all play there in one position or another while the club is hopeful that Kyle Magennis isn’t too far away from a return to action, even though they need to be careful about rushing him back ahead of time.
Inevitably attention will turn to the youngsters. Hibs will be wary of placing too much expectation on teenagers but Murray Aiken and Robbie Hamilton have already debuted and Jacob MacIntyre continues to catch the eye and hit the back of the net with regularity for the under-18s and development side, as does Rudi Molotnikov, and all four have trained with the Easter Road first team so there are options there, and Allan Delferrière could be recalled from his loan at FC Edinburgh in January if required too.
Leaving it late
As for the backline, there was very real interest in Uruguayan centre-back Joaquín Sosa that fell through when CSKA Moscow got involved and he eventually joined Bologna, but it looks like Hibs will try for another before the window closes.
Johnson did hint earlier this summer that there might well be some last-minute wheeling and dealing, and any new arrivals will either have to be experienced or settle in quite quickly – for a 30-minute period in the second half against St Mirren, Hibs’ ten outfield players were all signings that had been at the club last year, which didn’t send a great message about the new boys.
It is clear that the squad is still gelling, which is perhaps to be expected given such a huge turnover – but the right signings on deadline day could help make a big difference to this Jekyll and Hyde Hibs team. | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/hibs-transfer-state-of-play-will-easter-road-side-bring-in-much-needed-reinforcements-on-deadline-day-3826514 | 2022-09-01T05:57:13Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/hibs-transfer-state-of-play-will-easter-road-side-bring-in-much-needed-reinforcements-on-deadline-day-3826514 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The 149th Fighter Wing and the 502nd Air Base Wing, 902nd Civil Engineer Squadron participate in a joint exercise allowing the firefighters to get F-16 familiarization and egress training in the event of an emergency at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, August 18, 2022. These exercises build trust and experience between units in order to operate as efficient and effective as possible at a moments notice. (Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Mancuso)
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What To Know Today
NEW from THE TRACE: Shooting survivors shouldn’t pay their own medical bills. In a new commentary, Professor Hugh Gusterson of the University of British Columbia shares a proposal to defray gun-violence survivors’ often-exorbitant costs. Only 12 percent are able to pay such bills in full, according to a 2017 study. Gusterson looks to car insurance for an answer. “Americans have accepted the price we pay for living with cars,” he writes. “We have devised an elaborate insurance system to make sure the medical costs of those injured by automobiles are paid for not by the victims but by the community of automobile owners.” That model, he says, could guide how society pays for gun violence victims. Read the full opinion piece.
Citing Bruen, another federal judge blocks a Colorado municipality from enforcing an assault weapons ban. U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney issued a temporary restraining order against Boulder County’s law, which includes a ban on high-capacity magazines. Judge Sweeney wrote that the “plaintiffs establish a substantial likelihood of success” in part due to the Bruen decision’s new constitutional test for how federal courts should assess gun laws. Another U.S. District judge — also a Democratic presidential nominee — put out a similar decision last month about the town of Superior’s assault weapons ban. We’re tracking the effects of the Bruen case here.
Lawmakers seek answers from firm offering no-interest loans for guns and ammo purchases. In a letter to the CEO of the Montana-based firm Credova Financial, 18 House Democrats asked the company how it ensures that people who use its “buy now, pay later” financing for guns are not quickly reselling them. They also asked if the company knows whether any customers who financed firearms have used them to commit violence, and how often people default on such loans. The four-year-old company says about three-fourths of the businesses where it offers financing are gun or hunting stores.
Newsrooms sue Uvalde officials over access to public records. Citing Texas’s open records law, The Associated Press and others filed a lawsuit in Uvalde County to compel the Sheriff’s Department, school district, and city to hand over 911 recordings and other records and documents related to the May shooting at Robb Elementary School. That comes several weeks after a similar lawsuit accused the state’s Department of Public Safety of violating the Texas Public Information Act by withholding information about the police response.
We’re up for three more awards! The Online News Association has named us among the finalists for its 2022 Online Journalism Awards in:
- General Excellence in Online Journalism, Small Newsroom
- Excellence in Collaboration and Partnerships, for our investigation with VICE News: “The Return of the Machine Gun”
- Gather Award in Community-Centered Journalism, Overall Excellence, Micro/Small Newsroom, for Up The Block
The winners will be announced on September 24 during ONA’s 2022 conference.
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~100,000 — the number of new police officer hires proposed in President Joe Biden’s 2023 budget request, something he pointed to Tuesday in a Pennsylvania speech on crime and policing. [The New York Times] | https://www.thetrace.org/newsletter/bruen-colorado-assault-ban/ | 2022-09-01T06:13:15Z | thetrace.org | control | https://www.thetrace.org/newsletter/bruen-colorado-assault-ban/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Featured Local Job: Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant
Riverview Intermediate Unit 6 currently has an opening for a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant.
