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• CHEER: Ed Tase of Lockport has been elected president of the Firefighters Association of the State of New York. This nearly lifelong volunteer firefighter has served with not one but two local companies, Frontier and South Lockport, and as a FASNY officer has championed the value of and advocated fiercely for volunteer fire companies. Recruitment to replenish thinned ranks across the state is priority No. 1 for FASNY’s new leader and his plan involves persuading the state to pony up real incentives to serve. Surely every community that relies on a volunteer fire company for rescue services, plural, would agree that’s needed. Hopefully the message delivered by Tase — and reiterated by rural and suburban constituents across the state — is heard.
• CHEER: For the first time, Niagara County Community College has been recognized as a top 10 performer among higher education institutions in New York state for recruiting and retaining students pursuing non-traditional fields of study. The Nontraditional Exployment & Training (NET) Program recognized NCCC specifically for its success in supporting men pursuing degrees in nursing and allied health programs. There’s a lot to like about NCCC, from the affordability to the wide range of certificate and degree programs that help people prepare for further study or, oh so valuable these days, skilled or specialized work. NET’s mission is to end occupational gender domination, which limits economic growth and opportunity while reinforcing gender stereotypes and inequality. It’s good to see NCCC recognized for doing its part to dispel misinformed old notions about “women’s work” and “men’s work.”
• CHEER: The U.S. Department of the Interior recently designated the New York State Canalway as a National Water Trail. The national designation for the Canalway Water Trail is part of larger investments, including efforts to pass the National Heritage Area Act of 2021 in the U.S. House of Representatives to reauthorize the country’s 55 National Heritage Areas for 15 years, as well as his support for a $29 million investment in those same areas. New York’s 450-mile route was the largest addition this year to the National Trails System. The hope, according to Bob Radliff, executive director of the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, is that the national designation for the canalway is a boon to the state’s tourism economy and its commerce more broadly.
• JEER: While state officials say the effort to limit the flow of illegal guns into New York is showing results, shootings remain far above the five-year average of 2017-2021. According to reports, 25.7% more people suffered not-fatal gunshot wounds and 51.8% more people were shot to death in the first seven months of this year than the average for the preceding five years. Those are scary numbers and they're based on reports from police in 20 cities, towns and counties participating in New York state’s Gun Involved Violence Elimination initiative. Those are pretty rough numbers but there is a chance the tide could turn. Gov. Kathy Hochul said 6,007 illegal firearms were seized statewide by police agencies from January through July, 20% more than in the same seven months of 2021. We'll see how those seizures impact shooting numbers the rest of this year and in to 2023. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/three-cheers-and-a-jeer/article_e8407e40-2b08-11ed-90e0-07b960eb9358.html | 2022-09-02T23:19:23Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/three-cheers-and-a-jeer/article_e8407e40-2b08-11ed-90e0-07b960eb9358.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Republicans are rightfully proud. Perseverance, tenacity and a heartfelt righteousness have produced results decades in the making: a majority conservative U.S. Supreme Court, the reversal of Roe vs. Wade, a support base entrenched in Republican ideology. These successes are solid and will not be changed for years to come. Congratulations are due.
Republicans are in a unique position to continue their successes on a bigger platform than personal feelings. The world is crying out for leadership and results in dealing with climate change, sensible gun legislation, income equity, education, and opportunity for all, not just for the rich. Stripped of the dog whistle rhetoric employed by political parties, it is undeniably true that all these issues and more are tearing our country apart and the delay in addressing them is only making it worse now and for our future.
On Aug. 16, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, a sweeping health care, climate and tax bill, was signed into law by President Joe Biden. Here are just a few examples of how this will impact all Americans:
— Medicare can now negotiate directly with drugmakers on the price of prescription medicines, projected to save the federal government and Americans billions of dollars. Seniors will have their out-of-pocket prescriptions costs capped at $2,000 and have access to free vaccines. A $35 cap on insulin was challenged by Republicans but remains intact for Medicare recipients. It is estimated that over 30 million Americans have diabetes and approximately 7.4 million of them require daily insulin.
— The bill puts in place the largest single American investment to slow global warming. It will help the U.S. cut greenhouse gas emissions about 40% below 2005 levels by the end of this decade by supporting renewable energy infrastructure and much more. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III called climate change an existential threat adding, "Climate change is making the world more unsafe, and we need to act."
— Wealthy corporations that report more than $1 billion in annual income will see a new 15% minimum tax on profits. The Trump administration tax changes profited the top wealthiest 1% of Americans, who received 88.5% of the tax benefits. That left the rest of us, 99% of the population, to share the remaining 1.5% of those tax benefits.
— Our nation’s deficit will be reduced by about $264 billion over the next decade. Under the Trump administration, the deficit grew by $7.8 trillion, about 40% over what it was when Barack Obama left office.
Because of partisan politics, not one Republican voted for this bill despite forcing cuts to the original legislation that included free universal pre-kindergarten, an expansion of Medicare and new aid for low-income families.
When you go to the voting booth this year, think about what your party has accomplished and what more needs to be done.
This is the year you can really make a difference for your fellow Americans and the world: cast your votes for the Democratic Party. | https://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/voters-think-about-what-your-party-has-done-or-not/article_3a3f1bd6-2ae9-11ed-87a4-b37a81eb0310.html | 2022-09-02T23:19:29Z | lockportjournal.com | control | https://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/voters-think-about-what-your-party-has-done-or-not/article_3a3f1bd6-2ae9-11ed-87a4-b37a81eb0310.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Chicago Bakery Owner Considers Moving Out of City to Get Away From Thefts Plaguing Her Small Business
Teresa Ging says the vandalism and thefts she has experienced at her bakery, Sugar Bliss, in Chicago have become unrelenting.
A Chicago bakery owner is speaking out after experiencing an unrelenting barrage of vandalism and theft at her small business.
“We’re just sitting here waiting for the next crime to happen,” Teresa Ging, owner of Sugar Bliss, told Inside Edition. “I've come to the point that I’m numb to this; (thinking to myself) ‘are they (people who enter the store) coming to buy a cupcake or steal?’”
About once a month Ging says she deals with criminals at her bakery. Just last week, a man trashed her counter and tried to snatch a customer’s purse on his way out of the bakery.
“It was a very bold move at 10:20 in the morning on a Friday, with people in the store,” she said. She and two other women managed to get the purse out of the man’s hands before he ran off. It took police 40 minutes to respond to the store, and by that point the suspect was long gone, Ging said.
In another incident, a thief snatched a phone out of a customer’s hand. Surveillance video of the incident showed the suspect open the bakery door to quickly grab the phone and flee.
Ging said she’s determined it’s up to her to protect herself, her business and her customers.
“We're looking at self-defense classes, maybe even having a 24-hour security guard patrolling this block,” Ging told Inside Edition.
Ging said she’s considering moving her small business out of Chicago. “Sugar Bliss has been providing sweets in the Downtown Loop since 2009,” her website reads.
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Colorado Woman Attacked by Bear While Fixing Hot Tub
The woman was taken to a nearby hospital with a severe laceration and multiple scratches, according to reports.
A woman in Colorado says she was fixing her hot tub at 2 a.m. Wednesday when a bear came and charged at her, according to CBS News.
The woman, who lives in New Castle, about three hours west of Denver, went to fix the lid in the middle of the night after she says she saw it was ajar, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said in a statement.
The unidentified woman said a bear then charged and swiped at her, "severely lacerating" her arm before she escaped into her home and called 911, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said in a statement.
The woman was taken to a nearby hospital with a severe laceration and multiple scratches, according to reports.
When New Castle Police arrived on scene they reported a total of four bears, a sow and three cubs still in close proximity to the home and notified Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the organization said in a statement.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife instructed the police officer to shoot and kill the sow. New Castle PD was able to track down and kill the sow in a tree near the New Castle Middle School.
It remains unclear which bear attacked the woman, however, officials did determine that it most likely came from the sow and a cub.
“The decision was made to euthanize the bears. One cub was euthanized. Given the location of the two other cubs in the tree, along with the close proximity of a busy road and several homes, CPW made the decision to wait on euthanizing the other two cubs,” the Colorado Parks and Wildlife said in a statement.
The two remaining cubs were found and brought to a rehabilitation center, according to officials.
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DEA Warns of 'Rainbow Fentanyl' Used to Lure Youth
The brightly colored pills are “a deliberate effort by drug traffickers to drive addiction amongst kids and young adults,” said DEA administrator Anne Milgram in a statement.
The U.S. Drug and Enforcement Agency is warning the American public of the presence of “rainbow fentanyl” that has become available in many states.
The DEA, along with partnered agencies, have seized the colorful drug and regular fentanyl pills from 18 states, according to a press release from the DEA. This new colorful take on fentanyl is believed to be a new method that drug cartels are using to help sell the drug, by making it look like candy and possibly targeting a younger audience, the DEA said.
DEA administrator Anne Milgram spoke on the topic of the drug's new look.
“Rainbow fentanyl—fentanyl pills and powder that come in a variety of bright colors, shapes, and sizes—is a deliberate effort by drug traffickers to drive addiction amongst kids and young adults,” said Milgram in the statement.
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid, and is responsible for 66% of the 107,622 opioid overdose-related deaths in the U.S, according to the CDC. Fentanyl has been found to be one of the deadliest drugs in the country, it is 50 times more potent than heroin and 100 times more potent than methadone, reports the DEA.
With this dangerous drug getting a colorful spin, Milgram assures the public that the DEA will be working to get the drug off the streets.
“The men and women of the DEA are relentlessly working to stop the trafficking of rainbow fentanyl and defeat the Mexican drug cartels that are responsible for the vast majority of the fentanyl that is being trafficked in the United States,” said Milgram, according to the statement.
The DEA closed the statement by encouraging people to call 911 immediately if ever encountering fentanyl in any form.
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Ford Recalling Nearly 200K SUVs Following Reports of Fan Motor Fires
Ford will notify owners starting Sept. 12 to replace the front blower motors at no cost to owners, NBC News reported.
The Ford Motor Company is recalling nearly 200,000 SUVs following reports of fan motor fires, according to CBS News.
The models are Ford Expeditions and Lincoln Navigators from the 2015 through 2017, CBS News reported.
In total, 198,000 SUVs from inside the United States are being recalled to replace the blower motor assembly after 25 reports of fires, the company announced, NPR reported.
The company, based out of Detroit, Michigan, said it had three reports of fires linked to property damage to structures and one involving minor injury, NPR reported.
Ford will notify owners starting Sept. 12 to replace the front blower motors at no cost to owners, NBC News reported.
Ford says some customers have reported inoperative fans, burning smells or smoke coming from the vents while the vehicle is on, CBS News reported.
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Man Wanted for Girlfriend's Killing Arrested After 6 Years of Being Hunted by Victim's Cop Mom: Prosecutors
Josephine Wentzel has been hunting Raymond McLeod ever since her 30-year-old daughter, Krystal Mitchell, was found dead in 2016. The former police detective came out of retirement to get justice for her daughter and didn't stop until he was caught.
A bodybuilder and U.S. Marine veteran wanted in connection to the 2016 killing of his girlfriend was arrested after six years on the run, thanks in large part to the victim’s mother, a former police detective who came out of retirement to get justice for her daughter, officials said.
Josephine Wentzel has been hunting Raymond McLeod ever since her 30-year-old daughter, Krystal Mitchell, was found dead on June 10, 2016.
Mitchell and McLeod, who were both from Phoenix, Arizona, had been on vacation in San Diego when Mitchell was killed.
Police responding to a 911 call of a woman not breathing discovered Mitchell, a mother of two, strangled to death in the apartment where she and McLeod were staying. McLeod, who was said to be a heavy drinker with an explosive temper, was nowhere to be found, officials said.
Now, years after making the U.S. Marshals’ Top 15 Most Wanted List with a $50,000 reward on his head, McLeod, 37, has been found overseas and leading a new life under another name.
“They (authorities) called me, they said, ‘You did it. You did it,’” Wentzel told Inside Edition.
Wentzel, who served as a detective in the U.S. territory of Guam, devoted her life to tracking down McLeod.
“I pursued it and I started digging up all the tips. People started calling left and right,” she said, noting she was using the skills she developed as an investigator to enlist informants.
And in 2018, when authorities held a news conference about the manhunt, Wentzel was front and center. “I know finding him is not going to bring my daughter back but it's going to save the life of your daughter, your granddaughter,” she told cameras.
The big break in the case came when Wentzel posted a Spanish-language story about the case on social media. That led to a tip from a woman in El Salvador, who thought she recognized McLeod. It turned out he was teaching English at a school about 40 miles west of San Salvador near the Pacific Ocean, authorities said.
A photo taken when McLeod was taken into custody showed him wearing a shirt that read, “Coach, Changing Lives.”
“He sure as hell changed our lives and it wasn’t a good thing,” Wentzel said.
San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan commended Wentzel for her dogged pursuit of justice in her daughter’s killing, saying, “Huge credit goes to the victim’s mother who never gave up searching for her daughter’s killer and worked closely with our office and other law enforcement to make this arrest possible.”
Wentzel is now raising her daughter’s two children.
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Stay Inside George Harrison’s Childhood Home and Hang Out in a Room Where the Beatles Played
The late Beatles’ member’s home was bought by an American and is now played on Airbnb.
If you want to experience the ultimate in Beatlemania, you now can spend a hard days night staying in George Harrison’s childhood home in Liverpool, England, as it has been listed on Airbnb.
The home, which is also where the Beatles, then known as the Quarrymen, once jammed, is listed for $173 a night on the popular rental site. It is a price that won’t make your wallet gently weep.
The three-bedroom home with one bathroom can accommodate up to five people.
Harrison’s family lived in the home from when he was 6 years old until 1962, according to Seacoast Online.
The home, which was purchased by an American man from New Hampshire, was recently fixed up and is managed by a British couple, according to Apartments Apart.
How the home ended up in the hands of the American owner is actually a story onto itself and would make any fan of the band twist and shout with joy.
In 2021, Ken Lambert, a lifelong fan of the group, saw there was an online auction to purchase Harrison’s home. He put in a bid not thinking he would ever win, but oh darling, he won the house, according to Seacoast Online.
Lambert purchased the home for £171,000, which is approximately $223,000. The house needed work and appliances but now it is ready to rent, according to Seacoast Online.
The Airbnb listing reads, “Walk and stay in George’s bedroom, where he first heard himself and the band on the radio!”
It is now time for fans to spend a day in the life of the Beatle known as “the quiet one.”
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Texas Man Arrested After 5-Year-Old Daughter Finds Her Mother's Body
A 5-year-old found her mother's dead body and called her grandmother, who then called police, according to FOX 17.
A Texas teacher was found dead after her ex-boyfriend allegedly shot and killed her, leaving the body for her 5-year-old daughter to find, according to reports.
Shereena Webster, 36, was allegedly shot multiple times by ex-boyfriend Erik Mitchell Rivas early in the morning of Aug 18, reported Fox 17. Webster’s daughter was the one to find the body and called her grandma, Patricia Byington, who then called the police, said the news outlet.
Police arrived on scene around 5:15 a.m. and found Webster dead, with multiple gunshot wounds and empty shell casings on the scene, according to ABC 7.
Rivas' vehicle was reportedly seen near the residence as early as 3 a.m. and remained there until after 4:15 a.m., according to a surveillance video obtained by the police, ABC 7 reported. Police believe that due to evidence on the scene, Rivas climbed the fence using a ladder to enter the victim's home, reported the outlet.
According to ABC 7, the pair had been in a romantic relationship for several years but that recently ended and Webster was seeing other men. Webster was scheduled to visit a man in Colorado on Aug. 19, the outlet reported.
The man she was supposed to meet in Colorado, Samuel Amador, allegedly received threatening texts from Rivas the morning of the murder, according to an updated article from ABC 7.
Rivas allegedly said he would "smash (Amador), kill him and that if he came near Shereena, that he would make sure the Amador did not take another breath,” reported ABC 7.
Rivas was arrested for murder and is being held at Randall County Jail on a $1,000,000 bond, according to court records.
An obituary said Webster was a teacher at Oakdale Elementary for 10 years before deciding to obtain her Masters in Education. In 2021 she worked at South Georgia Elementary before recently accepting a position as a High Impact Tutoring Learning Leader at Region 16, said the obituary.
Webster leaves behind her 5-year-old daughter, Oaklyn, according to the obituary.
“Shereena will forever live through Oaklyn and that’s a promise,” said the obituary.
The family has started a GoFundMe to help support them and Oaklyn’s future, which has raised over $27,000 of its $50,000 goal.
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Women Who Lost Their Husbands to Fractal Burning Speak Out About the Dangers of the Artwork Technique
People around the nation are using homemade devices that generate intense currents of electricity to create patterns in wood, a process called fractal burning. And while the technique can result in mesmerizing designs, simple mistakes can prove fatal.
You don't usually associate beautiful works of art with death, but an artwork technique gaining in popularity is also proving to be extremely dangerous.
People around the nation are using intense currents of electricity to create unique patterns in wood. They're making the designs with homemade-built devices from microwave parts, which can generate thousands of volts of electrical current.
It's called fractal burning. And while the process may result in mesmerizing designs, simple mistakes can prove fatal.
James Carolfi and Tanya Rodriguez were electrocuted while they were wood burning. Their Wisconsin home also burst into flames.
“This is not worth messing around with,” Caitlin Schmidt told Inside Edition.
She lost her husband to fractal wood burning.
“He loved our family. he would have never in a million years done this if he had known this could be the outcome,” she said.
Schmidt had recorded her husband Matt showing off his artful designs to their kids.
“Isn’t that neat?” Matt asked his family in one video.
Two weeks later their son found Matt dead in the garage.
“He was most likely gone before he even hit the ground,” Schmidt said.
Schmidt is not alone in this loss.
At least 33 Americans have lost their lives as they burn patterns into wood.
Brenda Trudell's husband James was electrocuted while making the artwork as Christmas gifts for the family. He died a week later.
“It's heartbreaking. In the blink of an eye everyone’s life has completely changed,” Trudell said.
Fractal burning can be safe if left to professionals who know what they're doing. Chicago artist Eric Beauchamp showed Inside Edition the carefully controlled method he's perfected, but even with proper equipment and safeguards in place he says there's risk in fractal burning.
Beauchamp also urged people to stay away from the do-it-yourself method that has seemingly grown in popularity.
“Insanely dangerous,” he said. “How they're wired and how they're setup are very different, and that combination is a recipe for disaster.”
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Anne Heche died without a will, and her 20-year-old son has filed court papers to control her estate.
Homer Laffoon, Heche’s son with ex-husband Coleman Laffoon, filed a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court on Wednesday requesting that he be allowed to administer his mother’s estate.
The petition lists Homer Laffoon and 13-year-old Atlas Tupper, Heche’s son with former partner James Tupper, as her only heirs.
The document says the value of Heche’s estate is unknown. That is often the case on such initial filings, before anyone has the legal authority to assess the dead person’s assets.
Homer Laffoon also filed a petition asking that someone be appointed to represent his brother’s interests in court.
A representative of Heche declined comment on the filing.
On Aug. 5, a car Heche was driving jumped a curb, smashed into a Los Angeles home and burst into flames. She was declared brain dead on Aug. 11, and was kept alive on life support for three more days so her organs could be donated.
Heche, 53, was among the biggest film stars of the late 1990s, starring opposite actors including Johnny Depp and Harrison Ford, and had worked consistently in movies and television for more than three decades.
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-Jones at Darlington Raceway: With 10 races remining in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season, Erik Jones and the No. 43 FOCUSfator team head to Darlington Raceway where Jones will make his 10th-career Cup Series start at the historical South Carolina track in Sunday’s Cook Out Southern 500.
In his previous nine starts at the track, Jones has one win in the 2019 Southern 500 where he led 79 laps piloting a throwback scheme resembling his late-model car from his early racing career. In addition, Jones has four top-five and six top-10 finishes with a total of 109 laps led. Earlier this season, Jones started the race at Darlington from the 11th position, led one lap and was poised for a top-10 finish before a late-race accident ended the day early for the No. 43 team.
Jones also has two starts in the Xfinity Series with a fourth-place and sixth-place finish.
-Erik Jones Appearances: Fans attending Sunday’s race at Darlington Raceway will have the chance to see Erik Jones before the race:
- Chevy Display: Jones will be at the Chevy Display in the Fan Zone from 2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET.
Focused on Winning: FOCUSfactor will serve as the primary partner on Jones's Chevrolet Camaro for Sunday’s race at Darlington Raceway.
- About FOCUSfactor: FOCUSfactor is sold at America’s leading retailers such as Costco, Wal-Mart, Walgreens, CVS, The Vitamin Shoppe and Amazon.com. FOCUSfactor, America’s leading brain health supplement, is a nutritional supplement that includes a proprietary blend of brain supporting vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and other nutrients. In December 2012, the United States Patent and Trademark Office issued US Patent 8,329,227 covering FOCUSfactor’s proprietary formulation “for enhanced mental function”. The issuance of the patent marked one of the few times a patent has been issued for a nationally branded nutritional supplement. FOCUSfactor is clinically tested with results demonstrating improvements in focus, concentration and memory in healthy adults.
- From the Driver’s Seat:
“I’ve always enjoyed racing at Darlington. It reminds me of the short tracks I grew up racing on. It’s one of the older tracks on the circuit and has so much history. I was fortunate to get a win in the Southern 500 a few years ago and that was really special and cool to join a list of some of the best of NASCAR who have won at Darlington. The short tracks have been a little bit of a struggle for us this year with the new car, but we ran decent at Darlington earlier this year, so that gives me some confidence going in to the weekend. We’ve been working hard on our short track program, and I think we’ve made some gains throughout the year. Should be a good weekend for our FOCUSfactor Chevy.”
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As summer winds down, Chevrolet Racing continues to gear up.
Chevrolet is the only manufacturer to compete in the combination of NASCAR, INDYCAR, NHRA, IMSA and Best in the Desert (BITD). Heading into the Labor Day Weekend, a number of Chevrolet drivers are currently leading the standings in their respective series:
- Chase Elliott, driver of the No. 9 Hendrick Motorsports Camaro ZL1, won the NASCAR Cup Series regular-season championship and is one of eight Team Chevy drivers to qualify for the 2022 Cup Series playoffs. Elliott, who won the series championship in 2020, leads the series with four wins. Fourth-seed Kyle Larson (No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Camaro ZL1) is the defending champion.
- AJ Allmendinger (No. 16 Kaulig Racing Camaro SS) leads the NASCAR Xfinity Series standings.
- 2014 champion Will Power (No. 12 Team Penske Chevrolet) leads the INDYCAR standings with just two races remaining. Two-time champion Josef Newgarden (No. 2 Team Penske) Chevrolet is in second place, just three points back.
- Three-time champion Robert Hight (Camaro SS) leads the NHRA Funny Car standings, past champion Brittany Force (Chevrolet) leads the Top Fuel standings, and four-time champion Erica Enders (Camaro SS) leads the Pro Stock standings.
- Antonio Garcia and Jordan Taylor (No. 3 Corvette C8.R) lead the Michelin Endurance Cup standings in IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship.
“It’s exciting to see all of these Chevrolet drivers leading their respective series in points as we prepare to finish the season,” said Jim Campbell, Chevrolet vice president of Performance and Motorsports.
Additionally, Chevrolet currently leads the manufacturer’s standings in NASCAR Cup, NASCAR Xfinity, INDYCAR, NHRA and IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup.
“We appreciate the hard work of our drivers and teams who have scored valuable manufacturer points through this point of the season,” Campbell said. “We remain focused on working with our drivers and teams as they prepare for the important final portion of the season.”
Chevrolet has won 40 NASCAR Cup Series Manufacturer’s Championships, and 23 Xfinity Series manufacturer’s titles, each more than any other OEM. Since returning to INDYCAR In 2012, Chevy has won six Manufacturer’s Championships. Chevrolet also has won the NHRA Manufacturer’s Cup 26 times to lead all manufacturers.
So far this year, Chevrolet has won 84 races. In 2021, Chevrolet won 95 races, five driver championships, four manufacturer championships and two team championships.
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Tightly bunched NASCAR Playoff field faces major test at Darlington
Since the introduction of the elimination format into the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff in 2014, no 16th seed has come close to qualifying for the Championship 4 race.
Then again, before University of Maryland Baltimore County drubbed Virginia in the first round of the 2018 NCAA basketball tournament, no 16th seed had ever beaten a No. 1.
So why can’t Richard Childress Racing driver Austin Dillon, who barged into the postseason with a dramatic victory in last Sunday’s regular-season finale at Daytona, dream about a deep run in the Playoffs, which start with Sunday’s Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway (6 p.m. ET on USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio)?
“Why not?” Dillon asked rhetorically during Thursday’s NASCAR Cup Series Playoff Media Day at the Charlotte Convention Center. “I’m confident at the tracks in the Playoffs. RCR has shown speed at every type of track with Tyler (Reddick) winning the road courses, us winning the speedway (Daytona). Martinsville, I finished third but was probably the second-best car there.
“And we probably should have won the 600 at Charlotte; I was really close there when you got down to it. I’m happy to be in this spot, and I think we’re the dog. Some people are already putting us out, which is just fine with me, because it takes pressure off, and we’ll go have fun and try to upset some of these guys and take it as survive-and-advance mode from here on out.”
Another cause for optimism among the lower seeds is the unprecedented tightness of the Playoff field in terms of starting points positions. Only 20 points separate second-place Joey Logano from 16th-place Dillon, and positions five (William Byron) through 16 in the standings are covered by a nine-point spread.
Only Regular Season Champion Chase Elliott has anything that resembles a working margin. He’s 15 points clear of Logano, who won the 2022 spring race at Darlington from the pole.
“We’ve never been in that position before,” said Elliott, who starts the postseason with 40 Playoff points in the bank. “This is a good thing. I’d love us to put ourselves in that position more often year after year.
“It means you’ve probably had more fun that year. It also means you’re trying to hedge your bet. Nothing is guaranteed, but it can certainly help. That’s the big one… we want to hedge that bet and better our odds as much as possible.”
Darlington is likely to create more separation between the Playoff contenders. The Cook Out Southern 500 is a grueling race in which drivers run close to the outside walls at the 1.366-mile egg-shaped track, where tensions remain high throughout.
One lapse of concentration can lead to disaster.
Dillon, for one, is up to the challenge
“I love that track,” he said. “People ask me what’s my favorite track, and I’ve gone to saying the places you win, so Daytona and Charlotte. But Darlington is my favorite. It’s like driving back in time. It’s a driver’s track.
“Tire management comes into play. It’s a long race, and you’re racing the race track. Historically, that’s been good for me.”
Race for NASCAR Xfinity Series Regular Season Championship heats up at Darlington
If Ty Gibbs plans to make a move toward the NASCAR Xfinity Series Regular Season Championship, now would be a good time.
The driver of the No. 54 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota has a series-best five victories this season, but he trails three-time winner AJ Allmendinger in the standings by 58 points with three races left in the regular season.
Allmendinger has held the top spot in the standings for 17 straight races. Darlington, however, is not one of his best tracks, and if Gibbs wants to make a dent in Allmendinger’s hefty points lead, he can start with Saturday’s Sports Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 at the Lady in Black (3 p.m. ET on USA, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Allmendinger has other ideas, but his attitude toward Saturday’s race can best be described as cautiously optimistic.
“Darlington is such a tough race track to master,” said Allmendinger, who finished eighth at the speedway in May—his first top 10 there in three Xfinity starts. “The last time we raced there in the spring, we didn’t quite have the grip and speed we needed, but still came away with a top-10 finish.
“I think we were able to learn a lot from that, and hopefully that shows this weekend.”
The Sports Clips Haircuts VFW Help A Hero 200 also features entries from three NASCAR Cup Series Playoff drivers—Kyle Larson, who won his most recent series start Aug. 20 at Watkins Glen; Christopher Bell, subbing for Denny Hamlin, still sore from an incident last Sunday at Daytona; and Ross Chastain, whose breakout performance at Darlington in 2018 propelled him toward the national spotlight. | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/72579-weekend-preview-darlington-raceway | 2022-09-02T23:22:32Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/nascar-cup-series-news/72579-weekend-preview-darlington-raceway | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ustin Bond has never enjoyed much luck racing at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park in the FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon, something he’s looking to change this weekend as part of the prestigious 68th annual Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals.
Bond enters with momentum in his ProCharger-powered Bahrain 1 Racing Camaro, picking up the win in Topeka last month. That victory went a long way for Bond and his team’s confidence as they made one strong run after another in the heat. He’s hoping that translates to success at the Big Go this weekend, where a victory would mean a great deal to the veteran racer.
