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LIVONIA, Mich. — Livonia officials are applauding the heroic actions of three teens who helped save two people during a house fire on Monday.
Doorbell video above courtesy Jeremy Hanlon.
According to the Livonia mayor’s office, Ethan Morche, Chase Adams and Colin Anderson, who all attend Churchill High School, were driving down Ellen Drive when they saw smoke coming out of a garage. After calling 911 to report the fire, they reportedly heard shouts from inside the house.
Officials say two of the teens found a sliding door that was unlocked and went inside to help, while the other teen waited for first responders to tell them that people were inside.
Both of the teens were able to bring two people out to safety, according to the mayor's office.
"We couldn't be more proud of these young men who remained calm, did the right thing, and were directly responsible for saving the lives of two of their neighbors,” said Livonia Fire & Rescue Chief Robert Jennison in a press release. “They could have just drove by, but instead they decided to take action, and stopped this incident from becoming a tragedy resulting in loss of life."
The teens and residents were medically evaluated on the scene.
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While the number of fatalities from auto accidents in rural areas declined 10% in the previous decade, deaths in urban areas increased 34%, AAA noted.
AAA said before 2016, rural auto fatalities outnumbered those in urban areas. The agency said that trend has since reversed. AAA said motorists are traveling more miles in congested areas.
“Many urban streets in metropolitan areas are busier, with a mix of road users such as drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists,” said Dr. David Yang, executive director of the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. “Add in speed, and these locations grow more dangerous. When navigating urban streets, every user needs to be careful, pay attention to road conditions and follow traffic laws.”
AAA said collisions with cyclists and pedestrians accounted for 29% of fatalities.
Nearly half of urban auto fatalities occurred in areas with speed limits of 35 mph.
Federal data suggests fatalities from vehicle crashes are continuing to rise. There was a 7% increase in deaths due to auto collisions in the first quarter of 2022 compared to 2021. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/fatal-vehicle-accidents-quickly-increasing-in-cities-declining-steadily-in-rural-areas | 2022-09-02T19:37:23Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/fatal-vehicle-accidents-quickly-increasing-in-cities-declining-steadily-in-rural-areas | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
We’ve all heard “It’s who you know” when looking for work.
Starting this week, LinkedIn is making building connections with hiring managers easier.
The LinkedIn home tab will start showing jobs that people in your network are hiring for now. You’ll also get notifications about relevant jobs posted by people you’re connected with.
And you can see who’s on the hiring team within job descriptions. There will also be a prompt with a suggested message so you can reach out and get the process going.
“I’d recommend that you reach out either right before or right after you apply for the job,” said Blair Heitmann, a career expert with LinkedIn. “It’s a great opportunity to ensure that you stand out from the stack of people that have applied. It also ensures that you can demonstrate your soft skills.”
Hiring managers say soft skills like public speaking or problem-solving matter. LinkedIn found job skills hiring managers are looking for have changed by 25 percent since 2015.
And it will be double that in five years.
“If you’re somebody that’s looking for a job, or really just interested in really building your professional identity over the course of your career, make sure that you stay up to date on those skills,” said Heitmann. “We always come from a willing-to-learn mindset because I would expect that over the course of your career, those skills will change, and for you to stay marketable and for you to stay one step ahead. You really want to stay on the pulse of what those skills are.”
Over the last three months, top skills in more than three-quarters of jobs posted on LinkedIn include customer service, sales, accounting, business development and marketing. You can take free courses on these skills this month on Linkedin's website. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/linkedin-making-it-easier-to-connect-with-hiring-managers | 2022-09-02T19:37:41Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/linkedin-making-it-easier-to-connect-with-hiring-managers | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NASA is ready to try again to launch Artemis I toward the moon on Saturday.
Engine issues prevented the rocket from lifting off on Monday. After saying that officials were troubleshooting a hydrogen leak, NASA said that there was also a problem discovered in the rocket's third engine. Officials said that the engine was not showing the correct temperature once NASA did an engine bleed test.
After making repairs, officials said the spacecraft is ready for liftoff on Saturday
"Our team is ready,” said Jeremy Parson, deputy manager for NASA Exploration Ground Systems. “They are getting better with every attempt and actually performed superbly during launch countdown number one. So in my mind, I think if the conditions with weather and the hardware align, we will absolutely go and we have the right team at kind of the right time."
Artemis I is part of a program that will send humans back to the moon.
The unmanned mission will fly by the moon before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean in October. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/nasa-set-to-try-again-saturday-with-artemis-i-mission | 2022-09-02T19:37:47Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/nasa-set-to-try-again-saturday-with-artemis-i-mission | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Jason Keatseangsilp’s journey to the U.S. Open is one full of twists and turns.
“I did not even think a Grand Slam was in question, but now, here we are. So, it really is a dream turned into reality,” tennis player Jason Keatseangsilp said.
We caught up with Keatseangsilp the week before he headed out to the U.S. Open.
“This is a lifetime opportunity,” he said.
He applied for the wild card spot, and days later he received a phone call.
“I got the call from the tournament director saying I got the spot,” he said.
How Keatseangsilp got to this point is its own journey. After playing competitive tennis for much of his teenage years, at 17, he was in an accident that led to a spinal cord injury.
“I was a senior in high school. I was practicing rappelling and I fell off the climbing pole. It was a 40-foot fall,” he explained.
The pain he developed months after put life on hold.
“It was like a sharp, stabbing, fiery, electrical sensation kind of pain,” Keatseangsilp said.
“When I first met him he could barely speak to me because he was constantly doubled over in pain,” Dr. Scott Falci, a neurosurgeon and the founder and director of the Falci Institute for Spinal Cord Injuries at Swedish Medical Center, said. “The spinal cord can progressively deteriorate over time.”
Dr. Falci, who specializes in surgeries on chronically injured spinal cords, was able to help Keatseangsilp with a specialized surgery.
“These processing nerve cells inside the spinal cord can go awry after a spinal cord injury. They can actually start firing spontaneously like a seizure. It's almost like epilepsy of the spinal cord,” Dr. Falci explained.
Doctors are able to record the electrical activity, see it, and destroy those areas with radiofrequency heat.
“As soon as I woke up, I knew I was almost completely pain-free,” Keatseangsilp said.
That was back in 2013. Now, Keatseangsilp is back on the court.
“Within the past year, I've played about 15 tournaments,” he said.
Next up is the U.S. Open wheelchair championships, which expanded this year.
“The 2022 year is very special for the U.S. Open because they increased the draw, the bracket size, from 8 men to 16 men,” Keatseangsilp said. “It really opens the door for more players to kind of have a tangible goal.”
“Wheelchair tennis, wheelchair golf, wheelchair rugby, basketball,” Dane Stair, an adaptive rehab specialist at NeuAbility, said. “There's more and more of it being broadcast nowadays because accessibility is being put more to the forefront of thought.”
Stair is an adaptive rehab specialist at NeuAbility, a rehabilitative wellness center and gym. He works with those who have spinal cord injuries and advocates for more exposure and education in this realm at the university level.
“Finding adaptive sports, adaptive gyms, adaptive anything that takes a group of individuals who have been disabled, brings them together and helps them focus on a formal goal, hopefully, sports, works great for everybody,” Stair said. “As the individual is trying to learn how to live again they have to find different ways to solidify their identity down.”
Keatseangsilp hopes his story and how he found his passion for tennis again after his accident will help inspire others as well.
“[Dr. Falci’s] surgery changed my entire life,” Keatseangsilp said. ”Once people know about wheelchair tennis and they see it in action they get excited to watch.” | https://www.katc.com/news/national/u-s-open-expands-wheelchair-field-as-opportunities-for-adaptive-sports-grow | 2022-09-02T19:37:59Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/u-s-open-expands-wheelchair-field-as-opportunities-for-adaptive-sports-grow | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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An 11-year study showed that people who use electric toothbrushes have healthier gums, less tooth decay and reduced tooth loss compared to people who use manual toothbrushes. Researchers concluded that electric toothbrushes reduce more plaque and gingivitis than manual ones.
When shopping for a powered toothbrush, selecting one from a brand with a favorable reputation, approval from the American Dental Association and excellent reviews, such as Phillips Sonicare, Oral B and AquaSonic, is wise. Learning about some of the top-rated options available on Amazon, including features, ease of use and price, can help you select an electric toothbrush that will help keep your teeth and gums healthy for years to come.
Keep reading to learn about the most popular electric toothbrushes on Amazon and what buyers have said about them.
Philips Sonicare ProtectiveClean 5100 ($90)
Philips Sonicare has been making electric toothbrushes for decades, and the company’s experience is evident in this model. It can clean deep between teeth and the integrated pressure sensor prevents you from damaging your teeth and gums by brushing too hard. Three brushing modes let you customize use, and the replacement reminder light informs you when a new head is required.
If you’re new to electric toothbrushes, this one also has an easy-start feature that slowly increases the power of the brush to help you get used to it. The built-in timer lets you know how long to brush, and the battery can last for two weeks between charges. This model also comes with a travel case.
The Philips Sonicare ProtectiveClean 5100 has more than 22,000 ratings and 4.7 stars overall at Amazon. Customers appreciate the long battery life, the pressure sensor and how their teeth feel after using it.
“This Philips Sonicare ProtectiveClean 5100 is fantastic,” wrote Amazon reviewer CB. “My teeth feel so much cleaner after using it. This model has a timer that lets you know how long to spend on each quadrant, then it turns itself off automatically after all quadrants have been cleaned. I appreciate this because I’m guilty of brushing too quickly and without really thinking about it.”
Oral-B Pro 1000 ($50)
A periodontist created the first Oral-B toothbrush in 1949, and the company remains committed to innovative oral care. The Oral-B Pro 1000 power toothbrush is effective yet budget-friendly at just under $50.
It provides a clinically proven superior clean thanks to its design. The brush head surrounds each tooth with angled bristles and the brush itself oscillates, rotates and pulsates to break up and remove plaque. It has a pressure sensor that lights up if you brush too hard. The in-handle timer helps you brush for a full two minutes.
More than 41,000 customers have rated this electric toothbrush, giving it an overall rating of 4.6 stars. Reviewers say they like that the Oral-B Pro 1000 doesn’t have a lot of “bells and whistles” but that it’s easy to use and provides great results, once you get used to the vibration after switching from a manual brush.
“Our dental hygienist recommended these toothbrushes and they have been an excellent investment,” wrote reviewer domesticait. “When I went back six months later for my cleaning, the hygienist and dentist both said they saw a remarkable difference and my teeth were significantly cleaner.”
AquaSonic Black Series Ultra Whitening Toothbrush ($40)
U.S.-based AquaSonic is earning a name as an innovative oral care brand by combining cutting-edge technology and affordability. The AquaSonic Black Series Ultra Whitening Toothbrush, on sale for $39.95 as of this writing, has a powerful motor for a thorough clean every time. At the end of brushing, you can engage Whiten mode to help dissolve surface stains, while Massage mode delivers micro-bursts that can improve circulation and tissue function for healthier gums.
An added feature of this AquaSonic electric toothbrush is it comes with eight brush heads out of the box, which is far more than the competitors provide. This means you won’t have to purchase new ones for two years or longer! And a single charge can last up to 30 days.
This toothbrush has 4.6 stars with more than 80,000 ratings so far. Customers who gave it the full five stars say they appreciate the timer function, battery life and the different setting options this budget-friendly electric toothbrush offers.
“I have to say, this toothbrush is great,” wrote reviewer Busymom. “The four modes are nice and the timer function is incredible. I love how it will pause to let you know it’s time to move on to the next section in your mouth. It’s light and comfortable to hold.”
Oral-B iO Series 6 ($125)
The Oral-B iO Series 6 electric toothbrush, currently discounted to $124.99, has a unique round brush head inspired by dentists. As a result, this toothbrush delivers the feeling of a professional cleaning with every use. In addition, you don’t have to worry about brushing too hard, as the Smart Pressure Sensor will alert you to protect your gums and enamel.
An interactive display with AI technology offers guidance for each area of your mouth. In addition, the built-in timer pulsates every 30 seconds so you can focus on each quadrant of your mouth to obtain a complete clean, which is a feature all the brushes on this list boast, it should be noted. This premium-priced electric toothbrush has 4.7 stars overall but has fewer ratings than the others on the list at this point. Reviewers note that it has an impressive battery life, is easy to use and is effective.
“It is a quality toothbrush,” wrote one reviewer, “my teeth feel really clean after brushing with it. It can be used with the app or just by itself. I also like that it has five different modes – depending on how I’m feeling: Daily Clean, Whitening, Gum Care, Sensitive and Intense.”
Your oral health is essential to your overall well-being. Choosing a high-quality electric toothbrush is an easy way to care for your teeth and gums. No matter which of the brushes from this list you choose, you’ll likely be satisfied with the results.
This story originally appeared on Simplemost. Checkout Simplemost for additional stories. | https://www.katc.com/philips-sonicare-other-electric-toothbrush-reviews | 2022-09-02T19:38:18Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/philips-sonicare-other-electric-toothbrush-reviews | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A solid portion of the decline in oil this week was due to rising expectations of a nuclear deal but reports today are throwing that into question.
The WSJ's Laurence Norman outlines steps backwards in one of the two of the main sticking points of negotiations: Iran's insistence on closing the investigation into nuclear material foundin a previous IEAE probe.
The other potential stumbling block are guarantees that Iran wants regarding the US leaving the deal under a future President. However we haven't heard anything new on that, suggesting the 2 year grace period for corporations to stop doing business with Iran is acceptable.
Previously, it was reported that Iran wanted to at least assess the tone of a mid-September IAEA meeting before moving forward.
The Iran news and murmurs today lifted oil but the negative news in the market after the Nord Stream news overwhelmed it and WTI crude settled up just 26 cents to $86.87. That's the lowest weekly close since the war. | https://www.forexlive.com/news/the-latest-murmurs-on-the-iran-nuclear-deal-suggest-hurdles-emerging-20220902/ | 2022-09-02T19:39:51Z | forexlive.com | control | https://www.forexlive.com/news/the-latest-murmurs-on-the-iran-nuclear-deal-suggest-hurdles-emerging-20220902/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
GBPUSD stallls at the low from yesterday. 6 days down.
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The GBP/USD is the currency pair encompassing the United Kingdom’s currency, the British pound sterling (symbol £, code GBP), and the dollar of the United States of America (symbol $, code USD). The pair’s rate indicates how many US dollars are needed in order to purchase one British pound. For example, when the GBP/USD is trading at 1.5000, it means 1 pound is equivalent to 1.5 dollars. The GBP/USD is the fourth most traded currency pair on the forex exchange market, giving it ample liquidity and a low spread. Whilst the spreads of currency pairs vary from broker to broker, generally speaking, the GBP/USD often stays within the 1 pip to 3 pip spread range, making it a decent candidate for scalping. The GBP/USD pair, also informally known as “cable” (due to transatlantic cables being used to transmit its exchange rate via telegraph back in the 19th century) has a positive correlation with the EUR/USD, and a negative correlation with the USD/CHF. Trading the GBP/USDWhilst a lot of traders and even brokers will assert that the best time to trade the GBP/USD is during its most active hours during London and New York, doing so can be a double-edged sword due to the often-unpredictable nature of the pair. Its volatility also fluctuates often, and so what could be a profitable looking strategy one month, may not be so productive in later months. In addition, purely technical traders can really struggle to be consistent with this pair, (i.e. by ignoring fundamentals), due to the unique political nature of the United Kingdom. The recent drama surrounding Brexit has added another layer of uncertainty to this currency pair. With a smooth resolution not in the cards for the foreseeable future, it is clear the GBP/USD will be influenced by any developments and negotiations with the European Union.
The GBP/USD is the currency pair encompassing the United Kingdom’s currency, the British pound sterling (symbol £, code GBP), and the dollar of the United States of America (symbol $, code USD). The pair’s rate indicates how many US dollars are needed in order to purchase one British pound. For example, when the GBP/USD is trading at 1.5000, it means 1 pound is equivalent to 1.5 dollars. The GBP/USD is the fourth most traded currency pair on the forex exchange market, giving it ample liquidity and a low spread. Whilst the spreads of currency pairs vary from broker to broker, generally speaking, the GBP/USD often stays within the 1 pip to 3 pip spread range, making it a decent candidate for scalping. The GBP/USD pair, also informally known as “cable” (due to transatlantic cables being used to transmit its exchange rate via telegraph back in the 19th century) has a positive correlation with the EUR/USD, and a negative correlation with the USD/CHF. Trading the GBP/USDWhilst a lot of traders and even brokers will assert that the best time to trade the GBP/USD is during its most active hours during London and New York, doing so can be a double-edged sword due to the often-unpredictable nature of the pair. Its volatility also fluctuates often, and so what could be a profitable looking strategy one month, may not be so productive in later months. In addition, purely technical traders can really struggle to be consistent with this pair, (i.e. by ignoring fundamentals), due to the unique political nature of the United Kingdom. The recent drama surrounding Brexit has added another layer of uncertainty to this currency pair. With a smooth resolution not in the cards for the foreseeable future, it is clear the GBP/USD will be influenced by any developments and negotiations with the European Union.
Read this Term has also been dragged lower on the back of the Russian pipeline news and in the process has moved down to test the low from yesterday at 1.14977. The low price just reached 1.14992 and stalled.
For the trading week, the GBPUSD price has closed lower each day. The price is down for 6 straight days counting last Friday's decline as well.
Over the 6 days, the price has falled from a high of 1.1900 to the low yesterday at 1.14977 (or 503 pips).
Technically, the price moved below the 100 hour MA last Friday. On Tuesday, the pair corrected higher and sniffed the falling MA level, but stayed below. A downward sloping trend line did a good job of holding the rallies on Wednesday and Thursday , but did move above today as momentum lower slowed ahead of the US jobs report and some short covering ahead of the report sent the price above falling trend line.
The high today, however, could not get back above the low from Wednesday at 1.15996 (call it 1.1600). The Russian news turned buyers to sellers (and has sent the pair to new lows).
Continued selling would have traders looking toward the March 2020 low (Covid shutdown low) at 1.1403. Looking at the weekly chart below, the high today stalled right near the low from July at 1.17594. The high this week reached 1.17597 before turning around to the downside. Sellers leaned and kept the sellers in firm control. The pair is down for the 3rd week in a row and 4 of the last 5 weeks.
GBPUSD approaches the low from March 2020
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Hearts sign goalkeeper Zander Clark on three-year deal as potential Craig Gordon successor
Hearts have completed the signing of former St Johnstone goalkeeper Zander Clark on a free transfer.
The 30-year-old has been without a club since he left the Perth outfit in June and was linked with Dundee United and clubs in England during the summer.
A member of Scotland squads last season, Hearts boss Robbie Neilson decided to move in and sign him as back-up to current No 1 Craig Gordon. He is likely to replace Ross Stewart as the Jambos’ reserve keeper.
Commenting on the three-year deal, Neilson said: “We’ve been working away on this one for a while so I’m delighted to get it over the line.
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“I’m sure our fans will know all about Zander’s abilities having seen him feature against us for St Johnstone over the years, so it’s great to be able to bring him here to Hearts.
“We look for quality players and that’s what we’ve got in Zander. He’ll provide competition to Craig Gordon and Ross Stewart which will, ultimately, raise the quality of performances in our squad.”
Hearts sporting director Joe Savage said: “Zander’s quality is obviously known to everyone and because of that we’ve had to patient in bringing him in due to the options that were available to him, but we’re delighted that he’s chosen us.“He’s always shone for St Johnstone, particularly when he helped them to a cup double, he always stood out so have him here providing competition in our goalkeeping department is great news.“It’s another example of us using the free agent market wisely. Such is the nature of Scottish football, we can’t go out and spend millions of pounds on players so the free agent market is very important to us.
"We got Barrie McKay a week after the deadline closed last season, and look at how well he’s turned out. The hope is that if Zander is called upon then he can make the same kind of impact, and we’re all sure that he will.” | https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/hearts-sign-goalkeeper-zander-clark-on-three-year-deal-as-potential-craig-gordon-successor-3830034 | 2022-09-02T19:46:56Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hearts/hearts-sign-goalkeeper-zander-clark-on-three-year-deal-as-potential-craig-gordon-successor-3830034 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Harry McKirdy: FIFA make quick ruling to grant striker's Hibs move from Swindon
Hibs will have the option of playing Harry McKirdy in tomorrow’s Premiership match with Kilmarnock after FIFA moved swiftly to approve the late transfer deal.
The Leith club and the player, who was signed on a three-year contract on transfer deadline day, had been playing the waiting game after Swindon Town failed to lodge the paperwork before the midnight cut-off point.
That left the matter in the football authorities’ hands, with the SFA and the FA called on to verify the deal sheet detailing the time of the transaction to bring the 25-year-old from the League Two side to the Scottish Premiership complied with the necessary constraints.
With no set timeline for the approval process, the player, who scored two goals in five games this season, had been expected to miss tomorrow’s game at Easter Road but he will now join the match day squad.
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He is likely to miss the next home game, against Aberdeen, though, as he serves out the remaining match of a three -game ban picked up for “aggressive and improper” behaviour while a player at the County Ground.
Reacting to a sending off last month, he burst into the officials’ dressing room and threw a protein shake at the wall, splashing the referee and his assistants’ clothes.
The remainder of his ban kicks in 14 days after his registration. | https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/harry-mckirdy-fifa-make-quick-ruling-to-grant-strikers-hibs-move-from-swindon-3830029 | 2022-09-02T19:47:02Z | scotsman.com | control | https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/harry-mckirdy-fifa-make-quick-ruling-to-grant-strikers-hibs-move-from-swindon-3830029 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI agents who searched former President Donald Trump’s Florida home last month found top secret records in an office and storage room, along with folders with classified banners but nothing inside and more than 10,000 other government records with no classification markings, according to a more detailed inventory of the seized material made public on Friday.
The inventory compiled by the Justice Department reveals in general terms the contents of 33 boxes and containers taken from an office and a storage room at Mar-a-Lago during the Aug. 8 search. Though the inventory does not describe the content of the documents, it shows the extent to which classified information — including material at the top-secret level — was stashed in boxes at the home and mixed among newspapers, magazines, clothing and other personal items.
It also makes clear for the first time the volume of unclassified government documents at the home even though presidential records were to have been turned over to the National Archives and Records Administration. The Archives had tried unsuccessfully for months to secure their return from Trump and then contacted the FBI after locating classified information in a batch of 15 boxes it received in January.
The Justice Department has said there was no secure space at Mar-a-Lago for sensitive government secrets, and has opened a criminal investigation focused on their retention there and on what it says were efforts in the past several months to obstruct the probe. It is also investigating potential violations of a law that criminalizes the mutilation or concealment of government records, classified or not.
Lawyers for Trump did not immediately return an email seeking comment Friday. Trump spokesman Taylor Budowich asserted that the FBI search was a “SMASH AND GRAB” — though the Justice Department had received court-authorized permission to search specific locations in the home.
The inventory was released as the Justice Department undertakes its criminal investigation, as intelligence agencies assess any potential damage caused by mishandling of classified information and as a judge weighs whether to appoint a special master — essentially an outside legal expert — to review the records.
The inventory had been filed earlier under seal, but the Justice Department had said that given the “extraordinary circumstances,” it did not object to making it public. Trump himself has previously called for the disclosure of documents related to the search. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon said on Thursday that she planned to unseal the inventory and did so on Friday.
All told, the inventory shows, the FBI seized more than 100 documents with classification markings in August, including 18 marked top secret, 54 secret and 31 confidential. The FBI identified 184 documents marked as classified in 15 boxes recovered by the National Archives in January, and received additional classified documents during a June visit to Mar-a-Lago.
The court filings have not offered an explanation for why Trump had kept the classified documents, and why he and his representatives did not give them when requested.
The inventory shows that 43 empty folders with classified banners were taken from a box or container at the office, along with an additional 28 empty folders labeled as “Return to Staff Secretary” or military aide. Empty folders of that nature were also found in a storage closet.
It is not clear from the inventory list what might have happened to any of the documents that apparently had been inside.
Separately Friday, the Justice Department said in a court filing that it had reviewed the records seized during the recent search and had segregated those with classified markings to ensure that they were being stored according to proper protocol and procedure.