This position is a full-time position (184 days) working with students in the preschool program through 12th grade.
Requires COTA License and Acts 34, 114, and 151 clearances, previous experience preferred.
This is a bargaining unit position. Hours are dependent on service locations, somewhere between 7:30-3:00 or 8:00-3:30.
A position is available in Venango/Crawford County, Clarion/Forest County, and Jefferson/Clearfield County.
Send application information to Teresa Baker via email, [email protected] , or mail to Riverview Intermediate Unit 6, 270 Mayfield Road, Clarion, PA, 16214. Application packet may include, but is not limited to, letter of interest, resume, standard job application, clearances, certifications, transcripts, and any related training certifications for working with children.
Riverview Intermediate Unit 6 reserves the right to withdraw this posting without filling the position.
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HONOLULU (KITV4) -- Once again, the City and County of Honolulu plans to step up efforts to crack down on illegal short term vacation rentals.
For years, city officials have said they were going to enforce laws against illegal short term rentals.
"We're going to be able to address problems that have never been addressed before, allowing legal rentals to operate and helping to crack down on illegal ones," said former Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell back in 2020.
But current searches on sites like Airbnb still reveal dozens of illegal listings - located outside of resort zones that don't have one of the nearly 800 island-wide exemptions.
"It is frustrating knowing our office is licensed and insured, and someone else just posts something and collects money," said Terry Gross.
He is a property manager with Novation Realty, that only works with legal short term rental properties.
"We manage about 60 short-term rental properties and a few long term rentals, all in Waikiki, all in zoned buildings," added Gross.
He says illegal short term rentals can hurt legitimate businesses
"Because they are not paying the TAT rate, the owners have the ability to drop the price," stated Gross.
He added that they also hurt the community, which could benefits from the additional taxes.
So why hasn't the city gone after these listings?
"It takes time to go thru each website, find the ads and crosscheck against where it is located: We don't have a dedicated staff to do enforcement," said Dean Uchida, the Director of the Dept. of Planning and Permitting.
Rather than searching out violators, the city instead responds to complaints. But even that comes with additional challenges.
"They get complaints and try to investigate, but because they are located in secure condos, sometimes our people cannot get into the buildings," added Uchida.
Over the past four months, there were 111 short term rental violations issued...but only 5 this month.
Uchida expects that number to go up again in October, when a new law takes effect.
"We're in the process of setting up 5 new positions, they will be dedicated to short term rental enforcement," said Uchida.
Investigators will also be able to more easily spot illegal rental.
"We will use 3rd party software that will sweep websites for us and give us notice of illegal advertisements going on," stated Uchida.
Until then, the city expects to see more illegal short term rentals.
"People are trying to make as much money as they can before the law takes effect. But come October, we will be ready to hit the ground running with more effective enforcement," added Uchida.
Two years ago, the city was supposed to start getting listing data from sites like Expedia and Airbnb, to help them identify illegal rentals...but Uchida tells KITV4, the city is still negotiating with those companies for that information.
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It's not a good look for equities to start September after another wave of selling in Wall Street yesterday. That is carrying over to today with US futures also resting lower on the day as noted here. Another push lower today will start to draw attention to the March and July lows for the DAX next: | https://www.forexlive.com/news/eurostoxx-futures-07-in-early-european-trading-20220901/ | 2022-09-01T06:28:12Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/eurostoxx-futures-07-in-early-european-trading-20220901/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Or should I say most likely that is the case. Be reminded that China warned against this, so it is a notable development. The initial headline from Reuters said it is a Chinese drone but it has been redacted and now stating that it is 'an unidentified drone' instead. Here's a look at where Kinmen Islands is located:
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Combined company will accelerate Alphawave's leadership, product offerings and customer base while driving greater scale and revenue growth from an expanded total addressable market
LONDON and TORONTO, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Alphawave IP Group plc ("Alphawave" or "Company") (LN:AWE), a global leader in high-speed connectivity for the world's technology infrastructure is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of OpenFive.
Tony Pialis, President and Chief Executive Officer of Alphawave said: "Today represents an important milestone for Alphawave. This acquisition accelerates our ambition to become a leading pure-play provider of connectivity technology, covering silicon IP and custom silicon solutions like chiplets. We are delighted to welcome the talented team from OpenFive, as well as their customers and partners. The combination adds scale and expands our expertise into custom silicon. The combined company is well positioned to capitalise on the growth opportunities we see in the digital infrastructure markets, and we are really excited about the long term prospects for growth."
John Lofton Holt, Executive Chairman of Alphawave said: "We are delighted to welcome the OpenFive team to Alphawave and I would like to thank both teams for their efforts in getting us to the successful completion of the transaction having now received all regulatory approvals, including CIFIUS. We are looking forward to working together to capitalise on the significant growth opportunities ahead."