“When you come here and you see all the cars, all the entries and drive through the track, it just solidifies drag racing,” Bond said. “It’s just different. We haven’t had much luck here, but preparation on every part of the car is everything. You can’t fall behind here, and you have to get down the track every run. But we’re just going to focus on having a good time and I’m going to try and cut good lights and make our opponents beat us.”
The race in Indy, which is the seventh of 10 events during the 2022 season in the FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon, is powered by ProCharger Superchargers, which is the power adder of choice for several top drivers in the Pro Mod world. That list includes Bond, points leader Kris Thorne, who has three victories this season, Sidnei Frigo and defending world champion Jose Gonzalez.
Bond has been a big fan of the ProCharger power adder, noting the improved repeatability and reliability in his career, which can make a major difference in the loaded Pro Mod class.
“ProCharger Superchargers is happy to be the choice of champions,” ProCharger Supercharger Motorsports Manager Walt Sipp said. “From NHRA Pro Mod to Top Dragster and Top Sportsman, no one delivers the repeatable, reliable power like ProCharger.”
To get his first win at Indy, Bond will have to get past a number of standouts in the class, including Thorne, Brainerd winner and multi-time champ Rickie Smith, who has advanced to the finals at the past five races, two-time world champ Stevie “Fast” Jackson, Brainerd runner-up Doug Winters and Lyle Barnett.
But Bond and his team are determined to keep improving, making a number of changes even following the victory and successful weekend in Topeka.
“We’re feeling good. A few new things we’ve tried have been working and there’s a lot of other new things we’re trying,” Bond said. “But our mantra is we’re going to keep having fun and I’m hoping the results come with it. We’ve been working on a lot of new things. At Topeka, we just kept going up and down a hot track and that was the key.”
The FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon features the world’s fastest doorslammer cars, offering something unique for every drag racing fan. Featuring several different power adders and 250-mph action, the class continues to be a hit with fans.
Qualifying in the FuelTech NHRA Pro Mod Drag Racing Series presented by D-Wagon will feature one round at 5:45 p.m. ET on Friday, Sept. 2, and two rounds of qualifying on Saturday, Sept. 3 at 4:15 and 7:05 p.m. The final round of qualifying is slated for 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, with the first round of eliminations to follow at 3:05 p.m. on Sunday and continue on Monday.
To purchase tickets to the 68th annual Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals, fans can visit www.NHRA.com/tickets. All children 12 and under will be admitted free in the general-admission area with a paid adult. For more information about NHRA, visit www.nhra.com.
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KTM North America, Inc. is pleased to announce that Parts Unlimited AFT Singles presented by KICKER championship points leader Kody Kopp has signed a two-year deal to remain with the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team through the 2024 Progressive American Flat Track championship.
In only his first season with the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team, the 17-year-old has amassed six Parts Unlimited AFT Singles wins and a pair of runner-up finishes in 2022, carrying a comfortable championship points lead into the final four rounds of racing.
Kody Kopp: “I am overjoyed to be extending my commitment with the Red Bull KTM Factory Racing team for another two years. This team has been nothing short of a dream to ride for – the bike suits my riding style and the team suits me personally. I’m excited to show what I’m capable of in coming years and can’t thank KTM enough for this amazing opportunity!”
Chris Fillmore – Red Bull KTM Team Manager: “I think Kody’s results really speak for themselves this season. He entered into the team at 17-years-old with only one full AFT season under his belt, so I would say he’s exceeded my expectations so far. The drive and talent are evident from watching him on the track and he’s also quite mature and thorough away from the racetrack. We’re glad to have him on-board and look forward to seeing him grow and develop to his full potential with the KTM brand.”
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By Jeff Olson IMSA Wire Service DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Chip Ganassi heard the chatter. In late August 2012, rumors roiled among the essential players in North American sports car racing. Its two sanctioning bodies – GRAND-AM Road Racing and the American Le Mans Series (ALMS) – were considering a merger. Not long after the gossip surfaced, the news became official. On Sept. 5, 2012, at a press conference in Daytona Beach, the principals of the two series, Jim France and Don Panoz, announced the merger. The split that had fractured the sport for 13 years would end, and the 2014 season would put everyone – teams, manufacturers, drivers and sponsors – on the same page. Ganassi, whose team had been a force in GRAND-AM, recalls it well. The merger didn’t just save sports car racing, he says. It strengthened it. “It set the stage for a growth period that we’re still in. That’s my most important takeaway,” Ganassi said. “It was the first building block, the first threshold moment that we went through. The sport is on the precipice of something great now, and (the merger) was the first thing that had to happen. It led to a lot of other great things that otherwise wouldn’t have happened.” Around the time Ganassi was hearing chatter about a merger, John Doonan, then Mazda’s director of motorsports, was summoned to Novi, Michigan, for a mysterious meeting. “I didn’t know who was going to be at the meeting and didn’t know what the topic would be,” Doonan said. “But as I was driving up to Novi for the meeting, I got a text message from Scott Atherton saying, ‘FYI, here’s who’s going to be in the meeting: Jim France, Ed Bennett, himself and Don Panoz.’ My heart started racing in a positive way. I had this strange feeling of ‘Could it be?’” It was. France, the founder of GRAND-AM, and Panoz, who founded ALMS in 1999, were meeting along with Bennett, the CEO of GRAND-AM at the time, and Atherton, then president and CEO of Panoz Motor Sports Group and ALMS, to heal the wounds, put the sport back together, and turn two schedules, specs and rules into one. It was serious news and a serious secret. For Doonan, who eventually became president of the unified sanctioning body under its regenerated name – International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) – the Novi meeting still evokes feelings. “Not to get sappy, but it was a very emotional meeting for me,” Doonan said. “I started breaking down a little bit when they told me what was happening because I remembered the heyday of IMSA back in the ‘80s and going to places like Road America and Brainerd and Mid-Ohio and seeing what I thought at the time was the best of the best. What came out of that meeting was a massive amount of work by Jim and Don and Scott and Ed to try to get the sport on a path to get to where we’re going to be in ‘23.” That’s the underlying theme of the upcoming 10-year announcement anniversary. The meeting and what came from it are the foundation for the next meaningful step in IMSA history: the introduction of the Grand Touring Prototype (GTP) class, a hybrid-based, top-tier IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship class that will debut in January at the Rolex 24 At Daytona. “You had the interest of what’s good for both sides working together, and that eventually led to a category that’s going to be really strong,” said Bobby Rahal, whose team raced in ALMS and continued on with IMSA after the merger. “We haven’t seen this many manufacturers in a major category since the ‘70s. That’s a result of the coming together of the two entities.” Trepidation Cast Aside as Momentum Grows While it was a positive development for North American sports car racing, news of the merger wasn’t exclusively greeted with champagne and roses. Some on each side felt their approach was right, the other wrong. Teams were deep-seated in their commitment to Panoz and France, and owners weren’t sure what a merged future might hold. “The business model worked for me at that time,” said Will Turner, whose Turner Motorsport was successfully entrenched with GRAND-AM. “When I heard of the merger, I was like, ‘Wait a second. What’s going to happen here? What are they going to bring to the table to make my life better and the series better?’” Drivers had the same questions. For many, it meant fewer races and fewer chances to make money. Bill Auberlen, Turner’s ace driver who raced in both series at the time, turned uncertainty about his future into the most successful résumé in IMSA history. “It was going to halve my racing opportunity,” Auberlen said. “With newness comes a little bit of fear and trepidation with how it will turn out. But you look back now and it was amazing. The cars are great and the teams are great. They had to identify what was important, and they’ve improved it in almost every aspect. It’s been fantastic and strong. When you come to our races now, you see that the fans are back. The excitement about the racing is back.” While it has been 10 years, it feels longer ago and farther away. The progress made in recent years – despite the unexpected difficulties of a pandemic – make a damaging political battle seem a distant memory. “It is hard to believe that is has been 10 years since the unification of sports car racing here in the United States," said Roger Penske, whose decades-long involvement in sports car racing enters a new chapter next year with Porsche Penske Motorsport's GTP entries. "As we look back on it, the impact of bringing the sport together through IMSA provided the vision and the direction that was needed for competitors, manufacturers, partners and our fans. “It is incredible to think about all of the advancements and great competition we have witnessed on track over the last decade, and the unification really helped chart the path for the exciting future that lies ahead for sports car racing. With the new global formula across FIA WEC and IMSA competition set to make its debut in 2023, sports car racing has a great opportunity to carry its momentum forward.” Combining Best of Both Worlds for a Better Future Looking back at the anniversary of the announcement means looking back at the unpredictable currents of racing and the people who lead it. The GRAND-AM/ALMS split held echoes of the CART/Indy Racing League split. That ended in 2008 after 12 years. “It was so obvious that (sports car racing) had to be together, just like it became so obvious that CART had to get together with IRL and create IndyCar,” said Rahal, who also fields a team in the IndyCar Series. “Look at how good that is today compared to where it was. … It’s one of those things where it never should have happened in the first place and with time it became apparent that the two sides had to come together for the betterment of not just the sport or the teams, but for themselves.” Ten years ago, the leaders of sports car racing did just that. The negotiations were primarily between France and Panoz, who were given credit for a careful, bilateral negotiation. Panoz, who died in 2018, left a wide-ranging legacy in sports car racing; his Motul Petit Le Mans at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta will carry on next month for its 25th year, standing steadily as the season finale for the WeatherTech Championship. It was his work – and France’s – that led to this moment. “There was a lot of give and take on both sides,” Ganassi said. “I’m sure there probably were some good feelings on both sides and probably a little pain on both sides. Ultimately it was something that proved to be the spark that lit the fire of sports car growth worldwide. It was the original spark that said, ‘Hey, this can happen.’ Opposing sides that have the same interest in mind can come together and live happily ever after. Look what it’s done.” It’s brought fans, manufacturers, race promoters and corporate partners to the same playing field. Now, as the anniversary of the announcement of the merger is celebrated, IMSA reaches for another milestone on the horizon. “What we’ve been working toward as an industry is continuing that,” Doonan said. “Now it’s down to the nuts and bolts of a set of technical regulations that do the same thing. It’s what the fans want. They want to see all the top manufacturers and the top drivers with the top teams competing both here in IMSA in North America as well as in the World Endurance Championship – specifically Le Mans. “There are so many positive elements to this, and a lot of people are putting in a lot of work to see it come to fruition.” | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72541-a-decade-after-merger-announcement-imsa-continues-arcing-higher | 2022-09-02T23:22:51Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72541-a-decade-after-merger-announcement-imsa-continues-arcing-higher | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Keegan Kincaid Looks to Defend Big 2021 Wins in Crandon Season Finale
Adam Sinclair
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Two-time F1 world champion Emerson Fittipaldi talked to VegasInsider about how Mercedes have improved this season and predicted that they would start competing with Red Bull and Ferrari by the end of the season.
Here's what he said:
- Mercedes are the most improved team in the last few grands prix
"I think Mercedes, if you compare the beginning of the season to the last few grands prix, they made a big improvement."
"In my opinion, they are the most improved team in the last few grands prix."
- I don't expect major improvements at Zandvoort but they'll run strong
"They don't have a lot of time (for improvements) between Spa and Zandvoort but they'll run much stronger for sure."
"They are running good and improving."
- Mercedes will compete with Red Bull and Ferrari before the end of the season
"I think before the end of the season, in my opinion, they could be competing with the level of Ferrari and Red Bull."
"They're not yet there but they're getting close."
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NHRA officials today announced a partnership with Phillips Connect, along with the formation of the “Phillips Connect 300 at the 1/8” program, a special club that will honor the first 10 drivers in either Top Fuel or Funny Car to reach the 300-mph milestone in the 1/8-mile.
Starting at this weekend’s prestigious Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, the first driver in NHRA history in one of the nitro categories to reach the 300-mph mark by 660-feet in qualifying or eliminations will receive a special $30,000 bonus as the first driver in the “Phillips Connect 300 at the 1/8” program. Each of the next nine competitors to reach the mark will also earn recognition and a bonus.
NHRA and Phillips Connect, an industry leader with connected asset solutions for trailers, chassis, and containers, partnered together to create the unique program, rewarding the milestone feat of technology and engineering among the standout teams in the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series.
“When I broke 300 mph in a Funny Car at the quarter-mile, it was a major accomplishment," said Phillips Connect EVP Jim Epler, who enjoyed a standout career in the Funny Car ranks. "Now you see drivers reaching this speed at just half the distance. It’s a true testament to the technology and the incredible crew chiefs that have taken this sport to the next level. We’re honored to be a part of this groundbreaking club and appreciate the hard-working teams that have kept the NHRA excited.”
Top Fuel points leader Brittany Force went 299.00 MPH, while Phillips Connect-sponsored Top Fuel driver Justin Ashley went 298.27 at the most recent race in Brainerd.
The 300-mph mark is one of the last barriers for race teams in the thrilling 11,000-horsepower nitro categories to reach in a safe and controlled manner, and Phillips Connect was eager to create the unique program. The industry leader has developed innovative IoT sensor connection technology widely used in the freight industry, keeping drivers and their cargo safe. Phillips Connect products are also designed to improve overall safety and security, reduce costs in fleet maintenance, and dramatically enhance fleet asset utilization.
“We had the privilege of testing our motorsports program with Justin Ashley Racing this year, but to put a program out there with NHRA that includes all nitro drivers is very exciting,” said Phillips Connect founder and CEO, Rob Phillips. “The NHRA is growing at lightning speed with new technology that enables the sport to keep getting faster. Our customers have a deeply rooted love for motorsports, and we are thrilled to get even more involved with the industry.”
The second driver to hit the 300-mph mark in the eighth-mile will receive $13,000, while the third gets $9,000. The fourth through 10th drivers will each receive $3,000. The purse award is unique to each driver regardless of the driver’s team affiliation and regardless of whether the driver is competing in Top Fuel or Funny Car.
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GYM WEED and ALTWELL are the latest companies to join SpeedTour through partnerships with the Sportscar Vintage Racing Association (SVRA) and the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli. The agreement names GYM WEED the “Official Energy Drink of Trans Am and SVRA” and ALTWELL the “Official Health and Wellness Company of Trans Am and SVRA.”
“I’m excited to welcome GYM WEED and ALTWELL to the SpeedTour family,” said Tony Parella, CEO of SpeedTour, SVRA and Trans Am. “This is a very exciting time for both companies—especially GYM WEED, who is just beginning their market launch. We are thrilled that they elected to include SpeedTour as part of their go-to-market strategy, and we look forward to helping them expand their brand awareness and establish a customer base.”
Both brands are already active in the paddock through relationships with Trans Am competitors and team owners Chris Dyson, Greg Pickett, Tomy Drissi and Paul Gentilozzi.
Defending champion Dyson, driver of the No. 20 GYM WEED / ALTWELL Ford Mustang, currently leads the Trans Am National Championship’s TA class point standings with five wins this season. Dyson is trailed in the point standings by 2009 Trans Am Champion, Drissi, who drives for the all-time winningest Trans Am driver and five-time Champion, Gentilozzi.
Pickett, the Chairman of the Board and Co-Founder of GYM WEED, is a long-time competitor and races in the TA class in the Trans Am Series presented by Pirelli’s Western Championship on a part-time basis. Pickett captured his first pole of the season at Thunderhill Raceway in April. In May, he secured his first podium of 2022, placing third overall and first in the Western Championship at Sonoma Raceway.
“It’s an honor to get involved with SpeedTour on a broader level,” said Pickett. “I enjoy racing in the Trans Am Series Western Championship, and love watching Chris [Dyson] compete at the national level. The atmosphere and paddock community at a SpeedTour event is unmatched; this partnership will provide us with an excellent opportunity to gain awareness and enthusiasm around our products.”
GYM WEED will kick off its SpeedTour activation next weekend at Watkins Glen International for the Watkins Glen SpeedTour and Hilliard U.S. Vintage Grand Prix. One of the most prestigious events on the 2022 SpeedTour calendar, hundreds of drivers and thousands of spectators are expected at the four-day event in Upstate New York. In addition to a branding presence around the event, the companies will offer product sampling in the fan midway.
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Eliminations for the prestigious Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals take place on Monday at Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park, but the competition starts even earlier for four Top Fuel standouts.
Points leader Brittany Force, four-time defending world champ Steve Torrence, Mike Salinas, and Justin Ashley are still alive in the Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout, which will get completed this weekend at the Big Go after starting earlier this year in Gainesville.
The thrilling and unique specialty race takes place on Saturday, with Force getting her selection of semifinal opponents after making the quickest winning run of the first round back in March. She’ll make that selection at 7:20 p.m. ET on Friday, automatically setting the other semifinal matchup, but Force knows there are no easy decisions with the three Top Fuel standouts looming.
“We’re excited to get to Indy and that’s the exciting part with the callout. We don’t have to wait until Sunday, we dive right in,” Force said. “We’re looking at all the drivers, but there’s no easy team to pick. Everyone’s tough, everyone has a great car, a great driver, and a great team, so it’s not going to be easy.”
The semifinal matchups take place at 2:40 p.m. on Saturday, with the final – and the $80,000 prize that goes to the winner – slated for 6:25 p.m. With a total purse of $130,000, the Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout brought plenty of excitement to the class and drivers know the intensity will be at a fever pitch on Saturday.
“I want to thank Pep Boys for stepping up and putting this thing on,” Salinas said. “Now, let’s go kick some butt. Let’s have some fun and try to win this thing and see what we can do. There are some really awesome drivers coming in here for this.”
Added Ashley: “This is something totally different and it’s going to showcase not only the teams but the drivers and their personalities. I don’t think I would take offense to (getting called out). I don’t think some bulletin board material ever hurt. But it’s not exactly like Brittany has any great choices, right? We’ve got four really good teams, so no matter what, it’s going to be exciting and a good show for the fans. I know we all want that check and trophy.”
The four drivers have combined for 11 wins this season, with Salinas and Force each claiming four victories. Ashley has a pair of wins, while Torrence impressed at the most recent race in Brainerd, picking up his first victory of the season. That could make him dangerous heading into the weekend at the Big Go, where Torrence will try to repeat as U.S. Nationals champ and also pick up a victory in the specialty race.
Torrence also believes there’s no pressure on his shoulders as he isn’t the one making the opponent selection in the semifinals.
“I’m glad Brittany is in the position to do the calling out. It puts less pressure on me and I just have to race whoever I get,” Torrence said. “Justin and Mike have both been running so well and Brittany has been kicking our butts, (but) maybe we’re coming into our own at the right time. I think this brings a different dynamic and maybe a different crowd of people to watch.”
Force and her team have spent ample time figuring out the best selection, but ultimately, she’s thrilled with the specialty race concluding in Indy. It opens up the possibility of two wins in one major weekend and adds an extra layer of excitement to the biggest race of the season.
“It’s definitely exciting. Indy has always been our biggest race and now we’re back to two races in one weekend, so it’s great to get back to that,” Force said. “It definitely adds a little bit of pressure and it’s a different dynamic than we’re used to, which makes it exciting for the fans, but it adds a little bit of pressure on my side, too. It’s definitely going to be a team pick and we’re all going to decide as one team.”
Schedule for the Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout (ET):
Friday, Sept. 3:
5:00 PM – Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout autograph session at the Pep Boys midway display
7:20 PM – Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout semifinal selection. Brittany Force will get her choice of opponent, setting the other matchup as well.
Saturday, Sept. 4
2:35 PM – Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout opening ceremonies.
2:40 PM – Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout semifinals.
6:25 PM – Pep Boys NHRA Top Fuel All-Star Callout final round
Television coverage of the Pep Boys NHRA All-Star Top Fuel Callout will take place on Sunday from 1-3 p.m. ET on Fox Sports 1 (FS1).
To purchase tickets to the 68th annual Dodge Power Brokers NHRA U.S. Nationals, fans can visit www.NHRA.com/tickets. All children 12 and under will be admitted free in the general-admission area with a paid adult. For more information about NHRA, visit www.nhra.com.
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Lawmakers are scheduled to consider five draft trespass-related bills in mid-September. They include measures that would criminalize aerial photography of prisons, flying drones “into the immediate reaches” of airspace over private property, and crossing private property to collect antlers on public land.
The draft bill – Prohibiting drones over penal institutions – raises potential conflicts with the First Amendment, the bedrock constitutional clause guaranteeing free speech, an attorney with a national news photographers group said.
The bill states that no person shall “intentionally … [p]hotograph, surveil, broadcast or otherwise record a penal institution or correctional facility through the use of an unmanned aircraft system.” The person in charge of a prison could authorize photography.
The Joint Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider the draft measure during a two-day meeting Sept. 12-13 in Casper.
The committee has also scheduled discussion on the draft bill Trespass by Small Unmanned Aircraft. It would make it a crime to cause a drone to “enter into the immediate reaches of the airspace over … private property” when such action interferes with “use and enjoyment of the land.”
Another bill appears to address the issue of trespassing to collect antlers. A fourth bill would add drones to the list of aircraft that are illegal to use for hunting. Yet another draft bill would expunge a data-trespass statute that’s been ruled by courts to be unconstitutional.
The committee continues its charge by the Legislature’s leadership to investigate trespass issues before the next legislative session at the beginning of 2023. The meeting will address a slew of other matters from pedestrian safety, to homicide by vehicle, violence against healthcare workers, security in healthcare facilities and financial exploitation of vulnerable adults. The discussions will be live-streamed through a link available on the Legislature’s website.
First Amendment
The draft bill prohibiting drones over prisons would not ban satellite imagery and various government operations. The bill also criminalizes the use of drones to deliver contraband.
“The bill as proposed, at least the section pertaining to photography, is constitutionally suspect,” said Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association. U.S. regulations on flying drones include prohibitions regarding flying over critical infrastructure, Osterreicher said.
The draft bill appears to go beyond that.
“They’re not actually saying you can’t fly over it, (they’re saying) you can’t photograph it, surveil it,” he said. Surveil is not defined in the bill and appears to include news photography, he said.
“I think there’s a problem here … which is to list photography” as an illegal act, Osterreicher said. An exemption for news gathering would probably bring the bill in line with constitutional requirements, he said.
Drone voyeurism
The draft bill criminalizing trespass by small, unmanned aircraft would set penalties of up to $750 and six months in jail for a violation.
A person would be guilty if he or she “causes a small unmanned aircraft to enter into the immediate reaches of the airspace over the private property of a landowner and the entry substantially interferes with the landowner’s or his authorized occupant’s use and enjoyment of the land.”
The measure addresses trespassing in airspace “over” private property, including the undefined “immediate reaches” of such airspace.
Whether crossing the airspace directly above private property is illegal is a matter that’s being contested in a civil case in federal court in a corner-crossing case involving hunters. They were criminally cited – and found not guilty – in Carbon County.
The separate and ongoing civil suit seeks to recover damages from the four Missouri men after they stepped from one piece of public U.S. Bureau of Land Management land to another at the common corner of two private parcels, all arranged in a checkerboard pattern of ownership.
The hunters did not set foot on private property. The owner of the private land, citing Wyoming law, claims that passing through the airspace directly above his ranch constituted trespass.
Hunting
Another draft trespass bill Prohibiting travel across private land for hunting purposes appears to revive a measure that Rep. Barry Crago, R-Buffalo, proposed during the last legislative session. The bill would amend Wyoming’s law that criminalizes the act of trespassing to hunt or to collect antlers.
Today, the law makes it illegal to “enter upon the private property of any person,” to hunt or collect antlers. The proposed amendment would change that language to make it illegal to enter upon “or travel through” such private property.
During the legislative session earlier this year, Crago said the measure he proposed was not intended to address corner crossing. Instead, it was to make trespass enforcement uniform across the state.
Crago’s measure also was designed to deter trespassing antler hunters who might collect antlers on public land after crossing private land without permission. In such instances antler hunters might find antlers that are worth much more than the maximum $1,000 fine. The existing law also provides for a six-month sentence.
Crago sought to deter antler hunting by including a provision in his House Bill 103 – Prohibit travel across private land for hunting purposes – that would have made antler hunters forfeit their booty. But his measure did not advance in the 2022 session.
A couple of other draft bills also seek to address hunting and trespass issues. One would add drones to the list of aircraft prohibited for hunting. The other would repeal elements of the state’s troubled data trespass laws that courts found unconstitutional.
WyoFile participated as a witness in that court challenge.
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During the annual State of the Sport presentation at Road America on Aug. 5, IMSA President John Doonan detailed plans to increase recognition for Bronze-rated drivers in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship GT Daytona (GTD) class.
Those plans included the new-for-2023 Bob Akin Bronze Cup championship, which will honor the top Bronze-rated drivers in GTD at each race, along with end-of-season recognition as part of the annual WeatherTech Night of Champions celebration and entry into the 2024 24 Hours of Le Mans. It also was confirmed that the first 15 minutes of Practice 2 for every WeatherTech Championship race will continue to be reserved for the GTD, LMP2 and LMP3 classes.
As part of his State of the Sport presentation, Doonan alluded to additional plans being developed for Bronze GTD drivers and those plans were confirmed today.
For 2023, IMSA will allow a single driver of any categorization – Bronze, Silver, Gold or Platinum as shown on the FIA Driver Categorization List – to qualify the car to earn starting position and qualifying points. If a Bronze driver qualifies, they may start the race on any set of tires from the car’s allocation without penalty. Any non-Bronze driver will be required to start on their qualifying tires.
In addition to the overall Bob Akin Bronze Cup championship, IMSA will recognize the top three Bronze-rated finishers in the season standings during WeatherTech Night of Champions.
“Bronze-rated drivers literally make it possible for their teams to go racing – not only in the WeatherTech Championship GTD class, but it many other IMSA classes and series,” Doonan said. “These drivers provide vital funding for their teams and have provided the backbone of sports car racing throughout its history. These enhancements will provide more benefits for Bronze-rated drivers in the GTD class and focus more well-deserved attention on their success in the WeatherTech Championship.”
Prior to the 2023 season, IMSA also will conduct its annual review of the IMSA Sporting Regulations & Series Supplementary Regulations, including Timing and Scoring of drive time.
WeatherTech Sprint Cup Set for 2023 Return
In addition to the Bob Akin Bronze Cup enhancements, IMSA also announced the return of the WeatherTech Sprint Cup for the GTD class in 2023.
The Sprint Cup will comprise the seven WeatherTech Championship races on the 2023 schedule that are two hours and 40 minutes in length or shorter. As has been the case in previous years, WeatherTech Sprint Cup driver, team and manufacturer champions will be honored at season’s end.
One difference from previous years is that there will be no Sprint Cup-only races in 2023. The full WeatherTech Championship GTD schedule includes all 11 races next year. Within the overall championship, the seven sprint races count toward the Sprint Cup and the four endurance races count toward the IMSA Michelin Endurance Cup. | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72550-imsa-announces-additional-enhancements-for-2023-weathertech-championship-gtd-class | 2022-09-02T23:23:46Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72550-imsa-announces-additional-enhancements-for-2023-weathertech-championship-gtd-class | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Two-time F1 world champion Emerson Fittipaldi gave his thoughts to VegasInsider on Mick Schumacher leaving Ferrari's young driver program and which team could be a good spot for him.
Here's what he said:
- I am very pleased to see Mick Schumacher running with Kevin Magnussen
"I'm very pleased to see Mick Schumacher running with Kevin Magnussen who is a very experienced driver with a lot of good results."
"And Mick Schumacher, with much less experience, in the second part of the season so far, was racing at the same speed as Magnussen. I think that will create a lot of appreciation and respect in the F1 world for Mick Schumacher."
- If Mick Schumacher joins AlphaTauri, it could be a positive surprise
"AlphaTauri is a competitive team and they're getting better and better."
"I'm trying to compare if Mick goes there and it's hard to compare him to them (Pierre Gasly and Yuki Tsunoda). I know Gasly is fast but to what level?"
"If Mick joins one of the two, it could be a positive surprise there because he's been improving. In the last few grands prix, he's done really well."
- Franz Tost has developed some amazing drivers
"AlphaTauri is doing well. Franz Tost is a very good guy. He is a former racer. He's developed some amazing drivers."
"I can see if they pick up Mick because they know he has potential."
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Starbucks has named a longtime PepsiCo executive as its new CEO.
The coffee giant said Thursday that Laxman Narasimhan will join Starbucks on Oct. 1 after relocating from London to Seattle, where Starbucks is based. He will work closely with Starbucks’ interim CEO Howard Schultz through April 1, when he will assume the CEO role and join the company’s board.
Narasimhan, 55, was most recently CEO of Reckitt, a U.K.-based consumer health, hygiene and nutrition company that makes Lysol cleaner and Enfamil formula. Reckitt had announced Narasimhan’s surprise departure earlier Thursday. Reckitt’s shares dropped 5% then.