“The seized materials will continue to be used to further the government’s investigation, and the investigative team will continue to use and evaluate the seized materials as it takes further investigative steps, such as through additional witness interviews and grand jury practice,” the department said.
It added that “additional evidence pertaining to the seized items,” including the manner in which they were stored, “will inform the government’s investigation.” | https://www.wpri.com/news/politics/trump-search-inventory-reveals-new-details-from-fbi-seizure/ | 2022-09-02T19:47:31Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/politics/trump-search-inventory-reveals-new-details-from-fbi-seizure/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Country superstar Gary Allan will be bringing his RUTHLESS Tour to Otter Tail County on Sept. 3. It is Allan’s first new album in eight years and he’ll be performing at The Otter, in Ottertail City, with the show kicking off at 8:30 p.m.
“RUTHLESS is a collection of songs recorded over eight years and several different recording sessions,” Allan explains. “I try to sing songs that I have lived, so I would say the songs on RUTHLESS somewhat describe where I was in life during each session. I then spent some time listening to them all and cutting the list down to the 13 songs that made the album.”
Allan’s musical inspiration stemmed from his father and artists such as Merle Haggard, George Jones, Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash, to name a few: “My dad, brother and I had a family band that played bars around Southern California and we played songs from all of those artists. When I was a teenager, my brother took me to see the Highway Men and that is when I knew I wanted to make a career out of music.”
Allan explains that he has always made music to play it live and after being off for over a year due to the pandemic he’s more ready than ever to get back on the stage.
“The band and I are just happy to be able to play live again,” Allan notes. “We never take it for granted and want everyone to have a great time at each show.”
Allan mentions that out of all the advice given to him throughout his career from his musical heroes, the best he’s been given has been to remember that your career is up to you: “Sing the songs you want to sing, tour and take your music to the fans as much as possible and always stay true to yourself.”
More information about tour dates can be found at the following: garyallan.com.
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There is no better time than now to become a certified nurse’s assistant.
In the unusual world we live in now, it would normally cost over $1,000 to get the certification at the minimum.
Gov. Tim Walz’s next generation nursing assistant initiative that M State in Fergus Falls previously hosted for free is coming back around. The college previously hosted the courses in January.
Sarah Thacker, director of health training at Workforce Development Solutions said while the course is not credit based, it is a great way to get started.
“Applicants only need to be 16 or older and be interested in working long term care. There is no application fee,” said Thacker.
The initiative offers resources and support to those pursuing a CNA credential, including costs for tuition, fees and materials. The starting goal of the governor’s program was to recruit and train 1,000 new CNAs before the end of the year in order to combat statewide staffing shortages at long-term care facilities and veterans homes. The program was so successful that the goal was met within just three months, in late March.
Walz, on Sep. 1, announced a $2.4 million investment in an extension to continue the program.
“By bolstering our health care workforce and providing pathways to life-long careers, this initiative continues to benefit Minnesotans in the short- and long-term. I’m proud to invest in a program that strengthens our health care workforce, eliminates barriers to entry into high-demand careers, and supports the health of our state,” said Walz. “The success of this program is a testament to Minnesota’s ability to collaboratively address complex problems.”
Nearly 70 students have already completed their CNA classes at M State as part of the initiative and the college has been approved by the state to offer four more such classes this fall.
The classes are coordinated by M State’s Workforce Development Solutions, which specializes in the skills and technology training needed to meet regional workforce demands. M State’s Moorhead and Fergus Falls campuses will host this fall classes at the college. The Moorhead classes will be held Sept. 6-28 and Oct. 4-26, while the Fergus Falls classes will be Sept. 6 – Oct. 2 and Oct. 4-30.
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Ducks Unlimited unveiled a plaque with longtime conservation advocates Dr. Mack and Debra Karnes, on Aug. 27, at a local wildlife production area honoring John and Donna Pittenger for their lifelong dedication to conserving and maintaining wetlands and waterfowl.
Located just northwest of Fergus Falls, Wiegers WPA encompasses over 200 acres of federal land and consists of a complex of wetland basins and upland grassland habitat that has been improved in efforts to preserve a rich water fowling heritage and help to augment wider conservation of the Prairie Pothole Region.
The work completed in Otter Tail County is a component of DU’s Living Lakes Initiative, a program with a vision to enhance, restore and protect shallow lakes and wetlands from central Iowa through northern Minnesota to provide high-quality aquatic food and habitat resources for migrating and breeding waterfowl.
Neil Powers of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service serves as the project leader for the Fergus Falls wetland management district and describes the work and cooperation involved in improving the Wiegers WPA for public use and area wildlife: “The work of conservation is challenging – every day it’s difficult put all of those parts and pieces together. That takes partnerships, like the special relationship we have with DU.”
The scope of the project included approximately 34 acres of wetland enhancement across 9 individual basins. DU collaborated with USFW to remove sediment from wetland basins, construct ditch plugs and remove over 1,600 feet of subsurface drain tile. Other work accomplished included the removal of trees to enhance the attractiveness to ground-nesting waterfowl and other grassland birds and the construction of rock spillways at wetland outlets to better manage water levels conducive to duck habitat.
The work done to improve the wetlands will result in clear water with abundant emergent and submersed aquatic vegetation and an aquatic invertebrate community to provide important nesting, brood-rearing and migration habitat for waterfowl.
The improvements will also result in increased hunting and birding opportunities for area residents along with creating an area capable of holding more water, resulting in decreased runoff and increased groundwater recharge.
“I want to recognize the Karnes for all they have done – the donations, the support – it means the world to DU and makes these things possible,” mentions Dominic Lawrence, DU’s director of development for Minnesota and Iowa.
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Catherine Louise Davis, age 64, passed on to the next world on August 26th, leaving a legacy of a beautiful, loving person who lived her life to the fullest possible.
Cathy was born in Detroit Lakes, MN as the eighth child in a family of eleven children born to Orrin (Bud) and Catherine (Kit) (Schwinghammer) Davis. Cathy was an active participant in all facets of farm life alongside her siblings. Cathy was educated through the Lake Park, Audubon and Detroit Lakes School Systems through the age of 21. After graduation she moved to the Fergus Falls area where she lived for the rest of her life. Cathy worked for Productive Alternatives, Inc. in Fergus Falls, for over 37 years.
While living in Fergus Falls with her beloved roommates, Cathy enjoyed activities such as: YMCA membership, bowling, bingo, attending Redhawks games, summer camp each year, church activities and ARC sponsored dance parties. Cathy attended many years of Special Olympics games and brought home her share of medals. Cathy was a member of the St Francis Xavior Catholic Church in Lake Park for 21 years and a member of the Our Lady of Victory Catholic Church in Fergus Falls for over 37 years.
Cathy is survived by: father, Orrin (Bud) Davis, Lake Park; siblings Gary (Rose), Hastings; Tom (Steve Boyle), Minneapolis; Tim (Gail), Edina; Mitzi (Glenn Warner), Pomfret, CT; Anita (Tom Sletten), St. Anthony; Bill (Nancy), Bismarck, ND; Becky (Mark Beeksma), New Brighton; nieces and nephews: Wanda Davis, Susan Williams, Colin & Nathan Davis, Paul & Lukas Warner, Diana Gregory, Cass Koroma, Andrea Inneo & Matt Jensen, Josh, Jake & Jordan Davis, Casey & Justin Beeksma, and many grand nieces and nephews.
Cathy is predeceased by her mother, Catherine “Kit” Davis and siblings Dan, Russ and Elaine.
The Davis family would like to honor and thank the long-term staff of the REM Riverview Group Home and Kessel Group Home for their loving and thoughtful care of Cathy. Cathy truly thought of her roommates and staff as her family. For that we are forever grateful.
Memorials preferred to MN Special Olympics.
Memorial Service: 1:00 p.m. Saturday, October 8, 2022 at Olson Funeral Home in Fergus Falls, with reception to follow.
Arrangements provided by Olson Funeral Home in Fergus Falls.
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Curtis Lodin, age 74, of Dent, MN, died Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at Sanford Health, Fargo, ND.
Curtis Wayne was born September 30, 1947, to Vincent and LaVerne (Olson) Lodin in Pelican Rapids, MN. Curtis was confirmed at Faith Lutheran Church in Pelican Rapids. He graduated from Pelican Rapids High School in 1965. He lived in Santa Maria, CA for a short time, then was drafted into the U.S. Army, serving in Fort Sill, Oklahoma and Korea.
On August 21, 1976, Curtis married Ellen Wilcox at Faith Lutheran Church in Pelican Rapids. After his military service he worked at Red Owl Warehouse in Fargo, ND for 19 years, when the warehouse was closed. Curtis then worked at the Eagles Club in Fargo, ND, Pier Construction in Ottertail, MN, and Cole Paper in Fargo, ND. Curtis then went to Central Lakes College in Staples, MN, where he received an Associate Degree in Printing. He worked at Perham Printing in Perham, MN until his retirement in 2009.
He was a current member of the United Methodist Church in Dent, a former member of Faith Lutheran Church in Pelican Rapids and Christ the King Lutheran Church in Moorhead. He was a member of the Pelican Rapids V.F.W. Post #5252 and American Legion Post #17. Curtis enjoyed visiting with people. He made many friends in the 18 years spending week-ends at Ebert’s Resort on Star Lake, and 6 winters in Lake Havasu, AZ. Curtis enjoyed bowling, golfing, camping, and playing pool especially with “The Pool-Hall Gang”. He also enjoyed fishing, and hanging out on the pontoon or with friends.
Curtis is survived by his wife of 46 years, Ellie; honorary son Josip (Martina) Sapunar, Croatia; brother Ed Lodin (Sally Tuck) Dent, MN; sister Claudia Myrvold, Fargo, ND; brothers-in-law: Charles (Barbara) Wilcox, Shoemakersville, PA; Lowell (Doris) Wilcox, Richville, MN; sisters-in-law: Carol (Rodney) Venberg, Fergus Falls, MN; Ardyce (Dennis) Purdy, Orient, OH; nephew Matt (Kris) Myrvold; nieces Amy (Ron) Smith; Tina Myrvold (Matt Schellen); nephews-in-law: David (Becky) Doyle, Paul (Theresa) Doyle, Chad (Michelle) Wilcox, Craig (Brenda) Wilcox, Richard (Donna) Wilcox, Steven (Abby) Purdy; nieces-in-law: Krista (Robert) Carmean, Alana (Chad) VanWatermulen; and numerous great nieces and great nephews.
He is preceded in death by his parents, parents-in-law Lester and Carolee Wilcox, sister-in-law Barbara Lodin, brothers-in-law James Doyle, John Koepcke, Richard (sister-in-law Peggy) Wilcox.
Visitation: Wednesday, September 7, 2022, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with a Prayer Service at 6:30 p.m. at Larson Funeral Home, Pelican Rapids, MN. Visitation will continue one hour prior to the service at the church.
Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m., Thursday, September 8, 2022, at United Methodist Church, Dent, Minnesota with Pastor Amy Strom officiating.
Interment: Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Dent, Minnesota
Military Honors: Pelican Rapids V.F.W. Post #5252 and American Legion Post #17.
Funeral Home: Larson Funeral Home, Pelican Rapids, Minnesota
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Imagine you’re getting ready to drive to work and suddenly an alert comes across your phone: There’s a disruption on your route causing back-ups, but if you alter your plans – maybe you take the bus or Metro, or you delay your trip slightly – you get free dinner on the higher transportation powers that be.
That could soon be a reality in Northern Virginia, according to transportation officials at the Northern Virginia Chamber of Commerce’s Future of Transportation panel discussion Thursday morning.
The plan is what Virginia Department of Transportation Chief Deputy Commissioner Cathy McGhee called “dynamic incentivization,” and it’s part of the Regional Multi-Modal Mobility Program (RM3P, as transportation officials call it), a collaboration between VDOT and the Northern Virginia Transportation Authority that will aim to use real-time transportation data from the public and private sectors to “give the public the tools to make more informed travel choices.”
“We’re going to be looking across the data, figuring out what’s going on in the network and looking for abnormalities, things that are causing you problems – a work zone that didn’t get picked up in time … those kinds of things, and alerting you personally if you opted into the app that there’s a problem on your route, and offering you an incentive to change your behavior,” McGhee said at the chamber’s Tyson’s office.
“It might be, ‘If you telework today, we’ll give you a free dinner. If you take transit, we’ll give you free parking. If you delay your start time, coffee at your corner coffee shop.' We’re not sure what the nature of those incentives will actually turn out to be, but we’re really excited about the potential of this behavioral aspect of computing and what that might mean," she said.
McGhee said if just 5% of people change their travel behavior on a given morning or afternoon, it can make a huge difference for the way things move in the region.
The “dynamic incentivization” is just one part of the larger RM3P plan, elements of which could begin rolling out next year. The program will be built on a new data-sharing platform that will work between transportation agencies in the region and the private sector. On top of that, the hope is to build an “artificial intelligence-based decision support system,” which will be offered to businesses and commuters to help make more informed transportation choices.
“Taking all that data and making it useful both to the agencies in terms of managing the network, but also to commuters and users of the system in order to provide them better information that they can then make choices with,” McGhee said.
Right now, the data-sharing and artificial intelligence components of the program are nearing the procurement phase, but McGhee and Monica Backmon, NVTA’s CEO, agreed that 2023 would be a “big year” for the plan that was first formally hatched in 2019.
Others on the panel discussed the challenges and opportunities that could confront the region’s transportation networks, whether it be the possibility for autonomous and electric vehicles or the complications of moving goods and building a more resilient supply chain.
Major hurdles remain in both the AV and EV space, but the panelists – most from the private sector – agreed they’ll be transformative over the next decade.
“You could provide, for example, with an autonomous vehicle, someone that’s older, who cannot drive anymore … How can they get to the doctor? Well an autonomous car can take them reliably to wherever they want to go,” said Arya Rohani, vice president at infrastructure design firm HNTB.
Paula Dowell, also from HNTB, said the trucking industry would likely be an early, wide-scale adopter of autonomous vehicle technology when it’s ready because of a driver shortage that’s already impacting the trucking industry, as it is with bus systems.
And on electric vehicles, McGhee said Virginia was expecting to receive nearly $100 million in federal formula funds from the 2021 infrastructure bill to build out EV-charging corridors over the next five years. Last month, the commonwealth submitted its National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure plan, which calls for 500,000 EV charging stations across the country by 2030. Virginia will need to build stations every 50 miles along interstate highways before moving on to other corridors of statewide and regional significance.
“We’re really excited about the opportunity and you’ll be seeing procurement coming out on that very soon,” McGhee said. | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/free-dinner-free-parking-northern-virginia-transportation-leaders-exploring-creative-options-to-incentivize-commuter-behavior/article_e8480694-2ad9-11ed-b9b8-bbf7ef912e24.html | 2022-09-02T19:57:57Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/free-dinner-free-parking-northern-virginia-transportation-leaders-exploring-creative-options-to-incentivize-commuter-behavior/article_e8480694-2ad9-11ed-b9b8-bbf7ef912e24.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Juicy Bucket Seafood and Bar has opened its first Virginia location at Aquia Town Center in North Stafford.
The seafood boil restaurant has other locations in Salisbury and Fort Washington, Md. The new eatery at 322 Town Center Blvd. is owned by Tina Chen, who calls the food "well shaken, well-seasoned, and proudly served."
Juicy Bucket offers blue crabs, oysters, shrimp, scallops, catfish, lobster tail, king crab legs, Dungeness crab, mussels, crawfish, calamari and more in mix-and-match buckets, po' boys, or steamed or fried. For those more on the turf side of the fence, wings, pasta, salad and fries are on the menu.
For more information, see JuicyBucket.KWickMenu.com or call 540-602-0123. | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/new-seafood-restaurant-comes-to-north-stafford/article_8fa121a2-2ae2-11ed-8208-c36fc39b9e39.html | 2022-09-02T19:58:03Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/new-seafood-restaurant-comes-to-north-stafford/article_8fa121a2-2ae2-11ed-8208-c36fc39b9e39.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Inova Loudoun Hospital has opened an advanced lung disease clinic that will provide access to comprehensive lung care on the hospital's main campus in Lansdowne.
New patients will have their initial, comprehensive assessment and ongoing care at Inova Loudoun. More complex cases may require follow-up care at Inova's advanced lung disease and transplant outpatient clinic on Inova's Fairfax Medical Campus.
"As guardians of the community's health, we continue to honor our commitment to expand the services we offer," said Susan Carroll, president of Inova Loudoun Hospital. "We are thrilled about offering these lung services here in Loudoun."
Dr. Steven Nathan, medical director of Inova's advanced lung disease and transplant program, said, "We hope the new location will help ease the burden for local patients whose lung disease makes traveling to the Fairfax Medical Campus difficult."
Inova's highly specialized advanced lung disease and transplantation programs are nationally recognized. The collaborative care teams offer wide-ranging expertise in leading-edge treatment for complex lung conditions, including pulmonary hypertension, cystic fibrosis, severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung transplantation. | https://www.insidenova.com/health/inova-loudoun-opens-advanced-lung-disease-clinic/article_35d4efbc-2aee-11ed-937f-c3b06297d161.html | 2022-09-02T19:58:10Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/health/inova-loudoun-opens-advanced-lung-disease-clinic/article_35d4efbc-2aee-11ed-937f-c3b06297d161.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Arlington retained its position as having the lowest jobless rate in the commonwealth in July, according to new data, but again had to share the accolade.
With 151,280 residents counted as having jobs in the civilian workforce and 3,179 looking for work, Arlington’s unemployment rate of 2.1 percent was unchanged from a month before and down from 3.6 percent in July 2021, according to figures reported Aug. 31 by the Virginia Employment Commission.
The rather flat mid-summer report was echoed across most of the region, where there was little month-over-month bobble in joblessness: Falls Church (2.2%), Alexandria (2.4%), Fairfax County (2.5%) and Prince William County (2.8%) showed no change from June to July, while Loudoun County ticked down from 2.5 percent in June to 2.4 percent in July.
For Northern Virginia as a whole, the jobless rate was 2.5 percent, representing 1.62 million employed in the civilian workforce and about 41,800 looking for work. The rate was down from 2.6 percent a month before and 3.8 percent in July 2021.
Among Virginia’s 133 cities and counties, Arlington’s jobless rate tied for lowest with Madison and Highland counties. Falls Church was next at 2.2 percent, followed by New Kent, Floyd, Grayson and Richmond counties at 2.3 percent each.
On the other end of the spectrum were the cities of Petersburg (6.9%), Danville (5.3%) and Emporia and Hopewell (5.2% each).
Virginia’s unemployment rate for June was 2.9 percent, down from 3 percent, while the national rate of 3.8 percent was unchanged from a year before.
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Fairfax County’s unemployment rate stayed put in July, part of a regional trend toward little mid-summer movement in the jobs picture across Northern Virginia.
With 612,683 residents counted as having jobs in the civilian workforce and 15,568 looking for jobs, Fairfax County’s unemployment rate of 2.5 percent was unchanged from June and down from 3.9 percent a year before, according to figures reported Aug. 31 by the Virginia Employment Commission.
The rather flat mid-summer report was echoed across most of the region, where there was little month-over-month bobble in joblessness: Arlington (2.1%), Falls Church (2.2%), Alexandria (2.4%), and Prince William County (2.8%) showed no change from June to July, while Loudoun County ticked down from 2.5 percent in June to 2.4 percent in July.
For Northern Virginia as a whole, the jobless rate was 2.5 percent, representing 1.62 million employed in the civilian workforce and about 41,800 looking for work. The rate was down from 2.6 percent a month before and 3.8 percent in July 2021.
Among Virginia’s 133 cities and counties, Arlington’s jobless rate tied for lowest with Madison and Highland counties. Falls Church was next at 2.2 percent, followed by New Kent, Floyd, Grayson and Richmond counties at 2.3 percent each.
On the other end of the spectrum were the cities of Petersburg (6.9%), Danville (5.3%) and Emporia and Hopewell (5.2% each).
Virginia’s unemployment rate for June was 2.9 percent, down from 3 percent, while the national rate of 3.8 percent was unchanged from a year before.
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Van Graves knew what to do.
When second-year Gainesville High School won its first-ever varsity football game Thursday with a 54-28 win over host Osbourn Park, the Cardinals’ defensive coordinator asked for the game ball from the head official.
Having been part of a coaching staff that opened John Champe in Loudoun County, Graves understood the significance of securing mementoes to commemorate a historic moment. Graves requested the ball once the clock wound down to ensure it found its place in the Gainesville trophy case.
“His experience paid off in that situation,” Cardinals’ head coach Dan Bruton said.
Graves’ heads-up play was one of several ways Gainesville celebrated the victory. Bruton said the team took more pictures together than they usually would. Bruton’s father contacted him afterward to remind his son to take a photo of the scoreboard before the score disappeared. And Gainesville principal Neil Beech and activities director Jason Ritenour spoke to the team.
“I told [the players] this is something you will always remember and something you bring up at reunions 20 years from now,” Bruton said.
After losing its inaugural varsity game Aug. 27 at Handley 42-7, the Cardinals bounced back with an explosive performance led by two sophomores, running back Koven Smith and sophomore quarterback Josh Barido.
Smith accounted for four touchdowns: two rushing for 70 and 32 yards, one off a 60-yard kickoff return and the final one off a reception. He finished the game with 191 rushing yards on 15 carries.
Barido, meanwhile, was 9 of 11 for 248 yards and five touchdowns and no interceptions.
Bruton calls Smith the team’s workhorse and likens him to multi-purpose threat Christian McCaffrey of the Carolina Panthers. Smith only plays offense and special teams to keep him fresh since Gainesville relies on him so much.
“We preach on offense max intent,” Bruton said. “Everytime he is trying to score. He’s a new wave of running back and we use him wherever we can. He makes something out of nothing.”
Barido attended Woodbridge Middle School as a sixth-and-seventh grader before his parents moved to the Gainesville area. He reclassified as a freshman to get bigger for high school and did online classes through George Washington University for his eighth- and initial ninth-grade years.
Starting his first-ever varsity game, Barido struggled against Handley, a 9-2 team in 2021. He threw three interceptions and was 9 of 23 passing for 50 yards. Against Osbourn Park, he had more time to throw and responded with a nearly perfect performance.
“He’s a kid who growing up wanted to be a quarterback his whole life,” Bruton said.
His primary target Thursday was junior Aidan McClafferty, who caught five passes for 174 yards and three touchdowns. McClafferty, a transfer from Freedom-Woodbridge, is one of two Gainesville players with any varsity football experience before the season began.
“They played 7 on 7 in the offseason and I believe have been friends for a long time,” Bruton said.
Gainesville’s offensive line did an excellent job of creating running holes and protecting Barido in the pocket.
The Cardinals started four sophomores (left guard Jeramy Stith, right guard Jack Smoot, center Kenny Marquez Torres, tight end Greg Davidson) and two juniors (left tackle Riley Trainer, right tackle Adrian Posada-Carrell). When Posada-Carrell was hurt, another junior, Nick Goleno, stepped in.
Gainesville spent the week leading up to the Osbourn Park game focusing on film study and board work to help the players become more familiar with the verbiage.
The players were well-prepared coming in since Osbourn Park played the same defense it did against Colgan.
Next Friday, the Cardinals face a tougher challenge in Battlefield. But Bruton continues to preach patience.
“This is all about progress,” Bruton said. “It’s not about success on the scoreboard.” | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/prince_william/gainesville-football-takes-extra-time-to-celebrate-first-ever-varsity-victory/article_44e673ae-2aee-11ed-bce3-b72682a76c4e.html | 2022-09-02T19:58:28Z | insidenova.com | control | https://www.insidenova.com/sports/prince_william/gainesville-football-takes-extra-time-to-celebrate-first-ever-varsity-victory/article_44e673ae-2aee-11ed-bce3-b72682a76c4e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Spirit Realty Capital (NYSE: SRC) likely offers one of the better investment cases for investors seeking income in the retail real estate space. Investors have grown increasingly cautious of retail REITs. This is likely because of the tough macroeconomic situation hurting consumers’ purchasing power, reducing overall foot traffic, thus reducing the value and rent potential of these properties. However, SRC appears to be posting robust metrics, while its 6.5% dividend yield is covered by the company’s funds from operations.