Key highlights
Alphawave has completed the acquisition of OpenFive bringing OpenFive's high-speed connectivity system-on-chip (SoC) IP portfolio and a proven team based in India and Silicon Valley, and other global locations, that has been delivering custom silicon solutions for over 15 years. The acquisition significantly increases Alphawave's customer base globally from 281 currently to over 80, especially in North America, including a top two semiconductor memory supplier, a top three high performance computing (HPC) server manufacturer, a leading automated tester equipment manufacturer, and mission critical high-speed communications and industrial equipment manufacturers.
- This acquisition nearly doubles the number of connectivity-focused IPs available to Alphawave customers from 80 to over 155 and will provide customers with a one-stop-shop for their bundled connectivity needs in the most advanced technologies at 5nm, 4nm, 3nm and beyond. This will include an expanded die-to-die connectivity portfolio that will accelerate chiplet delivery capabilities to existing and new customers.
- OpenFive's proven silicon development team enables Alphawave to offer leading edge data centre and networking custom silicon solutions as well as enhancing its chiplet design capabilities. This accelerates Alphawave's strategic goal to scale revenues by monetising its leading connectivity IP not only through IP licensing but advanced custom silicon design and delivery.
- The combination of Alphawave's leading high-speed connectivity with OpenFive's IP portfolio is expected to generate material revenue synergies through bundling of IP and integrated IP sub-systems as well as leveraging the two companies' respective strengths to win complex custom silicon design wins at leading edge process nodes.
- As previously communicated, the transaction will be immediately EPS accretive to Alphawave. Forecast FY 2023 revenue for the combined group is anticipated to reach between US$325m to US$360m with a path to a yearly revenue run rate of over US$500m in 2024. 2023 adjusted EBITDA margins for the group are expected to be between 32-36% with 2025 adjusted EBITDA margins between 40-45% as revenues exceed US$500m.
Closing Details – Cash Consideration Only with a Strong Balance Sheet Post-Closing
The total consideration paid by Alphawave for completion was US$210m in cash plus customary working capital adjustments. As was previously reported, no debt was raised to finance the transaction.
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Faced with the exponential growth of data, Alphawave IP's technology services a critical need: enabling data to travel faster, more reliably and with higher performance at lower power. Alphawave IP is a global leader in high-speed connectivity for the world's technology infrastructure. Our IP solutions therefore meet the needs of global tier-one customers in data centers, compute, networking, AI, 5G, autonomous vehicles, and storage. Founded in Toronto, Canada in 2017, by an expert technical team with a proven track record in licensing semiconductor IP, our mission is to focus on the hardest-to-solve connectivity challenges. To find out more about Alphawave IP, visit: awaveip.com
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CLEVELAND, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT), a leading provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions, has completed its purchase of the protective materials business of DSM (including the Dyneema® brand), which will now be called Avient Protective Materials and reported within the company's Specialty Engineered Materials segment.
"We proudly welcome our newest associates and valued customers joining us today," said Robert M. Patterson, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Avient Corporation. "This next step in our specialty transformation expands our material offerings to provide solutions that require the highest level of performance in applications where failure is not an option."
The foundation of Avient Protective Materials is the renowned technology and globally admired brand of Dyneema®, the World's Strongest Fiber™. The ultra-lightweight specialty fiber is 15 times stronger than steel and is used in demanding applications, such as ballistic personal protection, marine and sustainable infrastructure, renewable energy, industrial protection and outdoor sports. The business includes six production facilities, four R&D centers and approximately 1,000 employees located around the world.
"With the addition of the Protective Materials business, we have significantly increased the size of our fastest growing platform and firmly established Avient as a leader in the advanced composites space," said Chris Pederson, President, Specialty Engineered Materials, Avient Corporation. "We look forward to collaborating with our customers to deliver on the ever-increasing requirements of product performance, achievable through innovation and material science."
About Avient
Avient Corporation (NYSE: AVNT) provides specialized and sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world. Examples include:
- Unique technologies that improve the recyclability of products and enable recycled content to be incorporated, thus advancing a more circular economy
- Light-weighting solutions that replace heavier traditional materials like metal, glass and wood, which can improve fuel efficiency in all modes of transportation and reduce carbon footprint
- Sustainable infrastructure solutions that increase energy efficiency, renewable energy, natural resource conservation and fiber optic / 5G network accessibility
Avient is certified ACC Responsible Care®, a founding member of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and certified Great Place to Work®. For more information, visit www.avient.com.