Schultz, a longtime CEO who helped shape Starbucks after buying it in 1987, came out of retirement and assumed the interim CEO job in March after the company’s former CEO, Kevin Johnson, announced his retirement. Schultz also returned to the company’s board, and will remain there even after Narasimhan takes over.
Schultz said he had not planned to return, but wanted to help reshape the company after the pandemic, which upended Starbucks’ coffee shops and sped changes including a heavier mix of drive-thru orders.
Narasimhan takes over a company with significant strengths. Starbucks reported record demand in the April-June period as strong U.S. sales made up for continuing closures in China, the company’s second-largest market.
Starbucks also has challenges. Schultz has been working on a plan to remake store layouts, upgrade equipment and bolster employees, who came out of the pandemic feeling harassed and underappreciated. Starbucks announced a $1 billion investment in employee wages and benefits last fall and added $200 million more for pay, worker training and other benefits in May.
The company faces an unprecedented unionization effort, which it opposes. At least 233 U.S. Starbucks stores have voted to unionize since late last year.
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Lawmakers are scheduled to consider five draft trespass-related bills in mid-September. They include measures that would criminalize aerial photography of prisons, flying drones “into the immediate reaches” of airspace over private property, and crossing private property to collect antlers on public land.
The draft bill – Prohibiting drones over penal institutions – raises potential conflicts with the First Amendment, the bedrock constitutional clause guaranteeing free speech, an attorney with a national news photographers group said.
The bill states that no person shall “intentionally … [p]hotograph, surveil, broadcast or otherwise record a penal institution or correctional facility through the use of an unmanned aircraft system.” The person in charge of a prison could authorize photography.
The Joint Judiciary Committee is scheduled to consider the draft measure during a two-day meeting Sept. 12-13 in Casper.
The committee has also scheduled discussion on the draft bill Trespass by Small Unmanned Aircraft. It would make it a crime to cause a drone to “enter into the immediate reaches of the airspace over … private property” when such action interferes with “use and enjoyment of the land.”
Another bill appears to address the issue of trespassing to collect antlers. A fourth bill would add drones to the list of aircraft that are illegal to use for hunting. Yet another draft bill would expunge a data-trespass statute that’s been ruled by courts to be unconstitutional.
The committee continues its charge by the Legislature’s leadership to investigate trespass issues before the next legislative session at the beginning of 2023. The meeting will address a slew of other matters from pedestrian safety, to homicide by vehicle, violence against healthcare workers, security in healthcare facilities and financial exploitation of vulnerable adults. The discussions will be live-streamed through a link available on the Legislature’s website.
First Amendment
The draft bill prohibiting drones over prisons would not ban satellite imagery and various government operations. The bill also criminalizes the use of drones to deliver contraband.
“The bill as proposed, at least the section pertaining to photography, is constitutionally suspect,” said Mickey Osterreicher, general counsel for the National Press Photographers Association. U.S. regulations on flying drones include prohibitions regarding flying over critical infrastructure, Osterreicher said.
The draft bill appears to go beyond that.
“They’re not actually saying you can’t fly over it, (they’re saying) you can’t photograph it, surveil it,” he said. Surveil is not defined in the bill and appears to include news photography, he said.
“I think there’s a problem here … which is to list photography” as an illegal act, Osterreicher said. An exemption for news gathering would probably bring the bill in line with constitutional requirements, he said.
Drone voyeurism
The draft bill criminalizing trespass by small, unmanned aircraft would set penalties of up to $750 and six months in jail for a violation.
A person would be guilty if he or she “causes a small unmanned aircraft to enter into the immediate reaches of the airspace over the private property of a landowner and the entry substantially interferes with the landowner’s or his authorized occupant’s use and enjoyment of the land.”
The measure addresses trespassing in airspace “over” private property, including the undefined “immediate reaches” of such airspace.
Whether crossing the airspace directly above private property is illegal is a matter that’s being contested in a civil case in federal court in a corner-crossing case involving hunters. They were criminally cited – and found not guilty – in Carbon County.
The separate and ongoing civil suit seeks to recover damages from the four Missouri men after they stepped from one piece of public U.S. Bureau of Land Management land to another at the common corner of two private parcels, all arranged in a checkerboard pattern of ownership.
The hunters did not set foot on private property. The owner of the private land, citing Wyoming law, claims that passing through the airspace directly above his ranch constituted trespass.
Hunting
Another draft trespass bill Prohibiting travel across private land for hunting purposes appears to revive a measure that Rep. Barry Crago, R-Buffalo, proposed during the last legislative session. The bill would amend Wyoming’s law that criminalizes the act of trespassing to hunt or to collect antlers.
Today, the law makes it illegal to “enter upon the private property of any person,” to hunt or collect antlers. The proposed amendment would change that language to make it illegal to enter upon “or travel through” such private property.
During the legislative session earlier this year, Crago said the measure he proposed was not intended to address corner crossing. Instead, it was to make trespass enforcement uniform across the state.
Crago’s measure also was designed to deter trespassing antler hunters who might collect antlers on public land after crossing private land without permission. In such instances antler hunters might find antlers that are worth much more than the maximum $1,000 fine. The existing law also provides for a six-month sentence.
Crago sought to deter antler hunting by including a provision in his House Bill 103 – Prohibit travel across private land for hunting purposes – that would have made antler hunters forfeit their booty. But his measure did not advance in the 2022 session.
A couple of other draft bills also seek to address hunting and trespass issues. One would add drones to the list of aircraft prohibited for hunting. The other would repeal elements of the state’s troubled data trespass laws that courts found unconstitutional.
WyoFile participated as a witness in that court challenge.
WyoFile is an independent nonprofit news organization focused on Wyoming people, places and policy. | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/printing_and_graphics/lawmakers-to-consider-expanding-trespass-definitions/article_6345e5b8-2b03-11ed-bb73-0784e2307855.html | 2022-09-02T23:24:21Z | wyomingnews.com | control | https://www.wyomingnews.com/wyomingbusinessreport/industry_news/printing_and_graphics/lawmakers-to-consider-expanding-trespass-definitions/article_6345e5b8-2b03-11ed-bb73-0784e2307855.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Progressive American Flat Track is excited to announce that actor Butch Patrick will serve as the Grand Marshal for the Mission Springfield Mile I & II presented by Drag Specialties at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Illinois, on September 3-4.
Among his extensive list of acting credits that spans more than six decades, Patrick is best known for his role as Eddie Munster in The Munsters, which aired for two seasons from 1964-1966. Despite its relatively brief initial run, The Munsters has since been widely syndicated and remains firmly locked in the public consciousness to this day. That special status is destined to be further elevated with the release of Rob Zombie’s film, The Munsters, which will be released on September 27.
“It's really amazing,” Patrick said. “I did a lot of work in Hollywood, and I was on several other shows and series, but for some reason, this little two-year show from the mid-'60s in the black-and-white era was magic. It's just got this extended family of fans who love it so much.”
Patrick is a life-long motorsports fan who called Geneseo, Illinois, his home at the time he was cast in The Munsters. He now owns replicas of the show’s iconic “Munster Koach” and “DRAG-U-LA” vehicles and will have the Munster Koach along with him and on display in the Fan Zone at this year’s Mission Springfield Mile doubleheader.
He said, “I've spent a lot of time in Illinois and was in Springfield last year for a big car show, but this will be my first time at the race. I'm really looking forward to it, and the Koach is coming with me. You know something, you could park that car anywhere and just sit back and wait for people to turn around and get their cameras out. It's very identifiable and always puts a smile on everyone’s face.
“I'm looking forward to seeing the fans, and I can't wait to get out to the Springfield Mile and witness some crazy good motorcycle racing.”
Visit https://store.americanflattrack.com/ebooking/ticket/view/id/3668 to reserve your tickets today. Infield Standing Room Only tickets start at just $20 (kids 12 and under free with a paid adult ticket), and fans are offered a large variety of upgraded tickets to choose from, including General Admission - Bleachers, Reserved Grandstand, Premium Reserved Grandstand, and Premier Reserved Grandstand, along with an extremely limited number of remaining VIP Experience tickets.
Paddock Access Upgrades are also available for purchase, which provide all-day access to the pits where fans can scope out the world’s fastest dirt track motorcycles and get up close and personal with the stars of the sport.
Gates will open for fans at 10:00 a.m. ET/7:00 a.m. PT on both days with Opening Ceremonies scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. PT ahead of Saturday’s and Sunday’s race programs. You can catch the livestream of all the weekend’s racing activities on FansChoice.tv. FansChoice.tv provides free-to-view livestreaming of Practice and Qualifying. FansChoice.tv subscribers will then be able to watch the drama unfold from Opening Ceremonies through the Semis, Main Events, and podium celebrations. FansChoice.tv offers two subscription options, granting unlimited access to premium AFT content. Monthly subscriptions start at just $7.99, while a six-month subscription is available for $44.99.
The Mission Springfield Mile I will premiere on FS1 on Sunday, September 11, at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT. The Mission Springfield Mile II will air one week later, on Sunday, September 18, at 11:00 a.m. ET/8:00 a.m. Both broadcasts will include exclusive features, cutting-edge aerial drone and onboard footage, and expert commentary.
For more information on Progressive AFT visit https://www.americanflattrack.com. To score the latest gear for the Progressive American Flat Track fan, visit our official merchandise store at https://store.americanflattrack.com.
How to Watch:
FOX Sports and FansChoice.tv are the official homes for coverage of Progressive American Flat Track. For the 2022 season, all races will premiere in one-hour telecasts on FS1 during highly desirable weekend time slots. The complete schedule can be viewed at https://www.americanflattrack.com/events-foxsports. FansChoice.tv provides livestreaming coverage of every Progressive AFT round at http://www.FansChoice.tv. | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72557-the-munsters-star-butch-patrick-named-grand-marshal-for-mission-springfield-mile-i-ii | 2022-09-02T23:24:24Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72557-the-munsters-star-butch-patrick-named-grand-marshal-for-mission-springfield-mile-i-ii | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
2023 IMSA VP Racing SportsCar Challenge Schedule Finalized
Adam Sinclair
Adam has been a race fan since the first time he went through the tunnel under the Daytona International Speedway more than 30 years ago. He has had the privilege of traveling to races all across the state of Florida (as well as one race in Ohio), watching nearly everything with a motor compete for fame and glory, as well as participating in various racing schools to get the feel of what racecar drivers go through every week.
Adam spent several years covering motorsports for Examiner.com., where he had the opportunity to see the racing world from behind the scenes as well as the grandstands. He invites everyone to follow him on Twitter, Facebook, and Google Plus, and looks forward to sharing his enthusiasm for all things racing with the readers of SpeedwayDigest.com.
Be sure to tune in for his sports talk program, Thursday Night Thunder, where he discusses the latest in motorsports news with drivers, crew members, and fans. The show takes place (almost) every Thursday at 8:00 pm EST on the Speedway Digest Radio Network.
Contact Adam: Email | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72558-2023-imsa-vp-racing-sportscar-challenge-schedule-finalized | 2022-09-02T23:24:30Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72558-2023-imsa-vp-racing-sportscar-challenge-schedule-finalized | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WICOMICO, Md. -- The family of fallen Corporal Glenn Hilliard received a $7,500 check today during a ceremony at the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office.
The money was raised by the Wicomico County Sheriff's Office and Maryland State Police through the sale of challenge coins. The coins commemorated the legacy of Hilliard, and roughly 1,000 of them were sold in the span of a week.
For Tashica Hilliard, Glenn Hilliard's wife, this money offers hope for the future.
"Losing my husband was one of the most devastating things that obviously happened to us, and the money will be such a great help towards my children and their futures," said Hilliard.
She is also appreciative that events like today's, are keeping the memory of her husband alive.
"I think it's awesome that the community is keeping his name alive, you know, for years to come, his name will be kept alive," said Hilliard. "I feel like it's good for my kids to be able to hear, to know that their father didn't die in vain."
Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis says Corporal Hilliard leaves behind a legacy that will never be forgotten.
"Well, there is nothing that will ever bring Corporal Hilliard back, but one thing I do love about the occasions, it gives us an opportunity to memorialize our brother and truly remember someone who made an indelible impact in our community," said Sheriff Lewis.
Even those who never met Hilliard were moved by today's ceremony.
"There is nothing that warms my heart more than to see the efforts of two departments working together to commemorate the loss of an exceptional individual," said Butler.
An exceptional individual gone, but never forgotten. | https://www.wboc.com/news/challenge-coins-for-corporal-hilliard/article_75d0849e-2b09-11ed-bc17-1f120a3d51ef.html | 2022-09-02T23:24:47Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/challenge-coins-for-corporal-hilliard/article_75d0849e-2b09-11ed-bc17-1f120a3d51ef.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SUSSEX COUNTY, Del. - The Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company has had the busiest summer in it's history. But, commercial delivery trucks are making it harder for the department to respond to calls on time.
In July and August alone, the RBVFC has received over 900 EMS calls and over 200 fire calls.
Captain Kent Swarts of the RBVFC, says there is always traffic in the commercial area of Rehoboth Beach, but that the delivery trucks make it more of an obstacle.
On multiple occasions, RBVFC has had to take alternate routes while responding to emergency calls. Ultimately, making their response time much longer.
Local business owners say the delivery trucks are necessary, and believe the traffic is caused by double parked cars more often than not.
Rehoboth Beach Mayor Stan Mills, said in an email, that the city is working to effectively resolve the traffic and safety concerns in the tight commercial area. | https://www.wboc.com/news/delivery-trucks-create-obstacles-for-rehoboth-beach-vol-fire-co/article_7db096fa-2afe-11ed-9e32-670370a21c6d.html | 2022-09-02T23:24:53Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/news/delivery-trucks-create-obstacles-for-rehoboth-beach-vol-fire-co/article_7db096fa-2afe-11ed-9e32-670370a21c6d.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion Jeff Gordon will briefly step out of retirement to race in the IMSA-sanctioned Porsche Carrera Cup North America Presented by the Cayman Islands at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS), Sept. 2-4.
Highlighting the weekend for the three-time Daytona 500 winner will be a reunion with longtime and storied crew chief Ray Evernham. It marks the first time the championship-winning combination has teamed together since 1999. Gordon joins an entry list of more than 30 Porsche specialists all piloting Porsche 911 GT3 Cup race cars competing on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn road course at the world-famous race course.
“I’m looking forward to getting back in a race car and competing against a talented field of teams and drivers,” said Gordon, the NASCAR Hall of Famer. “It’s always special when I get a chance to compete at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Ray and I have always talked about running another race together, and we felt like Indy was the perfect place. It’ll be a fun way to spend the holiday weekend and make some new memories.”
Gordon will drive the No. 24 entry in the Invitational class of the Porsche one-make series as part of the second annual Porsche Sports Car Together Fest. The 93-time NASCAR Cup race winner is no stranger to either road courses or Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The hometown hero of nearby Pittsboro, Indiana, is a record five-time Brickyard 400 winner on the IMS oval and holds the NASCAR Cup Series record for most road course victories (nine). In 2017, Gordon won the Rolex 24 At Daytona overall in his second attempt in the iconic IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship race. In doing so, he became one of only four drivers to win both the Daytona 500 and the Daytona 24-hour race. In 2003, he had his first taste of the Indy road course in a famous “car exchange” with Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya.
Opening practice for the two 40-minute Carrera Cup races will come on Friday, Sept. 2, followed by qualifying and Race 1 on Saturday, Sept. 3 and Race 2 scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 4.
Live timing and scoring of each session can be found at www.PorscheCarreraCup.us. The races will be broadcast live on the official series website – www.porschecarreracup.us – as well as on IMSA.com/TVLive. IMSA Radio will provide play-by-play commentary. | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72562-nascar-legend-gordon-to-race-in-porsche-carrera-cup-at-indianapolis | 2022-09-02T23:24:56Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72562-nascar-legend-gordon-to-race-in-porsche-carrera-cup-at-indianapolis | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
ATLANTIC OCEAN
Saturday: Winds E 5-10 kts. Swells 2 feet.
Sunday: Winds SE 5-10 kts. Swells 2 feet.
DELAWARE BAY
Saturday: Winds E 5-10 kts. Swells 1 to 2 feet.
Sunday: Winds S 5-10 kts. Swells 1 to 2 feet.
CHESAPEAKE BAY
Saturday: Winds E 5-10 kts. Swells 1 foot.
Sunday: Winds S 5-10 kts. Swells 1 foot. | https://www.wboc.com/weather/marine-forecast-for-september-2-2022/article_c2196306-2b0f-11ed-a50a-5f1dc7b8d84f.html | 2022-09-02T23:25:00Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/weather/marine-forecast-for-september-2-2022/article_c2196306-2b0f-11ed-a50a-5f1dc7b8d84f.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
“I loved it,” he said. “I went to Sebring and did my two-day test, then I ran the Skip Barber Nationals in ‘07. I didn’t know the company I was with at the time, but I raced with Joel Miller, Ricky Taylor, Josef Newgarden, Gabby Chaves, Conor Daly and Connor De Phillippi. I had no idea who these kids were. I was eight years older than them, just wanting to be a race car driver. It was a pretty good group of kids.”
The Skip Barber experience led to an offer to coach at a karting facility in New York. “At the time, I was working in a supermarket,” McAleer said. “Sounded like a no-brainer.”
Starting salary was $18K a year. He roomed with a friend from his Skip Barber days.
“I had no social security number, no driver’s license, no car, no income,” he said. “I could barely scrape through the week, but I was having such a blast.”
That’s where the passion found new form. He started coaching and racing simultaneously, eventually landing a race with CJ Wilson Racing and an offer to run the Mazda MX-5 Cup in 2012. Ten years and countless colorful schedules later, he’s running for a WeatherTech Championship title despite not yet winning a GTD race this season.
“It’s a pleasant surprise for all of us that we’re in the position we’re in,” McAleer said. “You could say we got lucky at Daytona and Sebring (both podium finishes), but you can’t say we’re lucky after eight events. We’re in the mix and fighting hard. The car is getting better, pit stops are getting better, and I’m getting better in the car.”
Perhaps that’s the key to succeeding in this hectic game. Do all you can, whenever you can, and never give up.
“I love it,” McAleer said. “It’s what I’ve always dreamed of doing. I’m going nowhere in a hurry.” | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72563-imsa-s-man-of-many-talents-mcaleer-loves-the-pace | 2022-09-02T23:25:02Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72563-imsa-s-man-of-many-talents-mcaleer-loves-the-pace | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
DELMARVA FORECAST
Friday night: Mostly clear with lows in the mid 60s. Isolated areas of patchy fog are possible around sunrise Saturday morning.
Saturday: Mostly sunny and warm. Highs in the upper 80s, except cooler near the beaches.
Sunday: Warm, with increasing clouds. A low chance of a stray shower in the evening. Highs near 90°F. Chance of rain 20 percent.
Monday: Partly cloudy with some showers. Highs in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 30 percent.
Tuesday: Scattered showers likely, with a few rumbles of thunder possible. Highs in the low to mid 80s. Chance of rain 50 percent.
Wednesday: A few lingering showers early, then partly cloudy. Highs in the low to mid 80s.
Thursday: Mostly sunny. Highs in the mid 80s.
FORECAST DISCUSSION
Normal high: 83°F. Normal low: 64°F.
High pressure over New England continues to slowly slide to the east as we wrap up the work week and look ahead to the Labor Day weekend. This will cause winds to shift to a more easterly direction. As temperatures across much of Delmarva remain unseasonably warm, with afternoon highs near 90°F on Saturday and Sunday, temperatures will be cooler and more comfortable along the Atlantic Beaches.
After a mostly sunny Saturday, on Sunday, we'll notice increasing clouds ahead of an approaching cold front. There is a very low chance of a few stray showers Sunday evening, but most folks will stay dry, so don't cancel any Sunday evening activities.
The cold front continues to approach on Labor Day, but the exact timing of the frontal passage is uncertain. As of Friday evening, it looks like the best chance of showers and some thunder will hold off until Monday night into Tuesday. So for Labor Day, expect partly cloudy skies with a few showers, especially in the afternoon, although again, it looks like most folks will stay dry. Temperatures will be seasonable, in the mid 80s.
We'll expect scattered showers and cooler temperatures on Tuesday. Some thunder is possible with a few embedded gusty downpours, but it looks like most rain will be of the lighter variety.
The cold front will then likely stall out along the East Coast, keeping shower chances in the forecast through early Wednesday.
Then, partly to mostly sunny skies round out the rest of the week.
The tropical Atlantic has gotten more interesting this week.
Hurricane "Danielle" formed late Friday morning, the first hurricane of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season. "Danielle" is expected to stay well out to sea, and does not pose any direct threat to land.
Northeast of the Leeward Islands, a tropical wave has a "high" chance of development as it tracks to the northwest. Heavy rain is possible in parts of the Leeward Islands. We will watch this disturbance carefully, as it is expected to track close to the East Coast of the United States, but any effects are too uncertain at this time. If this becomes a named tropical storm, its name would be "Earl."
Another tropical wave off the west coast of Africa has a low chance of development. | https://www.wboc.com/weather/warm-labor-day-weekend-rain-hold-off-for-now/article_5c888158-2aff-11ed-870c-cbdb31ec3e71.html | 2022-09-02T23:25:06Z | wboc.com | control | https://www.wboc.com/weather/warm-labor-day-weekend-rain-hold-off-for-now/article_5c888158-2aff-11ed-870c-cbdb31ec3e71.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Andretti Global, the parent company of Andretti Autosport, has announced today that the team has chosen Fishers, Indiana, to be the future home of its universal motorsports headquarters. The team intends to build a 575,000 square-foot facility that will occupy approximately 90-acres alongside the up-and-coming Nickel Plate Trail, the Ritchey Woods Nature Preserve and near the Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport. The new global headquarters would add up to 500 jobs to the local community by early 2026. The $200 million facility is planned to serve as the headquarters of Andretti’s global commercial functions and the base of operations for the team’s current NTT INDYCAR SERIES, Indy Lights and IMSA programs and other future racing initiatives. In addition to housing day-to-day operations for the racing team, the building will be home to the advanced research and development of Andretti Technologies. The collaborative campus will feature modern technologies and create a work-life environment for the benefit of our team, fans and partners. The new campus will give Andretti Global the opportunity to welcome the community and race fans from around the world through involvement with the Fishers Parks Nature First program, planned indoor amphitheater and a museum and innovation center that will preserve and showcase the Andretti legacy and inspire the future of motorsports. Planning is underway on the new facility, with construction expected to begin in the fall of 2022, pending all relevant approvals. The building is projected to be operational by 2025. The team, led by Michael Andretti, operates worldwide in seven racing championships and across eight types of motorsport with 17 full-time drivers. Andretti first became a team owner in 2003 after retiring from his full-time driving career. Nearly two decades later, Andretti has built a diverse, global enterprise competing at the highest levels of motorsport and reaching all five habitable continents. In his time as a team owner, Andretti has collected 17 championship titles and 252 race wins – including five Indianapolis 500 victories, victory at the Bathurst 1000, a Sebring 12 Hour title and wins in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship and Extreme E series. Pending approval of the Indiana Economic Development Corporation (IEDC) board of directors, the IEDC will commit an investment in Andretti Autosport of up to $19 million in the form of conditional tax credits and up to $125,000 in training grants based on the company’s plans to invest in its Indiana operations. The city of Fishers has approved additional incentives. MICHAEL ANDRETTI, CHAIRMAN & CEO, ANDRETTI GLOBAL: “Indiana holds an important place in the history of racing, and in my career as a driver and an owner; I’m happy to confirm that the Racing Capital of the World will continue to be the home of our global racing efforts for a long time to come. We’re excited about our plans for the new campus and looking forward to becoming a part of the Fishers community. “Over the past 20 years, I’ve worked to expand our operations and I’m proud of our steps to create a diverse racing portfolio. Our current facility has served us well. Our team has expanded in both competition and commercial areas and our people deserve the best environment and resources available. I’m excited to have so many of our teams under one roof as we continue to build and grow. For us, it’s about more than just having somewhere to work on the cars; it’s about having a global motorsport home and sharing that with our people, our fans and our sponsors to advance the sport and leave a lasting legacy.” MARISSA ANDRETTI, VICE PRESIDENT, ANDRETTI AUTOSPORT / MANAGING DIRECTOR, ANDRETTI TECHNOLOGIES:“Beyond being the base of operations and nerve center for our global teams, we’re building a destination where everyone can feel like part of the Andretti family. We are looking forward to our new headquarters serving as a gathering place for our team members and the community. Our employees are the heart of our business and our most valuable asset. It’s important to us that we create an engaging, campus culture and environment where we feel we can have longevity in our careers. Racing can be more than a job; it’s a way of life, and we’re working to build a sense of community beyond the workplace.” ERIC J. HOLCOMB, GOVERNOR, STATE OF INDIANA:“Indiana has long been the racing capital of the world, and Andretti Autosport’s commitment to growth here will only further cement our state’s leadership position in Motorsports and STEM related pursuits. This new campus will not only bring new, exciting employment opportunities and serve as an asset for one of our fastest growing communities but will also show just how much this living legacy, one of the most globally iconic brands known, continues to invest in the future of our great state.” BRAD CHAMBERS, INDIANA SECRETARY OF COMMERCE:“I am excited to celebrate this legendary racing family of entrepreneurs in their competitive quest to innovate in the global racing industry. Indiana continues to demonstrate leadership in this sector as well as its position as a premier destination for automotive, speed and mobility-focused industries.” SCOTT FADNESS, MAYOR, CITY OF FISHERS, INDIANA:“Partnering with Andretti to bring an incredible mix of innovation, visitor experiences and a commitment to the local community is a dream come true for this special property at the Indianapolis Metropolitan Airport. Fishers will be a welcomed home for the future of Andretti, and I look forward to celebrating their successes together.” STEVE DILLINGER, VICE PRESIDENT, INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS / VICE PRESIDENT, HAMILTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS:“This is just one more of the great things that can happen, when the Government and the private sector work together. The Indianapolis Airport Authority, working with Mayor Fadness and Fishers, along with Hamilton County and the Andretti team, have created a relationship that is a win-win for all involved.” MARIO RODRIGUEZ, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT AUTHORITY: “In 2015, the Indianapolis Airport Authority and the City of Fishers partnered to maximize the use of this land and thus increase to an even greater level the quality of life for residents of Fishers. We are so pleased Andretti chose this location and supports the vision for this vital part of Fishers and the iconic team that leads this great effort.” | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72564-andretti-global-is-heading-to-the-hoosier-state | 2022-09-02T23:25:09Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72564-andretti-global-is-heading-to-the-hoosier-state | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
The championship leaders of the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series kicked off the NASCAR GP Czech Republic on the right foot. Alon Day and Alberto Naska topped the combined standings in Free Practice on Friday with stellar lap times. While Day beat championship contender Nicolo Rocca by 0.314 seconds, Naska edged his rival Vladimiros Tziortzis by 0.396 seconds at the 4.2-kilometer long Autodrom Most.
Day has already proved his abilities to win at the Czech facility in 2021, when the driver of the #24 PK Carsport Chevrolet Camaro grabbed his first win at Most. For Alberto Naska, it was another debut at an unknown track for him, but the CAAL Racing rookie again mastered the new track well and put himself on top of the standings. The Italian was watching the EuroNASCAR PRO Free Practice at the hill in turn 1 to find the missing secrets of the high speed track.
EuroNASCAR PRO: Day set the bar
Day started where he left in 2021 and set the benchmark in the two free practice sessions on Friday with a 1:40.523-lap in Free Practice 1. The Israeli beat title contender Nicolo Rocca by about three tenth of a second and made a statement in the championship battle. The duo was followed by reigning EuroNASCAR 2 Champion Martin Doubek, who was only 0.043 seconds slower than the Italian in his #56 CAAL Racing Chevrolet.
Gianmarco Ercoli ended up fourth and is set to fight his way back into title contention after a season that was filled with ups and downs for the Rome native. Academy Motorsport / Alex Caffi Motorsport driver Patrick Lemarie closed the top-5. The Frenchman has plenty of experience at Autodrom Most, where he won a European Le Mans Series race twenty-one years ago.
Sebastiaan Bleekemolen finished sixth ahead of Marc Goossens and Giorgio Maggi, who topped the Junior Trophy ranks. Liam Hezemans, who crashed into the barriers in Free Practice 2, and NWES veteran Romain Iannetta rounded out the combined top-10. Frederic Gabillon and Brands Hatch race winner Alexander Graff ended up eleventh and twelfth.