In fact, due to the stock’s high yield, investors have a great total return visibility, which should be meaningful considering the ongoing uncertainty in the markets.
Nonetheless, I am neutral on the stock.
What Does Spirit Realty Capital Do?
Spirit Realty Capital is a net-lease REIT focused on investing in single-tenant retail properties. Spirit Realty’s portfolio has expanded over the years, becoming increasingly diversified. It currently comprises 2,078 properties in 49 states. These properties are leased to 342 tenants who serve 35 different industries.
Spirit Realty’s investment case has some alluring characteristics. The first is that stockholders can enjoy wide exposure in all retail industries, with cash flows spread across hundreds of tenants in nearly every state, thus enjoying a lower-risk stream of rental cash flows.
However, every company in the world is subject to risks, and Spirit Realty is no different. One such concern is that the company has to manage thousands of relatively undersized properties in a fairly risky real estate sector (retail). This could lead to rental collection problems during times of financial restlessness.
Still, in general, Spirit Realty should be well-positioned to produce rather robust results over the years as retail locations remain essential for various types of products and services.
Improving Financials, Despite Macroeconomic Concerns
Elevated inflation levels and an all-around shaky macroeconomic environment have sustained the subject of sinking consumer confidence and, therefore, falling consumer spending. This could lead to a tough climate for retailers and, thus, retail REITs.
Such considerations are indeed valid. Nevertheless, consumer spending in the United States was sustained at record levels during the second quarter of 2022. Therefore, retail locations performed resiliently, as Spirit Realty’s latest results illustrate.
Spirit Realty’s Q2 results were quite assertive, with revenue and funds from operations (FFO)/share coming in at $174.9 million and $0.92, suggesting an increase of 6.3% and a decline of 8%, respectively. The expansion in revenues was powered by property acquisitions and record levels in occupancy rates, which remained at a tremendous 99.8% by the end of the quarter.
While the decline in FFO/share may sound concerning, one has to note that it was mainly attributable to a 16.6% boost in the number of outstanding shares year-over-year. In fact, FFO actually grew by 6.7% to $123.4 million. If we employ AFFO/share, which gets rid of particular one-off items and non-cash compensation expenses, the metric actually grew by four cents to $0.90. This makes for a more meaningful comparison.
During the quarter, Spirit Realty continued to develop its asset base, purchasing an additional 56 properties. These properties came in with an average cash yield of 6.37% and should additionally expand Spirit’s portfolio diversification.
With the company’s performance coming in line with expectations, Spirit Realty’s management reiterated its prior Fiscal Year 2022 guidance, forecasting adjusted funds from operations (AFFO)/share between $3.52 and $3.58. At the midpoint, it suggests an AFFO/share increase of 8.8% compared to Fiscal 2021.
Spirit Realty’s Dividend Should Remain Well-Covered
After increasing its dividend annually since its IPO, Spirit Realty cut it four years ago. The company declared a dividend per share of $3.20 in 2017. Then, Spirit Realty cut the dividend, paying 11 consecutive $0.625 quarterly dividends, indicating an annualized dividend rate of $2.50. It’s worth noting that the dividend was not cut again during the pandemic despite retail locations suffering at the time.
However, with results improving last year, the dividend-per-share was boosted by 2.08% to a quarterly rate of $0.638. At its present annualized rate of $2.55, the stock’s forward yield is ~6.5%.
Further, based on the midpoint of management’s AFFO/share outlook and the current annualized rate of $2.55, the payout ratio stands at a rather comfortable 72%. Thus, the dividend should be well-covered for the time being.
SRC Stock Looks Reasonably Valued
Spirit Realty has posted volatile FFO results, and so the stock’s valuation has mostly drifted in the high-single to low double-digits. The stock is now trading at roughly 11.4x the midpoint of management’s guidance, which displays investors’ cautious outlook on the industry.
I find the current valuation quite fair, as the 6.5% yield offers a powerful margin of safety to investors’ total return potential. It should somewhat shield investors against any modest capital losses assuming shares were to undergo an additional multiple compression.
Is SRC a Good Stock to Buy?
Turning to Wall Street, Spirit Realty Capital has a Moderate Buy consensus rating based on five Buys, six Holds, and zero Sells assigned in the past three months.
At $47.33, the average Spirit Realty Capital stock forecast implies 17.3% upside potential.
Conclusion – Spirit Realty is a Decent Retail REIT
While there are dangers attached to retail REITs, and while Spirit Realty’s dividend cut a few years ago was certainly not cheery, income-oriented investors are likely to find value in SRC stock. With a 6.5% yield, a fine payout ratio, and the latest modest but welcoming dividend increase, the company’s income-generation prospects remain quite attractive. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/is-spirit-realty-stocks-nysesrc-6-5-dividend-yield-worth-buying | 2022-09-02T19:59:54Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/is-spirit-realty-stocks-nysesrc-6-5-dividend-yield-worth-buying | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The Twitter (TWTR) vs. Elon Musk saga has taken another turn. Whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko, Twitter’s former head of security and a renowned hacker, has painted a dire picture of the inner workings at the microblogging platform, claiming there are serious privacy and security issues which could not only put users at risk but also pose a danger to national security.
More closely correlated to the Twitter vs. Musk case, Zatko has alleged that the company has no idea how many spam and fake bot accounts are actually on its platform.
This is like manna from heaven for Musk, whose reneging on the $44 billion deal to buy Twitter is based on the claim there are far more spam accounts on the platform than the company will admit. Following the allegations, both Musk’s and Twitter’s legal teams have subpoenaed the whistleblower.
With the case due in court in October, until now the odds looked stacked in Twitter’s favor. However, the latest revelation could be something of a game-changer.
Wedbush’s Daniel Ives says the latest development and timing is a “huge potential win for Musk which could complicate the Twitter case.”
With the revelations potentially creating a “Pandora’s box” situation for Twitter, it could bring both sides to the negotiating table so to resolve the issue before the trial goes ahead.
Of all the possible outcomes, Ives thinks the one involving both parties hammering out a new deal is the most probable. “We continue to believe a likely scenario is Musk still buying Twitter at a lower renegotiated price in the $50 range (our price target) and taking a brutal Game of Thrones battle in Delaware for both sides off the table before it kicks off,” the 5-star analyst opined.
For now, Ives remains on the sidelines. He rates Twitter shares a Neutral, while his $50 price target implies ~30% gains from current levels. (To watch Ives’ track record, click here)
Like Ives, most other analysts recommend sitting this one out; the stock garners two Buy ratings but with an additional 16 Holds, it receives a Hold (i.e. neutral) consensus rating. The average target currently stands at $40.49, suggesting the stock will stay rangebound for the foreseeable future. (See Twitter stock forecast on TipRanks)
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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the featured analyst. The content is intended to be used for informational purposes only. It is very important to do your own analysis before making any investment. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/twitter-stock-how-will-whistleblower-allegations-affect-musk-case | 2022-09-02T20:00:06Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/twitter-stock-how-will-whistleblower-allegations-affect-musk-case | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Tyson Foods (TSN) is a food producer, and it’s presently enjoying fantastic operating leverage. As food prices rise, driven by inflation and worries of shortages, Tyson’s results are heating up. Food is highly inelastic as it’s essential to consume, so its demand isn’t affected by higher prices as much as other products. Accordingly, Tyson Foods’ can easily increase prices without offsetting sales volumes too much. Amid higher pricing during the first half of the year, the company should report record earnings this year.
Nonetheless, I am neutral on the stock.
What Does Tyson Foods Do?
Tyson Foods has grown remarkably since its founding in 1935, as it is currently one of the biggest processors and marketers of chicken, beef, pork, and several other food-related products around the globe.
The company’s expansive operations contain breeding stock, feed production, processing, marketing, as well as transportation of chicken and affiliated specialty products, such as animal and pet food components.
Through its fully-owned subsidiary, Cobb-Vantress, Tyson is also one of the largest poultry breeding stock suppliers in the world. Besides its food-related activities, Tyson unlocks additional value by selling specialty by-products such as hides as well.
How the Current Environment Benefits TSN Stock
There are currently major tailwinds as a result of the present market setup, which are favorable to Tyson’s performance. One of the most pressing issues upsetting the world nowadays is the prospect of food shortages during the winter, driven by the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Since both Ukraine and Russia are prominent suppliers of commodities that are critical to our eating habits, such as grain and oilseeds, the world might not get the overall supply it needs this year. Ukraine is incapable of producing crops at optimal capacity, while its ports could be blocked by Russia. Also, Russia is being sanctioned, which could further affect Western countries in terms of the supply of adequate quantities of various agricultural supplies.
The consequences of this setup are already noticeable in the scarcity of some products in supermarkets and the elevated prices of numerous food products. As mentioned, however, this provides Tyson Foods with increased operating leverage, as its most recent results showcase.
In its Fiscal Q3 2022 results, Tyson recorded sales of $13.5 billion, an 8.2% increase from the prior-year period. It was also the best quarter in Tyson’s history in terms of total sales.
The rise in sales was powered primarily by higher pricing. The Pork, Chicken, and Prepared Foods segments saw their sales volumes decline by 1.7%, 2.1%, and 8.5%, respectively. However, higher prices of 20.1% in Chicken and 13.8% in Prepared Foods were more than enough to drive revenues higher. Beef reported stable metrics.
On a per-share basis, GAAP earnings equaled $2.07 compared to $2.05 in Q3 2021. While higher operating expenses squeezed bottom-line margins, the company’s buybacks helped the metric grow. Specifically, over the past four quarters, the company repurchased $710 million worth of stock.
In its earnings report, Tyson quoted the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), whose indicators estimate that domestic protein production (beef, pork, chicken, and turkey) should be relatively flat year-over-year in 2022. According to this and its present pricing power, Tyson reiterated its expectations for the full year, estimating to deliver sales between $52 billion to $54 billion.
Based on these sales numbers and Tyson’s profit margin, I estimate that the company will post adjusted earnings per share of about $9.00 for the year. This is more or less in line with consensus estimates, whose average points towards adjusted earnings per share of around $8.85 for the full year. In any case, both of these levels should celebrate another year of record profits for the company.
Tyson’s Dividend Has Room to Grow
Tyson Foods exhibits a protracted track record of growing dividends to shareholders. Particularly, the company has increased its dividend annually for 10 successive years and has never trimmed it since 1997. Over the past five years, payouts have expanded at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 17.2%. With four $0.46 quarterly dividends already declared, it’s quite likely that Tyson’s next dividend announcement will come with another increase attached.
Considering that the payout ratio remains quite low at just around 20% (assuming FY2022 EPS of $9.00), there is plenty of room for Tyson’s management to keep advancing the dividend at satisfactory rates, moving forward.
Is TSN Stock a Good Buy?
Turning to Wall Street, Tyson Foods has a Hold consensus rating based on two Buys and six Holds assigned in the past three months. At $92.43, the average Tyson Foods stock forecast implies 24.3% upside potential.
Conclusion: A Beneficiary of Current Times
Tyson Foods has been benefiting from the persistent inflationary environment, with the company’s substantial pricing power most definitely leading it to another year of record profits. TSN also appears to have more than enough room to continue growing the dividend at a rapid pace.
Assuming the company achieves earnings per share of $9.00 this year, Tyson shares are currently trading at a P/E of 8.4x. In my view, this is a very attractive multiple for such a quality company, even if earnings were to somewhat normalize from next year. In fact, it is quite likely that Tyson’s incredible pricing power will soften if worries over food deficiencies unwind. | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/tyson-foods-stock-pricing-power-to-result-in-record-profits | 2022-09-02T20:00:12Z | tipranks.com | control | https://www.tipranks.com/news/article/tyson-foods-stock-pricing-power-to-result-in-record-profits | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DENVER (KDVR) — Can a day’s worth of cheap tickets rejuvenate an industry in the grips of a decades-long decline?
This coming Saturday, Sept. 3, is “National Cinema Day,” and in an effort to return movie watchers to theaters, participating businesses are offering $3 tickets for any of their movie showings for the entire day.
Over 3,000 theaters across the country are planning to take part, in a move designed to breathe life back into the industry as they continue to recover from the pandemic-imposed shutdowns.
A recent poll from Gallup suggested that Americans were seeing far fewer films in theaters in 2021 — an average of just 1.4 — than in previous years. Between 2001 and 2007, for instance, Americans saw nearly 5 films per year on average, the survey showed.
But even before the pandemic wreaked havoc on the movie-going experience, ticket sales were already faltering in the U.S., data shows.
In 2002, ticket sales reached a peak, with just under 1.6 billion sold. But by 2019, that number had fallen to 1.2 billion, according to data from The Numbers, a film industry research site. The COVID pandemic all but halted ticket sales the following year, with only 200 million sold. Sales have since improved, but are nowhere close to even the sinking pre-pandemic levels.
And even though theater chains have been charging more money for tickets — $9 or more instead of $4 in the late 1990s — they generally earn less each year when adjusted for inflation, according to The Numbers.
Box office sales totaled over $9 billion in 2002, or over $14 billion in 2022 dollars. By 2019, that had grown to $12 billion but also shrank to $12 billion in adjusted dollars.
As with ticket sales, box office revenue cratered to $2 billion the year the pandemic hit, and has not recovered. For the film industry’s sake, perhaps some cheap tickets will change a few minds about going back to the theater. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/will-3-tickets-bring-film-fans-back-to-movie-theaters/ | 2022-09-02T20:02:52Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/nexstar-media-wire/will-3-tickets-bring-film-fans-back-to-movie-theaters/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Public used book sales are back! Grab a box on the way in and fill it with your favorite series, authors, and specialty items including vintage, collector, and antique books. We are talking about the Friends Used Book Sale and we have Daneen from the Greenville Library here to tell us all about it. | https://www.wspa.com/your-carolina/friends-used-book-sales/ | 2022-09-02T20:03:10Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/your-carolina/friends-used-book-sales/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The White House on Friday asked Congress to approve $13.7 billion to address Russia’s continued military invasion of Ukraine as part of a short-term funding bill.
The Biden administration is requesting that Congress authorize $11.7 billion in additional security and economic assistance for Ukraine and $2 billion to help shore up domestic energy supplies to offset impacts of the war on the global energy market.
“We have rallied the world to support the people of Ukraine to defend their democracy and we simply cannot allow that support to Ukraine to run dry,” an administration official told reporters when previewing the request on Friday.
The White House says that the funds are needed to sustain the pace of aid to Ukraine for the first three months of fiscal year 2023, which begins at the start of October. The administration official said roughly three-fourths of the funds Congress has already approved for Ukraine have been spent or obligated.
Congress on a bipartisan basis has approved over $53 billion in security, economic and humanitarian assistance to address Russia’s invasion of Ukraine this year. Biden signed the last package, totaling $40 billion, into law in May. At the time, the White House said it expected those funds to last through the end of the fiscal year.
Congress is expected to pass a continuing resolution to fund the government on a short-term basis to allow lawmakers more time to reach an agreement on a larger funding measure. The administration official noted Friday the duration of the short-term funding bill is up to Congress. It would need to be passed by the time the current fiscal year ends on Sept. 30 in order to prevent a government shutdown.
In addition to more funding for Ukraine, the White House is also asking Congress to authorize billions more in funding for the federal government’s COVID-19 pandemic response, Monkeypox response and disaster relief efforts as part of a continuing resolution.
There is bipartisan support for sending assistance to Ukraine as it grapples with more than six months of attacks from Russia, though it’s possible at least some Republicans will question the latest funding request.
The White House is asking Congress to approve $4.5 billion for military equipment and replenishing Pentagon stockpiles, $2.7 billion in defense and intelligence aid for Ukraine, and $4.5 billion for budgetary support for Ukraine’s government.
The request also asks for $2 billion to support domestic energy sources — $1.5 billion for uranium to fuel nuclear reactors and $500 million to modernize the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to address impacts of Russia’s war on energy supply and prices. | https://www.wwlp.com/hill-politics/white-house-asks-congress-for-13-7b-in-ukraine-related-funding/ | 2022-09-02T20:03:21Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/hill-politics/white-house-asks-congress-for-13-7b-in-ukraine-related-funding/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The West's biggest economies on Friday agreed to impose a price cap on Russian oil in an attempt to reduce Moscow's ability to fund its war in Ukraine without further stoking global inflation.
Finance ministers from the G7 group of countries — the United States, Japan, Canada, Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom — said they would ban the provision of "services which enable maritime transportation of Russian-origin crude oil and petroleum products globally" above the price cap. That could block insurance cover or finance for oil shipments.
The maximum price would be set by "a broad coalition" of countries, they said in a joint statement. It would take effect alongside the European Union's next batch of sanctions, which include a ban on seaborne imports of Russian oil starting in early December.
Russia had already threatened to retaliate by banning oil exports to countries that implement a price cap.
"We will simply not supply oil and petroleum products to such companies or states that impose restrictions, as we will not work non-competitively," Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak told reporters Thursday, according to state news agency TASS.
The Biden administration has been pushing for governments to introduce a price cap for months. The West has already sanctioned many Russian energy exports, but Moscow has continued to earn billions of dollars a month by diverting oil to countries such as China and India.
"The price cap is specifically designed to reduce Russian revenues and Russia's ability to fund its war of aggression whilst limiting the impact of Russia ́s war on global energy prices, particularly for low and middle-income countries," the G7 finance ministers said.
But the measure still needs work and will be extremely complex to manage. The price at which Russian oil will be capped still needs to be hashed out. It would also need wider international support to be effective.
"What China and India do is going to need to be a national decision for them," a senior US Treasury Department official said on a call with reporters Friday.
But if the cap forces Russia to strike cheaper deals with trading partners by putting a ceiling on the price at which they can sell their products, it will still achieve its goals, the official added.
Novak has called the proposals to impose restrictions "completely absurd" and said they could destroy the global oil market, TASS reported.
"Such attempts will only destabilize the oil industry, the oil market," he said.
Russia could offer alternative insurance for its oil shipments. But the US Treasury official noted they would be more expensive, raising incentives for buyers to opt in to the price cap system.
Flows of crude oil and other oil products to the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Japan and South Korea have dropped by nearly 2.2 million barrels per day since the start of the war in Ukraine, according to the International Energy Agency.
But two-thirds of this decline has been rerouted to other markets, helping pad Moscow's coffers. Export revenues in July were about $19 billion, the IEA said.
Russia's control of large swaths of global energy supplies remains a major challenge six months since its invasion of Ukraine. This week, Russia temporarily halted natural gas deliveries to the region through a vital pipeline and cut off all supplies to a French utility, exacerbating problems that have sent European inflation to a record high of 9%.
On Friday, shortly after the G7 announcement, Russian state energy giant Gazprom said it would not resume deliveries through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline on Saturday as planned. The company cited an oil leak, and didn't give a timeline of when the shimpments might resume.
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EWA BEACH, Hawaii (KITV4) -- The world's biggest wave pool is set to be built on Oahu in Ewa Beach if a major developer gets its way.
Elected officials held a Town Hall on Thursday led by State Sen. Kurt Fevella and Council Member Andria Tupola, appealing to the developer Haseko to come through with a development package that would address the needs of the community.
Fevella addressed constituents, many worried the big plans could bring more traffic and too many tourists to the site of the Hoakalei development.
The company Haseko is responsible for development of over 1,000 acres of land in Ewa Beach, which has changed dramatically over the years. Since COVID-19 hit, developers diverted from a plan to develop commercial space as a priority, and instead are planning to move ahead with an artificial wave pool for surfing.
Those in the Ocean Pointe community are concerned they will get priced out over time, and that an influx of people will dramatically effect quality of life. The wave pool alone will require hundreds of thousands of gallons of water. And the pool itself will also lose a portion of its water per day.
"With the wells being down, how much more is it going to strain our water supply?" Town Hall attendee Steven Thomas asked.
"Our infrastructure cannot handle that, cannot even handle a golfing tournament right now. And we are going to have 8,000+ people coming to events that they're going to be throwing there?" Fevella told KITV4. "Two lanes we only get one way in and one way out. That's it."
The community has had to go through several versions of the plans over the years. Initially, a boat marina was promised over a decade ago.
Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi has also called on the developer to keep promises to the community by developing park land and other obligations in order to maintain support from elected officials.
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by: Alyson Kern Posted: Sep 2, 2022 / 01:33 PM EDT Updated: Sep 2, 2022 / 01:33 PM EDT SHARE (MASS APPEAL) – This Fitness Friday we’re taking it to a whole new level and bringing in some baby goats. We are joined by Lindsay Hale of Firefly Fields Farm in Southwick to do some goat yoga! | https://www.wwlp.com/massappeal/fitness-friday-goat-yoga/ | 2022-09-02T20:03:33Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/massappeal/fitness-friday-goat-yoga/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Members of the Honolulu Little League team hold the Championship banner after beating Curacao in the Little League World Series Championship baseball game in South Williamsport, Pa., Sunday, Aug. 28, 2022. Honolulu won 13-3. (AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar)
HONOLULU (KITV4) -- A parade and other festivities are in the works honoring the Honolulu Little League Team for their dominating performance en route to capturing the 2022 Little League World Series World Championship.
Mayor Rick Blangiardi and Honolulu city officials will announce the official detailed plans at a press conference Friday morning at the Honolulu Hale at 10 a.m.
What we know so far is that the parade is being held on Thursday, Sept. 8. It will start at noon at A’ala Park and run down King Street, through Downtown and Chinatown, and will end at Honolulu Hale.
Festivities will begin once the parade reaches Honolulu Hale. Some festivities that have been confirmed include a presentation of a proclamation to the team, a special honor for Coach Gerald Oda, live music, food, and autograph signings.
City officials say there will be rolling street closures during the parade in the Downtown and Chinatown areas. King Street will be closed at the intersection of Liliha Street and Dillingham Boulevard, with traffic diverted onto one of the other two roads, city officials confirmed. Once the last element of the parade leaves A’ala Park, crews will re-open roads behind the parade as safety permits.
More details are expected to be revealed at Friday’s official announcement ceremony.
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US District Judge Aileen Cannon on Friday released a detailed inventory from the Mar-a-Lago search that the Justice Department previously filed under seal in court.
The search inventory released showed that classified documents had been mixed in with personal items and other materials in the boxes in which they were stored.
Federal investigators also retrieved more than 11,000 non-classified government documents from former President Donald Trump's Florida home and resort.
One box containing documents marked with confidential, secret and top secret classification identifications also contained "99 magazines/newspapers/press articles," according to the inventory from last month's search filed in federal court in Florida.
Several other boxes detailed in the inventory contained documents marked as classified stored with press clippings, as well as with articles of clothing and gifts.
The court filing also provided a breakdown of the type of markings on the classified material taken from Mar-a-Lago, including 18 documents marked top secret, 54 documents marked secret and 31 documents marked confidential.
Dozens of empty folders
Among the documents the FBI seized were dozens of empty folders that carried "classified" banners, according to the inventory.
There were more than 48 empty folders with a "classified" banner and 42 empty folders marked to return to the staff secretary or a military aide, DOJ said.
Those kinds of folders are designed to intentionally obscure their contents and are often reused, according to multiple sources familiar with White House procedures for handling classified information. In some instances, these folders have a tracking number, two of the sources said, although such cases are rare.
For some current and former intelligence officials, the empty folders were an alarming signal that unknown classified information may go unaccounted for by federal investigators, who may have a difficult time piecing together what information those folders previously contained -- much less what happened to it.
But because those folders are often reused, one source familiar with these kinds of documents cautioned that merely finding an empty folder is not necessarily an indication that any of the information it previously contained has been mishandled.
"Empty folders raise questions, but were they empty and without descriptive info?" this person said. "Putting a cover sheet on a folder and carrying it with multiple docs inside is often done. Akin to finding cover sheets, which are often laying around in classified environments and in and of themselves not an issue."
In other words, without more information about how these folders were marked -- including whether they included any kind of tracking or control number -- it's unclear how easy it would be to determine their past contents.
Still, investigators may be able to piece together some contextual clues, according to the same sources. There are supposed to be records kept of what classified information goes to the president. And one of the sources noted that the National Archives this spring informed the Justice Department that the records it recovered from Mar-a-Lago in January included classified material that was "unfoldered, intermixed with other records and otherwise unproperly identified."