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HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Seadrill Limited ("Seadrill" or the "Company") (XOAS: SDRL) announces today that it has entered into a binding Share Purchase Agreement ("SPA") with subsidiaries of ADES Arabia Holding Ltd. (together, "ADES") to sell the legal entities that own and operate seven jack-ups (the "Jack-up Sale") in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Upon completion of the Jack-up Sale, the AOD I, AOD II, AOD III, West Callisto, West Ariel, West Cressida, and West Leda will be owned by ADES. ADES will also employ the crews operating the rigs and will hold the drilling contracts related to the rigs. The total consideration for the Jack-up Sale is USD 628 million in cash, subject to adjustment for working capital and other items, and reimbursement to Seadrill for any project costs spent at the time of closing in relation to the reactivation of the three stacked jack-ups, namely the West Ariel, West Cressida and West Leda ("Reactivation Rigs"). This translates into approximately USD 100 million per rig on a ready to drill basis.
The proceeds from the Jack-up Sale enable Seadrill to significantly de-leverage its balance sheet and to eliminate outstanding capital expenditure for the Reactivation Rigs.
The Jack-up Sale is subject to customary closing conditions, including approval of competition authorities in Saudi Arabia, and is anticipated to close within the fourth quarter of 2022. Seadrill will provide customary transition support services to ADES for a limited period of time following closing.
Simon Johnson, Seadrill Chief Executive Officer, commented, "The sale of seven jack-ups to ADES is transformative for Seadrill. We are pleased to announce this transaction, which we believe crystallizes the valuation of these rigs at a substantially higher level than currently implied in Seadrill's share price. It will also enable us to significantly de-lever our balance sheet, positioning us for future opportunities."
The Jack-up sale is not expected to have a material impact on our revenue and Adjusted EBITDA guidance for 2022, as disclosed within our 2Q 2022 earnings release. Our capex and long-term maintenance guidance range of $320 million to $360 million could change materially depending on the date the transaction closes. Approximately $120 million of expenditures relating to the reactivation and upgrading of the Reactivation Rigs is included within the range disclosed. The range is likely to reduce to the extent the transaction closes prior to year-end as expenditures subsequent to the transaction closing will be incurred by the buyer. Furthermore, any such capital expenditures incurred on these rigs prior to closing will be fully reimbursed by the buyer on closing of the transaction.
This information is considered to be inside information pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and is subject to disclosure requirements pursuant to section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities Trading Act. This stock exchange announcement was published by Simon Woods at Hawthorn Advisors, at the date and time set out in this announcement.
About Seadrill
Seadrill is a leading offshore drilling contractor utilizing advanced technology to unlock oil and gas resources for clients across harsh and benign locations around the globe. Seadrill's high-quality, technologically-advanced fleet spans all asset classes allowing its experienced crews to conduct operations across geographies, from shallow to ultra-deep-water environments.
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This announcement includes forward-looking statements. Such statements are generally not historical in nature, and specifically include statements about the Company's plans, strategies, business prospects, and expectations about the closing of the Jack-up Sale, the proceeds therefrom and the use of such proceeds.
These statements are made based upon management's current plans, expectations, assumptions and beliefs concerning future events impacting the Company and therefore involve a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this news release. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, offshore drilling market conditions, including supply and demand, dayrates, fluctuations in the price of oil, international financial market conditions, changes in governmental regulations that affect the Company or the operations of the Company's fleet, the review of competition authorities and other factors listed in our public filings. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any forward looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which such statement is made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for the Company to predict all of these factors. Further, the Company cannot assess the impact of each such factor on its business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to be materially different from those contained in any forward looking statement.
Consequently, no forward-looking statement can be guaranteed. When considering these forward-looking statements, you should also keep in mind the risks described from time to time in the Company's filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the SEC on April 29, 2022 (File No. 001-39327).
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Director Sibi Malayil is all set to release his film 'Kotthu', starring Asif Ali and Nikhila Vimal on September 23. The director, who had once directed superhit movies like ‘Kireedam’ (trans. Crown), and Chenkol (Sceptre), has often been credited for creating grounded and realistic characters in his films.
The filmmaker talks openly about the challenges he faced while he attempted to make a sequel to his movie 'Dasharatham', a movie that was made way ahead of time. 'Dasharatham' released in 1989 revolved around surrogacy.
What was the major impediment to attempt making the second part of 'Dasharatham 2'?
The second part of 'Dasharatham' was written and completed by Hemant Kumar. Though many had approached me with the stories for a sequel to Dasharatham, I had not liked any. Many had also met Mohanlal.
Hemant Kumar had written the continuation that I had wished for. However, we did not get Mohanlal’s support. Actor Nedumudi Venu also wished to do this movie. Venu had told me that he would talk to Lal. However, it is not about convincing Lal, he should be convinced himself. This is the biggest loss in my career. Only I would know the depth of this loss. That cinema will not happen hereafter.