Henri Tuomaala was the fastest of the Challenger Trophy drivers in 13th place whilst two-time NWES race winner Yann Zimmer finished 16th on his return to the series with Racingfuel Motorsport. Max Lanza and Davide Dallara completed the top-3 in the Challenger Trophy in 15th and 17th respectively. Aliyyah Koloc took 14th on her hometrack and closed the Junior Trophy top-3 behind Hezemans.
EuroNASCAR 2: New challenges for Naska
Visiting a new track is nothing new to Naska, who impressed with strong performances in his rookie season so far. The EuroNASCAR 2 championship leader was the fastest driver with a 1:40.686-lap in Free Practice 2. He beat one of his closest rivals in the championship battle, Tziortzis, who ended up about four tenths of a second slower than the CAAL Racing driver.
Reigning champion Doubek followed in third while Gil Linster showed promising pace in his #56 Chevrolet Camaro after he finished the day in fourth. Claudio Capelli did not only close the top-5, but he also took second in the Rookie Trophy and topped the Legend Trophy classification. PK Carsport driver Christian Malcharek followed in sixth, while Koloc was the best Lady Trophy driver in seventh.
Hezemans, Leonardo Colavita and Tuomas Pontinen rounded out the top-10, with Hezemans completing the top-3 in the Rookie Trophy. Michael Bleekemolen, who is deputizing for Melvin de Groot, and Dario Caso completes the top-3 in Legend Trophy whilst the top-3 in Lady Trophy was completed by Luli del Castello and Alina Loibnegger.
The last session of EuroNASCAR 2 was red flagged in the closing stages due to an incident involving Patrick Schober and Miguel Gomes. Both NWES championships will be back to action on Saturday at 10:30 am CEST with Qualifying. The grid-setting sessions and all races will be broadcast live on EuroNASCAR’s YouTube channel, Motorsport.tv and several TV services from around the world.
NWES PR | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72566-alon-day-and-alberto-naska-on-top-of-free-practice-at-most | 2022-09-02T23:25:15Z | speedwaydigest.com | control | https://speedwaydigest.com/index.php/news/racing-news/72566-alon-day-and-alberto-naska-on-top-of-free-practice-at-most | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
It was an emotional win for Federico Monti in the Club Challenge at Autodrom Most, Czech Republic. The Italian was the most consistent driver in the regularity test of the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series and grabbed victory at the end of the two timed sessions. The Academy Motorsport / Alex Caffi Motorsport driver dedicated the win to his late friend, who unfortunately passed away during the summer. Monti was followed by the Marko Stipp Motorsport duo of Andreas Kuchelbacher and reigning champion Gordon Barnes.
“We wanted to get this win,” said an emotional Monti at the podium. “The team is working so hard and we had an awesome day here in Most. I dedicate this win to one of my best friends, who passed away this summer. We really wanted to get this victory for him. I’m really happy and had a great time at the track. We are now looking forward to the next round at Circuit Zolder in Belgium.”
While Monti scored a total of 75 points and topped the second session, Kuchelbacher ended up second just one marker down to the Italian. The former Club Challenge champion was the most consistent driver in the first session but lost the battle to Monti in the second outing because he ended up only third. With that, the Austrian beat his Marko Stipp Motorsport teammate Barnes, who suffered from technical issues on his Chevrolet Camaro.
The Brit collected 73 points despite losing a lot of track time due to a fuel pump issue in the first session. With his podium finish, Barnes still leads the championship, but Monti gained massive ground before the last two rounds at Zolder and Grobnik. Julian Vanheelen ended up fourth, while championship contender Neo Lambert suffered from a setback at Most. The Frenchman wasn’t able to turn a single lap due to technical issues and therefore lost important points in the title battle.
The Club Challenge will return on October 7 at Circuit Zolder in Belgium. The final will take place at the Automotodrom Grobnik on October 28 and promises to deliver a fantastic battle in the regularity test in Croatia. With the first sessions in the books, it’s time for EuroNASCAR PRO and EuroNASCAR 2 to hit the track with Free Practice on Friday and four thrilling races over the weekend – two for each championship.
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Coltman Farms Racing and Kenny Collins are looking to make a strong impression in front of their home crowd during Saturday’s World of Outlaws Case Construction Late Model Series race at Lavonia Speedway in Georgia.
With a brand-new car from Longhorn Chassis at their disposal, both Coltman and Collins have plenty of confidence in their ability to mix it up with the series regulars and build off the momentum they have accumulated through the 2022 season.
Despite only competing with the World of Outlaws just a few times, Collins is very comfortable with racing at his home track of Lavonia. Collins and his team are confident the new chassis will provide him an advantage by the time the green flag flies.
“We’ve only had a handful of starts with the World of Outlaws over the years and most of them have been at Lavonia,” Collins said. “We’ve really held our own with the touring guys in the past and having this new Longhorn Chassis makes it even more exciting. Brett makes sure we have the resources needed to compete and we’re excited to be more prepared for the event this year.”
The 2022 season has been dominated by success for Collins while driving for Coltman and having Dwayne Frady as crew chief. Among his accomplishments were setting the quickest time in his group for the Eldora Million along with qualifying for the Thursday preliminary in the Colossal 100 at Charlotte Motor Speedway’s dirt track.
Collins is also fresh off a strong showing in the Schaeffer’s Oil Southern Nationals Series. He ended the season by recording six consecutive finishes inside the Top 10, including a second place run to Brandon Overton at Toccoa Raceway.
The efficiency Collins showed in the Southern Nationals Series culminated with a third place finish in the final point standings, which has Coltman optimistic about their chances of heading into Lavonia and pulling off the upset win.
“Coming off a successful run in the [Southern Nationals Series], we are excited about racing in Lavonia. Being able to run with the World of Outlaws will allow us to carry some of the momentum from our success on the tour. Kenny is always good [at Lavonia], and with Dwayne's knowledge, I expect this to be a good run for us and our team.”
Even though Collins does not expect a victory to come easy in a World of Outlaws race, he is still setting high expectations for the weekend, adding the amount of speed they have shown all year, combined with the new Longhorn Chassis, should make them one of the fastest cars from the moment hot laps begin.
“We expect to run well,” Collins said. “It’s our home track and if we don’t leave with a Top 5 finish, I will be very disappointed.”
Collins will look to kick off his night at Lavonia on the right note in qualifying, which will take place shortly after hot laps at 6:30 p.m. The green flag for the World of Outlaws Late Model feature will be waved shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.
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Jason Feger has enjoyed plenty of success in his Super Late Model racing career. UMP DIRTcar Summer Nationals championships, big races at popular tracks, and if a race fan mentions a track there is a good chance Bloomington's Feger has won. Except the Herald & Review 100 at Macon Speedway. Feger has won at Macon Speedway in a big race--in 2005, he netted the 60-lap, $6,000-to-win spectacular in the 60th anniversary bash. Thursday night, September 1st, Feger cashed in on the big one and the $5,000 paycheck.
Starting in the eighth place starting position, fourth row outside, Feger used his nickname of "The Highside Hustler" to run the top and move through the field. Feger waited out caution flags and one red flag to move past leader Rusty Schlenk on lap 39. Schlenk looked dominant after the beginning lap as he was side-by-side with his front row racer Jake Little. Little scored first on the opening lap but then it was Schlenk from lap two until the 38th lap.
Feger was the one racer who kept moving forward and faster as the 100-lap main event was running, Little started to pull behind as his tires showed signs of wear. The same seemed to be the case for Myles Moos, who started his night as fastest qualifier at 10.366. Moos also crashed and bashed into the concrete wall through much of the race. Schlenk slowed and the caution was brought out on lap 51 as he needed a tire change. When Schlenk returned, the Hoosier Racing Tire change was beneficial as he started flying back towards the top into a top five situation. While these drivers were losing speed and traction, Feger was pulling ahead further and further until he led the second place car by a half-lap.
Many wonder what could have been as the race was going and Feger was in control. Shannon Babb, the five-time winner of the Herald & Review 100, pulled into the infield on only the third lap of the race because of something broken internally with his Super Late Model. Babb, the third-position starter, would have likely been a strong factor in the race. As would have 2015 Herald & Review 100 Champion Ryan Unzicker, who was involved in a wreck on lap ten while running third place. A lapped car slowed and stalled entering the third turn and second plate car Little, Unzicker and fourth place driver Jayme Zidar were spun around into a mess. Unzicker would have smoke or steam coming from the engine and would be pushed back to the pit area.
The race was filled with a variety of driver error or debris cautions--13 in total--that pulled the race into one of the longest in its history at 60 minutes. Many will remember 1999's race when Billy Drake won with no cautions and many will remember the 2022 race when Feger won in a one-hour event.
Macon Speedway also featured a bonus to the highest finishing Pro Crate Late Model, which ended up being Roben Huffman. Huffman finished 11th of the 23-car starting field.
The second division racing was the BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds in a Summit Equipment Nationals race event. Mike Harrison went from fast qualifier to heat race winner to 25-lap feature race winner very quickly. The Highland driver enjoys racing Macon Speedway and it shows. He has raced twice in 2022 and scored checkered flags in both events, the August 6th Diane Bennett Memorial for $1,000-to-win and the $1,500-to-win event Thursday night.
Macon Speedway will rest quiet for a rare scheduled Saturday night off as the crew and team will be in DuQuoin and the DuQuoin State Fair for the USAC Silver Crown Series, the ARCA Menard's Series and the UMP Modifieds races on Saturday and Sunday.
Macon Speedway returns to Saturday night racing on September 10th with 98.1 GRIZ-FM Night featuring the Vintage Racing of Illinois series along with six Macon Speedway divisions of racing--Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Models, BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds, 51 Bistro Street Stocks, POWRi Micro Sprints Presented by Bailey Chassis, Pro Modifieds and Hornets.
FEATURE RUNDOWNS (Top 10’s)
Herald & Review 100 DIRTcar Super Late Models
- 25-Jason Feger[Bloomington, IL]; 2. 16-Rusty Griffaw[Festus, MO]; 3. 9Z-Jayme Zider[Waukesha, WI]; 4. 84-Myles Moos[Lincoln, IL]; 5. 38J-Jake Little[Springfield, IL]; 6. 25T-Tucker Finch[Jacksonville, IL]; 7. 27-Greg Kimmons[Pleasant Plains, IL]; 8. 38-Thomas Hunziker[Bend, OR]; 9. 35-Claude Walker[Moro, IL]; 10. 91-Rusty Schlenk[McClure, OH]
BillingsleyRewards.com Modifieds
- 24H-Mike Harrison[Highland, IL]; 2. 43-Jared Thomas[Edinburg, IL]; 3. 10M-Chris Morefield[Edwards, IL]; 4. 99-Tim Luttrell[Riverton, IL]; 5. 13-Guy Taylor[Springfield, IL]; 6. 36-Kenny Wallace[St. Louis, MO]; 7. 72W-Kaleb Wood[Sullivan, IL]; 8. 87-Alan Crowder[Elwin, IL]; 9. 28S-Joe Strawkas[Buffalo, IL]; 10. 87S-David Shain[Humboldt, IL]
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Speedway Motorsports and Onward Technology have partnered on a multi-year agreement to provide high-speed, wireless internet access on NASCAR Cup Series race weekends at select Speedway Motorsports facilities. The enhanced service, FansFirst WiFi, has been available during the 2022 season at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Texas Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Sonoma Raceway and New Hampshire Motor Speedway. This fan amenity will continue at Bristol, Texas, Charlotte and Las Vegas for the upcoming NASCAR Playoff weekends and subsequent seasons to come.
By connecting to the FansFirst WiFi network, race fans can access free high-speed internet during events leading up to and during NASCAR Cup Series races. The network is available in concession and concourse areas, fan zones and select camping areas. This enhanced WiFi experience allows race fans to quickly access social media accounts and share the excitement of race weekend with friends and family on their smartphones. FansFirst WiFi also allows fans to easily engage with online resources on Speedway Motorsports, NASCAR and race team mobile apps and digital services.
“We are excited to partner with Speedway Motorsports and continue providing a more connected experience for race fans during event weekends,” said Onward Technology Chief Executive Officer Jarom Roney. “Providing reliable WiFi for thousands of connected fans is a challenge that we’ve embraced alongside Speedway Motorsports, and we’re looking forward to elevating that experience for fans throughout this and coming seasons.”
Onward Technology is a high-performance networking solution provider that specializes in complex WiFi deployments for large spaces and high user density. Onward Technology designs, deploys and manages networks that can handle demanding environments and significant numbers of people. Onward Technology also provides managed IT services to organizations with a focus on likeable engineers and ultra-reliable networks.
“Keeping fans, friends and families connected on race days makes for a more enjoyable and remarkable experience,” said Speedway Motorsports Chief Operating Officer Mike Burch. “FansFirst WiFi provides a platform for fans not only to share their good times during our events, but also for us to communicate information fans need to know through our speedway apps and social media channels. We look forward to working with Onward Technology on more ways to keep our fans engaged through their state-of-the-art wireless networks.”
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Yakima city officials did not violate a local business owner’s First Amendment rights when they cited him for fire code violations, a jury decided Friday.
A U.S. District Court jury in Yakima found that Mark Peterson, owner of H&H Furniture in Yakima, failed to demonstrate that he was targeted because he spoke out against the city’s plans to turn a downtown parking lot into a plaza.
The jurors also found there was no clear and convincing evidence that former City Manager Tony O’Rourke, retired Deputy Fire Chief Mark Sopitch and Fire Inspector Tony Doan conspired to maliciously prosecute Peterson.
The jurors reached their verdict shortly before 11 a.m. Friday. The jury received the case around 2:10 p.m. Thursday.
Peterson did not return phone calls left on his cell phone and at his business by press time.
Attempts to contact Megan Coluccio, one of the attorneys who represented the city in the lawsuit, were not successful.
City spokesman Randy Beehler said the city is pleased with a verdict that puts to rest a case that has been going on for nearly a decade.
"The city was confident in its legal position, and the jury found that what the city did was appropriate and within the scope of its responsibilities," Beehler said. "The evidence showed the inspections done at Mr. Peterson's business were what the city was supposed to be doing when the public goes into buildings that are accessible to the public."
Peterson sued the city, first in Yakima County Superior Court before the case was transferred to federal court, for malicious prosecution and First Amendment violations. In the civil trial, jurors had to find that it was more likely than not that O’Rourke and the city violated his free-speech rights and that any of the defendants maliciously prosecuted him on the fire code violations.
Peterson was required to use a slightly higher standard of proof on the conspiracy question, asking jurors to find that there was a strong possibility that the officials conspired against him.
Peterson, in his lawsuit, alleged that shortly after he and other business owners criticized the city’s downtown plans in November 2013 that Doan inspected his building, found that the basement showroom’s ceiling violated fire codes, and ordered it fixed within 90 days.
In court papers, Peterson said the ceiling issue was brought up in a 2002 fire inspection, but subsequent inspectors did not cite any violations.
Sopitch, Doan’s supervisor, upheld Doan’s findings in his report, court documents said.
Doan tried to conduct follow-up inspections of the property but was told that Peterson was not present, and he would have to reschedule when Peterson was there, court documents said.
The city filed charges that Peterson refused entry to building inspectors, a charge that prosecutors ultimately dropped “in the interest of justice” because Doan did not specify the scope of the inspection he sought to perform, court records said.
Prosecutors said he would need the owner’s permission only if he were inspecting parts of the building that were not public spaces.
The city argued during the trial that the fire code citation was not based on Peterson’s opposition to the downtown plaza plan, which voters and the City Council rejected in 2018. Instead, they said the case was about public safety. | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/jury-throws-out-yakima-businessmans-claim-that-building-code-violation-was-tied-to-plaza-opposition/article_94ea364e-2b0f-11ed-a080-d7200e90149b.html | 2022-09-02T23:29:08Z | yakimaherald.com | control | https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/crime_and_courts/jury-throws-out-yakima-businessmans-claim-that-building-code-violation-was-tied-to-plaza-opposition/article_94ea364e-2b0f-11ed-a080-d7200e90149b.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Yakima County authorities have filed charges against a Yakima man in the June hit-and-run death of Wendy Baker, a retired Yakima Valley College instructor.
Juan Carlos Vargas, 42, was charged in Yakima Superior Court on Friday with a hit-and-run fatality. Yakima County Prosecuting Attorney Joe Brusic said law enforcement officials have issued a nationwide warrant for Vargas.
“It’s our understanding and belief he’s in Mexico,” Brusic said. “We will work with Mexican authorities and try to obtain their assistance.”
Baker was struck and killed by a GMC Denali pickup truck when riding a bicycle the morning of June 12. She was riding west with a group of cyclists in the 11000 block of Summitview Road at 10:30 a.m. near the fog line when the truck swerved across the line and struck her, according to authorities.
The driver did not stop at the scene, failed to give any kind of identifying information and offered no assistance, according to the arrest warrant paperwork from the Yakima County Sheriff’s Department.
Other bicyclists at the scene followed the truck, but lost sight of it in the 13000 block of Summitview Road, according to a Sheriff’s Office news release.
Following up on numerous tips, deputies found the truck at a construction site in the East Valley area the following Friday.
“This is an exceptionally tragic case for many, many reasons,” Brusic said.
Brusic said the case had received public attention and that law enforcement had worked hard gathering evidence.
“We know people have been frustrated. We know people want answers,” Brusic said. “We wanted to make sure we’d done our due diligence.”
Vargas has no criminal record, according to the arrest warrant issued. A hit-and-run fatality is a class B felony and the maximum penalty is 10 years. Bail is set at $250,000.
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(AP) – Local law enforcement agencies from suburban Southern California to rural North Carolina have been using an obscure cellphone tracking tool, at times without search warrants, that gives them the power to follow people’s movements months back in time, according to public records and internal emails obtained by The Associated Press.
Police have used “Fog Reveal” to search hundreds of billions of records from 250 million mobile devices, and harnessed the data to create location analyses known among law enforcement as “patterns of life,” according to thousands of pages of records about the company.
Sold by Virginia-based Fog Data Science LLC, Fog Reveal has been used since at least 2018 in criminal investigations ranging from the murder of a nurse in Arkansas to tracing the movements of a potential participant in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. The tool is rarely, if ever, mentioned in court records, something that defense attorneys say makes it harder for them to properly defend their clients in cases in which the technology was used.
The company was developed by two former high-ranking Department of Homeland Security officials under former President George W. Bush. It relies on advertising identification numbers, which Fog officials say are culled from popular cellphone apps such as Waze, Starbucks and hundreds of others that target ads based on a person’s movements and interests, according to police emails. That information is then sold to companies like Fog.
“It’s sort of a mass surveillance program on a budget,” said Bennett Cyphers, a special adviser at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a digital privacy rights advocacy group.
This story, supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, is part of an ongoing Associated Press series, “Tracked,” that investigates the power and consequences of decisions driven by algorithms on people’s everyday lives.
The documents and emails were obtained by EFF through Freedom of Information Act requests. The group shared the files with The AP, which independently found that Fog sold its software in about 40 contracts to nearly two dozen agencies, according to GovSpend, a company that keeps tabs on government spending. The records and AP’s reporting provide the first public account of the extensive use of Fog Reveal by local police, according to analysts and legal experts who scrutinize such technologies.
Federal oversight of companies like Fog is an evolving legal landscape. On Monday, the Federal Trade Commission sued a data broker called Kochava that, like Fog, provides its clients with advertising IDs that authorities say can easily be used to find where a mobile device user lives, which violates rules the commission enforces. And there are bills before Congress now that, if passed, would regulate the industry.
“Local law enforcement is at the front lines of trafficking and missing persons cases, yet these departments are often behind in technology adoption,” Matthew Broderick, a Fog managing partner, said in an email. “We fill a gap for underfunded and understaffed departments.”
Because of the secrecy surrounding Fog, however, there are scant details about its use and most law enforcement agencies won’t discuss it, raising concerns among privacy advocates that it violates the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which protects against unreasonable search and seizure.
What distinguishes Fog Reveal from other cellphone location technologies used by police is that it follows the devices through their advertising IDs, unique numbers assigned to each device. These numbers do not contain the name of the phone’s user, but can be traced to homes and workplaces to help police establish pattern-of-life analyses.
“The capability that it had for bringing up just anybody in an area whether they were in public or at home seemed to me to be a very clear violation of the Fourth Amendment,” said Davin Hall, a former crime data analysis supervisor for the Greensboro, North Carolina, Police Department. “I just feel angry and betrayed and lied to.”
Hall resigned in late 2020 after months of voicing concerns about the department’s use of Fog to police attorneys and the city council.
While Greensboro officials acknowledged Fog’s use and initially defended it, the police department said it allowed its subscription to expire earlier this year because it didn’t “independently benefit investigations.”
But federal, state and local police agencies around the U.S. continue to use Fog with very little public accountability. Local police agencies have been enticed by Fog’s affordable price: It can start as low as $7,500 a year. And some departments that license it have shared access with other nearby law enforcement agencies, the emails show.
Police departments also like how quickly they can access detailed location information from Fog. Geofence warrants, which tap into GPS and other sources to track a device, are accessed by obtaining such data from companies, like Google or Apple. This requires police to obtain a warrant and ask the tech companies for the specific data they want, which can take days or weeks.
Using Fog’s data, which the company claims is anonymized, police can geofence an area or search by a specific device’s ad ID numbers, according to a user agreement obtained by AP. But, Fog maintains that “we have no way of linking signals back to a specific device or owner,” according to a sales representative who emailed the California Highway Patrol in 2018, after a lieutenant asked whether the tool could be legally used.
Despite such privacy assurances, the records show that law enforcement can use Fog’s data as a clue to find identifying information. “There is no (personal information) linked to the (ad ID),” wrote a Missouri official about Fog in 2019. “But if we are good at what we do, we should be able to figure out the owner.”
Fog’s Broderick said in an email that the company does not have access to people’s personal information, and draws from “commercially available data without restrictions to use,” from data brokers “that legitimately purchase data from apps in accordance with their legal agreements.” The company refused to share information about how many police agencies it works with.
“We are confident Law Enforcement has the responsible leadership, constraints, and political guidance at the municipal, state, and federal level to ensure that any law enforcement tool and method is appropriately used in accordance with the laws in their respective jurisdictions,” Broderick said.
Prior to publication, Fog’s Broderick refused to say how the company got data from Starbucks and Waze. But on Thursday, he said he did not know how data aggregators collected the information Fog Reveal draws from, or the specific apps from which the data was drawn.
“Search warrants are not required for the use of the public data,” he said Thursday, adding that the data his product offers law enforcement is “lead data” and should not be used to establish probable cause.
AP National Writer Allen G. Breed contributed from Greensboro, North Carolina. Dearen reported from New York and Burke reported from San Francisco.
This reporting was produced in collaboration with researchers Janine Graham, Nicole Waddick and Jane Yang as well as the University of California, Berkeley’s Human Rights Center Investigations Lab and School of Law. | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/tech-tool-offers-police-mass-surveillance-on-a-budget/ | 2022-09-02T23:31:35Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/national/tech-tool-offers-police-mass-surveillance-on-a-budget/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A swimming cap made specifically for natural Black hair has received official approval from the worldwide governing body for competitive swimming.
Soul Cap is a covering made especially to protect hair that's thick, curly, braided or otherwise textured — which is often difficult to fit into smaller swim caps.
FINA initially rejected the cap's use at the Olympics last year, claiming that athletes competing at the world stage have "never used, neither require to use, caps of such size and configuration," according to The Associated Press.
The report said that the organization also determined that the cap does not "[follow] the natural form of the head," a rule that is outlined in FINA's requirements for approved swimwear.
This ban sparked global conversations about inclusivity and existing barriers within the world of competitive swimming.
Danielle Obe, chair of the Black Swimming Association, told Sky Sports last year that, "by and large, hair is a significant barrier to aquatics for many women especially and many people of color from our communities. So [the Soul Cap] should be considered as a product that overcomes this barrier."
FINA walked back last year's rejection this week after "a period of "review and discussion on cap design," along with Soul Cap creators, Brent Nowicki, executive director at FINA told the U.K.'s Metro.
"Promoting diversity and inclusivity is at the heart of FINA's work, and it is very important that all aquatic athletes have access to the appropriate swimwear," he told the outlet.
The British Olympic swimmer (and Soul Cap ambassador) Alice Dearing said the news was exciting, in a statement to NPR. Dearing became the first Black swimmer who represented Great Britain at an Olympic level last year. She also co-founded the Black Swimming Association in 2020.
"I know that a lot of people value the option this cap brings them when going swimming. Knowing that it is acceptable to compete in this cap at the highest level of sport sends a message that hair should not be a barrier which stops people from participating," Dearing said.
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KALAMAZOO TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Officers arrested a man Thursday in connection to a deadly shooting that happened nearly a year ago, according to the Township of Kalamazoo Police Department.
The department says 22-year-old Jayshaun Bishop of Kalamazoo was arrested Thursday, without incident, on West Walnut Street.
Officers responded to a shooting on Elkerton Avenue back on September 21, 2021.
They say they found 23-year-old Collin Mitchell with a gunshot wound. Mitchell later died from his injuries.
READ MORE: Police identify man found dead outside Kalamazoo Township apartment
Bishop now faces several charges, including open murder and felony firearm.
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NEW YORK -- Back in January, Coco Gauff lost to Madison Keys in Adelaide.
“I learned a lot from that match,” Gauff told reporters earlier this week. “In the beginning of the year I feel like in general, I wasn’t in a good head space, I wasn’t confident in my tennis. I feel like now I’m really confident in my tennis.
“I think my serve is a lot better. I’m winning a lot of first-serve points. Forehand has improved a lot. Return has improved. Also, just my mentality on the court.”
That’s a lot of improvement -- in a span of only eight months -- but this 18-year-old is blasting through a learning curve that typically takes years and years. There was more progress Friday at the US Open, when Gauff beat Keys 6-2, 6-3 in a third-round match.
It was clean, comprehensive and thoroughly cerebral. After the last point, Gauff screamed -- more animated than usual -- and pointed at her head.
The No.12 seed meets Zhang Shuai, a winner against Rebecca Marino, in a fourth-round match Sunday.
Playing in her third US Open, Gauff is into the second week for the first time. This had been the only major event where that hadn’t happened. Overall, this was her sixth victory at her home Grand Slam -- a total she matched earlier this year in a single fortnight with a run to the final at Roland Garros.
Keys, who reached the finals here in 2017, is a classic hard-court power player. She had recorded the most aces of any woman on hard courts this year, but Gauff held her own in those power categories. At the same time, Gauff -- among the quickest players on the WTA Hologic Tour -- was able to frustrate Keys with nearly impenetrable defense.
It's the first time @cocogauff has reached Round 4 of the #USOpen.
— US Open Tennis (@usopen) September 2, 2022
See you next week. pic.twitter.com/w9ikJuFCB3
In a second-round match against Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Gauff knocked off a 128 mph serve. It was the second-fastest serve by a woman in US Open history -- and it was only one mile-per-hour behind the best efforts of top seed Daniil Medvedev, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Dominic Thiem.
Gauff saw the number on the scoreboard.
“I looked at it and I was like, `Whoa,’” Gauff told reporters later. “Yeah, I don’t know how that happened. It didn’t feel like I hit it that hard. I kind of looked at [Ruse] after. She was laughing at her box. I was like, ‘I don’t know what’s going on either.’”
Going forward, what’s going on is Gauff. She’s already a handful, but when you add her bigger and better serve to the stew, she’s becoming very, very tough to beat. | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2776318/gauff-takes-out-keys-into-fourth-round-of-us-open | 2022-09-02T23:41:38Z | wtatennis.com | control | https://www.wtatennis.com/news/2776318/gauff-takes-out-keys-into-fourth-round-of-us-open | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
OcuPrep Institute of Georgia is a higher education institution approved by the GA Nonpublic Postsecondary Education Commission and authorized as an approved higher education provider. OcuPrep is listed in the GA Directory of Institutions offering applied technical degrees, training, and certificate programs for various fields of study, including Ophthalmic Technician, Ophthalmic Assistant, and Dialysis Technician programs with additional academic programs slated for approval. OcuPrep courses have been championed by education pragmatist who believe in providing affordable educational training that prepares students for the current workforce.
OcuPrep programs use blended study methodology for course delivery, which includes in-class instruction, lectures, practicums, and skill-based demonstration. The instructors are leaders in their respective field and trailblazers in reshaping medical, healthcare, and health management industries. Notable OcuPrep faculty and administrators include Yale University Professor Dr. Ruth Blake, PhD, Dr. Omar K. Danner, MD, Dr. Courtney Marsh, OD, Dr. Janice D. Ivery, DNP, Optician Diane F. Drake, LDO, ABOM, NCLEM, FNAO and others.