The inventory also references dozens of folders that are marked as "Return to Staff Secretary/Military Aide." Typically, when the president needs to access materials for a briefing, a military aide or other staff member assigned to the White House is responsible for safeguarding those materials. The president will read the material, make whatever use of it he wishes, then return it to that aide for appropriate handling.
DOJ status report cites 'ongoing investigation'
The judge also released a status report the department filed under seal about its investigative team's review of the evidence so far.
Cannon at a hearing on Thursday indicated she intended to release the documents. She did so after giving both the prosecutors and Trump's lawyers the opportunity to lodge any objections to the documents' release. They did not.
Prosecutors wrote in the investigative team status report that was unsealed that "all evidence pertaining to the seized items -- including, but not limited to, the nature and manner in which they were stored, as well as any evidence with respect to particular documents or items of interest -- will inform the government's investigation."
"The investigative team has reviewed the seized materials in furtherance of its ongoing investigation, evaluating the relevance and character of each item seized, and making preliminary determinations about investigative avenues suggested or warranted by the character and nature of the seized items," the status report said.
"The seized materials will continue to be used to further the government's investigation, and the investigation will continue to use and evaluate the seized materials as it takes further investigative steps, such as through additional witness interviews and grand jury practice," the Justice Department added.
This story has been updated with additional details.
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AP source: College Football Playoff to expand to 12 by 2026
(AP) - The university presidents who oversee the College Football Playoff voted Friday to expand the postseason model for determining a national champion from four to 12 teams no later than the 2026 season.
A person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press that the presidents would like to have the new format in place as soon as the 2024 season. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because an official announcement had not been made.
A process that started 14 1/2 months ago with an optimistic rollout of an ambitious plan, and then was derailed as conference leaders haggled over details and questioned each other’s motivations, is now finally moving forward.
The presidents approved the original 12-team proposal that called for the six highest-ranked conference champions and six at-large picks, as determined by a selection committee, to make the playoff. The top four seeds would be conference champions and receive byes into the second round.
First-round games would be played on campus and the rest at bowl sites.
There are still issues to be hammered out by conference commissioners who comprise the CFP management committee, which is scheduled to meet next week. Most revenue sharing and whether the logistical hurdles can be cleared in time for a new playoff to be up and running by 2024.
CFP Executive Director Bill Hancock announced in February that expanding for the 2024 and ‘25 seasons was off the table and attention would be turned to what the playoff would look like for 2026 and beyond. Last month, the CFP locked in sites for the championship games to be played after the 2024 and 2025 seasons.
But the 11 presidents who make up the Board of Managers ultimately decide what happens with the playoff, and they took matters into their own hands to push expansion forward. Mississippi State President Mark Keenum, the chairman of the board, said earlier this year the presidents planned to get more involved after the commissioners had given up on trying to expand before the end of the CFP’s current 12-year contract with ESPN.
Early expansion has been estimated to be worth an additional $450 million to the major college football conferences over the final two years of the deal. The current deal pays about $470 million per year.
Even after the February announcement, there were signs early expansion was not dead.
“It actually wouldn’t surprise me once we agree on the format, if it happens before the end of the current term,” Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff said at the conference’s football media days in July. “Once you agree to the format, why wouldn’t you?”
Kliavkoff was one of three relatively new Power Five commissioners, along with the Big Ten’s Kevin Warren and Atlantic Coast Conference’s Jim Phillips, whose various objections to the 12-team proposal last year stalled the process.
That 12-team plan had been worked on for more than two years by a subgroup of the management committee that included Greg Sankey of the Southeastern Conference. Mistrust rose between the new commissioners, who had not been part of the process the previous two years, and the rest after it was revealed that the SEC could be adding Texas and Oklahoma to the powerhouse conference by 2024.
A meeting in June brought renewed hope for an agreement among the group, but the presidents still felt the need to provide a push.
Now that they have spoken and locked in a number, the assignment goes back to the commissioners. They meet again Thursday in Dallas to tackle those details and others.
Beyond 2025, there is no TV contract for the playoff. The plan is to take the new format to the open market and involve multiple TV partners instead of just ESPN. A 12-team, 11-game postseason system to crown a champion could be worth as much as $2 billion in media rights to the conferences.
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – Many people are avoiding the headaches of driving during the holiday weekend by taking the bus or train to their destination.
It’s the Friday before a long holiday weekend and things at Union Station in Springfield were calm. A steady stream of travelers arriving, or waiting, for their bus or train to depart. The experience for those choosing to get to their final destination by rail or bus has been hassle-free.
22News asked travelers if buses seem more crowded Friday due to the impending holiday. Katie Debonville of Boston said, “No more than usual… yeah. It was fine from Boston to Springfield. I took the bus, the longest wait I’ve had so far is now I’m waiting for an Uber and usually when I get here, an Uber takes about 7 minutes and this time the wait is 25.”
According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, only 2 to 3 percent of holiday travel is conducted on buses or trains. The high price of gas and the unreliability of airlines do makes these modes of transportation more desirable. Amtrak announced earlier this summer it would boost trains service ahead of an expected busy travel season. | https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampden-county/buses-trains-a-popular-option-of-travel-on-labor-day-weekend/ | 2022-09-02T20:04:30Z | wwlp.com | control | https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampden-county/buses-trains-a-popular-option-of-travel-on-labor-day-weekend/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(WSYR_TV) — Two teenagers died from touching live downed wires after a car accident in the Town of Redfield on Wednesday night.
Oswego County Sheriffs responded to 6200 County Route 17 in the Town of Redfield around 10:47 p.m. for a car accident where they found a truck in a ditch.
The sheriff’s office says that preliminary investigations revealed that the truck ended up in the ditch after colliding with a fallen tree on Route 17.
The investigation also revealed that four people were in the truck. The driver, 17-year-old Madysen Young from Sandy Creek, and a passenger, 17-year-old Matthew Bice from Albion, left the vehicle after crashing in the ditch and touched live wires that were entangled in the fallen tree.
The sheriff’s office says both Young and Bice were pronounced dead on the scene due to electrocution.
The other two passengers, 16-year-old boys, survived the incident.
The Oswego County Sheriff’s Office was assisted on the scene by the New York State Police, Redfield Volunteer Fire Department, and NOCA Ambulance.
Oswego County Sheriff’s Office says this incident is still under investigation.
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When Angela Leatham of Haymarket went back to school, her goal was to obtain her teaching certification. She had already been volunteering in her children’s schools assisting teachers in the classroom as well as substitute teaching for many years.
“I felt like it was my calling,” she says. “I'm pretty good with kids and while I was volunteering, I loved helping with any problems they were having.”
Today, she’s been teaching for seven years and over the past year, has been teaching 6th grade social studies and covering a homeroom at Bull Run Middle School.
“I've only taught 6th and 8th grades, and I fell in love with middle-school aged kids. Yes, some of the rumors are true about middle schoolers being tough. All those hormones are starting to come out, and I feel like they are in the most awkward time of their lives. So, it’s important, just like in other grades, for them to have really good teachers.”
Having four kids of her own – 21-year-old Mason and 19-year-old Parker, who are both attending NOVA, plus Liam, a 10th grader at Gainesville High School, and Camilla, who is in 8th grade at Reagan – has given her plenty of insight into her students.
“I’ll get emails from kids saying how they feel like I understand what they are going through and I’m someone they can talk to,” says Leatham.
One thing she consistently does to end every week on a positive note is play the Friday song.
“Every Friday I play the Friday song by a man named Mufasa, who also dances to this song. Sometimes I get the kids up and we try to dance with him, but we haven't mastered it yet. The kids love it!”
About five years ago, Leatham took on another role to help students. While she was teaching at Parkside Middle School in Manassas, students were waiting a long time to get home due to a bus driver shortage. So, the school principal at Parkside, Dr. Mary Jane Boynton, started a program offering teachers bus driver training if they would be willing to be drivers before and after school.
“That's why I started driving a bus,” she says. “These kids were waiting up to 40 minutes for a bus each day, and they just wanted to go home.”
When Leatham transferred over to Bull Run, she continued driving. “I pick up the bus around 6:45 in the morning, and then I'm back to the school by 8:00. Classes start at 8:00, so I walk in with all the students. After school, the kids come out at 2:55 and get on the bus. I’m usually finished by 3:50 – 4:00.”
Her students think it’s great, and as a teacher, she knows how to handle kids when they get somewhat rambunctious.
“There was one bus specifically at Parkside that had kids who were always getting into trouble, until I was given their route. Many of the students were only Spanish speaking, and since I speak Spanish, it was easier for me to communicate with them. I was clear about how they were going to behave on the bus and they were so good; I never had a problem.”
At the end of last school year, Leatham was given the Gainesville Hero Award to recognize all that she does for students in and out of the classroom.
“That was fun,” she says. “Prince William County District Supervisor Pete Candland and others brought a plaque and balloons. When the kids got off the bus, they had me come out. He then gave a short speech about me and how I give back to the community.
“I've never seen people prouder of me in my whole life than those 6th grade kids. It was the cutest thing. They were showing it to other students in the hallway and saying, ‘Look what she got; she's a hero!’” That plaque is now proudly displayed in her classroom.
In addition to all her other roles, she also coaches for the Virginia Soccer Association. “Whenever I go out, I know some child’s going to recognize me,” says Leatham. “I'm either going to be called teacher or coach.”
And she can now add another title - “Hero.”
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# アフガンシカッフサザ\n\n株 フィツーソイフェラの樓本社の本鶏事物が瓠を时で奕くと そのごくき てんりえだもあっでこころにつねまさらすもほどほふはこすほをよなげほでまがねて�� # Räuberwilddiebenmoogart\n## Es beginnt mit der Rückkehr und einem Brush with Mirth (Wende-Etage ab Kapo-II – Endgegeln-Abgeschweif-III Kapitelf) der 4 Ränder\nEs beginnt alles zu reißende, es blei in 25 Wenge nichts besser und der Tod kam um und verstund, so die Brille hat an DENVER, Colo. — If you have kids, you probably felt and still feel the extra stress of raising children through the pandemic.
Research now backs up those feelings and shows the pandemic created a big spike in mental health issues—especially in new moms.
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, there are now 15 states that have extended postpartum benefits for moms up to one year after giving birth, and 10 states are working to extend those benefits now. However, until these benefits become nationwide, moms are getting creative to keep each other healthy and safe.
“We're not giving moms the chance to say what's truly in their heart and how they're feeling because we want everyone to be happy and love motherhood, but that's not realistic,” Nikki Brooker, founder and President of nonprofit You are Not Alone Mom 2 Mom.
Brooker’s nonprofit is busier than ever. She connects new moms with each other and with medical resources to fight postpartum depression and anxiety.
“Our community is held up by moms. We run the household. We make sure everyone's okay. And when our mental health is not well, that's when the kid’s mental health starts going, or the husband, or the community as a whole, and we need to do a better job of supporting where everyone begins, which is with mom,” said Brooker.
Brooker helped new mom Kristin Angelos when she had her daughter last year.
“I had a really hard time nursing her and I really struggled with that feeling like I was a sufficient mom for her,” said Angelos.
So, Brooker referred Angelos to an in-home doctor and mental health counselor. Angelos credits that support with calming her anxiety and keeping the postpartum blues away.
“It's scary. I was very aware, I can feel my anxiety coming on, you know. So, I was very aware that it was a possibility,” said Angelos of experiencing postpartum depression. “They gave us counseling, a couple counseling sessions as part of that. So, that was very helpful, I think, to prevent something from happening postpartum.”
Now, Brooker is ready to help Angelos again with her second baby.
“I'm actually extra nervous about this baby for postpartum just with some medical issues I'm having,” said Angelos. “I don't reach out for help a lot at all. I'm very bad at it. I've had a lot of tears, but it's nice to know that I'm not an inconvenience when I need someone to call or talk to.”
So many moms have no one to reach out to. Researchers at the University of Michigan found 1 in 3 new moms who had babies at the beginning of the pandemic experienced postpartum depression—a number researchers believe is triple pre-pandemic levels.
Researchers found awareness and more support is key in keeping moms safe.
That’s why Brooker is partnering with hospitals to give moms more medical check-ins after giving birth, and she is launching an app to connect moms who give birth around the same time.
“When you look around the room and you realize that you're not alone and these are your people. It changes mental health like that because you feel a part of something,” said Brooker.
Brooker knows her support is not a replacement for medical treatment, but she believes it’s a path to it so that moms, and communities, can be healthy.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Aug. 18, 2022) U.S. Marine Corps Body Bearers from Bravo Company, Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., carry the casket of Midshipman 2nd Class (junior) Luke Bird during a funeral service at the U.S. Naval Academy. Bird, of New Braunfels, Texas, died July 17, 2022, when he fell over a waterfall while hiking in the Valparaíso region during a semester abroad in Chile. (U.S. Navy photo by Kenneth D. Aston Jr.)
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (Aug. 18, 2022) U.S. Marine Corps Body Bearers from Bravo Company, Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., carry the casket of Midshipman 2nd Class (junior) Luke Bird during a funeral service at the U.S. Naval Academy. Bird, of New Braunfels, Texas, died July 17, 2022, when he fell over a waterfall while hiking in the Valparaíso region during a semester abroad in Chile. (U.S. Navy photo by Kenneth D. Aston Jr.)
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Blue Beetle’s Xolo Maridueña Reveals How He Was Cast In the Film
Finding the perfect actor to embody a superhero on the big (or small) screen can be a long drawn-out process that often takes months. But every now and then, someone completely negates the need for a screen test. Such was the case with Cobra Kai’s Xolo Maridueña, the star of next year’s Blue Beetle movie for DC and Warner Bros. Pictures. And in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Maridueña reflected on what it was like to join the cast without an audition.
Headlining the first Latino-led superhero movie comes with its own set of pressures. But for Maridueña, those pressures intensified when Warner Bros. called him up out of nowhere and offered him the role of Jaime Reyes. Luckily, it sounds like he was able to relax once he considered what the project meant for the Latin-American community at large.
“In the beginning, there was a bit of impostor syndrome,” said Maridueña. “Like, ‘Oh my gosh, how do they know? I haven’t even read a word of the script! How can they be so sure?’ Everyone was so welcoming and instilled so much confidence in me through the filming of the movie. It just comes back to the thing that I was saying earlier: Blue Beetle isn’t to make me the next heartthrob or biggest star. It’s just to show people, ‘Hey, these stories about Latinos don’t have to just be about narcos or crossing the border or being a gang member. You can be portrayed in a positive light.’ A superhero seems like the most positive light you can get in this industry.”
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Maridueña also discussed Jaime’s relationship with his family, which is a key element from the character’s comic book appearances. In fact, he says this is what really sets the film apart from other superhero movies, specifically those featuring heroes who have lost their parents or struggle to keep their double-life a secret from their loved ones. Technically, Jaime isn’t the only character with a surviving nuclear family unit (Ms. Marvel‘s Kamala Khan and Miles Morales, for example). But it should still make for an interesting dynamic onscreen.
“The family aspect to this movie and to the character is inherent to the comics and so special,” added Maridueña. “The family we’ve been able to create in the movie — the mom, dad, uncle, sister, grandmother — I feel like that aspect of being a superhero hasn’t been tapped into a ton. So many superheroes have alter egos, these aliases and personas. They have one life where they’re Spider-Man or Batman and then they go home and they’re Bruce Wayne or whoever. They’re constantly hiding their identity. But with this character, he lives with his family and there’s no way to hide who he is. Right from the very first moment he gets his powers, his family knows. That’s different.”
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(AP) — The university presidents who oversee the College Football Playoff voted Friday to expand the postseason model for determining a national champion from four to 12 teams no later than the 2026 season.
A person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press that the presidents would like to have the new format in place as soon as the 2024 season. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because an official announcement was still forthcoming.
A process that started 14 1/2 months ago with an optimistic rollout of an ambitious plan, and then was derailed as conference leaders haggled over details and questioned each other’s motivations, is now finally moving forward.
There are still issues to be hammered out by conference commissioners who comprise the CFP management committee, which is scheduled to meet next week. Most notably whether the logistical hurdles can be cleared in time for a new playoff to be up and running by 2024.
Last month, the CFP locked in sites for the championship games to be played after the 2024 and 2025 seasons. But the 11 presidents who make up the Board of Managers ultimately decide what happens with the playoff, and they took matters into their own hands to push the ball forward. | https://www.wspa.com/sports/college-football-playoff-to-expand-to-12-by-2026-ap-source/ | 2022-09-02T20:19:57Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/sports/college-football-playoff-to-expand-to-12-by-2026-ap-source/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Flemington fire destroys commercial building in Turntable Junction
FLEMINGTON – A fire destroyed a commercial building on Fulper Road early Friday, said Flemington Fire Department Deputy Chief Rob Schenck.
Around 5:54 a.m., borough police and firefighters responded to a commercial building in Turntable Junction next to the Black River & Western railroad on reports of a fire.
Upon arrival, police and firefighters reported the building was fully involved by the fire.
No one was injured in the fire, according to authorities.
Firefighters from Flemington, Raritan Township, Quakertown, Three Bridges, Quentin, and the South County Tanker Force came to battle the blaze. The Flemington-Raritan First Aid and Rescue Squad also responded to the scene.
In Hunterdon:NJ tosses ethics charge against school board member for wearing Pride mask
The building was deemed a total loss, Schenck said.
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NJ tosses ethics charge against Hunterdon school board member for wearing Pride mask
RARITAN TOWNSHIP – The state School Ethics Commission has cleared a Hunterdon Central Regional High School Board of Education member of an ethics charge for wearing a Pride face mask during a school board meeting.
The commission also voted to fine the two people who brought the complaint $100 for filing a frivolous complaint.
The complaint, filed April 14 by Lisa Santanagelo and Sandy Ostrander, against board member Noelle O'Donnell, arose from a heated Feb. 28 board meeting, attended by more than 300 people, when a parents group, Protect Your Children, pushed the school district to remove LGBTQ books from the school's curriculum.
Most students and community members spoke at the meeting against the removal of the books.
During the meeting, O'Donnell, who chairs the board's Equity, Racism and Diversity Committee, followed board protocol by wearing a face mask. The mask had the rainbow Pride colors.
Santangelo and Ostrander alleged in their complaint that O'Donnell violated state ethics rules and by wearing the mask, she was "overtly supporting one special group" of students.
They alleged her "display of support towards one particular group of students sends a message to other students, parents and community of various opinions and beliefs that they are not supported."
They also said that by wearing the mask O'Donnell "created an environment that made everyone with a contrary view fearful to speak their perspective" and she "intentionally took actions that led to public comment being stifled because of her own bias."
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O'Donnell filed a motion to dismiss the ethics complaint because other than wearing the Pride mask, the complaint did not cite any other action she took.
O'Donnell also asked the commission to rule that the complaint was frivolous because it was drafted to harass her "without even the pretense of a good faith legal basis."
O'Donnell said, according to the commission's ruling, that Santangelo and Ostrander were using the ethics code "as a weapon" and were "trying to scare board members into neutrality."
The Ethics Commission agreed with O'Donnell, saying Santangelo and Ostrander did not have "sufficient credible facts" to support an allegation of an ethics violation.
"In today's culture and climate," the commission wrote in its ruling, "it is now more important than ever that all students feel included, and represented and (O'Donnell's) decisions were an attempt to support a particular group of students who felt threatened by an impending decision regarding curriculum and books."
The commission wrote that the complaint's suggestion that wearing the mask was evidence that O'Donnell does not advocate for all students is "flawed, imprudent and insensitive."
The commission concluded that Santangelo's and Ostrander's "attempt to subvert (O'Donnell's) efforts is most unfortunate."
The commission also ruled the complaint was frivolous because Santangelo and Ostrander "knew, or should have known, that this complaint was without any reasonable basis in law or equity, and could not be supported by a good faith argument for an extension, modification or reversal of existing law."
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Sayreville Democratic leader Thomas Pollando resigns from all NJ posts amid bribery charge
SAYREVILLE – After a chorus of calls for his resignation by local, county and state political leaders, Thomas Pollando has stepped down from all government posts he held after he was charged last month with accepting thousands of dollars in bribes.
Pollando has resigned as chairman of the Sayreville Democratic Party, vice chairman of the Middlesex County Planning Board, a member of the Sayreville Economic and Redevelopment Authority and an employee of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority, his attorney Robert Honecker Jr. said Friday
The resignations came after the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Officer announced Thursday that Pollando had been charged with accepting in bribes in an ongoing criminal case.
"Tom is well respected in Sayreville and has been of service to the community for over 20 years. He is presumed innocent and will address the charges and he has determined to step down from all positions within the municipality and the county," Honecker said.
Honecker added Pollando submitted his resignation to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority Friday morning.
State records show Pollando was employed as a contracts administrator with a 2021 annual salary of $84,759.
Honecker said Pollando is "shaken" by the charges and he will deal with them in the coming weeks and months. He said no court date has been set, but he anticipates it might be in late September or early October.With the announcement of bribery charges coming just days before the Labor Day kickoff of the fall political season, county and municipal Democrats were quick to denounce Pollando's alleged actions by calling for his removal.
In the hours after the charges were announced, political leaders said it was time for Pollando to go.
Middlesex County Democratic Organization Chairman Kevin P. McCabe issued a statement demanding Pollando's immediate resignation from his position as chairman of the Sayreville Democratic Organization.
“The conduct alleged against Tom Pollando is wholly unacceptable," McCabe said. “Furthermore, I am requesting a full accounting of the finances of the Sayreville Democratic Organization in order to determine any further possible financial malfeasance. As leaders, we must hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, and we will continue to have zero tolerance for corruption.”
The 19th District legislative leaders echoed McCabe.
“The conduct alleged against Thomas Pollando is appalling and completely intolerable," Sen. Joseph F. Vitale, Assembly Speaker Craig J. Coughlin and Assemblywoman Yvonne Lopez, all D-Middlesex, said in joint statement.
"There is absolutely no place in the Democratic Party or in Middlesex County for this type of behavior. We call on Mr. Pollando’s resignation and we are committed to continue working with the Sayreville Democratic Party to help them move forward from this extremely unfortunate situation," the statement continued.
Pollando, 72, of the Parlin section of Sayreville, was arrested Aug. 17 after allegedly accepting thousands of dollars in bribes in a criminal case, the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office announced late Thursday.
During July and August, detectives from the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office were conducting electronic surveillance of a Sayreville business when they observed Pollando allegedly accepting several thousands of dollars in cash and saying he would attempt to use his political clout to influence an ongoing criminal case.
Pollando was arrested after leaving the business and was found to be in possession of the cash, according to the prosecutor's office. He was charged with bribery in official matters and receipt of unlawful benefit by public servant for official behavior, both second-degree crimes. He was released the day of his arrest, according to the prosecutor's office.
Second-degree crimes carry a prison sentence of five to 10 years.
A voicemail message left for Pollando Friday has not been returned.
The prosecutor's office did not name the business involved in the criminal case.
In June five employees at a Sayreville Route 35 strip club were arrested and charged with money laundering and other criminal offenses following a yearlong investigation. Following those arrests, the prosecutor’s office has gone to court for the forfeiture of more than $3.5 million in assets, including two properties, 11 vehicles and $687,902 in gold and silver coins, from the family that ran Club 35.
Pollando is a former Sayreville Borough Council president and longtime president of the Sayreville Athletic Association.
Middlesex County Board of Commissioners Director Ronald G. Rios urged Pollando to resign from the county position.
"We are deeply troubled by the allegations against Planning Board member Thomas Pollando. Actions like those alleged are fully unbecoming of anyone in public service. We urge him to resign as soon as possible to give the boards he is currently affiliated with time to regroup and rebuild," Rios said.
Sayreville Mayor Victoria Kilpatrick called on Pollando to resign from his borough posts.
"In light of recent events, I felt it was important to notify you this evening as I am officially calling for the resignation of Thomas Pollando from the Sayreville Economic Redevelopment Agency (SERA), where he serves as a commissioner," Kilpatrick said in a Thursday message to residents. "I am also calling for his resignation from the Sayreville Athletic Association, a children’s organization sponsored by the Borough of Sayreville. Finally, I am officially calling for an investigation into all borough projects involving Mr. Pollando."