As an honour to Screen Writer - director Lohithadas, who wrote 'Dasharatham', the script of Dasharatham 2 would be released as a book.
What did Mohanlal say?
I went to Hyderabad and told him the gist of the story. This was in 2016. They have all reached positions where they are not reachable to me. There are many hurdles to be able to reach them. I am not keen on it.
Having to go to Hyderabad itself was a hurdle. I was allowed 30 minutes. After listening to the story, he did not give a clear response. I said, it can be done if he liked the story once it was complete. The story was complete in 6 months. But, I have not got an opportunity to narrate it to Lal thereafter. Many talked to Lal on my behalf for this project. However, Lal kept evading.
Did you talk to Antony Perumbavoor?
I am not interested. Are they to decide on my movies? If the space is not reachable to me, I will not try for it again. I don’t go to places where I am turned down and where they turn their backs on me.
I have suffered many losses owing to such a stand. I have been sidelined. But I cannot live compromising my personality and character. Such a life is a disaster.
Lal can come to me when he thinks he needs me. I know, he may not need me. I don’t expect that either. I have had failures, successes and glitches. Those matter only to me. I don’t know if it matters to anyone else.
Will there be a movie with Mammooty, Mohanlal?
They should feel that they need me. I have a film in my mind with Mammootty. I do not know if Mammootty is ready for it. When it comes to Mohanlal, I will not try as I am not keen on crossing several hurdles. | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/01/dasharatham-2-movie-project-sibi-malayil-mohanlal.html | 2022-09-01T06:35:48Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/01/dasharatham-2-movie-project-sibi-malayil-mohanlal.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
PWD Minister PA Muhammad Riyas met actor Kunchacko Boban amid the controversies surrounding a promotional poster of the movie ‘Nna Thaan Case Kodu’. The minister posted a picture on his social media page in which the duo is seen laughing and having a good time. Meanwhile, interesting comments are pouring in from netizens. While some of them dropped in hilarious comments, some others were critical of the poor condition of the roads in the state.
“There will be potholes on the road to the theatres. Please come anyway,” said the poster that came out on the release day of ‘Nna Thaan Case Kodu’. These lines soon kicked up a controversy with a section of social media users alleging that the advertisement was an insult to the government. The left sympathisers even called for a boycott of the film directed by Ratheesh Balakrishna Pothuval.
However, Riyas refused to jump on the boycott bandwagon. He said that the issue need not be blown out of proportion and the poster should be viewed only as a promotional material. When the controversy happened, the minister had said that the issue of potholes have always been there. He added that the department of public works was trying hard to repair the roads as much as possible. Riyas also noted that he was open to creative suggestions and healthy criticisms. | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/01/kunchacko-boban-minister-riyas-pothole-road-meet-light-moment.html | 2022-09-01T06:36:01Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/01/kunchacko-boban-minister-riyas-pothole-road-meet-light-moment.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
After the blockbuster movie ‘Ramaleela’ filmmaker Arun Gopi will be teaming up with Dileep for a new project. South Indian diva Tammaanah will be playing the female lead opposite Dileep. The movie is bankrolled by Vinayaka Ajith for the banner of Ajith Vinayaka Films. The screenplay is penned by Uday Krishna.
Interestingly, this would be the 147th film in Dileep’s career. Meanwhile, Shaji Kumar is the cinematographer. Sam CS composes the music while editing is by Vivek Harshan. Noble Jacob is the production designer and art is by Subash Karun. Ranganath Ravi would be handling the sound designing and the costumes are by Praveen Varma.
Dileep, meanwhile, is awaiting the release of ‘Voice of Sathyanathan’.
Joju George too would be playing a pivotal role in this movie helmed by veteran filmmaker Rafi. Sidhique, Johnny Antony and Veena Nandakumar also star in this movie. The story, screenplay and dialogues of ‘Voice of Sathyanathan’ too are written by Rafi. Manju Badusha and Neethu Shinoy are the executive producers. Jithin Stanilus has cranked the camera. | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/01/tamannah-dileep-arun-gopi-movie-latest-project-udaya-krishna.amp.html | 2022-09-01T06:36:07Z | onmanorama.com | control | https://www.onmanorama.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/2022/09/01/tamannah-dileep-arun-gopi-movie-latest-project-udaya-krishna.amp.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A mixed bag for Kent weather today (Thursday, September 1), with everything from overcast skies, to rain and sunshine. Top temperature for the county today a nice warm 23C. Although there will be long periods of cloud in most areas, that sun will be persistent in periods throughout the day.
Some areas have a small or medium chance or rain but it is forecast only for short periods. Margate will be a mixture of overcast and some sunny intervals with a top temperature today of 21C.