Newly appointed Dean, Dr. Rashad Richey, is a noted academician, national lecturer, Emmy-nominated political analyst, national television news anchor, talk radio personality, and business leader. According to Richey, this role was appealing due to the massive need for affordable higher education and skill-based training programs. Richey plans to use his educational and executive expertise to grow the institution, expand academic program options, increase partnerships with agencies who will hire OcuPrep graduates, and further develop OcuPrep’s reputation and statewide footprint.
“Our board engaged in an exhaustive national search to fill the position of Dean, which is a pivotal role for the continued success of any institution. When Dr. Richey expressed interest, it was a unanimous decision and frankly a ‘no-brainer’ to offer him the job. Dr. Richey’s academic prowess, business acumen, and love for students and education is truly unmatched. We are thrilled he will lead our academic success moving forward,” said OcuPrep President John Marsh, ABO/NCLE/LDO/COHC. Marsh has been a leader in technical education training for over 30 years and nationally recognized as an optical science expert.
While Dr. Richey is known by many through his media platforms, he has held multiple professorial and leadership positions at various universities, including department chair and director level roles. Richey is a rare double-doctorate scholar, who completed his second doctoral degree at Clark Atlanta University where his research examined federal policies surrounding higher education and college affordability contextualized through economic, racial, and political factors. He also holds a Master of Business Administration from Beulah Heights University with a concentration in international commerce, completed Executive Leadership studies from Cornell University, and currently in the final stretch of finishing his law degree at Birmingham School of Law. Richey has a documented history of successfully growing businesses, developing internal policies, and enhancing educational outcomes. | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/02/dr-rashad-richey-named-dean-of-ocuprep-institute-of-georgia/ | 2022-09-02T23:48:54Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/02/dr-rashad-richey-named-dean-of-ocuprep-institute-of-georgia/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Jay-Z has social media talking.
In the wake of receiving mass praise for his new four-minute verse on DJ Khaled‘s “GOD DID,” the hip-hop legend made a rare appearance on Twitter Spaces for a talk with Khaled and other music industry figureheads. The verse opens with four of his artists or affiliates who have become billionaires: Himself, Ye, Rihanna and LeBron James. Jay-Z then describes how his success came from a past of dealing drugs to escape a childhood of poverty.
So as Jay-Z discussed the verse on Spaces, his point about capitalism made the rounds on social media afterward.
“When we start getting it, they tried to lock us out of it, they start inventing words like ‘capitalists,’ ” Jay-Z said.
The Oxford Dictionary defines a capitalist as “a wealthy person who uses money to invest in trade and industry for profit in accordance with the principles of capitalism.” The same dictionary defines capitalism as “an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.”
In plain terms, the majority of American wealth is in the hands of 1% of the country’s residents, a very exclusive group.
What prompted the “eat the rich” phrase came as a result of the wealth gap between American billionaires and the average citizen, whose income was $84,352 in 2020, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“We’ve been called n—– and monkeys this year,” Jay-Z continued. “Those words y’all come up with, y’all have to come with stronger words. When I say y’all, I’m not talking about y’all. The words that they come up with, they have to come up with a stronger word. We’re not going to stop. We’re not going to be tricked out of our position.
“Y’all locked us out and created a system that doesn’t include us, and we said ‘Fine.’ We took an alternate route, we created music, we did our thing, we f—– killed ourselves to get to this space, and now it’s like, ‘Eat the rich.’ Man, we’re not stopping.”
One social media user, @alchem1st93, re-posted an old Tupac interview where he was discussing capitalism in response to Jay-Z’s comments.
“It’s too much money here,” Tupac said in the interview. “Nobody should be hitting the lottery for $36 million and we’ve got people starving in the streets. That is not ideal.”
Other users shared their thoughts, which included telling people they can’t become billionaires and how Malcolm X would’ve hated him.
if jay-z thinks "capitalism" & "eat the rich" are epithets to discourage black entrepreneurs & black ownership he should see how his wifes clothing line is produced
— BORG (@borgposting) September 1, 2022
The people praising Rihanna’s wealth but criticising Jay-Z are obviously largely not the same people, but regardless of that Rihanna doesn’t jump on here to cry whenever someone critiques wealth hoarding she just releases a new product and minds her business
— Jason Okundaye (@jasebyjason) September 2, 2022
jay-z had the nerve to try to pitch his old project on bitcoin, as if they got money to burn on that sh t. hell yes, he’s getting criticism. https://t.co/W0P4wTPzz2
— bomani (@bomani_jones) September 1, 2022
Less about Jay Z, but a LOT of Black folk – classed and not – have those politics where they self-victimize when their class (aspirations) and loyalties are revealed. They amplify (anti-)Blackness to shield from more exacting critiques. Happens all the time
— Terrance… (@iTerryTommy) September 1, 2022
Arguing about class wars, capitalism and what Black revolutionaries would hate Jay-Z while on the white man's clock is hilarious to me lmaoo
— 285 Slim (@SlimHeroics) September 2, 2022
Jay Z be reading our tweets mad as hell.
— Ella Septima-Hamer (@jbrous41) September 1, 2022
While Jay-Z was criticized by many, he also had a horde of supporters defending him, with some pointing out his activism efforts through organizations like REFORM Alliance and his various scholarship efforts.
This clip continues to age like fine wine. pic.twitter.com/xIjIO5M6KF
— 𝑺-𝒊𝒛𝒛𝑯, 𝑶-𝒊𝒛𝒛𝑾 (@ShawnCarterShow) September 1, 2022
Listen to Jay-Z’s full statement below.
Ok den pic.twitter.com/waMQkIldVm
— Rob Markman 💭 (@RobMarkman) September 1, 2022 | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/02/jay-zs-comments-about-capitalism-prompt-social-media-debate/ | 2022-09-02T23:49:00Z | rollingout.com | control | https://rollingout.com/2022/09/02/jay-zs-comments-about-capitalism-prompt-social-media-debate/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Saudi Arabia just relaxed its visa process, making it quicker and easier for travelers to visit the Middle Eastern kingdom.
As of September 1, travelers from the United States, the European Union, and the United Kingdom can receive a visa on arrival that is valid for 12 months. Previously they had to apply for an eVisa ahead of time.
The government said the modified requirements would increase “opportunities for potential travelers through a simplified visitor journey.”
The updated visa rules are the latest step Saudi Arabia has taken toward diversifying its economy so it is less dependent on oil in the future (in 2021 alone, the nation saw 62 million travelers), according to Saudi Arabia’s economic blueprint, Vision 2030. The government intends to spend $1 trillion over the next 10 years to beef up its tourism sector and make the country more appealing as a leisure travel destination.
It wasn’t until September 2019 that the Middle Eastern kingdom started issuing its first visas to foreign travelers from 49 countries, including the U.S., Canada, most of Europe, and China, for stays up to three months. Before then, the country was only open to business travelers, expatriates, and Muslims visiting Mecca for the hajj and umrah pilgrimages.
The visas on arrival will cost 300 Saudi riyal (about US$80). There’s also a health insurance fee, though it’s unclear what that entails now.
Non-Muslim tourists will still not be allowed to visit the holy cities of Mecca and Medina, although travelers may instead consider Jeddah, a port city on the Red Sea; it is home to four mosques that allow non-Muslims to enter: Al Rahma Mosque, Al Taqwa Mosque, King Fahd Mosque, and the King Saud Mosque.
Though the new visa protocols make the country more accessible, many conservative aspects of the kingdom remain. Alcohol is still illegal, and visitors should expect many businesses to be closed during the call to prayer, which happens five times a day but changes throughout the year according to the sunrise and sunset.
Additionally, gender disparity remains an issue—female travelers aren’t expected to wear the traditional long body-length dress called an abaya, but they are expected to wear loose-fitting clothes that cover their shoulders and knees, according to Saudi Arabia Public Decorum Charter. LGBTQ+ travelers will also find myriad laws that prevent them from living and expressing themselves as they would at home—homosexual acts and relationships are punishable by law.
Lyndsey Matthews contributed to this reporting. | https://www.afar.com/magazine/a-new-visa-process-makes-it-much-easier-to-travel-to-saudi-arabia-now | 2022-09-02T23:58:26Z | afar.com | control | https://www.afar.com/magazine/a-new-visa-process-makes-it-much-easier-to-travel-to-saudi-arabia-now | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Pitt County crash backs up traffic, one person taken to the hospital
GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) -One person had to be cut out of a vehicle Friday after a crash involving a tractor-trailer in Pitt County.
Traffic was slowed for about 30 minutes at the intersection of Highway 264 and Highway 30 following the noon crash.
Once rescuers were able to get the person out of the vehicle we’re told that person was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Pactolus Fire and Rescue Assistant Chief Tyler Sutton said it wasn’t the first time a wreck has happened at that intersection and it won’t be the last.
Sutton says, “It has become a hotspot so to say recently definitely with the traffic. Um, you got college coming back in and people going back and forth to work in the mornin time and in the afternoon but it has become a hotspot for us here recently.”
Sutton wants to remind people to be aware of their surroundings and follow the rules of the road.
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4 cases of Legionnaires' disease linked to Burbank church: IDPH
BURBANK, Ill. - The Illinois Department of Public health and the Stickney Public Health District are investigating a cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases in Burbank, with onset dates between June and August.
Three cases were epidemiologically linked, and one case was geographically linked to St. Albert the Great Church, located at 8000 Linder Ave.
According to IDPH, health officials inspected the church and collected samples.
Lab tests detected the presence of legionella in the church's cooling tower, officials said.
The cooling tower will be shut down until legionella is no longer detected.
"As the epidemiological and environmental investigation of this Legionnaires’ disease cluster continues, it is important to release this information to ensure that anyone with risk factors who feels symptoms is aware and seeks evaluation and treatment," said IDPH Director Dr. Sameer Vohra. "Legionnaires’ disease usually begins with a high fever (102 degrees F to 105 degrees F), chills, muscle aches, cough and shortness of breath, and symptoms usually develop up to two weeks after exposure."
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Legionnaires' disease is a lung infection that people can get by breathing in small droplets of water that contain Legionella bacteria, health officials said.
Outbreaks are most commonly associated with buildings or structures that have complex water systems. It is not transmitted person-to-person, officials said.
People who are 50 and older or those who have certain risk factors, such as being a smoker, having a chronic disease or having a week immune system, are at increased risk for the disease.
Additional information about Legionnaires’ disease can be found on the IDPH website and the CDC website. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/4-cases-of-legionnaires-disease-linked-to-burbank-church-idph | 2022-09-03T00:05:07Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/4-cases-of-legionnaires-disease-linked-to-burbank-church-idph | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Chicago mother says her ex-boyfriend shot her 3 times in front of her kids
CHICAGO - A Chicago mother of two is speaking out after she says she was shot multiple times, and then her apartment was set on fire.
She said this was the result of her trying to escape an abusive and toxic relationship.
Marquita spent nine days in the hospital after being shot three times inside her apartment on Chicago's South Side last week.
Police said the incident happened after a verbal altercation between Marquita and her partner.
Marquita said she had just broken up with her boyfriend before he turned a gun on her in front of her 11-year-old and 4-year-old children.
She says she was shot in the neck, and the bullet pierced a main artery — which placed her in critical condition at the time.
Two days after, her apartment caught on fire.
Neighbors said surveillance footage showed a man breaking into the apartment right before the blaze.
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"We found the crow bar, the hammer was outside of the front door, and the crow bar was in the back," one neighbor said.
"I didn't expect for him to shoot me, you know," said Marquita.
The 28-year-old showed FOX 32 an order of protection she filed against the boyfriend in March 2022.
She will now have to undergo physical and occupational therapy after having a stroke while in the hospital.
Chicago police say no suspect is currently in custody.
Redman says her biggest fear is that the offender is still at large, and that he may return. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-mother-says-her-ex-boyfriend-shot-her-3-times-in-front-of-her-kids | 2022-09-03T00:05:19Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-mother-says-her-ex-boyfriend-shot-her-3-times-in-front-of-her-kids | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
CTA deploys new K9 teams at train stations
CHICAGO - The dogs are officially out on the CTA.
The first deployment of K-9 security teams was at the 95th Street and Dan Ryan station on Friday.
There have been several violent incidents around the station in recent weeks.
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Transit officials say by October, there will be 50 canine teams patrolling the system citywide.
This is in addition to the 300 unarmed guards currently on patrol. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/cta-deploys-new-k9-teams-at-train-stations | 2022-09-03T00:05:25Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/cta-deploys-new-k9-teams-at-train-stations | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Evanston police release photos of suspect wanted for shooting 23-year-old man in McDonald's parking lot
EVANSTON, Ill. - Evanston police released photos of a suspect wanted in connection to a shooting that occurred in a McDonald's parking lot Thursday afternoon.
At about 4:05 p.m., several 911 callers reported that a suspect was firing a gun at a silver Honda in the McDonald's parking lot in the 1900 block of Dempster Street in Evanston.
Both the victim and offender fled the scene.
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The victim and a witness made contact with 911 dispatch while in their vehicle and stopped in the 1100 block of Lake Street — where they were met by paramedics and officers.
The victim, 23, of Evanston was transported to an area hospital with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper body.
He has since been released, police said.
Police believe this was a targeted attack.
No additional injuries were reported.
Anyone with information on this crime is asked to contact the Evanston Police Detective Bureau at 847-866-5040 or Text-A-Tip to CRIMES (274637) and then start your message with EPDTIP. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/evanston-police-release-photos-of-suspect-wanted-for-shooting-23-year-old-man-in-mcdonalds-parking-lot | 2022-09-03T00:05:31Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/evanston-police-release-photos-of-suspect-wanted-for-shooting-23-year-old-man-in-mcdonalds-parking-lot | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Group stages protest outside Bridgeview police department, demands stronger penalties for drug dealers
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. - Families who lost loved ones to drug overdoses are demanding answers in the south suburbs.
Protesters stood outside the Bridgeview Police Department on Friday, asking if drug dealers are getting away with murder.
They say fentanyl killed their family members, and they're demanding more investigation into the deadly drug.
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The mother of Tiffany Reeves says pure fentanyl took her daughter's life.
"They will not question anyone. They will not talk to anyone. They told me I have to wait six months for answers. I want to know who took my daughter, Tiffany Reeves. I want justice for my child," said Monica Reeves.
"No one gives a damn. It seems to be this city is hush-hush, throw it under the rug," said Rabbi Michael Ben Yosef, Chicago Activist Coalition for Justice.
Bridgeview police say they're still investigating Tiffany Reeves' overdose.
An autopsy ruled it an accidental fentanyl overdose. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/group-stages-protest-outside-bridgeview-police-department-demands-stronger-penalties-for-drug-dealers | 2022-09-03T00:05:37Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/group-stages-protest-outside-bridgeview-police-department-demands-stronger-penalties-for-drug-dealers | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
This is how much money you need for a funeral in the US
Death is never an easy subject to speak about. Add on top of that the awkward conversations about paying for a loved one’s burial and you’ve got yourself a very uncomfortable and harsh reality.
When someone you care about dies, it doesn’t just end there. Now comes the planning and financial aspects of life after death.
In the United States, the median cost of a funeral has increased 6.6% over the past five years, according to a 2021 survey conducted by the National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA).
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Average funeral cost in the U.S.
As of 2021, the median price for a funeral in the U.S. costs $7,848 and the median cost of a funeral with cremation has increased 11.3% over the past five years to $6,970, according to the NFDA.
This price usually includes the memorial service, casket or urn, burial plot, as well as embalming services.
Average cost of a funeral by category
From caskets to embalming to memorial services, funeral expenses certainly add up quickly.
If opting for a more traditional burial, the most popular choice for caskets is a metal one. On average, a metal casket will cost about $2,500, according to Get Sure, a life insurance agency.
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The cost of an urn varies depending on the material of which they are made, Get Sure said.
On the lower end, a wooden urn could cost anywhere between $50 and $200. On the higher end, metal and porcelain urns can cost up to $1,000 and $2,000, respectively.
Headstones can get pricey as well. Depending on the shape, material and whether or not a family decides to opt for an engraving (which most do) it can cost anywhere between $400 and $3,300.
The cost of a memorial service for a loved one, which would include the service, floral arrangements and a death certificate (yes, you have to pay for a death certificate), can add up to about $2,300 on average and that does not include the actual burial.
Physically burying the deceased can cost about $2,000 on average.
Another additional fee that can be added to funeral expenses will probably include upkeep (paying someone to keep the grounds well-manicured, headstones cleaned, etc.). This fee will likely be added to the total cost of the funeral which can be anywhere between 5% to 15% of the plot price, according to Funerals.org.
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How do people pay for funerals?
There are several ways to help cover funeral costs before it becomes overwhelming. Apart from a regular savings account or borrowing a loan, here are some ways that can help ease the financial burden of burying a loved one.
Insurance policies
Many life insurance policies will allow a lump sum to the beneficiary of your choice to help cover funeral costs, according to AARP.
It usually also covers any costs of the general needs of the decedent's surviving beneficiary or beneficiaries such as a spouse or children.
Payable-on-death account (POD)
This is basically a savings account specifically made to cover costs after a loved one dies. Whoever is named beneficiary on the account will be allowed to walk up to whichever bank and present a death certificate and the beneficiary can withdraw however much is needed to cover expenses.
Veterans benefits
This will only apply to veterans. Typically, the burial plot and head markers are covered for people who served in the military. However, other expenses such as funeral service costs, embalming, and transporting the body will not be included.
For more information about veterans’ burial allowance, click here.
Victim’s assistance
There are some states that will cover the cost of burying a loved one who was either killed in a homicide or in an accident, according to Funerals.org.
This story was reported from Los Angeles. | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/this-is-how-much-money-you-need-for-a-funeral-in-the-us | 2022-09-03T00:05:56Z | fox32chicago.com | control | https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/this-is-how-much-money-you-need-for-a-funeral-in-the-us | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
If there’s one part of the 49ers that we know we don’t have to worry about, it’s the defense. There are highly talented players at every level, and they’re coached by one of the best coordinators in the entire league. There is one specific area, though, where the 49ers could be better, and they more than likely will be better this year.
Michelle Magdziuk once again made me a smarter fan on today's Gold Standard podcast.
The 49ers allowed the fourth most deep passing yards in the league last year and a league-worst 14% CPOE (completion percentage over expectation). Add on to that the league-leading 21 defensive pass interference penalties totaling 376 yards lost, and you get a bleak picture of some of the problems with last year’s secondary. This is especially troubling, considering the 49ers' defense is premised upon limiting explosive plays by the offense. We all know the recipe by now. Get to the quarterback with the front four and use the remaining seven players to stifle big plays and make the offense have to dink and dunk their way down the field.
Fortunately, the 49ers also recognized this and signed cornerback Mooney Ward to a three-year deal for up to $42 million. Ward allowed a paltry 44% completion percentage last year and had been having a fantastic preseason before his injury. His presence essentially improves the rest of the cornerbacks on the roster, who now get bumped down the coverage ladder toward less talented players.
Emmanuel Moseley as your top cornerback is an okay option, but Emmanuel Moseley as your second cornerback is far better. Throw in the possible emergence of fifth-round draft pick Samuel Womack in the slot, and the 49ers are looking at a cornerback group that should be much better than last year - especially after safety Jimmie Ward returns from short-term IR.
The true question mark lies at safety, both before and after Jimmie Ward returns. Talanoa Hufanga has had his moments, for sure, but most of those have been closer to the line of scrimmage rather than deep in coverage. How he takes over for Jaquiski Tartt will be one of the biggest defensive storylines all year long, particularly since we don’t know for sure who is going to be lining up alongside him for almost a quarter of the season.
If we’re lucky, the improved cornerback depth and a pass rush turbocharged by Javon Kinlaw and Drake Jackson will more than compensate for some deficiencies by the safeties in the early going.
Other topics in today’s show
- The storyline people are sleeping on in Week 1 (2:30)
- Why the 49ers should hammer the Bears (4:16)
- How the defense can suffocate the Bears’ offense (4:48)
- One potential vulnerability against Chicago (7:20)
- The 49ers need to let Trey Lance throw on first downs (8:51)
- Why the Trey Sermon miss hurts even if Jordan Mason is good (13:16)
- Blake Hance isn’t a good player (16:58)
- Michelle totally ignores what Stats is saying (20:17)
- Is Rob overreacting to Jimmy Garoppolo? (23:21)
- Jimmy isn’t the insurance policy people think he is (26:49)
- Michelle threatens to quit the podcast (29:03)
- Lance wasn’t that bad against the Texans (36:12)
- Questions Jimmy Garoppolo should have been asked (38:08)
- Michelle will not allow anything negative next week (41:04)
- Why Stats may have to literally jump in a lake soon (42:28) | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/2/23334871/gold-diggers-one-area-where-the-49ers-defense-will-improve | 2022-09-03T00:13:24Z | ninersnation.com | control | https://www.ninersnation.com/2022/9/2/23334871/gold-diggers-one-area-where-the-49ers-defense-will-improve | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
If there’s one part of the 49ers that we know we don’t have to worry about, it’s the defense. There are highly talented players at every level, and they’re coached by one of the best coordinators in the entire league. There is one specific area, though, where the 49ers could be better, and they more than likely will be better this year.
Michelle Magdziuk once again made me a smarter fan on today's Gold Standard podcast.
The 49ers allowed the fourth most deep passing yards in the league last year and a league-worst 14% CPOE (completion percentage over expectation). Add on to that the league-leading 21 defensive pass interference penalties totaling 376 yards lost, and you get a bleak picture of some of the problems with last year’s secondary. This is especially troubling, considering the 49ers' defense is premised upon limiting explosive plays by the offense. We all know the recipe by now. Get to the quarterback with the front four and use the remaining seven players to stifle big plays and make the offense have to dink and dunk their way down the field.
Fortunately, the 49ers also recognized this and signed cornerback Mooney Ward to a three-year deal for up to $42 million. Ward allowed a paltry 44% completion percentage last year and had been having a fantastic preseason before his injury. His presence essentially improves the rest of the cornerbacks on the roster, who now get bumped down the coverage ladder toward less talented players.
Emmanuel Moseley as your top cornerback is an okay option, but Emmanuel Moseley as your second cornerback is far better. Throw in the possible emergence of fifth-round draft pick Samuel Womack in the slot, and the 49ers are looking at a cornerback group that should be much better than last year - especially after safety Jimmie Ward returns from short-term IR.
The true question mark lies at safety, both before and after Jimmie Ward returns. Talanoa Hufanga has had his moments, for sure, but most of those have been closer to the line of scrimmage rather than deep in coverage. How he takes over for Jaquiski Tartt will be one of the biggest defensive storylines all year long, particularly since we don’t know for sure who is going to be lining up alongside him for almost a quarter of the season.
If we’re lucky, the improved cornerback depth and a pass rush turbocharged by Javon Kinlaw and Drake Jackson will more than compensate for some deficiencies by the safeties in the early going.
Other topics in today’s show
- The storyline people are sleeping on in Week 1 (2:30)
- Why the 49ers should hammer the Bears (4:16)
- How the defense can suffocate the Bears’ offense (4:48)
- One potential vulnerability against Chicago (7:20)
- The 49ers need to let Trey Lance throw on first downs (8:51)
- Why the Trey Sermon miss hurts even if Jordan Mason is good (13:16)
- Blake Hance isn’t a good player (16:58)
- Michelle totally ignores what Stats is saying (20:17)
- Is Rob overreacting to Jimmy Garoppolo? (23:21)
- Jimmy isn’t the insurance policy people think he is (26:49)
- Michelle threatens to quit the podcast (29:03)
- Lance wasn’t that bad against the Texans (36:12)
- Questions Jimmy Garoppolo should have been asked (38:08)
- Michelle will not allow anything negative next week (41:04)
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Stormy at Times This Holiday Weekend
Locally heavy rain possible, but some dry hours, too
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - Friday brought heat and humidity back to the region, and while clouds will keep readings down this weekend, those same clouds will produce wet weather at times.
As we head into the holiday weekend, higher humidity will be noted. There will be some widespread showers and storms, with the best chances coming during the afternoon to early evening hours. The main threats with thunderstorms will be locally heavy rainfall and lightning. When it’s not raining, expect a mix of sun and clouds to go with daytime readings in the low-to-mid 80s.
Beyond Labor Day, expect isolated-to-scattered showers and thunderstorms each day through Friday. Highs will remain in the 80s with lows in the 60s.
Bowling Green 3 day forecast:
SATURDAY: Periods of showers and thunderstorms. High 84. Low 68. Winds SE at 6 mph.
SUNDAY: Scat’d showers and thunderstorms likely. High 83. Low 69. Winds S at 6 mph.
MONDAY: Partly cloudly. Scat’d showers and thunderstorms possible. High 82. Low 67. Winds SE at 7 mph.
Today’s Climate Info for Bowling Green:
Today’s High: 93
Today’s Low: 65
Normal High: 87
Normal Low: 65
Record High: 103 (1913)
Record Low: 45 (1987)
Today’s Precip: 0.00″
Monthly Precip: 0.00″ (-0.25″)
Yearly Precip: 33.25″ (-1.77″)
Today’s Snowfall: 0.0″
Monthly Snowfall: 0.0″
Seasonal Snowfall: 15.5″
Today’s Sunset: 7:13 p.m.
Tomorrow’s Sunrise: 6:17 a.m.
Health & Allergies:
Air Quality: Good (Ozone Count: 18/ Small Particulate Matter: 44)
Mold Count: Moderate (7463 - Mold Spore Count)
UV Index: High (6)
Pollen: 10.2 (Very High - Grass, Weeds)
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PEARL CITY, Hawaii (KITV4) -- The Hawaii Department of Health (DOH) has ordered an adult care home in Pearl City to shut down for operating without a license. Its operators are also facing a hefty fine.
DOH began investigating after receiving reports that the home, TLC for the Elderly LLC, was operating illegally. When DOH inspectors visited the home, located in the 1800 block of Hookup Street in Pearl City, they said they were denied entry. DOH obtained a search warrant and was able to inspect the facility on July 15, 2022.
Following the search, earlier evidence collected and interviews conducted, DOH said it determined Helen Ferrer and her daughter Millicents, illegally operated the facility. Some evidence DOH gathered included observing health care equipment and supplies in the home, interviews of caregivers and clients, and other documentation, investigators said.
In addition to being ordered to close, Helen Ferrer, Millicents Ferrer, and TLC for the Elderly LLC, has been told to transfer all of its residents to a licensed adult residential care home or expanded adult residential care home within a week.
Both Helen and Millicents have been ordered to pay a $135,800, each for a total fine of $271,600.
“Licensure and oversight of care homes are critical to ensure that Hawaii residents receive safe, appropriate care services by trained staff. We will take all steps necessary to protect Hawaii residents and hold illegal care home operators accountable,” said DOH Office of Health Care Assurance Chief Keith Ridley.
According to DOH, an adult residential care home is defined as any facility that provides 24-hour living accommodations for a fee to adults unrelated to the family that operates it and requires at least minimal assistance in the activities of daily living. The facilities do not require the professional health services provided in an intermediate, skilled nursing, or acute care facility. | https://www.kitv.com/news/crime/illegal-pearl-city-adult-care-home-ordered-to-shut-down-operators-fined-271-600/article_a6ec5fc2-2b17-11ed-86ed-8f499c21886e.html | 2022-09-03T00:17:15Z | kitv.com | control | https://www.kitv.com/news/crime/illegal-pearl-city-adult-care-home-ordered-to-shut-down-operators-fined-271-600/article_a6ec5fc2-2b17-11ed-86ed-8f499c21886e.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Authorities in Mexico say four people, including a former mayor, were killed when gunmen opened fire after a soccer match.
In a statement, the Morelos state prosecutor’s office said the shooting occurred Thursday in the town of Yecapixtla, the Associated Press reported.
According to the statement, people had gathered after the game when gunmen inside two vehicles began shooting, the news outlet reported.
Authorities said four people, including former Yecapixtla mayor Refugio "Cuco" Amaro Luna, was killed, local media outlets reported.
The town's current mayor, Heladio Rafael Sánchez, also confirmed Luna's death, the Associated Press reported.
Local media outlets reported that at least 10 people were injured in the shooting. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/4-killed-including-former-mayor-in-shooting-at-soccer-field-in-mexico | 2022-09-03T00:19:21Z | wtxl.com | control | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/4-killed-including-former-mayor-in-shooting-at-soccer-field-in-mexico | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) – Over in Northampton, the community kicked off the 200-year-old Three County Fair! This four day agricultural festival has a variety of exhibits, talent shows, and even hot air balloon rides.