Democratic Sayreville Council President Michele Maher and Councilmembers Mary Novak and Vincent Conti expressed disappointment in hearing the charges brought against Pollando.
"In cases like this we need to let the justice system run its course. However, we are demanding that Mr. Pollando immediately resign from the borough's redevelopment agency. The Borough Council here in Sayreville is committed to delivering a government that is responsive to our taxpayers and that enhances the quality of life for all of us. This unfortunate incident will not deter us from that commitment to our residents," their joint statement said.
The mayor and Borough Council have scheduled a special meeting at 9 a.m. on Labor Day at Borough Hall to discuss membership within boards and commissions.
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Yankees No. 1 prospect Anthony Volpe of New Jersey promoted to Triple-A
BRIDGEWATER – Anthony Volpe is one step closer to the majors.
The New York Yankees announced Friday that the shortstop, a Somerset County native, has been promoted from the Double-A Somerset Patriots to the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
The Yankees' top prospect ends his time with the Patriots as the team leader in home runs (18), RBI (60), slugging (.472), hits (106), doubles (31), triples (four, tied-1st), extra base hits (53), total bases (199), runs (71), multi-hit games (26) and stolen bases (44). He also ranked second on the team in batting average (.251), OPS (.820) and walks (57) and third in OBP (.348).
For the season, Volpe ranks among the Eastern League leaders in several statistics. He is tied for first in doubles and extra base hits, second in runs and stolen bases and third in total bases (199).
A scorching June and July when Volpe slashed a .297/.354/.560 with 10 home runs and 27 RBI showcased why the Yankees drafted him in the first round (30th overall) of the 2019 MLB Draft out of Delbarton School in Morristown.
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Somerville football forced to forfeit opening-week win
The Somerville High School football team’s Week Zero win over Mastery Charter of Camden last Saturday has been forfeited because the Pioneers used an ineligible player, the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association said.
Somerville scored a convincing victory over the Warriors last weekend, in what was the first varsity football game for Mastery. But, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the situation, an ineligible player was used -- a transfer from a nearby town -- who had not sat out the required 30 days before playing a varsity game.
The administration and coaching staff at Somerville did not return a request for comment.
Somerville, playing under first-year head coach Ian Pace, beat Mastery 31-7 at Brooks Field on Saturday. The Pioneers return to action Friday night with a 7 p.m. game at Old Bridge to open their Big Central Conference schedule.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Multiple cheerleading coaches in South Carolina — including a coach who recently killed himself — sexually abused at least six boys and girls and provided them with drugs and alcohol, a federal lawsuit alleges.
A “coven of sexual predators” surrounded Rockstar Cheer of Greenville for more than a decade, according to one of the lawyers for the alleged victims.
Attorney Bakari Sellers contends that what happened is a result of the same kind of institutional failure seen in the case of Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University doctor who is serving a minimum of 40 years in prison after admitting that he molested some of the nation’s top gymnasts for years.
The lawsuit was filed Thursday by four girls and two boys who said they were abused by Scott Foster and others affiliated with Rockstar gyms. It suggests there could be up to 100 more survivors of the abuse.
“Scott Foster and his allies did their best to intimidate and isolate their targets, making these young people feel alone and somehow responsible. Well, they’re not alone anymore,” attorney Jessica Fickling said in a statement announcing the suit.
Foster, 49, was found dead in his car at a state park on Aug. 22. He shot himself in the head, the Greenville County Coroner’s Office ruled.
“He knew this was going to be a moment when the light was going to be shined on what I think will turn out to be a coven of sexual predators surrounding Rockstar,” said attorney James Bannister.
A number of people either knew Foster was abusing his cheer students and ignored it or did not have rules and procedures in place to stop the abuse, the lawsuit says.
Foster and other coaches not named in the lawsuit had sex with cheer students, sent and asked for explicit photos over social media, gave them alcohol and marijuana at their homes and in hotel rooms at cheer competitions and warned them to not tell anyone about it, according to the lawsuit.
“We have video of Scott Foster on Snapchat with beer bongs drinking with his underage cheerleaders,” Sellers said at a news conference this week.
The suit also names Varsity Brands, which runs cheerleading competitions; the U.S. All Star Federation, which is an organizing and governing body for competitive cheerleading across the country; Bain Capital, which bought Varsity in 2018, and others.
State and federal police are investigating Foster’s Rockstar Cheer and other cheerleading outlets, seizing computers, cellphones and other evidence, Bannister said. He said the investigating agencies asked lawyers not to identify them.
Several state and federal agencies have refused to tell news outlets whether they are involved.
Foster’s wife, Kathy, promised to cooperate with “all involved” to make sure athletes can safely learn and grow.
“I am heartbroken by the recent allegations made by current and former athletes from Rockstar Cheer and other cheer gyms across our community,” she said in a statement released this week. “I hope the survivors are seeking and receive the support they need. I am sympathetic to their stories.”
Varsity Brands President Bill Seely called the accusations devastating.
“Our hearts are broken right alongside yours,” he tweeted Thursday. “The alleged conduct runs counter to everything the cheer and dance community is intended to represent.”
Bain Capital didn’t return an email seeking comment.
Rockstar Cheer’s name is on more than a dozen gyms in South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Arizona.
Ten of the gyms said in a statement this week that they had no connection with Foster and would be dropping the Rockstar brand name.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is drafting a new rule that would designate PFAS, a class of man-made chemicals that is a likely carcinogen, as a hazardous material.
The chemicals, often used for waterproofing, have been used in everything from Scotchgard to Teflon to a special foam used for fighting airplane fires. In recent years, PFAS has been found in drinking water sources in places including West Virginia and Michigan.
The hazardous designation under the Superfund Act would trigger faster cleanups when PFAS contamination is found and require companies that make PFAS to regularly report pollution. It would also ensure those companies are on the hook for cleanup if they are found to be responsible for water contamination.
“Up to now, what it’s been is a huge fight in the courts, where the companies have been denying, (saying), “This stuff isn’t harmful, you can’t prove that it’s causing any harm,'” environmental attorney Rob Bilott said.
He has spent decades in courts trying to prove communities that have recorded a spike in illnesses were poisoned by nearby factories that used PFAS.
“Having the U.S. EPA designate and declare this hazardous … (and) confirming these health effects is incredibly helpful,” Bilott said.
Melanie Benesh of the D.C.-based activist nonprofit Environmental Working Group called it “one of the most important steps that the EPA can take to address existing PFAS contamination.” For years, she has been working with U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., to urge the EPA to take action.
“Too many people do not understand that they are encountering this chemical every single day,” Dingell said.
She said it’s important to hold companies accountable, but also said to fully protect Americans’ health, Congress should establish a national standard for the acceptable level of PFAS in drinking water.
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A Wisconsin National Guard Soldier shares his story of a challenging personal experience that tested his resilience. The video is part of Operation Resilience, a Wisconsin Guard initiative with the goal of increasing resilience among the force. (Wisconsin National Guard video by Staff Sgt. Amber Peck)
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It’s been a big week for Russia-related news. The European Union suspended a visa program with Russia, but hasn’t banned Russian visas altogether. Russia is also beginning to slow the energy supply to Europe. Former USSR politician Mikhail Gorbachev died this week at the age of 91.
Asian countries are feeling the effects of climate change. Flooding in south Pakistan has claimed the lives of at least 1,191 people. China is trying to stay cool amid its longest heat wave on record.
India’s Supreme Court has ruled that family benefits under the law must be extended to blended families, same-sex couples, and other households the court considers “atypical.”
We cover the most important stories from around the world on the international portion of the News Roundup.
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The unemployment rate inched up in August, but only because hundreds of thousands of people started looking for work. That jump in the workforce could take some pressure off inflation.
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The unemployment rate inched up in August, but only because hundreds of thousands of people started looking for work. That jump in the workforce could take some pressure off inflation.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Buenos Aires-based journalist Natalie Alcoba about the failed assassination attempt on Argentina's vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Buenos Aires-based journalist Natalie Alcoba about the failed assassination attempt on Argentina's vice-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
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In data posted Wednesday by the Small Business Administration, SBA reported there are 132,595 small business employees in Wyoming. That comprises 64.1% of all workers statewide.
In data posted Wednesday by the Small Business Administration, SBA reported there are 132,595 small business employees in Wyoming. That comprises 64.1% of all workers statewide.
In data posted Wednesday by the Small Business Administration, SBA reported on new companies in Wyoming.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Small firms in Wyoming employ a much bigger share of workers in the state than do all such U.S. enterprises as a portion of the entire American workforce, new federal government statistics show.
In data posted Wednesday by the Small Business Administration, there are 132,595 small-business employees in Wyoming. That comprises 64.1% of all workers statewide, the agency added.
By comparison, 32.5 million small businesses nationwide employ 46.8% of the private workforce, the SBA noted. “The top three industries for small business employment are Health Care and Social Assistance; Accommodation and Food Services; and Construction.”
When it comes to the sheer number of small firms operating in the state, there are 72,081 of them. This comprises 98.9% of all Wyoming businesses. This is in line with the national trend, per other stats from the SBA.
During the first year or so of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, SBA found that more small firms in the state opened their doors than shuttered. There were 2,599 establishment openings versus 2,144 closings.
The jobs picture for these smaller operations was not quite so rosy, according to the government agency. “Small businesses gained 17,930 jobs and lost 24,353, for a net decrease of 6,423 jobs.”
To see the agency’s 2022 small business profiles for states, territories and the entire country, go to bit.ly/3RpJYNY. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/economy_and_labor/small-wyoming-firms-employ-disproportionate-share-of-workers-sba-stats/article_7df123c0-2ae3-11ed-a6b5-c3ec7eccb26c.html | 2022-09-02T20:40:13Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/economy_and_labor/small-wyoming-firms-employ-disproportionate-share-of-workers-sba-stats/article_7df123c0-2ae3-11ed-a6b5-c3ec7eccb26c.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Alice Rohrwacher was thinking about cake, as we all do from time to time.
But the Italian filmmaker had her reasons. When Alfonso Cuarón reached out to her about making a Christmastime short film, Rohrwacher immediately thought of a letter by celebrated Italian writer Elsa Morante, centered on a cake that was left at a boarding school and a boy who was too naughty to deserve a slice.
Rohrwacher decided to set her story at a nun-run boarding school for girls, where a group of precocious girls find themselves “blessed” with a cake on Christmas. The short film, Le Pupille, debuted in Cannes before heading to the Telluride Film Festival, where it will play on Saturday. It takes the magical feelings associated with those classic Christmas movies and filters them through Rohrwacher’s unique perspective.
“I believe Alice is the most interesting filmmaker working today,” says Cuarón, who reached out to her after Disney came to him to discuss producing a series of short films set around Christmas. “She has a unique voice and an eye that captures humanity at its most complex, and she always portrays her characters with immense generosity, blurring the line between reality and poetics.”
Rohrwacher’s work, which includes Lazzaro Felice and The Wonders, both of which won awards at Cannes, often mixes the strife of the real world with sprinkles of magic or mischief. “The intention was to be joyful, to have a joyful story—and yet a serious one,” she tells Vanity Fair through a translator. “We wanted to see joy in the images and the way we were telling the story.” Le Pupille was filmed during the pandemic, bringing its young actors together after a period of unprecedented isolation. “I think the most beautiful thing was to have all these girls getting together. All of a sudden, they could be together after such a long time,” she says.
Rohrwacher says she wanted to take the genre of a Christmas story, which traditionally comes with a moral or lesson at the end, and turn it a bit on its head. At the end of the 37-minute film, which will also play at the Toronto Film Festival and then premiere on Disney+ later this year, the girls reveal that they’re not exactly sure what the moral of this story is. “I like the fact that the moral of this story is a bit bizarre,” she says. “On the one hand, we had a Christmas story, and on the other, we had a lot of fantasy, imagination—my imagination and the viewer’s imagination.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/awards-insider-alfonos-cuaron-christmas-short | 2022-09-02T20:44:58Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/awards-insider-alfonos-cuaron-christmas-short | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Memories are a funny thing in Joanna Hogg’s movies—as in, the British filmmaker often struggles to separate fiction from her actual life. Hogg spent the last few years immersed in her award-winning The Souvenir duology, a semi-autobiographical account of a young woman’s experiences in film school, covering doomed romances, blossoming friendships, and one grand artistic awakening. “I worry that my actual memories of my time as a film student and of my relationships have been replaced by those films,” Hogg tells me. “I haven’t watched them since they were finished—once was enough for me to think of certain elements of those films as my reality. And they absolutely weren’t.”
Maybe that’s why she made a ghost story next. While in post-production on The Souvenir: Part II, Hogg felt an urge to dive into something fresh right away—a project far removed from the bone-deep realism of her last two films. She wanted to do genre, “to engage in that space of the imagination.” But this is a director for whom, again and again, cinema and life prove thrillingly intertwined. So we have the resulting film, The Eternal Daughter (premiering next week at the Venice Film Festival), a ghost story to be sure—then rooted, to some degree, in Hogg’s relationship with her own late mother, then expanded into a more otherworldly, slippery, expressionistic take on the fraught and powerful bonds between mother and daughter.
She’d actually first had the idea to explore the topic, in an even more memoiristic vein, more than a decade ago, but backed off from an outline after feeling too guilty about making such a movie while her mother was still alive. In the intervening years, her profile rose—Exhibition and Archipelago, which preceded the Souvenir films, also earned critical acclaim—and more importantly, she reconnected with Tilda Swinton, who starred in Hogg’s first short back in 1986. Swinton played a smaller role in the two Souvenir movies—though their lead actress, Honor Swinton Byrne, is Tilda’s daughter—but she’d got to talking with Hogg again, specifically about mothers and daughters, while shooting them. And so it only made sense for Hogg to cast Swinton as Julie, a filmmaker—of course—who takes her elderly mother on a getaway to a Welsh hotel suffused with family memories, where the past comes to feel disorientingly, hauntingly present.
Hogg and Swinton playfully explored how The Eternal Daughter could come together, with the shorthand of knowing each other for decades. They had the freedom of genre—to move beyond the relatively naturalistic constraints of a project like The Souvenir—and, with that, they had endless possibilities. Hogg doesn’t write dialogue for her movies, either, instead collaborating with her actors once they’re cast. So Swinton was already in the trenches with her director, sculpting Julie and, in turn, the character’s relationship with her mother from the ground up. Out of that, Swinton threw out a wild idea—or perhaps not so wild, if you know anything at all about this Oscar-winning actor. What if she played mother and daughter?
Tilda Swinton has done this before, sort of. Let’s not forget Suspiria, Luca Guadagnino’s arty horror remake from 2018 in which we all thought she was portraying two distinct characters, until it was revealed that no, actually, she’d been playing a third too. But whereas that bloody thriller leaned harder into the scary and the supernatural, The Eternal Daughter considers its ghosts—and the characters walking among them—in a more plaintive sense. Swinton taking on the two lead roles proves less an exercise of cinematic trickery, and more one of emotional intensity.
“It was the most unusually tender, rich experience,” Swinton says. “Even though the film takes place in this kind of dreamscape of mist and gargoyles, it felt absolutely real to me and to Joanna because we were working through thoughts and feelings we’ve already shared as friends.” As Julie, Swinton wanders through the hotel’s corridors with a quiet, crushing guilt, choosing an artist’s life over motherhood and facing her mother’s unhappiness as a consequence; as Julie’s mother, Rosalind—yes, you should notice, the same name as Swinton’s Souvenir character—the actor turns very reserved, as if she’s holding some kind of secret.
Reuniting with DP Ed Rutherford for the first time since 2013’s Exhibition, Hogg found Swinton’s dual performance profoundly moving. Very rarely do the two characters appear in the same frame—“It’s completely without gimmicks,” Hogg says—as Hogg, Rutherford, and Swinton focused on the unique thematic terrain of mother and daughter sharing this core part of each other. “I wanted to be able to have a really straightforward and deep conversation with Tilda in these two roles, where we weren’t having to do gymnastics to try and get it to work for the camera,” Hogg says. “We made some really bold decisions in how to shoot it.”
Hogg reveals to me an enduring fear of the dark, held since childhood, and wanting to lean into that here. “There’s something about after night falls that’s still at my age sometimes quite scary,” she says. “It’s not only fear of the dark or fear of ghosts, it’s fear of one’s self in a way, and then connecting with family.” Early in the process, she asked executive producer Martin Scorsese to recommend her ghost stories; he suggested “They,” by Rudyard Kipling, which Hogg says “unlock[ed] the dynamics” of the film and then various others deeper into production. “He watched so many different cuts of the film, and this was all while he was making [Killers of the Flower Moon] in Oklahoma,” Hogg says. “He was incredibly generous with his time when he had so much going on of his own.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/awards-insider-eternal-daughter-tilda-swinton-joanna-hogg-exclusive | 2022-09-02T20:45:04Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/awards-insider-eternal-daughter-tilda-swinton-joanna-hogg-exclusive | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Being a teen is tough. Your body changes; your emotions surge and consume; you have an insatiable lust for human flesh. For the wee lovers at the center of Luca Guadagnino’s new film, Bones and All, that last part isn’t meant euphemistically. They are in fact fine young cannibals, forced into nomadic existence by an urge whose name dare not be spoken in civilized society. Is there some sort of queer metaphor in there? Maybe.
Or maybe the whole eating people thing is serving a simpler purpose, illustrating the common adolescent feeling that no one understands you until one magical peer does. Whatever thematic intention lies at the heart of Bones and All, Guadagnino keeps it at a distance. This is, despite its gruesome premise, perhaps the Italian director’s most straightforward work yet, an alternately plodding and engrossing YA road movie given a dab or two of art-house lacquer.
Taylor Russell, who first broke out on the festival circuit a few years ago in the overstyled melodrama Waves, plays Maren, 18 and alone. She’s long been under the care of her father, but her uncontrollable eating habits have finally scared him off. The two had been living peripatetically, packing up and leaving town in a hurry every time Maren devoured (or attempted to devour) a babysitter or a classmate.
So Maren is used to transience, but it’s a lonely existence. She sets off to find her mother, believed to be somewhere in Minnesota, along the way meeting "eaters" like her. There’s Sully (Mark Rylance), a curiously costumed, drawling figure who seems to have drifted in from a Tennessee Williams play. (This is Rylance at full, frustrating ham.) Sully says he only eats the newly dead; he’s not a killer. That’s some reassurance, but Maren is still wary. She leaves him behind after one shared meal.
She then meets Lee, a whippet-thin vagabond played with familiar lank by Guadagnino veteran Timothée Chalamet. With his dirty dyed hair and vaguely androgynous fashion choices, what red-blooded human snacker wouldn’t fall under his spell?
Guadagnino doesn’t waste time staging the careful build up to romance. Maren and Lee are friends with a mutual secret in one scene and kissing in the next. It’s a bit difficult, then, to get truly swept up in the love affair. Maren is a cipher, and Russell doesn’t do much to tease out any distinctive personality. The movie, and the viewer, has to rely heavily on Chalamet’s rangy appeal. But even that has its limits; Bones and All feels strained when Maren and Lee actually have to talk to one another, rather than just shabbily pose in the admiring gaze of Guadagnino’s camera.
Presumably by design, Bones and All is not one of Guadagnino’s beautiful objects. There are some lovely shots of the American landscape, but otherwise this is a drab and grimy film. We’re spared much hardcore gore, but there’s still plenty of crunch and gush and squish. (The foley work in the movie is appropriately stomach-turning.) Perhaps the most off-putting element of the film is the constant talk of people’s smell—cannibals can recognize one another from a distance by some kind of distinctive odor. It’s an unsettling idea, though thankfully it’s not given as much icky detail in the film as it is in Camille DeAngelis’s novel, on which the film is based.
One does miss Guadagnino’s usual lush flourish. Even his Suspiria, unfolding in all those dank and chilly rehearsal spaces, had a fashionable quality that Bones and All is lacking. It’s a bit of a mystery why Guadagnino chose this bleak little project. Maybe he figured his first foray into America ought to be dark and modest. But his recent, overlooked series We Are Who We Are better handled flat, utilitarian American existence—albeit on a military base in Italy. That series also had a keener, more insightful approach toward its young characters. There’s an opaqueness to Bones and All that goes past artful ambiguity. It often seems as if the director has been stymied; he tries to find the soul of these murderous kids, but quickly gives up.
Still, there are enough gripping moments to recommend the film. A creepy encounter with fellow travelers, one of them played in arch dishevelment by Call Me By Your Name papa Michael Stuhlbarg, suggests a world of cannibal fetishism that Maren and Lee are perhaps too innocent to have ever considered. And Sully does eventually re-enter the picture, which steers the film toward thriller-horror territory. That tension culminates in a harrowing sequence before the movie rushes to its bitter, hopeless close. Bones and All has its merits, but the film is only a decent side dish at the feast of Guadagnino. You’ll likely leave the theater still feeling hungry. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/bones-and-all-movie-review-timothee-chalamet | 2022-09-02T20:45:10Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/bones-and-all-movie-review-timothee-chalamet | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Taylor Swift will take off to the Great White North this month, and she’s bringing her short film All Too Well with her. She’ll also chat with Toronto International Film Festival CEO Cameron Bailey for an “In Conversation With …” at the TIFF Bell Lightbox on Friday September 9 at 7 p.m. The Lightbox is a terrific facility, but it is not the largest venue at the annual Ontario extravaganza, so these are likely to be the toughest tickets in town.
Previous “In Conversation With …” events have celebrated the work of Saoirse Ronan, Kristen Stewart, Natalie Portman, Mahershala Ali, and Benedict Cumberbatch.
In June, Swift made a similar appearance at the Tribeca Festival in New York, at the much larger Beacon Theatre, where she schmoozed with director Mike Mills about her filmmaking journey with stars Sadie Sink and Dylan O’Brien at her side. She then took out her guitar for a 10-minute version of “All Too Well.”
It’s unclear if Swift will sing for her poutine at this year's TIFF, but the engagement will mark the first projection of Swift’s work in 35mm. The short, just shy of 15 minutes, opens with a quote from Pablo Neruda and shows the dissolution of a relationship over time, set to the “Taylor's Version” of the song “All Too Well.” It had a brief theatrical run in some cities late last year.
Last month The Hollywood Reporter wrote that All Too Well was very much eligible for an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short, despite its theatrical release being 2021. (Rules are different for shorts and also possibly for Taylor Swift.) The trade outlet also reported the singer was working with “a top consulting firm to guide its awards campaign.” A highly visible appearance at TIFF, a key part of the Awards Season firing gun, is just about as perfect a way to do it as any.
With Swift already boasting an Emmy on her shelf after her 2015 win for AMEX Unstaged: Taylor Swift Experience (the category was Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media—Original Interactive Program), plus 11 Grammys, the Oscar would make her one shy of the EGOT. How soon until Red: Broadway’s Version?
All Too Well: The Short Film currently boasts close to 75 million views on YouTube. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/taylor-swift-is-bringing-all-too-well-and-oscar-hopes-to-the-toronto-international-film-festival | 2022-09-02T20:45:17Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/taylor-swift-is-bringing-all-too-well-and-oscar-hopes-to-the-toronto-international-film-festival | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A future king and queen have been cast. Deadline reports that after an extensive search, The Crown has cast its Prince William and Kate Middleton. Two actors, Rufus Kampa and Ed McVey, will play William at different stages in his life, while newcomer Meg Bellamy will portray Kate in season six of the Emmy-winning Netflix series.
Kampa will play teenage William in episodes that follow how the royals coped with the tragic death of William’s mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. Kampa made his professional debut on London's West End, starring in Sue Townsend’s The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole 13 & 3/4s: The Musical and has appeared in off-West End productions as well.
McVey will play college aged-William at University of St Andrews in the early 2000s, in episodes that will detail how he fell for his fellow Art History major, Kate Middleton. McVey graduated from Drama Centre London in 2021 and was an understudy in the play Camp Siegfried at the Old Vic in London. Bellamy, who will portray the future Ducchess of Cambridge, is the most unknown of the three, having no major credits to her name. Deadline reports that Bellamy and Kampa were cast after submitting self-tapes following an open casting call on social media. All three actors will make their professional screen debuts on the series.