Canterbury is forecast to be cloudy all morning, with possibly some rain around lunchtime but there will be sunny intervals too throughout the day. Top temperature of 22C. Dover is mostly overcast today, with a middling chance of rain around lunchtime, but expect some sunny intervals around the middle of the day. Top temperature of 21C.
Tunbridge Wells strong chance of rain at around 8am but overcast or sunny intervals all day. Top temperature of 22C. Dartford, cloudy most of the day with some sunny intervals. Small chance of rain around 10am and again at around 7pm. Top temperature of 21C.
Forecasters at the Met Office gave a long range forecast from Monday (September 5) to Wednesday (Sep 14): "The start of this period is expected to bring areas of thick cloud and heavy, thundery rain or showers to many places.
"Any periods of rain could be longer than recently experienced. "Some brighter spells are also possible. Strong winds are also likely in places, perhaps with a risk of gales. Temperatures are expected to be around average but variable, especially under longer spells of rain where it may be cooler, or in any sunshine which will feel warmer."
No weather warnings are currently in place in the UK, said the Mirror.
UK weather forecast:
Chance of scattered showers in south, elsewhere dry and fine. Today: Largely dry and fine for many. Cloud increasing across the south of England and Wales with some well scattered showers developing by afternoon, these perhaps heavy and thundery in the far south. Warm but breezy in the south.
Tonight: Rather cloudy with a chance of some thundery showers in the south. A few showers also possible for eastern Scotland later otherwise dry and fine elsewhere. Chilly in the north.
Friday: Scattered showers in the south and north extending to other parts through the day, some of these heavy and thundery, especially in the west and south. Warm in brighter spells.
Outlook for Saturday to Monday: Rather cloudy and unsettled with showers for many and longer outbreaks of rain through the period, heavy and thundery at times. Windy in the north initially, then the southwest later.
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DWP: Thousands on these benefits will be protected from energy price cap | https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/kent-weather-could-rain-amid-7532616 | 2022-09-01T06:40:22Z | kentlive.news | control | https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/kent-weather-could-rain-amid-7532616 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Security of life and property: Foremost duty of government (7)
•The Nigeria Police: Problems and challenges •Equipment and population ratio
THE first question a first-time visitor to London, nay any European city would ask is; why is there so much cleanliness, peace and order on the streets? Sooner or later, the visitor would observe that in every corner or street, there is a stately and well-dressed policeman or woman pacing slowly on all the major streets. Attached to his chest pocket is a walkie-talkie. The truth is that, as the police officer goes around, he observes all that is going on and transmits report to the well-equipped police office in case of need. Indeed, that was how Alhaji Umar Dikko, Nige ria’s Minister of Transportation under President Shehu Shagari who had been kidnapped and was packed in the boot of a car en route Nigeria was reported to the main police office in the area.
In Nigeria, kidnapping and murder stand-out as two crimes that have not only brought much odium and ignominy on this nation but unfortunately, both crimes are gaining more ground and seem to defile solution. The sophistication and precision with which kidnappers operate across the length and breadth of this country is embarrassing. It is no longer news that the perpetrators possess far better, more sophisticated and modern weapons than the police. Where and by what means these sophisticated are obtained remained a knotty issue.
As rightly observed by our respected former Inspector-General of Police Mr. Musiliu Smith in his paper titled “The beauty of policing is in operations. At the heart of operation is communication”. A crime combating organization that lacks basic functional communication gadgets in this twenty-first century is doomed”. Indeed, with obsolete, non-functional communication equipment both at state and federal levels, the police cannot but fail in the war against crime in this country.
When one juxtaposes the highly sophisticated equipment being used by daredevil criminals which include communicated gadgets, with those at the disposal of the Nigeria Policemen, it becomes evident that the comparison has no relevance at all. This is why one cannot but agree with our Inspector-General that “miracles credited to police forces in developed countries today are attributable sustainability to compterisation and techno-communication”. Each of the 925 police divisions of Nigeria Police needs walkie-talkies for ease of communication as well as expansion of Repeater network; more mobile and base sets; acquisition of more units of 40KVA generators; NITEL Leased Transponder and the digitalization of the analogue system and several new telephone lines.
It is an eye sore that today in Nigeria and in the 21st century for that matter, most of Nigerian Police divisions have no functional telephone lines. The fact remains that the 925 Divisions, 106 Area Commands, 37 Commands and 12 Zonal Commands in this country cannot communicate effectively even within the organization let alone with the public. This should give each and every one of us serious worries. Where then do we go from here? In other serious climes across the globe (even nearby smaller Togo, Republic of Benin, South Africa, etc not to talk of advanced countries) effective communication with the police is a sine qua non. In fact, in certain countries, there are permanent lines for example 999 reserved for the Police. Not only that, certain lines are reserved for reception of calls alone while others can function for both calling and reception.