The Hampshire, Franklin & Hampden Agricultural Society is a non-profit organization, and their mission is to to promote agriculture, agricultural education, and science in the Commonwealth.
The fair offers a variety of experiences for its fairgoers. From farmers sharing their farming techniques, carnival games, livestock demonstrations, demolition derbies, music, and foods as they prepare for harvest.
22News spoke with Becca Totton of Amherst, an excited fairgoer, about this year’s festivities.
“Honestly it’s been years since I’ve been to a fair and so I’m just excited to kind of see the community,” Totton said. “I mean I’m looking forward to live music, food, and probably, maybe, a couple of rides. We’ll see.”
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A modular unit for Senior Life Solutions, similar to the one in the photo, is slated to be constructed on greenspace at Hansen Family Hospital early next year.
The Hansen Family Hospital Board approved the construction of a Senior Life Solutions (SLS) building during their monthly meeting in August. The building is slated to be located at Entrance B on the hospital green space, and construction should begin early next spring. The SLS program must reside within 250 feet of the hospital campus to be reimbursable by insurance companies.
The Senior Life Solutions program will be going into this building, which is a program dedicated to addressing the emotional and behavioral needs of adults over the age of 65, said Christina Rempe, Hansen Family Hospital Marketing Manager. SLS will be moving out of their current space in the spring which will allow for the hospital's wound care to expand.
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Scientists make nanodiamonds out of plastic bottles
Researchers recreate extreme conditions, as found on the planets at the edge of our Solar System, to make it rain diamonds.
A team of German and French researchers have designed an intriguing experiment in order to find out more about the conditions in the ice giant planets, Neptune and Uranus. They fired extremely powerful laser flashes at a film of PET plastic – the same stuff used in plastic bottles – and found that the resulting shock wave produced tiny diamonds.
The scientists, from Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), the University of Rostock and the École Polytechnique, wanted to simulate the extreme conditions found within the ice giants. Deep within these distant worlds, internal heat raises temperatures to thousands of degrees Celsius, and the atmospheric pressure is millions of times greater than on Earth.
When the team directed the powerful laser flashes at a sample of film, it generated a shock wave that compressed the material for a few nanoseconds to a million times the atmospheric pressure on Earth.
“We discovered that this extreme pressure produced tiny diamonds,” said Dominik Kraus, HZDR physicist and University of Rostock professor.
According to Kraus, the scientists opted for the everyday substance PET (polyethylene terephthalate) as it has a good balance between carbon, hydrogen and oxygen to simulate the interior of ice giant planets.
The experiment was conducted at California’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, using the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), a powerful, accelerator-based X-ray laser.
Two measurement methods were used to analyse what happened when the intensive laser flashes hit the film. These were X-ray diffraction, which determined whether nanodiamonds were produced, alongside a small-angle scattering (SAS) technique, to see how quickly and how large the nanodiamonds grew.
This research further supports the theory that on ice giants such as Neptune and Uranus, it could literally rain diamonds. Similar planets outside of our Solar System could also experience this sort of activity.
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The scientists believe that an unusual form of water known as 'superionic water' should be produced alongside the diamonds, and they want to carry out further research to confirm whether or not this is the case.
In addition to providing this exciting new knowledge about the ice giant planets, the research could also help establish a new way of producing nanodiamonds in industry, where they can be used, for example, in the production of quantum sensors. It could also help with the tailored production of nanometer-sized diamonds, which are currently used in the manufacture of abrasives and polishing agents.
“So far, diamonds of this kind have mainly been produced by detonating explosives,” said Kraus. “With the help of laser flashes, they could be manufactured more cleanly in the future. The X-ray laser means we have a lab tool that can precisely control the diamonds’ growth.”
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The 2022 high school football season continues in Southern California tonight with a set of Friday games for Week 2.
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With holiday weekend gatherings ahead —accompanied by a heat wave that’ll keep many people indoors — Los Angeles County’s public health director again preached caution against spread of COVID-19 today, despite falling local transmission rates.
The county on Thursday officially moved into the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “low” COVID-19 activity level, a result of the falling infection rate and continued slower pace of new virus-related hospital admissions.
“As we all look forward to celebrating Labor Day and expressing our deep appreciation to the many hard-working people throughout our county, we face the twin challenges this holiday weekend of ongoing circulation of COVID, plus very high heat across most regions of L.A. County,” Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said in a statement. “With the extreme heat, it will make sense for many to move gatherings indoors. When gathering indoors, you can maximize ventilation by opening windows and doors, using air filters, and setting HVAC systems to maximize fresh air exchange. It is also advisable to wear a mask if gathering indoors with individuals whose COVID status is unknown.”
The CDC moved Los Angeles County into the “low” category when the average rate of new COVID infections fell below the threshold of 200 per 100,000 residents. The official infection rate as of Thursday was about 193 new cases per 100,000 residents.
The county’s hospitalization numbers also remained low, with the average daily rate of new virus-related admissions estimated at 9 per 100,000 residents — below the CDC’s threshold of 10 per 100,000 residents.
Those statistics were good enough to move the county out of the “medium” activity category. The move has no practical effect for residents, since it will not trigger any changes in public health protocols, with most restrictions already lifted.
“Moving into the low community level reflects minimal stress on the hospital care system in L.A. County associated with COVID-19,” Ferrer said during an online briefing Thursday. “However, viral transmission with a case rate of just below 200 is still high, as it represents about 2,600 new cases a day. Our hope is that we can continue to slow transmission so that we reach a weekly case rate of less than 100, which would drop that daily number of new cases to 1,400.”
Ferrer has also noted that the official number of new cases reported each day is an undercount of actual virus activity in the county, since many people rely on at-home tests, the results of which are not reported to the county.
The county reported another 2,705 new cases on Friday, raising the cumulative total from throughout the pandemic to 3,413,783. Another 16 virus-related deaths were reported, giving the county an overall death toll of 33,187.
The average daily rate of people testing positive for the virus was 7.8% as of Friday.
According to state figures, there were 788 COVID-positive patients in county hospitals as of Friday, up from 760 on Thursday. Of those patients, 91 were being treated in intensive care, up slightly from 90 a day earlier.
Ferrer said this week the hospitalizations numbers could be slightly off due to a glitch in the data-reporting system hospitals use to share COVID patient numbers with the state.
Health officials have said roughly 43% of COVID-positive hospital patients were actually admitted for virus-related illness, while the others were admitted for other reasons, with some only learning they were infected when they were tested at the hospital.
In addition to urging caution against virus spread over Labor Day weekend, Ferrer on Friday also called for residents protect themselves from the heat.
“Given the high heat we are experiencing, we ask that everyone do their part to take care of those most vulnerable by checking on your friends, family and neighbors,” she said in a statement. “Older adults, babies, and those with underlying health conditions are especially vulnerable to heat stress. Please never leave children, pets, or elderly persons in parked cars, even for a few minutes. Be sure to drink a lot of water and seek medical care for yourself or anyone experiencing symptoms of heat-related illness.
“There will be cooling centers open throughout the county, and many are already open. Spending a few hours in a cool setting can be lifesaving when temperatures are high. As we have fun connecting with family and friends, these steps, along with other measures, can make our celebrations safer from COVID and the extreme heat.”
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I don’t make a habit of tuning in to political speeches, because I don’t hate myself that much, but I did feel obligated to tune in to Thursday’s speech by President Joe Biden on the “battle for the soul of the nation.”
Mainly because I figured there was no way it wouldn’t be a trainwreck of a speech. A cognitively impaired Biden trying to be deep about the “soul of the nation”? What a disaster that was going to be.
Fortunately, for my entertainment purposes, I was right.
The setting of Biden’s itself was pretty goofy. Against a creepily dark backdrop in front of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, amid sirens and heckles, with Marines standing in the background, Joe Biden stammered for half an hour in a speech that could’ve been condensed to “MAGA bad, democracy good.”
The ostensible goal of the speech was to call out Trump and “MAGA Republican,” who he awkwardly tried to say are “not even the majority of Republicans,” which is wrong. Most Republicans are in fact loyal to Donald Trump. Biden was obviously trying to cover himself by pretending he wasn’t about to heap a bunch of rhetorical abuse on tens of millions of Americans.
“Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic,” he said.
While babbling about manufacturing, he characterized his critics as “white supremacists and extremists.”
He was, in effect, calling the tens of millions of Americans who voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020 white supremacist extremists who threaten the foundations of our republic.
Now, as I’ve written many times before, I’m not a fan of Trump, Trumpism, populism or even the GOP.
But it doesn’t require much insight to realize how self-defeating it is for a president in Joe Biden whose whole 2020 presidential campaign was about uniting Americans and restoring a sense of normalcy and civility to smear one of the two parties in our two-party system as “semi-fascist” (as he said before the speech) and a threat to America itself.
Rather than uniting Americans or promoting civility, Biden has decided to add more fuel to the fire with overly broad condemnations of way too many people.
There’s nothing wrong or especially hard about condemning Trump for his many faults, or condemning particular ideas expressed by Trump and his supporters.
But Biden chose instead to indulge in hysterical, partisan bomb throwing that will do nothing to achieve the “unity” he says he wants.
If America wants a unifier, Biden’s clearly not the person suited for that role. While political unity is mostly a farcical concept, if one is going to attempt it, a reasonable starting point is to recognize that most people who support Donald Trump aren’t evil, awful fascists and have interests and ideas that can probably be spoken to by a vaguely perceptive politician.
Here are a few other oddities of the speech that jumped out.
Democratic hypocrisy on the MAGA threat
With all of Biden’s apparent concern about MAGA Republicans, no one told him, apparently, that his own party has spent tens of millions of dollars across the country to boost MAGA Republican candidates to beat non-MAGA Republicans.
“President Joe Biden’s speech emphasizes the ‘danger’ of ‘MAGA Republicans’ in 2022 midterms but Democrats spent over $44 million boosting election deniers who believe the 2020 election was stolen from Trump in GOP primaries against more moderate candidates,” noted Anna Massoglia from Opensecrets.org.
One successful instance that comes to mind is the Democratic boosting of the far-right John Gibbs to oust Republican Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan, who voted to impeach Donald Trump, in the primaries. With the help of the Democrats, who didn’t like their odds against Meijer, Gibbs, who Biden evidently believes is a threat to America, could very well end up in Congress.
Here in California, there was an unsuccessful attempt by Democrats to boost Trumper Chris Mathys in his primary challenge to Rep. David Valadao, who voted to impeach Trump. Likewise, in northern California, as first chronicled by my colleague Matt Fleming, Democratic Assemblyman Ken Cooley boosted a member of the Proud Boys in the primary in an unsuccessful effort to prevent a more mainstream Republican from making it through.
If Democrats are truly concerned about “MAGA Republicans,” they have an odd way of showing it.
“I give you my word as a Biden”
As I said at the top of this column, I don’t listen to political speeches very often, so I was caught off guard by Joe Biden using the following line: “I give you my word as a Biden: I’ve never been more optimistic about America’s future.”
It turns out “as a Biden” is a thing Biden does. The first article to pop up as I was sorting out whether I heard him say it correctly was a 2019 Washington Post piece. The Post piece focused on a story Biden told on the campaign trail about how, as vice president, he was asked to travel to Afghanistan to honor a Navy captain.
“This is the God’s truth,” Biden said. “My word as a Biden.”
This is where it gets good: “In the space of three minutes, Biden got the time period, the location, the heroic act, the type of medal, the military branch and the rank of the recipient wrong, as well as his own role in the ceremony.”
The Post explained, “[A]lmost every detail in the story appears to be incorrect. Based on interviews with more than a dozen U.S. troops, their commanders and Biden campaign officials, it appears as though the former vice president has jumbled elements of at least three actual events into one story of bravery, compassion and regret that never happened.”
So when Biden says he’s “never been more optimistic about America’s future”…run.
Revisionist history on election denialism
Throughout Biden’s speech, he condemned Republicans for denying the results of the 2020 election. “We can’t let the integrity of our elections be undermined, for that is a path to chaos,” Biden said.
Democrats have, justifiably, seized on this as a talking point going into the midterms. Claims the 2020 election was stolen is, in my humble opinion, nonsense. You know Republicans have nothing when they’ve resorted to invoking a documentary by grifter Dinesh D’Souza as validating their worldview. Clearly, the events of Jan. 6, 2021 were an outburst of lunacy and a uniquely disturbing one at that.
But here’s the thing, and here’s a thing older Republicans and even non-Republicans remember: election denialism isn’t new. It’s not a Republican thing.
I first became politically aware around the Bush-Gore election of 2000 and clearly remember Bush critics denying that he won the election.
“In polls conducted since December, a little more than one-third of all Democrats have said that Bush stole the election, while roughly half have said that Bush won the presidency on a technicality, and just 15% said he won fair and square,” reported Gallup in 2001. Even one Joe Biden is on video repeatedly saying he thought Al Gore won the 2000 election.
I also remember, as a young hater of Bush, wanting to believe in 2004 that Bush stole that election too, this time in Ohio.
“As we look at our election system, I think it’s fair to say that there are many legitimate questions about [the election’s] accuracy, about its integrity, and they are not confined to the state of Ohio,” one Hillary Clinton said in 2005. That year, 31 members of Congress (insurrectionists?), objected to counting electoral votes in favor of George W. Bush.
Oh and speaking of Hillary, who can believe the wild conspiracy theory that the Russians stole the 2016 election?
My point here is not to say that the election denialism of the Democrats cancels out or mitigates the lunacy of Trump’s election denialism or the objectively insane events of Jan. 6, but rather that it’s an error to pretend that only Republicans have kooky views about American elections. Neither party, especially when fronted by people who themselves have indulged in such talking points, can credibly condemn the other on this point.
Biden and Trump should go away
As I’ve written before, American politics would be better off without Biden and Trump.
Trump is an insane person who induces Trump Derangement Syndrome in both his critics and supporters.
As confirmed by his speech, Biden isn’t the unifying figure he was elected to be, he’s presided over a massive attack on the bank accounts of all Americans with his inflationary policies and he carries a whole lot of baggage. A person who was dumb and/or evil enough to vote for the Iraq war isn’t the person who is going to save the soul of America. Nope. (And may God bless/may the police state institutionalize anyone who thinks Kamala Harris is the one to do it, either.)
Sal Rodriguez can be reached at salrodriguez@scng.com
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(WWLP) – Many people will be spending the Labor Day weekend outside, and police are reminding hikers to never go out alone.
This comes after human remains were found in Lee on Thursday. They’re presumed to be of a 42-year-old woman that has been missing since March.
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A year full on learning-\nSometimes your experience of God brings change in both negative space, creating empty spaces- (I mean the kind of a situation we do have on a year or 2 at many juncs if life) , at different things come and keep on entering , which can sometimes forcefully do in- so leaving nothing at that, like some space is also created between you n the relationship at something/ person as such, just because it has gone. However this situation HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Two people went to the hospital Friday evening after a crash in Holland Township, according to the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office.
Deputies responded to the crash on West Shore Drive, north of Riley Street, just before 8 p.m. Friday.
The sheriff’s office says a woman from Holland pulled out of the Meijer parking lot and into the path of another car.
The driver of the car leaving the parking lot did not get hurt but her passenger, another woman from Holland, received serious injuries and was taken to the hospital in serious condition.
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Do you have any idea of what to make of Marquette men’s soccer at this point of the season? Yeah, it’s only been two matches, but I don’t know if there’s anything particularly informative that we can get from either of them.
The 4-2 opening loss to then-#11 Tulsa might look not too bad, given the opponent’s ranking and MU’s lack of one. However, MU handed them a goal on an own goal, then fell behind 3-0 before getting one back on a penalty kick (net result: MU’s still losing 2-0 so to speak) and then MU’s second goal came with less than a minute to play, so it’s almost like it didn’t count to a certain extent.
Then, match #2 of the year was a wiiiiiiild ride, but when you’re up 5-1 at halftime, what are you supposed to learn about your team as a result? Maybe the second half where Marquette bombed Utah Tech out of the building in shots 14-1 tells us that the Golden Eagles weren’t happy about how the Tulsa match went. It also might tell us that Utah Tech isn’t very good because MU has no reason to really push the advantage that hard.
As far as being unhappy with the Tulsa match’s result, well, here’s what head coach Louis Bennett said after that one:
“This was disappointing, we weren’t good enough,” said Marquette head coach Louis Bennett. “We didn’t take advantage of chances we had and they did, then it wore us down not being able to put the ball in the back of the net and we became sloppy. We’re not there quite yet.”
And here’s what he said after they cracked Utah Tech in the face for 90 minutes:
“We thought there were some really good performances tonight. We were unbelievably disappointed about Thursday, then we turned up on Sunday and decided that we were going to play like this.”
So yeah, that might be a burr under the Golden Eagles’ saddle right now. Can they bottle that mindset and keep attacking and maintain their focus going forward? After all, Utah Tech scored their lone goal of the match because of Marquette miscues. What does 90 straight minutes of hyper focused Marquette soccer look like? Can we get that on Friday night in the Valley?
Match #3: vs USF Bulls (0-1-1)
Date: Friday, September 2, 2022
Time: 7:05pm Central
Location: Valley Fields, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Streaming: FloFC
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Twitter Updates: @MarquetteSoccer
Marquette is 5-10-1 all time against South Florida. The two teams met regularly as a part of Conference USA and then in the Big East before The Reformation as well. The rivalry was renewed in Tampa in 2019, which led to USF’s second straight win in the series. Marquette is 0-3-1 in the last four encounters, and this is the first game in Milwaukee since 2006.
At some point this season, USF is going to score a goal. It hasn’t happened yet in their two regular season matches. They went to a scoreless draw at home against Florida Gulf Coast where they outshot the Eagles 8-1 in the second half. In Match #2 back on Sunday, the Bulls got beat 1-0 by then-#24 North Carolina on a penalty kick in the 13th minute. That wasn’t an undeserved result as USF got outshot 18-8 after 90 minutes, but that’s definitely a hard way to take a 1-0 loss.
So here they are with 180 minutes gone with 18 total shots up on the board and just four on frame. That’s not really an ideal way to go about things, but eventually, they are going to break through. Marquette’s quest in this match is not necessarily to stop that from happening, but to make sure they have more goals than the Bulls if it eventually does happen. With that said, USF was picked to finish sixth in the 10 team American Athletic Conference this season. We’ve already seen what AAC preseason favorite Tulsa can do after they beat MU 4-2, and we can safely file USF as “not anywhere near as good as that,” at least in the eyes of the other AAC coaches.
It’s going to be an interesting day at the park for both Marquette’s veteran attackers and South Florida’s netminder. The upperclassmen on MU’s roster will remember playing with Jackson Weyman from 2018 through the spring of 2021. He’s moved on to USF since, and after appearing in just one match last year, he’s played every minute for the Bulls so far this season. Statistically speaking, he’s doing pretty great having allowed only one penalty kick goal through two matches. That gives him a sparkling goals-against average of 0.50, and as a result of 10 saves made so far, he’s stopping 91% of shots on goal. I think it’s a safe bet that if that number dips below 90% following Friday’s match, then the Golden Eagles will be celebrating a win. | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/9/2/23328803/marquette-golden-eagles-mens-soccer-preview-usf-south-florida-bulls | 2022-09-03T00:45:51Z | anonymouseagle.com | control | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/9/2/23328803/marquette-golden-eagles-mens-soccer-preview-usf-south-florida-bulls | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Do you have any idea of what to make of Marquette men’s soccer at this point of the season? Yeah, it’s only been two matches, but I don’t know if there’s anything particularly informative that we can get from either of them.
The 4-2 opening loss to then-#11 Tulsa might look not too bad, given the opponent’s ranking and MU’s lack of one. However, MU handed them a goal on an own goal, then fell behind 3-0 before getting one back on a penalty kick (net result: MU’s still losing 2-0 so to speak) and then MU’s second goal came with less than a minute to play, so it’s almost like it didn’t count to a certain extent.
Then, match #2 of the year was a wiiiiiiild ride, but when you’re up 5-1 at halftime, what are you supposed to learn about your team as a result? Maybe the second half where Marquette bombed Utah Tech out of the building in shots 14-1 tells us that the Golden Eagles weren’t happy about how the Tulsa match went. It also might tell us that Utah Tech isn’t very good because MU has no reason to really push the advantage that hard.
As far as being unhappy with the Tulsa match’s result, well, here’s what head coach Louis Bennett said after that one:
“This was disappointing, we weren’t good enough,” said Marquette head coach Louis Bennett. “We didn’t take advantage of chances we had and they did, then it wore us down not being able to put the ball in the back of the net and we became sloppy. We’re not there quite yet.”
And here’s what he said after they cracked Utah Tech in the face for 90 minutes:
“We thought there were some really good performances tonight. We were unbelievably disappointed about Thursday, then we turned up on Sunday and decided that we were going to play like this.”
So yeah, that might be a burr under the Golden Eagles’ saddle right now. Can they bottle that mindset and keep attacking and maintain their focus going forward? After all, Utah Tech scored their lone goal of the match because of Marquette miscues. What does 90 straight minutes of hyper focused Marquette soccer look like? Can we get that on Friday night in the Valley?
Match #3: vs USF Bulls (0-1-1)
Date: Friday, September 2, 2022
Time: 7:05pm Central
Location: Valley Fields, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Streaming: FloFC
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Twitter Updates: @MarquetteSoccer
Marquette is 5-10-1 all time against South Florida. The two teams met regularly as a part of Conference USA and then in the Big East before The Reformation as well. The rivalry was renewed in Tampa in 2019, which led to USF’s second straight win in the series. Marquette is 0-3-1 in the last four encounters, and this is the first game in Milwaukee since 2006.
At some point this season, USF is going to score a goal. It hasn’t happened yet in their two regular season matches. They went to a scoreless draw at home against Florida Gulf Coast where they outshot the Eagles 8-1 in the second half. In Match #2 back on Sunday, the Bulls got beat 1-0 by then-#24 North Carolina on a penalty kick in the 13th minute. That wasn’t an undeserved result as USF got outshot 18-8 after 90 minutes, but that’s definitely a hard way to take a 1-0 loss.
So here they are with 180 minutes gone with 18 total shots up on the board and just four on frame. That’s not really an ideal way to go about things, but eventually, they are going to break through. Marquette’s quest in this match is not necessarily to stop that from happening, but to make sure they have more goals than the Bulls if it eventually does happen. With that said, USF was picked to finish sixth in the 10 team American Athletic Conference this season. We’ve already seen what AAC preseason favorite Tulsa can do after they beat MU 4-2, and we can safely file USF as “not anywhere near as good as that,” at least in the eyes of the other AAC coaches.
It’s going to be an interesting day at the park for both Marquette’s veteran attackers and South Florida’s netminder. The upperclassmen on MU’s roster will remember playing with Jackson Weyman from 2018 through the spring of 2021. He’s moved on to USF since, and after appearing in just one match last year, he’s played every minute for the Bulls so far this season. Statistically speaking, he’s doing pretty great having allowed only one penalty kick goal through two matches. That gives him a sparkling goals-against average of 0.50, and as a result of 10 saves made so far, he’s stopping 91% of shots on goal. I think it’s a safe bet that if that number dips below 90% following Friday’s match, then the Golden Eagles will be celebrating a win. | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/9/2/23328803/marquette-golden-eagles-mens-soccer-preview-usf-south-florida-bulls | 2022-09-03T00:45:51Z | anonymouseagle.com | control | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/9/2/23328803/marquette-golden-eagles-mens-soccer-preview-usf-south-florida-bulls | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Marquette Golden Eagles volleyball goes into the second weekend of their season playing with house money.
They had three matches scheduled against preseason top 25 teams in non-conference action, and two of them were set to show up in the first three matches of the season. One of them was Match #1 of the year against preseason #11 Kentucky. The Golden Eagles had about a bajillion questions to answer about the 2022 campaign heading into the season, so it was going to be hard to take any serious messages away from that match against the Wildcats...... if they lost.
They didn’t, taking the first two sets and then holding on to down Kentucky in their home gym, and now Marquette is #24 in the country for the second week of the season. That’s pretty neat!
Obviously a default setting would be “well, can they follow it up,” but I don’t think that’s important for this weekend. Sure, against High Point on Sunday, that feels like a “must back up the Kentucky win” game, but not on Friday night. It’s a big match in an ever increasingly important in-state rivalry series, but for Marquette’s purposes, it’s still just a road game against a top 10 opponent. You’re not favored to win and you already snagged a top 15 road victory in your opener. A win would be gigantic for Marquette, don’t get me wrong, but a loss? Eh, just a thing that happened, and you move on to the next one.
That #24 ranking might be at risk, but that’s how the cookie crumbles. I think it would be wildly unfair for the AVCA voters to ding the Golden Eagles out of the rankings for losing a road match to the #6 team in the country, but the flip side of that is obviously some (most?) voters don’t even have MU in the top 25 right now anyway.
With that said, and we’ll get to it in a minute, maybe this Wisconsin team isn’t quite ready for prime time, at least relative to what they were at the end of last season and what they might be by the time November rolls around. With the wind in their sails after last week’s Kentucky win, can Marquette push forward and pick up their second win in Madison in the last four seasons? It’s not impossible, that’s for sure.
Match #3: at #6 Wisconsin Badgers (1-1)
Date: Friday, September 2, 2022
Time: 8pm Central
Location: UW Field House, Madison, Wisconsin
Television: Big Ten Network
Streaming: FoxSports.com/live
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Twitter Updates: @MarquetteVB
Marquette is 2-21 all time against Wisconsin and 1-15 since Marquette made the move to Division 1 volleyball. With that said, the last time these two teams played in the Field House while the Badgers were ranked in the top ten? That’s the 1 in 1-15.
The Badgers are the reigning champions in Division 1 volleyball. This is particularly relevant because this game is UW’s home opener, and they will be raising their title banner to the rafters before the match. However, this roster is not the roster that won them that title last December. Of the nine women who recorded a point in their 3-2 win over Nebraska in the national championship, only five return this fall, and one of them is setter Izzy Ashburn, who got all four of her points on aces and didn’t record an assist in the match. Even without Dana Rettke, their 6’8” All-American middle, and starting setter Sidney Hilley and libero Lauren Barnes, Wisconsin is still going to be a formidable opponent all season long, because the other four returners are all going to be playing big roles for them. That’s how you end up with that single digit in your top 25 ranking this early in the season.
With that said, this is a lower ranking than their preseason number because they started off the year with a win at TCU and a loss to Baylor in TCU’s building. That’s not a loss to worry about for any real reason. Between taking place in their home state, the Bears usually being a quality team, and the fact that they started the season in the AVCA top 25, you can chalk that up to “yes, well, we played an excellent team and we’re the ones who forced the fifth set by winning #4, so things happen sometimes.” Whether it’s “things happen” or “maybe Wisconsin isn’t super elite like they have been the past few years” or just “the Badgers need some time to gel,” that remains to be seen. It’s not like there’s a shortage of tests for them through the rest of non-conference play, as literally every other match is against a ranked opponent.
Through the first two matches of the season, Sarah Franklin is the top attacker on the roster for Wisconsin. The 6’4” outside hitter transferred in from Michigan State in the offseason, and she’s off to a roaring start. Franklin is at 4.25 digs per set through eight frames, and she’s hitting an absolutely wild .395. That’s not just her accuracy boosting her kill total, as she’s leading the Badgers in attacks, too. Julia Orzol is their #2 option, and she’s averaging 2.63 kills and hitting .321.
Wisconsin’s setting seems to be something of a mess right now with Izzy Ashburn and MJ Hammill apparently splitting time. Ashburn is averaging 5.63 assists a set, which is very good for one half of a pair, but Hammill is only at 3.38. They’re getting assists elsewhere on the roster to average a very good 11.25/set as a team, but I’m unsure if it’s a good thing or a bad thing for defensive specialist Gulce Guctekin to be averaging quite nearly an assist per set.
For the moment, Wisconsin is doing defense as a team. Guctekin is leading in digs at 2.63 per set, which seems low for your libero. Hammill is second ad 2.25, and three more Badgers average more than a dig per frame. Blocking is a team goal as well as evidenced by three women averaging more than 1.3 blocks per frame led by 1.50/set from 6’9” Canadian sophomore Anna Smrek. I do want to point out that Danielle Hart is averaging 3.5 blocks per set officially, but she has played in just two sets this season, one each against TCU and Baylor. The 6’4” middle suffered an ACL injury six matches into last season, including tallying six blocks against the Golden Eagles a year ago. She had been a starter for head coach Kelly Sheffield for the two previous campaigns, so it remains to be seen how much playing time she’ll get as she comes back from that injury. If it’s just spot duty here and there, she has shown that she can make a gigantic impact in limited time.