Their appearances will follow the show’s forthcoming season, which sees a new cast portray the Windsors: Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana, Dominic West as Prince Charles, Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret, Jonathan Pryce as Prince Phillip, and Imelda Staunton crowned as the new Queen Elizabeth. Season five will continue to follow the very public dissolution of Charles and Diana's relationship in the 90s, leading to Diana's tragic car accident in August of 1997.
Season five of The Crown is slated to return to Netflix in November 22. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/the-crown-has-found-its-duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge | 2022-09-02T20:45:23Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/the-crown-has-found-its-duke-and-duchess-of-cambridge | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Tiffany Haddish has been sued by a woman and her younger brother for alleged child sexual abuse, claims which Haddish’s attorney is calling “bogus.” In a story first reported by The Daily Beast, siblings identified only as Jane Doe, now 22, and John, now 15, allege that Haddish and MADtv alum Aries Spears coerced them into filming sexually suggestive scenes when they were minors for various comedy sketches.
The lawsuit was filed on Tuesday in California’s Superior Court for Los Angeles County by Jane, suing Haddish and Spears on behalf of herself and her younger brother, John. Per People, Jane alleges in her suit that the defendants “groomed” the sister and brother when they were 14 and seven years old, respectively, leaving them both “traumatized for life.”
In a statement made to Vanity Fair, Haddish’s lawyer, Andrew Brettler, categorically denied the claims presented in the lawsuit, calling them “meritless” and saying that the plaintiff’s mother, Trizah Morris, has “been trying to assert these bogus claims against Ms. Haddish for several years.”
“Every attorney who has initially taken on her case—and there were several—ultimately dropped the matter once it became clear that the claims were meritless and Ms. Haddish would not be shaken down,” Brettler’s statement continues. “Now, Ms. Morris has her adult daughter representing herself in this lawsuit. The two of them will together face the consequences of pursuing this frivolous action.”
Per The Daily Beast, the plaintiff claims Haddish was a close friend of her mother’s—so much so that she and her brother would call Haddish “Auntie Tiff.” In 2013, the plaintiff, then 14, claims that Haddish appeared as a guest speaker at a comedy summer camp she was attending, and had her film a video also produced by Spears that Haddish allegedly claimed would help Jane Doe get on TV.
The video, per the suit, was a “sexually suggestive Subway commercial,” in which Haddish and Spears allegedly filmed Jane Doe performing inappropriate sexual acts on a sandwich. According to the complaint, Jane was instructed to mimic a video that ended with and older man and woman “moaning and making sexual noises as they both ate the sandwich in a manner that simulated the act of fellatio,” which made the plaintiff “physically, emotionally, and mentally uncomfortable.”
The lawsuit goes on to claim that the plaintiff’s brother, John Doe, was molested by Spears in 2014 while shooting another comedy video—titled “Through a Pedophile’s Eyes”—under the pretense that he was filming a reel for Nickelodeon. In the complaint, the plaintiff claims that she and her brother John, then seven, went to Spears’s house, but that they were separated so that John could film the video alone with Spears. In the video, according to The Daily Beast, Haddish plays John’s guardian, who leaves him alone with Spears. According to NBC News, the suit claims that Spears “leers at the child lustfully” in multiple scenes, massages John with oil, and gets into a bathtub with him. The video reportedly concludes with the message, “Watch who you leave your kids with!” The suit claims that “after filming, Mr. Doe called his mother crying, saying he did not want to film anymore.”
Haddish allegedly paid Jane and John Doe $100 each for their respective videos. According to the suit, Spears told Morris that the footage of her son had been deleted. But it alleges that the video was in fact uploaded to the comedy website Funny or Die before being removed in 2018. In a statement to The Daily Beast, a representative for Funny or Die said the following, “Funny or Die found this video absolutely disgusting and would never produce such content. We were not involved with the conceptualization, development, funding, or production of this video. It was uploaded to the site as user-generated content and was removed in 2018 immediately after becoming aware of its existence.”
Haddish and Spears are being sued for intentional infliction of emotional distress, gross negligence, sexual battery, sexual harassment, and sexual abuse of a minor. Haddish is also being sued for negligent supervision/failure to warn, breach of fiduciary duty, and constructive fraud. Spears’s attorney, Debra Opri, has also denied the claims lodged against her client and told VF that Spears “isn’t going to fall for any shakedown.”
Both the plaintiff and her brother claim that they’ve suffered immense emotional and psychological damage since these incidents. Jane Doe, per the suit, is “is scared she will be taken advantage of again and led down a path of false trust like the path that Haddish led her down.” According to the suit, John Doe has “a social disorder, depression, and anxiety,” and “stays in his room at home and places Band-Aids over the cameras on his electronics for fear of being watched or recorded.” Their mother has allegedly faced significant mental health issues as well, leading to Jane becoming John’s legal guardian. | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/tiffany-haddish-sued-for-alleged-child-sexual-abuse-says-claims-are-bogus | 2022-09-02T20:45:29Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/tiffany-haddish-sued-for-alleged-child-sexual-abuse-says-claims-are-bogus | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
As candidates of political parties continue to lobby stakeholders and influencers in order to have a strong grip of states and communities, a group based in the southeast called Committee of Friends G5 South East Zone, has concluded plans to deliver one million votes for the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, in Abia State.
The group has also vowed to sway the entire South-East voters for the PDP during the presidential election.
According to a press statement made to journalists in Abuja, the Coordinator of the group, Barr. Chinyere Chigbu who was the former Abia State PDP Vice Chairman, Abia Central Senatorial Zone, said that the Committee of Friends G5 South East Zone is determined to ensure that Atiku Abubakar wins not only Abia State but the entire Southeastern states.
He recalled that during the 2019 presidential election, the PDP scored 219, 698 votes in Abia State, which, according to him, was abysmal considering the over 1,932,892 eligible voters who could have voted to sway the election in favor of Atiku Abubakar.
Bar. Chigbu however, noted that “to this end, our sensitization and campaign drive will focus on the grassroots through village-to-village and ward to ward aggressive mobilization to ensure that Atiku Abubakar secures over 1.2 million votes in Abia state and over 85 percent of the votes cast in the South East in 2023.
“We don’t see any threat to us achieving this target because the Presidential candidate of the PDP is the most experienced and most prepared to take the country out of its current woes.
“Among all the top presidential candidates, Atiku Abubakar has the capacity, the network, and the know-how to take the country to the next level and salvage Nigeria from total collapse.”
Speaking on the strategies to be adopted to ensure victory for Atiku Abubakar in Abia and the entire South East, he disclosed that “the first phase shall essentially comprise of a massive grassroots mobilization strategy to encourage registered voters to turn out in large numbers for collection of their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), while the second phase shall comprise of a comprehensive village to village and ward to ward campaign and mobilization networking for effective voter turn-out for Atiku’s election.
“In Abia, there are about 1,932,892 registered voters, and only 1,729,943 out of this number have collected their PVCs, while 202,949 of the said PVCs remain uncollected. If this number above is added to the 269,340 that completed the just concluded Continuous Voters Registration (CVR) as at August 31, 2022, the number of uncollected PVCs sums up to approximately 472,289.
“Our group will step up the mobilization drive across wards and villages to fish for all those who participated at the concluded CVR and ensure we provide seamless systems and incentives to encourage them to come out en masse for the collection of their PVCs starting October.”
Barr. Chigbu, therefore, called on residents of Abia state and the entire South East to forget about primordial sentiments and vote for Atiku Abubakar who is detribalized and well prepared to unite and rescue the country from the current ugly situation it finds itself. | https://tribuneonlineng.com/group-strategises-to-deliver-one-million-votes-for-atiku-in-abia/ | 2022-09-02T20:45:34Z | tribuneonlineng.com | control | https://tribuneonlineng.com/group-strategises-to-deliver-one-million-votes-for-atiku-in-abia/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Mary McCartney didn’t want her new documentary about Abbey Road Studios to focus too much on her own family—her father, Paul McCartney, and her mother, the late Linda McCartney—their band Wings, or even The Beatles. She wanted If These Walls Could Sing to look beyond what she already knew and explore the countless other artists and iconic recordings connected with that legendary London recording space. But there’s no getting around it: The world knows Abbey Road Studios because The Beatles named their final album after it and because of that record’s famous cover image of John, Ringo, Paul, and George strolling through its adjacent crosswalk.
That album was being finished just days before Mary was born in late 1969, so she has no memories from that era. When she considered making the documentary, which will debut this weekend at the Telluride Film Festival, she found that her memories of Abbey Road Studios were connected to a much later image: her father crossing that intersection in 1977, this time with her mother and a mild-mannered pony named Jet.
“One of the reasons I wanted to do this documentary was because I remember seeing a picture of mum leading Jet across the zebra crossing,” Mary says in the opening interview with her father. “Do you remember that?” He answers in the clip below.
Of course a photo like that must have a story behind it. And it turned out to be Mary’s key to countless other stories too, told in the film by Elton John, Jimmy Page, Kate Bush, Roger Waters and David Gilmour, and composer John Williams, among others.
If These Walls Could Sing was produced by Mercury Studios and Ventureland, and even before its festival debut, it has already been acquired by Disney Original Documentary, which will set a release date for Disney+.
Vanity Fair: We're showing a clip from the film of you talking with your dad about Jet the pony. I love that photo of them on the famous Abbey Road crosswalk. And you even say that it helped inspire this documentary. Can you tell me more about it?
Mary McCartney: Yeah, I'm a photographer. That's been my main career and moving to directing felt like a natural progression. I've never done a feature documentary. And I was starting to think I'd like to do one. And then I had a message from a friend of mine who's a brilliant documentary producer, John Battsek [Oscar-winning producer of the documentaries One Day in September and Searching for Sugar Man.] He said, "Would you do a documentary about the history of Abbey Road Studios?" And I was a bit like, "Ohhhh, I'm not sure for my first documentary that is right."
Is was too close to the family?
It felt too close. I still work closely on my mother's archive, so I messaged the woman that runs that at my dad's office and I said, "Have you got any photos of me at Abbey Road?" And she instantly texted me back the pictures that are at the front [of the film] and I just thought, "I'm going to have to do this documentary." | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/when-paul-mccartney-crossed-abbey-road-with-a-pony | 2022-09-02T20:45:35Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/09/when-paul-mccartney-crossed-abbey-road-with-a-pony | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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In a Thursday appearance on a fringe conservative radio program, Donald Trump said he’d consider pardoning those convicted in connection with the January 6 attack on the US Capitol if he is elected in 2024. “I mean full pardons with an apology to many,” said the former president—a move he has floated in the past, including at a Texas rally in January.
“I met with and I’m financially supporting people that are incredible,” he added in the interview with Wendy Bell, a talk radio personality and Newsmax host. “And they were in my office actually two days ago. It’s very much on my mind. It’s a disgrace what they’ve done to them.” He went on to describe the Capitol rioters as “mostly” fireman, policemen, and members of the military. (On the same day that Trump made his pardon promise, former New York Police Department officer Thomas Webster was sentenced to 10 years in prison after being found guilty on six charges, including assaulting a police officer, the longest January 6–related sentence yet.)
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Trump also suggested that the federal prosecutors and judges involved in Capitol riot cases were “sick” and “cold,” adding, “They’re the most coldhearted people, they don’t care about families, they don’t care about anything.” According to The Washington Post, nearly 250 people have been sentenced so far in connection to January 6—a day that saw pro-Trump rioters storm the Capitol complex and injure scores of police officers in an attempt to stop the certification of Joe Biden’s victory.
The inflammatory comments came as the Justice Department ramps up its probe of the former president over the more than 320 classified documents that were stored at his Mar-a-Lago home and the efforts he may have taken to “obstruct the government’s investigation” into potential violations of the Espionage Act and the mishandling of government records.
Since the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search last month, Trump has gone on the offensive in media appearances, on the campaign trail, and on social media. Earlier this week, he used his Truth Social account to share the QAnon catch phrase “Where We Go One We Go All,” a years-old message from “Q” criticizing the deep state, and a demand that either he be declared “the rightful winner” of the 2020 election or that a new election be held. Since its launch in May, Truth Social, the Twitter clone Trump created after being banned by every notable social media platform last year, has become a cesspool for QAnon, a conspiracy theory that portrays Trump as a courageous leader fighting a cabal of elite pedophiles in Washington and Hollywood.
The current president, meanwhile, gave a major address outside Philadelphia’s Independence Hall on Thursday night as part of the White House’s counteroffensive against his predecessor and the MAGA philosophy. “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic,” said Biden while being flanked by a dark red and blue backdrop and two Marines standing at attention. ”They look at the mob that stormed the United States Capitol on January 6 brutally attacking law enforcement, not as insurrectionists who placed a dagger at the throat of our democracy, but they look at them as patriots.” This weekend, Trump, who falsely accused Biden of threatening to use “military force” against Americans during his speech, will make an appearance of his own in the Keystone State. “BIG rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday,” Trump wrote in a Wednesday post. “Much, much, much to say.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/donald-trump-jan-6-pardons | 2022-09-02T20:45:47Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/donald-trump-jan-6-pardons | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
If right-wing Republicans want Joe Biden to stop calling them a threat to democracy, perhaps they should stop threatening democracy. The GOP — which spent years in a state of rapture as Donald Trump tarred journalists and political opponents as “scumbags” and “savages” and dangerous “radicals" — was outraged by the president’s primetime address Thursday. Not only did they fail to receive the apology Kevin McCarthy demanded of Biden for labeling MAGA ideology as “semi-fascism" last week; they endured yet another round of criticism from the president, who warned that Trump and his followers “represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.”
“For a long time, we’ve told ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed, but it’s not. We have to defend it, protect it, stand up for it — each and every one of us,” Biden said Thursday outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia. “Democrats, independents, mainstream Republicans: We must be stronger, more determined, and more committed to saving American democracy than MAGA Republicans are to destroying American democracy.”
It was a powerful speech, harkening back to the pro-democracy themes of Biden’s 2020 campaign while also expanding upon them in light of more recent events. “I believe in the give-and-take of politics, in disagreement and debate and dissent,” Biden said. “We’re a big, complicated country. But democracy endures only if we, the people, respect the guardrails of the republic.” There was a dash of politics in Biden's address, of course, as he rattled off a few items on his administration’s impressive list of achievements. But all of that was secondary, he said, to the danger Trump’s movement poses to “our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country.”
“I believe America is at an inflection point — one of those moments that determine the shape of everything that’s to come after,” Biden said. “And now, America must choose: To move forward or to move backwards? To build the future or obsess about the past? To be a nation of hope and unity and optimism, or a nation of fear, division, and of darkness?”
The right, obviously, went into outrage mode. Fox News’ Kayleigh McEnany, former White House Press Secretary under Trump, claimed that Biden had given the “most divisive presidential speech” she’d ever seen. And not only that: He’d also given it in front of a “hellish red background.”
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The event's choice of lighting featured in a number of conservative complaints; evidently, viewers were “shocked” by the color red, according to Fox. But those on the right who managed to get past the odd mise en scène found other aspects of the speech to complain about. They griped, for example, that Biden didn’t call for “unity” with Republicans, even though a large swath of the party still doesn't accept him as a legitimate president. They also called him “cynical” for speaking out against a group of people who have spent the last six years cozying up to someone who appears to be flagrantly corrupt demagogue. Even before Biden had finished, McCarthy — the House minority leader who voted against certifying the 2020 election results before a mob of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6 — had already accused the president of launching “an assault on democracy.”
“When the president speaks tonight at Independence Hall,” McCarthy said, “the first lines out of his mouth should be to apologize for slandering tens of millions of Americans as ‘fascists.’”
It’s only slander, though, if it’s untrue. And despite McCarthy’s insistence that the “electric cord of liberty still sparks in our hearts” — whatever that means — Biden’s assessment of the GOP’s MAGA wing and those who have enabled it is accurate. Hell, one need only look to Pennsylvania, where Biden spoke, to see the right’s hostility to democracy; Doug Mastriano, the Republican candidate for governor there, is essentially running on a platform that regards the will of the voters irrelevant to his own political desires. Truth be told, Biden's speech wasn't about bashing people who disagree with his policies, despite what Louisiana Senator John Kennedy claimed on Fox News. It was about a powerful force within the GOP that, as the president himself warned, is ready to “embrace anger” and “thrive on chaos" to achieve undemocratic ends. The president has long cautioned about that threat. Now, he’s finally doing so with the kind of urgency it deserves. “Equality and democracy are under assault,” Biden said in his speech. “We do ourselves no favor to pretend otherwise.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/republicans-outraged-biden-speech | 2022-09-02T20:45:53Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/09/republicans-outraged-biden-speech | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It sounds like Adele's hit song “Easy On Me” could have been written for her son Angelo after she revealed that he accidentally caused her to sustain a pretty serious back injury.
In an interview with Elle, the pop star explained that back in January 2021 she hurt herself after her 8-year-old son jumped out and scared her as she was exiting the bathroom. The incident led to a slipped L6 disc, which is located near the tailbone. Adele confessed to the outlet, however, that the injury didn't totally surprise her as she's always had a bad back ever “since she was a teenager.”
But while her son, whom she shares with her ex-husband Simon Konecki, has certainly brought some physical pain into her life thanks to this accident, he's also brought her an endless amount of joy and has made her want to grow their family. In that same interview, she shared, “I definitely want more kids. I'm a homemaker and I'm a matriarch, and a stable life helps me with my music.” But, for now, giving her son some siblings is something that will have to be put on the back-burner as, she explained, “Right now, all I got in my brain is [my upcoming Las Vegas residency]. I wanna fucking nail it.”
But it does seem the Grammy winner has a touch of baby fever lately as she also revealed on the BBC podcast Desert Island Discs last month when asked where she sees herself ten years from now, “I definitely would like a couple more kids. It would be wonderful if we can.” Although, she added, ”If not, I’ve got Angelo. I just want to be happy.” And, back in February, she also teased the possibility of more babies in her future, telling Graham Norton, “It takes me a while to recharge, and I would like to have more children–I only just feel like I've caught up with my sleep from nine years ago when I had my son.”
It helps that it seems like Adele has also found the right partner to settle down with in her boyfriend, Rich Paul. She opened up to the magazine about her relationship with the sports agent, explaining, “I've never been in love like this. I'm obsessed with him.” So naturally, the pair have also recently started living together in the $37.7 million Beverly Hills Park estate Adele recently purchased from Sylvester Stallone.
And it seems that Paul is also looking forward to the possibility of becoming a dad again after having three children at a very young age who are now in college. “Now, looking as an older dad, if I was to have more kids, I'm looking forward to being a different dad, a more patient dad,” he told E! News in June. “Different age, different time in my life, different position in my life. I'm really looking forward to being an older dad.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/adele-back-injury-slipped-a-disk-son-angelo-scared-her-elle-magazine-interview | 2022-09-02T20:45:59Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/adele-back-injury-slipped-a-disk-son-angelo-scared-her-elle-magazine-interview | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
When it came to finding just the right words to express to his new wife how much he loves her, Ben Affleck didn't have to look too far, pulling a line straight out of one of his movies.
Jennifer Lopez shared a number of romantic details from their three-day Georgia nuptials in the latest edition of her newsletter, On The Jlo, which she titled, “This is heaven. Right Here. We're in it now.” In the post, she revealed the significance of those words, writing, “That is one of my favorite lines that Ben wrote from a movie he directed called Live By Night. He also said it the night of our wedding reception in his speech, and I thought...how perfect.” Affleck wrote, directed and starred in the 2016 action film set in prohibition-era Boston about a group of bootleggers, including Zoe Saldana, Sienna Miller, and Elle Fanning, who face off against the mob.
Lopez also shared that they were initially concerned about the weather on their wedding day as “It had rained at sunset every day that week.” She wrote, “Everyone was worried about the heat, the aptly named 'love bugs,' the details, would the guests all arrive on time, etc.—not to mention the thunder and lightning that arrived almost on cue each day at the exact time the ceremony was supposed to start that Saturday. Oh, and all of us caught a stomach bug and were recuperating 'til late in the week, that, and along with a few other unexpected setbacks, had all the makings of a doozie of a wedding weekend.”
But the pop star insists that she “never had one doubt” that their big day would go off without a hitch. She continued, “At six forty-five, Saturday, August twentieth, the sun broke free and cast its rays like little diamonds dancing across the river behind the makeshift altar in our backyard. The sky was clear blue, and distant clouds of pure white held fast in the sky. As the sun set behind the live oaks draped in Spanish moss, a warm breeze swept over the lawn where our closest family and friends sat and, at long-last, I started my walk down the stairs that would become the aisle that would lead me toward the rest of my life. Ahhhhh...it was actually happening...”
After getting legally married in July at Las Vegas's A Little White Wedding Chapel, last month Affleck and Lopez hosted a lavish three-day ceremony with more than 100 guests in attendance at the 87-acre compound owned by the actor located on Hampton Island Preserve in Georgia. Affleck wore a white tuxedo jacket with black bow tie, while Lopez cycled through three gowns designed by Ralph Lauren for the event officiated by podcaster Jay Shetty, where guests were also encouraged to dress in all white. A source explained to People that the newlyweds chose the home for their ceremony because it hold special meaning for them both as Affleck purchased it when they were engaged the first time around and they “have a special connection there.” | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-wedding-details-quoted-movie-live-by-night-recpetion-speech-on-the-jlo-newsletter | 2022-09-02T20:46:05Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/jennifer-lopez-ben-affleck-wedding-details-quoted-movie-live-by-night-recpetion-speech-on-the-jlo-newsletter | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
In May 2021, the BBC apologized after an external investigation by Lord John Dyson revealed that former BBC journalist Martin Bashir used deceptive tactics to secure the famous 1995 interview with Princess Diana where she spoke about Prince Charles’s infidelity. Now, the broadcaster has announced that it has donated 1.42 million British pounds, or about $1.64 million, to seven different charities associated with the princess and her memory.
“The BBC had indicated its intention to donate to charity the sales proceeds derived from the 1995 Panorama interview with Diana, Princess of Wales,” the broadcaster said in a statement. “The BBC has now done so. Given the findings of Lord Dyson, we think this is the right and appropriate course of action.”
The funds were split equally between the charities. Six of them—Centrepoint, English National Ballet, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity, the Leprosy Mission, National AIDS Trust, and the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity—are Diana’s former patronages, and the seventh, the Diana Award, was founded after her death to honor young people around the world for their charitable work.
The donations come just over a month after the BBC’s director-general Tim Davie announced that the broadcaster would no longer replay the interview. “Now we know about the shocking way that the interview was obtained, I have decided that the BBC will never show the programme again, nor will we license it in whole or part to other broadcasters,” he said in a statement. “It does of course remain part of the historical record, and there may be occasions in the future when it will be justified for the BBC to use short extracts for journalistic purposes, but these will be few and far between.”
The BBC has also paid sums to a handful of people connected with the interview. Last October, the broadcaster reached an undisclosed settlement with Matt Wiessler, a designer who was blacklisted from working with the BBC after he reported his suspicions about Bashir’s tactics soon after the interview was aired. In March, they announced that they would pay damages to Diana’s former private secretary Patrick Jephson, and in June, they settled with Mark Killick, a producer who raised concerns about the interview in 1996 and was soon fired.
In July, they paid damages to former royal nanny Alexandra “Tiggy” Legge-Bourke, who is now known by her married name Pettifer, after the Dyson report revealed that Bashir had lied about her relationship to Charles. In court, Pettifer’s lawyer said the claims included “the very serious and totally unfounded allegations that the claimant was having an affair with HRH Prince of Wales, resulting in a pregnancy which was aborted,” adding that “these allegations were fabricated.”
In court, the BBC said it fully accepted that the claims “were wholly baseless, should never have been made, and that the BBC did not, at the time, adequately investigate serious concerns” about the interview. | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/the-bbc-donated-pound142-million-to-princess-diana-charities | 2022-09-02T20:46:11Z | vanityfair.com | control | https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2022/09/the-bbc-donated-pound142-million-to-princess-diana-charities | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Almost every day we are told the earth’s climate is changing. Changing like it never has before and if we don’t take immediate action civilization is doomed. Our leaders and self-appointed climate experts say there is no time for questions, the science is settled. Apparently they have forgotten their high school science classes as science is never really settled. If it were we would still believe our earth is flat, that the sun, planets and stars revolve around the earth and that bleeding was the answer to many diseases.