As if the situation is not bad enough, telephone lines meant for police are easily and randomly disconnected by service providers on the usual excuse of non-payment of accumulated debts. Right now, I wonder if 10% of the top echelon of the police can boast of functional telephone lines. It is my belief that the telephone lines with which the public can reach the police otherwise known as 999 world-wide should always be available. Such a line should not be used by police for their own business. What is wrong in allowing certain individuals to acquire special lines fitted with alarms connecting the police directly with automatic functions? Since they, (the subscribers) are to pay specially for those lines as is done in certain parts of the world where things work. The police – indeed Nigeria – has nothing to lose but everything to gain as such practice is bound to enhance effectiveness of the Police and go a long way to curb the rising wave of crime in this country. Imagine a situation where the owner of a big shop had closed for the day and certain hoodlums came at night unaware that the shop is fitted with telephone alarm directly connecting the police, the hoodlums would have been apprehended even be fore the owner became aware of the burglary. The above picture is part of what operates in the modern world and goes to show the power of effective communication. Here in Nigeria, it is common sight to see policemen stationed within short distance along the same route say Lagos-Ibadan expressway yet unable to communicate with one another in cases of emergency like kidnapping or armed robbery. In effect, the victim is permanently deprived either of his life or property and the society becomes the overall loser.
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In like manner, vehicles, boats, marine, aircraft and helicopters including special, modern and sophisticated weapons are either terribly in short supply or practically non-existent. Little wonder why armed robbery, drug pushing, smuggling and other vices are on a constant phenomenal rise. Force animals like police dogs and horses have almost disappeared from police stable. It is my view that if we sincerely need adequate security for our lives and properties, every policeman on patrol should have walkie talkie on him or her. By the way, how much would it cost the country to provide these equipment? United Nations Ratio for Policing: The United Nation’s ap proven ratio for policing is 1:400. The table below shows that Nigeria has the lowest percentage of Police population compared with countries like UK, Canada, USA and South Africa.
UK Population – 67,440,000
UK Police Population – 142,526
Percentage UK Police Population to Total UK Population – 0.21%
Canada Population – 36,660,000
Canada Police Population – 70,114
Percentage Canada Police Population to Total Canada Population – 0.19%
USA Population – 332,400,000
USA Police Population – 906,037
Percentage USA Police Population to Total USA Population – 0.27%
Nigeria Population – 216,830,000
Nigeria Police Population – 221,936
Percentage Nigeria Police Population to Total Nigeria Population – 0.10%
South Africa Population – 59,308,690
South Africa Police Population – 182,126
Percentage South Africa Police Population to Total South Africa Population – 0.30%
Apart from the fact that the Nigeria Police is operating below the United Nation ratio, Former IGP Solomon Arase made pro posal to the government for the recruitment of 30,000 police officers yearly to meet up with the United Nation ratio. Ni geria police operations are hardly supported with technology. Nigeria has no crime data base. There is no CCTV in strategic places. There is urgent need for more application of scientific crime-fighting methods.
The numerous problems of the Nigerian police are well known. Recruiting more officers will not solve the problems mentioned above. The security of the life and property of ev ery Nigerian depends on effective and efficient policing.The prosperity and economic wellbeing of the country depends on adequate security. Please send your comments and/or contri butions to president@abuad.edu.ng Thank you
AARE AFE BABALOLA, OFR, CON, SAN, LL.D (Lond.) | https://tribuneonlineng.com/security-of-life-and-property-foremost-duty-of-government-7/ | 2022-09-01T06:41:23Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/security-of-life-and-property-foremost-duty-of-government-7/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Walmart-owned Sam’s Club said Wednesday it will raise its annual fees this fall, as the warehouse club’s membership hovers at a record high and inflation-pinched shoppers seek deals on bulk items.
Fees will increase to $50 from $45 for club members and to $110 from $100 for members of its higher-tier level, “Plus,” which includes some additional perks. The changes take effect on Oct. 17.
It marks the first fee hike in nine years for the entry-level membership. Sam’s Club has not raised the price of the “Plus” membership since it debuted in 1999.
That brings Sam’s closer in price to rival Costco, which charges $60 a year for its basic membership and $120 for its higher-tier “Gold” membership.
Sam’s Club is hiking annual fees as warehouse clubs benefit from budget-conscious customers. Shoppers turned to Costco, BJ’s Wholesale and Sam’s Club during the early months of the Covid pandemic to stock up on huge packs of toilet paper, household cleaners and cans of soup. In recent months, those shoppers have sought relief from inflation by seeking out cheaper gas and high volume discounts.
At the same time, inflation may make the increase sting. In a note to members Wednesday afternoon, Sam’s Club CEO Kath McLay said the company is “mindful of the financial pressure on wallets right now.”
With that in mind, she said, Sam’s Club will pick up the tab this year by reimbursing the fee increase in Sam’s Cash that can be used at its stores.