Match #4: vs High Point Panthers (3-0)
Date: Sunday, September 4, 2022
Time: 6pm Central
Location: UW Field House, Madison, Wisconsin
Streaming: BTN+, at least according to MU. UW and BTN+’s websites disagree on that.
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Twitter Updates: @MarquetteVB
Marquette is 1-0 all time against High Point. The lone meeting in program history came in the first round of the 2018 NCAA tournament, when #14 seed MU picked up a 3-0 win over the Panthers at the McGuire Center.
Massive disclaimer on everything I’m about to say about High Point: Between now and when this match is actually played, High Point is going to play three more matches. They’ll play Furman and Kennesaw State, both on Friday, both at Kennesaw State, before hurrying up to Madison for an afternoon first serve against the Badgers and then turning around and playing Marquette in the evening. It’s entirely possible that everything notable about the Panthers, statistically speaking, is going to change between now and then, and on top of that, who knows what kind of impact 1) the travel and 2) the condensed schedule and 3) merely playing a top 10 team earlier in the day is going to have on them when they face the Golden Eagles.
With that said, High Point/Wisconsin explains why Marquette is going to play this match in Madison as opposed to coming back to Milwaukee for it. I am curious if Ryan Theis is going to have his team bus back and forth, though. Is sleeping in your own bed on Friday and Saturday night and a Sunday morning bus ride smarter than staying in Madison the whole time? It’s definitely cheaper, that’s for sure.
Anyway, the Panthers are 3-0 so far this season after going 24-7 a year ago. They got bounced from the Big South tournament by Campbell in the title game and that was the end of their season. I presume the returning players are slightly annoyed about that as 2022 gets going. They are the unanimous pick to win the Big South this fall after securing the regular season conference title a year ago, which tells you a lot of what to expect from them.
On top of that, they had two players snag preseason individual honors from the Big South. Dylan Maberry is the Preseason Player of the Year, while Maria Miggins is the Preseason Setter of the Year in the league. With that said, Maberry is not the team leader in kills so far this season. She’s doing just fine, great even, through three matches: 3.09 kills/set and hitting .377. It’s just that the offense is going through Sydney Palazzolo for some godforsaken reason. The 6’2” Michigan native is averaging a very awesome 5.00 kills/set.... but she’s hitting just .212 to get there. Palazzolo has taken more than twice as many swings through three matches than Maberry, which is very weird and definitely not how things went a year ago. Maybe this rebalances by the time MU plays the Panthers on Sunday, but it’s definitely something to keep an eye on.
High Point does play two setters, or at least has been to this point of the season. In fact, Ally Van Eekeren, last seen setting for Creighton a year ago, started for the Panthers in place of Miggins once already this season. They’re both averaging north of 5.3 assists a set, so they’re definitely both producing like you’d like to see in a situation like this. Between Maberry not being the focal point of the offense and Miggins not being the starter for all three matches, there’s a lot going on with this roster right now that I’m sure a lot of Big South coaches would like to ask questions about... but for now, we’ll have to wait and see what Sunday brings.
On the defensive side of the ball, Louisville native Jenny Wessling is holding things together at 4.82 digs per set. Palazzolo does a good job there as well, chipping in over three per frame. Gabrielle Idlebird wins the team title for Best Name but also leads the squad in blocks. The 6’0” middle from Texas is the only Panther averaging north of 0.90 blocks per set this season, and she’s waaaaay up there at 1.36. They do have three women who are above 0.70 blocks a frame, so I’m willing to guess that Idlebird has a number of ready, willing, and able partners at the net since all 15 of her blocks this season have gone in the books as assisted. | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/9/2/23328953/marquette-golden-eagles-volleyball-preview-wisconsin-badgers-high-point-panthers | 2022-09-03T00:45:57Z | anonymouseagle.com | control | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/9/2/23328953/marquette-golden-eagles-volleyball-preview-wisconsin-badgers-high-point-panthers | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Marquette Golden Eagles volleyball goes into the second weekend of their season playing with house money.
They had three matches scheduled against preseason top 25 teams in non-conference action, and two of them were set to show up in the first three matches of the season. One of them was Match #1 of the year against preseason #11 Kentucky. The Golden Eagles had about a bajillion questions to answer about the 2022 campaign heading into the season, so it was going to be hard to take any serious messages away from that match against the Wildcats...... if they lost.
They didn’t, taking the first two sets and then holding on to down Kentucky in their home gym, and now Marquette is #24 in the country for the second week of the season. That’s pretty neat!
Obviously a default setting would be “well, can they follow it up,” but I don’t think that’s important for this weekend. Sure, against High Point on Sunday, that feels like a “must back up the Kentucky win” game, but not on Friday night. It’s a big match in an ever increasingly important in-state rivalry series, but for Marquette’s purposes, it’s still just a road game against a top 10 opponent. You’re not favored to win and you already snagged a top 15 road victory in your opener. A win would be gigantic for Marquette, don’t get me wrong, but a loss? Eh, just a thing that happened, and you move on to the next one.
That #24 ranking might be at risk, but that’s how the cookie crumbles. I think it would be wildly unfair for the AVCA voters to ding the Golden Eagles out of the rankings for losing a road match to the #6 team in the country, but the flip side of that is obviously some (most?) voters don’t even have MU in the top 25 right now anyway.
With that said, and we’ll get to it in a minute, maybe this Wisconsin team isn’t quite ready for prime time, at least relative to what they were at the end of last season and what they might be by the time November rolls around. With the wind in their sails after last week’s Kentucky win, can Marquette push forward and pick up their second win in Madison in the last four seasons? It’s not impossible, that’s for sure.
Match #3: at #6 Wisconsin Badgers (1-1)
Date: Friday, September 2, 2022
Time: 8pm Central
Location: UW Field House, Madison, Wisconsin
Television: Big Ten Network
Streaming: FoxSports.com/live
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Twitter Updates: @MarquetteVB
Marquette is 2-21 all time against Wisconsin and 1-15 since Marquette made the move to Division 1 volleyball. With that said, the last time these two teams played in the Field House while the Badgers were ranked in the top ten? That’s the 1 in 1-15.
The Badgers are the reigning champions in Division 1 volleyball. This is particularly relevant because this game is UW’s home opener, and they will be raising their title banner to the rafters before the match. However, this roster is not the roster that won them that title last December. Of the nine women who recorded a point in their 3-2 win over Nebraska in the national championship, only five return this fall, and one of them is setter Izzy Ashburn, who got all four of her points on aces and didn’t record an assist in the match. Even without Dana Rettke, their 6’8” All-American middle, and starting setter Sidney Hilley and libero Lauren Barnes, Wisconsin is still going to be a formidable opponent all season long, because the other four returners are all going to be playing big roles for them. That’s how you end up with that single digit in your top 25 ranking this early in the season.
With that said, this is a lower ranking than their preseason number because they started off the year with a win at TCU and a loss to Baylor in TCU’s building. That’s not a loss to worry about for any real reason. Between taking place in their home state, the Bears usually being a quality team, and the fact that they started the season in the AVCA top 25, you can chalk that up to “yes, well, we played an excellent team and we’re the ones who forced the fifth set by winning #4, so things happen sometimes.” Whether it’s “things happen” or “maybe Wisconsin isn’t super elite like they have been the past few years” or just “the Badgers need some time to gel,” that remains to be seen. It’s not like there’s a shortage of tests for them through the rest of non-conference play, as literally every other match is against a ranked opponent.
Through the first two matches of the season, Sarah Franklin is the top attacker on the roster for Wisconsin. The 6’4” outside hitter transferred in from Michigan State in the offseason, and she’s off to a roaring start. Franklin is at 4.25 digs per set through eight frames, and she’s hitting an absolutely wild .395. That’s not just her accuracy boosting her kill total, as she’s leading the Badgers in attacks, too. Julia Orzol is their #2 option, and she’s averaging 2.63 kills and hitting .321.
Wisconsin’s setting seems to be something of a mess right now with Izzy Ashburn and MJ Hammill apparently splitting time. Ashburn is averaging 5.63 assists a set, which is very good for one half of a pair, but Hammill is only at 3.38. They’re getting assists elsewhere on the roster to average a very good 11.25/set as a team, but I’m unsure if it’s a good thing or a bad thing for defensive specialist Gulce Guctekin to be averaging quite nearly an assist per set.
For the moment, Wisconsin is doing defense as a team. Guctekin is leading in digs at 2.63 per set, which seems low for your libero. Hammill is second ad 2.25, and three more Badgers average more than a dig per frame. Blocking is a team goal as well as evidenced by three women averaging more than 1.3 blocks per frame led by 1.50/set from 6’9” Canadian sophomore Anna Smrek. I do want to point out that Danielle Hart is averaging 3.5 blocks per set officially, but she has played in just two sets this season, one each against TCU and Baylor. The 6’4” middle suffered an ACL injury six matches into last season, including tallying six blocks against the Golden Eagles a year ago. She had been a starter for head coach Kelly Sheffield for the two previous campaigns, so it remains to be seen how much playing time she’ll get as she comes back from that injury. If it’s just spot duty here and there, she has shown that she can make a gigantic impact in limited time.
Match #4: vs High Point Panthers (3-0)
Date: Sunday, September 4, 2022
Time: 6pm Central
Location: UW Field House, Madison, Wisconsin
Streaming: BTN+, at least according to MU. UW and BTN+’s websites disagree on that.
Live Stats: Sidearm Stats
Twitter Updates: @MarquetteVB
Marquette is 1-0 all time against High Point. The lone meeting in program history came in the first round of the 2018 NCAA tournament, when #14 seed MU picked up a 3-0 win over the Panthers at the McGuire Center.
Massive disclaimer on everything I’m about to say about High Point: Between now and when this match is actually played, High Point is going to play three more matches. They’ll play Furman and Kennesaw State, both on Friday, both at Kennesaw State, before hurrying up to Madison for an afternoon first serve against the Badgers and then turning around and playing Marquette in the evening. It’s entirely possible that everything notable about the Panthers, statistically speaking, is going to change between now and then, and on top of that, who knows what kind of impact 1) the travel and 2) the condensed schedule and 3) merely playing a top 10 team earlier in the day is going to have on them when they face the Golden Eagles.
With that said, High Point/Wisconsin explains why Marquette is going to play this match in Madison as opposed to coming back to Milwaukee for it. I am curious if Ryan Theis is going to have his team bus back and forth, though. Is sleeping in your own bed on Friday and Saturday night and a Sunday morning bus ride smarter than staying in Madison the whole time? It’s definitely cheaper, that’s for sure.
Anyway, the Panthers are 3-0 so far this season after going 24-7 a year ago. They got bounced from the Big South tournament by Campbell in the title game and that was the end of their season. I presume the returning players are slightly annoyed about that as 2022 gets going. They are the unanimous pick to win the Big South this fall after securing the regular season conference title a year ago, which tells you a lot of what to expect from them.
On top of that, they had two players snag preseason individual honors from the Big South. Dylan Maberry is the Preseason Player of the Year, while Maria Miggins is the Preseason Setter of the Year in the league. With that said, Maberry is not the team leader in kills so far this season. She’s doing just fine, great even, through three matches: 3.09 kills/set and hitting .377. It’s just that the offense is going through Sydney Palazzolo for some godforsaken reason. The 6’2” Michigan native is averaging a very awesome 5.00 kills/set.... but she’s hitting just .212 to get there. Palazzolo has taken more than twice as many swings through three matches than Maberry, which is very weird and definitely not how things went a year ago. Maybe this rebalances by the time MU plays the Panthers on Sunday, but it’s definitely something to keep an eye on.
High Point does play two setters, or at least has been to this point of the season. In fact, Ally Van Eekeren, last seen setting for Creighton a year ago, started for the Panthers in place of Miggins once already this season. They’re both averaging north of 5.3 assists a set, so they’re definitely both producing like you’d like to see in a situation like this. Between Maberry not being the focal point of the offense and Miggins not being the starter for all three matches, there’s a lot going on with this roster right now that I’m sure a lot of Big South coaches would like to ask questions about... but for now, we’ll have to wait and see what Sunday brings.
On the defensive side of the ball, Louisville native Jenny Wessling is holding things together at 4.82 digs per set. Palazzolo does a good job there as well, chipping in over three per frame. Gabrielle Idlebird wins the team title for Best Name but also leads the squad in blocks. The 6’0” middle from Texas is the only Panther averaging north of 0.90 blocks per set this season, and she’s waaaaay up there at 1.36. They do have three women who are above 0.70 blocks a frame, so I’m willing to guess that Idlebird has a number of ready, willing, and able partners at the net since all 15 of her blocks this season have gone in the books as assisted. | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/9/2/23328953/marquette-golden-eagles-volleyball-preview-wisconsin-badgers-high-point-panthers | 2022-09-03T00:45:57Z | anonymouseagle.com | control | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/9/2/23328953/marquette-golden-eagles-volleyball-preview-wisconsin-badgers-high-point-panthers | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Mississippi National Guard Soldiers load a pallet of water with a forklift at Northwest Jackson Middle School in Jackson, Mississippi, Sept. 2, 2022. Nearly 20,000 cars received water on the first day of the operation, consisting of seven sites through Jackson for people to collect bottled water, hand sanitizer and non-potable water from water buffalo trucks. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Connie Jones)
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Freshman Josie Bieda’s first collegiate career goal came at a big time for Marquette women’s soccer in more than one way on Thursday night. Her 75th minute marker provided the Golden Eagles with an equalizer and allowed them to walk away from their match with Illinois-Chicago with a 1-1 draw. Marquette is now 1-2-1 on the season.
UIC opened up the scoring in the match in the 23rd minute as Jelena Zbiljic’s cross into the middle was nearly perfectly floated over from the far right side of the pitch to out in front of MU keeper Mikki Easter’s left post. Megan Bowman was camped out underneath, and her header was perfectly aimed back across the net and into the right wall past Easter for the 1-0 lead. It was just the fifth total shot of the game, and honestly, Marquette was lucky it took that long for the Flames to break through. They needed a team save in the 12th minute — on a shot from Bowman, no less — to keep the match scoreless at that point.
MU turned the match in their favor evvvvvver so slightly for the rest of the half, outshootin UIC 2-1 the rest of the way for a 4-4 draw in shots through 45 minutes. As the second half went on, quality chances were few and far between for both sides, but it was Easter coming up big in the 58th and 72nd minutes to keep the visitors at just one goal.
And then, in the 75th minute, Bieda made a stellar series of individual effort plays.
75' | MU - 1 | UIC - 1 | Josie Bieda finds the back of the net for her first career goal! We're all tied up at Valley Fields! #WeAreMarquette pic.twitter.com/MAZDJT8rtn
— MARQUETTE Soccer (@MarquetteWSOC) September 2, 2022
I can’t quite make out the number on who it is making the long kick forward to Bieda, but it’s an excellently placed kick out in the middle of the field. Bieda wins the 1-on-1 battle for the ball, knocking it just a little bit forward just as the second defender rushing in alters their momentum. She’s the only one who can attack forward on the ball, so that prompts keeper Lauren Keiser to step forward to play it, and BANG, it’s a goal!
Great work by Bieda on her first collegiate shot to get the Golden Eagles on the board in this match and actually this season overall. MU’s only other intentionally struck goal so far through four matches is a penalty kick by Isabella Cook against Central Michigan, so this was MU’s first run of play goal of the season. You have to score goals to win matches, or so I’m told, so for Bieda to break the ice on the net like this could be a big turning point for Marquette.
With the equalizer coming in the 75th minute, that left the two teams just 15 minutes to try to find a winner. Overtime has been eliminated in college soccer this season, outside of tournament play at least, so the only way to get a win was to put it in the net before the 90th minute finished up. Mikki Easter would make two more saves before the night was done to bring her total in the match to five, while Keiser would make one on her end on a 83rd minute shot by Emma Tabor that did pop out of her hands, but it was a standing save and it popped straight up in the air by a foot or maybe two before she resecured it. The shots don’t tell the story, but it felt like Marquette was pushing a little bit harder in the final 15 minutes than UIC was to get that game winner. Now that the team has seen one go in the net, maybe that releases a little bit of pressure on everyone to get things to work for them going forward.
Up Next: Marquette will be back at it on Sunday with the last match of a three match homestand. It will be Green Bay coming in as the opposition, and the Phoenix are 2-1-0 on the year after falling 3-0 to then-#24 Wisconsin this past Sunday. This weekend’s match will be GB’s first since that loss. | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/9/2/23334177/marquette-golden-eagles-womens-soccer-recap-illinois-chicago-uic-flames | 2022-09-03T00:46:03Z | anonymouseagle.com | control | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/9/2/23334177/marquette-golden-eagles-womens-soccer-recap-illinois-chicago-uic-flames | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
Freshman Josie Bieda’s first collegiate career goal came at a big time for Marquette women’s soccer in more than one way on Thursday night. Her 75th minute marker provided the Golden Eagles with an equalizer and allowed them to walk away from their match with Illinois-Chicago with a 1-1 draw. Marquette is now 1-2-1 on the season.
UIC opened up the scoring in the match in the 23rd minute as Jelena Zbiljic’s cross into the middle was nearly perfectly floated over from the far right side of the pitch to out in front of MU keeper Mikki Easter’s left post. Megan Bowman was camped out underneath, and her header was perfectly aimed back across the net and into the right wall past Easter for the 1-0 lead. It was just the fifth total shot of the game, and honestly, Marquette was lucky it took that long for the Flames to break through. They needed a team save in the 12th minute — on a shot from Bowman, no less — to keep the match scoreless at that point.
MU turned the match in their favor evvvvvver so slightly for the rest of the half, outshootin UIC 2-1 the rest of the way for a 4-4 draw in shots through 45 minutes. As the second half went on, quality chances were few and far between for both sides, but it was Easter coming up big in the 58th and 72nd minutes to keep the visitors at just one goal.
And then, in the 75th minute, Bieda made a stellar series of individual effort plays.
75' | MU - 1 | UIC - 1 | Josie Bieda finds the back of the net for her first career goal! We're all tied up at Valley Fields! #WeAreMarquette pic.twitter.com/MAZDJT8rtn
— MARQUETTE Soccer (@MarquetteWSOC) September 2, 2022
I can’t quite make out the number on who it is making the long kick forward to Bieda, but it’s an excellently placed kick out in the middle of the field. Bieda wins the 1-on-1 battle for the ball, knocking it just a little bit forward just as the second defender rushing in alters their momentum. She’s the only one who can attack forward on the ball, so that prompts keeper Lauren Keiser to step forward to play it, and BANG, it’s a goal!
Great work by Bieda on her first collegiate shot to get the Golden Eagles on the board in this match and actually this season overall. MU’s only other intentionally struck goal so far through four matches is a penalty kick by Isabella Cook against Central Michigan, so this was MU’s first run of play goal of the season. You have to score goals to win matches, or so I’m told, so for Bieda to break the ice on the net like this could be a big turning point for Marquette.
With the equalizer coming in the 75th minute, that left the two teams just 15 minutes to try to find a winner. Overtime has been eliminated in college soccer this season, outside of tournament play at least, so the only way to get a win was to put it in the net before the 90th minute finished up. Mikki Easter would make two more saves before the night was done to bring her total in the match to five, while Keiser would make one on her end on a 83rd minute shot by Emma Tabor that did pop out of her hands, but it was a standing save and it popped straight up in the air by a foot or maybe two before she resecured it. The shots don’t tell the story, but it felt like Marquette was pushing a little bit harder in the final 15 minutes than UIC was to get that game winner. Now that the team has seen one go in the net, maybe that releases a little bit of pressure on everyone to get things to work for them going forward.
Up Next: Marquette will be back at it on Sunday with the last match of a three match homestand. It will be Green Bay coming in as the opposition, and the Phoenix are 2-1-0 on the year after falling 3-0 to then-#24 Wisconsin this past Sunday. This weekend’s match will be GB’s first since that loss. | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/9/2/23334177/marquette-golden-eagles-womens-soccer-recap-illinois-chicago-uic-flames | 2022-09-03T00:46:03Z | anonymouseagle.com | control | https://www.anonymouseagle.com/2022/9/2/23334177/marquette-golden-eagles-womens-soccer-recap-illinois-chicago-uic-flames | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 1 |
SPOKANE, Wash. — Grammy-winning rock band Greta Van Fleet will be bringing their high-energy, bombastic sound to the Spokane Arena Friday night, Sept. 2.
This show is part of the band's 2022 Dreams in Gold Tour and in support of their sophomore album, The Battle at Garden's Gate. The album received top honors from Billboard and currently has 275k in sales with streaming numbers at 200 million. Tonight's show is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. with doors at 5:30 p.m. Special guests The Pretty Reckless and Hannah Wicklund will be opening the show.
A limited number of tickets are still available to purchase. In addition, concertgoers can start rocking out early at Party at the Garden, presented by No-Li Brewhouse. The party, which takes place from 3-6 p.m., is located outside the Northeast Entrance of the Spokane Arena. It includes Wisdom of the Oracle readings with Mama Ocean. music by 94.1 The Bear, a merch stand, and No-Li beer, White Claw, soda, water and snacks available for purchase.
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COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — A replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be in Liberty Lake from Sept. 15 to 19.
The half-size replica, known as the Moving Wall, has toured all 50 states and beyond since 1984. The stop in Liberty Lake is the only stop it will make in the West this year.
"As a military person, I would venture to guess most of us think about the military, our time in the military, our experience with others in the military on a regular basis, although we may not talk about it," said Air Force veteran Dg Garcia, the project manager who helped form the Gallant Guards of Liberty organization that coordinated bringing the Moving Wall to the Inland Northwest.
During COVID-19 lockdowns, Garcia said she kept thinking about what she wanted to do to bring the community together when the quarantines were over. With the large number of veterans and active military in Liberty Lake and the surrounding area, she wanted to give those service people and their families this special opportunity.
"I drew on my military experience and this was it," she said. "It was nothing any grander than that.
"We're all for one and one for all," she said.
The original Vietnam Veterans Memorial is about 2,500 miles away in Washington, D.C. As of May 2021, there were 58,281 names etched into the Wall representing those killed or missing in action during the Vietnam War, as reported by our news partners, the Coeur d'Alene Press.
"All they are are names, but these names still have feelings," Garcia said.
Post Falls' Bryan Bledsoe, who served in the Army during the Vietnam War, first saw a traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Southern California.
"I thought, 'Really, what is this?'" Bledsoe said. "I went there and, I mean, I really couldn't even approach it. It was nothing that I expected. I didn't expect the kind of emotions that were there."
He said the Moving Wall coming to Liberty Lake is important for the public as well as families and friends of those who sacrificed their lives in Vietnam, and for those who served with them who are still here.
"When you realize that each one of those names, it was a son, a father, a brother, a daughter, a mother, whoever, each one of those names had families," Bledsoe said. "Many people cared about them — their friends, co-workers before they were in the military. It's a way people can come and pay their respects."
The Moving Wall will be on display in Pavillion Park, 727 N. Molter Road, Liberty Lake.
A ceremony will be held at 5:30 p.m. the day it opens. Medal recipients and fallen heroes will be honored, wreaths will be placed on the Wall and words will be said in tribute to those who died in the Vietnam War.
The Moving Wall will be open 24 hours a day. It is free to visit.
Info: www.gallantguards.com or www.themovingwall.org
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Authorities in Mexico say four people, including a former mayor, were killed when gunmen opened fire after a soccer match.
In a statement, the Morelos state prosecutor’s office said the shooting occurred Thursday in the town of Yecapixtla, the Associated Press reported.
According to the statement, people had gathered after the game when gunmen inside two vehicles began shooting, the news outlet reported.
Authorities said four people, including former Yecapixtla mayor Refugio "Cuco" Amaro Luna, was killed, local media outlets reported.
The town's current mayor, Heladio Rafael Sánchez, also confirmed Luna's death, the Associated Press reported.
Local media outlets reported that at least 10 people were injured in the shooting. | https://www.katc.com/news/national/4-killed-including-former-mayor-in-shooting-at-soccer-field-in-mexico | 2022-09-03T00:50:14Z | katc.com | control | https://www.katc.com/news/national/4-killed-including-former-mayor-in-shooting-at-soccer-field-in-mexico | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
MALDEN, Wash. — It's been two years since the Babb Road Fire destroyed the towns of Malden and Pine City, changing countless lives forever. Since then, the community has worked together to rebuild the town.
It was during Labor Day on 2020 when a wildfire destroyed the towns of Malden and Pine City in just a few hours. Wind gusts up to 60 miles per hour sent the fire across 15,000 acres. The fire burned down 20 homes and 100 buildings, including the fire station and post office.
Since then, the community has built a temporary fire station in the town of Malden with the help of funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
The new temporary fire station houses a fire truck donated by DNR and a truck donated by the Spokane Valley Fire Department (SVFD). Both trucks now don the Malden Fire Department logo.
"Our fire station is better prepared. Our firemen are are better trained. We have the equipment that we can knock down the fire now," Malden mayor Dan Harwood, said.
The new fire station makes sure the city is prepared and safe if another fire were to break out.
"Having the temporary fire station here absolutely. does give us a little breathing room to feel like, God forbid, that a fire were to come again that we're a lot more prepared," Chandelle Frick, Malden resident said.
The Babb Road fire destroyed 67 homes in Malden. Two years after the fire that leveled the towns of Malden and Pine City, 26 houses have now been rebuilt.
The Mayor hopes the permanent fire station and community center will be completed by this time in 2023.
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SPOKANE, Wash. — High school football is back and the KREM 2 Sports Team has you covered with scores, highlights and more across the Inland Northwest. Make sure you catch the KREM 2 Football Friday show live on CBS Fridays at 11 p.m.
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TITUSVILLE, Fla. (WFLA) — NASA’s Artemis I mission has been given a “go” for its second launch attempt from Kennedy Space Center on Saturday.
The Artemis I mission management team will try to launch the new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft Saturday afternoon. If all goes to plan, Artemis I will launch the SLS rocket – also called the mega moon rocket – and send the Orion spacecraft on a 37-day, 1.3-million mile test flight around the moon.
The first attempt to launch was scrubbed Monday morning after NASA ran into several technical issues leading up to the launch window.
What went wrong?
Mission managers met several times this week to discuss Monday’s problems and analyze data recorded during the countdown before the mission was scrubbed. The team decided to move forward with a Saturday afternoon launch attempt. They did, however, update their procedures and timeline in response to Monday’s main issue involving one of the rocket engines apparently failing to cool down enough for launch.
“Teams will adjust the procedures to chill down the engines, also called the kick start bleed test, about 30 to 45 minutes earlier in the countdown during the liquid hydrogen fast fill phase for the core stage,” NASA explained. “This will to allow for additional time to cool the engines to appropriate temperatures for launch.”
SLS Program Manager John Honeycutt said he believes Monday’s problem was actually caused by a faulty sensor and expressed confidence that the four main engines are good to go.
“The way the sensor is behaving does not line up with the physics of the situation,” he said.
Saturday forecast
In a launch forecast released Friday, meteorologists with the U.S. Space Force said the weather near Kennedy Space Center appears about 60% favorable early Saturday afternoon. Conditions are expected to improve as the day goes on.
“This should allow the east-coast sea breeze to form scattered showers in the early afternoon Saturday, but gradually push the activity westward during the late afternoon hours, away from the Spaceport,” the forecast said. “The timing of the launch window will be during this transition.”
Meteorologists said the main concerns during the launch window will be the cumulus cloud rule and the surface electric fields rule.
“Basically, the weather looks good. I wouldn’t be shocked if there are periods where we are technically ‘red’ for weather,” Space Launch Delta 45 Weather Officer Melody Lovin said Thursday. “But the bottom line is that I don’t expect weather to be a showstopper.”
NASA has a list of weather criteria that must be met in order to go ahead with a launch. The agency watches for temperature, wind, precipitation, lightning, clouds and solar activity.
If the launch has to be scrubbed again on Saturday, the earliest NASA could make another attempt would be Monday.
“With all scrubs, it depends on the reason you scrub. That really drives your turnaround,” Blackwell-Thompson said. “But provided that it was a weather issue, we are driven by replenishment of our commodities – hydrogen being the primary driver. We could go as soon as Monday, so 48 hours in our turnaround.”
Artemis Program
Launch Pad 39B, the pad that Artemis I will launch from, is the same pad Apollo 10 launched from. The Apollo program was the last time humans stepped foot on the moon, more than 50 years ago. In Greek mythology, Artemis is the twin sister of Apollo.
Under the new Artemis program, NASA plans to land the first woman and the first person of color on the moon. NASA is looking to establish a long-term presence on the lunar surface and use what they learn to eventually send astronauts to Mars.