The closest science comes to being settled happens when something is declared a law. A law of science always and accurately predicts the results. There is no law of climate change. Supporters and the ambassadors of climate doom tell us their proof comes from 150 years of data. However, all this data was gathered anecdotally, not from any scientifically valid experiment. Now if you think that data is sufficient for their conclusions, consider the following. What could you tell me about the weather last year in some remote location if I only gave you weather data taken there in the last second of that year? Probably not much, but the last 150 years in the life of our earth is about the same percentage of time as the last second in a year.
We should absolutely study our climate but blindly committing precious time, resources and money to solve an unproven problem is wasteful, unscientific and prone to unintended consequences.
JEFF MANNING, Lewiston | https://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/mailbag-climate-change-is-not-settled/article_d9a3d350-2aea-11ed-84e5-cba8146cb470.html | 2022-09-02T20:46:50Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/mailbag-climate-change-is-not-settled/article_d9a3d350-2aea-11ed-84e5-cba8146cb470.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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It’s no secret that Clemson had a down year in 2021. Although the Tigers finished 10-3, they missed out on the ACC Championship Game and playoff. It’s unusual to open the season against a conference opponent, but the Tigers shouldn’t have a problem against a struggling Yellow Jackets program. GT has gone just 9-25 over three seasons under Geoff Collins. Clemson has a seven-game winning streak against Tech.
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Ex-Treasury Secretary Larry Summers dismissed optimism sparked by a solid August jobs report, warning that a stronger labor market could actually make inflation worse.
Summers delivered his latest dire outlook for the US economy after federal data showed US employers added a robust 315,000 jobs last month. The report included a higher-than-expected 62.4% labor force participation rate, stoking optimism that tight labor conditions that contributed to inflation are easing.
“I think the increases in participation are good news, but I think there’s a tendency to exaggerate how much higher participation will reduce inflation,” Summers said during an appearance on “Bloomberg” Friday.
“People think of it as extra labor supply, but they forget that if the unemployment rate stays the same and participation goes up, more people are working, earning and therefore spending, and that in turn raises the labor demand.”
While the national unemployment rate increased slightly to 3.7% last month, the rosy labor report provided a glimmer of hope that the Federal Reserve will be able to engineer a “soft landing” for the US economy. The Fed has signaled it will continue hiking interest rates until inflation meaningfully recedes.
The Fed projected in June that unemployment would increase to just 4.1% by 2024 as tighter economic policy and increased borrowing costs weighed on employers.
But Summers, a frequent critic of the Fed’s response to inflation over the last several months, argued the central bank’s predictions were a “substantial underestimate of where we’ll be one year and two years from now.”
He described optimism about a potential soft landing as “the triumph of hope over experience” and predicted unemployment would need to rise much higher for the Fed to properly address inflation, which hit 8.5% in July.
Summers reiterated that he’d be “surprised if we get to the 2% inflation target without an unemployment rate that approaches or exceeds 6%.”
The ex-Obama economic adviser has warned for months that millions of Americans will need to lose their jobs as policy was tightened to sufficiently bring down prices.
Stocks initially jumped Friday on the healthy August jobs report, but gave up their gains and turned negative by the early afternoon as investors digested the data.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell acknowledged the likelihood of more job losses during a speech in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, last month — noting that the central bank’s plan would inevitably result in “some pain” for households. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/larry-summers-cautions-on-august-jobs-report-predicts-6-unemployment/ | 2022-09-02T20:58:39Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/larry-summers-cautions-on-august-jobs-report-predicts-6-unemployment/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The final season premiere of “The Crown” may be far off, but viewers now know who will play Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton, in their younger years.
Rufus Kampa, 16, will play William, now 40, from the age of 15, while actor Ed McVey, 21, will play him during his late teens and into his early 20s, Deadline reported on Friday.
As for Middleton, also 40, Meg Bellamy will portray her as a young woman.
Season 5 is set to drop on Netflix this November with new actors taking over the roles of the royal family as they age. Season 6 won’t be released on the streamer until 2023.
The upcoming season will show Princess Diana, Prince Charles and the rest of “the Firm” as they deal with the issues that befall them in the 1990s, while Season 6 will move into modern times, chronicling the conflicts they encounter in the 21st century.
Kampa is set to appear in episodes showing how the family handled the deaths of Princess Diana and her boyfriend, Dodi Fayed, in a fiery car crash in August 1997. This week marked the 25th anniversary of the devastating event, which was remembered in an outpouring of emotional tributes.
McVey and Bellamy’s story arcs will include how Wills and Kate first met when they were both studying at the University of St Andrews in Scotland back in 2001. The lovebirds didn’t marry until April 2011.
Last month, the website Casting Talent was looking for a young star between the ages of 18 and 35 to be cast in the role of William.
“This is a significant role in this award-winning drama, and we are looking for a strong physical resemblance,” the advertisement explained, adding that no previous acting experience was needed.
In April, Netflix posted an ad for someone to play the Duchess of Cambridge. Filming for Season 6 will reportedly begin later this fall and the show will mark the professional TV acting debuts of Bellamy, McVey and Kampa.
Kampa and Bellamy both scored their roles by sending in audition tapes after learning of a casting call on social media.
New cast members for Seasons 5 and 6 include Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth, Jonathan Pryce as Prince Philip, Lesley Manville as Princess Margaret, Dominic West as Prince Charles, Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana and Olivia Williams as Camilla Parker Bowles. Jonny Lee Miller is also appearing as Prime Minister John Major. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/the-crown-has-found-its-young-lovers-prince-william-kate-middleton/ | 2022-09-02T20:58:57Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/the-crown-has-found-its-young-lovers-prince-william-kate-middleton/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) will present at Citi's 2022 Global Healthcare Conference at 8:50 a.m. ET on Wednesday, September 7, 2022. David M. Reese, M.D., executive vice president of Research and Development and Peter H. Griffith, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Amgen will present at the conference. The webcast will be broadcast over the internet simultaneously and will be available to members of the news media, investors and the general public.
The webcast, as with other selected presentations regarding developments in Amgen's business given by management at certain investor and medical conferences, can be found on Amgen's website, www.amgen.com, under Investors. Information regarding presentation times, webcast availability and webcast links are noted on Amgen's Investor Relations Events Calendar. The webcast will be archived and available for replay for at least 90 days after the event.
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Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.
Amgen is one of the 30 companies that comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is also part of the Nasdaq-100 index. In 2021, Amgen was named one of the 25 World's Best Workplaces™ by Fortune and Great Place to Work™ and one of the 100 most sustainable companies in the world by Barron's.
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Some veterans will soon be able to obtain abortions no matter their state.
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said in a press release that they submitted an interim rule to the Federal Register Thursday night that they would provide abortions on federal property if the pregnant veteran's life is at risk, in cases of rape or incest, even in states that ban the procedure.
"This is a patient safety decision," VA Secretary Denis McDonough said in a statement. "Pregnant Veterans and VA beneficiaries deserve to have access to world-class reproductive care when they need it most. That’s what our nation owes them, and that’s what we at VA will deliver."
The move comes two months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
According to the department, they'll decide on a case-by-case basis on the necessity of abortion based on "careful consultation between VA health care providers and the Veterans they serve."
The agency added that in cases of rape or incest, the VA would use self-reporting from a veteran or beneficiary.
The department also said that they would also provide access to abortion counseling. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/department-of-veterans-affairs-to-offer-abortions-to-veterans-in-certain-cases | 2022-09-02T20:59:03Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/department-of-veterans-affairs-to-offer-abortions-to-veterans-in-certain-cases | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A Canadian man was found dead earlier this week in Washington’s Olympic National Park.
Thomas Bernier-Villeneuve, 34, died after a tree fell on his tent in Elk Lake, a remote wilderness campsite, the National Park Service said.
On Aug. 30, the Park Service said it received a notice through an inReach device of a visitor fatality at Elk Lake.
Garmin devices use inReach satellite technology for communication, with the ability to send and receive messages, navigate routes, track and share a trip and trigger an SOS to a 24/7 staffed global emergency response coordination center via the 100% global Iridium satellite network.
National Park Service reached the scene by helicopter the next morning.
The deceased was transferred from Olympic National Park to the Jefferson County Coroner’s Office. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/thomas-bernier-villeneuve-dies-in-olympic-national-park/ | 2022-09-02T20:59:04Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/thomas-bernier-villeneuve-dies-in-olympic-national-park/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Jane Fonda announced Friday that she has been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and has started chemotherapy
"This is a very treatable cancer... so I feel very lucky," Fonda wrote on Instagram.
The 84-year-old actor and political activist said she's confident she will overcome the disease.
"I’m also lucky because I have health insurance and access to the best doctors and treatments," she said.
Fonda also used her announcement to point out that many Americans don't have the same access to health care.
"Almost every family in America has had to deal with cancer at one time or another and far too many don’t have access to the quality health care I am receiving and this is not right," she said. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/jane-fonda-reveals-cancer-diagnosis | 2022-09-02T20:59:09Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/jane-fonda-reveals-cancer-diagnosis | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Ohio Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan acknowledged this week that he is reluctant to advertise his party affiliation during his campaign for the US Senate because the Democratic brand is “not good” in many parts of the Buckeye State.
The 10-term congressman has distanced himself from the national Democratic Party throughout the race, drawing mockery from the Republican National Committee and Ryan’s GOP opponent, J.D. Vance.
“You don’t advertise that you’re a Democrat. Is that because it’s an implicit recognition it’s a liability here?” CNN correspondent Manu Raju asked Ryan during an interview Thursday.
“Yeah, well — I mean, the Democratic brand, as we know, and you and I have talked about this for a long time, is not good in a lot of these places,” the lawmaker answered. “And I tell people, ‘Look, I’m an American. You’re an American.'”
“What I want people to know is, in this environment, do you have the guts to take on your own party?” Ryan added. “And from my vantage point, for me, it’s a resounding ‘yes.'”
Once considered a battleground state, Ohio went for former President Donald Trump by 8 percentage points in the 2020 election and elected a Republican governor, Mike DeWine, amid the Democratic wave in 2018.
In July, Ryan dodged questions during a Fox News interview about whether Biden should seek a second term in office. That same month, Ryan released a campaign ad touting his numerous appearances on the conservative cable news channel and skipped a Biden event in Cleveland.
Last week, Ryan disavowed the president’s executive order wiping out tens of thousands of dollars in federal student loan debt from borrowers, telling the Columbus Dispatch that it “sends the wrong message” to people struggling with bills and who decided against piling up debt by going to college.
RNC Research, a Twitter account operated by the Republican National Committee, shared a video clip of Ryan’s admission to Raju on Friday with the caption, “Tim Ryan is running from fellow Democrats as fast as he can.”
Meanwhile, Vance accused Ryan of being a “fake moderate” on Thursday during a Fox News radio interview, saying that the Ohio lawmaker votes like a “lockstep liberal Democrat” while “pretending” to be a conservative or moderate candidate.
A FiveThirtyEight analysis of Ryan’s House votes bears that out, revealing that the Democrat has voted with Biden’s position 100% of the time since the president took office.
A RealClearPolitics average of polls has Vance ahead of Ryan by 3.7 percentage points. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/tim-ryan-admits-democrat-brand-not-good-for-his-senate-run/ | 2022-09-02T20:59:10Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/tim-ryan-admits-democrat-brand-not-good-for-his-senate-run/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
LOS ANGELES — In just seven days, the Buffalo Bills will take on the defending Super Bowl Champion Los Angeles Rams at So-Fi Stadium in LA to kick off the NFL season.
Preparations are already underway for the game as more than $24,000 worth of Labatt Blue was delivered to Los Angeles this week in anticipation of Bills fans making the trip for the game.
7 days https://t.co/0drxzQC5UF
— Labatt Blue Light (@LabattUSA) September 1, 2022
The order was placed by Fans of Buffalo in coordination with Los Angeles Bills Backers, South Bay LA Bills Backers, Orange County Bills Backers, and San Diego Bills Backers.
If you're making the trip, ABC affiliate WKBW spoke to the official Bills organizations on the West Coast to find out where fans can celebrate. You can find that information here.
The game is set to begin at 8:20 p.m. on Sept. 8. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/more-than-24-000-worth-of-labatt-blue-arrives-in-los-angeles-ahead-of-bills-rams-game | 2022-09-02T20:59:15Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/more-than-24-000-worth-of-labatt-blue-arrives-in-los-angeles-ahead-of-bills-rams-game | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CHIPLEY, Fla. — Drivers will encounter traffic disruptions on the following state roads in the Big Bend area as crews perform construction and maintenance activities.
In preparation for the Labor Day holiday weekend, there will be no lane closures or other activities that impede traffic on major state roads beginning at 6 a.m. Friday, Sept. 2 and ending at 12 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6.
Gadsden County:
- Salem Road (County Road (C.R.) 159) Bridge Replacement over Swamp Creek Bridge – All traffic has been shifted to a temporary on-site diversion. Motorists should still proceed cautiously and be alert for workers and equipment.
Gulf County:
- U.S. 98 Routine Bridge Inspection over City Street – Motorists may encounter intermittent lane closures 1 mile west of State Road (S.R.) 71 Thursday, Sept. 8 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. for routine bridge inspections.
Leon County:
- Orange Avenue/Lake Bradford Road (S.R. 371) Resurfacing from Rankin Avenue to Stadium Drive – Motorists may encounter intermittent lane closures on the following roads:
- Orange Avenue from Capital Circle Southeast to Lake Bradford Road shoulder closures Tuesday, Sept. 6 through Thursday, Sept. 8 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for concrete operations.
- Orange Avenue from Capital Circle Southeast to Lake Bradford Road Tuesday, Sept. 6 through Thursday, Sept. 8 from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. for paving operations.
- Lake Bradford Road from Stadium Drive to Springhill Road Tuesday, Sept. 6 through Thursday, Sept. 8 from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. for signalization operations.
Liberty County:
- County Road 67 Yellow Creek Bridge Replacement North of Liberty Farms Road – Drivers will encounter a traffic shift to the temporary ACROW bridge, Tuesday, Sept. 6 beginning at 7 a.m. for construction work on the existing bridge. Flagging operations will control the traffic flow throughout the day from either end of the bridge approach to allow the construction crews to perform the work necessary to transition traffic from existing routing to the new detour routing.
Wakulla County:
- U.S. 98 Resurfacing from East of U.S. 319 (Crawfordville Highway) to West of the Wakulla River Bridge – Motorists may encounter intermittent lane closures Tuesday, Sept. 6 through Friday, Sept. 9 from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. for striping operations.
- U.S. 98 Coastal Highway Bike Path – Motorists may encounter intermittent lane closures between Tower Road and Chattahoochee Street Tuesday, Sept. 6 through Thursday, Sept. 8 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The westbound lane will be closed to allow the crew to construct the boardwalk. This work will require flagmen to direct drivers through the work zone, please use caution when traveling in this area. | https://www.wtxl.com/traffic/florida-department-of-transportation-releases-traffic-advisory-for-big-bend-for-week-of-sept-4 | 2022-09-02T20:59:37Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/traffic/florida-department-of-transportation-releases-traffic-advisory-for-big-bend-for-week-of-sept-4 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Showers and thunderstorms are likely to further develop across many northern Florida counties, moving mainly to the northwest. As has been the case lately, hefty downpours will accompany stronger storms, along with periodic lightning and some gusty conditions. Showers and storms may linger beyond midnight, with partial clearing inland. Forecast temps will be in the 80s and 70s for the evening, dropping to the mid and low 70s for lows. There will be daily rounds of passing showers, rain, and thunderstorms each afternoon during the long Labor Day weekend. Organized severe weather is not likely, but a couple of storms can be briefly strong, with isolated instances of nuisance and flash flooding. Highs throughout the weekend will be around 90°. There is a temporary dip in rain coverage next Tuesday before rainier trends resume for the last half of the week.
--Casanova Nurse, Chief Meteorologist | https://www.wtxl.com/weather/friday-evening-first-to-know-forecast-09-02-2022 | 2022-09-02T20:59:43Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/weather/friday-evening-first-to-know-forecast-09-02-2022 | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Confidence is increasing in the Alexander City Municipal Complex.
Mayor Woody Baird said anticipated revenue growth for Alexander City’s general fund and growth in the area allowed city leaders and the Alexander City City Council to enact a 15 percent raise for city employees. It’s a move Baird thinks will help keep employees from leaving and has increased morale among city employees.
“It went through the roof,” Barid said. “When we first talked about it publicly, there were more than 100 city employees at the council meeting. When they voted on it earlier this week, there were about 75 to 80.”
Baird said in his two years as mayor he has seen city employees leaving, but not necessarily because of what was happening in city hall.
“The employees were complaining about low wages and we were looking at ways to help,” Baird said. “They were going to Sylacauga and Opelika. Our guys were 30 percent below the other guys. We were losing people to the county and to private industry.”
The pay increase comes just as inflation is taking more of everyone’s paychecks and the standard increase in medical insurance.
“We brought them up to a level that hopefully we won’t be losing people,” Baird said. “Especially in the police and fire departments. Now we are back to a point where we can be competitive and recruit — potentially recruit others from other departments.”
Baird said city leaders are being “hammered by some citizens about going up on sewer rates and then giving a raise.” However, Baird said the sewer rate increase is not funding the pay increase.
“The thing is, sewer is still underfunded,” Barid said. “We are funded at 80 percent. We are still losing 20 cents for every dollar it costs us for sewage.”
The revenue in utilities such as sewer is supposed to stay in sewer to help maintain infrastructure. Baird said it had been customary for the city to transfer funds from the city’s utilities to support general fund efforts such as public works and public safety. Now the city is starting to capture revenue that had been left “uncaptured.”
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Earlier this year the city reorganized how the city administers business licenses and taxes. Rather than just increase fees, the city started collecting what was due to the city. The same has gone on in accounting where some billing left revenue uncaptured.
“We are so far behind collecting on rent for hangars [at the airport],” Baird said. “Everytime we sell a plot at the city cemetery or open and close a grave, whoever the officiating company of the funeral is supposed to pay us for an open and closing. We had $12,000 sitting out there that hadn’t been collected.”
There is also unbilled revenue at the Sugar Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility when septic tank companies would bring their byproduct to be treated. An employee was added to accounting to keep the billing up to date.
“It has been sitting there all these years,” Baird said. “We have been bleeding and losing it. Now we are starting to collect it. That is part of the additional revenue.”
Baird said other revenue increases are projected to come from the development of Alabama Graphite, Wicker Point and retail along U.S. Highway 280 at Sonic, The Wharf and across from Walmart.
Just because Baird and other city leaders see growth does not mean they are counting their eggs before they hatch. City finance director Romy Stamps has provided Baird and the council with more information to make better decisions.
“[Stamps] gives us so much more information to work with,” Baird said. “She was very conservative in the estimates and we believe the revenue will be even better.”
The city approved a balanced budget last year on time and while the city had to borrow money from the utilities fund to help to begin the year with, it quickly repaid utilities and got in the black. Baird said things continue to improve and the 2023 budget is much like the previous one with the exception of the pay increase costing the city an estimated $1.6 million per year.
“The revenue, especially in the general fund, we have turned that corner and we have a positive balance in the general fund,” Baird said. “We have maintained that positive balance for two quarters now. Coming from where we were to where we are is huge.” | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/news/alexander-city-city-council-approves-15-employee-raise-with-new-budget/article_2332af70-2af8-11ed-bd11-078db322d06a.html | 2022-09-02T20:59:46Z | alexcityoutlook.com | control | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/news/alexander-city-city-council-approves-15-employee-raise-with-new-budget/article_2332af70-2af8-11ed-bd11-078db322d06a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Labor Day celebrations will be different around Tallapoosa County this year.
In lieu of a traditional Labor Day Concert, the traditionally one-day event will be extended into a two-night show. According to Robert Gunn with Russell Lands, the company is planning the inaugural Labor Day Music Fest for both Friday and Saturday night this holiday weekend.
As Russell Lands nearly approaches the concert’s 20th anniversary, Gunn described the special show as a community service the company provides for Tallapoosa County.
“For 18 or 19 years, we've provided music to the community in one way or another on Labor Day weekend,” Gunn said. “We welcome all. It's a family-friendly event so people can bring their kids, and we just encourage people to come enjoy some really good music.”
In addition to the special concert, Tallapoosa County and Lake Martin will be hosting a slew of holiday events throughout the weekend.
Robert noted some key reasons for attending this holiday, including the fact that admissions will be lifted for attendees this year in addition to other major changes.
“We traditionally, for years, have done a one night event on Sunday of Labor Day weekend at the Lake Martin Amphitheater, but this year, we decided to try something different,” Gunn said. “We will move it from the amphitheater where it was a ticketed event to Russell crossroads where it will actually be a free event.”
The special concert will feature four musical acts spread across two nights, with Supper Club and then the Stews headlining Friday. For Saturday, hometown band The Bank Walkers take the stage followed by Hotel Fiction.
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Gunn noted the first act, Supper Club, as a rising Auburn band.
“People seem to flock to their shows so I'm excited about them being here,” he said.
Then at around 7:45 p.m. tonight, another Auburn-based musical group, The Stews, will perform. Gunn added that the band is returning home after just completing a national tour.
The first headline show of Saturday will be The Bank Walkers, a Lake Martin Cover Band, who have performed at several of the company’s previous events.
The special concert will conclude with a Hotel Fiction, a Georgia-based band with two best friends as leads. Jade Long and Jessica Thompson have been playing music since they were both 12, and began performing together in 2019.
“Hotel Fiction is a duo with a full band. The two girls have some excellent harmonies and their music is streaming everywhere so we’re pretty excited about them,” Gunn said.
Showtimes both days begin at 6:30 p.m. with final acts finishing around 9:30 p.m. Food trucks will be on-site in the form of Big Mike's Barbecue and Drive-By Tacos. | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/news/inaugural-labor-day-music-fest-rings-in-holiday/article_ed246ad0-2ae9-11ed-ab1a-ab29384ef056.html | 2022-09-02T20:59:52Z | alexcityoutlook.com | control | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/news/inaugural-labor-day-music-fest-rings-in-holiday/article_ed246ad0-2ae9-11ed-ab1a-ab29384ef056.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Looking for some fun this Labor Day weekend, but prefer a staycation this year? Tallapoosa County and Lake Martin will be hosting a slew of holiday events.
September 3 - Alex City Farmers Market
7 - 11 a.m.
10 Main Street, Alexander City
Want fresh dinner ingredients for the holiday, but not at high grocery store prices? Then shop local this Saturday at The Alex City Farmers Market. Tour downtown and mingle with neighbors as local farmers sell fresh food. Find a variety of homemade products from local artisans, including jams, jellies and household items.
September 3 - Lakeside Mercantile Customer Appreciation Event
8 a.m. - 2 p.m.
8246 Co. Rd. 34, Dadeville
Lakeside Mercantile is celebrating more than just the holidays this weekend, and will host a Labor Day Customer Appreciation celebration Saturday. The Dadeville boutique offers everything from home decor, gifts and apparel to local art and polywood furniture. Ring in the football season with Auburn Tigers merchandise or pick up some Lake Martin-themed hats for the sunny fall days.
September 3 - Walkabout Ranch Annual Dove Shoot
10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Walkabout Ranch, New Site
Prefer a little competition instead? Then head to New Site this Labor Day weekend and test your aim at the Walkabout Ranch Annual Dove Shoot. Entry price is $50 per shoot and $10 for non-shooters. Gates open at 10 a.m. for registration. Afterwards, brush up on your firearm safety at 11 a.m. and enjoy lunch before heading to the range at noon.
September 3 - Beginner Birding Stroll
1 - 3:00 pm
Wind Creek State Park, Alexander City
Relax from work this holiday with a stroll outdoors. Relish in the awe of local wildlife with this free introductory class at Wind Creek State Park. Bring your own binoculars and accompany park interpreters as they roam in search of Purple Martins, Osprey, Chimney Swifts and other birds native to Tallapoosa County. Upfront park admission fee required.