Investors have speculated about a potential hike in Costco’s fees, too. The club last raised its fee in June 2017 and has historically bumped it up every 5½ years, which would put it on track for this year.
Costco CEO Craig Jelinek shook off talk of an increase on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” in July. “I can tell you that we think about it every year, but right now, in terms of the membership fee it’s not on the table right at the moment,” he said. “I’ve made it very clear. I don’t think it’s the right time.”
Sam’s Club has almost 600 stores across the U.S. and in Puerto Rico. It does not disclose its membership count but said in the most recent quarter that it is at an all-time high. Membership income increased 8.9% in the quarter that ended July 31.
Its sales growth is outpacing other parts of Walmart’s business. Same-store sales at Sam’s Club grew 9.5% in the most recently reported quarter versus 6.5% at Walmart U.S.
Chief Member and Marketing Officer Ciara Anfield said Sam’s Club decided to make the move because of investments it’s made in recent years, from elevating the quality of merchandise on its shelves to adding new and convenient ways to shop.
In recent years, it has added curbside pickup at stores, offered same-day home delivery, refreshed its Member’s Mark private brand and launched Scan & Go, a smartphone app that people can use to ring up items as they walk through aisle. It has started carrying brands such as Eddie Bauer, La Mer and Banana Republic. And even some of its bakery treats have gotten a gourmet spin, such as cinnamon rolls made with a French baking technique.
She compared the rollout of those new perks to building a house or spending money on renovation projects.
“There’s an expectation that after you invest in this home, it will be worth more,” Anfield said. “We’ve made investments and we believe our proposition, our membership is now worth more.” | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/sam-s-club-raises-annual-membership-fee-for-the-first-time-in-nine-years/article_16f9609a-29af-11ed-b819-cb712b169a72.html | 2022-09-01T06:46:19Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/national/sam-s-club-raises-annual-membership-fee-for-the-first-time-in-nine-years/article_16f9609a-29af-11ed-b819-cb712b169a72.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
UNION GAP, Wash. - Organizers held a press conference at Sea Galley on August 31 as fundraising continues for the construction of the Union Gap Library and Community Center.
Sea Galley hosted a Dining for Dollars night earlier this month, offering 20% of sales to the cause. The President brought a ceremonial check to the press conference with a total of nearly $2,500.
"We love it, we love our community," said Julie Schilling, the Vice Chair of the Friends of the Union Gap Library and Community Center. "We're a very close-knit community and that's what made this such a wonderful event, because people that we hadn't seen in years, all of a sudden came out. And people want to know, they want to find out what's the update, where are you guys at, how's it going, what can we do to help?"
You can purchase Legacy Bricks or T-shirts to support the construction, attend a book sale or simply donate. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/friends-of-union-gap-library-community-center-host-press-conference/article_b1372d8c-29a9-11ed-9304-6b0af47b6e3e.html | 2022-09-01T06:46:25Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/friends-of-union-gap-library-community-center-host-press-conference/article_b1372d8c-29a9-11ed-9304-6b0af47b6e3e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
YAKIMA, Wash. -- In just the first six months of 2022, the Clean City Program cleaned more than 2,200 graffiti incidents, cleaned 87 tons of garbage and removed 800 grocery carts from streets. The program worked with Yakima police officers to enforce unlawful homeless encampments.
The city invested more than 225,000 dollars into the program's resources, according its website.
"The most frustrating is [homeless people] have a zillion resources out there and there's really no need for them to be out on the street," said Yakima Police Department Sgt. Rich Fowler.
It's illegal for anyone to camp on a sidewalk, in a park or around a business within city limits, according to the city's municipal code.
"It's just not fair to the general public to have to live like that," said Sgt. Fowler.
Police can't arrest trespassers until the property owner or resident presses charges, said Sgt. Fowler. He said an arrest is the last resort. He said he first gives people an opportunity for housing or medical help.
"I would rather see them get help, get to a better, productive piece of life and get off the street than put in jail," said Sgt. Fowler.
Sgt. Fowler said he meets people that just need a second chance. He said one just needed drug addiction rehab.
"[He told me] I'm gonna go tomorrow.. guess what, he died that night, OD'ed," said Sgt. Fowler.
That's the sad reality for many that don't take advantage of the program's resource, said Sgt. Fowler. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/yakima/ride-along-with-a-police-officer-enforcing-unlawful-homeless-encampments-in-yakima-clean-city-program/article_6570205e-29b1-11ed-9705-d3671e0a6149.html | 2022-09-01T06:46:31Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/yakima/ride-along-with-a-police-officer-enforcing-unlawful-homeless-encampments-in-yakima-clean-city-program/article_6570205e-29b1-11ed-9705-d3671e0a6149.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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