Artemis I
Artemis I is NASA’s first step when it comes to achieving the goals of the Artemis program. It is an uncrewed mission, meaning there will be no humans on the flight. NASA calls it “the first in a series of increasingly complex missions to build a long-term human presence at the moon for decades to come.”
“The mission will demonstrate the performance of the SLS rocket and test Orion’s capabilities over the course of about six weeks as it travels about 40,000 miles beyond the moon and back to Earth,” NASA explained.
On its website, NASA explains that the main goals of the mission are to “demonstrate Orion’s systems in a spaceflight environment” and to “ensure a safe re-entry, descent, splashdown and recovery.” This will help when it comes to future missions – including Artemis II, which will be the program’s first crewed flight around the moon.
Artemis I marks the first “integrated test” of NASA’s deep space exploration system. If the mission launches Saturday, NASA is looking at a splashdown on Oct. 11.
Deep space exploration system
The SLS rocket and Orion, along with the ground systems at Kennedy Space Center, make up NASA’s deep space exploration system.
The SLS rocket is described by NASA as the world’s most powerful rocket. According to the agency, it is the only rocket that can currently send the Orion spacecraft to the moon safely.
A comparison of the Saturn V and the new Moon rocket called the Space Launch System or SLS. (AP) A cutaway of the Space Launch System or SLS. (AP)
“SLS is designed specifically for deep space missions with humans and will send the Orion spacecraft to the moon, which is nearly 1,000 times farther than where the International Space Station resides in low-Earth orbit,” NASA said. “The rocket will provide the power to help Orion reach a speed of 22,600 mph, to escape the pull of Earth’s gravity [and] send the spacecraft to the moon.”
Orion, the spacecraft that will launch atop the SLS rocket, was designed to carry humans to deep space, according to NASA. The agency says it was “specifically designed to sustain humans hundreds of thousands of miles from home.” | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/artemis-i-go-for-launch-attempt-saturday-nasa-says/ | 2022-09-03T00:56:44Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/artemis-i-go-for-launch-attempt-saturday-nasa-says/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (KCAU) — The CNOS Fieldhouse in North Sioux City was packed with both local and national college volleyball teams.
The 2nd Annual United Sports Academy Labor Day Classic Tournament kicked off Friday afternoon with several teams in action. 21 different teams came to Siouxland for the event as well as plenty of fans.
Rick Pruett is the head volleyball coach at College of St. Mary. He said all these athletes and fans coming to Siouxland is great for volleyball in general, but he also thinks the Siouxland area should feel the economic benefits of hosting this tournament.
“So they’ll come and watch those players and see those teams, so it’s just a great opportunity for our local people and local players to see some of their teammates that they had in high school or club playing in this tournament so it’s just a great opportunity for everybody,” said Pruett.
The games continue Saturday morning at 9 a.m. According to Pruett, the tournament has become so popular that organizers might have to turn teams down or form a waiting list sometime in the future. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/labor-day-classic-tournament-kicks-off-at-north-sioux-city/ | 2022-09-03T00:56:51Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/labor-day-classic-tournament-kicks-off-at-north-sioux-city/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — Progress is being made on MidAmerican Energy’s new facility in the north side of Sioux City.
Construction work on the company’s new regional service center started earlier this summer and it’s still more than a year away from completion.
Isaac Berg is a heavy equipment operator with Lieber Construction. That company has been hauling tons of dirt uphill for this project. He said he loves working on the site, but the labor has taken a toll on some vehicles.
“We have a lot of challenges where we can’t really do much when a lot of our equipment breaks down and all that but we try and get it fixed as soon as we can to keep going and keep moving the dirt to try and get this done quicker,” said Berg.
The building is located on 28th Street near Woodbury County’s new law enforcement center and will take up more than 50 acres of land. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/progress-made-on-new-midamerican-energy-facility/ | 2022-09-03T00:56:57Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/local-news/progress-made-on-new-midamerican-energy-facility/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The countdown is on for a rocket launch to the moon — again.
NASA will make a second attempt to launch its Artemis rocket on Saturday after technical issues delayed it the first time. NASA official Jeremy Parsons says all signs look good for an upcoming launch.
“If the conditions with weather and the hardware align, we’ll absolutely go,” Parsons said.
Engineers had to call off a planned launch on Monday because of a fuel leak and engine problems. Since then, they’ve been working to address the issues.
“Team has really just done a fantastic job getting us out of launch attempt number one, repairing all the issues and getting us into a safe configuration to proceed,” Parsons said.
If the launch is successful, this will be the first time America has sent a capsule to the moon since Apollo 17, which was 50 years ago. Former Astronaut Jefferey Hoffman says it’s long overdue.
“We went there and then we stopped and we threw it all away,” Hoffman said. “So I’m excited that we’re getting ready to go to the moon again.”
NASA’s eventual goal with this mission is getting astronauts back on the moon and establishing a permanent presence there. Dr. Hoffman says that could be important for scientific discovery.
“We’ve only just scratched the surface with Apollo, you know, bringing back samples of the moon. And we’ve learned incredible amounts about the history of the solar system, how the Earth was formed,” Hoffman said.
Billions of dollars have been poured into the project. But Dr. Hoffman says Artemis could unlock access to natural resources and give us a competitive edge globally.
“Someday the moon is going to be a part of the economic sphere of the Earth. Whoever establishes their bases first is in a good position,” Hoffman said. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/washington/washington-dc/return-to-moon-long-overdue-former-astronaut-says/ | 2022-09-03T00:57:18Z | siouxlandproud.com | control | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/washington/washington-dc/return-to-moon-long-overdue-former-astronaut-says/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
(KXAN) — The holders of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” copyright are suing a central Texas business — accusing its owners of marketing and selling “at least 66 illicit items” with trademarked logos and images related to the classic 1974 horror film.
According to a lawsuit filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court’s Western District of Texas, Roy and Lisa Rose run The Gas Station off State Highway 304, which was a film location for the 1974 movie. It sells barbecue and horror memorabilia, hosts events and rents out cabin. KXAN reached out to the Roses for comment.
The plaintiff, Vortex Inc., is a family-owned business created in 1974 to manage the rights to the film. It has licensed it to several other companies to produce a variety of products, including clothing, toys, novelties, video games and more.
Vortex’s agents say they reached out to the Roses in March 2016 to establish a licensing agreement.
According to the lawsuit, Roy responded “audaciously” that they would only do a deal if the film’s writers, Toby Hooper and Kim Henkel, would be available annually to sign autographs at The Gas Station.
Roy also reportedly wanted to recoup their initial expenses before paying back licensing fees.
The company’s response was a reminder that Vortex still owns the copyrights and that the Roses could not use them without permission, and a meeting between the two businesses occurred, the lawsuit stated.
After that meeting, Roy was to provide a business plan to Vortex, which it says never came.
It wasn’t until 2020 that Vortex investigated the Roses’ Cult Classic Convention, a yearly gathering of horror and cult classics film enthusiasts. There, it found a “number of infringing goods,” the lawsuit said.
Further investigation by the company found that the Roses also sold these products online and at a chain of Ohio smoke shops, according to the lawsuit.
Read the full lawsuit and see examples of memorabilia below:
In the lawsuit, Vortex’s attorney asks for $150,000 in statutory damages per infringing work, for a total $9.9 million, as well as legal fees and all profits from sales of the goods.
The lawsuit also asks the court to require the Roses destroy any remaining products.
“We take the protection of our intellectual property rights very seriously; this is one of the tenets that has allowed The Texas Chainsaw Massacre film franchise to remain independently owned and controlled by its original creators,” Vortex wrote in a statement. “Unfortunately in this instance we felt the need to protect against the infringement of those rights through court action.” | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/the-texas-chainsaw-copyright-infringement-business-sued-by-film-owner/ | 2022-09-03T00:59:48Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/the-texas-chainsaw-copyright-infringement-business-sued-by-film-owner/ | 0 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | 19 |
(KXAN) — The holders of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” copyright are suing a central Texas business — accusing its owners of marketing and selling “at least 66 illicit items” with trademarked logos and images related to the classic 1974 horror film.
According to a lawsuit filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court’s Western District of Texas, Roy and Lisa Rose run The Gas Station off State Highway 304, which was a film location for the 1974 movie. It sells barbecue and horror memorabilia, hosts events and rents out cabin. KXAN reached out to the Roses for comment.
The plaintiff, Vortex Inc., is a family-owned business created in 1974 to manage the rights to the film. It has licensed it to several other companies to produce a variety of products, including clothing, toys, novelties, video games and more.
Vortex’s agents say they reached out to the Roses in March 2016 to establish a licensing agreement.
According to the lawsuit, Roy responded “audaciously” that they would only do a deal if the film’s writers, Toby Hooper and Kim Henkel, would be available annually to sign autographs at The Gas Station.
Roy also reportedly wanted to recoup their initial expenses before paying back licensing fees.
The company’s response was a reminder that Vortex still owns the copyrights and that the Roses could not use them without permission, and a meeting between the two businesses occurred, the lawsuit stated.
After that meeting, Roy was to provide a business plan to Vortex, which it says never came.
It wasn’t until 2020 that Vortex investigated the Roses’ Cult Classic Convention, a yearly gathering of horror and cult classics film enthusiasts. There, it found a “number of infringing goods,” the lawsuit said.
Further investigation by the company found that the Roses also sold these products online and at a chain of Ohio smoke shops, according to the lawsuit.
Read the full lawsuit and see examples of memorabilia below:
In the lawsuit, Vortex’s attorney asks for $150,000 in statutory damages per infringing work, for a total $9.9 million, as well as legal fees and all profits from sales of the goods.
The lawsuit also asks the court to require the Roses destroy any remaining products.
“We take the protection of our intellectual property rights very seriously; this is one of the tenets that has allowed The Texas Chainsaw Massacre film franchise to remain independently owned and controlled by its original creators,” Vortex wrote in a statement. “Unfortunately in this instance we felt the need to protect against the infringement of those rights through court action.” | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/the-texas-chainsaw-copyright-infringement-business-sued-by-film-owner/ | 2022-09-03T00:59:48Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/national/the-texas-chainsaw-copyright-infringement-business-sued-by-film-owner/ | 1 | 0 | green-iguana-35 | 19 |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The countdown is on for a rocket launch to the moon — again.
NASA will make a second attempt to launch its Artemis rocket on Saturday after technical issues delayed it the first time. NASA official Jeremy Parsons says all signs look good for an upcoming launch.
“If the conditions with weather and the hardware align, we’ll absolutely go,” Parsons said.
Engineers had to call off a planned launch on Monday because of a fuel leak and engine problems. Since then, they’ve been working to address the issues.
“Team has really just done a fantastic job getting us out of launch attempt number one, repairing all the issues and getting us into a safe configuration to proceed,” Parsons said.
If the launch is successful, this will be the first time America has sent a capsule to the moon since Apollo 17, which was 50 years ago. Former Astronaut Jefferey Hoffman says it’s long overdue.
“We went there and then we stopped and we threw it all away,” Hoffman said. “So I’m excited that we’re getting ready to go to the moon again.”
NASA’s eventual goal with this mission is getting astronauts back on the moon and establishing a permanent presence there. Dr. Hoffman says that could be important for scientific discovery.
“We’ve only just scratched the surface with Apollo, you know, bringing back samples of the moon. And we’ve learned incredible amounts about the history of the solar system, how the Earth was formed,” Hoffman said.
Billions of dollars have been poured into the project. But Dr. Hoffman says Artemis could unlock access to natural resources and give us a competitive edge globally.
“Someday the moon is going to be a part of the economic sphere of the Earth. Whoever establishes their bases first is in a good position,” Hoffman said. | https://www.wpri.com/news/washington-dc/return-to-moon-long-overdue-former-astronaut-says/ | 2022-09-03T00:59:54Z | wpri.com | control | https://www.wpri.com/news/washington-dc/return-to-moon-long-overdue-former-astronaut-says/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The countdown is on for a rocket launch to the moon — again.
NASA will make a second attempt to launch its Artemis rocket on Saturday after technical issues delayed it the first time. NASA official Jeremy Parsons says all signs look good for an upcoming launch.
“If the conditions with weather and the hardware align, we’ll absolutely go,” Parsons said.
Engineers had to call off a planned launch on Monday because of a fuel leak and engine problems. Since then, they’ve been working to address the issues.
“Team has really just done a fantastic job getting us out of launch attempt number one, repairing all the issues and getting us into a safe configuration to proceed,” Parsons said.
If the launch is successful, this will be the first time America has sent a capsule to the moon since Apollo 17, which was 50 years ago. Former Astronaut Jefferey Hoffman says it’s long overdue.
“We went there and then we stopped and we threw it all away,” Hoffman said. “So I’m excited that we’re getting ready to go to the moon again.”
NASA’s eventual goal with this mission is getting astronauts back on the moon and establishing a permanent presence there. Dr. Hoffman says that could be important for scientific discovery.
“We’ve only just scratched the surface with Apollo, you know, bringing back samples of the moon. And we’ve learned incredible amounts about the history of the solar system, how the Earth was formed,” Hoffman said.
Billions of dollars have been poured into the project. But Dr. Hoffman says Artemis could unlock access to natural resources and give us a competitive edge globally.
“Someday the moon is going to be a part of the economic sphere of the Earth. Whoever establishes their bases first is in a good position,” Hoffman said. | https://www.wspa.com/news/washington-dc/return-to-moon-long-overdue-former-astronaut-says/ | 2022-09-03T01:11:43Z | wspa.com | control | https://www.wspa.com/news/washington-dc/return-to-moon-long-overdue-former-astronaut-says/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
YAKAMA NATION RESERVATION, Wash. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued an air quality advisory on the Yakama Reservation after regional fires caused elevated pollution levels. Poor air quality is forecasted in the area from September 2 through 4, before returning to good levels.
It is possible that air quality over Labor Day weekend could reach levels that are Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups, according to the EPA. Sensitive groups should stay inside as much as they can and avoid outdoor exercise.
People on the reservation are asked to reduce any source of air pollution as much as they can. It is also recommended to create a clean room to help people who are sensitive to the pollution. Clean rooms are designated spaces that keep pollution levels as low as possible during smoke events. A factsheet is available online with clean room methods. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/environmental-protection-agency-warns-of-yakama-reservation-air-quality/article_2d4552fa-2b21-11ed-ac33-5b9bd71cc258.html | 2022-09-03T01:15:01Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/environmental-protection-agency-warns-of-yakama-reservation-air-quality/article_2d4552fa-2b21-11ed-ac33-5b9bd71cc258.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
An essay contest designed to help youths focus on their respective futures is open for entries.
The essays, which are due by midnight Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022 must be at least 100 words and submitted online here Essay submissions.
. Winners will be selected by a panel of judges who themselves have penned a biography or career story describing how they got into their current professions or jobs. It is
The 25 winners will receive a pair of Cardinals tickets. Additionally, winners receive a congratulatory letter from St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones.
Solid Investing Company is the essay contest sponsor, and its president Keith Raymond said “We believe that many of today’s youth struggle with the distraction of everything from video games to the constant barrage of social media. They simply don’t have clear direction.”
“We want them to put to paper something that will affect their futures. We are asking them to try to draw themselves a roadmap from now to adulthood and show step-by-step how they will get from point A to point Z.”
Solid Investing is sponsoring the essay contest.
“It won’t be easy to walk away with the prize,” said Alderwoman Carol Howard, who graduated from Harris-Stowe University with a B.A. in Education. Howard became a teacher, then a principal, and remains a role model and inspiration for youngsters because not only did she raise a family
The 25 winners and a guest will be treated to a St. Louis Cardinals 6:45 p.m. home game when they face the Milwaukee Brewers on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. | https://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you-grow-up/article_b39aec02-2af4-11ed-8ab7-8bb9b1b2fc5a.html | 2022-09-03T01:15:01Z | stlamerican.com | control | https://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/what-do-you-want-to-be-when-you-grow-up/article_b39aec02-2af4-11ed-8ab7-8bb9b1b2fc5a.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
RICHLAND, Wash. - A Richland credit union employee has been charged with stealing tens of thousands of dollars from an ATM, according to Richland Police Department Lieutenant Damon Jansen.
Suspicious activity was noticed at a HAPO Credit Union in October 2021. It wasn't until January 2022 that RPD was notified, according to Jansen. Based on the officers report, the Prosecutor's Office decided to charge Meghan Brooks with stealing $75,000 from a mobile ATM.
The report states Books was considered a good employee before the investigation with no prior issues. She was the manager and supervisor of the mobile ATM program. The ATM was built into a van that was taken to events, offering customers access to cash at remote events.
Brooks was recently charged in court.
Jansen reports that there were no clear motives for the theft. Brooks claims she may have had financial issues and needed assistance, but also acknowledges she took the wrong route for help. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/mobile-atm-manager-charged-with-stealing-75k/article_d8eb2144-2b0c-11ed-9896-bf26e71fa3ce.html | 2022-09-03T01:15:07Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/news/mobile-atm-manager-charged-with-stealing-75k/article_d8eb2144-2b0c-11ed-9896-bf26e71fa3ce.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM PDT SUNDAY...
The Washington Department of Ecology and local Clean Air Agencies
have announced an Air Quality Alert for all of Eastern Washington
through 8am Sun, due to risks posed by wildfire smoke.
Particulate matter (PM2.5) levels may reach Unhealthy for
Sensitive Groups levels, and could reach Unhealthy levels close to
wildfires in the area. Air quality concerns will continue for
counties with nearby wildfires and we may continue to see smoke
from outside the state impacting Eastern Washington. Please visit
wasmoke.blogspot.com for real-time air quality levels, and updated
smoke forecasts and public health information.
Health Impacts and Recommended Actions: When air quality is
Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups, sensitive groups should take steps
to reduce exposure including limit time outside, avoid strenuous
outdoor activity, and follow steps for cleaner indoor air. When air
quality is Unhealthy everyone should reduce exposure. Limit time
outside, avoid strenuous outdoor activity, and follow tips for
cleaner air.
Burn restrictions are in effect. Visit www.ecology.wa.gov/burnbans
for details on local restrictions.
Information about air quality is on the Washington Department of
Ecology Web site at http://www.ecy.wa.gov/air.html or call
360-407- 6000.
Weather Alert
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
8 PM PDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Temperatures 98 to 105 degrees expected.
* WHERE...Portions of central, north central and northeast
Oregon and central, south central and southeast Washington.
* WHEN...From 2 PM this afternoon to 8 PM PDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures may cause heat illnesses to occur.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out
of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. Young
children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles
under any circumstances.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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I-90, Wash. - A car crash caused a closure on I-90 around the exit 109 on-ramp. Detours were available for around an hour, starting just after 3:30 p.m. The scene was cleared before 5 p.m. | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/traffic/collision-closes-part-of-i-90/article_c49c7766-2b1a-11ed-9ee0-9bc7bf4f7495.html | 2022-09-03T01:15:19Z | nbcrightnow.com | control | https://www.nbcrightnow.com/traffic/collision-closes-part-of-i-90/article_c49c7766-2b1a-11ed-9ee0-9bc7bf4f7495.html | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Austin Meadows will remain out of the Tigers’ lineup for the rest of the season while dealing with his mental health.
The outfielder, who has not played since June 15, revealed Friday afternoon that in addition to vertigo, COVID and tendinitis keeping him sidelined, he is dealing with something internal.
“What I have told very few people is that I also have been struggling with my mental health in a way that has extended my time away from the game that I love so much,” Meadows wrote in a post on Twitter. “I’ve been dealing with this privately with a great team of professionals, but I need to continue to put in the hard work off the field towards feeling mentally healthy.”
The 27-year-old owns a .250/.347/.328 slash line with a .675 OPS in 36 games this season. He arrived in Detroit just days before Opening Day after the team acquired him from the Rays.
Meadows played four-plus seasons in Tampa Bay, which included an All-Star nod in 2019, and played a pivotal role in the team’s runs deep into the postseason.
“While I’ve been back in the clubhouse the past few weeks, and plan to remain with the club through the end of season, I am still not ready to return to the field,” Meadows’ post continued. “I am so grateful for my family, my teammates, and the Tigers organization for supporting me through this.”
Meadows carries a one-year, $4 million contract before entering the first of two arbitration-eligible offseasons after the year.
“I can’t do this alone, and I hope in sharing my experience I can touch at least one person who might be going through their own struggles and encourage them to reach out to someone.” | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/austin-meadows-to-remain-out-while-dealing-with-mental-health/ | 2022-09-03T01:31:33Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/austin-meadows-to-remain-out-while-dealing-with-mental-health/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Celtics forward Danilo Gallinari suffered a torn ACL in his left knee, forcing the Italian star to miss the 2022-23 NBA season.
Gallinari sustained the injury while playing for his home nation of Italy in a FIBA World Cup qualifier against Georgia on Aug. 27, the Celtics tweeted on Friday.
When the injury occurred, Gallinari, grabbed his left knee after a bounce pass in the lane before hobbling over to the sideline, holding the back of the knee, ESPN reported. The forward then limped to the locker room with the help of a staff member and a teammate.
Gallinari previously tore the same ACL in April 2013 and missed the entire 2013-14 season after undergoing two surgeries.
Gallinari, who turned 34 last month, addressed his injury in a statement on Twitter.
“This has been a tough week for me as I have learned the extent of my injury,” the 6-foot-10 forward said. “This game means everything to me and not being able to be on the court with my Celtics teammates hurts. I plan to give everything I can to the Celtics organization and my teammates as we hunt for a title.
“I will work tirelessly with the Celtics staff to return to the court as soon as I can and I appreciate the unwavering support from the fans, my teammates, and the entire NBA family.”
Gallinari is reportedly determined to try and return at some point late in the 2022-23 season.
Gallinari signed a two-year, $13.2 million contract with the Celtics as a free agent in July. The deal includes a player option for the second season.
According to ESPN’s Bobby Marks, the Celtics will be able to apply for a designated player exception to replace Gallinari, which will give Boston $3.2 million to either sign, trade for or claim a player on an expiring contract worth up to that amount.
Last season, Gallinari averaged 11.7 points and shot 38.1% from 3-point range across 66 games for the Hawks. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/danilo-gallinari-will-miss-celtics-season-after-acl-injury/ | 2022-09-03T01:31:51Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/danilo-gallinari-will-miss-celtics-season-after-acl-injury/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
A 53-year-old man jumped to his death from the iconic new skyscraper known as the “Jenga Building” in Tribeca Friday afternoon, police said.
The man plunged from the 18th floor window of 56 Leonard Street, near Church Street, around 1 p.m., cops said.
The man, who identity was not released, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Images showed a distraught woman crying outside the building while apparently talking to a person in a Range Rover — then later entering an ambulance.
The location is a celebrity-packed home to the mega wealthy, where residents include names such as singer Frank Ocean.
Last year, a $50 million penthouse was in contract at the 60-story glass skyscraper.
The deal for the Herzog & de Meuron-designed Tribeca trophy was the most expensive downtown penthouse sale of the year, according to listing broker Clayton Orrigo of Compass, who declined to identify the buyer.
Stephen Ferrara was co-listing the unit.
The 7,779-square foot building features 19-foot ceilings, double height windows, white oak and stone floors, a gas fireplace, a chef’s kitchen and three terraces totaling 1,252 square feet with panoramic water and city skyline views.
If you are struggling with suicidal thoughts or are experiencing a mental health crisis and live in New York City, you can call 1-888-NYC-WELL for free and confidential crisis counseling. If you live outside the five boroughs, you can dial the 24/7 National Suicide Prevention hotline by calling 988 or go to SuicidePreventionLifeline.org. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/man-53-jumps-from-jenga-building-in-tribeca/ | 2022-09-03T01:32:40Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/man-53-jumps-from-jenga-building-in-tribeca/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
An administrator at a posh Manhattan private school was placed on paid leave after being filmed talking about “sneaking” her Democratic views and activism into the classroom.
The Trinity School also announced in a Friday letter to students and parents that an investigation will be launched into the comments made by Jennifer “Ginn” Norris, a director of student activities at the Upper East Side fixture.
Norris had said that she tries to “disrupt” the school’s curriculum in a recording published Thursday by Project Veritas, a conservative outlet known for filming undercover videos to expose progressive organizations.
“There’s always groups of teachers who want to do these [activist] things but the administration just wouldn’t let us,” Norris says in the clip, apparently filmed by a man wearing a hidden camera at an outdoor dining shed in the city this spring.
“So, we’ve been just sneaking things in [through] the cracks.”
“I don’t hide how I feel, but I can’t pretend I’m [not] promoting an agenda even though I clearly am with all the stuff I’m doing.”
Norris also said she would not allow Republican speakers at the school and added there was a “huge contingent” of “just horrible” white boys that attend the prep school.
In the school’s letter obtained and shared by Project Veritas, school officials said they found it “deeply disturbing” that Norris was recorded “without her knowledge or permission by someone who misrepresented himself.”
But the school added “the sentiments expressed in the video do not reflect the mission or values” of Trinity.
“The School is retaining outside counsel to conduct an independent investigation. Ms. Norris will be placed on paid leave while this investigation is underway,” John Allman, Head of School and David Perez, President of the Board of Trustees wrote.
“As part of this process, in conjunction with the work of our outside advisors, we will also review school protocols and practices that are in place to ensure that we are living up to our determination to build a more inclusive community.”
Neither Norris nor Allman could be reached for comment by The Post Thursday.
Project Veritas – founded by far right-wing provocateur James O’Keefe — has filmed unaware subjects under the guise of being on a date in the past. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/trinity-school-staffer-on-leave-following-project-veritas-sting/ | 2022-09-03T01:33:01Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/trinity-school-staffer-on-leave-following-project-veritas-sting/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
Matteo Berrettini beat Andy Murray 6-4, 6-4, 6-7 (1), 6-3, ending the veteran Brit’s challenge. He sounded like he also wanted to end the tradition of holding up play to wait for spectators.
After a win that took almost four hours, the 13th-seeded Italian had a word with the umpire, vexed with the delays in waiting for fans to get their seats. To be clear, Berrettini wasn’t ripping the paying customers, instead saying the players should just go right ahead and play through the fans looking for their seats.
“It was a distraction a little bit,” Berrettini said. “I get it because it’s a really big stadium, it’s not easy. Obviously people, they paid tickets, they want to sit in their seats. But I think we should play without waiting. If we’re waiting for everybody for every time, we’re going to miss so much time. Especially when we play best-of-five, the matches are really long enough. We don’t have to have extra time.”
“We have to play, otherwise we’re waiting. Also for people at home, everybody watching the match, it’s not nice to waste so much time.”
The 35-year-old Murray was increasingly immobile, but overall wasn’t displeased with his performance.
“I’ve got a metal hip. It’s not easy playing with that. It’s really difficult,” Murray said. “I’m surprised I’m still able to compete with guys that are right up at the top of the game.”
Jack Draper’s upset bid came to an abrupt end, when he was forced to retire injured against No. 27 Karen Khachanov.
Khanchanov won 6-3, 4-6 6-5 (ret) when Draper aggravated a hamstring injury serving in the third set, eventually walking off with a limp.
“Yeah, it was just the top of my hamstring, like the insertion between the hamstring and the groin. I’ve had problems with it before, and this time it was just a lot of tennis I’ve played in the last seven weeks maybe just caught up on me,” Draper said.
The 20-year-old Brit had actually rallied to take the second set and was up 2-0 in the third with all the momentum before he injured his hamstring. He took a medical timeout leading 3-2, returning to the court and hoping to gut his way through. But there was just too much left in the match to continue.
“I think there is a lot of positives I can take from the match, but I think the main thing is that I still need to improve my body. My body is just not ready to go really deep in this tournament,” said Draper. “At this time, it’s broken down on me. That’s the reality of it. I just need to keep on improving.”
Fifth-seeded Casper Rudd outlasted upset-minded American Tommy Paul in five marathon sets 7-6(3), 6-7(5), 7-6(2), 5-7, 6-0.
“It was honestly a very tough match, like everyone saw. I’m happy to get a win on this special court and in front of this crowd,” Rudd said after a match that lasted 4:23. “I know I was playing an American, but they were very fair.”
“I think we were playing well. Whenever someone broke, someone broke back. We both want to win obviously and very close on the scoreline.”
Rudd was 7-of-18 on his break points, Paul 5-of-6 on his but still lost. | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/us-open-matteo-berrettini-beats-andy-murray-but-not-happy-with-waiting/ | 2022-09-03T01:33:07Z | nypost.com | control | https://nypost.com/2022/09/02/us-open-matteo-berrettini-beats-andy-murray-but-not-happy-with-waiting/ | 1 | 1 | green-iguana-35 | null |
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