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September 3 - Wind Creek Home Sweet Home Craft
3 - 4:00 pm
Clubhouse at Wind Creek State Park,Alexander City
While at Wind Creek, wind down the afternoon with arts and crafts with this interactive class. Explore your creative side with this fun activity for all ages while also learning about various wildlife ecosystems and habitats
September 3-4 Labor Day Music Fest
6 - 10 p.m.
Russell Crossroads, Alexander City
A cherished musical tradition returns to Tallapoosa County this year but with a twist.
In lieu of a Labor Day Concert, the traditionally one-day event will be extended into a two-night show as part of the inaugural Labor Day Music Fest. Enjoy a variety of music from four bands during this free concert at Russell Crossroads.
September 3 - Goldpine at The Destination
7 - 10 p.m.
The Destination, Dadeville
A little bit of Tennessee is coming to Tallapoosa County this weekend as Goldpine, formerly known at My One and Only will perform at the The Destination resort in Dadeville. There is an $18 admission attached, but for the price, attendees can enjoy musical duo Ben and Kassie Wilson. The Nashville-based couple headline the first concert on the resort’s new Southwind Stage.
September 4 - First Sunday Singalong
2 - 3:00 pm
Dadeville Performing Arts Center,Dadeville
Round out the weekend with a relaxing singalong. The Dadeville Performing Arts Center is hosting a hymn singalong every first Sunday, including during the Labor Day holiday.
Tallapoosa County Tourism has more information about many of these events and other activities to enjoy during Labor Day and throughout the year. | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/news/labor-day-activities-planned-for-tallapoosa-county/article_b6b5aefc-2aec-11ed-be3e-af78c6c75731.html | 2022-09-02T20:59:58Z | alexcityoutlook.com | control | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/news/labor-day-activities-planned-for-tallapoosa-county/article_b6b5aefc-2aec-11ed-be3e-af78c6c75731.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
As families celebrate Labor Day this weekend, over 70 children in Tallapoosa County will spend this holiday without a permanent home.
The Tallapoosa County Department Human Resources is encouraging area residents to open their hearts and homes to vulnerable children as the agency grapples with a shortage of foster parents.
For those interested but that may have questions or fear they lack proper training, DHR director Brenda Floyd is here to help. The 30-year veteran with the agency will host an introductory foster parent course beginning Monday, September 12.
“We need homes to open up to help us care for these kids. It's traumatic to remove a child from their home. We want to keep these children in our community,” she said. “They deserve to have a happy childhood, like every other child, and deserve love and support and that's what we try to do.”
Floyd noted that foster home shortages force the agency to relocate area children outside Tallapoosa County, severing them from their homes and family roots. Floyd is on a mission to keep communities together, and hopes the class will inform the public about the program’s local benefits.
“I'm truly fortunate and blessed to work in this county for nearly 30 years, and I know a lot of people in this county care about these children. I just don't know what we would do without them because they play a vital role,” Floyd said.
Fostering a child takes many forms and ranges from just a few days to permanent adoption.
The agency is currently searching for both short and long-term foster families. Floyd explained that everyone from educators to business professionals and even singles in their twenties have served as foster parents for the agency.
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“You can be single and be a foster parent. You can be male or female. It doesn't have to be a traditional family, and you don't have to be married,” Floyd said. “We would love to have anybody that is interested.”
Anyone can participate in the classes as long as they are 19 years of age. Housing can also vary for foster parenting as long as the facility is a safe environment for children and meets the Alabama Minimum Standards for Foster Family Homes.
“It doesn't have to be your own home. If you're renting or you live in an apartment, or a mobile home, as long as it's a safe home it doesn't matter whether you're renting,” she said.
Floyd and her DHR staff will lead the 10-week course, titled ‘Trauma Informed Care’ as many foster care children have faced trauma in the forms of abuse or neglect.
“Foster parents understand that sometimes our children have been exposed to very traumatic events, and some of them may be victims of abuse so it does take dedication, love and support,” she said.
Many foster parents have established connections with the children in care, with some permanently adopting the children into their families.
“We have had quite a few foster parents who have maintained relationships with children as they have gotten older,” she said. “They build relationships with these kids, and these kids get attached to them.” | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/news/tallapoosa-county-dhr-to-hold-foster-parenting-class/article_b22e2856-2af0-11ed-a64d-bf9a036322e0.html | 2022-09-02T21:00:04Z | alexcityoutlook.com | control | https://www.alexcityoutlook.com/news/tallapoosa-county-dhr-to-hold-foster-parenting-class/article_b22e2856-2af0-11ed-a64d-bf9a036322e0.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
1936 - 2022 - Funeral Service for Mrs. Bobbie Dean Black, 86, of Daviston, Alabama, will be Sunday, September 4, 2022 at 3:00 pm at the Daviston Baptist Church. Bro. Mark Rasbury and Bro. Ray Dunn will officiate. Burial will follow in the Daviston Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Sunday, September 4, 2022 from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm at Daviston Baptist Church.
Mrs. Black passed away on Wednesday, August 31, 2022 at Dadeville Healthcare Center. She was born on February 27, 1936 in Tallapoosa County to Ludeen McDaniel and Cayce Cotney McDaniel. She was a member of Daviston Baptist Church where she served as treasurer as well as a member of the Daviston Senior Club. She lived in Oxford for many years and worked as a cosmetologist before retiring and moving back to Daviston. Mrs. Black was also very involved in the Daviston Fire Department. She loved traveling with her husband.
She is survived by her daughter, Natalie Haynes (Joe) of Daviston; grandchildren, Emily Rasbury (Mark) of Daviston and Sabrina Wood (Teron) of Eclectic; great-grandchildren, Mary Carol Rasbury, Rebecca Rasbury, Katie Rasbury, Clark Wood, and Jenna Wood; brother, Labron McDaniel of Alexander City; brother-in-law, Michael Black (JoAnne) of Dadeville; and a host of nieces and nephews
She was preceded in death by her parents and husband, Clifford Otis Black, Jr..
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The brilliance of St. Louis native Sterling K. Brown and his magnificent co-star Regina Hall conjures up enough conviction for audiences to see Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul through to the end. Unfortunately, all the talent and chemistry in the world won’t deliver audiences from what ends up being an insufficiently funny film caught between genres that never quite serves the audience most likely to lend support.
On the short list of films to receive overwhelming buzz at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, the satire/dark comedy/social critique makes its way to mainstream audiences this weekend when it opens in theatres nationwide on Friday, September 2. The twin sister creative team of Adamma and Adanne, known collectively as The Ebo Sisters are behind the film. Adamma Ebo makes her directorial debut while Adanne serves as producer.
The big names attached to the feature film debut of writer-director Adamma Ebo don’t stop with its stars. Academy Award winners Daniel Kaluuya and Jordan Peele are attached to the project as producers. So are the film’s leading actors.
Brown and Hall star in Honk For Jesus as a disgraced megachurch pastor and his blindly devoted first lady attempting to redeem their reputation and fledgling ministry after being rocked by scandal. Pastor Lee-Curtis Childs has become immersed in serving himself through his ministry at Wander to Greater Paths Baptist Church. Somewhere along the way he deems himself impervious to scandal and acts accordingly. He finds out the hard way that devotion has its limits – well, except for when it comes to his wife Trinitie Childs. She is as committed to stand by her man – even if it is mostly for the sake of the status that comes with the role of first lady – as she is to her faith.
Because of indiscretions that mirrored a real-life scandal within the Atlanta faith community, WTGP – which once boasted enough members to constitute its own county – has dwindled to a membership of less than a half-dozen. To make matters worse, their former protégés in the ministry have courted WTGP members to their own up and coming megachurch – which is a thorn in the side of Pastor Lee-Curtis and First Lady Trinitie Childs’ miraculous comeback.
The film fleshes out the story of Adamma’s 2018 short film of the same name. The blistering portrait of a pastor who falls far short of glory and watches his ministry spiral down consequently was hailed at Sundance for its satirical examination. Critics and cinephiles praised the film – and rightfully so for The Ebo Sisters ambition in tackling a traditional Black experience through the lens of pure satire. Honk For Jesus is a Black comedy and a black comedy – but without the safety net of slapstick, physical comedy or the inside jokes that are go-to cackles within Black culture. The risk comes with the reward of being innovative within the space of Black filmmaking. But their creative liberties also come at the expense of losing what could have been a hilarious or somberly self-reflective piece of cinematic art that Black culture could properly laugh at, argue with or both. There is one scene where audiences will truly understand what could have been, had the sisters dialed into the natural comedy that is at every turn within our culture.
Honk For Jesus is unrealized potential at every angle. The lack of structured and/or strategized humor won’t sit well – especially among a group who takes pride in their ability to “laugh to keep from crying.” The social criticism without depth, emotional accountability, self-reflection, awareness or even acknowledgement makes it hard to discern the point of it all. And that’s compounded by the fact that the film comes with no discernable resolution.
But the saving grace of Honk for Jesus can be found in the performances. Brown and Hall deserve a love offering from the congregation of Black moviegoers for their portrayal of the Childs’ as they face countless hurdles on their attempted path to redemption. Brown’s Childs is the personification of a cult of personality. He effectively conveys the character’s shortcomings. He is a flawed man who has designated himself as a victim of his own poor choices – which he is convinced will be used as a testimony to further exalt his ministry. Regina Hall is breathtaking as a woman who has decided her destiny is tied to being the foundation of her man’s ministry and the trappings that come with the status of first lady. Nicole Beharie and Cophidance’s portrayal as heir-apparent preaching power couple Shakura Sumpter and Keon Sumpter add a delicious spicy kick to the on-screen dynamics of Honk For Jesus.
Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul opens in theatres nationwide on Friday, September 2. The film is rated R with a running time of 102 minutes. | https://www.stlamerican.com/arts_and_entertainment/living_it/dazzling-performances-saving-grace-in-honk-for-jesus/article_14dc8394-2aba-11ed-82cb-eb7c1f396f76.html | 2022-09-02T21:02:50Z | stlamerican.com | control | https://www.stlamerican.com/arts_and_entertainment/living_it/dazzling-performances-saving-grace-in-honk-for-jesus/article_14dc8394-2aba-11ed-82cb-eb7c1f396f76.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
United Way of Greater St. Louis has named Shuntae Shields Ryan as its chief marketing officer. Shields Ryan will lead United Way’s communications and marketing efforts across its 16-county footprint, including digital marketing, public relations, advertising, collateral, and video. Additionally, she will support volunteer leaders in their work to share United Way’s message and impact within networks and to the public. Shuntae brings over two decades of marketing experience, most recently serving as vice president of marketing, public relations and communications at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater St. Louis. She also held various executive marketing and communications roles for the Downtown St. Louis.
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Will Arkansans travel out of state for Labor Day?
Arkansans are expected to travel for the end of the summer road trips and vacations for the Labor Day weekend that starts Friday through Monday, according to AAA Arkansas.
But the top destination may be in debate.
Plenty of people in Arkansas are headed to Fayetteville for a home opener at Razorback Stadium Saturday.
According to AAA, top destinations for Arkansas travelers who head out of the state go to Las Vegas, Miami, Orlando, Alaska, Key West, Nashville, Hawaii, Memphis, New Orleans, and then Europe. AAA states that 32% of Americans travel on Labor Day.
Of those who travel, 82% of the travelers expected to travel by automobile. And Fayetteville will be the destination for more than 75,000 people for a 2:30 p.m. Saturday kickoff.
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Bars, restaurants, and businesses in Fort Smith are ready for those who stay closer to home. Restaurants were taking orders for deliveries to tailgate parties and backyard or stay-at-home watch parties. Pizza deliveries will peak Saturday, said Tim McNally, the general manager of Papa's Pub & Pizzaria in the downtown entertainment district, 508 Garrison Ave.
People are still going to the lake this Labor Day, he said, but they might wait to leave until after the game.
"It won't affect us too hard," McNally said.
The popular pizza of the day will be The Hogzilla.
More:Beer, barbecue and football: Fort Smith businesses ready for Razorback fans
"Come by and try some or give us a call and we'll be glad to get it to you," McNally said.
Meanwhile, AAA expects about 1,100 motorists in Arkansas will need roadside rescues.
The outdoor weather in Arkansas should be plenty hot, and sunny with chances of thunderstorms through Monday.
Gas prices in Arkansas have remained steady in the past week.
The Arkansas average gas price was $3.32 on Thursday, Sept 1. It was $3.33 in Sebastian County and Fort Smith. The average price in Fayetteville Friday for a gallon of regular unleaded was $3.29
State parks and lakes will be busier on Monday, with more people expected to head to the lake sometime after the big game in Fayetteville.
An Oklahoma Highway Patrol news conference Friday afternoon hosted at Lake Eufaula in McIntosh County announced checkpoints and saturation areas in enforcement of intoxicated driving. Intoxicated drivers are not just drinking too much alcohol, but also using too much marijuana, a trooper reported.
People who use medical marijuana should not get behind the wheel of a car, as there has been a recent uptick in driving under the influence stops in Oklahoma, a trooper reported. Medical marijuana is also legal in Arkansas, and checkpoints have been frequent in Fort Smith this year.
Arkansas law officers are involved in nationwide driving under the influence enforcement efforts. There were 10 fatal crashes in Arkansas reported by the Arkansas State Police during the Labor Day Holiday weekend in 2021. | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/09/02/aaa-lists-top-10-places-people-travel-arkansas-labor-day/65467689007/ | 2022-09-02T21:07:11Z | swtimes.com | control | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/09/02/aaa-lists-top-10-places-people-travel-arkansas-labor-day/65467689007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CASA needs more volunteers
An organization designed to have volunteers advocate for children in foster care is covering about 40% of the kids in the Sebastian County system with 65 volunteers; there are 550 children in foster care in Sebastian County.
“I think a CASA volunteer is always beneficial to a juvenile dependency neglect case," said Judge Shannon Blatt, who regularly works with CASA volunteers. "They have extra time and hands to put into investigations, trying to determine what might be best for children and to present that to the court and to the caseworkers and to the attorneys."
CASA volunteers reach out to people in the foster kids' lives to get an accurate idea of how to best help the children, CASA Executive Director Mary Ann Craig said.
“I wish we had a CASA for every case," Blatt said.
CASA volunteers put all the information they have gleaned into a report that they submit to the attorneys for the court to review, Blatt said.
“Our foster care system is just so overloaded that CASA volunteers are so important to keep these kids from falling through the cracks," Craig said.
Children with CASA representatives are more likely to find a permanent home. They are more likely to be adopted. They are also half as likely to re-enter the foster care system, Craig said.
CASA volunteers also work with parents who have often experienced trauma themselves. They encourage the parents to participate in free state services that can help them, said Denise Basham, the senior advocate supervisor for the Sebastian County CASA.
“It’s a good opportunity for parents to fix what was broken in their own lives so that they can be healthy parents for their children," Basham said.
For the first year that children are in foster care, the goal is to reunite them with their parents.
“We’re kind of like parents' cheerleaders," Basham said. "We want to see them get healthy and become good parents and get their children back."
Basham said the goal is for parents to be successful.
“It’s a really happy day in court when we see parents and children reunited and cases closed," Basham said.
Craig pointed out that every time children are taken from homes, it causes trauma in their lives. They lose their families, pets and toys and often have to change schools.
Volunteering with CASA
Many CASA volunteers work full time while keeping up with their CASA duties. The work they do accumulates to 10 to 12 hours a month per child, Basham said.
Volunteers range in age from their early 20s to their late 80s, Craig said.
Basham said that volunteers can choose which cases they would like to take.
If people are interested in volunteering with CASA, they can call the office at 479-785-4171 and ask about the upcoming training session Sept. 13.
Volunteers must be at least 21 and have no criminal convictions in their backgrounds.
There are 23 CASA programs in Arkansas and programs nationwide. CASA began in 1977 in Seattle.
Alex Gladden is a University of Arkansas graduate. She previously reported for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and The Jonesboro Sun before joining the Times Record. She can be contacted at agladden@swtimes.com. | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/09/02/judge-wishes-every-child-in-foster-care-had-casa-volunteer/7867168001/ | 2022-09-02T21:07:17Z | swtimes.com | control | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/09/02/judge-wishes-every-child-in-foster-care-had-casa-volunteer/7867168001/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Police department at full force
New recruits police Fort Smith
The Fort Smith Police Department is fully staffed for the first time since at least 2015.
Chief Danny Baker said that in 2015 the department had 13 frozen positions. He does not know the last time the department had a full staff of about 165 people.
At the height of the chief's hiring difficulties, the department had about 40 positions open in mid-2021. In the last 10 months, Baker has hired about 40 people. The department is now four positions over full staffing. City Administrator Carl Geffken allowed Baker to hire four extra people to account for natural attrition such as people retiring or leaving the field.
Of this new batch of officers, 44% of them are minorities. The department also has 21 women on the force, which is the most women who have ever served as officers in Fort Smith. Baker said when he became chief there were five women on the force.
About 60% of Baker's officers have five or fewer years of experience.
“We have a very young inexperienced department, but we also have the opportunity to shape and mold the officers and the culture we’re trying to develop at the Fort Smith PD," Baker said.
Two of these new hires are Summer Keezer and Charles Smith.
“Well I accepted the position because initially when I first applied to be here there were a lot of shootings and a whole bunch of nonsense going on in the community that the department was handling really well, " Smith said. "But one of those shootings happened to be with a close family member of mine, and I wanted to be a part of the change you know because everyone always says if you see something that you don’t like you can be a part of the change, so it was kind of me taking initiative to give back to the community, help keep my family safe, help keep others’ family safe."
Keezer said she was impressed with Baker's initiative to serve Fort Smith through community policing.
“It’s definitely the most important thing is definitely caring for the citizens, and you have to work together as a family to get that done," Keezer said. "It’s not about running around with guns on your hips and trying to chase down the bad guys. That’s not what it’s about. It’s about outreaching to a community and trying to lend them a hand."
Smith said that because of Baker's style of community policing, Fort Smith police have a much better relationship with the people of Fort Smith than officers do elsewhere.
“Yeah I think under him it’s going to help with a new generation of police officers changing the mindset to how some people would think, and I think that’s really important," Keezer said.
Both Smith and Keezer are in the police academy and will graduate in November.
Alex Gladden is a University of Arkansas graduate. She previously reported for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and The Jonesboro Sun before joining the Times Record. She can be contacted at agladden@swtimes.com. | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/09/02/new-recruits-bring-fresh-perspective-to-fort-smith-police-department/7875725001/ | 2022-09-02T21:07:23Z | swtimes.com | control | https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2022/09/02/new-recruits-bring-fresh-perspective-to-fort-smith-police-department/7875725001/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Three things to know about Cincinnati before Arkansas football's season opener
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas football kicks off its 2022 season with a tough non-conference challenge: Cincinnati. The No. 23 Razorbacks and No. 22 Bearcats will clash at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium on Saturday (2:30 p.m. CT, ESPN).
As Arkansas coach Sam Pittman said, so much is uncertain in Week 1 games, and it's all about figuring out what a team is "bringing to the party." Here are three things to know about Cincinnati before the Razorbacks' season opener.
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Quarterback controversy
Cincinnati has two options for replacing star quarterback Desmond Ridder, who led the Bearcats to the College Football Playoff and was taken in the third round of the NFL draft. Coach Luke Fickell declined to publicize his pick for starting quarterback, so which player will trot out against Arkansas is a mystery. It will be either redshirt senior Ben Bryant or redshirt sophomore Evan Prater.
Depending on which quarterback gets the ball, Cincinnati's offense is different. Prater, a former four-star prospect from the Cincinnati area, is a speedy, dual-threat quarterback capable of making plays with his legs. Bryant, who started at Eastern Michigan last season, is a talented pocket passer with more arm talent.
Reloading a depleted roster
Ridder was one of many Bearcats to move on to the pros after the 2021 season. Cincinnati had nine players selected in the 2022 NFL Draft, the third-most of any program. Now, the Bearcats have to replace all that talent.
Cincinnati is particularly depleted in the secondary, having lost top cornerbacks Sauce Gardner and Coby Bryant as well as safety Bryan Cook. Ja'Von Hicks is the only returning starting defensive back. The Bearcats likely will experiment with a rotating cast of DBs, similar to what Arkansas is expected to do at corner in Week 1 with its numerous viable options.
The Bearcats also lost receiver Alec Pierce, a second-round pick, and running back Jerome Ford, taken in the fifth round. The pair accounted for almost 40% of Cincinnati's offensive yards last season. The returning wideouts -- Tre Tucker, Jadon Thompson and Tyler Scott -- are poised to take on bigger roles. At running back, Cincinnati has four players strung together with "or" on its Week 1 depth chart. One of the biggest questions surrounding the Bearcats' offense outside the quarterback position is which running back is capable of taking on the majority of the carries.
With so many players moving into new, more prominent roles, it remains to be seen how Cincinnati will put them together against one of the toughest opponents on the schedule.
Experienced offensive line
One spot the Bearcats didn't have to reload is the offensive line. Cincinnati is one of eight programs in the country that can boast all five of last season's starters returning this year. The group that blocked for Ridder helped Cincinnati to almost 5,800 yards total offense last season.
It's a difficult matchup for an Arkansas defensive line that lost two of its best players in Tre Williams and John Ridgeway. The Razorbacks have been on a quest this offseason to improve their pass rush and find a defensive end who can get to the quarterback.
"On paper, they’re way ahead of us," Pittman said Wednesday. "We have a plan. We think we can have success as long as we can execute it and run to the ball and play hard. But that’s going to be a big challenge."
Score prediction
Arkansas 35, Cincinnati 21 — As Pittman said in the lead-up to Saturday, you never really know who's good in Week 1. That's true for both of these teams, who are coming off strong seasons but lost some significant pieces. Arkansas has the advantages of home field and consistency at quarterback and other key positions. The Razorbacks will open with a win.
Christina Long covers the Arkansas Razorbacks for the Southwest Times Record and USA Today Network. You can follow her on Twitter @christinalong00 or email her at clong@swtimes.com. | https://www.swtimes.com/story/sports/college/2022/09/02/arkansas-football-vs-cincinnati-score-prediction-scouting-report/65459276007/ | 2022-09-02T21:07:29Z | swtimes.com | control | https://www.swtimes.com/story/sports/college/2022/09/02/arkansas-football-vs-cincinnati-score-prediction-scouting-report/65459276007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
How to watch Arkansas football vs. Cincinnati on TV, live stream
The Arkansas Razorbacks football team kicks off its 2022 season Saturday against the Cincinnati Bearcats.
The game is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. CT at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
The Razorbacks, ranked No. 23 in the USA Today AFCA Coaches Poll, are hoping to improve on last season's 9-4 record.
Cincinnati, coming off a season in which they appeared in the College Football Playoff, are ranked No. 22 in the USA Today AFCA Coaches Poll.
Here is everything you need to know to watch Saturday's game.
How to watch Arkansas football vs. Cincinnati on TV, live stream
Start time: 2:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, Sept. 3
Location: Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas
TV: ESPN
ESPN is channel 206 on DirecTV, channel 570 on Verizon FiOS and channel 140 Dish Network.
ESPN commentators are scheduled to be Dave Flemming (play-by-play), Rod Gilmore (analyst) and Tiffany Blackmon (sideline reporter).
Online live stream: ESPN.com/watch
Read more Arkansas football news
- PREVIEW: Arkansas vs. Cincinnati a clash of veteran offensive lines
- MATCHING SHIRTS: How Arkansas quarterback KJ Jefferson's family got their matching T-shirts
- GAMEDAY: Arkansas football coach Sam Pittman's favorite part of game day
- LEADERSHIP: Arkansas football puts faith in leadership of quarterback KJ Jefferson
Sam Pittman is the Arkansas football head coach. Luke Fickell is the Cincinnati football head coach. | https://www.swtimes.com/story/sports/college/sec/2022/09/02/how-watch-arkansas-football-vs-cincinnati-tv-live-stream/65468449007/ | 2022-09-02T21:07:35Z | swtimes.com | control | https://www.swtimes.com/story/sports/college/sec/2022/09/02/how-watch-arkansas-football-vs-cincinnati-tv-live-stream/65468449007/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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